Disclaimer – I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! of The 12 Pains of Christmas by Bob Rivers

*Rated T for Teen

Finding Parking Spaces

The ninth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me is finding parking spaces.

Seto gripped the steering wheel so tightly, his knuckles were turning white. Who in their right mind went Christmas shopping the day before Christmas, anyway?

Oh, yeah. That's right. His Puppy!

Since Joey and his mother were now buddy-buddy, his Puppy had panicked because he hadn't gotten her anything for Christmas. Seto could understand that. He could even understand going out on Christmas Eve morning to go Christmas shopping.

What he couldn't understand, however, was why everyone seemed to have the same idea!

"We're going home," Seto growled when another person whipped into the parking spot he'd been eyeing.

"Not now, Seto," Joey warned as he hit a button to replay a song Jovi and Kai wanted to listen to.

Seto's eye twitched when the stupid Chipmunk Christmas song thing played for the fifteenth time. He hated that song. The voices drove him insane! Not to mention it was just about the only thing he'd heard all morning! Not to mention it was all he'd listened to when trying to find a parking space for the past half hour!

Jovi and Kai just sat in the back laughing and singing along with the Chipmunks.

Seto tried taking a calming breath. Soon, he would find a parking space, and his Chipmunk nightmare would be over.

Aha! I got you now! Seto thought as a car pulled out of a parking space. He was just about to pull in when—

ANOTHER CAR WHIPPED IN AGAIN!

"NO!" Seto screamed.

Joey just replayed the Chipmunk song.

Seto slammed on the breaks.

"What're ya—" Joey cut himself off when he saw Seto eject the CD, grab it, and launch it out the window. A passerby car ran it over.

Seto smirked triumphantly.

Joey glared.

Jovi and Kai began to cry.

"That's it!" Joey roared as he leaned over Seto to unlock the doors. Opening his door, he stepped out of the car and went to get the bawling Jovi and Kai. "I'm takin' them into the mall. You go find a parkin' space. And when ya do, ya better march yourself to the nearest electronics store and get them a new CD! Is that clear?"

Seto gulped. Had Joey not had that psychotic look in his eye, he might have considered this moment to be a major turn-on. But, alas, it wasn't. In the end, Seto just nodded and watched his Puppy storm off with their children in tow.

A honking sound brought Seto out of his reverie. Looking in the rearview mirror, he narrowed his eyes and frowned. About five cars were behind him, the drivers all looking for a parking space.

It was going to be a long day.

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