First off, I'm sorry if this offends anyone. I know some people that don't like Christmas fics and stuff… So I'm sorry if anyone has a problem with it for any reason. If anyone has a problem, feel free to skip it. It shouldn't have a big impact on the rest of the story.

Me: Hey, I'm sorry this is a little late. My computer was down (starts to cry) and I wanted to do a Christmas chapter… So I had to do this as soon as my computer started working again.

Lloyd: You've been typing for how long now?

Me: …What do you care? And it doesn't help that I'm at my grandma's house for Christmas and I'm being kicked off the computer… So I'm really sorry if this sucks! I tried!

I plan on getting the real chapters up really soon. I'm also working on an update for Darkness, Aurion Life, Reliving the Past, and Shards of the Past… And a few more once I finish that. I have most of the ideas done and everything, but I need to type them up.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

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Lloyd sat quietly in a corner of Kratos' room on Derris-Kharlan, his arms crossed, pouting. Noishe looked at him and rolled his eyes.

The door opened slowly and Lloyd looked up hopefully, but began to pout again as Yuan entered.

"Hey, Lloyd." He said. He paused at the look on Lloyd's face. "What's wrong with you?"

"Humph." Lloyd pouted. Yuan rolled his eyes.

"Bad mood today, huh?" he said. "Where's your dad?"

"I don't know…" Lloyd said, a hint of sadness in his voice. Yuan paused.

"Did something happen?" Yuan asked. Lloyd looked away.

"No…"

"…" Yuan sat on Kratos' bed. "Come here, Lloyd." he said. Lloyd paused before obeying. He climbed onto the bed and sat on Yuan's lap. "What's wrong?"

"…"

"Oh great, It's the classic Aurion quote." Yuan muttered. Lloyd rested his head on Yuan's chest sadly. Yuan paused and put his hand on Lloyd's back. "Lloyd?"

Just then, someone knocked on the door. Yuan and Lloyd looked up as Kratos walked in.

"I'm back, Lloyd." he said, before looking up at Yuan. "Oh, so this is where you were…" He said absentmindedly. Yuan looked from Lloyd to Kratos, a confused look on his face. "Um, Yuan, may I speak with you for a second?" He asked.

Yuan sat Lloyd off to the side and got up. Once he was within reach, Kratos grabbed his arm and pushed him out the door. "Lloyd, we'll be right back." he said, closing the door.

Once outside, Yuan pulled his arm away from Kratos. "What the hell was that for?" he asked. Kratos paced back and forth.

"I have a problem, Yuan." He said.

"Well, the first step is admitting it, Kratos." Yuan replied. Kratos glared. Yuan sighed. "I'm assuming this involves Lloyd in some way?"

"Doesn't it always?" someone commented behind him. Kratos and Yuan looked over and saw Mithos standing behind them. "When does Kratos do ANYTHING that doesn't involve Lloyd?"

"Good point." Yuan commented. Kratos sighed.

"Guys, problem. Now."

"What's wrong?" Mithos asked.

"Lloyd looked really upset…" Yuan said in an uncomfortable voice.

"It wasn't my fault this time." Mithos said proudly, crossing his arms and puffing out his chest.

"Yes, it was." Kratos said in an annoyed voice. Mithos glared.

"How?!"

"You don't celebrate here." Kratos said simply, beginning to pace again.

"Celebrate what?" Yuan asked.

"Christmas!" Kratos said, annoyed.

"Duh." Mithos remarked. "You knew that."

"It never even occurred to me." Kratos continued. "Lloyd always celebrated Christmas with his mother…"

Yuan and Mithos fell silent.

"What do we do?"

"… I don't know…" Mithos said.

"Well, we have to do something!" Yuan said. "I hate seeing him sad like that!"

"Oh, and I enjoy it?!" Kratos snapped.

"… Hey, guys?" Mithos said.

"I know you hate it too! I was just saying!" Yuan snapped back.

"Guys?"

"I know what I'm doing Yuan." Kratos said.

"Well, apparently you don't. If you did, we wouldn't have this problem."

"Guys…"

"No one asked you, Yuan! If you-"

"BOTH OF YOU, SHUT UP!!" Mithos screamed. The other two looked at him. "You two are unbelievable! How about you stop yelling and we fix this problem?!"

"How?" Yuan asked.

"Why don't we just have Christmas here?" He suggested. Yuan and Kratos looked at each other.

"… Why didn't you think of that?" they both asked. Mithos sweat dropped.

"Well, if we're going to pull this off, we have to hurry. Let's go!"

"… And to think, he use to be such a Scrooge…" Kratos muttered.

"Shut up, Kratos!" Mithos yelled back. Yuan and Kratos smiled to each other.

Kratos paused and opened his door back up. "Lloyd, we're going to be back in a little while, okay?"

Lloyd looked up sadly. "But, daddy-!"

Kratos smiled. "Don't worry, Lloyd. We'll be back soon, with a big surprise for you."

Lloyd paused with a thoughtful look on his face before he smiled. "Okay. Bye, daddy!" He said happily. Kratos smiled again.

"Stay in the room until I get back, got it?"

"Got it!"

Kratos laughed slightly and closed the door.

"Lets get going." Yuan said, smiling.

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"Ok," Kratos said, looking at a sheet of paper. "We need a tree, gifts, a Santa, Snow-"

"How are you going to get snow?" Mithos asked doubtfully.

"A Santa?" Yuan asked nervously. Kratos and Mithos grinned evilly at him.

"I think we'll be getting that the same way we did 4000 something years ago, huh Kratos?" Mithos asked.

"Like I would ever pass up another blackmail opportunity like that!" Kratos smirked, holding up an old camera.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yuan screamed, trying to run away, but Mithos and Kratos tackled him and pinned him down.

"You wouldn't want to disappoint your favorite nephew, would you?" Mithos said.

"Lloyd would be so sad…" Kratos added. Yuan banged his head on the floor.

"Why me?! WHY, MARTEL?! WHY?!?!?!?!?!"

"So you'll do it?!" Mithos asked excitedly. Yuan banged his head harder.

"That's a yes!" Mithos said, getting off of him. Kratos got up too.

"Thank you, Yuan." Kratos said quietly, smiling at his friend.

"Why me…? Why?" Yuan muttered.

"Yuan, you got blood on my floor!" Mithos complained, pointing to the spot where Yuan had been banging his head. Yuan glared, pulled out a weapon, and chased after Mithos, who had ran off as soon as he sensed danger.

Kratos sighed. "It's all for Lloyd. It's all for Lloyd…" He repeated to himself.

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"So, what are we going to do about snow?" Mithos asked as the three walked through Welgaia. Kratos grinned at Yuan.

"We have that taken care of."

"Yep!" Yuan said evilly. Mithos stopped and slowly turned to the two.

"… What are you two up to…?" He asked suspiciously. Kratos and Yuan grinned and each grabbed one of Mithos' arms.

"Nothing. Nothing…" Yuan said.

"Don't worry about a thing, Mithos." Kratos added.

"Oh hell…" Mithos muttered.

Yuan smiled evilly. "Okay, guys!" He yelled.

Silence followed. Mithos ducked slightly.

"… Nothing happened…" He said.

"…" Kratos and Yuan stayed silent.

"Guys?"

"… Guardian." The two yelled.

"Blizzard!" About 30 different voices yelled.

The two guardians came up as about 4 feet of snow fell from the sky. Mithos, who hadn't been expecting it, was covered in snow.

Mithos shook, knocking a ton of snow off of himself, and glared forward. Yuan and Kratos smiled happily. Kratos messed up Mithos' hair, knocking snow out of it.

"Great job." Kratos said. A large group of angels looked down from a roof.

"No problem!" They yelled. Mithos glared up at them.

"I'LL KILL YOU ALL!" he screamed, causing Yuan and Kratos to Laugh.

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"Next?" Mithos asked irritably. Kratos grinned at him before looking at his list.

"… A tree?" He said, turning to Yuan, who shrugged.

"Why not?"

"So, back to Sylvarant?" Yuan asked.

"Yep." Kratos answered, pushing his list into his pocket.

"Time to go."

---

Walking through the Iselia forest, Kratos and Yuan stopped.

"Find anything that could work?" Yuan asked. Kratos shook his head.

"Nothing… Where's Mithos?" He asked suspiciously.

"If he went back without us, I'll kill him. It's cold!" Yuan complained. "If I'm going to be out here, so will he!"

Kratos rolled his eyes. "You're an angel. You can't feel the cold!" He yelled.

"… Oh yeah." Yuan said. Kratos smacked his forehead.

"Hey guys!"

They turned to see Mithos dragging a tree behind him.

"Hey, way to go Mithos!" Yuan said excitedly.

"…" Kratos looked suspiciously at the tree.

"Okay, lets get this back to Welgaia." Mithos said.

"I don't think so." Kratos said, turning away. Mithos glared.

"Why?"

Kratos walked away, shrugging. "Because that's not a tree." he said simply.

"Not a tree?" Mithos repeated. Yuan took a closer look.

"Oh, shit…" he muttered. "Mithos! That's a monster!" He said, running off. Mithos paused.

"… What?" he asked. He turned around and saw the monster behind him getting up. "… Hell…"

"Mithos! Come on!" Yuan yelled. Mithos turned around and ran after his friends.

"You jerks! You two have weapons! Get back here and kill it, dammit!"

---

Several hours (and fights) later, Kratos sighed.

"Finally done." he said. Yuan and Mithos collapsed onto the snowy ground.

"Ahh!" Yuan exclaimed, jumping back up. Kratos sighed.

"For the last time, Yuan… YOU CAN NOT FEEL THE COLD!"

"… I knew that." he responded, sitting back down, embarrassed.

"Well, we are missing one more thing…" Kratos said, grinning at Yuan.

Yuan sighed. "I'm going. I'm going…" he muttered, sulking away.

"… Does he ever stop complaining?" Mithos asked.

"How long have you known him?" Kratos responded.

"Right…"

---

"Daddy, where are you taking me?" Lloyd asked, his eyes covered by a blindfold.

"You'll see."

"But, daddy, I want to know now." Lloyd said playfully.

"Well, you'll just have to live with it." Kratos responded in the same playful tone.

Once in Welgaia, Kratos stopped.

"Okay, Lloyd."

Lloyd reached off and pulled the blindfold down. "Daddy…" he whispered. Kratos smiled. Lloyd looked around in disbelief.

All of Welgaia was covered in snow, lights, and Christmas decorations. A huge, 10 foot tree was right in the middle, gifts pilled under it. Angels were coming out and looking around. A few angel children were building snowmen or making snow angels with their wings.

"Daddy… It's…" Lloyd said.

"Merry Christmas, Lloyd." Kratos said.

"Daddy!" Lloyd jumped up and wrapped his arms around his dad's neck. "Thank you, daddy!"

"You're welcome, Lloyd." Kratos said, hugging his son back.

"Merry Christmas!" Mithos said, walking up behind them.

"Thanks for the help, Mithos." Kratos said. Mithos shrugged.

"It was nothing." Mithos said. "Anything to see Yuan like THAT again." he whispered to Kratos, who smiled.

Mithos turned and walked away. Lloyd chased after him. "Uncle Mithos, I need help with something!" Lloyd called. Mithos turned to look at him.

"What is it?"

"…" Lloyd motioned for Mithos to pick him up. Mithos lifted him into his arms and Lloyd whispered something into his ear.

"… Okay. I guess I can help with that." Mithos agreed, making Lloyd smile.

"Thank you!" Mithos smiled back.

"No problem."

Lloyd grabbed Mithos' hand and pulled him the other direction.

---

"Where did Lloyd go?" Kratos wondered aloud.

"I'm going to kill you…" someone muttered. Kratos turned to see Yuan dressed as Santa. He fought off the urge to laugh.

"Hey, Yuan. Nice outfit. It's been what- 4000 years?" He said, grinning. Yuan glared. "Hey, have you seen Lloyd?"

"No, why?"

"He disappeared with Mithos a while ago…"

"Daddy!"

Kratos turned in time to catch his son, who had been running up behind him, carrying a box behind him. Mithos walked up behind him and stood behind Yuan.

"Hey, Santa still has blue hair!" He exclaimed. Yuan glared.

"Death, Mithos Yggdrasill. Slow. Painful. Death."

"Lloyd, where were you" Kratos asked. Lloyd smiled.

"Here, daddy!"

Kratos paused as the small box was pushed in front of his face. "What's this?"

"A present!"

Kratos paused and put Lloyd down, looking at the small red and green box.

"Uncle Mithos helped me wrap it." Lloyd admitted. Kratos smiled and messed with Lloyd's hair.

He took the lid off the box and reached in, pulling out a small brown teddy bear with a tiny pink ribbon around it's neck.

"It was mommy's. She said she got it when she was little… I was playing with it the day mommy died, so it was in my stuff…" Lloyd said. Kratos turned to him.

"Your mothers?" he repeated. Lloyd nodded.

"See? It's a gift from me and mommy!" Lloyd said happily. Kratos paused. He looked at the lid of the box and saw 'To daddy, from Lloyd and Mommy' written on it. "Do you like it, daddy?"

"…" Kratos picked up his son and hugged him. "Yes, Lloyd. Thank you so much."

Lloyd smiled and hugged his dad back. "You're welcome. I love you, daddy."

"I love you too, Lloyd."

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"Lloyd! Make your dad stop!" Yuan, who was still dressed as Santa, cried, running away from said angel, who had just been given a video camera by Mithos.

"Sorry, Uncle Yuan!" Lloyd called. Mithos was on the ground, laughing. "Hey, Uncle Mithos?"

"What, Lloyd?" Mithos asked, once he had stopped laughing enough to speak.

"Next year, I want to help." Lloyd said, a determined look on his face.

Mithos smiled. "You're a good kid, Lloyd." He messed up Lloyd's hair. "Take care of your dad, okay?"

Lloyd smiled. "I will!"

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Me: I hope you enjoyed it. Not my best, I know, but I tried with the limited time I had…

Lloyd: Please review. More FASTER updates on the way! ... I hope...