I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Christmas.
A/N: Thank you all for waiting for such a long chapter.
Thanks to mcavoyed for following this story, it is much appreciated!
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Chapter 7
Soon, the room is filled with spectators and, as the lights go down, the music begins. The guitar and bass start, followed soon by the keyboard and then drums. Soon Demyx and Roxas' voices join the mix, "Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. Don we now our gay apparel, fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la."
There is a keyboard solo followed by a drum solo and then bass solo. On the next verse, Roxas doesn't sing with Demyx, Axel does. "Fast away the old year passes, fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. Hail to all you lads and lasses, fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. Sing our joyous song together, fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. While we sing of Yuletide weather, fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la."
The rock very of Deck the Halls soon fades out and the sound is replaced by a resounding applause. A keyboard intro starts up as Demyx starts to sing again, "Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains." The drums started up softer as the song melded into a rock ballad and then bass and guitar joined in. "And the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains."
Soon Roxas joins in with him, "Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!" Demyx stops singing and lets Roxas continue on without him, "Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be which inspired your heavenly song?" Axel then joined in with Roxas, "Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!"
Roxas then drops out and Axel is singing alone, "Come to Bethlehem and see Christ whose birth the angels sing. Come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn king." Demyx comes back in at this time, "Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!"
And then Axel stops singing leaving Demyx all alone to finish the song. "See Him in a manger laid, whom the choirs of angels praise. Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while our hearts in love we raise." The song slowly fades just back to keyboard, "Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!" As that song fades out, the rest of the band heads backstage, but Demyx sits down on a stool, which he pulls over from the side of the stage and switches to acoustic guitar.
He strums a few chords and starts the song, "O holy night! The stars are brightly shining. It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining. Til he appeared and the Spirit felt its worth. A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices. For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn. Fall on your knees! O, hear the angel voices! O night divine, the night when Christ was born."
The song fades out as everyone joins him back onstage for the last song, but there is another person with them this time. Ari is there and takes a seat on the stool, which Demyx ditches to stand by a microphone. There is a microphone there for her as well. Sora ditches the drum set and goes over to the set of hand bells that are set up and he, along with Roxas, start the intro to the Carol of the Bells.
Demyx is silent as Ariana starts to sing, her voice light and smooth but conveying an underlying tone of joy. "Ring, Christmas bells, merrily ring. Tell all the world Jesus is King. Loudly proclaim, with one accord, the happy tale. Welcome the Lord! Ring, Christmas bells, sound far and near. The birthday of Jesus is here. Herald the news, to old and young. Tell it to all, in ev'ry tongue. Ring, Christmas bells, toll loud and long.
Your message sweet, peel and prolong. Come all ye people. Join in the singing. Repeat the story. Told by the ringing. Ring, Christmas bells, tell the glad news of Jesus birth. Loudly proclaim, with one accord, the happy tale. Welcome the Lord! Ring, Christmas bells, merrily ring. Tell all the world, Jesus is King!" The song disappears like a breeze on a on a spring day and the applause roars up and doesn't fade out for about ten minutes.