OMAKE: Christmas Day
This is part 2 of my upload, and is the reason I had to split the chapters up.
I kind of like this chapter, but I am not happy with it at the same time. I have a very large feeling that Shinichi is too OOC- hence why I'm calling it an Omake. In fact, I think my portrayal of Shinichi has been too OCC during my whole fic, but I can't really change that now. However with us moving onto more serious and more Shinichi-like topics, I should be able to rein his character back in.
Christmas Day is a huge affair at the Vongola Household. And it starts out with a surprise. When the Guardians awake this morning, they all find something that they hadn't been expecting. For sitting at the foot of their bed is a bright red stocking. They look into their individual stockings to find a small gift. And it was only small, only a couple of quid, but it was still heartfelt all the same. And at the bottom of each stocking was the same note:
For being a good Boy this year.
HoHoHo.
And underneath was a little picture. It was, undoubtedly, the KID doodle. For as far as they know, Santa didn't wear a clover monocle, nor grin like that. A jolly laugh yes, but not the cheek splitting grin that both doodle and master were known for. Yet it still wore a fluffy beard, in no way hiding the grin, and a Santa hat. It even had a sack of presents held in phantom hands behind it. To be honest, it looked like a thief dressed up as Santa, running away with that nights haul.
But this Santa had left gifts. It had been a very long time since most of the Guardians- minus Lambo- had been visited by Santa. Even Hibari came out with a miniature hat for Hibird. A quick call down to Kokuyo by Shinichi confirms that Santa had even visited all of them. Even Fran, who 'Santa' had not officially met yet received a present. Shinichi expected that it was for looking after him when he had been recovering. And when breakfast came, Kaito denied all accusations made to him that he was Santa. Nor did he accept any thanks.
Breakfast is a merry start to the day, with specialities like Pancakes, croissants and other lavish breakfast materials making its way to the table. There is no talk of work, nor of the impending move. Everything is kept light and happy. Eventually breakfast ends and everyone moves to the living room to rest after the big meal and play games with the children.
On the way out Kaito and Shinichi are some of the last ones to leave. "Oy, KID" says Shinichi, only half looking at the man beside him. He did catch the slight change in posture, the slight change in eye colour, the slight change of atmosphere around him though. Knowing it was indeed KID and not Kaito he was talking to, Shinichi continues "Would you be kind enough to thank Santa for me. It was very nice of him to do that for everyone. He even travelled all the way to Kokuyo."
Tsuna knew what was going on, and like Shinichi, suspected that this was the best way to say thank you. "Indeed KID, thank Santa from me too, for what he gave my family."
KID gives a sly smile "I will make sure to tell him, next time I see him. I quite often find him out late at night; he joins me for recognisance sometimes. He knows all the best ways to enter buildings. " Shinichi and Tsuna laugh, imagining Santa performing heists like KID does.
They are the last to enter the living room, and see that the fun has started without them. Quickly they join in conversations and play games with the children too. One of the funniest sights had to be watching the game of Twister. Kaito, not one to miss out, had joined in the game too. However, he was trying to make it as easy for the children to play as possible. And that meant that he has ended up in a rather contorted position. At this current moment, he is arched over Lambo, has one foot under Fuuta's shoulders and one arm over I-pin's foot. And that wouldn't be too bad, if he weren't facing the ceiling rather than the floor. But with his stomach in the air, he continues on, with everyone laughing around them. And from the upside down smile Shinichi could see, he'd planned it that way. It seemed as if Kaito is working as hard as possible to give everyone a good time. Shinichi notices a slight twinge, and decides that he'd best save Kaito from himself. It'd be just like him to pull a muscle from overdoing things.
"Quite a predicament you're in there Kaito." He says, smiling evilly down at the magician.
"What this? Nah, it's nothing Shin-chan. I do this all the time. As easy as pie" claims Kaito.
"Oh really, then you'll be able to handle this too" Shinichi says, walking around the mat. Being careful of the children on the mat, he leans over and places his hands either side of Kaito's exposed stomach, and tickles Kaito. Kaito jerks, but Shinichi grabs him before he can fall onto Lambo. Hauling Kaito up, Shinichi smiles "Well, I had to give them some chance of winning. It wasn't really fair, putting them up against you."
"Finally" mutters Lambo. "I thought Kaito-nii was never going to fall down. We were running out of ways to put him in awkward positions" the other two nod their heads. Kaito stares at them, and dramatically sniffs.
"Why is everyone out to get me?" he asks, everyone around laughing.
"Come on you" laughs Shinichi dragging Kaito away to grab a drink. "You're going to hurt yourself at this rate Kaito. You should relax too you know." Kaito smiles as he pours himself a drink, and unconsciously rubs his arm- the muscle Shinichi had seen twitch.
"But we all need it Shin-chan. Even I, even you. Too much has been hanging over us lately. A lot of things have changed, and Christmas is the perfect opportunity to relax. I'd enjoy yourself now if I were you. You know what's happening later." Shinichi nods his head. He wasn't looking forward to the afternoon.
A few minutes later, Lambo and Fuuta rush over to them. I-pin walks behind them, a content and smug look on her face. Kong-Fu beats all, it seems.
"Oy, it's time for the adults to play too!" orders Lambo, grabbing Shinichi's wrist and pulling. Shinichi is levered off his feet and pushed forward by Fuuta. He looks behind him, seeing if Kaito will save him. Kaito merely smiles and waves, before walking to get a front row seat.
"Ne, ne Shini-chan, are you joining in too, byon?" asks Ken, standing next to the mat.
"Hm, I didn't know you guys had arrived" comments Shinichi. Looking around the room, he sees Mukuro, Chrome and Chikusa sat next to Kaito. Flan's Apple hat could be seen at the other side of the room.
"We just arrived actually. Mukuro-sama wanted to come for some reason. He doesn't usually though" Ken shrugs his shoulder, showing that he doesn't care and would follow Mukuro anywhere.
Shinichi turns to look at who else has been victimised. Yamamoto and Ryohei push Tsuna forwards, a bright red blush on his face. Tsuna turns, playfully shouts at them before rolling his eyes at Shinichi. "It's always me" he comments.
"Come on Yoshi-chan, It'll be fun, byon" says Ken, slapping Tsuna on the back. This nickname was something new. Tsuna had had very little to do with the Kokuyo Gang's other members, and in general, apart from picking Chrome up every now and again, he didn't see them at all. However, since Mukuro had been released, he saw a lot more of them. Since Mukuro always called him Tsunayoshi, rather than just Tsuna, Ken had created his own nickname. Everyone called him Tsuna, so Ken took the other half, hence Yoshi-chan.
Finally, one more victim was pushed into the circle of space around the Twister board.
"Wait, Spanner. What was that for?" Shoichi grumbles.
"I'm busy" states Spanner, taking a bite of Christmas cake to show just how busy he was.
"Do it you lot" comes the high pitched order. They all turn towards the source of the voice, and find Reborn sat on Bianchi's lap with the Spinner in his hands. They all sigh, knowing that they can't get away now, and resign themselves to their fate. It is Christmas after all.
"Go on Juudaime, you can do it!" shouts Gokudera from the side lines. Other cheers follow from the other Guardians. They are half way through the game by now, and all participants are wishing they had gotten out of it sooner. But all must admit they are having fun. It's hard not to with the laughter and joy all around you.
"Ken, right hand red" says Reborn with a smirk. Ken growls, that would be nearly impossible. But a flash of inspiration hits. Lifting his hand from it's blue resting place, he reaches into his back pocket and produces a pair of teeth.
"Monkey Channel!" he shouts before putting them in. After a moment of transformation, he can now easily reach the Red dot on the board.
"Oi, Reborn, that's not fair" argues Gokudera in an outrage.
"I don't see where it says in the rulebook you can't use special powers to win." Remarks Reborn nonchalantly. Leon changes into a rule book, and Reborn flicks through it. "Nope, not in here"
Tsuna sweat drops, knowing that this would happen. Yet another way Reborn turns an ordinary situation into a training exercise.
However, it's not long before Tsuna over reaches for a patch and falls over. Gokudera is by his side almost instantaneously, speedily asking in one hundred different ways if he was alright. Tsuna laughs and waves Gokudera off.
"Still clumsy as usual Tsuna" someone shouts, Tsuna laughs and rubs the back of his head before standing.
Shoichi is the next one to fall, finding no patches within his reach. Giving up, he wanders over to Spanner, who gives him a lollipop in condolence.
"Ne, Shin-chan. I'm sure that you can win this" says Kaito happily. Shinichi looks in his direction and notices that Kaito is knocking his fist gently against his jaw, looking as if bored or in thought.
Reborn smiles at the exchange between the two, and spins the board. But he doesn't even look at it when he shouts out the next move.
"Shinichi, left foot green" Perfect.
Shinichi is currently on all fours, facing in the opposite direction to Ken. Leaning back carefully, Shinichi lifts his foot and brings it backwards towards the next green dot. During the journey, he brings his foot along Ken's jaw, and twists his ankle slightly. His toe catches the Monkey teeth and pops it out of place. Placing his foot where it needs to be (and also in a much more comfortable position than before) Shinichi looks back and smiles "Opps, sorry". Kaito clicks and the teeth arrive in his hand, as do the others residing in Ken's pocket. Everyone roars out in laughter, made even funnier by the look on both Shinichi's and Ken's faces.
Ken whines at the loss of his advantage, and strains to keep this new position up. With a growl of defeat, he relaxes his body and lets it slide on the shiny surface of the board, slumping spread-eagled.
They continue to chat and play more games until lunch is served. This is a smaller affair than Breakfast, saving room for the Dinner that is yet to come.
Afterwards, presents were given out.
Even Hibari had decided to give out a present. That's right, one present. It was addressed to everyone though. Inside a simple envelope was a small piece of paper, and on it, it said: One week.
"One week?" asks Tsuna, showing it to Hibari to make sure it was what Hibari had given. Hibari nods, and Hibird ruffles his feathers.
"That's right. For one week, I won't bite any of you to death over little things." States Hibari, stroking Hibird. Tsuna practically glows over the present.
"Thank you Hibari, we'll be good" Tsuna promises.
Kaito was surprised by the amount of presents that were left under the tree for Mama's return. It seemed as if everyone had gotten her one. Never having met the woman himself, he couldn't say, but from what he'd heard, the others treated her as if she was an angel.
Even Shinichi and Kaito received presents from the others. Fuuta came forward with a present from himself, Lambo and I-pin. Shinichi had gotten along well with all three children, having been used to dealing with the Detective Boys for so long. Just like them, the children here too seemed eager to learn, and absorbed any information Shinichi gave them like a sponge. Shinichi smiles at the boy infront of him, touched that they had even gotten him anything at all.
"Thank you guys" he says warmly before opening the package before him. Inside is a brown cardboard box, so he opens that too. Shinichi's smile grows fonder as he pulls the item out.
"Because all detectives need one" states Fuuta proudly. They had gotten Shinichi a wooden antique looking Magnifying glass. It was true that Shinichi didn't have one of these, but he'd never told anyone that he secretly wanted one. It seemed too silly and childish, and didn't go with the Teen Detective Image. But even so, he had actually wanted one. And now he has one. Or he did. If Kaito hadn't leaned over his shoulder and gently taken it out of his hands.
"You're right Guys, Shinichi does need one of these." He quickly turns his back on the group and pats his hair down. Quickly turning around, he flings one hand out, pointing it at Lambo, whilst the other hand holds the magnifying glass to his eye. "The culprit is you" he declares in Shinichi's deduction voice. Lambo squeals and giggles.
Forgetting himself in the atmosphere of the family, Shinichi grabs his bow-tie from his pocket and changes the settings. Raising it to his mouth, he shouts. "Look men! It's Kaitou KID, and he's stolen Christmas. After him!" in Nakamori's voice.
"Haha, you'll never catch me!" argues Kaito, acting like KID. He jumps up and leads Shinichi in a chase around the room, jumping over people and chairs alike, before running out of the doors. Giggles and snickers follow Shinichi out of the room.
Part three starts directly after and finishes the actual Christmas day plot.
Shinichi's character is driving me up the wall. I really can't wait to get serious again. I prefer serious to funny like this. In fact, I can't even remember why I wrote this chapter- I think that I was aiming for the plot in the next chapter, but my fingers went walking again.
Phantom Hitman 1412
First published 28 Feb. 12