Chapter 5 - Part Five

~ A few hours later~


Aerith popped her head into the living room. "You guys better be finished decorating!
They'll be here any minute!" The first answer she received was "BOW DOWN! DOW DOWN!
BEFORE THE POWER OF SANTA!" From Kei, followed by "OR BE CRUSHED! BE
CRUSHED! BYYY HIS JOLLY BOOTS OF DOOM!" Cloud, who also got hyper after Kei had
stuck a candy cane up his nose.
Koji and Tori both looked over at Aerith. "We are hurrying." Koji groaned while placing
another ornament on the tree.
Leon continued to twitch and looked about ready to pull out his Gunblade as he strung
garlands through the star handles.
Tori looked at a glass ornament she had in her hand. "You know, this ornament is
probably not going to survive this Year, considering we are going to have three 'hyper idiots'
bouncing all over the place."
It was right then that Kei rammed into her, knocking the ornament from Tori's hand while
shouting "WHEEE!" Yuffie jumped up and caught the ornament just before it hit the ground.
Tori sighed. "See what I mean..."
"My hair is SO GOOD!" Cloud cried, bounding round the room.
Kei jumped on Leon's back. "HORSEY!" She cried.
Leon's eye twitched. "No."
"HORSEY GO NOW!"
"No..."
"HORSEY GO NOW NOW NOW RACE HORSEY RACE!" Kei screamed.
More twitching from Leon.
Koji grinned and walked up to Leon. "Awwwww... what a cute little horsy!"
Leon twitched. "Don't push it..."
"GO HORSEY GO WE GOTTA WIN THE GOLD CUP!"
Koji just continued to grin.
Tori sighed, "Come on Koji, we gotta finish this tree before everybody arrives!"
"GO RULDOLPH!" Kei commanded and Leon threw her off of him onto the couch. Kei
pouted and Leon rolled his eyes.
Koji turned around and bounce back to the box of ornaments. Grabbing several of them
she walked behind the tree and came back a few seconds later to get more. "What did you do
with them?" Tori sighed.
"I just put them on the tree..."
Tori raised an eyebrow, "All on the same branch?" Koji nodded and Tori sighed again.
Kei had now latched onto Cloud. "GO ROLDOLPH!" She commanded, and Cloud crowed
like a rooster and pranced around the room while Leon watched with a slightly scared
expression on his face.
Tori blinked, and ornament still in her hand. "Just wait till Tidus gets here... then you
gotta watch out!"

~ Twenty minutes later ~

"Aerith! We're done!" Koji yelled into the kitchen.
Aerith grinned as she brought in several plates of snacks and placed them on the tables.
"Perfect! They should be here any time!"
Tori pushed the empty boxes out of view and sat down on the couch. "We have too
many ornaments!" she said grabbing a magazine and flipping it open.
Koji grabbed some snacks and sat down next to Tori. "No one can have too many
ornaments."
"I can and we have WAY to much" Tori sighed. Koji shrugged and munched on one of
her snacks.
"JINGLY BELLS, JINGLELY BELLS, JINGLY ALL THE WAAY!" Kei sang while Cloud
followed.
"CRASHING THROUGH THE SNOW, IN A REALLY BUSTED SLIEGH!"
Koji groaned. "Where's the duck tape when you need it!"
Leon sighed. "We used it all LAST TIME this happened, remember?"
"Oh Yeah... then where's the packing tape... or did we use all of that up also?" Koji
groaned again.
A nod from Yuffie answered that question.
"Then we need to have an emergency trip to the store." Koji grinned.
"The stores are closed, it's Christmas Eve." Leon pointed out.
"Then our ears are doomed." Koji said covering her ears.
Suddenly Kei and Cloud stopped singing and ran to the window to press their faces
against it. "...It really is kinda odd to see Cloud acting like a two Year old..." Leon commented.
"Yes," Tori agreed. "Considering he is considered a 'man' at times."
Kei looked over at Cloud. "Meep?" Cloud nodded, and the two jumped up, waving their
arms frantically and shouting something that sounded like "MEEPIN! SQEAUKIN MEEP
MEEP!"
Tori sweatdropped. "CLOUD! Cut that out! You're acting like an IDIOT!!"
Both Cloud and Kei sweatdropped.
"MEEP! MIPPIN SQEEE! MEEP MEEP!"
Annoyed, Koji looked over at the two blondes. "Go to your rooms, chocobo's."
Kei twitched and suddenly slapped her forehead and pointed towards the window.
"THEY'RE HERE YOU MORONS!"
Koji blinked. "Oh..." was here genius reply.
Kei and Cloud bounced. "TIDUS IS HERE!"
Tori looked up. "Is Auron with him?!"
Kei nodded. "YUPPERS!"
Tori grinned. "Good!"
Leon grinned as well, "This is gonna be entertaining..."
Koji bounced off the couch and ran to the door to open it for everybody. "Hey guys!"
Tidus bounded in, pulling a slightly frazzled Yuna behind him. "HI GUYS!"
"How was the trip?" Tori said getting up from the couch to greet them.
Wakka and Lulu came in, Lulu's hair messed up and Wakka's do pressed down.
"...Uh...........eventful..." Wakka said, flopping down on the couch.
"Who was driving?" Koji grinned.
Lulu almost smiled. Almost. "Auron."
Tori looked over at Lulu. "Not Tidus?"
Yuna laughed a little. "Auron wouldn't let him drive."
"I wouldn't blame him!" Tori grinned.
Kei and Cloud were currently bouncing around, and Tidus soon joined in.
And it was then that AURON walked in the door.
"Hi Auron!" Koji smiled.
Auron only nodded in reply and took a look around the room, pausing to wink (he can't
think BLINK cause he only has one eye, therefore, he winks) at the three blondes dancing
round' the room. "Please don't tell me one of those is the key bearer I've been hearing about?"
Tori sighed. "Yes, the key bearer is in that group."
Auron raised an eyebrow. "You have to be kidding me."
Leon shook his head. "Nope...and they've been driving us insane."
"Don't worry though... she just finished her thirty-first candy cane. It takes a lot more
sugar, or a cappuccino, to make her REALLY hyper." Tori grinned.
"Eh heh...Funny you should mention that..." Wakka said, pointing over to Tidus, who was
offering Cloud and Kei cappuccinos.
Tori groaned. "Just great... Three hyper idiots!"
"Kei! You are going to get SO hyper you will knock yourself out!" Koji scolded.
All three blondes's just stared at Koji. "So?"
"Then again... that is a good thing... Drink up!!" Koji grinned.
Auron just leaned against the wall and he and Leon got into a conversation about
swords, Wakka and Lulu watched the hyper ones be hyper, Yuffie was taking bets over which
hyper one would crash first, Aerith and Yuna were begging their blonde boyfriends (A.K.A.
Cloud and Tidus) to stop being idiots. Fun.
"Yuffie I bet you fifty munny that Kei is going to crash first!" Koji grinned.
"I bet all of them are going to crash at the same time," Tori said.
And then Kei walked up to Auron. "What happened to your eye?" She asked as she
poked the scar.
Koji and Tori both turned silent as they watched Kei. "Uh... I wouldn't do that Kei..." Tori
warned.
Silence. "Seriously, what happened to the eye!?" Kei asked, poking it again. "Did some
Heartless attack your eye cause' you're old and really slow?"
Koji blinked. "Kei, you're going to die!"
Again, total silence. "What? Are you deaf in this ear...wow...You really ARE old!"
Tori blinked also. "Now is the time to watch, Le-"
Koji elbowed Tori in the ribs. "This is no time to joke!"
".... WHAT did you say!?" Auron roared, getting REALLY tall all of a sudden.
"You're old and fat and slow." Kei said, completely oblivious.
Tori and Koji both swallowed nervously and backed away from Auron.
"WHY YOU LITTLE-"
"...Oh CRAAP! RUUUUNNN!"
Cloud and Tidus watched as Auron proceeded to chase Kei though the house, sword
held high. "Man, for an old guy he can sure run fast." Tidus commented.
Koji just shook her head. "She gets herself into so much trouble..."
"AHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOO, NICE AURON, GOOD AURON, YOU'RE
EYE'S COOL!"
Tori nodded along with Koji, "Yup, just like in the mall..."
"NOOO! LEMME ALONE! AHH!"
"Too bad she doesn't have any fountains to climb..." Koji blinked.
"Yes... or columns..." Tori added.
TWHACK!
"OW OW OW OW OW HEY THAT HURT!"
"But she still has a bathroom to run too!" Koji said just as Kei ran past with Auron at her
heals.
"Ooooowwwww Hey that HURT!" Kei cried, now attempting to climb the stairs while
dodging a VERY large sword.
"Run faster, Kei!" Tori yelled up at her.
"He's gonna kill me!" Kei cried, running towards the bathroom, narrowly dodging yet
another sword strike.
Koji and Tori both, cautiously, started up the stairs after Kei.
"No no no no!" Kei cried...finding the bathroom in use.
"To your room then!" Koji suggested.
"Too late." Auron said bluntly. TWHACK! THUD! "...Anyone ELSE want to make
comments about my eye and my age!?"
Tori and Koji quickly shook their heads.
"GOOD!" Auron stalked off while Kei twitched on the rug.
Koji ran up the stairs and stopped by Kei. "You really did it this time!" she grinned.
"Paaaaaaaain..."
"Didn't you know that you'd die if you asked him about his" Koji looked up at Auron who
was walking away. "Well... you know..."
Kei twitched again.
Koji shrugged, "Then again, you were so hyper you probably didn't even know better."
"My head hurts..." Kei whined.
"Well you did get hit pretty hard," Tori commented.
"Paaaaaaaaain..."
"Come on Kei, get up!" Koji said pulling on Kei's arm.
Kei slowly got up and shook her head slowly, blinking. "Why am I up here?"
"You were trying to run into the bathroom to get away from Auron but found it in use so
you tried your room and that's when he hit you over the head," Tori sighed.
Kei blinked again. "Why was he chasing me?"
"He hit you over the head harder then I thought..." Koji mumbled to herself.
"HEY KEI, WANT SOME CAPPICHINO!?" Tidus's voice called. Kei jumped to her feet.
"YAY!"
"Here we go again…" Tori groaned as she followed Kei down the stairs.

~ A few hours later ~

"Okay, night guys!" Yuna said cheerfully as she lugged her knocked out boyfriend out the
door.
"Night Yuna, merry Christmas!" Kei said cheerfully, actually having becoming sober (well,
as sober as you can get if you're Kei) before the night had ended.
"Bye Yuna, see you tomorrow!" Koji said waving goodbye.
Leon sighed. "That...was...INSANE!"
Wearily, Tori flopped down on the couch; having been tense the whole time the three
blonde's were running around the house. "No kidding," she said wiping her brow.
Aerith sighed, apparently content with just observing the sleeping Cloud. Yuffie giggled at
the brunette and blonde now sleeping her lap. "Aerith and Cloooouuuuuud sitting in a tree..."
"K-I-S-S-I-N-G..." Tori grinned.
Aerith glared at them. "Oh Hush."
"It's true!" Koji pointed out.
Kei bounced over. "Yeah!"
"You shoulda' seen yourself earlier today," Tori cackled.
Kei blinked. "Eh?"
"Aerith knows," Tori said slyly.
Kei blinked again. "Eh?"
Tori sighed. "You know, right when Cloud first came over?"
Another blink.
Tori raised an eyebrow, "Do you remember anything before Auron hit you over the
head?!"
"I remember it's Christmas...and we got the tree...right after that it gets kinda fuzzy."
Tori groaned. "Auron really did it this time!"
Leon grinned. "This is kinda amusing."
Koji looked over at Leon like he was crazy. "This is annoying, not having her remember
anything useful."
Leon shrugged. "She's not remembering her poking of Auron's eye, that's a good thing,
means she might end up poking it again, and if she does, I'm gonna sell tickets!"
Koji blinked. "For what?! Watching her get hit over the head again?"
Leon grinned. "HECK YEAHH!"
Tori rolled her eyes. "She gets hit all the time... she even does it to herself, how is that
new?"
Leon continued to grin. "Cause it's funny watching a hyperactive teen being attacked by
a guy who's kinda supposed to be dead! It's amusing!"
Koji blinked. "Then you sure get amused by strange things." Tori also blinked and
nodded in agreement.
Kei nodded as well, having no idea what they were talking about.
Koji looked at Kei and then cackled. "One ticket in advance, please." She grinned and
held out a hand in Leon's direction.
Leon raised a brow. He then picked up a napkin, pulled out a pen, and scribbled on it,
then handed it to Koji. "There you go."
"Thank you," she said, shoving the napkin in her pocket. "Okay, now you can go, Kei."
Kei blinked. "...Go?" She said, looking confused.
"Yes. Tomorrow, when Auron comes back over, I'm ready. Don't make me
disappointed." Koji grinned again and Tori rolled her eyes.
Kei cocked her head to the side, looking horribly confused.
However, before she could question it further, Cloud happened to drag himself over,
grunting in pain. (The sugar had worn off so Cloud was currently suffering from a sort of
hangover.)
Aerith giggled, helping the blonde up from the floor. "I think someone needs some sleep,
hmmmm?"
Cloud blushed and mumbled something incoherent.
Tori sighed. "He doesn't need to rest more, the caffeine tomorrow will keep him running.
But..." Tori glanced at Kei, "he should go in order to prevent more disasters. After all, Kei is
still wound."
"I am not." Kei pouted. "I'm not hyper at all."
"You're never not hyper unless you're dead serious," Koji pointed out.
Kei rolled her eyes. "I so do not cause disasters, any that may have seemed to be my
fault was all coincidence."
"There sure are a lot of coincidences that happen around you." Tori grinned.
Kei nodded quickly. "Yeah, no kidding!"
Koji just shrugged. "You're just coincident prone."
Kei nodded again. "That's right..."
Aerith shook her head. "I still say we should be getting to bed...seeing as it's kind of three
AM..."
Tori blinked. "It is? Oops."
Leon blinked slowly. "…Oh...then maybe we should all go to bed..."
Koji nodded. "Yup. You better get your beauty rest."
Yuffie snickered at that and Leon glared at both of them before heading up the stairs.
Aerith giggled and followed, dragging Cloud behind her. "Good night everyone!" She said
cheerfully.
Yuffie stretched in an almost catlike way, then headed up the stairs as well.
Kei sat there for a moment. "...Sleep.... or eating candy while no one can stop
me...hmmm..."
Tori shrugged and headed towards the stairs. "It's your sugar buzz, don't come to me
when you have a splitting headache."
"Me neither," Koji agreed, following behind Tori.
Kei stood there for a moment, contemplating this.
"Sugar...headache...sugar...headache..."
However, at that moment the shiny Christmas tree caught her attention, spoiling Kei's
concentration. After staring for a few minutes, Kei couldn't remember what she had been
thinking about. "...Eh, I'll just go to sleep…maybe I'll remember in the morning..." With that,
she bounded up the stairs as well.


'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the Small House
Not a thing was stirring, not even Kei's mouth.
All the walls were patched with super glue
Where Kei had bounced down the stairs and fallen through
Leon was in his leather,
And Tori with her keychain feather.
And everyone had settled down to sleep through the cold weather.
The blowing snow was coming down with such fright
That it hid everything from sight
That blustery, Christmassy night
At that moment, there rose such a clatter
That Kei sprung from her bed to see what was the matter
She rushed down hall
Carefully trying not to fall
But ended up running into the wall
After pulling her head from the hole shaped like her head
She spotted a man dressed entirely in red
He turned, a startled look on his face
Before whisking up the chimney with much grace
Kei blinked slowly at this sight
Then with a shrug, went back to bed for the night
Santa Clause with his present-laden sleigh
Rose up into the sky just at the brink of day
And he said when he was out of sight:
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

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