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((Who said a teen couldn't visit Santa?))

Yume looked around the area. She wanted to see what all this mess and season was about as she entered in and saw a man in a red suit. She had missed seeing him when she was a child so she wanted to see him now. Walking up the through the line they had made, she stopped right in front of him. "Santa?" She asked questioning and looking into the man's sparking eyes. He seemed so kind and sweet Yume couldn't help but smile. Slowly, she knew what to do, she sat on his lap. She didn't care if the others laughed, she wanted to see if he was for real. "If you are the real Santa, you know that all I could ask for I have. I mom, friends and a home. But I wonder if you could grant me a wish for Christmas...either a baby brother or a way I can help one of my friends with his loss of sight."

Dementia and Sylas had their hands full, two small kitsune children were tugging and yanking away at their arms trying to get to Santa before the others in line.

"Pleesh... Pleesh..." Adon squirmed and flailed his hands looking at the man in the red and white suit.

"Hush Adon, we are up next!" As much as it seemed she hated her brothers, and believe me she did it to the best of her ability. She did love the cute little foxes, and Sylas did look out for her when he could. Sylas... She looked over at her brother, withdrawn and silent again, his eyes deeply shadowed and his lips compressed as if he was fighting back the urge to cry. Something had happened to the young boy, well, not too young, he was older than her. "Sy, you okay?"

Sylas looked at his sister and nodded once, gestureing for her to take Adon up to Santa. "Its your turn.." He looked down at the sleeping kitsune in his arms, playing a bit with the soft tails that were Tobias' gift and curse.

Knowing she would get no more from her brother, she went up to Santa and climbed onto his lap, holding the baby. She looked over at her Dad and waved once before thinking. "Uh... I know I wasn't so good, so.. I.. I just want a doll.. if I can." She looked down at Adon who was trying to get a handfull of Santa's beard to shove into his mouth. "Adon wanted a toy car." She nodded happily and tried to hug Santa. After a moment of Disentangling Adon from Santa's beard she slid down and skipped to her father, nearly tripping on her own tail.


Sylas sighed and walked up to Santa, carefully climbing up to sit in his lap, his cheeks flushing lightly. "Uh... H-h..hi.." He looked down, his voice going more and more weak as he tried to speak. "I.. I.. don't know what I want.." He bit his lip and looked at the small kitsune who was wakeing up in his arms, Tobias' eyes going wide.

Tobias giggled and looked at Santa's beard, not able to speak he waved his little hands, thinking it was a kitty and wanting it.


Sylas smiled and keeping his eyes on his little brother spoke again. "Adon and Tobias wanted a pet.. a kitten I think... so.. I don't want a present, I want them to be happy." He looked up and nodded. "Please make all my friends and family happy and I will be too." The young angel hugged the squirming boy and nodded once more as he slid down and headed to the rest of his family, glad he had said what he wanted. "Thank you again.."

Finally the small family was gathered back together to go home. "Did you all ask for what you wanted?" Demential nodded, and started chattering about the gifts she wanted, which caused Steal to smile and nod, though his eyes locked on his eldest. Sylas seemed changed, for a time he had seemed to be coming out of his withdrawn mode, but he was slipping back into it. Silent and detached he seemed to not want to share his feelings. "I just want them all happy.." He said to himself, takeing pride in his children, and wanting nothing but the best for them.

((Aww... I know she's not really here, yet... but I can't take Sybil? Oh, well...))

Rime waited in line with her kinder, Avery bouncing excitedly on her shoulders, pulling uncomfortably at her hair every now and again as he almost lost balance, and Alida and Ritsu each holding one of her hands.

It was finally their turn, and she sent Alida up first, the little girl carrying a note, her eyes shining. She climbed up on Santa's lap, leaving her hat behind with Rime (He was too important to wear a hat around. Everyone knew that's what you did when you were with someone important), and peered into his face, solemn and serious, making sure that he was the real deal. His eyes twinkled at her, and he winked.

She blinked and blushed, and then he asked her if she had been a good girl this year. She thought hard. I don't remember being bad... I hope he doesn't remember something I don't... She nodded hesitantly, and he smiled at her.

Then he asked what she would like for Christmas, and she held out the list. It said: I would like a new journal for Christmas, a nice leather bound one with a tie, and a book of poetry by John Donne, please. Santa read the list, and smiled at her before she slid from his lap and ran back to Rime, smiling wide.

Next up was Avery, and he shimmied his way down Rime before she could offer any help. He was up on Santa's lap, and almost right in his face. "Alida thinks you're real, and she's real smart, so you gotta be, right?" He settled down on the man's knee without waiting for a response, but Santa took it in stride, and laughed as he asked Avery if he had been a good boy. Avery hesitated, and said, "Well, sometimes I don't listen real well, but Mom doesn't seem to mind so much, so is that still bad?" Santa tilted his head as if considering, but finally smiled at Avery and said that no, he didn't think it was very naughty, but Avery must try harder to listen to his Mom in the next year.

Then he asked what Avery would like for Christmas. The boy grinned and thought hard for a second about what he really wanted for Christmas. "Uhm... Well, geez, I don't even know! ... I was so excited to see you, I didn't even think about it... Uhm... I want..." He trailed off again, for the first time in a long while he was caught without something to say. He started to get worried, and Rime just nodded at him encouraginly. He finally just blurted out the first thing that came to mind. "I would like a race car! Uhm... if that's okay?" the man in the red suit just chuckled at him, and said that that was a perfectly fine choice.

Avery charged back to Rime, pulling her down to his level and whispering excitedly in her ear, making her chuckle softly and give him a hug. She looked up at Santa and winked at him, before leading a terrified looking Ritsu up to the jolly man. Santa said, "Well, now, young one. You can't be scared of Santa, can you? Why don't you come up and sit on my lap, and you can tell me what you want--" He was interrupted by Ritsu's sudden voice.

"But I don't deserve anything! I've been terrible! I can't do anything right, and I broke that cup, and I woke Alida up too early that day, and I can't do anything right in school, and..." His litany continued, drawing the stares of everyone around them as his voice continued to rise in volume. Rime finally placed her hand gently over his mouth to quiet him, and he seemed to try to hide within himself.

"Ritsu, honey, none of that was your fault... that's not being bad. Being bad is when you mean to do things that you know are going to make someone sad or will hurt something. It's okay, Santa and I know that you were just trying your best when those things happened, alright? So go on up, and tell him what you would like for Christmas." Ritsu looked at her like she had two heads, and continued apologizing softly as she picked him up and set him on Santa's lap.

Santa said, "It seems to me like you're too hard on yourself, young man. Nothing that you said seemed like it was anything bad at all. So... would you like anything for Christmas?"

Ritsu was silent, almost shaking, but not from fear. He was trying to hold back tears from people telling him that everything he thought was bad, actually wasn't... he didn't expect such kindness from people, but if Santa was saying he wasn't bad... Santa wouldn't lie about that, would he? He had to be telling the truth, because he had those long, long lists...

"I... I would like a pretty kimono... that's... That's not being... greedy, is it?" The man shook his head and said that no, it wasn't, and that Ritsu should listen to what his Mom had to say. He wasn't being bad at all.

Ritsu fled back to Rime as soon as he was down from Santa's lap, and Rime picked him up to hold him in her arms as he his face in her shoulder. She moved off to one side, allowing the next kids in line to come through, and Alida and Avery trailed behind, Avery with a firm grip on Rime's pantleg, and Alida with a worried look up at Ritsu. She worried about her oversensitive sibling sometimes... He would have to get better someday, wouldn't he?

((Oh I so wish I had Gabreil right now. xd ))

Tenshi sighed as she was drug along by several very excited children. She yelped as she fell to the ground, makeing a 'squeeeeeeeeee' sound as her skin slid along the mall floor.

Yumoa and Onii drug Tenshi to santa, before letting her go, and swiftly fighting over who would get to sit first. Yumoa ended up winning, grinning as she hopped up into Santa's lap, and pawed at his face.
"Wow mister, you must have many bountiful hunts with how plump you are. Congrats. But Tenshi says your the human to come to if you want wishes granted.. Sooooo... First I would like to see all my family agian, to make sure they escaped and their safe.

Second I would like all those scientists who caputred us to die missirible deaths and burn in that place Tenshi works for that's called "Hell". and my third wish.. Is for little brother to not be so sick anymore. " she said calmly, counting her claws to make sure she was getting all her wishes out. Her ears perked up, before she nodded, remembering her last.

"And Lastly.. I would like a nice meaty cow thigh. Covered in red fresh meat that I can chew on endlessly... That would be it Mr. Santa man.. I'll let my sister on." She said with a grin, before hopping off and crawling away, sticking her tounge out at Onii.

Onii pouted and jumped up into Santa's lap, before she looked up at the man with big eyes.
"Wow, your even bigger then Tenshi told me you would be. I like the pet hanging off your face!" She giggled, petting his beard. She then thought for a moment, before she sat up, pokeing the man's nose.

"For Cristmas, I want a pony, a big fancy bed for my teddy, a hell hound, my wings to get bigger, a doll house, a knife, a sword, a bazuka" she went on for a good half hour, tilting her head to a different side with each item she wanted.

She then stopped for a moment, before saying her last wish, which was what really mattered to her..
"And I'd like to see my brother agian.. If it could be at all possible.. Thank you mr." She said, before wobbling off after Yumoa.

Tenshi sighed and watched as the two children ran in circles, as she looked up to the man. She smiled at him and nodded her head.. She probably looked like one of his hellsent elfs with the outfit she was wearing. Pent up in a short santa skirt, santa hat, and long red gloves and boots with white trim. Along with her naturally pointed ears, she probably looked like she should stay there.

She went up and sat on the man's knee, which made the Santa lookalike blush from haveing such a trim female on his leg. She then looked to him, smileing as she rested an arm on his shoulder.
"Santa, I know this is probably alot to ask, and I know your really busy with everyone else in this world that has their gift requests.. But in my line of work, you see alot of people dieing, especilly thanks to this war..

For Christmas, I was wondering if you could end it for me.. So I can stop takeing such innocent souls to the afterworld, and so they can finally return home to their familys, where they should be. Thank you." She smiled, before kissing Santa's cheek. She then hopped out of his lap and picked up the girls, going off to do some last minute shopping.

Rime was back again the next day, with a sleepy looking little girl curled up in her arms. The papers weren't all finished yet, so she couldn't come stay with Rime, but Rime had been given special permission to bring Sybil to Santa. She waited patiently until it was their turn again, amazed at how long the line was.

Finally they made it to the front, and Rime smiled at the man as she set the little demon girl down in front of him. "Go sit on Santa's lap, sweetie, okay?" Sybil shivered slightly, not liking the cold winter air, but moved forward and clambered up in to the man's lap, taking care of her wings and tail.

She looked up at him with hooded eyes, and waited for him to say something. He smiled at her, and laughed cheerfully, the motion of doing so causing her to be bounced a little, and she looked rather alarmed, clinging to his suit. "Hello there, child. Have you been a good girl this year?"

She pondered for a moment, and then said, "I dunno... I got sent to the 'doption place, so I musta done sumthin' wrong... but Miss Rime wants me... so it wasn't too bad, right? I knew they were gonna send me 'fore they came, though." She nodded with that last statement, and awaited his judgement.

"I don't think you've been bad, child, there were probably many reasons you couldn't stay where you were. I think you deserve a present... so what would you like?" The jolly man smiled at her.

"In that case... I think I'd like a nice warm sweater or blanket, sumthin' soft... and maybe Tarot deck? But.. if you do... make sure you keep it wrapped safe, okay? And treat it nice... they don' like being treated mean." Her face was filled with utter seriousness, and she waited until Santa agreed with her before she smiled at him in her lazy way, and slid down to creep back to Rime's warm embrace. Rime thanked Santa, and then moved aside, obliging the little girl by wrapping her inside Rime's own coat.

Skye brought her wee girl with her to visit santa, as it seemed like 'the thing to do' for all little boys and girls. Of course, she hadn't taken Irvyn when he was little...but, then again, he hadn't been the same sort of child that Enid was. She wanted her little Ash to experience everything and be happy.

"Come on...you're almost next in line." She smiled down to her little girl, watching as Ash clung ever so tightly to her notebook.

She wondered if Santa would be alright just reading her note. She didn't want to tell her mother everything right away. She'd wait for that...

Alright, she was next. Up into Santa's lap she went, nervously smiling up to the jolly man. Carefully, she opened her notebook, flipping through the pages until she could show santa her letter.

Mister Santa,

I can't really think of anything specific that I would like for Christmas. Mother has seen to it that I have the things that I want in order for me to have a 'happy childhood'. She's a good mother. You know, that's all I really wanted. A happy family.

So, I guess what I want is for everyone else to get what they want for Christmas...and, maybe a new notebook because this one's getting filled up very fast.

She smiled as the jolly man gave her a wink before tapping the tip of her nose ever so gently and sending her on her way.

"See? That wasn't so bad." Skye grinned, taking Ash by the hand and leading her away.

Keiko trots up, Nell happily holding her hand, Acrasia slowly ambling behind looking confused and a little scared. "Whaddawesay?" Acrasia mutters, almost incoherently.

"Well." Keiko replies, taking her hand, "You tell Santa what you wanyt for Christmas! Like a gift, a present or something."

"Yeah, you can ask for those books you wanted, or a nice toy or something."

"Oh." Looking like a shy person overcoming fear, which she was, Acrasia padded slowly up to Santa, followed by Nell.

Nell hopped up first, smiling widely and cutely. "Hi Mister nice Santa, sir! I'd like some toys for Christmas! Or maybe a pet, a friend to help me when Acrasia and I wage war with our sisters! You decide, you're good at that."

She hopped down again, but Acrasia stood there, mutely looking up at him. "I...er..."

"My sister's shy." Nell told him, "She likes books though, and writing. She's the clever-er-est person I know, 'cept Keik, and Auntie Rune, and Lady Arafel, and--y'know."

She smiled, and trotted back to Keiko, Acrasia looking up at Santa, and giving a ghost of a smile, and a short wave.