A "Life At My House" Christmas

A Yu-Gi-Oh FanFic

By: Seto's Princess

Disclaimer – This is the final chapter of this story… and I still don't own YuGiOh. Darn.

This is my "Life At My House" New Years special! This chapter occurs on December 31st – New Years Eve! (Also, remember that the New Year starts in 2005, not 2006 like it should. You can blame me for that, since I don't update fast enough to keep up with real world time.)

Italicized words are thoughts…

Warning: Randomness, pointless yelling, plenty of OOCness in this chapter.

Where we last left off: (Sarai's point of view)

"I… miff tuk," Yami gasped, trying to catch his breath. His eye was currently bruised and his nose was bleeding.

Bakura laughed evilly in between gasps of breath. Unlike Yami, he did not have a scratch on him.

"Fuu sired poo monfinuu," Yami mumbled.

"What?" Bakura asked. "Oh yeah, I BROKE YOUR NOSE!" He laughed evilly again.

The two yamis lay in the middle of the battlefield, tired and breathing heavily.

"You two may be tired, but I'm not," a voice hovered above them. The two yamis looked up and gasped as the voice's owner pelted them with snowballs, covering the two from neck to toe.

Chapter 19 – New Years End!

Bakura's Point of View

The stupid Pharaoh and I were left with our eyes in swirlies after Kaiba pelted us with snowballs.

"Damn High Priest," I mumbled as I tried to drag myself up from the ground.

"I plame moo gor fist," the baka pharaoh muttered from beside me as he pulled himself together and stood up.

"What did you just say? Ugh, whatever, screw you," I replied as I finally stood up at my full height and dusted myself off of the pestering cold white flakes. Kaiba was off doing some sort of victory dance or whatnot while we looked around the battlefield to find our fallen comrades.

"Where is everybody?" I asked myself as I saw that no one was around. Nobody was lying on the ground, covered in snow. Nobody was trying to hide behind a bush or something to avoid a snowball attack. The ground showed no signs of human life at all. It was as if everyone had disappeared.

"Hey, Pharaoh, look, everyone's gone," I pointed out.

"Wha?" he asked as he looked around and saw the same scene that I had.

"…And that is what you deserve for running over my brother!" Kaiba concluded as if he had just made a huge inspiring speech.

"Kaiba, are you blind?" I quipped.

He raised an eyebrow challengingly. "What kind of question is that?"

I sighed. "Haven't you noticed that we are the only ones here? Everyone is gone!"

His eyes examined the battlefield around us. "Hmph," he replied and walked into the house. I rolled my eyes and the Pharaoh and I followed him into the house.

…

"I was wondering how long it would take for you three to tire yourselves out," a voice muttered from the kitchen as we walked into Sarai's apartment.

"Phear is effreyone else?" the Pharaoh asked as he looked around the apartment. It seemed empty.

"What?" Sarai asked.

I smirked. "His nose is bleeding but I think he said he's a gay hobo."

Yami glared at him. "SHUT FUPP! PHAT'S NOT VAT I SAID!"

I laughed. "Whatever you say, Pharaoh. Where's everyone else anyway?"

"Well, the girls are all in Mai's room watching a movie, and the guys are upstairs in Yugi's room doing whatever it is they're doing, except for Joey, who's working on New Year's dinner. I'm going to help him with that later. Then there's also Pegasus, who is in his room doing Ra knows what with his Funny Bunny plushies," Sarai replied as she finished making some popcorn with her popcorn maker.

"And Mokuba?" Kaiba asked.

"Upstairs with the guys," Sarai answered.

Kaiba grumbled and trudged downstairs to his apartment.

"Well, see you guys later," Sarai said with a smile and sauntered off to Mai's room.

I shrugged and went upstairs to find YamiMarik.

Third person point of view...

Meanwhile, in the Shadow Realm...

"Mwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" laughed the ruler of the Shadow Realm, Sarai's insane cousin, Emir.

"What shall we do with this, sir?" asked minion #1 as he held up a tightly caged Tickle-Me-Elmo.

"How many locks did you put on that thing?" Emir asked with caution.

"We put fourteen locks on it, just like you asked sir," the lackey replied.

"Good, good... Now, did you train and clone the Singing and Dancing Dora like I ordered?"

"Look for yourself sir!" the minion exclaimed as he pointed at a particular spot where an army of Singing and Dancing Doras wearing army uniforms were marching in a row.

"EXCELLENT! Soon the world will bow down to me and learn to fear the Shadow Realm! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" Emir laughed maniacally.

"Sir, here is that macaroni and cheese you wanted," a second minion asked as he held out a plate of the steaming food.

"CHEESE!" Emir exclaimed and devoured his lunch.

…

Back in the real world, about thirty minutes later…

"Awww!" every single girl in Mai's room cooed as they watched the film on screen. Even Ishizu smiled and she was not the type of person to melt at the sight of fluffy romance.

"I knew he would come through eventually," Tea murmured and slipped some popcorn into her mouth.

"Of course he would. That poor girl has been through so much and despite that, she is the sweetest thing ever. There was no way she couldn't melt his heart," Serenity mumbled.

"Shh! He's going to say something!" Mai hissed to quiet the two girls down.

Sarai's eyes were practically glued to the screen as she watched the scene before her unfold. She was a sucker for fluffy romance movies and she detested it when she was interrupted while watching a really good one.

"Clarissa… I-I didn't mean those things I said. Will you… forgive me?" the man in the movie said as he held the girl's cheek in his hand and brushed a tear away with his thumb.

Clarissa nodded, her eyes shining with tears. "Yes. I love you, Alex," the girl murmured softly as a smile crossed her lips. Alex smiled warmly at her and leaned down for their second kiss.

Each girl's reaction was different. Ishizu smiled at the scene. Tea sighed happily; the bowl of popcorn in her lap lay forgotten. Mai ginned from ear to ear as if she had successfully paired the couple up herself. Serenity squeezed the pillow in her arms even tighter and made a small squeal. Sarai bit her lip and fought the urge to squeal in delight as her eyes glimmered with joy.

A sudden knock at the door made the girls jump in fright. The bowl of popcorn in Tea's lap went flying and it landed gracefully on Serenity's head, with the crunchy treat sliding down her head like rain.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Serenity!" Tea exclaimed as she helped Serenity pick out the popcorn in her hair. Mai chuckled at the scene.

"Awww! I hate being interrupted! Who is it?" Sarai practically yelled at the door.

The door opened and a blonde mop of hair appeared in the room. "Um, Sarai? Sorry ta bother ya, but you said you wanted ta make da potatoes. I'm done peelin them," Joey's obvious Brooklyn accent cut into the room and overpowered the sound coming from the TV.

"Oh yeah. Sorry, girls. You'll have to watch the rest of the movie without me. See you later," Sarai said as she waved goodbye and left with Joey.

…

"Okay, okay. Yugi, do you have any threes?" Ryou asked.

"Go fish," Yugi replied.

"No one ever has any threes," Ryou mumbled with a sigh.

"You know the rules, Ryou. You fish for a card and you have to eat a spoonful of Bakura's and YamiMarik's concoction from hell," Marik said with a smirk.

"Oh bloody hell! I thought you might have forgotten that," Ryou said with a scrunched face.

"You think he would forget something like that after they made him eat it the last four times? I don't think so," Mokuba quipped.

YamiMarik ginned evilly and slid a bowl full of some terrible looking form of slop. There were colors everywhere in the slop, including yellow, green, brown, white, and red. Ryou scrunched his face in disgust and took a spoonful of the random concoction. He put it in his mouth and chewed on whatever chunks of food were in the slop and quickly swallowed. Yugi, Yami, Mokuba, and Marik looked on in disgust.

"Oh dear. What's in that?" Ryou asked.

"We can't tell you until someone wins this game. Pharaoh, it's your turn," Bakura said.

"Mokuba, do you have any kings?" Yami asked with a smile plastered on his face. His nose was better now and Yugi gave him an ice pack so his eye would not become swollen.

"Darn…" Mokuba muttered as he handed his King of Hearts card to Yami.

"It appears I am finished," Yami stated matter-of-factly as le laid his final pair of cards on the floor before him. He no longer had any cards in his hand.

"What? Stupid King of Games!" YamiMarik growled.

"Heart of the cards," Yami said.

"How can you have the 'heart of the cards' in Go Fish?" Bakura shouted.

"Can you just tell us what's in this thing now?" Mokuba asked as he poked at the slop in the bowl with a spoon.

"Let's see if your stomach can handle this. It's ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, beans, chopped lettuce, tomato bits, peanuts, granola, onions, salt, sour cream, taco sauce, bean paste, waffle bits, cheese, and three spoonfuls of orange soda," Bakura answered with an evil grin.

"You had us eat that?" Ryou asked with a shocked expression.

"It was fun watching your expressions!" YamiMarik laughed.

"Yeah… I'm going to go brush my teeth," Mokuba said, dumping his cards on the floor and leaving the room.

"Me too," Yugi said and left the room, followed closely by Yami and Ryou.

"You guys are no fun!" Bakura exclaimed with a fake pout that was very uncharacteristic for him.

…

A few hours later… In the Shadow Realm…

"YES! MY DORA ARMY IS COMPLETE!" Emir shouted and laughed maniacally.

"Um, sir, it was complete hours ago, but you were too busy eating cheese to notice," a minion said.

"SHUT UP!" Emir shouted and hit the minion in the head with a bat. "Now, my army, into the mortal world!"

The army of Singing and Dancing Doras began marching towards a portal that appeared out of nowhere.

…

"So, what do you girls want to do now?" Mai asked as she and the other girls ventured into the living room.

"Oh, I don't know," Serenity replied. "Perhaps we can-"

Suddenly, a giant vortex opened up in the middle of the living room and an army of Singing and Dancing Doras marched into the living room. The girls looked on with strange expressions on their faces.

…

"And… done!" Joey exclaimed with a huge grin of pride on his face.

"Wow! This one looks even yummier than your Christmas turkey!" Sarai exclaimed as she stared at Joey's completed masterpiece.

"JOEY! SARAI!" Tea shouted as she burst into the kitchen.

"What is it Tea?" Sarai asked.

"There's an army of Singing and Dancing Doras in your living room!" Tea replied.

"What?" Sarai asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Come on!" Tea cried and dragged them downstairs.

…

"MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I RULE ALL!" Emir shouted and laughed.

"Who do you think you are?" Ishizu spat as she and the other girls struggled against a group of Singing and Dancing Doras, who were tying them up.

"EMIR! What are you doing? Why are you here?" Sarai shouted as she, Tea, and Joey burst into the living room.

"I'm going to rule the world!" Emir replied.

"What? Why?" Sarai asked.

"I want to."

"Hmm. Why don't we make a deal? I'll give you anything you want and you stop this plan to take over the world."

"Anything?"

"Anything."

"I want New Years dinner… and one million dollars."

"A million dollars? You have minions that wait on you hand and foot and you want a million dollars?"

"Ok, fine. Just give me the New Years dinner."

Sarai sighed. "Fine. Joey, bring down our food."

"What? But what are we gonna eat?" Joey asked.

"I don't know; just give my stupid cousin the food!"

"Aw man…" Joey whined and trudged upstairs to bring down the New Years dinner he and Sarai had worked so hard on.

…

"Okay. So, I'll see you later, chicken butt! Come, my army!" Emir shouted and jumped into the vortex, followed by his army of Doras.

"Well… That was awkward," Mai said as Tea untied her and the other girls.

"Yeah, but he took our dinner," Serenity stated.

"What will we eat now?" Tea asked.

"I don't know…" Sarai mumbled.

The door suddenly opened and everyone else in the house came inside.

"Okay! It's time to eat! I'm starving!" Bakura exclaimed and sat down at the dinner table.

"Yeah! It's eight o'clock already!" Mokuba added and sat down. The other boys sat down as well, not noticing the looks on the girls' faces. However, Seto, who was the last one to walk in, did notice.

"What's with the sad expressions? Shouldn't you dorks be happy on a holiday such as this?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Um… we would, but my cousin just came and took our New Years dinner…" Sarai replied.

"What? What do you mean your cousin took our dinner? What are we going to eat?" the boys whined in unison.

"I don't know. Any ideas?" Sarai asked.

"What about the masterpiece Bakura and I made?" YamiMarik suggested.

"NO!" Ryou, Yugi, Yami, and Mokuba shouted in unison.

"Um… I don't think I want to know…" Sarai muttered.

…

One hour later…

"Yummy! That was great!" Mokuba exclaimed as he slumped back in his chair with a full stomach.

"It was very unorthodox for a New Years dinner, but I guess it had to do," Sarai said as she stood up and put the cardboard plates in the trash bin.

"I thought it was fabulous. I don't have the chance to have pizza often," Yami commented, holding a new ice pack against his eye. Yugi laughed.

"Well, there's still three more hours till the countdown, so let's watch a movie!" Mai suggested. Everyone agreed, even Seto, and they all sat down either on the couch or on the floor.

…

"GUYS! It's time! Two minutes left!" Mai shouted. She and the others had random objects in their hands, including party poppers and confetti. Half of them had plastic top hats on their heads with the words "Happy New Years" on them.

Yami, Bakura, and YamiMarik sat next to each other and managed to not kill each other while they had been watching the movie. Yugi, Ryou, and Marik sat on the floor in front of them. Tea and Ishizu also sat on the couch, with Mokuba and Serenity on the floor in front of them. Mai and Joey stood on the right side of the couch, right by the Christmas tree. Sarai stood on the other side of the couch, near Seto, who was leaning on the wall with his arms crossed.

"Oh! This is so much fun!" Serenity exclaimed.

"I can't wait!" Tea added.

"We did not have countdowns like these back in ancient Egypt," Yami stated with interest.

"SHH! It's time!" Mai shouted as the giant shimmering ball on the TV screen started to descend.

"Five!"

"Four!"

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" they all shouted and threw confetti into the air and popped their party poppers. The TV flashed with the numbers "2005" on the screen. Everyone gave each other a round of hugs, with the exception of Seto, who watched from his spot on the wall. Joey even dared to kiss Mai on the cheek, which she returned, making everyone cheer in excitement. Joey blushed.

"HAPPY NEW YEAR, NIISAMA!" Mokuba shouted and wrapped his arms around the older Kaiba. Seto flashed a small smile and hugged him back. Mokuba then bounded off to give more hugs.

"Happy New Year, Seto," Sarai said as she walked up to Seto and smiled up at him.

"…Happy New Year," he responded.

"So… Here's to an exciting New Year and um… yeah…" Sarai trailed off and stared at the floor.

"You want a hug don't you?" Seto asked.

Sarai looked up to see his scowling face. "It is New Years…"

"Go ahead if you must," Seto said with a roll of his eyes. Sarai grinned and wrapped her arms around him. No one seemed to notice as Seto gave her a small hug back and she quickly stole a small kiss on his cheek. He glared at her and pushed her away.

"I said a hug, not a kiss," he snarled.

Sarai giggled. "No one said you had to hug me back, but thanks anyway."

Seto rolled his eyes.

"HAPPY NEW YEAR KAIBA!" everyone shouted as they walked up to him and threw confetti all over him. Sarai burst out laughing to see a confetti-bathed Seto Kaiba blinking in confusion. The others soon joined in and even Seto's frown faded away as a small smile of amusement replaced it.

THE END!

Yup, that is it. It is over. It is kind of sad to let go of this story… again, but at least now I can return to Life At My House. I am sure you are all dying for me to update that one. I will try to have it up as soon as I can, but I cannot make any guarantees. You all know by now that my school loves to give homework by the truckloads. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed my overly random New Years celebration, even if it is one year and one month behind real world time. Have a nice day!

7-22-06: YES! I am officially done revising A Life At My House Christmas! I will shortly continue revising Life At My House and try to finish that as soon as possible. Thank you for reading and have a great day!