DeathKeeper
12-12-2004, 09:36 PM
(Yes, this is an original story so all the characters were made by me except for Kikyo from Inuyasha. Maggie is actually my family pet dog so she's not original but please bear with me. Anyways, it's a holiday special so please enjoy and read & review!)
The Big Sleep
It was raining like hell and as it poured down as usual, inside a small typical looking Japanese-style home were Jaden Ore and Lance who were preparing for a couple of guests that would be staying over for a few weeks. The guys were not in their armor, but in regular casual clothing since they didn’t want to be considered a threat to any of the visitors. Lance was in the kitchen making a fantastic & elaborate buffet table which were half-filled with a gourmet of different foreign meals. Lance on the other hand, wasn’t happy to be making food anytime soon.
My god, I ever so regret myself from actually doing this. I hate cooking with a passion! Why did I had to be such an idiot and volunteer to do this?
“Achoo!” Was the reaction that was coming from down the room.
“Kazoontike!” Lance said.
“Thank you!” Jaden replied and continued his work. Jaden was feeling more miserable then Lance was at the moment. He was sweeping up all the pollen, animal dander, air-born bacteria, dust mites, and many other dust particles. He was having a difficult time since he kept on sneezing but was able to clean the whole house in no more than 25 minutes. When he finally finished, he sat down on the couch. Lance finished up the buffet table and came down to join his friend.
“I hope everything is set for our guests.” Lance said.
“I wouldn’t worry about it. I mean….it’s not like we are inviting the Queen of England you know.” Jaden replied. Lance nodded his head in agreement.
“True, very true. Still, I have a feeling that this month is going to turn into complete chaos.”
“Now why would you say that?” Jaden asked. Lance was about to answer when the front doors were opened and in came DeathKeeper, his wife Kikyo, and their two children, Samantha & Zack.
“Hey it’s you!” Jaden said as he got up and went to Keeper and gave him a high-five. Lance did the same thing.
“Hey pal! How’s it going?” Jaden asked Keeper.
“Same as usual, nothing ever exciting happens.” Keeper replied.
“Nice to see you again Keeper. We haven’t seen you in quite a while. Who are these people?” Lance asked Keeper.
Keeper raised an eyebrow and turned to speak to Jaden.
“You didn’t tell him?” Keeper asked.
“I thought you would have told him.”
“I’m not a messenger boy….I’m a delivery boy!” Keeper reminded Jaden since he was obviously death itself.
“Well, how am I supposed to know, when or when not to inform someone about these kinds of things!?” Jaden whined in defense.
“Can someone please tell me what’s going on?” Lance interrupted the two. Keeper sighed and after introducing his wife and kids, they all settled down in the cozy house. Kikyo took the children upstairs while Keeper talked to the others. After having a BIG dinner, everyone watched the movie ‘The Passion of the Christ’ and then went to sleep. In the mourning, Lance was getting breakfast ready for the others while Keeper sat down and grabbed the local newspaper. Nothing really interesting except for a few more insurgent attacks on U.S. troops.
“I wonder if there’s anything good on the tube to watch.” Keeper said as he put down the newspaper.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you, the mourning shows are very….perpetual. Know what I mean?” Lance warned his friend as he continued to fry some fish on the gas stove.
“Yeah, sure whatever.” Keeper said completely ignoring the royal knight. He grabbed the remote and turned on the television in front of him. What he saw was unimaginable, to say at the very least. Right their in front of his eyes were….commercials! DeathKeeper disliked commercials just as much as he disliked paying household bills.
“Commercials….I hate commercials. Why did it have to be commercials?” Keeper muttered to himself as he stared at the screen in horror.
“Helping the world sleep better. Bedroom World! Bedroom World!”
“Aw, no way! Forget this crap! I don’t need to hear about sleeping commercials, I’ve already attended a funeral! Lets see what else is on.” Keeper said and flipped the remote.
“Rock-Rock-Rock!
Rockaway Bedding! Rock-Rock-Rock! Rockaway bedding! Rock-Rock-rock! Rockaway bedding! Rockaway bedding yeah!”
“AAARRGH! Isn’t there something on besides advertisements!?” Keeper asked himself as he changed the channel only to find another nightmare.
“We’re the mattress professionals doing it right….trust Sleepy’s! For the Rest of Your Life!”
Keeper cussed to himself as he turned off the TV and threw the remote through a glass window. Just then Kikyo, Samantha and Zack came down the stairs. Keeper kissed his wife and they went to go eat breakfast. Jaden came downstairs just as everyone had finished eating.
“Oh! Jaden, where were you? You missed the mourning breakfast. Would you like me to share you some of my food?” Kikyo offered him. Jaden chuckled and shook his head.
“No thank you, I don’t need to eat. I’m skipping breakfast. I was just in my room checking my email.” Jaden told Kikyo. He then turned to Keeper.
“Hey Keeper, you don’t mind if me & Lance take the kids to the aquarium, do you?” Jaden asked. Keeper didn’t seem bothered at all.
“Go ahead, take them their. They’ll be happy and that means more time alone with my wife.”
“Yay! We get to go to see the fishies!” Samantha cheered in joy. Jaden and Lance then took the kids out to the aquarium which left Keeper and Kikyo alone. Kikyo was walking down the hallway towards the living room when she was playfully tackled by Keeper.
“Ha! I gotcha now!” Keeper teased and started tickling her abdomen. Kikyo burst into a fist of giggles and shrieks.
“NOHOHOHOHOHOHOHAHAHAHAHAHAH! NOT THERE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THAT TICKLES SO MUCH! STAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAP! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Keeper ceased his torment on Kikyo and laughed at her while she was breathing heavily and slightly sweating.
“Heheh-you’re so easy to get!” Keeper laughed out.
“Why you! I’ll so you who’s easy to get after!” Kikyo said with sweet revenge in her words and tackled Keeper in which they both fell to the floor, rolling in laughter and they both tickled the delights out of each other. They were having a great time with each other and all the fun n games of their laughter ended with them falling onto the couch kissing each other passionately with their arms wrapped around each other’s waist. They stared deep into each other’s eyes and kissed again.
“I love you Keeper.” Kikyo told her husband, sparkles glittering in her eyes.
“I love you too Kikyo.” Keeper replied to his wife. Just then, the front doors opened and Jaden, Lance and the kids returned back. This surprised the two lovers on the loveseat and they both pulled away from each other. Kikyo sent the children upstairs while Keeper talked to the others.
“Your back?......So soon!?” Keeper asked them.
“We had to leave early because it just started to snow and I just remembered that we have some other guests staying here for the holidays.” Jaden explained to Keeper.
“What? Other guests? How come you didn’t tell me any of this before when you had the chance?” Keeper asked Jaden.
“I totally forgot about it. I was just so hooked with other duties that it just, slipped through my head.” Jaden replied.
“Oh no. No, no this can’t be happening.” Keeper started muttering as he walked in continuous circles.
“Will you please stop that!? It’s really annoying!” Lance complained.
“Not at this moment! I’ve got a ton of things going through my mind right now, I don’t need your sympathy and lecturing!!” Keeper yelled at Lance. But before Keeper could continue his ranting, Jaden stopped him quickly.
“Keeper, I can assure you that we only have 2 other guests coming here. I’ve spoken to them before and they are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met before in my life.” Jaden told him. Keeper sighed heavily and allowed them to stay if they wished. In the afternoon, dinner was being prepared by Lance. Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
“That must be them. Jaden could you please get that?” Lance asked his friends as he did his very best to make the finest sushi ever. Jaden opened the door and in came a young man, about 15 years of age, wearing a blue sweater, black jeans, and white shoes. He shook Jaden’s hand and put his winter jacket up on the nearby coat rack.
“It’s good to see you again, good friend.” Jaden said to the guest.
“Same to you man, same to you.” The stranger said.
“Everyone, this is Jimmy. He will be staying with us for the holidays.” Jaden told the others.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you Jimmy.” Kikyo commented and bowed before him.
“Thank you very much. I hope to have a very great time together with all of you.” Jimmy said smiled.
“Hey! Wait, isn’t there supposed to be another guest with you?” Keeper asked.
“I’m here.” Said an unfamiliar voice. Everyone except Jimmy, Lance, and Jaden looked for the person of that voice.
“……Who said that?” Keeper asked.
“Down here!” The said again. Keeper did indeed look down to see a Beagle dog sitting next to Jimmy. Keeper, and his family just stared at animal with dumbfound eyes.
“What? You never seen a talking Hounddog before?” The dog asked.
“You have got to be kidding me!” Keeper said.
“It’s no joke. This is my best friend Maggie.” Jimmy told them.
“Wow! A talking dog!” Samantha cheered.
“That is so cool!” Zack added on.
“Well It’s a pleasure to meet you then sir.” Keeper greeted the beagle and offered a handshake. But instead, he only received a growl and bite from the dog. The kids laughed at the scene and the best part was that it wasn’t a deep cut.
“OW! Hey he bit me! What’s the big idea anyway!?” Keeper snapped back at the furry animal.
“I’m a girl!!” Maggie shouted back and that statement made Keeper sweat drop, since he just now recognized that she was female, hence the feminine voice. In the end, Keeper walked into the bathroom muttering something about dumb female dogs. The next day, Jaden was putting on his winter clothing because it had heavily snowed during the night and it was now up to an estimated 2 inches of snow. Keeper was walking into the living room and noticed what his buddy was doing.
“Hey Jaden, where are you going?”
“I’m going to go chop down a Christmas tree. Want to come help me?”
“No problem.” Keeper replied. After Keeper got dressed, they both walked out into the pale forest. Jaden chopped down a fine looking pine tree with an axe he got from the shed. Unfortunately, this only resulted in having Keeper break his back when the tree fell behind him. Jaden carried the grim reaper and pine tree back home. Kikyo put Keeper on the bed to rest while Lance grabbed some treatment items from the medicine cabinet. Jaden properly put up the tree and decorated it, as well as the entire house. In the afternoon, everyone except for DeathKeeper ate dinner. Keeper was unable to eat and was given daily vitamins until his spine healed completely 100%. By nighttime, everyone was fast asleep except for Jimmy of course. He was sitting on the couch reading his book. A fire was started in the fireplace and after reading his book, Jimmy put it away. Then he heard someone call him from behind. He turned around to find Samantha standing there in her pink pajamas and barefoot.
“Sammy sweetie, why are you awake?” Jimmy asked her.
“I can’t sleep. I’m too scared of the dark to go to sleep.” Samantha told Jimmy.
“Well common and sit down with me then.” Jimmy said. Samantha cheered in happiness and joined him on the couch.
“Want to play a game?” Jimmy asked her.
“*giggle* Sure!” Was Samantha’s response. Jimmy told the 6 year old child to place her feet on his lap. Amazingly, Samantha agreed. She put her feet on Jimmy’s lap. Jimmy then put his one leg on top of Samantha’s ankles, locking them firmly in place. During the whole time, Sammy was giggling like an 9-year old school girl.
“You ready?” Jimmy asked her.
“Yes!” And so, Jimmy lowered his fingers and began to slowly rake his fingers up & down the soles of her feet. Samantha burst into a constant fit of giggles and put her hands over her mouth as she tried to keep her laughter concealed. She didn’t move her bare feet, just wiggled & flexed her toes wildly from the ticklish fingers that threatened to make her lose it. She wouldn’t be able to hold it for much longer. Her chest was heaving heavily and she started to sweat. Her hair was soaked and her faced turned a rosy-red color. When Jimmy stroked across her toes, she finally broke.
“Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! My fehehehehet are tihihihicklish! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”
Jimmy gave Samantha a break in between. As she rested there, Jimmy smiled.
“Are you enjoying this?” Jimmy asked her. Samantha replied with her head nodding. She seemed very excited.
“Yes….*gasp* this is fun! *gasp* Your very good at this.” Samantha said to Jimmy.
“I learn from the very best.” Jimmy told her. He then picked up the child and repositioned her the other way around. He put her arms behind her head and locked her legs from kicking around too much. When Sammy told Jimmy that she was ready, Jimmy lifted her pink shirt up, revealing her soft, round, cute tummy. This caused the girl to start giggling even though no tickling had even begun yet. He stroked one finger in a complete circle around her belly-button. Samantha was however, much more ticklish on her belly which only it more difficult for her.
“STAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAP! I’m ticklish on my tummy! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Jimmy started tickling Samantha’s underarms. The child started giggling and squealing again since she wasn’t as ticklish under her arms as much.
“Hehehehehehahahahahehehahahahahahaha! Thahahahahahahat really tihihihihihickles! Hahahahahahahahahahhehehehehehehe! *giggles* Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”
Jimmy reversed his thinking and grabbed out of his pocket a blue feather. He gently lowered the fluffy projectile down onto the girl’s abdomen and begun by swiveling it all around. Samantha’s eyes grew bug-eyed wide and she laughed out loud yet it didn’t wake up anyone asleep in the house.
“NAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! STAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAP! I CAN’T TAKE IHIHIHIT ANYMORE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Samantha was laughing uncontrollably and was really going at it since she was most ticklish on her stomach. She didn’t dare try to get away because she knew better and she didn’t want to upset Jimmy. But man, was that feather ticklish or what? Then the unexpected happened…Jimmy stuck the feather in her belly-button and jiggled it around. This sent young Sammy skyrocketed into new levels of ticklishness. She bucked and thrashed ever so much to get away but Jimmy quickly held her arms with his left hand and tickled her belly-button with the blue feather by using his right hand, so all resistance was in vain for Samantha.
“AAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!”
Jimmy finally stopped the tickling all together and put away his feather. Samantha soon afterwards fell asleep on account of that she was literally exhausted from the constant laughing. Seems the tickling really did wipe the little tyke out after all. Jimmy picked up the sleeping child and carried her upstairs and tucked her into her guest bed. He quietly walked downstairs and went to his room and went straight to bed seeing as how the fireplace had already died out by now. The mourning wasn’t your typical average sunrise for our little family here….
“Gah! Could someone please shut that dog up!? I can’t sleep in when she’s making a racket upstairs in the attic!” Keeper shouted but no one listened to him. The mourning wasn’t started by a chirping bird but instead, was startled by Maggie playing a small piano in the attic using her two front paws as hands for they keys.
“You ain’t nothing but a Hounddog!” She played sounding like a sexy Elvis Presley back from the dead, except for that it was a female celebrity voice instead of male. Keeper had enough and got out of bed and walked upstairs and attempted to push Maggie onto the roof……
“*sigh*…..Why me?” Keeper said as he wrapped his arms around his body because of the freezing cold temperatures continued to plunge. He was sitting in a fetal position trying to keep his body warm while he continued to sit on the roof of the house. He was tricked by stupid mutt and was the one to sit out in the cold. He later joined the others for breakfast. When all was over with, Kikyo took the children outside to play in the snow while Keeper changed into his clothes just like everyone else and walked into the kitchen to grab some lunch for himself and his two friends. They were going to watch the football finals since it was a tradition in the family. Jaden sat down on the couch and put the soda on the coffee table while Jimmy turned on the television. Lance was in the kitchen with Keeper who was looking through the food to find out what everyone would eat.
“Got anything yet? The commercials are just about over with.” Lance said as he tried to rush his friend.
“Hold on-I have some Eggnog and turkey in here.” Keeper replied.
“Great!” Lance said in over joy.
“By the way-Would you like some Testicles?” Keeper asked Lance.
“I beg your pardon?” Lance asked Keeper. Keeper held 2 plates in his hands as he walked over to the couch and set them on the coffee table after heating them in the microwave. Lance closed the refrigerator and sat down with the others. One plate had turkey and other holiday assortments on it and the other had of what seemed to be a donated-human organ covered in blood sauce.
“Keeper, what is that?” Jimmy asked as he pointed to the organ on the plate.
“That’s a Testicle of course. Would anyone care to share with me?” Keeper told Jimmy and asked all the others but they politely refused.
“That’s ok, more for me than.” Keeper proudly announced and they watched the football finals game. During intermissions, Jimmy had eaten 7 plates of turkey and would’ve eaten 10 but stopped at 7 plates.
“I’ve just lost my appetite thank you very much.” Jimmy told the others because he was clearly disgusted with Keeper hogging his ‘Testicle’ who he claims that he got the prized meat off of eBay. Keeper really enjoyed himself as he ate his Testicle, scratching his nuts, and watched the football game. 5 hours later….
“Yeah! See what I told you!? *hiccup* I knew for sure that they would win! *hiccup* Yeah! Whoo-Hoo! Yahoooooooooo!” Keeper stupidly announced in his drunk state-of-mind. His friends only sighed.
“Keeper, your drunk. You need to rest for a while.” Lance told him.
“Actually he’s been drinking too much Eggnog.” Jaden stated.
“And he forgot to take his medication as well.” Jimmy told Keeper. But since Keeper was too drunk, he didn’t listen. When Kikyo returned back with the kids, she led her husband upstairs and put him in bed. When Christmas finally came, everyone was happy. Even Maggie and Keeper were happy with their presents that they received. Maggie received a new playmate….a male dog named Romeo. Keeper got a sweater with the words “I’m your Master, now shut up and make me a sandwich!” on the back. All in all, the group had a great Christmas together as the winter had just begun.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight! Merry Christmas Everyone! Happy Holidays!
The Big Sleep
It was raining like hell and as it poured down as usual, inside a small typical looking Japanese-style home were Jaden Ore and Lance who were preparing for a couple of guests that would be staying over for a few weeks. The guys were not in their armor, but in regular casual clothing since they didn’t want to be considered a threat to any of the visitors. Lance was in the kitchen making a fantastic & elaborate buffet table which were half-filled with a gourmet of different foreign meals. Lance on the other hand, wasn’t happy to be making food anytime soon.
My god, I ever so regret myself from actually doing this. I hate cooking with a passion! Why did I had to be such an idiot and volunteer to do this?
“Achoo!” Was the reaction that was coming from down the room.
“Kazoontike!” Lance said.
“Thank you!” Jaden replied and continued his work. Jaden was feeling more miserable then Lance was at the moment. He was sweeping up all the pollen, animal dander, air-born bacteria, dust mites, and many other dust particles. He was having a difficult time since he kept on sneezing but was able to clean the whole house in no more than 25 minutes. When he finally finished, he sat down on the couch. Lance finished up the buffet table and came down to join his friend.
“I hope everything is set for our guests.” Lance said.
“I wouldn’t worry about it. I mean….it’s not like we are inviting the Queen of England you know.” Jaden replied. Lance nodded his head in agreement.
“True, very true. Still, I have a feeling that this month is going to turn into complete chaos.”
“Now why would you say that?” Jaden asked. Lance was about to answer when the front doors were opened and in came DeathKeeper, his wife Kikyo, and their two children, Samantha & Zack.
“Hey it’s you!” Jaden said as he got up and went to Keeper and gave him a high-five. Lance did the same thing.
“Hey pal! How’s it going?” Jaden asked Keeper.
“Same as usual, nothing ever exciting happens.” Keeper replied.
“Nice to see you again Keeper. We haven’t seen you in quite a while. Who are these people?” Lance asked Keeper.
Keeper raised an eyebrow and turned to speak to Jaden.
“You didn’t tell him?” Keeper asked.
“I thought you would have told him.”
“I’m not a messenger boy….I’m a delivery boy!” Keeper reminded Jaden since he was obviously death itself.
“Well, how am I supposed to know, when or when not to inform someone about these kinds of things!?” Jaden whined in defense.
“Can someone please tell me what’s going on?” Lance interrupted the two. Keeper sighed and after introducing his wife and kids, they all settled down in the cozy house. Kikyo took the children upstairs while Keeper talked to the others. After having a BIG dinner, everyone watched the movie ‘The Passion of the Christ’ and then went to sleep. In the mourning, Lance was getting breakfast ready for the others while Keeper sat down and grabbed the local newspaper. Nothing really interesting except for a few more insurgent attacks on U.S. troops.
“I wonder if there’s anything good on the tube to watch.” Keeper said as he put down the newspaper.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you, the mourning shows are very….perpetual. Know what I mean?” Lance warned his friend as he continued to fry some fish on the gas stove.
“Yeah, sure whatever.” Keeper said completely ignoring the royal knight. He grabbed the remote and turned on the television in front of him. What he saw was unimaginable, to say at the very least. Right their in front of his eyes were….commercials! DeathKeeper disliked commercials just as much as he disliked paying household bills.
“Commercials….I hate commercials. Why did it have to be commercials?” Keeper muttered to himself as he stared at the screen in horror.
“Helping the world sleep better. Bedroom World! Bedroom World!”
“Aw, no way! Forget this crap! I don’t need to hear about sleeping commercials, I’ve already attended a funeral! Lets see what else is on.” Keeper said and flipped the remote.
“Rock-Rock-Rock!
Rockaway Bedding! Rock-Rock-Rock! Rockaway bedding! Rock-Rock-rock! Rockaway bedding! Rockaway bedding yeah!”
“AAARRGH! Isn’t there something on besides advertisements!?” Keeper asked himself as he changed the channel only to find another nightmare.
“We’re the mattress professionals doing it right….trust Sleepy’s! For the Rest of Your Life!”
Keeper cussed to himself as he turned off the TV and threw the remote through a glass window. Just then Kikyo, Samantha and Zack came down the stairs. Keeper kissed his wife and they went to go eat breakfast. Jaden came downstairs just as everyone had finished eating.
“Oh! Jaden, where were you? You missed the mourning breakfast. Would you like me to share you some of my food?” Kikyo offered him. Jaden chuckled and shook his head.
“No thank you, I don’t need to eat. I’m skipping breakfast. I was just in my room checking my email.” Jaden told Kikyo. He then turned to Keeper.
“Hey Keeper, you don’t mind if me & Lance take the kids to the aquarium, do you?” Jaden asked. Keeper didn’t seem bothered at all.
“Go ahead, take them their. They’ll be happy and that means more time alone with my wife.”
“Yay! We get to go to see the fishies!” Samantha cheered in joy. Jaden and Lance then took the kids out to the aquarium which left Keeper and Kikyo alone. Kikyo was walking down the hallway towards the living room when she was playfully tackled by Keeper.
“Ha! I gotcha now!” Keeper teased and started tickling her abdomen. Kikyo burst into a fist of giggles and shrieks.
“NOHOHOHOHOHOHOHAHAHAHAHAHAH! NOT THERE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THAT TICKLES SO MUCH! STAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAP! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Keeper ceased his torment on Kikyo and laughed at her while she was breathing heavily and slightly sweating.
“Heheh-you’re so easy to get!” Keeper laughed out.
“Why you! I’ll so you who’s easy to get after!” Kikyo said with sweet revenge in her words and tackled Keeper in which they both fell to the floor, rolling in laughter and they both tickled the delights out of each other. They were having a great time with each other and all the fun n games of their laughter ended with them falling onto the couch kissing each other passionately with their arms wrapped around each other’s waist. They stared deep into each other’s eyes and kissed again.
“I love you Keeper.” Kikyo told her husband, sparkles glittering in her eyes.
“I love you too Kikyo.” Keeper replied to his wife. Just then, the front doors opened and Jaden, Lance and the kids returned back. This surprised the two lovers on the loveseat and they both pulled away from each other. Kikyo sent the children upstairs while Keeper talked to the others.
“Your back?......So soon!?” Keeper asked them.
“We had to leave early because it just started to snow and I just remembered that we have some other guests staying here for the holidays.” Jaden explained to Keeper.
“What? Other guests? How come you didn’t tell me any of this before when you had the chance?” Keeper asked Jaden.
“I totally forgot about it. I was just so hooked with other duties that it just, slipped through my head.” Jaden replied.
“Oh no. No, no this can’t be happening.” Keeper started muttering as he walked in continuous circles.
“Will you please stop that!? It’s really annoying!” Lance complained.
“Not at this moment! I’ve got a ton of things going through my mind right now, I don’t need your sympathy and lecturing!!” Keeper yelled at Lance. But before Keeper could continue his ranting, Jaden stopped him quickly.
“Keeper, I can assure you that we only have 2 other guests coming here. I’ve spoken to them before and they are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met before in my life.” Jaden told him. Keeper sighed heavily and allowed them to stay if they wished. In the afternoon, dinner was being prepared by Lance. Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
“That must be them. Jaden could you please get that?” Lance asked his friends as he did his very best to make the finest sushi ever. Jaden opened the door and in came a young man, about 15 years of age, wearing a blue sweater, black jeans, and white shoes. He shook Jaden’s hand and put his winter jacket up on the nearby coat rack.
“It’s good to see you again, good friend.” Jaden said to the guest.
“Same to you man, same to you.” The stranger said.
“Everyone, this is Jimmy. He will be staying with us for the holidays.” Jaden told the others.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you Jimmy.” Kikyo commented and bowed before him.
“Thank you very much. I hope to have a very great time together with all of you.” Jimmy said smiled.
“Hey! Wait, isn’t there supposed to be another guest with you?” Keeper asked.
“I’m here.” Said an unfamiliar voice. Everyone except Jimmy, Lance, and Jaden looked for the person of that voice.
“……Who said that?” Keeper asked.
“Down here!” The said again. Keeper did indeed look down to see a Beagle dog sitting next to Jimmy. Keeper, and his family just stared at animal with dumbfound eyes.
“What? You never seen a talking Hounddog before?” The dog asked.
“You have got to be kidding me!” Keeper said.
“It’s no joke. This is my best friend Maggie.” Jimmy told them.
“Wow! A talking dog!” Samantha cheered.
“That is so cool!” Zack added on.
“Well It’s a pleasure to meet you then sir.” Keeper greeted the beagle and offered a handshake. But instead, he only received a growl and bite from the dog. The kids laughed at the scene and the best part was that it wasn’t a deep cut.
“OW! Hey he bit me! What’s the big idea anyway!?” Keeper snapped back at the furry animal.
“I’m a girl!!” Maggie shouted back and that statement made Keeper sweat drop, since he just now recognized that she was female, hence the feminine voice. In the end, Keeper walked into the bathroom muttering something about dumb female dogs. The next day, Jaden was putting on his winter clothing because it had heavily snowed during the night and it was now up to an estimated 2 inches of snow. Keeper was walking into the living room and noticed what his buddy was doing.
“Hey Jaden, where are you going?”
“I’m going to go chop down a Christmas tree. Want to come help me?”
“No problem.” Keeper replied. After Keeper got dressed, they both walked out into the pale forest. Jaden chopped down a fine looking pine tree with an axe he got from the shed. Unfortunately, this only resulted in having Keeper break his back when the tree fell behind him. Jaden carried the grim reaper and pine tree back home. Kikyo put Keeper on the bed to rest while Lance grabbed some treatment items from the medicine cabinet. Jaden properly put up the tree and decorated it, as well as the entire house. In the afternoon, everyone except for DeathKeeper ate dinner. Keeper was unable to eat and was given daily vitamins until his spine healed completely 100%. By nighttime, everyone was fast asleep except for Jimmy of course. He was sitting on the couch reading his book. A fire was started in the fireplace and after reading his book, Jimmy put it away. Then he heard someone call him from behind. He turned around to find Samantha standing there in her pink pajamas and barefoot.
“Sammy sweetie, why are you awake?” Jimmy asked her.
“I can’t sleep. I’m too scared of the dark to go to sleep.” Samantha told Jimmy.
“Well common and sit down with me then.” Jimmy said. Samantha cheered in happiness and joined him on the couch.
“Want to play a game?” Jimmy asked her.
“*giggle* Sure!” Was Samantha’s response. Jimmy told the 6 year old child to place her feet on his lap. Amazingly, Samantha agreed. She put her feet on Jimmy’s lap. Jimmy then put his one leg on top of Samantha’s ankles, locking them firmly in place. During the whole time, Sammy was giggling like an 9-year old school girl.
“You ready?” Jimmy asked her.
“Yes!” And so, Jimmy lowered his fingers and began to slowly rake his fingers up & down the soles of her feet. Samantha burst into a constant fit of giggles and put her hands over her mouth as she tried to keep her laughter concealed. She didn’t move her bare feet, just wiggled & flexed her toes wildly from the ticklish fingers that threatened to make her lose it. She wouldn’t be able to hold it for much longer. Her chest was heaving heavily and she started to sweat. Her hair was soaked and her faced turned a rosy-red color. When Jimmy stroked across her toes, she finally broke.
“Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! My fehehehehet are tihihihicklish! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”
Jimmy gave Samantha a break in between. As she rested there, Jimmy smiled.
“Are you enjoying this?” Jimmy asked her. Samantha replied with her head nodding. She seemed very excited.
“Yes….*gasp* this is fun! *gasp* Your very good at this.” Samantha said to Jimmy.
“I learn from the very best.” Jimmy told her. He then picked up the child and repositioned her the other way around. He put her arms behind her head and locked her legs from kicking around too much. When Sammy told Jimmy that she was ready, Jimmy lifted her pink shirt up, revealing her soft, round, cute tummy. This caused the girl to start giggling even though no tickling had even begun yet. He stroked one finger in a complete circle around her belly-button. Samantha was however, much more ticklish on her belly which only it more difficult for her.
“STAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAP! I’m ticklish on my tummy! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Jimmy started tickling Samantha’s underarms. The child started giggling and squealing again since she wasn’t as ticklish under her arms as much.
“Hehehehehehahahahahehehahahahahahaha! Thahahahahahahat really tihihihihihickles! Hahahahahahahahahahhehehehehehehe! *giggles* Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”
Jimmy reversed his thinking and grabbed out of his pocket a blue feather. He gently lowered the fluffy projectile down onto the girl’s abdomen and begun by swiveling it all around. Samantha’s eyes grew bug-eyed wide and she laughed out loud yet it didn’t wake up anyone asleep in the house.
“NAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! STAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAP! I CAN’T TAKE IHIHIHIT ANYMORE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Samantha was laughing uncontrollably and was really going at it since she was most ticklish on her stomach. She didn’t dare try to get away because she knew better and she didn’t want to upset Jimmy. But man, was that feather ticklish or what? Then the unexpected happened…Jimmy stuck the feather in her belly-button and jiggled it around. This sent young Sammy skyrocketed into new levels of ticklishness. She bucked and thrashed ever so much to get away but Jimmy quickly held her arms with his left hand and tickled her belly-button with the blue feather by using his right hand, so all resistance was in vain for Samantha.
“AAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!”
Jimmy finally stopped the tickling all together and put away his feather. Samantha soon afterwards fell asleep on account of that she was literally exhausted from the constant laughing. Seems the tickling really did wipe the little tyke out after all. Jimmy picked up the sleeping child and carried her upstairs and tucked her into her guest bed. He quietly walked downstairs and went to his room and went straight to bed seeing as how the fireplace had already died out by now. The mourning wasn’t your typical average sunrise for our little family here….
“Gah! Could someone please shut that dog up!? I can’t sleep in when she’s making a racket upstairs in the attic!” Keeper shouted but no one listened to him. The mourning wasn’t started by a chirping bird but instead, was startled by Maggie playing a small piano in the attic using her two front paws as hands for they keys.
“You ain’t nothing but a Hounddog!” She played sounding like a sexy Elvis Presley back from the dead, except for that it was a female celebrity voice instead of male. Keeper had enough and got out of bed and walked upstairs and attempted to push Maggie onto the roof……
“*sigh*…..Why me?” Keeper said as he wrapped his arms around his body because of the freezing cold temperatures continued to plunge. He was sitting in a fetal position trying to keep his body warm while he continued to sit on the roof of the house. He was tricked by stupid mutt and was the one to sit out in the cold. He later joined the others for breakfast. When all was over with, Kikyo took the children outside to play in the snow while Keeper changed into his clothes just like everyone else and walked into the kitchen to grab some lunch for himself and his two friends. They were going to watch the football finals since it was a tradition in the family. Jaden sat down on the couch and put the soda on the coffee table while Jimmy turned on the television. Lance was in the kitchen with Keeper who was looking through the food to find out what everyone would eat.
“Got anything yet? The commercials are just about over with.” Lance said as he tried to rush his friend.
“Hold on-I have some Eggnog and turkey in here.” Keeper replied.
“Great!” Lance said in over joy.
“By the way-Would you like some Testicles?” Keeper asked Lance.
“I beg your pardon?” Lance asked Keeper. Keeper held 2 plates in his hands as he walked over to the couch and set them on the coffee table after heating them in the microwave. Lance closed the refrigerator and sat down with the others. One plate had turkey and other holiday assortments on it and the other had of what seemed to be a donated-human organ covered in blood sauce.
“Keeper, what is that?” Jimmy asked as he pointed to the organ on the plate.
“That’s a Testicle of course. Would anyone care to share with me?” Keeper told Jimmy and asked all the others but they politely refused.
“That’s ok, more for me than.” Keeper proudly announced and they watched the football finals game. During intermissions, Jimmy had eaten 7 plates of turkey and would’ve eaten 10 but stopped at 7 plates.
“I’ve just lost my appetite thank you very much.” Jimmy told the others because he was clearly disgusted with Keeper hogging his ‘Testicle’ who he claims that he got the prized meat off of eBay. Keeper really enjoyed himself as he ate his Testicle, scratching his nuts, and watched the football game. 5 hours later….
“Yeah! See what I told you!? *hiccup* I knew for sure that they would win! *hiccup* Yeah! Whoo-Hoo! Yahoooooooooo!” Keeper stupidly announced in his drunk state-of-mind. His friends only sighed.
“Keeper, your drunk. You need to rest for a while.” Lance told him.
“Actually he’s been drinking too much Eggnog.” Jaden stated.
“And he forgot to take his medication as well.” Jimmy told Keeper. But since Keeper was too drunk, he didn’t listen. When Kikyo returned back with the kids, she led her husband upstairs and put him in bed. When Christmas finally came, everyone was happy. Even Maggie and Keeper were happy with their presents that they received. Maggie received a new playmate….a male dog named Romeo. Keeper got a sweater with the words “I’m your Master, now shut up and make me a sandwich!” on the back. All in all, the group had a great Christmas together as the winter had just begun.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight! Merry Christmas Everyone! Happy Holidays!