Summary: Kai hates December, but he hates being called Scrooge more. Rei is putting dust in people's food, and Max has joined a cult? And Tyson is… oh dear lord.

Pairing: None

Warning: Swearing

Chapter 1

It was that annoying time of the year. The time when everyone smiles and laughs, while spending their money on people they rather not waste it on. The time in which three holidays take place. How stupid is that? Three holidays? Can't they just choose one and stick with it? So what if two of them have to do with religion, and the other is meant for a certain culture. Why add on to the annoyance?

This is what Kai Hiwatari thought, every December. While most people spent their times thinking about holiday cheer and crap, he didn't, or at least not in the way others did. He did not enjoy the laughter, the lights, the joy, and all the other things that went along with the month.

To add on to his grievance, others referred to him as "Grinch" or "Scrooge" during this time. If the morons wanted him to be more cheerful they should realize calling him names wasn't going to help.

He wouldn't have minded the snow if little children weren't constantly running around in it screaming. If he could, he would call the police on them, but alas, the police would only laugh and say the children were having harmless fun.

Harmless? That made Kai laugh, and not in that happy kind of laugh, no, it was that disbelieving, you're an idiot, kind of laugh. You call kids running around on ice, falling down and crashing into people harmless? It was anything but that!

The thought of children crashing into him, made him hunch his shoulders, and glare at the children playing nearby as he walked home. It made him look intimidating, for now his mouth and nose were covered by his gray scarf, causing his crimson eyes to stand out on his pale face. His black trench coat added on to his dark and sinister attire.

He spent the entire walk home glaring, even though the children never looked in his general direction, he did it anyway. He would not risk them trying to pull a fast one on him, for he knew that while others saw children as little angels, they were really little devils, repeating whatever they heard, and complaining about everything, and all the while not using the bathroom before leaving, making it so you'd have to stop somewhere before reaching your destination.

Speaking of destination, Kai had reached his. His home was a two-story house, shocking to those that knew he had a lot of inheritance money, but not so shocking once you realized he was a young teen living on his own. To him a two-story house was more than enough space, until he would turn eighteen and could access his inheritance.

Kai placed his key in the keyhole, and turned it, receiving a click sound. With the door unlock he pulled out the key and tried to grab the doorknob, but was stopped by something unusual.

The doorknob, which Kai was sure was normally smooth and blank, had a face on it. It reminded Kai of one of the guys that used to work with his grandfather, but he couldn't remember the name.

Oh well! No use crying over spilt milk! Kai grabbed the doorknob and swung the door open, before slamming it shut.

"Ow! What the Hell was that!" A voice cried out in pain. Once again Kai found himself thinking about one of the guys who worked for his grandfather. Now what was his name again? Sala? Tabby? Tyra? Tally?

"Screw it," Kai proclaimed and threw himself onto his red plush couch. Like he was going to waste his time with the past.

"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR GOD FORSAKEN PROBLEM!"

Lifting his head up, Kai saw a faded version of the very guy whose name he was trying to remember, scowling at him. What was stuck up his ass?

"ANSWER ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!"

"Hn."

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

Kai smirked, "I don't remember my mother being a female dog."

"SMARTASS!"

"Thank you. Now get out of my house."

"Do you even remember who I am?"

"Nope."

The guy crumbled to the ground, holding his head in his hands. Because of the guy's new position, Kai had to turn around on the couch and look over the back of his seat, how troublesome.

"My name's Tala," The faded male growled, trying to contain his temper. "I died last year in a car accident."

Kai paused, and thought the new information over in his head. He did recall going to a funeral last year, but he couldn't remember for whom. He did remember how boring it had been, and cheap too. "You're funeral sucked."

"Forget the damn funeral!" Tala jumped up from his spot on the ground and floated onto the couch. Guess that proved it. If the guy could float he had to be a ghost, right? Or maybe he had some strings attached to him?

Kai eyed the area around Tala, but found no signs of strings. Damn. Now he'd have to call a bunch of so-called "Exorcists" until he found a real one. Great, what a waste of money.

"Listen Punk," Tala poked Kai in the chest, this made Kai raise an eyebrow, since the last time he checked ghosts couldn't touch people, but he shrugged it off. "I came here to warn you that you are a bastard, a jackass, an asshole, a creep, and bunch of other things that I won't say because I have a schedule to keep! Because of all the shit you've done, you're going to end up like me, a ghost, forever bound to the earth, unless you become a good person and do good deeds and yaddy yadda ya. Got it?"

"And I should believe you because?"

Tala growled, but didn't do anything. "I'm a ghost damn it! I know everything!"

"I thought only Kami were supposed to know everything?"

"Learn you're Japanese better! Kami not only means god in Japanese but spirit as well!"

"I heard it can also means hair or paper."

"Argh!" Tala threw his heads up in the air, and held back the scream of frustration that was tearing him apart inside. He could have spent his day with the other ghosts, but no. He had to warn Kai, because him and the other ghost didn't want Kai around after Kai would die. Yes it's true, the ghosts hated Kai. That's just how much of a bastard he was.

"Listen," Tala spat through his clenched teeth. "You will be visited by three spirits. The first one will visit you tomorrow at one."

"Wouldn't you technically be the first spirit?"

"Shut it," Tala said warningly before continuing. "The next spirit will come the following night at the same time. The final spirit will visit you the night after that at midnight."

"Why does the third spirit get to come early? What makes it so special?"

"Don't mock the spirits that are going to save your soul!" Tala shouted, before recollecting himself, and saying as calmly as he could, "Do you understand?"

Kai nodded, but his smirk was still painted across his face. "Yes, but tell the spirits I expect each of them to give me something. After all, a good guest always brings a gift."

"YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT!"

That was the last thing Tala yelled before disappearing into a cloud of fog.

Shrugging, Kai turned around in his seat while muttering, "If he had left when I told him I wouldn't have had to be a smart-aleck."