T.D.K- Hello, everyone! I was watching a holiday special the first week of this month, last year and got a plot bunny. It was a battle royal of differing versions of the Nutcraker.

Yugi- Hey where am I in this!?

T.D.K- You're one of the three nutcrakers, remember?

Atem- Without further ad-

Duo- Why are them two here?!

T.D.K- -motions for Heero to do his thing-

Heero- We're sharing the lead with them, D, and Ty's oc.

T.D.K- Yeah, I only own her, the plot, and the idea of three nutcrackers. All I gets is practice. Please forgive me for not putting this up last year!!!!!!

It was Christmas Eve, cold and snowy. Three people sat infront of the tree, waiting patiently. The youngest was sixteen, with long brunette hair and wide blue eyes. The girl sat on the floor by the couch. She wiggled her toes, glancing at the lit tree. The teen spotted her faveorite glass unicorn ornaments.

The middle was eighteen and the younger's cousin. He had wild tri-colored hair with blonde streaks, in the black, and bangs. His eyes were blood red and watched the younger teen. The older's button-up shirt was black with black boot-cut pants. His legs were crossed casually at the ankle as he sat on the floor, grey socked feet mimicing the other teen's feet.

"Temu!" The girl laughed as the elder teen chuckled. The oldest of the trio was a twenty-four year old. He was the girl's older brother. His eyes and hair were the same as the teen's but more messy and not as wide. He sat on the couch, totally relaxed. The man also wore a button-up shirt, but is was white, and comfortable jeans.

"O.k, you three." The man and teen's mother said. "Atem, this one's for you. Megan, this one. Heero, here." She adressed each differently, to match them. Atem had come to live with them recently, only four or five months before. She couldn't handle his bad attude, but it seemed to have been tamed for the season.

Megan always smiled, even when she didn't want to. Her motto was to smile, because you never know when you'll brighten up someone's day. Her cousin knew most of the time she hadn't wanted to smile, but that was over a year ago. Atem put up with her annoying happiness only because he didn't want Heero to beat him up.

The oldest of the trio didn't use lots of words to get his point across, unlike Megan. Heero was as sharp as cat claws and shot back like a bullet. He was quiet, which contradicted his sister, and patient. The man smiled at the youngest's big grin. Heero was very protective of Megan and made sure no one was mean to her.

Atem opened his first, which was the custom. His mother and aunt had always been very close, so the two families celebrated together. Usually they were at his aunt's, so he'd go first. Then Megan and Heero. The trio each held a different nutcracker. Atem's looked like him, but the eyes and wings were violet.

Megan could tell their three nutcrakers weren't normal. Atem's was an angel, Heero's looked more like a Shinigami, and hers was exactly like her faveorite book character. The Shinigami had long brunnette hair in a briad, and colbalt eyes. It wore black robes from neck to toe and it's skin was pale.

Her nutcraker looked excactly like D, the hero, sometimes the anti-hero, of the Vampire Hunter D novels. Long black hair and beautiful eyes, black cloak, clothes, pale off-white skin, the longsword strapped to it's back. It looked just like her beloved D.

"The man I bought them from said that they're magic. I don't know if that's true, but they seemed meant for you. He gave me little story cards for them too. They're in the boxes."

"Thanks Mom."

"Yeah, thanks Momma."

"Nutcrackers aren't my thing, but thanks. I'll take care of him." His comment made Megan smile. She LOVED nutcrackers; hell, it was her faveorite thing about Christmas! "So, what do you think?" Atem gave his to Megan, letting her see it.

"He's so cute! What's his name? It's got to be on that story card."

"Yugi, the gaurdian angel of Pharaohs."

"That's werid, Atem. Wasn't Uncle half eygptian?" Heero asked. The middle nodded. "What's the rest of it say? Meg's dieing to know."

"He gaurded them faithfully for millena, until he fell in love with one. The Pharaoh also loved him. The pair's love was cursed for the Pharaoh would have no one, but Yugi. Ra, himself, split the pair by striking down the Pharaoh. Then he sealed Yugi away. Now he waits for his Pharaoh to reclaim him."

"Wow. Tragic love story for the Emo."

"Shut up, Meg! I'm not Emo!"

"Sure." She drawed. "Hey, Ro, what's up wid the Shinigami?"

"His name's Duo. Another tragic love, Meg. Right up your ally. So, He was on earth one day, gathering souls. He passed by a cottage and saw a man inside. He fell for him instantly. Duo shifted into his human form and woed the man, neglecting his duty.

"One day Duo and his lover were enjoying the day, but he couldn't forget. He couldn't forget what was to happen the next day. His lover was supposed to die and he'd be the one to ferry him. Duo told his lover this, confessing what he was. The other wasn't scared, saying they'd always be together. It happened, but the King Shinigami had Duo sealed into a doll, so he'd never be with his lover."

"Poor Duo and Yugi!"

"Hey, Meg, it's your turn."

"His mother was human and his father is a vampire. He hunts those cloaked in darkness. He is cursed to want the blood of those who would love him. With the vampire life span, he searches for the one who can tame his lust and 'love a moster like me.' He is D."

"D. Isn't that from your books? He's the main character, right?"

"Yeah. I don't get it either." Megan flipped the card over. "Hey, there's something on the back! It looks like a spell."

"No. Meg, remember last time? You called up a freaking dragon, and was almost it's food!"

"You got to admit, it was fun." Atem added.

"Don't you even add to her fire! You were almost food too!"

"Aww, come on, Heero! What could possibly happen? Even if something does happen, think of the fun it'd be. Besides, what harm could it do?" Atem kept egging him on, knowing he'd eventually give in. His older cousin sighed, streching out.

"I wuv you, Heero." Megan said.

"I wuv you too. You only love me because I'll do anything with you. And you," Heero looked Atem in the eyes. He could swear his cousin gulped. "You just like getting into trouble. You're more trouble than you're worth. But we love you anyway." The trio laughed.

T.D.K- If you haven't read Vampire Hunter D, go read them! They're some of the best books ever! And Gundam Wing's the best gundam show EVER! That's just my opinon. If you can find the episodes, let me know. I'd love to watch it again.

Ryou- Why am I the-

T.D.K- Thanks, Uncle Baku. Ry-Ry, we can't let you ruin the story for my loverly reviewers! That's just not nice. Besides, Baku's with you.

Yugi- What's going to happen with the flames?

Heero- I get to shoot them and they -points to the yamis- send the dead bodies to the Shadow Realm.

T.D.K- I love being related to these guys.

Duo- R&r, please! I wanna get brought to life!