The characters appearing in this fic are from Disney, Warner Brothers, SEGA, Toei, Nintendo, Capcom and 4KIDS ENTERTAINMENT. Also, the cast from the Rudolph film is the 1998 version that was brought out by Goodtimes Entertainment. And another few guests are owned by Universal. Any other characters that you never heard of are owned by me, Belletiger and my late friend, Youko Youkai.

This one is for you, my friend.

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Knuckles stood near the door with a frown on his face. "Tell me, Vector... WHY did you talk me into letting you do the plumbing for the bathroom's sink...?"

Working on the pipes, Vector had a spanner in one hand while holding the pipes with the other. Near him was a book. "Simple, Knuckles. I am a trained professional. And doing these pipes will be easy for you."

"I thought you were a detective." Knuckles muttered. "Come to think of it... your more of a defected detective..."

Vector smirked. "Hey... if I do a good job on this, you won't have to pay for a plumber, Knuckles."

Grunting softly, Knuckles leaned against the doorframe. "Yeah... all right..."

Continuing with his work, Vector had to ask the no. 1 question. "So... what is this year's Xmas play gonna be, Knuckles...? We already did the Jesus story and the Christmas Carol so..."

"This year it's gonna be the tale of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer." Knuckles replied. "And I'm not sure of whom I should choose to play as the main character... as all Santa's reindeers walk on FOUR LEGS."

Vector started to tighten the bolt on the sink pipe. "What about Guilmon...? Why not have him play as that reindeer guy...?"

Glaring at the crocodile, Knuckles shook his head. "You idiot... It's Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer... not Rudolph the Red-Bodied Reindeer... Oy..."

Grinning sheepishly, Vector turned to a book and flipped through it. "Just a suggestion..."

Noticing the book, Knuckles looked worried. "What's that...?"

Holding the book up, Vector had a proud look on his face. "How to Do Plumbing in Easy Steps. With this, I can fix the sink in no time flat, Knuckles... Don't worry."

Frowning, Knuckles shook his head. "Having you near that sink with a spanner in one hand and a book in the other has given me many reasons why I should worry. You need help."

"I don't need a plumber, Knuckles!" Vector said.

"I was talking about putting you in a padded cell." Knuckles muttered.

Getting back to work, Vector gone onto another question. "Why not Inumon...? If he was able to get stuck with playing the part of Scrooge last year... no doubt he'll get stuck with playing Rudolph again..."

Nodding slightly, Knuckles sighed. "Yeah... and knowing his luck... to get a red nose... Renamon will have the honor by shoving her fist into his nose..."

Blinking, Vector sat up. "Speaking of that perverted mutt, where is he...? I haven't seen him for a few days..."

With a smirk, Knuckles couldn't help but, smile. "Well... when I said that Rudolph will be the next play, Inumon begged me to let him go to the North Pole so he could bring Rudolph here to take part in the play..."

"He did...?" Vector asked, looking surprised.

Knuckles nodded. "Yeah... and he said he'll be back soon with them... depending if they are willing to come..."

"So... they will be special guests, hmm...?" Vector mused. "Speaking of guests... aren't you have your own guests...?"

With a grin, Knuckles nodded. "Yep. Four in fact... whom happen to appear in the third Balto film, Wings of Changes."

Vector grinned. "Yeah... I know that film... even Inumon, in fact. He was drooling over Jenna... before Huskymon tested out her new mallet on him..."

Knuckles rubbed his head. "Good thing he didn't get any brain damage... because it was damaged in the first place." He took out a picture and grinned. "The four whom will be visiting are called Kodi, Dusty, Ralph and Kirby. Kodi is the son of Balto while Dusty is the only female member of the group."

Struggling with the bolt, Vector grunted. "Why choose them anyway...? Out of all the characters in other shows or movies, you chose them...? It's like you randomly picked their names out of a hat or something..."

Sweatdropping, Knuckles placed the picture away. "You have no idea..."

Confused, Vector sat up again. "What was that...?"

And that was when the bolt came off... and water came out of the pipes, spraying water everywhere.

As the water continued to gush out, Knuckles glared at Vector. "Well...? What do you have to say for yourself...?"

Vector grinned sheepishly. "Forgot to turn the water mains off... Don't worry, I'll fix it. What do you say...?"

Walking out of the bathroom, Knuckles picked up a phone and spoke into it. "Hello...? Is that the Plumbing Station...?"

"I take that as a no then..." Vector muttered.

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Knuckles walked into a huge room where other members of anime characters were waiting for the meeting as Vector stood behind to wait for the plumber. At first, Knuckles was going to announce this year's Christmas play when he noticed that the others were crowding around something.

Noticing Ash nearby with Pikachu on his shoulder, Knuckles walked up to him. "Hey... what the heck is going on here...? What's everyone doing...?"

"It's Inumon... he's returned." Ash replied.

Smirking, Knuckles crossed his arms in front of his chest. "Ah... so he has returned... I suppose he came back empty handed... oh well, I'll have him in the play, no worries at all..."

Ash laughed. "Actually... he came back with about 11 reindeers whom came from the North Pole..."

Knuckles blinked. "He what...? You got to be kidding me..." He pushed through the crowd until he reached the front where he saw Inumon sitting on top of a reindeer with 10 others behind him. "He's not kidding me..."

Inumon waved. "Hey, Knuckles! Lookie what I got with me! Everyone, introduce yourselves!"

"Dasher!" "Dancer!" "Prancer!" "Vixen!" "Comet!" "Cupid!" "Donner!" "Blitzen!" "Rudolph!"

Before the last two reindeers, which happen to be both female, could say something... Knuckles whirled around to face the crowd. "Anyone who breaks out into a song will regret it!"

And much to his horror, Sonic was at the front of the crowd, with a sly grin on his face. "Aw, Knuckles... I never thought of singing a song to annoy youuntil now..."

Sweatdropping, Knuckles grumbled under his breath. "Well... that's just great..."

Inumon pointed to a female reindeer to his left. "This is Mitzi... mate of Blitzen and mother of Rudolph." He then, pointed to the other female reindeer. "And that is Zoey, love intrest of Rudolph's..."

Sighing, Knuckles whirled to the crowd once more and called out. "Izumi Orimoto!"

The Digidestined child of Wind whom holds the Spirits of Kazemon and Zephyrmon, stepped forward. "That's Zoe, pal!"

The reindeer Zoey blinked. "Hey, she's got the same name as me!"

Izumi shook her head. "Nope... my real name is Izumi... my friends call me Zoe for short..."

Rudolph bowed. "Nice to meet you, Miss Zoe."

Knuckles grumbled. "Call her Izumi... otherwise we'll haul in major confusion between two Zoeys..."

Joey from Yu-Gi-Oh snickered. "Major Confusion...? Is he another guest, Knuckles...?"

Joey's best friend, Tristan, snickered as well. "He works well with General Specific..."

Sighing, Knuckles glanced at the Duelist with a glare. "Zip it, you two... I don't want to deal with a long conversation!" He looked back at Inumon, whom happen to sit on Rudoloph's back. "So... I guess you were successful, Inumon...?"

Nodding, Inumon grinned. "50 per cent successful!"

"Good... now, to start things off, I welcome you, Rudolph and others to..." Knuckles stopped before he even started. "What...? 50 per cent...? Why only 50...?"

Tristan whispered to Joey. "Take per off and you have 50 Cent..."

Joey grinned. "Aw, yeah! I like that band!"

Sweatdropping, Knuckles kept his glare on Inumon. "Inumon... answer the question..."

"Well... the 50 of being successful is bringing them here..." Inumon said, grinning sheepishly. "While the the other 50... well, they want to WATCH the play... not take part in it... because they all need some rest..."

Rudolph nodded. "That's right. We would like to watch the play with you guys... if that's okay..."

With a grin, Knuckles nodded. "Yes... that is fine with me..." He turned around to face the group. "In two days time, auditions for this year's Xmas play will take place here! This year's play is Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer..." He had a quick glance at Inumon. "And I think we already found our 'Rudolph'... right, Inumon...?"

Renamon cracked her knuckles. "I totally agree..."

Inumon sweatdropped. "Oh... that's just perfect..."

"What's wrong...? It sounds like fun." Rudolph said.

Getting off the reindeer, Inumon grumbled as he dusted himself off. "If you seen what happened in the last two years of the Xmas plays... you would understand..."

Grinning, Knuckles walked over near Donner and sat down beside him. "Like I was saying... I welcome you all to this place and I hope you'll have a good time..."

As the reindeers said their 'thank you' to Knuckles, Sonic walked over to the echidna's side. "Ya know... you still have those sled dogs from Balto 3 coming here right...?"

Knuckles nodded. "That's correct, Sonic... I'm sure they'll be here now!"

And at that moment, the door burst open and four dogs rushed in, barking and howling. The red husky was Kodi, son of Balto and Jenna. The grey female husky was Dusty while the golden dog is called Kirby. And finally, the large grey husky member of the group is called Ralph. They all ran past and behind Knuckles before stopping in front of Sonic when he stepped in front of them with a grin.

"I guess your the special guests that Knuckles invited ya, huh...?" Sonic asked.

Kodi nodded. "Yeah! That's us! Sorry about the door burst but, we wanted to make an entrance!"

Ralph nodded. "That's right! What did you think of it...?"

Sonic smirked. "Very good... very good."

Grinning, Kodi bowed. "Thank you. And you are...?"

"I am Sonic the Hedgehog. I welcome you guys to our place..." Said Sonic.

Dusty shook herself. "OK, OK... Enough chit-chat... where's this Knuckles guy we are suppose to meet...?"

Davis chuckled nearby. "Man... that's one tough husky gal..."

Kari giggled. "Yeah... can't disagree with that..."

Scratching his chin, Sonic couldn't help but smile. "If you wanna meet Knuckles... he's over there..."

The four dogs followed their gaze to see Knuckles still sitting on the floor, with a pained expression on his face. Donner noticed this. "Hey... are you okay...?"

Knuckles nodded slowly. "Yeah... excuse me..." He stood up and walked into another room... leaving everyone else confused. Davis, however, noticed something different ON Knuckles and figured out straight away.

And when Knuckles entered the other room... "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Joey blinked. "What was that all about...?"

"Well... one things for certain... he wasn't singing a song... I can tell ya." Kari muttered.

Snickering, Davis turned to the others. "It seems that Kodi's group had a slight mishap with their entrance..."

"How slight...?" Ralph asked, looking annoyed.

"Well... it seems that you RAN over Knuckles' tail when you came in..." Davis said, smirking. "Must be painful for a tail to get run over by four heavy dogs..."

Ralph blushed. "Well... maybe we should say sorry to him..."

Sonic smirked. "You may try but... Knuckles will never hear the end of it... I can tell ya..."

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"Hold still, Knuckles..." Inumon muttered.

Knuckles was totally in a bad mood as he headed over to the bathroom while Inumon was behind him, wrapping Knuckles' flatten tail with bandages. "Not yet... I'm going to check and see if that plumber has come yet!"

Inumon growled. "Well... your not helping by MOVING to the plumber as I am trying to wrap your tail up."

Sighing, Knuckles pointed to where Vector was standing. "Hold on... we are almost there..."

Rubbing his neck, Vector glanced at Knuckles' tail as the red echidna walked up to him. "Erm... what in the world happen to you, Knuckles...? Looks like you had your tail ran over by three sled dogs..."

"FOUR sled dogs..." Knuckles grumbled under his breath as Inumon finished off the bandaging. "Where's the plumber...?"

That was when a small chap in blue overalls and a small mustache under his noise with an Italian accent, came out with a notepad. "Right here, Mr Knuckles..."

Knuckles rapidly blinked. "MARIO? What the heck are you doing here...?"

Mario chuckled. "I am a plumber, you know... and mama mai, this is my job." He wrote something down on his notepad. "Right... the total for repairing these pipe problems come up to... this!" He handed the pad to Vector. "Well...?"

Vector's green body turned white in fear. "Um... your kidding... right...?"

Mario shook his head. "Nope... that's the total cost..."

Glancing at the price, Knuckles' eyes widen. "WHAT...? THAT'S ALMOST THE SAME AMOUNT IF YOUR BUYING 3 NINTENDO GAMECUBES!"

"Would be cheaper if you called me in before you try to fix it yourself, Mr Vector." Mario said, putting his tools away. "I expect the payment to be in my office by the end of the week."

Vector nodded in shock. "Yeah... sure... whatever..."

Gritting his teeth, Knuckles clenched his fists. "Vector... your going to regret it..."

Inumon sweatdropped and muttered to himself. "Well... at least Knuckles got his mind off Kodi for a while..."

As Mario put his tools away, he noticed a book and picked it up. "Oh... ah, I see. Vector, do you own this...?"

Glancing at Mario, Vector nodded. "Yeah... it's called How to Do Plumbing in Easy Steps. I used that and it failed..."

A smile came onto Mario's face. "And do you know who made this book...?"

Rubbing the temples of his forehead, Vector had a quick think. "Erm... it's Mr Namgge..."

Nodding, Mario placed the book down with a snigger. "Mama mai... if you repeat the name... it will soon dawn on you..."

"Namgge... namgge... namgee... namegg... egg... nam... egg..." Knuckles slowly repeated before his eyes widen in shock and turned into anger. "EGGMAN...?"

Mario nodded. "Yeah... Dr Eggman, Sonic's enemy. He wrote this book to make money AND to cause destruction. As you can see, it worked. Though, he did gain a failure..."

Knuckles growled. "From what...?"

Chuckling, Mario jerked a thumb to his direction. "ME! Thanks to him, my business has gone up by 30 per cent!" He walked out of the door. "Remember the money... bye..."

And with that, Mario left. Inumon sniggered before he noticed Knuckles' expression. It showed fury and anger. The Digimon glanced at Vector, who's expression showed fear and a sheepish grin. Glancing left and right, Inumon knew what was going to happen so... he turned around and ran out of the door. "Wait for me, Mario..."

And 10 seconds after Inumon had left...

"VECTOR! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

"HELP!"

Doesn't matter if it's Christmas or not, everything is normal in this wacky world...

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This is the start... and by the look of things, I'll continue my Mega Crossover once I'm up to date with this story. Hopefully, if I'm quick, chapter 6 will be up before Xmas Day.

Until next time, see ya!