Story Title: Spirit of Joy
Summary: A spirit enjoying his time in human form with Kai while trying to make Kai see the joy in the holidays but also in life.
Genre: Romance/Spiritual I guess/Attempted humor
Author's Note: The first bit of this story is a little weird. Actually the whole chapter is. But I think the rest is more normal. I know what's on my profile but I was forced to write this. This will be a short story with maybe 7 short chapters or 4 a little longer ones. I don't know. I have the whole thing written and the last chapter will be up on Christmas. I just don't know what I was thinking writing this. It's kinda inspired by those cheesy Christmas movies you see and just urgh.. At least it's boyxboy love.
Disclaimer: I do not own beyblade or Christmas but I own the idea of this story and everything that goes with it.
The sun was going down early, but it didn't get dark because of that in the little town. Every house, every tree and every corner of the streets were decorated for Christmas. The colorful lights made the Christmas spirit stronger as he jumped from house to house to make sure all the people in the small town felt the joy of Christmas. One week left until the big day and the whole town was already celebrating. The spirit was pleased with his work, he couldn't hear fighting but did see a homeless man sitting in the snowy street.
The spirit flew down and gently pushed a young couple to see the homeless man. The young woman bought a warm saffron bun and warm coffee, walking over to the man. He smiled at her and showed that he was missing some teeth. The man in the couple soon came with a thick blanket to keep the homeless man warm.
The spirit smiled at the humans and then continued on his route. The small town was always the last stop on his way because he enjoyed it the most. The people in it took care of each other. He even passed a few houses were they weren't celebrating Christmas but it didn't matter. The spirit of the holiday was everywhere so he decided to drop by the front of the house where the car was stuck. He saw that the ice had gathered around the wheels and did the best he could to remove the most of it. The spirit didn't really understand his work himself, ordered to spread the Christmas joy but also help the people who didn't celebrate it. But it was his job and he liked helping people.
Satisfied with his work on the car he flew of. He was heading towards the ice rink for the ride back to the headquarters when he saw a house that didn't give joy at all. It wasn't decorated and that was okay, but there was just no joy at all. Everyone always had joy, children or adult, but whoever lived in the house had nothing.
The spirit landed on the ground and looked around the small house, thinking there must be something he could do to make the person who lived in the house feel a bit of joy. He figured out something when he saw the open window. It wasn't much open but it had frozen stuck and wouldn't budge. The spirit quickly sneaked inside and found himself in the living room. It was dark and cold because of the open window. He couldn't see the owner of the house because the person was laying in the couch with a blanket around themselves.
The spirit flew by the fireplace and looked in. It was blocked and couldn't be used. He decided to fly up to do something about it. The fireplace hadn't been used in a long time and was a home for a bird. There were no signs of the bird itself but the nest covered it all so the spirit decided to get rid of it.
It took the spirit a long time and hard work but he was able to fly out of the chimney and see the stars by the end of the night. He almost fell back in when a strong wind with snow hit him. The snow filled his head a new order. Just one, then he could rest until next year. His order was to, with any means, make the person in that house to feel joy. A mission the spirit gladly accepted.
He flew down the chimney and out in the house. The light from the lamps shocked him a little. He looked around and saw the person had gotten off the couch but was gone.
The spirit quickly made his way in to the shadows and moved behind the couch. If he was seen there would be consequences, but he was good at not being seen. The only people allowed to see him were children.
He hurried up the wooden stair and flew in to the first room on the upper floor. His guess had been right, it was the person's bedroom. A quick look at the dirty laundry showed that the person was a male person. The spirit didn't if he should be happy over that or not. Sometimes it was easier to make women happy because most of them noticed the little things like putting stuff where they belong, dusting of photograph frames and keeping their coffee warm.
This spirit hadn't visited and stayed at many homes because it wasn't something spirits normally did.
He flew down again, halting himself and jumping behind the couch when he saw that the man was up and walking. A thud was heard when the man sat down in the couch. The spirit didn't move until he could feel that the man was asleep. He hurried to the window that was frozen and began to take the ice away.
For two days he flew around the house, never looking at the man and hiding in every corner. One time he heard the man mutter something about snow and sighed. The spirit did leave a small trail of snow after him. So in the end all he got from the man was complaining. On top of that he was locked inside the bathroom for hours when the man walked out of the house, only to come back later with a breath that stank of alcohol.
So after two days the spirit gave up and left the house in search for inspiration. There must be something he could do to make the man see joy besides filling his bedroom with beer and strippers.
The spirit sat down in the snow and began to jump around, creating patterns with his feet. That's when something else moved. It looked at the spirit with yellow eyes and black fur that had white in it. Snow had frozen on the poor kitten's fur and it didn't even have the energy to chase after the spirit. He wanted to help but couldn't do anything. He flew around it and wanted to warm it up but he just couldn't. The kitten purred at the spirit. It laid down in the snow and closed it's eyes. The spirit flew around wildly in circles until a violent sound made him look up. A wave of snow hit him hard again and he passed out.
"Ouch.." He complained and rubbed his sore head. He smelled cocoa and cinnamon with a mix of wet fur and cologne.
He sat up so quickly his head exploded on him but he didn't scream. He was sitting in a couch, to his left there was a man sitting on a chair.
It was bright in the room so he saw that the man was wearing dark sweatpants and a white tank top, his hair was two tones of blue and his crimson eyes watched him with interest. Wait, watched him?
"H-hey," he said looked around a little at the sound of that voice. It was his own. "What happened?" He asked and looked at his hands. He had people-skin! What he felt on his head before had been his hair. He played with it to see it again. It was long and black. He was human!
"Who the hell are you?" He looked at the man. He was muscular. A little intimidating and very hostile. He blinked. It was the same man he was supposed to make feel the joy.
"Uh.." He went over the lines in his head before remembering something. "I'm Rei. Who are you?" He asked and smiled sweetly. The man glared at him. "Why does my head hurt?" Still glaring, but Rei ignored it. "I feel so cold. I've never felt so cold in the snow before.." Rei snapped his finger. "The kitty!" Kai put down his warm cocoa and motioned for Rei to follow him, so he did. He fell over three times and Kai noted that yes, he had invited a crazy man in to his house.
"Kitty!" Rei said when he saw the poor creature walking around on a towel. Kai waited for Rei to pick the kitten up but he didn't, he just looked at it with shiny eyes.
"Yes.." Kai coughed and picked up the kitten, handing it over to Rei that didn't accept it. "It's yours, isn't it?" Rei shook his head. "Then what the hell were you doing clutching it for dear life in a fucking snowstorm?!" Kai demanded. Rei backed a step when he was yelled at. He didn't like yelling. It was one of the things he always stopped if he saw it. He didn't have an answer for the question, he didn't know what had happened. He just knew that all of a sudden he was human and in Kai's house.
"I didn't want it to die," he guessed. Kai let out a deep breath and clutched the kitten close to his chest. "Thanks for taking care of it," Rei said and smiled again.
"Hn," Kai looked out the window. "There's a storm outside so you should stay the night. I have a guest room if the couch isn't good enough," he smirked as if he enjoyed an inside joke. Rei could feel his inside do some weird twist when he saw the smirk.
"That's nothing you should worry about! If you could just take care of the cat I'll sleep somewhere outside," Kai gave him a look that clearly asked if he was sane at all.
So for that night Kai accepted a total stranger in to his home for the first time since he moved in. He didn't understand why, it was just something about the man and his way. His eyes reminded him of Jack Frost from the movie. They had that playfulness in them he'd imagine the Guardian having if he was real. Yes, Kai liked to think about such things. He was a believer of many things. It was just the joy of life he was missing.
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