Don't Open Till X-Mas
                                                     
             By - Elfian Aqua


"Miss Lina are you sure we should do this?"

"Why shouldn't we? Think about it Amelia. Didn't that fruitcake ruin our Christmas? Do you really want to have that fruitcake around for the rest of the year?"

"Your right Miss Lina," Amelia said as she passed Zelgadiss some tape.

"All that money we spent on this magic proof box will be worth it," Zelgadiss said with a smile.

"We had a fruitcake and you didn't even tell me," Gourry cried, and was soon beat in the head by the others. "What did I say?"

Ignoring Gourry they all wiped tears from they're eyes as the finishing touch, a Don't Open Till X-mas tag, was placed on the box they had just wrapped.

"We finally managed to do it," Lina cried. Tears of joy streamed down her face.

"This time we won't get stuck with the fruitcake," Zelgadiss said trying to contain his happiness.

"Now all we have to do is send it off," they all shouted in unison.

Later that week on Wolfpack Island…

"That's a large gift," Zelas said looking at the present that had just arrived. "I wonder what it is," she mused kneeling down to unwrap it. She stopped, however, when she saw the Don't Open Till X-mas tag. "Oh well. At least I don't have to wait to open you." The beast master smiled and pulled out a wine bottle. "I wonder were Xelloss has gone off to. I'll punish him for leaving without telling me when he gets back." And with that she exited the room.

"Mm wraff mear," a gagged Xelloss mumbled from inside the box.
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