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[niceguypose]

Greetings!! This is Rock Lee. I hope that your day has been very splendid, and that your youth is at full power!

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[ ACTION ] christmas eve .. around dinner time

[niceguypose]

[Rock Lee was just in the middle of eating his Christmas Eve dinner, a steaming plate of curry pilaf.

But at the same time, he's also trying on his new Santa outfit. Once he hears that banging on his door, he leaps to action and places the fake beard/hat on as he rushes to answer the door.]

The Spirit of Christmas?! Ah, I have been blessed already!! [He is forcefully opening that door right away.]

[ ACTION ] 1.2

[bakudanma]

_{[ Katsura is also in Santa garb, his black hair spilling out from under his hat. He has the white beard, and the red coat, the boots, the sack of presents. Everything.
When he sees Rock Lee also in Santa outfit, he allows a long pause to occur. ]}

...Ah.

2.2

[bakudanma]

AN IMPOOOOOSTEEEER!!??

[niceguypose]

[Rock Lee stared him down for all of that long pause- and now he gasps back.]

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!????

[bakudanma]

<sub>[ DRAWING HIS BLADE.





WHY DOES SANTA HAVE A SWORD. ]</sub>

ONLY SANTA-DONO CAN HAVE A WHITE BEARD AND RED COAT!? ARE YOU TRYING TO COMPROMISE CHRISTMAS!?
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?

[niceguypose]

[THIS MUST BE

A TRIAL

THE TRUE CHALLENGE OF CHRISTMAS!!]

COMPROMISE!? I AM TRYING TO SPREAD YOUTHLY CHEER!!

[He does a barrel roll along the ground and picks up one of the many mini-Christmas trees that are along the floor of his apartment.

He will use that as his sparring weapon to fend off this other Santa. And he cries out to him.]

I AM... THE SECRETIVE SANTA!! AND I HAVE MY OWN RIGHT TO CHRISTMAS!

[bakudanma]

_{[ IT'S NOT A TRIAL, IT'S KATSURA.
But now Katsura is just invading his house-- any peaceful evening Rock Lee's neighbors might be having.. well. So much for that. ]}
SECRETIVE SANTA!? THERE IS NO SECRETIVE SANTAAAA!
Aaaah, where are you in the carols!? The Christmas stories!? You're only here to corrupt Christmas!

[niceguypose]

[THE FIGURE SEEMS VERY KATSURA THAT IS TRUE
But Lee is fully ready to fight him if need be. That's just what friends do!]

THERE IS!!! That is the role I was assigned. That is what I will act out! I may not be in the carols or stories... but they are here inside me. In my heart!! You're the one attacking... I am secretly spreading the joy of Christmas!!

[bakudanma]

Who even assigned you to this task!? The Gr*nch!? Is that who you are actually working for!?

[niceguypose]

The Grinch?! No, I just learned of that figure recently! The one who gave me my mission... that was Weiss-san!

[bakudanma]

This is the elf that failed her exam!?
_{[ He is holding his stance, ready to spring and ready to block should Lee decide to attack first. ]}

She didn't even know that Kirkland-san should have been on the not-so-nice-sort-of-naughty list! You cannot trust somebody like that so easily, Imposter-dono!

[niceguypose]

[Lee flares with anger as he wields the mini-Christmas tree! He does look ready to assault him at any moment]

Weiss-san is no elf!! And she would never fail an exam! I trust her completely... as a Secretive Santa, that sort of thing is our duty! So please, take that back!!

[bakudanma]

I will not take it back! Somebody who is spreading cheer should know who is nice and who is naughty!
I had to watch Kirkland-san for 24 hours!

[niceguypose]

Spreading cheer should not depend upon that! Trust is more important!!

Santa-sama's heart... It must be purer than yours!! [And now Rock Lee springs forward, trying to thwap at him with the mini-tree.]

[bakudanma]

_{[ screeching halt ]}

How can his heart be purer than mine-- when I am him!?
_{[ SHRIEKING, NO. GET THAT TREE AWAY.
He slashes with his sword, attempting to cut off that very tip. ]}

SANTA WOULD NEVER USE HIS DECORATIONS AS WEAPONS!!! ARE YOU ACTUALLY SATAN INSTEAD!?

[niceguypose]

[And so Katsura's blade cuts off just the tip! Rock Lee gasps at this treeshed.]

No, I am no such person!! You're the one who harmed an innocent Christmas tree... It's you who must not be Santa!! [Now he takes the wounded tree and tries to jab Katsura in the stomach with it!!]

[bakudanma]

You were the one who put the Christmas tree in danger to start with! I ought to see who the perpetrator is! Put you back on the naughty list!

_{[ YANKING AT LEE'S BEARD. ]}

[niceguypose]

N-No!! I didn't mean to...! [The beard will probably come down fairly quickly, but Lee will also end up tugging at Katsura's beard at the same time.]

[bakudanma]

_{[ !!!!
Katsura stops. Entirely.
And releases Rock Lee's beard-- which it probably snaps back to his face. ]}

Lee-san?

[niceguypose]

[The beard slaps his face without any notable impact, and tears flow down Lee's face immediately.

He sees that he is fighting the face of a man who should be his brother.

What has he done?]

K- Katsura-kun?!

This... This is not Christmas!!!

[bakudanma]

Lee-san! I.. I had no idea it was you! _{[ even though this is your house ]}
I.. I thought I was doing a good deed and saving Christmas! But instead.. instead..
_{[ OH NO. HE'S CRYING TOO?
AND GATHERING LEE INTO HIS ARMS. HE IS SO SORRY. ]}

[niceguypose]

How could this have happened...?! I had no idea either, that such a man...

[Yes, a teary embrace is exactly what happens!]

I... I am not worthy...

[bakudanma]

Yes you are!! Lee-san, who says there can't be two Santas working together!?
_{[ TIGHTEN HIS HUG. ]}

This place has two moons-- why can't there be two Santa too? Ahhhh, I was so selfish, but now.. now I understand..
We shouldn't fight. We should work in unison instead!

[niceguypose]

T-two Santas... two moons?!

[He weeps even more looks right into Katsura's eyes.]

Please tell me, Katsura-kun, my brother!! I attacked you with a Christmas tree. Could I really still call myself Santa?!

[bakudanma]

You can make up for it! You can do plenty of good to make up for one wrong! This is what Santa-dono would really want!