A/N: Not much of a Pokemon fan but it was nice to write~ :3 Ash/Satoshi and Pikachu are the only two I really know about from that show. xDD *fail* This was written as a Secret Santa gift for Striksette (on deviantART).

Pikachu and Satoshi are © to Tajiri Satoshi's Pokémon; Story is © to moi~

"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves." - Eric Sevareid

Twitch, twitch went the Pikachu's ear before he opened his eyes. He stretched and let out a yawn, while his master and best friend Satoshi slept soundly in his warm bed.

Pikachu shivered slightly from the cool breeze… Wait…cold breeze? He scurried to the window, noticing that the window was opened and letting the winter winds blow into the room.

Again, the Pokémon shivered from the cold but was curious nonetheless. He saw the snow falling gently onto the windowsill and curiously extended his tiny, yellow paw to the outside.

One of the flakes touched his palm and melted into water and Pikachu squealed with joy at the soft feeling.

"Pika! Pika!" he chirped and jumped off the bed, hurrying into the closet.

He fumbled around with the messy pile of Satoshi's clothing before he found a scarf, remembering when he would wear it whenever it was cold. Pikachu clumsily wrapped it around his own neck before heading out.

As soon as he was outside, Pikachu decided to play around in the blanket of snow. It felt so nice to the Pokémon, which made it all the more enjoyable.

If only Satoshi could feel it as well…

Then Pikachu remembered that Satoshi was sick in bed with a cold and couldn't play with him for the day. Even in the days before, he wasn't allowed outside because he was sick. And the worst part of it all was that...it was Christmas morning, the holiday where gifts were exchanged and friends spent time playing in the snow.

Pikachu mewled sadly but immediately perked up when an idea came to him. He decided to make a present for Satoshi in order to make him feel better. But what would be a good present from a Pokémon, though…?

The sound laughing caught Pikachu's attention and he turned his head to see a small group of children making a snowman in their front yard while writing "Merry Christmas" into the snow. A light bulb went off in his mind as he watched the children intently...

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Satoshi awoke in the afternoon, yawning loudly as he stretched in bed. He saw his Pikachu sleeping next to him in bed and smiled as he ran his hand through his fur. The boy suddenly noticed that Pikachu was cold as well as wet and had a scarf around his neck.

"Huh?" He slowly removed the scarf from the Pokémon's neck. "How did you get so cold...?"

A small figure caught Satoshi's eye and he crawled over to the open window. He could've sworn he had closed that window so...how did it open?

When he looked out the window, he saw a messy-looking snow people...or at least they looked like snow people. He squinted his eyes a bit and saw that one of the snowmen looked a bit like him while the other looked like Pikachu. He also saw next to the snow figures a barely readable jumble of words.

"Merry Christmas, Satoshi. Get better soon!" was what it said, with the added "Pika, Pika!" on the side.

The boy let out a laugh and gently petted his Pokémon on the head, his heart warming at the tender message. "Thanks a lot, buddy. Merry Christmas to you, too..."