Chapter 2

"Miku, give me your hand."

"Why?"

Luka pulled off a black glove and revealed to Miku a ring on her finger. "Well we can't exactly walk to the North Pole," Luka chuckled, holding out her other gloved hand.

Miku eyed Luka's ring suspiciously, wondering what the ring could do. "How is that going to get us there?"

Lily stepped in. "It's like a teleporter," she answered, showing her own ring on her finger. "Here, I'll head out first so you can see it." Lily took a couple steps back and balled her hand into a fist, holding it in front of her chest. The ring started glowing and Lily turned into a beam of light, shooting into the sky.

Miku's jaw dropped as she saw Lily disappear in the night sky. "I-Is that safe?!"

"Well obviously if I'm still alive."

"Okay let me rephrase that: Is that safe for me?!" Miku exclaimed, putting a hand to her chest.

"Oh you'll be fine," Luka waved her hand. "All you have to is hang on tight." Luka blushed at what she said and what Miku will have to do. Thankfully the cold air covered it up.

"Okay, fine," Miku complied. She grabbed both of Luka's hands and stood about a foot away. Luka looked at the awkward distance between them. She had really hoped Miku would hug her. She sighed as the ring started glowing.

As soon as light engulfed the two girls, Miku immediately let go of Luka's hands and wrapped her arms around Luka's stomach. Luka's heart jumped as they started flying up in the air. Luka hugged Miku back, holding onto the girl as if her life depended on it.

In a few seconds, the light dissipated and they were standing in front of an enormous dome. Miku let go of Luka and stumbled, trying to get her legs working. Luka held up Miku until she was able to walk. Once Miku recovered, she stared in awe at the dome which looked like a huge snow globe. She ran up to the gate where Lily was laughing.

"AHAHA!" Lily bent over, laughing. "Oh, Luka! That was hilarious!"

Luka looked at her in confusion. "What happened?"

"You!" Lily pointed at the lost pinkette. "I saw you flying and you couldn't keep in a straight line. You were all over the place and almost went right past here." Lily pointed in some random direction, wiping a tear. "Wow! That girl really has an effect on you."

Luka blushed, pushing past Lily and walking towards the gate. "Whatever, Lily. At least we made it here." It was true that in those few seconds holding onto Miku, Luka's heartbeat might have been beating faster than normal. That must've been the reason for the erratic flight pattern. Luka could still hear Lily silently laughing behind her.

"Wow! Is this Santa's workshop?" Miku asked, still in awe.

"Not exactly. His shop is somewhere in there," Luka explained, trying to find the right words. "The huge dome you see prevents satellites these days to see or track us."

Luka walked up to the gate and stuck her ring into a hole that acted like a keyhole. The gates lit up in several festive colors and Christmas music played as it opened. Miku was practically jumping up and down like a child getting her present which in a sense, she kind of was.

Miku bolted inside but Luka grabbed her arm before she even took two steps. "Whoa there, Miku," Luka called, earning herself a look from the tealette that said, "What do you think you're doing?" and "Aww, please lemme see Santa and his toys."

"You can't just barge in there. You'll get lost within seconds. Even though the elves are welcoming, the old man probably isn't here yet and he won't like to see a human running around his workshop." Luka let of Miku who just stood there and pouted.

"But in the meantime," Lily slung her arm over Miku's shoulder, "I know these two elves you'll get along just fine." Lily started walking Miku into the indoor winter wonderland.

Miku thought everything was a dream but after a few pinches, she had confirmed everything was real. Luka and Lily walked on either side of her, telling her what everything was. From inside, one wouldn't even know they were in a dome. The weather was the same as it was outside. It was cold and flurried a bit. The temperature didn't bother Miku since her excitement kept her blood boiling.

They were stopped a lot by elves, asking why a human was here. Before Luka or Lily could reply, Miku would say, "To see Santa!" like it was her favorite thing to say. And the elves would catch Miku's happiness and joyfulness and just go along with it, knowing the consequences of a human being here. But they all just thought it was Luka's and Lily's problem.

After seeing so many elves, Miku threw away her height standards for elves. Their heights ranged from a foot to a one-story building. Miku could only imagine some of the tallest toys those elves would help make.

As they kept walking, Miku was amazed how everything looked. It was like in the movies with brick ground and the houses and colorful lights. A huge Christmas stood in the distance where Miku assumed was the middle of the dome. There almost everything imaginable on the tree. Even a treehouse!

"Oh, you're looking at the treehouse?" Luka asked, seeing Miku looking in that direction for a while now. "Yeah, that's used as lookout. An alarm will sound when they see the old man coming," she explained.

"Santa?!" Miku chirped, looking at the sky. "I want to see the Santa and his reindeers. Oh Rudolph! I want to see his red nose!"

"Whoa calm down there, Miku," Lily laughed and Miku blushed slightly at her childish actions, which Luka found extremely cute. "You still have time to see those two friends of ours. Oh hey, we're here!" Lily stopped in front a small yellow house. She walked up the steps and knocked on the door. Miku could hear footsteps running towards them.

The door burst opened and a small blonde girl jumped out. "Santa Lily!" Unfortunately, Lily leaned out of the way and the little blonde tackled Luka instead, knocking to the ground.

"Ooof!" Luka groaned as she landed in a pile of snow. Luka couldn't help think that something about wearing Santa suits makes others tackle her.

The blonde looked up and frowned. "Wait, you're not Santa Lily. You're Santa Luka."

"I'm sorry to disappoint, Rin, but you're not the first one to mistake me for someone else tonight." Luka gave a sideways glance to Miku, who chuckled.

"Oh sorry, Luka," Rin apologized as she got up. "Let me try again." She smirked and turned around, dashing straight for Lily who didn't have a chance to move as she was sent flying into the house.

"Santa Lily!"

"Rin! Get off of me!"

"Luka smiled as she got up and walked over to Miku. "Come on, Miku. Let's go inside and meet the twins."

"So you want to meet Santa Claus?" Len asked.

"Aren't you a lot old to believe in Santa?" Rin asked, chuckling.

The twins wore red and green tights with pointed shoes that had bells on the tips. For the most part, they looked and dressed like normal elves, according to Miku. Rin had a white bow on top of her head with mini candy canes on the ends. Rin would take one every now and then but another candy cane would magically appear. Len's hair was in a low ponytail with a tiny wreath as the hair tie. There was also silver glitter all over his hair which Len says it was Rin's fault.

"No one is ever too old to believe in Santa," Miku argued, puffing out her cheek.

"Wait, Luka, Lily, don't you two know what Nick'll do once he finds out you brought a human here?" Len asked with concern.

"Ask Luka. She's the one who agreed to take Miku," Lily said.

Everyone looked at Luka. "Oh so you're just going to sell me out like that," Luka joked. "But anyways, Len, the old man's not do going to anything serious. Probably just a bunch of chores." Luka shrugged it off but the twins still looked unsure.

"What's Santa going to do once he finds out I'm here?" Miku asked, almost afraid of the answer considering how everyone acted.

"He's not going to do anything bad to you," Luka reassured, earning a sigh from the tealette. "You guys might have a nice talk over some hot chocolate. He'll give some toys, let you pet his reindeers, and then I'll take you back home before sunrise." Then I'll give you those cookies to eat and you won't remember a thing. Luka didn't say that part. As sad as Luka'll be, it was all for Miku's own good.

RRIIIIINNNGGG!

"Oh, that's the alarm!" Rin announced.

"That means Nick's here!" Len exclaimed.

"SANTA!" Miku screamed, running out the house. Rin and Len followed, making sure the girl knew where to go.

Luka was about to leave the house when Lily grabbed her arm. "Luka? Are you sure about this?" Lily asked sternly. "I don't want you to end up li-"

"Lily," Luka said, stopping Lily from finishing. "It'll be okay." Luka turned around, giving Lily a smile. "I'll be okay."

I love the attention this story is getting. If this continues, I might have to put A Ninja's Gotta Do What A Ninja's Gotta Do (why did I make that so long XD) on hiatus. Okay maybe not since the chapters for THIS story are so short and easy.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Forgive me for any mistakes.