A/N: I hope you all enjoyed Chapter 1 (and the idea of this fanfic)! Here's Chapter 2, and I hope you will enjoy the ensuing antics as Jack finally meets some Touhou canon characters! Also, special thanks to Spaztique, WatcherCCG, Krawkley, YeagerD and Sethb1 for giving me advice on this story before it was published, and RandomNumbers for supporting this! Thank you, and now enjoy!

She had recalled how a few years ago, the Winter seemed to last for ages. She would later find out that a ghost had been stealing the very essence of Spring to revive a dangerous cherry tree. Nevertheless, she had defeated that ghost long ago and restored Spring.

Right now, Reimu Hakurei just wanted to enjoy the Winter.

Or at least, wanted to enjoy NOT being in the Winter.

The young Shrine Maiden sat in her room under a kotatsu whilst calmly eating Senbei – something of a Winter time treat to her, and a warm cup of tea nearby. Yes, such were the things she enjoyed doing during this cold season. For as noisy as all the other seasons – and that one incident – were, she did relish in a moment of peace…

…that was soon interrupted by an unusually cold wind forcing open her doors.

"Heeheehee~!" Came a voice from the door.

"Oh, not again…"

Reimu groaned deeply as she felt the chill invade her room. Ever since the Three Fairies of Light moved into their new residence inside the giant oak tree, she was used to their antics and pranks on her, despite the fact she was used to ordering them around. But this time, it wasn't their doing, for sure. Only one person, one other fairy, would do something as dumb as interrupting her during such a time, such a season.

Grabbing her gohei and hastily wrapping a scarf around her neck, she trudged out to the main shrine grounds. Her eyes glanced around the surroundings, cautiously looking for the source of that annoyance. And the moment her back was turn, she felt the hard force of a snowball hit her back.

"Gotchaaa~!" the same voice chimed.

"HEY! Why you little…!"

As she had suspected, the culprit here was none other than the Fairy of Cold Air, Cirno. Reimu knew very well what relations Cirno had, and she didn't deny respect to the Fairy Lord. But shikigami or not, Cirno is mischievous during this time, the prime of the season.

And she wouldn't have any of that crap.

Reimu's rising anger and annoyance started building up into her weapon, triggering a sudden release of needles that formed around the tip. As the angry shrine maiden started approaching the fairy, she continued to laugh.

"Heeheeeheee~! Wasn't that a good shot, puny shrine maiden?! Haha—wait, are those needles? Uu…uh oh…"

Jack had to muster up all his strength to hide his laughter upon seeing the scene. He had a feeling this little spirit and him would get along far too well. Right now, though, it seems she must have lost the courage to laugh in the face of this fear…

"Heh, that wasn't too bad. But as for the red one…"

The Guardian flew back to the snowy grounds, soon conjuring up a snowball of his own. With his own frosty touch, of course. Now, it wasn't matter of whether they could see him. Rather, whether they would see THIS!

Cirno wasn't exactly brave upon seeing the needles and Reimu's darkened expression. She had thought of lifting her sword towards the maiden as a threat, but she knew better. It wouldn't work. The only thing she could do was, well, be scared, as Reimu's seething voice finally escaped her mouth.

"How many times have I told you and the other fairies to stay off my—AUGH!"

With a sudden spur of the moment, Reimu turned her head and had a snowball thrown in her face. The ice fairy was wildly amused by this, and the fact that she had just been rescued. "Ooh, Nice one!" she finally managed to blurt out. As the miko started wiping the snow off her face, both of them turned to see who had launched the attack.

Well that certainly lightened them up a bit… The Winter spirit smirked as he saw the two surprised faces stare back at him. He struck his staff lightly into the ground, causing the snow around it to take the form of more snowballs. He was asking for a challenge. And he could see that the eyes of the Red maiden were sparkling blue…

Reimu suddenly felt her anger disappear, melting into a strange feeling that made her pick up the snow on the ground and toss it at the stranger's face. And somehow, she couldn't help but let out a giggle – one that accepted this challenge the stranger had issued. "Heh…oh you guys asked for it!"

S-she can see me?! The Winter Spirit momentarily thought, surprised at this young lady being able to see him. If she was an adult, and didn't believe in the Guardians, like most of them do…

He had no time to continue his thoughts. A snowball retaliated into his own face and the one of young maiden. He turned to see the small, blue-haired child holding her hands with ammo of her own.

"It's snowball fighting tiiiime~!"