Hi all, sorry for the cliffhanger, but it sure makes you look forward to the next chapter huh? Well the wait is over and here is the next part of our continuing saga….

Azumanga Daioh Is not mine it belongs to Kiyohiko Azuma

Azumanga Christmas Tales: Yukari and Minamo's Tale

By Anime Rebirth

THE ONE WHERE MINAMO TAKES A CHANCE……….

Kaorin and Leslie just stood perfectly still. They knew one wrong move and they would go right through the ice.

"I…don't want to die." Leslie said as tears came out of her eyes.

"Just calm down, I'm sure your friends will come back sooner or later." Kaorin responded. The ice continued to slowly crack. "Hopefully it will be sooner."

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Yukari and Minamo made there way through the woods. "It's gotta be here somewhere." Minamo told Yukari.

"After this is over, I'm gonna make sure the entire Kurosawa family know how I feel about them….well except for you and Kenji of course." Yukari answered.

"Do…..you still love him?" Minamo asked.

Yukari just stared at her. "Nyamo, I don't think this is the time for that." she said.

"You're right." Minamo answered as they continued on their way.

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"Okay, let's get this over with." Yomi said as she blushed.

"This is will be so humiliating." Sakaki said. "But we must do it for Kaorin's sake." The other Azu-girls nodded in agreement.

They each took their positions on stage, a TV crew was filming in front of them.

Emerald turned to her girls. "You know, we could also put this on Youtube, that would embarrass them on a worldwide scale." She smirked.

It was then that Kenji ran up to the Azu-Girls.

"WE KNOW WHERE KAORIN IS!!!!!!!!" He screamed.

Sakaki just smiled in relief. "Thank goodness." She said softly.

"Is she okay?" Chihiro asked.

"Yukari and Minamo are on her way to get her, everything is gonna be okay."

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The ice cracked some more…….

"No…..no……why?" Leslie who was obviously losing it kept mumbling.

"Will you cut it out, you're making me nervous." Kaorin scolded.

"How can you be so calm." Leslie asked.

"Well like I said, your friends are coming back right?…. And I'm sure they will help us." Kaorin said as she gave a small smile.

Leslie just frowned. "Don't be too sure, we once abounded one of are friends when she got in trouble." she told Kaorin.

"Huh? Kaorin seemed confused.

"There was this other girl in our group, Marigold from America, she would also help us out with all of our… 'fun', then one day, Emerald decided to have a little payback on this girl, Naomi, who scored better on a test than her, so we were gonna planted a huge firecracker in her locker to blow all of her stuff up."

"That is so wrong." Kaorin grumbled.

Leslie continued. "Marigold's locker was next to Naomi's locker, so she was chosen to put the firecracker in it. After she had placed it inside the locker, she quickly took out her homework from her own locker. She accidentally closed her sleeve on the door and couldn't get away when Naomi walked up…We were standing nearby, actually, I was gonna stop Naomi, but Emerald stopped me saying… 'Sacrifices sometimes have to be made..'…

Naomi opened her locker………

There was an explosion……..

Naomi was blown to a wall, but she wasn't even injured."

Leslie slowly closed her eyes.

"And what about Marigold?" Kaorin asked.

"Her face was horribly disfigured." Leslie responded. "She then transferred to new school, she had been full of hatred for us ever since."

Kaorin just stared at Leslie. "Why do you still hang around with her then." she asked.

Leslie stared back. "Fear basically, Emerald comes from a very powerful family, if you were to get on her bad side, well, you can kiss your reputation goodbye." she said.

"Well if we don't find a way out of this, our reputations are not really gonna matter are they." Kaorin answered.

Suddenly, they could hear a voice in the distance…….

"KAORIN!!!!!…….KAORIN!!!!!" It was then that Yukari and Minamo rushed to the edge of the pond.

"OH MY GOD KAORIN, ARE YOU TWO OKAY?!!!!!!" Minamo asked.

Kaorin just stared at the PE Teacher with an annoyed look. "Oh no Kurosawa-Sensei, I just like to lie down on broken ice, it's a real thrill for me." She said sarcastically.

"Hmph, if you like it so much, then maybe we should leave you there." Yukari said in an annoyed tone.

"Yukari, don't be like that." Minamo responded.

"Well did you see the way she answered you, that's so rude, it would serve her right for her to turn into a Kaorincicle." Yukari told her.

"You don't really mean that." said Minamo.

"Yes I do." said Yukari.

"You can be brainless sometimes." said Minamo.

"HAH, YOU CAN'T EVEN HELP OUT A STUDENT WITH HER MATH HOMEWORK!!!!!!" screamed Yukari.

"THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!!!!!!!" MINAMO SCREAMED BACK!!!!!!

It was then that you could see a cloud of dirt form around them as they got into one of their classic scuffles. (which is incredible considering that they are standing on snow)

"Tell me again why you girls came here?" Asked Leslie.

"To defend Yukari-Sensei's honor." Kaorin answered as she sweat dropped.

The ice cracked more.

"NO!!!!!!!" Leslie screamed which caused Yukari and Minamo to stop their fighting and snap back to reality.

"Yukari……" Minamo said.

"I know." Yukari said as she looked out at the pond in a panic.

"We passed a shed on the way over here, go and see if there's a rope." Minamo ordered. "I'll stay here and keep an eye on the girls.

"I'm on it." Yukari said as she quickly rushed off.

Minamo stared at the situation, she knew Yukari may not make it back in time. She then noticed some ice skates lying nearby. "Maybe…..just maybe." She quickly grabbed them and noticed there were her size.

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Yukari quickly made to the shed. She noticed that the door had a lock, but this wasn't going to stop her. She backed up and then with a powerful force ran and then kicked the door in. After looking all around she managed to find a rope.

As she left the shed she noticed The Azu-Girls and Kenji quickly rush up.

"Yukari, what's going on." Kenji demanded.

"Kaorin and another girl are trapped in the middle of the ice and it's cracking up fast, we gotta go…NOW!!!!!!!!" she told him.

"Kaorin." Sakaki said almost quiet like.

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"Kurosawa-Sensei what are you doing?" Kaorin asked.

"Just keep still." Minamo said as she slowly had made to the other end of the pond. "Okay when I give the word, I want the two of you to straighten out and put a lot of tension in your bodies got it."

Minamo quickly put the ice skates on and laced them up, she then took a deep breath and then…..zoom she took of like a bullet, skating faster and faster.

Her heart was beating faster as her body filled up with adrenaline. She only knew she had one shot at this and she wasn't going to blow it. "Come on Minamo, concentrate." She told herself.

As she was nearing the girls it was time for phase 2 of her plan….

"OKAY GIRLS, NOW!!!!!!" she screamed.

Kaorin and Leslie straightened out and put so much tension in their bodies, that their faces seemed to be turning red.

Minamo then kneeled as she approached them and grabbed each of them by the collars and them preceded to drag them along towards the edge of the pond.

Yukari, Kenji, and the Azu-Girls finally arrived, behind them was Emerald and her girls, as well as Miyu, most of the Kurosawa gang, as well as the TV Crew.

"Minamo?" Yukari asked in a confused tone.

Minamo noticed the ice quickly cracking. "GET READY TO GRAB THEM!!!!!" she yelled and with all of her might, she managed to fling the two girls to the edge of the pond.

Sakaki helped Kaorin to the edge as Kagura did the same for Leslie.

"They're safe…." Minamo thought as she finally heard the ice give away.

Yukari and Minamo just stared at each other as Minamo fell threw the ice.

"MINAMO!!!!!!" Yukari screamed as everyone watched in horror.

Okay I'll stop here for now. Kinda makes you want to scream at me for leaving you in suspense huh. Well until then, take care.

'TILL NEXT TIME