Hi everyone. Ready for the last chapter of the bonus game? Good! Because to be honest, I was typing aimlessly at the keyboard near the ending of this story when BAM, I got it! Because the story of Yuki-Onna is very short in my opinion and the ending is very... Well, let's just say it's not the ending I preferred, writing one for this story was a blast.

Like the previous chapter that started with Lumina's P.O.V and then to Minokichi, this will be in reverse. It will be going from Minokichi's to Lumina's P.O.V.

Enjoy because I know you would.

Bonus Chapter: The Ancient Tale of Minokichi and Oyuki

After I reached the mountain base, a second stone guardian was waiting with his arm out. Placing the memory stone I received from the Banshee, I listened to what more it had to say.

Such an act, mercilessly killing an old man, lead her to be banished to the country of Japan, the place where she commit her crime. However, the good side of her didn't want to continue to be influenced by the evil shard. To sacrifice her powers and become a harmless human, she'll forget all about her time as Yuki-Onna. The only way to bring back her memories and powers is if that man break his promise. She was determined not to see him, but with her memories of her former life gone, she ended up meeting the man as Oyuki.

It was so weird. How do these memory stones know so much about me and Oyuki? It's not very common for magical objects to tell your own story.

I had to summoned Oyuki. That's what the Banshee told me. But what did she mean by Oyuki won't be the same person anymore? The stone guardian gave me a list of what I need for the summoning.

Up in the area, there was a pile of junk. Maybe something useful can come out of it and there was. I got a ritual bowl, the designs were very ornate. When I got to the lake nearby, I fished out a vial in the water. Going back to the entrance of the mountain base, there was a little box filled with many vials on my right. Placing the vial I got into the box, some sort of puzzle began. In the end of the puzzle, I got a vial full of ritual water.

Walking to the summoning area, I put my ritual bowl on the table and filled it with ritual water. There were five candles that needed to be lit. Using the remaining matches I got, I lit all the candles.

Hmm. There was still something missing. Maybe I needed something to call Oyuki, but once I talk to her, how will I be able to free her from the cursed shard? Looking in the water, I saw the third memory stone. Taking it out, I looked around my surroundings. I have to find the last stone guardian for me get the answer I needed.

I was so sure that there was one more guardian, but where can it be? Suddenly, something in the snow was shining underneath the moonlight. Digging the snow out, I found a fire stone, very rare. I heard tales about fairies who have flaming reddish hair having many of these stones in their possession. But since many of their kinds suddenly vanished, the stones they created became less known to the world.

Returning back to the Dark Path, I took the other road to find a clearing. There was the third stone guardian! But it was encased in ice. Was Oyuki here? Using the fire stone, I threw it at the guardian as the ice melts. Placing the last memory stone, it give me the last details of the story.

Oyuki and Minokichi soon were married and lived happy times together. Together, there have five beautiful children, half-fays in fact. However, being a Snow Maiden and a fairy by birth, Oyuki's human appearance stayed young and beautiful. Unfortunately, the man broke his promise unknowingly, restoring her memories, powers, but worse, the influence of the False Mirror. Her fate is left unknown. Only the man can decided on her destiny...

"I didn't know, okay?!" I yelled at the stone guardian.

"You were at fault, therefore it's you who have to fix it." it told me. "But be careful. Saving Oyuki might only bring hardship to the two of you."

"What do you mean?! Answer me!" I demanded.

"Everything up till now has been tied to the cursed shard. If you destroyed it, then all of your wife's memories, all her time spent with you and your children, it will be like none of it had happened to her in the first place."

"What?" I asked, calming down.

"The only reason why she met you in the first place was because of that shard. To get rid of the thing that brought you two so close, might end up separating the two of you apart. Are you certain you wanted that to happen?"

'I don't want Oyuki to struggle and suffer under that blasted mirror shard. Even if she forgets... No, she can't forget.'

"You're lying!" I snapped.

The stone guardian ignored my remark as he just looked at me with those stoney eyes.

"Your soul is so great, it flares in flames. Perhaps, your love will help her remember."

"My love for her future is greater than my fear of losing the past. What's more important is if we continue moving forward."

It gave me a slip of paper with Oyuki's name on it.

"You'll need a spark to light the fire... To destroy the shard once and for all." it told me.

"Arigatō." I replied before I searched the area.

All I could take was a fire-proof glove, but no matter.

Heading back into the Dark Path, there was a little warm light I've seen before. Many stories from foreign countries said that some fairies still lived in our world. If people are lucky, some fairies might carelessly drop their light gems. Again, this was also rare as well. The heat of the gem depends on the size.

In other words, I need the biggest gem the size of my palm to destroy the shard. An item of light to melt away an object of darkness. Unfortunately, a fairy saw me as I was about to take the biggest from the pile.

"Hey, you can't have my light gems!" she yelled.

"I'm sorry, but I need it to save my wife." I gently told the little creature.

"I guess I'm willing to give one of them to you." she started to reconsider. "Which one do you want?"

"The biggest one." I answered.

"What?! No!" she exclaimed.

"Please, I really need it."

"Tell you what, if you beat me in a puzzle, I'll give it to you." she replied.

"Okay." I agreed.

She took out a board and a bunch of marbles. I was playing Mancala. A game I never played, but it's well-known. So I know the rules on how to play. It took me three levels and everything I beat the fairy, I feel like she is making up rules. Nevertheless, I won and she kept to her promise.

Going back to the ritual area, I place the paper with Oyuki's name in the water. The summoning was complete! The wind started to blow more harshly until Oyuki appeared to me. Her hair and kimono were still white as the snow. It was hard for me to see her face because it blends into the blanket of white flakes.

"Why? You should have kept away..." she trailed off as she screamed again.

She was losing control. The evil inside her is winning! I have to save her! Suddenly, Oyuki's locket glowed until I found myself in a void. What was this place? Where was my wife?

I looked around to see light up ahead. There, I saw memories of my time spent with Oyuki. I couldn't interact with any of them because they were past memories. They keep on coming until the memory lane ends. Soon, I saw what looks like a glass wall. Behind it was Oyuki! Not Yuki-Onna, but Oyuki!

But something was wrong, she doesn't seem aware of my presence. Was she trapped?

"Oyuki! Oyuki!" I shouted, but she couldn't hear.

That's right, I have to find the shard. That cursed shard that did this to me, Oyuki, and our family! But how can I find it when I don't even know where I was? Then it hit me. I am inside Oyuki's heart! It so cold and lifeless here.

Another realization hit me. This glass wall... It is the mirror shard! That is why I can't get to Oyuki! Taking out the light gem, I aimed it at the shard. However, I have to be sure that it destroyed every part of the mirror. So, another puzzle came, but I have to be quick. A voice boomed as I concentrate.

"You think you can save your wife? Think again!"

I throw the first time, it hit. I continued to concentrate as the being tried taunting and distracting me.

"You can't defeat me!"

I tried the second time and I did it. One more to go. I can see that the shard is starting to crack. I can do this. Just one more hit and Oyuki will be free. However, I suddenly stopped. Why did I? I suddenly felt a soft hand, stopping me from making my last hit.

"Oyuki!" I turned around, surprised.

Oh, I missed her so much, but I was more glad to see her again.

"Don't be fooled by him, Minokichi." she told me.

"Eh? What do you mean? I'm winning. Just one more hit and you'll be-" I turned around to see that Oyuki wasn't behind the mirror shard. I turned back to look at her.

"This could have gone the other way. But it had to be you who can raise our family." Oyuki spoke sadly.

"What are you talking about?" I questioned in confusion. "We've always raised our children together, we still have, and we still can."

"I really wished I could have met you without encountering that cursed shard." Oyuki replied. "That way, neither of us would have to make the difficult choice."

"Eh?"

"I told you that 'I will kill you', but I can't do it. One of us can't live while the other is alive."

"What do you mean? I don't understand!"

"Everything up till now, our meeting were... False themselves." she hinted.

Then it hit me. All her memories, her cold powers, her memories of us together... Are tied into the cursed shard, becoming one and the same. She is the mirror shard. The glass wall behind me was just a shield, a fake.

"No." I denied it. "No! It can't be!"

"It is and it has. It has always been that way, ever since I first met you." Oyuki gave me a sad smile. "Destroy me."

"But if I do, I'll..." I trailed off.

"Killing me, the false vision of your wife, won't harm Oyuki." she insisted.

"But, you're what makes my wife the way she is! Loving, caring... Destroying you will give what purpose to her?!"

"Remember? You once told me- No," she shook her head. "You once told Oyuki, that your love will be eternal, so long as you remember her."

"I did." I recalled.

"So, Minokichi, please..." she trailed off. "Do what you promised me. Put an end to this false reality and begin a new true life with Oyuki."

"You can't be serious..." I felt my heart tugging very hard. I can feel tears rolling down my cheeks. Oyuki was also crying or rather, the things that makes her Oyuki is.

"Please..." she cried with a smile, her blue eyes looking at me endearingly.

I screamed as I closed me eyes and throw the light stone at her, "OYUKI!"

It hit her heart and she fell to my arms. Immediately, the vision of her shattered as the void surrounding us shattered as well. Before I knew it, light enters. It was shining so brightly that I had to cover my eyes.

I found myself laying on the fresh snow as I started to wake. Was everything just a dream? Up ahead was a woman with long black hair, dressed in white.

"Oyuki!" I scramble to my feet to rushed over her. "Oyuki!"

I took her into my arms as she started to stir and look at me. Her blue eyes were just beautiful. However, I frowned when those eyes looked at me with little recognition.

"Who... Who are you?"

I laughed nervously, "Come on, Oyuki. Stop playing games, I'm your husband. Minokichi, remember?"

"I... No. When did I get married?" she questioned.

I felt extreme pain in my heart. It wasn't a dream after all. Destroying that shard had render Oyuki's ties to her Winter element as well as her current memories spent with me gone. However, if that's was true, she should be remembering about her old family.

"Eh?" I snapped out of my thoughts to look at my wife.

"Who am I?" she asked.

Not sure on how to answer, I just replied, "You're name is Oyuki."

"Oyuki..." she mused.

I helped her sat up as she looked at me with curiosity. We then formally introduce ourselves.

"Oyuki... It's a pleasure to meet you, my name in Minokichi."

"It is a pleasure to meet you too, Minokichi. My name is Oyuki." she introduce. She then looked down at something. "What's that?"

"Hm?" I followed her gaze. "Oh, it's a necklace... Of someone really important."

Her necklace must have fallen out of my pocket.

"Really?"

"Yes." I answered. There was silence until I looked at her. "Um, would you like it?"

"I can't. If it's really important to you, then I can't have it."

"I insist." I assured her.

"Okay..." she trailed off as she turned around.

Putting the golden locket around her neck, I imagine it to look lovely on her. Just then, as the sun started to come up, Oyuki stood up. She was watching the sunrise with a longing look in her eyes.

"Oyuki?" I called out. Then I noticed something in the snow. Three drops of tears were soaking the white flakes. "Oyuki?"

"I..." she trailed off. "I..." she turned around, tears were in her eyes. "I remember, Minokichi."

That it! Those were the eyes I remember! That look of endearment as her body glowed radiantly from the sunlight.

"Oyuki!" I stood up on my feet, looking at her in awe.

We ran up to each other, calling out our names, embracing each other until we sink to our knees.

"Minokichi." she called my name.

"Oyuki." I called out hers.

We closed our eyes and shared a kiss in the new light of dawn.

"And so Oyuki and Minokichi continued living their life happily with their children. Although they have passed away, they will always be together." I read.

That was such a good story and it told me more about Mother Holle's sister.

"Lumina." I heard my name being called. Closing my book, I turned my attention to Sophia. "You ready? Our mission will take us to Dire Island."

"Yes." I answered, putting the book down on the chair.

Tagging along with the "Fairytale Detective", we're heading to meet with the Swan Princess, Odile, and to find out more about that mysterious figure who is targeting the other successors. Maybe on this adventure of mine, I will learn more about that girl whom I saw in my dreams... And understand the anguish I felt from those eleven swans.

Well, that's the end of the bonus chapter. What did you think about it? Please review and hopefully, I'll do more stories like this one very sooner than later. Happy New Year to everyone!