Author's Note: Well everyone Happy holidays to you all!! This is my gift to those of you who do read my fan-fics and review! All these fics are all AU and are Usa/Serena centered. Each containing a holiday song with a guy from any show that I feel matches the song. I will update this…I think everyday each time with a different song, guy and story. Hope you all enjoy, now Tennki would you?
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SK: Thank you Tennki now onward with the chapter! As well as Happy Holidays to all of you and a Happy New Year!
This fic is a Serena/Hotohori with the song Silent Night
Skating Rink:
Swish, Clash, Swish, Swish……..the sounds of blades going along the pond of ice located in the center of the park. Snow was falling down again, little tiny drops of frozen falling down from the heavenly skies above. Upon the ice were families skating together.
The sound of laughter from the children was herd as they tried to skate to their mother's on their first pair of ice skates. A thud, could be herd every once in a while from the sound of a little child falling down from trying to skate. Around the ice rink were some speakers playing some holiday music.
The scene before you seemed like one a person would see on a holiday Christmas card. Seemingly so perfect and what the holidays' should look like. If you would look to the far right one would see a group of children with one adult. It seems as though an ice skating classes was going on.
The wind blew making the little children shiver a bit but they stayed on the ice. The sun seemed it was setting so the lights around the rink began to light up. Setting down on one of the benches some few feet away from the ice rink was a youth who looked in his early twenty's or late teens.
He had long rich brown hair tied in a messy pony tail with rich brown eyes with some gold specks to match his hair. He wore black pants with leather shoes, a red long sleeve shirt, leather gloves and black long coat to keep him warm…….his name was Hotohori. Many woman swooned over this picture of beauty who worked as the president of Suzaku Industries….a multi- billion company in the field of technological advances.
But what could a man who had millions of dollars and handsome good looks be doing at an ice rink? He was unmarried and no children, so what could he be doing there? His eyes were seemingly focused on the adult who was with the group of children teaching them how to skate.
His eyes watched with amusement as the adult…no young lady tried to teach the little ones how to skate. The young lady looked about his age with long blonde hair with some silver streaks in it tied in a long braid with her bangs out. He could tell from his seating location that she had creamy skin that now looked ivory from the cold. That she also had soft deep ocean blue eyes.
Her name was………Serenity….but how could he know all of this? As he watched the picture of womanly beauty before him his thoughts drifted back to when he was just 10 years ago……
When he was 10 he was just on the play ground of his school….on the swing alone waiting for his mother to pick him up. He looked down at the ground as he waited on the swing as he rocked to and fro. He was dressed warmly for winter was soon coming. As he continued to wait he began wishing he had a friend whom he could talk to….for you see his family had just moved from China to Japan making him the new kid at school.
Hotohori was well soft spoken and very polite for his age but was at times shy like any other kid his age. Going to a new school was hard but imagine moving to some new country, learning a new language and going to a new school could be very frightening to a child. Luckily for him his mother was Japanese so when he was younger she taught him her language, so as he grew up he spoke and understood both Chinese and Japanese.
The young Hotohori continued to look at the ground until he felt some one give him a soft push. He turned around to see a little girl who looked his age but was a bit shorter than him with ocean blue eyes, blonde hair in a weird style. Her hair was in two spheres one on each side of her head with a short ribbon of hair going to her chin from each sphere with her bangs out.
She gave a smile to Hotohori whom blinked at the girl.
"Sorry I saw you on the swing and thought you needed a push." She told him sweetly. Again Hotohori blinked some more to which the young girl giggled.
"I know you! You're the new kid in my class. Sorry let me introduce myself I'm Serenity or Serena if you prefer. Nice to meet ya!" she said cheerfully with a bright smile on her face.
"Oh….hi Serenity….I'm Hotohori….umm nice to meet you too." He replied softly.
Serenity looked around the swing area then back at Hotohori.
"Are you waiting for your mom?"
"..yes…yes I am…why do you ask?"
Serenity smiled at Hotohori again and began to softly push him again.
"Well I'm waiting for my mom too and instead of each of us waiting alone for our mom's we can wait for them together….I mean if you don't mind Hori kun."
"..Hori kun?…" Hotohori asked in question.
"Yeah silly it's my nick name for you do you mind?" She asked innocently to which Hotohori smiled thinking he had just made a new friend.
"No I don't mind…Sere chan" he replied to which made Serenity smile right back at him then giggled.
"Great!" she exclaimed with joy.
Both youth's waited for their mother's….talking to each other like they've known each other since they were born. They were becoming the best of friends very quickly. For the next two years they stayed best friends……and slowly fell in love with each other….until….
A 12 year old Serenity went up to her best friend and secret crush Hotohori, she had tear stained cheeks when she approached him. He asked what was wrong and she told him….that she was moving away…to America. Hotohori was shocked to hear this news as well as the fact that today she was moving. He hugged Serenity tight as she cried wishing she didn't have to go….then telling him that she loved him…
Hotohori pulled back form his hug to Serenity and wiped her tears. He gave her a smile then told her to be strong…in the back ground Serenity's mother could be herd telling her that they were going. Serenity yelled back she would be there in a second. She gave one final good bye to Hotohori but before she could leave….he gave her a kiss and gave her a promise… "I love you too Serenity…and I promise I will find you…" he whispered.
Serenity nodded and went with her mother…..over the years Hotohori graduated from high school then college never once forgetting about his Serenity…and the promise he made those years ago…he soon started his company about a year after his graduated from college….and from there the rest was history. He made his first million in one year and his account continued to grow….and then this year he was opening up a branch in America.
He knew this would be the perfect opportunity to find Serenity….it took him about a month to find her but he did find her…but not through detectives…it was a by chance meeting. He was at the park trying to figure out a way how to get the branch opened by the due date when he saw her….skating along the frozen pond….doing jumps, turns all with grace.
He wanted at that moment to see if it was his Serenity but saw she had a class to teach…he soon got the address of the ice skating school she taught and for the last two weeks had been watching her but only at the pond.
Hotohori was snapped out of his thoughts when he began to notice everyone on the frozen pond began to leave. Yet Serenity didn't….no she went into a booth changing out of her jeans, wool sweater and jacket and came out in a white short dress with clear arm sleeves((the outfit is the kind professional skates wear at competitions)) . She had some glitter make up on from his view and noticed the lights were dimming yet a spot light was shone in the center.
"Lady's and Gentlemen….for your entertainment pleasure tonight here will be a free ice skating show……and for tonight's first performance will be…Ms. Serenity!" the announcer said into the microphone as Serenity skated to the center where the spot light was. The music began to play…
"Silent night, holy night!
All is calm, all is bright.
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace." She began to skate in figure eights…then into a double axle landing perfectly. She continued to skate as she did arm motions to the lyrics of the song. Hotohori watched as he moved to the front slowly though.
"Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,
Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born." Serenity soon jumped in the air doing a split, again landing perfectly. Her hair blowing with the wind as she skated looking so regal and angelic. Hotohori by now was in the front watching his beloved who all though those years stole his heart.
"Silent night, holy night!
It was a holy, holy night
Son of God love's pure light.
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn, with the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord at Thy birth.
Jesus Lord at Thy birth.
Oh, Sweet Jesus, My Lord, Lord at Thy birth"….the music ended with Serenity in a still pose…everyone clapped a loud and Serenity took a bow. She then proceeded off the ice…yet some thoughts went through her head…as she looked at the crowd…she noticed a familiar face…but it couldn't be him…but then he promised her all though years ago….
A promise in which she gave her heart to him…but she sighed….they never kept in touch….and he was probably with another woman and long forgot about her…Boy was she surprised when she got off the ice to see him…..
She was speechless….this had to be a dream…here standing before her….was her love Hotohori! He was smiling at her as held her close in his arms. Serenity leaned in as her arms held onto Hotohori….
"..I told you I would find you……and I did…" he whispered to her.
Serenity pulled away from the hug and looked up at Hotohori he saw the same smile he saw when he first met her on her face.
"…and I never gave up hope…." She whispered before she and Hotohori shared a deep and passionate long kiss……….
The End!! Happy Holidays everyone!!!! In case your wondering what tomorrow's cross over will be….well…..it will be a Kenshin x-over so tune in tomorrow to see it!