"I will protect her no matter what!" Was the last thing that the young Assassin remembered ever since he left the Assassin Guild after talking with Chronos. Soon, it was the promised day that he would take Sarah out to his secret place. He got ready and was leaving for Sarah's house.

Sarah made sure that everything was all right before she changed out of her negligee and into something that she thought was perfect. Before long, the Assassin arrived.

"Hey. You ready?" The young Assassin asked her.

"Yes." Was the reply.

"You look beautiful." The Assassin complemented her. Sarah was wearing a white dress and her hair was done up in such a way that it amplified her looks. To the young Assassin, she looked like a real angel that desended from heaven for a moment.

"Thank you…" Sarah blushed.

"You ready to go?"

"What about the maids that will be checking on me?" She questioned the Assassin with a funny look on her face.

"Oh. I almost forgot." The Assassin replied as he walked into her room and towards her bed. He took out a wig from his pouch, placed it on a pillow and put the blanket over it. He made it so that it looked like Sarah was sleeping soundly on the bed.

"Are you sure that will work?" She doubted him.

"Of course it will! I'm an Assassin. Remember?" The Assassin replied with an annoyed look on his face.

"Ha ha… So shall we get going?" She asked him.

"It's about time. Now, get behind me. I'm going to piggyback you." He said as he got into position.

"Huh?" Sarah was shocked to hear that he was going to piggyback her.

"Hurry. You do not want to miss whatever I'm going to show you." He hurried her.

Without putting much thought into her mind anymore, Sarah grabbed onto the Assassin as he jumped out of the window and made his way to the place he wanted to show her.

The Assassin leaped roof over roof swiftly and quickly but never failed to make sure that Sarah was securely on his back. He did not want to lose her. Sarah glanced at her surroundings. She had never seen the night lights of the town before from her house. All she could see were houses and houses and the sky but not the night lights. As they passed the town square, Sarah gasped at the scene.

The lights were beautiful and people were dressed up for the season. Stores were operating over time, making sure everyone had something. The decorations were one of a kind. The scene was simply marvelous.

"What do you think about it so far?" The Assassin raised his voice a little so that Sarah could hear him speak.

"It's really beautiful! I've never seen anything like this before!" Sarah got excited.

"Really? Then hang on tight! We're reaching soon!" The Assassin instructed her.

Sarah grabbed the Assassin tighter. Thoughts like what was going to happen, what was she going to see and what the Assassin would do were racing through her head.

The both of them were reaching a huge clock tower. The clock tower was the tallest building in the city and it was in the middle of the town square. The Assassin skillfully made his way up as he neared the clock tower. As they were scaling the clock tower, Sarah closed her eyes and she did not dare to look around, for fear that she might fall. Once they reached the top, the Assassin lowered her.

"It's all right to look now." He said gently into her ears.

Sarah opened her eyes and looked around.

They were at the top of the clock tower and certainly, the sights were much better than the ones she had seen while traveling. Being on the tallest building, Sarah could see all the lights in the city. Furthermore, the lights that were in the distance which she could not see due to the height of the other buildings, glittered like stars. The cool wind that blew passed her face made the scene even more alluring. Sarah covered her mouth and blushed. It was her first time that she had seen anything this beautiful. She turned around and looked at the Assassin, there were small drops of tears in her eyes.

The young Assassin looked at her and asked what was wrong. He was afraid that she hated it.

"It's nothing. Just that, I'm really touched by this. Really touched." Was her reply.

Smiling to himself, the young Assassin walked towards her and wiped her tears away.

"Silly girl. There's no need to cry over this."

"I'm not crying…" Sarah blushed.

"Let's sit down here for a while. I've things to tell you." The Assassin smiled at her. He then pulled his mask down. Sarah, seeing his face for once, observed his face carefully. He had fine features and good looking. His short spiky hair made him looked cool. She smiled back at the Assassin as they sat down.

Both of them sat down and the Assassin started talking.

"How do you like this secret place?" He asked.

"I love it! I didn't know that at the very top of this clock tower, there is such a wonderful sight."

"This was what I wanted to show you."

"Thank you…"

"Anyway, I'm sure you wanted to know more about me right? Given that you've asked me those questions before."

Sarah nodded but replied that it was all right if the Assassin did not want to tell her.

"No… I wanted to tell you right here. That's why I kept pushing the question away. To begin with, my name is Xwart. Kind of funny isn't it?" Xwart had a wry smile on his face.

"No. It sounds kind of cool. And your past?"

"Well, I became an Assassin because of…" Xwart began telling Sarah his past and the reason why he became an Assassin. Sarah listened attentively. However, Xwart did not tell her that he was supposed to assassinate her father.

"I see… What a sad past…" Sarah sympathized.

"It's all right…"

"Why?"

"Because… Because… I get to meet you." At that point when he said that, fireworks shot up into the sky and exploded, casting different coloured lights on them.

"Wha… What did you say?" Sarah could not believe her ears.

"My past and everything do not matter… Because I get to meet you." Xwart repeated himself.

Sarah blushed at the statement. She did not know what to do. Before she could say anything, Xwart brought her closer to him. He looked at her. His sapphire eyes met her topaz coloured eyes. Sarah blushed a deeper red than before. Xwart closed his eyes and gently kissed her lips. Sarah shocked by his actions, returned the kiss.

At that moment, the townsfolk shouted at the top of their voice, "Merry Christmas!"

The two of them broke away from their kiss, both blushing.

"Merry Christmas, Sarah." Xwart looked into her eyes and wished her.

"Merry Christmas, Xwart." Sarah wished back.

Both of them embraced each other and looked up into the sky. It began to snow. As the snow fell, Sarah leaned closer to Xwart while he put a hand around her shoulder, both of them spent the night looking at the beautiful scenery and talking…

"HAAAAA… What a wonderful scene! I didn't know you did such a thing!" – Claire

"…" – Xwart

"HAAAAA… It's so romantic. I can't stand it already, I'm going to faint." – Claire

"… Next Chapter! Chapter 7 – Blood Stained Christmas. Don't miss it. Claire, get a hold of yourself!" - Xwart