Mario opened the door quickly as the cold air from the outside came in to encase the room. It's been days since his nephew took his place. He blamed himself for not being able to stop it. No one in town was going to help him. He would have to save his nephew himself. He had to free him from that monster.

"If no one in this town is going to help me. I will have to save Yamato myself." Mario angrily says out loud. He knew people in town thought he was crazy. Mario always brushed it off. Acting like he didn't care. They didn't believe in his story that a beast like girl had his nephew as prisoner. Now, it was a personal matter. The same people he ignored just laughed at him like it was normal. It would made him angry.

He had to make sure to get everything he needed. He took a rolled up map as he placed in his pocket and a lantern from a shelf. He quickly grabbed at hat as he placed it on his head as he quickly out the door. Snow from the roof as he slammed the door behind him. He went to put on a thicker coat, rubbing his hands as he opens the door again to his home, slamming the door as he left.

Meanwhile Minako and Nami came not too long after Mario left. They picked out as they watched him scurry off. They were going to set their plan into motion. Minako couldn't wait for Yamato to force to agree to be her husband. There was no way it was going to fail.

"Oh well no one is home. Guess the plan is a flop. We better get going." Nami quickly tells her. Just as she tries to run, Minako grabs the back of her dress

"Not so fast." Minako pulled her as Nami moved forward as she falls onto the icy floor right into the snow. "You're just going to have to stay here until they get back."

"That could be hours, days or even weeks." Nami complained.

"Now you remember the plan?" Minako asks her.

"Yes, I wait here." Nami cheerfully

"Don't be stupid." Minako scolds. "That's not the full plan." Minako hits Nami in the back of the head. "Now what was it?"

"The plan is to use the fact that Mario is crazy. Using the fact he's talking about some kind of monster to our advantage. While I wait here, you're going to Asylum to talk to the head of it. If he agrees to your wicked and brilliant plan then I tell you when they're home so we can set it into motion." Nami explains to Minako. She forced a fake smile at Minako. As she believed this plan wasn't going to work. There was no talking Minako out of this however.

"Excellent, now be useful and disguise yourself or something. So they won't notice when they get home."

"Yes, Minako." Nami meekly replies. She adored Minako but admitted she was scared of her. This was mostly due to her nasty temper. Minako believed she was incompetent but had to trust her that she would be informed if Mario and Yamato returned. Yamato was going to be hers no matter what it took, no other girl was going to take him away from her.

Meanwhile at the Castle…

"It's snowing!" Amu excitably looks at the window. As she takes Tusk hand who was more focused on reading his book. He wasn't paying much attention. "Come on Tusk, let's go outside." She pleaded.

"I don't want to go out there. I want to finish my book." Tusk tells her.

"You don't want to go outside and play with me?" Amu questioned.

"Playing is for children." Tusk addressed. "and we are not children anymore Amu."

"Why are you so serious all the time?" Amu questioned. "Or it's just you don't want to spend any time with me?" Amu beginnings to weep, trying her best not to cry.

"Noooo . . . that's not it . . . it's just that . . ." Tusk could never handle it when Amu started to cry. It came to point he would give in and do what she wanted to make her happy again. Amu tends to use it to her advantage, namely to get him to do all the chores since she hated doing anything with work. The only time she did anything was so she could spy on Yamato and Sera. Tusk always scold her for spying because what goes on between the Princess and Yamato was none of their business. Amu always had to point out and remind him that they have until their princesses' upcoming birthday for the chance to be human again.

"So, you rather stay like this forever." Amu remarks. As she grabs the arm that didn't have the book he was reading in it as she points to his arm. "You rather have these stubs than have normal fingers again. Don't you miss having a normal nose, rather than this trunk?" Amu plays with his trunk with his fingers.

"We haven't been human for nearly eleven years. Yes, I do miss it but it's something we all can dream about . . ."

"Let's get Yamato and the princess to go outside. Snow can be very romantic you know."

"For them or for us are you referring too?"

"Yes, this could help develop a romance. We need it to process and fast, Tusk."

"All right. I will go along with this."

"Excellent!" Amu said excitably.

"Should we tell Leo?" Tusk questioned.

"No, he will spoil everything."

"Again in your mind for them or for us?"

"Very funny." Amu tells him as she folds her arms. "Let's go get them."

Outside

"Snowball fight." Amu quickly grabs snow with her pink gloves. Forming it into a ball as she turned around. Aiming right at Tusk.

Tusk quickly gets a snowball to the face. "Come on, Tusk. You can't get me." Amu giggles. She was trying to lure him away so Sera and Yamato could spend more time together. Not that they weren't already.

"What's wrong?" Yamato questioned as she looked over at Sera. She was near the entrance to the castle. She looked

"Sorry, I never been outside before? I never really played with snow. I only just looked at it from inside the castle."

"I will show you." Yamato forms a snowball and throws it gently at her. "Then you throw it at me. We hide and chase each other."

"I think I get it." Sera forms a snowball and throws it at Yamato.

"Not bad. It's just the game hasn't started yet."

"Oh?"

"I will go to the otherside of the courtyard. And you try to find me. Okay?"

"Yes, I think I understand now." Sera answers.

Yamato hid behind a tree as he throws a snowball, which ends up hitting Sera in the face. He tried to hide his laugh as he covered his mouth. As Sera wipes the snow from her face. She forms a snowball in her hands. "I am going to get you for that." Yamato hides behind a tree, despite being only a few days. He began to see something different in the princess. His heart began to skip a beat when he was around her. He didn't know what this feeling was; he never felt it before as he placed a hand on his chest. Was this the feeling you felt when you're beginning to fall in love? Yes, she had the appearance of a shark-beast creature but he didn't care about that. He had begun to see her caring and gentler side. Not that mean and angry girl he first met. He was beginning to see her as more than just as a friend. He had admitted that to himself. Yamato feared that she wouldn't love someone like him.

Sera was infatuated with Yamato from the moment they met. Though she recognized these feelings for him were beginning to change. She was beginning to see more of his personality the more she got to know him. Her feelings for him were than infatuation. It was genuine love. She truly was beginning to love him. The problem was she feared that he only cared for her as a friend. It broke her heart hearing those words. She wanted it to be more than that. Being around him in a matter of days she learned to kinder to others.

Yamato hit her with another snowball as she dropped the snowball she was holding. Sera only began to laugh. As she forms another one.

Unknown to them Amu and Tusk were hiding from a distance behind another tree. Amu was smiling in happiness.

"It's working . . ." Amu proudly proclaims. She clearly sees the lingering attraction Sera and Yamato. She smiled as she watches them circle around. Yamato was on one side of the tree, while Sera was on the otherside. As Sera throw snowball thinking she got Yamato. He hits her from behind.

"What are you talking about? Tusk answered in confusion.

"Obvious you can't see it." Amu tells him.

"What? What is there to see?" Tusk again questioned. Still remaining oblivious to what is going on between Yamato and Sera.

"There is something that's there now. It wasn't there before." Amu tells him. "You can see the attraction. You must be blind not too."

"There is?" Tusk again responds.

"Are you going to answer everything in the form of a question?" Amu irritably tells him. "Now to set it more into motion in the ballroom tonight. We need the right atmosphere. Everything must be perfect."

Author's Note: Yes, Yamato and Sera's feelings for each other are progress. The problem is they're in fear that the other would reject their feelings. Sera fears he won't love her due to her appearance. Yamato. There is also the matter of Minako. You think now, as long as Yamato doesn't return home. Minako will never know. You only can wait for she eventually finds out about Sera. She is not going to happy.

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