Hey guys

Merry Christmas! It's especially busy for me with my family and everything around this time of year.

So it was hard to find time to write but I got it out.

I think I'll keep this as a Christmas Special and then maybe write an Epilogue to go after this :)

I hope it's ok as I had to rush this one out

Enjoy

It's that time of year again! The time that comes only once a year. It's Christmas time!

The towns are decorated with garlands and wreaths and everyone is in the festive mood. The falling snow also provides the extra added atmosphere. Prontera was extra busy this time of year with many people shopping for presents as it has the most amount of vendors.

Mikan finished her shopping several days ago.

She got Hotaru a friendship bracelet.

Yuu a new spell book.

Ruka an Apple of Archer.

Koko an accessory for his pet Deviruchi.

Gift certificates for a spa in Amatsu for Anna, Nonoko and Permy.

A new stuff bear for Youchi which he claims he's too old for.

A pet poring for Aoi to keep her company while she's at school.

Last but not least, she knitted a scarf and mittens for Natsume.

She's been working very hard every day on the scarf and mittens. She hopes that Natsume will like it.

Mikan is currently in her Santa costume delivering gifts to all her friends.

She loves this time of year as everyone seems to be friendlier. She wishes that it could last all year round so people would act like that all year round.

Her Santa costume is a red dress with a white furry lining around the edge. It also has cute wings on the back and matching red boots.

After delivering presents to all her friends, she's now waiting for her boyfriend at their secret spot.

She's while waiting for him she started working on making a small snowman.

A cold wind blew past her and she shivered from the cold. She loved her costume and it's normally enough to keep her warm, but it is a dress after all and it's not really suited for playing out in the snow.

The outfit would have been fine if Natsume was on time. But he's half an hour late now and Mikan is starting to worry.

As she was busy occuping herself with building the snowman and wondering where he was, she didn't notice someone sneaking up behind her.

Two hands suddenly grabbed her shoulder and shook her, "BOO"

Mikan let out a loud screech and jumped in surprise.

The guy let go of her shoulder and hugged her from behind.

"What happened to your sixth sense for detecting me?" A familiar voice whispered huskily into her ears.

When she heard his voice she immediately calmed down. She elbowed him lightly in the guts and replied, "That was so mean! Here I am worried about you since you're so late and you scared the day lights out of me then tease me."

"It didn't look like you were worried. You were busy building your snowman."

"Well I had to find something to do to keep myself occupied. Or else I would try to track you down to make sure you're ok."

"Well you don't have to worry. I'm ok. Sorry for being late. You present was harder to put together then I thought."

"Why do all men go last minute shopping?" Mikan mutter quietly while shaking her head.

"Hey it's not what you think."

"Sureeeee," Mikan teased him.

"Well if you don't want it I don't have to give it to you."

"No wait! I didn't say that."

"Well then, why don't we start with my hello kiss."

Mikan blushed slightly while looking at her snowman in front of her.

"Well I'm waiting." Natsume teased her some more.

Then she slowly turned around to face him and went up on her tipy toes and kissed him softly on the lips.

Natsume couldn't help be grin at the actions of his girl friend. She's so cute and shy no matter how many times they have kissed or hugged, and he loved that about her.

"Now your present is a surprise." Natsume told her while tying a blindfold around her head so she couldn't see anything.

"How will I open the present if I can't see it?" Mikan asked.

"I'll tell you when you can take off the blindfold when it's ready for you to see."

"So it's not ready yet?"

"Stop asking so many questions. You'll understand when you see it. Now lets' go." Natsume said as he intertwined his fingers with hers and pulled her back into the city of Prontera.

Once he got into the gates he motioned to a priest that seemed to be waiting for someone.

The priest walked towards Natsume and opened up a warp for him.

Natsume said his thanks and gently pushed Mikan into the warp before stepping in himself.

Mikan felt her body being pulled and felt the sensation of going through a warp portal. She wanted to take off her blindfold so badly to find out what's going on but she didn't want to ruin Natsume's surprise.

She felt Natsume step out of the warp behind her. Once out of the warp he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"You can take off your blindfold now."

Mikan reached up with her hands and removed the blindfold that was covering her eyes.

She blinked a couple of times to readjust to the light and her eyes opened wide at the sight in front of her.

The first thing she saw was the Giant Christmas tree and the falling snow all around.

Then she heard a voice singing Jingle Bells and realized it was the snowman in front of the tree singing.

The snowman waved at Mikan while singing when it noticed Mikan was looking at it.

Mikan happily waved back.

Then she twirled around slowly taking in all the sights around her.

The whole town was completely in the Christmas mood. It seemed more spirited then all the other towns in Rune Midgard.

"Wow." Was all Mikan could exclaim.

Natsume's lips curled up into a small smile while watching at Mikan who is looking around with childish delight.

"I thought bringing you here would be a better gift then any present I could buy." Natsume stated softly.

"This is awesome! Where are we?"

"We're in Lutie., the Christmas town. This is where Santa lives." Natsume stated.

"Hey it's changed since the last time I was here! I couldn't even recognize it." (A/N yeah...I didn't realized I wrote a Christmas Special last year when I wrote this one...sooo I had to make last min adjustments to make it work.)

"Oh so you've been here before. Damn I was hoping it would be your first time." Natsume said disappointedly.

Mikan looks at Natsume when she heard the tone of his voice, "It doesn't matter if I've been here before. I love Christmas so this town is special to me. Plus, it looks like they've changed the town a bit since I was here last time. I don't know where anything is anymore."

Natsume just nods but he's still slightly disappointed. Mikan decides to kiss Natsume on the cheek in attempts to cheer him up.

"Lets go find Santa's house!" Mikan said excitedly before skipping off towards the juggling clown beside the singing snowman.

"Excuse me. Do you know where Santa is?"

"Ah yes, this must be your first time here."

"Not exactly, but it looks like things have changed."

"Ah no problem. Just walk along this path behind me. Keep on going north on it and eventually you'll reach a small cottage. It's about a 15 minute walk from here. You can't miss it. That's Santa's office. He should be in right now." The clown replied.

Mikan thanked the clown and casted an agility spell on Natsume and herself. Then she grabbed Natsume's hand and sped off towards the office.

Once they got to the cottage they were greeted by two workers inside. Looking beyond the workers Mikan found the jolly old man himself in front of the fireplace.

Mikan excitedly walked towards him with a big smile and greeted him, "Hi Santa!"

"Ho ho ho, hello Mikan and Natsume."

Mikan squeels in delight, "Santa remembers my name!"

"Why of course, I do. In fact, I know everyone's name to keep track of who's been naughty and who's been nice."

Mikan just nods as she's star struck being in front of Santa. I don't think she can ever get over this stage every time she meets him.

Then one of the workers came up to the two of them, "Hi, my name is Louise. Would either of you be interested in the new Christmas hat this year?"

Mikan snapped out of her state and looked at Louise, "What sort of hat?"

"This year I'm making a new hat that looks like a Christmas tree. Since you're wearing a Santa costume I would assume you might like the hat."

Mikan nodded, "What do I have to do to make it?"

"Ah bring me back this list of items and I'll make it for you!" (A/N This is a new hat this year, I'm not going to list the items required to make it as it might seem a little weird. Ie cobwebs…lol )

"Ok!"

"Let's go Natsume! I have some of the items stuffed in storage but we need to go get the lights!"

"But I don't want to make the hat."

"Please, for me?" Mikan gave him the puppy face look.

Natsume sighed and nodded as he can never resist that look.

"Just remember to memo outside so you can warp back here." Natsume reminded her.

Mikan nodded, said goodbye to the workers and Santa and stepped outside to memo the location.

Then she opened up another warp to go back to Prontera for her and Natsume.

Once back in town, she went through her Karfa storage to look for all the items needed. Then they headed out to the Coal Mines to look for the specific lanterns that Louise had requested for.

Once all the items have been gathered Mikan warped them back to Lutie and gave the items to Louise.

"Thanks Mikan, it'll be ready in half an hour. Why don't you walk around the town and explore a bit. The hat will be ready for you when you're back."

Mikan nods and walked outside with Natsume. The two of them walked around town and talked to the residence.

"Wow, this town is so cool! I want to live here."

"I would rather not, it's too cold." Natsume replied while tightening his jacketing around him.

Mikan looks at him and then realizes she forgot to give him his present.

"Are you cold? Then you can use my present! Here!" Mikan said while fetching a parcel out of her bag.

Natsume opened the parcel and found a scarf inside with matching mits.

"I made those myself." Mikan stated shyly.

"So that's why you've been hiding in your room after dinner every night." Natsume commented while examining the items. There were a couple of mistakes here and there on the scarf but over all it was fine.

"Not bad for a little girl." He said as he put them on.

Mikan was about to retort but when she saw that he had put on her scarf and mittens she smiled instead.

She gave him a big bear hug, "I hope you like it."

"We'll it is helping with the cold a bit. But I know another way to heat things up." Natsume said seductively.

Mikan blushed and pushed him away muttering pervert.

As they got to the north west corner of the town border she noticed many benches set up before an altar. As they got closer she realized there's a wedding going on and Santa was performing the rites!

When they got to the area a worker explained to them that every Christmas Santa would offer to help conduct weddings for couples who wish to get married in the Lutie outdoor church. Many people travel to Lutie to get married by Santa because it's so special.

You can see the sparkles in Mikan's eyes as the worker explained to them what was happening.

"Would you two also like to apply for a wedding?" She asked.

Mikan blushed deeply while Natsume just looked at her.

"Sure, why not. We're going to get married sooner or later anyways." Natsume replied while Mikan blushed an even deeper red.

"Who told you that? Maybe it won't work out between us." Mikan teased him.

Natsume then snaked his arms around her waist and pulled her into a hug facing him. He stared into her eyes to let her know his sincerity, "I would never let that happen. I'll do whatever it takes to keep you beside me."

Mikan blushed and smiled back at Natsume. "You better keep your word." Then she kissed him on the lips.

They kiss was interrupted when they heard a sigh. Then broke apart and looked at where the sigh came from and saw the wedding worker who was looking at them with a love sick look.

"You guys are so sweet! You will make an excellent married couple." She stated.

"Hn."

"So if you would like to have the wedding, you'll need to have these items: a wedding dress, a tux and two diamond rings. Of course there's a small fee for registration work as well."

"Ah, we don't have any of those items right now." Mikan replied.

"Aw, well maybe later when you're both ready to get married." The worker told them with a disappointed look and walked away to help another couple.

"I guess we'll just have to wait until we're ready." Mikan repeated as they walked away from the church.

When they got back to the cottage Louise presented Mikan with her new hat. It was a small hat in a shape of a Christmas tree. It was very cute but Mikan had a hard time balancing it on her head. In the end she decided to use it as an ornament at home rather then wearing it.

"Thanks for today Natsume. This is the best Christmas ever."

"It's also my best Christmas because it's with you." Natsume replied.

"This is abnormal, you're not normally mushy like this! Are you sick? We should get back home so I can check if you're ok." Mikan started to panic.

Natsume shook his head and chuckled a little. "Hey, you know I was serious about the wedding thing eh."

Mikan stares at him blankly and blinks her eyes. "Eh?"

"You know, when we get everything ready, if you want we can come back here next year and get married by Santa. Or we can get married earlier by a regular priest back home. The earlier the better." Natsume continued.

"Are you proposing?"

"I promise to get you a ring later but will you marry me Mikan?"

Mikan was speechless, first Natsume was acting all mushy which was weird for him, then he talks about marriage and now he's said her real name instead of some stupid nick name; she must have died and gone to heaven!

"Will you Mikan?" He asks again bringing Mikan back into reality.

"YES YES YES!" Mikan exclaimed as she threw herself onto Natsume and tackles him onto the ground in a death grip hug.

Natsume gets the wind knocked out of him as he fell onto the ground with Mikan on top of him but he didn't care. Mikan said yes to him that's all that matters. Now he just has to find a ring to make sure everyone knows she's taken.

"Lets go home" He whispers into her ears.

Mikan let go of Natsume and stood up. Then she opened up a warp for the both of them to go home.

So guys...what would you like? Christmas wedding or a normal one? :)

Let me know in the reviews...it's open to anonymous replies