Winter Angel

By E-chan Hidaka

Disclaimers: Same thing I type in every fanficcie I do. I do not own anything only thing I own is this story. So please do not sue me. I'm broke as a bum!

Enjoy this wonderful Winter Special! Also this is not part of Dear Diary…that Night.

Inspired by: Amanda Perez- Angel

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"Dreaming about you…"- Selena

         It was winter once again in Akina. As he drove up the Mt. Akina passes, he remembered how it was in the fall time when Akina's autumn leaves turned into a beautiful shades of reds and orange. It was truly an exquisite natural transformation ever seen. And now it was snowing, pure white covered the road in its white blanket. Nature was at work again, and it was beautiful. His deep azure blue eyes watched the scenery with such awe. Then he looked at his passenger. She was amazing, her long jet-black hair tied loosely over her shoulder, and her jaded eyes also watching the scenery passing by them. She dressed warmly in a pair red snow pants, black turtle neck sweater, with red ear muffles, black gloves, red boots with black lining and red jacket. He was going to his favorite place with his special someone every time at this time of the year.

         There was an old folk tale that belonging to Mt. Akina making the mountain very famous. His great grandfather and his grandfather before that told him every winter when he was young little boy till his grandfathers' died. It was an endless love story. It was about a young man falling in love with a beautiful girl in the wintertime at Lake Akina. She was genuinely breath taking, every move she made or spoke. It was as if she was giving you heaven itself. He remembered every detail of the story.

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A young man at the age of eighteen went out one cold winter night to Lake Akina. He was dressed in navy blue sweater, black pants, black boots, and a black scarf around his neck, navy blue gloves over his hands, navy blue ear mufflers and a big navy blue puff jacket. And that night the stars were shining bright as ever. The young man stargazed with his deep ocean blue eyes into the mist of stars in the starlit sky standing next to frozen Akina Lake. As the stars glittered brightly that night making his golden blonde lock sparkle vibrantly in the midnight sky as if the goddess Athena, the goddess of love sun kissed his hair herself. This man was handsome with his lean figure. Every girl in Akina would swoon over him, but no one got his attention like his winter angel. He had peach compellation colored skin, in his hand; he held two magnificent white-pink roses. He was waiting for her again she was always late. He laughed lightly as he thought of her. He looked up at starlit sky again and saw a shooting star. Then she came.

"I'm sorry I was late again Yama-chan." She said sweetly. Her voice was like a soft lullaby. He would never get tired of hearing her angelic voice. She was a divine beauty like a fairy princess with her long strawberry blonde locks to her nicely almond shaped hazel eyes to her little nose and her light shade pink lips; she had a petite figure and her skin was white ivory. He describe her as an angel, his winter angel, an angel that god had sent him as a gift to fill the emptiness he had to live with for so long. She was dressed a pink netted turtle neck sweater, white pants, pink snow boots, pink gloves and she wore on her head a white and pink stripped beanie; with a tick white puffy jacket over her sweater.

He smiled at her. "It's ok mi-chan." He said as he wrapped her into a warm embrace. She sighed in content.  Yamato sniffed in her lovely scent. It smelled so heavenly. "These are for you." Releasing her a little from his embrace, handing her the two roses.

"Oh my…"She grasped at the wonderful gift that Yamato had presented her. She hugged him. "I love them, they are beautiful Yama-chan." She kissed him sweetly on the cheek. Yamato blushed a little. "How can you get roses at this time of year?" she asked him.

"I grew them inside my little green house we own." He explained. "They were especial grown for you."

"You didn't have too." She told him.

"Mi-chan, yes I did. You're worth it. You're the best thing that happen in my life." Yamato expressed. "And one day we will marry each other and have a wonderful life together."

Mimi's eyes sadden. She was living a fool's paradise. She was already breaking the rules as if it is, going out with him. But she couldn't helped, she had fallen in loved with him the first time her eyes laid upon his ocean blue ones. She knew once she'll be caught, she'd have to be punished. But she didn't care. All she wanted to be with him. Who made her happy with his unconditional love; he meant the world to her. And if he ever finds out the truth, he's heart will shatter.

"Mimi, are you ok?" Yamato asked in a worry tone.

"Oh yes, Yama-chan, what's on our today's list?" she snapped out her thoughts.

He covered her eyes with his hands. "It's a surprise." He whispered softly in her ear. She felt his warmed breath tickle her neck. She giggled. "Walk forward until I say stop." She was wrapped in his warmed embrace as she let him guide her to their destination. "Ok, I'm going to uncover your eyes, but you can't peek ok?" he instructed her. She nodded her head in respond. "Now open your eyes…" Mimi slowly opened her hazel eyes. Her eyes widen and began to get teary. On the other side of the lake from where they earlier were covered with white candles in cups with a heart shaped cut out of it, so the light of the candle can shine out. The candles were lined up in a big shape heart and covered around it with pink-white rose petals. It looked like he took hours to do. How did he do without her knowing? And how come she couldn't see this from across the lake before they came here. It was so charismatic sight.

"Yamato…" she was total speechless.

"Let's go ice skating." He told her.

"Thank you." She thanked him.

"Its nothing. I'll do anything for my winter angel." Yamato said. A pinging pain strike Mimi's heart. If only he knew the truth. He nicknamed her his winter angel ever since two winters ago when she descended from the heavens. They put on their skates. He took her hand into his warm grip and smiled at her. His smile was the most alluring thing. He looked so handsome when he smiled. They began to skate in the heart shape design.

She remembered the first time she met her beloved Yamato. When he was at a tender age of ten, when he's parents decide to divorce and separating him from his half-brother Takeru. She was his guardian angel, always at his side secretly.  She watched him grow up into a cold and distance teenager. She admired him from afar. And one day she couldn't take it anymore, she watched him for to long, he deserved to feel love to not feel the emptiness that he being curse with his all his life. She snuck out of heaven. She been living on earth two year undetected, but she has a feeling this winter or later in the future. That the finally had caught her. She wanted to spend as much time she can with him before they took her away from him. The only way to stay with him is to marry him… She thought to herself.

A tear slid down her lovely cheek. "Mimi, what's wrong?" asking her. His eyes looked at her worriedly.

"I love you Yamato." Mimi declared.

"I love you too Mimi." He returned.

"Yamato, will you marry me?" Mimi asked him. Yamato looked her with astonishment.

"What?" he questioned.

"Will you marry me?" she repeated. Yamato answered her with a sweet and tender kiss.

"Yes, but I was hope to ask you instead of you asking me." he laughed a little. She smiled.

"Well I just beat you." Mimi said touching his nose affectionally. "I love you so much Yamato, that I want to be with you forever." He kissed her again.

"I love you Mimi till the end of the world." Yamato said.

"I know…" she replied warming herself in his embrace.

Two weeks later Yamato and Mimi was married at Lake Akina, a day before Christmas. It was truly a marvelous wedding ceremony. Mimi was dressed in gorgeous white gown with pink embroidery. Her hair was decorated carefully with white-pink lilies. She looked like an angel goddess. Yamato was dressed nicely in a white tuxedo and he even more handsome then ever that day. Only family members and close friends could witness the ceremony leaving everyone at awe. The two shared a magical kiss in the end. It was like a fairy book wedding. Mimi was now Mimi Ishida and happily married to Yamato Ishida.

 Months had passed since they were married, Yamato and Mimi was expecting the first son, Akito Matt Ishida. And everyday Mimi dreads the day they will be coming for her. But she spends her days with her beloved and cherished it. The day her first son was born was extremely beautiful, it was fall, so they decided to naming him Akito 'Aki' meaning autumn. And since Mimi knew that was Yamato favorite season beside winter. She never had seen him so joyful when their son was born.

A couple of years had pass, Yamato and Mimi gave birth to three more children, Mi Harukaze Ishida, Kaki Hitsuji Ishida, Momo Hanami Ishida. But unexpectedly they finally came for her on her youngest child fifth birthday.

"Mimi," a voice she recognized. She looked up into familiar yellow gold eyes looking at her.

"Touya…" she said silently.

"It's time for you to come home." He said to her then Yamato walked in. She looked at Yamato with sad eyes.

"Mimi what's wrong?" he asked.

"Come Mimi, we let you stay here and get married to this human." Touya pointed at Yamato. Human? Yamato thought to himself.

"What the hell is going on here?" Yamato yelled.  It was his little girl birthday. He didn't understand anything, and whom was this man telling his wife to come home. She is home, home with him where she belongs.

"Mimi, you still haven't told him, what you really are?" Touya said with a smirk on his baby face.

"Shut up!" Mimi shouted at him.

"You have no right to tell me to shut up. You're the one who broke the rules. And you knew the consequences if you broke them." Touya argued back.

"But…" Mimi said.

"No buts, why him? He's only a silly human." Touya.

"I love him…" Mimi said softly looking at Yamato who looked clueless.

"Love is silly Mimi, you should know that." Touya tossed back.

"No, it isn't, you know why it isn't Touya? Its because you haven't experience it yet." She pointed out.

"Whatever Mimi, its time for you to come back home." Touya said pointing his finger to the sky.

"Please Touya let me stay with him, I love him, he is my world now. Not…" Mimi began to plead.

"Mimi, we let you stay and share your life with him. Now your time has ended with him, you need to go back home." Touya said seriously.

"She not going any where with you." Yamato finally spoke up wrapping his arms around Mimi's petite waist.

"Silly human, never going to learn?" Touya said, as he was about to use his powers on him.

"No, Touya! I'll go home. Don't hurt him." Mimi said in defeat. She unwrapped herself from Yamato's embrace.

"Mimi," Yamato called. She shook her head.

"Yamato, its time I told you the truth." Mimi said sadly. Yamato looked at his wife with curiosity. "I'm an angel, a real life angel."

"What? Of course you're an angel, you're my winter angel." He said still not getting what his wife was talking about.

"No, Yama-chan, I am an angel, I was your guardian angel when you were younger. I was there at your side when your parents separated; I was there when you're grandmother passed away. I was always at your side." She explained.

 Yamato looked at his wife, he was speechless. All this time he was married to her, and she was a truly an angel that god send him. Now that he think about it. He never felt really alone. It was like some one was watching over him and it was his wife.

"As I watch you grow-up, I slowly fell in love with you. That's why I transformed myself as a just a regular teenage girl." Mimi said, "Yamato?"

"See wasn't that heart touching." Touya interrupted the tender moment. Yamato glared at the young man. "Mimi, come on now, they are waiting for you."

"Can I at least talk to my children and my husband in private, I'll be outside in a couple of minutes." Mimi asked Touya.

"Sure…" Touya replied and disappeared.

"Akito, you must watch out for your younger siblings and your father while I'm gone. And make sure your father doesn't do anything silly and don't break any girls hearts." She said winking at him. Akito smiled at his mother. She kissed him on his cheek sweetly. "Mi, I love you sweetie, be a good girl for daddy, don't give him headaches when you start going out with boys." She teased her second eldest.

"Mom!" she said embarrassingly turning bright pink. She kissed her daughter on the forehead. She's going to beautiful when she grows up.

"Hehe…I'm just kidden with you." She giggled at her daughter. Then she looked her third child. "And my little man, Kaki, please stay out of trouble." She hugged him tightly to her. "And my baby Momo, mama will always here for you even though I'm not going to be here physically. I will always watch over you. So be good." Momo nodded her head.

"Momo loves mama." Momo said happily hugging her mother.

"And I love you Momo, I love you all." She said sadly. She looked her wonderful husband. "Yamato, I will always cherish you, cherish you to the end. I thank the gods that I was able to find love and to love you. I'm glad that I was able to spend my life with you." She caressed his loving aging face. He sighed at her touch. Tears started to fall from her face.

"I love you Mimi, my winter angel, my wife, my world. No matter where you are I will always know you belong to me. And me only, I will meet you in the afterlife if you can't with me now. I know our paths will cross again. You are my soul mate." He said to her kissing her passionately for the last time before he could see her again.

"I love you all…" Mimi stood back and let her magnificent white wings appeared.  "One more thing Yamato, our children are half angels, have you ever wonder why they got a small symbol of wing. They will experience weird things when they reach sixteen." She whispered to her husband. "Goodbye everyone, goodbye love."

"Mimi! What am I going to do?" Yamato yelled at the bright light.

"Don't worry Yama-chan, you'll know what to do when the time comes." Mimi said.

 

***

"What happened next?" the girl asked the young man as they sat on the bench looking at Lake Akina.

"I'm getting there, Jadelynn." He smiled at the girl. Great grandfather, Great grandmother, grandfather I think I found my angel. He thought to himself. "There a rumor that even Yamato's wife had mysteriously disappeared, she would sneak out from heaven and visit her husband in Christmas Eve, sleep next to him." he said to Jadelynn.

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Even fifteen years pass by and Yamato would always visit Lake Akina at Christmas Eve just to visit his wife's gravesite, also Yamato's kids grown up. Akito gotten married to a girl who won his heart after beating him to a pulp because he accidentally grabbed on to her breast when he tripped in high school. He was also known as a famous manga artist. His famous series 'Loving a Winter Angel' dedicated to his father and his mother was a big hit with both genders, which surprised him. He had five kids. Mi also got married to a nice man, who was her childhood crush, and she was famous for her clothing line 'Winter Angel'. She had four kids. Kaki is happily dating his girlfriend for two years and half, and just finished college under the degree of business and acting. And Momo, the baby of the family is finishing her last year of college under business and is a j-pop singer.

Another couple years passed by, Yamato was still the same, always visiting his wife and waiting for his day to meet up with her once again. Kaki got married to his girlfriend he been dating since college and had six kids with her. Momo evenly got married two years later to a famous j-rock lead singer and expecting her first kid in soon. Then unexpectedly Yamato died a peaceful death six months later after his last child had gotten married. He had smiling in his sleep. He was happy. His ceremony was beautiful. He was buried next to his wife. He was finally with his wife again. And they would never part again.

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"That's the end of the legendary story of Lake Akina lovers." The young man finished.  "Yep, the angel and a young man who fell in love. In the end they are still together."

"Aww that so sweet, Aki, I wanted a love like theirs." Jadelynn sighed. Aki smiled at her sweetly. Jadelynn looked at him, he was a handsome young man, with is bright sunlit hair, and deep azure blue eyes. He was dressed in khakis pants, a baby blue sweater, with black snow boots, baby blue ear mufflers, blue strip scarf around his neck, and a puffy jacket. She was lucky to meet a guy like him. She was happy that she was his girlfriend.

"Then what is our relationship if it isn't the same love they had. What do you want with me?" Aki asked.

"No, no, I love you Aki, it just so romantic like a fairy tale." Jadelynn said.

"So you want a fairy tale romance?" Aki asked her. "Ok, fine, I'm blind folded you."

"Huh Aki? What are you up too?" She asked. He put a cloth over her eyes.

"Shh… don't worry you'll find out soon." He whispered in her ear. Jadelynn was his winter angel, like his great grandmother Mimi was to his great grandfather Yamato, like his grandmother Naru was to his grandfather Akito, and his mother Kaoru was to his father Hiro. Jadelynn was the most beautiful and most wonderful thing that could ever happen to him. They finally stop at a certain place. "We are here." He said to her. She slowly took off the blind folded. In the snow marked by red rose petals it said, "Marry me." Jadelynn looked at him with shock.

"Aki," she said.

"Will you do me the honor, and let me marry you?" Aki said as he bended down on one knee. He slowly opened red velvet box revealing a shining one-karat gold diamond ring.

"Yes!" she shouted at him and jumped on him. She kissed him passionately.

"You're my winter angel Jadelynn." Aki whispered and kissed her softly on the lips. "You should know also I'm third generation of Ishida clan."

"Huh?" Jadelynn prop herself up from Aki.

"Well think about it Jadelynn, how could I know so much about that story?" He questioned her.

"I thought you know a lot about that story because…" she started to says, and then it dawn on her. "But you don't have the Ishida last name."  Aki laughed.

"Because my mother Kaoru is an Ishida not my father." He explained.

"So you have that wing symbol on your body too?" She asked.

"Yes, on my right wrist." He told her.

"I never saw it." She said.

"Have you ever wonder why I always had that black bracelet on my right wrist." He pointed out to her. It was silence for a few minutes until Jadelynn spoke up again.

 "Why didn't you tell me before Aki?" She questioned.

"Because I didn't want you to be with me because I was part of the famous Ishida clan, I want you to want me because you loved me." he said.

"Aww Aki." She kissed him. "I would've still loved you even if you weren't part of the Ishida clan.

"I know… I love you Jadelynn Strife." Aki claimed. "You're my angel, my winter angel."                   

"And I love you Aki Ishida Aoishi…" Jadelynn returned. And through the day the two lovebirds play out in the snow, kissing and just spending time together.                                                                        

***

         "Aww wasn't that sweet Yama-chan." Mimi said to her husband.

         "Yes, my beloved winter angel." He said holding to her hand. The two figures disappeared in the starlit sky.

~Fin

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Author's note: I hope you guys enjoy this winter special fanficcie! Happy holidays… Merry Christmas and a New Year.

Please review! And I'll have the next chapter up for Dear Diary…that Night soon hopefully.

Japanese Terms:

Aki- autumn

Mi- sixth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Serpent, 9am-11am, south-southeast April)

Harukaze- spring breeze

Kaki- summer season

Hitsuji- eighth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Ram, 1pm-3pm, south-southwest, June)

Momo- peach

Hanami- cherry-blossom viewing, flower viewing.