Hi all, well this is it, we finally are going to see how everything is finally going to turn out, so no flashy introduction, let's just get on with it…….

Azumanga Daioh is not mine it belongs to Kiyohiko Azuma

Azumanga Christmas Tales: Yukari and Minamo's Tale

By Anime Rebirth

THE ONE WHERE WE REACH A CONCLUSION…….

It had been three days….

Yukari was still in a coma, Minamo had not left her side. Kenji kept pleading with her that she should go back to the hotel to rest, but she kept refusing.

All Minamo kept doing was staring at the woman she loved. "Yukari, I don't know if you can hear me, but I want you to know that a lot of people would miss you if you go away…." Her eyes teared up. "We tried contacting your Mother, but we've heard no response….."

Minamo stroked Yukari's hair. "But don't worry Yukari, you have never been alone, and you never will, I promise you that."

It was then someone walked into the ICU, it appeared to be a man in about his mid 50's. Minamo stood up to face him. "Can I help you sir?" she asked.

The man just stared at Yukari. "How is she doing?" the man asked.

"You did not answer my question…..what reason do you want to know about Yukari." Minamo demanded.

"Because…I am her Father." the man responded. Minamo then got a shocked look.

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Chiyo was on the phone. "Yes Daddy Yukari-Sensei is still not doing well that's why we haven't come home yet………. I knew you would understand." Chiyo said as she closed her eyes and smiled. "Sayonara Daddy and Arigato." She hung up.

"Well what did your Dad say?" Kagura asked.

"He said that he would talk to our parents, but it looks like we can stay here, at least until school starts again." Chiyo responded.

"Cool, I just hope that when we do go back, Yukari-Sensei will be coming back with us." Tomo said.

"She will come back with us." Sakaki told everyone.

Kaorin just stared at everyone. "I know we were gonna get together at my house for New Years, but I want everyone to know after all of this is over, I still want to have the get together there, even Yukari and Kurosawa-Sensei are invited.

"Then it's agreed, PARTY AT KAORIN'S HOUSE WOO-HOO!!!!!" Tomo screamed.

"WOO-HOO!!!!" All the girls screamed, which cause a nurse to rush up to them.

"Please keep it down, this is a hospital you know." she said in an angry tone.

"Woo….hoo." The azu-girls said softly.

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"Where have you been all these years Mr. Tanikazi?" Minamo demanded. "Yukari has missed you all this time, why would you just abandon her?"

Yukari's father just clenched his fists. "I didn't stop thinking about her, I kept sending letters to her telling her how much I missed her, I guess her mother would keep them from her. It was when I started receiving my letters back that I realized they had moved, I tried to find them, but I never did." he said as he kept staring at Yukari.

Minamo just stared at him. "I'm sorry." she told him.

"It's okay." he said as he smiled. "Anyway, one night I got to my apartment after work and saw on the News how a woman rescued two girls from a pond and fell through the ice, and then how the woman's friend jumped in to rescue her, after I found out it was Yukari, I just had to get to Hokkaido, so I went around asking for money from my friends so that I could afford a ticket to get here." He slowly walked up to Yukari's bedside.

"Princess….your Daddy's here." He then placed his head on the guardrail and began to cry as Minamo looked on.

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Kenji walked up to the Azu-Girls carrying some bags of Burgers. "I thought you could use something to eat." he told them.

"Arigato Kenji-Sensei." Chiyo said.

"Chiyo you shouldn't call me that, I am not really your teacher." he said.

"But you were Osaka-san's teacher, and I have great respect for you." Chiyo answered.

Kenji just smiled, he couldn't resist the little girl's charm. "Okay, but only you and Osaka okay."

"Arigato Kenji-Sensei." Chiyo said.

Suddenly a woman came rushing up to them. "I got here as soon as I heard what had happen." she said.

"Miku?" Kenji answered.

"How is she doing?" Miku asked.

Kenji just shook his head. "Not well, she's still in a coma." Kenji answered.

"Oh my God." Miku responded.

"Um excuse me, but who are you?" Kaorin asked.

"Oh where are my manners, my name is Miku Seto, I went to school with Yukari and Minamo." she said as she bowed.

"Wow, you must be old like them then." Tomo said.

"Tomo." Yomi quickly scolded.

Miku just laughed. "You must be Tomo." she said. Tomo seemed confused, as Miku continued. "And you're Sakaki…..Kaorin….Chihiro…..Yomi….Kagura…..Osaka…..and of course little Chiyo."

"How do you know of us?" Chihiro asked.

"Minamo writes to me about once a month, she's told me all about you girls." Miku said. "You are exactly like she's described you."

"Then I guess she told you how Tomo can talk without thinking then." Kagura said with a smirk.

"Hey that's not true." Tomo started. "I think sometimes."

Osaka then stared at Tomo. "W…what are you staring at Osaka?" Tomo demanded.

"I'm trying to see if yer brain is workin', maybe if we get it workin' ya can think all the time." Osaka answered.

"My brain is just fine." Tomo answered back.

"Think of it this way Tomo." Kagura started. "If we can somehow jumpstart your brain, imagine how higher our score will be when we go up against Chiyo."

"Hey your right." Tomo said as she gave a wicked smile. "Okay Bonkuras, it's time to think of a way to jumpstart my brain."

"JUMPSTART TOMO'S BRAIN!!!!!" Osaka and Kagura said in unison.

After staring at them Miku couldn't help but smile. Then she seemed to get sad.

"What's wrong Miss Miku?" Chiyo asked.

"You see, those three friends of yours reminds me about how Yukari, Minamo, and I were back in high school, everyone would call us the three inseparables, because we were always together." She turned to Kenji, I'd like to see her now."

"Of course." Kenji responded as he took her to go see Yukari.

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Some time passed, Miku, Kenji, Miyu, Yukari's Dad, and Minamo were by Yukari's bedside, the Azu-Girls came in to see their teacher. Minamo just stared at them. "You see Yukari, they do care for you, a lot of people do." It was then that two people walked in.

"Ohyama, Rachel?" Kaorin said in a surprised tone.

"How is Yukari-Sensei?" Ohyama asked.

"It's…not looking good." Tomo answered.

Rachel walked up to the Azu-Girls. "Well we all just came down to show her how much we care for her."

"We?" Kagura asked.

It was then that Yukari's entire class entered the room. Minamo just stared at them all, they had all come down because they were worried about their teacher. "You see that Yukari, what more proof do you need."

Tomo walked up to her bedside. "Yeah Yukari-Sensei, if you go away, who's gonna tell me off when I screw up."

No……response.

Minamo just lowered her head. "What else do you need Yukari."

Miku then remembered something……. " Last Christmas, I gave you my heart……… But the very next day, You gave it away……"

"That's Yukari's favorite Christmas song…." Minamo said. "That's why I chose to perform it at the pageant."

Miku then smiled and continued… "This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special…"

Sakaki joined in…. "Once bitten and twice shy I keep my distance but you still catch my eye………."

And Then Kaorin….. "Tell me baby do you recognize me?
Well it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me……"

Then one by one everyone joined in…. "(Happy Christmas!) I wrapped it up and sent it With a note saying "I Love You" I meant it Now I know what a fool I've been But if you kissed me now I know you'd fool me again"

Minamo then felt a squeeze on her hand. "Yukari?" Minamo said softly. Then she joined in. "(Oooh. Oooh Baby) A crowded room, friends with tired eyes I'm hiding from you and your soul of ice, My God I thought you were someone to rely on, Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on, A face on a lover with a fire in his heart, A man undercover but you tore me apart……"

Yukari slowly opened her eyes and stared at Minamo and gave a small but weak smile.

Yukari then softly sang the final line…. "Oooh Oooh Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again."

"Yu…ka…ri?" Minamo said.

"Nyamo, you'd be helpless without me." Yukari said softly as Minamo placed herself on Yukari and started to cry.

Yukari's class then started to cheer as the nurse came in.

"I told you to keep it down." she said.

"Screw you, you old witch, our teacher's okay." Tomo said as she started to dance in joy.

"W..what?" the nurse said as she ran off to get the doctor.

Kenji walked up to Yukari. "Yukari, I'm glad you're okay." He said as he grabbed her hand.

Yukari smiled at him. "Hey, I can't croak yet, I still got a lot of students to put in line……right Tomo."

Tomo was just rubbing her eyes. "Yeah Yukari-Sensei, I'll try my best to screw up."

Yukari gave a little laugh. "Don't screw up to much though." she said.

Her father stared at her. "Yukari…."

"Daddy." Yukari said as a tear came out of her eye. "I've missed you so much."

"Well I'm here now, and I promise I will never leave your side again."

Miyu knelt down beside Yukari's bed. "I've been a foolish old woman. You have proven to me that you are indeed a caring person. All I ask is that you forgive me." she said.

Yukari just stared at her. "Only if I can eat all I want at the next Kurosawa get together." She said as she smiled.

"Done." Miyu said as she smiled back.

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It was a few days later. Both Yukari and Minamo were given a clean bill of health and the hospital released them. As Kenji and Miku met them at the hospital entrance, a bus pulled up and Yukari's entire class was on it.

"Well I guess you're getting ready to go back to Tokyo it seems." Minamo said.

"Yeah, New Years is coming up, and we're gonna help Kaorin out for her get together at her house." Yomi said.

"You will be there won't you?" Sakaki asked.

"We wouldn't miss it for anything." Minamo replied.

"Okay then see you in Tokyo Sensei's" Chiyo said, and with that they were gone.

"Yukari, could I meet you at the airport later, there's something I have to do first do first." Minamo told Yukari.

"Okay, but if you take to long and if I have to buy something to eat, you're gonna pay me back." Yukari said as she smirked.

"Glad to have you back Yukari." Minamo responded as she left.

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Minamo was waiting at the visiting area in the jailhouse. Emerald who was wearing an orange jumpsuit was lead to her seat by the guard.

Minamo picked up the receiver to talk to her. "Hello Emerald."

"What the hell do you want." Emerald said from the other receiver.

"I just want to know why you did it." Minamo told her.

"I hate it when I get embarrassed, I will make anyone who does that pay." Emerald answered as her grip on the receiver tighten. "And you…seem to be doing well…so how's your girlfriend doing?"

"Yukari is just fine, in fact we're leaving for Tokyo today." Minamo answered.

"So she survived huh, that's too bad." Emerald said as she gave an evil smirk.

"You hurt a lot of people Emerald, myself, mother, and most of your family." Minamo scolded.

"I could care less what anyone else thinks, but mark my word, you, your girlfriend, and those bitchy students of yours, you will pay dearly, I swear on my life." Emerald said as she gave Minamo a cold stare.

"Then let me tell you this…." Minamo started. "If anything happens to anyone of them….. I will come back here and beat the living shit out of you…..dear sister." And with that Minamo hung up her receiver and left.

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It was the next day back in Tokyo. Mrs. Tanizaki opened the door to the apartment. "Thanks for a wonderful time Diego." She told her Mexican Neighbor.

She turned on the light and she saw Yukari sitting in front of the kitchen table.

"Had fun….Mother?" Yukari said sarcastically.

"Yukari, when the hell did you get back from Hokkaido?" she asked.

"Oh so you knew I had gone there with Minamo." Yukari answered. "And I suppose you might want to know, that I was in a coma and that I almost died."

Mrs. Tanizaki just leered at her. "Oh I got the message, but I wasn't gonna stop having fun just because you did something stupid like jumping into a frozen pond." she told Yukari.

"You know, that really doesn't surprise me……..but this does." Yukari said as she threw a stack of letters on the table. "And this is only some of the letters that Daddy has sent me over the years."

"YOU WENT INTO MY ROOM, YOU KNOW THE RULES, YOU ARE TO STAY THE HELL OUT OF THERE!!!!!!!!!" The older woman yelled.

"How could you mommy, how could you keep them from me?" Yukari asked as tears appeared in her eyes.

"Oh boo-hoo, is the little girl gonna cry." her mother taunted.

Yukari wanted to go and giver her a big slap on the face but she resisted. "I'm moving out." she finally told him.

"What?" her mother responded. "You can't go anywhere I've still got custody of you." she told Yukari.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me." Yukari answered. "I'm an adult now, you no longer have any control over me."

"You…you can't leave if you do I won't be able to pay all of the bills, I'll get evicted." her mother pleaded.

Yukaro just gave a little smirk. "Oh don't be a baby." she told her as she headed towards the door.

Her mother quickly grabbed her leg. "DON'T GO, I CAN CHANGE, REALLY YOU CAN DO ANYHTING YOU WANT!!!!!!" she told her.

Yukari got free and the she stared into her mother's face. "Grow up……mother dear." And with that….she left.

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It was later that evening, well actually it was 10 minutes till midnight on new year's eve. Everyone had gathered at Kaorin's house to ring in the new year. The Azu girls, Yukari, Minamo, Miku, Kenji, and even Yukari's class.

Kenji walked up to Yukari. "Look Yukari I was thinking."

Yukari placed her finger on his lips. "I know what you want to say Kenji, and I also know why you broke up with me back in college." she told him.

"I never meant to hurt you Yukari, and I just want to say that I still love you." He said as he grabbed her hand.

Yukari just stared at him. "Kenji….I….."

Minamo slowly walked up. "So are you two gonna kiss or what." she said as she gave a small smile.

"Uh Nyamo, no no…. Kenji was just telling me about how his teaching Job in Osaka is going." Yukari quickly recovered.

"I'm sure." Minamo said with a little smirk. She then got serious. "So what are you going to do now that you've moved out of your mother's apartment?" she asked.

"Well, until I can get myself really settled, I'm going to be staying with Daddy, we have a lot of catching up to do." Yukari responded.

"I'm happy for you Yukari." Minamo said as she smiled.

"Um, I don't know about this, but I've been curious about one thing Yukari." Miku asked.

"And what's that?" Yukari asked.

"Why is Last Christmas you're favorite Holiday tune, I mean all it's about is how a young girl is coping after being hurt on Christmas." Miku said,

Yukari just stared at her. "I like Wham!." she answered.

Miku just stared at her. "That makes sense…..I guess." she said as she sweat dropped.

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There was about a minute left to go until the new year came.

"Okay everyone. Get ready with your noisemakers 'cause 20XX is almost here." Kaorin told everyone.

Everybody was excited as everyone quickly gathered together to begin the celebration.

Yukari and Minamo where sitting under a tree watching everyone else.

"This has been quite a Christmas, hasn't it Yukari?" Minamo asked.

"Yep. One for the ages." Yukari answered.

"OKAY HERE WE GO!!!!" Kaorin yelled as everyone anticipated the countdown.

10.…….9.……..

"Say Nyamo, after this let's go get a drink somewhere, you're buying." Yukari told Nyamo.

8.……7.………

"No way Yukari, I always have to pay, why don't you pay for a change." Minamo scolded.

6.…..5.………

"Come on I almost died rescuing you, I think I deserve a little reward." Yukari said as she gave a goofy smile.

4.…..3.…….

"Oh no, you're not gonna use that guilt thing on me, I still think it was a dumb thing to do." Minamo said in a angry tone.

2.…..

"Love letter…..love, love, love letter." Yukari said.

1.…….

"THAT'S IT!!!!!!" Minamo said as she lunged at Yukari and they started yet another one of their classic scuffles.

"Um…..Happy New Year?" Kaorin said as everyone just sweat dropped.

THAT'S THE END!!!!!!!!

And there you have, another Azumanga Happy ending….sort of. I really hope you enjoyed this fic, thanks to everyone who read and reviewed it, so until then, take care…..

'TILL NEXT TIME