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"𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘺"

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𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆:

𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦

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(𝟎𝟎𝟎) 𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘑𝘶𝘫𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘶 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵.

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𝟐𝟒 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑

𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐄𝐕𝐄

𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍

OUTFITS OF THE CHAPTER:

AKINA:

EMIKO:

SETSUNA:

CHIYOKO:

AOI:

AYATO:

KAEDE:

SADIE:

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WHAT A JOYFUL HOLIDAY. A time of warmth that protected you from the harsh cold of the outside world. Trees were so bright and so full of light, just like the students who were busy decorating the halls of the boarding school of Jujutsu Tech for their upcoming Christmas party.

A favourite teacher of the majority of the students, Akina Tengan, smiled warmly to herself as she watched the students decorate the halls as she walked into the kitchen; carrying a tray of Christmas cookies that were freshly baked out of the oven; which she and her student Chiyoko Hayashi baked together.

She watched fondly as she watched the students interact, decorating and cleaning the area around them to make room for more decoration, talking excitedly about the holidays and the plans they made with their friends and the friends who planned things together; and waiting for the other guests to arrive. It was a warming and endearing moment for her.

"Akina-sensei!", hearing her name being called, the dark haired woman turned her head to the direction and saw a girl with long white hair who she practically recognized as her own daughter smiling brightly and waving to her.

Emiko Mayoi excitedly ran towards Akina, a woman she saw as a mother figure but also fawned over, due to her being Emiko's bisexual awakening at a young age. Holding a Christmas artwork in her hands which she put her heart and care into it.

"I just finished creating this!", the white haired girl excitedly announced as she showed her sensei her artwork.

Akina smiled sweetly as she looked at the artwork which Emiko put her heart and soul into, the colors were vibrant and festive, just like Christmas Eve today. The artwork, just like Emiko herself could really light up a whole room so effortlessly.

"Oh Emiko, it's so beautiful. You truly are talented", Akina praised her student, a bright smile crawling on her lips as she looked at the artwork.

Emiko couldn't help but feel her cheeks heat up at her sensei's praise, her heart doing little backflips of joy as Akina praised not only her artwork but her as well.

. "We must put it up somewhere. Where do you think would be best?", Akina asked her student, wanting her opinion on where she believed it would be best for the artwork.

"Oh I know! I know!", a boy with pink hair, who had been in love with Emiko Mayoi since their middle school years raised his hand and shouted excitedly.

"Yes! Yuji! Tell us!", Akina could feel his contagious excitement run to her as she pointed her finger towards him.

The pink haired boy, raised his arm and pointed his finger to a certain place, where there was space on the wall with no decorations yet in that area. "Over there! And everyone can see Emiko's artwork too and know that she is the best artist ever!", Yuji suggested, his smile growing wider as he could only think about how much his heart held Emiko with love and adoration.

Emiko could feel her cheeks heating up at this, her heart pounding as she looked at Yuji.

Akina noticed Emiko's expression, a small mischievous smile crawling across her lips as she noticed how her soft lavender colored eyes looked at Yuji and how her cheeks heated up. She knew how the both of them felt for each other but never said anything just yet.

"Akina-Sensei!", a female students of here ran, excitement showing clearly showing in the girls faces, being Sadie Solace the astrology enthusiast of Jujutsu Tech.

"Hello Sadie", Akina turned to her, greeting the pale blonde girl with a pleasant smile; "What brings you here?", she asked the excited teen girl. She was known to be one of the "Sunshine" girls of Jujutsu Tech, not only because of her blonde hair but also because of her kind, positive and cheerful extroverted personalities.

"I just finished our Christmas present for you and we know Christmas is only tomorrow but we both can't hide the excitement anymore", Sadie couldn't hold her big smile back anymore as she gently tugged at the sleeve of her Christmas outfit, like a child excitedly wanting to let their parents see something exciting.

"I know and I'm sorry that I'm breaking the Christmas rule but I'm too excited to show you! Will you let me please?", the astrology enthusiast asked sincerely with genuine excitement in her voice.

Akina looked at the at her with a fond smile of their excitement and how hard she must've worked to make this gift for her. She nodded in return, "Of course. I would love to see it", the novelist nodded her head with a sweet smile, accepting Sadie's request as she put the tray off Christmas sugar cookies down on the table.

Sadie's lips curved into excited smiles, "Okay yay! You must follow me now!", Sadie gently grabbed Akina's hand once they were both free from holding the tray, and away Akina was dragged by her enthusiastic student to the present that was planned for her.

"Whoa whoa slow down Sadie, I'm not going anywhere now", Akina chuckled fondly at the girls happy and enthusiastic energy as she dragged her beloved sensei's, anxiously awaiting to show their Christmas present Sadie prepared for her.

As Akina was dragged away by Sadie, the silence between Yuji and Emiko walked towards each other, Emiko placed a small kiss on Yuji's cheek which made him smile.

"Hello my prince", the white haired girl greeted her boyfriend with a sweet gentle smile.

"Hello my beautiful girlfriend", Yuji chuckled softly, "save me, Fushiguro is being a bummer to me and Maki-San is being mean", the pink haired boy pouted.

"What is she doing?", Emiko chuckled softly, and in that moment her question was answered.

"Ow! Hey!", Yuji pouted as he turned back to see his stern classmate holding the long bamboo stick.

"Itadori, stop flirting! We need your strength for the tree here!", Maki called out to the boy who was known for his super crazy inhuman strength.

"Oh shut up Maki, you're just jealous you don't have a girlfriend", the pink haired boy sassed back.

Emiko giggled in return as she turned around and pecked Yuji's lips which bared a faint taste of candy cane, "Yuji, she has three girlfriends you know". Yuji pouted in return.

"I know that", he mumbled before letting out a small laugh and exchanging a small kiss with his girlfriends lips. "I'll go quickly help them with the tree, don't miss me too much", Yuji teased his girlfriend before he started to depart from her what he hoped would be a very short time.

'What a dork. But I love him so much' Emiko playfully rolled her eyes and giggled to herself before she started to explore the school a bit, scouting friends and classmates to see who would need help and her curiosity piquing her as she spotted her friend, Junpei Yoshino picking out the Christmas movies.

"Okay Setsuna. Which one would you pick first? How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Home Alone or The Polar Express?", the boy with dark hair that covered half of his face asked in a playfully professional manner as he sat in front of the daughter of his girlfriend who was going to turn one tomorrow on Christmas Day.

The baby with soft orange hair cooed softly, seemingly indecisive for the moment to pick a movie. Junpei noticing her inability to choose, playfully sighed, "True, it can be hard to pick a movie for the opening. So we'll just leave it to a majority vote", he laughed before taking the small baby turning toddler in his arms and playfully bounced her making her laugh lightly.

Emiko laughed lightly at the sight as she walked up to her friend, "Looks like you're taking a liking to your role as father"

Junpei turned around, smiling softly as he looked at Emiko while Setsuna let out a cue of soft happy cues. "Oh hey Emiko, yeah, Chia is still rehearsing and she asked me to watch over Setsuna for the meantime", the dark haired boy smiled softly as he gently bounced the daughter of his girlfriend in his arms.

Emiko giggled as she bet down to greet the baby, "Hello Setsuna, are you excited that it's both Christmas and your birthday tomorrow?" The small child let out a cue of happy giggles as she looked at Emiko, being happy to see one of her favorite people.

"Have you finished decorating or do you need help with anything?", Junpei asked his friend with a soft smile.

"Oh right, yeah I was finished with my artwork to hang up for Christmas and I finished decorating the big tree with Nobara and Marcelina. We're still waiting for both Ichika and Ren to arrive and also Suzume-sensei and Keina as well, and the students of Kyoto Tech. Sachi and Inumaki are still cleaning up some stuff with Mukuro-sensei. Benjiro is helping with Christmas cooking too", Emiko nodded her head. "So if you know anyone who needs help or if you need help, let me know", Emiko smiled softly.

With a few corners to cut and steps to walk, Emiko eventually reached the storage room where Junpei claimed that Chiyoko and Kaede were helping to get the boxes of presents out and he was correct but Aoi Honda and Ayato Hamasaki were also helping out.

"Oh hey guys! Need help with unpacking everything?", Emiko greeted her friends and classmates with a cheery smile.

Chiyoko turned her head and let out a sigh of relief and a soft chuckle as well, "Yes please, I would love a hand to help us out"

Kaede chuckled softly, "Yes. I wouldn't mind one either", her red hair complimented the red onesie decorated with small white snowflake designs.

Aoi and Ayato smiled brightly as they waved to Emiko. "Hey Emi, didn't see you there", Ayato chuckled softly.

"Hello guys, you need some help with the boxes and the other presents?", Emiko gave the boys a small pleasant smile.

Aoi stepped forward as he nodded his head, "Yes please, we got some really delicate presents here and I'm pretty sure you'll do a better job at taking care of them than me and Ayato", the blonde boy chuckled softly as he rubbed the back of his neck.

Emiko nodded her head, "Of course, now let's get this show on the road!", and with her cheerful attitude and helpful hand, Chiyoko, Kaede, Aoi and Ayato were able to unpack the closet at a much faster pace.

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The storage room was almost completely empty, just a few boxes that were wrapped up. It was too tall for Emiko and her height as she stubbornly tried to reach for one more small box that was wrapped in red and green paper.

Aoi chuckled softly as he watched Emiko trying to reach for the present, "you need help?", he asked her a small laugh falling from his lips.

"Yes please, if you don't mind", Emiko pouted, feeling herself pout from defeat.

However unexpectedly, the box that Emiko was meant to try and reach suddenly fell out of balance from the shelf and started to dive to the floor. "Whoa Emi watch out", Aoi pulled his friend out of the way as he watched the book fall, a small part of the wrapping paper caught onto a hook and was torn off.

"Oh no! The paper has torn", Emiko gasped, going on her knees as she picked the book up, "Let's find some more wrapping paper and cover it up"

Suddenly Kaede and Chiyoko entered the room as they heard the commotion. "Are you two alright? We heard something fall?", Kaede asked as she looked at her two friends.

Emiko smiled softly as she nodded her head, "Yeah I'm okay, Aoi saved me from the book falling on my head", the white haired girl turned to the blonde boy with a small thankful smile as an apology for not thanking him early which he graciously accepted.

Chiyoko noticed that the wrapping paper was torn off of the present and noticed something about the present. "What's that?", she asked curiously as she reached her hand out to Emiko to lift her up, which she also accepted and took the book.

"I don't know, it was wrapped but the paper tore during the fall. It's a Christmas present obviously but who's it from?", Emiko asked herself as she watched Chiyoko tear off the broken wrapping paper.

Suddenly, the small group was surprised. A book, one that replicated a giant fairytale storytelling one, it was think, the cover was brown leather with golden highlights painted on. The title stuck out with beautiful cursive writing.

"ETHEREAL"

"Oh, it's a book. It's so beautiful", Emiko smiled softly.

"No kidding, oh my it's even written by the famous Akina-sensei herself", a smile formed on Chiyoko's lips as she spotted the name of her favorite sensei and author on the cover of the book itself.

Kaede smiled excitedly as she was a big fan of her teachers works, "Oh open it up! Let's see what's inside!", she started to jump excitedly like a child waiting for a promised toy on Christmas Day (which was literally the next day).

"Yeah, I wanna see too", Ayato agreed as he stood with Aoi.

Chiyoko opened the cover of the book and a chapter index of the book itself caught her surprise.

𝒮𝒯𝒪𝑅𝒴 𝒩𝒰𝑀𝐵𝐸𝑅 𝒪𝒩𝐸: 𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝒩𝒰𝒯𝒞𝑅𝒜𝒞𝒦𝐸𝑅

Chiyoko, being curious started to turn the pages and an artwork caught her eye. It was the supposedly main lead of the story, a girl with pure white hair and skin, bright blue eyes danced graciously like a ballerina was dancing with a girl that was cursed into a nutcracker bared dark green hair.

Memories started to come back to Chiyoko as the times of Akina asking her questions and her consent to be featured in a story of hers along with the other students (which everyone consented).

The white haired girl could feel herself jump up and down in joy and excitement as it had finally come to manifestation. She was excited to read it and her temptations was about to make her give in.

"Wait, there's more", Chiyoko gasped, reading a page of a girl who resembled Marcelina. Her dark hair flattered the rainbow dress she was wearing and the wings that carried her through the glorious sky that was colored in rainbows.

"Why don't we read it? I want to see what happens?", Chiyoko smiled brightly as she turned to the notes of the first story of what the author (also their sensei wanted to say).

Seeing how the first story was based on the actual Christmas play, The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, one of his last three ballets and was first performed in December 1892. The excitement to read the story was too great for Chiyoko to ignore at the moment but if Akina spotted them, she would apologize and not read the rest.

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FRIENDS INTRODUCED IN THIS CHAPTER:

EVERYONE!

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QUESTION FOR CHAPTER:

ARE YOU GUYS FINE IF YOUR OC'S AND SOMEONE ELSE'S WAS IN A POLY RELATIONSHIP WITH A CHARACTER? (CUZ SOME PEOPLE HAVE A SHARED LOVE INTEREST AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE LEFT OUT🫶🏻)

AND COMMENT SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT YOUR OC(S) HERE! THEY'LL BE FEATURED IN EVERY CHAPTER!🫶🏻

EXTRA NOTES ON THE CHAPTER (ANA RANTS):

OKAY THIS SI THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE BOOK WAS COPIED FROM THE PROLOGUE FROM THE FIRST BOOK BUT I ADDED A LITTLE MORE TO IT!

I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT AS AN EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFT!❤️

LOVE YOU GUYS MWAH!

I ALSO HAD TO TAKE SOMEONE OUT CUZ OF SOME CONTROVERSY AND ALSO CUTTING THEM OFF (ALONG WITH ANOTHER MUTUAL FRIEND) SO I HAD TO DO SOME QUICK EDITING!🥲

BUT DON'T WORRY THIS STORY IS BACK AND MORE CHAPTERS ARE COMING OUT SOON!❤️

SEE YOU GUYS IN THE NUTCRACKER STORY'S CHAPTER!🫶🏻

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