How do you measure a year?

[Miki Sohma]

Miki looked up at the snow as she sat on the roof of Shigure's house. It's been three days since Kyoko and herself have moved in with Shigure, Yuki and Kyo. "I'm half way suprised Kyo hasn't came here to kick you off his roof," Yuki smirked as he looked up at his sister. "Because he doesn't know," Miki smirked as she looked down at him. "Whatever, I'm going to the secret base," Yuki sighed as he walked off. "Don't you mean your garden," Miki laughed as Yuki scowled. Miki closed her eyes as she started to hum her favorite song from the musical Rent, Seasons of love.

It was December tenth, 2006. The snow was falling clean and the air was crisp. School was out for winter break. Shigure was out grocery shopping, Yuki in his garden, and she didn't know where Kyoko and Kyo where.

"I wonder where everyone is?" she asked herself as she made a snowball throwing off the roof, where she heard it fall on someones head. 'Oh Shit,' she though to herself as she backed up farther onto the roof.

[Kyoko Sohma]

"MIKI I KNOW YOU'RE UP THERE!!!!" Orange top yelled at her from the ground. In all his rage, he gathered many snowballs and threw them up to the roof.
" Kyo, you look like a robot or somthing." Kyoko laughed, doubting very much anything was hitting Miki. She walked inside and put the decorations down. She was going over to the main house today to see how things were going and to decorate. She heard a thud and looked out the window. Snow from a tree or something had fallen and landed on kyo, who know looked like the abonable snow man. She couldn't help but laugh. She wandered vaugly where Yuki and Shigure had gotten to.

[Miki Sohma]

Miki looked down at Kyo over the edge of the roof. Her eyes widden as she stared at Kyo's pissed off look. "Now Kyo-Kyon, can we talk this out in a civilzed fashion that doesn't invlove trying to peg me with snowballs?" she asked hopefully. She looked over at the snow as it fell ontop of Kyo. "See the gods are on my side today," she cheered as she got down from the roof. She looked over at Kyoko and smiled. "Your boyfriend is in his garden, and your beloved brother is grocery shopping," she said as she zipped down the bottom half of her black sweat that fell a little above her knees.

[Kyoko Sohma]

"Oh Miki." kyo called. He rolled up a big snow ball and rolled it after her when she was trapped between him and the house. The snow crashed into her.
" If yall are done flirting, do you want to come with me to the mainhouse?" Kyoko asked from the steps. She had the bags of decorations in her arms.

[Miki Sohma]

Miki glared jumped out of the snow and nodded. She gave Kyo a deathglare, similar to one of Akito's. "Sleep with your eyes open tonight cat," she hissed at him as she followed Kyoko taking a few bags from her and helpped her to the main house. "We were not flirting, if you haven't noticed he tried to kill me," she sighed.

[Kyoko Sohma]

"Ah hell with it, I'm going to Kazuma's." Kyo said leaving. Kyoko lead teh way to the main house. and to Hatori's office to put the bags down.
" It looks like they got a lot done." She noted. "I think Arashi said she'd be meeting us here." She added, stiing outside on the little patio. It was snowing again. Despite teh cold, Kyoko really felt no desire to move inside. She just folded her arms across her chest, and waited for Arashi.

[Arashi]

Arashi slowly walked toward the main house enjoying the cold.
Upon arrival she saw Kyoko and gave a nervous wave, knowing she was late.
"So what've I missed? Anything important?" She asked casually as she watched her breath dissapear in an icey cloud.

[Miki Sohma]

"Not much, besides the cat turning into a snow ball," Miki smirked as she placed a bag down near Kyoko's. She looked at Arashi like she as crazy for a moment. "Do you actually like the cold?" she asked as she placed a dark red beanie on her head to keep her ears warm.

[Arashi]

Arashi nodded happily.
"Uh-huh I love the cold!" She grinned.
"Wolf remember?" She pointed to herself. She was wearing what she would normally wear,but with no jacket or anything to protect her from the cold, she acted as if it nice and warm outside.
"Anyways....what do we do first?" She asked having no clue.

[Kyoko Sohma]

"I don't really know. I guess we just leave our stuff here and see what needs to be done. Shigure said that they have a lot as it is, but there's a few things that need to be done. Like hanging the chinses lanterns and perparing the food and what not." Kyoko said.

[Miki Sohma]

Miki looked around with an uneasy look in her eye. "I have a bad feeling about this year," she muttered softly as she glanced toward the direction of Akito's room.

[Arashi]

"Man, I suck at cooking...I'd end up blowing the whole damn kitchen up....so I'll leave that to you guys....unless you want everyone to die from my cooking skills." She smirked.
Looking over at Miki she noticed something was wrong.
"You alright?" She asked alittle concerned.

[Kyoko Sohma]

"Acctually, I don't really know that well how to cook." kyoko said shyly. "But we could help with decorations instead." She suggested.
When Arashi asked Miki if she was alright, Kyoko looked in her direction.
"She does seem like somethings wrong." She observed in thought. But she looked past Miki and noticed Akito in window. She focused her eyes on the ground. She still didn't like Akito, even though she never came in contact with his anger. But she heard stories.

[Miki Sohma]

She nodded and she turned her head toward her cousins. "I'll help Hatori and Ayame with the cooking, I won't kill anyone." she smiled as she walked off toward the kitchens. 'Akito is giving off a worse vibe than ever," she thought to herself.

[Arashi]

Arashi nodded "Ok sounds good." She agreed.
She didn't look over at the window....she already knew what it was that they saw....and she didn't want to have to deal with Akito right now.
"So...ummm...this decorations thing.....what do we do first?" She asked still completly clueless.