"Look! It's land!"

One of the passengers on Kazu's whale excitedly pointed towards the horizon. A loud cheer erupted from the crowd. It was a few hours intot he trip, and everyone, human and animal, were dead-tired from their exhausting ordeal.

Yoshitaka, still holding on to the single puny suitcase he brought along, sighed in relief. The sun was setting and he wasn't sure it would be safe to travel at night. This wasn't exactly how he'd expected their vacation to go, but then again, it would be unreasonable to expect anything, considering the circumstances. He snuck a glance at his maids, who were looking relieved that they could finally relax. He sighed. Maybe they could relax, but not him.

The rest of the journey passed uneventfully, and as they arrived on land and bid farewell to the whale, they realized it was late at night - and they were all worn out. People began whipping out cellphones and wallets that had survived the journey, calling their relatives, the airport, finding a taxi.

Izumi felt around in her pockets. Nothing. "Hey, Yoshitaka... do you have any..."

He dug into his pockets, but found nothing.

"What about your suitcase? I'm sure you must have had some purpose in saving it." Kazu challenged Yoshitaka.

All of the maids looked expectantly at their young master, but all he did was stare back. "No, there's nothing helpful in there."

"Really? And you saved it because...?"

"All of my hentai magazines, games and dvds are in there." He lied. Knowing himself, it would be a believable story.

Izumi was fuming mad, but Kazu was able to quicky calm her down.

"Hey, it's okay. We can all stay at my place tonight, Izumi-san."

Izumi was blushing. Once again, his maids had chosen Kazu over him. Not that it was a bad idea, of course, since all he wanted to do was fall asleep. Luckily, the whale had taken them to a spot almost directly in front of Kazu's house, so the walk was a short one. Upon arrival at the large -but modest- house, he lay down on the nearest couch.

"Oh, right, I'm afraid we don't have enough beds... I hope it won't be a problem."

"Ah! Izumi-chan, you can sleep with me!~" Anna called out, throwing herself on top of Izumi.

This wouldn't be such a bad opportunity, Yoshitaka thought. After all, this is supposed to be a vacation... heh.

"Izumi! I command you to share a bed with me!" the young master shouted.

As her fist connected with his stomach, Mitsuki suggested, "Why don't we have a contest?"

"Not another, Mitsuki-chan!" Izumi complained, and Yoshitaka joined in. He was exhausted enough already.

"The rules are simple!" she continued as if no one had spoken. "Anna and Master will compete to see who can take the most revealing picture of Izumi! Go!"

Mitsuki provided the cameras mysteriously, but they had all learned that it was useless to question her. Soon enough, the three involved in the contest where racing through the halls with Pochi tagging along.

Kazu turned to Mitsuki with a confused expression on his face. "Is this how they... normally are?"

"Of course! It's exciting, isn't it?" She had a devious expression on her face, something Kazu had never seen. And he thought he understood her. That might have been the most inaccurate thought he'd ever had.

A chorus of screams was heard somewhere above, and soon enough Izumi stumbled down the stairs, carrying a decorative metal club. "Come on Mitsuki-chan...Let's go to bed."

"Onee-chan wins!" the young maid declared before following her sister into the bedroom.

Not long after, the rest of the gang trudged down the steps, and collapsed simultaneously at the foot of the stairs, completely drained of energy. Kazu shrugged and left them there.

Huh. It was locked with a pin code. It didn't matter, though. He had all night. He really needed to get...

"Stop."

...Those hentai magazines.

Yoshitaka was staring at Kazu, who was seated next to his suitcase, fiddling with the lock.

"I know what you're trying to do."

"Alright, alright. So I've been waiting to buy the sequel to that hentai dating sim and I was wondering if you had it. I'll admit, I'm a bit of a pervert, too."

Yoshitaka grimaced. "Yea, people aren't always as they seem." he muttered.

"Sorry, man. You're an otaku, right? You center your whole life around video games and your manga collection. I totally get it, you don't want me touching the center of your life. I mean, I have hobbies too, like collecting stam-"

"Just get away from my things."

"Right. Sorry, man."

He grunted disapprovingly as Kazu walked away into his own room. Immediately, he brought the luggage over to the couch, using it was a pillow to ensure it wouldn't be taken away, and slept.

Izumi woke slowly. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, yawning. Mitsuki-chan must have woken up already, she thought as she got out of bed. She began to fold the sheets, then stopped suddenly. Hold on, it's a vacation, we're in someone else's house. I don't need to do this. She shook her mind to clear her thoughts, then headed out into the living/dining room where the rest of them were gathered around the table.

"Good morning, Izumi-chan!" Anna ran over to bury herself in Izumi's chest.

After forcing Anna off her, she sat down at the table."Why didn't anyone wake me up?" She took a look at the clock. It was already 1:00, and they were havng lunch.

"I wanted to let you rest, onee-chan." Mitsuki smiled.

"Ah... well, thanks Mitsuki..."

"Well, it's about time. I've already had your clothes express-delivered from the house." Yoshitaka crossed his arms. "Let's get going now."

"What? Already? I just got up!"

"She's right," Kazu interjected. "What's the rush? I'va already made lunch, so let's eat."

He laid a plate down in front of her, a simple meal of miso soup, rice and fish, but since she hadn't eaten since before the plane ride, she was starving and quickly devoured the meal and even had seconds.

By 3:00 they were ready to leave. Kazu slipped Izumi a piece of paper, most likely his phone number. "Hopefully I'll see all of you again," he said as he waved goodbye.

Yoshitaka was eager to leave the house, and as he waved a taxi down, Izumi turned around and waved goodbye at Kazu. He really was a nice guy, after all.

The taxi pulled up next to a large 2-story summer house, about as big as Kazu's. Yoshitaka led them through the house on a tour, and Izumi had to admit she was a little surprised. The hosue was beautiful.

"..And this is Mitsuki-chan and Anna-chan's room...And this is mine and Izumi's ro-"

"Hey!" Izumi glared at Yoshitaka. Of course.

"Well, there are only 2 beds in each room, you know."

10 minutes later the young master was laying on the floor as his maid dragged out a matress into the other room.

Pochi tapped Yoshitaka on the shoulder. "Oh, right. You can sleep...uh...You can go to...You know, just take my room."

He jumped up in the air in joy and delightfully began drilling a peephole in the wall next to the girls' room.

Yoshitaka threw open the door to another room on the other side of the house, which was conveniently located next to his makeshift office. Oh, well, this might be better, he thought as he walked into the office, suitcase in hand, and switched on the computer.

(A/N: Sorry for the, er, long wait. School and stuff. You know the drill. I hope.)