Kite awoke to the smell of breakfast.It drifted into his room,beckoning to him.Feeling a bit misplaced and not liking it,he

sat up,yawning and stretching.His stomach rumbled.

He grinned,figuring that Link had probably gotten some food in the night.

When he stepped into the kitchen,he found Link sitting in front of the old stove in the kitchen.It was made of iron,and Link

had been burnt by it more than once.Wondering why Link would even consider using this old fashioned oven,he knelt

beside him and stared into it as Link seemed to be doing.So he was quite startled when Link said,"Hand me that plate?"

"Wha?Oh sure.Here,"he handed Link the plate.

"Thank you,"Link poured what appeared to be a powder into the oven then replied happily,"This should keep everyone

nice and warm in the winter....."

"Well that's good,"said Kite,looking around for the breakfast he'd smellled earlier,"We nearly froze to death last winter...."

"There's breakfast on the table,Kite."

In his haste to get to the table,Kite knocked over a chair and nearly tripped over it also.

Link laughed and said,"Don't break anything and make breakfast a literal term."

"Why's there so much noise?!"

They turned and saw Rei framed in the door way,the light from her room illuminating her black hair.She stepped lightly

over to the tabel,blinked then asked,"That breakfast?"

"Yes,"answered Link without looking up.

Because of all the noise,everyone was soon up,except for Quatre and Trowa of course,for they were fighting in the war.

The morning was uneventful besides the fact that Kite stole a piece of bread from Rogue's plate and she chased him through

the entire house.It was then that Trunks happened to look at the clock and realized he was late for his job.Stuffing down a

piece of toast Link had held out by the door,he rushed outside off to his work.

Link waved them off,each of the ones that left during the day.

Trunks obviously worked during the day.Rei had a tendency to leave in the in the early morning,about four or five.Rogue

and Makoto worked at the same place and both left in the late morning.Ami worked in a building next to Kite,who worked

at a good job,raising most of their money.

Link himself stayed at home and tried to keep things in order there with Hotaru and Ken,who were too young to be

allowed to work.Sometimes,when Quatre or Trowa were home,they would help with the work,but lately they weren't

home much.Link guessed the war had taken a turn for the worse.The newspapers were censored,so there wasn't much to

trust in them.Link sighed

"Well,"he said,addressing Ken and Hotaru,"Let's get to work,k?"

They nodded and he assigned them different parts of the house to work on.

Hotaru understood,and,with an air of feeling important,went to get a mop,for Link had told her to do all the rooms with

hard floors.Ken,however,stayed put,looking confused.

"Ken,"he said gently,"You clean the bedrooms,remember?"

Ken nodded.

"Well,go start,the other's will be coming home in a few hours."

"Ok.Bedrooms...."And he left.

Link smiled and turned to the rooms that were left.The living room,the kitchen,the main hall,and Trowa and Quatre's

bedrooms.