AN: Here's part two of the Christmas thing. I'm really surprised how quickly these chapters are coming. Perhaps this fic will inspire me on 'Fremdgehen' (My Weiss centered fic).

Chapter Four – "A White Christmas"

Michiyo exited her room with a large brown paper bag filled with gifts. She was pulling on her coat when she remembered what Crawford had said the night before. Weiss was after her, and she had to take an escort everywhere. A quick sweep of the house told her that Crawford was gone, Nagi was taking a shower, and Schuldig was still asleep. She stuck her head in the small den next to the bathroom and found Farfarello sitting in the dark, save the light from one small window, inspecting his knives.

"You busy?" She asked.

He put down the knife in his hand and watched her intently. "Why?"

"I needed to run an errand, but I'm not supposed to go out alone."

"Where are you going?"

"A little flower shop on the other side of town."

"The Koneko?"

"That's the one. You want to come."

Farfarello smiled. "Sure." He stood, and followed her out, after gathering up his knives and returning them to their hiding places.

"Aya is cruel." Ken commented.

"Yeah…to make you work on your birthday and all." Omi commented.

"No, not that." Ken replied. "For telling the fangirls it was my birthday."

Youji laughed. "Come on, this is the most attention you've ever gotten from the opposite sex. Enjoy, Kenken."

Ken glared, which had no affect on the playboy. Everyone worked silently until a scream was heard at the back of the crowd of fangirls. The three looked up to see their shop quickly emptying. A moment later, two familiar faces entered. Michiyo approached the counter, Farfarello right behind her.

Youji put a hand on his watch, ready to use his wire if need be. Omi slipped his hand in his pocket, darts at the ready, just in case. Ken mentally cursed himself for being unarmed.

"Michiyo-san…you should come over here…away from him." Ken said, eyes trained on the Irishman. "What do you want?"

"That's not a very nice way to act, Ken-san…" Michiyo replied. "Farfarello is acting as my bodyguard. Apparently an assassin group called Weiss is after me." She gave a small laugh. "Silly, ne? I mean me mentioning that to you…and don't worry, I made him promise he'd behave."

Farfarello wandered away from Michiyo, looking around the shop while Michiyo put the bag of presents on the counter.

"I brought you all Christmas presents." She smiled as she dished them out. "Here's yours, Omi-san…and yours, Youji-san. Where's Aya-san?"

"He's off today." Ken said.

"Alright, well, see that he gets his ok?" She asked and Omi nodded. "And here is yours, Ken-san. One is for your birthday, and the other is Christmas." She was about to fold up the bag when she found another box. "Strange. This one is for you, Omi-san…but I didn't wrap it. It doesn't say who it's from either."

"Thank you very much, Michiyo-san." Omi replied.

"Hey, how about we celebrate the holidays together?" Youji asked with a sly smile.

'Not this again.' She thought with a sigh. She then told the first lie she could think of. "Truth be told, I'm seeing someone."

Farfarello gave a small grunt from the corner of the shop.

"Him?" Youji asked, eyebrow raised.

"No! Like I said, he's just my bodyguard." She then glanced over at Farfarello and noticed for the first time that he had been mutilating flowers. "Farfarello, stop that, I told you to behave!"

"I am behaving…I haven't mutilated any people yet." Farfarello replied simply, finishing with the flower he'd been working on.

"Aya's going to commit murder when he sees those…" Omi said, imagining the redhead's reaction.

"I'll pay for them." Michiyo sighed. "And I need a bouquet for Ranji."

Farfarello returned to her side and sighed. "Mutilating flowers makes God cry…but if you say I have t stop then I will."

Ken blinked in surprise. Berserker, acting calm? He looked toward the window, expecting fire and brimstone. Omi went off to fix up a bouquet, and returned with a nice seasonal piece.

"Thank you, Omi-san, they're beautiful as always." She smiled, paying for the flowers. "I'll see you in a couple weeks. Marry Christmas and Happy New Year."

"Ja, Michiyo-san." The three florists called.

Michiyo started to leave but Farfarello just stood there, glaring at Ken for no real reason except to watch him squirm.

"Come on, Farfarello! Leave poor Ken-san alone."

Farfarello turned and followed her out, a satisfied smile on his face.

"Hey, Michi-san!" Youji called, running to the door and calling after her. "Bring this guy you're seeing next time you come. We need to make sure he's worthy."

"Sure thing, Youji-san." She said with a small nervous laugh. She then added under her breath. "You'll meet him as soon as I do…"

"I wonder why she would think we're after her…" Omi pondered aloud as he began to sweep up the mess Farfarello left.

Ken would've tried t think on the matter, but the fangirls returned, having noticed that the psychotic Irishman was gone.

Michiyo sighed. "I can't believe you guys don't have a Christmas tree."

"It was never a top priority." Crawford replied dryly.

"I suppose this will have to do." She shook her head as she moved a small, artificial plant, positioning it over the small stack of presents. "Do you at least buy presents for each other?"

"They spend my money all year long, why buy them something for Christmas?" Crawford asked.

"Bah humbug." Schuldig smirked.

Michiyo laughed. "Well, it's a little late to fix that now…but I promise Christmas day will be nice."

"You ought to hang some mistletoe, Michi." Schuldig suggested. "Maybe Nagikins will end up with a little kiss."

Nagi got a small nosebleed, and ran off to his room.

"You ought to be nicer to Nagi." Michiyo scolded, shooting her best glare.

Schuldig was surprised. He actually felt a little bad when she did that.

"If you two are going to carry on, go somewhere else to do it." Crawford sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

Omi carried his gift up to his room. He'd put the one from Michiyo under the tree, but decided it would be best if the others didn't see the 'mystery' gift. He knew who it was from. Tearing away the paper he smiled as he found a computer Role-Play game. He smiled as he found a small note taped to the box.

Omi

Saw this and thought of you. I hope you don't already have this one. IM me later and we'll discuss our plans for this weekend.

Nagi

Omi grinned as he reached over and booted up his computer.

Farfarello woke up that night to the sound of Gackt playing softly and the smell of…baked goods. Climbing out of his bed, he made his way to the small kitchen. He stopped in the doorway, watching Michiyo take cookies off a baking sheet, and dropping them in a large bowl. She danced in place to the CD as she worked.

"I don't like this song." He commented, causing her to spin around, a cookie partially in her mouth.

"Did I wake you?" She asked, taking the cookie from her mouth. "I'm sorry."

"Isn't it kinda late to bake?"

"I couldn't sleep." She explained. She took a bite of the cookie before turning off the music and moving the bowl of cookies to the table.

"Insomnia hurts God." Farfarello said with a nod. He grabbed a cookie and took a bite. "Good."

"Thanks." She replied. "I always bake when I can't sleep." She gave a small laugh. "It wasn't uncommon for Ranji to wake up in the morning and find cakes and cookies all over the place. And of course, I'd be snoozing at the table by an empty batter bowl."

"What's bothering you?" He asked, noticing the sad look in her eyes.

She thought for a moment. "I just get…sad…this time of year." She explained. "It's Christmas…and Our birthday was a couple weeks ago. And it doesn't help that it was December three years ago that Ranji died." She sighed. "I'm sorry, Farf…I don't want to bother you with this…"

Farfarello took another cookie. "Everyone needs someone to talk to." He stated simply. He stood to go. "Oh, just so you know, I might be crazy, but I do understand. Night, Michi-chan."

With that, Farfarello left, munching on the cookie in his hand. Michiyo smiled slightly, standing and putting her last batch of cookies in.

After a moderate breakfast, courtesy of Ken, Weiss gathered around their small tree and began to open their presents.

"What'd you get, Omitchi?" Youji asked as the young assassin opened his gift from Michiyo.

"I got a plushie." He said with a smile. "It's Kilala from Inu-Yasha."

"Cute." Ken smiled. "She got me both X-men movies. I wonder how she knew I was a Wolverine fan…"

Youji opened his. "A day planner, so I can keep track of my dates, perhaps?"

All eyes landed on Aya as he opened his gift. Opening the box, he smiled faintly as he picked up a copy of The Da Vinci Code.

Michiyo handed her teammates their gifts with a smile.

"Kuroneko-Sama…and the new CD from BoA. Thanks Michiyo-chan!" Nagi said, hugging the older woman.

Farfarello ripped at the paper excitedly. "A new machete?" He looked up from the knife. "No hockey mask? Oh well."

Schuldig smirked. "Kudos…you managed to hide something from the telepath." He then opened his gift, finding the E Nomine CD he'd looked at a few days earlier and a small collection of hair care products.

"I thought you might be able to use that." She said with a smile.

Crawford looked at his gift. Being a Precog, he knew what it was. Opening the package he sighed. "What made you buy me a Backstreet Boys CD?"

"Well…they're American…so I thought you might like them…" She lowered her gaze. "I'm sorry…I can exchange it if you like."

"No that's alright…it's the thought that counts after all."

"Well…I think that's everything…" Michiyo said as she started to stand.

"Not quite Michikins." Schuldig gave a sly smile as Nagi reached into his pocket and held out a small box. Opening it, she smiled to find a set of silver hair clips with sapphire stones.

"You'd better wear them, they were expensive." Crawford said.

"We thought you could use them to hold your hair back during missions." Nagi added with a smile.

"Thank you…all of you…" She smiled. She put them in her hair as she stood. "Pizza ok for lunch?"

All four nodded. She headed to the kitchen to prepare everything for homemade pizzas.

"Hey Michi." Schuldig called. She stopped to look at him. "You're under mistletoe."

"So I am…I'm supposed to kiss someone, right?" She then leaned over and kissed Nagi on the cheek, triggering a small nosebleed. She shook her head and headed on to the kitchen

Recovering quickly, he then grinned at Schuldig. 'Your plan backfired. Jealous?'

'You think you're tough, Chibi? Just wait until tonight.' Schuldig gave an evil smirk.

Nagi knew that smirk…that smirk meant trouble unless he found somewhere safe to sleep tonight. "Michiyo!" Nagi called, running to the kitchen. "Schuldig threatened me. I just know he's going to do something mean tonight."

"You can sleep in my room tonight if that will help." She offered with a smile.

Nagi sat in Michiyo's queen sized bed, still mentally taunting Schuldig. Michiyo entered the room and climbed onto the other side of the bed. "Comfy?"

"Yup…I don't think Schuldig will bother me tonight."

She covered herself up and gave a small laugh. "Ya know, if we were wearing matching pajamas, this would be just like that scene from 'Please Teacher'."

Nagi blinked before getting a very severe nosebleed. When he didn't stop after a moment, Michiyo got concerned. Jumping up, she bolted into Crawford's room. "Crawford…I think he's broken!"

"What?" Crawford asked, fumbling for his glasses.

"Nagi's having a bad nosebleed."

"What happened?"

"All I did was comment that, with him sleeping in my room, if we had matching pajamas it would be like 'Please Teacher'."

With that, Crawford's nose began to bleed.

AN: Ok…I know poor Nagi had three nosebleeds in this chapter, and I'm sure you guys are getting tired of the 'Please Teacher' comments. I assure you that Nagi won't have as many nosebleeds from now on, and that…should be the last reference to 'Please Teacher'. That's the last one I've thought of, at least.

To explain the gifts everyone got:

Omi – I actually own a Kilala plushie…and I couldn't help but throw it in. I can just see Omi loving cute things like that.

Ken – I didn't want to give him the same old soccer stuff, and I'm a Wolverine fan myself, so I figured 'why not?'

Youji – I couldn't really think of anything else for him…so I figured at least this he could use.

Aya – I couldn't think of anything that wouldn't send Aya on a month long Angst-Fest. Then I thought 'I bet Aya likes to read…' So I gave him a book that, although I've never read it myself, I heard it was good.

There was less thought involved with Schwarz. I pretty much went 'Hmm... he'd like…' although there is a little symbolism with Nagi and Omi's gifts. Kilala is a white cat, and Kuroneko-sama is a black cat.

Speaking of Nagi and Omi…I couldn't resist the little scene there. I hope it's obvious that Nagi will not be paired with Michiyo…but I might just end up pairing him with Omi. just because Nagi gets nosebleeds from Michiyo doesn't mean he can't like Omi. I figure any teenage guy would nosebleed in his situation, straight or not.

I also couldn't resist giving Crawford a nosebleed…I had to ruin his perfect stick-up-butt persona somehow.

And finally, not to worry, We'll be getting into missions and such in the next chapter, although I might wait a bit before Schwarz and Weiss meet up. Won't that be fun? Ja ne, and please remember to review.