Disclaimer: I'm not the owner of the characters…simply the story…

Pirika woke up excitingly happy. She grabbed her suitcase and started packing some belongings. She had a hint of déjà vu, remembering the torture of leaving the Asakura residence. She walked into the kitchen, carrying her luggage and was kind of shocked by someone in the kitchen. 'Drinking milk again, eh?' Pirika thought to herself as she predicted the person to be Ren Tao. But unlike their previous experience, Pirika didn't back out, but warmly greeted him.

"Good morning, Ren-kun!" Pirika chirped happily. Ren put down the milk jug and smirked.

"Morning." He muttered before continuing chugging. Pirika took this chance to get a good look at him. Apparently, he must've hit into a growth spurt because he was a couple of inches taller than her. She watched the milk travel through his throat and through his godly body. She smirked to herself. Ren caught her staring and sent her a quizzical look. She let out a giggle.

"Hahaha, Ren-kun, you look so funny when you're confused!" Pirika said in between a fit of giggles. He was a little stunned, but he let out a little chuckle.

"Come on, let's go wake that stupid Onii-chan of yours." Ren said with a smirk, but happiness was clearly written on his face.

"Onii-chan is not stupid!" Pirika shouted playfully as she stomped on his foot. Ren was shocked by both her boldness and her strength. An evil thought came to his mind.

"You haven't forgotten what happened last night, have we, Ms. Usui?" Ren started saying as he threateningly raised his hands to the tickling position. Pirika quickly shut up and ran to her brother's room.

"Onii-chan, WAKE UP!" Pirika said cheerfully, clearly hyper. Ren rushed into the room after Pirika, but slowed down when he reached Horo Horo's room. Ren caught another figure on the bed and a smirk played on his face.

"What's with you two? I could hear you're screaming all the way from here." Horo Horo said sleepily. The other figure stirred.

"Onii-chan? Tamao-chan? W-wha…" Pirika asked, shocked. The smirk on Ren's lips was wider. Horo Horo waved it off, but seeing that smirk first thing in the morning was enough for him to start spilling things out.

"What are you smirking about, idiot! Tamao couldn't sleep so she came to my room. Nothing happened, Tao! Nothing!" Horo Horo explained desperately. By now, Tamao had awoken and had a bright red blush on her face.

"Time to get up, both of you. We need to start walking right away." Ren said with a satisfied sneer on his face and left. Pirika followed him back to the kitchen and started to prepare breakfast. Ren sat down and looked at Pirika. The way the sunshine hits her face; it looks heavenly. Pirika, catching Ren's gaze on her blushed wildly.

"What are you looking at?" Pirika asked shyly. Ren turned red also.

"N-Nothing." Ren stammered. Horo Horo and Tamao walked into the kitchen. Tamao went over to Pirika and started helping make breakfast for the pigs.

"Let's go!" Pirika shouted as she walked out of the door. The other three walked out, carrying their luggage. Pirika was carrying her snowboard; she was planning to use it as faster transportation. Her brother lugged out his board as well. 'No doubt he's going to take Tamao-chan on it. That leaves me with Ren-kun.' Pirika thought.

"Okay, I'm going with you?" Ren asked, unsure. Pirika nodded uncomfortably. "Do you know how to snowboard?"

"Yep. Though I'm not as good as my brother, but still acceptable. What, scared?" Pirika challenged.

"N-N-No…" Ren stuttered as he placed a scowl on his face. Horo Horo and Tamao were all ready to go.

"Hey sis, up for a challenge?" Horo Horo said as he got on his snowboard.

"Depending, Onii-chan." Pirika said as she readied herself.

"How about a race to the Asakura residence?" Horo Horo asked his younger sister as he cocked his eyebrow. Pirika had a determined look on her face and nodded.

"Get ready Ren-kun!" Pirika cheered as he positioned himself on the board. They made their way to the imaginary starting line.

"Alright. Ready, set, GO!" Pirika shouted loudly as both took off. Both were equally good, since Horo Horo did mope around for four years. His sister didn't even try to get him to train, though she would mention it, because she was too brokenhearted as well. Pirika and Horo Horo were head to head as they dove down the hill. Ren peered at what was ahead of him. He saw a huge gap.

"Uh…Pirika-chan, I hope you notice that abyss we're heading straight to." Ren questioned her.

"Don't worry." She reassured him. She quickly gathered speed. "When I tell you, I need you to release some furyioku to help us get over." Ren nodded and prepared. They were charging at the big gap and BOOM, they were lifted into the sky. Half the distance away, Pirika braced herself.

"Now, Ren-kun!" Pirika shouted. Her brother sudden used his guardian ghost, Kororo into the snowboard and lifted themselves up. The pressure was on when everyone watch to see if they'll make it over. Two snowboards landed on the ground, still picking up speed.

"Yeah! This is what we Ainu's do best!" Pirika shouted happily as she swerved, avoiding the passing trees. The Ainu siblings continued to surf, until they slowed to a halt.

"Okay, we'll have to do the walking now." Pirika explained since there was no more snow to ride on in the bare cobblestone streets.

"We're only a block away, and the race is still on!" Horo Horo reminded his sister. The pairs did their best to run to the house. Ren, impatient is he, grabbed Pirika by the waist and jumped.

"Wha-?" Pirika quickly said as she saw that she was in Ren's arms.

"This'll be faster." Ren assured her as he took another leap. Indeed they were winning.

"Cheater! Let go of my sister you maniac!" Horo Horo shouted as he used Kororo and his snowboard. 'We're almost there. There's the house.' Ren said as he gave all his strength to beating the baka Ainu.

"My, my, what an exciting welcome." A voice in front of them said in a monotone voice.