Greetings, everyone! Welcome to Day 2! Sorry that this chapter came out so late in the day - I found myself unfortunately preoccupied with other matters, but now that it's up, please enjoy! Have fun with today's chapter!

Knock knock knock.

Ding-dong.

"Again?"

Azami didn't even bother looking at the Elite Ten this time, instead, standing up silently and unceremoniously tromping over to the door. As of that December 15th, the Elite Ten had made plans to meet every single day until the promotion exams, on and through Christmas day. However, Azami angrily thought to himself, if there continued to be delays, they might need to make the meetings even longer. While that did mean the headmaster would get to spend more time mulling over how to best eliminate his enemies, a pastime which the man greatly enjoyed, the thought of sitting around in the musty boardroom for several hours more gave Azami a headache.

Soon enough, the headmaster reached the door. He cautiously opened it just a crack, only to be hit with an incredibly powerful, "HELLO, UNCLE AZAMI!"

"Hello, Alice," he sighed, exasperated, opening the door fully. He had now decided that Alice's voice was twice as likely to give him a headache as extended meetings were.

"We're Christmas caroling!" she cheered.

He groaned. "Again?"

"Yeah!"

"But, it's still not Christmas ye-"

"We know, but just, LISTEN!"

With another sigh, the headmaster folded his arms and stood there, unsure of what else to do. Alice rummaged briefly around in her skirt pocket finally pulling out a small silver whistle and blowing into it with a loud tweet. Azami cringed at the high-pitched noise. Then, two birds gracefully descended from above and perched on the cheery girl's arm.

With a perky smile, Alice began: "On the second day of Christmas, my Ryou-kun gave to me:" she merrily sang, flashing Kurokiba a grin, "Two turtle doves-"

"And a partridge in a pear tree!" Kurokiba finished, proudly showing that he had brought his shrub along, today, too. Headmaster Azami was not impressed. He was already shutting the door when his niece called out, "Thank you for your time!"

After locking the door once again, he returned to the meeting room to face an enthusiastic Rindou once more.

"Was it them again?" she excitedly questioned.

Azami stared at her, unamused. "Yes, Rindou, it was them."

She gave at cat-like grin, and thought, "Man, I wish I could go caroling." She turned to the first seat, sitting across from her. "Hey, Tsukasa, will you take me caroling sometime?"

Everyone stared awkwardly between Rindou and her boyfriend, as he replied, "Uh, sure, Rindou, maybe later."

Kinokuni adjusted her glasses. "If you don't mind my asking, Headmaster, do you think these caroling bouts will continue? They're cutting into our meeting time!"

The headmaster simply shook his head. "Yes, I've thought of that, Kinokuni, but I think today should be the last day. After all, there are only two of them. Even if they do find some way to continue tomorrow, I'll just shoo them away."

Little did he know then, of the large string of events that would be set into play by his very actions, or that before Christmas even came that year, Nakiri Azami would be left with no choice... but to be jolly!

dun, dun, DUNNNNNNN! Hope you liked it, everyone, and see you again tomorrow!