Welcome to Day 3! Glad people are still reading at this point as we get further into this advent-calendar-like fan fic. I hope you savor this next chapter! BTW, I will also be reposting last year's "Bonus Chapters", the first of which takes place tonight. It's a bit of a different writing style than the rest of this fic, but might still be worth a read, I hope!

Knock knock knock.

Ding-dong.

"What the Hell?!"

The headmaster stormed out of his chair and towards the door, face furrowed with confusion and rage. Rindou smiled appreciatively, but everyone else groaned.

As Azami burst into the entryway, he shouted, "Enough! I don't need your Christmas carols today, thank you very much!" He was about to slam the door for good measure, when he suddenly noticed something odd, or rather, someone.

"Who... is that?" Azami asked, suddenly gesturing to the awkward-looking boy with big round glasses who was currently standing behind Kurokiba and Alice.

The boy in question adjusted his spectacles, as Alice replied, "That is the newest member of our choir! We call him Marui!"

"…What? Why would you invite him?" said Azami, surprised by the appearance of such a seemingly irrelevant character.

"Just LISTEN!" his niece replied, thrilled that he had asked.

Trying not to be too offended by the headmaster's harsh comment, the nerdy boy shifted his weight around, then began to sing in his slightly nasally voice: "On the third day of Christmas, Yoshino gave to me:" He held up one plump farm bird, beaming as he glanced at the two others at his feet. "Three French hens!"

"Two turtle doves", Alice added, presenting her arm, on which her two birds were now sitting.

"And a partridge in a pear tree!" Ryou concluded, still holding his small tree. Azami looked, astounded, from Marui Zenji, to his hens, to Ryou's shrub, to Alice, who nodded and remarked, "Thank you for your time!"

Azami shut the door slowly this time, pressing his back against it, then locking it not once, but twice. Then, he madly dashed back to the meeting room. Out of breath, he explained, "They have another one!"

The Elite Ten exchanged glances, confused, then Kinokuni asked, "You mean, another choir member?"

"Yes!" Azami exclaimed. "His name was Stauryu, or Maury, or something like that."

Everyone shook their heads. "Never heard of him," Hayama replied a little too quickly.

Azami frowned. "Well, I've made up my mind. Tomorrow, I'm not answering the door."

"What!? But Headmaster, that's no fun!" Rindou protested.

Azami fiercely shook his head. "It's not about fun, Rindou. This stunt is taking up our meeting time!"

She pouted in reply, then mumbled, "I know, but it's nice to have a little break." Then, with a mischievous grin, she asked, "Hey, Tsukasa, do you think Nakiri-chan would let me join her choir?"

Everyone turned to glare at Tsukasa, each with an expression screaming, "You know what to say, right?" But, unfortunately, Tsukasa didn't know what to say. As he looked at the hopeful face of his girlfriend, he could only manage a weak smile and a shrug. "I don't know Rindou. They just might."

Azami grimaced, and Tsukasa, catching himself, weakly added, "But then again, they might not." Rindou frowned and grumbled to herself. Finally, the headmaster took his place at the head of the table, tried to forget about the morning's traumas, and continued with the meeting.