"We're here!" Momiji shouted as the car reached its destination. Kyo rolled his eyes while Yuki nodded with a smile. "I'm so excited, aren't you Tohru?"

She smiled back at him, "Yes, very much. Thank you for taking me, you really didn't need to do that."

He smiled, resisting the urge to hug her. "But it's summer break and I really wanted to do something fun this year!"

"I'm sure we'll have a fine time." Yuki said from beside Tohru. "And the weather is perfect."

"Yes, we are lucky to have a day like this today." She agreed, then silently thanked her mother for becoming friends with the bunch. Kyo frowned, "So what? It's summer, there will be many days like this!"

Momiji looked back at Kyo, "Kyyooo! Your not having fun?"

"How could I with you shouting crap all the time?" He yelled, making Yuki wince. "You don't have to yell you stupid cat." Kyo shot a glare at him, "WELL NO ONE ASKED YOU, YOU DAMN RAT!"

Tohru sat nervously between them unsure what to do, then Hatori glanced in his rear view mirror. The car came to a slow stop in front of the hot spring.

"Okay, it's time to go now. Why don't you kids get your stuff and I'll be back to pick you up in a week." Momiji sat up, "Hari, if you don't want to, Shigure can pick us up and drive us back home."

The corner of Hatori's lips turned up. "Very funny, Momiji. Like I said, I will be here in a week. No longer."

The boy happily jumped out of the car smiled at him from outside, "Okay! Bye, Hari!"

The group got their stuff and waved as the black car disappeared behind the tall trees. It had been a long time since they had seen the hostess, every since White Day almost a year ago. Kyo braced himself for impact while Yuki prepared his charms, Tohru waited happily by them in the entry.

She came in wearing a green kimono and her hair was in a high bun. The boys noticed her hair was loose, and suspected she had already blown up once that day. With the giggles coming from the hallway next door, the group knew that others were staying there as well. A smile spread across her face as she politely bowed, welcoming the young teens.

"Welcome young masters, we have prepared everything to the finest for your week stay here." She greeted. Yuki smiled, "Thank you, Okami."

"You boys have grown up since the last time I saw you, and I see young master Shigure hasn't made his presence known yet again."

"He got caught up in his work again..." Yuki explained, tossing his bag over his shoulder. "May we see our rooms now?"

With a nod she led the them down the hallway towards their wing, far away from the noise of the other guests. When Yuki asked, all she said was they were teenagers from the city on vacation. Kyo acceptingly smiled as he walked into his own room, with Yuki a couple rooms down from his. Tohru's was in between theirs while Momiji was right across the hall from her, ready to chat the night away.

"The others had dinner early so you could have the dining room to yourselves. Someone will be sent to fetch you when dinner is ready."

After she left, Momiji went to the game room wanting to play ping-pong. Tohru and the rest followed behind, trying to keep their raging hunger at bay. Kyo was in a fowl mood as usual and Yuki just wanted to sit around and talk to Tohru. They really had no idea what to do once they got there.

Momiji talked Kyo into a ping-pong match, leaving Yuki and Tohru in the corner sitting alone. Watching them happily Tohru giggled when Momiji missed and shouted a quick encouragement his way. Kyo grumbled in irritation, earning a glare from Yuki.

This summer, he wanted to make sure Tohru had a lot of fun at the hot spring. Momiji payed for their tickets out of his own pocket and it would be a shame to make it a waste. That stupid cat would surely ruin everything if he wasn't careful.

"So, Yuki, is your room nice?" Tohru asked, sparking up a conversation. He nodded as a ball went flying in their direction. Quickly dodging it he looked over at the two who hadn't even paid attention to where the ball was going.

"Yes, it's nice to have my own room this time." Without having that stupid cat around. The grey haired boy thought to himself. His purple eyes met Tohru's. "Do you like yours, Ms. Honda?"

"Oh yes, very much. It's nice and cozy, just like last time." She looked out the open door and sighed. "It sure is nice outside."

"Want to go for a walk?"

"Sure!"

A ball went flying at them, in Tohru's direction this time. Yuki pulled her of the way as it bounced off the wall back to the table. Sighing in relief the girl thanked him. Yuki shot Kyo another glare before motioning her outside.

"It's much safer out here anyways." He said with a chuckle.

Tohru knelt down and looked at the swimming fish in the mini pond. It was nice to take time and relax instead of worrying about dinner and cleaning. Not that it bothered her, but relaxation is always nice once in a while.

"Look at the pretty fish," she said in awe, then laughed. "Maybe I should've used fish instead of rice balls as an example."

"What?"

"Oh, last year during the hit or miss our class was doing, I told Kyo that a persons good qualities are like a plum rice ball."

Yuki cocked his head to the side, "Oh?"

"Yeah, you know, a rice ball could be wondering around looking at all the other rice balls who have all different kinds of toppings. It looks at itself and thinks, "I'm so plain", but what it doesn't know is that on it's back is a plum. That way, everyone else can see the persons good qualities except for themselves."

"I never thought of it that way..."

"It was probably a stupid thing to say at the time." She said, looking down at the swimming fish.

Yuki smiled, "No, it's not stupid at all. It's really wise when you think about it."

"I don't know..."

"Well, you just can't see the quality in it right now."

Tohru giggled and smiled up at him, "I see what you did there."

The two walked across the bridge and deeper into the garden. The rainbow of flowers were in full bloom from the spring, and it wouldn't be long before they dried up from the heat. Tohru was glad she came with Yuki and the others, she got to enjoy the nature before it left until next year.

"Tohru...Yuki!" Momiji called from inside the game area. "Where did you guys go?"

Tohru smiled and waved at the blond haired boy, "We're over here!"

He ran over to them with Kyo trailing behind. Yuki smiled and walked with them back to the room, listening to Momiji and Tohru talk. The hostess came in with a peaceful smile on her face and bowed.

"Dinner, is served. Follow me, please."

Kyo clapped his hands together, "Let's go, I'm starving-" he covered his mouth when he realized what he had just said. The hostess narrowed her eyes and broke out into a nervous sweat.

"I AM SORRY! I SHOULD'VE GOTTEN RID OF THE OTHER GUESTS THE MOMENT YOU CALLED! NOW I'VE NEGLECTED MY DUTIES AND MY MASTERS LEAVING THEM TO STARVE-"

"Way to go," Yuki muttered with a tiresome sigh, "stupid cat."

"You damn rat, you better keep that mouth of yours shut before I shut it for ya!"

Tohru giggled and they all followed the hostess to the dining room. The table was cleared and filled back up already with untouched delicious food for the teens to dig into. Walking across the main room they all caught a glimpse of the last group making their way to their rooms . Yuki tilted his head to the side and paused as everyone else continued in.

"What a strange group," he said then Momiji came up and laughed beside him. Smiling up at Yuki, Momiji grinned, "Like you should be talking."