Knock knock knock.

Ding dong.

"Oh!" Headmaster Azami exclaimed, getting out of his chair. "They're a bit early today! Not that there's anything wrong with that."

The headmaster held the meeting door for Tsukasa and Rindou, but before he could follow them out, he was called back.

"Headmaster!"

With an annoyed sigh, Azami turned around to find Hayama Akira, stading up to challenge him.

"Headmaster, do we really have to do this? It's getting ridiculous! They're cutting into our meeting time, and we have important things to discuss!"

Azami merely giggled in response. "Fear not, Hayama-kun. I made sure to plan in some extra time in our schedule, just in case our favorite Christmas choir showed up!"

As he sauntered out with a flourish of his cape, Hayama could only grumble, "You're missing the point."

The first and second seats had closed the front door behind them, much to their headmaster's delight; now, he could thrust open the door to make an entrance. He smiled grandly as his niece exclaimed, "Hello, Uncle Azami!"

"Hello, Alice," Azami replied merrily. "Who's today's addition to the choir?"

"Just listen!" she sang in response as she gestured to her left. There, a long white table was set up, with several men wearing lab coats lining its sides. On the closest end of the table sat a teenage girl who, despite the cold weather, was wearing a swimsuit-like outfit and smiling.

Mito Ikumi nervously turned her head to the side, looking uncertain. Then, Yukihira, who was standing next to her with his ladies behind him, gave her a grin and a thumbs-up. Blushing, Mito looked up at her audience, and softly began to sing.

"On the tenth day of Christmas, my business sent to me…"

Suddenly, she burst into a huge smile as she jumped off the table, reaching her arms out and stepping aside to reveal the table.

"Ten lords a- meating!" she proudly announced. The men in lab coats held up their work, each one presenting a different type of meat. Azami instantly recognized one of them as the famous A-5 beef.

Then, everyone was silent.

Kurokiba coughed awkwardly, as Alice called, "Um, Mito-san? Can I talk to you for a moment?"

The white-haired girl then dashed across the yard, and furiously whispered in the new recruit's ear.

Mito gasped, holding a hand to her mouth, before quickly correcting,

"Ten lords a-LEAPing!"

There was another pause, as Mito turned around and ordered, "JUMP, YOU IDIOTS!" The nervous meaters immediately started to helplessly hop up and down in place.

The annoyed meat master whirled around, arms crossed. She mumbled, "If there's no meat involved, why did you guys even ask me to come?"

Soma, deciding this was the right time to continue, joined his kick-line and hastily sang, "Nine ladies dancing!"

"Eight maids a-milking!" Tsukasa added, now not only drinking a glass of milk, but sitting in a new cow-skin throne with Rindou on his lap.

The Aldinis added in unison "Seven swans a-swimming!"

"Six geese a-laying"

"FIVE GOLDEN RINGS!" Rindou stood up on the arms of Tsukasa's chair. She had stolen his glass of milk, and raised it as if she was proposing a toast.

Tadokoro continued, "Four calling birds,"

"Three French hens,"

"Two turtle doves,"

"And a partridge in a pear tree!"

Azami subconsciously burst into mad applause, but then stopped himself.

Alice chirped "Thanks for your time!" as she ran over to console the pouting Mito.

Azami welcomed Tsukasa and Rindou back inside, then closed the door with a sigh and skipped back to the meeting room, where a grumpy Hayama-kun was waiting.

The ninth seat complained, "Headmaster, I really think you should stop answering the door."

Azami turned his head sideways, then let out a low chuckle. "You know what? I think you're right, Hayama-kun. I've been being selfish."

Hayama nodded, and muttered a "Thank you!"

Azami nodded enthusiastically. "Tomorrow, you can open the door, Hayama-kun!"

As the angry first year face-palmed, his headmaster continued, "In fact, I insist! I'm sorry, Hayama, it hadn't crossed my mind that you might be feeling left out. After all, one day, Momo and Rindou got answer the door, and now Tsukasa is part of the choir…. You must feel awful!"

Hayama replied, "Yes, actually, I do feel awful," as he put his head down on the table and prepared to suffer the consequences of his actions the next day.