A small moan of contentment escaped the ice master's lips as he stretched under the light blankets of his bed.

"I hope you be appriciat'n how much I like ye to be doing this." His redheaded roommate complained.

"Thank you Jin." Touya smiled. The snow was falling so heavily that night, so the ice ninja had asked his friend if they could open their bedroom window to listen to the small blizzard. The soft crunching from the trees shedding the extra weight from their limbs to the ground sent a feeling of peace over the shinobi. To his friend Jin however, relaxation was not in the plan.

Jin tossed and turned under his pile of covers, not a fan of the cold weather.

"If it's too cold, Jin we can close the window. I don't mind."

"Yes, ye would." The elf shifted, rolling over to face his friend in the adjacent bed. "It's not the cold that's keep'n me up."

"You're concerned about Yusuke."

"Ai." He sighed. "At dinner he just seemed so…confused, Toy. I feel bad for 'em. I mean one day he's human like all of 'em. Then he wakes up half demon, and he's not us, Toy. He doesn't understand the things his blood demands from him. The fight, the wild oats, hell I be sorry for him in the spring…I have to assume that foxy-man explained the mating season urges to him since it's been a few years."

"I would assume Yusuke dealt with that in some way, Jin." The blue haired man muttered, putting down his book. "You have to give Yusuke a chance, we all do. Tonight he opened up and shared what was on his mind, drink half of the bottle of spiked cider, and almost passed out in his pie. Tomorrow when he's sober…we'll help him."

"All of us?" Jin stared gesturing to the room across the hall were the two narcissist were occupied.

"Yusuke's family." Touya stretched, rolling over. "We do for family, all of us…Even if threatening of the hair products is necessary."

"Amen."

The following morning…

"Oh man…anyone get the tag number of that truck." The detective muttered rolling in his sleeping back. "…Kumara." He crocked, the remaining flavor of alcohol still stuck to his vocal cords. "Kurama?" He questioned slowly rolling over, only to find a made up sleeping bag. "I guess when you say you're leaving first thing in the morning you're not joking around."

Slowly the detective stood up, head still spinning, and made his way groggily down the hall. He felt a small twinge of awkwardness as he reached the empty kitchen. Even though this was the house of his closest friends, he still felt weird being the first one up and another person's home.

"Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me…"

"…The hell?"

"Where trouble melts like lemon drops, up way above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me."

Following the voice the detective peeked into the adjoining living room to find he wasn't the first one up after all.

"What's you watching short stuff?" He said, nodding toward the TV.

The brunette adolescent cast wide eyes at him. "The Wizard of Oz!"

"Oh yeah, I think I saw this when I was little."

"You think?" Rinku stared. "If you've seen The Wizard of OZ, you KNOW you've seen it. It's a classic."

"A classic, eh?" Yusuke sighed, rubbing his hands over his sleep-filled eyes.

"Yeah." Rinku smiled, scooting up to the coffee table picking up some markers. "Trust me. I was born right when the movie era started. Besides on Saturnia the five of us watch the classics; Gone with the Wind, It's a Wonderful Life, and the ultimate Meet me in St. Louie."

"…I don't think I've heard of any of those."

"You're such a fetus." The star child giggled, taking the markers and doodling on a plain white box.

"If I'm so juvenile, then I guess it would seem pretty ridicules of me to ask what someone as mature as you is doing drawing rainbows on a box."

"I'm decorating Suzuka's gift." He answered with a bored roll of his eyes.

"Why not just wrap it in gift wrap?"

"Who needs all that waste. Humans like to chop down millions of trees, and destroy ecosystems so they can make decorative paper that they're going to wrap a box in…Then what happens? They rip the paper off in less than a month and throw it away. Big fat waste of trees."

"You know." The detective stared, "…you're right. I take it the one with the little mugs full of beer is Chu's gift."

"Uh-huh." The youth smiled.

"Wha'd ya get him?"

"Wha'd you get me?"

"The same thing I got everyone else." Yusuke grinned.

Rinku paused in his doodles. "Not feeling creative, or cheap?"

"Hey now, Santa can still take back all those presents under that tree."

"Santa, Huh?" Rinku smiled. "And they say I have a big imagination."

During the second reprise of 'We're off to see the wizard.' Yusuke had helped Rinku decorate the rest of his presents, and the two were now eating sugared cakes on the old , plush sofa.

"Beautiful morning isn't it?" Suzuka smiled, coming into the room smiling.

"Not until I have my coffee." Shishi grumbled stomping into the kitchen.

"Morning." The couch potatoes greeted.

"Good morning." Suzuka stared, "Rinku…are you eating sugar cakes for breakfast?"

"No, this is my appetizer before breakfast." He swallowed, frowning as the blonde snatched away the sweets. "The strata is in the fridge, why don't you go put it in the oven at 350, and we'll have something nutritional."

"Alright, alright." The youth moped, heading into the kitchen.

"So, Rinku told me movies were on the agenda for today." The detective assumed, gesturing to the television.

"Mainly…but-um- well I bumped into Jin and Touya in the hall and, well-"

"Well what? You guys had a threesome?"

"He be wish'n." A familiar Irish accent echoed coming into the room followed by and Aussie, and short blue-haired man.

"Yusuke mate," The mow-hawked demon began. "We understood that last night you were just blow'n off some steam…but we're all really concerned for you. We'd like to help ya mate. With your life in both worlds, with your Sheila, hell even with any questions you have about your other blood."

"We may not understand certain things about being human, Yusuke." The koori demon began. "But as far as demonic concerns, we can and want to help you in anyway possible."

"Guys," The half-blood sighed. "I appreciate your concern and all. But right now my biggest problem is Keiko, not being part mazuku."

The elf's ears fell slightly, as he bit his lip. "We know mate, what we're trying to say is your problems be from the same sort."

"What?"

"It's true Yusuke." Touya sighed. "Your problems with Keiko, are directly related to the source of your demon heritage, not by confusion, but by the blood coursing through your veins."

Okay here you go guys, sorry for the slow updates, but hopefully this small chapter will tide you guys over until I can push out the next one…that and also my laptop is about to die and I want to post before it does so pardon any errors, Once again I own nothing including Wizard of Oz and etc. Don't sue, but do REVIEW!!!