[Rozen]

"She knows the rules. The one who gave you that power had talked to her before she was even set out to be the spirit of winter. He's the one who made it to where she doesn't remember her going to sleep. She revealed herself to you and even saved you when obviously you should have died. I'm in full favor of you being replaced since you have this biased towards her. No one likes her, no one will ever like her besides you. Why would anyone want to be cold? What's so fun about it?"

Kore smiled as she petted the rabbit. "You're really clueless about everything aren't you?" She was very annoyed with Yemon. Kore ignored his questions as she felt like he didn't deserve it. He was making her out to be some terrible person when she wasn't, he didn't know her and here she was offering her help and he still acts like that. "I'm not forcing you to stay here. I offered my help despite how you treat me and you continue to say things that aren't true." She glared angrily at him, really the only tie she didn't sound rather happy and smiling.

Kiba wagged his tail as he saw her leave the room. He looked at Yemon and licked his face showing that he was clueless as to what he asked.

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Yemon sighs, just lying down on the ground to rest, affectionately petting Kiba in thanks for the licks. Soon he drifts off to sleep, not feeling any discomfort from being on the floor or too hot or cold.

In the morning he wakens to a bright light shining in his eyes, grumpily glaring at the sun that's out there. Carefully he sits up, feeling achy but not in nearly as much pain as he was. Now that he's rested some he gets a better look at himself, "Well, there's no noticeable injuries, besides the rock shoved in my chest that doesn't hurt at all. And it seems like I heal up pretty quickly, though I'm surprised I slept so easily...s*** I need to call my boss and come up with something."

He grabs his cellphone from his pocket and tries to call the lodge, only to get no signal, "Hm...maybe that storm yesterday knocked out some lines, he might be sending someone to this cabin soon since I was coming here originally. How am I going to explain this to them?" Shaking his head he looks down at himself in annoyance at how he looks, maybe if his skin wasn't textured with rock color patterns it wouldn't be so bad. He goes into the bathroom, turning on the water to clean his face, noticing in the mirror that he doesn't look any different from normal with his reflection, and is stunned by this.

[Rozen]

"Oh wow, you look normal in the mirror?" A familiar voice asked and it wasn't Kore either. Behind him, in the reflection, was a girl who looked exactly like Yuki. But she was still different, looking exactly like when Kiba was placed inside of her. "Y-you remember me right?" She asked him curiously. Yemon said he would remember but she was really unsure of that. "Someone allowed Kiba and I to become one again for temporary reasons. They even combined our bodies until I have to wake up." She explained. She wrapped her arms around Yemon. "If that's how you look like in a mirror, maybe normal people see you the same so you don't have to stay in hiding." She told him. She was just so happy to be back, it was written on her face. "But...there's only a certain amount of time I have until Kiba has to take over. I got them to agree that I can be in charge during the day and he gets is at night. Though they never told me why. Still, I'm here." She informed him. She was very perky than before, most likely thanks to her and Kiba being combined and the fact that she was awake.

[ml1201]

Eyes widening in shock, Yemon turns around and looks at Yuki, even rubbing his eyes to make sure it wasn't because he was still sleepy. "Yuki! I know Kore didn't do this, but who could have? Either way, having you at least around during the day is better than not at all. Wait, does heat still bother you like it did before? I don't want you over heating and getting ill from something like that." Quickly he washes his face, there were no toiletries look a tooth brush he could use, but he got the feeling that wouldn't be needed.

Alright then, let me see if there is something we can eat then, and then I can start teach you the alphabet since I promised to do that for you. We'll do that outside since I don't really think there's anything good to write with in here. Or if there is it's kind of on the small side and would be a waste of materials."

[Rozen]

Yuki was rather relieved that Yemon remembered her. She honestly didn't know how long it had been since she had melted. "There was a bright light and a really beautiful lady with long blonde hair. She told me that she wasn't upset with me for preventing you from dying and just once she would look the other way since technically you were still going to live. But she also told me that once winter comes, I will be normal and I won't be able to do this again." She explained.

"W-well, -what about something else...W-what i-if you showed me your world. You know of mine, I want to see yours. And since you're like my boss, you won't punish me. So...do you think you can give me a tour?" She asked him. She wanted to see more than just this mountain and felt like this would be her best chance at doing that. "And, I want to eat what you eat, or at least, what your used to eat. You know, human food. I would really like that." She told him. She was getting so excited just thinking about it. It showed in her eyes and there was even a faint smile on her face.

[ml1201]

"Hmm...Alright, we can start with breakfast. Which sadly will be canned or boxed foods since they are just emergency supplies. Then after that we need to retrieve the snowmobile that was left on the mountain side." Grabbing her hand he leads her back out into the kitchen, then letting go so that he can rummage through the cabinets. Finally he pulls out a box while smiling, "Here's something we can make, all it needs is water. It's a box of instant brownies, we'll find out if you like sweets."

Pulling out a mixing bowl he rinses it off to make sure its clean, then sets about mixing everything. Pointing to the back of the box he explains, "This explains how this food is made and what needs to be done in order to make it. I'm following as the box says since this is supposed to be a quick-fix recipe. When we get back to the lodge and after talking to my boss we can have some better food. The cooks are great there. Though try not to get attached to anyone there, I don't want you to cause any trouble or break any rules. If you see something going on with other people do not interfere and just let things happen as they are supposed to. Though if you just want to talk you can, just don't hold people up if it seems like they want to get going. Though since I'm the spirit of the mountain now I don't think I can leave the mountain. We can go as far as the base of the mountain, but beyond that I don't think I'm allowed to go."

[Rozen]

Yuki didn't understand what he meant by canned or boxed food or why that would be sad. "Well, it's fine. If that's what humans eat, I will eat it too!" She said excitedly. She took the box and stared at it and looked at the pictures. She then went to taste the box thinking it would be edible for some odd reason, and she was just curious about how it would taste but she quickly took it out of her mouth and shook her head. But what about the colorful side? She shook her head to that also. She sat the box down. She watched Yemon make the stuff and listened along but she was only interested in eating it, not really what he was saying. "Just get it done already." She huffed. "So do humans eat a lot? I mean, if I'm eating this and then what the cooks make, isn't it a lot?" She asked. "And don't worry ,I never gotten into trouble before. But since you're the mountain guardian, you will let me get away with anything so..." She was starting to feel that she would be able to get away with a lot more things than before.

She was getting annoyed with his rules. She didn't really care if she held up others, if she wanted to talk to them, she would since she was finally able to. And if something was going on, maybe she would interfere. Yemon was her friend so he won't do anything.

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"There is a process for everything, and the phrase 'patience is a virtue' is something that comes to mind here." Finishing with the mixing he puts it in a pan and puts it in the oven to begin baking. When she says something about allowing her to get away with things he raises a brow, "Just because you're my friend doesn't mean I'm just let you do things that the others are not allowed to do. If they are not allowed to do something, then you too are not allowed to do something. I also don't want you all fighting either, so since you're going to be here like this for the year until winter comes around again, I'm going to see about all of you meeting one another and try to get you all to get along. Kore doesn't like you, and you don't like Kore, and I don't like the attitude Kore has towards you, and I suspect you might have a similar one towards her." The timer dings and he quickly pulls the pan out of the oven, setting it on the counter to cool, turning back to Yuki.

"I've already told you before that I couldn't tolerate people being mistreated as a kid, and I won't now either. So even if you don't like my rules, deal with it. As for the food, humans eat at least three times a day with large meals, or several smaller meals throughout the day. So by the time we get back to the lodge food should be fine. But we're going to have to cover your ears...unless you can hide them?"

[Rozen]

Yuki wasn't happy to hear about that. She didn't understand why Yemon was treating her just like the others. She crossed her arms and glared at him. Kiba's personality didn't affect her too much, it wasn't enough to completely change her. "I have no interest in meeting my other sisters. They probably never cared about me anyway, just like Kore. So if you do have that gathering, I won't be going."

"I don't know." She shrugged. "I don't think so because Kiba's body was mixed with mine. That means our bodies were combined into one so I don't think I can get rid of them."

She stared at the brownies wondering how they would taste, hopefully better than that box they came in. She didn't understand why she had to follow the rules when Yemon said that they were friends. She didn't feel like they were much of friends since he was just going to boss her around. But she had no plans of obeying. Maybe Yemon was bluffing in case Kore was overhearing this, yeah, that definitely was it. She patted his shoulder. "It's ok, I understand now what's going on." Though she probably confused him since he wouldn't know what she was talking about. But Yuki was very sure that she would be allowed to do whatever she wanted. The idea excited and made her tail wag. "So are they done now?" She asked looking at the brownies.

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When she pats him on the shoulder he raises a brow, thinking she might still not understand. Sighing mentally he turns his attention back to the brownies. Holding his hand over the brownies to test the heat, he nods after a moment and gets out a butter knife, cutting the brownie into eight pieces. Once his done he grabs a napkin and places a piece on it, handing it to Yuki.

"Here you go, hope you like it. When its hot out of the oven its really good with ice cream on top, but sadly there is no ice cream here so we'll just have the brownie." Yemon takes a piece for himself, enjoying the dense, soft brownie. Going to the fridge he opens it and pulls out a bottle of water, setting his brownie down so he can open it and hand the bottle to Yuki. "If it starts getting stuck in your throat drink this." Grabbing another one for himself he drinks some, though he doesn't really seem to notice any difference from not having drank it, which makes him wonder if he really needs to eat or drink anything anymore.

[Rozen]

Yuki looked at the brownie and began to eat it. Her eyes lit up as she scarfed it down. She drank some of the water and then went to get a second piece. "Wow, I never had anything like this before!" She said excitedly. She ate a few more slices of the brownie until she felt slightly nauseous. "I want something else though. I think I ate too much and I don't think Kiba likes that." She sighed. "I always see him eating animals, that's what he feeds me so I should eat animals to help my stomach, maybe that's why I don't feel good." She stated as she slapped her tongue around in her mouth as she realized just how sticky the brownie was. "I never had anything so sticky though." She chugged more of the water but nothing seemed to really help much at the moment, it felt like it was all in her teeth and in the back of her throat, she couldn't figure out how to get it all out of her mouth. It tasted good but this really made her reconsider ever eating that again, and yet she had to go in for more slices without realizing what it was doing. It was a short time later that she actually got sick.

[ml1201]

"Hey, Yuki! You shouldn't do that!" But she wasn't paying attention to what she was doing. Sighing he puts the brownies away, cleaning up Yuki and the mess she makes. "Eating so much will get anyone sick, and since that's also Kiba's body you eating all those brownies might have been like eating poison since canines can't have chocolate unless in really small quantities because its like poison to them. If it had of just been one piece you would have been fine." Trying to get her to rest on the couch he hears knocking at the door, going over and opening it to see one of the other lodge workers.

"I take it the power was out here to? Did anyone get hurt during that freak blizzard?" He looks in to see Yuki not looking too well on the couch.

"I knocked my head a bit, but I'm fine. And sadly this lady hear got sick from what she ate. Let the boss know I'll be back down when I finish up here."

"Alright Yemon, maybe see you around for dinner? You never eat with the rest of us..." He looks away from Yemon, almost as if ashamed of something.

"I might, not really sure. Well, see you at the lodge later." Nodding his head the other man leaves, Yemon closing the door.

[Rozen]

Yuki looked at Yemon with a hazy look. "Then why did you let me eat the brownies in the first place?! It's your fault for not even at least giving me a warning!" She said highly angry with him. She felt really sick to her stomach. She laid on the couch with her arms over her head to cover her ears as someone came knocking on the door. She took a peek at the man and studied him. When he left, she sat up and stared at Yemon curiously. "I wanna go with you." She said as she held her stomach as she was about to get sick. "I hope I feel better by tonight, I want to eat human food." She said. It was quite obvious she was going to take a while in getting better.

"H-how do I-I make this p-pain stop?!" She asked. She just wanted it all to end, it was too painful. "I'm never eating that again! But it was so good!" She complained. She struggled to get up, with eat motion she felt like she would heave any moment and then grabbed as much water as possible and chugged it down, and then another one as she went back to the couch.

[ml1201]

"I didn't think you'd like them that much! And I didn't know that it would affect you like that for certain. And I might have to take you there if you don't get better soon." As he packs the brownies away he begins to wonder what happened to Kore and why she hasn't said anything yet. When Yuki complains about the pain be goes into the bathroom to see if there's any medicine can could take, coming back out to see her chugging water.

:Why are you drinking so much water? That's going to make you sick!" Rushing over to her he takes the rest of the water away and sees that she looks like she's going to throw up. Sighing he grabs her up and helps her to the bathroom. "You're better off throwing up, keeping it in you stomach is just going to make things worse."

[Rozen]

Yuki glared at Yemon as he took away her water. "I'm really thirsty!" She stated. All she wanted was to drink and he was keeping her from the water. She felt that Yemon was being too hard on her and felt like he was being really mean to her. It wasn't too long before she finally got sick a couple times. But finally, after that last time, her stomach felt much better like she had gotten all the chocolate out of her system. She went over to sit on the couch and sprawled out. "Yemon, we're stilling going tonight right?" She asked him. She felt weak after all that throwing up. Her body was even shaking.

Kore entered the house, she seemed to have been gone this whole time. She saw Yemon and...YUKI?! "You're not suppose to be here." She looked at Yuki curiously but shrugged and yawned. As so long as you don't mess up spring, I don't really care!" She stressed. Of course she didn't like her sister but she just wasn't in the mood to fight. She honestly didn't like it, she much rather be happy and in a good mood, which she seemed to be in.

[ml1201]

Sighing as his shoulders slump a bit, Yemon nods, "Though you'll have to sleep some to get some strength back. An hour or two should be enough for you. I'll wake you up when we leave." He's a bit startled when Kore enters, not having realized that she hadn't been there the whole time.

"Yuki will be here during the day, and will be like that for a year it seems. Someone high up in the chain of command said they'd do this, though Yuki is not really sure who." Making himself busy he grabs a piece of the brownie and holds it out to Kore, "And please don't be like Yuki and try to scarf the whole thing. She got really sick because she's sharing her body with Kiba again."