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Author's Note: Guess what, people? Only six more chapters left!

It could be more depending on how I space the last little bit out but I'm thinking I want to bring you the awesomeness all at once. You've all been such awesome reviewers and I think you deserve it. At most there will be eight more chapters but I'm really thinking it'll be more like six so please enjoy and know that not all is as it seems. Alas, this chappie isn't quite as long as the last one- I'm always aiming for a higher word count than the last but I don't want to stress it. Adding more words where I don't need them does nothing for the quality of the writing.

Warnings for 'suggested' language if there is such a thing.

Easter. What an extraordinary holiday. He decided he like it. A lot. So much in fact that he would make sure they celebrated it every year no matter what world they were in.

Why?

Why bother asking?

It's a holiday dedicated to eating candy (without going door to door), cute fuzzy animals that resembled Mokona (without the bottomless pit factor), bright cheerful colors, and painting food before hiding it. Why wouldn't he want to continue practicing it? Minus hiding the eggs part of course, there was no telling how bad things could get if one or more of the hidden eggs weren't found before their expiration date.

To celebrate the holiday he'd bought a whole basket of of little chocolate Easter eggs with caramel filling. They weren't cheap but they were worth it and the kids deserved a nice little treat after searching so hard these past few days, not to mention putting up with his and Kuro-plots antics, that and they were so prettily wrapped in colored tinfoil. Colorful and shiny!

Each of them seemed to have a favorite color so far, himself preferring the blue ones- naturally, and Syaoran the green while Sakura seemed to only eat the ones wrapped in pink. Now, before setting the bowl out, and leaving them to devour it, he made sure to advise the kids carefully not to touch the ones wrapped in silver.

Curious, and preferring a little of each color, Mokona had been the first to ask. "Why not?"

Fai smiled. He was prepared for the question. "Because those are the sugar free ones..." He said, pointing to the tiny print almost imperceptible on the tin. "...and they're bound to taste terrible to those of us who enjoy the sweet treats in life. That and Kuro-party-pooper doesn't like sweet things so it's only fair to leave them all to him."

Sakura smiled, seeming to think things were looking up between the two. "And this means if we each stick to eating our own colors then we'll each get an even amount... unless Moko-chan picks a favorite and eats them all." She gave the little creature a mock serious look and tapped her foot.

"Of course, Sakura-chan!" Fai clapped though he secretly suspected that she just wanted to keep all the pink wrapping paper for herself and make something out of it later.

Over the next few days the candies disappeared one by one- all except the little silver ones and even the kids thought it odd. Not that Kurogane hadn't touched them was odd, he was probably waiting till no one was looking and could accuse him of liking anything that Fai bought. No, what was odd was the Mokona actually hadn't touched the silver ones at all.

At first the children assumed it was because of what Fai said and that the little creature just wasn't fond of sugar free things but the more they thought about it the more it didn't seem right. Mokona was a bottomless pit who ate everything unless he knew better...

The next day they figured it out.

"Whud da hell is wrong wif m'fuggen mouf?!"

The children froze where they sat eating lunch when Kurogane came barreling in the kitchen, looking all but panicked. "Wher da hell is fad 'toodpid idiot?"

Syaoran blinked and turned to look at his princess who in turn turned to look at him before they both tried once more to meet the ninja's eyes without cracking up.

They failed.

Miserably.

And then the princess fell out of her chair.

"I- I'm sorry, Kurogane-san, but..." Syaoran started first, quickly digressing in another fit of chuckles as he went. "But... whatever you just said... it was... it was so..." He gave up, putting his head on the counter, shoulders and whole back shaking from trying not to laugh out loud.

Sakura tried to finish where he left off even though she was still on the floor holding her ribs and gasping for air. "Funny. Just..." -giggle- "...too funny and you- you said it so seriously too!"

The ninja tried hard not to growl, keeping in mind that these were only children and thus not subject to his wrath- that and they weren't the real target. The real target was the dumb blond who'd sabotaged his food and he'd say as much if it wasn't bound to come out sounding like gibberish. He took a breath and started again, slowly. "I sad-" He paused, gripping the counter for patience before begining again. "I sed wher is da maje? He did somfin to my mouf."

In less time than it took to say it Syaoran was lost on the floor with his princess who had tears streaming down her face.

This time he did growl, quickly getting their attention even as they struggled to keep it. Again he spoke slowly. "Do. Eefer. Ov. You. Know. Whud. He. Did. To. Da. Eafer. Candy?"

The two looked at him blankly for a long moment before Syaoran plucked up his courage. "I- I'm sorry. I don't have a clue what you just said." He looked sheepish. "Maybe you if you asked Mokona-"

Kurogane shook his head. "Ifs not a langidge problum. I fink da maje pud somfin in da candy. My whole mouf is nummd."

Sakura spoke up next, still wiping the tears from her eyes and seeming to have actually understood what had been said and catching on to the whole situation. "No, it's not a language thing but Mokona still might know what happened because just before you came down here he ran and hid."

The ninja's eyes narrowed. "Wher'd id go?"

She bit her lip, unsure if she should divulge the information but a quick glance at the table top told him more than he needed to know and faster than the little creature could move he had it hanging by it's ears in his grip. "Tattle tale! Tattle tale!" The high pitched squeak filled the kitchen.

"Wher is he?"

"On a bus across town." A vein in his head twitched.

"An whud'da idiot do?"

"Fai filled all the sugar free candies with Oragel and..."

"An?" He pressed, face turning a murderous shade of crimson.

"And it's suppose to make your mouth go numb for the next couple of hours."

Fai was not the sort of person to hold a grudge. He was was much too happy and flighty to even consider such a thing, so- when Kuro-froof decided to mess with his hair he decided to get even right away... which was why he was on a bus heading across town until he was sure his red eyed ninja wasn't going to kill him.

Nevertheless,... he couldn't help but smile as he imagined hearing said ninja shouting.

"Whud da fug is Or-jel and why da hell did he pud'id in da fuggin Eafer eggs?!"

Author's Note: For those of you who don't know Oragel is a medication you can buy without a prescription. It comes in a gel form and you put it on your gums and teeth when they hurt and you can't get to the dentist. It doesn't really have any taste and if you're not careful you can numb your entire tongue with it if you use too much. To top it off, if you use the extra strength stuff... it can last a good little while depending on how much you've taken.

Keiyou and I almost made my husband a test subject for the sake of fic, we were going to make him use half a travel tube of Oragel to see just how someone would talk- I've used the stuff before but never the amount suggested here, and let me tell you it was really hard on my spell check to go over all of this, lol. Also, please never try this prank on anyone. You shouldn't directly eat Oragel and while I'm sure it's no worse than accidently swallowing a glob of toothpaste (eww!) I'm sure it can't be good for you.