This fanfic is inspired by a post on Danbooru, and also by the Daiyousei desktop pet that I got yesterday, but mostly by the Danbooru post. On the note of the desktop pet, I've had a little Dai-chan flying about on my screen all day yesterday and today, and I plan to let the little fairy hang out on my screen for as long as she wants, and even get her some friends, my ZUN cursor aside.

This fanfic is going to be the kind with the short chapters, because something like this, where there isn't much of a plot, can't run on the average size of chapters I write, or else it runs the risk of dying young. I don't want to put this gem of a fanfic to waste like that, so it must be done in short chapters, like my Koishi fic some time ago.

Now then, enjoy~

Autumn in Gensokyo. This was Daiyousei's favorite season, as long as she ignored one little fact. Following autumn was winter. That wasn't the best time of year for Team Nineball, what with Cirno running off to hang out with Letty for the whole season, Wriggle not leaving her room for the sake of warmth, Mystia flying away until spring (where she went was anybody's guess) and Chen having to stay at home to help take care of a hibernating Yukari, the team was effectively narrowed down to Rumia who was notoriously bad at planning out shenanigans, and Daiyousei who was usually afraid to join them unless Cirno's confidence gave her confidence of her own. That was why the whole team usually put their all into autumn pranks, so that they could go out with a bang and be remembered until spring came to Gensokyo and Team Nineball returned to make a joke out of the day once more.

Today's prank was a pretty risky one, and Chen wasn't allowed to know about it. The sun was coming down, so Yukari would be going to sleep right about now. Team Nineball planned on waking her up, just to see what would happen. The quintet had found their way to Mayohiga, located Yukari's house, and now stood just outside the window of the gap youkai's bedroom, looking at her through the glass while she slept.

"…you do it," Cirno said, looking at the firefly youkai next to her.

"M-Me? You do it!"

"Chicken. Mystia, you do it."

"No way! I fought Yukari once, and she's scary!"

"Pffft. Okay, Rumia, go for it."

"Nuh-uh. Yukari scares me."

"Dai? You wanna wake up Yukari?"

"N-No thank you…" Daiyousei had absolutely no intention of waking up the gap youkai. She usually didn't like getting into most of Team Nineball's shenanigans, and her role was usually that of a distraction while the rest of the quintet got away. While it meant that Daiyousei was still the weakest member of Team Nineball, it did turn her into one of the fastest fairies in all of Gensokyo, as well as the fastest member of the boisterous quintet. "Why don't you do it, Cirno?"

"Because…I have…a, um…a cold! Yeah, a cold! A-choo!"

"Faker," Wriggle said, taking no time at all to call Cirno's bluff. "Ice fairies don't catch colds, and even if they did, you're faking a human cold. Youkai colds are debilitating to the point that you can barely get out of bed. I'd know; I had one just a few weeks ago."

"Oh yeah…cough, cough! I'm, cough, so sick. One of you is gonna have to…cough, cough, do it f-for me!"

"Quit acting and get your cowardly ass in there!"

"I am not a coward!"

"Then go wake Yukari up yourself."

"Fine! I will!" Cirno slid the window open, and climbed through, intent on waking up the sleeping gap youkai. Usually, cold air woke people up, so all Cirno had to do was breath on Yukari's face, and it'd get so cold that the gap youkai would have to wake up! Stepping over Yukari, Cirno took a deep breath. This would be the best prank Team Nineball had pulled off all year, so now would be a horrible time to mess it up! Deep breath, and…

Exhale~

"…"

"I don't think it worked," Rumia said from the other side of the window. "Try it again, Cirno."

Exhale~

"…nothing. Maybe we could just kidnap her for the night instead? You know? If we can't wake her up, then let's have her wake up somewhere that she didn't fall asleep, so she can be all like where am I and stuff. Maybe it'll be funny!"

"That will be funny!" Cirno got her hands beneath the back of the gap youkai, pulled up, and…didn't budge at all. "Somebody help me! She's really heavy!" Even if she was the strongest, Cirno couldn't lift up Yukari. How much did she weigh?

"Lemme help," the youkai of darkness said, walking up to her feet. "On three, you get her arms and I'll get her legs, okay? Ready? One, two…three!" Yukari still didn't move. "NNNNNNNNG! Move…dammit!" They needed additional reinforcements, hopefully before one of Yukari's shikigami showed up. "Mystia, Wriggle, get in here." The firefly and the night sparrow obeyed, and the four weak youkai in the room set themselves up, one at each of Yukari's limbs. At her arms were Cirno and Mystia, and at the legs were Rumia and Wriggle. "Okay, ready? On the count of three. One…two…and…THREE!" They lifted her! They could barely carry the gap youkai, even between all four of them, but they managed to get her off the ground.

"Geez, how much does this hag weigh?"

"I can barely hold her up!"

"Where's she hiding all the fat?"

"Quit whining! Just get her through the window and we can fly her to our hideout!"

I wonder how much Yukari actually weighs? I'll bet she weighs an awful lot because she sleeps all the time, but tampers with fat/thin borders to keep her figure.

Anyway, it kinda sucks that Dai hasn't been sent into the computer yet. But that's good! I want to give it a couple chapters so people can list the kinds of things they have on their computers that they'd like to see Daiyousei stumble upon and react to. I can list three things she'll be running into already.

But those are called spoilers~