"Are you sure this is going to work?" Vakama asked with uncertainty, eying the pile of clothes Mihkoro had set down on the bed beside him. This Fool's Day prank was starting to sound more dangerous than Vakama had originally anticipated, and his brother's confidence wasn't exactly helping him feel any better.

"Yeah, of course it'll work. I mean come on, we're twins, right? How hard do you think it'll be to swap places for a few hours?" Vakama just sighed, not really understanding how Mihkoro thought this would work.

"They're not idiots you know. You might be able to imitate my voice and look like me, but I doubt you'll be able to pull off my personality. Random guess says that Matau's going to try the water balloon trick that he pulled last year." Mihkoro grinned.

"That was hilarious. Onewa never saw it coming."

"That's the problem, Mihkoro." The Toa Metru argued tiredly. "We won't either if we aren't watching everywhere at once, something that's out of character for both of us."

"And?" The darker Toa asked curiously, though he paused to think over the situation. "…good point, it'd wash us out. Okay, we just have to be careful in case Matau shows up, or anyone else from Le-Metru…better yet, let's just totally avoid that district."

"I still think this is a bad idea…" Vakama muttered quietly, shaking his head with disapproval with the outlook. "Nokama's going to kill us for it, you know that right? She's not restricted to just water balloons either." Mihkoro waved it off as he pulled one of Vakama's spare shirts on over his head, hiding his tattoos and making him appear mark-free. As Vakama pulled off his shirt and put on the one Mihkoro had brought for him, he asked.

"You did remember that concealer stuff, right? Because there's no way we're going to get the skin color to match otherwise." Mihkoro grinned as he nodded.

"Oh relax, I've got it all under control. By the time we're done, even you won't know who you are." The Toa Metru looked worried at that, and Mihkoro quickly added. "It's a joke, Vakama. You can laugh you know." Giving a weak laugh, though it didn't sound overly convincing, Vakama picked up the pair of pants Mihkoro had brought for him, and wandered to the bathroom to finish getting changed, leaving Mihkoro, with an expression of boredom and awkwardness, by the bed to get himself ready. "…he'd better help me with my hair…"

~Two hours later~

Nokama sighed as she looked around, her hand gripping her umbrella tightly just in case Matau decided to show up and play the same 'joke' he'd done last year. Standing near the border area between Ga-Metru and Ta-Metru, she watched for any sign of Vakama, wishing he would get there sooner. She didn't know why, but she always felt safer on Fool's Day when he was around, since most of his jokes and pranks were just small little things like commenting that he had quit forging masks, like he had done last year. Sure it had come as a great shocker to her, but once he had told her that it was a joke he had saved only for that day, she found it amusing ever since. But now…this year she was starting to worry. He was never late for meeting up with her on Fool's Day before, so why was he late this time? That was when she heard a familiar voice call to her.

"Sorry I'm late!" She giggled as she turned and saw a rather flustered looking Vakama run over, seeming highly awkward. "Mihkoro thought it'd be funny to try and pull a joke while I was getting ready. I'm so sorry about…" She cut him off by putting a finger to his lips for a few moments and giggling quietly as she replied.

"Don't be silly, Vakama. You don't need to apologize that much over a little thing like this. We both know it's a dangerous day for people to be wandering the streets." Vakama laughed quietly, still seeming sheepish as he awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck.

"Y-yeah, true enough I guess. Anyway, where were we going again?" Nokama seemed vaguely amused.

"We were going to go and track down Whenua so he wasn't stuck on his own today, remember? He doesn't like the thought of Onewa trying to track him down and get him with silly string like the last three years. You know how much he hates it when Onewa does that." He nodded a bit.

"Yeah, I remember that…well, um…guess we should get going, eh? He's probably not going to try and track us down with the threat of Onewa hanging around…" The Toa of Water gave a slight nod, and started walking, blushing faintly as she entwined her fingers with his. Vakama gave a sheepish grin as she did this, heading along beside her as they went. While they did so, Nokama asked.

"You remembered your umbrella too, right?" He blinked, looking mildly startled. Figures that he'd forget something important. Looking anywhere but at Nokama, he replied awkwardly.

"Ehm…hehe…I forgot it at home…I-I'm sure it'll be okay though. Matau doesn't do the same thing every year, right? He'd probably be bored with the water balloon thing now…" Nokama shook her head.

"I doubt it. He made Onewa scream like a toddler last time…he'd probably be out just to try it again and see if he'd get the same reaction. You know how he is about things like that…he never was good at listening when it came to not pranking people with things they're afraid of…" She sighed. "I honestly wonder what goes on in his head sometimes when this day rolls around…in any case." She smiled. "What matters now is that we at least have one umbrella to keep us dry, or you at any rate…do you know if Nuju's actually going to venture outside this time?" He blinked, thinking that through.

"I…um…I forgot he wasn't out last year. He might come out, depending on how interesting his stargazing gets…considering it's Nuju we're talking about, he'll probably stay cooped up all day." She glanced curiously at him now, looking him over with concern.

"Vakama…are you feeling alright? You seem to be forgetting more often than you normally do, and normally you don't say things like that about Nuju." He blinked, seeming a bit awkward now.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm alright. Sorry, I'm a bit tired this morning. Fell out of bed last night and had trouble going back to sleep." Her concerned look grew stronger and he mentally cringed.

"You didn't have a vision, did you?" She asked. "I thought that was over and done with by now." He seemed rather stunned, shaking his head quickly and stammering.

"No no no, nothing like that. I just…uhm…I think it was just a nightmare or something. It wasn't anything really big. Besides, it was just strange and silly stuff anyway. N-nothing to worry about." Now she looked suspicious, not to mention highly unimpressed.

"Vakama, you'd better not be lying to me, because you know how much I hate it when you do that." Struggling to find words, he soon found a way to change the topic, and stammered.

"Oh, hey, isn't that Mihkoro?" He pointed over at his twin brother, causing Nokama to look away, giving him time to sigh with relief and mentally collect himself. She smiled faintly when she saw Mihkoro moving towards them, but blinked when she saw his expression was one of mild agitation.

"He seems angry…that's not a good thing…any idea what's wrong?" Vakama shook his head, mentally thanking his brother for showing up when he did.

"No, actually…he does seem a bit angry though doesn't he…wonder what's wrong…" Not too long after, Mihkoro had reached them, and muttered sourly.

"If I run into Matau again today, I swear I'm going to kill him. He's gone from balloons to buckets apparently, and he nearly hit me with one!" Vakama and Nokama both blinked, looking startled.

"He what?" Nokama exclaimed. "I-is he actually DROPPING the buckets? Or just dumping them?" Mihkoro scowled as he held up a metal bucket with traces of water left within. Vakama grimaced as he looked it over. That was just going too far.

"Honestly, just what possessed him to do that?" Mihkoro and Nokama both looked at him, Mihkoro with a startled expression, and Nokama with one of deeper suspicion.

"Since when do you talk like that, Vakama?" She looked between the pair, eyes narrowing slightly as she let her gaze rest on Mihkoro. "And normally you'd give some sort of sarcastic comment about the buckets. What are you two up to?" The twins looked at each other, Vakama seeming unimpressed, and Mihkoro looking highly unsure of the situation. Finally, Mihkoro spoke up.

"I…well…um…" Nokama blinked, startled by the sudden voice change. However, before she got a chance to ask, water poured down over the trio, drenching all three of them and completely ruining Mihkoro and Vakama's disguises. Spluttering and cursing, the former 'Vakama' glared up at Matau and said angrily.

"That's just mean! Sheesh! What is your problem?" The real Vakama in the meantime, shivered, shaking his head a little and spraying colored water off of his frame.

"S-so…n-not f-funny…" He mumbled, his teeth chattering. Nokama blinked, looking the pair over with confusion.

"Wait…but…you…and…how…I…" Her eyes were wide now, her expression one of shock and utter bewilderment. "How did…but…" Eventually she got over this, and she said, her face red and her expression becoming one of utter disbelief, though it showed traces of irritation. "How could you two do this to me?" Vakama pointed at Mihkoro at once.

"His idea! He said it wouldn't cause any problems! I didn't want to!" Mihkoro shot him a scowl.

"Oh thanks for sticking up for me…tch…" Seeing Vakama's expression of alarm and obvious nervousness, Nokama couldn't help but giggle quietly. Putting one arm around each of them, she said, sounding amused, though trying to sound annoyed.

"That was seriously not funny." Mihkoro smirked at her.

"Not even a little?" She couldn't help but give a small grin as she looked the pair of soaking wet Toa over.

"…maybe just a little bit."