The Adventures of Team 9 Catering
by Cyberchao X

Disclaimer: All characters property of ZUN, as is some of the plot, vaguely, and perhaps some of the lines.

Chapter ➆—Retelling of Fairy Wars Part 3

Even together, Lily and Cirno were in a tough spot against Luna Child, and had Cirno been alone, she quite likely would have lost. "Wait up, Cirno-chan!" Lily called as Cirno chased the retreating fairy.

"No way! I'm not letting this one get away!"

"But you're barely even staying in the air! You need to rest!"

"Too late!" She caught up to Luna. "It's about time you wake up and smell the roses! You should really regret making me your enemy now!"

"Oh my, you caught me up such fast? But, I don't have to worry any more. You don't stand a chance."

"Sounds like you're just being a sore loser to me!"

"Thanks for waiting!" Sunny Milk cut in.

"Now, let's fight!" added Star Sapphire.

Cirno was taken aback, but tried to bluff confidence. "A-About time all three were present! Now we can fight as much as we like." The trio started to bombard Cirno, and she was barely even able to last until their first spell card began. "Crap…Lily-chan was right. I can't win this…"

"Firefly Sign |Comet on Earth|!"

"Vocal Sign |Howl of the Horned Owl|!" Cirno looked up, hearing the familiar spell card names. "Figures you'd need us to bail you out!" Mystia teased.

"W-w-what's this?" Luna asked.

"Three-on-one isn't very fair," Wriggle said, "especially not after the one has already battled each of you on your own. So how about you go three-on-three with us? Cirno-chan, stay back."

"Three…"

"Chen couldn't make it, unfortunately," Daiyousei explained. "Too bad; she could've made this really easy. You just stay back here with me."

"Chen's not that strong when she's away from Ran-sama; I could probably give her a good fight. You're not fighting?"

"I can't use spell cards either, remember?"

"Right. Wait, if you're not fighting, and I'm not fighting, and Chen's back with Ran-sama, then…"

"Darkness Sign |Demarcation|!"

"…Great. It might as well be 3-on-2; let's just hope she doesn't end up hitting Mystia-chan and Wriggle-chan."

By this point Lily had caught up to Cirno. "Whew! I was worried I'd be too late!"

"Heh…I'm just lucky my friends showed up. Sorry for making you worry, Lily-chan."

Cirno received a hug in reply. "It's okay. Just…be more careful, okay? You may be the strongest fairy, but multiple weaker fairies can band together to defeat a stronger foe…and those three just might be numbers 2 through 4." Cirno had to agree; they were the only other fairies she'd ever met that could use spell cards.

Meanwhile, Rumia was actually doing a remarkably good job at aiming despite her inability to see properly. The three fairies eventually figured out how to aim back at her. "Watch out, Rumia-chan!" Then there was an explosion, and everything went black.


CCX: Subtle, no, but…