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A/N: The shenanigans in the Garden of the Sun have come to a close, though it's far from the last time we will see our very own honest reporter and the sadistic creature that is Kazami Yuuka! Plus, Wriggle is gonna see lots of attention, along with the rest of team 9. On with the show! also... GAH! That previous chapter was shorter than it felt! Sorry about that... havn't had as much time to work on this recently. Though I guess this would be filling in chapter length just a tad, wouldn't it...? The size will return to normal if it isn't already in this one. Also, don't expect an update tomorrow I have been getting horrible sleep of late, and will update if I have the time.

Author: Ahh, it's back to the past once more. It's quite fun to see my roots like this~ Did a little editing to chapters 1-9, and now I'm going to edit this one to kingdom come!

Yukari: My, you certainly sound sure of yourself.

Author: Well, I did do some terrible things with the characters in my early days...

Yukari: Such as?

Author: I cannot say that here - that would be a spoiler.

Yukari: I was implying that I like all that you have done with my world.

Author: ...Ohh.

Yuuka: Idiot.

Author: Hey, no need to be so hostile.

Yukari: Now, now, she has a point.

Author: And that point being?

Yuuka: That you are an idiot, of course~

Author: ...Yukari?

Yukari: No, that was the point.

Author: Right. Well, shall we get on with the edits, then?

Yukari: You're on your own; there is no 'we'~

Yuuka: Quite.

Twilight, Cirno's house, Mystia's PoV:

I had to wonder what the team would do without my skilled cooking. Eat raw vegetables, probably. Rumia would prefer that we always eat nothing but meat, but I like to save my lamprey for the paying customers, so wild vegetable stew it is. Of course, if Rumia didn't just eat everything the moment she got her hands on it, the team might be able to eat stew with meat in it time to time. After all, Cirno believes in catch and release, when it comes to her frozen frogs. Well, if they survive. If they don't, they are too frost bitten to do anything with, really. Wriggle, on the other hand, simply can't keep her insects from swarming everything she catches. She has long since given up on getting the team meat. Daiyousei... prefers to just eat greens anyways. ...Especially flowers. I, of course, think that fae are strange, what with Cirno trying to sell unflavored shaved ice that one time. Sure, it's better than just selling plain water like that other time, but still. I still wonder about the people that actually bought it; did they just want to appease the ice fairy of the lake, or were they just touched in the head?

Of course, being the wonderful cook that I am, I am always cast as the cook of the team. The time that they tried to get Rumia to cook it ended up being... interesting. A bubbling pot of black slime was their treat. ...We, of course, didn't ask how she made it, or else it might have caused us to lose our lunch. Curiously enough, the pot was sparkling clean after it was rinsed out, as if the slime had been cleaning the pot. ...However, it was delicious, whatever it was. Still, we couldn't trust her in the kitchen after that.

Wriggle, on the other hand, just brings honey, or nectar, or whatever that sweet crap is. Not exactly my ideal breakfast, and yes, this is my breakfast. I wake up at our gathering time after all. It's dinner for the day youkai, and breakfast for Wriggle, Rumia and I.

And then you have Cirno and Daiyousei. It must be a fae thing, because they would always throw in ice or flowers. It didn't take long before they were voted out of the kitchen unanimously by the non-fae. Even Rumia, who will eat anything, wasn't interested in eating ice.

...Although, what about the kid that just got done trying to kill Cirno? Surely she can't have the same taste as Cirno. Although, judging by the name, and what little history we got out of the girl, she just might try to make carrot stew. ...Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? "Hey, uhh... Usagi, was it?"

Perking up from where she sat at the table in wait for the food, Usagi asked, "Y-yes?"

Grinning, I asked as I looked over my shoulder at the same time as slicing veggies with my talons in precise yet rapid slashes, "Do you know how to cook? Perhaps chop vegetables?" If she was to be a part of the illustrious Team Nine, she would need to be useful in some way to us, right? I couldn't help but snort softly at referring to Team Nine as 'illustrious'. It didn't fit us at all. Illustrious implied that they were strong. Sure, Rumia could pack a punch when she wanted to, and Cirno had been pretty strong of late, at least for her, we were by no means big fish in the grand scheme of things.

Usagi smiled a bit timidly at me. "W-well, uhh... I really can't remember..."

Tilting her head, Rumia asked, "Is that so?"

Nodding ruefully, Usagi replied, "That is so... But... I guess I could try, if you like. Anyone can chop fruits, right?"

I gave her a worried look at that. "...This isn't a fruit salad, you know."

Blinking, Usagi asked, "Huh?"

Sighing, I replied, "We're making vegetable stew, not fruit salad."

Thinking a moment, Usagi asked, "Err... What's a stew? We didn't have anything like that at the Yakumo's place.

Sighing again, I muttered, "Guess cooking is off the list..." After that, I said in a sing-song voice, "Well, get over here and help me chop the vegetables~ Mind your fingers, though; fingers are the least useful part in cooking~"

Yelping, Usagi asked, "Y-y-you eat people?"

Grinning toothily, my little pointed teeth glittering in the light, I replied, "I used to~"

Grinning as well, her shark-like teeth shining in the light of the early night, Rumia added, "And I still do~"

Gulping, Usagi didn't notice as the knife slipped, lopping off the tip of her finger. She, of course, cried out in pain when it happened.

Sighing, I said, "Well, I guess this was our fault, huh?"

Before Usagi knew what hit her, Rumia was on her like... well, Rumia on meat, really. She pinned her to the ground, and stuck Usagi's finger in her mouth as everything faded to black around them. Ten long seconds passed as we heard little squeals, sucking sounds, and squelching sounds. When the time was up, the blackness faded, and we found Usagi to look like she had just been molested, as her clothes were a disheveled mess, and her hair was splayed out around her head as she panted on her back. Her finger looked immaculate once more, however, if a bit black and gooey.

At the same time, Rumia was busy sucking her fingers suggestively, and giggling all the while. "Thank you for the meal~ You were delicious..." The tone of that last line was rather sultry. We all were just as confused as Usagi was at the sudden happening. Did they just mate, or did she only clean her finger and do... whatever she did to heal it...?

Usagi was a bit shell shocked by the whole ordeal, and simply said while staring at me, "Awawa... wa..."

I couldn't help but ask, "Rumia, what on earth did you do to the poor girl? She looks broken!"

Sucking her pinkey clean with a giggle, Rumia replied, "I wonder~?"

Sighing, I asked, "Usagi?" She simply stared off into space, eyes lidded, and still panting "Rumia, did you just- You know what? I don't think I want to know!" I began to poke at Usagi's cheek with my ladle, however. Maybe I'll get a reaction-

Usagi snapped her head towards me, and began to crawl towards me on her back, sliding over the ground with impressive speed. Of course, I suddenly shrieked at that, and hid behind Rumia. Rumia giggled, and waved to Usagi, which cause Usagi to skitter away towards Cirno, hiding behind her.

Sniffing the air, Cirno's eyes narrowed. "burning..."

Realizing exactly what she meant, I ran over to the pot, and took it off the heat, before looking inside and stirring it. "Good, it doesn't look too bad..." Sighing, I placed it off to the side of the fire. "Well, let's dig in~" Usagi didn't join in until she was certain that Rumia was done with her. I still wonder what sort of trouble happened in that bubble.

The next while went along smoothly. We told tall tales, some of which being not so tall. We showed off our biggest and best pranks, and we told of the times we were in the way of the local law enforcement, or as we call them, the exterminators. Incident resolvers. Humans with more power than anyone deserves to have. We even told of the one time that Cirno was one, which ended with her beating the Black-White! Of course, most of us marked it as a tall tale, but Usagi seemed to enjoy it well enough.

It wasn't long after the tales had dried up that we began quickly polish off the food. Of course, after Rumia had explained that she had only paid close attention to Usagi's finger, everyone had relaxed a bit for the rest of the meal. Of course, she was still too wound up to confirm or deny.

Grinning, Cirno shouted as the other flew off into the night, "See ya guys another time!" With that said, we all made off, save for Cirno and Usagi themselves.

After being sure that everyone wasn't coming back, Usagi said, "S-so, uhh... I suppose I should sleep now. It's getting a bit late. Don't feel all that tired, though..."

Snorting, Cirno replied, "Fae have enough energy to stay up for about a week! But yeah, sleep sounds good, unless you want to train. That tantrum of yours did put a damper on that." She couldn't help but chuckle at that.

Shaking her head, Usagi replied, "No, uhh... That's fine. I'd rather just sleep for now. It's not like I'm training for some battle, right?"

Grinning, Cirno replied, "Well, I could always fight you~"

Paling, Usagi replied, "N-no, that's fine, really! I'm in no rush... and a good nights rest would probobly do me well after... earlier..."

Grinning, Cirno replied, "Well, alright, then!" Holding her hand high as if she were holding a sword, she said, "To bed! To glory!"

In the end, Usagi was fine with the outcome. Becoming a fairy was far from the best outcome, but it was also far from the worst. She could now more easily learn from Cirno, what with being compatible with the same kind of magic. The only issue was learning, now. She was growing used to turning into different species, not that she really remembered a time before she was a rabbit. All-in-all, she could live with the changes, or so she thought, as she drifted off to sleep.