The next day

The next day, Chichiri walked over to where he could see Miaka and Tamahome eating breakfast and sat down on the bench beside them.

"Tamahome no da?" he started. "Could I please speak to you no da?"

"What do you want? Help with your hair?" Tamahome jibed. "I'm eating."

"Of course not no da! I wanted to speak to you about Tasuki no da."

"Tasuki? What about him?" Miaka interrupted.

"Well, I was going to speak to Tamahome privately no da, but... could you keep this conversation a secret no da?" Chichiri plainly didn't want to have Miaka spoiling his yet to be determined surprise.

"Watashi ha yakusoku suru!" [1]

"That's good to hear no da. I want to get Tasuki back for that prank he pulled on me, but I don't know what to do no da."

"You, revenge?" Tamahome snickered.

"Hai no da. You two know him better than I do no da, so what is his biggest weakness no da?"

"Let me think... well, he is terrified of water. Hydrophobia."

"Kyoukenbyou no da...[2] This might be easier than I thought it would be no da. Arigato no da!" Chichiri thanked them as he ran off to his rooms to plan out his trick.

"Well I be darned..." was all Tamahome could say.

"I hope he isn't too hard on poor Tasuki." Miaka prayed.

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[1] "I promise!"

[2] the Japanese term for hydrophobia, the fear of water.

Chichiri was really OOC in this, gomen. I had almost no sleep last night.