Chapter 2

That afternoon,Li tried his luck on the party clown opening.Unfortunately,his employer didn't like him in the screening.

"I don't think you can even make a laughing hyena crack a smile with that serious face of yours,lad."he told him.

The boy frowned."Don't you have other jobs I could try?"

"Well,there is this Easter party-"

"I'll take it!"Li quickly said.

"Fine."the fat man said."Tomorrow,I'll introduce you to your partner for the party that will happen two days from now."



The next day..

Li was as still as a statue,gaping at the big mascot in front of him.

"Meet your partner who will play the Mother Bunny,Touya Kinomoto."introduced the vman who calls himself Mr.Takamoto.

The mascot removed its head."I see.Hello Sonny."Touya sarcastically greeted Syaoran."If I'm not mistaken,you're the one who will wear the baby bunny costume,right?"

Mr.Takamoto smiled at them."I'd leave you two behind now so you could get acquainted."He left the dressing room.

Touya snickered."What inspired you to suddenly explore the bunnier side of your personality,Chinese Brat?"

"The same thing that motivates you.I need money."Li countered.

"Oh really?What for?"Inspite of himself,Touya was curious as to how Wonder Boy of the Orient spends his dough.

"None of your business!"

The man shrugged."I believe you are one of the guests in my sister's party."he said,changing the topic."Do you know that it will happen at the same time as the party we will attend?"

It's Ok.I can always buy her a gift after the show-"Li stopped when he realized what he said.

Touya's brows furrowed."So you're using your paycheck to buy my sister a gift?"

Syaoran gulped.



The next day...

Sakura put down the phone.Li's phone was ringing,but no one's answering.Which is strange,because she thought he knew that she,he,Tomoyo and Yukito are going to the park first for the Easter party.

"I wonder where he could be."She just decided to leave a message for him to follow them in the park.



"Happy Birthday,Sakura!"Yukito handed her his gift.

"And this is my gift!Happy Birthday,Sakura!"Tomoyo gave her gift too.

Sakura's face brightened."Thank you so much!"She hugged her presents.

"Why hello my friends!I didn't expect to see you here.I thought you were all in Sakura's house celebrating."a voice said from behind.It was Eriol Hiragizawa.

Tomoyo laughed."Sakura wanted to see the park's show first."

"Can I join you then?"the boy asked politely.

"Sure!The more the merrier!"said the birthday girl.

"Look Mommy!Mother Bunny and Easter Bunny came!"a toddler cried out.

"Hey,let's go and see them!They're going to distribute chocolates!"Sakura hurried to where a big crowd was forming around two rabbit mascots.



Li felt he was slowly dying of humiliation as he "happily" danced around Touya while a really corny kiddie music was being played.The only silver linings in this cloudy situation are:

a)he's earning money.

b)people can't identify who he is beacuse of the big,bulky costume;and

c)Sakura wasn't watching him do all of these.

A few more minutes of loony prancing and the distribution of chocolates and he's out of here!

"Aaw!Those bunnies are so cute!"a sweet girl's voice that Li knew so well gushed.No!This can't be!This has got to be a nightmare!Li cried in his mind.That voice belonged to..

"Move it!Keep on dancing!"Touya hissed as he slapped him.

"Hey Mommy,Mother Bunny just slapped Easter Bunny!Did he do something naughty?"asked one kid curiously.

"No,no.Mommy Bunny just swatted a fly."explained his mother.

Li forced himself to move but only managed to stumble on the audience.He landed on top of a few bystanders.

"Hey somebody help the bunny up!"a kibitzer called out,eliciting infectious laughter among the crowd.

Syaoran was really embarassed now and he desperately wanted to run away,but his costume was too heavy to run away with.He then suddenly felt arms helping him up.He peeped through a hole of his costume and saw Eriol Hiragizawa smiling at him."Are you alright,Mr.Bunny?"

"Hey wait a minute,I thought the Easter Bunny has no gender?"Sakura asked,puzzled.

"This one is from a very rare and unique species."Eriol winked at him knowingly.

"Aargh!"Li pushed him away.

"Hey,you're a bad Easter bunny!You pushed the nice mister away!"screeched the kids in unison.Syaoran panickedly covered his ears when it was the mothers' turn to complain.

Sakura,on the other hand,helped Eriol up."Are you OK?"

Meanwhile Li could not stand it anymore.He held the zipper on the neck of his rabbit costume to remove it,but the zipper won't work!He tugged on it repeatedly,but the zipper won't budge!

Meanwhile,seeing what his favorite mascot was doing,one kid broke down,saying the Easter Bunny was trying to kill itself by strangling itself.

"Don't worry Darling.We'll tell the police what a nasty thing Easter Bunny is doing."the mother said soothingly to her child while muttering under her breath how violent the kiddie shows have become nowadays.

Syaoran looked at Touya for help but he was busy distributing the egg chocolates to the kids.Fortunately,this calmed the kids down.

"Eriol,leaving too soon?"asked Sakura.

He nodded."I'm sorry Sakura but I think that bunny hates me.I better leave before he kills me."He waved goodbye.After making sure no one was watching,he cast a spell on the clown costume.He grinned wickedly.