Author's Notes: Somebody once said it would be cool if I made seasonal fanfics S2 based of course. And well, I absolutely agree. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to write one for Valentine's Day!!! The horror!!! But now, Easter is almost here. And like what I did with my Christmas fic, I will cram this one… It's Friday now, will I make it? ^_~ Enjoy the shoujo goodness while you can!!! And note again. I CRAMMED this fic. I'll probably rehash it for next Easter but it will have to do for now. Okie?
Disclaimer: Suikoden is not mine.
The Great Easter Egg Hunt
Chapter 1: Chocolate Eggs
"I'm having strawberry shake, onee-chan!!!" Millie chirped, tugging at Tengaar's sleeve. "Bonaparte says he wants to have some." She rubbed her groundhog's belly.
"Very well then. An iced coffee for me, and a strawberry milkshake for Millie-chan and…" Tengaar raised an eyebrow at Wakaba. "What about you, Wakaba-chan?"
"Freshly squeezed orange juice of course," Wakaba said.
"Would that be all?" The waitress, Meilin, asked.
"Yes, thank you." Tengaar said.
"No wait!!" Millie cried. "And a plate of sugar cookies!!"
"Millie-chan!" Tengaar scolded. "Lunch is in about an hour, you can't go eating sweets now."
"Why not??" Millie frowned. "I'm hungry now."
"EEP!!!" Bonaparte squeaked.
"It's not healthy!!" Wakaba shook her head. "Three square, balanced meals a day is the way to a healthy body and a strong mind!!"
"But look," Millie pointed at flyer on the table. "Their sugar cookies are shaped like Easter eggs and iced for the occasion!!" She turned to her friends with wide brown eyes. "Don't you want any??"
"Fine, you have them." Tengaar gave a defeated sigh. She waved a hand at the waitress who left. "Just make sure you finish your lunch later."
Millie clapped her hands happily. "We're having iced cookies, Bonaparte!!!"
Wakaba clucked her tongue. "Someday you'll be fat and flabby, Millie-chan and you'll wonder why. Don't tell me I didn't warn you."
Millie turned beet-red. "H-hey!!"
"Anyway, what's taking Meg-chan so long?" Tengaar looked at the clock on the wall of the tavern. "She was supposed to be here a while ago."
"I don't know…" Millie played with Bonaparte's fluffy tail. "She said there was something she had to get and she'll just follow us here."
"Hmp, she's always late…" Wakaba crossed her arms over her chest. "I wonder what's her reason this time."
"Actually, I think she's up to something…" Tengaar lazily tugged at her red braids. "I wonder what it is this time…"`
The door of the tavern swung open and banged against the wall. Several patrons threw disapproving glances at Meg, who then entered, but she took no notice.
"Yoo-hoo!!" Meg hooted as she skipped to her friends' table, her light brown ponytail flapping behind her as she ran. Gadget was whirring behind her.
"EEK!!" Meilin cried when Meg nearly ran over her.
"Oops!!" Meg skidded to a stop.
"DO NOT GET ME WET." Gadget cried.
Tengaar yelped and luckily, Wakaba caught Meilin's tray before its contents could spill unto Tengaar.
"Geez Meg, careful…" Tengaar grumbled.
The shaken waitress placed an orange juice in front of Wakaba, an iced coffee in front of Tengaar and a strawberry milkshake in front of Millie.
"Oh, I'd like a lemonade!!" Meg told Meilin. "Thank you!!"
"Yes…" the waitress gave her a weak smile before turning to leave.
"Hi girlfriends!!" Meg waved at them.
"Hiya Meg-chan!! Hi Gadget!!" Millie, her best friend, smiled. She flipped her long brown hair over her shoulder and leaned forward. "Very excited, huh? What's up?"
"THIS!!" Meg brandished a rolled-up piece of parchment. She was bouncing on her feet, grinning from ear to ear, her hazel eyes glittering.
"Eh…" Millie looked at it dubiously.
"What's that?" Wakaba asked curiously.
"AN UPCOMING EVENT." Gadget explained.
"It's… a poster." Meg paused for dramatic effect. She wiggled her eyebrows. "For the you-know-what." It didn't seem to go over too well however…
"Uh, I see…" Tengaar rolled her eyes. "Whatever that you-know-what is, it can't be that important because I don't even know what it is."
"How can you not know Tengaar-neechan??!" Meg shrieked. "Come on, make a guess!!!"
"Is it a chocolate maker's ad?" Millie asked hopefully. Bonaparte made a lot of squeaking noises.
"NO." Gadget interjected.
"No, Millie-chan, not even close." Meg shook her head. "Try again!!"
"Geez, Meg-chan, just go ahead and tell us." Wakaba grumbled.
"Don't you guys want to guess?" Meg asked.
Millie took a gulp of her shake then waved her hand at Meg. "I do!!"
"EEP!!!" Bonaparte squeaked in approval.
"Well I don't." Tengaar snatched the poster from Meg and unrolled it. "Hmm… what's this?"
The Great Easter Egg Hunt
First Prize: a feast for four at Hai Yo's and 16000 potch
Second Prize: pink bunny plushies and 4000 potch
Third Prize: chocolate eggs and 1000 potch
Form a team of four people and register now!!
Go to Leona for registration and more details.
Meg snatched it back from Tengaar. "It's the poster for Sunday's event. An egg hunt!!!"
"Oh?" Tengaar regarded her lazily. "How profound…"
"I thought it would be something worthwhile…" Wakaba looked disinterested and paid attention to her orange juice instead.
"Cool!!!" Millie cried excitedly. "You mean we search for pretty colored eggs and get prizes??!"
"Yup!!" Meg nodded excitedly.
"It's a kiddie thing. Sounds boring…" Tengaar muttered.
"No way!!" Wakaba slapped her hand on the table. "It's not boring!!!"
Tengaar fixed a puzzled look at her. "I thought you just implied that it was nothing worthwhile?"
"I did, but I realized it isn't!!" Wakaba insisted. "Meg-chan!! You say this has prizes, right??!"
"Yeah…" Meg nodded. "Here's the list—"
"No, it's okay." Wakaba didn't even look at the prizes. "It's a contest!!! And we're gonna win, I swear it!!!" She pumped a fist in the air.
"W-we??" Tengaar stammered nervously.
"Of course 'we'!!!" Wakaba cried. She slammed her hands on the table. "We're a team of four, we'll go out there and show them!!!"
"Yes…" Meg purred, her eyes sparkling. "And we get prizes!!! Whee, sixteen thousand potch!!!"
"OH YOU GREEDY GIRL…" Gadget said reproachfully.
"Shut up, Gadget." Meg said.
"Chocolate eggs!!!" Millie cried excitedly. "You want some too, don't you, Bonaparte?"
"Eh, Millie-chan…" Meg turned to her. "I think we should be aiming for more than that…"
"Eh??" Millie pouted. "But I love chocolate!!!"
"Yeah, but that's the third prize." Meg said, pointing at the poster. "We want the first prize."
"I don't want potch and a feast," Millie shrugged. "I just want some chocolate—"
"How can you think like that??!" Wakaba demanded indignantly.
"Eh…" Millie felt a bead of sweat slide down her forehead. "I'd rather have chocolate than a feast…"
"The prize isn't the point!!!" Wakaba cried disapprovingly.
"What is??" Meg asked puzzledly, her dreams of sixteen thousand potch chased away by the seriousness in Wakaba's voice.
"NOT EVERYONE THINKS THE WAY YOU DO, MEG." Gadget said.
"Gadget…" Meg gave it the evil eye and it immediately went into protective barrel mode.
"The honor!!!" Wakaba said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Er… honor??" Millie repeated.
"Honor??" Meg sniffed and turned back to the poster.
"What do you mean, 'honor'?" Tengaar asked.
"You see, by winning first prize, we prove to everyone else that we are the best egg hunters in the whole of the Alliance Army!!!" Wakaba explained excitedly.
Tengaar shrugged. "What honor is it there, it's only an egg-hunt—"
"ONLY??!" Wakaba's nostrils flared and her brown eyes bulged dangerously. "There is honor in everything!! Whether in a big event or a small matter, there is honor!!! We must do the best we can in anything we do, we must try because it is in our deeds our worth lies!!!" She made a grand gesture with her hands. "If we can't prove we can master an egg-hunt, how will anyone believe we can master anything else, huh?? Tell me onee-chan!!!"
Tengaar's forehead crinkled in thought. "That somehow makes sense…"
"Yes…" Millie tilted her head, tapping at her temple. "In a twisted sort of way, that is…"
"So, we are in, right??" Wakaba winked at them. She held out her hand.
"Of course, for sixteen thousand potch!!!" Meg placed her hand over Wakaba's. "We'll win the Easter Egg Hunt!!!"
"Well…" Millie put her hand over theirs tentatively. "I really wanted the chocolate eggs…"
"Millie-chan you can buy them with the sixteen thousand potch." Meg assured her.
"Oh, yeah, I suppose I can!!" Millie shook their hands firmly. "So I'm definitely in!!!"
Wakaba, Meg and Millie all looked expectantly at Tengaar who was calmly sipping her iced coffee.
"What??" Tengaar blinked at them.
"This is your cue to say you're in the team." Meg told her.
"W-well…" Tengaar's aquamarine eyes shifted uneasily. "I'm not sure if I can…"
"WHAT??!" Wakaba cried.
"Why not?" Millie asked, sticking out her lower lip.
"Well…" Tengaar began. "I mean I will be in a team with Hix you know…"
"Hey, the Egg Hunt is supposed to be for friends!!" Meg placed her hands on her hips and pouted at Tengaar.
"Who says Easter can't be for sweethearts??!" Tengaar asked, starry-eyed. The three other girls narrowed their eyes exasperatedly.
"But we're a team," Wakaba reminded her. "Bah, sweethearts are ALWAYS getting in the way of teams!!!"
"Besides Wakaba-chan, you yourself said that we should prove our worth and you know Hix has a lot to prove still." Tengaar reasoned.
"Fine then, you'll be in a team with him—if he hasn't found teammates yet." Meg said.
"He wouldn't!!" Tengaar uttered, shocked. "He knows we're a team!!"
"Hmm, we'll see…" Meg said in a singsong voice. "Oh is that my lemonade?" Meg asked the waitress Meilin who came holding a glass of lemonade.
Without waiting for an answer, she grabbed the glass and downed it in several gulps. "Meh, just tell Leona-san we'll pay her when we win in the egg hunt, okay?? Ja ne!!" She kicked at Gadget. "Wake up!!!" Then she skipped out of the tavern.
"Sorry, about that, we'll come back with our payment next time." Tengaar smiled apologetically at the waitress then ran after Meg.
"Umm… umm…" Millie looked through her purse for some change. "I think I left my money in our room—"
Wakaba pulled her by the wrist. "C'mon, we'll just come back next time, okay, Meilin-san? Ja!!! Hurry up, Millie!!!" Wakaba said as she dragged the other girl.
"Yes, yes, wait!!!" Millie wailed. "Bonaparte!!!"
"EEP!!" Her pet scampered towards her and latched itself unto her arm.
Author's Notes again: Pretty girls unite!! XD
