Now, this is the final story of this series, sadly. However, do not despair, for as long as I still breathe, there will be stories of light, to always combat the darkness.
Pie. Yes Pie. Why Pie? Because Pie. :P Hope you guys enjoy!
Norune Village was notoriously known for being a quite village, due to many of the villagers being quiet, or often out, exploring the other villages.
Today, we join Toan and his allies, sitting among a rather long table within Alnet's home, which was laden with all manners of pies, from apple to pumpkin. Toan was sitting next to Xiao, who was next to Ruby. On the opposite end of the table, was Ungaga, with Osmond in the middle, and Goro at the end. All of them had empty plates in front of them, with knives and forks laid next to the plate.
Alnet was standing next to the almost laughable pile of pies, looking rather ecstatic.
"Thanks for volunteering guys!" She said, smiling.
"Uh...no problem Alnet." Toan said, as his eyes wandered to the large pile of pies. "Are we going to...test all those pies?"
"Uh-huh!" She said, nodding her head.
"Why the hell did you make all these pies?" Goro said. "You could feed all of Matataki with all of this!"
"I wanted to make sure I covered everything! The pie contest only comes once a year!" Alnet said, cutting a blueberry pie into six equal pieces. She laid a piece on each plate, Xiao looking at hers with a curious demeanor. She gave the knife and fork the same look, curious. She picked up the fork, staring at it.
"Oh...that's right...Xiao doesn't know how to use utensils.." Toan said, earning a surprised look from Alnet.
"What? She doesn't even know how to use a spoon?"
"Uh...no.." Toan said, looking nervous.
"Why didn't you teach her? Didn't even basic table manners come up once in your adventures?" At this, Goro snorted.
"We didn't exactly need forks on our adventure kiddy." Goro said, scoffing. It was true, however. Most of the time, Toan and his allies usually ate with their hands, as they didn't have time to prepare fancy meals on the go. Alnet crossed her arms, casting a glare at Goro, who didn't flinch but snorted.
Meanwhile, Toan was attempting to teach Xiao how to cut her slice of pie, with minimal success.
"Like this Master?" Xiao had asked, holding the knife by it's blade, while somehow preventing herself from being scratched, Toan, a bit frantic, carefully removed the knife from Xiao's hand.
"I'll just cut the pie for you." Toan said, a bit relieved that Xiao hadn't hurt herself. Xiao tilted her head, but said nothing, grabbing hold of the shiny fork, looking it over.
"What does Xiao do with this Master?" Xiao asked, her ears twitching.
"It's a fork Xiao, you use it to pick up food." Xiao looked at the fork, curious as to how the fork could pick up the food. "Just poke this piece of pie." Toan said, poking to a small piece of sliced pie.
Xiao, slightly doubtful, poked the pie with the fork, it sinking into the delicious piece.
"Now lift it up." Toan said. Xiao gave Toan a slightly confused look, before lifting up the fork at a sharp angle, the piece of pie flying off the points, smacking straight into Goro's face.
For a few seconds, no one said anything, as Goro slowly wiped the pie off his face, a low growl emanating from him. Before anyone could even say anything, Goro grabbed a nearby pie and threw it at Xiao. However, his aim was slightly off, and it slammed into Toan's face. For a few seconds, Toan stood still, before wiping the pie off, before he too threw a pie back at Goro.
From that, things quickly escalated, and a large pie throwing war ensued. Laughter filled the area, as pies were thrown this way and that, even Ungaga giving a light chuckle at the antics, throwing a few pies himself. Pies flew this way and that, even Alnet joining in at one point, despite despairing over her pies destruction for a short while.
When the pie throwing stopped, it revealed the chaos the room had went through. Stains littered the floor, tins were scattered, a pie was actually stuck to the ceiling somehow.
"Uh.." Toan started, some pie and filling on his face still, "Sorry for the mess Alnet. We'll help clean up." Toan said, Goro audibly grumbling already.
Xiao, however, wasn't paying attention, as she was staring at Toan's face, bits of pie on her face as well. Curious, she licked Toan's face, earning a blush from Toan.
"Mmmm, Master tastes delicious!" Xiao cheered happily, earning chuckles from everyone and a deeper blush on Toan's face.
Hopefully you guys enjoyed this series! However, this isn't the last of Yang, or my brother Yin. We have one final story, we both must tell. Hopefully, you all will join us as well.