April Fool's Week
April 1st, more commonly known as April Fool's Day. This is the day dedicated to practical jokes, both the harmless and the outlandishly cruel. In the city of Tokyo, however, there's a group of 25 people and one cat who like to take April Fool's Day, and turn whatever week the day lands on into an all-out, no holds barred, every man and woman for his and herself, prank war.
And this year was no exception.
What do you say we look at some of the pranks this group of rapscallions came up with, shall we?
Prank #1: Morgana's Missing
Ren came home from work one day this week to find his wife Ann and their kids Minato and Kimiko in a panic. The three of them were frantically searching the house for something, leaving Ren confused and curious as to what's going on.
"Ann, kids, what's the matter?" Ren asked.
"Morgana's missing, dad!" Minato cried.
"What do you mean he's missing?" Ren asked.
"What's so hard to understand about that?" Ann cried, "He was here one minute and then gone the next. The real messed up part is that we didn't have any doors or windows open that lead to the outside. We've searched every room, every closet, but we just can't find him!"
"Alright, everyone, let's just calm down," Ren said, "If you didn't leave any of the windows or doors open then he's gotta be hiding around here someplace. Maybe he got into the crawl space again."
"Before you check there, Ren, I just remembered there's one closet we haven't checked yet," Ann said, "Kimiko's closet."
"Alright, let's check it out," Ren said as he, followed by the rest of his family, ran up to Kimiko's room to check her closet.
When Ren made it to his daughter's room, he immediately started looking through her closet in search of Morgana. Since he was looking through the closet, that meant he wasn't aware of anything going on behind him. With this in mind, Kimiko went underneath her bed and brought Morgana out from under there. She lifted the cat up before putting him on her father's back startling him. Ren turned around and found Morgana on the floor looking up at him. He then turned to his wife and kids, who then shouted-
"APRIL FOOLS!"
As Ann, Minato, Kimiko, and even Morgana had a good laugh, Ren just smiled and shook his head, acknowledging that they got him good.
Prank #2: Peek-a-boom
In the Sakamoto Residence, Makoto is seen going up to her's and Ryuji's bedroom with a basket full of laundry. As she put the laundry basket down on the bed, ready to put the contents away, she suddenly heard something coming from the closet. Curious, she inched up to the door and slowly opened it to find nothing but clothes hanging in there. She moved them around to investigate some more when suddenly-
"OOGA BOOGA BOOGA!" A masked man yelled, starling Makoto.
With a shriek, Makoto delivered a strong punch to the masked man's face, thinking he was a stranger that somehow broke into their house. The masked man laid down on the floor holding his face in pain while Makoto gloated about her victory.
"Yeah!" Makoto cheered, "I messed you up good, asshole! You thought you could break into my house and do whatever you wanted? Think again!"
"Makie…" The masked man said.
The masked man's voice sounded familiar to Makoto as she stopped boasting, realizing just who the masked man really was. The man removed the mask to reveal that it was Ryuji the whole time. Immediately, Makoto felt awful. She had just punched out the man she swore to love unconditionally.
"Ryuji!" Makoto cried as she got down on the floor and sat next to him, "Oh my God, I'm so sorry! I had no idea!"
"It's fine, Makoto," Ryuji said, rubbing his nose, "I thought it would be a good idea to jumpscare you this April Fool's Week. Make you think someone broke in. I should've known you were trained to react like that."
"Let me see that nose," Makoto said as she saw some blood coming out of it. So, she grabbed a tissue from a nearby tissue box and gave it to her husband, "Sit up, lean forward, and pinch your nose together."
As Makoto took care of her husband's nosebleed, she remorsefully held him in her arms and hugged him, showing that she was truly sorry for what she had done, even if it was just a joke.
Prank #3: Yus-gay
In the Kitagawa Residence, Yusuke is seen sitting in a recliner in the living room holding the house phone. He looked nervous as his pointer finger was seen rapidly tapping the armrest of his chair. Suddenly, he heard the door leading to the backyard open up, and he heard his wife Haru happily humming a tune to herself as she entered.
Quickly, Yusuke put the phone to his ear, without having dialed any numbers, and began talking into it.
"Oh, Joaquin," Yusuke pretended to swoon on the phone, "You know how much I love you, and I can't wait to see you later tonight. I'll be sure to bring a bottle of prosecco."
Hearing her husband have a romantic conversation with another man made Haru very curious. She crept down the hall and poked her head through the door leading into the living room to listen in on the conversation her husband was having.
"No, I haven't gotten around to telling Haru about us yet," Yusuke said, continuing his fake conversation, "I don't want to break her heart. I've been married to her for the last 16 years and in that time we've had two beautiful daughters, so breaking the news about our relationship isn't going to be easy."
Haru gasped as she couldn't believe what she was hearing. She wasn't sure if she should run in and chew Yusuke out now or later. All she knew was she had to listen to more of her husband's phone conversation.
"I can't just run away with you, Joaquin, it's not that simple," Yusuke said, "Yes, I know, I've dreamed about moving to a house by the ocean with you too. Spending the rest of my life with you is all I can think about."
Haru had heard enough. Angrily, she stomped into the living room, ready to give her husband the reaming out of a lifetime.
"Yusuke Kitagawa! How could you?!" Haru yelled.
Still trying to keep up the act, Yusuke put the phone back on the receiver and prepared to face his angry wife.
"Haru, darling, you weren't supposed to hear that!" Yusuke said.
"Don't call me, darling, you cheater!" Haru shouted, "How could you cheat on me after everything we've been through. And with another man?! How'd you even meet this, Joaquin, person?"
"He showed up to one of my art seminars," Yusuke answered, still keeping up the ruse, "We went out for a cup of coffee afterwards and immediately hit it off. I don't know what it is, but he makes me feel a certain way."
"I don't want to hear this," Haru pouted, "If you love this Joaquin so much, why don't you go and live with him?"
"Because Joaquin doesn't exist, because it's April Fool's Week!" Yusuke replied.
Haru was in shock. Her husband had played probably the greatest prank on her. She stayed silent for a few seconds before slowly but surely breaking out into near uncontrollable laughter.
"Oh, you had me going there for a second, Yusuke," Haru said as she hugged her husband.
"Come on, darling, I'd never cheat on you with anybody," Yusuke smiled, "You're my favorite person."
The couple continued laughing together as they thought about the sheer absurdity of Yusuke's prank.
Prank #4: Real Men Dye Their Hair Pink
At another point on April Fool's Week, Makoto thought of a great prank to pull on Ryuji.
She woke up a few minutes before Ryuji one morning when she thought of a great way to mess with him. She quietly walked out of the master bedroom and returned moments later with a bottle of pink hair color spray. While her husband was still sleeping, Makoto dyed Ryuji's hair from blonde to pink. As soon as she finished her work, Ryuji started to stir, causing Makoto to run out of there like a bat out of hell.
Ryuji woke up to find an empty bedroom as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. He got out of bed and went downstairs to see if his wife needed any help in making breakfast.
"Good morning," went Ryuji as he entered the kitchen and found his wife making coffee.
Makoto turned around to face her husband and tried to stifle a bout of laughter as she looked at his pink hair.
"What's so funny?" Ryuji asked, "Do I have dried drool on the side of my face?"
"Good morning, everyone," Himari said as she entered the kitchen.
When Himari caught the sight of her father's new hair color, like her mother, she tried to fight the need to laugh uncontrollably.
"What is so funny?" Ryuji asked again.
In response, Himari grabbed a spoon and gave it to Ryuji so he could look at his reflection in it. Soon, even he couldn't help but laugh out loud at how silly he looked. In a matter of seconds, Makoto and Himari joined him, the kitchen filled with the sound of the family's guffawing.
Ryuji kept his pink hair as he helped Makoto and Himari make breakfast, and then took a shower afterwards before dying his hair back the blonde color he had before.
Prank #5: Agony of the Feet
In the Tanaka Residence, Sumire is seen walking up to her husband Ichiro's running shoes, which are placed by the front door. She quickly replaces his shoes with shoes that look exactly like his, but they're one size too small. Sumire giggles to herself, but the moment she heard footsteps, she got away from the prank shoes, and hid the real ones beneath the couch before taking a seat on the couch.
Ichiro comes walking around the corner to put on his shoes so he can do his daily jog. He felt something was off when he slipped the 'prank' shoes on, but he figured it was just time to buy some new ones soon. He saw his wife sitting on the couch and reading a book.
"Hey, babe, I'm going for a jog," Ichiro said, "I'll be back in a half hour."
"Okay, babe," Sumire said as her husband jogged out the door.
30 minutes later
Sumire is now seen walking back into the living room carrying a small tub of warm water and placing it in front of Ichiro's chair. It was at this moment when her daughter Kasumi II, A.K.A Kas, came walking into the room.
"What are you doing, mom?" Kas asked.
"Just getting a foot bath ready for your father when he comes back from his jog," Sumire said before letting out a chuckle, "I have a feeling he's going to need it."
As if on cue, Ichiro came in through the front door with a pained expression on his face.
"Hi, sweetie, how was your jog?" Sumire asked.
"Awful," Ichiro frowned, "My feet are killing me. I think it's time I bought new shoes." It was then that he noticed the foot bath his wife had set up, which perked up his attitude quite a bit, "Is that foot bath for me?"
"Of course," Sumire smiled, "I figured you'd need it, especially since I switched your real running shoes for smaller ones."
"You did what?" Ichiro asked in shock, causing Kas to laugh.
"April Fools!" Sumire laughed.
"Wow, Sumi," Ichiro frowned, "That's just messed up."
"Oh, come on, it's just a joke," Sumire said before becoming bashful and whispering in his ear, "And besides, as a way to show I'm sorry, I was thinking after your foot bath, you can take a shower with me."
"Okay, all is forgiven," Ichiro said, perking up once more.
Both Ichiro and Sumire were happy that they'd share an intimate moment with each other…but unfortunately for them, Kas overheard her mother's whispering, and that gave her the idea for…
Prank #6: Shower Power
Kas is seen in the kitchen mixing ingredients in a bowl. These ingredients consist of honey, chocolate syrup, maple syrup, liquid egg whites, and oatmeal.
"Oh, this is diabolical," Kas giggled to herself as she finished mixing.
With the concoction finished, she took it into the bathroom where her parents were showering.
Upon entering the bathroom steam filled the air, both in the literal and figurative sense. Inside the shower, Kas heart her parents giggling naughtily and letting out a few quiet moans. These sounds made Kas sick to her stomach, but nowhere near as sick as Sumire or Ichiro are going to be in a few minutes.
Kas snuck up to the shower stall, still holding the bowl full of her mixture, raised it over the stall door and dumped it all over her parents, causing the sounds of arousal to turn into screams of disgust.
"Augh, what is all this!" Sumire cried.
"KAS!" Ichiro shouted.
"Long live April Fool's Week!" Kas shouted as she dropped the bowl and ran out of the bathroom and out of the house, laughing maniacally as she did so.
Prank #7: In the Money
In the Yajima Residence, Hayato is seen in the living room writing down notes for potential book ideas in a notebook while his wife Hifumi wasn't far from him and practicing her Shogi skills for an upcoming tournament. Everything is peaceful until their son Hotaru comes in with some interesting news. In one hand he had his camera bag, as he had just got back from an afternoon of filming his next short film, but in the other was an envelope addressed to Hifumi.
"This letter came in the mail for you, mom," Hotaru said as he handed Hifumi the letter.
"Hmm," went Hifumi, curiously, "Let's have a look."
Hifumi opened the letter up and she found a note and a check. She looked at the check first and loudly gasped.
"What is it, Hifumi?" Hayato asked his wife.
"It's a check for 144 million yen!" Hifumi exclaimed.
(Note: Yen to USD that would be almost a million dollars)
Having become almost excited as his wife, Hayato practically leapt over to his wife to look at the check as Hotaru joined them with a more calm and laid back expression on his face. The young man clearly has something planned, and he didn't want his parents to know about it.
"That check came with a note," Hayato said as he handed Hifumi the note, "What's it say?"
"Yajima-chan," Hifumi began, "For coming in first place in last month's NHK Cup, we're proud to present you with this check for 144 million yen! May you spend it in good health. We look forward to seeing you compete in more Shogi games and we'd love to have you back real soon. Best Wishes - Japan Shogi Association!"
"This is huge!" Hayato exclaimed, "We've got to go to the bank and cash this check right now!"
"You two go on ahead, I'll just stay here," Hotaru said calmly as his parents rushed out the door with the check in hand. Now that he was home alone, Hotaru just sat back with a mischievous grin.
45 Minutes Later
Hayato and Hifumi returned with bagfuls of money, and they brought it to the living room. Hotaru, who was in his room editing his short film, re-enters the living room to see what the commotion was about.
"So, I guess you cashed the check?" Hotaru asked, still carrying a calmness in his voice.
"You bet we did, Hotaru," Hayato said as he prepared to open the first money bag.
"I can't believe it," Hifumi giddily said, "This is just too good to be true! Open that bag up, sweetie, I want to look at my winnings with my own eyes."
Hayato opened up the first money bag in a flash, flipped it upside down, and out came…bundles of fake money that one would find in a board game. Almost immediately, Hayato and Hifumi's looks of joy turned into frowns of disappointment and they weren't sure whether to laugh or cry. They opened up the other money bags to find that they all had fake money in them.
"No, no, what is this?" Hifumi said, almost in a panicked tone.
"April Fools!" Hotaru exclaimed.
"What?" Hayato questioned, "What are you talking about?"
I have a classmate whose cousin works at the bank, and he helped me out in this awesome prank," Hotaru explained, "He wrote out the fake check, got the fake money, and everything."
As their son laughed, Hayato and Hifumi just walked out of the room, angry and disappointed that they didn't get any money.
"Aw, come on guys, it was just a joke," Hotaru reasoned, "It's April Fools' Week, I thought you two would get a good laugh out of it."
Prank #8: Happy Summer, Kamoshida
Rather than making a victim out of one of the people in their friend group, the Watanabe Family, Daisuke, Shiho, Kaito, and Nariko, decided to focus most of their attention on Shiho's abuser, Suguru Kamoshida. But they can't do it alone, so they enlisted the help of some of his other victims, specifically, Ann, Ryuji, and Mishima.
The group of seven are seen outside Kamoshida's house in the middle of the night. Daisuke has brought along a bag full of supplies, as well as a ladder, that they may need for this prank to go off without a hitch, and all seven are dressed in black.
"Are you guys sure you want to do this?" Mishima asked.
"It's April Fools' Week, why not?" Shiho asked, "It's the perfect time to nail this bastard hard."
"Ryuji, do you see a way in?" Daisuke asked as Ryuji looked at the house to see an open window.
"Yeah," Ryuji answered, "Dumbass left his bedroom window open.
"Excellent," Daisuke said, "I'd say we're good to go, team."
"Lead the way, dad," Kaito said.
Daisuke led the group up to the open window, and he put the ladder up against it, allowing the group of seven to climb into Kamoshida's bedroom. When they all made it safely inside, they looked to find the sadistic former Olympion sound asleep in his bed. With an evil grin, the group quietly crept up to him.
"Let's get to work, gang," Daisuke whispered.
The Next Morning
(BGM: 'Are You Ready for the Summer' by Elmer Bernstein and Norman Gimbel)
Kamoshida is seen waking up from a dead sleep. Since he's still waking up, he's unaware about what had happened to him the previous night. Groggy, Kamoshida walks out of bed and then…
SPLASH!
Kamoshida is awake now because he just fell into a lake. In the middle of the night, the likes of Shiho, Daisuke, Kaito, Nariko, Ann, Ryuji, and Mishima got Kamoshida's bed, with him still in it, put it on a raft and sent it out to the middle of the lake.
Kamoshida resurfaces and looks around to find the group of seven on the lake shore, pointing and laughing at his misfortune.
"Are you fucking kidding me?!" Kamoshida shouts as he gets back on the raft, only to slip and fall back into the lake.
"Happy April Fools' fuckface!" Ryuji shouted back, causing the other six with him to laugh. The group take off running before Kamoshida has a chance to get his bearings straight and go after them.
(End Music)
Prank #9: Like Nails on a Chalkboard
In the Kitagawa Residence, Haru and Yusuke's daughters, Mana and Mitsu are seen walking toward's Mitsu's room.
"What did you want to show me, sis?" Mana asked.
"I just want to listen to this song I made for Minato," Mitsu answered, "Tell me if you think he'd like it."
The twins finally make it to Mitsu's room, and Mitsu wasted no time in opening up her violin case and bringing out her instrument. Mana sits down with an enthused look on her face as Mitsu begins to play. But when she started playing her violin, it sounded horribly out of key. Every note she played was beyond sour, and even the neighbor's cat outside (Not Morgana) started to yowl in annoyance. Meanwhile, Mana was watching with a big grin on her face, but Mitsu was too taken aback by her violin's awful sound that she didn't even notice.
"What's wrong with this thing?" Mitsu wondered as she stopped playing to investigate her instrument. Suddenly, she heard Mana begin to laugh and she looked in her direction.
"April Fools', sis!" Mana laughed.
"Oh very funny," Mitsu pouted before she got a mischievous look on her face, "While I retune my violin, don't you have a painting you have to finish for Minato? Why don't you work on that for a little bit."
"Alright," Mana said as she walked across the hall to her own room. When she got there, she went to her easel and reached for where she put her lucky paint brush…only to find that it's gone.
"Where'd my lucky paintbrush go?" Mana cried as she searched her entire room for the coveted painting utensil. She looked under furniture, inside her closet and drawers, but couldn't find her lucky paintbrush. That is until Mitsu appeared in Mana's door way and whistled over to her.
"Looking for this?" Mitsu said as she held up a pink, glittery paintbrush, "April Fools!"
"I guess I had that coming after I messed with your violin," Mana said as her sister handed her her paintbrush back.
"I guess now we're considered even," Mitsu said with a victorious smile.
"Yeah, I guess," Mana said with a shrug.
Prank #10: The Blindfold Race
The Mishima family managed to round up the likes of Daisuke, Ryuji, Makoto, Himari, Mana, Kas, Sumire, and Ichiro. The family of four blindfolded the group of eight before taking them to a pathway that they assumed was clear. Futaba told this group that they'd compete in a blindfold race and the first person to make it to the end would win 14,200 yen ($100). What she didn't say was that the pathway would be cluttered with all kinds of obstacles that they'd never see coming.
Futaba stood at the startling line with the blindfold group as Mishima was next to her holding the starting gun. Their children, Riku and Mai, were on the sidelines ready to watch the race.
"I can't watch this," Mai said, covering her face, knowing that her girlfriend Kas was competing in the race.
"Hope Nariko isn't too mad that Uncle Daisuke is competing in this," Riku worried.
"Okay, racers," Futaba began, "When Mishima fires the gun, you'll run straight ahead as fast as you can. First one to cross the finish line wins the loot. Ready. Set. GO!"
(BGM: 'People Who Died' by Jim Carroll Band)
The eight blindfolded racers broke into a full sprint as Mishima fired the starting gun, the finish line and the 14,200 yen on their minds. Almost immediately they ran into the obstacles that the Mishimas had laid out for them.
Daisuke tripped over a lawn chair before getting up and continuing to run, only to slip on a toy fire truck.
Sumire was doing great until she stepped on the end of a rake, causing the handle to fly up and hit her in the face.
Both Ryuji and Makoto slipped and fell multiple times when they ran over some marbles. When Ryuji finally got up, he ended up running the wrong way and Mishima had to turn him around, only for him to run back over the same marbles he got up from.
Ichiro, after tripping and falling repeatedly over some tires, crashed right into a port-a-potty, and the impact was so great that it tipped over with him still inside it, and he climbed out covered in the chemicals…among other, grosser, things.
As Mana was running, she tripped over a traffic cone and ended up falling face first in a nearby garbage can.
Kas was running with her hands out in front of her the whole time, but that didn't help her when she stepped on a skateboard which caused her to lose her momentum and fall to the ground.
Himari, however, was a beast in this challenge. Everytime she tripped over an obstacle she was quick to get up. It didn't matter what the obstacle was, she brushed it off and kept on running. Eventually, she crossed the finish line first. Himari removed her blindfold to see the other seven racers struggling.
One after another, the other seven racers crossed the finish line. In order it was Makoto, Kas, Ichiro, Sumire, Daisuke, Ryuji, and finally Mana. When the race was over, everyone took their blindfolds off to address the Mishima Family who went over to Himari and presented her with her winnings.
"Great April Fools' Week race, everybody," Futaba said, "But the winner is Himari!"
Everyone applauded as Himari took a bow. She may have gotten banged up throughout this whole experience, but at least she emerged 14,200 yen richer.
(End song)
Prank #11: Nariko's Cheating?!
At the Watanabe Residence, there is a knock at the door. Kaito looks through the peephole to see that it was Riku Mishima. Kaito opens the front door to let him in. Riku was currently holding a bouquet of roses and he had his hair done nicely.
"Hey, Kaito," Riku said with a smile, "Is your sister home?"
"Yeah, Riku, she's upstairs," Kaito answered, "You look nice, what's the occasion?"
"I just came to pick Nariko up for our date tonight," Riku answered, "May I come in?"
"Sure," Kaito said, doing an excellent job at hiding a mischievous grin, "I'll take you to her."
After closing the door behind them, Kaito led Riku up the stairs to Nariko's room. When they made it outside her bedroom door, they heard what sounded like a bed creaking and Nariko giggling. Immediately, Riku got defensive.
"What the hell?" Riku asked as he opened the bedroom door to find his girlfriend in bed with what appeared to be another person.
Nariko turned around to face her boyfriend and her brother. She saw that Riku had a look of shock and disgust on his face, while Kaito was using all of his strength to keep himself from laughing out loud.
"Oh my God, Riku," Nariko exclaimed.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Riku shouted, "Nariko, are you cheating on me?!"
"It's not what you think!" Nariko replied.
"What are you laying on top of then?" Riku asked as he marched over to Nariko's bed. He looked to see who was underneath Nariko to find that it wasn't a person…but rather a body pillow. Riku looked puzzled before…
"APRIL FOOLS'!" Nariko and Kaito shouted together.
"Wait, so you're not cheating on me?" Riku asked.
"Of course not," Nariko said, "I could never cheat on you, babe. Don't you know how happy you make me?"
"This prank was actually my idea," Kaito chimed in, "I had this body pillow just laying around in my closet and I thought it would be a good idea for Nariko to get in bed with it so we could trick you into thinking she was cheating on you."
"Heh, well played you two," Riku said with a smirk, "Well played."
Prank #12: The Less Tender Stench of a Soft Butt
While Ren was wiping down the counters in his kitchen, his wife Ann entered. She had an idea for a prank, and she'd need his help.
"Hey, sweetie, I have a favor to ask of you," Ann asked.
"Sure, let's hear it," Ren said as he turned to face his wife.
"I want to know if you can cook up a lentil soup for me," Ann said.
"Whatever you need, love," Ren said as he got out some soup ingredients, "Can I ask who this prank is for?"
"You'll see," Ann said with a smile.
A few minutes later Ren had Ann's soup hot and ready. She wasted no time in wolfing it down. As soon as her bowl was empty she went over to the living room and laid down on the floor on her stomach, making sure that her head was resting on a pillow, before pretending to fall asleep. Ren poked his head around the corner to see what his wife had planned.
Not long after that, Morgana came by and saw Ann 'sound asleep' on the floor. Seeing an opportunity to get close to her, Morgana crept up to the woman and perched himself up on her rump. The black cat curled up atop her butt and let out a satisfied purr.
"The tender touch of a soft butt," Morgana sighed.
Morgana was just about ready to take a nap on top of Ann's butt, unaware that she felt his presence. Right when the cat's eyes were about to close, Ann tightened her stomach muscles and then…
BRAAAAAAAAP!
Ann had cut an awful fart as Morgana was resting on her. All it took was one whiff for Morgana to hop off of Ann, gagging and choking all the while. Ren saw all of this unfold and he burst out laughing just as Ann sat up to do the same.
"Sick! You're sick!" Morgana gagged.
"April Fools', Morgana!" Ann chuckled.
"There is nothing funny about that, Lady Ann, that is disgusting!" Morgana whined as he walked out the room, "Don't even talk to me."
As Morgana made his leave, Ren, not at all deterred by the stench of Ann's gas, joined his wife in the living room so they could laugh together.
"Ann, that was great," Ren said, wiping a tear from his eye.
"Is that tear from my gas or from you laughing so hard?" Ann asked.
All Ren could say in reply was, "Yes."
Prank #13: Seven Minutes in Hell
Speaking of horrible stenches, Mai had a prank planned with Kas' name on it. Mai was only against pranking Kas if it resulted in her getting physically harmed, like with the blindfold race. In this prank, her life or her body wasn't in any danger…but her nostrils were about to be.
Mai had to wait until she was the only one home so she could invite Kas over. Once her parents and Riku were out of the house, Mai called Kas over, and then went up to her room to grab a can of Surrströmming.
"This is going to be too good," Mai chuckled to herself.
A few minutes later, Kas arrived and both she and Mai wasted no time in locking lips.
"So, is my little love bug ready to fool around a little bit?" Kas asked naughtily.
"You bet I am," Mai said, secretly hiding the can of surrströming in her back pocket, "But, if it's okay with you, can we fool around somewhere different? Maybe, the closet?"
"I like the way you think, Mai," Kas smiled.
Eagerly, Kas opened the closet door and went inside. But to her surprise, Mai seemed hesitant.
"What are you waiting for, Mai," Kas asked as Mai slowly took the surströmming can out from her back pocket, "What's that in your hands?"
Mai didn't bother giving her girlfriend an answer. She just swiftly opened up the can and threw it in the closet before shutting the closet door, placing a nearby chair under the door knob to lock Kas in. The next thing Mai heard was Kas' gags and screams from inside the closet.
"What is this!?" Kas screamed as she struggled to break out of the closet, "What is that smell!? What did you put in here!? Let me out!"
Mai laughed her head off for almost two minutes before finally letting Kas out of the closet. When she did, Kas practically collapsed on the floor gasping for air. Mai looked at Kas as she stood up on her feet and shot a glare at her.
"That's not funny, Mai," pouted Kas, "I don't even feel like fooling around with you anymore."
Without saying anything else, Kas stomped out of the front door. Five seconds later, Kas came back saying, "Yes I do," before pulling Mai into another lip lock. The two of them then ran up to Mai's bedroom and put up a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the doorknob before closing and locking it.
Prank #14: Himari's Pregnant?!
With a brilliant prank in mind that involves pranking both her parents and her boyfriend Hotaru and his parents, Himari enters the living room of the Sakamoto Residence where her parents were snuggled on the couch watching Makoto's favorite show, Harlem Six-Six (Brooklyn Nine-Nine). She approaches Ryuji and Makoto with her hands behind her back and a remorseful expression on her face.
"Hi, Himari, what's the matter, sweetie?" Makoto asked.
"There's something I need to tell you guys, but you have to promise you won't get mad at me," Himari said.
"Why, how bad is it?" Ryuji asked.
"Oh, it's so bad, dad," Himari responded, "It's literally the worst thing that could happen to someone like me. My life is over!"
"I think you're blowing things out of proportion," Makoto said.
In response to that, Himari reveals what she had behind her back and hands it to her parents. It was a positive pregnancy test.
"Himari!" Makoto exclaimed, "You're pregnant?!"
"I didn't mean for this to happen," Himari exclaimed, "Hotaru and I just got carried away a few nights ago, and the next thing we know, boom, bun in my oven!"
"Ho-Hotaru did this to you?" Ryuji asked calmly before getting up from the couch, "Come with me, Himari."
"Uh, okay," Himari said, beginning to worry her prank may have gone too far.
A few minutes later Ryuji and Himari pulled up in front of the Yajima Residence. They both got out of the car and Himari followed her father to the trunk.
"Dad, what are we doing here?" Himari asked.
"I'm just gonna talk to him," Ryuji answered as he took an aluminum baseball bat out from the trunk before walking up to the front door.
"Dad, why do you have a bat?!" Himari fearfully asked.
"I'm just gonna talk to him," Ryuji calmly answered as he and Himari inched closer to the front door.
"Dad, this is insane!" Himari shouted, "Put the bat down! What is this going to achieve?!"
"I'm just gonna talk to him. I'm just gonna talk to him. I'm just gonna talk to him," Ryuji kept saying as he rang the doorbell, "I'm just gonna beat him. I'm just gonna talk to him."
"It was an accident," Himari retorted, "You can't beat him!"
Hayato and Hifumi answered the door to find Ryuji and Himari there.
"Hey, Ryuji, what's with the bat?" Hayato asked.
"Where's your son," Ryuji asked angrily.
"Why, what did he do?" Hifumi asked.
"Apparently he can't keep his business in his pants because he got my Himari pregnant!" Ryuji shouted.
"WHAT?!" Hayato and Hifumi exclaimed.
"Hotaru! Come down here now!" Hifumi shouted, causing her son to come downstairs, "So you knocked up Himari?"
"What?!" Hotaru exclaimed, "I mean…uh…you see…I….what?!"
"Don't try and deny it, boy, Himari showed us the pregnancy test," Ryuji said.
"No, listen," Hotaru pleaded, "We were careful! I swore we used protection, and I know for a fact that Himari's on the pill!"
"And why should we believe that?" Ryuji asked.
"Because it's just a prank!" Himari shouted, causing everyone to turn in her direction, "What I showed you was a fake pregnancy test. I thought I'd pull a prank on all of you by pretending I was pregnant. If I would've known this would be the reaction I'd get from you all, though, I never would've done it."
Ryuji, Hotaru, Hayato, and Hifumi looked at Himari in a mixture of shock, anger, and relief. Nevertheless, Hifumi got a real pregnancy test from the medicine cabinet and gave it to Himari, just to make sure she wasn't lying. The teen girl emerged from the bathroom a few minutes later with a negative pregnancy test, meaning she was telling the truth and she wasn't pregnant.
After apologizing to the Yajimas, Ryuji and Himari got back in their car and drove off for home. At the end of the day, Himari learned that there are certain things you don't joke about, with pregnancy being somewhere near the top of the list.
Prank #15: Something Stinks
At the Kitagawa Residence, Yusuke and Minato are seen talking in the living room. Yusuke was the father of Minato's girlfriends after all, and both of them decided to have a chat so they can know each other better. In the middle of their pow-wow, however, Yusuke looked out of the corner of his eye to see that Haru, Mana, and Mitsu had returned from a day of shopping, and the two men decided to help the girls with unloading the bags from the car.
Once all of the bags were out of the car and in the house, Haru walked up to Yusuke and Minato holding a blue paper bag.
"What's in the bag, darling?" Yusuke asked his wife.
"The girls and I stopped by the cologne department at Tracy's (Macy's) and bought you a bottle," Haru said as she reached in the bag and gave her husband a cologne bottle.
"Hey, thanks," Yusuke smiled.
"We bought you a bottle too, Minato," Haru said as she gave the eldest Amamiya child a bottle of his own.
"Cool," Minato said, "Thank you, so much."
"Why don't you two try it on?" Mitsu said.
Yusuke and Minato listened to Mitsu and decided to spray their cologne on themselves. A few sprays later and the two men detected an awful smell, and almost immediately they knew it was the cologne. They turned to the three women before them, all three of them sporting toothy grins.
"Not trying to sound ungrateful here, Haru, but this cologne smells horrible," Yusuke said.
"What is this stuff?" Minato chimed in, gagging on the stench.
"Liquid ass," Mana boasted.
"You put diarrhea in these cologne bottles?!" Minato exclaimed in disgust.
"No, liquid ass," Haru said, "A joke liquid with an awful smell. We bought the least expensive bottles of cologne at the mall, emptied them out, then stopped by the joke shop to purchase the liquid ass, and poured the contents in the bottles."
"In other words, April Fools'!" Mitsu laughed.
"I only pray that this liquid ass comes out in the wash," Yusuke said.
"You and me both, Uncle Yusuke," Minato replied.
Prank #16: Eye Don't Believe It
One night, Kaito was seen in his room looking through his telescope, admiring the constellations. He let out an amazed sigh as he eyed the celestial objects through his telescope. Suddenly, he felt his stomach begin to gurgle, meaning he had to use the bathroom. So, he naturally left his room to relieve himself.
Somehow, Kimiko had snuck into Kaito's room and came out of hiding from his closet. In her possession she had a thing of black ink. Before Kaito got back, she ran up to the telescope and put some black ink around the eyepiece. As soon as she heard footsteps, she went right back into the closet.
Kaito returned from using the bathroom and continued looking through his telescope, unaware of what Kimiko had done to it, and even more unaware that Kimiko was in his closet at this very moment. At one point, Kaito thought he heard someone giggle, causing him to look up from his telescope. When he did, he had a big circle of black ink around his eye. Unaware of the ink on his face, Kaito looked around and shrugged his shoulders before going back to looking through his telescope.
Prank #17: Baked Bads
Hayato and Hifumi are seen looking through the Amamiya's front window. They see Ren, Ann, Minato, and Kimiko sitting in the living room watching a movie. Morgana is seen sitting in Kimiko's lap.
"We're about to prank a whole family, Hifumi," Hayato said with worry, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
"We've been getting pranked all week," Hifumi answered, "Now it's our turn! Do you have the goods?"
"Yeah, they're right here," Hayato said as he held up a tray full of brownies.
"Great, I'll ring the doorbell," Hifumi said as she walked over to the front door and rang the doorbell causing Ren to stop the movie to go over to the front door and answer it. He opened the door to find Hayato and Hifumi standing there.
"Hayato, Hifumi, what brings you guys here?" Ren asked as he invited the two Yajimas into the house.
"Well, Hifumi and I heard you two were having a movie night, and we thought to ourselves, what's a perfect snack to have while watching a movie?" Hayato began.
"Popcorn," Minato replied bluntly.
"And what do you want to have with popcorn?" Hifumi asked.
"Something to drink?" Kimiko replied bluntly.
"How about something sweet?" Hayato continued before holding up the tray, "Something like brownies!"
Immediately, Ren, Ann, Minato, and Kimiko smiled as they gathered around the sweet-giving couple.
"Take as many as you'd like, guys," Hayato said, "There's plenty to go around."
The four Amamiyas each took a brownie and they gobbled their treat down in just a few bites. They ate their chocolate confections with joy as Hayato and especially Hifumi watched with a wicked smile.
"Mmm, these brownies are out of this world, guys," Minato said.
"These brownies are some of the best I've ever eaten," Ann chimed in.
"Well, Hifumi and I used a very special ingredient when making them," Hayato said, "Honey, would you like to tell them what we used?"
"Gladly," Hifumi replied as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a small box, "Chocolate ex-lax!"
In an instant, the four Amamiya's happiness soon turned into fear and dread as they realized what they had just put into their bodies.
"They…they just poisoned us, guys!" Minato panicked, "It's April Fool's Week, we should've known better!"
"No, no, no, no," Ann said, trying to keep calm, "I don't think they did anything to those brownies."
"Yeah, they're clearly messing with us," Ren said, "I don't feel any-OH!"
"AH!" Groned Kimiko.
"Hnng!" Winced Ann.
"AUGH!" Screamed Minato, "I NEED A BATHROOM!"
The four Amamiyas practically fought each other to get to the downstairs bathroom, which Ann ended up taking. Then, the remaining three fought for the upstairs bathroom, which Kimiko ended up taking. Ren ended up grabbing a bucket and a roll of toilet paper before sprinting to the backyard while Minato did his business in Morgana's litter box. And Hayato and Hifumi were howling with laughter all the while as Morgana stared at the two of them with disapproval.
"Come on, it was a prank," Hifumi said to the cat, "Lighten up, will you?"
"I know they're 'lightening up' if you know what I mean?" Hayato said to his wife, causing the two of them to laugh even harder.
Morgana just stared at the guffawing couple and shook his head, "Idiots," he thought to himself.
Prank #18: Snake in the Grass
Haru had invited Sumire over one afternoon so she could show her her flower garden. Little did the red-haired gymnast know, both she and Haru's husband Yusuke were about to get pranked.
As Haru led her through her garden, Sumire noticed the tail of a snake hiding in the bushes, causing her to let out a loud scream and hide behind Haru.
"Sumire, what's wrong?" Haru asked, feigning innocence.
"S-Snake," Sumire cowered, "There's a snake in that bush over there!"
Haru looked at the bush Sumire pointed at and she pretended to be as scared as her.
"Y-Yusuke, help!" Haru shouted.
Yusuke came running out to the garden to see his wife and her friend quivering in fear.
"What's wrong?" Yusuke asked.
"Snake…in the bushes," Sumire said on the verge of fearful tears.
Yusuke crept up to the 'snake' in the bush to see if it would make a move…it did not. The blue haired man grabbed the 'snake' by the tail, and lifted it up to see that it was just a stuffed snake. When she saw that the snake wasn't real, Sumire calmed down and both she and Yusuke looked over at Haru, who started laughing.
"April Fools'!" Haru said.
"That wasn't funny, Haru," Sumire pouted, "You know I'm afraid of snakes. Why would you do that?!"
"Oh, Sumire," Haru began, "On April Fools' Week there are no rules."
"Don't make me leave you for Joaquin," Yusuke teased, causing Haru to fall silent and pout at her husband.
In response to that statement, Sumire just shrugged her shoulders, unsure of what Yusuke was talking about.
Prank #19: R.I.P Sojiro
Outside Takemi's Clinic, Ren stood waiting. When he saw a group of four that turned out to be the Mishimas running towards him, the raven haired man did his best to put on a sad face.
"Ren, is it true," Futaba asked sadly, "Is…Is Sojiro…"
"Yes, Futaba," Ren said remorsefully, "He's gone."
Mishima, Riku, Mai, and especially Futaba all looked devastated as they believed that Sojiro, Futaba's guardian, owner of Cafe Leblanc, and a very close friend to the group had kicked the bucket.
"Did Dr. Takemi say how he died?" Asked Mishima.
"She said it was natural causes," Ren answered, "He's in there right now if you want to say your goodbyes. Follow me."
Ren led the Mishima family into the clinic where they saw Dr. Takemi standing next to the bed that had the 'lifeless' Sojiro laying upon it. Futaba led her husband and children over to the bed so they could give him a proper goodbye.
"You first, Futaba," Mishima said, "I know how much he meant to you."
Futaba got close to Sojiro as he lay there 'unconscious'. She started to stroke his hair as tears rolled down her face.
"Oh, Sojiro," mourned Futaba, "You're one of the greatest people I've ever met. Willing to take me in and put up with whatever nonsense me, my friends, or my family threw your way. You had the patience of a saint, and you always had a big heart that knew how to love. There's no denying that you've moved on to a better place, and I can't wait to see you again."
Futaba wiped tears from her eyes as she gave Sojiro a kiss on the cheek.
"Bye, dad," Futaba added before staring at Sojiro for a few more seconds before…
"APRIL FOOLS!' Sojiro said, suddenly springing to life and scaring Futaba and her family.
"It's the zombie apocalypse! It's started already!" Mishima screamed.
"No, Mishima, calm down," Ren said, "It's just a prank! It was my idea!"
"You thought faking Sojiro's death would be a funny idea for a prank?!" Futaba shouted, "That's just so messed up, Ren, you have no idea!"
"April Fools' Week, Futaba," Ren said, "All is fair in love and prank war."
"And you two, how could you go along with this?!" Futaba demanded, turning to Sojiro and Dr. Takemi.
"He paid me handsomely to play along," Sojiro answered.
"And you know me, I love a good dark joke," Takemi replied.
"Oh, fuck off," Futaba pouted, "All of you fuck aaaalllllll the way off!"
Ren, Sojiro, and Takemi continued laughing at the darkest joke of the week so far as Mishima, Mai, and Riku hugged Futaba as a means to comfort her.
Final Prank: The Vomitron
In this final prank, all 26 participants, with the exception of Futaba as she's nowhere to be found, are seen in an open field. Everyone except Ryuji, Makoto, Shiho, Daisuke, Ichiro, Sumire, and Yusuke, are wearing army uniforms. Ryuji is dressed in all red clothes, Makoto in all yellow, Shiho in orange, Daisuke in green, Ichiro in blue, Yusuke in indigo, and Sumire in violet. The group is standing in front of a large centrifuge with seven chairs on it.
"Alright, here's what's going to happen," Ren began, "You seven are going to get on that centrifuge over there and drink as much milk as you can. That centrifuge is going to start spinning, and the person who goes the longest without puking gets another 14,200 yen."
"I already don't trust this," Ichiro said, "The last time I competed in a competition for money I ran blindfolded into a port-a-potty."
"Don't worry, Ichiro, nothing like that is going to happen," Ren said, "I promise."
"Alright, if you say so," Ichiro said with a begrudged sigh.
With nothing else to say, Ryuji, Makoto, Sumire, Ichiro, Yusuke, Daisuke, and Shiho took their seats on the centrifuge. Once they were all strapped in, the group of seven started chugging their milk cartons as Mishima pulled a remote control out of his pocket and pressed a button which caused the centrifuge to start spinning. It started spinning faster and faster the more time went by, and the group was still trying to drink their milk.
"Go, go, go, go, go, go!" chanted Kas.
"Yeah, chug it!" Ann chimed in.
On the centrifuge, Shiho was the first one to vomit.
"Is mom already puking?" Kaito asked.
"Come on, Shiho," Hayato teased.
"I'm trying!" shouted Shiho as she tried to drink more milk, "I'm fucking trying!"
At this point, everyone but Shiho finished their milk and were trying not to barf it back up. The centrifuge picked up more speed as the likes of Ichiro and Yusuke were starting to get wound up. Not far from them, both Makoto and Ryuji threw up simultaneously, and it emitted a horrible odor.
"Gah, what the hell did you two eat?!" Daisuke shouted.
The smell was so bad, that Ichiro vomited his milk up next followed by his wife Sumire. As the ride continued, the remaining members of the group that were wearing army fatigues sprung into action.
"You guys, ready?" Ren asked.
"Let's do this shit!" said Himari in a badass tone.
Mishima pulled out a walkie-talkie and he said this into it, "Alright strike team, move it out!"
As soon as he said that, out of nowhere a series of army trucks came out of nowhere and surrounded the centrifuge as people dressed as army soldiers wielding paintball guns came pouring out of them. These soldiers are co-workers and close friends of the adults of the group in disguise.
"Oh shit!" Ryuji exclaimed upon noticing the army trucks, "What's happening now?!"
Ryuji, Makoto, Sumire, Ichiro, and Daisuke were beginning to legitimately panic, but Yusuke was trying to resist the urge to pass out from the spinning while Shiho was still trying to drink her milk, only to keep spitting it back up.
"Move it out, airforce!" Ren shouted to the eleven kids who were holding remote control for a series of RC Planes, "I want the perimeter bombed, damn it! Bomb these suckers into the stone age!"
The eleven kids piloted their RC planes over the centrifuge as it slowed down to a stop. They clicked a button on their remotes causing some paint balloons to drop from them and onto the seven dizzy adults.
"Augh, for real?!" Ryuji shouted in disgust.
Not far from them, Mishima pulled out his remote control again and pushed another button that caused a series of small explosions to go off around the area, scaring the group of seven on the centrifuge even more.
"What the fuck!? What the fuck?! What the fuck?!" Shiho exclaimed as Yusuke finally threw up.
(BGM: Where Eagles Dare by The Misfits)
When the smoke from the explosives cleared, the group of seven noticed the group of 'military soldiers' surrounding the centrifuge as well as the paintball guns they had aimed right at them.
"Uh-oh!" exclaimed Makoto.
"It's paintball time!" worried Ichiro.
"FIRE!" Ren shouted as the group of soldiers fired a barrage of paintballs at the group of seven.
The group on the centrifuge screamed and laughed as paintballs got shot at them from every which way, hitting them on just about every part of their bodies. One paintball got shot right into Sumire's mouth, causing her to gag in pain.
As the paintballs kept coming, the group unbuckled themselves from the centrifuge and started running for their lives. The only person who couldn't escape was Daisuke, and that was because he was having trouble with the buckle keeping him in his seat. Paintballs kept hitting the other six as they ran around like chickens with their heads cut off. At one point, Haru and Mitsu came up to Yusuke, holding a stretcher.
"Get on the stretcher dad, we'll help you!" Mitsu cried as Yusuke got on the stretcher.
Even as his wife and daughter carried him away, paintballs were still getting fired at Yusuke.
Shiho noticed that her husband was still stuck in the centrifuge and getting pelted with paintballs, so she went back to go save him.
"Help me!" cried Daisuke, "I can't get out!"
"I'm coming, baby!" Shiho exclaimed as she rushed to his rescue.
As paintballs hit both her and Daisuke, Shiho managed to free her husband from the straps and buckles of his seat, and the two of them ran away together.
"Singin' in the rain! I'm singin' in the rain!" Sang Mana as she fired her own paintball gun, "What a glorious feeling! I'm happy again!"
"I love the smell of paintballs in the morning!" Ren exclaimed as he watched the chaos unfold before him.
As everyone was running around either shooting paintballs or trying not to get shot, Futaba finally made an appearance. She came over the hills driving a mini tank, laughing like a maniac. As soon as the orange haired gamer girl got close to the group, she pressed a button and fired a barrage of small rubber balls that pelted Ryuji, Makoto, Sumire, Ichiro, Shiho, and Daisuke hard as they ran. Some of the other members of the group had to duck and take cover so they didn't get hit with Futaba's balls as well.
At one point, Sumire tried to get Futaba out of the tank to stop her assault, but she was only met with a series of paintballs that hit her right in the back, causing her to jump off of the tank.
Once all of the paintballs and rubber balls were used up, the prank was officially over as the group of 26 regrouped.
(End music)
"That sucked," Makoto panted, "That sucked worse than anything I've had to go through in my goddamn life."
"Look on the brightside, babe," Ryuji said, "At least it's over now."
"Yes, it's over," Ren smiled, "This prank is over, and so is this April Fool's Week."
"And thank God for that," Ichiro said with an angry expression on his face, causing everyone to laugh at him.
"Look at this," Daisuke said as he took of his shirt, revealing that his torso is covered in bruises from both the paintballs and Futaba's rubber balls.
"Aw, my poor honey," Shiho said with tears in her eyes as she hugged her husband, "It's okay, I'll make it all better when we get home. Bath, a warm meal, nookie, you name it and I'll get it for you."
"Thanks, Shiho," Daisuke smiled before he finally felt the milk come up on him and he threw up on the ground, much to everyone's amusement and disgust.
"Well, that's a wrap on this April Fool's Week," Minato said satisfied.
"Not quite," Mishima said as he pulled out his remote control one more time and pushed another button.
KABOOM!
Pressing that button made the centrifuge blow up.
"Just wanted to go out with a bang," Mishima smiled.
"Thank God no one was on that thing," Sumire said as she and the rest of the group watched the remains of the centrifuge burn.
Suddenly, Ann started to look around worried, "Uh, guys, where's Morgana?" she said.
"Oh no," Ren said before turning to the blown up centrifuge, "You don't think he…"
Before Ren could finish that sentence, Morgana appeared out of nowhere and leapt up on Ren's back, scaring him and causing the rest of the group to howl with laughter. Ren, being a good sport, decided to laugh along with everyone else.
All in all, this April Fool's Week was a week to remember. Some people may look at this group of 14 adults, 11 teens, and one cat and think that they're insane, immature, obnoxious, or some combination of the three, but that was just fine with them. They didn't need anyone else because they had each other…for better or for worse.