Easter Bunny Aruru Otsuki/Bond Story

*Aruru prepared plenty of the eggs needed for the fun Easter festivities. The colorfully painted eggs in her hands can be seen as a symbol of spring itself.*

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Bond Level 15 Talk
* Bond Level 30 Talk

Seeking the Eggs of Happiness

 **Aruru:**Hey, Misora! Ooh, I'm so excited to go Easter shopping!

 **Misora:**Maybe a little too excited, Aruru. But hey, I guess I'm looking forward to it, myself.

 **Aruru:**I can't wait to paint eggs with bright colors and pretty little designs.

 **Aruru:**Easter eggs are so beautiful and colorful. Just looking at them makes me so happy!

 **Misora:**I hear you. When they've got those really detailed designs, they almost look like little treasures.

 **Aruru:**Yeah! I wanna do my best to make some gorgeous eggs!

 **Aruru:**Oh, but... What do you do with the eggs afterwards?

 **Misora:**What do you mean?

 **Aruru:**It'd be a shame to crack it open after it's all painted and pretty. But if you don't open it, the inside will eventually go bad.

 **Misora:** We're not going to be using real eggs, so that's not really a problem for us. But yeah, I was wondering that myself.

 **Misora:**Apparently there are two types of Easter eggs: hard-boiled, and ones that are just shells that have been emptied out.

 **Misora:**For the emptied shells, first you use a needle to poke tiny holes in the top and bottom of the egg, and then you use the needle to mix the contents inside.

 **Aruru:**Oho! Scrambled eggs! Wait, no. Beaten eggs!

 **Misora:**And then you put your mouth up to one of the holes and you blow the insides out!

 **Aruru:**That sounds fun!

 **Misora:**Once the shell is emptied, you rinse out the insides with water, and then you can go ahead and color it.

 **Aruru:**I see. So that way you can keep the egg without having to break it open and eat it!

 **Aruru:**Oh, but what do you do with the beaten egg that you've blown out?

 **Misora:**Huh?

 **Misora:**I mean, you could use it to cook with, I guess?

 **Aruru:**So it IS like scrambled eggs! Oh, or you could use it to make an omelette or some custard!

 **Aruru:**Speaking of which , where'd you learn all this from? Shizuha-chan?

 **Misora:**No, since we're planning this little event, I went and looked it up. It'll be more fun if we know more about it, right?

 **Aruru:**Way to go, Misora! I'm just sure out egg hunt is going to o off great!

 **Misora:**Well, this time we're using egg-shaped capsules to work with our plan...

 **Misora:**It doesn't matter if they're real or fake, though! Let's make the egg hint a success!

 **Aruru:**Yeah! Besides, I always have good luck, but if I'm with you, it gets even better!

 **Misora:**Oh yeah?

 **Aruru:**Yeah! I've got "good fortune" on my own, but when you're with me, it becomes "super amazing fortune"!

 **Misora:**Heheh. I see. Guess I'll take your word for it. I mean, I want this egg hunt to go well, after all.

 **Aruru:**Right. And if I believe it, and you believe too, then that'll double the effect!

 **Misora:**Is it a problem if this is sounding less and less believable?

 **Aruru:**What!? It sounds totally believable! You want to be happy too, right, Misora? Just trust me!

 **Misora:**Even the way you're saying it sounds fishy...

 **Aruru:**It does not!

The World Through Aruru's Eyes

 **Lalafin:**Our game of sugoroku is in its final stages! Your turn, Aruru!

 **Aruru:**Okay, let's spin the wheel...

 **Aruru:**One, two, three, four...Aha, I made it to the goal!

 **Shizuha:**That's amazing, Aruru-chan. You were in last place until just a little while ago.

 **Lalafin:**And since the first person to make it gets bonus points, then... Hmmm...

 **Shizuha:**That's five extra points. Aruru comes from behind for the win.

 **Aruru:**Yay! I'm not quite sure how that happened, but yay!

 **Misora:**Well, that's Aruru for you. Even though she was rolling nothing bt ones for a while there.

 **Tsukasa:**She got teleported to weird places and got caught up in other people's bad luck, too. How was she able to win?

 **Aruru:**Remember what Shizuha-chan said before we started?

 **Aruru:**What makes this game fun is that anyone can always come back to win, no matter how bad the situation.

 **Aruru:**So I was just having fun playing and watching all the things that were happening, and I won!

 **Misora:**It's always like this with Aruru. No matter how bad the situation, she finds the strength to have fun with it.

 **Lalafin:**Yeah, I think I get it.

 **Tsukasa:**Maybe the secret to making a comeback victory is not caring if you win or not.

 **Aruru:**Hey, let's play cards next!

 **Tsukasa:**Cards sounds fun! Maybe Old Maid, or Fan-Tan?

 **Shizuha:**We already played those, though. What other fun games might there be?

 **Misora:**How about we play Concentration?

 **Lalafin:**Concentration, you say!?

 **Misora:**Huh?

 **Tsukasa:**Proposing a game of Concentration when Shizuha is around... Unbelievable! Inconceivable!

 **Shizuha:**Why are you two talking like that?

 **Aruru:**Wait, hold on. Is Shizuha-chan good at Concentration or something?

 **Lalafin:**"Good" does not begin to describe it. Only destruction is left in her wake when she plays.

 **Tsukasa:**Yes... She shows no mercy.

 **Shizuha:**Well, it's a game, so I shouldn't try to take it easy on people, right?

 **Lalafin:**The horror... The terror...

 **Lalafin:**But very well. Let us give these youngsters a taste of what playing Concentration against Shizuha is like. Shall we begin?

 **Misora:**I'm kind of scared now.

 **Aruru:**Misora, let's win this! Shizuha-chan, we challenge you!

 **Shizuha:**You're on, Aruru-chan.

 **Shizuha:**A seven? Lalafin flipped that over before. Next, the nines are here next to each other. And then...

 **Misora:**Whoa, her memory is amazing!

 **Shizuha:**And then I take the final two cards.

 **Lalafin:**Game! And the winner by a mile is Shizuha

 **Aruru:**I did it!

 **Tsukasa:**What!?

 **Misora:**Aruru, you just lost.

 **Aruru:**Look, look! I got all my numbers in a row!

 **Misora:**Numbers? Huh? Tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings, Aces... The cards you took were sequential?

 **Tsukasa:**If this were poker, that would be two Royal Flushes she has right there.

 **Lalafin:**Wait, were you trying to do that, Aruru!?

 **Aruru:**Huh? What's a Royal Flush?

 **Shizuha:**You...had not idea, did you?

 **Misora:**I don't think Aruru has ever played poker.

 **Shizuha:**I feel like I lost even though I won. I guess in some sense, nobody is a match for Aruru.

 **Aruru:**I don't know, I'm just happy I got a bunch of cool-looking cards.

 **Misora:**That's not the point of the game though...

 **Tsukasa:**Maybe Aruru-chan could beat Shizuha if we played poker...

 **Aruru:**We've stuffed these eggs full of happiness!

 **Aruru:**I made some Easter-themed treats for everyone, but they all wandered off somewhere.

 **Aruru:**So it's lucky that I ran into you! I can't possibly eat all these by myself. Here, have some!

 **Aruru:**Well? How is it? Too tasty for words? Whoa, you're not looking so good right now. Are you-- Hey, where are you going!?