It had only been the third day and most of the teens had been exhausted from taking care of Prism while in a feral state. It was bad enough they had to keep this on the down low, but taking care of her while in a feral state was the equivalent of taking care of a baby.
In fact, it had been eerily similar to how a baby acts.
Not only was she teething, but she also cried whenever she wanted food, and they didn't want to get started when it came to her other business. Needless to say each of them had their fair share of stories to tell, that is if Asta and Feodora could have their chance to tell it.
Thankfully, they had the Black Bulls Base to themselves as Feodora and Noelle had been trying to get Prism to sit still in the girls' side of the baths.
It didn't help that she was growling the whole time as they had been scrubbing her hair that had clouds of soap.
Noelle had told her in a scolding manner, "Now now, hold still!"
Prism growled at Noelle while Feodora got her to hold still as she tried to get out of the bath, "Hey! I know you hate this--But if you didn't spill your smoothie all over ya then this wouldn't have happened."
Noelle added, "That's right, along with today's breakfast fiasco or food fight when Barbados and Karasu tried to feed you it's important to have good hygiene especially if you're--"
They soon heard a knock on the door making them jump. Pluck's voice soon came through the door, "Hey, are you two idiots done?"
"DO YOU MIND STUCK UP?!" Feodora yelled, "WE'RE TRYING TO BATHE HER IN HERE!!"
Pluck shouted through the door, "You haven't even finished?! You've been in there for over an hour!"
"YOU TRY KEEPING A FERAL GIRL STILL WHILE WASHING HER--" Feodora started to yell before Pluck cut her off.
"OKAY TMI!" Pluck said before he told his duck. "Addi, help the stupid hairball and stupid pigtails."
"Quack!" Addeline said as she went inside.
Outside the door, Asta had approached Pluck just as he let Addeline in without peeking in; Adrien sat by the door as he was waiting for Prism. "I got her clothes cleaned up!" Asta said, "Are they having any luck?"
Pluck replied with a sigh, "Nope."
"I figured--" He said, "--It's a REAL good thing the others are away on missions and errands right now."
Pluck said, hitting his head on the wall, "Yeah while we're on babysitting duty. Not that I mind but why Prism?"
"Wait, you don't like babysitting?" Asta asked, confused, setting the clothes on Adrien (Not that he minded), "But you have younger siblings, right? You must look after them a lot don't you? I don't see what the big deal i--OWOWOWOW!!!"
Asta started to shriek in pain as Pluck pinched his cheeks before he said "That was a different case, it was nothing like Dummy girl's condition!"
"Hey!" They heard Karasu yell down the hall, "The Cap wants extra hands in the kitchen!"
Pluck sighed as she said, "hang tight!" he made a dash to the kitchen leaving Asta behind. "Ow--That really hurts." Asta said, rubbing his cheeks.
"He needs you too, so come on." Karasu said before dragging him.
"HUH!?" Asta exclaimed as he was trying to get free from his grip.
They soon found themselves in the kitchen only to find there had been several sacks of fruit on the table which Pluck and Asta had been in complete shock by.
"There's--So many berries…" Asta said, plainly shocked.
Pluck said as his body shook a little, "I lost track of how many after 150.."
Yami had told them, "Oh perfect right on time, I'll need your help to make a smoothie out of all these fruits. Two people can't do it alone."
"YOU WANT US TO SQUEEZE ALL OF THESE?!" Pluck shouted.
"Uh--" Asta said as he raised his hand, "--I don't exactly know how to make smoothies."
"Simple." Yami said, "use your feet."
"Our feet?" Asta said, confused.
"Yeah--" Karasu said gesturing to a large tub filled with berries, "--You squish the berries by stomping on them till they're liquid. Then we add in the ingredients."
"Oh, well that doesn't sound too hard!" Asta said with a smile as he went to take off his boots.
"You'd think that but--" He started to say, "--Afterwards you get the seeds stuck on you and basically have sticky feet for weeks. And with this amount of berries we're gonna be feeling it for awhile."
Asta's jaw dropped slightly, "O-Oh--That is pretty bad…"
Pluck's face paled before it changed to annoyed as he said "I'll do something else then."
Before Pluck could leave the room, Yami grabbed a hold of his head and he paled even more. Yami said in a threatening tone of voice, "hey you care about your best friend right? It doesn't hurt to make a few sacrifices, now--GO!" He soon tossed Pluck right into the tub as he shrieked, making Asta and Karasu jump.
"Are you okay?!" Asta exclaimed.
Pluck replied as he removed himself, as he was stained with berries, "I'll live."
"Oh suck it up." Yami told him, "Would you rather let your best friend feed on you again?"
Pluck said to Yami with a grumble, "yeah no."
"Alright--" Karasu said as he jumped into the tub of berries, after removing his shoes again, and rolled his pants up to his knees, "--Let's get to stomping!"
"YEAH!" Asta shouted, jumping into the tub of berries after throwing off his boots and rolling up his pants to his knees, "LET'S DO THIS THING!!"
With a cry Asta started to run in place as he had been squishing the berries not caring if his clothes did get stained by the berry juices.
Pluck sighed as he said, "Enthusiastic as usual."
"Seriously, where do you get that energy?" Karasu said.
Yami had said with a laugh, "Ha! I like this guy already!"
"Well--" Karasu said, "--You're not gonna get the better of me!" Karasu soon started to run in place going at the same pace as Asta had been as he too let out a cry causing Pluck to jump.
Pluck looked at this as he soon shrugged, "If you can't beat them join them." He soon shouted as he ran in place while squashing the berries at a rapid pace making Asta and Karasu jump.
"HEY! NO FAIR!" Asta shoutred "You run faster than us!"
Pluck said as he was squashing berries. "Hey, you dragged me in this, might as well compete!"
"Fine then!" Karasu said, "Then the loser has to feed Yami's pets for the next seven weeks!"
"BRING IT ON!!" Asta shouted.
Pluck yelled with enthusiasm, "EAT MY DUST!"
Thus the three boy's started to compete while Yami just watched as he was entertained by this.
***
-One Match Later-
Feodora and Noelle had just finished up cleaning up Prism as they entered the kitchen with her following behind like she was a dog, though were a bit shocked to find Asta, Karasu and Pluck had been face planted on the floor as the tube of berries had been nothing more then liquid. Addeline had been fanning Pluck as the three of them were twitching slightly while letting out a groan.
"What the hell are you three doing?" Feodora asked them, giving a look.
"What's it look like?" Pluck asked.
"You all look like you've been in a battle." Noelle said awkwardly.
"For the record--" Karasu said as he groaned, "--I totally won that race."
"Uhh you forget who's the fastest runner out of all of us right?" Pluck retorted. "It's totally me."
"What about me?" Asta said, "I won that one…"
"You're all wrong, you're all lost." Yami said to them.
"HUH!?" Asta, Karasu, and Pluck shouted out of confusion.
"You're all tied." Yami said as he took a puff.
"HOW THE HELL IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!" Karasu yelled.
Pluck argued, "YEAH! I REMEMBER WINNING THAT ONE! MY LEGS WERE FASTER THAN THEM!"
Yami only shook his head before he told them, "Nope I remember the three of you were shouting really loud before you simultaneously knocked out."
"Ah damn it--!" Karasu shouted as hit his face on the floor.
"Aw man, I thought for sure I won that bet." Asta said.
"As for that bet." Yami said, "I guess you three will be feeding my babies then."
Pluck couldn't help but complain, "Damn it." He turned to Karasu. "You had to make that bet, do ya?!"
Yami grabbed his head as he said, "hey Sword Boy, you shorty and bad luck charm played a game, this is your prize."
Pluck said as he whimpered, "o-of course sir."
Prism soon climbed up onto the table as she was in a hurry to grab for the smoothie though was thwarted by Yami. "Easy there kid, I gotta enhance it first." He told her.
"But wait, didn't you say your mana hurts Prism?" Feodora asked.
Yami had replied, "Precisely why I'm not doing it, you kids are."
"Huh?" The group was a bit shocked.
Yami handed the bottle over to Feodora as he told her, "Ladies first."
Feodora sighed, "I really gotta do that huh?" Just as she reached to grab it, Prism did something they least expected; She took hold of her wrist just as her fingers were centimeters away from it. "Prism?" Asta said, shocked.
Prism let out a whimper as she pulled Feodora's hand away, practically hugging her arm now as they had only looked shocked. It was then she seemed to have put it together as the spirits looked just as distressed as she had been.
"You--Don't want to take my mana, do you?" Feodora said as Prism let out another whimper, "Are you worried about hurting me?"
As expected, Prism didn't respond with words; instead she could feel her grip tightened around it.
"Huh," Pluck said. "Seems like the captain's mana isn't the only one she doesn't want to take then."
"Maybe she knows she's her friend." Noelle said.
"No, that wouldn't make sense." Karasu said, "If she knew who her friends were in the first place then she wouldn't have attacked Pluck the other night."
Yami gave a sigh, "Guess not, Hey bad luck boy. You try."
Prism suddenly swiped at Karasu before he could reach for it as she started to growl again. "Not me either huh?" Karasu said, shocked.
"Okay so Feodora and Karasu are crossed off." Pluck said, "and Asta has no magic so that leaves--" he and Noelle turned to each other. "Welp, I'm gonna do it."
"What?!" Noielle exclaimed "Why not me?!"
"Uncontrollable magic, remember?" Pluck told her. "The last thing we need is her insides to scream in agony because of you."
Noelle gave him a pouting look as she said looking less than pleased, "You sure it's not because of my family name, peasant?"
"Why would I even think about that right now, you peabained Sliva?!" Pluck argued. "I'm just taking extra precaution!"
"Uh--" Asta soon said, "--Are you sure you're not lying?"
Pluck pinched his cheek as he said, "Why would I lie about something like that!"
"OWOWOWOWOW! NOT AGAIN!" Asta exclaimed.
Yami told Pluck while he grabbed his head, "Hey Sword Boy. is this the time for your arguing?"
"Look whatever the case, that was a powerful spell Noelle ended up using by accident." Feodora said, "Enhancing a drink doesn't take much, but probably as long as the spells are small and needs only small amounts of mana, it won't backfire on her."
"She might be right." Karasu said, "Cap here did vouch saying that despite his own mana hurting her since the restraining spell didn't need a lot of mana to begin with."
Pluck was about to retort but then gave himself a moment to think about it. He sighed as he said while giving the drink to Noelle, "Don't mess this up, Stupid Silva."
"Oh quit profiling Stuck-up, it's making me sick to my stomach." Feodora said harshly, earning a glare from Pluck which she didn't seem at all phased by.
Noelle huffed as she said "I'm royalty, why would I ever mess up a simple task like this?"
"That goes for you too Drama-Llama." Feodora said to her with a look. Noelle jumped before she sighed and contracted on the drink. It glowed for a brief moment before the light disappeared. Prism looked to it with eagerness as Noelle handed it off to her. She happily started to sip on the drink as Pluck started to choke on his own spit again as his face turned red.
"Huh, we see no signs of her insides ready to burst, right, Feo?" Karasu asked.
"Indeed we don't, Karasu." Feodora added, "Looks like my hunch was right."
Pluck looked shocked at this as he turned and left before saying, "welp, that's done. I'm leaving."
"ALREADY?!" Noelle shouted.
Addeline smacked Pluck's shin as he yelped , "ADDI REALLY?!"
"QUACK!" Addeline shouted.
"Seems like she's telling you to stay." Asta said.
Pluck said with an angry look in his eyes, "NO WHAT'S YA FIRST CLUE!"
Prism started to whimper a little when Pluck went to go out the door as he froze up. He slowly turned his head as he saw the saddest look in her eyes as she looked like she was ready to burst, making him flinch.
"Oh look, you made the baby cry." Yami said nonchalantly. "Seems like Papa's gonna abandon his daughter."
Pluck nearly choked on his own spit again, "THAT'S ILLEGAL!! SHE SHOULD NOT BE THAT CUTE DAMN IT!! ALSO WHY THAT TERMINOLOGY?!"
"Wait--" Asta said, "--Did you just say she was cute?"
"That's a surprise." Feodora said.
Pluck shouted "NO! YOU NEVER HEARD THAT!"
Prism soon started to sob as it made everyone jump and immediately cover their ears as it had been an ear piercing shriek making the whole building shake. Adrien had been paralyzed by the sound while Addeline started to go crazy as she ran in circles; the spirits looked to be in the shade of blue.
"OW! OW!" Asta exclaimed, "MY EARS ARE GONNA POP!!"
"I NEARLY FORGOT ABOUT THAT DAMN TRICK!!" Feodora shouted.
"DAMN IT, BARBADOS! QUIT BEING A BRUTE AND DO SOMETHING!" Noelle yelled.
"WHAT!?" Pluck yelled, "I CAN'T HEAR YOU STUPID SILVA BUT I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT CRY!"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!" Noelle shouted
"PIE?!" Karasu yelled, "WE NEVER MADE PIE!!"
Pluck shook his head as he yelled, "JUST WATCH!" Pluck went up to Prism as he soon slapped his cheeks together as he soon turned to Prism with everyone's seeing his back, they soon heard--
"LOOK AT THE FUNNY FACE! LOOPDEDOO! LOOK AT THE FUNNY FACE!"
The shrieks came to a stop as she looked at his face. Before they knew it, they heard the sounds of laughter; they saw Prism with the brightest smile as she had been kicking her legs that had been hanging off the edge of the table.
"Hey it worked!" Karasu said.
"She--Really is like a baby!" Asta said as he couldn't help but fawn over Prism's adorable face.
"S-So cute!" Noelle thought as she saw the expression on Prism's face.
Pluck said with a sigh of relief as he turned back to them, having a confident smile on his face, "There we go."
"See, Papa came back." Yami said to Prism while patting her on the head, making Pluck jolt.
"H-HEY!" Pluck said, embarrassed.
Feodora groaned as she hit her ears, "I'm gonna be hearing that for awhile."
"Hey, at least the building didn't come down on top of us." Karasu said, fixing himself up.
Just as this was said, the kitchen wall suddenly came crashing down, leaving a freshly open space letting the sun and wind in, making them jump and pale up as they looked to the freshly new opening.
"... Oh." Was all Karasu could say.
They instantly froze up when they felt Yami's threatening presence just behind them. "This base was just fixed a few days ago because of Prism. Fix this or die."
"YES SIR!" Asta shouted as he immediately went to get tools.
Pluck added as he started to get together the debris, "R-right away!"
"Ye-Yeah, let's go do that!" Feodora said before she dragged Noelle, "Let's go Drama Llama!"
"Wa--Wait, why me?!" Noelle exclaimed as she was dragged out of the room.
Karasu let out a sigh as he went out the door, "Me and my big mouth."
Prism couldn't help but let out a giggle as she had been amused by the way everyone had scampered to get the wall done. As she continued to sip from the berry smoothie, her white eye slowly started to change back to her natural color.