Haha, a secret story, just so I can express my gratitude of over 35+ views and reads sooner. Thanks to all who read my stories, and sorry it takes so long for an update. In any case, this story was inspired by my own exploration of the Bulblax Kingdom and other caverns with only one (Red) Pikmin. Hope you enjoy this little tide-over! (p.s. I don't own Pikmin or Nintendo.)
It was another day in the Awakening Wood for Olimar. Shyacho had thought of the best vacation, which was staying on the Distant Planet for an unspecified number of days. In that time, both Olimar and Shyacho had become extremely skilled at commanding Pikmin, and were getting antsy for some sort of fun. Then, Olimar had an idea.
"Hey, Shyacho, I have a thought." Olimar said slyly.
"If it involves you getting a raise, then the answer is NO!" Shyacho said firmly.
"It involves having some fun." Olimar continued.
"I'm listening." Shyacho said, clearly intrigued.
"Well, you know full well how easy it is to explore a cavern with a whole squadron of Pikmin. What if we used only one Pikmin in a cavern?"
"But what if it gets eaten?" Shyacho asked, concern in his voice.
"Oh, yeah, sure, the two greatest Pikmin leaders to ever hit this planet in known history are gonna let a Pikmin die under our command. Come on, it's not like we're going to fight twenty Titan Dweevils." Olimar countered.
"Well, it sounds fun... Where to first?" Shyacho asked.
"Bulblax Kingdom."
After getting one Red Pikmin from the respective Onion, Olimar and Shyacho jumped down into the all-familiar Bulblax Kingdom. Landing with a thump and taking note of the cave they were in, which was earthy brown with three alcoves in the cave they were currently in and a rather large stump in the center of the adjacent cave, the two took their Pikmin and crept up on a Dwarf Orange Bulborb. Tossing the Pikmin just in front of it, they watched as the Dwarf's back was squashed by the falling weight of the Pikmin. It was called back before the accompanying Dwarf could register what was happening, and that one soon knew for a split second what had happened. That was before it got crushed.
The two Leaders moved on to the Orange Bulborb in a little alcove. Olimar grabbed the Red and dashed toward the notoriously edgy creature. The creature woke to see a giant red thing right in front of it. Panicking, it shook itself, only to find out that the red giant was just a free lunch that had latched onto it's eye. Olimar threw the Red onto the Orange Bulborb's face, and called it back before it could be shaken off. Olimar grabbed the Pikmin, ran a circle around the Bulborb, then threw the Pikmin onto it's face again. This process was repeated a couple of times, then the beast fell, defeated.
Olimar and Shyacho then moved on to the part of the room with a stump. They quickly dispatched the Dwarf Orange Bulborbs, then Shyacho repeated Olimar's earlier strategy on the other Orange Bulborb. There was a close call when Shyacho and the Red were knocked to the ground by the Bulborb's frenetic flailing, but the beast still died by the Pikmin's flower in the end.
Knowing they were done in that sublevel, Olimar and Shyacho moved on to the next sublevel.
Well, Olimar and Shyacho enter the Bulblax Kingdom with only one Red Pikmin, and they have already wiped out the first sublevel. What will become of their escapade? Find out in the next chapter! And don't forget the four important Rs, if you please.