(Author's note: Well this is going better than expected. Note I may change some things up to make the story more.. realistic if you will. Anyways, I present Chapter 2! And if you haven't played Pikmin yet and plan on doing it, there will be spoilers in this story, but who the heck hasn't played the first Pikmin?! It was released in 2001! Also, I made some awful errors in my first chapter which I had updated, many of the paragraphs were randomly split and I had to fix that as well as fix a few spelling errors I made . anyway, Chaper 2!)

Exploration Day 2 - Exploring the Forest of Hope

Waking to realize that you're not actually in a luxurious hotel room with time to yourself and quality food, and instead waking up on an uncharted planet with a limited amount of time to survive while many critical pieces of your spaceship are scattered around the planet isn't exactly what someone would look forward to. Sadly, I had no choice than to wake up to this. But I'll manage.

I eat and take care of myself so I can maintain at least some of my hygiene and leave my ship. I'm having a lot of anxiety. I don't know what I'm going up against.. I have discernible doubt these "Pikmin" are the only creatures on the planet, and I'm sure most of the ones I haven't encountered are hostile though some may turn out to be of some use.

Anyway, I spot that the Onion has landed outside of the ship. I don't waste any time and call all twenty-five Pikmin out of the onion. I don't spot any hostile creatures, the landing site is mostly a circle with two pathways connecting to it. However, both of them are blocked with gates. I'm sure this is the work of another life-form, but my life is at risk at the moment, so I order all of the Pikmin to knock it down while I survey the area.

There isn't much but two pellet posies. One is a banana yellow, I notice. But other than that, it's physical features are the same as the red pellets... I call two of the Pikmin back and harvest these pellets. Upon plucking the three red Pikmin that just enter the world, I take note that the yellow pellet only produced one Pikmin. What could this mean? Are there yellow Pikmin? Is this pellet posie not as ripe as the other ones, thus lacking the nutrients required to make two Pikmin? I might figure out later, the Pikmin have knocked down the root gate and I must continue forth as planned!

Another breath-taking sight awaits me. There is a plain with a lake on the far side, but I quickly shift my attention to a crimson spotted... dog thing not far from where the gate was standing. I look farther into the distance and see a couple more of them. Are they hostile? The way they bark at me and try charging at my Pikmin squad says so, I proceed to attack it and defeat it with ease. Needless to say, these life-forms aren't big fans of Pikmin; after killing a few more I note that they try eating them every time. The Pikmin use the carcasses as nutrients for more Pikmin. I finally decided to name the creature I have encountered so far a bulborb. I take note that a single bulborb produces four Pikmin seeds, and takes three Pikmin to carry. I take more '1' pellets and a '5' pellet I found on a ledge.

I find two surprises East of the landing site, one for me, and one for the Pikmin: I have found my Eternal Fuel Dynamo! And a big red "10" pellet as well! The EFD is one of the biggest pieces of my ship and thankfully fourty Pikmin does the job. That makes today's part recovered but since we had hardly spent an hour here I am determined to go on. I can't wait a month to see my smiling family...

I almost regret the decision when me and my squad of sixty-five come across a huge bulborb.. it was sleeping peacefully, but it would undoubtedly looks vicious if it were to be woken up. It could probably eat five or six Pikmin at a time, but I don't want to find out.. I wonder if I should kill it or not? It's not in the way, but killing it would develop battle skills and I bet it'd give me a lot of Pikmin. For now, I leave it and agree with myself to not attack it unless I need to. There's a gate my Pikmin successfully destroy... to find another large bulborb with a smaller one next to it. I decide to change the name of the smaller counterparts dwarf bulborbs to avoid confusion and the "adults" spotty bulborbs. A random thought comes to my mind: do the color of the Pikmin and bulborbs have any connection? I have no clue, but I'd better hurry. My "biology lessons" aren't getting me anywhere at the moment. The faster I get these parts the sooner I'll return home...

I kill the dwarf, and the larger specimen will most likely be a problem: it's in the middle of the path! Of course I'll have to carry more ship parts through here. I sneak around the beast, my heart thumping loudly. The Pikmin however, look as if they were anticipating this. I get close to the rear with my army.. take a deep breath... and swarm!

The bulborb struggles with the Pikmin on it's back. It tries shaking off but the Pikmin cling on and continue attacking. The helpless creature gives in and falls, the lifeless corpse landing with a thud.

The ambush went much better than I expected it to be.. I take a long glance at the corpse. I frown.

This is what I have to do? Kill who knows how many innocent creatures like this to get pieces of my ship back?

The Pikmin communicate with each other in a language I don't understand. Could they be wondering what's wrong with me? Or could they feel bad about the situation as well? I do not have time to grieve the death of on animal. I don't see anywhere else to go. There are two more paths but they're both blocked off by stone gates. I trip over something and fall flat on my face.

I get back up and turn around. Of course the Pikmin didn't trip... in fact, they seemed amused over the ordeal. After wiping the dirt off of my suit I inspect the object I tripped over. An oddly familiar feeling overrides me as the onion-shapped object flashes yellow, spouts a flower, and comes out of the soil, revealing it's three vine-like legs. A yellow seed pops out of the top and grows in the soil. I begin contemplating the cruelty of nature again. It won't leave my head... it keeps making me hesitate.

I pluck the yellow sprout and sure enough, it's a yellow Pikmin! As it joins my squad I note it's the same color as the pellet posies I saw earlier. There are plenty of nutrients nearby, including a group of yellow pellets like the ones I saw earlier next to the carcasses of the bulborbs.

Obviously, he color is different, but it seems to be a Pikmin nonetheless. First glance suggests this one has what, in some circles, could be considered very large ears. It looks like it may weigh less than the others... In what other ways might it be different from the red Pikmin? No matter. They are obviously quite similar, so I shall call this one a Pikmin as well.

The nearby yellow Pikmin I picked up seemed lighter than the red ones, and I threw it at a pellet posy.. it soared through the air before landing on the pellet, and mowing it down. What special traits did these yellow Pikmin have that red ones didn't? And vise versa? The yellows were lighter and could be thrown higher and further. Could that be their only unique trait? I discover after the Pikmin brung the pellet back to it's onion, it makes two seeds like the red "1" pellet does with the red onion.. it all makes sense now, if the pellet and onion match, it makes more Pikmin! I eventually get enough yellows to pick up the carcasses of the bulborbs, resulting in a huge increase in Pikmin population.

Despite being in a crissis I somehow still have the time to be perplexed and surprised by this planet's life-forms, especially the Pikmin. Having a squad of 90 Pikmin I run over to inspect the stone gate blocking my path. What was I going to do about it? I didn't bring any explosives with me, my job was delivering cargo for crying out loud! Almost as if answering my question, a few Pikmin ran over to a dirt mound and began digging.

"What are you doing?!"

The yellows seemed to be even more determined than the red ones, it could be that they were already aware of the nearby mounds as the yellow Onion wasn't more than a few feet away though yellows could be faster diggers. I guess it would be better if I pay the Pikmin the most attention I can; it could be vital to retrieving all of my ship parts. I wasn't expecting what was going to happen next. Three strange stones popped out of the hole and a yellow stuck it's head out of the hole, looked around, and jumped out, the other 89 following suit. Three of the Pikmin grabbed the stones with orange glowing cracks. What was so special about these stones, I wondered? I had a gut feeling they had something to do with the stone gates. I picked up a Pikmin carrying one of the stones and threw it at the gate.

WAAAAAHHHHH!

The Pikmin let out a cute little cry as it ran away from the gate. I don't know why, and the stone began glowing.

"Wha?-"

The stone was shaking violently now, and began to glow brighter. Before I could finish...

BOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!

Dirt and pieces of rubble went everywhere as the rock exploded. Though it startled me and I covered my face with my arms, it looked as if the Pikmin were used to it. Looking over at the gate, a third of it was blown up by the stone, or bomb rock.

I repeated this twice, the Pikmin yelling as they ran away from the strange weapons. To my knowledge rocks aren't supposed to explode. They don't do that! What kind of planet is this?!

BOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!

BOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!

Thought it was rather strange but it got rid of the stone gates, thankfully. I continued my adventure. Hopefully I could find another part before sundown, and I could sleep in tomorrow. I needed rest. I had a bit of difficulty sleeping but now I was a bit exhausted. I really should catch up on sleep. Another dwarf bulborb was found, and my "soldiers" killed it without difficulty. The rest of the path leading up to another stone gate looked empty, but further approach and several maggot-looking creatures burrowed out of the ground. It startled me, I nearly jumped out of my space suit, and sent in my Pikmin to attack! The maggot things were violet and pink. They were much weaker than bulborbs and they were defeated even faster.

As the chaos cleared out I began hearing a beeping noise.

Another ship part!

I couldn't see it anyhwere. It did not sound as if it were coming from behind the gate, though further inspection of the ledge to the left and it was clear. My whimsical radar! Perhaps the most helpful part when it comes to being stranded on an alien planet when your ship breaks into several dozen pieces, as it had information on where my parts where, and their exact locations! I threw about 30 Pikmin up to retrieve it. I was proud of my own progress, but I couldn't have done any of this without the Pikmin.

They carried the radar carefully towards the landing site, passing the yellow Onion on the way, as well as the dead bodies of the sheargrubs. I ordered the Pikmin to carry them back to their onions. The yellow Pikmin got their share of sheargrubs to their Onion first as it was closer. 10 more Pikmin seeds landed in the soil after being ejected. I plucked them, and followed back the Pikmin carrying the radar and the sheargrub carcasses going to the red Onion.

It was nearing sundown, I finally enter the landing site. The dolphin still looked awful as it only had two other ship parts installed. The radar unfortunately wouldn't improve the appearance by much but would allow me to get parts easier. This part basically saved my life, or at least a lot of time. The whimsical radar was finally brought back to the ship, working perfectly. I felt more weight being lifted off of my shoulders.

Don't worry.. I'll be home soon... it'll be alright.

Snapping out of home-sickness for a moment, it appeared the red Onion didn't eject anymore seeds. My HUD displayed that there weren't anymore Pikmin wandering around the field, just 100 were with me. The reds did deliver the grubs back to the Onion. Was it broken? It didn't need more nutrients as the yellow Onion produced more seeds.. I was perplexed. It seemed that more Pikmin were growing inside of the Onion, according to my HUD. Only 100 Pikmin out in the field? I assume there was a limit. But how did it work?

Deciding to call it a night I dismissed the Pikmin into their own Onions. My body was aching with fatigue.

2 Days Since Impact

I wonder if I shall ever be able to escape from this world. How much suffering must I endure before I can finally see my family back home again? Still... when my heart grows too heavy, I take comfort in my efforts. I will get home... or I will expire trying.

- Captain Olimar

(Author's note: I worked harder on this chapter than I did for 1, after fixing the mistakes of the first chapter. Thank you guys for the reviews! It means a lot to me! I honestly have little confidence in myself.. I actually thought of deleting this story after publishing the first chapter, but I decided to continue. I have a lot of ideas already and I can't help but make this fic! I'm a Pikmin freak xD anyways, all feedback is appreciated!)