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Chapter 9: white cloud
There was a loud thump as I woke up, and I noticed that the onions had landed. Not only that, but the purples had broken a stone wall, probably by throwing large rocks at it. I found their initiative interesting, and what was more interesting was how they figured out you could destroy the wall that way.
"Morning Alex!" Bell said, startling me.
"Oh, morning Bell" I said after realizing it was her.
She giggled "like what we did?" she asked "I figured it was the best way to take it down"
"Yea, it was great" I replied, yawning. We got 20 of each pikmin, then we headed down the purple path.
There wasn't really anything remarkable about the path, it was pretty much just one giant valley, with random things just thrown around. I shrugged and kept walking. Bell hung close to me, just like Aqua, and most of the other purples trailed behind. I remembered the one thing I absolutely hated about purple pikmin was how slow they were, though when I later found out about their increased fire-power, I grew to love them, just like every other pikmin.
"Oh! A gate!" Alph exclaimed as we approached a gate.
"Hang on" Olimar said. Then he looked at me "Alex, would you mind taking a look?"
I sighed. I probably should have guessed he would ask me to check for enemies, but I was still a bit upset that I had to be the bait. It didn't really matter, because it was obvious that, whether something had been there or not, nothing was there now.
"Does anyone else smell something weird?" a red asked.
"Only reds can smell, you know that" a blue said. They all started arguing, but Bell was watching me as I walked into the field.
"Hello?" I called out.
"PERSON!" I barely had time to register the voice before I was tackled by a white pikmin.
"Get off of him Nock, he's probably terrified!" a female white said. The pikmin, who I assumed was Nock, got off of me. "Sorry about him, he's a bit…excitable" I heard several giggles from nearby.
"It's fine" I said. I turned to the captains "you guys can go back to the Obelisk, I'm going to get at least 20 whites"
"Be careful" Olimar said "I'd hate to have you eaten by something" he walked off with the others before I could reply.
The female white sighed "aren't purples dreamy?" she said in that entranced voice girls sometimes get when thinking about their crush.
"Yea, as if I'd want a body builder for my girl friend" Nock said condescendingly.
"I'm still here" I said, not wanting them to start fighting.
"Oh, sorry" the female said "I'm Toxic, and this is Noxious, more commonly known as Nock"
"Nice to meet you two" I replied "you guys seem pretty calm about me understanding you"
"Well, we know you're special" Toxic said "anyways, we already have 20 pikmin, we figured we should do that for when you found us"
"Oh, well, that's good" I replied "let's get to the Obelisk, ok?"
"Ok!" Toxic replied happily. She turned the other way "come on guys!"
A group of pikmin ran up, then we headed back to the Obelisk. The first thing I noticed was the Obelisk had changed again. The white side was brighter now, and the pikmin and bulborb seemed to be holding hands with their counter parts on the other side of the line in the middle.
The second thing I noticed was the pikmin, especially Bell. They were fighting with each other, everyone except for Bell, who was staring at Alph curiously.
"Hey!" I shouted, trying to get their attention.
They all looked at me with curiosity, but at least they had stopped fighting. "I don't know what got into them!" Olimar said.
"It doesn't matter" I replied, a bit annoyed "all of you go back into your onions" the pikmin all went back into their onions, except for one of each color. The whites had all gone back, probably too far away to be safe.
"We're sorry Alex" Aqua said "the pikmin was getting restless and we couldn't control them"
"Its fine" I replied "they must get restless after a while"
"No kidding" Flame said "especially the purples. How many times have you had to get them to stop wrestling?"
"About as many times as you had to tell one of your reds not to attack an innocent creature" Muscles replied
"It's not his fault Reds are so hostile!" Daisy said, as if defending Flame.
"You mean like how yellows love to shock everything they touch?" Aqua asked quietly.
"We do NOT shock everything we touch!" Daisy retorted "and who said you could last a day without swimming?"
"You take that back!" Aqua shouted.
"Why? Are you going to cry again?" Daisy replied mockingly.
"That's it!" Aqua launched at Daisy, which surprised everyone. Soon, Aqua let out a surprised yelp, and started crying "She shocked me!"
"That's what you get for attacking me!" Daisy replied.
"You know what, just go to your onions" I said "you can sort this out in the morning"
All 4 pikmin went to their onions angrily, but I knew it would fade…except maybe from Flame.
"Oh, I have something you might want to see, Alph" Olimar said, dragging Alph to the metal plate I almost forgot about.
"Oh, Kopi writing…with some Hocotate in it" Alph said
"Can you decipher the Kopi part?" Olimar asked.
"Brittany knows best about this" Alph said "I have her signal though, so we should be able to find her easily"
"Great!" Olimar said "hear that Alex?"
I nodded "we can all get home soon after that" I said. I was already starting to miss my family, but I figured I could wait a few more days.
The captains went to their normal spot, and I went to mine. I thought about the pikmin as I slowly drifted to sleep.
Yay! Another chapter FINALY done! I don't know why I'm taking so long with writing these things, but at least they're getting written! Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Oh, and I need names for a winged and rock pikmin. Bye for now!