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Chapter 26 Hide-and-Seek with Tou-chan! The Chase is On!

"COME ON OUT, YOU STUPID RAT!"

The voice sent chills down his spine. The dormouse kept his cramped position, hoping that his predator would pass him. He continued to pray, while using his furry mocha ears to listen.

The smaller Roleholder heard several steps, taking it as a sign. He took a sigh of relief.

"I found you," the cat chanted.

The words made the mouse jump up and dash madly forward. The Cheshire chased after him.

"YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY!" two voices called out.

*CRASH!*

The sound made the mouse halt and glance back. His emerald eyes noticed that there were two pink felines, both rather dizzy from the collision. They were both rubbing their heads.

A slight tugging on his hand made him look towards a little girl with similar ears to his. "Come on, Onii-tan this way."

She continued to jerk him over to an oak tree. The girl touched the bark and she then screamed, "I AM SAFE!"

It was then the little kitten shook her head and noticed the two by the tree.

"AW! SHOOT!" she yelled, kicking some dirt.

"Eh? What's going on?" the shorter Roleholder asked.

"We're playing hide and seek, and I won again!" the little mouse cheered.

"I'm gonna get you next time!" The cub swore, and then turned to the teen, next to her. "Are you okay, aniki? Sorry about hitting you."

"I'm okay, don't worry about it," Boris stated, he still had a rather confused look in his only visible eye. He shook his own head and faced the girl. "Hey Tora! How have you been?"

"I'm fine," the pink kitty girl replied.

"You wanna play again, Tora-chan?" Midori asked.

"Okay! This time I'm gonna get you for sure!" the kitten declared.

"We'll see," the vermin girl stated. She then turned to the Roleholder next to her. "Hey, Onii-tan, want to play with us."

"What? I guess so." the Dormouse shrugged.

"Hey Aniki, you wanna play too?" the cub enjoined.

"Sure!" the tomcat agreed.

"Eh?" the smaller Roleholder gasped.

"Okay! Midori and Pierce-aniki versus Boris-aniki and me!" the pink haired girl declared.

"Let's go, Onii-tan," Midori chirped, she took the Dormouse's hand and guided him away from the cat couple. She stopped and looked over her shoulder."Now, close your eyes and count to one hundred, and in that order!"

"Fine," the girl behind her sighed, "One, Two, Three…"

"You too, Boris-onii-tan!" the little girl commanded.

"Yeah, yeah," Boris agreed and turned around.

While the flush colored felines droned, the two red headed mice dashed off into the Amusement Park.

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, MIDORI?" Pierce whined.

"What?" the little girl asked.

"WE HAVE TWO CATS AFTER US NOW!" he hollered and then lowered himself in dismay, "What are we going to do?"

"Don't worry, Onii-tan," the girl assured. "Midori is the best at playing hide-and-seek!"

"How is that going to help?" the teen questioned.

"All you have to do is listen and follow me," the girl answered. "I know exactly what to do. This way!"

She guided him to an area with tables with tall colorful umbrellas sprouting out of a hole in the middle, their shadows covering the sitting customers. Around them were several stations, their products' scents filling the air, making anyone who passed by the place hungry.

"Come on, this way!" the little girl ushered. She led him to one of the mini-stores, or rather behind it. There was a dark door and she simply opened it and strolled right in.

Two of the amusement park's workers stood inside, one hovering over a circular machine, holding a paper cone. When he lifted it, it wore a high black and white wig. He then stood paced it on a rack along with its friends wearing fluffs of different colors. His partner was pouring some sugar and the blue contents of a squirt bottle and pouring it into the appliance.

"Excuse us, is it okay if we hang out here for a few minutes?" Midori asked. "We promise not to be any trouble."

"Of course!" the cheerful red headed female worker complied. "Feel free to stay as long as you need!"

"Great!" the little girl cheered. The mouse girl started to scan her surroundings. The table on the back row seemed covered in bags and bottles with different colored liquids. There were two jackets similar to the other worker with matching overlarge hats.

"Perfect!" Midori thought aloud. She started to jump and down, finally clutching a piece of the canary fabric. Her hand tugged the coat its hook and tossed it to the Roleholder. "Here put this on," she instructed.

The Roleholder stared at piece of clothing, pondering what she was thinking. Yet, he put the jacket on anyway.

The girl continued to scope out the place noticing the barstool that was standing by itself. She strolled over to the furniture and scrapped it across the floor until she got it over to the hanging rack. She climbed up to the cushion and put on the second coat.

"This too," the girl added, throwing the traditional cap for male workers at him.

"Umm…What are we doing?" Pierce asked, glancing back and forth between the hat and the girl.

"We are hiding, of course," she answered.

"Really?" The vermin teen questioned.

"Just make sure the hat covers your ears, okay?" the girl said as she was putting on the hat for the female employees. At first, the girl put it on the normal way, with it being perfectly horizontal, just like the girls. Only it slid down and covered her eyes, so she had to wear it by setting it by hanging on the back on her head.

"Hey, can you tell you us if Boris-onii-tan or Tora-chan comes around?" Midori requested.

"Of course, little miss," the female worker, agreed, still adding some glucose to the machine. When she stopped, the male took an empty cone and pushed a button, making the machine start. He swirled around the machine letting the colored cottony sugar collect on the circular top.

"Are sure that we are hiding?" the Roleholder asked.

"Yes, we are just waiting," the little girl, retorted.

"For what?" the mouse teen inquired.

"For the right moment to blend in," she returned.

The two felines scanned the area, still trying to find their prey.

"I guess you weren't kidding when you said that Midori was good at hide and seek," the tomcat commented.

"Yeah, but I'm sure is they are around here," the kitten stated. She sat down on a seat, feeling relieved when the shade from the colorful canopy hit her.

"Well, since I don't think we are going to find them anytime soon, so why don't we take a little snack break?" Boris suggested.

"That's a good idea," the pink girl agreed. "And I know just what I'm in the mood for." Her sun colored eyes started at a stand with several puffs of colored cotton.

"Aniki, can you please get me some cotton candy?" Tora pleaded.

"Sure, "he answered.

The two strolled over on to the stall. There were four workers, two operating the machine while two more seemed be busy with ingredients.

"Hello there, Boris, what will you be having today?" the man holding an already made sweet.

"I want milk and strawberry one," the cub stated.

"I think that's sounds like something we both could enjoy," the Roleholder affirmed. "Sir, I'd like two strawberry and milk cotton candies."

"Right away!" the faceless man complied. He then noticed that he didn't have the right bottle of flavoring.

He turned to one of the other workers, "Excuse me, could you please pass me the strawberry flavoring?" he asked.

The male facing the back nodded quickly. He didn't turn around, his arm just stretched towards the man working the machine, holding a pink bottle. The bottle kept shaking due the fingers unsteadiness.

"Ah, thank you," the first guy stated and the bottle slipped from a bare hand and into a gloved one.

After a few minutes of waiting, the cats finally got their snacks.

"Come again!" the two called out in the traditional tone of the Amusement Park, over cheerful and energetic.

When the two felines left, the man facing the wall fell to his knees.

"That…was…close," the Roleholder panted.

"Yeah, if that got a step closer, they would have seen our tails," Midori agreed.

"Yet, I wonder how come they didn't realize we were here…" he mumbled.

"It's because of our disguises and the smells of the food court," the girl explained.

"How so?" the Roleholder asked.

"With all the food and people around, our scents just blended in," Midori explained. "And since we have red hair, from the back, people wouldn't notice that we weren't employees unless they saw our tails and the counters covered that part."

"You sure do know a lot…" the Dormouse, commented.

"When it comes to hide and seek, Mi-chan is the best!"

For the next couple of hours, the two mice were able to elude the cat couple. It was close sometimes, but they found safety once more on one of the park's rides.

"Wow, Onii-tan look how high up we are!" Midori cheered, looking out the glass windows of the slowly scaling compartment.

The green-eyed Roleholder sighed, he was just plain exhausted. Running around the park, the constant fear of being caught by not one but two cats did a toll on the mouse's heart, still ticking like a stopwatch in his chest.

"I had a lot fun today," the vermin girl stated, "Hide and seek is defiantly my favorite game!"

"You do seem to be good at it," the Dormouse stated.

"Yeah, since I'm small, I can slip into a lot of places," she explained. "However, I don't hide all the time, because I'm playing."

"Really?" He asked.

"Yeah, sometimes I bullied, so I tend to hide too," the girl admitted. "Since I get bullied a lot, sometimes whenever I get introduced by someone new I hide. Like when we first met. Sorry."

"No need to worry," the teen said. "I understand."

"I like hiding, but there is one time I regret doing it," Midori admitted.

"One time?" Pierce asked.

"I was playing with my friends, and I decided to hide to an old park," the girl started. "I waited for a long time for someone to find me. I felt so lonely…"

The little girl curled herself up in a little ball. She looked down the slide and around. She was all by herself and some time ago, that was a good thing.

Now it only made her lonely and scared.

"Where is Uta-chan and Tora-chan?" she asked herself. "I want someone to hurry and find me."

"MIDORI!"

"MIDORI-CHAN!"

The two familiar voices caused the girl to look down the chute to see two familiar faces looking at her.

"KAA-CHAN, TOU-CHAN!" she hollered and slid down, landing right in the middle of them.

"Are you okay?" the male asked.

"I'm okay," the mouse girl answered. "You don't need to worry about me."

"What are you talking about?" The woman questioned. "We've been worried sick about you!"

Midori felt two sets arms wrap around her.

"We were so worried," the man stated, his breathing altered. From trying, catch his breath from running around crazy to trying to hold back his sobs.

"Our precious Midori-chan," the female whispered, tears flowing down her cheeks like rain.

The girl couldn't take it anymore, she had to let out her emotions. She clutched onto their shirts and started bawling.

"I made my parents really sad that day, so instead of hiding in places no one goes too, I hide in places where there of lots of people. I don't want to get lost and scare Kaa-chan and Tou-chan again," Midori finished.

Their surroundings suddenly shook and they realized. The ride was over.

"Looks like it's time to get off," the teen stated.

"I think we better be careful though," the girl commented.

"Why?" Pierce asked.

"Look at this," the child commanded.

The Roleholder did this and saw the two felines, still searching for them.

Sudden fear clenched his heart. "What should we do?" he asked.

"Make a run for it," the lass declared.

As soon as the door opened, the two ran as if the devil was behind them.

It was somewhat true, thought since the cats were chasing the mice.

However, don't worry, the mice duo made out okay.

Mice are just that good at hiding.

Done! Now I have a question!

What would you gals like me to do next?

A) A chapter where the girls explained how they fell in love with Masahiko

B) A Masahiko chapter, possible Vivaldi/King shipping

C) A chapter that might lead to an actual plot.

Note I might do all of them, but I need a specific order from my fans in order to concentrate.

Daisuki~