Author's Notes: Pretty Girls!!! XD This chappie is all about them!!!
Disclaimer: Suikoden is not mine.
The Great Easter Egg Hunt
Chapter 6: Determination and Obsession
"Millie-chan, Millie-chan!!!" Meg ran after her. "Millie, stop NOW!!!"
Millie stopped in her tracks and waited for Meg to catch up with her. "Okay, okay, Meg, don't get mad."
Meg gave her a wry look and pushed the basket in her arms. "You forgot your basket."
"Oh, thanks!!!" Millie placed the baskt on Bonaparte's back again. She held out the Northern Star. "Hey Meg, look at this!!! It's so cool, it points forever to Crystal Valley in Harmonia!!!"
"Hmm…" Meg grinned. "Do you think we can use that when we go to Crystal Valley?"
"You think Luc will let us borrow it?" Millie asked.
"I was just kidding Millie," Meg snorted. "There is no way I'm going to entrust myself to a crystal forged by some nutty magician—"
"HEY!!" Millie frowned.
"No need to get defensive." Meg said. "We need to get back to Tengaar-neechan and Wakaba-chan. You wandered off in the wrong direction."
"Eh, okay." Millie said. "Come along now, Bonaparte."
The two girls and Bonaparte made their way back to the trees. Wakaba was still swinging amongst the branches and Tengaar was sitting on the ground, sulking.
"Onee-chan, help me with these." Wakaba called.
"Are you kidding me??!" Tengaar shrieked. "I'm wearing a skirt!!!"
"And so??!" Wakaba demanded.
"Geez, you don't know the first thing about propriety, do you Wakaba-chan?"
"I don't think there's anyone around who will be interested in looking up your skirt, Onee-chan." Wakaba grinned toothily at her. Tengaar ignored her.
"Hey Wakaba-chan, you should bring some of them down." Meg motioned to the growing pile of eggs Wakaba cradled in her arms. "You might drop them."
"Yeah." Wakaba nodded. "Catch!!" She threw an egg at Meg who caught it reflexively.
"Not like that!!!" Meg cried. Wakaba laughed and threw the other eggs in the same fashion.
"Eek, sorry!!!" Millie said when she dropped one of the eggs.
"EEP!!!" Bonaparte scrambled around too, trying to catch the eggs in his mouth.
"Wakaba, I'll kill you if you get me dirty!!!" Meg swore. "Eek!!!" She rubbed her boots on the grass when an egg broke near her feet, splashing her boots with sticky egg white.
"I want to climb up a tree too." Millie said.
"Go there." Wakaba pointed to a tree close to hers. "I haven't checked that one yet."
"Hey Bonaparte, cling to my arm." Millie jumped and caught one of the lower branches and proceeded to climb up. Meg looked up at her climbing and felt a little dizzy. "I think I'll stick to the ground."
"Geez, I wish I brought Gadget with me." Meg complained as she crawled on the grass, looking for eggs. "Do you think that would have been cheating Millie?"
"Umm, no. You can say Gadget is a tool. Like Bonaparte." She giggled, watching Bonaparte pick the eggs off the branches.
"Hey, Tengaar-neechan," Meg called to the sulking girl. "Help us out."
Tengaar stood up and half-heartedly looked for eggs. She found a few and tossed them in her basket.
"Meh, Nee-chan, you should get over it." Meg said. "I'm sure Nii-chan didn't mean for you to feel bad about this whole teaming up thing."
"That's easy for you to say." Tengaar mumbled.
"Of course it is." Meg told her. "Everyone knows he cares for you more than anyone. He's not going to do anything to hurt you."
"Do you think there's anything wrong with me?" Tengaar asked. "Anything lacking?"
"STOP!!!" Meg put her hands over her ears. She rose to her feet and glared at Tengaar. "Nothing's wrong with you, Nee-chan. Nothing. I suggest you just enjoy the game while you can. And STOP obsessing about not being with Nii-chan for a little while." She crawled inside some bushes and hunted for more eggs.
"I just don't get it!!" Tengaar cried. "I mean how can he prefer to tram up with those brats than with me??!"
"Hey, don't refer to Futch as a brat!!!" Meg's head popped out of the bushes. "And anyway, it's not that Nii-chan preferred them, they just asked him first."
"But, but…" Tengaar wailed. "You girls asked me first!!! And I said I'd team up with Hix!!!"
"He just lacks foresight, that's all," Meg reasoned. "Nee-chan!!! There's an egg by your feet and you didn't even notice!!!"
"Oh, sorry!!!" Tengaar picked it up and placed it in her basket.
"Go search over there." Meg ordered, pointing to another clump of bushes.
Tengaar sighed and continued hunting. "It's not lack of foresight, I'm sure he likes being with them more than being with me."
"Meh, Onee-chan, I doubt it." Millie said, sliding down the tree. "Here boy!!" Bonaparte jumped down and she caught it in her arms.
Tengaar frowned. "But—"
"Geez, Tengaar-neechan, I thought we were going to show them." Wakaba called from the tree above. She hopped down and landed awkwardly on her feet, clutching the eggs tightly in her arms and falling on her butt. "OW!!"
"Wakaba-chan!!!" Millie clapped a hand over her mouth. She and Tengaar ran over to Wakaba.
"Meg, Meg!!" Tengaar called. The trickster looked up from the ground and hurried towards them.
"Are you hurt?" Meg asked Wakaba. "Anything broken??"
"No, no…" Wakaba shook her head.
Tengaar examined Wakaba's leg worriedly. "I think you twisted your ankle, Wakaba-chan."
"I did not!!!" Wakaba cried.
"It looks hurt," Millie observed. "We should bring you to the clinic and—"
"I said, I AM NOT HURT!!!" Wakaba insisted. She got on her feet and hobbled towards her basket. "It's just a little shocked with the impact, that's all."
"Wakaba-chan…" Meg placed a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay if we stop for a while, just to get it checked—"
"Quit worrying!!!" Wakaba yelled, her face turning red. "I'm not fragile!!!" She picked up her basket and quickly walked away. "Hurry up, those idiot boys are already way ahead of us."
Millie, Meg and Tengaar exchanged worried looks before picking up their baskets and catching up with her.
"Wakaba-chan, Bonaparte can carry your basket for you." Millie offered.
"I can do it myself," Wakaba said defensively. "And no, I don't need any help with walking, thank you." She snapped at Tengaar who was holding her arm.
"Wakaba-chan, there's a difference between determination and obsession," Meg told her. "I think you have just crossed the line."
"What do you mean?" Wakaba asked, annoyed.
"I mean, it's just a game." Meg replied. "Sure, we may have gone and said all those things to the boys about winning and stuff but it's still just a game."
"Our honor is on the line here!!!" Wakaba gasped in disbelief. "It's more than a game, it's, it's… it's our pride. They'll never let us hear the end of it."
"I'm sure that won't happen." Millie said. "They won't be that mean. They'll probably just boast a little, that's all…"
"THAT'S ALL??!" Wakaba stopped in her tracks and looked at her friends, eyes blazing. "I don't think that's all. It's not okay."
Tengaar looked sad. "Wakaba-chan…"
"Look, you all wouldn't understand." Wakaba shook her head. "As for me, I'm not going to stop now." She started walking again, the three other girls trailing behind her.
"What's gotten into her?" Meg wondered.
"I don't know…" Millie sighed. "Do you know, Bonaparte?"
Author's Notes again: O.o I lost all my ideas for this chapter!!! It was supposed to be much, much longer!!!
