Author's Notes: Well now, it's time to focus on the Pretty Boys!!! XD
Disclaimer: Suikoden is not mine.
The Great Easter Egg Hunt
Chapter 8: Those Stupid Girls!!
"Umm…" Hix looked around. "I think we have gone too far…"
"What do you mean??" Sasuke swung on a tree branch, hanging by his feet upside-down so he could talk Hix face-to-face.
"I mean, they wouldn't have gone this far…" Hix looked around the woods. The trees were too tall, the grass was too thick and they were just too far away from the Castle.
"Hmp, I think you're just scared…" Sasuke sniffed.
"Scared??" Hix frowned. "Why would I be scared??!"
"Because of… SNAKES!!!" Sasuke threw a long, slithery object at Hix.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" Hix slashed at it with his sword.
"Geez, it was just my belt…" Sasuke grumbled. He jumped off the tree and kicked at the pieces. "You're too jumpy."
"You shouldn't joke like that!!!" Hix reprimanded hotly. "In any case, I think we should go back to the Castle."
"You're just scared…" Sasuke mumbled.
"No, he's right…" Futch approached them, swatting at the mosquitoes that buzzed around him. "We have gone too far."
"You're scared too??" Sasuke blinked.
"I am not!!!" Futch cried.
A ball of light formed near them and Luc stepped out of it. "Notice how we haven't found any eggs for a while already?? There isn't any here."
Hix shot Sasuke an I-told-you-so look then started walking towards the Castle. Or so he thought.
"I think the Castle is due to the right," Futch said.
"Didn't we come from here?" Hix asked.
"No, I'm pretty sure we came from the right." Futch said. "There's that tree marking the spot.
"And there's a tree that looks like it over there." Luc pointed at the opposite direction.
"………" Sasuke stomped his foot. "Oh great. We're lost."
"No we are not." Luc said through clenched teeth. "We are just directionally confused."
"What the hell are you talking about??!" Sasuke shrieked. "We're lost!!!"
"Hello, note, sarcasm." Luc snapped.
"Well we're at the southern woods so wherever the Castle is, it's due North." Futch said. "Luc, take out your crystal and point us northward."
"I don't have it." Luc muttered.
"Didn't we ask you to bring it?" Hix asked.
"I did bring it, it's just that…" Luc ground his teeth together. That stupid girl… "Anyway, I will just teleport us to the Castle lawn, how does that sound??"
"Isn't that cheating??" Hix had a worried frown on his face.
"No it isn't." Luc held his Wind Rod at the ready. "And if it is, no one else ever need to know that."
"I'm sure we can find our way back…" Futch said.
"Yeah, and by that time, the egg hunt would be over." Sasuke stood beside Luc. "I don't want those girls to defeat me. Let's get there quickly."
Not wanting to be left behind, Futch and Hix went over to Luc and let the ball of light engulf them.
"Amazing." Sasuke grinned. "Just like that and we're baaaaaaaaaaack!!!"
"Can't you ninjas also teleport, Sasuke-kun??" Futch asked. "You always reappear and disappear."
"Nah." Sasuke shook his head. "That was just an illusion of 'blinking'. It's actually just very fast movement." His sharp eyes caught a glimpse of color amongst the grass. "EGGS!!!" He ran to retrieve them.
"Why is Tengaar like that?" Hix asked as they followed Sasuke. "I mean, she spends time with the girls. What's wrong if I spend my time with you guys?"
"I don't think she finds anything wrong with it." Futch said. "She was just upset at the moment."
"Why was she upset??" Hix looked confused.
"Oh I don't know." Futch said. "She'll come around though."
"What do you think, Luc-kun?" Hix asked.
"………"
"Oh… yeah. You're not the type I should be asking."
Luc stiffened. "… What do you mean by that??"
"I didn't mean anything bad!!!" Hix promised. "I just… Well… You don't seem to care about girls anyway."
"What makes you say that??" Luc questioned coldly.
"Well… I don't know." Hix shrugged. "That's what I gather… from the way you act."
"Don't be so quick to judge me." Luc said.
"Why, are you interested??" Hix's eyes widened.
"... No." Luc replied.
"Well, I rest my case." Hix grinned.
"Ah, Nii-chan, I'm sure Luc-kun is just waiting for the right one, right?" Futch nudged Luc.
"That's disgustingly sentimental of you." Luc declared.
"Hey guys, let's go over there!!!" Sasuke pointed enthusiastically to a row of plants and made his way to it.
"Well, I'm glad he's enjoying it." Hix said.
"He's bent on beating Wakaba-chan." Futch explained.
"Just Wakaba-chan?"
"Yeah…" Futch chuckled. "She's the only one he considers as 'worthy competition' among the girls."
"Why??" Hix scratched his head.
"I'm not really sure… I think it has something to do with her short hair, her strength…" Futch smiled. "He thinks the skirted girls are too 'wimpy' and 'sissy' to take seriously."
"He wouldn't say that is Tengaar had him for two minutes." Hix shuddered.
"………" Luc reached into the bushes and pulled out a brightly colored egg. He placed it in his basket and looked again.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH, IT'S THE GOLDEN EGG!!!" Sasuke hollered.
"REALLY??" Futch looked over Sasuke's shoulder.
"I want to see too," Hix pushed Futch a little to catch a glimpse as well.
"………" Luc stared blankly at them.
"Here it is!!!" Sasuke pulled out the egg. "Oh… wait false alarm…" Sasuke huffed then placed the yellow egg in his basket.
"… What's the golden egg?" Luc asked.
"It's a gold-colored egg that's worth fifty eggs." Futch explained.
"What are you all standing there for??" Sasuke snapped. "Get back to hunting!!!"
"………" Luc bent over and picked up a glowing blue object off the ground. I knew it…
"Hey…" Futch nudged Luc. "I thought Millie borrowed the Northern Star?"
"She did." Luc said.
"But that's the Northern Star." Futch pointed at the blue crystal in the palm of Luc's hand.
"So it is." Luc nodded.
Futch blinked. "You teleported it here?"
Luc rolled his eyes. "No. Obviously, she misplaced it. That girl…" He dropped the crystal in the pocket of his robes. I should have known, she was not reliable. He felt his cheeks turning hot. Because… I'm angry. That foolish girl.
"I think the girls have been here…" Sasuke said. "There's just that one yellow egg. There's no more around."
"Let's go then." Luc said.
Author's Notes again: Tee-hee!!! XD Meloves every single one of them!!! XD That's all for now. The rest will be posted belatedly. =/ It gets better. I promise.
