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Kahri's Story – Chapter Eight
There Must Be Some Way In!
(Location – Outside Muse/Muse City Gate)
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"Okay...we're nearly at Muse City. Oops, some more Spiders...."
Nanami had not stopped chattering since they had left the Campsite. Even when they were fighting off Kill Spiders, Sickles or the occasional Gold Boar, she didn't shut up.
"Take this!"
She struck one of the Spiders quickly with her Flower Rod.
"And this!"
And she swiftly struck again. Shiro ran towards another Spider and with a mighty Bite, took it down. Jowy and Riou fended off another, while Millie threw her Boomerang at the Spider Nanami had already attacked. Kahri faced off against the final Spider, Kahri spun around his Large Spatula, and then in one swift movement it fired off several mini-spatulas at the Spider. The Spider collapsed in a heap, with several mini-spatulas sticking in it.
It had taken under a minute for them to drop the Spiders. Everybody looked around for any goodies.
Kahri picked up some Potch, "Nothing else I guess."
Millie looked almost disappointed, "Oh well, maybe next time, eh?"
Jowy pointed over at a rather large group of buildings in the foreground,
"No need, we're here at Muse."
Kahri looked over at Muse. Wow! It's HUGE!
Shiro barked nervously at the sight, Kahri gave him a comforting pat.
"Guess Shiro isn't used to the big cities. But then, I guess I'm not either. It's kinda nerve-wracking."
But Nanami looked really excited
"Come on already! I can't wait to explore it!"
Riou simply nodded before chasing after Nanami, who was running ahead of everybody else.
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Kahri was the first to notice a slight problem to their entering Muse plans.
"Hey guys...are those guards over there?"
Kahri pointed, and everybody looked. Indeed a couple of guards were posted outside the Gate.
Nanami just shrugged
"Big deal. I'm sure it's just for show."
Jowy didn't look convinced
"I don't know about that...getting in may be a problem."
But Nanami had already bounded up towards the Guards.
Riou sighed, "Come on, let's make sure she doesn't get into trouble again."
And so they followed, Pilika hanging on to Jowy's Hand all the time.
I wish that was me holding Jowy's hand...ACK!!! Must. Not. Let. Mind. Wander.
Nanami was turning on the, ahem, charm...so to speak
"So you see, we must get into Muse. Could you please let us in."
The Guard snickered meanly.
"No. Get lost brat!"
And then Nanami turned from annoying girl to an angry annoying girl – Now THAT'S a lethal combination!
Nanami
"BRAT?!? Listen, you WILL let us in or else!"
The other Guard was close to laughing out loud, and truth be told, so was Kahri.
The First Guard just shook his head
"Already told you, nobody gets into Muse without a Pass! Now buzz off Tomboy!"
You could almost see the steam coming out of Nanami's ears at that point...
"TOMBOY?!? Oh you're in for it now! I'm gonna nail you with the super technique Grandpa Genkaku taught me...hey! LEMME GO!!!"
Sensing utter trouble, Riou and Jowy grabbed one of Nanami's arms each and slowly dragged her away kicking and screaming, literally...
"THIS ISN'T OVER!!!"
Kahri chanced a glance at the Guards, and sure enough they were laughing. That would keep them entertained all day.
Millie was the first to speak.
"They weren't very nice were they?"
Kahri restrained a giggle as Nanami's flustering seemed to continue.
But Jowy was looking dead serious
"So...how are we gonna get into Muse now?"
Kahri thought about what the Guards had said
"Well...that guy said we needed a Pass to get in right?"
Nanami butted in before Kahri could finish
"Yeah! All we need to do is find someone who could loan us their Pass, and we'll get in to see the others!"
I wonder if I could get away with strangling her...
Jowy looked sceptical
"And where are we gonna get a Pass anyway?"
And Nanami looked crestfallen. But suddenly Shiro had ran off.
"Hey! Shiro! What is it?" Kahri yelled.
Millie cried out suddenly
"NO!!! Bonaparte's gone again!"
Everybody just turned to look at Millie, who blushed a little before replying
"Well...he has."
Kahri was first to come up with a suggestion
"Maybe Shiro was chasing after Bonaparte?"
Riou shrugged, and was about to speak before Nanami once again butted in
"So, follow Shiro, find Bonaparte! Well, we've nothing else to do, right?"
Nanami grabbed Riou and Jowy and ran off after Shiro. Millie ran off quickly behind them, leaving Kahri with Pilika.
Kahri sighed, and said more or less to himself
"She really needs to get a leash for that Groundhog..."
Kahri picked up Pilika and put her on his shoulders, piggy-back style, and ran off after the others.
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Chapter Nine of Kahri's Story is next, and it's also the first chapter of another brand new character! YAY!
