Usual Disclaimers apply. I don't own Suikoden, Konami do. I have been given permission to use the created characters though!

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Kahri's Story – Chapter Fourteen, Andrew's Story – Chapter Seven and Elaine's Story – Chapter Three

Well...At Least We Got In!

(Location – Outside Muse/Muse City Gates)

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Everyone awoke the next morning feeling relaxed and ready to get into Muse City.

Well, except for Elaine and Riou anyway. Elaine looked really rough, and she was pretty vocal about it too...

"Urgh! I hardly had any sleep last night...and I've probably got bed hair..."

Nobody said anything, and for the record she does have bed hair. Good thing they don't have access to a mirror.

Riou passed over the water bottle to Elaine: "You didn't seem to sleep well at all. Were you having bad dreams?"

Elaine drank some water, but didn't reply. Riou knew the answer anyway, and said no more about it. Elaine sighed before tossing the water bottle back to Riou.

"Come on Lord Riou, better make sure everybody's up and ready to travel."

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Bonaparte was running around, having fun in the wide-open spaces, and Shiro was chasing after him. Millie was giggling at their antics, while Andrew looked on with disdain.

"Can't you control that thing?" He asked Millie

Millie looked up and shrugged: "Um...when necessary. I guess."

Andrew shook his head but said no more on the matter. He did think some more though...

Oh she means well...but that damn groundhog...strange tastes in pets...but she truly wants to help, despite appearances.

And then Bonaparte jumped on his face...

And then Shiro jumped up and knocked down Andrew...

"MILLIE!!!"

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Kahri meanwhile was cooking omelettes for breakfast. With masterful movements, he flipped the omelettes with the mini Spatulas. Jowy, with Pilika walking close by, looked over, and peered into the pan.

Jowy looked at Kahri then: "No carrots, right?"

Kahri managed to keep the blushes away, before replying: "Nope. I think Riou ate them all already anyway."

Jowy looked relieved: "That's good."

Kahri turned his attention to Jowy then: "Besides, you don't put Carrots in an omelette! Silly."

Jowy playfully shoved Kahri, and the omelette went flying into the air...

Jowy looked frantic: "ACK! Catch it quick!!!"

The omelette spun around in mid-air a couple of times, Kahri ran after it with the frying pan ready to catch it. It came down. Kahri lunged.

He missed...

Kahri groaned as he landed face first on the ground. So much for breakfast...

"AAAAAAAAAH!!!!"

There was no mistaking that voice. Kahri reluctantly looked up. He saw Nanami...the omelette splattered over her face. Jowy walked over to her and peeled off the omelette. He looked at it...

"Hmm...still good!"

He took a big bite out of the omelette and smiled: "S'good!"

But Kahri was too busy laughing at Nanami to notice Jowy's compliment. Kahri looked up and saw a very angry Nanami standing above him.

Kahri did the only thing he could do in the situation.

He ran like hell. Screaming.

Nanami chased him all over the open field...Jowy laughing between bites.

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Everybody waited outside Muse City's gates. Jowy was up ahead scouting. He came back quickly.

"Okay, they're different guards than the last time we were here. So they won't recognise Nanami."

Jowy glared at Nanami, who glared right back.

Andrew looked confused: "You want to go into Muse? Well it's easy enough..."

But Nanami butted in: "Right, we got Alex's Pass. Hmm, Riou can be Alex, I'll be Hilda..."

Jowy coughed. And Nanami looked over at him.

"What? You don't think I can act all sophisticated like Hilda?"

Jowy wisely said nothing. Nanami glared around at everybody, who all looked ready to burst into giggles. Nanami pointedly ignored them all, and she continued with plan "get into Muse already."

Nanami looked over at Jowy: "You'll be Pete."

Jowy just looked dumbstruck: "Yeah, like anybody would believe I'm a little kid."

Nanami just shrugged: "Well, who else can do it genius?"

Jowy pointed to Pilika: "At least she's the right age!"

Nanami shook Jowy's shoulders: "Idiot! Pilika's a GIRL! Like that's believable!"

Riou just shook his head: "Just do it Jowy...anything for peace."

Andrew tried to speak again: "Listen, I can get you into Muse if you'd just list...."

Nanami interrupted him again: "Come on then Rio...I mean Alex and Pete!"

Nanami and Riou led the way up to the Muse Gates, with Nanami dragging Jowy with her. The others followed, whispering a hushed conversation.

"You don't expect this to work really?" - Kahri whispered

"Probably not, but I guess it's our best shot...which is kinda sad really." - Elaine replied

"If only they'd listen to me! I can get us all in with no prob..." - But Andrew never got to finish

The guards were asking questions: "Okay, so which one of you is Hilda?"

Nanami stepped forward: "Oh ho ho, that would be me young man."

The guard looked at Nanami, but just shrugged: "And which one of you is Alex?"

Riou stepped forward this time: "That's me."

The guards looked at each other, but said nothing. The guard looked back at the Pass.

"And which one of is Pete?"

Jowy faltered for a second: "Um...well..."

Nanami walked over to Jowy, and swiftly elbowed him in the ribs so the guards wouldn't see. And Jowy suddenly stopped faltering.

"That's me...."

The guard looked down at the Pass: "It says here you're only a kid..."

The other guard then blew a whistle: "I smell something fishy! Arrest them!"

Nanami looked horrified: "Wha?!?!? Why?"

Guards surrounded them all. Andrew just shook his head as they were led in to Muse. The guards threw them all into the jail cell.

They were all silent for a while...time passed slowly.

Elaine was first to speak: "I can't believe it! I've known you for a day, and you get me locked up!"

Millie just shrugged: "Well, at least we got in!"

Millie looked around to see nothing but dismayed faces. She sat back and said no more...

They sat around in that jail cell...prisoners of Muse City.

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Isn't it great when a Plan comes together...find out if things can go better for them in the next chapter.