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Chapter 6: the idle day
Olimar had to calm me down several times that night. The bomb pikmin aren't as cute as the others due to their rock-like appearance, but they were still pretty cute, and I couldn't bear the fact that there was a suicidal pikmin out there. "Alex, it's their job to do that." Olimar said one of the times. "I don't care," I said with a shaky voice, "they shouldn't have to die because of others." I said. "There's no other way of taking it down." Olimar said gently. I burst into tears again so I didn't reply. I finally cried myself to sleep, only to have a nightmare about the bomb pikmin. I woke up crying, and woke Olimar up in the process. The sun was up by the time he finished calming me down. We ate hastily and climbed down. "Are you ok to continue?" Olimar asked, the concern obvious, "I'm the one who needs this, not you." "I-I'll be fine." I hoped I sounded better than I felt. I had heard of ideas of bomb pikmin like that, but that was different from actually seeing it. "Ok," he said, "just tell me if you need to stop, I can handle the rest myself." I nodded at him, looking way more confident about my loyalty than I felt. I kept thinking about the loyalty of the pikmin and how they would die to help us. I shook the feeling off, and Olimar and I took out our pikmin. The 2 remaining bomb pikmin came out with yellows, and they walked off to the side and waited, though I had no idea what for. Then I noticed something else. "Olimar, did any of our pikmin besides the bombs die?" I asked confused. When he shook his head, I asked, "then why are there 3 other pikmin out?" we looked to where the wall had been. The bomb pikmin don't flower, it would be a waste of nectar for them to drink and they aren't in the ground long enough, but, swaying in the wind where the wall was the day before, where three flowers. I plucked them, and got 2 yellows and a red. I remembered Olimar had thrown 2 reds and 3 yellows the day before, and I looked at the remaining bomb pikmin and saw a faint color in the leaf, one had red, the other yellow. That intrigued me, and it helped to know the bomb pikmin left behind seeds of their original color. I looked over to see the shock absorber being absorbed by the ship. "I figured I'd get it, since you were lost in thought." Olimar said right before he whistled the pikmin back. Then I saw something amazing. The shock absorber was the last part needed to expand the dolphins' capabilities, and the sight of it repairing itself was even more impressive in person. After I got over my amazement, I realized the morning was only half over. "Wow, we might be able to get 2 ship parts today!" Olimar said happily. That worked great for me, but I remembered the only part that was accessible to our pikmin, and more importantly, who was guarding it. "I think we should rest today." I told him. I guess he agreed. "Ok, I'll get more pikmin then." He said. He took most of them and walked off. The remaining pikmin were 4 reds and 4 yellows. I took off my helmet and breathed in the fresh air. I had forgotten how good it felt to breathe pure air. I took of the remainder of my space suit and lied in the grass. I could have fallen asleep, if I didn't feel the 8 pikmin on me. I knew they usually took back anyone who fell asleep, but they actually climbed on top of me, not even bothering to pick me up. I sat up and smiled as I realized they wanted to play. When it got close to noon, I heard the cry of a dwarf bulborb. I looked up to see one coming through the opening to the pond, and so did the pikmin. I also realized it was my new friend, the one who saw me off the night of the explosions. I smiled, but it quickly faded as the pikmin surprised me. I thought they would wait until the dwarf got close to attack, but their battle cry rang out as the dwarf stopped. A second latter, the dwarf's battle cry rang out just as loudly as the two enemies' ran at each other. I didn't want either hurt, so I whistled. I knew it would make the pikmin stop, but the dwarf would probably ignore it. I was wrong. The pikmin did stop, but they only turned around to look at me, and so did the bulborb. "Your both on the same team guys, there's no need to fight." I said, even though I knew they probably couldn't understand me. Then I was treated to another surprise. "But they kill tons of us!" "But they eat at least ten times as many of us!" I shook my head as I heard this, was it possible I just understood both the pikmin AND the bulborb? They were making noises that sounded like protesting, but I couldn't understand them anymore. Probably just my imagination. I spent the rest of the day sorting out their differences, and by the time the sun would set soon, the bulborb was carrying some of the pikmin on its back. Suddenly, it shot its head up. It shook the pikmin off and ran to the bushes. I was wondering why, until I saw Olimar come back. All of his pikmin were carrying something. We didn't say much as the sun started setting. We climbed in to the ship and took off. I looked down at the receding ground to see a strange sight. My friend was in the clearing again, this time with ten other dwarfs looking up at us. I told Olimar about the events of today, but he said I needed rest. So after we ate, I quickly went to sleep. It was the best night science I crashed.
Wow, another chapter finished. This was done WAY quicker than I thought it would be, but here it is. I'm already thinking of a sequel to this story, and I'll start it as soon as I'm done with this one. I hope you all like my story so far, and I hope I haven't let any pikmin fans down. Remember, I love input, reviews boost my confidence, and I love criticism, good and bad. See ya latter!