Little Big Trouble
Chapter 26: Chapter 25 - O Sister, Where Art Thou? (Third Round)
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Gaige and Flash haven't been going out for long. And there isn't any progress worth mentioning between her and Flash. It was the same every day of the week; arguments and misunderstandings towards each other. It was pure hell for Gaige, and somehow Heaven for Flash. She wonders what Flash think about this current situation, but she presumed he did not.
The campers were given free time the whole day and decided to take a trip to a nearby town for souvenirs and to see the beautiful nature sight. Nearby a coffee shop, the group that consisted of Gaige, Flash, Sunset, Soul, Spark, Neon and a slightly obese boy who had black spiky hair named Knock Out were seated at a table while waiting for their morning drink that Mijo, Gaige and Hazel ordered. Out of curiosity, Sunset leaned over to Flash to ask on what occurred last night.
"So.. What exactly did you guys do last night?" Sunset asked the two boys who engaged a brawl last night, "Since you didn't come back till it was already three in the morning."
"I don't know, when I wanted to come back, I was in the middle of the forest," Flash explained as he turned to Neon with a glare, "It's all that guy's fault!"
"It's all because of you sticking your bloody nose into other people's business!" Neon replied in anger.
"But to be honest, when we held hands to defeat the guardian of the forest, I started feeling warm inside," Flash jokingly said as he smiled, "My relationship with the guardian became better."
"BUT THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID FOR ME AND YOU!"
The three girls arrived at the table and saw the argument. Gaige was holding a pamphlet that had the things she wanted to buy, the gleeful Hazel was holding a croissant and Mijo was holding the drinks and had a blushing red face.
"I bought it! The limited edition chocolate croissant that I've always wanted to try!" Hazel said cheerfully.
"Sir Flash... This is the frappe that you wanted!" The nervous Mijo said in a soft voice.
"HEY HEY! MIJO! WHAT ABOUT THE FOOD WE WANTED?!" Spark interrupted.
"I'M GOING TO TEAR YOU APART, HOOLIGAN!" Mijo shouted back, "SHUT UP! YOU GUYS CAN GO EAT OATS!"
"Mijo." Neon said in a low tone.
Instantly, Mijo started to tremble in fear and slowly turned to her brother. Neon had his sight away from Mijo and had an annoyed look on his face.
"Why are you still around." Neon said in a low and serious tone.
Mijo quickly recognized the look her brother was giving. It was the "You're so annoying, hurry up and go away" expression. She slowly backed away and shielded herself behind Hazel, who had an angered expression as she approached Neon.
"Hold it Neon, could you stop being so mean to Mijo?" Hazel said with a pout, "She's a good friend, so back off!"
"And who are you again?" Neon asked.
As the two argued, Gaige flashed the pamphlet to the others and showed a map with markings. She had a gleeful look on her face while she excitedly jumped up and down.
"Now what the hell are you guys doing here sitting around and being lazy?" Gaige asked, "There's a Japanese store nearby that has the honey jam that I like! Also I want to give Scree Mo something if ever he comes to visit us."
Knock Out and Spark looked at Gaige and turned to each other, giving wild smirks. They turned to Neon, who had an empty seat next to him. Spark patted the chair as he looked at Gaige.
"Alright! We were just waiting for you! AM I RIGHT NEON?!" Spark chuckled.
"SIT DOWN! PLEASE SIT OVER HERE!" Knock Out added.
"...You guys have been like this ever since this morning." Gaige said as she walked up to Flash's seat.
Neon stayed silent and pretended to use his phone. Even though he was pretending to care, he was bothered of the fact that Gaige wasn't agitated at all. He labelled her as a boring person because of this. He pinched the bridge of his nose and walked towards Hazel and Mijo, who began to become frightened by his presence.
"Whatever, just don't cause trouble Mijo." He said to his sister.
"Nylon, you're not joining us in this wonderful trek of valuable items?" Gaige asked.
"Walking around? Not interested," Neon said as he walked towards Gaige and gave out a smile, "Or are you trying to say you want to come to my side?"
Suddenly, Gaige's arm was held and pulled by Flash. The boy glared at Neon as he wrapped his arm around Gaige (Who OBVIOUSLY blushed).
"Sorry, but Gaige is with ME." Flash proclaimed.
With that said, Neon let out an irritated hmph to the two and started to walk away. Knock Out and Spark followed on and left the group. The remaining Canterlot students decided to go ahead with Gaige's idea and went around to buy stuff.
A while later, Sunset, Soul and Hazel headed inside a gift shop while Mijo, Gaige and Flash waited outside. Inside, Hazel was examining the handmade necklaces while Sunset struggled to pull Soul away from an expensive lava lamp that he wanted to buy.
"Neon got dragged away really easily huh?" Hazel spoke out, "Do you think he's given up on Gaige?"
"Who knows? Gaige and Flash ended up going out, and Neon must've been totally rejected," Sunset replied, "DAMN IT SOUL NO!"
"I wonder what he's going to do next," Hazel continued, "Would they become friends?"
"Oh... I don't think the little sister is thinking that way..." Sunset said while she cringed, "Speaking about Mijo..."
Outside at a bench, Gaige and Mijo glared at each other and both had their arms crossed. Flash was between them and was sitting on the bench and watched the two argue.
"Mijo, Brad and I are dating," Gaige proclaimed with a threatening tone, "It's useless for you to try anything."
"But Mijo wants a boyfriend like Sir Flash too! So all I'm doing is just asking him to go out with me for a while," Mijo retaliated as she pointed at Gaige, "First of all, I have to say that you two don't have the aura of a couple! I can't feel that you are inlove with each other! And since it's like that, MIJO IS CUTER!"
"Huh?! REALLY?!" Flash said in surprise.
"BUT WE'RE DATING!" Gaige responded, "AND CAN IT BRAD!"
Suddenly, Gaige went silent and realized something; Mijo was right. Even herself felt that they weren't really dating and more of best friends. Question was, does everyone feel the same? Just as the three were chatting, Soul, Sunset and Hazel arrived at the scene and the group proceeded to their next destination. Gaige was still thinking of Mijo thought of them and decided to ask for assistance from the brutal English girl.
"This is troubling. Alright Senpai-Mijo, what should we do then?" Gaige asked as she went beside Mijo.
"First off Miss Gaige, outer appearance," Mijo pointed out, "You should try and let down your hair. I think that would really fit you."
"No, please," Flash pleaded, "Don't do that or else it would be REALLY hard for me to find her."
"....Flash, what do you exactly do to recognize me?" Gaige asked in annoyance.
As Gaige and Mijo sorted out things, Hazel saw a street where it was filled with clothing store which she and Sunset were eager to check out. Mijo soon realized what was going on and ditched Gaige to join the two in jumping in excitement.
"There is a huge shopping street! Are you guys coming?!" Hazel asked in excitement.
"All the clothes are on sale!" Mijo exclaimed.
"...I really should get the things I wanted to buy on my list so..." Gaige replied.
"OH MY!"
A voice came from their side. Everyone except Gaige and Flash did not recognize who it was. They turned to where it was and through the crowded street, they saw a boy who looked like Flash but with longer hair and a man with orange hair, pale orange skin and was wearing a suit. The two were sitting infront of a store eating bakery made products and eating tea. The boy had a smile on his face while he looked at Gaige and Flash. No doubt, it was Flash's older brother Blaze and one of his father's underling, Curtis.
"Well if it isn't Flash?" Blaze called out as he ate a beagle.
Instantly, Flash shrieked in fear and grabbed Gaige by the waist. He quickly dashed away without even looking at where he was going. The couple disappeared in the crowd as Blaze watched them with amazement.
"Tch, and he even dragged Gaige away," Blaze groaned, "As usual, his reaction was incredible. Curtis, go chase after them will you?"
"No way, it's too troublesome." Curtis said as he read a newspaper.
"Umm excuse me, who are you?" Sunset asked as Mijo was grasping her chest and looking at Blaze with a mesmerized look.
"Oh how rude of me, my name is Blaze and this is Curtis," Blaze introduced, "I'm Flash's older brother."
"Huh, he did mention something about a sibling some time ago," Sunset replied, "What brings you here?"
"Well, when I arrived home, mom told me about Flash and Gaige," Blaze explained with a smile, "But then again it was already late at night and Curtis was conveniently on the driveway sleeping."
"Then he woke me up and headed here." Curtis continued.
"And you guys just came here for Flash and Gaige?" Sunset asked once more.
"Nope, we're just here for pure fun." Blaze replied.
Meanwhile at a playground far from the group, Gaige and Flash knelt and hit behind a slide as the boy peeked over the side to see if Blaze followed them. Behind Flash, Gaige had her arms crossed and pouted as she glared at Flash.
"Dang it, why is Blaze here?! Even Curtis came!" Flash exclaimed in a mix of fear and anger, "Damn, they're just the worst combination ever!"
"Wow, even the great Brad Sentry is scared of his older brother," Gaige said in a sarcastic way, "Tell me, did he steal your candy when you were kids?"
"Gaige I can assure you, Blaze is a terrible person!"
"Whatever."
Gaige stood up and started to walk away. She took out the pamphlet and earlier and began to examine it.
"Hey, where are you going?" Flash asked.
"Where you ask? To get that jam I wanted." Gaige replied.
"JAM?! HAVE YOU NOT BEEN LISTENING TO WHAT I WAS SAYING?!" Flash exclaimed, "This town is no good anymore! The sharks have been let out!"
"Are we seriously going to argue about this?" Gaige replied back in irritation, "I can't believe you."
"You only say that because you don't know Blaze. Listen, that guy does the things I hate most," Flash explained while he crossed his arms, "And I'm sure he'll do it again this time."
The two went silent as Gaige placed both of her hands behind her and playfully swayed. Flash however, simply stared at her for a whole minute. Gaige began to question what her boyfriend was thinking until he took the pamphlet from Gaige and examined it himself.
"Damn, there's still tons of places you want to go. Let's hurry up and go," Flash insisted, "First things first, I will definitely not go to sweet shops. That guys is probably licking his sugar there."
Flash started walking and headed towards the closest destination while Gaige followed on from behind. The two walked through the crowded streets of the town, even seeing some people from her school. However, something felt out of place for her. She looked at Flash for a good while and soon realized; it's because Flash is walking infront of her.
"Hey, you're really slow," Flash called out as he turned to Gaige, "When you walk behind me, I worry."
Flash suddenly stopped and extended his hand to Gaige.
"Give me your hand." He proposed.
Gaige blushed as she began to twirl both of her fingers together. She hesitated to do so, but quickly remembered what Mijo said to her and what she thought about her and Flash. Gaige gave in and quickly extended her hand, in which Flash held as the two continued to their destination. As the two walked, Gaige blankly stared at both of their hands and questioned, do they looked like lovers now?
"...Well, I'm really excited for that jam you wanted," Flash said in excitement, "Reminds me of that time when I broke the jam bottle at my aunt's house when I was a kid."
"Really now?" Gaige chuckled sarcastically.
Even though there were a couple of things going on, Gaige was glad that she was with Flash.
"Whoa! This is so refreshing!" Blaze exclaimed in delight.
Over by the shopping district, Blaze and Curtis scouted the whole street carrying multiple shopping bags. Blaze had a delighted look on his face as he ate an ice cream from his other hand. The two enjoyed the mountain scenery in the distance as the cool summit breeze went through them.
"Shopping is the best way to brighten up the gloomy days!" Blaze said.
"Yes, yes. This is great!" Curtis added, "I jumped into the car straight away when I heard there were beautiful girls clad in bikinis, but this is a really lovely set of mountain ranges!"
"Quite lovely indeed!"
"Yet, I have to accompany master Blaze while he's shopping! I can't help it, but I'm thinking of the joys of labor!"
"I told you to quit calling me master!" Blaze complained, "Whatever, I came here to check out how Flash is doing."
"Are you sure you're not going to harass him instead?" Curtis chuckled.
"Hell no, I'm not here for that," Blaze replied back, "Also, I'm bored of shopping."
"Even so... You still bought alot."
"How come there's nothing interesting going on? If it's like this, why don't we walk to New York and eat some donuts?"
As the two were about to turn to a corner, they were met face to face with Neon suddenly, who was on the phone talking to someone. Blaze and Neon stared eye to eye for a good while until Neon dashed away from them. Unknown to Blaze and Curtis, Neon was scared straight.
"Tsk, all of them immediately run away after seeing me," Blaze said in irritation, "It kind of pisses me off."
Neon quickly ran off the scene and tried to disappear from Blaze's sight, who decided to follow him. As Neon began to notice that Blaze was tailing him, he began to pick up the pace and dashed randomly. He eventually dove into a bush to hide, but was met by Gaige who was sitting behind a bush and was about to take a bite of her corn dog that she was eating. The two remained silent and quietly stared at each other until Neon's eye twitched.
"What the hell are you doing?" Neon said in annoyance.
"I should ask you the same thing," Gaige replied while she took a bite of her food, "Flash told me to wait here to meet up with the rest of the gang and it's because Blaze is here so he told me to hide."
"Where the hell is he then?!"
"He went to buy the things I wanted."
As he was about to sit next to Gaige, loud rustling sound came from behind them. The two turned around and saw Blaze peeking over to them with a surprised look.
"Gaige?" Blaze said.
"Mature older Brad." Gaige replied.
"Tsk, you still followed me." Neon said in irritation.
Blaze began to get irritated as well and leered at Neon. He soon noticed the corn dog that Gaige was eating and began to have a craving.
"That looks really tasty Gaige! Can you tell me where you got it?" Blaze asked gleefully.
"Is that a trick question? The stand is literally just ten feet from where you are standing." Gaige replied as she pointed at the stand behind Blaze.
As Gaige stood up and tried to show where it was, Neon suddenly grabbed her hand. Gaige turned to him and saw that he had an worried and angry (And most importantly, scared) expression on his face, which led to Gaige raising a brow in confusion.
"Hey, are you stupid? This is obviously a trick to get you to follow the wanker." Neon exclaimed.
Blaze soon grabbed a hold of Gaige's other hand as well and smiled at Neon.
"Don't make it sound like I'm a bad person, Neon!" Blaze said in glee, "And you shouldn't do that. You're not supposed to touch another person's girlfriend so casually!"
"If it's just to lead her away from you, I'll do it," Neon retaliated, "You should be the one to let her go."
Suddenly, Flash jumped out of the bush with a plastic bag on his hand. He had a gleeful and excited look on his face as he approached the group.
"Gaigie! The jam is the only thing left to buy!" Flash exclaimed, "I can't believe buying stuff was this fun- WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!"
Hazel, Mijo, Sunset and Soul sat near a fountain as they waited for Gaige and Flash to come back. Hazel was holding a couple of shopping bags and a pair of high heeled shoes and had a satisfied expression. Mijo however, had only one shopping bag due to the fact she didn't bring her whole allowance. Soul and Sunset casually sat next to each other as they admired the scenery in the distance.
"MIJO! LOOK AT THESE BABIES! THEY WERE TWENTY PERCENT OFF!" Hazel exclaimed as she started to drool.
"If I had known this earlier, Mijo would've brought all her allowances!" Mijo cried in disappointment.
"Hehehe, I bought a pair of sports shoes." Soul laughed.
"Good for you Babe... Good for you," Sunset added, "And where's Flash and Gaige?"
"Oh my, young ladies, you guys are really cute," A sly voice came from their side, "There's a good man over there, do you guys want to play."
The group turned to their side and saw Curtis smoking and looking at the three girls with a sleazy look. However, Curtis soon noticed Soul and stopped looking at them.
"Oh, there's already a young boy here, sorry for disturbing you guys." Curtis said.
"It's the guy from just now." Hazel whispered to Sunset.
Mijo quickly approached Curtis with a questioning look on her face. She sandwiched both of her hands together and began to question Curtis.
"Is the good man you are talking about referring to the guy with you just now?" Mijo asked.
"Oh? Have we met before?" Curtis asked.
"HEY. OLD MAN. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO?!"
A familiar hispanic voice came from behind them. The group turned and saw Sparkjump and Knock Out coming to them with angered expressions. Spark was holding some type of list while Knock Out proceeded to grab Curtis by the collar.
"You said good man? That's a load of bullsh*t if you ask me!" Knock Out exclaimed, "It's one hundred years too early for you to hit on Mijo and Hazel!"
"Huh? No wait!" Curtis pleaded.
"SPARK PUT HIM ON THE LIST!"
"Don't get so easily tricked by these foolish words." Spark said to Mijo as he wrote Curtis's name on his list.
"Whoa whoa easy EASY!" Sunset exclaimed as she separated the two, "He's an underling of Flash."
"Oh? So you know young master?" Curtis asked, "I'm really sorry, but good thing I got saved by a young lady like you."
"I used to date Flash."
"Oh my, must be a morbid sight to see him be happy with someone else-"
All of a sudden, the fountain behind made a big splash, startling all of them and backing away from it. As the water settled, Neon and Flash emerged from the water all wet and angry. The group raised their brows in unison and became confused on what they were up to.
"The hell are you stupid idiots doing?" Spark asked.
Neon started to hit Flash on the shoulder as they glared at each other.
"IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU! WE LOST THEM!" Neon shouted as he continued to hit Flash.
Flash stepped out of the fountain first and walked straight to Curtis with a glare.
"My stupid brother took Gaige away while me and Neon were fighting!" Flash exclaimed as he shook the water off.
"So why did you guys come out from the fountain?" Sunset wondered.
"Oh my, young master! You're still a good man even if you're completely drenched!" Curtis chuckled as Flash closed in on him.
"CURTIS! SON OF A B*TCH! GIVE ME BLAZE'S NUMBER!" Flash demanded as he grabbed Curtis by the collar.
"Oh dear, but I have hundreds of contacts in my contact book," Curtis explained, "I have seven more books."
"DAMN IT!"
Flash let go of Curtis and dashed away to find his girlfriend and Blaze. Neon stepped out of the fountain and sat on the side silently with a weary look. He looked up and saw Sunset walking towards him with her sights avoiding him.
"Neon, is it okay for you not to go?" Sunset asked with a worried tone.
"....Why do I have to go?"
"JAM! JAM JAM!" Gaige shouted with a big smile.
At a view deck near a store, Gaige came out with a jar of jam and a gleeful look. She happily hopped to the wooden deck and met up with Blaze, who was eating strawberry ice cream and admiring the view. Gaige joined in with him as she placed the jam below her and watched the scenery as well. Blaze's phone began to ring, which prompted him to check who texted him. He let out a smile as he read the message and placed his phone back to his pocket.
"Hm, I guess he's coming," Blaze said, "Anyway Gaige, was it really alright to leave those two?"
"Well, it looked like they were going to take a while and while they're at it, make out," Gaige chuckled, "Plus the store that sold this jam was about to close."
"Haha, Flash must have it hard too," Blaze laughed, "No wait, or is it because of this that these two are able to go out until now?"
"So older Brad, now that you've dragged me here like a donkey and we hardly know each other, what DID you want to do?"
"It's not like that. Well, whatever, so far everything has been going according to plan. I just wanted to see Flash's horrified face," Blaze laughed, "Adding on to that, I think Flash is on his way here. I was thinking it would be great if he caught us in some sort of love scene! What do you think?!"
Gaige crossed her arms and glared at Blaze silently, which made him uncomfortable. The older boy stopped laughing as he looked away in embarrassment and took a bit of his ice cream. Gaige let out a sigh as she turned to the view with a worried look.
"I don't want to hurt Flash's feelings." She said with a blush.
Blaze stopped eating and looked at Gaige with a surprised look.
"What? You guys are seriously going out?" Blaze asked in shock.
"....Baka, couldn't you tell?" Gaige replied.
"I guess I was too caught up on terrifying Flash," Blaze chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head, "Please, take care of my younger brother."
"But even so, I don't feel like we are going out at all," Gaige sighed, "Idiots around us think so too."
"NO! NO! NO! It's alright!" Blaze said, "I can see that you guys look like a really good pair."
"Well, we just kind of went with the flow, hehe." Gaige chuckled.
"That's not right, you have to continuously make choices throughout your life. Wether it's made consciously or unconsciously," Blaze explained thoroughly, "By making a choice means that you must've also given up on something."
Gaige was stunned and surprised on what Blaze just said. She let out an amazed sound as Blaze smiled to her
"If you don't hold any regret in your choice, that means you must've made the right decision. No matter what you choose, a person will always continue to imagine the untaken path." Blaze finished.
A few minutes later, Flash arrived at the scene with furious rage. He looked around for Blaze but did not saw him. As he ascended to the view deck, he saw Gaige sitting on a bench alone as she watched the sun set in the background. Flash quickly approached the girl and surprised her with his worried look.
"Where the hell is my brother?!" Flash exclaimed.
"Over there."
Gaige pointed out below them. Flash took a peek and saw Blaze waving with a smile below them. Flash's eye twitched as he began to kick the ground in frustration.
"THAT BASTARD!" Flash exclaimed.
"He said he didn't want to get beaten up by you so he left." Gaige said.
Suddenly, Flash's phone began to ring. He took out his phone and saw Blaze was calling him. He accepted it immediately and began to let out his anger on his older brother.
"BLAZE! If you have any problems, just come to me directly!" Flash warned.
"Ahaha, you said something really interesting!" Blaze answered back as he walked away, "I wonder who's that one that has been running and hiding everywhere."
"Enough. Just come and find me."
Flash immediately turned his phone off and went silent. He slowly placed it back to his pocket as Gaige approached him.
"There actually isn't anything to worry about." Gaige explained.
Flash quickly turned to Gaige with a mad expression, which made her gulp and cringe in terror as the boy began to close in on her. Flash then proceeded to give Gaige a noggie as punishment.
"YOU... DID YOU EVEN LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT I JUST SAID?!" Flash exclaimed, "I WAS SERIOUS WHEN I TOLD YOU NOT TO MEET HIM!"
"BAKA! HANDS OFF BEFORE I TAKE YOU TO SUPLEX CITY!" Gaige warned.
Below them, Blaze watched on and gave out a satisfied smile. Not because of what he has accomplished today, but the fact that his brother was happy. The once lonely child that he was related to has turned to a wholesome person thanks to the girl he was with.
Blaze continued on walking and eventually saw Curtis in the distance. As he was about to walk to him, he noticed a person that was leaning on a pole that was close to him. It was none other than Neon, who had a serious expression.
"Blaze." Neon called out.
Blaze stopped on his tracks and turned to Neon.
"Don't mess around with those two, it's really annoying." Neon warned.
The older boy remained silent and inhaled the words that were said. He then let out a sadistic smile as he looked away from Neon.
"You really like her, don't you?" Blaze said softly, "I feel sorry for you."
"...I got rejected already." Neon proclaimed as he walked away.
Blaze stood silently as he watched Neon walk away. He wasn't sure what to feel about what Neon just said. He shrugged it off and continued walking towards Curtis.
Neon however, felt a heavy weight being placed upon him once more. His chest began to ache as he sighed in disappointment. He realized this wasn't going to stop. He realized that he really liked Gaige. He realized now what he needed to do, for he did not have any intentions of being friends with her; he wanted her love.
All of a sudden, Blaze soon noticed Mijo peeking at Blaze in a corner beside him with a mesmerized look.
"We've met, my fated moe-bug!" Mijo said softly.
Neon cringed immediately and grabbed Mijo by the hair. He started to pull her hair while Mijo groaned in pain.
"Stupid little sister, TIME TO GO BACK." Neon said as he dragged his sister by the arm.
"B-Brother?!"
Next Chapter: Chapter 26 - Hold My Hand (Final Round) Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 47 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
And the weekly updates are back! You guys missed me? Sure you did, you missed the awesome plot dragging.
Anyway, this story is almost at the end. Just a fair warning, bring tissues.
And now for the multicultural:
Tocmai am dat seama că fiecare Alicorn este numit după orele din zi. Următorul lucru pe care știi că va fi o printesa pe nume Daylight-economii.