(And now, I have to be the one on top...)

(J-Just don't look down...!)

Are you ready, Nene?

Y-Yeah. I think so...

But go slow when you're about to stand, okay...?

Don't worry.

Alright, up you go.

Yeah!

One, two...

...!

<Oh, look at that...

It's like a giant cactus is sprouting from the ground.>

<They're so high up!>

How do you feel, Nene?!

Y-Yeah.

It's not as wobbly as I thought it would be and I can hold onto the tree, so it might not be so bad after all...

(But I still can't quite reach the bananas... I might be able to if I try standing a little...)

(No, what if I lose my balance...?)

Sorry, but I need to tell you all something...

What do you need to tell us, Tsukasa?

We have an emergency...

I need to sneeze.

What...?!

Oh dear.

You sneeze with quite a bit of force, Tsukasa, so you'll make our formation collapse like a house of cards.

N-No, please!

Just hold it in!

<I-Isn't there anything we can do to stop him?!>

<Uhh... Hang on... I know!

Let's try a tongue twister! Repeat after me!>

<Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers! A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked! And... Go!>

<Peter Piper... Pecked... Hm?>

Grr... Pickled peppers...!

Arrgh...!

<Th-That didn't work, did it?!>

<It may've actually made things worse...>

Please...

J-Just hold out a little longer!

(I... I have to hurry up and get them...)

(I'm the only one who can right now...!

I don't have time to be afraid...!)

Nene, there's no need to rush...

I can keep this sneeze at bay for a while longer...

I can... Uh oh...

Keep it at... Bay!!

Oh geez...!

He's nearing his limit...

I-If Tsukasa's sneeze makes us fall, Nene, I promise to catch you on the way down!

Yes, so will I...

Also, we set up that nice bed of grass just in case something like this happened.

So just try to focus on getting those bananas. You have nothing else to worry about.

All of you...

(It's not just Tsukasa. Emu's shoulders are shaking a lot now and Rui's probably got it the worst right now. But they're doing their best to keep me calm...)

(I have to be brave...)

(Rui and Tsukasa picked herbs for us, and Emu found all those berries. I'm the only one who still hasn't made any contributions.)

(I have to do what I can for them...!)

Just hang with me for a little longer, you guys...

Oh...?

Wait, Nene, are you standing up...?!

O-Only just a little bit...

Can you guys move a hair to the right for me...?

Okay.

You may feel a wobble.

...!

How's that? Can you get them?!

Yeah...

I think I can...

I got them!

Woohoo!!

Achooo!

Haha☆

That was such a big sneeze, Tsukasa!

*Sigh*

Sweet relief. I apologize for causing such a big fuss...

Honestly, I wasn't sure how things would turn out there...

Nice work, everyone.

In retrospect, it may've been easier for us to come back down, let Tsukasa sneeze and redo what we were doing...

<Definitely!>

Why didn't you say that sooner...?

But I guess we at least managed to get what we were after...

They look good enough to be sold at a fancy department store!

They still seem a little unripe.

But they should still be edible.

<I see five bananas, so that's one for each person!>

Good work, Nene!

Now we don't have to go hungry!

Yup yup!

This should be enough to fill our bellies!

I was only able to get them because you guys held on for me.

And I'm glad I could help...

Alright, now that we have our staple, we can start making our way back towards where Shosuke and Robo-Nene are.

Yeah!

He's probably really starving right now!

Wh-What was that sound...?

<Wh-What was it...?>

<Um, over there...?>

Huh?

Ooooook!!!

Eek!

Nene?!

What was that blur?!

It looked like it was trying to attack you, Nene... Are you alright?!

I-I'm okay...

But the bananas...

The monkeys took them...

Ook ook...

<Monkeys?!>

Ah, I see.

It may've been these monkeys.

Now's not the time for that!

Oook, ook...

Oh no!

The monkeys are running away!

And didn't some just slap their behinds while staring right at us?! You all saw that, right...?!

They were definitely taunting us.

<If we don't do something, those monkeys are gonna eat the bananas Nene worked so hard to get!>

<Wh-What do we do?!>

What do we do...?

They took them, so I'm not sure there's anything we can...

We have to act!

Let's go after them right now!

What?!

They'll regret ever taking our precious bananas from us!

Yay! We get to play tag with the monkeys♪

Alright...

I guess we should follow suit.

Y-You're kidding, right...?!

Huff... Huff... Huff...

Ook♪ Ook♪

Grr... I know they can't speak, but it's like they're saying, “Catch us if you can!”

But I'm not about to give up! Not after coming this far!

Y-You're really serious about getting them back...? They're wild monkeys... What if we get hurt...?

Don't worry.

I am not about to lose to the likes of these monkeys!

I have every reason to be worried!

But theft is theft.

The herbs and berries are one thing, but they took what we hoped would keep us going.

They might be hungry too, so we could share...

But we can't just let them take what we worked so hard to get!

Yeah... I get that...!

And there's no guarantee that chasing after these monkeys will result in us getting our bananas back.

...!

Exactly. Which is why...

Which is why...

I've come up with a little plan.

What?