a/n: (Both Pucca and Garu talk in this story.)
I might really die out here! She thought as she struggled to get up. The young delivery girl had loss track of how much time had passed since she had crashed in the middle of the bamboo forest. She gave yet another attempt to move but her efforts prove fruitless. Her entire body felt num except for a dull pain in her right arm and left leg. It was all she could do to turn her head to see parts of her once beautiful scooter and the food she'd been delivering scattered around the boulder she'd crashed into. It didn't that she had to smell her uncles' cooking only a few feet away from her. As if the young girl's luck couldn't get any worse a light rain began to fall.
A few yards away a young ninja in training had stopped to rest and take shelter from the unexpected drizzle. He sat beneath a large cluster of bamboo leaves silently cursing his rotten luck. As if reading the young boy's troubled mind his small black cat looked up meowing sympathetically. Oh well, he said to know one in particular, I was bound to run into Tobe sooner or later but there's just no way I'll be able to live in the same village without killing that bastard, I kinda like this place too. He sighed.
The rain stopped almost as soon as it had started and a calm silence fell over the forest so it rather startled the young girl to hear leaves rustling and voices coming towards her. The voices kept coming closer and closer she could only make sense of a few words. The young delivery girl had been slipping further and further away from consciousness by the minute. Suddenly all of the voices stopped and she could faintly make out the sound of footsteps running towards her. Her eyes widened as Tobe came into focus bending over her. The young girl's already fazed mind began to race. Tobe was the last person that she wanted to see. She had seen him around Sooga village before and though she had never met him personally she already knew that he was bad news.
Under normal conditions she knew that she would have no problems dealing with him and his ninja gang but at the moment she felt more like a sitting duck. Tobe was saying something to her but she couldn't understand. He reached out a hand but suddenly stopped and turned his head. The young girl could hear another voice somewhere behind her.
The young ninja hadn't gone far before walking in on the scene. At first he stood frozen in place in a shocked silence. From the scooter parts and food laying around it was easy enough to guess what had happened but why was Tobe there. Had he caused the accident or had he just been passing by. Either way no good could come from Tobe's being there. The young ninja made the call. Step away from the girl. He said hand already on his sword. This has nothing to do with you Garu. Tobe sneered. "NINJAS ATTACK!", he shouted,...Ninjas?
The "ninjas" who had accompanied Tobe had started a game of jump rope and it took them a few seconds to realize that they'd been given orders. Within a matter of seconds they were all on the ground screaming like banshees. Drama queens. Garu muttered. He had, for their sakes, made the wounds shallow. No matter, Tobe said now drawing his own sword, There will still be no honor for you today Garu.
The young girl wanted nothing more than to slip onto a sweet unconsciousness but she forced herself to stay awake and strained to hear what was going on. Swords clashed for what seemed like forever. Finally she heard someone scream. "I'll be back", someone whined, "Ninjas retreat!", that had to be Tobe, then silence. She could hear more footsteps coming towards her. A boy she boy she had never seen before was now bent over her. He gently lifted up her head and held a water bottle to her mouth. Tears of joy began to fall as she realized that he wasn't going to hurt her. Garu, she managed once he took the bottle away,( she was sure Tobe had called him Garu), thank you. She said closing her eyes just in time to see the boy's face turn crimson as he gently picked her up to carry her to the nearest hospital.
a/n: Okay so maybe this was a little dark for Pucca but this isPucca's Tragic Love story, also I know that Pucca getting hurt is completely out of character but I'll explain later plus I wanted to see Garu save Pucca for a change.
