"Junko"
"Gleeeeeeeeep! Gleeeeeeeeep! Gleeeeeeeeeep! Gleeeeeeeeeeeep!" some bullies chanted.
"Guys…I don't want to hurt you," a wallop said.
"So what? What are some knuckle busters gonna do to us, huh tiny?" one bully tested.
"Give us your basket now! Or else we'll beat you up!" another threatened.
"No! I'm NOT going to give you my basket! My food is in there! Get your own food!" the picked-on wallop yelled.
"Come on! Just give it to us and we'll leave you alone!" yet another bully said.
"That's what you said last time and here you are! You came back!"
The bullies just laughed. They abruptly stopped, looked at each other, then grinned nastily at the wallop they were teasing.
"What are you guys doing?" the wallop with the basket asked fearfully.
He suddenly heard a smack and realized seconds later that his head throbbed extremely painfully. He saw the bully wallops take his basket and leave, then…blackness.
Sora made a graceful landing in a small city which seemed to be the only city that occupied the terra.
She looked over the area and tried to decide where to look first.
"Hmmm…"
Suddenly, she heard a tromping noise, as if there was a group of young wallops running…in fact it was a group of young wallops running! And they were laughing too.
Hmm…seems like they're having fun…except…they seem to be laughing evilly. Oh well…
"HEY!!! WAIT!!! STOP!!! GIMME MY BASKET BACK!!!"
"HAHA!!! Loser!!! Make us!!!" one of the boys in the group shouted as they continued running away.
Sora thought about the situation.
I really should be looking for sky quats, but…
She looked at the poor wallop running behind, trying to catch up to the wallops who stole his basket.
Screw it, I gotta help him.
Sora bolted for the group of wallop bullies and targeted the one with the basket. It was easy to catch up to them, since they had little legs to carry them and they were still growing.
She popped in front of the wallop bullies and stuck her hand out, a stern look plastered on her face.
The group of wallop boys halted immediately, but the one with the basket didn't brake quickly enough and skidded right into Sora.
Sora raised her eyebrow. "And what makes you think you can steal baskets from others?"
"Uhhh…I…"
Sora stuck her hand out, nonverbally demanding the basket.
"Here! Take it!"
The bully that skidded into Sora slammed the basket into her hands, and sped off, with the others following his lead. They all ran as fast as they could back to the town.
The wallop that seemed to be the original owner of the basket came and ran up to
Sora, out of breath.
"Wow…thanks…so…much," he managed to blurt out between gasps. "I…really…need to…tell…my auntie…that…you…were so…nice…to me…"
"Hey, kid, save your breath. It was nothing. Here's your basket."
Sora handed the basket to the wallop. He immediately collapsed and sat down on the ground right in front of Sora.
"Wow, you're really out of breath, huh? You better take it easy when you go home. You know your way right?"
He silently nodded his head.
"Okay good. Well…uhh…guess I'll see ya around. I gotta get to my job. I have sky quats to find. Don't let those boys bully around, okay kid?"
And with that, Sora began to briskly walk toward the town, wanting to get to her duty fast. She didn't want to come back to the inn only to find it in flames.
She shook off the vision. That would be a nightmare.
"Wait!!! Umm…Hero!!! Come back!!!"
Hero?
Sora turned her head to look at the wallop boy.
"Yes?"
He came running up to her on his little legs and panted, "Did you say you needed sky quats? My auntie has plenty of those!!! She's having a sale today. I think I can get you some, you know, to thank you for saving my basket of food."
Sora smiled. "Sure kid, lead the way."
"Okay!" he smiled back.
"Oh, by the way, I'm Sora. Not that I don't mind you calling me Hero," Sora grinned. "And what do you go by?"
The young wallop boy's eyes brightened. He felt acknowledged.
"I'm Junko," he smiled.