Blizzard awoke, those cold blue eyes of his blinking open. Glancing down he realized Masako's head was buried against his chest, asleep, a hand clutching the thin red cloth of his shirt. Junichiro meanwhile was ling curled up on his lap, its small wings folded in front of its face.
The boy sighed, laying his head on the back wall of the truck. As much as he hated to admit it, he could get used to this. He had been traveling by himself for so long that being near people was nice again. He sighed, shaking his head. But being near people also put him at risk of losing them once again…
Not wanting to think about it, he looked aside. His eyes widened and he sat up. Something wasn't right. There was sunlight filtering in behind the boxes and then the entire wall next to them had been cleared out. Someone must know by now they were hiding back here.
'Why did I have to fall asleep!?' he scolded himself, trying to get up. As much as he didn't want to he was going to have to wake up the girl and her pet.
He froze at the sound of footsteps on the metal floor. They were getting nearer and nearer in seconds. The boy reached for his staff, incase someone decided to attack him but a friendly, dark tanned face was what stared over at them over the four-foot wall of boxes.
"Eh, hello lad. Glad to see you're okay." The man smiled.
"Good morning." He swallowed. "I'm sorry; we hid away on your ship. We-we needed to get away from Traverse Town."
"That's understandable lad. I can't stand being there to long. Its way to boring, ya?" his thick accent rumbled in his tenor voice. "Where were you planning on heading?"
"Hollow Bastion sir." He told him plainly.
The man cringed. "You just went completely in the other direction. I don't make runs that far east. But I can try and find someone who does do runs out that way."
"Could you?" the boy asked eagerly. "Thank you."
"No problem." He smiled. "Name's Nian, boy."
It was then that Masako stirred, waking up Junichiro. The small Wyvern yawned and nuzzled up against his owner.
"Morning." The girl told her friend before blushing when she realized where she had fallen asleep.
Blizzard smiled. "My name's Blizzard sir. I can't thank you enough."
"Bliz, who you-" looking up the girl gasped. Her face went completely red. "Oh I'm so sorry! We didn't mean to-"
Nian chuckled. "It's alright Miss."
"I'm Masako." She bowed her head. "And this is Chiro."
"Haven't seen one of those before. Interesting little guy." He smiled. "Well you all mine-as-well stay around for a while. No ships will be leaving today. Today's the national Blitzball Tournament."
"Blitzball?" both the kids said at once, before looking at each other in smiles.
"The sport of Spira. We're in Luca." He grinned. "You should check it out. Both blitzball and sphere break are going on today. You all should check it out."
As the trucker grabbed the last of the boxes, the two children stood and walked out to the end of the cargo bay, looking out into the bright seaside city of Luca.
"Wow, it's so beautiful." Masako murmured in awe.
Chiro chirped before diving into the girl's black bag, curling up and going back to sleep.
"Well, we're here." The boy said softly. "We mine as well make the most of it."