Van cracked his knuckles. "Amateurs." He laughs as a warrior he is training with gets nailed in the chest by a Giant's huge fist. Van scamper up the nearby bolder and lumps, his spear inverted . "Van you moron!" A little Tarutaru yelled as the giant casually backhands Van and sends him flying.
"Cram it Maken." VanRiku Lionsblood yelled dusting himself off and grabbing his spear. Maken sighs. "Van is to undiscipline to follow his mother...." He thinks to himself. Van places his spear's tip several feet in the giants ribs. "Hay Maken! See, he's not so tough!" Van says, his normal hot-shot attitude showing like a beckon in a dark night. The giant lets out a bellow and then thrashes wildly, snapping Van's spear into match wood. "NO!" Van yells pulling a glowing red and black dagger from his pocket and taking a fighting stance. "O good idea , use a Aspire dagger when your spear failed... what are you going to do? Poke him to death?" A Galkan warrior laughs hefting his Great sword to his shoulder and wildly swing at the Giant who's skin just splits a little. "Um... I had thought that far ahead." Van shrugs. "It's the first strep dumb ass! It comes right after taking your weapon out! Fighting, you're a warrior, don't they teach you this dumbass!" Maken yells as he summons Carbuncle to his side. "Well I just thought I could... I don't know drain its manna or something, that is what this dagger does." He says ducking a blow from the giants massive forearm. "You can't absorb any MP even if it had any. You don't have a drop of magic in your body!" Maken yelled as the Galan's huge sword beheaded the giant and it fell to the ground.

A few minutes later Van was taking a breather trying to piece back his broken spear. Maken walked to him. Van was grim for once. "This was my guardian's spear and I took it... now its broken..." Van say his head bowed. Van shakes his head. "Well I guess that and excuse to go buy a better spear." VanRiku says with a big grin. Maken could tell he was sad but didn't push the matter.
They arrived in Juno's Auction House a few minuets later to find a giant crowd. People called out job offers, "I need someone to come with me to aid me in becoming a ranger!"
"Anyone wanna join me in a hunt for Leaping Lizzy, there is some big Gill in it!!!?
Van was amused. "Just like home aint it Maken? Just like when we were kids, remember?"
"I wish I could forget the drunken bar fights... and the hangovers... the hours with white mages..." Maken complained.
"But you have to remember all the good times? The Mithra checking us out. The time you got your mother confused with a cheep hooker! Man you nearly paid her 60 Gill to give you a-" Van says as Maken kicked him in the shin. "Ouch. What was that for?" Van says bending down to rub his shin.

They arrived at the counter. "Hay buddy, got any good spears in stock?" Van says peeking threw the slats. A Hume girl peaked back threw the slats. Van winked and pointed a finger at her. She blushed and giggled. "Well... um.. Yes Sir, we have a very fine Spear, its was used by a great Dragoon but he sold it to us." She said blushing and stumbling on her words. Van started to drool. "How much?" Maken piped in for below the counter.
"45,000 gill little guy." The Hume smiled. Van looked like he was in his grave. Maken looked up at him then kicked him hard in the shin.
"Can't you cut me a break miss?" Van pleaded grabbing the shutters. She was taken back. "Well... um.." She stuttered curling her finger in her hair and biting her lower lip. "I NEED that spear. I only have 25,000 and that for food!" He says taking the gill and putting it on the counter. "I'll do anything!" He pleaded.
"Anything?" She said with a smile. Van gets a little drained in the face but slowly nods.

The next day Van and Maken walked onto the Airship bound for Kazhm. Maken looks at Van's new black spear. Van walks aboard, his hands behind his head. "Say Van... how did you get that spear? The lady took your cash and handed it to you. You didn't... screw her did you..." Maken says with a look of disgust on his face.
"Well kinda..." Van says with a roguish grin.
"How can you kinda screw someone?" Maken says as they go to the top deck. Van just smiles and rests himself on the guard rail. "Van?" Maken says looking worried.
"STOP THAT AIRSHIP!" A female voice rang from the port as the air ship circled over Juno. She was to late...
"He promised.....but he never showed up... that jerk... I WILL get him!" The lady from the auction house yells.