Yasuha stared at his watch, and back at his wallet. "No no no... god... please no!" he yelled to himself. He looked back at his watch again, and back at his wallet. Then he did it again, just for good measure. "No no, I only have 13 minutes! Shit, shit- I still need 42 bucks..." He began rapidly looking around at his surroundings. Yasuha was at the end of a dark alleyway at about 9:54 pm, and had just got done robbing two people.

"T-There has to be some money laying around here on the floor!" he said as he furiously inspected the floor of the alleyway. The seconds turned into minutes, and eventually, 12 minutes had passed. Yasuha glanced back down at his watch, and realized that he only had about a minute left. "N-No! NO NO GOD NO-"

Finally, a full 13 minutes had passed. A large man began to approach Yasuha, and asked in a deep, gruffy voice, "Where's me money?" He towered above Yasuha, who was only about 5'8 feet tall. "I erm- well you see- I kinda- it's hard to explain-" "Do I look like I give a rat's arse? Where is me money!?" Yasuha was shaking intensely, and he looked as if he was about to cry.

"I uh- I don't-" "YOU DON'T GOT ME MONEY?!" Yasuha cried out, "I only need 42 more bucks! Gimme another day, please!" The man yelled, "Bloody hell, enough is enough! I've given you more chances than there are stars in this damned galaxy!" "Please Big Moe- give me another chance!"

Big Moe got up close to Yasuha and said, "Ya know what I said I'd do if ya didn't get all the money by today?" Yasuha gulped and said, "Please just give me another-" "ENOUGH! It's about time I ended ya damned pitiful life!" Big Moe raised his fist up high and got ready to beat Yasuha down to a pulp. However, a massive bag of trash was thrown right at his bald head. Big Moe looked behind to see what happened, and he saw a man standing at the entrance of the entrance of the alleyway.

"Hey, leave that kid alone. You look as if you're a whole two feet and a hundred pounds bigger than him." said the man. Big Moe yelled out, "And who in the hell are you!?" The man slowly walked towards Big Moe, and his appearance became more clear to Yasuha. It was a skinny and fit fellow, with greenish hair, purple eyes, and an earring.

"Who the hell do you think you are!?" yelled Big Moe, "You're really pissin' me off!" He swung his massive, round fist at the man, who swiftly dodged it. The man pointed at Big Moe's kneecap, and somehow, a bunch of small pizzas began flying around his index finger. They rapidly flew towards Big Moe's knee, effectively acting as bullets. Big Moe fell to the ground, which slightly trembled the ground.

"Get outta here kid!" the man exclaimed, "Hurry!" Yasuha quickly ran towards the man, who both ran away from the alleyway. "H-Hey," said Yasuha, trying to catch his breath as he ran, "Who're you?!" The man looked back at Yasuha and said, "The name's Taka! And you?" "I'm Yasuha!"

The two eventually reached a bus stop. Yasuha caught his breath and asked, "Hey, Taka, who're you? Why did you help me? And- were those pizzas that came out of your finger?" Taka went on his phone and told him, "Eh? No reason, I just like to help people around in tough situations. What was his deal with you, anyway?"

Yasuha stayed quiet for a bit, struggling to find his words. "Ah, well- I just owed him money. I didn't have it by the time he wanted it, and so he decided that he would try to... yknow, kill me." Taka responded, "Ah, I see." Yasuha said, "Seriously, thank you so much. I definitely would've died if it wasn't for you... I have to like, repay you. Or something." Taka responded, "It's fine. You don't."

"Oh... um- okay then. Uh, where are you goin'?" Taka responded, "Home." "I see. Uhm- can I like- s-stay in your home...? I can't really go home- I might d-die." Taka responded, "You sure stutter a lot. Sure, you can stay over." "Thank you, thank you so much! You're so nice!"

Their bus arrived, and the two got on. Taka was able to clearly see Yasuha. He was a 5'8 tall octoling with pale skin, pinkish-yellow hair and a branded jacket. The bus ride was about 20 minutes long, and stopped near Taka's home.

TO BE CONTINUED