Back in Sooga Village, a certain show off was just arriving in Garu's training grounds.
With a loud "HI-YA", Abyo jumped out of a bush while ripping his shirt off. Only to find that his sparring buddy was nowhere to be found.
"Garu?" Abyo called out while looking around. "Where are you?... We were supposed to have a sparring match today!" But there was no answer.
Abyo searched high and low for any sign of Garu, but there was no clues to be found.
Eventually, he gave up and headed back to the village. That's when he bumped into Ching. "Oh, hey there, Ching." Abyo greeted. Ching greeted back with a joyful "hello, Abyo!"
"Say, Ching?" Abyo started "have you seen Garu? I can't find him anywhere." He asked. Ching took a moment to think. "Not today... Come to think of it, it seems like a couple days since I last seen him." She said. "Actually, I haven't really seen Pucca all day either."
"Where do you think they could be?" Abyo asked.
Both Abyo and Ching started looking all over town for either Garu or Pucca, but came up empty handed. Eventually, they decided to go look for them at the Goh-Rong. "Honestly, this is probably the first place we should have checked." Ching said to Abyo as they entered the restaurant. The two friends looked around, but Neither Pucca or Garu were anywhere. This was getting strange. If Pucca was here she would be busy serving noodles. But all they saw was a very stressed out Dada, struggling to keep up with orders.
Ching and Abyo decided to ask the chefs if they knew anything about where they could be. The three chefs were just as stumped.
"I don't know where they could be." Said Dumpling as he thought for a moment. "I remember Pucca went out searching for Garu this morning. But none of us have heard from her since."
"Do you know where she could have gone to search?" Ching asked.
"I believe she went down by the beach." Replied The chefs.
On that note, Ching and Abyo headed down to the beach to look for their lost friends.
When they finally arrived, they searched for any type of clue. That's when Ching found what seemed to be, marks in the sand, as if someone had pushed a raft into the water.
On the other hand, Abyo noticed that Garu's little boat was missing.
"You don't suppose they could be lost at sea, do you?" Abyo asked Ching, kinda worried by the thought.
"I-I hope not." Ching replied, now afraid by the thought of Garu and Pucca out in the middle of the ocean, completely lost without food or water.
"W-w-we should g-go and see if we can... Maybe spot them." She said nervously.
"Wait, hold the phone, Ching." Abyo blurted. "Are you suggesting that we go out to sea and look for them?"
"Only for a couple hours." Ching replied. "If we don't find them, we'll come back and look somewhere else, alright?"
"Fine." Abyo groaned. With that, Ching and Abyo got themselves a boat and headed off to look for their two friends.
"You know the ocean is really, um, big. Right, Ching?" Abyo started. "If they are out here, how would we even find them?"
"Um. I don't know." Ching Replied. "Just keep your eyes peeled."
"I'm not too sure about Pucca, but if I know Garu. If he was lost at sea, he'd probably search for dry land or something." Abyo continued.
"You mean, like an island?" Ching said sarcastically.
"Exactly!" Abyo blurted out in response. That's when they both spotted something.
"Speaking of islands, there's some now!" Abyo exclaimed.
"I guess it would not hurt to check them out." Ching suggested "Maybe they got stranded there or something."
On that note, Ching and Abyo headed tword the mysterious islands, hopping to find their lost friends.