The time had passed sooner than expected, and after hours of walking, they found themselves in a deserted town, built up of about 5-7 shops and almost no huts. It seemed abandoned, except for the fact that there were lone shop keepers and a couple of peasants running around.
"I'm hungry again..." Yakunan whined.
Kyoko scowled, but then realized his own stomach was growling loudly. Feeling a sense of emptiness (which was coming from, yes, his stomach), he grabbed Reina's arm and proceeded to the nearest shop, who luckily had food conveniently in its window.
"Ramen and extra large melon bread...please..."
Reina shook her head, but chuckled despite such sillyness. Holding the paper bag firmly in his fist, Kyoko tugged Reina back to the rest of the group and made their way out of the village, for they thought there was no point in staying in such a small and inconvenient little town. Musuyo, who was walking behind the rest, was contemplating the fact that Reina and Kyoko fell in perfect step with each other, unknowingly and with no effort. Intrigued by this thought, Musuyo kept staring at their feet (and to get to the point, obviously not his own). Stupidly, as he watched so demeaningly, tripped over a small stone and collapsed atop of Yakunan, and like dominoes, knocked the rest of them over, so that Musuyo was on Yakunan, who was on Feira who was on Kyoko, and lastly, who was on Reina.
"What the hell?"
"Ow, you're on my leg!"
"Get off me!"
"Help me up..."
Such raucous started soon afterward, and ended quiet unpleasantly. Yakunan had slapped her brother in disdain, which made Musuyo grouchy and non-cooperative. Fiera, who was now not in the mood to walk for Yakunan had elbowed her on the back, was unsucessfully trying to suppress loud grumbles of anger. The only people who seemed the least troubled was (of course...) Reina and Kyoko ( a.n. duhr, he fell on her, so what's to be mad at...). Although, Kyoko seemed somewhat displeased when he found out that the melon bread had been squashed.
"Well that was a waste of my earnings..."
"And I was wanting some of that!" Reina chimed.
But all seemed well after a breeze had picked up and cooled them all off from the sun and the heated arguments. All that remained was the grumbling stomachs of the hungry travellers. And to their dismay, they were no where close to another village.
"Where the HELL are we gonna get food from? We must be MILES away from any market and/or food place. Tell me...WHERE IS FOOD!"
Yakunan was complaining all to the insanity of everyone else. Groans came from the rest of them, and Yakunan maintained her childish ways.
"Do you hear my stomach? It's extremey loud, you could hear it from miles away!"
"Well you could never hear it over your voice that's blasting in our ears. They'd hear your complaining before they would hear your stomach." Fiera mumbled angrily.
Yakunan opened her mouth to speak, but was at a loss for words, which made her shut it just as quickly. Her only response was a low muffled growl.
The sun was setting fast, and they hadn't found a place to set up camp. Reina, starting to get worried, ran ahead of everyone else at amazing speed, trying to find a cave or sheltered area to sleep. Fiera had no care in the world, since she had adapted to sleeping in almost any condition; in trees, on rocky ground, unsheltered area, in the rain...just about anything. She was starting to get frustrated with them, picky as they were.
Why must we always wait til we find shelter? It's not like it's going to rain. You're all just wussies...
These thoughts grew very strong when the sun was almost down behind the horizon and they still hadn't stopped searching.
"Hey why don't we just sleep on the ground? It's very soft, and it's not like it'll rain at any moment." Fiera smiled, trying to look persuasive.
To her surprise, Kyoko agreed with her. "Yeah we could do that."
Yakunan, however, was not please, and Musuyo knew that she'd have a complaint, being the little princess she was.
"I disagree strongly. Why don't we walk for a while more. We'll get soaked and it'll be hard to sleep..."
The others stared at her in annoyance. Yakunan stared back.
"No, we'll sleep here. Water is water. It'll dry. Besides. We're all tired." Musuyo stretched and lay himself along the ground, curling up into a tight ball. Reina pulled Kyoko to the ground and they huddled together, close to Musuyo. Feira smirked and rested herself on her back, easily falling asleep under the darkening sky. Yakunan was still stubborn and reluctant. No one looked up to sympathize for her. She grew angry, but curled up beside Kyoko, a scheme slowly stirring inside her head.
