A Missing Ninja

Chapter Seven

"Abyo, you can't stay mad at Pucca forever!" Ching told him as he packed a bag. Abyo couldn't take it anymore. He didn't want Garu to leave because of something he never did, so he decided that he was going to find him. Ching wanted to come and she was going to get Pucca to come too. However Abyo refused. "He left because of her Ching! How come you can't see that?!" he shot to her. Ching put her hands on her hips. "Abyo, she knows what she did was wrong. Besides, Garu's at fault just as much as Pucca." she muttered.

Abyo whirled his head around and glared at Ching. "Oh please, what did he do?" he asked. "Well maybe if Garu was honest with his feelings and didn't keep running away, Pucca wouldn't have believed Casano was Garu." Ching stated. "Well, maybe if Pucca toned down her emotions and quit bothering Garu, he wouldn't have kept running away!" he snapped. "Oh yeah? Remember the time he gave her a bell so that he'll know when she's coming? That was so mean!" Ching exclaimed. "That was only because she moonstruck him into falling in love with her!" Abyo rebutted. "Or what about the time he refused to eat noodles with her at the Goh Rong?" "Oh please, that wasn't even that bad. Unlike the time she changed a movie that he paid to watch in the theater and made him watch that cruddy romance movie. And the time she shoved an Cupid arrow up his butt and gave him love soup so he could be forced to fall in love with her! And the time she broke his leg! And got Destiny to pretend to kidnap her so she could have an excuse for him to come! Why do you always have to defend Pucca?!" Abyo snapped. "Why are you always defending Garu?!"Ching snapped back.

"BECAUSE HE CAN'T SPEAK FOR HIMSELF!! IT'S ALWAYS 'How could Garu do this?" OR 'Pucca deserves better!'. EVERYONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT PUCCA DOES AND YET THEY ALWAYS TAKE HER SIDE!! NOW MY BEST FRIEND'S GONE BECAUSE HE COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!! HE LET HER GET AWAY WITH SO MANY THINGS AND HE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH!!" AND IF HE CANNOT SPEAK FOF HIMSELF, THEN I HAVE TO!!" Abyo screamed. He panted as Ching looked on in shock. Abyo sighed sadly. "I just...miss him. I miss my best friend." his voice broke. Ching sighed and hugged him. "I miss Garu too. And I know that Pucca can come a little strong but she does love him. Let's get her and discuss it with her." Ching said and the two left for the Goh Rong.

However, she wasn't there. She went to see Master Soo's temple to ask for his help. "Oy! I don't know where Garu is!" he exclaimed. "PLEEEAAASEEE MASTER SOO???" Pucca whined. He sighed and a glow appeared from his hands. Then a map appeared from his hands. "Do you have anything that Garu ever touched?" he asked. Pucca nodded and handed him  the bell necklace he gave her (mostly because he wanted to know where she was coming from.) The necklace absorbed into the blank map. Soon enough the map transformed into a full map, there was lots of land, and two dots far apart from each other. "See that little black dot? That's your Garu. The red dot is you." Master Soo told her. Pucca gasped in surprise. "This will take you to wherever Garu is, but heed my warning, do not lose the map. If it ends up in the wrong hands, disaster will happen." he warned her. Pucca nodded and turned to leave. "Pucca?" he added. "Yes Master Soo?" she asked. "Bring Garu home." he told her. Pucca smiled hopefully at him and left.

Afterwards, she ran into Abyo and Ching about what Master Soo told her and the map. "Great! Let's go find Garu!" Abyo cheered. They met at the Goh Rong to collect some food for their trip. However, someone barged into the door. Someone unexpected.

"Tobe? What are you doing here?" Ching asked. Tobe panted as if he was in a hurry. "I heard you were looking for Garu." he said out of breath. Pucca scoffed. "If you think you and your clan can convince us out of it then you can-" "I want to help." Tobe interrupted. "Huh?" Abyo asked. "I want to help you find Garu." he told them. The group starred at him like deers in headlights. "I...I must be going crazy, did he just say he wants to HELP us find Garu?!" Abyo exclaimed. Tobe sighed in annoyance. "Are you people going deaf?! Yes!!" he yelled at them. "Don't you hate Garu?" Pucca asked. Tobe turned his head to hide his embarrassed blushing. "I...I just want to find him so I can finally get my vengeance." he told them. Pucca and Ching giggled. "What's so funny?" he asked them. "Okay, so it's not because you miss him?" Ching asked. "No! I'm glad he's gone, I just-"

"Hurry up Ayo!" Ring Ring demanded as she entered the Goh Rong. "What are you doing here Ring Ring?" Ching asked. "What does it look like? I'm coming with you guys too!" she told them. Pucca sighed. She didn't want Ring Ring to come, but something told her she couldn't talk her out of if. "I'm coming too. Mr. Dong King has urged me to keep Miss Ring Ring." Ayo added while struggling with his and Ring Ring's things. "Fine..." Pucca muttered.

When they finished packing, the villagers bid their farewells and well wishes. Hoping that Garu would return back safe and sound. "Let's go find my Garu!" Ring Ring cheered. The team began their journey.