The Tale Of Saratobo Uramaka.

Chapter 7: The Memories

"Hey! Look at her guys! It's good old lonely Hibana"

"Heh, what should we do to her, Kisoko?"

"I say we beat her up. She has that cool necklace. I want it!"

"Both of you shut up! I'm bigger and stronger than you guys! I'm keeping it!"

The three young boys approached Hibana slowly. She was terrified. All she was looking for was some flowers for her to hold onto. She missed school that day to search for nice flowers. It was the spring time, so flowers started sprouting and trees started to show life. However, this time, three boys came to follow her. Hibana used to wear a beautiful necklace left behind from her mother. She would wear it everywhere. These three boys wanted it as they could sell it for a high price. It held a precious orange gem that no one has ever seen before. The three boys were getting ready to surround Hibana and take it from her when a familiar voice yelled from behind.

"HEY! Why don't you guys pick on someone your own size!" a young Saratobo emerges from the trees! A much younger Saratobo. He was taking a nap on the tree branches. He was missing class to just nap as he felt it was pointless to go. That was until he heard the ruckus from a distance. He went over to check it out. From a young age, Hiruzen always taught Saratobo to protect people in danger, so his sense of heroism kicked in.

"And who the hell are you?" said the second tallest kid.

"I'm Saratobo Uramaka! And you should stay away from that girl! I'm going to protect her!" he exclaimed with a lot of enthusiasm.

"What the hell are you going to do, shorty?!" said the tallest kid while shoving Saratobo.

"I'm going to spray you all away!" Saratobo said while reciting a chant for a water energy technique.

The three boys looked scared as Saratobo finished. Then, he shot! Out came from his mouth a small stream of water. The three boys, now no longer afraid, put out a malevolent grin, and approach Saratobo.

"Heh, before we beat you up, remember my name, I'm Kisoko," said the tallest boy.

"I'm Tua," said the second tallest boy."

"And I'm Ikram," said the shortest boy. All three proceed to jump and beat Saratobo until he was a ball on the floor. They kicked him, punched him, pushed him. At one point, Kisoko picked up Saratobo and ran him into a tree, nearly breaking a rib or two. The other two just kept beating him down. Eventually, the boys got bored, and they switched their focus to Hibana again. As they walked towards Hibana, a bloody, bruised up and beat up Saratobo got up.

"Wa-wa-wait, I'm, I'm-I'm-I'm not done yet..."Saratobo barely got the words out. He was barely standing. The three boys looked in shock. They couldn't believe he still stood. This gave Hibana enough time to run away and hide. One of the boys noticed and yelled in frustration as he really wanted the necklace. Then all three turned to Saratobo.

"It's your fault she ran away! That necklace was ours!" Tua said.

"I'm going to beat you up so hard, you wish you never got up!" Kisoko responded.

Saratobo somehow got strength to charge at them and delivered a punch that connected on Kisoko! Straight to the chin, and it sent him stumbling back. But the numbers game overwhelmed Saratobo again. Soon enough, he was on the ground again, and once again he was getting beaten up. Eventually the boys got bored again and simply left. Once the scene was clear, Hibana emerged from the bush she was hiding from.