Courage

* Pant * pant * "Grampa, today I definitely will get the bell," I stated confidently. "Hohoho We're gaining confidence, eh?" Gramps responds with a grinning expression. I lowered my body and dashed in, blocking his vision with my left fake and following gramps' stride backwards. I will stamp on his right leg to immobilize him and get the bell into his right pocket. I block Gramp's knee with my feet, allowing me to finally get the bell! Huh!? What? Grampa dragged me again, this time flipping me and attempting to fling me off, so I pushed with my movement. I am going to counter him and alter my course. "arghhhhhh!!" Nonetheless, Grandpa manages to throw me off.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA excellent effort, Lou I can tell that you've improved your movements and that you're coming up with new motions and making alternative options. Huh? Lou? "Are you okay?" When Grandpa was about to fling me off, I grabbed the bell from his right pocket, "arghhhhhhh!, Grandpa I finally got my hands on your bell!" After a month of hard training, I finally got the bell, I yelled as I lay on the ground. Grandpa saw me raise the bell in my hand, and with a surprised expression on his face, he replied, "You truly took it from me, little guy HAHAHAHA!" Let us rejoice! Lou, get up! Let us go to the market!"

While I was preparing, Grampa gave me a gift. "Lou, I'll give you this watch so you can call me if you get separated from me, on this watch you can do a lot of things it can also assist you navigate so you can go home without me, " grandpa said as I was getting ready to go to the market. When I put the watch on my left wrist after receiving gift from Grandpa, it makes a beeping noise, and it is now securely attached to my wrist.

BeeBeep!

Scanning

Registering info

Name: Lou Hisen

Gender: Male

Age: 10 Years old

Bebep beep!

Initialization complete!

I'm going to the market for the first time, and I'm hoping it'll be a fascinating location. Going to the market would need one bus journey, so we waited at a bus stop. While waiting for the bus, I noticed several individuals with mechanical arms, some talking on their phones, and others wearing a hodie, but I also noticed a luminous yellow eye, which I believe is an augmented contact lens as shown in the commercial.

The bus arrived, and we boarded it. Grandpa paid by tapping his card on the scanner, and two small cards appeared, which were used to get into your seat on the bus. After a few minutes of travel, we arrived at the marketplace.

"Get your fresh apples here!"

"Ooy, discounted meat here come and buy it here!"

"Woah, the market is so enormous and loud; it has so many different people." The market has a main road and stands for the stalls on both sides of the road. There is a variety of items that may be purchased with a card, as well as delivery drones. "Hey, Gramps, what are we going to buy?" I ask. "First, I'm going to treat you to the special curry that I always eat, and then we're going to get some meat, vegetables, and seasoning for the celebration."

We entered a strange alley, and at the end there is a small restaurant called "Kuyoshi house," which Gramps claimed he often ate at when he was hungry since the food is good and affordable. We took a seat on the right corner, Grandpa order two special curry with some dumplings. the restaurant fragrance, aroma enter my nose sipping thru the nozzles. When the food arrived, I tasted the particular curry that Gramps is so proud of; it tasted amazing as the sauce poured over the rice and the smell exploded in my tongue; I could taste the balance of sweetness and sourness of the curry; the meat was also tender, with cubes of the right size to be easily eaten; and the taste matched the sauce. We began purchasing everything we required after finishing the unique curry and dumplings.

We ride the bus home after purchasing the necessary supplies. After getting off the bus. I noticed, what I believe to be Kol, who was with three other kids. "Gramps, I'll talk to my friend for a minute, you can go home first," I said as I quietly followed them, my instincts instructing me to be sneaky. There's a large kid with a grouchy expression, then there's this dodgy kid, and then there's this frightening kid with large eyes, I believe they are between the ages of 11 and 13.

After a few minutes of following, they arrive at a dead-end alleyway, 'What are they doing here?' Why does Kol follow them as well, maybe I'm just thinking too much', suddenly I heard loud noises "Give me that," as if someone was forcing to take something; "No, this is my book," followed by noises and a kicking sound. 'What's going on?' I rushed up to them and saw Kol being ganged up on by the three kids!

"You bastards," I shouted angrily, adrenaline coursing through my veins. "Who in the world are you?" asks the large kid. "Are you lost, tiny one?" asks the second one, the one with huge eyes remains mute. "You people can't fight your own size, can you?" They stop kicking Kol and gaze at me angrily; 'It's working now I got there attention, I need to devise another strategy,' the two shout as they walk towards me. "Do you know who you're fooling with, if not your dead meat?"

I can feel my hands trembling; three of them; can I take them all down with only myself having doubts; the huge kid suddenly rushes in as if attempting to punch me; "arghhh!" I can observe his motions; he's so sluggish! Gramps' movements were much faster than this, so I adjusted my position and used my right leg to trip him, causing him to fall face first on the ground. "Hey big guy, don't know how to run, huh?" The second one comes running up to me. As he was about to kick me in the knee, I dodged and moved behind him, countering with my left leg in a typhoon sweep, kicking his ankle from behind, leaving him defenseless and tumbling back first to the ground. Following that, I asked, "How does it feel to be kicked, you piece of shit?" The third kid, who had wide eyes, remained dead silent as if he were a ghost.

"Are you all ok, Kol?" I rush up to him; I can see that they cracked his glasses and left bruises all over him, but he was still guarding the book, holding it up to his chest and using his arm to deflect their kicks or punches. " Kol, let's get out of here," I say, but he is still terrified. Kol, It is me, Lou, your friend. With a horrified expression on his face, he questioned, "Lou, what are you doing here?" I replied to him, Long story short, I will explain later; for now, take my hand. "Kol, take my hand. As two guys slowly stand up and scream, "Your dead, butterface!" I assist Kol in getting up and we flee out of the alley.

"Lou follow me, I know a location where we can hide!". We've arrived at an abandoned warehouse with rusted walls and dirty ceilings. "Here Lou, we can hide here!" We take refuge in a small chamber that resembles a security guard room. "Hey Kol, let's hide here for a few more minutes, I spotted them pass through," I said after a few seconds of seeing the three pass by us.

"Do you know who they are, Kol?" I ask. "Yes, I knew them; they make fun of me all the time, When I finally had enough, I ran away; they pursued me as I ran, and I stumbled and fell somewhere; it was then that I discovered the secluded place where we originally met." After hearing this, I completely understand why Kol freaks out when he sees me on his secret base. "Hey Lou, I'd want to ask you a question: how did you find me? You also know how to fight now, Lou." I responded to Kol with a blushing expression, "HAHAHA Kol, stop it, you're making me blush. Remember the bell I need to grab from Gramps? I got it, Gramps felt we should celebrate it, so we went to the market to purchase some things, then we went home, and after getting off the bus, I spotted you walking with them, so I decided to follow you guys."

After explaining to Kol, he replied with a grimace face, "Lou, you really need to stop being sly." I break out laughing, and Kol is also giggling, "Lou Thankyou for saving me back there." "No issue Kol, we were friends after all," I said. And give him a friendly smile.

We have decided to return home after spending some time on the abandoned warehouse. "It's been a while Kol, but I believe we're fine now and can return home." While exiting the abandoned warehouse, I noticed something on the yard, surrounded by grass and automobile scrapes. "Hey Kol, I think I noticed something; I'll go check it out." As I approached it cautiously, with Kol trailing after me, I heard him shout, "Lou, wait up!" leaving a small gap between me and Kol. Suddenly, a cracking sound can be heard, and it grows louder and louder until it stops. I looked at Kol and said, "Hey Kol, what was that?" Suddenly, the ground underneath my feet collapses, At that very time, I can see the ground collapsing with metal scraps and Kol yelling something.