1 Chocolate

In a gigantic and opulent hall, several beings were sitting and discussing the fate of the world, in the center of the table was an ancient object which was projecting an image of a blue planet.

"C'mon Manāt, make your move".

A woman with shining skin, dressed in golden tunics reached out towards the planet, her hand crossed the projection and when she withdrew her hand, she was holding a card.

She turned the card around, so all could see, it was a three of clubs (♣) "This version of our world is very peculiar isn't it ? ..." as she spoke the card fell apart in light and went up to the sky.

"Yes ... it's one of the worst" A blue-skinned being said, while taking his card, it was a five of spades (♠).

Some time later, another being, extended his hand "I like them ..." He turned the card already smiling, it was a wild card.

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When Guaracy opened his eyes, he was completely alone, nothing around him was the same, he found himself in a forest so dense that the light barely illuminated through the giant trees.

"How the hell did I end up in the middle of a forest ?? I am still in my school uniform…. and my backpack remains with me..." sayed Guaracy while looking around.

Guaracy didn't know what was the worst part, being lost and alone in a forest, the high temperature and the humidity, or the fact that there was something coming really fast in his direction

The dense vegetation did not seem to slow the thing down, Guaracy only took two seconds between noticing it and jumping out of the way, the blade passed millimeters from his neck

Before he could say anything the girl jumped and spun in the air, throwing two daggers at him.

If he hadn't used his backpack to defend himself, the daggers probably would have opened two holes in his chest.

" Wait! Please stop !! Let's just calm down and talk !" said Guaracy.

The girl seemed to be the same age as Guaracy, between 15 and 16 years, she had black and lustrous hair. The strangest thing was her clothes and the fact that her skin was almost completely covered by body paintings.

She stopped, but the expression in her face showed that Guaracy probably was the weirdest thing that she had ever seen.

She doesn't seem to be part of one of the gangs that I had offended, they would have simply ambushed me on a corner instead of bringing me into the woods, damn she is gigantic… she must be over six feet, He thought before saying "Why are you looking at me like that? Are you doing some kind of indigenous cosplay mixed with barbarian?"

"@#$@!@#!"

" I didn't understand anything. How did you bring me into the middle of a forest? "

The girl took a simple necklace with a pendant from her belt, the pendant was a black crystal covered with silver inscriptions, she held it for a few moments. "You aren't one of the Koruwas !! You look too short and skinny to be one of them… You don't even have a trace of Uzenu… "she said while walking away " Did they expel you from the tribe due to some disease?"

Guaracy was understanding the situation less and less... " Stop kidding!! Where are the cameras? Do you really want me to believe in this silliness? So just because you are holding this crystal now you can understand me?? And what's up with the knives?The fun is over!! Call the recording team and I'll sue you all today "!

The girl moved further away " Yeah!! Poor thing… He can't even form a sentence.. Must be something serious, even the animals didn't want to eat him... " she said as she started running in another direction.

"Hey, wait!!" shouted Guaracy as he ran after her" Oh come on !! Wait ! How did you bring me here??

She abruptly stopped and said, seeming worried "Are you crazy?? Stop yelling !! They will find you !!

"Who will find me…" Before Guaracy could finish his question an arrow scraped him, leaving a small cut in his arm and hitting a tree just in front of him.

"If you had been quiet and ran away to the other side, maybe you would have a chance to escape" she said as she ran.

It was already possible to hear several war screams and a noise of something running towards them. They are really trying to kill me!! Guaracy thought terrified while running after the strange girl.

Although she had just started to run, the girl was already about 15 meters from him, Guaracy looked back to see who was chasing them and he saw three individuals that didn't look completely human.

They had some animal features, the first one looked halfway between a boar and a human, with huge fangs sticking out of his mouth, funny ears and fur all over his body.

The second, looked even less like a normal person, his body was covered with scales and the nose was just two slits. The last one had the appearance of a normal native, but was being accompanied by a huge maned wolf.

They were still a good distance away, but Guaracy knew he wouldn't be able to escape, especially from the half boar and the wolf that were much faster than him.

" Hey, could I borrow your cristal ? I'll hold them so you can escape!!"

She looked at him and said "If I were you, I would keep running, the Koruwas got the nasty habit of eating human flesh"

Guaracy hesitated, but he didn't see any other way out, besides talking with them.

"Lend me anyway!!" After a slight hesitation she threw the necklace.

I hope this works for me... Guaracy put the necklace on and tried to get their attention.

Guaracy kept the daggers in his backpack while hiding behind a tree to escape the arrows that his pursuers shot at him, he used that time to take a look at the backpack and remember what he had in his pockets.

Shit! I only brought my school supplies... books, case, adhesive tape, rope, firecrackers…. I think the things most useful at the moment are the daggers, my snack, the cellphone and of course the firecrackers... they are always useful. While Guaracy thought about his plan, the three weird looking individuals surrounded him.

Guaracy quickly glanced at the crystal, noticing that it emitted a certain glow and was enveloped in inscriptions, unfortunately he didn't have time to understand how it works.

Guaracy came out from behind the tree, I need to look confident, "Greetings !! My name is Guaracy and I am the ambassador of the magnificent Rio de Janeiro tribe. I believe you are from the great Kuruaa tribe, right?!! "

It was impossible to know if the three stopped because of Guaracy's strange physical appearance or because of the stupid things that he had said. The three guys were very tall, in Guaracy's point of view, the smallest of them was the one who looked more like a human, he must be a little more than six feet tall and the musculature of a bodybuilder.

They looked at each other for a moment, then the one with the wolf pointed to the path which the girl had taken and said "the two of you go after her, I will take care of him!!"

I need to buy some time so the monsters get further away... if it's just him and the wolf, I may have a chance.

"I have nothing to do with her, how about we find a peaceful solution? You wouldn't like to start a war between tribes, would you?"

As the two of them ran after her, he looked at Guaracy and said "Hahaha... I would like it a lot ... in fact I will be well rewarded for finding new prey".

"So... the ideal thing would be for you to let me go. I'll go back to my tribe and we will speed up a good war, how about that?…"

"Release my prey?? no… I will kill you first and then, I will have a lot of fun tracking the rest of your tribe "

He continued to laugh and said "Call your ang!... it will be too boring to kill you without a fight!"

WTF is a ang? He seems to be a bit crazy... I'm going to have to be a little mad too, "Okay, it seems fair... while my ang doesn't arrive... how about sharing a meal with me? it's a costume of my tribe, sharing a meal with our enemies, before major battles "

"Do you think I'm stupid?... tricks like this are very dishonorable" he said while looking at Guaracy with a disgusted face.

"Do not offend me!! my tribe takes combat very seriously, we would never use low tricks like poison… I only offered it because I feel that you will be a worthy opponent and our battle will be legendary!!" Said Guaracy with a raised fist.

"This tribe of yours is very unusual… alright! Let's wait for your ang…. It wouldn't make any sense to kill you, without an honorable fight. I'll accept your invitation"

I can't believe the line from Kung Fu Panda worked... will I be able to finally use diplomacy?

" Great!... I have one of the most sacred foods of my people... a fantastic meat!! It's called chocolate".

"I have never heard of that animal"

"I guarantee you will love it!" Guaracy said and signed to Pü to sit down.

"My name is Guaracy de Oliveira Silva, and you are?"

He sat next to Guaracy and said "The correct name of my tribe is Koruwa and My name is Pü Aruana Acai Bue Aclúro Né Puitii".

"Your name is quite long..." said Guaracy while opening the chocolate packaging.

"Hahaha Thank you! I plan to increase it by two more today." said Pü, visibly cheerful.

"Really? and how does it work? Do you make them up when you feel like it?"

"Oh no!!... We usually add the name of our most memorable hunts... while I'm eating your heart, I'll decide if your name is worth remembering"

"Hmmm... ok... take this piece of chocolate, I've hunted it a few days ago, but the meat is still delicious" said Guaracy while Pü signed for the wolf to sit next to him.

Pü took half of the chocolate and waited for Guaracy to eat first, even so he still sniffed it to be sure that it was safe, however when he tried it, he instantly looked surprised.

"What fantastic food!! It melts in my mouth!! Hmm... but it doesn't really look like meat.. the appearance slightly resembles a baby rabbit..." said Pü much happier.

"Haha... I told you that chocolate is one of the best hunts there is... The problem is that chocolate only appears near my tribe, if you want, I could come back here another day bringing more. It will even be enough for you to take to your family. So why don't we leave to fight until death for another day? "

"The idea is tempting... but today is a special day, if I don't return with human flesh, it would be very shameful for me, and besides that 'xiocolati' of yours isn't better than a battle... C'mon, tell me more about your tribe".

"Yeah… There is really nothing better than a battle to the death!! I brought a war cigar, it's a traditional cigar from my tribe, do you want to take a drag? It is even better than chocolate..." said Guaracy while taking the strongest firecrackers he had in his backpack.

"Good idea!! haha… the customs of your tribe are so compatible with mine that I think it was Ñyata who arranged our encounter…" He ranned his hand over the wolf and continued" the others in my tribe will be so jealous when I tell them about this hunt… "

"Good to know... You'll enjoy this cigar… the first puff is the best, as soon as I light it you can take a puff" Guaracy said while taking the lighter.

Guaracy quickly lit up the cigar and with his left hand passed it to Pü, who found the shape a bit strange, but as it hadn't trace of uzenu and because it was the cigar of a distant tribe he decided to try it.

I don't like to fight without a plan, but well, I think that would be wrong, letting a cannibal live another day, Guaracy thought as he handed the lit firecracker with his left hand and with his right hand inside the backpack holding a dagger.

The firecracker exploded and took some teeth and a part of Pü's tongue, as soon as the firecracker exploded, Guaracy jumped and stabbed Pü directly in his chest.