To the Pub! - A short story

[Sakura]

I had extra time at home and school...so I wrote a little...story, quickly.

It all started when Sakura started on her long journey to find her sister. It has only been a week and already many things have happened. She's been to three towns, stole pocky from many people, and got into a fight with another pocky fiend. What a tough and miserable fight it was.

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"My...my...my precious pocky! I've been to every store and to find you all gone!" Koneko sobbed over an empty pocky box. Sakura laughed and munched on some strawberry pocky. "Looking for these?" Sakura tossed a box of pocky in the air and caught it.
"You!" Koneko pointed at Sakura. "How dare you!" Sakura stared at her. "Oh, you want pocky, huh?" Sakura rummaged through her kimono sleeves. "Here! Catch!" Sakura tossed Koneko a box of pocky.
"Yay! Wait...this is Men's Pocky! Worthless!" She tossed it back. Sakura laughed while Koneko pulled out her two katanas. "Roar!" Koneko lunged towards the laughing Sakura. "Sakura! Move!" Pickle, her bear, yelled. "Huh?" Koneko slashed her katanas angirly. "Whoa!" Sakura jumped back, shooting ergy balls.
Koneko and Sakura both missed each other. Katanas swung, while ergy balls flew. Until one slash of a katana made a big difference.
"Oh no! Pickle!" Sakura grabbed the two peices of her bear. Sakrua was powerless, so all she could do was throw emtpy pocky boxes. Koneko flung towards Sakura. "Stop!" A person stepped in front of Sakura and blasted magic at Koneko. Koneko flew back and ran off. The person turned to the sniffling girl, "you alright?" She nodded, "Yes but my bear isn't!"
"I'm Senkir. I saw blasts and heard yelling, so I came." Another person ran up and Sakura turned to him, "Shino!"
She wiped her tears away. "you ran off without me! How am I supposed to find my sister alone? I'm not leaving you until I find her!"
"Your bear," Shino stared at the two peices. He looke dup, "And who are you?" Senkir stepped up, "Just a friend who helped this young girl out."
"Sakura."
"Who helped Sakura out," Senkir corrected himself. "What happened?" Shino asked Sakura. "I got into a fight with a person named Konako. She killed my bear!" Shino fixed her bear with a flik from one of his swords. "Pickle!" Sakura hugged her bear. She tore off a peice of a pocky box and used it as a kneckbrace for the bear. "Thanks for helping me Senkir," Sakura turned to thank him, but he disappeared. "Where'd he go?" She shrugged.
"Let's get going," Shino started to walk away. "Oh, right!" Sakura ran after him.
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Sakura nad Shino walked along a dusty road. Sakura saw a teenager with a bag full of pocky. "Hold on Shino." Sakura walked up to the male aged teenager and flattered him with her charm. "May I see that bag of pocky, pllleeeaaassee?" He nodded and smiled, "Uh... sure!" She smiled and grabbed the bag. "Sucker!" She kicked him and he wailed, holding onto his "junk". Shino shook his head and Sakura skipped over to him, "Ok! Let's go!"
Shino and Sakura arrived in another town. "Hmm... What's this?" Shino looked at the pub and smiled. "I'm going to go get a quick drink." Shino walked in. Sakura sighed and went into a store. She walked up to the counter, "Where is the pocky?" The man at the counter pointed to an aisle. "Thanks!" She runs over to the aisle and stuffs her kimono. She starts to walk out, "Thanks again!" The man waves, but reliazes that she stole his pocky, when a box fell out of her kimono.
Sakura noticed that the man was chasing her, so she ran into the pub and ran into a large man with red hair. Her pocky scattered on the floor. "Oh excuse me!" She jumped to the floor and started grabbing her pocky.
The man from the store ran into the bar, "Ahh...Aindriahhn. This girl stole my pocky! Can you deal with her?" Aindriahhn grabbed Sakura from the back of her Kimono and lifted her up as if she was a kitten by the scruff, "Do you know how to cook?" Sakura nodded. Aindriahhn gave a huge laugh, "Very well... she will work for the pocky she has stolen from you." He looked at Sakura and let her go. "Name's Aindriahhn. I'll be your boss fer a while."
Sakura nodded is fear, "Yessir!" She scampered into the kitchen. While she went to the kitchen, she stopped to look at Shino." Thanks for helping me!" Shino appeared to be passed out drunk from 17 Pocket Castles. "Ugh!" Sakura stomped to the kitchen.
After a few hours of working, Sakura felt crazy. "Grah!" She stood up on the bar counter and threw her pocky, "BE FREEEEEEE! AH HAHAHA!" Her bear forced her to sit in a chair and tied her up. She didn't care, so she ran around, with a chair on her. "WHEEEEEEE!" Another person walked in and Sakura ran into him. "Hi! I'm Sakura! Who are you? If so, can we be friends? I really want this chair off of me!"
He smiled, "I'm Sperrit. Sure I'll help you get that chair off you. I saw the Help wanted sign. What is a child like you doing in here?"
The chair hits the ground and she straigtens herself, "I'm the cook. I need major help." Sperrit smiles, "I'd be glad to help you!" Pickle notices Sperrit's bird, "Friend!" Pickle jumps onto Sperrit's shoulder. "Nice ta meet cha! I'm Pickle!"
"It looks like Gira has a new friend!" Sperrit laughs. Sakura laughs then looks at him, "You'd really help me?" Sperrit nods, "Let's go!" They walk off to the kitchen together.
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"Oh my! Sperrit! I need help! Sperrit? Where are you? I can't handle 56 orders!" The food starts to smoke. "Oh no!"

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! A big fire starts."GAH!!! Sperrit!!!" Sakura runs out of the kitchen, "Aindriahhn! The kitchen! It's on fire!"
"What!?!?!? Put it out! SAVE THE DRINKS!!!" He yells out. Sakura runs back into the hot kitchen. Sperrit walks out of the bathroom and looks at the woried Aindriahhn, "You alright?"
"Sperrit! You're the employee of the month and you get a raise!" he yells.
"What??? How come?" Sperrit asks confsued.
"You dind't set the kitchen on fire!" Aindriahhn yells. "No go help Sakura!" He pushes Sperrit into the kitchen.
"FIRE?!?!?!?! :Eek: " The fire starts to creep up to the roof and the walls. "EVERYONE GET OUT OF THE PUB!" Sakura and Sperrit tried to put the fire out, but failed. It grew bigger. Everyone ran out holding drinks and other objects. Sperrit and Sakura grab the passed out Shino and runs out of the burning pub.
"Oh no! Pickle and Gira are in there!" Sakura shouts. "I'll get them!" Sperrit runs into the flaming, collapsing building. "SPERRIT!!!"
A few minutes later Sperrit comes out of the building, "Pickle! Gira! SPERRIT!" She hugs them. The building collapses and Aindriahhn weeps. "My...pub!!"
Sakura turns to him, "I'm sorry...this is all my fault. I'm...soo sorry!" Sakura breaks down crying.
Shino wakes up on the ground, "What...? What happened?" He asks with a blurry vision.

MORE SHORT STORIES TO COME!

[Sperrit]

Yay! Story of what happened at the bar! Short version! For all those who want the play by play go the the Yay! Bar! Topic in the pub forum! And Yay Sakura! Good story!

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[Shino]

Sakura = silly

but I'm confused. I thought I carried Sperrit out of the pub?

[Sakura]

Dood...


you were passed out.

[Sperrit]

.... That explains why you don't remember rescuing me! I thought there was something funny about that. I still don't remember a lot of what was happening before I got out, though.... Maybe I'll remember someday.

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[Shino]

I rescued you in the black forest, maybe it was just my passed out drunken instinct... yeah that's it.

[Sperrit]

The Drunken Instinct! Of course! That makes perfect sense! ....
:Oo:
I think....

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[Reverend]

I for one enjoyed it immensely. You aught to keep writing these little stories of events on the board Sakura-chan!

[Sakura]

Ah! Arigato Reverend-san! -huggle-

I luv writing!

[Sperrit]

Yay! More stories! I can't wait! Go Sakura go!

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