Man, I wish I could stop hanging out with Ryuu, he's such a pain! That Hayato person looked so interesting, I wish I could be with him! Ryuu is only interested in me because I cast and that I use a jig.

When you jig, you usually have a fake plastic fish and have weight hanging from the fishing line. That way you can easily get larger prey. You can also use other kinds of bait like worms, crickets, leeches, grasshoppers and even living bait.

Ryuu is only interested in the bigger fish, just like he says, the bigger the better, but this is seriously annoying!

''Has anything happened, eh? Osada Hotaka?'' Ryuu said.

''P-Please don't call me by my full name'' I mumbled.

''HUH?! What was that? A bee? Fly? No, it was your stupid voice'' he said.

I kept quiet. No way was I going to stand up to him, he is always so confident and full of himself, I wish I could push him down the cliff. He is so serious about it that he took me to another town, just so he could get all the fame.

Out of nowhere, I heard a scream, it was sudden and faint, but I could hear it. I looked over at Ryuu, but he did not move an inch.

***

''SHOJI, PLEASE STAY ALIVE!!'' I screamed at the top of my lungs.

I kept sobbing my eyes out, is he dead? Is he alive? What is happening?!

''KID'' The geezer screamed.

I was hyperventilating, but I looked over to him.

''Take him to somewhere safe, I will handle this wolf!'' He screamed.

I quickly rushed out of the forest holding Shoji. Running with tears in my eyes, I ran as far as I could from the forest.

Out of nowhere, someone with a black suit landed from the sky. He was brown-skinned, short black hair and had sunglasses on. He stood up, reached into his pocket, inside his suit.

''I am from the fishing exams association, we are the ones who take care of injured participants, thank you for your help, but we will take care of this from now'' he said while holding up a badge.

He quickly took Shoji out of my arms and out of nowhere someone with a black car drifted towards us. The car stopped and the black suited man went inside the car with Shoji.

''Bu-'' I said but got cut off from the car's sound driving away.

I could only be worried about, Is Shoji okay and is that guy lying or not? I looked towards the forest, I saw a small figure slowly showing itself, it was the old geezer. This time it looked like blood splatted on his face.

''A-Are you alright?'' I asked.

''Don't mind me, how is your friend feeling, and where is he?'' he said.

''W-well uhm'' I started.

I explained what happened with Shoji.

''YOU IDIOT, you need to visit him immediately, what are you thinking?'' he screamed at me.

I just looked at him, I didn't know what to say.

''Oh well, do what you want, I can't tell you what to do'' he said and slowly walked away.

I don't have a place to stay.

''HEY MISTER'' Someone screamed.

Someone came running towards me with a happy face on him.

''You're Hayato, right?'' he asked.

''Y-Yes? Do I know you?'' I asked.

He seems familiar, but I do not know where I remember him.

''I am Osada Hotaka, I am taking the fishing exam too!'' he said energetically.

''Ni-Nice meeting you Hotaka'' I said.

We shook hands and talked for a little bit. When talking, he said that I could stay at his place for today. It is 15:10 right now. I'm still shocked by what happened with Shoji, it might be best if I don't stay at anyone's place for today.

''Sorry but I can't today, it was nice meeting you though'' I said and ran off with my and Shoji's bike.

After some time, I started biking and left off the bikes outside Shoji's teachers' home and then ran off to the station.

It's 17:30. I decided to lay down on my bed, when suddenly I got a call.

End of chapter 11