"Come on what are you doing, enter the place!" he said.

My legs are shaking, I could barely walk. My eyes were half open, I felt my hands slipping away from his leg.

"Go in yourself, I have to si.." I said and fell down.

He quickly jumped away from my back and slowly walked in.

I looked at the sky, the stars were shining, but also fading, the sun was rising again.

I haven't slept for a day, all I have been doing is fighting, everyone must be worried where I am, or, do they even care?

I quickly rose up and started walking towards the place.

City? Village? I don't know what to call this big place.

A lot of drunk men were talking, screaming and laughing. Betting money, and a lot were damaged from fighting.

While walking I saw a server, she looked at me, and her face expression quickly changed.

"EEK!" she screamed and ran away.

It was because of my stomach.

How do I even get rid of this hole?

I looked around and walked around, I couldn't find the ninja.

It felt like I was walking in a maze, every where I would go it looked the same.

Always drunk men betting something, destroyed buildings and worst of all, it smells horrendous.

There are some people lying on the ground, against a building, they are lying down to the point where I can't tell if they are dead or are sleeping.

I kept walking, same thing, same places it felt like.

What am I supposed to do?!

"Yo" I heard.

I looked behind me.

A drunk man, spiky black hair, a scared eye and holding a sword, a red one.

"We met earlier than I though *hic*" he said.

I kept quiet.

He kept hiccuping, probably because of how much he had been drinking.

His face was all red, and he was smiling too.

"Come on *hic*, you know me right?" he asked.

I slowly drew out my sword, something tells me he's bad news.

"Hey now, don't get too, *hic*, too worried now!" he said and vanished.

I suddenly felt a cold hand on my neck, slowly making its way to my face.

I tried looking behind me, but I couldn't move, it felt like I was frozen in place!

"I can see that you have a hole in your stomach *hic*" he said.

"I can tell you all about it" he said while completely changing his tone of voice.

From a happy and light voice to a serious and dark voice, he's completely making me nervous.

"You met the Capture Cage Bandits, no?"

"You must have gotten their curse too, what an idiot you are!" he said.

Curse? Just who are these bandits anyway?

"Oh" he said surprised.

I looked down, the hole became bigger and bigger.

"The closer they are to the cursed object, the hole becomes bigger" he said.

"That must mean they are close to you" he said while looking behind us.

I tried to wiggle my way out, but he kept his hand on my throat.

"You should make your way back to Xous, I don't even know what you're doing here in the first place" he said while sweating.

He looked nervous.

"You're in the slum areas between Xous and Clout, these areas are very dangerous, and it looks like you don't have any controls over your magic" he said.

Magic, I have magic?

"How about this, I'll take care of the bandits and you go back and train your magic" he said.

Just as he was talking, in the corner of my eye, I could see him!

The Ninja!

"I'll hit you with a powerful attack, it will hurt and will send you flying, but it will take you to one of the best magic dojo's" he said.

The Ninja came running to me, i can't let him go.

I have to take him with me.

Just one more step, and I'll be able to reach his hand.

Just a bit more.

"Oh, and you won't be taking this slave, idiot" he said and hit me.

I felt the attack on my back.

I could feel my eyes blacking out.