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"Hey 'Tulip!" Mituna called, Latula ceasing her talk with Meenah, turning to see Mituna climbing up the ramp they'd made out of boxes and wood planks. "Watch this!" Mituna took a few seconds preparing himself before jumping and spinning on his skateboard mid-air, smoothly riding down the ramp and grinding to a stop."Pretty cool, right?" Latula ran over to him."Holy crap Tuna! That was so rad! Can you show me how to do that?" She asked, Mituna blushing and stepping back."Haha sure...if you want to." Mituna stammered, eyes drifting to the side to see Cronus finger gunning him in support."Yeah!" Latula yelled, running up the ramp and angling her skateboard in a similar way to Mituna. "So...like this?" She did a small jump and immediately fell off the end of the ramp, the girl winced as her skateboard cracked underneath her, a few of the kids that were playing out gathering around or staring."Hey! FREAK OFF A-HOLES!" Mituna yelled, pushing people out the way and glaring at the rest. "Tulip!" He knelt down and slowly helped her up off the asphalt."I'm fine, I'm fine. T'is but a flesh wound." She said, wiping the dirt off of her clothes and stumbling upwards, leaning against a slightly flustered Mituna. She looked down and grimaced at the large crack that took up most of her skateboard and practically slit it in two."Aw man, my board!" Tears pricked at her eyes, her cheeks growing hot."Shoot, are you sure you're ok?" Meenah asked."No-no-no-no-no don't cry! I-uh-you can...you can use my board while I fix yours!" He suggested, trying to be as smooth as possible"Are-are you sure? What if I break it?" She asked, Mituna wiping her tears away with his gloved hands."It's ok Tulip! I know you can do it!" He assured, handing her his own skateboard with a wide, childlike smile, the girl hesitantly taking in her hands before hugging him."That's so...rad of you, dude." ************ Mituna ran into his dads garage and grabbed the duct tape, sporadically spinning it around the skateboard until the board shone grey."Mituna?" A voice asked, his dad walking in alerted by the clatter and noticing what he was doing."Yeah dad?""...did you break your skateboard?""No, I'm fixing Tulip's.""Latula? That girl you like?" Mituna nodded "Is she ok?""Yeah, just a few bruises. She tried to pull off this RADICAL TRICK but she fell and broke her board, that's why I'm fixing it! ""Just be safe...kids your age should be really careful on the road.""Daaaad, I'm already 10! I can even tie my shoelace, look!" He pointed at his poorly knotted shoes."I know, I know. Impressive shi-stuff. Be safe!" His dad yelled, Mituna already running to his friends with the skateboard carefully cradled in his arms.*****************"Like this?" Latula asked skittishly, Mituna holding her steady on the ramp."Yeah yeah! You're doing great...now...YEAH THAT WAS GREAT!" Mituna yelled enthusiastically, Latula blushing. "Try to do it again!" Latula did just that, and landed it perfectly, Latula overjoyed.In the near distance, they both heard stifled screams and grunts not far from where the ramp was, a crowd of 8 kids chanting 'fight, fight, fight' in a circle."Meenah!" Latula yelled, scanning the crowd and almost instantly realising that she was probably in the fight. She rushed over with Mituna over and discovered that she was punching and kicking Damara, Damara doing the same to her. Latula pulled Meenah away, Meenah kicking and yelling incoherently at Damara who was being pulled away by Rufioh."Stupid beach!" Meenah grunted."What even happened here?" Mituna asked, Kurloz just shrugging his shoulders."So basically, Meenah TOTALLY said that her mom could beat Damara's mom in a fight-but Damara didn't care so Meenah started making fun of Rufioh so then-." Meulin rambled, Kurloz smirking and walking with the two away from the gathering of people."How's things going with Latula?" Kurloz asked, interrupting Meulin."Really good!" Mituna said "I think she's got the thing I did DOWN!""Shush up about that!" Meulin pried slyly "Have you kiiiiiissed yeeeeeeet?""I-I no! No. No I-I haven't really..." Meulin seemed to just smile wider."Ooooh???? Reaaaally..." Meulin turned around and noticing the Latula wasn't talking with anyone she called her over, Mituna panicking and Kurloz waiting to see what happens, putting a sympathetic hand on his shoulder. Meulin skipped over to her and whispered in her ear, Latula blushing and skittering towards Mituna."Latula! I-hi." Mituna stammered, looking at the ground."I-heard what Meulin said-and I...you know." Mituna stood stiff and anxious. "Don't make me say it...I." Latula paused for a second before, inn a burst of confidence, Latula held Mituna close and clumsily kissed him on the lips, Mituna falling back."I-I think you're rad!" She burst."I-I-I-I-UH-Latula!" Realising what she had done, Latula began blushing and stepped back before quickly running away, hiding her face. Kurloz batted Meulin on the head."I THINK YOU'RE RAD TOO!" He yelled back. Kurloz bent down and pulled Mituna up, the boy running after her until she ran towards Kankri and Porrim, Mituna feeling brave...but not that brave."I totally messed that up..." Mituna grumbled, pressing his helmet-clad head into Kurloz' chest, the boy patting him gently."It's chill my brother." Kurloz affirmed "My most raddest of bros...she likes you.""She SOOO likes you!" Meulin confirmed."Meulin! You're making him BLUSH!""I-I'm not blushing!" Mituna yelled a little too loud.**********Mituna felt off.His instincts were going haywire."Something bad is going to happen." He said, Kurloz looking up from the sidewalk. "Som-thhh-something iss-it.""It's cool bro." Kurloz said, comfortingly " Whatever it is I'm sure that we can stop it.""Yeah...yeah!" Mituna perked up "Something bad is gonna happen but I'm gon-I'm gonna fix it and I'l-it'll be good-OK BYE!" The group just looked at him for a moment and turned back to their conversations slightly confused."I need to go." He said, a suddenly serious tone enveloping his voice as he dropped the duct taped board and stepped on it, the large board bending slightly to his weight. Before he could roll off, Kurloz grabbed Mituna's shirt."I'm going too." Kurloz said, Mituna nodding and letting Kurloz wrap his arms around his waist, Meulin just standing there confused as they sped off.This wasn't the first time Mituna had acted like this, Kurloz trusted Mituna's instinct as the reliability was proved many times before. This meant that something bad was going to happen.Something very, very bad. In the distance he saw a car driving towards them at a reasonable speed, the engine being noticeably silent. Mituna sped forwards as quick as he could, before turning around and stopping, preparing himself for what to come. As the car was about to pass, Mituna grabbed the trunk, making sure Kurloz was holding on tight as he did, the general movement being one he had practised many times before."This is kinda...scary!" Kurloz admitted, clinging onto Mituna for his life."Haha..uh..yeah! I've done this before, it's fine!" Mituna assured.Mituna grabbed onto cracks and bumps on the car to manoeuvre himself along like he'd seen in movies, his legs tense and his grip strong. He got to a window and saw a fat man laying on his side unmoving, face drooping to one side yet his body was stiff after what was presumably a stroke and a heart attack."Kurloz, hang on REALLY tight and try to wake him up, I'll go on the other side and try to move the wheel! If he keeps going than he might hit everyone!" Kurloz nodded and held on tight, yelling at the man to wake up as Mituna climbed onto the hood. The wind and fear made it difficult for him to move, yet slowly but surely he managed to work his way into a position where he could move the wheel through the open window. As he stared into the window, he realised."I don't think he's gonna wake up! I think-I think he's dead!" Kurloz nodded solemnly."What should I do?!"Mituna paused. Was he really considering...that?"Hang on, but let go when the car starts to wiggle." Kurloz shook his head up and down, fearing for Mituna's safety whilst clinging on tightly to the car door handle, still firmly planted on Mituna's board."I think you're rad too Tulip." He muttered.Mituna focused on his breath and spun the wheel, the car turning and twirling out of control, eventually crashing into a wall and taking Mituna with it. The boy flipped off the hood of the car and smashed into the wall, crumbling down onto the floor next to the car.Kurloz ran to his bleeding friend, him following Mituna's instructions saving his life."Oh god! Mituna! Mituna! Are you ok?!" His voice sounded like it was under the ocean, barely registering in Mituna's ears as his head swam."Shh...dododn't speeeaa..." Mituna put a bloody finger to Kurloz's lips before passing out, the cracked helmet on his head finally splitting and coming off as his head smacked the pavement, his world going black.Kurloz shuffled over and rested Mituna's head on his lap, whimpering quietly, petting Mituna's bloody hair and trying to ignore the cracks in his head.********************"HEY TUPLIP!" Mituna called, Latula paying close attention and Cronus sadly watching someone who was once his friend from a distance. He climbed up a homemade ramp and got on his skateboard, trying to jump but falling of the end."ASDFGGASA!" He yelled, writhing on the floor in anger, Cronus sighing and walking away."Hey, hey, Mituna! Don't worry, I can show you how it's done." Latula said gently, helping him up."Really?" He moped."Yeah, you'll learn in no time, want to know why?""Why?""Because I think you're radical, and I know you can do this!" She encouraged."I think you're rad too."