The river was wild as the Ricu clan gathered to his side. Veronica, Hawk and Vanessa stood in front of the group, staring at the river and the other side.

No one said a word until Hawk became irritated by his own questions.

'We just stay here?’ he asked Lowe who stood next to him. The giant creature slowly turned his head towards him and nodded.

‘If there is one thing I can say is good about the Kojo, it is their ability to be on time.’

When he said it, he nodded towards the river and Hawk looked in the same direction. At first he thought he saw nothing, except for trees. Soon it looked like some of them moved. He kept looking at them and he could Veronica gasp for air.

The trees moved towards the river. They were in different sizes, with arms and legs. Different colors and leaves covered their bodies. For some, they almost seemed human. Hawk saw a young girl like a tree walking in the middle. She was beautiful but it didn’t hold his attention. What grabbed his attention was the boy walking next to her. It was Eto!

‘There they are,’ Gongarza said with a low voice and he pointed towards the river. Eto looked to the other side and he could see some creatures standing next to the river. They were huge and they looked like lions only they stood on two legs and they wore selfmade armor.

Amongst them were three humans and Eto recognised them.

‘Veronica. Hawk!’ he yelled and he ran towards the river.

His legs started to glow as he was ready to jump to the other side.

‘Eto, wait!’ Princess Morinojo yelled and she grabbed Eto by his shoulders. Even though he was surprised by her, he still jumped, pulling the weight of the princess with him as he jumped over the river.

A little further from the river, a few soldiers masked with green armor were hiding in the bushes. One of them was holding a sniper, switching his view between the Ricu en the Kojo. The pressed his communicator which directly linked him with councilman Kazerku.

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‘Sir, I have eyes on the target,’ he said but there was no response. After some time, a voice he recognised from the councilmen said something.

‘Prepare for attack. I don’t want to drag this to failure.’

One of the soldiers was looking with binoculars. He stopped looking and turned his head to the man holding the sniper.

‘I see movement,’ he said and the man looked through his weapon.

A boy on the side of the Kojo started running towards the river.

‘Sir, we have movement from one group towards the other.’

Quickly, a response was heard.

‘Shoot them. Start the fight!’ the councilman almost yelled.

The man locked onto the boy and saw him jump with one of those tree creatures on his back. In less than a second, he pulled the trigger. Letting go of his shot.

Eto jumped while the princess held tight on his back. When he jumped, he could see the river running underneath them and the other group on the other side getting closer and closer. Soon Eto heard something else.

A bang could be heard and the sound moved past him. Before he could tell what it was, he could feel something hitting his chest. A shot of pain entered his body and he could feel himself stop in the air and fall down towards the river.

Eto had jumped while the princess held his back. Gongarza ran towards the river, screaming for the princess. Before he could tell what was happening, a shot could be heard. His instinct made him look immediately for the princess and he saw what happened.

Something hit the boy in the air and they fell down towards the river.

‘Princess!’ he yelled, feeling his fear and anger grow within him.

He saw some soldiers a little farther down the river coming out of the bushes.

Gongarza turned to his men.

‘They attacked. It’s an act of war. They shot the princess!’ he yelled and he saw his fellow soldiers looking with shock in their eyes.

‘Attack!’ he yelled again and everyone rushed towards the river.

Hawk, Veronica and even Vanessa couldn’t believe what they saw. Eto wanted to jump towards him but something shot him. They saw him and the girl who grabbed him fall down into the river. The sound of their splash was the last thing they heard before Lowe started to yell.

‘They are running towards us,’ he said as he saw the many soldiers of the Kojo run towards the river, holding their weapons to attack.

A little further, he could see the soldiers of the worlds coming out of the bushes after hiding.

‘It is time!" he yelled at the other Ricu.

‘It is time to start the fight and take back what is our right!’

He grabbed a giant spear and ran towards the river as his fellow Ricu followed him, ready to fight.