The Jungle was deep and filled with life. Everyday was the same. The sun rose up, the birds were singing, the monkeys jumping from tree to tree. But for the people who lived there, it was protecting one another.

"Momma, do I have to?" a young little boy called Mamoru whined. 

"Yes, you need to help if you want to survive." his mother told him.

"He's too young, it's too soon to teach them early." a lady smiled who held a very young Haruna, and behind her, a boy the same age as Mamoru.

"Teaching them early is the best for them." Mamoru's mum, Atsuko, spoke.

Yuuto, the little boy behind the lady, looked at Mamoru. "Mum, can I go and play?" 

The lady smiled at her son. "Of course, but dont go far!"

Yuuto nodded and ran up to Mamoru. 

"Mum, can I go?" Mamoru asked

Atsuko sighed. "Go on then."

The two little kids grinned and ran off to find their other friends. 

"Ne, Jirou-kun, wake up!" Yuuto shook him. Jirou a small boy with cyan hair and a leaf across his right eye.

"It's too early~!" he yawned.

Yuuto looked at Mamoru. "But come on! It's fun to play!"

Mamoru smiled. "Yeah! We'll going to play in the dry lands."

Jirou's head shot up. "The dry lands!?"

Yuuto looked worriedly at Mamoru. "Are you sure? Kaa-san says it's not safe for us."

"Tou-san says it's not safe." Jirou put his head back on the leaves that he was using as a pillow.

Yuuto and Mamoru went off to see if anyone else wanted to play "Who should we ask next?" questioned Yuuto.

"Maybe Ichirouta-kun will come. Let's ask him!" Mamoru smiled. Yuuto followed his friend.

"ICHIROUTA!!" yelled Mamoru.

Ichirouta, a boy with blue-ish grey hair looked up and smiled. "Mamoru! Yuuto!"

Yuuto caught up with Mamoru. "Want to play with us?" 

Mamoru nodded. "We are going to the dry lands!"

Ichirouta sweatdropped. "The dry lands? You know we can't go there, right?"

Mamoru smirked. "Who's going to know?"

 "Dont forget that my Tou-san went there and never came back." Yuuto reminded them.

"But we will be careful!" Mamoru smiled brightly. It was like a radiance was flowing from him.

"Yeah, Yuuto-kun! What's the worst that could happen?" Ichirouta laughed.

Yuuto shrugged and followed the two to the dry lands.

"Wow! Look how... dead everything is!" smiled Yuuto.

Ichirouta looked at the ground. "It's so dry... Sugoi!"

Mamoru giggled. "Thats why it's called the dry lands, I guess! Come on - let's go and check it out!"

Before the three young boys could, a tiger watched them, licking her lips and growling.