Hunter and the Baki Village

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Hunter peacefully slept in the home of his newfound baki friend. He became trapped in the forest by darkness the day before. While Hunter was excited to be surrounded by so many baki, he was feeling very uneasy about his future.

Hunter woke up from his bed. He rubbed his eyes and took in his surroundings. Everything around him was bright and colorful. After letting out a big yawn, he sprung out of his bed to enjoy the new day. The sun beamed into the house and gave everything a gentle glow. It seemed like it was going to be one of those days that make life worth living. Hunter walked over to the kitchen table, expecting to share breakfast with his family. But as Hunter sat down, he didn't see anyone there. 'Huh? Where is everybody? ...Did I wake up early or something?' He looked around, confused. There were banyajacks on the table, so somebody must be awake. "...Hello? Anybody up?" There was no response. Hunter stared at the breakfast in front of him, and shrugged. "Oh well. Guess that'll be more for me! I'm starved!" He reached over to the plate of pancakes at the seat next to him and began to drag it closer to him.
"Chir-ap!!"
Almost immediately, Hunter heard a strange chirping sound. "Huh?" He tried to drag to plate further, but was interrupted by another chirp.
"CHIR-AP!!!" A baki jumped up from the chair and onto the table. They didn't look too happy.
Hunter was startled. "What the?! How'd you get in here!? This isn't your house! Shoo!"
The baki walked up to the plate of pancakes. It seemed to be hungry. And it had its heart set on those pancakes.
"Hey! You can't have those! They're not yours! They're someone else's!" Hunter tried to take the plate away from the baki, but the baki couldn't help but to disagree.
"CHIR-REEEEEE!!!!" The baki screamed at the rapo, and began to wolf down the banyajacks.
"Hey... That's not nice. Those are mine..."
The baki gave Hunter a glare of disappointment. Those banyajacks weren't reserved for the rapo in the first place.
Hunter looked at the baki, confused. "Hey, why are you...?" He then realized why the baki was looking at him like that. "Oh... I forgot they weren't mine. Sorry." Hunter began to munch at his own breakfast. He spoke to the baki with his mouth full. "...Ya know tho aren't yours either, righ?"
The baki looked at Hunter, confused. From what they understood, those banyajacks WERE theirs. They decided to ignore Hunter, and continue with their meal.
"...Polly's gonna be really mad at you for eating her food." 'I found that out from experience...'
The baki was confused by the Raposa boy's words. 'Polly? What's a Polly? ...Am I a Polly?' The baki finished the banyajacks, and stared at Hunter's plate.
"...What?"
The baki walked closer to Hunter. It looked like it wanted his breakfast.
Hunter blocked the baki from the plate. "No! I'm not finished! You already had some!"
The baki grew frustrated and jumped over Hunter. The Baki ended up landing on the raposa's pancakes.
"Hey! Why'd you do that? Now they're ruined..." Hunter let out a disappointed sigh. 'At least I was almost done...'
Across the opposite end of the table came an angry chirp. "CHIREEEEP!!!!" On one of the chairs on other side of the table was another baki. Or rather, two baki. One was standing on top of the other. The top baki was apparently very upset at the baki on Hunter's plate. "CHIRP CHIREEEE!!!"
The pancake loving baki lowered its head in shame. It stepped off of the banyajacks and quickly chirped what seemed to be an apology. "Chirr Chirr..."
Hunter, realising the baki was trying to apologize, petted the baki. "It's okay. You're forgiven."
The baki purred under Hunter's fingertips. The other two baki seemed to be pleased as well. Everyone was finished eating, and was happy. However, Hunter was still a little confused.
"Where is everyone? They should be here.... And how did you guys get in?"
The baki gave Hunter confused looks. From what they could tell, everything was normal.
"I'm... Going outside for a bit." Hunter got out of his seat and walked outside. Right away he could tell that everything was different. "Woah..." The village looked exactly the same, but there were no Raposa to be seen. Instead, a bunch of baki wandered the streets. "Am I... dreaming?" Hunter Began to wander the village. It was as if every Raposa in the village was replaced by Baki. Hunter looked around, confused. "...Where am I?" He then bumped into one of the baki wandering the village. "Oh! Sorry! I didn't mean to..." Hunter looked closer at the baki. It was a very familiar Leaf Baki. "Hey! It's you! The smartest Baki!"
The baki looked up at Hunter. It recognized him and greeted him with a happy chirp. "Cheeeup!!"
Hunter smiled. "Good to see you too buddy." Hunter patted the baki's head before asking it a question. "Um... I was wondering... Do you know where everyone is?"
The baki had no idea what Hunter was talking about. Every baki was there.
"Ugh... Raposa! Where's all the Raposa?! Where are my friends? My family?"
The baki stared blankly at Hunter. It wasn't sure where his family and friends were. However, it knew where to find some Raposa. But the baki knew that wild Raposa were very dangerous. It didn't want anyone to get hurt by one.
Hunter sighed. It seemed he wasn't going to see them again for a very long time. "Guess we'll be sticking together for a while... Won't we?"
The baki jumped up into Hunter's arms. It was glad that Hunter would stay safe and sound in the village. "Cheee!"
Hunter smiled. "Woah! Guess you're excited, huh?" Hunter was already beginning to feel at home in the strange village. "Say, you wanna grab something to eat? I'm starved!"
"Chirrap!" The baki jumped out of Hunter's arms, and began to walk in the direction of Cookie's restaurant.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Hunter began to follow the leaf baki to the restaurant.


Hunter began to shift in place. His eyes were just beginning to open. He wasn't in the village.
"Uggh.... Where am I?"
He looked around. Hunter was sitting on a cushion with his legs crossed. He was inside a small hut made from a mixture of different materials. It took a second for Hunter to remember what was going on.
"Oh yeah... This is the Baki's place."
Hunter tried to move his legs, but they felt tingly and stiff.
'Huh? Did my legs fall asleep? How long was I like this?'
Slowly but surely, Hunter managed to stand up.
"Rapo that feels weird..."
He looked around. The baki that fell asleep on his lap was nowhere to be seen.
"Where'd he go? I at least thought he'd wake me up..."

Hunter, with his legs just starting to wake up, stepped outside of the hut and looked around. There was quite a few baki wondering around, but Hunter couldn't quite spot the baki he was looking for.
'Ughh... They all kinda look similar... How am I gonna tell one from another? ...Guess I'll figure it out eventually.'
Hunter began to wander the baki village in search of his baki pal. He looked around. Despite getting a mini tour of the place, Hunter didn't really know about the strange baki village. He didn't know where everything was or how things worked. But as he looked around, Hunter couldn't help but to compare the baki village to his old home. Each baki seemed to know each other very well. It was almost like a giant baki family.
"It's like they're people..."

All of a sudden, Hunter began to remember the dream he had.
'Baki replacing Raposa... Maybe this is what caused it? But... What does it mean? ...Stop it, Hunter. It doesn't mean anything. Besides, it's the best dream I've had in a while... I even got to eat at Cookie's...'
Hunter's mouth watered at the thought of baki burgers. He didn't eat anything since breakfast the day before, and it was catching up with him.
'When I find him, maybe he can show me where the nearest restaurant is. 'Cause I sure need one...'
Hunter's stomach began to growl with hunger.

It didn't take too long for the surrounding baki to notice his hunger. While they had become confident that Hunter was a nice and harmless kid, they also knew that Raposa ate baki. As Hunter's stomach grew louder, the scared Baki began to back away and hide from him. Soon enough, none of the baki wanted to get close to him.
"Wha? Hey! Where's everyone going? ...Did I do something?"
Hunter looked around. He was completely alone now. He saw that the Baki were hiding from him, but he wasn't sure why.
"...Hello?"
None of the Baki responded to him. All except for one. The leaf baki, who felt responsible for the Raposa, quietly walked up to him.
Hunter let out a sigh of relief.
'Well... That's ONE way to find him...' "Hey! It's you again! I was wondering where you were!"
The baki, a little nervous to be around Hunter, greeted him with a chirp.
"Ch-cheeeup!"
"Hey uh... What's up with everyone? They all just ran away. Is something wrong?"
The little baki was unsure of what to do. It didn't want to hurt the rapo or kick him out of the village, but it couldn't talk to him either. After all, Raposa usually don't understand Baki. The Baki, feeling defeated, let out a disappointed cry.
"Chuurrrrr...."
"Hey, what's wrong? Whatever it is, it can't be that bad!"
Hunter reached out and began to scratch behind the baki's ears.
The baki quickly began to calm down. In fact, it forgot why it was so worried in the first place. The kid was completely harmless AND he knew just the right spot.
'Ah... Yep! Yep! That's it! Right there! ...I could stand here forever!'
"See? That's better! I knew that'd calm you down."
Hunter's stomach lightly grumbled and ached out of hunger.
"Hey, I wanted to ask you something. Where can we go get a bite to eat? I'm starving!"
The baki's eyes widened. It suddenly remembered why it was so worried.
'Eat? Eat what?' "Chee...?"
"You know what would taste really good right now? A Baki Burger from Cookie's! His food is so good! I can taste it!"
The little baki began to shake with fear.
'Baki?! Did they say B-baki!?!'
Shaking, the baki slowly backed away from Hunter.
'It really IS going to eat me! I should've known!'
Hunter watched the baki back away from his hand. It was acting very strange. It was almost as if it was afraid of him.
"Hey, are you okay? What's wrong?"
He reached out to try and calm the baki again, but pulled his hand way when the baki hissed at him.
"Did...did I do something wrong? Was it something I said?"
Hunter took a moment to think about what he said.
'What's wrong with him? Why does he look so afraid of me? All I did was say I was hungry.... Wait, that can't be it, can it?!' "You... You think I'm gonna eat you?! Why would you...?"
It took a second for Hunter to realise why the Baki thought that.
'Baki Burgers...' "Oh no... No no no! I didn't mean that! I'd never even think of that!! You're my friend!"
Hunter never really made the connection of where baki meat came from until this point. After seeing how friendly and Raposa-like Baki were, he began to feel bad. In fact, it almost made him sick.
"I'm sorry.... I wasn't thinking... I'd never try to hurt you... Or your friends... I swear!"
The baki looked up at Hunter. It could tell that he felt bad. It wanted to trust him, but it couldn't be sure.
Hunter placed his hand on his heart.
"Please don't be upset... I promise I'll never hurt or eat a single baki from here on out! Cross my heart!"
The Raposa crossed out his heart with his finger. He was serious.
The baki stepped toward the Raposa.
"...Chee?"
"I mean it! I don't think I'd be able to hurt you guys anyway..."
The baki walked up to Hunter and rubbed its face against his leg. It seemed to be happy.
"Cheeee!"
Hunter smiled. He had regained the trust of his new friend. Hunter reached down to pat the baki on the head.
"Haha. Good Baki..."
Hunter was beginning to feel a little weak from the lack of food in his body.
"Hey, um... I'm still hungry... There isn't anything I can munch on is there?"
The baki looked around the village. The other Baki weren't in hiding anymore. It seemed they have moved on from the Raposa boy. However, they still kept their distance from him. The little leaf baki looked up at Hunter, and began to walk away.
"Wait! Where are you going?! Come back!"

Hunter soon began to follow the baki to wherever it was headed. After some walking, the two arrived at their destination. In front of them was a fruit bearing tree. Hunter looked up at the tree in awe.
"Woah..."
The tree was pretty big, but it was short compared to the surrounding trees. Hunter walked up to the tree's trunk. There were a few prices of mostly eaten fruit scattered around. All of the lowest hanging branches were bare.
'I guess they only eat the low hanging fruit? That'd make sense... Baki aren't known for being tall...'
The Raposa searched as hard as he could for a fruit he could reach.
"No... No... Not there... Wait... There's one!"
Hunter walked underneath the fruit bearing branch and tried to reach for it.
"Come on.... Almost there..."
He stretched as high as he could. Despite his effort, Hunter couldn't reach the fruit.
"Ugh... Come on! Just give it to me! ...Please."
Hunter was getting extremely frustrated and was almost ready to give up.
He muttered to himself. "Why'd I have to be short..."
The little baki, growing a little concerned, looked up at Hunter and chirped at him.
"Chirr!"
Hunter, still focused on the fruit, ignored the baki. The leaf baki, in an attempt to grab his attention, nudged against Hunter's legs.
"Chirrr!!"
Hunter grumbled in frustration.
"Can it wait? I'm busy."
The baki continued to nudge him.
"Chirr! Chirr! Chirrr!!!"
Angry, Hunter turned to the baki and snapped at them.
"What?! What is it!? I'm doing something!!"
Startled, the baki took a step back.
"Chee Chuuuurrrr...." 'I just wanted to help.... Stop being mean...'
Hunter began to pant. It was clear that he was getting tired.
"Don't distract me. I wanna get this myself."
Hunter looked back at the branch, and targeted the elusive fruit. He took a few steps back, and took a running start. He lunged his body toward the branch, and ended up landing face first onto the ground. Hunter groaned and lifted his face from the dirt.
"Ugh... Who am I kidding? I'm not gonna reach it... I'm just gonna starve out here..."
The baki cautiously walked up to the Raposa on the ground.
'Is it okay?' "Chirr?"
Hunter looked up at the baki. His face was red, and his eyes were watery.
"...I'm sorry Mr. Baki. I wasn't trying to be mean to you, I'm just... tired."
Hunter slowly got off the ground and scratched the baki's ears.
"So... What'd you wanna say?"
After giving a happy chirp, the leaf baki began to jump up and down. Each time they fell back down, their leaf slowly guided them toward the ground.
Hunter stared at the baki, confused. It looked like it was trying to tell him something, but he couldn't figure out what it was.
"Ummm.... up? You... want to go up?"
The baki kept jumping up and down. Each time it jumped up, it chirped.
"Chirr!! Chirr! Chirr!"
Hunter picked up the baki and stared at it.
"Okay, you're up. Now what?"
The baki motioned upwards toward the fruit.
"Chirr! Chir!"
It took a second for Hunter to realise what the baki was trying to say.
"Even more up? Why would... Wait! You think you can get it?! That'd be awesome! Here!"
Hunter lifted the baki and set it on top of his head. He hoped that would give the baki an advantage in height.
At first, the baki was confused as to why it was being placed on the raposa's head. But after feeling the soft fur on Hunter's head, the baki instinctively plopped down and and rested it's eyes.
'So cozy! I wonder where we're going!'
Hunter didn't expect his baki friend to to rest on his head like that. He thought it would jump up and nab the fruit, but it didn't work out that way.
"What the...? What are you doing? You're supposed to get the fruit!"
Hunter lifted the baki from his head, and raised it up toward the fruit.
"Come on! I believe in you!"
The baki looked around until it spotted the fruit.
'Ooooh! Yum yums!'
The baki jumped out of Hunter's hands, and managed to snatch the fruit from it's branch.
Hunter cheered for the baki as it floated to the ground.
"Yes! I knew you could do it! Now, can I have it?"
The little baki was so proud of it's catch, that it forgotten who it was for. The baki rolled the fruit around, trying to figure out the best way to eat it.
Hunter, after getting no response, reached at the fruit and took it away from the baki.
The baki quickly became frustrated at the rapo boy for stealing it's prize.
'Hey!! That's mine!! My food! Give it to me!!' "CHIRRRR..."
Hunter looked down at the baki and sighed.
"Alright... I'll give you some. You earned it."
Using his nails, he cut off a small piece of the fruit and gave it to the baki.
"Here."
Almost as quickly as it became angry, the baki became overwhelmed with joy at the sight of food.
'A nice Raposa that gives food away?! I can get used to this!' "Cheee!"
Hunter smiled. "Glad you like it." Hunter sat next to baki and happily ate his food.

After a few minutes of eating in silence, there was a rustling noise coming from close by.
"What the? Who is it? I'm warning you!"
Hunter quickly picked up a nearby twig.
"I'm armed! So d-don't come any closer! ...Please?"
While Hunter was startled by the rustling, the timber baki easily recognized the sound.
'Hey! It's my friends!' "Chee!"
A few of the baki from the village walked through the tall grass and greeted Hunter and the Baki. It seemed they just wanted some fruit to eat.
Hunter laughed nervously to himself and gently put down the twig in his hand.
"I... I knew it was them the whole time. Yeah..."
A little embarrassed, Hunter continued to eat.
The group of baki looked at Hunter in shock. The Raposa was eating THEIR food. And with the darkness limiting food supply, they didn't think it was a good time to share with an enemy. One of the baki yelled at the Raposa.
'Hey!! Get out of here! Stop eating our food and leave us alone!!' "CHIRRREEEEE!!!"
Hunter's eyes widened. He didn't expect the baki to be so upset at him.
"I'm sorry! I only had one! I thought you'd be okay with sharing. I mean, if I'm living here, I gotta eat something!"
The Baki ignored hunter and moved on to the little baki beside him. "Chirr!!" 'Why did you lead it here?! It's going to eat us AND all of our food! It will be the end all of us if it doesn't get out of here!'
The little baki stood up from the dirt and yelled back at his friends. "Cheee!!!" 'It's okay! It's very nice! AND they share food!'
"Chee Chirrrr..." 'Maybe, but it's going to eat us! Get rid of him!'
"Chirr!!" 'He said he won't eat us!! I trust him! And if we leave him, he knows where we are! He'll come back! We need to be on his good side!'
The other baki grew silent for a moment. It seemed that they were taking a brief moment to think.
Hunter watched the baki argue in awe. He had no idea what they were saying, but he could tell that it probably had to do with him.
After a minute or two of silence, the baki finally made a decision. "Chirr Chee." 'The Raposa boy stays. As long as he doesn't disturb anyone.'
The little baki happily jumped up and down.
'Hooray! They stay! Time to celebrate!'
The little leaf baki ran up to Hunter, and rubbed against his side.
'He stays! You stay!'
The other baki began to walk up to Hunter and chirp at him.
Hunter had no idea why the baki were acting the way they were, but he was glad they were happy. He began to pet his baki friend.
"I dunno what you said, but you made everyone happy. You really are the smartest baki... Sorry I never asked, but what's your name little guy?"
The baki looked up at Hunter and chirped at him. "Cheee Cha!"
Hunter became a little confused. "Wait, do you not have a name? ...Or is it Cheecha? Hmm... I don't think I can remember that... Mind if I give you a nickname? Let's see... Oh! I know! Galileo was the smartest rapo in my village! Since you're the smartest baki, you're the Galileo of baki! But wait... I can't just steal his name and give it to you... I know! I'll call you Leo! What do you think?"
"Cheee!!"
"Haha! Alright then Leo! Let's celebrate!"
Hunter, Leo, and the rest of baki celebrated him joining the village. And they did so by eating fruit by the tree's trunk until they were all stuffed.

After a few hours, the party officially ended. Many of the baki moved on and went back to the village. And those that remained by the tree did nothing except lay around and rest.
Hunter, laying on the ground, let out a sigh.
"That was so much fun! Polly would really enjoy this... You know, when all that shadow goes away, maybe I'll bring her here! Maybe mom and dad too! And everyone else! Yeah! I think I will! What do think, Leo?"
Leo shook their head. One Raposa in the village is pushing it. A whole village of them? That might not work out too well.
"Chirrr..?"
"Oh come on! They're nice rapos! You'll like them! I know you'll get along with them. When I get back home, I'll introduce you to everyone. Haha! I can't wait for them to see this place! ...So, when the darkness leaving? Soon, right?"
Hunter smiled. He looked so happy to share the baki village with his own. His eyes were filled with hope, and his thoughts were naive.
The little baki looked away from the raposa. It knew that the darkness likely wasn't going away anytime soon.
Leo let out a sad cry. "Chirrrrrrr...."
Hunter's smile slowly disappeared. He didn't really realise how bad the darkness was.
"It's... not going away, is it?"
Hunter's eyes were beginning to tear up.
'I... I'm alone out here...' "E...excuse me.... I... I'm going for a walk..."
Hunter lifted himself off of the ground, and walked away with tears in his eyes.
Leo watched Hunter march into the distance.
'What is it? Where is he going?'
Concerned for him, Leo followed Hunter through the woods. It didn't take too long for Hunter to reach his destination. Hunter stood in front of the wall of darkness that trapped him in the woods. He sat on the ground and hugged his knees.
"I... I can't believe it... I didn't want to believe it... But..." Hunter sniffled. "I... I can't go home... Mom... Dad... they're probably worried sick... I can't even tell them I'm okay... I... I'm never going to see them again... I.... I... I WANNA GO HOME!!!"
Hunter buried his face in his hands and bursted into tears.
Leo approached Hunter from behind and nudged him.
"Chee?"
Hunter lifted his head for a moment and faced the baki. His eyes were burning with tears, and snot was starting to drip from his nose.
"W...what? Whatever it is, it's not gonna make me feel better... Just leave me alone..."
The baki ignored Hunter's request, and walked in front of him.
"Chirr..." 'I'm sorry you can't go home...'
Leo rubbed their face against Hunter's legs, hoping to cheer him up.
"Cheee....." 'I'll try my best to make it feel like home here. Don't worry.'
Hunter wiped his nose and looked at Leo.
"A...are you trying to cheer me up? Thanks. ...But nothing's gonna make this better... I... I just wanna sit here for a while."
Hunter turned away from leo and stared at the darkness in front of him.
"W...what am I gonna do? Everything's gone..."
Leo sat down next to Hunter and sighed. "Chirrr..." 'I'll sit here with you.'
Hunter managed to smile a little. "Thanks Leo. You're the best."
The two spent the next few hours staring into the darkness, and comforting each other.
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