Escape

This is another Toriyama masterpiece, a short story which was published in a monthly jump magazine.

It starts off with a terrified young girl sprinting away from something desperately, panting and wheezing, but still not giving up. She jumps down a small hill, and continues to run on forward, fleeing from this unseen enemy.

She doesn't even stop for a quick breath, although she suddenly has to halt to a stop when a huge dragon walks in front of her. She barely manages to avoid it, and decides that now she's stopped it'd be best to take a rest and regain some energy.

She sits down with her back against a small ledge, almost completely breathless, contemplating over the situation, and realizing that she is the only one who remains. The others have probably all been found by the enemy. She hears voices and is terrified by the prospect of them finding her, before she accidentally gives a small can a slightly nudge with her foot, alerting her evil hunters to her location. She can't believe that they have already reached her, and looks on in horror as they rapidly approach her now revealed hiding place.

A shadow comes into view with a sinister voice figuring out her exact position. She gasps in overwhelming fear as she comes to the realization that it is now all over. A head pops round the ledge in the form of some sort of goofy looking creature smiling idiotically. He announces that he's caught her, annoying the girl greatly.

The two join their comrades, and begin to discuss who's next in the game of tig, giving the story a bizarre twist at the end.