white tiger
And now, a little something devoted to that most irrepressible and naïve of characters with all the fighting prowess of Jet Lee - who would have thought that it would be a girl?
Timeline-wise, this takes place anytime after you run into Wakaba and have her join your party.
I hate being left behind in Vorpalik.
Jinkou always takes me along, but this time was different, he said, so I couldn't go and practice my skills on a dragon or something. Did I hear him right? He said he was going to hunt down flying squirrels. Isn't one of those pesky critters in the castle enough?
Well, I don't have to understand him, as long as he keeps on fighting. We make a great team, me and Jinkou, pulverizing the scum of the State with his twin tonfa blades and my lightning-fast kicks. He's really strong, too, which is good because I didn't finish my training with Master Long Chan Chan and there might be some ultra-secret mega-powerful final succession technique that he didn't teach me yet.
On second thought, I'm starting to think Master Long Chan Chan doesn't have some ultra-secret mega-powerful final succession technique, unless it's to show me how to get food without paying for it. He never has any money, but I always find him eating! I wonder how he does it?
I'm sorry, Master, but Jinkou's so much cooler. He's got this incredible rune that blasts enemies with this shield insignia explosion that looks so awesome! The most I can do is kick a couple of white fireballs into my enemies, and I still haven't gotten the hang of it because I get dizzy sometimes after doing it. Maybe I can get a Bright Shield Rune like him, too, huh? He hasn't told me yet where he found it, because I haven't seen any runemasters with that one in their collection.
There's never any lack of fun when Jinkou's around, either. It's like everything in the world hates him or something because he always gets attacked when we travel somewhere. That never happens to me, darn it! He's some kind of trouble magnet or something, so when I'm with him I always get to fight! He's my best friend!
"Wakaba, concentrate on your dodging."
"Grrr… yes, Master."
You know, when Jinkou first met me, he thought I was a boy. The only reason he discovered otherwise was when we all went for a hot bath and Tetsu wouldn't let me into the boy's area.
Well, if being a girl means having to dress in some sailor outfit with a yuckky six-eyed rodent attached to your arm…
Or tugging some barrel-shaped doohickey to do all your fighting for you…
Or carrying some dumb books while chasing after some older guy…
Or being chased around the castle by some perverted horse with a horn on its head…
Then I'd rather be a boy, because boys have more fun!
"Hey, Wakaba, I'm back! I'm off to fight undead zombies and skeletons in a dank, smelly cave. It's pretty dangerous, you know. You could get lost in that mess of tunnels for years - unless, of course, some vampire sucks out all your blood first and tosses away your dry husk! So… you want to come along?"
"Are you nuts, Jinkou? Of course I'm going!"
Hiiiyyyaaa!