I'm not quite sure how to begin this, so I'll just introduce myself. My name is Shinobu Seta, I'm 4 years old, though my body resembles that of a 17 year old human girl. I'm the first born Newman child of Tobius and Lilian Seta, both Forces. I'm sure they were pretty surprised when my status report came back telling them I'd be a hunter.
Today was my birthday, so I got to visit home in the residential area and see Mom and Dad. You were one of my presents! That's why I'm writing in you now, Daddy said that it would be a good idea to keep track of my progress. Momma agreed, but I think Mamoru thought it was silly. I was really surprised to see Mamoru at my parent's house. It was strange, I'll tell you why...
Mamoru is my personal instructor. He's a tall hunter with long silver hair and distant blue eyes, almost like he's always thinking about something else. Every student at the academy is assigned a higher level hunter to guide them once they reach my level. The principal feels that at this age, there has been enough study and it is time for some real action! I agree somewhat, but I miss studying too... Anyway, until my birthday party, I never thought of Mamoru as anything more than a teacher, but after that, I realized that he's a close friend of the family. Maybe that was why I was paired with him...
Daddy told me that at one point both he and Momma did some training under Mamoru! I had no idea he was that much older than them, he looks so young. Daddy told me that he's part newman, so it makes sense that he looks so young. He doesn't have long pointy ears, though... Anyway, they told me that they learned their hand to hand combat skills from Mamoru, and their magic instruction came from a lady named Presea.
It was fun hearing about their old stories and adventures. It was kind of weird how Mamoru called Daddy "Toby" all the time. I thought that Toby was Mom's pet name for Tobius. When I tried to call Daddy Toby they all shot me glares... The party was still fun though, and I got lots of neat stuff.
Daddy gave me this digital journal (you ) and a DB's SABER.
Momma got me all of the basic level Disks and a cute pink battle suit.
Mamoru gave me a big ol' Mag called an Asparas. I was blown away at it's size. "I know it's big and clunky, but it'll give you more than enough of a power boost to wield that sword your father gave you" he said.
"Isn't that the Mag you trained us with?" Momma asked.
Mamoru nodded and then she got all sentimental over it, telling me that I'd better not break it, or use it's photon blast too much. She's crazy sometimes, but I love her.
That was it for my birthday though, tomorrow I start my first day of physical combat training with Mamoru. I'm not so nervous about it now that I know his connection to my parent's past. Wish me luck! I'll tell you all about it tomorrow.
Until then,
Shinobu