Today's training went by a lot smoother than yesterday. We fought through the forest again, and I had a new confidence that made the boomas a piece of cake. Mamoru was impressed, but my real test was the dragon. Earlier in the day Mamoru had started tracking it's signal and discovered that it had made it's home in one of the old domes to the west. We trekked in that direction for an hour or so and finally found a way inside.
I was shocked! I freaked out, I dropped my weapon, I cried. Mamoru helped me get it together though. He grabbed the front of my shirt and pulled me to my feet, "get it together! You can do it, you're better than this!" he yelled, and then tossed me in the general direction of the dragon. (gee thanks... )
The way it moved, it seemed like it couldn't see me because I was so short. I went straight for it's legs, trying to cut it's ham string. We read in school that the best way to take down a dragon was from the bottom up, to take out it's legs and then strike the head. Who ever wrote our text books knew what they were talking about!
Mamoru just kind of watched as the dragon fell and then I went for the head. Eventually I caused enough blows kill the beast. He later said that it looked like I had becomed enraged, although I don't remember it.
I got two more level ups, putting me at 10! Tomorrow Mamoru said that I was ready to head into the lower caves of Ragol. He wouldn't guide me any longer, but instead he would monitor me closely from the Control Center.
"Fighting with me there is one thing, but you also have to find your own confidence too. That's something only you can do by yourself." he said.
After training was over we headed to the lobby to relax and discuss my performance. I got to meet one of Mamoru's good friends, Chibiusa, a Newman Force. She's really cute and really tiny. She wears her hair similar to mine, pink and in high pony tails. She wears a tiny purple FOnewearl dress and resembles a 5 to 7 year old human girl.
After that Mamoru and Chibiusa left together to Ragol. I can only imagine what kind of beasts they fight at their level. It's strange though that Mamoru still fights. A lot of Hunters become instructors in order to get out of fighting. The principal government dictates that we must always fight because of our superior genes, so teaching others to fight would be the only way out of actually fighting yourself, I guess. Mamoru chooses to continue fighting though. I wonder what he is searching for or what he seeks to accomplish. Maybe I'll ask him one day if I have the courage.
Time to go, until tomorrow!
Until then,
Shinobu