Usagi Tomo 1198

Tsuma, Crane Lands, 1st Night of the Topaz Championship 1198,

Usagi Tomo was bored. He was not allowed to go out and make merry, he was not permitted to go out and start trouble. Or get into trouble. In short, he was very bored. He had seen the others heading out to enjoy themselves. “But no, you’re on guard duty Tomo-sama” he grumbled to no one in particular. He kicked some sand on the ground enjoying the sheer grumpiness of the action. “I can’t even see my betrothed without months of letters passing back and forth and chaperones leaping out of the grass like Fortunes blasted ninja!”

There was no one who would want to break into the Minor Clan’s lodgings here in Tsuma. He knew it in his very soul. “But I will soon be Unicorm Clan!” Tomo boasted to the empty courtyard. “Then I will be part of a Major Clan and have all the respect according to my rank.” He thought about this some more, savouring the concept of being Ide Tomo in the near future. “Future husband of the Topaz Champion” He flicked a small bit of dust from his lapel. “I wonder if I’ll get one of those Utaku Battlesteeds to ride into battle?”

It goes without saying that the ninja using the Minor Clan alliance rooftops as a thoroughfare went completely unnoticed by Usagi, soon to be Ide Tomo…