Kana Asagawa's Story

Tsubasa waited nervously beside her brother as they began the announcing of the apprentice's to the great heroes. She had applied for two of the three and had done really well for both, so she thought she had a good chance of getting accepted. She was nervous both because of the wait, and because she was wearing the outfit her brother had made for her. She felt a little better because he was wearing his own though. She couldn't help but feel disappointed when her name wasn't called. But she knew there wasn't much a chance in the first place, the kids who were chosen had money and she didn't. Even though she knew for certain that she had done better than Kairi in archery. She was pretty sure there were two reasons that Kairi got the position instead. Money, and the fact that Kairi was a slut.

With a sigh, Tsubasa followed her brother as they made to leave the area. She'd have to find another hero looking for an apprentice, or just become a hero on her own like her brother was going to do. She paused, causing someone to bump into her when she heard someone saying that they were looking for apprentices. Shrine Maiden? Her brother pulled her off to the side while she thought. What was Shrine Maiden known for? Then she remembered, healing, support, and archery. The three things that Tsubasa was capable of. She looked around and spotted a homeless looking guy and a girl who looked like a shine maiden making poses on the wall opposite of them. Tsubasa looked at her brother, who knew what she was thinking. "I'll wait here for you. Good luck."

With a nod Tsubasa shoved her way through the crowd, nearly punching somebody in the face when they groped her breasts. She made it through the crowd and stood in front of the woman. "Did you say you were looking for an apprentice? Well then I would like to apply." She made sure she sounded confident when she spoke.

When asked about her knowledge of healing and protection spells, and her skill of archery Tsubasa nodded. "I'm good at shield magic and can use it in the form of domes or barriers. And last year I made it to semi-finals of the junior archery tournament." She didn't mention healing magic, because she was terrible at it and wanted to focus on what she was good at. Its not like she could save lives with her healing magic, by the time she got it focused on the wound, the person would have bled to death.

Tsubasa opened her mouth to thank the man when he mentioned that her costume was nice. But quickly shut it and began to turn red from embarrassment as she discovered that he was a pervert. And could turn into a women. Which was very interesting and something that she almost wanted to ask him about. But judging from the way the two acted, she would be seeing him often and would probably see it eventually.

When another girl came up and said she wanted to apply to be the man's apprentice, Tsubasa nodded to her. She wondered how many other people would apply to these two, and how much of a chance she actually had at getting a spot. She glanced back at her brother who was still standing there waiting for her. He smiled and she smiled back, his smile boosted her confidence a little bit. Like it always did.

Tsubasa frowned, she doubted that no amount of training could get her to be good at healing magic. She just wasn't good at it and nothing could change it. She had her mind set on the fact that she could do it. She listened to all the things that a shaman had to know how to do and was amazed. The big three only had mastery of a few things. She stared in awe as Maraka walked over to them, but got over it very quickly when she learned something about the so called greatest swordsman.

The fact that he was an asshole. And certainly spoiled at some point in his life. She wondered if the other two were the same, and was suddenly glad that she hadn't been chosen. She watched the conflict between the shaman and the swordsman and found herself impressed by the perverted man. Though she certainly didn't trust him. At all.

When the shaman mentioned going to his house or the shrine, she focused her attention from the struggling swordsman to the pervert. The shrine in the area was the one near her house. Had she seen the shrine maiden there before in all her years going there? She glanced back over at her brother to see that he was still waiting there, and signaled to him that he could go home. He smiled and left with a wave.

Tsubasa knew that she did not want to be in the perverted man's house. So she decided it would be best to speak up about it. "I would be more comfortable with the shrine, to be honest."