Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Compendium

Harmony Forever! (But Iruru Hates That...)

"Well, that sounds like an adventure..." I deadpanned, finding Elma at my doorstep. She seemed to be rather tired, as if she ran here. But that was just the subtle details, since she has a bird's nest, and a couple sprinkles (with some frosting). I...have no idea how or why that happened to her.

"Yeah...said something about Balmung, right?" Elma sweat-dropped, placing the nest on a nearby hedge. "Well, I guess I should say that, this is a first..."

"First time what?" I asked.

"Somebody actually asking me for advice. Oh, Iruru..." I turned to see her in a tank top, obviously contoured to her 'D for Dragon' cups, and shorts.

"..." Weird, not a word. Not even a peep, just a simple glare. And then she just left...I guess she wasn't excited having a Harmony Dragon here, especially one I asked for. I might need to talk to her at some point.

"...Well, that's new. Anyway come on in," I waved her over.

***

We all were seated, all of us around the table of today's menu; chicken kimchi. Yes, not exactly Japanese, but still pretty good regardless. And Elma agrees; Kobayashi wasn't kidding with the foodie thing. Already, there was a stack of empty plates before the rest of us got started with our first.

"Oh my God~" She patted her stomach. "Heavenly, Miss Hasashi,"

"Mm Hm! That's my style~" My tutor gave a thumbs up. She's actually been quite nervous since the waterpark incident. I noticed how overly bubbly she acts like, trying to be Mary Poppins. But, she had something behind that act.

"Yeah...So Elma, something about Balmung. I have noticed that my body parts always change depending on emotional stress," I told her, remembering the moments that my scar transformed me partially. "Have any notes, tips?"

"Well, I can say that for sure, it is based on emotions. Specifically, self-preservation instincts, and empathetic instincts for fellow peers. It actually is pretty common for young Dragons to randomly flip back and forth depending on how they feel, so same thing basically...Iruru? Why didn't you tell him that?"

"Because he IS Balmung?" She shrugged, not at all being polite with the eye-roll.

"And Half-human," Elma reminded her. "This is going to not take very long. Unless, you want to learn several magic stuff in the process,"

"Eh, I'll think on that later," I said, thinking of all the magic spells I could do now that I am half-God. "Right now, teach me how to control the Dragon form,"

Nodding her head, we both said our farewells to Iruru (she decided to stay/bad attitude I guess), and my tutor, who answered with way too many goodbyes to count in a minute, even stumbled on her words. I guess I must have done something to have Hasashi act this way, exaggerated as any anime character.

***

"And that is how to summon your tail," Elma told me; we were in a specific meadow, me, getting used to the weird appendage on my ass.

"This is spooky...so, that's it? Just imagine the body part I want, and go nuts?" I made my tail disappear, and felt my glowing scar dull. Soon, I just decided to lay down on the grass. "Y'know, this place is great...besides the burnt grass,"

Yeah...the place was ruined thanks to an old game from two dragons; Tohru and Kanna. They were too lazy to fix it. Soon though, Elma already had it fixed. Heh, magic; more like Deus Ex Machina!

"Welp, I had fun too Kurosawa-kun! More than usual...hey, can I ask you a question?" I nodded, and she continued. "What exactly are you going to do? I mean...Harmony Faction could use Balmung...better than having that power be used to destroy all existence,"

"Heh, true...but, nah. I'm gonna' sit back and relax when I can, and wait...hell, maybe this is a dream, and I'm in a coma...nope." We both laughed at that, and soon, we just laid there. Honestly, besides being a dragon...she is less, erm, kill crazy or milfy (Lucoa; Nuff Said).

But she had something else to say.

"Second question..."

"Shoot,"

"Is TGI Friday's as good as it looks?"

"...Heh...you want to eat there, right," She blushed, and pouted a little. "And yes. Want the proof?"

And her smile just came up in an instant.

***
"...He's been gone for hours...." Iruru grunted, staring at the clock. Looking at Hasashi, she added another line. "You're into him. Aren't you?"

"...Wh-What?! N-no....I am simply doing his parents' guardian work while...that obvious?" Hasashi had her head on the table defeated. "I thought it was just a phase, but...that water park, it just reminded me of how charming he really is..."

"Hm. That we can agree on..." Iruru blushed.

"Wait!? You do too?!"

"...c-clearly! I just wish he'd stop hanging out with that damn Harmony Dragon. I can only think of the things they're doing. A romantic boat ride through a river, a scenic walk throughout the woods-"

"TGI Friday's?" Hasashi uttered wide eyed.

"TGI- Wait, What?" Iruru asked.

"He tweeted a picture," Showing the phone in Twitter, a pic of both of them, human form of course, eating a stack of....everything.

"........." Iruru simply left the table, not a word.

***

"...Geez, when you said you can't make a decision...you REALLY can't make a decision," I laughed. She ordered basically everything there was, forcing me to use my parent's emergency credit card. Thankfully, my parent's get paid a good chunk of yen, and usually are very responsible; this meal is chump change in hindsight. 

Oh, and I mean, everything. Drinks, meals, desserts, all of it. And the fact it can be stacked so well...I salute those workers, 5 stars on Yelp.

"They just look all soooo good...wait, what do I start with?" Oh crap. That says a lot. Looking at her stack, I managed to grab a rack of ribs. Ribs are a win for most carnivores, i.e. dragons. 

"Try this, and...don't worry about the other stuff. If you have an appetite of Galactus, this'll be an easy fix!" I eyed her ripping apart the ribs, each bone ending right back on the plate, and she already was on her burgers and fries. I guess giving her a starting point was enough to motivate her other 'foodie' instincts. But funnily enough...it was endearing. Not at all deadly or terrifying...like most dragons...hm...

"Ahem..." Wait. Was that-

Iruru had already made her presence known, twitching with anger. Was it because it was a Harmony dragon? I thought I already-

"Elma...I CHALLENGE YOU!!! TO THE DEATH!!!" What?! How did...why...must've seen my Twitter feed, but then again, this is what she is doing? Trying to kill my Dragon Teacher, because tribalism? 

"Iruru-" I was interrupted by a sudden gasp of fire. She...never did that to me before, mostly because Balmung. And even then, I never assumed she would start attacking me like that. I just watched quietly as my servant was about to attack my friend.

How was your weekend, by the way? Mine is about to be HELL.