Tales of a Ninja Magician: Of Games of Body and Soul

Pom-Poms and Chom-Choms

"So not that I wanna be that type 'a wanker but... What exactly is your business with this lad and why is there a rabbit in this ward?" Eiju wondered scratching his stubble. The time Mana had not seen the reformed Quack was quite kind to him, shaping the medical ninja into quite a handsome man devoid of any traces of the past vices that used to haunt him.

"Oh, it's because I'm a rabbit, isn't it?" Usubane locked her arms around her chest with a protesting glare and puffed cheeks. She looked almost offended by the fact that most medical ninja questioned her presence in the recovery room.

"No, it's because you're covered in fur which gathers all sorts of infectious filth..." Eiju snapped back before Usubane turned away and pointed vibrantly at the little furball racing from one side of the recovery room to the other and just barking out in the air.

"What's that then?" she asked.

"It's no secret that Inuzuka and their canines share a unique connection. If one of the pair is injured we usually allow the other one to be close because it aids the recovery process." Eiju replied without losing his cool. "Judging from the starry eyes, I have a feeling she's yours." The medical ninja turned to Mana.

"Does the presence of Bane-chan threaten somebody's well-being?" Mana asked with a tired tone of voice just to set things straight.

"Well, no. There are no procedures done in the recovery room that may cause an infection and we can filter out something as simple as natural infections, it's more of an ethics thing, really." Eiju massaged his own neck in submission. Almost like it took the reformed Quack up to now to realize he did not care all too much about trivial ethics and allowed something he brought up just in case to escalate because of the response of the teen rabbit.

"Bane-chan?! Mana-san shortened my name and gave me an honorific!" Usubane shrieked out. If her presence did not inconvenience the recovering people inside the recovery room, the noise coming from her sure would have.

The magician gave Usubane an angry glare and the rabbit did act meeker for a second or two but the excitement of working alongside Mana and getting her own personalized manner of referral from her idol was too much excitement to restrain just due to a simple glare of discomfort.

Eiju leaned in onto Mana's ear. "Can't you just de-summon her if the critter's givin' you problems?" he asked with his most genuine attempt to keep it hidden from the fluffy rabbit of titanic sized ears.

Usubane did glare at the two, she registered people speaking about something concerning her but she was not quite able to make out exact words, which robbed her of the chance to get outraged at it.

"Sorry, she was kicked through the seal in my new hat and I'm not sure I can send her back unless she herself decides to go back or gets injured badly." Mana shrugged. "We're not hitting that rabbit." She added after seeing a golden shimmer in her old friend's eyes.

"Well... Not that she's doin' much harm here. This place's is basically for people that just need to lie down a bit or a nice green glow for a moment to get back into it. Your friend here should be coming back to his senses any moment now." Eiju relented.

"Kidenshi-senpai is hardly my friend. I doubt he even knows my name." Mana replied without much emotion, just staring at the sleeping and dirtied face of her older colleague. "Although I am glad that he is well." She sighed in relief.

"So what's next, Mana-san!? We're waiting for the dog-guy to recover so he can tell us who kicked his ass and then we can save the world again, right!?" Usubane got energetic again. Her bunny hops caused loud thuds that while leaving no permanent damage to the rabbit's surroundings were quite irritating.