The party kept powering through a mountainous area when Wataru, who had been leading the marching order, suddenly stopped and shouted! “Hey! Isn’t that a dragon!?”
“What!?” Aria responded in disbelief! “You found the dragon already!? We’re barely a few pages into the story!!”
“Yeah! Look, there!!” Wataru pointed to the sky above!
Résistance wore a grave expression as she followed his pointing finger and analyzed the creature in the sky! “Enormous frame, covered in red scales, and those eerily pointed wings... No doubt about it, that’s a dragon.”
The dragon was flying elegantly through the cloudless blue sky! Even though there was a great distance between it and the humans on the ground, Wataru couldn’t help but feel the powerful aura the creature exuded with every bone in his body! He was sure of one thing: the dragon was strong!! Even more, there was one enigma about the creature that pressed down on Wataru’s brain!
“Why’s the dragon wearing a T-shirt!?!?!?” Wataru shouted! Indeed, the dragon was wearing a casual-and-clean, white and blue striped T-shirt!
“Why...? Why shouldn’t a dragon wear clothes?” Résistance responded, puzzled.
“I’m sure the dragon would be embarrassed if it was naked,” agreed Aria.
“Right, that’s how it is! Of course, it was biased of me to think that dragons don’t wear clothes!” Wataru admitted! He set his countenance into the expression of a Nio and continued, “All right!!!!! I’m going!!!!!”
“G-Going where!? How!? The dragon’s so high up...” Aria was bewildered!
Wataru took a wide stance and squatted low! “Aaaaahhhhhh...!!” He tensed his legs, preparing to unleash every last bit of his strength, before—!! “Jmp!!!!!”
Llllllleeeeeeeeaaaaaapppppp!!! Wataru rocketed into the sky, powered by his own two legs!
“Ahh!” Aria cried as an incredible shockwave erupted, leaving a small crater in the ground where Wataru had been standing.
“Th-That’s an incredible jump...” After giving a surprised glance to the hole in the ground, Résistance quickly turned her gaze upwards! Wataru had already landed with ease on the dragon’s back, nine hundred feet in the air! Modern science would tell you that no human could jump nine hundred feet without any mechanical assistance; however, Wataru and his special training regimen easily destroyed such “normal” preconceptions!! Of course, I’m sure that none of our Dear Readers who have read the masterpiece that is WATARU!!! The Hot-Blooded Fighting Teen & His Epic Adventures After Stopping a Truck with His Bare Hands!! Volume One would be surprised in any way just because Wataru jumped nine hundred feet into the air!!!
“Woah...! Dragons are pretty big...!” Wataru said excitedly from his new position on the dragon’s back!! This majestic flying creature was about sixty feet in length from its head to the end of its tail! The scales that covered its entire body were as red as molten lava and probably as hard as diamonds!! The striped shirt that covered its torso was obviously far larger than anything found in any human apparel store! Wataru couldn’t help but wonder if there was such a thing as a fantasy Big & Tall shop that catered to dragons!
“Hey, Dragon!! I’m Wataru Ito!! Fight me right now!!” he shouted as an introduction, even though he wasn’t sure if the dragon would speak his language!
Who are you...?
(Whaaaaaaaaaat!?!? It talked straight into my mind!!) Wataru was inwardly awestruck! Incredibly, the dragon had spoken to him on a telepathic hotline!
Hmhmhm... You’re surprised...
(What!? You... can read my mind, too!?)
Of course I can, boy. The dragon’s telepathic voice felt scratchy in Wataru’s mind! That feeling, along with his general tone, gave Wataru the impression of talking with an elderly man! Suddenly, the dragon turned his head around to stare directly at Wataru! Another detail that had escaped Wataru’s notice until now was that the dragon was... wearing glasses! His yellow, reptilian eyes peeked through the lenses of a pair of dragon-sized spectacles!
(G-Glasses...!? Where did you get those!? And the shirt!?)
Details, boy... More importantly, you said you wanted to fight me.
(That’s right!!) Wataru thought, nodding firmly for emphasis!
Hm, interesting. You’ve trained your body well, seeing as you leapt all the way from down there to up here... But you lack something that you’ll need in order to fight me.
(What!?!?!?!?!? For real!?!?!?!?!?)
How is the voice in your head so loud?
(Details, old man!! What’s it to you!?!?)