Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles

Hmm?

Oh, come on. My face isn't gonna feed itself.

Yes, ma'am.

I didn't order a side of sarcasm.

Hey, guys! I kicked Chizu's butt at the Ki-Cycle game,

so she had to make me all my favorite foods.

You hungry?

I guess I could be talked into a bite or two.

Usagi? You want anything?

Chizu made those little okonomiyaki you like.

I don't have much of an appetite.

Listen, about me spying for the Neko Ninja Crew.

I'm sorry.

I guess, in the end, you did the right thing,

so that's something.

Yes, but the Neko Ninja will be coming for us.

And they are vicious.

You have no idea what they're like. Cruel and pitiless.

They stole me from an orphanage before I was even a year old.

No expression of true feeling is tolerated.

Any disobedience is punished savagely.

By the time a ninja's grown, she has no will of her own.

All ninja are raised to be nothing but tools of their master, Lady Fuwa.

They show no mercy.

They feel… nothing.

What? I was paying attention.

These are really fantastic.

But I'm still mad at you.

We all are, right?

Mm!

Usagi, if Lady Fuwa commands the ninja to kill us all, they will.

We need to be alert.

Stay inside as much as possible. Keep a low profile.

Yeah, I'm not gonna hide.

Once I get Karasu-Tengu to train me, I'll be a true samurai.

A ninja won't be able to touch me.

I just need to find the last of those three Urban Yokai.

Giman, the deception Yokai.

Wait, the last time I was at the Hidden Dojo,

something strange happened.

I saw something.

It looked like a child, but it was also kind of a shadow.

-And then it just flew away. -Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!

That totally sounds like a Yokai! It must be Giman!

Do you think so?

Or any one of a hundred other Yokai. But probably Giman.

Maybe! Or maybe not. It must be! It's the only lead I have.

-I gotta check that place out. -What?

The Hidden Dojo is literally the most dangerous place in the world for you now!

So it's the last place the ninja will be looking for us. It's perfect!

That makes no sense.

If you wanna do something for me, take me to this Hidden Dojo.

And if you don't, that's fine. But I'm going either way.

I'll take you.

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh! You guys, I found it!

I found the Ashibasha!

What? The Ashibasha! Guys, she found the Ashibasha.

The Ashibasha!

You don't know what that is.

Aren't Ashibasha kind of like, uh, private trolleys?

It was our family vehicle when we were kids. Oh, it's so awesome.

I know, right? Come see it!

Well, looks like I'm with you two today.

We're going to sneak into the Ninja Crew's Hidden Dojo.

Hmm? Well, looks like I'm with those two today.

It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!

Really?

Hmm?

You need to see more things.

-I'm gonna fix it up like new! -You don't know how to fix stuff.

No, but I have determination!

Ooh, this is hard. I'm gonna get cake.

Oh, no. You are not walking away again!

What are you talking about?

Every time there's trouble, you run off and I have to clean up.

-Like when-- -When we got run out of town?

I don't want everyone to know our family stuff.

Can you take this battery to the temple and get Tetsujin to charge it up?

But he's always telling long stories

about way back before things got good.

Okay, you could stay here for our heated, emotional argument.

Yeah, I'd rather hear about gross, old-timey foot diseases.

I can't handle you leaving again.

I have a stomachache. I have to go to the hospital.

No, you don't. Come on, let's fix the Ashibasha together.

-Okay. -Good.

-There's the entrance, but-- - Ikuzo!

Whoa!

We're not going in that way!

You two fell asleep again? No more hot cocoa for you!

Are you sure that-- Whoa!

This service corridor isn't used much.

I'll take you to where I saw that, uh, thing.

Ninja.

Wow. This is seriously messed up.

Mm-hmm.

Can I put it down now?

Listen, um,

I don't think I can do this.

Fix the Ashibasha?

No, stay here.

You always do this!

I need you to help me with stuff. Can't you just take responsibility for--

Okay, then.

Gen, what's happening?

-Huh? -It's possessed by a Yokai!

Ow!

That should take an hour or so.

Now, how about a long story about way back before things got bad?

Great.

Or… Hmm.

Come. You might be interested in this.

What? It's just a bunch of old junk.

You have obviously never heard a taiko played properly.

Whoa…

Kitsune!

Are you okay?

Again. Again!

I warn you, ninja.

I have the heart of a warrior, the skills of a master, and the…

Okay, you're a kid.

Follow me.

What are you doing here?

Um, you told us to follow you.

I didn't… Wait!

You're Chizu!

Yes. I've seen you before.

I'm Hana.

It's nice to meet you, Hana. I'm Usagi.

Oh. Like the guy who's on all the dartboards?

Chizu, we talk about you all the time.

But only in secret, so Lady Fuwa doesn't hear us.

You talk about… me?

Mm. Most of the ninja are so mean,

but some of us, like me, we don't want to hurt anyone.

We just don't have anywhere else to go.

I know what that's like.

But everyone's heard about how you stood up

to Lady Fuwa at the Ki-Stone Temple.

Even though she raised you, you stood up for what was right.

If you can be good, maybe I can too.

I know you can, Hana.

That's why I hide here when we're supposed to do fight training.

It's awful. They make us chop the heads off dummies.

Why would they want to do that?

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh! You know what we should do?

What?

Set up targets!

Yes!

Okay. Uh, this is where I saw that shadow creature fly away.

Shadow creature?

-That sounds like-- -Who's here?

Oh. It's you, Hana.

I have to admit, I thought you were a total washout.