Tama

  After David finished killing the bear with his bare hands, I clapped excitedly as I jumped up and down on the balls of my feet.

  I heard him before I saw him. I jumped, doing a spin in the air. As I turned and looked under me, where I had just been, a very special boar passed under me and crashed into the arena.

  His squeal as he fell into the arena was deafening, causing my ears to flatten by instinct.

  My joy was endless. I watched as my two favorite living men in life squared up and started to fight.

  The fight lasted a total of ten seconds. The amount of time it took for Jiggle to ram into David.

  David had tried to grab him and hold him in place. A foolish mistake. Jiggle wasn't able to be stopped during his charge.

  I giggled as David went flying into a nearby wall, leaving a crater.

  He reminded me of Tera in that instant, except he was naked as he climbed out of the hole and rushed the boar in anger.

  I couldn't help myself, my excitement overwhelmed me. "Jiggle!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. My heart was racing a million miles an hour. I hadn't seen him since... I shook those thoughts away, focusing on the moment and how happy I was that Jiggle was here.

  Jiggle faced me and huffed, causing the nearby dirt to fly into the air. Even so, it couldn't cover his enormous bulk. He stomped his right hoof a few times and lowered his head. I grinned.

  His speed was fast compared to Saki by a wide margin, but compared to me or Sensei, he might as well have been moving in slow motion. His charge kicked up dirt behind him as he made a beeline for me.

  I jumped back into the air, using his back as a launchpad to shoot myself over to David. I quickly checked David for any severe injuries. He was breathing, if severely bruised. The bear had barely hurt David, but Jiggle had devastated the man in one hit.

  I smiled at David. He looked up, coughed up blood, and smiled back. He wore a gleam in his eye. One I recognized when Sensei would pick fights. One I most likely wore when I fought. The joy of fighting a fun opponent.

  I turned back as Jiggle hadn't stopped. He had been going too fast and couldn't stop quickly. He charged towards a tent, killing a few goblins who were unfortunate enough to be in his path, but most managed to dodge, if only barely.

  The chief's tent flap opened and I saw Saki for a split second before Jiggle hit her full force. She was thrown backwards into the tent, and amusement flooded me for a second. David was barely able to stand up to Jiggle. Saki never would have stood a chance.

  Saki would be hurt, but not dead though, so I fell over laughing as Jiggle sent Saki flying. He really was just the most adorable little boar. I am so happy he is alive and well!

  I had feared the worst with Sensei and his... I shook my head again and stood up straight. I jumped out of the arena and dashed into the chief's tent after Jiggle. I waved hi to Grok, who looked dismayed at me. I simply giggled and gave him a thumbs up. He put his hand on his face, palm facing forward, for some reason.

  I ignored Grok's silly antics and said, "Nya! Please take care of Tama's clothes, Grok!" I wanted to wrestle Jiggle myself, no way was I going to let Saki have all the fun.

  I took off my gi quickly, leaving my underwear on because I knew Saki would frown if I took everything off. I threw my gi at Grok before rushing out of the back of the tent. I saw Saki had put up a wall of stone. Silly Saki! Jiggle breaks through stone easily! It's why Sensei needed to enchant the chicken coop to prevent the crazy pig from forcing his way in!

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  As expected, Jiggle went through the stone like it was made of paper and made for Saki, but it was my turn!

  I ran to his side and rammed into him right before he reached Saki, throwing him off his feet, and the two of us rolled around. "Bad Jiggle! Don't attack Tama's friends!" I said as I giggled madly.

  Jiggle managed to shift himself to land on his feet and still slid back a few feet. He went to charge me again, but this time I sprayed his face with water and irritated him before jumping onto his back. I didn't have trees for him to ram nearby, only weak goblin tents and tables. So instead, I made my water chain and wrapped it around his tusks.

  Using the chains, I was able to guide Jiggle where I wanted. The realization struck me and I suddenly had an amazing idea...

  I quickly leaned forward and pulled on the chains. "Okay Jiggle! You get to be Tama's battle mount! Charge!"

  Instead, he tried and failed to throw me off repeatedly. "Come now Jiggle! You can do better than that!" I started with an amused smile. I sprayed more water in his face until he finally stopped.

  I looked up and noticed Saki. She was holding a long stick, her left hand on her lower back. She was walking back to Grok's tent. I called out to her, "Tama is going to play with Jiggle more!"

  She looked over at me and simply nodded, looking annoyed before responding, "That's fine, Tama, just please keep that thing away from me." She pointed at Jiggle with irritation. Jiggle's response was to huff and stomp his right hoof. I sprayed more water in his face before he could charge again.

  After Saki went back into the tent, the goblins began patching the hole. I started trying to guide Jiggle's charges. At first he didn't want to go in the direction I wanted him to, but I made up a system of sorts. I would kick him in the side and lean forward. This would make him go forward.

  If he didn't, I sprayed him in the face with water. Eventually he figured out that if he moved when I did that, he wouldn't get sprayed. I always knew Jiggle was super smart! It only took him a few hours! His brothers and sisters would have taken days to figure that out.

  As the sun went away and night covered the area, Jiggle had learned to follow my directions. David had come by and picked a fight with the boar, but was once again quickly blasted into and out of a nearby tent within seconds. I actually rode Jiggle while he did it this time. I felt when Jiggle made an impact, I felt as Jiggle charged. It was slower than I was used to when moving fast on my own, and not by much.

  David seemed to be having the time of his life. He challenged Jiggle lots of times and lost every time. He was never discouraged though, and it only made me more excited. David was truly amazing. Even though he was outmatched, he never gave up. He seemed to enjoy himself despite the pain, something I could easily understand.

  As the sun began to set, I wondered idly where Tera was. David had finally given in to his exhaustion and passed out after nearly eight straight hours of fighting Jiggle and had simply collapsed. Jiggle had tried to charge him, but I sprayed water in his face until he gave up.

  I looked over at some nearby goblins and pointed at them. "Nya! Please take David to the medical tent and heal him!" I said with a smile. One of the goblins fainted; the rest ignored him and nodded, rushing over and working together to barely lift the unconscious David and drag him to a medical tent. I debated following them but wanted to find Saki or Tera.

  So instead, I, still on my mighty mount! Began searching for Saki or Tera. I found them both in the chief's tent with Grok. The three of them were talking about the Lich. However, as I walked in, having to duck as Jiggle under me made me a little too tall for the tent flap.

  "Look, every time one of your goblins dies, the Lich gains another ally," Tera said. She sounded flustered. "Your numbers are literally meaningless. The royal army has been gathering forces just north of Trissaile and will be moving towards the Lich shortly. Their spell-casters have ways of stopping the undead and preventing undeath."

  "We both know if what Grok says is true, the Royal army will not make it in time, Tera! We can't leave an entire town of people to die!" Saki spat back. She was clearly very angry about the conversation and in a losing battle based on the way Grok looked uncertain about the fight since the first time I had seen him.

  "And you think we will make it in time, Saki? Be reasonable! It's three days' travel away compared to the royal army's five. That's hardly a difference. Drestor has Talia and she can hold off a Lich for five days, Saki!" Tera's response was emphatic as she laid out her point.

  "But we can help her!" Saki said, slamming the table, causing the table to shatter and fall onto the ground. The battle map was caught by Grok, who simply took a step back and watched the two girls fighting.

  He looked back and forth, very uncertain about what to do. He seemed to agree with Tera's points, but I could clearly see he wanted to believe Saki's words about them making a difference.

  I didn't understand people that well, but Grok was a goblin, and I understood goblins. Grok was clearly torn between his desire to kill the Lich and the pragmatic and sobering view Tera was preaching.