Chapter
Three
Shadow
-
Tail
of
the
kitsune
-
bito
cursed
to
himself
as
he
sped
away
.
“Shudda!”
he
said
in
his
native
language
.
“<That
witch
spotted
me
.
I
can
only
hope
I
could
lose
her
before
I
get
back
to
Father!>
†
”
He
somehow
knew
that
his
father,
the
nine
-
tailed
cleric
Shadow
-
Tip,
would
say
before
he
even
found
him,
and
he
was
muttering
what
he
thought
he’d
say
as
he
sped
through
the
trees
without
as
much
of
a
sound
.
“<Shadow
-
Tip,
my
son,
you
were
trained
to
be
a
Samurai,
for
Kami’s
sake
.
A
Samurai
doesn’t
sneak
around
and
try
out
to
be
seen,
like
a
Ninja
.
>
Oop,
gomen
ne,
Orochi
-
san
.
”
His
leap
over
a
hissing
snake
was
high
enough
for
him
to
land
on
a
tree
limb
.
He
only
managed
to
take
a
good
look
at
the
worm
-
like
animal
slithering
across
his
path
and
notice
that
the
Orochi
in
this
island
is
a
subtle
clue
that
he’s
not
in
Kamigawa
anymore
when
he
realized
that
he’s
more
visible
in
the
trees
than
under
them
.
“Baka
Baka
Baka
Baaaaka!”
The
leaping
from
tree
to
tree
to
the
sound
of
the
fox
-
man’s
self
-
cursing
was
as
nimble
and
acrobatic
as
his
kind
are
known
for
.
Until
he
landed
on
the
ground
.
On
his
rump
.
“Uuuuuuugh”
“<Ah,
Shadow
-
Tail,
my
son
.
You
were
trained
to
be
a
Samurai,
for
Kami’s
sake
.
Samurai
do
not
go
swinging
from
tree
to
tree
like
an
Orochi
.
>”
Well,
at
least
he
was
close
.
†
Brackets
are
used
to
denote
the
common
language
used
in
Kamigawa,
which
is
similar
in
design
to
the
Terran
language
of
Japanese
.
