Queen's Blade: The Unwilling Intruder

Chapter 1: The Rift

Leina woke up from another narcolepsy attack. "Damn that curse and damn all so-called healers," she muttered under her breath. She clambered out of her camouflaged tent and gazed at the sky. Judging by the position of the sun it was about lunchtime, though Leina wasn't very hungry. She packed her tent and was about to leave when the sky split asunder with a mighty crack, followed by a heat wave. Something fell out, heading towards a nearby pine forest. Her curiosity awakened, she headed out to the place the thing should have landed.

Tomoe ate her noodles, sitting on a log. Nanael, who had decided to pay her a visit, was ''scouting'' the area, although "scouring the surroundings for every bit of food she can find" came closer to the truth. Suddenly Tomoe heard a loud ripping noise as if something was torn apart, followed by an immense heat. "Nanael! What's happening?," Tomoe screamed, panicking for a moment, then regaining her usual calmness. She drew her sword. Due to her blindness, her hearing was super developed, almost matching that of an Elf, not to mention her innate ability to sense evil and unnatural things in her surroundings. Because of this she was as dangerous a warrior as ever. Soon, she heard the beating of wings announcing Nanael's return. "Tomoe! Grab your stuff and follow me! Some kind of portal opened in the sky and something fell out! I want to see what it is! Let's go!" Tomoe finished her noodles, then packed her belongings in her backpack and followed the rhythmic sound of Nanael's wings.

The thing falling out of the rift in space-time (that's what it was) wasn't a thing. It was a person, as Leina found out when she arrived at the crash site. The person was a young man, about 23, which was the age of Leina and Tomoe as well. His brown hair reached shoulder-length, fitting with his brown eyes. He had the luck to fall in a lake although the water had evaporated due to the immense heat, it had still saved him from death due to massive impact. Still, it was a miracle he had survived. He was nude, so Leina covered him with her cloak. Then she heard a sound, which caused her to spin on her heels with her sword in one hand, shield in the other. "Is that how you treat old friends, Leina?," a familiar voice said. Leina looked up. " Nanael? And Tomoe? What are you doing here?"

"We could ask you the same. Who's that?," Nanael said, pointing at the boy.

"I don't know, I just found him here, he fell out of that rift in the sky and I found him here."

They heard a moaning, then a weak "Where am I? Ouch, my head..."

Leina turned around and noticed that the boy woke up. He looked around, noticed the three girls and blushed, realizing he was nude save for the cloak, but then he calmed down. A polite "Excuse me, but does anyone have some clothes I can borrow?," was the second thing he said. Tomoe dug around in her backpack and pulled out a spare robe, which she gave him. "Here. It's not much, but it's better than nothing." The boy went behind a tree to put it on. He came back, handed Leina her cloak and smiled. "It's perfect. Thank you." Leina put her cloak back on before asking: "Now that you're wearing clothes, would you mind telling us who you are?" The boy thought for a second, then replied. "I can't remember. I remember everything but my name. You can call me Felix. It doesn't feel like my real name, but it feels important to me." He didn't look very surprised not remembering his name or falling in another universe. Then, something did surprise him. He pointed at Leina and spoke. "I know you. You're Leina. And you're Tomoe. And you're that angel, Nanael."

Leina was surprised. She was sure she'd never met this boy before. "How do you know us?

"I know most of you. Where I come from, another universe, you're all fictional characters. Apparently, not very fictional at all," grinned Felix. He was very calm, as if it was very normal to be thrown in another universe. "You don't seem to be shocked that you are pulled out of your own universe and placed in ours," said Tomoe.

"I've read weirder stuff in my books," was Felix' reply. "And besides that, sit down and cry won't get me back. Nothing ever will, probably, so I'll just make the best out of it."

"Wise words from a wise man," said Tomoe.

"Man?" Felix laughed. "I'm thirteen years old." He looked at himself and grinned. "Cool, the warp aged me."

Tomoe and Nanael came closer to Leina and Felix, but Tomoe tripped. Felix caught her and suddenly blue light glowed around his hands. The glow passed to Tomoe's hands, then went through her arms to her eyes. They appeared to crack, then a layer of white fell off, disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"I can see. I can see! You lifted the curse! I am in your debt forever."

Felix just looked at his hands, muttering: "So I'm a wizard. Awesome!," then turned to Leina.

"Hey, Leina, do you know if there are mo-" was all he could say before Tomoe kissed him. After that, all he could say was "Hmbflw," blushing a lot.

"As for your question, there are rumours of Elven mages, but you're the first wizard I've ever seen," said Leina, then turned to Tomoe.

"Come on, Tomoe, let's travel again. Just like the old times."

Tomoe smiled. "Just like the old times."

"Can I come too?," Felix and Nanael asked simultaneously.

"Sure thing, but we'd better get moving if we want to reach the closest town before nightfall," Tomoe said.

"Can we buy resupply there? I need to write my spells down and get myself some clothes," Felix asked.

"Sure thing. Do you have money?"

Felix smiled. "Leave that to me. I'm a wizard, remember?"

The four set off. To sunset and new adventures.