A/N: More Queen's Blade and bad fight scene. Here we have Shizuka and Tomoe meeting Sora and Leina, as well as a set up for future jokes of Sora having a Harem.

"Shizuka are we sure we aren't lost?" Tomoe asked her companion, a hit of whine present in her voice as she continued to trek along the road.

Beside her the former Shinobi scratched her head as she stared into the piece of paper in her hands, she glanced to the Shrine Maiden and gave a shrug "I think we're going in the right direction" she moved a little closer to hold out the map and point at the path "I mean if we follow this path we should get to the Capital in about a week, besides that" Her finger then slid down from the large building on the map towards the smaller ones "There's a small town or village nearby, so we can get some rest." Shizuka smiled and wrapped up the paper and stuffed it in one of her pouches "Maybe" she added quickly.

The Shrine Maiden could not help but sigh, it had been a few days after they had left their home Hinomoto to gain power so that they could take back their country from the corrupt, a few days since the massacre at her temple and home. But despite that they did not see much of the warriors that were told in the scrolls of her home, with the sole exception of the two female warriors and the single male whose fight was broadcasted through the magical crystals around the world. One of them was very skilled and powerful, while the other wasn't as much but seemed to be very determined if her unwillingness to lose to the much more powerful warrior was any indication.

She was unsure of the male one though, other than him throwing his weapon to catch the more skillful warrior off guard the broadcast for their battle was terminated as soon as they entered each other's range.

Her thoughts were interrupted with a jolt as she felt a pair of fingers poke her side, she let out a little shriek and turned to glare at her smirking companion "Shizuka!"

"C'mon Lady Tomoe you were spacing out" Shizuka grinned at her, then she wrapped her hand around her shoulder making sure to push herself against her very prude friend "Whatcha thinking about?"

"The tournament Shizuka" Tomoe pushed her away, face flushed at the skin contact on her outfit. She never understood how her friend could stand wearing such revealing outfits, but she refrained from scolding her due to their friendship "I'm rather worried of who we might face in the future."

Shizuka eyes trailed upwards with a sigh "Always staring ahead aren't you Lady Tomoe?" She teased lightly "You need to relax, we'll get to facing any Queen's Blade fighters when we get to it."

"We can't simply just put it off" Tomoe insisted "Don't you remember the woman from the broadcast? The Thunder General? Imagine if we have to fight against her unprepared."

"Oh will you relax" Shizuka spread out her arms around her "I mean what are the chances of you getting into a fight with someone whose part of the Queen's Blade tournament?"

On cue a loud metal 'Clang' followed by ringing echoed out in the area, which was a significant feat considering they were in open. The former Shinobi and the Shrine Maiden looked at each other for a moment, their eyebrows furrowed in confusion. Their confusion grew when there was a second clang, then a third one as well as a fourth. Then a pained cry echoed out, one that they recognise as female.

Immediately their looks turned to concern, they followed to where the source of the cry came from. They followed the metal clanging and female cries of pain, both of them running through the trees and gravel until they came upon a small clearing.

There they spotted a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a chestplate held by leather straps, armoured greaves, and what seemed to be a fancy loincloth over a crotch pad. She had a buckler in one hand and a sword in the other. They recognise the woman immediately, she was the woman that had appeared in the broadcast Leina, The Wandering Warrior.

Opposite of her was the boy that had joined in the last moments of the Wandering Warriors' fight with the Thunder General, brown hair with bright blue eyes that were narrowed into a steely glare. Wearing an odd assortment of black, red and yellow garments, as well as holding an axe that resembled a key in both of his hands.

Neither of them paid them any mind as the boy charged forward, he switched his grip to hold out his weapon in one hand to his side. Leina let out a groan, before gritting her teeth and seemed to dig herself into the ground. The boy pulled back the arm holding the weapon, and suddenly threw it forward.

It spun impossible fast in the air, almost looking like a buzzsaw. Leina reacted, quickly holding out her shield and letting the weapon slam into it before the axe like weapon bounced off into the air. The grin on her face was short lived when the boy moved, faster than possible he leaped into the air and caught the weapon in mid-air. Leina's eyes widened, she backpedaled as much as she could while she braced her shield arm with her sword arm, just in time as the boy spun vertically in the air before slamming downwards onto her shield.

Even with her bracing against the impact Leina's knees buckled and she nearly fell to them, her eyes flashed as she pulled her sword arm free from bracing her shield arm and drew it to the side. The boy's own eyes widened, he pulled his weapon away and his feet moved to replace the weapon's spot on Leina's shield and kicked.

Leina's sword made a wide horizontal arc in front of her, and barely the boy managed to avoid a waist line bisection. The sword nicked the front of his outfit.

Leina didn't let up and took a step forward and made another horizontal slash while the boy was still in the air, then just as the blade was about to touch the side of his body the weapon in his hands slammed against the edge of the blade. It forced the sword downwards, and carried its owner with it. Leina stumbled forward as her blade sunk into the ground, her eyes looked at the sword before flashing upwards to see her opponent had landed on his feet.

She gripped her sword and pulled it free, but it was too late.

The boy had moved and was an inch from her with his weapon raised.

Then he stopped just in front of her, his weapon poised to strike her neck while her own was far to her side. The two remained unmoving, a look of shock on Leina's face while the boy's remained calm.

Then the boy pulled back, lowered his weapon and gave a smile "Nice try Leina, you've really gotten better!" He spoke with such a friendly tone it shook Tomoe and Shizuka out of their trance.

Leina let out a groan and fell on her behind, she steadied herself with her hands to prevent her body from falling onto the ground as well. She stayed silent, save for her panting, and eyed the boy "I can last only a couple of seconds with you Sora," she breathed out with a smile "Even then I can tell you're holding back against me" her smile seemed to grow.

Grinning Sora flicked his nose with his finger "Thanks, I'm great aren't I?"

Neither of them said anything, with lead to them letting out a couple of chuckles. Sora then held out a gloved hand, one that Leina looked at before grabbing it with her shield hand, letting herself get pulled to her feet. She stumbled slightly, falling into Sora like a slight hug.

Sora merely chuckled and patted her back and spoke with a teasing tone "There, there."

Leina pouted "Not funny Sora" she pulled away from the hug, wobbled slightly, and looked at the boy with a smile again.

At that point the tree branch that Shizuka was holding onto snapped and alerted them of their presence.

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"So you two were training then?" Tomoe asked, making sure to keep her gaze on the boy as oppose to the barely dressed Leina who sat with little regard to her modesty.

"I was training" Leina corrected her "Sora here is helping me grow my skills so that I can properly fight in the Queen's Blade tounament, before this I was rather" she averted her gaze to scratch her cheek "Bad at fighting, but Sora is helping me overcome that issue."

Shizuka turned to the boy with a raised eyebrow, while she did see the boy perform some rather impressive moves he didn't look like someone who was a fighter "You don't look a fighter" so she voiced her thoughts. He seemed too relax, even with the presence of strangers, and had a magical weapon that had vanished once the spar between him and Leina was over.

"Well looks can be rather deceiving" he replied with a cheeky grin.

Shizuka paused, before she smiled back. At least the boy wasn't a stuttering mess, a plus since most of the men that she's met during the time they were here, the portmaster included, would stammer out words as their eyes trailed to her exposed flesh. Here the boy met her skeptical look with a grin and a defiant flash in his eyes "Alright, if you say so." She pulled her legs close towards her and flash the two a look "So what's the deal between you two?"

Tomoe was quick to slap her back "Shizuka, you shouldn't ask them such a thing."

"Ask us what?" Both of them said in the same time.

"Well about you two" Shizuka moved to avoid the next smack, a smile on her face "There has to be something there that's making you help eachother."

Sora and Leina looked at each other for a moment, before they shrugged and turned to them "We're just friends" Leina told them.

"Yeah, I'm helping her because she knows this place more" Sora added with a nod.

Shizuka narrowed her eyes, somehow she felt both of them were hiding something. She didn't know what, but both of them were keeping a secret and she figured it had something to do with their eagerness for each other. She smiled internally, it will be a blast when she finds out.

Tomoe herself had her face buried in her hands, slightly embarrassed due to her friends probing question.