Thrust into the lime light

Shuriken had enjoyed seeing her brother move on but it would have been a big fat lie to say she wasn’t jealous and disappointed in herself for not doing better. She’d beat him once, but the streak wasn’t good enough to continue. He didn’t go on to win the big prize either, which kinda sucked even more. Ike tried not to wallow, it wasn’t befitting a princess like both mother and father said. She downplayed the hurt of her loss as the festivities went on and the winners were announced and then the whole festival was coming to a close.

She watched Ikigai enviously as she congratulated the winners, and Shuriken tried very hard to do the same, but as soon as she opened her mouth nothing came out. Ike stood awkwardly for far too long before she was finally able to close her mouth. She blushed much of the night, the red tinge making her pink fur flush. Kiyohime really screwed up and made an absolute fool of herself. So when everything died down and she managed to get her tongue back under control she raced towards the Hallows wolves. She wanted to try and tell the yearling boy congratulations. She wouldn’t have fought with him to begin with but while she was watching him she had far too many similarities. He had been the underdog and the look on his face made it obvious that he hadn’t expected his win.

The tall leggy princess wanted to try and rectify her earlier foolishness and she sprinted towards the Hallows wolves as their alpha gathered them together to begin their journey home. ”Wait!” She exclaimed, fully aware it wasn’t very princess-like. ”I…” Now that she was in his presence she was again struck dumb, but she didn’t have everyone watching her and unlike many warriors his expression was almost sweet. ”I wanted to say congratulations.” She finished bashfully as she came to a complete stop. ”I um… was tongue tied before.” She explained innocently with another blush to her pale fur.