sparring in the rain

She was just about ready to lift herself to her back legs and dance around in the pouring rain when her pale dual toned eyes fell on a somewhat familiar form. The boy from the tournament! With curious features tilted to the side Ike smiled as she watched the Hallows warrior approach through the rain. The both of them were soaked to the bone and yet both of them wore a grin. Without hesitation the champion approached and Kiyohime’s tail eagerly wagged at her speckled hips. She knew his name because she had been paying far too close attention to the tournament, it didn’t occur to her that Ezra might not have caught her own name. He joked with her about the beautiful weather as he smiled at her as they met by chance here on the beach.

”I don’t think it could be any nicer,” the young princess returned with a big smile. Seeing someone so talented grin so easily, it was so much different from her family. Even her uncle Plague was so much more serious than Ezra was, and she couldn’t deny that the grass was very obviously greener on the other side. She liked being able to grin without reigning her emotions in. She didn’t feel like being proper was so important while she was looking at Ezra.

”What are you doing up here?” She asked him curiously. Though she wasn’t sure of the scale of the world she knew he lived on the other continent, and that seemed like it would be forever away to a young girl like Ike. Even roaming this beach was farther than she had ever gone alone. Tanto tilted his head curiously as well and the little pheasant continued to seek shelter from Ike’s neck pitifully.

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"Kiyohime Shuriken Ōritsu Abraxas"