Title: Tanabata
Challenge: Je ne Regrette Rien
Fandom: Queen's Blade
Pairing: Tomoe/Shizuka (Initially One-Sided, Eventually Reciprocated)
Characters: Shizuka, Tomoe, Head Priestess of Masakado Shrine
Rating: T
Genre: Angst/Romance/Drama
Length: 7436
Content Notes: A few brief graphic descriptions of injuries, for anyone uncomfortable with that.
Author Notes: IDK this randomly came into mind when I saw the current challenge and I always wanted to write something for Queen's Blade so...
Summary: "I did not say what I said to cause mockery, instead only to inform of the truth on how you are, not a true blood demon, but a half demon, who will likely be barred from the fire she was raised to learn how to draw blood in," Tomoe replies calmly as she begins walking up the stairs. Shizuka doesn't give a rebuttal, only silently following her, but what is there to debunk anyhow? Tomoe is right. As a half-breed, she cannot use any satanic powers like her full-blood mother was rumored to unless she uses the forbidden ninjutus and scrolls of the Kouma that'll be at the cost of her life, and even if she were a full-blood demon, her grandmother won't make any exceptions for what has just transpired. Kouma Ninjas who fail are expected to accept death. To instead become the test subject of a missed target is an act punishable by instant death. (Or, a reimagining of how Tomoe and Shizuka met, and on their final meeting with each other.)

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( IF YOU HAD TOLD SHIZUKA DURING HER EARLIER DAYS AS A KOUMA NINJA THAT SHE'D NOT ONLY FAIL THE MISSION GIVEN TO HER TO PROVE HER WORTH BUT THAT SHE'D END UP LIKE A LOST PUPPY FOLLOWING AROUND HER TARGET WHO MANAGED TO BEST HER, SHE WOULD'VE LAUGHED IN YOUR FACE AND THEN GUT YOU WITH HER KODACHI... )