Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, in the world of Fire Emblem, there existed a land called Valentia. It was watched over by two sibling gods, Mila and Duma. Although Mila and Duma were siblings, they did not have the same ideals. Mila was a caring mother type. She believed that all life should be cherished. But Duma believed life to be insignificant and should be destroyed. This lead to a falling out between the two gods. The continent was soon split into two kingdoms. Duma settling in Rigel being called the War Father while Mila settled in Zofia being called the Earth Mother.
Over time, each kingdom had been taken to Mila and Duma's own ideals. Zofia took on Mila's nurturing ways, becoming a land of plenty and joyus bounty, but without a counterbalance to all of Mila's care, the country fell to corruption, sinking into depravity.
Rigel on the other hand, was raised to be a country of strength and power, war over prosperity. The land was desolate, and while Duma's influence made Rigel's people strong, they became numb to emotion and reason.
Now, both Zofia and Rigel are locked in a large war against one another over land and money. Now it is soon to be a scene of a huge battle that is soon to follow upon its soil. Fought between heroes...and loyalists.
Who is to stop this madness, but an alliance of seven brave groups. But none will prepare them for the arrival of a new force on a journey of their own.
"Where are we going Hope?" Jexi asked. "We let you take the reins so tell us."
"Well...I wanna keep my promise to Celica." Hope said.
"Oh yeah. You mentioned that you promised Celica we'd visit her timeline back in Aytolis." David said.
"When she and I talked, she told me about everything going on between Zofia and Rigel. It's not that I want to see Valentia…. I just don't wanna see her tackle the whole war on her own." Hope said.
"So… what, we're heading into a war between two countries watched over by two sibling gods who can't get along? I don't really see the upsides to this…" Ty said.
"You'll be surprised, Ty. Things in these kinds of worlds tend to get interesting when you least expect it." David said.
"Don't worry about Ty here. Yakuza bred and born isn't really used to seeing an actual war." Meliodas said grabbing Ty's shoulder.
"Way to rub it in, O captain." Ty said.
"What's your take on all this, Connor? Heading into a warzone from the get go, it must be pretty nerve wracking."
"I dunno. Where would we even start?" Connor asked.
"Well Celica mentioned being raised in Ram Village when we were still together. So I figured we'd start there." Hope said.
"Okay, I'm in." Connor said.
As the ships came out from their travel in the Lanes Between, they flew over the large continent of Valentia. They could see notable differences on the world map.
"Whoa, check it. Celica was right, Zofia's practically a utopia of food and plants. Rigel just looks like a ….desolate land." Nami said.
"Seems we'll be in for a long run." Jexi said before seeing a light move past the ship. "What in the?"
"Huh?" Hope asked noting the light. "What's that light?"
"Either it's a figment of my imagination… or we've got company landing nearby." Connor siad.
"Yes. I can sense a great deal of power from it." Mayumi said.
"Your call, Jexi. Should we check it out?" Ty said.
"Yeah. Definitely. I'm suddenly getting flashbacks of flying lights." Jexi said. "Luckily, it's headed to Ram Village too."
"Alright, let's figure out whatever or whoever landed there." Hope said.
Landing outside the village, the group soon came out just as the light landed in the square and began to subside.
"Alright, whoever you are…. You'd better state what it is you're doing here." Connor said.
"That's not a very nice way to ask someone a question." The hooded figure said as he turned around along with a few others.
"It's also not nice to not show your face when you're talking to somebody." Hope said.
"Guys, come on." Sectonia said. "It's alright. We don't plan on hurting you. Just tell us…"
"Just tell us….do you come from another world?" Jexi asked.
"If you are asking that kind of question, it seems you all are from other worlds as well." The figure said as he took off his hood revealing Heterochromic Eyes.
"That's pretty much the gist of it. Wait… Those eyes… You're no normal human, are you?" David asked.
"That is correct. I am a Nephilim Swordsman and Summoner." The Figure said.
"Summoner eh? Looks like you got some competition, Leonis." Geminia said.
"He's already got me." Sheena said.
"So, what's your name, Stranger?" Hope asked.
"My name is Ace Neptune." The Figure known as Ace said.
"Nice name. I'll call you Ace for short. My names Jonah Ginova. I like to call myself Hope the Victor as a hero name, but you can call me hope. Allow me to introduce you to my friends. Go on guys, he's friendly." Hope said.
"You always gotta put on a show, don't you? I'm Jexi. Just Jexi." Jexi said.
"Connor's the name. I'm a former Bounty Hunter." Connor said.
"Ty Takahashi...Yakuza." Ty said.
"David Ishihara. An otaku and demon hunter. Pleased to meet you." David said with a bow before turning to Sectonia. "This lady here is Sectonia."
"Nice to meet you." Sectonia said with a bow.
"It's nice to meet a new face. My name is Zexi, and I'm the one who will surpass the heroes here." Zexi said.
"Jack Ginova. But prefer just Jack. I'm a thief." Jack said.
"A pleasure to meet you all." Ace said but readied his weapon when he saw Jack.
"Relax kid. If I wanted to steal from you, I would have done it while you were still disoriented." Jack said.
"Sorry, I just don't have a very good history with thieves." Ace apologized as he moved his hand away from his sword.
"I see. Well, not much to worry about with him." David said. "So, what brings you here?"
"I'm currently looking for my brother and the origins to my past." Ace said. "Have you heard of Eidolons?"
"Oh yeah. We've met a summoner with those back in the Magic Universe. But... we never got a chance to see them from her." David said.
"I see, when Ramuh and Bahamut appeared before me, Ramuh called me child of the Feymarch and Bahamut called me his son but I don't know why though." Ace said.
"Hmm… I recall that some spirits from the Magic Universe were once human… I don't want to bring up any bad thoughts, but… Maybe your father was reincarnated as the Bahamut you've met?" David asked.
"Maybe so, but the only clue I have to my past is Breidablik." Ace said as he held out a strangely shaped gun in front of the seven groups.
"What a strange-looking gun. I don't think I've seen something like this before." David said.
"Uhh… Dave? Can we hurry it up a little? I don't like the way that lady in the kimono's looking at me…" Lector said as he was being looked at in a scary way by a skinny, gray woman in a kimono with an odd posture and naginata at her side.
"Don't worry, Hisako means no harm, just try not to desecrate her village." Ace said as Hisako crawled on all fours towards Lector and held her hand out to shake.
"(Don't be afraid, little cat. Don't get me angry, and I won't devour you…)" Hisako said.
"Well, that was just creepy…" David said.
"So, you got an Onryu with you. An Avenging ghost." Ty said.
"You know who this lady is?" Lector said.
"No. But I know about Onryu. They're vengeful spirits of women. I grew up hearing stories of them when I was a kid growing up in Japan." Ty said.
"Yes when I was traveling through a portal we met her in it and I noticed her soul wasn't purified so I'm trying to find a way to help her." Ace said.
"So, what do you call yourselves exactly?"
"Spirit Force." Ace said.
"Ah. Hey, I've got an idea. Maybe we can help each other." Hope said.
"Hope, you're not seriously suggesting…" Jack said.
"I second that notion. It might be the best option to take them with us." David said.
"Can we trust them?" a man with a blue mask and scimitar with tiger tattoos asked.
"It's alright Jago, I know them well." a familiar swordsman said.
"I as well." another familiar face said.
"Wait a second… Roy?! What are you doing with them?" Linkle asked.
"And Azura's here, too?" Sunset asked.
"Roy, why don't you explain yourself first?" Azura asked.
"You see when I was heading back to the castle an outrealm portal appeared and sucked me right in. That's when I met Ace and the others." Roy explained.
"As for me Ace found me unconscious in a cave, the last thing I remember is a flash of light and everything went black." Azura explained as well.
"That's strange…" Merlin said.
"Anyway… you guys wanna team up with us for now?" Hope asked.
'We would be happy to help, also these are my friends. Al, Papalne, Stoj, Mari, Maya, Hisako and Jago, of course you already know Roy and Azura." Ace said as he introduced each of his teammates.
"Well, it's going to take a while to fully introduce our teams, but it's still nice to meet you all." David said.
"The pleasure is all ours, uweheehee." Mari said drunkenly as she laughed before she was bonked on the head by Al.
"Uh…." Hope asked.
"I guess I'd better keep an eye on this one. Just to make sure she doesn't cause trouble." Toma said.
"If she's keeping booze on her, any drinkers better not ask her for some."
"She drinks concoctions actually." Papelne said.
"Yeah… Best we don't ask for whatever she's got." Sectonia said.
"Agreed." Stoj said as she floated around the unconscious Mari who had spirals on her glasses.
"Wait...are you...a fairy too?" King asked.
"You are correct and I am to assume you are a fairy as well, King Harlequin sin of sloth?" Stoj asked.
"Yes. Though my wings haven't come in yet. Wait, how did you know who I was?" King asked.
"You were a legend back where I came from, there were many tales that told of your heroic deeds as well as the seven deadly sins." Stoj said as she floated in front of King holding her spellbook.
Hope looked at Jago, who had his arms crossed still. "Jago, right? I heard a lot about you from the KI tournaments."
"Have you? There were bad memories from the tournament that still haunt me." Jago said.
"I think some fights ought to ward those off. And a guy or… girl or whatever might be interested in fighting you because of that Tiger Spirit. Am I right, Ranma?" Hope asked.
"This Tiger Spirit is nothing but a curse, it nearly costed my friends lives when Omen possessed me." Jago said as he shook his head side to side.
"I apologize on his behalf. He has a bad habit of running his mouth without thinking about what he's saying." Ranma said. "Especially some things that he doesn't realize are offensive to others."
"It is alright he didn't know." Jago reassured the martial artist. "By the way have you heard of a demon named Gargos?"
"Gargos? Can't say we have." Meliodas said.
"He's bad news, i can tell you that much."
"Yeah he's planning on conquering Jago's world in 13 days which is why me and my team are trying to gather allies before he arrives. Luckily time goes by only a few minutes on his world when we're visiting another one." Ace said.
"He's right. Time does tend to flow differently in each world." David said.
"Oh I guess I should show you how my summoning works before I forget." Ace said as Breidablik started glowing along with his eyes.
"Ifrit!" Ace shouted as he launched an orb of fire into the air with four green orbs floating around him and a red glyph appeared underneath him. The glyph than rose underneath him as it exploded sending him flying but was successfully caught by Ifrit as he let him down gently.
"Everyone I'd like to introduce you all to Ifrit the fire Djinn." Ace said as he petted Ifrit's head.
"Whoa! That was amazing!" Leonis said. "I've never seen summoning like that before!"
"He was the first Eidolon I acquired on the previous world I was on there are four other ones I currently have as well." Ace said as Ifrit disappeared into a flame pillar with orbs made of Ice, Lightning, Earth, and Stars floating around him.
"Incredible. Truly you are a summoner that surpasses even me." Leonis said.
'I'm currently searching for the other souls because I learned they were scattered across the worlds and Breidablik led me to the closest one and here I am." Ace explained.
"So one of them is somewhere here in Valentia?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, because when I acquired my father, I gained an ability that tells me where an Eidolon Soul is." Ace said.
"So it is on this world. And I know I may jump the gun, but maybe it's held by one of the Hobbyists." Lacy said.
"I'm not sure, I can't get a clear image of who's in possession of it." Ace said.
"Nah, I don't think they'd bother themselves with something like that." David said.
"Hobbyists?" Stoj asked.
"A group we've been fighting with. They're a loyalist group that's been gathering other loyalist groups in order to put together some Ultimate Law." Pinkie said.
"Ultimate Law?" Ace asked. "We've had Ultratech agents on our trail for whatever reason they want to kidnap me."
"I'm...not sure if we should explain our situation to them. They don't seem to have anything to do with it." David said. "Still, if Ultratech agents are after you, then maybe it is best you all come with us. Safety in numbers and all of that."
"Yeah, I agree. You've already ran into a few agents, right?" Hope asked.
"Yeah we barely got away with our lives from the first two agents but we were saved by Jago and Maya when two more were sent after us." Ace explained as he showed a bad burn on his arm fully healed and scarred.
"If this Ultratech gives you any trouble, we don't mind sending them packing." Natsu said.
"I would gladly appreciate your help but be careful, these agents aren't someone you should take lightly, One's made of Plasma, Another is a sadistic spider assassin that won't hesitate to kill her prey, Another is a robot, and there's a skeleton pirate who's laugh can chill you to the bone." Ace explained.
"Don't worry. We've handled worse." David said.
"Alright then count me and my team in on your journey." Ace said as he held his hand out to the others for a fist bump.
"Welcome. You are a temporary member of the Ultra Hero Alliance." Jexi said.
"We thank you, We all have a mission that decides the fate of our worlds but on separate paths, After this mission and when we go our separate ways I'm sure we'll meet again someday." Ace said until he felt a presence.
"I say...you all seem to have quite a comradery." a voice said as they saw a young man in red armor. "I wasn't expecting to find a group so large here. And I can tell many of you are seasoned warriors."
"Thanks. But...who are you?" David asked.
"Friend or foe?" Ace asked as he had his hand charging up a bit of magic.
"I think he's a friend, otherwise he would've come at us already." David said.
Ace then immediately dispersed the magic from his hand as he took a calm posture.
"My name is Lukas. I'm a soldier for the Deliverance." he said.
"Deliva-what?" Pinkie asked.
"Deliverance. We're a company of warriors. I was checking to see if there were any others willing to join our cause. Then I find you." Lukas said.
"So, basically, a sort of resistance group." Sectonia said.
"Like freedom fighters?" Papelne asked.
"Yes. We're fighting to reclaim Zofia." Lukas said.
"Is there any way we can help?" Azura asked.
"I do not see a problem with you joining us. But it should be of your own choice. We aren't forcing you." Lukas said.
"Yes but we will do whatever it takes to protect innocent lives no matter what." Ace said.
"Of course. Follow me. The other recruits wait outside the village." Lukas said. "We were about to head out."
"We'll go on ahead and meet you outside." Ace said as he and his group followed Lukas.
"So, what do you guys think? Both Ace and Lukas seem like nice guys." David said.
"They're pretty nice, and Ace has a good team too." Hope said.
"I can tell he's starting out...so this will be good experience for what the worlds have to offer." Jexi said.
"Yeah. Honestly, he reminds me a little bit of me when I was the new kid on the hero block." David said.
Ace came back rushing in with a horrified look on his face.
"Huh? W-what happened?" David asked.
"There's a girl unconscious on the ground in front of the village." Ace said as he quickly ran back out.
"It would seem dangerous if bandits were to pick her up. Let's check it out!" David said.
The groups followed Ace to the plains where they saw a girl with white hair and a sort of robe.
"Are you alright?" Ace asked the girl as he helped her sit up a bit.
"Don't worry. I'm fine." The mysterious girl said as she rubbed her head opening her eyes to show a face familiar to Jexi, Hope and David.
"Wait… Robin? No, something's different." David said.
"She is Robin...yet feels like she isn't. She must be a Robin from a different world." Jexi said.
"My name is Reflet." The girl known as Reflet said as she stood up and picked up the book of Naga.
"Whew… we don't have to compare Robins…" Sanji said.
"So, are you from Ylisse?" Hope asked.
"Yes, but how did you know?" Reflet asked.
"That's because these guys have been there before...only the Robin they met was a guy." David said.
"You mean like a parallel world?" Reflet asked again.
"Well, that's one way to put it." Himiko asked.
"Did my husband and children manage to defeat Grima?" Reflet asked fearfully as she clutched the book of Naga close to her.
"Grima….he's nothing but worm food. He's dead." Soul said.
"Or at least in our Ylisse, he is." Dan said.
"Because after I sacrificed myself to defeat Grima I thought I died but I found myself here." Reflet explained.
"That would mean that your Grima was defeated as well." Usopp said.
"Thank goodness, I hope I can find a way back home to my Chrom, Lucina and Morgan." Reflet said as she teared up a bit.
"Hey it's alright. We'll make sure you reunite with them soon, but for now come with us we'll help you out." Ace said as he pulled Reflet into a hug as she started to cry.
"It's okay, let it out." Ace said as he rubbed Reflet's back soothingly as she continued to cry.
"Why don't you come with us? We're likely to find a way back to your world if you travel with us." Sora said.
"Are you sure? I don't want to be a burden to anybody." Reflet said worried.
"Don't worry about it. If you managed to beat your Grima, you're no burden to us." Natsu said.
"Besides, your...other self...and us are really good friends." Erica said.
"If you were friends with my male counterpart then we shall be friends as well." Reflet said as she smiled.
"Excellent. Now, let us be on our way. Your fellow members await." Lukas said.
"Lead on Lukas." Ace said as he and Reflet followed him back to their allies.
Meanwhile in a dark place…
"So...those so called heroes have formed an alliance?" one of four figures asked.
"Yes. It appears they wish to go against us by reinforcing their numbers. Could be a problem." another said.
"So what? We just take them out using the loyalists we subjugated." another said.
"I'm afraid even that won't be enough." the fourth said. "However...as long as we have 'it' they won't even be able to put up a good fight."
"Oh yeah. Our recent acquisition." the first said as the four of them laughed.