Last year, for my birthday, my brother got me Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright. It was my first ever Fire Emblem game and I love it. Among other things, one of my favorite parts of the game are how developed all of the characters are even though there's a huge amount of them. So this is going to be a series of one-shots about my army and their wonderful interactions.
Oh, and just to be clear, Nobu is the name of my avatar. I made it up randomly but turns out it can be randomly chosen by the game to be the name of an imprisoned Hoshidan soldier. So it actually seems pretty fitting.
Hana was feeling a tad nervous as she scaled the ladder leading to Lord Nobu's private quarters. He had invited her and many other members of their army to visit several times before, but something in his tone when he asked her this time unsettled her.
She was so distracted wondering what he wanted that she forgot to knock, and when she opened the door she saw Nobu and Rinkah, who he had married just a few days prior, kissing on the bed. They quickly jumped apart and to their feet when they heard her.
"You two are as lovey-dovey as always!" she giggled, trying to lighten the mood. "That's OK. I'll just wait right here."
"Don't worry about it," Nobu responded, approaching her. "Here, have a seat at the table."
Hana complied, but this just made her more uncomfortable. Nobu was definitely all business this time.
"Hey, Nobu," came Silas's voice from the other side of the door. Hana tensed up. Suddenly, she had a theory. "Are you ready to hear more about the past?" he asked as Nobu opened the door for him.
"Not this time, Silas," Nobu responded. "I actually wanted to talk to you about something…"
"And what would that be?" he asked. As he stepped into the room, his eyes fell on Hana. "Oh."
"Yeah… why don't you have a seat?" Nobu said. Rinkah quickly excused herself. "So there's been a lot of… friction between you two. It's making a lot of the members of our army uncomfortable, and I think it's affecting your actions on the battlefield. That last thing I need is for you to get yourselves or someone else hurt because of your petty disagreements."
"Got it," Silas said.
"We'll try not to fight," Hana agreed, and they both started to leave.
"Stop," Nobu called. They froze. "Your word isn't good enough this time. There's been some reports of Faceless attacking a nearby village. I want you two to go investigate and, if you can, take them down. If you can't, come back and we'll send out a proper army. Understand?"
Hana was the first to protest. "Lord Nobu, this is completely unnecessary. I'll just go out and scout myself! Silas will just slow me down."
"Excuse me?" Silas gasped, insulted. "I certainly wouldn't slow you down. If anything, you would slow me down. In fact, there's really no reason for you to come at all, because I'm sure I could handle the Faceless far faster and more skillfully than you ever could."
Before Hana could fire off a retort, Nobu stepped in between them. "This is exactly the problem I'm hoping to solve. Good luck."
Understanding that the discussion was over, Hana and Silas reluctantly left. "Don't you dare get in my way," Hana growled to him as they approached the exit of the castle.
"Don't you dare get in my way," Silas responded.
…
"Have you heard from Hana and Silas?" Azura questioned Nobu later that day as the army made their way to the mess hall, where Rinkah had prepared a meal.
"Not yet," Nobu responded. "It's an hour's walk to the village. Assuming the battle went well, they should be back shortly."
Sure enough, and almost before Nobu could say this, Azura and Nobu heard Hana and Silas's voices getting nearer. "They're talking to each other," Azura remarked. "That's a good sign, right?"
"Unless they're arguing," Nobu mused, straining to understand what they were saying. Suddenly, Silas's horse came into view, galloping rapidly with Silas riding it. Only a bit behind, almost able to keep up with the large creature, Hana was wielding a massive radish and chasing after them.
"GET BACK HERE SO I CAN BEAT YOU WITH YOUR OWN RADISH!" she shrieked as she ran past Nobu and Azura, who were left vaguely amused and speechless.
"I'm not going to ask for that battle report," Nobu decided. "I want to leave it to my imagination."
"Agreed."
Okay, so all of this actually has an in-game story to go with it… but like, I don't want to give you context because that would ruin the joke, lol. If you're desperate, feel free to message me or something.
I'm coupling up Silas and Hana btw. They're currently A support and I really love them together :DDD and in case you couldn't tell, Nobu married Rinkah. Hence the mention of Nobu marrying Rinkah.
Uh, yeah, read and review please! I'll update this whenever interesting relationship stuff happens. (I actually have an idea already…)