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Before we get started. I wanted to say that this is my first Fire Emblem story that I wanted to do but I was never given a chance. And now, I was able to do so! Anything this story is going to be VERY DIFFERENT from the rest of your normal Fire Emblem stories. I want to give thanks to Yoko Taro-san of his "Backwards Scriptwriting" idea and Gen Urobuchi-san's dark, gritty, and a tragic plot twist idea. Plus, I want to give a shout out to one of the Fire Emblem Heroes Discord moderator and Subreddit moderator, Sei. Sei's character is also in the story but I'm giving credit to Sei-san and I respect it. Now then, let's get started!
Fire Emblem Heroes: Apocrypha
Chapter Ø - Trisection
This story is a work of fiction.
Similarities between characters or events to persons living or dead in your world are purely coincidental.
Only those who have agreed to the above have the privilege of partaking in this secret war.
-[I agree.]-
-I do not agree.-
...The fate has been sealed.
The world is not as it should be.
It's filled with corruption,
and "fate" can no longer be avoided.
Those who wants to change their fate and destiny want to desire change of their sins…
From time to time, they were referred to as Tacticians.
You are the Tactician…
Now, it is time to rise against the chaos of this waking world…
Fates were meant to be intercepted…
6/10/2018 Rural Village, Miura, Japan Daytime - Cloudy
Outside the entrance to the village where the flag was seen blown by the wind as it shows the rising sun flag with a white x-cross on the red circle. But down on the ground, a black haired young man wearing a lime jacket and blue jeans was seen sitting on the rock as he was using his phone to check his past messages that were 10 inbox total as he read through them which were outdated. He sighed as he refreshed the mail as he received the latest one as he read it…
[Title: You there? | From: Kazumi Mitsuzane - To: Iwai Shishido]
"Shishi-kun. How are you doing now? Are you feeling okay? I'm still living a normal life in Tokyo and everything seemed normal for me so far. Everyone there is being normal as well. Sorry if it's so sudden to message you in some time and place like this. You see, I've got a job now as a office worker. They seemed so generous that I took up the offer. Right now, I recently texted you during my lounge break and people seemed busy and quiet as of today. So, I wanted to take my time to message you to see if you're doing okay inside the walls at the Kanagawa Prefecture. The people inside there must be sad, you as well. So, I wanted to say that please be safe once this wall is gone. I love you, Shishi-kun."
So, he smiled a bit from this recent message as he chuckled.
"Kazumi-chan…" Iwai said the name as he looked at his phone as the footsteps approached to him.
"Shall we get going, Iwai?" The soft female voice with green hair spoke as she was with her horse as she petted it.
"Just a moment, Cecilia-shishou." Iwai replied to her as he looked at his phone and was about to reply until…
"Our allies have already arrived." Cecilia informed him as eight other allies approached to him.
"Lord Iwai, don't give General Cecilia trouble. We must hurry…" The young silver haired male with red eyes was seen looking at him as Iwai sighed and got up.
"Corrin…" Iwai said his name as he looked at the other seven. "Setsuna, Eldigan, Mae, Sakura, Camilla, Lachesis, Azura… I apologize for making you wait."
"I don't mind. I was hoping if those people didn't set up traps by now…" Setsuna replied to him as she carried a bow.
"No worries, Milord. It's nearly been a hour. We must prepare for this battle." Eldigan replied as he placed his sword to the ground as he placed both hands on the back of the pommel.
"Is this going to be alright, Lord Iwai?" Mae continued as she continued to hold her blue winged book next to her left hip. "It feels like this will be a urgent issue here."
"You mean those yakuzas of the Hokuto Alliance? They're been suppressing people with fear." Iwai asked her as she shook her head.
"I'm being more kind to guard you than these scoundrels running a village. Besides, you summoned us we'll do our best to protect you so everything is going to be OK." Mae smiled at him as he yawned a bit.
"Yeah, noted." Iwai continued. "Anyways, let's go."
Iwai walked to the front entrance of the village as his allies follows him.
"My, it seems you're finally taking action.~" The lavender haired woman with large breasts with a beautiful face wielding a axe and a tome while riding on a large black reptilian known as the wyvern. She is Camilla. She then proceeded to stand next to Corrin. "If these naughty boys dare touch my dear brother. They'll make sure to regret it.~"
"C-Camilla… Now's not the time…" Corrin sweatdropped as he stepped away from her a bit.
"B-Brother… Let's do our best! Okay?" Lachesis said to her brother Eldigan as he looks at her and nods.
"Iwai." The blue haired maiden in white clothing holding a staff named Azura. She had golden eyes as if they shimmer in a daylight. She then approached to him. "Are you sure that this is the path you've chosen?"
Iwai looked down a bit after Azura asked her the question regarding his path. He took a deep breath to respond.
"Pretty much… I'll determine the fate of the battle. Starting here and now. Azura, we still need you and your help. I want to wish good luck to myself if I can survive, that is." Iwai said to her as she nods in understanding.
"Very well… I have faith in you, everyone." Azura told everyone as they all proceeded to enter in the village as Iwai grabs out a gilded spear and a shield from his back as they kept on walking…
Yakuza Thug 1: "There they are! The Tactician!"
They all stopped walking as Iwai's group was in a formation thanks to Cecilia's strategy during the beginning. However, eleven people joined in the scene as they surround them.
Yakuza Thug 2: "Nanjou-sama told us about you coming here… you have a lot of balls to come to our turf."
"So? You're holding people captive in their homes. Can't you just release them?" Iwai calmly asked him as one of the thug stopped his right foot as a intimidation.
Yakuza Thug 3: "Shut your mouth, asshole! Why would we listen to a young punk like you!?"
Yakuza Thug 4: "There's no point of resisting! Surrender now and we might just let you off. Even your friends!"
"Sorry, I'll have to refuse." Iwai then cracked his neck left and right as it made a crack noise in order to relieve himself. "Idiots like you are going to have bad day… picking a fight with a guy with a spear and a shield, that is. If you want to attack head on. Go ahead, I might even kill you."
*Final Fantasy Tactics OST- Trisection
Yakuza Thug 5: "You're going to suffer!"
"Get ready everyone… Things are about to get a little… rowdy…" Iwai takes a deep breath as continues. "Cecilia-shishou, Mae, Azura… You're with me. Corrin, Camilla… Focus on the axe wielding dudes. Sakura, protect the siblings."
"H-Hai! Will do!" Sakura replied as she held her staff ready.
"Eldigan, Lachesis… defend yourself from these reinforcements. Setsuna, take the high ground. Don't. Get. Caught." Iwai commanded the rest as they nodded as Setsuna dashed away.
"Everyone! Attack!" Cecilia commander the allies to attack as the thugs did the same.
Yakuza Thug 1: "Kill them all! Don't leave any survivors!"
"Nonsense! You and your violence makes me cringe!" Iwai retorted back as he ran with his spear ready as he swings it to his right as he left a huge cut on the thug as he dodged and blocked an incoming attack with his shield and pushed two thugs away and stabs the another thug in the chest.
[STAB! GASH!]
Yakuza Thug 6: "GAAAAAH!"
Iwai spun his spear with his right hand as the stain on his blade was cleaned off by his spin and went into a battle stance as he charged. Meanwhile, Cecilia was seen on her horse as she was casting a spell from her tome as it starts to react…
"Elwind!"
Cecilia casts a gust of wind that attacks three of the thugs in one hit, surprisingly… they're weak.
Yakuza Thug 7: "D-Damn you…!"
The painfully downed Yakuza threw an axe at her as she noticed until…
[CLING!]
The arrow struck the axe was it hitted away and collided on the floor. Setsuna gave her a thumbs up at Cecilia as she left it with a smile of her appreciation. However, one of the thug held a knife and was ready to stab Setsuna on the rooftop until she reacted quickly to grab out an arrow and pull the string back on the bow and releases it with full power as it flung to pierce and stab the thug's left knee, much to his painful reaction.
Yakuza Thug 8: "MY KNEE!"
The thug fell off the rooftop as Corrin was seen transforming into a dragon creature as it roared to push back the thugs much to their shock until Camilla dives down with her wyvern when her axe smashed the ground as it caused to shake and knock out some of the thugs easily with brute force. She then turned smiled to see the results of the environment that she has caused as Corrin approached to her as he left with a awe on his face to see what happened…
"I… I think you went too far…" Corrina told her much to his reaction.
"Awwww, Don't worry, my dear brother. Everything is just going to be all fine.~" Camila responded as she giggles as Corrin sighed in relief.
Meanwhile, Mae was seen protecting Azura as she cast her spell with her tomb as fire burst in front of the thugs.
"Hey, don't space out there, Azura. You've could have been killed!" Mae said to her as she nodded as Azura becomes careful of this battle.
"I know… I'm not sure if I can sing a song in a place like this…" Azura questions herself during the battle. Meanwhile Eldigan rushes towards Sakura to protect her.
"Sakura! Get a hold of yourself!" Eldigan told her as she noticed and stutters when he blocked the attack of the sword and parried it while he's on his horse.
"H-Hai! U-Umm… Eldigan-san, are you going to be alright?" Sakura asked her as Lachesis approached to her.
"Don't worry, my brother is going to be alright. He is very skilled after all-" Lachesis' voice was cut as one of the axe-wielding Yakuzas dives in.
Yakuza Thug 9: "DIE!"
The two noticed to see what's incoming until…
[STAB! SLIT!]
Iwai arrived in time as he looked at the two.
"Are you two alright?!" Iwai asked the two as they nodded.
"A-Arigato, Iwai-sama!" Sakura bowed.
"Many thanks, Iwai." Lachesis responded as Iwai smiled.
"Great. I'm glad you're okay." Iwai then looked at Cecilia approaching to him. "Hmm? Cecilia-shishou? What is it."
"The reinforcements are coming from the east. Prepare yourself." Cecilia told him as ten more members of the Yakuzas arrives.
"Great… Everyone! Form up!" Iwai commanded his allies except Setsuna as they stood in line like a wall. "This is going to be hectic as hell…"
6/10/2018 Jenius Institute of Advanced Matter Physics, Yokosuka, Japan Daytime - Cloudy
*Persona 5 OST- Restlessness
"Director Umehara!" One of the lab coat scientist approached to a man in a grey suit as he was seen staring at the blue transparant wall from far away while they're on the highest floor in the building. "Umm… Director? Someone's here to see you."
"Hmm? And who would that be?" The man named Hayate Umehara turned around and looked at the amber haired woman holding a notebook and pen.
"You're Hayate Umehara, right?" She continued. "The names Kanade Nakajima and I was hoping if I can talk to you about this Skywall blocking off the Kanagawa Prefecture since we're trapped inside."
"Hmm… For a fine lady like you, sure… I guess I have a lot of information about it." Hayate then continued. "Two years ago… Everything seemed very normal in the Kanagawa Prefecture. That is until one day when a blue transparent wall rose from the ground, shocking everyone by surprise. However, we realized that it was a wall. The wall was high like one of Dubai's best skyscraper. That is until people noticed that people in medieval armor came out of the wall and started killing people like it was nothing. The JSDF responded back with the attack on the soldiers. And now, this prefecture was lunged into a war that changed Japan forever… We called them Invisible Soldiers because of that wall. And in the present day like now… we're still fighting against them. However, we- or everyone… everyone had a vision and a voice in our minds, the voice once said: To rid the Skywall of the Valla Kingdom from the different realm, There is a legendary sword that will smite the wall to give everyone freedom called the Fire Emblem. We thought it was a joke and that… we didn't care about. As of right now., we can still contact the prime minister anything with no problem."
"Ooooh… I see. Well, things changed. I heard some of the cities are slowly restoring after this war." Kanade said to him as she writes it down from her notebook.
"Indeed, it's all thanks to the JSDF and the community's effort." Hayate then placed his arm over her shoulder. "Now then, let's go have a drink. Don't worry, it's free of charge."
"O-Oh… if you say- EHH!?" Kanade noticed as she stepped away from him. "W-We're you trying to seduce me!?"
"Oh no, I was merely trying to make you happy be offering you a dri-" Hayate's voice was cut until his assistant, Minato Arashiyama arrives with his tablet and shows him the live footage.
"Director." Minato called him as he took a look at the footage to see a figure in black cloak sneaking around the lower floors inside the building via webcams.
"Tch… Her again… I want you to send those Ronins and detain her as soon as possible…" Hayate glared at him whispered as Minato nodded as he turns around and leaves.
*Persona 5 OST- High Pressure
Meanwhile at the underground floor in Jenius Institute. The young woman took off her black hood as she had grey hair that is a little bit messy. On her left side she has a braid that is tied up with a ribbon in her back as she had grey eyes. She has been sneaking past lab coat workers as she was at the cargo area where all the trucks were parked. The woman silently sneaked up to the back of the truck and opened them… revealing to be nothing…
"Great…" She silently rolls over her eyes in annoyance until she heard a noise of someone coming. Thus, she quickly hid next to the side of the truck.
"FIND THE INTRUDER…" The monotone-like voice of a android in a samurai-like armor as it held a katana, ordering the rest of the androids to find her.
"So they're here already…" She quietly said to herself until…
"ENEMY DETECTED… CAPTURE THE FUGITIVE…" One of the android was peaking out on the top of the truck as she noticed and dodged it as she threw a knife that electrocutes the android as it shutted down.
She stood back to see a mob of androids about six of them surrounds her. However, she then held her knife ready as she stood in a combat stance and dashed…
6/10/2018 Rural Village, Miura, Japan Daytime - Cloudy
*Persona 5 OST- Sunset Bridge
[THUD!]
"There… that's the last of them…" Iwai said to himself as all of his allies approached to him after Iwai dropped the thug's body. "Azura, are you alright? We're you able to sing?"
"Sadly, no. I wasn't able to because I had my time alone in my mind to think." Azura replied to him as he sighed.
"I see. But, I'm glad that you're okay. Anyways, great job everyone. With all the Yakuzas thugs from the Hokuto Alliance dealt with. All we need is to confront one of the family of the Yamanaka. Once that, this will be a breeze-" His voice was cut until the voice of the screams came from nearby behind the homes.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"A-AHH! T-That scared me! What on earth was that!?" Mae noticed to hear the screaming voice nearby as they all looked.
"I don't know, we're about to find out. Cecilia-shishou, Give me a ride!" Iwai asked her as she nods.
"As you wish, Iwai." Cecilia controlled her horse as he got on behind her. "Okay, team… head over to the place where some random dude screamed!"
Then, Cecilia ride her horse as it ran to the area where the scream happened as they headed there on their own.
(Two Minutes Later…)
Minutes have passed after the battle at the village as Cecilia stops the horse here as Iwai got off and ran to see what's going on until he stopped to watch… the battle there seemed over. However, the brute of a man was hopelessly killed but he held a great axe on his right hand. But, his chest where the heart is was pierced by a weapon like a spear as if this technique came from Ireland's Child of Light. Iwai stood there to look at the woman in a samurai-like armor wielding a spear on her right and her tome on her left while riding on her black winged horse. But, she had a dark red eyes and brown hair that isn't long but short and wore some sort of a winged headband on the left side. But, her spear was stained in blood, finding out that she killed the head family of the Yamanaka.
*Persona 5 OST- Regret
"What the…" Iwai said to himself in shock, knowing that he was beaten to a punch. He then calms down and tries to slowly approach her until she heard his presence and turns around with her winged horse. "A-Ahh… Hey, you there! Did you… kill him?"
She didn't reply to his answers as she continued looking at him.
"I was hoping if you can answer. Did you kill him? I was about to find him, though. But, I'm surprised you beated me to the punch." Iwai casually said to her after he placed his spear onto the ground.
"Of course, I did kill him." She then coldly replied back to him as he noticed.
"Oh! So you do talk! Anyways, I need you to ask you… Who are you? Why are you here? What's your motive of coming here? Where's your master?" Iwai asked her various questions about her reason. On the second thought, she didn't seem to care about it.
"Why even ask, I'm just doing my own job." She then turns her winged horse around as she turns her head at him. "After all, we're fated to meet each other… Farewell…"
[FWOOSH!]
"W-Wait! ...Dammit…" Iwai was about to follow him but realized that she flew away. "Just whose she… is she from Sakura's world…?"
"Lord Iwai!" Eldigan arrived on his horse as the other arrives after of what they saw with their eyes.
"You guys… You saw her flying, right?" Iwai asked them as he looked at Sakura, who seems to feel uneasy about it.
"H-Hai… that armor… She's a Hoshidan and I'm quite curious to know about her… How come she has a dark pegasus with her?" Sakura asked him as he looked up into the sky to see her flying away.
"I have no idea. Do you know her name?" Iwai asked her as she had trouble remembering or knowing who she is.
"U-Umm… I… I… don't know…" Sakura replied to him as he pets her head.
"It's alright. I'll find out myself. But for now… Camilla, how were the people inside their homes." Iwai looked at her as she thinked.
"Last time I remember, one of the child was outside one of his homes but his mother took him back inside. Seems we're unwelcomed here." Camilla informed Iwai as he sighed and grabs his spear and puts it on his back, along with his shield.
"I see… Well, Let's all head back to my home. I'll sort this out tomorrow." Iwai told everyone as he got on Cecilia's horse as she rode instead of running. "Oh… that reminds me…"
He grabs out his phone as he opens up the recent message he read as he proceeds to reply to her.
[Replying to: Kazumi Mitsuzane]
"Hey, Kazumi-chan. Saw your reply there. I'm alright here. To be honest, I'm worried for you as well. I thought you're going to get a job in Fortuna Entertainment, right? Nevermind that, I'm just glad you replied to me just to message you. Everyone here can't seem to find a way to get rid of the wall since it appeared. But, I heard the Jenius Institute are finding a way to solve this issue but I don't know what is it. Anyways, if you plan to go to the wall… do not go there or touch that wall. You'll never know what will happen if you do. So, I'm telling you to stay safe and live a normal life as expected while I myself… doing my own thing. Take care."
"Done…" He pressed the reply on his phone as he puts it away and looks at his ally. "Hey, Cecilia-shishou?"
"Yes?" Cecilia replied to him.
"I was thinking… About that girl on a black flying horse." Iwai continued. "I think I want to know her more. I mean, we barely met and I was hoping if I can recruit her to join our cause. Again, you're my second in command. I'm happy that you commanded my other allies well."
"Thank you very much, Iwai. You're the only person that you're happy to speak open to me. Though, I'm still getting used to living in this strange world." Cecilia replied with a smile. "But, don't be skipping your everyday training. I'll make sure that you'll become a fine Lord."
"Heh, I knew you would say that." Iwai chuckled to himself as he and his allies were seen exiting out of the village as all of the people in their homes come out to watch them leave. However, the clouds that covered the sky starts to spread out as it reveal the god ray shining upon them just as they're walking out.
6/10/2018 Skywall Dead Zone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Midnight - Clear Sky
Meanwhile at the forest near the Skywall where the grey haired girl, who have survived after infiltrating a building retreated away far from Yokosuka to stay out of sight. She proceeded to bandage her left arm after having a rough fight as she takes a deep breath and looked into the stars in the skies. She once visioned them to be pretty when she was young back in her country on United Kingdom.
[BWEEEEEEEM!]
The sound of the wall rippling a strange sound starts to emit as she then hid in the trees to prevent from being seen. At the wall, the ripple stops as a familiar blue haired woman wielding a sword on her hand stood there with a awe on her face of the new world.
"Amazing… So this is the new world that we're supposed to find this rumor." The blue haired woman watched the city of Miura from afar as three others followers approached to her. "But, there's no time… Severa, Owain, Inigo. We have to get going."
"I was hoping you would say that, Lucina." Severa shrugged as she followed him.
"Hmph! I gotta say, this world might be fun if anything is interesting." Owain had a smirk on his face a Inigo chuckled a bit.
"You're the same as ever, Owain." Inigo had a smiled as they continued following Lucina as they were making their way to Miura in this new, strange world.
"Just who are they…?" The grey haired girl had her eyes on them as she stealthly follows them in the process.
[TO BE CONTINUED!]
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I, Iwai Shishido will handle this part. Why am I told to do this? Why the hell not!? It's not like that I simply wanted to do it! Ahem… Anyways, After encountering a black haired pegasus rider. That later peaked my interest to knowing her more. But where did she go? I have to find her! Plus, this second tactician is a freakin' ninja!? Next time on Fire Emblem Heroes: Apocrypha! Chapter I- Forbidden BORDERLINE. Buying a Blu-Ray set for some random anime? That's a good choice right there.
Author's Notes: Hello, everyone! Thank you all so much for reading this reverse-isekai Fire Emblem story. I know it's not that good but I tried my best to keep the feel of what Fire Emblem should be along with some new additions that inspired me. Final Fantasy Tactics, Shin Megami Tensei IV, and Persona series inspired me to add this kind of mix to this story. Now then, This is the prologue of this chapter. If you want the first chapter to happen, then I will do so since this is my first FE story. But, yeah. If I get a lot of support from you guys, the first chapter might happen. This is just a small project that I want to do. Until then, Switch on your Youth!
-[Character Information]-
Name: Iwai Shishido/宍戸岩井
Class: Spear Lord
Subclass: N/A
Bane/Boon: +Speed/-Defense
Skills: Thrust, Vorpal Thrust, Jump, Piercing Talon
Personal Skills: Gae Bolg- When targeting a enemy, it will have a 50% chance to critically strike a enemy to leave them stunned and gain Speed to +1.
Equipment: Riot Shield, Iron Spear
Combat Description: Trained by Cecilia, the Etrurian General. His skills in using Lance and Shield is pretty average for a Tactician. Thus, he is currently leader of the Resistance, whose objective is to solve the mysteries of the wall and the rumored "Fire Emblem". After meeting the black haired pegasus knight, he is later motivated to become stronger though Cecilia's teachings.
While Iwai is mainly a Spear Lord, he does not have any second profession but only prefer to fight by using a Spear and Shield only. However, he has great skills in planning through each attacks and phases. But, he lacks defense, despite he wears no armor at all. He'll risk himself in other words, to death. But, he excels great Speed in order to keep up and predict attacks much faster.
In battle, Iwai can battle two or three enemies at once depending on any enemy he is currently facing. Sometimes, he uses different stances based on his range. Mid-range allows him to become defensive to be aware and stay cautious depending of any enemies that are dangerous like the Invisible Soldiers. Close-range allows him to go all-out to use swift attacks and thrust to gain advantage for the kill.