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June 22nd, 845 AD.
It was a sunny day.
"Uagh!" a teenage girl named Lissa suddenly stumbled on something—no, someone. "Chrom! There's someone here!"
Chrom, an adult man nearby, went to the spot where Lissa was currently at. Frederick, the other adult man, followed him.
They saw the person who was lying on the ground. It was a girl. She seemed younger than Chrom, but not that far. Her hair was brunette, like Frederick's. Her eyes were closed, as if she was sleeping, or maybe even fainted.
"Chrom, we have to do something!" Lissa said to him.
"I suppose what do we have to do?" Chrom asked her.
"Uh, I don't know," Lissa lifted her shoulder.
As if she was overhearing the conversation of the two, the girl lying on the ground slowly opened her eyes. She slightly grunted.
"Ah…" Lissa and Chrom were relieved knowing the mysterious girl had just woken up. Lissa asked the girl, "Are you okay?"
"There are better places to take a nap than on the ground, you know," Chrom said to her. Then, he gave a hand to her and said, "You need help?"
The girl just speechlessly looked at Chrom with a blank stare, and then she reached Chrom's hand. Chrom helped her got up.
"Are you alright?" Chrom asked the girl, after she finally stood up with her own legs. The girl simply nodded.
The girl slightly smiled. She stayed silent for a while. Then, half-consciously, she mumbled with only a slight voice that could barely be heard.
"Jumpy…"
"'Jumpy'?" Chrom was confused. Hearing Chrom's reaction, the girl was confused as well. She said, "Eh? Uh… sorry, I…"
"It's alright," Chrom dismissed. "Anyway, my name is Chrom."
The girl merely hummed.
"The delicate girl over here is my little sister, Lissa," Chrom looked at Lissa.
"HEY, I'M NOT DELICATE!" Lissa objected her brother.
"And the one with armor over here is Frederick the Wary," Chrom looked at Frederick. "So what's your name?"
"My name is… uh…" the girl somehow didn't know how to answer Chrom's mere question. "I, uh… I don't… remember… my name…"
"You don't?" Chrom was confused. "You remember 'Jumpy' but not your own name?"
"Yeah… somehow…" she responded. "I don't… remember… anything else… either…"
"Oh, I know this!" Lissa exclaimed. "This is called amnesia! I read it on a book!"
"Hmmm…" Frederick thought. "That's a blasphemous claim. She's actually quite suspicious, milord."
"But you remember 'Jumpy'?" Chrom asked again.
"Yeah…" the girl answered. She looked down on the ground. "Oh."
"What is it?" Lissa reacted.
"I remember now," the girl answered. "My name is June."
"June?" Chrom asked. "Like, the month of June?"
"I guess so," June said shortly.
"You guess so?"
"Goodness it's the Shepherds who found you," Lissa continued. "Brigands will be a rude awakening."
"Shepherds?"June was confused.
"Yeah, that's what we are," Lissa responded.
"Milord, we can't just believe her claim," Frederick advised. "Suddenly remembering her name like that, what if she's a brigand herself? Or even a spy?"
"Let's not worry about that, Frederick the Wary," Chrom replied. "Just let her be. You can stay with us if you want, June."
Chrom walked away, as Lissa, Frederick, and June followed him.
"HELP! HELP US!" sounds of begging were heard by Chrom's pack. The sounds came from a village nearby. The village was on fire. Many people scattered, looking for help.
"The villagers are in trouble!" Chrom was the first one to react.
"We have to help them!" Lissa added.
"But how about June?" Frederick interrupted.
"Unless she's on fire as well, it can wait!" Chrom answered Frederick as he left to the village. Lissa and Frederick followed him.
June, with nowhere else to go, simply followed the three people that had left. "Oh, uh, okay."
Battle Area: [Southtown]
Victory: Rout the enemy
Chrom, Lissa, and Frederick arrived at the village.
Chrom pulled out his [Falchion], the royal sword that had been inherited from generation to generation, until it was on his very hand. He also had a [Rapier] as a backup, a [lord]-exclusive sword. Chrom attacked one of the brigands with the Falchion. It wasn't a lethal attack, but enough to weaken him. The brigand counter-attacked him.
Frederick only brought a [silver lance], but it was enough for him as a [great knight]. He knocked out the previously weakened brigand in one shot.
June who just arrived later than the other three drew both her [bronze sword] and a [thunder] tome. "Wait, is that… a tome?" Chrom was confused seeing her. "You know magic?"
"Uh, yeah…" June answered, with lack of certainty. "I can help, right? Anyway, Chrom. I think you better use the Rapier for now, since it has better accuracy than the Falchion. Both swords deal the same damage, so…"
"You know about Falchion?" Chrom asked her.
"Uh uh. Somehow, in this battlefield I can 'see' things."
"What do you mean?"
"You know, like, the amount of enemy, their weapons, the areas in their reach, their overall power… I must've studied this sometime before. Oh, Frederick can counter the [myrmidon] over there. He's the only one who has 100% accuracy at this point."
"And how am I supposed to trust you?" Frederick asked her, still distrustfully.
"Just do it already!" June scolded him.
Lissa, the unarmed [cleric], only had a [Heal] staff with her. She said, "We'll see who's delicate. I maybe not able to fight, but who's gonna heal the others when they're wounded? You just tell me where to go, June!"
"I guess you can heal Chrom by now," June told her. "Don't worry. You're still outside the enemy's range."
"Okay!" Lissa then went to Chrom and healed him with her staff.
"Thanks, Lissa," Chrom said to her.
"Anytime!" Lissa replied happily.
June herself then ran to another brigand—a [fighter] with [bronze axe]. She pulled out her thunder tome, but she thought, "The accuracy is less than 85%. There's a likeliness to miss. I guess I'd better use my sword."
June drew her sword instead. She attacked the brigand right next to her. The brigand was wounded quite badly, but he could still attack June back. "Waaah!" June yelped. "Little help here!"
Chrom ran next to her. Before he attack the brigand, he asked, "June, should I use the Rapier or Falchion at this point?"
"Still Rapier!"
Hearing June's answer, Chrom simply pulled out his Rapier and knocked out that brigand.
"Uh, Lissa?" June called the cleric.
"Okay!" Lissa responded as she ran into June and healed her.
"Thanks."
Meanwhile, Frederick moved to a particular empty spot. It was like he found something over there. "Hmmm, I'd better pick up this before someone stumble on in," he said.
Frederick found an [Ephraim's Lance].
"Hey, Chrom," June said. "Maybe we can battle next to each other. We can cover up each other."
"Maybe you're right," Chrom replied. "We'll be stronger together."
"No, like really," June corrected him. "We can support each other's powers. Strength, defense, speed…"
Both June and Chrom ran to another brigand. This time, they attacked from long distance. June used her thunder, and then Chrom ran closer to slash with his Rapier.
"It's like June has been our tactician since forever," Chrom talked to no one particular, maybe himself. "Our strength makes us strong, and our bond stronger."
"Frederick, you can help Chrom to handle the final one over there," June told Frederick. "Lissa, just come closer here."
Lissa came closer to June, while Frederick and Chrom went to the [barbarian] who led the brigands.
"Here, sheepy, sheepy," the barbarian mocked Chrom and Frederick. "Come to the slaughter."
Without taking more time, Chrom attacked him with Rapier. That brigand countered Chrom. But Frederick could still fell him with the silver lance.
"Now that's the final of them," Chrom said.
STAGE COMPLETE!
"June, you're amazing!" Lissa complimented her. "Swords, sorcery, tactics… is there anything you can't do?!"
"Ha ha ha, stop it, you," June slightly blushed. "It's nothing, really."
"But that doesn't mean we will just trust you that easily," Frederick denied. "It still isn't a decisive proof that you're telling the truth."
"Okay, I understand your skepticism," June was simply annoyed. "But seriously, Frederick. Why would I lie about my memories?"
"She's telling the truth, Frederick," Chrom replied him as if to defend June. "She helped us fighting those brigands. That's enough to me to believe."
"Uh, okay," June hesitated.
"But Milord," Frederick hadn't finished his talking, but he stopped anyway, somehow. He just sighed.
"Milord, I quite realized that the brigands spoke with Plegian accent," Frederick said.
"Plegian?" June asked, confused.
"Ylisse's western neighbor," Frederick answered her. "Apparently they have been sending brigands to the villages in Ylisse. This is the third time this month."
"And the victims are the innocent villagers," Lissa pouted.
"Thank you, Sir," said one of the villagers. "Thank you very much. You may stay here tonight, if you may."
"No, thanks," Frederick refused politely. "We appreciate your offer, but no thanks."
"Oh, I really appreciate it. Really. You don't have to—" Lissa happily accepted before she realized. "What? Are you saying we're not staying?"
"No, milady, we will just camp tonight," Frederick told her. "Besides, I thought you're the one who said that you would 'get used to it'."
Lissa pouted hearing what Frederick said, while June simply giggled.
"Good," Frederick said. "Shall we go, then?"
"Sure," Chrom answered lightly.
"Finally," he said. "I can feel our connection again."
"Wut?" the other man next to him asked.
"This time I promise I will find her," the first man spoke to himself without noticing the second man. "I'll just transmit a message to her, and then she'll reply me. That's how I will find her."
Yay. Apparently I was serious to make a 999 crossover with Fire Emblem.Wait, am I really the first one to make 999 x FE fanfic here? Anyone?
Well, of course this won't be just a story of an avatar named June. It's gonna be the real June of 999. Also there will be plot point for other 999 characters. I promise.
P.S. if you're reading this, I just wanna say, "Let's save Zero Escape 3."
P.S.S. (or P.P.S? Whatever) feel free to review :)
