Hello there fellow fire emblem fans tis I Amsharp the noble grand master who, yeah who am I kidding you don't wanna read this crap you wanna read the story where guys fight over a girl, yes? Well then you are in for a treat. This shall have plenty of that. I'm guessing it will be around 6 to 10 chapters long depending how many light bulbs go off while I write this.
song suggestion:kings and lionhearts by of monsters and men
Disclaimer: I own nothing at all all rights to there proper owner.
Out in the forest of Ylisse in the tent community of the Sheppards slept the army's tactician. Well atleast she was asleep until now.
"Robin!" called the gruff voice of the chef as she stomped over to her tent causing robin to flail as she fell out of her cot. Robin groaned as the chef walked in and threw a familiar thief into the tent as well. "Robin he's at it again. If I catch him one more time."
"Hey watch it!" The carrot top thief stated as he fixed his footing so he wouldn't fall.
"What did you catch him stealing?" Robin asked flatly as she got up and dusted off her uniform that she had fallen asleep in.
"Well I didn't catch him per say," the cook grumbled quietly as she looked away. "But the food was missing and he was in the tent!"
"Oh? So how do you know it was him? Could it not have been taken before he was in the tent?" Robin pointed out causing Gaius to smirk as he looked at the chef.
"You," The chef pointed at Gaius. "I will catch you one day and when I do."
"I would thank you to not threaten soldiers that keep you safe and give you a job." Robin pointed out sternly since she was still very unhappy about being woken up so early in the morning. The cook let out a humph of disapproval before storming out of the tent.
"Thanks for saving my bacon bubbles." Gaius stated with a smirking smile as Robin sat down on her cot so she could hold her head in her hand while resting her elbow on her knee.
"What did you take this time?" Robin asked bluntly as she looked to the thief.
"Just a few fruit tarts… that where most likely for Chrom."Gaius stated before pulling out one of the small treats and popping it into his mouth causing Robin to sigh.
"Gaius you can't keep doing this. If you get caught then you're gonna get kicked out. No more consistent pay and no more free food." Robin pointed out honestly.
"Got it bubbles. I'll just be sneakier."Gaius replied before popping another tiny tart in his mouth and then offering another to her. With a half hearted smile Robin accepted the tart and ate it.
"Now get outta here before everyone else wakes up. I don't feel like having to explain that you got caught sneaking munchies again." Robin stated in a friendly ton to which Gaius just shrugged and walked out through the back of her tent and disappeared. Robin yawned as she stepped out of her tent and looked around. "Great the sun's barely up." Robin thought sarcastically before turning back around to face her tent while stretching.
"Robin!" Robin heard her blue haired leader call from not too far away causing her to look in his general direction. Chrom lightly jogged over to Robin who smiled despite her lack of sleep."Good to see that you're awake as well. I was hoping to go over our strategy for moving Emmeryn to the western castle." Chrom stated a Robin opened her tent for him.
"I was actually hopping to go over that today my lord." Robin stated causing Chrom to give her a strange look.
"Come now, there's no need to be formal around me. We're friends right?" Chrom asked with a laugh as Robin smile and retrieved the map of the local area from her quickly growing collection of papers.
"Right. Sorry it just seems strange to call you by your name when everyone else that works for you calls you their lord." Robin admitted as she splayed the map on her small wooden desk.
"So what plan have you come up with?"Chrom asked curiously as Robin started putting little wooden figures of her comrades onto the board.
"It's hard to say. For the first section of our travel we've had it easy with all the wooded forests to cover our trails but now that we have to go into the open it's presenting some difficulties." Robin explained as she took her seat at her desk. "Our best bet is a full march through the mountain pass. It will be tough if we find an enemy there but it's the quickest route through the clearing."
"I see." Chrom stated softly as he looked over her shoulder and examined the map. "I can't think of a better plan either. Well move in three days. That should give enough time to pack up camp." Chrom stated as he picked up Emmeryn's piece and put it on the western castle. "We'll have her there safely in no time." Chrom added with a smile and turned to leave the tent.
"There's one other thing I was hoping to go over." Robin added as she got up and walked over to a crate beside her bed and pulled out a chained box causing Chrom to flinch a bit once he saw it. "I've managed to find another of these horrid things. I can't help admit that they are a good training tool though. Shall I use it or burn it?" Robin asked curiously.
"Have Fredrick take it and train the newer recruits." Chrom replied diplomatically before leaving.
"Right." Robin thought before putting the reeking box back into the crate from before. "And so I shall sleep a little longer before doing so." Robin thought before plopping onto her cot once more and allowing it to lull her to sleep.
"Woman," said a quiet voice far away from her. "Woman." The voice stated in a gruffer and louder ton. Robin grumbled and shifted on her cot before half heartedly opening her eyes and propping herself up to find the Feroxi Lon'qu standing outside of her tent.
"Hm? How can I help you?" Robin asked groggily as she got up and rubbed her eyes a bit before walking towards him. Lon'qu took a step back as she approached with a pained expressions causing Robin to stop. "Right. Sorry." Robin stated quietly as she remembered his fear.
"Fredrick wishes to see you. Something about training." Lon'qu stated before walking away causing Robin to look for the sun.
"Geesh I over slept. It's must be at least 10 o clock." Robin thought in a panic before hurrying back into the tent to grab the Reeking box then hurrying back out to start her attempt to find Fredrick, making sure to greet everyone that she passed. The army life was strange, especially being one of the few females in the camp, but it was the only life she knew since she had no other memories. "Ah Fredrick there you are!" Robin called happily as she hurried over to his side. "Has Chrom asked if you'd be willing to train the newer recruits?" Robin asked hoping that Chrom had done so.
"He has yes. I assume you've brought the cursed box with you." Fredrick asked eyeing the box in Robin's arms wearily. They had worked together for a few months now but Fredrick still didn't trust her.
"Yep. Hopefully this is the last of them. I don't like that the merchants are starting to pawn these things off to civilians." Robin stated as she offered the box to Fredrick. "My suggestion is to take the healers, our weaker fighter and a few of the strong to even it out and help in case the box proves to be a challenge."
"Agreed. I'll take Maribelle, Lisa, Meriel, Stahl, Panne, Sumia, and Ricken to the far field. It should be far enough from camp." Fredrick stated after accepting the box.
"If you could take virion as well I think he could stand to gain from it." Robin suggested only to have Fredrick nod in response before starting to walk away.
"If you could train with the others in my absence it would be… appreciated." Fredrick stated hesitantly before continuing to walk away to find the soldiers that needed the training. Robin smiled at his small gesture of kindness before heading off to do what she was told. By high noon Robin had finally managed to gather the last of the stronger crew to train. Namely herself, Chrom, Sully, Vaike, Kellam, and Lon'Qu.
"Ok so after consideration of the last battle these will be the new sparing pairs for now. Kellam practice with Vaike. You need to work on taking Axe blows better." Robin stated being in her complete tactical mode. "Sully, Chrom you're both doing well but Chrom you could stand for some extra practice against lances." Robin added before heading over to the last sparing square with Lon'qu. "That leave use to practice together." Robin stated as the other groups had already started their practice.
"And what do I need to work on?" Lon'qu asked annoyed by the fact that the woman may have found any sort of flaw in his fighting.
"Nothing. I just need to work on my sword fighting." Robin stated honestly as she entered the square. "Although you could stand to work on your fear of women. It could end up getting you killed one day." Robin added bluntly causing Lon'qu to glare at her. Robin shifted her weight from fear of Lon'qu's daggered glare before speaking again. "You'll go easy on me, won't you? I am still learning." Robin asked politely only to receive a 'humph' in response as Lon'qu looked away. "Was that a Yes or a no?" Robin thought before tightening her grip on her practice sword. "Ok well, let's just get started then." Robin stated in fair warning before taking her first strike at Lon'qu which he easily dodge by taking a step back then taking a jump back so that he was the proper distance from Robin so that he wouldn't be afraid of her. "heh, you are good." Robin stated with a light laugh as she tried to think of what to do next.
"Thank you." Lon'qu finally spoke, although he felt uneasy under Robin's stare.
"Shouldn't you use a sword thought? It comes off a bit arrogant." Robin pointed out. "This is bad. He won't even draw his sword around a woman? This really is going to get him killed. I've got to figure out something." Robin thought trying to devise a plan. After receiving no reply for some time Robin sighed and walked to a small table by the sparing square which supplied fruit and water.
"Swordplay is a man's pursuit." Lon'qu stated which just pissed off Robin as she choked on her water from the sudden insult. "What does a woman know of" Lon'qu continued only to have Robin cut him off as she threw a whole fruit at him from the table letting out a small battle cry as she threw it. "What the!" Lon'qu stated as he dodge the fruit easily only to have it splat against the wall causing an idea to pop up in Robin's head as she picked up the bowl of figs and continued to throw them. "What in the blazes are you doing?" Lon'qu asked as he dodged her barrage.
"If I can't get close enough to fight you then I'll fight you from here." Robin stated without stopping her fruity assault. "It's basic tactic surely you've heard of them warrior." Robin stated causing Lon'qu to scoff.
"It's not like you'll ever manage to hit me with one anyways." Lon'qu stated under his breath only to have Robin hurtle one at him even harder than before which made a resounding splat on the wall.
"That sounds like a challenge to me. Ok then fancy feet, try dodging this one!" Robin replied with one throw after another causing Lon'qu to back up as she pressed forward.
"Stop that!" Lon'qu demanded as he realized how close she was getting to him "Don't Come any closer!" Lon'qu yelled when he felt his back hit the wall. "Please stop." Lon'qu demanded once more as he continued to dodge the figs.
"We have to be close if we're going to train properly." Robin stated bluntly as the fear in Lon'qu's eye change to dangerous and hostility. "Just a bit closer" Robin thought to herself. If she could take just a few more step she'd be able to just reach out and touch him with the fig rather than throwing it. As Robin got closer Lon'qu just got more and more fidgety.
"I won't stand for this! I'm leaving." Lon'qu announced before hurrying for the nearest exit.
"Hey get back here and fight!" Robin stated ready to run after him when she realized that he had left his blade in the training area by mistake. "Huh, that's not like him to forget this." Robin thought as she picked up the sheathed blade. "I guess I should apologize and return this to him." Robin thought then looked to her other hand that still had a fig in it. "After I finally hit him." Robin added to her thought in amusement. Robin Kept that sword by her side for a week and could tell that it bothered Lon'qu. A lot. Even when she was discussing battle plans with Chrom and Fredrick he could be found glaring at her from afar since the sword was tied to her back. He didn't even notice the attention he was receiving from the newest member of the group, Cordelia the Pegasus knight. When nighttime finally came allowing dinner around the fire to come and pass, the sore and now well fed warriors went to their tents for some well deserved sleep. Robin stayed up as usual studying maps by candle light waiting for the time when she knew that everyone else would be asleep before leaving her candle lit in the middle of her tent and sneaking out the back. "Ok so if I just take a short cut through the weapons tent here then I'll be right across from Lon'qu's tent." Robin thought happily as she adjusted the sword on her back so she could pull a sling shot out of her oversized coat's pocket along with one of the few figs she brought with. "Huh, I wonder who left the light on. I'll have to turn that out while I'm in here." Robin thought before sauntering into what she thought was the weapons tent only to find herself in the men's bathing tent. Any other day before now that would have been fine but she had forgotten that there were new recruits that she didn't know the sleeping schedule of yet and happened to walk in on one of them.
"What the? Bubbles? What are you doing in here?!" Gaius exclaimed quietly so to not wake the others in the tents around them. Robin just stared for a few seconds before turning around and exiting the way that she came from, her face redder then a cherry tomato. "Bubbles wait" Gaius called out as he quickly slipped his pants and shirt back on and exited the tent after the mortified girl only to find her waiting outside, her eyes wide like a frightened deer.
"Gaius I am so sorry. I didn't mean to walk in on you like that I just." Robin started only to be cut off by Gaius.
"It's no problem bubbles. At least I still had my small clothes on." Gaius stated with a light laugh "and for a cup cake or two from your friend the cook I might be willing to give you another show." Giaus added with a wink before his face soured a bit. "Although I did want to mention that I'm usually in better shape than this. This war's really been bringing out the worst in my sweet tooth so I've been eating a little more than usual."
"Right I'll" Robin started only to have Gaius cut her off.
"I'm sure you got an eye full so I just wanted to let you know that usually I'm a real piece of eye candy." Gaius continued.
"Actually I" Robin tried once more to no avail.
"You know, belly like a washboard, glutes like a lumberjack" Gaius listed only this time it was he who was cut off.
"Ok! That's enough with the details. I'm sure you're usually very nice." Robin stated trying to regain control of the conversation only to result in an awkward silence between the two. "Er, I do have to admit I did see something that… has me worried." Robin stated honestly causing Gaius to shift uncomfortably.
"You saw that? Geesh that's a bit embarrassing. It's just some poison oak I got into I swear." Gaius started again only to have Robin cut him off.
"No not that. Though you should get Lissa to look at it for you." Robin stated causing Gaius to smirk. "What?"
"Someone's got lingering eyes. You know I'm serious about the cupcake offer." Gaius stated causing Robin to stomp on his foot.
"Let's just talk about that tattoo on your arm shall we?"Robin stated annoyed by how side tracked he was getting. "That's the one that is used to mark convicted criminals isn't it?" Robin asked, her concern starting to return.
"Oh you mean that." Gaius started as if he had forgotten about the condemning marking that plagued him. "I got caught doing a favor for a friend once." Gaius replied closing his eyes while shrugging. "I'd appreciate it if you kept that under your hat though bubbles." Gaius added as he opened one of his eyes so he could look at Robin.
"Right, I won't tell" Robin started only to be cut off.
"You'll tell everyone you say?" Gaius stated causing Robins shoulder to slump from disbelief. "so you're gonna black mail me huh?"
"No that's not what I said" Robin tried to clarify. "Heavens he's deaf I swear!" Robin thought annoyed. Not only was he a horrible listener but he was wasting her precious little time to finally get back at Lon'qu.
"Fine I understand that whole heartedly. You can have my portion of dinner tomorrow fair?" Gaius bribed a little louder then Robin would have liked.
"Will you hush. I'm not black mailing you." Robin hissed quietly.
"You drive a hard bargain." Gaius stated unamused. "How about a custard pie then? I've been saving it for a special occasion but I can manage to part with it."
"Gaius are you even"
"Look I don't have any money, but now that I think about it I do have some honey cakes and those are gold in color at least." Gaius continued as he held his chin while pondering.
"How did I get myself into this mess?" Robin mentally cried. "Look I'll keep your blasted secret now if you don't mind I have." Robin was about ready to snap as Gaius cut her off yet again.
Whoa calm down bubbles here have some chocolate I heard that helps girls when they're moody." Gaius stated as he offered her a piece of chocolate. Robin sighed and accepted the chocolate.
"Look can I just take a short cut through this tent?" Robin asked curiously causing Gaius's eyes to light up.
"Sure and then we're even?" Gaius asked.
"We can't be even if I was never trying to black mail you in the first place." Robin stated as she walked through the tent only to hear Gaius's frustrated growl from behind her.
"I swear he has the IQ of dirt." Robin thought as she peeped through the other side of the tent to see the chef skipping off with her pail of water. "Huh, she's running a bit late." Robin thought as she waited for the chef to disappear before exiting the tent and crawling the rest of the way to Lon'qu's tent. "There it is. You know for one being so afraid of women you think he'd close up his tent better. This isn't even a challenge." Robin giggled to herself as she let her fig fly only to have it go straight through his tent into the woods. Robin winced as she heard the pained squawking of a chicken, which caused Lon'qu to sit up straight from his cot. "Excellent, a better target." Robin thought happily as she fired another fig this time to enjoy the gratifying thump of it hitting Lon'qu. "Take that you scary sexist pig."Robin thought triumphantly as she got up and entered the tent. "Gotcha" Robin whispered causing Lon'qu to fly back from is cot and hit his tent wall, which happened to also bump into Fredrick as well. Oopsy.
"Huh, what the?" Fredrick thought confused and tired from his sudden awakening.
"Heavens woman what are you doing in her so late. What if someone catches you?" Fredrick over heard Lon'qu hiss which slightly peaked his interest as his checks stained a bit.
"No, bad Fredrick. I don't hear anything. LALALALALALALA!" Fredrick thought as he plugged his ears with his fingers.
"Look I was just trying to prove a point that I can fight too." Robin admitted sheepishly "That and I figured you'd want this back." Robin stated as she offered the sheathed sword to Lon'qu Who quickly swiped it away from her.
"Maybe I was just hearing things?" Fredrick thought and unplugged his ears for a second only to hear Lon'qu sigh.
"You've gotten what you came for, now leave before you get caught." Lon'qu stated bluntly as he held his forehead in his hand.
"Nope. Lalalalalala."Fredrick continued his mental blockade.
"Fine." Robin whispered with a shrug before stealthily leaving the tent.
Hopefully you like this enough to wait for the next chapter. Should be soon I think. what is that sneaky chef up to I wonder... hmmmmmm.