A/N: Okay, I'm a fan of the IkexMicaiah pairing, so this is a fic about their time in the Tower of Guidance. Thanks go to Fire Emblem MewMew for suggesting a new format for my stories, although I probably messed it up.
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Ike and the rest of the Chosen Ones were continuing to climb the Tower of Guidance, and Yune had decided to give Micaiah some time "out." She herself was observing from a third person point of view, and noticed the silver-haired girl acting rather strangely…
"Hey, uh, Nolan?"
"What is it, Sothe?"
"Uh…well, have you noticed that Micaiah has been acting really weird lately?" The older Reaver ruffled his eyebrows at the young Whisper.
"How so?"
"Well, she's been staring at Commander Ike constantly and whenever he talks to her, she starts to stammer and turns all red…"
"Sothe, m'boy, it's simple. Young love." Nolan suppressed a laugh as Sothe gaped at him.
"Young…love?" Nolan couldn't hold it any longer and began to chuckle.
"That's correct." Sothe's expression was one of bewilderment, anger, and mostly jealousy. Don't say it, Nolan, don't say it, the Reaver tried to stop himself, but he just couldn't.
"Sothe, are you green with envy, or is that just your clothing?"
"Grrr…..NOOOLAAAN!!"
The entire group turned around to look at Sothe after hearing him yell, save for Micaiah, who was too busy staring at Ike with a distant look in her eyes to notice his outburst. After seeing that it had just been Nolan mocking him, the small army continued their ascent of the seemingly endless tower. As they climbed, Micaiah noticed Ike's face suddenly grow tense as his hand reached for Ragnell, and she gathered up the courage to speak to him.
"G-General? Are you okay..?" Ike turned to face her and answered gruffly,
"The Black Knight…He's right up there. I can feel it."
The Black Knight? Micaiah thought,
Why would General Ike be upset about that? He helps us, doesn't he? Wait a minute…I remember Sothe mentioning a rivalry between the two of them…What could it be about?
"Er, General?"
"Yes, Micaiah?"
"Why do you bear such a grudge against the Black Knight? He's helped the Dawn Brigade several times…" Micaiah was gaining courage as she spoke with the General.
"Well, for starters, he was with Ashnard during the Mad King's War…" he answered.
"That's no reason to hate him! Have you disliked him all this time just for being on the other side? It's not like he really had a choice! Daein was his country!" she said.
"I was hoping your answer would be something like that…You want the truth?"
"Of course!" Micaiah cried.
"Alright, it happened just inside the border of Gallia…"
Three years ago…
A younger Ike was running through the forest after his father. "Father…what's going on…? Where are you?" he mumbled as he ran. Ike eventually ran into a clearing, where he saw his father and a mysterious man in black armor, both with weapons drawn. Suddenly, his father charged at the armored man with a loud battle cry. Their weapons locked together, and time seemed to freeze. Eventually the armored man shoved his blade forward, knocking Greil back.
"FATHER!" Ike cried, preparing to run towards him.
"Ike! Stay back!" Greil ordered, raising his axe again.
"Here…use this…" the armored one said, taking his blade and throwing it towards Greil.
"What are you doing?" Greil asked.
The knight answered, "I've been waiting for this for a long time…I would prefer you use the weapon so that I can see your full strength, General Gawain, Rider of Daein."
"That was my name, once…But I…cast it away. The only weapon I need…is right here!"
"Do you…want to die?" The armored man asked.
"Your voice…I remember you. You think you can defeat me, the man who taught you how to fight? Heh, what a fool. Come on, boy, try me!"
Greil ran forward, twirling his axe over his head. When he reached the knight, he brought it down with all of his force. The knight parried, and swiped towards Greil. Greil caught the swipe with his axe and attacked, but to no avail. The armored man took his blade and thrusted, burying itself in Greil's stomach.
Back in the Present…
"G-General…I'm so sorry…I didn't know…" Micaiah felt miserable for making him bring up an obviously sensitive subject.
"It's alright. You deserved to know. But, what's worse is, my father had a chance to win…" he grumbled.
"You think he would've won if he had taken Ragnell?" Micaiah asked.
"No. He couldn't." Ike said. "He cut the tendons of his better arm after…Never mind. That's another story. Let's go."
Micaiah nodded and the pair headed up to the next chamber of the tower side by side.
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A/N: Sorry if I got anything wrong on the PoR flashback. The next chapter will be the actual battle between Ike and the BK. Review please!