For My Honor

I watched from afar trying to hold back the tears that started to sting my eyes. My father stood alone saying his speech on how I had dishonored my family, and the village. My mother held my siblings and was crying so hard I could hear here from where I stood. I could see my little my brother as he silently bawled while holding his twin sisters hand, she was the same as my mother. Father… The man I always looked up to since I was a child; just gave a blank stare but I could see a hint of sadness in his eyes.

"My son, I banish you from Karvana Island due to your killing of the village's alchemist… You won't be able to return to the island until you prove yourself worthy enough, or find a way to show that you're innocent but for now bye, Zaku."

He had said my name it has been many weeks since he said. I didn't know if I was happy to hear it or just relieved that he finally addressed me by my name.

I turned my back on my family as I slowly walked to the boat that would take me to Elibe. "Father, I… I want to apologize for what I have done. I only did it to for the well being of the village. I swear to all of you though, I will prove myself worthy to come back to you."

The boat lurched from its dock and slowly began to move away from my home. I soon let the tears in my eyes flow when I knew that my family couldn't see me. Karavana Island was soon a small speck in the horizon.

Months passed and let's just say luck wasn't really on my side. Everything started out real well but after that things took a turn for the worst. I was attacked and robbed by thieves most of the time. And my skill with a sword wasn't the greatest…Hell it wasn't even the good I was horrible at it, so I couldn't defend myself.

With no money, I had no food, with no food in my system I lost all concentration. In so I started to just roam around in wherever I was at in Elibe.

I found myself walking in the vast plains, with the slight feeling someone was following me. I kept walking, starving, and busy being paranoid.

My feeling of paranoia was correct. As I walked alone in the dark plains I suddenly felt a rush of cool wind blow on my back, surprised by it I tried to turn and see what it was as fast as I could. I felt a hard blunt object hit that back of my leg sending a shockwave of pain through my body as I turned. I lay sprawled on the ground screaming from the sudden pain on my left leg.

"Oi, Boy what chu got on ye!" came from my attacker as he started digging in my pockets trying to find any valuables that I did not have. Sadly I couldn't answer the nice man because I was still screaming in pain.

"Nothing, aye. Dammit to hell boy I thought you would have something. Hmm for wasting my time imma cave in your face boy." The bandit starting beating me to a pulp, just like he said he would. An intense pain started to cover my body, utter darkness covered my vision. So this is how it is when you're going to die I always thought it would be different.

Can't tell if I'm in heaven or hell yet it's still pretty cold, and I'm still hungry! And I feel something going through my cloths again. Damn bandits get a job or something I have nothing to give! Something warm and gentle is stroking my cheek. I wonder, is it an angel?

Utter darkness covers me again. I'm warm and I am comfortable, and I still have that annoying ache in my stomach. I started to shift around in what I was in and tried to open my eyes.

"Are you awake?" said warm and gentle voice that was definitely a girl's. I opened my eyes and turned my head to the direction of the voice.

There stood the most beautiful girl I have ever seen since I got to Elibe, she had long green spectacular hair tied into a pony tail and emerald eyes, she had blue robes that were revealing her hips, with long leather boots to cover most of her legs, her face had warm and friendly essence. She looked to be around 17-18 years old, and she was holding some type of brown bowl in her hand. I shifted myself up on the bed I lay on, and just stared at her with my jaw dropped.

The girl noticed this and just gave me a smile "I found you unconscious on the plains. I am Lyn, of the Lorca tribe. You're safe now. Who are you? Can you remember name?"

I tried to say my name to Lyn but all that came out was a strangled cry. She noticed this and gave me the bowl she held in her hands. I quickly guzzled the liquid down and cleared my throat.

"My name is Zaku, pleased to meet you." As soon as I spoke I felt the numbness in my face, I was surprised I managed to wrap my lips on the bowl Lyn offered me.

"Your name is Zaku? What an odd sounding name… But pay me no mind it is a good name."

I slowly started to inch myself out of her bed and started to stretch my aching arms and legs. My green traveling cloak was clean she must have cleaned it when I was half dead I had to thank her for that.

"So what happened to you in your travels that you were beaten to pieces here in the Sacae plains?" asked Lyn with a hint of both curiosity and caution in her voice.

"Well it isn't that-" I stopped talking when I heard distant shouting outside."What was that noise? I'll go see what's happening. Zaku wait here for me."

She went outside and returned quickly, Lyn came running inside and started to rummage through her house for something. "Wh-what's the matter?" I croaked. Her face looked so panicked stricken. "It's bandits! They must have come down from the Bern Mountains." The breath was taken out of me. Bandits wouldn't hesitate to kill a girl like Lyn, or worse they would do things far more horrible to her. "They must be planning on raiding the local villages. I…I have to stop them!" she cried. Lyn finally found what she was looking for. A sword. She tied the sword to its proper place on her belt so it hung across her right leg. "If that's all of them, I think I can handle them on my own. You'll be safe in here, Zaku!"

She was definitely brave, but I could hear the fear in her voice. She helped me so I had to return her kindness. "Lyn take me with you." I quickly got out of her bed and started fitting my boots back onto my feet. She looked at me shocked. "You want to help? Can you use a weapon?" she seemed to be looking at my face probably remembering how bad of a condition I was in.

"Well I am not very good with a weapon to tell you the truth. But I'm fairly good at battle tactics I'm a strategist." I said scratching my head slightly embarrassed since I couldn't use a weapon, and since I should've just told her I was an apprentice tactician.

"Ah…so you're a strategist by trade. An odd profession but… Very well. We'll go together!" Lyn quickly dashed out of her hut. I followed after her as fast as I could. 'Oh gods, she's too fast.' I thought to myself as she was already out of reach and out of sight as the suns bright rays blinded my eyes.

I stopped running and started to stroll forward letting my eyes adjust to the sun. "Over here!" I saw her waving at me when I was used the brightness and I dashed to her. "If you want to help Zaku, I could use your advice." She pointed looking forward showing me the location of two burly axe wielding bandits. With belief in herself and enough skill, Lyn could beat these guys. "I'll protect you, so stay close to, me." I nodded at her. "Alright lets go." We ran off towards our enemy. "I need to be closer to the enemy. Yes, this should be good enough." I heard Lyn whisper this I didn't know if she was trying to say this to me or if she was just talking to her, self. I decided to ignore it.

The weaker bandit as it seemed, spotted me and Lyn and started bounding towards us. "Uh-oh! The bandit spotted us. Let's close in and attacked." I gave a head gesture that signaled Lyn to go attack the bandit. Lyn charged at the bandit and struck him in the gut, he swung his axe and struck Lyn on her left shoulder but even through her pain she leapt back, and killed the bandit by digging her blade into his chest. The bandit collapsed and Lyn just stood there holding her bloodied shoulder, I could see her twitching, it was probably from the horrible pain.

I ran up to her as and she looked happily at me "Victory!" I looked at her arm and noticed it looked horrible she noticed my gaze. "…But I have been injured. I need a vulnerary. There's one more bandit left in the ger by the west, Zaku." she said looking at the last bandit "Uh...ger?" She looked at me with such a surprised look on her face. "You don't know what a ger is? It's a type of round hut. Many nomads live in huts like these." I gave her a nod and we slowly walked together to the ger. She winced in pain when I barely bumped in to her. " There are a couple of vulneraries in my satchel. Would you get one for me?" I started to dig in her satchel until I found a vulnerary and poured it onto her shoulder and carefully spread it with my finger so it could heal her cut.

The expression on her face soon changed to a calm relaxed one as her wound quickly healed itself looking as if it wasn't even there. "Thank you, Zaku! Now let's go that brigand over by the ger!"

Ok, Lyn the last bandit is big and strong so try to dodge his attacks. So after his attack he will attempt to recover that's your time to strike." Lyn nodded, and we stampeded our way to the last bandit. "Who do you think you are? You think you can stand up to Batta the Beast." Cried the gigantic brute.

Lyn swiftly ran ahead of me and tried to strike at Batta's chest. She made horrible gash but it wasn't enough to bring him down. As soon as Lyn slashed his chest Batta raised his axe and chopped down on Lyn. She barely managed to dodge his attack but her right leg now had a bloodied cut.

"Whew, he's tough…It all comes down to this next blow!" Lyn shouted. "Zaku, if I fall, I want you to flee. You must escape!" she wanted me to escape alive. 'I…I can't just leave if she…'

"No! Lyn you can do this your strong enough to kill this guy I know it. But if you fall I will go with you!" I shouted.

Lyn turned her head to look at me, but quickly averted her gaze to the bandit. Batta started too stampede straight towards Lyn like a wild bull with an axe. He swung his axe straight down on Lyn, but she quickly skirted away. Lyn became a blur in my eyes as I saw her charge her sword to attack. Gruesome cuts soon started to cover Batta's body and he collapsed. " What? How… how did you…" Those were the last words to escape the bandit's lips before he died.

"I'm going to check the inside of the ger stay here Zaku." She slid into the entrance of the ger as I stood next to the next the dead man. Something quickly caught my eye. A dagger that was tied unto the man's waist, it was familiar. I ripped the dagger off the bandit and slid it in one of my cloaks pockets.

My vision started to blur. A familiar ache in my stomach was shutting my systems down. I collapsed on the floor. Darkness started to surround me again. Why does this keep happening to me?

I struggled to open my eyes I wanted to stay asleep I was too comfortable to move, I could smell something delicious, my hunger was waking me up. "Good morning, Zaku! Are you awake yet? That fight yesterday must have taken a lot out of you."

I rose from bed and started to rub my eyes. I looked up to find a bowl of food in my face. "When I was bringing you back here I kept hearing your stomach growl, and you kept muttering the names of food in your sleep." She giggled as I blushed and took the bowl from her hands and walked to the table.

Lyn joined me on the table with her own helping of food. I slowly ate the food Lyn gave me to enjoy each and every bite. It was the best meal I had in a long time, but I guess that's because I hadn't eaten in days. I glanced up and saw Lyn staring at me with so much concentration. I stopped eating, put my bowl on the table and watched her.

"So, Lyn is there something on your mind? You seem really distracted." I interrupted the silence. Her gaze finally broke from me and she held her gaze on the floor.

"Say Zaku…I want to talk to you about something."

"Ok." I shifted in my seat but still kept my eyes stayed on her.

"You have some experience in the ways of war, I can see. Would you allow me to travel with you?"

'Her parents wouldn't forgive me if I just took her with me without permission they would probably expect the worse.' "Lyn I can't take you away from your parents without them knowing. Can you ask your parents first?"

"What? You want me to get permission from my parents." She looked down so I couldn't see her eyes or her face. "My mother and my father…died six months ago my people --- the Lorca--- they don't … I'm the last of my tribe. Bandits attacked, and… They killed so many people. The tribe was scattered. My father was our chieftain, and I wanted to protect our people. I am so young, and my tribe is old-fashioned. They wouldn't follow a woman. No one would follow me."

She started to cry and her body started to shudder. 'I shouldn't of asked that foolish question she was alone here I should have expected something like this. It's my fault she's crying right now.' I got up from my seat and wrapped my arms around her.

"I'm sorry, Lyn. I really am." She must have suffered so much on her own. 'Me being thrown out of my home by my own father was nothing compared to this her pain was far worst.' I felt my shoulder get wetter the more she cried. When I could hear her calm down I let her go.

"I'm sorry. I've been alone for so long… No. No more. I will shed no more tears." She looked up at me and I wiped her tears with my cloak.

She turned her gaze to the window that looked out into the beautiful vast green plains."Thank you. I'm better now."

Lyn turned her gaze back to me. "Zaku, I want…I must become stronger so that I may avenge my father's death! Yesterday's battle taught me something. I won't become stronger by sitting here alone. Zaku, tell me you'll train me, that you'll let me travel with you!"

I stared at her for a while before I nodded. "Ok. I'll take you with me."

A wide grin appeared on Lyn's face. "You will? That's wonderful. Thank you! Oh thank you!" seeing her so happy made me happy. But, why? I just barely met the girl and all I wanted to do was make her happy.

"We'll be better off working together, I know it. You'll be my master strategist, and I'll be your peerless warrior! We can do it! Right?

"Of course we can do it together we can do anything!" We both started to pack our things.

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Once I was done packing what little things I had I helped Lyn pack. I started to look around her hut and noticed a mirror in a corner of her home. I looked at myself in the mirror, and to my surprise I had changed a lot since I left home. My once neatly trimmed honey brown hair was now a shaggy mess. My sapphire left eye and my emerald right eye now shone with excitement instead of sorrow. I also lost some weight this probably had to do with going days without food.

I pulled my knife out of my cloaks pocket and grabbed my hair with the other hand I grabbed my hair. 'I'm probably gonna hurt myself right now' I thought to myself.

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I looked around my home noticing that Zaku has been quiet for a while. I finally noticed him standing in front of the mirror staring at his reflection. He kept sliding his hands through his long honey colored hair, while his hand was searching for something in his pocket. He pulled out a knife than grabbed his long locks with the other hand. He held his hair to the knife to cut it but he wouldn't move an inch.

"Do you need some help with that?" I asked killing the silence.

He quickly turned and nodded to me. His different colored eyes glisten with gratitude while he blushed with embarrassment. I couldn't help but giggle.

Zaku remained quiet as I cut his hair. He only spoke to tell me how short he wanted his hair than the silence continued.

When I finished he looked himself in the mirror and smiled. "Thank you Lyn! You're helping me so much I don't think I could ever repay you." I looked away from him as I felt myself blush. Why was he able to make me so nervous, why is it when he is overjoyed so am I.

I looked at the knife and my hand and quickly realized something he didn't have this when I found him. "Zaku, where did you get this knife I don't remember you having it when I found you."

He took a quick glance at the knife at the knife and remained quiet. "You took this from the bandit as I searched the ger didn't you."

Zaku finally spoke up. "Actually Lyn, I took back what was rightfully mine. That bandit stole that knife away from me not so long ago. A nun from my village gave it to me when I was a child. I could recognize it anywhere."

I remained quiet as he looked out the window. "I think it's time we should go to sleep Lyn. We got a busy day ahead of us tomorrow."

I started to climb into my bedroll when he spoke again. "Lyn are you sure you don't want to sleep on the bed? I mean we can easily make a border between us so nothing weird happens. Or I can sleep on the bed roll I really don't mind."

I lay on my bedroll not saying a word. I gave a little scream as he picked me up and started to carry me to the bed. "What are you doing?! I'm ok on the floor." I was surprised by his strength as he held me in his arms easily as I squirmed to break free from his grip.

"I'm sorry Lyn but I would feel better if you slept on the bed. You have already done so much for me and I would feel bad if I took away your bed."He lay me on the bed and before I knew it I was in a comfortable sleep.

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I woke up with start when I noticed he wasn't sleeping in the bed next to me. After giving my home a quick search I was in panic frenzy. 'He couldn't have just left and lied to me like that. He seemed so honest to me yesterday. How could he just leave me like that after giving me his word.' I went barreling towards the door.

Relief quickly covered all of my panic. Zaku was walking back to my house with skinned rabbit on wooden pole her probably made himself to carry the dead carcass. I quickly dashed to him and wrapped my arms around while tears poured out of eyes. "He-hey what's the matter Lyn? Please don't cry."

"I-I thought you left without me…I was so scared." I croaked while crying into Zaku's chest. "Lyn I said I would take you with me and I meant it. I would never do that Lyn I am no monster."

When I finally calmed down I stepped away from him. "Well lets have our breakfast and get going shall we." He said proudly as he showed me his catch.

I smiled back at him. Inside I felt that he and I are going to have a bigger adventure than what we bargained for.

This is the first fanfic type of thing I have ever written. So confused about something see something you don't like just tell me and I'll fix it. Reviews would really be appreciated.

And I don't own Fire Emblem it belongs to its respectful owners.