AU where Corrin is still draconic, but his clothing is decidedly not

"You are the ocean's grey waves…" Azura sang, her hands raised level with her shoulders. Light radiated from her pendant. She continued walking forward, towards the growling, hideous dragon. "Destined to seek life beyond the shore, just out of-" Corrin's dragon form slashed out at her, pinning her to the ground by her neck. She gasped; her airway was almost cut off.

"Kill me if you must," she said quietly, her eyes pleading and tearful, "but do it as yourself." She stared into his face. He had no eyes.

…How creepy.

Suddenly, light began to stream out of Corrin's dragon form, and he slowly shrunk until he was his normal size. He collapsed on the ground, panting, on his hands and knees.

"Azura…" Corrin began.

"Don't come any closer!" Azura suddenly moved her hand to directly over her eyes, and she turned her face away. "Please!"

Corrin looked to Ryoma, confused. "Brother…" He pushed on his hands, standing up slowly.

Hm. That was certainly strange. His gloves were gone! Not only that, but he noticed a very familiar dangling sensation directly below his stomach, which was rather odd. Usually, he only felt like that when he wasn't wearing...

Hold on.

Oh, gods. Perturbed, Corrin looked down. Unfortunately, it confirmed his worst fear: In his sudden transformation, he had ripped his clothing to shreds, leaving him absolutely…

"Naked!" Ryoma cried, shielding Sakura's tiny eyes with his very big hand. "Gods, you're absolutely naked!"

"I'm aware of that now!" Corrin replied, absolutely horrified. He tried to use his hands to cover his crotch.

It helped, but only a bit.

"Why am I naked?" Corrin cried much too loudly.

Azura's eyes were wide, her lips pursed. She was staring straight at him.

"Azura?" Corrin asked.

"O-Oh!" Her cheeks burned and she jumped. "My apologizes! Corrin, err..." Azura trailed off, her gaze fixated on his chest.

Corrin blinked, standing there silently.

Azura opened her mouth to speak, but then shut it as she noticed what was below his chest – his lower regions! Completely naked!

She continued gawking.

More silence passed.

"Well?" Corrin finally asked. "Azura, are you alright?"

Azura frowned. "Of course I'm alright. Why would I not be?"

"Well…" Corrin shifted his feet. "You've been staring at me for quite a while. And I am naked. If I didn't know any better, I'd think this was inappropriate."

Azura blinked. Indeed, she had been staring for a solid while. Her cheeks burned, and she quickly turned around. "Oh! Corrin, I… I do apologize! I simply got lost in myself for a moment." She paused, contemplating this. "I think… I think your clothes must have ripped off during your transformation."

"W-what shall we do?" Sakura asked, her eyes still squeezed tight.

Corrin thought about this. "I'll suppose I'll find some clothes," he eventually said. "Most of the townspeople ran off in the chaos, and I saw a clothing stall earlier that I can borrow from."

Ryoma raised an eyebrow.

"I'll leave payment on the counter, of course," he clarified. "I'm not a rapscallion."

"That's fair," Ryoma said. "Go."

"You don't need to tell me twice," Corrin said, scurrying off.

Azura turned around, getting a nice view of his tush before he disappeared around the corner. She blinked.

Ryoma removed his hand from Sakura's face. She exhaled, relieved.

"A-are you two o-okay?" Sakura asked, her face stern.

"We can grieve later," said Ryoma. "Right now, our most important concern is returning to the castle unharmed. There could be others lying in wait."

"I-if you say so."

He certainly looks like royalty, Azura thought. She smiled involuntarily.

"Azura?" Sakura asked. "Are you going to be okay?"

"Yes," Azura said, looking ahead. Corrin ran forward, waving and galloping jollily, blissfully not thinking about his now-deceased mother. She looked to him, and her smile grew. "I think I'm going to be just fine."

Corrin smiled back.

Special thanks to TheRepeat for editing this and giving general advice.

I don't even remember how I thought of this one. Anyway, I have a job now and am going to therapy! So I'm not depressed and whatever.

Look forward to more story updates – all of my stories - in the future!