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Merging Units 101 AKA Raven's Day

Raven was at the moment in a pub on the outskirts of Askr castle. He'd come in to get a drink. He was pretty mad – which to others was par the course – but he had a reason to be. He didn't know ANYONE from his world except Eliwood, and Rebecca. There were other people of course, like Jaffar and Florina, but they weren't people that Raven really knew. Even though he prided himself on being pretty independent he felt washed out. He was a man seeking to kill someone no matter the cost. Yet he was in a world where people just revived back at Askr when they were killed. It was a conundrum and he didn't really know what his next step was.

Kiran had summoned Raven quite some time ago. For a while, Kiran had happily left Raven at the LVL 40 cap (while he used other axe users that were either A more relevant or B newer). Kiran had recently gone through an orb drought and was pretty peeved at all the shiny new banners he'd had to skip on to collect enough orbs to matter when he was ready to start gambling with Askr's money supply again.

Raven got his drink and sat in the dark pub. It was crowded just enough to be constantly busy but not too much that it was stifling with noise. Raven sipped the beverage and breathed, letting himself relax.

"Ah, Sir Raven. May I sit here?" A voice said.

Raven looked up and tried not to scowl too hard. It was Seliph. The youth was not the best fighter in the group and Raven wondered what a lord of all things was doing at a pub.

"Drop the Sir and then take a seat. Just don't bother me." He said before taking another sip.

The lordling still gave Raven a bow and sat across from him, mostly staring into the well of his drink. Raven wasn't about to start making conversation with the guy. He already had Eliwood's annoying way of checking up on everyone to deal with. He took another sip and swore he could see sparkles shimmering around him. Then he realized that they were around him. He waved a hand around slowly as not to alert Seliph of his curiosity.

Once he'd finished the drink he left the lordling and paid the bartender – some knight/shop owner by the name of Abel – he headed to the training grounds. There all the heroes practiced new skills, or worked on using their old ones. In Raven's case, he decided to try out Luna – a skill that he'd inherited.

The grounds themselves were tidy. Neat, shortly cut grass and an expanse of training dummies, and small isolated training areas for two heroes to spar were available everywhere. There was also a horse riding area for any heroes who had acquired a horse right before Kiran summoned them. And beyond all that there was a gym. Raven settled himself on a free practice dummy and pulled out his Brave Axe. He began wailing on the dummy over and over, the axe letting him strike again and again. He felt the energy of Luna rise within him and he struck the dummy. Normally the attack would be a regular hit, even with his natural hero skill, Sol. But in the case of Luna, his axe easily cut through the dummy, causing it to be cleaved in twain. Raven scowled and dropped the axe before wondering how the hell he'd explain this.

"Ah, you too?" Raven turned and sighed. The second blue-haired royal to cross his path today was none other than Chrom, leader of the Shepherds, and the haildom of Ylisse. Chrom glanced down at the dummy and chuckled. "You're not the only one who's done that, believe me." The lord said before picking up the top half.

"Don't worry about it, Kiran's not too fussy about it if you're up front to him." Chrom stated before continuing. "Though don't let Commander Anna see it or you'll be in for it. Even if you're royalty." Another chuckle and Raven held back his tongue, regretting the amount of drink he'd consumed.

"Er, thanks." Raven said, grabbing the bottom of the dummy. "I was trying out Luna and it just cut right through it. No resistance at all – more like it had no defense." He said, trying to walk in a straight line behind Chrom.

"Don't worry about it, like I said. It's normal – at least for me – to break stuff while training." Chrom seemed relieved someone else had broken something.

Raven frowned and felt the weight of the dummy start to hit him. "Where do we take this?" He asked.

"Well, we usually just send it to a repair shop. The owner will probably think I or Lucina did it", Chrom said bashfully. "You don't want to know how many of those I broke perfecting Aether".

The two of them marched to the shop, which was empty, and threw the pieces in a big pile of broken training dummies. "Is it bad that I broke most of these? I recognize some of them." Chrom admitted.

Raven sighed. "Well it's not so bad. At the very least, you're not breaking your weapons and then coming to me to fix them. Or asking me to teach you how to write." There it was. The alcohol made him be social, Saint Elimine be damned.

Chrom threw some gold pieces on the counter and turned to exit. "This time it's on me, sorry I didn't get your name." He said.

A pause. "It's Raven." And then he sighed. Hoping Chrom would leave him be.

"Ah. Raven. Well don't let Henry know that's your name or he'll tease you silly. Isn't that a nickname, anyway?"

And then it clicked. Raven was reminded of Will. The sheer friendliness and straightforwardness of the man. It should have annoyed him, but Raven wasn't too bothered by it. Maybe because Chrom wasn't in awe of him.

"It is a nickname. I have my reasons for it." He said.

Chrom blinked. "Well I don't mean to bother you. Pay the question no mind." Then Chrom paused. "Well Raven, if you need to ask me about the Luna skill, please don't hesitate to do so." He said.

"I'll figure it out by myself. But thanks, Chrom." He said the lord's name and then stopped.

"Actually perhaps we could spar? Maybe I'll learn it through a spar? I do owe you for the dummy." He said.

Chrom chuckled. "Well I won't go easy on you."

Raven returned from sparring with Chrom sore but now in command of the Luna skill. He wandered into the palace grounds now fully sober. He was one of the first units to arrive and Kiran had appeared. Raven glanced around to see the main Arena team appear, consisting of Olivia, Sonya, Nephenee, and Ike. Kiran sighed and swore. "Dammit. There goes our arena streak. We'll have to mix it up."

Nephenee sighed and blushed. "Ah'ma sorry sir! I didn't expect that Narcian would have Vantage. It's my bad." She said, flustered even as the others on her team offered their own excuses.

"Well with Fury equipped, I didn't think I'd take as much damage." Sonya offered.

"I didn't give you the attack boost you needed to end him." Olivia admitted.

"And I didn't get in range of our Support bonus." Ike said bluntly.

Kiran held his hands up in the air and clutched his head. "Damn! You all care so much! It's inspiring, really." He stopped and looked at the quartet. Raven couldn't help but find himself amused at the summoner's predicament. Sonya looked annoyed even as she had a supporting hand on Nephenee's shoulder. Olivia was blushing but again she was always like that. And both Ike and Nephenee looked humbled.

"Be that as it may. . ." Kiran thought out loud, "We need to mix this team up!" He said.

"So let's swap out, shall we? Alright people, you're dismissed. Go for a break. I'll get a new team together" Kiran ordered. He pushed a few commands on his strange tome and the team disbanded.

Ike and Sonya each took one of Nephenee's arms and took the shy girl away while Olivia ran off for some errands.

"Damn. That was almost a complete arena run." Kiran said out-loud. "Hey Raven?"

Raven was shocked that Kiran spoke his name and sighed. "You reset my level." Raven said, crossing his arms. "Why?"

Kiran smirked. "Well you're my secret weapon."

Raven sighed as the Summoner walked over to him, emotions and facial features concealed behind his giant hood. "Raven, Raven, Raven. I was lucky enough to summon a duplicate of you. So now I'll commit to making you even stronger!" Kiran snapped his fingers and nothing happened.

"Oh right, I need to toggle this by origin, hang on." Kiran said. "Now let's see, Fire Emblem Seven, units, Raven, click on the heart aaaaaand. . ."

Kiran pushed another button on his tome and then there was another Raven beside him, glaring intensely. Raven hoped he was doing the same because this was weird.

"Ok! Now just shake hands!" Kiran said.

Both Ravens apprehensively shook and then, with a flash of light, the other Raven was gone.

Raven yelled as a surge of power was sent throughout his body. A +1 appeared beside his level 1, and he smirked as he felt re-energized.

"Allllrightly Raven, my man." Kiran said. "I'm sending you into the Training Tower. I'll give you some Stamina potions and I'll also send . . . hmmm. Azura, Lachesis, annnnnd Jaffar. Once you reach level 40, I'm gonna send you into arena!"

Raven sighed and then stood up, feeling literally twice the man he used to be. "Hey, how many more times can someone become. . . like that?" He asked.

"Nine more Ravens to go. . . eventually." Kiran said, before leaving. Raven wanted to be pissed off about it but found that he couldn't. It was a chance to become stronger and he wasn't about to let that pass him by.