It's currently night time at the Ylisstol as we start our story at the Shepherd's Garrison. Currently, as the Squad of Excellence are out patrolling alongside a few locals, the Universal Guardians and the other Shepherds are gathered around the Garrison, engaging themselves with different activities to pass time.

At one table, we see Korra, Maka and Hinata having a conversation with Stahl, Panne, Frederick, Maribelle and Kellam, though no one seems to notice the large knight.

Korra then shows them her tablet of Vanguard Academy, "You see... tomorrow night, both the Training Camp and the Vanguard Academy are holding a special event called the Unification Ceremony." she claimed.

"What is this Unification Ceremony?'' Maribelle asked.

Maka then spoke, "The Unification Ceremony is a traditional event that is held every year at the first day of school!" she started, "Each year one chosen representative from both Training Camp and the Vanguard Academy will be given the responsibility to continue preserving the unity on both sides." she explained, "They are called the Crown Holders.'' she claimed.

"How does a crown represents unity on both sides?'' Panne asked indecorously.

"Actually... the unity isn't actually presented by wearing an actual crown.'' Hinata replied, "They have to make a pledge in front of everyone and signed a book, and then they were given a special mark that symbolizes the responsibilities that they must shoulder." she explained.

"You said that each side has a chosen representative." Stahl pointed out, "How do they choose one?'' she asked.

Maka shook her head, "We exactly don't know.'' she replied, "Only the staff members and the higher-ups knows how.'' she claimed.

"I must say, this ceremony is very interesting." Frederick admitted crossing his arms, "But I do wonder how this Unification Ceremony even started.'' he stated with Kellam nodding in agreement.

Korra let's out a grin, "Well... there's actually a story about that.'' she replied.

As Korra's tells the story the origins of the Unification Ceremony, we go to another table. Chrom, Sumia, Sully, Robin, Owain, Geo, Sonia, Naruto and Natsu having a discussion when Gaius walks towards their table with a man behind him.

"Hey, Chrom." Gaius called, "Look who decided to show up.'' he said with a grin, jabbing a thumb behind him.

"Greetings, your majesty." the man greeted, "A fine evening for everyone." he stated with a smile. The man has a dark-blue shoulder-length hair and has brown eyes. He wears a white long-sleeve dress shirt underneath a brown & gray high-collared leather vest with a brown belt strapped around his waist and a circular plate on his left hip, dark-gray pants with brown pintstripes, brown boots, brown gloves, a white ascot and a shoulder, elbow and arm armor on his left arm. This is Virion.

Archer

Virion

Chrom stood up, "Virion, it's good to see you again my friend." he greeted as they shook hands.

"The feelings the same, your majesty." Virion replied, "When I heard that Ylisstol is being threatened by some strange creatures, I quickly made my way here to help.'' he said.

"Thank you for coming all the way here, Virion. I really appreciate it.'' Chrom said in gratitude.

Virion nodded, "So, are you currently in a middle of a discussion?'' Virion asked.

Chrom nodded, "Yes, we're currently discussing about tomorrow's patrol." he replied, "Aside from that... we're also discussing another threat, a man named Dolan Danger.'' he stated.

"Hmm... sounds like a troublesome fellow." Virion commented.

"You have no idea." Natsu grumbled.

As Chrom continued their discussion with Virion joining them, we go back at the previous table, where Korra just finished telling the story about the origins of the Unification Ceremony.

"And that's how the Unification Ceremony started." Korra finished with a smile.

"I must say that is quite a fascinating story.'' Maribelle admitted, "The story about two individuals, leading two sides, fighting alongside each other despite not being friends but despite that, they remained united till the end." she stated.

"I like the part where the first leader honored the second leader by granting his wish after his death.'' Panne admitted. She then looks at Stahl whom is sobbing loudly, "Would you stop crying?!" she exclaimed.

"It's really inspiring.'' Frederick said while crossing his arms, "Kinda sad though that you kids won't be able to attend the Unification Ceremony." he pointed out.

Maka waves her hands dismissively, "It's fine. Our mission is more important right now." she replied.

"Besides... Vanguard Academy's resident media crew will broadcast the ceremony all across the multiverse." Korra claimed, "So, we can still watch it.'' she said.

Before anyone could speak, everyone saw Dan, Soul and Ash walking around cautiously while pointing their devices towards different directions, trying to detect something in the place.

Korra facefaulted, "What are you three neanderthals doing?'' she asked indecorously.

Dan turns to her, "What's it look like we're doing? We're trying to find the Blessed that Shun detected earlier today!" he replied.

"We are aware that there's a Blessed here!" Maka exclaimed, "But can you guys try searching without looking like idiots?'' she asked.

"They were idiots to begin with." Maribelle quipped.

Frederick let's out a hum, "I'm still surprised that there's a Blessed here.'' he mused, "You guys said that Luna is a Blessed, right?'' he pointed out.

Hinata nodded, "Yes, Luna is the only Blessed in our group." she replied, "There are other Blesseds in other teams and a lot of our trainees are Blesseds too." she stated.

"Could the Blessed be one of us?'' Stahl asked.

Korra shrugs her shoulders, "It's possible.'' she replied, "But the question is... who?'' she stated.

bzzzttt...

Meanwhile in a forest located somewhere around Ylisstol, we see the Squad of Excellence alongside Donnel, Lissa, Ricken, a male and a female walking around looking out for anything suspicious.

The male has a short silver hair and his eyes are closed at the moment. He wears a purple & black cape with yellow designs and tailings over a golden shoulder accessory, dark-purple vest, black baggy long-sleeve shirt, a purple cloth with a ribbon lace wrapped around his waist, black tights with yellow rings around his thighs and yellow & black shoes. This is Henry.

Dark Mage

Henry

The female has a short, red bobcut hair, she has brown eyes and wears glasses. She wears a black mantle with yellow trimmings over a black tight shirt and robes with a white chest collar underneath a black cape, gray & dark-blue baggy pants and brown boots. This is Miriel.

Mage

Miriel

The large group were searching around quietly when someone made a noise, "AAACHHOOO!" Donnel let's out a sneeze.

"Ew! Germs! Stay away from me!" Sting exclaimed backing away from the Villager.

"Bless you, Donnel.'' Ryuuko spoke, "But what do you have to sneezed about?'' she asked indecorously.

Donnel rubs his nose, "Sorry about that... somebody must have been talking about me." he muttered in annoyance as Lissa let's out a giggle.

Sakura S. looks around, "Spot any Emotionless or Dolan's idiot yet?'' she asked.

Sakura H. shook her head, "The Zealots will be easy to find with their constant bashing with each other, the Emotionless on the other hand are a lot more difficult to find." she replied as she looks up a tree, "Do you see something up there, Sasuke-kun?'' she asked.

Sasuke stops jumping from one tree branch to another as he scans the area when he sensed something, "Heads up, everyone! Something is coming this way.'' he announced with narrowed eyes.

Everyone got ready, "Oh boy..." Ricken spoke readying his spell book, "... wonder what it is?'' he mused.

Before anyone could react, a person emerges behind a tree, a young looking girl to be exact. The girl has a petite frame, a long waist-length light-green hair tied in a high ponytail, she has violet eyes and has pointy ears. She wears a rather a skimpy outfit that consists of a black cape with jagged ends, a green scaled crop top with a pink ribbon, a pink shorts with belts strapped around her waist along with two ribbons attached on each hips, pink stockings underneath her dark boots, a pair of white latex gloves underneath a pair of black gloves. This is Nowi.

Manakete

Nowi

The locals immediately recognized the girl, "Wait a minute! Is that Nowi?'' Henry pointed out.

"Friend of yours?'' Luna asked.

Miriel tips her glasses, "Nowi was our comrade during the war.'' she replied.

Nowi let's out a big smile upon seeing her friends again, "Everyone! I knew I'd see you here!" she cheered.

"Nowi? What are ye doing here?'' Donnel asked in surprise.

Nowi's smile grew bigger upon seeing Donnel, "Donnie!" she cheered as she ran towards him and tackles him with a hug, "I'm so happy to see you again!" she exclaimed happily.

Lissa let's out a squawked from what Nowi is doing while Donnel is taken a back of her actions, "N-N-Nowi! Wait a second!" he stuttered.

"Wait a minute! Nowi! Get off him!" Lissa demanded as she walks towards the two, "Let go of him, Nowi! He is my fiancee!" she demanded as she tries to pulls the manakete off the villager boy.

"No way! Nuh-uh!" Nowi replied tightening her hold on Donnel.

"Girls! Yer tearing me apart!" Donnel cried.

Meanwhile everyone could only watch them in either amusement or bewilderment, "This is an odd spectacle." Ryuuko mused.

Ricken let's out a chuckle, "You can say that again.'' he replied in agreement.

Back on the tree branch, Sasuke once again sensed something, "Keep your guards up everyone! Something is coming!" he announced.

"Shishishishi!" Luffy let's out a laugh, "I bet that's just another one of their comrades..." he trails when Emotionless began to appear one by one from the woods, "... oh shit!" he cursed getting into a fighting stance.

"I bet you didn't see this one coming." Hsien-ko quipped.

"Looks like we found our targets." Luna spoke as she and everyone got ready, "All right everyone! Let's take them down!" she ordered.

(Play Fire Emblem Awakening OST - Conquest)

The first to strike is Sting, "White Dragon's... ROAR!" he bellowed as he let's out a comparatively, small laser that slices the ground it strikes, creating a linear explosion in its wake, blasting his targets away.

Behind Sting is Rogue, "Shadow Dragon's... ROAR!" he roared as he breathes out a large burst of shadows from his mouth, destroying every creatures coming towards him.

Meanwhile, Ichigo faces another group of creatures, "Ribbon Strawberry Check!" she shouted as aligns the heart-shaped jewels on both her glove and Bell and rising into the air, surrounded by multicolored sparks. She then blasts enemies with a rainbow colored energy blast from the StrawBell Bell.

Behind her, we Sakura H. charging towards her targets, "Chaa!" a she shouted exclaimed as she punches the ground hard, decimating the pavement as the impact of her strike caused a chain reaction that sends every Emotionless, within the range of her attack, flying to the air.

Sasuke then took this opportunity to attack the defenseless creatures on air. Sasuke charges up his right arm with blue-colored lightning before sending it towards the creatures in mid-air, hitting them directly before exploding to pieces.

Meanwhile, Luffy charges towards a group of Emotionless in excitement, "Gomu Gomu no... SHOT!" Luffy shouted as he stretches his arm back then throws a devastating punch hitting a large Emotionless, Luffy "twangs" his stretched arm, causing his fist to connect multiple times, pulverizing his targets to a pulp.

Ryuuko then ran past him with a large half-scissor blade in hand, "HYAAAAAHHH!" Ryuuko shouted as she attacks an Emotionless by swinging her blade, slicing the creature at the mid-section, cutting it in half.

Ichiro and Sakura S. charges towards an Emotionless, Sakura began to slash the creature with her blade while Ichiro throws a few bombs at it, the two finishes the creature by stabbing both of their blade on it's head, killing it.

Hsien-Ko then began to attack another Emotionless by throwing different objects towards it, she then brought a chainsaw from her sleeve and quickly slices the creature in half.

Meanwhile, Alain calls out for Charizard, "Charizard! Use Flamethrower!" he ordered. Charizard obeyed by breathing out a continuous surge of flames towards the hordes of creature, incinerating them to ashes.

Right behind him, we see Shun focusing his attention at a group of Emotionless, he then attacks by stretching his arms and hands forward, then suddenly a large shadow-like claws emerges from the ground and grabs a group of Emotionless before crushing them to pieces.

Gemini and Erica charges towards another Emotionless, Erica brought out her guns and began to shoot it non-stop, Gemini then finishes their target by slicing it's head with her blade.

Luna then brought up her weapon high as her body began to glow blue, "Crystal Hailstorm!" she yelled. Suddenly, she summons a large amount of dagger-like crystals above a group of Emotionless before raining down towards the creatures, killing them on the process.

Henry outstretch his arms forward, "Special Delivery!" he called as he unleashes a powerful spell towards the creature, blasting it to pieces.

Miriel charges up magic in her hands, "Begone, foul miscreation!" she yelled as a bolt of lighting strike down on one creature, killing it.

Ricken, while riding a horse, prepared a magical spell, "Don't look down on me!" he shouted before firing a spell towards an Emotionless, making it explode in flames.

Nowi spun around before glaring at her target, "You stupid bully!" she cried as she unleashes a powerful lightning strike towards the creature, killing it in an instant.

Lissa brought up her staff, "This one might hurt!" she exclaimed as she fires a magical spell towards an Emotionless, making it explode.

Donnel twirled a massive log above his head, "C'mon, Donny!" he shouted charging forward thrusting the log towards the Emotionless with all might at the head, beheading it.

After Donnel finishing the last Emotionless, everyone took their time to recuperate after the battle.

Luna shrugs her shoulders, "That's that for now.'' she said, "Though we still need to look around, there might more of these creatures lurking around this forest." she stated.

Ichiro nodded, "Then it's best that we start moving again.'' he suggested.

Nowi let's out a sigh, "Wooh... that's the last time I'm going to approach creatures like those.'' she mused.

Sting turns to her, "What do you mean by that?'' he asked.

"I was walking around the forest when I came across those creatures.'' Nowi replied, "I thought they were docile but I was wrong. They then began to attack me which forced me to run away.'' she explained, "Then I ran into you guys!" she said happily.

"Well... I'm glad to see you again, Nowi." Donnel said, "But I reckon you been doing all this time?'' he asked.

"Well... I tried living away from humankind, but I soon longed for your company.'' Nowi replied, "So I decided to set off to find and find you guys!" she claimed, "And I'm glad I did! Because I get to see you again!" she cheered hugging Donnel.

"N-Nowi!" Donnel cried.

A tick-mark pops on Lissa's head as she glares at the manakete, "Nowi! Stop hugging him!" she demanded as she grabs Donnel's right arm and tries to pulls him away from her.

"No way! Nuh-uh!" Nowi replied tightening her hold on Donnel.

"Girls! Yer tearing me apart!" Donnel cried.

Meanwhile everyone could only watch them in either amusement or bewilderment, "Who knew Donnel is such a ladies man." Ryuuko mused.

Ricken let's out a chuckle, "He got the charms, I bet.'' he replied in agreement.

Meanwhile, Shun is seen staring at his device and it was pointed towards Donnel. Lissa and Nowi, he can only let's out a hum of amusement.

A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. If the OCs are not created by moi, then it's not mine.