"They are Einherjar! Phantoms of a sort...The Einherjar will do the bidding of whoever summons them, you see..."
Ike's eyes were empty as he watched the fifth master he had frantically panicked. The tactician's best friend tried to ease him with little outcome while that she based her appearance on was just there confused. Deciding to step forward and end some tension.
"Robin, the card may be lost, but it is not destroyed for I still stand. I will also partake in the battles the hand spoke of." Not calming the young man anymore than before though the legendary swordsman kinda gave up questioning the logic of Einherjar cards. "It is as Old Hubba stated. Us, Einherjar are merely weapons in human form. Though I am one of the strongest trained for the purpose of protection, which is why I shall strike you all down within this tournament that your master had spoken of."
Zelda perked up at that moment and hastily snatched the other three females speaking of some women talk that they needed to go do leaving the others dumbfounded. Link scratched the back of his head trying not to get nervous of the obvious stronger fighter's resurrection in a sense. With the awkwardness of all silence comes, it crept on fast for the fighters. The four seem to stand there for some time with no real reason besides none wanted to make the first stupid decision of the day.
"Why don't we dress Ike up more appropriate than this assassin attire he clings to?" Marth suggested having stared at a sign engraved 'Lost and Found' a few yards away. Robin just shrugged while Link wholeheartedly agreed.
Tracking down random garments of clothing then bringing it back to Marth's room. A room hiding a poor phantom that got its clothes stripped of him regardless of the disapproval he gave. Leaving only a leaf that Link stole from a Villager to hide Ike's groin. Though the leaf was the same reasoning for Ike to throw Ragnell straight at the elf boy pinning the cap. Making Link have to go change a certain undergarment.
Marth and Robin made piles for Ike to try on while Link was desperately trying to free the innocent cap from the villainous sword. Grunts and groans emitted from the elf while the other three stare with amusement over the elf's strength compared to a mercenary. The minutes seemed to have increased or at least it seemed like it because Link just squatted under his cap and pretend as if he was truly wearing it.
Shaking their heads, Marth and Robin started organizing the clothes whilst Ike was trying on the readied pairs. First pile was more of their joke pile as Ike was covered in black with a kilt dyed dark and a white apron. Much to the amusement of Link and the others till the phantom didn't waste his energy by just taking Robin's bronze sword to the clothes and continuing to the next few. The clothes seem to vary from a suit like that of Sheik's to a random azure cat costume fitted with a bell. Though the latter was forcefully kept on longer because Robin wanted a picture for a guy named Priam and to apparently show his wife and two kids. The four finally settled on a deep blue tunic covered by a light brown leather vest and belting, baggy tan pants fitted into knee high armored boots with a thigh strap on the right. Given a torn red cape and blue shoulder arm and greaves yet they left his headband swaying.
"You guys just made him more fierce," gulped Link before inching closer to Robin asking for a copy of the cat photo from the tome that he bought from one of the many Annas, for a Sheikah's birthday. Robin happily obliged, handing one to Link who magically wrapped it up nicely.
Marth had pulled Ragnell out of the wall taking into account that it left a fairly small gash before grabbing a roll of duct tape to patch it up. "Before anything else happens to the poor fairy, let us find the others to see if they were alright." Opening his bedroom door, "Shall we?" Robin shrugged as Ike spoke of no protest, Link on the other hand finally caught on to what the blue king said.
"I am not a fairy! I am not stripped nude and don't even have wings."
Amused by his friend Marth could only correct himself, "Sorry I mean, before anything else happens to our 'wants to be a poor fairy' boy. Now can we go?" Though it wasn't much of asking as it was just leaving the Hero of Twilight to fret alone.
The huddle of females in Zelda and Sheik's room was underwhelming to say the least. Lucina felt more of it to be problematic and unnecessary while Samus was just annoyed because of being threatened and then dragged around. Keeping a calm composure until the Queen of Hyrule squealed worst than a pig about the situation.
"What is the matter your highness? Did you just start your monthly?" Sheik was dumbfounded, her other half lost it and was wasting time she barely had to enjoy the company of someone she knew as a friend.
"Well my lovely half, I, the Queen of Hyrule, hereby declare you and Miss Aaron rivals. Lucina will help me come up with challenges for you two to perform in the attempt to win Greil's affection or what little he has of it."
A scoff from Samus as she never even asked for this while Sheik gave the queen a questioning gaze.
"Aw come on, I know Samus had a thing for him and you clearly do too, Sheik! Lets have some fun out of it and not just a blood bath. Besides none of the challenges would involve death or the killing of someo-"
"What's the point? No offence to you Zelda since originally being one, I know you think what is right and all that. Just you can not go around assuming things. To start it off, I was you when we met the real Ike." Pointing towards Zelda then back to herself. Sheik sighed, "We can not just go out of our way for a card who resembles someone we could've possibly cared about. We also are adults, more so than others, but we should settle it like adults." Samus and Lucina had quite the smile while she was talking about the last part.
"Yes well, uh, Sheik the Goddess of Wisdom said that this would be more appropriate." Pointing towards the sky with the triforce of wisdom smoothly place on the back of her hand.
Problem for the Sheikah because she was forced to listen to the Queen who apparently now speaks to the goddesses of their land on a daily basis. Sheik looked over to Samus practically begging for her to go against Zelda's judgement. Though they rarely talk and when they do it is often times about fighting, the two were similar in tastes as neither could be bothered to wear dresses like the rest and cared more for how well they could make their fists speak on the battlefield.
Samus could only grin simply before saying, "I think that is a lovely idea Queen Zelda, but first and foremost if you like romance so much why not ask the Princess of Ylisse if she has even been courted before allowing her to possibly judge us lesser folk." The instant Blue Jr was mentioned she could feel her sweat running down with the reddest face so far.
"Well-uh how do I put this? Being a princess is a rather hard thing when you are from a destroyed world and in those times I happened to get quite some friends. I also hate fully admit that I had fallen for my father's best friend two years too late and uh just found my one friend alive who also ended up changing respectfully? I am engaged though just it didn't seem necessary to mention because I consider this trip more with a future relative than anything? Maybe?"
Stares were just directed at the young time traveler who just ended up chuckling nervously at the awkward silence after her ramble. A pink tint started to glow across her face whilst Sheik snapped out of the reality saying, "Alright princesses get far more action than us peasants, I get that. The most important thing that I don't get is that the man you are with is also your little childhood crush? Yet you are courted by his son who is?" Lucina just put her index finger to her lips and then quickly loweringher hand due to the embarrassment.
Samus couldn't stop the laughter that erupted out of her. "Dam-"
"Hey Zel, let us in!" Cut Samus off gusto from the blond hero clad in a blue tunic now to match his cap.
Within seconds of his interruption he barges in with Marth pushing Ike in as well. Confusion rested on his face as he was uncertain on why the little fairy boy would rush in. He scratched the back of his head now feeling slightly self conscious about the change of attire as he felt stares from his current holder and the others.
Sighing Lucina then began to let out a chuckle as she found it funny that Ike is now acting more of a human and less of a moving statue. Robin could only smile though a few in the group would think of this as a more painful reminder, especially those who were close to the human Ike.
I apologize to anyone out there that reads this story and think something of it. I haven't updated in a while because of my school and work taking all my free time plus I draw a lot to relieve stress so my apologies to those who had followed this. I also promise to update soon next time.
If part of those who read this story have played Fire Emblem Awakening, the DLC that allows older FE characters to come in play starts out easy and gets increasingly hard. Where Ike is in the spectrum of all that just so happens to be on Rogues and Redeemers 3 which is the final battle against the Einherjar even I have yet to beat it. (Tips would greatly be appreciated.) I was also thinking this would originally be a one-shot between Samus and Ike, but Shiek is so bloody cute and I really took a liking to several ways others portrayed her as when it is just her.
Any thoughts of who Ike will end up with? Who is most likely gonna die? (this is still a tragedy after all) Who courted Lucina and is son of Robin?
(I do hope no one is offended when I call Link a fairy boy, love LoZ, but MM's fairies are forever in my mind.)