appy 4th of July, America! Wait, sh*. I'm a couole days late, huh? Well in any case, I hope you all had a good and safe 4th. I know I had a long day that day, so I couldn't post this filler chapter that day. In any case, enjoy, will ya?


Ch.13 Takumi's Bull:

"Can you two please stop arguing?" Azura pled. "You've been at it for awhile now."

"I won't stop until he stops calling me that!"

"Calling you what, Taco Meat?"

"Shuddup already!" Taco Meat yelled. More like squealed, but even so was it loud.

Jojo chuckled. "Is something wrong?"

Takumi's face grew red with anger. He was about to burst when Corrin called out for him. "Takumi, I need your help."

"Alright, Corrin." Takumi glared at Jojo. "Grr… We'll settle this later, tactician."

"Woah, how feisty." Jojo winked at Taco Meat. "I like that in a man." Azura cleared her throat. "It's a jest, Azura. A joke."

"Somehow, I feel like it was not a joke."

"Look, that's all the budget we have right now. Unless you got the funds, we can't have that high-quality, superb, exquisite merde."

Azura just stared at Jojo. "Are we really low on funds?"

"No." Jojo lied while looking at the amount of gold they had. "But for your sake, let's explain how we got into this predicament."


3 hours beforehand…

"Um, so uh… what now?" Takumi asked.

"Oh, I apologize, Takumi." Corrin said. "You must be confused about our situation, right?"

"Well yeah, what is this about a castle?"

"Well, I'll explain with Justin when we get there."

"Get where?"

"Don't worry about it." Jojo replied. "Corrin do it."

"Uhhh, right here?"

"Do it."

"Alright." Corrin whistled.

Lilith appeared out of nowhere. "You called for me, Lord Corrin?"

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Takumi said with the Fujin Yumi cocked. "I"M GOING TO KILL IT!"

"NO!" Everyone yelled. Everyone began arguing.

"Chill! Taco Meat chill!" Jojo said in front of Lilith. "Don't kill the fish!"

"I"M GOING KILL TO YOU AND THAT THING!"

After a brief explanation, everyone calmed down and told Takumi the role, or lack thereof, that Lilith fills. This lead them to travel between realms and go to Corrin's castle.


"Yeah, I'm just going to ignore that one completely." Jojo said. "And yeah, we don't have money."

"I see, but you only explain why Takumi is here, not the reason we do not have money."

"Hmm, why don't we have money? Could it be that we don't have people that pay us?" Jojo said with loads of sarcasm. "Sheesh, we need a new way to make cash."

"Well, we could…"

"No, Azura, it wouldn't work."

"I didn't even say what my plan was."

"It doesn't matter, it won't work with the way Nohr and Hoshido are right now."

Azura nodded in agreement. "I suppose you are correct. I ask Corrin what would we can do about it."

"Well, we could steal some."

"That would be a horrendous idea." Azura said.

Corrin, on the other hand was with Takumi testing out his archery skill. It wasn't pretty.

"Argh! No no no! You technique is terrible." Takumi muttered.

"Is it really that bad?"

"Yes. Terrible even." Takumi got up. "Like this." His yumi had the arrow cocked and shot an arrow. His poise and technique looked flawless as he put the yumi down slowly.

"Woah, that's amazing Takumi!" Corrin said.

"Yeah, but if you even want to THINK about doing that you'll have to practice." Takumi said.

"But I can make it to that point, right?"

Takumi nodded. "Of course. I had talent, but even then I knew I had to practice." Takumi picked up the Yumis and said, "That's all for today, Corrin."

"Alright, thank you, Takumi."

"So," Jojo said out if nowhere.

"AGH! KILL IT!" Takumi said with his yumi cocked.

"OH SH*! JESUS MAN, PUT THAT AWAY! THERE'S CHILDREN WATCHING AND THIS IS RATED PG-14." Jojo covered his face wit his manos. "Just put the yumi down and be calm."

Takumi and Jojo looked at each other while breathing hard.

"Oh… It's just *phew* just you…"

"Yeah, yeah it's me." Jojo replied.

"What do you want?" Takumi said with annoyance.

"Well, I want to see if you can hunt."

"Of course I can, why?"

"Heh, wanna play a small game?"


"Justin," Corrin stated. "Why are we doing this again?"

"Look, this is a game that me and pro hunter Takumi are doing."

"You don't understand, Brother, I cannot let this child win. Any challenge against me is against Hoshido."

"You're not that much older than me. Also what does Hoshido have to do with this?"

"I am an adult." Takumi said, ignoring the question.

"Barely…"

"Okay then." Corrin said. "I'll explain the rules." Corrin pulled a map. "Here we are." Corrin marked the location on his map. "You two have an hour to hunt and find us some good game. Using a yumi, you'll catch all sorts of animals. Whatever you bring counts, so try to get as much as you can." Corrin looked at Jojo. "Did I forget anything about the game?"

"Nope, you got it all %100." Jojo said with a smile. "...Minus %20, but who needs the rest of the percents?" Jojo said with a laughed.

An awkward silence spread throughout the land.

Jojo coughed. "*Cough* Well, then… Goodbye!" Jojo said as he sprinted into the forest.

"Hey! Corrin didn't say go yet!" Takumi ran after Jojo. "Damn it, Pendragon!"

And they were off! By that I mean the game.

"So, um, Corrin?" Azura spoke.

"Yes?"

"How are they going to find us again?" She asked.

"Oh, that's easy. They're going to… that is to say… well…" Corrin thought about. "Oh Gods…" Corrin's eyes widened with fright. "OH NO!" But by then it was already too late.

Jojo shot the game with PSI instead of using a yumi. Takumi wondered if this was fair. "Why don't you use a yumi, Justin?"

"I feel like it would be unfair..."

"I'll go easy on you."

"...For you."

Takumi heard these words and it sunk in slowly. He just challenged him again. "Oh yeah?! Well then, use a yumi! I'll win either way!"

"Fine." Jojo said as he took a yumi that was thrown at him.

The two were head to head in battle. Every animal in the wood had to fear the two rivals. Birds descended from the sky into the pile. Wildlife had to gallop away from the two's line of view to escape. This ordeal was fixing the food shortage in the castle.

An hour passed by before the two finally were exhausted. "Why…" Takumi huffed. "Why… don't you give up?!"

"Well, *huff* I've been told I'm stubborn."

"Damn *huff* it! We're tied." Takumi put his hands on his knees and bent over. "I'm tired…" he muttered.

"Same, let's head back." Jojo said after quickly recovering.

"Wait." Takumi breathed in. "How do we get back?"

"Well, we obviously-" Reality struck Jojo like a truck. "Oh, damn."


"H-how are we going to find th-them?" Asked the smollest princess.

"Let me see…" Corrin was nervous and could barely think. "Maybe if?"

"I think it would be best if we followed them and sent Subaki to scout for them." Azura said.

"Huh?"

"It would be easy to spot them then, would it not?"

"W-well, yes." Corrin said. "But what if-?"

"No, we must find them." Azura said firmly. "Let's go, Corrin. It's a very reliable plan. Even if we do get lost, Lilith can take us back to the castle."

"You're right, we have nothing to lose." Corrin motioned for everyone. "Let's find our friends!"


"You sure this will work?" Takumi asked. "It seems pointless."

"You're pointless." Jojo snarked back. "Just stay here and be hopeful." Jojo leaned against a tree. "Hopefully they see this as a smoke signal. I gave Corrin a guide in case I was ever separated from him."

"Hmph." Takumi grabbed his yumi and began to leave.

"Hey! Where the hell are you going?" Jojo asked.

"I'm going to look for them back."

'Argh… this is pissin' me off! I don't like this.' "Let me follow you, then." Jojo unsheathed EXCaliBurn. "I can't let you wander alone, and with the game we hunted."

"Hmph. Do as you wish." Takumi pulled out his weapon as well. "Let's go… this way."

The two started to wander, after putting the fire out of course. The road seemed to be getting longer and more convoluted. The forest's green walls stretched long and tall, as the trees were beautiful and a delight to the eyes.

"Dude, we've been here for 20 mins., I think we should stay put."

"Nonsense. We'll keep looking."

"What if we got killed then, eh?"

"We're not going to die." Takumi assured. Takumi kept walking. "It's not like- Aggh!" Takumi fell into a hole.

"Takumi! Are you alright?"

"Ugh, I'm fine." Takumi tried to get up. "Uh, Justin? My leg's..."

"Damn." Jojo said with the situation worsening. "I might have a spell to fix it."

"Okay, then do it. GAH!" Takumi held his leg.

"Um, one problem with that though…"

"Yeah?" Takumi's leg was hurting bad. Takumi though, struggled through the the pain. "Go on, urk!"

"Um, okay here goes." Jojo breathed in. "PSI Heal!" Jojo touched the leg of his ally. "There."

Takumi felt the leg slowly renewal itself, the ache and pain slowly dissipating. "Oh thank Gods…" Jojo stuck out his hand to lift Takumi up. "Thank you, Justin." Takumi said with a bit of annoyance. "Just don't tell anyone about this."

"Yeah, about that… I think they'll find out anyway."

"Huh, why?"

"Um, remember when I warned you about a problem."

"Yeah, why?"

"Weeeelllll," Jojo groaned and stretched out his syllables. "Umhhhhhhh… I can't use magic now." Jojo made a face. "Yeah, we're screwed."

Takumi looked at the tactician. It took him a second to realize what had happened. "WHAT?!"

"Dude, calm down."

"OHNOOHNOOHNO!" Takumi walked back and forth.

"Dude-"

Takumi went on…

"Dude, come on."

Takumi continued.

Jojo walked up to Takumi and slapped him lightly. "IDIOT, LISTEN TO ME!" Jojo yelled.

"GAH! DON'T YELL AT ME!"

"I'll stop, but calm down." Jo breathed in. "Let's just take a deep breath. Here, take my robe."

"Okay, okay. Yeah, deep breath…" Takumi took the robe and wrapped it around himself. Takumi felt the satan and silk coat warm him up.

"I can survive without magic. It'll come back in an hour or so. I think, I never used that." Jojo put his hand on Takumi's shoulder. "Now, what we need is to find Corrin. It would've been easier with my magic, but now… Well, we'll be fine as long as we're calm." Jojo could see Takumi was struggling to stay calm. "Here, you grab the game, I'll look for them."

"The bag's heavy." Takumi said while trying to lift the bag.

"Fine, I grab it." Jojo said, surprising Takumi. "Let's go, we can probably find a better place to rest."

"Justin! Takumi!" Azura called out.

"N-nii-sama! Justin!" Petite Sakura called out.


"Argh! Where are you Justin?" Corrin was frustrated. "Wait look!" Corrin pointed to Subaki returning.

Subaki bowed. "Lord Corrin, I have news."

"What happened?"

"I found smoke off in the distance, it's not too far from here."

"That must be Justin! Alright then, lead us towards there."

"Of course, milord."


"Takumi, look!" Jojo grabbed Takumi. "It's a gate of some kind!" What was in front of the two was a strange gate. It looked more like a building. Light was pouring out of the gate with a blue glare.

"It looks ominous." Takumi noted.

"Yeah, you're right." Jojo said. 'So, it's a portal, hm? Must be a type of Dragon's Gate.' "Let's wait here." Jojo said while manually lighting a fire. "This smoke shall help 'em find us."

"I hope."


"Corrin, Subaki stopped." Azura said.

"Thank you, Azura." He called after Subaki. "What happened, Subaki?"

"I FOUND THEM." He yelled out. "Let's head towards them." Subaki landed next to Sakura.


"Justin?"

"Huh, yeah? Is this about your leg?"

"N-no. It's more about you, since I only have known you for a week or so."

"Yes, that's true."

"I just want to let you know that if you hurt my family, you'll regret it."

"Heh, I thought we were over this." Jojo chuckled. "But alright, I promise."

"Good." Takumi cross his arms. "What's taking them so long?"

"Be patient. We got lost, so we have to take the blame as well."

Rustling was heard.

"What was that?"

"I don't know." Jojo unsheathed the sword that was on his back. "Be careful."

"Alright."

"When I say so, okay?' Jojo asked. Takumi mere nodded. Yet, the rustling continued. "One…" It grew louder as the underbrush was being pushed away. "Two…" Takumi cocked his Fujin Yumi.

"N-nii-sama?"

"Fire!" Jojo yelled. "Wait, sh, no!" Takumi got confused and shot Jojo. "Mo*ph*q*!" Jojo yelled as the Yumi shot him.

"OH MY GODS! I'M SO SORRY!" Takumi ran towards Jojo.

"T-TAKUMI!" Sakura yelled. "WHAT DID YOU DO?!"

"Excuse me, Sakura, but if someone could please FU* REMOVE THAT DAMN ARROW THAT'S STUCK IN MY FU* KNEE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT!" Jojo grabbed his knee. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU HIT MY KNEE I WAS RIGHT FU* IN FRONT OF YOU!?"

"I'M SORRY, DON'T SHOUT AT ME!"

"DAMNIT, TAKUMI!"


"So let me get this straight. Justin told Takumi to wait for his signal to shoot." Everyone nodded. "Then, Justin said to not shoot when he saw that Sakura was there." Everyone nodded. "Then, and this is hard to believe but, Takumi shot Justin in the knee." More nodding. "And that's why you two are on top of Justin, right? Also, why is Takumi wearing Justin's clothes?"

"Yewsh." Jojo said with a muffled voice.

You see, everyone was in an awkward position. Sakura was over Jojo's head trying to keep Takumi from falling on top of Jojo, but she couldn't hold up and fell on top of Jojo. Takumi was trying to be steady, as the arrow was in an even more awkward position and asked Sakura to balance him. When Sakura fell, she brought Takumi down with her. So let me explain. Imagine a triangle. The triangle's base is Jojo, the hypotenuse is Sakura, and Takumi is the height of the triangle. The triangle goes inward and can't keep the height stable, as a triangle cannot form when the base and the height squared are larger than the hypotenuse. So, Sakura's stomach is on top of Jojo's mouth and Takumi is on top of Jojo's, ehem, "sacred weapon". Azura came seconds afterward.

Azura sighed. "I find that very hard to believe."

"Shot duh hwell up." Jojo muffled. Jojo struggled. "Ghet ohf me!" Sakura and Takumi got up. "Sheesh!" Jojo said as he dusted himself off. "At least the fall made sure the arrow was out." Jojo recalled the sharp pain a few seconds ago before two bodies landed on him. "Of course someone had to fall on me immediately after the arrow taken was out."

"Um, Justin? Why are you not limping?"

"Don't worry about it." Jojo said as he breathed deeply. 'I'll thank God later for Hamon. This would hurt a lot more if I didn't have it.' "I have a higher pain tolerance." Jojo kept breathing. "Ah… it still hurts like a mother-"

"I-I'll heal you, Justin!" Spoke the meek girl. She used a staff on Jojo. "T-there…"

Jojo pet her head. "Thank you, Sakura." He smiled at the princess. "You're really helpful."

The girl just blushed and hid behind Takumi.

"Okay then?" Jojo said slowly. "Anyway, my leg's good as new." Jojo said as he flexed his leg. "Hey, sorry for asking, but where's Corrin?"

"He was behind me." Azura said. "I don't know where he went off to."

"Maybe to help the plot make sense."

"I, excuse me, the what?"

"Don't worry about it."

"Hey, is everyone alright?" asked the plot device, I mean Gary-sue, I mean Corrin.

Jojo laughed. "I God, can't believe you've done this." Jojo facepalmed and started to giggle like an idiot.

"Um, is he okay?" Corrin asked.

"Sakura just healed him, so it could be an after effect." Azura said.

"I'm fine, just look at this." Jojo pointed to the building. "Do you know what this even is?"

"Uh, no. Why?" Corrin looked at the building.

"Call out Plishy." Jojo muttered.

"You mean Lilith?" Corrin lit up. "That's an excellent idea, Justin!"

"I know, I know, I'm pretty smart wouldn't you say?"

"No," Takumi said. "You practically an idiot."

"Hey! I got enough brains to be your tactician!" Jojo said. "Besides, I'm not the one who shot an arrow in his ally's leg and stole his robe." Jojo was handed the robe back. "Thanks."

"Will you two stop fighting?" Azura asked. "You two are acting like children."

"Well, technically he is a child." Takumi said.

"I know that, but he's also a tactician for a war. He should at least stay serious."

"I mean, he has some sort of charm to it." Corrin said with a smile. "I enjoy it."

"Do you mean that, Corrin?" Jojo said with his eyes gleaming.

"Yes, I do."

"Wow… Well, thank you, bro." Jojo relinquished the bro moment.

"Your welcome, Lilith are you ready?"

"Yes." Corrin heard in his head.

"Oh, good. Well, can you tell me about this building, or what it is exactly?" Corrin said.

The rest of the gang watched Corrin. "IS he all right?" Jojo asked Azura.

"Yes, why do you ask? Have you never seen him talk to Lilith with telepathy?" Azura was confused. "Has Corrin never talked to Lilith near you?"

"No, it's not like I am able to hear voices in my head." Jojo responded. He heard a faint 'Yes you can…' in his head. "Shut up!" He said. "Not all of us are dragons." Jojo said realizing how weird shout out loud made him seem.'Damn, you're annoying as well, writer.' Jojo thought. How unfortunate. He really has gone off the deep end now.

"So, Lilith says that it's a Dragon's Gate."

'Fu*$in' knew it.' Jojo thought. "I don't know what that is." Jojo said.

"Well, hm… How do I put it? Lilith says that all it does is take you to the Deeprealms. She says that they are other worlds apart from this one."

'So it's a universe binding thing, wonder if I can find one back home.' Jojo thought.

"Like other kingdoms then, am I right Corrin?" Takumi guessed.

"Precisely, but a bit different I think. Lilith herself doesn't understand them."

"Well, what is it doing here?"

"She says she doesn't know." Corrin listened. "There's another one in Nohr somewhere."

"Well hiya! What are you folks doing around here?" everyone heard a voice behind them speak. Corrin was the first to turn around. "Wow, you must be the Blue Blood. I been expecting you guys."

"I'm sorry?"

"Yep, you're the one." The redhead said. "Follow me everyone." The redhead entered the building.

"What the hell just happened?!" Takumi asked.

"Well," Jojo put his hand on his hips. "A woman just came out of that building and asked everyone to follow her into it."

"I know that, but why?"

Jojo shrugged. "How should I know?"

"Everyone, are we going to ignore that fact that NONE of us know who that is?" Corrin said.

"No dude, we gotta follow that chick in there." Jojo said. "Let's go, Corrin. Even if it's an ambush, we'll be ready."

"Justin's probably right." Azura said. "We can't risk going in there, but we can, at least, be prepared."

"Okay everyone, let's go!" Corrin said as he pulled out the Yato.

"I mean, you don't have to do that, Blue Blood." They heard a voice call out from inside. "Call off your army."

"Wh-what?" Her words shocked Corrin. It was almost like he knew him. "Uh, let's not use our weapons then."

"Wow, she's odder than him." Takumi said. "Why would he listen to her anyways?"

"You're cruel." Jojo evaded Takumi's question. "You've only known me for a couple of days."

"Plenty of time for me to see." Takumi muttered.

Corrin laughed as he saw Jojo and Takumi bicker once more...


And we're done, yeah. Another 'exciting' chapter. I hope you haven't had your fill of excitement yet, 'cause next week, I hope, we got a goodie. We fight the Black Dragoon Queen of Nohr! Or, in regular English, Camilla. Oh boy... So watch out for that! Oh, and maybe we'll see the tradmarked *Music Cue* show up. We gotta have a recommended tune before I lose the copyright privilege.