So I know that I haven't updated in a while. I'm sorry I've been trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. I'm in the predicament of taking a music major, and then losing the same love for music that I had and now I don't know what path I should choose. Though I still have to do the work and whatnot.
Also, I know that I did have thanksgiving break, but the problem was I had to start studying for finals. I'm actually in the middle of finals at this moment XD. Anyways, thank you to those who have stuck around and here's chapter 7 of this story. I'll be writing the other stories chapters as soon as possible. Finals don't end for me until next Thursday so I have a lot to do. Anyways, time to get the tournament to continue and for a guest to show up.
"Father, Faaaaatherrrr…" a voice said.
Robin opened his eyes to see a blur of brown hair in his face. He blinked a few times to see that it was his Fyril sitting on top of him.
"Come on Father!" she chirped. "It's time for breakfast!"
"Alright, alright." Robin yawned. "I'm up."
Fyril got off Robin and hopped off the bed, proceeding to repeat the process to Nah. Robin watched in amusement as Nah woke up a little bit cranky until she realized that it was Fyril. With both of them awake Fyril bounded out of the room, calling for them to hurry up to the mess hall.
"That girl, so full of energy." Nah sighed.
"I think she gets it from your mother." Robin responded. "If memory serves me correctly she loved to just run around camp playing games."
"Oh, don't even remind me. Sometimes my mother would be playing games while the rest of us were going through Frederick hell camp."
The two laughed over this and quickly got changed for the day. Robin was set to fight his next opponent in the 3rd round in the afternoon. They made their way over to the mess hall where the first thing they saw was their daughter waving her arms, trying to signal them. They chuckled and made their way over to the table, grabbing food for themselves. Nothing out of the ordinary happened other than Vaike actually winning an argument with Stahl over something completely ridiculous. Robin didn't even remember what they were arguing about since it was so pointless.
Finally the battles were upon them. The first had been one of the Chon'sin warriors against Frederick. The Shepherds were impressed by how well the Chon'sin warrior held his own against Frederick as he even started to push him back. Though one small mistake became a fatal one as he overextended his attack and Frederick too the match in that instant. Bringing his arm down and his sword up, he disarmed the Chon'sin warrior and rendered him defenseless. The second math had been a couple Feroxi myrmidons. Most of the citizens watching the tournament couldn't follow the movements of the fighters. The two myrmidons were darting around the arena taking few, key moments to lash out and go for a strike. After a while one of them finally tired out and allowed a hit in on him due to fatigue. Finally it was Robin's turn to fight, and his fight would be a long one.
"WELCOME TO THE THIRD ROUND OF TODAY'S FIGHTS! IN THE LEFT ENTRANCE WE ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE TACTICIAN OF YLISSE!" the announcer's voice rebounded throughout the arena.
Robin walked into the stadium with a thoron tome clipped to his belt as well as Lyralei in its sheath. The crowd cheered as he walked to the center of the arena, awaiting his opponent.
"HIS QUICK WIT AND HIGH INTELLIGENCE HAS GOTTEN HIM THIS FAR, BUT HE'LL NEED MORE THAN THAT TO TRIUMPH OVER HIS OPPONENT. IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE WE HAVE THE PRODIGY HIMSELF…LON'QU OF FEROX!"
The Feroxi warriors erupted in cheer as Lon'Qu walked out of the arena entrance. Robin smiled as he looked at Lon'Qu. They met in the middle, grinned at each other and shook hands. The Shepherds were surprised as they never really saw Lon'Qu grin when he was with them.
"So…" Robin started.
"Here we are again." Lon'Qu finished.
"Yup, just like those training sessions."
"Well, shall we finish this?" Lon'Qu said, drawing his sword.
"Let's do this." Robin agreed, drawing Lyralei from its sheath and taking out his thoron tome.
Lon'Qu lowered his body with his sword held up to eye level. Robin backed up a couple of steps and stood with Lyralei pointing down and his book open at his chest. The gong rang and Lon'Qu wasted no time in closing the gap between them. Robin jumped backwards and swung his sword, sending a gust of wind straight at Lon'Qu. Lon'Qu tucked in his arms and at the last second he spun in the opposite direction of the wind, creating a space of air between them. Without missing a beat he landed and pushed off again towards Robin. He swung his sword in an arc and was met with a wall of lightning which forced him to back off as it shocked him. Robin kept playing it safe and sent smaller bolts of electricity and wind gales at Lon'Qu who could do nothing but sit back and defend himself. Robin gave him no rest as he kept up the constant barrage of attacks. Hoping to bait him, Robin left one small opening on his right side. He saw Lon'Qu look there and smirk. He stopped his attacks and the two just stared at each other.
"So you're not taking the bait huh?" Robin grinned.
Lon'Qu smirked. "I've sparred with you to know your mind tricks Robin. Now come on, let's get serious."
"As you wish."
Robin held up his left hand and the Thoron tome started to levitate. From out of his cloak he pulled out three more tomes. One was a Rexcalibur tome, the other a Bolganone tome, and the last a Nosferatu tome. The four books all started to float and circle Robin. Each one charging a different color of magic energy. Lon'Qu smiled as he saw Robin was going all out. In response he sheathed his katana and took out his dual Wakizashi. They had shorter range than the katana, but proved to be more prominent in dual wielding. This time Robin was the one to kick things off. He lifted his left arm and the books around him glowed. A barrage of fireballs, lightning bolts, wind gales, and shadow balls flew towards Lon'Qu who began to cut his way through. Lon'Qu weaved his way through the onslaught looking as if he was dancing through it. The audience watched in awe as Lon'Qu made his motions seem so natural. Only a minute had passed until Lon'Qu was within slashing distance of Robin. He kicked off the ground and vaulted over Robin, landing behind him. Bringing his right sword up he was met with Robin blocking with Lyralei. As Lon'Qu brought his other sword down Robin spun and moved his left hand. Before the sword could reach him he launched a Nosferatu. The purple and black symbols encircled Lon'Qu's body like a snake coiling around its prey. Lon'Qu gritted his teeth as he felt his energy being taken from him. As a last minute effort he was able to bring his right arm back and hit the symbols with his sword. The spell broke and evaporated away as Lon'Qu jumped back, landing on one knee.
"Damn, thought I had you on that one." he said while panting.
Robin grinned. "You were saying you knew my mind tricks, yet you let me bring you into one again."
"Hmph." Lon'Qu said. "I suppose you're right. I'll have to train harder."
Lon'Qu sheathed his swords and walked up to Robin. The two shook hands and grinned at each other.
"Looks like you win this time." Lon'Qu said as he turned to the announcer. "I surrender this fight."
The announcer nodded and looked to the crowd. "By means of surrender, Lon'Qu has withdrawn from this match. The winner is ROBIN OF YLISSE!"
The crowd erupted as Robin and Lon'Qu took their leave of the stadium. Robin walked out of the ring to be greeted by a figure barreling into him. He had the wind knocked out of him and fell on his back. Looking up, he saw Fyril sitting on top of him.
"Congratulations Father! I knew you could beat Uncle Lon'Qu! How did you do that thing with four magic tomes?! I want to know! Can you teach me that someday?" Fyril asked in a never ending stream of questions.
"Well I can't really do anything with you pinning me down like this huh?" Robin joked.
Fyril made a pouting face, but complied and got off of Robin. He got up and started to dust himself off till he felt someone helping to dust off his back. He turned to see Nah standing there.
"Hey Nah." he greeted her.
"Hold still, you're back is still so dusty." Nah scolded him, turning him back around.
After a few moments she finally turned him back around.
"There, no more dust." she said.
"You done?"
"Yes."
Robin chuckled. "Good."
He stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Nah who returned the embrace. Out of the blue they felt something wedge itself between them and they looked down to see their future daughter grinning at the two. The smiled and brought her into a family hug which only resulted in Fyril laughing and telling them to let her go.
"Come on you three," Chrom said as he walked over to them. "You guys can do this later."
"Aww come on Chrom." Sumia chided. "Let a girl spend time with her parents."
"Yeah Uncle Chrom!" Fyril called. "We're just having fun!"
"I know Fyril." Chrom sighed. "Though I'd figure that you'd do this after Robin cleans himself. I can smell it over here."
"I wouldn't be talking when it comes to keeping clean Chrom." Sumia said, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Everyone laughed at Chrom who was trying to keep a straight face. They all left the waiting area and Robin went to clean himself after the fight. He took a quick bath and once he was in fresh clothes he sat down on the bed. Nah walked into the room and saw him.
"Hey, you alright?" she asked.
"Yeah. Just a little tired. Using four tomes at once really pushes me to the limit. I tried five before when I was training with Lon'Qu, but that didn't end well."
"Well that's what you get for not being careful."
"What, it's a fight. Sometimes you have to go a bit farther in order to win a fight."
"Yes, but this is simply a tournament."
"Don't worry about it." Robin said, grabbing Nah and bringing her to sit on his lap. "I'll be fine."
Nah leaned back on him. "You know I'm going to worry. It's in my nature to."
"Yes, yes. I know that."
Nah sighed in content as she rested in Robin's embrace. She never got tired of the warm feeling it gave her. The two fell asleep again in their room, keeping content in each other's company.
"Hmph. That damned tactician's skill is sharp as ever." a voice griped.
"Figures, he doesn't need to worry about a war but he still trained." another added.
"That won't change our plans." a third voice said. "We will bring him to his knees to pay for what he's done."
Robin woke with a sudden jerk which startled Nah.
"Hey," she asked. "You alright?"
"Yeah, just a bad feeling. Like someone was planning something against me."
"Well, I wouldn't be surprised with those council members still missing."
"Don't remind me. I still get the feeling that they'll show up out of the blue."
"It'll be fine. No matter what I'll be there beside you."
Robin kissed her head. "Thanks. Come on, I think it's time for dinner."
Nah nodded and the two got up to leave the room. As Robin opened the door a yelp was heard followed by a thump as Robin was pushed to the ground for the second time that day. Fyril was right outside their door and didn't expect them to open it up right away.
"Oww…" Fyril mumbled, rubbing her head.
"You two alright?" Nah asked.
Fyril instantly forgot about the pain and smiled. "Mother, Father! I came to get you for dinner!"
"Ah, alright. Thank you dear."
"Well, I'd love to attend, if I could get up." Robin chuckled.
Fyril instantly jumped off him. "Sorry father."
"Don't worry about it. Come on."
The three set off towards the mess hall, but something seemed off. Robin kept looking around everywhere as he felt a presence of sorts. He thought he saw something move in the shadows, but it vanished as quickly as he noticed it. He decided to ignore it and continue on with his family. They sat down in the mess hall with the Shepherds and were chatting with people as per usual. Out of the blue, a knife flew straight down and landed right between Robin's fingers. Everyone stopped and stared at the knife while Robin didn't dare move a muscle. Pulling the knife out of the table, he inspected it. It was just a simple kitchen knife, so it didn't seem like anyone attacking him.
"Hold on Robin." Chrom said.
Chrom reached over and plucked something that was stuck to the end of the knife. A small piece of paper with some writing scrawled on it.
"Is that a note?" Robin asked. "What's it say?"
Chrom unfolded the note. "Be prepared, you damned tactician."
Everyone at the table who heard it was confused. Who would give Robin a note like this? Even if it was the rogue council members they would've noticed had they returned.
"Hmph. I'm going to assume it's some prank that is just going to be annoying to deal with." Robin concluded.
The rest of the Shepherds nodded, thinking that that'd be the best option. Later that night, Robin was out on a walk around the Feroxi castle as he was clearing his mind. A rustle sounded behind him and he whipped his head around, only to find nothing there. He shook his head and continued walking. He heard the rustle again and when he turned, something came flying at him. He moved his head to the side just in time for a knife to fly straight by his face and into the tree. He heard a yell and was tackled to the ground, barely having time to register what was happening.
"You…" a voice growled.
Robin looked up to see a silhouette of a person. He gulped as he felt something sharp against his neck.
"You took her away from us." the voice sounded female.
"Erm…" Robin started. "I don't know what you mean. Who did I take away?"
The person didn't say anything further and just let her words sink in.
"Are you going to tell me?" Robin asked.
"Nah." the person said, getting off of Robin, but still holding the blade to his throat.
"You mean you're not going to tell…wait, oh, you meant Nah." Robin sighed. "What do you mean Lucina?"
The figure gasped as she walked out into the moonlight.
"How?" she asked.
"Simple. I know that blade very well. Chrom used it all the time and before my skills were up to par he would always throw a finishing blow at my neck." Robin explained. "Had you used any regular blade you would've fooled me. Now would you mind telling me what this is about?"
"Return Nah to us at once."
"Come again? What does this have to do with Nah?"
"You took her from us. From the future children. You weren't even supposed to know us. Now you have a future child that belongs to a future child." she ranted. "Do you know what will happen to the timelines? You could've created another universe for all we know. Nothing good is going to come out of this."
"You done?"
"Excuse me?"
"I asked if you're done."
"Robin, you're not listening to what I'm saying."
"And just what are you saying?" a voice came from behind Lucina.
Lucina whipped around to see Nah standing there in a pale blue night gown.
"Umm…Hi Nah. What are you doing out so late?"
"I should be asking you the same thing. Also why do you have your sword at Robin's neck?"
"L-listen Nah, I can explain." Lucina stuttered, withdrawing her sword.
"Well?" Nah raised her eyebrow. "You gonna start?"
"H-he took you away from us."
Nah sighed and shook her head. "I know what you're saying. I heard everything from before."
"What?"
"It was past the time that Robin usually returns from taking walks and I got worried, so I left the room and found this." Nah explained. "Look, Lucina. I know that we weren't supposed to be involved with the shepherds as not to tamper with the timelines, but you of all people should know that that wasn't going to work, especially since you were the first to join them. I'm not giving up on Robin. I love him and I don't regret anything."
Nah walked over to Robin, checking his neck where Falchion had left a small cut. Robin told her not to worry about it so much, but Nah's natural instinct caused her to fuss over the tiny injury. Lucina sighed as she watched the two.
"I guess I can't change your mind. Very well then." Lucina said, turning to leave. "Sorry to have troubled you."
Robin and Nah stood there as they watched Lucina walk back into the castle. They both sighed and decided to retire to their room for the night. They knew the risks with having a relationship especially with the timelines but they didn't mind it at all. They had each other and nothing was going to take them apart.
You thought that the council would attack didn't you? :P Just kidding. Hopefully I surprised a few of you people. Anyways I'm so sorry that I haven't updated. Finals in college are crazy for me. I honestly shouldn't be uploading at this hour since I have 3 finals tomorrow, but I'm the HunterInTheNight and I always upload at like 1 or 2 in the morning. I will try and get the chapters to my other stories uploaded. I end my finals on Thursday so I can start writing more after then. Thank you to those who have stuck around and for those who support my stories. It's something that's made me extremely happy and has gotten me through a lot in this first semester of college. So I thank you sincerely.
