Why did I do this to myself! ;_; I wasn't gonna write this week because of my final project for school! But all joking aside, I just couldn't help writing this so I did. I hope you guys enjoy your thanksgiving if you celebrate it and if you don't I hope you have a good day tomorrow anyway. I hope you Enjoy the chapter.

Tournament of the King Part 2: What We Are

Naga and her guest where sitting across from one another discussing a few important matters and over all catching up with each other. During their little exchange the orange haired women couldn't help but notice the state her friend was in. She could tell that although she listened and spoke to her, that she wasn't all there, as if she was just going through the motions of everything around her. It was a sight that she was not used to seeing coming from the queen of the divine dragons and one that made her say what she did next.

"You know it saddens me to see you in such a state Naga, you were nowhere near this broken up when Tiki's father passed during your war with the Earth Dragon's all those Millennia ago and yet the fell dragon's vessel has you in such a state? It makes me wonder what he could have possibly did to have you pinning so"

That comment caught Naga's attention, as she huffed and pouted at her Friends words.

"You know that when it came to Tiki's father that our marriage was required of me, the divine dragons wanted me to bear a child so that if I was to lose my life in some unforeseen occurrence that there would be someone ready to take my place. And although I can't say his death didn't affect me, the feeling of lose I felt for him was that of someone I knew but not of deep affection and true love"

Naga placed a hand over her chest.

"Besides Robin was the first that I willingly gave my heart to, our time was so short; cut shorter still because of Grima's soul that was a part of him, but that time was some of the most precious I spent in my entire life. I would have hoped my friendwould have been able to understand that much at least" that last statement had a bit of a rougher tone in it

"I'm afraid I don't, I've never been in love myself though if this is what it brings I may never want to" The orange haired women said not trying to hide the smile on her face from seeing her friend get flustered.

Naga turn her head away from her friend, then a smile began to tug at her lips.

"So the boy is doing well, that is good to hear"

"You know, you could always look for yourself and see how he fares" The orange haired women tells her.

"You know I can't; I can't bear to see his face; to see the tome he carries that's all that's left of my Robin" Naga stated letting her sadness show on her face once more.

The room grew silent after that; Naga was once again peering out into the world that she was helping to rebuild, a world Robin sacrificed himself for so that the people still living in it could have their future back.

"Always putting others before himself and not thinking about how that will affect the people around him, my love was such a fool" The topic of Robin had brought her to tears; she didn't even realize the floodgates had broken until her tears had hit the hand she rested her chin on "So what does that make me I wonder?"

The orange haired women watched as her friend began to cry, presumably for her other half, as she stared out into space. She wanted to help, she really did, but this concept was a little beyond her. She cared for the people she watch over as well, yes that was true, and long ago when they began to fight she tried with all of her might to make them see reason; but in the end her 'help' ended up doing more harm than good and she lost herself in the process. She understood what it meant to care and love for those she watched over as a parent would do a child, but not as to love another the same way her friend had, and so she decided to let her get what she needed out. This continued for some time and then the two began to hear noises coming from elsewhere in the temple. The noises began to draw closer and closer until two figures came into the room they were in, one with a little more enthusiasm then the other.

"Mother I'm back!" A young green hair child shouted as she came bounding in, she ran to her mother and gave her a hug.

Naga put one arm around her daughter and used her other to stroke her hair "Welcome home dear, how was your trip with your sister?"

"It was so much fun! Sis was showing me how to use my powers more, then we went flying and visited some villages, and I got to play tag with some of the kids, it was great" she said bursting with energy.

Tiki took a few more steps into the room "I'm sorry mother, I tried to keep her from rushing in as she did, but she got ahead of me"

"Ah Tiki, it's nice to see you once more" they orange haired women stated as she turn to great the manakete.

Tiki's eyes widened as she saw the guest her mother currently had in the room with her, she swiftly recomposed herself and greeted the women, and then she turned her attention back to her sister "Morgan"

She turned her head "yes?"

"It would seem we have interrupted something important, come, you can talk to mother later"

"O-okay" Morgan said letting go of her mother and walking back over to her sister. Tiki gave one last nod to the two women in the room, then she took Morgan to different portion of the temple.

"So that's the child you had. Is she going to be alright? Sharing divine and fell blood?"

Naga turned back to her friend "She will have much to discover about herself in the future, but she should be fine"

"I see" the women's face grew serious "then I think it's about time we talk about what I truly came here for"

"And what would that be?" Naga questioned.

"It's about the Robin of the other timeline. He had that outburst a couple of years back, but since then he has been tame…well until recently that is"

"You don't mean to say?"

"I do. His blood is now awakening and since that is the case he will need it sooner rather than later"

Naga nodded in understanding, then she raised her hand slightly and gathered power into her palm, after a short while the power faded and what was left was a white tear shaped stone roughly the same size as her own hand.

"I trust you will get this to him then?" Naga asked.

The orange haired women grabbed the stone and took a look at it "Are you sure this will work? He may have divine dragon blood in his veins, but his body is not that of a divine dragon"

"It won't, that is put one half of what is needed for him; the other half will be given to him by a mutual acquaintance of ours"

"I see, that's if he wakes up from his somber under the earth though" she said as she opened a portal and prepared to depart.

She turned back to Naga.

"I guess I should get going then, I told those two long ago I wouldn't always be there to help them, but I still need to watch over them at least"

"Thanks again for all of your help and…." A sincere smile grew on Naga's face "I didn't say it last time, but welcome back Ashunera"

The goddess smiled back to her "Thank you" she said as she proceeded to go through her portal, then she paused and turn her neck slightly back in Naga's direction "His soul still lives you know"

Naga gasped out "what?"

"Maybe that will get a certain someone to stop mobbing around and actual take a look at the world she hopes to save" and with that the goddess walked through the portal and left Naga to think about the knowledge she gave.

Naga placed a hand to her chest once more "It can't be can it? Do you still live...Robin?"

Regna Ferox-main timeline

Robin stared in shock as he looked at the man in front of him. G, who Robin could normally only ever see in his mind was looking down at him from over the bed. He looked exactly as he normally did whenever Robin saw him. He had his same white hair and red eyes; and he still wore the black and purple robes with gold trim, just as Robin's mother did, however something was off. Unlike the many times Robin had seen him in his mind before, G had a strange blue glow around him and seemed to be slightly transparent. He was also giving off an immense amount of magic power? Or was it just pure energy? Robin didn't know what it could be but it was dense whatever it was and it felt as if it was suffocating him as it bathed over his body. His blood continued to boil as he felt the power wash over him and seep inside, then his dark room seemed to brighten up slightly. He took a look out the window and saw the sun had not yet peeked its head out and yet his vision became so clear in the darkness. As Robin tried to comprehend what was going on G began to speak.

'It would seem I've been gone for some time, have you been well in my absence?'

"G what's going on? Why can I see you outside my head right now?"

'Because my soul has grown stronger now, no, it would be better to say that it has recovered from the damage that was done to it somewhat'

"What are you talking about?"

'First I need you to answer me, has there been anything strange going on with you since my slumber?'

"The way I see the memory fragments now…it's different, as if I'm living them rather than watching them; however it's only happened a few times since you disappeared"

'No physical changes?' he questioned.

Robin looked through his room, no fire lit in the fireplace, no candle still burning, and no sun light shining through his window and yet he could see clearly.

"My eyes…I can see as clear as day in this dark room. G what have you done? You remember something don't you? What is going on with me?" Robin breathes started to get shallower as the over whelming power suffocated him, continuing to make its way inside as his body felt as if it were ablaze.

'First calm down. Take deep breathes, the power your feeling is your own and right now your letting it consume you'

Robin did as he said, he calmed his body down as best he could and started to breath slowly; as he did he felt the heat start to subside and the suffocating feeling go away.

After Robin felt some sense of normalcy return to his body he turned back to G.

"Explain what's happening to me" Robin demanded.

'Take a look at your right hand, specifically your brand'

Robin complied and raised his right hand, the brand looked much the same; the same six eyes staring back at him and the same blue hue it glowed. But then he took another look at the color and noticed something off, mix in with its normal blue was a hint of green.

"It's changing color?"

'No the green hue you see is mixing in'

"I don't get it" Robin said looking confused

'It's a sign of your awakening'

"Awakening? And what am I waking up exactly?"

G closed eyes and took a breath thinking very carefully about how he was going to explain this.

'Robin, do you know what Grima is? What it truly is?'

"How does this answer my question?" he asked a bit annoyed

'Humor me'

Robin sighed "A dragon of immense power, capable of destroying whole armies at once, wishes to wipe all life from this world and can be brought back through his vessels if they share a strong enough blood tie with him like me and Linnet"

'Yes that is all true, but haven't you ever questioned where Grima came from? Better yet what kind of dragon Grima is'

Robin shook his head no, he never considered what Grima was, he just knew that Grima would bring ruin if he was revived. That Linnet or himself would become an architect of destruction if Grima took their bodies.

'You asked me what I remember and so I'll tell you. I Remember Grima, what he truly is and how he came into this world; and why I am here now, or I at least remember part of it' a sad look came to his face at that last part.

Robin Nodded for him to continue.

'You see most people Believe that Grima first appeared a thousand years ago during the time of the first exalt, but that's not true at all. Grima's story starts before that; and it didn't start in Ylisse, it started in Valm back when it was still known as Valentia'

"In Valm?" Robin was surprised by this news.

'Long ago in Valentia there was a dark alchemist named Forneus who had two goals he wanted to achieve, one was to bring back the dead to use them as soldiers and two was to create the prefect being. He ended up achieving both his goals, his undead soldier came in the form of what you now call the risen and as for the prefect being that was-'

"Grima…" Robin said piecing it together.

'Yes, you see he created Grima using two very important ingredients, first he collected divine dragon blood, or I should say it was provided to him for his experiments before he was named "the Demon Alchemist". Next he mixed the blood with the corpse of and earth dragon and then to bind everything together he infused it with dark energy'

"So Grima is just some madman's creation?" Robin asked

'Yes, but simply being created into this world was not enough to sustain what Forneus created. It lacked thought, emotion, and refused to move. To fix this problem Forneus mixed his own blood with the creature; and that's when it started, when Grima took Forneus' body for his own, for that was the day a blood pact had been made; A blood pact that corrupted an already unstable being that was never meant to exist in this world'

"So me and my sister are going through this because some man long ago decided he wanted to play god?" he asked frustration pouring from his words.

'As you noticed before your brand glows blue, which is a sign of your untainted divine dragon blood flowing throw your veins. As for the green that is now making its presence known, that would be your earth dragon side'

"And what of my sister? Her brand has a purple hue to it, what about her?"

'A sign of corrupted fell blood, meaning that she still has ties to Grima's soul'

"And me?" Robin asked still trying to wrap is mind around all of this "what does this mean for me? How come I'm different?"

'Because I severed your ties to the fell dragon long ago'

"When you first appeared…"

'I had no memory at the time, I still don't remember everything, but Robin If I said I was you; A different you from a different timeline in which Grima claimed me, what would you think?'

"If you had told me this 2 weeks ago, I would have said you've lost your wits, but now after Nephenee and maybe even Lilina, I don't know what to think" Robin thought for a moment "but wait if Grima claimed you, wouldn't that mean-?"

'That I was once Grima? Yes it does, But I somehow destroyed Grima's soul along with my physical body and gave all of the fell dragon's power to you through the tome you now carry'

"So that power I was feeling earlier?"

'Like I said, it is your own. Of course when it was first given to you, your body was too weak to contain it; however, even without my memories, my subconscious managed to seal your power away. If it didn't one of two things would have happened, either you would have died then and there or you would have degenerated and destroyed all of Valm'

"Degenerated? But that's something that happens to dragons that don't put their power into dragon stones"

'After everything I just told you Robin do you really believe your still human? I'm sorry, but that was a price I paid staking your life. I gave you this power so that you could stop a great threat to come and your humanity was forfeited because of it'

Robin let his head sink, his bangs covered his eyes as he heard his words.

"And here I thought, I'd only ever stop being human if the Grimeal ever caught me" Robin looked back up at him rage starting to form inside him "So what is it? What's so important that my humanity had to be taken away to deter it?"

'That I do not remember' G said in a slightly sadder tone.

"BULLSHIT!" Robin went to grab G by his shirt but found that his hand passed through him "your sitting here telling me that you gave away my humanity and that you can't even remember why you did it!"

Silence filled the room.

"So what do you remember huh? You claimed that what I saw in my dream was fate, what was that supposed to mean? Why did Emmeryn willingly jump to her death? Why was she even in Plegia? You know that much at least don't you!?"

'I know not why or how it comes to that, but I do know this' he paused for a moment a blank look formed on his face as he told Robin the truth 'In the end she always dies, I've seen it countless time now'

"So you're telling me I fail? I fail to keep her safe? That I fail to keep her alive?" Robin just let his face sag, his mind wouldn't let him stay angry anymore. "Just like with them"

Robin got up from off the bed and slipped on his shirt, pants, boots and cloak; he then made his way to the door and started to walk out.

"I need to clear my mind, please just…just leave me some time for my own thoughts"

G understood and left Robin to stew over what he was told.

As Robin walked through the halls of Arena Ferox he saw a few early risers preparing for their day, In fact he could have sworn he saw both Frederick and Stahl going in different directions as he was walked on; Frederick likely wanting to get a head start on his training and Stahl more than likely trying to be the first in line in the mess hall. He continued walking until he found himself outside, he tilted his head upward and stared at the dark morning sky as if it had the answers.

"It's clear, I guess this change to my eyes is permanent" he thought as his eyes quickly adjusted to the lack of light outside.

"Getting some fresh air?" came a voice coming from behind the young tactician.

As he turned around Robin saw Chrom approaching him, the young prince stopped right next to him and looked up to the sky as well.

"Just gathering my thoughts" Robin replied

"Somethings weighing on you huh? I guess that makes the both of us. Let me guess…" Chrom put his hand up to his chin in mock thought "Your mind is currently flooded with thoughts of that swordswomen who won the bracket yesterday right?"

"HUH!?" Robin turned to him in shock "where in Naga's name did you get that idea from!? Better yet how in hell did you even come to the conclusion that I fancy her to begin with!?"

Chrom laughed at his reaction and then slapped him on the shoulder "haha besides the fact that we could literally see swooning over her from the stands, Flavia told us of your crush after the days fighting had ended" he answered with a very snarky grin.

"I was not swooning!" he sighed and put a hand to his forehead "and of course Flavia would say something"

Robin then calmed himself down and put on a small smile, Chrom's little jab managed to lighten his mood a bit.

"I actually have other matters on my mind at the moment" Robin told him.

"Anything you willing to talk about? If it's something that's bothering you, you can always bend my ear" he said giving Robin a reassuring smile.

Robin took it into consideration, he might not have wanted to talk about what G had told him about, but maybe telling someone else about what he's gone through over the past few years would be okay; then he thought better of it and decided that, that might not be the best idea.

"There's no way I can burden you with my troubles" Robin sullenly said.

"Nonsense, after all I'm burdening you and Linnet with my own by having you join me and helping with our issues with Plegia"

Chrom's expression grew slightly darker.

"Or I should say, I'm burdening you two with a problem passed on to us by our father" Chrom said with clear distain in his voice.

"Your father attacked Plegia to wipe out the Grimeal, right?" Robin questioned "The tales of the conflict were spread even to Valm, though we only ever heard so much since a body of water separated us from what was going on"

Chrom sighed "My father was obsessed with getting rid of the cult, he let his obsession blind him to the point where he never could separate the innocent lives he took from the ones he wished to claim. He did it all because he believe that our blood gave him the right to choose who lives and who dies and because of his arrogance me and my sisters had to suffer the aftermath when he pasted"

Chrom clutched his fist and there was rage clear to see on his face. At this Robin but a hand on his shoulder.

"That must have been tough" he said

"It was, but we always had each other to share strength from to pull us through" Chrom turned to Robin "Something I believe you and your sister share as well"

Robin smiled at that and then he let it fade from his face.

"Your father's goals were twisted if you ask me" Robin said.

"I don't blame you for saying that" Chrom nodded.

"However there was one thing I can agree with him on"

"Huh?" Chrom questioned not expecting that to come out of his mouth next "and what would that be?"

A dark expression grew on his face "The Grimeal is pure evil, they take what the claim is theirs and destroy anything that gets in their way"

"Robin…" Chrom said in a small voice, he had never seen the greenette look like this.

Robin sighed "You see we were attacked by the Grimeal before, believe it or not their influence spreads far and wide; way farther then just Plegia. We lost a lot when they attacked, many people that were like family to us, and in the end we could do nothing to stop it"

"…" Chrom didn't know what to say.

"You may have noticed, but me and Linnet can be a bit standoffish at times when we want to be. That's mainly because after that happened we left our home to go and find anything we could on the cult and strike back at them and because of that we've only really had each other for the last few years" Robin thought back on what he said "Well we might have had Virion and a couple of others that we consider friends in Valm too, but for the most part it's been just us"

"Well I hope you don't feel that way now, know that so long as your with us that the Shepherds will be at your side"

Robin smiled "I believe you, not only because I wish to follow you as my leader, but also because over the past week and a half we've known each other, as short as that time should seem, you've become a good friend"

Chrom smiled back at him "As have you, one that I am happy to have made"

"You also have gotten my sister to smile more, which she rarely used to do when it was just us, so that's a plus" Then it was Robin's turn to tease him "Although most of the time her joy is greatly associated with your pain after a sparring session"

Chrom winced "Don't remind me, she healed me up yesterday, but my body still remembers the hits she inflicted"

Robin laughed "Just be glad she hasn't gotten to the point where she throws figs at you, I dread it anytime she puts her hand in the pocket she carries them" a chill ran down his spine just thinking about it.

"Hahaha that sounds like quite the ordeal, but it can't be that bad?" Chrom questioned.

Robin gave him a face he recognized, for it was the face he often wore after training with her.

"Is it worse then sparring with her?"

"Far worse"

At that a chill ran down Chrom's spine just imaging it. For a moment the two just stood there with Grim looks on their faces at knowing how terrifying Linnet could be, then they grabbed each other's shoulders and began to burst out into laughter. After they calmed down they both looked up and saw the sun had rose into the sky.

"Guess we've been talking here for a while now huh?" Robin asked.

"It looks like" Chrom answered.

"Then I should get going, I have another set of matches to watch today"

"It must be hard being a 'king'" Chrom joked.

"Very funny, But no. I'm finding I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would"

"Well that's good to hear, hmmm?" Chrom took a closer look at Robin.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Interesting" he took a closer look to make sure his eyes weren't playing ticks on him "Robin this might be a stupid question, but your pupils? Have they always been slitted like that?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Have your eyes always been like that of a reptile"

"What!?" Robin pulled out his tome and summoned a mirror from it.

"You carry a mirror in your tome?" Chrom questioned raising an eye brow.

"It's for when we're on the road and not now Chrom I'm checking something"

Robin took a look in the mirror and saw that Chrom was right, his pupils had indeed become cat/snake like in nature.

"Just like his" Robin said as his expression soured.

"Like who?" Chrom asked with concern.

Robin put the Mirror away "No one" he turned from him "anyway I must get going, I'll see you around"

"Yeah see you" Chrom told him in return

As Robin walked away he said one last thing "And thanks for the talk, my head feels lighter now"

He smiled once again "Anytime" he said more to himself as he watch his tactician leave.

…

Olivia nervously stood in the center of the arena preparing to speak to the people present today.

"H-hello…everyone a-and welcome to the s-second day of the tournament of the king" she got out as best she could.

"W-would the f-first challengers p-please make their way to the fighting z-zone"

"Another day of fights in Arena Ferox" Flavia said with a smile "I kinda wish I could join in on the fun as well, don't you too Robin?"

"Huh? Oh…yeah right" Robin managed to get out.

"Something bothering you?"

"Nothing, just thinking" Robin then turned his attention back to the arena.

The first two fighters for the day made their way into the arena. The first was a mercenary named Vergo, he was a man in his early 30s that Robin had fought a few times while he stayed in Ferox. He is larger man who relies on his size and strength to overwhelm his opponent and he had a decent record in the arena. The second combatant was shrouded under a cloak that cover their head and most of their upper body. From what Robin could tell from looking at this person's frame, he assumed that it was a young girl; she was short and if he had to guess couldn't be any older then 15, in her hand she carried a short ax and under her cloak along her lower back was a short sword. The two stopped and faced each other in the middle of the arena.

"Great my first match of the day and I'm fighting a kid" Vergo said more to himself then to his opponent.

The girl put out her hand "Let's have a good match okay"

Vergo smiled at the gesture and received her hand in his own and shook it "Yeah let's, just know that I won't hold back on you"

Robin looked at the aura around the cloaked girl.

"Interesting, it's very bubbly. Energetic." He thought

"If the combatants are ready then the fight may begin" Robin said signal the two to start.

With that the two fighters put some distance between their selves and took their stances. Vergo held his silver sword forward, while the cloaked girl did the same with her ax. Vergo was the first to make a move; while charging in he came at the girl with a horizontal swing to her right side, to counter this the girl put her ax in a block position.

*Clang*

The girl then tilted her ax slightly downward, allowing Vergo's sword to glide down her ax's blade, then she took a swing of her own to his left. Vergo put up his left arm and let his steal arm guard take the hit as he brought his blade back up to strike at her again, her reply was to swiftly bring her ax back then hook his sword under the head of her ax and divert the strike to the side of her body.

"Looks like you're better than I gave you credit for, you might prove to be a challenge" Vergo said to her.

"Don't be too shocked when you lose" she said back.

"The young lass is pretty good, she's holding her own even with a weapons' disadvantage" Basilio said as he watched the two.

Robin watched the two fight closely, the girl was doing well, she parried or dodged with ease and struck when her opponent when an opening was presented. But something about the way she fought was off. Then it dawned on him.

"She's holding back" Robin said.

"So you noticed it too?" Flavia said.

"The young lass has been reading Vergo's moves the whole time. The way she's fighting, she studying him" Basilio added.

Vergo went after the girl with a powerful overhead slash.

*THOOFFF!* his sword kicked up dirt as it slammed into the ground missing its target.

"That's not good, mister" the girl rushed in quickly before Vergo could move and held his arm in place with frightening strength.

"Hey let go" he said.

"First of all you're relying too much on brute force, you're swinging your sword without taking into account balancing yourself out" she kicked him in the back of the one of his knees forcing him to widen his stance "that strike would have been more effective had you lowered your stance and focused on your center of gravity so that after this attack was over you could have come at me with a follow up quicker. Also with how tall you are, lowering your stance is smart in general since you're likely to get knocked to the ground if you don't"

She then knocks him on his back to prove her point.

"You going to call the match?" Basilio asked.

Robin smiled "No I think she's teaching him something"

Vergo stood up and readied himself again, although he was frustrated he couldn't help but smile at the audacity of someone younger then him teaching him something. He gave another attempt at attacking the cloaked girl, but right when his sword was about to make contact she vanished.

"Where'd she?"

"Another thing. You also should always look out for is what your opponent might be able to do. Since your larger then me I know I stand no chance in a head to head fight, but since I'm smaller I have more mobility and can move much faster than you"

Vergo turned around to see the girl stand right behind him, then he looked down and saw that he had been cut across his chest and could feel a gash along his back as well.

He couldn't help but laugh as he dropped his weapon to the ground.

"It looks like I'm outed classed" he said "oi king, you can go ahead and call the match"

And with that Robin called the match over.

"You're really good, I'm impressed" Vergo said to her.

"Thank you, you weren't so bad yourself" she replied.

"I thought so too, now I'm not so sure" he pick up his sword and sheathed it "so does the one who bested me have a name?"

"Sorry, I kind of have an important mission right now and I can't exactly blow my cover"

"And so you thought the smartest thing for you to do was to be a part of a tournament for everyone to see?" Vergo asked with a raising his eye brow.

She put a hand to the back of her head and rubbed it "I thought it would be fun"

Vergo laughed at that. Then he put out his hand once more.

"The names Vergo, it's a pleasure to meet you and next to we meet I pray that it be as a allies"

She shook his hand "likewise"

Then they both went their separate ways back into the colosseum. As the cloaked girl walked the halls of the arena a masked person stood leaning against one of them waiting.

"Luc- I mean Marth, what are you doing here?" she asked.

"Meet with me after this bracket is over, we need to talk" Marth told her.

"R-right, okay I'll see you" she answer back, then continued on her way back to the waiting area until her next match was called.

…

Just like the day before, the Tournament was long, but enjoyable to watch. In the end the cloaked girl beat out the entire bracket, 'teaching' people as she did, which Robin found funny and helped to take his mind of what he heard earlier that morning. After everything was over Robin decided to change his clothes like he did last time and head back to the arena to do his training routine. This time he was by himself as he swung the steel sword he got off the weapons' rack around.

He had already done his Practice swings and was now cutting at some wooden dummies, when he heard someone approaching from behind him and he went on his guard turning around.

"Careful there, I just came to get some late night training done" Ayra said as she put her arms up in mock surrender.

Robin lowered his sword and smiled at the Ravened haired women.

"When I first saw you, I never imaged you be the type to crack jokes" Robin said.

"I could say the say for you, I didn't think you could have such an expression on your face when I saw you yesterday" she told him, which made him wonder what exactly it was he looked like "Something on your mind Reflet?"

He sighed "It's just been a long day"

He told her as he brought his attention back to his training dummies.

"I see" Ayra then went over to the weapons rack and grabbed a practice sword.

"Reflet" she called out to him.

"Hmm?" Robin turned back to where she was and saw the tip of a practice sword being thrusted at his head. On reflex he tilted his head out of the way and…

*SLICE*

*SLICE*

*SLICE*

Cut the practice sword apart in three quick swings of his silver sword. The three pieces that it was cut into making a 'thud' sound as they hit the ground leaving only the handle of it in Ayra's hand.

"Hey what was that for?" Robin questioned.

"I knew it. I knew when I saw you that you were skilled"

She said as she drew the sword that was attached to her belt and pointed it at Robin.

"Reflet, I can see now that you are a worthy opponent, I challenge you to a dual"

All Robin could get out was "Huh!?"

Elsewhere…

Grima and the man in purple robes continue on their journey to recruit the key members of their forces.

"Are we close Grima?"

Grima had a displeased look on his face as he thought to himself.

This only served to anger the robed man.

"Answer me, you worm" he demanded.

"Silence you're yourself, your annoying voice only serves to disturb my concentration" Grima spoke

"What was that?" he brought his large hand to Grima's neck once more digging his large pointy black nails in as he did.

Grima didn't even pay him any mind as he began to chant some strange spell.

"Come to me and serve me once more" Grima said as a large dark magic circle appeared on the ground and a women in armor was summoned forth.

The man in purple robes narrowed his eyes at this "A deadlord? Just like Loptry used to summon" he said

"How may I be of service master" she said.

"I sense that something is off, I can no longer connect to my main vessel. I want you to journey back to Plegia and join that fool Validar when he attempts to assassinate the one who carries Naga's blood in a few weeks' time" He grew a dark smile on his face "and don't be afraid to bring me back his head if his news is less then satisfying"

"I understand master, I Simia will see to it that this task is done" and with that she left making her way back to Plegia on her master's orders.

Grima turn to his 'companion' "as for your question we're already here"

Grima pointed in the distance where a figure sitting on a rock could be seen staring out into the distance. The robed man Dropped Grima from his grip and they both approached this person. As they got closer they saw it was women with long white hair and short pointed ears, she heard the two come closer to her and turned her head to reveal her heterochromic eyes, one red and one green.

"So we final meet demon dragon" Grima spoke "You'll be coming with us, your power will be a great asset to our cause"

I'll see you guys next time and again enjoy your holiday ;)