Ayyyyyyyy. I'm back to release another chapter of this horrible thing I call art, and yeah, I'm a bit late this time, but I have an excuse! This may be the longest chapter at this point, so it's fine, right? It's probably not, but I don't care! I got to keep her going. So without further ado, I present the recruitment of the Black Dragon Queen of Nohr.

Ch. 16 Camilla:

"This is the port, dear brother." Takumi sarcastically motioned at the port grounds.

Corrin basked in the delightful scent of the sea. "By the Gods, it's beautiful!"

"Yeah… almost too beautiful. *Fishy* in fact." Jojo punned.

They ignored him.

"B-big Brother?"

"Hm? What is it Sakura?"

"Do you really think we'll get to Ryoma soon enough?"

Jojo popped out of nowhere. "Of course, if we didn't, it'll be all Corrin's fault."

"Hey, why me?"

"You're the one who decided to take a rest day."

Corrin glared at Jojo's toothy grin. 'You're the one who nearly killed me!'

"Come on, Coro-Coro, we should get a move on."

"W-wait!"

"The captain says we might reach port tomorrow, C-Corrin." Sakura reported.

"I see…"

Ah, the sea… Such tranquility lies in the mass waves of gray. Such wonder to be found and lost at the hands of water's body.

"Take a quick break, Corrin." Jojo recommended. "We marched far to get here."

"Y-yes, I'll make sure everyone takes a break soon as well." Corrin looked at the waves crashing against the boat. He quietly asked. "Any reason we didn't train hard today?"

Jojo raised an eyebrow. "You kinda deserved a break. No other reason than that." Jojo whispered back.

"Any reason you two are whispering?" Azura asked.

"O-oh! Hey, Azura! Well, I gotta go to the restroom, I'll be back! Corrin, you deal with it, Commander." And Jojo bolted to the bathroom.

"Hey! Justin, don't leave me here alone!" Corrin reached out for the boy… but he was too late.

Azura laughed. "What are you two plotting?"

"N-nothing!" Corrin quickly remembered the first rule of Jojo's training. "Were just waiting out here for the birds to show up, that's all!"

"You're acting strange, Corrin, and that's usually our tactician's job!" Azura looked out at the deep blue. "I won't pry then, it must be something simple. Justin probably told you to exaggerate it anyway. He's such a jokester."

"Yeah, you're right. We were talking about our lives. That's all. Nothing more, nothing less." Corrin lied.

Azura smiled at Corrin. "I see, how interesting." Her eyes were locking into Corrin's and saw those red eyes that stared back. Unfortunately, the ship had… well…

A large iceberg hit the ship's hull.

"Wh-wha?" Corrin lurched back and forth.

"Corrin, are you alright?"

"I'm fine Azura, but what was that?" Corrin looked around. "Felicia, how is everyone else?"

"We're fine, but what was that?! The boat just lurched to a halt!"

"Did we run into something?" Corrin pondered about this. "We better take a look…" Corrin grew worried. Where could Jojo be at a time like this?

Then things grew from bad to worse.

"What is going on?!" Corrin was shocked from the scene changing in front of him. "How? How could the sea be frozen solid in mere seconds?!" Corrin peered out as the ice was fogging and clouding his vision.

"It's hard to see." Felicia remarked. "Where's Justin when you need him?" She scouted out the area. "Lord Corrin, Look!" Felicia pointed out towards the frozen tundra. "Someone's coming this way! Is that? Wait-Lady Camilla!?"

Out of the fog appear the sultry princess. She dismounted her dragon with a blue haired maid. "My dearest Corrin, I'm glad to see you aren't harmed~." The princess cooed with a smile. "I see that you still as cute as ever!" She held the dragon's head. "Oh, I've been soooo worried! Ever since that dreadful confrontation with Xander, I've wanted to see you."

"Camilla…" Corrin realized what was happening. Where was Jojo?

"But alas, I finally see you again! What joy!" Camilla quickly ran to hugged her brother's head. She quickly let go of Corrin. "But… But you have to stop thinking of me as your sister. It will be easier to fight without clinging to each other sentimentally."

Sh*...

"Sister… can't you see the good I'm trying to do our kingdoms?" Corrin put his hand on the hilt of his sword. Where was the tactician when you need him? He'll stall as much as he can, but... "Please, just listen to me."

"I hear your words already…" Camilla looked away from her sibling. "But Father has demanded that you be put to death."

"Camilla…"

"Corrin, I love you so much, from the very bottom of my heart, but I can't just disobey Father. It's a tragic end of things, but since you betrayed Nohr… I'm sorry. I have no other choice."

Suddenly, the door to the lower part of the boat was opened loudly. "I'M HERE, I'M HERE! WHAT HAPPENED?!" Jojo burst out with a trail of toilet paper stuck to his boot. "All of a sudden, the boat stopped, it got freakin' cold, and the bathroom, well… you don't wanna know… Oh, what's going on here?" Jojo looked around, the gazes of disgust and other array of emotions. Jojo opened his mouth and made an 'Oh…' face. " Is this a bad time?"

Corrin looked at Jojo. "Oh no, we're having a civil- OF COURSE THIS IS A BAD TIME!"

Jojo had a blank face. "Ah." Jojo opened the door and walked in it. He came out a few seconds later. "Never fear, Jojo is here." Jojo put out his hand in front of the princess and shook her hand. "Good evening, madam. I'm Justin Pendragon." He shook her hand violently. "Oh, whoops! I forgot, I didn't wash my hands." Camilla jerked her hand away, while Jojo laughed. "I'm kidding, of course." He looked at the women and said. "You must be the crazy one, eh? Oh, I heard all sorts of things about you!" He looked at Flora. "Oh… you must be her sister…" that emphasis on 'her' made it clear who he was talking about, as Jojo said it as bluntly and monotonous as possible.

"E-excuse me?!" Flora said.

"You are excused, my dear maid, but first I must ask: What in the frick is going here?"

Flora explain the situation.

"Ah. It's a siege for Corrin's head. That makes sense." He looked at the ocean. "But why would the freezing water have any effect on that."

"Well, that's-"

"I mean it's so inconvenient, like the writer wanted more water levels in the plot."

"That's becaus-"

"Not to mention the horrid, absolute, horrid strategy for the opposing enemy."

"Huh!?"

"Well, both parties are stuck, so… Yeah, it's kinda obvious…"

Camilla looked at the opportunity given to her. 'I'm sorry, Corrin dearest, but it must be done…' she thought. She had to have him, she MUST have him. He must fall be her hands and her axe, as she's the one who loves him more than anything in the world. 'What a pathetic tactician, leaving the one I desire unattended.' She watched as Jojo kept arguing with Flora.

"Look, even now, you froze the ocean, right? So Felicia can do that too, by the transitive property."

"She's not as focused as me!" Argues Flora. "She's incompetent!"

"That may be true, yet she has other good qualities. She might be, as you say, incompetent, but that's fine with me."

Camilla crept and crept closer to Corrin. 'Your death will be quick and painless, my sweet. Hopefully, I fall with you too…'

"And look," Jojo said. "Since both parties are stuck." Jojo looked at Camilla. "And excellent counter can occur due to a smarter opponent!"

"Die, Corrin!" Camilla lunged at her beloved sibling.

"Taco Meat, now!"

On command, Takumi tried to shoot Camilla, but missed. "Gah! Damn it, Justin."

"Damn... " Camilla fell back. "Hmm… You're interesting, tactician." She called her retainers back. "Let's fall back to the ships!"

"Gah." Jojo looked at the retreating princess.

"We have to get ready, so prepare for battle everyone!" Corrin ordered.

Jojo grabbed Takumi's shoulder. "So why'd did you miss? We worked out that plan when I was below deck and agreed on how we were going to execute it."

"Well, maybe if you stopped calling me something that raises my temper, I would have shot her perfectly."

"First of all, I gave you a nickname. Second of all, that woman could have killed us!" Jojo face palmed. "Your 'temper' could have caused Corrin to die!" Jojo put air quotes around 'temper'.

Wait, you know what? As a writer, I feel like stopping the action chapters and not the filler ones, well, stops the action. To take time to explain emphasis instead of adding it seems like an idiotic thing to do, so now emphasis will have an effect put on it. Whether it's 'quotes' during sarcasm and air quotes, italics and bold for emotions, or just something to add some flare. K? OK! (0u0) YAY!

Anyway, where are we in the story? Oh yeah, serious moments.

Jojo sighed. "Now we gotta fight 'em. How do expect me to solve this now, hm? Do you think I know everything?!"

"That's odd, since it seems like you almost KNEW this was going to happen, Justin." Azura said. "You did have Takumi set up to attack."

"Well, that's stupid." Jojo quickly responded. "Of course I had Takumi prepared, it was just coincidence that that Camilla came. Who wouldn't protect their leader, huh?"

"You're right…" Azura said. "But with what you said about the ice, it seemed like this has happened before."

"Oh that? I was just buying us some time for Takumi to get a good vantage point." Jojo looked at Takumi. "Thanks for that mistake. But anyway, that crazed woman found a hole in the plan and wasn't distracted so that Takumi could have a chance to kill the wyvern." Jojo sighed. "Hey, Corrin, I need some time to plan."

"Of course you do," Corrin barked back. "Because that's what's important right now. It's not like I almost was murdered by my sister, no."

"Ya know, you can be a real pain in the ass when you want to," Jojo said. "Anyways, we should get our formation ready before the plan's ready."

"Alright, I'll call Subaki, Corrin." Azura left.

"I'll plan with Justin then."

"What worries me more is how we're gonna reach the other boats and our units."

Corrin sprung up quickly. "W-wait, I feel something."

"Hmm?"

"Yeah. Yeah!" Corrin focused more. "It's a Dragon Vein."

"The hell's a Dragon Vein doing all the way out here? And in the ocean to boot." Jojo crossed his arms. "Damn Royals, always the special ones."

"Heh, you aren't jealous are you, Justin?"

"Well… no, not really." Jojo smiled. "Every time you transform, it looks like you're in pain, like a dying animal."

"Re-really?"

"Yeah," Jojo pulled out a tome. "It's quite a sight, really." Jojo pulled out a tome. "How do you plan to activate them?"

"Oh, right. They're on, let's see, patches of ice."

"Godamn it, Coro-Coro… We'll work on that." Jojo sighed. He thought what they could. "Anyway, I think I got a solution for our victory. We'll need to get over to where Camilla is and kill them all."

"Wh-what?" Corrin was shooked.

"We're gonna kill them, Corrin." Jojo said seriously. "It's the only way."

"Well… Can we find another way?"

"We'll see, but I need the ideas fast! I'll try, but I won't promise anything."

Takumi spoke. "She's insane. She's completely insane."

"Well, she cares for me… A lot."

"Yeah, well I care about my siblings too, but I'm not insane." Takumi said.

Corrin was genuinely worried. Camilla cared about him, but she did try to kill him. 'What was she going to do if she somehow succeeded?'

"Subaki here, perfect for any task."

"Hey, puns are my thing here, pretty boy. Make another pun and I'll burn your hair off."

"Eep!" The Pegasus Knight moved back.

"I'm kidding, maybe…" The tactician whispered the last part.

"E-excuse me?"

"Nothing, nothing…" Jojo patted Subaki's pegasus. "So, you'll take this baby around and try to get Corrin to those Dragon Vein things. Once that's done, we can try to do Corrin's 'humane' plan."

"Okay, perfect." Subaki said.

"So just take Corrin and Azura to whatever they have to do and come back for me, got it?"

"Merde…" Jojo watched the battles occurring on the other ships. "I can't do anything to help…" Jojo hit the ship's side. "Argh! And I'm the damn tactician!"

He saw the other squadrons giving their all. "I hope they are alright." A slight tug broke Jojo's worrisome thoughts.

"U-uh… J-Justin?"

"What is it?"

"C-can I do anything to help?"

Jojo sighed. "Unfortunately, no, Sakura. Otherwise I would have helped and-" Jojo's eyes shone. "Wait… THAT'S IT!" Jojo hugged Sakura tightly.

"H-H-HUH?!"

"Thank you, Sakura, thank you!" Jojo's eyes grew bright. "Thanks to you, my genius is finally showing! Oh, I could just feel the idea sprouting."

Sakura's face grew hot…

"Come on, follow me!" He took Sakura's hand, completely ignoring what he did. "I think Hinoka's here."

"W-wah!" The blushing girl was dragged along by Jojo's hand.

"So?" Jojo asked.

"...Is that such a good idea?" Azura asked.

"Come on, don't you guys trust me?"

"It's not a matter of trust, it's a matter of Corrin's safety." Azura said. "I'm worried about that."

"Oh really?" Jojo smiled smugly at Azura. "Is there motive for that?"

"W-what are you talking about?"

Jojo shrugged. "Alright," the boy wiggled his right hand, allowing the metal glove to move. "Whatever you say, Azura." He patted the songstress' back. "Now wait for a pegasus and relay the plan to the others." Jojo chuckled. "Try not to think about what Corrin and I do, okay?" Jojo climbed on Subaki's pegasus.

Corrin watched the two's interaction and felt… enraged? "N-no, I'm probably just stressed about this plan."

"Did you say something, Corrin?" asked Hinoka.

"N-no, I'm... just thinking out loud."

"Does it scare you?"

"Huh?"

"Well, you are about to fight your other eldest sister…" Hinoka's voice was held steady. "You must be conflicted about that…"

"..." Corrin went silent. "She's not my blood sister... But yes, I am worried about what will happen." Corrin pondered about this fact. Did she perhaps? No. It wouldn't make sense.

"I don't know what that would feel like." Hinoka added.

"Well, we might be going against Ryoma too. You may have these feelings soon, not that you would want them."

"I know, but I'm ready. You, on the other hand, have to go against your Nohrian siblings and us. It affects you more. I'm prepared for fighting Ryoma, but only because I trust you and care about my siblings, all of them. Besides, you did say you know who the real perpetrator of this war is, and I don't want the war to go on any longer. I hope that your way gives us peace. I want that. I know that Sakura, Takumi, and Ryoma want that too, and I would hope that Nohr wish for that as well." She stationed near the hull of the boat. "I'll wait here for you and Sakura, okay?"

"Right."

Corrin climbed onto the boat. He didn't see Camilla anywhere.

"Hey there~" a hand touched his back.

"Gahh!" Corrin felt a hand muffle his scream and pulled his behind mast.

"Shush!" whispered the voice. "Don't yell! She's right there!" Jojo pointed from out the mast.

"Well," Corrin's face glared at Jojo. "Don't just touch me like that in these type of situations then."

"Alright, it was a jest, get over it."

"U-uh…" Sakura whispered. "Wh-why do you need me here?"

"Just wait wait for my mark, okay?" Jojo patted Corrin's back softly. "You ready?"

"S-sure, but I'm nervous."

"I can see why, but don't worry, I'll get you out of there in a pinch." He petted Sakura's petite head. "Thanks to her, I thought of this plan."

Sakura blushed. "T-thank you!" she whispered.

"Thank me when this is over, Corrin has to go now."

Jojo nudged Corrin forward. "Now go!" Jojo motioned Corrin to go, leaving Jojo and Sakura to watch Corrin face his sister alone.

Corrin gulped and saw that Camilla faced her back towards him. "Well, here goes nothing…" He unsheathed the Yato and held it tightly before yelling, "Camilla!" He pointed Yato at his sister's back. "I just want to talk to you." As he got closer to her, he saw the woman's hair flow in the light zephyr. The purple hue was once caring, but now it symbolizes death.

"My dear Corrin~" she cooed. She was polishing her axe until it shone bright in the daylight next to her wyvern. The creature growled as Corrin drew near. "Tell me something. Why?"

"I'm sorry?" Corrin took a cautious step back.

"Why did you have to betray us?" She petted her wyvern. "Betray me~?"

Corrin stood his ground. He could say nothing to that; it wasn't the plan.

"What's wrong?" The woman pouted. "You have nothing to say to your older sister?" She walked closer to Corrin. "You have left long enough to feel nothing towards me?"

She took one step… "You aren't going to say anything then? Nothing to the one who loves you?" …and then another… "The one who's here for you?" …and another… "Who will listen to you with all of her precious heart that YOU broke? Who loved and cared for you since you were young? Who-"

"Camilla stop." Corrin's voice was stern, his face dark, his hand unwavering. "I don't want to fight, I just want to talk."y

"I don't want to listen." The woman was just barely in front of him. "I gave you all my hospitality, yet you betrayed me for that… that damn tactician!" Camilla was enraged.

"Camilla, listen, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't ev-"

"You treat him like you've known him forever!" Camilla's glare grew more fierce.

"He's my best friend." Corrin said. "I put my trust in him." Corrin eyed Camilla's movements. "I'll say this, I trust Azura and Justin more than you now." That remark caused Camilla's eyes to grow dark. "They actually listen to me, unlike my family members that refused to do a simple request. You all made me choose a difficult choice right after I faced something that scarred me." Camilla said nothing. "I nearly took my life, but he did the one thing I needed: He listened." Camilla mumbled something. "I'm sorry what did you say?" More mumbling… "What was that?"

"SHUT UP!" Camilla yelled loudly, which made Corrin flinch and step back. "I have loved you with everything I could." Camilla readied her axe. "You were supposed to be my sweet little brother. I was supposed to protect you and make you have a happy life, until that day. The day you were taken from ME!" Camilla was livid. "Then HE showed up. That damn tactician!" She held her head. "I'll kill him. I'll kill you and then kill him!" The Wyvern lunged at Corrin.

"Woah!" Corrin sidestepped out of the way, and he just barely dodged.

"I protected you. I wanted you to not end up like me" She swung her axe. "Now that that I think about it, I should kill you here and then myself."

"What are you saying?" Corrin was taken aback. This was too much even for her.

"Father sent me after you, and I'm glad for that. I love you too much to let you go on, so come on, let you big sister hear you final words." She kept swing and Corrin kept dodging. "Though it pains me to do this, letting you live will pain me more in the afterlife…"

Corrin tripped. "Gah!"

"I'm sorry, Corrin." She let a tear fall as she swung for the last time…

"What's wrong" Sakura asked Jojo.

"I don't know, I'm just… uneasy." Jojo peered out from the mast to the situation. "They're just talking, but how she is… I can't say for sure what's happening."

"Is… Is Corrin alright?"

"Yes," Jojo watched every step Camilla took. "For now."

"I'm ready for anything." Sakura put on a brave face, but it was clear that she was scared.

"That's good, so be ready for me."

"R-right!" Sakura had her Rescuetm staff ready.

"Woah, she's yelling now." Jojo mentioned. "Get it ready, they're now fighting."

"Y-yes."

Jojo watched as the woman kept slashing. "Sakura now!"

"A-are you sure?"

"Yes, do it now!"

"W-w-wait, it's not working!"

"Do it now!"

"Gah!"

…But the axe never hit the target. "Wh-what?" Camilla looked around.

No one was there.

"Corrin~?" Camilla cooed. "Where are you~?"

No answer…

"Hiding only slows your death, my dear."

"Listen, I hate to break it to you, but Corrin isn't here anymore." said a voice behind her. "He's safe now, with me." The voice wandered around her. "Be thankful." she heard in her ear. Where was that voice coming from?

"W-who's there." The familiar robes of her enemy emerged from the boat's mast.

"Hello!" The boy waved at the woman.

His face made Camilla twitch.

"Like I said, Corrin's safe and it's thanks to me." the boy repeated. "We tried to negotiate peacefully, but… you kinda… yeah, you know?" Jojo rubbed his neck

She ignored his words and kept looking around. "Would you mind telling me where my darrrling Corrin?" She rolled her Rs for emphasis.

"Wow, you think I would tell you where he is? Hell, you'd probably disregard my words anyway, soooo… No."

Camilla grit her teeth. "Are you making fun of me?"

"Oh no, of course I am." Jojo chuckled. "What, you thought I was gonna be nice to you?"

'That damn child! Oh… I'll have his bloody head!'

The two stared at each other.

"Soooo, are we gonna fight, or negotiate peacefully?"

Camilla drew her axe and laughed. "I can't leave without Corrin."

"Huh, you're not giving up?" Jojo unsheathed EXCaliBurn from his back. "Well then."

Camilla looked at the rusted blade and laughed again. "YOU plan on fighting with THAT?"

"I didn't plan on fighting, but yet here we are." Jojo took his stance and breathed, allowing the Hamon to spread throughout his body. "So I got only one question: Are ya feelin' lucky?"

"Shut up." The princess commanded as she mounted her wyvern.

(Start Heartbreak from Undertale)

That princess was the only thing blocking his path. He had his strategy ready, so he eyed his enemy carefully, especially due to the nature of Camilla. He readied his blade. "My name is Justin Pendragon," A small bow was given for politeness. "And I will claim your life." Jojo grinned. "So *water* you gonna due a *boat* it?"

"That's it, you're dead." Camilla shrieked.

"Oh, this is going to be really *ice*." A wide grin appeared as Jojo charged a PK Thunder. "Let's see if it's *cool* too, though you'll find my attacks more *shocking*." The ball of lightning wrapped around the wyvern, cackling as the scales tried to shield the attack, but to no avail.

This tactician, this fool, this IDIOT! He dared to taunt her. "Fool! I know that you use magic now!" Camilla yelled.

"Let's see what good it does for you then."

"Tch. Let's see if you can reach me here!" Camilla could taunt too if she wanted. "I'm over the sea!"

"Well, Princess." He said princess with such sass, that it almost felt wrong. "A.) You don't have to point out the obvious. B.) I wouldn't be a tactician if I didn't have a plan for that." Jojo jumped off the ship and skidded slightly on the ice. "Woah, I should thank Flora for making this ice stable.

"Ice melts." Camilla pulled out a fire based tome. "Let's see if you sink or swim!"

"Ha! You're gonna have to hit me first!" Jojo slid around the ice rink.

"I'll make sure you drown!" She had hatred filled in her eyes. "I'll never forgive someone who took Corrin from me and influenced his betrayal."

"I saved him." Jojo did his best to dodge the flaming balls, but he grew further from the ship and now Camilla had it behind her. "PK Thunder!" Jojo did his best to push Camilla back, but the ice was starting to melt. 'Damn…' "I barely know Corrin, yeah, sure, but I'm sure of one thing: I know him better than when I first met him," He was brushed by fire. "At the very least, I know him better than you!"

She blew all his attacks away. "I know Corrin better than anyone!"

"Oh really?"

"Yes!" She charged a bigger ball."I've fed him, bathed with him, even slept with him!" The ice kept melting as Camilla flew closer to the ship. ""And NO ONE will take that from me!"

"Sorry, toots, I already did all of those with him, in fact I think that all happened yesterday!" Jojo's laughed and looked at Camilla seriously. "No homo tho, just homie love."

Camilla perched her wyvern back on the ship. "YOU WHAT?!"

Jojo laughed harder as he climbed back on the boat. "Oh yeah, we took a quick nap under a tree, washed each other's backs, and ate some grub together." His hands were behind his back, and Camilla saw that his sword was sheathed once more. "Now then, burn, baby, burn!" A PK Fire erupted out of Jojo's palm and lit the boat on fire.

Camilla was stunned by this approach. "Wait, what are you-?" It didn't take long for the ship to be engulfed in flame.

"You see, I lit the bottom of the boat while you escaped up here. This boat will burn down with you and my secret in it."

"W-what?!"

"Now now, Camilla I'll tell you this once." Jojo cackled. "Justin time too, I wouldn't want you to die peacefully now, would I?" The boy paced around as smoke surrounded the two. "Thankfully, Corrin will never know, but you, and I, will." Jojo smiled. "I will personally kill Corrin."

"W-WHAT?!" Camilla was shocked to hear these words, but the boy just cackled like a madman.

"I will gain everyone's trust, befriend Corrin, and when everyone's back is turned… I'll murder him. Savoring each and every detail while it happens." Jojo continued cackling.

Camilla grew madder and couldn't see well any more, whether that was the smoke or her rage, until he pushed her to beyond the edge.

"And here's the best part! I'll spend my time as his friend, while you have already been reduced to ash in the sea!"

"NEVER!" Camilla screeched. "I'LL TELL HIM BEFORE YOU DO THAT, YOU FREAK!"

"He'll never hear your words," Jojo giggled. "Isn't that just super?"

Camilla shrieked, something she did before. He pushed her too far. There was only thing she could do. She knew of her true intentions, so she could stop him and keep Corrin safe.

She lunged her wyvern at Jojo, swing her axe at anyway she could, but she kept making it easy for it to dodge and missed. Jojo's smile grew with the flames, which kept reminding Camilla of her rage. Each attack grew sloppy, easily counter, and only filled her mind of Corrin.

Everything was finally broken when Jojo said, "I can't believe you fell for it."

(Stop music.)

The flames began to subside… " 'Cause when you let your emotions take control…" Jojo zoomed to the wyvern.

"W-wha-?"

"Divinity!" Jojo blinded the princess.

Camilla rubbed her stinging eyes. "Gah!"

"Forêt Vert Overdrive!" Camilla felt her wyvern skid across the boat's wooden floor. What the hell was going on?

"...And I knew it from the very start…" Jojo said.

Camilla stopped rubbing her eyes. She looked around… The boat wasn't on fire, there was no damage anywhere, and that damn child wasn't to be found. Where was he? Her wyvern wasn't moving either… It… passed out?

"Heh." Camilla heard behind her and turned to find a sword aimed at her neck. "...You lose sight of everything…" He finished. "Poetic, ain't it? Made it myself."

"H-how did-?"

"Your love for Corrin is immense, I suppose…" Jojo sighed. "But this is the end of the line."

"You're right, but… but promise me one thing."

"Fine, think of it as you last wish." Jojo held the sword steady. "What is it?"

"Please…" Camilla had tears in her eyes. "Please don't kill Corrin." Camilla sobbed

Jojo's face hardened. "Where was I? Oh right, the part where this sword is shoved in your throat.

Camilla stopped crying and prepared for a bloody demise. "I'm… I'm ready."

"Good."

She embraced death with open arms as she waited for the metal to slice her. It seemed like forever, but how many seconds have passed? One? Two? Who knew, and who cared? She didn't think have to think about these things anymore…

Camlla opened her eyes, but she didn't see Jojo looking at her, instead he looked out the sea. "You know? I just had a thought, an… idea, of sorts."

"W-what?"

"Listen, Camilla, you mean a lot to Corrin… And I know you probably care for him too, right?" Jojo toyed with his sword. "So I thought we could, you know, make an arrangement."

"Excuse me?"

"A deal," Jojo looked at the dragon queen. "Do you wish to hear more?"

"I suppose I could."

"Look, I'll let you live, okay? You just have a small condition."

"Which is?"

"You have to join our army and make the rest of the Nohrian soldiers leave."

"W-what?! That's your idea?" Here stood this boy, no, tactician, and gave her a choice to make. A choice to let her live. Moments ago, blade at her neck, but now, bargaining for her life.

"If you want, I can kill you, seeing as you don't want to live without Corrin, for whatever reason, but I know Corrin would hate me."

"That's your solution?"

"Yep."

That was such a bizarre idea. "...You wish to spare me?"

"Well, yeah."

Camilla thought long and hard about this. "Why?"

"Well, I want to be merciful and give my enemies the option to surrender."

"Okay, I agree."

"Excellent." Jojo ran to the side of the ship and yelled. "HEY CORRIN! MY IDEA FRIKIN' WORKED!"

"WAIT, WHAT?!" Corrin yelled back. "It worked." Corrin smliled. "Gods, it worked!" Everyone cheered.

"WE'LL BE RIGHT THERE, CORO-CORO!" Jojo laughed and turned to his soon to be partner. "So, you're in now, and it was all according to plan."

"W-wait, you planned this?" Camilla asked.

"Why, sure I did. It was the plan I had from the start." Jojo beamed. "Can I get on?"

"Y-yes. Hold on." Camilla said. Her wyvern woke up, but it seemed like a green spark ran across it's eyes. "Aren't you going to hold on to me?" Camilla asked.

"Hmm? What? No, I'm not. I figured you may need some time to process what happened. Besides, I hear that these babies are pretty dangerous, so I take that as challenge."

"O-okay…" Camilla began to take off, yet something bothered her. "Hey, uh, Justin, right?"

"That's me."

"Excuse me for asking, but was anything you said true?"

"Huh? Oh, that." Jojo coughed. "No, of course that wasn't true. It was all part of the plan. You see I was supposed to make you distracted and try to threaten to kill you, but then you started arguing and so I said some lies." Jojo said. "Honestly, I will agree, I went a little overboard with the murdering part." Jojo chuckled. "I'm not gonna apologize though. Saying that really gave me a rush."

Camilla felt uneasy about the whole ordeal, even as the two landed next to Corrin.

"Alright, Corrin, did the others surrender?"

"Once Camilla did, everyone else stopped fighting."

"Heh, once you overthrow the Black Dragon Queen of Nohr, everyone falls."

"Ugh, get your hands off me!" A red Noir-, I mean, Sever-, I mean Selena said. "Jeez, you're the one who beat Lady Camilla?"

"Yeah, got a problem with that?"

"Ha! You're just a kid."

"Sure, but I'm also your new tactician."

"Yeah, whateve- wait… WHAT?!"

"It's true, Selena." Camilla said. "I decide to ally with Corrin."

"Interesting…" That was all Beruka said.

"I won't force you two to come with, but I would love it if you joined." Camilla said.

"Otherwise, I'm gonna have to kill-"

Corrin cut Jojo off. "What he meant to say was: We'll have to let you two go free if you want."

The two retainers said nothing.

"Well, it's not like I WANT to go or anything." Selena sighed. "I guess I'll join. Be grateful, okay?"

"I will support my liege." Beruka said.

"Great, we'll be glad to have you." Corrin smiled.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Azura asked Corrin. "Of course, we'll need all the help we can get. Plus, I trust Camilla. Sure she cares for me a little too much, but she means well."

"Cares a little is an understatement," Jojo said. "It's more like obsessed." Jojo noticed the blue-haired maid.

"Hey, uh, Azura?"

"Yes?"

"What about her?"

"Flora said she had things to do first." Azura explained. "She will join, but once she takes care of her business."

"I see." Jojo rubbed his chin. "In any case, we should get going. Flora and Felicia can get rid of the ice, right?"

The ice slowly cleared out of the way, making a path for our two idiots to get ready to set sail once more.

"Hey, they'll be alright, right, Azura?"

"I'm sure they'll be fine, Corrin." Azura assured.

"Don't worry, they excel at manipulating ice, so I'm sure they can hide for a good while."

"I feel better knowing that. Thank you, Camilla."

"No problem, sweetie."

"Sure, have all the fun and leave me out of it," Jojo walked in sarcastically. "I'm sure your best friend likes that."

Azura chuckled. "Are we jealous now?"

Jojo laughed. "Maybe a little, Azura. It's hard being almost burned alive."

"W-wait a moment…" Camilla squinted at Azura. "Did he say your name was Azura?"

"Yes."

"Okay, you guys talk over there," Jojo pushed the other characters out of frame before ending the chapter. "And I'll make sure that the story doesn't take too lon-"

This chapter, this damn chapter... I spent days rewriting and proofreading this chapter. And if only I was less busy. "Busy" as in I saw the Death Note movie on Etika's stream and beat Sonic Mania a couple of times. Come on, you gotta admit, Sonic Mania is pretty good. Without a doubt I'm addicted to that. AND THE SOUNDTRACK ON THAT! Tee Lopes, he's a god among men. I'm gonna use some of those tracks, 'cause holy... I have to buy that soundtrack if Sega releases that.