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-Chapter 10-
Branch of Fates
Ryoma led his siblings, Corrin, Evak, and the army to the battlefield. Evak was on his horse while everyone else (besides Hinoka, who rides on her Pegasus) was walking. Azura walked closer to Evak to speak with him.
"Evak," she spoke.
"Yeah, Azura?" he noticed her.
"Are you…feeling alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" he wondered.
"Well…I have noticed that you had a headache right before….the incident happened. I also noticed you were being uncomfortable when I sang to calm Corrin down. Are you sure you're OK?" she looked worry for him.
Evak stared at her for few seconds before he smirked. "No problem, Azura. I'm fine. You don't need to worry about me….I'm just more worry how this battle gonna go."
Ryoma put up his hand sign. They were at a plain land with two rivers. Just over the second river was the land of Nohr, and there….they saw a huge army of dark-armored knights.
"It's the Nohr…" Corrin said in whispering tone.
"It looks like our enemy is ready for the war. You guys will be the supporter. I will lead the attack," Ryoma stated. "Men, follow me! Charge!"
"Yaaaahhh!" They roared as they followed Ryoma, running into the plain land.
At the Nohrian's side, Xander saw the Hoshidan soldiers charging. "Soldiers, charge!" he declared as his soldiers began charging forward, too.
In just under a minute, both forces collided. Knights and samurai clashed with their swords, fighting over each other. Ryoma was in the lead as he attacked each soldier coming his way before he stopped to face Xander.
"I am Ryoma, the prince of Hoshido! You there, the General of the Nohr! I challenge you to a fight!" he stated.
Xander huffed as he swayed his hair a bit. "I accept your challenge, noble prince, but I am no ordinary general. I am Xander, the proud prince of Nohr!"
He made his horse leaped off the hill as he had his sword out. Ryoma swayed his sword at him before their divine weapon crashed into another as their fateful fight began.
Corrin, Evak, and everyone else fought their own enemies as they moved forward to meet up Ryoma. They managed to come close to the river, where Ryoma was fighting on the other side.
The two eldest prince of their respective kingdom were equally matched. Xander backed away a bit as he panted little bit before he noticed them.
"Ah! Evak!" he shouted.
"Xander!" he shouted back. "Guess what? Corrin, our brother is alive!"
He noticed. "Corrin, you're alive! They haven't harmed you, have they?"
"Brother, I'm fine!" he replied, but he didn't look too happy. "But…why are you invading Hoshido?!"
Xander gave him a serious look. "Father says it's time to show our true strength. Join us, Corrin and Evak, and we'll end this quickly! If we conquer Hoshido here and now, we can avoid unnecessary bloodshed."
"Hey, Brother, is that what King Garon said!? Did he mention anything about, oh I don't know, like sending a spy to infiltrate Hoshido and assassinate Queen Mikoto!" Evak yelled angrily. "Because that's what exactly happened!"
"What?!" he gasped before he returned to his composure. "I do not understand what you're referring to, Evak!"
"Don't lie, Xander!" he yelled at him.
"Evak, stop! I don't think he actually knows about it," Corrin said.
"Be careful, Corrin and Evak. That man is a Nohrian commander!" Ryoma stated loudly.
"Big Brother…" Corrin said softly as he sweat nervously.
Evak then noticed three familiar people before he nudged Corrin to make him notice them.
"Yo! Camilla, Leo, Elise!" Evak shouted.
"Corrin and Evak! I was so worried about you two. Don't ever wander away from me again!" Camilla said as she smiled. Although, she sounded very….obsessive, yet serious that makes you do not want to argue against her.
"I'm happy to see you, too, but there is…" Evak said before he was interrupted.
"I'm glad that you are OK, Corrin. You must have the devil's own luck!" Leo exclaimed proudly before he turned his attention to Evak with mild-serious, yet happy look. "And, you are alright as well, Evak. Please don't run away from us like that."
"I know, I know, but I…"
"Yaay! We got our brothers back!" Elise cheered.
"DAMN IT! Can you three give me a chance to say something?!" Evak ranted.
"Evak! Why are you mad at us?!" Elise pouted.
"Because I am! You guys don't know, but I went through a lot of troubles and stuff to find Corrin, but when I did….let just say I found out the truth! Our father is pure EVIL!" he exclaimed.
"Evak, darling! Such harsh word!" Camilla gasped.
"Why would you say such word like that about our father?" Xander scolded.
"Because four words: Every. Villain. Is. Lemon! In other word, our father, King Garon is an evil, sour villain who cares no one else, but himself!" Evak exclaimed definitively.
The Nohrian sibling looked very surprised at Evak. "Evak…they definitely brainwashed you, but do not worry, young brother! We'll save you and Corrin right now!" Xander stated.
"What?! I am speaking the truth!" Evak shouted before he moaned horribly. "Dang it! They did not listen to what I said!"
"Never mind about them!" Hinoka spoke before she turned to her "enemies". "Nohrian scum! First you kidnap our brother, Corrin, now you lie to him, including Evak, your other brother?! Corrin is our brother, not yours, and Evak speaks the truth!"
"You are mistaken," Camilla spoke with dark, devilish aura around her. "Corrin is my sweet little brother, including Evak. You may have neither of them."
"Don't be fooled by their words. You belong with your true family in Hoshido, Corrin! You are also part of the family, too, Evak!" Ryoma said determinedly.
"Don't listen to them, my brothers! We have loved you both, and raised you both since both of you were a child," Xander argued. "Come home, our little princes. We can live as a family once more!"
"Come home to Hoshido, Corrin and Evak!" Ryoma yelled.
"No, you two! Nohr is your true home!" Xander proposed.
Corrin looked back and forth to the two sides before he couldn't take it anymore.
"Gaaaahhhhh!" he screamed as he ran off into the middle of the field.
"Corrin!" Evak yelled as he chased and stopped him. "Corrin, bro, calm down."
Corrin panted heavily as he looked at everyone.
Ryoma raised his left arm forward. "This way!"
His siblings joined with him. "B—Big Brother?" Sakura asked as she looked very concerned.
"He's my brother!" Elise exclaimed as she also looked concerned.
"We're your family," Xander said as he reached out his arm, too.
"My family…" Corrin thought.
Woohoo! Man, I used my laptop for fix hours! Six hours?! Not just for working this story and getting two chapters out, but I also have been doing stuff for my college courses. Anyway...
This is it, guys! This will be where you guys make the decision to where this story will go. To do that, you go to my Profile and see my Poll at the top, and see the choices. Vote the path you want to see for the story, or you may say so in the review. Either way, it is fine if you are just a Guest and don't have an official fanfiction account. The choices are the following:
1. Corrin chooses neither side (Evak returns to Nohr)
2. Corrin chooses neither side (Evak allies with Hoshido)
3. Corrin chooses Nohr (Evak fights with Hoshido)
4. Corrin chooses Hoshida (Evak joins Nohr)
As you can see, you have the power to determine where our protagonists' respective fate. As you can also see, the choices are similar for no matter the result; Evak betrayed Corrin, and he chooses one side. betraying the other Kingdom, and not joining Corrin. I have a plan for him, and you will see something surprising for the next chapter, besides the result of the poll. I will give you guys rest of April to put in your vote, and we'll see the result in May. This will give me some time to focus on my school and upcoming exams, and graduation while you guys think and place in your final decision. I hope you all enjoyed reading the two chapters I uploaded today.
With that said, next time...in Fire Emblem Fates Destiny...we will see what path the two brothers chose that will forever change them...See you guys in the next chapter.
