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Ok here's the next part of my little story, hope you guys enjoy! But enough banter, you guys want to see the story! Enjoy!
Legendary Zoroark: That was intentional; I wanted to give Takumi a little more depth so that it has more meaning when he's nicer to them later.
Guest: Don't get mad at me. It was either break it there or break it somewhere it wouldn't make sense.
Chapter 10: Yato
Both Twins POV
"Look out!" Kamui and Corrin both shouted. Their mother flinched and turned around to see the cloaked man level his sword at her. Kamui broke into a sprint before anyone else could react and pulled Kiba back and threw it. Corrin threw a fireball at the man on instinct while the rest of her siblings and friends tried to mobilize to reach the assailant or their mother before it was too late.
"Disperse…" the Ganglari exploded into fragments. Kiba was flung off course by the fragments; Corrin's fireball was practically absorbed harmlessly. Kaze threw three shuriken at the fragments but they bounced off harmlessly. Then much to the twin's horror the blade fragments flew right at their mother.
"No!" Kamui broke his sprint and changed course for his mother while Corrin broke into her own sprint, she could hear the cries of Sakura and Azura behind her. Ryoma tried to jump into the path of the fragments but he was literally a second too late before they passed him. Hinoka was sprinting for their mother as well but like the rest she was too far away. An energy bolt from Takumi's bow ran into the fragments but only one of them was taken down. Kamui threw Tsume at the fragments but like Kiba it was flung off course before it got close. Their mother raised her hands and created a smaller barrier in front of her but the twins both watched in horror as the fragments pierced the barrier like paper. Their mother must have been exhausted from earlier.
"No!" the twins shouted in despair as the fragments pierced their mother viciously. Their mother gasped when she was impaled over a dozen times. Then she started falling towards the ground.
"Mother!" Kamui reached her first and caught her before she fell to the ground. He eased her down, holding her securely as he felt his eyes grow moist. Corrin reached them next, crouching down on their mother's free side; tears were already falling down her cheeks. Kamui looked down at his mother's injuries and his eyes widened as he saw the numerous wounds already start to make his mother's dress turn dark red.
"Kamui! Do something!" Corrin grabbed her twin's shoulder and Kamui instantly raised his left hand over their mother's wounds and started pouring his healing magic over the wounds. The twins detected Ryoma and the others arrive at the scene but they didn't interfere.
"Sakura! Help, hurry!" Corrin screamed as she turned towards her little sister. Sakura was staring in horror at the scene as she clutched onto an equally horrified Azura but Corrin's plea reached her and she immediately ran over and placed both her hands over their mother's wounds and started trying to heal them with Kamui.
"C-Corrin….K-Kamui…everyone…" their mother groaned. The twins both turned their gazes to their mother's face, which was strained.
"Mother! It's all right! We got you!" Corrin shouted frantically as she stared in desperation at the wounds that refused to heal despite Kamui and Sakura's best efforts. Corrin felt angry and guilty tears slip down her cheeks faster, she had caused this…no…she couldn't lose her mother like this! She still didn't remember her! She felt someone place their hand on her shoulder and pull her back so Sakura could take her place. Corrin almost thrashed against the person who did it but she stopped when she saw that it was Hinoka.
"Stop! Let them work. You'll only get in the way…" Hinoka said tensely but Corrin could hear the despair in her voice.
"You! Bastard!" Corrin turned to see Takumi and Ryoma attack the cloaked man but right as their blows would have struck him he just disappeared.
"Mother…please…not now…I'm still remembering you…" Kamui pleaded slowly as he tried desperately to close the wounds. Whatever those fragments were, they were effective. The blades were no longer in the wounds but it was like they evaporated into poison. No matter how hard he tried, the wounds refused to close. His mother's dress was almost completely red in the torso area at this point.
"I-It's ok, we can do this, Onii-Chan!" Sakura said shakily as she tried to heal their mother as well. Kamui felt someone place their hand on his shoulder but he ignored it.
"I…It's too late…Kamui, Sakura please…don't exhaust yourselves over me…" Mikoto groaned and Kamui's eyes widened and everyone else tensed.
"Don't say that! We can save you!" Kamui pleaded as he stared desperately at his mother's pained grey eyes. She shook her head slowly before she gasped in pain.
"I…I'm happy that I got to see my darling twins again before I go…I'm happy I got to see you both grown into a handsome prince and a beautiful princess. I'm glad that you got to meet your family here in Hoshido…I'm glad I got to see your heart stir…" the queen whispered, her voice growing softer with each word.
"Mother no!" Corrin gasped as she knelt back down over her mother. Ryoma and Takumi had rushed over to stand over their dying mother as well. Corrin grabbed her mother's hand and held it tightly as if she was trying to will her own life into her mother. Kamui's eyes widened as he stared at his mother smile at them all for one last time before she closed her eyes. He felt her go still in his arms as her head tilted back. She died with a smile, seeing her family as she passed.
"Mother!" Corrin screamed in anguish as she practically fell onto her mother's body. Sobs wracked her body, as she couldn't believe what just happened. Moments ago they were happy and they were about to bring an end to the coming war between Nohr and Hoshido. Now…now her mother was gone, she couldn't remember anything about her, even now that she was dead, Corrin couldn't remember anything, the pain did nothing to jog her memory and that made her sob harder.
"No…" Kamui heard Sakura and Corrin's sobs as they cried over their mother's passing. Kamui even heard Hinoka's more controlled sniffles, Azura's quieter sobs and Takumi's curses. The hand on his shoulder tightened and he pulled the hand he was using to heal his mother back to stare at it. His shaking hand was covered in his mother's blood blood and then a sharp pain ran through his head.
"Mother…" memories flooded Kamui's mind like a waterfall. All of them involved his mother. She was smiling in all of them, whether it was because she was playing with him, cooking for him, patching a scrapped knee, it didn't matter. She was smiling in all the memories he received. This act itself forced the tears in the Prince's eyes to finally break through and fall. His mother…he remembered all of it…but it required her death for him to do it. He placed his mother down on the ground gently and leaned back on his knees. He felt someone wrap their arms around him from behind and he saw white strands of hair on the edge of his vision that weren't the same shade as his, Rinkah...he turned and wrapped his arms around the Oni and let his tears fall.
"It's ok…there is no shame in grieving for a loved one…" The oni stroked his hair gently as she pulled him against her tightly, something he found surprisingly soothing. Kamui sensed Azura kneel down behind him but she didn't touch him.
"Onee-Chan…" Corrin felt Sakura hug her side and she wrapped her arms around the smaller girl and pulled her into a tight hug on reflex as she continued to sob. In the back of her mind she knew that as an older sibling she was supposed to comfort her but the despair and guilt she felt was too great and it overpowered her siblings instincts. She felt Hinoka wrap her arms around both of them and she accepted it and just sobbed in the comfort of her family's arms.
"Finally…you both feel true despair…now you will begin to gain power like you've never felt before…" the twins both tensed when they heard that voice. Anger flowed through both of them as their embraces broke. They weren't the only ones unhappy to hear that voice. Everyone present who was still living rose to face the man. Kamui called both his blades back to his hands and Corrin's hands ignited with flames.
"Bastard…" Takumi cursed as he raised his bow towards the man. The rest of them raised their weapons but before anything happened, energy exploded from the twins. Kamui vaguely noticed his necklace start to glow as golden energy started to radiate from him. Likewise, purple energy started to radiate from Corrin but unlike her brother she didn't really notice it, she could think about little else except tearing her mother's murder apart.
"Corrin…Kamui?" the twins didn't know who said that or if everyone said that. All they knew was that their mother's murderer had to pay.
"That's it…let go…if you don't I'll just keep killing until you do…" the cloaked man taunted as he crossed his arms at them.
"You're going to die…screaming in agony…" Corrin hissed. Something inside the twins snapped and then suddenly the energy radiating from them grew stronger until it practically obscured them from view. Then the twins started yelling in anger.
"Ah!-Rawr!" the yells of the twins turned bestial but only Kamui noticed it. The twins both felt pain wrack their bodies like their bodies were changing from the inside out.
They both fell to all fours as their energy ran rampant around them. They felt their bodies start to convulse and change. They felt their bodies grow in size; they felt their limbs turn longer and a little slimmer. Their necks extended a bit and their heads shifted and changed while something covered their heads and skin. Their entire body changed shape into…something. They felt two limbs emerge from their backs and flap out, wings? They also felt another extra limb grow out of their lower backs and whip around, a tail? The…stuff that covered their skin turned hard and they realized it was their skin now. They felt claws grow out from their fingers and toes while their new jaws grew razor-sharp teeth. While they changed though, they felt power flow through them, power like they'd never felt before. Power and instinct flowed through them…the instinct to kill. When the twins felt their bodies stop changing the energy around them dissipated. Except…only Kamui remained conscious of things.
Kamui's POV
"!?" Kamui settled down onto all four of his limbs but then he flinched and looked down at his hands to see their new state. He looked at his whole body to see a pair of silvery wings that moved on his command and a silver scaled tail that moved on command as well. He looked over himself to find that he was a…dragon? Clad in silver and black scales save for a red gem that appeared on what he thought was his chest. He even had horns on his head. He quickly found that he couldn't speak; whatever he tried to say came out in growls or roars. How did this happen? He was just so angry with his mother's murderer and well…then a lot of physical pain. He was about to freak out but before he could, he heard a rather violent roar and he turned to his left to see another silver scaled dragon.
"Corrin?" Kamui thought as he stared at his sister as she stood on her hind legs while it roared to the sky. Corrin was basically identical to him though she was a little shorter and slimmer than he was. Kamui stepped towards his sister but when he got too close, he had to back away as his sister swiped her tail at him. Kamui growled at her in annoyance for trying to hit him but he was surprised when his sister roared again and just charged towards him.
"What the hell?!" Kamui moved out of the way and his sister ran right into the building behind him, sending debris flying into the air. What was her problem!? She ran out of the building again and Kamui tensed but thankfully she didn't go for him, she went after the cloaked man. The prince-dragon growled when he saw his mother's murderer but before he could go after him, something else caught his attention.
"Watch out!" Kamui flinched and turned towards his family and friends. They were staring at him in shock but more importantly the debris was going right towards them. Takumi raised his bow and shot down all the debris that would have landed on him. Hinoka ducked out of the way of any debris while the rest did the same except Sakura who stood over their mother's body protectively even though a particularly large amount of debris was flying right towards her.
"No!" Kamui ran towards her and she shrieked and fell onto her rear but Kamui stopped in front of her and blocked all the debris with his body. He barely felt the wood and stone hit him, like paper balls had been thrown at him. He turned towards Sakura who was staring at him in shock and he let out a low growl that he thought sounded affectionate…if a dragon could sound affectionate. Regardless Sakura seemed to get his message since she stood up and reached out towards him.
"Onee-Chan? Can you…are you in there?" Sakura asked as she raised her hand out. Kamui met her halfway and leaned his head down towards her hand. He could barely feel her hand on his head because of his scales but the action was understood. Sakura actually smiled at him as he pulled his head back and stood back up at full height. He turned towards the rest of his siblings and friends to see them lower their weapons. Oh joy…they were about to attack him while he protected Sakura. He let out a dragonic sigh and shook his head at them.
"K-Kamui?" Hinoka asked hesitantly as she edged towards him a little fearfully. Kamui turned towards her and was about to go towards her but she flinched and he stopped.
"It's ok guys! It's him!" Sakura shouted as she moved in front of Kamui. The prince leaned down and prodded her with his head and Sakura actually giggled before she pushed back on his head. Kamui let out a pleased rumble and that seemed to knock down all issues the others had. Hinoka approached and placed a hand on his chest and ran her hand over his scales, something that felt surprisingly good to Kamui. Rinkah even came up and poked one of his arms/legs. The others all simply gathered around him.
"I know I said a fire was burning in your heart but I didn't mean this!" Rinkah exclaimed and Kamui laughed though it sort of came out as a series of grumbles from his throat. That felt weird, very weird. He still felt the need to rip his mother's murderer apart but his need to protect his family overrode his instincts.
"What happened to him, Ryoma?" Hinoka asked as she turned towards their elder brother.
"He is an ancient dragon…I've only seen carvings and pictures of them though. I have never seen one until now…much less see people turn into them…" Ryoma said tensely.
"Why did Corrin run off then? Kamui here is in control," Takumi asked as he crossed his arms. Azura cleared her throat at that.
"They say that people who transform into dragons, especially new ones needed something called a dragonstone in order to maintain their minds. Corrin has no dragonstone so she is running purely on instinct. Kamui's necklace must have been a dragonstone, I wonder where he got it though…" Azura explained thoughtfully as she walked up and placed her hand on the red gem built into the scales on Kamui's chest.
"My necklace?" Kamui thought. The gem he possessed was something he had with him ever since he arrived at Nohr. King Garon threw it off the fortress when Kamui refused to conform to his teachings. Camilla got it back for him and turned it into a necklace, she gifted it to him on his sixteenth birthday. He remembered that he was practically glued to Camilla for a while after that. He always felt very attached to it since it was the one thing he had associated with his past that he couldn't remember…until then…now he remembered it being given to him by his mother. His blood boiled at that thought, his eyes trailed to his mother's corpse and he let out a small hiss, making everyone flinch and back away from him. He flinched though and let out what he thought was an apologetic rumble. Before anything else could happen though, he saw everyone tense and turn.
"Look out!" Kamui's head snapped up at his older brother's warning only to cry out as his sister charged into him and rammed him through the dawn dragon statue. The statue stung a little but the charge hurt him more. He felt his sister bite down on his side and he let out a roar of pain before anger took it's place. He planted his limbs down into the ground and forced them to stop.
"Fine! Maybe she'll come to her senses after I knock them back into her!" Kamui thought angrily as he smashed his front leg into Corrin's neck, forcing her to release him. He winced as he felt blood leak from his wound but he didn't stop. He brought his front legs/arms up and grabbed Corrin's head before it could bit his neck then he lifted her off the ground and smashed her into the ground back first. Kamui roared as he tried to get on top of his sister and pin her down but before he could, her front legs lashed out and her claws sunk into his side.
"Ah ow! Sis! It's me!" Kamui thought as he batted her arm off of him and smashed his leg into the side of her head like he was trying to wake her up. He had to resist the urge to sink his claws or his teeth into her neck since he didn't want to hurt her. He struck her again and again to try and knock some sense into her but he had a feeling all he was doing was pissing her off and hurting her.
"Rawr!" Corrin sunk all four of her legs into Kamui's underbelly, making him roar in pain. Then she sunk her claws in deep and lifted him over her and slapped him into the building next to them. Kamui roared in pain as Corrin removed her claws from him but then he felt her pin him down. She grabbed his neck with her clawed hands and held it down as she opened her mouth up, revealing her razor sharp teeth that were still caked in his blood. She closed in on his neck; she was going to kill him. She sank her teeth into his neck tightly and Kamui roared in pain. She sunk her claws into his body again when he tried to push her off with all four of his limbs. Kamui winced when he felt her claws pull out of his neck and his body to sink into his limbs, forcing them down. He felt her teeth about to rip his throat open and he felt blackness start to creep in on his vision, it felt hard to breath now that his sister had her teeth dug into his neck, he felt his strength wane as well. So this was how he was going to die? At the hands of his own twin.
"Kamui!" the prince saw Rinkah smash her club onto Corrin's head. His sister let go of his neck, which hurt like hell and roared at Rinkah. The Oni swung again but this time Corrin ripped one of her legs off of Kamui and swiped at her, sending her flying back a few feet. Kamui growled weakly as his sister pulled her claws off of him and stalked towards Rinkah. Kamui tried to get up to stop his sister but he fell back down in pain.
"Corrin snap out of it!" Takumi shouted followed by one of his arrows shattering against Corrin's scales. Corrin roared and then she opened her mouth and surprisingly fire spewed forth from her mouth. Takumi cursed and dove behind rubble to avoid the flames. Kamui raised his head weakly as he moved himself so he was lying right side up at least. His wounds hurt like hell and he could taste his own blood in his mouth due to his neck wound.
"Corrin please! Stop this! Come back!" Kamui raised his head weakly to see Hinoka, Ryoma and Kaze try to subdue Corrin. Though it would have been laughable if the situation wasn't dire. They weren't even trying to attack her; they were trying to wrestle her down without hurting her like Kamui tried to do. Kaze jumped onto her back and wrapped his arms around her neck but she extended her wings and flew into the air and spun, sending Kaze tumbling into some of the rubble. Then Corrin smashed down into the ground and whipped her tail towards the smoking rubble, Takumi was hiding behind. The tail didn't hit the archer thankfully since he dove but he hit the ground a little painfully. As he was trying to get up, Corrin stalked towards his but Ryoma and Hinoka ran into her side but their force did little more than annoy Corrin since she just growled and backhanded them. Ryoma managed to catch himself and flip onto his feet before he hit the ground but Hinoka didn't and hit the ground painfully. She gasped in pain when she stop on a rock…
"Hinoka…" Kamui attempted to rise again but while he managed to get his limbs upright but when he tried to stand from the ground his injuries screamed in protest and he fell back down in a pain.
"Onee-Chan!" Sakura screamed as she rushed over to Hinoka and started tending to her wounds. Rinkah came to a sliding stop in front of them and raised her club at the approaching Corrin.
"These are your sisters! Get ahold of yourself now!" Rinkah shouted angrily. Corrin just roared at her though and kept approaching. She opened her mouth and Kamui felt his world slow down again. Rinkah's eyes were wide in fear and Sakura was using her body to cover the downed Hinoka who screamed at the two to get out of the way.
"Not again!" Kamui let out a violent roar as he rose from the ground and charged. His sister turned to him and let out a defiant roar but when she tried to stop him he just bowled her over. He shoved her onto the ground and whipped her with his tail when she tried to rise, sending her back onto the ground. He smacked her legs away when she tried to claw him again and stamped his legs onto her chest, making her cry out in pain. Then he forced her onto her belly and pinned her down by using his larger mass to hold her down.
"Wake up Corrin!" Kamui thought angrily as he started beating his leg into his sister's head. If he couldn't make her come to her senses then he'd have to knock her out.
"You are the ocean's grey waves…" Kamui and Corrin both paused what they were doing and Kamui looked up to see Azura approaching them. She was singing again but this time there was a aura of what Kamui thought was water flowing around her feet and...her pendent was glowing. Kamui felt Corrin shift beneath him and he quickly readjusted his hold on her. His sister growled but it was in a more reserved manner as opposed to the crazed ones she was letting out earlier.
"What is she doing?" Kamui thought as Azura continued to approach. Whatever she was doing seemed to make Corrin act more docile so Kamui wasn't exactly complaining. Though he didn't know Azura's songs could calm beasts, it was like something out of a story almost. He'd heard her songs before though, many of them but he had never heard that song before and yet…it sounded familiar to him at the same time.
"Destined to seek life beyond the shore…Just out of reach…" Azura continued until she stood right in front of the dragon twins.
"Come back, Corrin…please…let go…" Azura pleaded. Corrin seemed to understand since she ceased her sounds. Azura looked up at Kamui and nodded. The dragon prince slowly removed his limbs off of his twin but the moment he did, she lashed out and struck Azura.
"Ah!" Azura fell to the ground and Kamui roared as he pinned his sister down again and smashed his leg down into her head to keep her down. Azura groaned as she picked herself up into a sitting position as she nursed her bleeding shoulder. Her energy and her pendent still glowed though as she tried to reach out towards Corrin. She snapped at her hand until Kamui smashed his leg down again.
"Stay back!" Kamui gave Azura a growl in an attempt to make her stay back but she continued on.
"I know you're in there…just let go, Corrin. Please…be yourself again, don't let the power control you…" Azura pleaded. This time her words seemed to reach Corrin since she went still until Azura's hand touched her head. Then she flinched and purple energy started to radiate from her again. Kamui moved off of her quickly, he wondered how he was supposed to change back though. He watched his sister slowly get enveloped in her energy again and he sighed inwardly. He thought about turning human again and then he suddenly felt his body start shifting again and his gold energy from before engulfed him.
"Really?! It was that easy?!" Kamui screamed in his head as he changed back. Except before his transformation completed, he found his consciousness darkening until the world around him changed and he felt…different.
"Run!" Kamui blinked as he saw a man raise a katana only to get pelted by a volley of arrows. It only took Kamui a moment to realize that it was the man from the picture…his father.
"Argh!" Kamui's father fell to a knee, barely holding himself up. Kamui wanted to run to him or shout his name but he found that he wasn't in control of his body. He couldn't even move his eyes.
"Father!" Kamui turned to see a kid version of Corrin, wearing a black kimono run forward only for Kamui to reach out and grab her hand.
"No! Father told us to run!" Kamui shouted. Then Corrin shook her head and tried to wrench herself free.
"But Father is hurt! Kamui you have to help him! You can heal right?!" Corrin urged. She reached back with her other hand and tugged on his white yukata but before anything could happen, they started hearing someone laughing. Kamui would have shivered if he was in control since he recognized that laugh anywhere.
"I am disappointed, Sumeragi. I barely had to try and you are already on your knees," Kamui turned back towards his father to see the King of Nohr himself. King Garon was standing before the wounded samurai with his hectic looking axe, Kamui remembered that it was named Bolverk.
"K-Kamui! Take your sister and run! Find Kaze! Find any of our shinobi and run!" Sumeragi shouted. Kamui's body remained frozen to the spot though since as soon as his father finished his command, King Garon swung his axe, severing the head of the samurai.
"FATHER!" Corrin shrieked in despair as she started sobbing. Kamui remained frozen to the spot though and just stared at their father's severed head. The face wasn't facing them, thankfully but the imagery was enough to make Kamui's core shake. Even though Kamui was just watching through the eyes of his past self he could feel what his past self was feeling. It was just…cold.
"Well, what do we have here?" Kamui snapped out of whatever shock he was under when the King unceremoniously stepped over their father's corpse, not even paying it any attention. Kamui felt his blood boil as he watched that part of the memory.
"Corrin! Get up!" Kamui shouted at his sister, who was still crying. He pulled her onto her feet but before they could even move, Garon grabbed both of their heads.
"Ah! Let go, monster!" Corrin screamed. Kamui thrashed against the King's hand, glaring at the one who had murdered his father. The king just laughed at them cruelly, even back then the king was still the heartless monster Kamui knew.
"You will be my children now and you will never remember this day or any days before this!" Garon boasted. The next thing Kamui knew, he saw what he thought was dark magic exuding from his hands and then everything went black.
"Ah!" Kamui gasped for breath as he found himself lying on the ground. His senses were wracked with pain. His arms and legs felt like they'd been ripped open and his right side and neck burned. He coughed and tasted iron, his own blood. He moved his hand to his mouth to see two things. He was back in human form thankfully but his injuries had carried over to his human form unfortunately. His arm was bleeding badly; it was much worse than it was in his dragon form. His entire body felt like it was on fire and the pain was worse. He almost blacked out but he fought through it and tried to get up. He needed to check on Corrin, but he felt a couple pairs of hands press against his back, forcing him to stay down.
"Kamui! Don't move! Sakura, get over here now!" Hinoka shouted, pleadingly. Kamui groaned and moved his head to try and get a better look at his sister but that was the wrong move since his neck screamed in protest and he started coughing again. Gods! Why did it hurt so much! Was he really injured that much!
"Sakura! Hurry! It's getting worse!" this time it was Rinkah who shouted, sounding more concerned than Kamui had ever heard before. Kamui heard some soft patting and a grunt. He saw Sakura crouch down in front of him, or he saw her feet anyway. Then he felt the soothing feeling of healing magic wash over him. He felt the wound on his throat heal first. He sighed in relief when he felt his throat heal fully, now it didn't hurt to breath or move his head. Then Sakura started working on his arms next.
"It's ok, Kamui just lie still…" Azura soothed.
"Mm…" Kamui turned his head to see a rather tearful looking Hinoka, he felt regret fill his heart for worrying her but he didn't have time for that.
"Where's Corrin?"
Corrin's POV
"Huh…what…" Corrin groaned as she squirmed around. Her eyes opened a bit only for her to shut them tight because of the blinding light. She brought a hand up to cover her eyes so she could open them more easily. Why was the light so blinding? She was no fan of the sun being in her face when she woke up but still.
"Are you all right, Corrin?" Ryoma asked. Corrin moved her hand away from her eyes to see Ryoma and Takumi leaning over her. They both looked a little roughened up bu-wait….
"Mother! Kamui!" Corrin shot up from her position as the images from the current day ran through her mind. Including…including the part where she turned into whatever she turned into. Kamui…she almost killed him, oh gods she almost killed Hinoka and Azura too!
"Calm yourself, Corrin…everyone is fine…" Ryoma eased but Corrin shrugged him off and stood up quickly to see all the destruction that she had caused. Corrin felt more guilt flow through her but it wasn't until she saw her brother that the tears started coming. Azura, Rinkah and Hinoka were holding her brother down while Sakura worked on him. Kaze was standing nearby as well, watching for danger.
"Kamui!" Corrin shot over towards her brother at a full sprint. Kaze ended up intercepting her before she could get too close though.
"Milady! Wait! They are tending to Lord Kamui's wounds as we speak…" Kaze urged as Corrin struggled against him. Corrin gave up after a few moments and clutched onto the ninja as she stared at her brother's form.
"Brother…" Corrin whimpered. Kamui was a mess, there wasn't exactly blood pooling around him but there was an unhealthy amount of it around him. She remembered that she was the one that put those wounds on him. Corrin bit back a curse as she remembered what happened.
"Why didn't you just stop me?" Corrin asked. She knew her twin should have been more than strong enough to stop her right away yet he didn't. Was he really that worried about her? Corrin saw Azura's gold eyes flicker up to her for a moment before she turned back to holding Corrin's twin down. The princess noted the injury on Azura's shoulder and her guilt intensified.
"Do not blame yourself for any of this damage. We know you were not in control," Kaze whispered but Corrin didn't feel any better. She heard her twin groan in annoyance before Sakura said she was almost done. Corrin watched her close the wounds on his arms before she healed the smaller wounds on his side and then she moved over to his legs.
"Can I move over now?" Kamui asked as he flexed his arms around, his eyes flickered to Corrin but he just gave her a smile before Hinoka and Azura helped him spin over and sit up. Corrin would have preferred it if he yelled at her for almost killing him or the others.
"I did all this?" Corrin asked as she looked at the destroyed statue and the buildings she remembered crashing into. She was just so angry…that's all she felt while she was in that form. Anger and despair, she just wanted it all to end. It wasn't until Azura started singing that she started regaining herself enough to turn back.
"It wasn't your fault sis…" Corrin's eyes snapped back to her twin. Kamui stood back up slowly with Hinoka and Azura's help and kicked the ground a few times to test his legs out before he gave an exhausted looking Sakura a hug.
"Thanks, I feel as good as new now," Kamui said and Sakura flushed a little but she smiled.
"How can you say that?" Corrin asked softly as she pulled herself away from Kaze. Kamui frowned at her and he approached her but she stepped back before he could reach her.
"I could have killed you, I could have killed everyone here…what would I do if I did?" Corrin asked as tears streamed down her cheeks again. She felt her twin grab her tightly and pull her into a hug and she just couldn't bring herself to break away from him.
"Hey…it's ok…I'm fine now and the others are too, there's no need to cry about that…Mother wouldn't want that…" Kamui whispered soothingly and that just made Corrin cry harder. He should be furious at her! Curse him! Why did he have to make everything so difficult?
"She's right, you should be mad at her. Look what she did!" Takumi exclaimed and Corrin flinched at his tone.
"Enough, Takumi," Ryoma ordered.
"No! Look at what's happened! Mother's dead, the town is in ruins and we were almost killed! You can't possibly say that you don't find this a little too far fetched to be circumstantial? It was her sword! She was the one that lost control!" Takumi pointed out, exasperated. Corrin closed her eyes and she felt her brother tighten his hold on her.
"Shut up, Takumi! That was uncalled for!" Hinoka shouted and then Corrin heard a rush of footsteps followed by a crack and a cry of pain.
"Enough! Mother would not want us to fight each other!" Ryoma intervened; the princess heard a small scuffling and two complaints followed by footsteps. Ryoma probably dragged them both off to talk to them. Then Corrin felt someone tap her shoulder and she turned her head from her twin to see Azura.
"Azura? I-" Azura placed a finger on her lips and smiled at her before she held something out to her. Corrin looked down to see a blue gem or stone in her hand. She tilted her head at Azura in confusion as Kamui released her.
"It's a dragonstone. This will allow you to transform again at will but you will retain your senses and not…have another episode…" Azura said softly. Corrin's eyes widened and she took the stone from her without a second thought before she wiped her tears away.
"Where did you get that?" Kamui asked, confused. Corrin was a little interested too actually now that her twin mentioned it.
"It was a gift from my mother, she said that it was a dragonstone that was used by the ancient dragons from the stories," Azura explained. Corrin wanted to believe her but for some reason it felt like Azura had more to say than just that.
"How would I even transform again?" Corrin asked. She didn't particularly fancy the idea of transforming into a…dragon again considering she almost killed her twin but it would be better to know.
"I am sorry but I am not exactly experienced in the act…" Azura said guiltily as she shook her head. Oh, right that made sense, Corrin felt dumb for asking her that.
"When we transformed the first time it was all raw emotion. When I wanted to turn back I kind of just thought about it and focused on it and then it happened," Kamui said. Corrin looked at her twin who just shrugged. That was it? She was broken out of her thoughts when she saw Ryoma coming back with Hinoka and Takumi in toe. They both looked a little ruffled like they'd been scolded for stealing cookies. Corrin would have laughed if she didn't feel depressed. Before Ryoma could say anything though, Kaze interrupted.
"Milords, Maladies look!" Corrin's eyes snapped towards Kaze to see him pointing towards something and her eyes turned towards what remained of the Dawn Dragon statue and there in the middle of the rubble her eyes zeroed in on a…sword?
"A…sword?" Corrin asked. It definitely wasn't a normal sword, Corrin could tell that much. It was a longsword type and it was also gold. The hilt was wrapped in black fabric and the pommel was a little extravagant; it was shaped a little like a trident. The guard was curved parallel to the blade on both sides. The blade itself was gold and razor sharp but there were four black spheres that started where the blade met the hilt. Corrin felt a little drawn to the sword to be honest like she'd seen it before.
"Wait…that's…that's the Yato?" Ryoma asked, surprised.
"Yato?" Kamui asked, voicing Corrin's question as well.
"It is a holy weapon, forged by the Ancient Dragons. It's like my Raijinto and Takumi's Fujin Yumi if the stories are true. Though the legends also say that the blade has been missing ever since the heroes of old won the war against the evil dragons," Ryoma explained. Corrin nodded in understanding as she turned back to the sword.
"It's also said that the blade is the key to peace and that it's wielder will be the one to bring peace to the world," Azura continued off of Ryoma's explanation.
"Key to peace…" Corrin mused in her head. She looked down at her hands and clenched them into fists. She certainly wanted peace, anything to end the senseless violence. Her eyes shifted to her mother's corpse and she felt the need to bring peace intensify. She looked towards the sword again and then she started walking towards it.
"Corrin what are you doing?" she heard her twin ask but she didn't turn to answer him.
"What's she doing?"
"She can't be-no! Stop her!"
"Enough! Let her try!"
"The power to bring peace…" Corrin walked up to the sword as if it was calling to her. She reached out slowly and grasped the blade by the hilt with both her hands. She took a breath and started pulling. The blade gave way but it did not simply come out in an instant. Still though slowly but surely she pulled the blade from the stone and the moment she did, a draft of wind released the moment the blade left the stone fully.
"Impossible!" Corrin held the blade up and it flashed once as if it was saying hello to her.
"The blade has chosen Corrin as its wielder…" Corrin heard Ryoma say in awe. Corrin swung the sword around a few times and was surprised to find that it felt even better in her hand than the Ganglari did. She turned around only to be met by a glaring Takumi.
"Whoa!" Corrin almost jumped in shock.
"Someone like you doesn't deserve to hold that blade!" Takumi shouted. Corrin winced at the sheer anger in his voice; he had never raised a hand against her ever since she first arrived at Hoshido. After that he'd been dismissive at worst and she'd even gotten a few smiles and laughs out of him. This time it sounded like he hated her. She…couldn't blame him though.
"Enough, Takumi!" Ryoma shouted as he stormed over. Kamui was faster though; he grabbed Takumi by his tunic and wrenched him back until he was facing him. Takumi recoiled a little and Corrin couldn't blame him, her twin was fully glaring at him. Corrin noticed Ryoma and the others pause instead of coming up to interfere.
"I have had just about enough of your attitude! We already settled things! She wasn't in control and she didn't know her sword was still possessed! Get off of your high horse!" Kamui demanded as he lifted Takumi off of his feet so his face was level with his. As much as Corrin appreciated Kamui for standing up for her, it didn't make her feel better. She was about to tell Kamui to set Takumi down but before she could, Takumi spoke up.
"How can you defend her? She almost killed you! She's a murderer! She killed our mother and she's a monster! Look what she did to the town! She almost almost killed all of us! She's a monster you hear me?! A monster!" Takumi practically screamed. Corrin's eyes widened in shock and she gasped in shock. Her twin's eyes widened as well before they narrowed into a glare.
"You bastard!" Kamui pulled one of his hands back and punched Takumi in the gut, making the archer recoil.
"Take it back!" Kamui growled as he shook the archer in the air before he hit him again.
"Take it back right now!" Kamui roared as he punched Takumi's left cheek, making his head snap to the side. No…Corrin didn't want that to happen even if the words stung… Corrin noticed Sakura step forward to stop what was happening but Hinoka and Azura stopped her in her tracks, both with glares on their faces. Ryoma was passive as always but he looked disappointed. Kaze had turned his head to the side as if he was pretending not to watch and Rinkah just stared angrily at the scene. Were…were they fine with this?
"I. SAID. TAKE. IT. BACK!" Kamui smashed his fist into Takumi's face to punctuate every word but the archer prince just glared at him, despite the bruises on his face.
"Why are you complaining…I have accepted you as a brother now…" Takumi said darkly and Kamui's eyes widened in shock before he growled and raised his hand to strike him again but this time, Corrin interfered.
"STOP!" Corrin screamed as she grabbed hold of her twin's arm before he hit Takumi. Kamui turned to her in surprise and Takumi did as well.
"Corrin?" Kamui asked. Corrin shook her head and tugged on his arm again, forcing it down.
"Stop…please…there's been enough fighting today…" Corrin pleaded.
"Did you even hear what he said?!" Kamui asked aghast.
"It doesn't matter! He's just angry, sad and confused like some of us are! Do you think out mother would want us to fight each other like this!? Do you?!" Corrin asked as she turned the question on all of them, she turned towards the rest of her family to see them all look away guiltily. Kamui froze and his eyes dropped and he sighed.
"You're too soft Corrin…" Kamui dropped Takumi unceremoniously. The archer fell onto his rear but he didn't bother getting up and his head stayed tilted down so his face was out of sight.
"Maybe it's better that way…" Corrin muttered, feeling annoyed at her twin's dismissal. This time Kamui wasn't going to let things lie though apparently.
"Not if it gets you killed or makes you look weak," Kamui replied and Corrin flinched before she stared at Kamui's unwavering gaze. Instead of shying away though, she tightened the grip on Yato and glared at him. She didn't know what came over her but she refused to just sit back and listen to her brother like that. She was so tired of fighting at that point and she was so angry about what happened that she couldn't help herself.
"Better to be a weakling that doesn't like to hurt people than a heartless monster who can only use violence to make a point…" Corrin gasped at what she said and covered her mouth. Where did that come from? She just felt so angry that those words just came out before she realized what she was saying.
Kaze still remained to the side but she did notice his eyes flicker towards her a few times. Rinkah looked disturbed and her eyes moved between Kamui and Corrin quickly. Corrin's sister's all had varying looks of shock though Sakura was the one who looked like she was about to break down while Hinoka was just surprised. Even Azura had widened eyes as she stared at her and…a bit of anger too. Ryoma was the only one who looked undisturbed but he was staring at her. Takumi was still not out of whatever hole he was in since he still stayed down with his head towards the ground. It was her twin that made Corrin break though. Kamui's eyes were wide in shock and hurt…Corrin ripped her gaze away from his before she said anything else.
"I'm sorry!" Corrin sniffed as she turned away and ran.
"Corrin wait!" Corrin ignored her twins plead and just pulled out the stone Azura gave her. She focused on the stone and thought about transforming like her brother said. Surprisingly it responded to her and she transformed into a dragon once more and thankfully she retained her mind.
"Corrin! I'm sorry! Come back!" Corrin's heart cracked at her twin's words as she kept running. She needed to get away from them she needed to think. She extended her wings and flapped them in an attempt to fly off. She hopped off the ground and she stayed afloat for a little but then she almost crashed back into the ground. Corrin didn't stop though and kept trying to fly away, staying afloat in the air longer and longer until finally…
"Corrin!" Corrin spared a glance back at her twin and the rest of her family who were chasing after her in a vain attempt to catch her even though she was already flying.
"I'm sorry, Kamui…everyone…" Corrin thought as she turned back towards her front and continued to fly away.
"I will make this right, I will find a way to bring peace…"
Here you guys go! I'm sure you all know what's coming next. It will take a bit to get up again though. Other than classes bogging me down, I am going to be releasing the next three chapters together since they won't be as long and the impact will be better if you have all of them together. Anyway have a great day or night depending on what time it is when you read this!
