Here we go, Baby! Chapter 25 already! We should have already been in Valla like 10 chapters ago. But! But, we have finally reached the turning point. So without further adieu: Enjoy! (And yes, I know it isn't Tuesday, but today was the perfect day to release a long chapter.)

Ch.25 Black and White Waves:

The scene looked familiar to both Jojo and Corrin. Nohrian fleet on one side, Hoshidan on the other. Ryoma and Xander were both in the back of their respective armies. Ryoma and Xander were at a stand down. Nobody dared move.

"Stand down, Prince of Nohr, and I'll let you leave with honor!"

"Nohr never backs down from a fight, dog!" Xander barked back.

Ryoma had enough of idiocy. "Prepare yourself, Prince Xander. Everyone charge!"

"I'll fall with my honor before I surrender! Charge!"

"Interesting…" Jojo admired the passion the two had.

"Yes, well, what's the plan? I know that we are not going to let them fight."

"Oh, Hell no. That would be bad." Jojo said. "We're going to initiate the plan we reviewed yesterday."

"Alright."

"So everyone listen up!" Jojo instructed. "We all are from different backgrounds and different identities, no?"

People nodded.

"I want you all to look to the people around you and treat them like your own sibling."

"What is he saying?"

"I want you to not look at them as a band of soldiers, but as a family. A family that will prevent great catastrophe from occurring." He looked around. "Because now, our choices matter. Those of you who don't believe in the cause may step out of line and join your respective nation."

No one moved.

Jojo grinned. "Alright." He faced the plot-important characters. "This one's for the Royals. You guys are about to face your eldest sibling. At this point, you are in a do or die situation, but don't kill anyone." He looked at Camilla. "No matter how much you want to."

"Why at me?" Camilla sneered at Jojo.

"Anyway, you must spare everyone you encounter." Jojo paced around.

"If you understand, say 'aye'."

"AYE!"

Jojo grinned. "That's what I like to hear." Justin patted his commander's back. "Should I tell the plan now? That pep talk got them all riled up."

"Those two look ready to attack, so you better."

"Alright everyone here's the plan: Corrin and I are going to take different groups of people and attack a nation. I'll take the Nohrian front, while Corrin takes the Hoshidan front. I'll take the Nohrian siblings, while Corrin takes the Hoshidan siblings."

"What, why?" Takumi asked.

"Because if you let me explain first, it would make sense." Jojo cleared his throat. "So here's my thinking behind this: Xander and Ryoma will be hesitant to attack. Riddle me this: Who would be willing to actually harm their siblings here? Because if you do, you're messed up in the head. So if Ryoma and/or Xander deliberately want to harm their siblings, we can't allow them to join our ranks. Reason being is that we're a family! Together we stand together! Together we fight!" Jojo shouted. "Together we ride!"

The army cheered.

"You know, for someone stupid, you have some pretty good things to say." Leo said.

"For someone so smart, you have a big mouth." Jojo grinned.

"Ugh, I'm stuck with you." Leo groaned.

"Yeah you are, Baby." Jojo looked at the two armies. "Okay, we intercept in the middle and work our way towards the princes. After that… Well, Corrin knows what to do."

The army began to head out.

Corrin took the east front and Jojo took the west.

"Here we go!" Jojo grinned as he slashed through the army. "Elise, support Camilla." He watched the army slowly shrink. "PK Fire!" Jojo relished in the flame's glory. The sea engulfed multiple individuals. "Leo, keep it going!" Jojo held his blade close to a person's neck.

"No! Stop!" Leo quickly stopped the tactician.

"Oh crap!" Jojo snapped back to reality.

"What are you doing!" Leo scolded. "We aren't supposed to fatally harm anyone!"

"I'm sorry." Jojo PK Thundered some more people. "It was an accident. Feel of the moment, ya know?"

Leo sighed as he continued onwards to the plain. He had to keep an eye on his tactician. Who knew what he could do.

"Leo! There's Xander!" Elise shouted.

"I'll take him out!" Jojo began to run.

"NO!" Camilla shouted. "Don't kill him."

"I'm not gonna kill him, Camilla." Jojo slowed down. "Who do you think I am?"

"You literally tried to kill someone a few minutes ago." Leo said.

"Forget it. Just be careful about hurting him." Camilla said. "I don't want Corrin to be sad."

Jojo grinned. "Good thinking, but we still have to do the plan if we want Xander." He looked at the mounted man watching the army's movements. "Xander, come hither!"

That voice… "YOU!" Xander spotted the young child.

'Man, thank you. And yes, that was sarcasm'

Xander bounded from the hill and landed with grace.

"Woah, you sure are fabulous." Jojo chuckled. "I hope you don't plan to fight like that."

"Are you insulting me?" Xander scowled as he adjusted his hair. "Seems like that's the only thing you can do."

"My actions say so otherwise." Jojo smirked.

It was Xander's turn to smirk. "Young tactician, that attitude is what I will strike you down with." He unsheathed his blade. "Come at me, child."

"With pleasure."

"Corrin, are y-you okay?" Sakura healed Corrin's injured scrape.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Corrin felt his wound seal back upon his arm. "I just wasn't careful." Corrin laid on the ground and thought about what Jojo would say. "Damn it…"

"Takumi's taking most of the ground units, but Ryoma's heavily guarded." Hinoka said.

"How's Justin's group doing?" Corrin asked as he stretched his arm.

"Last time Subaki saw, he was halfway done towards Xander's path."

"We're falling behind." Corrin gripped Yato. "We have to hurry! Double time now!"

"Right!"

Little did they know, that Ryoma was more outgoing than Nohr's prince.

"Miscalculation!" Takumi quickly came back. "Ryoma's here!"

"W-What?!" Hinoka said. "He was more than 100 meters away." (Remember, everyone uses the Metric System except for the USA.)

"Come on out, Corrin!" Ryoma called out. "You must pay for your betrayal and for interrupting our battle with Nohr."

"Brother." Takumi approached Ryoma. "Corrin isn't in the wrong here."

"What do you mean?" Ryoma glared at his sibling. "Is interrupting my duty as a prince not a betrayal to my country?"

"If you wish to settle this," Corrin emerged from a rock. "Then I can oblige." Corrin pointed Yato at Ryoma. "I can face you in battle."

"C-Corrin!" Sakura lept out as well. "You're not completely healed!"

"It doesn't matter." Corrin looked at Hinoka. "What's happening on Nohr's side?"

"They stopped fighting!" Hinoka reported.

"Great." Corrin gripped Yato. "Brother. Do you wish to battle me?"

"If you plan to stand in my way, yes."

Corrin nodded. "Fine!" He could feel his tactician's gaze on his back and grinned.

Jojo felt his commander's aura next to him.

"We challenge the Prince of Nohr and Prince of Hoshido to a duel!" The two said together.

"WHAT?!"

"That was the plan?!"

"That's ridiculous! Corrin that's-"

"N-No…"

The two heard the surprised gasps from all sides.

Jojo grinned as the two princes stalled their troops.

"Can they even accomplish this?"

"I don't know…"

"Who has seen Justin's technique?"

"No one…"

"HOW?!"

Ryoma was baffled. "I-I'm sorry, did you say a "duel"?"

Corrin nodded. "Yes, a final duel between you and Xander against me and my tactician."

"YOU want me to join forces with the prince of Nohr to defeat you?"

"...Yes?" Corrin asked? Maybe?

"You're an idiot." Ryoma shook his head. "I wish to take your tactician head on by myself."

"You can take him on while I take Xander on myself."

"...You are going to fight Prince Xander?"

"Yes. You will fight Justin."

"Hmm…" Ryoma tried to think his logic. "If that's the case, then I accept. I'll duel you both with that prince."

"R-Really?" Corrin sighed. 'At least Ryoma agreed. Phase 1 is complete.'

"So what do you say?" Jojo asked. "Don't you believe you should punish your, ugh, 'Little Prince' prior to taking over Hoshido?"

"Hmm… You make a valid point."

'No, I don't.' "Of course I do!" Jojo chuckled. "It's not like you'll win anyway."

"We'll see about that! I accept your duel proposal!"

'Heh. Good…'

"Well then, let's meet up with Corrin, no?"

"Fine, let's proceed." Xander trotted along. "Everyone move along." He ordered.

"Hey, will you be using your horse to duel?"

"Of course not, you dolt."

"Huh. I'm sure you'll change your mind around half way."

"What?"

"Hey look! Corrin's over there."

"Justin!" Corrin ran towards his tactician. "Thank the Gods we had a cease between the battle."

"I'll pretend I understood that, 'kay pal?"

"Um, so Xander agreed?"

"To kick your ass, yes. What about Ryoma?"

"He agreed as long as he, and I quote, 'get's Pendragon's head'."

"Not in APA, but I'm sure you don't have that established yet." Jojo grumbled.

"What?"

"I said, 'I see.'" (Pendragon, 2016).

"Alright…?" Corrin raised an eyebrow. "I'll just call everyone to attention."

"You do that."

"Ahem, listen citizens of both Nohr and Hoshido."

"Actually, I'm from Cheve."

"I'm from the 'Wind Tribe.'"

"You haven't forgotten about me, right?" Rinkah said.

'Oh, but 'The Writer' did, my dear.'

"Okay then. Let me rephrase that then. People who are fighting in this pointless war."

"Better."

Corrin sighed and growled. "I'm here to say that my army's tactician and I will challenge both the Prince of Nohr and Prince of Hoshido to a duel. Should they officially accept, there will be two possibilities. They will have the honor of dispatching my army, as I will gladly surrender to the nation that wins the bout if both my tactician and I fall. Should they both yield, they must surrender to me and join my ranks by force. If they are honorable men, they will join my army after losing the duel."

"Huh. You already had planned this out ahead of time, haven't you, Corrin?" Ryoma asked.

"Yes."

"That means that you're certain you'll win," Ryoma held an apathetic tone in his voice. "But I'll have you know that I'm much stronger than I was before."

"I as well, Hoshidan Prince." Xander said. "Promise you won't get in my way for defeating Corrin."

"Only if you promise not to harm that tactician before I do."

They're both wanted criminals in Hoshido and Nohr, so they both chose one.

'WHY?!'

Don't question it.

"So, are you two ready?" Xander asked. "I wouldn't want to beat you down when you're unprepared."

"We're ready." Corrin said. "Right?"

Justin just smiled. "Ahem," Jojo cleared his throat loudly. "ARE YOU READY FOR THE MIGHT OF US?!"

Corrin stared at Jojo. "Uh, you could have worded that better."

"Yeah… It sounded better in my head."

"Be serious, idiot." Xander said.

"Oh? I think we're ready for this then." Jojo grinned.

*Start Asgore from Undertale*

Justin Pendragon and Corrin stood in front of Xander and Ryoma respectively.

They pulled out their blades simultaneously and pointed their blades towards their foe. Pendragon vs Ryoma. Corrin and Xander. That was the agreement, right? Why don't we change it up?

Corrin and Jojo looked at their enemies. They nodded and Jojo PK Fired the ground.

"You missed." Ryoma stated, clouding his eyes from the dust rising.

"You're wrong." The two princes heard from above.

"What?!"

The two were up in the air.

"Hah! You can't expect something when you can't see." Jojo said with his hands charging a PK Thunder.

Ryoma dodged and Xander pulled back. "Damn. Why did he-?"

Jojo appeared behind Xander. "Less talking, more fighting." Jojo raised EXCaliBurn at his foe. Eyeing Xander's movements as, he too, took out his blade.

'This wasn't what we agreed on! No matter, I need to fight if I want to win.' "It changes now!" Xander said. "I will get my revenge."

"So be it." Jojo said as the blades locked together.

Corrin, on the other hand, was struggling a bit.

"Hmph! A nice idea to trick me into fighting you, but you are far too weak." Ryoma said. "Your technique is quite lacking."

"I like my technique, it has made me into who I am now." Corrin replied. "I will get you two to join me. Even if I get bruised and bloody. For the betterment of the world, I will make you two see what I mean."

"You talk big, yet your technique lacks the requisite skill to best me."

"SWITCH!" Jojo yelled out. Jojo launched a Divinity, which blinded the two princes.

"Argh!" Xander yelled.

"Damn that tactician." Ryoma said.

"Hey, that's not very nice." Jojo said in a pose flashed at the huge audience. "And here I thought we would grow to be friends."

Ryoma rubbed his eyes, spots dotting them. "Where did Corrin-?"

Ryoma felt a tap on his shoulder. "Corrin is fighting Xander. I would recommend attacking me."

"Very well. This is the very thing I wanted." Ryoma blinked again. "Hah!" And the two began fighting, both of them dodging each attack.

"Corrin?" Xander felt Corrin's lack of strength towards Siegfried. "What kind of technique is that? It's so…"

"What?"

"You have terrible technique." Xander said as a bolt erupted from Siegfried. "Neither Gawain nor I taught you that. Tch. He'd be disappointed in you."

"Don't you dare speak of him." Corrin said. "He would be disappointed in your decision."

"How ironic."

"You're judging me again, Corrin." Jojo looked at Corrin.

"Well…"

"Just say it, damn it."

"It's really really stupid." Corrin reviewed the plan. "Why would you ever think this is a good idea?"

"Look, my logic is solid here." Jojo reviewed subsection A3. "If you make your opponent think that you're weaker than you actually are, you can surprise them when showing them that you had an ace in the hole the entire time."

"I… never thought of that. That's actually impressive, why don't people use this technique?"

"Because it could go incredibly wrong." Jojo motioned to show that it was obvious. "If you don't have the technique down, you could get hurt. You have to actually be skilled enough to protect yourself and your power. Reveal too much and the enemy can catch on. Use too little and you pay the price for it."

Corrin nodded. "Understood. So that's why you wished to know Xander's technique."

"Yes. Since I know he trained you, it would be useful to have that knowledge. I can manipulate it to help us."

"Train me then."

"As you wish, young padawan."

"Corrin! ACTA 2!" Jojo yelled. Jojo and Corrin began to improve their technique.

"Heh. I got this." Jojo smiled as he clashed with Ryoma. "There is no possible way that THEY think of THAT."

"What are you talking about, tactician?" Ryoma said.

"Hinoka… That tactician is brilliant." Takumi said.

"I agree. It seems Big Brother hasn't realized that those two work amazingly."

"Corrin, now!" Jojo said, but this time, the two princes were ready for it. They braced themselves for an attack, but all Corrin did was go back to back with Jojo.

"What did you two do?"

"You'll see." responded the tactician, which made Ryoma grit his teeth.

"I'll kill you!" Ryoma slashed at Jojo. But again, the tactician had a trick up his ass, er, I mean sleeve. Jojo slid under Ryoma and hit him with EXCaliBurn's pommel. Which Corrin used as an advantage and caused Xander to slash at Ryoma. The two princes were getting. "Damn that boy."

"You don't even realize what a tool you two have been." Jojo chuckled. "You two have been fighting a proxy war."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, another country is technically forcing you to fight. You're the country's bi*."

"Argh!" Ryoma gritted his teeth.

"Wait, Prince Ryoma." The two eyed Corrin and Jojo. "It seems that they want us to get mad. That's his plan. They also work excellent together."

Ryoma nodded. "I agree, but what should we do then?"

"The answer lies with them, we have to… ugh... work together."

"Urk!" Ryoma froze. "May you repeat that?"

"We need to work as a team." Xander called for his horse. "As much as it pains me, you must climb with me and we shall defeat these two." Ryoma grabbed Xander's hand and hoisted himself on his horse.

"You two givin' up?" asked Jojo.

"Wouldn't dream of it." Xander glared. "Now you shall feel the might of Nohr and Hoshido as one."

"If you say so." Jojo smirked. "Hell, can you even accomplish that?" Jojo said as he charged his Hamon. "Corrin, we need to think of something fast."

"Well, can't we-"

"Yes, but no."

"Go on then." Corrin motioned for Jojo to speak.

Jojo cleared his throat. "Ahem. ARE YOU TWO READY FOR THE MIGHT OF US!?" Jojo blinked. "Wait, sh* no. I could have phrased that better…"

"I'm getting deja vu, Justin." Corrin smiled. "Well, no turning back now."

"You're right. I was just so caught up in the moment- Ya know what? Let's just go, fam." Jojo breathed as he raised his Hamon infused blade. The two princes yelled as their sword shot energy at the two. "Checkmate." Jojo grinned. EXCaliBurn shook in Jojo's hand as the Hamon tried to counteract the two blade's power. "Corrin ACTA III!"

"Right." Corrin nodded. He pulled out his Dragonstone. "Let's do it, Justin." Jojo mounted his friend. But not that way.

"Hah! I'm a Wyvern Rider, or is it a Mageik Knight? Wait, I got an *amaging* pun somewhere. Camilla ain't got merde on this, and I didn't even class change!" Corrin hopped up and down like a mechanical bull at a bar. Jojo held on to Corrin. "Charge, my dragon."

"What the hell are they doing?" asked Leo.

"What are those two doing?" asked Xander.

"Winning, Charlie Sheen!" Jojo yelled out. Xander charged at Corrin. "PK Fire!" Jojo yelled out clouding Xander and Ryoma's vision. Hinoka recognized this move. This didn't fool Ryoma, even if he couldn't see anything past the dust.

"They're still heading here, listen!" Eyes closed, Xander heard the patter of Corrin charging.

"Heh, an easy facade." Xander braced his horse. "Too bad it didn't work. Dust cannot fool me again!"

When the light stopped blinding the two, they saw Corrin charging at them. "I knew it! Wait, but where's that tactician?" Xander saw that Jojo was nowhere to be found. "Where is he?!" Corrin jumped above over Xander and Ryoma's head. The princes watched as the dragon gracefully landed and saw a spot in the sky. "No, that can't be it." But, oh, it was. Jojo came from above.

"Divinity!" Jojo yelled out. Camilla recognized this move.

"Argh!" Xander and Ryoma said as the attack blinded them. They didn't know what had happened.

"Now, Corrin! Finishing attack!" Jojo told Corrin. Corrin used his tail to launch the two princes out of the horse and onto the ground. "Overdrive!" Jojo yelled out as he hit both of the princes with Hamon. Leo recognized this attack.

"Adios, mis amigos!" Jojo said.

When the light stopped hurting Xander and Ryoma's eyes the saw that Jojo and Corrin were back to back, pointing both their blades at their throats. "Yield!" they said in unison.

The two princes really didn't have a choice.

"I-I give up then…" Xander said.

"What? The crown prince of Nohr is giving up?" The crowd said.

"I too must give up." Ryoma said. "I yield."

"W-W-WHAT?!" The armies on both sides were shocked by this revelation.

"The winners of this duel is both Corrin and I!" Jojo shouted. "We bested Nohr's and Hoshido's best!"

"We won…" Corrin murmured. "WE WON!"

"WOOOOOO! WE DID IT!" the Vallian army (Heh) cried out.

"Well damn, we won." Jojo laughed and patted Corrin's back.

"Yeah, I can't believe it."

"Well, we had an agreement." Jojo looked at Ryoma and Xander. "So, you must abide."

"..." Xander was hesitant.

"I will accept this." Ryoma bowed in front of the two. "We did have an agreement, and I am an honorable man, but you must keep your promise too."

"We will," Corrin said. "But Xander…"

All three armies watched the noble prince.

"I… I can't… Father is still…"

"Father?!" Leo came up. "You still that man as our father?! The last time we saw him he said he wanted ruin for everyone. Sure, I love my country as much as you, Xander, but even I can tell something was wrong with Father."

"Don't be in denial, Xander." Jojo warned. "Look at your men." The Nohrian army was clearly in peril. "I heard that Hoshido was just waiting for your resources to run dry." He looked at Scarlet. "Can't you see that your father is hurting his citizens? What matters more, your respect towards your father, or your pride towards your country?"

Xander's face went dark.

"I like to think you know what's right." Jojo said. "Leo sees what's right, so now all we need is you."

The entire world looked upon Xander.

Should he do it? Should he care more about his nation than the man that raised him?

"I'll… I'll do it." Xander finally spoke. "But only to save my nation."

"R-Really?!"

"Yes." Xander sighed. "I'd rather see my homeland and people happy."

Jojo grinned. "Good, you see that feelings are worthless when speaking about your nation." He put out his hand. "We'll be glad to have you on board.'

Xander looked at the tactician's hand. Was he really accepting him? No matter, he had to believe in him. Corrin did, so why wouldn't Xander trust him?

"I… I still have my suspicions about you, but I hope we can trust each other."

"Ditto." Jojo said. "But you, Ryoma. You will stand down without giving it any thought?"

Ryoma warmly smiled. "Actually, I had a feeling that you two have given much thought to this war."

"Too much, actually."

"That's exactly why I believe you two."

'That's, again, not a good reason…'

"So I'll join you and stand down since you won't bring ruin to Hoshido."

Jojo cleared his throat and began to address everyone. "So, in short, everyone agrees that Prince Xander of Nohr and Prince Ryoma of Hoshido have joined Corrin's army, correct?"

All nations nodded.

"And that both Nohr and Hoshido will stand down?"

All nations nodded.

A mage cackled. "You honestly think we needed someone like you to attack Hoshido?"

The spotlight suddenly shined upon his fabulous skin.

'Fabulous my ass...' Jojo thought.

The mage posed. "King Garon has power beyond that of a- Gack!"

Jojo walked up and gripped his throat. "Hey, can anyone help me tie this guy up? My hands are a little full." Nobody said a thing. "Hey, Xander, you say this man treats members in Nohr's army badly, right?"

"Y-Yes."

"Hmm… Maybe we should discipline this mage. He, perhaps, isn't what we should think of when dealing with Nohr, would some of you say?" Jojo grinned.

Some people murmured.

"So can someone make sure the king finds out about this? I believe it would be beneficial for you." Jojo let go of the man.

Nohr knew what to do.

Two generals took Iago with them. "I think we should have a talk with King Garon about your behavior, Iago."

"N-N-N-No!" Iago squirmed. "Damn you, Pendragon! DAMN YOOOOOO-" He got knocked the fug out.

Leo sighed with a blissful tone. "You feel that, Brother? It feels like we should have no more worries about him."

Xander nodded. "I may not like what Father does to Iago, but he does deserve it."

"Anyway," Jojo interloped again. "We should get going."

"What of the armies, Justin?" Azura asked.

"Oh, they should listen to what their princes have to say." Jojo looked at the two.

They knew what to do.

"Citizens of Hoshido." Ryoma looked at his troops. "I tell you now that we will no longer fight Nohr. We will still need you to protect the land, but we will not be marching further into Nohr."

Xander looked at his troops. "Soldiers of Nohr, hear me now! It matters not what my father says anymore, so we will longer fight Nohr. I tell you that we should no longer heed his words. Instead, go home! Go home to your families and do not fight Hoshido. This war is over!"

The crowd cheered.

'No idea how this will turn out, but I hope that the really don't kill each other again.'

Honestly only put this to actually give sense on why Nohr and Hoshido didn't die in the game

'Yeah, that makes sense.'

"Hey, Corrin?"

"Hmm? Yes?"

"Anything you want to say? Anything at all?"

Corrin sprang back to life. "Oh! R-Right. I was just a bit distracted."

"Uh huh…" Jojo motioned for Corrin to speak. "Well, go on!"

"Ahem." Corrin cleared his throat. "Everyone, listen to me!"

The crowd stopped and settled down.

"I promise you that there will be peace between Nohr and Hoshido. In the coming weeks, we will find the source to peace! No more will there be a need to pick up a blade to attack each other. Together we can thrive untied!"

The crowd, again, cheered.

'This will happen a lot, no?'

Pretty sure that's the joke.

"Soooooo…" Elise looked around. "Now what?"

"Well, we do what Corrin wants us to do, I guess." Jojo said. "What are you gonna do, Corrin?"

"Well, we go the Bottomless Canyon."

"Ha! You said 'bottom'!"

Everyone stared at the tactician.

"What?"

He could never be serious…

"Yare yare, Kaze..." Saizo muttered. "He's trustworthy, but an idiot."

Works Cited:

Pendragon, J. (2016). ]Jojo's Bizarre Awakening Part 1: Dragon's Blood.

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The skies were dark and cloudy. Jojo kept note of this change in a notepad as the army marched on.

"So we have a truce then, right?" Jojo asked.

"Yes," Ryoma said. "A truce between Nohr and Hoshido."

"I can't believe we're allies…" Xander looked at the troops. "Just a few days ago we were at each other's throats!"

"Well, maybe all you needed was to suck up your pride and listen to one another," Jojo said. "Problem with people is that nobody listens to each other anymore."

"Amazing what listening can do." Leo looked at Takumi. "Maybe Prince Takumi could use some of that?"

"No, maybe YOU need that." Takumi joked.

Azura chuckled. "It's interesting to see everyone bond." She looked at Corrin. "Wouldn't you say so?"

"Yes, it so bizarre. It's almost a little too much to take in." Corrin smiled. "But it's thanks to you. If you didn't help me, I would have never seen the day where this had happened."

"I like how you didn't thank me, Corrin." Jojo grinned.

"I'm pretty sure you know that I'm always glad for my tactician's help." Corrin patted Jojo's back.

"Aw shucks, you're making me blush."

The three laughed.

Azura sighed and smiled. "It makes me a bit sad that we still have to…"

Corrin's smile dropped. "Yes, we still have a bit more fighting to do…"

"Hey, come on!" Jojo patted both their backs. "No need for that now. We're gonna win, I just know it!"

"Y-Yeah!" Corrin smiled. "We have Yato here to help us."

"And we have the allies to accomplish our mission." Azura said.

"See? We have nothing to worry about."

The platoon reached the Bottomless Canyon at long last! The air seemed more eerie than normal. The dark clouds scattered the land and darkened the visable

"Uu…" Sakura shivered.

"Are you frightened, Sakura?" Takumi put out his arm. "I guess you can stand next to me."

Elise looked at Leo. "Hey, why aren't you nice like Takumi?"

"Pfft! You're a grown woman! You can handle it yourself. In any case, Pendragon is speaking, so quiet down."

Elise pouted.

"So we're going to need y'all to jump off this here cliff."

"WHAT?!"

Corrin looked at Jojo. "You could have eased them into saying that first!"

Jojo shrugged. "I dunno how to ease someone into jumping off a cliff. What, do you say 'If your brother jumped off a cliff, would you follow?'?"

"There could have been better ways to say it!" Corrin said.

"So you want us to basically kill ourselves, right?" Takumi said.

"N-No!"

"You do KNOW that it's a bottomless canyon, right?" Leo stressed. "Hence the name 'Bottomless Canyon'."

Gunter finally came back to the story. "Lord Corrin, you were prepared for them to doubt you, yes?"

"Yes, Gunter. I was prepared for this." He looked back at Jojo.

"Hi." Jojo grinned and waved back.

Corrin sighed and shook his head, but he had to face his army. "I'm sorry... I know I haven't been able to tell you the whole truth up until now. I'm certain that you'll be willing to jump once you know why I've been fighting."

Azura stopped Corrin. "Corrin?! What are you saying? You can't tell them everything here. If you do, the curse…"

'Mind if I stop right here?'

Not at all. I was going to skip these lines of dialogue anyway.

'Alright, cool.'

What are you going to do?

'I'm gonna rant.'

Oh no…

'So look, you can just say there's a curse that can kill you with no problem at all? That just doesn't make sense to me.'

It's not supposed to, Justin.

'I just feel like that it should, ya know?'

It doesn't work like that. It's a game. Don't question it too much.

'It's a game for you all, but for me it's life. I have to live in this world. I have to question it all. I'm sure you people have questioned something in your life because it just made no sense.'

I question how Calculus works.

'I could teach you, mate. It's not the difficult to learn and understand.'

Sure, but we're wasting time.

'Yeah, we are'

"...Are you ready, Justin?"

"Waa? Oh. Yeah, I better be, no?" Jojo patted Corrin's back. "This is it."

"It is." Corrin smiled. "I actually had doubt that your plan would have worked."

"Ha! You doubted your tactician?" Scarlet walked up to the bridge. "Wow, I wonder how he feels?"

Justin was taken aback. "You wound me, Corrin. I thought we had a special bond."

Corrin blushed. "Well, you are special."

Scarlet and Jojo looked at each other and grinned.

"Oh yeah?"

"Y-Yeah."

"More special than Azura?" they teased.

"W-Wha?!"

"Just kidding!" Scarlet said and the woman jumped over the rope. "No one is as special as Ryoma."

Justin and Corrin just watched the woman fall.

'I wonder how they bonded on their marches...' Corrin thought.

"Shall we?" Justin asked.

"We shall."

The two nodded and jumped.

Jojo had more control falling down. 'I haven't flown in like a fat minute.'

"You good, Corrin?" Jojo asked.

"What? I couldn't hear you."

"I said, 'Are you okay?'."

"Uh, yeah. In a sense."

Minutes passed.

Corrin felt the wind rushing through his hair. A strange shiver flowed through his body. "What the...?" A new figure was next to Corrin. The face was covered with a hood. A purple hood...

"I AM THE FORGOTTEN DRAGON! IN THE NAME OF THE KING OF VALLA, ANANKOS, I SENTENCE YOU TO DEATH!" A ball of flame formed between the figure's hands. "PYRE!"

"Gah!" Corrin felt the injury seep into his flesh. It burned something inside. "What the-?!"

"PYRE!" Another ball was shot.

"GAH!" Corrin prepared himself.

"Argh!" Scarlet was wounded.

"What? What happened?" Corrin looked around. "Scarlet? Scarlet?!" Corrin realized what happened.

"NOOOOOOOO!"Corrin yelled as he fell deeper and deeper into the canyon...

"They're coming." Anankos raised his head. "The hour of reckoning is almost upon us."

"It is, Sire." Gawain stood still at his master's side.

"Ah… It seems just yesterday I was worried about that Pendragon kid… But with you! You and I will make sure we don't have problems with that. Everyone will die."

"You're right, Sire. Everyone will die." Gawain repeated as he eyed his master's neck. It was exposed, one quick stab through it and he'll be gone. Gawain could be king and save everyone! All that praise! The dagger quickly whizzed through the air.

"Gawain, Gawain… You naughty boy." Anankos stopped the blade from entering his neck.

"Wh-what?" Gawain was shocked as the blade snapped in two by Anankos' hands.

"You don't seem to understand. I own you. My blood is in your body, so I control you."

"N-No..."

"Which means I can read your thoughts."

"NO!"

"Which means I knew of your plan prior. This saddens me, Gawain. I thought you accepted my power without repercussions. I'm going to have to punish you."

"Never! I need this power to- Gack!"

Anankos gripped Gawain's neck. "You see, Gawain. You are very special. You took my blood unlike anyone else. You had control over your sanity. I thought this meant you were a more capable slave, but to think you went out of your way to betray me…"

Gawain tried his hardest to grip Anankos' hand and got it loose. He took a deep breath and head-butted the dragon.

"AHH!" Anankos' covered his face. "YOU! YOU CONTEMPTIBLE FOOL! AWAKEN!" Anankos lunged at Gawain and sent a barrage towards him. His hair changed from a light blue to a deep magenta. "You actually did some damage…" Anankos scoffed. "Tch! You filthy human. I really need to teach you a lesson. But you see this?" Anankos slammed Gawain's chest. "This is true power."

"What are you?"

"I am a god, Gawain. Feel my strength as it enters your body once more."

"GAHHH!" Anankos laughed as he doused Gawain with strength.

'N-No! What is this? This power?'

"Feel it, Gawain! This is more power then Garon or Gunter have ever felt! It's a little bizarre actually, everyone that has ever taken ahold of my power alive starts with the letter G. Relish it, Gawain. You'll soon have everything. AHAHAHAHAHA!"

GAHHHHH!" Gawain shrieked in pain as his aura grew grimmer. Darker, yet stronger. Soon, the cries in pain turned to laughter of insanity…

"He's gotten stronger." God said.

"Pendragon has made it this far. It's now or never, Father. He can save the multiverse."

"Of course he can. Now, we wait."

...And we're done with this month's chapter. This is a much longer chapter, and y'all should expect this more often. What else, mate? Oh yeah, if you're confused on what's going on, READ THE DAMN PROLOGUE! (Yes, the joke is old. I'm sorry. This will be the last time I mention it.)