Surprise! Yup, early update this time, because I might not have time to this Sunday. Now for a part of this child reqruitment rush I've persionaly been looking forward to!

Morgan hummed to herself as she continued to check through her equipment. She wasn't going out to battle. But she wanted to be prepared in case anything were to happen during this visit to see Takumi's child.

"Hey, Morgan!" She looked behind her to see Kana skip over to her. "There you are! Wanna play a game? Selkie is gonna join us!"

"Sorry, Kana. I promised to keep Marc company during the visit to Takumi's son, but I'll play with you guys when I get back."

"Okay! I'm looking forward to spending some time with you."

"Me too! You know, outside of being in a dungeon in…uncomfortable situations."

Kana slightly shuddered. Her time as a prisoner still haunted her a little. Sometimes when it was cold she'd remember the chilly wind biting at her bare skin or the restraints and shocks.

"Oh, yeah! I promised I'd hook you up with a boyfriend!"

"Oh, right. I forgot about that."

"Sorry, I got so caught up in being back with my parents, my brother, my boyfriend and my daughter that I didn't get the time! So just to recap, you want a guy who's optimistic brave and strong!"

"Uh, sure."

"Got it! I'll find just the guy! Anyhow, I'd better run! Catch ya latter!"

As Morgan hurried of Kana thought about what she said. Truth be told she didn't think to hard about that promise. She wondered what having a boyfriend would be like. If it was anything like how her parents had each other, then she would be more than happy to try it.

Takumi took Robin, his twin children, Scarecrow, His new wife Elise and all four of their retainers as well as their sons. Celica came along with Severa who was there at Camilla's request to look after her sister.

"Soon we'll be meeting price Kiragi." Hisame said. "Someday I will be his retainer just as my father is for his…I'm a little nervous about this…"

"Don't worry so much Hisame." Hinata smiled. "Just do your best!"

"Yeah, just think!" Percy laughed. "You, me, Ace and our liege! We'll be an unstoppable fighting team of justice!"

Arthur laughed proudly. "That's right my son! Just as your parents are Princess Elise's sidekicks you will hold an identical honor and heroic role! This is where you'll mark your place in history!"

Takumi was only looking around worriedly. "Weird. Where's my son gone to? Damn his Deeprealm for being so big. I know I can't expect Kiragi to stay in his village all the time. But I thought at least he'd be out here, hunting or fishing. Somewhere."

"Yeah, he takes after you." Elise said. "Always working on his archery."

Celica whispered to Severa. "I can't help but feel that each child we meet has stronger connections to their father then their mother."

"Oh, come on, I'm sure Prince Kiragi will have something in common with Princess Elise."

"I don't know…it seems like it's just the opposite from what I'm hearing…and they are both royalty from two kingdoms separated by war. I'm worried that the pressure of that will be hard on a young man…"

"Wanna bet on that?"

"I don't gamble."

"It's not a gamble." Severe grumbled. "It's a…friendly wager! Come on Celica, live a little!"

"Well…if you insist on it. What stakes do you propose?" Celica asked.

Severa thought for a minute. "Whoever losses has to do one task of the winner's choosing!"

"Very well." Celica replied. "I don't know why I'm agreeing to this…I don't even know what task I'd have Severa do. Well, at least it makes us better friends. That's enough for me."

In the back of the group, Elise heard a sound behind her. She whirled around to see near invisible figures approach. "Oh, no! Look! Those creepy soldiers followed us here!"

"Creepy soldiers?!" Morgan asked. "As in the near invisible kind?!"

Takumi growled as he turned to them. "Ugh. Of all the times... Kiragi might be here too!"

"They're coming this way!" Elise said.

"Come on! We go to THEM!"

A small boy with greyish hair laughed at his recent catch. "What a day. Those fish pretty much jumped into my bucket! And then this bear - couldn't have been an easier target! Wish I'd bagged him a little closer to town. Too big to lug outta here. Too big to roll home too. Hmm. Gotta be some way..."

He then heard rustling from the trees behind him. "Er, hold on. What's that? Something lumbering around the forest...HELLO?" He waited for a response but only heard silence He did see something in the trees. "Hmm, nothing. Eh, no way that's a person anyway. Too freaky. Whatever it is, it'll make a great trophy for my wall!" The boy pulled a arrow from his quiver and put it in his iorn yumi. "All right. Fly straight and true, little arrow buddy. Ready, aim...FIRE!"

A swoosh was heard as the arrow flew into the air, clearly at the target. A thwunk hit Kiragi's ears making him leap out of his hiding place.

"That was a good one! Right between the...Uh, whoa. Hang on."

A cavalier came into view. Kiragi's arrow stuck out of his helmet. He slowly turned his head to face the boy that shot him.

"Uh-oh. Oopsies. Sorry 'bout that. But you really shoulda answered back."

As he slowly approached Kiragi, more enemies came from behind him.

"Looks like you brought friends too."

They said nothing as they slowly got closer.

"Not very chatty, are ya? And call me crazy, but I'd swear you're all surrounding me. Yeah? No biggie. I've got the bow my dad gave me. Let's call this target practice!"

As Scarecrow shot a mage with his bow, Morgan rushed in with her katana and Marc with his Falchion.

"Let's do this bro! Twin power!"

"R-right…"

They slashed a Faceless in half before turning to another behind them. "Arcfire!" They each shot a fire ball at it, engulfing it in flames.

"A lot of them seem to be gathered around here for some reason." Scarecrow said. "Do you think that-

He was interrupted when Elise screamed.

"W-what's wrong?" Oboro asked.

"Takumi! It's Kiragi! He's taking on all those soldiers by himself!"

Takumi looked over his shoulder to see his son dodging attacks as they came while shooting at the same time.

"HANG ON, KIRAGI! DAD'S ON THE WAY!"

The Prince and Princess charged to the enemies surrounding their son. Elise shot a furry of thunder magic as Takumi sent a hail of arrows mercifully taking down every foe in the way. As soon as they made their opening and rushed to Kiragi, Elise jumped off of her horse and hugged him. "KIRAGIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! You're safe!"

Takumi caught up fast. "We've got ya, Kiragi!"

"Mom! Dad! I knew you'd show up!"

"Really?" Elise asked. "Sorry we got here late. You must have been so scared."

"Nope. I knew you'd save me."

"What? Really?" Takumi asked.

"Yup! But anyway, you gotta check out this big bear that I bagged, Dad!"

"Ah, right. Big bear. Nice. But, uh, how about we focus on getting out of this mess alive, Son?" Takumi asked as the phantoms continued to circle the family.

"Ready for anything, Dad!"

Soliel hummed to herself. She was eager to learn more about her family. And she knew just who she wanted to see next.

She soon saw the man she was looking for destroying a training dummy. There were some holes in the walls around him.

"Hey there!"

Chrom turned around to see her approach. "Oh! Soliel."

"Um, is it okay if I call you Chrom? Sorry, but great grandpa is kind of a mouthful."

Chrom shuddered with a nervous grim. "I frankly couldn't be happier with that."

"Thanks! So, whatchya doing?"

"Training. Whenever I'm not swinging a sword I'm taking a nap. Predictable, I know."

"That's cool. Can I join you?"

"If you would like."

Soleil found a practice sword and started swinging at a training dummy.

"Die already!" Takumi shot the last caviller right in the face.

"I think that's the last of them." Robin said.

Kiragi ran over to his father. "Dad, no way! No! Way! There is NO way this is what you do every day."

"This is nothing! You should have seen me in my last battle, when I— Uh, hold on. Not the best dad talk. I mean to say, Son, that battle was dangerous. Even deadly."

"Nice!"

"Huh?"

Kiragi at this point was practically jumping around. "So fun! So! Fun! It was SO fun, seeing you all be like, you know... YAAAH! BLAMMIE! I want to be just like you, Dad!"

"Ugh... No, Son. You have to stay safe here in your Deeprealm"

"Hey, but we had a blast, didn't we? Yeah, I'm coming with you for sure!"

"What?! No, you're not. I put you here to keep you OUT of the war."

"Then again…" Elise said. "He is pretty strong! Just like his dear old dad!"

"Elise, that's not helping..."

"Come on, Takumi! Pleeeeease? I'll be there to heal him if he gets hurt, I promise!"

"Wow! Two against one." Kiragi grinned. "Done deal, yeah, Dad? Yeah."

"Two against—?" Takumi just sighed. "Oh, fine. I guess. How could I say no to faces like that?"

"Yay for our faces! I swear I won't let you down, Dad. Oh, hey! Wait. The OTHER thing. The bear I shot. Dad! Dad! It was amazing. DAD! I got it in one shot!"

Takumi smiled and ruffled the boy's hair. "I bet it was, Son. And thanks to you, our camp will feast on bear stew!"

From a good distance Morgan watched Elise skipping around her son.

"Let's see…optimistic, check, friendly, check…" She then glanced at the bear he took down. "Brave and strong, defiantly check…I think I just found Kana her guy!"

A bit further off, Celica and Severa watched Elise and Kiragi hold hands and spin around, with Takumi laughing.

"Kiragi looks happy." The princess said. "It's like he hasn't a care in the world."

"Yup. Looks like I win."

Celica gave her a confused look. "Win what?"

"What do you mean "Win what?!" Our wager, remember?!"

"Oh, right. Sorry, I forgot about that. So, I believe I have to perform one task of your choosing. What will it be?"

Severa only smirked. "First, we need to find Felicia."

Back with Kiragi and his family, Percy and Hisame approached the prince and knelled. "Prince, Kiragi." The samurai spoke. "It is an honor to finally meet you."

"Uh, hi?"

"Oh right. We need to explain." Takumi said. "This is Hisame. He's the son of both of my retainers."

"And this is Percy!" Elise added. "He's the son of both of mine!"

"And this is Ace!" Percy said patting his mount on the head.

"After everyone heard we had a son the two of them decided that they want to be your retainers." Takumi explained. "They want to follow their parent's footsteps."

"Uh, I don't really get this retainer thing, but if they're asking to be my friends, then sure!" Kiragi chirped.

"I'll do my best to support you, milord." Hisame said.

"This is gonna be great!" Percy added. "The four of us will take down anything that get's in our way!"

The parents smiled at the kids resolve. This could work.

Lucina sighed as she sat on a rock that night. She had some unpleasant thoughts in her mind.

"Lucina?"

She looked up to see her father staring at her as he approached. "Oh, hello father."

"What's wrong? You seem upset."

"It's just…" Lucina looked down and sighed. "Soleil seems to be so close with all of you. Yesterday Robin was with her, Morgan and Mark, studying tactics, you, were sparing with her today but…I have no idea how to approach her."

"Why not spar with her yourself?"

"Because there is nothing I can teach her that you can better. I want to spend time with her, but I can't think of anything else I accel in that hasn't already been demonstrated to her."

"Well…who said it had to be one of your interests? Why not try doing something she likes with her?"

Lucina looked up at him and smiled. "You always have the solution to everything, don't you?"

Chrom flashed a smile of his own. "I'm no Robin, but I try."

"So then…what can I do with her…"

"Um, if I may?"

They then noticed Oboro approach. "Sorry for eavesdropping, but I think I might have an idea. You see as soon as we got back, Soleil and Inigo came asking me for a favor. Soleil wanted to try dressing up like her grandmother…Olivia, I think she was called? Anyway, Inigo sketched the design of her costume for me and I'm currently in the process of making it. I must say it's…not a whole lot of clothing, so I'm almost done already…"

"Soooo…what's this got to do with Lucina?" Chrom asked.

"Well, she was going to use it to practice dancing in, so I figured maybe, you can try learning to dance with her."

"That's a good idea." Lucina said. "I learned a few things from Olivia, but still have a lot to learn. We'll both be learning together."

"Great! And I can easily make a dancer costume that matches hers and suits you at the same time!"

"Er, sorry what?"

"Come on! I need to start measuring you!"

Oboro took Lucina's hand and dragged her away. She looked back at Chrom with a worried glance.

Alm sighed in relief as he came into his room. It was a harsh day of training with Ike, Chrom, Xander and Ryoma. All were very powerful opponents.

"Whew. What a day-

"Good evening."

Alm's head snapped up when he realized someone else was in his room. And soon he found out who else was there. He dropped his sword and nearly his jaw.

There in front of him was Celica. But she was wearing a maid outfit identical to Flora and Felicia's. The black dress, and knee high heeled boots, the apron, the head band, it was all there.

"W-welcome home, Prince Albine!" She said with a bow. Her face was as red as her hair.

Her head stayed down as Alm stared at her with a blush of his own.

"C-Celica? What are you…?"

"It's…one of Felicia's spare uniforms." Celica muttered as she slightly raised her head back up, not looking away from the floor.

"But why are you…?"

"I-it's a long story…but bottom line…don't ever make any "friendly wagers" with Severa."

"What?"

"I'm…not allowed to change out of this until tomorrow…oh, gods, I'm too scared to even go out. If someone sees me like this…"

Alm felt a pit in his stomach as he imagined others seeing Celica like that. He didn't want to force that embarrassment onto her.

"Um…Celica? If you don't mind…you're welcome to spend the night here."

She looked into his eyes. "A-Alm…? Would that…be alright?"

"Sure…I have a extra blanket and pillow in the closet. I can sleep on the floor."

Celica felt guilty at the sound of that. Then however, she had a thought. "You know Alm…We are to be wed soon…"

"Yeah?"

"I don't see why…" Celica gulped as her face got even redder. "I don't see why we can't practice sharing a bed."

Alm's face glowed red as well. "Umm…sure. If that's what you want…Uh, I just need to change."

"R-right…I won't look."

Celica stared down at her feet as Alm changed into his night wear. He then climbed into the sheets. Celica climbed in with him. There was hesitation as they stared into their rosy faces. Suddenly, Celica felt bold and scooted closer to Alm. The prince did the same. They smiled as Alm wrapped his arms around her, and she rested her head on his chest.

"You're so warm." Celica said with a giggle.

Alm closed his eyes and rested his chin on her head. It was easy for them to drift off into a deep sleep.

This is probably going to be the only pairing I will do for the children in this story.