A/n i don't own fire emblem or any characters except my Oc including the picture as the cover
...my head…
… it's killing me…
...where am i…
Asher wakes from a headache of a sleep and realizes his surroundings are very peculiar.
'Hold on is that a fireplace, no one uses any of those in the 25th century'
As Asher looks around he also notices many items that were rendered obsolete by the new energy revolution.
'Are those candles?,and the windows don't have glass either and why is my body so heavy?'
At this moment though as he was looking around a man that would have classified as a bear came through a door. He was at most 6"5' with a face as battle-hardened as his clothes looking at the patchwork and faded orange coloring, dirty-gold colored hair styled like a mullet ending with a ponytail braid just above the back. He was also wearing shoulder pauldrons and had a shield slung over his back and a broadsword strapped to his waist.
'No way,it's Jeralt m-fking blade breaker'
As asher was taking in the sight of seeing one of his favorite characters from the fire emblem franchise in the flesh, Jeralt looks at the baby in the cradle that is staring at him with curiosity and says out loud
"Jeez, those two just had to die on me and entrust me with their kid i mean what do they expect from a run away mercenary like me"
As Jeralt was thinking of his life choices, asher is shocked inside
'So you're telling me not even in this life I would have parents,dammit god why?!'
As asher was inner monologuing his miserable life since in his past life he was an orphan and now the same thing happened all over again
"Haah, its ok kid i'm gonna take care of you and byleth, don't worry about a thing cause even though i look like this i'm pretty responsible" Jeralt said as he looks at the baby in the crib that looked like he was going to cry upon the mention of his parents death.
"Hey,hey little guy c'mere" Jeralt cooed as he picked up a baby Asher in his arms
"Now let's take a good look at you" he said as he picked up Asher and held him at arm's length. Asher as a baby was cute and was for sure going to be a lady killer growing up; he had light brown colored hair that was naturally smooth and comforting to the touch, clear golden eyes that shined like gold and was free from the horrors that the older man had witnessed in his life and was still full of childish innocence, and finally sharp facial features that hailed from the far east.
"Hehehe,no doubt kiddo you'll be a sight for the women when you grow up,but for now let's get you acquainted with your new life." Jeralt said as he wrapped Asher in a baby's waddle.
'Yawn,welp, time to sleep damn baby bodies tire out quickly' Asher thought as he drifted off to sleep no doubt dreaming of what he will be doing for the years to come.
When he woke up he found himself in a cradle much like his old one but only a bit bigger; looking around he noticed that the house where he was also looked the same except for the banner over the fireplace showing the sigil for the Eisner mercenaries.
That was when,while looking around, he noticed a similar waddle close to him. Looking at the baby, who was practically staring at him since Jeralt placed him in there,he found a baby female byleth who was looking at him curiously.
Wriggling himself to free his arms, he reached out to touch little Byleth's nose. And when he did he smiled like a loon for completing one of his dream bucket list
'Dream bucket list no.35:boop baby byleth's nose;check' while byleth just looked at him in confusion(for a baby).
What they did not notice however was Jeralt looking at them from the doorway with a smile 'Looks like byleth won't have a lonely childhood after all.' he thought
"Well time to train up the new recruits. Sonia, come look after the kids for a while!" he said, calling the aforementioned woman to look after the kids.
(time skip:4 years, Pegasus moon 2nd day imperial year 1164)
Within a house on the outskirts of Remire village,Asher was sitting at a chair while looking at the falling snow outside that signalled the season of winter.
"Haaaah, when's Pop gonna teach me to fight, I know that I'm still 3 years old but at least let me learn how to exercise properly" Asher sighed sadly as he watched the snow flutter and fall upon the ground "big brother you there?" Asher was
shaken off in his musings by a childish feminine voice that 16 years from now on would become the terror of the battlefield,The Ashen Demon, but for now she is but a small child with the same emotionless stare upon her cute face "yes By, i'm here" he called to his adopted younger sister.
Funny how when he was a baby he was placed into the same crib as one his most favorite female characters in the whole franchise, and although she was emotionless as they portrayed her to be in the franchise she still had that heart of gold that she only shows towards those she holds dear.
"Father wants to speak with you" said the mint haired munchkin as she stepped inside his designated room.
"Okay" he replied as he walked over to her and ruffled her hair lightly,"Stop that" she said, moving to slap his hand from atop her head but Asher already pulled his hand away.
"I will only stop when you become older and taller than me" he said in a light teasing tone that was only met with the same emotionless stare that she always sported, however Asher saw within her blue orbs a tinge of annoyance in response to his teasing.
"Father is waiting for you in the dining room" she said, moving away from him and walking away in the direction of the dining room,Asher just shrugs it off and soon follows her into the dining room.
As Asher enters the dining room he notices that his father is not alone, there are two people there,a man and a woman, who look like a couple judging from the two rings on their fingers.
"Ahhh, Asher good morning come let me introduce you to some friends of mine"Jeralt said as he notices him walking through the door and to him curiosity seen in his eyes as he looks at the two unknown occupants in the room
"Who are they Pop's?" the 4 year old asks looking at the people in question
The man on the right answers first "well little guy, my name is Raymond Delmin and this is my wife, Isabella Delmin" "they were my old friends back when the mercenary group started" Jeralt said.
Raymond had a squarish face with stark black hair shaved closely to his head, a scar starting from his right cheekbone and ending below his lip a memento from his mercenary days no doubt,he was wearing a brown colored cotton tunic,black pants and old but hardy combat boots that surely saw battlefields. Meanwhile Isabella looked different,she had soft blond hair that ended in the middle of her shoulders. She was the textbook description of the girl next door with her air of kindness and brown eyes that exuded motherly love.
They were the prime example of how opposites attract, "hello my name is Asher" the little boy said and asked "and what are you doing here" with a cute tilt of a head
"Well little one Jeralt here said you were going to turn 4 tomorrow" Isabella asked to which the child nodded "So as a gift from me kid, when you turn 4 tomorrow these two will teach you,Raymond will teach you fighting and Isabella here will handle your academics okay?" Jeralt said "alright kiddo meet us tomorrow at our house tomorrow to start our lessons ok?" Raymond added to which Asher nodded excitedly 'finally a start' he thought, "what about me father" asked Byleth "you too will attend their lessons when you reach your 4th birthday on the 13th" Jeralt replied to her,raymond and isabella later left to prepare for ashers lessons tomorrow on his birthday.
"Ok kiddo tomorrow behave ok because you and byleth will stay with those two until i get back from my job in Faerghus ok" Jeralt said as he tucked in Asher before he went to sleep "ok pops" asher replied as Jeralt blew the candle and left the room,to tell byleth no doubt.
Later that night as Asher laid down on his bed he reached out his hand to the ceiling thinking to himself 'let's do this' and fell asleep.
(Meanwhile in Byleth's room)
As she laid down and tucked herself in she saw her father enter the room and knelt beside her and said "hey kid,tomorrow you and your brother are gonna have to stay with ray and isabella for a while okay?" Byleth responded with a nod.
As Jeralt blew out the candle and walked out the door, Byleth stirred and looked around making sure that no one was there. "Sothis are you there?" She called out hoping that her friend through four different timelines would hear "Of course child" a voice called out and out appeared the goddess of Fodlan in all her glory. Wearing her usual dress and signature headpiece,her hair cascading down her short frame ending at knee length and she was barefooted.
"Thank goodness I thought you would be gone forever" Byleth said with relief in her voice. "I thought so too, one does not just restart the world four times and hope that nothing bad happens." Sothis said her voice was a mix of irritation for her host and relief that nothing wrong happened.
"What do you mean?" she asked "well if it weren't for some mysterious power i wouldn't be here and you would be lost in the river of time with no way of getting out." Sothis said and Byleth looked shocked at that contemplating on what she just heard "so this mysterious power is it good or bad?" she asked with uncertainty.
"Hmm, i don't know it happened too fast to find the alignment of the power that helped us" Sothis replied "anyway enough about that, tell me how does it feel to have a brother?" she added teasingly.
Byleth blushed from embarrassment "well it's nice to have a sibling even though we aren't related by blood. No wonder Edelgard loved her siblings" "well just remember it's not incest if your not blood related" Sothis said with a lewd look on her face; at that Byleth blushed as red asa tomato "its not like that!" she exclaimed.
At her shout Jeralt came barging in with Asher following a short while later "what happened Byleth?" Jeralt said looking around the room "it's nothing just had a weird dream" she replied shaking her head furiously while Sothis is snickering at her red face; Jeralt being the dad he is ignored his daughter's obvious embarrassed face but Asher, inheriting the trait of all protagonist's-density, went up to her and put his hand on her head and asked "are you sure? You're all red,are you having a fever?" it was an innocent question but it led byleth to her earlier conversation with sothis "o-of course, i'm just gonna go to sleep" she said before tucking herself in and turning away from them to hide her still embarrassed face.
Asher just looked at Jeralt and shrugged to which he just sighed and told Asher to go back to bed. Sothis, noticing that they left, looked at her host and said "well i hope you had a good three years without me in your head because expect that i would continue doing that from time to time hehehe." Byleth turned to her in shock and tried to voice out her opposition but she just sighed and accepted it, favoring the realm of sleep better.
As the world turns and the snowing stops, the inhabitants of the continent of Fodlan sleep blissfully unaware that tomorrow will be the start of a legend of the night stalker, the one-man army, Fodlan's red-eyed demon.
A/N: hello readers this is my first time writing a story so i will accept constructive criticism but i will ignore them insults,as you can guess from the title and picture i'm gonna add a splash of naruto into the world of three houses and if you're wondering where is his other cheats (cause all reincarnators have cheats) well wait for the second chapter hehehe
note: if you guys had noticed i redid the whole chapter since some friends pointed out some ideas and criticism on it, and sorry about not updating in a while but my grades took a hit so my gadget privileges have been revoked but just recently got it back. so good luck to me since i have to juggle time between this and school; so bya and see you next time.