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A/N: Hello again! Well, I left you with an annoying cliffhanger but the part two is right here, so enjoy!

Last Time on Fire Emblem: Blazing Light…

The duo stopped in their tracks when a big man with an axe appeared right in front of them. He seemed to look Lyn up and down, which disgusted Lyn greatly. The man then gave a swing of his axe, and four other bandits came out of hiding, joining with their leader.

"So, this is Lyndis, eh? So beautiful, and it all has to go to waste. Hmm, the things I do for money…

Lyn stood there shocked, and Aracho just wondered what had gotten into her. All she could do was stare at the bandit leader in confusion, and nothing would come out of her mouth, except a question.

"How… How do you know my name?"

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"Heh, heh… Don't worry about that. Sorry, but I'm going to have to kill you. Come on, Scatter!" the bandit leader commanded, and the bandits all assumed different positions.

Both Lyn and Aracho readied their weapons, and stood side by side in a ready position for any surprise attacks. "What now?" Lyn asked, knowing two against five weren't the best odds in the world.

"We stay together. They all have axes, so we should be fine if we stick on the cautious side," he concluded. Lyn nodded, and they were ready to move out, until they stopped at the sound of thundering hooves. Aracho wondered the worst, as they probably wouldn't be able to handle reinforcements. He looked off to the side to see the two knights from earlier today, with weapons in hand. Seeing the passive danger gone he relaxed a little bit, as did Lyn. It wasn't too long before the horsemen caught up with them outside the marketplace.

"What's going on?" the one called Kent asked.

"We're being attacked by bandits. Mind giving a hand? Aracho told quickly. The two nodded and Sain started to say more crazy stuff.

"Worry not, we will handle these bad brigands for you!" he shouted. Aracho just twitched his eyes in annoyance. Sain then ended up rushing a brigand on his horse with his lance. The brigand simply ducked below the lance before giving a swing of his axe, which put a medium-sized gash on Sain's arm. He quickly staggered back as the brigand gave a slick smile of victory, thinking that he won.

"How did he dodge my attack?" Sain said in sheer cluelessness, making Aracho wonder how this brickhead ever made it into the Caelin knights in the first place.

'Linus was never this stupid, even if he had his moments' Aracho thought, before having to suppress a snicker. 'Not now, we're in the middle of a battle' he told himself. He came back to the land of the living to see Kent chewing out Sain while Lyn handled the bandit herself.

"Now why in the world would you assault an axe user with a lance? You know this, you knucklehead! Bring out your sword, and we'll handle the other bandit together," he told/commanded Sain.

"Ummm… about that… I forgot to get a sword," he informed Kent, while sheepishly scratching his hair.

"Ugh, you are so forgetful…" Kent said. "Good thing I bought a spare. Here you go. Kent gave the spare sword to Sain. Sain gave a smile when he received the sword. "You know me too well,'" he said.

"Come on, we have to catch up with Lady Madelyn's daughter!" Kent exclaimed.

"What!? Where did they…" Sain left off after seeing Aracho cut a brigand's arm almost clean off before giving him a death slice to his neck. The brigand fell down, dead and Aracho went on to the bridge, in the direction of the leader. They saw Lyn stay back and handle the other brigand to the north. She was doing pretty well, having the upper hand against the bandit.

The two surveyed the battlefield to see a bandit coming to attack Lyn from behind. Not letting that happen, the two horsemen rushed forward and attacked the brigand. Kent came and gave the brigand a nasty slice to his chest, which cut his shirt and made blood come gushing out. Sain came afterwards and put the brigand out of his misery by decapitating the bandit. By then, Lyn was done with the bandit, and the three joined together for a moment.

"Where's Aracho?" Lyn asked.

"Who?" Sain returned.

Lyn gave an annoyed huff at Sain's continued cluelessness. "The boy I was traveling with! Did you see him?"

"Yes," Kent said. "He went towards the bridge in a north-westerly direction," he confirmed.

"Oh, no! Go help him! He's still injured!" she screamed. Sain went ahead first to help Aracho, while Kent helped Lyn mount on his horse. When they were secure, they took off towards Aracho.

Aracho was doing pretty well for himself. He was fighting two bandits at once, one of which was the leader. They were at a stalemate, because Aracho could not try a killing blow because they kept covering for each other. However, both of the bandits had shallow cuts from head to toe. 'I wish there was some way I could get a spell off, they would be caught off guard' he thought. It then clicked in his head, something he remembered learning years ago.

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Flashback: 6 years ago

Aracho and Ursula, a member of the Black Fang, were in a large clearing behind the Black Fang fortress. Ursula was teaching him about magic, as Brandon told her to do. Honestly, she enjoyed doing it after a while. In the beginning, she wanted nothing to do with it, however after a while; she was attached to the boy. Right now, she was teaching Aracho about how to use magic based on memory.

"Sometimes Aracho, once you have used a spell enough, it becomes basic memory, but it takes more energy out of the user. Do you get it?" Ursula told him. He looked a little confused, but she paid it no mind.

"So, does that mean we can use spells without books?" he confirmed.

"Yes, it does, so that's what I'm teaching you next, okay?" All Aracho did was nod excitedly.

"What do I do?" he yelled. Ursula simply gave him a sinister smile before giving his duty.

"Since you can use magic for a long time without being tired, I want you to use one-hundred thunder spells with the book, then use 30 spells based on complete memory. Also, you will stay here until you're done.

Aracho looked slack-jawed, as he already felt tired from hearing that.

"But, that's so unfair!" he exclaimed.

"Fine then, do 35 based on memory." She returned.

"What!"

"40."

Seeing no way out of this, Aracho simply did as he was told to avoid getting more torture training from Ursula. He was going to sleep for days when he was done.

Flashback over

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Remembering that day, Aracho jumped back after another clash with the bandits. He started chanting as the bandit came closer for another clash. Right before the bandit was upon Aracho, he was struck by a bolt of lightning that came out of seemingly nowhere. The bandit writhed in pain, giving Aracho the chance to slit his throat, leaving him and the leader alone. However, Aracho's old wound started to give him pain again, probably because of over-exertion.

Even with his injury starting to hurt him again, he still fought on with the leader. Aracho moved in to give the leader a swinging uppercut with one of his daggers, which was dodged. The bandit leader gave a hefty swing of his axe, which Aracho dodged with a backflip, giving the two some distance.

Aracho was tired, after all this fighting, and all he could do was pray that Lyn or one of the knights came before he caved to exhaustion. At that moment, he heard the thundering hoof steps from before, and looked to see the two knights coming toward the battle. They quickly regrouped with Aracho, who stepped back to let the other three people handle the leader.

"Pah, it's always knights in other peoples' business. Keep to yourself once in a while!"

Between, Sain, Kent, and Lyn, the bandit did not last long and was quickly cut down in their wake.

"There was… only supposed… to be… one girl…" the bandit said with his dying breath.

Now that the battle was over, the two knights started to explain why they were there. "See, we are on a mission to bring the daughter of Lady Madelyn back to Caelin home. We were sent by the marquess, Lord Hausen himself," Kent started.

"It all started when he got a letter from Lady Madelyn herself, saying she was living comfortably on the plains with her husband and seventeen year old daughter. After a while, Lord Hausen sent us to come and bring Madelyn and her daughter home, if possible. He wants to see them before his illness kills him." Sain finished, in the first serious tone ever heard from him.

"My grandfather… is a marquess?" Lyn asked, while trying to process this information.

"He always loved Lady Madelyn, even after declaring that he had no daughter," Kent said.

"Wait," Aracho interjected, as he saw an important detail in all of this. "How did that guy know Lyn's name? Isn't he just a bandit?"

"It's probably one of Lundgren's stooges." Sain answered.

"Who's Lundgren?" Lyn asked.

"The brother of Lord Hausen," Kent responded this time. "Your great-granduncle. When your grandfather dies, he will assume the position of the marquess of Caelin. If you suddenly came back, it would ruin all of his plans."

"That explains it all. So what is the plan now?" Aracho asked.

"Well, first, we have to get Lady Lyndis to Caelin. Will you come with us?" Kent asked Lyn.

"Well, I can't just say no to meeting my grandfather for the first time. Not to mention, we have to stop Lundgren!"

"Okay, we have the sweet maiden Lady Lyndis! Off we go!" Sain said, before rushing off in the wrong direction.

"Sain! Wrong direction, you brickhead!" Kent yelled. Sain quickly went back with the group, and was red with embarrassment.

"So, how do we get to Caelin?" Lyn asked, not minding Sain's weird ways.

"From here, we go southwest, through the outskirts of Bern before going through Araphen. Afterwards, Caelin is just a hop, skip, and a jump away," Kent explained.

When he said they had to travel through Bern, Aracho started to wonder. How would they react if they saw him again? Also, what would they think about Sonia leaving him for dead? He just shook his head, and just stayed in the present for now. However, he couldn't shake off what Sonia was planning for the Black Fang.

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Sonia was in a cave-like structure, until it was lit. The room showed many different markings of dragons, as well as a portal-like structure all the way in the back. She walked in, and bowed in front of a person in all black clothing.

"I have returned, master," Sonia said.

"Good, now report," the figure commanded.

"I have gotten rid of that issue, Aracho, as well-" she was interrupted as her master was angry about what she said.

"What! Have you lost your head!? Now, they will be more suspicious of you and it will be nearly impossible to seize control of the Black Fang!" he shouted. Sonia let her head down in shame before the figure spoke again.

"But… this may give opportunity…" he thought aloud. "Sonia, redeem yourself. Give comfort to Brendan Reed, and slowly take complete control of the Fang. We move in one year, but that should be more than enough time, correct?" the man told her.

Sonia rose her head again, her yellow eyes shining unnaturally. "I will not fail, master Nergal."

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A/N: And, that's a wrap! I hope you all liked it, and remember to Fave, Follow, and Review. Later folks!