Disclaimer: Don't own Fire Emblem, well I do in my dreams but not in the real world. Nor do I own France because it's mentioned around here somewhere. Or Yu Yu Hakusho, or any other anime. Again I do in my dreams..
Oh and a friend of mine pointed out the names I pick for some of the characters is a bit… odd and might not be understood. And for anyone who was wondering, most of the character classes I made up, so yes they have abilities not seen in the greatest video game ever.
Jonair: I just made the name up but I think it's French. And its said like it looks, Jon, like the name and air, like the stuff you breathe.. unless you know something I don't.
Jonairs class is a favorite of my creations, he's a swordfighter. Which means he can use swords and anima magic (I guess you figured that out by now but for all you thinking "no class can do that!"…eh-heh…made it up.)
Kera: yeah I spelled it wrong, but I like to be different. It's just like what it looks like. Kera's another favorite creation. She's a yo-ko, which I think means magical 9 tailed fox or something. I really love foxes so I had to put one in here. Yo-ko's are like the dragons from FE:SS she uses magic blue fire and her animal like abilities such as claws and fangs. Kera has other abilities you'll see later on.
Genma: okay, I'll be honest, a friend sent me his name so I don't know how to say it really… I guess would be Gen like the word Jin (the card game or Wind Demon from Yu Yu Hakusho) and just Ma, like what it looks like. Genma is a samurai, which in this is a well-rounded fighter who can use swords, axes and bows.
In this chapter you meet and old friend of Genma. A girl named Raven. I'll explain her later on. Okay that's enough worthless stuff, on with the story. I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter 2, Depart for Vanegard
The inside of the castle was destroyed, there were small patches of flames, holes as far as the eye could see and everything was torn to shreds.
"Good lord we were in here a half hour ago!" Was Jonair's comment while looking at his to accomplices.
"All's fair in love and war….."Said Kera looking at him with a "you really didn't see this coming?" Look.
"…….Good point."
"So either of you two know what happened here?"
"Afraid not Genma…which is why we're going to look!" After that being said Jonair ran towards one of the doors, or at least what was a door and is now a hole in the wall.
"He gets pushy like that sometimes…please forgive him" Kera said facing Genma before running after her brother, mostly to stop him from blowing himself up. "Idiot"
Genma shrugged his shoulder and walked after the two, the thought of stabbing the young lord if he said one more thing like that. "Were are we going?"
"…..I'm not totally sure….any idea's sis?"
Before the fox child had a chance to open her mouth a loud bang was heard in the room above them.
"Going up there seems like a safe be-"
Before Kera could finish here sentence she was cut off by another loud bang.
"What's up there that's so important?" Asked Genma looking up at the place the noise came from.
" Damn it!" Was the only thing Jonair could force out after remembering what they were below. "Come on Kera, we have to get up there, dads room is up there.."
"WHAT!" was the only word Kera could force out after remembering that he was indeed right.
Jonair nodded and the three ran up the stairs toward the room only to find that it wasn't any better than downstairs, in fact it was worse, and in the middle of it all was a large man covered in maroon and silver armor which made it impossible to see his face. He had a silver lance in his hand and, he had a silver lance in his hand. seven feet away was a Hero that looked almost like an older Jonair with the same silvery hair and deep blue eyes The only difference was how long it was, and how it was put in a braid.
"Get off my father!" Jonair screamed pulling out his steal sword and running toward the general, forgetting his safety and everything else for that matter. His blade did connect with the general but did almost nothing, the blade snapped in two the second it came in contact with the armor and Jonair fell to the floor. The general turned his attention toward the boy and smirked threw the armor and readied his lance to pierce threw the boy's flesh.
Kera had no tolerance toward that at all, in her flash of blue flames she became the yo-ko form and ran towards her family's rescue. Knowing tackling him to the dirt wouldn't do her any good for the heavy armor, she did the only other thing that came to mind. She bit down on the lance and threw her sharp fox teeth snapped the once great weapon in half, the lance shattered in two pieces. Jonair gave a smile to his sister/ lifesaver as did her father who until that point in time though he would lose his child.
Genma, not wanting to miss his in on the action pulled out his own blade and ran toward the general, having much more sense than the enraged lord he jumped straight for the general's head, it didn't do any real damage but it did manage to crack his helmet.
Now it was four on one, and how the general planed to kill all four of them was beyond anybody. Kera was the first to strike, using her claws to try to pierce threw the armor, though using her first blow to weaken the steel. Her father aimed for his head with his silver axe, yet his injuries from the battle the two engaged in before seemed to get in the way and he fell to the ground before he could hit his target.
Jonair looked a bit confused he looked around hopelessly trying to find something to replace his broken sword. Without a weapon he was helpless to assist his injured father "……oh man…."
Genma, who was luckily standing next to him looked at his helpless partner and handed him a steal blade a little large then the one he had before. "Here, use this one." He said, smiling sneakily.
"Thanks…..wait were did you get this?..." Jonair took the blade from the samurai but gave him an extremely confused look.
"It's not like the dead Hero's gonna need it" Genma said plainly, as if he found no problem with this.
"Oh….alright thanks." Jonair looked a little surprised but decided to get over it and run back into the fray, cutting into the mans back, lucky for him this blade was a lot stronger and actually pierced threw the armor.
Genma looked at the crack he made before and pulled out one of his arrows, shooting it right threw the crack, the plan worked as well as he'd planed, the armor shattered and gave Kera a great shot with her fox fire spell, yet this time the spell worked differently, six of the seven flames combined to make a fairly large fireball and the last aimed for the head. The larger one stroke the rest of his body and the armor collapsed from his chest and the last one struck his head leaving him blind, now for the last part of the attack, her father grabbed his axe and stabbed right threw his gut. That was it, the man was dieing, and yet with his last breath he struck his axe right threw the leg of the hero. Jonair's eyes widened as he grabbed his new blade and plunged it right into the generals throat, the general fell to the ground his head only hanging on by a mere piece of skin.
"Father are you all right?" He asked, gasping for air from his un planned attack.
"I'm fine Jonair, it's nothing I can't handle….. But this was no usual raid, …..This is just the beginning." The older man said. Leaning against the wall to collect himself
" What's that mean father?" Jonair asked, his deep blue eyes searching for an answer.
"I'm afraid we just took our first step into war, my son…" He said, placing his head in his hands.
"We what!" was both Jonair's and Genma's response.
"That man spoke of war…..he said it wouldn't be long before the gate was open and the great beast was set free….and the human world ended…"
"…Wait, what's all that mean?" Jonair asked raising an eyebrow. Throwing his hands in the air to show his confusion and stress
"If we knew that we could stop it now…." The man said in a shaky voice. It had been so long sense he felt so helpless.
"So what do we do now brother?" asked Kera who to this point had stayed silent. Her fox ears pointed upwards listening for any suggestions.
"…..Father?" Jonair said weakly, he couldn't think of any plans by himself and needed his fathers help.
"I'm just not sure Jonair…..it's up to you were you both go now…your old enough to make that choice" The older man spoke and lifted his head up, looking at the panicked boy in front of him.
"Well then…." Jonair's eyes cast down and his body shook nervously.
Both Genma and Kera swapped surprised and confused looks at each other before turning back to Jonair "what do we do brother?" Kera spoke in her downcast soft-spoken voice.
"We go to Vanegard,. If anybody well believe us that this is really happening, it's King Hatchi."
Kera gave a small nod. Vanegard was the land of winged creatures. And ruling over so many odd creatures made seeing lord Hatchi such a good idea. He studied much on monsters and could know something of this "great beast."
"So lets get going sis." Jonair said, a small bit of confidence in his spooked voice
"…Alright brother." Kera stood up straight and nodded weakly towards him.
Jonair took his sister's hand and walked a few steps away before turning back. He smiled and looked towards the samurai, his smile growing as he looked at him. A dreadfully odd spark in his eyes,
"You coming Genma?" He asked him, another playful tone in his voice.
"Me? Why me?" Genma asked looking confused. Why o why would this idiot boy want him to come along he wondered.
"Well you're part of our little team now." Jonair said plainly, placing a hand behind his head and laughing slightly.
"….Fine I'll go" Genma glared at Jonair's stupidity and rolled his eyes, this boy was a total moron!
"Yes!" was the only word Jonair could think of to say to express his happiness as he jumped in the air, cheering for his little group.
As the three walked out the door Jonair heard the voice of his father and looked back. "Take Mya with you, she'll be a huge help." He said, smiling proudly at his brave children.
"Alright father" Jonair said and nodded back to him. Holding his hand out and saluting his father. "We'll bring you the head of the man who's causing this!" He said as he turned back to the other two.
The three made their way back outside which by now was back to its normal peaceful self, if you didn't count all the dead bodies, they tracked down Mya and told her everything that had happened, and with that done the four were off. Each had a horse to ride on for the long journey ahead.
Plains
"This is going to be a long ride…." Said Jonair in a semi ticked off manor.
"How far away is this place?" Asked Genma seeing as it didn't look like it would be a short ride.
"Err….you see that mountain waaaaay over there?" Jonair said pointing to the mountain, which looked like more of a hill from, were they were standing.
"Yeah I see it, why?"
"….It's at the very top…"
"What! This will take days!"
"…And that's why we have horses….."
"Um…. Guys….I think we have bigger problems…" Said Kera looking straight ahead.
"What's that sis?"
"Them" She points to a large group of bandits hovering over something that was yet to be seen.
"Great….lets go check it out" Jonair pushes his hoarse into a gallop and the rest followed. As they came close they saw a small group of large men, seemingly bandits pushing a small figure around. At a closer look it appeared it be a white wolf, blood dripping from her mouth and leering green eyes at those who were pushing her and laughing as they did it.
Genma looked down at them and his eyes fixed on the wolf. He started for a moment before his golden eyes shot open widely as he realized just who she was. "is that...R..Raven!"
The bandits turned toward the group. Their eyes seemed to be fixed on Kera. "Looky here we have another one" said the bandit who seemed to be in charge of the other seven.
"Another one?" Said Jonair trying to make sense of that last sentence. Raising an eyebrow and turning his head in his usual "I'm totally clueless" expression.
"Get the demon boys." The leader said in a low, husky voice. At their commander's words the seven bandits jumped toward Kera,axes in hand.
Kera, who had no tolerance for these idiots jumped off her horse and in her flash of blue fire became her yo-ko self, she then jumped toward one of the bandits and bit his arm. As the others tried to get her off him both Jonair and Mya exchanged nods and dismounted from their rides and grinning evilly joined the yo-ko princes. Mya turning into her harpy form and Jonair casting the fire spell, leaving every bandit they came near dead.
"Well, it looks like I'll settle for you little lady" He smiled a toothless smile and louged his huge body towards the wolfven creature. A pointed axe of a golden color raised ready to take the creatures head clean off.
"Not now not ever you freak!" Genma growled and leaped from his horses back to the battle ground, quickly taking his blade and with one quick thrust the fat bandits head was no longer anywhere near the rest of him. With a small smile finding it's way across his lips he turned back to the wolf.
"You okay Raven?"
Soft green eyes looked back at the man and then a black shadowy form took over the wolf. Once it cleared standing in her place was a young girl, not much older than Kera, possibly 14. A violet colored hair that lightly touched her shoulders and the same pure green eyes. She smiled lightly at him and nodded her head, before speaking in a soft, shy voice. "I'm alright now...but how did you...find me out here Genma?"
"Sadly, I'm with these guys" He said in an almost mad manor pointing towards the swordfighter, fox and harpy.
"What's going on over their Kera? I can't hear and you have better ears then me" Jonair whispered to his sister. She was after all a fox, and could make out everything they were saying.
Kera looked at her brother for a second, then back to Genma and the girl. Glaring at what Genma had said about them before pushing her fox head against him thinking the other two might want a moment of piece without being judged.
"Okay, Okay, I'm going. Relax I can walk myself!" said Jonair as his feet dragged the ground by Kera's head pushing him around.
After a moment of talking Genma walked back over to Jonair, Raven following close behind.
"So…you two know each other?" Jonair asked giving a completely confused look yet again.
"Yes, something I'd rather not get into. But she's coming with us okay?" Genma glared, showing no sign that he was giving the lord a choice in the matter.
"Um…sure, okay if you want her to Genma…but don't you think this well get dangerous?" Jonair raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at Mya and Kera for support.
"It's either this or let her go off on her own with freaks like that running around."
"Alright then...she can come..but she won't have a place to travel.." Jonair blinked and looked towards the sky, thinking about how to make this better.
"I can fly milord, Miss Raven can take my horse." Mya commented calmly, she had no use for a horse sense she had access to wings.
"Problem solved then! Raven welcome aboard!" Jonair smiled and shook her hand rapidly before mounting his horse again. Smiling brightly as he did so.
"One second thought...Raven are you sure you don't want to risk it out here? without them?" Genma shook his head in grimly at Jonairs always-cheerful actions.
"I like him, he's fun." Raven giggled slightly before taking the horse so gladly given to her.
And with that said and done they once again set foot for their destination.
End chapter.
A N: Raven's another character creation. As I'm sure you figured out, she's a werewolf. Raven has a human, wolf and half beast form. She also can use a bow in battle along with her wolven powers such as fangs and claws. Hope you like this chapter, please review if you like.