Fire Emblem Awakening of the Trailblazer

by zedocter115

Robin tells others of his adventures throughout life before his "retirement". This story will cover many of the events of Fire Emblem Awakening with "a Hint of G." This story is full of references to other stuff but it IS NOT A CROSS OVER! Also visit my Mediafire to listen to all of the BGM's listed in the story, it's an important part of the experience. To get there see my profile

7. Chapter 05:

"Reunion in the Falling Rain"...nothing clever to say here, move along...

(Emmeryn + Renewal)

BGM: GUNDAM UNICORN - HARO (Track 21)(Use the 'AT' symbol if you are looking the song up)

After a good night's rest, the tactician Robin and his wife Olivia were lazing about in their bed when they heard the sound of laughter and excitement coming from outside of their room in the palace. As the two were about to get up and see what the noise was, a large lime-green ball bumped open the door as it was followed suit by the three present children (The young ones). The siblings happily chased the odd looking ball as it entered the room and eventually made their way toward their parents. The ball bounced one more time up into the air where Robin managed to catch it before it landed on the sheets as the children came running up to the side of the bed, their faces beaming with joy.

"Mommy! Daddy! Look who we found." Little M. (child Morgan) declared as she pointed at the ball in her father's hands.

The green ball rotated itself around in the tactician's hands revealing a small face with set of red eyes and little frown, "HARO. HARO." It chirped in a friendly robotic voice.

"Oh that's right." Robin recalled, "I forgot about this little guy, you kids must have left him here from last time."

"We found him in our room under the clothes." Junior (child Inigo) explained, "But he was sleeping."

Marcy (child Marc) nodded his head, "So we put him in the sun like you said and he woke up."

"That's nice kids, I'm glad you found your little friend again." Olivia yawned. "Why don't we show him to the others and get breakfast?"

"Okay." the children agreed.

"Sounds like a plan then." the tactician confirmed with a smile, "You kids go wake them up while we get out of bed."

They nodded and ran out of the room with Haro jumping out of Robin's hands onto the floor and rolling after them.

"Haro. Haro." It repeated as it followed them out.

"Why does it say its name so much again?" the pink haired dancer looked over at her husband as they got out of bed.

"I'm not sure." he replied, "At least it's kind of cute."

Olivia smiled, "It is. And I'm glad you were able to bring back all of those things from your travels, they really do make life easier."

"Me too." Robin smiled back, "They let us save time and do so many other interesting things... Now let's go make sure the kids don't accidentally microwave the silverware with breakfast again..."

Thanks to his out-realm adventures, Robin has been able to bring many new technologies and other innovations back with him to his own dimension for his family and friends to use. The odd little robot, named Haro is one such example, it's a solar powered companion robot built to entertain children. Robin received the spherical droid as a gift from a certain pair of giant, super powered, magic gloves and over time the tactician's family has adapted to life with such strange items. All of this is a story for another time however, right now we have to continue this one over a nice plate of breakfast...

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BGM: GUNDAM 00 - Katharon

Back in Plegia while the Shepherds and Khans are clearing up their encampment a hooded and mysterious figure watches them from afar. His eyes are set on a specific tent, one occupied by a white haired tactician. As the dark figure continues to observe, a second familiar figure, approaches him from behind.

"Master Grima." Validar knees as he speaks, "Exalt Emmeryn is to the put to death on the morrow. Events will soon be back on course."

"..." The hooded Grima remained silent.

"Ha ha, yes, I should never have doubted the truth of your words." the revived sorcerer grins. "The yoke of destiny cannot be cast off! Even as they resist, they write your future with every step, O great one!"

"..." The Fell Dragon continues to stare out at the encampment, unmoved by his servant's words.

Back with the shepherds, Robin was asleep in his tent when he began to struggle with some kind of horrible dream. He started tossing and turning from mysterious visions as they appeared, seeing familiar faces and hearing them cry out in anguish, feeling their pain and experiencing the pain of their loss. Listening to their voices curse and condemn him, echoing on and on as they continued to bounce around in a distant memory. This continued until an great and unholy howl rose above all of the others, its shrillish noise drowning him in a cold emptiness...

"...AAAAAH!" Robin gasped as he threw off his blanket and sat upright from his sleeping cot.

Having heard the noise from outside, Lissa entered the tent, "Robin? Hey, Robin! What's wrong? Was it a nightmare?"

"Is... that what it was?" The shaken sword mage replied, "Y-yes, it must have been... I'm sorry, what brings you here, Lissa? Was there something you needed?"

"Well I heard you fidgeting about from outside the tent and Frederick says it's time to march. We can't start the plan without our master tactician!" The sprightly cleric replied.

"Right. Let's go!" Robin agrees, and quickly packs up his belongings.

Having packed up camp, the Shepherds and Khans leave the wagons behind with some of Basilio's troops at designated location and carefully make their way to Castle Plegia. When arriving however the group saw the enormous skeleton of a fallen dragon resting in the middle of the capital.

BGM: GUNDAM 00 AWAKENING OF THE TRAIL BLAZER - Interference

The corpse was so massive that settlements have been built both on and around its bones with large castle walls encompassing most everything within. Upon further inspection the Shepherds discovered that a large mass had been gathered at the base of the colossal dragon's skull. It seemed to be some kind of public ceremony and it was being led by Gangrel's assistant Aversa as well as the Mad King himself. While the Plegian King was walking up to greet the crowd, the Shepherds and Khans managed to sneak into the area unnoticed. Once they got close enough the group split up into four teams and began moving into position.

The Shepherds would take the middle and rescue Emmeryn, while Flavia would take her troops to flank the Plegians from the side. Captain Philia would use her pegasus knights to fly in and rescue Emmeryn when the skies were clear, and lastly Basilio would take his forces to the rear to make sure they had an escape route when they all retreated.

As the Shepherds carefully moved up toward the crowd, they began to hear King Gangrel's speech. "Good people! Warriors of Pelgia! Welcome! Welcome, one and all! Your anticipation electrifies the air! We ALL remember the crimes of Ylisse..." There was a pause as the audience became silent until he spoke up again.

"Would you have their witch-queen answer for them?" the Mad King questioned, "Here? Today? NOW?..." After another moment's pause he began to cackle as he answered, "YEEEEEEEEEEEES! Finally, we will have JUSTICE!"

Gangrel looked over to his left at a high protruding rock where Emmeryn was being held at blade point by an axmen.

"EXECUTIONER!" Gangrel hollered, "If you would be so kind..."

As the axmen slowly raised his weapon into the air, Robin radioed into the communication gem.

"Flavia!" He yelled.

"I've got him!" The Khan responded as she rose up from behind her cover and hurled an axe at the executioner.

The axe struck him right in the back causing him to fall off of the rock and to his death far below.

"EVERYONE, NOW!" The tactician signaled into the communication gem as he emerged from his hiding spot.

BGM: GUNDAM 00 - Power

Just then from all around the crowd, the Shepherds came out from their positions and drew their weapons, ready to fight. While the group of civilians began to run away the Shepherds moved into position and braced themselves for the inevitable Plegian attack. Just as the enemy guard began to enter the area Chrom unsheathed Falchion and gave orders to the others, "Take out all the soldiers first! We'll deal with the Mad King later!"

"Oh will you now? Bwa ha-ha!" Gangrel laughed as he overheard the blue prince, "We've been expecting you, Little Prince."

The Plegian King pointed over at the Shepherds from atop his pedestal and shouted at his troops, "Men, Kill him. Kill his sister. Kill his troops and his friends and anyone else you find! KILL THEM AAAAAAAAALL!"

After giving the order, both Gangrel and Aversa retreated from the field leaving the Shepherds with only one goal, Save Emmeryn. The group charged forward, each of them with a fire burning in their eyes as this was their one and only chance to save the Exalt. Today would go down in history in either as a triumphant victory, or as a devastating loss. No matter what, the Shepherds were determined not to let that happen.

They carved and blasted their way through the oncoming Plegians, from wyverns riders to pikeman, mages to archers, no one cloud stop the Shepherds righteous charge. As time passed wyvern reinforcements began to arrive from the rear causing Chrom and Robin to look at each other from across the field. They both nodded and Chrom continued to lead the charge forward while Robin and the other ranged units stopped and turned around in order to keep the enemy fliers from advancing. Chrom and the others kept moving forward eventually encountering two strangers, a pail mage woman named Tharja and a rather feminine war monk named Libra. After Chrom had a brief discussion with each of them, he welcomed them as new members of the Shepherds.

Back with Robin and the ranged units, the plan seemed to be going well as the enemy wyvern riders were unable to make it to the others and there weren't any other reinforcements in sight. Pausing to look back at the others Robin scanned to see that Chrom and his group making good progress toward Emmeryn's position.

Not a moment later however the white haired mage felt a strange pressure before Basilio came in over the communication gem, "Robin there are three enemy units that slipped past us and are headed your way."

BGM: GUNDAM UNICORN - Sinanju

"What? How?" the tactician responded.

"They were too fast for us to catch, they're..." The connection to Basilio's gem was cut off.

"What was that? Basilio?..." Robin tried signaling back, "That's not good, the signal is jammed. Just what is headed our way?"

From over the sand dunes three cloaked figures moved rapidly across the desert sands as they advanced toward the group. From what the tactician could tell they seemed to be dark mages but there was something off about them. Their cloaks were different, they were black and purple with red around the rim of the hood and shoulders. They moved fluidly through the sand like they were skating across ice at incredible speeds. Even their weaponry was different as they had unique fire tomes and what seemed to be pikes on their backs.

"Everyone, incoming enemy dark mages!" Robin warned the others, "Be careful, they have unknown equipment."

"Right." They confirmed.

The three hooded figures saw the ranged Shepherds defense line ahead and began talking to one another.

First ?: "Alright boys let's see what this 'White Devil' we've heard so much about can do."

Second ?: "You said it Gaia, I've been itching for good fight with those Shepherds and that famous tactician of theirs."

Third ?: "Yeah except you're not the one who's gonna get him Ortega."

Gaia: "Zip it Mash. Master Validar said it's gonna take all three of us to fight him, so we need to work together on this one."

Mash and Ortega: "Right!"

Gaia: "First we'll lure him out from the others, then we'll hit him with our specialty attack. Let's go!"

The trio finally came within firing distance of the Shepherds and immediately began their assault on the group with their custom fire tomes. The Shepherds had to dodge and then take cover from their attacks as the fireballs caused small explosions when they impacted anything. The trio of mages continued to fire at the group keeping them suppressed as they moved forward and eventually passed them. As the Shepherds got out from behind their cover they saw that the enemy trio had moved ahead and were going after the first group.

Robin glared back at the distant trio, "No...They're not going to get away!"

The tactician raced off after them while yelling back at his group, "Stay here and hold the line! I'm going to stop them from reaching the others!"

Before the others in his group could respond Robin was already too far ahead, and when they tried to call him on the communication gems none of their signals could get through.

The leader of the trio grinned as he saw that the tactician had given pursuit, "Looks like we got him boys, ready heat sabers!"

The trio pulled the 'pikes' off of their backs as they reached the sand dunes ahead and disappeared behind them. Robin gave chase and eventually reached the spot where he lost track of them, he saw that their dust trail didn't continue farther ahead and realized something.

"If they're not trying to go after the group ahead then that would mean...!"

BGM: GUNDAM THE MISSING LINK - Foolhardy

Just then the trio dashed out from behind the sand dunes with their 'pikes' now glowing bright orange-red and ambushed the tactician. Robin barely managed to dodge each of their attacks but their weapons still singed the air around him as they glided past. It was during this attack when Robin was finally able to figure out what so different about their weapons and movements.

"These weapons, they're super heated!" the tactician thought to himself as he continued to dodge, "They must be modified shock sticks with fire magic, those things will melt through anything non-magic resistant...and this speed. They're hovering using wind magic, they can float just above the sand and glide over it with ease. Who are these guys?"

As they continued to assault against Robin, he began to struggle to keep up with the trio's constant attacks. Each one would glide past and swing only to have another one come from a different direction and try again at a new angle. This continued on until after enough failed individual attacks, they all split off and disappeared behind the sand dunes again. While Robin tried to catch his breath and come up with some kind of strategy, the trio were making plans of their own.

Gaia: "That aint' no regular guy, but we've still got him on the ropes."

Mash: "Yeah, it's not every day someone can keep up with the three Plegian Black Tri-Stars."

Ortega: "What do ya say we finish him off with the our signature move Boss?"

Gaia: "Sounds like a plan. Ortega and Mash, Jet-Stream Attack!"

The trio moved back to the other side of the dunes in a single file to where Robin was waiting, his sword now in hand. As they charged at the exhausted tactician, they could tell that he was near his limit.

Gaia: "Hmm this otta do it, ready boys?"

Ortega and Mash: "Yup."

The fatigued shepherd stared at the one visible mage not knowing that the others were behind him, "Is he?...Coming at me, just one?"

The mage swung down with a vertical strike but Robin was able to dodge and yelled as he retaliated with his own horizontal strike. Just as he did however the mage jumped up out of the way revealing that the other two mages had been hiding behind his silhouette. The second mage released a fireball from his hand right at the tactician's head only for Robin to lean to the side in order to dodge. As soon as he avoided the second mage's attack however the third mage glided out and shot his own fire ball at the tactician. Robin ducked downward to avoid the attack only to rise up and slice the third mage's tome as he passed by. Finally as the tactician turned around to see where the other two went, the first mage fired a shot at the ground forcing Robin to jump backwards and drop his blade.

As he tried get back up the Black Tri-Stars circled back around and filed in to their linier formation for one more pass. Robin struggled back to his feet as having to evade that last barrage had drained him of all of his energy and the trio knew it too. The three charged right at him again, each of them calling out as they came in for the finishing strike.

Gaia: "Alright boy this is it!"

Mash: "Now die White Devil!"

Ortega: "Here we come!"

Black Tri Stars: "Jet-Stream Attack!"

Robin: "Ahhh!?"

Right as the trio came in for the final attack Robin felt a powerful and unnatural flow of magical energy begin to burn from within himself. Its sudden presence alarming the tactician as it began to spread through his body and start fill his mind with anger. The power forced his body to move without his consent and was able to dodge the Jet-Stream Attack one more time, surprising the Black Tri Stars as they hovered past.

Gaia: "What how did he!?"

Ortega: "No way he could have dodged it a second time!?"

Mash: "Argh! We had him!"

The trio turned back around and looked over at the tactician as he just stood there, his body visibly stiff as his head was hanging down. The three mages stared at Robin as they tried to figure out how he was able to recover so quickly and still be able to avoid their finishing move.

Gaia: "Something ain't right with that guy...I don't know what, but I don't like it..."

Ortega: "Yeah, Boss... there is something going on here..."

Mash: "...Whatever it is, I ain't gonna let him stop us!"

The mage dashed out of the trio's formation and charged right at the tactician as he stayed unmoved. Mash pulled out his heat saber and drew his arm back as he readied a powerful thrust, determined to kill Robin this time for sure. He ignited the 'blade' right as he was within range of the tactician and with all of his might gave one last powerful jab while shouting at his stationary foe.

Mash: "DIE!"

Robin: "...!"

BGM: GUNDAM THE MISSING LINK - Thunder Clap

(Technically the song is from The Blue Destiny but I'm using this version, also EXAM SYSTEM: STAND BY!)

"Ha! I've got him!" Mash spoke aloud as the two slid backwards and came to a stop with Robin seemingly impaled on his weapon.

The victorious mage grinned as he looked at the still body of his foe, "So much for the...Argh!" Suddenly an intense pain shot through the Plegian's weapon arm as he realized that the tactician had grabbed it and began crushing down with his grip.

"W-What!? How?!" Mash wondered only to notice that he had missed. The tactician had moved at the last second for the heat saber to go under his arm letting him avoid the 'blade' and then grabbed his arm to stop them from colliding.

As the Plegian mage realized what had happed Robin continued tightening down on Mash's arm causing a cracking sound as the tactician closed up his hand around it. Mash yelled in agony as he felt the bones in his arm begin to break and as he began to buckle from the pain Robin began to move again. He raised his head up and stared back at the mage, the color in his eye changing to a glowing red as his body began to emit a visible aura of the same color.

"You really...are the White Devil..." Mash stated as he saw the tactician change.

"..." Robin didn't answer as his expression was now completely blank.

With his free hand, Robin pulled back his arm and with one punch to the center of the face killed Mash instantly, sending his body flying. His body flew halfway across the sand towards the two Black Tri-Stars where they stared at the tactician in both fear and awe. Robin turned his head and glared back at the duo with his empty red gaze only to have them retreat into the desert.

As the two mages hovered across the sands, they talked about what they seen just now.

Gaia: "Argh, I can't believe it. That guy just killed Mash with a single hit..."

Ortega: "Yeah, we've never had to fall back before but that...Wait boss what's that?"

The two looked back to see a cloud of dust following them, it was Robin hovering after them on his own jet of air and he was moving fast. The wind that propelled him forward had the same red color as the rest of him, leaving a faint trail of red as he charged after them.

Their eyes widened with shock they continued to try and flee.

Ortega: "No way he could have figured out how to move like this so fast! That takes months to perfect!"

Gaia: "Doesn't matter! He's still coming after us so we gotta go! If we can't kill him we have to go after target number two, that Prince with the Falchion!"

Ortega: "Alright that second group should be just farther ahea-...AHHh!"

The mage was interrupted as Robin appeared beside him and delivered a stiff blow to the gut, stopping him in his tracks. The tactician then proceeded to beat down on Ortega with a series of rigid but fast and powerful punches all across his body, breaking bones with each hit until death.

While Robin killed Ortega, Gaia continued to try and reach his target but after killing one mage, the tactician noticed that the other was getting away. Rather than chase after him Robin picked up Ortega's body by the head and hurled the corpse at Gaia, sending the body flipping head over heels forward as it flew through the air. The body crashed into Gaia with enough force to cripple him and just moments after being hit, a large fire ball came flying from across the air igniting the two with a powerful explosion.

As the smoke from the blast began to clear the tactician reached Gaia's body and stared at it with the same soulless, unfeeling expression. With their bodies broken and burn, the threat of Black Tri-Stars was no more and Robin could finally regroup with his allies. As he began trudging his way towards Chrom's group the red light coming from him began to dissipate as he started returning to normal.

BGM: GUNDAM THE MISSING LINK - Raid of HADES

(HYPER ANIMOSITY DETECT ESTIMATE SYSTEM!)

But as he drew closer a magic bolt flew past him causing his body to react violently as the red light started flaring back up again. His thoughts becoming clouded with rage once more as his body moved on its own to engage the threat.

The angered tactician scanned the area to see where the attack came from and saw that Chrom's group was surrounded as they were still engaging the Plegians. With another jet of red air, he rocketed over to them and charged a fire tome he had taken from one of the Black Tri-Stars bodies. As Robin approached the enemy formation from the rear, he blasted a fire ball at an enemy soldier creating an explosion catching some of the other Plegain's attention. As some of them looked back into the cloud of smoke they could see a pair of red eyes glowing from within until Robin came flying out at them with incredible speed.

The red eyed tactician smashed into the enemy line and began to rampage through their formation, pounding down on any Plegian who stood in his way with his fists. He would move from one foe to the next, dodging their attacks only to savagely counter attack by literally beating the life out of them or forcefully taking their weapons and using them on the others. As Robin pressed forward he was finally able to see members of Chrom's group on the other side of the enemy and that they had reached the base of the area where Emmeryn was being held. Just at the entrance however, the tactician saw Chrom engaging the enemy general who still stood in their path and rushed over towards them. The tactician moved out from behind the enemy lines leaving the other Shepherds to clear out the remaining Plegians while he dashed over towards the two leaders in order to finish the battle.

Chrom was clashing blades with the Plegian general Campari when Robin interrupted them.

Chrom: "I won't let anything stand in our way!"

Campari: "You'll never save your precious exalt, scum! Killing me will only feed Plegais rag-"

Campari was cut off mid-speech as from seemingly out of nowhere Robin rushed up from behind Chrom and tackled the general to the ground. As the two fell down the tactician reached into his robe and pulled out his bronze sword and stabbed the general in face, killing him. As blood spilled from Campari's face, so too did the red light emanating from Robin.

The tactician struggled to his feet he began to regain control of his exhausted body and stared at his reddened hands.

BGM: GUNDAM SEED - Akatsuki no Kuruma (The Wheel of Dawn) remix by Matrica

(I like this version better than the original)

Chrom rushed over to his ally and congratulated him on their victory while helping him to stay up, but the tactician's senses were still telling him there was something coming. Robin tried to speak up but he was too fatigued to be able to try and warn his friend. Chrom let go of Robin and pulled out a magic signal flair, shooting it into the air to alert Phila and the Pegasus knights to fly in and save Emmeryn. As the flyers were about to reach the Exalt, a large number of bow wielding Risen spawned from the ground and released a volley of arrows into the sky. The regrouping Shepherds watched in horror as the projectiles struck all of the Pegasus knights and sent them falling to their untimely deaths. Robin felt his body beginning to feel weak as Gangrel suddenly appeared to taunt Chrom and began making demands about the Fire Emblem. 'The Mad King' was about to mock the blue prince again when Emmeryn interrupted.

Emmeryn: "Chrom it's alright, you don't have to choose...I won't let you..."

Gangrel: "SILENCE!"

Emmeryn: "I will not!... Plegians! I ask that you hear the truth of my words! War will win you nothing but sadness and pain, both inside your borders and out. Free yourselves from this hatred! From this cycle of pain and vengeance. Do what you must... As I will do. See now that one selfless act has the power to change the world!"

Chrom: Emm, no! No! What are you doing?!"

The blue prince had realized what his sister was going to do and began sprinting across the field trying to reach her in time even though she was too far away. Up on the cliff, Emmeryn stood at the edge contemplatively looking over the landscape waiting for the answer of the Plegian people but there was only silence.

"No reaction... Was I wrong then?" She wondered as an eagle circled above her catching her attention.

"Chrom... This is some torch I'm passing you." She gently spoke as she looked up at the bird in the sky.

After staring up at the creature she closed her eyes and bowed her head with a smile, "Hmph... So be it."

Emmeryn opened her eyes and took a single step to the very edge of the cliff as down below Robin weakly fought against some of the other Shepherds who held him back from going after Chrom. The tactician then noticed Emmeryn on the edge of the rock and from different places on the field, both Chrom and Robin held their hands out towards the Exalt as she leaned forward stiffly dropping herself off the cliff. As she fell from the ledge the eagle orbiting above her gave out mournful cry while Robin finally collapsed from overexertion and fell into unconciousness...

As the tactician fainted the Ylissians had little time act as more of Gangrel's forces would be moving in. Not even having a second to grieve the loss of their Exalt, the Shepherds moved quickly as they retrieved their tactician and leader. Robin and his gear was placed on the back of Maribelle's horse while Chrom had to be held back by Frederick, Vaike, and Stahl as he struggled against them to try and retrieve Emmeryn's body. The Khans and their forces rushed in and were able to help the Shepherds make their escape from the area, allowing them to fall back across the desert. While the two groups retreated, from atop one of the walls that encircled the city the swordswoman 'Marth' woefully hung her head down in failure as she was unable to reach the Exalt in time...

The two groups of Feroxi and Ylissian forces made haste as they traveled across the sands towards the border, for they did not know if there were any Plegian forces chasing after them. While the day dragged along a rainstorm began to form overhead and while members of the Shepherds softly wept for their beloved ruler. The skies above seemed to follow suit as the rainclouds began to pour down a dreary and heavy rain but no one noticed or cared. The group continued on through the storm with regretful and sorry faces as they progressed towards their destination, not a single one able to speak as they marched on.

While the Shepherds kept marching, the unconscious tactician found himself lost inside his own mind, standing alone in a dark void. Robin cursed himself for not being able plan for what had happened and that he wasn't able to do anything about that. As he battled with his thoughts, he heard Emmeryn's voice speak to him.

"Robin." The voice gently spoke from the nothingness, "There is something I need you to do for me, please watch over Chrom and Lissa in my absence. I know I can trust you with this, I leave their care as well as the safety of my people in your hands."

"No, you can't..." the tactician disagreed, "I couldn't save you...so how can you expect me to protect an entire kingdom if I can't even save one person!?"

Robin had tears of anger begin to form in his eyes as continued to speak. "You, Chrom, and the others took me in without hesitation. Without knowing anything about me... and you took me in anyways. The Shepherds trusted me with their most important role, and I failed them...I failed the kingdom... I failed you...I've failed them all..."

Emmeryn's voice was quiet for a moment, "It's alright Robin this is not your fault, there are some things in this world that you cannot yet foresee. What has happened to me is of my own doing and I do not want you or anyone to bear the guilt of that. I did what I needed to for the sake of others and it's not too late for you to do the same, there are still people you need to protect as they are in danger. You have a great power within you that I've seen for awhile now, and I know that you will learn how to use it for good."

The teary eyed tactician looked around at the emptiness with confusion and then looked back at the strange mark on his hand, "How do you know about that?...I've never told anyone about it and even I still don't understand it..."

"That is because you are not the only one with a special gift...it is that gift that lets us speak now..." The Exalt's voice began to fade as it became softer. "This will make sense in time, but I must leave now and so must you. Do not worry my friend, this is not good bye as I will see you all again someday...but I need to rest...Robin...do one last thing for me, tell Chrom...Lissa...and all my people...that I love them..."

"No don't!" Robin yelled back only to find himself awake on back of Maribelle's horse by himself in the cold rain.

He examined the surroundings, realizing that they were at the Plegian border where large bones and rocks protrude from the ground as they trail their way through the muddied pass. The tactician then looked around and saw that the other Shepherds had their equipment ready for battle as they huddled up in a circle. Robin knew he couldn't sit out and do nothing so he picked up his gear that had been stored on the horse and went to go join them, but as the tactician tried to move over towards them he found himself short of breath as his body was still exhausted. The two healers at the back of the huddle heard Robin making noise and were surprised to see him moving.

BGM: G-GUNDAM - Overcoming a Burning Hatred (Moeagare Toushi Ima Washiki Shukumei wo Koete remix by Trap Fanatic on YouTube)(Yes use that version in particular, don't shortcut this one)

"Robin?" Lissa questioned out loud, catching the rest of the groups attention "What are you doing up?! You need to be resting."

"Yes, Lissa is right." Maribelle agreed, "You shouldn't be moving around, please just..."

"I don't have time to rest, we need a plan now!" Robin yelled back with noticeable anger in his voice, then turning his attention towards the other Shepherds.

They seemed concerned about seeing him like this but Robin didn't care and questioned them anyways. "Chrom, Basillio, Flavia, what's the situation?!"

Flavia: "We're almost at wagon convoy we left earlier, but we're surrounded and outnumbered by Plegians. They seem reluctant to fight after listening to the Exalt's message and so does their general."

Basillio: "He said we have two options, we can surrender and he'll do everything in his power to keep us alive as captives, or if we can best him in battle his men will let us pass."

Chrom: "...He gave his word but we can't trust him Robin...he is still Plegian after all..."

"All right then, I know what needs to be done." The tactician coldly confirmed, before looking up at the rainy sky with a determined face.

"Everyone tactical formation G! Spread out and for a defensive perimeter then advance forward!" Robin sharply ordered, then glaring back to the Shepherds. "Do it now!"

The members of the group were caught off guard by their tactician's unseen aggression but moved out anyway. Just as the group moved into their formation Robin walked out past them and pulled a his custom bronze sword out of his cloak, giving a regretful sigh as he continued forward. The other Shepherds took notice and called for him to come back but the tactician just gave a depressed reply over the communication gem before turning it off. "I'm sorry everyone, I'll take care of this on my own. Just stay together and you'll stay alive..."

Robin looked ahead of him at the Plegian forces and took a deep breath, "I'm not going to let anyone else die...I won't fail you all again!"

The crest on the tactician's hand began to burn bright red as a swell of magical energy began to release from his body once more. His eyes began to turn red as Robin took the small sword and held it out in front of himself, grasping the hilt with both hands and beginning to channel magical energy through it. The energy focused into the blade and the red aura the surrounded him melded into his robe turning them a shade of red, and just as his jacket finished changing color he began to speak.

"This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! Take this! My Love! My anger! And all of my sorrow! SHINING FINGER SWORD!" He shouted, holding the weapon up into the air as a giant 12 foot blade of green/yellow energy extended from the blade.

Robin gave an enraged battle cry as he charged right into the enemy line and began to swing at them with the beam sword, the blade of magical energy melting through anything in his way. The tactician blitzed across the enemy line destroying weapons and removing limbs to reduce any chance of the enemy fighting back as continued he head towards the Plegian General Mustafa. A few of the troops managed to get a few hits in on the tactician but he continued forward without care as his rage fueled him. As Robin killed and maimed his way across the field there were two familiar dark figures watching him from a distance.

"Master Grima, it is finally happening. The boy's true power awakens!" Validar observed as he watched Robin's assault in awe.

"Correct." The Fell Dragon confirmed. "When his extreme anger peaks his emotions become energy, and his body alters itself to give out greater magical power."

"Yes, and each time he uses that power, his body will strengthen itself and he will have access to new magical abilities. When combined with the special techniques he has learned, he has the potential to become an unstoppable weapon." Validar remarked with pride.

The Fell Dragon continued to observe the raging tactician, "We need only to spur him on so his body will continue to evolve until the time is right..."

Back on the battlefield, the enraged sword mage had finally reached the General's position and the two readied themselves as Robin charged up the large hillside to finish the battle.

"Mustafa! Promise keep your end of the agreement!" The tactician demanded as he charged the general.

"I shall Tactician! But only if you promise keep yours!" The berserker answered as he braced himself, drawing his spear back for a powerful thrust.

(I know berserkers don't use spears but the official artwork with Mustafa and Olivia in the rain gave him a spear so deal with it.)

"I will!" Robin replied as he readied the massive energy blade for a double handed strike.

"Then end it!" Mustafa shouted as the two were about to clash.

The two shouted at one another as they met face to face, releasing all of their strength as the thrust their weapons forward. Robin was struck across his left flank by the spear while Mustafa was impaled through the chest by the blade of energy. The momentum of Robin's charge however had carried the two off of the edge of the cliff as they collided, causing them both to fall over the edge and towards the ground below.

Robin released his grip on the sword, deactivating the beam blade and leaving them both to fall separately. In that moment however, time seemed to slow down as the two former enemies were able to talk with one another as they made their decent.

(You know some Assassin's Creed type stuff when you kill a target and talk to them.)

"Well done, Ylissean..." The Plegian general spoke as he coughed up blood, "Hrrggh! Please...spare my men..."

Robin looked at the dying man as he struggled through the pain of his own wound. "I promise you...we will."

Mustafa was relieved to hear the tacticians words and looked back at him as they drew closer to the ground. "I've seen many men on the brink of death and I can tell you are an honest man...you have my thanks... Before I go, should you ever find a strange Plegian boy...who plays with crows... tell him that this is alright...and to keep learning...what...is...right from wrong...in this world..."

As the life left Mustafa's eyes the two warriors landed in a pile of soft mud, cushioning the fall for their bodies as they impacted the ground. Still barely able to stay conscious Robin crawled out of the mound and onto a patch of solid ground. As the tactician there bleeding all he could do was roll himself over onto his back and stare blankly up it the rain, hopefully waiting for the others. Just then he saw someone in a tan colored hood holding a small lantern up ahead. As his vision began to darken, Robin could see that it was a beautiful woman with pink hair and worried look on her face as she ran over to him.

"Oh my, are you alright? You're injured very badly." The woman questioned nervously noticing all of Robin's wounds then kneeling down try and help him.

"Are...are you one of Khan Basilio's troops?" The battered tactician asked while he struggled to prop himself up on his elbows and look up at her.

As Robin stared up at the woman he felt something nostalgic, a kind and warm presence that seemed to have the rain clouds that filled the sky fade away as he gazed at her gentle face.

The woman was rather shy when she knelt down and noticed that Robin was looking her in the eyes but spoke up to answer his question, "Y-Yes. My name is Olivia." She softly replied, "I'm here with the convoy to rescue you all."

"G..good, we made it..." Robin gave a relaxed sigh as he began to close his eyes, "Thank you Olivia...Thank you...Ol...iv..ie.." With the mission was complete, the tactician let himself fall into unconsciousness and collapse as a relieved smile formed on his face.

"Olivie? No it can't be...Rob?" Olivia questioned to herself before noticing that Robin had passed out.

The pink haired woman didn't have time to dwell on her question long as Basilio, Chrom, and Flavia came out from around the hill and noticed the two.

BGM: ROUGE GALAXY - The Mystery Forrest

"Olivia!" The West Khan (Basilio) called out as he slid down the side of the hill, " I'm sorry we kept you waiting, and I see you found our tactician for us."

"Khan Basilio!" Olivia eyes began to tear up with joy, "When I didn't hear from you, I thought... I assumed the worst... I went to go and look for you but I met him instead..."

She wiped her eyes and looked at the battered tactician with burns, cuts, and arrows all over his body. "He is hurt badly, we need to do something."

"Alright then, get him in one of the wagons." Khan Flavia ordered then turning her attention towards her Ylissian ally. "Chrom, tell the rest of the Shepherds to hurry up. We are getting out of here!"

"Right." Chrom agreed, radioing to the others over the communication gems. "The battle is over...leave the Plegian troops ...we're done here..."

The rest of the Shepherds rushed to the convoy and the group finally departed from Plegia, leaving nothing but sorrow as they rode back into Regna Ferox. As they traveled back, there was finally time to process the day's events, the death of the Exalt, the battles they fought, and the near loss of their tactician along with the display of unnatural power that he had exhibited. The member's of Robin's group told the others what they had seen after he left to go stop the three unknown mages and how broken their bodies were when they found them later on. Chrom's group told the others on how they saw a streak of red that stormed the rear of the Plegians and decimated their line with amazing speed. When they checked to see what it was they saw Robin come out of nowhere and rush towards Chrom and help him quickly kill the general. It seemed likely that the red light had been Robin as they found a similar trail of destruction when he ran off at the pass and they discovered all of those crippled or dead Plegians on the way to the convoy...

After some time had passed the Shepherds and their allies had managed to returned to Regna Ferox where they could begin to come up with their next move. While Khan Flavia asked to meet with everyone in the Main hall after they unloaded the wagons, Khan Basilio, Lon'qu, and Olivia took Robin to the medical room for him to rest. The Feroxi trio reached medical area where they left the now bandaged up Robin on a cot to sleep, but just as they were out the door Olivia felt something strange and looked back at the room. Basilio and Lon'qu noticed that their pink haired companion had stopped and was staring back at down the hall.

BGM: GUNDAM SEED - Hoshi E No Inori (In This Quiet Night piano version.)

"You alright there Olivia?" the Khan questioned, "Are you taking a liking to that lad?"

The pink haired Feroxi snapped back to reality as she gave an flustered reply, "Hmm? W-What?! Itisn'tlikethatatallIswear!... I just felt something strange is all..."

The stoic swordsman gave a disgruntled huff. "Well whatever it is hurry up, we need to get going. We can't keep Khan Flavia waiting."

"Tell you what Olivia, if your that worried about 'something' just meet us up when you're done. Okay?" Basilio suggested.

"R-Right, thank you Khan Basilio." Olivia thanked the Khan and the three walked towards the opposite ends of the hall.

Olivia reentered the room and found that the tactician was still sleeping on the cot they left him on and started to move closer. When she got closer to the bed however she saw his eyelids begin to twitch and it startled her a bit.

"Ahh!" She gasped aloud, causing the groggy tactician to slowly open his eyes.

"...Hmm? Where?...Where am I." Robin wondered as his vision came into focus, then noticing Olivia standing beside him. "Oh, it's you Miss... we must be back in Ferox then huh."

The pink haired woman sheepishly nodded her head to confirm, "Y-yes you and everyone else made it back just fine."

"That's good to hear, so where are they now?" Robin asked as he sat himself up on the cot and looked up at the ceiling.

"There all meeting with Khan Flavia in the main hall trying to discuss what to do next." Olivia answered.

"Alright then, can you take me to the hall Miss?...Olivia was it?" the tactician questioned, turning his attention towards the pink haired woman.

"Y-Yes but, ummm... No...you need to stay here and rest...I'm sorry." The shy Feroxi nervously looked away to break eye contact.

"Oh I see..." Robin sighed, slumping back down onto the cot before an idea popped into his head. "...Wait can you bring me my coat? It has my communication gem in it, I don't need to leave the room if I can talk from here. It's important that I help come up with our next plan of action, I am still the Shepherd's tactician after all."

"Well...I guess that's alright...you Shepherds are important people after all..." Olivia reasoned with herself out loud.

"Hey, you're important too..." Robin stated as he overheard the shy Feroxi woman talk to herself. "You sound like you're making yourself out to be less valuable than us, but that isn't true. You were the one who saved all of our lives and that makes you important, at least to me it does." The tactician gave a thankful smile to the dancer.

Olivia blushed at the tactician's kind response, "WhythankyoubutI'mreallynotthatspecial!...uhhh...I'll get your coat now..."

The timid woman hurried over to the table where they put the tactician's gear and quickly passed the coat to Robin.

Back in the main hall the Shepherds and Khans had gathered up but were in low spirits as they talked about what to do, some of them still grieving Emmeryn's loss. Just then however Robin's voice came in over the communication gems.

BGM: DARK CLOUD 2 - Unfulfilled Wishes

"Hey you guys, I'm sorry about all of this... My plan just wasn't enough." The tactician apologized as he tuned into the conversation.

Everyone was surprised to hear their tactician's voice coming from the gems so they reached into their bags and pulled them out so they could talk.

Chrom: "It's good to hear from you Robin... Listen, you did your best and you have my thanks for that... It's my own failures that haunt me now. Gods, I was just so powerless!"

Robin: "It's not your fault either, Chrom..."

Chrom: "She did it for me Robin, so that I wouldn't have to live with the guilt of either choice. She chose for me. She sacrificed herself rather than give up what could one day save her people..."

Robin: "Chrom it's not like that, she did it for everyone, on both sides. She didn't want this war to keep ravaging the people of these lands."

Chrom: "..."

Robin: "I was powerless once too, remember when you found me alone in that field?...Listen, I don't think either one of us is half the person your sister was. But together...maybe we can be...If you fall, I'll be there to pull you back up. When you fight for your sister's ideals, I'll be by your side. You don't have to become your sister, you know. You can still be true to yourself. You just have to give people hope in whatever way you can."

Chrom: "...And what if I can't? What if I'm not worthy of her ideals Robin? What if I drag you down with me?"

Robin: "If you aren't worthy, you'll keep at it until you are. And if we both fall down, well, that's what friends are for, isn't it?"

More voices could be heard over the communication gem as others joined in on the conversation to cheer up Chrom.

BGM: DARK CLOUD 2 - Turning Towards Hope

Nowi: "That's right. I wouldn't be even here if not for you."

Tharja: "You gave me your trust and now you have mine. (whispers) For the time being..."

Lon'qu: "Were you unworthy, I would have left you all long ago."

Virion: "It took great courage and charisma to unite all of us. ...I knew I possessed such talents, but clearly you do as well!"

Ricken: "Yeah. We all look up to you Chrom! You're like a hero to us."

Chrom: "Thank you, everyone. Your words mean more than you could know. My Shepherds... My warriors... There is work to be done. Gangrel must be stopped so that peace can once again reign in Ylisse. Will you help me?"

Lissa: "You can count me in! I'm tired of crying all the time! It's time to start punchin' stuff!"

Maribelle: "Hear, hear, darling! Our people have suffered enough."

Stahl: "Gladly would I fight and die for House Ylisse!"

Sully: "Gladly would I fight and KILL those dastards for House Ylisse!"

Libra: "Our hearts echo yours, sire."

Sumia: "I will be the unbreakable shield by your side!"

Kellam: "I'm with you, too! You know. Just in case anyone...Hello?"

Vaike: "Teach is here and class is in session!"

Gregor: "How much you pay Gregor? Hee hee haw! Gregor make joke! ...Why you look at Gregor like that?"

Gaius: "Hey I thought it was a pretty good joke...and you have my support blue, you already paid for it after all."

Panne: "Your sister earned my respect. The last Taguel shall champion her."

Frederick: "You have grown strong, milord. I may have set a poor example as a knight... but I swear to you, I shall die before any more exalted blood is spilled!"

Cordelia: "As the last of the Pegasus knights it would be my honor to serve you on their behalf milord. I won't let my sisters deaths be for not."

Miriel: "My knowledge is at your disposal Milord."

Chrom: "...Thank you all. Truly. You honor me with your fealty. I will not falter again. We shall answer this outrage! The Mad King must be stopped!"

Flavia: "Right! It's time for ol' Gangrel to get a dose of his own vulnerary! The whole of the Feroxi army is yours to send crashing against him!"

Basilio: "Har! You young folk—your passions run so hot! If I had any gray hairs, you would've singed 'em right off. In other words, count me in!"

BGM: DARK CLOUD - Take Off

With everyone's spirits on the rise Olivia joined in on the conversation with Robin's communication gem.

Olivia: "I-I'd like to go too, if I may. The exalt did me a kindness once."

Chrom: "She did?"

Olivia: "Y-yes, sire. It would honor me to have a part in giving her justice! Although all I can do is dance... And I'm not so skilled at that, if we're being honest..."

Basilio: "Har har! She's too modest! Olivia is a Feroxi treasure. You won't meet a finer dancer in all the realms! Her moves inspire soldiers to work twice as hard! You'll do well to have her join your army, Commander."

Chrom: "Commander? What happened to 'boy'? "

Basilio: "You've earned your way up from that name, I think. Now, where were we? Oh yes! I was just about to start cracking skulls! Flavia will lead me and the other Feroxi in a head-on assault. That should buy you enough time to take down Gangrel. Hear that, boy! You get the fun part!"

Chrom: "I thought you weren't going to call me..."

Basilio: "You and Robin have my every confidence. You're a born leader, and he has a knack of guiding troops to victory. You both have some growing to do yet, but I can already see you'll grow tall."

Chrom: "Thank you, Khan Basilio."

Basilio: "All right, enough talk. It's time to raise some hell!"

Chrom: "Right."

Basilio: "Let's get to it, then! Gangrel may try to hit us while we're still licking our wounds."

Chrom: "Let him try. This time, I'm ready to dethrone the Mad King, once and for all!"

Robin: "Alright I'm glad everyone felling better, we'll move out in the morning so ready your things for tomorrow, we'll talk strategy then."

Chrom: "Sounds like you have a plan already...It's good to have you still with us Robin."

Robin: "It's good to be here...now if you guys don't mind I'm going to get some rest, my side is still killing me. I'll see you all in the morning."

Basilio: "See you then tactician. Oh and Olivia, be sure to keep an eye on him for us. We don't need him running off again."

Olivia: "Oh...Uhh..of course."

Tharja: "...(irritated grumbling)"

With the meeting adjourned Robin turned off the communication gem leaving him and Olivia alone in the room again.

BGM: GUNDAM-X - Tiffa & Garrod (Yes use the "and" symbol if you look up the song)

"Thank you for getting that for me Olivia." The tactician gratefully spoke as he stored the gem back in his coat and set it on the table next to the cot.

"Oh it was nothing really...I was just doing what you asked Robin..." The dancer softly replied.

"Well for what it's worth appreciate it." Robin smiled back at her before noticing a small pouch hanging off of her side. "Hey if you don't mind me asking, what's in the bag there?"

The white haired man's question caught her off guard, "Hm? Bag? What bag? Ooooooh, THIS bag! Er, it's nothing really. Just a few coins...Basilio paid us earlier and I haven't had a chance to put it up yet."

"Ah I see...Hmmm, you know now that you mention it, I don't think I've been paid yet." Robin semi-sarcastically jested. "I can't Imagine it will be that much, I should probably save however much it is for later anyway."

"It might not seem like much but it's enough." Olivia responded. "I've been saving my out most of my wages and can still get by... so I'm sure yours won't be that bad."

"Oh, so you have a secret stash somewhere then?" The tactician was surprised to hear. "What are you saving it up for?"

Robin's question slightly flustered the pink dancer. "I-It's money just I've been saving... It's nothing else I'll have you know! Sheesh. 'Secret stash' indeed. You make it sound so sinister."

"I'm sorry." The tactician apologized. "I certainly didn't mean to imply anything untoward. I'm just impressed is all. It takes real dedication to save on a soldier's pay."

"Oh! Thank you, Robin." Olivia blushed, "Such praise means quite a lot coming from you... someone so smart and famous..."

The beautiful woman's comment made Robin's cheeks start to turn red. "It does? Huh. I've never thought of myself as anything special..."

"But you are..." Olivia responded, "You know when the Khan's told me about this brilliant and powerful white haired mage who was leading the Shepherds to victory with flaming hands or something...I thought you would be a scary person...but I'm glad you're not." She smiled.

"I'm glad I'm not scary a scary person too." The tactician smiled back before asking another question, Say Olivia, the first time the Shepherds visited Ferox...was that you spying on me outside when I was loading the wagon?"

"What! NO! I Uhhh... Aaaaaaaaanyway, I've got to run."The timid again dancer quickly changed the subject. "I'm on mess duty tonight. You know what they say, right? A hungry Shepherd is a big jerk!"

Robin was a bit confused by the statement, "Is that what they say? I had no idea... Wait Olivia, didn't Basilio say to keep an eye on me?"

"Oh you're right I forgot..." She blushed, putting her hands over her face with embarrassment.

"It's alright Olivia, I won't keep you from doing what you need to." The white haired mage spoke, trying to calm her down. "Look, I'll stay put if you can bring be back some food when you're done. I promise."

"Really? Oh thank you Robin." Olivia sighed with relief. "I'll see you later then."

"Yeah, I'll be here." The tactician confirmed.

With that the pink haired dancer made her way out the room leaving Robin by himself with his thoughts.

"I'm not sure what happened to me earlier in the desert, or even at the pass but I felt something familiar just now... Do I know her from somewhere else?"

The tactician found himself wondering about that beautiful woman as he sat back on the cot staring up at the ceiling not knowing that the same woman was thinking the same thing about him as she traveled down the halls.

...

BGM: GUNDAM AGE - The Hero Within You, Ballad version (Kimi no Naka no Eiyuu Ballad ver.)

(just let this play out)

Author's note: WHAT NO AFTER STORY TIME THIS EPISODE?! Yeah I'm just gonna save it for the next chapter so we can end the war in the story and continue after that. (You know what I mean...) Also a huge apology on my behalf for having this chapter take for friggin' ever. I started my first job for the first half of summer, then I took a mini semester course for the second half of summer, and of course Steve the Hurricane Harvey caused some shit so yeah...I didn't get to work on this nearly as much as I wanted to. Good news though, I should have a lot more down time this semester though so I'm gonna plug away at this story for you guys and gals (...I can't tell who is reading this and don't want to discriminate) In other news, yes there were more reference to the Gundam meta-series in this chapter. The Black Tri-Stars are a direct copy of the trio of characters from the original show, complete with the same names and likeness. I had their abilities/equipment based on the DOM Mobile Suits the trio is famous for piloting and using the Jet Stream Attack with. The nickname "White Devil" given to Robin, was the title the original RX-78-2 Gundam had been given by the Zeon Soilders after it had become infamous among their troops for its amazing feats in battle. The title has also popped up in other Gundam Shows like IBO but it all pays homage to the first series...FYI. As for Robin's red glowy power thing and ape $^*& crazy moves like throwing bodies and punching stuff to death, that is based on the EXAM/HADES systems featured in some of the side stories. Basically the systems activate against the pilots' will when it detects danger and will and the make them angry as heck while also making the Mobile Suit super strong. It also lets the machine glow like a red murder machine so there is that. Lastly the Shining Finger Sword is the next step up in special techniques that develop for the pilot in G-Gundam, I used it in a similar fashion. Getting back on track here, those who are following with my HIGHLY RECOMENDED SOUND CLIPS, I am now using MediaFire to keep track of all of the chapters due to the limit of uploads on SoundCloud. Also my DeviantArt page has some extra reference material if you want to go check that out, thank you again so much for waiting.

Until next time...

"Ze Docter, is operating!"