The ground is shaking and my body feels so stiff. "...j-just wanted t-to help..." I pick up someone saying. 'That stutter sounds like the same as the one that knocked me out.'

"I wasn't questioning that, I simply mean to thank you for your assistance." 'Huh? Now that one sounds sort of familiar.' "Didn't you have a partner with you?"

"Sh-She has a… 'package' to p-pick up, it's really i-important to your sister."

"I see…" I finally get a name for the voice, 'Ryoma!?'

My eyes shoot open and I look around, I am in a cart. I force my senses to become sharper again and sure enough, I get the scent of Ryoma outside. 'Was I… captured?'

"Lord Ryoma, she is awake!" I just noticed a woman next to me, a healer. "Shh… keep still, Lady Corrin."

"The last thing I want to do is stay… here." I pause as my big brother enters the already cramped cart. "My name is Yasei."

He smiles and ignores my actual name, "Thank the gods you are alright, sister."

I scowl and my pupils narrow, then I bare my sharpened teeth, "As alright as a prisoner can get…"

The smile morphs into a frown, "Prisoner? No, I am taking you back home, sister."

'Nohr is my home…' I narrow my eyes, "Can't really be a family with Takumi hating my guts and Hinoka dead, now can we?" I counter with a high amount of venom.

The sentence has its effect and he staggers back like he was struck, "Takumi will get over it… and Hinoka's death was the work of the Nohrians, not you. We will avenge her, Corrin."

"It's because of me she is dead." Why are we even having this conversation? "Nohr is my home, anyway."

"King Garon stole you from us after murdering our father, you belong in Hoshido!" Even his patience is starting to run thin. "Hoshido will no longer stay idle and let our beloved sister stay under Nohr's corrupting influence!"

I growl dangerously, yet he isn't deterred, even as my right arm slowly takes its lance form, "I. Do. Not . Belong in Hoshido! You have to resort to abducting me to even get me to stay!"

"I refuse to abandon family."

'Gods, he is being so… thick right now.' "How about…" I slowly get up, the woman beside me backs to the corner. My muscles protest, it feels like they are locking up on me, but I force them to work, "You stop considering me family, then?" My breath is labored.

Shock covers his face, "Corrin, are you even listening to yourself?"

'Good, his resolve is breaking.' "Have you even taken a moment to consider that some of the worst stuff that has happened to me is directly related to Hoshido?" I point at my draconic features… my deformities. "I look like a freak show. I was introduced to a family who thought I would just leap into their arms and completely forget all of mycherished memories in Nohr." My senses are even more fine-tuned, and I can feel the horns forming on the top of my head, 'Blood, Ravage.' "We are in this damn war because you just couldn't leave me where I was happy, where I was loving life."

Ryoma doesn't respond, opting to close his eyes and sigh. I take a few calming breaths… then my body locks up on me, "Sister!" I am unable to get anything to work as I fall to the floor, my body scraping against every small thing on the way down.

"By the Celestials, wh-what is…" I hear the other voice from earlier say, "H-Hold on! Do not touch her." She rushes in and the caravan squeaks in protest, "Out! L-Let me h-handle this." The woman leaves without a second thought, but Ryoma hesitates, "I'm… s-sorry for yelling, um. P-please leave?" He nods and leaves, 'Everything hurts again… why me?' "Shh…" Her hands start radiating a soothing light-green mist, "T-take a breath, Corrin. I am g-going to lift you to the b-bed so I can tr-treat you properly, alright?"

"Yea." I instantly regret it as my jaw feels like it is grinding against something. Tears start running down. I am able to get a glance of her as she wraps her arms around me. Though all I really register is her light-green and dark blue striped armor. It hurts to focus any more than that.

"I am so s-sorry, I should h-have…" She shakes her head, "One… two… three!" A deep rumble signals my protest, "Sh-should have been by y-your side." Her hands glide across my body, the mist that is left behind feels so soothing. Then her face flushes a brilliant red, "Lady C-Corrin, I um… I n-need to work on your m-muscles and… armor, and…" She looks away, "Can't do th-that with… you… clothed." She pauses, "Oh wait, don't sp-speak, sorry. Um… please f-forgive me for undressing you, okay? Ancestors, I did it again, please d-don't respond to that... " She breaths, 'It is kind of cute the way she rambles.' "I'm just g-going to work now." Her hands slowly but surely find the buckles and straps that keep my armor in place, her face somehow turning even more red as the armor starts to loosen. "Breathe S… Monk, I need t-to do this…" She tells herself, "Injuries don't w-wait for modesty…" She starts to remove the crafted armor, "Injuries don't wait for modesty."

She slowly moves me around to get the armor off and she lets out a small 'eep!' when she sees my body. "Don't f-focus on... " 'This poor woman' , "Loosen muscles…" Her mist-covered hands start doing a sort of massage on my body, but it is unlike what Camilla would do. It feels like her touch is actually moving the muscles themselves, it's kind of creepy and it sends shivers through my body. She starts to become jumpy as she moves from the center of my body to around my breasts, "Th-there are muscles there, I need to w-work around that… area." Slowly but surely I can start to feel my body again, and the tightness ceases to exist… unfortunately, that allow my body to let out a moan when her hands graze my breasts… and it looks like she is about to pass out with how red her face is and the sweat pouring down. "Eep! Tha… I didn't… This isn't m-meant to be... I mean…"

"I understand," I can finally speak again, "Just do what you are doing."

She nods, "I can do that… do wh-what I am doing." I giggle. She deftly works on my upper half, "Now just the… legs. And the spot is near the… legs." 'Gods, I have never seen anyone so flustered over nudity.'

"Hey, Monk." 'Honestly, what kind of name is that?' I sort of regret saying that, since she jumps in place, "If you touch it, you touch it. Stop worrying so much."

"R-right…" She starts working closer to my feet, then begins moving up.

"I'm curious though, are you a virgin? You seem overly nervous about me being bare." 'Way to be blunt again.'

"I, um… touched myself before, does that count?"

I laugh, "Oh, you poor woman. You aren't doing anything illegal."

"B-but you are with someone… I shouldn't…" I pause, 'Wait, how does she know that?'

I choose to disregard the curiosity, "The intention here is to loosen my muscles, right? You aren't trying to get me going."

She tilts her head, "Get you… Oh! No, of course not!"

"Then please, continue." She nods and starts getting closer, her hands start shaking and my breaths become shorter and heated.

"Mmm…" I couldn't stop that from coming out. 'Oh great, now I can smell her arousal, too.' At least I am not in heat, gods, that would be embarrassing.

Her hands glide closer, frantically trying to finish sooner so she could pull away, yet I can hear the faintest amount of panting coming from her. "Th-there, done. How are you feeling now?"

I tilt my head and look at her with glazed eyes, I'm fighting a losing battle with the dragon, 'More, Claim.' Gods, I already have Keaton and Elise, how is my dragon not satisfied? "I have one more request, actually." I finally say.

"Are you hungry? I can make some r-really good food… or maybe thirsty? I can br-brew up some ale or tea right quick, or I can…"

"Monk, come closer for a second." She nervously inches towards me, and when she is close enough, I place my hands on her face and stroke her skin, "You feel soft." I comment, then lick my lips. Her skin is a few shades darker than Ryoma's, but lighter than Benny's. She has entrancing jade colored eyes, her hair is brown with jade highlights in several spots which is pulled into two small pigtails. "I want you to tell me…" I move in closer, "How this feels." My lips brush against hers, and she locks in place, like completely frozen, though I can hear her heart racing and smell the scent of 'want'.

We break the kiss and I think she is about to faint, or maybe about catch fire with how red her face is. "I- um, that, I… gr-great, that…" She shakes her head, "Ancestors, that was, great!"

'Ancestors? That is the second time she said that,' I smile at her, "I'm glad." My voice comes out heated. "Would you be okay with a little more?"

She chokes on some air, "Um, that? Like doing it? I c-couldn't, I mean… I'm not s-saying you look ugly or just I… You're with someone. I can't… he, b-bad…" She takes a deep breath, "It's not legal or s-something, right? To have… the thing, with a m-married person."

I giggle, "Monk, I am not married to Keaton. We're mates, and he is fine with it as long as if it is with another woman."

"Um… I need to… get g-going?" She slowly starts to back away, "I have th-things I need to do, glad you're feeling better!"

'And she is gone, good job.' I shrug and grab my armor, the soreness is completely gone and I have never felt so relaxed. She certainly knows how to give a massage. Well, I can move now, which means I can now explore the area, with probably a zero percent chance of escaping. Once again, I am being confined in Hoshidan territory… by a big brother who just can't seem to understand my situation. He probably has me on a tighter guard watch this time, too.

I get out of the too-small space and look around, the camp seems devoid of life. Oh sure, soldiers are out and doing things like talking, watching, eating, and other things, but compared to how things were in my army, it seems like nothing is going on. Where is the sound of Elise giggling? The heavy smell of paper from Phoenix's tent? Jakob being within arm's reach?... and… and, the smell of blood and nature from Keaton? 'Gods, once again I am separated from my mate.'

Suddenly the urge to walk is just gone. Gods, let my muscles cramp up, let me just curl up on the grass and sleep. 'Ryoma , ' the dragon in me growls his name, 'he dragged me into this place.' And now that my muscles are better, I can finish giving my thoughts on this topic. Then my stomach grumbles and I sigh, food first. "Being hungry for too long, even a few hours, can make a shifter volatile." The other soldiers are eating some sort of good-smelling meat and vegetable soup. Yet it sounds revolting, there is only one thing that I want to eat right now.

I look at every direction out of camp and spot my salvation, a forest. I lick my lips, time to hunt. I barely am able to take two steps out of the general area of the camp before hitting an invisible wall. "Where are you going?"

And out of thin air pops Saizo. It looks like he has never been struck in the last battle, 'Oh sure, of course Hoshido has the superior healing spells, too' , "Hunting." I reply, "Move."

"There's food in camp."

My patience is already being strained, "Is blood dripping off the meat? Is it raw?"

"No."

"Then I don't want it." Still he refuses to budge.

"Lord Ryoma's order is to keep you here, and that is what will happen."

"Ryoma can kiss my flat ass." I snap. "Move."

"No."

"Then have someone drag a beast here, you stubborn prick. Alive."

To my relief, he actually takes it into thought. "Kagero." He says and the other Ninja from the fight appears, "Have a soldier bring Corrin an animal."

"Alive." I add.

She looks disgusted for a moment. "...very well." She leaves as soon as she appears.

"Now return to camp." Saizo says.

With the promise of some raw meat on the way, I calm down slightly, "Sure thing." I force a fake smile, then turn around and head back to the prison. I practically throw myself on the bench near the campfire. 'Breathe…' The fire lacks warmth, or maybe it just isn't as hot as my temper right now. 'It was a mistake considering Ryoma and the others family.'

I push around dirt with my toes, willing something good to happen. Maybe Keaton will carve a way through camp and make me happy again, Camilla could swoop in... and, 'Gods, she doesn't have her Wyvern'. Xander leads an assault taking everyone out except Monk. Monk is wonderful, I can tell she dislikes the situation I am in, like she regrets bringing me here. "Lady Corrin." I am broken out of my thoughts by a soldier.

By the gods, the man is holding a single rabbit. 'That is just…' I hold my hand out and grab the small snack without a single shred of gratitude. "Leave." I say and the man is radiating fear as he does. I bring the critter to my face, the poor thing is terrified. No, this rabbit cannot even be considered a snack, I know I wouldn't have spent energy grabbing it, the amount of meat doesn't justify… I internally groan. 'Only the gods know how I haven't just decided to start murdering these people.' I rip into the critter's flesh, the scent of blood is satiating me as much as the meat itself. Within two minutes the only things left are the bones and a few select organs, I toss it aside without a care. 'That is probably going to last a few hours.' I lick the small amount of blood around my mouth.

Gods help me.

A/N: "Ryoma would not act like that! Yasei went around and killed all of these people!"

Well, sorry to disappoint, but a number of characters have been manipulated as early as Chapter 7, Yasei included. I'll say this, out of the entire cast present, two are pulling the strings that are making the most changes. On top of that, both of these characters have been part of her army. Never take what these two characters say at face value.

I haven't forgotten any small detail, I have far too much love for this to forget. For example, I didn't simply drop the issue of Yasei bringing up those two strange soldiers to Xander. Even back then, she was already wound up in a web.

Though, at the same time, I won't have every question answered by the end of her adventure, some things will purposely left unanswered. I'll admit right now, one of those is who shot down Camilla's Wyvern.