Kana and Lucina - The Dragon and the Butterfly

Ten hours after the commander's kidnapping

"I know I shouldn't be asking this... b-but... do you hate me as well?"

"..."

"Is that why you didn't want to go on this mission with me?" Kana asked, tying the bandana usually around his neck into a hood to conceal his white hair. Lucina didn't answer.

Both of them were on horseback, albeit the same horse's back, and quite literally back to back, as Kana didn't like the awkwardness of being... so close... to Lucina, as shy as he was. So as he faced opposite the princess and leaned against the stoic and cold body that couldn't have belonged to such a young woman, he had the urge to break the ice between them.

"..."

"...Sorry. You just act cold around me all the time. Not just me, I mean. I know you have some reason for being mad at Sister, but you don't like my Mama very much, nor any of my friends."

"Your friends were about to get themselves killed, diving into Valmese territory without a plan. As for your sister... I have my reasons. Though... your mother is someone I am fine with, despite her daughter's accusations." Kana bent his head a little and nodded.

"H-how about me?" Kana felt Lucina tense up behind him as she tightened the reigns on their horse.

"I don't know you. I didn't know you. I didn't want to know you." The prince stiffened at the coldness and nodded, trying to remain determined to his crush.

"T-that's fine," Kana stuttered, trying to smile it off.. "Y-you don't need to." Lucina sighed and turned her head briefly, causing Kana to look away in a panic.

"I'm sorry, Kana. Don't take my harshness personally. I have no reason to be colder than usual to you. But you have to know that I didn't come here to make friends."

"You came here to save your Papa," Kana answered. "My Papa wrote a lot about you in his book, and I saw how you came to save Prince Chrom every time he was in trouble. You've saved him and my Papa a lot."

"R-robin wrote that?" Kana pouted internally for shifting Lucina's attention toward his father, but nodded nonetheless.

"Y-yeah."

"He's the tactician," Lucina reasoned, trying to play it off. "It's his job to keep accounts on his allies, so I suppose that makes sense."

"..."

"..." Kana felt Lucina shift behind him, but he didn't react.

"W-what will you do, after we win?" Lucina was too deep in thought to respond.

"..."

"You d-do think we'll win, right?" Lucina snapped back to her focus and nodded.

"That's for all of us to determine," the princess said in an odd display of determination.

"I have faith that Papa and Mama and everyone else will make it happen," Kana rambled. "And when we win... Maybe you would consider staying instead of leaving. I'm sure I'm not the only one that doesn't want you to go." The prince felt the princess stutter behind him and quickly shut up.

"H-how did you know that I wasn't staying?" she asked. Kana laughed nervously.

"Papa told me one day," he lied.

"But how would Robin... Never mind. This doesn't change the fact that this isn't my world to embrace." Kana sulked again and leaned forward so that he was resting on his elbows.

"I think you deserve happiness the most out of all of us here," Kana admitted.

"This isn't about my happiness, Kana. You'll understand in time. I'm just here to make sure the world doesn't-"

"I want you to be happy, Lucina," Kana said in an odd show of youthful boldness, "Because I know how it feels to be sad and alone. You try to hide it, you try to be strong... but-"

"What would you know of my pain?" Lucina seethed, the boy finally getting on her nerves. "What would a boy like you know?!" Kana didn't react for a while, and stayed silent. He wouldn't cry yet. He wouldn't let himself to be that weak.

"..."

"K-kana, I'm sorry-"

"When I went through that portal to rescue Severa and Caeldori with Morgan... Grima... he..."

In all the time that Lucina was worried about Morgan and the rest of the Cabal, she realized that everyone forgot that Kana was there too. The young boy, possibly the youngest in the entire army besides Donnel and Mozu, had been face to face with the god that ruined her world. He had lasted seemingly unscathed from the hell that Grima had created. Seemingly.

"K-kana... did Grima... hurt you?" Kana remained quiet, but when Lucina turned she could see that his face was wreathed in fear as he was caught in one of his flashbacks.

"Kana. You didn't tell anyone what happened in there?"

Immediately, the young boy burst into sobs and clutched the horse as his tears cascaded onto its coat.

"I-i was so scared... Mama and Papa were gone... I was so alone... Sister tried to kill me-"

"It's going to be okay."

Lucina didn't really know what she was doing when she turned around in her saddle and held the younger boy in her arms. His whimpering didn't stop and he seemed to be going into some sort of shock. But it felt right, comforting Kana. She... felt right.

"You don't have to remember it anymore," Lucina reassured, letting the horse rest as she and Kana dismounted, the latter hyperventilating and propping himself in a sitting position next to a nearby tree.

"I-i have to. I didn't w-want to tell... Mama or Papa... they'd be even more worried than they were... Maybe... if I could've s-shouldered this alone... like you do... they wouldn't have to worry... I'm just a kid... T-they had worse... problems I bet... Grima doesn't c-come close to Mama and Papa's struggles... I had to be strong... l-like you..."

Kana was just a child.

A boy, no more than thirteen years old, who had fearlessly been a part of this army, forgoing his own childhood in order to secure the same future Lucina was fighting for.

In that child's eyes, Lucina saw not a boy who loved his Mother and Father just as dearly as she did. She didn't see a boy who admired his sister and every other living thing in the army he was forced into.

She didn't see the fear that plagued him now that he admitted that Grima had gotten a hold of him in Old Ylisse. She couldn't bear to even think about what nightmares had harassed the boy in his sleep.

No.

In Kana, Lucina saw the young girl she was, just a few years ago.

A girl who had been robbed of her parents, her home, and her dreams.

A girl who loved practicing swordplay with her father, or dancing with her mother. A girl who loved picking flowers with her friends while they waited for their parents to come back. A girl who comforted those who found out they were now orphans due to the damn war.

A girl who found herself wearing the crown of Ylisse, the mark of being the Halidom's final ruler.

A girl who stumbled upon the corpse of her mentor, his own tears and blood a testament to his failure as a tactician, and as a father.

And here was Kana, younger than she was, yet shouldering the pain better than she could. What hell had he gone through before the Shepherds rescued him from the Deeprealms? And how could she not see that he was bearing this alone?

So, as Lucina looked at Kana, she saw only herself.

She saw a child that had lost all hope but was given a chance to change it all.

She saw a child that would give his life, as young and short and sweet as it was, for the greater good.

No...

No future was precious enough that it was worth Kana's life.

She needed to protect that child.

No.

She needed to protect that man.

He deserved a happy ending too.

"You can tell me."

Kana looked up, his eyes red. "Huh?"

"I... am here for you."

"W-what? Why now? I t-thought you didn't trust me. I thought you d-didn't like me-"

"Because I know that you are here for me. I want to trust you like you trust me."


Even with the loss of the tactician and the dragon-commander, Chrom still had access to strategically adept minds in regards to the Shepherds. Reluctantly, Prince Leo had taken charge of the defense, at Xander's insistence. With a grimace, Leo laid out the battle plans nervously while the rest of the Shepherds watched in silence.

"R-right. So, this is going to be different than the usual defensive mission. If reports are true, which I'm not doubting at this point, we'll be facing Valmese cavalry along with Nohrian cavalry. While the ground cavalry will be the same, minus the fact that almost every ground soldier is mounted, the air cavalry is something entirely new."

Prince Takumi, the self-appointed second in command, took charge from this point.

"I've read in the Shepherd's war files, something Plegian that they call a 'Dark Flier' class of Pegasus Knight, that would come across once or twice over the span of the entire war."

"I can attest to that," Cordelia responded, who was a Dark Flier herself. "They utilized magic and lances in combat, along with javelins and spears. The only enemy that we've faced that fit that description was Aversa. Assuming there are more of them, they are certainly going to be tricky opponents if we go back to Plegia."

"Precisely," Leo nodded, pointing to an image in his Nohrian strategy book that he was lending Robin for the time being. "Nohr has something a bit similar, in terms of offensive capabilities and mobility; a 'Malig Knight.' Unfortunately for us, they have an entire division devoted to that specialty."

"Lady Camilla is one," Selena interrupted, and the whole army looked at the new face in awe. "W-what? I'm fighting too! I'm still a retainer, y'know. And don't even start about me being 'unfit for duty!'"

"It's good to have you back, darling," Camilla purred, holding her precious redheaded retainer tight. "But she is right. While my preference as a Malig Knight is axes over lances, we still utilize magic. That's going to be a problem, seeing as we've never faced magic from above before. They'll come fast and they'll hit hard. Just the way I like it," she added, much to Leo and Xander's chagrin.

"Which is where our healers come in," Leo continued, smiling as he grew in confidence. "Former Commander Pheros of Walhart's third division has let us in on a little Valmese secret. If you may?"

"Right," Pheros said, adjusting her helmet as she addressed the large group.

"Valm enjoys fighting in mass groups, as we can utilize specialized soldiers that 'Rally' or otherwise bolster our capabilities. Whether by magic or staff, a strategically placed unit in the midst of a group of his allies can affect the whole sector of troop potential. In this certain instance, I, along with other clerics such as Princess Lissa, Princess Sakura, Princess Elise, Lady Maribelle, along with Azama, Felicia, Flora, and Jakob, will be spaced out throughout the camp interior, focusing on bolstering the magical resistance of our entire group."

"We've attempted to utilize Rally units before, Lady Pheros," Chrom asked skeptically. "How effective of a deterrence will this strategy be with a group our size?" Pheros smiled and gestured towards the group.

"One of you aforementioned clerics, care to demonstrate?" After a brief delay, Elise concentrated and surrounded Pheros, along with everyone in her immediate vicinity, in a purple aura. Almost immediately after, Pheros turned her hand towards herself and blasted her own face point-blank with an arcfire, which set her and the surrounding grass ablaze in a blinding light and a cacophonous roar.

"W-what did you just-" Chrom was interrupted as Pheros walked out of the flames, unscathed. Shivering for emphasis, she smiled at both Chrom and Elise before resting her case.

"And I'm one of the strongest mages in the Valmese army. Trust Lord Leo. This plan will work."


"Can I start from the beginning?" Kana asked, just as they mounted the horse. Lucina noticed that this time, Kana was facing her back instead of leaning against it. She also noticed that he was clutching her cape like a blanket, which she found oddly adorable. Of course, the alternative would be to stabilize his hands on her hips, which was definitely too awkward for the younger boy.

"Of course," Lucina replied, the faint smile on her face natural and caring.

"Do you remember the first time we met?"

"If you're recalling that mission where your sister opened up a portal to a Deeprealm using her dragonstone, the very same where you almost ended up killing your father, then yes."

"Oh," Kana realized, remembering what he had done to Robin on that day. He shook it off though, knowing that it wasn't his fault. "Me and you met right before I did... that certain thing."

"I'll admit, your dragon form was very frightening to me to see when the only one I knew of was Corrin," Lucina said with a slight laugh, recalling how close she was to being skewered if it wasn't for Frederick.

"You stabbed me through the ribs with Falchion," Kana complained, lifting up his tunic and showing Lucina a pale white scar that ran clean between his intercostals. Lucina paled, not remembering when that happened.

"I d-did?"

"Frederick told me when I was helping him out with chores one day. You impaled a Risen against the wall, and I was on the other end of it. I mean, I had already shifted into a dragon at that point, but still. Mama and Morgan tell me that Falchion was made to kill dragons like me."

"It was made to kill a very specific dragon," Lucina corrected, placing a hand on Kana's arm. "And I don't intend on letting him mess with any of us again."

"You're really kind, when you're not grumpy," Kana stated rather straightforwardly. Lucina scoffed and turned back around, hiding the blush on her face. Kana looked on in curiosity but said nothing.

Of course, he was just a kid. Was he supposed to feel embarrassed at something so... honest?

"Kana, may I ask you something?"

"S-sure!" Kana chirped, ever in a brighter mood ever since Lucina had warmed up to him.

"How old are you?"

"Uhh..." Kana shrugged.

"Never mind, then."

"I dunno. My first memories are those that I spent with you guys! But..." he darkened considerably, "in the portal, Grima showed me my... childhood, or at least what he wants me to believe was my childhood. I don't think I should believe it though, since it seemed so... fake."

"Fake?"

"In the world Grima showed me, Mama was in a war between Hoshido and Nohr. I don't remember seeing anyone from Ylisse, and then again, I didn't see Papa or Morgan either. It wasn't a bad childhood, actually. I was lonely, yeah, but Mama did it to keep me safe. But then one day, she came back, and she... told me to run. And that's when I woke up and saw Morgan pointing her sword at me."

"Oh..." Lucina never knew what had happened to Morgan in there either, but from past experiences, she judged that Grima wasn't very happy to see her. Again.

"Would you have fought back?" Lucina was shaken from her thoughts when Kana asked the question.

"What?"

"If... ah, what's his name... Laslow, your brother. If he attacked you because Grima showed him nightmares... would you fight back?"

That was just part of his hell in there, wasn't it?

"You didn't, did you?" Lucina guessed. Kana shook his head.

"I could never hurt Morgan. Even if Grima was in her head and she felt no remorse... She did feel remorse though. I still didn't attack her back. I only parried as best I could until Papa came. Some soldier I am, huh?"

"You're just a boy, Kana." Kana groaned, leaning his head against Lucina's back in frustration. She made a mental note not to bring up his young age.

"I knowww. I'm a pretty bad soldier too, if I can't fight against the enemy when he pulls a stunt like that..."

"People were never meant to be in your shoes, Kana," Lucina said reassuringly, leaning back against Kana's head which caused him to laugh. "And that doesn't make you a bad soldier for not wanting to harm your own sister. That act of pacifism in itself was fighting against Grima too."

"You would've probably found a way to subdue her or snap her out of it... Like Papa or Mama would," Kana complained, too frustrated to be upset.

"Maybe," Lucina supposed. "But that does not downplay your noble acts in the slightest. What you did was right." Kana brightened up, his smile very apparent and almost contagious to anyone softer than Lucina.

"R-really?"

"I am not saying that none of you got hurt, but you were all fine in the end, right?"

"Kinda... The nightmares were bad for a while. They still are, sometimes. But they've been getting less and less."

"Does... Morgan... does she get nightmares?"

"Every night," Kana said slowly, keeping his eyes low. "She doesn't tell anyone though. But I feel them, when she breathes nervously and wakes up in the middle of the night with cold sweat... It's scary."

"What did she see..." Lucina wondered.

"I know a few things she saw," Kana admitted.

"Like what? If I may ask. Maybe I can help. I knew her well when we were kids, after all." Kana took a breath and leaned back, just in case Lucina were to jolt from the incoming news.

"She saw you.

Killing our Papa.

Over and over again.

That's why she calls you a traitor.

But I don't believe Grima! You saved Papa time and time again! You'd never do that!"


"Enemy flyers incoming!" Cordelia and Subaki called below, circling around before diving into the treeline to avoid archers.

"Airborne archers, volley now!" Takumi yelled from above, riding with Sumia on her Pegasus. Standing precariously while Sumia's off-hand secured his legs, Fujin Yumi let loose a barrage of teal bolts into numerous targets before its owner dropped back to a sitting position, breathing in relief.

"Whoa, that was risky. Thanks for the help though," Takumi offered, smiling at his pilot. Sumia nodded and continued flying.

"You're the one shooting! Keep it up! This was a great plan! You should really consider helping Robin out with the tactics once we get him back!"

"R-right..." Takumi mumbled, flustered at the sudden compliments.

"Oh, and your sister. She's quite important too," Sumia added.

"Yes, she is," Takumi smiled, drawing his bow again and rising to his feet. On instinct, Sumia hooked her left arm onto his legs again as he fired, clutching onto his ankles even tighter when she banked away from incoming flak.

"Hold on tight, Prince. Could get a little bumpy."


Subaki drew his bow smoothly, taking aim at an incoming wyvern before letting fly his arrows from atop his Tenma. Smiling at the result, he drew more arrows to repeat the effect.

"Firing solution acquired on the first shot. Naturally!" The falling riders punctuated his boasts as Subaki grinned to his wingman behind him.

"As expected, tryhard," Cordelia scoffed, shooting out fire spells in attempts to scatter the enemies below. "Do try to keep up."

"How's this, Mother, Father?" a blur called out from underneath them, arcing gracefully through the skies at nearly double their speed. Javelins sprayed down from the rapidly flying knight at an impossible rate of fire, each one hitting a cavalier directly through the chest.

"Was that alright?" Caeldori inquired, smiling for approval.

"That was... amazing," Cordelia gulped, Subaki only nodding in silence. Cordelia glared at him to say something, though he only stuttered in pathetic inadequacy.

"Only natural... considering... your... lineage," he struggled after a brief pause.

"Well, I have much to improve on! I'll keep up to you as best I can, Mother, Father!" With that, Caeldori peeled off, trailing behind Cordelia and Subaki as they stared at each other even amidst the battle.

"Looks like we have our work cut out for us," Subaki sighed, spinning off and drawing his bow again.

"I don't recall being that good..." Cordelia echoed, trying to catch up to her prodigy daughter's body count.


"Well look at them go," Hana scoffed, hiding behind a tree with Lon'qu a few trees away. "Is it gonna be this boring with them taking all the glory?"

"Hush woman- Hana, you'll reveal us." The brunette giggled at the stern man, but nodded in agreement.

"Not that they'll hear us whispering when they're on their horses."

"Hana..."

"R-right! Sorry."

"Here they come," Lon'qu whispered, drawing his katana slowly as his rival did the same with hers. "Remember the plan."

"Let them pass until count five. Yeah, I know," Hana grumbled, feeling the vibrations as the horsemen grew closer.

"Wait for it..."

"Lon'qu, for the record, as charming as you are, you're incredibly annoying when you're like this." Just as she said that, a Nohrian cavalier flew by her face, not noticing the two samurai hiding behind the trees.

"One," Lon'qu breathed, closing his eyes as he focused on the fight at hand.

"Two," Hana echoed, heart racing from anticipation.

"Three."

"Four..."

"Five!" They both yelled, jumping from behind the trees onto the oncoming path of two unlucky knights, who were promptly unhorsed and dispatched. With the chaos that erupted from having their lines broken, the Valmese and Nohrian cavaliers stuttered in their approach, only for the stragglers to be struck by lightning bolts from Raijintou.


"An excellent plan at work, Prince Leo," Ryoma laughed, watching as the helpless Nohrian and Valmese horsemen fell victim to Raijin's fury.

"Those are my countrymen you're having fun with. Do be considerate," Leo complained, not entirely thrilled at staring down Nohr's finest.

"You said so yourself - any Nohrian that stands with Iago is a coward."

"I did say that, didn't I," Leo realized, before sighing and creating another barricade with Brynhildr before it was smashed by a fireball. "Well, I suppose I'll still stand with that notion."

"Have no qualms about it," Ryoma assured. "I would have done the same against Hoshidans that stood against us." Leo laughed in apathy, shaking his head.

"Hoshidans aren't brave enough to go against us."

"T-that changes nothing," Ryoma stuttered.


"And one time, the Crimson Blade weathered a whole battalion of Valmese Generals! With just a sword!" Owain announced with grandiose flair, all the while fighting off wyverns from the sky with his spells.

"Uh-huh," Selena agreed absently, locked in combat with her very own knight. "Go on."

"R-right! And another time, she climbed up the Infinite Chasm-"

"This guy just doesn't stop, does he?" Selena groaned, stabbing her opponent multiple times before turning to her other companion.

"Dad's always been like that! But that's what makes him so legendary! His stories are of great renown, as you can tell!" Ophelia was lost in her father's magnificent glory and Selena couldn't help but wince at the cringeworthy sight.

"I am certainly on the edge of my metaphorical seat," the mercenary replied sarcastically, watching a fireball from the east side of the camp take down a wyvern and its rider. "Damn, nice shot."


"W-wow, you got him!" Sakura laughed, looking at Ricken who blushed in acknowledgment.

"O-of course I would!" He laughed, feigning confidence. "Focus on the rallying and I'll focus on keeping you unharmed!"

"R-right! Sorry!" Ricken saw the purple aura emanate from Sakura's staff, and he was very tempted to shoot himself with a fire spell just to see what it was like-

That was, until an enemy Elwind near took off his head.

His hat was in shreds, but that was besides the point.

"Eeek! A-are you okay?" Sakura's aura faltered for a second only to come back again when she recomposed herself.

"Y-yeah," Ricken stammered, patting his hair and trying to see if his head was at least in one piece. "That actually didn't hurt at all. But now my hair is all messy without my hat..."

"H-hey, we... h-have the same hair color!" Sakura noticed, before being tackled out of the path of an ax by her hatless companion.

"Well we were about to share your bloodstains too," Ricken muttered. Staring into her eyes, he couldn't help but smile at the cute girl that could have been around his age. She was right...

...On top of his crotch.

Now her face was as red as her sister's hair.

"I-ugh...aaaahaahahah!" Squealing, Sakura kicked Ricken away with enough force to send him flying a few feet back. If she wasn't so traumatized at the sudden thrust into the male creature's precious zone, she would have marveled at the superior strength growth her legs had just shown.

"N-now I'm definitely not okay," he groaned, shooting down the faulting wyvern before rolling over and clutching the spot she had kicked so barbarically.


"Do you think the camp is doing fine?" Kana wondered, having calmed down to the point of simple idle conversation with Lucina as they ventured deeper into the Valmese interior.

"Even with your Mother and Father gone, we still have a bunch of smart and clever minds to put to use. Perhaps this may be their time to reveal their cunning ways without Robin's stratagems blocking their chance at debut?"

"Uncle Leo and Uncle Takumi always wanted to show off their strategic gems!" Kana piped, and Lucina felt content at the boy's enthusiasm.

"That's not quite what I meant when I said 'Stratagems,' but with them at the helm, I am sure the Shepherds will seize the day without a problem."

"We'd best hurry and do our job then," Kana noted. "The sun's coming down soon and we're close." Lucina pulled out their map and nodded, sizing maybe ten or fifteen more miles before they were at the Valmese fortress where one of Kana's parents were 'possibly' being held. Judging by the sun, they had about an hour, maybe two, before nightfall came and they could sneak in.

"I assume once we are there, you would know when to quiet down, right?" Kana looked at the princess as if she was stupid, but nodded nonetheless.

"Of course. This isn't my first time sneaking into a dangerous place. Besides, you have my back and I have yours! We can just run in there and take everyone out if we wanted to!" Lucina grimaced at realizing how desensitized (or naive) Kana was to the potential loss of life he was willing to inflict. Judging by the boy's recent conversations, she decided that it was naivety.

This could backfire if I step on a nerve.

"Kana, you do realize that those are living men and women that we fight, right?"

"Yeah, but Mama and Papa said that the Risen and Spectres are just corpses controlled by Grima! Us putting them down is a mercy!"

Putting them down...

"Kana, we both know that I'm referring to the Valmese... And Nohrians too, now." Kana darkened and he nodded without his usual smile.

"That's why I hate this war. But Papa tells me it's wishful thinking for everyone to be friends. Mama wants peace too, more than anything. But there's bad people out there, they told me. People that Grima controls. And until Grima is taken care of, humans will always stand in our way. That's why... I don't want to fight."

"You don't have to."

"I know." Kana's usually cracking voice was at an oddly mature and low tone now, something she had never heard before until now. Then again, it was usually crackling with either excitement or fear, and more often than not the jittery combination of both. But this?

He was dead serious.

"I can sneak into the fort, and you-"

"Will be by your side at every step. I know it goes against what I want... but if I learned anything from this world, it's that people weren't meant to do things alone. Even if fighting is against my nature... I have to do my best to protect you from people that could harm you."

Kids aren't supposed to choose that action. Damn this world for forcing its evil upon you, sweet Kana.

"I can handle myself," Lucina muttered, but smiling as she felt the child press against her back.

"I don't want you to get hurt," Kana admitted. "Maybe this isn't the right spot to say it, but... I c-care about you just as much as my own family."

So, Cynthia was right. This is what a childish crush feels like. But yet... I'm older than him by how much? What does he look up to me as? What am I to him?

Lucina stopped the horse, sighing deeply. Just coming up, past the sunset, was the Valmese fortress.

"K-kana?"

"Yeah?"

"Where will you go, after we win?"

"..."

"You figured out my plans already. It is only fair that I ask the same of you, if our conversations have opened me up enough for your preference."

"Y-yeah, I guess."

"So? Forgive my pestering, but-"

"...It's embarrassing."

Is this what being a child would have felt like in a kinder world? Would I have done stupid... no... bold things for my friends without a second thought? Would I have been caught on my own tongue? Is Kana feeling how I felt towards Robin? If so... Oh... I don't have the courage to let him down. But... He's just a child!

But then again...

So was I.

"Well, you are most welcome to stay with me until you figure things out."


AN: I have no idea who to pair Azura with, whether it is Ylissean or from her own world.

I also added a buttload to the Hana and Lon'qu chapter. It is at a whopping 9k wordcount, nearly double my usual quota. Initially, I felt like it was one-sided and wanted to see things from Hana's side as well instead of making her an unwitting clone of Say'ri. Do give it a whirl, and tell me how I can improve it further. I feel like those specific kinds of narratives are my niche of writing, if I can even consider myself having one.

I also have a feeling Lucina is incredibly OOC.

And the feedback, ah yes it arouses me so. Here's a list of the current pairings based on popular response thus far.

Takumi and Sumia

Lissa and Leo? Could change.

Hana and Lon'qu

Lucina and Kana (Platonic or Romantic depending on how much of a cradle snatcher Lucina wants to be. Or just toss Kana in the deeprealms and cook until 18.)

Morgan and Shigure? That could work, if I can find an Azura husband.

Xander and Emmeryn? That also might work, considering the fact that the younger siblings are slated to be hitched.

Ryoma and Say'ri

Inigo and Felicia

Sakura and Ricken (I shipped this the moment I started writing it.)

Selena and Owain

SPAM ME WITH PMS AND REVIEWS I FEAST UPON THEM AND THEY GRANT ME POWERS YESSS