What's up guys and girls I'm back with another chapter of Final Fire Emblem, what does this mean Cloud will some how get into a Final Fire Emblem 2, gee I don't know does Square Einx the meaning of the word final.
Oh yeah that's right there is a chapter so enjoy, I'm just acting happy because the stuff at the end, I need to put myself in the mood of so yeah that was not so fun.
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Chapter Three
You know what's funny about the future? You're no where to be seen. You're not in the future because you die right here and now – TODAY! (Future Trunks to Android 13)
Today was the day that the Shepherds were moving out, they knew they had to pass the canyon to get to Regna Ferox, but they also knew that the enemy was waiting for them.
Robin did suggest they seek an alternate route but right now there was no other option.
Now the all the Shepherds did notice that Robin was a little too focused in his work and was not avoiding them but did ignore them for the most part when he was not walking with them.
Now Lissa, the little trickster of the group could see that he was rather sad, but also that he was over it.
What she did notice as well as the fact that Sumia seemed a little down from her bright and bubbly self.
She would have asked them what was going on but Chrom had her positioned next to Cloud and her older sister to keep her safe.
Cloud on the other hand knew what was going on and kept silent, it was not his problem nor was he going to alert the others to it.
If they did not notice it was their own fault.
He also had more pressing matters like trying to ignore all the comments about how his eyes glow from Lissa at the moment.
They could see the pass up ahead, it looked all the more sinister for they knew they were about to be ambushed.
Due to this fact, Cloud and Lon'qu had been placed on either sides of the Exalt and her little sister.
Chrom had been beside Sumia, Robin was with Frederick near Chrom, Panne was with Gaius on the left wing and Sully and Stahl on the right.
Maribelle and Ricken were just in front of Cloud.
Alongside those two was Vaike and Miriel, at the back of the Exalt was Kellam who in turn was shielding the Exalt from any attacks from the rear.
Virion seemed to tag along with Lissa, much to Clouds dismay as he too would ask him endless questions.
The moment they entered the pass they all knew it was one, spells and arrows sang through the air as the beats of wings descended upon them.
The enemy were Wyvern riders and lots of them, a few of them were shot down but mages and archer within the group before the two forces met.
Chrom was riding second to Sumia and with the Flachion dealt forth death blows against any who came against him.
Sumia too struck out with her lance, her Pegasus dominating the Wyverns in acrobatics.
Robin struck forth with his Elwind spells cutting down any who approached Chrom and Sumia from behind.
Frederick in turn bested those who came to take out Robin, no foe was a match for the great Knight and his silver lance.
The two of them proved to be a fatal duo of both far and close combat.
Sully and Stahl showed that they too were worthy of the knight name and together the Crimson and Green cut a path for those behind them to follow.
Both of them working together, on spearing the foe out of the air on her lance while the other cut him down as he fell to the ground.
Their blades both ran red with the many foes and their steeds who they cut down along the passes edge.
Gaius and Panne showed that they were a capable team as the two of them were both able to climb the side of the mountain and leap down upon the incoming riders.
Gaius more seemed a little less adept at this than Panne who in her Taguel form was able to make short work of the Wyverns while Gauis took down the riders.
Ricken hurled his spells at any who dared attack Maribelle or the Exalt, he was determined to prove to Chrom that he was not a child.
Maribelle stood by her friend and cast wards upon him to strength his magic as well as his defence.
Any who saw could see that Ricken was really doing it for her and not the Exalt, it was no secret that love made you reckless.
His actions before when he saved her from the Plegians showed that much.
Virion proved that he was not all talk, his archery was spot on and was able to pick out targets whilst they were in combat with his allies.
Lissa could not help but feel a little sheepish for calling him weak before.
She too helped out by casting her own wards on anyone who looked like they might need it.
She could not help but notice that Virion did all of this with a smile on his face, though she was unable to tell if that smile was sincere or a mask.
For the moment Lon'qu and Cloud stood ready for any to come at the Exalt.
Kellam had turned his back on the battle just in case the enemy managed to flank them.
Despite the endless hordes of enemies the Shepherds seemed to be doing quite well.
Cloud took note that all of the Shepherds seemed to be capable warriors in their own right.
It seemed as if he might not be needed at all this battle. It was then that Kellam called out to him "Cloud!"
In an instant Cloud spun around to notice a lone Pegasus Knight fleeing from what seemed to be at least 30 Wyvern riders.
Cloud at this point spun his sword stuck it in the ground and cast ice on the first of the incoming foes.
He could not leave the Exalt but he could try his best to help the Pegasus knight.
He looked to Lon'qu and gave the man a nod, Lon'qu in turn returned the nod and ran forth to meet the enemy.
Rushing forth he jumped over the red haired Pegasus Knight and cut down both Wyvern and rider.
He then proceeded to move to the next target, the Pegasus Knight in turn turned her steed around to aid him.
She had some how gained some resolve to fight.
Cloud in the meantime picked out targets and began to cast Ice on them.
Virion too, noticed this threat and turned and began to let loose his arrows into them.
Now the Shepherds were skilled and capable warriors and mages, but not even they could last long if they had to divide their forces between two fronts.
Slowly the Shepherds began to close ranks and pull together, they top priority was the safeguarding of the Exalt, but they also knew they had to make sure they were all alive to do so.
It was at this point, Cloud called out to all them them and said "All of you go to ground."
All did this as far as they were capable. With a curl of Cloud's sword he activated his Limit Break Finishing Touch.
All foes around them were caught in massive whirlwind, it seemed as if all their foes were thrown up into it.
To both Cloud's and the Shepherds surprise, none of them were pulled into the Limit Break.
Spinning the complete Fusion sword back into the hilt upon his waist Cloud exhaled loudly.
All were in awe of what he had just done.
Chrom dismounted from Sumia and began to close the distance between them when a surge of magical energy surged forth from the mountain side.
Cloud caught a glimpse black wings flying off as he called out to Chrom "Look out!"
Chrom's reaction was the same as when the Feroxi guard had thrown their javelins at him.
Raising his arm out in front of him, he could only hope for a miracle.
That miracle came in the form of Robin, who had been able to cast Elwind close the gap between them and push Chrom out of harms way.
Chrom felt himself get pushed to the side, he turned in time to see Robin get impaled by the attack meant for him.
In that instant timed seemed to stop and Chrom saw something in Robin's eyes that he could not understand.
But it was only for that instant, for almost immediately, Robin because he was in the air was sent spinning the direction the spell was heading.
He landed on the ground and tumbled, to the horror of all those there, none of them except were for Cloud were able to react as Robin rolled of the edge of the cliff!
Cloud in that instant was at the cliff's edge and sped down right after him.
Using the weight of the fusion sword to carry him down fast, he closed the gap between them.
Scooping Robin up in his arms he performed what could be a standing forward roll in mid air and landed softly on the ground.
Cloud could see that Robin was losing blood and fast, with a cure materia he had, he cast cure on Robin, to stabilize his condition.
He looked up at the slope and said "I never was one for taking the long way."
With Robin still in his arms, unconscious he ran up the cliff.
At the top
The Shepherds were still in shock, Chrom had been almost killed, Robin had taken the blow for him and fallen off the edge of the cliff.
To top it off, Cloud had jumped down just a minute or two ago.
None of them could make any sense of it, well none except a ginger haired thief by the name of Gaius.
"What's wrong, Spikey just went to fetch your Robin fellow and patch him up, he will be back in no time."
All eyes turned to him and Chrom finally managed to say "What, what do you mean by that, he just jumped off the edge!"
To this Gaius gave a frown and said "It means what I said Blue, Spikey has just gone to get him he should be up about now."
Now no one else but him was looking at the cliff's edge and sure enough just as he said it Cloud appeared with Robin in his arms.
"See, what did I say, that's my partner, Spikey super soldier guy."
Cloud gave a slight sigh and said "Don't call me that." All now turned to see that he indeed had Robin in his arms.
"You will need to heal him, I did what I could, but with limited materia I can only do so much, I'm no healer."
At these words Maribelle and Lissa went to his side as he lay Robin down and began to cast their healing spells on him.
Chrom looked at Cloud and said "You have my thanks, you saved the life of one of my friends."
To this Cloud shook his head and said "I had the ability to do so, like I did with your sister yesterday, I was simply on hand."
Chrom could tell that Cloud was selling himself short on purpose, but he also felt that it was best left at that.
"Dam, I never thought I'd live to see a guy jump off a cliff then climb back up it."
Sully said this as she punched Stahl in the arm "Woah, can you do that due to what you eat?"
The Viridian knight asked this as he raised an eyebrow at Cloud.
Panne was the first one to get it right by saying "You are clearly not a human, no man can achieve such feats like that, no matter who they are."
In response Cloud looked at the ground he knew why he was able to do these things, he was not proud of it.
"Indeed, he is, may I ask why you did not perform that spell you did before from the start?"
Frederick asked this as he took a step towards Cloud.
Surprisingly it was Virion who came to his rescue by saying "Now, now all men have their secrets, it would not be right of us to demand them from him."
Cloud gave the blue haired man a grateful nod, Virion returned the gesture to him.
Miriel who had stayed quiet up till now said "Such strength and skill, it warrants further study, I must know how you are able to perform like you are."
Vaike just scratched his head and said "Yeah, I could do that, I mean if I practiced it like he does."
Ricken in turn said "You were able to do that, where was it you learned that from, can you teach me?"
Lissa looked at Cloud and asked "Does it have something to do with the fact that your eyes glow?"
Maribelle was about to speak but Lon'qu beat her to it by saying "Enough let him be, he saved us we should be grateful."
Maribelle turned and glared at the man then spoke her own thoughts "I think that we should not ask question that we may not wish to know the answer to."
Sumia who was in shock looked at Robin, to Chrom then to Cloud "Thank you for rescuing our friend, I don't know what we would do if he was not here."
The Red haired Pegasus Knight now spoke "I bring ill news, the border as fallen, the screams of my sister, gods your grace, you need to move to safety now!"
At these words all attention on Cloud was lost, to his ever so slight joy.
They all looked to the red haired young lady who was identified as Cordelia."
The Exalt looked at her brother then to Phila and spoke "Chrom, I cannot leave the people when they need me most."
Chrom knew what she was going to say next and was about to raise his voice in opposition when she raised her hand to silence him.
"Little brother remember that I am still Exalt."
She now walked over to him and gave him what was the most sacred treasure of house Yillise, the Fire Emblem.
"I cannot fathom what intent Gangrel has for it, but we cannot allow him to lay his hands on it."
Chrom just stared at his older sister, he was in shock at what she had just done.
Lissa on the other hand had already burst into tears and run to her older sister and latched on to her.
"No, Emm, I don't want you to go, we can't lose you like mother and father!"
The young princess sobbed into her sister's robe, the Exalt placed a gentle hand upon her.
"All is not lost, Lissa, perhaps I can change Gangrel's mind, who knows."
Those words were really empty, Even Vaike could tell that Gangrel was not the time of person to settle things with a few words.
Emmeryn patted her little sister on the back and said "You need to be strong Lissa, don't let us part on such sad terms.
Before Lissa could reply Robin, who had managed to stand, had done so and said "If you go back there you will die, he will make a scene of it."
To this the Exalt gave him a nod, but then said "What would you have me do, abandon those who I swore to lead in their time of need, is that what I must be?"
Robin shook his head "When you put it like that, you're right, you can't just abandon them."
Robin stopped, but it was clear that he still had more left to say. "I have to ask, just what will you tell those who laid down their lives for you when you meet them in afterlife, if you believe in one?"
Now none had a real answer to these words, not the Exalt or any among them.
Except for Cloud who quietly said "Are sins truly forgiven?"
He said this softly, but Panne heard it with her keen ears and asked "What as that man spawn, what sins have you done that you regret so?"
Now all turned to Panne who in turn directed their gazes towards Cloud.
"I was just thinking aloud."
They all managed to shrug that one off and turned their attention back to Emmeryn who was now saying her good byes to them.
Many who had known her when she had just become Exalt were in tears that she was leaving them.
Even Frederick was clearly saddened by her choice.
She even notice Kellam and thanked him for any and all work that he had done in service to Yillise.
She thanked Panne for coming to her aid in the palace though Panne replied to her "It would seem that my actions that night were wasted."
Emmeryn gave her smile and the Taguel returned it and said "I will help your brother in you stead."
She thanked Gaius for any role he played to help the Sheperds.
The thief responded by saying "Well, you know I like sweet stuff and their no sweets in Plegia."
This caused all the Sheperds to have a little laugh at his words, Emmeryn to found it amusing.
She now came before Cloud, she had sympathetic look in her eyes "Cloud Strife, I know I have not known you for long, but I would like to thank you for your efforts to help us."
Cloud in reply gave her a nod. She smiled and the look in her eyes changed from that of sympathy to that of respect and admiration.
She took his hand in both of hers and said "You never ask for praise, you seem content with your actions alone, you try to do what you believe is right, you truly are a good man."
This was one thing Cloud had not been called ever by anyone.
"You don't seem to mind my words so let me be a little selfish and ask you one thing before I go?"
To this Cloud gave her a nod, she was still holding his hand in both of hers, it felt rather strange and unusual for him.
"Why is it that your eyes glow, I noticed it at first, but thought that it was just the light, but now looking into your eyes I can see it clearly."
To this Cloud proceeded to close his eyes and say "There is no single answer to that, but if we meet again, I will tell you all of them."
She smiled at him and gave hug, that caught him off guard "You are a good and kind man Cloud Strife, your eyes hold much pain, it is my wish that when we next meet that your pain will have faded away."
She let go of Cloud and then proceeded to walk with Phila and her Pegasus Knights back to the capital.
One knight from their number, the red haired one who had fought by Lon'qu had just been told that she was to stay behind.
Cloud could not tell why but, if he were to guess it would be, that she was the carry on the order.
The stared at the Exalt and her Pegasus Knights as they moved back in the direction of the capital.
It was about when they were ten minutes gone that Chrom finally spoke up and said "We need to move to Regna Ferox, we will need them to help us if we have any chance of saving Emmeryn."
It was at this point Cloud stepped forward and said "I'll go on ahead, I can travel faster than any of you and bring them your message."
Chrom gave him a nod, he had heard to rumors and also just witnessed his inhuman feats.
Chrom then handed Cloud the seal of house Yillise "This will allow them to believe you, I trust you Cloud, tell them to meet us at the border desert."
Cloud gave the blue haired prince a nod and looked to Gaius and said "Keep them safe while I'm gone."
To this Gaius gave him the thumbs up and said "You can count on it Spikey, ain't no one going to harm um while I'm still breathing."
Cloud then commented "Or when you run out of candy."
Despite their situation they all managed to laugh and Cloud turned to Robin and said "You should take it easy."
To this Robin pointed to the Sheperds and said "Oh have you not met them, how can I take it easy."
Cloud gave a small smirk at this then began to sprint at his top speed in the direction of Regna Ferox.
Chrom shook of the awe of Cloud's sprint for he knew they too had somewhere to be "Alright, we know where we need to be Sheperds move out!"
Late that night
Sumia approached the area that Robin was patrolling, there was just something she needed to ask him, she needed to get it out of her system.
Robin for the most part detected her approached and ignored it, he needed to keep watch on this area while the others rested.
Gaius had assured them that Cloud would make it on time and so would the Feroxi army.
All they needed to do was show up at the right time as well.
Sumia had come close to him now, only about a foot was between the two of them.
Robin did not turn around, but he did ask "Why have you come?"
She knew she could not stumble either over her feet or her words now, she had to ask him about his actions today.
Before she could even open her mouth Robin said "If you wish to ask about today, then forget it, I'm not in the mood to humor you."
To this Sumia took a step back, his voice was cold, so cold, the way he spoke to her, it no longer held any warmth, it was void of any emotion at all.
"I just wanted to thank you for saving Chrom."
To this Robin coldly said "You should thank my corpse at the bottom of the cliff."
There was no emotion in his voice just plain honesty, if it were not for Cloud he would not be here.
"I did not know what to do, I panicked when I thought I saw Chrom go down, Robin why won't you face me?"
To this Robin said again "I did not save Chrom for you, know that."
Now even she knew that he was incredibly clever, but his words were as harsh as fire.
"Robin, I just want us to be, friends like it was before."
To this Robin asked "Before what, last night or perhaps when you and Chrom got, how do I put it together, or maybe before I took a tumble off the edge of a cliff?"
Sumia could take his harsh words no longer and ran back to where the others slept in tears.
She had wanted to make amends with him, to thank him, but he did not care nor want it from her.
It was now she truly knew that if he had ever felt love for her, he had banished it from him, along with all other emotions.
As she went and rolled up into a ball upon the mat that was hers, right next to Chrom a dark thought came to her.
"Can Robin and I never be friends again, did I make the wrong choice?"
As she closed her eyes and willed herself to sleep all she could see was Robin's back, walking further and further away.
With Robin
Robin detected a new person, this one must have heard all that happened, they was too close to have not.
He was able to recognize the pattern of the footfalls and said "Come out, I know that you are there."
The young lady who had called herself Marth appeared, but something was different about her, her face, it was too much like Chrom's but Sumia's as well.
Robin came to the conclusion, she was related to them, in fact her knowledge of events meant that she had known about them before.
"I think you should wear that mask around the Shepherds, wouldn't want them to see the similarities between you and Chrom."
She did not say a word, but in the low light, he was able to see the mark of the Exalt in her eye.
"So you are just going to stand there and glare at me, or did you come here for a reason, besides to listen in on me?"
In response to this she did speak "I wanted to see what type of man you were, any and all records on you were hazy at best."
Robin was not in the mood for small talk, in fact he had taken this shift so that he could be alone.
"If I wanted to talk to people I would not have taken this shift" this meant that he just wanted her to get to the point already.
"You saved Chrom today, why did you do that, to what purpose."
Robin gave a sigh as she said this, he really did not care to answer this so he said "I have my reasons, perhaps if you noticed that your aunt is not among us could well be one of them."
In response to this she said "Your words, they are so cold, not as cold as you were to her, but cold all the same."
To this Robin just said "We all have our own ways of handling loss, this is mine."
Her reply was fast and sharp "You shut out the people that you cared for, you're afraid to feel for them aren't you, afraid that you can't handle the pain of loss?"
Robin could only laugh at this, he laughed for a good ten seconds before he spoke back to her.
"Now, that, that was humorous."
He caught his breath and began to speak again "You see, should I feel a way for those who cannot give it in return."
"I think not, that leads only to jealousy and history can tell you what that leads to."
She had no reply, his logic was undeniable, he knew this and asked "What cat got your tongue, future girl?"
Again she remained silent Robin did not mind this but he had to say "If you're done talking then leave me be."
"We're not done talking, I am not finished, you just broke my mothers heart, in a way."
To this Robin just smiled and said "Oh so that is it, you wish to make me see the error of my ways, but perhaps you failed to notice that she broke mine?"
She took a step back, it was true and it was clear from the face she had on, that she had not thought about that.
"You came here, to what make me repent and see the error of what I did, but truth be told I see none."
She tried to speak, but no words were able to form in her mouth, it was as if they had abandoned her.
She now turned her back on him, but looked back at him and said "This it not over, I will make you see that what you've done and what you're going to do is wrong."
Robin gave a yawn, partly to mock her partly because he had been up all night.
"So scary, I mean that look in your eyes, it tells me that you will not stop until I am the way you want me to be."
She did not say a word she just stared at his right hand the one with a brand upon it.
She then drew her Falchion and with out any warning charged him.
Robin did not see this coming but he knew it had to do with his right hand.
He made to move away, but stopped and just smiled at her, in that second she saw his smile, but did not know what it meant.
She stopped just short of his heart and asked "Why, why do you smile when you're about to face death."
Robin just casually said "I almost died today, if it were not for Cloud, you did hear that I did take a tumble of a cliff, taking an attack meant for your father?"
She had nothing to say, she just took a step back and sheathed her blade and left. As she did so "I am not done with you, I will make you see the error of your ways."
Robin let her leave and said "Quietly, or perhaps you will see there are no errors."
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