Okay Hi guys and girls I'm back with another chapter. Okay now some of you might find that this Chapter is a little lacking, so sorry but I did do the last part with literally no planning so sorry if it seems rushed a little.

As always please review and let me know what you think of it, but no flaming guys.

Chapter Four

I need to determine for myself whether or not peace at the expense of lives can really be defined as peace... and I will become evil itself to find out! (Chang Wufei)

Robin and Chrom were at the appointed location, there was no sign of Cloud at all.

"Dammit, what is taking him so long, he told us to meet him here?"

Chrom was visibly distressed about the absence of Cloud and that of the Feroxi army.

"It would appear that Ferox did not believe him and that we are on our own, Chrom."

Chrom scowled he knew that Ferox should not have declined their help, Cloud did bear the seal.

Chrom looked down at the ground and was about to call for the Shepherds to retreat when the heard a scream coming from further along the desert.

Robin looked up and saw that there was a man, a rather tall man with a small girl.

It appeared that the two of them were being pursued by a rather sinister looking group, Robin felt a tinge of pain as he saw the markings upon their clothing and then looked at his own.

"Just who are they?"

He was about to turn and ask Chrom if they should help out, but the blue haired young prince was already dashing into action.

The rest of the Shepherds were back at camp so it was just him and Chrom for the moment.

"Sigh, what a fool, we can get killed against a force that size."

Sighing Robin sent a larger Thoron up into the air hoping to alert the other Shepherds to a battle.

With tome in hand and a spell upon his lips he dashed after the prince.

"If Chrom dies everything will be for nought, Emmeryn, myself all of it, I guess if I wasn't hear he might die now."

Robin turned his mind back to his foes after he savoured that thought.

Now throwing a blot of Arcthunder he stunned mage who was about to attack Chrom from behind.

Robin cast the spell about two more times before he cursed himself for not pacing more tomes.

"Well it's not like I expected us to fight from when we met up with Cloud!"

As he cursed he drew his sword and cut down two warriors who had charged him.

Chrom in the mean time was sword happy cutting down any mage or any other foe in his way not looking to guard his back.

Robin gave a sigh as he stuck his Iron sword through the face of one mage.

"That fool is all too ready to save damsel in distress for all we could know it could be a trap."

He now narrowly avoid getting his hand cut off and returned the favour by slicing the warrior's chest in two.

But the sight that came next was by far the most terrifying thing he had ever seen.

As most foes near him had been slain and any who were facing Chrom were not at his back. Robin's eyes had wandered over to where the damsel and her large mercenary were.

He could see that the merc was quite effective and that he was able to cut down most of his foes with ease.

But it was what Robin saw next was what made him take a step back.

The small green haired girl was not really a girl at all, she had shouted something at the enemies before her and touching a stone transformed into a dragon.

Robin muttered to himself "It would seem that she did not need our help at all."

He now looked to Chrom who just said "By the Naga did she transform, she is a Manakete, perhaps if we can help her she can help us."

Chrom now rushed forth with renewed vigour cutting down any foe in his path, to this Robin could only sigh and say "Make sure she does not eat you fool."

He had a feeling that she would not after all the man at her side she was not eating yet.

Robin did notice that she was weak against the magic that the enemy was using on her.

Seeing that Chrom was too caught up in his own fight against those right in front of him.

Robin aimed for the mages closest to him before they could attack the Manakete.

From afar the Manakete looked rather frightening, but up close Robin could see the beauty that such creatures held.

He also felt anger rise within him as the men before him obviously wished to defile that beauty for their own sick ends.

Seeing that the Merc had the mages that were close to her under control.

Robin focused on closing the gap between them, he was quite proficient with his sword though he was not as good as Chrom, yet.

Charging into the first mage he noticed that the mage had been to busy trying to bring down the dragon or Manakete to notice Robin.

Using this to his advantage, Robin used the momentum he had built up from the run and slammed his sword into the mages side.

This caused his foe to lurch in pain and then crumble to the ground.

Wrenching the sword out from his fallen foe Robin sighted his next target and rushed it.

This one at least saw him coming and cast a few Ruins to try and stop him.

The first two missed but the last hit, Robin could feel the pain seeping through all of his body.

But he had to keep moving, if not he would be dead.

Robin could see the horror in the enemy's eyes as he plunged his iron sword through his foes chest.

Just in time too, for the handle broke off as soon as the blade was buried in his foe.

Panting, Robin now looked to see that the Manakete and the large mercenary had taken care of the foes near them and that Chrom had slain those that were in front of him.

It was a short but hard battle, Robin felt his knees give way, all that running and being hit by ruin had damaged his body.

He now saw that the Manakete had transformed back to her human like form and the Chrom was talking to her.

It was at this point Robin recalled that he was still partly injured from his tumble off the cliff and that was also taking effect upon him now.

Robin's felt and saw the world grow a little fuzzy before it went all black on him.

With Robin

Robin awoke in a tent to find that he was alone, he looked about him, there was one person, one who he would rather not see.

"What do you want" he asked her and gave a sigh and turned over.

He did not really want to know what she was doing her or what she wanted.

"Robin, you collapsed, we were all worried."

To this Robin said "How Kind of you, now if you don't mind I may just need to get up, I have work that I have to do."

The young lady spoke to him again "The way you speak, it is not the same as it was before."

To this Robin gave a sigh and said "Let me count what has happened to me, I found the woman I had feelings for was with my best friend, I got knocked off a cliff protecting that best friend."

He paused to symbolise the days that had passed "Oh did I mention he also charged head first into a battle with no one else besides me for back up and look what happened."

Sumia did not know what to say to that, from what he just said he had saved the person who had taken the woman he cared for away from him.

"So leave me be, don't insult me or mock me with your presence, I am sure Chrom would like it more."

Robin now struggled to get up, his legs still a little weak from all the running he had just done.

He saw now the Chrom was at the entrance of the tent, there was a look of shock in his eyes.

Robin gave a small roll of his eyes. It made sense, Sumia must have told Chrom and he must have wished to hear it for himself.

He made for Robin, his intent to help his friend stand but Robin waved him away "I can walk on my own thanks."

Chrom took a step back, he must not have believed that Robin could be so cold to him or anyone.

"Robin, I, I had no idea that you?"

To this Robin rolled his eyes again and said "You had no idea what that I was this badly hurt or that I had not healed completely from falling off a cliff."

Robin just shook his head in disgust and left the tent.

Chrom just stared after his friend and said "I had nod idea, I did not mean to, dammit why fate like this."

To this Robin stuck his head back in the tent and said "Did you just blame fate, are you sure you're Chrom?"

He then left for real, Chrom knew what it was that Robin meant even though he did not say it.

"Don't blame fate for your own actions"

He turned to Sumia who said to him "Now do you believe me, he does not even want to look at me again, it's just so hurtful of him to talk like that."

Chrom move to comfort her and held his wife to be in his arms.

"I never knew, why can't we be happy why is love so painful at times!" Chrom only held her tighter.

Then it came to him "Why does he only act coldly to you and not me, why before this did he just get along with me, surely he hates me, if so why did he save me."

Chrom now looked to Sumia who sniffed and said "He said, he said it was because you're an essential figure to the Shepherds."

He now looked at her and said "We will get through this, I am sure that Robin will be back to his happy self in time."

How long it would take Chrom did not know, Robin had saved his life twice if not more now, how could he be so cold and hash to them.

With Robin

Robin had heard about the plan, Emmeryn was to be executed by the bastard King Gangrel.

He knew that Chrom was going to go save her.

But this time Robin was not going to offer any advice, he knew Chrom would ask it off him, but he knew that Chrom would not listen to most of it.

Now in his own tent he looked at the map of the execution ground. "I'll have to act out my own plans, Chrom will listen but will not act on them and well I don't really care to share if they will be ignored."

He was not doing this to spite Chrom, well not entirely.

He was doing this so he could find a way to save Emmeryn "Chrom is a fool for his family, the way he fights would allow Gangrel to kill her right as he got to her."

He knew that if he let his emotions get in the way, many of the Shepherds would end up dead.

Muttering to himself "I would rather them see me void of any emotion, but as long as they live and see me, it's fine by me."

He now turned, he had thought he had heard someone enter his tent he was right.

"By the gods, if it's not one it's another, why are you here, I need to plan to save the Exalt."

The blue haired young woman looked deep into his eyes for a moment then said "You wish to save her, after what her brother did to you."

It was clear to Robin that she did not wish to others to know of her presence here.

So in a hushed voice Robin replied "Why would I hold that against her, in fact why would I let my emotions into battle, that is a sure way to get yourself killed."

To this she replied "If you fight with no emotion you are no better than the Risen, who only seek victory or death."

Robin turned his back on her and continued to plan the battle or at least plan for how he would control the flow of the battle.

"You are hurting and a hurt heart that refuses to let itself heal will not help you in battle."

Robin gave a very loud sigh and said "Perhaps some hearts do not need to heal or rather should not, for the pain will be their if they heal or not."

Then words she said next were the same as before but they held a different meaning.

"A bleeding heart will die sooner than one that has healed, it will leave it's friends behind, without them knowing how it truly felt."

To this end Robin looked her in the eyes and saw the mark of the Exalt, but he also saw more than just that. He saw anger, joy, fear, understanding, compassion and love.

He narrowed his eyes at her "Are you offering yourself to me, I am sure that you know I am not the type of man to take that."

She shook hear head "No I am not offering myself to you."

Robin gave her nod the turned back to his map but as he did so he felt her hand land on his shoulder.

Now he turned around and asked "What is it that you want?"

To this her replied shocked Robin "I want you, I don't know why, but I feel a longing for you in my heart since I saw you the night I first came here"

She place her hand on his chest, she could feel his heartbeat.

Robin wanted to take a step back but he found he could not, he was mesmerised by the beauty in front of him.

He finally managed to say "You are, you are Chrom'sand Sumia's child aren't you, what, what was it that happened in the future that made you come back?"

She did not answer him and first but when she spoke it was a plea not an answer.

"Please, don't tell them, don't tell them who I am yet."

To this Robin gave her a nod and said "Your secret is safe with me, may I ask though, why do you want me?"

She did not take a step back as Robin expect her to no instead she stared right into his eyes and said "I find that I love you, I love how you are intelligent, I noticed how you take care to of everyone in battle."

Now the next part she mumbled but Robin was able to pick up some words from what she said.

"I can't stand to see you hurt, it hurts me, I can you what is the feeling, other than love?"

Robin could see the truth of what she said, but she was not over she had one final piece left to say.

"I want to be with you, even when you're hurt you will help, even if you don't wish to you still do."

Now tears formed in her eyes "I don't know why, but I love you, you never let others know when you're hurt, you are willing to lay down your life for even those who have caused you pain."

She now clung to him even tighter and said "In my time, there was no one like you, only stories about who you were that my Aunt told me, you are everything I was told and more."

Robin now felt obliged to hold her shoulders and asked "Wait you said Aunt, that means Lissa, what about Chrom, Sumia, Frederick and the others?"

She did not answer but gazed into his eyes, he could see the pain that was in them and he knew what she meant by her silence.

He now looked up at the roof of his tent and said in horror "They're all dead aren't they, myself all of us?"

She gave him a nod and now pressed her face into his chest.

Robin did not know why, but he did not mind her, not at all, he now looked at her and asked.

"In the woods, you were testing me to see how I would reply to you or rather you wanted to see if I was hurt."

She now took a step back and Robin let go of her as she did, she gave him a nod.

"Robin, I don't want that future to come to pass, but it is too early for me to reveal myself to my father."

Robin did not know why but he gave her a nod and said "I already gave you my word."

She now smiled at him, it was the first time that he had seen her do that.

Right now, her smile seemed to erase all else in the world.

Robin gave a blink as he felt a slight pounding in his heart as if he wanted to be at her side, was this feeling love?

He now looked to her and she now spoke to him again "I have failed to prevent the Exalt from falling into Plegian hands, I failed because I was alone."

She now stepped closer to him again, Robin could feel her breath on his face.

He gazed into her eyes and saw many things in them.

But one thing he did see was himself, not his reflection, but him with her side by side.

"Robin, can you share this burden with me, can you aid me in making a brighter future?"

Robin replied without hesitation, it even surprised himself "I will, even if I lose my life, I will help you to create a better future."

She now smiled again and said "I would rather you live by my side it is every girls dream to marry their first crush."

Robin was able to deduce that she must have meant the him from the stories Lissa must have told her.

His reply though said "It is not everyday you are this close to a girl from the future."

At this point she said "Just keep quiet and kiss me will you, we do have a future to make."

He obliged and when their lips parted she said "No matter what the future holds I will cherish every moment." He replied "So will I."

With Cloud

Cloud had convinced the Khans of Ferox to move their armies but they had received intel that the enemy was planning to execute Emmeryn.

They knew Chrom would get wind of it and planned to meet him there.

Cloud would have gone to meet with Chrom and Robin at the allocated place when he had visions of Areith's death.

But in place of the kind flower girl he now saw the Exalt, Cloud did not know if this was a vision of the future, but he had seen her falling to her death.

With no explanation he moved past the Feroxi army in the direction of the execution.

Many things were now rushing through his mind, many of them were not pleasant at all.

"Why try to save those who you don't even know, after all you're just an empty puppet?"

This was said in the voice of that silver haired monster.

It also said "Are you sure you can save, a puppet with no strings has no way to move?"

Cloud was not sure if this was the nightmare himself or just his own doubt taking the form of the one who he used to fear the most.

Cloud shook off his doubt as he ran "No I'm not alone, not at all."

Though he had not known them for long the Shepherds were good to him, they were not Tifa or any other member of the team but they were friends at least for his part.

He still had that damn voice in his head, but there was something different about it.

Cloud knew when Sephiroth was trying to say his bile from within the lifestream.

There was no lifestream here and no way Sephiroth could speak to him.

Cloud knew what it felt like to have his mind intruded one and this felt the same, who it was had forgot one thing.

He was not Sephiroth, by that definition, he could be killed, he also held no power over Cloud.

Cloud felt it's disturbance as it must have brushed his thoughts, he knew it was no Sephiroth, he also knew that a visible darkness does not frighten Cloud Strife. Cloud saw the desert close in his view of the horizon, he knew that he would not have any time to stop and rest. "Rest" he gave a small smirk as he ran ever closer to the desert. The one who had been trying to sway his mind had failed, he also had failed to take into account that SOLDIER or rather Cloud did not tire like regular people. It was a rather sick thought that Cloud had to thank Doctor Hojo for making him like this.

He shook his head and now felt the sand under his feet, he knew Chrom would be here. He did not stop as he had no time to debate if he should contact him. He had to get to Emmeryn and he had to make sure he was there.

He felt at least if her was there there would be a chance saving her, he did not know how she had been captured so easily.

Cloud now did notice that there was an enemy camp up ahead, he had no time to go around.

Drawing his complete Fusion Sword he knew he would have to charge right threw it.

But he had the feeling that it would have some merit if it had any prisoners he could free while he ran through it.

He saw that there were and knew he could not in a good sense of mind leave them.

"I'm sorry, I will make up the time that I have lost here!"

He knew now he would have to kill foe in here, he could do it quickly with finishing touch, but he decided to do it the old fashioned way.

"I pray that it is worth my time."

To any none modified human it was a blur, he came he slashed he killed he saved.

It just so happened that the ones he saved were Phila the winged horses knights that had accompanied the Exalt.

Cloud gave them a nod and ran on ahead, they knew where he was going and mounting their steeds flew after him.

Cloud did not know how he should react to what was about o happen, he only knew one thing "I will not let her die, not like back then."

With Robin

Robin and future girl or Lucina had made a plan for how she would enter the battle, Robin was at first a but hesitant to agree, to keep it from the others.

But he knew they were short of time and short of options.

He did not know why, but when he had made the plans with Lucina it felt as if he had no doubt that succeed.

"If Lucina is with, I feel as if I can do anything?"

Little did he know that in hiding right now waiting for her time she thought a similar thing "With Robin by my side, I can save the future."

Chrom had moved out and Robin had gone with him, he did not really notice the subtle change in Robin's mood.

He must have been to focused on the task at hand, but he had asked "Robin, you are with me on this?"

Robin had given him a nod and said "Let the past stay there, that is what I believe."

Chrom had given a slight laugh and said "For a man with no memory that is a good line."

He and the other Shepherds now looked at the place where they would do battle.

Robin looked at the Shepherds and now back to where the execution would take place. "For Lucina I will change the future!"

Okay guys sorry about the stuff that you did not see coming, I tried my best to mold it together but some bits don't come out well no matter how hard I try. Also sorry about the lack of Cloud in this he literally only got 500 words more or less, but next chapter will all be about saving Emmeryn and expect to see Cloud there. Sorry about Robin and Lucina coupling, I'll try to make it work out better.

As always Read and Review no Flaming.

And until next time the Fire Emblem is never Final.

Cloud: Dear JAGA03, please stop playing CLANNAD or any other Key Visual Novel before you write, sincerely Cloud Strife.

JAGA03: Shut up or I'll make you Sephiroth BFFs and make you two live happily as best buddies in a Disney movie.

Sephiroth: Good to see you Cloud.

Cloud: What's good about seeing you, fuck off!

JAGA03: Now kiddies play nice.

JENOVA: That's mine line.

Everyone: Shit!

JENOVA: All of you look forward to next chapter in at maximum two weeks time, right JAGA03?

JAGA03: Well shit, that's all folks.