Fire Emblem Fates 11
Chapter 10: Two Reasons
Corrin woke up with a long yawn, tired from yesterday's adventures. He had announced yesterday when the group had arrived at the base that they would take a day's rest, due to the tough day. He rose up from his sheets and went outside to go into the mess hall for breakfast.
Everyone had started waking up and he spotted some faces he could barely make out with his drowsy eyes like Arthur and Sakura. He went inside the mess hall and found a seat next to Sakura and Kaze. Corrin was surprised when he saw that Arthur, Gunter Jakob and Effie were sitting at the opposite end of the table for two reasons. One, Jakob wasn't in the kitchen making breakfast which could only mean one thing. And two, because they weren't sitting with them, as a team should.
The first problem needed to be addressed first.
"Felicia, you are not making breakfast! Get out of the kitchen and let Jakob make it please. I want a good meal after yesterday." Corrin yelled louder than he should've, awakening probably the rest of the camp. It took awhile but Gunter and Jakob finally dragged the upset Felicia off the kitchen, who had already burned at least 4 of the waffles she was planning on making. Felicia sat in front of Corrin.
Next, the second problem. Corrin whispered to Kaze,
"Why are you not sitting next to everyone over there. Is it because they're from Nohr?"
"Forgive me for saying this, Master Corrin, but while I pride myself on my optimism, I cannot seem to fully trust the Nohrians quite yet. Plus, I was here first. If anything they should come sit with me." Kaze whispered back. Corrin realized it was going to be harder to get the Nohrians and Hoshidans to trust one another, even within his team. But it was goal he hoped to accomplish one day. Jakob delivered the waffles to everyone waiting for them, only for them to be quickly eaten by Effie and forced to Jakob to go make some more, not before rejecting Felicia's offer to help. By the time the rest of the pancakes had been delivered, everyone had arrived at the mess hall.
"Ten… Eleven…Wait… That number's not right, I thought we had twelve people here. Where's the twelfth?" Corrin wondered.
"Oh that must be Hana. She's out training. She got up early, ate a quick breakfast and decided to go train. I guess she wasn't really involved in the mess yesterday." Sakura said.
"Interesting, I guess she likes to train?" Corrin asked, earning a nod from Sakura. Once everyone had left the mess hall to go about their daily lives, Corrin decided to look for Hana.
"I think she was the girl who was ready to kill me yesterday? I think we need to get that issue resolved." Corrin deduced. He walked around the camp, looking for the pink samurai. He even looked in the hot springs, definitely a mistake, as seeing his little sister and her big, tough retainer in a bikini was not a sight easily removed from his mind. He really wanted to clear up the issue the samurai had with him as soon as possible, as he hated to have someone dislike him in his ranks. He went to the stables where all the horses, pegasi and hopefully (soon) wyverns are held. He found SUbaki, Sakura's other retainer and sky knight tending to his mount.
"Hello, Corrin. How are you doing? Do you need something?" He asked, gently.
"Um, I'm just looking for Hana. Yesterday she mentioned she didn't like me very much and I kind of want to figure out why and end it. I don't like having someone hate me." Corrin responded.
"Well, Corrin. Her reasoning for disliking you goes far beyond my knowledge as her retainer. Only she could know something like that, hell, I bet she knew you before you were kidnapped. Her and Sakura have been friends for long before I've been her retainer, so there's that possibility." Subaki said.
"Interesting… You believe she knew me before King Garon had my mind wiped?" Corrin asked.
"Yes, and as to where she is, I believe you will find her in the fields behind the big throne. She likes her privacy when she practices, so she rarely lets anyone but Sakura know where she practices, but I spotted her whilst I was flying. This realm is quite small after all." Subaki said.
"Huh, thanks Subaki. And I'm glad we were able to finally have a formal conversation together." Corrin thanked, earning a smile from Subaki, allowing Corrin to notice his perfect teeth.
Corrin went to where Subaki mentioned, behind the stone throne. And sure enough he saw her fighting an invisible opponent, practicing sword moves and jumping up to create openings heavier fighters are unable to make. Corrin sat down and saw her movements and realized he still had much to learn in sword fighting. He compared Hana's fighting style to that of the style of sword fighters he had known in Nohr, like Gunter and Xander, for two reasons. One she wasn't on a mount, and two, she was much quicker and faster, preferring speed over raw power to defeat her opponent. Corrin noticed the contrasting styles of battle between Nohr and Hoshido. Hana finished a form of sword uppercut, followed by a leg sweep and then a stab right through the center of her shadow opponent.
"What do you want?" She asked, without looking at Corrin, and he noticed her tone of irritation.
"Um, I came to talk, with you. You mentioned yesterday that you disliked me? I just came here to ask why. I don't want someone in my team to not trust me. It'll be bad for two reasons. One, my whole goal is to create peace between two warring nations, and if someone hates me, it contradicts my goal. And two, it's a dangerous handicap in battle, if two soldiers distrust one another." Corrin said.
"If that's what you want to know then first you must pass a test." Hana said, and she quickly sliced downward with her katana, but Corrin was able to barely dodge it. "Okay, you earned the right for me to answer your question."
"Really? That's how you do things?" Corrin asked, kind of surprised.
"What, you must be at least a decent battler to ask me a question. Normally people don't pass the first test, so consider yourself lucky." Hana said, once again irritated, but this time more of a jokingly childish irritated than detestation. "Well, what do you want to know first."
"Why do you hate me?"
"Because when you were kidnapped, you caused Sakura a lot of pain. And seeing her in pain put me in pain. And when you were perceived to have betrayed Hoshido, the same thing happened. So that's why, you caused Lady Sakura a lot of indirect pain."
"You care for my sister a lot?"
"Yes, she has been my Childhood friend since forever and I would die for her, if need be."
"Interesting, so there's nothing I can do to change your opinion of me?" Corrin asked.
"Well, not necessarily. I mean, I see your goals are pure and you do hope to save Hoshido and Nohr from whatever it is that's threatening them. The fact that you came to me to talk to someone who hates you just because it threatened your cause for two reasons shows that. So I wouldn't give up just yet." Hana said, with a hint of a smile on her lower lip.
"Thanks for helping me Hana. It means a lot that you said that to me without holding a katana to my throat." Corrin joked, causing Hana to pick up her katana with her foot, catch it with her left hand and hold it up to Corrin's throat, once again. Before he could reply, Hana leg sweeped him and caused Corrin to fall on his head.
"Never anger me for two reasons. One, I can kill you before you know what hit you, and two, because I am known to act very impulsively." Hana said, laughing a bit.
"Duly noted." Corrin said, and Hana reached down to help him up. "I could learn a lot from you."
"Probably, but I'll never show you all I know. I need my little tricks." Hana joked, giggling. It was then there were two very unexpected things happened.
One, Corrin realized that he thought Hana was pretty, and two because an explosion occurred at the front of the base, and a scream yelled throughout the the astral plane, followed by a cry.
"Invasion! Everyone hands on deck!"
So, I guess this episode hints at the lucky waifu for this story. I chose my main BR waifu, Hana because I feel she is really underrepresented in the Corrin ships and I feel like I have a lot of room to work with her and Corrin. The episode ends on the first invasion, even though I have no idea if this is even when it first happens in the real story. I really enjoy these types of chapters where Corrin just kind of walks around camp and talks with the people in his camp, so it'll probably be expected between most chapters.