NOTE: All flashbacks are in Kamui's POV. Also, special credits to GintaxAlvissforever for the large helping hand in this chapter.

"It all started when we were kids. We were living in the Kingdom of Hoshido until we were kidnapped by Nohr that day. When we arrived there, Corrin and I were separated from each other. We were both locked away in a different part of the fortress alone. I still remember those nights where I would just cry, beg, and scream for my brother. Our retainer Gunter helped us both from getting punished by my father for not cooperating. This…was before we even met Xander, Camilla, Leon and Elise. Even though Gunter tried his best to keep us out of trouble, the king still wanted us to suffer. I remember being summoned by my father, King Garon…and his words forever sting in my mind…"

Flashback

I remember playing with Gunter that day until I was finally summoned to meet my kidnapper. Gunter was not allowed to be in the chamber with him. He feared for my life as would I, but Garon had dark intentions concerning my brother and me.

That evening I obeyed the king and was lead to the king's chamber. In there, I was able to meet my brother again. Corrin was such a crybaby. Even when told not to, he was still in tears. He was able to hold them in when he was promised to see his sister again. I remember how happy we were to be reunited if only for a brief moment. I missed comforting him, nurturing him…loving him…everything a big sister was supposed to do for her little brother. But, Garon was a cruel man. Once we were reunited, he had ordered Iago to take my precious brother away from me. He cried to let him be with me, but I was simply too weak to do anything. And then Garon struck a deal with me.

"I see promise in you." Garon started confusing me greatly "Your eyes remind me greatly of the man that you called "father." I wonder if you will be as resilient as him."

"W-What?"

"…You love your little brother very much…do you?"

I nodded my head when he said that and he only gave me an evil smirk as a response.

"I have no use for a weakling like him. However, I see that if I want to get you to even cooperate, I will keep him around. All you need to do is do exactly what I tell you and I'll let you see your brother whenever you wish if it does not conflict with my schedule."

In retrospect, Garon did not have any intentions of me seeing Corrin, but thanks to my siblings from Nohr, I was able to make it work as I got older. As a child, all I knew was I wanted to remain by my brother's side. I didn't want him to be killed because I didn't want to listen to the evil king. I knew Corrin wouldn't be able to emotionally withstand anything thrown at him. So I agreed.

"…B-But can you promise me something Y-your Majesty?"

"Hmm?"

"I-If my brother does something that you don't like, p-please punish me instead. I…I'm willing to take all the abuse meant for him…s-so please…"

Garon really enjoyed my suffering, so he agreed almost immediately. I wouldn't be aware of all the verbal abuse he would inflict on Corrin though and I had no proof of it except when I found out later in life when Corrin hadn't emotionally grown up like I had. Add to the fact that he has made sure to starve my poor brother whenever he had the chance and it's a wonder he's still able to smile…because I know I wasn't smiling except when I was with my siblings. They meant the world to me during dark times…but that wasn't going to be enough for me as I grew up. Soon, all the abuse I had endured would catch up to me…and I would end up as I am today."

Kamui didn't feel like showing Bayonetta her scars to prove how much physical abuse she endured. She didn't need too. The Umbra Witch was aware it was a sensitive subject and shouldn't be asking for something like that anyway. She was able to get some information about why Corrin acted the way he did. If he was treated poorly, it would explain why he seemed completely oblivious to so many topics that the average person would know. Despite that, he was still trusting for his own good…

"Garon really hated my brother…" Kamui continued with a sigh. "Unlike me, Garon felt like he couldn't use him for anything at the moment. He was only a hostage to get me to do his dirty work and I made sure to do it perfectly. I'm so good at battling because I was trained as a child…unlike Corrin."

"Oh…"

"…Corrin wasn't allowed to have nice things, but he was given everything just so he would drive Garon to just executing him. He had ordered Gunter to check up on Corrin when he wasn't training me. Jakob was my butler, but I had ordered him to look after Corrin because I could handle it. Our maids Felicia and Flora were assigned specifically to Corrin due to his inability to handle himself."

"…He has a lot of retainers…"

"He has at least six…although Jakob and Kaze swore to me first before him…so I guess four is the correct number…why?"

Bayonetta didn't want to bring up how despite being abused, he was still spoiled. She assumed that everything was given to Corrin to prevent any complaints from getting to Kamui about his treatment.

"Still…Garon didn't allow Corrin to have any friends. When Corrin befriended Silas, Garon attempted to execute him for trying to take my brother out of the fortress…just for a picnic. Because Corrin begged not to get him killed, Silas was banished instead. Corrin would not stop crying after that until he was forced to forget."

"Hmm? How?"

"I…can't really explain it. Camilla told me that a way to get Corrin to stop crying was to pretend that something didn't happen…so we all pretended that Silas didn't exist and Corrin just believed that Silas was just a figment of his imagination."
Bayonetta's eyes widened in horror at that revelation because it did dig a little deeper into Corrin's messed up psyche that he would never admit.

"…I cursed my father's soul every waking moment for what he did to Corrin."

"How does this explain your obsession for Corrin?" Bayonetta asked.

"…I was getting to that. We were fifteen. We've both matured in terms of looks. I found myself being very attracted to Corrin. He was such a handsome guy and I just I just found myself in love." Bayonetta was listening to this part, but she realized Kamui still wasn't ready to go into detail why she really loved her brother. If anything, that was the reason Bayonetta would use to justify falling for the dragon prince. "Corrin was still seen as weak to my father so he wasn't allowed to leave. Actually, he was allowed to in some cases, but they were for political reasons."

"Of what kind?" Bayonetta wondered.

"I watched our maids dress Corrin up in dresses, putting make up on him and basically feminizing him. It was for a party. Corrin was basically being used for a figure for marriage and other stuff." Kamui stopped talking if only because she felt like if she continued, she wouldn't be speaking for Corrin. Bayonetta really needed to know. This was the first time she heard Corrin was put up for a political marriage and Kamui was making it seemed like it happened on more than one occasion. "Corrin hated it. He hated how Garon refused to assign him to a woman because he wasn't considered "manly" enough. Garon would say horrible things about Corrin's body…and I rather not state them…it's really cruel."

"Is it the reason why…" Bayonetta stopped herself. That was something she would have to ask Corrin. "Never mind, please continue. I assume Corrin didn't take it face down though…right?"

"Corrin's not really good with standing up for himself. You should know that by now. Honestly, I felt like he should have told Xander about it so Xander could find a way around being married off before he was eighteen. Instead, when the party happened, he reacted poorly to how the suitors were being to him and started whining and crying for us to help him…"

That honestly sounded pathetic even for Corrin. Bayonetta wouldn't pretend to put herself in Corrin's shoes. In general, finding out about the Nohrian prince was causing her chest to hurt amongst other things that would be considered a nuisance to the Umbra Witch. The only things she knew about Corrin were the small tidbits he told her. Their first fight was because he didn't say his mother died recently. That could have been avoided if he opened up to her, but now she knew why he refused to open up. Corrin's past did not portray him in a cool or positive light. The dragon prince may have been dorky, but he wasn't a loser in Bayonetta's eyes. Finding out about how childish he was back home was almost off putting…but Bayonetta have come to realize how unstable Corrin's family was and it was a miracle he was smiling through all of this.

"…I got punished for Corrin's failure..."

Flashback

"AHHH!" I screamed in pain as my father whipped me. My body was slightly exposed. So I really felt the lashes pierce through my skin as he whipped me. I struggled trying to get back on my feet.

"You pathetic girl! That useless brother of yours has made a complete embarrassment out of me! He had one job and that was to be an object for marriage! Then he ruined it all with all that crying! If he had just kept his mouth shut then that would be one less problem I would have to deal with! Now I have to send my children to quell a possible rebellion because your brother couldn't be a doll for these potential allies!" Garon slapped me in the face and I fell back down to the ground. "I am very disappointed Kamui. You're going to pay for your brother's incompetence. You're going to realize why it was a mistake to allow trash like that to live!"

Garon starts whipping me again. My yells echoed through the dungeon chambers. I felt like I was going to faint. I tried crawling away from my father, but he pulled me by the hair and threw me to a corner. He just continued to whip me. All I could do was cry until I fell unconscious.

"Ugh. Sickening. I remember him being upset when I put him in a dress. It makes sense why he was upset." Bayonetta thought darkly to himself. "…And Kamui too…they both had it rough…maybe I have been too harsh on the girl…"

"Then there was a party three months later…that was when I finally embraced my feelings for him and my love for battle."

Flashback

Everyone was conversing with each other in the ballroom. I was alone wearing a white prince outfit I chose myself. I was feeling rather rebellious especially after what happened at the last party. Iago expected me to fall in line like the other siblings and make sure no one messed it up. Since I got the choice as one of Garon's most trusty soldiers, I could wear whatever I wanted and I chose to be on the masculine side that night in contrast to my brother. I saw Corrin come into the room with a silver ball gown dress on him. I was smitten by Corrin's beauty…even though I kept telling myself it was wrong to enjoy seeing Corrin like this when he obviously wasn't enjoying himself. Corrin wasn't himself. He was walking with his head down when he came in. I noticed that besides not looking at the people who were now gawking at his beauty that Corrin's posture had changed since the last time I had seen him. He walked slower, kept his hands close to his chest and forced himself to smile when he had to look up. Someone must have scared him enough to act like a windup doll. It started to worry me so I approached him.

"Hey, Corrin. Is everything alright?"

Corrin looked up with me with sorrowful red eyes that broke my heart before he shook his head. He hesitated to speak but then decided it would be okay to talk to his big sister. "I-I'm sorry sister. I-I'm not supposed to be talking right now. I was ordered by father and Iago to not speak."

"What? Why?!"

"They said I had to wait for someone to dance with. I-I don't want to dance with any of these men, sister. They're really weird and creepy to look at." Corrin shook in fear as he looked up and noticed a group of men staring at him causing him to look down on the floor again. "I…I don't want to shame father and the family again…s-so I have to do this but…but…"

I scanned the area and glared at all the men that were staring at my brother. How dare they think that he was for sale because Garon said he was? It made me want to take my sword and decapitate each and every one of these slimeballs. The worse part though was I saw Iago observing Corrin from a distance. He was examining Corrin from head to toe and licked his lips every time he seemed to be staring at a certain part of Corrin's body. The dress should have covered Corrin's back rather well, but since the dress might have been specifically handpicked by Iago for this occasion…

"Don't worry Corrin. Would you like to dance with me instead? It would better than letting some pervert dance with you."

Corrin hesitated to accept my offer originally. Of course he would be. He was ordered to dance with one of the more powerful men in the room. If that went well…then they would have taken him out of the ballroom and into a guest room to fulfill their disgusting fantasies. Corrin wasn't aware of what these men were capable are. I was aware because I have been exposed to how horrible people could be and my brother would end up a victim if I didn't do something. Corrin let out a huge sigh before he nodded his head slowly.

"Okay sister."

So, I was Corrin's dance partner for most of that night keeping him safe from getting grabbed from any of those horrible men. Corrin hugged me tightly during the dance and I couldn't help but smile. My smile turned into a cocky smirk when I looked around and saw the angry looks those men had. I would probably be punished for this, but Corrin was specifically told to dance with the men of the party. It wouldn't be out of his character to not realize the "prince" he was dancing with was his sister. Seeing Iago's expression crack was the greatest gift of all.

The best part about this dance was how close he was leaning into me. I had to take the lead in the dance and I learned a few things. Corrin would have embarrassed himself if he danced with those ugly bastards. His movement was awkward and he stepped on my foot a couple of times, but I guided him through slowly. The smile on his face was making my heart melt as was when he leaned into my chest for a tender embrace after the dance was done. I was going to be keeping him most of the night even after that and the people who were watching us assumed that the pretty princess scored with a hot prince.

"Thank you sister! I don't know what I'd do without you!" Corrin smiled. "You're…just like the prince in my fairy tales…I love it…I love it a lot."

That tugged on my heart. I realized that I was falling in love with Corrin. After that day, I promised myself to not let anyone lay there hands on Corrin. I swore to always protect him.

"…The funny thing about that incident is even though I was punished for chasing the suitors off, they ended up proving to be traitorous in Garon's eyes. I may hate Garon and Iago, but I proved to them how wicked I'm capable of being." Kamui laughed bitterly to herself. "I followed Garon's saying for once…killing the seeds of rebellion before they have a chance to grow, and I knew why I embraced that idea. If they succeeded, they would have gone after Corrin…and I had decided from that day onward that there was nothing standing in the way from protecting him…although…I admit…maybe the desire to be the most important person in his life made me fall for him…he was my light in the deepest darkness of Nohr. Corrin just made everything worthwhile…"

"I see..."

Kamui decided to skip on everything up until the death of Mikoto after reuniting with her. It was too painful to remember that when Kamui disobeyed the King of Nohr and refused to kill the Hoshidans for the sole reason of not wanting her brother to see her murder in cold-blood that Corrin was to be sent out on a mission that was meant for hers and nearly died a result. Kamui had abandoned the Nohr family at that moment to nearly run across the borders just to get to her brother. As unrealistic as it sounds, Kamui was capable of impossible tasks.

"Then everything got worst when we turned eighteen. We witnessed our mother get killed. There was war between the Kingdom of Hoshido and Nohr. Corrin and I refused to join a side and we ran away with Azura and our maid Felicia. We've fought through many battles to have everyone to come together and make peace with each other. Corrin and I saw our mother get revived. However, she was getting influenced by our father and we had...to kill her." Kamui tried her best to hold in her tears.

Bayonetta turned away from Kamui. She held her head having a difficult time trying to process everything. "This is way more than I bargained more when I got chosen to be here. Why are you out here anyway?"

"...Corrin denied my feelings. His heart is reserved for you." Kamui looked down. "I hate to admit that you won…but you're the person my brother chose to fall in love with."

Bayonetta shook her head. She was hearing it from the delusional princess now and she was supposed to be the last person to admit Corrin loved her. At this point, she would need to hear it from Corrin's mouth to be able to know for certain he liked her even if it was obvious to her and everyone around her how he felt about her (and vice versa).

"…Now I hate how things have to be this way…"

"Hmm? What are you talking about?"

"Your brother made a deal with his siblings that if he beats me in a battle, he gets to stay here."

"W-What!? Y-You're going to fight Corrin?! Why are you doing this?"

"I had no choice! It was fight Corrin or refuse and be a coward. Let me tell you something…I won't be looked at as a coward. I'm going to fight Corrin and I won't be holding back. It's nothing personal." Bayonetta walked away from Kamui. She stopped for a moment and looked back at her. "I think you should come watch."

Kamui looked at Bayonetta confused and a little offended. "W-Why would I-"

"You're not mentally well to be alone. There's no telling when those demons will attack you again. It's better to be around others so people can watch over you. I'll see you there." Bayonetta continued to walk to the mansion.

"Corrin. I'm so sorry." Kamui let a tear fell down her eyes. She felt all hope was lost within herself.