Lucina and Yarne had left over night, without a trace. But they would most likely return, as it seemed an odd power was growing.
Corrin found himself practicing with Chrom early that morning, since he had gotten here, they didn't have a proper chance to see how each other fight, only from battles. But that wasn't a way to study an opponent. Robin and Azura were training with each other as well. Azura's spear skills-Robin noted-was like dancing. Elegant, but powerful, especially with the weapon she was using. Blessed Lances, very good for monsters, and heals some wounds in actual combat, not a bad choice at all.
Corrin and Chrom were fighting like real enemies, but managing not to put even on a hit on each other, it was a truly stunning battle. Robin studied that of what she saw of Corrin had a mixture of two styles, one seemed more aggressive, while the other seemed to just knock an opponent off their feet.
Meanwhile Leo had been feeling strange as of late. It was his very blood that was reacting to one of his retainers, but Odin had just vanished, and Niles was back at home, most likely waiting for him to get back. He sighed, and it felt like it was on and off. When people become royal retainers. Royal retainers have to drink the blood of the dragon from their master's veins. Since that occurs, the retainer is bound to the master for a long time. But the master is the only one who can sense the retainer near by, since the retainer is suppose to be close by anyway.
Leo decided to finally take action to see what his blood wanted to be connected to. He saw a woman who seemed oddly familiar in a grove with a brown haired man, the woman was holding a child. He realized he did recongize that woman, it was Charlotte, an ex-Nohrian boarder guard. He watched from afar, but no doubt his blood was calling for that man there. They were laughing, he saw Lissa near by, approaching them.
"Owain, Charlotte, I have some tea for the both of you," Lissa said, holding a tray.
"Ah mother, you are way to kind! But my thirst for power won't be calmed by tea alone!" He yelled, Charlotte and Lissa just glared at Owain, and he stopped his strange outburst. Leo waited for the man to be alone.
Corrin and Chrom sat down to eat some hard cheeses, and jerky. They were served with cold tea to help them cool down from the heat. Robin and Azura were eating at a different location since they rather bathe to get the sweat off.
"Hey, Corrin. Who taught you how to fight?" Chrom asked suddenly, but Corrin didn't mind a conversation, "my brothers did generally, while we were still at war, we trained a lot, it was very useful, and you, Chrom?"
"I had plenty of tutors, and some self training," Chrom seemed he rather not talk so deeply into it. Corrin couldn't blame him, learning to fight is a deep passion, but sometimes not even a true passion can stop death. Though that depends on person to person.
Corrin eventually left the conversation to check up on his brother Leo, since he hardly had spoken to his younger brother at all. Corrin was getting a bit edgy, he didn't know why, so he hurried.
Leo approached the odd brown haired man, "Odin."
"Yes, Lord-" He caught himself, and looked at Leo in shock.
"So this is where you went," Leo wasn't mad, more of just happy that he was alive and well.
Owain didn't really want to speak with Leo, since the whole thing felt awkward, and he didn't know why Leo was in his world after all. Leo acknowledged this, and walked off.
Later in the morning, Corrin found Leo, only for the boy to look completely exhausted.
"You look really tired, Leo. What have you been doing?"
"Trying to get home. The others got sent back through their weapons. I have my own duties in Nohr, Corrin." Leo put bluntly, Corrin nodded.
"Maybe you should call for out the other weapons, as they all are connected," Azura said, approaching the two men. Leo and Corrin looked at it her, it was a brilliant idea to try. After that they headed for an empty courtyard, but Leo's blood was calling for that presence again. He easily let it go, but it was moving near by, and no doubt Lissa he was right behind her. Owain didn't make eye contact at all, he didn't even have an outburst, but Leo only smiled at Owain, though they didn't speak to each other at all. Since he was officially dismissed as his retainer, even though the blood was strong.
"Hey guys, what are you doing?" Lissa started, not knowing of her son's odder then usual behavior, and that's a lot coming from Owain. Corrin also noticed something familiar to this man, but on his arm was the brand of the Exalt, so it wouldn't be Odin.
"We're trying to get Leo home," Corrin said, getting a shocked Lissa.
"Are you going too?" Lissa asked with the surprise showing, and a bit of disappoint. It didn't occur to Corrin at all. He looked at Lissa with kind eyes, Azura would just have to see how this played out, she wouldn't mind returning to Valla, but she wanted to make sure Corrin was up to it.
During the time they were getting their weapons ready, she managed to get Chrom and Robin here faster then one could say, "it's dinner," but Corrin wasn't surprised by the act at all, since they might be leaving after all.
Though in the silent corner of the courtyard, hidden by light, Aion watched. She knew Corrin couldn't go, since she had cursed him, but it would be nice for him to realize he was. She sighed at what she had to do. To die.
Corrin raised his Yato blade up, "I call for power! Connect us to the other weapons!" The Brynhildr and Yato sung for the other weapons, since they were not in the same place, it opened three see-able portals. Corrin could see Xander in Nohr, in a war meeting, Ryoma was in Hoshido with Saizo and his other retainer Kagero, while Takumi as Corrin could tell was in Valla. Leo decided to go through where Takumi was, since wasn't going to go to Nohr while his brother was busy.
Takumi literally jumped when he saw Leo, it appears they couldn't see the portals from that side, when Corrin tried to go to Valla, he couldn't even push his arm through it.
It was like glass. Leo looked at where he spawned, hoping his brother could go through, Azura tried too, but she was bound as well. The Brynhildr and Yato stopped calling for each other, and Leo knew the portals had closed.
Corrin felt hopeless, and dreadful, he hung his head, Chrom and Robin felt horrible for their friend, but what could they do? Owain looked at Corrin, he knew how he felt not being able to go back home, since his own time had been destroyed, he and the other three left the sobbing King to Azura.
Leo was surprised that worked, however he didn't sense the portal anymore. It had closed, and oddly, his brother must have stayed. But Takumi had been with his retainers, and they had come to see who had gave him a fright, but it was just Leo, and Oboro was pissed, though she didn't say anything.
"How did you just appear here?" Takumi asked with general curiosity.
"It was the Brynhildr, apparently the weapons can link across worlds," Leo made a mental note, and he talked with Takumi a bit more, and hurried back to Nohr to talk to Nyx so the two could research other strange things the weapons could do. But he also needed to look if their was any books or past knowledge of any mention of Ylisse.
Mid-afternoon came faster then usual, as Corrin had fallen asleep to his own tears, Azura understood the pain after all, she wasn't having it easy either. Valla was important to the both of them, and they wanted to restore Valla to it's former glory, but that couldn't happen if they couldn't go home. Something had been bugging Azura the more she thought about it, the weapons were suppose to be extremely powerful, unless there was higher magic at play.
Corrin had mentioned someone wanting to die, and that Leo had also heard it, but both hadn't an idea as to who, or why. She found herself looking around for what she wanted to find, her presence could be traced by only Corrin, she decided it was now her turn to look around this world, she hoped she would be back before Corrin even woke up again.
She passed Chrom, Robin, and Lissa as they were going to find her and Corrin, no doubt. But she had to check for anything that would have been connecting her and Corrin to this world, or they would never be able to go home in time.
Azura found herself at a lake, no doubt the one Corrin had been at when the fire had started, which still seemed to be a mystery. She started to sing softly, and only did a short version of the song. But that caught someone's attention. Her golden eyes met with someone's she hadn't ever met before. White hair flowed, and her eyes met Azura's. But unlike Corrin and the others, she remembered the girl crystal clear.
"Who are you?" Azura asked, walking to her.
Before the girl was able to speak, more of those imps showed up, and a shady figure laughed at them. "Don't let the girl fool you, she'll do whatever it takes to kill herself." Azura felt nothing but darkness from the figure. Azura was lucky she had her Blessed Lance on her at that moment, she was ready to fight, even if she didn't have backup.
Corrin's Dragonstone started to glow, calling for help. And that woke him up, immediately he was running out of that room like he was on fire. Once outside he turned himself into a dragon, Chrom heard Corrin roar, and he rushed to Corrin before he took off. "Corrin!" Chrom yelled, but Corrin didn't listen as he took off for the forest. Chrom followed him.
Corrin saw Azura exhausted from fighting the imps, he stopped one of the imps from attacking her, and he crushed it's head into the ground, turning it into nothing. He let out a roar, and the water he generated from his body flooded the entire forest! Killing any imps left, he grabbed Azura as gently as he could, and saw Chrom, quickly doing the same, he flew up, Aion and the other figure had vanished.
He flew out of the forest's range, and exhaustively turned back into a human. Breathing barely. Chrom was stunned. "That was the second time with those.. imps, right?" Chrom asked, trying to make light of what just happened.
"Yeah, no doubt. And Aion was there..." Corrin said before completely forgetting her again.
Azura remembered something her mother told her about Dragons, they could share memories with each other "Corrin, don't forget."
Corrin obeyed her, and she poured her memories into his mind. He saw Aion with a mystery black hooded man, summoning the imps, the vanishing. "Do you know who she is?" Azura asked.
Corrin only felt confused, and something just didn't add up, "I don't know, Azura. I can't seem to remember."
Xander was thrilled with the news that his brother was back safe in Nohr, he reported about what happened in Ylisse, and what his brother did to transport him back.
"But why didn't he come with you?" Xander asked, looking at his brother just as tired as he was. Ruling a Kingdom was never good for anyone's body.
"I don't know, Xander. Maybe he still has something left to do, or he couldn't," Leo simply put, Nyx was glad to have her husband back, but they went to studying right away.
Xander sighed with annoyance, he was told what he already knew. Hinoka had also gotten the report from Leo about Corrin, and she would make sure to report to Ryoma when she was free. But lately, she's just been busy trying to take care of her pregnancy, as she wanted this child perfectly healthy.
Some hours after the water had cleared, Corrin and Chrom went back to check out that area, Azura was near by looking for any trace of Aion, but all she found was blood, and some white hair.
Corrin looked around the lake, since the whole forest was very wet, considering what he did, but none of the animals seemed to blame him. He felt an odd source of power nearby, and he went to look around for it, saw the young Aion weeping.
He approached her, "Aion." She jolted, but looked at him.
"Corrin, I'm sorry!" She cried, looking at his red eyes with her's. Corrin waited for her to stop crying so she could tell him why she was crying, and maybe some other answers too.
"Just take your time, and talk to me," Corrin said, with his smile that many loved him for.
Chrom and Azura had lost sight of Corrin, but Azura sensed him near by, it was as something had hidden him somewhere plain in sight. Azura realized something, but she dare not think of it again.
Aion cried for a good solid five minutes with Corrin sitting next to her, "I don't want to hurt anyone anymore, my brother m-makes me, Corrin. I just want to die!" She looked at him again. As she poured more of her heart out, the black figure appeared once more, and then something hit Corrin. His chest really hurt, he looked down, to see he had been stabbed. Not once, but twice.
Azura felt Corrin's pain. She didn't panic, but she wanted to yell. It hurt. Chrom rushed to the fallen Azura.
"Chrom, you need to try to find Corrin," she held her chest in pain, it was Corrin's pain, that was for sure. As there was no given wounds on her. Chrom nodded, and looked even harder.
"Dion! Stop!" Aion yelled, trying to hold his arm back from giving Corrin anymore damage, but he almost stab Corrin's heart when she stood in the way.
"He will kill me and you! I swear, Dion!"
He laughed, "younger sister, you are foolish, no one can kill us, we are unlike the Silent Dragon or the Fell Dragon. What kind of fantasy are you living in?" He pushed her out of the way, but Corrin was wielding his Yato blade, ready for battle, even if his pain was stopping him. He wouldn't die from this, he refused it!
Authors note: Thanks for reading.
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