AN: I do not own Touhou or Fire Emblem.

I have been playing a bit too much Fire emblem recently. Originally I was just going to have certain characters from sacred stones show up… and now that I've played the Rekka no Ken game and Binding Blade, I have discovered that, yes characters from those games, well technically, will now be showing up. Most of them in Takumi's arc. But I'll say it right now, I really like Raven and Lucius, and I've been trying to find a merc and magic user for Takumi's forces, so yeah they get it. Why I like them so much… I don't know, I just do.

Also if these chapters were actually in the game, I could guarantee they would be, those few level, just because of the mechanic of being unable to hit valitites unless they are hit with Rice powder

Unit Roster

Garon

Class: Nohrian King

Skills: Nobility, Armored Blow, Warded Blow, Nohrian Trust

P.S: Frontline Royal

Inventory: Bölverk, Elixir, Rice Powder (3 uses)

Sumeragi

Class: Hoshidan King

Skills: Nobility, Astra, Certain Blow, Duelist's blow

P.S: Hoshidan Unity

Inventory: Hagakure Blades, Elixir

Kaze

Class: Rookie Ninja

Skills: None

P.S: None

Inventory: Rice Powder (3 uses), Rice Powder (3 uses)

Corrin

Class: Prince

Skills: None

P.S: None

Inventory: Nothing

Chapter 2: Song of Death

BGM: "Lost In Thoughts All Alone" (Fire Emblem Fates) English Cover by Lizz Robinett

While Garon and Sumeragi were fighting for their lives, Minerva was completely unaware as to their plight. But while Garon was away, Minerva thought that it would be a good time to fulfil the promise she had made to Arete, teaching Azura her song.

Azura was sitting on the bed in the room Minerva had called her into, Minerva looking a little better than usual, her belly having gone down in size after her… near death experience, but she still sat in her chair with that look of tiredness in her eyes.

"Azura… your mother asked me to do something before she died." Minerva said as Azura watched Minerva. "What did mommy ask you?" Azura asked, confused as Minerva sighed. "She wanted me to teach you her song. Now listen closely Azura." Minerva said as she breathed in and out slowly. "I have never sang before." Minerva muttered before she started.

"You are the ocean's grey waves. Destined to seek life beyond the shore, just out of reach." Minerva started, her voice rather high as she tried to sing the song, Azura listening intently as she continued. "Yet the waters ever change. Flowing like time, the path is yours to climb. In the white light, a hand reaches through. A double-edged blade cuts your heart in two. Waking dreams fade away, embrace the brand new day. " Minerva sang, messing up a few notes as Azura listened, the door creeping open as Camilla and Xander poked their heads in, having heard the singing.

"Sing with me a song of birthrights and love. The light scatters to the sky above. Dawn breaks through the gloom, white as a bone. Lost in thoughts all alone." Minerva sang as Azura listened in awe, Xander and Camilla both just watching as their mother figure continued to sing.

Yet as she sang, miles away Garon and Sumeragi were fighting to escape the opera house with their lives, while trying to protect the children.

BGM: Thorn in You (Roar) - Fire Emblem Fates

Sumeragi growled as his blade cut through another monster, purple smoke filling the corridor as both Kaze and Corrin hung to Garon, the rice powder covering the hallway from Sumeragi bursting open another bag mixing with the blood as Garon kept Corrin's eyes away from it all.

"Last… one…" Sumeragi panted, as Garon shook his head. "Probobly not, this opera house is still full of these things." Garon said as Sumeragi grunted. "I wish there was a way to just reveal them!" Sumeragi complained as Garon put his free hand to his chin. "If we could find a dragon vein, we could make it rain in the opera house." Garon suggested as Sumeragi raised an eyebrow. "And that would help how?" Sumeragi questioned as Garon explained himself.

"These things are there, that we can hit them is proof enough. If we cause it to rain then it would reveal them because the rain would bounce off them." Garon said as Sumeragi hmmed. "That could work… but where are we going to find a dragon vein in an opera house?" Sumeragi asked as Garon chuckled. "You'd be surprised where you can find dragon veins. I can sense one nearby, we just have to check each room in this floor and find it, then we should be able to make it rain." Garon said as Sumeragi groaned in annoyance. "Fine!" He complained, if it would allow him to hit these dam things then he would go with it.

"Corrin, Kaze, stay close." Garon said as Kaze nodded while Corrin clung to Garon's leg still, really not liking what was happening, because to him it was scary. Slowly the four of them moved through the second floor of the opera house, Sumeragi impatiently opening doors left and right to try and find a dragon vein to use as Garon kept his eyes peeled for anything.

The sudden clash of metal on metal alerted Garon to something as Sumeragi had brought up his swords, and was holding something back as Garon stood behind him and took a pinch of the rice powder, spreading it around them and revealing what was around them.

At least three monsters were closing in on them, not counting the one from the room Sumeragi had opened. "They must have been hiding in the rooms." Garon said as he flashed a glance at Sumeragi. "Sorry." Sumeragi said as he broke away from the power struggle with the monster he was fighting before he plunged his blades into it, splattering blood all over the floor as the monster died.

Behind him Garon had moved Corrin and Kaze behind his cape as he cleaved one of the monsters in half with Bölverk. One of the others tried to take a swing at him, but Garon ducked and responded by cleaving it in half as Sumeragi stabbed his swords through the other monster.

"Can I please get a location on this dragon vein?" Sumeragi asked as Garon huffed. "All I can tell is it's on this floor, so stop whining." Garon said as Sumeragi grumbled. "I find it odd how you two can bicker during a time like this. "Kaze said as Garon sighed. "It's natural, don't worry about it Kaze." Garon said as Corrin whimpered at seeing all the blood, hiding his face in Garon's cape to avoid seeing it as the four of them advanced to the next room.

"And behind door number five." Sumeragi complained as he threw the door open before running in, swords at the ready as Garon followed him in slowly, the kids in front of him as Sumeragi scanned the room before smirking. "Found it!" Sumeragi said, smiling as he observed the glowing blue spot on the wooden floor, Corrin looking at the spot in fear in wonder as Kaze raised an eyebrow. "Milord, why is there a dragon vein on this floor?" Kaze asked as Sumeragi shrugged. "Don't know, not going to complain." Sumeragi said as he stepped on the dragon vein, the vein glowing brighter for a moment before a ball of light flew out from under Sumeragi and out the door.

"They are going to start coming after us actively now that we've revealed ourselves." Garon noted as Sumeragi smirked. "Let them come, now that we'll be able to see them, at least where they are, we can kill them." Sumeragi said with a smirk as rain started pouring from the ceiling. The loud pitter patter of rain also apparent on the floors over and below them.

"Now let's get moving." Garon said as he moved Kaze and Corrin to behind his cape as Sumeragi came out of the room, his eyes scanning the raining hallway for any disturbances as Garon started leading the kids down the hall.

"See anything?" Garon asked as Sumeragi narrowed his eyes. "O yeah… that's a lot of them." Sumeragi said as he started backing up, Garon turning around and staring at the long stretch of rain that was hitting on something. A massive group of the monsters coming straight for them.

"We need to move!" Sumeragi yelled as he ran past Garon, grabbing Corrin on the way as Garon picked up Kaze and sheathed his axe, the two adults making a mad dash down the hallway towards the next set of stairs to the next floor, the monsters running behind them through puddles quickly forming on the floor, threatening to flood the opera house as the rain continued.

"We seriously didn't think this through!" Sumeragi yelled as he bolted towards the stairs to the next floor, growling as he tried to open the doors to the next floor. "It's locked!" Sumeragi yelled as Garon groaned. "Then smash it!" Garon yelled, setting Kaze down and pulling Bölverk of his back, and in one clean motion slamming his axe onto the door.

Bölverk only left a rather sizeable dent in the door, but not enough to knock it down as Garon growled. "Dammit, we need a key." Garon swore as Sumeragi and Garon pushed the kids behind them as the monsters approached. "Find somewhere to hide with the kids, stick yourself in a doorway or something while I find a key." Sumeragi shouted as he bolted in the opposite direction. "Wait Sumeragi!" yelled but he was already too late as a few of the monsters broke off from the pack to follow him.

Growling in annoyance Garon rushed Corrin and Kaze into a nearby room, closing the door and locking it from the inside as the kids hid in the back of the dark room, Garon pulling Bölverk back off his back and holding the handle tight with both hands as the monsters started bashing on the door, which was nowhere near as thick as the one to the stairs. "Hurry the hell up Sumeragi." Garon muttered as he got ready for when the door would be broken down.

BGM: Alight (Storm) - Fire Emblem Fates

As Sumeragi ran down the hall he kept kicking doors open and taking quick looks inside to try and spot a key or something as the monsters started closing in on him, the water slowly flooding the floor of the opera house as Sumeragi sighed before turning around, facing the monsters that had chased him as he held his blades in his hands.

"You want me?" Sumeragi started as one of the monsters ran at him, Sumeragi sidestepping it's charge before bringing his sword down on its back, cutting it in half as he pointed the other at the other three monsters. "Come at get me assholes." Sumeragi taunted as all three bolted at him.

Sumeragi flipped backwards in the water, making rather large splashed as he avoiding one of the monsters swinging at him. landing back on his feet be blocked a blow on instinct, metal slamming onto metal as Sumeragi pushed his attacker away before slashing wildly as the monster, cutting it to ribbons as it's blood stained the flooding opera house floor red.

Another monster ran at him Sumeragi dodging the attack, only to get stabbing in the shoulder from behind. Spinning around he slashed the head off of whatever had stabbed him as he ran his other blade into the other's monster's head.

Sheathing one of his blades he held his shoulder in pain as he grabbed the elixir from his pouch. It was a rather deep wound and he would need the strength for later as he downed the elixir, his wound healing as his blood stopped dripping onto the flooding floor.

Pushing open the door at the end of the hall he saw the outline of a figure standing over a corpse in the rain. Squinting Sumeragi could barely make out the custodian's outfit, meaning this corpse had to have a key of some kind as Sumeragi pulled his blades off his belt once more. "Just you and me big guy." Sumeragi taunted as the monster ran at him, Sumeragi jumping over it and stabbing it in the back with his swords in one clean movement. The monster fell over bleeding into the water as Sumeragi ran over to the dead custodian and rummaged around in the body's clothing to try and find. "There we go!" Sumeragi proclaimed as he pulled a door key out of the dead guy's back pocket. "Sorry sir." Sumeragi apologized to the dead body for having to loot it for a key.

BGM: A Dark Fall (Fire) - Fire Emblem Fates

Garon stared as the door finally was bust down. The water was up to his knees as Corrin and Kaze had to climb on top of a couple of boxes to avoid the water getting higher and higher, Kaze helping Corrin up as Garon watched as the monsters started trying to come into the room, filtering in one at a time.

"Alright, let's do this." Garon said as he took a heavy swing with Bölverk, a loud squelch and the blood pouring into the water evident of the creature having died as Garon pulled Bölverk out quickly and taking another swing at the next monster that had entered the room.

A large indent made itself known in the wall as blood poured down the wall from the corpse of the invisible monster that had been slammed into it as Garon huffed and spun Bölverk in his hands. "Stay away from them!" Garon yelled as he grunted, ramming into the next monster that had entered and launching it back into the horde before swinging Bölverk in a rather large arc horizontally, cleaving monsters in a hundred and eighty degree arc around him in half.

The horde kept coming as Garon stood in the door way, swinging his axe wildly in an attempt to fend as many of them off as the water kept building higher and higher. The sound of footsteps getting more noticeable as something dashed past Garon and through the horde of monsters, blood pouring into the water as Garon looked at the figure. "About dam time Sumeragi." Garon complained as he went back into the room quickly, getting Corrin to ride on his shoulders and Kaze clung to his back as the rain kept pouring on them.

"Got the key, let's move it!" Sumeragi shouted as he ran for the door, Garon following him quickly as Sumeragi opened the door with the key, water flooding down the stairs as Sumeragi and Garon braced themselves and pushed up the stairs to the next floor, Kaze holding his breath as best he could as Corrin was held above the water in fear.

BGM: "Lost In Thoughts All Alone" (Fire Emblem Fates) English Cover by Lizz Robinett (Continue from end of last segment.)

Minerva hadn't noticed Xander and Camilla watching her as Azura continued to listen intently. "You are the ocean's grey waves. Destined to seek life beyond the shore, just out of reach. Yet, the waters ever change. Flowing like time the path is yours to climb." Minerva sang as she started to sing the second verse.

"Embrace the dark you call a home. Gaze upon an empty white throne. A legacy of lies, a familiar disguise." Minerva continued as outside the door Celsius walked up behind Xander and Camilla, staring at them before slowly pushing open the door… and feeling her jaw drop slightly from seeing, a hearing her 'sister' singing rather well in her opnion… but she had heard that song before… but where?

"Sing with me a song of conquest and fate. The black pillar cracks beneath its weight. Night breaks through the day, hard as a stone. Lost in thoughts all alone." Minerva sang trying to avoid letting her illness get to her as she continued to try and sing, all without noticing Xander, Camilla and Celsius standing in the doorway listening alongside Azura.

(Stage Clear)

AN: Ok so I tried to extend the chapter by having Minerva fulfil her promise to Arete. Sue me, but it was going to be a lot shorter if I didn't do it. That and I wanted an excuse to use Lost in Thoughts all alone again. Because trust me, it's not going to come back for a LOOONG time. But Garon and Sumeragi are flooding the opera house, I don't think they really though the plan of having it rain inside to be able to see the monsters through. But next chapter is the third and final floor. Garon and Sumeragi's push towards the final doorway… and a sacrifice to allow Garon to get away.