A/N: How's it going everybody!

Reflect

Summary: Spoilers for Revelations. Corrin reflects about the Army's deaths and feels guilty about them. Who can convince him otherwise?

Death

No being on earth can avoid this ordeal. Everybody goes through it at one point of their lives. Some face it sooner than most, others take a long time until that very moment happens.

And Corrin's army was no exception.

"I thought. I thought I was a good enough Tactician…" Corrin spoke softly to himself as he viewed the army from the top of a watchtower. "How could there still be casualties?"

Izana

A weird fellow according to Corrin, when he found out that he was the archduke of Izumo who was a complete party animal.

When his vision of "seeking a dragon" came about, information proving vital to Corrin and the army, he suddenly collapsed. He would then reveal that this vital information had cost him his life.

Scarlet

Corrin would never admit it, but he never was too fond of Scarlet. She was actually his girlfriend until he confessed his love to her. After she said that her proposal was "weak", he immediately broke up with her.

Oh how he much he wanted to regret it when she sacrificed herself when a mysterious hooded man tried to attack him… especially when she admitted to him that she felt empty since that day, and wanted to make up for it.

Gunter

Corrin admitted that he never like the old geezer.

Memories from being imprisoned in Nohr during his childhood had made him one of his hated companions while there.

After an unexpected invasion had taken the life of the old fool of a Great Knight, Corrin would later realize that his teachings of combat were what helped him survived.

Reina

A thrill seeker who had a lust for battle and blood, Corrin considered her one of the more insane ones out there.

Being the mother figure that he never had or deserved, Corrin considered her to be one of, if not the best listeners out there.

This motherly doting personality of hers was what proved to be her downfall after a stray arrow catches both her and her kinshi off-guard, ending her life and devastating both Corrin and the army, particularly the Hoshidans.

"So… many… deaths…"

"Corrin," A voice began.

Corrin turned to see that the voice belonged to his wife Oboro.

"Oboro," Corrin began. "Thought you'd be asleep at this point…"

"I was about to actually…" Oboro admitted. "But then I noticed you on this watchtower, and I just had to investigate."

A brief pause

"So, what were thinking about up here?"

"I was just… remembering all the army's death so far… I failed them so bad…"

"It's not your fault." Oboro stated.

"How can you… be so sure? How can you convince yourself that?" Corrin spoke through mumbled voices.

"Because those were never your intentions…" Oboro said.

Corrin didn't seem convinced.

"Look," She began. "If you don't believe me, you can ask Xander, Ryoma or even everyone else for that matter. No one can predict the future. You did what you thought was the best idea. Nobody could've predicted their deaths…"

Corrin doesn't respond.

Oboro sighed before responding. "You're still afraid, aren't you?"

Corrin took a small glance before replying, "It's just that… what if it happens to anyone else. Azura, Kaze, Xander, Elise, Ryoma, Takumi… Hell, what if it happens to you?"

A single tear falls from his face.

"Oh gods, the thought of losing you… I would never forgive myself if that happens."

Oboro made Corrin face him, before wiping another tear away.

"You're basing it all on a what if. If any of us die, then maybe it's our time to go… and it's going to be that way if you'll always make yourself feel guilty for each and every death out there."

She then pushed his head up.

"Chin up, calm down, and get some sleep. I think it's time that you need it."

As the duo were about to head down, Corrin suddenly pulled his wife into a hug.

"Thank-you. I uh… really needed that."

"Don't worry. I'll always be here with you…"

And from that day until the end of the war, Oboro was right. The army faced no more casualties.

A/N: And we're done.

Finally I got this out! This was actually one of the first chapters I conceived, but never released it because I could never get it properly. Hopefully it was all worth it.

Fun fact: These were actual deaths in my Revelations playthrough. Besides the obvious Scarlet and Izana deaths, they all happened when I dared myself to do Classic mode. Damn those MyCastle Invasions. Those things are b!tches...

nhaer042: Glad to know that I didn't rush you. I honestly felt guilty. Focus on schoolwork, and who knows, maybe an idea might strike you :)

055: Glad you got the reference. I wonder if anyone else did…

Guest: True, she does make sense as Kana's mother. How? I don't know. I get the feeling DLC will justify.

Anyways, just two more chapters to go. Until next time, BYE!