DISCLAMER: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Fire Emblem. Kingdom Hearts belongs to Square Enix and Fire Emblem belongs to Nintendo.
Chapter 5: The Exalt and the King, Destined for war?: Battle.
Everyone prepared themselves for battle, for it seamed that Gangrel had also broth a battalion of men along with him.
Was he planning for this to happen all along? The awnser was clear for everyone.
"Bwa ha ha! I have my war!" said Gangrel maniecly, "captain Orton! Remain here, and take down as many Ylisseans as you can".
"You can expect reinforcements from the forts as well".
"Do your best-at doing your worst! Bwa ha!" and so he left.
"You all heard the king! Let's kill these dogs!" said Orton.
The battle started with Chrom charging the enemy down, he battled his foe, but while he fought, a barbarian was about to back-attack him, but then an orb of lightning hit him, nocking him down.
As Chrom finished of his enemy, he looked to see Robin heading towards him, "Thanks" he said.
"No problem" said Robin, "i guess they were expecting this".
"Indeed they were" said Chrom, "i just hope Maribelle is alright".
"I sent Sumia to take a look, she should be back soon" said Robin.
Meanwhile, Sora and the rest of the Shepherds were busy with the rest of the Plegian fighters myrmidons and mages, Kellam was protecting Miriel while she pelted them with magic, Lon'qu was protecting Lissa, Stahl and Sully were tag-teaming, and Frederick was keeping and eye on Virion.
As the battle raged on, Sora spotted Sumia and her pegasus being persued by some enemies, he finished off the fighter he was fighting, and rushed towards her.
As a soldier threw a javelin towards her, Sora appered out of no were and blocked the javelin, he then rushed the soldier, swung his sword upwards to send the lance out of his hand, he spinned and did a hoizontal slash, killing him. A fighter then appered and put him into a clash, then a myrmidon was going to attack him from behind, but was blocked by a lance from Sumia, she then thrust her lance foward, peircing his stomach as he fell down, meanwhile, Sora broke the lock, then jumped on the fighter and lanched himself upwards, he then did a frontflip and swung his sword down apon the fighter, killing him.
Sora looked towards Sumia, relieved that she was alright, "everything okay?" he asked.
"Yes, i'm alright" said Sumia, "but you really must be more aware of your surrondings, were it not for me, you would have been outnumbered".
"Hehe... Yeah, sorry" said Sora, "by the way, how did things look up there?".
"Well, there are a lot more enemies then us, that's for sure" said Sumia, "as for Maribelle, she's being protected by Ricken of all people!".
"heh, so he followed us then, well as long as he's there, she should be alright" said Sora.
"Not for long thoulgh, The are more enemies heading towards them, and soon the'll be overwealmed" said Sumia.
"Well, leave them to me" said Sora, "you go and tell Chrom and Robin about the situation, i'll go and help them out" he then began to run up the mountain.
"Wait, there are a lot of them, it's best to wait for everyone to arrive!" yelled Sumia as Sora got out of distance.
"Relax, i'm more than capable, remember?" yelled Sora as he turned around to tell her, then turned back to running.
"Well... I guess that's true..." said Sumia, before coming back to reality, "wait a minute! What!? One person just isn't capable of making that kind of difference".
"I better go warn Captain Chrom before he gets himself killed!" and so Sumia flew towads Chrom.
The Shepherds fought on, taking out the Plegians as they came, Lon'qu and Lissa were going around and helping the wounded all around, while the rest were fighting.
Just then, Robin Spotted Sumia fliying towards them, "So what did it look like?" he asked.
"Just as you suspected, there are a lot more enemies up on the mountain, and there appears to be more coming from the forts" said Sumia.
"What about Maribelle?" asked Robin.
'She's alright at the moment, being protected by Ricken".
"Wait, Ricken followed us?" said Chrom, "i thought i told him to stay behind".
"I guess he had other ideas" said Robin, "in any case we better head up there and and help them".
"About that, umm... Sora already went ahead to do it himself" said Sumia.
"Huh!? All by himself? Is he crazy or something?" said Robin, "he's going to get himself killed".
"Then we better hurry" said Chrom.
"In that case, we'd better split up, Chrom, you take a group and head up towards the leader, me and some others will be and help Meribelle and Ricken, and hopefully stop Sora in his mad attempt at heroism" said Robin.
And so, the plan was set.
Ricken was busy taking out the Plegians with his wind magic, but it was becoming difficult, they were about to swarm him, and while Maribelle was healing him, he was becoming tired.
"Damn, this is getting ridiculous" said Ricken.
"Indeed, how many brigands do they have?" said Maribelle, who was apon her hourse.
"Well, no matter how many they send, i'm not gonna give up!" said Ricken as he blasted another Plegian with magic.
Then, a few more Plegians appered from the forts, and were about to rush them, but as they were about to get close to them.
"Freeze" a blast of ice came fort and sent the enemy fliying everywere.
"Hey, you two alright?" they heard a voice, and when they turned they saw Sora running towards them.
"Hey, you're that kid from earlier" said Ricken.
"Oh yeah, we never propely introduced ourselves" said Sora as he extended a hand towards Ricken, "my name is Sora, nice to meet you".
"Emm... Nice to meet you as well Sora" said Ricken with a weird look as he took Sora's hand and shook it, "My name is Ricken, but i guess you already new that".
"Heh, yeah guess i did" said Sora.
"Umm... So wait, were is everyone else?" asked Maribelle.
"Oh, there on their way" said Sora.
"Wait, you're saying that you came up here all by yourself?" asked Ricken in bewilderment.
"Um, yeah, is there a problem?" asked Sora.
"Are you kidding me!? Are you crazy or something? Who the hell just charges in all by themselves?" said Ricken.
"I mean, you did" said Sora.
"H-hey! It was a moment of desperation, Maribelle was about to be executed, so i stepped in to help" said Ricken.
"Oh, so you saved her? Then good work" said Sora.
"Well, um, thanks... Wait a minute, don't change the subject. Why didn't you wait for everyone else to come?" said Ricken.
"Because you two were in danger, so i just rushed here to help" said Sora.
"Well, that's fine and all, but it's still to dangerous to go all by yourself" said Ricken.
"I have to agree with him Sora, what you did was beyond reckless" said Maribelle.
"Well..." Sora scrashedhis cheek for a bit, then they heard some fighters coming their way.
"You keep her safe, i'll deal with them" said Sora, he then charged them, he casted a thunder spell at one of them, then sidestepped the attack of one of them and swiped at him, he then parried the other and did a downwards slash at him.
In an instant, they were all down, wich left both Maribelle and Ricken in shock, "simple as that" said Sora as he rested his sword over his shoulder.
"(Sigh) nevermind, I guess you're more than capable of taking care of yourself" said Ricken.
Just then, they saw Robin, along with with Vaike, Virion and Stahl coming towards them, "Is everyone alright?" asked Robin.
"Yeah, I'm okay" said Ricken, "Yes I'm verry much alright" said Maribelle.
"Guess that's taken care of, now, we'd better-" Sora was saying before being cut of.
"Sora, what the hell were you thinking rushing in all by yourself!?" asked Robin, very angrily.
"I came here to help, simple as that" said Sora.
"That's not the point, why did you think it was a good idea to charge in without waiting for help?" said Robin.
"Ricken and Maribelle were in trouble, I didn't have time to wait" said Sora.
"Even still, would it have killed you to wait for the rest of us?" said Robin.
"Hey, uh, just so you know, he was capable of handling this all by himself" said Ricken.
"Hey, so, do you all really think now a good time to have an argument?" said Vaike, "I mean, were still in a battle and all".
"Y-yeah, the fight's not over yet" said Stahl.
Robin lumped over in a sigh and said "fine, but this conversation is not over".
And so, they continued on.
Chrom's group continued onwards into the fight, until they reached the commander's group.
"Well crap, you all actually reached us" said Orton, "well, this just means that we get to kill you all right here and now".
The fight began, and Chrom ended up facing the commander all by himsef.
"I won't ask for your name, only your life" said Orton, then he threw his short axe at Chrom, but he dodged it and went to the attack, he slashed at him with the Falchion, but after a while Orton flew up to avoid him, but as he dived to attack him, Frederick pushed Chrom out of the way and blocked the attack.
"I will not allow you to hurt my lord" said Frederick, then he attacked him with his silver lance, wich caused Orton to flinch, and to finish it, Chrom jumped and did a desending slash at him, nocking him out of his Wyvern and into the ground.
"This matters not. Soon war will be apon… Your soil… Heh heh" those were his last words as the life left his body.
And with the rest of his troops being routed, the battle was won.
As things calmed down, Robin went to find Sora to continue their discussion, but just then, he saw both Lissa and Maribelle rush towards each other.
"Maribelle! Are you hurt!?" asked Lissa with a lot of worry in her voice.
"Nothing I didn't return twofold, darling" said Maribelle.
"I'm gald your safe" said Robin, making his presence known.
"Who…? Oh, it's you" said Maribelle.
"Yes, I kno you're not especially fond of me, but it's a relief just the same" said Robin.
"Oh, it's not a question of fondness" said Maribelle, "I am simply protective of Lissa. My treasure is very sensitive, and…".
"Wait. Am I really justifiying myself to a commoner? Gods…".
"Yes, well, I do…apologise for being curt. And… And…"
"And you have my thanks for your part in the rescue. There, I said it!" and then she did a slight bow to him.
"See? It wasn't so hard just to say thanks, right?" said Sora a he walked into the conversation, "and Maribelle? You really need to do something about your attitude, because it will really send ou into trouble someday".
"Well i… (Sigh) I suppose you might be right…" said Maribelle dejectily.
"Well, I wouldn't worry about it to much, it's just how you were raised after all" said Lissa.
"Still, I would be best for you to not blow things out of proporsion" said Sora, who then looked towards were everyone else was going, "well, it looks like everyone is getting ready to leave, so how about we-".
"Not so fast there Sora, we still haven't finished our discussion" said Robin.
"(sigh) this again? I already said there wasn't any time to waste" said Sora.
"Look, I get it, you just wanted to help, and that's very admirable, but think of it this way: If one person starts doing it and succeds, everyone else will start to think they can do it as well, and that will mess up plans and strategies, wich could be verry disastrous for everyone involved" said Robin.
"I wasn't triying to mess up the battle for anyone, I just wanted to protect people in need" said Sora, "besides, this is nothing compared to what I usually did, I'm used to fighting tougher battles than this".
"Then let me ask you, did you usually fight them alone?" asked Robin, to wich Sora was silent, "Exactly, you had help, and while I get that you're strong, you're not a one man army, everyone here works together to acomplish our goal, because we are better together than alone".
"Just remember Sora, my job is to make sure that we can achieve our goal with minimum casualties, and while it's true that having you here is a gread addition, you're not supposed to try and win a war all by yourself. Do you understand?".
Sora mulled over what Robin said, and while he's probably underestimating just what he's capable of, he has a point, Sora always had Donald and Goofy there with him to help him, and he had more help with every world he's been to, so it isn't right for him to try and make everyone feel obsolete.
"(Sigh) You're right, sorry Robin, I guess I got carried away for a bit there" said Sora.
"Just as long as you understand that we don't fight alone in an army, everything will be alright" said Robin, "besides, it's true that you are powerfull, I'm just saying that, one day, you might get into a fight that might be more than you are capable of winning, but with friends at your side, it might be possible".
"So… You consider me your friend?" asked Sora.
"Yeah, why woudn't i? Were basically in the same boat, we woke up two strangers with no memories to speak of" said Robin, "and hey we were found right new to each other, so who knows, we might have known each other in the past".
"Heh, yeah, you may be right" said Sora, who extended his hand towards Robin, "so, everything okay between us?".
"(Hump) yeah, everything is okay" said Robin who took the hand and shaked on it.
After that, Chrom went to Emmeryn with a look of dissapontment in his eyes.
"Forgive me Emm. I acted rashly" said Chrom.
"It's alright, Chrom" said Emmeryn, "king Gangrel is at fault here. You were only protecting me".
"The Mad King will be rallying his forces, if they have not mobilized already" said Frederick, "I suggest we make haste back to Ylisstol and discuss our strategy".
"Of course, Frederick. It seems war is apon us" said Emmeryn, "we must protect the Ylisseans people at all cost".
And so, they headed back to the capital, knowing that war will be inevitable.
Hey everyone, back with another one, and boy did it take a while, sorry about that, had some issues going on in real life.
BTW, I released a new story hope you check it out.
And for all of you thinking this story is boring, don't worry, I promise things will get interesting, I just need to get some things out of the way first.
And so, war has begun, what will it lead to? No one knows…
Anyway, see you next time.
