Xenoblade In Between Worlds

Chapter 9: Taking a Cautious Step

(And after this, the final chapter! As for me, I should replay 2 and I want to play X. However, I started Tears of the Kingdom, and currently, I have no plans to put the game down! As well as me finishing FE 3 Hopes and playing Hades. Enjoy!)

          "Nice of Shulk, Rex, and Noah to leave the rest of the work to us" Mòrag commented with a laugh as she approached the queens, "And it is wonderful to see Nia mature into a wonderful lady"

"Watch it!" Nia snapped, startling Taion and laughing Eunie.

Queen Nia was hiding her blushing face in her hands while Queen Melia only grinned at her friend.

"So, how is everyone fairing?" Queen Melia asked as she recognized her younger self among the crowd of friends.

Fiora happily answered, "Just fine! It is nice to see Melia becoming the queen we all knew she was destined to be"

Melia flushed with embarrassment as Dunban held a serious expression. Although he was never as smart as Shulk, he was aware of the dangers they were in. They could afford to mess anything up.

"Do we have a plan?" Melia spoke first, "I am unsure of what steps we should take in order to ensure our safe return to our homes and with stopping a wedding"

Everyone turned to her as some of her closest friends were surprised by her reclusive answer. Taion stepped up as he summoned a screen to view the castle holding his friends. He examined it thoroughly with Noah before they stormed it the first time around. This time should be no different, but there were more of them this time.

"Perhaps we need a simple approach" Taion suggested as he tried to formulate a plan.

"How simple should our plan be, Taion?" Queen Nia asked as her old friends and younger self were caught off by the queen's formal manner of speaking.

She noticed their surprised expressions and decided it would be best if they wait for that explanation. She looked at the screen of the castle and wondered what they should do to save their friends. She also recalled their need to find a way home.

"Perhaps we have another option that isn't revealed to us" Taion pondered as Eunie groaned.

"How long are we gonna just stand here and wait?! We have to hurry! That wedding is coming up!" Eunie snapped as Taion turned to her.

He prepared to scold her, but he froze. He continued to stare as Eunie raised a brow. Her wings flapped a bit.

"Oi! What are you staring at? I'll knock you into next week if you don't stop!" she threatened as Taion only grinned.

He turned to the queens and bowed to inform, "I believe I have a brilliant plan, your majesties"

Eunie was confused as Riki chimed, "Plan? What plan Taitai have?"

Taion turned to Eunie, Melia, and Nia and then gestured to the queens. Everyone was quiet until he adjusted his glasses.

"I believe the queens will be welcomed to the party. After all, Consul L did cordially invite you" Taion explained, "He wouldn't suspect anything if you have guards at your sides, protecting to you. He also wouldn't suspect a priest being accompanied to help marry him to my friend"

Eunie tilted her head as Dunban was surprised by this.

"That's a bold statement, but are you sure your enemy won't be suspicious by us?" Dunban asked, "I am unfamiliar with your world, so I am unsure if they would be suspicious of us"

"But he wouldn't be suspicious of a pair of Nopon mechanics helping their queens travel safely in their ships with a couple of strong guards" Mòrag realized as she nodded her head to Taion, "Clever strategy"