~Draft 2~
~Draft 1: Editing Complete~
~Spoilers for Books 1 & 2~
~A Fire Emblem Fanfic~
The Dark Magician Girl Book 3
Altered Ending - The Boys' Ending
" 'We have come from the future,' He says to me, his gaze not leaving mine as something flashes i...
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I enter my defensive stance as I face Ike, who is doing the same. He holds his sword up close to his face, and has it pointing towards me. His deep blue eyes are engrossed onto mine as I wait for him to make his move. He holds his gaze on mine, but he is not facing directly at me.
I am going to practice my defense. Let's see how well I can block his moves.
From the corner of my eye, I see Titania approach and stand next to Papa. Ralf is following her. As I focus onto Ike, I feel something strange deep within my emotions. I feel a spark of nervousness. Seeing myself on the end of his blade, just aroused something within my emotions. Even though it is just practice, I never even thought about what would have happened if he had not trusted me back then. I know how skilled he has gotten with the blade. If I knew any better, I would not have been able to best him.
I narrow my eyes and focus onto his as he watches me. He must have noticed the sudden drop of emotion in my eyes.
That is not the case anymore.
With that sudden change, Ike pushes himself forward towards me. His emotion fades from his eyes as he enters into his practice mode. He has been working on this ability while practicing with Papa. To block out distractions and to ignore emotion while in battle is extremely important. I also push my emotion to the back of my mind as I swiftly break my stance to block Ike's blade as it comes at me from my right. He immediately brings his sword up and swings it at me again from the other side. I dart my eyes around, following his swift moves, blocking each one. As he keeps the maneuvers coming, I notice he is not using any of his advanced moves on me.
I wonder why. Maybe he will?
By each move, they are becoming more accurate and more difficult to block. I am jumping around, keeping my footing constantly on the move while moving my blade to block his advancements. With his speed level, to stay moving is my best bet here. Swords are very swift, especially when the one wielding them are also just as swift and skilled like Ike. Even with my current skill, I doubt I can best him or keep this up without the use of my magic to steady my control over the blade.
He forces me back, pushing against my blade every move, probably wondering why I am not swinging back. He is not showing any signs of dropping his guard, so getting a chance to get a shot in would be highly challenging anyway.
I jump back, blocking his next swing. Then, from the corner of my eye, I see someone approaching. Ike notices I have turned my eyes away from his and does the same, stopping his swing. Something inside of me releases and I feel different the moment he breaks his gaze from mine while lowering his sword.
Lucina and a few of her father's knights are rushing out of the bushes across from our hideout and appearing in the clearing. The look in her eye is serious and she does not even look over at me or Ike. Her gaze is set on Papa's. All four of the knights that are with her are holding their lances at the ready. She has her hand on the hilt of Falchion at her waist, clenching it tightly which is a sign of urgency.
