Fire Emblem/Super Smash Bros - Invisible Ties [Book #3]

Chapter 7 - Recovery and Rediscovery

From the moment the siblings entered the realm of Super Smash Bros, they were greeted warmly and given proper care from the many selected others, along with much of Lucina's warm helping hand. Robin couldn't have been more confident that the decision he made was the right one to protect his only family.

It took some time before the head of the whole tournament, Master Hand, warmed up to the idea of having an uninvited guest in his realm of battle. He let it slip by just this once, but she couldn't stay forever as she was not invited. However, Robin was not about to let some giant floating hand tell him to leave his vulnerable sister behind in the world they fled from.

Lucina wasted no time in introducing her friend to new acquaintances that she herself had already befriended, the Hero King Marth being the top on her list. Pit, Link, Zelda, and Samus were also introduced. Robin couldn't have been anymore grateful for these supposed "rivals" making his and his little sister's stay that little easier.

Iquissa would be jumping out of Robin's bed in the early morn, always the first to approach the day with an excited, enthusiastic attitude. And so, one morning when her brother noticed she hadn't followed that routine, he grew worried when she remained in bed. She was pale, sweating with a high fever, and the occasional vomiting.

"What? Is she alright!?" Lucina worriedly asked. She had come by Robin and Iquissa's room to get them for breakfast, but Robin nervously explained the situation to her.

"I'm not sure. I don't know what's wrong with her."

"But she's been fine for the past week. Do you think it could've been travelling through dimensions was too much for her?"

"I... don't know." He looked back at his restless sister, tossing and turning. Her expression was so unsettling with her face frowning as she tried to bravely ignore her nausea. "I don't know what it is so I don't know what I can do for her."

"Why don't I try and get Doctor Mario? He might be able to help us."

"...That guy?"

"Robin, he's really our only option right now. Just put up with him for just this once, for Iquissa...!" After the agreement, Lucina rushed down to the dining room were the Smashers ate their morning meal. In the meantime, Robin sat next to his sister on the bed, gently stroking her head in comfort.

The examination conducted took longer than Robin had hoped for. The doctor himself wasn't sure what he was dealing with, as he could not pinpoint the source of her symptoms. Lucina nervously stood next to Robin the whole time, and even some of the new friends introduced to him came by for a visit. "It-a may just-a be a virus she caught, but-a we will-a have to wait-a for it to-a pass," Dr Mario finally concluded after a lengthy painful silence.

"Pass? There isn't anything you can do?"

"I'm-a sorry. Because-a she is so-a young, the-a medicine I have will-a possibly make her worse-a."

"B-But it's not serious though, right!? She'll be okay?" The flightless angel asked as he came barging through the door at first news of Iquissa.

"...Time-a will only tell." On that note, Dr. Mario made his leave. The tactician and his friends sighed in disappointment in the lacking of comforting news. To Robin, it only looked as if she was getting worse. But that could've been his mind playing more tricks with him sick with worry, almost physically.

Friends did all they could to help, mostly Link and Zelda visiting every few hours with fairies in bottles. It helped, but only to a degree. Robin decided it best not to use too much magic for this. It could've been anything. Once she had become well enough to at least stand, Robin carried her around the mansion as they greeted people she had not seen in a long time. It lifted her spirits.