Chapter 1: Awakening

"Ughh..." Torii groaned as he rubbed his temples. Torii was a twenty-one year old college student, he had dark brown hair and similarly dark brown eyes, he had a very faint tan, you would hardly notice it, and while his slender frame made it look like he had barely any muscle, he was only slightly weaker than a college level boxer. His light gray hoodie covered a white t-shirt with an ocean covering half of the front, he also had light blue jeans, a wine red beanie, and black and white high-tops.

"I see you're awake now." A strangely familiar voice said. Torii opened his eyes and was greeted by a man with blue hair and a girl with blonde hair. "There are better places to take a nap than on the ground you know?" The man asked with a smile, he offered his hand to help Torii up. Torii realised where he was, the world of fire emblem awakening, specifically Ylisse, Torii accepted the offer and stumbled slightly as he regained his balance.

"Thank you, Chrom." Torii thanked groggily. 'Wait, he hasn't introduced himself yet has he?'

"Oh? You know who I am?" Chrom asked. Torii groaned internally as he realised what course this would take, Robin wasn't here and Torii was.

'I'm replacing Robin, aren't I?' Torii questioned mentally. Most people would be ecstatic to wake up at the start of one of their favourite video games, however this meant that Torii would have to be responsible for keeping the Shepherds alive and would have to fight... and kill.

"Oh, well I...uh... I've heard your name and a brief description of what you look like." Torii lied. "The brand of the exalt is a giveaway too." Torii pointed to the brand on Chrom's right shoulder.

"I suppose it is." Chrom chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head.

"I suppose that you expect this ploy to work." Frederick leered as he made his presence known.

'Ah Frederick, as wary as ever.' Torii thought as smiled nervously. "I'm sorry?" Torii asked.

"Do you expect to get away with such a plan. You are wearing unfamiliar clothing and knew milords name without him introducing himself, you could very well be a Plegian spy." Frederick accused.

"Alright then, in that case..." Torii started as he paused, Frederick placed a hand on his lance. "It's nice to meet you all, my name is Torii." Torii greeted with a smile. "That's spelt with two I's by the way." He added.

"Torii? Is that foreign?" Chrom asked.

"Yes actually, I'm quite far from home you see." Torii laughed nervously.

"Well Torii, I'm Chrom... though you already knew that." Chrom greeted. "The man accusing you of hailing from Plegia is Frederick the wary." Chrom introduced.

"A title I shall wear with pride, Milord." Frederick commented.

"And the delicate one is my sister Lissa." Chrom introduced his sister, who was not happy with the inclusion of the word delicate.

"I am not delicate!" Lissa huffed, this got a small chuckle from Chrom and Torii.

"If it's not too much trouble, I don't suppose I could accompany you for a while?" Torii asked. "I'm kinda lost."

"It is no trouble at all. The Shepherds help those in need after all." Chrom smiled.

"Shepherds? You tend sheep?" Torii asked, though he knew the answer.

"In a manner of speaking." Chrom responded. "Anyway, shall we be on our way?" Chrom asked as the others nodded in agreement.

"Chrom, Look!" Lissa yelled as she pointed towards Southtown, the town was ablaze.

"We're going to help them!" Chrom ordered as he began running towards the town.

"What of him, Milord?" Frederick asked as he pointed to Torii.

"Unless he's on fire, it can wait." Chrom stated as he continued to run towards Southtown, Lissa and Frederick not far behind. Torii stood there for a bit, he began running to catch up with the Shepherds.

'What am I doing?' Torii questioned. 'I don't have to fight, I don't even have a weapon. Though, they will need someone to come up with a strategy. God dammit' Torii continued running. 'Also, need to remember to use gods, there are two gods in this world. Speaking of... no, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.' Torii caught up with the Shepherds at the entrance to Southtown, near the market.

"Torii? What are you doing here?" Chrom asked. "You don't even have a weapon!" Chrom shouted as he took down a mage. Torii picked up the thunder tome that the mage dropped.

"Now I do." Torii said with a half smile, the one were one side of your mouth smiles, as he opened the tome.

"You know magic?" Chrom asked.

"Nope." Torii replied as he analysed the tome.

"And you're going to try and use a tome?" Chrom questioned.

"Yep." Torii answered as he stopped reading on a certain page. Torii charged up a thunder spell and launched it at a brigand who had just picked a bronze sword, the brigand must have been weakened as he died from the hit. Torii ran and picked up the bronze sword. "Let's hope those fencing classes weren't for nothing." He sighed as he ran to Chroms side.

"You know how to fight with a sword to?" Chrom questioned.

"I've done a bit of fencing." Torii replied. "Anyway, I want you and Frederick to take out the brigands leader, I'll stay near Lissa and keep her safe. The leader appears to have a hand axe, wait for him strike first and then attack." Torii instructed.

"How can be so sure that will work?" Chrom inquired.

"As to how I can tell, I have a knack for constantly analysing my surroundings and noting everything down mentally. As for the strategy itself, I need you to trust me." Torii explained, Chrom gave him a quizzical look. "Please Chrom." Torii begged as he fired a thunder at a brigand trying to sneak up on them.

"Alright." Chrom nodded. "Frederick, follow me!" Chrom ordered.

"Yes, Milord." Frederick responded as he and Chrom headed for the brigands leader, Garrick.

"Lissa, stay behind me." Torii commanded.

"O-okay." Lissa replied.

Torii slashed at a brigand that was using an axe, the bronze sword knocked the axe out of the way and was brought into the brigands chest. Torii quickly pulled the sword out and fired two bolts of thunder at another brigand, the energy drain was catching up.

'Dammit, I can't stop now.' Torii thought as he panted, he just barely managed to counter an attack from yet another brigand.

Chrom and Frederick headed over.

"We've defeated the brigands leader, your strategy worked Torii." Chrom said as he noticed Torii was on his knees, a fearful expression covered his face. "Are you okay?"

"I killed..." Torii mumbled. It had dawned on him that this was a real world, Torii had actually killed people. "I killed people. They may have been brigands, but... they were still people." Torii stood up slowly and looked at Chrom.

"I'm sorry, I wish you didn't have to go through that." An apologetic looked crossed Chroms face.

""No, it... it's okay. It was kill or be killed, I'm still alive so I shouldn't mope. All I can do is remember the dead and move on." Torii sighed, a hint of resolve sparked in his eyes. 'It will take a while to get used to though.' Torii thought.

"My lord, you must stay the night. We will have a feast in your honour." The head of Southtown offered.

"I'm sorry, but we must return to the capital." Chrom declined.

"What? It wouldn't hurt to stay the night, right?" Lissa asked.

"We should continue to head to the capital." Torii spoke up. "We'll just have to set up camp when the sun goes down." He explained. "Just think of it as a learning experience." Torii smiled.

"I think I've learned enough for today." Lissa sighed.