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Blood Price

The Shepherds mourned over the loss of their great tactician for nearly an hour before Lucina was the first to stand with the fresh blood of her beloved covering her body from head-to-toe. Everyone looked up to the princess as she stood while patiently awaiting a statement, declaration of war, anything but all they received was silence. The silence drew on for an uncomfortable amount of minutes before Chrom rose up to his feet while supporting a weak Sumia and pressed a gloved hand on his daughters shoulder.

"Are you still with us Lucina?" Chrom asked while studying his daughters face.

The tears was dried. She was no longer shaking. Chrom stared into the empty aqua shells of his daughters eyes and saw no emotion. She didn't even acknowledge his voice or touch. The wooden sign by her beloved's corpse was all she seemed to be fixated on with a fist curling around the hilt of Falchion. At that moment she slowly started to regain her composure and turned to gaze at her father for a moment before turning to face the remainder of the grieving army.

"The scouting party we dispatched the night before has betrayed us. Who knows how long they may have been conspiring against us. What knowledge they stole from us. All we can do now is stay in groups and catch these branded traitors. Cherche, Gerome, Severa, Say'ri, Lon'qu, and Ricken. I want them brought to me alive. They will be brought to justice for what they took from us...from me...by my own hands." Lucina ordered before marching off.

Inigo was currently guiding his weeping mother back to the tent where she quietly collapsed onto the bed, curled up, and stuffed her face into the pillow. The womanizer sighed and knelt over to the pinkette while running a hand through the dancer's pink strands at an attempt to calm her down.

"Worry not mother. I'll be sure to help Lucina capture the traitors and make them pay for what they've done. If you need anything be sure to let me know alright?"

Olivia could only nod and curl further against the bed. Her weeping seemed to stop though at least. Inigo gave an honest effort at giving his mother a comforting smile before rising up to his feet and headed over to the exit, holding one of the tent flaps up while gazing back at his mother one more time to flash her that goofy smile he was renowned for before heading out.

Once the flirtatious mercenary was a safe distance away from his mother's tent and the camp in general, he took refuge under a small tree to lean against. Too much was going on for him to process all at once, he just needed a moment to get away from it all. How could the woman he love, Severa, do something so horrible? Kill their only hope of winning this war? The same tactician that guided them to countless victories and never once asked for a simple thanks? No. He couldn't believe Severa could have been apart of it. It just wasn't possible.

"Inigo.." A woman's voice spoke from the other side of the tree.

"S-Severa?!" The man quickly jumped up and turned around.

The red-head emerged from the shadows behind the tree and walked up to her boyfriend, stopping only a mere inches away from him. A gloved hand reached up to caress his cheek, the glove still fresh with a certain man's blood.

"Severa...you wasn't responsible for Robin's death...you can't be.." Inigo pleaded.

"I was." She stated flatly.

"But why?! What in the hell were you thinking?! You have been branded traitors and they'll hunt you all down. You should've seen Lucina...I've never seen her like this before. Even in the past. I'm scared of what she might do-" Inigo was stopped as a pair of arms wrapped around his chest. His girlfriend's ear nestled in the perfect spot to listen to that rapid heartbeat.

"Something had to be done. If none of us were to act we would have all died tomorrow. Do you even remember the reason we came back from the past to begin with? To save our parents and our future. I wasn't about to sit around and inevitably watch as my parents was ripped away from me a second time! I wanted my family...I wanted you. I wanted us to have a chance to maybe even start our own."

Severa cringed and gripped the sides of Inigo's coat tightly, clenching her eyes closed to avoid the tears to flow. Inigo finally began to relax as a pair of his own comforting arms came to fold over the woman's back.

"I can't ask you to forgive what I did. I know I'll never be able to forgive myself. Robin didn't deserve this but...there was no other way. Lucina.. I know she'll never be able to forgive me." Severa continued.

The womanizer released a defeated sigh and began caressing his hands up his lover's back soothingly.

"I can't say I agree with your methods but I understand your motive. Lucina may not be able to forgive you but...I will."

Severa gasped.

"This won't be easy however. There must still be a way for us all to find peace. I can try and talk to Chrom and the others. Find someone that will listen to your reasoning for all of this. I'm unsure if anything can be salvaged but I'll be damned if I give up on you now. I love you and I'll do anything I can to protect you. After all..we have a family to start soon yes?" Inigo spoke with a chuckle.

Severa blushed and giggled right back as those strong arms gave her lover a tight squeeze before burying her head into his chest. The lovers reunion however was cut short as a pair of boots stomped toward them and froze.

"Severa..." Cordelia whispered.

The red-headed daughter quickly separated from her boyfriend's embrace and gazed upon the heartbroken parent.

"Mother. Will you at least let me-"

"No! You don't have the right to call me that!" Cordelia screamed.

Severa winced and backed away a bit. Her bottom lip quivering at the statement before Inigo took a step forward.

"Please I beg of you to listen to what she has to say! She could have ran away but she didn't. Severa chose to stay and explain herself. For my sake but even more for your own Cordelia. She is your daughter." Inigo tried to explain.

Cordelia's eyes brimmed over with salty tears as she struggled to contain herself. Her own flesh and blood betrayed her and killed one of her best friends. Where did she go wrong? How was all of this possible?

"Why did you do it Severa? How could you kill Robin?!" Cordelia begged for an answer.

Severa gazed down at her feet with her own tears mimicking her mother's.

"For my family! If I didn't act I would have lost you and father all over again! I couldn't go through that again especially now that I had a chance to prevent it all from happening. I wanted nothing more than for us to go shopping, trying on dresses together, exploring the world it didn't matter as long as I always had you and father beside me! I begged for a chance to be with you, I would've sacrificed anything just to feel you hold me in your arms just once more." Severa cried out as she finally began to break.

Cordelia couldn't halt the waterworks either as she finally caved in and ran over to her daughter and gave her exactly what she wished for. Two arms came to wrap around her daughter's back in a deep motherly embrace as the two seemed inseparable now. Inigo smiled at this from the back, maybe this could be salvagable after all. That is until a certain blue-haired princess made her presence known with a stomp of her boot just a few feet away from them.

Inigo was the first to act and started to approach Lucina with a explanation at the ready until Falchion was drawn and pointed right to his jugular. The mercenary didn't dare take a step after that and merely kept his head lifted just above the blade.

"Lucina you have to listen to us...please. We can work all of this out I swear it. After all we've been through together could you at least offer us a chance to explain? There doesn't need to be any more-" Inigo was caught off as the blade snapped up threateningly.

"Quiet! If I find out you was apart of this scheme you'll share the same fate as these traitors. Remove yourself from the area if you want to keep that head of yours firmly attached to your shoulders." Lucina warned.

"You can't be serious. Lucina please we can work this out if you'll just hear us out! Please-Gah!" Inigo was interrupted as a quick and powerful kick to the gut sent him flying backwards into a tree.

"Stop this! Lucina please just give us a chance to explain. Hasn't there been enough violence today? Please just lay down your weapon and hear us out!" Cordelia pleaded for her daughters sake.

"I don't care for whatever rotten excuse you could come up with for slaughtering a poor innocent man. Robin was a hero of this army and the father to my child. What right did you have to take him away from me?!" Lucina roared.

"Lucina please listen to reason! We can avoid fighting if you can just lay down your weapon for a moment. You must understand Severa is my daughter! I can't just let you take her!"

"Mother!" Severa cried out.

Cordelia turned to face the smaller version of herself and felt a gloved hand rise up to her pale cheek, wiping away a stream of liquid. Cordelia reached up to hold the warm hand closely to her cheek as Severa began to speak.

"I appreciate what you're trying to do but I have to take responsibility for my actions. This is my fight and I owe it Lucina to face her. Mother...the time we was first reunited was the happiest moments of my life and no matter what happens.. I just want you to remember everything I did, right or wrong, was for you. I love you more than anything...mother." Severa choked out.

Cordelia brushed her cheek against her daughters hand before giving the mercenary one final embrace.

"I love you too darling. That will never change.." Cordelia whispered before finally seperating from her daughter who made her way over to Lucina.

"Resist if you want but I believe you are fully aware of the punishment of treason." Lucina spoke with no emotion in her voice.

"I understand the penalty. If I win however, you have to agree to hear me out. Deal?" Severa unsheathed the long sword from her back.

"You won't." Lucina spat before charging at her opponent.

Severa had a split-second to block a incoming slash but that wasn't the end of it. Lucina swung a flurry of slashes and stabs with a speed that the mercenary was struggling to keep up with until Falchion got a hit along her shoulder going upward. Red liquid sprayed into the air but she didn't have enough time to take a breather yet. Lucina was quick to aim a slash right at her neck, aiming to finish this battle quickly but the mercenary was agile enough to duck under the swing and swung her own blade above her head to block the downward slash.

Severa clenched her teeth as she struggled to fend off all the rage and resentment packed into Falchion blows, the red-head's sword slowly inching closer and closer to her neck until the blade was barely nicking flesh. With a grunt, Severa gathered all her strength to push back Falchion enough to shove the blade from her face while slamming the hilt right into Lucina's nose which caused her to stagger back a bit and give the mercenary the opening she needed.

Severa went in with a sideways slash aimed at the princess's sword hand, hoping to disarm the woman but wasn't quick enough as Lucina deflected the attack with a swing of her own blade to knock up the mercenaries blade and gave an opening for the princess to dive her knee right into the red-head's unprotected stomach, causing her eyes to bulge out from the amount of force dealt and felt a few of her ribs break in the process. Lucina wasn't finished as she reared back a punch and plummeted that fist right into the soldier's cheek with enough power to send her flying backwards onto the ground with blood spewing from her mouth.

Inigo could not simply sit back and watch anymore. He wasn't about to let this fight continue and he began sprinting toward the girls but Severa stopped him in his tracks as she was struggling to get back up.

"Don't interfere! T-This is my...fight Inigo...Let me finish this my way.." Severa pleaded.

"You can't ask this of me..I won't sit by and watch you get yourself hurt! I won't allow it!" Inigo begged.

"You will allow it...You've always given me what I want right? Please...just let me finish this. Lucina will come to reason...she has to."

Cordelia felt the same as Inigo. She wanted nothing more than to jump in and help her daughter fight for her life. She didn't care if her Severa's reputation was on the line. She couldn't stand just stand there. What kind of mother would she be? Cordelia went to grab for her lance but was stopped as Severa raised her good arm up.

"Mother...the same goes for you. No matter what happens..I'll always be your little girl...I won't fall today. Understand?"

For the first time in a while, Cordelia was able to see her daughters full-fledged smile and it shattered her heart. Why did she have to see something so beautiful in a time like this? Though she respected her daughters decision in the end and released her weapon. Severa turned back to face a Lucina who's face still bore no emotion though she could sense all the resentment and hate that filled the princess.

Once the talking was over the fighting was quick to resume as Lucina charged towards her and leaped into the air and came crashing down with a downward slash which Severa was able to dodge just in time but was blown back by the crater that was smashed into the ground from sheer impact. Out of the dust the princess came rushing through and swung a flurry of flashes which the mercenary was in no shape to match as she felt cut after cut tear away at the flesh of her arms, stomach, and face as blood was oozing from several dozen cuts she wasn't quick enough to deflect. Once the flurry of swings was completed, Lucina finished the attack with a diagonal upward swing to disarm Severa's long sword and a spin-kick right to the mercenary's mid section to send her flying into a tree trunk which once again broke even more ribs.

The soldier was nothing more than a mess of red with exaggerated wheezing from all the broken ribs. Breathing was becoming more and more difficult but she wasn't through yet. She attempted to stand but quickly failed. Instead she crawled toward her long sword that was only a few inches from her grasp. Once she clumsily gripped the hilt, she pushed herself up using the blade as a crutch as she gazed up at the princess with one good eye, the other swelled shut from the punch.

"L-Lucina..What I did...was unforgivable I know...but please..We have been friends for so long..you must find it in your heart to at least give me a chance...to explain myself. I..beg of...you.."

Severa extended a weak hand toward the princess, hoping her words could reach her. Lucina showed no expression of interest but none the less she lowered her blade and walked over to the defeated soldier and reached forward to gently grasp the hand extended to her. Severa smiled and went to open her mouth but soon felt the edge of Falchion being shoved through her heart. The soldier gasped as her long sword fell and clanked onto the dirt below while Lucina stared blankly into those crimson hues while saying only two words.

"For Robin."

The princess watched as the last flicker of life faded away from the soldier's eyes until kicking off the corpse from her Falchion's edge and turned to walk back towards camp, ignoring the horrified cries of Cordelia and Inigo who came rushing to the body. Cordelia stumbled and fell down right beside her deceased daughter and merely crawled over to her, wrapping two shaken arms around her daughters head to cradle it to her shoulder where she poured out her cries of horror into those red locks. Inigo rushed over and collapsed onto his knees and slammed his fists onto the ground, shouting his lungs out as the rain began down pouring on the two.

"Noooo! Why?! Severa why wouldn't you let us help you?! Why didn't you talk to us?! I thought we were all fighting for a single cause together not each other! You could have talked to me before all of this happened...we could have been a family like you wanted right?! A nice farmstead with you wearing that white dress you always wanted...damn it...DAMN ITTT!" Inigo cried out before curling on the ground. Broken.

Authors Notes: Alright. You guys won. I caved in and wrote another chapter. What can I say? I'm a sucker for reviews and you guys have been very supportive. I'm always more than happy to try and please the viewers so I was quick to work on this second edition. Again as I said before there will be writing mistakes but hopefully not as many as before. Thanks everyone for the kind reviews and I'll be dedicating each chapter to each of Robin's killers to try and explain their side. Thank you for reading and as always, I accept any and all feedback! Leave me some ideas or suggestions for the future chapters if you want. :) I look forward to hearing from you all.