[Review] Fire Emblem Special Edition Package

Hey guys, Taiyo here with another review post :) This time, it's about the latest release from the Fire Emblem Series, which is the Fire Emblem Fates, and not just that, but this is a review about the Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition. Yep. The Special Edition. This one ↓

So okay, first of all, this version of the game is HELLA HARD to get. Like seriously. I lost all hope to get this, but the people have there have been kind enough to give me an opportunity to be able to buy this versionon launch day. Best Buy and EB Games (Canadian Game Stop) would run out of stock from the range of 2 minutes to 2 hours everytime they had a restock, and there were some other places where you could get them in Canada besides Best Buy and EB Games, such as some Microplay Stores in Quebec and of course, Amazon.ca, which is where I was able to buy my copy. At first, I wasn't too sure whether I should buy it from them because I looked up some people who were able to get it from Amazon, and apparently, theirs had the boxes and some parts of the artbook damaged, and since it was my first time to buy a Special/Limited Edition, I wanted it to be at a hundred percent, and when it arrived, 2 business days later (launch day was in February 19, 2016), I got my copy in a yellow bubble wrap package. 

(Please don't mind the duct tape because this side of the package had my personal info in it, so...yeah) I was really worried about what state it would be when it came to me, and THANK GOD that it reached me at a hundred percent state. It came to me in perfect state, as you can see from the first picture. There was no dent or whatever on the box, as well as the products inside. So inside the package, was of course, the promised art book that had very, very, VERY beautiful pictures, and the character profiles were very detailed, as well as the scenic views of the game looked very realistic as well, another thing inside was a pouch that had 2 different pictures on each side. One side had the main cover of the Special Edition box that had both families on each side with a My Unit representative while the other side had the whole map of the game, and finally, the game itself. The front of the game case have your birth family on it, while the back of the case had your adoptive family, and behind the cover/back photo, there's the very same picture of the Special Edition box cover. It's a really repetitive picture, but I don't really mind, since I won't be carrying the whole box around with me, right? 

But anyway, here's a picture of the whole box as well as its contents. 

I've been a fan of the Fire Emblem Series since 2005, when I started playing my first ever version of the series, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken, more commonly known as just Fire Emblem. I don't know why it was named so simple from the series it belonged to because it's not even the first version, but yes, the first game I ever played was the 2003 release of the Series. Ever since I played that, I was hooked, and from then on, I've been playing the preceding series. 

And that is it for this package review, if any of you guys want me to go more in depth about the game, just comment below :)

xoxo

[Fanfic] Broken - Chapter 2

Rating: Mature 
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: M/M
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke | Kuroko's Basketball
Relationship: Aomine Daiki/Kise Ryouta
Characters: Aomine Daiki, Kise Ryouta, Kuroko Tetsuya, Kagami Taiga, Akashi Seijuurou, Midorima Shintarou, Murasakibara Atsushi, Seirin High (Characters), Kise's family, Original Character, mild mention of GoM pairings
Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Mpreg, Drama, so much drama tbqh, Slow Build, angsty, Alternate Universe, Pack Dynamics, Slice of Life, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Slow Romance, where kiseki + kagami are rich bastards, smut will come, but in a while, Mild Gore, Anal Sex, really slow build tbqh, oh well, Knotting, Possessive Behavior, mature!aomine, pottymouth!kise????, i think, age gap, kise has commitment issues, maybe???, overprotective kagamicchi and kurokocchi
Language: English
Series: Part 2 of the Kingdom of the Fallen series
Summary: Nine years ago, Kise would have preferred to die along with his family, but what if he finally finds the reason for him to continue on living?

Chapter 2: Connections

With a sigh, Kise flipped the blankets of him and sluggishly got up and headed for the bathroom and turned on the water to fill the tub and as he waited for it to fill up, he slowly stripped each thin layer of clothing and as he did so, Kise looked at the scars that cover his body, though not that much, he knew that it was the front of a much dreaded story.

He cringed at the thought, because on his back is a huge scar that starts from his right shoulder blade to right below his lower back. Makeup could cover it when they needed shots of his back, but how much he wished it would disappear forever with the makeup, if only it could.l

Another sigh and he finally stripped off all his clothes and closed the faucet and sowly got in the tub.

The silence of his home wasn’t really something welcome to him. In all honesty, Kise hated the silence. He felt like something was going to attack him or something.

Just like that night.

Kise shook his head and cupped a handful of water and splashed it on his face and managed to finally relax, his back resting against the tub. Memories of the past still running through his mind, and he was too tired to push those thoughts aside that he just let them run amuck.

He didn’t know how long he’s been in there, and how long he’s been asleep, which he just realized when he opened his eyes. Kise raised his hands from inside the water and saw that it has turned pruney, which indicated that he had been there too long. Reluctantly, he got up and reached for the towel that was neatly folded on the bathroom shelf, that was right beside the tub step, just to wrap it around his waist then reached for another towel to dry his hair with and then got out, walking to the other side of the tub to push a button in order for the water to drain and left the bathroom.

Flipping the light switch when he entered his room, Kise turned to the same wall clock that he sees every morning and saw that it was already 3:25. Good thing the studio he was working in today was just a ten minute drive from his condo.

When he was headed to his closet, there was a knock on the door, and knowing full well who it was because of his scent, he didn’t bother to hastily put on any clothes like he usually would when he had guests over and padded towards the door and opened it.

The guest was a man with a big build. His fiery red eyes contrasted with his two-toned hair of red and black, the latter being the bottom color.

“Good morning Kagamicchi.” Kise said and turned away from the door to head back to his closet.

There were a few people that Kise trusted enough to be this comfortable with, and the man currently in his home is one of them.

Kagami Taiga a.k.a. Kagamicchi to Kise, is Kuroko’s lover and a Liger alpha crossbreed.

And as if on cue, his phone rings. “Kagamicchi, can you answer that? It’s probably Kurokocchi.” With a light grunt, the former took off his shoes and headed towards Kise’s room, taking the phone from the night stand and answered the phone.

“Hey Tetsuya, it’s me.” The red head said warmly.

“Ah, Taiga, you’re there?”

“Yup, and I think you were right, he was rather pink when I came.”

Kagami turned to Kise and saw the younger of the two look at him with a questioning look. “Tetsuya thought you fell asleep in the tub again, that’s why he sent me here a bit earlier to check on you.” He answered and Kise pouted at that. “I was tired from last night’s shoot.” The red head smiled and ruffled Kise’s wet hair. “Well, that pout won’t do you any good, young man. So hurry it up and change already.” The latter huffed and did as he was told while Kagami continued to talk to his lover.

The relationship Kise’s manager and his lover had was something he wanted for himself, but he couldn’t see him having it, to be quite honest. What Kuroko and Kagami had sprouted from their deep connection back in high school when they both joined their team’s basketball team and joined the nationals and all, and their relationship has remained strong for the past nine years, and it’s still growing stronger.

After a few minutes of shuffling through his closet for clothes, Kise saw that his phone had been put down and he looked up at Kagami. “Hey Kagamicchi,” he started with the older of the two putting his hands in his pockets and turning to him. “Hmm?”

“What was Kurokocchi’s first heat like?” the question came out of nowhere that all Kagami could do was stare at Kise like he grew another head or something. “What kind of question is that all of a sudden Ryouta?” Kise simply shrugged. “Just wondering~” the younger laughed at how red the older of the two got. Though the man was seven years older than him and of course had an air of maturity, there were times were he reacted to things so innocently that Kise found it so adorable. “Kurokocchi makes sure I strictly follow the schedule for my heat suppressants ever since I started having my heat months, and the omega models around me were talking about their heat months, cramps and all the like, so I got curious.” He ended with a shrug.

He felt Kagami’s eyes linger on him a while before he heard a reply. “It actually came at the worst time ever.” That got Kise’s attention from gather his things as he was finally done changing. “It came during a game and both he and I were subbed out for the rest of the game. He wasn’t my mate that time yet, but I promised to help him get through his heat period so…” Kagami scratched the back of his neck. “But yeah, we’ve been together since then.”

“I hope to find a relationship as strong as yours and Kurokocchi, Kagamicchi.” Kise said without thinking and he could feel his cheeks heat up when the older man started chuckling. Kagami reached for his hair, which was drier now, and ruffled once again. “No need to rush kiddo. You’ll find your mate soon.”

Kise nodded at that and looked around his room, trying to see if he forgot anything. “Let’s go?” he asked when he decided that he was finally ready, and he looked at the clock that it was 3:40, twenty minutes before he was late. “Alright, we must be on our way.” Kagami said and turned to leave the room. And exit the house with Kise in tow.

***

Kagami and Kise had arrived at the studio five minutes early and Kuroko had welcomed them and guided Kise to his make-up artist so that he can start getting set up, and after at least forty-five minutes of preparation and clothes fitting, the shoot commenced.

“You know,” Kagami started as he and Kuroko were watching the shoot from the side. “Ryouta started asking about your heat months for no reason at all.” The latter turned to him with a blank look. “Why would you talk about dirty stuff like that to an seventeen year old, Taiga?” he questioned and hit his lover lightly, whilst the other started chuckling silently as to not disturb the shoot, but then the playful look disappeared as he turned from his lover towards the model with a serious expression on his face. “And he’s started mentioning about love and stuff.” Kagami gestured between him and Kuroko. “Like what we have, he said.”

Kuroko stared at his mate and then at the young man he considered like a younger brother. “Ryouta’s growing…” he said silently and Kagami looked at the blue haired man and smiled then wrapped an arm around his waist, pulling the shorter man closer, who in turn snuggled against the taller of the two.

“Kagami-san, Kuroko-san, can you tone it down a bit?” the photographer said with a laugh. “We don’t need your pheromones going all over the place, especially yours Kagami-san! Your alpha’s showing.” That made Kuroko blush and pull away hastily with Kagami laughing all of a sudden and turning his alpha down. Everyone in the room laughed along and Kuroko turned to the blonde model, who looked back at him and smiled, which Kuroko returned with a smile as well.

All smiles suddenly disappeared all of a sudden and everyone in the room fell silent, except for Kagami, because this feel was something he was used to. In the room, he was the only alpha, basically the strongest among the people present, and majority of the people working were betas and omegas.

However, there was new presence, and this has almost everyone cowering and growing silent, but Kagami’s alpha started to emerge that he had to bare his fangs. Even Kuroko had to stand behind his lover. “Another alpha is coming.” Kagami muttered and Kuroko nodded as everyone turned towards the door.

Kuroko mentally smacked himself for forgetting something so important.

Turning towards the middle of the room, he waved a hand, waiting for Kise to notice him, who indeed saw his slight movement, and Kuroko motioned for him to go with Kuroko and Kagami. Kise, Kuroko noticed, was trembling.

This was the first time Kise was in the presence of another alpha besides Kagami, and this alpha had an overwhelmingly heavy presence. This is probably due to the presence of another alpha in the building, i.e. Kagami.

The blue haired man had to hastily approach Kise and pull him away from the set and stand behind Kagami.

“Kurokocchi, I’m scared…” Kise seemingly found his voice and Kuroko felt bad for the younger. He took his hand and gave it a squeeze. “Don’t worry Ryouta-kun, we have Taiga, alright?” this had Kuroko stroke Kise’s hair with his other hand and pull Kise closer to him.

The door opened and in came a group of three people with one person in front, and from the formation, the man in front was the alpha, and for some reason, did Kuroko feel Kagami relaxing? He looked up and saw that his lover had indeed relaxed, his alpha slowly disappearing and said man was starting to stand straight, a smile plastered on his face.

“You think you’re so smug just because you’re older than me?” he had a playful tone addressed towards the alpha newcomer whose sunglasses covered his eyes, so Kuroko couldn’t really tell what his expression was, but his lips said so otherwise. He had one corner of his lips turned upward, a smirk. “Yo, brat,” the navy haired man said, pulling his sunglasses down. “It’s been a while.”

***

[TBC]

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