A/N: And for those wondering what the remaining members of Night Raid and everyone else are doing…

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail and/or Akame Ga Kill. They belong to their original owners.

The Dragon of Night Raid: Before and After

Five Years Later

"And thus, that is how the nation we live today was formed. It was a long grueling war but eventually, the Revolutionary Army was able to prevail." Run had finished reading the book in front of his class and smiled at them. He looked over at the clock and decided to be a little giving. "Tell you what, since today is the celebration of the creation of the new nation, I'll allow class to end early. However, you will be expected to do homework. Is that alright with you?"

His class cheered happily. "Thank you Mr. Run!" All of them packed up their school supplies and were already headed out the door.

Hearing the sound of children again made the blonde happy again. He was glad to hear such a sound again after what everything he had to go through. "Mr. Run…"

Run looked down to see one of his students standing front of him. "Is there something you wish to ask Emily?"

The young nodded as she had a curious look in her eye. "Is it true that there was a dragon that appeared in the big battle?"

Run was a bit hesitant to answer that question. "My, what a strange question. Where did you hear that?"

Emily just shrugged. "It's something I've overheard some of the other kids saying. They said that people they know that other people that they knew heard that they heard a dragon's roar. Was there really a dragon?"

Her teacher just smiled and ruffled her hair. "This is between you and I so don't tell anyone else. There was indeed a dragon that showed up during the battle and it helped those who strived to make a new better place for all of us. The dragon was on our side and thanks to that dragon and its power, we were able to win."

Emily was very excited hearing that. "That's so cool! I hope I get to meet a dragon one day and make friends with it!"

Run laughed in agreement. "Yes. Perhaps that'll come true one day."

The young girl already ran out the door. "See you later Mr. Run!"

Her teacher waved goodbye until she was out of sight. Run looked outside that window to the sky. An image of Wendy flashed through his mind. The children he was teaching were around Wendy's age and younger like had taught before. Remembering the young dragon slayer brought a small smile to him. "Meeting a dragon huh?" He pulled out a drawer and took out a letter with an important seal. "Time to get going."

B

The streets within the new Empire were busy as always with good business going on. Unlike before, the people were miserable of how it ran from before but ever since the reformation, it was like a whole new place. There were decorations as far as the eye can see in preparation for the celebration tonight. Approaching it were two very familiar people with one more accompanying them. "Wow. This place hasn't changed a bit last time we were here."

"No, it's changed. Just for the better."

Tatsumi laughed in agreement with his wife. "Yeah, you have a point there." Tatsumi looked older after being away from the Capital for quite a bit of time. He grew a little taller and his hair grew out as well with a ponytail tying it up. He still holstered Incursio on his back along with one other bag.

Mine slowly walked ahead of him. "Come on, let's get going already. We've made it this far." Mine looked a bit different as well. Her usual twin tail hairstyle was no more and her hair was let down. She was still wearing cute dresses but the most obvious change to her was that her stomach was swollen. In other words, she was pregnant.

It was something Tatsumi often worried about. "H-Hey! Don't go up ahead!"

His wife did think he was a bit too overprotective of her. "Calm down Tatsumi. I'm pregnant, not helpless."

That still didn't make him feel better. "That's exactly my point. It took us a lot longer than usual getting here."

"We're still here aren't we?" Mine retorted.

Tatsumi sighed as he knew his wife was like this whenever they were discussing this topic. He looked at the top of his head. "Maybe you can talk some sense into her?" He didn't hear a reply from his daughter of who he was carrying on his back as she was still sleeping on his head. She had long pink hair just like her mother. He just smiled at his sleeping daughter. "Still out of it huh? I can't blame her since the trip was a little long."

"Hurry up Tatsumi! Are you seriously slower than a pregnant woman?!"

He just sighed and walked a little faster to catch up. "I'm coming!"

B

The trek up to where the palace once was a little difficult. More so for Mine, since she was pregnant but Tatsumi was there in case something happened to his wife. This wasn't the first time he was like this. Tatsumi acted the same, maybe even a little more when Mine was pregnant with their first daughter. Finally, they made it to where the palace was. After it was destroyed during the war, it was built back up and repurposed as a building of congress. As they approached the gates, they were stopped by two guards. "Halt! No unauthorized personal can travel up ahead. It is closed off to the public except those of high ranking."

Tatsumi only smiled at what they said and approached them. "Relax guys. We're here for…" He tried to reach for something in his jacket with his one free hand but was beginning to worry when he couldn't find what he was looking for. "Hold on, where is it? I know I grabbed it before we left!"

Mine just sighed at her husband's incompetence and pulled out a letter with an important seal attached to it. "We're here in respect of general Najenda and she's expecting us. I'm sure you recognize the seal on this?" She presented it to the guards.

They leaned forward to get a closer look and sure enough that was the official seal. "It's general Najenda's alright." They moved away and stood aside. "Very well, you may enter."

Mine smiled triumphantly while Tatsumi felt a little awkward as they walked past the guards. They couldn't help but wonder who those two people were. "How do those two know general Najenda anyway?"

The other guard shrugged. "Beats me. I don't have a clue."

While they were walking on a path with a beautiful green lawn presented on both sides with several benches along the way, Mine was leering at her husband. "Honestly, I knew you were going to forget the letter so I brought it along just in case."

Tatsumi sighed. "You're not going to let me live that down are you?"

"Nope."

Before they could walk further along, they stopped as two people approached them. Two people they recognized very well. "Hey! You two finally made it!"

Both Tatsumi and Mine smiled and laughed at who they saw. "Lubb! Su!" They were happy to see their former comrades again. Lubbock was wearing an official uniform of the new Empire and his hair had grown out a little longer. Susanoo pretty much looked the same.

Both of them walked up the couple. "It's been a long time. Not since the two you left the Empire." He noticed a very big difference about Mine. "Wow Mine. You've really let go since the last time I've seen you."

And that spark a vein appearing on her forehead. "The hell is that supposed to mean!? You're lucky I can't kick your ass right now!"

Tatsumi was ahead of her and kicked him anyway away from them. "Better?"

Mine smiled at him. "Better."

Susanoo kneeled down before the pinkette. "I do believe you need to control your eating habits. You've become severely overweight."

Mine sighed at what the human Imperial Arms said. "No Su. I'm not fat. I'm pregnant."

Lubbock instantly stood up when he heard that. "Wait, pregnant?!" Su was also surprised by this. The married couple smiled at them.

Lubbock and the others decided to sit on one of the benches while Susanoo opted for standing. Now that he had a closer look, Tatsumi was supporting their daughter on his shoulders. He couldn't help but laugh. "How about that. You two are actually married with a kid and another one along the way. You've been busy."

Tatsumi laughed in agreement. "Yeah, you can say that and you look like you're in a high rank."

Lubbock smiled proudly at that. "You got that right. It's a pretty sweet gig."

Susanoo kept staring at Mine's stomach which made her feel a little uncomfortable. "Uh Su, why are you looking at me that way?"

He continued to observe the stomach. "It's quite strange how different looking you've become since the last time I've seen you. I've never seen anything quite like it before."

Mine was surprised to hear that. "Wait a minute. You're a thousand years old and you've never seen a pregnant woman once?"

Susanoo shook his head. "No, I have not. I am quite curious as to how a human can grow another one inside of them and how they are brought to this world."

Lubbock couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Su, there is no way we're going to explain the birds and the bees to you right now."

The human Imperial Arms was just confused by that. "I don't understand the reference."

It appeared Susanoo still lacked some traditional thinking after all. They would get back to that later. Right now, Lubbock was really interested in catching up with his friends. "So how are you two been doing? Seeing as you're married now, the wedding must've been something else huh?"

Mine giggled happily at the question. "It was. When I first came to Tatsumi's village, they were rather nice to me and they didn't care about my heritage."

Tatsumi remembered that quite well. "Yeah. I can still remember the old man's face when he saw that I had a girlfriend with me. That was really funny." His expression changed. "Of course, I did have to tell him what had happened to Sayo and Ieyasu. The village was sad hearing it and we held a proper funeral for them."

Mine decided to pick up where he left off. "After the funeral, I've spent the next few days getting to know the villagers. They were all so friendly to me and said things to me like they couldn't believe Tatsumi managed to find a pretty girl like me. It was a little embarrassing, to say the least." She then smiled at the next part Mine remembered. "Then out of nowhere, Tatsumi just freaking proposed to me."

Lubbock laughed at that. "Did he now?"

Mine nodded at the question. "Yeah but he did it without the ring though. Still, I did say yes to him. Before I knew it, spring had come and that's when we held the wedding."

Tatsumi remembered that fondly. "You looked really beautiful in that wedding dress Mine."

His wife thought the same. "Yes although your groom outfit was a little weird."

Tatsumi sighed at that. "I told you it's traditional groom attire in my village." He huffed at that and then smiled. "Anyway, we held the ceremony and everyone in my village celebrated. After that, we had this awesome feast and party. It was such a blast."

Mine remembered that all too well. "Yes although you kinda sucked at dancing."

Her husband groaned at that. "You don't need to remind me of that."

Lubbock was enjoying hearing all of this. "Sounds like it was a blast. "Too bad we couldn't be there. It must've been something else. So, how long have you two been married now?"

"Five years." Tatsumi replied.

Lubbock was amazed to hear that. "Five years huh?" He looked over to their daughter who Tatsumi was currently holding. "And how old is she? On top of that, what's her name?"

Both of them looked at their daughter and smiled. "Her name is Hana and she's three." Mine answered.

Their former teammate smiled at the young child. "Three huh? I can tell she has your hair color Mine."

Mine smiled contently at that. "Yes. She gets along fine with the other kids back at the village. Seeing her smile and laughing makes me happy that she'll never have to go through the hell I went through and I want to make sure it stays that way."

"Well with you two as parents, I'm sure she'll have nothing to worry about." Lubbock noticed something Tatsumi was carrying. "You still use Incursio Tatsumi?"

Tatsumi looked back at his sword. "Only when I'm hunting and that's just with the sword. To be honest, I really haven't activated Incursio ever since we came back to the village." That was surprising to hear for Lubbock.

All of sudden, they heard a small sound and all looked to Hana who was starting to wake up. Upon opening her eyes, Lubbock saw that she had Tatsumi's eyes. Speaking of him, he smiled at his daughter's awakening. "Glad to see you're up. You've been sleeping for a while now."

He set his daughter down and she looked at two new people she had never seen before. Mine smiled at her curiosity. "Hana, these two are our friends we haven't seen for a long time. They're Lubbock and Susanoo."

Hana blinked her eyes a few times in confusion. "Rabac and Susa-Sasu-"

"You can call him Mr. Su sweetie." Tatsumi advised.

That was much easier for her to pronounce. "Rabac and Mr. Su." Susanoo smiled at the name. It reminded him so much of how Wendy used to call him. "Can Mr. Su play with me?"

The human Imperial Arms didn't know how to react to that. He was built for combat, not for playing around children. Tatsumi didn't see the harm in it. "Sure thing." He looked over to Susanoo. "What do you say, Su? It'll be a good first experience for you."

Susanoo kept observing the small child in front of him. "Understood.

Hana cheered when she heard that. "Yay! Let's make flower crowns together!" She ran over to the flower garden not too far from where her parents were and they could still keep an eye on her. Susanoo followed close behind. This was certainly something he didn't expect to do.

As the three former Night Raid members saw Hana starting to make the flower crowns with Su closely, they failed to notice two more people approaching them from behind. "Hey, is that you Tatsumi?"

Everyone looked behind and Tatsumi instantly stood up as he smiled. "Wave and Kurome!" The other couple smiled at them. Wave looked a bit older as well and his hair was a little more spiky than usual. Kurome definitely grew a little taller and her hair had grown out some more.

Mine smiled at them as well. "It's great to see you again."

Kurome smiled back at the other woman. "Same here and it looks like you've been packing a little extra weight."

The pinkette glared at her. "Are trying to say that I'm fat!?"

Kurome laughed at Mine's reaction. "Relax. I know that you're pregnant." That calmed down Mine a little.

Wave saw past them to see Hana putting a crown of flowers on Su's head. "So I'm guessing that's your kid? She's pretty adorable."

Tatsumi looked back to his daughter. "Yeah, that's Hana. We decided to bring her so she could meet everyone." He looked back to Wave. "How have you been doing Wave?"

Kurome cleared her throat. "That's General Wave to you pal."

That took a few seconds for Tatsumi and Mine to process. "WHAT!"

Tatsumi was speechless for a few seconds. "You're a general now!?"

Wave laughed nervously while Kurome laughed. "Well, he's not a general yet but he will be getting the position soon." They Wave was strong but becoming a general? That was something they really didn't expect.

Seeing them together made Mine wonder about something. "So, how are you two been doing anyway? Anything new?"

Her answer was both of them raising their left hands seeing rings on their ring fingers. "For one, we're married." Kurome replied.

Tatsumi was ecstatic to hear that. "Seriously? That's awesome. Congratulations. How long?"

Wave chuckled at the question. "For a few years. We've actually been thinking of having a kid for a while now. What about you?"

"Five years so we're a little ahead of you two." Mine replied.

Wave and Kurome were happy to hear that. In marriage terms, they were their seniors. "Well, it seems everyone has gathered."

Everyone looked to where they heard the voice and Wave laughed happily. "Run!"

His former teammate smiled back at him. "Hello there Wave, Kurome. It's been a long time." Run hasn't changed that much over the years. In fact, the only difference was that he was wearing glasses like used to before he joined the Jaegers. He looked over to the other married couple. "I see Tatsumi and Mine are here as well and seeing that there is a child here, I can only assume she is yours."

Both of them nodded. "Yeah. She's our daughter and her name is Hana." Tatsumi explained.

Run smiled at the name. "That's a lovely name for her. I have no doubt she'll grow up to a great person, just like her parents."

Mine and Tatsumi were flattered to hear that. "What have you been up to all this time Run?" Tatsumi asked.

Run smiled at the question. "I went back to teaching and I have to tell you it's been wonderful. The children are very bright and some say that I'm their favorite teacher. They even sometimes give me presents."

Wave laughed at that. "I can pretty much see why. It's great you're doing something you enjoy again." Run couldn't agree more to that.

"Well, it seems that everyone is accounted for."

Everyone looked over to the side as Mine and Tatsumi were very glad to see who it was. "Boss!" Their former leader still had her mechanical arm but her hair had grown out again in her usual braided ponytail.

Najenda smiled at her two former subordinates. "It's good to see you again, Tatsumi, Mine. Also, you can just call me Najenda. We're all equals now." She noticed the difference in the pinkette. "My Mine, you've seen to gain some weight."

Mine just sighed. "I'm pregnant damn it!" Of course, Najenda knew that. She was just having a bit of fun.

Lubbock was certainly happy to see her again. "Hey there Najenda."

Najenda walked up to him. "Hello there Lubbock. I see you've greeted them already." She stopped in front and gave him a kiss.

Seeing it kinda freaked the first married couple out. "Wait what?!"

Mine thought the same. "Wait, did you finally tell her Lubb?"

Her former leader decided to answer that. "He did more than that. We're actually engaged."

And that right there surprised everyone. "WHAT!"

Mine had to know. "When the hell did this happen?!"

Najenda loved their reactions. "Just last year." She presented the ring to them. This gathering of theirs was one surprise after another. The general looked over to Susanoo who made his own crown of flowers and smiled at the scene. "I suppose the child is yours then, Tatsumi? Mine?"

They nodded at her question. "Yeah, that's Hana." Mine replied.

Najenda continued to observe the child and her Imperial Arms. She found it quite amusing that Susanoo of all people was playing around in a flower garden. She also loved how Hana laughed and smiled. "It's times like these that make me glad of what everything we've been through had been worth it. The fights, the hardships, everything was for this. For her." Everyone looked over to Hana. "Her generation will be the first to grow up and live in peace without having to experience the horrors we all had to endure." All of them had to agree. This is what they were striving for all this time and now, that time had finally come. "These past five years of peace have been wonderful. It's almost like a dream."

Tatsumi looked up to the sky. "Five years huh?"

Mine knew what he was thinking. "You miss them, don't you?"

Her husband looked back at her. "It's been five years since Akame, sis, and Chelsea decided to go to Wendy's world. It's kinda hard to believe it's been that long since that's the last time we've seen them." He remembered all three jumping into the portal at once right before it closed.

Everyone else felt the same. Kurome more so. Wave noticed it. "You miss Akame. Right Kurome?"

His wife just sighed. "It's just, after everything we've been through; we were able to finally become sisters again. Then she just up and left." She did smile though. "At least we were able to reconcile and left on good terms. That's enough for me but I sometimes wonder what that big sister of mine is doing."

Lubbock thought the same way. "I know what you mean. I mean the time difference between our worlds is pretty insane. In the six months Wendy's been in our world, three weeks passed in hers. I wonder how much time has passed in their world."

Run knew the answer to that. "Well, considering how the time difference works, if we count three weeks as six months to our five years, it's estimated that only six months have passed in Wendy's world. Given that Wendy arrived in our world exactly six months, I'd say one full year has passed in her world. In hindsight, it's safe to assume that Akame and the other's haven't aged at all in that time."

Just hearing that made Wave's head hurt. "Seriously? Six months there is five years here? That's some time difference. "

"It's also weird that how we're all older now than them." Tatsumi stated. He wondered about something else. "It kinda makes you think how they'll doing in Wendy's world." Tatsumi could think of a few things. "Come to think of it, I kinda feel bad for any bar Leone drinks. I can imagine them drinking them dry."

In his thought bubble, he saw Leone finishing another mug. "Barkeep! Another one!"

Lubbock had the same idea but for someone else. "I feel bad for whatever restaurant Akame eats at. I mean her appetite is insane."

His thought bubble had Akame sitting at the table finishing off another plate."More please."

Mine had her own thoughts about the subject. "I really can't imagine Chelsea doing all that good in Wendy's world. There aren't a lot of missions for someone like her."

Her thought bubble had Chelsea being found out and attacked. "Someone help me!"

Najenda laughed at their ideas. "The same could be said for them. Imagine their reactions if they all saw all of you now. Especially you Mine."

Mine tried to imagine their reactions. First was Leone's. "Wow Mine. You have a kid and having another one? I can't wait to spoil them."

Next was Akame's. "You need to cut back eating cakes Mine. You're very overweight."

Last was Chelsea. "Ha ha ha ha! Wow, you're so fat! Do you need to go on a diet?"

Mine growled at that last part. "Even if she isn't here, Chelsea still pisses me off."

Najenda chuckled at that. "How about we continue this inside. I've reserved a private room for us for our special occasion. Follow me." She started to lead the way. "Come, Susanoo."

Her Imperial heard the command and took off the flower crown. "Understood."

Tatsumi and Mine thought the same. "Come on Hana! We're going now." Tatsumi called out.

His daughter stood up. "Okay!" She started to run to her parents. Once everyone was gathered, they followed the general into the building.

B

Fireworks blasted into the night sky as the new Empire celebrated its five year anniversary.
The people were having the time of their lives enjoying their newfound lives. The same could be said for the former members of Night Raid and the Jaegers. All of them were gathered in a large room with a buffet table that had food prepared by Susanoo himself and drink. Everyone was dressed in formal wear. Mine had made sure her daughter was wearing a traditional dress from Tatsumi's village. The same could be said for herself and her husband. Najenda tapped the glass to gain everyone's attention. The general smiled once she did. "First off, let me say I'm glad we were able to have this reunion after five years have passed. Everything we've worked for was worth it for today. However, we also must remember those who could not be here today that made the sacrifices for us to move forward." To her side, there were six glasses. "Let us never forget them for what they have done helping us to bring the day that we live now into a reality." She raised her glass. "To the new Empire!"

Everyone else raised their glasses as well. "To the new Empire! Cheers!"

Hana was the only one who was confused. "Mommy? What is that old lady saying?" And something akin to an anvil hit Najenda's head when she heard that.

Mine just laughed at what her daughter said. "She's just saying we're happy living as we are now. Let's enjoy the party, Hana."

Her daughter smiled and giggled. "Okay!"

Tatsumi was already busy eating the food and was loving it. "Oh man Su. I forgot how much of an awesome cook you are."

Wave could say the same thing. "You're telling me. This is delicious."

Susanoo was rather pleased hearing that. "Thank you. Eat as much as you like. There is no shortage for this celebration." Both husbands cheered to that.

Kurome was enjoying the food as well. Maybe a little too much as she just finished her sixth plate. "This is so good."

Lubbock was actually surprised by her appetite. "You really are Akame's sister. You eat as much as her."

Run chuckled at that. "Well, what else did you expect? They are sisters after all." He took a bite out of his food.

While everyone was having a good time, Najenda was couldn't help but feel nostalgic as she looked at the glasses next to her. "Sheele, Bulat. If only you two were here to see this. We will never forget you." She looked at the next four glasses and smiled. "And the same goes for you four as well. Akame, Leone, Chelsea. I hope you're living your lives well in Wendy's world. And also, thank you, Wendy, for everything you've done for us."

"Najenda?" The general looked over to Lubbock. "Are you feeling alright?"

Najenda just smiled at her fiancée. "I'm fine Lubbock. Just remembering certain things, that's all. Let us continue this celebration with everyone else." Former enemies five years ago were now enjoying each other's company and catching up talking about their lives. It was a night all of them enjoyed together and hoped to enjoy more moments like these together in the future.