Night Raid's Iron Dragon.

Chapter 2: Death by black Iron.

"Talking"

Thinking

ATTACKS

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..Inside the Capital…..

"How the hell did I get dragged into this?" Whined the Dragon Slayer. He and Tatsumi woke up, to their first day at the mansion. They met Aria's parents, who were a bit too nice for Gajeel.

Aria's father was a middle aged man, with grey hair that he had combed down, and wore a brown business suit.

Aria's mother, had the same yellow hair her daughter did, and wore a white dress.

They let the both of them stay as long as they would like. Tatsumi had decided to stay a bit longer, because Aria's father said he could get the kid in the military. He tried to offer that to Gajeel, but the Dragon Slayer responded with a flat out no.

"Oh don't complain. It's the least we could do. She did give us shelter." Tatsumi said to his 'friend.' This made Gajeel growl in irritation. He was currently holding a huge stack of sacks. What are they filled with? Clothes, and girly things. The one thing every man wanted to run away from.

"I know that I own her, but being a pack mule?" Tatsumi couldn't disagree with the long haired man.

"Fine, but just tough it out." The young man said to his fellow homeless.

"That's easy for you to say! I'm carrying three times what you are!" Shouts Gajeel in rage. Gajeel really didn't want to come. Why? Because during the night, he smelt blood. Not old, new blood. He wanted to check it out that morning. Yet he instead got dragged into shopping.

"Yeah. I guess you're right. But hey! Look at the bright side! We get to see the scenery!" That did very little to hold back Gajeel's rage. Both were brought out of the conversation by the nearby guard.

"You know, you could just put them in the cart." Suggested the guard. Gajeel then see's the giant cart. It seemed empty.

"So… you're telling me… that I didn't have to carry all this… for three hours straight?!" He screamed at the guard. The guard nodded and gave a chuckle. Before he could even see it, both Tatsumi and Gajeel have loaded the wagon with the sacks.

"Thanks for telling us that now!" Shouts Tatsumi in annoyance. The guards demeanor changed.

"I apologies. My name is Gabe. Tatsumi. Are you serious about joining the army?" Gabe asked. Tatsumi was taken back, but nodded.

"Then you must know of the things that go on here. You see that castle over there. It's the center of the entire empire. Everything happens there." Tatsumi awws at the sight of the humongous structure. Gajeel looks on with a glare.

"I've always wanted to see it! But I never thought that it would be THAT big!" He said in aww. Both Tatsumi and Gajeel could tell that it was miles away, but it still looked huge. Gabe gains a dark look as he closes in on Tatsumi and Gajeel.

"Yes it is. Tatsumi, Gajeel. The empire is corrupted. The Emperor is only a child. It is the Prime Minister that oversees things. He controls the Emperor from the shadows. Corrupting everything he touches." Tatsumi was about to question it, but the guard puts his hand over the youngs man's mouth.

"Do not speak that loudly, about him. He has eyes and ears everywhere. You would be beheaded, or much worse." Warned Gabe with a deathly tone. The boy quiet down, and the guard let his hand down.

"So, he was the one who placed the taxes on my village." Tatsumi said with his head down. Gajeel heard about Tatsumi's village, and how he and his friends were here to gain money for the village.

"On top of all that, we are dealing with those Scum Bags." The guard says, as he points to a nearby wall. On the wall were three wanted posters. Najenda, Akame, and Bulat were the names on the wanted posters. They all had one thing in common. Night Raid.

"Night Raid?" Questioned the Dragon Slayer. Gabe nodded and looked at the posters with disgust.

"They are a group of highly trained assassins. As the name implies, they attack manly at night. They target high ranking officials most often, but they sometimes come after nobles. Such as Lady Aria's family." Gajeel looked at the posters with a smirk. If they were the bad guys, then he could have one heck of a fight with them.

"It is only wise to always remain in constant vigilance." In another universe, a certain wizard in london sneezed. (Harry Potter reference.)

"Enough of that. Right now, what are we going to do about that?" Both turned to see the other two guards barely lifting a huge gift of the ground. Aria was happily skipping towards the cart. Tatsumi looked at the guard in rage.

"What the hell am I supposed to do?!" He yelled at Gabe. Gajeel sighed and walked towards the men. With both his hands, Gajeel lifted the present like it was nothing. Tatsumi saw Gajeel coming, and made room on the cart for the gigantic gift.

"Well that's one way of doing it…" Said the guard with a sweatdrop.

..Aria's home…..

Gajeel smelled it. Fresh blood. Again inside the house. Yet unlike last time. It didn't just slowly come in. No. This one just popped out of nowhere. Gajeel jumped of his bed and put his trench coat on.

"What the hell's going on?" Gajeel ran out the room, just in time to see Tatsumi do the same.

"What happened?!" Gajeel gave the kid a 'How the hell should I know' Glare. Tatsumi picked up on it, and ran to see what going on. Gajeel quickly caught up. However a sight caught their eyes. Standing under the red moon, on red string, was Night Raid.

Standing on the far left, was small girl with pink hair, wearing a pink dress, she was carrying a large gun in her hands.

To the far right was a blond woman, with revealing clothing, and she had cat like characteristics.

Standing next to pinky, was a girl with long straight black hair, She wears a black trench coat that's smaller than Gajeel's, and a single katana by her side.

Next to the Blond woman, A green haired man crouched, a brown coat flowing behind him. His hand seemed to be where the wires came from.

And Standing in the middle is the most opposing one. he wears a bulky suit of armour, a coat flowing behind him, his face covered by a mask, and a huge red sphere on his back.

"They seem tough." Stated Gajeel with a grin. Before Tatsumi could reply, Gajeel gave him specific orders.

"Go and find Aria. I'll help the guards down there!" He saw Tatsumi hesitate to leave.

"I can take care of myself! Now get going! Who know how many more are here!" Without another word, Gajeel smashes through the window. He lands on his feet in front of the startled guards.

Gajeel looks to see that the Knight and black haired girl jumped down also.

"Akame… He is not a target." Said the bigger of the two. She looked at Gajeel with mild interest.

"What? Scared?" Asked Gajeel. He looked behind himself at the guards.

"Go. I'll hold them off. You guys would just be killed." He said while bringing his eyes back to the assassins. Gabe looked at the assassins, then back at Gajeel.

"You have my thanks. But I can not sit by and let others do my job for me." With that he charged ahead of Gajeel. The woman brought her blade up, and faster than Gabe could see she was right on top of him with her sword. Yet before she could strike him down, Gajeel's hand shot in between them. A loud clank could be heard, as Akame's sword touched Gajeel's palm.

"You a fast one!" The dragon Slayer said while he tried to punch Akame away. She instead jumped over him and aimed for Gabe once more. Yet she was interrupted once more, as Gajeel grabbed her foot and slammed her down.

"Don't skip out on little old me, darling. Gee-hee!" Gajeel could feel the air behind him shift. in rapid movement, Gajeel jumped out of the way of the sphere. Yet he immediately regretted it, as the sphere imbedded itself in one of the other two guards.

"No! Damn it!" Shouted Gajeel. Before he had more time to curse, the girl was at it again. She aimed another blow at Gabe. This time, Gajeel wouldn't be able to stop it. He was cut from his upper torso, to his thigh.

"GUUAGH!" Gabe fell down to the ground. Multiple symbols raced across his body.

"I knew of the corruption, yet could not escape it…" His head fell down, and his eyes turned into a lifeless void.

"No! Gabe! Damn you! He wasn't one of the pieces of filth that littered this Empire! I'll make you guys pay!" He shot towards the girl with speed that surprised the watching members of Night Raid.

IRON DRAGON'S CLUB!

Gajeel's whole right arm turned and twisted into a iron club, and with a swing he aimed it at Akame. She reacted just in time to block the attack with her sword. She looked at Gajeel with with critical eyes. Studying everything she could about him.

"You!" Gajeel shouts at the last guard.

"Run!" The guard didn't need to be told twice as he ran for his life was worth. Apparently not that much, as a bullet made it's way into his head.

"OH FOR FUCKS SAKE!" Gajeel screamed out loud. Everyone he came out here to protect had died. He was going to make them pay.

"Not much of a body guard if he's just gonna run away." Said the pink haired girl on the wire above.

"He was ordered to. Also it didn't help that Akame and Bulat murdered his friends." Replied the green haired man. Gajeel looked up at them. He noticed that the blond woman was missing.

"Damn. She must have gone off, while I was distracted by that Akame girl." This wasn't a good, second day for Gajeel.

"Akame go. I'll handle this." Said the big guy. Akame nodded and ran around the house. Gajeel was about to intercept, but the sphere whilding knight blocked his path. The big man could see Gajeel's eyes, that promised pain.

"I'm sorry. But they had to be killed-." Yet Bulat could not finish, for the iron club had hit him in the gut.

"Why did they have to die? WHY?!" The club turned into a sword, and went flying to the big guy. Yet he blocked it with his sphere. Bulat got up and readied his spear

"They were just as guilty at people who live here." He did not get to finish as he blocked another iron club. As Gajeel readied another attack, a gun shot was aimed straight at him. Yet his reflexes let him doge at the last moment. The pink haired girl looked down in complete shock.

"Stay out of this! I'll handle you later, squirt." She seemed angered at the nickname. Gajeel couldn't care less. He charged at Bulat with all intents and purposes to kill.

"We are not your enemy." Tried Bulat as he parried Gajeel's club. He could feel the strength behind the club.

"And why should I trust you?" Was Gajeel's reply as he jumped out of Bulat's range of attack.

"Follow Akame. You will see for yourself." The knight said in a neutral tone. Gajeel looked into his yellow eyes.

"What will I find if I do?" Bulat stood up and put his weapon on his back.

"The truth of this place." He said with all honesty. Gajeel looked to where she ran off two. Right then the smell of blood flooded his senses. He took of in the same direction as Akame. He left the other assassins behind him, as he raced. The closer he got, the stronger the smell of fresh and old blood became.

"What the hell?" He quietly asks. It's then that he sees four people standing in front of an open shack. He saw Akame, Tatsumi, Aria, and the blond woman that got away.

"That scent…" Gajeel smelled so much blood. It was coming from the shack.

"Welcome to the capital." Said the blond woman, as Tatsumi slowly walked inside. Gajeel could see inside the shack. The only way to describe was… horrific. He had seen gruesome things, but this was just sick. dead bodies hanged, screams of trapped people could be heard, yet the worst was the raw stench. Gajeel could smell every pint of blood, and see where it was.

He continued to block out the conversation, as he looked at each disfigured, brutalized, ebony, soulless bodies. The only part he heard was Aria's rant.

"SO WHAT! THEY ARE JUST SHEEP FOR ME TO USE! AND THAT ONE! SHE HAD NICE HAIR! WHILE I ALWAYS HAD TROUBLE WITH MINE! SHE SHOULD HAVE FELT HONORED TO HAVE RECEIVED MY SPECIAL ATTENTION! YOU UNGRATEFUL SWINE!" SHE did this… for that! She butchered these bodies because of she had nicer hair? Gajeel would not stand for this. A few minutes past, as he continued to ignore the conversation. In time, he came to his decision.

"YOU BITCH!" The Dragon Slayer dashed towards the devil woman. Gajeel extended his arm and screamed-

IRON DRAGON SWORD!

She deserved to die. Shicko said to save only the innocent people. He had tried to save the guards, but they proved just as guilty. Hiding this… it was unforgivable. Gajeel's sword was mere inches away from separating the head from the neck. Yet at that last second, another sword sprung against his own.

"NO!" Gajeel looked on in surprise. It was Tatsumi, who deflected his sword. And by just a hair, as Gajeel saw a bit of blood on his sword.

"WHAT THE FLYING FUCK, TATSUMI!" This is also unforgivable. Protecting this… this thing! She didn't deserve to be called human anymore. Only a beast.

"It's not your place to kill her…" Tatsumi calmly walked to Aria. His face emotionless. Yet right as he was in front of her, in that split second, Tatsumi grabbed the hilt of his sword, and separated the torso, form the legs. No hesitation, a lot of blood, and in one clean swipe. Gajeel was a bit impressed, by the accuracy.

"Damn… Kids got some talent for killing." Gajeel said, manly to himself. That's when Gajeel noticed a chuckle from inside the shack.

"Thank you Tatsumi… I really needed to see that." Gajeel looked inside, only to find another tortured person. Only he was alive. Gajeel could tell he was sick, but alive. The boy's hair was spiked up, brown eyes, only sign of clothes were a pair of black pants, and a headband.

"Heh…" The boy chuckled a bit more, but then his eyes bulged. His hand immediately shot to his mouth. Blood escaped from the fingers, as he spat it out. Tatsumi looked at the boy in worry.

"Ieyasu!" Tatsumi dashed at Ieyasu with as much speed as he could manage. Once inside, Tatsumi held his friends head up, to see if he could do anything to help.

"No! Ieyasu!" Tatsumi could see every patch of redden skin, and the pain on Ieyasu's face. The three others made their way into the room.

"It's the Lobola virus. The mother loved to inject different kinds of diseases. The finale stages by the look." Akame's tone flat and seemingly void of emotion. This lead Tatsumi to believe that each word was one hundred percent true.

"That means that there's no help for him. Not that there was much to begin with." The words that left Akame's mout hit home.

"Tatsumi." Ieyasu said through the pain. Tatsumi gave his full undivided attention to his dying friend.

"You should know… Sayo. She never gave in. Never gave that sick bitch the satisfaction of seeing her beg. She even spit in both the faces of those women. It was hilarious. Sayo was amazing. Not even death, was able to keep her from mocking them. She smiled on her deathbed." Tatsumi looked down in amazement. Sayo did all that? Just simply Amazing.

"I-I wanted to go out like her… A hero…" Ieyasu began to raise his hand, but it fell. Lifelessly to the ground. Tatsumi could see the smile plastered on his deceased friend. Blood still dripping from his face.

"His will power alone kept him alive." Yet another one of his friends have died.

"What the hell is wrong with this place!" Tatsumi's eyes began to water.

"That's a question that I would love to find an answer to." This place was completely fucked up in Gajeel's personal opinion. If this was just nobles, then what the hell did people in higher places of power do?

Akame looked down, then she simply looked away.

"Let's go, Leone." She started to walk away, but stop when she realized that her companion hadn't moved yet.

"Hey, Akame. Don't you think that we should bring them with us?" Akame looked at the blond in confusion, but had little time to question her when she grabbed the backs of both Gajeel, and Tatsumi. This cause both of them to wail around in an attempt to get her hand off, but even Gajeel had to admit. Her grip could rival iron!

"Hey don't worry Tatsumi. I'll bring their bodies to our base for you to bury. As for you, Metal Man, You managed to hold off Akame. I'm impressed." She said with a smirk.

..Roof of the House…..

"You're late!" Shouts the pink haired girl. Not even five seconds and Gajeel can already feel a headache. Standing on the roof was all the members of Night Raid, plus Gajeel and Tatsumi. Tatsumi was currently trying to squirm out of Leone's still Iron grip, while Gajeel got out, by slipping off his coat.

"What took you so long, and what are they doing here!?" She asked in a raised voice.

"These are, our new recruits!" Leone said as she dropped Tatsumi.

"WHAT!?" Tatsumi screamed at the blond. Gajeel also looked slightly surprised.

"Oh yeah. forgot to tell the both of you. Starting today you're part of the team!" She said as both her and Akame walked to join their teammates.

"Congratulation! You two just joined Night Raid!" She yelled with her arms up.

'Just what the hell, did I get myself into?' throught the Iron Dragon. Now that he thinks about it… didn't Fairy Tail do the same thing? Just find random people who are not part of a guild, and if they are impressed, then invite them. So far that's happened to Lucy, Wendy, and himself.

"Hey wait! Don't we get a say?" Shouted Tatsumi as he stood up. Akame walked toward him.

"Don't fight it. Leone always gets her way. Unfair but she somehow does it." She said in her usual expressionless face.

"Aww. Look at that. My best friend knows how thing work out!" She said as she stepped back allowing Bulat to step up.

"Bulat. They're all yours!" Bulat came forward and grabbed Tatsumi by the waist, and then looked at Gajeel.

"Touch me, and it won't be the job that kills you." Threatened Gajeel while glaring at Bulat. The Iron Dragon saw movement behind him, yet before he could react, a swift chop to the back of his neck was all it took to knock him out.

"Ok. He's all ready to go!" Said Leone in her usual cheerful voice. Bulat grabbed Gajeel by the back of his shirt.

"But wait! I don't want to kill people!" Said Tatsumi while attempting to escape Bulat's grip.

"Don't worry. It gets easier in time." Tatsumi was taken back by the way he said it. It sent a shiver down his spine.

"The mission is now complete." Said Akame. She got a running start, then jumped off the roof. The shadows below. The rest of the team quickly followed, with Tatsumi yelling-

"Wait! Where are we even going!?" Tatsumi said as he disappeared into the darkness with the rest of Night Raid, plus Gajeel.

THE END.

I am on a role! This is the fastest i've updated in awhile! I'll be trying to update this fast more often! but until then, enjoy my latest work! And if you're wondering why i'm putting up exclamation points a lot, well i'm caught up in Doctor Who! That show has a habit of making me laugh! And the Doctor's attitude is a bit contagious! .… I wonder… Naw.

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