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"Kaa-san, are we going on a hunt tonight?"

"No we're not."

"But whyyyyyyyyy? The food we have now is soooo nasty. I want something different."

Akame sighed as her daughter pouted to her, granted her complaints where valid. Their last hunt was against a very terrible creature, and it showed in its meat.

She let out a small smile and tucked her little girl in her bed.

"Because Mika, there's going to be a full moon tomorrow night. If we go on a hunt tonight then you will be tired tomorrow, and then I'll have to get a dress all by myself."

The five year old threw the covers off her and stood up with panic in her eyes, "No No No! I wanna come too. I saw this pretty one and I have to have it. Please."

Akame laughed as she laid the child back down and retrieved the covers, "Well then, you better go to sleep now if you want to wake up on time in the morning."

Mika gave a yawn as sleep started to come over her, "You promise to take me with you."

"Yes, I promise." She bent down and gave her a good night kiss. "Love you Mika"

"Love you too Kaa-san."

Quietly, Akame removed herself from the bedside and exited her daughter's room.

"I still can't believe this is real." She thought as she entered the kitchen.

Opening her sake drawer, she pulled out a bottle and a large glass.

She filled her glass in silence and returned the bottle to its place.

She sighed and quietly walked to her room and got into bed.

She took out three incense sticks from her bed stand and lit them.

She removed her locket from her neck, opened it, and placed it between the burning sticks.

She then raised her glass and took a drink.

Akame let out a long breath as she remove the glass from her mouth and begun her night.

She used to have moments like this everyday once she got inside the country. Just spending a couple of minutes to a few hour just thinking about her life and the what if's, but in time she narrowed it down to one a week and after Mika was born, once a month.

Akame's lips turned upwards slightly when she remembered her reaction to the news.

It had been a few weeks after her drunken night with "Brian" when the problems had started. She had started to wake up some mornings with morning sickness, but at the time she thought it was just her body adjusting to her new home. Then she started to throw up everything she ate, she blamed all the human food she had eaten the months before. And worse yet, the random stomach cramps, she thought it was because she was hungry since everything that went down came right back up.

As terrible as she felt, she was convinced that it would pass since ghouls didn't really get sick. Well not from normal human diseases anyway. She didn't even think about the possibility of being pregnant until the mother of one of the students she taught Japanese to noticed her discomfort. And when Akame was done explaining her problems, the mother simply told her that she might be pregnant.

Naturally she denied it, but as the days went on, she mind started to wonder. Deciding to just find out for sure, she went and got a pregnancy test, then another, then another. Each and every single test showing that damn smiley face.

To say that the revelation shocked and frightened her to core would be a grouse understatement. For one, while relationships between humans and ghoul are as rare as they come, an offspring from said relationships were considered myths. The myths say that one eyed ghoul shared the best qualities of humans and ghouls and were more powerful then both. But the thing was that humans and ghoul just weren't meant to be.

There was always at least one fatality whenever rumors of a half breed is conceived. If the mother was a ghoul, then the fetus would die due to the hostile environment of the mother's womb and the lack of nutrition the baby receives since the mother can only eat human. If the mother was human, well, then the baby would end up eating the mother from the inside out, leading to the woman's death and that of the child.

So the fact that she was pregnant with a human's baby shocked her. What scared her, besides the very real possibility of loosing her child, was an unspoken rule of the ghoul community.

If you want to live, never raise a child.

It was a harsh rule, but one that seemed to be true nun the less. Living by yourself in the ghoul world was hard, living with someone was either easier or harder depending on the person's fighting capability. But living with a child? It was a sure guaranty of an early death. The life for a ghoul is always a short one but a child makes it that much shorter.

Even though she no longer had to worry about the CCG or other ghouls, that rule still scared her. But even still she would do everything she could to have her baby since this might be the only time she got the chance.

She would most likely never love or sleep with anyone again, she still felt dirty after she severely betrayed Elizabeth. On the off chance she did find someone, she probably would never be able to have a legit child do to lack of equipment or her body killing all invaders.

So she was thankful for the chance she was given.

She went to many pregnancy classes to find out just what she needed to do.

She ate just enough human food to feed the baby but not enough to her sick thanks to her training.

She didn't overexert herself even when she hunted. She stuck with small criminals that broke her morel codes, taking them out from a distance with her kagune.

She got the recommended amount of sleep.

But one thing she didn't do was go to a doctor.

Not only was she living in the country illegally, but a doctor was sure to realize that her anatomy and physiology was different from others. She just couldn't chance it.

She had helped deliver babies many times during her preteen and early teen years so she knew what to do and what to expect.

But damn was she underprepared for the pain she went through. Throughout the entire process, she was cursing 'Brian' for putting her in her situation. But when contractions really started she didn't think that that was good enough, so she cursed the male population in general.

It was worth it though when she held her baby girl for the first time. She was beautiful and with her red/ black hair and mix of English and Japanese features, she looked as if she shared Elizabeth as a parent. Something she was happy for.

Sticking to her family's tradition, she named her daughter Mika. In order to protect their children, no surname is given. Instead the child creates their own and when it is time to name their own child, they just rearrange the letters.

Fate had been kind to her and Mika seemed the perfect name for her daughter and once she opened her eyes and saw only a single kakugan. She knew not only was her daughter perfect but also one of a kind.

Akame sighed as she sipped her sake. She blinked and looked at her setup, she'd forgotten an important part of her ceremony. Reaching into her bed stand, she retrieved a letter that changed how she saw the world.

It about six months after her precious Mika was born when the most bizarre thing happened. She had been in coming home from a day in the park with Mika and found an owl seemingly waiting by her door. If that wasn't weird enough, as soon as it saw her, it flew over to her and presented its leg that had a envelope attached.

Curiously she took the envelope and proceeded inside but the owl wouldn't leave.

"I'd guess you'd want to come in?"

It must have understood her because it flew in and found someplace to land. Akame just stood there then slowly prepared Mika for her nap and put her to bed, all the while keeping an eye on the bird. And it was keeping an eye on her as well.

"You won't leave till I read this, will you?" The owl nodded.

Akame stared at the envelope wondering who could have sent it. Slowly she opened it, removed the letter, and began to read

Hello again Miss. Elizabeth Jones or do you prefer Akame Maki?

Instantly she was alert. While she still went by Akame, she had left her last name in Japan and adopted Elizabeth's as her own. Never once has she ever revealed that name to anyone except Mika and she knew better then to tell anyone.

If you remember me then I am Brian Smith but my real name is Sirius Black. Hehe I guess I wasn't the only one who used a fake name that night. Anyway I was writing to you about our daughter Mika.

Now Akame was concerned, she had heard anything remotely related to Brian, "I guess Sirius now", since her left her that night all those months ago. And somehow now he not only knew her real name but also about her daughter. Was he a stalker or something? This was very concerning.

Wait, why did I mention that now, shit, now you probably think that I'm some kind of stalker or something. I AM NOT. Look the world is a lot more … a lot bigger than most people think. It's like … uh… look I don't know how to ease into this so I'm just going to be blunt. (gosh why is this so hard) Look the thing is that I, Sirius Orion Black, of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, and I am a wizard and there is a good chance that our Mika is a witch and my heir. Please hear me out.

A growl escaped Akame's throat, obviously it took more than a single night to get to know someone because this 'Sirius', or whatever his name was, was insane and a stalker. She didn't know what he was trying to pull but from the nonsense of his calling her daughter his heir, it sounded like he was trying to claim her. He'll die trying, very painfully. She was about to crumple the letter and start her search for Mika's father when the owl started to bat its wings wildly. Was it … glaring at her?

Look I know that I'm starting to sound like a stalking nut job but please let me explain. Magic is real. Things like goblins, dragons, and unicorns are real as well. A few thousand years ago, the wizard world split from the muggle one… muggles are people who don't have magic, and it was forbidden to tell muggles unless they are directly involved. Since you are the mother of our daughter you make the cut. The wizard world made up of many noble houses and the Blacks are like I said noble and ancient that makes Mika my heir.

Because of this, there is a strong chance that Mika will develop magic of her own, so if impossible things start to happen, please, don't freak out too much.

Also the reason I know your names is because there is a self-updating family tree in my home and it revealed your names attached to mine. Also I noticed that Mika doesn't have a last name. I don't know why you chose this but I listed her as Mika Black seen when she enters the magic world, it would help her a lot.

I have also enlisted her at Hogwarts, the best magic school in the country if not the world, and paid for her entire tuition. I would like her to go there since it is the best place to learn magic and graduating from there would be go for what ever she does while in this world.

The paper was starting to wrinkle under Akame's very strong grip. Who did this bastard think he was? Giving her a last name, enlisting her in a school she has never heard of, talking about all this heir and noble crap. Hell no. If he tried to be near her daughter and take her to this 'magic world' his head would roll.

As much as I want to be with our daughter, be in her life, and show her the wonders of my world, I don't want her to have anything to do with is for the time being, if at all.

"What?"

Listen, things are not that great on this side. Right now we are in the middle of a civil war against a mad man and his followers. These people believe that everyone without pure magical blood are nothing more then animals and they treat them like so. All of the random disappearances, destruction, and murders are more then likely the work of these monsters.

Since Mika isn't a pure blood, she would be a target since the man has shown no problem with killing families to make a point. Also, since I am on of the more active fighters against him, he would be looking for something he could use against me and I don't want him finding out against you. So as much I don't like it, it isn't safe for Mika to enter this world yet. And since her Hogwarts letter will not arrive till her eleventh birthday, she shouldn't need to.

Akame let out a breath of relief; he wasn't coming for her daughter. In fact he told her keep her away from him, which she was fine with. What she wasn't fine with was why. The entire concept about hidden world was crazy, but the tone of the letter seemed very serious, and sincerer. If this were the work of a crazy father, what would be the point? Why go through all this trouble to make up such an insane story? But it couldn't be real, right?

The other reason is because, well, I'm not fit to father. Honestly I am not mature, I don't have the patience handle a child, and I'd have no clue how to take care of one. I am also a womanizer, (wasn't kidding when I said you were top five) irresponsible, and many other things, so please take care of her for me.

That said, I would like to get to know about her and know what she looks like. I know that this is asking a lot but a father should get to know his daughter. If for what ever reason you can't hand her and don't what to keep her, I'll gladly take her and raise her the best I can. DON'T YOU DARE HARM MY DAUGHTER. If you need anything, anything at all, and you think I can help write me.

The owl will wait for you to write a response if you right one. If you don't I'll understand, just send him on his way.

The father of our daughter,

Sirius Black

P.S.: I know this is pretty hard to believe so is I have proof in the envelope.

P.S.S.: I not sure for muggle currency but I hope it helps, if you need more let me know. It's the least I could do for, well, knocking you up and all. The bar keeper for the bar we met at should be able to exchange them.

P.S.S.S.: I never used them, and they are as fresh as the day I got them. ; )

Akame calmly reread the letter before gently putting it down. Her mind was drifting through all the information she had just read. This was not what she was expecting when she woke up this morning. As heart felt as the letter was, there was just no way it could be real.

She neatly folded the letter back to its original shape and took hole of its envelope. She frowned. The envelope was only barely bigger then the letter.

Opening the envelope she was surprised to find not only other items inside but also room to spare. And she gasped in shock when she reached into it and it went passed her hand.

"That isn't possible!" she thought. The envelope was only as wide as her fingers, it should be physically impossible to have her whole hand inside… unless.

Carefully, she grabbed the first object and removed it. It was a pouch.

"And inside is… (gasp) oh my."

Akame couldn't believe her eyes. Inside the pouch was about two dozen GOLD coins.

"I could buy a nice kimono for myself and lil Mika, maybe two and still have some left over!" she thought.

Her eyes gained a dangerous glint as she thought about nice things she could get for herself and her baby. If the coins were real that is. And if these coins where the magical world's currency, then she'll be giving Sirius a call soon… a letter soon.

Setting the pouch aside, she reached into the envelope again and grabbed what felt like paper.

It was paper but it was different, since the picture was moving. The picture showed a person reading a newspaper that also had moving pictures and the date of the day before. The person then folded the newspaper down, revealing a man she knew instantly. Sirius looked just as handsome as she remembered, much to her displeasure, but he had a more rugged and wild look to him, not by much though. He then seemed to see her because he looked shocked then he gave that dangerous smile and waved. Repeat.

Akame couldn't help but stare at the picturing wonder. Such a thing shouldn't be possible but yet here it was right in front of her.

Reaching inside the envelope once again, she could feel her heart speed up with excitement and when she grabbed onto the only other thing inside, it felt like fabric. She tried to prepare herself for what ever she pulled out.

Panties

Black panties

Out of the physics-defying envelope…, she pulled out black panties

The hell?

Wasn't he suppose to be proving that the magic world was real and that he … was…

"Hentai, Hentai, Hentai, HENTAI, HENTAI!" it took all her self control not to scream and wake Mika from her nap. She knew what these where, or should she say who's.

THEY WERE HER'S.

They were from the night the shared together. She couldn't find her underwear and now she knew why.

Akame smiled at the memory as she took another sip of her drink. In hindsight it was a lot funnier. She hadn't thrown away the undergarment for some reason nor did she wear them again, she just put them in her closet to forget about.

What she didn't forget about was Sirius. She had decided to give the man a chance. And she didn't really regret it. They exchanged letters telling more about each other. She would write about what she and Mika were like, minus the ghoul stuff, things they were interested and how Mika was growing up. He would write about how things about the wizard world, how the war was going, and anything else he wanted to tell her. He would send money whenever she asked and told her how proud he was of their daughter when she did her first bit of magic. After a time, she even sent a picture of herself and Mika and his reply was that both of them were even more beautiful then he imagined. She could honestly say that she would like to be friends with the man in person, not lovers though. Never again would she hurt Elizabeth.

But then he stopped replying to her letters. It was when Mika was about a year and a half years old, she had asked him if he wanted to meet in person. No reply. She didn't know what to think when he didn't reply after a day or so, but when the days turned to weeks and the weeks turned to months and later years, she believed he had died in his war. She refused to believe that he was alive and purposely stopped contact. He would do that to her. He wouldn't do that to Mika.

Speaking of Mika, she had grown into the perfect daughter. She did everything she was told, she wouldn't pitch too many fits and she loved her mother, no, adored her, much to her joy and carnage.

The fear of dying young still haunted Akame, and with that fear came the desire for Mika to be able to live with out her. So like her mother did for, as soon as her daughter could walk, she taught her how to fight. Since Mika's kagune won't come until she was older, she was taught to use her family daggers, one of the few things that she brought with her from Japan. She taught her how to pick out a target and stalk pray, where to cut with her knives to get maximum efficiency, and as of a few months ago … kill.

She could only imagine how deadly she'll be once she learns how to control her magic. She could already levitated, push, and pull things. She was able to change her eyes and she seemed to be able to convey her emotions when she was looking at someone.

While teaching her to fight and kill was hard, teaching her what to do if she dies was impossible. At times, she would try to act cold and distant towards Mika, in hopes that her death wouldn't cause as much grief. She failed miserably.

Mika wouldn't have it. When Akame tried to be cold, she would warm her up with a smile. If she tried to be distance, her daughter would close the distance.

She sighed, she just didn't know what to do with Mika except love and protect her the best she could. Finishing off her drink, she decided to turn in early for the night. After all, she had a full day tomorrow and she would need her rest.

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"Kaa-san! Let's go, let's go"

"Alright, I'm coming." Akame laughed as her daughter pulled her to yet another clothing store.

As soon as they got to London, Mika made a beeline towards the store that had her dress. It was a black kimono like dress that was covered in Mika's favorite red flowers with a red ribbon tied in a bow around her waist. She had to admit it did look cute on her and it made her, now, red eyes stand out. And she said so, much to Mika's joy.

With new confidence in her fashion skills, Mika was now determined to fine the perfect outfit for her mother, hints why they were now entering the sixth store of the day.

"We better hurry Mika-chan. If we take much longer then we will miss Mr. Wells and Amy at the park."

Mika's eyes widened and the five year old quickly disappeared in the aisles.

Akame had to suppress a giggle from escaping. Amy Wells was Mika's best friend even though the girl was about double her age while her father, Steven Wells, was an… acquaintance of hers.

"Kaa-san I found it!" came a voice for somewhere in the piles of cloths.

"Really? Bring it here let me see."

Almost as soon as she said it, Mika was in front of her holding a folded dress bouncing with excitement.

Taking the dress from her over active daughter, she unfolded it and gave a nod of appreciation. It seemed that lil Mika was rather good at picking out clothing.

It seemed to be some kind of blue party gown dress. It had white feathers placed all over it and parted at the lower leg. It was a beautiful piece of work. Of course she would need to modify it a little to make it more maneuverable but she could do that later.

"It's beautiful Mika, thank you." She said with a smile the child returned. Akame could feel her happiness run through her.

"Now let's get out of here so we can go meet Amy, Okay?"

Mika nodded eagerly but then gained a look of nervousness.

"What is it?"

"Umm Kaa-san, could we go to the sweets store?" she asked as she poked her fingers together, something she did when she was nervous.

"And why do you what to that?" Akame asked already knowing the answer.

Mika did not reply. She just stared at the ground and began rubbing her arm, something else she did when she was nervous.

The mother of one sighed and went to purchase the dress with her daughter dragging her feet behind her. The young ghoul was a strange one, being a witch and all, but one of her stranger oddities was her love if strawberry cake. Since Mika was a ghoul, well half-ghoul, that meant that she could only eat human and only drink coffee. Anything else would taste like slime and cause her to be sick. But ever since her first birthday, when Sirius sent her a strawberry cupcake, she has loved the taste. That being said, even though she liked the taste, it still made her just as sick as regular human food did.

"Fine, we can go." She finally said as they exited the store. Halloween was tomorrow and it wasn't like she could eat candy like the other kids.

"Really?! Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!" she said hugging her mother's legs tightly.

"Your welcome, but you can only get a small one. We have the hunt tomorrow and we don't want you getting sick." The child just smiled and started to run around her mother as they made their way to the bakery.

The place was terrible. The air smelled like sludge and all the treats on display made her want to gag. But she kept a smile on her face as lil Mika got her cake and was happily eating it as they went home.

Suddenly she stopped and gained a confused look on her face.

"Mika-chan? Why'd you stop?"

"Kaa-san, what is that place?" she asked pointing between two buildings across the road.

Akame followed the finger and was curious, she wasn't pointing at anything.

"What place?"

Mika's face scrunched up and Akame could feel irritation run through her body.

"That place. Right there." She pointed her figure extra hard to prove her point.

Akame, still not seeing anything, decided to humor her child, "Can you tell me what that place looks like?"

The half ghoul nodded as her eye's turned gray in concentration, "It looks old and it is made of black wood. There are people wearing bath cloths going in and out. They are acting funny and they smell weird."

Akame's stare turned hard at the place her daughter indicated trying to see what she sees. It sounded like there was a wooded pub between the two buildings where people who wore robes got drunk. Lil Mika wasn't going mental was she?

Mika suddenly laughed.

"Look Mommy, the funny person is making kissy faces to the sign." She said pointing to a stop sign.

"That's nice sweet-" right as she said that, a man wearing a robe simply appear next to the stop sign and started kissing it.

That wasn't normal.

Then the man pulled out a stick and pointed it at the sign.

That definitely wasn't normal.

Quickly grabbing her daughter's hand, she dragged her away from the area. Much to Mika's confusion.

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"Akame, Mika, I was beginning to think you weren't coming."

Akame's body tensed as her acquaintance got closer, his cane ever present, and she could see his muscle stiffen as well.

"Hello Steve, hi Amy. Sorry we're late, Mika-chan here spent all morning shopping for me."

Steve just laughed, "Wow if she took that long now, imagine what she'll be once she's older." They both shivered. "Well now that you're here, Amy can finally leave me to rest. Mika, why don't you go play? Amy is by the swings."

Mika smiled and ran off towards the swing set. The two parents smiled as their children started there game and had fun.

Moving to the park bench, the two sat in a tense silence.

Steve was in his late thirties and had dark hair unlike his daughter who had phantom blond. He claims she got it from her mother but other than that, Steve never talked about his wife. She didn't pry.

Ever since the two families had met there was always an uneasy feeling in the air. Just being around the man would put her on edge, like she was in constant danger when he was near. The feeling was only intensified when he had his cane, which he always did. She could tell that she had an effect on him as well. She also felt something uncomfortable around Amy, but not enough for her to be a threat.

In fact it wasn't for the man's ten year old daughter instantly liking her own, they would have likely come came to blows. But with their children bonding so strongly, they figured that they could try to be friendly for appearance sakes, as long as neither tried anything.

"Akame, I was wondering if you had any plans for tonight?" he asked after a few hours of peacful silence.

The ghoul looked at him for a second, wondering what he had planned before responding, "Now Steve, just because Mika wants to make her big sister official, that doesn't mean I'm interested." She crossed her arms and gave a mild glare.

Steve's face went a bit pink and he quickly clarified, "No that's not what I meant. My cousin is coming for a visit tonight and Amy wanted me to invite you and Mika. Well she wanted to invite Mika, but I figured the pair of you were a packaged deal."

Akame nodded. There was no way she was letting her baby be alone with Steve or his family. While she didn't think that the half ghoul would be any real danger if left alone, it was better safe then sorry.

"Sorry but we already have plans for tonight." She said with a polite smile.

"Oh really? And what would they be? If you don't mind me asking," the smile was returned while hers strained.

"We were going to have our mother daughter bonding time tonight."

"Okay then what about tomorrow?"

She shook her head, "No can do. That's our monthly activity, lil Mika has been excited about it for a while now."

Now Steve's smile became strained, "Really, a monthly activity"

"Yes."

"You know, there have been these weird murders happening every month or so now." His eyes narrowed slightly and his hand moved towards his walking cane but he kept his voice pleasant.

"Really?" she sounded naturally curious while her fingernails turned to claws.

"Yeah, no one knows where they go. It's odd, every one of the victims have nothing in common except one thing." He tensed.

"And what would that be?" she tensed.

"Kaa-san! Onee-chan's being mean to me!"

"I am not! She wanted to go down the slide first but I'm older so I should go first!"

The two parents continued to glare at each other be letting out a sigh and releasing their tense muscles. That was one the closest times they've come to fighting since they had met. Steve sent her a silent apology that she returned. If they were to fight, it wouldn't be in front of the girls.

"Girls behave," Steve called.

Mika stuck out her tongue causing Amy to chase her in retaliation. The sound of childish laughter filled the air once again.

After a few minutes of watching the girls run around, Akame sighed and stood up to leave, "I better get going. If they continue any longer I'm afraid Mika won't wake up from her nap."

Steve looked a the darkening sky and stood as well, "Yeah it's getting late and Mary would be pissed if I don't pick her up from the airport and demand to take Amy shopping as punishment," he shivered.

Calling their kids back to them, they were about to leave when Steve stopped them.

"By the way Akame, in all of the murders, the victim was a criminal. I hope that that doesn't change." His voice was calm but had and unmistakable undertone.

"What are you-."

"I'm saying that I hope that no innocent people disappear, because you might be one of them."

Akame's eyes turned to a glare as she pulled Mika closer to her body, "Thanks for the warning, but I think I can look after myself." She said it a little harsher then she meant to.

Steve let out a laugh as he held his hand in surrender, "I'm sure you can, I'm just saying. Come along Amy. We mustn't keep Aunt Mary waiting."

The two children quickly said goodbye and the two Wells left with Amy bouncing with excitement.

The two ghouls watched them leave with Mika looking back and forth between the two adults.

Finally she asked, "Kaa-san, did something happen?"

"Nope, everything is fine."

She watched as the two got farther away. In the five years she'd been in London, she had never encountered something that put her on edge as much as that man. As the two got to the limit of her hearing range, she heard Amy ask if Aunt Mary would show her her guns agian.

"Everything is just fine."

And the two went home.

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"Kaa-san, can we eat Dudley?"

The innocent seriousness voice from the five year old caused Akame to pause.

"And why do you want to eat Dudley?"

The child adjusted her spot in her mother's lap, crossed her arms, and glared at nothing.

"He was being mean to Matilda and me again."

Akame took a deep breath and stared up at the big bright moon. This wasn't the first time Mika had asked this question.

Matilda and Dudley Dursley were both in Mika's daycare class, with Dudley older and Matilda being younger then Mika. If Amy was Mika's older sister then Matilda was her younger one. It wasn't long after the two started together that Mika reach out to the quiet girl and the two became friends. The problem was Dudley. He seemed to try to turn the everyone against his little sister and, with the help of his friends, succeeded except for her daughter. And since then he's tried to bully the two to separate. It didn't work, but it did make Mika upset.

"But why not, He called us freaks and monsters."

"And are you?"

Looking down at her child, she saw Mika's eyes were focusing hard on the moon.

Lifting her up and turning her around so that they were face to face, Akame stared into her daughter's eyes but she was avoiding contact.

"Mika." She warned.

"… Kaa-san, are we monsters?"

It broke her heart that to hear her little girl ask her such a thing.

"No of course not, why would you say that?"

Mika buried her facing in her mother's chest, "Sensei told us about bad guys today. He said that bad guys hurt other people, he called them monsters," she removed herself from the mothers dress and lookup at her with confused eyes, "We hurt other people, so are we monsters?"

Akame didn't answer right away; it was a loaded and important question. If she answered wrong then it could forever shape Mika's self image.

While they were monster since they did kill people and eat them, that in human society. In ghoul society, they would in fact be called soft for only killing criminals no one would miss.

"Well according to your teacher we are monsters," Mika's eyes widened and tears started to form, "but we are good monsters."

Mika rubbed her eyes and tilted her head in confusion, "Good monsters?"

"Yep, good monsters. We hunt other monster so that they can't hurt others anymore." Akame said with a smile.

Mika was silent as she thought about what her mother said before she smiled,

"We're good monsters!"

Akame nodded and gave a inward sigh of relief as they got comfortable again. Crisis averted.

"So can we eat him?"

"Is he a bad guy?"

"Yes, he hurts Matilda."

"Is he like the bad guys we hunt."

"… No…"

"Then no we can't eat him."

Mika pouted but argued no further.

They stayed in silence for a good while just enjoying the night and the glow of the moon. How its soft glow seemed to light everything in a soothing shade, how the wind was blowing its cool breeze through their hair, how the silent night surrounded them and the faded background noise of the traffic kept them grounded. All of those perfect elements combined with the warmth of each other's presence, made for the perfect night.

This is until Mika got curious again.

"Kaa-san, do you love Tou-san."

Akame gave her daughter a look, "Why do you ask?"

She just shrugged.

The mother pause a moment while she thought of an answer.

"I don't know. I only saw him one time. But that one time he gave me the perfect daughter, so I guess I love him for that."

The girl nodded then stopped, "How did he do that?"

"Kaa-san?"

"Umm, I'll tell you when you're older," "Or never."

Akame could feel the pout on the child's face. It caused her to smile. She was just too precious.

"Did you love other Kaa-san?"

She didn't even hesitate, "You're the only one I love more."

This caused Mika to smile as she adjusted herself in a more comfortable position. Once she got it, she let out a yawn.

"Looks like someone's tired."

"No I'm not. It was a accident."

"Mhm."

"I wish I could meet other Kaa-san."

"… I wish you could meet her too."

" (Yawn) Did you ever watch the moon with her?"

"… Yes… one time before she… was gone."

"(Yawn) What did you do anything?"

"I… I sang to her."

Instantly Mika was awake and looked at her mother with excitement.

"You sang?"

Akame slowly nodded, "Only part of it. I forgot the rest. Your grandmother used to sing it to me when I was a little girl like you."

Mika's face brightened, "Can you sing for me?"

"I don't know. I haven't-"

"Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!"

"Alright, alright."

"Yay!"

(Jirachi: Make a Wish)

When daytime turns to night
When the moon shines bright
When you're tucked in tight
When everything is alright

Mika smiled up at her mother as she hugged her tighter. This was the first time she had really heard her sing and she was happy.

Slip softly to that place
Where secret thoughts run free
There come face to face
With who you want to be so

Swim across the ocean blue
Fly a rocket to the moon
You can change your life
Or you can change the world

Take the chance, don't be afraid
Life is yours to live
Take a chance and then the best has yet to come

The wind suddenly picked up a little and changed from its fall breeze to a small warm spring gust. It felt weird, yet pleasant.

Make a wish, it's up to you
Find the strength inside
And watch your dreams come true
You don't need a shooting star
the magic's right there in your heart
Close your eyes
Believe and make a wish

"Akame, please!"

"Elizabeth I said no."

"Why?"

"Because, I haven't sung a ages and besides I forgot most of the words."

"Then just do what you remember. Please, I promise I won't judge."

"… Fine if only to make you stop pestering me about it."

"Yay"

Chiisaki mono sore wa watashi
Watashi desu magire naku

Elizabeth's eyes shined and a wide smile formed at her lips. She had no idea what her crush was saying but it sounded beautiful.

Kagami no naka kokorobososa dake ga
Dare ni makenai ashita ni naru yo

Soshite watashi wa osanai koro ni
Sukoshizutsu modotte yuku
Imi mo shirazu utau koi no uta o

Hometekureta ano hi ni

Akame paused for only the briefest of moments and focused on Elizabeth. She knew that she had no clue what she was saying, but even still her complete focus was on herself. She could see the awe in her eyes, and the joy in her expression. To know that she caused it felt, nice. She decided that she wanted that expression to stay.

Sora o ao geba
Michite kuru watashi no koe ga
Sara sara nagaru kaze no naka de kimi mo
Fuwari mai agare

koe ga kikoeru
yukubeki michi yubisashite iru
Sara sara nagaru kaze no naka de hitori
Watashi utatte imasu

She was so caught up in her song that she did realize that Elizabeth was right next to her until she was right up her and placed a hand on her lap.

Right were Mika's sleeping head was. Elizabeth's image was right there next to her with a smile on her face and happiness in her eyes. Her fingers going through the child's hair as the wind blew through it. Her body leaning against hers as the air kept her warm.

Akame felt the tears drop from her eye at the image in front of her. The perfect night with the two people most important of her life, her wish couldn't have been more beautiful.

The Image frowned and moved its hand up to her face while the wind blow the tear away. Once they were gone, the smile returned.

Akame felt a weight lift off her being and her sole felt like it was flying. The long forgotten word finally surfaced.

I've always hoped for happiness
And finally fulfilled my wish
'Cos I just need to see you smile

Sora o (Make a wish)
Ao geba (It's up to you)

Michite kuru watashi no koe ga (Watch your dreams come true)
Sara sara nagaru kaze no naka de kimi mo
(The magic's right there in your heart)
Fuwari mai agare (Believe and...)

Make a wish, it's up to you
Find the strength inside
And watch your dreams come true
You don't need a shooting star
the magic's right there in your heart
Close your eyes
Believe and make a wish

Elizabeth smiled and kissed her past lover on her head.

She could almost feel it. She wanted so desperately to feel it, but the image shook her head. She did the same to Mika and as she did, the wind blew causing her child to stir. Seeing them so close together, they looked so much like mother and daughter. With one last sad smile towards the both of them, Elizabeth disappeared.

Gathering up her sleeping baby in her arms. She gentle kissed the same spot Elizabeth did.

"Make a wish baby."

With that she jumped off the building and flew home.

She had a hunt to prepare for.

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Okay I lied; the MC (Mika) wasn't the star in this chapter. I'm sorry, the scenes were longer then I thought. Don't worry she'll be the focus from here on out.

Hopefully

As for the song, I heard it again recently and ever since I've wanted to us it in something. Hoped you liked it. It is from when Pokemon was actually good. COME ON NINTENDO! MAKE GOOD CONTENT AGAIN!

Anyway the next chapter was supposed to be in this one but I decided to split it. If the next one is too short then I will most likely combine the two like I had planned. So look out for that.

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