Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail and/or Akame Ga Kill. They belong to their original owners.
The Dragon of Night Raid
Mission Four: The Dragon's Explanation
Najenda sighed as she took out another cigarette. She needed a smoke after what she just heard. Everyone was now standing in the main room of their base. "So let me get this straight." She lit up her cigarette. "You're from a different world that uses magic and you're a dragon slayer in that world." The boss took in and blew out smoke.
Wendy coughed. "Yes, that's correct. I'm a sky dragon slayer to be exact. The reason why I was nervous about telling you earlier about where I came from was because I wasn't sure all of you would believe me."
That was somewhat of a good reason but the young girl still should've said something. "Well, we believe you now after what we saw." Mine spoke up.
"It would also explain why she's so strong." Sheele added.
Well, they answered one question but more popped up. "So what is this dragon whatever thing you do and who taught you that?" Leone asked. She really wanted to know more about her. She wasn't the only one. Everyone wanted to know.
It seemed Wendy had a bit of explaining to do. "Dragon slayer magic. As the name says, it's a magic that can slay dragons. My magic, in particular, is a bit different. As all of you saw before, I can use support magic." That must've what Wendy was saying before she landed the first hit on Leone. "Not only that but I can heal people too. Injuries and illnesses." Najenda was very impressed this child can do so much. "As for who taught me…it was my mother Grandeeney."
Leone giggled "So your mom was a dragon slayer too huh? She must've been something else."
Wendy just blinked a few times. "I'm sorry but you're mistaken. My mother wasn't a dragon slayer. She was an actual dragon."
Everyone had to let that sink in for a few moments. "WHAT!?"
"Hold on!" Tatsumi spoke this time. "You're saying that a dragon taught you all of that?!"
She just looked at the guy calmly. "Yes."
Now there were so many more questions they had. The problem was is that maybe their minds couldn't take much more about the explanations. So one of them decided to ask a different question. "Um, Wendy…" Sheele spoke. "Are there by any chance more of these dragon slayers from the world you're from?"
Now that was a question the young dragon would be proud to answer. The smile on her face clearly showed it. "Uh huh. There are. Six others to be in fact." Six other dragon slayers. The group must've figured they were at least strong as her. "And they're kinda stronger than me." Well, there goes that theory. Wendy was strong enough to break their training grounds and that was unbelievable enough. The young dragon slayer looked at the ceiling while still smiling. "First off, there's Natsu who's a fire dragon slayer. He was raised by the fire dragon Igneel."
That interested Bulat a little. "A fire dragon slayer huh?"
"Then there's Gajeel. He's known as the iron dragon slayer. He was raised by the iron dragon Metalicana."
Lubbock raised an eyebrow. "An iron dragon slayer? How do fight with iron?"
"Laxus is a lightning dragon slayer."
That sent chills down Leone's spine. "Wendy was already strong enough with the wind. I hate to see what this lightning guy can do."
Wendy's expression changed a bit. "There's also a man called Cobra. He's the poison dragon slayer."
That caught Akame's attention. "So this one uses poison. I wonder how effective Murasame will be against him."
Wendy's expression changed back. "Another person called Sting is known as the light dragon slayer."
Mine was skeptical about that. "How the hell do you use light as a power?"
The young dragon slayer sighed as she reached the last one. "Last, there is Rogue who is the shadow dragon slayer."
Tatsumi looked confused. "Shadow dragon slayer? I wonder how that power works." He had another question for Wendy. "So were all of them raised by dragons like you?"
To his surprise, Wendy shook her head. "I'm afraid it's a bit more complicated than that. You see there are three generations separating all of the dragon slayers."
It seems there were more them than the group thought. "Would you care to explain then? " Najenda asked.
Wendy didn't object to that. "Yes of course. You see Natsu, Gajeel, and I are called the first generation dragon slayers. That means we were raised by our dragons to learn dragon slayer magic. Laxus and Cobra are the second generation dragon slayers because they had dragon lacrima put into their bodies to learn dragon slayer magic." They didn't bother asking what a lacrima is. "Sting and Rogue are the third generation dragon slayers. They were raised by dragons like me but they also had dragon lacrima put in their bodies as well."
This was just one category of one subject and already the group has been informed there are several differences. "Okay, so does that mean each generation is stronger than the last?" Mine asked. If Wendy was that powerful as a first generation, she was torn between wanting and not wanting to know how powerful the later generations were.
Surprisingly they saw Wendy shake her head. "Not really. Natsu was able to defeat Laxus although with Gajeel's help and Cobra. He took on both Sting and Rogue single handily while they were using Dragon Force."
Now there was another question they had. Tatsumi raised his hand. "Uh…what's Dragon Force?" Even the name to him sounded very powerful.
Wendy made a big sigh. Explaining everything about dragon slayers was a bit tiring but she happy telling them about her magic. "Dragon Force is…well, I'll explain the best I can. You see Dragon Force is something like a final state for a dragon slayer. Those who can reach it can have the power of a dragon and defeat one as well."
Well, there were dragons in this world but they had a suspicious feeling that dragons were slightly more powerful in her world. Still, they had a thought. If one of her friends was able to defeat two guys who were in supposedly stronger and use something like Dragon Force… "This guy must be a monster!" All of them thought up as Natsu being some sort of demon.
Akame had another thought. "Wendy…do you have this power as well?" She already saw how powerful the younger girl was. Her having the power of a dragon would be very dangerous.
Speaking of the younger girl, she put her hands behind her back and looked away from them for a bit. "Well…I did have it at one time." And once again they had to think about that.
Leone laughed nervously. "If she could use that kind of power, then I really haven't seen what she could do."
Wendy saw the looks on their faces and started to wave her hands in front of her. "I-I can't use it now. I mean I'm kinda working on it." The young dragon slayer wasn't lying. She and Chelia were working on trying to activate the Dragon Force once more but had little results. Wendy did come close one time but that was the closest she's been to having that kind of power again. After all, Wendy needed to get stronger if she wants to protect her friends from harm.
Even if that was to bring comfort, it still painted a pretty big picture the group's head. They tried to imagine how strong Wendy would be if she did have that power again. Akame thought she would sprout wings and horns. Another question came to mind. "Okay, so what else can you dragon slayers do?" Lubbock asked.
Wendy pondered a little about that. "Well, a dragon slayer's senses are a bit stronger than any other animal."
That caught Leone's interest. "Wait, how stronger?" She was quite proud of her own animal senses so having someone who's other senses are stronger would wound her pride a bit.
Again the sky dragon slayer had to think about it. "Well, there was this one time Natsu had to track down one our friends from a beach all the way to the far side of the ocean."
And that did hurt Leone's pride. "Aw, you've got to be kidding me!"
Bulat had a different reaction. "That explains why she was able to tell accurately where were we and how many."
Wendy also remembered another fact. "Oh and we can eat elements same as our magic."
Lubbock raised his on that. "And how does that work?"
The young dragon smiled at him. "Well, whether it would natural or an enemy's attack, dragon slayers can eat it and restore our magic power. However, we can't eat our own magic."
Yet another question came into mind. "So this maybe a bit silly to ask but can anyone learn this?" Sheele wondered. It was silly because there was no chance just anyone can learn this type of power.
Once again Wendy shook her head. "I'm afraid not. You see dragon slayer magic is known as a lost magic."
Now that caught Najenda's interest. "Lost magic? Would you care to explain that?" Just the term alone, the boss could tell they were powerful.
Wendy had no problem explaining. "Well, lost magic is more like a category. It's a term used to describe magic that was so powerful, it was lost throughout time. Dragon slayer magic isn't the only lost magic. There's a lot more."
Najenda took another puff out of her cigarette in which Wendy coughed again. "I see." She put more thought into it. "So they're like Imperial Arms. The only difference is they don't have that one rule."
Bit by bit they were learning more about what Wendy could do but not about herself. They learned she was raised by a dragon but that was about it. Bulat thought he should ask what was on his mind. "What about that mark on your shoulder? Does it mean anything?" Everyone else wondered the same thing when they saw it.
The young dragon slayer took a look at it. "Oh, this? This represents the guild I'm currently in. It's known as the Lamia Scale guild."
And yet another question had to be asked. It was like a game of tug of war. Ask one question, receive an answer that begets another question. "So you're in a guild then. What kind of a guild is it?" Tatsumi asked. He knew that were guilds in this world but again they may be different from her world.
Wendy smiled at the topic. "There are a lot of different guilds in my world. The guild I'm in is a magic guild and there are lots of them everywhere. Lamia Scale is just one of them. There's also Blue Pegasus, Quatro Cerberus, Mermaid Heel, Sabertooth, Fairy Tai-" She stopped talking when she almost said that name. Everyone wondered why she stopped at that guild. Wendy shook her head a bit and continued on. "Anyway, there are a lot of them out there like I said but there are also dark guilds. Those are guilds that don't follow the magic council's rules and will do anything for money."
Akame narrowed her eyes when she heard that. "Anything for money. I guess that even means killing people." She had another question for her. "So what do these legal guilds do then?"
All of this explaining was becoming a bit tiring for Wendy but she'll be happy to tell them what the guilds do in her world. "What they do is quite simple. They mostly take on jobs that are paid in return. Some of them are requiring dealing with a band of bandits, monsters, locating an item, protecting an item, and several other things. How hard the job is also a factor. There is something called S-class quests and those are very hard to do. However, I have heard there are harder quests than those called SS. Some of the quests would take ten years and even one hundred years to complete."
"One hundred years?!" Tatsumi exclaimed. "That's freaking insane! Who'd take on something like that?!"
Leone sighed and rubbed the back of her head. "Man just about everything you told us so far about your world seems a bit crazy. The whole dragon slayer part was a little tough to swallow but quests that go on for that long? You got to be some kind of crazy if you want to take on that." Wendy giggled at that. She knew one person who did take a one hundred year quest but he didn't finish it.
Well with most of the questions answered now, they had just one more to go. "Wendy, if you are from another world then how did you arrive in ours?" Najenda asked. She hasn't heard of any device that was powerful enough to traverses worlds.
That was a question the young dragon slayer was a bit hesitant to answer. "Well…it started like any other day. Chelia and I as well as my friend Charla, we were on a quest to protect a group of archaeologists while they find out more of an artifact they found in some ruins. This artifact was a called the Other Gateway and it was said it could transport a person to another world." Well seeing Wendy in their world proves that it is true but still, how was she able to come over to theirs. "When we were approaching the site, I smelled unfamiliar scents. It was then we saw five figures standing in front of it. Chelia and I fought them but we had no idea who they are. During that fight, we must've activated it by accident and those five and I were sucked right into it. After that, I arrived here yesterday."
Yesterday. That caught their interest. "You said you arrived yesterday?" Najenda asked. Wendy nodded at the question. "Yesterday there was a loud noise that could be heard everywhere. In that same day, she was brought to our base. That means…" She easily put two and two together. "I see. So what caused that loud noise from earlier yesterday was you and those five arriving in our world."
Everyone gasped when they heard that and looked at her. Wendy was the only one who didn't understand. "I caused a loud noise?"
Mine glared at the younger girl. "It just wasn't any loud noise. It was a sonic boom and you're the reason why I had a bad wake-up call!" She was still upset that her sleep was interrupted.
Wendy giggled nervously. "I'm sorry. I didn't know I did such a thing." They weren't going to bother to wonder about that.
Najenda took in another puff of smoke and blew it out. Wendy coughed as a result. "This has very informal indeed. However, one more question remains. You said five others came along with you. That means five others from your world are still in ours. I doubt they would get very far outside the Capital. The wilderness out there is filled with danger beasts. I suppose you were lucky enough to land within here and not out there. In any case, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us Wendy."
The young dragon slayer bowed to her. "You're welcome." She stood back up straight again. "But if I may ask one thing…can you please not smoke around me? It…bothers me a bit."
Now the boss raised an eyebrow. "And why is that?"
Wendy coughed again. "It's the air. I'm not very good with polluted air."
B
In the wilderness beyond the Capital's area, danger beast's corpses were littered in a path. All of them were either beaten, slashed, have a strange purple coloring, disfigured bodies by some strange sludge, and others with their heads blown off. At the end of the path sat those five figures who still wore their cloaks. One of the figures roared. "Freaking creatures! We can't take a break for five minutes without one of them showing up. They're even dumber than humans!"
The second figure nodded. "Vicious, deadly, dim."
The third growled deeply. "So where in the hell are we? It sure ain't our world that's for sure!"
The fourth figure didn't say anything and shrugged. The fifth figure that was identified as a woman walked a few a steps forward. "No matter where we are, our destination remains the same." A large wolf with five eyes on its forehead and three tails jumped out of the forest and tried to attack her. However, it didn't get the chance as a dark silver orb appeared around its head and when it vanished, the head was gone. It dropped dead on the ground. She wasn't impressed by it. "It seems what Raid said is true. They are dumber than humans." She looked ahead of the path. "We will return no matter what. That is still our guild's purpose and we will carry it on for our king."
B
With everything explained so far, Wendy took the rest of the day to rest in her room. She did a lot of explaining and was relieved it was over. She didn't know what the rest of the group did but it sounded something important. So far her impression of them was that they did scare her a bit at first but Wendy could tell they are nice people but there was a lot she doesn't know about them. Still, they were nicer than Reginald who tried to drug her and he was such a nice man when Wendy met him. She decided to take a walk to explore around more. Wendy left her room and started to walk down the hallway where she was first familiar with. As she did, she smelled something in the air. "Something is cooking." Wendy ran down the hall where she arrived at the dining room with the doors closed where she first met the group. The young dragon slayer heard voices from the other side. "Is everyone back already?"
Wendy was about to open the door. "Well, how are we supposed to trust her?" She gasped when she heard Mine say that. "Sure she's powerful and everything but other than the world we know she's from, we know absolutely nothing about her."
"I don't know what you're complaining about. I think she's pretty awesome." That was Leone's voice and Wendy was happy she thought highly of her.
"Mine does have a point." Wendy heard Akame spoke. "She is still an outsider to us." Now she felt a bit sad.
"Come now. Aren't you being a little harsh on her? She's just a kid." Bulat reassured.
"A kid that wreaked our training grounds. Seriously, it's going to take forever fixing that." Lubbock complained.
Wendy felt a bit bad about that. "I have to agree with bro here. Wendy may be powerful but she's still a kid." Tatsumi backed up the young girl.
"Well, maybe tomorrow we can get to know a little more about her." Sheele suggested.
"Perhaps so. There is much we don't know about her. What we learned before was only just the surface." Najenda concluded.
After hearing all of that, Wendy made up her mind. She surprised everyone by suddenly opening the doors and walked in. Leone stood up from her chair. "Oh, hey Wendy! I was just about to get you for dinner." She laughed nervously. "Crap. I think she heard us. Aww, don't get the wrong message."
Wendy looked at everyone. "You said you don't me very well correct?" She placed her hand on her chest. "Then…I will tell you everything about me and what I've been through. I have nothing to hide from all of you." Everyone just stared at her. It looks like they have the chance to know more about the young dragon slayer. Good thing too because to them, it was going to be a long dinner.
