Hi guys. I's raining where I am and it's basically kind of how I'm feeling. My parents don't want me to become a writer:( You all think I should be writer right? Tell them that. It's not fair T-T Anyway, it's time to move this story on and reveal Akame's past, don't you think?
Lucy, Akari, Wendy, Kano, Lisanna, Akame, Carla and Masahiro were on a boat heading toward a town west of Crocus. They had gotten a job that wanted to get rid of weird monsters that were terrorizing the town and destroying it's marketplace and stock supplies. Making them lose a ton of food and other things as such.
Lucy, Akame, Akari and Kano sat on one side while Lisanna, Wendy, Carla and Masahiro were on the other side. They still had a long way to go and they were all actually eager to battle the monsters. They hadn't really taken a job twice in a row and they wanted to let loose and kick some monster butt.
Since they still had to wait awhile before arriving at their destination, they started to eat up the prepared meal Akame made before they left the guild. It consisted of egg rolls, chicken legs and spring rolls. One container for everyone.
"This meal is so delicious!" Lisanna complimented.
"Exquisite!" Carla added.
"How did you become such a great chef Akame?" Wendy added.
"Well, I did have some practice. In truth, I used to be a terrible cook." Akame said giggling. "Since I had blood magic, I never really paid attention to these kinds of things. I wanted to practice my magic a lot."
"Are you serious?" Wendy asked, swallowing her food.
"Yes, really. And I'm glad that I was able to learn how to cook. It's just so much fun!" Akame replied.
Lucy and Kano sighed satisfied and leaned back as a goofy grin crept up to Kano's face. Lisanna, Wendy and Carla were surprised that Lucy finished a meal in such speed. They even thought they could beat Natsu in eating. But they dismissed the thought afterwards. Not wanting to think about the pink headed dragon slayer.
"Man! Best meal yet, Akame!" Kano said.
"You always say that, Kano." Lucy said as she returned her empty bento to Akame.
Everybody laughed. The others continued to eat their tasty lunch while talking about random things. More so on Kano's childish antics and other things as such. Soon, the train stopped having to stop at the mages' destination. Everyone pulled their hoods over their heads and pressed on to exit the train and made their way toward the town where the client was.
Not long afterwards, they arrived at the town. It was crowded with many locals and tourists alike. All surrounding the market street, having but a glimpse of the supplies and items that are being sold. Though the Light's Darkness members wanted to keep a low profile, they couldn't help but look around the stalls.
They browsed through many things. Weapons, clothes, jewelry, books and other things. That only lasted a few minutes before Lucy called everyone back t the center of the plaza and head to their client. But then, they were called by familiar faces.
"Wendy? Carla? Lisanna?"
The 3 girls turned to see who it was that called their name while the others followed in suite only to see Levy and Juvia looking at the cloaked mages. The 3 girls turned to Lucy and the blonde guild master nodded. Lisanna, Wendy and Carla then took off their hoods and bowed slightly to greet both blue haired girls.
The 2 girls beamed and they immediately approached the group of 8. With that action, Lucy stood in front of her 3 members and pulled her hood lower from her face so Levy and Juvia didn't recognize who she was.
"Hey, you're Master Lucillia right?" Levy asked nervously.
"Lucillia?" Masahiro asked quietly as the others looked at Lucy awkwardly.
"Who told you that?" Lucy asked not changing her cold tone.
"Well... you know Team Natsu, right? You met them 3 weeks ago in Hargeon, a little girl that was the person they were going to rescue said your name as 'Master Lucillia' so we all assumed that that's your name." Levy explained.
"You did?" Akari asked as everyone looked to Lucy with confusion. They were never informed of that event, but they did recall of the time that Lucy had gone out while they were shopping and said she'd be back in awhile but came back by nightfall. They assumed that's the reason she was late and didn't press the matter any further, much to Lucy's relief.
"Yes, that's about right." Lucy sighed with annoyance. "Anyway, you are Levy McGarden and Juvia Lockser am I correct?"
"Yes you are. Juvia is please to talk with you, Master Lucillia." Juvia said in her third person speech.
"Don't mind her saying her name like that. Juvia always talk in third person." Levy clarified.
"I wasn't even bothering with it." Lucy replied again.
"If you can excuse us now, we are on our way to a client. We should get going." Masahiro said.
"Alright. Levy and Juvia were doing the same. Bye." Juvia said as she and Levy bowed respectively to Lucy and walked off into a different direction. (I didn't put them in here for no reason. They'll be back)
"Shall we continue then?" Carla asked.
Everyone nodded in agreement and headed toward the clients house. It was silent for awhile, everyone could feel the cold aura coming from Lucy's body. Lisanna, Wendy and Carla knew why Lucy was like this, having to see the struggles she faced a year ago while Akari, Kano, Akame and Masahiro knew what Levy was to Lucy in the past having to hear her story of Fairy Tail.
Then, Wendy broke the silence. "Are you alright, Lucy?"
Lucy nodded, not turning around to the young dragon slayer or to her guild members. She just kept her eyes fixed on what's ahead of her. After all, Levy was one of the people in Fairy Tail that Lucy really trusted. She was one of Lucy's best friends in the guild and she turned on the blonde. Lucy's wounds were still fresh even after a year. Akari. Kano, Akame and Masahiro's pasts were long ago and had been put behind them long before. So, Lucy was still healing. Then, Lucy spoke after a few minutes of thinking.
"Sorry. I didn't think I'd talk to Levy after what happened. She was one of the few that really broke my heart."
"We understand, Lucy. You don't always have to be strong for us, y'know?" Akari said.
Lucy nodded again and then turned to face them without stop walking to give them a reassuring smile. "Alright."
Soon, they arrived at the client's home and Wendy knocked on the wooden door. After a few moments, the client opened the door to reveal a young woman with long dark brown hair that had a ribbon tying the ends of the hair together and blue eyes. She wore a grey long sleeved dress, white leggings and purple ankle boots. A smile on her face.
"Ah, you must be Light's Darkness." She said.
"That's right Ma'am." Lisanna replied. "We've come about the rampaging monsters request?"
"Yes, I've been expecting you. Please come in." She said.
After coming into the main living room and the mages sat on 2 couches facing each other, the girl came back from the kitchen with a tray of tea and cookies in hand.
"My uncle is the client. He'll be here shortly." She placed the tray down on the table that stood in between in the 2 couches and left to go upstairs. Then, a man in a suit came out of a study across from the foyer and walked in the living room. He had light brown hair and green eyes. He looked no longer than his late 20's and when Akame saw his face, she growled under her breath.
"You..." She said as she stood from her seat.
The man looked at her confusingly and tilted his head. "I'm sorry, do I know you?"
"Oh you better remember me." Akame spat out hatefully.
"Akame. Is he that man?" Akari asked.
Having to hear Akari say Akame's name, the man's eyes widened slightly. "Wait... did you say... Akame?"
Everyone turned to face the man as Akame pulled her hood away from her face and her hair fell to her back. She glared daggers at the man before her and then spoke the name she never thought that she'd say again. "Hello... Byror."
"This can't be..." Byror said in disbelief.
"Oh you better believe it if your life depended on it." Akame spat again.
"Lucy? Who's that?" Carla asked.
"Byror. The reason Akame left her home town." Lucy simply whispered back.
"What?" Wendy asked as she and Lisanna turned to look at their client.
"It's been years. I thought you'd be gone forever. How?" Byror asked confused and in disbelief.
"After that day, after you and Kain destroyed my life, I ran far from home. Far from mother and father. I had no one left. You both stole what little I had left and crushed it as if a flower dying in the break of winter." Akame spat. "I was broken for gods know how long. You both sicken me."
"Um... Akame? What happened?" Lisanna asked.
"I remember that day well. It was a scar in my heart that would never leave me." Akame said, her glare not leaving Byror's face.
(Flashback, Akame's POV)
2 years ago, I used to be an innocent young girl. Both Kain and Byror were friends in my town and my mother and father were healthy loving parents and I felt like the luckiest girl alive to be blessed the way my life was going. I thought nothing could go wrong at such a lifestyle.
But then, Kain and Byror decided to destroy that little lifestyle of mine.
I had gone into town that day. I was going to practice my blood magic. No one typically knew of my magic back then because I practiced in private and back in my town, people didn't really cared about magic. In fact, no one bothered about magic abilities. Any of the magic users in the town were either wind mages of fire mages. My town had bad experience with blood magic and they don't want to have a blood mage as one of their locals.
Only Byror and Kain knew of my dangerous magic. All 3 of us made a promise to never tell of my magic. How naïve I was.
When I came back from my training session, my parents approached me with worry in their eyes. They also knew of my dangerous magic and decided to protect me as best as they can. But they looked me in the eye and said that some of the locals found out about my magic and that they were looking for me as we speak.
I was in horror and I asked my parents who told them and they didn't know. Then, right before my eyes, my mother and father were struck with fire and then stabbed in the gut. You could also say that my town was once a violent one. They fell, saying that they loved me and that I should run.
I was stunned and scared as I saw the life drain from my parents die in front of me. When I looked up, not only did I see all the men and fire mages in my town, I saw Byror and Kain in front also holding torches, angry faces replaced my kind friends.
I instantly knew that they had betrayed me. I didn't need an explanation and used my blood magic on the first 4 people I saw. I made them go in front of the crowd and fended them off long enough to escape. I ran as fast from the village that was once my home. Leaving my parent's bodies on the ground to be stomped on.
I couldn't save them. I couldn't even say 'I love you' back to them or even goodbye.
I cried so much for weeks before I realized that I had ran with no money.
I worked in a merchant guild for awhile so I could survive. My parents would've preferred I live for their sake. I lived a peaceful life. My co-workers suggested that I at least learn to cook when they learned I kept on eating at fast food places. It was bad for me and I knew as well. It took awhile, but I was able to learn in a few months and even create gourmet dishes.
But, I never forgot about my past. I kept reminding myself of the events to drive my strength and so I could remember that in the end of it all, my parents loved me. Even if I was the reason they died. They never placed hate on me.
(End of Flashback, Back to General POV)
After Akame told her very sad story, she glared daggers into Byror's eyes. "When I decided to join this guild and heard everybody else's stories, I realized that that's not even as bad as what my guild master went through!"
Lisanna, Wendy and Carla's eyes slightly widened. They thought that Akame's was by far the saddest story than Lucy's Akari and Kano's story. But then Akame spoke again. Her reasoning for that became clear, she didn't even shed a tear and grabbed the dagger that was concealed on her waist.
"My guild master went through so much pain that I couldn't even complain about mine anymore. She lost her mother at a young age. Her own father treated her like a useless, worthless daughter. Then, when she finds a second family, that family soon forgot about her and left her to fend for herself. Nearly dying in the process!" Akame said.
"Akame... that's enough." Masahiro said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. But the brunette didn't listen to him.
"I was able to spend so much time with my parents. I had a great family over my childhood years. I had a loving mother and father. But she didn't have the golden childhood that I had. She had a dark past and she can still smile like it's nothing." Akame said.
Just then, before Akame could lose control, Lucy stood up and turned Akame toward her. No words were said and Lucy just pulled Akame into a comforting hug. The brunette just stood in that position before trembling in Lucy's arms about her past that she held in for so many years.
Lucy's eyes could be seen under her hood and she glared at Byror as her brown eyes turned golden in front of him. Making Byror twitch and stiffen. Once Akame was calmed down, she was released of Lucy's hold to face Byror. Lucy's left hand on her shoulder.
"Amazing..." Carla thought.
"She calmed Akame down fast!" Wendy thought too.
"Lucy is so thoughtful." Lisanna thought.
"Now that that's out of Akame's system, I shall speak on Master's behalf." Akari spoke up. "We will do the job you had requested. But hear me right when I say that you and whoever this Kain is doesn't deserve any good thing for what you've done to our precious nakama. You broke your childhood friend and made her blame herself for the past."
"You shouldn't even look her in the eye. Here you are and here is our lovely Akame and you don't even give her an apoogy. Rather you give her a whole lot of hurt and nothing more." Kano added. "Acting like nothing ever happened those years ago.'
"Let's go." Masahiro said as he stood up. "We need air and a job to complete."
The others nodded and followed in suite. Lucy to be the last one to leave through the door. Her golden eyes not leaving Byror.
They immediately set off into the forests where Lucy and Wendy started tracking the monsters scent while Masahiro was looking around the area with his archive. Akame hadn't talked in awhile and the others didn't bother trying to comfort her. Everyone knew better and decided to have Akame settle this matter with herself for now.
"This way." Lucy said as everyone followed her into the trees to a clearing. It was a large area. With a cave nearby. (Kind of like the hideout Oracion Seis was hiding in the Nirvana Arc but without the water surrounding it) They were about to approach the cave cautiously, believing that the monsters were in there, but 2 familiar voices broke the concentrated silence.
"Nee Levy? Juvia isn't sure about this."
"Well, this is where it's said to grow."
The Light's Darkness members looked down in the distance behind them to see the 2 blue headed fairies approaching the clearing and the cave the monsters were assumed to be waiting.
"The client said that the herbs grow near here. Since they were old, they couldn't really travel this far." Levy reminded.
"Juvia is getting a bad feeling from this place." Juvia said uncertainly. "If only Gray-sama was here to comfort Juvia."
Levy smiled awkwardly while laughing a bit and the 2 soon came to the clearing. They smiled, finally arriving at their destination, not knowing of the dangers they were about to get themselves into.
"Juvia! We finally made it!" Levy cheered.
"Yay! Let's get those herbs so Juvia can return to Gray-sama!" Juvia cheered too.
Akari, Kano, Masahiro and Akame tilted their heads in confusion of Juvia's behavior. While on the other hand, when the 4 turned around. They saw Lucy, Wendy, Carla and Lisanna face palming in disappointment.
"Even all that..." Carla thought.
"She still cheers about Gray..." Lisanna added.
Then, growling caught all 10 mages' attention. They looked around and eyes soon landed at the cave ahead. From Levy and Juvia's view, they could see the shadows shift inside the cave. What came out of it though, made the 2 bluenettes freeze. A strange creature came out. It was a large boar. But, it looked corrupted in a way. It was covered in a black goo. Blood dripped from it's body. (Credits to the Ghibli film, Princess Mononoke. Watch it!)
"Levy... was that... in the job description?" Juvia asked.
"N-Nope... I don't think so, Juvia." Levy replied.
The boar growled again and stared at the 2 bluenettes intensely. The girls trembled, unable to act with such a creepy and scary monster. Even Wendy, Lisanna, Akari and Akame were scared. Lucy though had her fair share of scary monsters. She already had to deal with monsters beyond her control. It taught her to be brave even if such a monster appeared.
Lucy stood straight and then turned to Akame. "Akame..." She said as she turned to the brunette.
The blood mage looked to her guild master and saw the genuine smile under Lucy's hood. The same smile that made the others envy Lucy sometimes. How she could smile even if her pain was still there. The dark secrets in her heart not fazing her. It made Akame look at Lucy with determination and nod.
"Masahiro!" Akame said as she took out her dagger.
Masahiro got the message and nodded. He closed his eyes and focused on the boar and possibly any other monsters surrounding them. Then, casted his spell. "Mind Magic: Gather!"
"Akari, Kano, Lisanna, Wendy, Carla, Akame!" Lucy said as she jumped down to the ground.
The others nodded and followed after Lucy, landing softly in front of Levy and Juvia. The 2 bluenettes surprised.
"Looks like our jobs brought us together." Carla said.
"This once, my and your guild shall work together." Akari said snappy.
"Hurry and get into position!" Kano commanded.
Levy and Juvia snapped out of their shock and nodded toward the cloaked mages. Soon, all the other surrounding monsters came to the clearing. Some were shaped like a snake, dragon, wolf and some with disturbing shapes and sizes. They didn't attack due to Masahiro's magic and them using their noses to identify the mages' scent. (Credits to Sakura Hime!)
Lucy then nodded to Akari and Kano, who suddenly used their magic to make a small explosion of their combined magic to signal Kano to release his hold. "3... 2..." Masahiro whispered for only Lucy to hear. "...1! Go!"
The monsters attacked and Akari was the first to move, using her magic to set the monsters on fire quickly. The monsters screamed and Lisanna transformed her arms into wings. She along with Wendy blew the monsters away from them so the mages could get a better attack range.
Juvia then blasted multiple water streams from her hands and splashed the monsters. Kano decided to step in and use the water to create a mist in front of the monster's eyes so it was kind of blurry for them. Akame decided this was her time to strike. Since she had strong agility and speed, Akame dashed to each monster in a circle and slashed each of them with her dagger. Looking as if she was dancing in the process.
Once Akame was out of the way, Levy used her solid script to make light to blind the monsters further. Masahiro holding some of them back with his mind magic. Then, Levy used her solid script to make iron and drop them on top of the monsters' bodies. The monsters were all now very weakened. All the Light's Darkness members turned to the blonde god dragon slayer and nodded.
Lucy nodded in return and cracked her knuckles. "You all might wanna get down." She said as she smirked.
All of Lucy's team ducked their heads, while Levy and Juvia just stood in confusion. Carla rolled her eyes and grabbed Levy by the shoulders and wrapped her tail around Juvia's body. "You 2 might wanna see a better view of this so you get what she means."
Lucy took in a deep breath, making sure that she doesn't say her chant loud enough for Levy or Juvia to hear. "Celestial God Dragon... Wing Attack!"
Lucy slashed her arms horizontally as golden spirals of magic left her finger tips and destroyed the surrounding monsters. In a rhythmic way, Lucy's arms danced as the spirals of stardust continued to defeat the monsters surrounding her guild members and soon, all were defeated.
Lucy put her arms down as Akari, Kano, Akame, Lisanna and Wendy stood straight. Carla descended and placed Levy and Juvia on the ground. Then, Masahiro jumped from the tree above. Everybody high-fived each other as the other 2 fairies looked at the team with amazement in their eyes. They were awestruck at Lucy's power.
"Now we can get our reward!" Lucy said as her eyes gleamed.
When Levy and Juvia heard her say that, it immediately reminded them of a certain celestial mage (mind you that celestial mage was right in front of them) that would always cheer like that when she'd get the full reward rather than having to use it to pay for damages during a job. This made the 2 look down to the ground.
Lucy took a glance at her once best friend and 'rival' with a concerned face. Lucy knew that she sounded like her past self right then and there and that the 2 had thought of her past self when they heard it. She moved from her cheering guild mates and approached Levy and Juvia. Making sure they could at least see her brown eyes.
The 2 fairies looked up when they saw Lucy in front of them and wondered why she would approach them. But when Lucy let her right hand out so one of them could shake it, it surprised them a bit.
"Thank you for the assistance. You 2 did great out there." Lucy said with a small smile.
Levy and Juvia were stunned for a moment, until Levy moved and shook Lucy's hand. "It's a pleasure. We should find what we came here for now."
"Juvia agrees. We should probably go." Juvia said.
Lucy nodded as Levy and Juvia waved goodbye and soon enough disappeared from sight. The blonde then turned back to her guild members who awaited her word and Lucy nodded at them as she smiled proudly.
"Great job everyone! Excellent work!"
Everyone smiled back, Lisanna and Akari giggling a bit.
Lucy then faced Akame, who was smiling softly. Lucy could tell that the brunette was still troubled by the earlier events and she decided to speak up for everyone who wants to comfort Akame.
"Akame?" Lucy started to say. "Are you able to handle going back to Byror?"
Akame took a moment to think it over. Obviously hesitating from her own feelings and what she thinks Lucy would want to hear. After thinking it over and a couple of deep breaths, Akame smiled tilting her head while smiling.
"Yeah. I'll be okay."
"Thank you for dealing with the monsters." Byror said.
Akame didn't reply and just turned around while Akari and Wendy bowed, also not saying a word. They all turned around and was about to exit, until Byror spoke up again.
"Akame wait!"
Everyone stopped and Akame stopped the minute she was halfway through the front door.
"I'm sorry about what happened. If Kain was here, I'm sure he would say that too! We were selfish and we traded our friend, our nakama, for money we wanted. Please forgive us!" Byror apologized.
Lucy looked toward Akame and awaited her answer. Lucy wasn't the forgiving type anymore to begin with. If anything, she would've said something harsh in return. But Akame was different. Lucy wouldn't let Akame go down the path that changed her forever. She wanted Akame to listen to her heart and say what needs to be said.
Akame didn't turn around, rather, she just took a deep breath and responded. "I'm sorry too. But that apology won't change the scars that have been engraved in my heart."
With those words, Akame went out the door and the others followed.
It was quiet for awhile, until they got to the train as Kano's belly started to grumble and Akame brought out the food. Which enabled Kano to go into his childish ways. Lightening up everyone's moods and everything was back to it's happy self.
'After the next one, dear Lucy... all shall be revealed.'
And done! Wow that took so long! Thanks guys for being patient with this new chapter! It's soo long! I've read some of the reviews and one said to make one chapter funny. I tried! I really did! I failed though. It was such a heavy topic for Akame's backstory so I couldn't make it funny. Though, I hope you guys remember in chapter 4 that it said some of the backstories are more hurtful. THIS IS ONE OF THEM! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!^^ Please review cuz I love hearing your thoughts about this story and I'll see you in the next chapter of Masahiro's past!