A/N: And now I have found out that this is my second most favored story. Thanks everyone. I'm happy that all you really enjoy this story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail and/or Akame Ga Kill. They belong to their original owners. The OCs that appear here belong to me.

The Dragon of Night Raid

Mission Thirty Eight: The Dragon's Gift

Wendy felt the wind blowing through her hair as she looked gazed upon Kyoroch. It was the day after they succeeded in the Borick assassination and it was also their last day in the city. "There you are."

Wendy turned around to see Chelsea walking up to her. "Chelsea."

The older girl smiled at her. "What are you doing out here?"

The young dragon slayer turned back to the city. "I'm just…having one last look. Funny as it is to me, I'm going to miss this place."

Chelsea looked over at the city as well. "I know what you mean. Then again we have been in this city for over a month so it's natural." She looked over to Wendy now. "Come on. The others are waiting for us along with that horse carriage." She started to walk away from the other girl.

Wendy squeaked when heard those words. "H-Horse carriage?" Sweat was already coming out of her head.

Chelsea stopped walking and looked back at the younger girl. "Yeah, horse carriage. Why, is something the matter?"

The young dragon slayer shook her head a bit too fast. "No no, it's alright. Shall we uh…go now?" She ran up to Chelsea and the two began walking back to the others together. Wendy was really dreading about the upcoming carriage ride. "I'm not going to like this at all."

Unbeknownst to them, the Founder was watching them above. He just smiled at the scene before him. "I am relieved that the child is not harmed. However, the dark shadow I saw before looming over her from before has grown in size drastically." In his eyes, there was indeed a dark shadow monster over Wendy with its claws around the young girl. "Her life is in greater danger now than ever before. I do not know what it means but perhaps it symbolizes that she will be her own undoing in the future. How ironic that the girl who has altered the fates around her cannot change her own. I do hope that the prophecy I saw for her is wrong."

B

In the ruins far away from the city, an arm rose out from the rubble and soon the whole body. "Ah, man. That was the first time I experienced a cave in. A little too close for my taste but I'm glad to still be alive. I have the Rakshasa Demon special techniques to thank for that." Suzuka giggled as she walked out of the rubble. "I wonder if that armored boy is still around. I would love to have another round with him." She smiled at the thought of it. "Guess I'll go back to the city and see what I've missed."

B

It's been over an hour since Night Raid left the city of Kyoroch and they were enjoying the pleasant trip. Or they would enjoy it and would've been pleasant if Wendy was groaning continually since the ride began. It was really starting to annoy Mine. She groaned in frustration. "How long are you going keep making that noise!? It's really irritating!"

Unlike Mine, Leone was just laughing. Lubbock was a bit interested in this. "Now that I think about it, we've never have seen Wendy act like this before. She really wasn't kidding about the whole motion sickness thing."

Akame was a bit worried. "Are you going to be okay Wendy?"

The younger girl was trying her hardest to keep it together. "I will be when…we stop."

All of a sudden Leone forced Wendy to lay down with her head lying on the blonde's lap. "If it'll help any, you can lay your head on me."

Wendy was grateful for the gesture. "Thank you…Leone." She felt nauseous again and whined. "Why do I have this?"

Across from them, Chelsea couldn't help but feel a bit jealous of the attention Leone was getting from Wendy. There was a question she did want to ask. "So is this motion sickness you have a thing for dragon slayers?"

The young dragon slayer slowly turned her head to the older girl. "Y-Yeah. Natsu and Gajeel have motion sickness as well. I think the others have it too."

Leone had something to add to the conversation. "The weird thing is that she really didn't have motion sickness early on. She could ride transportation without a problem."

That made Tatsumi curious. "That is weird. So when did you start having motion sickness?"

Wendy just groaned. "I don't know. It just happened to me one day and I couldn't stomach riding anything else ever since."

"I do happen to know several remedies that can help with your dilemma." Susanoo offered.

The young girl was all too thankful for hearing that. "Really Mr. Su? That would be really great."

The human Imperial Arms nodded at her. "Yes but we'll have to return to the base in order to make them."

And just like that, her hopes were crushed. "Really? Oh man." Hearing that did spark a question from her. "When do we arrive at the base?"

"Not for a while I'm afraid." Everyone else turned to Najenda. "Thanks to that whole spectacle back in Kyoroch, we'll be retreating back to the base by a longer route from the south. There's no telling how long it'll take once we come back."

And that was even worse news for Wendy. "It'll take that long?"

"We can't go back the way we arrived." Akame explained. "There'll be no doubt that Esdeath and the rest of the Jaegers, as well as other Imperial soldiers looking for us along that route. It's for the best if we want to avoid capture."

Wendy let a small whine but had to deal with it. "So I doubt we'll be taking the carriage all the way huh."

Najenda nodded at the question. "We'll only be using it for the early part of our journey. We'll be walking the rest of the way." Two things for Wendy. One was that rather she will be happy not riding in a carriage for the rest of the way. The other was that dreaded on how long it would take to return by foot. And by a longer route no less. "Still, we succeeded in our mission. There isn't much left for us to do at this point for the time being. With Borick out the picture, the Revolutionary Army will soon make their move. It is the first step toward a better future for everyone." Everyone else smiled when they heard that. Despite the small hiccup that was a demon, they were able to complete their mission and were headed home.

B

Esdeath and what's left the Jaegers were making preparations of returning back to the Capital. Several of the members had different thoughts about their failed mission. For Kurome, it was how useless she was during the mission. During the packing, Kurome had a few snacks. "I couldn't do anything. I couldn't contribute to the mission. The most I did was being knocked out easily like some amateur. What's worse I didn't get to see Akame. Instead, I saw Wendy. I swearthe next time I see her, I'll make sure she'll be one of my puppets."

Wave, on the other hand, was beating himself up for losing another ally. "Damn it. Why?" As if losing Bols wasn't hard enough, they had to lose Seryu as well. "Seryu was on her way to becoming a better person and now…she's gone along with the one being who was able to change her." Another thing to add on his shoulders was his fight against Wendy. It wasn't like any he had been in before. "Just how did it come to this?"

Esdeath of all was the most bitter of how the mission went. Not only Night Raid was able to succeed in killing Borick, Najenda played her once again. Add insult to injury that she barely missed her chance of seeing Wendy once again. The biggest loss of all was losing Seryu. She just scoffed at the fact. "What a waste of potential." To make matters worse, Seryu's girlfriend was also dead. She groaned silently at that fact. "I'm never going to hear the end of it from that woman." The general suddenly heard some knocking on her door. "Yes?"

The door opened to reveal Run. "Commander. We're all ready to leave now."

The general turned to her own baggage. "Fine then. Once I'm ready, we'll head back to the Capital."

Run nodded at her. "Understood." With that said he closed the door and left Esdeath alone with her thoughts once again.

B

As soon as Esdeath was ready, the Jaegers immediately headed out of Kyoroch by horse. The only thing they were leaving behind was bittersweet memories. The general knew Night Raid wouldn't take the same path to the Capital so there was no telling how long it'll be until they crossed paths with them again. That meant once again Esdeath had to wait to be reunited with Wendy once again. "Just how long do I have to wait?"

"Commander."

The general looked back to Wave. "What is it Wave?"

He looked away from Esdeath for a second but looked back at her. "Not to bring up fresh wounds but…Kurome and I saw Wendy in the main room back at the cathedral."

It came to no surprise for Esdeath. She had thought it was the young dragon slayer's doing for creating such a tremor in the first place. "Is that so?" She looked away.

Wave nodded at the question. "Yes, and I did fight against her."

At least this was an interesting topic to pass the time. "And what did you think? What was your real impression of her?" Esdeath asked. Kurome was also a bit interested since she wasn't there to see it.

Wave thought back to his fight against Wendy. "Hearing about your fight against her and fighting her myself was completely different. She was an even match against Grand Chariot. Her power isn't anything I've ever seen before. That includes the power you mentioned before."

Esdeath looked back at him being a bit surprised. "She used it on you?"

Wave nodded at the question. "Yes. She used it a bit before you arrived. It was…overwhelming to say the most. The last thing I remember was her coming at me with an attack. I was able to stay conscious after the attack but then Syka appeared and knocked me out."

"So that's what happened." Everything made sense now to her. If Esdeath would've appeared just a few minutes earlier, the outcome could've been different.

Wave had a bit more to say. "There is something you should know about Wendy Commander."

That caught her interest. "And what would that be?"

Wave tightened his grip on the reigns. "When Wendy and I fought each other, I sensed something…strange from her."

Esdeath raised an eyebrow. "Strange how?"

Wave hesitated for a moment speaking but was able to. "It was her aura. When I sensed it, it didn't feel like any other. In all honesty, it kinda felt like for a moment that a…dragon was right in front of me."

Kurome won't deny that. "What Wave said is true. I felt it as well. There's something not normal about her."

All of this was quite interesting to the general. "A dragon you say. Apparently, she's grown much stronger than the last time I met her."

Wave knew he was going to regret saying his next words. "If I may say something Commander, there's something very strange about her. I don't know what though but me seeing a dragon in her place says something."

Esdeath just looked back ahead and smiled. "From what I heard so far from you, it seems there is much more to Wendy even if she is something called a dragon slayer. Let this be a lesson to all of you that while she may be a child, never let your guard down." Her true thoughts on the matter? "It seems you're becoming much more valuable as time passes Wendy. A power of a dragon would give the Empire just the edge it needs." She laughed quietly to herself. "I'm willing to wait a bit more just for you. I wonder how powerful you'll become in the future. That is a battle I look forward to having for when we meet again."

B

As night came around, Night Raid decided to stop for the time being much to Wendy's relief. They would use the carriage for only one more day before walking the rest of the way to their base. For now, they decided to have a bit a celebration for the success of their mission. They settled by a stream for now while having a rather large fire with Susanoo preparing the meals. Once everything was prepared, everyone was ready to dig in. Najenda cleared her throat to gain everyone's attention. "First off I would like to congratulate all of you for a job well done. With Borick out of the way, we are one step closer to overthrowing the Empire. Once we rid of the evil and corruption plaguing this nation, we will usher in a new age." She raised her drink. "To the Revolution!"

Everyone else did the same. "To the Revolution!"

After that, Night Raid began their festivities. All of them were enjoying the food Susanoo prepared. While eating, Leone offered some of her food to the young dragon slayer. "Hey Wendy, do you want a bite?"

The younger girl couldn't refuse the kind gesture. She took a bite out of it and squealed in delight. "So good."

Leone couldn't help but smile about how adorable Wendy was when she was smiling. Chelsea who didn't want to feel left out on this did the same to her. "You can have some of mine if you want to Wendy."

Again the young dragon slayer couldn't refuse and took a bite out of Chelsea's food as well. "Thank you, Chelsea." She smiled at the other girl. Again Chelsea couldn't help but blush a little.

She looked away all the while feeling her heartbeat quicken a little. Looking for anything of a distraction, Chelsea looked over to the others. Lubbock was enjoying his food all the same as the others, Akame was just scarfing down the food off her plate in her usual speed, Susanoo was looking rather pleased that everyone was enjoying the food he made and Najenda was taking a swig of her drink. However, the most that made her curious was how Tatsumi and Mine were acting to each other. Any time they would glance at each other they would look away. "I wonder what's going on with those two."

"Chelsea…" She looked back at Wendy who looked like she was offering her food to the older girl. "Would you like to have some of mine? It's only fair."

Chelsea could only stare at the piece for a few seconds until she gave in. "All right all right." She opened her mouth while tucking a strand of out of place hair behind her ear and took a bite out of Wendy's piece. Then a thought hit her. "Wait since I'm eating from the same fork as Wendy…does this count as a…a…" Once again she blushed and moved slightly away from the younger girl.

Wendy didn't understand why she did that, though. "Is everything alright Chelsea?"

Chelsea just took a small drink from her cup while not looking at the younger girl for the time being. "I'm fine. Let's just enjoy ourselves a little more shall we?" Wendy just shrugged and accepted the answer.

Leone, however, saw what happened and giggled to herself. "Aww, Chelsea. Looks like I was right after all." She really didn't mind a little competition. In fact, it would make their relationship all the more interesting.

The celebration continued well further into the night until most of the group turned in. All was quiet for the time being until Leone heard some shuffling that caused her to wake up. The first thing she noticed was that Wendy was missing yet again from her arms and that their tent was open. The blonde exited out the tent as well and saw Wendy standing by the river. She walked up to her. "Can't sleep?"

Wendy looked back and nodded. "Kinda." She looked back at the river. "It's just that I can't believe so much has happened on this journey and we're just getting started. I can't help but wonder what's going to be in store for us later on."

Leone just giggled at the younger girl's words. "Who knows but whatever it is, we'll be able to tackle it head on together."

The young dragon slayer smiled at those words. She was right. As long as she's with Night Raid, there wasn't anything they couldn't handle. While the two were alone for the time being, Wendy did think this was the perfect time since no one else was here. "Um…Leone…"

The blonde looked to her to see that the younger girl was a blushing a bit. "What is it now?"

Wendy couldn't stop blushing at the thought of what she was about to do but how else could she express her thanks for Leone's help? "C-Can you look away for just a second?"

Leone didn't understand why the younger girl would ask such a thing but obliged anyway. "Okay, whatever you say." She slightly looked away from Wendy. "Just why do you need me to look aw-" All of sudden Leone felt a pair of lips pressed against her cheek. It took her a few seconds to realize that Wendy kissed her cheek while the younger girl raised herself a bit to make up the height difference between them. The kiss lingered on a little bit longer until Wendy broke it and set her feet down while blushing profusely. Leone looked back her again completely dumbfounded at what the younger girl just did. "Wendy?"

The young dragon slayer was beyond embarrassed at what she did and continued to avoid eye contact with the other girl. "Consider that…a gift for helping me last night. I…couldn't have done it without you."

Now Leone was the one who was blushing a bit. What she did next was bringing in Wendy for a heartwarming hug. It wasn't like the other times where she just shoved the younger girl into her breasts. Having Wendy this close to her made Leone's heart beat mad but still kept a calm face. "We'll always be here for you Wendy. I'll be here for you as long as you need me to be." Her response was Wendy returning the hug. Leone didn't know how much more her heart could take. Her hug became a bit tighter and brought Wendy closer to her own body. "I know you know this but please…let me say it this time." The two girls separated for a bit and Leone gave a gentle smile to her. "I love you, Wendy." Leone felt her heart explode from feeling finally have said those three words.

Wendy returned the smile. "I know and I understand." She resumed the hug the two tried to make it last as long as they could along with these sweet feelings inside them Once again Leone accepted the younger girl's answer. She knew Wendy's love belonged to someone else but to tell her fully how she felt about her was enough. Even with this tender moment between them, Wendy still had one concerning thought in the back of her mind. "I do hope…that things will be better after this."

B

Back at the Capital inside the palace, there was a figure sitting on a chair and he grinned wickedly. "Are all of us here now?" Before him were five figures wearing yellow hooded cloaks covering their faces. The man chuckled. "Good. Now it's our time. The Empire is our playground and I, Lord Syura will have fun with it as I see fit."

Demon's Revenge Arc end

A/N: Ok in all honesty, THIS is the halfway point of the story. In any case, that'll be it from me working on this story for a while (HOPEFULLY.) and need to start working on my other stories. Seriously this one has gotten a lot of attention from me and I neglected working on the other ones. However as a parting gift, I will tell you the name of the next arc. It is called…the Endless Despair Arc. I'll leave it at that and I'll see all of you in the next update.