A/N: Fact four: For the demons that appeared in this story, funny enough originally there was only supposed to be one and that was Rugoro. However as ideas kept going through my head, it expanded from one to five. It worked out better than I thought. Especially with Seryu being paired up with Syka.

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 Fifty Five: The Guild's Power

"Alright everyone you heard the client. Let's show these Empire guys how we wizard guilds handle things back in Earthland! Are you with me?!"

Everyone rose up their arms and yelled out their battle cry. "AHHHHH!"

Their shouting had gained the attention of every soldier from either army. None of them had clue why they were talking to themselves in the first place or why Najenda asked for their help in the first place. What they did know what she mentioned Wendy to them. The same girl on her team that was able to do attacks without the use of an Imperial Arms. Whatever the case, it seemed that these strange people before them were their allies now. What they didn't know was how so few people could ever make a difference in a fight this large. Even the Imperial Arm users were having much trouble fending off the attacks of the Ice Cavalry. Budo and Esdeath witnessed the whole thing. "Well, they're spirited I'll give them that much." He looked down to see Laxus still staring at him. "Especially that one."

Esdeath nodded in agreement. "Yes they are and something Najenda said was quite interesting. Wendy's world is it?"

She thought back to what the Minister once told her. "Well, a few days ago, a certain incident took place. The sky itself created such a loud noise. Woke me up horribly I must say. We don't know what caused such an event but I'm sure it was nothing more than some random event."

The pieces all fit together now for her. "It was that same sound that served as the signal for their arrival. So these are the people from Wendy's home world. If anything I respect how far they would go in saving her. However…" She stomped her heel onto the top of the wall. "If you really think adding a few more people will help you Najenda, you're sadly mistaken! Ice Cavalry! Charge forward! Show these other worlders the power of what the strongest of the Empire can do!"

Her ice soldiers obeyed her command and started to charge toward the wizards. Now normally seeing them charge like that would make any soldier nervous. Lyon however just seemed a bit pissed by looking at them. "How dare you present these abominations before me!"

He instantly took off his shirt which weirded out a few of the soldiers. "Why the hell did he take off his shirt?" The woman with Extase thought.

"They are an insult to the magic I hold so much pride in." He slammed his fist into his other hand and a cold wind erupted from him. "Allow me to show you what true ice make magic is capable of that I've learned from my master Ur!" He put out his hand in front. "Ice-Make: Snow Dragon!" Out of nowhere, a giant dragon of ice appeared as it roared loudly.

Everyone was astounded that he had created such a thing without the use of Imperial Arms. Even more so since he possessed a power Esdeath has. Even she was surprised by this. "What the? He has the same power as I do?"

The dragon suddenly charged at the Ice Cavalry and easily destroyed several of them. The soldiers couldn't believe what they saw. "No way! That guy just took out some of the Ice Cavalry with one attack. With an ice dragon danger beast at that!"

Lyon slammed his fist into his hand again. "I'm not done yet!" He sent his hand out again. "Ice-Make: Snow Tiger and Snow Ape!" Both a large ice tiger and ice ape suddenly appeared and they roared as well. "Take these horrid creations out now!" Both beasts rushed over to the remaining Ice Cavalry and smashed through them just as easily as the dragon did before.

Esdeath only stared in disbelief at what she just saw. "No…my Ice Cavalry was destroyed just like that?"

Every soldier on the battlefield shared her reaction. Tatsumi couldn't believe it. "Oh man. It took everything we had just to destroy them and this guy just took out the whole lot of them with three attacks."

Shelly giggled as she knew why Lyon was riled up in the first place. "When it comes to ice make magic or anything similar, Lyon can't help but try to prove his is the better one."

The soldiers of the Empire were a bit afraid that one lone man was able to destroy the Ice Cavalry with ease and had a power similar to the Empire's strongest. One soldier stepped up while being scared. "Come on! They're only a small group! They can't take on an entire army! Charge!" He started running over to the wizards. The rest of the soldiers followed his lead and yelled their battle cries.

Orga loved their attempt. "Looks like we got company heading our way."

Jura started to calmly walk toward them with a smile on his face. Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army thought he was nuts going into the battlefield by himself. "Seeing Lyon in action makes me want to have a go myself." He stopped as he saw the enemy soldiers approaching him. He put his hands together. "Let's even up the playing field shall we?" His magic power began to rise and the ground started to shake violently.

The enemy soldiers stopped running and looked down to the ground wondering what was happening. "What's going on? Is it an earthquake?"

Even the two generals felt the strong shaking from where they were standing. "What's happening? The entire ground is shaking."

Jura knew it was time to attack. "Rumbling Fuji!" Cracks suddenly appeared throughout the ground and a colossal eruption appeared from underneath with an earth-shattering boom. The eruption managed to hit most of the army before them while they screamed.

It was rare for Esdeath to be in awe for seeing such a powerful attack. The same with Budo. "What a terrifying power this man has."

Orga chuckled at what he saw. "This war is going to a hell of a lot easier since we got a Wizard Saint on our side."

Once the eruption was over, the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army saw how large of a gap there was from the enemy's side. "Holy crap! That big guy took out most of the soldiers in one attack!"

"Who the hell are these people?!"

"Glad they're on our side."

Esdeath almost had no words to describe what she was seeing before her. "No…that much of our troops defeated with a single attack?"

Jura smiled at what he had accomplished. "Now then everyone! Spread out now and take out as many as you can! We are in a war after all!"

Everyone one of them nodded at his command and went into different directions. Some formed groups like Lyon, Shelly, Toby, and Yuka. Sherry suddenly stopped and opened her hands. "Guess there's no need to hold back now." The ground beneath her began to move and rose up as it took shape of some rock golem. "Doll Attack: Rock Doll!" Her puppet roared as it made its way to some of the soldiers.

Needless to say, they were freaked out. "What is that? Can she make danger beasts out of the ground?!"

One of them was instantly taken out by Toby. "What's a danger beast!? Tell me!"

Yuka sighed. "They can't really tell you if you knock them out you know." They saw the mass of soldiers before them. "Well better get to work then."

Toby was already ahead of him. "Super Paralysis Claw: Mega Mega Jellyfish!" He ran past several of the soldiers as he slashed them. They then fell down to the ground.

"What the hell? What is that?"

The other soldier didn't have an answer for that. "I don't know just get that guy!"

"I don't think so!" The soldiers were blown away by a powerful blizzard coming from Lyon. He joined up with Toby and Yuka. "Remember not to get separated!"

Yuka didn't need to be reminded. "Got it but if you ask me despite the greater numbers, these guys are laughably weak." He sent out spades of his wave magic onto the next group of soldier closest to them. Shelly was swatting them in droves with her rock doll.

Yukino was running into her group of the enemy while she pulled out her golden gate key. "Now…" She stopped and raised the key high. "Open Gate of the Paired Fish!" A bright flash appeared and two giant fish appeared out of nowhere flying through the air. "Pisces!" They bellowed upon release.

Naturally, the enemy soldiers were freaked out by this. "What the hell?! She just summoned two giant fish danger beasts!"

Yukino pointed her key at them. "Now Pisces, attack them!" The two fish charged at them and went straight through the enemy flanks. There wasn't much they could do against two giant strong fish.

One of the soldiers didn't know what to do. "Come on. How are we supposed to fight giant fish?"

Yukino's key began to glow. "Now Pisces! Change form!"

The two fish began to glow and changed form. What took their place were two human-like beings. A mother and her son. The mother narrowed her eyes at the enemy before her. Again the soldiers were freaked out a bit. "What the hell is going on?! Those fished turned into humans!"

"I've never heard of a danger beast doing that before!"

The mother narrowed her eyes at the enemy before her. "Looks like we're going to have our work cut out for us."

The son nodded in agreement. "Yeah. Let's take them out mom!"

His mother sighed at that. "I'm not your damn mom!" The mother held her hand out while the son put his trident out in front. The sign for Pisces appeared and a massive water attack appeared out of it. The powerful torrent stuck a large amount of the enemy soldiers as they were swept away from the currents.

In another pair, Orga and Rufus were itching to let loose. Orga laughed as he put his hands together. "Oh, I'm going to have so much fun with this." Black lighting began to emit from hands and forearms. The soldiers prepared for what kind of attack he would do. "You guys are in the way so I'm gonna need for all of you to clear out!" He placed his hands out. "Lightning God's Charged Particle Cannon!" Orga unleashed a massively powerful electrical attack onto the group of soldiers before him and took out a very large sum of them while they screamed.

Few of the soldiers left were terrified of his power. "No way. That guy has a power similar to Great General Budo?!"

"First general Esdeath and now Great General Budo? Who the hell are these guys?!"

Rufus grabbed the tip of his hat. "Who we are is of no concern to you. After all, most of you will be nothing more than a forgotten memory." He swept his arm in front. "Memory-Make: Shrine of the Turbulent Fang!" Several twisters appeared before him. The twisters instantly went through many of the soldiers before them. All of them combined together to create one massive tornado that created exceedingly large amounts of damage to the enemy soldiers all around. He wasn't done yet as Rufus outstretched his arm with his finger extended right at what remained of the enemy. "Memory-Make: Sword of Frozen Black Lightning!" Numerous black lightning bolts descended from the sky and struck multiple enemy soldiers. As they struck, large ice spikes appeared as a result. The attack made quick work of the enemy. Rufus smiled at the battle. "I have no memory of fighting an enemy this pathetic."

Orga laughed in agreement. "Yeah, no kidding. The dragons we fought back in Crocus were more of a challenge than these chumps. What do you say we clear out the rest?"

The two generals clearly saw what happened and had no clue what to think about it. "A person who can combine attacks such as my ice and your lighting?"

Even Budo was unnerved by this. "That's a powerful ability that young man possesses."

Suddenly several large explosions caught their interest and looked over to one part to see several more powerful explosions. The attacks manage to take out large numbers of their soldiers and what lied before them was Minerva. Some of the soldiers were scared out of their mind from seeing her magic. "How is she doing that? Is this woman a witch or something?"

Minerva smiled as she chuckled at that statement. "Witch? No, I'm not a witch but I was a demon at a point. Technically I'm still part demon. Now then…" Her magic suddenly increased and she waved her hands in a circular motion. "Niel Wielg Mion Terse Elcantaeus: Yagdo Rigora!" A giant demon looking statue of stone appeared with various designs on it appeared. In the next second, the statue exploded creating a monumental explosion that struck all of the enemy soldiers in front. The attack pretty much wiped out many of the soldiers before her. She smiled at the result. "I guess I can call this repentance for what I've done earlier."

Esdeath just stared in disbelief at what just happened. "Our soldiers…."

"Are being wiped out completely." Budo finished.

They heard several loud booms off to their other side and turned to see many of their troops being launched into the air easily while screaming. The booms were consistent all over. Upon a closer look, a lone woman was the one doing it. "Get out of my way!" Kagura swung her sword around the force behind the attack managed to blow away the numerous soldiers around her.

A few of the soldiers were pretty afraid of her. "What the hell is this chick? Is she a monster?"

"Not only that but take a look at her sword. It's still in the sheath. What kind of a person fights like that?"

Kagura glared at the remaining enemy soldiers. "All of you will not stop me from saving my little sister!" She swiped her sheath at the soldiers in front of her. "Slashing Form!" The force of the attack went through the enemy soldiers and cut through the top of the wall with ease.

Budo and Esdeath saw the very thing not too far from them and they couldn't believe it. "How is that possible? That woman managed to cut through the Imperial wall with ease."

Esdeath looked down toward Kagura and glared at her. "And she did that with her sword still in its sheath. What terrifying skill she has. Maybe even more so then Akame from Night Raid."

Bickslow laughed as he held his hand in front. "Alright babies! Time to do some damage!"

"Damage damage!"

His five dolls flew over the enemy soldiers while hit them with their magic beams creating small explosions. Bickslow raised his hand and they returned to him. Some of the soldiers groaned. "Just what the hell are those things? Some kind of Imperial Arms?"

Bickslow heard that comment. "They're not some arms pal. They're my babies." He pointed at the enemy soldier in front. "Now Baryon Formation!" His five dolls went into a pentagon formation and fired off a massive powerful magic attack at the enemy soldiers.

The some that did survive rushed over to him with their weapons ready. However before they could reach him, Evergreen suddenly appeared before them. She smiled at them. "Let's make this a bit easier shall we?" She removed her glasses and her eyes glowed. What happened in the next second was that those that did look into her eyes turned to stone.

The ones who remained were surprised to see such a thing. "That woman freaking turned our men into stone!"

Evergreen giggled when she heard that. "That's not all I can do." Wings appeared from behind her back and flew up into the air. She spread her arms out. "Fairy Machine Gun: Leprechaun!" Countless needles of light appeared in front and rained down upon the enemy soldiers. "Don't even assume I'm done yet." The soldiers didn't know what she meant by that until they saw streams of gold dust flowing around them. "Fairy Bomb: Gremlin!" The dust ignited and streams of powerful explosions overtook the enemy soldiers. Evergreen was pleased as to how easy her enemy was. "There may be many but they easily go down."

"Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel unleashed his breath attack toward the enemy in front and easily took out a large number of them out. The soldiers that were fighting against him were completely helpless.

One of them took a chance and attacked him while he was distracted. He yelled as he swung his sword directly. Gajeel turned just in time for the attack to happen. The soldier felt like his attack hit but when he looked at his sword, the blade was completely gone. He was shocked by this and turned around to see the iron dragon slayer chewing on his sword and then swallowing it. His mouth was wide open with surprise. "This guy just ate my freaking sword!"

Gajeel spit and pulled back his arm. "Iron Dragon's Club!" He thrust his arm forward and it transformed into a club striking the soldier in front of him. Gajeel retracted it and grinned. "I got say you guys ain't all that smart now are ya?" He brought up his arm and transformed into a sword and swung it at the enemy soldiers behind him. "Iron Dragon's Sword!" His attacks managed to put many more soldiers out of commission.

Levy made a few gestures with her fingers and a word appeared in front of her. "Solid Script: Bullet!" Large amounts of energy bullets came out of the word and struck the enemy soldiers in front of her. However, some still manage to survive and tried to attack her. Luckily Lily appeared from above and was able to strike him down. She sighed in relief. "Thanks Lily."

The exceed turned to her. "Just be careful not to bite more than you can chew. Gajeel and I will help you."

Levy nodded at his words and the two went back to back. She made another gesture with her finger. "Solid Script: Storm!" A word appeared in front of her and it became powerful gusts of wind that swept away the surrounding soldiers.

The soldiers who were facing against Lily had no idea what they were even fighting. "What is this thing? A cat?"

Lily just glared at them. "I'm not a cat!" He charged straight at them as his sword doubled in size and launched a powerful attacking swing at the soldiers in front of him. "I'm an exceed!" His attack managed to send multiple of the soldiers flying away.

While all of this was going, Najenda and the rest of the Revolutionary Army couldn't help but stare in awe at what the wizards were accomplishing. Just by them alone, they were able to defeat the Empire army in spades with little effort. "It's incredible. They're actually driving their forces back." A very strong realization hit her. "So this is the power wizard guilds have. Wendy was only one part of something even bigger than what any of us can imagine." As powerful as they were, it was still the Revolutionary Army's fight as well. A new burning fire ignited within her. "Well, what are all of you waiting for!? Assist the wizards and drive back the enemy now! This is our chance!" Tatsumi nodded at the command and shouted his own battle cry. The rest of the army did so the same and began to charge right at the enemy. As they were doing so, Najenda noticed that one of the wizards have yet to make their move. She looked over to Laxus who was standing still with his arms crossed as if he were waiting for something to happen.

Tatsumi rushed over to Gajeel's group and managed to take out some of the enemies. Gajeel noticed his entrance. "Who or what the hell are you?"

Tatsumi turned to him. "Tatsumi and I'm one of the people who looked after Wendy. Judging from what you're using, I'm guessing you're Gajeel the iron dragon slayer. She told us some things about you."

The iron dragon slayer grinned at that. "I hope it was the better ones." He turned away to face some of the enemy soldiers that were left. "Alright then kid…" His arm became a sword again. "Let's take these bastards out!"

While over Yukino's side, her spirit's attack started to behave quite strangely. Next thing she knew multiple water dragons came out of their attack. "That's strange. I don't remember Pisces' attack working like that before." She suddenly heard footsteps behind her and turned back to see one of the Revolutionary Soldiers approaching her. She couldn't help but feel a bit nervous. "Was that your doing?" He just nodded at the question. "Are you here to help?" Again he nodded. "He's not much of a talker I suppose." Talkative or not, she was glad to have some help. She turned to her spirits. "Pisces! This man is going help us! Work together with him!" Both spirits turned to her and nodded. They launched another torrent of water at the enemy soldiers. Yukino's new ally brought up his hand and out of Pisces' attack came out a large water snake striking the enemy even further. She was quite curious as to how that was happening. "How are you doing that?" He brought up his hand and showed her his Imperial Arms. Water Dragon Possession: Black Marlin. She had the idea now. "Oh I understand. That ring must allow you to take control of water." Again he nodded. Yukino smiled at the thought that now her attacks will be even stronger than ever. She turned to the soldier still remaining in front. "I'll be counting on you."

Kagura finished off another group of the enemy ease. They were helpless as they couldn't get even close to her. That still didn't stop some of them trying. As a few charged toward her, some of them were cleaved in half by Belvaac. The others were cut apart by Extase. The axe returned to its owner and the two female Imperial Arm users came to her side. The sight was less than pleasing to Kagura. "Well, that was…something."

One of them grinned at her. "I have to say, you're making quick work out of these guys. First one of you completely destroys the Ice Cavalry then all of you just start making the Empire's army look like a bunch of amateurs."

Kagura turned away from them. "If you wish to help fine but stay out of my way."

The Extase user smiled at her. "Fair enough."

Just before all three could attack again, multiple strange orbs appeared and exploded onto the enemy soldiers before them, Kagura knew whose magic it was. "My what do we have here?" All of them turned to Minerva who was approaching them. "Mind if I join in? I'm sure we'll get done quicker this way."

Kagura just glared at the other woman but looked away. "I'll tolerate your presence for now but don't you think I've forgiven you for what you've done to Millianna. I'm only doing this because Yukino asked me to and because my younger sister is in the middle of all of this."

Minerva closed her eyes. "That's fine. I don't expect you to anyway. Although with the two of us together, it might be a bit unfair to the enemy."

The other two girls thought they were joking. "You're kidding? We're up against an army and you think that's unfair?" The Belvaac user wondered.

Minerva chuckled. "Well I suppose if Erza was here then it really would be unfair to them. You should've seen our battle back in the Grand Magic Games." All four turned to the enemy before them. "Shall we start now ladies?"

Jura kept taking out the enemy soldiers with ease. They couldn't do much against an opponent who could control the very earth itself. He extended his hand forward and made several gestures with his finger. The ground suddenly shattered beneath him and rocks of various sizes floated in front of him. "Rock Avalanche!" All of the rocks were sent forward to the soldiers and they were hit by them. If that wasn't bad enough, when the rocks crashed back into the ground, multiple explosions occurred everywhere and took out more of the soldiers.

One of the shoulders didn't know what to do. "This is insane. This guy is worse than any danger beast."

One of the others had to agree. "No kidding but we still have to keep going!" Several of them charged right at the wizard saint.

But before any of them could reach him, Susanoo appeared from behind and swung his weapon at the soldiers with his rotating blades. Needless to they were pretty much dead. Jura had never seen something so violent before. "Well that was a tad excessive I might say. Still, thank you for the assist. Who are you exactly?"

The human Imperial Arms turned to him. "I am the Imperial Arms Susanoo and I took part of looking after Wendy."

Jura smiled at that. "I see. Thank you for doing. Let me repay the favor by disposing of this opposition in front."

Both of them looked forward the remaining enemy. Susanoo narrowed his eyes at them. "Understood."

Lyon prepped his next attack. "Ice-Make: Eagle!" He unleashed several ice eagles at the enemy and they were taken out quickly. The same could be said for the three other Lamia Scale members. "Well they may not be strong but we still have a lot of ground to cover."

"Why are there so many of them!" Toby asked before slashing another soldier.

Just before another one of them could get the jump, he was struck by an arrow. Not soon after that, a hail of arrows started to rain down upon the enemy. Naneya landed in the center of them. "Who's this girl?" Yuka wondered.

Naneya noticed the symbol on Lyon's chest. "Hey I've seen that mark before. Do you know Wendy by any chance?"

Hearing that caught their interest. "How the hell does she know about Wendy?!"

To Yuka, the answer was simple. "Obviously, she met her somewhere sometime."

Naneya nodded in agreement. "Yes. Let me help. I'm a pretty good shooter."

Lyon nodded as well. "Very well. It doesn't hurt to have a bit more help."

Naneya was glad to hear that. "Thank you." She turned her bow to the enemy before her. "Don't worry father. I'll avenge you yet."

With both wizards and Imperial Arm users working together, the Empire army was starting to falter and pushed back. A sight Esdeath wasn't too pleased to see. "What the hell is this?! This isn't how it's supposed to go!"

Budo narrowed his eyes at the situation. "It seems those other worlders are more powerful than we thought."

Esdeath didn't care about that. All she did care was having her fun back. "Well, I'll show them what happens when you make a mockery out of the Empire!" She held her hand out and created her Ice Cavalry again. "No matter how many times they destroy my ice soldiers, I can always create more. They can't keep it up forever."

Little did she know, Rufus saw them being created. He smirked at the sight. "Memorized."

Esdeath wasn't giving up on this battle just yet. "Now my ice soldiers! Attack the enemy and show them your strength!"

They started to charge at the different groups. Upon seeing them again, Lyon was mad. "How much do I have to see these horrid creations? They are a mockery to my magic!" He put his hands together. "Ice-Make: Snow Dragon!" Lyon put his hands forward and his attack emerged as they destroyed the Ice Cavalry again.

Seeing them gave Shelly an idea. She dispelled her Rock Doll and landed back on the ground. "I think these will make excellent puppets." She held her hands in front. "Doll Magic!"

The ice soldiers stopped in their tracks and turned around to face the enemy soldiers. They didn't know what was happening. "What's going on?" Why aren't they going over to them?"

Shelly giggled at their confusion. "Because I control them now. Go on my lovely ice dolls. Attack them!" They followed her orders now and stuck the enemy soldiers.

Gajeel and the others saw the ice soldiers headed to them as well. Tatsumi readied himself. "Here they come."

The iron dragon slayer wasn't too worried. "Time to break the ice." Gajeel and Lily charged at them while Levy stood behind.

She made a few gestures with her fingers. "Solid Script: Fire!" The word fire appeared in flaming text and fire erupted out of it as it struck several of the ice soldiers. They quickly melted away.

Gajeel's arm changed form. "Iron Dragon's Club!" He sent his attack through some of the ice soldiers as well.

Lily swung his sword at the remaining ones. "Out of our way!" His sword managed to destroy the remaining ice soldiers.

Tatsumi was astounded by what he saw. "Oh man. They're so awesome!" He quickly realized something. "Right I got to do something as well."

Jura and Susanoo saw the Ice Cavalry coming to them as well. The wizard saint made some gestures with his finger. "Iron Rock Wall!" Several large pillars erupted from underneath the ice soldiers and instantly destroyed them.

Kagura used her magic on the Ice Cavalry that was headed toward them. "Gravity Change!" The ice soldiers were suddenly sent up into the air. While she jumped to some of them, Minerva already sent her magic to the others. "Slashing Form!" With one swipe from her sheathed sword, she was able to destroy her targets. Minerva's magic managed to destroy her targets as well.

The two female Revolutionary soldiers were in awe at what they saw. "I've got to learn that someday."

Bickslow cackled. "Alright babies!" He held his hand in front. "Line Formation!" His dolls stacked on top of each other and glowed. They sent out a line of magic and cut through the ice soldiers ahead.

Evergreen sent out more golden dust particles that surrounded the remaining ones. "Fairy Bomb: Gremlin!" The dust exploded and destroyed the Ice Cavalry with ease.

Orga and Rufus saw the ice soldiers coming at them. Rufus just smiled as he placed his hand on the ground. "All of you aren't even worth of a memory to remember." Several bright cracks appeared from the ground. "Memory-Make: Karma of the Burning Land!" The ground erupted with flames coming out heading right toward the ice soldiers. They didn't stand a chance against the attack as it destroyed them completely.

Yukino saw the Ice Cavalry coming toward her. "Pisces!" The mother/son duo knew what she wanted and unleashed their water magic onto them with some extra water dragons coming out of it was well to deal extra damage. The whole unit was wiped out.

Upon seeing this, Esdeath gritted her teeth in anger. "How is this even possible?! The Ice Cavalry is supposed to be my greatest achievement! No matter, I can still create more!" She held her hand out again and more of the Ice Cavalry appeared. However, they were instantly shattered as soon as they arrived. The general gasped when she saw that. "What?!" She tried again but the same thing happened. "What's happening to my Ice Cavalry?!"

"I must agree with what Lyon had said before." Esdeath and Budo were surprised to hear a voice so close to them. They looked over to see Rufus standing beside them. "Your form of Ice Make magic is rather crude, primitive, and unrefined. Therefore, it is quite easy for them to be forgotten. I made sure that you can no longer use them."

Esdeath snarled at the man when she heard that and formed an icicle to kill him. However, the attack passed through him and disappeared. They didn't expect to see that coming. "An illusion?"

Budo heard Esdeath scream in frustration. "Damn it! This was supposed to be my war to enjoy and those people are ruining it!"

The other general took note of her behavior. "As long as I've known Esdeath, I've never seen her act like this before."

Najenda noticed it as well. "Esdeath is literally losing it. I'm not surprised since the one the thing she hates the most is her fun being spoiled."

Rufus decided to add insult to injury. "Allow me to show you a spell I remembered when I fought against Gray Fullbuster." He raised his hand. "Memory-Make: Line of Ancient Master Swordsman!" Up above the Revolutionary Army, countless ice soldiers were created.

Everyone looked above and cheered. "Hell yeah! We got our own Ice Cavalry now!"

Rufus smiled at what he had done. "Now my ice soldiers, commence your attack!" By his command, his own ice soldiers started to attack any nearby enemy soldier.

Seeing her own tactic used against her started to make Esdeath's blood boil. "Damn it to hell! They're mocking me!" She had no other choice now but use her other trump card. "I Didn't think I would have to use this so soon but something has to be done." She brought her hands together. "Now everything all around me will now come to a stop." Her hands started to glow. "Mahapadma!" In a single bright flash, everything around her stood still as if time had stopped. Actually, that's what she did. Esdeath froze time and Space. "I don't have much time when using this so I have to make this quick." She searched around for one specific person and she found him. Rufus. "There you are. Once I kill you, I'll be able to call upon my Ice Cavalry again." Before Esdeath could do such a thing, she was instantly struck by an unknown force. "What?!"

"I'm not letting you get away with this Esdeath!" To the general's surprise, Tatsumi was still able to move through the frozen space and both headed into the Capital. They crashed onto a rooftop and her power faded.

Budo looked over next to him to see the other general gone. "Where did Esdeath run off to?"

Gajeel was wondering the same about Tatsumi. He looked around and noticed he wasn't with them anymore. "What the hell? Where did that kid go?"

Speaking of Tatsumi and Esdeath, she groaned in pain as she held her stomach. "Damn it. How could anyone move within the space I froze?" Esdeath looked ahead to see Tatsumi in front of her. She figured something out. "Is it possible that Incursio had evolved enough to withstand the cold?" The general growled deeply. "So not only my Ice Cavalry was rendered useless, but now Mahapadma too? Damn these people!"

"I don't know what you were planning to do Esdeath but I'm not going to let it happen. Your fight is with me now!" Tatsumi pointed to himself.

Esdeath glared at him. "Fine if you have death wish!" She pulled out her rapier. "I'll use every ounce of the power I have to completely crush you!"

Back to Budo, he assessed the situation. "Esdeath is gone for some reason and we're losing to the enemy. I suppose it's time now." He took off his cape and jumped off the wall. He crashed landed into the ground and slammed his Imperial Arms together. "Now Adramelech!" Electricity started to emit out of it. The weather started to change all of sudden. "Advent of the Thunder Emperor!" Countless pillars of electricity suddenly appeared and struck multiple soldiers from the Revolutionary Army as well as the ice soldiers Rufus had created.

Lily was frightened to death by this. "Why is there lightning going off!?"

One of the bolts struck Toby and he was electrocuted. Some managed to dodge the attacks while other took the attacks like Orga. "Ha! Is that all you got?"

The attack stopped and it took out many soldiers of the Revolutionary Army. Najenda was suddenly worried. "So he's going into battle now."

Laxus who was standing still all this time was unfazed by what just happened. "About time."

Budo's trooped suddenly had an increase of morale. "Great General Budo has entered the battle!"

The soldiers cheered as he made his way. "Budo! Budo! Budo! Budo! Budo!"

None of the other Imperial Arm users dared tried to attack him since it would result in an instant death. Everyone was a bit worried. Almost everyone as Laxus started to walk over to where the great general was. The two slowly made their way to each other until they stopped in front of each other. Laxus narrowed his eyes at the great general. "It's about time you decided to come down here."

Budo gave an unrelenting glare at him. "You must be either very brave or very foolish challenging me to battle."

Laxus wasn't intimated by him and uncrossed his arms. "It's neither. You're just in the way."

Preview

The tide of war has drastically shifted to the Revolutionary Army and the Empire is losing thanks to the guild wizards from my world. While this was still going on, Cosmos confronts Suzuka of the Rakshasa Demons and a battle between executioners begins. Next time on the Dragon of Night Raid: The Wolf's Execution. I'm really glad Cosmos is on our side despite her unusual affections for me.

A/N: Yep. This is why I kept Budo still alive in this story.