A/N: Well, with Fairy Tail is almost being over and Takahiro (the guy who created Akame Ga Kill) starting a new work called Hinowa ga Yuku, I'd say this is a good time for another chapter update.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail and/or Akame Ga Kill. They belong to their original owners.

The Assassins of Fairy Tail

Job Seventeen: The Dragon's Memories Part Three

Everyone in Fairy Tail entered a new scene and found themselves in a room with the members of Night Raid and Wendy. They saw Najenda walking away from the rest of the group. "Our spies are currently investigating of what's happening in the Capital. Until we hear back from them, do not leave the base." She turned around to face them. ""Is that clear?"

Everyone nodded at her and few of the members went their own separate way. Leone turned to Wendy and smiled at the younger girl. "Hey Wendy, want to have a bath together?"

She, and the members of Fairy Tail saw the tired look on the young dragon slayer's face. "If it's alright with you Leone, I'm going to take a nap."

Wendy started to walk away from the older girl. Before she went too far, Leone quickly caught up with her and placed a hand on top of the younger girl's head. "Huh. Is it just me or did you get a little taller?"

Everyone noticed what Leone had said. Natsu and the others asked the same question. Wendy sighed as a reply. "Really? I haven't noticed." She continued to walk away from the other girl.

Just seeing this scene alone made Lucy a little curious. "I don't get it. Why is Wendy acting that way?"

Leone sighed the same way Wendy did. "What you're seeing now is three months after we completed our mission back in Kyoroch. In total, she's been in our world for six months now." Everyone knew what that meant. This was the total amount of time Wendy had spent in their world and what's worse, they haven't seen what Chelsea meant by what the young dragon slayer experienced true hell. "During the trip back, Wendy was starting to lose hope. She thought she would never make it back to Earthland and never seeing all of you again. I heard her cry a lot of times when we slept in the same tent. Wendy was becoming distant toward everyone. I couldn't stand it. I wanted to do something for her but couldn't figure it out. That's when Akame gave me a great idea."

Gray raised an eyebrow at that. "What idea was that?"

The blonde grinned at the ice wizard. "You'll see. Check it out."

Just as she said that, the scene changed before them. The next thing they knew, everyone heard popping noises and saw confetti flying everywhere. "SURPRISE!"

All of them saw a large cake sitting on a table and heard Wendy yelp. "AHH!" After her initial shock, Wendy calmed down. "What's going on?"

"What do you think? It's a birthday party just for you."

"Birthday party?" Everyone in Fairy Tail spoke at the same time. Leone snickered while Akame and Chelsea just smiled.

"That's great and all but my birthday isn't until February."

"See, I told you we were early!"

Wendy still didn't understand what was going on right now. "Why are all of you doing this in the first place?"

Leone sighed and walked up to the younger girl. "Because all of us noticed how depressed you've been in the last few months. We know how much you miss your friends from your world." She stopped in front of Wendy and kneeled before her so the blonde could see each other eye to eye. Leone placed a hand on Wendy's head again. "Look…I know…we know you miss them a lot but remember we're here for you as long as you're with us. Even though we're not a guild, we still care for you. Some more than others." She turned to Chelsea and gave her a wink which confused the Fairy Tail members. Leone looked back at Wendy. "So what if it's not your birthday? The whole reason for this is that no matter what, we're always here for you in case you need us. Also, don't give up on Chelia yet. I know she's still working her ass off trying to reunite the two of you. Until then, you're stuck with us. Come on, what do you say?"

It took Wendy a few seconds to give Leone a reply. "Do we have any ice cream?"

Everyone in Night Raid smiled at the young dragon slayer while Susanoo chuckled. "I'll check to see."

As soon as Susanoo came back with the ice cream, everyone was enjoying themselves and having a slice of cake. When Wendy was given her slice, she looked at Leone. "Hey, Leone…"

"Yeah, what is it?"

"Do you…really think I've grown a little taller?"

Leone's response was her smiling

at the younger girl and ruffled Wendy's hair a little. ""I think so. Maybe just a little." The scene before everyone faded away into black.

Everyone in Fairy Tail quite enjoyed the scene they saw. Especially to Erza. "That was very kind of you to say that Wendy. And the birthday celebration was an excellent idea."

Leone was glad to hear Erza say that to her. "It was nothing. I was just trying to cheer her up, you know? I know living in our world isn't the easiest thing to do. Especially in Wendy's situation. Besides, like I said, it was Akame who gave me the idea."

Erza still had to give the other girl some credit. "Even so, you and everyone in your group was were there for Wendy. You said all of you weren't a guild but to me, and to most of us, you had the same principles as a guild."

Leone had never thought of it that way before. She was just trying to make Wendy feel better. While this was a little heartwarming to everyone, Chelsea just scoffed. "Enjoy it while you can because it'll go all downhill from here."

Lucy was about to say something when the next scene arrived. Everyone saw Wendy and the rest of Night Raid in a meeting room. On the table were a plethora of papers with writing on them. "Oh, wow. These requests are from the people?"

Lubbock picked one up for a closer examination. "They are and that's not a good thing. What the hell happened while we were gone?"

Akame recognized a few of some of the other requests. "It's just the people. The Revolutionary Army has given orders on this matter as well. This just proves what we have to deal is more than a job. It's a threat we have to take care of."

"I'm sure all of you are aware that our next targets to take out are…" She threw several photos onto the table. "The secret police force called Wild Hunt led by the Prime Minister's son, Syura."

"That guy is the Prime Minister's son?!"

"Makes you wonder what poor woman had to bear him. Especially from that fat bastard."

Lucy was just as surprised. "That Minster guy you guys talked about really has a son?"

Gray had a question of his own. "And what's this Wild Hunt?"

Akame opted to explain this time around. "Wild Hunt was a secret police force created by the Prime Minister himself to fight against Night Raid and the crimes they did were the most heinous and cruel anyone had ever seen. They practically did whatever they felt like without fear of consequences. There was even one time where they strung up the bodies of fighters from the Imperial Fist Temple upside down from the ceiling in their bare form."

Lucy felt chills going down her spine after hearing that. "Wow, that's…pretty scary, actually."

Chelsea had more to add. "Scary is a nice way to put it. These guys were the absolute we'd come across and they were the start of what would happen to Wendy to come." Everyone felt a little nervous as they have yet to see what would happen to the young dragon slayer.

They continued to watch the scene before them. "As you can see Wild Hunt is comprised of six members, Syura himself included. The other five are as followed. Izou: He is a swordsman who cuts down whenever he feels like it." Erza narrowed her eyes at the photo of Izou. "Enshin: another member who degrades women however he seems fit for them to be." Lucy gulped at the description. "Cosmina: From what our sources say, she was a witch convicted from where she came from."

Elfman thought that was just strange. "That girl is a witch?"

"Dorothea: from what we heard, she's an alchemist. Finally, there is the fat clown known as Champ. What reports say about him is that he violets children and then kill them."

Macao immediately grabbed Romeo's shoulder and held him close him. "Romero…"

Wakaba knew how Macao felt about that. "Man, that's seriously mess up." Alzack did the same by keeping Asuka close to him and Bisca did the same.

"These people are by far the worst we have ever heard of. Their most recent crime was killing a woman and her child and left them beyond recognition. Seek them out now and end their lives and if possible, take their Imperial Arms. Is that understood?" Everyone nodded at Najenda. "Perfect. Now then…send them to their graves!"

The scene shifted to another location to what it seemed to be a park that had tornado? "What's a tornado doing in a park?" Gray wondered.

"Sky Dragon's Claw!" And they already saw Wendy kick someone away.

Soon as she did, the tornado died out and two people fell to the ground. Natsu recognized who they were. "Hey, check it out! It's those Jagger guys!"

Lucy couldn't help but facepalm at his pronunciation. "It's Jaeger. It is strange seeing them here. What was going on before?"

"What the? Who the hell is the brat?"

"I don't know but she sent Champie flying."

"Figures. The fatass got his ass kicked by a kid."

Everyone turned to where they heard the voices and saw two people. Lucy recognized who they were from the pictures she and everyone saw before. "It's those Wild Hunt guys!"

"Looks like they found them fast." Gray quickly realized something about this. "Hold on." He looked back at Kurome and Run. "If the Jaegers are your enemy and so is Wild Hunt, why are they hurt? I thought they were on the same side?"

The answer was obvious to Erza. "You forget Gray. This is a world where one has their own side. Just because two factions on the same side doesn't mean they'll work together. There must've been a reason behind all of this."

They continued to watch the scene unfold before them. They saw Enshin pull out a sword. "Alright brat, I don't know who you are or where you came from but your life just ended!"

He swung his sword a few times and wind blades came out of it. All of them were headed toward Wendy. However, the young dragon slayer took in a deep breath and the wind blades that were coming at her were eaten instead. Her feat certainly surprised Cosmina. "How's that possible? Does she have some Imperial Arms that made her do that?"

Lucy really didn't blame her reaction. "Guess it doesn't matter what world a dragon slayer is in. They're always surprised when this see this kind of thing."

"Try this on for size!" Wendy inhaled deeply. "Sky Dragon's Roar!" She sent her breathe attack right at the two Wild Hunt members and an explosion occurred on their side.

After the attack subsided, Enshin stood up looking more pissed than before. "I'll show what happens when you challenge us!"

Even if Wendy was capable of handling herself, Lucy was still worried about her. "Can she fight against them by herself?"

Erza was about to answer when she and everyone saw the whole area go dark. Not dark but also silent as well. It faded quickly as it came but everyone in the area stood still from what they felt before. Out of the silent air, they heard the clacking of heels coming toward them. The Fairy Tail members saw it who it was. With one final step, the figure arrived at the scene and giggled while smiling. "So…mind if I join this party?"

Erza growled at the woman's appearance. "That woman, she's from Tartaros!"

Gray figured something else out. "Yeah, and she's the last one from that group. The question now is, what's she doing her?"

Lucy saw the bigger problem in this situation. "Nevermind that! A member of Tartaros is here! This is the last thing Wendy needs right now!"

The rest of them had to agree with her. Not only two members of Wild Hunt were here but also the last member of the Tartaros group that came with Wendy had arrived. They didn't know how Wendy was going to deal with this situation. "It's been awhile but we meet again…Fairy Tail. "If you're here, then that means Night Raid must not be too far off."

Wendy narrowed her eyes at Beatrice. "You were there back in the ruins along with the rest of the other Tartaros members."

"Yes and if I remember correctly, I was the one who was fighting your little friend while you were busy dealing with Rugoro." She walked into the middle between Wendy and Enshin. "You and your little group have no idea how much pain you have put me through which begs the question now…what should I do now since we're in this little mess that he…" She turned her attention toward Run. "Started in the first place."

"Hey!" Beatrice and the other members of Fairy Tail turned to Enshin who didn't look too happy. "If you're done talking, I would like to kill them now! If what you say is true and that brat is part of Night Raid, then that means she's our target. So either get out of the way or I'm going to kill you along with her!"

Beatrice was silent for a few seconds before promptly replying to Enshin. "Do you remember what I told you from before?" She formed a dark orb in her hand. "That I would kill you the next time I see any of your faces!" Beatrice threw the orb at Enshin and it struck him.

Her attack on the Wild Hunt member surprised everyone. "Now she's attacking them?" Lucy exclaimed.

Natsu had all sorts of questions about what he saw. "What's going on here?"

Enshin growled as he stood up from being knocked down by Beatrice's attack. "You fucking demon bitch! When I'm done with you, I'll make you beg like the whore you are!"

The demon just laughed at his words. "Really now? Big words coming from a human." She started to walk toward the two Wild Hunt members. "Hear me out on this one Fairy Tail. It seems we share a common interest for the time being. I'll deal with these two while you handle the fat clown."

Everyone in Fairy Tail was surprised when they heard the Tartaros demon offered to help. "You're going to help us? But I thought you wanted revenge?"

Beatrice stopped walking and smiled. "True, I do want revenge on you and Night Raid for what you've done. However, I have a personal grudge against these humans and their leader as well. One at a time I suppose. Plus as a bonus, I get to vent out my anger upon them." She released some of her power. "So, what do you say? Shall we show them the power of our world?"

This was something none of the members of Fairy Tail didn't expect to see. "Wendy and a member of Tartaros working together?"

Erza could understand Gray's confusion. "Yes. I believe there's a saying that goes the enemy of my enemy is my ally. That certainly applies to this."

"What the hell hit me?"

Everyone turned where they heard a new voice and saw someone standing up. Lucy recognized him from the picture she saw before. "It's that clown guy!"

Champ opened his eyes and immediately saw Wendy. He gasped at the first sight of the young dragon slayer. "Ohhh aren't you so fucking adorable! Let me play with you for a little bit!"

And already he was creepy to Lucy. "You have to get away from here." Everyone in Fairy Tail turned to Run who had a distressed look on his face. "You have no reason to either help me or Kurome. This isn't your fight."

"That's not true. Wild Hunt is our targets so I have a reason being here. Not only that but I can't just stand by while you and Kurome were in danger even if we are enemies. Besides, I may not know you that well Run but I can tell you're not a bad person like Wave and I'm sure Akame wouldn't stand it if something would happen to Kurome."

It didn't come as surprise for Wendy wanting to help out others. For her to help her enemies, she must've had a good reason. "You there, the teacher. Because of you, I remembered something that pissed me off. Back when I was with those little angels, they wouldn't stop crying for you. They just kept screaming teacher, teacher. It was annoying and ruined the whole experience!"

Lucy was confused by what she heard. "I don't get it? Do they know each other?"

Akame decided to answer the blonde's question. "From what we learned from this, Run was a teacher before joining the Jaegers. At some point, Champ must've killed his students which must've been children. That fitted Champ's target of choice. With Champ being a member of Wild Hunt, Run took the first opportunity to find him and avenge his students."

It was a sad tale for everyone in the guild to know. Wendy was right about him. Run was a good person. "I'll get you back for what you've done to me but before that, I'll make sure to do the same with this little angel and you're going to watch." Champ licked his lips.

"I'm not afraid of you. I'll make you pay for what you've done to the innocent people here!"

"You're going to fight me? How is a little angel like you supposed to do that?"

The wind began to form and swirl around the young dragon slayer. "Simple. I'm not an angel. I'm a dragon slayer!" Wendy engaged in battle against Champ.

The young dragon slayer got in a few good attacks on the clown. "What the…how are you doing that?" A thought came to him. "It was you! You're the one that got the drop on me from before!" He brought out six strange orbs. "Forget about taking my sweet time with you. I'll just kill you here and now!"

Natsu didn't understand Champ's weapon of choice. "What, is that clown going to throw some balls around at Wendy?"

"They're Imperial Arms." Everyone turned to Chelsea. "Those six orbs are called Ace Solution: Die Leaguer. Each orb contains an element power. Wind, electricity, fire, ice, explosion, and rot."

"These Wild Hunt guys can use Imperial Arms too?" Gray should've figured that out since almost everyone in the Capital can use them.

"Full Moon Wheel!" The Fairy Tail members turned their attention to Beatrice's fight against the two Wild Hunt members.

They saw Enshin form a barrier of some sort around him. Erza was curious about the weapon he held. "And what Imperial Arms does he wield?"

"It's called Moonlight Sword Dance: Shamshir." Akame replied. "It's power depends on the state of the moon and as you can see, it's power is wind."

"Too bad for you tonight is a full moon. When that's out, my Imperial Arms is at its best!"

Beatrice didn't seem to worried. "How cute. You think you can protect yourself." She held her hand out in front of her. "Silent Screamer!" A dark blast came out of her hand and it produced no sound. The attack went through Enshin's barrier easily and struck him. As soon as he was down, Beatrice turned her attention toward Cosmina who looked frightened. "I hope you're more than a pretty face. Show me what you can do."

Cosmina couldn't back out now and brought out a microphone. Her weapon of choice caught Gajeel's attention. "Take this!" She took in a deep breath. "Output: Full Power!" She delivered a powerful ultra-sonic attack at the demon.

The attack made everyone cover their ears. Natsu yelled out in pain. "What kind of microphone is she using!"

Gajeel cackled at Cosmina's weapon despite his ears being in pain. "Now that's my kind of weapon!"

In the next instant, Beatrice snapped her fingers and Cosmina's attack was instantly silenced. "W-What did you do?"

"Using sound attacks on me? Poor choice of a weapon on your part. My Curse power is…silence." Beatrice snapped her fingers again. "Silent Sky!" A dark pillar of energy shot up from underneath Cosmina and she screamed in pain but no sound could be heard from her. "There's an old saying. Silent screams are the loudest of them all and that saying is true when it comes to me."

Erza saw that Beatrice had the clear advantage over her opponent. She could also see how dangerous the Tartaros demon is. "Lighting Orb!" Everyone looked back at Wendy's fight. They saw the young dragon slayer being struck by Champ's lighting orb. He was surprised Wendy was able to survive so he threw another one of his orbs. "Ice Orb!" The orb struck Wendy and was encased in ice. "You chose the wrong opponent to mess with kid." He spoke too soon as Wendy easily broke through the ice. "N-No way!"

"Sky Dragon's Raging Storm!" Wendy launched her counterattack at the clown. Champ fought back by throwing another one of his orbs and became a tornado.

However, Wendy countered the tornado with her own attack but left her wide open for Champ's next attack. "Explosion Orb!" He threw a third orb at Wendy and it exploded when it came near her. "How's that feel huh?!" Everyone in Fairy Tail was worried about Wendy after taking an attack like that from up close. They were relieved seeing she was unharmed. Champ, however, was not happy. "All right then. Let's see how you like this!" He threw a fourth orb at Wendy. "Flame Orb!"

The orb was rapidly hurdling toward Wendy but then Run came in-between them. "Trump Card activate!" Run's wings transformed into light. "Divine Wings!" His wings managed to block Champ's and sent it back him.

"What the hell!?" His orb struck him and Champ's body was set aflame. He let out a painful scream before his body turned into a flaming skeleton. The sight was gruesome for the members of Fairy Tail.

"Thank you."

"Don't. I just did want I needed to. As far I know, I only just repaid a debt I owe you for saving both me and Kurome."

Everyone in Fairy Tail was glad Run saved Wendy. "Silent Boom!" They turned to Beatrice's fight which was still going and saw the demon unleash a dark silent sonic boom on Enshin. He was blown away from the attack and landed on the ground. They saw his eyes, nose, and ears bleeding out and wasn't moving. They came to the conclusion that Beatrice killed him. "And just like that, you're done." She saw Cosmina trying to run away from her. The demon wasn't going to let her escape and pointed her finger at the witch. "Silent Shot." She fired a single shot at Cosmina it went straight through her body. Cosmina fell on the ground dead. "And that's that." It didn't come as surprise she would kill the two Wild Hunt members. She was from Tartaros. Beatrice began walking back to Wendy and the two Jaeger members. "Well, that was fun. I kinda needed this exercise more than I thought." She stopped and looked at a random direction. "I know all of you are there. Why don't you come out now and join the rest of us?" As on cue, the rest of Night Raid appeared before the demon. "So, this is the Night Raid I've heard so much about and a lot of it none too flattering."

Beatrice just stared at Night Raid before leaving for some reason. "H-Hey! Hold on a second!" She stopped and looked behind at Mine. "You're just leaving? Just like that? What about getting your revenge on Wendy and the rest of us?!"

She raised a good question. Why was Beatrice leaving when her targets were in front of her. "You're right. I do want my revenge on the girl whose guild destroyed Tartaros and all of you which caused me so much pain. However, this is neither the time nor the place for such a thing. If we are to meet again, it'll be on my own terms. Of course, all of you are welcome to attack me if you dare so." She let out some of her power which made Night Raid hesitant to attack her. It was a reaction she expected them to have and stopped. "Until then, Fairy Tail and Night Raid." She took her leave and left Wendy and Night Raid behind.

Erza knew there was something else the demon had planned. "Just what is plotting?"

Now the members of Wild Hunt were no more, there was only Wave and Kurome and things didn't look good for them. Kurome looked like she wasn't ready to give up and stood up. "We Jaegers will hunt down anyone who disturbs the peace! No matter who might that be!"

Akame drew out Murasame. "Prepare yourself Kurome!"

Before Akame and the rest of Night Raid could attack, Run intercepted once again and used Mastema to escape with Kurome. With them gone now, there was nothing else Night Raid could do except collect the Imperial Arms. In a way, their mission was a success if only partially. However, there was something else they had to deal with back at their base. "I'm sorry for acting so hastily before."

"It isn't something you should be apologizing to us. The boss will hear about this and knowing her, she'll be mad."

"I understand." The scene faded into black.

Lucy turned to Akame and the other former Night Raid members. "I don't get it. Why would your leader be mad at Wendy? You were able to kill a few members of Wild Hunt."

"It's because she saved our enemy." Chelsea answered. "Even if it was a good cause, even if Run and Kurome were in trouble, they were our enemies. In hindsight, saving them would only cause us further problems." Erza hated to admit it but what Chelsea said was true. "And Najenda did give Wendy one hell of a yelling. We heard it through the door when we came back. After that, Wendy was a little spaced out."

The next scene appeared before them and everyone was standing in front of a castle with soldiers marching out. "Looks like they're sending in more soldiers. That's a good thing. The less there are around the palace, the easier it'll be when we infiltrated it."

"Yeah…and it'll be easier to take out the Minister."

"Even though we still have the Jaegers and Wild Hunt to deal with?"

"Relax. Things have pretty much calmed down since Wild Hunt numbers went down. Still, that doesn't mean they're not up to something. This is an opportunity we can't waste." Lubbock checked his watch. "It's almost time for our meeting. Let's go."

Wendy and Tatsumi nodded and proceed to leave. "Uh…Tatsumi, Lubbock?"

"Yeah, what is it?"

"Why are you two wearing disguises like that?"

Everyone saw Wendy wearing a hoodie jacket but the two she was with…well, Leone was just laughing uncontrollably. Lucy was just weirded out. "What's up their disguises?!"

"Why's that Lubbock guy dressed a girl?" Gray asked.

Leone was too busy laughing at what Lubbock looked like. "I gotta admit, Lubbock looks pretty good as a girl! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!"

Chelsea couldn't help but laugh at what she was seeing. "I knew they had to go out without being noticed but I certainly wasn't expecting this." Even Akame was having troubling containing her laughter and was in a fit of snickering.

"It's so we don't attract attention. Even though we don't have wanted posters like the others, you can't be too careful."

After some more laughing, they continued to witness the scene play out for them. As of now, it was just Tatsumi, Lubbock, and Wendy walking through the streets of the Capital. "So Tatsumi…do you have any plans for when the war is over?"

"Good question. I haven't thought about it. What about you Lubb?"

"I've been running that bookstore for a while now. Maybe I'll turn it into a chain or something." Lubbock had a sparkle in his eye. "And then when the time is right, I'll ask Najenda to marry me!"

"Of course, you would say that."

Lucy was surprised Lubbock said that. "Wait, so he's in love with your leader?"

Leone snickered at the other blonde's question. "Yeah, you got it right. You see, Lubb and Najenda knew each from their Empire days. In fact, Lubbock served under Najenda when she was still a general of the Empire. When she left, so did Lubbock. He even faked his death."

Gray was impressed by how far Lubbock would go for his leader. "Man, that's some dedication he has."

Juvia had waterfall tears coming out her eyes. "I understand his feelings so well!"

"Wait. You want to marry Miss Najenda Lubbock?"

You don't yet? Wow, I'm surprised. Fine, then I'll tell you my tale."

"Lubbock was in love with the boss way back when they were both in Imperial Army and followed her since she defected."

"Don't freaking say it like that! It makes it sound so uncool!"

"Ohh so that's why you call Miss Najenda by her name. But if you love her that much, why do you keep peeking at the other girls?"

"I'm not having this discussion again!"

"Pardon me." Everyone turned to the new voice they heard and saw a cloaked figure walking to them. "Are you…Night Raid?"

"You must be the contact."

"Yes." The figure removed the hood and was revealed to be a woman.

The three followed the woman all the way to the palace of the Empire while taking secret shortcuts and passageways. "I have to say I didn't expect a resistance this far into the Capital."

"My father was once one of the Emperor's instructors but the Prime Minister accused him of having ulterior motives against the Empire and threw him and my mother into prison."

"Well, that makes sense."

"I guess even the palace has more supporters for the Revolutionary Army then we thought. How did all you of avoid being detected with what's been going around?"

"We've been very careful to avoid detection."

"So how does something like this even form?"

"All of us have united as an anti-Minister bureaucratic party supporting the Revolutionary Army."

"And you'll help us find a way to gather them inside the palace right?"

"Yes, of course. All of us can't live this way anymore. Living in fear."

"This is great. I can't believe we have support like this."

"Yeah but remember. We have to do this quietly as possible. We were chosen because of my stealth and your invisibility."

Lucy was glad they had allies from within. "This is great! They have even more support!" Despite her cheeriness, Akame, Leone, Chelsea looked like they were to be expecting the worse.

"And…also thank you for taking me along Lubbock."

"Hey, no worries. It's the least I could do after what you had to go through with Najenda. Is that still bothering you?"

"No, I'm fine now. I just…have to be more focused that's all."

All of them arrived at their intended destination. "This is it. Follow me."

They approached the building, Wendy stopped and gasped. "Wait a minute." The others stopped and turned to her. "I smell blood."

Tatsumi and Lubbock looked at the building after hearing Wendy say that. Lubbock then saw blood pool at the outside of the door. "That's not good."

The woman ran up to the building and opened the doors. She, Wendy, Tatsumi, and Lubbock saw piles of dead bodies scattered on the floor. "This isn't good. What happened here?"

"I don't know but we have to go. Now." One of the bodies started to inflate all of a sudden. "Move!" A blast occurred but they managed to avoid it.

"What was that?"

"Well, it took you long enough. I was getting a bit bored." They and the members of Fairy Tail turned saw a person sitting among the rubble with a devious grin on his face. "It was a pain finding these people but it was so worth it. It's finally nice to meet you Night Raid. You may know me as Syura."

Erza growled at the hearing of his name. "So this is the leader of the group Wild Hunt."

"Oh, what do we have here? A kid? I didn't know you took up babysitting. No matter. All of you still ended up in my trap."

"This was a trap?!" Lucy exclaimed while Tatsumi and Lubbock threw away their disguises.

"You're still outnumbered!"

"Oh, really?" Syura snapped his fingers.

Three figures came out from the bushes. Two of them Fairy Tail recognized as Izou and Dorothea from Wild Hunt but the third wasn't someone they recognized before. Tatsumi, however, did. "You? You're still alive?"

The unknown member giggled at him. "Did you really think you would be able to defeat one of the Rakshasa Demons that easily? I've been looking forward to meeting you again."

"That chick is one of those Rakshasa Demon guys?" Gray asked.

"So what's it going to be Night Raid? Surrender and die or fight and then die? Feel free to choose which one."

"How's this for an answer!" Tatsumi charged at Syura but a thunderbolt went in-between them and sent Tatsumi back. "W-What the…"

"It seems a few rats have found their way in."

Laxus narrowed his eyes as he recognized the voice. "So this is when he appeared."

The dust cleared up and everyone saw who it was. "Who's this guy?" Natsu asked.

"I don't know but he looks scary." Lucy spoke with a tremble in her voice.

"Well, glad to see you joined the party as well you old geezer."

"So, you're the one who led them here. No matter. I'll eliminate the enemy standing before me. Allow me to introduce myself. I am known as Great General Budo and I am sworn to protect his majesty from any enemy that threatens him!"

His name rang a bell to Gray. "Budo? I think I heard that name before."

"Najenda mentioned him while she was speaking to Wendy back in Kyoroch." They turned to Akame. "Budo was said to be equal to Esdeath's strength and had the loyalty of one hundred soldiers."

Lucy saw how bad the situation was now. "If that's true then…Wendy and the others…"

"All of you are villainous trash threatening the Empire and now all of you are finished! Prepare to face the wrath of my Imperial Arms, the Thunder God's Rage Adramelech! Now feel my power rebel scum!" He rushed over at Tatsumi and attacked him.

"Tatsumi!"

Tatsumi groaned after avoiding Budo's attack. "How did he do that? He didn't even touch me."

"Impressive. There aren't that many who can dodge my attack. I see strong determination in your eyes."

Tatsumi's response was stabbing his sword into the ground. "INCURSIO!" He transformed into his armor and took on Budo.

"Careful with that guy Tatsumi!"

Lubbock was suddenly punched by Syura from out of nowhere. "I'm going to have a lot of fun with you. The rest of you stay out of this. This one is all mine."

Wendy was indecisive which one of her friends needed her help. However, she was grabbed from behind by Suzuka and struggle to break free. "H-Hey! Let me go! Let me go!"

"My, aren't you a feisty one?"

Natsu was annoyed by how this was going. "Come on Wendy! Kick her butt!"

They saw Dorothea rushing over to Wendy. "Little brats like you need to be drained and pacified!" She grabbed the young dragon slayer by the arms and opened her mouth. Dorothea bit into Wendy's shoulder hard and they all heard her scream out loudly in pain.

Everyone in Fairy Tail were speechless when they heard her scream. It was as if the scene before them was still and all they could do stare in horror at what Dorothea had done to Wendy. During this, Erza recalled she'd asked earlier to Wendy. "I've been wondering about something Wendy. How did you…receive that scar on your shoulder?"

"I would rather not talk about it."

Erza also remembered something Wendy told her and the rest of guild from before. "Erza, about what you asked me before, about my scar, where I got it from, it serves as a reminder of what I had to go through in that world."

She and the rest of Fairy Tail continued to hear Wendy scream. Erza gritted her teeth and growled at the person who was responsible for giving Wendy that scar. "GET AWAY FROM HER RIGHT NOW!" She summoned a sword and charged at Dorothea. Erza swung her sword at the alchemist but she went through them.

"Erza!" She turned to Lucy who called out to her. "We're in Wendy's memories! We can't do anything because this has already happened before!"

Erza momentarily forgot about that. It was just…she felt like she needed to help Wendy to get out of this situation. Her sword vanished and had no choice but to see the rest of this scene to play out. They saw Wendy able to break Suzuka's hold on her by using her Arms spell and blew her and Dorothea away from her. However, Izou was coming at her quickly with his sword ready. "Now my Kousetsu, you shall feed."

He swung his sword at the young dragon slayer but she was able to block it fully with her bare hand thanks to her Armor spell. "Sky Dragon's Tempest Palm!" Wendy struck Izou away from her. After Izou was sent away, Suzuka came back and struck the young dragon slayer but Wendy came back with an attack of her own. "Sky Dragon's Aerial Arrow!" Suzuka jumped back to avoid the attack and then flung her hands forward. Her fingers stretched out all the way to where Wendy was and wrapped around her leg. "W-What is that!"

"She can do that with her body?" Lucy was very creeped out by Suzuka's abilities.

"How about you come down from up there?!" Suzuka swung her arms down and Wendy along into the ground. She retracted one of her hand's fingers and used her other one to bring Wendy to her. Once the young dragon slayer was close enough, Suzuka punched Wendy in the stomach.

This close up, however, provided Wendy the perfect chance to strike back at the Rakshasa Demon. "Sky Dragon's Claw!" She delivered her attack at Suzuka and managed to send her flying away from the young dragon slayer.

Wendy was able to stand again but then was attacked again by Dorothea. "Well, I have to admit you're the most interesting person I've come across upon. Not only you have the most delicious blood I've tasted in my life, you're also capable of doing attacks without the use of an Imperial Arms. You'll be my most favored test subject yet once I get my hands on you." Her words infuriated Erza to no end. Wendy attacked Dorothea back with one of her attacks. All it did was push her back. To make matters worse, Suzuka started to stand back up again. Dorothea ran toward the young dragon slayer. "You're pretty strong for a brat but I bet even you have your limitations." Both Dorothea and Suzuka were coming at Wendy from both sides.

"Sky Dragon's Wave Wind!"

And Wendy's attack swept them up and blew them away. "Are you freaking kidding me!?"

"How many tricks does this kid have?!"

After dealing with them, Wendy went right back to deciding of which of her friends she should help. She ultimately made her decision and ran into the direction where Tatsumi was. While she was running toward where Tatsumi was, Wendy saw a lightning bolt. She ran faster toward the fight and soon reached it. Wendy saw that Tatsumi was still fighting against Budo and jumped toward them. "Sky Dragon's Raging Storm!"

Her attack struck Budo when he least expected it. Wendy landed next to Tatsumi. "Wendy? What are you doing here? Where's Lubbock? What happened to your shoulder?!"

"I'll answer that later. As for Lubbock, I don't know. Right now, we have to focus on the enemy before us."

Just as Wendy said, Budo came out of Wendy's attack unharmed and stood before Tatsumi and Wendy. "You're the child I saw from before. I take it that you must be a member of Night Raid as well. That means you too must be dealt with accordingly."

"I'm not scared of you." Wendy spread her arms apart. "Arms and Armor!" Wendy and Tatsumi were glowing thanks to Wendy's enchant spells.

"If both of you are feeling confident, then I suggest you attack while you still can!" They did just that but before they could even get close to them, Budo raised his arms up and a powerful lightning attack erupted beneath them and they screamed as they were completely enveloped by the attack and everything went white.

When the scene came back, both Wendy and Tatsumi were heavily injured from their fight against Budo. Wendy then looked up and gasped. "Tatsumi!"

Tatsumi and everyone else in Fairy Tail looked up to see Lubbock falling along with Syura. Already Lucy had questions. "What happened to him?"

"Sky Dragon's Soar Charge!" Wendy took advantage of Budo's distraction and struck him as hard as she could. Wendy landed on the ground and turned to Tatsumi. "Tatsumi! Save Lubbock and get out of here!"

"But Wendy-"

"But nothing! Save him now! I'll hold Budo off while you make your escape." She saw Budo already standing up. "Just go! I'll catch up with you when I can."

Erza couldn't help but have a sinking feeling about what Wendy had planned. Tatsumi jumped into the air to save Lubbock. He managed to do that and escaped. Only Wendy was left to deal with Budo. "You have made a very foolish choice child. Do you think sacrificing yourself will help your allies?"

"I'm not sacrificing myself. I'll make it back to them no matter what. All I have to do is beat you!"

Budo stared at Wendy for only a few seconds. "Tell me this child. Care to tell me your name? There aren't quite many children like you."

"My name is Wendy Marvel and I'm the sky dragon slayer from a world called Earthland!"

"Ah, I see. You must be the one who defeated Esdeath. How surprising and that look in your eyes. Despite you being a child, I can tell you've experienced many battles. However, do you really think you have what it takes to defeat me?"

"I don't need to beat you. I just need to knock you out!" Wendy charged at Budo with everything she had. "Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang!"

Budo retaliated Wendy's attack with his own lightning covering his hand. Wind and electricity collided into each other without either side giving in. "You're powerful for someone of your age but in the end…" Budo increased the power of his electricity and overcame Wendy's wind. "You're still just a child!" His attack sent the young dragon slayer away into the air but he chased after her. He was above Wendy and struck her back into the ground with his piston part of his weapon while electricity added the damage even more. He landed in front of Wendy and saw that she was standing up even with everything he did to Wendy. "Despite the damage I've inflicted upon you, you're still able to stand. Impressive for a child of your age. However…do you honestly think you can keep this up? I can't imagine you lasting much longer."

"I don't care how strong you are. I will make it back to them. Like I told you before, I don't need to beat you. I just need a strong enough attack to knock you out and I have just the power to do it."

The wind surrounded Wendy and her appearance started to chance. Natsu smiled at what his fellow dragon slayer was going to do. "Alright Wendy! Kick his butt!"

"CHANGE MODE! ICE SKY DRAG-" Wendy gasped out of nowhere and grabbed her chest. It appeared she was in pain for some reason. She coughed into her hand and moved it away only for her eyes to widen in shock. "Blood? But I…don't…under…" Everything went dark.

Everyone had questions as to what happened. "Huh? What gives? Wendy was totally ready to beat the living daylights out that Laxus knockoff." Laxus questioned Natsu's comparison.

Lucy was equally confused. "What could've happened to her? Is she alright?"

Gray narrowed his eyes in confusion. "Just what was that all about anyway?" Erza had a worried look on her face about what happened. Another scene appeared before them. "Now what's going on?"

Everyone in Fairy Tail found themselves in the Capital now with a large group of people standing in front of a sign. Among them was Leone and the other members of Night Raid so they figured this was their part of their memories. Everyone looked at the sign and all of them gasped. Lucy couldn't believe what she read. "What?"

Gray was just as shocked at what he read. "Is this for real?"

Erza was horrified at what the sign said. "That can't be…"

Natsu gritted his teeth in anger. "Those bastards."

What they read on the sign said the following:

Public execution of the insurgent Wendy.

Time: 15:00

Executioners: General Esdeath and General Budo

After that, the scene went dark again. Everyone wanted questions about what they had just read. "Wendy was going to be executed!?" Lucy couldn't believe the young dragon slayer was in a situation like this.

Gray thought the same. "That's seriously messed up."

Just reading the word 'execution' made Erza feel sick. "Wendy…"

Natsu just roared out of anger. "That's it! I'm going to kick their butts!"

"Didn't I just say these are events that've already happened?" Lucy pointed out.

"If you think the execution was bad, you've yet to see the worst."

Everyone turned to Chelsea again and Erza narrowed her eyes. "What do you mean by that?"

Lucy became scared. "Seriously?"

Gray wanted to know as well. "Yeah, what's worse than Wendy being put up for execution?"

"Just continue watching and you'll see." Akame advised.

Another scene appeared before them. They saw Wendy lying on a bed in a cell. She woke up and took a quick look around where she was. Wendy winced in a pain and looked at her shoulder to see her blood had dried. "Oh look. She's awake."

Everyone and Wendy turned to the cell door where they saw Dorothea. Erza growled in anger at what the alchemist had done to the young dragon slayer earlier. "W-What are you doing here?"

Dorothea opened the cell door and walked over to where the younger girl was. "What do you think? I'm here to finish what I've started." She pushed Wendy down on the bed and was on top of her. "Your blood is just too good. I still can't forget the taste in my mouth. I want more of it. "I'm going to enjoy every second of tasting your blood and once I'm done, I'll use your body for all kinds of experiments just to see how it works." At this point, Erza was infuriated at Dorothea. She knew this was just a memory but she really wanted to lash out on the alchemist. The other members of Fairy Tail felt the same as her.

Before Dorothea could sink her teeth into Wendy's neck, she felt a threatening aura and turned to see none other than Esdeath. Everyone in Fairy Tail was surprised to see her too. The look Esdeath was giving Dorothea was similar to how Erza gave Natsu and Gray when they fought. "Get off of her right now if you ever value your pathetic life and don't you ever touch her again." And Dorothea did what she was threatened to do and ran off like her life depended on it. Wendy was able to sit up and was left alone with Esdeath. "Wendy…" Esdeath quickly wrapped her arms around the young dragon slayer and gave her a hug.

Lucy didn't know what to make of this scene. "Never thought I'd be glad to see her again after what that girl was trying to do."

"It has been a while since we've seen her." Gray added.

Esdeath broke the hug and smiled at Wendy. "I'm so happy and relieved to see you again even under these conditions."

"I don't care what you do to me. I won't join you."

"That's not important now. All that matters to me is…" Everyone saw Esdeath near her face toward Wendy's and were afraid of what was to come. However, Esdeath stopped and just placed her hand on Wendy's cheek. "Wendy…please be by my side. If you do, I'll make sure everything you've done will be overlooked."

"I'm sorry but I won't."

"You do realize what will happen to you if you don't take this offer. You will be executed. Just tell me anything you want to make you join me."

"Anything you say, right?"

Lucy already had a bad idea. "Wait, don't tell me she's actually thinking about this?"

"Yes. Anything within reason."

"Take me to Kurome. I won't do anything bad to her I promise." Akame quietly gasped when she heard Wendy's request.

"Fine. I'll allow it but if you do anything like trying to escape, you will be killed."

"I know that. I won't try anything that stupid."

"Then let us go." The scene faded away into black.

The next scene quickly appeared and Wendy was walking alongside with Esdeath. They approached a door and Esdeath opened it. When they entered the room, Wave and Run turned to them while Kurome was in a bed resting. Seeing Kurome on the bed made Akame worried. "Commander? What are you doing here?" Wave saw Wendy and gasped. "Wendy? Why is she here?"

"It's a request from Wendy. She wanted to see Kurome."

"And what does she want with Kurome?"

Wendy walked over to where Kurome was. "Please forgive me for doing this."

The young dragon slayer grabbed the covers and tossed them aside off from Kurome. "Why did you do that for?"

The young dragon slayer closely examined Kurome's body and checked her closely. "Her pulse is weak and I can tell there's been extensive damage to her body." She continued to stare at the bedridden girl. "Do you remember what you said to me before Kurome? How all of you know everything about me? The truth is that there's one thing you don't know about me."

Wendy placed her hands over on Kurome's body and they began to glow. "W-What are you doing to her?" The light glowed brighter and then in the next second, Kurome gasped deeply as she quickly sat up. Wave rushed to Kurome's side. "Kurome! Kurome are you alright?"

I'm fine. In fact, I feel so much better. I'm…not in pain anymore and I can breathe better." Kurome turned to Wendy. "You…just what did you do to me?"

"I removed every ailment that was destroying your body. You shouldn't be feeling any of the effects anymore. As all of you know, I'm a dragon slayer. However, my primary magic is different from the others. In my world, it's a lost magic known as healing magic." Wendy turned to Esdeath. "I'm done now. Can you take me to…my…cell…?" Everything went black.

Now everyone was confused. "What's going on? This is the second time that's happened."

Erza had the question as Gray. "What's happening to Wendy?"

The next scene arrived and they were back at the cell Wendy was in and so was Esdeath. "Wendy…what happened to you? Why are you suddenly sick?"

What Esdeath said made Erza and everyone else curious. "Wendy's sick?"

"I…I don't know."

"Well whatever it is, it doesn't matter now. I've fulfilled your request and that means you're ready to join with me."

Everyone held their breath as to what Wendy would say. "About that…I lied. I healed Kurome for Akame's sake. I have no reason in joining to your side."

Lucy was giggled happily when she heard Wendy say that. "I knew Wendy wouldn't go over their side. Way to go to stick it to her!" Akame had a small smile on her when she heard that.

"But if you do, everything against you will be dropped. You'll be released and I can give you the treatment you need. I've already made the preparations."

"And I still refuse! I won't join the Empire!"

"Then don't think of it joining the Empire. Think of it as joining me and we can be together!"

"I won't be with someone who only understands war and bloodshed! I'm already in love with someone else!"

Everything went silent when Wendy said that. Even the air was still. "I see…and I supposed it's the same person that gave you that bracelet."

Esdeath smacked Wendy to the floor and stepped on her arm. The general took Wendy's bracelet off by force and held it in her hand. "What are you doing?"

"If I can't have you…then neither can this person you spoke of since you will never see each other again." Esdeath froze Wendy's bracelet and crushed it completely. Everyone in Fairy Tail was speechless when they saw Esdeath do that. They all knew the bracelet was important to Wendy. It was the only thing she had left to remind her of Chelia and everything about Earthland and Esdeath just destroyed it all because if she couldn't have Wendy, no one would. "The most I can give you now is ending your life by my own hands. I will not let anyone else have it. Goodbye." Esdeath left the cell and left Wendy alone in the cell. What they saw last before the scene was Wendy gathering what was left of her bracelet and held them close to her and cried.

When the scene ended, Leone looked away. It was one thing for Wendy telling her that Esdeath destroyed her bracelet. It was another deal seeing it. The next scene appeared and they found themselves in the same colosseum Wendy fought in before. However, this time, they saw Wendy put on a cross for all to see and she looked like she had lost all hope. On the grounds with her were Budo and Esdeath. "The Revolutionary Army has caused great unrest with countless murderous criminals as their spearhead. They would even go so far as using a child to commit these crimes! Brandishing the blade of greed, they deceived honest people. They are nothing but a violent breed of assassins!"

Gray and the others looked to where they heard the voice saw the Emperor of the Empire. Alongside him was the Prime Minister. "Who's the kid?"

"Emperor Makoto. The ruler of the Empire." Akame replied.

Lucy was surprised to see the actual Emperor. "He's the Emperor? But…he's just a kid."

"Who's the old guy next to him?" Natsu asked.

"That's the Prime Minister, Honest. The one responsible for setting the Capital to what it was before." Chelsea answered.

"No matter what your numbers and no matter what falsehoods you may spread, we will not allow you to poison our city! Mark my words our great Empire will never fall!" The crowd cheered at the Emperor's words.

Natsu growled at the former assassins. "Where the hell were you when all of this was going on? You guys saved Wendy, right?"

They didn't look back at him. "About that…" Chelsea spoke. "Keep watching."

And so they did. "Are you prepared for this?"

"Of course, I am. I already said I'll be the one to kill her. I'll be taking her corpse as well."

"As we've agreed."

Esdeath walked up to Wendy and stopped when she stood in front of the young dragon slayer. She drew out her sword and pointed it at. Everyone in Fairy Tail held their breath and didn't know what happen next. "I don't think so!" A column of dark energy erupted from in-between Esdeath and Wendy.

Out of the hole came out none other than Beatrice which surprised the Fairy Tail members. "No way!" Both Gray and Natsu shouted at the same time.

"What is she doing here?!" Lucy really wanted to know.

Erza was also dumbfounded by Beatrice's appearance. "What's going on?"

"Sorry to crash your little spectacle but if anyone is going to kill the brat; it's going to be me!"

"You…how dare you come here uninvited and interrupt the execution!"

"A little mad are we? Sorry to say but as I've said before. If anyone here is going to kill the girl, it's going to be me. I still have a score to settle with her and you're not going to take that away me…Esdeath." Beatrice took in a deep breath. "LISTEN TO ME HUMANS OF THIS PATHETIC EMPIRE! I AM BEATRICE! I DO NOT ALIGN MYSELF WITH YOUR EMPIRE NOR AM I PART OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY! MY ONLY ALIGENCE IS TO THE DARK GUILD FOUNDED BY THE STRONGEST OF DEMONS E.N.D CALLED TARTAROS! MY LOYALTY LIES WITH THE UNDERWORLD KING MARD GEER AND I LIVE FOR THE IMMORTAL BLACK WIZARD ZEREF!"

"If what you say is true then you are an enemy of the Empire as well!"

"You must be the great general I've heard about. I hope that name isn't just for show."

"How dare you mock the title his majesty has given me!"

"Oh please. Your emperor is nothing more than a naive child being guided by a minister who will soon meet his end." Out of nowhere, a familiar flying manta ray flew over the arena. "Well, look who decided to show up."

"It's Night Raid! Everyone run!" The people in the colosseum panicked and started to flee in terror.

"Wendy!" The members of Fairy Tail head Leone called out to the young dragon slayer.

"Leone?"

With all enemies at every side, Budo cast his cape away and charged up Adramelech. Esdeath took countermeasures by creating countless ice swords at the Air Manta. "Mute Orb!" Beatrice's attack struck both generals and sent them hurdling into the wall. With the generals momentarily out of commission, Beatrice looked up at the Air Manta. "Hey! I suggest you come down here quickly while those two are out if you want to save your friend!"

Not once but twice the Fairy Tail members were surprised by the actions of the Tartaros member. "Wait, first she helps Wendy fight those Wild Hunt guys and now she's helping them save Wendy?" Lucy was confused by what was going on.

"I seriously doubt she had a change of heart." Gray commented.

"You're right." They turned to Erza. "I suspect the only reason she's doing this is because she doesn't want anyone else to kill Wendy but her."

Natsu yelled out in frustration. "I'm so confused right now! What's going on!?"

They saw Tatsumi in his armor jump off from the Air Manta and land near to where Wendy was. Beatrice snapped her fingers and the ropes that tied Wendy to the cross snapped. Tatsumi was able to catch her before she hit the ground. "Wendy. Hey, Wendy."

Wendy groaned as she saw Tatsumi and smiled. "Tatsumi…you're alright." And the abruptly end.

Seeing it end like that only made Natsu feel more anxious. "Wait, that's it? What happened next? I gotta know!"

Lucy also wanted to know. "Yeah, what happened after you guys rescued Wendy?"

Chelsea was silent for a few seconds before answering them. "Watch what happens next."

Just as she said, the next scene appeared before them. It all of Night Raid sitting at a large table with food in front of them and had concerned looks on their faces. Already, they didn't like what was going on. "I don't blame any of you not feeling hungry regarding of what we heard from Najenda."

"Just damn it! Why? Why her? She hasn't done anything bad. We're the ones with blood on our hands. We're the ones who murdered other people. So why? Why did this have to happen to her?"

"Leone…"

Natsu began to pull his hair. "Dah! What is it!? Come on, the suspense is killing me!"

And Erza struck him on the head. "Be patient Natsu. They'll explain soon enough." Erza was also concerned about what was Wendy's condition. It seemed things have been only getting worse for the younger girl as these events progressed.

They continued to watch and hear the discussion. "I know all of us are taking the news kinda hard but we have to move on to the next part of our meeting. It's about what happened in the recent events. As all of you have heard, Great General Budo was defeated in battle. As a result, the Revolutionary Army has gained massive support from neighboring allies. It won't be long now before we can take back this Empire."

"I have to admit I didn't expect that demon woman to come out on top fighting against the scariest pair the Empire has to offer."

"That demon woman fought against both of them at once and won?" Lucy knew she was strong but to be able to win against what was to be the strongest pair? She wondered what that battle looked like.

"Yeah, no kidding. I don't think no one expected her to win at all."

"Does the army even realize that Beatrice isn't on our side? I mean sure she beat Budo but still."

"That may be true but as long as someone takes down Budo, they'll take the opportunity at the given moment."

"Now that I think about it, Wendy was able to beat Esdeath first and now that demon chick beat both her and Budo. Is it because they're from a different world that they can do things like this?"

"We're getting off topic here. The point is that we're approaching the critical stage in the fight against the Empire. This demon was able to shift the tide of the war to our favor by one battle. However, the threat is still out there. Not only we still have Esdeath to deal with but Budo as well when the army comes to the Capital. We're going to need to give everything we have if we are to win. Now onto another topic, I would like to talk about Wild Hunt. Thanks to Lubbock, their leader Syura is now no more but we still have a few members left and who knows when they'll show up again. Now onto another topic, I would like to talk about Wild Hunt. Thanks to Lubbock, their leader Syura is now no more but we still have a few members left and who knows when they'll show up again."

"So that guy was dead back at that palace place." Gray spoke.

Speaking of which, have you learned how to use the Imperial Arms you stole from him?"

"More or less. I am starting to understand how it works, though. I just need a bit more practice with it."

Lucy didn't understand one part of this. "What happened to his previous weapon?"

"Cross-Tail was destroyed." They looked over at Akame. "During Lubb's fight with Syura, he'd used all the wires Cross-Tail had just to defeat Syura. However, that left Cross-Tail unusable and it was destroyed."

That came as a surprise to Erza. "So these Imperial Arms can be destroyed?"

"We didn't say they were indestructible." Chelsea commented.

Erza had to give that one to the other girl. "Well, I do believe that's all for now. We will be on standby for the next couple of days until we're called upon agai-" The door to the room opened and the Night Raid members turned to it to see Wendy. "Wendy?"

"Wendy!?" Everyone in Fairy Tail shouted at once.

"What are you doing here? Are you feeling okay?"

"I'm fine for the time being and I wondered where everyone was when I woke up. Then I smelled the scent of food that I thought Mr. Su must've made."

"Wendy…would you care to shed some light as to what happened to you earlier? From what the doctor told me, he couldn't find what was wrong with you. So what caused you to become sick?"

Now Lucy was more confused. "Wait, how can Wendy be sick if there's nothing wrong with her?" She would soon hear the answer to her question.

"About that…I know what it is." Everyone was waiting anxiously and some couldn't take the suspense anymore. "What I have is something called Magic Deficiency Disease."

Everyone in Fairy Tail couldn't believe what they heard. All of them had shocked and horrified looks on their faces. They couldn't even think at the moment they heard that. Lucy was the first to speak. "No…way."

"You gotta be kidding me!" Gray lashed out.

Erza was still riddled in shock by what she heard. "How…is that possible? How can she have…"

Carla's breathing stopped for a just second before it returned. She thought back to when Wendy was fighting against Budo. "So that's when it happened."

"No way…how's that even possible?"

"Do you know what that is Leone?"

"Kinda. I've first heard about it when Wendy and her cat Carla were attacked by this weird imp thing while they were out looking at the sites in her world's capital. Next thing I knew, I saw that they were bed-ridden for a couple of days. The same thing happened to three of her friends from her guild. Other than that, I don't know much about it."

"Judging by the name, I would guess it's an illness only from your world. Is that right Wendy?"

"Yes, it is. Allow me to explain. As all of you know, magic plays an important part in my world. Even more so for wizards. In fact, you can say that our magic is similar to our life force. Magic Deficiency Disease happens when a wizard suddenly loses all of their magic power at once and people have died from it"

"So if that's true…then that means…"

"It means my magic is starting to run out." That was something all of Fairy Tail thought they would never hear from Wendy.

"Hold on. You said that this happens when you use up all of your magic at once. There were plenty of times you used it to the point of exhaustion. So why is this happening now and why at such a slow pace?"

"I think I have an idea. Back when I was first going through the Other Gateway, I felt a strange sensation going through my body. After that, I was surprised that I was able to use my magic when I arrived in this world. Back at the palace where I was about to use my Ice Sky Dragon Mode on Budo, I felt that sensation again and I coughed up my own blood. After that, I passed out."

"What do you mean by you were surprised that you could use your magic?"

"As I've mentioned to all of you before, this world is similar to Edolas. When I first arrived there with Natsu, we couldn't use our magic because there was so little magic in it. After swallowing a special pill, we were able to use our magic. The difference between Edolas and this world is that there is no magic present and yet I can still use my magic. I think going through that gate allowed me to use my magic regardless of the magic not existing in this world. But now…I think that effect is wearing off. Since there is no Ethernano, magic particles in this world, I can't replenish my magic power. I suppose that's where Magic Deficiency Disease comes in. I believe this is a much slower version of it since my magic is slowly running out each time I use it."

"So in short, the more magic you use…"

"The weaker my body becomes until ultimately-"

"Don't you dare finish that!" Everyone looked toward Leone. "You're not going to die! Not ever! If you just need more magic, I'm sure we can find some to help you!"

"Leone…." They then looked over at Chelsea. "I know you want to help her but this is a sickness from her world. I doubt we have anything in our world to help her. Not even the Imperial Arms we have can help since they're not magic to begin with. They're made up of materials of danger beasts and metals that are natural. Even if they were, none of them can help since they were first created to destroy. Not to help a life."

"So what? We can't do anything to help her even though our world is basically killing her? That's bullshit and you know Chelsea!"

"It's not. You know as well as I do that we can't help her with this kind of thing!"

"Then she just won't use her magic anymore!"

"That's enough both of you!" All attention went toward Najenda. "I know you two want to help Wendy desperately but arguing won't solve anything. "Wendy…since we now know about this, what do you intend to do now?"

"I want to keep going." Her answer surprised everyone. "We're close to the end right? If that's the case, then there isn't much more to go. I'm sure I can make my magic last until we all see through this to the end. I know the risks but…I can't back out now after coming this far. Besides, there are still unresolved issues that I have to deal with."

"Oh, that's right." Tatsumi pulled out an envelope. "That demon threw this to me and wanted me to give this to you. She wanted you to have it." He set the letter on the table and slid it over to where Wendy was.

Wendy caught it and opened the envelope to read the letter inside. "So? What's it say?"

"She's challenging me to a one on one fight on the day of the revolution. It says that we should finish what our guilds started back in Earthland. The place where we should meet is where the fallen angels were forgotten in the black ruins. I don't know what she meant by that."

"I think that's referring to a church."

"Seriously? The Capital has a church of its own?"

"No. Unlike the Path of Peace, these churches don't affiliate with any religion. They are there for people who look for prayer of any kind. However, there is only one that is black and it is indeed abandoned. It's the Lost Angelic Church. It was primarily used to mourn those who people lost close to them."

"Wendy, you can't be serious about accepting that challenge?"

"I am. This is something I have to accept no matter what."

"Even as you are now? Who knows how much magic you'll have left when you do face that demon when the revolution does come?"

"Leone." The blonde looked back at Najenda. "Wendy has already made her decision. You will not change her mind." She looked at the young dragon slayer. "Am I right?"

Wendy nodded at Najenda. "Please Leone…I know you want to help me but when the revolution does come, you and everyone else will be busy with it. This is something I have to do on my own."

"Alright, you made your point. Just promise me that when you do fight that demon, give it your all."

"Always. Thank you."

"Glad we have all of this settled. Now that this discussion is over, we should start eating now since we obviously haven't started yet. Care to join us, Wendy?"

"Yes, please. I am feeling hungry." The scene faded into black.

After it ended, it left everyone in Fairy Tail with dread within them. Erza looked over at the former Night Raid members. "When you said Wendy would experience true hell, this is what you meant, isn't it?"

Chelsea glanced back at Erza. "That's right. From what happened at the palace, to Esdeath destroying her bracelet, to Wendy being put up for execution, to us knowing that Wendy had a disease that would kill her."

Leone had something else to add. "From the very start, when Wendy entered our world, it was already starting to kill her. Ironic, huh? Her magic is the reason she's able to survive in our world and yet when her magic runs out, she'll die." She couldn't help but chuckle. "But that girl still wanted to fight even if she did know the risks of continuing to use her magic."

Lucy clutched her shirt tightly after learning what Wendy had to endure in the world she was sent in. "Poor Wendy." She couldn't imagine what the young dragon slayer had to go through herself during all of this.

"We're still not done." Chelsea spoke. "There's still a lot more you have to see."

After seeing what happened to Wendy, everyone in Fairy Tail didn't know what would happen next. The next arrived and everyone in Night Raid was present. This time they were in a tent and were having another meeting. "Now, listen up everyone. The Revolutionary Army has given us our next assignment. As of late three of our encampments have been destroyed and the enemy has retreated just before reinforcements arrive. Our mission is to stop these attacks and deal with the ones who are causing these attacks."

"Who do you think is doing this? It can't be the Jaegers since they're still back protecting the Capital."

"It may sound crazy but I bet it's Wild Hunt. This looks like something they would do."

"So if it's them, how about we take the fight to them."

"Indeed we shall but looking at our current group, Chelsea isn't suited for close quarters combat. You're still learning how to use your Imperial Arms Lubbock and then…for now what we have are six capable of fighting them."

"So six of us against two of them. This'll be easy then."

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy. From what the reports say, the two Wild Hunt members, Izou and Dorothea are accompanied by a vicious monster."

"It never is with us huh?"

"If Wild Hunt is behind these attacks, this our chance to finish them all off once and for all. Leave none of them alive!"

"Yes, sir/understood."

The six members to do battle with the last of Wild Hunt began to leave the tent to prepare. "Wendy…."

"What is it, Chelsea?"

"Just…be careful out there. Especially since what's happening to you now."

"She'll be fine. She has all of us to look after her so don't worry."

"It'll be okay Chelsea. I can still fight."

The scene shifted to another location where they saw Wendy and the rest of Night Raid confronting the last two members of Wild Hunt and some sort of large monster lying on the ground. "Oh look. The rest of Night Raid is here and look who's with them. "Even you're here my sweet treat. Looks like I get to have more of your blood." Dorothea licked her lips. "Now that I have tasted your blood, no other will ever taste the same until I have yours completely!" Erza really wanted to lay the smackdown on Dorothea. "Well, since all of you are here now, I've given Cosmina more than enough power to devour the rest of you!"

She snapped her fingers and the monster sprang back up in response screeching. Gray recognized the creature and the name. "Cosmina? Isn't that girl who was with them and the one that Tartaros demon fought and killed?"

Now that he mentioned it, Lucy did recognize her. "Yeah and she looks like that now!? What did they do to her?"

Erza was outraged by this. "How could they do this to their own comrade? It's one thing to mess with the deceased but having one of their own look like this? Have they no respect at all?!"

Natsu growled at the two Wild Hunt members. "These bastards. Don't they realize she was one of them?"

Chelsea saw the irony in the question. "You two answered your own questions. It doesn't matter to them if one of their own is dead or alive just as long they'll prove useful to meet their end goals."

They continued to witness the scene before them. "What in the hell? Didn't Akame cut it with Murasame?"

They saw a gem of some kind on Cosmina's body shatter. "Is it a body double?"

"How the hell is this thing still alive?"

"The Philosopher's Stone. Well, I won't explain everything about it so I'll give you the short version. Just think of it as the ultimate item above everything else. It can even manipulate materials such as Imperial Arms. It's incredibly rare and only one in existence. In fact, just one taste of Murasame is more than enough." Everyone took up their positions and chose their opponents to fight. Mine, Tatsumi, and Susanoo were up against the monstrous Cosmina, Akame facing off against Izou, and finally, Wendy and Leone against Dorothea. "Such a shame you two ended up as my opponents. The girl's blood is what I want but yours…yours probably reeks like an animal."

"You're the one that hurt Wendy from before and gave her those scars. I'm going to tear you apart for what you've done to her! Don't worry Wendy. I'll take out this pipsqueak no problem. You just hang back and watch."

"We'll see about that. Once I'm done with you, I'll go after her next. I should have no problem beating a beast like you. Especially one dressed like a skank."

Leone went on all fours. "All right, that's enough. How about we start this already shorty?"

"Well, come on then! I won't move an inch!"

"I'll take that bet!"

Leone charged right at the alchemist. She threw the first punch but Dorothea caught it with unexpected ease and tightened her grip on Leone's hand. "Oh, what's this? What did I tell you? Alchemists don't lie." Leone cried out in pain which came as a shock to the Fairy Tail members who saw Leone in action previously.

"Leone!"

"Don't let my cute adorable charms fool you. I may not look it but I have the most strength out of the members of Wild Hunt. Well? Do you feel afraid yet?" Dorothea slammed Leone into the ground and created a crater underneath.

Lucy found it hard to believe someone could outpower Leone. "Just how strong is she?" Gray recalled how strong Leone was from what he saw. To see her like this proved to be surprising to him.

"I'm not done yet. There's no reason to rush this. Just sit there like a good little girl and see your friends meet their end. Don't worry I won't go after the other girl just yet. I want her to see you beaten into the ground some more before I kill you."

"W-Why you…"

"Akame may have killed Izou but right now she stands before my own special soldiers. There's nothing left for her except her death."

"When did that happen?!" Lucy exclaimed.

All eyes fell on Akame as she was facing off against several bulky bug men. They saw Akame fight against them and it seemed she had the fight easily won but her sword was stuck in one of the bug men and was forced to let go. Akame had no choice to but to use her bare hands to fight now. She proved she was no slouch in hand-to-hand combat and killed another one of the bug men. Akame grabbed one of their weapons and killed the remaining enemies. Erza was impressed seeing how Akame handled herself in the fight. They heard Leone laugh and turned to her. "Even though Akame wields Murasame, her skills aren't dependent on it. When that girl fights, she always targets her enemy's vital points. You can expect to see something like that first hand if she ever loses Murasame. In short…even without an Imperial Arms, Akame is still lethal."

And Lucy became a little more afraid of Akame. "I'm really glad she's on our side."

"She's not the only one either." Leone attacked as a surprise attack but Dorothea managed to avoid it. "As far as tenacity and toughness goes, I've got them both in spades. Thanks for the recovery time kid."

"You recover quite quickly. You'd make the perfect test specimen for my experiments."

"Alright, let's try this again." She rushed over at Dorothea once again.

"I've already proved I'm stronger than you and you still want to have a go at me? I guess you leave me with no other option. Once I grab ahold of you, this fight is over!"

Leone attacked the alchemist's arm which caused her to flinch. "You may have the advantage over me when it comes to raw power but when it comes to speed, I have you outclassed." And Leone was right. Dorothea tried to grab Leone whenever she had the chance but Leone always managed to keep out of her reach. Leone saw an opening and delivered a blow at the alchemist. "Even if you're powered up, a bookworm is still a bookworm. Did you really think that someone who only supported from the back could fight someone equally who spends most of the time fighting in the front lines?"

"Looks like I made the mistake thinking that the rest of you Night Raid members aside from Akame were nothing but small fry."

Dorothea reached underneath her skirt and pulled out a glass cylinder. "Where was she keeping that?!" Lucy asked.

"Allow me to show you what happens when an alchemist decides to get serious!" Dorothea set the cylinder down and pressed a button where gas spewed out of it. They saw Leone jump headfirst into the gas to end the fight quickly as possible. "Do you really think it's a good idea to jump into this gas without any sort of resistance to it? Speaking of which, this gas isn't poison."

Leone stopped her attack when she noticed something was covering her arm. "What the-is this stone?"

Dorothea took advantage of the opportunity and came in close at Leone. "It only lasts for an instant but that's all I need." She bit into Leone's neck. "The Fang Imperial Arm…the Blood Collector Absordex!"

Everyone heard Leone scream in pain. "Leone, no!"

Wendy tried to run to where Leone was but it was too late. Leone's screams stopped and dropped the ground. Her body looked like it was completely drained. Lucy recalled what Leone said before back at one of Avatar's branches. "That's the second worst experience I've had."

"Let's see how those other three are doing against Cosmina, however, I doubt they're doing faring well against her. Once she's done with them, we can take on Akame together." The attention shifted to the other fight. Tatsumi, Mine, and Susanoo were clearly having trouble fighting against the monster Cosmina. During the fight, Tatsumi took a hit for Mine and was injured. Mine retaliated by shooting at the monster Cosmina with Pumpkin. It seemed to do a good amount of damage but it wasn't enough.

That's when Tatsumi stood up once more with a determined look on his face and stabbed Incursio into the ground with the wind blowing out from him. "INCURSIO!"

A large dragon appeared behind him which surprised Natsu. "A dragon?"

"Where did a dragon come from?" Gray asked.

Leone laughed at the sight of it. "Incursio was created from an S-Class danger beast known as the Tyrant Dragon. It could survive the harshest of conditions whether it would be the hottest deserts or the coldest mountains. Even as being made as a suit of armor, it still alive within it."

Natsu was impressed by that. "That's so awesome!" The Tyrant Dragon wrapped itself around Tatsumi and a bright light appeared. That light traveled to where Cosmina was and easily cut through one of her arms off. When the light faded away, everyone saw that Tatsumi's appeared vastly changed. Natsu was in awe at what he was seeing. "Aw, man that's so cool!"

Cosmina roared as she attacked Tatsumi with countless tendrils but he easily evaded all of them and thrust his polearm and his body at Cosmin's stomach. While this was going on, Dorothea was kicked from behind and attention went back to her. Dorothea turned to see who did it. "Oh, you. I was just about to get to you next. Well, I say it's about time we have our rematch. What do you say? I'm anxious about drinking your blood again."

The members of Fairy Tail saw the look Wendy was giving Dorothea. They had never seen her so furious before. "I won't give you that chance like before. I'll make you pay for what you did to Leone!" And they had never heard her yell like that before. "I'll make you pay for you've done!"

"Oh, is that so? Too bad you won't get the chance by the time I'm done with you. I have a lot of questions for you and your body holds all the answers. Don't worry about your little friend, though. The two of you will reunite soon enough on my table!"

Wendy's body began to glow. "Ile Arms and Ile Armor! Enchant!"

Lucy couldn't believe what Wendy was doing. "She's using her magic?!"

Leone grinned at what was going to happen next. "Get ready to see one hell of a fight people!"

Wendy charged straight at Dorothea. "A frontal attack? You're stupider than that animal!" She delivered her own at attack at the same time Wendy sent out hers but when they collided against each other, they were equal. Wendy delivered another blow to the alchemist and her third was a hard headbutt. "Ah, son of a bitch! Who the hell attacks like that?" She growled at the young dragon slayer. "So it seems you've somehow gained power equal to me. That's surprising but how long can you keep it up? Oh, well. I guess we'll find out soon enough!" She rushed over to where Wendy was. Wendy did the same and was running toward her. Coming to me, are we? That's your last mistake!" Dorothea delivered the first attack but Wendy avoided it and sent one of her own. "Why you little shit!" Dorothea managed to punch Wendy but it didn't seem to do as much damage as she thought.

"It's like Leone said. I may not look it but I've been into many fights before. You're not as special as you think you are!"

"Don't get cocky you little shit. You're still at least one hundred years away if you ever have a shot of beating me. Once I'm done with you, I'll have your body to experiment with all I want!" Wendy charged at Dorothea once again. "Nice try but a frontal assault isn't going to work on me!" To her surprise, Wendy started to move side to side and copies of her started to appear. Dorothea took a chance and punched the first image that approached her. Her attack phased through the image and the real Wendy appeared behind her. She delivered a powerful kick at Dorothea's back. The alchemist was sent flying away from Wendy and hit the ground. She stood up while looking infuriated at her opponent. "Why you little…how dare you! I am a revered alchemist! You're nothing more than some kid who's barely out of her diapers! You can't possibly think you have a shot of winning this fight!"

"I don't care about any of that. All that I care is that I put a stop to you right here and right now!"

Lucy had to admit she was worried at first but then after seeing how this fight went, she was smiling at how well Wendy was handling this fight. "I never knew Wendy could fight like that. She's amazing."

Erza nodded in agreement. "Indeed. She's not only keeping up with her opponent, Wendy is beating her. I am curious as to how she performed that previous technique."

She heard Leone laugh and everyone turned to her. The blonde was smiling back at them. "Did you think we spent those three months getting back to the Capital sitting on our asses? We used some of that time training Wendy on how to fight without using her magic. Me, Akame, Chelsea, and Su were the ones who did. I mostly sparred with Wendy in my beast form."

"I taught Wendy the pinpoints of the body where she could kill or paralyze her opponent."

"And I was the one who taught her the Afterimage technique and how to subdue her opponents. Su mostly fought her with everything Wendy learned from us."

Erza couldn't help but smile at they did for Wendy. They did more than look after her. They also taught Wendy.

"You really think that huh?"

"You really are just some brat. I haven't even begun to get serious yet. I have one more trick under my sleeve to make sure you'll be dead and then your body and your blood will be all mine for the taking!"

Dorothea launched herself right at Wendy and was aiming for a direct attack. However, Wendy caught Dorothea's fist just as she did with Leone's. "Even if that may be true, there are four things that you'll never take away from me!" The wind blew out fiercely from Wendy. "You'll never have my soul! You'll never have my will! You'll never have my spirit! Natsu and Gajeel noticed that Wendy's eye color had changed into bright pink. "But most of all, you'll never have my magic!" Wendy pulled back her arm and punched Dorothea straight in the face which resulted in a boom. Seeing that punch pretty much made Natsu proud.

The attack sent the alchemist away from her and tore through the ground until she stopped. Dorothea stood up while having her hand on her face. "D-Damn it. Just what the hell are you?"

"You really want to know? I'll tell you. I am…the sky dragon slayer!"

Dorothea removed her hand. "A dragon slayer?"

Wendy and everyone else saw her face. "Looks like your façade is fading. Seems you're older than you appear to be."

Lucy was surprised to know that. "Wait, so how old is she then?"

"Screw you!" Dorothea began to draw on the ground. "I'd like to see you how you deal with this!" She pulled out a pair of bat wings "Now appear!" Dorothea slammed the bat wings on the drawing and something monstrous came out of it. Whatever came out of the drawing clumped together to form a monster of some kind. Lucy screamed out of terror as she saw the monster. "You can't possibly win now! Go on my pet! Devour her and leave a good corpse for me!"

As the monster followed its master's command, Wendy pulled back her hand and sphere of wind gathered in her palm. It began to glow brightly green. As the monster came in close, Wendy thrust the sphere at it head on. "Sky Dragon's Cyclone Destruction!"

The sphere became a large and powerful tornado that tore through the monster and was headed toward Dorothea. "No…impossible." She screamed as the attack struck her. Almost at the same time, Tatsumi killed Cosmina for good.

Wendy's eyes returned to normal. "It's over now."

Dorothea rolled over and raised her hand. "M-My ambition. I…regret it." Her hand fell and didn't move anymore.

Wendy had won the fight but felt like she lost because she couldn't save Leone. That is until Leone appeared from behind and placed a hand on top of the younger girl's head. "Leone?"

"You did great Wendy. You really showed her huh?"

Wendy immediately hugged the blonde. "You're okay. I thought I'd lost you."

"I'm sorry to have worried you so much, Wendy."

"But how? I saw her drain you of your blood. How are you still alive not that I don't mind."

"It's like I said. If there's anything that I'm proud of, it's my tenacity and stubbornness. Truth be told, I played dead but I didn't expect you to enter the fight so fast. While you were fighting against that chick, I was able to replenish my blood by eating of the herbivores from around here. I was ready to help you out but you've managed to beat me to it. I'm proud of you."

"You seriously did that!?" Lucy asked Leone. Leone's response was a humorous laugh.

They saw Leone grab a nearby large boulder and stood over Dorothea while carrying the boulder over her head. "Well, you can never be too careful. Best to make sure she's extra dead. This'll serve as a gravestone too. Go figure."

"Is that so?"

"Hold on a fucking second!"

"She's still alive!?" Team Natsu shouted at the same time.

"You're still alive?!"

"If you kill me, it'll be a great loss for all of humanity! I know! You can make me into a comrade of yours!"

Lucy couldn't believe Dorothea's offer. "You got to be kidding me."

"Say what now?"

"I've been researching that immortality may not exist but by drawing and stealing energy from other people, it's possible to increase one's life by a number of years!"

Erza saw the irony in Dorothea's words and figured something out about her. "So that's how she appeared to be youthful. She took the life force of other people to prolong her own life."

"That's what you've been doing all this time? My god." Leone raised the boulder. "Alright, here we go."

"I can help your friend!" Everyone momentarily froze when Dorothea said that. "I've heard she was sick back at the palace. With my knowledge, I'm sure I'll be able to help her."

"Then I don't want it." Everyone saw Wendy turn away from Dorothea when she said that. "If that's what it means to continue living, then I would rather die as a human instead of living as a monster like you."

They had to admit Wendy had a point. What sane person would choose to live the same kind of life as Dorothea? "You heard her."

"No no no no no! I don't want to die! I want to gain more knowledge and remain beautiful forever!"

"I'm sure all the people you've killed said the same as they didn't want to die either."

"No, wait, stop! The span of the human life doesn't have to be so short! We can extend it and live beyond for what it-" Leone threw the boulder on top of Dorothea and it crushed her completely.

"You're right about one thing. The life a human is too short but that's why we have to make out the most of it." Erza quite liked what Leone had said as what she said is true.

"Leone…" Leone turned to Wendy who looked like she was about to cry. "Do…Do you think I…"

"Yes. Better words couldn't have been spoken."

"Sis! Wendy!"

Wendy and Leone turned to see Tatsumi and the others running toward them. "Hey there! Glad to see you've wrapped things on your end."

"Same here. By the way, Tatsumi's Incursio learned a new trick. Having that now will hopefully make things easier."

"That's great! I'm really happy for you…Tatsu…mi…" The scene abruptly went to black.

After everything that happened to Wendy lately, it was good to see her giving Dorothea the beatdown she deserved and Wendy didn't even use that much of her magic. However, she did faint again after using her last attack. It was concerning for Lucy. "Just how much longer can Wendy keep this up?"

"Not long." Chelsea answered. "But what happens next will be critical to her. Thankfully, Wendy doesn't do much at what happens next but it is important."

"And what does happen next?"

The next scene appeared and they found themselves in a forest which confused Natsu and the others. "What's Wendy doing in a forest?"

"This match was decided just now."

"So…So says you!"

They saw Akame of all people and with her was none other than Wave in his Grand Chariot armor."

Leone recognized what this was. "So we're going to see what happened between them."

Already Lucy didn't know what was going on. "Why are we seeing this?"

"Because you wanted to know my reasoning to join the Revolutionary Army. Now you'll see it." Akame pointed out.

They were wondering about that for some time and if this was the opportune moment, they now had the scene's full attention. "I told you there something I wished to discuss with you. All I ask for is your ear. It's about Kurome."

"Kurome?" Wave just stared at Akame for several seconds before exiting out of his armor.

"I'm sorry."

"Were you holding back with that attack just now?"

"If I held back, I wouldn't have broken through your armor. But since you managed to survive that blow…taking an intermission now seemed ideal. That's all."

"I see. You are formidable indeed."

"I wish to meet Kurome face to face. So there's something I would like you to pass along to Kurome for me. Tell her I'll be waiting outside the Imperial Capital."

Wave gasped at Akame's request. "After all this time, now you're planning on kidnapping her!?"

"No. I just want the two of us to meet in a place where we're sure to be uninterrupted."

"What!?"

"I'm sure that's what Kurome would want as well."

The wind blew through the both of them ominously. Wave gritted his teeth. "No matter how I play this out in my head…your sole purpose of calling her out there is to kill her, isn't it? It shouldn't matter if your enemies or on the opposite sides of this battle! You're still sisters! Why wouldn't you guys do everything in your power to avoid having to kill one another?! That's one thing I'll never be able to wrap my head around!"

Wave brought up a good point. Akame and Kurome were sisters and yet one wanted to kill the others and it was connected to why Akame left the Empire to join the Revolutionary Army. "The answer to that question…lays a while back…in the distant past. Kurome and I were raised by Empire to be assassins. I was the one that was trained almost exclusively in the mountains. But…Kurome was different from me. There beneath the Imperial Capital…she was brought up and enhanced with all kinds of special drugs. Even now, she still eats sweets laced with drugs…doesn't she?"

Wave nodded at Akame. "Yeah…"

"The drugs they prescribed to Kurome were most likely to strengthen and develop her muscles…but instead, they substantially shortened her lifespan and they also place a huge strain on her brain. I knew it was only a matter of time before her mind and her heart would gradually become warped.

"Warped?"

"I tried to get her to stop taking those drugs but Kurome's body…had already become addicted and reached the point of no return. With those drugs, she would endure severe spasms and even seizures."

So far everything Akame had said about her sister was just terrible. In hindsight, she wasn't any different than Wendy's problem. Having to depend on something only to end up killing her in the end. "If that's the case…that's all the more reason why you should be there for her! Tell, why did you betray the Empire!?"

Finally, everyone would hear the reason behind Akame's decision. "Looking in on the Empire from the outside…from an entirely different perspective…I began to have my doubts…questions. I began to realize that the tyranny of the Empire just might be the actual cause of the suffering of its people. And then after witnessing several encounters and events first hand…my inquisitive suspicions turned into unwavering convictions. I could no longer in good conscious follow the Empire so I withdrew."

Erza narrowed her eyes when she heard the whole explanation. "So that's the reason but what does that have to do with her sister?"

"At that time, you invited Kurome to come with you, didn't you?"

"Yes. There is a place known as God's Secret Hot Spring near the borderlands. In simple terms, it is a place of healing made up of different therapeutic and medicinal hot springs. I figured I could take care of Kurome there while she goes through detox. With that there may be some hope that her life span will expand. I have read reports of people who had half a year left to live to having five more years added on and sometimes even longer than that. I figured as long as there was a chance, it was worth it." Akame began to tremble and tears began to come out of her eyes. "I begged Kurome to come with me and be free of those drugs and find some way to extend her life but she said not only that would be a betrayal to our lost comrades but the thought of those very same comrades becoming enemies was more than she could handle and that's why she couldn't leave the Empire. What I needed to do was take her with me even if meant by force. Now that I think about it, I should've just done it from the start. But…but…I couldn't do it. I didn't have the courage or the strength to do so." Now Erza and the others completely understood the sister's situation.

"I can understand why Kurome thinks that way. However, you don't need to worry about Kurome's condition. You see…Kurome has already been healed from all of those."

"What? How?"

"It was Wendy. Just before she was going to be executed, she requested to see Kurome and then healed her from all the drugs that were damaging her body. Ever since then, she hasn't shown any signs you've mentioned before. I haven't even seen her take those snacks laced with drugs anymore. If anything, her appetite had gotten bigger. So you don't have to worry about her with those kinds of thoughts. In any case, I'm sure you felt the same way Kurome does now right?"

"Many things happened that changed the way I felt and thought before but above all, the reason we killed people to fan out the sparks of war before they grew into raging flames. We were told this was for the sake of the people and their happiness. In the end, however, it was all for the Empire's hidden agendas. That's when I realized if I truly wanted to act for the people, then all I could do was go against the Empire."

"In my case, ever since I arrived at the Capital, I've seen all kinds of awful things. That's why I decided to change this Empire from the inside! That's what you should've done in the first place!"

"From the inside you say? With the hold of all the political power and authority, do you have any idea the lengths the Prime Minister and his peers went through to kill any of those who opposed their ideologies?"

"Lengths? There's no way they would-"

"I know for a fact that a long time ago, those opposed were the very same ones I was ordered to assassinate. The darkness the Empire has runs deep. Very deep. Changing the Empire from the inside is impossible because that's how they played it out in the first place."

"So what the hell am I supposed to do? Nothing? Things have changed! They're not like they used to be! Just watch me! I am going to change things from the inside!"

"You think so? That's the path you're willing to take?"

"Just finish what you have to say."

"For Kurome, fighting for comrades and the Empire are what I believe her reasons for living. In Kurome's mind, all she's ever known was to keep on fighting for the Empire. If this is what she desires then I will fight her. Even if the drugs are gone, I'll still fight her. As her sister, this is all I can do for her!"

"That's enough!" Wave began to take his leave. "I would be fine if you were to save her but I won't listen anymore about her death! No matter what even thinking about killing your own sister, you're just fucking nuts. I will crush that army of yours. I won't let this happen." He transformed into his armor. "She doesn't need your kind of saving!" The scene faded into black.

Erza and the others looked over at Akame who had her head lowered. Erza needed to say her piece. "From your sister's standpoint, I can understand her reasoning. Even if the Empire is as you say it is, she thought of the people she fought alongside as her comrades and to some people, there's nothing worse than fighting those who you considered friends. Even with what happened to your sister was inhumane."

Lucy also had something else to say. "What I still don't get is why you two still wanted to kill each other. Your sister was healed so why continue?"

"Because to Kurome, what I did was unforgivable to her." Akame replied. "As for wanting to kill each other, she wanted to kill me because I had betrayed the Empire. To me, it was one of two options at the time before Wendy had cured Kurome. The first was to take her to the springs. The second was killing her. The one thing those two options had in common was that they could end Kurome's suffering. I wanted to save her, I did but it was not my final decision. It was all up to Kurome."

Lucy gulped as she had one more question. "So…did you kill her?"

Akame didn't reply and the next scene arrived. They were back with all of Night Raid at the base and saw Wendy eating food almost similar to how Natsu at his food. "Wow, I had no idea you were this hungry. I guess that's what happens when you're out for a day."

"Wow, I had no idea you were this hungry. I guess that's what happens when you're out for a day."

"You're very welcome."

"So did something happen while I was asleep?"

"Not much. Although I had Akame do a solo mission into the Capital. However, once she left, Wave appeared to confront her."

"You fought against Wave?"

"Yes but the fight did come as inconclusive."

"Yeah and I gave Akame a really sensual, erotic massage."

Lubbock screamed out jealousy while Lucy blushed in embarrassment. "TMI!"

"Don't give her the wrong idea Leone. It didn't happen like that. All Leone did was grab me in…an inappropriate place."

"Meaning I grabbed her ass which felt quite fine I must say."

"That's enough Leone."

"Aw come on. I know you liked it. In fact, I hope one day I'll give you a massage with a happy ending included." And Lubbock screamed again while falling off his chair.

Erza seriously questioned the way Leone spoke about this. "It's not wise to talk about such things while Wendy is present."

Leone didn't see what the big deal was. "So what? We bathed together, we slept in the same bed together, what's wrong having a little adult fun everyone now and then. It's not like I do it often. Which reminds me, do you want know how soft Akame's brea-ahhh!"

And Akame struck Leone's face with the back of her fist while still being red in the face. "There are some things that are not to be spoken of, Leone." Leone groaned in pain while her hand was on her face to quell the pain.

"Are you sure you should be saying this kind of stuff when Wendy is around?"

"Please do not say such things."

"We're getting off topic here. Back to what I was explaining before, everyone except for Chelsea went on another mission where they need to confront a squad of members called the Shadow Movement. A team Akame was once part of before. We managed to put a stop to them with few casualties on our side. There is one other thing you should know Wendy. We had also received word that some of our soldiers from the Revolutionary Army tried to make a preemptive attack on the Capital but Esdeath quickly shot them down. Among them was the father of your friend."

"Who's this friend they're talking about?" Gray asked.

Leone was the one who decided to answer the question. "You remember the chief of that village healed way back then? That was him."

Lucy remembered and she remembered the chief's daughter. A horrible realization came to her. "Then that means…that girl…" She couldn't finish her sentence. She knew all too well what it felt like to lose a father.

"When the war comes, we will avenge those Esdeath has killed. In fact, it's just upon us. With Tatsumi's new Incursio form, he'll be moved up to the front lines when the battle arrives. We'll need all the help we can get. "With that said, I am glad to say that we have finally eliminated the threat that is Wild Hunt. However, the difficult battles have yet to come so I'll need all of you to be in peak condition when the time comes."

Everyone was anxious now that they heard that. Not only they had the Empire to deal with but Wendy still had her upcoming fight with the last Tartaros member as she is now. Wendy noticed Akame leaving for some reason. "Akame?"

"I…need to be alone for a while. I need time to think about a few things." Akame left the room.

"Is something wrong with Akame?"

"During our attack with the Shadow Squad, Akame also encountered Kurome. She challenged her to a one on one fight and they're meeting tonight."

"And Miss Najenda is alright with this?"

"Kurome is still our target. If we can remove her, the enemy's ability to assassinate our key players will fall dramatically. Of course, Kurome now won't make a difference in the real battle when it comes to victory or defeat. We can't our supreme commander to be killed. So now we're forced in this situation to eliminate her."

"Then why?"

"In the condition Akame gave me when she joined the Revolutionary Army, she wanted to be allowed to act according to her own discretion involving anything of her younger sister. That time has come and I've given her my blessing."

"What about you Leone? What do you think about this?"

"Akame does what she wants. Kill or save her…I'll help her out any way I can."

"In the case that when the Empire is no more and Kurome is still alive, the Revolutionary Army will not pursue her any longer and Akame will be responsible for looking after her. I officially approved that last night."

"So Akame…"

"She isn't going to a battle but as Lubbock said before, a one on one match with her sister. In this way she will be able to remove sides from the equation and make it just between the two of them and giving herself the chance to find a way to settle this without killing her."

"So the bottom line here is we're ok if she tries to save her. If Akame helps her then her sister won't be part of the Empire and that'll work for us too."

"It won't be that easy though. Kurome will refuse any kind of help and that'll leave the only option of them trying to kill each other. If Akame did persuade Kurome in the first place, she wouldn't have needed to meet with her on her own."

"Exactly. All we can do now is support her no matter what the outcome will be. That's what we're prepared for."

"So what do you think about all of this? I know it's a lot to take in. I feel the same way."

"I actually agree with all of you. Whatever Akame decides, I'll…go along with it and help her in any way I can. This is something Akame has decided this on her own." The scene faded away into black.

Erza thought about how Wendy thought about this whole thing. "I know Wendy would've wanted to find another way but in the world she's in, there's only one option. To kill or to save. I can't imagine how this'll play out."

The scene appeared and it was Akame walking up to some ruins. Among the ruins, they saw Kurome. "Hey there, big sister."

"Kurome…"

Everyone in Fairy Tail felt anxious as to what would happen between the two sisters. Would this end in death or did Akame save Kurome. As of now, the sisters were just simply snacking. Kurome noticed something. "Akame…"

"I'm sorry if they came along. Don't worry since I told them not to interfere. If anyone does interfere, they'll intercept them and handle it. They understand our situation and our decision to do this."

"I get it. They want to make sure we settle this on our terms. I'm okay with it."

"As long as you're fine with it." Everyone figured they were talking about Wendy and the other members of Night Raid. It wasn't surprising since one of their own was about to take upon an important battle.

Seeing the two sisters eat together like they are now was almost surreal. They were enemies and yet acted like they were not. It was very strange. "This really takes me back. Remember when would meet up back here and come train?"

"We were always together back then. You would also drag me into the bath too."

"Drag? Oh, please. That was always you just wanting to tag along. We even went to bed together at the same time. We had the weight of the world on our shoulders back then. But even still having you with me made it worthwhile sis."

"Yeah…"

"Reminiscing like this is sure relaxing. Let's stay forever from now on…Akame."

"I'm alright with that. If you come with me that is. We can go back to way things used to be."

"You never cease to amaze me, big sister. In your current situation, you're in no position to be making demands. If you prove yourself worthy, no matter how strong we may be, I still may be able to find a place for you here. We can continue fighting for the Empire! Otherwise, the remorse I feel for everyone who already died would overwhelm me. Just do the right thing and come back the Empire Akame."

"You know as well as I do I can't do that"

"I knew you would say that. Still, it's funny." Kurome jumped off the wall.

"Kurome…"

"Just how stubborn your will is to the point that you would throw away everything. Even your own little sister. But fighting to change the world for the sake of others, I've always loved that about you, big sister. I can't forgive you but at the same time, I love you. Those two thoughts keep going around in my head over and over again in my head." Kurome drew out Yatsufusa. "I don't want you to kill anyone else but me!"

Akame jumped off the wall as well. "As of now, we're nothing but mutual enemies. When we fight, I will show no mercy." She drew out Murasame. If you wish to stand down, speak now or else…I will bury you Kurome!"

Erza questioned Akame's choice of words. "Bury?"

"It's a trigger word I use." Erza looked over at Akame. "When I say that, all personal feelings are cast aside and make sure I utterly destroy my opponent until nothing is left." For Akame to say something like that to her own sister, it seemed now that both sisters resigned to fight to the death.

"So you flipped your switch for me. Fine then. Let's do this big sister. When I beat you, not only we'll be together again but I'll also restore your honor. That means I'll be able to have our existence even furthered acknowledged by the Empire. Let's see whose resolve is stronger!"

"Fine then. Come then Kurome!"

"Here I am then!"

The two sisters began their battle and all that anyone could do was just watch to see how it would end. Kurome struck first blood on her sister and did so again. "Did I graze you again? It hurts doesn't it big sister? Don't worry. I'll put you out of your misery with my next attack."

"I've been wielding Murasame just I would with any other katana. If I falter even just for a second using this Imperial Arms, it would mean my death. However, this is the eleventh hour. Ichizan Hissatsu. I must push my Imperial Arm's power to its limit."

"If that's the case then if you're going rely on your Imperial Arms, I will too!" Kurome raised her sword up. "Yatsufusa!" Kurome summoned her corpse dolls, including Natala and Doya.

Akame charged at the corpse dolls and took them out easily. Only Natala and Doya remained. "I'll bury you!" She made quick work of her former ally and Doya. "You two can finally rest now."

Kurome had no more corpses to summon. All she could do now was rely on her swordsmanship. "I'll handle the rest. You used the threat of Murasame to make me use Yatsufusa's power."

"Instead of using your eight puppets to overpower me, you have a much better chance of fighting me with your skills. The weakness Yatsufusa has is that your corpses cannot learn any new moves."

"I knew it would come to this. Looks like I'll have to defeat you with my own skills."

They resumed their fight and neither side eased up. From what everyone could see in the fight, they were equal but sooner or later, someone had to give. "Kurome!" Everyone heard a familiar voice and saw a familiar figure arrive at the scene which surprised them Behind Wave was Run flying close behind him. "Your fight is with me now Akame!" Wave rushed over to where the sisters were but Tatsumi intercepted him with his new Incursio armor. "So that's the prototype to Grand Chariot. Incursio. It looks a lot different then I'd imagine." Erza caught that small detail.

"Wave? Run? What are you two doing here?"

"Wave came here to save you. I only helped along the way."

"So that's it. You're here to stop their fight right?"

"That's right."

"I won't let anyone interfere with their battle."

"You and what army? I'll be stopping this fight!"

"Wave please!" Everyone saw Wendy and the rest of Night Raid arriving at the scene. "Please understand. Kurome is the one who wanted this in the first place."

"I don't care about that! All I care is that I want to protect Kurome!"

"That doesn't matter now. The match has already been decided. I know you're aware of this as well Kurome. Lay down your sword now."

"No way. I'm done yet! I can still keep going and I will until I kill you, big sister! If I were to admit defeat now, then I…I…"

"You can stop now Kurome." Wave walked up to Kurome. "Up until now, I wasn't always there for you most important battles." He surprisingly deactivated his Grand Chariot armor. "But this time I'm here."

"Wave…"

"Get away from her Wave!"

"No, I won't! I'm stopping this fight and I'm taking her away from here!"

"Are you serious? Kurome was the one who wanted this more than anyone."

"She's right. You may have come and try to stop me as my ally but that's the last thing I want."

Wave approached Kurome closely. "Before as your comrade, I would have simply asked you to stop. However, things are different now." He hugged Kurome close to him. "But now I'm stopping you as the man who loves you. I'll protect you at all costs!"

What he said pretty much surprised everyone in Fairy Tail. "WHAT?!"

"That was unexpected." Gray commented.

"That kiss you gave me, it caused something to open something inside of me. Feelings were buried deep inside my heart. They were there from the beginning, from the moment I became your ally." Wave let go of Kurome. "It just took me now to realize it. I don't see you as my comrade but as the woman I love."

"Protect? And how do you plan to do that?"

"Kurome and I will be defecting from the Empire."

"What happened about changing the Empire from within?"

"I meant what I said by those words. That's something Run showed me and I had every intention of following that but there was something that interfered with that. That something took priory over everything else. That something was Kurome who became the single most important person in my life. If I had remained clueless and tried to rescue her only as her comrade, it would a lost cause and Kurome would've ended up dead. That's why it's my duty to stop this fight because from this point forward, I'll never leave Kurome's side! When I made this decision, I've reached a conclusion. When a man of the sea falls in love, he dives head first!"

Elfman cheered at Wave for saying that. "Now that's would a true man would say!"

"What in the world are you talking about? You're making a lot of assumptions Wave. I mean I'm happy you want to be with me but defecting from the Empire can't be forgiven!"

"Look, you've given it your all. I'll forgive you."

"W-What?"

"If you're really leaving the Empire, can you join us?"

"I can't do that. I have no intention of joining the Revolutionary Army. Kurome and I will be withdrawing from this fight."

"So even before the war starts without joining a side, your plan is to run away and disappear?"

"Yes. We're going to throw it all away. The Empire and everything else with it. I'm perfectly okay with it. As long I'm with Kurome, I don't need anything else."

"You really love her that much huh?"

"Yes, that's right. My feelings were so strong, they bubbled to the surface and overwhelmed me."

"Well, I say all of this was worth it to get two of the Jaegers out of the battle. That'll save a lot of lives on our side don't you think?"

"Akame…I beg of you to withdraw from this fight and entrust your sister to me. I promise I'll make her happy no matter what it'll take!"

Everyone wondered what Akame's answer would be. "Well, Kurome is cuter than anything else on this planet so it's of no surprise you ended up falling for her. Kurome, the choice is yours. What will it be? If you want to continue our fight, I'll be your opponent. However, you have someone who will throw everything away for you. It's your decision."

Kurome was torn about what she should do in this situation. It was absolutely grating to her. "I can't. I just can't leave the Empire. There's no way I can leave it. I can't! I can't be forgiven because so many of my comrades died for the sake of the Empire! They all fought to their dying brea-"

And Wendy punched Kurome which was very unexpected her to do so. None of Fairy Tail didn't expect her to do such a thing. "What the hell was that for Wendy?! Why did you punch her like that?!"

"For the first time, I'm taking a page out of Gajeel's book. I believe he calls this knocking some sense into someone." Gajeel laughed at that.

Kurome hissed in pain from the punch Wendy gave her. "Ah shit that fucking hurt. What kind of insane strength do you have? Why are you involved in this now? This doesn't concern you!"

"Yes, it does! If there's anything I've learned from this, it's about family and forgiveness. That's something I know a lot about. Kurome, don't you see? You're so blinded by this loyalty you have for the Empire that you can't even see a way out of this way of life. You have someone who loves you despite what've you done. It's still your decision to make but are you really willing to throw everything away just for some…petty fight?"

"Don't act like you know everything about me!"

"You're right, I don't. The most I've heard about you was through Akame but like I said before, I know a lot about forgiveness. I've heard a lot of stories before I joined up with Fairy Tail. One of them was about how Gajeel was the one who destroyed the original guild hall and his previous guild Phantom Lord kidnapped Lucy. They went as so far as trying to destroy all of Magnolia." Gajeel didn't need to be reminded of that mess. However, even after all of that, master Makarov forgave him for all of that and he allowed Gajeel to join Fairy Tail. Sure, it took a while for the others to show the same kind of forgiveness but he was soon gladly accepted by the guild. A similar event happened when Laxus tried to take over the guild by force and forced everyone to fight against each other. He went even so far as to take all of Magnolia hostage if they didn't agree to his terms." And Laxus did regret going that far. "However, when that was over, the master banished his own grandson from the guild but then he came back as someone new and he too was forgiven what he'd down and Laxus was welcomed back into the guild." Wendy smiled at Kurome. "The point I'm trying to make here is that you'll always be forgiven. I already do. So please...you don't have to worry about any of that anymore."

"Wendy has a point Kurome." Wave took Kurome's sword away from her.

"Wave?"

"After all, you refused to leave. I forced your hand and took you kicking and screaming." He transformed into his Grand Chariot Armor and destroyed Yatsufusa.

All of Night Raid and Kurome couldn't believe what Wave had done. "Yatsufusa…"

"He completely destroyed it."

"Kurome, this is the closure you needed." Wave brought his hand to Kurome's cheek. If those ghosts ever show up and haunt you, I'll be there to make sure they'll be nothing more than memory." He picked Kurome up bridal style. "So take my hand and come with me." Wave then kissed Kurome on the lips.

It was quite a comforting sight and to Mirajane, adorable. "Aw, how sweet."

Wave broke the kiss and looked at Kurome. "Kurome?"

Kurome groaned as everything began to tear down inside of her. "Even though you're saying all of these wonderful things for me, my head won't stop pounding. It's like it's going to split open. So please…just take me away from here! Make it so I never have to think about anything else but you!"

"I will."

Everyone in Night Raid and Fairy Tail were beyond glad that the fight between the two sisters didn't end up with one of them killing each other. Instead, there was a third way out and they had Wave to thank for that. Sunlight came out and shined over the group. "We're going far away from the Capital."

"We'll make sure it'll look like you two were smashed to bits by Incursio. The shattered Yatsufusa should be proof enough.

"If the Empire heard that story, I suppose we would really be free then. We're in your debt."

"I'm really glad all of this worked out well in the end. You're one hell of a guy, you know that Wave?"

"Hey, thanks. You're not so bad yourself. Especially with an evolved form of Incursio."

"You really are incredible Wave. Thank you."

"Not really. All of you are incredible. Holding on to your convictions and seeing this through the end. We're just turning tail and running."

"You have my gratitude. I leave my sister in your hands."

"Just leave it to me. I'll be living for that lone purpose alone."

"Yeah, this great and all but what about him?" Mine pointed at Run.

"Oh yeah. What are you going to do Run?"

"Before I give my answer, let me ask you this Akame. Wave told me that changing the Empire from the inside is impossible. Is that true?"

"Yes, it is. If any tried to do so, they would be killed."

"If that's the case, I'll defect from the Empire as well."

"Wait, Run are you serious?"

"Indeed. I won't pursue a hopeless cause. That was my only reason why I joined the Empire in the first place. Keep in mind I will not join the Revolutionary Army as well. So I hope you two don't mind the extra company."

"No, not at all."

"Sis…"

Akame held Kurome's hand and smiled at her younger sister. "You have great companions Kurome."

Kurome smiled back at Akame. "Hey, big sister…if I could do it all over again, I would still like to be your little sister."

"As would I. I would be happy to be your big sister as well." They pressed their foreheads together. "Live a happy life from now on."

"I will."

Elfman was bawling manly tears at the scene he was seeing before him. "Sisterly love is so manly!"

Mirajane patted him in comfort. "Aw, Elfman." Lisanna couldn't help but laugh.

"I'm really happy that the both of you are alright now."

"Don't think this makes us friends. I still don't like you and don't think I'll forgive you about that punch you gave me."

"Wendy, I hope you do find your way back home. I just wish you didn't have to be involved in this in the first place."

"Oh please. If you knew half of the fights this girl's been in, you wouldn't be saying that. What else do you expect from the girl who was raised by a dragon?"

"She was raised by a dragon!?"

Lucy was wondering when they were going to know about that. "About time they knew."

"Oh right. I guess that was the other thing all of you didn't know about me."

After hearing that shocking truth, the three former Jaeger members were ready to leave this battle for good. "We'll be going now. Thank you."

"I do hope everything will be right after all of this. Take care." All three took their leave.

"It kinda feels awkward saying this since they were our enemy but I think we can trust them."

"Yes. When he found out I was going to kill Kurome, he lost it."

"Well, let's just be glad it didn't come to that then."

"No kidding. I'm sure it would've been a real mess if it did go that route."

"Out of all of the people, I can trust him to my little sister." Tears started to come out of Akame's eyes. "Kurome…"

Akame felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to Tatsumi who was smiling at her. "Hey, you shouldn't be crying. You should be jumping for joy. No one had to die. I don't know any other way to celebrate that's better. Now there's only the Minister and Esdeath left. Let's change this country and put an end to a world where two sisters almost had to kill each other."

"Yeah, let's celebrate with a big party after that. After everything we've been through, it's nice to have a happy ending for once. All of us will see through this to the end."

"Let's go home, everyone."

As the sunlight hit all of them, it also enveloped the whole scene and this time, it turned to white. Lucy was almost in tears after seeing that last scene and turned to Akame. "So, in the end, you didn't have kill your sister after all."

Akame had a small smile on her face. Seeing that scene again made her feel what she felt the first time when that happened. "Yes, I'm glad I didn't as well." Her smile faded away and had a serious expression on her face. "However, we're not done yet. There was only one more thing we had to do before everyone could have their happy ending."

Everyone knew what she meant and they were nearing the end. Erza and everyone else gazed into the light and the next scene was starting to appear. "We're near the end and yet there's still so much that has to be resolved. This revolution, Wendy's final battle against that Tartaros woman and how the other guilds were able to save Wendy. It all ends with what we're about to see next." The light shined upon everyone and the next scene began.

A/N: I ONLY HAVE ONE MORE TO GO! FINA-FUCKING-LY!