Chapter 7: Comfort, and the Imperial Guard
Tatsumi was asleep and having a dream.
He found himself in a field outside and see his two falling friends.
"Sorry, we have to move on." Ieyasu stated. "The two of us are aheading this way."
"You should head your other direction." Sayo suggested.
"How can you say that?" Tatsumi asked getting sad. "We've been always there for each other."
"You got new friends with you." Ieyasu answered. "Especially those Wizards and that cat."
Sayo winked at Tatsumi. "Come on, we can't baby you forever, maybe someday if there's an afterlife then we'll probably meet again."
"NO, wait, please don't leave!" Tatsumi cried as he abrutly woke up.
He was still in bed sitting up. "Oh a dream."
He heard a sound and saw Sheele laying on his bed while sitting on a chair. "Why are you here?"
"I'll be...working with you today." She replied in a yawning tone. "Ok then."
She sat up straight but then her glasses came off but she didn't realize it cause she was rubbing her eyes.
She then bowed to a Tatsumi's wooden statue. "Good morn... huh where are my glasses?!" She asked raising her arms up but then found them on the floor.
Lubbock was eating with the Boss, Gajeel, Levy and Lily.
"Are you sure its alright for Tatsumi to working with Sheele?" The green haired boy asked chewing a shrimp. "I quite know she'll take a liking into him." Najenda replied chewing an apple.
"What makes you say that?" Gajeel asked chewing on iron nails. "He's popular with older women." Najenda replied.
"That's right, next time he'll be working with me!" Leone squealed raising her left arm.
"Oh damn it, that's not fair!" Lubbock cried in jealousy.
Just then Gray came in.
"GRAY!" Najenda screamed with a blush and her eyes wide.
The Ice Wizard was confused. "What?"
"Gray, your clothes!" Levy pointed out covering her face with her hand.
Gray exclaimed in shock realizing he was only wearing his boxers. "OH MAN!"
"Oh my, you've got quite the body." Leone giggled with a blush. "Maybe you and I can together too."
Gray's face went red.
"HIM TOO!" Lubbock screamed again scratching his head roughly with both his hands. "(Hmm, he must be popular with girls too.)" Najenda thought looking interested.
"You two may go far as to say, 'He's a lady killer!'" Najenda stated with a grin glancing at the group.
They just stared at her with a wide eyes. "Uh, you get right, the two are Assassins, right?"
The group was just silent but more little scared.
"Oh well, maybe next time." Najenda said turning her head away.
"Anyway, would anyone like beef soup?" Akame asked.
"I would prefer if you would go with-" Lubbock began to say. "SOUNDS GOOD!" Leone and Najenda answered.
"I'll top it off with fried chicken." Akame added. "You got to be kidding that's bit too-" Lubbock began to say.
"Sounds good to us." Lily and Gajeel answered with a grin.
Levy smiled. "(I'm sure Troy would like Akame's food choices.)" She thought remembering the meat her former teammate was usually eating after Seven years and the present.
Later that day in the forest.
Sheele was watching Tatsumi swim from the other side of the river to the side she was on.
The boy came swimming in armor panting as he reached her side. "Congratulations you swam to this side while wearing a suit of armor."
Tatsumi got out of the water soaking wet. "Its so heavy."
"Its a requirement for how to train our Assassins critique." Sheele explained. "I usually don't do any chores but just train with new recurits."
"Why don't you do chores?" Tatsumi asked curiously.
Sheele remembered the stuff she tried at the hideout.
First she tried cooking meat with Akame. "I tried to cook but I burned the meat."
"The second time I tried cleaning but.." Sheele began to say remembered how she was covered in soapy water with bucket on her head.
Bulat chuckled. "Ha, ha, ha, I can take from here."
"Leone laughed when I suppose to get salt instead I bought Sugar."
The cat girl assassin was on the floor rolling left and right. "Ha, ha, ha, you got so much!"
"Last I tried doing laundry but I accidently got Mine washed in too." Sheele finished.
"Aw don't feel too bad." Tatsumi said finding the last chore she did funny. "(Yes, take that Mine.)"
"I just realized when I first met the others guys, you weren't there."
Sheele put her finger under her chin. "Umm, I think I was somewhere else, I'm such an airhead."
"That's for sure." Tatsumi said sighing.
"Forgive me..." Sheel bowed but as she did her glasses fell off and she bend down trying to find them and then looked up.
"How did you get into this line of work?" Tatsumi asked.
Sheele put her glasses on. "Its kind of complicated story."
Flashback.
She started her story in a town.
"I grew up in one of the cites in the Capital." She explained.
She remembered doing other stuff serving as a waitress. "I tried everything in the town but I couldn't, then people started making mean comments about me."
One day she was walking in the town and felt a pat on her shoulder. "Thankfully, I had a friend."
The friend was girl with two white head bands on her head with a very short pants and short shirt.
Sheele chit chatted with her friend at her house. "The days I spent with her was the happy days of my life cause she never made fun of me."
Then it started to rain and there was a knock at the door.
The girl answered the door and saw man. "Her ex-boyfriend came, he was furious that he grabbed her by her throat."
Sheele watched this horrified. "He yelled and strangled her, my first thought was to save my friend."
Sheele then grabbed a knife and slit the man's throat. "I was surprisingly calmed, I can't believe how quickly he died."
Her friend was seen sitting on the floor. "My friend was so scared that she started to shake but my head was completely clear." As thunder roared.
Flashback ends.
"After that the whole thing was written off as self-defense but I never heard from my friend again." Sheele added.
Unknown to them was Juvia was eavesdropping in the river. "(Poor girl, Sheele saved her friend but she never heard from this friend again.)"
"Then..."
Flashback continues.
Sheele remembered the day she was confronted by five men.
"The man's friends came to get revenge on me, they mentioned to me that they killed my parents and that they were going to kill me."
Juvia was getting shaking by this. "(Poor Sheele.)"
"I was incredibly relaxed." The Imperial Glasses woman stated.
One of them charged at her and swung his knife but Sheele moved aside and swung her knife at the man's throat killing him.
"I then killed the others one by one." Sheele added as she slit the other mens throats. "I realized what I was doing, I'm good at killing, maybe because I'm little crazy, if I kill the kind of people that are evil, then I can make the world a better place."
Flashback ends.
"(Sounds like everyone in Night Raid had a rough time.)" Tatsumi thought. "(Just like Gray had trouble getting over his parents death, including Juvia who was all alone cause of the rain that followed her.)"
Tatsumi hung his head. "Do you think I can do this?"
"You'll do just fine." Sheele commented with a smile. "Unlike me you're one talented cook, that goes for Gray."
Juvia then appeared from the water. "Hey, Gray is mine!"
"Juvia!" Tatsumi exclaimed in surprise.
"Don't worry, I won't do anything to your boyfriend." Sheele said relaxed tone. "Anyway, what is Gajeel's story?"
Juvia calmed down. "Oh, that's right, see he was in the same guild as I was before joining Fairy Tail."
"You're talking Phantom Lord, right?" Tatsumi asked.
Juvia nodded. "Yes, once I overheard that info when Gajeel talked with our former Master Jose." She explained. "He was training with a Iron Dragon named Metalicana, but one day he left him without saying a word to him."
Tatsumi and Sheele were surprised at the fact that Gajeel was raised by actual Dragon.
"Sounds cool that he was raised by a Dragon." Sheele commented. "However..."
"Its so sad his Dragon left him." Tatsumi said with a frown.
"Yes, anyway I'll tell you more about Phantom Lord." Juvia stated.
Flashback starts.
"See, we were going to fight against Fairy Tail, not only that, we were also ordered by a billionaire man to get his daughter to come back home." Juvia explained.
An image of Lucy came to her head. "Her name is Lucy Heartfilla, see she was new member of Fairy Tail, her father was billionaire and he wanted her back home."
"What is that?" Tatsumi asked.
"Yeah, did something her father?" Sheele asked looking dumbfounded.
"Yes, from what I learned in the past year, Lucy and her father were close, but that changed after Lucy's mother Layla passed away." Juvia answered.
"Lucy's mother..." Tatsumi began to say.
"Died." Sheele finished. "That's so sad."
"Yes, I learned she was overwhelmed by her mother's death, it gets worse, she and father fell apart, her dad become loyal to his job then to Lucy which caused her to run away, sometime much later, Phantom Lord as you know was ordered to get her back home." Juvia explained. "However we wizards of Phantom Lord were defeated."
"What else happened?" Tatsumi asked getting more interested.
"I found out that Lucy confronted her father sometime later after the fight, she tells her father she'll stay with Fairy Tail." Juvia replied. "Surprised her father didn't force to her stay, but somehow he seemed to have a change of heart but I'll explain another time."
"After I helped Fairy Tail rescue a member named Erza Scarlet from wizard who took to an island she was once trapped on before I went to Master Makorov about joining their Guild." Juvia added. "I official became Fairy Tail member, though Gajeel didn't join at first, yet I was worried about him, so I had the Fairy Tail Guildaster Makorov ask him to join the guild.
Gajeel was sitting at one of the tables that was built in the new Guild. "You see, a few friends like Gray, including Natsu who's a Fire Dragon Slayer, Erza a woman of Fairy Tail didn't like having Gajeel in the guild at first."
"GAJEEL!" Natsu screamed. "WHY DID YOU BRING HIM HERE GRAMPS?!" Gray asked equally angry.
"I managed to calm them down though they still didn't like Gajeel." Juvia added. "Including three other members of Fairy Tail, Levy was one of them including her teammates, Troy and Jet."
"Did Gajeel do something to them?" Sheele asked.
"Yes, he attacked them and hung them on a tree in the park of the town where Fairy Tail Guild was in." Juvia replied.
Flashback ends.
Sheele and Tatsumi were shocked. "I know, its quite shocking." The Water wizard said seeing the look on the two assassins faces.
"Anyway, as the years passed Gajeel truly became a member of Fairy Tail, he goes smile once and awhile."
Sheele smiled. "Sounds like your friend is the tough guy type."
"Yes, that's one thing I can agree on." Juvia said with a giggle. "Natsu acts tough as well too, he also throws a temper tantrum too."
"Anway, I know you, Tatsumi and those Wizards will do great." Sheele commented.
"I think you'll do great too especially you Tatsumi!" A voice rang out.
From the river came Bulat showing his muscles. "(Maybe I'm not cut out of this.)" Tatsumi thought.
Later that day sunset arrived and everyone was in the meeting room.
Najenda was sitting her chair. "We got Zanku's Imperial Arms, I want you to try it on."
"That's right, its for you sugar." Bulat answered. "Be careful, it'll be pressure on your body and mind." Lubbock stated. "Sounds like my kind of Imperial Arms." Taran mumbled knowing that it can read people's minds.
Tatsumi took and put on his head. "(This thing isn't that cool, but its powers are amazing.)"
"See if you can make it work?" Akame asked. "Try reading my mind."
Tatsumi gazed at her for a sec. "I CAN'T WAIT TO EAT PIZZA NIGHT!"
Akame gasped, "You're good."
"He hasn't activated the stupid thing yet." Leone corrected. "Good, I don't want him reading my mind." Mine remarked. "Try something else."
Tatsumi sat down on the floor crossing his legs. "Oh random ability I don't know about, ACTIVATE NOW!"
The Imperial Arms Eye opened and he opened his eyes seeing the girls including Juvia, Taran, and Levy in their under clothes.
"What do you see?" Mine asked.
Tatsumi jumped at this with blush. "Yaah!" He exclaimed.
"(Whatever you did Imperial Arms, I really like it.)" He thought as he felt some pressure on his head.
"Crap, its rejecting him!" Lubbock pointed out.
"I'm taking it off." Akame said taking of the Imperial Arms.
"It must not match you cause your infinty is a bit off." Najenda answered.
"Maybe you didn't like how it went with your sweater." Mine suggested. "They say when you first recongnize the power of Imperials Arms you can bond well with it."
"I have headquarters examine it so we can learn more." Najenda stated holding the Imperial Arms in the palm of her hand.
"Also when we head on assignments, we encounter some targets like Head Hunter Zanku, who have Imperial Arms." Akame stated. "Our superiors sugguest we take or destroy the Imperial Arms as we can."
"So if we destroy or take Imperial Arms..." Tatsumi began to say. "We're furthering the Revolution." Gray finished.
"Are you two smart." Leone giggled with a smile.
"You both are correct, here read this." Najenda said handing a large book.
Tatsumi looked first and turning a page. "There are so many of these things." He said handing the book to Gray.
"Yes, a lot." The Ice Wizard said turning another page.
He handed it to Gajeel. "Hmm, not bad, I wonder if any are made of Iron." He said looking a bit interested.
The Iron Dragon Slayer handed to book to Levy. "Hmm, very interested." She said putting her reading glasses on.
"You wear glasses too." Sheele said looking surprised. "Yes, only when I read." Levy replied.
"Your glasses are cool." Sheele praised with a smile.
Levy smiled back.
"Anyway, Tatsumi, Gray, Juvia, Gajeel, and everyone should memorize every Imperial Arms." Najenda stated.
"So which one of these things are powerful?" Tatsumi asked.
"Depending on the user, that said but I have make a choice." Najenda said putting her hand on her right eye. "I say the one can manipulate Ice."
Gray was surprised to hear this. "(A Imperial Arms tha can control ice.)"
Hearing this worried Juvia that she glanced at her love interest. "(Don't worry, I won't this power hurt you.)"
"The odor is quite strong, but the user isn't in the Capital right now." Najenda added. "I heard she went to the north to subdue the people."
"Why is she in the north?" Gray asked.
"The prince in the north is that wields a spear and has never lost." Najenda replied. "His people trust him, which makes him a threat to Empire, he took over the northern fortress and made it into a base for his entire army."
"He must be so strong." Taran commented.
"Since then his forces invaded more and more agressively, so the Empire formed a special unit to fight him." Najenda said remembering the face of a woman with long light blue hair.
"I won't worry about that." Lubbock said. "It would take a year for her to do that."
"(Did he say her?)" Gray asked. "(A woman must be in charge of this special unit.)"
"We can only hope." Najenda said looking at her comrades.
Tatsumi smiled. "Let's find more of these things!"
"What's gotten you into a sudden good mood?" Leone asked.
"Well, there are some Imperial Arms we don't know about." Tatsumi replied looking at the rest of his friends. "I have a great idea."
"What is your great idea?" Gajeel asked looking puzzled.
"Well, If maybe there's one that can revive the dead, right?" Tatsumi asked cheerfully.
Everyone went quiet and lowwews their heads down.
"Sorry." Bulat said looking down. "There is no Imperial Arms that can bring back the dead, we only just get one shot at life."
"No, you don't know that!" Tatsumi shouted shaking his head in denial. "We just need to find it out there!"
"Then what about the first Emperor?" Akame asked. "If he did that he would still be alive today."
Tatsumi looked at the black haired girl then turned his attention to the former Imperial Officer.
"Look he probably saw it was impossible." Bulat added. "That's must be why he made Imperial Arms in the first place."
Tatsumi was left disbelief realizing his plan was really impossible.
Gray, Juvia, and Levy stared the kid feeling sorry for him.
"Just let it go, if the enemy sees that weakness you have, it'll get you killed." Akame stated with serious look on her face.
"I hate to admit, she's right." Lily agreed. "We all including us wizards from Earthland only get one shot at life therefore we got to make the most of it."
"(Poor kid.)" Taran thought as she realized what she said. "(What, am I feeling sorry of this kid?)"
"Kid, look, we need to move when we lose our friends or family." Gajeel pointed out harshly. "If you can't do then there's no point of you being assassin."
The Iron Dragon Slayer huffed away. "What is he deal?" Leone asked looking mad.
"(This kid must overwhelmed by his friends lost than we realized.)" Gray thought. "(Reminds me of Lucy overwhelmed about losing their mother.)"
An image of Lucy appeared in his head. "(She was happy with parents, but after her mother died, it caused her and father to fall apart, however after we awoken after being asleep on Tenrou Island, Lucy learned that her father was sending her presents and even a letter to her.)"
Later that night.
Tatsumi went to visit his friends graves again.
"Are you ok?" A voice asked who was Sheele.
"Oh its just...that..." Tatsumi began to say as he started to shed tears. "I hoped that there was an...Imperial Arms that can bring back Sayo and Ieyasu, a slim chance at that."
Levy was behind a tree peeking from behind it and had Lily flying beside her.
Tatsumi started to sob. "It is impossible, but its so hard for me to...to...get..."
Seeing this brought tears out of Levy's eyes too.
Lily tapped his paw on the girl's shoulder. "Poor kid."
Sheele embraced Tatsumi. "Its ok, if you want to cry then let out, ok?"
The boy smiled and relaxed. "You're so kind to me."
Sheele gazed at the stars in the sky. "(Looks like I found something else I'm good at.)"
Gajeel was sitting on a seat in his room as he heard a knock. "Who is it?"
"Its me, Leone."
"Oh its you, what'd you need?" Gajeel asked.
She opened the door with a glare on her face. "What you said to Tatsumi was little harsh, don't you think?"
"Look the kid just needs to get over his friends death." Gajeel replied turning his head away with scoff look. "I mean its not like tears or mopping around is going to bring them back."
"You think its simple for him to over that?" Leone asked getting mad. "Have you lost a friend in your world?!"
Gajeel shoulders motioned at the question. "You think I don't know what's like to lose a friend nor somone else, if that's the case then you're so naïve." He growled.
Leone gasped at the Iron Dragon Slayer's remark. "Why you..."
She grabbed his shoulder and showed his right eye with a tear. "Are you..."
Gajeel turned his head away. "I guess I'll tell you about a friend of mine but I suggest you listen carefully, back then before I was in Fairy Tail."
Flashback scene.
Gajeel was in court with the Magic Council.
"Once again, we have Gajeel of Phantom Lord before us!" A Council member announced. "Honestly, how many times has been this year?"
Gajeel just smirked.
A elder Council woman stared at him.
After the trial Gajeel was walking down the hallway.
"Wait!" A voice called out.
Gajeel glanced where the voice came from.
It was Elder Belno. "Did you come to give me another lecture?" The Iron Dragon Slayer asked coldly
"Come on, you know that I didn't come here to waste my breath on you." She corrected. "But you should strongly consider leaving Phantom Lord."
"I'll leave when I'm ready, its none of your business anyway." Gajeel remarked coldly.
"When Guilds engage with wretched behavior is my business." Belno stated with serious tone. "It must be stopped!"
"I think you'd better stop, you do realize you're talking Black Steel Gajeel?" The Iron Dragon Slayer asked coldly.
"Iron headed you mean." Belno remarked. "I've seen many men act tough like you, you have the huge chip on your shoulders, but what you really are is hiding your loneliness."
Gajeel turned his head at the elder's words looking very mad. "What'd you say?"
"Being is do-gooder isn't your style from what I know, however someone like you can live a life that has true meaning." Belno commented.
"Ha, I already have many in fact I have right now." Gajeel chuckled. "We're taking on those Fairy failures!"
In the present after Fairy tails fight against Phantom Lord.
Gajeel is seen sitting at a table he glanced at Natsu and Happy at the request board.
"Check it out, Lucy this job was made for us!" The Fire Dragon Slayer exclaimed.
"Don't waste my time, I need to pay my rent this month!" Lucy yelled.
"This one will be piece of cake, then we'll take another job to make more money." Natsu said with a smile.
Lucy snatched the request form. "We want to make golden fresh fish, you got to be kidding, that sounds like it has finesse and I'm sure you don't know what that means."
"She's got you there pal." Happy said getting on a nearby table. "If its about cooking fish, then its your truly me."
"All you want is the fish raw, which is disgusting." Natsu remarked. "Maybe we should have a cookout!"
"Aye sir, I'll show you shame!" Happy talked back.
"This is a waste of time!" Lucy said waving her hands. "I NEED TO PAY MY RENT!"
Natsu and Happy started their cookout using fish.
"COME ON, YOU GUYS!" Lucy whined.
Gajeel smiled at this.
"Well, you do smile, that's surprising." Levy commented even she was surprised herself.
"Shut up, you little busy body." Gajeel said in denial.
Levy scoffed. "Ah, you're still a jerk too!"
Linebreak.
"I see." Leone said. "What does your story have to do with Belno?"
"I hate to admit it, but I was going to show her who the person I've become someday." Gajeel said trying hold back his tears.
"Why didn't you?" Leone asked.
"It just never came up." Gajeel said. "Beyond that said my friends and I were attacked by a dragon on an island."
"That sounds scary." Leone said looking shaken up.
"On top of that much later after returning from the island after seven years of sleep." Gajeel began to explain.
Unknown to them was Taran eavesdropping.
Flashback continues.
"Much after competing in a tournament, our Guild was then up against a Dark Guild called Tartoros." Gajeel replied. "However this guild was full of Demons."
"That's sounds even more scary." Leone said feeling a chill go down her spine.
"It gets worse." The Iron Dragon Slayer said. "The Most of the Former Council members were attacked too and killed."
Leone was starting to get what the Iron Dragon slayer was getting at.
He remembered the day he found Belno laying dead against the wall of her house.
"They murdered her too." Gajeel said closing his eyes. "The city looks fine nothing like Gray described." Levy said gazing around outside the city.
"It would seem that the enemy is the stealthy type." Lily stated crossing his arms.
Gajeel clenched his hand in anger. "If I only gotten here sooner."
"We did our best." Levy said calmly.
Flashback ends.
"To be honest, the words she said to me about having a life with true meaning, I took those words to heart." Gajeel added as the tears in his eyes formed and fell down his face. "I was angry that I couldn't look out of her like how she was looking out for me."
Leone suddenly felt sorry for the Iron Dragon Slayer. "I'm sorry, that..."
"I wanted revenge but I decided heed her advise and honor her life even more, including the last thing she said to me." Gajeel Interrupted.
Belno's face came to his head who a smile on her face. "Truth to be told, you remind me of my own late son."
"I'm sorry that happened to you." Leone said feeling sad for the Dragon Slayer even more.
"Just go, please." Gajeel said as his shoulders began to motion slightly.
Leone then walked towards him licking his ear. "Hey!" He jumped in surprise. "What'd you do that for?"
"Just think of this of me cheering you up and apologizing for misjudging you." Leone giggled as she walked away.
Gajeel calmed down easily. "(Hmm, she's quite strange but kind.)" He thought as he got into his bed and soon he asleep.
Taran was already walking away. "(Sounds like maybe I can share my story too.)" She thought as image of her parents came into her head. "Mom, dad."
The next day.
The woman with the light blue haired was sitting on a chair and in front of her was the Prince of the North who was naked.
He licked her boots and then the woman put her boot on the Prince's head. "How disappointing, to think you were the best they had to offer."
The woman kicked the Prince in the face spraying blood as the guards watched.
Later that evening.
Gray was with Bulat, and Sheele in an old village in a desert.
There were beggers sitting nearby their houses and children that were hungry.
"Those poor people." Juvia said looking sad. "Yeah, the Minister has a way of torturing these people." Gray added looking disgusted. "I see why he's doing this, he thinks that toturing the weak is fun."
"You got that right." Bulat agreed. "They say the weak perish while the strong survive."
"That's very wrong." Gray said looking furious. "Even the weak can get stronger."
"Calm down." Bulat said calmy putting his hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah sure, bro." Gray said looking away.
Juvia sighed in relief of hearing the man she loves saying that.
"Anyway, our mission today is tracking down woman who's been taking people's pets hunting them for sport." Bulat said showing a disgust look on his face. "Her name is Sarah the Devil Woman."
"That's awful." Juvia said looking very concerned then her look changed into anger. "This woman will get what she deserves."
Taran was with Pantherlily, Gajeel, Levy, and Lubbock.
"I can't believe there is a guy and a male cat I'm working with today." Lubbock groaned. "Man, I thought I would be alone with the girls only."
"Just deal with it, besides Levy and Taran are here with us." Gajeel remarked coldly. "I'm not interesting in guys!" Lubbock complained.
"I WASN'T REFERRING TO THAT YOU MORON!" The Iron Dragon Slayer shouted angrily. "Oh brother." Levy said doing the face palm.
"Come on, you two that's enough." Lily said. "He's right, we need do get to work." Taran agreed.
"Right, our mission is to take out some scum kidnapping children." Gajeel said.
"Yes, the man's name is Fred Kurgar, he kidnaps them and uses them to do his chores until they drop." Lubbock replied showing a picture the old man with a mustache and beard. "That's not the worst part, if one of the kids defies him then he tortures them until they die."
"That's awful." Taran said. "(Hmm, Taran doesn't seem all that bad as we thought.)" Levy thought eyeing at the Psychic Wizard.
Tatsumi was traveling with Leone in her village.
"Hey, I could use one of your back rubs!" A old woman called. "How are you doing, Leone?" A young woman asked.
"Let's get a drink together!" A old man said holding a cup.
"You sure are popular with these people." Tatsumi commented.
"That's because this part of the town I grew up in." Leone replied. "I know it sounds crazy but I was famous for my back..."
"HEY LEONE!" A man called out.
A man along with a few other men came running towards them.
Leone panicked and ran away with Tatsumi following.
"What do you think of my hometown?" She asked.
"I love it, its so freaking great!" Tatsumi replied with panic face.
At the Capitals' throne room.
"Report, it appears that General Naka and Kito have defected." A solider reported. "They abandoned their posts and joined the Revolution."
"The Revolution is growing at alarming rant!" A hunchback solider said looking very concered.
"We mustn't lose faith, there situated so far that we can contain them at our measure, if we want to completly seeds the way of the rebellion, then we should round them all up!" The Emperor announced as he glanced at the Minister. "Isn't that right, Honest?"
The Minister chuckled. "You said it right, I see you're keeping your composer, its the rogue of assassins not the rebels, they killed Captain Ogre, my cousin Ravage-Yoka, then murdered Head Hunter Zanku, and took his Imperial Arms, they are making a mess of the Capital, I'm calling back General Esdeath!"
The men gasped in horror.
A man with three hair bangs stepped foward. "Forgive me Minister but General Budo is here."
"I'm sure the General has better things to do than hunt down a few bandits." Honest stated.
"Esdeath is has skilled equal to General Budo, we can trust her." Emperor Makoto said.
"She slaughtered 4000 tribes by burying them alive." Honest added as he clenched his hand. "I want her not to killed just one, I want her to track down as many of these assassins and kill them."
"One more thing." The Solider spoke. "On the area that Zanku was killed."
"What is it?" The Emperor asked.
"During the exmaination of his body, the doctors also found out his left side of his face was barely broken." The solider explained.
"What should that matter to us?" Honest asked.
"It would seem whoever killed must've used an weapon that would break someone's bones." The solider said. "The doctors think someone used a weapon made of iron or steel."
Minister was seemingly interested. "I see, is there anything else you have to report."
"Well..." Just then Budo came inside.
"Budo, what is that you need to report." Minister asked.
Budo was looking quite angry that it made the advisors nervous.
Meanwhile.
Tatsumi was in the allyway of the town where Leone was born. "We lost them, you ok big sis?"
He noticed she wasn't behind him anymore. "(Huh, I can't find her, that also means I'm lost!)"
From a corner came a girl with long pony tail that reached to the ground and she wore an Imperial Armor suit. "Greetings, citizen!"
She ran over to him jogging while pulling a string with a dog creature attached to the string. "Seryu, member of the Imperial Guards, I'm at your service!"
"(She's a guard.)" Tatsumi thought remembering Captain Ogre.
The dog whined. "Koro, are you hungry, we'll get something to eat soon." Seryu said kneeling down at her companion.
"Sorry but what is that?" Tatsumi asked.
Seryu picked up the dog creature. "Oh, he's my Imperial Arms, don't worry he only bites bad guys."
Tatsumi gazed at the Imperial Arms and the dog looked at him. "(He was in that book.)"
"Oh, you said you were lost." Seryu said.
"Oh no, I was lost but I think I know the place that I need to go to." Tatsumi lied.
Seryu dropped her Imperial Arms. "I'll help you find it, I'm on patrol anyway!"
She took Tatsumi's hand which surprised. "Let's go, I won't let you get lost."
Koro started bark while jumping up and down. "Does all the guards have pets like you?" Tatsumi asked.
"No, I'm only guard that has an Imperial Arms, Koro, um that's the name I've given him." Seryu replied holding her companion in her arms. "That's the name I've given him, he won't cooperate with anyone who doesn't have a ifinity with him."
Flashback scene.
"See, a lot of soliders that were high rank couldn't coot with Koro." Seryu explained.
She was being examined by a doctor. "So they ran tests on low level grunts like me, on the day I was examined, I was told he responed to my heart of rightous."
Flashback ends.
"He's been my little companion since." Seryu finished with a smile. "Right, Koro?"
The Imperial Arms Dog barked in agreement.
Seryu escorted Tatsumi the location where he was with Leone.
"Thank you." The boy said gratefully.
"You can count on us." Sery responed proudly. "If you see any bad guys let me know, we'll take care of them and rip them to pieces."
Tatsumi chuckled nervously. "Heh, heh, that makes me feel safe."
"Let's go, we can give you a prisoner to feast on!" Seryu declared as she ran off dragging her dog violently.
"(Oh, a guard with Imperial Arms, this could turn out ugly.)" Tatsumi thought.
Seryu continued running. "(I must find Night Raid, for Captain Ogre.)"
Flashback scene.
Seryu was training with Orge doing kicks and punches. "That's some quite fighting punches and kicks." The Captain praised. "You're getting stronger everyday."
Seryu leaped up and kicked the Captain but he blocked the kick. "Before my father died he said to me, Justice must never smit to evil!"
"If you're that eager, I can give you a trump card." Ogre said.
"You can give me one?" Seryu asked surprised. "There is a doctor performing a few experiments, I should warn the profits are going to hurt like hell." Ogre replied.
"No matter, I will do what it takes!" Seryu declared determined.
Flashback ends.
"(Those monsters murdered Captain Ogre, Night Raid, you all will pay!)" Seryu thought with an angered face.
At the Capital.
"I have something to report in the village that was in the desert." Budo announced.
"Yes, what about it?" Honest asked.
"It would seem the Woman named Sarah the Devil Woman who lives there was frozen and defeated." Budo replied. "Not only that, her guards were easily knocked out cold."
The six male advisors, Minister Honest, and Emperor Makoto gasped in shock.
"Frozen, her guards were knocked out easily, how is that possible?" the hunchback advisor asked. "Is this Esdeath's doing?"
"Don't be upsired, Esdeath works for the Empire!" Honest spatted. "Beyond that Sarah the Devil woman was former member of the Capital and I decided to send her in the desert to hunt people's pets for sport."
"Sure, but I know this kind of ice wasn't Esdeath's doing." Budo said taking out some chunks of ice from a pocket. "After I was giving this ice by one of Sarah's men who died, it was very cold I mean very cold like in the north." Budo explained. "I can't explain much but somehow there is more to this ice than I can see."
"(Hmm, Night Raid must have Imperial Arms... no there must be new ice power at large.)" Honest thought. "(The only question is, who can use Ice powers like Esdeath.)"
"Should we report this to Esdeath?" A man asked asked. "She uses Ice powers too."
"No, until we have more details on this new ice power, we can't mention anything to Gerenal Esdeath." Honest answered. "Does Sarah's guard have describing of this person that defeated him?"
Budo shook his head. "No, he was knocked out quickly before he could get a look at this person as well as his comrades, none of them didn't get the chance to look at the person's face."
"Hmm, if you hear anything on this new kind of ice power then report to us." Makoto ordered.
"Yes, your majesty." Budo bowed and walked out of the throne room.
Gray, Juvia, Bulat, and Sheele arrived back at the hideout. "(This job is intense, but we must see through the end, until my friends and I can find a way to our world.)"
"You really did great my love!" Juvia squealed wrapping her arms around Gray's arm. "You took out that woman and her guards easily!"
"(I somehow think his Ice Maker Magic might overpower Esdeath's ice powers.)" Bulat thought putting his hand under his chin.
"Taking out this Freddy Kurgar felt good." Gajeel commented with a grin.
"Yes, sending those kids back to their families that were still alive was good for them." Levy added.
Taran remembered the kids faces. "(Yes, they were happy to be free, however we still a lot to do before we can overpower this corruption.)" She thought
"Juvai really loves Gray." Sheele said with a smile. "She sure does." Bulat said smiling.
"Anyway, everyone is dismissed for the night, so get some sleep." Najenda announced.
They all went to their rooms and fell asleep.
End of chapter.