Chapter 16: New Bonds, Demons Missions
Esdeath was in the conference room with her team.
"There are more Danger Beasts attacking people one by one." Run spoke.
"Yes, as time passes more innocent people are getting killed." Seryu added as Koro growled. "Though we managed to kill some, bring one back for examination."
"Yeah, but what about the Demons, are they behaving for the last 1 month?" Wave asked.
"So far, they haven't caused any trouble, but some prisoners are getting extremely nervous around them." Bols answered.
"What'd you mean?" Kurome asked.
"A prisoner insulted one of the Demons, luckily the leader told her comrade to stop." Bols explained. "although I feeling if any of the prisoners provoke the Demons, then things will get ugly."
Esdeath began to think for a sec and had an idea. "I think I might have a idea, its time to put them to work."
"But General, if they go out in daylight, the people of the Empire will freak out seeing such creatures like these Demons." Wave stated with concern.
"True, but they won't be work at daylight." Esdeath informed.
A short time later in afternoon.
The Demons were escorted to the Palace Gardens by Run. "What does your ice freak leader want with us?" Fang asked.
"I suggest you watch your mouth around our leader." The blonde Imperial User suggested.
"Are you going to make me pretty boy?" Fang asked with an amusing chuckle.
The blonde haired Jaeger gave him a cold stare which the Demon Wolf found amusing. "A tough guy, huh?"
"Enough!" Saki commanded.
Fang kept his ground and scoffed.
"Anyway, you Demons of Tartaros, all of you are here to do work." Esdeath was walking towards to them.
"Wait, why should we take-" Fang stopped as Saki put her arm in front of his face. "What kind of work do you want us to do?"
"You all were be going out to hunt and kill new Danger Beasts that have been appearing, since this at night time none of the people in the Capital will see you guys I will be on portal as well." Esdeath explained. "As soon as you destroy the Danger Beasts are killed then return to the Capital."
Fang was about to complain again when Saki once again put her arm in front of his face. "Alright then, we'll do it."
Esdeath gave them all papers on the instructions to the location of the Danger Beasts.
"I repeat once sunset is near, everyone of you Demons will be on night patrol, I'll be at the entrance waiting to give you the rest of full orders so go back to your cells until then."
The Demons left.
"So did you find anything out yet about the new Danger Beasts?" The General asked.
Run placed his hands behind his back. "Of course, The Minister's research has made it clear that these Danger Beasts were once humans."
Esdeath sighed as a theory about them was true. "I figured, their features did look that way to me as well."
Run agreed. "I have a theory that these Danger Beasts were a result of the Dr Stylish's experiments since they appeared after he was killed."
"What else do you figure out?" General asked.
Imperial Arms User sighed. "Well after going through his lab, it seemed to ordinary, I assume I would see the different results of his research but they were milder than I expected."
Hearing this drew one conlusion from the General. "So what you're saying is there might have been another hidden lab somewhere?"
Run nodded at her question. "I believe that might be the case, somehow the Danger Beasts were able to escape, there is also an off chance that there maybe a third party involved, though I'm not sure what kind of third party."
Esdeath's thoughts were matched by Run's explaining. "However if it is, the doctor may not have encountered enemies while looking for the base but after he found the base of Night Raid, its possible he attacked them to make useful for his experiments but instead to be killed."
Esdeath tilt her hat. "I'm starting to get that Dr Stylish might've been more insane that I thought he was, there should be a limit of number of those Danger Beasts, Seryu and the others should be dealing with them quickly however that isn't the only problem we have, I mean did those creatures escape on their own or did someone set them free?"
Run's eyes widened and realized that was something to think about. "Understood, I will look further into this."
Poison Ivy was by behind the doors and in the gardens was a flower which seemed to be eyeing the Jaegers conversation.
"By the way, where did we bury comrades like Dr Stylish?" Run asked. "I would to pay my respects."
Esdeath smiled. "Its outside to east outside the palace a 5 blocks away ."
Poison Ivy grinned evily. "(Perfect, then Kay can use his Curse to bring this Doctor, then we can have more Demons.)"
"I also I noticed that you were observing the flowers which unusual for you." Run spoke pointing at the flower garden.
Esdeath looked back at the flowers. "Oh, they're a special kind of flower if you rub them on an open wound, it would cause an extreme amount of pain, quite the perfect start to toture prisoners."
Run gave uneasy smile showing on his face. "How...deightful."
"Anyway, I must be going." Esdeath said.
Poison Ivy was then with her comrades in their cells. "Kay, I have something to report to you and the others but for now it'll have to wait until then we're sure that none of the Jaegers or their leader, nor any human hears our plan."
Kay knew what his comrade was talking about. "(Perfect, Poison Ivy might have found some subjects for my experiment.)"
Sunset arrived as the demons walked were at the gate entrance were Esdeath was waiting.
"Ok, here." Esdeath handed each of them papers on info where the new type Danger Beasts were located. "First, I'll have two into groups, Leon will be with Fang, Poison Ivy will be with Kay , Saki will be with me, each of us will got to locations where these Danger Beasts are located after we kill them report back here at the palace entrance, and then all of you will go back to your cells."
Poison Ivy and Kay went to a forest with a dirt path.
"Place is deserted." Poison Ivy commented.
Kay scoffed. "Humans have the right idea of avoiding these new Danger Beasts."
"Anyway, I got report that a member of the Jaeger was killed, beyond that he was scientist too." Poison Ivy explained. "I heard his grave is in the east side of the Capital five blocks away."
Kay smirked. "(Excellent, a subject for my experiment.)"
Just then out of the trees came two Danger Beasts with each of them had a green metal like arm with large mouths and teeth.
"Strange, they almost look human like." Kay said noticing the features on the Danger Beasts.
"Less looking and more killing!" Poison Ivy declared.
Esdeath was riding on her dragon with Saki as she did she began to stare off around the night sky. "(How strange, this nonsense of me admiring the night sky doesn't suit me.)"
Then images of her being with Gray came to her head especially when they slept together, lastly seeing Gray hugged by Juvia came to her head. "(Gray, I haven't feeling myself since I fall for you my love, now I feel something burning inside me after seeing that blue haired brat embrace you.)"
The Lightning Demon glanced at the woman. "Say, what does a woman like you do anyway?"
The General got her head back into reality and cleared her throat. "Usually I torture prisoners, learn more amounts of torture, as recently I found an interest in love."
Saki jumped in surprise and held back her laugh. "Are you serious?"
"What is wrong with that?" General asked suddenly glaring.
"From what the people say about you being a woman caring only for bloodshed and war, I didn't think someone of your kind would get interested in any gushy stuff." Saki chuckled amusingly.
"Laugh all you want, but for now we must find any Danger Beasts." Esdeath said leaping off the dragon and landing on the top of a mountain.
Saki jumped off next.
Then out the shadows came several Danger Beast snarling viciously.
"Dark Thunder Strike!" Saki declared letting out her arm and a large amount dark thunder struck down from dark clouds above then three of the Dangers Beasts and killed them.
Esdeath swung her rapier and slashed their bodies.
One was getting up until she put her heel shoe on its head. "Such weak creatures."
"Let me ask you something, have you found anyone worthy for you?" Saki asked.
Esdeath didn't turn to look at the Demon. "(I can't tell her about Gray Fullbuster, she and her friends will go after him.)"
"Are you going to answer..."
Esdeath instantly turned to the direction where the Danger Beasts came from. "YOU THERE, COME ON OUT, QUIT HIDING!"
A man wearing a brown cloak slowly walked away behind a large rock wall. "Crap, I didn't think you notice me, not too shabby, I can see why everyone is so terrified of you, however its time for me to stopping playing with my little toys."
"Do you know something about these Danger Beasts roaming the area, if so then I'll torture it out of you." Esdeath declared pointing her rapier straight at the man.
"Sorry, but that's not my cup of tea, if you want some excitement then I'll let you play with my toys." The man took a out device and put it in both of his hands. "BEHOLD MY IMPERIAL ARMS!"
Saki and Esdeath disappeared into a large purple portal.
"Now, what should I do next?" The man's hoody fell backwards revealing his face and his clothes.
Fang was in the snowy hills with Leon.
"Too bad, we aren't attacking villages." Fang grumbled. "I want show these humans the ugliness of humanity."
"That'll come soon in due time." Leon stated.
Just then seven human like Dangers Beast with muscles and large long noses were approaching them snarling viciously.
Fang smirked. "Let's go, Bomb Arrow!"
He fired three arrows of explosion energy which went into three the Danger Beasts chests and then for a few seconds they exploded into pieces.
Leon leaped up at one of them. "Super Fury Swipe!"
He swiped the Danger Beast's throat several times until it bleed to death.
Then 20 came charging down from the snowy hill.
Fang put his hand on the ground. "Neo-Landmine!"
Curse symbols appeared from beneath of the 20 Danger Beasts and then the symbols exploded destroying all the Danger Beasts.
"Heh, heh, such pathetic creatures, ha, ha ha!" Fang laughed madly.
Esdeath and Saki found themselves on a island the next morning.
After awhile they staring off to the ocean.
"Just who the hell was that man?" Saki asked looking angry.
"It looks like that man used an Imperial Arms to teleport us, rumor is that there's one that can manipulate space itself." Esdeath explained.
Saki was surprised. "(It seems there is more to these humans toys than I thought.)"
"Anyway, we must let the time go by finding some way to get us back to the Capital." Esdeath suggested.
As times passes nightfall arrived.
Saki sighed who was sitting at the beach with Esdeath who was standing up. "Such a waste of time." The Demon woman grumbled.
"Don't worry, I have two ideas on to get us back." Esdeath stated. "Follow me."
They came to the location where they were first arrived on the island, there was a giant purple mark. "This must be from the man's Imperial Arms, it'll open a portal to get us back and the second way back is on that."
Saki looked up to see the Air Manta. "That's huge."
Meanwhile in the Capital.
The man was getting up from bed. "Hmm, I should reopen the portal, Shambala Point B, Release!"
"What are you doing over there?" A woman asked.
"Excuse me, you busy body?" The man asked glancing at the woman.
"You know, despite your language, you seem refined." The woman commented.
"No kidding, after all Minister Honest is my father." The man chuckled.
The woman gasped slightly. "Wait, that man is your father?"
The man glared and punched the woman in the stomach. "What the hell you mean by that, I have great respect for him, I will surpass him one of these days."
The man put his hand under the woman's chin who was groaning in pain. "To do that, I have to ultimate form of filial piety."
Later Esdeath and Saki went into the Portal as soon as it opened.
They made back to the location where they were previously.
"Let's return to the capital." Esdeath ordered as she whistled and her Dragon appeared.
Saki had a suspicious look on her face. "(Esdeath didn't answer my question about if she found someone to love, its almost like she did but didn't want answer my question.)
The next day at Night Raid's new base.
Leone, Chelsea, Taran, Juvia, Lisanna, and Mirajane were playing in the water splashing each other with water and wearing different kinds swimsuits.
Juvia wore the bikini that she wore at the Ms Fairy Tail Contest.
Taran wore a string black bikini.
Erza wore a yellow bikini.
Chelsea wore a different swimsuit that was light blue.
Leone wore a yellow bikini with black spots.
Mira wore a bikini that was dark red.
Levy was laying down on the sand on a blanket with sunglasses. "Such a beautiful day at the beach."
Gajeel glanced at the girls slightly blushing red. "(Man, they look cute especially Leone.)"
Lily noticed his owner's face. "Someting wrong?"
Gajeel turned his head away. "No, nothings wrong."
"Oh yeah, seeing the girls in bikinis is so nice." Lubbock drooled with a silly grin.
"Gee, you're more of a pervert than I thought." Gray groaned.
"Yeah, on the top of that this is part of the mission." Tatsumi added.
"Oh, you two aren't no fun!" Lubbock spatted.
"You're asking for it!" Gray shouted with a glare.
"Yeah, chill out jackass!" Tatsumi spatted.
Just then Chelsea and Leone got out of the water.
"Hey, Tatsumi, Gray, tell us which bikini of ours do you like the best?" Leone asked. "Oh be careful, what your answers are." Chelsea warned.
"What about me, do you like my bikini more than theirs, Gray?" Juvia asked with a seductive smile.
"That goes for me too, Gray, do like mine or Juvia's." Taran asked with a cute smile.
"I would like Tatsumi's opinion on my bikini." Erza stated with a grin.
"Me too, Tatsumi, do you like mine or Lisanna's?" Mira asked.
"Just be honest." Lisanna added with a wink.
Levy approached Gajeel. "Do you like my Bikini?"
The Iron Dragon Slayer's face went totally red. "Uh...I...I...uh...Lily how are you doing?"
His Exceed looked at him confused.
Gray and Tatsumi's face went red as tomato.
"Well...I...uh..." Gray stammered nervously slightly blushing red.
"What should our answers be, Gray?" Tatsumi asked in a whispering tone.
Gray thought for a sec and then had an idea. "Tatsumi, Su is here, how are you doing?"
The Imperial Arms Human was confused.
"Aw, he and Tatsumi dodged the question." Leone said disappointed.
"Oh Gray." Juvia frowned in disappointment.
"Oh well, that's ok." Taran sighed.
Lubbock got up from his chair he was sitting on. "Hey, why didn't you girls ask me that, I would've gave you guys a honest straight answer like that I would want to touch them and squeeze them forever so why didn't..."
Leone put her hand on the green haired boy's face. "We knew what kind of answer you were going to give us anyway dumbass."
Lubbock was pushed onto the ground.
"Besides Gray is the one for me." Juvia scoffed.
"Yes, too bad pervert." Taran agreed.
"I think you should be careful cause a girl might hurt you if you do anything so perverted." Erza glared.
Lubbock was little freaked out by the red head's glare. "Uh."
"Yeah, from what the girls of Night Raid told us, you're quite the pervert." Mira stated little creeped out. "I agree, anyway pervert you want to say shouldn't be said to us girls." Lisanna agreed looking slightly embarrassed.
"The girls are right, so no kind of answer from you." Chelsea added.
"What does that mean, why do Tatsumi and Gray get to have all the action!" Lubbock complained loudly. "WHY, WHY, WHY?!"
"Man, such rotting luck, those guys are having fun at the beach while we get to do work." Mine huffed as she turned around she noticed Akame lowering her head. "Uh, something troubling you?"
The Night Raid wild child put her arm under her breasts. "I'm...I'm fine."
Mine then figured what was going on. "Are you still thinking about what those three Wizard siblings said to you?"
Akame narrowed her eyes at the pinkette girl. "Yes, beyond that I don't what to do right now, they don't seem to understand what I'm going through, on top of that I know Kurome will come after me."
"Right, but after seeing those three siblings together, I have no doubt they get along in fact you used to get along with Kurome back then before you two joined the Empire." Mine stated.
"True, but I'll decide to either kill Kurome or decide to reason with her." Akame replied.
"Even you do kill her then you must realize you're not alone." Mine stated she turned her head away. "(Though maybe those Wizard Siblings are right, in a way its sad for siblings to kill each other even friends, though an enemy is an enemy while a friend is a friend.)"
Later in the Capital City.
Esdeath was talking with her team in the square of the Capital where a water fountain was in.
"How did the hunting for Danger Beasts go?" She asked.
"Perfect, those Danger Beasts were killed by my might hands of justice." Seryu pointed out as Koro barked agreeing her master's words.
"Indeed, we saved a few guards on the way too." Bols added.
"Any sign of Night Raid or Gray?" Esdeath asked.
"We haven't found the Assassins or Gray, however how would like use to proceed against Gray?" Run asked.
Esdeath tilt her hat. "Honestly I still care for Gray, however I will be the one to kill him, so if you spot him report to me don't engage in a fight with him just report him to me."
Her team nodded in respond.
In the forest of the south.
The Demons were taking more Danger Beasts down in a mountain area.
Four human dangers Beasts that were tall with emourmous muscles and abs were attacking Fang. "Explode Landmine Four!"
The Four Danger Beasts were blown to pieces by four explosion that came from the ground below them.
One ugly Danger Beast was fighting against Leon but the Demon Panther lunged at it. "Super Mega Bite!"
Leon bite the Danger Beast on its throat so hard that he took the flesh off its throat which made it bleed. "Super Fury Swipes!"
He swiped the Danger Beast's chest with a barrage of fury Swipes which sprayed blood everywhere.
Poison Ivy and Kay encountered a large massive muscle Danger Beast with sharp claws, large mouth, and had a left green metal arm.
It let out a snarl and charged at the two Demons.
"Dark Wave!" Kay declared as he used his staff to create a wave of darkness that blew the Danger Beast onto the ground.
"DARK VINES!" Poison Ivy declared as dark vines emerged from the ground and binding the Danger Beast then was squeezed to death until its body was crushed.
Saki encountered one with face of a reptile with a large massive muscular body and had a reptile like tail. "Dark Electro Ball!"
A dark ball of electricity came from the palm of her hand and swung at the Danger Beast which went straight threw its chest leaving a big hole which bled out.
"Mission complete, let's return back to the capital." Saki ordered as her comrades approached. "In the meantime, Poison Ivy continue using your Curse to use the flowers to listen in on any of Jaegers conversation including any of the guards in the palace."
The Demon Plant girl nodded her head.
"I have something to report,
Early the Next morning.
Tatsumi was dreaming.
He found himself in the same place where he spoke with his two childhood friends Sayo and Iesayu.
"Its you guys." The browned haired boy said smiling.
"Surprised to see us?" Sayo asked.
Tatsumi was started to get teary eyed but he wiped his eyes. "Yeah, but I'm starting to improve, it was a painful time when I lost you guys, but you two were right I have new friends including those wizards."
Iesayu grinned with his arms crossed. "Yeah, I admit those girls are quite hot."
Sayo elbowed her friend's arm. "Perv."
"Ow." The boy squirmed rubbing his arm.
"Anyway, I know I still have a lot to learn but I'll keep fighting despite that's its a painful job." Tatsumi said with determination.
"We're proud of you." Sayo smiled. "One of these days, the Empire's corruption will be over and everything will be peaceful, so don't lose faith." Iesayu added. "Take care."
Tatsumi woke up. "Oh, that was dream."
He looked out his window with a smile. "Sayo, Iesayu I'm becoming stronger and I made a lot of new friends especially the Fairy Tail Wizards that arrived, I wish you guys could meet them in person."
As he walked out fully dressed as he saw Lisanna coming his way. "Oh good morning." He waved with a smile.
Lisanna blushed at the smile. "(So innocent, such a nice smile too.)"
Tatsumi noticed her face. "Something wrong, your face is red."
The young white haired girl turned her head away slightly. "Uh, nothing..nothing...anyway I was told you traveled to the capital once with your friends."
Tatsumi lowered his head. "Yeah, they were tortured by a girl and her parents, Iesayu was still alive but he didn't make it, after a week passed of joining Night Raid I usually would pay my respects to their graves, sometime later I got the info about Imperial Arms, I hoped there was one that bring them back however..."
Bulat's words came to his head. "Kid, there's isn't a Imperial Arms that can bring the dead to life, we only get one shot at life."
Akame's words then came to his head. "Just forget, if the enemy see that weakness it'll only get you killed."
He also remembered what Gajeel said to him. "If you can't get over your friends deaths then there's no point of becoming an assassin."
Tatsumi started to get teary eyed. "They had a point, though Gajeel's words were harsh."
Levy appeared behind him. "Forgive Gajeel, I know he's a jerk once and while, but he does know how you feel, see he told me once there was a former Council that looked after him and also tried convince him to leave Phantom Lord."
Tatsumi didn't look but he was listening. "Go on."
"Well, after battle against Phantom Lord he joined Fairy Tail, he eventually became a better person, also during the battle against Tartaros..."
"Gajeel, and your Shadow Gear team found out Belno was killed." There was Leone leaning against hallway wall with a sad smile which Levy was surprised that she knew. "Yeah, I sorta confronted him on that night after Tatsumi was crushed about not being able see his friends again."
Levy looked worried a bit which Leone noticed and she just grinned. "Relax, he told about Belno and how he felt when she killed."
Flashback scene.
Gajeel was seen on a roof top of a house with tears forming his eyes. "I could tell Gajeel was heartbroken after she died, I saw it in his eyes, but wasn't just because of that he didn't chance the show her the new person he became and he took her words to his heart, also Belno told him with a smile on her face, 'that his behavior reminded her of her own late son." Leone said lowering her head.
Flashback ends.
Tatsumi was surprised. "I had no idea, poor guy."
Lisanna put her hand on his shoulder surprising Tatsumi. "You know what Tatsumi, the way you kept mourning over your friends death reminds me of Elfman, you see way back then when we were little kids, he used to have a Parakeet however one day it died."
Leone was surprised. "That's too bad."
Tatsumi sharing the same expression. "Oh that's horrible."
"Yeah, Elfman was wreck and kept mourning of his Parakeet's death, I remember finding him again at its grave and crying his eyes out, then I told told his friend will always live in his heart as long as he remembers him." Lisanna explained. "Though Elfman was still young, he didn't quite understand what I was saying, well that he was also feeling overwhelmed by his Parakeet's death, but as he grew up he began to understand more of what I was talking about."
Hearing what Lisanna told him was getting to his head. "(Our friends will live in our hearts as long as we can remember them, I never thought it that way then again I'm sure that is what Sayo and Iesayu would say that to me including Sheele and Bulat.)" Tatsumi thought as he smiled. "Lisanna, thank you for telling me that, I never thought that way, I mean it was hard for me to get over of my friends death, now I can really get over it even more, I'm grateful for your advice and I won't forget my friends that died including Bulat and Sheele."
Lisanna blushed and smiled brightly. "Your welcome, I thank you and your friends for helping my friends from Fairy Tail."
Tatsumi returned a big smile. "Yeah, though I do apologize again for getting you and your siblings involved in this mess, I mean I know your Guild isn't the kind that wouldn't take lives."
Lisanna knew he had a point but she just smiled. "Even so and despite you Night Raid say your still murders, you're just doing this for a cause, to make a better life and future for the people here."
Tatsumi smiled brightly. "That's what Eza said."
Lisanna returned a smile again, Levy and Leone smiled with them.
Elfman and Mira were eavesdropping from inside kitchen with smiles on their faces. "That's our little sister."
At the Capital.
Esdeath was asleep.
She was in a place with darkness. "(Where am I?)"
Up ahead was Gray Fullbuster. "Gray, is that you, you came back to me."
Just then Juvia walked beside the Ice Wizard. "I won't allow some ice psychopath to lay a finger on my beloved!"
Esdeath growled with a jealousy look. "Let's fight then!"
As she charged at the water Wielder she then rolled over in her sleep which caused her to abruptly wake up. "Oh, a dream."
Later in the Capital.
Honest was with Run at the flower garden.
"Did you find anything else useful from the Demons?" The old Minister asked.
"Yes, from what we learned, Gray has a magic called Maker Magic, which uses to create objects or weapons made of ice." Run explained. "I admit, his power is nothing I've ever heard of."
Honest put his fingers under his chin. "Yes, I admit someone possess power like this such as this Ice Demon Slayer Magic too is quite astonishing."
"I also have something else to report when the General was recovering." Run spoke.
"What is it?" Honest asked.
"Well, Dr Stylish went to check on Esdeath he heard her mumbling in her sleep and saw tears forming in her eyes." Run replied. "I know that doesn't seem like the General but that's what Dr Stylish said."
"(Run is right, General Esdeath crying isn't like her unless it was because Gray is part of Night Raid.)" Honest thought while looking down. "(No, it has to more than that.)"
Little did they know a flower in the was looking at the two Capital men.
"(Gray, isn't that the same...)" Poison Ivy thought as she made a low growl. "(Wizard from Fairy Tail, I must report this to others as possible.)"
Kurome was sitting in the conference room eating her snacks while Wave was standing up looking out the window.
Wave had a cup of coffee in his hand. "(Hmm, I knew Gray was strong but learning that he's a Ice Wizard and Ice Demon Slayer, that's crazy, but he must be strong so I mustn't get overconfident.)"
As Kurome ate her cookies she began to think of her sister Akame.
"Big sis...its a shame you turned your back on the Empire, I will make sure to kill you and make you into my puppet so we can be together as we were before."
Esdeath was taking a shower in her bathroom. "(Gray, to think you had such strong magic including this Ice Demon Slayer Magic, I still harbor feelings for you so when we meet again, I'll force you accept my feelings for you even if I have to threaten that girl Juvia.)" She thought lowering her head slightly and began clenching her left fist. "For some reason, I have something burning inside like whenever I think of that woman who hugged you, its make my chest burn with something I never felt before and my heart feels like its tearing apart."
She recollected herself. "(No, I can't be like this, that's not me at all, Gray Fullbuster I won't let some blue haired brat take you for her own, you belong to me and only me.)"
Bols was walking down the hallway the conference room.
"(Hmm, first we found out that Gray is a wizard from another who posses magic including this Ice Demon Slayer Magic, now our prisoners are Demons of this Tartaros.)" He thought. "(I just hope that they don't cause us trouble, I have a bad feeling they'll be strong in a fight, I just hope they don't hurt my family)"
Images of his wife and daughter came to his head. "(My girls, if those fiends and Night Raid try to harm you both, I will protect you.)"
Back at Night Raid's other hideout.
Everyone was in the dining room eating breakfast.
Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna had scrambled Eggs with slices a bacon and milk.
"This is so good." Mira commented with a smile.
"Yeah, you cook like a real man." Elfman praised with a grin.
"So delicious!" Lisanna squealed delightfully.
Erza was eating pancakes and orange juice. "So good, such a great cook you are Su!"
Su smiled. "No problem."
Tatsumi had scrambled eggs with a slice bacon. "Yummy, so tasty."
Taran had milk with waffles. "So good."
Gray had sausages, scrambled eggs, and orange juice so did Juvia.
"Nice breakfast." The Water Wielder praised with a big smile.
Gray smiled. "Su is good cook, even Natsu and the others would love this cooking."
Gajeel was eating slices of bacon and scrambled eggs with milk. "Very delicious."
Lily was having fish, with orange juice. "Nice cooking, I know Happy will like this fish."
Levy had pancakes with milk. "So good, Su is a greak cook, also he was good a building this house."
"Yeah, he did in seconds too." Taran added.
Mira thought of something. "He would be great at rebuilding our Guild too." She whispered to her siblings.
They both agreed their older sister on the rebuilding their guild part considering that their Guild was destroyed the first time but reduced to rumble during the battle against Phantom Lord, and then it was reduced to ashes due a Etherious orb that Seilah had Elfman put in the guild.
Later that day.
Akame was training in the forest by running then jumping onto tree branches and leaping across to other trees.
The three siblings doing sight seeing on the cliff Najenda, Mine, and Akame were on.
"This world does seems to have good points like this view." Mira commented.
"Yeah, though hearing that this Capital is corrupted by this Minister geezer, its so disgraceful." Lisanna stated with disgust.
"Yeah, this man will make sure he and his punks were be put in the dirt." Elfman declared clenching his fist . "However hearing that Akame and Kurome killing each other sounds so messed up."
Lisanna admit herself that was messed up. "I admit that was unexpected but what can we do?"
Mira looked up with a determined expression. "Don't know, but I guess we should help her realize that siblings shouldn't kill each other to work things out."
Then Akame came to the cliff where the Fairy Tail trio Siblings were at.
"Oh, its you guys."
Elfman, Mira, and Lisanna turned to see Akame.
Mira was the first to approach her. "I apologize for my out burst last night, I was just shocked that you and Kurome were going kill each other, I mean you both went through tough times before you two joined the Empire and looked after each other."
Akame lowered her head for a sec. "True, I looked after her during the training in tough areas with Danger Beasts, after we got separated I hope to see her again, eventually we reunited at a church in the Capital, after we trained together, slept together to make up for the times we were apart, however..."
Akame remembers the day she faced against Najenda. "The day I was suppose to kill Najenda the boss of Night Raid, she convinced me to join the sides of the people, I tried to get my sister to come with me, but she wouldn't, she thought that our comrades deaths on fighting for the empire would be for nothing, well that I didn't have much courage to get her to realize that the Capital was total corrupted, now she only sees me as a traitor."
Mira lowered her head slightly. "I see, its quite sad you and sister were so close, that changed, to me its the Capital's fault, if this place wasn't corrupted so much then you and your sister wouldn't be against each other."
Elfman decided to speak. "Look, its bad enough of what happened to your sister, but killing each other is just wrong."
Akame somehow the long white haired girl and muscle white spiked man had a point.
"Going through tough times is like Mira went through with us." Lisanna stated.
This got Akame to look at the wizard siblings.
Flashback scene.
Back then when Elfman, Mirajane, and Lisanna were young kids living at a house in another village.
"She's right, you see back then when we were little kids, I went to destroy a Demon a church in a village we lived in before we arrived in Magnolia." Mira explained
At their former house people were outside wielding pitch forks, knives, and axes, all of them were angry.
"COME OUT DEMON!"
"WE CAN'T GET CLOSER SHE'LL KILL US ALL!"
Mira then felt a pebble hit her head which thrown through the window.
"Are you ok?" Lisanna asked who was hugging her sister's arm.
Mirajane nodded but then lowered her head as she revealed her right arm was now a demons arm. "I never should've gone to that church, its my fault."
"No, you were just trying to save the people here." Elfman said calmly.
"COME OUT DEMON GIRL!"
"WE'LL GET HER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!"
Mirajane put her hands on her head as her eyes were closed and twitching as the anger mob's protests were getting to her head more and more.
Lisanna walked to the window and opened it which caused the villagers to stop yelling and silent was in the air for few seconds until young white haired girl looked at the angry villagers.
"MIRA WAS ONLY ONE BRAVE TO FACE THE DEMON, HOW CAN YOU TREAT LIKE THIS, THE ONLY REASON SHE WAS POSSESSED WAS BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO HELP, YOU SHOULD BE THANKING HER, NONE OF THIS IS HER FAULT!" She screamed angrily as she fell on her knees and started to cry.
Mira walked over to her young sister and pat her the shoulder. "Its ok, don't cry."
Elfman began to cry as well.
"Come on, we can't stay here." She added.
Linebreak.
Akame was shocked to hear this. "I'm sorry, I didn't realize how you guys looked out for each other so much after the villagers turned against you three."
"Yes, we traveled day and night to find a better place for us." Elfman stated looking down. "We met some people on the way, but they kept a distant away from us despite our kindness, but we just let it be."
"It was tough but eventually we made it to Magnolia and that's where Fairy Tail was too." Lisanna added.
Flashback continues.
Mirajane talked with the Master Makorov about her Demon arm.
After awhile she decided to leave. "I have to do this, I can't put these people in danger even my young siblings."
"Wait!"
She turned to see her young siblings running towards her.
"We got a surprise for you!" Lisanna said as she transformed into a pig.
Elfman then transformed his right arm of Bear's arm.
"We decided to become just like you." Lisanna stated smiling. "Though our Taker Over magic might be different, but we wanted make sure you're not alone."
"Yeah, we're siblings, we'll look after each other whenever we need to, that won't change." Elfman said sharing his younger sister's smile.
Mirajane smiled joyfully and tears of joy formed in her eyes. "Thank you two."
Flashback ends.
Akame smiled respectively. "I understand, you three looked after each other despite how tough things got, I'm glad things worked out for you three."
The three Siblings smiled in return.
"That's right, no matter what people said about Mira, we stood by her side." Lisa stated with a straight face. "Right, we never turned our back on her!" Elfman agreed.
"I know you guys are right in a way, I feel the pain that I have to kill Kurome." She added as she lowered her head.
"I know, we won't stop you unless we need to, but losing a friend like you would be painful including for the other Night Raid members." Mira commented. "Also somethings can be sorted out with the heart."
Akame's narrowed her eyes. "(Somethings can be sorted out with the heart.)"
"Anyway, just remember reasoning with a friend or sibling isn't easy, even though this world isn't like ours where we can get along, however the fact is we never turn back on a friend or family member, that's how we role in Fairy Tail including other Guilds we are allied with." Lisanna stated with a straight face.
Akame smiled and walked away. "Maybe they're right, I mean Kurome and I were so close, when we reunited at the church in the Capital, we made up for the times we were apart, we trained, slept together, and talked to each other, now that I think about, seeing those wizard siblings is somehow making me..."
Akame stopped walking as her body started to shake and tears were starting to form, she then had a straight face. "(Even if they are right, I must decide to either reason with Kurome or kill her.)"
Gray(who was shirtless)was with Taran and Juvia at the beach doing stretch exercises.
"(Oh, if Gray was alone I could get answer from him but Psychic bimbo is here.)" The water wielder thought eyeing at the Psychic Wizard.
"(I'm glad Juvia didn't blow a much of a fuse when I told her about my time with General Esdeath.)" Gray thought as he remembered the General kissing him on his lips which he put his fingers on. "(Ugh, I can't believe I actually slept with such a woman.)"
Taran glanced at the Ice Wizard. "(He seems troubled, well after hearing he was getting seduced by Esdeath that must've been a really crazy time especially the kisses she gave him.)"
Juvia then stopped as she embraced Gray. "Oh my beloved, I won't let Esdeath steal you away!"
Gray's body cringed for sec but just accepted the hug for now. "I can be assure she won't as long as you're by side I suppose."
Juvia's squealed in excitedment. "OH GRAY!"
Taran smiled but another side of her was feeling a slightly sad. "(I wish, I would have a man to cling onto.)"
"Anyway, Taran, how about some practice fighting?" Gray asked.
The Psychic Wizard was surprised. "Oh, are you sure its ok with your girlfriend?"
Gray's cringed again at the girlfriend part. "Uh, she's not my girlfriend, but anyway, do you want to have a practice fight with me?"
Taran smiled in respond before speaking. "I would love to."
Juvia hearing the word love made her burn up inside. "(She's trying to steal him away!)"
Gray stopped her. "Its ok, we're just training together, in fact after we're done, I would like you to train with me too."
His admirer had a big smile on her face. "Count me in!"
Erza was outside in front of the hideout gazing up at the blue sky.
"Hi." A voice said.
The red head looked behind to see Tatsumi.
"Oh, you're awake." She said with greeting smile. "I have a question like why did you come to the capital?"
Tatsumi lowered his head for a sec before looking at the Wizard of Armor. "I traveled from my village with two friends Sayo and Ieyseu however we got separated after being attacked by bandits."
Erza was getting interested in this story.
"Then I finally arrived at the Capital however when I met Leone she tricked me on getting into the Capital's army, afterwards I met a girl named Aria, she seemed nice at first until..
Images of Sayo and Ieyasu deaths came to Tatsumi's head. "Afterwards of meeting Night Raid, then finding out Sayo was killed and Iesayu was almost to death, Akame told me that Aria and her family was taken in people then poisoning them with medicine and tortured them, Aria then started a freaky temper tantrum, I quickly killed her, and then I went over to Ieyasu with his last breath, he died in my arms." Tatsumi finished.
Erza looked at the boy sadly.
Tatsumi started to get teary eyed. "After that I joined Night Raid despite the jobs are painful, I have no choice but to make sure this Empire is over thrown and to save my village from starvation, also losing my friends like Iesayu, Sayo, Bulat, and Sheele was painful too."
Erza agreed to the pain of losing friends. "I know that feels, I lost two that saved my life."
Images of Simon and Grandpa Rob came to her head. "They gave their lives to save me, if it weren't for them I wouldn't be here."
Tatsumi smiled in return. "Yeah, we heard from Gray that you captured and imprisoned on a creepy island."
Erza body shrugged. "Yes, I agree, however the island was gone, my friends that were imprisoned there are free, I reunited with one during the Grand Magic Games."
Tatsumi smiled in relieved. "I'm glad to hear that, I admit that your Armor is really awesome."
Erza slightly blushed red but smiled with her eyes closed. "I'm flattered, I know you got potential too."
Tatsumi's face reacted to the red head's words especially "I got potential."
Wizard of Armor noticed the young Assassin's face. "Something wrong?"
Tatsumi chuckled in respond. "No, its just that those words on me having potential reminds me of Bulat, he was another member of Night Raid, however he died in battle."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Erza said feeling slightly sad. "I was told that he was quite weird in a way."
Tatsumi chuckled nervously. "Yeah, he's into other guys, I admit he did hit me, Gajeel, and Gray, it did creep us all out."
Erza laughed. "I see, makes me wonder if Bulat would hit on some guys in the other Wizard guilds we are allied with."
Tatsumi had no doubt on that part then he had a determination look on his face "Anway I will get stronger than before to protect my friends and see that Empire is peaceful world to live in."
Erza imagined Natsu standing beside her. "(So spirited, determined to get stronger protect his friends, reminds me of Natsu.)"
Najenda was now in the conference room with the team.
"I have something to report." The boss announced. "Some of the Revolutionary Army heard of rumors of partol guards from the capital were killed."
Her team was confused at what they just heard.
"So?" Mine asked.
"That's not all, the soldiers from Revolutionary Army overheard some Empire guards talking the Jaegers captured the prisoners." Najenda replied.
"Why should we care about this?" Gajeel asked.
"Let her finish." Levy said elbowing the Iron Dragon Slayer.
"Lastly, the prisoners were rumored not to be humans." The Night Raid Leader finished.
This left her comrades confused.
"What do you mean these prisoners aren't humans?" Leone asked.
"Not sure, but I have feeling there is more to these prisoners than meets the eye." Najenda replied blowing smoke from inhaling from her cigarette.
Gray seemed concerned. "(Strange prisoners that aren't humans, I wonder who could they be?)"
Tatsumi was curious about this as well. "(I wonder if these humans are Danger Beasts like the ones that have been roaming around lately.)"
Later that Night at the Capital.
Poison Ivy was still awake awhile her friends were.
"(To think a Fairy Tail Wizard is in this world.)" She thought. "(No matter, one wizard isn't much a of threat however this one possess not only Ice Maker Magic but also Ice Demon Slayer Magic.)"
She then layed down on her prison bed looking up at the ceiling. "(Gray Fullbuster won't be any pushover, but my comrades and I will kill him and this Night Raid assassins.)"
Esdeath was laying in her bed looking up at curtains above her bed. "(Gray Fullbuster, I feel something everytime I think of that woman that embraced you, I feel something burning inside me something that makes me so angry, what is this feeling, it also somehow aches my heart.)"
She gripped her covers tightly with her hands. "(Gray Fullbuster, I will make sure of it that you'll be mine and mine alone.)"
Next the day.
Seryu and Koro caught three thieves, two were men and one was a girl, all of them were tied in a rope.
"Come on, we aren't with Night Raid, we just need to take some food cause we were hungry!" One of men yelled frightened.
"Yeah, we aren't killers either we swear!" The 2nd man added in a loud voice.
"Is that so, you stole food and now three of you were tainted, therefore you must be removed, Koro eat!" Seryu commanded.
The Imperial Arms Dog enlarged its mouth and bit two of the men half.
"Please, we just needed food and the two men forced me to work with them!" The girl begged.
"You helped them anyway, my commander wouldn't want any excuses from you, therefore you must be..."
Suddenly a Lisanna came out from behind the trees in her cat form and swipe Seryu's face with her feline claws.
"Aah!" She screamed in pain while covering her face with her hands.
Mirajane flew towards Seryu in her Satan Form and kicked her in the stomach hard which send the Imperial Guard girl away down the dirt path.
The thief woman was surprised.
Lisanna and Mira approached the girl. "Are you ok?"
"Who are you?" The girl asked still frightened.
"Don't worry, we're friends. Behind the two Take Over Siblings was Erza approaching. "Remember, saving your own life isn't what humans do, we live to fight what we believe in and stay beside our friends.
The girl just stared at them three ladies as she can see they were little disappointed she tried to save herself and lowered her head in shame. "I understand, I think."
"Look, you were scared and that's understanding, we can tell you to get stronger, also we know where you'll be safe." Lisanna crouched down. "As long as you're willing to help others besides yourself."
The girl smiled gratefully. "Yes I will, thank you."
The three Fairy Tail wizards nodded their heads then the female thief was taken with them.
Wave then found Seryu and Koro laying on the ground.
"What happened to you, wait the skin below and above your left eye its bleeding." He asked seeing a scratch mark swipe part of flesh where her left eye was. "How did this happen to you and where are the thieves?"
Seryu got up and walked away with Koro as she did Wave noticed dried blood on small dog's mouth.
"Stop, did you execute the them?" He asked putting his hand on her shoulder.
"There were three, two I executed, but the third got away cause I was just attacked unknown criminals and was sent flying away." Seryu replied not looking at her comrade.
"What, did you get a look at your attackers?" Wave asked as he glanced at his comrade.
Seryu then had a frustration look on her face. "I didn't get good look at their faces, but if I have to guess maybe one or two." She let out a low growl touching where her left eye was, seeing blood on where she was scratched. "Whoever they were, I will find and kill them."
"Hold on, listen here first we need clean up the wound on your face, secondly just because we Jaegers have special orders from the Capital, doesn't mean we can go around murdering..." He stopped as Seryu put her hand on his and then glanced at him with smile. "The two I killed weren't with Night Raid but admitted criminals, but the other one got away because of the attackers, anyway now let's return to the Capital."
Wave stood still for a sec and put his right hand on left hand. "(She's seems twisted, I think I'm beginning to see this Capital is twisted as well, but I'm still a solider, however I wonder who were Seryu and Koro's attackers.)"
He glanced back where Seryu caught the thieves. "(Hmm, I have feeling I will find out someday.)"'
Seryu was already ahead of her comrade and felt blood dripping from her skin that was damaged. "Argh, those damn attackers or whoever could've taken my eye out, I'll kill them and make sure they beg for mercy!"
Koro looked at his companion with concern seeing how angry she was, seeing the flesh on above and below her left eye was bleeding.
Meanwhile.
Mira, Erza, and Lisanna were talking with Najenda outside the house with the thief.
"I see, you helped that woman." The eye patch woman said lighting a cigarette.
"Yes, hearing she was thief and stole with two guys, but it seems that Seryu girl wasn't being unfair let alone showed mercy." Lisanna stated.
"Yeah, she just killed her two comrades without a second thought." Mira growled clenching her hand.
Erza put her hands on her friends shoulders. "Easy, anyway what should we do with her, she can't go back to the Capital."
Najenda thought for a minute and then looked at the female thief. "Normally I don't like thieves or bandits, however since you seem sincere." The boss of Night Raid took out a paper with instructions. "Here, this will take you to a few soldiers that are outside the Capital, Mira, Lisanna, and Erza escort her to the soldiers, once you do, take the paper and get back to the base."
Mira and Lisanna bowed. "Thank you, ms Najenda."
"(Did they call ms, Najenda?)" The eye patched woman asked looking weirded out but shook the thought off. "Anyway, I must say your Taker Over Magic is quite unique and very skilled."
"Anyway, where is Elfman?" Erza asked.
"Oh, he's training with Tatsumi and Susanoo today." Najenda answered.
Elfman was doing practice fighting against Susanoo while Tatsumi was slashing rocks next to a waterfall.
"Impressive, your fighting skills are good but need to be more improved." The Imperial Arms Human praised. "I know you can do better."
The tall fairy tail man grinned. "That's what a man like me wants to do, especially getting stronger to protect my sisters and my friends."
Tatsumi was in his armor Incursio and slashing rocks for almost half an hour.
Susanoo approached him. "Remember you two, that everything has a weak spot, it takes time to find it, but it'll help in a battle against a opponents even stronger ones."
Tatsumi transformed out of his armor. "I'll remember that."
"Me too!" Elfman grinned while doing a thumbs up pose.
Meanwhile in Earthland.
In a open area in a forest, Erza and two white haired Fairy tail wizards escorted the girl to three Revolution soldiers who took her back to the base.
"Think she'll be alright." Lisanna asked concerned.
"I'm sure she will." Mira answered smiling.
"Come on, let's get back to the Night Raid base." Erza commanded.
They flew away on air manta.
Later in the afternoon.
Gajeel was looking up at the sky, he seemed to be spacing out.
Lily and Levy saw him wondering what they're friend was talking about.
Tatsumi walked pass the two. "Hey."
The Iron Dragon Slayer glanced at the young swordman. "Oh its, you, what'd you need?"
Tatsumi just stood by him. "You know, Levy told me that you're a jerk once and awhile."
Gajeel scoffed but knew the young swordman made a good point. "Yes, I know what I said to you was harsh."
Tatsumi just smiled. "Yes, but Leone told me what you told her that night when Sheele comforted me."
The Iron Dragon Slayer glanced at what he just heard as Tatsumi glanced back. "She told me, that you confessed on a magic council woman was always looking after you because of your character, well that, the truth is that you reminded her of her own late son."
Gajeel chuckled. "Yeah, I have something to admit."
This got the swordsman to look at the Fairy Tail Dragon Slayer. "What is that?"
Gajeel started to sing which surprised Tatsumi but it was no surprise to Levy and Lily.
Tatsumi wasn't quite understanding what he was trying to get at. "What is singing suppose to mean?"
"Sometime before Sheele went on that mission with Mine, I was singing alone in the forest where your friends graves were, but Sheele must've overheard me because the next thing I know she was behind me, she was surprised about me singing." Gajeel replied. "She asked me to sing her and her friends a song later after her mission with Mine is complete."
Tatsumi smiled. "I see, but..."
Gajeel lowered his head. "Yes, Sheele died, I was disappointed, she might've been an airhead, but she was kind, she also looked after you, just like Belno looked after me, on top of that, she became friends with Levy, two of them were friends."
Tatsumi smiled again. "Yeah, she was very kind, we'll all miss her."
Levy and Lily smiled at the two starting to become better friends.
Gajeel cleared his throat as Tatsumi thought he saw a tear coming out of Black steel Gajeel's eyes. "Anyway, I need to take a walk."
The young swordsman smiled as he looked up at the sky. "(Sheele, you were a great friend to me, when I kept mourning over my friends death, you were there to comfort me, now thanks to Lisanna's advice, I can move on even more, I will put you, Bulat, Sayo, and Ieyasu in my heart for as long as I live.)"
Lily wiped some tears away from her eyes while Lily stood with proud look. "(Gajeel, you're more of a man than I can remember, I'm proud of you.)" The black Exceed thought smiling proudly.
Natsu and Happy were heading towards the gateway with Lucy Heartfilla, Wendy, and Carla, all of them were riding on horses.
"To think our friends are in another world." Carla spoke.
"Good thing, we're on horses." Lucy stated as she glanced at Fire Dragon and Sky Dragon Slayer knowing their motion sickness.
"Yeah, but I can't wait to see our friends!" Natsu said eagerly.
Happy put his paw up with a smile. "Heh, heh, Aye sir, thanks to Doranbalt's info of the location, we'll be there in no time."
"Its been so long since Fairy Tail's disbandment." Wendy added with bright smile. "Someday we'll be reunited with others!"
As they rode on the gateway was up ahead in the valley.
End of chapter.