AN: Hey guys I hope you like the last chapter. So many of you said that Chelsea was your favorite character. She is awesome and I hope I did her justice. I felt that my story was getting a little predictable so I thought I would shake it up a little. Surprise Bols!I haven't noticed anyone excited about Lubbock, I seriously loved him. Well here is his chapter so enjoy. I will talk to you guys again at the end.

"Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."

― Kahlil Gibran

It was like a weight had dropped from his shoulders. Tatsumi took in a deep breath through his nose. Everything seemed somehow brighter. For the first time, he truly marveled at the new world that was coming into focus. Slowly a dusty smell started to fill the air. Everything remained quite and still, like he was entering some sort of sanctum. Rows of bookcases started to appear and Tatsumi remembered what this new world was. He had been here many times before.

It was Lubbock's bookstore. Tatsumi smiled to himself, he always knew that Lubbock would come back here after all the fighting stopped. Whenever they were in the Capital for reconnaissance Lubbock would always spend as much time as possible in his store, organizing shelves and scolding his poor employees. Lubbock always loved this place.

Once the bookstore had solidified, Tatsumi started walking around and examining the books on the shelves. He didn't really know what he was looking for; Tatsumi had never really spent his time reading. He was just about to give up and start looking for Lubbock when something caught his eye. On a low wooden table, next to a sofa facing a window, there sat a large book. The book was open like someone had set it down while they were reading it. When Tatsumi got closer he realized that the book wasn't finished, it was still being written. This was someone's journal.

Tatsumi was reaching for the journal when he felt something tug at his arm, he had just enough time to see that an incredibly thin string had wrapped around Tatsumi's hand before he was jerked off his feet and was lifted into the air to hang upside down. Tatsumi just heaved a heavy sigh and resigned himself to what he knew was coming.

Just as expected, Lubbock burst out from behind a closed door, "Gotcha! That will teach you, you dirty little… Tatsumi?" Lubbock voice slowly trailed off as he realized who exactly he had caught in his trap. This realization only slowed him for a moment before a huge grin started spreading across his face. "Well well well. Tatsumi I didn't expect to catch you!" Lubbock went up to Tatsumi and started roughly prodding him with his finger, "Still think that you're the better man? Huh, Tatsumi? Huh, Huh?" Tatsumi was now swinging quite quickly as Lubbock continued to poke him.

Tatsumi just allowed Lubbock to have his fun, "Lubba! It's good to see you!"

Lubbock finally finished his teasing and stepped back, "Tatsumi, I was hoping you would have kept me waiting a little while longer. I guess you had to try and outmatch my heroic death though." He smiled to himself as he shrugged his shoulders.

Tatsumi still slowly swung back and forth, "Well I did save a lot of people, and Najenda seemed pretty impressed."

At his words, Lubbock whipped around, concern filling his eyes, "Miss Najenda, how is she?" All the joking humor had left his voice.

Tatsumi noticed the change in his mood, "She misses you," he replied earnestly, "But she is more committed than ever to bringing down the Capital."

This answer seemed to partially relax Lubbock. Tatsumi released that he had no idea how much time had passed since he had come to the afterlife, "Lubbock? Do you know what is happening with Akame and the others?"

Lubbock seemed to consider his answer before he spoke, "Honestly, it's hard to tell." Tatsumi drew breath to give an irritated retort, but Lubbock stopped him, "Time moves differently here. We can sometimes see our loved ones, and we get this feeling when they are in danger, but most of the time we don't know what they are doing." Tatsumi could see Lubbock tensing his body; this fact obviously upset him greatly. "I think it is this world's way of making us move on, otherwise we would just constantly be hovering over those we left behind. They only get memories of us, so I guess this is only fair." Lubbock paced away a few feet and seemed to sink into thought.

Tatsumi hung quietly for several minutes before another question popped into his head, "Why isn't everyone together?" Lubbock seemed shocked by his sudden question and turned to face him, "Why aren't you with the rest of Night Raid?" Tatsumi elaborated.

Lubbock stepped towards the low table and closed the journal before answering, "For most of us it was too painful. Scheele felt each of us die and we all tried to see her. I guess she got to see more than most; she knew about almost everything that had happened after she died. It kinda messed with her." Lubbock had moved towards the window and was looking out at something that Tatsumi couldn't see. "I talked to Bulat, he helped me settle in; but it always seemed like he was waiting for something to happen." As Lubbock said that he looked towards Tatsumi, as if to see his reaction, "Chelsea is kept pretty busy with her school. Susanoo just wants to be with his old master for now and Mine, well Mine is…" Lubbock trailed off and seemed unsure about what to say next.

Concern seized Tatsumi's heart. Mine had been in the back of his thoughts since she had died. She had given him power to fight even when she was no longer next to him. To think that something had happened to her. A thousand possibilities started swimming through Tatsumi's mind, each one worse than the last. Lubbock saw the distress starting to take over and threw out his hands and hurried to fix the worry he had caused. "Whoa Tatsumi, slow down. She's fine."

Tatsumi stared into Lubbock eyes and made sure that he was being honest, satisfied Tatsumi let out a breath that he didn't know he was holding in, "Then what did you mean?" Concern still creeping into his words.

Lubbock moved closer to Tatsumi, "I think that she needs you. For her the wait has been agonizing. All she ever wanted was for you to be happy. When you died so soon, I think it broke her heart. We all thought she would at least be happy to see you, but she started saying some weird things." Lubbock was being very careful about the words he chose, so as not to give Tatsumi unnecessary alarm.

Tatsumi thought about what would happen if he went to see Mine and she didn't want to see him. The thought of it was almost too painful to even contemplate. He had to get to her right now. Tatsumi turned to ask Lubbock how he could get to Mine when he realized that Lubbock was now intensely staring into Tatsumi's eyes. "Listen carefully Tatsumi," Lubbock spoke with an intensity that Tatsumi had never heard from him before, "You got to experience something that most people don't even think exists. Don't waste it."

Tatsumi looked into Lubbock's eyes and saw pain. He saw the pain of broken dreams and possibilities that never happened.

Najenda.

Tatsumi kept Lubbock's gaze. "I won't. I swear." Lubbock nodded, satisfied with his answer. He started to turn but Tatsumi stopped him, "And Lubbock, she cared about you too."

Lubbock smiled and gave Tatsumi a confident smile, "Of course she did, just look at me!" Lubbock started walking towards the door. "Now go show Mine what kind of man you are!"

Tatsumi returned Lubbock's triumphant smile, but as Lubbock reached the door that he first appeared out of Tatsumi called out to him once more.

"Lubba?"

"Didn't you hear me Tatsumi? Go get her!"

"I will, after you cut me down."

"Oh, yeah. My bad."

AN: Did you like it? Thanks for sticking around guys I really appreciate it. The long awaited Mine chapter is on the horizon and I can't wait to post that. No promises that it will be updated as quickly, but I will do my best. Now I have to do a ton of homework that I have put off! Once again, thanks for the feedback and see you guys for the final chapter!