AN: This one's a little longer. Enjoy.

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"Who would have thought that Lubbock, of all people, would be invited to an imperial ball?" Juu pondered aloud, as he, Akame, and Susanoo walked a couple blocks behind the tactician-in-question.

"His parents are wealthy, so it seems fitting," the Capitol's most wanted criminal replied. "Besides, I heard he was quite popular before he joined the military. Popular with the female crowd, that is." Akame had put her hair up into a neatly-tied, somewhat lopsided bun. She added mascara to make her eyes appear more vibrant, which had hazel-colored contacts in them. Naturally, she sported a loose, red, ankle-length dress, since it was her favorite colour. Was she meeting someone at the ball? No.

Juu wore a sharp white tuxedo, with a black button-down underneath and a crimson tie. When he'd asked Tatsumi if he could borrow it for this occasion, the brown-haired teen distractedly answered yes, since he was in the kitchen with Sayo. If Juu had to be perfectly honest, he didn't like the way the suit looked with his messy, shoulder-length blonde hair. Was he meeting someone at the ball? No.

Susanoo simply wore a black tuxedo with a navy-blue tie. He had said nothing when Akame requested his presence on this 'mission.' With a little difficulty, Was 'Su-san' meeting anyone at the ball? No.

They were tailing Lubbock. Honestly, he was quite mysterious if he wasn't making a dirty joke, formulating a battle tactic, giving Tatsumi crap about his love life, or fantasizing about Leone's boobs and Najenda in general. What was he like when forced to be formal and polite? Was he the bratty, rich kid? Or was he a charmer? Or a womanizer? Well, tonight the trio would find out.

This was completely on their own initiative as well. Najenda hadn't requested them to go spy on her strategian, as she'd simply laughed and shook her head at Akame's solemn-sounding request. However, she gave them full permission to go, despite Akame having a ridiculously high bounty on her head. She'd be the only recognizable Night Raid member amongst their little posse, meaning Juu and Susanoo were in no danger whatsoever.

They stopped walking and ducked into- yep, you guessed it- an alley. Red, covered by hazel-tinted contacts peeked out from the area closest to the ground. Cyan-blue eyes covered the middle area. To top it off, cold, stone-blue eyes poked out of the top. They were all watching Lubbock take the arm of a very pretty girl who smiled into his eyes, as they were nearly the same height. Her pink hair was binded by a ponytail, which fell to her lower back. Her face had a somewhat prominent scar across her left cheek, but other than that, her amazing grey eyes pierced through whoever made eye contact with her. She obviously took good care of herself, as he somewhat revealing dress showed off lean, refined legs, perfectly flat stomach, and modest breasts. Lubbock blushed as she took hold of his arm, and she noticed it.

"Quite the looker…" Juu mumbled. His foreign accent made his serious sentence very goofy-sounding, which caught the attention of a certain red-eyed slasher. She stifled a giggle with success.

"Very."

"Okay," Susanoo said with a massive sigh. "You know what to do, right?"

"Yes," Juu replied as he ran off to the alley parallel to the one they were in now.

"Mm-hm," Akame responded and jumped up to the top of the buildings.

Susanoo pulled out a pair of reading glasses and placed them on his nose. Wire rimmed spectacles just didn't do justice on his face. Reaching into his other pocket, he retrieved a small tube of hair gel, and slicked his hair back, giving him the appearance of a man in his mid-forties. But Lubbock was sharp, and wouldn't be fooled too easily. Just to be extra safe the green-haired pervert didn't recognize him, he willed his body to create a few wrinkles and creases around his face. After all, he was an organism-teigu, and could easily create minor changes for himself.

"Here I go," Susanoo muttered to himself.

He walked up to the young duo still meandering over to the ballroom. "Good evening, my young fellow," Susanoo said with a British accent as he bowed slightly. "Might I ask the directions to the ballroom? My lady-friend and I were separated earlier, and I do not know this area quite well. Perhaps you could assist me? That would be quite splendid. Yes, quite."

"Sometimes I even shock myself at what the organism-based-teigu can do…" he muttered mentally.

"Hm? Yeah, sure," Lubbock replied. "It's not too far. I grew up here, after all."

"And what is your lady-friend's name, if I may ask?" Surprisingly, Susanoo enjoyed flexing his accent muscles.

"My name's Robin, sir," she stated with a giggle.

"The pleasure is all mine," he replied with a polite smile. The newly-formed trio began walking towards the ballroom, and soon enough, they reached it.

"Well, I hope you find your date," Lubbock said apologetically while scratching his head. He leaned against a column of marble and sighed. "Sorry I can't do more, but Robin wants me to socialize with her parents for a bit."

"Do not worry, my friend. You've been quite helpful in the short time we've been acquainted. Yes, quite," Susanoo responded while smiling. "As they say it around here, 'See you around.'" The human teigu turned on his heel and walked off to the balcony, where Akame and Juu were waiting for him.

"We spiked the punch, just in case his friend over there doesn't drink wine," Juu happily reported.

"Good. Now we wait," Susanoo stated. He was beginning to like this sort of thing.

An hour later, nothing much had happened between Lubbock and Robin as they danced once, at down and did nothing but talk. Several times a blush appeared on Lubbock's face, for some unknown reason. Right after the third blush; however, Robin took his hand and led him to the balcony.

"Ooh, what are they doing now?" Juu eagerly asked. It was out of his character to tail someone and their date, but so was it for Akame and Susanoo. They'd basically forced Leone to stay behind as she'd be way too obvious.

"They're talking… Lubbock is putting his hand on Robin's shoulder and sliding it down to her neckline… Robin pushed his hand away but leaned in and hugged him… wait… there's a cloud of smoke. Kind of like when… oh my." Akame pulled her head from around the door leading to the balcony and was as white as a ghost. "We may have a masquerader."

"What?!" Juu and Susanoo replied in unison. They quickly peeked their heads around the door to see an all-too familiar face smiling back at them. Robin wasn't herself anymore. Sure, she had the same pink hair, but now a lollipop was lazily dangling out of her mouth.

"Robin, I- CHELSEA?!" Lubbock screamed and jumped back from the girl in question, who was laughing intensely at his reaction.

"Well, no point in keeping ourselves covered if it's just us Night Raiders," Juu mumbled. He began to walk to the now-bickering Lubbock and Chelsea.

"Wait," Akame said as she yanked him back. "This could be good."

"Chelsea, how the hell did you know who Robin was?!"

"I met her one day and got a hang of her speech patterns and looks. I even talk like her, as you found out the hard way," the pink-haired troublemaker responded with a giggle.

"You- you… I don't even know what to do with you," Lubbock muttered. "I was going to catch up with Robin as well."

"That you can do," a voice rang out from behind Chelsea. "We arranged this, Lubba. We wanted to surprise you," the real Robin said as she walked towards him. "Missed you Lubb," she mumbled as she hugged him.

Hesitant to wrap his arms around her, Lubbock skeptically said, "You're the real one, right…?"

"As real as your friends over there are watching us," she laughed as she pointed in the direction of Juu, Akame, and Susanoo.

"!?"

The hand had been caught with it in the cookie jar. The aforementioned three slowly came out of their hiding places and greeted Lubbock and Chelsea with a sheepish smile.

"... what the hell, guys."

"I'll admit, I didn't even see you- Su-san! Was that Englishman you?" Chelsea almost screamed while she asked from surprise.

With a devilish grin, he simply nodded.

"... you guys… why'd you have to ruin this get-together for me? I haven't seen Robin in ages," he sadly muttered. Clearly, Robin was very close to Lubbock. More, perhaps? Maybe. But everyone knew that this date meant a lot to him and he was genuinely upset.

"We're sorry, Lubbock. We didn't know it was precious to you," Akame replied, guilt lacing her words.

"Oh, it's all right. Just please go back to H- er, the diner you said you were going to wait at," he said while raising his eyebrows on the word diner to make sure they knew what he was talking about. Robin must have not known about his involvement with Night Raid.

"... I didn't expect to be outplayed," Chelsea muttered. "I'll get you guys back sometime."

"That's a challenge I'm willing to accept," Susanoo grinned. It'd been a while since they'd seen him in this good of a mood.

"Again, I'm sorry, Lubbock." Akame, Juu, and Susanoo turned to leave. Chelsea stayed behind, not knowing what to do.

"Y'know, just because you got me really good doesn't give you the right to stay here…" Lubbock mumbled at Chelsea.

"Oh, sorry. I was just thinking about why those three would come after you. After all, it's not like them."

"That's exactly why they came after me," Lubbock irritatedly said. "They wouldn't expect me to think I was gonna get tailed, like if Leone was acting weird, I'd have known she was gonna come after me."

"You're smart, Lubba. Well, I'll leave you to doing all of what you did with me with the actual Robin," she chuckled flirtatiously.

An awkward silence fell over Robin and Lubbock. "What were you doing to her thinking it was me?"

Flustered, Lubbock tried to respond. "W-what? Nothing! We danced one dance, and then we talked! But she did a damn good job impersonating you…"

"Oh, you. You haven't changed a bit," Robin said with a laugh.

"If only you know what I've been through…" Lubbock sighed inside. He considered Robin a true friend, and he longed to fill her in on his stories. But, alas, he could not. Saving the Empire came first, and Night Raid's confidentiality was top-priority. So he bit back the waterfall of tales that threatened to come out of his mouth.

He played along.

"I guess I haven't, huh?" he cheerfully replied. It pained him.

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AN: If you want Robin to appear again in the drabbles, tell me. Other than that, thank for reading. :)