"If you love me let me go," Speaking

"Run away before I know," Communications

'My heart is just to dark to care, oh, my smile was taken long ago if you still care don't ever let me know!' Thinking


The Traitor


Esdeath runs soap all over his chest trying to hint at the mood she's in but Natsu is getting none of it, he just wants to get cleaned and hit the hay. Joining this new place and learning about this modern society has taken a toll on his mental capacity and he needs some shut eye. Dragneel keeps a cool head as Esdeath scrubs the dirt off him, touching him everywhere, even between his legs. For a moment it felt good but he just turned on shower and they washed off their soap, clueless of her advances to please him.

The General of ice was slightly displeased of Natsu's stoic actions to get the bath over with but she'll have her fun one way or another, she'll try again once they get to bed.

"When are we supposed to have fun?" He asks.

"Never mind Natsu, let us dry ourselves and head to bed," She explains, planning for her next attack to claim Natsu.

While Esdeath goes and takes a towel to dry herself up, Natsu only stands up and increases his body temperature to dry himself off. They hear a knock on the door while Esdeath dries herself.

"Esdeath you still up, we got another assignment," They hear Najenda's muffled voice outside their room.

"Can't this wait till tomorrow, I'm a little busy here," Esdeath sighs and exits the bathroom with a white towel wrapped around her body.

Natsu yawns while stretching his arms into the air then follows Esdeath out of the room, ignoring that fact that he is completely naked. Back when he lived near an active volcano, he and his mother always bathed together. That's in where he learned that he shouldn't be shy or embarrassed of his body but rather should be proud to have such a fit and healthy body.

Now that's why he doesn't care if anyone sees his naked body, he doesn't mind it and completely ignores the fact that his meat is flopping around with each step. He walks out of the bathroom and closes the door behind him as he looks as Esdeath at the door talking to Esdeath.

"So it's a village south of the Empire?" Esdeath asks.

"Yeah it's called the...the," Najenda stops to see Natsu smiling at her as he walks toward her.

"What is it?" Esdeath asks and looks at Natsu.

Najenda couldn't see the bottom half of Natsu but she can tell that he is packing heat with Esdeath's smirk as she looks down.

"Najenda? What brings you here?" He asks.

"I-I ah...I was um..." She stutters, trying her hardest not to peek over Esdeath and take a good look of his package.

"General Najenda was just giving 'us' our first mission together, we'll head out tomorrow to a village south of the Empire to teach them not to rebel against us," She explains.

"Oh...I-I see," He mumbles, he doesn't want to kill again, but if that is what it takes to please Esdeath then he'll kill anyone that stands in her way. This may sound like love but love has a different definition for Natsu than Esdeath. Love for him is a woman that can stand her own, a woman that can survive by any means necessary. That's it, he just wants a strong woman from what his mother told him. Esdeath is a strong woman but she's going to kill him, so why the hell would she have feeling for a man that she's going to kill. It's a shame that Natsu isn't the sharpest tool in the shed once it comes to love.

Nejenda on the other hand, that's a different story, she really opened up to him since they first met today and he feels like he has some feeling for her. It may be just a day that they've been together but he wants to spend more time with her. Even now he internally cheers to see Najenda again even though she's trying not to lose her head from her blush.

"Najenda? You can leave now," Esdeath assures and adjusts her towel that clings on her to her body.

Najenda looks at Natsu for a few moments then nods her head reassuringly," Oh y-yes o-of course, tomorrow yeah," She stutters and leaves quickly down the hall to return to her room.

Natsu watches her leave with a heavy heart but sleep fills his mind, "Let's go to sleep now," He mumbles and turns around to her elegant bed that shines in the moonlight. Esdeath licks her lips and follows Natsu to the bed,

"Agreed," She whispers.

Natsu looks at the strange thing Esdeath calls a bed and studies it for a moment, "It's a bed Natsu, just lie down and close your eyes," She whispers in his ear and takes off her towel then goes into the bed.

He raises an eyebrow as she goes into bed but after a while he complies and finds the bed extremely comfortable, he moans softly as he cuddles to the pillows on the bed. Esdeath smirks of his reaction and wraps her arms around him and presses her body against his back then sleeps peacefully.

'So warm...' She notes and snuggles closer to him.


The Next Day

South Of The Empire


Esdeath, Najenda, and Natsu all woke up early in the morning, around 6:00, to head off to the AO to finish off these conspiring rebels.

With an army of 10,000 Imperial Soldier behind the three, these said warriors are all on horseback, with Natsu having some trouble with riding this horse but the horse itself is completely used to Natsu now. He smells of the wild and it strangely clams the horse down. Both Esdeath and Najenda wear white trench coats while Natsu wears his usual black outfit with golden skulls.

The men either knew or didn't know Natsu, but he did give off an aura of death with a great power just like General Esdeath. It really creepy it was like he was her opposite, it also didn't help that the two really got along with each other with Esdeath actually SMILING, it was unsettling. The small army marched through green forests, valleys, and hiked up mountains to reach their targeted village.

Right now they are going through another forest to get to the village while Esdeath and Najenda teach Natsu about the Imperial Arms.

"So there were 48 Teigu in the world, and even some Shingu that were supposed to be stronger than Teigu but didn't work out. Many Teigu are scattered across the land from a civil war but the Empire still has some Imperial arms..." He reviews as the three ride down the pathway.

"That's right, the actual number of the Teigu and the Shingu isn't known but we have two with us today," Najenda assures.

"Yes that is correct, I have mine that is called Demon God Manifestation: Demon Extract. With the blood of a very powerful Danger Beast that lives in the north I can now use ice to create anything I desire," Esdeath explains and opens her left palm, creating an ice rose in her hand then destroying it after a few moments of showing it off.

"End...you are the first one that was able to melt her ice?" Najenda points out.

Esdeath nods her head and looks at Natsu passionately, "Yes he is the first, in a few years I think he could surpass me if he keeps training," She points out.

The men get shivers down their spines of a person worse than General Esdeath, some know of End and that only scares them even more not to defect to the Revolutionary Army if they have someone like End on their side. A genocidal man that has the power that can shake the heavens, paired with another genocidal woman, now that is just chaos just waiting to ignite.

'This is going to be overkill,' One soldier thinks.

'They stand no chance if we have General Esdeath and End with us,'

"So what's yours Najenda?" Natsu asks.

Najenda smiles, "Mine is Roman Artillery: Pumpkin, this bad girl can pack quite the punch but it only gets stronger the more I'm in danger, so danger is something I can use as an advantage," She explains proudly, she has served the Empire with Pumpkin and she's done her well. She's the best sniper in the Empire with her Imperial Arms.

"Sounds amazing, but what does this mean about me?" Natsu asks himself as he lights his left hand ablaze.

He stares into the black flame with blank eyes, all he can think of is death, simple death.

'Kill to survive, not to please,' He recalls his mother's words, when she killed anything she was always sorry for it, it had to be done for her survival and that is one of the things he uses to keep his mother alive.

The three stop to find a river blocking their path, "The village is right there, we just need to find a bridge or something-" Najenda suggests.

"No I'll deal with this," Esdeath assures and gets off her horse and kneels the edge of the river and places her hand on the river.

The group watches as ice consumes the river that it creates a bridge leading right into the village. All, expect Natsu, has seen this tactic before of Esdeath using ice to her advantage in the environment around her. She looks back to her army and points at the village, which is half of the 10,000 men.

"Teach them a lesson, make sure you all ravage the scum till ALL of your desires are quenched," She orders.

The men yell a war cry as they raise their spears, their swords, and their rifles then charge toward the village, running right past the three superiors. Esdeath looks rather pleased with her army's determination to serve her but Natsu and Najenda have a different take on the situation. Najenda didn't like this because she knows what Esdeath means when she says 'all desires' the men will probably rape their woman in front of the men, kill the men then sell the children into slavery or something other to please their sick desires.

Natsu on the other hand obviously didn't like this because the men are going to kill for fun, but he also knows that Esdeath approves of it so he will have to let them have their fun since he can't do anything about it. Besides he just wants to die so why would he care about others when he won't be there in the aftermath.

Esdeath gets on her horse and watches as the screams of her enemies fill the air as weapons clash and bodies drop, "Try to keep up Najenda," She teases and charges into the fray.

Natsu looks back to find Najenda looking at the village in disgust, "Nejenda?" He asks.

She looks at her pumpkin in her arms and nods her head, "It's nothing, men flank around the village so the villagers don't escape!" She orders the men and chases after Esdeath, leaving Natsu behind.

Najenda knew of Esdeath's ways and didn't approve of them in anyway, that's why she's been planning to defect to the revolutionary army. She's had enough Esdeath's and the Empire's corrupt ways and wanted to end them for good. That's why she is going to defect after this battle during the mist of battle with her own army. She has convinced them to defect with her so they'll just disappear after a few minutes of fighting, but she still has two things unplanned, Esdeath, and Natsu.

Natsu watches as everyone leaves him behind but he does slowly command the horse to walk across the bridge of ice, taking in the beauty of the river clashing against the ice to attempt to get to the other side. It is fascinating to watch how nature react to this abnormal bridge, the water had a problem and it found an option, it keep on hitting the bridge to find any cracks to flow through, and it did.

He smiles as the water flows to the other side of the bridge to reach the other end of the river, 'The weak will grow stronger, there is always a way,' His mother's voice echoes in his head.

After taking in the sights, the sounds of war call to him and he can hear the voices again,

'What are you waiting for?! Kill them all!'

'The bodies must be ravaged! Mangled!'

'Burn them all!'

The voices call to him again but Natsu only nods his head that he must kill again. He crosses the bridge and gets off the horse then walks to the sounds of pain and misery in the village.

"I know what I need to do," He mumbles a phase he knows too well as he lights his hands into black flames.


Hours Later


The burning village huts burn the sky with fire with smoke and ash with it. The fight took longer than expected because of a hunting group that returned to the village during the fight. Esdeath's unit was flanked but Natsu got it covered. He acted as a barrier between Esdeath's unit and the hunters. The villagers automatically marked Natsu as the enemy and recklessly charge him for being one man vs 50,000 hunters.

At this moment Natsu marked himself as an Empire soldier when he stood his ground, with the snap of his fingers, he trapped all 50,000 hunters with him inside a fiery circle similar to the tactic he used on Esdeath to keep her ice to a minimum. Automatically hundreds of hunters lost their lives just being in the heat, others died by trying to jump through the fire but as soon as the fire touched them, it stick to them till they died. As for the rest of hunters, they charged Natsu with no hesitation.

It only took Natsu half an hour to kill all of the hunters, he didn't used his flames for this fight, just his fists. That only was enough to take down the village hunters, all they knew how to fight was with their spears and fist, so Natsu gave them a fair fight with both combatants using CQC. Once he was finished breaking bones and smashing skulls together. Esdeath and Najenda were done taking out the village fighting forces, but it wasn't done for the soldiers.

While the men did what they wanted to do to the village, Esdeath had three villagers to watch everything, while they begged for death Esdeath only laughed and pointed at the burning huts. Natsu watched her in displeasure but he knows that the villagers will be set free to warn others of this slaughter, but also to grow stronger.

He ignores Esdeath as she tortures the villagers to look for Najenda, he looks for a few minutes but doesn't find her, he doesn't even find her unit in the village anymore. Sniffing the air he gets her and her unit's scent all heading north from the village. Without hesitation he follows the scent of the General while Esdeath has her fun with the village.

...

'Where is she going?' He wonders as he sits on a cliff, watching Najenda and her unit travel through the forest with the burning village behind them.

It didn't take long before he found Najenda, he didn't want to spook her so he watched from a distance, they've been traveling for 10 minutes now and they've gotten a reasonable gap between them and the village. Natsu doesn't know what kind of order had her move this far from the recently completed objective but he hopes to find out soon.

Now the unit and the General rest in an opening in the forest, Najenda orders some soldiers to keep watch while the others rest, but everyone was too stressed to sit down. All their arms were ready for battle as they watch for the enemy. He watched for a few more hours till the sun went down and the moon was hovering over the sky.

Najenda was the only one up and she was standing in the middle of the opening in the forest, but Natsu knows that there is another watching from the tree line. He watches a girl in a black trench coat walks out of the trees with a katana at her side. The girl looks very young, no more than 13 years old, she's really short and she wears a white and red uniform.

As soon as she sees Najenda she draws her blade on her, but the General only drops her Pumpkin on the ground then puts her hands up. Natsu closes his eyes and focuses his hearing to the two girls down below.

"General Najenda, you are charged with conspiracy to defect to the Revolutionary Army and are sentenced to death, what do you have to say for yourself,"

"Akame...the red eyed killer?" Najenda mumbles and keeps her hands up.

"My name doesn't matter if your life is forfeit traitor," The girl warns and draws her blade.

The sense to protect Najenda screams in his head but Najenda's smell is little off to him, as if she was an illusion or something. He opens his eyes and looks down at the two fighters. Akame rushes Najenda quickly and mumbles something under her breath as she swings her blade upward. A blue slice goes right through Najenda. Natsu's eyes widen in shock as the General slices right into two, blood spraying out of her body in an unnatural manner.

Akame watches at her victim flop to the floor, she waits for a moment then a crow flies away, as if it was a spy or informant for someone. As it leaves Akame sheaths her blade.

"Did it work?" The Real Najenda walks out from the tree line.

"It workyh, let us leave before the Empire knows our plan," Akame warns and looks to Najenda.

"Nice work Akame, I know where the hideout is. Let's wake up the others and head there now," Najenda plans.

Akame nods her hand and the two go back into the shelter of the trees to wake up Najenda's unit. This recent events has Natsu confused and curious to what is Najenda doing with that girl, Akame. He wants to go down and see what's going on but he looks back the smoking village.

'Esdeath must be worried, I better head back, maybe I'll see Najenda once I get there,' He thinks and leaves to return to Esdeath, but he does look back once.

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He didn't see her once he returned.


Empire The Next Day


General Esdeath and Natsu returned to the Empire with a successful mission under their belt. The men have high morals and enter the empire with smiles on their face. This gave the people a positive vibe toward their mission and cheered them on for returning in such a state. Natsu on the other hand was worried about Najenda and he was planning to look for her.

'Was she ambushed? Maybe she needed help but I just left her...' Natsu worries.

His worried expression gets noticed by Esdeath, "End, is something the matter?" She asks.

This breaks him out of his trance and he looks at her with a crooked smile, "No it's nothing, just worried about Najenda that's all," He explains.

Esdeath raises an eyebrow and feels jealous again, "General Najenda can handle herself, I'm sure she'll be back at the end of the day," She lies, she knows that she is planning to defect to the revolutionary army. She would be surprised if she was ordered to execute her for her next assignment, she didn't mind it for it would end her only love rival in one move. She'll have Natsu all to herself if this said mission would make its appearance in the court.

The two now stand in front of the Emperor's palace once again, "End I'll inform the Emperor of our successful mission, I'll meet you back at our quarters," She explains and kisses him on the check.

Natsu smiles and nods his head, "Alright, I'm just going to take a walk around the Empire for a bit, to clear my head, I'll be there don't worry," Natsu says.

Esdeath nods her head then walks up the stairs of the palace, 'Worried about her still...not for long,' She thinks and plans to hunt Najenda down and kill her. As one can already tell she is extremely protective of her man.

End watches as Esdeath walks up the stairs he didn't notice till now but Esdeath sways her hip a lot, noticing this he also notices her big booty which made his heart beat faster, it even made his mouth water for some odd reason.

'Esdeath is not FOOD Natsu!' He scolds himself and turns around quickly then exits the palace ground to clear his head of his lustful and worried thoughts.

...

Natsu traveled to the slums of the Empire and looked around for any trouble, Najenda taught him that as an Empire soldier he must protect the people, he likes that idea so he looks for any evildoers to give a smack down. He isn't supposed to kill because of this thing called laws but Esdeath told him that he has the power to kill people if necessary because of his status that equals with Esdeath.

As he walks down the main street of the slums he sees many faces of bad looking people, men with killer eyes and woman looking very lustful. This is the perfect place if he wanted to find some trouble, but as he walks down the street, people thought he was the trouble.

"Look at this guy, he's going to rob someone just look at those eyes. He is looking for a hit,"

"Hi big boy you want a little fun?"

"Hey man I got some nice powder if you know what mean?"

People try to convince him to part take in some illegal activities but he hears none of it, he wants to hear screams of the weak so he can come running. After a few moments of waiting for something to go wrong, he hears the sweet sound of teasing.

"Hey beautiful how about I show you a good time?" He hears a man asks lustfully.

He looks to an alley and finds a group of guys circling around a woman with blond hair, she looks to be 16 but has a high sex appeal. It didn't help that she is wearing an exposing black and white outfit with a white scarf around her neck. He golden eyes remind him a lot about him, loves to fight and fire in one's eyes.

The teen smirks and puts a hand on her hip then looks at all the men around her, "Good time? Let me show you how I like to have a good time!" She jokes and her body is set ablaze with fire.

The men step back in shock as the teen's hair grows longer and spikier, her eyes turn to one like a lion, ears pop out of her hair, and her hands are replaced with claws, "I want a hunt, so you better start running," She jokes and cracks her knuckles.

One of the men pulls out a dagger and glares at her, "We'll carve you up a bit then we'll have our fun bitch, come on-" He starts but he is the first to go down with the girl punching him in the face, his face instantly shatters with bone fracturing as he falls to the ground. He screams in pain as blood drips out of his nose and while he holds his broken nose.

"Oh shit," Another one mumbles as watches a his group of 5 turn to 1 with him by himself.

The teen stands around the bodies of her hunt and she smirks of the sad states the men are in, "Go and call you buddies, I'm sure they'll love to get their butts kick by this smoking hot babe!" She teases and bends over to show him her very abnormal cleavage, at her age she is rocking DD cup breasts. So pale and big it can drive almost any man mad, the almost is Natsu.

The man complies and starts to call for help, "GUYS I NEED HELP PLAN B!" He yells.

That's when a small squad of men start covering the alley ways with clubs, bats, and knives in their hand. They all laugh from all the numbers against the blond teen.

"This was suppose to be easy but I guess the hard way it is," What looks to be the leader of the group explains. He is wearing a white suit with a strange hairstyle that has his hair molded into some kind of cylinder like one of the Empire solders, Bulat was it?. Anyway this man has katana in his hand and he ogles the teens body.

"You can't take all of us down, so how about you surrender, I'm sure the boys here will go easy on you since it's probably you first time," He offers.

The girl only smirks and looks behind him to find a pinked haired man standing on top of the bodies of his gang, "You may want to look behind you," She teases.

"Oh I'm not falling for that one," He assures and feels a tap on his shoulder.

"Raping women is charged by death...I think," He hears a man behind him mumbles.

The gangbanger turns around and finds all his minions twitching on the ground with burns all over their bodies, he looks directly into the man who did and feels overpowered, overwhelmed by this man menacing aura. He doesn't look like an Empire cop but he feels powerful.

"Who the hell are you p-" The thug asks but only gets a fist to the gut.

His ribs shatter on impact and he gasps for air as he drops to the floor whimpers from such a powerful punch, "AHH! Motherf-...*cough* *cough*," He holds his stomach to stop the pain of his bones while Natsu steps over him.

"Are you alright?" Natsu asks the girl.

She smirks of his power and finds herself a little sexually aroused, "I'm A-Okay good looking," She assures and ogles Natsu bare chest.

Normally Natsu would just leave but he does notice a blade sticking out of her side, it was a little dagger but she was bleeding a little bit from the wound. He walks up to her kneels to check the wound, the action makes her eyes widen of such boldness, "Oh we just met, but I think we should get room," She jokes as Natsu quickly pulls the blade out of her side.

She doesn't feel anything but notices his real intentions, "Oh I get it, I'm fine if that's what is on your mind," She assures as he wound instantly heals.

The man doesn't show any surprise but starts to clean up the blood around the wound. She lets out a soft moan from his strong hands gently rubbing a napkin around her now healed wound.

After the cleaning is done she does a little twirl to see his job, "Thanks stud, you from around here?" She asks.

"No, I was just taking a walk," He explains.

"Oh well you must be tired, come on I know a way to celebrate for helping me take down these idiots," She plans and takes his hand then walks out of the alley, stepping over the bodies of the fallen.

Natsu follows her without hesitation, 'I still need to clear my head anyways,' He thinks and follows her down the street with a smile on the teen's face.

"What's your name?" He asks.

She looks at him and gives him a familiar tooth smile, "Leone handsome," She greets as the two run down the street.

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"Oh young love is such a wonderful thing," An old lady cheers as the two run past her.


One Hour Later


Leone and Natsu-err End stormed a bar Leone was a regular at and they drank to celebrate. This was the first time Natsu was introduced to alcohol, such a strong smelling drink but he copied Leone and drank the same drink she was drinking, whiskey. He liked the burning sensation he got in his throat and quickly asked for another drink.

The lion lady approved and the two became drinking buddies at the end of their hour, but that left the two of them drunk which the two reacted differently to this new state of mind.

Leone was lustful and she was hesitant to grope Natsu's package and roam her hands around Natsu, on the other hand End was really open to Leone. To put it into more simpler terms, he was basically the 'I love you' guy once he's drunk.

The two sit next to each other behind a table, with a comfy bench built into the wall behind them, with their arms wrapped around the other's neck. In one hand was their partner, the other was a bottle of whiskey.

"Y-you you are pr-pretty *Hic*" Natsu stutters with a big blush on his face as he rests his head in her cleavage with a smile on his face.

"I k-know..*Hic*..you're not that bad t-too," She laughs and approves of his actions as she takes another swig of alcohol.

"I-I never felt so h-happy *Hic* to meet some...someone Le-Leone. I like you, I like you a lot," He admits and goes for another swig but finds his bottle empty.

That's when the bartender walks over and looks at the pile of whiskey bottles on the table, 'This is going to kill my stock for this week,'She notes and looks at the couple staring into each other's eyes with the woman filled with lust.

"Okay I think that's enough for the you and your friend here Leone," She suggests.

Leone kisses Natsu on the cheek, "O-Okay...I need...need to get home anyways," She admits and she slowly drags Natsu with her out of their seat.

''W-we're l-leaving *Hic*" Natsu asks.

"Y-yeah," She mumbles as the two stumble to their feet then start to head out of the bar.

The bartender starts to clean up but as she hears the two leave, she remembers that they didn't pay for it, "HEY!" She calls and looks at the door but finds a sack on the counter of the bar. She walks over to it and picks it up, she almost drops it because it's so heavy.

"WHAT?" She yells as she opens it to find gold coins and it feels like enough to pay for their drinks.

She looks at the door and rubs her chin, 'That can't be Leone she's always broke, damn her friend must work for the Empire or something,' She notes then takes the bag and goes clean up their table.

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Outside the two walk down the street with Leone kissing Natsu repeatedly just because she's drunk.

"W-where too..*Hic*" Natsu asks as they stumble down the street.

"I...I need to g-get home...my my boss will kill me...i-if I'm not home by tonight," She explains and points in front of her, then she points behind her. She doesn't know where she's going.

"O-okay..." Natsu mumbles and lets his feet take him where ever Leone wants to go.

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"W-where too..*Hic*" He repeats himself.


Night Raid Hideout


"A-are you sure this *Hic* this is the right place?" Natsu mumbles as he and Leone stumble to a large building built into a cliff.

It took some time to get to this house but it's a house they get to sleep in, how the drunk two climbed up to this house is one of the many mysteries this world has.

"YAY! Here's ho-home..." Leone cheers and points to the building as they approach the front door.

They walk through some steps quickly so they don't wake anyone up, when they reach the door Leone looks at Natsu, "Shh..." She places her finger on her lips then opens the door slowly.

"Shhh," Natsu copies her and hugs her from behind while following her.

She chuckles as they sneak through a dark mansion to get to Leone's room, the two are louder than an alarm clock as they 'sneak' through a hallway, bumping against the wall moaning as they pass an archway in the hallway. Leone freezes as the lights of a room turn on as she stops in a hallway with Natsu still hugging her from behind.

"Leone?" A woman calls, it sounds familiar to Natsu but he's too drunk to care, he just wants some sleep in a bed somewhere, preferably with a sleeping buddy to cuddle with.

"Oh hi B-boss *Hic*," Leone turns to face the voice and finds General Najenda glaring at her.

"Drunk again? I just defected with Akame and the first thing I see is you, stumbling drunk around the manor at 2200 hours, really Leone?" She scolds with her arms crossed.

"W-what? Me? Drunk? I'm not drunk...*Hic*" Leone lies and leans against the archway, but almost falls to the ground as soon as she rests her arm on the archway.

"Get to bed Leone, that's an order," Najenda orders.

Leone smiles and gives her a drunk thumbs up, "R-right away!" She cheers and stumbles down the hallway while Najenda turns her back to the hallway and pulls out a pack of black smokes. She takes one out with one hand and a zippo in the other hand. She looks at her zippo and smiles, it looks very new with a fresh black coat of paint on it. Natsu got this for her when they explored the Empire so he could learn his environment.

'Maybe he can convince him to join me,' She plans and smiles of the thought of having Natsu by her side, but this made her eyes widen slightly.

'I don't like him...do I?' She thinks and blushes slightly the more she looks at the zippo.

She shakes her head then lights the cigarette and takes a big puff of smoke in her lungs. After that she lets out a slow, calming, blow of smoke in front of her. It calmed her down and her mind cleared,

'Doesn't matter if I love him or not, Esdeath has eyes for him as well. I guess I'll have to fight for him,' She notes.

While Najenda plans to capture End, Natsu on the other hand is with Leone in her bedroom. Leone is dressed in her black top and skin-tight short pajamas that she wears for her everyday wear. Natsu is the same as he only takes off his boots and jacket to get into his pajamas. If he wasn't drunk he would of noticed this and smile of how she is just like him.

Natsu is the first in the bed and he immediately pulls Leone down to the bed as soon as she got into his range. She laughs of his affection and cuddles with him on her bed, drunk and happy. She doesn't even know Natsu's name, not even End, she just enjoys his company. Hell if this turns up to be one night stand it'll be her best one night stand then. She'll be drunk so going all out is what her drunk-self would want.

The two face each other on the bed and they smile as they get lost in each others' eyes, after a few moments of getting into the mood Leone straddles Natsu and kisses him on the lips. A passionately breathtaking kiss that sends shivers down both the lovers' spines, but this is all the action the two get for after the kiss both of them slowly began the sweet release of sleep take them to another world.

On the other hand they both feel asleep in each other's arms with smiles on their faces.


The Next Day


The next morning is very peaceful, only Leone and Natsu occupy the hideout because all the other members of the Leone's group are all out on missions to recruit more members. Leone wakes up cutely with a yawn and a stretch to start the day. She moves her hips to find something soft and big rubbing against her maidenhood.

She gives off a soft moan and looks down, her eyes widen to find Natsu smiling with her scarf in his face like he was cuddling with it or something. It takes a moment for her to remember who is this guy under her but then she remembers that he's her knight in shining armor that helped her with those thugs last night.

'Not bad Leone, he's a keeper,' She notes and smirks as Natsu wakes up slowly to find Leone hovering over him with a lustful smirk on her lips.

"Leone? It's morning already?" He whispers and looks around.

The smell of whiskey on him makes her remember everything that happened yesterday, the thugs and the drinks, with that she's very impressed with Natsu, "You can hold your liquor and look this sexy, I like you," Leone half jokes half admits.

She actually does like Natsu to a certain degree, call it love at first sight or just instincts. Her Lionelle grants her the traits of a lion so as being a female, when she finds a worthy man she instantly falls in love with him. Same goes with Natsu if he finds a worthy woman, but his dense skull has him at a coin toss whether he falls in love instantly or not.

For Esdeath is wasn't instant because she's going to kill him, Najenda was slightly instant because of her beauty and aura, but Leone, it's neither. He still needs a little bit more information about her and his danger beast side will take care of the rest.

This makes Natsu smile and his heart tighten, he is beginning to like this feeling and wants more, but he remembers Najenda. He needs to go back to the Empire and look for her. That girl that was with her, the one that killed her, she must know more. He'll ask Esdeath for more information so he can search for her.

"Okay now you can leave," Leone says and throws his clothes at him then fixes her messy, yet sexy, hair.

"Right right I agree," Natsu mumbles and wraps his mother's scaly scarf around his waist and rests his jacket on his arm while he walks with Leone out of the room.

Leone watches him in surprise, 'Wow he's better than I thought, he'll leave just like that, but now I feel bad and I want him to stay now. NO! Akame will kill him if she finds him here, he has to leave before she finds him,' She plans and takes points and looks around the hallway outside her room to see if anyone is around.

She waits a moment for any movement but nothing comes, 'Everyone must be out then, that's good,' She notes and grabs his hand then takes him down stairs. He follows her to the front door and opens it, she looks again to see if anyone is outside but again no one.

She looks at him and kisses him on the check just to mark him as her for real, she really likes Natsu after first meeting him and looks forward to seeing him again, "I'll see you around..." She stops no recalling his name.

"Natsu...Natsu Dragneel," He greets with a smile as he steps out of the building.

The Drag part of his last name makes her a little wet, such a savage-like name makes her fantasize about him in bed, but she'll have her fun the next time they meet hopefully if he doesn't die by then.

"Natsu huh...I'll remember that," She assures.

"And I'll remember Leone," He jokes with a bright smile.

She smiles back and slaps his shoulder, "Go get him big guy," She cheers.

He gets the signal and heads toward the Empire in the distance hiding behind a treeline horizon. Leone watches as Natsu drop off a cliff and out of sight, she then closes the door and clenches her heart with a soft smile on her lips.

'He's mine,' She plans and thinks of her and Natsu being an item. She sighs in satisfaction of meeting the man of her dreams, the man of her lioness dreams.

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"Leone what are you doing?" She hears a voice in front of her.


Empire, Palace Barracks


"Train? I don't understand," Natsu mumbles as he stands in the conference room of the Palace Barracks of the Empire.

As soon as he returned to the Empire he was called to the Palace Barracks. He complied and found Esdeath worried for him and she hugged him tightly then kissed them on the lips passionately. Natsu quickly apologized and explained everything, she was a little mad about staying over with her overnight but she thinks that this Leone won't be around for long.

After some catching up, Esdeath explained that she was ordered to take care of the 'disappearance of General Najenda' but if Najenda is MIA then another must take her place so the army can stay regulated and strong. That's when Esdeath recommended Natsu-er End to take Najenda's place. She first hand knows of his power and his ability on the battlefield, sure he doesn't know about commanding forces but he can act as a simple power house with the rank of General. If commanding will be a problem then she herself will take responsibility to teach End the way of battle.

The Emperor himself was 'impressed' and allowed End to be promoted to the rank of General of the Imperial Army. Natsu was confused on this whole General thing but Esdeath just said he will be respected and feared among all who work and live in the Empire. End thought of this as a combat tribe leader like his mother. She handled everything but she was great at combat even though they lived next to an active volcano. It pleased him to take a role like his mother had so he accepted it without hesitation.

But that's when Esdeath explained the training that he must take to handle the role of General, and that brings us to where we are now with Natsu standing next to a sitting Esdeath in the conference room of the Palace Barracks.

"Yes, as General you are not the only one in a fight. Even with the fact of our powers we cannot simply fight without an army to command. That is why I must train you in the ways of commanding your own troops, your own unit so you can serve the Empire with me," She explains.

Natsu nods his head, if this helps Esdeath with the Empire, then he'll learn how to command an army, "Of course, anything to help," He assures.

Esdeath smiles and holds his hand, "I thank you Natsu, or should I say General End," She grants him the title of General.

A sense of pride fills his mind of this General title, it sounds powerful and filled with respect like he automatically gains respect as he steps into a room.

"Now with that aside, as I train you to be a 5 star General. I want you to apply these skills with your own soldier. I've requested a special soldier to train and serve under you so you two can grow together as Master and servant, General and soldier," She says as the door opens.

"And here she comes now," She whispers as the two look to the door.

They both find a girl at the age of 12, very young, wearing a school girl's outfit with a bag of snacks in her hands with a calm, yet blank stare in her eyes.

"This is Kurome, your own personal pupil," Esdeath introduces.

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"A p-pupil?" He repeats the word to himself and looks to the small girl in front of him.


How to teach a Natsu


Chibi Natsu sits with Chibi Najenda and Chibi Esdeath with many board games around them. Natsu sits across from Nejenda with a game board of chess between them.

"I don't understand, a pawn looks nothing like a soldier, and why would it just move only one space? Does it crawl to it or is a crippled?" He asks himself as he learns the rules of chess.

"Oh that's the rules of chess End," Najenda says.

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"Why am I a circle, is this a war between the dashes and circles?" Natsu asks as he and Esdeath play tic tac toe.

"Fufu you can say that Natsu, but we have to go in turns," She explains.

"Turns? There are no turns in war, it doesn't matter who makes the most moves the one who is winning is the one who is more powerful," He points out.

"Well that's just the game," Esdeath says.

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"So if I send the soldier through the stairs of promotions he'll be one step closer to winning the war?" Natsu asks.

"It's a just a child Natsu, and that's a ladder not stairs," Najenda laughs of Natsu's cuteness as they play chutes and ladders.

"A child? In my village the children fought in the wars all the time, some died before they even reached 13 years old," Natsu admits.

'Where did you grow up?' Najenda thinks.

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"Rock, paper, and scissors," Natsu mumbles.

"Yes that's the game," Esdeath explains.

"Rock beats paper...likely, paper beats rock why? Covering a rock won't defeat it, it is only blind! Why is their scissors in this...what is scissors!?" He asks.

"HAHAH!" Esdeath laughs as Natsu loses his mind just thinking about the game.

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After playing a bunch of games Natsu is left only confused, "Games are strange..'' He mumbles as Najenda and Esdeath a left a laughing mess from Natsu's innocence in the ways of society.

He watches them laugh while he studies a queen piece from the chess game, "Why would the queen move farther than the king?" He wonders, shouldn't the both of them move at the same pace since they both rule the kingdom together.

"Oh it's okay Natsu, I know a game we both would ~love~" Leone pops out from the pile of games and hugs Natsu from behind.

"ONII-CHAN!" Kurome crashes through the window and draws her blade on Leone.

"This game is strange..." Natsu mutters as he watches Leone and Kurome get in a cat fight over him.


So here's another installment of SROD with some AU stuff going on. Akame and Najenda defect without Najenda losing her arm or eye. Kurome acting as Natsu's pupil to learn how to command one as a General should do. I know there was a lot of transitions I'm sorry, it's just I can't stay in one OG scene for long or I'll get writer's block just planning what to do next. If one didn't notice

As for a challenge, for the whole Speaking, Communications, and Thinking, just for shits and giggles I want to know if anyone knows where the song came from.

Code Phrase: Everything Ends

GUEST REVIEWS:

KingDragonSlayer: I thank you kindly I agree that this may be a great story too.

Glenn: Lots of people choose Option 1, people love them lemons. Manga driven huh, well if you want to fill me in on what the difference would be helpful for it would reduce the time to put out another chapter. I know some things but not all of them so a little outside help would be preferred.

As for the poll it was a 11-7 with 11 going to Option 1 so people will die but the reader can say and suggest how and who Natsu beds with. For a start I have a poll up for Esdeath, Lemon or no lemon simple enough but if one wants to be specific than PM me for a suggestion to help plan for a lemon. I can't just stick the lemon and just fuck it right. So if you want to help make a lemon you want do that.

Esdeath and Najenda are already in the harem cause of the pairings posted so all one needs to do is think about it they get lemons or not. Esdeath is first than Najenda. If you want a lemon and vote for the poll to have a lemon than that's wonderful but that doesn't mean that I'll have a lemon the next chapter, people don't like back to back lemons so I want to actually space these lemons out so I don't become a smut writer.

Any questions? PM or Review, I don't bite...yet.

I actually don't know what to do now so I'll just end this off now.

If you like this chapter then I thank you kindly and I hope to catch you in the next one.

TILL NEXT TIME!