The events in this story happen after a couple weeks Tatsumi and Esdeath return from the island. Anything that happens after that in the anime/manga is excluded from my story.

I do not own Akame ga Kill or any of the characters in it

Note: I have gone back and made edits to this chapter.

Kill the Beginning

Tatsumi woke up. He didn't hear any of the usual complains of him sleeping in, so he tried going back to sleep. His body ached, and his arms felt heavy. He ignored this factor, knowing that because of his jobs lately, he had become sorer every passing day.

Then suddenly a bloodcurdling scream made him jump, and he took a look at his surroundings. He noticed blood splattered all over the walls, the faint lighting due to lamps outside his room. Thick metal bars encasing him inside, and no sunlight anywhere to be seen. Now that he was paying more attention he started to smell something rotten and rancid, almost making him gag in disgust. He tried to get up but found himself weighed down by chains wrapped around his arms. The screams continued.

'Am I ...next?' Tatsumi's body started trembling in fear. 'Did they...did they figure out that I am part of Night Raid?' His breathing became strange and uneven.

The screaming went on for what seems to be an eternity and got to a point that Tatsumi couldn't handle it anymore. The screams were so agonizing and painful that they were starting to drive him mad. Then all of a sudden, THUMP! Silence filled his ears.

The only sound present was the dripping of blood onto the cold floor. He then heard quiet footsteps going in the opposite direction, and a wave of relief washed over him, realizing that he still had some time left before something happened to him. However, Tatsumi's relief vanished as the footsteps stopped, turned around, and started coming in his direction. He started to panic, lost control, and let his mind create possibilities for his future. He imagined himself having his fingers and toes removed while counting down by seven from 1000. Being kicked repetitively for the torturer's enjoyment. His body lying on the floor lifeless after all of it was done. Time seemed to slow down around Tatsumi, until, it halted to a stop.

He thought, 'Is this the end for me? Will they torture me until I give them information about Night Raid? Until I sell out my friends?' A single tear dropped from his eye.

'I couldn't even give a proper goodbye to my friends. Akame, Mine, Leone, Lubbock, Najenda, also the new members Susanoo and Chelsea. I wasn't strong enough to save Shelee and Bulat, and now it's my turn... to join them.'

He saw his life flash before his eyes. 'I didn't accomplish anything in life. I couldn't keep my promise to the village. I almost died on my first day in the capital. I... I couldn't please anyone with my presence. I...I...' He started to weep softly.

Tatsumi could recall that he was on a recon mission. He was following a slave merchant to find out where he kept the slaves imprisoned in. While passing through the city he avoided everyone and was almost unrecognizable. Patrols sometimes made him irritated just because he would have to distance himself from the target, and had a high chance of losing sight of them. The last thing he remembered was that he had accidentally bumped into someone irritatingly loud, and made them drop all of their belongings. He tried to calm them down by picking up their fruit and apologizing; however, since they didn't stop, Tatsumi turned to flee almost immediately, so he wouldn't make himself stand out. Then, out of the blue, he heard someone squeal his name, he turned around confused and saw a figure bolting towards him faster than lightning. Then BANG! Everything went black.

Time picked up again. The footsteps grew louder and louder every passing second, echoing in the darkly lit hallway. As soon as they stopped, Tatsumi realized this was the end for him. He screwed his eyes shut as he heard his cell door opening. He decided that he will not give them any satisfaction, he also didn't want to die while begging for mercy and crying till the end, so he steeled himself. He stopped his shaking and calmed himself. He said his last prayers and was now ready for what was about to come.

The person stepped closer to Tatsumi, and he prepared for the upcoming pain. Instead, to his surprise, he felt a soft and gentle hand wipe his tears away. Then the person gave him a warm hug, embracing him fully.

This confused him, he should have been in immense pain right now, but instead was being comforted. Tatsumi opened his eyes and to his surprise, he saw a familiar face smiling at him.

"Miss Esdeath?" Tatsumi wasn't sure, but—from the way she approached him—he assumed that she didn't know about his connection to Night Raid. He, having seen her smile managed to let go of all his bad thoughts, but they get replaced by other (more stimulating) possibilities.

"Tatsumi! It is so good to hold you again." She said this while putting on the largest smile possible, and pulled him into a bone crushing hug.

"Too tight... too tight..." His face turned blue, she let out a silent 'eep', and finally loosened her grip on him.

"Why am I here?" He finally found the courage to ask, and she took a step back.

"You have not forgotten last time... have you?" She stated coldly and stared at him like a lion stares down their prey before delivering their killing blow.

Tatsumi's eyes widened, remembering that a few weeks back, they had met when he was patrolling the mountains after the new Danger Beast threat arose. By coincidence Esdeath had found him, and was content to see him again; however, Tatsumi, on the other hand, was not. Their reunion was cut short when a hooded figure used their Imperial Arm to teleport them both to a remote island. They were forced to spend the day together but learned a lot about each other in the process. When the teleportation field suddenly reappeared Tatsumi jumped in after telling the preoccupied Esdeath that he was going to go ahead first. Esdeath did not want to repeat the mistake that she did last time, rushed after him at light speed. Tatsumi knew that he would get separated from his friends if he didn't hide, so he used his Incursio's invisibility to disappear from Esdeath. When she came out of the portal she was hurt by the fact that Tatsumi had abandoned her again. That day she swore that if she saw him again, she would make sure he wouldn't ever escape.

She looked into his soul with a grim smile, sending shivers down his spine. Tatsumi gulped. Terror filled his mind, and he scrambled away as fast as he could. He made it about half a meter before Esdeath stepped on his chains, and due to the sudden stop, the chains burned Tatsumi's wrists. This pain was far from the worst Tatsumi experienced, compared to his missions and training he was used to, this much was bearable. The only pain he was afraid of experiencing was the one that Esdeath was about to give him.

"Did you really think you could escape from me, again?" She was infuriated with him. She picked him up and threw him against the wall.

"I made a mistake entrusting you to Wave and letting you out of my sight, so now I will personally have to take care of you for the rest of your life." She glared at him. This made Tatsumi distance himself from her again, but only to realize that she cornered him.

"Wa...wait! Can't we ta—" Tatsumi tried to reason with her, but it was too late. She interrupted him with a kiss, then pulled her head back.

"But you know, I cannot stay mad at you. He-he." Esdeath giggled and went in for another kiss, but this time, she gave him a more passionate one.

Tatsumi got flustered because of her sudden gesture, and—even if this wasn't the first time they had kissed—he started blushing uncontrollably. He tried shaking her off, but she had an iron grip on him. Then suddenly her tongue pierced through his lips and started exploring on the inside. He tried to stop her by biting her tongue, but she just became more eager to discover what was kept hidden from her. However, (despite her french kiss) Tatsumi's biggest problem at that moment was air, they had kissed for so long that he no longer had any air left in his lungs. He tried signalling her by kicking her gently, but Esdeath was too fixated on kissing that she didn't realize his desperate need for air. When he almost fainted she wondered why he stopped resisting and having realized her mistake, they finally parted lips.

They were both gasping for air for a while—especially Tatsumi who wasn't used to this kind of situation. He tried to hide his face as much as possible from her so that she would not be happy to see that her tactics are starting to work on him. Esdeath, on the contrary, could not get her eyes off him because nothing in this world will ever be able to give her so much pleasure just by being around it. Then (after a few minutes of awkward silence) Tatsumi realized it would be better to get straight to the point.

"Let me go Miss Esdeath!"

"No. I will not tolerate your defiance anymore. You will love me, one way or another, even if I have to break you." Esdeath said, venom dripping from her every word.

He sighed...then pleaded with her. "I know that you can also see the corruption in the government, so let's change that. Let's make the Capital a better place."

Esdeath slammed the wall behind him, leaving a small crater from the impact.

"What are you thinking telling me, a General of the Imperial army, for I could have you executed right on the spot!" She growled.

"I may not know you very well, but even though our opinions of justice are different—I know that you will do the right thing."

Esdeath couldn't believe what she was hearing. Tatsumi trusted her? The last times they had been together he was always hesitant at being friendly, but now he wagering his life with his trust in her. He truly was the man she fell in love with. Filled to the brim with happiness she hugged him again.

She whispered into his ear. "Let's continue this another time, but for now why don't why go somewhere more private. He-he." Esdeath laughter was filled with ulterior motives.

Genuinely scared, Tatsumi jumped back, only to slam his head on the wall. "Wait! Why do we have to go somewhere more private? What are you plann—" She had given him a swift strike in the back of his neck, and somehow he had a feeling of déjà vu from this pain.

"Shhhh. It's alright Tatsumi. I'll take care of everything." She giggled.

Those were the last words he heard before he lost consciousness.

Today was the same as any day at the Night Raid headquarters. Tatsumi and Mine had an argument first thing in the morning, and Leone teased Tatsumi after breakfast. Every once in a while someone was assigned to a mission, in this case, it being Tatsumi, and everyone would part ways until a later time in the day.

Some of the Night Raid members liked spending their free time training, thinking of strategies to overthrow the empire and relaxing, while others liked peeping on the girls training and taking baths. Of course, everyone was aware that it was Lubbock, so he would be caught fairly easily and be taught a lesson. However, Najenda would always laugh at his antics for reasons unaware to her.

The day was following its regular routine with nothing out of the ordinary until sunset, for that's when something felt off. Dinner came around and the Night Raid Members gathered once again, but this time it was very quiet. Almost nobody said a thing. Apart from a bit of small talk, the atmosphere had gotten cold. That's when Leone couldn't handle it anymore and broke the silence.

"Boss, where is Tatsumi? Shouldn't he have been back by now? Wasn't it only a recon mission?" From Leone's tone, everyone could tell that she was worried.

"Hmm. Now that you mention it... it is strange."

"It isn't like Tatsumi to be late for dinner," said Akame as she gobbled up her meal.

"He probably just lost track of time," Lubbock said, not paying much attention to the conversation while trying to manufacture something out of his string.

"What if he has encountered a problem?" Susanoo spoke nonchalantly.

"That could be it. Nice going Susanoo! I wouldn't expect any less from my Imperial Arms"

Lubbock complained internally while grinding his teeth. 'Curse you Susanoo, stealing all the attention, at this rate I won't stand a chance with revealing my true feelings to her!'

"Alright, I'll go inform the Revolutionary army's spies to start looking for any traces of what happened to Tatsumi. You guys can look into it too, but I don't want any of you to do anything rash to find him." Then Najenda dismissed the members.

Everyone dispersed in a different direction, and no sound was present.

Chelsea sighed and looked out her window. 'Where did you go Tatsumi? ...Everything is so different without you here...'

That night, no one slept well.

Tatsumi bolted upright as soon as he regained consciousness. He looked around and everything seemed familiar. That's when it hit him. He was back in Esdeath's room, for the second time. He inhaled the air, and it smelled just like her—a dominant yet sweet fragrance. He also realized that he was wearing the same dog collar that Esdeath made him wear the first time they met, but this time the collar's chains were stuck to the wall. The chains were longer than the ones in the torture room, but they only reached until about halfway across the room. He saw a glass of water on the counter with the note 'in case you wake up feeling thirsty'. Tatsumi started drinking and realized that Esdeath was currently showering, for he could hear the water running on the opposite side of the room. He tried calming himself, aware of what happened last time in this situation and thought.

'Today is going to be the same as last time. Nothing sexual, nothing lewd, nothing innapro—' Tatsumi interrupted his own train of thought and spit all of the water he just drank.

That was his immediate reaction to seeing Esdeath coming out of the shower with only—a very revealing—blouse. The first four buttons being undone. His face lit up in embarrassment, so he averted his eyes.

"What's wrong? See something you like" Esdeath teased.

"N–n–no I was just mesmerized by that beautiful flower you have over there," He said as he pointed off to the direction of a little flower in the corner of the room.

"You know, Tatsumi, you're a really bad liar" Esdeath started coming closer to him.

"W-w-wait, you're not going to do anything, right?"

"Well, that depends on you. Are you planning to collaborate?" She giggled and jumped at him; giving him a kiss. "Don't forget..." She looked into his forest green eyes, almost getting lost within them, and she cracked a smile.

"You're mine now."

Author's Note:

This is my first story so please give feedback, good or bad.

This story is rated M because of mature scenes and/or themes. Some examples would be blood or gore scenes, sexual intentions and etc.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed my first story ^,^