Disclaimer: I don't own Akame Ga Kill.
A/N: Soooo I've been reading Agk fics lately while I was trying to write a draft for Tokyo Tentacle. My inner dark twisted mine began to formulate a new idea in mind. Which is why this one is born. Again, this is insanely dark and I have no idea where this leads.
Summary: AU. Chelsea lives with Barbara in the Empire. Granny Oreburg is sick so Chelsea uses her skills to steal gold and stuff to buy meds for her beloved granny unfortunately Tatsumi catches her and she'll have to pay the price eh? [Dark!Tatsumi, Icy!Esdeath, Sweet!Chelsea]
A DEAL WITH FIRE AND ICE
Contract Starts Today E1
A girl with pale skin and auburn hair and red eyes, she always wore a butterfly headphone on her head, accompanied by a black vest and a white long sleeve shirt under it with a thin red ribbon around her collar, matched with a red checkered mini skirt, was running down the streets of the Empire. She was carrying a basketful of various fruits and her lips curved in a victorious smile. And her name was Chelsea.
She lives within the Capital, she and her granny, Barbara, serves as butlers to the Prime Minister. They reside in the shack just beside the large mansion along with the other small cabins where other maids and butlers are staying.
Passing by the few elderly that was sweeping the ground outside, she greeted them and rushed to the shack where her granny was chopping some carrots in the kitchen.
"Granny I'm back!"
"I'm not that old! Stop calling me that!" Barbara tells her and the young girl flinched.
"Come on, I just got you a set of apples and oranges, your favorite!" she tried to bribe as she skipped beside her granny to how the basketful of fruits in her hand. "Freshly picked!"
The elder refused to look at the fruits and focused on chopping the carrots on the chopping board. But as the young girl showed her the basket filled with delicious fruits, she couldn't help but gaze on the redness of the apples. She let out a smile and takes the basket from the young one's hand, walking away from the kitchen to give sniff the freshness.
She chuckled and went to the sink to wash one apple and started to eat it. "This is good." She compliments. "Continue chopping for me will you? I need to rest my back." She says in return and the young woman bobbed her head obediently.
Barbara Oreburg, she's not Chelsea's real grandmother but she was the one who raised and trained the young woman, in return, Chelsea loved her like she was her own granny.
Although there were times that Chelsea is a little rebellious but the young woman was naturally a tease and a cheerful young lady, to which the reason why the old Oreburg could never hate the auburn-haired girl for long. She'll get angry for a whole day but as night falls, the anger would fade and all she would feel for the auburn-haired girl was love and worry.
Mostly she'd be angry because of Chelsea's many acts of theft within the Capital. She was never caught but what if? She will be thrown to the den where the Prime Minister's slaves are located or worse, the Prime Minister will behead her for this crime.
Chelsea will always justify that she's only doing it for Barbara because her health was not getting any better as time passed by.
"Say Chelsea, you did not steal these apples did you?" she ask as she sat down the bed, observing carefully of the young woman's reaction, seeing her body stiffen at the question. "You did, did you?"
"No I uh, I bought that." She answered but Barbara was sharp.
"You bought it with the money you stole?" she guessed and Chelsea knew she could no longer escape, her panic almost caused the blade to cut her finger. "What did I tell you?"
Chelsea sighed and stared at her finger that almost got chopped off like the carrots she was chopping. "Yes I know. But I promised it will be the last."
"You keep saying the same promises."
"For real this time granny!"
She says and Barbara chuckled. What a stubborn young woman she was, but it was alright. She smiled and was stuck in the memory of raising her when she was just a kid. But the memory stopped when suddenly she felt an unbearable pain in her back, her hands began to tremble and her legs numb. She couldn't feel her legs. The apple drops on the floor and her body falls afterwards.
Chelsea heard the thud behind her and quickly turned to see that Barbara was lying down the floor. "Granny!"
xxx
"You need medicine. But not the ones you usually buy." The doctor tells Chelsea. "It's a much expensive one."
"No matter how expensive it is I can buy it! Just tell me what sort of medicine she needed." Chelsea tells the doctor desperately.
"Your grandmother's infection worsened. And she caught the Murasame poison as they call it."
"How is that possible? And what the heck is a Murasame poison?"
"It's a deadly poison from the thorns in the garden." The doctor explained. "It's a one-cut killer. When a victim is vulnerable, they are killed immediately."
Chelsea grabbed his coat and glared at him. "I don't want to hear the last part! Just tell me how much the cure is so I can buy it!" she shouts angrily. "Tell me!"
xxx
General Esdeath's room.
Esdeath was in her room, combing her hair when the door opened, and she sees Tatsumi through the mirror. She smiled and watched him approach her, hands crawling around her waist.
"Where have you been?"
"More people have been complaining about missing items in their household. Plus sacks of money." Tatsumi added, sighing as he rested his chin on top of Esdeath's head. "Someone's been a really stealthy thief that no one even has a clue what this thief looks like. Gone like the wind."
"Should I enforce my battalion to guard every capital member? Or should we scare this thief?" Esdeath offered, making Tatsumi chuckle.
"Nah. I have a better idea."
"Mind letting me on this idea of yours?"
Tatsumi grinned mischievously, looking at himself in the mirror. Esdeath saw the look in his eyes, immediately understanding what he was thinking.
"We bait the little thief."
xxx
Chelsea was wondering where she would get enough coins to buy the medicine. It wasn't a joke when the doctor said she neeed an awfl LOT of money to buy it. Moreover, the cure was said not to be a hundred percent effective. So it was a 50-50 on her end but she was willing to risk it.
If she wants to make fast money then the only answer is to sneak into General Esdeath and Commander Tatsumi's room. They have tons of gold there or some relic she could sell for a good price. Yes! That was the only way!
However, the hardest part is that… General Esdeath is known to be a sadistic torturer that will kill on the spot while Commander Tatsumi was the scariest fighter next to Esdeath. He was devious and yet charming to most women. Chelsea has never served them before despite serving the Capital for years but she's heard about them because their reputation reaches far around the world.
A frightening pair.
But she did not let her fear take over. She will get what she needs and then get out of there. That's all that matters.
She planned to go right now where she was sure the two were on patrol duty. It's a one shot.
As she successfully snuck to the gate of the mansion and was on a random search for their room, thanks to some of the maids being her friends, she was able to find it and not waste the rest of her hours searching in vain. She was quick to pick the locks in a hurry to enter the room.
When she had entered she saw the shining relics on the side of the room. Grinning in victory, she ran to search for something small to sell, her eyes landing on the small box on the table. "Maybe this'll do." She mumbled as she reached for it.
"Gaea Foundation." She heard a male voice say. She turned behind her but did not see anyone around. Was she losing her mind?
"Oookay, that's weird." She mumble and turn back to the box, seeing that it was gone. "EH!?"
"Looking for this?"
She turned behind her once more but this time she sees the box in Tatsumi's hands. Her eyes widened in the sight of the living Commander Tatsumi standing there with a grin. She could be thrown to the den now or beheaded on the spot. Her legs trembled in fear, her eyes so wide that Tatsumi was entertained by this.
"I- I'm so sorry Commander Tatsumi." She repeatedly said as she lowered her head to him to show she was sorry. "Please spare your servant!"
If she were to be punished or killed right now, who will take care of Barbara? She doesn't trust those filthy doctors or the other butlers to even have time. She's the only one who genuinely cares.
Tatsumi scoffed and placed a hand on her head, stroking her hair shortly before clearing his throat. "I'm willing to spare you but I need you to come back here tonight." He says and Chelsea stiffened, fearing to hear what he wanted to request. "For a talk." He finished his sentence. "Can you do that?"
"Y- Yes sir. I can do that."
"Then take this." Tatsumi says and gives the box to Chelsea. "I'll see you tonight."
xxxx
It was just a talk. Chelsea had nothing to fear, right?
She was able to return home with the box in her hand. The Gaea Foundation. She's heard tales about it before from granny. That it contains jewelries and treasures worth like diamonds. When the box finds the person worthy, it will provide treasures but if the person was rotten, it will provide a curse instead. The Gaea Foundation was an imperial arm, a relic that contains power.
Opening the box, she sees a shiny gold bar and immediately closes it in shock. Okay was that for real?
The stories she heard amazed her when she was a child but now she's literally holding on the box that she's been hearing from the stories. And a freaking gold bar was inside!
"Calm down Chelsea, just sell it and get over with it." She tells herself.
But unlike the previous items she stole, this one she can't just sell without telling them where she got it. In the end, there was no way to sell this.
Slamming her face on the table, she was dismayed. Not only was she caught, now she had to come back and talk to him. In case she doesn't come back alive, she needed to provide enough money for Barbara and her medicine.
"I'm selling this." Was the final answer.
xxxx
Chelsea ends up standing by the door of Tatsumi's room after giving the gold in exchange for the medicine. She left some other stuff for Barbara in case she really doesn't come back alive.
She took a deep breath and knocked before she turned the knob, her head peeking inside. It was dark but thanks to the candles there was light for her to see what was inside. No sign of Tatsumi though. "Uhm Commander Tatsumi?"
"Please come in."
Gulping, she entered the room and closes the door behind her.
"Come to the bed."
This is it, she was going to get killed, if not then she's about to get slayed in bed. She slowly walk towards the bed, hesitantly creeping closer when she noticed that it wasn't Tatsumi there but Esdeath. And she was more worried when she saw that the general was nude. "G- General Esdeath!?"
Esdeath beamed at her and pulled her in bed.
"No wait!"
She struggled in Esdeath's tight grip, she can feel the general's soft mounds hitting her back, passed the cloth of her vest. She was sitting on Esdeath's lap which makes it even more awkward that it already is. "Shhh…" the general whispered in her ear.
Tatsumi appeared standing in front of them, taking his shirt off.
"Commander Tatsumi?" she uttered as she studied his muscular build. She's seen men without their shirts on before but she never really stared for long until now.
Chelsea only got back to reality when she felt Esdeath's hands had invaded passed her vest and cupping her breasts despite her white polo still on. She yelped in surprise, making Esdeath chuckle. "You're right Tatsumi, she is a little beauty. But not as big as me."
The auburn-haired girl grabbed on Esdeath's wrists to stop the woman from groping her, yes she dared to stop Esdeath, but her face was cupped by Tatsumi, both hands holding on her cheeks and his green orbs locked on her red eyes for a moment before he plants a kiss on her lips.
In panic of what's about to happen to her, Chelsea jerked her hands as hard as she can and jumped out of the bed, her hands panicking as she buttoned her vest back.
"I- I'm sorry Commander but this isn't what you said we'd do, I mean, I thought we're just here to talk!" she yelled, making the two chuckle at her reaction.
"You see the people are in a dilemma of finding the naughty thief, asking us to put this thief to misery." Tatsumi begins his explanation. "I happen to catch you red-handed but because I find you interesting, I will not do as they say and instead offer the thief a new path in life."
Chelsea raised a brow on him, not wanting to ask when plainly it's visible what they both wanted to do with her.
"Whenever we'd summon you to our chambers you are to comply and allow us to do as we please, the same whenever we'd see you outside. Just allow us to please ourselves and you're off a free girl with no worries of money or protection. Anyone who dares to lay a hand on you will be killed by us." He offered. "I did a little research and apparently you have a sick granny."
"If you refuse to take this offer, you can expect to find yourself stoned to death before the mass." Esdeath says. "Or rotting in prison where your granny would also rot." She added to tease and Chelsea shot her a glare. "No just you." She corrected. "But if you're accepting our offer, tell us your name and the deal is sealed."
"You just… want me to be your slave? That's it?" she wanted to clarify and the two nodded. "But you're a couple! You can't have someone like me!"
"We sometimes part ways. I long for Esdeath and she longs for me. Of course to satisfy our cravings and ease our loneliness, you're around." Tatsumi says simply. "Shouldn't you just be thankful that I spared your life?"
"This deal has some kind of expiration right?" Chelsea wanted to negotiate.
"Not until we say we're letting you go." Tatsumi however does not want her to add any conditions to their offer. "Now what's your answer?"
Chelsea gripped on her black vest, deciding what to do with her life. If she dies, Barbara will end up dying as well. Grieving for her death and perhaps ridiculed by the people even. If she agrees, then all that will die is her virginity and probably her dignity as a woman and her freedom but above all that is the fact that she's still alive.
Between life and death, she chose to weigh the one where she was still alive despite the claptrap offer. She takes a deep breath and stood upright, eyes locked on Tatsumi's. "My name is Chelsea."
"A pretty name. I like her." Esdeath tells Tatsumi and the brunette male smirked.
"Well Chelsea, you're work starts tonight." He says.
