Disclaimer: I do not own Akame ga Kiru except for my own version of the plot and original characters.
Chapter 1: A Dirty Secret is Revealed…
The faithful Imperial year of 1024...
A simple lone caravan, this was accompanied by two expedition merchants as they were traveling along on the highway's path. The two of them talked of little trivial matters such as, "Have ya made any businesses near the Capital?" or "How's the family?" and so forth.
As they were traveling along the road, the ground starts to shake up tremendously. "What was that?" asked the merchant. He receives his answer soon after. Suddenly, pineapples...that was a joke, hahaha literally as those heavenly dozen of fruits flew up in the skies from a single crate...anyway, a danger beast appears from within the ground, inserting fear upon the two seemingly startled men.
From the beast's appearance, both of the men's paths were utterly impeded and, as a result, they were doomed to escape as their only hope was the horse carrier that ran off a while ago.
"I-ITS AN EARTH DRAGON!" yelled one of the merchant as he ran desperately. "I did not know that those damn things would show up around these parts!" shouted by the other merchant. The earth dragon approached them with a loud eerie roar, causing the merchants to shriek in fear screaming, "GYAAAAA!"
Luckily for the merchants, a mysterious stranger appeared out of nowhere between them and the danger beast. The stranger appears to be no later than in his late teens, and wears blue jeans, a pair of black combat boots, white high collar jacket over a tan sweater vest, and a sword sheathed on his back. He has black eyes and a wavy black hair that can be easily be moved in any desirable style.
"You appear to be in a foul mood." said the black haired teen as the earth dragon screeched back in retaliation. It is a darn good thing that first class risk species are completely moronic, since they attack without thinking to which makes things easier to read their attacks.
The teen read the pattern of attack and ran along the earth dragon's left arm. "This shall be the end for you!" exclaimed the teen. He then proceeds to slice apart the danger beast's head before it can even lunge its right arm towards him.
"A-amazing! That was brilliant young boy!" the merchant express cheerfully. If it weren't for him, then both of the merchants would be a lump of dead meat for damn sure! "Yeah, you killed it single-handedly!" said the other merchant.
"Well of course, I try to help those nearby that are in need. A danger beast like this one was that of no challenge for me at all!" cockily replied as he continues on. "The name's Arata, if ya wondering, for it shall be famously known in the capital!" happily greeted by the black haired teen.
"…guess you really don't know what's up with the Imperial capital…not a dreamy place as you'd think it be, lively for sure…but there are a lot more ravenous monsters than this earth dragon." One of the merchants said in a wearily tone.
"Thanks for the advice, but I must continue on my journey. I will…we will save our village with the money we'll earn! That's for damn sure!"
Arata arrived at the entrance of the capital, an hour after the incident with the earth dragon. He scanned the area to see if Sayo, Leyasu, and Yuuji had arrived. He can clearly remember what Yuuji told him and the other two.
'Arata! Sayo! Leyasu! Run away while I will keep these danger beasts busy! I will be okay; I shall see you guys around the flip side!' With that in mind, Arata hopes for Yuuji's safety. But his train of thoughts was cut loose as he heard a familiar voice that was booming towards him.
Several people were staring at a dashing young male. He seems to be a tad bit older than Arata, but no more than 2 years. He is currently wearing a pair of turquoise colored combat boots, black knee length shorts that reaches a bit further down with an eyelet studded orange belt, a blue pouch belted around his left leg, and a sleeveless red vest that is worn open front, revealing his muscular body. He also wears a short second belt with a large red "A" on the silver buckle over his right hip, but it was left unfastened and threaded the free end along the back of his shorts. A green sheathed dagger that is hanging at his left hip, a red and white striped bracelet around his wrists, an orange elbow guard, and also wears a red beaded necklace with an orange hat with two blue smileys, one frowning and the other one smiling, and a string of red beads sitting above the rim. Two long orange side straps hung down sides of his hat and met at a large medallion of a danger beast's skull with orange tassels.
He has a pair of crimson eyes and a black wavy hair that reaches only downward to the base of his neck. His facial appearance would look like that of Arata's teeny face, if it weren't for the fact that he had a 5 o'clock shaded beard going on his face; he wouldn't be able to look nearly old enough to be in his early twenties!
"Oi! Finally found you, ya little bakana!" yelled cheerfully from what Arata finally realize that its one of his best friends that he departed with from his home village.
"Hey now, I'm not that short dude I'm catching up to your tallness! And I'm not that much of an idiot! But I'm so glad to see a friendly face!" Arata was right; he was not that short compared to a six feet tall Yuuji. Okay then, maybe he is somewhat short in his eyes, but for any others he would be considered to be tall enough for being five feet and eight inches.
"Likewise Arata," the two bros did a cool handshake that was only known among the two of them, "So, have you seen Sayo or Leyasu by any chance? I was hoping if they would have arrived here with you…"
"No, we had gotten ourselves separated by a surprise bandit attack not too long after you had gathered the danger beasts' attention." Arata answered honestly to Yuuji; he knew that Yuuji deserved an explanation of what happened to them. They were all in the same boat together, and even if they weren't….the four of them are the bests of friends that looked out for each other no matter what. The four of them would follow each other, even if it meant going towards the depths of hell itself.
Yuuji can see the distress look on his face for the whereabouts of Sayo and Leyasu, so then he decides to help his best friend out by cheering him up.
"Well, it seems we have strung a few bad lucks so far… haven't we? But let's hope that we all come out of this with good fortune for our village." Yuuji replied.
"Yeah you're right, there is bound to be some good luck after all of that horrible mess!" exclaimed Arata.
"That's the spirit Arata! So I think we should quickly hurry it up and get enlisted. The sooner we do, the faster it'll be to save our village!" yelled thee older black haired man.
Unbeknownst to Arata and Yuuji, as they made their way through the bustling streets of the capital, a curious young lady took a sip of her tea nearby.
As an hour went by, Yuuji dragged Arata out of the recruitment facility. Arata mumbled how unfair the recruiter was and how much of an insult it is to put him in as a common foot soldier, but Yuuji, on the other hand, was placed a rank higher than him as a Corporeal of the infantry 117th division.
"Dude! That was so unfair of that bastard. I totally understand about the recession, but c'mon!" a frustrated Arata exclaimed."That guy was an arsehole. Never mind about him let us look into other field of work…perhaps entrepreneur, since you can make some serious cash." Yuuji suggested to calm down the black haired teen.
"Hey you guys!" a cute looking blondie appears, before asking them both a question, "You two seemed troubled, should this Onee-chan lend a helping-hand?" cheerfully expressed by the cute blondie. She appears to be in her twenties, having short hair with two long bangs on the side frame of her head, with golden eyes. She is wearing black tube top, pants, boots and a white scarf around her neck.
'Dear kami…those oppais are humongous, like how in the living realm can they possibly be that big and why is this lady wearing such a revealing outfit?' As this was going through Yuuji's mind, Arata was not that much interested, perhaps a little bit. Don't get me wrong here, he loves women…but those huge breasts are too much for him to handle. Arata would just say that she is cute, and Yuuji, on the other hand, appears to be infatuated by the big boobs, but he can keep his composure at the very least and be the gentleman that he is towards any women. The crimson eyed was taught well by his parents, that all ladies deserve to be given the respect that they should receive. However, this situation was different and Yuuji was "mind-drooling," but he continues to politely look at the blonde in the eyes nevertheless.
"Hahaha….well, I already had plans for my friend and I…you know, always have a backup plan whenever Plan A comes to a failure! As my dear father would always constantly tell me so." Yuuji pauses a bit and thought about his past briefly.
As nostalgia took over his mind, his father would give him important lessons on matters such as respect towards other individuals, especially to family and to women. 'Remember this well, my son. Respect is given until that said person loses your respect.' his father told this to a 9 years old Yuuji in his parent's bedroom, while two little girls were playing together in the living room.
"But I wouldn't mind if the pretty Onee-chan helps us out, since she would most likely know a thing or two around here." Yuuji said, continuing as he gives a genuine smile honestly towards the blonde, who likes that response well.
"Well I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have an Onee-chan's guidance." Arata agreed along with Yuuji's decision, not even a single drop of doubt in his mind.
"We should properly introduce ourselves, the names Yuuji. My best pal here name is…." Yuuji was trying to indicate his friend to announce his own name respectfully. "Tatsumi." The black haired teen greeted with a polite tone.
"Then, can you gentlemen please treat Onee-chan to a meal?" The blonde gave an inquiry as she gives the two males a heartwarming smile.
A few minutes later, the blonde led the two bros to a bar. Arata could not believe his eyes as he stared at the blonde's desirable needs by gulping down a large bottle of alcohol; he had thought she wanted tea or a meal instead of a drink at the bar. To add things a tad worse, Yuuji decides to drink along with the blonde as they cheered.
"Alcohol tastes the best in broad daylight! You should just drink up along with your pal lad, have some fun!" The red eyed teen nodded in agreement.
"Yeah! You should have a sip of it Arata! I can handle a few bottles so if you passed out after your first one, IIIIIII can look after youuuuuuu~" Replied by a lightly, and happily, drunken Yuuji as he pointed out to his friend with his right hand index finger in a slur-ish speech.
With this, Arata was tempted to have a bit of fun as well, but decided to keep his mind clear for theirs sakes. "You guys are drinking without too much concerns with the situation at hand…can you just tell me how the both of us can get commissioned." Arata said in a worrisome tone.
"Hmm, that's basically…to have connections and money," the blonde haired lady responds, "I have contacts in the Imperial army, so I am preeetty sure that one of them can get you guys in….if you show him some cash right away, that is."
"I see…" Arata gazed at Yuuji's eyes to see what they should do. Should he give her the money right away or wait a bit? Arata remembers the advice Yuuji gave to him, Sayo, and Leyasu when they were preparing to depart on their way to the Capital.
'You three gotta assume that there might be some swindling bastards out there at the Capital. Appearances can easily trick anyone at any given notice! If you were to exchange money for the sake of information, then be smart about it and present a general amount of your money. Don't be a baka and give out all your earnings, trust me! You'll need them for later!'
Luckily for Arata, he remembers those words clearly and decides to give out half of his earnings from slaying danger beasts on his way to the Capital. 'Hopefully this would suffice the amount' Arata thought as he revealed one half of his money.
The blonde smiles at his resolution and continues to look amused at this amount. It may not be all of his cash, but money was money and she does not need to know if he kept some for himself.
"I've earn this by hunting danger beasts on the way to the Capital." Arata presented his cash to the cute blonde.
'Hmm, so you are strong then…' The blonde thought with a short smile. She then stares at Yuuji, to see if he was going to react the same way.
While he may look like a drunk, he was thinking strongly at what was happening. He was thinking of how much he should put up front to the blond, the curious golden look in her eyes made him feel that he should quickly come to a decision. So with that thought aside, he decided to take out half of his amount, relatively the same amount as his best friend did.
"And here's my amount from the reward I have obtain through slaying a large pack of danger beasts!" Yuuji yelled out happily. The excitement coming from him cause a big grin on the blonde's cute face and a few weird looks from other people in the bar. She thought of how strong he is and how he might be an excellent addition to a particular group.
The blonde preps the money in a single bag and decides to make her getaway. "You young lads will learn a lot from our meeting! I'll take care of this, so be sure to wait for me here!"
"Hai!" both of the males shouted back in appreciation for the blond haired woman's dedication in making them successful. Yuuji thought this may very well be a scam, but then again he had never really experienced getting scammed before. At least he was smart enough to follow along, and adjust well with the situation.
After what seems like hours, Yuuji takes the initiative to tell Arata that it was a scam they will remember, "Well bud, it was worth the shot while it lasted." The two left the bar and started walking along on the path of the Imperial bridge and gazed upon the midnight moon. The bros talked about how they had hoped that Sayo and Leyasu found their way to the Capital and started the road of fame and fortune.
The four of them were really strong. Sayo was an excellent archer as well as she was trained in hand-to-hand combat. The same went for Leyasu and Arata; the both of them were excelling in melee, except they weren't nearly as good enough of an archer like Sayo was.
Arata and Yuuji both knew how Sayo and Leyasu loved each other. The two started to send love letters at first, and then it came to a confession before they prepared for the departure towards the Capital.
The both of them saw two thugs, about their age, roaming around to pick on someone. When they had set their eyes on Yuuji; they immediately decided not to mess with him since they can see it in Yuuji's eyes that mean death to those that harms him and his best friends. Dark red eyes, comparable to that of the extraordinary blood red moon that rarely appears.
Yuuji releases a killer intent to the thugs, forcibly removing them from the bros' presence back to the pits from which they have spawned from. He made sure that Arata wasn't affected by it; for he didn't want his best friend to fear before him or to make him extremely uncomfortable.
The two decided to take a rest, given notice that Yuuji started to sway a little from drinking earlier. Unbeknownst to Arata, the crimson eyed older teen kept a secret wine bottle with him for later enjoyment. He knows better, but it was for only for a celebration for later.
From the lonely road, a little girl stopped nearby from within a horse carriage. She saw how the two teens were stranded in the middle of the night and decided to help them. It was known, only till later, that the boys knew it was too damn good to be true. The girl introduced herself as Aria, looking like she can't be any older than 16 years old in a white dress, while the two guards were not sure if she should bring in any guests back to her home like the usual.
"If you two have nowhere else to go…then you guys can stay at my place."
"We don't have that much money…" Arata replied.
"The two of you wouldn't be out here if you did."
'I guess it beats being out here in the middle of the night' thought Arata. He looked back to see if Yuuji wanted to go as well but, to his dismay, it seems that his red eyed friend is in a complete state of slumber. Most likely that he's exhausted from the group of danger beasts, but it could also be from drinking with the swindling blonde earlier. In this case, Arata couldn't tell which was the cause of it...but probably the former than the latter.
Anyways, Arata was trying to move his crimson eyed friend, but was unfortunately difficult. It feels like he weighed 350 motherfucking pounds, from looking at him as if he looked more keenly to weight 195 at most.
' Oh. My. God. Dude. You are a heavy fucker!' Arata enragement was real. He had really underestimated his fiend's weight. It took one of Aria's guards to help the onyx eyed teen carry him to the back of the carriage.
A while later, the two teens arrived at the mansion. As Yuuji quickly woke up to be able to see what's going on; he and Arata realized that Aria and her family were seriously loaded with mountain of cash. It was as if money could rain upon them both from viewing the exterior and the interior of the entire complex.
From looking at the 3 large stories high mansion, to the elegant features of the inside as well, both teens could feel out of place from just being there. There was a trophy head of a deer, catching Yuuji's attention, and an expensive vase that caught Arata's eyes. But the one thing that caught their views the most was the chandelier in the entrance's ceiling of the mansion from within. It is utterly an amazing feature to see.
This then lead the teens to meet Aria's parents, whom were sitting presently at the table with tea in their hands. They were surprisingly happy to see two guests at their mansion, although some would believe that they'd be upset, seeing that people of the lower class in their upper class estate.
Yuuji toke notice when he heard Aria's mother saying that it's a habit having people at the mansion.
'What if these people met Sayo or Leyasu?' Yuuji thought to himself as Arata was expressing his appreciation for the both of them to be able to stay for the night, for free of course.
Arata took a glance at his crimson eyed friend to see if he should ask them for a favor, to which Yuuji gestured for him to proceed with it. "There's something we'd like to ask sir."
A few minutes later, after a revealing information from Aria's father, the two best friends were inform of Imperial's enemies and how it is likely possible that they may die in battle against them. It does not matter how dangerous it could be for the both of them to join the Imperial Army, they are willing to do anything to save their village and survive any ordeal.
"I see…that is an excellent commendable spirit, you two! This is how the youth of this generation should be!" Aria's father commented.
"Sir, if I may indulge myself to ask you this. Is there, by any chance, that you've met two other teens like Arata? We were unfortunately separated from them, and we couldn't be able to locate them ever since then." asked by the crimson eyed teen.
Yuuji then began to explain the appearance of Sayo first, and then Arata would explain about Leyasu's. Sayo was about Arata's age, having long beautiful black hair and black eyes. She wore a white flower hair accessory, given by Leyasu. For Sayo's personality, she was revealed to be quick-tempered, kind, cheerful, and knowledgeable, with all the books she read as well with Yuuji. The two would discuss about the main element and the colorful characteristic of the book they've enjoyed. She was presumptively seen with a bow and arrows.
Arata then started with Leyasu. The teen had brown eyes and dark brown hair. He had unruly hair, until he changed it for Sayo's sake. He was to be seen with a white martial arts headband. Leyasu was a very cheerful teen, who had hoped to become famous one day. He was noted by those that knows him as knucklehead of the village and bears a lack of common sense. He wielded an axe before their departure. Leyasu's skills are on par with Arata's but, since the onyx-eyed teen had a form of common sense, he would win most of the spars against the dark brown haired teen but they all couldn't defeat Yuuji, even if they worked together to beat him.
After explaining that, Arata also told the father how they were separated. As he explained that, Aria's father gave Yuuji wide eyes as if he couldn't believe that the red eyed teen was able to hold off so many danger beasts at once, for the sake of his best friends' safety. He knows that nobody is foolish enough to even do that, only a brave hero or a fool would do something like that for others.
With that said, the father decided to recommend them to a military acquaintance and the investigation for Sayo and Leyasu. Arata's black eyes were shot open wide as he was glad to hear that, but for Yuuji, on the other hand, couldn't help but feel something bad is going to happen, like a hunch if you will; he hopes that nothing like that would happen, since sometimes his instincts were usually correct.
After the discussion, the two boys went to their assigned bedroom for the night. Hopefully they would see Sayo and Leyasu gleaming smiles once again. The part when Aria said that her intuitions told her that they'll be seeing them again gave hope to the two teens.
The next day was just like Aria said it was to be. Shopping day was overbearing since she bought nearly anything eye-catching to her liking. The red eyed teen grumbled as he carried a lot of the merchandise and clothing from Aria, along with the other guards.
"Awww, I suppose I should help carry some more of the presents since its nothing of a problem for me!" exclaimed Yuuji.
Arata smiled at what he said. The onyx eyed teen offered to help him, but the crimson eyed teen said it was okay, since he can do it with ease and was thinking that it was more training for him. Yuuji would try many ways to sharpen his skills, even though he was like a great sensei/senpai to the other three; he still continues to do his very best in every way until it was time for him to relax and enjoy what life has in store.
Whilst they were accompanying Aria's shopping spree, the guard had revealed the dark truth of the country. Such as the Prime Minister, Honest, controls the Capital and its entire people through the manipulation of the child emperor. This is a shocking revelation for Arata, for when he suddenly realizes that the heavy taxes that inflicted his village may very well be the cause of the Prime Minister's corruption.
Arata had the common sense to not create a public disturbance with the Prime Minister, because he didn't want his head to roll. And even so, Yuuji would prevent from doing such an idiotic action.
Then they came upon the wanted posters of a group of assassins from an organization called Night Raid, and how they only attack at nighttime, hence the name suggests it. Arata could have sworn that Yuuji's eyes were widening at seeing the particular poster in the center for a split second.
One cut killer Akame, wielder of the demon blade Murasame, and a man with a pompadour haircut was known to be as the 100 man killer Bulat, with his armor Teigu the Incursio. Akame could be about a year older than Arata; with a long, elegant, beautiful black hair at that and a beauty that knows no bounds. Well, in Yuuji's pair of red eyes that is. It comes to notice that she also has the same red iris color affiliation as Yuuji's eyes, except it was that of a lighter red.
Arata couldn't believe what he saw afterwards….he saw Yuuji carrying a mega-sized present with one hand to hold, and the other to keep it steady. The onyx eyed face faulted with extreme disbelief at the ridiculousness of the situation, as he held an expression of 'what in the fuck!? Is this some type of extreme training or what?!'
Later that night, Yuuji decides to take a leak in the middle of night. He recalled what happened today as he grew a big sturdy grin on his face. As soon as he has finished his business with the bathroom facility, he saw Aria's mother with a diary in her hands.
'Why is she up? Maybe I should ask what is keeping her up.' thought the crimson eyed teen.
The next thing that happened was something unbelievable. He saw Aria's mother chopped up in half. Unreal, right? Well Yuuji wasn't worried with her death, he was more concerned with who did it, and his answer was behind the deceased corpse. He saw a slender woman with long purple hair and eyes. Wearing a sleeveless lilac cheongsam with detached lilac cheongsam with detachable lilac arm sleeves, white boots, glasses, and she also appears to be wielding a giant pair of scissors.
'I need to know why she is here, why she killed her, and to see if she plans to kill Arata.' he would prepare himself to end her without a second thought, and any other perpetrators that may be lurking around or inside the mansion.
As the crimson eyed lad approach the purple eyed woman, she looked like as if she had nearly mistaken the teen for someone else. Could it be the eyes that tricked her?
"Are you a friend or foe?" asked the purple eyed woman in a serious tone.
"That depends on how you would answer my questions," said Yuuji, "Why did you kill her? Did you have any reason to end her? If so, where's the proof of your reasoning?"
The purple haired assassin seems to be perplexed at the multiple questions being thrown at her and unsure if she should answer his questions. She came to a consensus after a while and pointed at the dairy Aria's mother was holding.
"I believe the evidence should be in there. If not, then I'm sorry, but you may have to wait for the answers till later." The wielder of the giant scissors answered honestly.
Yuuji was uncertain if she was telling the truth or not, so he decides to check inside the diary from the recently deceased Aria's mother. The crimson eyed teen was not a fool; he had run multiple logical simulations in his mind on how to counterattack the woman across from him, if she dares to attack him that is.
Surprisingly to Yuuji, he picked up the diary with no hostile interference from the purple haired woman. In fact, she was smiling with her weapon on her back. The red eyed teen took a look into the diary, a few simple thoughts about what she did during her day at the mansion. A few trivial matters, if you may, within it which means that he shouldn't keep reading for long. He flipped the pages to the two days prior to the arrival of the two bros at the mansion. He and Tatsumi were apparently lied to, by the rich family, because Sayo and Leyasu came in those two days before he and Tatsumi did. This angered the crimson eyed teen, much more than Tatsumi (possibly?), as he was lied to. Lying to him meant a good beat-down and a possible death wish upon anyone, unless it's a good lie that helps the righteousness, in which that case he'd understands.
He scanned through it to the next day in the diary to have only found out the atrocious acts committed by Aria and her family. What made the teen beyond angry next was of what had happened the night before in the diary. Sayo and Leyasu were tortured for various stupid fucking reasons; he was entirely glad that the mother died and it's now time to make the others pay for what they have done.
The purple haired woman smiles as she can tell by the resolve on Yuuji's face, when he has found the necessary evidence that he needed.
"Hey, sorry I was rude and didn't answer your question at first. I suppose we can form an alliance together until any further notice."
"No don't be, I should be sorry for not answering quick enough. And if you're wondering, one of our members may have already taken out the father of this family." The lady assassin didn't want to reveal the name of her friend because she was unsure if Yuuji may become an enemy of Night Raid.
"Well it seems that this family, and any others that are associated with them as well, is your guy's target…then I believe we share the same goals at the moment. These goddamn bastards lied to me and Arata and not only that, but they even have the audacity to lie to us about our two best friends' arrival behind our backs and also tortured them here, possibly near the mansion," Yuuji's eyes seems to be radiating with an intense glare at the deceased corpse, perhaps could it be that his ferocious anger intensified? "If the diary is correct, then I need to get to the shed quickly," His crimson eyes shifts towards the assassin, glaring her, " and If you see a black hair teen, that's Arata so don't bring harm to him or else. He's innocent and since he doesn't know about this dirty shitty secret, he would most likely be guarding Aria for her "kind" motherfucking hospitality! That little bitch will pay…" Yuuji expressed angrily as blood-lust seeps out dangerously slow.
The purple haired assassin nodded and watched as Yuuji ran off to find Arata to inform him of what had transpired the events and then to save their two best friends as soon as possible.
Now let's go back to Arata.
During Yuuji's encounter with the purple haired woman, as the black haired teen continuously enjoys his desirable kawaii loli waifu dream-like state; he has quickly awoken from a dark aura, emitting out from his assigned bedroom. He was very disappointed that his dream had to stop where the good part was just starting.
'What's with this foul stench? Could this be what Yuuji was talking about back at the village?' Arata inquired as he remembered one of the red eyed senpai's advices. If it was true to what Yuuji said, then this must be a strong bloodlust.
"This has to be that bloodlust Yuuji was explaining about." The black haired teen said aloud, as he also feels the chills going down his spine. Whatever was happening, it must not be good. He thought about saving Aria because she has given the two bros a place to stay. 'Gotta find my senpai first! Since I know him, he must be taking a leak, or grabbing some midnight grub' It was natural for him to make those kinds of assumption, since they are best friends after all!
Arata went for his best friend's room, which it is three doors from the right of his. The onyx eyed teen opens the door to his room and didn't found him in there, unfortunately. He thinks that the crimson eyed teen left to protect Aria, evidence led him to believe so since his belongings were not there. He knew that the older teen excel in any weapon, could be from his dedicated training, and his favoritism would have to be his personal double edged dagger and a traditional katana.
As soon as Arata left the room, he felt a surge of killer intent coming from outside, and so he peers through the visible window. He was in shock to see a group standing on midair, but upon closer inspection would reveal that it's actually…threads? How strange… Five guards have appeared outside to kill the intruders. To their dismay, they were easily wiped out by the professional assassins with ease. Arata thought the guards were strong. "Damn it…Night Raid is here, and they all seem to be scary strong too! I gotta go help defend Aria-san quickly and hope that Yuuji is there as well!" Arata knew it was Night Raid from the wanted posters. Akame and Bulat's armored appearance proved his point. Meanwhile, a certain blonde finishes off the father of the sadistic family as he pleads for mercy before his imminent demise.
Soon after he left the area, Arata arrives outside to the northern section of the mansion's outskirts. He finds a guard guiding Aria to what seems like a safe house. He approaches the two with intention to help Aria. "I finally found ya, Aria-san!" the black haired teen exclaimed, but he frowns as Yuuji was nowhere to be seen. He then was shocked to have heard the guard telling him to stay back and hold off against the highly trained killers, KILLERS! Right after when Arata replied back that it's impossible to do what the guard ordered him to accomplish, a girl immediately appeared behind the onyx eyed teen, causing him to be startled. The girl seems to be Akame from before.
'Holy shit! Looks like there's no way out of this, gotta have to do this now!'
'Not a target,' thought Akame, as she surprised Arata with an extraordinary amount of speed she displayed by using his left shoulder as a booster to get to her target. She had noticed that the armored guard, armed with an automatic rifle, unleashes rain of bullets heading towards her when she was getting closer to him. Unfortunately for the guard, Akame was faster as she is extremely nimble.
"Eliminate!" was the only thing in the red eyed beauty's mind as she sliced the guard horizontally, splitting his body apart as blood gushed from it and organs flew in all directions in a bloody mess in quick succession. She then appears before Aria, readily preparing to end her miserable life as it is with the same elimination thought.
"God damn it, don't ignore me!" yelled Arata; he swung his sword diagonally at Akame, hoping that it would hit her, but she quickly jumped backwards out of harms reach. "You are not a target…; therefore it is not necessary to kill you." Akame's stated in clear monotone. Arata argued back in defense for Aria.
"If you get in my way…I'll have to kill you, you know," Again, in monotone as always.
"I cannot run away from the one who gave me a shelter, for I am not a coward!"
"I see…Then I'll eliminate." Akame's emotionless statement causes Arata to prepare himself for the worst case scenario.
As the conflict was brewing between the two, the same blond, who scammed the unfortunate bros back at the Capital, was at a far distance away and watched on as of how unlucky the teen was to fight against Akame. Arata knew that she is out of his league to battle, but a real man doesn't run away when there's someone in danger, or at least that's what Yuuji had taught the black eyed teen to be.
Thinking of how if he could not save a single girl, then he wouldn't definitely be able to save an entire village in the first place. Arata charged forward, as well as Akame, and their blades began to clash one another. The black eyed teen stood well in his grounds against Akame, thanks to Yuuji's teachings, but was faltered when he slashed horizontally, causing her to jump mid-air and as she then delivers a kicking blow to his left shoulder.
'Shit! Well, I guess this is it for me and for my waifu dreams into reality…" thought Arata, as he prepares himself for a meeting with Death. Right when Akame was about to stab his heart, she was suddenly hugged from behind…wait what? She thought it would have been Leone, but why a hug? The beautiful assassin had not, in fact, felt anyone else near her besides Arata. It seems that only those who are strong willed, are powerful enough to be able to suppress their presence at any given moment. This confuses the red eyed beauty. Who else could have suppressed their presence when she got there and not be noticeable by her especially?
"Hey there Akame, looking as gorgeous as ever like always…I really miss ya…" Akame's red eyes widen at hearing the voice behind her; she knows exactly who that voice belongs to. Tears slowly threatens to fall from her eyes as she slowly turns her pretty head upside down, only to prove that her assumption was right; it was as if she has seen a ghost, but she was quite relieve to see him alive in one piece. The crimson eyed teen is currently giving an affectionate hug to the beautiful red eyed killer tightly, with his arms adjusted barely below her nicely developed breasts, not as large as the swindling Onee-chan, as he leans his chest against the back of her shoulder blades while bending his back and legs a bit. Yuuji was trying so hard as to not grope her; he's just giving a personal warm hug to an old childhood friend…but nevertheless, he would love to one of these days, which gives him a massive nosebleed mentally at the mere thought of it. Of course he didn't nosebleed literally because he wouldn't want any blood on his Akame-chan.
"Why here…why now of all places, Yuuji…I thought you were dead!" Akame inquires to the fellow red eyed bearer as she put down her Murasame by her side.
'So Yuuji knew Akame in the past, then why had he not told me about this?' Arata ponders on around the question as he vaguely remembers a scarred 13 years old Yuuji, alone and injured. He looked at the two and can feel a sincere loving bond between the two; the black eyed teen was glad to be alive from a scary strong assassin.
"I can tell you the rest when we're alone, but you do deserve to know at least one thing for now. It all occurred after my little confrontation against Gozuki," The red eyed beauty was surprised at hearing that name. She knew very well that Gozuki lied to her about Yuuji betraying the Capital, because he wouldn't do something that extreme without a logical reason. "And you should know that as long as there is no body within an empty grave with my name on it, I will still be breathing fresh air and be very much alive…" Yuuji answered the beautiful teen's question, still hugging her from behind.
The two red eyed teens continue to be in each other's grasp for a long half minute, giving a particular black haired baka an idea. "Hey, if you two are going to keep hugging each other like that, might as well get a room…..ahhahaha" Arata nervously chuckled at the end, receiving an intense glare from Akame for joking around. Not that she would mind, I mean it's all for the sake of her spending time to know what happened to her fellow red eyed friend.
"So…may I proceed to kill him?" Akame replied in her usual monotone.
"Absolutely not, my dear Akame. He's my best friend; he may be a baka at times, but he is one of the coolest dudes I know...but it's a tempting suggestion at the moment…" Arata smiled at his friend's defense for him; not even a bit of rage within him at being called a baka, except that he shudders at the end of his friend's sentence. For that was a joke from the crimson eyed teen.
Akame was going to persist on protesting against what the crimson eyed teen said, but then he stopped her before she could talk back. "And before you say anything else threatening, I must present the dark hidden secrets to my best friend here from within this particular diary…" Yuuji turns to look at the onyx eyed teen, "Oh, and may I tell you something Arata before I do give it to ya, these sons of bitches lied to us!" The crimson eyed teen exclaimed, but not too loud next to Akame's soft textured ears, as he then added the second piece of information to the teen; revealing a diary, from within his blue pouch, belted around his right leg, with his right hand before handing it to his bud. He continues to do this, all while hugging Akame with his left arm. This course of action causes Aria's eyes to open wider; as she tries to runaway, her escape route was blocked off by a certain swindler. The two teens can hardly recognize her as the blonde who loves to drink during the day because it seems that she grew a... tail, paws, and a pair of kawaii animal ears!?
"Hey there boys! Long time no see!" The blonde greeted to the bros, as their eyes grew wider, even to the point where the eyes were sticking out of their sockets…if it were even possible."EEEHHH!? It's the swindling blonde from before!" The black haired teens, excluding Akame, exclaimed in unison
"Yup, I'm that beautiful Onee-chan!" She cheerfully replied with a smile. "So what are you guys up to?" Her eyes are beaming towards the red eyed teens' public display of affection with a smirk, excluding Arata. Yuuji blushed like a tomato from what she said as he slowly stops the hug; as for Akame, she still had the same expressionless look on her face at what the blonde said…except with a light blush that appeared on her kawaii cheeks as her hands tries to grip on the escaping hands from the hug!
While the ladies and Yuuji were having their own thing, Arata was reading the dairy and has found the atrocious acts committed by Aria and her family. His change of reaction gave the crimson eyed male a feeling of what's coming to Aria. Arata knew that the little bitch is going to get it, and Yuuji wants some payback as well since they were on the same boat together. The two teens starts to approach the seemingly scared Aria.
"So are you guys still going to protect her?"The blonde asked with curiosity in their sudden movement. She took a few steps away from Aria, as she could guess what is going to happen to her out of pure instinct.
"No….we will kill this bitch together!" The teens yelled in unison, unleashing hell upon Aria. Arata slash his sword horizontally from his left, ending Aria in two as Yuuji pulled out his green double edged dagger, appearing behind Aria instantaneous and ends her by quick decapitation. Her body gushed in a sea of gory mess as her body splits apart, just like the guard, and as her head left the top of her body and meets the ground. Yuuji had moved quickly away before he was sprayed by the blood of the murderous bitch. The teens pretty much overkill her and felt only pity that she had to die like that. They thought about torturing Aria meticulously, but they would be on the same level as her, so the both of them weren't willing to throw away their humanity like that.
'I wouldn't want to be in her shoes…but that was a good response, only to be expected of course' thought the lion-like featured blonde.
After they have dealt with the last surviving member of the family, Yuuji and Arata rushed quickly to the shed, with Akame and the blonde behind them. Yuuji completely destroyed the locks with his bare hands, giving something for the golden eyed and red eyed girls to admire his strength while Arata thought of how much of a show off he is, and found out that the shed was the torture chamber; it's a given since there were multiple forms of equipment that would make anyone to be in a state of agonizing pain. The foul stench would have been overbearing for anyone, except for the teens for they have been trained to withstand it…but not for Arata, as this was his first experience to deal with the air-filled death of corpses.
"Oh god no…Sayo…Sayo!" exclaimed both teens when they saw Sayo's corpse hanging by the ceiling, with her hands cuffed to a wooden restraints attached with a rope. The blonde had a distaste feeling, as Akame feels sorry for the bros. Yuuji knows that Sayo is dead, hence the missing leg that led to her death by loss of blood, but he couldn't help but think that there could have been a way to save her.
"A...ra...ta…a-and...Sen…sei," a voiced called out to the teens, "That little girl did all this…she tortured Sayo to death, just because her hair was perfect!" This made Yuuji to think how utterly it is of a stupid reason to do all this.
"Not you too, Leyasu!" Arata stood there with a sadden expression.
"A family of sadists that disguises themselves as 'good' Samaritans…" The blonde replied with a disgust look on her face.
Yuuji didn't even wait another second, he quickly pries open the bars with his bare hands, impressing the girls yet again with his incredible strength, to Leyasu's cage and quickly went over to Sayo's body and releases her from her restraints.
"Hey, got something to tell ya Arata…and you too Sensei…Sayo never gave in to that bitch, she had a cool end…" Leyasu started to tear up a bit from the death of someone he loves, "I couldn't do anything…but may I at least have Sayo around my arms one last time?" Yuuji complied and placed Sayo with Leyasu's arms, respecting the wish of one of his best friends. "At least I'll have a romantic ending with my girl…ha…ha…ha" Leyasu's lips formed a smile at this thought. He then coughed up a lot of blood, worrying the two teens.
Akame decides to approach the teens, "It's the last stage of lubora disease…the mistress here enjoyed drugging people and recorded on how they were suffering through it in that diary…I'm sorry Yuuji...It's too late to save him now."
"For my death, as Leyasu-sama, I will also…keep it real…" Leyasu continues to grin with Sayo in his arms till the very end…
"He survived in his current state through willpower alone…" Akame added with a stoic expression. "The capital is fucked up to all hell…" Arata said, as he appears to be angry as Yuuji knew this all too well. He tried to warn his best friends about the lies and evil within the Capital, but he didn't want to reveal his past…not yet that is.
"Let's go, Yuuji." The expressionless red eyed beauty said while closing both of her eye lids, while Yuuji picked up Sayo's and Leyasu's corpse. Arata knew better than to stick around and followed Yuuji's lead.
"Oh, so you do see the raw skills and guts these two have?" A grin appeared on her face. "Our place is short handed as always, a few empty chairs during the meetings, so it's good to bring them along."
"Hmhm…especially Yuu-chan…the other one not as much." Akame replied with sparkles in her eyes at the thought of working with Yuuji again, just like old times. The crimson eyed teen loved hearing his old nickname by his beautiful partner. The two were considered to be the strongest of assassin duos, even the rumors spread to the point that they have a potential romantic interest with one another, and the two probably wouldn't deny as much.
The blonde picked up Arata. "W-what are you do doing? Let me go, I'm going either way!" The golden eyed blonde smirked, "Well I just feel like I should, so deal with it!" She said, ending with a laugh. "Once she does starts something, she always gets what she wants…so it's futile to escape," Akame's words made Arata grimace, "Oh my dear Senpai! Save me, please!" Arata pleaded for Yuuji, to which he responds, "No can do pal, I got my hands full and you don't want to make assassins angry, or else you'll make ya self a target for them!" 'Hmm…that makes sense…' thought Arata.
Before they left the shed and made their way towards the roof of the mansion by using the threads visible to them, Yuuji momentarily place the two bodies of his deceased best friends outside of the shed from a 15 meters distance. The three gave him a weird look as to what he was going to do next, "Hey guys, before we leave, this may shock all of you for a moment…but don't tell the others about what I'm going to do next…I am damn sure Sayo and Leyasu would have wanted me to do this, so for their sakes…this shed will scorched to the grounds!" Yuuji exclaimed as he pulled back his right arm, confusing the rest around him. "Mera mera no…" the crimson eyed teen states before releasing what seems to be… a flame engulfed arm? "Hiken!" He yelled out as his right fist turns into flames and launches it as a column of fire towards the shed. It is so incredibly powerful that it utterly devastated the building into rumbling pieces, as flames scorched the remnants of it. Everyone is astonish to realize what came to happen before their very eyes, thinking that it is unwise to be an enemy of the crimson eyed teen but Akame is an exception because Yuuji would never think of harming her. "Okay then… now let's go, shall we?"
They have arrived to find the rest of what they are presume to be the members of Night Raid. A certain loud pink haired girl gives them a 'warm' welcoming. "You are ridiculously late! What in the world were you two doing!? And who in the world would be an idiot to cause an explosion…wait a sec…who are those two?"
"They're one of us now!" The blonde cheered.
"Hey guys, sorry but I'm the one that caused that nearby destruction…explanation will be revealed later!" Yuuji answered to one of the pink hair girl's question. The members of Night Raid were surprised to know that he single-handedly caused it.
"What do ya mean blonde?" Arata bewilderingly asked, before anyone could question the flame combustion teen, especially the pink hair loli.
Yuuji coughs loudly to gather everyone's attention, and before the Tsundere can say anything else to his earlier irresponsible action, "Basically, it means that we are going to become assassins." Arata was about to protest because he didn't want to become a wanted assassin, but he decides not to since he would definitely love to work along with the pink hair girl. In his eyes, she is the definite ideal image of his perfect loli waifu…except she has pink hair instead of a silver one but hopes that she is a perfect Tsundere type…dear Kami, would that make him go all lovey dovey, but Arata would confine his hidden affection for the loli.
He was finally placed down on the rooftop, "Congrats on your inauguration to Night Raid, boys!" Exclaimed the cheerful blonde as she smiles while waving her right hand up high to greet the two initiatives.
"What in the manner of fresh hell is up with that!? One flipped up interview for a job or something?" Yelled the enraged Arata, it was clearly absurd but he said that to hide his love for the pinkette.
"Give it up...like I said before," the blonde smiles at this response, "Leone won't listen to a single soul once she gets down to business." The blonde, now known as Leone, proceeds to pet her head softly in a 'good girl' manner,"As expected of my bud, you know me all too well~."
She then turns to the Incursio user. "Oh Bulacchi! I'll leave this guy up to you!" Leone exclaims to Bulat, inside of his armor, as he quickly grabs Arata's body with only his right arm…so strong like senpai. "Oi! I can walk ya know?"
"Our base is pretty far, so allow me to carry you for now as a valuable package." Arata could have sworn that Bulat blushed, giving him a creep out vibe.
"Mission complete. Let's return!" Akame ordered the rest of Night Raid, causing Yuuji to remember a sense of nostalgia as the red eyed beauty used to always say that when they have regrouped from finishing off a target, after the mission was successful.
They all left the rooftop and descended upon the roof of the town's houses. Yuuji was next to Akame, still in par with her speed as expected of her skilled partner. 'I wonder what's gonna happen to the both of us from now on…' Arata thought, as they were all heading towards the location of Night Raid's base of operations.
A/N: So...what do you guys think so far? Is it good/bad? If you see Tatsumi instead of Arata, I apologize for it since this laptop is a bit loopy; I'll try to get a better one for this fanfic! Oh, and please leave a review of a constructive criticism and not flames, I have put up a lot of crap in my life and I certainly don't need yours added to that pile so please be a respectful civilized person.
For pairings, it will be Arata (Tatsumi's place) with Mine and Yuuji with Akame. I'm having Yūji (My OC) to look more like Ace with his devil fruit ability, as he has my personality trait.
This story will follow the Manga's Canon, somethings will change as well some characters will die and others may live. Also let me know if I should include every single character's full description or just a brief one. Some people knows and others don't so i want to take full consideration into that thought.
I would like to give my thanks to my friends who have motivated me to create this art of fiction, and Yano Uzumaki for giving me advices. I hope you guys enjoyed reading this long chapter, of over 9,000! (The reference lol) For the next chapter, I'm thinking of doing a 4k wording long, but hopefully long enough to leave a good conclusion. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me and I'll try my best to answer each of your question. It will be sometime for the next chapter to come out, since I'm really busy with school, but not too long! So look forward for next month!