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Bold is for attacks

I decided I wanted to do an Akame Ga Kill story, I like the series so I thought it be fun to do my take on it, hope you enjoy.

Agore's POV

The stepped through the mud, it was raining again, it had been raining for a few days now, only made my job harder. I thrusted my shovel down, picking up dirt and moving it to the side. I dig, that's what I do…

My name is Agore, I'm a gravedigger, my skills lie in digging holes, giving repose to the dead and I do have a small background in medicine. I'm 21, silky red hair to the tops of my ears, above average in height and kinda skinny. I usually wear boots, work pants and layers of dirt covered, torn shirts that look more like rags now.

Lately I seem to be getting busier and busier, more and more bodies show up at the graveyard. I don't know their names, some don't even have them…it's meant to be that way, the empire throws the undesirables to the side, expects me to dig a hole deep enough that people won't ask questions. I don't ask questions, my hands may be tainted with the blood of the dead I personally have no desire to become one of them myself.

"Poor dear." I sighed brushing the hair to the side of the dead woman's face "You're family must have done something to the wrong people…"

Once I deemed the whole deep enough I picked up the body and lowered it into the hole.

"May you find peace in the embrace of Mother Earth." I bowed as I began to fill the hole.

"You're still burying those people." a voice said "covering for them…"

"I do no such thing." I said "I give peace to those who have passed on, I make no attempt to cover up the misdeeds of the empire."

"You hide the bodies."

"You're wrong Miss Najenda." I sighed turning to face the woman "I do not hide these bodies, I give them peace."

I looked at the fresh soil "No one should be left to rot in the streets…not like they were."

"But you are right." I sighed "the earth cries out in pain…too many of her children have returned to her too soon, it is a result of the empire that she weeps….now then why are you here, did another one of your comrades meet their untimely end?"

"Luckily no not this time." She said "I actually came to see you."

"Again…" I sighed.

"The offer is always open, Night Raid could use someone with your skills." She said.

"If I walk away now, the bodies will pile up." I frowned.

"There are plenty of other cemeteries around Agore." She said.

"Still I devoted myself to the peace of the dead." I countered "Abandoning them now would go against what I live for."

I looked out through the rain soaked window and saw a light.

"Pardon me a moment." I said grabbing my coat and stepping out the door.

I slogged through the mud, my boots squishing with each step.

"Just what do you think you're doing?" I growled.

"Oh shit!" the five men gathered around tried to scramble.

"Robbing these graves…it's disgusting!" I growled.

"He's just some bum kill him." The one said pulling a knife.

"HYA!" he stabbed at me but I stepped back before pulling the shovel out of the ground and bashing him in the skull with it.

"If you want to fight come." I said "I will protect the dead with my own life."

Three of them rushed me with daggers and I held the shovel horizontally to block them.

"Step off!" I growled pushing them back before swinging the spade again, digging into the one's stomach.

"Shovels can dig out more than just dirt!" I said breaking the other's guard "I can dig up your insides too!"

I stabbed forward with the point, perforating the man with the tip of the shovel.

"He's just some bum with a shovel!" the leader yelled "Can't you idiots do anything right!"

"This is taking too long, you're disturbing those sleeping here." I frowned "Very Well…"

I stabbed the shovel into the ground.

"Two of you have already joined the ranks of those already living here…the three of you may flee if you wish, I will not follow you." I said "but this is your only chance."

"Kill him!"

"Alright then." I said pushing the side of my coat back "Step into the Great Beyond!"

I grabbed the tool chained to my waist.

"What the hell is that?!"

"Imperial Arms: The Spirit Lantern Glowworm!"

"An Arms?!"

"Fire Burst!"

I shook the lantern and a blast of fire shot out, engulfing the one man.

"Immolate these trespassers!" I waved it again and blasted the second man.

"What the hell is that thing?!" the leader panicked backing away.

"Glowworm is a Lantern forged from a bioluminescent Danger Beast, it is capable of not only shooting fire but…"

I opened the front panel.

"Specter's Ravage!"

"AHHHAAHHH!" the man screamed as the restless ghosts of this graveyard swirled around him, they grabbed on and pulled his spirit out, taking it to the other side with them.

"Glowworm is also able to call upon the tormented few who cannot pass on to the next side, and now reside within it, those with unfinished hopes and dreams." I said as the spirits returned to the lantern and I closed the front cover.

"That was something." Najenda smirked.

"I grow annoyed with this instability." I said as the rain continued to fall "I bury countless ones who both come here having been killed, or come here trying to steal."

I turned around and picked up my shovel "If your group truly can bring peace to this land…then I will help you."

"I knew you'd come around."

"Please let me send these men on their way and then we can go." I said beginning to dig a hole.

"I understand take your time." She nodded.

Later

"This is Agore the gravedigger, the newest member of Night Raid." Najenda said introducing me to her team.

There were seven people here, Akame, a swordsman and assassin, Bulat, former soldier for the empire now he was probably the strongest individual in this room, Leone, busty blonde with a wild attitude, Lubbock, smart ass pervert guy, Mine, the kind of girl that thinks she too good for everyone, Sheele, quiet and a bit ditzy but seemed nice enough. There was another, Garrick, tall brown hair, muscular and strong looking, but…

"Can he fight?" Leone asked "He looks a little scrawny…then again Lub does too."

"HEY!"

"She does have a point though." Mine added "He doesn't even have a weapon."

"You're welcome to test me if you like." I smiled "To be honest I'm actually kind of happy to be interacting with the living for once."

"Well this seems like fun." Bulat said "Why don't we do a quick spar."

I nodded and followed him out to their training area.

"There are all sorts of practice swords and lances here for you to choose from." Akame said

"This will suffice." I said taking the shovel off my back.

"A shovel?!" Mine yelled "This guy's mental!"

"Well this seems fun." Sheele smiled.

"Let him fight how he wants." Bulat said taking his position across from me.

"Ready when you are."

"GO!"

"RAH!"

The first thing he did was charge forward and try to slash me, like with the men in the graveyard I lifted my shovel to block before spinning and bashing his side.

"That's some force you've got that." Bulat smirked.

I tried to swing again but this time he blocked me and knocked me on my ass with one strike.

"You've still got a ways to go." He smiled "But you can defiantly do some damage with that thing."

"Everyone."

"Boss." They all turned to look at her.

"We've got a job."

Later

The job was done, killed a corrupt official, did what Night Raid does…but it didn't go off without a hitch, Garrick went and got himself killed, one day here and I've already seen someone die. I used what I knew to try and save him but it wasn't enough, I was just happy to get out of there with his body.

I did the only thing I knew how to do, when we got back I took his body and prepared it for its journey to the other side. It was strange to be digging a hole for someone I knew.

"Are you digging?" Akame asked walking up to me.

"I'm preparing a grave for Garrick." I said "I'm sorry he was killed"

"Yeah…" she hummed "But we have to be strong and keep moving, it's what all Night Raid members do. How did he…?"

"One spear thrust through the heart." I said touching that part of the sheet "Likely…very painful, I'll spare you the details."

This was likely painful…bleeding out.

When I finished the hole I said a prayer and then lowered the body.

"May you find peace in the Embrace of Mother Earth." I said as I began to fill the hole.

"You pray?" Akame asked.

"Yes." I said "I believe that the soul lives after death…my lantern is proof of that, my job is not easy, I carry the dead, it's work that most people look down on…so a little prayer for the soul gives me just a little peace of mind."

"I think that's noble." Akame said.

"Thank you." I smiled "You are an assassin…I am a gravedigger, I think we will work well together."

"Me to." She smiled.

A Few Months later

"We started strong." Lubbock said "Akame there are three more, what do you want to do?"

"Eliminate them." She said jumping down.

"Don't go in alone." I sighed.

She jumped down and with one slash she took down the guards. I followed after her bashing the one man before engulfing him with the fire from my lantern.

We were on a job to eliminate a family who supposedly kidnapped and tortured foreigners. Over the last few months I've managed to make myself pretty useful, healing wounds, digging holes for the victims found around town…killing those who hurt the souls of innocent people.

"One ran off that way!" Lub pointed.

"Agore let's go!"

"Right behind you." I said chasing after her.

We sprinted through the forest and Akame jumped out on the other side. There was some scrawny looking kid in the way.

He drew his sword as Akame dashed forward.

"Not a target!" I yelled.

"I know…" she whispered as she jumped over him.

I ran around the other side.

"Pass on!" I said trying to kill the girl getting away with the guard.

The guard actually did his job and took the blows from me and Akame for his mistress.

"Doing your job till the end, that is admirable." I nodded.

"Eliminate…" Akame said walking up to the girl.

"WAIT!"

"Watch it." I said pulling her back.

That guy from before was getting in the way again, he stared the two of us down.

"You're not a target." Akame said "please move, there is no need to kill you."

"Do what she says kid, we just want the girl." I said leaning my shovel on my shoulder.

"You're planning to kill this girl right?" he asked.

"Sure are." "Yup." Akame and I responded.

"What'd you mean "yup"?!" he yelled.

"I'll kill you if you get in the way." Akame informed him, her hand hovering by her sword.

"Like I'd run because of that."

"Very well." The girl said drawing her sword "Prepare to die."

The two kind of stared at each other for a bit, neither really making a move.

Is she hesitating?

"HA!" Akame suddenly dashed forward, the boy doing the same.

It was quick, he managed to block on slash but Akame kicked him before piercing his chest.

"Tatsumi!" the younger girl yelled in fear.

"Wait…" I squinted "He's not dead…? But the curse."

"Ugh." The kid shook his head and stood up "I didn't feel a thing."

He reached into his shirt and pulled out a small idol "Guess the village really did protect me."

"What are the odds of that?" I smirked.

"Low" Leone said walking up to me "Something weird about that kid…"

"Kill…" Akame mumbled running forward.

"Hang on!" the boy pleaded "If you're here for money just take it, you going to kill an innocent girl."

Akame was ready to slice his head off but Leone stopped her.

"Hang on." The blonde said "We've got time and I owe this kid a favor."

"It's you."

"Yes me the beautiful woman from that time." She smirked before turning to me "Open it."

"Right!" I said breaking the lock.

"So, will you think she's innocent when you see what's inside?" Leone asked the boy.

I broke the lock and the door slid open, we had heard what they were doing in the report, but this this…was just a vile disregard for human lives, piles of dead bodies rotting in the corner, people hung up on hooks and rack, utterly vile.

"Take a look at it." Leone said "That's the darkness of this place."

"What…the hell is that?"

"They bring people in from the outside lands." I explained to the kid "disrespect their bodies, playing with humans like toys…that's what really happens in this house."

"ha…ha…" the kid's breathing was getting erratic.

"Sayo…"

I followed his eyes to the girl hanging in the center, he body was brutalized badly, her beautiful skin bloodied and scared beyond recognition, one leg was gone, it was dark.

"I very sorry." I sighed "I'm guessing you knew her…"

"You're not going anywhere." Leone said grabbing the girl of the house who was trying to slip away.

"The people of the house did this?" the boy asked.

"Correct." I nodded.

"They did this and the guards kept watch." Leone said "That makes them guilty too."

"That's a lie, I didn't know about this!" the rich girl pleaded "Who are you going to believe, me who saved you or these crazy people."

"Tatsumi…" I looked over at the cage, a hand was reaching out.

"HA!" the kid gasped again "Ieyusa…"

"That girl…" the kid in the cage groaned "She did it, she invited us in and then drugged us, she's the one who killed Sayo!"

"Huh?" Leone raised an eyebrow and the girl wriggled free.

"So what!" the girl yelled "These country hicks are worthless, they're lower then cattle. I should be free to do whatever I want to them! How dare that bitch have such straight hare for a dirty animal! Mine is so unruly, that's why I hurt her real slow, she should be grateful that I took such slow care of her!"

"So the Good Samaratin shows her true shadow." I sighed.

"Enough talking." Akame said drawing her sword.

"Wait." The kid said pushing passed me.

"You're still going to defend her?" I asked.

"No…" he only needed one swing to slice the girl in half "I'll do it."

"Hmmm…" I looked away and broke the lock on the door to the cage.

"GAH!" the kid from before fell into me right away.

"Oh carp." I hissed laying him down.

I reached into the bag on my back and started to examine "No, No, No…"

"What's wrong?!" Tatsumi yelled running over.

"I'm sorry, your friend is in the late stages of Lubora disease. This is likely a result of the drugs that the Lady of the house was using for her experiments." I closed the case with my tools "I'm sorry…there's nothing I can do for him."

I left the boy to say his goodbyes, it was not my place to listen in. it only took a few moments for the life to leave the body.

"Your friend." I said stopping the boy "The state he was in he should have dies long ago, but he kept fighting, he was very brave to suffer through all that and not give in."

"What…is wrong with this place." the kid mumbled.

"Hey why don't we bring the kid back with us?" Leone asked Akame "He's got skills, and we're already shorthanded."

"I have to dig their graves let me go!" the kid screamed.

"Please leave that to me." I bowed "I will prepare them for transport and bring them back to the hideout for embalming and burial."

Akame and Leone nodded before dragging the kid off the rendezvous with the rest of the team.

"Oh dear." I sighed looking at the room before me, almost everyone in here was either dead, or days from it.

I opened the cages and gave something that would ease the pain of those still living. Some died right there, some managed to lumber off. When they were all gone I went about unhinging those who were on the racks, lowering those on the hooks and preparing them for their repose. When I was done I grabbed the boy's two friends and began to head back to base.

This poor people, some come looking for a new start, a new hope…and all they find is a hell on earth.

AN

Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated. Feel free to message me any questions or concerns.

I hope you like it!

Agore is based on Yorik from League of Legends, don't know why though I haven't played that game in like a year.

Till Next Time!