I don't own Akame Ga kiru,only the ocs that appear in this fic. Enjoy.

Axel Ga Kill?

The roar of the crowd outside feels me with anxiety. Even though I've heard this and felt their cheering plenty of times already, I always feel the same way before a tournament. Nervous, cracking every part of my body till I can't anymore. The millions of eyes on me,watching,silently judging every move I make. The laughs I'll get from messing up even once. All these thoughts make my stomach churn. It gets me feeling stiff, like I can't even breathe anymore. That's what had me lose my first bout, but now I have a technique. Breathe, in and out,visualize your opponent and no one else. Not the crowd, not the cheering and definitely not the booing.

I get up and push the wooden doors in front of me open. The light pierces into this dark waiting room. I tighten up my maroon headband and walk out into open air. I don't pay no mind to anyone in the stands on my side and instead stare straight at my opponent already on the arena. I should take my time getting there so I can sum him up.

He looks very well-rounded, not too tall, skinny or wide, so he can adapt to whatever I throw at him. The expression on his face is pretty intense; completely opposite to my calm walk down to the arena. He must have come here for a reason so he's going to be at his highest level. Good. Also he looks exactly like the referee, I wonder if they're brothers. Anyway, I could really use anything on him so might as well stick to what I know best, Jeet kune do.

I step onto the arena and get into my battle stance, sideways with my arms guarding my face and stomach, and he doesn't change his. That's a pretty open stance,I bet he uses a weapon, he must feel really naked without it. The ref-twin brother gestures over to me and introduces me to the audience.

"On this side, Axel Champion. The wandering fighter. Versus." He points his hand over to my opponent."Tatsumi, the blacksmith." Tatsumi eh? I'll remember that if this turns out to be a good fight.

"Begin!" The ref announced.

My legs propel me forward like a bullet straight out of a chamber. My fist dug straight into his palms when he blocked my hit to his midsection. That was a fast reaction, too fast for a blacksmith. I'll have to test to see how fast he really is.

I follow up with a hook to his face but he intercepts. Punch after punch he blocks. Even when I speed them up he keeps up with each hit. His eyes are not looking at my fists he's looking at my form, trying to find an opening. Why not give it to him.

Once I lay out the bait by slowing down one of my punches he takes it like a sucker. He goes for a kick to my side. I block it with my arm and send a close range kick his way, knocking him back hard. He almost fell off actually. Hopefully they don't have that annoying ring-out rule. Too many fun fights ended that way.

He picks himself off the concrete arena floor."I really was hoping for an easy opponent so I can get my money and leave." He said.

"You're really just doing this for the money? Where's your sportsmanship? Don't you want a challenge?" I asked him. He adjusted his stance, crouched over and closer to the ground.

"My village doesn't have time for me to find a challenge so I'm ending this now!"

For a second he was there and then in front of me all in one instant. I barely had time to protect my face from his punch. Most of the attack got through and pushed me back a bit. He's definitely fast. I'm going to have to change up my style if I want this fight to continue.

He doesn't stop his assault for a second. He rushes for me again and now I'm on the receiving end of his assault. Instead of blocking however, I'm bobbing and weaving through all of his punches. Once I see an opening I deliver an uppercut right to his chin. His head reels back and he jumps away before I can hit him again.

"What kind of dodging is that? I've never seen that before." Tatsumi said.

"I'll tell you once one of us is kissing concrete." I said.

Tatsumi smirks and then touches on the bruise on his chin."Now this is getting fun. I wish I brought my sword so I can go all out."

Knew he is a weapon user, but he knows how to fight well without it. I would love to fight him at his best though. Hmm,I wonder. I relax my guard."How about you ask someone for a sword." He looks at me, head tilted to the side and eyes asking me what the hell I'm on.

"You sure?"

"Very sure."

He rubs behind his neck and then looks to the sidelines."Leone, can you toss me my sword?" He yells. A sword comes sailing in and he catches it effortlessly. I can't help but smile in anticipation of his true power. He does a few practice swings and after that he puts his guard up. His sword protecting most of his upper body. Now that's a guarded stance.

"Here I-"

"No! Don't say that!" I yelled, interrupting threw him off and he stumbled in his stance. He gives me that same look from before but holds it longer. He must want me to explain. I sigh then continue."If you tell me you're about to come at me then where's the surprise? Where's the challenge? Now come at me! Without actually telling me."

"You're a very strange person."

"I get that a lot. Now shut up and fight."

He charges at me, sword aimed straight for my side. I sidestepped to the left and try to counterattack. He easily blocks with his weapon. All naturally done. He must of been born to be a sword master. He slashes at me and I duck right under. I throw a jab at his face but he jumps back and charges in keeps to poking me with the tip of the sword, keeping me from being close. With his speed it will be hard to get in. I'll have to immobilize him and there's only one way to do that.

Clang!

"What the-?!" Tatsumi said in response to me grabbing his sword, trapping it between my palms. He tries to pull it out but I press on it with all of my might. I could end it right here if he does what I hope he does. He grits his teeth and then tries to twist his sword but it doesn't budge one bit. I guess I'm stronger than him.

"You know what you're doing is completely insane right? I could stab you in the head right now."

"What do I look like a dumb kid? I'll just dodge."

He smirks again and tightens his grip on the hilt. That's my chance. I let go as soon as he pulls it out with all of his might. This threw him off greatly, leaving him wide open for me to attack.

In only an instant I hit him three times with explosive punches. One to his stomach, another one to his chest and the last one to the chin. The final hit lifted him up to the air as if I was juggling him. I prepared for his landing by jumping back and planting my feet firmly on the ground. Once he start to fall back to the floor I sent a swift and powerful kick straight to his back, causing him to fly in the opposite direction. Right out of the arena...aw shit!

"That settles it." The ref said."Winner is-"

"Wait!" I said interrupting him. I grabbed him by the shoulders and start to shake him."Don't eliminate him just because I kicked him out of the arena. That rule sucks. A lot. More than a baby on a 't suck more than a baby."

"Get off of me." He said. pushing me off, looking rather annoyed by me all the while."We don't follow that rule and if we did then it won't matter. He's been down for more than ten seconds. You've already won."

"Oh." I took a deep breath and allowed the outside world back in. The crowd cheered for me, even louder than before the match started. I take it in and allow myself to be proud of my work for once. I kicked his ass,yea!

I go over to the edge of the arena to see if Tatsumi got up. He was already sitting down, rubbing his back with both hands."Man your kick hurt worse than your punch." Tatsumi said.

"Really? I'm gonna have to work on my punches." I said. I reach out a hand to him to help him up to the arena. He takes my offer and I help pull him up from the dirt floor back to the arena.

"So since I kissed the concrete, well dirt. Can you tell me about that style of fighting you were using?" Tatsumi asked.

"It's boxing. Learned it awhile back. Pretty useful for dodging and dominating opponents that are slower than you. Wouldn't mind teaching you it as long as we can have a rematch sometime, Tatsumi."

"It's a deal." He reaches out his hand. Smiling at me. I return the shake and the smile to him.

In my peripheral, I see a woman begin to walk down the staircase towards us. She is tall, thin and beautiful,the perfect trio, but most importantly she had the most bodacious looking sweater puppies I've ever seen. No, I can't compare those Godly looking boobs to just sweater puppies. They are divine, heavenly, worthy of worship. I feel like snuggling in there and building a temple right between her two mountains and then I will make a religion dedicated to twenty-four hour booby worship. Her breast will ascend to heaven the day I do that and then everyone will know...

"Axel get away from her!" Tatsumi yelled, snapping me out of my thought. Somehow he got in front of me without me knowing and somehow that woman was here on the arena with us, smiling at me. Where was I when all of this happened?

The woman looked down upon Tatsumi and struck him with a gaze that showed off how pissed she is."You're in the way, move." She kicked him out of the arena faster than I did earlier. He smashed against the wall hard, leaving a dent the size of a boulder on it.

"Nice kick,but-" I said then changed my attitude to deathly serious. Brows furrowed and eyes piercing in her direction."You do not treat someone who just fought like that. If you want to fight me then wait. There's no respect in what you did there."

"He got in the way, what else was I suppose to do?" She said, returning to that same smile from before." Besides, I'm not here to fight you, I'm here to reward you."

"Reward? But the tournament is not even over." She dug into her shirt as she walked towards me.

"It is now." Right after she said that she snapped a collar on me.

"What...how...uhh..why..?" She starts to pull me with her on her way out.

"We'll talk later once we're away from all of these prying eyes."

"Hold up! I'm not going anywhere until this tournament is over." I hold onto the chain with both hands. She looks back, smile still on her face, and easily just pulls me in.

"I already told you, it's over." She chopped me on the back of my neck and knocks me out.

"We have to go rescue him! Why won't any of you listen?" I raise my voice louder this time but everyone kept stern and quiet. Akame was the only one to respond.

"It would be too dangerous to save him, Tatsumi."

"Axel is innocent! He doesn't deserve the cruel torture Esdeath is putting him through. We need to go rescue him now!" I slam both of my hands on the table for emphasis, but that didn't work either. All around me stood stoic faces. Akame, Leone, Lubbock, Bulat and Sheele. They all had the same expression, the same thought. That saving him would be too dangerous." I know it's too dangerous to save him. Every damn mission we go on has a risk. But we do it to help and save the people of this empire. Who would we be if we didn't."

"We would be cold, heartless assassins. And that's exactly who we are." Bulat said."He's on his own."

A/N-Hope you enjoyed my new story. I've wanted to write it ever since I brought the manga for Akame Ga Kill and read all of it. Honestly I like it better than the anime, in my opinion. Anyway, I have a lot planned for this story so I hope you continue reading, see ya!