Author's note: Death is inevitable... even the jury of death will be killed.

Hi there! Thanks for viewing my Akame ga Kill fic. I'll get right to it. In an alternate universe, where Sayo and Ieyasu who died in the anime, miraculously survive and fight crime in the Capital. However, they encounter Night Raid and its newest member. Will Tatsumi side with his lifelong friends and leave Night Raid, possibly making Najenda (Boss-su), Mine, Lubbock, Leone (Sis), and even Akame his enemies? Or will Tatsumi sway his friends into seeing his vision of the Capital? Eventually, regardless of what side Ieyasu and Sayo choose, they will be equipped with an Imperial Arm of great power. (SPOILERS ARE BELOW: DON'T READ IF THE ANIME HASN'T GOTTEN EMOTIONAL FOR YOU YET.)

This story takes place right after the deaths of Sheele and Bulat, and from there, I'll make everything up. However, as the anime continues, I may make the same names appear, only with a different role. Tatsumi will still wield Incuriso, but I may make a small modification to Lubbock's Imperial Arm, since the anime revealed he's weak to groups. Sayo and Ieyasu will not acquire Extase; Mine set it on display for none to touch. Ultimately, this story is about the growth and development of Sayo and Ieyasu, since they're great characters but we know little about them. So without any further sidetracking, I hope you enjoy my story: Sayo and Ieyasu: Killers of Fate.

Two cloaked figures taking refuge in the shadows crept through the alleyway, silently approaching four beings exchanging hushed words. Their battle axes gleamed in the moonlight, emitting an aura of toughness around them. The presumed leader of the group reached into his pocket and pulled out a wad of cash and placed it into another person's hand. The cloaked figures could see the person smiling broadly, then before anyone could react, he yanked out a pistol and shot the man who handed him the money right in the stomach. The leader staggered backwards a few paces, clutching his gastric area in agony.

The figures nodded at each other, drew their weapons and ran towards the group. The man wielded a double-handed silver axe with an inverted, curved blade. The woman ran slightly slower, for she was priming a bow with three arrows drawn back. The man screamed "For our…"

The woman finished the line as she shot all three arrows simultaneously. "... Fallen one!" The leader, the man Ieyasu targeted, exploded into three pieces. Blood stained his silver axe, and he sighed in disappointment. "I thought this metal was blood-resistant… stupid blacksmith, that Marque. He needs to get his shit together," Ieyasu complained about the quality of the axe's resistance to blood as he polished his weapon spotless.

The three cronies, or otherwise know as Sayo's arrow fodder, were pierced by the double-bladed arrows shot from the bow at high speed. The arrows were designed to stab the heart, go out through the back of the victim, and keep the heart attached to the arrowhead as it flew out of the person. Three pieces of the leader lay strewn about in random disorder, and the hearts of his cronies hung from the arrows on the wall. Blood was everywhere, including spattered all over Ieyasu and his clothing, but Ieyasu managed to grin. "Hey, Sayo, what say we go look for some more wanted posters? I don't think my axe has had its fill of slaying evil just yet." Ieyasu slung his axe over his shoulder once it was shining brilliantly in the moonlight once again. His stance,

"Sure, why not," Sayo yawned. This pair had taken down countless criminals in the Capital, with no second thought to what they were doing. Killing no longer affected them, and their battle prowess was exceptional, so they provided an invaluable force to the crime-fighting resistance in the Capital. Amidst the illusion of flourishing, prospering city, there was a bitter undertone of internal conflict and political corruption. At this specific moment, Sayo, the brains behind the operations of the two wondered aloud, "Is what we're doing truly right?"

The young man turned around and faced his comrade. "Sayo, what do you mean? We're obviously doing good; we're eliminating the evil in the Capital! Sure, it may be slow, but still! We are making a difference!" Ieyasu held up his fist in a display of passionate, powerful determination.

Sayo shook her head. "Your spirit is admirable. It's even more admirable than your physical strength. However… Look around us. What do you see, 'Eeya?"

Ieyasu scrambled up to the top of a nearby building to get a good look of the entire Capital. As he was climbing, Sayo shook her head. "His strength and determination outperform even Tatsumi's; however, his common sense and lack of reasoning is his downfall. Together, with Ieyasu and I as a team, we're a near-perfect combination of strength, wisdom, determination, and speed. But there's a third who possesses all of these traits, at a very high level. Tatsumi… where are you? We need you back in our trio… besides, I miss you so much. Are you even alive, Tatsumi? Please be alive and well…"

"Hey, dreamer lady! Did you hear what I said?" Ieyasu yelled from the rooftops.

Shaking the thoughts of her secret childhood love interest from her head, Sayo projected her powerful, audible, but nearly silent whisper. "Ieyasu. Don't shout. There may be other members of the group nearby, so be quiet-" Before Ieyasu could blink, Sayo withdrew her 24-inch blade she kept concealed in case of close range combat. She withdrew the blade so quickly, the metal on the sword was heated instantly and once she parried the hidden assailant's longsword, it sent a shower of sparks flying into her attackers' bare chests. The sparks were evenly spread out, so all three of her hidden would-be-killers were burning at the chests. Using her superior speed, she stabbed one man through the heart, killing him instantly. The second man's legs were swept from underneath him before he could even blink, and by the time his eyes had opened again all he could see was a gleaming sword lodged in his chest. Turning to the third, struggling assailant, she prepared to end him as well.

However, she forgot to take in her comrade's aerial prowess. Ieyasu jumped off the building with his axe extended above his head and performed one frontflip. Raising his dominant leg to gain leverage, he brought down the axe's blade directly in the center of the third attacker's head. With a brutal brass-knuckled punch, he sent the corpse swinging around on his axe tumbling to the ground. Once again, blood coated the walls, and Sayo forgot about the twitching, struggling heart on the end of her sword. Ieyasu's axe had brain tissue plastered to it, and he started complaining. "Man, I just cleaned this. When does the metal start resisting blood and guts?"

Sayo used the corpse's clothing to clean off her blade. The heart dribbled off of the killing piece of metal and plopped onto the ground, which she kicked away. Despite having unmatched abilities as an archer, she hated blood and would rather avoid it. But, if the situation called for her abilities, she'd put up with a little blood- or intestines, or brains, or vertebrae… She shuddered at the thought. In response to Ieyasu's complaint, she said, "I think it was just a sales ploy to get a fine warrior like you to buy the axe, due to how quickly you make decisions and your gullibleness." She covered her mouth to avoid letting Ieyasu see her chuckle. Ever since they had waited for their physical wounds to heal, she had smiled less and less, since she saw a specific someone less and less. Sayo, who was thought to have been killed from torture, was simply knocked out into a coma where she felt pain, thus leading to her body to be able to survive. Ieyasu, on the other hand, refused to pass out from his sheer force of will. The young man refused to pass out until he informed Tatsumi to be wary. The Lubora Disease was supposed to kill its victim gradually, but all it did to Sayo and Ieyasu was knock them out temporarily.

Ieyasu hefted his axe into a ready stance. "I don't know what you mean by our righteousness and all, but I do know that I love fighting evil! It gives me a rush that no other activity could reproduce!" Ieyasu's eyes gleamed with his pure determination.

Sayo decided to tell a joke, which was rare, due to Sayo's colder exterior. "So you're telling me that not even sex can make you feel as good as fighting evil does?" Sayo actually laughed, and Ieyasu was flustered and relieved.

"First off, what would you know about sex, virgin girl? I didn't see- or hear- you and Tatsumi getting it on while we were back at our village, Sayo!"

Just as quickly, Sayo fired back, "That's because too many people were around to hear us- god dammit." Sayo quickly realized what she had just said and covered her mouth. "You didn't hear that, 'Su."

"Oh, yes I did, and I believe a certain someone will be hearing of this when we see him again," Ieyasu smugly grinned. His grin was wiped from his face the instant Sayo prepared an arrow. She shot it, but he effortlessly blocked with with his axe. "Hey, calm your tits, Sayo! It's just a joke!"

Preparing another arrow, she growled, "So how about I reveal to the entire village your entire porn stash, with almost every type of the shit ever imaginable?"

"Uh… no. I won't speak of this to a soul," Ieyasu surrendered. To show he was defeated, he dropped his axe on its head. Unknown to Ieyasu, the specific ground he was standing on and the metal of the axe fused together, creating a heat wave around the axe's head. When Ieyasu withdrew his axe from the ground, a column of fire erupted from where the axe's blade lay.

"Holy mother of anal beads!" Ieyasu exclaimed. Blushing, he quickly corrected himself. "Uh, I mean, mother of god!"

After glaring at Ieyasu thoroughly, Sayo whistled. "That's quite the technique. It's almost as if that axe is an Imperial Arms."

Ieyasu grinned. "And maybe I've just awakened it now? That's awesome! This axe can call up pillars of fire." Ieyasu stopped to scratch his head. "But wait, if my weapon is a pseudo-Imperial Arms, isn't yours too? I mean, our weapons were both purchased from that shady dealer Marque," he thought aloud. "It would be logical if yours had a sort of mystical power. After all, who would want to go up against an axeman armed with fire and an archer armed with… I don't know, maybe clouds? Or what comes out of clouds," Ieyasu fantasized.

"Hmm… you may have a point there. It would make sense that I would have partial control over an element like you do," Sayo pondered. After thinking on the issue for a while, Sayo primed an arrow and shot it into the ground. A quick thup was all that was heard, but nothing else happened. Yanking the submerged arrow out of the soil, Sayo shot the projectile into the clouds off in the horizon. As soon as the arrow disappeared, a bright light flashed and a high-pressurized hydro pump of water shot straight back where Sayo once stood. Using her superior speed, she dodged it with plenty of time to spare, but Ieyasu was struck by a few water droplets from his slower reflexes. They pushed him back three steps, despite only being tiny droplets of water. What's more, the hydraulic stream blasted a hole straight through all the buildings behind them. Sayo sheepishly exclaimed, "Well, I guess we found the hidden secret to my bow," she laughed.

Ieyasu ran up to the hole, or holes, Sayo had punched in the buildings. His mind and reflexes may be slow compared to Sayo's, but his long distance eyesight was another one of his key features. "That stream of water blasted an incredibly long hole in everything straight behind me," Ieyasu said as he jerked his thumb towards the hole in the building nearest to them. "I'd guess the stream went for two or three solid miles before drizzling out," he analyzed.

With a ramrod-straight stance, Sayo interrupted. "Tangent Tuesday: Your mind may be lacking when it comes to battle, but your speech is more developed and mature-sounding than mine."

Ieyasu's face turned chibi. "Um… 'Yu, what does that have to do with a compressed-hydraulic-sky-cannon?"

Sayo laughed, as if she was drunk with whiskey. "Absolutely nothing. Come on, let's go find some more wanted posters."

The two wandered away into the night sky, laughing among themselves as if there were not a care in the world between the duo.

So, how was it? Please review, even if you didn't like it. I always love some good CC, and I hope you enjoyed this idea I cooked up. I put a lot of thought into this, so any support is appreciated. :) I will have a soundtrack for you to listen to as you read the story up soon, as soon as I develop it. :P However, until chapter 2, I ask you hold onto your hat and not become slain, like I have. Until next time, this is The Slain Executioner, slashing out. :D