Geheimnis Ring

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I was confident about the Geheimnis Ring earlier, but now I wasn't so sure. As Bulat and I prepared for battle, I couldn't help but feel nervous about my new Imperial Arms. Najenda had given me a slightly concerned rundown about it's abilities a few days before, but those were just a few of many of the things that it could do. Her clear uneasiness about giving me this Arms should've been clue enough to let it be, but I just couldn't resist the idea of having my own source of power. Now, I was beginning to wonder if I should've waited before I gave this thing a shot.

It really wasn't much of a weapon at all, but a support-Arms, actually. When the user has the ring on his or her's hand, whatever weapon they choose, be it a gun or sword, or even something more benign, like a rock, would be given a special, and random, enhancement, based on the user's ability to support the strain the ring puts on their body. Summoning a random effect for whatever your weapon of choice is can take up a lot of your stamina. Thus, you must train yourself in order to reap the benefits of this Imperial Arm's powers. I wasn't all that prepared to handle the strain though.

Training with Big Bro during the day, I would try to practice using this Teigu's abilities. Bulat had told me that I should start with something small when using the Ring, so that I don't a) injure myself or him, and b) damage/destroy the hideout, or the surrounding forest.

"If you thought my punches were hard before," he said matter-of-factly, a finger jolted up as he spoke, "imagine how I'd wallop you if you ever ruin this handsome face."

Er, anyway, no matter which effects I used, I could only ever throw a few rocks or so before I was a drained battery. Bulat stood over me after I finished hurling them into the ground, shaking his head. "You've got to do better than that, Tatsumi, if you ever want to get stronger. I don't know how well you'd keep that promise of yours if you ended up defenseless on the ground, panting like hot dog."

Shut up, Big Bro.

His words stung a little, but I knew that he wanted me to get strong, and if I didn't train myself and build up my strength and stamina, I'd keep my promise to Akame and survive.

But even now, I was still nervous. What if I get an effect that won't be advantageous to me? What if Bulat get's hurt in this battle because I couldn't do my part? The Three Beasts... er, Two Beasts, stood in front of us, ready for a battle. I was now certain of one thing, but uncertain of another:

This battle was going to end with either of us dying, but, will I be able to do something about it?


"Tatsumi..."

Bulat turned his gaze toward me. I felt myself turn into ice,"Yeah?"

"Remember what I said. Don't let your emotions control you, or you'll regret it. Got it?"

I nodded to him. I rubbed my cheek in the spot where he'd punched me earlier. Again, he'd saved my ass because I wasn't thinking. If I was going to make it out of here alive, I'd have to really take his words to heart. "I got it, Bro."

"If you're done talking to that young man, Bulat, I'd like to begin now."

Bulat returned his gaze to his opponent, General Liver. Next to him, the smaller one, Nyau, stood with a haughty smile. He had already left the rubble Bulat had smashed him into, unharmed and well. My hands only shook more as his gaze stuck on me. He was ready to fight as well, I knew. That flute of his was no joke. Neither Bulat or I would have an easy battle ahead of us.

"Good luck, Bro."

I couldn't see it, but I knew Bulat was smiling. "You too, Tatsumi. Let's head back alive, alright?"

"Right!"

A wall of wind forced me to cover my eyes. When I looked, Bulat was gone, engaged in an intense battle with Liver. But I didn't have time for spectation, for Nyau was already upon me. Instinctively, I raised my sword over my head to cover the slash with his flute.

My ring glowed as I began to activate it. Well, here goes nothing! Let's see how much stronger I've gotten!


This is definitely weird for me. I had this idea about this weapon for little while now, to replace Incursion as Tatsumi's Teigu. Originally, I'd meant for this in another short story, one that was supposed to much darker and more serious. How people seem to like the idea of this short story will determine if I do the other one or not. Writing is fun, but I get stressed out easily since I put so much pressure on myself. I don't want to start anything big, then bail out on it because I don't feel I'm good enough.

Anyway, I'll explain the weapon a little. I'd gotten inspiration from it, believe it or not, from Call of Duty Zombies, specifically the abilities of both the Mystery Box and Pack-a-Punch. (For those who don't know, the box gives you a random weapon upon spinning, and the Pack-a-Punch machine upgrades your weapons. I decided to combine these two ideas to form the Geheimnis Ring, a ring that grants the user a random upgrade to any weapon of their choice.

I hope you guys like this! I'll try to release the next chapter soon. This story will be fairly short, and may only follow this battle, though it may take a different direction than in the anime/manga. Thank you so much for reading!