After following the manga and watching the new anime, I had to try to do this.
I strayed from the storyline to give Tatsumi his own mission, and it goes horribly wrong. 2 SHOT
Disclaimer: Do not own, disclaimers are annoying ik ik.
Tatsumi knew 1 thing very well, he was in the worse situation possible. In his defense, it wasn't his fault. It wasn't his fault that he ran into her again. Her as in no other than the woman who pursued the teen in love. Esdese to be specific. The cold hearted killer with a soft spot for Tatsumi.
He had received payment from a client. A young boy, appearance nearing the age of 8. He was an orphan. He had saved up his small allowance over 3 years, yes, since he was 5. The money summed up well, but that was out of the topic. The boy, remaining nameless, had asked Tatsumi, more or less of begged, to slay an abusive man. The man was nicknamed Striker and had adopted children from the orphanage, it was known later that this Striker had physically abused the children, and used them to smuggle drugs and other illegal goods. The orphaned boy was none of those victims, but had received word that his sister and older brother were killed by "police" for smuggling the goods. The boy was broken in heart, his only family was killed by the wretched world, or the rotten capital. Tatsumi agreed, and went on with this mission.
He was convinced that he didn't need help, so assured the boss that he'll come out of it alive.
He was sure, until now. He had traveled to a distant village, with word that the culprit was on the run. He had only realized, the village was until siege, by none other than Esdese. Tatsumi did not realize this until it was too late. The strange thing is, Esdese was only accompanied by several hundred army men under her order, but none of them were any of the Jaegers.
As he arrived in the village, he saw her. Her long blue hair, tall frame, and an aura that would strike terror in the hearts of even a danger beast. 'Crap! Why is she here?'
The general sensed a familiar presence. She walked towards a group of barrels. She looked around, nobody was there. Tatsumi gave a shakey sigh, a mistake on his account. Esdese looked at a single barrel, picked it up, and dropped it down. The barrel broken, revealing the brown haired boy, Tatsumi. 'Why can't I use my teigu?!'
[I forgot if it was teigu or tengu so I just went with what I can remember]