The rain poured on the outskirts of the imperial capital. The sky was dark and the wind howled, reminiscent of a lonely wolf. Beneath it was a lonely figure, walking an unclear path. Her scarlet eyes seemed to glow in the darkness and her black hair swayed gently in the rain. Her name was Akame.

After the minister had been defeated and the capital was freed from its tight grip of corruption, Night raid (or what was left of it) had been disbanded and Najenda was never heard of again. Akame still carried Murasame, the blade that had tasted countless victim's blood, although nowadays she only carried it for her personal protection.

Akame felt all alone in a huge world, stricken with grief for her fallen friends. Mine, Lubbock, Leone, even Tatsumi. She knew that she would never see any of them again,even after all they have been through together!Tears started to well up in Akame's eyes as she remembered all the fun times that the Night raid used to share, all the memories of her only friends in the world. All she wished for now, was to be with them again, to share just one more day together as best friends and for none of them to die.

The night was dragging on and Akame's legs were barely holding back from trembling after her long walk. She would have to find a place to rest, and to collect her thoughts for the night. She looked around, trees, hills and grass surrounded her. The idea of napping in a tree held no appeal so Akame kept searching until she came across a cave. It was sheltered from the elements, and deep enough to safely light a fire for warmth, perfect!

The cave had an almost uneasy feeling to it, Akame noted with some discomfort, but never the less she approached its rocky arches and made her way inside. The cave's floor was damp for a surprisingly long way in, and the walls held a musky texture. This cave must have been uninhabited for a long, long time, she thought.

Akame tried to make herself as comfortable as was reasonably possible on a damp, gritty floor and rested her head on her hands. She tried to stop thinking about her fallen friends and try to think things more positive. But that was the problem, there wasn't much to be positive about, not anymore...

She was just surviving on fish from the river and was constantly wandering from place to place in hopes of finding either a home or another purpose in life. She let the thoughts of her time at Night raid flow into her head and more tears came to her eyes almost instantly.

"I just wish..." she mumbled dejectedly, "That I could see them again..." She looked around to try to find some form of distraction from her self-imposed mental torture and her eyes settled on some sort of rock podium, with an unusual dryness to it amidst the moist stone surrounding it. For reasons she found herself unable to explain, the podium seemed to be beckoning her to come over and touch it.

Despite her initial suspicions, Akame couldn't resist its influence and slowly made her way over to it. All the while her mind ran rampant, creating dozens of reasons to stop and turn back immediately.I shouldn't be doing this, I need to leave! But her legs kept carrying her onwards despite her attempts to struggle out of it. After what seemed an eternity Akame found herself standing in front of the podium.

As her hand reached out to it against her will, she could almost hear whispering voices that were barely audible and made Akame feel nervous and uneasy. Her hands rested on the top of the podium and suddenly the voices exploded inside her head, increasing in volume until they hit a deafening pitch. They were chanting, "you CAN save them, you CAN save them, you CAN save them." Over and over again.

For all her time alive, Akame couldn't recall going through something like this before. Were these the ghosts of people she has killed catching up to her, or perhaps something more sinister? Almost instinctively, but with a small degree of fear Akame whispered back, "But...How?" there was a moment of complete silence, leaving her ears ringing before the podium released streams of blue mist from its sides, barely visible but still there.

Akame felt like her body had been paralysed, with no response to her fading will to run from the podium. The mists circulated the podium and more voices could be heard, taking over from the previous chant even louder. This time they were urging her to step into the mists and saying'all shall be corrected'. Akame had completely lost all control of her body at this point, and without warning she had started walking towards the mists and reaching her arms out to it.

Her mind was racing with thoughts of terror and thoughts of happiness. Terror due to travelling into the unknown without her consent, and being completely controlled by a rock, but happiness in hopes that what the voices say is true. Before long, she had started dragging herself into the surprisingly solid mists and was slowly pulling her whole body into it. They were...soothing. Almost like being wrapped up in a warm blanket. Once she was enveloped completely within the mists the voices spoke one last time, "What do you wish?"

There was only one thing Akame wanted. "I…I just want to see my friends again!" Her last word seemed to echo and the world began to spin around and around, making her dizzy. Once she came to she was in a large room. A large, familiar room... a large, familiar room with people around it. "Hey Akame," said a disturbingly familiar voice, one she had tried to forget once she could no longer hear it, "You ok over there?"

Oh yes, she knew where she was. She was in the Night raid headquarters and the person who was talking to her was one of her friends. Leone.

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BloodiedCoreOfHope

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