It has been years since i last wrote anything for this site. I was busy with my life after college that i couldn't sit down to write anything meaningful. However i decided to unleash everything i held back for the last few year for this joyful holiday as a gift for all those who stuck with me in my absence. Be warned that English is my 3rd language and grammar is hell for me even after all these years. None of the ones i am uploading has been BETA'd and i can't seem to improve my grammar to make is better. If anyone would like to offer to edit it for me. Contact me.

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Tatsumi no Spector ch01

Several days after assassination of Zank the Beheader.

-Night Raid Base…Location unknown-

Tatsumi was in his private room, checking on the condition of his sword. He have been using this sword for long time. He was actually the person who forged it, so he knows the inner working of his sword to its core.

The edges are sharp, but there are many damaged bits where the edges are completely worn or chipped off. The surface no longer reflects his face cleanly like when he first forged it. Its surface was full of scratches his maintenance cannot undo.

Tatsumi cleaned the edge with a dry cloth and took another closer look…It seems he is going to have to oil the blade again after few more sessions of sharpening. At this rate this sword's lifespan will expire, but he was most comfortable with it.

"I guess I better look into finding a proper replacement…I wonder if there is any good piece in the armory?"

Knock knock.

"Huh?"

"Tatsumi. Its me." Said the gentle voice of a woman.

"Sheele-san?"

"Sorry for bothering you, but we are having a meeting in 10 minutes. Please assemble at the meeting room okay.

"Okay." It seems there is a meeting today. It would have been nice to have a warning beforehand thou…

Xxxx

Tatsumi found himself in the meeting room alongside the entirety of the Night Raid members. Sheele was sitting next to Mine, who was glaring at him for reason he can't fandom.

Lubbock was sitting on one of the couches and big bro Bulat was leaning on the wall. Akame was sitting by Leone while eating something and in the center of the room was the boss herself.

"Alright. I am glad to see you are all here in time. Now let our meeting begin." Said Najenda, the silver haired leader of the Night Raid. She was sitting on her 'throne' all relaxed, but serious as she pulled out a spherical orb that is big as a child's fist.

The topic of today's discussion seems to be the Teigu he retrieved with Akame just few days ago…Goshi Banno no Spector or Omnipotent Five Sight: Spector.

"Tatsumi. Your wounds should be healed by now, so I want you to try activating this Teigu."

"Ehh? I can? Don't anyone else want it?

"No, operating a Teigu requires a lot of physical and mental strength. One per person." Lubbock replied.

"Not to mention we are all satisfied and too used to our current Teigu. If we are to switch for any reason it will take long time to get used to it and even longer to master it to our liking." Added Bulat with a nice smile.

"Tatsumi. Having more Teigu user will help us out a lot in the long run, so I think you should try it." Akame encouraged.

"Not that I have high expectation from you county-bumkin." Teased Mine as she sneer at him.

Tatsumi ignored Mine's taunt as he was rather excited at the idea of using a Teigu. So far he seen several of these battlefield changing weapon. A sword that kills with one cut, an armor that can strengthen one to unbelievable degree, and a gun that can fire beam of emotional energy that can pierce through a man with single shot.

So it's no surprise that he wish to do the same. Even thou he didn't have any good experience with the Omnipotent Five Sight and its previous user, but he recognize and respect the power it weld. If he understand its power correctly, it can grant him illusion like power and even power to read minds of others.

It is the ultimate cheat code to read into what your opponent is planning!

Tatsumi resolved himself as he took the eye from Najenda's hand put it on his head like how he saw Zank used it.

The spherical Teigu touched his forehead and it automatically got attached to his skin. It didn't hurt him and it wasn't uncomfortable as his skin got stuck with the eye. The moment the eye got attached to him, Tatsumi felt a sudden shift in his sense. It was as if there was a muscle he never realize having and now having access to it.

Tatsumi unconsciously moved that muscle and the Spector's eyelid opened up and revealed its green eyes to the world once again.

Najenda pull the smoke out of her mouth as she noticed the activation of the Teigu.

"The revolutionary achieve had nothing on this teigu, so I am rather curious about it."

"If I recall, it has power to read minds. Try it on me." Offered Akame.

Tatsumi turned to her and nodded.

He tried to think to the teigu since it was attached to his head. He moved the muscle he used to activate it and thought about trying to read her mind.

Suddenly he heard a jumble of thoughts "Does it work? This eye seems cool! I'm hungry. I want meat tonight! I wonder if it will be compatible. Can he read my mind? It seems Zank was able to read body movement and locate us in the dark streets with no problem. He was also able to project the illusion of Kurome, so that make 4 ability. I wonder what the last one is?"

He spoke "You're curious if the eye is working, you're hungry and you want meat again. You also wonder what the 5th ability is since you already broke down 4 of them."

"Amazing! Completely perfect. "replied Akame.

Mine was outraged. "You better not use that thing on me. Keep out of my head."

Tatsumi snort. "As if I want to look into whatever the pink marshmallow hell you are thinking of."

"What did you say!"

Before the two of them can get into another fight Boss cut them short with a cough.

"So, is there anything you like to say now? Sudden pain or drossiness?"

"No, I feel slightly drained, but it's not crippling."

"Excellent! Night Raid now has another Teigu user in its rank. Of course you are not battle ready yet, so you need to practice with it. Teigu are extremely burdening especially in combat. Since yours is heavily tied to mental power, so it will drain you mentally more than physically. It's not like you can increase your stamina mentally, so you are going to have to train and get used to it. More sued to it you are, better you will be at conserving your energy."

"Yes boss." He felt slightly unsatisfied since it was not like he can train his body to make it easier. Sure it will play an important role, but more muscle is not going to make him mentally stronger.

'I guess I will try that meditation thing teacher spoke about…'

"I don't want Tatsumi to train alone. So Sheele I will leave it to you."

"I understand."

"Is there anywhere else I can get more information on this thing?" asked Tatsumi as he was not looking forward to mastering the unknown teigu.

"Aside infiltrating the restricted section of the library in the Imperial Military Academy or the secret achieve under the palace? Nope." said Najenda who handed him a book. "This is all of the information we currently have on Teigu. Of course as you understand our important submission is to collect Teigu to improve the strength of the Revolution."

Akame added "And if we can't collect them, we destroy them."

"Apparently my Extase was taken from some unruly bunch by Revolution Army's soldiers." Added Sheele.

Tatsumi skimmed through the book. I noticed there was an entry on Akame's One Cut Killer: Murasame and even Mine's Roman Artillery: Pumpkin. A curiosity entered his mind and he asked. "So clearly some Teigu are better than others, what's the strongest Teigu out there."

The look in Najenda's single eye changed, even without using his Teigu he knew that he had probably brought up a touchy subject. Najenda gentle touched her eye-patch and that sent a shiver down his spine.

"It depends on usage and compatibility, but if I had to choose... I think the one that controls ice is the strongest. Fortunately, its user isn't in the Capital at the moment. She's busy conquering the Northern Race."

"Ice?"

"Ah…Its current user is an unbelievable monster. It's hard to consider her a human being." said Bulat as he clinched his fist.

Tatsumi noticed the gender comment 'So it's a woman? Someone that unsettles Bro too?'

"There's nothing to worry about, she is conquering the North right now, and even for her it would take her at least a year." Lubbock reassured everyone as the tension brought everyone down.

"That's true." Najenda replied returning to normal.

"The meeting is over. I will call on you when our next mission is decided. Until them you are dismissed."

As everyone else left the room Tatsumi turned to see the boss, who as solemnly looking out the window.

Tatsumi noticed how she was clearly thinking about this person they were talking about. He didn't realized until it was too late as his new teigu activated once more, heeding to his subconscious desire.

'What is her name?'

Then Tatsumi saw a flash of image of a woman with beauty unlike any other and with the most frightening smile. He saw her descend on him from top of a hill and with a wave of her hand ice appeared around her and soon fired at him in breakneck speed. He wasn't fast enough as one of the icicle stabbed into his eye and before he can even let out a cry, the blue haired woman landed next to him and touched his right arm.

Tatsumi saw through his remaining good eye and watched her smile at him cruelly as she froze his arm and ripped it apart.

The pain he felt was unbelievable, she was saying something, but he couldn't hear her correctly. But he know what he wanted to know.

…Esdeath.

Tatsumi regained the control of his body and shook his head as the phantom pain he felt faded.

'That's how she lost her arm and eye…it was that woman…Esdeath."

"Tatsumi?"

Tatsumi looked up and saw the boss looking at him with worry.

"Is there something wrong?"

He wasn't thinking anything when he did what he did next, but honestly he didn't regret it. He simply walked up to her and hugged her. The boss seemed to panic at first, ready to punch his light out, but he didn't as he sobbed and muttered 'I am sorry' over and over again.

Sorry for invading your private thoughts.

Sorry for peeking into your pain with no consent.

Sorry for being so weak to bring about tears.

And…Sorry for all the pain he can't make it go away.

He was sorry that he couldn't help her then and even now.

He was sorry that he couldn't help but to fear that ice witch.

He was sorry that he can even say 'I will make her pay for this.'

Because when he read her mind and seen her past…he saw how absolutely frighten the boss was of her former comrade and now enemy…He was so sorry…that he peeked at her weakness that she shield away from her subordinates…

"S-So-rry boss…I a-am so sorr-y…I d-didn't me-an to really…I-I…Am-m sorry…."

Boss Najenda allowed him to hug her until he settled down…and listened to his confession afterword.

Xxxx

Najenda never had any of her subordinates hug her like this. Not back in the imperial army and even now as Night Raid.

She listened to his confession and initially was very upset at the boy peeking into her mind, but when she calmed down a bit and watched as the boy tried to wipe away his tear, her harden heart soften slightly.

She couldn't blame him. Seeing Esdeath in action can frighten anyone. Sure her Night Raids are all harden warriors, but none of them, not even Bulat ever seen Esdeath at work. Watching that woman fight is bone chilling. Watching her coming at you with intent to harm you? That is fear in whole different level.

'But that is a foe they must beat.'

Najenda reached for Tatsumi's head with her warm, living hand and pet his soft brown hair. She noticed that it felt like she was petting her old puppy she had when she was a small lass.

"I was hasty to leave your training with Sheele…She is a good assassin and fighter, but a sensitive teigu like this should have been handled by me personally."

Tatsumi didn't say anything as he silently got petted.

"You will continue your lesson with Sheele in all physical matter, but your teigu training will be handled by me.

Tatsumi only nodded.

"Tatsumi…Know that in your hand is a very powerful teigu, a weapon that perhaps we didn't realize its true scope." She lift the boy's head and gently put it against her own forehead. Her forehead touched the Spector's lens with a soft clink.

"Your teigu can see what others can't hope to see. The amount of advantage you can bring us is numerous. I will train you how to best put it to good use…I expect you to work even harder than before you understand?"

Nod nod

"I didn't hear you."

"…Yes boss." Answered Tatsumi.

Najenda hugged the boy once more…He witness something perhaps he was not ready for…But it will only make him stronger in the future. For Omnipotent Five Sight: Spector will play a major role in breaking the corrupt empire from its foundation and this boy will be the pillar that will up hold the revolution. She can feel it.

Xxx

-Northern Tribe Capital the Weiss.

"The northerners were defeated in an instant, as expected of you General Esdeath." An attendant complimented the Empire's Strongest as she stared down at the naked, chained, and clearly broken mockery of a man.

The Prince of the Northerners was on his knee, begging for attention like a sick puppy…A disgusting puppy, but puppy none the less.

"To think this is the supposed Hero of the North... Boring. Die."

She then promptly kicked Numa Seika, breaking his neck in process. "Will there ever be a worthy opponent that will satisfy me?"

She looked toward the South, where from location is pointing toward the capital."At least I can return to the Capital now. I'm giving up on my search for battle for now..."

'Perhaps she should try her hand on something new…How about the thing she was wondering about few weeks back…Love.