Events are based on the anime not the manga
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters...except for Jason...and Jack.
The sun has set and the moon has taken it's place. The streets are empty for there isn't a soul in the world who would go outside at dark.
In the trees, the presence of three people are completely hidden. Black, Jason and an exact copy or clone of Sheele.
"Who are we waiting for?" Black asked
"Night Raid's Mine and Sheele will run past here very soon" Jason said "Here, They'll be ambushed"
"By who?" Black asked
Jason pointed to another tree that was on the opposite side of them. Hiding in the leaves of the trees, Black saw the faint outline a person and a puppy dog.
"Her name Seryu Ubiquitous" Jason explained "She wields the imperial arm Hekatonkheires which she named Coro. A biological imperial arm, in order words it can regenerate from injuries and attacks. Only way to defeat them is to kill their owner or destroy their core"
"So tonight she's going to kill Sheele" Black guessed
"Not on our watch"
In a mansion not far from Jason's and Black's position.
"AAAAHHHH!" The women screams as she watches her husband drops dead on the floor with a sword impaled through his heart. The murderer smiles evilly as he loved the site of a dead body. He then turned his head to the women.
The woman moves back until her back hits the wall. "Please don't kill me! PLEASE! I'll do anything!" She begged
The murderer shook his head "Sorry, No can do. But since I'm in a good mood today... I think I'll make your death as slow as possible"
"no...NO! NO! PLEASE NO!" The women begged but her cries were fruitless as one of the henchmen grabbed a hammer and gave it to Tybil.
Brent Tybil
A man who lures poor people into his home with his money and charisma before mercilessly killing his them. He has a disgusting habit of playing with the dead bodies of his victims, he especially loves to play with the dead bodies of young females.
Tybil raises his hammer but immediately stops when he sensed something. He turned around "WHO'S THERE!"
Everyone looks at him confusingly. Even Tybil was confuse himself, he could've sworn he sensed that he was being watched. He shrugged off the feeling and soon returned to his usual malicious self.
Little did they know, they were being watched by a particular pink-haired sniper.
Mission (Mine & Sheele)
Objective: Assassinate Brent Tybil and all his henchmen.
Mine cursed herself as they weren't able to save the husband. They could've attacked earlier but Tybil was always too wary of attacks whenever he wasn't killing for excitement.
Back to Tybil. Tybil slowly walked up to the defenseless women with a hammer and a heinous smile.
By this point, the women had already given up on life and was already saying her prayers. There was no hope for her...that's what she thought. Tybil raised his hammer but once again stopped when they heard a knock on the door.
Everyone is room already knew it was something bad for no one would dare knock on their door at this time of the night. One of the henchmen grabbed out a gun and slowly walked to the door.
The remaining four henchmen stood besides Brent Tybil.
The henchman arrived at the door and waited for a bit. He then flew the door open and aimed his gun. But he was beheaded before he could pull the trigger.
"My apologizes" A women said entering the mansion holding a pair of giant scissors. Two henchmen aimed their rifles at Sheele.
Mine, who was about 5 km away from the mansion, aimed her Pumpkin and fired a shot of spirit energy. Her shot pierced through the window and killed the two henchmen hitting them both in the head.
As the two men dropped dead. Sheele charged at the remaining two. In a desperate attempt, the remaining two guards pulled out their handguns and fired.
Sheele easily dodged and blocked the bullets. She chopped both men in half once she got close enough. The only person who remained was Tybil himself.
Tybil recognised Sheele for she was on one of the wanted posters, so he didn't bother fighting back when Sheele charged at him. Instead, he grabbed the women and used her as a shield.
Sheele stopped dead in her tracks.
Tybil smiled triumphantly as his trick worked. But he thought to soon for he was shot in the head by Mine's Pumpkin. He let go of the women as his body dropped dead.
The women looked around, still processing what she just saw. She looked at Sheele "W-who are you?"
Sheele did the last thing the women expected her to do. Sheele smiled "It's okay. Your sister hired us to murder that man and his guards"
At the mention of her sister's name, the women remembered that her sister had warned her not to go near Tybil but she was too naive to listen to her own sister. Now her husband was dead.
She broke in tears "THANK YOU! Thank you so much" the women cried as she mourned over her husband. If she had listen to her sister this would've never happened. Sheele stood there giving the women time to mourn.
"Sheele!" Mine called who had just arrived at the scene, standing at the door of the mansion. "We have to go...now"
Sheele looked back at the women "Will you be alright?"
Still crying, the women nodded "Thank you"
With that, Mine and Sheele left the mansion. The women left soon afterwards.
Meanwhile, Tatsumi and Leone had successfully assassinated a drug-smuggling gang and were currently heading back to base to give their report.
"Hey..." Tatsumi began as they walked through the night "What's going to happen to all those girls?"
"That isn't our responsibility, is it?" Leone replied
Tatsumi looked down at the ground. He already knew that but he couldn't help but feel concerned for those girls who had been under high amounts of drugs. "But..." he tried to search for the right words but then Leone spoke again
"In the slums, there's an old, retired doctor. And he's still pretty skilled. I'll explain the situation, and have him take a look. He loves young girls, so I'm sure he'll do it."
When Tatsumi fully understood what Leone just said, he smiled "Sis!" His smile turned into a sly and teasing smile "When all is said and done, you're pretty nice."
Leone scratched the back of her head "It's only because I knew one of them. There's no other reason!" Leone said closing her eyes.
"The reason doesn't matter"
Leone opened her eyes and looked at Tatsumi.
"As long as a tiny bit of hope exist, that's all that matters." Tatsumi said who was now smiling genuinely.
Leone looked at him "Tatsumi..."
Tatsumi stopped walking and looked at Leone who continued talking.
"I've thought this from the start," Leone leaned closer to Tatsumi's ear "but that expression you make is really cute." Leone then licked his ear.
"Huh?!" Tatsumi exclaimed blushing while backing away from Leone "Wh-Wh-Wh-What?"
Leone smiled while laughing triumphantly "I was marking you, literally. If you grow up to be a good-looking man, you're mine."
Leone then looked at the sky "Anyway, I wonder if the others are okay."
Mine and Sheele are now currently running through the night. They are returning to base to give Najenda their report.
"That Tybil guy was almost too vigilant." Mine commented as they ran.
"But we still finished him without problem." Sheele said happy that both of them were alright.
From the trees, Seryu grinned as she had finally found what she had been waiting for.
Mine and Sheele looked behind them and barely managed to doged as Seryu came crashing down on them from the trees. Mine's and Sheele's widened as they certainly didn't expect this.
Seryu's grin grew wider.
Mine was moved back from the sudden ambush as her face grew alert "An enemy? What's with her? I didn't feel her presence at all."
"She's different from the other imperial police, who don't hide their presences" Sheele observed.
Seryu took out an A4 piece of paper. "As I thought. Her face matches the wanted posters. Night Raid's Sheele, confirmed. And judging by the Imperial Arms, the other girl is also a Night Raid member. Hiding night after night was worth it..." Seryu thought to herself as Sheele and Mine glared at her.
Seryu's grin grew wider "Finally...We finally meet, Night Raid!"
Coro stood beside Seryu as a dangerous and psychotic aura appeared around her. "I'm Seryu Ubiquitous, of the imperial police. In the name of absolute justice, I shall make evil pay, here and now!" Seryu exclaimed as her grin grew wider and more sadistic.
Meanwhile, Black and Jason spectate the events.
Jason had warned Black about the evil that lurked in this world and how even kind-looking people can turn out to be the most evil and unstable people. However, experiencing it first hand still shocked Black a bit. But she remained calm.
As Black listened to Seryu's ruthless speech a thought came to her mind "Her voice sounds like mine"
Jason also noticed, he placed his hand on his chin and thinked "Come to think of it...you and Seryu share the same voice actor. Kana Hanazawa." Jason said breaking the fourth wall a bit.
Black didn't understand Jason's answer but the name Kana Hanazawa brought back memories. Kana Hanazawa was the fake name she used when she was in Remnant with Mato. However Black also felt unfortable that a person like Seryu shared the same voice as her. It made her cringe.
"Black" Jason said returning to a serious tone "When the time comes...this is what I want you to do"
Both Jason and Black looked at the clone of Sheele that Jason summoned.
"Given that you recognize us, we have to take you with us or kill you." Mine said confidently
"Wanted dead or alive" Seryu raised her hand pointed her index finger at the sky "Then I shall execute them!"
Seryu then pointed at Mine and Sheele "Father died in the line of duty, fighting villains like you! And you killed my mentor, General Orge!"
Mine and Sheele just glared at Seryu, uninterested in Seryu's speech and was ready to jump at any time.
Seryu's eyes widened in anger "I will never forgive you!"
"She seems ready to go..." Mine said readying her punkin half grinning "Very well. Advantage favours whoever strikes first!" Quick as lightning, Mine changed her imperial arm into machine gun mode and rapidly fired at Seryu.
Seryu didn't move an inch as Coro stood in front of Seryu to protect her. Mine continued rapidly firing, every bullet hitting and creating smoke.
Mine fired one last bullet before stopping "Did I get her?"
The smoke cleared and what used to be a cute puppy dog was now a vicious creature. Coro had grown about 100 times it's size, Koro's breathing sounded like a threatening growl as multiple bullet holes were seen on Koro's stomach.
The bullets holes quickly closed themselves until it was good as new.
Sheele recognised it "Mine, that's an Imperial Arms."
"Seems like it" Mine said who also knew what it was "And it's organism-based." She said taking out the magazine in her imperial arm.
Seryu went to stand beside Koro and aimed her arms, that were equipped with guns, at Mine and Sheele "Tonfa Gun!" She yelled before rapidly firing at the pair.
Both Sheele and Mine moved to the side dodging the attack. At the same time, Mine finished reloading her Pumpkin and Sheele took out her Extase.
Seryu continued to fire "Even if I hit them from this distance, it won't be very effective" she thought to herself as she stopped shooting. She looked at Coro and pointed at the two night raid members "Coro, prey!"
At the sound of Seryu's voice, Coro jumped and started spinning in mid-air gaining momentum. As Coro spinned, it opened it's mouth showing it's sharp teeth. Coro attacked Sheele
Sheele could've easily moved out of the way to dodge. Instead, she just stood there and waited for Coro to come close enough. Once Coro was close enough, Sheele raised her weapon. Her eyes grew dark and she swung Extase landing a critical hit on Coro.
"Forgive me" Sheele said emotionless.
Thanks to Sheele's attack, Coro missed it's attack and Coro smashed into a pole. Seryu, unfazed by the events, stood completely still.
Sheele raised her Extase, that was covered it blood, and swung it. Sheele's Extase, that used to be covered in blood, now looked brand new as Sheele held it, walking towards Seryu.
Seryu's serious and dark expression turned into a malicious grin.
As Sheele walked towards Seryu, the shadow of a large creature covered Sheele.
Coro growled. The large cut on it's mouth, that Sheele gave it, healed almost instantly. Sheele looked at it in shock. Coro showed it's vicious teeth while staring back at Sheele.
Coro was suddenly shot by a large amount of spirit energy, forcing it back. Coro's feet skidded across the ground until he stopped, standing next to Seryu.
"Don't you remember the documents, Sheele?" Mine said looking at Sheele who was a bit overwhelmed "Organism-based Imperial Arms have a core in their bodies. If you don't destroy it, they'll keep regenerating. And Akame's Murasame won't work without a heart, either."
Sheele calmed down a bit "Quite the troublesome opponent, isn't it?" She commented
Seryu, who had her arm crossed, gave another order "Coro, arms"
As soon as Seryu said that, the tiny flippers that were on Coro turned into big muscular arms.
Mine was disgusted at the view "Ew...Gross..."
Seryu pointed at Mine and Sheele "Pulverize!"
Coro roared as it charged at the pair, throwing a series of punches.
"Mine, get behind me." Sheele said standing in front of Mine. With her giant scissors, she blocked every punch that Coro gave her.
However, even with her imperial arms. Sheele struggled "Heavy!"
Seryu suddenly blew a whistle that echoed through the night. Mine gasped as Seryu's grin grew wider.
The punches Coro threw, came in like bullets being fired from a machine gun. Sheele continued to blocked while Mine closed her eyes and thought about the situation.
"A tempest of attacks. And She's called for backup. That's what I call" Mine opened her eyes "a pinch!"
Mine jumped over Sheele "So, now...GO!" she aimed her Pumpkin at Coro and fired a powerful shot of spirit energy. Coro was engulfed in the attack and it's skin started to melt.
Seryu had to half cover her face from the light and wind coming from Mine's attack. "It's power increase?!" she thought to herself.
Mine jumped back and looked. The big hole that was on Coro's face regenerated and healed "Damn it...It's already started regenerating. What energy..."
Seryu laughed, amused at the scene "Don't underestimate the stamina of Imperial Arms."
As Seryu smiled, Sheele emerge from the smoke caused by Mine's attack and charged at Sheele. Seryu gasped
"Imperial Arms are tools." Sheele said "It will stop once it's user is killed."
"She was aiming for me from the start!" Seryu thought at she realised their true objective. She raised her arms in defense.
"I'll get her with my secret move" Sheele though as she pointed her giant scissors "EXTASE!"
As Sheele yelled, her weapon started glowing brightly blinding everyone including Seryu.
Seryu covered her eyes from her arm "Light-generating metal? How can such a move exist?"
Sheele aimed her weapon "This is the end" she said as she attacked with her scissors.
Seryu gritted her teeth. She wasn't going to let it end here. Using her Tonfa Guns, Seryu blocked Sheele's incoming attacks. Sheele's attacks came in like a machine gun as Seryu let out a war cry.
Then, after a series of blocking, Seryu managed to slow down the speed of Sheele's attacks. "She's strong!" Sheele thought to herself as her eyes widened.
Coro finally noticed that Seryu was being attacked. Sheele swung her scissors again but Seryu manage to block and dodge each one of them. Coro went to support Seryu but stopped when Mine shot it in the hip "Stop right there." Mine said talking to the creature "I'm your opponent, remember? I won't let you go."
Mine once again thought about the situation "As the threat lessens, it's power weakens. But it's enough to keep it busy." she thought as Coro turned around and face her "And by process of elimination, I'm starting to figure out where the core is."
Coro charged at Mine.
Meanwhile, back to Sheele and Seryu. Seryu was pushed back and her back hit a fence. She looked up at Sheele and quickly reacted when Sheele swung her giant scissors. Seryu dodged and Sheele's attack chopped the fense in half.
The two was now in a forest of trees with Sheele chasing Seryu. They both fought with Sheele doing most of the attacking and Seryu blocking.
Then, Seryu tripped over and rock and dropped one of her Tonfa guns. "Crap!"
Sheele took this chance and chopped off both of Seryu's arm off. Seryu screamed in pain. Her arms flew into the air with blood splattering everywhere. Sheele realised what she just did "She sacrificed her arms to stop a fatal blow."
Sheele ignored it for now and went to quickly finish Seryu off.
"Justice will always prevail!" Seryu yelled as a insane and mad smiled appeared on her face. Seryu's eyes were creepily wide open as two hidden guns came out of the holes of Seryu's arm.
Sheele's eyes widened a bit in shock "Body modification?"
As Seryu aimed her guns, she spoke "This is the trump card General Orge gave me. TAKE THIS!"
A gunshot was heard. The single gunshot echoed through the field.
There was silence. Sheele stood there, smoke steamed from the spot where the bullet hit her Extase.
"She blocked it?" Seryu thought not believing that her trump card was so easily blocked.
Sheele didn't waste any more time. She spun her weapon to gain momentum and swung her weapon chopping off Seryu's guns that was attached to her body. Seryu once again screamed in pain as it like her arms were being chopped off for a second time. Blood poured out of the holes of where Seryu's arm used to be.
"Not done yet..." Seryu thought, her grin returning to her face "If I use it, Coro will overheat and be temporary immobile. But I have no choice"
Coro stopped as it heard Seryu's voice "Coro last resort! BERSERKER!" -
Suddenly, grew more bigger, muscular and demonic. It's collar broke as it's skin turned dark red. Coro flexed it's muscles as it stared at Mine. It opened it's mouth showing three layers of teeth before roaring loudly.
The roar was so loud and ear-piercing that Mine and Sheele was forced to stop and cover their ears with their hands.
"So they have a secret skill, too." Mine thought as she covered her ears. Because of the sound, Mine was completely immobilized.
All of sudden, Coro grabbed Mine...hard. Coro not only increased strength, it increased it speed as well.
Mine's eyes widened in horror "Oh no-"
"MINE!" Sheele cried out.
Seryu's grin grew wider "CRUSH HER TO DEATH!"
Corr tightened the grip on Mine's body. Mine gritted her teeth in pain. She started screaming in pain as Coro tightened it's grip even more.
Mine's bones started to make a cracking noise as she screamed even more. Tears started to appear on her face as Mine's eyes were closed.
Suddenly, the sound of scissors were heard and Coro's arm, the arm that was crushing Mine, was chopped off.
Coro's arm landed on the ground causing the ground to shake as Sheele landed safely. Mine was lying on the floor, she was okay.
Mine smiled in relief as she realised who just saved her "Sheele!"
Sheele was really glad "I made it just in time!"
She celebrated too soon for a gunshot was heard. The gunshot echoed through the battlefield of the night.
The bullet went right through Sheele's chest as her body started falling towards the ground. Mine stared, an incredulous look of horror filled her face.
From the sidelines, still smiling widely, her mouth was wide open revealing a hidden gun. Seryu's face was filled with an evil triumphantly smile.
"My body..." Sheele thought as Coro charged at her with it's mouth wide open. It was as though time had slowed down "won't move"
Seryu bit down on her gun as she smiled evilly, her face filled with triumphant "JUSTICE IS SERVED!"
Sheele knew what was coming next... She was going to die. It was as thought time had slowed down. Using this time, Sheele thought about the past.
Night Raid. The place she belonged.
She remembered the celebration party Night Raid threw when Sheele obtained an Imperial Arm, she remembered the proud look on everyone's faces. Although Akame just started hungrily at the cake Night Raid baked for Sheele.
She remembered all the good times she had with Najenda, Lubbock, Leone, Akame, Bulat, Tatsumi and Mine. She loved all of them. She had a lot of fun times with them.
Mine stared in horror. She watched at Coro slowly got closer and closer. It's mouth was wide open showing it's vicious teeth and it was right on top of Sheele. Mine couldn't do anything, all she could do was watch as Coro slowly got closer. Mine suddenly realised something. The battlefield was filled with complete silence and time was moving really slowly...almost too slow.
Mine suddenly heard footsteps. The footsteps of a figure sprinting.
It was the most supernatural thing Mine had ever seen. While Coro, Seryu, Sheele and Mine were moving slowly in time, the figure approaching them was sprinting at them at full speed. Time slowing down didn't seem to affect the approaching figure.
Mine looked. The figure was a woman. The woman was very skinny and wore a long sleeved black jacket with her hood over her face. Her jacket was unzipped revealing nothing but a black string bikini, boots and gloves.
However, that was not what shocked Mine the most. What shocked Mine was what the woman was holding in her left hand. A copy or some sort of clone of Sheele.
The woman reached Sheele and pushed her out of the way, causing Sheele to dropped her Extase, and replaced her with the clone.
Time returned to normal and the clone of Sheele was bitten in half by Coro.
The real Sheele fell to the floor. Mine looked at Sheele, she saw blood and Sheele was unconscious "SHEELE!"
Coro reacted quickly, it devoured the clone of Sheele completely and charge at the women. The woman raised her hand, suddenly her glove started to glow blue. Tiny bits of black and blue metal particles appeared out of thin air. The particles formed together around the woman's arm and formed a black cannon .
The women aimed her cannon but instead of aiming at Coro, she aimed at Seryu and fired. Her cannon made a charging up sound before firing five flamming blue rocks at Seryu.
Coro reacted. It sprinted and stood in front of Seryu. Coro made it just in, blocking the attack with it's arms.
As the smoke cleared and Coro stood there breathing heavily. It received heavy damage but it slowly regenerated. Both Seryu and Mine stared in complete shock at the mysterious woman who had showed up. The woman stood in front of Mine and Sheele facing Seryu.
The air caught on to the woman and blew off the woman's hood revealing her face. Mine looked at the Woman. Her jacket was black with a white star on the back. But what was more shocking was that her skin was completely pale and her eyes had a blue circular pattern in them.
Mine looked at the woman's cannon. It was a weapon she had never seen before. "What kind of Imperial Arm is that?" she asked herself
Seryu's shock soon turned into rage. "HOW DARE YOU GET IN MY WAY! CORO!"
Coro roared before charging once at Rock, throwing it's fist at her. The woman swung her cannon and it clashed with Coro's fist. However the woman overpowered Coro leaving Coro wide open. She was really strong considering how skinny she was.
With both efficiently and speed, the women then summoned a black katana and slashed it diagonally at Coro, she then smashed her cannon into Coro's head, slashed her sword horizontally, swung her cannon vertically, slashed her sword diagonally, stabbed her cannon forwards into Coro's face, swung her sword horizontally before finally kicking Coro with her foot with incredible strength forcing Coro back.
Seryu stared in disbelief "I-impossible. She's beating Coro even after using Berserker. This is bad, Coro will overheat when the Berserker wears off...if that happens"
The woman stared emotionlessly at Seryu as she slowly walked towards Coro. Coro's injuries healed slowly and faced the women.
Still lying on the floor, Mine stared as the battle took place. So many questions were going off in her mind. However one question stood out for Mine.
Why was this woman helping them?
Suddenly, multiple footsteps were heard and Mine, Sheele and the women were surrounded by Imperial Guards.
This was bad. Mine had a broken arm, Sheele was unconscious and the mysterious woman was outnumbered.
The woman seemed unfazed by the sudden turn of events.
"Time to go" said a new unfamiliar voice coming from behind Mine. Mine looked behind her and saw boy. The boy was wearing what looked like the combination of a lab coat and a hoodie. His clothes consisted of the colours blue and white.
Mine's eyes widened "When did he-"
The boy placed his hands on Mine's and Sheele's shoulder. Suddenly Mine, Sheele and the boy was engulfed in a bright blue and white light that blinded everyone.
"Another one?!" Seryu thought looking away from the light. Nothing was making sense to her.
"What is this?!" One of the guards asked covering his eyes
"Be careful! We don't know what might happen!"
The light faded. Mine, Sheele and the boy were gone. The woman remained there staring emotionless at Seryu.
"What was that light just now?" One of the imperial guards asked.
It took a couple of seconds for Seryu to realised that Sheele and the other one had escaped. "How dare you get in my way...I don't know who you think you are...but people who help criminals are just as evil." Seryu began before raising her voice "JUSTICE IS ABSOLUTE! EVIL WILL NEVER PREVAIL!" Seryu yelled pointing at the woman. Her face was both twisted and full of rage.
Black cringed. She didn't like the fact that Seryu had the same voice as her. The way Seryu spoke was different and her tone was very different...but her voice sounded like Black's.
The capital soldiers were a bit shaken looking at Seryu's twisted personality but still continued their job and stared back at Black "Arrest her!"
Five men charged at the weapon each holding melee weapon.
One guard swung their sword at Black. Both faster and stronger, Black swung her cannon breaking the guard's sword, armour and bones.
Another guard swung a large sword at her. Black blocked with her cannon and then slashed his stomach with her katana.
Three imperial guards, two male and one female, charged at her with a spears. Black unsummoned her cannon and focused on her katana.
Black swung her katana chopping one of the spears in half while injuring the female at the same time. She kicked the second man in the face causing his a couple of his teeth to fall off along with some blood.
The last spearman desperately swung his spear at Black. Black caught the spear with his hand. Still wearing gloves, she crushed the man's spear into two pieces using just her hand. She then kicked him in the stomach, blood sputtered out of the man's mouth before being sent crashing back into a building.
The rest of the imperial guards stared in horror as they just witness seven of their men were defeated like they were nothing. They quickly snapped out of their shocked, three imperial guards holding rifles aimed and rapidly fired at Black.
20-35 shots were fired and each one of them hit Black in every single place. Her blood spattered everywhere as the imperial guard continued to fire. After the three of them run out of bullets they stopped and looked.
Black remained standing, her eyes were closed, bullets holes in both her clothes and skin.
A single imperial guard panicked when he saw that Black was still standing. He grabbed out a handgun and fired a single powerful shot.
Black opened her eyes and reacted. She swung her katana cutting the bullet in half. The bullets holes in her skin and clothes started closing and regenerating.
Everyone stared at her in horror. "M-M-monster!"
Using everyone's shock as a chance, Black re summoned her rock cannon and fired three flamming rocks at the group of imperial arms killing 5-10 people. The explosion of Black's attack left the rest of the guard severely injured. A large fire appeared in the middle of the battle field.
"We need more reinforcements" one of the imperial guards said blowing his whistle. Once he blew his whistle he fainted.
"CORO!" The large red skin dog jumped at Black throwing it's fist at Rock. Rock raised her cannon and blocked. In this situation, Black and Coro were equal in strength with Coro slowly overpowering Black.
"KILL HER CORO!" Seryu yelled
Black Rock Shooter vs Seryu Ubiquitous (Both voiced by Kana Hanazawa)
With her other arm, Black stabbed her katana into Coro's stomach. However, Coro ignored it and used it's other hand to punch Rock right in the stomach.
Black was sent flying across the field. She skidded across the ground like a rock being thrown across water. Black then did a back flipped and her feet skated across the ground before stopping.
Coro roared and charged at Black.
Black raised her cannon pointed it towards the sky. Suddenly, her cannon split opened and rotated until it transformed into a gatling gun. The rotor head spun as Black let her bullets rage onto Coro.
Coro used it arms to blocked as it received the hundred of bullets Black was firing.
Coro's skin started to dissolve and many bullets holes appeared in it's arms. But it kept moving forward. Coro finally got close enough and threw it's fist at Black. Black quickly transformed her machine gun back into a cannon and jumped back dodging the attack.
While Black was in mid-air, Coro threw itself at her. Black was about to block with her cannon when suddenly a gunshot was heard.
From the back, Seryu's mouth was open and smoked steamed from the gun from inside her mouth. Seryu had fired once again and fired a bullet that hit Black right through her head. Blood spattered from her head. It didn't kill her but it was enough to immobilize her.
Coro opened it's mouth and bit Black in half...at least, that's what Seryu wished should've happened. However in reality, someone else appeared and grabbed Black before Coro could devour her.
Black looked, only to see magenta circular eyes staring back at her.
White Rock Shooter. Also known as Sing-love.
Sing-love grinned as she was carrying Black bridal style.
"You can let go now" Black said emotionless
"You know I would always carry my daughter like this" Sing-love said "And you just so happen to look exactly like her" She joked.
Coro roared interrupting their moment and threw it's fist at the pair.
All of a sudden, little bits of red and black micro cubes appeared out of thin air and together they formed a red and black shield. The shield floated in front of Black and Sing-love and easily blocked Coro's attack.
"Sorry to interrupt your little duel Black" Jack said entering the battlefield. Jack wore his usual red and black outfit with his hood covering his face. "But leave the Jaegers to us"
(FLASHBACK)
Jason looked at Black "I need you to hold off Seryu until the other two arrived"
"Why?" Black asked. She wondered why she could just escape. She also wondered why Jack and Sing-love meet to fight her when they're supposed to be make sure Seryu stays alive.
"Apparently Jack has this plan" Jason replied "He won't tell me what it is, but he says his plan will definitely work"
(FLASHBACK ENDS)
Sing-love put down Black "You can go now. Leave her to us"
Black didn't waste a second, she sprinted in the opposite direction exiting the battlefield.
Seryu cursed. "Enemy reinforcements?!" She thought. "And the other one got away. Now matter, I'll execute these Night Raid members and go after the other one later"
"Night Raid" Seryu growled at Sing-love.
"Aww that's cute" Jack thought to himself "She thinks we're part of Night Raid"
By now Seryu knew this was an enemy she shouldn't mess with. But there was no way she was going to retreat. Only villains and cowards run from the battlefield. Cowards like Sheele and Black. Seryu thought. "CORO!"
Coro once again, obeys the command of it's master and charges at Sing-love and Jack.
Sing-love was about to spring into action but Jack raised his hand in front of her telling Sing-love to stand still.
Coro charged at Jack and threw it's fist at him.
Jack could've blocked, dodged or even attack back. Instead, he stood still and waited for Coro's attack. Coro threw it's fist however it stopped when it's fist was 1 cm away from Jack's fist.
"Coro?" Seryu said wondering what was wrong.
Coro started to shrink, it's skin returned to normal and it's giant arms disappeared. Coro shrunk until it was back to it's original tiny size. Coro laid on the floor, smoke steam from it's body and Coro wasn't moving.
Seryu eyes widened as she finally understood what happened. Berserker had weared off which means Coro had overheat for a few moments. Seryu opened her mouth and fired another bullet from her mouth.
Quick as lighting, Sing-love summons her white-blade and chops the bullet in half.
Seryu stares in complete shocked as all of her options were literally taken from her from within a minute.
"SERYU!"
The remaining imperial guards from before were now standing in front of Seryu and were facing Sing-love and Jack. Then, imperial reinforcements appeared and surrounded Jack and Sing-love.
Sing-love summoned her white scythe which scared everyone.
"Remember, were not here to kill her" Jack reminded her.
"I know" Sing-love said calmly looking at the imperial guards who were surrounding them "Can I kill them?"
Jack smiled evilly "Be my guest"
Sing-love suddenly disappeared as all the imperial guards, who held melee weapons, charged the pair. As they charged they heard a beautiful voice humming. It was the last thing they heard for they all dropped dead after that.
Sing-love reappeared in the same spot and faced Seryu.
Everyone besides Jack stared incredulously at Sing-love. "J-just what are you?"
Jack grinned evilly for he was waiting for someone to asked that "Us? Oh we're just your ordinary evil criminals"
Everyone wondered how Jack could be so straightforward. Even Sing-love was curious. Apparently Jack has a plan but didn't say anything. He said he didn't want to spoil the surprise.
"Sing-love! Were leaving" Jack suddenly declared
Sing-love raised an eyebrow "What was the point of all that?"
"oh you'll see" Jack said grinning. The pair was suddenly engulfed in a black and red light. When light faded, Sing-love and Jack were gone.
"J-just who were those people" One of the imperial guards asked not believing what he just witness. He couldn't believed that most of his comrades were killed from within a second.
Meanwhile, with no arms, Seryu sits there staring at Coro, trying to process what just happened. She finally reached a conclusion. "First, Night Raid sent Sheele and the other one to fight Seryu and when Seryu was about to win, they then sent reinforcements to save Sheele and the pink haired one while Seryu was tired out. They used dirty tactics just like how evil people would. To make things worst, they spared me just to make fun of me"
It started to rain.
Seryu gritted her teeth in anger "Night Raid! How dare you make light of me. I'll make you regret your decision. In the name of Justice, I will get my revenge!"
Night Raid's Base
Lubbock felt his strings around the base move "Someone's here!"
"It must be Mine and Sheele" Tatsumi said running outside while everyone followed.
The reason why they were all worried is because Mine and Sheele were extremely late making everyone worry about them.
Ignoring the rain, everyone rushed outside. Tatsumi was the first to arrive outside. He arrived outside just in time to see a glimpse of a boy. The boy wore clothes that consisted of the colours Blue and White. The boy disappeared as soon as soon as Tatsumi arrived outside.
Tatsumi wondered who he was but soon forgot his question when he looked down. Both Sheele and Mine were lying one the ground unconscious. Mine's arm was broken and Sheele had a bullet hole in her chest.
"MINE! SHEELE" Tatsumi said running up to them.
Not long after Tatsumi, the rest of the Night Raid members arrived.
Najenda saw Sheele and Mine and instantly reacted "GET MEDICAL HELP NOW!" she ordered
"On it" Lubbock said rushing back inside.
"Bulat! Leone! Carry them inside" Najenda ordered
Being the strongest ones there, Leone and Bulat didn't hesitated and followed Najenda's orders. They picked up Mine and Sheele and quickly carried them inside.
Akame and Tatsumi followed.
Mine and Sheele were rushed inside and given medical attention immediately. Everyone was relieved that Mine had just broken an arm and nothing else...it was Sheele everyone was worried about. A bullet had gone straight threw Sheele's chest which could easily kill anyone.
The wrapped Mine's broken arm while Sheele was rushed into a room. Only the doctor and Najenda were allowed inside the room. Everyone else had to wait
Akame hugged Mine when Mine regained consciousness almost breaking her other arm.
Mine was then bombarded with questions. Mine went to explaining about what happen after their mission. But in the middle of Mine's explanation, Najenda came out of the room that Sheele was in. Najenda had a serious expression on her face.
Everyone tensed. Tatsumi stood up and faced Najenda "Well? Is she-"
"Thanks to the bullet, most of Sheele's body had become completely paralysed" Najenda explained. "She won't be able to fight until she has healed"
Everyone felt a sense of relief rush through the bodies. Najenda didn't say the two words which meant-
"She's alive and stable" Najenda finished
Akame was so glad to hear those words. Mine sighed in relief. Tatsumi smiled as he was both relieved and glad.
Then, before anything else could be said, the door to the Sheele's room opened and the doctor came out. "She's awake" The doctor told the group.
"Can we see her?" Mine asked eagerly.
Najenda nodded "Yes but be quiet. Thanks to that bullets, Sheele's body has become quite weak" everyone nodded and entered the room. Sheele was lying on a bed, bandages covered his chest and she wasn't wearing her glasses.
"H-ha-hallo e-everyone" Sheele said weakly.
"Sheele!" Akame, Mine and Tatsumi yelled running to her bed.
"Thank goodness you're okay" Akame said
Everyone shared Akame's feelings. They were all just glad that she was okay.
Tatsumi looked at Sheele and made a fist with his hand. He couldn't believe that it was Seryu who did this to her. Tatsumi suddenly felt someone place their hand on his shoulder. Tatsumi looked and saw Bulat staring at him
"You shouldn't let rage take over you" Bulat said "You should've been ready for this when you agreed to join Night Raid"
Tatsumi thought about Bulat's words and calmed down bit.
Sheele smiled as she was able to see her friends again. To be in the place where she belonged. But her smiles soon turned into a sad expression "I-I'm s-sorry everyone-"
"Don't talk" Akame said not letting her finish "It's okay. Just get some rest"
Najenda knew why Sheele apologized. Sheele must be thinking that she wasn't strong enough. "Don't worry Sheele. You may have lost Extase but your lost wasn't in vain." Najenda said "Thanks to you two there's one less imperial arm user serving the Minister. An organic Imperial Arm can be very dangerous when engaged in battle with. A lot revolution army soldiers would've died fighting Seryu"
Mine and Sheele tensed when that was said. Najenda noticed this and raised an eyebrow "You did kill her right?" Najenda just assumed that they did considering the rule where when Two Imperial users fight each other, one of them must die. Since Mine and Sheele were still alive, Seryu must have been the one who died. But then again. Nejanda hasn't heard Mine's whole story yet.
"Honestly" Mine began "I actually don't know whether Seryu is alive or not"
This grabbed everyone's attention.
"During the battle...when Sheele was about to be killed. We were saved at by two people" Mine explained.
Everyone gasped as they were shocked at two things. First, the fact that Sheele was nearly killed. Second, they were saved?
"To be honest, Sheele and I would've been dead if it weren't for them" Mine said
Tatsumi suddenly remembered something "Wait, when I rushed outside, I saw a short glimpse of a boy wearing blue and white. Does that ring a bell?"
Mine and everyone else was a bit surprised. But Mine then nodded "Yeah that's him." Mine then continued to explain about how there was this woman who was able to fight against Coro and was able to summon some sort of cannon. She explained what the women looked like and how the battle occured in detail. "The boy then somehow teleported us out of there so I don't know what happened next"
"Teleport?" Lubbock asked "How is that possible?"
Najenda took a guess "Shambhala. Not much is known about this Imperial Arm, but I read somewhere in a book that it has the ability to teleport a person to wherever you want. Maybe the boy has it"
"Maybe" Mine added.
"Did you find out why they saved you" Akame asked. She was grateful for what they did but she was a bit suspicious. It seemed too good to be true that someone as powerful as them only appeared just to save Sheele.
Mine shrugged "We didn't exchange any words so I don't know"
"Well there's no use wondering about it now" Nejenda said standing up "For now, we should all get some rest. It's getting late"
"Boss, what should we do if we meet them in the future" Leone asked
"Get as much information out of them as you can" Nejenda said "For all we know, they might have other objectives"
"Shouldn't we scout them?" Leone asked "If they saved Sheele and Mine then surely there on our side"
Najenda shook her head "If they wanted to join us they would've just joined the revolutionary army"
She had a good point.
"But until then" Najenda said "Get some rest"
(THE NEXT DAY)
The next day continued. Akame had to feed Mine because of her arm.
Night Raid received a direct order from the Revolution Army leaders to assassinate two civil officers which Leone and Tatsumi easily dealt with.
Tatsumi also learned why Leone became an assassin.
But other than that, the day went on like usual. Until Night.
It was midnight and Tatsumi just couldn't sleep so he visited the graves of Ieyasu and Sayo. As he laid flowers on their graves, he remembered the night when Sheele came to comfort him. While Tatsumi mourned over his friends' death, Sheele came and held him. Tatsumi really did enjoy that moment...speaking of Sheele Tatsumi thought he would pay her a visit. It was midnight but Tatsumi still wanted to make sure she was okay.
As he walked through the hallways of the base. He met Akame.
"Akame?" Tatsumi said wondering why Akame was up so late. He then looked at the plate of snacks that was in her hand "A midnight snack?"
"No" Akame answered "This is Sheele's favourite meal. I thought she might be hungry so I decided to visit her"
"Not everyone is as hungry as you Akame" Tatsumi said sweat-dropping "and it's midnight, she might be sleeping"
"You were planning on visiting her as well weren't you" Akame said
Tatsumi sighed in defeat "Yeah"
"Let's see her together" Akame said
Tatsumi nodded. Together, the pair visited Sheele's room. To their surprise, Sheele was awake and was surprised to see Akame and Tatsumi.
"Hey Sheele" Tatsumi greeted
"We brought you food" Akame said showing Sheele the plate that contained her favourite meal.
Sheele smiled "T-thank you" She was really glad to have friends like Akame and Tatsumi.
"Why aren't you asleep" Tatsumi asked.
Sheele's face fell and she returned to a sad expression "I'm s-sorry"
Tatsumi and Akame wondered what she meant.
"I'm sorry for being so useless" Sheele continued
"Don't say that" Tatsumi said trying to assure her.
"But it's true. I'm clumsy at everything and you guys are always doing a better job than" Sheele said sadly "and now that I've lost Extase, I'm really useless now...maybe it would've been better if I had just di-"
Akame dropped the plate of snacks causing it to shatter into pieces when it hit the floor. Akame then placed both her hand on Sheele softly. "Don't ever say that!"
Sheele and Tatsumi had never heard Akame raised her voice before. Nor have they seen her cry "I don't care about all that! You're still and will always be a precious comrade to me! You're alive! That's all that matters to me!"
Tatsumi stared in shocked as he had never seen Akame this emotional. He always thought Akame was amazing because of how composed she was no matter what the situation was. Tatsumi already lose Ieyasu and Sayo so he already knew how it felt to lose precious comrades. But from the look of Akame's face, Tatsumi could tell that Akame has been through worst.
"To think Akame was this worried about Sheele" Tatsumi thought. "That's right...she was worried about me when I went on my first mission"
It was then Tatsumi realized the cold reality of life...There's no way anyone can get used to this kind of pain. The pain of losing a precious comrade.
Tatsumi felt stupid that he thought someone like Akame was used to deaths. In reality Akame felt great pain every time her comrades died.
They were lucky enough that someone came and saved Sheele and Mine, otherwise...Tatsumi would've-
Tatsumi was slowly understanding...just how heartbreaking this line of work can be.
"What am I doing?" Tatsumi asked angrily at himself, making a fist with his hand. "I'm such a fool!"
"The pain of losing a comrade... Akame has experienced it too much" Tatsumi thought to himself "I have to face forward like a man! For Akame and everyone else in Night Raid!"
Tatsumi then did the most unexpected thing. With all his might, Tatsumi punched himself...hard. "OOFFF!"
As Tatsumi fell to the floor, he remembered something very important "Also, the reason why I began this dirty work was for the money. Money...so that they wouldn't starve...that's right, I have people...people who I want to make happy"
Tatsumi fell to the floor.
"Wh-what are you doing?!" Akame asked
"Are you okay Tatsumi?" Sheele asked
"I was just flipping the switch" Tatsumi said getting back up "Don't worry about it. Anyways, I too want to apologized"
Sheele and Akame looked at Tatsumi.
"I want to apologize for being so thoughtless... I'm going to make you a promise." Tatsumi made a fist with his hand and placed in on his heart "I will not die! I'll certainly stay alive! I'll never make you or anyone else experience that pain!"
Akame's cheeks were red and her eyes were still watering. But she felt touched. "Tat-sumi"
Sheele smiled as she too realised something. Yes, her comrades were precious to her... but she was also precious to them. Sheele placed her hand on her heart "In that case. I promise that I won't die either"
Akame smiled genuinely. Her cheeks were still red. She was overjoyed to hear that.
Tatsumi, Akame and Sheele placed their hand in the middle. Tatsumi smiled with both happiness and determination "We'll make a new country. A country where we'll always be able to see everyone's smiling faces."
Sheele smiled. "Together"
Akame wiped away her tears "Yeah, that's right"
Meanwhile, Najenda, Bulat, Leone, Lubbock and Mine were outside Sheele's room listening to their conversation. Turns out, everyone wanted to visit Sheele. But they all decided to leave and not ruin the moment after hearing all that.
Najenda smiled as she walked away "That's a very bold statement to claim Tatsumi. I hope you can keep that promise"
Bulat grinned "That's the spirit Tatsumi. You still have a long way to go...but with strict training, I know one day you'll surpass me and leave me in the dust... I look forward to seeing it." He thought to himself as he too walked away towards his room.
Lubbock walked away angrily "Hmph, how come he gets all the ladies" Lubbock then sighed and smiled as he thought about it for a second time "You're a good guy Tatsumi. You're exactly what this group needed" He thought as he walked away towards his room.
Leone smiled "You're learning so much and everyone here is supporting you. Tatsumi, I'm really glad I chose to bring you into this group." Leone said walking away.
Mine was the only one who didn't smile. Instead, she had a look of determination. "Sheele...I promise I'll get Extase back for you. You can count on me" Mine thought to herself. When her broken arm in a cast, she walked away in a different direction. She remembered Seryu's twistd face and how she mocked them "I know you were just doing your duty...but if you're going to be hunting us from now on, then so be it. Seryu Ubiquitous...The next time we meet, I will certainly take you down!"
A/N End of chapter! It's only going to get more complicated from here but I hope you enjoyed.
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Now I'll be answering a couple of review questions:
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Before I finish, I forgot to point out something. For those Black Rock Shooter fans who are wondering in the last chapter, Why was Sing-love living such a happy life and why was Doctor Gibson alive and why is Stella still a baby? Well, those questions WILL be answered in my other fan fic Strangers In Remnant...That's all I'm going to say about it.
Anyways, Thank you so much for reading. Hope you enjoyed and I hope I didn't disappoint you (Probably did though) and I'll see you in the next chapter. BYE!
Night Raid's Base
Everyone, besides Sheele, has gathered together for Najenda had summoned them.
"Everyone is here" Najenda said once Mine arrived "I have three pieces of bad news to relay. Listen carefully."
Najenda first explained how they had lost contact with their local team. She then told everyone about how Esdeath had return to the capital which shocked everyone. Leone was assigned to spy of Esdeath which Leone gladly accepted.
"And finally" Najenda said pointing her finger up "There's been a string of murders in the capital. The targets are civil officers. The death includes 4 officials and 61 body guards. The problem is, there posters claiming to be from night raid have been found at all the crime scenes"
Bulat was a bit confused "They're framing us for the crimes? It's easy to see they're fakes right?"
Tatsumi shared Bulat's opinion "But that's obvious isn't it? I mean for us to suddenly start claiming responsibility seems a bit far fetched"
Najenda nodded "That's what I thought for the first and second cases too, but...Now it seems it could have been us"
"Why" Tatsumi asked
"After each incident, the officials have increased security. Even so, they are still being killed" Najenda explained "In the last incident, the former prime minister Chouri and around 20 highly skilled guards were all massacred. As well as his daughter who was a discipline of the imperial fist Temple's master. No one but us could accomplish something like this- is the popular opinion"
Akame picked up from what Najenda was trying to tell them "The criminals are just as powerful as us. In order words, imperial arm users". Akame suddenly thought about her sister.
Najenda continued "Those who were killed were good people who wanted nothing to do with the current prime minister. They were people who made the minister feel ill at ease. In order words, the prime minister is getting rid of his enemies and having Night Raid take the blame."
"Could this also be a trap?" Bulat pointed out "To lure out the real Night Raid"
"I realize this could be a trap...but I wanted to inform you anyway" Najenda claimed "The officials who were killed were all highly skilled people...who opposed the prime minister...and would have nothing to do with the revel army scouts. They cared only for their country. Good people like these officials will be essential in creating our new country. We can't afford to lose any more of these talented people. I think we should head out and crushed this group of fakes-"
At the word of "Fakes" Lubbock suddenly remembered something "They're not the only Night Raid Imposters"
Everyone suddenly looked at Lubbock wondering what he meant.
Lubbock looked at Mine "You know those two people you talked about. The ones who saved you and Sheele"
Now Mine was very curious "Yeah, what about them?"
"Apparently there's four of them" Lubbock declares
Everyone is shocked at what Lubbock just said.
"What makes you say that?" Najenda asked
"While I was on a mission, I found these along the way?" Lubbock said showing the group four pieces of papers.
Everyone gasped at what they saw on the papers.
"Whether this was their objective or not. This is what the capital thinks" Lubbock finished
"I don't blame them for thinking that" Leone said "They did save Sheele and Mine after all"
Najenda was more concern about the fact that there were four of them. From the looks of it. It seems the people who saved Mine and Sheele are in a completely different group. "One of them can overpower the strength of an organism-based Imperial Arm while the other can teleport. It's hard to imagine what the other two can do."
A image of the four powerful individual beings standing below the Night Raid's Logo popped up in everyone's mind.
"If you do run into them" Najenda continued "Proceed with caution. You can tell these people are powerful individuals and we still don't know whether they are friend or foe. But for now, we must focus on the problem at hand...What are your opinions on this?" Najenda asked going back on topic.
Everyone including Tatsumi agreed that these Night Raid fakes who have been killing good officials needed to be dealt with. However, while Nejenda gave the orders about who was going where, Mine was now thinking about something else.
Mine looked at the papers Lubbock showed them. The papers had a picture of each of them and contained the words:
"Four Unknown Night Raid Member"
"Extremely Dangerous, please report these people if you see them"
"Wanted Dead or Alive"
The chapter ends with a picture of Black's, Sing-love's, Jack's and Jason's faces on four different Wanted Posters.
A/N This chapter was finished on 19/05/2017
