Hey guys I decided to make the second installment this one is the usual four thousand words so it won't be as short. I hope you enjoy
"I see. You've finally made your decision, I'll respect your wishes old friend... However, can you really live... on that side?" Genesis to Angeal in Crisis Core
"Are you sure about this Tatsumi?" Rin asked her only son.
"Yes mother" Tatsumi answered "Sayo and Ieyasu were separate from us during that bandit attack a few days ago" In the two and a half years since his father's death the survivors from their village had been able to settle down in a village to the south. It was hard but they were safe. The attack that Tastumi mentioned had been when some Bandits who had been fleeing from the Empire had attacked a group from the village who had been travelling to get some supplies. Sayo and Ieyasu two of Tatsumi's childhood friends who had survived were with them. When they were attacked. Tatsumi had killed all the bandits but Sayo and Ieyasu had disappeared in the confusion. "I will find them" Tatsumi stated with surety his glowing sapphire eyes shining bright in the darkness of the room lighting his face up. "You can all be assured of that."
"Please just return to us safely" Rin sobbed as she held onto him. After his Angeal had died Tatsumi had matured quite a bit. In some way's he resembled his father stern yet kind commanding yet understanding, firm yet gentle. Like his Angeal, Tatsumi shared the contradictory traits his father once had..
"I can not guarantee that" Tatsumi answered. If he was anything" Rin's son was honest as well as humble. "but I will do everything in my power to achieve that." he added.
"I know, but please I don't want to lose you as well" Rin stated tightening her hold on him.
Tatsumi closed his eyes and patted hi mother comfortingly "I know mother" he stated "I know."
After bidding farewell to his mother and the rest of the village Tatsumi set out in three days of travelling at his best speed he came to the sight of the attack. From there he was able to pick up Sayo's and Ieyasus's trail. "hopefully they have not got into too much trouble" he stated before pulling his hood over his head to hide his eyes. His father had shown him how to make things called contacts which his could were to cover them to hide the glow. This he wore as well making sure that they had a different colour to his eyes. If anyone were to look at his eyes they would see a grim grey with only the tiniest hints of blue at the innermost part of the iris. On his back he carried two large swords. One was a two handed great sword that his father had taught him how to make it was essentially heavier than its normal counterpart since it was heavy enough that Tatsumi would be able to cause some serious damage to his opponents you underestimated its weight, Tatsumi was strong enough to be able to wield it one handed though and his skill at the moment could have rivalled his fathers at his age. The second sword was longer and noticeably wider than the first Tatsumi kept this one wrapped in lengths of white clothe so it could avoid attention. It was bulky but like the Greatsword Tatsumi was strong enough to be able to wield it one handedly. This was the sword his father had made for him.
"This my son is a Buster Style sword" Angeal had explained to Tatsumi several years ago. "This sword represents our families honour and our dreams" Angeal had stated. "As long as you wield it you must act with honour as it demands." After his father had died in the explosion Tatsumi never went anywhere without it. The fact that it was strong enough to withstand that explosion was testament to Angeal's craftsmanship. "Embrace your dreams" Angeal had told his son "everyone has dreams, if you desire to protect others you must have dreams" Angeal stated "and honour" he finished.
Tatsumi when looking for guidance would hold the blade in front of him its single edge pointed to one side for some reason he found it comforting to do so when he contemplated.
A month Later Tatsumi found himself at the gates of the capitol. In his mind this was the place were all the people of the Empire's suffering came from. "though I am hesitant to walk into such a depraved place, Sayo's and Ieyasu's trail lead here and I must find them" Tatsumi thought grimly. As he suspected when he entered the city he could not find anything to track them by. Tatsumi spent about four day's looking for them before he decided to go and see if anyone had seen them. The reason for this was that he did not like the idea of anyone knowing what he was doing as well as he disliked to rely on anyone for help.
It just so happened at one of the taverns he visited he was approached by a young looking woman with blonde hair that had two bangs on the side who was wearing a revealing outfit that left little to the imagination. "hey there" she greeted him friendly "I've seen you around town for a few day's now I was wondering what a guy like yourself would be doing here?" she asked.
"Looking for someone" Tatsumi answered. Wanting to keep his interaction with this woman short she was not what she seemed.
"Really" she said "why are you looking for them?" she asked. "Did they do something bad?" she suggested.
"Perhaps" Tatsumi answered not really giving her an answer.
"Oh so you're the mysterious type" she said teasingly leaning towards him.
Tatsumi and over to her and whispered in her ear "I do not wish to be in this cesspool of a city any longer than I must if you want something out with" he hissed.
The blonde leaned back evidently shocked. "Well you could be nicer about it maybe I have seen them but I'll need something first." she stated.
"Your attempt at swindling me while good is not working, do try harder next time" Tatsumi said before he got up and left "she'll pay for my tab" he told the barkeep as he left.
The blonde woman was left lost for words "what just happened?" was all she could ask.
"I don't know" the barkeep answered shrugging his shoulders "What I do know is that someone has to pay for that kids tab."
Later that night as Tatsumi was wandering around the citty he had almost given up hope when he spotted something that he needed. A young girl with short blonde hair who by her drss appeared to be wealthy by her dress was wearing Sayo's bracelet. Now Sayo's bracelet was something Tatsumi had made himself so he knew it immediately what was more was that one of the guards she had with her seemed to have the sword Tatsumi had made for Ieyasu. "I so not believe that they would have discarded those or given them away" Tatsumi reasoned. "If that is the case they would have had to be desperate though Sayo and Ieyasu could have only bee at the capitol a few days before me, or at most a week or two" Tatsumi briefly wondered if this girl had taken them in "no if she had nothing good would have come from it" Tatsumi reasoned. He was good at reading people and the girl was hiding something rather hideous behind that innocent smile.
Seeing him the girl walked over to him "hello there are you not from here?" she asked.
"I might as well play along for now until I can get some answers" Tatsumi thought before he answered. "No" he answered guardedly appearing to be weary.
"My name is Aria" she introduced herself. "Do you have anywhere to stay?" Aria asked him.
"Why does she ask that" Tatsumi thought. "No" he answered again.
"Well you could stay at my family's place for a bit as long as you did some work and helped around" Aria suggested. "with that big sword of yours I am quite sure you are a capable fighter" she commented smiling at him.
"Like everything else about her her smile is false" Tatsumi mentally noted. "Are you sure" he asked playing the part "I wouldn't want to be a burden."
"Of course Aria answered "we would be delighted to have you." she said reaching and grabbing Tatsumi's hand.
"That last part was genuine but her reason isn't so innocent, I best be on guard at all times" Tatsumi noted as he let Aria grab his lead him away. "Please your too kind really" he said to Aria.
"Don't worry" Aria said cheerfully "it will be a good experience for us."
"This is a sham hopefully I will be able to find Sayo and Ieyasu, If anything has happened to them and these people are responsible" Tatsumi thought his mood darkening. "they will pay the ultimate price for what the have done" he finished darkly.
"Oh come on mister serious don't be so down like that" Aria chided him "actually what is your name?" she asked
"Tatsumi, its Tatsumi he answered.
"tatsumi huh? Well maybe you are a sleeping dragon?" Aria teased.
"I better be on guard" Tatsumi thought.
Later when everyone was supposed to be asleep Tatsu
mi approached the guard stationed at the entrance to the manor. He had aken of his eye cantacts so that he could look more intimidating. approaching them from behind he hasked in a cheery voice. "That is a mighty fine sword you have there" he said the guards turned around in fright thinking it was and intruder but recovered themselves when they saw that it was just him.
"Kid is that you? One of them asked. Tatumi was able to control the glow so they didn't see it and he kept his face in a cheery mile partially closing his eyes enough to so that they seemed to be closed even though it was otherwise.
"Yes its me" he answered. "I wonder that sword looks real good I wonder were did you get it from?" Tatsumi asked. Still in a cheerful manner.
"Well you see I got it specially made" the guardsmen answered. Placing his hand on Taatsumi's shoulder he said "don't worry kid there are few blacksmiths who can make weapons this good."
"Why thank you" Tatsumi said cheerfully before his face turned into a stern expression and his voice hardned. In a quick motion he had grabbed the guard's armoured arm and began crushing it. "But you're lying" he stated in a cold dispassionate voice. The other guardsmen fell down as Tatsumi seemingly took them out without so much as moving. "Now tell me" he said to the guardsmen in his grip. "where did you really get this sword, you see I know the person who it belonged to. I also so happened to be the one who made it." he explained.
The guard while wannting to scream in pain knew that the moment he attammpted to Tatsumi would kill him. Trambling he asked "what are you?"
Tatsumi tightened his griped and the small creaks of the armour giving way. "I am the one who is asking the questions here and you are the who will be giving the answed" he stated in that same cold tone looking the guardsmen in the eye "I desire to see your face as you do it" Tatsumi added.
"It was from a boy you was here a week ago" the guardsmen answered.
"Tell me what happened to him" Tatsumi commanded as his glowing sapphire eyes bore into the guard "tell me everything."
About half an hour later after he had killed everyone in the mansion Tatsumi made his way to the storehouse he steeled himself. What was going to be seen there was not something that any human being should see. "Just because you pretend its not there doesn't make it any less real" Tatsumi convinced himself as he walked there. As he was walking there he heard footsteps. Not the kind that normal people make no to his Mako enhanced hearing Tatsumi was able to tell that these people were trying to be silent and conceal themselves. As he made it to the entrance of the storehouse Tatsumi saw that a figure blocked his path. The figure it was noticeably the woman who had tried to swindle him and who he had returned the favour to. But she was different it seemed as though she was wearing animal stlyed gloves and what was strange was that she had a second set of ears coming out from her hair that resembled a cats ears. "you again?" he asked. "I didn't know you where that upset about paying for my drink" he stated.
The blonde seemed to be shocked. "wait you're that jerk" she stated loudly.
Tatumi made a issaproving noise "and after all the trouble you went to to come her unnoticed" he chided.
"Why you you'll regret that" the blonde stated as she charged him at inhuman speeds apparently not holding anything back.
While if it was anyone else the woman's speed and possibly her may have seemed like a monster but Tatsumi had trained with his father his entire life so he knew how to deal with fast moving and physically strong opponent. Catching her extended arm Tatsumi flipped her over slamming her on the ground before he threw the aside effortlessly. Tatsumi saw a Katana sltyed blade coming down at him and he quickly countered with his great sword trapping the katana underneath it. Looking up he found a girl who looked a bit younger than him with the red eyes and long black hair. Once again Tatsumi made a disapproving noise before asking "why do people keep on getting in me way?"
The black haired girl for her part seemed to be struggling from the immense weight of the broad sword as well as Tatsumi's strength. Her eyes were that of a veteran but she seemed to be struggling to move her blade her crimson eyes never once leaving Tatsumi's glowing Sapphire ones. "what are you?" she asked in an emotionless voice.
Tatsumi sensed a presence behind him disarming the black haired girl he kicked her away before he blocked a powerful strike from an armoured figure. In this enitre ordeal he had not moved from the spot he was standing.
"what is he?" the blonde asked as she returned from where Tatsumi had thrown her. "He doesn't seem to posses a teigu of his own yet he is able to block Bulat when he is using Incursio what is he even human?" she asked as Bulat was sent backwards after Tatsumi had struck him.
"Leone" the armoured man identified as Bulat spoke to her. "Do you know him?" he asked.
"I met him just today" The blonde girl now identified as Leone answered before pointing at Tatsumi and shouting "yeah this jerk conned me into paying for his drink" It appeared that she was angry.
"Yes" Tatsumi responded "I did" nodding. "thoug you really shouldn't be that upset since you were attempting to con me I might add, also given the way you behaved I rationalised the you had done this before plent of times so I decided to be fair and make you experience it" Tatsumi explained. "though that does not justify you attacking me, don't you have more important things to do?" he asked.
Suddenly a long slender girl who wore glasses and had purple hair and purple eyes walked up behind the two "Leone, Akame, Bulat" she said in an emotionless voice. "Everyone here is dead." she stated. On her back Tatsumi saw a giant pair of scissors.
"That was fast Sheele" the black haired girl who must have been Akame stated as she struggled to get to her feet.
"No you misunderstand" the purple haired girl who was called Sheele stated. "when Lubbock Mine and myself infiltrated it everyone in the mansion was already dead, They had slash or stab wounds, whoever killed them wanted to do it quickly" she explained.
The four heard a loud crash noise as Tatsumi kicked down the locked door to the storehouse. He had no interest in their conversation and had rationalised that they would not attack him because it was a misunderstanding. "hey" the Leone shouted at him what are you doing.
"What I told you this afternoon" was all Tatsumi's reply as he walked in. Walking in was like entering a house of horrors. Tatsumi found himself tightening his grip on his sword, the fact that people could do this for their own amusement was disgusting. "those animals" he muttered to himself as he walked in.
"Tatsumi is that you?" a frail but familiar voice asked.
"Ieyasu" Tatsumi identified his friend and walked up to him, I was told you were dead" he said.
"Yeah I should be" Ieyasu stated weakly. His body was crisscrossed in deep and he showed signs of having the Lubora disease.
"You won't live for much longer" Tatsumi stated in his usual emotionless voice.
"Yeah I guess it would be too much to ask that you shed a tear for me, but then again after all I think you ran out after your father died" Ieyasu despite his situation joked.
"I cannot but I did kill everyone else involved" Tatsumi stated. He had learnt to distance himself to become unfeeling so he didn't hurt in situations like like.
"I should have know you'd come for us" Ieyasu said managing a weak smile before it fell from his ace "Tatsumi I'm sorry if we had just waited a little longer, if hadn't been scared when the bandits attacked Sayo would be alive" the dying boy cried as he confessed his weakness.
"No matter what path you chose it was right" Tatsumi answered before giving a small sad smile "I envy you" he said as he watched his friend expire.
Taking Ieyasu's and Sayo's amulet and wrapping them up he then took his too friends corpse before setting the storehouse alight. Once outside he cawed once before a grey crow that looked metallic and was linded with gold, one that had followed him since his father had died and that he was able to communicate with on a base level, flew down. Stroking its metallic like feathers Tatsumi gave it the bundle with Sayo's and Ieyasu's amulet in it it with a note Tatsumi had just written. If anyone looked hard enough they could see a small face grafted onto the back of the crows head. Tatsumi knew that face well it was his fathers. "Take this home" Tatsumi instructed before it flew up into the sky and vanished. Tatsumi turned around to face now six people a pink aired girl with twin tails and a green haired boy had joined there other four "you are still here?" he asked.
The one named Leone seemed to be the one who spoke first "uh did you find who ever it was?" she asked trying to fill the awkward silence.
"Yes I just found them" Tatsumi answered.
"Leone visibly flinched "my apologies" she stated looking saddened.
"you want something?" Tatsumi asked.
"what why would e want anything from you" the Pink haired girl arrogantly stated.
"Mine" The one who must have been Lubbock chided her.
"I don't know what would you think if you had six people you have never met before staring at you?" Tatsumi answered her question with his own.
"Why didn't you?" the girl named Akame asked. "When we locked swords you could have killed me why didn't you?" she asked again.
Tatsumi just smirked before answering "because you are not my enemy" he stated.
"Then Who is?" Leone asked intrigued.
Tatsumi stareed at the moon before looking back at the group of six "my enemy is that causes suffering" he answered.
"What?" Lubbock asked confused.
"Do you intend to fight the Empire?" Bulat asked.
"I always intended to" Tatsumi answered. "Are we done here" he asked. "I have a home to return to and soon to be grieving parents to comfort" he stated dispassionately.
"You don't seem to unhappy about all this" Akame noted.
"I used up all me tears and deadened that part of myself because it is not currently needed, once all the wrongness has been removed from the world I will allow myself to feel again." Tatsumi answered.
"well do you , well I mean would you like some help?" Leone asked a bit unsure of how to proceed.
"Is that some form of invitation?" Tatsumi asked. "Don't you work for some else and whoever they were wouldn't they be displeased if you picked up some nobody" he added.
"Nobody have you seen yourself your eyes glow brightly, you were able to take on four of us without breaking a sweat how does that make you a nobody?" Leone asked hysterically.
"Have any of you seen me before today?" Tatsumi asked rhetorically. "your silence is your answer" he stated.
"Well I am quite sure the boss would be lenient because of your skill, after all we work for the revolutionary army" Leone stated.
"Do you always blurt out sensitive information like that?" Tatsumi asked. "Or are you feeling off today?"
"Can you just come with us" Leone nagged. "we could really use a guy of your skill in Nightraid."
It seemsed as though her fellow assassin's were not overly happy about her behaviour "Leone he is right you really shouldn't reveal sensitive information like that" the Sheele chided "though you are right we do need someone like him for the cause though I fid his ideals to be more appealing even though they are somewhat naïve" she stated.
"I am not naïve" Tatsumi corrected her "I may ave aspirations but I am extremely pragmatic and realistic about them" he explained.
"Well that makes you more useful, I say he comes with us" the green haired youth named Lubbock stated getting a nod of aproval from everyone except Mine.
"We can't just trust someone we have never met before, also he did attack us" she reasoned.
"You attacked me" Tatsumi corrected her.
"Jerk" was all Mine replied.
"You might as well Give up" Akame said to both Mine and Tatsumi "Leone won't listen once she gets started."
Said women had come over to Akame and was gently patting her on the head. "As expected of you my bud. You know me too well" Leone stated.
Mine sighed in defeat but Tatsumi knew that she wasn't going to leave it at that. "Fine I guess we can take him along" she said in a defeated tone "but only if he agrees as to as well after all we haven't heard what he has to say aobut it yet" she delcared.
"It seems that the most arrogant one also seems to have the most consideration, what a contradictory development" Tatsumi thought. "But when it comes to contradictions I can I really talk"? He asked himself. "Fine I guess I'll come with you just keep your blonde friend away from my purse" Tatsumi said agreeing to come with them.
The members of Night Raid laughed in good humour at Leone's expense. "He definitely has 'good instincts' if he knows you are after his money" Bulat said. Turining to Tatsumi he asked. "Do you think he can keep up with us?"
"Don't worry about me" Tatsumi answered "I can take of myself" he muttered.
"Well this is good Mission complete" Leone said.
"You didn't kill anyone" Tatsumi corrected her "I did."
"Details, details, details" Leone replied. "don't let the facts get in the way of a good story" she stated.
"The type you were trying to spin this afternoon perhaps" Tatsumi asked.
"I can see no one is going to let me live that one down any time soon" Leone commented. "Anyway lets go" and with that The seven figure leapt up and took off into the night.
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