Hey guys I'm back and welcome to the second chapter of the King Rises. So this is the chapter where shit hits the fan and I would like to say I'm enjoying writing this granted I'm taking my sweet time making it. Also this is where I'll probably have the arc end and start a new one. When this story is finished I'm probably going to upload the outline of this thing because right now there's like 6 arcs and it's still going. One big thing about this that I'm going to do is focus heavily on Tatsumi's POV and I am rarely going to change it. But enough about that let's get back to the story at hand.

Arc 1 Awakening

Chapter 2 Arrival

The Night Raid group was moving swiftly through the forest making their way to the noble's house on their assassination mission. Akame who was at the front stopped just at the tree line and noticed Tatsumi walking towards the shed. Bulat came up behind her in his Incursio armor.

"He doesn't look like a soldier. Do you think he's a guest?" asked Bulat

"Unknown. But we should take him down. When he opens the door, give Mine the signal to shoot him."

"Got it Akame." Bulat said while swiftly moving away

Tatsumi POV

Tatsumi was walking towards the shed when he got a bad vibe coming from it. He shrugged it off as his curiosity was greater. He pushed open the doors and found a horrific sight before him.

Various bodies were in either cages or hanging from the ceiling by chains. He looked at them and noticed Sayo. She was bloodied and beaten, stripped, and dead above all else. He felt the tears run down his eyes as he stumbled forward. He heard a small thump from his left and he saw his friend Ieyasu. He was also bloodied and had various open wounds all over him. He turned around to look at the house. Unfortunately he couldn't say or move since there was hole where his stomach was.

Tatsumi looked down to see the large hole where his intestines were and he coughed out some blood before he fell down to the floor.

Tatsumi's Mind

Tatsumi sat up quickly with a start and noticed he was in a massive empty white space. The last thing he knew was that he got shot and felt lots of pain. He looked down to see that the wound was gone. He looked up and noticed a sword was protruding from the ground. It had a hilt that looked like that of curved horns but it was chrome and the blade was something different entirely. It was pitch black like the bottom of a pit except there were white and blue spots all over it swirling as if you were looking into the night sky. He walked up towards the sword to inspect but stopped when he heard a voice.

"You who have entered my domain. What is your business here?"

The voice was loud and deep like that of a dragon, soft like a lovable god's, but commanding like a King's.

"My name is Tatsumi and… I think I died." He replied hesitantly

Some moments passed before the voice spoke again.

"So it seems my host died before I awoke. This is troublesome. You who call yourself Tatsumi, what do you seek? Power? Absolute rule? Or something more? Speak your mind and have it be made."

Tatsumi thought to himself. Why was he witnessing this? What's going on? But he didn't stick to it long. He made his way over to the sword and grabbed it by the hilt.

"I desire the power to shape this broken world into my image."

"I…I want ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!" Tatsumi shouted as he pulled the sword from the ground.

"Then go unto the world and change it as you see fit." The voice spoke before disappearing into the white flash

Night Raid POV

The group confirmed that Tatsumi had fallen and they took out the guards on their way to the windows. They moved into position ready to break in. However before they could, something interrupted.

A massive column of light erupted from behind them where Tatsumi's body was and he was consumed by it. The weird thing was is that it didn't make any noise, it just gave off a welcoming glow. As the pillar of light dissipated from the ground Tatsumi emerged from it basked in old Roman armor and a sword that stood to at least 5 feet.

The helmet had a large red war Mohawk on the top and various small holes on the face to see out through. He had a large tattered and burnt red cape flowing behind him. The armor had pauldrons the size of the helmet cover all of the shoulder and most of the armor and clavicle. The chest piece was layered to protect against even strong attacks and the gauntlets were large and had various engravings on them. He also had a split war kilt and another section of red fabric hanging from the waist. The leg armor was also very large and was layered. What was interesting was that Tatsumi was only about 5'5 but the armor stood at almost 7 feet.

All of Night Raid stood there gob smacked for only a couple seconds before they got into a battle position. Tatsumi simply raised his sword above his head and swung down in the direction of the assassins.

A large column of energy erupted from the swing and headed towards them. Night Raid got smart and jumped away from the house just in time to see get engulfed in energy before exploding into nothing more than rubble and ash. There weren't even any bodies to find, just ash and remains of what was a house. As they landed they looked to see where Tatsumi was but they couldn't find him. Before any of them knew it, they saw Bulat engaged with the massive armor. Bulat was trying to impale him but it was just bouncing off the armor. It quickly grabbed Bulat by the throat only to throw him into the ground. Tatsumi picked him back up from the crater he made and held him into the air. Tatsumi held a hand behind him and turned it into a fist. It gave off a soft glow before disappearing into the gauntlet. It quickly flew into Bulat's stomach before they noticed something happen.

As the fist collided with Bulat's armor, the armor as well as the spear exploded into fragments then into shimmering dust. Bulat flew back about 5 meters before skidding to a stop as he lay on the ground unconscious. Tatsumi turned to see The rest of Night Raid wide eyed and some were even trembling a bit. Before anyone could do anything however Tatsumi felt a large pain in his chest. He knelt down only to see that they were assaulting towards him

"Get him now while he's weak!" shouted Akame.

Tatsumi knew that in this state he was outmatched so he settled on using his new found speed and escaped in the blink of an eye. Before anyone knew it he was gone in a flash as if he was just a mirage. They all stood there dumbfounded before they all rushed over to Bulat. They checked him and found that he was still alive. But they couldn't say the same for his Incursio. It had various cracks all over it and even a small fragment or two had fallen off. Leone and Lubbock picked up Bulat and Mine wrapped up Incursio before they left swiftly.
"Who was that guy?! He's a monster." Said Lubbock

"If he had an Imperial Arms on him that not only brought him back from death but also can destroy other Imperial Arms, he is very dangerous. We're going to have to report this to Boss." Spoke Akame.

Arc 1 Awakening End

Chapter End

So there we go this arc has ended and now we can get into the good stuff. I hope you guys enjoy this as much as I like writing it. And one thing I would like to mention, if you have a problem with my writing, either A.) Leave in the form of constructive criticism or B.) Look at the rules of my profile. And final thing, when I describe some things in this fan fiction I'm going to leave a link to a picture that will closely resemble it. Just FYI.

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See you guys in the next one.

Heavens Downfall