Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Agore's POV

"I'm hungry." I pouted "Huh?"

I looked behind me and most of the team had assembled at the door.

"Are you guys going out?" I asked.

"Yep." Mine nodded "An assignment just came in."

"A job?" Tatsumi asked.

"Yes, please hold down the fort while we are gone." Sheele smiled.

"Akame and new guy are maids!" Mine laughed "So just sit here and chop veggies!"

"Have fun." I waved as they walked off "Don't die."

The others left, and not long after that Akame and Tatsumi went out fishing. They got back later with a pretty decent hall and made those of us who were still there something to eat.

"Leone, tell me about that job from a few days ago." Boss said.

"Oh that, the targets are Ogre, one of the guards, and Gamal, a merchant. The client told me that Ogre is taking bribes to frame crimes on people for Gamal."

Leone dropped a sack on the table "This is the payment."

"One person scrounged up all that." Tatsumi said surprised.

"I smelled disease all over her." Leone frowned "I'd wager she sold her body to make that."

"That's…" Tatsumi frowned.

"Did you verify it?"

"Yeah." Leone stretched her arms "They're guilty."

"Okay then, Night Raid will accept the job and deliver punishment to the wicked." Boss nodded "Taking out the merchant will be easy, Ogre is a whole other problem. He's strong and almost always surrounded by subordinates."

"What about his day off?" Tatsumi worked "I bet he's alone then."

"Likely, but we can't go busting into the palace, we'd have to hit him on the street, but Akame has a wanted poster, so she can't go out." I informed him.

"Maybe we'll have to wait for the others?" Akame sighed.

"We don't know when they'll be back." Tatsumi nodded "Well then send us, we can do it."

"Are you suggesting you'll kill Ogre?" Najenda asked.

"Huh?"

"I could handle it, but it sounds like you want to take him on." Leone smirked.

"As you are now you don't stand a chance." Akame told him.

"Well why we just sit here another innocent person might be getting killed!" Tatsumi yelled "if that's the case then I'll kill him myself. The feeling of having your most cherished person taken away…I don't want anyone to feel that way."

"Very well…" Boss stood up "If that's your choice, go kill a demon."

"You're so dedicated Tatsumi." Leone smiled patting him on the back.

"Leone and Akame, I'll leave the merchant to you." Boss said "Agore, go and watch Tatsumi."

"Sure thing." I nodded "I'll stay out of his way; this is his job after all."

"Very good."

"See I can step up when it matters Akame." Tatsumi said praising himself.

"You haven't succeeded till you file your first report." Akame said "If you keep being full of yourself you'll end up dead."

Later

"Keep up, we're heading down the main street." I said to Tatsumi as we walked along "Look if you get into this fight I'm not jumping in."

"I know."

"Good, try not to get it too bad, I don't have my shovel so I'm not really ready for a fight." I told him.

"I've been meaning to ask why you fight with that thing?" Tatsumi said as we walked along.

"Just do, it was what I learned to defend myself with when I was young, so it just stuck. When you know where to strike it ends up working out well enough."

"How'd you end up being a gravedigger?" Tatsumi asked.

"Well…when I was a kid my family was pretty poor, eventually some people form the empire came and killed my parents for kicks…when you're a kid all you can do is cry, eventually an old man wandered by and picked up my parents, he told me he would bury them in the cemetery he managed. I had nowhere else to go so I just sat by their grave. Eventually the old man felt bad and let me in. He taught me all about how to prep bodies for the earth and give rest to the dead. Eventually he passed on and I took over managing the graveyard, but I got sick of burying innocent people so I joined Night Raid to bring peace to the restless spirits."

"You know Akame had it worse." I sighed "When she was a kid her parents sold her and her sister to the Empire, it happens sometimes, I was fortunate that my parents loved me too much for that…anyway they put them in assassination training and that's how she learned to kill people, she worked her way up to being the perfect killing machine. Luckily the toll of the killing let her see the darkness, and the Boss was able to persuade her to switch sides, but by then most of the kids she grew up with had been killed in the line of duty…do you see where I was going with all that?"

"Yeah, that I'm a rookie who shouldn't talk back and just let the professionals do their work." Tatsumi sighed.

"Something like that, well good luck today, I'll be in the shadows." I said walking off "Remember, Ogre has the star shaped scar on one eye."

I slipped into an alley nearby and eventually Tatsumi showed up with Ogre in toe.

He's planning on surprising him?

Tatsumi tried to convince Ogre he was just a rookie looking to join up but Ogre told him to go through the proper channels, when he turned away, Tatsumi drew his sword. I was surprised that he was actually able to get the jump on Ogre and slice his stomach open.

"I did it!" he smiled.

Watch yourself…

Ogre wasn't down yet, not but a long shot.

"Tatsumi!" I yelled "Behind you!"

"Huh!" he gasped ducking.

He managed to block the attack and only get pushed back.

"Pay attention next time." I said falling back "Hurry up and kill him already!"

"I'm the one who passes judgement; you dare try to judge me!" Ogre roared "Only the strong survive!"

"Do you just yell?!" Tatsumi said jumping up and swinging at the soldier.

Ogre easily blocked and pushed him back.

"You belong to Night Raid don't you." He glared "who hired you, was it that bitch whose Fiancé I killed, I'll make sure to take care of her too. I'll arrest her whole family and sentence them all to death! But first I'm killing you!"

"RAH!" Tatsumi made one clean slash and cut off both of Ogre's arms at the elbow.

What speed…and to be able to slice through both bone and muscle with ease…he does have potential.

Tatsumi swung again and carved the man to pieces.

"Well we're done." I said "Come on let's get back to base."

"Aren't you gonna bury that guy?" he asked.

"No, I only bury innocents and friends, the bodies of soldiers I leave to the empire to return to the earth."

Later

We got back and Tatsumi gave his report to the Boss, officially completing his mission.

"See Akame, I did the job and I didn't get hurt, are you gonna praise me now?" Tatsumi said smugly.

"Hyup." Akame pulled his shirt up

"What are you doing?!" Tatsumi yelled.

"Hold him." Akame said.

"This is getting fun!" Leone laughed.

Akame pulled his pants off.

"What is going on." I sighed.

"It's clean." Akame smiled "Thank goodness, I've seen friends die from poison because they were trying to act tough and not report a wound. The mortality rate for a first mission is high, I'm glad you're an outlier."

"I wouldn't have let him get off with a wound." I smiled.

"Everything you've done was preparation for the mission." Boss explained "See it was worth it."

"Please keep coming back alive." Akame said.

"Yeah, and you take care of me Akame." Tatsumi smiled.

"This conversation would be easier if one of you wasn't naked." I sighed.

"Well you're working with Mine next Tatsumi, good luck." Boos said.

Tatsumi got aggravated and went off to take a bath or something.

"So it went well?" Akame asked.

"Yeah, I thought he nearly screwed up at one point but he made it out just fine." I smiled.

"Hmm…" she blinked at me.

"What, you wanna check me for cuts too?" I smirked.

"No, you're smart enough to not be poisoned…just seeing if anything new was in your look."

"Well I'm the same old me." I smiled "Come on, you wanna go eat?"

"Food?!"

AN

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