Chapter 3
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Akame ga Kiru.
A/N: Guys I am really sorry for the long wait. I was busy with other fics and my life is really busy right now and I also fell ill so you can understand.
In Akame ga kiru I always missed Lubbock x Najenda so I made it in this chapter. Hope you will like it.
And one more thing in the middle it gets a little bloody and gory so keep it in mind.
Esdeath closed her eyes and exhaled then stopped her breath out for some seconds. She could hear the sounds of footsteps louder. It was a matter of seconds that they would upon her. Some seconds later Esdeath sensed that she was surrounded. She opened her eyes and it was just as she had sensed. A sword to her neck, two soldiers in front of her, four on the left, around six on the right and five to the backside.
The soldier who had his sword on her neck growled, ''Where is that fucking shit of your partner'' he pressed his sword to her neck drawing a trickle of blood.
He then looked at his co-soldiers who weren't in the position, ''Spread and search for the boy, he must not have gone too far'' he exclaimed to his fellow soldiers and they immediately started to move.
Esdeath stiffened, 'I won't let you have him' a voice echoes in her mind.
She looked at the soldier who had his sword on her neck. Before anyone could comprehend what happened, Esdeath clutched the soldier's wrist and forcing it, brought it downward with as much force as she could on the root that was holding her ankle.
The sword hit the root and half of it shattered. She again hits the root cutting and breaking it completely freeing her ankle. She immediately broke his wrist and punched him in the gut sending him several meters back.
She sensed the soldiers on her who were in position moments earlier.
She ran forward and skidded between the two front soldiers and immediately turned and spun on her toes cleaving the two soldiers head. She saw that all the remaining soldiers rushing towards her with a war cry. She lifted another sword from the ground and threw both sword towards the soldiers and the swords pierced the head of two more soldiers. She lifted remaining sword and ducked the horizontal swipe of a soldier and stabbed his abdomen, killing him instantly.
She lifted the man and threw him on oncoming soldiers. She then looked in the direction Tatsumi had run and the soldiers pursuing him.
She also started to run in the same direction and the soldiers on her tail. She lowered her speed to let two soldiers come near her and as they came near her she jumped forward towards a tree and making tree as the base flipped back ward, watching the two solider under her projectory. She landed behind them and again beheaded them and lifting their swords threw them on the other soldiers killing two more.
She again started to run in her previous direction.
She saw two long trees standing narrowly in front of her. She jumped on one then using it as base jumped again on the other tree and repeating it she reached at the top and looked down. She saw soldiers trying to climb on the tree.
She looked ahead and jumped from the tree and when she reached close to next tree she caught its hanging branch and like a swing, it swung forward, like a pendulum. When she reached the highest distance she left the branch and flipped in the air to increase her landing distance. She caught another branch and like earlier swung on it.
Repeating the process she reached closer to the pursuers of Tatsumi.
She noticed they were just running in dark. Tatsumi had reached very far. She heaved a sigh of relief.
She landed behind the group and started to run with them and started to kill them silently like a assassin and soon all were dead and as she closed to the last one she stopped and threw her sword embedding it in his head.
She again fell down to her knees and panted heavily. She looked behind, no one pursuing her.
Then a thought, to catch up with Tatsumi came to her mind, her face brightened from the thought. She stood up but couldn't stand on her legs, they were wobbling. She noticed that her ankle which was stuck in the root has a fracture and her legs have several cuts and bruises and the skin was blue on several places.
''Damn'' she cursed. She hadn't noticed the condition of her legs when the adrenaline was pumping in her veins but as it left her body the pain she felt was excruciating but it was nothing new for her. She slowly stood up on wobbling legs and started to move with tree's support in Tatsumi's direction.
She hadn't walked ten feet and saw that General Kruce was standing in front of her. She gritted her teeth in anger. That person was the one who destroyed everything. She tried to ran towards her but fell face first on the ground. She lifted her head and crawled towards Kruce, ''You bastard I will kill you and tear you apart and then eat you raw. You fucking son of a bitch, you destroyed my family. You ass-'' she growled with every coming breath and then hissed when Kruce grabbed her hair and lifted her head and brought it closer to his face. Her face was a form of pain. One swollen shut eye and blood was flowing down her head to her left cheek.
''You know I like girls your age and the girls like you are fantastic to break. When I will be finished with you, you will be just a piece of meat that will do anything I want'' He said with a lecherous smirk. Her eyes widened in horror. He brought her face closer to her and with a long swipe licked the blood on her left cheek which made her grit her teeth in anger but before she could do anything someone hit her on the head and she fell unconscious.
''Take her and if she ran this time I will kill every one of you'' Kruce threatened to his soilders.
The soldiers immediately started to work and this time she was imprisoned in an iron cage.
They placed the cage on a wagon and started their walk towards Empire.
Esdeath slowly opened her eyes and blinked several times to make her vision clear. Her eyes widened when she noticed she was shackled to the wall. Her arms and legs were chained to the wall with a large nail in the wall.
The room was lit with a simple candle lamp which was illuminating enough to see the walls. The walls were all littered by blood, the ground and all the fall had red splashes on them.
She tried to pull on the chains on her wrists but they were tightly nailed into the wall.
She slumped against the wall and slid down, ''What should I do now'' she muttered, ''If I didn't get out soon I will never be able to find Tatsumi'' she mumbled to herself.
Soon she heard footsteps coming towards her cell. Kruce and an old man whose attire just made her disgusting, He had a beard and was a fat man.
Both man stood in front of her, examining her. She was glaring with as much killing intent as she could muster.
The fat man cleared his throat, ''I am prime minister. What's your name'' he asked but Esdeath didn't say anything.
''Okay, well that doesn't matter, I will know your name in the future but -'' he got cut off by Esdeath, ''Come to the point you asshole. Why are you here'' Esdeath said with a devilish look in her eyes.
Prime minister sighed, ''I was just coming onto that'' he said and looked at the Kruce for a moment that was stripping her from his eyes.
''General Kruce had planned something for you that no girl's parents would agree with even if they die. I guess you know what kind of man he is'' Minister said and looked at Esdeath but she kept tight lipped.
''But when I heard about your prowess in the battlefield I was floored. I couldn't comprehend the fact that a ten years old girl could be this strong. I thought he was joking but his subordinates confirmed. I couldn't believe that you killed more than 150 of our men and didn't get even a scratch'' He said Esdeath gritted her teeth in anger, ''Don't beat around the bush you fat bastard'' she hissed but the minister was unfazed.
"So when I came to believe in what I was told, I decided something'' He said and could see the curious gaze of Esdeath.
''I wouldn't want a strong girl like you to go to waste. So I want you to join us and serve the Empire'' he said and Esdeath immediately tried to lunge at him but the shackles stopped her, ''You asshole, you want me to work with you, you fucking cunt who destroyed my family. I will never join you'' Esdeath exclaimed with as much venom dripping from her voice while trying to pull on the chains.
Her action didn't even made the prime minister flinch. He smiled, ''you can think on it. I will come to you tomorrow'' he said giving her time to think.
''I WILL NEVER JOIN THe MURDERERS OF MY FAMILY'' she shouted but Kruse and minister looked at each other and nodded. They turned and started to walk away.
Esdeath looked at Kruce's back, ''And you fucking coward I will kill you someday and feast on your flesh'' she yelled but they didn't stop and continue to walk.
Esdeath gritted her teeth in anger and struggled against the chains growling loudly like a beast which made the skin of the guards outside crawl with fear.
She struggled against the chains until she was tired and slowly slowly her struggling stopped. She fell down on the ground and looked at the ceiling, ''I will never fucking join the motherfucker who killed my family'' she said to the empty room and her panting lowered to calm breaths.
She was tired, exhausted beyond limits and the pain in her leg was killing her. Her eyelids started to drop, ''I will rather die than join you. I ...will...neve...'' and her eyes closed completely and she fell asleep.
Next day prime minister visited her again but she again threw curses and profanities towards him. It continued for one week but she didn't relent. Prime minister was again surprised to see her will to not give up. He smirked inside; he will make her join him, no matter what. She would be the best puppet for him. He decided.
Then he made a plan to make Esdeath join him and serve the Empire.
Esdeath was sitting against the wall; her head was hanging down, staring down at the ground. She had become weak and her body seemed skinny. Her face and her hair had lost its luster and shine. Her eyes were devoid of any emotion.
She heard the sound of someone's boot clanking on the floor and it seemed to her that they were coming towards her. One minute later the person was standing in front of her but she was still looking down. She didn't feel like talking to anyone.
''Esdeath...'' The person called and when Esdeth realized that it was a woman she immediately looked up. Till now only prime minister and one or two guards came to her everyday and sometimes Kruce.
Esdeath didn't know why the girl was there but she assumed the reason was same as the prime minister.
Esdeath smiled weakly, ''What? Fat bastard started to send a girl to make me join him. I think he is underestimating me'' Esdeath said in a weak voice. It seemed like she hadn't eaten in girl lowered down on one knee in front of Esdeath. Now they were both on eye level.
Esdeath now noticed the girl's features. She was around her age and height. She had white hair and light purple eyes and was wearing a black shirt and a white overcoat on it. She had shoulder length hair which was braided.
The girl stretched her hand outward for a hand shake, ''Hi, I am Najenda. What's your name'' she asked calmly smiling.
''Esdeath'' Esdeath said looking directly in her eyes trying to search what she wanted.
''Okay'' Najenda said and retracted her hand back.
''Well I guess I don't need to tell you that Minister has sent me here to persuade you to join us'' Najenda asked and Esdeath didn't say anything just kept glaring.
''Well I study here in military academy and we learn all kind of things from study to fight.
Esdeath tilted her head to the side, ''And how does it concerns me'' Esdeath asked not showing any interest.
Najends sighed, ''You are not joining us because the Empire is responsible for your family's murder and believe it or not I despise it from the bottom of my heart and if I were in your place I would have done the same'' She stood up and walked towards the wall and leaned her back against it.
''I know what they did is unforgivable for you and your anger is right on its place. Anyone would be angry. I too am and I hate how they do things'' Najenda said and Esdeath snorted, ''Hypocrite, you claim to hate these things and yet you are with them. Don't fake it, you will never understand how I feel and how I am feeling right now'' Esdeath said glaring at Najenda.
"NO, I AM NOT A HYPOCRITE'' Najenda exclaimed but immediately composed herself. She knew how things were in the Empire. She knew the emperor is just a pawn in Prime Minister Honest's hands. She had seen how he did things. Corruption was mixed in their blood. It had been spread like a virus. The nobles and the rich who were with prime minister were the plague for the country. Murder, rape, robbery, these were all common events in the streets of the country. And the poor were the victims of these heinous acts. Thousands of people lived on the roads and starved but the higher ups were just ignored them like they were just ants. Najenda didn't like it she hated it from the deepest part of her heart and soul. But she couldn't do anything.
Najenda looked down for a second, then looked straight at the front wall, ''I am just a student. And out from academy I can't do anything until I am a general. I have two more years to complete and then I will apply for a general post'' she said and looked at Esdeath, ''You will never be able to get out from here if you let this chance slip. Believe me'' Najenda said and Esdeath looked away, frowning.
Najenda looked at the ceiling, ''Don't let this chance pass by'' she said and looked at Esdeath, ''there must be things, you have to do in your life and you can't do that here in this prison'' Najenda said and that got Esdeath's attention. Of course there were things she had to do but among them all she cared only one thing that was finding Tatsumi and Najenda was right, she won't be able to do that if she doesn't get out from the prison. Esdeath looked at Najenda and Najenda smiled, ''You have things to do, right'' Najenda asked and Esdeath leaned her head back and stared at the ceiling for some moments and then closed her eyes and Tatsumi's face popped in her mind, she smiled and kept looking at that imaginary picture of Tatsumi in her mind. Her body relaxed and she felt at peace. Her facial form relaxed. Najenda smiled seeing it, she wonder what made her so relax, what was the thing she had to do.
''Yeah, there's a thing I want to do at any cost'' Esdeath said and then her face became serious again, ''And I will kill everyone of them who ever tries to stop me'' Esdeath said looking at Najenda and the look in her eyes made Najenda uncomfortable for a second but she calmed down.
The silence ensued for some moments then Najenda spoke, ''It's not my business but may I ask what is that you want to do which made you so happy'' Najenda asked hoping to be friendlier.
Esdeath looked at her blankly, ''it's as you said not your business so don't concern yourself with other's business'' Esdeath said narrowing her eyes.
''Alright alright...'' Najenda said trying to drop the topic.
''So, what's your decision'' Najenda asked looking at Esdeath hoping that she would be positive.
Esdeath looked at the ceiling and closed her eyes, then opened, ''What would happen If I say yes'' Esdeath asked and Najenda answered without wasting any second, ''First of all, you will get much needed medical treatment. Then you would be admitted to the military academy where you would learn fighting and book knowledge and how to behave gracefully and several other things. Then after two years you will be out of academy. Then you can do whatever you want and I think prime minister wants you to be a general'' Najenda explained the events that would take place the next moment she will say yes.
Esdeath took a deep breath and again closed her eyes. She didn't speak anything for a minute making Najenda anxious but abruptly spoke, ''Alright, call your prime minister'' she said and Najenda smiled, ''Thanks, you won't regret this decision'' she said and walked out to call the prime minister.
Esdeath sighed, 'I know I won't regret it. Prime minister and Kruce, these two people will die by my hands either now or later' she thought and a smirk formed on her face.
Five minutes later, Najenda returned with prime minister and Kruce and stood in front of her.
Esdeath looked up and prime minister grinned, ''So you have decided'' he said and Esdeath closed her eyes then stood up and looked at prime minister with slightly narrowed eyes, ''Yeah, I have decided to join you ...but...'' she paused, ''But what...'' Najenda asked in a calmer voice not wanting Esdeath to have second thoughts.
''But on my terms'' Esdeath said and other three person raised their eyebrows, ''And what those terms are'' Prime minister asked a little perturbed.
Esdeath started, ''First of all, whatever I do, my own work or your work, I don't want any interference from anyone, be it you, this coward, Kruce and this girl, what was your name...Yes Najenda and If anyone or any of you tries to stop or interfere with my work or comes in my way, I will kill you'' Esdeath told her first condition and in last sentence she narrowed her eyes more and Najenda and Kruce looked a little apprehensive.
Prime minister smirked and nodded, ''Alright but I can expect from you to do whatever I told you to'' He said smirking.
''It's okay with me. I will do what you want'' Esdeath said and Prime minister smirked inwardly.
''Alright, Guards'' he shouted, a soldier came running, ''Free her'' Minister ordered and the soldier complied and freed Esdeath. She rubbed her wrists and ankles. Just as she got free she wanted to kill those two men in front of her but she controlled herself because she was not in the condition to escape after killing them and she wasn't even sure if she would have been succeeded in killing them.
Minister turned to Najenda, ''You know what you have to do'' he said and she nodded, ''Yes, sir''.
Minister and Kruce then walked out leaving two girls alone.
Najenda looked at Esdeath smiling, ''Okay, first let's get you some much needed medical attention'' Najenda said smiling and to Esdeath's annoyance grasping Esdeath's hand led her to Empire's infirmary. It had the best doctors there are in the world.
It took them one hour to complete all the checkups and treatment of Esdeath's leg and other minor injuries.
Esdeath was wary of everything. She didn't trust anyone not even Najenda. She surmised that Najenda was doing all that because she was ordered or may be some selfish reasons.
After doctor, Najenda decided to dress Esdeath up. They exited the palace and headed for the military academy. She told Esdeath that students might stare at her or her weird torn up dress which was covering her breasts and her hips only.
She also told Esdeath that some boys might be ogle or flirt with her. So she said to ignore all these unnecessary things.
''It will just make a scene nothing else'' Najenda sighed and keep walking.
''Well...I don't care about some things but I care about some things more than myself. So it depends how far their comments reaches in my head'' Esdeath said with a hidden warning but kept her face straight ahead, not even glancing at Najenda.
Najenda sighed mentally, as they entered the academy a boy with green hair and green eyes wearing a white T shirt and blue pants, stopped their path.
Esdeath looked towards Najenda who raised an eyes brow, ''What'' Najenda wondered loudly.
The boy then looked at Esdeath and his pervert eyes couldn't stop at her eyes and wandered down to her breast which was larger than Najenda. And before he could say anything Najenda gripped the back of his neck and yanked his head closer to hers and with a smirk whispered in his ear, ''Don't even do or try to say anything because you would be dead before saying anything...Lubbock'' the boy Lubbock's eyes widened and he shivered and slowly turned his eyes at Najenda, ''R...Really'' he asked in a stutter making Najenda's smirk wider, ''Try her'' she whispered in a sweet voice. Lubbock gulped, ''I...I love myself'' He said to Najenda but more to himself. Najenda giggled and stood straight and looked at him, ''By the way she is new student Esdeath'' she told her and Esdeath looked at the boy uninterestedly with an intense gaze making him shiver.
"And this is Lubbock. He is my partner here in academy work and sparing matches'' Najenda told Esdeath who scoffed, ''Humph partner, I don't need a partner I can take this whole school single handedly'' Esdeath declared making Lubbock and even Najenda go wide eyes.
Seconds later Najenda composed herself and cleared her throat, ''Okay let's go'' she said and started to move.
''First we will go to my dorm room where I have some new cloths you could wear. Then we will get you enroll in the academy so that you could have your own room and the money'' Najenda explained. And continued walking and Esdeath didn't say anything but she was annoyed from all these enrolling.
Now they were inside of school and the students were everywhere. They made their way to the building and just as Najenda had predicted the whistling and hooting started and it was all aimed towards Esdeath. Esdeath didn't care about these things. It was all time wasting for her but her annoyance was increasing gradually and had started to appear on her face as narrowed eyes.
Najenda knew that the academy had not a disciplined one but it was getting out of control and she feared what Esdeath would do. She had heard about her fight in the battlefield.
Then one boy started to walk towards the group of three leaving his own group of four boys.
The boys passed by Esdeath but he smirked as he passed by and brought his hand to grope Esdeath's ass. But just as his hand touched her ass, his culprit hand was in a iron grip of Esdeath and she kept increasing the pressure of her grip on his wrist breaking and second broke it with a crunching sound. Then she turned and punched the boy two time on the face and one time in the gut, breaking his jaw and nose and making him spit blood and with a loud cry he fell unconscious but as Eseath was about to punch him again she stopped herself and threw her body aside like a ragdoll, ''Tch, waste of time'' she scoffed and then started to move not even caring about the frozen students around her.
Najenda and Lubbock also started to move but they were now worried about consequences since the boy who was just beaten was a nobleman and one of the richest family in the country. His father and mother were one of the sponsors of the military academy.
They reached Najenda's dorm room and Najenda gave some cloths for Esdeath. Esdeath chose a black pant and a Dark blue T shirt.
She looked at Najenda, ''Is he going to see me change'' she asked pointing at Lubbock, ''Because only one person is allowed to see my body and that is not you obviously and I won't hesitate to kill you if you peeked at me ever'' Esdeath said glaring at Lubbock who trembled in fear and rushed out of room immediately.
Esdeath changed into the chosen cloths after wearing her underwear. Her stomach growled in hunger and Najenda heard it'' she stifled a giggle from escaping from her.
''Well lets go to the canteen and eat something'' Najenda said and they both walked out but just as they walked out Lubbock handed them a paper, ''A council member came to give this to Esdeath. She is summoned in the court immediately for assaulting Mr. Solo" Lubbock told Najenda and Esdeath.
Esdeath exhaled loudly with a 'Ah', ''I am hungry, let's go and eat something first'' she said and started to walk and Najenda and Lubbock also started to walk but now Lubbock was thinking how he would live with a woman like her near him.
After one hour when they had eaten, they were sitting in a large hall. A half circular table where were sitting six sponsors, four woman and two man. And to the left was sitting the boy who was beaten by Esdeath just two hours ago.
Esdeath was sitting in the middle on a chair and behind her were sitting Najenda and Lubbock apprehensive.
One woman who seemed like Solo's mother stood up, an enraged expression on her face, ''How dare you to hurt my son, you bi-''she was stopped by second woman.
''Alright, why did you beat this boy'' the woman with blue hair asked.
Esdeath sighed, ''Because he tried to touch my ass'' said bluntly.
''That's not a valid reason to beat him that badly'' his blond haired mother shouted.
Esdeath sighed again, ''Who support her statement'' she asked to six judges in front of her and all raised their hands except two, one with blue hair and other with red hair women.
''Lubbock'' Esdeath called and Lubbock heard her clearly, ''Y...Yes'' he stuttered.
''Go and fondle the ass of those two women who has raised their hands'' she orders and everyone's eyes widened and the red head and blue head smirked, they understood what Esdeath was trying to do.
''GO'' Esdeath said loudly and Lubbock started to move towards the women with trembling legs.
''Ww...what are you...crazy. How could you ''the two men said in panic and looked at Lubbock, ''I will suspend you if you didn't stop right now'' the Blondie shrieked in panic but Lubbock didn't stop.
As Lubbock reached closer to the woman, Solo stood up, ''Stop'' he said to Lubbock and turned to Esdeath, ''I am sorry. It was my fault. It will never happen again'' he said and a Insane smirk appeared on Esdeath's face, ''Oh I am sure you won't because you saw your death earlier'' she growled a little and turned towards the Judges, ''You wasted my time'' she turned to Najenda, ''Let's go'' she said and walked out with Lubbock in toe.
Najenda then get Esdeath Enrolled and provide a dorm room. Esdeath was asked to have a partner but she refused and when they forced she made them shut up with an Icy glare.
From there Esdeath didn't stop, she topped in every field but still she admitted that Najenda was genius in Battle strategy and making plan and tricks.
In one month she was strongest and the president of the academy. Now she could do anything she wanted and in second month the whole school was disciplined.
Esdeath trained as much as she could and as hard as she could. She went beyond limits of her body. She trained day and night without stopping, without eating, without resting. She didn't care about her body, she wanted to be as much stronger as she could and according to her there was no limit of being stronger.
So she was feared in the entire academy since she had defeated everyone in the matches and spars. She beat her opponents until they were a bloody pulp but she didn't kill or give any life threatening injury. The sight of blood enticed her so she shed blood but without inflecting a life threatening Injury. No one was able to stand opposite to her for more than two or three seconds.
She didn't care what happened afterwards; she had her fun in a fight. She got closer with Najenda but not enough to tell her whom she was searching. Najenda even took her side on several occasions and lied.
Esdeath had no friend but she considered Najenda as closer as a friend. Najenda shared everything with Esdeath and Lubbock. Najenda considered Esdeath and Lubbock her best friend though Esdeath could see that the boy was in love with the girl but she didn't understand why Najenda wasn't acting on it. It was impossible for a genius like her to not see the love Lubbock held for Najenda. She hinted to Najenda several times but Najenda either didn't see it or was ignoring it. Esdeath just shrugged and leave the matter since it wasn't her business.
But one incident change everything for Esdeath, the event awoken the hidden sadistic desires in her.
One year had passed and It was time for annual competition. That means the matches and fighting. The students could challenge to other students but in this case the authorities won't be responsible for any kind of lose, even if its someone's life because they always have the choice to decline the challenge and no one can force them.
After the written or any other examination was finished it was time for fighting matches.
Esdeath wasn't allowed to fight in these matches since she had defeated everyone in whole academy and authorities knew she was more powerful than even teachers so they didn't allow her to fight in matches.
After half the matches were finished, Najenda was on top, Lubbock was second and the third person was Solo.
Najenda had an Injury in her left leg in her previous match and her next match was with Solo who was first beaten by Esdeath but after that they never faced each other.
Lubbock had Implored to Najenda to not fight and the look on his face made her almost agree but she decided against it and decided to fight.
That time Lubbock felt helpless and useless.
So the fight started between Najenda and Solo. Everything was normal till the half time but then Solo seemed to notice her injury and he took advantage of it and hit her leg again and again. She was defeated but he didn't relent and continued. Esdeath narrowed her eyes and Lubbock was thinking why the Examiner hadn't finished the match.
Solo sat on Najenda's stomach and with left hand grabbed her hair and with right hand continued to punch her face though Najenda had her arms above her face in a block.
''This is the first step to beat that bitch and this is payback for what you three did with me'' He hissed and continued to hit her face.
After fifteen minutes when the Examiner still hadn't stopped the match, Esdeath went to Examiner and snatching the whistle blew it finishing the match.
Solo looked at the Examiner with irritation for stopping the match but he became angry when he saw Esdeath but decided to control his anger.
Lubbock immediately ran towards Najenda. Esdeath and Lubbock both took her to infirmary since Najenda was unconscious.
After one hour later, Najenda was sitting in infirmary bed and Lubbock and Esdeath was sitting on chairs by the bed.
Though Lubbock was whirlwind of emotions but he didn't show it but couldn't hide it from Esdeath.
Next day when Esdeath came to visit Najenda in the Hospital she wasn't surprised when she saw Lubbock sitting there in the chair staring at Najenda's face lovingly. His eyes opening and closing from sleep but he was attentive and immediately looked towards Esdeath when she entered in the room.
''You didn't sleep whole night'' Esdeath asked and Lubbock nodded.
Esdeath sighed, ''I know you have feelings for her but don't get yourself sick. It won't do any good to you'' Esdeath suggested and at that time Najenda woke up. Her eyes first fell on Lubbock's smiling face. She saw his red eyes and she understood that he was with her all the time.
''Lubbock what are you doing here'' Najenda said without any emotion in her voice but it wasn't cold.
Lubbock just smiled, ''What are you saying, where else could I be'' He said softly which made Najenda Irritated.
''Lubbock you are my partner but you have your own life to live. You didn't need to stay here all night'' She said but this time coldly which caught him off guard and Even Esdeath turned to her.
Lubbock didn't know what to say, ''I ...Err...I um...well...you see-'' he was cut off by Najenda, ''You are not my pet who will come behind me all the time, wherever I go. Give me some personal space for god's sake and you stuck with me like glue that doesn't just go away. I am annoyed by it...You. Leave me alone for a while'' Najenda stated loudly in a cold tone.
Lubbock stared at Najenda for some seconds. His tongue felt like a stone which couldn't move whatever he did.
He felt his eyes getting warm and second later tears flowed down. Najenda had turned her face so she couldn't see his tears.
Lubbock tried to lift his hand but he felt like his body had lost all its strength but collecting all the strength he could, he stood up on wobbling legs, ''I..S..sorry'' he said almost chocked and turned to the door to go out. Najenda fell back on the bed and stared at the ceiling. Esdeath adjusted her butt on the chair and looked at Najenda with apathy.
''I am ...worst'' Najenda croaked out and put her arm on her eyes covering them.
''You Know I don't give a damn about anyone or anything but right now I would like to give you a piece of advice, I think you are genius enough to see that he loves you. I don't know why are you not responding to him or returning his feelings but what you did was not right. You know what you should do, either accept his feelings or trample on his feeling like they are trash to you. Show him that his feelings are just a nuisance to you and show it to him in the way that he would remember it for all his life. That's the only way you can stop him from making you annoyed and that's what you want right'' Esdeath said and again adjusted her butt on the seat.
''But in the end Its your choice if you want to return his feelings or refuse them'' Esdeath finished.
After one minute when Esdeath didn't say anything, Najenda turned over on her side, turning her back towards Esdeath.
''Alright...I am going. Call me If you need me'' Esdeath said and turned to leave but stopped when Solo with Two bys entered the room.
Esdeath raised an eyebrow in confusion at his arrival.
''Welll well well...I never thought you would be so weak Najenda'' Solo said mocking her.
''But I think you were never strong to begin with...what, Are you crying...oh I see. You know I saw your friend running in the hall crying like a pathetic loser. Now I think something happened here'' Solo kept saying, kept adding fuel to fire.
''Did you two fucked him good or you Esdeath fucked him and made him cheat on his little girl here'' he spat in disgust. He wanted to see these girls being humiliated and embarrassed like he had been.
Then he turned to Esdeath, who was looking at him uninterestedly, ''Oh..I forgot you are a beast and everyone is afraid of you so when you couldn't find a guy to scratch your itch you just fucked your friend's boyfriend. Wow...Really if you wanted a good fuck you should have come to me I would have shown a good time to you'' He said smirking lecherously and looking at Esdeath's body up and down.
Najenda was clutching the sheets tightly. She wanted to tear that tongue of Solo from his throat but before she could say anything Esdeath spoke in a dangerously low tone and deep, ''Solo, I challenge you to a fight right now'' she said and Solo's smirk grew wider, ''Why not, a weak person like you wouldn't stand a chance. You just caught me off guard before but you know let's make a bet'' Solo said with a lusty gleam in his eyes.
''Yeah sure'' Esdeath said and Solo's face contorted in a mix of eagerness and lust, ''Okay If I win I will fuck you'' he said loudly.
Esdeath closed her eyes, she seemed calm from outside but she was burning in rage from inside and that fire was ready to burn everything, ''Okay but If I win, I will tear every body part of yours till I am satisfied'' she said in her calm tone but it held the force in it which sent shiver down everyone's spine present there in the infirmary. Even Najenda felt fear at the moment from Esdeath.
''O..okay...I accept. I will meet you in five minutes in the arena'' he said and walked out in a hurry. He was sweating.
Soon the news spread in whole academy about the fight and the bet and almost whole academy were present to be witness of the fight. Najenda and Lubbock were also there but this time Lubbock was standing at least five feet away from her. Esdeath and Solo were staring at each other waiting for the fight to start.
''GO'' a teacher shouted.
Solo rushed towards Esdeath and as he came closer, Esdeath slapped him into the ground hitting his head in the ground. He wasn't unconscious but groaning in pain. He was declared defeated after one minute when he didn't stood up and the fight was finished and the spectators started to leave their seats but they stopped in their tracks when they heard a scream full of pain and turned to see in the arena and froze.
Esdeath had torn his left arm from the shoulder. It wasn't cut; it was torn with flesh, splattering blood from his shoulder.
She sat on his abdomen, ''YOUR BODY IS MINE'' she hollered in an insane and crazy voice like she was waiting to see or having an opportunity like it for ages.
She tore his cloths from his body leaving him completely naked in front of all the spectators' before sitting on his stomach.
She held his right hand and started to bend it backward from the elbow making him scream in pain and agony and breaking his arm in the result. She then dug her long nails on the place where his bone had broken and digging her nails in his elbow tore it and when he screamed in unbearable pain she stuffed his mouth with his arm gagging him. The fountain of blood from his elbow sprayed on her lap, stomach and all her lower body painting it red.
She leaned closer to his ear, ''You wanted to fuck me, heh'' she said in a childlike tone and grabbed his manhood in her fingers, ''Now let's see how your dick can please me'' she said in her same maniac look and lifting her index finger, places her nail on the base of his dick and starts to drag her nail back and forth like she was cutting it with a knife.
Solo cried and writhed under Esdeath but she didn't let him and his screams were muffled with his own arm. He was chocking on his saliva and tears were flooding his eyes.
The spectators were horrified from the terrible sight but they couldn't do anything according to law.
Soon Najenda had his dick in her hand and looked at it for some seconds, ''How would you like to suck on your on cock like a lollipop'' she said and pulling his arm from his mouth pushed his dick in it making him bite on it. She did same with his balls.
She stopped for a minute to let him breath after she pulled out his dick from his mouth and throw it aside.
She pulled out something from her pocket. It was a small bottle. She opened it and poured it down his throat, ''It will help you to keep awake'' she said in an exciting tone.
''Let's continue our game'' she said in a cold but excited tone.
She put her hand on his chest flatly and lifted her index finger and dug it in his chest and lifting her palm from his chest drag it down but after one inch, she felt someone put a hand on her shoulder. Esdeath looked at the person and raised an eyebrow, ''What'' she said blankly.
''That is enough...more than you should have...'' Najenda trailed off.
Esdeath looked back at Solo's face and stared for a minute, ''No it's not enough. What he said earlier in the room is unforgivable and I will see to it that he will be tortured before calling him dead'' Esdeath said with confidence, not wavering even a little. Her eyes had an animalistic and primal lust for blood. Najenda felt terrified from it and couldn't say anything after that. She turned back on her tracks trembling and went away.
Esdeath again started to play with her toy, making it bleed again and again. She tore of his tongue. She continued for one more hour until he died.
The arena was already empty. No one has heart to see the disgusting scene.
Esdeath was in her shower now; she was sitting on the floor, her back leaning against the wall and the showr head sprinkling water on her. Her left leg was stretched outward and her right leg was bend on the knee and her hand resting on it.
She was thinking about what she did. She didn't have regret but she felt excited but with it she felt hollow from inside.
The news reached the prime minister and now he allowed her to the torture chambers with the head torturer for the information from the captives.
After that her sadistic nature started to grow and she started to indulge herself more and more in torturing, experimenting on the captives. She was new to it so the head torturer corrected her whenever she did something wrong.
She spent three to four hours in the torture chambers every day.
She started to drift away from Najenda and Lubbock after the incident. Though Esdeath was same with them as before but Najenda and Lubbock has changed, they were wary of her presence, always feeling uncomfortable with her.
And this helped Najenda and Lubbock to come closer. Najenda was restless in her dorm room. She was walking in her dorm room back and forth waiting for Lubbock to come.
She hadn't seen him for three days. He would wake up early and go out and would come back when she would be asleep. Sometimes she caught him but this time it's been three days and she never went three day without seeing him. She couldn't go to Esdeath after the incident. She couldn't talk to her. For Najenda Esdeath had changed completely and it was true more than half, now Lubbock was the one she could talk to.
It's been one month and Najenda knew why Lubbock was behaving like that. She regretted those words she said to Lubbock in infirmary room more than anything in her life. She tried to talk to him but whenever he would come in front of her he would just say sorry and then would turn back. It hurt her and she knew she deserved it after she hurt the one who loved her. Now if she thought, Lubbock was always with her be it hard times or happy times. She had almost shared everything with him and she never snapped at him like that, then why that day, was it the defeat against Solo. Lubbock had requested her to not go. She sighed, 'I shouldn't have lost control of my emotions like that and snap at him' she thought and sat down on her bed and stared at Lubbock's bed.
Today night she had decided to talk to him even if she had to use force against him.
It was 10.30 of night. The door crack open slowly and Lubbock entered inside and tried to sneak towards his bed but he saw Najenda sitting on her bed staring at him like a predator.
''S...sorry'' he muttered and walked towards his bed and turning the lights off went under the sheets on his bed.
Two minutes later he felt someone slipping under the sheet in front of him and he couldn't fault Najenda with someone else since she was the only one in the room. He turned red.
''N...Najenda w...what are you-'' she put a finger to his lips, though it was dark but the bathroom lights were on so it wasn't totally dark, they could make each other figure and see the face faintly.
''Hush...Don't say anything and please let me talk'' she whispered to him and searched his hand to grasp but he retracted his hand and immediately sat down and tried to stood up but Najenda was quicker than him, she grabbed his shoulder and flanked him back on the bed and sat down on his stomach. He grunted and tried to wiggle out but Najenda pushed him with more force and finally he stopped but didn't look at her, he looked to the side.
Najenda sighed and collected her thoughts about what she wanted to say.
She looked at his face, ''Lubbock, I know what I did and say to you was awful and I am very deeply sorry'' she said almost whispered but the room was silent completely in the night.
Lubbock didn't turn his head but still spoke, ''don't be sorry because what you said was quite right. I am not your pet because I never thought like that. I just w-'' he stopped and closed his eyes.
A faint smile appeared on Najenda's face. She knew what he wanted to say exactly and she wanted the same.
She rubbed Lubbock's cheek with her fingers, ''Lubbock I know what you feel about me. I know for a long time and I was happy to know that you love me but if I was happy then why couldn't I return those feelings. I often thought about it and I came to a conclusion, I was scared'' She said with a voice full of regret, sadness, happiness, love, frustration and many more things.
And hearing that she was scared his head turned and his eyes found her's, ''Scared'' He asked in confusion furrowing his brow a little.
Najenda sighed and continued, ''From the day I was able to understand the world around me, I was alone all the time to growing up. I thought just like Esdeath that I don't need anyone and friends only brings unnecessary emotions and the world is so cruel that it wont hesitate to take advantage of those emotions.
But from the time I met you, you were always with me. I disliked you in the start but as time went by I started to like you and I got so much closer to you that I shared everything with you. You were my best friend and only friend.
But when I realized that You love me, I got scared because I also realized that I love you too and If I accepted it and something happened to you I will just be a living corpse, living alone all my life. So I stayed silent. Neither we will react on our feelings nor anything would happen or we would stay as best friends forever though we were already closer than best friend'' Najenda finished with tears flowing down on her face and falling down on his chest.
''Najenda...'' he only could say.
Najenda continued, ''Then Esdeath came. We became friends, almost best friends but after that incident I feel like we aren't even friends anymore. And It scared me more, because I lost one friend and didn't want to lose another whom I pushed away myself because of my idiocy. So I decided to tell you the truth'' she said in a cracked voice.
''What truth'' Lubbock asked, he knew what she wanted to here at this point. She wiped her tears and smiled a sad small smile, ''No...you will have to say it first'' she said and felt like a girl after she didn't know how long. She felt odd behaving like that.
She looked at his face, in his eyes and Lubbock did the same. He was in conflict and nervous because Najenda never behaved like that, like a shy girl. He sighed and decided to just do it. Then Lubbock grabbed her shoulders and flipped her on her back and before she could understand what was happening, he brought his lips to hers and met with a kiss. Najenda froze for some seconds but then closed her eyes and encircled her arms around his neck and started to kiss him softly. They kissed for some minutes then they broke the kiss and looked in each other's eyes. Lubbock smiled and his finger stroked her cheek, ''I ...Love you. Najenda'' he said and the love shone in his eyes.
Najenda smiled and whispered with watery eyes, ''I love you too'' and they kissed again. After half hour they stopped and just lay there in each other's arms.
Najenda chuckled making him confuse, ''What's so funny'' he asked.
''Nothing, It's just; I can't believe the last one hour happened. Though I love you but it was odd for me'' she said and snuggled in his chest though she was taller than him, ''And cuddling like this with you, I never thought I would ever do this with anyone'' she said and looked at his face and smiled, ''But I am happy'' she said and closed her eyes.
Lubbock tightened his arms around her making her smile, ''I am happy more than ever'' he said and then they both dozed off.
After one year, their academy was over. Najenda and Lubbock obviously spending time together but they were like before, outside of their room and inside couldn't keep their hands off each other though they haven't gone any far from kissing, groping and caressing.
After Esdeath got permission, she started to spend more of her time in torture chambers and accompanying great general Budo on his assault on the battlefield. Budo was shocked first time when he saw the girl. With a long sword, she was like angle of death on the battlefield. He had heard about Esdeath's tribe's fall. He was told that they were plotting a rebel against the empire and even though Budo resisted a little since the tribe's power was nothing against the army of Empire.
Budo was shocked to know that the girl had killed more than 150 soldiers and he was more shocked when first time she accompanied him on the battlefield. When Budo shouted 'attack', a blur from the army shot out and moved towards the enemy army and soon in half hour more than five hundred were slaughtered as brutally as they could.
When she came to Budo, bathing in red blood from top to bottom, flashing a smug grin, Budo averted his eyes, not because of her condition, because she was a kid. He cursed everything at the moment even himself.
After three years, Najenda and Esdeath were promoted to the general after analyzing their prowess on battlefield and on other things.
The night of her promotion to general, she was happy, everyone could see that but it wasn't the happiness of getting the seat of general. It was the happiness of an animal when he is successful and is ready to feast on his fruit of hard work and the...wait.
She sat in her general chambers holding the documents and reports which tell the history of certain someone's deed in the Empire.
When she was in academy, she made two accomplices who first refused her but with her special methods she made them loyal to her. She had given them the project to investigate a certain General and she assured them that would pass academy without so much of a problem.
And now her two accomplices had completed their project after one of them died in a pursuit. Esdeath felt a wave to go and kill those who killed her loyal servant but controlled her.
Tomorrow she will have to choose a taigu to make her status complete as a general.
She put the documents n a drawer and lay down on the bed and closed her eyes. She had been searching for a person who was humanly sane and didn't allow the corruption in the empire and she chose Budo as one.
'Tomorrow after choosing the taigu I will go to Budo and its time for your life to come to an end general ...Kruce.
She now knew general Kruce's ability. Najenda had told her once; Kruce had a bow as a taigu. And he could defeat any number of army just from two arrows.
First arrow will mark the targets, no matter the number of targets and second arrow will kill every target marked by first arrow no matter where the target tries to run and hide.
A/N: I hope you liked it. So read and review.
About updates I am not sure when will be next update but I assure you that I will not abandon this fic.