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Austen woke up around 7:00am to make sure he could find the kitchen by 8:00am, when Emily wanted him there. Austen watched Emily as she entered the kitchen. For the first time trying to take in every detail about her. She had tan skin, but it was obvious she was from a southern family. She had short, shoulder length dark brown hair and big brown almond eyes. Emily was on the short side Austen noted, only standing at about 5'5". Austen also noted how everyone always had a weapon on them, even in the security of the base. Emily used Twin Blade swords. Wearing one on her left hip and the other diagonally along her back.
"Are you done analyzing me yet?" Emily asked as she pulled her hair into a ponytail to cook.
Austen was startled, not realizing he had been staring, "Sorry, this is the first good look I've gotten of you. Last time was kind of hard with you trying to kill me and all."
"Being able to analyze your opponent during battle is a key ability assassins must master. One that will easily decide if you live or die." Emily stated without looking up from her peeling of potatoes. Austen sighed and continued to help prepare breakfast silently.
Around nine o'clock the members of Night Raid slowly came in one by one for breakfast. Without realizing it Austen was once again analyzing the members.
Hannah was the first to come into the kitchen. Stretching, yawning, and complaining about her bed. She was the same as Austen remembered the first time they met. Beautiful girl with long blond hair, blue eyes, big chest, and revealing clothes. She wore some kind of metal chain or whip coiled on her right hip.
Cameron Bonner came in second, still dressed in his pj's. Bonner was the tallest in the group, standing at around 6'4". He was white, but like everyone else he had a nice tan due to long hours of training under the sun. The assassin had short, fluffy blond hair that he kept perfectly combed to the right. Although he was still in his pj's, Cameron had two Deer Horn knives strapped to the back of his waist.
A few minutes later two of the three remaining assassins came in for breakfast.
"Hello, my names Meredith." A beautiful brunet greeted Baechle from across the table.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Austen."
"And this is my boyfriend Cameron Loughmiller." She added putting a hand on the guy next to her.
"Really, you're dating? That must be hard to do being apart of Night Raid."
Meredith laughed, "Yeah, it can be hard at times. Plus Tobar isn't particularly happy about us being a thing."
"Call me Loughmiller if you want." Cameron mumbled around a mouthful of cereal.
"Mouth." Meredith said rolling her eyes and closing her boyfriends mouth with a hand. "Having two Cameron's on the team means we tend to call them by their last names, Loughmiller, and Bonner. This way there's no confusion when orders are being given." Austen nodded in understanding.
The newest member glanced back to Loughmiller, who's cheeks were wide with food. He seemed to be the second tallest member. And by far the most muscular, with huge biceps and triceps. Like Bonner, he was tanned and also had short, light blond hair he kept styled to the left. Baechle also noticed he was the only person to not carry any sort of visible weapon on him.
Meredith was a beautiful girl, her light brown hair falling to the small of her back. Her face was dusted with freckles on her light skin, complementing her light brown eyes that shown with innocence. But Baechle knew better, no one involved with Night Raid was innocent. Behind Meredith was her long bow she sling across her chair. But Baechle noticed there weren't any arrows or quiver in sight.
"Meredith, I noticed there aren't any arrows for your bow. Why is that?"
"Oh, this is my Imperial Arms, The Cursed Bow of Love. It uses my own energy to make the arrows when I draw the string back. The more danger I'm in, the more powerful the shot."
"I see. And Imperial Arms are?.."
"Imperial Arms are the strongest weapons on the Earth." Boss stated as she entered the kitchen with Tobar behind her. "This is a good time to explain things to Austen, everyone please lay your weapons on the table. Boss took her seat at the head of the table and cleared her throat, "Around a thousand years ago the emperor who founded the Empire was deep in thought."
'I want to always be here for my people.' The King thought on his thrown. 'But no one can cheat death forever. However, weapons and armor can be passed down into the future!'
"So materials from legendary super-leveled Danger Beasts and rare materials like Orichalcm were gathered. The best of the best were summoned from around the world. With them, the Emperor's power and assets produced forty-eight weapons that could not be reproduced today, and they were called imperial Arms. Imperial Arms are all powerful and them are said to be some that have the power of a thousand men. The retainers that received the Imperial Arms were able to achieve even greater military gains. However, due to the Great Civil War five hundred years ago, about half of these weapons disappeared throughout the land. There are also Imperial Arms with secondary abilities. Meredith's Imperial Arms for example, The Cursed Bow of Love, gives its user healing abilities. Because Imperial Arms have such potential, including secondary abilities, one rule has been inviolable throughout the ages. Using these weapons with murderous intent, without exception, will ultimately result in a victim. Meaning, if two Imperial Arms wielders were to fight one another one is guaranteed to die. As you can see, Night Raid may be few in numbers, but our combat potential is vast. And that's that." Boss finished sitting back into her chair with her mug.
"Amazing!" Austen breathed out in awe. "So what are all your weapons called? And their secondary abilities?" Austen asked looking around the table. "Emily?"
Emily rolled here eyes as she picked her twin blades up off the table, "I am the wielder of the Gemini Blades. One has the ability to turn to ice, the other to catch on fire. Getting hit by my blades will either burn or freeze the inside and outside of your body."
"My weapon," Bonner began. "Are t Hermes Spirit Deer Horn Knives. They give me control over the wind. That's how we were flying last night. I can use them offensively, defensively, or move objects with them."
"My Imperial Arms is the Python Chain" Hannah began next. "My chain isn't alive, but he's pretty close. Chauncey activates and moves to the sound of my voice. And it's almost limitless as to how far he can stretch. Hannah laid a hand on the chain, "You awake Chauncey?" The Pythons Chain instantly responded, the end it it rising into the air. Austen noticed how the end of the chain was an actual snakes head, even having a metal tongue flicking in and out.
"Amazing." Baehcle breathed as he starred at Chauncey who curled himself around Hannah's neck.
"You already know mine, The Cursed Bow of Love. It also gives me healing abilities, as well as the power to grow angel wings."
"You can grow angel wings?" Austen asked starring wide eyed at Meredith.
"Yup!" Meredith laughed.
"And what's your Cameron? You aren't carrying any sort of weapon." Austen said turning to Loughmiller.
"That's because mine is able to be summoned. I can summon an impenetrable full body of armor, with the armor comes a trident for battle. Together, the two make Neptune's Blood Armor. Neptune's Armor also gives me the ability to turn invisible for a short period of time. The Imperial Weapon puts an extreme strain body, so I'm forced to keep my in tip-top shape." Loughmiller finished flexing his biceps.
"Tobar? What's your Imperial Arms?" Baechle asked turning in his chair to the senior member who stood leaning in the doorway.
Tobar glanced around the room, debating on just leaving or not. But Boss' icy stare seemed to tell him to play nice.
With a reluctant sigh Tobar held up his hand parallel to the ground. "Like Loughmiller, my weapon can be summoned."
Baechle watched in amazement as a black mist formed around Tobar's hand. Then disappeared leaving behind a scythe in its place.
"My Imperial Arms is know as the Devil's Scythe. And gives me extra abilities in combat." Tobar slammed the butt of the scythe into the ground, causing it to explode into a black mist that dispersed into the air.
"You guys are amazing! From being able to fly to growing wings! So when do I get my Imperial Arms?" Austen asked excitedly.
Once again the Night Raid members broke into laughter. "What? What's so funny this time?..."
"What makes you think you deserve a Imperial Arms?" Emily asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Or the fact that we have an extra one just laying around the base?" Hannah added.
"Oh... I just thought-"
"Austen, if it is meant to be, maybe you'll get one one day." Boss said cutting him off. Austen nodded, happy with that answer.
"But for now, continue growing and getting stronger with you sword. I think you're about to leave if I'm not mistaken." Boss said looking to Emily.
Emily nodded as she placed the last dish into the sink. "We're going to the lake to catch lunch."
It was a bright and beautiful day as Emily and Austen arrived at the lake, about a mile west from the base.
"Druid Carp are massive fish. They swim about half way to the bottom of the lake bed. Watch and learn." Emily peeled off her shirt and skirt revealing a white bikini underneath and dove into the river, leaving a very red faced Baechle on the shore.
The lake was quite big, and looked to be about fifteen feet deep. But the crystal clear blue water made it hard to tell. Baechle watched closely as Emily swam deeper and deeper. After about twenty seconds the surface erupted with giant, orange leaping fish. Baechle watched in awe as Emily quickly followed out of the water. With a single swift kick Emily punted the surprised fish onto the shore.
"Awesome!" Baechle exclaimed ripping off his short. With a splash he dove into the lake. After about ten seconds Austen came up for air.
"Where's my fish?" Emily asked blankly.
"The fish didn't even blink when I swam up to them..." Austen muttered.
"Druid Carp are big, almost the size of us, so they don't fear a lot of things. The trick is to swim all the way down so you can push off from the lake bed. Conceal yourself, wait until you see a fish go by, then attack from the shadows. Commitment is the key. Got it?"
"Right!" Austen yelled diving back towards the lake bed. Another fifteen seconds passed before a fish came flying out of the water once again. Austen quickly followed and copying Emily, punted one onto the shore.
"I got one!" Austen called out to Emily triumphantly.
"Great, now put it back."
"What? But I just caught it!"
"Do you see the size of these fish? One will be plenty o feed us all. There's no reason to kill unnecessarily. Ever." Emily explained impatiently as she began carrying her Druid Carp home. Baechle sighed but quickly threw his catch back into the river and ran off after Emily.
Austen sat proudly in the kitchen as Emily informed Boss on how the newest member to Night Raid did.
"Pretty good Austen," Boss praised. "Keep up the good-"
Austen followed Boss' gaze to see what cut her off mid sentence. Hannah stood in the doorway, her face grim.
"Hannah, what is it?" Boss asked.
"We have a new target." Hannah stated placing a large sac of money onto the table. "A women seeked out our help. Her husband was killed by Boar, the head of the police department in the Capital." Hannah said answering Austen's unasked question. "Her husband finally broke seeing all the murders and corruption in the city. When he spoke out against Boar, Boar framed him of a crime and had him executed. I looked into the matter and this isn't the first time Boar has used his position to frame an innocent citizen."
"Very well, Night Raid accepts this request. But it will have to wait until tomorrow."
"What? Why?" Austen asked standing up.
"Hannah already has a mission lined up for her. And Emily can't take on this kind of mission right now because it requires her to move inside the city in the daylight." Boss answered calmly.
"Well what about everyone else?"
"Everyone else was sent on an emergency mission while you were fishing."
"Well we can't just sit by and do nothing! Boar might very well be framing more people right this second!"
Boss sat her mug down, "Very well Austen, sense you feel so strongly about his, you'll be the one to assassinate Boar."
"W-wait, me?" Austen stuttered.
""If you can complete this mission you'll be considered legit. So don't die." Emily added.
Austen gulped, scared he couldn't live up to his big words. Or live at all for that matter..."
"E-excuse me ." Austen asked from behind the big man.
Austen was inside the capital around four o'clock. He was with his target in the busy downtown shopping district.
Boar turned around and peered down at the small figure standing before him with his one good eye. The young man had short blond hair and blue eyes. He wore a white trench coat that fell past his knees. "What is it small fry?" Boar asked in a gruff voice.
Unlike the small, innocent looking Baechle, Boar was a huge gruff looking man. He had only one eye, where as the other one was gone and replaced by two ugly looking scars. He stood at almost 610' and wore his police uniform with pride.
Austen glanced around the area, people swarmed in and out of the many colorful shops. "This isn't the best place for us to talk..."
Boar raised an eyebrow, "Fine, we'll go into a back ally, follow me." The pair silently slipped into a dark alleyway, free from wandering eyes. Boar glanced around the tops of the buildings, 'I don't sense any other presences. This should do.'
Boar turned around, "Now what do you want pip-squeak?"
Boar looked down surprised, Austen was already on his hands and knees, "Please accept me into your army sir! I need a way to make money to help save my village!"
Boar sighed, "I figured it was something like this. Look kid, you'll have to go through the registration office like everyone else. Now scram." Boar said as he turned and began walking away.
Austen slowly stood and reached under his cloak, silently unsheathing his sword, "O-oh ok! I'll do just that!" Austen called out, keeping up his disguise.
Boar suddenly stopped walking, sensing something was off. He slowly put a hand on his swords hilt and began drawing it. "Don't do this kid-"
Boar quickly spun around, sensing his enemy quickly advancing. Boar looked down in amazement. The small kid was much faster than he expected, already able to cut into Boar's stomach before he even finished turning. But the attack wasn't over yet.
Austen flipped into the air, bringing his sword down in a vicious arc. But Boar was ready now. He quickly blocked the blow and grabbed Baechle out of the air by the throat. With a roar the general threw Austen in the ally wall. Austen felt blood in his mouth as his body slid down the wall to the gravel floor.
"You didn't think I would be so easily killed did you?" Boar taunted as Baechle picked himself up off the ground.
"By the looks of it, you're with that pesky group Night Raid. But what could I have done to get onto your hit-list?" Boar was silent for a moment as he thought. "Jonathan!" Boar exclaimed grinning. "His wife was in hysterics at the trial. Am I right?"
Austen glared at Boar. He was hoping he wouldn't have been able to figure it out who tipped them off.
"Thought so. Well, no matter, once I kill you I'll have plenty of time to go find her. Only this time I'll frame her whole family, including those little girls of hers. I know, I'll make her watch as I execute every single living kin she has!" Boar finished laughing wickedly.
"Never."
Boar raised an eyebrow, "Never?"
"You'll never touch them!" Baechle screamed as he charged.
Sparks lit up the dark alleyway as the swordsmen clashed. Given the size difference, both swordsmen seemed evenly matched in ability.
Boar scrapped his sword along the along the ground and brought it up to Austen. Causing dirt and gravel to be thrown into his eyes.
Austen fell away with a cry, now partially blind. Baechle half saw, half sensed Bore was above him. The smaller duelist quickly brought his sword up to block and added his left hand to support it on the flat of the blade.
And just in time as Boar brought his sword down with all his strength. The big man's veins popped as he put all his power into a finishing blow. Austen's arms screamed under the pressure. He could feel his sword straining under Boar's power.
"When I kill that bitch," Boar hissed. ""And as she begs for her mercy. I'm going to tell her it's all, your, fault."
Austen felt something click inside of him. Some missing puzzle piece suddenly found its place. The young assassin opened his eyes, his vision and sense of duty now clear. With a spurt of extra power Austen forced Boar up ever so slightly, giving him just enough room to spin out from under Boar's weight. Austen used his remaining strength to slice upwards, taking Boar's hands with him. Boar's eye and mouth hung open wide in shock as his hands fell away from him. Not even giving Boar time to scream Baechle continued his final assault as he spun downwards bringing his sword down through Boar's neck.
Austen slowly walked away from the bloody heap of a mess behind him. "Never," The assassin said into the darkness. "You'll never touch her, or anyone else again."
Thanks for reading everyone! Hope you enjoyed! Please remember for those that have watched the anime that my story is extremely slimier as the anime until i take my own path away from it. Please PM me as I love talking to people. And please review to help me grow as a writer! I have the next chapter written by hand now all I have to do is revise and type it up. Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
