Disclaimer: I don't own Akame Ga kill, certainty not. Aside from that, I believe we can all agree that Tatsumi rightfully belongs to Esdeath- (Yes, I was ordered to write that.)

- Esdeath - Time: 00:00 - Torture chambers - The Imperial Palace.

The foul odor of humiliation and weakness fills the entire area, also dried blood aswell but that's not the point, it's closely accompanied by the pitiful cries of hopelessness. The shrieks of the scared. I care not for the horrible fates of the weak, I have come to enjoy myself tonight. Striding with excitement to my destination at the end of the hall, having recieved an special request to attend the interrogation of an highly ranked member of the Revolutionary Army so that I may lend my expertise and experience, it was an offer I couldn't refuse. I soak it all up within myself, the cries that litter the torture chambers, whilst happily basking in the exquisite torment that awaits the one plagued by weakness at my hands.

The lucky ones get to live on as lesser creatures, robbed of their former titles as humans, becoming my pets. Completely devoid of any semblance of ego nor pride, only frantic gestures and pleads to garner some fraction of attention from me is all that awaits them.

It's awfully cruel to them, especially when Tatsumi is the only soul, now and forever, that can ever hope to appease me and recieve my boundless love. Love that is everlasting.

Speaking of which, I shouldn't tell any of this to Tatsumi, they're still awfully sour about bringing up interrogations in the torture chambers involving members of the revolutionary movement so as long as I remain silent about my fun, we'll be happy together as can be.

"I hope you haven't started without me, I'll be seriously displeased if--" Slamming open the door from my pent up energy and raw excitement, I witness an sight that renders me absolutely breathless in an second glance and agonzingly weak for the longest time... What seems like forever.q From throbbing heartache and pure shock as my knees become weak with emotional trauma that invades me.

"...Tatsumi... Nooo..." I croak, my silent pained words are undoubtedly horribly choked as I lean against the nearest cracked blood ridden wall for support.

Hanging from the ceiling like an useless dead animal used for livestock by bloodied chains on an rusty metal hook piercing his back is the only man that my heart belonged to, and that heart is now dead and buried, never to return.

As is my precious Tatsumi, his entire face is bandaged messily as it's covered in blood but I can see the expression of agony on his mutliated face from the several torn pieces in the bandage, some of his beautiful white teeth have been pulled out and thrown across the blood splattered ground. His eyes are covered with bandage, yet blood follows down them.

His nude body that used to look so wonderful and perfect is covered with recent deep gashes from whipping and torture tools, scorcing hot iron has been used to brand the word "Bastard Traitor" many times on his ruined muscular arms that have been surgically cut in precise locations to make simple arm movement agony, which are now also without hands as only two stumps remain. Blood drips from them to the floor. The hands have been discarded on the floor like unwanted toys, I break from reality completely.

No reality without Tatsumi is worth consideration.

Unable to acknowledge the fact that Tatsumi is dead, and there is nothing I can do to save him. Nurse him, love him and make him better. That I failed him, when I promised to protect him, when he pleaded with me for his own security.

What's worse is that Tatsumi hadn't even confessed his love of his own freedom to me, before these bloody monsters took him from me.

Nor had he wanted to.

"Da... Damn, jumpy bastard. I knew that you would stop trying to strangle me, if I looped those hands of yours off." The large Torturer on the right stated, his proud insulting words slowly bring me back to reality.

"Aha, good thing you taught him to know his place, right? Ah, General Esdeath!" The lean meek Torturer on the left cheered, laughing at the top of his voice as he finally notices me.

"...Die." That is the only word they hear and it's the only word I say. There is no heartfelt speech, no frantic pleads for an explanation, only death and destruction now. The walls of the room grow thick with Ice, freezing the blood splattered on them, Tatsumi's blood. Death is all they deserve and destruction awaits the Empire. My palm reaches out for the two vile creatures, I inflict agony incarnate unto them by freezing every single blood vessel flowing through their bodies at sub zero temperatures, slowly but gradually killing them. I had frozen their vocal chords aswell, I wanted them to be unable to scream so they could reflect on the fulity of it all as they died...

Afterall, I had lost my voice. My Tatsumi, so they would lose theirs too.

Forever.

I didn't even spare them glances to see the fear swelling up in their pupils instead emotionlessly unhooking my beloved partner from his torment dangling from the dirty ceiling, taking him lovingly into my warmth for the last time. Laying together with him on the flithy ground without a care in the world, cuddling him tightly as his broken ribs feel awful against my body. His blood covers me as it escapes from the many wounds on him, I whisper countless apologies into his ear. Partly hoping for an response.

A response that deep down, I know I won't receive.

My heart is stone cold, but my cheeks are warm. Warm with the overwhelming tears that have been flowing since I first laid eyes on my love's horrific fate, the man who deserved so much more than this end.

There isn't much left than to destroy everything else around me, I can start over that way but Tatsumi will not be replaced as my ability to love came and died with him.

I won't allow it.

Suddenly, Tatsumi's corpse vanished without a trace from my grasp as I look in confusion. Is this an trick?!

It had sank into the floor as the bodies of the vermin fade away too.

My hatred and anger begjn boiling to the peak, demanding to know whom took him away by smashing and breaking the walls around me into pieces, they crumble topping over as they reveal...

Nothing.

Merely empty pitch blank voids in the distance.

I awaken from my dream, my nightmare seconds later.

- Esdeath - Time: 02:00 - Esdeath's Quarters - The Imperial Palace.

My eyes spring open with an fierce jolt, instantly grabbing ahold of Tatsumi whom lays aside me, fully awake from my nightmare with an pounding aching heart that refuses to calm down. To think, I'd be this bothered by an simple nightmare, yet what I'm feeling against my body isn't Tatsumi's own...

He isn't there at all.

My violently shaking hands are tightly clutching a mere pillowcase in place of his body with hand bindings laying on the bed that I had tied Tatsumi with, they're broken apart. I'm pressing on the pillow so hard that it begins tearing apart as my nails dig deeper into the softness.

Why?! Why has Tatsumi vanished again, wasn't yesterday proof enough that he'd be willing to stay with me? I promised him protection, my love! Wasn't it enough?

Was he taken away?

On the wall nearest to the door would be framed photographs, taken during the late evening with myself and my forces.

The Jaegers, Riflemen and Infantry amongst the others that form my forces, standing directly beside me looking cute as can be, with my arm lovingly wrapped around them is Tatsumi. We took several other ones, with the two of us, that I keep in my personal collection but I'd rather have Tatsumi here than merely photographs.

Thinking on my feet, I throw my head straight down unto the place that Tatsumi slept on the bed, beside me. Inhaling and sniffling deeply against the surface, I faintly smell the scent of my love. He's been gone for sometime, then as the wind blows through the curtains, the rustling of paper catches my attention near me, sliding off an table in the room. Jumping off the bed violently to the point, it breaks apart, I take the paper into my hands. Careful to avoid crushing it with my heightened state.

Usually I'm able to remain alert of my surroundings, even whilst asleep so Tatsumi's dissapearance shouldn't have been possible, but the nightmare had affected my senses... The thought alone that my own weakness is the cause of this makes me feel sick to my stomach.

"I need some time to myself... I'll be back before morning comes, Esdeath. - Tatsumi." The letter reads.

Back before morning, huh? That's cute...

But you can't leave without my permission, not even for an single second Tatsumi.

Shoving the paper into my cleavage, I march to my closet, only wearing an loosely buttoned shirt, intend on bringing Tatsumi back. Regardless of his own stance on that.

If it wasn't for that nightmare, I'd have destroyed the entire room in frustration, but even now my heartaches so my mind only wants to find and bring my mate home.

Tatsumi, whenever you are and no matter where you go.

I'll always find you.

- Tatsumi - Time: 02:20 - Forest of Fallen Death - Outskirts of the Capital.

Escaping the Capital was an literal nightmare, since I'm apart of Esdeath's Forces now. Everyone knows, or will know my face by the morning. So, I needed to take my time.

The hardest part was escaping Esdeath's death hold, breaking my binds then fleeing through an nearby balcony in the Capital's lower floors. I managed to memorize the patrol routes of the guards, avoiding them and knocking those that I couldn't out. Taking a sword from one of the soldiers knocked out. Esdeath will probably punishment me severly for this but I couldn't stay there, my mind is everywhere at the moment and I want to visit my friend's resting places before I turn my back on them for the dream that they wanted.

I've almost made it, shouldn't be too far.

As if by pure luck or my heightened awareness, I observe the swinging claws of an Earth Dragon heading straight in my direction, right for me.

Heh. I dodge easily without much problem, somersaulting off the ground using my hands as an spring board. Landing on my feet mere seconds later.

Alright, let's make sure work of the Danger Beast... I've heard Earth Dragon tastes great with accompanying soup, ha!

Aiming to decapitate, and then split the beast straight down the middle with my long sword. Pulling it from it's sheath, taking to the act as the beast's blood and body parts is now serving as decoration for the landscape, I scoff and turn away to walk towards my original destination.

"With such an large temper... I expected more, but I've dealt with more scarier beasts and they're human." Mockingly waving to the creature, I then pause as the disgusting sounds of groaning and hissing are behind me.

I killed it, right? Surely I did.

Turning around, to my surprise I realise that I haven't. It's been modified, as it's regenerating and what's worse is that the body parts I've cut are becoming separate twisted creatures of their own.

Frailing around as their screams turn into fierce roars, I stand shocked and stunned to the point I'm blinded sided by an surprise attack against my side, throwing me against an tall tree as the unthinkable speed caused by the swipe, creates an nasty looking injury against my chest with blood dripping from the claw marks.

Not only that, I've been impaled by the tree branch, piercing my chest although thankfully missing my vitals. Refusing to let this abomination beat me, I pull myself up...

...Only to find myself not needing to.

"Stay put, you don't need to hurt yourself anymore." An firm youthful voice asks as they drop from the tree above me, leaves falling down too. Wearing white tattered clothing as their entire face is concealed by an muffler and mask.

"Who ar..." I ask, having pulled myself from the tree's hold, leaning against it with my hand as blood covers the bark.

"Stay quiet aswell, I want to enjoy this." Huh? His mannerisms and tone, they're strikingly like Esdeath's own. Looks like she's got quite an avid fan. The small boy whom looks no older than ten from his height alone, charges towards the multiple creatures holding...

...Incursio?!

Wait, why?! Incursio looks different, it's blue instead of red... It can't be Incursio!

"Watch this, I have an desire to impress you!" Wielding an lookalike Incursio is shocking but being able to activate it is mind-blowing. The only reason I haven't freaked out is because Incursio is locked away in the Palace, and I can't feel Incursio's presence calling to me...

It's calling to him.

"INCURSIOOOOO!" Calling with an fierce voice, bright blue light radiates beautifully from his location.

As the boy finally activates the Teigu, Incursio's avatar appears behind him, soon surrounding his entire body in it's protection as the armor is drastically different from my own. Looking akin to Bulat's crossed with Esdeath. It's even got ice lined against it's ridges and plating.

I'd hate to think how Bro would react if he saw this.

"Now... Here's the deal, you can't kill these!" The Teigu wielding boy shouts, striking each creature equally with his fists as I join in the fight, helping with my sword upon reacquiring it from the ground.

"Then how do we beat them?" I ask, slightly confused before leaping sideways to avoid gaining another set of claws on my already blood ridden shirt. Esdeath's going to kill me, if these things don't.

"Simple, we freeze then shatter them into tiny pieces!" Esdeath won't wake for hours, and we can't let these monsters into the capital... It'll be an massacre!

"That's impossible, we don't have any Ice!" I shout, taking the original body by the tail before literally tossing it away with my upper body strength. Having improved in the recent days, I could lift more than that with Incursio.

"Don't underestimate me, just observe!" Suddenly as I glance in shock, observing as told when each empowered punch delivered by the boy slowly begins incasing the creature being hit savagerly in crystalline ice, the final blow completely shattering the monstrous creation into tiny pieces of ice.

The process is continued by the mysterious child whilst I distract the rest, becoming gradually more loose in my stance as blood flows from my body. Soon falling unto my knees when all of them are dead.

"Aaah..." I groan, as the boy deactivates Incursio, walking towards me with his left hand facing me. I become tense, unaware of his intentions. His entire face is covered still, I try and rise when the right hand of the boy stops me by holding my shoulder.

"Here." A empty voice alerts me to the presence of Ice forming against my chest's various wounds, it's searing dropping me immediately unto my back.

"Who... Who are you?" I demand, trying to pick myself up as the boy looks down at me with an air of satisfaction in his stance, pulling the mask from his face as it falls to the floor.

"I am..." His eyes...! Green?!

"The Son of Esdeath, and you." The hair... Blue!

My shocked eyes open wide in disbelief as I shake violently, my mind is instantly assaulted by questions upon questions, yet I can't ask any as his voice takes my attention.

"We will meet again, Dad. When we do, I'll introduce myself to Mother and explain why I'm here, from the future." I reach upwards, catching an glimpse of Esdeath's Dragon Beast Mount in the distance as my... Son, vanishes from infront of me with Incursio's invisibility as I fall unconscious from raw shock, internal injuries and confusion as Esdeath's feet land unto the ground.

A son...?

Impossibl...

Hey guys, I hope you weren't too freaked out by the beginning of the chapter and immediately stop reading. xd

I apologize for the detail, but I needed the shock value. I was going to include a warning but considering the rating and the mature nature of the source material, I deemed it not required.

A huge part of this issue is establishing that Esdeath in the end, is still Esdeath. That whilst Tatsumi might affect her behaviour... He can't completely change her. Unless, of course. He's freaking dead whilst apart of her forces.

Also, important part! Father and Son meet! While I wanted Esdeath to join in, having Makoto in the capital before they're relationship becomes firm would be abit dangerous, as afterall Tatsumi hasn't even been apart of the Empire for an day yet.

Anyways, rate and review! Stay tuned for more!