Kill the True Assassins
Author's Notes: I know that Connor seems a bit too OOC, but I have my reasons. First and foremost, I think mostly of Edward rather than Connor. Next, for his vocabulary, I honestly never paid attention to his character because the Assassin's Creed 3's storyline was just… eww… I mean, the characters were awesome, but the storyline just seemed like a remake of the first Assassin's Creed, where he went on a mission to assassinate just a couple of guys. That's why I just couldn't get into liking Connor as much as Ezio or Edward. And when you play it at least 3 times, while trying to achieve full sync (which is complete bullshit to me most of the time in that game because its harder than dicks (aka fuck the Jagers at Wanted Level 3)), you tend to not really give a fuck about the game or the story. I'm a perfectionist. I want all the best armors in each game, and currently finished Freedom Cry for the fifth goddamn time.
Also, on the topic of Connor, the eagle vision is a sixth sense that heightens its user's senses. And when one masters its usage, they gain even greater senses, and more battlefield awareness, which leads to the reason why I made Connor a bit OP. This is all to the guest that named himself "Sigh". But thank you for at least reviewing so that I could at least explain to you and everyone else why I did that.
To Zero Idea's review, I chose Connor because he basically won the Revolution for the Patriots. Altair was just a normal assassin, although it would've been nice if I could have him in this story, but I hope to just keep Connor in it. Along with that, anyone that's hoping for Arno to be in this story, don't get your hopes up. I kinda wanted to keep this story to just Connor, since he doesn't get much love (why is mentioned up above) from anyone. Not even from his father *starts laughing before dying down due to the bad joke*.
Disclaimer: Honestly, go get yourself raped by Syura if you thought I owned Akame ga Kill or Assassin's Creed. Because I don't, now stop asking.
Forest Outside of Night Raid's Base, 12:10 am
'What is this place?' Connor asked as he explored the cave that had his order's creed etched onto the walls. He held the torch in front of him before coming across a stone wall made by man and that there were multiple men hitting the wall with tools. They had set up camp in here apparently due to the tents and fire they had going in front of the wall.
"What the hell is this shit made of!?" One of the men asked as he hit the wall with his pickaxe again, although it just rebounded off once more.
"Well, if what this map says is true, then the first emperor's tomb is in here! So its only fair that the tomb he was sealed in, was blocked by the strongest of doors. I mean, we're talking about the creator of the teigu here!" One of the men responded while holding a map. Connor blew out the torch he had but kept hold of it as he ducked behind a rock and watched what the graverobbers did next. Two of them walked over to a table lit by a candle and placed the map down, and they continued to chat before one of them slapped the other in the back of the head.
"You idiot! It says we need keys to get in here!" The graverobber exclaimed as he stamped over to a rock and sat on it while grumbling. The graverobber sighed as he left the map on the table before resuming his work on attempting to bring down the gate. While he did, Connor walked up to the table and stealthily took the map and quickly left the cave. He soon exited and entered the moonlight while Fiera still stood there with her rifle at the ready.
"I'm back." Connor said as he still held the rolled up map.
"What did you find?" She asked as Connor unrolled the map and found it how it was a detailed version of the empire, with the cave they were just in was marked along with multiple other spots.
"What is it?" Fiera asked as Connor rolled up the map.
"Something that I need to find." He responded as he waved goodbye while heading back to his makeshift camp to rest before traveling to Night Raid's base. Fiera waved back as she headed in the opposite direction and towards her father's inn.
The Next Day, Night Raid's Base, 7:00 am
"Argh…" Connor groaned as he clutched his arm. Fiera could only manage to do basic medical treatment on it, causing it to hurt like hell as he free-ran across the trees. He had calculated that he was just a couple minutes away from the base, since he could see it through holes in the forest canopy. He stopped for a moment to catch some breath before continuing to run.
Meanwhile, The Capital
'I know I'll have to face him again. And this time, I'll make sure I force my feelings onto him.' Esdese said as she and the Jaegers were being questioned about Connor breaking out of the palace.
Back to Connor
"Huh?" Tatsumi asked as he felt a presence that was familiar to him. He looked around and saw no one, but he knew how Connor liked to approach from above. His instincts were correct, and he watched as Connor hopped from the tree he was on before rolling to the ground and stayed lying down. Tatsumi noticed the blood stain on his arm, and immediately went over to help him before helping him back into the base.
"They're pretty strong…" He groaned but maintained a slight grin. He liked fighting sometimes, although he controlled it enough to keep his anger for his enemies.
"Akame, Mine, Lubbock!" Tatsumi yelled as the three appeared in front of the entrance and they quickly got Connor onto a table. Mine checked him for wounds, and found the one on his arm, while his leg also had a bullet wound.
"Ah… so that's why I felt like I was gonna keep tripping." Connor chuckled as he groaned again. He felt the cold breeze brush across his leg as Tatsumi took off his right boot and rolled up his pant leg, revealing the gunshot wound. He clenched a fist as Akame used a pair of tweezers and pulled the bullet out.
"Leone did you drink all our alcohol!?" Mine yelled as they all heard chuckling, signifying that she was guilty. Connor then reached under him and pulled out a flask that was given to him by his quartermaster, Robert Faulkner. He slammed his fist hard onto the table as Akame poured the alcohol he had onto his wound, and although it wasn't as good as something like hydrogen peroxide, it would still somewhat clean his wound.
"Now for the easier part." Lubbock said as he used his teigu summoned up some soft yet tough thread to use for Connor's stitches. Mine ended up doing the actual stitching part due to her great concentration. After a few minutes of just a few stings, Connor was starting to feel better with his bullet wound cleaned and bandaged up, while his arm slash had been cleaned and stitched.
"Sorry for the fact that I'm not going to be much use apparently." Connor said as he realized that his leg was limping.
"Don't worry about it, we don't have any orders except to train at the moment anyways." Leone said as they all gathered into what looked like a living room. "What did you learn there anyways?"
"I was able to observe the Jaegers fighting strength." Connor said as he recalled the annihilation of the bandit fortress due to just Kurome and Seryuu's destructive personalities.
"So you're saying that they're on par with us?" Leone asked worriedly. With the loss of Bulat, they had lost a great amount of power since his strength could match Esdese's. Along with that, they were short on members since Connor would also be out of commision due to his leg injury.
"Yes. Also, if I may, there is something I need to ask you Akame." Connor said as he turned to Akame who had a stoic face at the information given to her about the Jaegers.
"There was a girl, and she looked just like you. I heard that her name was Kurome. Any idea if you know her?" Connor asked as Akame's face was shadowed by her hair.
"She's my sister."
"Hm, that would make sense. But why didn't you and her leave the Empire and join the Revolutionary Army?"
"Well, I don't know her reasoning, but I when I asked, she declined and most likely thinks of me as a traitor. Tell me, was she eating something when you met her?"
"Yes, she seemed to have her own bag of candy, and ate it at every spare moment." Connor replied before the two went silent but the silence was broken by Lubbock.
"Then from what you've told us, the Jaegars are on par with all of us, and even Esdese might have trouble with both Miss Najenda and Connor if she fought them at the same time."
"But that may take a while to arrange since…" Connor pointed to his wounded leg.
"Hmph, but there is one weakness that Esdese possesses." Akame stood up and held her sheathed teigu out in front of her.
"She has a beating heart. And even if she is the fabled strongest of the Empire, I will definitely kill her!" Akame yelled while Mine rolled her eyes but smirked.
"Easier said than done." She said.
Meanwhile, The Forest Outside of Night Raid's Base
"A gay's intuition is never wrong. Night Raid's hideout." Dr. Stylish said as he pointed at the base that Connor and his allies were in currently.
Back to Night Raid's Base
"Huh?" Connor asked himself as he felt something poking at him. He cracked his neck and looked around to find that all of Night Raid's members were asleep and were highlighted their shade of blue. Due to him needing to keep track of them and make sure that they were all accounted for, he always tagged them whenever they either slept or were all together at the base, thus making it easier for him to tell them which targets were going after them. However, he had noticed that out of the five current members of Night Raid (excluding him of course), one of them was missing.
"Wake up everyone, we're under attack!" He yelled as he didn't have enough time to put on his assassin robes, but managed to put on his weapons. He ran towards the bath and found Leone still blue but with her face in the water.
'Not another one...' Connor said as he pulled her out of the bath water and looked at her wounds. She had a blade in her face, but Connor couldn't do much since there was an attack taking place at the moment.
"Rest in peace." Connor said as he ran off to help the others. Unbeknownst to him however, the outline of Leone's body was starting to catch fire and her hands seemed to begin changing form.
Outside of Night Raid's Base, 12:00 am
"Incursio!" A group of Stylish's experiments looked up to see an armored Tatsumi crash through the base's wall and fly straight towards them.
"Rah!" Tatsumi yelled as he let loose a multitude of punches and kicks as he obliterated the group of Stylish's pawns one by one.
"He's out! He's out!" He turned to see an overly muscular man walk towards him. He was thinking it was another enemy, but he was pissed at the weapon the man was holding.
"Fufu, fantastic isn't it? The teigu known as Ecstasy, that has the ability to cut anything. It isn't a surprise that its the teigu of the joyful me." The muscular man laughed as Tatsumi made an angered face under his mask.
"That's not yours!" Tatsumi said as he charged straight at Kaku with his sword drawn. Kaku went into a ball position while standing, but Tatsumi flew over him while slashing his sword downwards. But his eyes widened as his sword hit Kaku's arm, but it instead broke apart.
"Let him cut your muscle…" He heard as he looked up in mid-flip. "But sever his bones!"
"Guoh!" Tatsumi hissed as he felt his hand get cut by Ecstasy, with its ability to cut anything, Incursio did nothing to stop the blow. Luckily, he was a bit quicker, and his hand was just cut halfway through. Had he not flipped faster, his entire hand would've been completely cut from his arm. More pawns appeared to help Kaku which were sent by Stylish, but Tatsumi easily killed them as he continued to charge straight at him. But to his surprise, Tatsumi instead grabbed the handle of Ecstasy.
"That's Sheele's!" Tatsumi yelled as Kaku pushed him back.
"Huh? The fuck's that? Whatever, but if you want to die so much, then I'll cut you to pieces!" Kaku charged at Tatsumi again. However, he didn't expect more of Stylish's pawns to appear from behind him, giving Kaku the advantage of numbers. However, he didn't expect for Connor to appear alongside Mine.
"You two handle that big ugly oaf." Connor taunted as Kaku made an angry face.
"What the fuck did you just say kid!?" Kaku yelled as he tried to charge at Connor, only to be cut off by Tatsumi and Mine with their weapons raised. Connor looked at four of Stylish's pawns as they surrounded him. He couldn't fight at full strength, so his cutlass was out of the picture, but he could still manage to wield his tomahawk, but couldn't keep hold of his dagger due to his arm wound.
'Back to how I used to fight before.' Connor said as a pawn charged at him. He caught the fist of said pawn, before using his tomahawk to sever its arm off. He didn't allow it any rest and instead kicked it away before slamming his tomahawk into its head. Another one tried to punch him in the back, but he sidestepped and swung from his side, implanting into its face. Once more, another pawn tried to charge him from the front, but he sidestepped and tossed his tomahawk into his left hand before slamming it into its back. He then gave it a good punch in the stomach three times before lifting the pawn up into the air and ripped his tomahawk out of its back before slamming it into the ground.
'I still gotta keep these guys off of the other two.' Connor said to himself as another pawn slashed downwards with its claws. He rolled out of the way and swung his tomahawk out so it hit the back of the knee of Stylish's pawn. He kept it there as he stood up and held the pawn's neck in the crook of his arm, with its back arched dangerously. He then pulled up a bit more and felt satisfied as he heard something snap before dropping the pawn to the ground. He looked behind him to see Kaku out of sight with Mine tearing up as she held Ecstasy.
"Its good to have her back." Connor said causing Mine to smile while Tatsumi kept his eye to the sky. He watched as what looked like a manta ray was flying in the sky towards them.
"What's that!?" Tatsumi asked as Mine put on what looked like a magnifier onto her eye.
"Its the Boss! And she's got company!" Mine said as she continued looking towards the sky.
"I want to ride that thing for some reason.." Connor commented as a figure watched them from the bushes.
'So that's the Master Assassin huh?' The figure said as he stood up and ran at Connor from behind. 'His back is to me, so he'll die easily!'
"Just what the fuck do you think you're doing!?" A voice said causing them all to turn around and see Leone punch the hatted man in the face while Connor's eyes were wide. The owner of the voice was Leone and she was holding the man by his neck.
"I love surprise attacks, but I hate being the victim of them! Don't think that just because you've been strengthened up, you'll die easier!" Tatsumi and Mine sweatdropped at how Leone's personality seemed to change largely in battle.
"Always listen to a lady when she speaks to you." Connor said as he blocked the incoming foot that had a blade protruding out of the man's shoe. He then raised his elbow and broke the man's leg before throwing it backwards and let Leone continue. She then reeled her arm back and threw it forward into the man's face, causing it gain a massive hole.
"The blow I took from the surprise attack was pretty effective, but when I'm transformed, my recovery rate is faster!" Leone said as she grabbed the top of Connor's head.
"Ummm…" The assassin asked as Leone lifted him up.
"And you thought I was dead too!" Leone yelled as she bonked Connor on the head, causing him to try and clutch it as he hissed at the pain.
"Well I'm sorry for thinking you were dead from taking a blade to the face…" He muttered as he rubbed his head.
"Oh good, you're all safe!" Akame yelled as she and Lubbock appeared on the battlefield and was instead in her actual uniform rather than her sleepwear.
"Great, now I don't have to fight as much." Connor said as suddenly everyone except him and Tatsumi fell to the ground as more of Stylish's pawns appeared.
"Of course you jinxed it." Tatsumi muttered as he and Connor got back to back. He could this amount of unarmed pawns with ease, but due to his wounds, he was in trouble.
"I seem to recall our time on the boat…" Connor muttered.
"But it doesn't seem to be hypnosis." Tatsumi said as Connor turned on eagle vision and looked at the incapacitated members of Night Raid to see that they went from blue to red. And since he knew for sure that they weren't enemies, he could tell that some sort of poison was inside of them since there were still patches of blue on them still. His shard of Eden seemed to protect him from a partial amount of the paralysis poison, but his eagle vision seemed to make his body immune to poisons as well.
"We're the only ones who can protect them apparently." Connor said as he cracked his neck and raised his tomahawk and got into a fighting stance, although it still hurt pretty bad due to his injuries, not to mention the battle he fought before had already weakened him by a lot. Tatsumi also raised his fists and prepared for the pawns' imminent charge, but both were surprised as there was an explosion and the pawns were blown away.
"Eliminate all enemies before you, Susanoo!" They heard Najenda yell from atop the manta ray.
"Understood." A man with horns on his head replied as his stave-like weapon grew blades. He ripped apart the massive army of Stylish's pawns and Connor sighed in relief while Tatsumi watched in awe at their apparent ally's power. Suddenly, there was another massive explosion that consumed Susanoo completely, and when the smoke of it dissipated, his arms had been completely blown off. But Connor noticed how there was something forming near where his arms had been destroyed, and was surprised at how in a matter of seconds both his arms had grown back.
"..." Susanoo stared directly at Mine causing everyone to raise an eyebrow. He walked towards her before fixing a hair that was standing up.
"Alright!" Susanoo said as Tatsumi's eyebrow was raised.
"Susanoo, there are more enemies in the forest! Eliminate them as well!" Najenda yelled again while she pointed to a certain part of the forest.
"Understood!" Susanoo said as he ran at god-like speed towards the forest on the cliff.
"Go help him however you can." Connor said as Tatsumi looked to him.
"But what about Mine and the others?"
"I'll watch over them, now go be useful while we cannot." Connor said as he sat down on the ground and sighed.
"Wait, let me go with Tatsumi!" Akame said as he was about to run off.
"Are you sure? You're hurt pretty badly." Connor said as Akame had taken some hits during her battle with Toby. He picked her up and carried her on his back as he prepared to fly off again.
"Hold on tight!" Tatsumi then flew towards the forest and Susanoo and what looked like a giant danger beast's location. Connor noticed how Mine was also on Leone's back while Lubbock was still laying on the ground.
"You wanna go help too?" Connor asked as he helped up Lubbock as he nodded. Najenda landed the danger beast she was on and let the four of them on.
"Let's finish this once and for all." Najenda said as the danger beast flew up and towards the fight. Mine aimed her teigu at Stylish and the rest of them watched as the combined attack of Akame, Susanoo, Tatsumi, and Mine all struck Stylish at once. He made the mistake of trying to hit Akame, and she ended up getting behind him and slashed him, dooming him. Connor sighed as he fell asleep atop the manta ray causing Lubbock and Leone to sweatdrop as they had to stop him from rolling off.
Margue Plateau, 10:23 am
"This world never ceases to amaze me." Connor said as he and the rest of Night Raid were sitting atop the manta ray that Najenda had borrowed from the Revolutionary Army. This was his first time actually flying since there were no such things as Danger Beasts back in Colonial America. Lubbock and Mine were trying to keep their stomachs down since the two hated heights... or flying, one of the two. They soon found a small patch of trees and landed and took in the scenery of the table-top like mountains.
"The different mountains and high-level danger beasts make this place extremely dangerous to live in, so its the perfect place for us to hide from the time being." Najenda said as she slung on her massive backpack. At the word 'dangerous', Leone made an excited face while Mine's jaw was dropped at the new scenery. The manta ray danger beast soon started beating its (I don't know if this is correct) wings and soon took off in the direction they came.
"Is it fine if that thing leaves?" Connor asked as he watched the manta ray fly away.
"Since it's a valuable vehicle, we can't monopolize it." Najenda replied.
"It'll probably go back to the Revolutionary Army's base, where its nest is located." The orange haired girl added. "You didn't know that… um... what's your name?"
"Maybe we should get you two properly introduce yourselves." Najenda said as she rubbed the back of her head. "First up is…"
"Huh?" Connor asked as he saw how the orange haired girl was gone but turned to see her playing with Akame's hair.
"Akame-chan, you're really cute when I take a look up close~~" The orange haired girl said as she continued her antics. Akame was flustered.
"What're you doing out of nowhere?" Akame asked as she couldn't really do anything since the orange-haired girl hadn't done anything wrong except invade her personal space.
"Anyways, that's Chelsea." Najenda said as Tatsumi and Lubbock watched as Chelsea handed Akame a lollipop.
"I welcome you with open arms." Akame said while Connor raised an eyebrow as he turned to Susanoo.
"And this is my new teigu on loan from the Revolutionary Army, Speed of Lightning, Susanoo."
"..." Susanoo stared at both Connor and Tatsumi, causing them to raise their eyebrows. And with the speed that he possessed, Susanoo suddenly reached over to Tatsumi and fixed his undershirt so that one of the corners wasn't poking out. He then quickly turned to Connor and pushed down the part of his pants that hadn't fully gone into his boot.
"All right!" Susanoo then went back to his usual stoic expression with his arms hidden under the sleeves of his robes.
"He's also unexpectedly a neat freak." Najenda said with a sweatdrop. Connor then looked around to see something dive off the nearby cliff. He turned and saw how the outcropping was a perfect viewpoint and walked onto it. He took in the scenery before he suddenly felt something tell him to jump. Everyone stopped admiring Susanoo for a second before watching horror as Connor took a few steps back before running forward at full speed and dived right off. Tatsumi ran over to the edge to see just a pile of tree branches and leaves but no sign of Connor.
"What the hell is he thinking!?" Mine asked as she didn't really appreciate more surprises. Meanwhile, Connor was exploring a huge cave he had found and at the end of it, was a nest with three large eggs. He heard growling and turned around to see that his only way out of the cave was blocked of by a couple of danger beasts that seemed like a combination of a bobcat and a fox that had sharp teeth and a set of horns on it. The danger beast also happened to be equal to his size in height, making it seem a bit intimidating to him.
"Rah!" One of the beasts yelled as it charged at Connor with its head down and horns pointing straight at him. He rolled out of the way and got up quickly as another one of the beasts was already in front of him with its mouth wide open and revealed its fangs. He shoved his arm into its mouth, and as it tried to bite it off, he slammed his hidden into its neck from the side. As he pushed the danger beast off of him, another one managed to sneak up on him and pounce him so that he was on the ground. If his reactions weren't quicker, he would've been getting his face mauled, but he managed to clamp the danger beast's mouth shut. He then released one of his hands and slammed his hidden blade into its neck, and for good measure, he stabbed it two more times.
"Yawa." Connor muttered as he looked at the final two danger beasts. He sidestepped another charge, but grabbed onto its horns and caught hold. He then let go of one horn and slammed his hidden blade into the beast's neck. It didn't die, so he let go and watched as blood spurted out of the wound he caused. He then looked at both his sides and saw how both of the beasts were prepared to charge, but they were both on a collision course that would cause them to hit each other if he dodged it.
"Hmph!" Connor huffed as he rolled out of the way just as both beasts charged each other, and since he dodged, they hit each other, their horns impaled into each other. He then extended his hidden blades and slammed one into each of the beasts. He kept them there until they fell to the ground.
"Yawa." Connor said as he heard the flapping of wings and turned to the exit again. This time, there seemed to be a giant combination of a falcon and a bald-eagle. Its body was covered by brown feathers, and its head was a bright white, but its eyes looked as if they were completely blacked out, in contrast to a bald eagle's eyes.
"You don't seem to be that dangerous." Connor said as the bird squawked. Its size wouldn't allow it to fly within the cave, but it could easily peck Connor apart if it tried. He wasn't fazed as it walked by him to tend to its eggs. He grinned as he walked out of the cave before looking at the scene of plateau mountains before climbing his way back up to the others. He soon made it and found all of them shocked at his return.
"Where the hell were you!?" Mine asked. Tatsumi raised an eyebrow at the fact that she normally acted like a tough girl, but whenever her teammates died or disappeared, she took a whole new turn. Then again, they all had lost two comrades that affected their lives in one way or another and if they lost another, then they would be devastated.
"I simply felt something and hopped off the cliff." Connor said as he saw the same danger beast fly around in the distance. Everyone raised an eyebrow before Najenda shrugged.
"Whatever, anyways, let's set up a base before it hits nightfall."
A Couple Hours Later, 10:35 pm
"Hm?" Connor was out training when he felt someone watching him. He concentrated and activated eagle vision and scanned around the forest for any nearby danger beasts or enemies. He soon saw a peaceful blue that showed the form of Chelsea, but when he deactivated his second sight, she was replaced by a bush.
"Its not really nice to sneak up on people you know." Connor said as there was a cloud of smoke that enveloped the bush, but it quickly dissipated to reveal Chelsea. She walked over to him and sat with him by his camp fire. Occasionally, Connor would go on little trips into the forest to camp out and train or simply enjoy the outdoors. Along with the occasional danger beast fights of course.
"How did you know I was there? My teigu is supposed to make a perfect disguise for me."
"Well let's just say I'm not a Master Assassin for nothing."
"Oh? I never knew you were a fabled Master Assassin. But then again, how could you be one when their order has been destroyed here?" She asked causing Connor to put a hand up to his chin. He couldn't tell anyone of how he got there due to the complications and massive amount of questions it would bring if he told of how his country worked.
"Well, I'm here because of some… complications."
"Hm. You're hiding something, but then again it's kind of part of our jobs to keep secrets." Chelsea said as she looked at the night sky.
"I guess it is… Anyways, what does your teigu do?" Connor asked. Chelsea then raised a box with a handle that resembled that of a box that he'd see some women have in America whenever he had to run through windows to escape from guards.
"Its called Gaea Foundation, and it let's me disguise as anything I want."
"Not really useful for combat I'm guessing?"
"No, but I'm mostly meant for assassinations that are usually get in, kill the guy, then get out." She responded as she set down her teigu.
"Well since you showed me your trick, I'll show you mine." Connor said as he took off his right-handed fingerless glove.
"Its not a teigu, but its power can be considered a teigu." Connor said as he held his Shard of Eden up so that Chelsea could see the green light flowing through the icons on the ring.
"What does it do?" She asked as she looked in awe at it.
"Throw one of your needles at me." Connor said as Chelsea raised an eyebrow.
"How did you know I was carrying needles?" She asked as she slipped one out of her sleeve. He teased her by poking the top of his head while she rolled her eyes before throwing the needle at Connor. Her eyes widened as she realized that the needle she threw was actually loaded with enough poison to kill a danger beast in seconds, and her jaw dropped as he let the needle fly at him. Suddenly, the needle was only a foot away from him before it rebounded off what appeared to be part of the surface of a sphere made up of transparent orange triangles.
"Its a powerful item that can deflect anything that isn't connected to human flesh." Connor said as he pulled his ring back on and pulled his glove over it.
"Ah that's a useful tool, but it won't save you from everything." She responded while her eyes looked as if they were beginning to become distant.
"I'm fully aware of that, and that's why I've trained in both long and short-range combat to counter that. Also, why do you seem to be blunt with everyone?" Connor asked while Chelsea made a sad smile at Connor's honesty.
"Well, I don't mock them to get a rise out of them. Although it is fun to do that once in a while… their cheerfulness…"
"What about it? I thought being lively was a good thing?"
"Well it is, but…" She started but Connor put up a hand.
"You came back to find that your team was dead because of that?" Chelsea raised an eyebrow while her jaw was slightly ajar.
"Yes. How did you know?" Connor crossed his arms.
"Najenda had told us how you were part of another group in Night Raid. And I have a similar story. Although, I wouldn't be where I am now if it didn't take place."
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"It goes like this." Connor said as he put his chin onto his hands. "I was four when my mother died during an attack on my home village by those I once called my friends. I wish it wasn't so, but had it not happened, the country I lived in would've been destroyed by its suppressors."
"Oh…" Chelsea and Connor then maintained a silence for a good three minutes at the most. He sighed before standing up.
"I'm going to turn in for the night. Would you like me to escort you back to the base?"
"No, I'll be fine on my own." She responded before Connor did a small wave then disappeared into his tent.
A Couple Days Later, The Capital
"Captain?" Run asked as he and Esdese walked through an area in the downtown area of the Capital.
"What is it?" She responded while looking distant.
"You seem to be looking for someone." She sighed.
"Yes. I can't help but try to find Connor in the crowds."
"So you're saying you miss him?" Run asked as Esdese stopped walking.
"Against my better judgement, but yes." She replied as she saw a white hooded figure pass through the crowds just a few people to her right. The figure looked at her but she paid it no mind as they continued to walk past each other. Little did she realize that she had just looked at the very man she was looking for.
"Murder!" The two turned around and saw someone fall to their knees with their mouth closed as if it were sealed shut. They then rushed to his aid as they saw the man also had a bleeding stomach.
"What happened here!?" Esdese asked as Run gently laid the man onto his back on the ground. No one came up to speak. She looked around to see the hooded man rushing away and decided to follow him.
"Out of the way!" She yelled as she pushed through the crowd but just as she got out, the man disappeared behind a corner. She gave chase, but raised an eyebrow as the hooded figure began to free-run his way up to the rooftops while she summoned enough power to make some ice and ascend to the same height as her target. Once she did reach the rooftops, the figure was running across the rooftops while she could only watch as he turned to her. She recognized the figure's smirk but couldn't make out his face fully but her eyes widened as he put his arms out and fell off the building.
"Hold it right there!" She yelled to try and stop the hooded man, but it was futile as she yelled just as he disappeared from view as he fell backwards and over the ledge. She ran over, but her eyes narrowed as there was only the river and a cafe that overlooked it nearby. She sighed before walking away, but just as she did, there were bubbles in the water and out popped the head of the same hooded man.
'Close one.' Connor said as he swam over to the cafe and climbed up one of the ledges while everyone stared at him due to his interesting attire and how it was wet. He then saw a random man running up to him, although he looked ecstatic rather than like an enemy.
"Umm…" Connor asked as the man finally stood still in front of him. He panted a bit before he raised his head. He was bald, and he wore clothes similar to that of rags. His eyes were brown and he had a bit of facial hair consisting of a bit of peach fuzz and a slight goatee. His body suggested he was young, but his face made him appear as if he were at least 25 or older.
"You're... you're him!" The man said with a smile while Connor raised an eyebrow in response.
"Name's Nico!" The man said as he put his fist where his heart was while his eyes were closed and smiling.
"Connor, but may I ask why you decided to approach me?" The assassin asked while Nico nodded.
"I'll tell you, but first we must leave this place, the guards are getting suspicious." Nico said as he walked towards a bar while motioning for Connor to follow. He was about to decline the man's offer, but the guards were starting to notice who he was. He followed Nico and held open the door before the two took their seats at a two seat wooden table underneath a staircase within the bar.
"Care to tell me why you approached me now?"
"I would like to be recruited into the assassins." Nico said with a tone of unending resolve.
" Hmmm… Before I decide on recruiting you, tell me your reasons why you would approach me." Connor said as Nico raised his hand up and signalled a waiter to bring over two mugs of beer.
"Trust issues? Well that's to be expected I guess." Nico responded as he took a swig. "Well let's see, I've been looking for ways to help out the Revolutionary Army without getting kicked out of my home here. Plus, I've always wanted to join the legendary assassins just so I can finally be of use to somebody that don't have evil intentions."
"I see, but are you willing to kill anyone that I might order you to kill?" Connor asked as Nico nodded.
"Even if it were my own wife. If she turned out to be a sympathizer for that bastard Prime Minister, I'd gladly do it."
"You seem to have a grudge to the so-called leader of this country. Why?" Connor asked.
"Everyone has a grudge in some way against that fatass, but some vary. Mine isn't that bad." Nico said as he took a bigger gulp, telling Connor that something buried in his past was about to come out.
"If you don't want to say it, its fine." Connor said but Nico sighed.
"Its alright, I need to get it out to someone. Five years ago I once was a proud guard in this city, thinking that I was fighting for the right side and killing any who opposed our "beloved" Emperor or Prime Minister." Nico said as he took another swig. "I soon learned of how this nation was falling apart because people like me were led by people like him. I had planned on leaving and becoming something like a shop owner or something that would give me a decent yet quiet life. But my captain at the time was a complete dickwad when it came to cowards that were actually those who wanted to leave like me."
"What happened then?"
"I'm getting to that. Anyways, when he had caught wind of me quitting, he brought situation up with the Prime Minister, and had me tried by the Emperor."
"But how did you live? Last I knew, the Prime Minister doesn't seem to like those who mess up or are planning to defect to the Revolutionary Army."
"My wife decided to take the punishment for me, so that I would be able to raise up my son." Nico was beginning to tear up. "I haven't heard from her or about her ever since that day."
"..." Connor stayed silent as Nico put his face into both his hands and made audible crying noises.
"He then died three days after due to some guards that had beat him to death because of him being my son!" Nico said in between sobs. Connor then saw how a group of rowdy guards were nearby and felt Nico's killing intent flare up immensely. One of the guards then pointed at him.
"Look! Its that old bastard that left the Imperial Guard!"
"Bwahahahaha, I wonder what happened to that hot wife of his!" Another guard asked while they all began to laugh while Connor put a hand on Nico's shoulder before standing up and shadowed the upper part of his face with his hood. He walked over to the group of city guards, in which they were all drunk while two of the four were playing checkers.
"What's an injan like you doing here!? Get outta my face!" The guard said as he drunkenly swung at Connor. The assassin sidestepped and countered with a leg sweep. And in split seconds of the guard being in midair, Connor grabbed his head and smashed it into the wooden walls of the bar. The two guards were still sitting and just as they were about to get up, Connor grabbed the chess board and smashed it on one of the guard's heads. He then grabbed their heads and smashed them together. The last of the four tried to grab Connor, but he flipped him over and slammed his back through the table. Nico stood up before the two walked out while Connor dropped some gold coins onto the floor as payment, although it was done quickly since the city guards would appear at any minute.
"Why'd you do that anyways?" Nico asked as the two walked down the street before taking some shortcuts through alleys.
"They pissed me off, and I don't like a man being the one that has to cry. Frankly, the world will only be perfect when no one cries."
"Hm, I guess so." Nico then walked over to a backdoor and fished some keys out of his pocket. When he found them, he stuck it into the door lock.
"Nico." Connor said as Nico was about to step inside.
"Meet me here to discuss your recruitment." Connor said as he handed Nico a piece of paper with directions.
"You got it mentor!" Nico replied with a smile as he closed the door while Connor burped.
"I want another beer right now actually." Connor said as he walked towards another bar that Leone had shown him during his tour of the Capital.
-End-
As much as I like writing, you guys are starting to make me hate this story. Seriously, I'm thinking of just taking down this story solely because I'm not getting enough reviews. Reviews are the greatest encouragement to get your favorite authors to keep writing their stories more.
tl;dr, I'm starting to get bored of this story, and thinking of taking it down unless there is an increase of reviews. Your choice.
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