Chapter 4
Kill The Twins
Akame stood outside Chelsea's old room, where Skyrah was presumably sleeping. She took a deep breath before knocking on it. It had only been a week since she had officially joined Night Raid, and the two had fully recovered from their wounds. Najenda had told Akame and Skyrah they would be going on an assassination mission today, and that the two they were going after were extremely dangerous to take on alone.
Skyrah had already met one of them, Sacher. From what Akame had heard he went down easily, but his brother wasn't there to fight with him. Najenda advised to split them up and take them on one at a time, because from what some of the Revolutionary Army said, the two together could obliterate an entire force of soldiers.
Akame knocked again. "Skyrah? I'm coming in." Akame said, opening the door.
Skyrah stood looking in the mirror, a hair band clasped in her teeth as she pulled her hair up into a ponytail.
She spit out the hair band and smiled through the mirror at Akame. "Sorry, I was having a little trouble getting dressed." She said.
Akame walked over and sat Skyrah down, pulling back her hair gently and putting it in the ponytail she was trying to do.
"Thanks, Akame." She said, recieving a nod as a reply.
Akame also buttoned the top button on Skyrah's shirt and stepped back.
Skyrah reminded her so much of Chelsea, they had even lent her some of Chelsea's clothes since their measurements were practically identical.
Skyrah sported a white, long sleeve button up shirt with a collar and a red skirt, along with black leggings to hide her legs. She kept her normal brown boots and white gloves she had come with, along with her trademark armored sports bra, which was the only thing she wore constantly.
"How do I look?" Skyrah asked, doing a little spin for her friend.
"Good, they suit you well." Akame said with a smile. "Now we need to go, Najenda is counting on us."
"Let's head out then." Skyrah replied, springing up and following Akame out of the hideout.
The duo waited for a few hours until night fell to enter the Capital, they had been tipped off that the twin brothers liked to spend free time in a Brothel, where they would forcibly violate the women who worked there, even killing some that didn't comply with their freakish demands.
"Was it one of the girls who work there that hired us?" Skyrah asked Akame as they walked through the streets.
"Yeah, one of her friends was killed after disobeying the older brother." Akame said.
Sacher and Leo, the older of the two being Leo, were both going to die tonight.
"Try not to get grabbed by these guys, Akame…" Skyrah said. "If Leo is anything like Sacher, then I don't want to know what would happen to us if they somehow got ahold of us." She warned.
"Sacher was a masochist, you said?" Akame asked.
"Yeah, he got pretty… excited during our fight." Skyrah said, shuddering.
The two continued to walk until they reached the brothel, where they were greeted as they entered.
"Oh, you two are cuties, are you looking for some work?" An older woman behind a desk asked the two.
Akame almost said something, but Skyrah covered her mouth.
"Yes, we're supposed to be waiting on two clients tonight." She said, with a slow smile.
"What are their names?" The woman asked, looking skeptical.
"Sacher and Leo." Skyrah said, trying to keep up her act.
The woman's eyes widened, looking panicked. "Are you two girls really up to be with those two?" She asked, a frightened sound in her voice. "You must know their reputation here…"
"We're prepared, ma'am." She said, offering a weak smile.
The woman didn't seem convinced, but grumbled something to herself and wrote something down on a notepad, pointing with her pen after she was done.
"You two can go wait in that room there, I'll tell them to join you when they arrive." She said.
Skyrah dragged Akame over to the room and closed the door behind them.
"It stinks." Akame said.
Skyrah inhaled, immediately regretting it. "Yeah, it does."
As she looked around she found it was much harder to see inside the room than the rest of the building, there was a large circular bed at the top of the room, adorned with large velvet-red curtains and dull pink blankets and pillows, the rest of the room was pretty bare.
"So, what part of the plan is this?" Akame asked, looking a little frustrated.
Skyrah sighed, "Look, I saw an opportunity and took it." She said, "This will be much faster than just waiting for them to leave on the roof."
"Fine, prepare yourself." Akame agreed.
Skyrah sat down on the bed, motioning for Akame to join her.
"We need to-"
"What the hell are you talking about, bitch?" A voice shouted from outside. "We didn't need you to plan two whores for us!"
Skyrah and Akame quickly sat down on the bed.
"That's Sacher." Skyrah whispered to Akame, she easily recognized his voice.
"Leo must be with him." Akame replied, hiding her Murasame behind the two girls.
"Please, just go with them." It was the woman from before. She sounded like she was being choked.
"Fine!" Sacher shouted, sounding like he threw the woman to the side. "But if these girls aren't the best you've got, I'm killing all of you!"
Skyrah pulled her hairband out and pushed Akame onto her back on the bed, quickly getting on top of her and bringing her face close. Skyrah's hair had made a veil around the two, and they stared into each other's eyes for what seemed like forever, red eyes reflected off of Skyrah's green. Both said nothing, but both shared a moment of complete silence, staring at each other's faces.
"Oh-ho-ho, getting started without us, girls?" Sacher asked, licking his lips as Skyrah turned back to take a look at him.
Sacher was much taller than who she assumed to be Leo, a toad-looking man who was grossly overweight and wore large glasses.
"Why don't you come and join us, boys?" She asked, turning back down to Akame.
To her surprise, her comrade had a huge blush on her face, and looked extremely uncomfortable in their position.
"Now."
Skyrah sprung back, slamming her fist into Leo's face and bringing him down hard onto the ground.
Akame jumped up, unsheathing Murasame and stabbing right through Sacher's chest.
The cursed blade made him drop to the ground, killing him instantly.
"You've… really messed up now." Sacher said as he collapsed, falling dead.
Skyrah hit Leo again and again, making him squirm under her.
Eventually, Leo grabbed one of Skyrah's arms and jerked her off of him, scurrying to get to his feet.
"Who the hell are you people?" He asked.
Akame pulled her sword out of Sacher and walked towards the remaining brother, but was stopped by Skyrah.
"We're just like the girls you two have killed here, we just know how to defend ourselves." Skyrah answered.
"I haven't done anything wrong! You can't do this to me!" He squealed, backing himself into a corner.
"Oh, what a shame, I guess it sucks when you pick on someone your own size, huh?" Skyrah asked, coming close to Leo and making him close his eye in hear.
"Please, I beg of y-"
Skyrah grabbed the overweight man by his throat, squeezing until she heard a loud crack from his neck breaking.
She dropped him in a heap on the ground, where he didn't as much as move.
"Let's go, before someone comes looking for them." Akame said, tugging on the back of Skyrah's shirt.
The two left out a window, leaving no trace of them.
Leone greeted the two as they returned from their mission, it was nearing the early hours of the morning, so the two decided to go off to bed.
Skyrah was thankful her first mission wasn't as difficult as it could have been, Tatsumi had recently been sent on a mission with Mine and both of them came back pretty banged up.
"See you in the morning, Akame." Skyrah said as they parted ways in the hallway.
Akame gave a nod and went to her room.
Skyrah sighed as she entered her room, removing her gloves, skirt, leggings and boots. Next she unbuttoned her shirt and removed her bra, quickly putting her shirt back on and buttoning it up to where it could be worn comfortably. After undressing, she climbed into bed and got under the covers, putting her hands behind her head and staring up at the ceiling.
It was strange, just a few weeks ago she was finishing her training, in a complete other part of the world, ready to return home to see the only person she had ever looked at like a father, but instead found people who treated her like family.
She smiled, closing her eyes.
For the first time in a long time, she was truly happy. Surrounded by people that cared about her, and she cared about, she had never been happier. She felt just how nice it was to have friends, that she was willing to lay her life on the line for. Even if she was in a group that was always under danger, it felt like she had no other place to be than right where she was.
Her mind began to drift, sleep slowly took ahold of her. She quietly wished for the nightmares to stay away, another night in a row.
But her mind had other plans.
Blood. So much blood.
Skyrah knew this place, she had seen it hundreds- no, thousands of times before.
He stood over the pile of young children, defiling their young corpses in any way he pleased. Nobody came to help, nobody came to save them, despite their cries of pain and horror. Some children watched as their classmates were butchered and defiled, their young eyes scarred with grisly images and their young skin stained with blood of their friends.
Skyrah couldn't move, she couldn't help any of them.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a young boy standing in front of a girl, his arms raised in defense. Then she saw that boy be cut down where he stood, and the girl behind him dismembered, left to bleed to death among the bodies of her butchered and violated classmates.
Skyrah watched as the man stand over the young girl, he said something, but she couldn't hear it.
"Get out of my head, damn you!" Skyrah shouted, trying to cover her eyes.
The face of the clown appeared under Skyrah's closed eyes, smiling and laughing at her. She couldn't get away from him, she couldn't stop him, she couldn't make him go away.
"Stop!"
Skyrah's eyes flashed open.
Akame's face in the dim candlelit room registered in her mind.
She noticed just how hard she was breathing, and how frightened Akame looked.
"Did you have a bad dream?" Akame asked as Skyrah began to calm down.
"I… Y-yes…" Skyrah shook under the covers in fear, she didn't want to dream of him!
Akame gently wiped the tears out of Skyrah's eyes. "I'm sorry to intrude."
Skyrah shook her head. "It's fine, what do you need?" She asked.
"I was just trying to get you back." Akame said.
"Get me back? For what?" Skyrah questioned.
Akame got on top of Skyrah and grabbed her hands with her own, pinning her down like how Skyrah had done it to her earlier that night.
"For doing this." Akame put her face close to Skyrah's, mimicking what had happened earlier that day in reverse roles. "It was uncomfortable, and strange, but at the same time… it was… calming."
Skyrah blushed hard, Akame quickly followed suit.
The two stared up into each other's eyes for a second time that night. Skyrah noticed how much her breathing had slowed in such a short time. Akame was right, it was calming.
Akame leaned up. "See what I mean?" She asked hurriedly, her blush growing.
"Y-yeah…" Skyrah said. "Sorry."
Akame fidgeted a little, then rolled over onto the other side of the bed.
"Just don't do it again." She said softly.
Skyrah leaned over, looking the opposite way of where Akame was lying.
Akame did the same thing, only she soon found her eyes were very hard to keep open.
Soon, the two were both asleep. With no nightmares for either of them.
The next morning, Skyrah woke up in the early hours of the afternoon. Akame still remained beside her, Murasame propped up on the dresser next to her.
Skyrah rolled over and found a note on the dresser on her side of the bed, which she picked up and opened.
When you two lovebirds decide
to get up, I have breakfast made
downstairs!
~Leone
Skyrah fell out of the bed upon reading the note. That was absolutely not the reason the two were together, and Leone knew it, Skyrah bet she was laughing about it right then!
She'd get Leone back for this somehow, but first she'd have to find her.
"What are you doing?" Akame asked, rolling over through the bed under the covers.
"Going to kill Leone, at the moment." Skyrah said, opening the door.
"In a shirt and panties?" Akame asked, pointing at Skyrah.
Skyrah looked down at herself, she still had yet to put anything on.
"Are you finally awake, Skyr-" Tatsumi suddenly felt the full force of a door in his face, knocking him down onto his butt. "What the hell?!" He cried.
Skyrah opened the door just a slit, looking out at Tatsumi, who was holding his face.
"Pervert." She said, closing the door softly.
"What?!" He shouted, "It's not my fault you left your door open!" He soon got up and stomped away, muttering under his breath as he left.
Skyrah clothed herself, and turned to Akame, who was reading the note.
"We have a big problem." Akame said, looking up at Skyrah. "Leone can't cook."
The two girls rushed downstairs, finding themselves in the kitchen where Leone was washing dishes. But on the floor lay their three comrades, Mine, Tatsumi and Najenda, all grasping their stomachs in pain.
"What happened here?" Akame asked, going to pick up Tatsumi.
"The food… it's so awful" Tatsumi groaned, grabbing Akame's shoulder. "Why couldn't you cook for us?"
A single tear fell down Tatsumi's cheek, then he fell limp in Akame's arms.
Skyrah rubbed the bridge of her nose in confusion and disappointment. With a sigh, she sat down at the table. "Come on, it can't be that bad."
All other members of Night Raid except for Leone stared at Skyrah in terror.
"You would willingly eat… that?" Mine pointed to the mass of food that was slammed in front of Skyrah by Leone, who wore a proud smile.
"You are all a bunch of babies, I bet Skyrah likes my food!" Leone said proudly, giving the proper utensils to the young girl.
Skyrah looked down at the plate, and soon realized her mistake. Mixtures of foods she never thought would go together were in a bubbling mass on top of the small plate.
"Um, what is it?" Skyrah asked as nicely as possible.
Leone looked down at the plate, and studied it for a moment, a worried expression was on her face for a split second, then she slapped Skyrah in the back and smiled. "Don't worry about it, kid, just eat it!"
Skyrah picked up a glob of the pile of food and smiled weakly as it physically moved on her spoon. Suddenly, she wasn't so sure that she was going to take a bite.
"Skyrah, don't do this to yourself." Najenda said, crawling towards her like she had been injured. "This is going to far."
Skyrah looked to the food, then back to her friends, who all lay on the ground, looking up at her in anticipation. She then looked up to Leone, who had a large grin on her face, and followed up by winking quickly.
Without hesitating any longer, Skyrah shoved the glob of food in her mouth, slammed her fists down into the table, and began to chew.
Everyone looked at her in horror, everyone except for Leone, that is.
"She did it." Najenda said, her mouth agape in shock.
"It's over for her." Tatsumi said, falling limp again.
"She's done for." Mine said, falling down onto her back and staring up at the ceiling.
Leone leaned in close as Skyrah continued to chew. "How is it?"
Skyrah swallowed, and regretted her decision to do so.
The food was so incredibly spicy, and somehow also sour. It had too much of everything, like a chimera of food. She tasted fish as well, also undercooked meat.
She offered a weak smile to Leone, who's grin widened even further.
"See?" Leone said, looking to everyone else. "I don't know why you all have to be so dramatic."
Skyrah stood up, her eyes watering from the mixture of tastes. "I'm gonna go… do the laundry or something." She said, running out of the room.
"Wait!" Leone said as the girl disappeared. "You forgot to finish your food!"