"The capital is located here. It covers 200,000 square of kilometers!"
"A great wall surrounds the city, and huge trading ships pass through the canals!"
"So many sights to see. I don't know where to start!"
"We can start with the stylish young ladies they have!
"Great Idea!"
"You pervert!" *smack*
"Ouch! Why am I the only one getting hit!?"
('...That's what I saw over the once capital I admired….')
-Capital's Streets-
Tatsumi is walking through the streets, while looking at the people walking around, pale expressions on their faces. ('But now….')
"There's a lot of glum-looking people around."
"That's because of the government's threats and warnings." says the voice of the pink-haired girl. Mine and Tatsumi were task together if you forgot. The brunette looks at the girl with confusion.
"Is it really OK for you to walk like that in daylight?" he ask in concern.
" Yeah, I mean, the only one's they would recognize are those four." she says while pointing at a wall with wanted posters on it, showing the faces of Akame, Najenda, Sheele and-
"Wait, who's the guy in the middle?" Tatsumi ask, seeing the a young man with a short hair like Emerl.
"That's Bulat."
"...Fuck off!"
"He change his image after he join Night Raid."
"How in the world the he change that much?!" the brunette shouted, having a comparison on Bulat's poster and right now, follow by a bonk to the head.
"Keep it quiet, will ya?! You're going to bring too much attention on us!" Mine yell to him.
"Ah! Sorry." Tatsumi quickly apologise.
(*sigh* Why am I stuck babysitting this guy?') she thought to herself, "Good, now that you understand, we have a mission to do."
"Sounds good to me! Why else would we be here for?" Tatsumi answer her with a smirk.
"Okay! Then let's start our patrol!" she says, pumping her fist on the air. Tatsumi following her lead.
"Roger!" he shout with her, ('I wonder how's Emerl doing')
"OK, so I understand if training is like cleaning the base, watching dishes, making dinner, staying silent, etc. etc….. So explain to me…" Emerl turns around to see Sheele, carrying a paper bag full of food while giving an innocent smile on her face.
"How does babysitting you have to do with training, Sheele?" he asks with a deadpanned face.
I'm sorry," the purple-haired assassin bows her head, "Normally the others do it, but I volunteer to help. And since you're under my care, I thought you could help me, is that a problem for you?"
"The problem is not me, is you, I mean, coconuts and watermelons? Why would you pick coconuts as watermelons? Hell! How did you even mix up the two of them? They don't look or weight the same." Emerl ask. She only gave an apologetic smile.
"I apologize, I'm not the best at these types of situations. In fact, I think this is the closest thing I can do for the hideout." Sheele apologize again, causing the black haired boy to look at her in confusion.
"What in the name of all people makes you say that?"
Sheele space out a bit before answering, "Well… last time I went shopping, I mistook salt with sugar. Leone couldn't stop laughing."
('...Keep it together….Keep it together….')
"When I try to cook, I accidently burnt the meat, making Akame angry."
('I feel your pain Akame. I really do.')
"When I was cleaning the base, I made a bigger mess, making Bulat clean even more."
('Bro must really have laught it off.')
"And then, when I was washing the clothes, I accidently wash Mine along with it." Sheele finish explaining. She was caught off-guard when Emerl bow his head to her.
"Please Sheele-senpai, teach me your wisdom, I wish to do that to Mine as well." the violet-haired woman frown at his action.
"Please don't think of Mine like that. She may act hard around everybody, but she actually cares for her comrades. It just takes time to adjust." she says. But her glasses accidentally fell off her. "Ah, my glasses!"
She kneel down, letting go of the supplies, and started to move her hand around the ground, giving Emerl a different sight of the air headed. She was a beautiful woman behind those glasses, she look like an innocent girl that needs some love. Is weird to see someone like her to be an assassin.
Back to the woman, she found her glasses, dust them off and put them back on, she grabs her groceries before standing up, and notice the concern face on the teen.
"Is something wrong, Emerl?" she ask the boy.
"... Sheele, if you don't mind me asking….," Emerl looks at her purple eyes, "why did you became an assassin?"
"...We'll, you see…"
Sheele started her story, she was raised in the capital's downtown. Ever since then, she has been a klutz; tripping, breaking, anything… she never got commended for anything. People spread rumors around, 'she has a loosen screw' 'What a dumb girl.', words like that…. they were bad as fuck…. but, even so, she still had a friend, no matter what the purple-haired do, she never laugh at her. It was the most happiest moments she never had… However, that came to an end. One day, a man barged inside her friend's house, he was her ex-boyfriend, and he was mad because she dump him, he started to strangle her. He was in drug. Sheele just… couldn't let that happen, she had to save her friend. She grab a kitchen knife… and stab him on the throat, right in his jugular. His death was instant. Her friend kept shaking in fear at the body. Sheele on the other hand…. was calm, her mind was clear. The incident was label as an act of self-defense, but her friend never talk to her again….
And then, not too long after that, while she was walking, a group of men appeared before her. They wanted revenge for the man she kill, they were part of a gang, and he was 2nd in command. They kill her parent's, and now, it was her turn. Surprisingly, she didn't react at all, she dodge the first attackers attack, and using a knife she kept for self-defense, she stab him in a vital spot. She used him as a shield while she proceeded to kill the rest of them. After that, she understood that the loose screw she had in her head made her a deadly killer… She could get rid of the society's trash, this was the one thing she couldn't be useless at.
"I was a local assassin for some time before been scouted by the Revolution Army and carry out assassinations on the capital."
Emerl look at her, after hearing her story, he said one thing, "Your friend is a jerk, Sheele."
The airhead looks at him surprised, no one has ever call her former friend like that.
Emerl continue speaking, "I know that I have no rights to said anything about her, but she decide to stay away from you? Not even a thank you or a valuable reason to stay away from you? True, doing that would cause that kind of reaction and I haven't seen you how you work. But even I can see that what you did, was for her sake." he said. He takes one of Sheele's hand, making the girl to yelp in surprised.
"You may be an assassin, but you have a kind heart, your a person who can make other's happy and give them a good laugh. An example; Mine trust you more than anyone else, and even Sis sees you like a sister. Your a great person, Sheele…. and, well…. your clumsiness makes you more adorable." Emerl finish, scratching his cheek in embarrassment of what he said.
(*Thumpt*) Without noticing the effect he did.
Sheele put her hand up her chest, her face was blushing as her mouth smiles.
"...Thanks, Emerl….."
"Your welcome Sheele…. Come on, let's hurry up to base." the black-haired said, taking her superior away by her hand as they walk.
('... You were right Leone, Boss… he is something great…') Sheele though, her heart beating while following her subordinate.
"As expected, pink clothing is great on spring." Mine said, while taking a sip of her tea.
"I guess…" said Tatsumi, with a pale expression.
OK, so to save time, here's what happened….. The banned of all Mens…. Shopping…
"Okay! Mission Complete!" Mine said, with a satisfied smile.
The brunette couldn't take it anymore, "Mission complete?! This is just shopping!" he shouted at her, receiving a slap to the face that send him to the floor.
"Don't you talk to me like that, I'm above you!" she yells at him. Tatsumi started to stand up, but the she-devil put her high kneel on his back, pressing him down. "I'm your superior, you should be graceful I'm letting you carry my bags!" she said with an evil satisfaction smile.
"Tch, why did they have to put me with this one here without Emerl." Tatsumi says, loud enough for Mine to hear. She press harder.
"Don't even reminding me, I didn't even want to take you in!"
('Gah! Dammit, why?! Godammit Emerl, you better be in the same boat as me!')
Speaking for yourself Tatsumi. Anyway, speaking of the green teen, he and Sheele were walking down a path that leads to somewhere close to the Capital, however-
"Kyhaaaa!"
A shout on the woods grab both of their attention.
"That sound like a voice!" Sheele shout.
"It came close, let's go!" Emerl said. They both sprint at the direction it came from. When they got, the saw two grown man getting close to a little girl, who was against a tree.
"We are so kind, aren't we?" one of them said, as saliva came out of his mouth while the other chuckle.
"Yeah, we are showing her that she shouldn't trust anyone while walking to the capital. Country hicks should really be thankful-" he didn't finish as a powerful kick sent him flying into a tree, knocking him out. Courtesy of Emerl.
The other man turn to the attacker to the black haired attacker and took out a knife, "You bastard!" he try to cut him, only for the boy to dodge him, grab his arm and punch it from below, breaking the bones inside. The man cry in pain, before receiving the nut check, if you know what I mean, he fell to his knees before a kick sent him into the darkness.
Emerl look at the unconscious body of the man, ('Did I went a little overboard?') he thought as he got close to the little girl. "Hey! Are you alright?" the black-haired assassin.
"W-what's going on? What happened?" she asked desperately. Emerl look at her in confusion before noticing her white orbs on her eyes, shocking him.
('Oh no… don't tell me this girl is….')
-Night Raid's Hideout-
"Haaaaa~ Finally back home~" Mine says, walking through the doors of the hideout.
"Where do you want me to put this?" Tatsumi ask. Following her while carrying twelve boxes.
"Leave them at the door of my room, I'm going to see Sheele." she said, walking away.
"Fine…" Tatsumi walk to Mine's room.
The pinkett girl hum happily through the hall, she stop in front of the meeting room. She enter inside, knowing her best friend would be there.
"Sheele! I'm ba-!" Mine stop talking when she saw her friend sitting next to little girl who was eating food. Mine's jaw dropped at the sight.
"Oh, hi Mine." the purple assassin greats her friend.
('What's going on?') was the thought of the spoiled brat.
HEY!
"OUCH! Be careful Sis!"
"Heh, sorry." says Leone while putting some bandages over Emerl's face.
Long story short, after Sheele and Emerl brought the girl to the hideout, Najenda beat the shit out of the new recruit. Telling him to never do that again. He got off the hook because Nea, the girl's name, was blind and they made her believed they were hunters. Now, Leone was helping him patch up, sitting in a chair.
"But seriously Emi, bringing someone here? You are soft one." the blond says, patching the swollen cheek of the boy.
"Are you saying that I should leave her?" Emerl ask her.
"Well, I wouldn't have left her, but I wouldn't have brought her here either." Leone said, finishing patching him up.
"...I guess you're right…. But, if I take her to the capital, she would have been in danger as well."
Leone was about to say something, but she got nothing, "I guess you're right."
"Leaving that aside, the boss is pretty strong." Emerl comment, remembering that his bones almost broke apart.
"Yeah, the boss can give some very nasty punches around." Leone says, remembering how much it hurt every time Najenda found out of the money she used on booze.
"...Looks like I have yet to learn….. and get more stronger." Emerl mutter low, however, Leone managed to hear him.
"Get more stronger?" Emerl looks at her, "I understand the learning part, but why getting stronger?" she asks him, seen that he managed to stand up against Akame, kill four intruders, distract Ogre for Tatsumi to finish him and took out two assholes with no problem.
"...Well, I can't remember very well…. But, when I was little…. I watch some man kill some blind kid with their horses." Leone looks at him in surprised, and noticed how he was getting his hand into a fist. "I wanted to help him….. I wanted to hit them so hard…. But, I was to weak at that time…. what could a little kid do a big guy like him?…. If I could just become like I am now, I could…. I could…" Emerl suddenly felt a pair of hands wrap behind him, surprising him. He turns to see Leone hugging him with her eyes close and a comforting smile. "Sis?"
"You're a good guy Emi….I like that about you." she hugs him more closer to her, "I too saw people killing kids with their horses, I just wanted to beat them up."
"...Heh...Looks like we have something in common." Emerl said, resting his head on her chest.
"Yeah….how about this, when I get my turn, I'll train you to be a better fighter and assassin, how about that?" Leone asks.
The black haired looks at her in surprised, "You'll really do that with me?"
"Of course."
"...I appreciate it, thanks Sis." Emerl says, giving her a smile that melt her heart. (you guys know the smile Tatsumi give Esdeath? Well, something like that)
The busty blond cheeks turn pink, doesn't know why, but everytime she sees that smile, she feels butterfly on her stomach. Feeling strange about it, she made smile that says that she's up to something.
"By the way…" she says, catching Emerl's attention.
"Yes?"
"I have been thinking this for a while…" Leone leaned her head close to his, "...but that soft attitude of yours is so innocent…" she whispered in his ear, 'I love that about you.~'
*Humph*
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
It took Emerl ten seconds to become red as a tomato, his eyes become tiny dots, his spine shiver like never before and steam was coming out of his ears. All of that because of one thing: Leone nibbled his ear.
The black haired got off the busty blond's embrace, turn around to be face to her. His body trembles, his dark brown eyes meet her golden eyes, her short yellow hair glow as she looks at him with some sexy eyes.
('She's beautiful….wait, what am I thinking about?!') "Sis! Wh-what w-w-was that about?!"
"Heh, I just mark you." she says, standing up, "Once you're all grow up, you're going to be mine…. However, seeing how much you know of fighting and survival, it won't be too long." she says before turning around and began to leave, swaying her hips in a sensual way. Once she was gone, Emerl's leg gave in, falling to his butt. His face still red, but slowly fading away.
('What did I just walk into….?') was the only thing on his mind.
-Dinning room-
"Thank you…. For all you have done for me." says Nea who, was in the dining room. There was Lubbock, Mine, Leone, Sheele and Bulat. The former's seated while the ex-soldier was resting himself against the wall.
"So…. We are hunters, but where do you come from Nea?" Lubbock asks the girl.
"I'm from the Enn village." she responds.
"Enn…." Mine puts her hand on her chin. "That's on the down South from here I think."
Nea confirms Mine words, she wanted to visit her father on the capital. He left to earn money. On the way, she met those men, they told that they could lead her to the capital, but their attitude change on the way.
"You shouldn't have tried that with your current condition Nea." Lubbock informs Nea, making the girl look down.
"But…. My father is all I have now…."
Everybody stood silent after hearing the little girl's words, Leone broke it up.
"Well, if he's on the capital, then it will be easy. Tell us his name and what he looks like." the lion user says.
The green haired told that he was going to the Capital tomorrow and that he will look for him. Nea protest, saying that isn't necessary, they could leave her on the Capital, but Sheele disagreed with it. Nea was too cute, people like before might come after her giving her blindness.
"Besides, you're tired from all that walking, right Nea? You can rest here." says Leone.
"Umm…. Are you sure is OK? I don't have any money on me…" Nea asks.
"We don't need any. We do it because we want to." Bulat answer her.
The blind girl looks down at the table, bowing her head, "T-thank you."
"Well then," Bulat commenced talking, "she'll probably will need someone to stay with her while she's here. He started to look around the group. "Anyone has seen-"
"I will do it!"
"Oh?" the ex-soldier looks in surprised, "Haven't seen you so eager for something Sheele."
The purple haired assassin had her hand extended with a smile, "Me and Emerl brought her here in the first place, and I'm more or less free around the hideout!" she explains.
Everybody feels satisfied with her explanation, except for Mine, who looks in shock at her, but she quickly turns away.
"If Sheele wants to do it, is fine…" she says in a sigh.
Everybody looks at the pink sniper, she acted like a mother approving her daughter's relation with others.
"You're so nice to Sheele." was their response, making Mine hiss like a cat, even her hair went up.
"Anyway, is better have her with Sheele than Akame. All right! We'll leave her in your care Sheele." Sheele nods and immediately took Nea by the hand, they leave so that the former could show the latter around.
Once they were gone, the Incursio user talks, "Speaking of which, has anyone seen Tatsumi, Akame or Emerl?"
"I send Tatsumi to put my stuff in my room, haven't seen him after that." Mine says to the ex-soldier.
"I think Akame is hunting food." Lubbock says.
"After I finished patching Emerl up, I haven't seen him." Leone says with a smile that told the group that she did something with the newbie.
Just then, the doors to the dining room open up, the assassins turn to see Tatsumi walking with a basket full of meat and both Akame and Emerl were carrying a meat as well, but it past way the basket limit.
"OK, today's dinner is Danger Beast meat." Emerl says as Akame ties her hair into a ponytail and grabs two aprons.
"Are serious? We just ate meat yesterday." Lubbock says with a deadpanned face.
"And we are eating it today, so suck it up Lubbo." Leone says, drooling over the meat.
"Why the obsession with meat anyway?" Tatsumi asks, putting his apron on.
"Hey! Meat is love, meat is life." Emerl explain. Akame nods at that statement and Leone gives an approval with a thumbs up. The others sweat drop at the three of them.
"Oh, so you all were here."
Everybody turned to the door to see the Boss walking up to them, two papers in hand. "Where's Sheele?" she asks.
"Showing Nea around the base!" Lubbock answer the boss immediately, hearts on his eyes.
"I see….Well, I guess this will be enough." she says as she places the papers on the table, "Listen up! We have two requests!"
Everybody looks at her, paying attention, "Our targets are Iokal and Tonto."
The boss took out a knife and planted on the middle, sticking the two papers together. Iokal was a fat man with tiny glasses on his nose and a combination of black and white hair. This man is a blood relative of the Prime Minister, and by using the minister's name, he abducts girls from the capital and beats them up to death, his five bodyguards also share his guilt in this. Tonto is a younger man with glasses, a beanie hat and a tiny moustache. He is master of a reputable and popular shop that donates money, but in truth, he's a thief that rob throughout the country, all the money he donate was stolen. A survivor from one of his robberies made the request.
"A relative of our real target and a man with a dark past…. Seems like we will be busy." Bulat said.
"For the Iokal mission, I want everyone on it, Sheele can stay here and take care of our guest. As for Tonto, I need some confirmation before moving out." Najenda explain.
"Okay!" Leone stretches her arms, "I'll investigate him after we finish Iokal."
"Good." the former general takes a smoke of her cigar before looking at Tatsumi and Emerl, "Tatsumi, Emerl, I want you two be Mine's bodyguards on this one."
….It took a few moments for Mine, who was peacefully drinking her tea to then spit it all out into the green assassin's face, who started to roll in the floor out of pain. And Tatsumi, who was cutting some lettuce to then, stop doing it to turn to the boss.
"WHAT?!"
"Understood." was all that Emerl said.
"Why are you acting like normal?!" Both of them yell/ask him.
And Lubbock kept rolling in the floor.
-Iokal's Mansion-
The night came in to view, covering a mansion of the forest, where Iokal lives. The plan; Mine, with her gun, will shoot the target from an off range place when he appears. The rest of the assassins will take care of the bodyguards. They will meet at a specific place when everything is finish.
Mine, Emerl and Tatsumi were on a cliff that views the mansion. The brunette was looking through binoculars while the black haired was on top of a tree branch next to them, doing nothing than swinging his legs.
"Damn, that's one big mansion…" Tatsumi says, very speechless at the building.
"That's a mansion? Are you sure is not an Inn in the middle of the forest?" Emerl asked the brunette with, a totally and serious confuse face.
The brunette stop using his binocular and looks at his partner with a 'are you serious?' face. ('Did you seriously though that? At least Mine doesn't think that.')
"Is not surprising that you think that." Mine says as Tatsumi falls down to the ground. Looks like she thought of it as well.
"He IS a relative of the Minister." the sniper says while preparing her gun. "I can hit him from here no problem, the moment he comes out his head is mine." she looks through the scope of her weapon.
"And then, we only need to escort you to the rendezvous point. Easy!" Tatsumi says, returning from his shock and giving her a thumbs up.
"Hmph, I don't expect either of you to be useful here." Mine comments while looking at him, earning a tick mark from Tatsumi.
"And I don't expect you fail, our target is coming out." Emerl say while pointing at the mansion. Making Mine's eyes widened, she quickly looks through their scope. Sure enough, Iokal was coming out, several girls around him…. Disgusting pig.
('W-what?! How did he saw him?! He didn't have anything to watch from afar?!') Mine though, this is the first time someone, other than herself, has seen something much faster than her.
"Well Mine, Sheele said your and I quote: 'A professional sniper.' Emerl looks down at her, "Is it true?"
At those words, Mine pride turn on, pointing at Iokal head, she shot without a warning, passing through the woman's and entering right between the guy's eyes, snapping backward, blood spraying out of the gaping hole in his head.
Tatsumi's jaw fell down from his mouth, she just shot their target with no-targets around him.
Mine looks at the black haired teen, "Does that answer your question to this 'Genius Sniper'?" she asks with a smug smile.
Emerl jumps down from the branch and lands next to the pinkette. In a quick motion, he ruffle her hair, "Glad to know that Sheele was right, now I'm confident that you will have my back cover in our mission."
The pinkette turn red at his action, she quickly swat his hand off his hair, "D-don't think so much about it! Who said I would even have your back cover?!"
"A Genius Sniper never fails to save a part of his/her creed, it would be a disgrace to herself and the team." was all that Emerl say.
Mine shut up, looking at him in surprised, she quickly turns around, "A-Anyway, let's go!" she started to walk away, red tints on her cheeks.
Tatsumi stands next to Emerl, "What are you? A womanizer?" he asks.
"Womanizer? I just said the truth." he answers.
Below where the trio were, the guards sprinted through the woods; desperate to find the assassin that killed their master.
"We must find the assassin, no matter what!"
"If he gets away, the minister will ask for our heads!"
"He couldn't have gone too far!"
However, the guards came to a stop when they encounter four people waiting for them. Guess who were.
"Nice for you fellas to drop in! Now it's wrecking time!"
-Five minutes later-
"Ugh! This route fucking sucks!" Mine complained, slogging up a hill.
"Is there anything that doesn't suck for you." Tatsumi mutter low.
"I offer you a piggy ride on my back." Emerl say.
"Yeah right, and then, you'll take the time to touch my ass." Mine retorted back.
"He's not a pervert!" Tatsumi defence his partner.
"But he's a boy!"
"...She has a point there." Emerl says.
"I guess….. Are the others going to be OK?" the brunette ask concern of Leone and the others.
"Even if those bodyguards are strong, they better have an excuse as to why no one in Night Raid is still dead." Emerl says. (DEAD FLAG TRIGGER!) Theyreach a small cliff where both boys put their hands together and gave a boost to the pinked.
"Well, I guess when your blood related to the minister, you can do whatever you want." Mine says, climbing up to the edge. "Iokal can get away with anything because of its blood ties. It pisses me off so much."
('Mine…. I wonder what happened to her in the past…') Tatsumi though.
('She must really hate blood relatives…. Wonder what happened to her in the past….') Emerl though, climbing the edge.
"Since the two of you have been good and…. Emerl 'tried' to help me. I'll tell you a little bit of my past." the sniper said, taking a deep breath.
('...Did she just read my mind?') Both boys though, Emerl turns to the hidden/invisible camera. ('Writer, make a resume of this.')
("Got It!")
Mine is actually half tribal. Born near the nation's western border, she was mock and ostracized in her town. No one accepted her…. A terrible childhood. The revolutionary army allied with the tribes of the west. When they make the new nation, diplomatic relations will finally open. More people like her will enter the capital…. And children won't suffer the same way she did.
"...I won't let anyone…. Discriminated me…." she said. In a complete new light….that went away. "And when the revolution is over, I'll retire and be compensated with a lot of money!" she exclaimed, letting out a loud laugh.
Tatsumi, who was listening to her, having pity and throw it all into the abyss the moment she acted like a bitch.
Emerl just sweat drop, guess when you're a bitch, you're still a bitch.
-Back with the others-
With one single move, Leone broke the jaw of the last guard. Pouncing the dying man, she breaks his neck before sending him with his dead buddies.
"Ahh~! It so refreshing!" the lion girl said. Letting out a content sigh.
"Well, at least I manage to kill one of them." Lubbock says, retracting some of his wires back to his glove.
"Only one? Looks like you really suck as an assassin Lubbo." Leone says while shrugging his shoulders.
"What?!" the cross-tail user shout, glaring at the blond.
"Now, now you two, no fighting now." Bulat says through his armor.
"..." Akame stood quiet, she observes the dead guards, counting only four, ('...That's odd…. There were supposes to be five guards….where's the last one?') she thought. The wind made her hair float, she looks up to the sky.
She then subconsciously grasp her katana harder, ('Something is not right…. Did he slipped past us….? Is he heading for the others?') she thought.
'….YES….'
Her eyes widened, a demonic voice went through her brain, making everything around her turn black, her body stops moving and felt like trembling up to her soul.
'...He slipped past you…'
Sweat started to go down her cheek, she could hear her heart beating.
'...He went after them….'
Her heart started to beat faster, her breathing goes slightly faster, and her eyes and hands shake.
'...He is going….'
Her heart beats faster…. And faster…. And faster.
'...After….HIM….'
That did it, without a sec, Akame started to run. She doesn't even know why, she just wants to get to the meeting place faster than ever. Leone, Bulat and Leone were taken back when they saw their Akame speed off so fast that she left dust of her body on the air.
"Akame?!" Leone tries to call Akame, but her best friend was too far to hear her, so she just started to run after her, thanks to her lion transformation, she became as fast as Akame.
"Leone?!" Bulat says, sprinting after her comrades, thanks to Incursio.
"R-Really you guys!" Lubbock shouts, starting to run after the three monsters of Night Raid.
-Rendezvous Point-
"Well, we're here. Looks like is mission accomplished." Mine said, seeing their meeting place, a Sakura tree.
"Is not completed until we report the mission!" Tatsumi says walking first to the tree.
"You're reading too many books about missions Tats." Emerl says, following at the brunette.
Mine just look at the two of them from behind as they look at her. "Hmph! Acting like Akame, huh? You two are still rookies." she says, not noticing the shadow with a smirk on top of her.
"Look out!" Emerl shout, been the one who notices the shadow above the sniper, shoving her out of the way.
"Gh! Hey! What are-?!" before Mine could shout, she witness Emerl being hit on the side and sent to the ground. Her eyes widened before glaring at the attacker; a man wearing a bodyguard uniform, the last guard.
"Emerl!" Tatsumi shout, he was about to help his friend, but he remembers that they just got attack, so he quickly takes out his sword and stand on battle mode.
"Just what I expect from someone who was assistant instructor ten years ago." says the man with an evil smile. "Impressive if I do say myself."
"Tch! Looks like he escaped the other's grasp." Mine says, aiming her gun at him.
"And he knew where we were." Tatsumi said.
"Of course I knew, it was common sense, now, you two will die here!" the bodyguard shout, sprinting at them.
Tatsumi went in front and try to cut him, but the guard was faster and dodged, then give the brunette a punch to the gut, sending him flying back to Mine. The pinkett commence shooting at the guard, but he was fast enough to evade them. In an instant, he appeared in front of Mine.
"Kuh, kuh, kuh. Looks like you two will enough too-" his line got cut-off when a boot hits the right side of his face, making him fly away from Mine.
Mine looks in surprised at her savior, the green teen, who then looks at her. "Are you OK?" he asks.
"Y-yeah." she says, blushing in embarrassment that she almost got killed AND had to be saved.
The bodyguard grunts as he stands up and glares at them, Mine immediately point her Pumpkin, she could have shot him, but Emerl push her gun down. "Hey! What are you-?!"
"Let me handle this." Emerl only said. Mine was about to yell to him, until she shut up and saw the tattoo of his face glowing. She didn't show it, but just by watching that made her body stop cold, in fact, she felt that her gun was feeling heavy. She just nod at him.
Emerl walks in front, his tattoo glowing even more. The bodyguard stood up while looking at him, angry at the him.
"You piece of shit…. How the fuck are you standing?! That hit should have broken your side?!" he shouts, blood coming out of his mouth.
"What, that was a punch?" Emerl ask, crossing his arms and looking confused, "I thought it was a fly." Bodyguard eyes widened in anger, this kid just call him weak.
"Fucking little shit!" he roars as he sprinted at him. Emerl keep walking like no care in the world, angering the guard even more, he was going to show him who, is the weakling here. But, when he was in front of the assassin, he was welcome by a fist to the face so fast, he didn't even see it appearing on his face. The guard rolls through the ground, holding his face in pain, he stands up, but Emerl immediately punch him in the gut, follow by a hit to the jaw. The guard stood up, dazed from it. Emerl jumps back and sends a kick to his face, making the guard stumble backward, coughing blood. The guard regain his sight after bleaching his blood out. He looks at Emerl, who was still looking at him like nothing, making him angrier.
"Word of advice on the other side of your next life." Emerl says at the guard.
"SHUT UP! Like I'm dying-" he only said, before feeling that he was falling, he looks down to see blood coming out of a fresh wound that he didn't notice…..No…. It wasn't a wound….He was cut in half.
"...Never take your guard off….not even a second…."
Tatsumi was in front of the guard, his sword stretched out with blood and his eyes were giving the 'This guy is trash' look. The brunette managed to stand up from his attack, he noticed that Emerl was giving the guard a hard beating. Taking the chance, he immediately saw the guard lower his defence and went for the kill.
"Y..You...won't…. get away….with th-th-thi…." those were his last words as his upper body falls forward and his lower body falls backwards.
Mine could only look in surprised at the two 'rookies', Tatsumi swipes the blood out of his sword and sheath away. In a moment, all his poker face turns back to child face. "That was Awesome!" he shouts out.
"He was like, 'I'm not going down!' and then, I came and ruined all his hope in a flash! Tatsumi….. just went childish mode. Mine couldn't take it any more, so she drops her gun and fall to her knees. Why? Let's see: Emerl save her ass when is supposed to the other way around since he is the student here, his tattoo made her very soul stop and couldn't act composed, saw both of his guards, one giving the beating and the other finishing it, and now Tatsumi became a child.
('This is the guy that I fall for…..') Mine though, before becoming confused, ('Wait…. what did I just thought?')
"You got to admit that was bad-ass! Right Emerl?!" the brunette says, turning to the black haired.
*Bleach* Splat*
Only to see him spilling blood out of his mouth, supporting himself by having his hands-on his knees. Both Tatsumi and Mine eyes widened.
"E-Emerl!" Tatsumi quickly went to his side and throws his partner's arm around his shoulder. Mine finally managed to stand up, pick her gun, and immediately went to help Emerl by wrapping his other hand around her shoulder…. wait what?
(Why am I helping this guy?') Even Mine was confused by her actions.
"*cough*...*cough*...Looks like he did leave with damage on me….I'm not walking on my own for a while." Emerl say, spitting out a bit of blood out from his mouth.
"Mine! Tatsumi! Emerl!"
The trio look up to see Akame running at them, Mine was very surprised to see her here this fast.
Akame just look at them with widened eyes and getting air back into her lungs. "What…. what happened here?!" she asks desperately.
Mine got a tick mark at hearing her question, "The guard that YOU guys let pass!" she says, one look at her could tell she was having trouble supporting Emerl.
Akame went and took Mine's place, she placed his arm around her shoulder and wrap her arm around his waist. Just then, Leone came follow by Bulat in his armor and Lubbock who, was getting his breath after all the running. As they all got back together, they got all a speech from Mine for letting ONE guard slip past them. They continue started to go back to the Hideout.
Walking in the front was Lubbock and Bulat, the former seven steps away from Bulat, following them, were Tatsumi, Emerl and Akame, the last, Mine and Leone, the latter asking something to the former.
"Hey Mine, what happened to Emi?" she asks, only to receive a glared from her which make her sweat. "The guard, I get it." she says, raising her hands in defence.
Mine let's go of a groan, clearly having enough of today.
-Night Raid's Hideout-
The group returns to base. Leone, Lubbock and Bulat went to report to the boss, Mine went to see if Sheele is still awake. Akame and Tatsumi help Emerl back to his room. When they got there, Akame quickly open the door, revealing the inside of the black haired. Not much to see, a window, a bed, a clock and a desk with a desk.
"Thanks, you two…" Emerl says as they put him on the bed.
"Hey, no problem, we're a team, right?" Tatsumi said.
"Heh….that's true."
Tatsumi turn around to leave, so he can let his friend rest, but stop at the front of the door when he noticed that Akame hasn't moved one away from the bed. "Akame?" the brunette calls to the raven girl.
"...Emerl…." the black haired looks at her, "...is it OK if I stay here for tonight?" she asked, causing Emerl to look at her in confusion.
"Uuuuh, sure…. but, why?" he asks.
Akame looks at him, "You spill a lot of blood, you could spill more in the night, we have to make sure that doesn't happen again.
"Then, Tatsumi could just-"
"I'll do it."
"Don't you need-"
"I'll do it."
"Can you-"
"I'll do it."
Emerl put a hand on his eyes, "*sigh*...If you insist." he says in a giving up voice.
Tatsumi had a big drop of water on his head, they just act like mother and son. "So…..I'll just leave." he says, immediately closing the door, leaving the two of them alone.
Akame grab the chair of the desk and placed next to Emerl's bed, taking her hand protectors. Emerl rest his head and looks up to the ceiling as Akame watch him….. That sound really creepy. Moments pass by, until Emerl broke the ice.
"I'm sorry." he says, making Akame look at him in confusion.
"For what?"
Emerl turn to look at her, brown eyes meeting red eyes. "For making you worried." Akame raised her eyebrow. "When you got back, I could see it…. you look scared." Akame eyes widened, she was….scared? As she thought about it, Emerl extended his left hand and placed on top of her own left hand.
The raven assassin blush at the warm feeling, it was….nice.
"And after all the trouble I said about not making you worry….that's why I'm sorry." Emerl apologized.
Akame makes a small smile before placing her other hand on top of his. "Don't bother, you were protecting Mine."
"...And apparently that isn't the real problem."
"..." she stopped smiling.
"Akame…. am I doing something to you…. without me trying?" he asks.
Akame looks down at their hands, her eye's been covered by his hair. "...No…. is not you…. is me."
Emerl raised an eyebrow, he stood silent so she can explain. "I'm an assassin…. meant to kill anyone I meet…. with Murasame in my hand, I bury anyone in my path…. But, you're different…. I cut you…. And you're still alive…. And now, your part of us…. I should be glad, but….there's a feeling inside me that says the poison I put inside you is still active….I…." she clench his hand, letting Emerl know what she's trying to say.
"If I still have it, you fear that I may finally die from it…. And you will feel responsible for my death because I wasn't supposed to be still alive, right?" he summons up, which she slowly nods.
She looks at him, ('Her eyes…. she really feels responsible….') he thought, just then, a memory came to his head.
-Flashback-
*sob* *sob* I-I-I'm sorry!
"Sorry for what?"
"B...*sob*…. Big Brother got hurt because of me.*sniff*"
"Hey, don't worry, it wasn't a big deal."
"B….B…. But, you almost….*sniff*..."
"Don't fret yourself, you know how strong I am."
"Guh~...*sniff*"
-Flashback End-
('It does feels like that….') Emerl says in his head, ('...then if it is like that, I'll just do it again.') Nodding to himself, he swung his legs off the bed, surprising Akame, and sitting up.
"Emerl! Don't move, you should-!" Akame was stopped when he embraced her, surprising her. "Emerl?"
"You know….you're not the first one for feeling responsible for this." the raven girl looks up into his eyes. "I…. have a little sister." Her eyes widened at those words. "She was a troublemaker, too much…. But one day, she went too far and almost die. I immediately went for her rescue, and managed to help her, but I almost lost my life doing it, coming out with just a broken skull." Emerl said.
Akame stood silent at his story. She was surprised to hear that he had a little sister….He's just like her.
"She started to cry, saying that it was her fault I almost die…." he hugs Akame a little bit more, surprising the raven girl. "She felt responsible for what she did….so, I hug her, and say this…."
"Even if you almost kill me, I will not die."
*Thumph*
Akame looks at him widened eyes, her heart started to beat. He was saying that-
"I know that we assassin's could die any time in the line of work….But, I won't."
*Thumph*
"As I say to my little sister, I say to you as well Akame." He says, looking at her deeply as his tattoo glows.
"I'm not going to die."
*THUMPH*
That did, Akame just looks at him, paled with shrunk pupils, and before Emerl could continue, tears fall of the red eye assassin and her cheeks turn red.
"O-Oi! Are you Ok Akame?! Did I say something wrong?!" Emerl says panicking and letting go of her, maybe he said too much. Before he could do something else, Akame plants her face on his chest. "A-Akame?"
"You promised?!" she asks, looking at him with her watery eyes. "You promised that you're not going to die right?!" she grabs the fabric of his clothes, "No matter what, you're not going to die?!...Not even if it's from my poison?!"
Surprised by her actions, Emerl was taken back by her outburst. "Y-yes! I promised you!" he answers in panic.
Akame put her face again on his chest, sobbing quietly. "...*sob*...Thank you…."
Seeing that, she calm down a little, Emerl hug her again, just then, he realized why she was like this.
"When Akame choose this path, most of her comrades were dead."
Emerl blink a few times before realizing what he just did. ('Ah shit! Looks like I just made a promised that if I break, I'll be in real trouble.') he thought. He felt movement on his chest and saw that Akame had her eyes closed.
His jaw broke, she just fell asleep in seconds! He was about to say something, but when he looked at her, he saw how peaceful she was.
('...Looks like behind all that seriousness is a hurtful soul….') he thought as he sits down on his bed again. ('She was worries for me and Tatsumi in our job to kill Ogre….')
"...I already have a reason to live…. What's wrong adding another one?" he says low. Seeing that, she definitely fell asleep, he tries to removed her off him. However, it was impossible, she was holding him like nothing. Knowing that he doesn't have the strength to continue, he just placed himself and her on the bed. He then felt Akame hug him even more, causing Emerl look at her, she makes herself comfortable sleeping. Her hair slide down her arm, her breathing musters how comfortable she was, her body squish against his chest-
('Yes! I fucking get it!') Emerl shout, embarrassed of having her in this position. Akame hug harder, making Emerl stop his thinking. ('...Well…. since she is here, might just accept it.') he thought, placing his head on top of her, his nose twitched as he slowly goes to wonderland. ('...She smells like meat….')
"Gaah! I can't believe Sheele let that girl sleep with her!" an irritated Mine says, sitting on a sofa.
Tatsumi walks in, just in time to hear Mine said, "She's too soft for an assassin…." Once he did, he figured out she's talking about the purple haired assassin.
"What's the matter Mine?" he asks her with a teasing smile, "Mad 'cause a little girl stole Sheele from you?" he tease her….. Bad choice.
*POW*
Mine punch Tatsumi squared on his face so hard, he was spinning in the air before landing on the ground.
"Hmph! Don't try to sound funny with me newbie." she says, turning away and started to eat her ice cream sundae….. where the fuck did she get that?!
Anyway, after two bites of it, Mine looks at the brunette who was getting up.
"...How is he?"
"Huh?" Tatsumi looks at her.
"How is he?" she asks again, getting annoyed by the idiot's confusion. "Emerl."
"Oh….he's fine," Tatsumi puts his hand on his smoking face, "Didn't throw up blood on the way here, so is safe to say he's OK."
"Hmph, still a newbie, if he throws once, it could happen again." she says, taking a bite of her sundae and ignoring the glare Tatsumi was giving her.
"I see…." Najenda says after hearing the report from Bulat.
"Beside Emerl being surprised attack by the guard. Everything went fine, though I'm still surprised he could even walk." Bulat says.
"Let's not forget, he is still walking after been cut by Murasame!" Leone add like it was an achievement.
"No matter how many times you say it, I still can't believe it, are you sure he was cut?" Lubbock asks.
"Of course I'm sure! I saw how Akame cut him, even Akame herself say it!" the blond responds, feeling insulted that she's been question of her knowledge.
"Sounds impossible, that's true. However, Akame is no liar, she confirmed that he has a cut on his hand." the boss says, taking a smoke of her cigar. "Sheele also told me that he is a natural fighter, enough experience with hand-to-hand combat…. With enough training, he could rival a Commander of the Capital…"
At those words, Leone raised her hand up, "Oh! Me, me, me, me! I could help him on that level!"
"Ha, Ha!" Bulat shout as he thumps at himself, "If he is really that good, then I can help him with the use of swords along with Tatsumi!"
The boss humbles a little before nodding, "I guess that's better, I feel that Emerl is good with weapons as well…. OK, Leone, Bulat, you two will have them on your care after Mine & Sheele."
"WOOHOO!" Leone shouted, in an instant, she left the room so fast, Akame would be proud.
"Woah! What's gotten into Leone?" Lubbock asks, very surprised to see the busty blond shout like that.
"Well, she did ask me before that she wanted to train with Emerl for a while." Najenda tells the green haired, whose eyes bulged at that statement.
"Can't really blame her, I mean, who knows what really is behind those clothes of them." Bulat says, blushing at an image of both Tatsumi and Emerl showing their muscles.
"What the fuck?!" Lubbock yells, dropping in four and start banging the floor with his fist out of jealousy.
-With Leone-
Back to our favorite blond in this story, Leone runs through the hallways, her destination: Emerl's room. (Yes! I managed to have the Boss's permission to train with him! I hope he will be glad with this!')
After running for four minutes, she stood in front of the black haired room.
In an instant, Leone open- no, kick the door.
"Oh Emi~! Guess who your training with ne-!
She stops talking when she saw the scene in front of her, eyes becoming tiny dots.
Emerl was sleeping in his bed, his head resting on top of Akame's head who was next to his side, hugging him and resting her head on his chest. But, what's different was the smile the red eyes assassin was showing.
('Woooah…. This is new!') Leone thought, looking at her best friend, ('I knew that Akame was worried for him, but to be this much….') she lets go a sigh.
"Looks like my best buddy those have something for him too." she says, frowning…. before turning it upside down, becoming a smirk. "Well two can play this game."
"And Done! Finally, after so many things stopping me, I managed to finish this! Now, I'm heading to finish my Death Battle story and then, to my Pokémon story, no Akame Ga Kill chapter for a while. And to finish, the poll is close for my OC Paring, here are the results:
Akame: 25%
Leone: 25%
Mine: 25%
Chelsea: 25%
Esdeath: 25%
Seryu: 25%
Kurome: 12%
OC Female: 25%
"...Guys...I been gone like almost a year on this story...I believed I expect some competition...So, why is this the result...BECAUSE I LOVE YOU WHO EVER VOTE FOR THIS! The result, A Harem!"
Ps: Poor Kurome (Very surprised that she didn't get next to the others.)