Chapter 9
Kill The Battle for the Empire
A few hours after the shocking news of the upcoming confrontation between Esdeath and Budo, the higher ups of the RA took the decision of being cautious but prepared and ready to enter in action just in case of something happening during or after the clash.
Meanwhile at Night Raid headquarters...
Two young soon-to-be-parents were resting on the sofa at the living room. Tatsumi wanting to become stronger so he could protect Mine and her children along with everyone trained very hard with Akame, Leone, and Lubbock. The three took him to the limit of his abilities and endurance, the young assassin was completely exhausted for having faced his three teammates at the same time. Mine was knitting clothes for the twins, while she also was resting her back due to the increasing weight of her babies that were growing and developing extremely fast inside her belly for the last weeks.
"Man, that was brutal..." The brown haired thought while stretching his exhausted body.
"How was your training?" The pregnant girl asked to her lover.
"It was hard to say the least!" Tatsumi exclaimed.
After hearing that, Mine gently placed her beloved head on her legs and began to play with his messy hair while the young man was relaxing by listening to the heart beatings and moves of his two children inside his girlfriend's belly.
"You know, both Schelia and Kirai are going to be fortunate to have you as their father!"
"Do you think so?"
"Of course! You truly have become a great man."
"They will also be really lucky to have a sweet and caring mother like you!"
Mine blushed at her lover comment and proceeded to gave Tatsumi a soft kiss that made him feel really happy to have the pink haired girl by his side.
'Mine, there's something i want to tell you, but i can't find the words to say it right now...' Tatsumi wanted to propose marriage to Mine and become a family, but he was unsure of how would she react because of her pregnancy, so he thought that waiting was the best option.
Suddenly Najenda entered to the living room to inform the young couple about the recent news.
"Hey you two, we have extremely important news." The former general of the Empire said causing both Tatsumi and Mine to listen to their superior.
"Huh? What kind of news!? A completely curious Mine asked to the silver haired woman.
"The Emperor has announced that Esdeath and Budo will be fighting to decide once and for all who's the strongest of the two tomorrow at the coliseum." The leader of Night Raid said to her two subordinates.
"What!? Esdeath and Budo will fight against each other tomorrow!? Tatsumi reacted completely surprised by the announcement.
"But aren't they supposed to be on the same side?!" Mine asked still shocked by the shocking development.
"There were some strong rumours about General Budo planning a coup d' etat against Primer Minister Honest, but it seems that he somehow managed to avoid a civil war by making Esdeath and Budo fight to decide the future of the Empire."
"That sounds really suspicious."
"I know, but the news were confirmed, guys."
"Hmm... The Prime Minister must be planning something." Mine deduced.
"Either that or he has something under his sleeve that's even more powerful than both Esdeath and Budo."
"More powerful than them!?" The young couple exclaimed in shock by their leader supposition.
"Yeah..."
"But that it's impossible! They are the Empire's Invincible duo!"
"It's only a theory. But it's possible that he may be hiding something from everyone, including his closest collaborators and allies like Esdeath."
"What do you think he is hiding?" asked the pinkette really curious about it.
"I believe that it must be some kind of ultimate teigu."
"What do you mean by 'ultimate teigu'?" Tatsumi was intrigued to know.
"It's possible that the first emperor created and developed an extremely powerful teigu in secret that someone discovered about it's existence. The former general of the empire theorized.
"That sounds plausible."
"Sooner or later we are going to fight against Esdeath or Budo and that ultimate teigu, so we have to be prepared for that moment!" The was pumped to fight.
Mine got motivated by Tatsumi's enthusiasm as well. However, she also felt greatly worried that something bad would happen to her boyfriend and father of her children.
At the Empire's coliseum...
Thousands of souls were waiting with great expectation the fight between the two strongest generals of the Empire, among the spectators were Wave and Run, both Jaegers returned to the capital as soon as they heard the news of the upcoming battle, the two were joined by Kurome, who was almost recovered from her wounds.
"I still can't believe that the general agreed to participate in such a show that will put the Empire in great danger if one or both of them get severly injured or worse..." The former navy man spoke with a tense look on his face.
"Well, you know that the general won't refuse a battle against an strong opponent like General Budo, besides she already knows that someone is behind this." Run said to his worried comrade.
"I know that, but that isn't a correct way to bring peace to the Empire!"
"I agree with you Wave, sadly in this situation we can't do anything, just hope that our General uncovers this twisted show, and put an end to these acts once we defeat the revolution.
The black haired girl who was holding a bag of sweets directed her attention at the central part of the coliseum stands where the Emperor was located, she noticed that the young boy was accompanied by the Primer Minister and his son.
"Are you okay, Kurome?" Wave asked still worried for the girl's health and whom he was falling in love with.
"I'm okay". The blue eyed girl said while giving a smile to her fellow teammate that made him blush at the instant.
Kurome then directed her attention at a group of five people, two young girls and three men who were walking through the corridors of the stadium.
"Who are they?" The dark blue haired asked to his blond teammate.
"I heard that they are Syura's group to kill teigu users or whoever he wants with the permission of his father."
"A group of mercenaries hired to dispose of teigu users?"
"Yes, they are known as Wild Hunt." The former teacher said.
As they were passing by the three Jaegers side, Kurome could feel a murderous aura coming from all of them, but especially from the guy who looked like a samurai.
"They are dangerous" Kurome said with a low and emotionless voice while holding tightly her bag of sweets.
"Huh? But they just look like a group of weirdos to me." The young man spoke while having a relaxed expression.
"Their appeareance isn't an indicative of how truly dangerous they are, Wave." Run replied in a reflexive voice to his comrade.
"Well, that may be the case, but i still think they are a bunch of freaks, especially that creepy clown."
After the guy dressed as a clown managed to hear Wave, the man turned back and walked towards the three Jaegers.
"What did you say about me, brat!? Enraged by Wave's teasing words the fat man reacted furiously.
"Calm down Champ, no need to get your jimmies rustled by these punks." A young girl with short blonde hair and dressed like Alice from 'Alice in Wonderland' tried to calm down the angry man.
"But that kid over there mocked me! He deserves a proper punishment!"
After sensing the hostile attitude of the clown, Akame's younger sister was going to unseath her teigu, the katana known as 'Yatsafusa'. However, she was stopped by Run.
"I sincerely apologize for the words of my companion, he meant to say that some clowns are creepy." The second in charge of the Jaegers group told respectfully to the man.
"I thought you were talking about me! Oh well, some clowns are really creepy and they don't love sweet and innocent children like me!"
'What a creepy guy...' The three warriors thought.
"Everyone, the battle is about to begin, Syura must be waiting for us, let's go." The swordsman named Izou said to his teammates while remembering the image of the young girl whose teigu was a dangerous looking sword.
The group then directed to the stands where Syura was anxiously awaiting for the battle he organized and that was going to be the kickstart of his evil plan.
"Next time i'll punish those guys so bad!" The pedophile clown exclaimed in anger.
"But both guys are really handsome!" exclaimed with a cheerful tone the girl known as Cosmina.
"That girl was cute, i want to have 'fun' next time i see her!" The man known as Enshin exclaimed while sticking his tongue out.
"They aren't really my type, but maybe their blood is tasty." Dorothea told to her companions.
"A fight with them would have been a bad idea back there."
"Really Mr. Samurai? asked the former pirate to the swordsman.
"They are the Jaegers, an special group of teigu users under the command of Esdeath." Izou replied in his usual calm and collected demeanor.
"Well, once with both generals out of the way, we're going to personally get rid of those guys along with Night Raid and everyone who dares to ruin Syura's plans!" The blonde girl exclaimed. However, the alchemist had other plans in mind.
Meanwhile, at the coliseum's arena...
Two people were facing at each other with challenging looks.
"My body can't stop trembling from the anxiety of fighting against you, Great General!" A young woman of very long light blue hair and eyes of matching color exclaimed in complete excitement.
"General Esdeath, you already know that it's some kind of trap, by Honest and his son." The muscular and tall man in an armor replied.
"That's exactly right, but i can't refuse to fight a worthy opponent like you!"
"You're an obstacle to remove the corrupt and evil Prime Minister from this Empire, so i won't hold back."
"That's the spirit, Budo! as you know of me, i won't show any mercy to you!" The ice queen said with enthusiasm.
"If that's the case then, i won't show any mercy to whoever supports the rotten regime of Minister Honest." The armored man spoke in a very serious and firm tone.
Both generals prepared for a clash of epic proportions. A fierce battle that it was going to bring relevant changes to the Empire and the Revolution as well.
Author notes:
Hello everyone. Sorry for the wait, i was very busy with some real life problems and updating my other fics that i recommend you to read if you still haven't.
Thanks for reading and see you until next chapter!
