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Night Raid Hideout – Midnight
It has been a day since Galen had been declared missing in action. Sheele hasn´t awakened since the fight against Seryu. Tatsumi was having problems sleeping, so he decided to get some water from the kitchen.
He entered through the door, and noticed Akame getting some clean towels and a bowl of water from the pantry.
"Hey, Akame, what are you doing here?" he asked while covering himself with his coat. He was freezing.
"It´s my turn to take care of Sheele. I´m getting some clean towels and water to clean the bullet wound" she said neutrally.
"I see" he responded.
A moment of silence was followed.
Tatsumi then saw Akame wearing Galen´s corellian jacket, the one he encountered him with in the forest.
"Is that Galen´s jacket?" he asked.
Akame nodded.
"I was freezing, and I didn´t have anything to cover me, so I borrowed it" she said lowering her head and blushing a little, but Tatsumi didn´t noticed because of the darkness of the room.
Another moment of silence came until the red-eye assassin talked again.
"He really is something" she said looking at the jacket.
Tatsumi raised an eyebrow.
"In so little time, he did much for Night Raid. In the beginning, he didn´t know us and still wouldn´t think twice in throwing himself in front of anyone of us to prevent us from taking any damage. I have seen how he made a change in all of us" she explained.
Tatsumi´s expression saddened and he looked at the ground.
"You´re amazing, Akame" he said.
Akame looked at him in confusion.
"You still keep composed even after we probably lost a friend. I can´t even handle the death of Sayo and Ieyasu, and now probably Galen. I guessed you´re used to i…" Tatsumi couldn´t finish saying because he heard the bowl of water shattering on the ground.
He widened his eyes and at Akame´s face. The shadow of her bangs prevented him from seeing her eyes. She didn´t say a word for a few seconds.
"Composed?...Used to it?" she said coldly.
In a matter of milliseconds Akame was in front of Tatsumi and grabbed him by the shirt.
"Of course, I´ve seen many comrades die in front of me. However…." she said in a low voice.
Akame raised her head and Tatsumi saw tears starting to fall from her eyes.
"You never get used to the pain of losing a precious comrade! He SAVED one of my friend´s LIFE, and probably we´ll never have the chance to thank him for what he has done for us! I´LL never have the chance to thank him for what he has done for ME, but I can´t let my feelings get over me because it will affect our next mission! I can´t let that happen, we work on the shadows!" she started shouting at him.
Tatsumi was shocked of seeing Akame like this, he never would have guessed of her to reveal her emotions like this.
Then his eyes widened in realization, he saw how Akame looked worried when she saw Galen´s wound after the first mission and how she looked sympathetically about him hiding his horrible past.
"How am I supposed to deal with these emotions, Tatsumi?" Akame said lowering her head.
Tatsumi gritted his teeth.
How could he be such an idiot for thinking of Akame like that?
Relaxing a little, Tatsumi looked at the red-eyed assassin.
"Forgive me, Akame. I shouldn´t have thought you could get used to lose someone" he said before lifting his right hand and, making a fist, he punched himself in on the cheek.
Akame was surprised seeing Tatsumi do that.
"Tatsumi, what was that for!? Are you ok!?" she said kneeling next to Tatsumi who fell on the floor after the punch.
"I´m alright, just punching myself some reason" he said calmly cleaning the blood from his lip.
Standing up, Tatsumi gave Akame a confident smile.
"We can´t give up on finding him yet! He is one of the toughest bastards I´ve known in my whole life, and, if he´s still out there, he will come back! We need to have hope!" he said showing his fist in determination.
Akame widened her eyes even more and the memory of Galen comforting her and explaining to her what hope really meant.
Smiling, she wiped out the tears from on her eyes and cheeks.
"You´re right, we won´t give up, and I´m sure he won´t either" she said at Tatsumi.
Tatsumi smiled at his partner before taking a drinking glass and filling it with water.
"Well, I´m going back to bed. We have early training tomorrow and I don´t want to oversleep. Goodnight, Akame" he said starting to walk to his room.
"Goodnight, Tatsumi" Akame said smiling and picking up what she came for.
Tatsumi looked at the night sky through the window.
"Galen, I don´t know what you did, but you really have done something for Akame to miss you like that, you better come back safely" he thought while heading to his room.
Unknown location – Dawn
Galen slowly awakened and started to feel a warm sensation on his face. He slowly opened his eyes only to close them again with a grunt due to the very bright light in front of him.
Turning his body to the other side to avoid the light, he felt pain in his right side. He tried to grab his arm only to find none.
Opening his eyes, he saw the half of his right arm missing. He remembered the events of last night about the battle against Seryu and her Teigu. He couldn´t help but make a very small smile when he remembered that he managed to save Sheele from the death his disturbing vision showed him.
But this was just the beginning when things start to get complicated, and he had to return to the hideout, which lead him to the next question.
Where was he? He started to feel the cold of the air and saw snow all around him.
"I see you´re awake" said a male voice behind Galen.
The jedi quickly stood up and turned around to face the person who said that and saw a man probably in the end of his twenties carrying some wood over his left shoulder while grabbing an axe with his right hand.
Galen didn´t lower his guard despite feeling still some pain on his missing limb.
"Who are you?" he said in a demanding tone.
The stranger raised an eyebrow.
"Is that how you greet people who prevented you from bleeding to death?" he asked.
Galen saw what was left of his right arm bandaged and a small amount of blood absorbed by the bandage in the end of his wound.
Sure, he could have stopped the bleeding easily by using Force Healing, but the battle last night left him almost with no energy and being unconscious didn´t help at all.
Galen suddenly started to feel dizzy and fell in a sitting position on the ground.
The man quickly left the wood on the ground and went to his side.
"Easy, you must be still weak. After all, that´s how you might feel after being unconscious for three days"
The jedi widened his eyes after hearing that. So it has been three days since the battle? What about Night Raid? Would they think he is already dead? Did Sheele manage to survive the shot?
He had to return home and fast, but he wasn´t stupid. He knew right now he wasn´t on his full capacity and it would be reckless to try to return in his condition and without any idea of where he was.
He let the man help him stand up and guide him near the fireplace which he could guess was the bright light he saw when he woke up.
The jedi took a long view of his surroundings. He noticed he was in a forest, but the snow made him realize he wasn´t where he passed out.
He was in a camping site. There was a horse with a saddle which had a rope attached to a tree.
After he sat again, the man reached for his traveling bag and took out a piece of warm bread, he split the bread and offered a half to Galen.
"Here, you must be starving" he said kindly.
Galen slowly extended his left arm and took the piece. He could see the man had good intentions, if he wanted him dead, he would have let him where he found him.
Taking a bite of the bread, he sighed and enjoyed the flavor in his mouth even if it wasn´t much.
A moment of comfortable silence passed as the two men ate their meals.
Galen finished his bread first, and, after swallowing the last piece, he turned to the man.
"Why are you helping me? You don´t know who I am or what are my intentions" he asked calmly.
The man smiled and looked at the morning sky.
"My father used to say ¨We don´t know when we are going to die, so make sure you always do what a human being would do to feel satisfied in the end of your life¨" he said with admiration in his voice.
The jedi side smiled at the words his father said to him.
"He must have been a wise man" he said.
The man´s smile grew wider.
"He was, he always looked at the good gifts of life no matter what" he said.
After that, the man sighed and frowned.
"What I´ve seen during my trip to Capital City makes me wonder how did he do that" he said in a low voice.
Galen frowned too.
"I saw how the police abuses of the people, the fear on their faces when they walk on the street especially at night due to recent murders over the city by some bandits who call themselves Night Raid" he said.
Galen stood still after he heard about his team, but said nothing.
"And now, they´re aiming for politicians all over the country" the man continued saying.
Galen´s eyes widened at that.
"Why would they do that?" the jedi asked keeping his cool.
The man shrugged.
"Hell if I know, but, yesterday, there were found notes that had threatening letters from Night Raid along with the bodies of three politicians who were attending at a political meeting on Capital City. My master is attending that meeting too, and I fear for his life" he said.
"Your master?" Galen asked.
The man nodded.
"He was the emperor´s Prime Minister before that bastard Honest took his place" he said with venom in his voice.
The man relaxed a little before he continued.
"I am his messenger, just like my father before me. I was sent to give the message that my master will attend the meeting." He explained.
Galen nodded, and a question popped on his head.
"If you don´t mind me asking, what happened to your father?" he asked.
The man´s expression saddened.
"He didn´t accept to serve Honest due to his loyalty to the former Prime Minister and he knew the kind of man he was, so he was executed in public to show the people what would happen if they didn´t respect his authority" he said sadly.
Galen felt anger in his mind. Each time, he wanted to finish the Prime Minister´s life more badly, but he kept those feelings inside him.
He turned to the man again.
"I´m sorry for your loss. From what I´ve heard, your dad has earned my respect and admiration. He was a man to follow" the jedi said comforting him.
The man gave a sad smile.
"Thank you" he said.
Then he returned to his cheerful self and offered some water to Galen, who nodded in thanks and took a swig.
"By the way, the name´s Kent" the man said offering his hand
"Galen" the jedi responded giving him his only hand to shake.
After some time, the two men rested enough to keep their way.
"There´s a small village approximately ten miles from here. The villagers could help you to get patched up better and show you how to get where you came from.
Galen nodded in thanks. The jedi helped Kent to load the goods on the horse and they started the trip.
It took them a few hours to get to the village, but, finally, they arrived.
Galen took a look at the place. It was a very sad sight.
The people were doing everything they could to keep themselves warm. There were even bodies of people who died of the cold and whose clothes were removed by others to prevent themselves from suffering the same fate.
He doubted they could help him with his arm, not that he needed it. He was now using Force Healing to scar and close the wound.
"This is another example of Honest´s cruelty. He keeps everything for himself and his powerful allies, without caring or sending help for these people leaving them to starve and die" Kent said sadly.
Galen felt pity for these poor villagers who fought to survive one more day when their government abandoned them.
After they got to the center of the village, it was time for them to separate on their own ways. Kent offered Galen some coins, but he refused.
"You should give those to someone who needs it more, don´t worry about me" Galen said kindly.
Kent hesitated but nodded and he put the bag on his belt.
Galen nodded.
"Thank you for everything you´ve done for me. I can´t ever pay you enough for your kindness" he said.
Kent laughed and patted the jedi on the shoulder.
"Nonsense, it was my pleasure. I really hope our paths cross again" Kent said.
"Likewise" Galen said giving him a side-smile.
The two men shook their hands, and Kent continued to walk on the road.
After Galen saw Kent far enough to almost lose him out of sight, he turned and started walking through the village.
He really wanted to help these people freezing on the cold wind.
No.
He NEEDED to help these people. He´d be damned if he let them suffer.
Galen, without anyone noticing, took a wagon behind a hut and headed to the outside of the town.
Galen left the wagon and walked to the mountain chain near the village, when he was sure he was far enough from sight of anyone, he focused and detected the life energies around him.
There were many species, and all of them resembled a very unique life energy. It was amazing how much biodiversity was in a single habitat. He kept looking, but he didn´t find something big enough, so he moved to a different area.
He kept searching during a whole hour and he only collected a few animals, but that wasn´t enough. He didn´t give up.
He reached the highest points of the mountains and focused again. This time, he noticed a life energy life enough to make his quest a success.
He opened his eyes and followed the life energy to a cave near the peak of a mountain.
"Bingo" he said smirking.
He entered the cave, and, as he got deeper, he started seeing less. He reached a point where he had to use his over-developed instincts only not to crash with a wall.
He heard faint sounds like crushing bone and stone nearby. He focused again and noticed the life force was approximately 30 meters from him. He started sneaking to prevent himself from scaring the beast and took a peek through a rock and found what he was looking for.
There was a bird-like danger beast at least 20 times his size, it had a beak that was at least 50 inches long. Its wings were so large they could surpass a TIE Fighter in width. In the end of the wings, there were 3-fingered hands with sharp claws that could easily mutilate a human in less than 5 seconds.
Galen, cautiously, unsheathed Mirror with his left arm.
"Thank the Force I´m ambidextrous" he thought while he held his katana in front of him.
Galen got out of his hiding spot and tried to get closer to the beast, but he didn´t do any sound.
While sneaking, he noticed some bones on the floor.
Human bones.
"So this danger beast has caused some troubles for the villagers… good… that means I can kill two birds with one stone…he he… two birds" Galen thought silently chuckling at the irony.
Galen, when he felt he was close enough, concentrated and aimed for the danger beast´s head.
A quick kill.
He threw Mirror as if it was a spear and it hit right on the nape of the beast. Unfortunately, it bounced, getting the birds attention.
The jedi cursed under his breath and hid behind the same rock he was before quickly to get out of the bird´s sight.
He suddenly heard a roar, and his instincts shouted him to move.
He was glad he obeyed because, as soon as he moved, the rock he was covering with was crushed by a claw.
He could see the bright yellow eyes form the birds looking straight at him.
"He can see in the dark. Maybe this will be fun after all" he thought before using the Force to take back Mirror preparing for the fight coming.
Village in the north side of Capital City – Afternoon
Galen returned to the village, he had a few scratches and some of his clothes were a little ripped, but, other than that, he felt perfectly fine.
"Damn, who would have known it could turn its feathers as hard as diamonds when he sensed danger near it? Thankfully, I realized the beast couldn´t fly when its feathers were like that. It took me a while to get it out of the cave and find its weak spot near …. ugh better not think of that" he thought tiredly.
Reaching the entrance of the village, many people took notice of him. Their expressions instantly turned from curiosity to shock.
Behind the jedi there was the dead, plucked danger beast being carried by the wagon which was being dragged by Galen like it was nothing. Obviously, he was using his abilities to make it lighter.
"It… it can´t be" said one villager.
"Is that… what I think it is?" said another villager, this time, a woman.
"N…no way… he took THAT out… by himself… and he doesn´t have an arm!?" said an elder villager.
"Wasn´t he the one who got here with the messenger?" another voice said.
Many people started to gather around the jedi commenting in disbelief and astonishment.
Galen stopped and looked at the villagers as they looked back at him.
"I need to speak to the one in charge" he said loud enough for everyone to hear.
Everyone stood in silence. That was until an old man with a tanned skin, and long hair that reached his shoulders slowly approached Galen.
"Are you the one in charge of this village?" the jedi asked.
The old man nodded slowly.
"Then I want to tell you that the danger beast from the mountains that was causing you trouble won´t bother you anymore" Galen said.
Many people started commenting again.
"So that REALLY is the danger beast!?" one man said.
"I can´t believe it! That means we are safe now!?" another one said.
"Finally we can go out peacefully knowing there´s no more threat from that bird!" a woman said with tears of joy coming out of her eyes.
Many people started to get near Galen and touched his shoulders and arms in sign of gratitude and appreciation.
The village chief looked at Galen in the eyes with a smile.
"We thank you, young man, for what you did for us today. May I ask your name?" he said.
"Galen" the jedi said.
"Well, Galen, we will be forever in your debt. If there´s anything you want and it is under my power, just ask" the chief said.
Galen nodded and responded.
"I´d like for you to call for your best chefs" he said.
The village´s chief raised an eyebrow along with many of the villagers who looked at him confused for his request.
"If I may ask, why do you want me to do that?" the chief asked as politely as possible.
"Because we´re feeding your people" Galen said.
Everyone was silent for what he said for a while, but, one by one, people started cheering and crying in joy until everyone cheered for the jedi. The children were jumping and saying his name repeatedly.
The chefs took the dead animals and danger beast, and started to cook.
After half an hour of waiting, the feast started.
Music started playing and many villagers were laughing and dancing, enjoying the fortune their hero has brought to them.
Galen was sitting on a log looking with a chuckle at the people spinning around a big fireplace in happiness.
Suddenly, a beautiful girl approached him and asked him to dance with her.
"Ah… I´m not a pretty good dancer" he said scratching the back of his head.
The girl giggled and took his hand.
"Come on, I can show you. Please?" she said with hopeful eyes.
Galen couldn´t say ¨no¨ to a girl that made a face like that. He sighed, but smiled.
"Very well, lead the way" he said.
The girl made a wide smile before guiding him to the fireplace.
She started to make some steps for Galen to follow. In the beginning, the jedi tripped a few times, but, after a while, he started to get the hang of it.
The people laughed and clapped while seeing their savior enjoying the celebration with them. They owed him their lives for what he has done for them.
The celebration lasted other 2 hours before nighttime fell and everyone had to go own their own business.
Many girls said goodbye at Galen with a dreamy expression. The jedi chuckled and waved goodbye at them.
"Galen, can I talk to you for a second?" the chief said.
Galen nodded and approached him.
"Listen, we will forever be thankful for what you have done for us. Now that the danger beast is dead, our hunters can hunt safely to keep us from starving again. As a sign of gratitude, I´d like to offer you a place you can call home here, a house near the end of the village just at the side of the road towards the forest" the chief said happily.
Galen was surprised of the offer he was given, but he looked to the ground closing his eyes and sighing before facing the chief again.
"Your offer is very kind, sir, but I´m afraid I must refuse it. I have people waiting for me in Capital City, and I must return to them" Galen said sadly.
This really looked like a very comfortable village despite the cold weather, it was very peaceful and out of all the problems that happened in Capital City. He really would have accepted the offer, but he has a mission and he must finish it.
The chief looked a little disappointed for Galen´s answer, but his expression was quickly removed.
"That´s too bad, kid. My people really took a liking to you, but it is your choice. However, I still want to give you the key to the house I offer you, so anytime you want to visit, you know you have a place for yourself and you will always be welcome here" he said cheerfully handing the key to Galen.
The jedi looked at the key in his hand for a few seconds before hiding it in his fist and putting it in one of his pockets.
"Thank you very much, sir" Galen said bowing.
The chief smiled.
"More than happy to do it, young man. Now, I know you must be eager to return to Capital City, but I would recommend you to rest this night so you can start your journey refreshed tomorrow, besides, the road gets very dangerous when night falls" he said.
Galen thought about it. Sure, he could beat many danger beasts and bandits that might take him by surprise during the road, but many beasts possess abilities Galen was not familiar with, and attacking them without a strategy would be like walking straight to a deathtrap.
"Very well, I will leave in the morning" he said.
The chief nodded and smiled.
"Then I wish you a good night, Galen. I hope to see you tomorrow" the chef said before retreating to his house.
"Same" the jedi said before heading towards the house the chief gave to him.
When he got to the house, he looked at it for some time.
It was the same as the others, but this one had some blue decoration round the door and the windows, and the logs were placed vertically instead of horizontally like the other houses.
Galen reached for the key in his pocket and used it to unlock the door.
He entered the house and took look at his surroundings.
There wasn´t much but, for the jedi, it was more than enough. There was a bad big enough for two people, a couch, and a chimney. The curtains were closed allowing only a small portion of light to enter the house.
Galen locked the door before taking off his coat and placing it on top of the couch.
He let himself fall on the bed and rested his hands under his head. He looked at the ceiling of the cabin wondering how was Night Raid handling themselves, he wished he could go to them instantly, but he wasn´t that fast.
Determined to go back to his new family, he closed his eyes.
"Just wait a little longer. I´ll be home soon" he thought before feeling himself being dragged to a dreamless sleep.
Or so he thought.
And there it is, Chapter 9!
Now I really hope you liked the way I´m making Galen to interact with people in Akame ga Kill world. As many of you say,he is a freakin badass! So I do everything to make him to show his awesomeness without making the enemies too easy for him.
Now, we finally have a result for the ballot of which harem Sheele would be added, and I´m here to tell you that Galen won with a final votation of 16 – 14. I´m really sorry for those who wanted her in Tatsumi´s Harem, but that doesn´t mean Tatsumi will be left only with Mine. You still can send me requests for girls you want me to add in the harems.
This are the harems right now:
Galen´s Harem: Akame, Leone, Chealsea, Esdeath, Spear, and Sheele.
Tatsumi´s Harem: Mine (there´s a whole space for readers to fill this harem except for the ones in Galen´s)
Now I have something to tell you. I might take a little longer in publishing the next chapter because I´m starting a new crossover between Shingeki no Kyojin and Fallout called "Victoria adversus Titanas". The first prologue will be published soon, so stay tuned to my profile if you wish to read it.
Now to answer some reviews!
DJ Meltdown of Ground Xero: I´m happy that you liked how it happened! Hope you keep reading!
Tony Anderson: Thank you very much! I hope you enjoyed this new chapter!
SpecialMonitor22: Thank you so much for your opinion! IT´S GOOD TO BE BACK! And for the last comment… I aim to please.
Imperial warlord: Thank you! Hope you enjoy this one!
Hong Cong: And I´m happy that you´re happy! I also felt excited when I wrote that part!
orca3553: Almost got it! As for the Three Beasts, you´ll see in the next chapter!
Phantasm of Chaos: I thought no one would see that when I wrote that! The Force is strong in you! Nice one!
Nightroad816: Not exactly, he can do it without summoning Lightning. As for the energy he took, not necessarily takes all of him, but he really should take some time before doing it again, but, in the SW: TFU 2 cinematic trailer, his exact clone did a Force Maelstrom to kill dozens of imperial soldiers and, a few seconds later, he destroyed a giant robot with ease and walked away like nothing.
Blaze1992: Yeah he can do MUCH more than that, but remember that Night Raid is based on stealth and silent kills. Galen can´t just take the whole palace down because not EVERYONE in the empire is corrupted. It would be against the vision of a better country to go mercilessly killing nobles and officers just like that. For your last question, the original Galen never used dual lightsabers, only his clone in SW: TFU 2 did that, but you´re in for a surprise soon.
omega9028: That would be totally badass! But no…. sorry.
That´s all for now! Again I apologize to those who voted for the Tatsumi/Sheele pairing.
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