"We've got reports, about the location of their base" Amond was bowing to Esdeath, informing her of Night Raid's hideout, She looked pleased and looked out the window "Ok, I will send some of you over there to take them out". Amond glances up "But, wouldn't it be easier to have you with us mam?" she nods "Yes, but some paperwork needs to be done, I'm afraid I can't accompany you", She looks back at the table and points at the people she's sending "Kurome, Wave, Amond, and Zariha, you 4 will be attacking their base, show no mercy".

Everyone stood up and walked out the door, Kurome held her Sword tight as she thought "Big Sis, im coming, and you will forever be my puppet", Amond looks around and asks "Is it just going to be the 4 of us?" Zariha shrugged "No need to worry, I have some Soldiers of my own", Later they walk outside to find 30 Soldiers with Black Imperial coats and knight Helmets, Zariha raised his hand "These aren't all the members, but enough to help us, i introduce you to the Brotherhood of Black", all the Soldiers mounted horses and so did Wave and Kurome, Amond summons his Silver Mado horsebut then Zariha summons his own, a Black Metallic Mado horse, Amond looks surprised and asks "You have one too?" and he replies "Indeed, now we must get going", All the Soldiers headed North while the Jeagers followed, Amond slightly looks at Zariha, thinking to himself "I don't like this guy's Aura, got to watch my back".

Meanwhile at Midnight, Hunter was asleep, as he was sleeping Hunter heard his door open "Hunter, please wake up" a familiar voice spoke to him, he turned to see Akame with her arm on his shoulder "What's wrong Akame?" he asked, she looks through the window and sees movement in the forest "I think people may have found our base", Hunter gets up and takes a look, a few Brotherhood of Black soldiers were visible through some trees "Oh no", he grabs his sword and puts the sheath on his back, Akame puts her hand on her chin "They don't look like ordinary Soldiers from the Empire, maybe a subclass?" she theorized, Hunter looks back "Akame, I'll warn the others, just kill as many as you can", She nods then runs out, Akame sees Kurome outside in the distance, she stared briefly at her "Kurome".

Zariha points at the base and commands "Fire", Some soldiers fired arrows at the windows while others charged trying to look for an entrance, Wave stabs the ground with his sword and calls out "grand chariot", the Black and blue prototype of Incursio appears on wave's body and he clenches his fist, he runs and jumps high enough to crash through a window, Leone quickly looks in shock and activates her teigu, "Night Raid, your crimes against the Empire and her people will be payed with your blood!" Wave says as he dashes for a powerful punch to the face, Leone flies back and crashes through a wall, She gets back up looking angry "Ok, now you will see what happens when you make a lion angry".

As they start fighting Akame jumps out and starts killing some Soldiers, she turns to see Kurome behind her "There you are sis, it's been a while" she announced while unsheathing her blade, purple lightning shoots out of her blade and resurrects some soldiers, Akame dashes to her and they begin their battle, as tbey swing at each other Kurome's face stayed in an Angry expression, "You just had to leave us didn't you sis, you left me all alone just to join Night Raid, don't you care about our friends that died for the Empire, is all that sacrifice meaningless to you!", Akame kicks her away and looks into her eyes "That was the point, our friends were dying, I couldn't handle it anymore, we were brainwashed to do the Empire's bidding, my heart told me to join them, for that is what I believe is right".

Hunter jumps out and looks at the many soldiers pointing their bows at him, Zariha raises his hand to lower their weapons and he walks forward "Ah, we meet again, 11 years is quite a while", Hunter looks confused and asks "Huh, what are you talking about?". Zariha unsheathes his sword and begins to stare "Your that boy back at Skyreach, I remember those eyes", Hunter's eyes grew wide amd he gripped his sword tighter "What, who are you, how do you know im from there?!", Zariha points his sword forward and purple light shines upon him, then the armor is donned, the same Black Armor with the Same Menacing Yellow eyes "I am the Black Knight, Zex". Hunter stared intensely at him, flashbacks of that day entered his mind, he grits his teeth and begins to shake with Anger "You…, it was You, YOU killed her, You Monster, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE!" he then screamed a loud roar as he summons the Garo Armor upon himself. Their blades clash and Zariha begins commenting on him "So you are the heir to the Garo bloodline, your divine flames won't last much longer, I will put an end to it", they clash many more times but some of Hunter's attacks were blocked by his shield, Zariha grabs his neck and slams him on the mountain. "You may be older and more powerful now, but your still a Young boy" Zariha taunts as he kicks him in the Gut, Hunter roars and punches his face with enough force to send him back, it begins to rain with the air getting colder, Hunter thinks to himself as he stares at Zariha "I must not let my anger cloud my judgement, I need as much patience as possible for this fight, but I need just enough Anger to overpower him" then he gets into his stance, they both jump at each other and swing, creating a small shockwave.

The soldiers begin shooting at Mine but get incinerated by pumpkin, a lot more surround her but Sheele comes to her aid, cutting down some of them for her, Wave was still beating down on Leone, who is badly wounded, he lifts her up and throws her outside, but she ends up hitting some Soldiers. "Leone!" Mine called out, they help her up and begin looking around to see Hunter and Zariha, as they clashed Zariha spots Leone and throws his sword, before she had enough time to react the blade hits Leone's and she falls to the ground, Hunter quickly looks in shock, Sheele looks at her and shakes her head "Leone, you can't die just yet, not while we are struggling in this war". She looks at both of them and smiles "Its ok, I had a great life, all thanks to all of you, I hope…to see you all again soon…", Mine holds her hand and Leone closes her eyes to rest in peace at last, Hunter looks back at the Black Knight and puts his sword on the ground, ready for a brawl. He punches him through many trees and they start punching each other, splashes of water can be heard as they roam the area, Zariha hits his back with his elbow but Hunter kicks his head, he pins him down and starts punching him furiously with great speed, Zariha rolls out of the way and breathes heavily, Hunter remains in his brawling stance while having a Firey Green aura around him, Zariha also gets ready with a Dark Purple Aura. They start to throw punches and kicks while knocking each other on trees, Hunter makes one big kick and sends him flying on the wall of the base, he sprints and leaps towards him with a powerful punch, Zariha's body hits wave as he was flying backwards, Wave jumps out of the way and continues to fight Lubbock, Hunter grabs him and smacks the face of Zariha's helmet on the floor, he kicks Hunter away and charges into him, they crash out of the building and land on the ground, Hunter throws him into his Soldiers and they die from the impact. Hunter breathes heavily and summons his sword back into his hands, Zariha calls out for his horse and it arrives, he mounts it and looks into his eyes "You may have won this time, but this war isn't over just yet", he rides away leaving his comrades behind.

Hunter reverts to normal and stares into the distance "I will finish this fight, and avenge my Mother, and all the innocents you have slain" he declares, he runs to Mine and Sheele, then puts his hand over Leone's head "She's finally at Eternal peace, she fought well and her death will not be in vein" he says quietly, he pats them on the head and looks up "It's sad, I know, but now's not the time to mourn, we must push on, and set out to Defeat the Empire in her name". Meanwhile Wave kicks Lubb over the walls, he spits out blood and wipes it off "Man, this guy's in another level", Amond approaches Wave and informs him "Zariha just left without any warning", Wave looks back and frowns behind his mask "Why, we almost have them, and he just leaves us behind, whatever, lets retreat back, we've hurt them hard enough". Lubb uses this time to escape the building and heads outside, Kurome's puppets were all Eliminated and she was still in her fight Against Akame, Akame was about to go for the killing blow until Wave kicks her away, he carries Kurome and looks at the capital "Kurome, we must go back, one of our own has retreated without permission" then they run off, Amond summons his horse and rides away, Akame stabs her sword on the ground and shouts "Damnit!".

She runs to see Leone's body laying on the grass, "Leone!" she shouts, Hunter comforts her by rubbing her back, he looks at her and smiles "Its ok, she's in a better place, lets go and win this war for her", Akame sheds a tear and smiles back.

She stands up and looks into the distance "We have to find a new hideout, we can't stay her anymore if they know where we are", Hunter looks at his map and informs them "There may be another base somewhere east, Akame looks back and nods "Alright, lets bury her first, then head out, after a few minutes of digging leone's grave they set out to find the new base, Lubb scratches his head "Wait, where did everyone go?" then he sees them going east "Hey, wait up" as he's running.

Meanwhile Esdeath was informed about the assault on the base, she frowns and responds "Well at least you killed one of them", Zariha bows and goes into his room, Tatsumi crosses his arms and shrugs "You think we could attack their base again?" he asks, She replies "They may be criminals, but they aren't idiots, they won't be staying at that base after its been discovered, but soon we will find the other one and hopefully crush them permanently".

As the other arrive, Esdeath tells them "Im already informed about the Mission, it was a failure, but we will get them next time", Wave nods and salutes "Mam, I've heard that Zariha has retreated without permission, what will you do about it?", She looks at his room and thinks, afterwards she touches his shoulder "I'll confront him about it later, but for now get some rest". 2 hours later Zariha was in the imperial arms room, he looks at the many teigu that were unused "I heared it was possible to wield 2 imperial arms at once, but requires great strength to do so", after looking at them he exists and walks through the hallway "That boy, he has gained great strength since the day I first saw him, plus being a wielder of the Garo Armor, if im gonna defeat this Boy, I need all the power I can get". He looks at his own arm and clenches his fist, then he hears something call out to him, he looks back at the Imperial arms storage and listens closely, he could hear his name being called and he slowly walks back into the room, looking for what is calling him.

*To be continued*