(A/N): Again, sorry for taking so long to do this. So, this chapter is actually the entire episode, but I'm adding a second part for the sake of expanding on what will transpire between Orie and Carmine (no, it's not romance) post-episode. Anyways, enjoy this next chapter!


The following night, Night Raid was assigned two different jobs. Tatsumi, Orie and Leone were sent to investigate and assassinate the members of a drug smuggling ring, whom were also capturing and drugging women. Sheele, Mine and Carmine were sent to take out the leader, Chibaru.

The first squad was dispatched to an oriental-looking district, where they sat perched on some rooftops. Everywhere they looked had food stalls, people in kimonos, merchants selling wares, and above all else, prostitutes. "So this is the capital's red light district, huh?" asked Tatsumi. "I'm a little nervous."

Leone smiled. "Aww, Tatsumi, you look so cute when you act all bashful. Anyways that money ain't gonna make itself."

She flexed her muscles and concentrated. "Lionelle, transform!" A few seconds later, her imperial arms gave her a beast's tail, ears, paws and wilder hair. She smiled with glee. "When I get into beast mode, I feel like I can just take on the whole world!" Tatsumi and Orie were in awe at her transformation.

She grabbed Tatsumi bridal-style and got ready to jump. "Come on! Let's get ready to make a mess of things!"

Tatsumi suddenly noticed the position he was in. "Huh?" He didn't even have time to protest because suddenly Leone started running fast along the rooftops of the buildings. He held on for dear life while pleading for his captor to slow down.

Orie was stunned. "D-did she forget that I was...oh forget it." She sighed and tried her best to catch up to them. "Leone really needs to make a mental note to consider how fast her teammates are," she muttered to herself while she pursued them.

Five minutes later, the three of them were inside of the target's building's attic, though Orie had finally caught up to them after Tatsumi and Leone got to the location three minutes earlier. Orie was breathing heavily. "How...much...power...does that...give you?" she panted.

Leone smiled sheepishly. "Whoops, sorry 'bout that Orie!" she apologized while rubbing her head. "I kind of get carried away when I use Lionelle!"

"No kidding," grunted Tatsumi. "Alright, we're here. Let's nail these bastards."

Leone opened up one of the ceiling panels. "Look at this," she said. She showed Orie and Tatsumi an ugly sight to behold: nearly a hundred prostitutes drugged on opioids ventilating the room, all falling over each other and giggling, not even aware of the situation they were in.

A few seconds later, two men in suits walked into the building. One was wearing an eyepatch and a pink suit and the other a white suit. "Hoo, they sure are going to town," said the man in the pink. He faced his captives. "If you want me to bring you more, be sure to be good little girls, understand?"

"Okay!" replied all of the girls.

The man in white noticed one girl, who was giggling insanely and laying still on the ground. "Hey boss? What about that one over there?" he asked.

The man in pink narrowed his eyes at the scene he was directed to. "Eh, I'm done with her," he dismissed. "Her mind's gone and she stinks of fish. Just get rid of her. These bitches are pretty easy to replace."

Suddenly the girl began grabbing the man in white's suit in a zombie-like manner, completely crazed. "Please! I need more!" she begged. She was met with a punch from the man, knocking her out cold. Leone looked on, barely able to contain her anger at the sight.

The two men looked at the unconscious girl and sighed. "I guess we need to go pick up a few more girls from the slums."

"Yeah, these bitches are a dime-a-dozen. Show 'em a little money and they'll do whatever you want."

"This is even more sick than the client said it was," whispered Tatsumi. "Those bastards!"

"Death is too good for people who treat human lives as cheap resources," growled Orie. "They need to feel their victims' pain first."

Leone's face was dark. "That girl he was just hitting?" Tatsumi and Orie turned to her. "She was a friend of mine from back home." She smashed her fists together. "Now I'm pissed; let's just slaughter these pukes and be done with it!"

"Roger that," replied Tatsumi.

"Lead the way," added Orie.

The three of them scurried over to the platform of another room the two men had entered, whom were now having a meeting with some henchmen. "It looks like we're in prime position to move and expand the drug route a little bit," said the man in white.

"Yeah, probably so," said the man in pink while he fondled a woman's breasts. "I'll have a talk with Mr. Chibaru and see how he feels about it."

"Time to go," ordered Leone.

The three smashed through the ceiling and faced the frightened room occupants. They readied their weapons and leered at their targets. "We're here to send every single one of you straight to hell!" they yelled.

The man in white sobered up and steeled himself. "Get those punks!" he demanded. "Bring back their heads!"

All of the henchmen in the room charged the three assassins, who had also began running at their adversaries. The henchmen split up and got out their swords. Two ran at Tatsumi and began to swing for his head. He ducked low and sliced them in half. Two others ran at Orie from opposite ends. She evaded with a handstand and used Divine Thrust to impale both of their heads on her rapier.

Six of them surrounded Leone, who was crossing her arms and smiling. "Every person in this trafficking ring is our target, which means all of you are going to die." She readied herself. "Get ready for some pain, fellas!" Three dashed at her and swung their weapons, but with each miss of the swing, the unfortunate attacker was met with a superhuman punch or kick, breaking whatever limb was unlucky enough to be in the way of Leone's counter. She jumped over the other three of them and roundhouse kicked them into a wall, killing them all on impact.

The man in white shook violently with fear. "I'm not...gonna die." He nervously drew his machine pistol and aimed at the general area of the assassins. "I'm not gonna let you kill me!"

His proclamation was shattered upon the sight of Tatsumi and his sword mere inches away from him. His jaw dropped and he began to sweat. "Then you'll have to move faster than that, dick," said Tatsumi before cleaving his body in half.

The man in pink barely had time to process what had happened before Leone grabbed his neck and lifted him into the air. "Please, take whatever you want!" he begged. "You want money? You want drugs!? I'll give you anything! I'll give you everything! Just let me go, please!"

His words fell on deaf ears, for Leone did not budge an inch upon his pleas. "Anything I want, huh?" she began. "Thanks, but the only thing I want from you is your life."

The man's windpipe was beginning to crush under Leone's grasp. "Who-who the hell are you people, anyway!?"

Leone smirked. She looked up at the man in ecstasy. "Oh, we're just bitches!" she yelled before punching his body so hard it flew into a wall and left a hole. "I mean honestly, who better than a few bitches to take you out?"

"Uh, could you come up with something better to call us please?" complained Tatsumi.

"I'd rather not be referred to as a "bitch" if that's alright," agreed Orie.

Leone snapped out of her moment and smiled. "Aw come on guys! You can't end a satisfying kill like that one without some cruel irony, right? He was treating girls that he referred to as bitches like crap, so therefore the bitches need to pound him into crap!"

Neither one of them were convinced. "Right, sure," said Tatsumi. "Anyways, let's get out of here. Our job's done."


A few minutes later, the three of them were walking down the promenade and discussing the job and the aftermath. The targets were taken care of, but there was still some concern about the welfare of the girls they kept captive.

"So what's going to happen to all of those girls?" asked Tatsumi. "They're really messed up now."

"Unfortunately, that's not really our call," answered Leone.

"I know but still."

"There's a retired doctor who still lives around here. I'll let him know what happened." Leone looked up to the sky while deep in thought. "He'd probably be more than happy to lend a hand. The doc always was fond of pretty girls, so everybody wins. Know what I'm saying?"

That seemed to reassure Tatsumi. "That's great! See? I always knew you had a little soft side."

"I used to be friends with one of those women. That's all it is," said Leone wistfully.

"It's good to know that they'll get treatment," said Orie. "But I hope they're not beyond saving. Those opioids seemed extremely strong."

Leone shook her head. "I don't think I would worry about it. It's true that the drugs used were strong, but I'm sure he'll be able to save most, if not all of them. Some might just take some more time than others to recover. Either way, I'm just glad that I got some revenge on them for hurting my friend and enslaving the others. That's the only reason I wanted to help."

"Well I don't care why." The two girls looked over at Tatsumi, who looked cheerful. "All that matters is that those girls get another chance to start over." Orie smiled and nodded.

"Tatsumi."

Tatsumi stopped walking and turned to Leone. "I've been meaning to tell you something." She leaned in close to his ear. "When you let yourself smile, you're really sweet." Before he could respond, Leone licked his ear.

Tatsumi yelped and dashed back several feet in disgust. Orie wasn't sure if she should be disgusted as well or laugh at his reaction. Leone giggled to herself and faced them both. "You can't run away now, I've already marked my territory! Once you finally grow up, you're gonna be all mine, baby!" She looked back up to the sky. "Well anyway, I wonder how the other group is doing right now."

"Something tells me Mine and Carmine are going to spend most of their mission arguing," sighed Orie.

Leone smirked and shrugged. "Hey, they're more than welcome to tear each other's hair out if the job gets done! But I think Sheele will keep them both in line. Anyways, let's head back." The three of them continued their walk down the promenade and headed back to headquarters.


Meanwhile, Mine, Carmine and Sheele were running through the forest, fresh off of their most recent kill. "Man, that Chibaru guy was so obnoxiously careful I thought we'd never track him down!" said Mine.

"Yeah that's true," replied Sheele. "But at least we completed the mission on time."

Carmine looked up at the trees and heard a rustle of leaves. "Hey, did you two hear something?" he asked. "I think someone's watching us."

"Oh come on, don't play that game with us," scolded Mine. "How's anyone going to find us if we're this far away from the kill site?"

"I'm not screwing around here!" Carmine shot back. "I swear I heard-" Suddenly he looked back and saw a figure coming at them. "GET DOWN!" He managed to get a stalagmite of blood up in time before the assailant could hit them, but it shattered and sent the three assassins careening on the ground. They got up to face their opponent, but the dust from the impact hadn't dissipated yet.

"Who is that!?" yelled Mine.

Carmine dusted himself off and glared at the direction of the attacker. "Yeah, who the hell-" As soon as the dust separated, a familiar-looking person emerged from the crater. With her dog-like imperial arms in tow.

"Is it an enemy?" asked Mine. "I couldn't sense her at all!"

"The other guards can't conceal their auras, so she must be on a completely different level," said Sheele.

"I can tell you this much," began Carmine. The two girls looked at him. "I know this chick. And I've got one hell of a bone to pick with that mutt of hers."

Seryu took a sheet of paper out of her pocket and looked up at Sheele. "I know you. You're the one from the wanted posters. Sheele of Night Raid I presume? And judging by your friend's weapon, I'm guessing she's from Night Raid too." She then noticed Carmine, who had a redder appearance than when she first met him. "And you! I remember you. You're the one Coro bit the other day! If you're with them, then no wonder Coro thinks you're evil!"

"Ah, put a sock in it, bitch!" snapped Carmine. "Whether I'm with them or not doesn't change the fact that I'm gonna put your stupid dog down just for being a pain in the ass!"

Seryu grinned wide. "Oh that's what I like to hear! The sound of evil acting strong and then begging for mercy when I extinguish it!"

"Oh jeez, someone as crazy as Carmine," muttered Mine.

"Are you actually comparing me to her?" retorted the In-Birth. "I'm not exactly a saint, but this asshole is batshit insane!"

"I'm glad I spent the night on watch or I would never have found the two of you," said Seryu. "Finally! Oh, how badly I've wanted to meet you, Night Raid! I'm imperial guard member Seryu Ubiquitous! In the name of absolute justice, I WILL BANISH YOUR EVIL RIGHT HERE AND NOW!

Mine tried to put up a confident facade despite her current situation. "Well, now that you've blown my cover, you can either die where you're standing or come with us."

Seryu's insanity never faltered for a second. "They say you're wanted dead or alive. So that means I can execute you! Bandits like you are the reason my father was killed in the line of duty. And you were the ones who murdered my mentor, Captain Ogre!"

"Wait, the big guy with the drinking problem?" snarled Carmine. "Yeah, he talked big, but he was just a big chew toy for us to play with. What a waste of time he was."

Seryu's eyes flared with rage. "You will NOT talk bad about Captain Ogre! That man was more respectable than anything you've ever done in your life!" That comment pissed Carmine off faster than Hilda could have. "Just for that, I don't care if you're with Night Raid or not, I'll be sure to finish you here!"

"So you're that eager to fight us huh?" taunted Mine. She drew Pumpkin and took aim. "Then in that case, I'll make this quick!" She fired a volley of bullets at Seryu, but Coro jumped in the way at the last second, which resulted in a giant cloud of dust where they were standing. Mine held her fire and observed the cloud. "Did I get her yet?" she asked no one in particular.

When the dust settled, what was left was a completely unharmed Seryu, and Coro, who was now twice as tall as his owner and filled with holes. He grunted heavily and began to close up the holes like they never existed.

"You've got to be kidding me," deadpanned Carmine. "Did that goddamn dog turn into a monster!?"

"You see that? Is that what I think it is?" asked Sheele.

"I'm afraid so," answered Mine while she changed gun attachments. "It seems that this girl has an organic-type imperial arms."

Seryu raised her arms at the three of them. "Tonfa guns!" she screamed as she fired streams of bullets at them. They split up and evaded the incoming fire. Seryu then stopped firing her guns and pointed at them. "Coro, supper time!" she commanded.

Coro pounced and started spinning like a torpedo at Sheele, jaws out like an incoming blender. As soon as he reached her, Sheele held out Extase and sliced his mouth without even flinching. Coro stumbled across the ground and into a nearby street light. Sheele began to make her way towards Seryu and kill her opponent, but suddenly she heard the imperial arms rise and growl at her. Coro repaired the chelsea grin he was given from her scissors and got ready to devour her, when suddenly a blast from Pumpkin pushed him back towards Seryu.

"Don't you even remember what the book said, Sheele?" said Mine. "Organic types always have a hidden core you have to destroy, otherwise they just keep regenerating! It doesn't have a heart, so Akame's sword won't do any good either."

"This is a surprisingly nasty opponent," commented Sheele.

"Great, so we're stuck fighting this monster who can't seem to die unless we get lucky and then that psycho bitch over there," complained Carmine. "Got any bright ideas?"

"You had a beef with that imperial arms, didn't you?" said Mine. "He's all yours."

Carmine sweatdropped at the sight of Coro. "Erm, well I said that not knowing he'd turn into Godzilla."

Mine raised an eyebrow. "Oh? You going to chicken out now?"

"Shut the hell up!" Carmine got ready to face off against the imperial arms. "Fine, I'll put the mutt to sleep myself!"

"Coro, bulk up." As soon as Coro heard Seryu's command, his whole body transformed into something resembling a weightlifter's physique.

"Ugh," retched Mine. "That's not cute."

"This thing is really pissing me off," added Carmine.

"Crush her!" Coro growled then dashed at the assassins, letting his fists fly anywhere he had room to punch.

"Mine, Carmine, stay behind me!" yelled Sheele. She held out Extase to intercept Coro's punches in the nick of time. He began to wail on Sheele and her scissors, who was starting to get overwhelmed by the onslaught of punches. Carmine tried to move around her to attack Coro, but every time he came close, Coro punched the area he stood at.

"Damn it, I can't get a shot at it!" he yelled.

Suddenly, Seryu blew a whistle, alarming Mine. "This thing's too strong to beat, and she just called in reinforcements. That means we're in big trouble. Perfect."

"Yeah, no shit!" yelled Carmine. He dodged another punch that cracked the pavement he was on. "And what do you mean by-" His words were cut off when he saw Mine leap into the air and aim Pumpkin at Coro.

"You still hungry, little guy?" she snarled. "Well EAT THIS!" Suddenly, a massive wave of energy blasted from Pumpkin's barrel and shrouded Coro's sizeable frame with yellow light. The imperial arms began to melt under the blast until giant holes formed all over its body.

Unfortunately, Mine's blast was for nothing. Coro began to repair himself almost immediately despite his body nearly being blasted to smithereens. "Damn, it's already starting to regenerate itself again," she said. "This is not good!"

"You said that thing has some core we have to destroy, yeah?" asked Carmine. He began to run at Coro. "Then we gotta keep pounding this thing until we find it!"

"Carmine, what the hell are you doing!?" yelled Mine.

"Just shut up and stay back for a second!" Carmine jumped into the air and shot a spike of blood at Coro's feet. The imperial arms braced for impact, but was confused by his "aim."

"Come on! If you're going to hit it, aim, will ya!?" complained Mine.

"Damn it, shut up already!" sneered Carmine. He raised his hand to command the bloody puddle he created. "SPIN!" Suddenly, the blood splatter he made turned into a saw blade and began to spin upwards, cutting Coro's body in half. Before Coro could return fire with a punch, his paw was cut off by the blade. When the blade dissipated into a bloody puddle again, Coro regained control and attempted to devour Carmine.

"Carmine! Watch out!" yelled Mine.

Carmine simply stood where he was, watching Coro's gaping jaw come towards him. "Right where I needed you," he said, right before Coro's teeth could clamp on him. "PULVERIZE!" He crossed his arms together to create a razor sharp cross-splash of blood crystals around him, severing Coro's head to pieces and leaving him unharmed. Coro's body fell flat to the ground, leaving a cloud of dust on the battlefield.

Carmine retreated towards Mine's location and looked onwards at his handiwork. "Did I get him?" he asked. His question was answered when Coro began to regenerate again despite his head being discombobulated. Carmine's mouth dropped. "Bullshit!" he yelled. "What is this thing made of!?"

"Don't worry," said Mine. "We're starting to narrow down where the core is."

Seryu began to laugh. "A valiant effort from a criminal like you," she said. "But you should know better than to underestimate the power of an imperial arms!"

Her words were cut short when Sheele stepped out of the dust and dashed at her. "One thing about weapons," said Sheele. "They can't keep moving if the wielder is dead!" Seryu braced herself for Sheele's scissors to make contact with her tonfas, but that was all for nothing. "EXTASE!" yelled Sheele. Suddenly, a bright light emitted from the scissors and completely covered everything in the area.

Carmine and Mine shielded themselves from the bright light. "How's that thing giving off so much light?" he asked. "I can't see anything!"

"That's Extase's trump card," answered Mine. "She casts a blinding light from it, which can distract enemies."

Sheele moved in for the kill. "You've run out of time," she said. Suddenly she began stabbing for Seryu's body over and over, but her opponent barely managed to repel all of her attacks with her tonfas.

Coro looked over at the two girls trading blows and began to move towards them, when suddenly a hole formed in his body, courtesy of Pumpkin. "Hey you!" Mine taunted. "You're supposed to be fighting us! Stop getting sidetracked!" She looked over at Carmine. "We have to keep this thing busy while Sheele takes that girl out."

Carmine cracked his knuckles. "Keeping it busy is too easy. I want to slaughter this thing and then see her squirm."

"A simple "got it" would have been fine too, you know." Mine took aim at Coro. "Just do your blood thing while I try to figure out where the core is, alright?"

"Yeah yeah, whatever." Carmine began to run at Coro. "Alright, time to put this puppy to sleep!" Coro shot a punch at Carmine, but he dodged it and kept running for Coro's body. Carmine shot three blood spikes into Coro's stomach and turned them into sawblades, cutting Coro into six pieces. Almost immediately, he began to regenerate. They heard Seryu scream out in pain, but they tried to ignore it and focus on their own opponent.

Coro threw two fists at Carmine, but they were quickly disintegrated by Pumpkin. "Keep it going!" Mine said. "We have to be close!"

"I don't need your help, stay back!" sneered Carmine.

Before Coro could punch them again, he heard his master's voice reach him. "Coro, use your trump card!" yelled Seryu. "GO BERSERK!"

A second later, Coro underwent a monstrous transformation. His eyes turned red, his body became more muscular and red, and he now had two rows of huge teeth resembling a dinosaur's. He let out a horrifying roar, which made all three assassins cover their ears to avoid going deaf.

"It's got a trump card!?" said Mine.

"How are we supposed to kill that!?" yelled Carmine.

Suddenly, both of them were grabbed by Coro with two massive fists. Sheele watched as her two teammates were captured by the behemoth.

"Sheele!" yelled Mine.

"Hold on!" replied Sheele.

"Good boy!" said Seryu. "Now SQUEEZE!"

Coro began to squeeze on both Mine and Carmine. They both began to feel their bones crack under the pressure, causing them to yelp in pain. Sheele turned her attention away from Seryu and leaped into the air to slice off Coro's arms, freeing them both.

Mine and Carmine crumpled to the ground like rag dolls. "Y-you did it," said Mine.

Sheele stood back up and dusted herself off. "That was a close one," she chirped. Her celebration was cut short when a bullet shot her through the chest from behind. Mine's and Carmine's eyes drifted from Sheele falling to the ground to Seryu shooting her from a short distance away with a deranged smile on her face. They didn't have time to register the fact that Coro was dashing at her, who proceeded to tear her body in half.

Their eyes watched in horror as the top half of Sheele's body hung from Coro's jaws. "N-n-no…" said Mine weakly. "SHEELE!" Hot tears ran down her face as she glared at Seryu's smug face. She limped towards Seryu with her weapon in tow. However, she wasn't able to lift her weapon. "Damn it, my arm," she growled. All she was able to do was scream at her friend's killer.

"BITCH!" yelled Carmine in a fit of rage. He charged Seryu, though the left side of his face was covered in a bloody mask. "JUST DIE ALREADY!"

Seryu, despite no longer having arms, tried to brace herself. "You better stop unless you want to end up like your rotten friend, too!"

"Shut up!" Carmine swiped his hand down to release a blade of blood where Seryu was standing. She dodged to the left and tried to kick him away. He avoided the kick and grabbed her neck. He began to squeeze, slowly draining her blood away. "You might have killed Sheele, but you sure as hell ain't leaving here alive if I have anything to say about it!"

Seryu struggled against his grip, but he felt herself begin to go limp from his blood-draining ability. "Y-you…will never...defeat j-justice!" she squeaked.

"Tell me that again when I see you in hell!" He squeezed harder, which caused Seryu to begin to lose consciousness. Her resistance on his hand grew weak and she was beginning to lose sight of her assailant. Carmine smiled. He was ready to finish her.

Before Carmine could administer the killing blow, the assassins heard a mass of footsteps approach them. He dropped Seryu to the ground and turned to face the congregation of imperial guards that surrounded them. "Crap," he breathed. "They just keep coming!"

Before the imperial guards could swarm Mine and Carmine, a light emitted from Coro's mouth, precisely where Sheele's body was. Everyone shielded their eyes from the blinding light.

"What-" said Seryu.

"What the hell? I can't see!" said some guards.

Through the light, Mine and Carmine looked up at Sheele clutching Extase in her near-lifeless hands.

"Ex...ta...se," choked Sheele.

"Sheele, no!" cried Mine.

"That demon!" spat Seryu. "How can she possibly keep on fighting!?"

"Get out of here you two," said Sheele. "While you still have a chance. Hurry!"

Mine was barely able to keep herself together. "N-no! I can't!"

Carmine grabbed her arm and began to pull. "Get moving, will you!?" he yelled.

"Let me go, Carmine!" she yelled. She tried to break free from his grasp, but to no avail. "I'm not leaving her!"

"This ain't the time for a pissing contest! She's getting us out of here! Now move it or I'm leaving you here!"

Mine looked up at Sheele's smiling face one last time. The tears welled in her eyes as she looked at the face of her dying friend, then began to retreat with Carmine. She tried hard to ignore the sounds of Seryu commanding Coro to finish off Sheele along with the all-to-familiar sounds of flesh being torn apart and bones breaking. Carmine said nothing. He was too focused on getting out of the area with Mine while trying to keep her from going back to the battle and getting them killed.


The return to base was bittersweet. Mine explained the details to everyone in Night Raid. Carmine stood by and said nothing, per Mine's request that she would be the one to tell the others what happened. Everyone was feeling despair, grief, horror, every emotion you could feel upon learning a good friend had perished from the world.

Tatsumi, trembling, slowly walked up to Mine. "W-who did this?" He put his hands on her shoulders. "Tell me who did it, now! Mine! MINE!"

Mine refused to answer. She did nothing but hang her head in sorrow while ignoring Tatsumi's pleas. "Tell me, damn it!" yelled Tatsumi.

"Calm down, Tatsumi," snapped Najenda. "Why do you need to know?"

Tatsumi angrily turned his head towards her. "So we can get our revenge! Don't you get it!?"

Najenda was unfazed. "Not yet. Act too quickly and you'll only add to the body count."

"Then how do you expect me to act, huh!?" Tatsumi's blood was beginning to boil, which slowly began to anger a couple of the assassins. "I'm not just gonna sit on my ass-"

Tatsumi's anger-fueled remark was interrupted by a hard punch to the face by Bulat. "That's enough, Tatsumi!" he yelled. "Now pull yourself together! We warned you that any one of us can die at any time! You accepted that risk the moment you decided to join us!"

Tatsumi slowly rose to his feet. "This is crap! How are you guys all just okay-"

He was slugged again, but this time by Carmine. "Shut the hell up!" yelled the In-Birth. He grabbed Tatsumi's shirt. "You think you can just sputter all of this bullshit about revenge when you weren't there to see HOW she died or who killed Sheele!? You think you can start giving us a hard time about standing around when we want to put her killer into the ground too!?" He shoved Tatsumi back down to the ground. "Good luck! All you're going to do is join Sheele."

Orie stepped in between them. "That's enough, Carmine! Tatsumi might have been in the wrong, but this isn't necessary!"

Carmine narrowed his eyes. "Oh, that's real bold of you to talk down to me when this asshole just started shooting his mouth off about how we're not doing anything! Where do you get off acting all high and mighty?"

Orie's eyes flashed with fury. "You know what? I'm getting tired of you acting like a thug and treating everyone like an insolent jerk!"

"Calm down," said Leone. "Both of-"

"And I'm getting sick of you acting like you're Mother Teresa the whole goddamn time!" Carmine shot back. "No wonder the Licht Kreis likes a goody-goody like you!"

"You two need to stop arguing with-" began Lubbock.

"And no wonder you don't have any people that like you!" yelled Orie.

Before she had a chance to realize what she had said, Carmine's face turned into pure rage. Orie took a step back, fearing that she might have gone too far.

"This is bad," said Lubbock.

The air around everyone suddenly grew thick with EXS radiating off of Carmine. "That was a line you shouldn't have crossed!" he bellowed. He began to charge Orie, who braced herself for his attack. "DIE BITCH!"

Suddenly, both In-Births were restrained; Carmine was bound by Lubbock via Cross Tail and Orie was bound in the arms of Leone. "You two are way out of line," scolded Najenda. "Think about how this is affecting all of us, who all knew Sheele longer than you've ever been in this world. Think about how upset we are that we lost a close comrade like her. Do you really think that losing your temper or fighting each other is going to solve anything? We're assassins. We go into this job knowing that we could die at any time. If this is how you two are going to act every time a comrade dies, then you have no right to be here."

Orie and Carmine glared at each other and looked away. "M-my apologies, Boss," said Orie sheepishly. "I had no right to start a fight like that."

Carmine's eyes were trained on the ground. "Yeah, whatever."

Najenda turned to the rest of the team. "Our associate's death was by no means in vain. The empire's seen what weapons we have. They'll be attacking with more and more imperial arms! This means that our chances of obtaining imperial arms will vastly increase." She turned to Tatsumi. "Remember Tatsumi, these battles are always to the death."

She looked back over at Orie and Carmine, whom were still bound. "As for you two, you'll be sleeping in the dungeon tonight to think about your actions and if you really understand the job you're both doing. Now, you're all dismissed for tonight."

As Night Raid disbanded to grieve separately for their fallen friend, Carmine and Orie were being escorted to the dungeon by Najenda, Leone and Lubbock. Five minutes later, both were put into a large stone room, each loosely chained to opposite sides of the room.

"We'll come down to retrieve you tomorrow morning," said Najenda. "Until then, think hard about your time in Night Raid going forward. If you want our help in retrieving Demon Hunter, then I expect you both to hold up your end of the deal in helping us. If not, then neither of you might live long enough to make it home. For now, good night."

The door to the dungeon closed, leaving the two In-Births alone to atone for what had transpired that night.