Chapter 13

Kill the Swordsman

The sound of clashing swords resounded through the rainy woods where the battle of Night Raid and the Jaegers against Syura and his group of teigu users called Wild Hunt was taking place.

Two sisters of opposite sides and who now were on the same, albeit temporary, were battling against the Willd Hunt member known as Izou.

"I admit that you two are skilled swordswoman, but your lack in confidence in each other is gonna be your fall." The bloodthirsty samurai said as the two sisters prepared for the swordsman attack.

Then, in a series of fast blows, Izou attacked the black haired sisters with the fearsome sword called Kotetsu. The wielders of Murasame and Yatsafusa respectively defended themselves from the samurai's teigu with trouble. After the exchange of blows, a wounded and exhausted Kurome was panting due to not being fully recovered from her previous injuries, something that noticed the member of Wild Hunt and launched at full speed against the younger sister, however, Akame reacted in time and managed to block the attack of the samurai with her own arm.

"BIG SIS!" Kurome exclaimed in shock as she saw blood dripping from the pierced arm of her sister.

"Are you okay, Kurome? The former member of the Elite Seven asked with a warm smile even with the pain of her wound.

"Why did you saved me!?" A confused Kurome asked why her sister would protect her despite all the time the two have been separated and being sworn enemies.

"Because you are my beloved sister" The wielder of Murasame said with a soft voice.

Those words echoed in Kurome's head and immediately recalled the times when both were alone in the world and had not one, but just themselves to care and look for each other.

Izou then tried to surprise attack Akame, but Kurome used Yatsufusa to protect her sister and slashed the man in the chest, luckily for him, the swordsman avoided a major cut by jumping backwards, but the damage was done and blood was coming off his belly.

Akame who got surprised as well by the action of her younger sister, decided to finish the fight once and for all. She made a signal to Kurome who nodded and prepared for the final assault against Izou.

The sisters then used a double team combination in which one of them slashed and the other switched instanlty to attack, completely overwhelming the samurai who got his both hands cut off by Kurome's teigu.

"GUAAAAAHHHH!" The samurai screamed in shock for seeing his hands in the ground and his katana still grabbed by one of them.

"Eliminate" Akame said with a cold voice as she landed the killing blow to the swordsman who succumbed in a few seconds to the lethal poison of Murasame

Both sisters then fell to the ground due to exhaustion and hugged each other tightly, Kurome then began to cry for what happened moments ago and was comforted by her older sister, who tenderly allowed Kurome to rest in her arms.

"Kurome, my dear little sister..." A relieved Akame said, happy that her sister was with her alive and well, but with the uncertainty of how she was going to react once she woke up.

Not too far from here an injured Lubbock was lying in the floor in a pool of blood and fighting for his life.

"I won't forgive you for what did you to Lubbock! An enraged Tatsumi exclaimed as he was fighting Syura, who got his plan of killing Budo frustrated by the young assassin.

"Tch, i can't spent more time with this brat, or else the effect of the drugs Dorothea made for me will worn out. The tanned man then elaborated a plan to escape from Tatsumi.

Meanwhile, Dorothea was curbstomping a surprised Leone who got caught off guard by the short alchemist impressive strenght and speed.

"What a tough little girl" The Lionelle wielder exclaimed while sweating from the effort of keeping up with the child like appeareance of the alchemist woman.

"I'm tired of playing with you, kitty" Dorothea said in a despective way to Leone, and both prepared to fight seriously.

At the Imperial Palace in the Capital...

A young man with dark blue hair was running through the hallways of the enormous palace searching for a specific room. When he finally found it, he grabbed the knob of the door with some hesitation.

"I hope she's here, but i still don't how she will react..."

"General, we have problems!" Spoke with a nervous voice the former navy man as he opened the door of Esdeath room.

"Wave?, why are you here? Weren't you investigating Wild Hunt shady actions alongside Run and Kurome?" Asked a surprised Esdeath by the presence of her subordinate. She was wearing casual clothes and lying in her bed while reading a shoujo manga like a common teenage girl.

Wave then noticed that his superior replaced her left hand after losing it in the battle against General Budo. She had now one made with her ice powers that to his surprise was almost completely functional. The famously known ice queen was also wearing an eyepatch in her missing right eye like her former comrade and now rival, Najenda.

"Well, when we located Night Raid, Syura and his group also appeared and engaged us in combat. We had no option but to join forces with Night Raid and made a temporary truce with them in order to fight against Wild Hunt.

"I see... So you three were going to get rid of Night Raid after they helped you three from disposing Syura and his friends?"

"Basically this, general."

"Interesting. However, you haven't tell me why are you here so soon and where are Run and Kurome?" Esdeath inquired.

"Syura used his teigu on me and transported me outside the Imperial Palace. Run and my waifu, i mean Kurome, are fighting Wild Hunt members."

"So he was the one who sent me to that island with Tatsumi." The young woman deduced.

"That bastard, to think he can do whatever he pleases just because he's the son of the Prime Minister!" Wave exclaimed with anger.

"I think is time for me to deal with him." The voloptous woman said while making a serious face.

"But what about Minister Honest?"

"I will talk directly with Emperor Makoto."

"Are you sure about it, general?"

"I won't tolerate anyone for messing with my precious subordinates, even if it's about Honest's son.

Wave was grateful for once to be in Esdeath side rather than against her.

"You have something else to tell me, Wave?"

"Should i tell her about Tatsumi?" The Jaeger was hesitant about this, but he realized that sooner or later she would find out, and hiding infomation about the object of her affection was going to result in a punishment several times worse than the one he received the time when the young assassin escaped from him.

"Yes, general. It's about Tatsumi..."

"Tatsumi!? Did you saw him?" After hearing the name of her beloved one. The young woman immediately stood up and demanded Wave to tell what he knew about him.

"Well... When we encountered Night Raid he was with them, he seems to be an active member.

After that, there was a brief moment of silence after Wave's revelation. The ice woman reacted with shock at first but then the young man clearly saw in her face a mixed expression of sadness and dissapointment.

"Can't believe that my precious Tatsumi joined those criminals. I need to see him immediately!"

"Wait general! you still haven't recovered from your wounds!"

"Doesn't matter. You're going to guide me to where Tatsumi is." Esdeath spoke with a firm and determinated voice.

"How are we going there?"

Act followed the fearsome called her majestic dragon beast with a whistle.

"We're going in my dragon beast." The two Jaegers then rode the dragon beast and went to where the battle was taking place.

What will happen now with Esdeath joining the fray?

Can Tatsumi and Leone defeat their fearsome opponents?

Find out next chapter!

Author's notes:

Hello again fellas, hext9 here. Hope you liked this chapter :)

Because the last two chapters were somewhat short in comparison with past chapters, I decided to paste both and publish just one.

I will try to publish new chapters more frequently.

Also, for those interested i'm publishing the translation of this fic in my mother language (spanish), so check it out if you speak it.

In other news, after reading the spoilers of chapter 77, I got pleasantly surprised with a certain development so much different from the anime. I still had my fingers crossed for a happy ending that seems more plausible now. Last chapter can't come sooner.

Until next chapter my dear readers!