HELLO EVERYONE! GUESS WHO IS BACK AND BOSSING THIS BITCH!

well, if you guessed me, thanks for the vote of confidence, much love.

ANYWAY! i have now returned to post this new chapter of Akame Ga Kill! i know its been two months, and i scream 2,579 apologies, but i am here, and i sincerely hope i am not leaving.

please enjoy, it was 4 weeks in the making. I started writing a different fanfiction, and it has occupied most of my time, so if you want to check it out, its on my profile!

PLease enjoy the 14th installment of Akame Ga Kill, Nature's Chosen Child.

Time, it never works in my favor does it?

I sat there in silence, watching the passive rising and falling of Ieyasu's chest as he lay in his coma. It had been a few days since my last visit, and I felt so helpless watching him ley there in stasis. I wanted to shake him awake and watch his usual brown eyes ignite with lively flames of childlike joy. I wanted him to gasp up at me in surprise and then shove me off with his boundless laughter.

"OI! Son of a- its on!"

I chuckled at the thought as the curtains lightly fluttered in the small breeze coming through the window. I wanted him to wake up, I wanted to see his smile again.

I didn't want to be alone in this pain anymore.

I had so many stories to share, so many memories and stories to tell. My adventures, new friends and asshole co-workers….Reina… But most off all…

I wanted to apologize.

He was heading over to Sayo, the girl he loved waiting for him, and I selfishly pulled him back. I anchored him back to this world of pain and suffering, just so he could help me bare all the pain from this life I had chosen to live.

I gripped my knees in anger and sorrow.

"I'll come back and see you soon, don't go anywhere k?" I mumbled softly.

I rose from my stool and walked back to the door, wiping away the accumulating moisture from my eyes as I opened the door. Serious face!

I walked out and closed the door behind me, where I came face to face with Sheele, who was reaching for the door I was opening…with a really large pair of scissors? I just stared at her dumbly, not even really sure what to do in that scenario. I mean, the scissors were as long as her shoulders were tall. They were a dark black with a weird purple panda-looking design on the hilt. She looked up at me in surprise and smiled.

"Tatsumi, I hope I didn't interrupt." She said with a small smile

I just smiled back, "it's no issue, I was just leaving. Do you know if anything has changed about his condition?"

Her smile fell into one of regret. "No…I'm sorry, he still remains unresponsive. His mind is probably still trying to heal the damage. Please give it more time."

I shook my head with a smile. "No it's ok, I was just wondering. Thanks again."

I stood out of her way held the door open for her. I figured those scissors, for whatever purpose they served, were really freaking heavy.

Imagine my surprise when she lifted the whole thing with one arm and walked lightly into the room without any strain. She turned and then gave me a small bow, large scissors still in her hand.

"Thank you" she said, and then turned and headed over to Ieyasu.

I closed the door behind me and shook my head vigorously.

I obviously haven't been training enough. Can't let Sheele out-do me can I?

Besides I got time to kill until tonight's raid

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Night had fallen; the red lite district was abuzz with light as ignorant people partied the night away. I stood on a building's rooftop, across the street from our target building. Leone had joined me for this mission, while Mine and Sheele had gone to go do….something, I don't remember, but they went onto the castle grounds themselves, so I made sure to wish them a successful hunt.

It got pretty torturous, simply standing there, waiting for conformation that our target was infact in the building. I knew what went on in there, I was perfectly aware of it, and that made it all the harder. They were suffering, and I was supposed to save them, but I couldn't, because I had to wait for some fucking coward to show himself.

I grit my teeth as I fought the urge to just jump in and start the slaughter, but I knew it would be a suicide run on my own. I may be skilled with a sword, but my abilities were dependent on forestry, I was in the middle of the city, far away from my Hearth. It would take time, and leave lasting damage to bring a few roots here. I was essentially an ordinary human…with a few tweaks, but still, I was nowhere near powerful enough to solo it on my own. I needed Leone, if nothing else to at least watch my back, but she was simply sitting on rooftop, staring at the sky.

"Leone, do me a favor when we get in there?"

She looked at me curiously, "Yeah?"

I kept my eyes focused on the building, waiting for the very second I got the green light.

"Don't get in my way"

She looked at me strangely, but I ignored it, rage was making my blood pump, and I was barely keeping myself in place. Seconds felt like days as I stared unblinkingly.

'Show yourself' was the only thing chanting in my mind as I waited. I didn't really like to kill, it was always a waste…but in the moment…I craved his blood on my sword.

I just kept staring, and staring….and staring…

…

I SEE YOU

"He is mine" I said darkly, before I pushed off the building and rocketed at them like a bullet. I heard Leone scrambling to her feet and launching after me, but I didn't care. I just prayed she remembered my words.

Don't get in my way.

I crashed through the second story window, landing in a crouch before rocketing forward before the first guy could even draw his weapon. His throat was slashed before he could make any sound of alarm, and he was dead before he hit the ground. I slashed forward with wide sword arcs, I whirled and stabbed, slashed and swung. I danced to the rhythm of carnage as I decorated the room in a warm red.

Leone crashed in after me, but by that time, there wasn't anyone left on the second floor, and I was already on my way up to the next floor. I was a monster, I left nobody alive, I spent all my energy available, even sacrificing some of my body mass to keep me going. I burned all the stops, blood my only reward.

By the time Leone managed to catch up to me, I was already on the fourth floor, breathing heavily and roaring in rage. Leone looked at me in partial surprise and horror, but I didn't care, I wanted only one thing.

All these fuckers dead.

I dashed into the center of the melee, and this time Leone jumped in with me. we slashed and pounded, crushed and severed, we demolished the entire enemy force in a matter of seconds. The "boss man" was crying tears of fear as he sat on his thrown, staring at me as I slaughtered all of them, with the help of Leone. I crept up to him, making no sound as he squealed in fear of my approach.

"Your prey on the helpless, you consume those in need." I snarled as I came closer, Leone widening her eyes as she recognized the chant.

"You sacrifice the pure, and desecrate the beauty of joy." I stood in front of the sniveling man, who was whimpering in terror.

"You steal the freedom of life, and harvest the unripe." I lifted my sword to the side, swinging it in an arc across his neck, but not making contact, just letting the blood from my blade paint a slash mark against his throat, his eyes practically bulging in complete horror as he watched me, speechless.

"This wonderful world has no place for you, descend to the land of demons, the hoe of your retched soul." I swung my blade back, cutting even closer, leaving a small nick in his throat as I drew blood.

"Perish, curse upon this paradise."

I swung my blade cleanly, no longer staying my hand. His head was cleaved straight from his shoulders; his shocked expression at the feeling frozen as his head feel slack jawed to the ground. Blood spurted and caked his thrown in his blood as I simply stood there, watching his corpse empty itself of life, and slowly slide onto the dampened floor.

I turned on my heel and marched to Leone, she was staring at me with no fear, but curiosity and concern.

"You ok kid?"

"I will be unconscious soon; the strain's catching up to me."

She snorted, "Yeah, I can tell, some of your hair has gone white. What the hell did you do?"

I felt my vision swaying as I grunted out a reply. "Nature is often believed to be calm, to be free and content. This is a misconception. Nature is indeed peaceful, but at its core it is violent, vengeful, and full of wrath. I tapped that source as energy, and its effects on my body are severe. Misuse of this can end my life, but mastery would mean the end."

She looked like she wanted to ask what I meant by "the end", but I felt my knees give out and her arms wrapping around me, despite my body being saturated with blood, she pulled me into a hug. My head pressed into her mountainous bosom.

I felt the last of my energy leave my body as blood came from my nose.

'Not a bad place to fall unconscious, if I do say so myself.'

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I was confused.

Like…really confused.

I was in a void, a pitch black world, but I could feel things around me, but not in the way you think. I was like I was in a zero gravity zone, I felt no pull that anchored me down. my sense of balance was letting me I was laying down, but I could feel the earth under my feet. I could see myself just fine, but everything else was an inky black.

"Rage." Artio spoke up, letting me know that this was her world of sorts. "I know of yours and you know of mine…so why did you use mine? What purpose did you have to wield a power you insisted wasn't yours, when you could have used your own?"

"Your rage will forever be stronger than mine, and in the ways of true rage, I did everything I could to end them." I said calmly. It was no use lying to her. Like a tree in the storms of a hurricane, I couldn't really escape it.

"Your body can't handle my rage. Even with your unlocked stages, this technique could very well end your life, and you used it recklessly."

"I am aware, and I am alive."

"Had you not run out of enemies, you would never have been able to reel in my rage. Do not act as if you had any semblance of control."

"What would you have me do?" I asked quietly. I really didn't know myself. You can't train anger, that's the whole point. You can train to manage it, or to let it go, but nobody can effectively train to use it, that wasn't its nature.

A green flash flickered into existence behind me, and I turned to see what this explosion of color was, though already guess as to what…or should I say who.

When I turned, a memory flashed to the forefront of my mind.

I sighed internally and slid down the wall. I sat there in silence, wondering how this whole thing went wrong when I heard a small bell jingle. I looked to the origin and saw a dark haired beauty standing there…but what was weird…was that I felt like I knew her…but did recognize her.

"Hello? Can I help you?"

She simply said nothing and turned and ran away, I was a little surprised by this, but simply shrugged and stayed where I was. If she was gonna run away, fine. I wasn't going to chase some random girl; I'm not a pervert prick.

"Hey…I've seen you before…You were there that night, that night Zaku killed… The Night I killed Zaku."

"Yes and No. Zaku's Teigu gave him the ability to appear as the one some person cares for the most. It was one of my more flattered moments."

"ooooh…then how come I felt like I knew you when I have never seen you in this form?"

"I guess the heart is more powerful than the mind…however, we are getting off topic."

I fully turned to face her. "What would you have me do?"

"I want you to consider something. And the next time you call on this power, I want you to have an answer for Me." she said cryptically.

"I shall to the best of my ability."

"When you used my rage most recently, and when we both fell into rage at the death of Reina, when all was said and done, were we satisfied? Were we in any way relieved at the destruction we had sown? Think on that. I will wait for your answer."

The world of blackness exploded into green light, and I felt a sharp pain spread all over my body, like belly flopping into a pool of boiling water.

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Warm.

That was the first sensation I felt as I twitched awake. My senses slowly booting up as I tried to move.

I was wrapped up by something, not sure what, but it was really soft. I groaned as I tried to move my arms, slowly moving them around as I woke up. I was about to sigh in content when I heard a slow exhale, and the soft thing my head was propped on moved up and down gradually.

I tensed.

I slowly opened my eyes to slits, trying to figure out my situation as my body fully booted up.

"L-Leone! What are you doing!" I nearly screamed in shock, drying my hardest to keep the blood in my nose. She held me in a tight embrace, my head nestled on her right breast, and her legs wrapped around my lower torso. I tried to shake her awake, but her breasts jiggled in my face, and I decide that was a NO GO.

I felt my face heat up as her sleeping face came into view, she was peaceful, her boisterous aura gone and replaced with an angelic passive beauty. It was almost timeless.

I started to fear my health and focused all my mental prowess on dying cats, and poverty, I REFUSE to loose my ability to reproduce from something like this!

I felt the heat recede, and exercised my control to stare at the ceiling, not the bountiful view of perverse glee that awaited me at my right. I slowed my breathing and calmed myself, before reaching up and grabbing some hair and pulling it forward, saddened at seeing the white stripe in my hair, and sighed,

I'm always loosing something.

TADAA! a little short, but i thought it would help to reintegrate us into the world of blood, death and *cough*fan*cough**cough*service*cough*

hope you enjoyed, if you did, leave a review to let me know you are still alive and ready to read! if not, again, i apologize!

Much love, and LATAS!