Hey guys and gales. Been a little while, hasn't it? This chapter gets very spicy and you're find out why. And leave a review to tell me your thought.
-I don't own Akame ga Kill-
The day has transformed to night. Stars flowed in the dark canvas of a sky. The moon illuminated its glow within the darkness.
However, it was not the only light source in the night for lights flowed out of the headquarters of Night Raid.
The members of the assassination squad was all sat down in chair, waiting for the food to be prepared.
In the kitchen was Akame and Sumaka since it was his turn to help out in the kitchen that night.
There was no real chatting going on between the two assassins as they were both focused on their job, though Sumaka was not too liking of the job of being the cook, he kept up his best.
When Sumaka got done cutting up the vegetable, he gone to Akame's right to put the cut up food into the pot. As he done this, he heard Akame speak to him.
"Sumaka," she said, "Thank you for telling them. It must have been hard for you."
He smiles as he tells her, "There's no need to thank me, Akame. I should be thanking you for giving me that push I needed to...well, to finally get me to open up about it." Sumaka than tells Akame, "If it wasn't for you forcing me to finally see the truth, well, I probably would've ran away again. So, thank you Akame for helping me get free of my past."
"I'm...happy that I could help you then."
The atmosphere of the kitchen had changed from static to a warm,comforting aura. It felt safe. Sumaka felt safer than he had ever before.
"WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE READY," the yelling Main demanded to know.
Sumaka did not turn to reply to Main but just kept cooking, while telling Main, "You know, I heard a rumor once that women who have anger issues are flat chested. I guess it's not just a rumor." Sumaka than turned to Main and with a smirky smile, he told her, "But who knows, it could just be a coincident." He then turn back to what he was doing to than get a plate thrown at the back of his head to which it shattered against his skull.
Sumaka sighs as he puts down his cooking utensils. "You're that offended about the fact your chest is as flat as a man's that you're throw a damn plate at them, really? Now that's pathetic," he tells her. Her face looked like it was going to explode with anger from his comment. "Do you want to die," she asked.
"Sometimes I wish I could but not by you. It would actually be kinda embarrassing if I did."
Main jumped out of her chair and look like she was going to, try to, kill Sumaka. But before she even got into the kitchen Leone grabs Main's arms, restraining Main from getting anywhere near Sumaka. Main says with anger, "Let go of me you fat cheated drunk bitch so I can kick his fucking ass!"
"Calm down Main," Leone tells her allie, "Your chest won't get any bigger if you fight him."
"Fuck you," Main yells.
Najenda sighs as she tilts her head down, shaking it. "Main, calm down and take your seat. You're causing a scene."
Main stops her childish tantrum and after giving Sumaka the "Go to hell" look, she tells the boss, "Fine."
At which Leone released Main from the restaurants before going back to her chair.
At the end of the table, Sayo tells Tatsumi, "That was enjoyable."
"I wouldn't call it that," Tatsumi replies to Sayo, "It's more sad than anything."
After the little...disturbance, Sumaka went back to preparing the dinner at which was done in a few minutes. Sumaka and Akame brought the foo, which was vegetable soup with a side of some kind of chicken. Sumaka and Akame than sat down in their chairs. Sumaka had sat down beside Leone, though not really wanting to but decided to on the fact the only other chair was next to Main and he know that would not be good for anyone.
Leone was to Sumaka's right and Bulat was to his left.
When Sumaka started eating his food, he heard Leone was trying to get him dragged into a conversation, to which he, though not really wanting to, decided to reply back.
"Yeah, what do you want, Leone?"
"You think you can go with me to the Capital tomorrow?"
"Huh? Why?"
"Cause...there's a mission only be and you can do going there."
"I wouldn't consider gambling and getting drunk a mission," Sumaka tells her.
"Owh come on, it'll be fun. Just you and me," Leone tries to persuade Sumaka.
"And pertinently lose all my money. No thank you?"
"Please, it's not like we're gonna be gambling all day," Leone tells him.
Sumaka rolls his eye and tells her, "Fine. I'll go with you." Though Sumaka really was not really wanting to go and just agreed to go with Leone so she would leave him alone.
"Okay. Can't wait than."
'Thank the fucking heavens,' Sumaka thinks. He then begins to eat his supper again. Soon it was time to wash up and after which, go to bed.
-the next day-
Sumaka is in the practice field the base with Sayo. Trees surrounded the two, though there were not as many as a normal forest would have.
Sumaka ask Sayo, "First things first, how good are you at swordsmanship?"
"Umm… I know the basics."
"So about anything a normal person knows," Sumaka asked.
"Yeah~, Tatsumi was always the sword fighter in our group."
"I see," Sumaka replies before telling Sayo, "If that's the case then let's begin at the basics. First thing is the sword stance you should be in."
"And what should that be?"
Sumaka thinks for a moment and than snaps his fingers before saying, "You should first place your right legs in front of your left to exert your body weight evenly so to make it harder for your enemy to push you over."
As Sumaka was telling Sayo this, he is showing what she should be doing. Sayo begins to follow along with her master.
"Next, you will place the sword in front of your field of vision with both hands placed on the grip of the sword. You will also want to straighten up your back when you are doing this. Do you understand," Sumaka asked as he than looked at Sayo.
"I think so," she told him.
"Okay, the we'll begin the spar?"
"Huh? Isn't this gonna be unfair?"
"Who said it was gonna be fair," Sumaka asked as he walk a few paces away from Sayo, "Life's never far so why should I be towards my students. Nevertheless, I'll need a measure on what you're skill with the blade is off the bat since, if I'm not mistaken, you said you know some aspects of the art."
"Y~eah."
"Okay," Sumaka told her before he gets into his own sword stance, "Come at me."
Sayo nods her head before she comes running at him.
The type of stance Suamiku is in is not the same as Sayo's. He's right leg is spaced out more, kind of like a slope, while his left leg is made straight. The way he places his sword is where his shoulders cut off at while he grips the sword grip with both hands.
Sayo brings down a downward slash onto Sumaka to which Sumaka redirects the attack, pushing Sayo kinetic energy back at her. Sumaka goes on the offense at which he does a counterclockwise attack on Sayo's right to which she was able to block.
As the two are trying to get the others guard to break, Sumaka than smiles before tripping Sayo. As she hit the ground, Sumaka points the wooden sword at Sayo. "Now That way palyknf dirty," she told him as she look up.
"You won't always be fighting someone who abides by the rules of swordplay. If the enemy sees a flaw in your defense, they will exploit it," Sumaka explains as he helps her up. ya
"Than how am I supposed to actually fight them if they do—"
"Let me cut you off right there. The answer to that is you need to read and predict your enemy's movement so to get have the upper hand on what them."
"But that sounds almost impossible."
"It really isn't. If you have or develop good spatial awareness, reaction speed, and quick think—"
"Well, I don't have that!"
Sumaka than replied, telling her, "The concept of training exists, you know? You're not just born with it, normally."
"Than how long would it take?"
"Hmm, it really depends on how self disciplined you are and how fast you can learn and retain."
"That's not the answer I was looking for."
"Well, I'm sorry about that. I'm not all knowing," Sumaka said before having a small laugh before saying, "But enough small talk, let's go again."
"I don't have a say in this, do I?"
"What'd you think," Sumaka said before he walked backed back and got back into his stance before saying, "Begin."
Sayo makes another attempt on Sumaka, slashing blindly with the wooden blade. Sumaka blocked attack after attack, not much trying. Sayo's attacks were nothing but heavy slashes that lacked much form to make the attacks more persis.
Sumaka than parried Sayo's attack, breaking her guard, to which Sumaka wastes no time in taking advantage of.
He attacks in a quick, light tornado of attacks at Sayo to which she tried to block, but her barricade was easily bypassed.
The user of Kakurenbo caused Sayo's sword to fly from her grasp as he than swings the blade towards her neck, stopping right next to the skin said neck.
"Seems I win again."
Sayo pushes the wooden sword away and than said, "You act like that's an accomplishment. How the hell did you expect it to go?! Did you think I would win?"
"No, if you did, than I would've been supposed for sure," Sumaka tells her, "But now I know that the main things we'll need to focus on for your training."
"And what do you think we need to focus on?"
"I believe you need to be trained in parring, as well as putting form into your strikes."
"Putting form in my strikes?"
"Yes, the way you were attacking me was very out of form. You kept throwing out many of the same attacks and, though they had a lot of power in them, they possessed no form."
"And is that all?"
"Hmmm...yeah, I think so."
The two than heard a sound and both instantly looked to where the sound came from, to which they then saw Leone. "And what are you doing," Sumaka asked.
"Oh...uhhh-"
"Let me guess, you were going to trying scaring us. Am I right?"
"...maybe."
"So yes then. Know it. And also, what do you want? Because I'm guessing you didn't just come by so you could try and scare us."
"Remember that promise you gave yesterday?"
Sumaka's eyes widen as he then told Leone as he starts walking away, "I just remembered about something I gotta do for Bulat, soo excuse me."
Leone caught him by the neck of his coat and told him, "Don't think you're going to get away that easily."
Sumaka sighed and said with a fake laugh, "Was worth a shot."
"I hope you don't mind Sayo, I'm taken your master with me."
Sayo has no idea what or how to answer to that comment and just nodded to Leone.
"Okay, thanks."
"Save me," Sumaka told Sayo as he was being dragged by Leone.
-At the Capital-
The two were in a bar, but not the bar he went to.
This bar was old and very worn down. The chairs were old and had cracks in them. The floor was creaking and brittle. The paint on the walls was coming off. Glass in windows were missing and some even bordered up.
The atmosphere felt down and depressing with only a hint of light. Sumaka, who was sat down in a booth next to a broken window, looked outside.
The streets had people walking around with no shoes and old, worn, hole covered clothes. Sumaka saw kids that had bandages wrapped inaround their arms, legs or even face. Though he seen most of them letting out a smile, even though knowing that they might not even live to being an adult.
While Sumaka was reminiscing, Leone came back to the booth with two pints of alcohol. She put the drinks on the table, making a thudding sound, and said, "I'm back."
Sumaka just nodded to her, not paying attention to what she said.
"Hey, Sumaka," she said, poking his face.
"Yeah, what is it," he asked a little rudely.
"Damn, what's got under your skin?"
"A—," Sumaka sighed, "it's nothing."
"Okay," Leone told him before saying, "Them let's
have some fun."
Leone than started draining down the alcohol until she slammed it down on the table, it now being about empty.
Sumaka rolled his eyes before sayings, "If this is all you're gonna do, than I'm going."
"No, no, no! Please stay! It's about *Hick up* to get fun."
Sumaka sighed and said, "If you say so and plus, you're probably gonna get lost if I leave you alone."
"Hey, *Hick up* I can find my way back perfectly fine."
"Okay, bye then."
"No," Leone frantically said, "Please, be a gentleman and stay. I need your mo— I mean I need you."
"I fucking know it! You just wanted be to come so you can use my damn money!"
"Com'on," she said, " I'll make it worth your while."
"Yeah, I really fucking doubt that. You're shit at gambling even when you're sober. So there's no way in hell I'll let you use my money."
"Please, you're supposed to be a gentlemen when a woman ask for your help."
"Don't you fuc—"
Sumaka was cut off when a man, late 40s had came to their booth.
He was wearing very old, dirt covered clothes. His shirt had short sleeves and was colored dark orange mixed with brown. His pants were gray with holes at the knees.
He was wearing a very worn out belt that had a dagger sheath
His hair was very strong like and the black pigments in said hair was visibly fading away. The beard the man had had already turned gray.
The eyes of the man were sunken, chin rounded, and the nose was large.
The man spoke, "Hey."
"Huh, what the hell do you want," Sumaka asked the man.
"None of your damn business, kid," he said, "My business is with that woman you're with."
Sumaka sighed and said, "If that's the case, she's all yours." Sumaka than got up from the booth but not before saying, "And here."
Sumaka throws down a small money bag at Leone which she catches.
"Thanks."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever, just do what you're gonna do," Sumaka told Leone as he goes to the bar of the place, "I'll be over here when you've lost all of that."
Sumaka asked the bartender for a drink and was given a keg of beer to which he drinks down very quickly, just wanting all of this to blow over fast.
Sumaka had drunk about five kegs of beer before he heard Leone say, "Damn it, not again."
"You know, if I was you right now, I would give up, though if you don't, that's okay with me," the man told Leone.
"Yeah right, in your dreams. I bet I'll win this time."
In just 10 minutes, Leone loses again. Sulking about not having any money left in the bag, she goes back to Sumaka.
"Hey~ Sumaka, do you think I could—"
"Fuck off," Sumaka quickly replies.
"Pretty please."
"I said fuck off Leone. You lost and I ain't giving anymore money to you."
"Hey, kid," the man said, "what about she lets you play against me?"
"And why the hell would I do that!?"
"Because than you can get your money she lost back."
Sumaka sighs and tells him, "Fine than. Not like this is gonna be hard."
"Okay than," the man said with a smirk.
Sumaka sat down beside Leone and the man begins to draw from the stack of cards.
"We're play until one of us have no more cards left. Okay."
"Sure."
The man then placed down 15 cards on Sumaka's side and his one.
After the man finishes laying out the cards, he places down a card that has a white background with a black cross sign in the middle.
"Let's begin."
Sumaka than placed down a card that has one strike through it. The man placed down one of his cards, which had two strikes on it.
"Tell me, do you know what you're doing actually? As in, have you've played this game before?"
"I do. The card that is placed down, you have to match the card with its equal unless you have a cross card which makes you be able to place any one of your cards down while skipping the other person. You can also use the two faces card which makes it so you can either skip your opponent or place down two more cards."
The man smirks. "Seems your not as dumb as you look."
"That's funny cause I was thinking the complete opposite for you."
"Eaha," the man made a swift laugh and than told Sumaka in, not much of a mad, but more of a snarky reply, "go fuck yourself, wise guy."
The man than placed down another two slashed card on the table.
"Yeah, I'm not that kind of person. Sorry," Sumaka smirked, placing a three striked card, "Now it's your turn, bitch."
"Okay than," to which the man placed down a four striked card, "Let's see if you got one of those."
The two went on throwing insults at one another while the two were placing the cards down.
At the very end, when Sumaka had 3 and the man had 1 left. It was Sumaka's turn and the man tainted the unknown assassin, saying, "Seems that all that shit talk of yours was just a show. Now who's the the bitch, bitch?"
"You're weird, why are you referring to yourself as a bitch?"
"Huh, That makes no fucking sense."
"It does, but only when I beat your ass. Cause, you see," Sumaka than placed down a two faced card down along with his last two, "I win."
"W-why you little prick."
"What's wrong? Mad that a kid beat your old ass in a game?"
The man slowly started taking out his dagger as Suamka than asked, "So now that I won, I think you should give me my mone—"
The man pulls out the dagger and swiped it at Sumaka. Sumaka's reaction was natural. He grabbed the man's hand that held the dagger, and said, "Yeah...dumb move," before ripping the dagger out of the man's hand. He then looked at the dagger and that, 'This...looks familiar.' He then looked at the back of the dagger blade to then find a name. It read out, 'Gokai Tora.'
Sumaka's eyes widen as bloodlust fills his eyes while anger starts flowing through his vain. He looks at the man who was already starting to get up to run.
Sumaka blitz towards the man, slamming his head on their table, saying, "YOU NOT GOiNG FUCKING ANYWAY!"
Leone got a little startled from Sumaka yelling at the man.
"Now tell me," Sumaka than stabbed the dagger deep into the man's right hand, making the dagger go through the table. The man yelled in pain as Sumaka asked, "How the fucking hell did you get this dagger."
The man answered in fear, "I-it w-was f-from a man th-that I-I-I killed about nine years ago."
"DO YOU KNOW WHO HE WAS!?"
"I...I-he was that guy who sold his kid an—"
"HE WAS MY FATHER, YOU BASTARD," Sumaka said with pure, volcanic anger.
"Y-you're his kid?"
As Sumaka was slowly begins to twist the man's left arm out of socket, the man said, "S-STOP! DON'T KILL ME! I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Please, don't kill me!"
This pissed Sumaka odd even further. He said, "SORRY! You're sorry!? No you fucking aren't. You're the kind of person who'll do anything to get free. You're kind of never fucking sorry. All you do is think about yourself and how pathetic you're fucking life is."
"Please! I don't want to die!"
"Neither did my dad, but now he is...because of you. And now, I'm gonna return the favor."
"Someone, please help me. I don't want to fucking die!"
Sumaka pops the man's arm out of socket and then snatched out the dagger from the man's hand. He than throw him on the ground.
"People like you are what makes this world hell and you deserve nothing but death."
Sumaka grabbed the man by his shirt and placed the dagger at the man's neck.
"You should feel licking I'm killing you quickly and not letting you suffer more."
However, just before Sumaka slot the man's throat, he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Sumaka, that's enough," Leone tells him, "Everyone's already watching."
His blood filled sight changed back to normal for him to look up to see people with fear on their faces.
Sumaka than told Leone, "Fine," before slamming the man's head on the floor, breaking his nose.
"Let's go. I don't want to be here another damn minute."
The two walk away, heading back to the base.
This is how it ends. A great ending to a chapter...as will as leaving things open for next time. Will someone die or will nothing happen at all. Find out next time in chapter 14.