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Teigu

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(That Night; Capital's Palace)

"U-Uh… I don't know what else to say…" Wave struggled to sputter out, feeling unbearable pain shoot throughout his entire body. The blue-haired man was currently tied to a post, while kneeling on top of wooden plank with several pointed protrusions that looked like needles, each of which were digging into legs. Adding to the pain were four stone slabs, which were placed on top of Wave's thighs, further pushing his legs down onto the sharp needles. The intense pain caused Wave to shed anime tears. "I am truly sorry. I deeply repent for what recklessness that I have done."

Standing before him were Esdeath, Kurome, and Run. The blue-haired general had a menacing scowl on her face with a dark look in her eyes as she rested her head on her palm.

"Your lack of vigilance resulted in my precious Tatsumi's escape…" Esdeath's voice was low and was filled with rage that could barely be contained. "And what's even worse… you allowed a member of Night Raid to escape. Kurome! Another stone!" Following orders given to her, Kurome grabbed another stone slab and rushed over to Wave, dropping the stone on top of the others, and causing the poor man to scream in pain. "If it was indeed Akame you saw, Night Raid must have been close at that moment. And yet… you let her escape. If they had managed to sense you earlier, they'll probably move to a new hideout at this rate… Kurome! Fire now!" Wave hissed in pain as burning hot wax began to drip onto his back, before Esdeath suddenly let out a deep sigh.

"Wave… you've truly disappointed me today… I was foolish to think you had reached your full potential and I fully regret my little mistake. But just this once, I'll let you off the hook with a little game of waterboarding and some light whipping."

"Y-You call that a game?!" Wave thought as his eyes widened in terror.

"However…" Wave's entire body when stiff when he heard Esdeath's dark and menacing tone. "Should you fail again, Wave… I will personally punish you… and I like to get very 'creative'… so don't you forget it."

"Y-Yes, ma'am." Wave stammered out, his heart thundering in his chest. But then all of a sudden, the door to the room burst open, and Ren Ozaki quickly made his way inside.

"General!" the redhead exclaimed, as he saluted Esdeath. "I have searched Famo for the past hours, but there are no signs of Tatsumi nor Night Raid. Forgive me, General… I wasn't fast enough, and now we lost our newest member…" he said, bowing his head in shame because he didn't fulfill his mission.

"It's fine." Esdeath said, releasing another sigh. "I see you as a soldier who specializes in combat, not tracking. But what about Stylish? He was also searching, correct?"

"Yes, I remember General… but he seems to be acting on his own at the moment since we took different paths in searching." Ren answered as he stood up on his feet. "So… I haven't heard anything from him yet."

"Well… I'm not gonna hold my breath on that." Esdeath said, pinching the bridge of her nose as she shook her head. "That man… tires me."

"Captain…about Tatsumi…" Run said, as he walked up next to Esdeath, getting her attention. "From what you said earlier, it's possible that he will likely join the rebel army because of his ideals about the Empire… you said so yourself." Ren's eyes briefly widened upon hearing his comrade's words.

"Yes… he even told me how the empire is not really strong at all and is only a product of the minister's cowardly deeds…" Esdeath said, lowering her gaze as she deeply thought about Tatsumi's exact words from last night.

"If he were to stand against us as an enemy… how should we proceed?" Run asked, as Esdeath turned her head to look at him.

"To be honest… I still really like Tatsumi… and I still think he's the one for me… and when I can't have something, it makes me want it even more." Esdeath said, narrowing her eyes as she smirked sadistically, before she took a deep breath afterwards. "However… the lives of my underlings come first. I do wish for him to be captured alive and be brought back here to me… but if there's no other option, bring him back dead. Our mission is to eliminate the enemies of the Empire, after all."

"Understood." Run said, nodding.

"If you're killed, it just means that you've grown weak…" Esdeath thought, getting out of her seat and walking out of the room. "But you're not weak Tatsumi… I can tell that you're far stronger than what you showed at the tournament yesterday… I have the feeling that you're hiding something from me, but whatever it is, I'll learn about it…" Esdeath paused for a moment to readjust her cap. "It's quite odd… I can't help but feel like… I'll be able to see Tatsumi again soon… or should I say… I will make sure I that see him again! Yes, and when that times comes, I'll unleash my feelings on him!"

(The Next Day; Night Raid's Hidden Base)

"And that's the overall strength of the Jaegers' combat force…" Tatsumi said, finishing his explanation in detail on everything he had seen from the Jaegers while he was away.

"So all of them really are teigu wielders…" Leone muttered, gritting her teeth as she crossed her arms. "This is gonna be tough to handle…"

"I can't believe Kurome is one of their members…" Akame muttered, as she hung her head in shame, feeling responsible for what has happened regarding her own sister.

"Akame… if you don't mind me asking…" Tatsumi said with a quirked eyebrow, getting the red-eyed assassin's attention. "Why didn't you flee the empire with Kurome?"

"I tried… when I was about to leave, I invited her with me of course…" Akame said, her eyes filled with sadness although she tried to keep up with her stoic facade. "But my sister chose to stay with the empire… as far as she knows… I'm a traitor in her eyes."

"Akame..." Tatsumi thought, he hated seeing Akame look so sad. He knew that he had to comfort her after this, even if she doesn't want to.

"Hey Tatsumi, was Kurome eating the same thing every time you saw her while you were there?" Akame asked as she locked eyes with the brunette.

"Yeah, now that you mention it…" Tatsumi said, rubbing his the back of his head as he remembered the sack that Kurome always carried with her. "She was eating some type of candy all the time… I don't think I've seen one time where she hasn't ate at all.

"I see…" Akame muttered, as she tightly balled her fists. "Kurome… you really are already —"

"Akame!" Mine exclaimed, snapping Akame out of her thoughts and causing her to turn her attention to the pinkette. "I know I've said this before but… even if she's your little sister, if she attacks us, I'm putting a shot right between her eyes." Mine huffed in annoyance as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Sayo gets to come along with her to rescue Tatsumi, but I can't? What kind of reasoning is that? I wanted to help save him too…"

"I'm sure Kurome is quite aware of that." Akame said, releasing a light sigh.

"Damn it… I wish I had more information on these teigus." Lubbock muttered, scanning over a book on all known teigu and taking down important notes. "The new member, Ren, can control fire with his ring, right? Rubicante's famous, but it'll be difficult to think of a countermeasure for it."

"Mastema is mentioned in that book as well." said Seryu as she leaned over Lubbock's shoulder to gaze at the book while holding Koro in her arms.

"Yeah, but we have no idea on what secrets it could possibly hold." Lubbock said in a frustrated tone, scribbling out some of his notes wildly.

"That reminds me…" Tatsumi said, turning his head tk face Akame. "What's Kurome's teigu?"

"March of the Dead: Yatsufusa." Akame replied, causing Tatsumi's eyes to slightly widen. "Those it slashes… can be her personal zombies. The curse can affect up to eight people all at once. It can also use the skills that her puppets had while they were still alive. When the control over them is released by her will or if the sword is destroyed, they revert back to corpses."

"Man, that's the last way I'd want to die." Lubbock said, as he leaned back on the couch he was sitting on. "So that leaves Grand Chariot, the armor type teigu, Perfector, the unknown teigu "

"I can attest to how strong Grand Chariot is… I accidentally got hit by it earlier… but don't worry, it's taken care of." Tatsumi said, rubbing his sore arms that Wave had accidentally hit earlier when they were fighting against Danger Beasts.

"If they have a doctor, I'd want to take him out first." Mine said as she crossed her arms over her chest and smirked. "It'd be very beneficial to have Perfector on our side."

"Yeah, that teigu sounds super useful, especially for medical purposes." said Leone, looking over all the info that Tatsumi had provided.

"If that creepy doctor heard that, he'd be ecstatic." Tatsumi thought, sweat-dropping as his face fell. However, he was then caught off guard when he felt someone patting his head. Looking up, Tatsumi saw Leone smiling at him, before she pulled him in between her breasts.

"All your hard work really paid off Tatsumi!" Leone cooed, holding the brunette tightly against her chest. "This information on who are enemies are is a big help! Well done, Tatsumi!"

"Well, there's one other opponent that I haven't figured out yet whether he's a real threat or not" Tatsumi said, his voice muffled by the busty blonde's ample bosom.

"Alright Leone that's enough, you're gonna suffocate him." Mine said in annoyed tone, her brow twitching ever so slightly. Ever since Tatsumi was captured, there was nothing on Mine's mind except for the young man coming back home to them. Like Akame and Leone, she wanted to save him from Esdeath's clutches just to see him again. While he was with them, Mine always felt that someone was protecting her and she would always feel her heart pounding whenever he was around her, either to compliment her or train with her.

It led to her to think that what she felt for him was not a petty crush anymore.

Yes, Mine was now in love with Tatsumi.

And yet, her pride was too big for her to even say it out loud. Let alone in front of the man himself. That… and there was still the issue on who was Tatsumi's girlfriend between Akame and Leone. She still couldn't get it out of her mind, the image of Akame locking lips with the brunette and Leone doing the same.

Maybe… Maybe he was dating both of them?

No, no! That wasn't the topic of this discussion!

"Mmm, I think you're just jealous that you can't do this with him… don't worry, you can do this too if you'd just throw away that pride of yours…" Leone teased, as she released Tatsumi, the young man coughing a few times to regulate his breathing. "With those nubs that you call breasts."

Mine's face burned bright red in both embarrassment and anger, and she was about to chew the busty blonde out, but she bit her tongue and took a calming breath. She knew better than to make a comeback out of her feelings. "Anyways… Tatsumi, after seeing these 'Jaegers' up close, how strong are they?"

"Well, as a team that works together, I think we'll have our hands full… they all have teigus, and each one have special abilities that we may or may not know about. Including Ren Ozaki, since I have no info whatsoever on that strange ring of his, only the fact that he can control fire with it. And as far as Esdeath goes…" Tatsumi replied, as he scratched the side of his head. "She was off the charts…" Tatsumi suddenly clenched his fists. "I don't even know if I can beat her again…"

His last statement appeared to strike through everyone's soul, as Leone spoke again with a shocked tone. "Again? Tatsumi, what are you talking about?" she asked, with Akame nodding as she wanted an answer as well.

"It's like what I told you before, Leone… I've encountered Esdeath years ago." he revealed, looking at everyone else with a serious look.

"Woah, seriously?" Lubbock said, dumbfounded with what Tatsumi just told them. "Then how in the hell are you still alive right now?"

"It was way before she had a teigu… about 8 years ago. It was only a one-time encounter and we never saw each other again after it… until now. Long story short, we met in a tournament and we fought each other. I beat her and that was it…" he said, shrugging his shoulders as he wasn't in the mood to tell them.

"Tatsumi…" Spear called out with a conflicted look. "If it doesn't bother you, can you please tell us the whole story? We want to know what exactly happened between you two."

"I agree." Akame said, nodding in agreement. "We want to know how were you involved with Esdeath back then, Tatsumi."

"Yeah, you owe me this one explanation you know…" Leone said, crossing her arms before smirking.

"I want to know too." Mine simply said, turning her head to look at the brunette.

"Fine…" Tatsumi sighed, knowing that he had no way out of this. "I'll tell you guys everything. But just remember that this was 8 years ago… a lot has changed since then, including me."

For the next hour, Tatsumi told his comrades everything about his first meeting with Esdeath exactly like how he told the blue-haired general about it. Starting from when he left his village to join the tournament at the Northern region, to his first meeting with Esdeath at the motel, to their eventual battle in the tournament itself, and to his victory over her after a long and grueling fight. The other members of Night Raid were nonetheless surprised that he encountered Esdeath years back but they were more shocked at the fact that he managed to beat her even though he was only 10 years old at the time, with Esdeath being a few years older than him.

It made them think if Tatsumi was still human, because to survive and defeat the strongest woman in the empire is considered an impossible feat, even if Esdeath was only a teenager.

And to think that he was only 10 years old that time?

"I think I get why you never told me about it…" Sayo said, looking down on the floor.

"Dude… just wow." Lubbock breathed out, unable to say anything else at the moment.

"You went toe-to-toe with the strongest general in the empire and even kicked her ass in the end? You just gave me more reason on why I chose you as my mate, Tatsumi!" Leone grinned, making the brunette turn his head away in slight embarrassment before rolling his eyes.

"Ok, I seriously need to catch up with all of you… I feel like I'm the only one in this room who's not even as strong as one of you… damn it, I need to train harder than what I'm doing right now…" Spear muttered in disbelief, before slumping her shoulders in defeat.

"Wow, I never knew that the general has faced defeat before! I always thought that she was unbeatable but it looks like I was wrong! Can I train with you sometime, Tatsumi? Me and Koro would want to learn more from you!" said Seryu, saluting Tatsumi with a small blush on her face.

"Sure, I guess?" Tatsumi replied, scratching the back of his head. "I don't know, maybe when I have time…"

"Either way, this is not the Esdeath that Tatsumi fought back then… 8 years have passed by, and I doubt that she's still as strong as she was in that tournament…" Mine said, clenching her fists. "And we have no idea what her teigu is truly capable of, right? Just great…"

"Nope… we have next to no information on her teigu." Lubbock replied, as he flipped through the pages on book of teigus that he held in his hands. "This book has nothing on how far or how thoroughly she can freeze something… we'd have to witness it first-hand on how she uses it to even determine how strong she really is."

"It's true that Esdeath is incredibly strong… but she has one weakness…" Akame said with her hair shadowing her eyes as she stood up from her seat.

"And that is?" Sayo asked, raising an eyebrow.

"She's alive… she is human… she has a beating heart… and so…" Akame said, before raising her teigu, Murasame. "I will cut it out and bury her. Even if she is the empire's strongest!"

"Hmm, nice speech…" Tatsumi grinned, sending the red-eyed a thumbs-up before he started to think deeply to himself. "Akame, you may say that but… I have the feeling that it would be the other way around… she may be the one to cut — NO!" he then shook his head to get that particular thought out of his mind. "No… that won't happen! F-Forgive me, Akame… I should not be doubting you… I'm sorry…"

Unknown to Tatsumi, while he was lost in his own mind, Mine had turned her gaze towards him with a conflicted expression. There it was again; she could definitely see Akame blushing at his statement, and then there was what Leone said earlier, about Tatsumi being her mate. This was getting more and more complicating with every sign she's getting from both sides, and it almost seemed like Tatsumi had both girls as his girlfriends.

"Akame's blushing at that simple compliment despite being stoic most of the time… and Leone said that… Tatsumi was her mate? What the hell does this mean? God, I swear this is getting harder and harder to figure out! While Tatsumi was gone, the two of them were the most affected out of all of us besides me… does Akame have a thing for Tatsumi and he likes Leone instead? Or… is it the other way around? Or maybe… they both like him but he doesn't like them since he likes… Oh my God…" An image of her and Tatsumi kissing appeared in her mind and she quickly shook it off with her face burning bright red.

"KYAAA! No, no, get it together! Don't assume things! Tatsumi's not like that to ignore girls since Sayo told me about how he used to reject fangirls back in his home village and yet… I haven't seen him reject Akame and Leone… and if he did, I wouldn't have seen him kissing the two of them! GAH! I need to know the real deal behind this stupid mystery now before it's too late!"

"Well, I think that's all that needs to be discussed for now…" said Akame, breathing deeply as she looked at all of her comrades. "This meeting is adjourned. You can go back to whatever you were doing."

Now, if Mine didn't know better, she'd immediately leave for some training at the firing range but she turned her attention to Tatsumi instead. While the other members have all left one by one, Mine's eyes slowly widened when she noticed that Tatsumi didn't even move from his place, looking like he wasn't even listening to what Akame just said. When Spear had finally left, only Tatsumi, Leone, Akame and her were left in the meeting room as the pinkette became even more confused with her suspicions.

"Okay, this is really messed up… everybody else left but these three stay behind? Tatsumi… looks calm and Leone's stupid grin is showing… Akame is looking at the doorway like she doesn't care at all…" she asked herself. "Don't tell me… they're actually —"

"Oi Mine…" said Leone, cutting the pinkette off from her thoughts. "Aren't you supposed to be training right now? You said so yourself earlier."

"Huh?" Mine turned her head towards the blonde, before she noticed that Akame and Tatsumi were also staring blankly at her. Yelping in embarrassment, her face started to grow red before she finally managed to speak again. "Oh! That's right, yeah! I needed to go train for another mission soon! I'll catch you later!" Without another word, the pink-haired sniper ran for it, leaving the room with only the three assassins left behind.

As soon as she left the room, Leone grinned and immediately latched herself to Tatsumi's arm and giggled like a schoolgirl, causing the brunette himself to blush furiously out of surprise. Akame's eyes widened slightly before they went back to their original size, feeling jealousy wash over her as she watched Leone clinging on to Tatsumi.

"You know, I missed you Tatsumi…" she purred, nuzzling her face into his arm. "What do you say we spend the night together in each other's arms? If you know what I mean, hehe…" she smirked after her statement, taking amusement in his embarrassed look.

"Leone…" A monotone voice called out as Akame grabbed on to Tatsumi's other arm, trying to pull him away from the busty blonde and into her embrace instead. "If anyone's going to be with Tatsumi tonight, it will be me. I wasn't able to eat properly for the past few days while Tatsumi was gone, but now he is back with us… I deserve to be with him."

"Oh, really?" Leone's smirk grew even wider. "Then why don't we have one big solution to this? We can all have some fun together, the three of us! Hey, that's actually a good idea! It'll last the whole night! What do you say?!"

Tatsumi jaw-dropped as he imagined the possible scenario between the three of them all in bed together; a small trail of blood could be seen flowing from his nose, finding the image of a threesome to be quite hot while Akame's eyes widened considerably as the blush on her face skyrocketed and became more furious than ever. (A/N: If you want to see a threesome lemon between these 3, just leave a review. I'll find a way to sneak it in.)

Shaking her head, Akame narrowed her eyes and went back to her monotone voice. "Absolutely not. If the three of us are going to be together in the same room, then we will only sleep altogether. No more, no less." Akame stated, latching further towards Tatsumi's arm. "Me and Tatsumi can just catch up some other night when Leone's not there…"

"Aw, come on Akame! It'll be fun, I'm sure of it! And then we can all catch up together! That'll be more fun than being just alone with him, right?" Leone began with a childish pout, which then morphed into a wide grin.

"No. We sleep altogether or stay out of Tatsumi's room. That's final." said Akame, her eyes narrowing more than ever, as it finally got Leone to remove the smile she had on her face, replacing it with a scowl.

"So, it's gonna be that way huh?" Leone said, pulling Tatsumi towards her huge bosom. "Well, nothing's gonna stop me from spending time with Tatsumi! Not even you, Akame."

"I will make sure Tatsumi spends time with me today…" Akame replied, pulling Tatsumi back and into her own breasts. "If you interfere in any way Leone, I will bury you."

All of a sudden, Tatsumi managed to finally separate himself from Akame's chest and once again stuck in between the two assassins. Taking a few deep breaths, he chuckled nervously. "Come on, girls… you know I love both of you… can't I have a say in this?"

"NO!" the two girls said in unison, continuing their little tug-of-war over Tatsumi.

"Help me…" the brunette wheezed out, sighing in defeat.

While the two women were fighting over who gets to be with Tatsumi for the night, Mine stood just outside the doorway, leaning on the doorway next to it. Breathing heavily, the pinkette covered her mouth with both her hands as her heart thundered inside her chest. When she left the meeting room earlier, she didn't really go back to her room as she still wanted to find out what was going on, yet she wasn't prepared for she just heard.

"Tatsumi loves… Akame and Leone… and even Esdeath is in love with him too…" Mine thought, a furious blush appearing on her face. "Wait, does… does this mean… I have a chance with him? If he's… dating both of them, can he… can he still accept me? E-Ever since I first trained with him, Tatsumi's always been on my mind and I can't stop thinking of him… he's always looking out for me and he knows how to make me feel happy all the time. When he was gone, I… felt empty inside… like I was never going to see him again… and when he hugged me… that was the first time that I… no… no, I can't deny it anymore!" she said to herself, gulping heavily as if she just swallowed her own pride. "I'm… I'm in love with Tatsumi too. This isn't just a lame crush anymore… and I need to make a move before it's too late… Tatsumi was already captured once, and it won't be surprising if it happened again!"

Clenching her fists in determination, she began to head back towards her room, with the blush on her face still evident yet she looked dead serious.

"I'll do it tonight! I don't care if Leone or Akame is with him! I'll tell him what I feel and be straightforward, even just for once!" she thought to herself.

Damn, Wave got punished for letting Tatsumi escape… heh. Well, this only leads to one thing in canon. Stylish finding out the location of Night Raid's base! Better watch out for that! I apologize for the short update, but the next one will be better, trust me!

And Tatsumi reveals the history between him and Esdeath to his friends. This is good, it will further raise the trust they have for each other and will help them stick together till the end. I hope their reactions were on point, though.

Akame and Leone fighting over Tatsumi, lol. Leone suggested a threesome, but Akame didn't want to do it… ended up with the two of them nearly starting a catfight… hm, this is interesting, and I want to ask you guys something. But I'll have to capitalize it in the end.

Lastly, Detective Mine finally puts the pieces together and suspects that Tatsumi is dating both Leone and Akame. And she loves Tatsumi now? Not surprising, but I can't wait for her join the harem! Hmm, she looks like she's about to confess but who knows? Better tune in next chapter to find out!

KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL!

Harem (Final): Akame, Sayo, Leone, Mine, Seryu, Chelsea, Esdeath, Spear

Others: Lubbock x Najenda, Wave x Kurome

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