Author's note: So here is the latest chapter. After getting some thign sorted out in my personal life I can finally get back to this story. So from now on you can expect the chapters to go back to their old lenght of about 3,000-5,000 words and you can expect it to be updated either every day or sometimes every second day. Without furhter ado enjoy! :)

Four days later…

Tatsumi was really uncomfortable the days after the incindent in the river. The only ones who weren't nervous around him were Wave and Esdeath. Even Akame and his "big sister" Leone were relucant to go near him so he spent a good deal of his time talking with Wave since he was the only one who understood what it felt like to be treated as a monster. The time he didn't spent talking with the sailor or Esdeath he spent with Tyrant. Tyrant told him tales of a hundred battles and how he evolved, how he was captured and about Incursio's former users. The Tyrant opened up since Tatsumi beat him and Tatsumi had something similiar to a mentor or teacher inside his head. A annoying, frightening and psycotic teacher but a teacher nontheless. Then as Tatsumi thought about everything that happened he remebered something he wanted to ask Tyrant a long time but he never got the chance.

"Did you talk to Bulat too?"

"No, he was strong, both in body and will but he was not what I was looking for." responded the Tyrant.

"But why me then? Bulat was stronger than me."

"Think boy. When did I first talk to you?"

"When Esdeath was wounded on the island." Tatsumi responded, still puzzled as to what the Tyrant was implying.

"Yes, you showed such rage that I decided you might be the one I needed. And it looks like I was right in a way. I had hoped to take over your body as you showed to be too emotional and you had a lot of potential but as you can guess things didn't go as planned." said the Danger Beast and started laughing.

"That means you only wanted to use me from the beginning. Thanks for being so supportive." commented Tatsumi, his voice driping with sarcasm.

"It wasn't personal. I just needed a body and you seemed an acceptable host."

"Only acceptable? You are doing wonders for my self confidence you know?"

"Quit your whining. You humans are so easy to hurt. Both emotionally and physically. And you are a pain in the ass."

"Yeah, yeah. Hey, does Wave talk to the Danger Beast from which his armor was made, too?

"Grand Chariot is better, built after me, improved and they used an Danger Beast which dominated the sea as I dominated the land," the Tyrant stopped like he was remembering happier times before continuing "but they bent his bones and flesh, they restricted them and although the beast had the ablility for evolution like myself only slower and less powerful, that ability was lost in the process. Grand Chariot is stronger, faster and can truly fly unlike us or rather me but the suit is at an disadvantage in the long run. I did not became the strongest Danger Beast by relying on my physical strenght because my body was once as weak as yours. Yet, I roamed every part of the world and left dead enemies in my wake even before I became as strong as I am now. You know how? Evolution and adaptation. Because I was quicker to adapt than everyone else and because I used my enemies weaknesses. You are similiar. Well, as similiar as a human can be that is. SO to answer your question, no your stupid friend can't speak to his armor like you can."

Before Tatsumi could respond he felt someone's hand on his shoulder and he opened his eyes. It was Chelsea sucking on her lollipop and staring down at Tatsumi. At least she behaved like normal even though she didn't speak much to him.

"Dinner is ready." she said and transformed into a cat before heading in Mine's direction to porbably irritate her in some way. Tatsumi smiled at that as he got up and walked to the campfire where everyone else was alredy eating.

Everyone nodded at him, although the Night Raid members were a little more relucant than the Jaegers. Bols' daughter screamed when she saw him but her mother and Bols calmed her down as Bols apologised for her. Tatsumi was almost used to everyone being scared of him but it still made him fell shitty.

He sat and took a bowl of some kind of soup. The soup was brown and looked like it was made out of moss. Tatsumi was unsure wheter to eat or not be he decided to at least givr it a try. Although it looked disgusting the soup was actually delicious. He then wondered who made it. The soup wasn't made be either Wave or Akame because of the lack of fish and meat. It certainly wasn't Bols as his meals looked delicious even though they were the opposite.

"This is delicious. Who made this?" asked Tatsumi after he was finished eating.

"I did." said Green to Tatsumi's suprise. Green gave Tatsumi a small smile but Tatsumi wasn't fooled. He knew what Green was really thinking. Green was with them because of his own selfish ambitions and Akame, not because he wanted to help anyone. He didn't make dinner becuase he wanted to help anyone or do a good deed but becuase it would suit his needs. So Tatsumi returned the smile with a cold stare. It was enough to wipe the smile off of Green's face and Tatsumi smiled at his accomplishment.

"I spend way too much time with Esdeath. And Tyrant I guess." concluded Tatsumi as got up. Leone must have seen the look which Tatsumi gave Green as she gave him a quizzical look. He shrugged.

Later instead of sparring as usually Tatsumi went to sleep. He was really tired for some unknown reason. As soon as he lay down next to Esdeath he fell asleep in her arms.

Later in the night…

"Oh… for heaven's sake! Why am I here again?" Tatsumi groaned. He was again inside his mind, where he fought the Tyrant. The Tyrant was lying in front of Tatsumi like he was enjoying the weather when it was cloudy and it looked like rain would fall any second..

"Little brat!" roared Tyrant and it reminded Tatsumi of Bulat, his big bro. The Tyrant got up into a sitting position. "I do you a favor and this is how you thank me?"

"What are you talking about?" asked Tatsumi. He didn't believe that the Tyrant was possible of doing any kindness.

"You are here becuse you and all of your friends have been poisoned." said Tyrant. At first he thoguhtthat the Tyrant was joking but Tatsumi had no reason to doubt him so he became quite concerned.

"Don't worry too much. You won't die but you will remain unconcious for three days at least considering how strong the poison is." responded Tyrant waving his hand in the air like he was dismissing all of Tatusmi's dounts.

"What, how?" asked a suprised Tatsumi.

"You ate the poison in some food... You need to wake up now though. No time for chit chat." said the Tyrant as he picked Tatsumi up with his big blue hand.

"Why? How? Didn't you say that I will sleep for three days?"

"I can clear your blood from the poison and wake you right now."

"But why?"

"You are both my master and blood kin now... I said that I woud help you and never betray you. I have some honor you know." the Tyrant shook his head and squeezed Tatsumi. Tatsumi screamed and in an instant he awoke. He looked around and saw that his scream didn't wake anyone up, not even Esdeath who was sleeping right next to him and had excellent senses.

"WAKE UP!" roared Tatsumi at the top of his lungs but the only response he got were the birds and squirrels which he scared away.

"He was telling the truth." muttered Tatsumi.

"Of course I was telling the truth. But what are you going to do about it?" he heard Tyrant speak. Tatsumi concetrated and thouhgt about what the Tyrnat said. He didn't have breakfast nor lunch, only some fruits which he picked up and the soup. The fruits weren't poisoned because only he ate them. That leaves the soup which was made by…

"Green." concluded Tatsumi. Tatsumi never trusted him and it looked like he was right not to.

"We need to check up on Akame." said Tatsumi as he approached Akame's empty sleeping mat. He looked around but he couldn't find Murasame either, which meant that Green took it too.

"Bastard." said Tatsumi as he saw that Green was gone too confirming his suspicions.

Tatsumi thought about wearing Incursio but he could handle it on his own and Green couldn't have gotten far tried to deduct in what direction Green went. He looked around and saw a red tie on the ground left of him.

"Akame's." he concluded and started running in that direction. He wondered if he should have tried to wake someone else up but he didn't have the time.

"I suggest you hurry if you want to catch up to them." said Tyrant.

"I know." responded Tatsumi in frustration. He ran for a few minutes before he felt a sharp pain in his chest and right hand where his Incursio sword was and he dropped the sword. Immediatly thereafter he heard a whip crack sound and laughter.

"I am sorry for this. I truly am." said Green as he walked out from behind a tree holding his whip-like weapon. His Shingu.

"Why did you betray us?" asked him Tatsumi and leapt for his sword but the whip snatched the weapon away before he could get to it.

"Because of Akame. She looks at you like you are a god. As long as she is near you I don't stand a chance. Her armpits will never be mine unless I separate her from you." Tatsumi wondered what the last part meant but he gave up on trying to figure it out and instead got ready to fight. He smiled. Maybe he couldn't get to Incursio but Incursio could come to him.

"Why are you smiling? You have no weapon and no fucking demon armor. Your Dnager Beast servant can't help oyu now. Give up and I will kill you quickly." Tatsumi didn't respond and instead thought about Incursio. He waited for the plates to envelop his body but they never came.

"I cannot do that whenever you wish, even I have limits. You have to fight him on your own." he heard the Tyrant in his head.

Tatsumi knew he stood little chance against a trained and armed assassin with no weapon of his own while the other had a Shingu. He didn't know what to do.

"Adapt." he heard the Tyrant only this time it wasn't in his head because he saw Green look around worried. Tatsumi saw his chance and he wouldn't let it slip away.

He took a twig from the ground and threw it at Green. Green didn't see it in time and it hit him in the head as Tatsumi ran towards him while Green was distracted and went for an uppercut only to feel the whip on his chest. Tatsumi cried out in pain at the feeling and backed away. Or rather he was thrown away.

Tatsumi was in trouble and franaticlly searched for something which he could use as a weapon. He found nothing. Tatsmi needed a plan and somehow he got an idea. He had no choice but to surrender. He looked up at Green as Tatsumi was on his knees.

"Please don't kill me!" begged Tatsumi as he was trying to come up with what to do after that. The idea somehow sounded better in his head.

"What are you doing? Fight you coward!" screamed Tyrant at him from the inside but Tatsumi continued.

"I swear I will not tell anyone I saw you if you spare my life." Tatsumi even managed to start crying as he looked from Green over to Akame who was lying on the ground.

"I can't do that but since I'm a nice guy so I will at least make it quick and painless. Well at least as painless as possible." Green said and he got behind Tatsumi ready to execute him. Tatsumi smiled, he didn't think about it but it could help him. Tatsumi was on his knees and he raised one leg and swung it backwards into what he hoped was Green's knee. He heard a loud snap and Tatsumi jumped up while turning around and punched Green in the jaw with his and Tyrant's strenght combined.

Green fell to the ground and Tatsumi hoped that Green would stay down but he didn't feel the whip which was around his ankles in time and he too fell down once Green pulled on it. Before Tatsumi could get up Green jumped on him and put his whip around Tatsumi's neck, trying to strangle him. Tatsumi tried to break free but his strenght faded as time passed and Tatsumi was sure that he would die. Then the grip around his neck faded and Green fell next to Tatsumi, a look of suprise on his face.

When Tatsumi got the whip off his neck he coughed and looked up. He saw a hand offered to him. He followed the hand to it's owner and saw a small black haired girl holding a katana. At first he thought it was Akame because he couldn't see well from the tears in his eyes but he looked left and saw a body on the ground which he knew was Akame which meant that the girl could only be Kurome. He took her hand and got up.

"Thanks." Tatsumi said in a croaked voice before clearing his throat.

"No need to thank me, if you hadn't been here my sister would have been taken from me once again." she said and she went towards Akame. Tatsumi followed her. They knelt next to Akame and were happy to see that she was breathing adn alright. Tatsumi took Incursio and sheated the Teigu before picking up Akame on his shoulder and carring her back towards the camp while Kurome took Green's Shingu so it wasn'twasted. Then it occured to him that Kurome was actually awake and not asleep like all the others.

"How are you awake?" asked Tatsumi while they walked.

"I have a fast metabolism thanks to my... training and the poison wore off soon. I didn't eat much anyway. And what about you?" she asked him while she munched on a cookie.

Tatsumi wandered if he should tell her or not but he decided that she should know since she saved his life."The Tyrant woke me up." he said and she looked at him and then she loked at the ground before looking at her sister.

"How is it like, always having someone to talk to, never worrying about being alone?" she asked and stared off into the night like she was remebering something.

"Well, the Tyrant isn't exactly the best talking buddy." he said and smiled but she didn't smile. The Tyrant responded though.

"You know I can hear you, right?"

Tatsumi ingored The Danger Beast and continued "And you are not alone Kurome. Not anymore. You have your sister now and Wave and the rest of the Jaegers and even Night Raid. You will never be alone again. You will probably wish you were by the time we are finished though." he smiled again and this time she returned the smile. Tatsumi realized that this was the first time he saw her smile like she was really meaning it. Wave said that he sw her msile but Tatusm icouldn't even imagine it until then.

"How are we going to wake everyone up?" asked Kurome as they got to the their sleeping friends.

"I have an idea." Tatsumi said and grined wickedly as something sinister took form in his mind.

"I spend way too much time with Esdeath." he said still grinning.

Ten minutes later...

Tatsumi encoated himself in Incursio and he took a deep breath steadying himself before opening his mouth to let it out. He felt all the air from his lungs go out and the sound he made would strike fear into the hearts of anyone who heard it. It was so loud Tatsumi at one point feared he would kill his teammates. He stopped when he started feeling dizzy and he started falling down.

Luckily, Kurome was there to catch him and he leaned on her as he couldn't get up on his own. He saw the first of his teammates starting to wake up all rather scared. When they all got up they looked at Tatsumi and Kurome with a mixation of curiosity and frustration and there was a little fear as they looked around for the source of the ear piercing sound which woke them. Tatsumi tried to explain the situation but before he could utter a single word he heard Wave shout.

Wave walked up to Kurome who was still holding Tatsumi and he looked like he might boil over and some steam seemed to come out from his ears.

"What is going on here?" Wave yelled.

"I can explain…" started Tatsumi but he was cut off when he was dropped by Kurome.

"It is all Tatsumi's fault." said the black eyed assassin pointing at Tatsumi.

Wave turned to Tatsumi looking even angrier. "How could you do this to me?" he asked, tears forming in his eyes.

"Maybe we should focus on finding the source of the sound?" asked Bols shyly.

"It maybe was too loud, but I get carried away when the Tyrant lends me such power." said Tatsumi trying to explain himself but he blue haired boy's eyes looked like they might fly out of his head.

"You get carried away?" he yelled while everyone else was watching with curiosity the scene unfold. They now knew where the sound came from and they enjoyed free entertainment.

"What is then going on here?" came Esdeath and Tatsumi thanked the Gods.

"Kurome cheated on me with Tatsumi and it was all his fault." said Wave and put on a puppy look. Tatsumi mouth opened and was touching the floor at the stupidity of what he heard. He tried to close it but it just wouldn't. He slowly got up from the ground.

Before Tatsumi could respond he was slapped by Esdeath after he barely managed to get up and he went down again. Esdeath now too had tears in her eyes. "How could you, Tatsumi?"

Tatsumi sweat dropped. He wondered if it all was just a side effect of the drug which Green gave them. His friends behaved wierd but today they were wierder than usual. Before Tatsumi could respond or say what he thought someone finally asked a smart question. "Where is Green?"

It was Najenda. Tatsumi thanked the Gods as he finally saw his chance to speak only to be cut off again. "Maybe Tatsumi killed him when he ran into the two of them in the woods? We all know that Green and Tatsumi hated each other."

It was Mine and after hearing that everyone looked at Tatsumi expecting of him an explanation. Some looked like they were ready to kill him even without a confesion.

"That is not true, I didn't kill him, it was Kurome who did it." he immediately realized his mistake as he said the words because instead of explaining he shifted the blame. Everyone turned towards Kurome expecting an explanation but she had evaporated into thin air and they all turned towards Tatsumi again.

"Green poisoned us all." said Tatsumi and now everyone looked puzzled. He told them what really happened as everyone listened carefully to his tale with only the occasional interuption from Leone and Najenda.

"Well, I think we all should apologize to Tatsumi." said Najenda lighting up a cigar.

After everyone apologised to Tatsumi and Akame thanked him looking sad for some reason. Before he could think too much about it he was approached by Esdeath. Tatsumi expected an apology but instead he was unwillingly dragged off by Esdeath into the woods. He looked back and saw some of his comrades smiling at him and he blushed at that. When they were far enough Esdeath let go of him and started crying right there in front of him.

"I am so sorry Tatsumi for accusing you." she said sobbing.

He wasn't used to seeing Esdeath crying and he didn't know what to do so he hesitantly put his hand on her shoulder as he wondered if Green puit any drugs into the soup. "It's alright, you never have to apologize to me about anything. Whatever you do I will forgive you."

She brought her hand to his face and caressed it gently where she slaped him before before licking it, and when she was done she looked at him like it was the most normal thing to do.

"I love you, Tatsumi." she said, her eyes locked with his. They were almost total opposites and yet he felt like she was a part of him. He wanted to spend an eternity with her.

"I love you too, Esdeath." he said before they both heard laughter all around them. Esdeath turned around furiosly looking for the source of the sound with her hand on hte hilt of her rapier but Tatsumi knew who it was and he silently cursed him for ruining the moment.

"Such love, just beautiful. It makes my old eyes tear up at seeing such young lovers." said the Tyrant.

"Who are you?" asked Esdeath furious beyond measure while Tatsumi sighed. It was better when the Tyrant kept his mouth shut.

"Its just the Danger Beast with the greatest humor, the great and mighty Tyrant." said Tatsumi.

"It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Rarely do I get to see such beauty and skill in one person. Tatsumi has certainly chosen an excellent mate. If you were a Danger Beast I would make you my queen and we could rule all." said the Tyrant and laughed again.

"The pleasure is all mine." said Esdeath while looking annoyed but also somewhat flattered with her cheeks getting a little red. For some odd reason Tatsumi found himself a little jealous.

"I think we should get back, this moment is destroyed anyways." said Tatsumi and gave Esdeath a quick peck on the lips as they got up and he dragged her back.

"I think that the drug which the others have in their systems was what made them act strange back there. Even they aren't this wierd." concluded Tatsumi.

They were almost there. They could see the monastary for the last hour of riding and now they were almost there. Esdeath looked the structure over. The monastary was big and among the bigger monastaries Esdeath saw. No thtat she saw many, she neer was religious. It had higher stone walls than what was usual but otherwise it looked completly normal. Esdeath knew better thought than mistake it for a normal monastary.

She knew that inside there were about a thousand Path of Peace soldiers instead of priests and that the soldiers were running from the Empire, readying to strike at it in an last act of defiance. Prime Minister Honest's spies inside the Path of Peace tried a coup and suceeded but the Path od Peace leader and his most loyal followers along wiht his genereal escaped. Thanks to her spies, Esdeath knew they were in the monastary. Esdeath knew it for sure because she had been planning to raid the monastary and she even checked the information twice just ot be sure. Of course, that was before before Syura set her up. Now she would need to ask help from the same people she planned to kill less than two months ago.

As Night Raid and the Jaegers got close enough they were greeted by drawn bows from behind the parapets and a group of twenty heavily armored men at the entrance. Esdeath and Najenda signaled the group to stop as the leader of the armored men rode up to the two of them. The man appeared to be an experienced soldier and veteran of many battles judging by the numerous scars visible on his face a his visor was lifted.

"A clear mistake. I could kill him easily with his face exposed like that." she thought and played with the hilt of her rapier but she let her hand slip of the hilt as it would be boring and would only cause a fleeting satisfaction and way too much trouble.

As he got close enough his eyes opened up in what appeared to be fear like he was seeing the seven devils themselves. He brought up a shaking hand and it pointed at Esdeath. She couldn't help herself and Esdeath let out a giggle and got an angry look from Najenda for it. She calmed herself and she looked at the man who looked like he would fall from his horse how much he was shaking. She waved him away with her hand.

"We don't come as enemies but friends." said Esdeath and the man started falling form his horse only to be gently caught in Esdeath's ice. While Najenda let out a sigh of frustration and Tatsumi shook his head Esdeath found the whole scene extremly funny.