Akame ga Kill: True Revolution
By: Terrence Noran
Chapter 21: Kill the Style
Renegade HQ
"And, done. You have your new weapon.", Mazura said, having finished forging a new weapon for Aria. They're basically two silver trench knives, but the knife part of the blades are on the knuckles.
"Thank you, Mazura-san. Finally, I can actually fight properly in battle without having to worry about being defenseless at close range.", Aria said, accepting the blades.
"Don't forget these." Mazura gave her a small brown satchel, which was full of teigu suppressors in the case that Aria might lose control of her teigu or when she overloads herself to the point where she needs it suppressed to keep her alive. "This is your first elimination mission, and Shiira will assist you in this."
"Why him?!"
"Since Tatsuya, Nova, and Seryu are in the Capital, and they're all busy at the moment. So, it's up to all of us to make sure Tatsumi's identity in Night Raid a secret to the rest of the Jaegers. Plus, Sera is taking care of the klutz and I'm busy designing new armaments for Seryu before she either uses her Trump Card or goes into Stage 2. Clear?"
"Real clear."
"Oh, before I forget, don't use y-"
"My Stage 2...got it. Besides, it causes me a lot of problems, most notably...death."
"Or comatose. Don't forget that too."
"Shit. Um, well, I should go now."
"You should. Shiira's getting mighty impatient out there."
"Wait, I need to visit someone first."
Three hours later
"Looks like it already started.", said Shiira as they both rushed through the trees heading near Night Raid's base.
"Tch, looks like those experiments are still around. Shiira, get the reinforcements. I'll kill Stylish myself.", Aria ordered. She now wore a dark blue turtleneck sweater, white hair clip, white belt, black knee-length skirt, and white ankle boots. A brown satchel was hung around her neck, and her trench knives were kept on her belt.
"Woah, woah, woah. I'll get him, you get the experiments."
"NO! I'll do it myself." Aria dispersed into air before Shiira could stop her.
"Dammit!" He unsheathed his twin golden scimitars and released a giant arc of flame throughout the area, setting the forest on fire. The modified humans hopped out of their hiding spots, landing in front of Shiira.
"Stylish-sama didn't tell us about reinforcements.", one of them said.
"One of us must tell him.", another one said, pointing to one of the other modified human standing beside him. "You must tell Stylish-sama. Go quickly."
"Ye-AAARRGGHHH!" Before he could respond, he was quickly burned to ash. This startled the others, prompting them to attack Shiira.
Shiira simply raised his blade, and all of the flames from the forest were absorbed back into the sword. This made it grow in size, reaching several feet tall.
"RUN AWAY!" As soon as they tried to retreat, the giant flaming blade came down onto them, turning everything it touched to charcoal and ash.
Outside of the forest
Dr. Stylish was close to winning his greatest victory: the destruction of Night Raid and the exposure of the traitor, Tatsumi. He had his experimental subjects sacrifice themselves simply to paralyze them. Those 'pawns' are replaceable, maybe with those brand new perfect test subjects to apply his stylish work to them.
"Go, kill the-" He couldn't finish as they were sliced apart by some invisible force. "WHAT?!" He also felt a small cut on his cheek. 'No, it couldn't be. That old man is here?! I should've finished him off back then.' A cloud of air gathered together, forming Aria who was holding her trench knives.
"I'm going to kill you, Stylish...or should I call you, Styrim?", Aria said.
"How do you know that name?!"
"My uncle told me before he died."
"You? You're his little queen?", he laughed, recalling a certain man saying that. "That is so not stylish. I never would have guessed that the supposed 'deceased' noble girl was related to the strongest man in the Revolutionary Army. Well, should I say former, then?"
With Night Raid
"T-that's impossible...", Akame said, shocked at the revelation.
"What do you mean?", Tatsumi asked.
"How? How did I not see it?"
"Hold the fuck on. What the hell does that blonde air bitch have to do with anything?", Mine questioned in annoyance.
"She is related to Commander Argus, 'The King of the Skies', and one of the best men in the Revolutionary Army. Last I heard of him, he was ambushed and killed in a scouting mission.", Akame explained.
"Yeah, so?"
"His teigu was Winds of Change: Aera. Its power is the complete control over air...and it can only be wielded by someone of the Arizhus bloodline. To think that she'd be on his side is not good."
"Ari-what?"
"Arizhus. The ancient tribe who once lived on a floating island. The teigu was forged from the talons of their goddess, Aerin. I remember reading it in the teigu origin book. Najenda knows more about it."
"Look! What's happening to him?!", Tatsumi yelled.
With Stylish
"Toby, Kaku, kill her.", Stylish ordered.
Toby charged at her with his mechanical body while Kaku was slashing at her with his familiar-looking scissor blade but, they couldn't hit her due to her body turning into air with every blow.
"I see that you have a fake Extase.", Aria said.
"It's nearly like the original in every single way. Although, it isn't perfect but it'll do."
Aria kicked the mechanical man away, and charged her attack with her right fist. Razor Impact! She hit the bladed edge of the knock-off teigu as Kaku blocked it. "Die." Kaku's head was horizontally split in half as the razor wind went through the scissor blade to slice him. A bullet suddenly went through her arm, causing her to drop one of her knives. She clutched her arm in pain and saw Stylish laughing at her.
"Looks like your so-called legendary uncle didn't tell you its main weakness. You see, Aera's evasive and offensive capabilities are very different from each other, meaning that if you attack with air, you can't turn into air or defend yourself and vice versa. They have to switch between the both of them to use it effectively. I, for the matter, can bypass that flaw...with a few complicated adjustments."
"You're a sick man, just like what Mazura-san said."
"I am nothing like him. He always wanted to use his research to learn more, and his achievements dwarfed my own inhumane acts. I hated him, even when he was my superior. He has done all of these great things, yet refused to share them with the Council. When he was gone and I took over, I gave full support of them and they gave me limitless research materials. See what happens when you throw away everything for this senseless stupid shit they call 'MORALITY' and 'ETHICS'?! You get absolutely NOTHING from it! All you need is knowledge to rule over these mindless peons and transcend humanity! WE. WILL. BE. GODS."
"You see, I thought you would have a slightly twisted mindset of his work. But, in actuality, you're batshit insane. I don't know how you got Seryu-san to ever agree with you."
"Oh, she's in this? That's...that's so fucking priceless right there. That worthless whore is on your side? Then that means, Tatsuya is the leader, isn't he?"
Aria said nothing but grit her teeth in response.
"That is so fucking precious. Him, defying us? What will that do, huh~?! Noth-oh~~. He wouldn't...oh, he would. There's no way that would happen. Wanna know why? 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA DIE, LITTLE FUCKER! KILL HER, MY ROOK!"
"Yes, Stylish-sama!", Toby excitedly said, about to fill the blonde girl with bullet holes but was suprised when mentioned girl was nowhere to be seen. "Where the fuck did she go?" Toby suddenly exploded, which didn't surprise the mad scientist. The air from the explosion gathered and turned into Aria once more.
"You're the only one left.", Aria said. Her left arm was still bleeding but she picked up her knife and went into a stance.
"That's right! Be ruthless! Be aggressive! That's what it is all about." Stylish pulled out a syringe filled with some strange liquid and injected himself. "Now, witness the true power of my research, child of the Sky People!" He grew into a monster, and began absorbing his own subjects, which made him grow several meters tall. "STAGE 2! PERFECTION OF THE ULTIMATE CREATION!" He suddenly glowed white...beginning his transformation.
Aria stood there as all of this was happening before her very eyes.
"Well shit."
A/N: Have you ever felt any of the following: A) You skipped a chapter; B) Something is definitely not right here; C) The author is rushing something by introducing a small subplot with Aria; D) What the fuck is with the timeskip; E) Fuck it, and just read; or F) All of the above? If your answer is F, then maybe yes. I'm trying to develop a character who wasn't developed in the original works so, it's kinda hard to find some sort of progression with the character. I'm putting a Stage 2, which is basically the final form of the teigu which it is set to who the person is (It's complicated). It means that if Stylish has that variation of his Stage 2, then there are others who will achieve another form of that Stage. I will not be explaining too much since I'm busier than ever, in which I am not to write as much...but I can try to squeeze a few chapters here and there. So, I'll be putting Stage 2 teigus down if they ever transformed into or mentioned. So, what do you guys think? Read, Review, Critic, and Comment without bullshit. Have fun and enjoy.
Stage 2 Teigu Forms
Dr. Stylish: Glorious Hands of God: Perfector - Perfection of the Ultimate Creation
I don't own Akame get Kill, just the OCs.
