Chapter 21

Minosha gazed up at the giant teigu above them as it rained fire down upon them, taking out not only the citizens of the Capital, but more than half of their army. If this was really the Emperor, he had no idea what he was planning. Did he want to kill them so much he had no problem destroying everything and every innocent person around him? He had no shame, no guilt for what he was doing, and Minosha swore that they would kill him.

"That damn prime minister," Minosha gritted his teeth as he gripped his sword tightly. "I know he had something to do about this."

How are we going to stop something that big?

Before he could reply, he felt a burning rage pulse through him. He grunted lightly, putting a hand to his chest to quell it down. His eyes moved instinctively and caught Tatsumi charging at the giant teigu. He panted, "Well, we have our own great fighter."

He watched as Tatsumi caught a ball of energy the Emperor shot at him and maneuver it to the sky. He then punched the teigu in the face so hard, he cracked one of the diamond it had on its person and caused the teigu to stumble.

Minosha straightened, his eyes staying on his friend, "I'll go help him." Behind him, he could hear Najenda trying to put some enthusiasm back in the army who had been trembling in fear at the sight of the massive and city destroying teigu.

Another burst of emotion hit him but instead of the rage he had been feeling for the past few days, he felt fear course through him. He placed a trembling hand over his heart as he tried to figure out who had felt so scared. It couldn't have been Akame or Suu, it might be Tatsumi or Najenda, but it could've also been-

Leone! We need to get to her now!

"Right." Minosha let his flame wings burst from his back. He flew as fast as he could to Leone's location. As long as she was still feeling that fear, he would find her soon enough. His eyes widened when he realized where they were going, "She's with the Prime Minister? By herself?"

I fear what will happen to her if we don't make it in time.

Minosha tightened his lips into a line as anger fueled his mind and body, "Oh, we'll make it, alright. And when we do, that disgusting human being is going to die." He shot flames from his hands and feet to propel himself towards Leone's location faster. He had to get there and save her. He wasn't going to let anyone from his family die or get hurt again.

It almost felt like everything had slowed down. He saw Leone get up, uninjured while her clothes told another story. The Prime Minister seemed nonchalant about her next move, no matter what it was going to be. That only let Minosha know that he had something up his sleeve, and if he knew anything about people from the Capital, it was that they were as sneaky as they come. All of this with Tatsumi fighting that monster in the background.

Letting the flames die, he landed in between the Prime Minister and Leone. He felt his heart skip a beat for no reason. He narrowed his eyes at the contraption on Honest's forehead open up and do absolutely nothing.

Minosha pushed Leone back and simply flinch when he felt a bullet rip through his forearm. He glared at the Prime Minister who stared back in disbelief. He picked up the bullet imbedded in the ground and held in his fingers. "I believe this belongs to you, Prime Minister. I know how you don't like to share."

The bullet was suddenly engulfed in flames as he threw it back at Honest. The bullet ripped through the fat man's stomach. The two assassins watched as he retched blood and fell to his knees. He spat at them, "Wh-why do you still have your teigu intact?"

"Like your beloved general," Minosha smirked as he patted the mark on his chest. "I have an internal teigu. It's also more powerful than you can imagine. It lets me do this…" He held up his fist. Fire appeared around it, licking and dancing around the limb.

Honest coughed before suddenly shouting, "Jigo's teigu! Hidden card activate!"

"Fuck!" Leone cursed when she realized what was going to happen.

The giant teigu reigning terror suddenly got an upgrade. It slammed its fist into the ground, shaking the entire Capital. It then shot off balls of energy, disintegrating even more of its own people.

The Prime Minister laughed weakly, a grin stretching his thick cheeks, "Purge mode."

Minosha glared, "You don't deserve to die with a smile on your face." He grabbed Honest's chins and ripped it off. He brought his hand back and shoved it into the man's chest. He squeezed his heart as he stared into his dying eyes, "You will die knowing your entire world will fall at our hands. You and your dreams die today."

Letting the heart burst in his hand, he took his hand out of his chest and let the dead fat man fall on the ground. Leone patted his back, gratefulness in her amber eyes, "Thanks for saving me. I had no idea what he had planned."

"Neither did I, but I couldn't let anything happen to you," Minosha replied. He gave her a small smile and turned his eyes back to the giant teigu, "Tatsumi needs my help. You think you can find Akame and get back to Boss and Suu?"

"You got it."

While Leone rushed off to find Akame, he kept his eyes on the giant teigu and let his sword appear in his hands. He inhaled deeply, "Leone, Akame; please stay safe."

They'll be fine, Minosha. They're your comrades. They won't die without a fight.

"I don't want them to die at all."

With that said, he launched himself in the air. Whatever came out of this war today, he only hoped he didn't have to add his friends' deaths with his and the Empire's.