Chapter 29

Here it is the promised chapter! I hope I'll enjoy this chapter like you did with the previous one

Answers:

Don Orbit

1)Where is Sun?

You'll see him in this chapter, you actually give me a hint to explain where he is been recently

2) Where is Tyrian?

You'll also see him in this chapter :)

At the bandit's camp, evening

Esdeath and the others walked inside the Bandit's camp. The men and womens were glaring at them ,but they didn't tried anything. Something was telling them to not attack the group. The group stopped his tracks in front of a big tent, Esdeath guessed that was the chief's tent. A masked woman came outside

"Mom" Yang said as she putted her right hand on her hip

Raven took off her mask and smirked "Yang" she putted her mask on top of a crate "So, after all this time, you finally decided to visit me…you also brought your friends" she said, the last part of that sentence had a hint of disgust

"you know that I searched for you. I spent years looking for you." Yang said

Esdeath and the others remained silent there was no need to rush things

"And you've found me. You were patient, determined, and strong enough to make your dream a reality. Well done, Yang. But did you have to be so rough with my men?" Raven asked with a grin

"They started it" Yang said coldly while Akame stared at Raven

"Well, you certainly finished it." Raven replied, then after a few moments of silence she spoke again "Right. I'm sure this is all very overwhelming. But I must admit that you've proven yourself. So any questions you have I'll be happy to answer. You can stay with us tonight. I'll even have the cooks whip up something for you all"

"That's not why I'm here" Yang said with an annoyed tone

Raven seemed upset from the statement "What was that?" she said

"I'm not here for you, not anymore" Yang said Raven raised an eyebrow as Esdeath step forward

"Raven Branwen, give us the Spring Maiden" Esdeath said with a cold tone

Everyone tensed up as Raven putted her hand on the hilt of her sword

"You're fighting a war that you can't win" Raven said "I'm not going to give you the Spring Maiden. Salem is too strong and I have to protect my people"

"Mom, are you with Salem?" Yang asked, but deep inside her she knew the answer

Raven hesitated and after a while she nodded "Yang, you have to understand that the strong ones have to stay together. The weak shall perish and the strong shall survives. Join us Yang or die against Salem" Yang looked away and Esdeath smirked

"You know Raven, You and I are not so different. We think in the same way, but know you are my enemy so you must die" The ice queen said

Raven looked at her in eyes "So be it"

Esdeath and Akame unsheathed their swords, Yang activated her Ember Celica, Run activated his scythe and Liver got in his combat stance

"Kill them" Raven said "Try to capture my daughter if you can".

The bandits pointed their weapons at the group and then charged at the group

"Yang , if you feel like you can't kill them just leave them to me" Akame said before she charged at fourteen bandits with Murasame in her hand. She passed the bandits and stopped her tracks. The bandits stood still before a clean cut appeared on their throat. Then Akame dodged an attack, when she looked at her attacker, she saw Vernal, who had an infuriated look.

Liver controlled the blood of Akame's victims and used it as bullets. The few bandits that survived at his first attack tried to kill Liver, who with disarmed them and then snapped their neck.

Run began to fly low, cutting the heads of the hopeless bandits, who don't know how to react at the aerial attack.

Raven's eyes widened at the sight of her clan that was being slaughtered with ease. She looked at Esdeath and yelled, she charged at her and tried a vertical swing but it was blocked, then she tried a series of horizontal and vertical swing but Esdeath dodged them. The ice general made a disappointed expression and began to attack Raven relentlessly, the bandit leader tried to keep up but soon she was overwhelmed. Esdeath kicked Raven in the belly, making her fall. Raven's eyes began to glow and she got up

"oh oh, looks like i found the Spring Maiden. I hope that you are stronger than the Fall Maiden." Esdeath began to say "You know I had fun with her"

Raven growled and the wind began to blow, she summoned many ice crystals and threw them at Esdeath but she was shocked when they bounced on Esdeath's skin

Esdeath couldn't help but laugh "please let me show you why they call me ice queen"

with this said the wind grow colder and Esdeath created many ice crystals, witch she threw at Raven. The bandit leader began to do some acrobatic moves in order to dodge the incoming threat. Once she did, she charged at full speed Esdeath. The woman sheathed her sword and then the sheath itself shot the blade out with a new coloration. Esdeath knew that meant that her opponent had changed the type of Dust she was using and prepared to block the assault. Eis and Raven's sword collided making some sparks. Raven pressed Her blade with all of her forces, trying to break the guard of the general, she didn't expect from Esdeath to sidestep making her lose her balance.

Raven suprised Esdeath when she avoided her deadly swing by transforming into a crow.

"That's quite a trick but it will not work next time " Esdeath commented as Raven returned in her human form.

It was time for Esdeath to take things to the next level.

The sadist general smiled and hit Raven with a giant ice pillar that she created under the woman

Raven was surprised but tried to flew away to prevent another hit from a giant pillar, unfortunately for her, Esdeath was already above her, charging her with Eis in one hand and a ice sword in the other. Esdeath began a series of many swings, Raven blocked most of them but her blade was about to break , she needed to change it but if she tried to do so it will be fatal. Raven jumped back and sheathed her sword and quickly jumped away again, avoiding another ice pillar. Yang's mother closed her hands like she was holding a really big sword and after a few seconds a giant katana-looking sword appered in her hands.

Esdeath smirked and clapsed her hands.

Many rows of giant spears of ice began to form from the ground and pointed at Raven. Esdeath threw the spears at Raven, who began to charge at her with her giant sword. The black haired woman managed to dodge many of them but others hit her destroyed her aura. The bandit leader hit Esdeath right in the chest...or she thought so, because in reality she just hit a residual image of Esdeath. The real Esdeath was exactly behind her and ,when the giant sword of her disappeared, she touched Raven's shoulder, making her turn in horror. The general reinforced her legs and her fists with ice and began a never ending series of punches and kicks, witch Raven couldn't block since she was too tired. Esdeath sent her to the ground with a last powerful kick in the guts .

Raven coughed blood and looked at her surroundings, and with her , now blurred vision, saw Vernal kneeling before Akame with Murasame pointed at her neck. The only thing that stopped Akame was Esdeath that has landed and raised her hand. Raven coughed blood as she growled again, she tried to get up but she felt her bones broken, she tried to crawl to Esdeath's feet but somebody stopped her, Raven looked up ans saw Yang

"Mom…please stop…" Yang pleaded her. She had blood all over her body and tears on her cheeks

Raven coughed again and looked at her "Attacking now is not a way to show how strong you are...it's showing how dumb you are" her daughter continued "Too much blood was spilled today"

Raven looked at Vernar and saw fear in her eyes, then she looked at Akame and saw nothing, for the assassin, Vernar was just another target.

"my proposal is still valid, come with us. You still have someone that cares for you. If you really think that Salem is going to kill us all, then grow stronger and do something so that this day doesn't happen again, protect the ones that you care for like I do." Esdeath said "You always thought that the weak must die, I too thought that…but if the ones we love are too weak to defend themselves then it's our job to protect them so we don't lose them" she added, remembering the lifeless body of Tatsumi in her arms "but if you want to fight it's okay, Akame will kill you and absorb your powers. It's up to you"

Tears began to fell from Raven's eyes as she looked at Yang and then to Vernar

"Okay, I'll join you" She said weakly but loud enough for Esdeath to hear it

"Today Raven Branwen, leader of the clan of bandits died…and Raven Branwen of the New Empire came to life" Esdeath with a stoic tone

Yang helped her mother to stand up and Akame released Vernar

"Mission accomplished, we have to return to the others" Esdeath said "It's a long journey so hurry up" she added

"No…is Qrow with you?" Raven asked as she used Yang to support herself

"Yes, he is" Run replied

"I can open up a portal to him" the woman stated

"That will come handy" Esdeath said as she smirked "get the bikes" she ordered and Run and Liver obeyed

After an hour

The five bikes were in front of a crimson portal and everyone was ready for departing.

"Let's go " Esdeath as she crossed the portal with her bike

In the village of Kuroyuri

Qrow was drinking some alcohol alone as usual, after the attack General Najenda gave to everyone some free time to recover.

When Ruby woke up was shocked that she managed to sleep for the entire fight, now she was looking for her uncle. After a few minutes of research Ruby came across Sun and his team

"Oh! Hi guys! It's been a while since I last saw you!" Ruby said with her cheerful voice "Where are you been?"

Neptune and the others glared at Sun

"A certain idiot said that general Najenda was 40 years old right in front of her" Neptune began to say "So after she beat the hell out of us, she ordered us to paint of black and red all the airships of the fucking fleet. So answering your question, we were literally hanging from the airships to repaint them"

Ruby tried really hard to not burst out in laughter

"I said that I'm sorry" Sun wined

"Fuck you!" Neptune cursed

"By any chance, have you seen my uncle?" Ruby asked

"Yes, he is right there" Neptune said as he pointed in one direction

"Thank you!" Ruby thanked him and dashed in that direction

Ruby turned around the corner and saw her uncle drinking

"Uncle Qrow!" She called him

"Oh, Hi kiddo, you returned from your first real mission right?" The man asked

"Yes! We were like ninjas! We sneaked inside Atlas and then inside Schnee castle! " Ruby said proud of herself

"Wow, that's quite a first mission" Qrow replied

Then a crimson portal opened before them. Qrow looked at his flask questioning what he just drunk

Five bikes came out of the portal. Qrow was shocked when he saw his sister covered of blood, bruises and cuts, she couldn't even stand without her daughter's help. Ruby was worried when she saw Yang covered in blood

"Sis, Are you hurt! You lost so much blood!" Ruby said as she suppressed the urge to throw up

"It's not hers" Akame deadpanned

"what do you…" Ruby was about to ask but then the answer struck her mind

"Well, I think I need a bath" Yang said as she made a weak smile

"Are you feeling well?" Ruby asked

"I just…need some time alone" Yang replied

"O-of course" Ruby replied as her sister walked away

Qrow looked at Raven, who was sitting on the ground, he putted his hand on her shoulder. She looked at him with shiny eyes.

He lowered himself and carefully hugged her and Raven started crying

"There there sis, now it's over. Come on you don't want to show yourself like that to Tai" Qrow said as he patted Raven's head

"H-He is here?" She managed to ask

"Yes, he joined the fight. When you calm down, I'll take you to him okay?" He replied and she nodded

Menagerie, night

Ghira and Tatsumi returned to the others, Ghira had his hand on Tatsumi's shoulder.

"I have something important to say" Ghira said with a happy tone.

Everyone except Kali had a puzzled look

"Tonight Tatsumi became part of our family as Tatsumi Belladonna!"

The jaw of Mine and Blake dropped to the ground while Bulat and Leone began to laugh uncontrollably

"W-What?" Blake asked

"Now Tatsumi is your brother" Kali explained

Bulat and Leone had tears on their eyes from all the laughter

"Well, this is…unexpected" Mine managed to say

"I need some fresh air" Blake said as she walked out in the balcony

Ghira wanted to go after her but Tatsumi stopped him

"I'll talk to her" Tatsumi said with a gentle smile

Ghira nodded and Tatsumi went outside.

Blake was looking at the shattered moon

"On my part, I can said that I was shocked as much as you." Tatsumi joked "I know if you are angry or confused bu-"

"No, I'm quite happy. It just was so suddenly" Blake said

Tatsumi laughed and Blake joined him "Well, don't worry I'll protect my little sister" Tatsumi said

"What? No, you're are the little brother!" She teased him but then she noticed that his gaze was elsewhere "Tatsumi?" She called him worried

Tatsumi equipped Incursio and threw Neuntote at a tree. A girl with a pony tail fell from the tree, Neuntote had missed her by inches. Blake gasped and the girl started to run away.

"Wait here!" Tatsumi ordered as he opened his wings and followed the girl

Kali came out "What's going on?"

"Mom tell the others that the White Fang was here!" Blake replied as she jumped down from the balcony

Meanwhile

Ilia jumped on a rooftop , she thought she had sawn Tatsumi. She bumped into something, something really hard, that hard that her mask broke. She looked up and saw the armored faunus right in front of her

'when he appeared?!ì' Ilia thought. She tried to use her whip but Tatsumi disarmed her with a slap, then he saw the scroll on her hand

"What we have here?" He said with a playful tone as he ripped the scroll from Ilia hand "Oh, a scroll with confidential data about the White Fang. How lucky I am" he said as he lifted Ilia with one hand

"Let me go!" Ilia shouted

"Okay" he replied as she threw Ilia on the other building then he looked at the files in the scroll and remained shocked from what he read

The files said that the new high leader of the White Fang was…Syura and with him there was his former squad, the Wild Hunt.

Blake and the others came a few seconds after his discovery

"Where she is?" Blake asked

"I let her go, she was a small fish. Instead, now I posses many confidential data of the White Fang" He replied "We need to talk" Bulat, Leone and Mine recognized that expression, he discovered something really bad

After an hour

"So, now the White Fang are leaded by those sadists maniacs who just see the world as their plaything?" Kali asked shocked

Tatsumi nodded "Sadly, yes."

Ghira was looking at the files of the scroll "This is terrible, they have overthrown the leader of the White Fang… and they are planning a full-scale attack on Haven academy"

"My army is already marching to protect the school" Tatsumi said

"You have a army?" Kali asked shocked "I didn't thought that the New Empire was already this big"

"We are, but it isn't enough. That's why I came here, we need more men " Tatsumi replied

Ghira nodded "The White Fang is far too corrupted now, the people both of faunus and humans need a beacon of hope" He stared at Tatsumi "I'll do a press statement, and I'll tell everything about the White Fang and the Wild Hunt"

"Thank you, I'll not disappoint you dad" Tatsumi replied

"I know dear" The man replied

Back to the Kuroyuri village

Esdeath was again disappointed but at least now they had a new mean of transport. She felt a presence stalking her. After a while she grow tired of said presence.

"Are you going to attack or what?!" She shouted at the trees.

The soldiers nearby were surprised by the sudden shout. Then a maniac laugh came from the trees and a man jumped from them. He immediately attacked Esdeath relentlessly with his Wrist Blades. Esdeath blocked all the attacks, she used Eis and a sword of ice. The soldiers quickly tried to take the aim

"No! He's mine!" Esdeath shouted and the soldier lowered their weapons

The man jumped backwards and smiled "How exciting it must be! The ice queen noticed me!"

"Not that I really want to know, but who sent you here?" Esdeath asked

"Isn't it obvious?" The man replied

"Salem" Esdeath said

"Bingo! My name is-"

"Tyrian Callows" Esdeath said with a smirk "Cinder told me about you"

Tyrian made a disgusted expression "That traitor!"

Esdeath took advantage of his moment of distraction and attacked him, surprising him. Tyrian released his scorpion tail and managed to block the powerful blow

"It's rude to attack someone while he is talk-" Tyrian was interrupted by a ice spike that stabbed his heart

"Only an idiot talks while fighting" Esdeath said as she released the faunus, who fell on the ground

"Well…I wasn't expecting that" Tyrian managed to say as he coughed blood "Guess…I underestimated…you"

"You have no idea" Esdeath said as she raised her sword "Any last words?"

"Forgive me…my queen…I have failed you" He said Esdeath decapitated him with a swing of her sword and smirked

'well at least I could kill someone today' she thought as she started to walk away while humming

The soldiers looked at the corpse astonished

"The empress is scary" One of the soldiers said

"I know right?" another one replied

"Let's clean this mess" a third one said

Menagerie, the next day, morning

Ghira was reading the speech that he prepared while walking around the room. He sighed and putted his hand on his forehead. Kali got up and walked to him

"Are you ready?" She asked with a gentle tone

"Yes…it won't be easy for the people to hear, but the truth often isn't . I know they'll do the right thing." He said with hope in his voice Then Blake approached him and leaned her head on him, Tatsumi also came closer and leaned his hand on his back Ghira smiled at them and then walked outside, there was a crowd of faunus waiting for him. Kali, Blake and Tatsumi followed him. Bulat, Leone stood behind them as body guards. Mine lying on a rooftop of a distant building, checking the area with Pumpkin while Mitsu was playing with her hair

"Not now dearie, mommy have to shoot at the bad guys" She said as she patted the head of her daughter

Ghira stood on the podium and raised his hand , muting the crowd of journalist and faunus "Thank you all for assembling here." He began his speech "I wanted to take time to address some of the rumors that have been circulating around our island. I believe that it is important for the people of this territory to understand the truth. No matter how you feel about the human race, I think we can all agree that the event now known as the Attack on Beacon was a tragedy. A tragedy that will set both man and Faunus-kind back. While we know that the main aggressor is known as Salem , we do also have official confirmation that Adam Taurus the former leader of a powerful splinter group working inside the White Fang, was partially responsible for these attacks. His actions not only tarnished the reputation of an organization originally created to bring peace and equality to all, but to our entire race. Now, as many of you should know, Adam Taurus was killed by the forces of the New Empire, but a greater evil now lead this splinter group, and his name is Syura Honest. He also lead another group of people known as Wild Hunt who is composed by pedophiles, sadists and scientists who make experimentation on both faunus and humans. Recently, a spy from the same splinter group set their sights on this very home. My own daughter , Blake, and my adopted son, Tatsumi" He paused as the crowd began to murmur " managed to get from said spy his scroll" He raised said scroll "Sadly we have discovered a terrible truth. This Syura have successfully overthrown the current leader of the White Fang, Sienna Khan. His plans are just as terrible as this truth. The documents on this scroll proclaim his next target to be Haven Academy and its attached CCT tower. Their plans id to strike on the last full moon beginning of the fall semester, 6 months from today." Ghira paused again "You have noticed that I talked of an adopted son, his name is Tatsumi but know him as the Dragon Emperor, the Savior of Vale. He is here to help us win against the Wild Hunt since he already dealt with them in the past" then he turned to Tatsumi and gestured him to come.

Tatsumi approached Ghira, who gave him his place on the podium. Tatsumi looked at the crowd

"Well…my speech will never be exhaustive as my father's but I'll try my best." Tatsumi started "When the White Fang attacked Vale my top priority was to save the innocents, I didn't care if they were faunus or humans. They were people who needed help, and I gave it to them. My objective is to create a unique government where Humans and Faunus can live together happily. Now, Syura's objective is to destroy everything, he will kill many innocent only for his delight. I already witnessed what he and the Wild Hunt have done ,and believe me, they have done terrible things: they raped and killed many children, they transformed people into beasts and many other things that I don't have to heart to tell you. If these people manage to destroy Haven Academy, all this things will come upon us. I know that you came here in Menagerie to be left alone and I know that many of you have already fought and grow tired of it but if you don't act your loved ones will be taken away and they will suffer a terrible fate." Tatsumi paused "You can stop this before it happen, you can still save everyone you love! If you join us, not only you will be able to do all this things but you can also help create a new world were your children can live without worrying of being judged by their race or look" Tatsumi concluded.

The crowd was silent. Tatsumi wanted to be elsewhere, he was so embarrassed. Then someone raised his fist

"MY EMPEROR!" A voice shouted After this act many people raised their fists in the air. Tatsumi smiled at the sight.

After the speech many people joined the fight. Of course there were people who still skeptical but Tatsumi wasn't going to force them

Ilia looked at all the people who where signing up, she wanted to reveal herself, she was about to do it, but then she met her gaze. Leone was staring at her, like a predator to a prey. She was waiting, Ilia knew that Leone was only waiting to have a reason to kill her. What she didn't knew was that she was also in the sights of Mine. Ilia bitted her lips and walked away frustrated.

Later at the White Fang hideout

Today the other members of the White Fang were awfully quiet, tough Ilia didn't knew why. Ilia was called from Fennec and Corsac, so she walked inside the study and the two men turned to face her

"Welcome, Sister Ilia" Corsac said

Ilia kneeled before them "You called me?"

"please, stand up" Fennec said and Ilia stood up

"The High Leader Syura gave us new orders" Corsac said with a smile Ilia remembered Tatsumi's words but she dismissed the thoughts and nodded

"You will have the great honor to eliminate the greatest enemy of our leader, Sister Ilia" Corsac said "You'll have to kill Tatsumi Belladonna and his girlfriend known as Mine, then you shall retrieve the little girl named Mitsu"

"K-Kill?" Ilia asked shocked

"Yes, the New Empire has become a big threat to our organization" Fennec said

"I-I see" Ilia replied

"Of course you will not be alone we , your brothers and sisters will aid you in your task" Corsac said "do you have any other questions?"

"No" Ilia said

"Then we wish you success, sister Ilia" Fennec said Ilia bowed her head and walked outside

Later that night

Tatsumi and the others were celebrating to great success that was today

"To Tatsumi" Ghira said as he raised his glass of wine

Everyone raised their glasses "To Tatsumi!"

Tatsumi felt happy but something was telling him that something was going to happen. He didn't drink anything neither Mine and Bulat. His senses were telling him to activate Incursio. Then the sound of a gun boomed from the other room.

"Mine! Hide Mitsu!" Tatsumi ordered as he activated Incursio

Mine nodded and putted Mitsu inside an wardrobe, then she picked up Pumpkin and aimed at the door. Bulat activated his Incursio and Leone took her combat stance. Ghira stood up and positioned himself in front of Kali while Blake activated her weapon. The door exploded and the soldiers of the White Fang rushed in. Mine began to fire in automatic mode killing many attackers. Tatsumi summoned his lance and began to stab many soldiers . Leone jumped on a group of fangs and used her claws to slaughter them. Bulat was using his bare hands, he sent many soldier crushing on the wall. Ghira attacked everyone who tried to get near his wife while Blake took on three soldiers. The fight was interrupted when flames began to wrap the whole mansion. Mine quickly rushed at the wardrobe and took Mitsu

"To the library, it the biggest room in the house, there we can fight with more space" Ghira said and Tatsumi nodded. The group ran through the hallways until they reached the library.

"Mitsu, stay behind me ok?" Mine said to her daughter, who was scared. The little girl grabbed Mine's skirt and began to cry

The White Fang soldier attacked the group again . After a few minuts of fighting the fangs stopped coming and Mine sighed in relief but then something terrible happened…

Mine turned to face her daughter but instead saw Corsac, who was pointing his dagger to Mitsu's neck

"Drop the weapons now!" He ordered

Mine slowly putted Pumpkin down . Tatsumi and Bulat deactivated Incursio while Blake dropped Gambol Shroud

"Good job brother" Fennec said as he approached his brother.

"Now, sister Ilia it is time" Corsac said Ilia dropped from the superior floor of the library

"Ilia! Don't you see? Is this what you really want?!" Blake asked

Ilia sighed and approached Tatsumi while she held her whip. She looked at Tatsumi in the eyes "Any last words?" Ilia asked

Tatsumi really wanted to snap her neck and killed those two fucking foxes. He said nothing Ilia was about to stab his heart when…

"Daddy!" Mitsu screamed

Ilia froze 'D-Daddy?' she thought as she remembered when her parents died in the Dust mine. She looked at Mitsu and saw her younger self. Was she really going to put another innocent child in the pain she's been through? Ilia looked at her hands and felt ashamed of herself, she was no better than the Schnees that killed her parents

"Sister Ilia! Kill them!" Corsec ordered

"No" Ilia replied

"What?" Fennec asked

"I said NO" Ilia attacked Corsac, stabbing her whip in his armed arm making him let go Mitsu. Mine quickly picked up Pumpkin and obliterated Corsac's head.

"DON'T. YOU. FUCKING. DARE. TO. TOUCH. MY. DAUGHTER" She screamed at the headless body

"Brothe-" Fennec couldn't finish the sentence as Tatsumi ,with Incursio, literally grabbed his heart and stomped on it Fennec collapsed on the floor and Tatsumi with a powerful kick decapitated him. Ilia lowered her head and closed her eyes, she knew that she was next

Mine hugged her daughter and began to cry with her daughter, she's never been so scared in her entire life

Tatsumi made sure that Mitsu was okay and then he approached Ilia. He looked at the chameleon faunus and placed his hand on her shoulder. Ilia looked at him with shame in her eyes.

"I'm sorry" she said

"Why didn't you killed us?" Tatsumi asked with a cold tone

"When I was young my parents were taken away from me by a Schnee. In that moments I realized that I became the same moster that killed my parents" Ilia said as tears began to form on her eyes

"How do you feel right now?" he asked again

"I don't know if I can ever look at myself in a mirror" she replied Tatsumi nodded

"You aren't a monster" he said, surprising her "you are just a little girl who gets influenced easily"

"you are not going to kill me?" she asked Tatsumi shook his head

"no you saved us after all"

Ilia turned to Blake who was smiling at her "I know you would do the right thing" Ilia nodded

After all this, the group left the burning mansion and saw many Faunus waiting for them outside. After this attack there was no doubt. The White Fang was Evil