A/N: I cannot believe that Halo 2 is halfway don until I could write ODST and the one and only Halo 3.

And for ExcaliburShooter, I hope you're alright.

Disclaimer: I do not own Akame ga Kiru and Halo, they belong to their rightful and respectful owners.


As Akame, Mine, Chelsea and Leone kept their controllers, the cutscene was played in the last room of the level Delta Halo.

(cutscene)

Master Chief starts to walk past a hologram of Prophet of Regret chanting a sermon.

Cortana: "Wait, go back."

Master Chief puts Cortana in the holo-projector, her avatar appears.

Cortana: "That's what I thought he said. The Prophet of Regret is planning to activate Halo!"

"Doesn't he know the dangers of doing that?!" Mine shook her head.

"Relax Mine. The Covenant are those types of Fanatics." Najenda said with a frown.

John-117: "Are you sure?"

Cortana snaps her fingers and then the hologram starts speaking in English

Prophet of Regret (hologram): "I shall light this holy ring, release its cleansing flame, and burn a path into the divine beyond!"

"More like wiping the entire galaxy." Susanoo added with a shook in his head.

"Jeez, I never knew they were too fanatical." Tatsumi added.

Cortana snaps her fingers again, and the hologram freezes.

Cortana and Najenda: (smugly) "Pretty much."

John-117: "Commander, we've got a problem."

Commander KeyesCOM: "So I hear."

The view changes into In Amber Clad's bridge, where Keyes studies a hologram of the Index.

Commander Keyes: "But from what I understand, the Prophet will need an object, the Index, to activate the ring."

Commander Keyes changes the hologram to the Library.

Commander Keyes: "I've located a Library similar to the one you found on the first Halo. If the rings work the same way, the Index should be inside."

"Well, here's another memory." Leone said as she remembers dying a lot on the mission. The Library.

Sergeant Johnson (Video COM): "I'll bet the Covenant are thinkin' the exact same thing."

Commander Keyes: "Then, we'd better beat them to it, Sergeant. Extract your men, and meet me at the Library."

Sergeant JohnsonCOM: "Yes, ma'am."

The view changes back to the Chief and Cortana.

Commander KeyesCOM: "I'll secure the Index, Chief."

Master Chief puts Cortana back in his armor.

Commander KeyesCOM: "You take out the Prophet. He's given us all the intel we need."

"So, this is kinda like an assassination mission?" Mine guessed.

"Affirmative, and there's a way to assassinate him." Delta answered before she looked at Leone. Leone didn't know why Delta was staring at her until Mine, and Akame knew what kind of killing she was referring to and did the same.

In an instant, everyone looked at Leone, and soon she knew why. "Punching an old man in the chair?"

"You are correct, Reclaimer." Delta answered cheerfully. "You're going to deal with regret while the others are going to deal with his guards."

The players agreed to this and soon started the mission to assassinate this Prophet.

{Gameplay}

Testament

A swarm of Yanme'e descend upon the four, shortly followed by a pair of Sangheili. Mine and Chelsea dealt with the drones, while Leone and Akame quickly dealt with the Elite Ultras. After defeating them and Leone and Akame got new energy swords, they and two Marines proceed outside, to encounter a large Covenant force in the ruins.

"Wooow….." Tatsumi and Wave said looking at the old ruins.

"I never knew that the Forerunners built those types of architecture before." Najenda added with a surprised expression on her face.

"Indeed, the Forerunners did build these." Delta informed them.

Cortana: "You know, I think the Forerunners built these new structures around the old, to protect them, to honor them. Pure speculation, mind you. I'd need to make a thorough survey to be sure."

The four and their team engage the Covenant forces, which include a significant number of Kig-Yar Snipers. Where in an instant, Mine was shot down.

Mine put down the controller and breathe to calm herself down. Before she picked up the controller, but she was shot again. Her left eyebrow twitch and was about to go full on to the Jackal, then she shot the beam rifle off that Jackal before beating it to death.

"Fuck you and fuck everything you stand for! You stupid feathered sack of shit! Not so powerful anymore without a beam rifle are we you stupid motherfucker!" Mine said as she was beating the dead Jackal Sniper.

Everyone even Esdeath looked at Mine in a fearful awe. "I think I have a new fear of Mine." Lubbock whispered to Tatsumi.

"Yeah." He agreed.

"Do you feel better, Reclaimer?" Delta asked.

"Yeah, I-" Mine was about to say but was shot again by another Jackal Sniper. In an instance, Mine was about to go full in but was stopped by Leone and Tatsumi, who then decided to take her out to cool down for a bit. With Mine taking a break, Tatsumi picks up the controller and the others continue with the game.

(Game resumes)

Eventually they are able to proceed to a large platform, just in time to see an anti-gravity gondola being activated and speeds away.

"I never knew that the Forerunners had gondola." Wave said.

"You are fascinated in the Sea, Reclaimer." Delta stated.

Cortana: "I wish I had more time to decipher these inscriptions. The Forerunners revere this place, that much is clear. But was it a temple, or a university... I can't say."

A group of Kig-Yar Snipers and Sangheili defend the platform. After a while, the four and his Marine companions clear the platform. An enemy Phantom appears and drops off a Mgalekgolo pair. After a struggle, Akame, with the help of the others are able to bring the behemoths down.

"Goddamn it, they're so annoying!" Tatsumi uttered.

"Hope we never get to encounter them." Lubbock said quietly.

Commander KeyesCOM: "Cortana, the Covenant are getting nosy. I don't want to give away my position, so I'm rerouting a few stragglers back to you. I apologize; these Pelicans are all the support you're gonna get."

Cortana: "Understood, ma'am."

A Pelican dropship swoops down and releases several Ordnance pods for the team, which they managed to get their weapons resupplied.

Cortana: "A gondola's launching from the far towers. Big surprise, it's full of Covenant reinforcements."

The gondola docks with the platform, and its Covenant passengers, led by a pair of Sangheili attack the team, but were quickly disposed of.:

Cortana: "Well, they were nice enough to bring us a ride."

"Yeah, it would." Tatsumi said and could ask the monitor to take him and Mine out for a day.

The others went on and Tatsumi active the gondola.

One-Way Ticket

The four are attacked by a swarm of Yanme'e as they cross the lake. They eliminate them.

Cortana: "This lake couldn't have been created by volcanic action, which means it was either built this way on purpose, or was created by some other cataclysmic event... Sorry, were you trying to kill something?"

"Yeah, and I'm really starting to get pissed at those buggers." Leone said as she shot one down.

Another gondola stops beside the UNSC teams one, sent from the far structure. A pair of Sangheili open fire on the humans while a small group of Yanme'e attempt to board. The four kills all Covenant present with their battle rifles and the gondola moves on. The UNSC gondola reaches the far structure and the team are forced to deal with several Kig-Yar Snipers and Shade turrets. All hid in cover and killed all of the Jackal Snipers.

"That was close." Tatsumi breathed in relief.

Moving inside, the team eliminate a large group of Kig-Yar and Yanme'e surrounding an elevator shaft.

Cortana: "Ah, now I see. There's a submerged section that connects these towers to the outlying structures. Looks like we're going down. Unless you'd... prefer to swim."

"I prefer not to." Tatsumi said as he threw a grenade down and killed all of the enemies.

The underwater elevator comes up, ferrying a deceased trio of Kig-Yar. They then all go in and journey underwater in the elevator, and peer around the murky depths.

Cortana: "I've intercepted a secure transmission from Regret's Carrier to the something called High Charity. It seems to be a formal apology to the Prophets of Truth and Mercy. Apparently, Regret jumped the gun when he attacked Earth. He's asking the other Prophets to 'forgive his premature arrival', arguing that 'no human presence was foretold.' That explains why there were so few ships in his fleet. But it's odd that a Prophet would have such bad intel about his enemy's homeworld."

"That is why he brought in a small fleet?! Earth is humanity's homeworld for crying out loud!" Najenda pinched her bridge of her nose at the Prophet's incompetence.

"He did have bad intel to be fair." Delta countered.

The team enter another structure, clearing out a group of Unggoy in a submerged corridor before entering a large chamber. A protracted battle ensues, in which the team face Sangheili Honor Guardsmen, Kig-Yar Snipers, Yanme'e and a Mgalekgolo pair. Upon successfully clearing the chamber and without dying, the four gaze upon a massive hologram of the Prophet of Regret.

Cortana: "And people say I've got a big head."

Leone snickered along with a few others.

"Wow, good call." Leone clapped her hands.

The four reach another elevator and go underwater again.

Cortana: "Regret's carrier just received a response from High Charity. A very well encrypted message from the Prophet of Truth. Listen to this: 'Your haste has jeopardized the fulfillment of our Covenant, threatened our grand design. That you shall be spared a public display of our contempt is thanks only to Mercy and his wise counsel.' Truth, Mercy, Regret. Three Prophet Hierarchs. Killing Regret should shake up the Covenant leadership. But frankly, it sounds like you might be doing Truth a favor."

"Sounds like Truth is planning on something big." Najenda pointed out.

"And what could that be?" Sheele asked.

"Probably usurping the Elites." Esdeath guessed.

"Okay, no. he wouldn't do that." Wave countered.

"You might never know." She also countered. Delta couldn't help but agree with her.

After emerging from the elevator and killing a pair of Sangheili Honor Guardsmen and several dozing Unggoy, the team find another hologram of the Prophet of Regret spouting religious rhetoric.

Prophet of Regret (hologram): "Every member of the Covenant shall walk the path. None will be left behind when our Great Journey begins! That is the Prophets' age-old promise. And it shall be fulfilled!"

Cortana: "'Great Journey'? Doesn't he know what these rings do?"

"No/Nope." All of them answered.

"He's really going to commit genocide." Tatsumi added.

"And I can't believe that the Covenant worship that type of relic." They all heard Mine's voice. "Mind if I come back?"

No one answered and without hesitation, she cam back and sat on the left side of Tatsumi.

The four exit the structure, engaging a mixed array of Sangheili, Kig-Yar and Yanme'e. Eventually the UNSC forces clear the area and secure a landing zone.

Pelican PilotCOM: "This is my last run, Chief! I'm nearly out of fuel. We've secured the first tower cluster, so I'll set down there. Call when you're ready for evac."

The Pelican drops off more weapon pods and some Marines.

The four and the newly arrived marines clear the next nearby outdoor structure area of Covenant, along with another Phantom's troop complement. Eventually they encounter another gondola which is lightly guarded.

"Good thing there's no Jackal sniper." Mine sigh in relief.

Cortana: "There, another gondola. Looks like it leads straight to the main temple. Not much further now."

Akame starts the gondola. Two Banshees emerge from the mountain behind them, which were quickly dealt with by Chelsea and Tatsumi.

Commander KeyesCOM: "How's it going, you two?"

Cortana: "So far, so good. We're approaching the main temple now."

Commander KeyesCOM: "Roger that. I'm as close to the Library as I can get. There's some sort of ... barrier. We're trying to find a way around it. I'll keep you posted."

"If she makes the same mistake as her father." Najenda listened as she has the feeling that she will create the same mistake.

The four fights off the Banshee's, as well as another gondola containing several Sangheili Rangers and high-ranking Unggoy wielding fuel rod guns (which all of them avoided before Akame kills them with her Battle Rifle.) As the gondola nears Regret's temple, a mass of Unggoy and Kig-Yar rush to defensive positions, manning several nearby Shade turrets. The team manage to eliminate all Covenant forces as the gondola docks with the temple.

(Cutscene)

The Master Chief walks off the gondola and looks around, then up. There are an uncountable number of Slipspace ruptures, and hundreds of Covenant ships come out of Slipspace, followed by High Charity.

"Holy shit! That's a huge fleet!" Lubbock look in awe.

"It the defence fleet for High Charity, Lubba. What would you expect if you were in the Navy?" Wave questioned him.

"The Reclaimer is correct and it is led by Xytan 'Jar Wattinree." Delta agreed.

Cortana: "That's the largest Covenant fleet I've ever seen... the largest anyone's ever seen."

Cortana: "Get inside the temple and kill Regret, before it can stop us!"

(Gameplay)

Sorry, Were You in the Middle of Something?

The four enters the temple, engaging several Covenant troops.

Cortana: "The Covenant fleet has launched multiple waves of Phantoms. Too many for me to track... we don't have much time."

Cortana: "There are Honor Guards all over this place! Watch your back."

The four enters the main room. The Prophet of Regret sits on his Gravity throne at the far end of the room.

"We'll deal with the guards, Leone." Akame said and killed on honour guard.

"You got that." Leone nodded and soon went up to Regret and started to punch him.

Cortana: "There's the target, take him out!"

After sighting Leone, the Prophet talks to her.

Prophet of Regret: Guards! Remove this vermin from my sight!"

"Human filth, you befoul this holy place!"

"You dare to interrupt my sermon?!"

"Incompetents! I'll kill it myself!"

"Yeah right." Leone went off as the Prophet teleported to another spot. The three killed a lot of enemies, but were low on ammunition.

"Sis, better kill him now or we're all dead." Tatsumi warned her.

"You got that." She nodded and went up to the Prophet.

Despite Regret and his Honor Guards' best efforts to stop Leone, she manages to defeat the Prophet by jumping onto his throne and repeatedly punching him in the head. The Prophet loses control of his throne which crashes, overloads, and explodes. Any remaining Covenant in the area start to flee.

"Thank you sis, we though we were dead for good." Tatsumi said.

"Despite you not changing your tactics, you did a good job." Delta congratulated.

"Aww, thanks." The blonde responded with a blush.

Cortana: "Bad news, the Phantoms are turning around. The fleet is preparing to fire on our position. We need to get out of here."

(Cutscene)

The Master Chief is running outside distant rumbling sound. A Covenant ship is directly overhead. An energy projector from a nearby Covenant ship hits the temple and begins destroying it The Chief turns, runs around a corner, and jumps a ledge, landing about several feet below where he was. He runs the entire length of the temple, as the temple starts exploding. He barely makes it off, and is flung into the water, where he slowly begins to sink with other bits of stone from the temple.

"I hope he gets rescued soon." Leone begged.

"I wouldn't say so." Kurome countered.

As the Chief continues to sink, one tentacle comes up from the bottom. A deep, disembodied voice speaks out.

At that moment, everyone had their eyes wide open when they saw the tentacle.

"Oh, no,no,no, no,no,no!" Mine repeated.

"How the hell are the flood there?! Wasn't it released by the Covenant?!" Najenda asked the monitor.

"No, in fact, there was a failed contamination protocol." Delta answered with sorrow as she knows the Flood had already existed in that ring for 100,00 years.

Gravemind: "This is not your grave..."

Esdeath had her eyes wide open. She'd heard that voice before in her dreams. Delta noticed this and could try to ask her when the mission ends.

The tentacle wraps around the Master Chief, dragging him down.

Gravemind: "But you are welcome in it."

Level ends.

As the level ends, everyone is now worried about Johnson and Miranda in their mission in the library.

"I hope Johnson and Miranda are okay?" Leone prayed.

"Don't they have like one of those things before?" Mine speculated.

"I wouldn't say so. When enough bio-mass is consumed in the Proto-Gravemind, it becomes a Gravemind. It grows in size and it can be a master manipulator." Delta said with a shiver as she has known only a certain numbers of them. "Now then…" she turns to face Esdeath. "When did you get into contact with a Gravemind?"

Esdeath then breathed. "Honestly, after that two hour break, I was thinking in my head when it came into my head. I don't know why, but it taunted me." She then shivered at the image that the Gravemind sent to her.

"I see." Delta spoke. "The Gravemind has the-"

The all of a sudden, the Gravemind's voice was heard for everyone. "Fate had us meet as fools. But this Empire shall make us brothers!"

The voice then disappears, making everyone frantically scared.

"Okay, that Gravemind is scaring the hell out of me." Lubbock shivered.

"Yeah, but let's get our minds off that." Wave tried to make everyone calm.

"The Reclaimer is right; we need to keep our minds off that." Delta said but was irritated about her explanation to Esdeath. She knew that the Gravemind has the ability to go in other peoples' dreams and cause terror within their minds. Without hesitation, Esdeath, Wave, Seryu and Kurome picked up the controller to play the next mission.


Well there you have it. And for the nightmare, it will never happen since I cannot be bothered writing it because it will give me a huge headache and stress. Well, that's why I'll treat you with a brief omake.

Omake: Monster meeting monster

When Prime Minister Honest woke up, he found out that a tentacle was wrapped around him. he tried to break it off with his brute strength but to no avail.

"Get off me!" he angrily shouted and was soon lifted by the tentacle. He was hung from the floor, when a green fleshy creature appears from the floor.

"W-who the hell are you?!" He shouted fearfully and tried to use his Imperial Arms on it, but it was knocked off. He managed to reach his revolver and shot the creature, only to not take in the effects. For the first time, he felt really scared, no one to save him from this creature.

"I?" the creature spoke. "I am the monument for all your sins."


Edit: twenty-three days until Halloween Special. I have a opinion of something. What do you think of a Tyrant Dragon/flood hybrid? And also the announcement Trailer for Halo 3?