A/N: Sorry if this took me long to write. I was just having my break.

Disclaimer: I do not own Akame Ga Kiru and Halo. They belong to their rightful and respectful owners.


Mine, Wave, Bols and Dorothea soon picks up the controllers from the table to play the next mission as the loading screen was being displayed.

(Cutscene)

The Master Chief and Thel 'Vadam flies their Banshees to High Chairty. The two finds an opening into the Hive.

Already Leone really wanted to throw up upon seeing the Flood Biomass within High Charity. "Geez, I remembered seeing High Charity and now…?"

"It was quickly consumed by the Flood." Tatsumi added.

"You are correct Reclaimer; this took approximately thirty-nine days just to turn into a full on Hive." Delta informed the group.

Night Raid was quite shock that this took only a month for a city like High Charity to be converted into a Flood's hivemind.

Sergeant Major Avery Junior JohnsonCOM: "Chief, I'll round up our survivors, fall back to the Dawn."

The Chief drops down onto a wide platform from a hole above with 'Vadam following him.

JohnsonCOM: "The Shipmaster will do the same with the Elites."

The Chief shakes off some organic material sticking to his boot.

Leone felt like she was going to throw up now upon seeing the organic material sticking. "Ugh, I suddenly don't feel so good."

"That's what you get for drinking too much alcohol." Queue Fives reminded the blonde since she drank a lot before playing Halo 3.

"Can you bear with this mission, Reclaimer?" Delta asked in concern.

"Yeah, but I might throw up in quite sometimes." Leone answered.

JohnsonCOM: "Cortana's in there somewhere..."

"Somewhere, are you serious?!" Leone groaned.

"Suck it up, Leone." Najenda told the blonde.

{Gameplay}

The four begins their journey through the hive, killing any Flood in their path and pciking up weapons that were suited to fight the Flood.

"So this is really a Flood Hive?" Dorothea said as she was trying to not get disgusted by the Flood's hive.

"Okay, that's very disgusting." Leone said as she leaned into the bucket that materialized.

"Please stop complaining." Queue Fives said as he was getting annoyed by the blonde's words.

Gravemind (Gravemind Moment): "Child of my enemy, why have you come? I offer no forgiveness: a father's sins pass to his son."

"There's that line again." Esdeath said in her head.

"Why would he say that?" Sheele asked in slight concern.

"He was referring to the Forerunner's war with them." Delta responded as she still remembered some events during that time.

The four drops down from a porta.

"THE FUCK!?" Mine exclaimed.

"Okay, I feel like I want to throw up." Leone said as she leaned into the bucket and soon hurled silently. Akame gave her friend some support by patting her in the back.

"This is going to give us some nightmares for quite sometimes." Tatsumi admitted

Cortana (Cortana Moment): (A strange mix of cries of agony and psychotic laughter)

"Wha-What's wrong with her?" Sheele asked as she was getting a bit scared.

"The beginning of the AI's rampancy." Delta responded.

"Rampancy?" Stylish said in interest.

"It is a terminal state of being for artificial intelligence constructs, like me starts to behaves contrary to its programming-imposed constraints. In your words, AIs develop a longing for godlike power and contempt for its mentally inferior makers." Delta informed Stylish with high concern.

"Wait, what about you?" Dorothea asked.

Queue Fives then decides to answer that. "Well, she is in her rampancy state but it's only just minor symptoms."

Night Raid let out a sigh of relief that Delta had developed minor symptoms of Rampancy but they were now worried about her since she is now in her rampant stage.

The four passes through the area where the High Council Chamber once was. Exploring further, the four goes to an outside area where they find a crashed, but intact Pelican, possibly from the UNSC In Amber Clad.

Wave spotted something that Bols liked. "I found something."

"I see." The masked man found the flamethrower and soon picked it up.

Mine quickly observed the area that they were in and thought of something. "Since fire is quite useful against the Flood, I'd say that Bols say in the back in case we're surrounded."

"Good call." Bols nodded at the pinkette's recommendation.

Cortana (coming from a speaker within the crashed Pelican): "I ran, tried to stay hidden, but there was no escape! He cornered me, wrapped me tight... and brought me close."

"Jeez, this is beginning to be like…uh…." Lubbock said as he was trying find a word.

"Erotic Lovecraft story?" Queue Fives finished.

"A what now?" Tatsumi said as he never heard the word "Lovecraft" before.

"Please don't say anything like that." Leone begged as she felt like was going to throw up.

As the four goes deeper into the hive and kills any Flood form that they encounter while also restoring their health:

Gravemind (Gravemind Moment): "Of course, you came for her... We exist together now. Two corpses, in one grave..."

Cortana: (distant) "A collection of lies; that's all I am! Stolen thoughts and memories!"

"Come on Cortana, don't listen to that manipulative freak." Leone said as she was praying for her safety.

Gravemind (Gravemind Moment): (intrigued) "And yet, perhaps a part of her...remains?" (maniacal laughter, fades into Cortana's voice)

Cortana: (deranged laughter)

Everyone including Akame and Esdeath shivered at the laugh as this was getting too freaky.

Akame breathed got deeper but she soon manages to compose herself.

In a large room where they were a lot of Flood, a Terminal can be activated. Upon killing all of the Flood present there, Dorothea soon activated the terminal.

Cortana (Terminal): "It was the coin's fault! I wanted to make you strong, keep you safe...(drop in tone) I'm sorry, I can't..."

Cortana begins to show signs of rampancy.

"This isn't good." Leone said.

"We need to find her now!" Mine exclaimed as she cannot bear to see Cortana suffering.

Cortana: (casually and kindly, as though nothing is wrong and mimicking Dr. Catherine Halsey) "May I speak with you, please?... What's your name? It's very nice to meet you!... You like games? So do I."

"Delta, what is she referring to?" Dorothea asked.

"That is referring to when she first met John." The monitor replied.

"John? Isn't that Chief's real name?" Wave remembered.

"Affirmative." Was Delta's response. "You might need to watch some documentaries in order to understand."

The four fights through more narrow, Flood-contaminated tunnels.

Cortana: (upset and frightened) "I'm just my mother's shadow... don't look at me, don't listen! I'm not who I used to be..."

"Don't care what you are! You're still your own person." Leone shouted.

As the four nears a large room (with the route to the reactor room at the top):

Gravemind (Gravemind Moment): (angrily) "Time has taught me patience! But basking in new freedom, I will know all that I possess!"

"Are you sure?" Lubbock said.

"You're just an abomination and not a God." Najenda added while puffing out a small smoke.

The four continues to the reactor room.

Cortana (Cortana Moment): (panicking, her voice slightly distorted) "I have walked the edge of the abyss. I have seen your future, and I have learned!"

"This is getting Creepy." Cosmina gulped as she was getting afriad.

"I know." Dorothea agreed and thought that the Gravemind was way, way worse that Syrua and Champ.

The image of Cortana suddenly turns a tinge of green. She clutches her head and writhes in pain.

Gravemind (Gravemind Moment): (angrily) "Submit! End her torment and my own!"

"Not yours." Leone retorted.

"Cortana's." Mine corrected.

The four heads through a tunnel littered with bones and skulls, and enters the reactor room.

"I don't feel hungry all of a sudden." Kurome said as she put down her cookies in the table.

"I think that will change soon." Susanoo agreed as he didn't feel like cleaning right now.

They see one of the four reactor pylons malfunction and overload. The four fights their way through the reactor room, and exits through a door on the other side. They enter yet another hallway.

Cortana (Cortana Moment): (panicking, voice slightly distorted) "There will be no more sadness, no more anger, no more envy!"

"Stop this….." Leone said.

"You Flood bastard." Najenda said calmly as she hated the Gravemind on what he was doing to Cortana.

"We're almost there." Tatsumi added. "Don't worry about it."

Gravemind (Gravemind Moment): (enraged) "You will show me what she hides...or I shall feast upon your bones!"

"Oh, you'll be enraged." Leone said as he cracks a small smile that she was still carrying the activation key from the first Halo Ring.

The four begins to reach the end of the hallway.

Cortana (Cortana Moment): (speaking in a calm, distorted, monotone voice as though brainwashed. Her image is green.) "This is UNSC AI Serial Number CTN 0452-9. I am a monument to all your sins."

The four rushes to the end of the hallway and enters the former Sanctum of the Hierarchs. There they find Cortana lying prone in a stasis field in a center podium.

"I got this." Wave said as he bashes the shield until it finally fails. The screen soon cuts to black.

(Cutscene)

Cortana: (weakly) "You found me."

The Master Chief leans closer towards the panel Cortana's on. The AI lies pitifully on the podium, pain and shame on her face. The animated code that usually flows across her skin is absent.

"I remember a situation like this." Kurome commented as she and the others saw this cutscene.

Cortana: (weakly) "But so much of me is wrong… out of place. You might be too late…"

"It's never too late, Cortana." Wave stated.

"Chief's going to get out of there." Mine added.

The Chief kneels right next to Cortana.

Master Chief Petty Officer John-117: "You know me. When I make a promise…"

Tatsumi and Akame looked at each other and remembered the promise that they made to each other. Wave also did the same to Kurome before the four soon looked back at the screen.

Cortana looks up at the Chief. She starts to glow.

Cortana: "You… keep it. (she raises her head, and sounds amused) I do know how to pick 'em."

John-117: "Lucky me. Do you still have it?"

Cortana slowly gets up. As she does, she begins to glow more brightly and the lines of code and equations begin to fall over her surface again. She opens her palm and a hologram of the Index appears above it.

"Ah, the nostalgia." Lubbock said while he was watching the scene.

"Let's hope that Sparks doesn't do anything stupid." Mez hoped.

"But he might take his protocols a bit too far since the Ring is quite new." Delta countered as she knows what will happen.

Cortana: "The Activation Index from the first Halo ring. A little souvenir I hung onto… just in case. (she looks around) Got an escape plan?"

The Chief gets back on his feet.

John-117: "Thought I'd try shooting my way out - mix things up a little."

"Yes Chief! That's what I'm talking about!" Leone yelled in excitement.

"At least he has a plan. Unlike you." Najenda countered, making the blonde pout.

The Chief takes Cortana's old data chip out of his helmet and holds it in front of her. Cortana touches its core and uploads herself into the chip. The Chief inserts Cortana back, at long last, into his armor.

Cortana: (jokingly exasperated) "Just keep your head down... There's two of us in here now, remember."

"Ah, there's the nostalgia." Lubbock repeated.

"I actually miss Cortana taking." Seyru admitted.

(Gameplay)

Nor Hell A Fury…

Cortana: (weakly) "Chief, get me out of this place. I… I don't want to stay."

"Yeah, you two needs to get out of there ASAP." Najenda agreed with the AI.

The four heads back out the hallway.

Gravemind (Gravemind Moment): (roars) "Now, at last, I see! Her secret is revealed!"

"Then come get it." Chelsea declared.

"Bastard won't even get us." Leone added with a smile of hope.

The four returns to the reactor room. Flood forces, now aware that Cortana is in possession of the Index, start attacking. The four stands their ground and defeats them.

Cortana: (weakly) "We need to buy some time. This reactor... start a chain reaction. Destroy High Charity."

"Good idea, so that would mean no more Flood Hive." Leone said as she let out sigh.

The four heads to the center of the reactor room and accesses the main controls, exposing the three remaining reactor pylons. A new wave of Flood swarms the reactor room, attempting to stop them. However, Wave, Dorothea and Mine successfully destroys all three reactor pylons while Bols gave them covering fire.

Gravemind: (roars in pain)

Alarms blare. Explosions erupt throughout the reactor room.

"Finally, this shithole is going to be destroyed." Leone said.

"I wouldn't say so." Delta countered in a quiet tone as she knows that an explosion like that wouldn't fully destroy the Flood. Luckily, no one heard her.

Cortana: "You hurt it, Chief. But not for long. We need to get to Halo - destroy the Flood once and for all."

The four leaves the reactor room and races through High Charity, which is now rapidly falling apart.

"Good, High Charity is finally going to get destroyed." Tatsumi said in relief.

When the four reaches the halfway point to escaping High Charity:

Cortana: "Analyzing the route ahead… I have it mostly figured out. Just keep going. I'll update your HUD as quickly as I can."

They soon reached a blocked hallway.

Cortana: "Corridors beyond this point have collapsed. I'm looking for an alternate. Careful."

"Don't worry. The Chief is always careful." Kurome said as she is aware that the Chief have gone through things that would've normally kill a non-augmented human.

The four finds their way back when Cortana spots Thel following the Chief as they make their way back.

Cortana: (amused) "Wait, you two made nice? What else did you do while I was gone…?"

"Let's see. The Humans had made an alliance with the Elites, Stop an entire Covenant Fleet with their help and finally kill Truth." Esdeath listed the events that Cortana missed.

The four clear the immediate area of remaining Flood, then head outside.

(Cutscene)

The Chief and the Arbiter board the Pelican the Chief discovered earlier. The Chief uploads Cortana into the Pelican's holotank and starts up the engines. One of the Gravemind's tentacles reaches for the dropship, but the heat from the thrusters forces it to retreat.

"That was close….." Cosmina muttered that the Gravemind's tentacle didn't wrap up around the pelican.

The Pelican takes off, smoke pouring lightly from the left engine. The tentacle comes back and tries to ensnare the dropship, but the Pelican pulls free of its grip. The Pelican barely escapes as High Charity's reactor goes critical, consuming the planetoid in a massive explosion. The Pelican makes its way to the new Halo ring.

Level ends

Fade to black

As the level ends, the plays soon put down their controllers down in the table. Soon they all got up and did a few stretches before they sat back down.

"That level was short." Tatsumi admitted.

"That's because we're getting good in Legendary difficulty." Mine told her boyfriend.

"Ugh, I still don't feel good." Leone mumbled as she was still cradling into the materialized bucket that Delta gave.

"I think you all need a thirty minute break." Queue Fives recommend.

"Thirty minutes? Well, since it was too bad like the previous ones, I'd say that we take a thirty minute break." Delta said. "I think you need some tea. I'll go prepare some." Delta soon left the room and Night Raid soon stayed in the Death Battle Room to have their thirty minute break.


A/N: Well, sorry if this was so soon and too short. I really wanted to complete this before the end of this year so I could move on to the Rookie of Night Raid. And trust me, writing this story is making me bored. But that doesn't mean that you can adapt it to your own work, which I mean, the Halo lore is quite big and I think I need some help from you guys. Tell you what, if you ever want something done, you could contribute by posting stories that are related to this fanfiction. Like, c'mon Halo has got a big community. Well, I might see you quite soon.

Edit: I might plan on writing an TES/AGK crossover (even if the first was was a complete fail.) And I might say, who will Night Raid (spoilers for the Rookie of Night Raid) will side with? The Imperial Legion or the Stormcloak Rebellion?