Alrain: The plan is starting and I won't be able to prevent the deaths of the Gravekeepers but I don't think Tatsumi will care for something like the history of the previous Emperors, he doesn't really care for something of historic value unless he could sell it for profit and his opinion about the Empire is already bad.

He only cares about saving people rather than ever paying a single second of his time to something like art and historic value, he just wants his friends to survive and live a good life and he's aware that every action he takes will have consequences. He's just not only strong but he matured plenty and grew up enough to know you can't save every single life, some will be lost in a fight, lives will be lost if you chose this profession, he's aware of all of it and if he has to sacrifice some unknown people for people he knows and cares about you can see that dark decisions have been made by him.

Chapter 7: A strange friendship, conversing with the Oreburg, and future raid.

Hotsprings.

"Ugh! I should've never tried that stupid sake out that father drinks," complained Cornelia rubbing her head in pain and annoyance of having secretly drunk alcohol and discovering 2 questions and answers for herself, why alcohol is even made to consume and how adults could gulp that nasty stuff down that easily. And the 2 answers are she wasn't definitely not drinking alcohol any time soon since she didn't like the taste, the headache is the 2nd answer about herself that she is a lightweight and that her poison resistance didn't work that way.

"And that is why I never drink any in the 1st place," said Tatsumi cutting into her thoughts and handing Cornelia a beverage that would lift the headache away. "I think after this we should go to the onsen and let ourselves soak in, one of the higher-ups of the place has told me that in the middle of the night it is a Co-Ed Onsen so we can go at the same time,"

"Don't say that so casually!" squeaked Cornelia embarrassed about the thought of seeing Tatsumi naked but her lecherous side hidden underneath that innocent expression whispered to her, whispering that she wanted to see him naked and followed up with what she would do and soon put into many imagine situations and reversing it. She blushed at the naughty thoughts her mind processed for her to see and fantasize about, though the blush can be put away on the casualness Tatsumi said his sentence with.

"I will wear a towel and you can do that too so don't worry about it," laughed the boy who headed to the changing rooms with Cornelia following him and warning him not to peek.

'Luckily that I remain that respect to a woman's privacy and I have seen quite a lot of women in my life, and Cornelia's is lovely to look at,' his teenage state had passed long ago and he came to appreciate the beauty of the female body and certainly took peeks and all of that, well, everyone turns into a pervert and he had been no different but he prefers to keep it to himself rather than to be open and blunt about it like Lubbock.

There had been regret about that and that there had been a time where he told himself he had no time for any of that, no time for something like a relationship as it would leave even a bigger wound in the heart if one of the pair died in a mission, it would hinder them and he would certainly be bothered too long by it and the rest wouldn't let their sadness get the better of themselves. 'I remember being attracted to all of them...Akame, Leone, Mine, Chelsea, Sheele...and even some of that towards Esdeath of all people,'

Perhaps it is messed up of him to have felt attraction towards Esdeath but that had been before he discovered that she's an absolute lunatic and sadist, so far he hasn't seen any of that at the time she abducted him and only shown a bold and innocent cute side...but now that words didn't suit her.

Meeting Leone, he knew one thing and that aside from that she's pretty that she is a caring person and let more on than that you know about her and that she's caring, strong, and brave like a real lioness and that he may have sometimes stared at her which isn't really his fault for doing so as Leone wore such revealing clothing. He couldn't help but stare at her body and as a healthy teenager, his eyes wandered all over her body without her noticing it, to think he had been proud of using his innocent act to deceive Leone and easily deny that he wasn't sneaking glances at her.

'Now I wished I did take the 2nd step!' He imagined what it could've become if he accepted into having a relationship and the happiness that would come with it too, he had gone through the various scenarios and he knew there had been only 2 scenarios it would end up in and the happiness that he would get with Leone. And the sadness that would come as she had died in the Revolution and he had been sure he would be in a depression but just hide it away, there had been a lot of work left and plenty of corrupt nobles to kill that would try to corrupt the new government.

The Scenarios told him that he would face a lot of heartbreak and only strengthen his resolve and at the same time crumble him slowly into pieces.

Sighing internally he could only think at a time in his life that he may have wished that he would be more popular with the girls, he had been a teenager and of course, he would pay attention to these such things too but be less open with it, unlike Lubbock and Leyasu who are pretty much open any time about it though hardly blamed them since all the women and girls they saw are very pretty.

'And I'm still not out of it either!' he wasn't reminiscing the old days like an old man and just enjoying seeing his fellow men man up and asking girls out, he never got out of that stage at all of being in those hormones and the thing was pretty much annoying as hell. The Tyrant fused with him at a young age and after the Revolution, he aged some years further ahead and stopped, the cells are what the body is made off as he had read in books of doctors and he had been told by the Doctor that treated him in the Revolution after he returned to the New Empire after traveling for a few years.

The cells of the Tyrant are very integrated on making sure that his body is at his optimal peak and refused to age him beyond his peak as it didn't see any point in letting the cells degrade, the very purpose of Tyrant is to adapt and survive and not die even by aging and just wanting to die wasn't an option and the only way to change is trying to change the mind of the cells. But Tatsumi isn't that skilled in that and the doctor theorized that only a being of equal or greater power is capable of erasing his life, or it would take a few millennia to get his cells to stop evolving and adapting but he didn't recommend both of them.

It kept him in his healthiest state and peak of his age and unfortunately also kept him a bit in the healthy adult mind too.

'To think it would also keep my mind from degrading too,' his brain is a part of his body too and it is functioning perfectly and kept him from a negative state that makes him vulnerable.

Eventually, his mind wandered off and simply entered the changing rooms and stripped out of his clothing without trying to sneak peeks at Cornelia, unfortunately, or fortunately from which perspective you look Cornelia didn't hold onto that promise as she did sneak glances at Tatsumi as he changes. She gulped and her cheeks flushed red at seeing the naked muscular back of Tatsumi without him noticing it, being a teen she had her needs, and she of course by training sessions got excited at seeing the boys showing a bit more skin, though she couldn't say the same for Akame, Kurome, and Poney that they do the same as her for various reasons why they didn't do it.

Akame is far more interested in eating and the same can be said for Kurome but she's still young and saw Tatsumi in the big brother light.

Poney is too dimwitted as much as she loves her sister but Poney is too dense for these type of things unless she sees Najasho naked, and of course because she's into Najasho and it may not be looking obvious to the boys or girls she could see that Poney is definitely into him despite the scolding she receives from him.

Wrapping a towel around herself she walks alongside Tatsumi towards the hot springs and was met with a hot wave of steam hitting them, letting themselves soak inside of the hot spring water both sighed out in content as their muscles relaxed at the contact with the water. Training had been hard on them and their bodies were often overtaxed as they got stronger and stronger to face even more powerful opponents, hardly time for rest and why everyone is always serious about it as rest is important for the body and mind but them mainly because it isn't training.

Even someone as diligent as Najasho wants to rest.

"This is nice, wish we could go more often to places like this~!" sighed Cornelia as the water continued washing her stress away.

"True, but with our work, it won't be possible," while his muscles never did ache a lot as the Tyrant's cells did the work for quicker progress his body is just holding back and pretending to be tired, an odd thing is that even if he can't change the mind of the cells to stop adapting and evolving he could use them to create something like fake sweat to trick Gozuki. Even so, he enjoyed places like these too and simply did not think about anything worrisome or bad memories that would come often resurface and plague him with nightmares, Hotsprings brought back most of his good memories with his time with Night Raid and how much fun he had with their antics.

Perhaps acting annoyed with some of their habits that had been the time when he hadn't gotten adjusted to the team and being a rookie you tend to do the same things, being too strict and orderly on yourself and not wanting to offend your superiors in any way and simply chide them not to do certain things. That had been embarrassing as it certainly showed him that he's too strict and how quick he had been to freeze up and barely beyond the passing mind, the mind of thinking beyond the obvious as hell thing, and right now it is a good memory.

While Tatsumi is back in the business of thinking and reminiscing himself of the good times his body did react at the staring of Cornelia, though it soon didn't warn Tatsumi anymore as it detected no ill intent and allowed him to continue basking in his good memories. Cornelia had been staring as she watches the waterdrops slowly roll down his exposed muscles, and occasionally he made a small movement that made them moving like ripples in a vast and unmoving river. Feeling herself heat up Cornelia took a quick look around her and spotted no one in her sight in the hot springs they're in.

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**Lemon Alert!**

Breathing in and out to calm herself down on the big risk and action she's going to take she gathered all her courage up and stood up and picked the hand of her comrade up, waking up from his memories Tatsumi looked up and had a questioning face of why she held his hand.

"Tatsumi! Come with me, now!" ordered Cornelia no longer waiting for a response as she pulls him with her and made them hidden behind a boulder away from sight, pushing his back against the boulder and locked lips with him, and pushed herself on him. Hesitation was met with her action and to ensure everything would happen in her favor she let go of her towel, exposed flesh met exposed flesh and with good insurance she rubbed herself gently against his body, gently caressing his muscles with her fingers gliding up and down her eyes caught movement on the towel Tatsumi still had on.

It rose up and not only that so did his arms and wrapped themselves around her waist gently and pressing her tighter against himself, his erection touched her thigh which gave her excited shivers but she didn't want to hurry it up this quick and not mess things up. Continuing caressing his muscles with her fingers of her left hand she let the right one dip down and wrap their fingers around his erection and began slowly going up and down, this earned Cornelia a groan from Tatsumi as he got the pleasure of Cornelia and stopped her actions for a moment to loosen his towel and let it drop in the water and gave him even more pleasure.

It gave Cornelia a good sight and while she hasn't seen a cock in her whole life before right now she definitely knew that Tatsumi is bigger than most for his age, the sight of how big, tall, and the veins that are visible to see for her indicated that it would guarantee her pleasure.

'S-So this is an m-man's cock...will that even f-fit inside of me?' even if there was a bit of fear in her thoughts of Tatsumi's cock going inside of her excitement overrode it.

Increasing her pace on Tatsumi's cock she almost faltered and lost her pace and let a squeak out as she felt something entering her and grabbing her right breast, looking away from his cock she looked at Tatsumi who had inserted his fingers in her and grabbed her breast and pinched her nipple sending jolts through her, letting out her moans of delight it encouraged him to continue. Squirming against his body Cornelia found herself on the losing side as her body offered Tatsumi more options and weaknesses to give her pleasure, a knot twisted inside of her stomach indicating she would lose soon as her body isn't used to this sensation. Not wanting to lose to him nor deny him pleasure because she came before him and stopped her pace she increased it right now and added some tightness to it, licking his chest for a moment she trailed her tongue across his chest and rubbed her left breast's nipple against his.

This gave her more pleasure to but it gave her the edge to put them even as she saw from the corner of her eye that Tatsumi was struggling a bit more to not try and cum, and fought back by leaning forward and gently nipping her ear that got her to stiffen up.

Both of them were too occupied with each other not to notice someone watching them and that was Taeko who had heard them moaning, being a careful Assassin she peeked over soundlessly, and what she saw baffled her of seeing 2 people pleasuring each other. She may have been trained as an Assassin her whole life and trained by the best of the Oreburg and skilled in almost everything the Assassins are categorized as, but her mentor told her that she lacked something in a single field due to having little interaction and that was the field of seduction for Female Assassins.

She didn't understand it but she understood now as she felt the heat rise to her cheeks and getting aroused from spying on them, seeing them touch each other all over their body eagerly and moaning in delight made her wonder how good it felt. Slowly dipping her hands towards her nether regions and rubbed herself and felt a jolt go through her spine, a small cry barely heard invaded her ear canals and made her look up and see that Tatsumi entered Cornelia and made her cry out in pleasure.

Letting Cornelia get adjusted to his size he slowly began to move in and out of her.

"Ah~! Ah~!" moaned Cornelia as she felt Tatsumi enter in and out of her and tightened her hold on him as she felt her legs feel a bit weak already, her body never having registered this foreign feeling yet familiar to her, locking her lips with him to prevent herself from moaning out loud she gave him the signal to go a bit harder and faster. She got it and soon felt as if her insides were lit on fire as she felt Tatsumi's cock hit her cervix and kiss her womb as he continued slamming himself inside of her, she felt his hands molesting her ass and delightfully massage them before she felt one of his fingers enter her butt.

"Mhm~!?"

Tatsumi himself was enjoying it to the fullest as each time he entered Cornelia he noticed that it got harder for him to exit her, he loved how tight she was around him and how her insides refused to let go of him, she was warm, wet, and tight and all of them combined gave him incredible pleasure and wanting to imagine it he thought of Leone by the side watching and masturbating that got him somehow harder.

Cornelia had come on him but he hasn't cummed yet and continued with slamming himself in her and enjoyed her cries of pleasure as she had separated her lips off his, his stamina was far greater than that of Cornelia and continued his pace even and made her come again on him and wrap her legs tightly around him not wanting it to stop.

"Ah~! M-More~!"

"As you wish~!"

Supporting her whole weight as Cornelia got weak in her arms and legs and made sure that she didn't fall he turned them around and placed her back on the boulder that covered them from sight, leaning a bit back he enjoyed watching her breasts bounce up and down and with each bounce they jiggled delightfully for his eyes that were so hypnotized by them, her weak and flushed expression turned him even more on of how weak she looked and how much she enjoyed it and how cute it made her look.

"Tatsu~! C-Cum inside of me!" cried Cornelia out not caring if anyone heard them as she felt too good to even find herself to care about, she barely remembered it was a safe day for her, and that thought was wiped away as she came again and Tatsumi hasn't and still went strong on her. But she didn't have to worry if she could take it as Tatsumi may be older and have a lot more stamina but it had been a long time since he had sex and felt his balls tighten up, not wanting to cum yet he kept himself from doing so and switch his hands to grabbing Cornelia's breasts and pinch her nipples making the girl cry out in pleasure and fastened up his pace and soon felt it coming.

"Cumming!"

"M-Me too! A-Again!"

Both cried out as they came at the same time heating their regions both up to an incredible amount of heat and with a final thrust Tatsumi slammed himself inside of her and erupted inside of Cornelia making her cry out and cum once again but the pleasure was even greater with Tatsumi cumming with her.

"AAAAHN~!"

"GUAHH~!"

"MHGH~!"

**Lemon Ended!**

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"T-That was amazing, Tatsu," panted Cornelia kissing Tatsumi one more time.

"Yeah..." sighed Tatsumi placing his forehead against hers and stared lovingly into her eyes and how beautiful they are like jewels and for a moment he almost frowned at the thought of seeing them empty of life, he wanted to keep seeing them sparkling and enjoy the true meaning of life as a human being instead of as a trained weapon. The whole team would get out of this place and live their lives as human beings and no longer as brainwashed trained weapons that killed innocent lives, he wanted to see them live ordinary lives and use their strength to help the people and eventually grow old...growing old, huh?

"...does our peeper want to come out and apologize for peeking at us?" asked Tatsumi surprising both girls in the Hotsprings and both of them embarrassed but one more than the other, Cornelia was red beet because of a mix of embarrassment and the heat of her interaction and the Hotspring Water, and Taeko because she didn't know how to deal with this and a bit of anger that she allowed herself to be caught and masturbated at the sight.

Once out of the Hotsprings all of them were given some milk that comes with going to the usage of the Hotsprings, and there had been a small commotion that luckily no one heard as Tatsumi confirmed that Taeko had been angry and embarrassed that she let herself be caught. Because she didn't show any outward nor inward embarrassment when she showed her naked body to the both of them and that had been quite the sight for Tatsumi to drink in that it had gotten him a bit excited again, luckily Cornelia wasn't angry about it and does recognize Taeko as very attractive and an airhead as she didn't seem to mind being stared at.

"Sorry that I peeped on you 2," apologized Taeko in a rather dull tone proving once again that she isn't really embarrassed about peeping but just at being caught for being an Oreburg.

"I-It's okay," replied Cornelia awkwardly drinking her milk with Taeko mimicking her and sighing in delight.

"Ah~! The food is delicious here and the Hotsprings are nice here too~!"

'She reminds me of Akame in some way...' thought the 2 Assassins and technically Cornelia is thinking this the 2nd time and Tatsumi seeing this for the 1st time and she does resemble Akame, lacking in a bit of common sense though he doesn't really think Akame would be that lacking in common sense that she would be allowing him to see her naked...that's a hot thought there.

But still to dismiss the situation from a few moments ago was impressive.

"U-Uhm, allow me to introduce us, my name is Cornelia and that is my l-lover Tatsumi, we're here to relax after a hard day of working," introduced Cornelia herself to Taeko who nodded.

"My name is Taeko, and I'm traveling with my grandmother around the world to get a better understanding of it," replied Taeko lying about her cover of who she is as she had done dozens of time of her true missions, right now wasn't any different and it is a meeting with their contractor who had piqued the interest of the whole Oreburg by granting something of great worth. Don't harm their client because he or she might grant them another Teigu that would bolster their ranks and greatly increase their army, they wanted to extend their branches towards the other countries but the Empire offered a lot of work and they needed a lot of income for this, more teachers she required to have in their ranks and usurp many more Assassination Organizations.

And that is by having the Contractor making a permanent ally.

"That's a good goal, traveling the world and seeing the sights of other countries and how vastly different they are compared to the Empire," while Tatsumi may have traveled a lot around the world it felt always a bit lackluster with the lack of company, even with the magnificent sights and places and the various Danger-Beasts the empty feeling was always present and reminding him that he's alone.

'And if I want them to travel with me I must now take action because my free time is now the time to enable my plans,'

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...

Barbara knew that she was dealing with the Assassin group once she had seen the blond-haired man that he and the children following him is dangerous, especially that Silver-haired kid, and had a good feeling that she would be speaking to him soon and Taeko had reported that the blond-haired man is gone. Because this note that had been given to her was definitely not done by him and by someone else that is still present here, she had ordered Taeko to be on her guard as underestimating this contractor of theirs means possible death.

"When will he come..."

"Right now,"

And the doors closed as quickly as they were opened that normal people would've thought that the doors just moved a little bit but to the Oreburg it is like watching someone enter with speed yet gracefully. And like Barbara predicted it was Tatsumi who they would be talking to and Taeko's eyes widened in surprise at the sight of him which intrigued her that they have met before, she would later dig that out but for now she needed to talk to their contractor who revealed himself to them.

"You must be the contractor,"

"And you both are the Oreburg, Barbara Oreburg,"

She heard light respect in the voice and wariness and it made her smirk that she's dealing with the real deal instead of child's play.

"So you're the contractor that was able to pay us half the price of the Revolutionary Army to ensure the safety of a few...other brats and killing some officials," for a moment the temperature in the room dropped and Barbara had readied herself for that to happen, she got a feel of how strong he is and it is pretty strong yet it didn't suit him of this level of strong meaning she didn't get him angry but only annoyed...and that was the terrifying part that someone that can generate this much strength by being merely annoyed made her wonder what his maximum strength is.

"Yes, and they're aware of it and I also ensured that they are loyal to me and not to the Empire, we will raid the Tombs of the Emperor on the orders of the Empire, or in other words Prime Minister Honest,"

Barbara and Taeko made both disgusted noises at the mention of that Demon.

"So I want you to pick us up at the moment where we are at our weakest, and make it appear that you both fight rather hard," it was an order he couldn't refuse no matter what but he didn't find himself enough to even care about the grave of the previous Emperor, his opinion about the Empire had already sunk below the ocean's levels and he didn't really care about the historic value that much nor art at all. But he did pity the Gravekeepers and does in a degree respect them that they have spent centuries down there protecting the treasures of the Empire and that their community never did come out but did keep tabs on what happens outside...perhaps he can recruit a few of them in their fight against the Empire...as long as they didn't see his face.

"And then bring them to our facility and train them up to the next level and have them join the Revolutionary Army and that's it," said Barbara listing out the demands that are easily within their power to grant but the oreburg wouldn't let him out of their sights any time soon. "Still...blind trust or personal feelings do not allow you to perceive if they are honestly not brainwashed, I can see that you are too strong for that but are you sure they won't try to betray you,"

"I am certain...but if I was wrong I will pay you with various resources that can be very beneficial to you," he had considered it and it was a cruel thing to think about but he could never be sure and certainly not too careful about it, as a Master Assassin he had to take everything into account and that was the burden one carries with him or her especially if they're kind souls. "And surely the Oreburg isn't that worried that just a few brats will bring them a lot of trouble?"

"Hmph, you've got guts, kid," she had openly left that for him to take and to see if he's more courageous or more of a coward hiding behind a mask, well, she definitely knows that it isn't the latter and she can respect someone who dares to insult the Oreburg and not flinch in fear.

"Very well, I think you already know the 1st target, right, Taeko?"

"Cornelia...very well, it will be done and I will inform her,"

"Anything else you can give me about your instructor," this was another test to show if Tatsumi is truly free of brainwashing of the Empire.

"Sure, his name is Gozuki and is a former Rakshasa Demon and also wields the Imperial Arm One-Cut-Killer Murasame, the name itself implies that a single tiny cut will ensure death through cursed poison," informed Tatsumi and again he proved to Barbara from the way he said it without hesitation what the man's abilities are, but shockingly about his Imperial Arm and Barbara was annoyed about the fact that she had to make it appear hard.

"A Rakshasa Demon equipped with an Imperial Arm..." this was now quite amping up the worth of their prices. "Anything else that you want to be done?"

"Without having to pay extra?"

"Sure,"

"If possible I would want you to kill him on a later date that I will inform you about and allow me to have the Imperial Arm,"

"That's...quite a tall order you're giving me there...but we keep our deal of the contract," finished Tatsumi and winked at Taeko who blinded in surprise and felt a rise of heat reach her cheeks, only through Barabara's feeling of her smirk snapped her out of it but somehow made her face got redder. "When have you met the kid?"

"U-Uhm!?" Taeko was hesitating and while she didn't feel that much shame of being seen naked but she certainly was about being discovered due to her letting it allow, but now the former made it somehow harder for her to say even with her trust in her mentor. And she wasn't about to let it go and told Barbara the whole story and expected her to be furious...no sound is made and Taeko could only think of a harsh scolding about letting herself be caught due to giving in carnal desires.

No, when she peeked up the sight absolutely shocked her expression as the Barabara Oreburg, the Legendary Oreburg Assassin gaping at her in shock before her lips twitched upwards, and began to laugh out loud while pointing at her and wheezed and cut herself off just to get more air to breath although partially failed at it not having expected Taeko to say that.

Once Barbara's laughter died down or was reduced to snickering then back to laughter as a thought made it even funnier.

'Oh! Merraid isn't going to like this and I'm going to enjoy it~!' thought Barbara evilly imagining the shocked and betrayed expression on Merraid's face that her seduction failed.

City.

'Raiding the tombs of the Emperors...that is just barbaric!' thought Najasho as he sipped his tea not really feeling like window-shopping with everyone else and just oped to have some free time and make plans...he didn't like the latter because it was about invading a tomb and killing people that didn't initiate the fight, and no way to avoid this because this is a direct order from the Emperor or in truth the Prime Minister.

At the mention of him, Najasho got shiver and he may have never met this...demon or seen it with his own eyes but the mere mention of its name brought him shivers, and he heard rumors even from those corrupt nobles that are usually carefree aren't like that when the Prime Minister Honest comes in conversation, like scared of him having heard them and just never talk back to him and accept his orders. With such fear, Najasho had a good idea that the rumors aren't exaggerated but nothing but facts and he had seen plenty of the facts from those Nobles, a servant with blonde hair like his was viciously punished and tortured for dropping a teacup and died, for a moment he imagined himself in the servant's position.

'Would've I ended up like that if I wasn't sold by my parents?' in truth it was very possible as he compared his current situation with the other ones.

The one with not being sold and living peacefully in the village and with the option to stay and live there or got to the Empire and make it big there, although he wasn't that ambitious he thought him in those situations and the result would be his village either burned down because they refused to pay taxes, or him going to the Empire and managing to get himself a job in the Military and die after some months of employment or with luck get corrupted.

And even now wasn't easy even if he's aware of his position it just didn't feel nice.

'A hard thing to have accepted and the burden of those thoughts...yet can't regret it for knowing it as I wanted that,' even if the truth was bitter to him it was better for him to know he's a free person and not brainwashed.

Although he can't say that about the other Assassination Groups as they couldn't extend to them as they lacked the skills and they were children, but above all the strongest handpicked from all the children because of arriving earlier than the others they would be kept a close eye on them. Thinking that interacting with children that are weaker than them would be just a waste of time when it can be used for training, he could see that their training was hard but also to shape them up more and go to their limits and see who truly have potential.

One of the boys he had met is named Gai and he's the type of person that he doesn't want to hang around with as he's loud and quite rude and a pervert, he isn't any different from being a pervert as that is the fate of all boys but he wasn't so vocal about it. Gai surely didn't feel any embarrassment about it but overall he had the potential to join the Elite 8, in case one of them dies or that he's strong enough just to join and increase team power.

There was also the girl named Remus who is a fan of Kurome and deeply admired her for being the youngest of the Elite 8, terrifying sword techniques and a bit of an unstable mind due to scary admiration.

He heard that several teams are assigned with this mission to raid the tombs so maybe he could get a view for himself to see if this Remus was truly obsessed with Kurome.

And someone they might have to later fight against should their paths cross again once they leave here, no, perhaps not because maybe Kurome can convince the girl to leave with them...

No, he scratched that idea again not knowing where her loyalties lie and he definitely knew better than to be just thinking like an optimist, fan or not that Remus girl is still brainwashed by the Empire and would have deeper loyalties to them rather than Kurome. Psychological damage as Remus would see Kurome as a traitor and just admired her for being an Elite 8 and being as young as her, but that didn't mean she should be Kurome's problem as she is the youngest one of them and the elder siblings have to protect her even if she would hate the idea.

But he had a feeling she wouldn't even know how to deal with having a fan and no one else in the Elite 8 knows how to handle them, they had only rivals of the lesser teams who saw them as an objective to reach and even if they had they wouldn't be allowed to interact with them.

"Najasho-nii, what are you doing?" spoke Kurome having sneaked up behind him that startled him a bit that she did it undetected and mentally praised Kurome for it and berated himself for getting lost in thought...wait, this is the perfect opportunity to ask her about this!

"Kurome, can I ask you something,"

"Of course you can, Najasho-nii,"

For a moment Najasho felt his heart flutter in the happiness at how it felt to be called an elder brother by Kurome and this has often happened, and it made sometimes him jealous of Cornelia and Akame of how they are regarded as the elder siblings.

"How would you handle it if you knew that you have a fan?"

"...eh?" mumbled Kurome cutely out as she tilted her head and promptly got a few head pats before she could answer. "I-I wouldn't know...it is pretty much like saying if you noticed Poney-chan likes you..."

"...what?"

"Ehehehe! Did I say that out loud? Oops?"

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The girls were shopping and on the way decided to take away some cake as they didn't want to exclude Kurome out of the eating of cake, Akame may be a glutton for meat but Kurome is the glutton for sweets and she would never forgive them for excluding her out of it even if they have forgotten about her with the latter highly doubtful.

"Not really a lot of clothes that fit my size!" complained Tsukushi that she could never find proper clothes that fitted her age and body, even the very cute ones she wanted to buy but ended up a few sizes too small and the only way is to customize it but that is rather expensive to do.

"Gee, I wonder why?" muttered Poney sarcastically as she stared pointedly at the breasts of Tsukushi and then her own breasts and send another glare to Tsukushi's girls. "Why is the world so unfair..."

"It's not always that good, Poney," chided Cornelia trying to calm down Poney who continued glaring at Tsukushi's breasts and then aimed her glare at her pair and then at that of Akame, Cornelia covered her chest remembering the times where Tsukushi got tackled by Poney and molested her breasts and demanding her to reveal the secret how to get them big.

"Yeah, right!"

"Poney-chan! Please, they're not that great!" having huge breasts wasn't something Tsukushi liked that much as her shoulders do tend to get sore, but that isn't the only reason as it comes with harassment of boys wanting to hit on you, them staring and not to subtle about it either, and not being able to find clothes your size and always ending up paying for more it.

"Really? If there was a chance that you could switch with me, would you take it, my dear sister, Tsukushi?" asked Poney not convinced of it.

"..." well, Poney had her there in a corner of the question that if the chance was there to possibly switch would she accept?

No, not really as her breasts do give her some trouble but it was also a confidence boost for herself to have a bigger chance to have Tatsumi accept her as his girl, fighting for his heart is something she had always placed 2nd before escaping with the rest from this place. Relationships can turn quite sour because the boy or girl they like is with another and makes it awkward for him or herself, not being able to see them and also living with the fact that they are out of your reach and that you could only regret not being brave enough.

Love works sometimes so odd.

"..." Tsukushi hasn't answered and it made the mood awkward and Poney glare until she decided not to.

"Sorry, should've not asked that...I just want a chance with him," muttered Poney the last part to herself, and mentally scolded herself that she let some of her anger out on Tsukushi who had done nothing wrong...she just wanted him...she wanted her leader...she wanted to have Najasho look at her. She did not pay that much attention to her appearance but had been often called very cute by her sisters and some boys who confessed, she rejected them not wanting a relationship with any of them because she lacked interest before she got a bit older.

Boys like big breasts are common sense for girls.

But they will also give you a bigger chance to get your crush to notice you and Poney had messed that part a bit up as every action she takes or the messages that she sends to Najasho ended up in failure, he didn't really take her that serious and would simply describe it as her odd behavior.

'Did I really have a chance in the beginning? Does Najasho see any interest in me? Does he...prefer girls that are like him?'

Najasho is very handsome in her eyes but also like a gentle river which is calm and quiet and even graceful and gentle, but it can also appear very powerful as the stream didn't stop no matter what obstacle is in the way. If she were to compare herself to him she would be more of a volcano that makes a lot of noise and is spontaneous and does do a lot of damage to nature, not that she was destructive but rather compared her excited energy with it.

She felt then arms wrap around her and didn't need to look that it was Cornelia comforting her.

"It is about your crush on Najasho, isn't it?"

"...was I that obvious,"

"No, not at all, we figured it out by ourselves,"

Great, they all know about it, and not that she had to worry about rivals knowing that the majority likes Tatsumi and she admitted that Tatsumi is handsome, but she felt more of that she had a brotherly view of him rather than love.

"...I just want him to look at me..." that alone told them enough about it of the things that came with love and the possible consequences that will come especially in close groups, a relationship could potentially ruin the whole group and make them scatter but in their case, it will affect their overall teamwork and a higher chance of losing their lives.

The 'What If' questions and situations.

Does Najasho have ever seen her that way?

Does he like someone else in the group?

Would she stand a chance?

Is she his type?

Will he say no or yes?

And the last one is the most troublesome as that could end up in several situations with their teamwork being disrupted due to the awkwardness, and Gozuki won't approve of any one of them being in a relationship and thinking it would affect their overall performance. Even if they planned to escape from this place would it affect their future missions because it would get rougher from that point on there.

And especially with the arrival of the Raid of the Graves of the Emperors.

Alrain: Sorry for not updating this story and school kept me up again and weird things happened lately, tests aren't done on the date they are marked, teachers not coming to lessons, and that just put those tests further ahead of me that I don't get the free time to write a lot. I talked to Necros lately but he's hard to reach now and decided to let his account stay and not erase the story, he has still not considered coming back and wants to only come back once he feels like it.

He wants to focus on school and improving his grammar, which I should do to and I plan to do so.

The next arc of the Gravekeeper Arc is coming and there won't be any changes to what was intended in the original story, the gravekeepers won't be saved or warned ahead and since a certain someone arrives there it won't do much either for those who read the manga. Some will be saved and later on another person arrives and makes himself known.