Chapter 1 - Arrival
Hello my dear readers, and welcome to my second experiment of my summer break. I have nothing much to say other than this crossover will follow the events of Akame ga kill manga so
SPOILER WARNING
This is a crossover based on Akame Ga Kill and Re:Zero and will be set in the Re:Zero universe. The point of intersection is just after Chapter 76 of Akame Ga Kill (with the assumption that the curse from Murasame """"kills""""both Tatsumi and the Tyrant)
With this being said, I hope you'll enjoy this story, I don't know when I'll update it but I will continue it along with my two main stories. I'll answer all of your question and critiques in the next chapter or in the PMs.
Let's get to this new story!
The Capital
Tatsumi was lying on the battlefield, his body was no longer human, it was the body of a dragon...more precisely of the Tyrant. Akame was walking towards him with Murasame in her hand, she was keeping the promise the two of them made before.
"Very Well, I shall kill you" Akame whispered before gazing one last time in Tatsumi's eyes before stabbing him with the cursed sword.
Tatsumi's body fell to the ground with a loud thud and causing the earth beneath it to shake. 'thank you Akame...farewell' Tatsumi thought as he closed his eyes and the curse crossed his body.
Kingdom of Lugnica
Tatsumi opened his eyes, light filled his vision causing him to cover his eyes with his hand...his human hand. The assassin blinked a few times in shock before checking his body several times before coming to a conclusion...he was back in his body. He then noticed that Incursio's key was strapped to his back, Tatsumi grabbed it and inspected it. It felt like it was...
"Hollow" he whispered to himself before double-checking. It was no mistake, Incursio's key was empty! The Tyrant wasn't there. Tatsumi widened his eyes as a horrifying thought crossed his mind 'Could it be that...the tyrant is still...?"
"Oi, I'm right here" Someone close to his ear said
Tatsumi turned in the direction of his voice and saw a... Black red-eyed chibi version of the Tyrant sitting on his shoulder.
"Oi! Quit staring" The Tyrant said
Tatsumi snapped to his senses "It's just...you are so cute that the idea that you are one of the strongest danger beasts that ever lived sounds more like a lie" he blurted out in shock "How did the great Tyrant ended up like that?"
"'How?' he asked!" The Tyrant replied wagging its tail with an enraged expression "It's your's and your friend's fault, I ended up like this! She aimed at me you know?! She didn't kill you! She killed me! Or at least she tried to!"
"Tried?" Tatsumi asked raising an eyebrow
"Yep! I had to adapt to her curse! And so I left my body and became a spirit" The Chibi Tyrant explained.
"Wait...if you left your body and the curse was aimed at you, it means that...I'm not supposed to be dead" The assassin said as he crossed his arms
"Duh! You are not only alive but you also stole my body! You ARE the Tyrant! Take a Look!" the Tyrant replied as he flew to Incursio's key.
Tatsumi looked at his reflection on the blade and saw himself...
He still had his brown hair but the major difference were his eyes. His right eye was red with a cross slit pupil at the center. His left eye was green but now also had a cross slit pupil at the center. He then touched his hair and felt something hard, it was a pair of small dragonic horns that was mostly hidden by his hair.
'So that's how it is huh?' Tatsumi asked himself before blinking a few time and grabbing in small tyrant and squeezing him "Then why we are not in the capital?!"
In reply, the small dragon bit his finger causing Tatsumi to let him go "How am I supposed to know?! Everything went black and I ended up here with you!" He replied before looking around "Also everyone is looking at us"
Tatsumi blinked a few times as he analyzed his surroundings, he saw that many people were staring at him and whispering.
Tatsumi just bailed out, he ran towards an empty valley and sighed "well...this isn't the capital" he whispered as the Tyrant nodded in agreement. The assassin looked at the small dragon and sighed "So what is your name?"
"I don't have one" The Tyrant replied
"Well, how about I give you one? I can't just call you Tyrant" Tatsumi replied
"Why not? It's cool" Tyrant replied
"It's not really friendly" Tatsumi said sighing "How about this, if I come up with better names I'll call you with one of them?"
"Sure" the dragon replied
"Then, how about Tyr?" Tatsumi joked as the Tyrant looked at him with the 'Are you fucking with me?' look "Draco?" The assassin said getting the same expression "Albion?"
"Nope"
"Ddraig?"
"That's just lazy"
"Ghidora?"
"I don't have three heads"
"Smaug?" Tatsumi proposed
"meh, I want something...that sounds powerful" The Tyrant replied
"Ancalagon?"
"I LIKE IT! IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING BIG!" Ancalagon said excited
"even though you're small and cute" Tatsumi whispered to himself before nodding "Ancalagon it is then"
The small dragon wagged its tail before its head perked up as he looked at the end of the alley "Bad people approaching"
"I was fighting Esdeath less than an hour ago...give me a break" Tatsumi said before he looked at the three people who just entered the alley
The first one had a large body with purple hair and eyes. He was wearing tan clothes, an orange sash around his waist, a green vest, and black shoes.
The second had an unusual white complexion with black eyes. He was wearing something that looked like a prison suit and had chains around his wrists and throat. He had long grayish-blue hair with pink at the end. Tatsumi noticed that out of the three, he was the one with normal body size.
The third was the shortest of the three, he had brown mushroom hair and large black eyes
'thugs' Tatsumi thought as he rolled his eyes, he noticed how Ancalagon was nowhere to be seen now and raised an eyebrow.
The second thug grabbed Tatsumi by the collar and looked at him a smug expression "You look like a smart one, you probably what will happen next, am I right?"
Tatsumi just sighed "Yeah, the three of you will be lying on the floor spitting blood"
"Yeah exactly!" The shortest one said before he frowned "wait...wha-"
And then it happened.
Tatsumi freed himself from the second thug's grip blurred in front of the big one, who looked like the more threating and punched him in his belly, sending him crashing into the wall before he fainted. The Assassin turned around and sent a hammer kick to the shortest one, who fell to the ground unconscious. He then turned to face the last thug standing who had distanced himself from Tatsumi and was bring his hands behind his back, Tatsumi guessed that he had a weapon with him and so he dashed in front of him and sent an uppercut who struck the thug on the chin, immediately sending him unconscious and bleeding from his mouth.
Tatsumi felt one last presence near him and was already ready to strike whoever it was. He saw a short girl with fair skin and medium-length golden hair with a black bow. She had red eyes and was wearing a black top, red scarf, black pants that were incomplete on the left side. The Assassin's fist was an inch away from her face, which was utterly horrified.
"Are you with them?" Tatsumi asked coldly sending a chill down the girl's spine
The girl shook her head vigorously "No...I was just passing by"
Tatsumi retracted his fist and nodded as the girl just ran past him and climbed on the rooftops with some acrobatic moves.
"Good job, partner" Ancalagon said as he reappeared beside Tatsumi
"I'm starting to think that you are just a hallucination" Tatsumi remarked as he crossed his arms and looked at the small dragon "Where have you been? And now that I think about it, why are even able to talk in the first place"
"I was watching the show from the best viewpoint" Ancalagon replied shrugging "I'm a spirit, I'm no longer fit for combat." he started saying "the reason why I'm able to speak with you is quite simple when I became a spirit in order to escape your friend's curse I took along my intelligence and consciousness, I developed my intelligence in order to adapt to the situation where I could no longer use my brute force to solve any problem. So I ended up like this, partner"
"Partner?" Tatsumi asked raising an eyebrow
"Yeah, you know...you WORE me in order to get your things done" Ancalagon replied "Bulat was my partner before you but you are the one who brought forth the best of me...though you kinda betrayed me at the end, not cool man"
"You were trying to take over my consciousness and were about to kill me" Tatsumi deadpanned "And my companions"
"I admit that I was a bit angry...after all, the first emperor kinda hunted me down with all of his men forced me inside that teigu...and the fact you were fighting that much may have got my blood pumping along with all those evolutions, but can you blame me? I have been trapped inside that armor for centuries!" Ancalagon replied
Tatsumi had to admit that really sound bad, he couldn't imagine being trapped alive inside an armor for all that time only to be used for someone's else goals...
"Can we just call it even?" Ancalagon proposed "After all, I can't take that body again otherwise the curse of your friend will finish what it started but at least my spirit is free to some extent. You have the body of a dragon, kept all the good stuff about me and your free will"
"You are free to some extent?" Tatsumi asked tilting his head
"Well, I kinda tried to leave you while you were checking your body, but after a certain distance I start losing my forces, so I came back and as soon as I made contact with you I felt strong again" Ancalagon replied as he landed on Tatsumi shoulder
Tatsumi brought his hand to his chin as he tried to think an explanation on what could have caused this strange situation but couldn't think to any explanation. He then looked at Ancalagon and nodded "I will look forward to work with you...partner" he then looked at the unconscious thugs "What should we do with them?"
"Can I eat them?" Ancalagon asked "I didn't have a proper meal in centuries"
"Nope, I don't want problems" Tatsumi replied before checking his pockets "Well...I have no money right now, maybe they will help us?" he said with a smirk as he grabbed the thugs money, which was quite a lot. He inspected the coins and unfortunately, couldn't tell how much they were worth.
"Well, that's going to be a problem" He said before feeling a presence near him, He turned around and saw a beautiful girl with silver hair and purple-blue eyes. She was wearing a white and purple outfit along with a white flower in her hair.
"You!" She shouted "Give me back what belongs to me"
Tatsumi raised an eyebrow "I'm sorry?"
"Don't play dumb, you stole something really important to me, give it back to me and I will not do anything to you" the girl said pointing her finger at Tatsumi.
"I don't even know who you are" Tatsumi replied as the image of the girl from before flashed in front of his eyes, he immediately understood why she was in such a hurry...she stole something from this girl...he should have knocked her out... "I think you are mistaking me for someone else, less than five minutes ago, a blonde girl ran here and left in a hurry"
The silver-haired girl narrowed her eyes at Tatsumi "uhm...you seem sincere...thanks" she said as she ran past Tatsumi before stopping her tracks shortly after "...What happened here?"
"These guys tried to rob me" Tatsumi replied casually as he shrugged
"And why are you taking their money?" she asked
"Well, I'm taking back my belongings and the money they stole from someone else of course" He lied, after all, he had no money, this was the main reason why he took the thugs' money though he guessed that those were money they stole from someone who was unlucky enough to meet them.
"I see...you didn't go easy on them" she said as she looked at the unconscious thugs "You did this all by yourself?"
"Kinda" Tatsumi replied before he noticed that the girl was now staring at him wide-eyed.
"You are a spirit user like me..." she said
Tatsumi looked at her with a puzzled expression "I beg your pardon?" he asked as she pointed at his shoulder, he looked at the pointed direction and saw Ancalagon sitting on his shoulder "Oh...yeah..." he said 'what the hell is a spirit user?' he thought as he closed his eyes
'I don't know, probably someone who talks to spirits?' Ancalagon replied
'If that's was the case, shouldn't be called Spirit Whisperer or something like that?... WAIT WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY MIND?!' Tatsumi thought
'You need to chill, we are connected, remember? Of course, I can talk to you' Ancalagon replied
Tatsumi sighed and opened his eyes only to find himself looking at a small cat floating in front of his face
"Yo!" The small cat greeted him as he waved its paw "I'm Puck!"
"Ehm...I'm Tatsumi" The assassin replied blinking a few times before Puck flew in front Ancalagon
"Hello there! I don't think I know you, what's your name?" The cat asked
Ancalagon just yawned at him before spreading its wings "I'm Ancalagon The Black Red-Eyed Dragon"
'What's up with all that?' Tatsumi asked through his mental link
"Impressions are important' Ancalagon replied
"Never heard of you!" Puck said chuckling with a smug expression
"What did you say you fuck-" Ancalagon started to say before getting his mouth covered by Tatsumi hand
"Oi, Oi, If you keep going like that I will be forced to freeze you" Puck joked before laughing a bit
Ancalagon bit Tatsumi hand "I would like to see you try! Just to let you know, My partner and I kicked the ass of an ice Goddess!" he declared before getting hit on top of his by Tatsumi 'What's that for?!'
'One, Esdeath totally kicked OUR asses' Tatsumi replied 'Second, stop picking up fights with strangers!"
"Puck stop that! You are being mean!" the girl said as she puffed her cheeks
"I'm sorry, Lia" Puck replied as he flew back to the girl
"I'm very sorry for that, he usually doesn't behave like this..." the girl said as she sighed "You told us your names, so it's only fair for you to know ours, I'm Emilia"
"Nice to meet you" Tatsumi said making a small friendly smile "I'm also sorry for my partner's behavior, unfortunately, this spirit dragon is really aggressive to strangers" he said sending a glare to Ancalagon
Emilia seemed in deep thought for a moment, Tatsumi was starting to worry that he may have said something wrong. "Anyway, let's heal these people, they certainly must have information on that thief"
"you were going to heal them anyway, you can't stand seeing people in that state" Puck said with a smug expression
Emilia blushed a bit before starting pouting "T-That's not true! They must have some information, right?! They thugs so they must know the thief!"
Emilia kept blurting out reasons for healing the unconscious thugs as Tatsumi just threw a smirk at Ancalagon and crossed his arms "Do you really need for a reason to help someone?" he asked causing the girl to stop talking "If you want to help someone out just do it"
Emilia didn't reply she just nodded before walking to the unconscious thugs and healing them. Tatsumi just stared at her as she used what it looked like magic to him. Don't be mistaken, Tatsumi didn't let his guard down, he was ready to kill the girl in front him if she started acting like...
You're just worthless hicks from the country right?!
The same as cattle!
I should be free to treat them however I want!
Tatsumi shook his head as he dismissed that thought, however he will be cautious around Emilia, he will not make the same mistake he made with Aria.
After a few minutes, the three thugs were conscious again though they were still felt the pain of their injuries, they seemed to be scared of Puck for some reason. Unfortunately Emilia wasn't able to get them to tell anything.
"You know, partner, I think we can just leave" Ancalagon said as he landed on Tatsumi shoulder.
Tatsumi sighed and shook her head "No, I kinda feel bad for her, and a bit guilty, I didn't stop that girl from before"
"Huh? How could you have known? We just found ourselves in this place" Ancalagon shot back
"Well, we must start learning about this place from somewhere maybe she could help us" Tatsumi replied
"You seem to trust her way too much for someone of the Night Raid" The dragon remarked
'I don't trust her, I will kill her if she turns out to be the nobles of the capital' Tatsumi replied through the mental link before walking towards the thugs and Emilia "Let me have a word with them" he said to the girl as he lowered himself in front of the thugs. His eyes were now sharp and predatory, in that moment he was Tatsumi of the Night Raid.
The thugs froze in place when they saw his eyes and diverted their gazed
"Blonde, with red eyes, she's a small girl with a scarf, do you know her? she stole something really important" The assassin asked
"As if we would tell you that" The thug that first attacked him replied.
"It looks like I'll have to force you" Tatsumi said as he clenched his fists
"W-Wait Tatsumi!" Emilia squeaked
"IT WAS FELT! SHE LIVES IN THE SLUMS WITH OLD MAN ROM! THAT'S ALL WE KNOW! PLEASEEE DON'T KILL UUUUUUS!" the shortest one shouted with tears falling down his cheeks
Tatsumi nodded and got up "Go before I change my mind"
The three thugs immediately bailed out without looking back.
"Well, they are fast in running away" Ancalagon remarked "I bet we'll not see them for a while"
"Where you really...going to kill them?" Emilia asked as she brought her hand to her chest while Puck just stared at him.
Tatsumi scratched the back of his head a bit embarrassed "Of course not, I was just scaring them"
"oh...that's a relief" Emilia said as she sighed in relief
'You say that but the killing intent coming from you was...immense to say the least' Puck thought 'His demeanor changed in an instant, he was giving off good vibes even though he was wary of Emilia...then he shut down all of his emotions...I wonder what you really are mister Tatsumi' The Spirit then had an idea and tried to see inside the young man's being...Puck found himself blocked then he noticed that Ancalagon was now glaring at him. 'So that's how it is huh?'
"Do you know where the slums are?" Tatsumi asked
Emilia nodded "Yeah, I know the way"
"Then we should go before they sold whatever they stole from you" Tatsumi said calmly
The girl raised an eyebrow "We?"
"of course, after all, I let that thief escape" Tatsumi replied nodding
"but it's not like you could have known! You don't have a reason to help me" Emilia shot back shaking her head
'She just can't accept help' Tatsumi thought as he sighed internally. To be honest, he had a reason to help her, information gathering, Emilia seems to be familiar with this place, he will use her to get all the information he needs "How about this, if I help you, you will owe a favor in this way we both get what we want"
"But my daughter is more than capable to look after herself without your help" Puck said as he crossed his small arms
"The slums are full of criminals and desperate man, if a beautiful girl like Emilia is seen there she will probably be attacked. Not counting the fact that the people who took away her...thing aren't probably to give it back, maybe they'll just surrender if two spirit users show up instead of one" Tatsumi explained calmly
"well you look a lot scary" Puck remarked
Emilia crossed her arms and nodded "I think I can work with that but you have to tell me what do you want in exchange "
"I literally have no idea right now, maybe I'll come up with something after we find your...?" Tatsumi started to say
"My insigna...it's really important for me" Emilia replied
"Soooo do you know the way to the slums?" The assassin asked crossing his arms
Emilia tilted her head as she nodded and started walking out of the alley followed by Tatsumi. After a few minutes of silence, she looked at the young man and spoke "You are not from here, are you Tatsumi?" she asked getting a nod from Tatsumi "Then what brought you here?"
"I don't even know of this city is called" Tatsumi admitted chuckling "I just woke up here with Ancalagon, I can't read the language of this place nor the costumes of this land"
'Oi Oi! Why are you telling her all of this?! What if she's evil?' Ancalagon said through his mental link with Tatsumi
'If she thinks that I'm hopeless and clueless, she will show her true nature more easily. If she's evil, I'll just strike her down like those back in the empire' Tatsumi replied
Emilia stopped her tracks and looked at Tatsumi dead in eyes as she took a deep breath "WHY ARE YOU HELPING ME IF YOU ARE IN AN EVEN WORSE SITUATION?" She shouted as Tatsumi chuckled a bit "WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!"
"Nothing, it's just that you reminded me of someone I knew" Tatsumi replied shaking his head as the image of a certain pink-haired girl flashed in his mind, without him noticing a bittersweet smile appeared on his lips.
Emilia remained silent for a few moments before sighing "Well...I can't accept help from someone in your situation...you should be the one asking for help..."
Tatsumi raised an eyebrow before shrugging "If that's your problem then I'll immediately tell you what I want in exchange for my help"
"You said that you had no idea" Emilia muttered
"But now I do, do you want to hear it or not?" Tatsumi replied with a smirk as the girl nodded "You'll marry me"
Emilia widened her eyes as her face turned crimson red as she stumbled back a bit "Y-You can't be serious...I'm a half-elf with silver hair...no one would want to stay with..." she started mumbling as she stared to the ground
"Why wouldn't someone stay with someone like you? In my opinion you're quite beautiful" Tatsumi replied shrugging as Ancalagon, who was resting on the young man's shoulder, nodded in agreement.
"DETROIT SMASH!" Puck shouted as he punched Tatsumi on his cheek playfully.
Ancalagon simply curled up but kept an eye on the little cat as Tatsumi raised an eyebrow "What's that for? And what's a Detroit?"
"First. HOW DARE YOU TO ASK MY DAUGHTER'S HAND WITHOUT MY PERMISSION?!" Puck shouted as he flew right in front of Tatsumi's eyes "Second. I don't know, I just thought it sounded cool, I guess?"
"Okay? So when you're angry you start speaking nonsense, got it" Tatsumi replied with a challenging tone
"I'm not angry! Quite the opposite!" Puck replied as he crossed his arms.
"Is that so? Good to know then" The assassin said nodding "Anyway...what's an elf? And why having silver hair is a problem?"
"I take it all back, I'm angry at you" the cat spirit said as he flew back to Emilia
"you really don't know anything...?" Emilia asked as she was able to snap back to reality.
"Nope, that's why when you'll marry me, you'll teach me everything of this place" Tatsumi replied causing Emilia to start rambling of why she couldn't accept his proposal.
'Well, her embarrassment seems quite genuine, I'm not getting any bad vibe coming from her' Said Ancalagon
'Or she's very good at acting' Tatsumi replied coldly 'We'll see'
Tatsumi scratched the back of his head "I was just kidding, but I could use a safe place to stay..."
Emilia sighed "You were aiming at this all along weren't you? You just wanted to give me an heart attack..." she said as she nodded "Okay then, if we retrieve my insignia I'll give you a place to stay..."
"You really are an angel" Tatsumi replied nodding
'Hugh...now I have diabetes' Ancalagon said as Tatsumi smirked.
Emilia sighed and nodded. The two of them kept walking in silence, Tatsumi was analyzing his surroundings as if trying to find something familiar. Emilia was also looking around but what interested her was the young man next to her.
'Puck what do you think of him?' she asked
'Well, he isn't a bad person if that's what you want to know' Puck started saying calmly
'That's it?' Emilia asked
'Well, usually I would look inside his mind but his spirit is keeping me out...but I can tell you one thing, his eyes have seen many terrible things' The Spirit said 'And from what I saw before, he's not someone stupid or easy to trick. I don't think he's lying about not knowing how he got here, just look at him.
Emilia slowly nodded as she then openly stared at him, she immediately understood what Puck meant. Tatsumi was studying his surroundings, behind his sharp and cold gaze there was a hint of doubt and confusion of someone who just found themselves lost.
She widened her eyes when that cold gaze caught her, it softened a bit but not entirely, she understood one thing, Tatsumi was still conflicted if he should trust her or not...something started bothering her...was he wary of her because of her appearance?
"Emilia?" Tatsumi asked raising an eyebrow
The half-elf snapped back to her senses "I wanted to ask you of something..." she blurted immediately regretting it "Do you know of...Satella?"
"Who?" Tatsumi replied shaking his head "never heard of her, who is she?"
"Nothing..." Emilia said sighing as she spotted something that caught her eyes.
It was a little girl with bright green hair styled in a bob style haircut and light blue eyes. She was standing at the side of the road with a panicked expression.
Tatsumi traced Emilia's eyes and also saw the little girl but he didn't say anything he wanted to see what the silver-haired girl was going to do.
"Let's go help her, Tatsumi" Emilia said calmly as she started walking towards the girl.
"Even though we must find your insigna?" The young man replied
"That can wait, after all, we already know who and where" The girl replied as she reached the girl and started speaking to her.
Tatsumi watched as Emilia awkwardly tried to interact with the little girl, he noticed how the situation started to go downhill as the little girl started to get scared of Emilia...
'She's evil! The little girl is scared of her! Let's kill her!' Ancalagon shouted mentally as he chuckled before getting hit by Tatsumi in the head
'Stupid, that's not it' Tatsumi replied shaking his head. He knew the difference between being scared because a noble is approaching you and you know that's he's going to have fun with you and being scared just because a stranger is approaching you while being lost. When he was in the Empire it was rare to see kids going around since the nobles and the guards usually used them as objects of their depravations, the girl in front of Emilia was just scared due being lost and being approached by a stranger. The Assassin approached the girl and lowered himself, then he grabbed Ancalagon and showed him to the little girl. "Do you know this is?"
The girl looked at him, then at Emilia and then back to Ancalagon who spread out his wings.
"It's...a dragon!" The girl said as she smiled "Can I...touch it?" she asked excitedly as her eyes lit up, her previous statement seemed to have caught the attention of those passing by
"why don't you ask him?" Tatsumi replied with a friendly tone
'Oi! I'm not a pet!' Ancalagon replied enraged
'Shut up and be nice and cute' Tatsumi replied coldly
"Can I touch you mister dragon?" The girl asked
Ancalagon stared at her before nodding "Sure help yourself"
"It talks!" The girl shouted she started to stroke Ancalagon's head as Emilia tensed up a lot while the people around them started whispering. Tatsumi noticed the sudden change with their surroundings and kept his guard up. "What's your name?"
"Ancalagon the Black Red-Eyed dragon" Ancalagon replied as he seemed to enjoy being stroked "And yours?"
"I'm Plum!" she replied happy
"Are you lost Plum?" Emeilia asked
The question seemed to cause Plum to remember her conditions since her expression turned a bit grim as she nodded.
Emilia offered her hand "come on, let's find your parents" she said with a gentle and warm smile.
'Well, she doesn't seem to be acting' Tatsumi had to admit as Plum grabbed Emilia hand and started following her. Tatsumi dismissed the thought as he silently walked next to them, his expression was gentle even though his eyes were watchful. He spotted a woman with a panicked expression through the crowd and simply tapped Emilia's shoulder before pointing at the woman.
He wasn't surprised when the woman immediately spotted Plum and ran towards her with a relieved expression. Tatsumi stood behind Emilia like some sort of guardian as he saw how the little Plum and her mother thanked the half-elf for helping her.
Plum then looked at Tatsumi and Ancalagon and smiled "Thank you nii-chan and mister dragon!" she said as Tatsumi stroke her head
"You are welcome"
With that the little girl and her mother walked away and Emilia returned to Tatsumi, she noticed how there was softness in his eyes now "You seem happy"
Tatsumi slightly nodded "Yeah, from where I come from people this happy are rare..." he muttered
Emilia raised an eyebrow at that and started wondering from where Tatsumi comes from, she wanted to ask him but she didn't want to ruin the mood.
"How much before we reach the slums?" Tatsumi asked as they returned marching.
"We should arrive before sunset, if we quick our pace we may be able to arrive there even earlier" Emilia replied as the young man next to her nodded before silence fell over them.
Emilia was right, the two of them reached the slums in the late afternoon, the only problem now was that they didn't know where this old Rom lived...
Tatsumi checked his surroundings and saw how everyone was looking at them, hatred, envy and many other not so positive feelings were being sent with those stares.
The young man and the half-elf came across a man who didn't seem to be bothered by their presence.
"Hello there" Tatsumi said with a friendly tone as the man stopped his tracks "We are looking for a person called Felt, we commissioned something from her"
"Felt? I see" The man replied as he brought his hand to his chin "Follow this street, take a left turn and keep going straight, you should see a quite big warehouse, that's where the Old Man Rom lives and where Felt does her business"
"Thanks" Tataumi replied
"No problem brother" the man said as he walked away
"Tatsumi..." Emilia whispered as he stopped walking and looked at her
"Yes...?"
"You lied to that man" She said calmly "We are not here because we commissioned something..."
"In slums like these ones being honest isn't the smartest move, we probably look like a trouble for those who live here. I lied so that they know that we are here for business and not to arrest them all for what they are cooking up in their houses" Tatsumi replied calmly as he restarted walking
"You seem very familiar with places like this, Tatsumi" Puck said as he appeared on Emilia's shoulder.
"Back in my land the slums were a common thing" He replied calmly shrugging as they finally reached the place they were looking for "Emilia, you stay here and wait, if everything goes well I should be back soon"
"Wait, I'm coming with you!" Emilia said shaking her head
"No, you are the owner of the insigna, if you show up they probably will try to kill you, I want to see if we can end this peacefully" Tatsumi replied "Anyway, can you give me some money? I will try to bargain for your insignia..."
Emilia blinked a few times "I don't know what idea of me you have but I don't have any money"
Tatsumi could hear Ancalagon's laughter inside his head as he sighed and nodded "I...will come up with something" he said as he started walking towards the warehouse.
He knocked at the door and waited for a few seconds, he could hear two people talking inside. The door opened and Tatsumi saw Felt standing in front of him "You are not my client..." she said as she widened her eyes "Wait! You were the guy that almost sent me to the afterlife!" she shouted as the man behind her tensed up
"It wasn't my intention" Tatsumi replied immediately
"So what are you doing here?" she asked
"I'm looking to buy something from you" Tatsumi replied
"Oh? Then come in, I have lots of things you'll probably found interesting" Felt replied as they got inside "Do you have any preference? I have jewelry and other fancy stuff"
"An insignia, with a jewel in the middle of it" Tatsumi replied as he sat down.
Felt looked with wariness at Tatsumi "That was a commissioned job, if you want it you'll have to convince my client or pay more than her offer"
"Is that so?" Tatsumi replied nonchalantly "Then I'll wait for this client of yours" he said as Ancalagon jumped on the table and looked at both of Felt and the old man
'Shit...he's a spirit user' Felt thought as the idea of forcing him to leave just flew out of the window 'wait...is that a dragon?' she thought as someone knocked on the door.
Tatsumi remained emotionless as Felt walked towards the door, his plan was simple, he would intimidate the one who commissioned the theft and get the insignia. If this doesn't work, he will follow the commissioner and knock her out where no one can see, get the insignia and return to Emilia.
Felt opened the door and a woman with a black dress entered the room. She had long black hair tied into one tail on the left side along with eyes that droop, giving her a gentle aura which didn't fool Tatsumi, behind those eyes he could feel something akin to bloodlust. She seemed to immediately notice him and Ancalagon and looked at Felt with an inquisitorial stare.
"Oh yeah, this guy is also interested in that insignia" Felt said
"Ara? How unfortunate" the woman said giggling as she sat in front of Tatsumi "Aren't you a handsome one?"
"My beauty is nothing compared to yours" Tatsumi replied with a small smirk 'Oh for fuck's sake why I attract only dangerous women in my life?'
"Oh, you're a true gentleman, it sure a rare thing to find in the slums" The woman said still giggling "Now, why do you want that insignia?"
Tatsumi understood that he was missing the entire picture of the situation, Emilia's insignia seemed to be something really important and as far as he could see the people who want it are not very friendly. Other than that, he didn't have any money or something to offer in exchange so bargaining wasn't an option. He had the feeling that all of this isn't going to end well...
"You stole it from someone I know" Tatsumi replied calmly "I don't have any money to offer you, but instead I have a small room with no windows and lots of bars" he said as Felt widened her eyes when she understood that he was talking about jail.
"My my, and here I hoped that you were a professional enough to recognize a knight in disguise...oh well, I was planning to kill you all anyway..." she said as a wicked smile appeared on her face.
'Oh shit...here we go again' Tatsumi thought as he pushed away Felt and blocked the woman's blade with Incursio's key.
"Oh? You blocked my attack?" The woman said as she jumped back and licked her lips
"You shouldn't announce your attack" Tatsumi replied as he blurred in front of her and swung his sword at her, she dodged the attack but to her surprise Tatsumi was swinging his sword at her again, she was forced to block.
Tatsumi backed away immediately dodging a second blade also belonging to the woman.
"Interesting" she said as her face became a bit red due being excited
Tatsumi didn't waste any time in replying, he just dashed front of her and started exchanging blows with her.
Both of them weren't able to land a hit on each other, and both of them understood that they weren't fighting against a normal human.
"I'll show you what happens when you try to kill us!" The Old Man shouted as he launched a surprise attack.
"NO, DON'T!" Tatsumi shouted as Elsa dodged the surprise attack and aimed at the old man's throat with her knife, the assassin of the Night Raid was only able to kick the arm of the woman with little result since the blade still went through Rom's shoulder but at least it wasn't a deadly wound. "OLD MAN!" Felt shouted horrified as someone kicked down the door...of course, It was Emilia.
"Tatsumi?!" She shouted in shock as the female assassin appeared in front of her ready to strike Emilia down, unfortunately for her, Puck already created a barrier and so her attack was useless and Tatsumi was already on her.
Blood was sent in all direction as Incursio's key cut the back of the woman. It wasn't a deep wound since the woman immediately moved away but it was a solid hit. Puck didn't let her recover and immediately started to send her...lots of pointy pieces of ice...
At first, Tatsumi's blood froze when he saw the ice but sighed in relief when he saw that it was Puck's doing.
The woman was dodging his attacks though due to the wound on her back her movements were slower. She also looked quite excited, the smirk she had until now was nowhere to be seen.
Tatsumi placed himself next to Emilia with a serious expression, he saw how the injury he caused was already healing.
"I'll take it from here, Tatsumi" Puck said as he then looked at the woman "Now, do you have any last words miss assassin?"
The woman didn't reply, she just threw a look at the spirit and then to Tatsumi, her eyes were awfully similar of Esdeath's not in the color nor the shape, they were the eyes of a battle maniac...who now seemed interested in Tatsumi.
Puck started launch ice shards at the woman, who dodged them all quite easily. Tatsumi wanted to help him but it would mean getting in the cross-fire, he limited himself by just defending Emilia and Felt by any possible attack, his attention was also on the bleeding old man on the floor, he really wanted to help him since he technically jumped into battle to help him but he was too close to the woman.
Tatsumi sensed a sudden movement next to him and saw Felt getting ready to jump into battle probably aiming at helping Rom.
Tatsumi grabbed her by the collar and forced her to stay still "What are you doing?!"
Felt started flaying "LET ME GO, I HAVE TO HELP HIM!" she shouted
Tatsumi shook her a bit "Idiot, the only thing you are going to do is get yourself killed!" he said as he threw a glance at the exit "if you want to help him, go look for someone to help us!" he shouted as he pushed her towards the exit.
Felt looked at him with a conflicted expression before running away.
'She's going to run the whole city while screaming her heart out' Ancalagon commented
Tatsumi sighed, he may have been a bit cruel with that girl, she's not going to find anyone, these are the slums there is no knight, no guard or someone willing to help...that's how the slums are, he needed her to go away, of course, he kinda stole the insignia when he grabbed her, he couldn't fully trust a thief after all.
Puck yawned before looking at the woman "Let's end this"
Until now, none of the ice shards hit the assassin in front of Emilia and Tatsumi but suddenly the ice around her wrapped her feet and forced to stay still.
"Sayonara!" Puck shouted before he launched a massive ice attack.
There was a loud boom and then silence.
"That was a close one..." The woman whispered when the dust settled down
"I'm sorry Lia...I need to rest...you know what to do in case you need me" Puck said getting a nod from Emilia as he returned inside the crysvtal on the girl's neck.
"Can you still going?" Tatsumi asked
"Yeah but I don't know if I can keep up with her" the half-elf replied nodding
"Then help that man, I'll deal with her" Tatsumi ordered as Emilia nodded
"Do you think that I will let you do that?" The woman asked with a wicked smile
'Ancalagon...are you even capable of doing something?' Tatsumi asked
'Of course, I can!' the dragon replied
'Then protect Emilia' Tatsumi said as the small dragon flew next to Emilia "Go!"
The half-elf immediately started running towards the injured man, the woman immediately ran after her but she was blocked by a wall of fire.
"Another spirit, I sure found some interesting opponents" The woman said chuckling darkly as she then looked at Tatsumi "Oh well, I guess I'll have to move to the main dish"
"Sorry, but I think this will not go as you planned" Tatsumi replied with a deadly serious expression as he charged at her once again.
Emilia was a bit surprised, to say the least, Ancalagon, Tatsumi's spirit was protecting her, she watched the small creature creating a giant wall of fire just by breathing. Then she looked at Tatsumi, despite the fact he told her that he was lost and had no clue how he got here, he was fighting a deadly assassin calmly instead of panicking.
Tatsumi facepalmed internally as he fought...yes, Ancalagon protected Emilia but set the whole place on fire which was quickly devouring the wood of the warehouse. He noticed that the woman didn't have her cape anymore, a change that happened after Puck's last attack since then she has been avoiding getting near the fire...he could use this as his advantage.
He started getting faster and his blows started to get stronger, the woman kept blocking and dodging until...her blades broke.
The even surprised her and caused her to stumble back a bit on the fire, she quickly moved her body forward in order to escape the flames...only to meet Tatsumi waiting for her. In the blink of an eye, Tatsumi rammed his sword in the woman's belly causing her to vomit blood, then with a swift motion he removed the sword sending blood in all direction.
The woman fell on her knees keeping her hands on her wound in order to avoid her internal organs to fall out.
Tatsumi looked down at her, his eyes cold and sharp before he noticed something
The woman wasn't bleeding any more.
His senses screamed at him to dodge and so he did avoid another pair of blades. He jumped back and saw how the woman slowly got up, her expression full of hatred and rage. She probably didn't like being disemboweled.
She literally became lighting fast, her attacks were relentless and stronger than before. The member of the knight raid understood that she held back a lot probably because she wanted to toy with him but since he humiliated her, she decided to full power in order to get revenge.
In the meantime, Emilia understood that she could not heal the man safely while being surrounded by flames and so she used all of her forces to lift the wounded man. She could see Tatsumi's blade clashing against one of the woman's blades before jumping back in order to avoid the other one. Their fight was shockingly fast and each time their blades clashed they would send a small shockwave all across the room.
Tatsumi saw Emilia dragging out Rom as Ancalagon protected her, he decided that it was time to end this since he didn't know if Ancalagon would be able to protect the half-elf now that their opponent got stronger
The woman widened her eyes as she jumped all the way back across the room which was getting consumed by flames. She looked at him like an animal who sensed immediate danger coming...
'So even when consumed by rage you still tell when to retreat huh?' Tatsumi thought as took a deep breath and raised Incursio's key high above his head "INCURSIO!" he shouted at the top of his lungs as he slammed the sword on the ground and a pillar of fire enveloped him.
Tatsumi felt his body...changing...shaping itself into incursio, the transformation didn't come from the key, it came from inside of him, it wasn't painful it was just weird...the flames disappeared and revealed Tatsumi, his armor was the same he had before turning into a dragon with a small exception, on his chest there were black markings spreading from it...Tatsumi knew that was Murasame's curse waiting for Ancalagon to try to get his body back in order to kill him permantely. Tatsumi's wings were folded but still visible and Neuntote was in his hand.
Emilia looked at Tatsumi with a shocked and amazed expression, her eyes were glued on his wings and helmet. She had to force herself to look away as she took old man Rom away from harm
The woman analyzed her opponent, everything about him screamed 'I'm going to mop the floor with you' not counting the immense killing intent that was coming off from him. She was ready for the fight to come...or so she thought.
Everything was over in the blink of an eye. Tatsumi charged at the woman and thrust his spear aiming for her chest, she tried to dodge the attack knowing that she wouldn't be able to block it but he was too fast. The spear went through her chest and then with a loud sonic boom sent her through the wall and crashing into several buildings before stopping.
Tatsumi walked out of the warehouse before it collapsed on itself due to the fire and analyzed his surroundings.
He immediately caught someone with his eye, a tall, handsome young man with flaming red hair and blue eyes behind him there was Felt who had wet eyes, next to them there was Emilia who was focusing on healing Rom.
The red-haired man was staring at him a mixture of awe and curiosity before he smiled at Tatsumi and started walking towards him "Hello there" he said with a friendly tone "You did a great job with the bowel hunter, unfortunetely, I just arrived otherwise I would have lent you a helping hand"
Tatsumi analyzed the man in front of him, he seemed quite friendly and he didn't seem to be lying when he said that he just arrived. "bowel hunter?"
The young man nodded "Yes, The woman you just fought was Elsa Granhiert, she's a very notorious criminal...but where are my manners, my name is Reinhard, it's a pleasure to meet a new fellow knight, I thought I met all of them"
'Knight? Me? A knight?' Tatsumi thought as he forced himself not to chuckle. The idea of him being a knight was ridiculous to say the least. In his book, a knight is someone who's like a hero that prides himself in honor that fights fairly...that's was the opposite of what Tatsumi was, he is an assassin who doesn't hesitate in striking his opponent down when his back is turned, who hides in the dark waiting for the moment to jump on his prey, someone who's willing to use tricks in order to win.
Tatsumi also analyzed the words of the man in front of him, Reinhard knew that Tatsumi wasn't from around here, he probably guessed that Tatsumi was a knight due to his armor and the fact he just killed the bowel hunter, someone who can't be brought down by a simple guard. For now, he'll just introduce himself and see what happens.
"The name is Tatsumi, the pleasure is mine" He replied calmly as he nodded "If I may ask, how you got here?"
"I found this little girl running around begging for help, she told about a woman that matched Elsa's description and how you and Lady Emilia were fighting her and so I decided to help you." Reinhard said calmly as he gestured Felt.
Tatsumi threw a look at the small thief and nodded "I see, fortunately, I was able to handle the situation correctly" He said as Reinhard nodded
"And you have my gratitude" he replied
Emilia, in the meantime, finished healing Rom and walked towards the two knights as Felt rushed on the injured man's side. She stared at him for quite long making Tatsumi selfconscious of his condition.
"Oh sorry" he said calmly as another pillar of flames wrapped him before disappearing revealing Tatsumi without armor.
This greatly impressed both Emilia and Reinhard as Ancalagon landed again Tatsumi's shoulder "Cool, isn't it?" he said
Reinhard looked at Emilia and then back to Ancalagon with a silent question "Say, Tatsumi...you have formed a contract with that dragon...?"
Tatsumi didn't know how to reply to that 'do we have a contract?'
'I mean yes, you use all my cool powers and when you die I'll return inside my body and do whatever I want' Ancalagon replied calmly
'What about the curse?' Tatsumi asked
'When you'll die the curse will go away not having anything left to kill' Ancalagon replied
Tatsumi looked at the two of them and nodded "Yeah, me and Ancalagon are partners after all" Tatsumi replied scratching the back of his head as Reinhard blinked a few times in surprise before looking at Felt, he then approached her and leaned on her "I think you owe her some apologies and give her insignia back" he whispered to her ear as he slipped the insignia back in her pocket, he frowned a bit when he saw the thing glowing in his hands but just shrugged it off.
Felt slowly nodded as she got up and walked towards Emilia.
Tatsumi just looked in their general direction, the three started talking to each other. Until now, he witnessed a gentle thief, a gentle noble, a gentle knight and a psycho...this was not the empire to say the least, the people, in general, didn't have the same terrified look of those who lived in the empire. He started walking towards the building where he saw Elsa crashed, he was quite sure that she was dead but checking will not hurt...he widened his eyes when he found the crash site...blood was everywhere, her blades were on the ground but her body was missing...How can someone survive with a massive hole to his chest?! Tatsumi quickly rushed to Reinhard
"Reinhard, Elsa is not there" He said serious
"She survived? That attack would kill everyone..." Reinhard said as he brought his hand to his chin "I'll tell my fellow knights to search in this area and put it under control, I don't think she was able to go away from here with all those injuries" he said nodding before looking at Felt "Could you please return the insignia? I swear on my honor that I will not pursue you for what you did"
Felt slowly nodded as she took out the insignia and handed it to Emilia, for some reason, this caused a violent reaction from Reinhard who grabbed Felt by her shoulder and started asking things like 'What's your full name? How old are you?' and so on, then he looked at Emilia and said "I'm sorry milady but it seems like I can't overlook something like this" he said as Felt shouted him to let him go, suddenly Tatsumi placed his hand on Reinhard's shoulder.
A chill ran down Reinhard's spine as he turned to face Tatsumi.
"Reinhard, that's called kidnapping" he said coldly
"Wait, Tatsumi, I don't want to harm her quite the opposite, I want to give her what's rightly hers" The knight replied "I swear on my honor as a knight that no harm will be done to her, otherwise I will let you take my life"
Tatsumi let him go and nodded, his expression was still serious "Very well, just to let you know, I will not hesitate if you hurt her"
Reinhard nodded and ran away while carrying Felt in his arms.
"Well, my job here is done" Tatsumi said as he sighed
"Tatsumi" Emilia called him "Should we go?"
"go? Where?" Tatsumi replied raising an eyebrow
"To my place of course" Emilia replied tilting her head "it was part of our deal wasn't it?" she said smiling
"Oh." That was all Tatsumi could say "lead the way then" he said as the two started walking away...
Somewhere in the city
Al was looking for his mistress, as usual, he wasn't really worried for but he still needed to find her. The knight finally saw Priscilla standing in front of someone.
"Milady, you shouldn't ru-" Al started saying before his blood froze.
Priscilla turned around and looked at him with a raised eyebrow, the person next to her did the same thing.
'It can't be her...she doesn't exist...she's a fictional character...' those were the words that assaulted Al's mind...but his eyes weren't tricking him.
Next to Priscilla there a tall, beautiful, and slender woman with long, light blue hair and blue eyes. She wore a General's apparel with long sleeves with buttons on the upper arms, a blue scarf on her neck, and high-heeled boots.
"P-Priscilla-sama, who's the person with you?"
"Oh? I just met her, Her name is Esdeath, she just told me that she's looking for a fellow spirit user, maybe you know him...it's called Tatsumi" Priscilla said as she looked at her knight in distress clearly amused.
'Spirit user?!' Al thought as a small knight in armor climbed on Esdeath's shoulder
"What is it, Arthas?" Esdeath asked her before the knight whispered something to her. She looked at him with sharp eyes before she started walking away "It was a nice meeting, Priscilla but I must go now"
Priscilla opened her fan and shook her head "I don't think so, come with me, I'll help you looking for this Tatsumi..." she said before looking at Al "get us a carriage, I refuse to walk my way back home"
"Priscilla, I don't have the means to repay you" Esdeath replied with a smirk
"I don't want anything in exchange other than something interesting to see..." Priscilla said as she started laughing...
Back to the capital
Akame did it, she struck down Esdeath. The ice general put her hand on her wound before looking at Akame.
"Now, I die" she said as she started walking towards the giant corpse of Tatsumi.
"Wait! Tatsumi!" Akame shouted before a giant wall of ice blocked her
Esdeath reached her destination and let herself fall on the body's side, she froze herself and Tatsumi before shattering in millions of snowflakes.
The ice general found herself in the darkness, she saw Tatsumi being taken by a black hand
"I will not let you take my beloved Tatsumi away from me!" she shouted as she clung to the young man's body before her vision went black...
When she opened her eyes once again, she was standing in the middle of a square surrounded by people and buildings she didn't recognize. She felt something on her shoulder and when she looked at it she saw a small knight...she knew who that was, it was the demon which was used to create her teigu...
Esdeath smirked as she looked at the sky "Tatsumi...no matter where you are...I will find you and I will never let you go away again" she proclaimed before starting walking...