Sup, this will be my first ever fanfic. It's probably gonna be terrible and have some plot holes/inconsistencies since it's created from the mind of an extremely bored teen. Any and all feedback appreciated!

Note: Tatsumi will already have his own teigu before reaching the capital, and will be more mature/ less naïve. In other words, Tatsumi has the potential to be OP as hell, but is held back by his emotions. Just to get some ages right, Akame and Tatsumi are 17, nearing 18 because the ages are never elaborated on. Some events from the manga and anime will be present but altered to fit the story

(4 years ago)

"Tatsumi… Tatsumi, listen to me…" A boy with emerald green eyes and brown hair stood over an old man with white robes. The man had blood dripping from his mouth and from deep gashes on his abdomen. "Elder! What the hell happened here! Who did this!" Tatsumi asked in terror. All around them, in what was once a peaceful village, was death, destruction, and Ice. "Listen to me Tatsumi… They came looking for this, take it, and escape with your friends…" The Village Elder held out what looked to be a sort of amulet. It looked like a miniature, dark silver coffin with a blood red jewel in the center. Tatsumi looked at it with confusion. "Who is 'they' and why were they looking for it?! What do you even want me to do with this?! What more can I do?! There's gotta be something more than just taking a trophy and running away!" The boy yelled with desperation and anger in his voice. Questions were racing through his mind. Who did this? What is that? And why were the attackers here looking for it?

"Listen Tatsumi… it was the Empire *cough* They came here for it because it's more than a mere trophy." Tatsumi's eyes widened at the mention of the Empire. The very people meant to protect the country's citizens, the ones that he wanted to be loyal to. "Tatsumi, you may not believe it now, but the Empire is truly rotten to its core… they've been taxing the hell out of the villages *cough of blood* including ours, and destroying any that have an affiliation with the Revolutionary Army… Listen, They are rage, without mercy, but you… you will be worse… I believe in you, rip and tear the corrupt bastards…" Those were the elder's final words as he extended the amulet towards Tatsumi. Not one second later, his body fell limp.

Tatsumi could not- no – would not believe this. His village, destroyed and left in ruin, by the Empire's soldiers, ones that he looked up to. For all he knew, his family, his friends, his village, were all torn apart. His family. Tatsumi's eyes quickly widened as he swiftly grabbed the amulet and bolted out the building, right as it collapsed. Tatsumi's eyes were racing across the frozen village, trying to find anyone that wasn't dead. No luck. The boy sprinted for what felt like an eternity, noting the ice spikes impaling the only ones holding weapons, before finally reaching his home. It was surprisingly more intact than the other houses, but Tatsumi didn't have time to think about that. He dashed and broke through the front door. Ignoring the pain of the splinters now imbedded in his skin, Tatsumi looked around with desperation in his eyes. "Mom!" The boy cried out. All he could hear was a quiet, faint groan of his name. "Tastu..mi…" Tatsumi followed the repeated groans to his parents' bedroom, which had a huge hole in the ceiling. Tatsumi averted his gaze back down on the floor, seeing a pile of debris, and a hand sticking out of it.

Immediately recognizing the hand as his mom's, Tatsumi cleared the few pieces of wood off his dying mom. "Tatsumi…" it was the only thing she would say. The tears that were only just now welling up were starting to flow endlessly. "Mom! Mom! No! Stay with me! Please!" Tatsumi carefully, but desperately shook his mother's corpse, only now seeing the amount of blood she had lost. A piece of wood was sticking out of her right arm, it connected and impaled through her upper-right thigh as well.

Tatsumi continued to cry and curse anyone and anything for his mother's death, failing to recognize the heat that was emitting from the now glowing amulet in his pocket. And before Tatsumi could notice it, a wooden board fell from the ceiling, knocking him out.

(Present day)

"Tatsumi! Oi, Tatsumi are you alright?" Tatsumi awoke to his friend, Ieyasu, shaking him by the shoulders. "Yeah, just another bad dream" Tatsumi replied, sitting up in his sleeping bag. "C'mon, we're almost there to the Capital, we don't need the strongest one out of the three of us to be totally lost during battle. It'll only be half a day's hike" His friend said.

Tatsumi finally came to his senses, remembering why him and his friends were in the forest. Just then, Sayo, Tatsumi's other friend, had exited her tent, looking extremely tired. "Morning Tatsumi" she said groggily. "Have a nice sleep, princess~?" Ieyasu teased, getting a backpack thrown at him in response. "Ow! What the hell, Sayo!" He shouted in frustration. "C'mon, if we stay in any later than we already have, we'll die to bandits and danger beasts before we even come close to the capital" Sayo said in a matter of fact tone.

"Oh, we'll be fine. We got a one man walking army with us" Ieyasu said while moving into a position that made him look like he was showing off Tatsumi. "Hey, remember that I lose control from time to time, AND it makes me too exhausted to use it the next day" Tatsumi said whilst holding a hand to the center of his chest. "Yeah, Yeah, Whatever, Just get up sleepy head" Ieyasu retorted.

"Hmmm, Maybe we'll can come across some of those 'sophisticated' capital women, eh Tatsumi?" Ieyasu wondered out loud, while stroking his chin with a thumb and finger. SLAP "Don't lose sight of the reason why we're even going in the first place!" Sayo yelled as Ieyasu was rubbing his now red cheek. "C'mon, just finish packing" Tatsumi sighed as he rolled up his sleeping bag and checked his broad sword. "yessirboss!" the two others mocked. The group finished packing and set out towards the capital.

AN: Hope that was good. once again, any and all feedback is appreciated as this is my first ever fanfic. If you want to have a better idea as to what the amulet looks like, google 'Doom Eternal Dark Lord' the amulet on his chest is what it looks like. If you haven't already noticed, I'll be doing some slight crossover type stuff with Doom, but only for phrases and appearances.