Hey everyone, I hope you all are having a good day at the time of reading this, there are times when I don't feel super motivated to write, but not matter what happens I'll continue this for all of you out there, I hope you have been enjoying what we've got so far, I am very passionate about this story and I hope you all stick around. = )
"All this time...you've been giving my friends harmful drugs so they can obey you..." Daikon says as he approaches the scared man, Bill was shaking intensely, trying to think of something to say, he slowly back away "N-no Daikon, you must be mistaken...I could never do anything like tha-".
The assassin clenches his right fist and backhands him into a table, knocking the man and the table on the floor, he stares into bill's eyes with extreme anger "Not only that...you killed Remus", he'd pick him up by the shirt and slam him on the floor, causing small cracks.
Bill grits his teeth and groans in pain, despite all this he still tries to convince Daikon he's got it all wrong "S-she's not dead, we just put her to sleep so we can-", before he can finish his sentence Daikon stomps on his stomach, causing the man to scream.
He would then clench both his fists as he stared at Bill "I was never a fan of you sir, there was always something about you that was creepy", he crouches down and get ready to attack "But now...i will never forgive you for what you've done..." he said in a serious tone.
Just before Bill can say anything further, Daikon punches him with great force, giving the man a bloody face "This is for Kurome...", he continues to punch him several times with both of his fists "This is for everyone!" he shouted.
The mad scientist was unable to properly scream as his face was getting hit repeatably, after a couple more hits Daikon stopped to breathe, Bill's eyes started to water as he stared at the ceiling "Daikon look...i'm sorry if I did anything wrong, I-I'm just trying to-".
The spiky haired assassin grabbed him by the shirt with his right fist ready to punch "Were you sorry when you killed one of my friends...were you sorry when you gave them harmful drugs?!", he punches the man once more as he was tired of him lying.
Bill had nothing left to say, he only found himself crying pathetically, this only disgusted Daikon...making him think he is only sorry now that he's been found out "I don't care if you're sorry now...you don't mess with my friends!".
He starts crossing his hands together, ready to perform a double axe handle, the Bill couldn't move as he is too hurt to do anything "Damnit...D-DAMNIT!" he thought, with a shout Daikon slammed his fists hard against the man's head, brutalizing his face, the mad scientist was no more.
Blood was splattered on the floor, his fists were bloody, Daikon breathed heavily as sweat covered some of his skin, he stood up and looked at both his shaking fists...wondering if it was the right to kill the man this way, he shook his head trying to keep himself focused.
Normally he isn't like this, but what Bill has been doing really angered him to no end, there was no justifying killing a friend and keeping it secret...nor drugging up people, Daikon stared at Bill's body with a frown before turning to the door "Goodbye sir...i hope I'll never see you again...".
But then he looks around the room, realizing someone might have heard the screaming "Damnit, if anyone heard that I'll have to get back to my room quick!" he thought, he looks out the door for anyone nearby...which luckily there was no one else in the hallways yet.
He quickly closes the door behind him and runs through the halls as quietly as he could, he manages to find his room and sighs of relief, but when his hand touches the doorknob he looks back...still making sure no one was out here, afterwards he enters his room.
Daikon stared out the window...at the stars, this wasn't like all his other kills when he was in battle, instead of cutting or blasting someone...he beat them to death, he touched his forehead as if he had a headache then walked towards a sink.
He starts washing his hands to clean off the blood, he was lucky the blood didn't reach anywhere else on his clothes or body, after all that he sits on his bed...looking at his right hand "It's gonna be alright, that man will mess with us no longer...".
But the thought of killing someone with his bare fists still unnerved him, the way he killed the man bothered him...even if he deserved it, he lays in bed and stares up while the thought was still on his mind, all of this made it harder to sleep.
The moonlight lit up his room once again, his tail wrapped around his waist to sleep more comfortably, Daikon closes his eyes trying to sleep and get the thought out of his head "Cmon...sleep damnit".
After a few attempts he's finally able to sleep, trying to look forward to the upcoming training tomorrow, the thought of getting even stronger exited him enough to pull through the night...as well as seeing his best friend again, he slept quietly...hoping to not think about the kill again.
However back out the hallways there were 2 soldiers patrolling through the base, one of them wore a mask while the other had a mature face, "Are you sure?, I don't think any intruders would easily enter this base" the masked man asked, the other soldier simply nodded.
"I swear I heard screaming somewhere, it has to be from this way" he says while they roamed, the other man held his rifle with a small sigh "Maybe your just getting old sir", this angered the other man as he lightly smacked his chest "Shut your mouth, now help me find the source of the screaming".
The masked soldier sighed "Fine, let's get this over with", the 2 men walked around until they find a room still lit up, one of them slowly opens the door to see the corpse of Bill, both of them jumped from the sight of this brutality.
"Geeze, who could have done this?" the masked soldier asked in a very creeped out voice, the other man examined the body and it's bloody face, he then remembered cases of someone brutally killing soldiers with their fists, then it occurred to him "Maybe...it's the work of Night Raid".
1 day later
There was a large colosseum within the capital city where the training takes place, there were no spectators present to distract everyone, General Budo stood in the middle of the ring in a battle position "Show me what you're all capable of...Seven" he announces.
Daikon and all the others charged forward with different strategies in mind, all of them were unarmed...making this a hand to hand fight, Kurome and Akame attempted to kick Budo from both sides, only for him to block them with ease.
However this gave Daikon an opening, he quickly appears before the giant man and delivered a powerful blow to his stomach, sending him sliding backwards, while this didn't hurt Budo that much...the damage still impressed him "Interesting..." he muttered.
The others watched with awe before quickly focusing back on the training, Cornelia and Green attacked the general as best they could, punching and kicking while he blocks their attacks, after he spots Daikon and Kurome jumping towards him he dodges the duo and counters with a kick.
Daikon ducks under it while Kurome jumps, she performs a spinning kick while Daikon attempted to punch his face, Budo blocked them but was surprised by their progress, "I'm benefitting from this training as well, these 3 have great potential..." the man thought.
Natala was in the air, trying to land a diving kick, but Budo noticed him and grabbed his leg to slam him down, Natala quickly rolled away and dusts himself off, as the man stared forward Daikon charged up a ki blast and shoots it towards him.
With a surprised face Budo jumps out of the way, but instead of the blast hitting something Daikon manages to stop it and redirects it back to the general, it hits him on the back and smoke covered him up, as the smoke clears Budo was still standing but was still shocked.
"What kind of power does this boy possess?" he asks himself, while everyone else was used to Daikon's ki manipulation, this was a new discovery for the general...giving him something to think about "It can't be a teigu...can it?" he thought while staring ahead.
"You alright sir?" Daikon asked while scratching his head, Budo nodded "I'm fine...just your attack surprised me", the man stood straight and faced him, crossing his arms in a serious fashion "Tell me...what do you call this power?" he asked, curious to find out more.
Daikon charges up a ki ball before making it disappear "I call it ki, I focus my energy and turn it into an attack!", "Energy huh..." Budo replied curiously, he wondered if anyone can do these kinds of attacks with their own energy.
The general turns back to the whole team, this group of assassins show great promise and potential, with further training by him...they might even grant the Empire victory without a sweat, "Good work so far seven, but continue showing me more of your power..." he announced with pride.
With a smile Daikon clenched his right fist and prepared for another round "Yes sir, we'll do our best!", Kurome agreed and stood beside him "Yeah, we won't disappoint", afterwards everyone else stepped in and they all charged towards the man once again, continuing the training exercise.
Meanwhile
Night Raid roamed a canyon like wasteland to reach the capital region, Bulat crossed his arms as he followed his leader and the rest of his team, "Are we almost there?" the green haired young man asked, Najenda sighed before crushing a cigar with her metal arm "I'll tell you when we are Lubbock".
The weather made it hard to walk outside without sweating...and the wasteland didn't make it any better, Leone wipes sweat from her forehead while taking off a coat she wore while they were in the tundra, revealing her outfit with a black tube top, detachable sleeves, a scarf and her belt.
"Well...it's best to adapt" she says with a smile, but after a few minutes she looked around "Hold on guys...i have a bad feeling about this", she clenches her fists with a serious glare and her belt briefly glowed yellow, a small Firey like aura moves up her body and transforms her.
Her hair was now longer and she grew lion ears, claws, and a tail, even her teeth had some fangs, she glares around the canyon with her lion ears twitching, Bulat grabbed his sword from its sheath in case there was any attackers, everyone stopped moving as Leone checked their surroundings.
Some rocks fell down from a cliff nearby, her ears twitched once more as she turns around "Bandits!" she says, everyone else looked up the cliff to spot 5 people standing above, the leader was a man with purplish blue hair "So you must be Night Raid, the rebels know when to bring out the best".
Najenda looked into his eyes with a calm glare "Let me guess...the Empire sent you?", the man only laughed, laughing until he suddenly stopped in a serious fashion "No, I want to destroy the Empire for what they do", this gives her an idea.
She smiled before holding out her hand "Then how about we work together?, I'd make sure you can have a place in the Revolutionary", Lubbock scratched his head "You think we can trust bandits?" he asked, the man above shook his head "I'm sorry but we work on our own accord, no strict rules keeping us in place...".
Suddenly 2 girls with cyan hair and grey eyes looked up at him, with one of them mentioning something to him "Maybe they have more info on the Elite Seven, if so we can team up to take them down!", Najenda was able to hear this and it further strengthened her offer.
"They seem to be after the Seven, this is good" she thought, this gave the man some time to think about this offer more, but he still shook his head "I'm still not interested, we work on our own and we are doing fine without the presence of the revolution".
"Well...looks like you'll be missing out on all the fun" Leone says with confidence as she smirks "You'd be denying yourselves a chance at the Seven if you're gonna turn us down", one of the cyan haired girls nodded "Yeah, let's work together to kill the ones who took down the Oarburgh clan!".
Lubbock's eyes lit up upon hearing that "Wait, did they say Oarburgh clan?", all of this was seemingly going into Najenda's favor as if fate was finally being nice to her, she clenches her metal fist with a confident smile "Yes, as a matter of fact we know who took down their leader...".
"Loris, this could be our chance" one of the girls said with a smile, the other returned a smile "Yes, but let's hope the leader takes up that offer", the man took a deep breath with a face of defeat, he didn't want to work with anyone else other than his team, but he felt it's best to not deny his team their chance.
He crosses his arms and gave the eye patched woman a reluctant nod "Ok...we'll work with you, but I still have no desire for joining the rebels", afterwards him and the rest of the team jumped off the cliff and landed safely in front of Night Raid.
The man speaks once more, introducing himself to the team "My name is Mudi, leader of the Retribution Group, if you really share our desire to take out the Seven...then I'll tolerate this team up", Bulat grinned while resting his blade on his shoulder "Well, that takes care of things".
2 of his members revealed themselves from the shade, one of them wore a black cloak covering his face and most of his body, the other was a young curvaceous woman with silver neck length hair and golden eyes, she also wore a dark headband with her bangs hanging out beneath it.
The woman crossed her arms and gave a serious look, she meant business "Where do you think the Seven are located?" she asked coldly, Najenda took out her map and looked through it "I expect them to be somewhere near or within the central region, it'll take a couple more days to reach there".
"Yeah, hope you are prepared for long distance travel" Lubb mentioned to the woman, she didn't reply but only glared at him, giving him some chills "Sheesh, just trying to help", Najenda then closed the map carefully and puts it away.
The other woman averts her gaze and stared at the ground "Do you know someone by the name of Kouga?", Najenda nodded her head as she knew who she was talking about "Yes, the man who worked undercover in the Sabatini show, reports say he was killed by the Elite Seven's Akame".
"Uh oh, Mashiro's getting angry again" Loris mentions to the other girl, both back away a bit as Mashiro was shaking her fist, trying to hold in her rage and keep herself composed, she then looks back at Night Raid's leader, now determined to head off to the central region.
Mudi sighed and looked towards the horizon "We should get going, their deaths await us" he says with a smirk, his head turns towards the cloaked person "Are you ready to go?" he asked, the person then throws off the cloak and reveals themselves.
He was a young man with spiky blonde hair and wore a black outfit resembling a military uniform, his right eye was golden but his left one was black with a weird tattoo, he unsheathes a broadsword and stares ahead "Yes sir" he spoke calmly.
Leone grinned and punches her fists together "Now let's get to cracking skulls", Najenda then turns to Bulat while holding onto a large black case "Bulat, they might be aware of our presence and send one of their assassins after me, I want you to be my guard and we'll let them come to us".
Bulat nodded in agreement as they all walk off, holding onto his teigu "Yes mam, we'll see who they send", Mashiro still has her fist clenched, now knowing who killed this person named Kouga, she mutters "You'll be my first target...Akame".
1 hour later, Elite Seven's capital base
Daikon was in the dining room with Kurome and Akame after the training with Budo, Akame was eating her steak quickly while Kurome ate hers at a normal pace, but she became a little concerned when Daikon wasn't eating as fast as he usually was.
"Are you ok?" she asked him "You aren't eating very fast", Daikon stared at his plate until he heard her "Yeah, the training took a bit of energy from me", though that wasn't the real reason, he still couldn't quite shake off something from his mind.
The red eyed sister tilted her head "You sure?, you're also a bit more quiet than usual", he nods while he continues eating, he didn't want to worry any of them, things are already looking uneasy with the mentioning of Night Raid.
Akame finished her food and wipes her mouth, before she leaves she picks up her plate and looked at her sister "The leader wants me to hunt rebel spies, I'll be back in an hour or 2", "Ok sis" Kurome responded, Akame turned around and walks away from them, heading off to do her mission.
Afterwards Daikon continues to finish his meal and stretches his arms afterwards, he noticed Kurome looked a bit down as well so he sat next to her, patting her shoulder "What's wrong Kurome?", she rested her elbow on the table with a quiet sigh "I'm a bit worried about my sis".
This caused him to remember seeing Akame muttering to herself as well as seeing her running through the halls last night, "Really, what happened?" he asked, Kurome finished her food then took out her new bag of chocolate chip cookies "Last night she talked about how she's starting to distrust the Empire".
She then started eating her snacks "She's been worrying about me being an assassin, but I told her I'll be fine as long as I have you guys", Daikon wasn't surprised about Akame being worried for her sister, but didn't know she was forming a distrust with the government.
"It's natural for her to worry about you, but so far I haven't seen anything weird about the Empire" he responds while resting his arms on the table, Daikon hated Bill for what he had done...but he hasn't seen the Empire as a whole do anything shady.
Kurome nods "That may be true, but if there is anything wrong with it we should only hope it'll self-cleanse naturally", Daikon agreed with her 100%, if there was more people like the mad scientist then the government should naturally get rid of them as best they could.
He took a glass of water and looked around the room, drinking while thinking about Akame, he turns back to Kurome and asked her "You think she'll be alright?", the black-eyed girl closed her bag of cookies "Hopefully, we should be prepared if Night Raid decides to come after us".
But then something came to her mind, she remembered hearing some rumors about Night Raid being involved in a murder, so she decides to tell him "But speaking of Night Raid...have you heard about our former leader's death?".
This caught him off guard, but he kept his cool and responds "Not really", Kurome throws away her plate of food and informs him about it "There are rumors that they may be responsible for his death", this confused him, not only about there already being news...but them assuming it's Night Raid.
She then glared outside, not really caring about the death itself but for what it means "I never cared about that guy...he was creepy", Daikon heavily agreed, she then stood up from her chair "But this could mean Night Raid is much closer than we thought".
Kurome was still worried about her sister, what if Night Raid took advantage of Akame's insecurities and started manipulating her?, this is something she definitely doesn't want, "I'm not gonna let anything like our last campaign happen again" she says before turning back.
Daikon smiled and stood up as well, the campaign against the Oarburghs was brutal, the 3 of them being captured, the clan's ruthlessness, and the loss of a friend, they do not want anything like that to be repeated, "Yeah, let's continue getting stronger together" he said happily.
The 2 friends are looking forward to face Night Raid if they ever attacked, it will not be like how it was with the Oarburghs, they'll do their best to keep their friends alive till the end, after Budo's training they feel stronger than before, ready to fight the ominous band of assassins.
To be continued...