'Why do you keep this up?'

'You're just sitting there letting him kill us.'

'You are the reason so many died, murderer.'

'Just fucking die, you have no right to live.'

'Give me back my life you fucking thief.'

Alls I could hear were the voices screaming out at me for as long as I was awake in my mind. I've had to watch countless people die by my hands. "I can't control him, please stop blaming me… please." I cried out desperately, even though I knew nobody would answer.

"The voices are that bad now? I do feel bad, but only for you. Your kind deserves no pity." Nypherius said, sadness in his voice.

"Why do I have to suffer… why are you doing this to me, I just want my life back.."

"Do you really think I'll give you back your life? Do you truly believe that with the amount of killing your body has done, you could be like how you were?"

"I.. I don't know, I just want control.." That's right.. my body is that of a killer, even my mind is starting to get used to it. Yet the voices still haunt me.

"Do not worry, I'm not killing just every normal human. At least not any human that doesn't have direct ties to the Empire. The first emperor is the reason so many powerful beast such as I became these pitiful weapons."

"The killing may stop bothering me, yet the voices.. even if the empire is the reason, you're still harming others…" How could something that was so kind, be such a monster? Just because the empire did this, you don't have a right to decide the lives of others.

"You humans simply harm each other by living, your kind never seems to care. Yet when killing is involved everything changes. Listen I will give you free reign of your body once you truly change my mind in how I see humans."

Something lit up my entire world. I wouldn't have to watch anyone die again, not by my hands anyways. This could my only chance. 'You monster stay away from me!' I could hear someone yelling, but this isn't hazy like the voices I heard. It's as if I could hear the outside world like I use to.

"No fun if you can't hear and feel what your body is doing now is it? Here have some.. well can't call this control. Have some of your body back, your senses. Now enjoy the first killing." The first killing? what does that mean?

I could feel leather in my hands, along with something heavy, it was a sword. I can feel this again?

"Please don't kill me.. please I have a family.. they need me.." said an old man. Looking down I saw him cowering on the ground, he was in a puddle of blood. Likely his own as little cuts were all over his body. Tears were running down his face. "Please just don't…" he cried out.

I felt the blade falling down, along with my hands. My body was swinging the sword at the man. No, I have to stop this. I tried all I could to stop the blade, trying to stop my hands. A solid thud was what I heard and a broken sword is what I saw before it all went black.


"How are you not cold in such little clothes?" asked Braht

"Lionel keeps my body plenty of warm." Exclaimed Leone with a wink involved.

Ignoring the wink Braht noticed a kid holding a sword. 'This could be bad' he thought. Charging forward while summoning Incursio, he managed to close the distance between the kid and himself. Getting there just in time to catch the sword with Incursio's metal hand, breaking the blade. Before the kid could move Braht sent a quick punch to the back of his head, knocking him out.

"Hey why'da leave me behind!" exclaimed an irritated Leone. Than she noticed the boy with a wryly smile forming. "Oh I get it now, stop the cute boy from killing, give him a chance than make him yours." She mocked while making kiss noises.

Blushing behind Incursio's mask, Braht shook his head. "That guy on the ground is with the revolutionary army. We can't let one of our allies be killed. Leone something about this boy is.. off take him back to base, I'm going to have a talk with this man after he awakens."

Leone bent down and picked the boy up out of the snow. She studied his face for a little bit. 'He's actually kind of cute' with a smirk she sprinted off towards Night Raid HQ.


"Ugh my head hurts. Fuck." Rubbing the back of my head I felt a bump. Wait, opening my eyes I started moving my hands in front of my face. "I can move my body again!"

"Yea, seems returning your senses weakened my hold on you. If I had another day instead of mere minutes than a hit to the head wouldn't of let you gain control like you have now."

"So.. my body is mine again? Okay good." I observed the room I'm in. It's brown, with a single window. Everything else is empty except for a bed. Walking up to the window, alls I could see was a forest that went on for quite a distance. The building I'm in seems to be built into a mountain.

"Wait so that guy in there is the wandering demon of the north?!" Yelled someone.

Demon of the north? That's me isnt it. My body was used to kill so many people, they were horrible people, but, I don't want to be a killer. "Go and check if he's up, if he is bring him here."

"Gotcha boss!" Is all I heard before a footsteps came running my way. Instincts kicked in, I reached behind my back for my sword… and it's not there of course they'd take it. I pushed my back against the wall. Surprise attack?

"I wonder if that cutie is up yet." A girl said.

'Cute. did she just call me cute?' I could feel my face heat up. What is up with this?

"Gotcha." The girl turned the corner, a grin on her face. She was as tall as me. Her hair was yellow and she was seriously underdressed. A black band strap around her rather large chest, a white scarf around her neck, sleeves around her forearms, and pants that showed off her legs.

"Uh uh what uh uh.." I couldn't say anything, I was in shock. Never seen a girl, wear so little. I felt hands around the back of my head than my face pressed into something very soft. So soft, but I can't breathe..

"Let's get going!" The girl said happily. After that everything became a blur as I slowly lost oxygen. 'This is it, I'm going to die, goodbye world, goodbye body.' As I made my peace I felt my ass hit the floor. I started gasping for air. "I'm.. I'm alive. Thank kami!"

"Alive you say? That could change at any moment." Said a voice, it was feminine, and it held authority. I looked up at the person just to drop my job. She had short white hair. She was wearing a black shirt and slim black pants making her look like a butler. She had an eyepatch over one eye and one of her arms was made of metal."Hello, I'm Najenda, the girl who brought you here and almost just killed you is Leone."

Leone stuck her arm out at me and made a peace sign with a huge smile on her face. "The one and only!"

"Ahem, the girl in the black dress, mini skirt and red tie with long black hair is Akame, the pink haired, pink frilly outfit one Mine, Sheele is in the purple outfit with purple hair, that muscular guy with weird hair is Braht, lastly the boy in green with headphones on is Rabac."

"Miss Najenda why am I the last one introduced? It's not fair!" Rabac pouted.

Ignoring Rabac. Najenda looked at me. "We are Night Raid, assassins of the Revolutionary Army. Now what is your name?"

Everyone around here had a deadly aura around them, I can't really describe what it is but I should really watch what I say and listen for now. "I.. I uhm my name is Leo.."

"Well Leo, you have a very big reputation, yet nobody seemed to know your name. Only demon of the north. You are almost as famous as the empire's very own demon." Almost as famous as the empire's demon, I've heard a lot of bad things about her. Was I really that bad? Looking down at the ground, well I guess my body was used to kill a lot of people. "You killed a lot of people, many of the prime minister's allies, but you also killed many revolutionary fighters." Everyone in the room was silent expecting me to say something it seemed. I could feel my body start to tremble.

'You monster… give me back my life… you deserve to die.. go fucking kill yourself… what kind of freak could kill so many people, you're not human, you have no place here just die already!' I could hear the voices screaming at me. I covered my ears with my hands, trying to block out the noise. They only got louder, screaming in my ears. "I didn't do it, I didn't want to kill anyone, I couldn't help it. I didn't want anyone to die." My body was shaking violently.

"Do you really think he's the demon boss? I've seen demons, and none started crying like a baby like this guy." Leone said, while placing a hand on my back. The voices stopped, I looked around the room, everyone looked at me with pity in their eyes, everyone except Najenda, she only leaned in as if interested.

"So you didn't kill them, you couldn't help it? Those only cancel eachother out, if it wasn't you, who was it?" She asked.

I looked into her eye since one it just an eyepatch. "It was… Nypherius." Her faced turned into pure shock.

"Nypherius, the Ultra Class danger beast? How do you know him?"

"He.. well uhm.." Rubbing the back of my head I was nervous, how do I explain this? "So you see.. he is uh… he is kinda.. in my body." Everyone's jaw dropped at that. Except Akame's, she approached my body than in one solid quick movement a sword was millimeters from my neck.

"Don't move if you want to live." Akame said in a stoic voice.

"I uh.. okay.." Was all I could manage.

"So how did you get a manage to find Nypherius. He was used as a teigu, or so our handy dandy notebook says." Najenda said as she pulled out a small brown notebook and flipped to a page. "Darkness Reborn. Made from the Ultra Class Nypherius. Little is known about this teigu since it was lost in the civil war, only known thing is that it was one that fused with the body of it's host."

"Fused.. with the body of it's host? What do you mean?" I was curious I wanted to know more.

"If it fuses, it could be like her teigu. Tell me did you drink anything weird?"

"Yea.. but I wasn't truly awake when I did.. I can remember people in hoods and robes holding a cup to my mouth than something thick."

"Akame check his body now."

"On it." Akame said as she got my shirt off before I could react.

Instinctively I covered my chest with my hands. "Eeee how the where'd my shirt go?" I screamed.

"Pretty girly for a demon." Said Mine.

"Kinda cute if you ask me." Said a blushing Braht.

"You're not getting this one!" Said Leone as she pressed her chest against my back.

'This place is weird.. There's something soft against my back.' Reaching around for the soft objects I managed to grab one. Gently squeezing it. 'What is this?'

Leone leaned in so I could feel her breath against my ear and she whispered. "My my Leo, you're frisky, at least by me a drink first." With that she hopped back, no longer could I feel the soft objects.

'Frisky one? Wait those weren't her.. were they?' A small trail of blood flowed out of my mouth. I wiped the blood away and turned to look at the group only to notice I was on the receiving end of a death glare from Rabac. He was mumbling something that sounded like "I'm gonna kill him." over and over.

I looked away from him just for my eyes to meet with Sheele's eyes. She simply smiled and waved at me. 'She seems nice.'

"Looks can be deceiving."

'Oh shut up Nypherius, I'm still mad at you.'

"I know, but remember, not everyone is what they seem, be careful. I can't have my host die on me."

'So you do care, asshole.'

"Boss all I can find is a marking on his left shoulder, the rest of his upper body is clear." said Akame.

"Thank you Akame. Okay turn around Leo." I listened to Najenda and turned around. "Weird, what is this mark?"

"Uh.. I didn't even know there was a mark on me.."

"It's the mark my worshippers have given to my temple and me."

"Uh Nypherius just said it's his mark. Whatever that means…" What does a mark on my back have to do with all this?

"Well, it seems you're in possession of teigu. Now you have two options. Join us and fight the empire, or be killed." My face paled instantly at that. There is no way I can survive fighting this many people. "Relax I was kidding, we just can't let you leave the base is all. You'll be put to work somewhere until the war is over."

Phew, okay that doesn't sound too bad. "Wait, put to work doing what?" At that moment, Najenda smiled like never before.

"You'll be cleaning, cooking, you know maid stuff." With that everyone started chuckling. Uh I don't think I want to be a maid.

"Would I be able to visit a friend ever, if I learn of where they live?" I had to see Esdeath if she was still alive.

"Of course, if you joined us! What is your friend's name and we'll start looking for him or her."

"Her name is Esdeath she has lig…" I found a sword against my throat, two blades around my sides, a wire ready dig into my legs and a gun aimed at my face. Everyone's face paled and looked nervous. "Uh.. why.. why is everyone…"

"We definitely know her, we just don't exactly like her." I tilted my head at that, what happened?

"Uh why?" How could anyone dislike her, I'm sure she's grown into a beautiful woman. She had a few quirks but she was still kind.

"Why? Do you not know?" Najenda shook her head slightly. "When is the last time you saw her."

"Uh.. I last saw her.. when we were little kids, so a quite a few years ago."

"Okay that explains it at least a little. Let's just say we are on opposite sides and she is definitely not the same girl you once knew."

'Not the same girl? Only way to find out is if I can get out of here.' "Okay.. so uh.. I'll join you all.."

"Good, okay everyone no need for violence." Everyone retracted their weapons. Except for Mine, she kept her gun aimed at me.

"Boss you can't trust him. He knows Esdeath." Mine said.

"He knew her when they were kids. Not the her now. I say it's okay." With that Mine sighed and put her gun away. "Starting tomorrow you're going to train with Leone. Now get some rest."


A bang on the door woke me up. 'Ugh what now.' Looking out the window in my room, the sun was barely rising, making the sky a light pink with clouds painted the same shade. 'It's too early for this.'

"Wakee up or I'll come in there and wake you up myselff." Said a feminine voice. It was Leone I could just tell. Wait she's going to wake me up herself? I barely have any clothes on. My body shot up.

"I'm up! I'm up no need to come in!" I shouted. No way do I want her in here when I need more clothes.

"Hmph fine not like I wanted to go in there anyway. Hurry up and meet me in the main hall." After that I heard footsteps walking away.

"Phew, that was kinda scary." I got out of bed and looked at the ground there was a neat stack of clothes. I grabbed my black pants and put them on. "So Nypherius, why aren't you taking over my body anymore?"

"Simply because I already had plenty of fun. You were going to get it back later, but with that hit, and the fact I kinda like you kid. It was time to let you have it back for a bit."

"That's oddly nice of you.. I guess thank you for my body back."

"I will let you control your body for as long as you want, but the moments when you near death, I will take control until you're safe. I need a host and you already got rid of any future host."

"I did? How did I do that?"

"You ended up drinking all of my blood. Also let me inform you, the marking on your back will grow. To the amount that depends, at most though it will end up running down your arm. As it grows, so does your ability to use the granted powers."

"So it's basically a tattoo that grows over time? Nice."

From over my shoulder I heard. "What's nice? I bet you're thinking about me aren't ya." and Leone came back.

I jumped back out of shock, and instantly regretted it once I felt the softness of her chest on my back. With the heat rising in my face I managed to get out something. "Le..Leone… When did you.. why are you here?"

She started laughing at me. "You were only taking so long, I had to wonder why you'd let such a beautiful girl waiting. Now what was nice?" She said the last part in a seductive tone.

"NOTHING!" I jumped forward and grabbed my shirt. After I got it on I faced Leone.

"You know a shirt isn't that important." With that she winked.

'Just let me vanish.. this is way too much.'

"Uhh Leo where'd you go?" She started sniffing at the air. "I can smell you, so you're still here."

"You're welcome kid. If you're in the shadows, or darkness itself you can become with it. In your terms you can be invisible in shadows."

'Thank you, I mean it.' I could almost cry from how thankful I was. That was until the sun started to light up the room through the window, taking away my invisibility. "Fuck." was all I could get out before Leone started dragging me out of the room.

"I have no clue what you just did, but it's time to go. We have to hurry." Was what she said while smothering my face into her chest.

"Can't.. breath.. s..save ...me."

"Bahaha pay attention to your surroundings and you would have been able to escape this. Anyways there's one more thing you can currently do at the moment well involving my powers that is. You can make a blade of shadows. I'll let you figure out how to do that one though."

'You're useless, atleast help get me out of this!'

"No can do. Goodbye have a good time!"

"C..can't bre..breath.. help… m." I was struggling to get away from her chest, but her grip is like iron.

"Don't talk.. it tickles." Was what she said until she finally let me go.

Gasping for air I said "You.. have got to stop doing.. that. I can't take it!"

"No can do. Braht is gay, and Rabac is just pervy. Mine might try to blast a hole in me. Akame doesn't care. Your reactions are cute, and look at that blush." It's official I'm her new play toy.

"Well anyways.. where are we going?" I just want this topic changed.

"Awh you're going to ignore me just like that?" She was looking down at me, acting as if I hurt her feelings.

Letting out a cough I repeated the question. "Once again.. where are we going?"

"WE are going to the capital to teach you how to blend in with everyone."

"Which direction is the capital?"

She smiled and pointed directly in front of us. "That way."


"REMIND ME TO NEVER LISTEN TO YOU AGAIN!" I yelled while running alongside Leone. We are being chased down by a pack of reptiles. Just some you know overgrown lizards that can run really fast and only use two legs to run. Did I mention they have super sharp claws and teeth? Yea that's kinda important.

"Relax this is funnn." Was all she said. This girl is crazy. We are done for.

"How is this not fun. We have a pack of crazy reptiles ready to kill us. This is the opposite of fun. This is uh… what's the opposite of fun. I don't care, I'm going to die."

"Quit being such a baby. Just sit there and let me handle them." I stopped dead in my tracks and looked at her with curiosity, there is now way she can handle all those on her own is there? She doesn't even have a weapon.

I looked at her closely, and noticed her hair grow rapidly and unkempt as if she was from the wilds. She grew claws from her hand, they looked sharp. Really sharp. My jaw dropped at that. "How.. just how did.. you do that?"

"Shh it's a secret." She launched herself at the reptiles taking down a majority of them in that one go. "See it's fun." She held up a peace and smiled, showing all of her teeth.

"When you're not using your chest to kill me, you're kinda cute." Her face lit up. I don't think she expected me to say that judging by that reaction. While she was busy being flustered I noticed one of the remaining reptiles coming up from behind her. "SHIT watch out!" Diving at her I held out my arm in front of me. I could feel something forming in my hand, it was light, it felt like it was a part of me. The world was in slow motion.

I reached her as the reptile swiped down at her. Pushing her away with my free hand, I felt something warm splash against my hand. With my other hand I swung the object that was in it. I could feel whatever it was go through the reptile with little resistance.

I looked up at the last two reptiles in time to see them running away. "No hope after all your friends died." I looked down at my left hand. There was blood on it, just starting to dry up. I didn't get hit.. One thing shot into my mind. "LEONE!" I ran up to her body. There was blood on her shoulder but no wound. Where did this blood come from? I leaned in to get a better look.

That's when I felt my cheek getting pinched. "Worried about me? Don't worry, my special little gift lets me heal up from almost anything." She got up and patted my back.

"Tch.. I was just scared I wouldn't have a guide and have to explain to the others why the new kid is alive and not you." Don't scare me like that was what I wanted to say, but she doesn't need to know that.

*Sniffle* *sniffle* "You're so cold, not caring that I got hurt." She's obviously feigning hurt.

"Yea, yea I'm cold. Let's get to the capital and maybe there I can warm up."

"I didn't know you thought of things like that Leo! I'll be sure to help." She had a grin on her face. That grin told me all I needed to know about how she took what I said wrong.

I could feel the heat rushing through my entire body. "I uh.. I didn't mean it like... " I took off towards the capital, trying to hide my embarrassment. "We better hurry."

'Just what was that thing in my hand.'

"That was my blade. Just imagine a sword in your hand or any blade and it will be there. Just be careful, using my power too much will wear you out."

I grinned. 'Finally I'm getting stronger.'


A/N: Now we're going to be getting into the same time as the anime now. If that makes sense? It does in my mind so all good. I can really say, I know that this isn't the best writing. Yet the more views I get on this story the more I feel inspired to write. Now here comes the conclusion. Be sure to leave a review. Those are the best! and Have a good day or night or whatever time you're reading this. Just be sure to have a good time.