"If things were different, I'd be drinking a toast to our reunion." Bulat said as he twirled his spear before pointing it at Liver. "But since they're not, I'm going to have to kill you. So the mission comes first!" He added.

"I couldn't have said it better myself. General Esdeath's wishes will be realized." Liver said while removing his glove revealing a ring.

"Nice bling." Draco said.

"I'm guessing that's an Imperial Arms, then?" I asked.

"Yes. It was a gift from General Esdeath to ensure I'm successful!" Liver stated as he activates it, making water appear from the barrels like a geyser.

"Holy shit, he's a Waterbender!" Draco shouted.

"Aww, shit! Bad match-up for us. He could douse my fire and delude your blood." I said to Draco.

"The Black Marlin, it's a ring-type weapon. It was crafted from the organs of aquatic Danger Beasts with the power to control water." Liver said. "As such, whoever wears it can manipulate any liquid at will." He added.

"Damn. Saying this means he can possibly manipulate my blood if he wants to." Draco said.

"Damn. Could be tough to help Bulat on this one." I said.

(But we can't let him die... I promised Akame I'd do everything in my power to make sure all of Night Raid survives...) I thought.

"So you fight with water now? Rather convenient that your boss is an ice user." Bulat said.

"General Esdeath can create ice out of thin air. Do not elevate me to her level. She is a god!" Liver stated as he readies his attack before shouting, "Water Fire!" As he fires off pillars of water Bulat.

"Touchy, touchy." Bulat taunted as he twirled his spear around at the pillars.

"Looks like Liver's got his hands full with this guy." Nyau said as he watches the fight. "With all this water around, I'm sure he should be okay. But a little backup would be nice." The blonde boy added as he was about to use his flute.

"Not a chance!" Shouted Draco as he came down with an axe kick on the flute wielder who blocked it with his flute.

"Let's see you play that flute with no lungs!" I shouted, rushing in while on fire, slamming two flaming fists into his chest.

"Now that's leaving him breathless." Draco joked before looking at me. "See what I did there?"

"Nice." I said, the two of us sharing a fiery fist bump.

"You Night Raid people are so annoying!" The boy shouted as he blitzed at one of us while we stood there nonchalantly.

"You wanna have go at him or should I?" Draco asked me.

"Eh, why don't you? I feel like I get the spotlight too much." I offered.

"Okay." He nodded as he caught Nyau with Guile's Flash Kick, sending the boy flying upwards. Draco then created a blood chain from the palm of his hand and launched them at the boy, wrapping them around his neck. "GET OVER HERE!" He shouted, pulling the boy towards himself and follows up with a "SHORYUKEN!" He shouted as he hit the jumping uppercut to him knocking him to the floor, disarming him of his flute.

"Let's see you play that flute with no lungs!" I shouted, rushing in while on fire, slamming two flaming fists into his chest.

"Now that's leaving him breathless." Draco joked before looking at me. "See what I did there?" He asked.

"Nice." I said, the two of us sharing a fiery fist bump.

You Night Raid people are so annoying!" The boy shouted as he blitzed at one of us while we stood there nonchalantly.

"You wanna have go at him or should I?" Draco asked me.

"Eh, why don't you? I feel like I get the spotlight too much." I offered.

"Okay." He nodded as he caught Nyau with Guile's Flash Kick, sending the boy flying upwards. Draco then created a blood chain from the palm of his hand and launched them at the boy, wrapping them around his neck. "GET OVER HERE!" He shouted, pulling the boy towards himself and followed up with a "SHORYUKEN!" He shouted as he hit the jumping uppercut to him knocking him to the floor, disarming him of his flute.

"And no more flute for you." I said, catching the flute, before looking at Draco. "Really, dude? Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat moves?" I asked with a deadpan.

"Heh. Couldn't resist." Draco said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Fair enough." I admitted.

We now saw Bulat and Liver were at an impasse. Both were pretty banged up from their fight and Bulat was out of his armor. "How would you like to become a member of Esdeath's army? I'm sure she would be willing to bring you on as a Lieutenant." Liver said.

"Thanks, but I lost interest in serving the Empire a long time ago." Bulat said.

"Rejected!" Draco taunted.

"He fights for the side that's right." I added.

"Don't think of it that way. You'd be working for Esdeath, not the Empire." Said Liver. "Doing so changed my life for the better. Since joining forces with Esdeath, people everywhere cower before me." He added. "In fact, my name is so feared that all the bureaucrats in the Capital clamor to stay in my good graces! I've got every single one of them under my thumb!" He yelled.

"So you got some big wigs dumping turds in fear. You're pretty much her errand boy from what I've heard." Draco joked.

"That's all well and good if you WANT to be feared. But we want to do GOOD. To be liked and respected. And for the people to know we have their backs." I declared.

"That's right. And I would find no joy in becoming the very thing we were sworn to destroy." Bulat said while combing his hair back to his usual hairstyle. "Since I know Esdeath is scratching the Minister's back, how could I possibly live with myself. It'd tarnish my image as a hero to the masses, now wouldn't it?" He continued.

"You heard him, old man. So you can take that offer of yours shine it up real nice stick it straight up your monkey ass." Draco said.

"Now, then. Why don't we get back to killing each other?" I suggested.

"Very well. I shall kill you all myself." Liver said before injecting something in his neck.

"Guys. I caught a scent of his blood. He's injected something lethal in it." Draco warned.

"Are you really willing to go this far for some icy psychopath?! I demanded.

"Anything to ensure victory for General Esdeath!" He retorted loudly as he charged on with a sword in his hand.

"Unfortunately for you, you'll die trying!" Draco stated as he charged at Liver before grabbing his blade. "Nice knife." He said before snapping it in half.

"No!" Liver shouted in shocked.

Draco then held out his index finger like a gun and shot multiple Ki bullets into Liver, turning him into a human swiss cheese.

Before Liver was about to collapse, he suddenly exclaimed. "My trump card, Killer Blood Swords!" He shouted as he shot blades of blood from his body at Draco.

"Draco, watch out!" Bulat warned.

"Heh. Ain't that cute?" Draco taunted as he stood there freezing Liver's attack with his blood powers before hitting him.

"H-how?!" Liver demanded in shocked.

"I can manipulate blood too. And now for a taste of your own medicine." As Draco redirected the blood swords back at Liver hitting him multiple times before collapsing. "Also I sensed that drug you injected into has poison in it." He added.

"To go that far to take us down... I can see why Bulat once respected him." I said, before turning to Nyau. "It's just you now. Against the three of us, you have no hope. Surrender." I told him.

"Oh. I forgot you're still here. Allow me to fix that." Draco said with his finger pointing at the boy charging for an attack.

But before he could do anything, I held my hand out. "Hey, you got chopped Liver already, I think it's my turn." I told him, before turning to Nyau. "You know what? Your partner Liver had honor, so I might as well show some, too. Here, you can have your flute back." I said, tossing him the flute. "Maybe you'll even get some free hits in while I'm taking a nap." I said.

He caught the flute and glared at me. "That was your last mistake. I'm the real Trump Card here." He said, starting to play the flute. "Trump Card: Invite the Demonic Human." He spoke, despite still playing the flute. Then, his muscles began to swell to the point he was double his original size, now looking like a wall of muscle. "This weapon is called Scream. And it can do much more than put people to sleep. One little trick is making myself bigger and stronger so I can tear your ass to pieces." Nyau declared.

"That's some flute. He roided himself up." Draco said.

"Neat trick. Well, if you're amping yourself up, it's only fair I do, too." I said, going Super Sai-yan. For those that have forgotten, that's basically my fire-powered version of Super Saiyan, but with red hair instead of gold. Not to be confused with Super Saiyan God.

"I see you changed your hair. I'm still gonna crush you!" Nyau said before charging at me.

"You're in for it now, kiddo." Draco warned Nyau.

"Too easy." I said.

Nyau threw a punch aimed straight at my face, but it simply passed through my head, having been an afterimage that vanished once it was struck. "What?!" He demanded, turning around just in time to get smash in the face by my flying round kick.

"That's it. Fight's over. Sai wins." Draco declared while he was eating popcorn before offering Bulat some.

I powered down to Base form and huffed at this. "Man, with how big of a spectacle he made, you would think he'd be tougher than that." I said.

"I know, right? Guess he's less bite and more bark." Draco shrugged as before throwing his empty popcorn bag in his blood portal.

"We'd better make sure the guys we were protecting are still okay." I said.

"Right. And good job you two." Bulat said with a smile, giving us the thumb up of approval.

"Thanks, B." Draco said.

"Yep. Another successful mission for Night Raid." I said.