There are quite a lot of things to say so I would try my best to condense it.

First off, I will answer some of the reviews I received.

To silver7875: I will put the picture of how the armor looks like once I find something I had in mind. For now, I have requested one of my friends to draw it out for me.

To swiftyfox007: Thank you! I will continue to try my best.

To ninjafang1331: Thank you for your compliments.

To J.f.w: Thank you for the Teigu and the ship advice. It helped me a lot. About why I did not describe the new OCs yet, I can only say that I had initially planned to not describe them as I wanted to put it in the next story I would be working on ( which is this story's prequel ) but changed my mind when I found out that this may cause certain complications in the next few chapters. Your comment to have someone date him has also been heard. Will not spoil for now. :)

To DragonMaster128: Thank you! It really cheered me up back then to know people are looking forward to my next chapter.

To PrincessOfTheNight01, IHaveNoSkill, Blitz and some anonymous people: Thank you for putting in your ship suggestion. Although it just makes me indecisive, I will try to remember what you guys had wanted as I continue writing.

Ok moving onto the next topic

* Looks at the papers in my hand *

Next is...errrr some kind of serious announcement. Well, I was playing my game in my room one day only to find out I had been killed within the game, losing everything. The moment I was killed and without anytime to grieve over my loss, my mom walked in and without any warning said that my results are lacking and that I should actually start studying. Then I woke up.

But seriously though, I have triggered a death flag and now I have to study for the rest of the year. I may not be updating the chapters as frequent anymore. So I may post once a month. However to make up for this, I will start to extend my chapters, like from the usual 1000-2000+ words, I may double its content and length. I will also start to kick start the series of events the moment Esdeath enters the picture. I gonna put in some characters from the manga into this story. People like * search through the manga * Pais, Air, Fal, Luna etc. ( no idea why the people i named are all girls ) and I am definitely expanding on the Wild Hunt arc, but that comes at...idk Chapter 50?

Ok the ship is another big problem. I had even considered making different endings for each of the heroine but decided against it due to ...errr... various reasons. I will also be writing off the characters I have created after hitting a checkpoint. Basically, I am gonna break Tatsumi more, to the extent he can't handle it and goes insane. Then my objective would be met and then th-

* My editor cover his hands over my mouth*

I have a editor now! YEAH! I extorted two of my friends to sell their soul to me *evil laughter * so now they are gonna help me with this story. One works on the plot for future chapters while the other edits my mistakes and makes it more interesting through elaborating. On their suggestion, I changed my writing style. Now I will also add in the first person mode. I may alternate from third person to first person but I will make sure you guys know when I am writing in third person.

OK I have rambled too much, Let's get started.

Volume 1: Chapter 13: Armor of Black VIII

I continue to stay on the branch of the tree. Eventually I sat down on it, of course, after I have ensured that I wasn't targeted by anyone in the area, not like there was anyone in the first place. Other than the three girls and the large (I don't know) thing, which I happened to have seen it before. An biological Imperial Arm that is capable of thought. It was on a police officer that had helped me previously. She had called it Coro.

I wonder if there is an Imperial Arm out there that is compatible with me.

That voice once again echoed in my mind. I tried clearing my mind to grasp what was said. There were countless screams, but I was unable to catch any important words. This has been happening to me a lot lately and the frequencies of these picked up ever since the battle with Zank. Whatever he did to me, it still has not wear out.

One of the people I recognise was from the wanted posters. Sheele. There was also an unknown person, dressed in pink, with pink hair tied into twin tails and a gun in her hands. Of course, since she was seen with Sheele of Night Raid, she is bound to be affiliated to Night Raid in some way.

Whatever. For now, I shall focus on the battle before me. A 2 on 2 match. Seryu and Coro against Sheele and the pink girl. Blood lust was in the air. It was so thick that I may even have trouble dispelling it in my mind. The shocking thing is that most of it came from Seryu. She has this creepy smile on her face throughout the fight.

On the battlefield, Sheele is currently stalking towards Seryu, trying to kill her, obviously. There was a dust cloud behind her and from within it, something big stood up. Coro stood behind her with a cut at his jaw, through it's mouth. As if it was magic, the wound began to decrease in size with the red fluid resembling blood which poured from the wound receding back to it. The wound closed and disappeared within a few seconds. Sheele looked at it in apparent shock. Coro let out a menacing roar and had wanted to make a move. However the pink girl behind it fired a shot at it.

Perhaps it was because of the ammunition, the blast from the gun was pretty deadly. So deadly that even the giant sized Coro was knocked forwards. Had it not turned around and grabbed onto the ground, it would have been sent flying. There was a gaping hole at the thing's stomach but it healed after a few seconds.

"Don't you remember the documents? Living Relics have a core in it's body. Unless you destroy that, the thing would keep healing. Not even Akame's Murasame would work on an opponent without a heart." the pink girl said. Since we were the only ones here, I was able to hear their conversations clearly. My interest was piqued. There was a book somewhere out there which recorded the Imperial Arms in existence. This book may help me find an Imperial Arm that I can use. However, that is secondary. If there is one around, there should be more.

"Coro, arms." Seryu said. She hasn't moved an inch since I have arrived to watch. Continuing to be on guard, I watched the battle continue. Coro now has arms. Yup, it just got weird. The thing initially had something that looked like flippers as it's hands. Once Seryu gave the command, those flippers transformed into hands. One the arms are formed, it rushed towards the duo.

Sheele, who uses a large scissor as her weapon, rushed in front of her teammate and used the scissor to block against a flurry of punches made by Coro. I could see that Sheele was struggling to block all of the punches. Looks like Coro possesses incredible strength.

A whistle sounded. I looked towards the source. Seryu has a whistle in her hand. Reinforcement are expected to arrive within the next few minutes. This was an exciting fight, but now that there are more people on the way, I better get on my way or else I may also be caught up in this.

The pink girl fired at Coro again. This time, the power was even greater than the previous. Seriously, how did she do that? Maybe the gun was an Imperial Arm. That would explain the ridiculous amount of power that was outputted.

I stood up from where I was. Staying any further would result in me getting caught. I turned to leave, when a bright light blinded my vision. When the light faded, I was seeing stars. Everything was shining in my eyes. I reached for the tree trunk to regain my sense of balance. When the stars cleared, I squinted my eyes to see my surroundings better.

That was when I saw it. Even if it was for a moment, I saw it. Something drop out of Seryu's pockets as she was knocked into the fountain caused by a series of blows from Sheele. A necklace. It jumped off the branch I stood on and landed on the floor a few meters away from where I was. Something in my mind had snapped. My face lost all of its usual emotion and there was only one things on my mind.

Mother. Maybe the necklace just happened to look like hers, but I know better. The necklace that mother has was one of its kind. Father had custom-made it to commemorate their anniversary, claiming it was more special and romantic. I jumped down from where I was and slowly walked towards it. The hood covered my face so none of the people fighting would be able to recognize me. I kept walking towards it. The voice in my mind had now stopped screaming and now were murmuring.

Hate, Kill, Death, Vengeance, Power.

These were the words that were murmured but I continued to ignore it. They were replaced with burning questions. I bent down and picked up the necklace. Someone yelled at me to get away, but I ignored it. My mind, despite being filled with the voice constantly murmuring, only had one question. Why was mother's necklace here, of all places. All sorts of scenarios popped into my head. Some were that she was mugged, others were... not as nice. My breathing became labored, it was getting hard to breathe.

I screamed. Tears were flowing out of my eyes and I was unable to stop it. There was a heat rising in my chest. I stopped and stared at Seryu. The girls have stopped fighting and were now looking at me. I drew my blade and charged towards Seryu. Once close, I pointed the tip of my blade at her throat. Answers. I need answers.

"Where did you get this necklace?" I asked, showing the necklace to her.

"It was given to me by one of my superior." She said. Apparently she did not recognize who I was, yet. However, I couldn't care less. I wanted to ask more but something tackled into me from behind. I glanced back to see Coro, who had threw Sheele aside and charged into me. My reactions were not fast enough and I flew forwards. My body went limp and my body knocked away from Seryu to the ground with a 'thud'.

I was now facing the sky. Dark clouds were present. I ordered my body to move but nothing happened. I kept struggling but my efforts bore no fruit.

So this is where I die. Alone, with no one around to help me, and unable to accomplish my dreams anymore. I smirked. What a pathetic ending, fitting for a loser like me. The voices in my head have now stopped talking and I have regained the peace of my mind.

"Are you sure you are satisfied with this ending."

I darted my eyes to the left and to the right. There was nothing around me but an angered Coro, who is still a few feet away from me. However, the distance between us is closing.

"Not like this. I would not be satisfied with this. If fate is my enemy, then I would just have to kill it." I internally chuckled in my mind. What am I saying? I must have been completely mad now.

"If I gave you power, what would you use it for?"

"I will use it to do whatever I want." I said after thinking hard. My life flashed before me. Time spent with my parents, moments I spent with Sayo and Ieyasu, the care and concern that the village have shown me. Everything flashed before my eyes. I felt like I was being guided through a tunnel. At the end was a dark void. Before I reached it, something spoke up again.

"I look forward to the show you will be putting up."

The next moment, darkness surrounded me and I lost consciousness. The pain slowly disappearing with each second.

...

A few minutes earlier

It took me a few seconds to process what had happened. Someone walked into the battlefield. He seemed particularly upset about something which he picked up from the ground. The next thing that happened was that he suddenly disappeared and reappeared before Seryu, attempting to question her.

What made me uneasy was his speed. This person was definitely not a civilian. He possesses incredible speed, maybe even rivaling Akame. Of course, the disgusting monster that I was fighting must have sensed its owner in danger, for it abandoned the fight with me and charged towards this unknown person. Of course, maybe this guy was an amateur, for he was tackled and landed a good several meters away from where he was originally. The monster walked towards him, attempting to finish him off. I winced as the living relic fed on him. The chewing of his flesh and the breaking of bones using sheer force resonated throughout the plaza where we were in. I felt uneasy. When it had finished what it wanted to do, the monster focused its attention back on us.

Footsteps echoed through the night. Reinforcement has arrived. Our route of escape was cut off and adding in the Teigu user, we are at a disadvantage. I started to dart towards the forest.

An explosion sounded, stopping the reinforcement in their tracks. Everyone, including Sheele and me turned to the source. Coro is now covered in blue flames. The relic fell to the ground with a gaping hole in its body. Something stood up from the mess. A knight, covered in black armor. There were some cracks on the armor it was wearing. Blue flame burned within the cracks.

The knight let out a loud inhuman roar. The members of the Imperial Police remained at where they were standing. None of them made a move and kept staring at the knight in instinctive fear. A region of space that looked like it was burnt appeared beside the knight. He reached into that region and pulled out a sword of the same color as its armor. The only difference was that there are purple veins running from the hilt of the sword to the tip of the blade.

It charged towards the closest person and slashed him down. The more experienced ones would be able to last a few seconds longer than the other. Some were capable of blocking, but perhaps due to the overwhelming strength that the knight possess, all their defences had no ue. It attacked everyone it sees. Even Sheele and me were no exception and we tried our best to survive. Some of the members of the Imperial Police that were cut down bled to death. Seryu tried her best to attack it but none of their attacks even put a scratch on the armor, despite the armor already having cracks. Fear spread like wildfire within their ranks.

I had wanted to help but thought otherwise. We would be cornered if Pumpkin overheated. If that happens, I would not be able to help Sheele.

At present moment, the living relic is wrestling with the knight. even though it towered over the knight, it still experienced difficulty in trying to overpower him. The knight pushed the relic back with a strength that sent it flying. Not giving the relic any chance to recover, it charged towards where it think the relic would land. Once it reached, it jumped and slashed at the relic. It kept slashing and slashing. Even when it's limbs were cut off, it continued slashing, showing no signs of stopping. It kept going even when the two have landed on the ground. Gunshots were heard but since the armor was tough, none of it actually damaged the person within it. The knight was now angered. It slowly walked towards the nearest person he sees. The person stood in fear and continued to helplessly shoot at the knight, which did not seem to faze it. His misery was short-lived as he was given a swift death. His head fell to the ground, followed by the body a few seconds later. A black substance hovered over the bodies and consumed the bodies a few moments later. Something unexpected happened.

The corpses starts standing up, and their flesh were burnt off, leaving behind their skeleton. Even the headless corpse stood up and picked up its skull. Their clothes were still intact. Once all of their flesh were burnt off, they charged started attacking whoever was left. Us included. The knight continue to attack the officers and soon, the half of the reinforcement was wiped out. The rest were either scared or running away. However, the knight continued to kill indiscriminately. Anything it sees would be killed. The skeleton would provide support by either blocking off escape routes or just killing people themselves, which seemed unnecessary since the knight was practically invincible.

The living relic would often try to engage with the knight but would be sliced apart every time it does. Finally, the knight turned its attention to us. It charged forwards, with his sword ready. Sheele rushed forwards to receive him but due to the different in strength, she was knocked back. Before she recovered from the knock back, the knight was upon her. I raised my gun and aimed at him. Pumpkin charged for a moment before it fired a beam of energy. The beam hit the sword in its downward motion and went out of course. Eyeing the opening, Sheele rushed forwards and tried to cut the armor using Extase.

Checkmate. Extase, Sheele's Imperial Arm is able to cut anything in creation. That armor of his was no exception. The scissor caught onto the gauntlet of the knight and cracked. However, the flesh underneath the armor was undamaged as the knight pulled away before Extase could cut the arm off. A gunshot sounded but Sheele blocked it with her weapon.

I charged up Pumpkin and fired towards one of the skeletons. It didn't bother to move even when I fired. The result was that it had turned to dust. Seryu was still present and together with her relic, attacked the knight. The relic charged at the knight while Seryu would punch the armor in an attempt to break it. Both were pushed back, signalling a futile attempt.

Strings shot out from beside me towards the knight. The first thing that popped into my head was that we are saved.

I turned around, hoping to see Lubbock behind me. However, I was met with an unfamiliar face. Fear once again took over me. The person who I thought would be Lubbock was actually a guy with white hair. He was wearing a black coat. Strings came out of the gauntlet in his right hand. He continue to walk forwards and past us, not even sparing us a glance. Just who does he think he is trying to act all powerful and all. I remembered what Leone had reported a few days ago. Man with white hair and wearing a black coat. Seems strong and could be the one taking our missions. She said that this guys is strong, but I beg to differ. The white haired man continue walking towards the knight. He stopped and soon, strings begin to pour out of his gauntlet. The strings found themselves in the bodies of some of the remaining police officers who weren't turned into skeletons. The corpses moved and stood up. This time, nothing happened to the flesh. The corpses charged towards the skeletons. The white hair guy started to run towards the knight.

The knight let out another roar. This time, it was louder than the previous, like as if he was mad. The next few moments ended quickly. The walking corpses were disposed of by the skeletons due to the difference in numbers. The white haired guy rushed forwards with incredible speed and landed consecutive punch on the breastplate of the knight. The cracks on the breastplate spread throughout the armor before the pieces fell off, exposing the blue flame and it's intense heat. Seeing his chance, he proceeded to use his strings to wrap the person inside the armor with strings. It seems his strings were not flammable.

Sheele approached me at this point.

"We need to run right now while everyone is distracted." Eyeing this good opportunity, I motioned to Sheele to run and eventually, made our escape.

...

We arrived back at base an hour later. It had rained when we were making our way back. When we arrived at the door of the base, we were soaking wet. There goes the fancy dress that I bought. We walked into the base, only to find the uneasy faces of everyone seated at the table. Those faces changed into one of relief upon landing their eyes on Sheele and me.

"Thank goodness you are safe" Akame exclaimed.

"You guys took too long on your mission so we began to get worried." Leone added.

"Did something happen?" Najenda asked.

For the next few moments, I gave a quick summary of what went down. All the while, everyone had their serious face on. When I had finished, Najenda remained silent. We waited for a few moments but nothing happened. I began to grow impatient. She finally spoke up, and it wasn't what any of us expect.

"For the next few days, I want everyone to search for the "Black Knight " and the white haired individual. We are putting every mission we have on hold until he has been found. Everyone who have their names on wanted posters would search in the Capital during the night and those who doesn't shall search during the day. When you find him, kill him. It would be best if you are able to subdue them."

There are rumors that Esdeath has been summoned back to the Capital to deal with us. Since we still have a few days until that happens, it is wise to take care of the problem that we currently face. Perhaps Najenda determine Those two to be dangerous.

…

Atop a cliff, which overlooks the Capital, stood a dragon. It is one of the A-class Danger Beast which could easily destroy villages. However, it made no move to satisfy it's always destructive desires. Someone sat on the dragon, with a chain in her hand. Dressed in white while the other three behind her wore cloaks. All of them stared at the Capital. Blue hair danced with the wind. A smile formed on the face of the person in white.

"Good to see you again, Imperial Capital."

Rewrite for this chapter is completed. One more chapter to go before I will officially post Chapter 15.

Okay. I have been. It's not everyday I have to travel overseas during the holidays. But yet it came to me during this period of time. So I have spent two weeks in a relative's house. The worse thing is they don't have wifi. The only time I can go online is when I go to another relative's house. I apologise to my readers for such a long wait.

So the p.o.v changed from Tatsumi to Mine to Third Person.

Let me give a summary of this chapter. This chapter shows Tatsumi's Imperial Arm once again, and as usual, he has no control of it. It was expected since he never knew he had it in the first place. Hikari has to come and save him from going rampage. This is the 8th chapter of the second arc and the concluding chapter for the second arc. The end of the third arc is when Esdeath will be introduced to Tatsumi. Also the third arc would take up quite a bit of chapters so be warned. Chelsea and Susanoo would make an early appearance in the next arc.

Just to be warned. I may make some of the canon characters out of character since I need them to take up specific positions in the story. Okay, things have been fun. Lemme go take a break before working on chapter 14 and 15 concurrently.

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Thank you and have a good day.