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Hey guys, MegaRdaniels here and boy, had it been a day since I released a recent chapter on you guys. Well, I do not want to keep you all waiting, here is the 24th Chapter of Ultimate ga Kill! Enjoy! :)


氷の女王を殺す

XXIV: Kill the Ice Queen

~Master Control? Ben has "Master Control"? What even is that? Did he just unlock his true potential just by commanding his Imperial Arms to just...unlock it? This is crazy! Insane! How can a person like Ben grab ahold of such a weapon? - which also begs the question, is that even an Imperial Arms? It's more like some advanced weapon of some kind. It's like my Marusame but different. Ben can transform into any being he wants, but he was timed and limited to how many times he could transform. This wasn't the case.~ Akame was starstruck at the power Ben wielded. Akame was baffled at the revelation that Ben could transform at will without turning back to human - without a time limiter. She could not grasp that Ben had fully unlocked his full power with a click of a button and that he could access this power ANYTIME he wanted. This power shouldn't exist in this world, but it does and it bothered her.

Ben was far more of a threat than the Empire, but he didn't pose any ill will against members of Night Raid. Time and time again he was seen saving them from numerous of threats and here he was fighting and challenging Esdeath. Had he been any shape of a threat Akame feared Ben was becoming, he would have killed Sheele on the spot. But he didn't.

He protected her.

He stood his ground against the Sadist who was taken aback at how fast Ben transformed without the aid of the notch of his Ultimatrix.

"How adorable," Esdeath mocked, "You named your zenith, Master Control. It must make you feel so tough."

"Tough enough to stop you!" Heatblast said, "Now quit stalling and start fighting!"

"You've read my mind, hot head," Esdeath said, ~This boy has a power that I do not know nor understand. I cannot underestimate him while he's in this form. Though, I do not know how long he's supposed to stay in that form. No one uses their Imperial Arms but a certain amount of time before it starts to take a toll on them. I may not outfight him, but I can outlast him - assuming if I can~ Esdeath analyzed.

Esdeath pulled out her rapier and charged towards Heatblast. Heatblast flew over towards Esdeath charging up his hands and fired up a powerful blast at Esdeath to which in response she dodged - only barely. Esdeath fired several ice shots at Heatblast only for them to melt as Heatblast continued his assault on her. Esdeath struggled to fight against Heatblast against her own ice abilities. She had to change strategies quickly. She charged at him with her rapier. Heatblast ran towards her flew above her and melted the ground before she was punched in the face by Heatblast's superheated fists. Heatblast knocked her up into the sky to which she rained in bullets of ice to which Heatblast barely felt. In fact, he created a huge ball of fire and tossed it over to Esdeath to which she barely dodged only for her to be blinded by another green flash and thus was blasted by green lasers through a pillar to a series of trees. She had no time to look, but from what she saw was a raging red humanoid, manta ray like alien with two black lightning bolt-like stripes coming down from his shoulders to his Ultimatrix crest. Jetray blasted Esdeath with his eye beams keeping his distance away from her while peltering Esdeath with painful beams of bioenergy. Trees were being knocked down as Esdeath struggled to defend herself against Ben. Jetray was extremely fast. She could not outrun him. She was blasted out from the forest, in midair, a bright green flash blinded her again and then was blasted by powerful jets of water from a red, mollusk-like creature.

Esdeath fell flat on the ground. She quickly got back up and barely missed Ultimate Cannonbolt before he transformed again into Four Arms. Esdeath took her rapier and begun slicing on Four Arms chest. Blood sapped out from his body but ignored it as he continued to fight against the smiling sadist.

"Yes, this is more like it! Give me more! Give it to me! Give me more of this excitement! Haha!" Esdeath yelled.

Sheele and Akame were terrified at how hard Ben was fighting. He showed no signs of tiring out and Esdeath, being extremely hurt encouraged this.

Akame felt no pity towards Esdeath, she wanted her to die, but by Ben would seem - off. Akame stayed clear from the fight, because she knew if she intervened, not only she'll get hurt (which she could shake off), this could ultimately have Ben go on a rampage against the Empire turning into who knows what powerful enough to erase the Empire from the face of the map, thus risking the lives of the innocent members of the Revolutionary Army and ordinary citizens.

She didn't want to kill Ben, he was way too valuable...plus it would EXTREMELY tricky to get too close without him having his watch activated. She would lose before the fight even started, and looking at this would prove as a preview of what to come if Akame pushed Ben too far.

"Ben's far more powerful than I thought. He's in equal footing to Esdeath," she noted, "And what's strange is that - Esdeath knows this. She knows Ben's strong, she's waiting for the opportunity for him to exhaust his powers so she can kill him and possibly use the Ultimatrix for herself and God help us if she bore the watch."

Sheele was frozen at the sheer might and power Ben unleashed upon them. He was so upset Esdeath harmed her and was pissed off at how casual she sounded.

Esdeath released a large ice blast at Water Hazard who continued to blast her with his jets; she dodged them of course but only barely. Water Hazard now as Ultimate Big Chill blew plasma flames at her to which naturally caused Esdeath to strengthen her ice blasts, only for them to merge and encase her in ice. Esdeath shocked, tried to escape from her icy prison in mid air until she was blasted out of the sky by NRG's energy attacks causing spectacular fireworks to be displayed in the sky.

"Ben?" Sheele said out of concern.

Ben, now as Diamondhead crashed to the ground and batted Esdeath with his diamond fists through a stone pillar. Esdeath, now grabbing her rapier from the ground clashed with Diamondhead in a swordfight, albeit extremely short. Esdeath kicked Diamondhead in the chest, launched herself into the air, sliced the shards from her, distracting her from ever attacking Diamondhead only for him to transform again, this time as Rath and smashed her to the ground, before pinning her to the ground as Ultimate Echo Echo with his powerful Sonic blast.

...

Meanwhile, the Jaegers, after finishing up their mission heard a sonic boom. The sound spooked them, forcing them to turn around where Esdeath was. What they saw was horrifying.

A small,m but a thick mushroom cloud of earth and dust dominated the night sky.

"What the hell was that?" Wave asked as Bols dropped his Imperial Arms in wonder. Kurome was extremely confused on what went on until it clicked in her mind.

"Wait, isn't that the General? She's in trouble!" Kurome said. The Jaegers were about to rush over to aid their Commander until Seryu halted them when Korro began to detect something.

Korro started sniffing on Wave; Wave had a sweatdrop on his face as he was embarrassed with Korro sniffing on him as if he was a new chew toy ready to be chewed on. It was an extremely weird experience for the Veteran of the Sea.

"Uhhhh...Seryu?"

"Shhhhh," Seryu said, "My Ben-Killing detector is detecting something!" she said looking over Korro through Wave.

"Are you saying that Ben Tennyson is through that mushroom cloud?" Seryu asked.

Korro barked.

"Then lead the way!"

As Seryu led the way over to the cloud, Wave and Kurome all shared the same confused looks on their faces. With Kurome, it was more with frustration than with confusion. She was still confused nonetheless, but more so annoyed at Seryu's erratic behavior. It was starting to bother the team since all she could ever talk about was killing a boy named Ben Tennyson.

"Must be a boy obsession or something," Kurome said.

"Must be," Wave stated, "But let's assume Ben Tennyson does exist."

"He whooped my ass, and nearly killed me, so he exists, soldier!" Seryu yelled out in the distance.

"If he had, would that make him a threat to the Empire?" he asked.

"Yeah, but the plausibility of a boy with the magical powers to transform into a dinosaur is extremely small. Plus, the green bitch is crazy," Kurome said in a very casual tone in her voice.

"I HEARD THAT!" Seryu screamed.

...

Ultimate Echo Echo tossed Esdeath through a crater. She rolled into the depression beaten, nearly immobile. She struggled to move, but a vengeful Ultimate Echo Echo stepped forth and bashed Esdeath's head against the stone cold ground rapidly, eight times, trying to knock her out.

Esdeath, barely audible tried to fight him off, but Ultimate Echo Echo smashed her hand, crippling her bones as three sonic disks surrounded her face, "Three disks should be enough to liquidate your head," Ultimate Echo Echo said with a dark tone, completely in a state of apathy of what happens to this woman.

"Y-you seem more...more like me. Void of feeling. The excitement of the thrill. I couldn't beat you in combat - you..." Esdeath tried to say but was overwhelmed by the pain she endured. She tried to reach for her rapier, unfortunately, she was too injured to grasp it.

"Master Control? Now it makes sense," she spat out blood, "Your Imperial Arms far exceeds mine, but that's not enough to save you. I see it in your eyes, you've never taken a life, but you've considered it. You could have finished me off at any time, but wasted it in a blind rage," she laughed, "You will die by my hands and I will seek it through. So kill me, you've won," Esdeath was knocked out.

"With pleasure," Ultimate Echo Echo said activating his disks.

Sheele was horrified that Ben was so relaxed in aiding to kill Esdeath. His hatred against her was vast. VAST! Sheele knew Ben wasn't that type of guy to kill, even against his enemies. He was no assassin. He couldn't live the life she lived through. She got up and ran towards Ultimate Echo Echo.

"STOP!" Sheele screamed. Ultimate Echo Echo turned, "Don't kill her."

"Give me one reason I can't," Ultimate Echo Echo said.

"I lived this life, the life of an assassin. I have been through it, all of Night Raid lived through it. Killing is our specialty. Killing is our job! You, you don't have that skill to deal with the bloodshed you would spill. This goes beyond vengeance. Trust me I know."

"But she almost killed you!"

"I know!" Sheele said, "But you're not me. You're not Night Raid. You're not the Empire! You are you. You said that you are a hero, right? Be that? I do not want you to change because of me. I've lost lots of people because of that!" Sheele began to sob, "And if you kill her, you'll be a target of the Empire - even MORE so. And the last thing I want is to lose a friend." Sheele held Ultimate Echo Echo, "Leave her to Akame, she'll deal with her."

"Ben?" Ben and Sheele turned to look at Tatsumi, "I was just like you, and I know how it feels to kill. It's not a good feeling. The rage, the anguish, the anger, it's all there. Spare her - and let Night Raid take care of her. I'll stay behind, gather as much information as I can from them and then I'll get back to base."

"Tatsumi?" Ultimate Echo Echo said.

"Ben, you are a gift to us. A gift...a gift to...," Sheele stopped.

"A gift to what?"

Ultimate Echo Echo suddenly was pulled and was given a passionate kiss by Sheele, "You're my mirror."

Tatsumi and Ben were shocked. Ultimate Echo Echo turned around to Esdeath and sighed.

...

Akame shook. Seeing the power she witnessed was jaw dropping. Ben was considering executing Esdeath in cold blood. Though she wouldn't mind personally had Ben killed her, it would paint a VERY different picture of Ben when he comes back to base. He was extremely powerful.

But the one thing that scared her the most that there was a possibility, thanks to Esdeath, that he was holding back. Thus, this nullified the notion that he could be a spy for the Empire. Ben was more of an ally than a foe. She had a whole new respect and fear of Ben Tennyson, he was an ally and at anytime he could have access to this new activation, Master Control at any time.

He was no one to mess with.

...

"Ultimatrix," Ultimate Echo Echo said, "Lock Master Control Code 10. "

"Master Control: Disabled," The Ultimatrix replied turning Ultimate Echo Echo back to human, "Recharge Mode: Activated. Estimated Time Function: 20 minutes."

"I don't understand..."

Sheele hugged him from the back, "I understand completely."

Ben was shocked at how close Sheele was becoming. But, it was comforting nonetheless. Tatsumi smiled until he heard small footsteps. He turned around and saw the Jaegers on their tail, "Yeah, sorry for the breakup routine, but you guys got to go! Like now!"

Sheele let go of Ben and nodded, "Right!"

Ben trying to reactivate his Ultimatrix was grabbed by Sheele, dragging him to the woods. Tatsumi had to act worried for Esdeath by holding her and pretending to cry. Seryu, who at this point, was extremely upset to see, not the Commander extremely injured. Nope. But by having the opportunity to smack Ben a few pegs was missed.

"What the hell happened here?" Wave yelled in concern rushing over to his Commander.

"Ben Tennyson," she spat.

...

Ben and Sheele ran through the woods escaping the Jaegers, once they felt they had outpaced them, they stopped to take a breather. Ben collapsed to the floor, not used to physically running with his regular form unlike Sheele was. Sheele was physically fit and was able to outrun Tennyson in his normal form. Ben couldn't use his Ultimatrix since it was recharging after so many uses. She was still up not letting a loss of oxygen to collapse was on the ground not wanting to get back up.

"I'm...tired..." Ben said, "I can't believe..."

"Ben..." Sheele said, "You've done the right thing."

"But she..."

"Don't worry about me," she said with a smile, "You're different."

"But I..."

"You're okay," Sheele reassured, "I just don't want you to go and...well be at a place we all are in. Your innocence is your greatest strength. Guard it."

Ben smiled, "Thanks, but what was that kiss for?"

Sheele blushed, "It's...um...well..."

Ben giggled, "Loss of words?"

Sheele nodded, "Sorry."

Ben smiled and held her hand, "Come on, the Base is not far behind." he said to a blushing Sheele. She nodded.

...

Back at the hideout, Ben contemplated about nearly killing Esdeath. He told Sheele how much he hated her for what she did to Sheele and everyone around her. Sheele calmed him down by reassuring that he was safe, however unfortunately bluntly told him that he would be the new target for the Empire - only by a small margin if Esdeath loses memory and if Tatsumi could convince her that what she saw was just a powerful shape-shifting Danger Beast. It would easily be believable than a boy with a watch that could transform into aliens.

Seryu, however, was another story. Sheele and Ben walked together to his room talking non-stop to each other. By the time they were right in front of his room, Sheele gave Ben an unexpected goodbye kiss, "Good night, Ben," she said in a tender tone of her voice.

"Night," he said as he watched Sheele watching him as he entered the door.

When Ben entered his room, he got a surprise visit from a young woman looking out at the window who ran towards him with a bone-crushing bear hug. Akame cried in his shoulders worried to death about him AND having been wrong about him - half the time.

"I'm so sorry," she said, "I'm glad you are safe!"

"Yeah," Ben tried to breathe, "I am." Akame let go of him.

"I'm sorry I couldn't..."

"That's okay," she said, "I'll get him in the morning. What's important now is that you're safe. Nothing more and nothing less."

"Are you okay?"

Akame smashed Ben against the wall and gave him a passionate kiss. Her breasts pressed up against his chest, "More than okay. I'm happy that you're safe. I just don't want you to go through that ever again! That wasn't my intention for you to meet Esdeath and..."

"Wait you know about her?" Ben asked, now confused.

"We all do. You're not the only one," she said, "I was worried. Really worried."

"It's okay," Ben said now weirded out, "It's quite okay."

"Anyway, I stalled for to much time," she said, "Have a good night's rest, okay?" she said leaving the room.

"Yeah? You too?" Ben said, "What the hell was that about?"


AN: Well, that was that! It took a lot of time and space to write this fanfic chapter, but here we are. The next chapter will come pretty soon. Not too soon, but soon. I hope you all enjoyed this fan fiction story as much as I had fun writing it! Please always leave reviews, they are always appreciated. And of you would like to support this story, please let your friends know about it! Until we meet again, this is MegaRdaniels signing out!

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