Before I start I would like to clear some things up. For one I'm going with old helmet design instead of that new one because I like the old design better, but I will include Max's other modes like Titian and Nova as well as he's Duo modes. So with that out the way let's begin.
Chapter 2
Kill the Duo
"Wwweeelll, this is a fine mess you got us into" Steel said with glare in his eye.
"Hey it wasn't my fault, they just caught me off guard" Max replied
"Yeah and now were tied to a pair chairs against our will, by a group of Assassins!" Steel shouted at Max
And yes, they are indeed tied to chairs in the middle of a meeting room of sorts, well in Steel's case he was tied to the back board of the chair.
"Oh boy" Max said as let out a sigh, hanging his head in exhaustion
As he hung his head down he couldn't help but notice something on top of his head but do to his helmet he couldn't tell what it was.
"Hey, uh, Steel I think there's something on my head. What is it?" Max asked as Steel looked up to see
"Ahhh!" Steel shouted making an exclamation point appear on his face and surprising Max
"What! What is it Steel!?" Max asked as the Ultralink looked away
"Uh, It's nothing" Steel said quickly but Max was not buying it
"Steel, what is it?" Max asked again but a bit more forceful
"Trust me Max, it's not important" Steel replied still not making eye contact
"Steel. You better tell me now or…" Max started to say until
"Boobs!" Steel shouted stopping Max in midsentence
"Uh…what?" Max asked confused by Steel's answer
Max then slowly looked slightly up and to his shock there was a pair of women's breasts, still clothed mind you, laying on top his head.
"Ahhh!" Max shouted trying to get away only to topple over the chair and land face first on the ground.
"Ha! Wow you sure are a shy little guy" the girl said
Looking up Max saw it was the blond haired girl from last night only she looked a little bit different, taking a closer look he remembered her having longer hair and also seemed to have lion like features but now she had lost her features and now had shorter hair.
"Well, when a girl puts their breasts on someone's head, I think what I did is the appropriate response" Max replied while blushing underneath his helmet.
"Wait, why are you here anyway?" Steel asked
"What's it look like, I'm here to get you untied" the women said
"What!?" Max and Steel shouted
"Well since your joining the team, I thought you would like to be a little bit more…comfortable" she said as she untied them both.
Once they were free they both stretched out there limbs making a few pops in their joints, once they were done stretching they couldn't help but give the blond women a confused look.
"Look thanks for untying us but to be fair we aren't interested Miss…" Max said until the blond women then grabbed him by the neck and brought him incredible close to her chest making him blush.
"Leone, and besides you should at least hear us, I think you two would be a good addition to the team" Leone said with cheeky smile
"Yes, thanks for the complement but really we wouldn't fit in your "Merry band of Misfits" Steel said making air quotes.
Then with a smile Leone then grabbed both Max and Steel and started to drag them out of the room.
"Well either way, I'm going to introduce you two to the team, right after we get Tatsumi" She said while Max and Steel both squirmed in Leone's grip, meanwhile just down the hall Akame looked at the pair as they were dragged away with a blank look but on the inside she couldn't help but wonder who they were and what they are doing here.
True to her word, Leone then grabbed Tatsumi from outside Night Raid's hideout and brought him along with them. There first stop was the meeting room where Max and Steel were in but now there was someone else in there. It was women, with long purple hair and Purple eyes; she also wore a long purple dress with a slight window showing a little bit of her cleavage and also wore a pair of thick square glasses.
"This is Sheele, one of are more "lighthearted" members" Leone said
The girl then looked up from a book she was reading and saw Max, Steel and Tatsumi and gave a smile.
"Oh Hello there, it's nice to meet you, welcome to the team" Sheele said
"Um nice to meet you, but we haven't joined" Tatsumi replied
"Yeah, and I highly think ever" Steel added
"Ha, you can say that again" Max agreed
Hearing this Sheele then turned her attention from the three boys and turned her attention to Leone.
"They haven't joined yet? Despite what has happened?" Sheele asked her
"There a bit hesitate, so I was thought you could convince them with some encouraging words" Leone said patting Tatsumi on the head
"This outa be good" Steel whispered to Max while Sheele placed her finger on her chin, thinking it over.
"Well…since we showed you three the location of our hideout…if we can't convince you to join we'll have to kill you" Sheele said giving them a sharp look
After hearing that all three of them sported a worried look on their face, well more Steel and Tatsumi then Max since he was still wherein his helmet but he was still as nervous as the rest of them.
"Uh is that supposed to be encouraging or a threat?" Tatsumi asked in dismay
"I think that was threat" Max said
"Oh just give it some thought okay?" Sheele said returning to her more cheery attitude and went back to her book.
Seeing the front of the cover, they saw the title was "Mending your Air-headed Ways" making all three of them sweat drop at this.
'Aw man these guys are bunch of circus freaks' Tatsumi thought with a wearied out look on his face
'Weird attitude for an assassin' Max and Steel thought
"Hey!" a female voice shouted
Turning around they found a young women in the doorway, she had pink haired tied into two long twin tails and pink eyes, and she also wore a pink dress that seemed to puff out at the bottom.
"Leone, why did you bring these losers back to the hideout?!" the pinkette said pointing a finger at the trio.
"There one of us now" Leone responded while the girl walked up to them
"And no one asked for my opinion" she said and looked at all three of them a stern look, once she was done she then turned around with her head held high.
"I won't allow, it obvious you're not cut by the same professional cloth as the rest of us I mean just look at you" she said with a smug smirk making Tatsumi mad as well as the others.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Tatsumi said clenching his fist
"Oh don't worry that's just Mine's way of saying hello" Leone said as the now named Mine turned her head from them again with "hmph" until.
Zap!
Mine then jumped slightly in the air with a yelp when she felt a stinging pain on her rear end. Turning around quickly she saw Steel pointing one of his's flippers at her.
"Did you just shoot me?!" Mine shouted at him
"So what if I did?" Steel said in a mocking tone which only angered her more
"You're dead!" Mine shouted jumping at Steel so she could grab him only for her to fly over her making land on the ground.
"Okay, next area" Leone said with a nervous smile as she ushered everyone out before Mine could attack them again.
After that "incident", Leone led them outside, to a huge area with brick walls surrounding the clearing.
"And this is our training area, this is where we go to blow off some steam" Leone said
"Huh, roomy" Max said looking over the large area until they heard the sound of someone working out.
"And look, who's trying to work up a sweat" Leone said pointing out in the middle of the clearing.
There in the center was shirtless man with an extremely outrages pompadour, doing some extremely fast swings with a wooden spear.
"Wow he's really good with that spear" Tatsumi said admiring the mans speed and strength
"I'll say, I can feel those swings from here" Max commented
"Probably because he's swinging fast enough to create small gale force winds" Steel added analyzing the scene in front of him.
Then man then let out a shout and swung his spear once more creating a huge gust of air that was felt by everyone. After that gust of air, the man was done with his training and relaxed himself, he then turned to face them and walked over to them.
"Hey, you're the three fellows we picked up last night" the man said surprising them for they have never seen this man before
"Wait how do you know about that?" Tatsumi asked
"Yeah cause I'd remember someone like you" Max said
"And with that hairdo, definitely" Steel added
"Wha? Oh right you've never seen me like this, I was wearing my armor the first time we meet" he said
Thinking back, they did see an armored person with the group last night meaning that was him.
"Oh, now I see" Max said figuring out what he meant
"Names Bulat, nice to meet you" he said extended his hand in a hand shake
"Uh, Nice to meet you" they said each shacking his hand
"And yes, he's gay" Leone suddenly said
Hearing this trio then backed off immediately, now wearied out by this fact but Bulat just laughed it off.
"Now come on don't let them start getting the wrong idea, yet~" Bulat said in "dreamy" voice which only made them more uncomfortable"
'I can think of a few bad idea's' Tatsumi thought
'Maybe we should keep away from him' Max and Steel thought
Outside the hideout, on a cliff overlooking a stream was a greened haired boy with a pair goggles on top his head and wearing a long brown jacket over him and was staring intently at the stream.
"Hehe, it's almost time for Leone's bath, I would do anything to get a look that smoking hot body" the guy said with a "determined" look in his eye
"In that case, how about you give up two fingers" Leone said behind him with a threating tone in her voice making him sweat in fear.
He then let out a cry of anguish when Leone then grabbed the boy by his arm and pushed him to the ground.
"You never learn do you?!" Leone said to him and true to her word he actually broke two of his fingers making cry in pain. "Next time I'll break your arm!" she added
And watching all of this was Tatsumi, Max and Steel, with a nervous look on their faces, well expect for Max cause of his helmet. Leone then turned their attention back to the three of them with a smile on her face while still holding the guy by his arm.
"This is Lubbock, as you can see he's an idiot" she said with cheerful tone.
"I think he's a bit more than an idiot" Steel comment
"Yeah, that's obvious" Max added
It was now getting dark and now the four of them were now walking along the stream, possibly on their way to meet the team's last member.
"Now let's see here, whose left?" Leone said thinking to herself
"I don't think I can handle anymore" Tatsumi groaned
"Tell me about!" Max and Steel both said both feeling as drained as Tatsumi
"The last one is a bit of cutie, so try not to stare" Leone said to them making wonder who it is, "she should by the fire, stuffing her face right now" she added pointing ahead
And true to her words there was some sitting by a fire with huge bird like creature cooking over the fire on a spit-roast. To the trio's surprise the person by the fire was actually Akame herself and was in the middle of eating a drum stick, possibly from the giant bird.
"Oh, it's you" Max said in a matter a fact voice while just looked at her with a blank stare
"I see you've meet Akame already" Leone said
"Yeah…we meet" Max said crossing his arms
"When she tried to kill us" Steel said crossing his arms as well, but Akame didn't seem to notice.
"Leone, have some" Akame said in her usual monotone voice, while throwing a drum stick to her
"Thanks" She said catching it
Akame then turned around looked at three individuals while they gave her a stern look.
"So, have you deiced to join us?" Akame asked the three of them
"No" Tatsumi simply said
"Sorry, but no" Max said
"Dido" Steel added
"Then I'm sorry but I won't be sharing any of my dinner with you" she said which only made the three of them sweat drop at this.
'Somehow I'm okay with that; this girl has already tried to kill us once' Max thought, while Steel and Tatsumi both thought the same thing.
"Is it just me, or is everyone a little extra jacked up today?" Leone asked her
"That's because the Boss is back" Akame replied
'The Boss?' Tatsumi and Max thought wondering who this "Boss" really is
"So…we finally get to see the head honcho?" Steel remarked gaining a sigh of embarrassment from Max.
Walking around the fire they found another women sitting by the fire as well, she had white short hair and wore a black suit of sorts with a window in the front with a view of her cleavage but the most defining features was she wore an eye patch over her right eye and had a large metal arm where her right arm would have been.
"Boss!" Leone shouted with joy seeing the women before her
"Hey" she replied with a smile
"Huh, you know something she kind of reminds me of Uncle Ferries" Max said to Steel
"I know right, that metal arm does sell the point" Steel said
"Welcome back, did you bring me anything good?" Leone asked
"Now why would I do that?" she replied which got Leone and the others attention, "I heard from one of your most recent assignments, you completed it three days behind schedule" she said and although she sounded relaxed, her mechanical hand was twitching like crazy signifying that she was mad.
Seeing this Leone knew she screwed up and quickly made run for it, only to every ones shock her metal hand shot out and grabbed her by her scarf and started to pull her back.
"When in battle against a strong opponent it's important not be to infested in the fight" she said as she pulled her back
"Okay, I learned my lesson now let me go" Leone wined as she was pulled back
"Anyway, tell me about these people, especially these two" she said eyeing Max and Steel
"Oh right, they're going to be going to be joining us" Leone said standing up
"I didn't agree to anything" Tatsumi said
"Yeah, and will stopping saying that were joining" Max said
"I agree, it's getting annoying" Steel said giving her a glare
"Do they seem promising?" the Boss asked Leone ignoring their comments
"Most defiantly" Leone said with a smirk
The Boss then stared intently at the three of them as if sizing them up, especially Max and Steel, while then gave back a stare of their own.
"See, all we ask of you three is to try" Leone said trying to sound encouraging
"That's not what you said before" Tatsumi said sounding ticked
"Uh, does everyone have screw loose?" Max said to himself
"At this point, probably" Steel replied
Then the Boss then sat up from her chair and put a coat over her shoulders with the Night Raid symbol on the back.
"Akame, go get everyone together, I want here about everything including these three" she said walking away from the group
"Geez, she does remind me of Uncle Ferries" Max said
"Yep, you can definitely see the resemblances" Steel added as they saw the Boss off
Later that day, all the members of Night Raid had gathered together in the meeting room, in order to discuss about the three supposed new members. After explaining the story to the Boss, who they found out, was named Najenda, she was quite surprised to hear what had happened, even more so when she heard how this "Max Steel" was able take down Akame with ease, a feat not achieved very easily.
"Hmm, I see so after hearing all this I must say am intrigued, never once have I heard or seen anything like what you two are" Najenda said looking the Turbo duo
"I suspect so" Max replied knowing full well that there was no else like him in this world
"But that does bring up the questions, who are really and where did you come from?" Najenda asked with a suspicious tone in her voice, as well as gaining a few glares from the members of Night Raid.
"I think we probably should tell them, after all I don't think we can take on everyone here at once" Steel said through there link
"Well, you see it started…" Max began to say until Najenda raised her hand to stop him
"Before you explain yourself, I would like to see your real face" she said
At first Max was little against this, after all he kept his identity secret for a long time and now he basically has to show his face in order to live. Of course thinking it over, he realized that no one in this world knows who he is so all his friends were safe and he highly doubt that any of his enemies followed him here.
"That sounds fair to me, Steel if you don't mind?" Max asked him
Then with a nod Steel then inserted himself into his chest piece, and disengaged his helmet revealing his face for all to see as Steel disengaged from his chest. Looking him over everyone was quite surprised how young he looked, there were expecting someone older based on the level of skill he showed against Akame.
"Now, as I was saying…" Max said and continued telling his story
Once he was done telling his story to everyone, to say that were surprised would be an understatement they were still wrap they head around the fact that these two came from another world and in that world that fought beings that were able to control the elements itself, these alien warlords called Ultralinks, a man who can change into any animal and a person who was a walking toxic hazard that almost poisoned all the water on the planet. But the biggest surprise was when they heard that these two defeated a being that could absorb planets.
"So let me get this straight, Steel is not your Imperial Arms, he's your partner and keeps your power in check?" Najenda asked
"Yep" Max confirmed
"Also with this … Turbo Energy and Steel's help you both can transform into these "Turbo Modes?"" she also asked
"That's right" Steel replied
"Also you cannot take off this suit because you do, you and I quote "blow up"?" she also asked
"Also if me and Max are separated for more than eight hours, but otherwise Yes" Steel also
After hearing this Najenda couldn't help but be a little intimidated and impressed by Max and Steel, and of course everyone else had these thoughts as well, with the expectation of Tatsumi who stepped away from Max after the "blow up" aspect of the conversation.
"Well after hearing all this I must say I'm quite impressed, so that now brings up the big question" Najenda said getting the three's attention, "Max, Steel, Tatsumi, how would like to be the newest members of Night Raid?" Najenda asked extending her hand out to them.
"It's like we have much of a choice, because if we don't you'll kill us" Tatsumi said which lead to Steel and Max glaring at her
"No we won't kill you, but we can't allow you to leave, you see if we can't convince you to join us we'll simply force you to work in your factories" she said
"Oh, that sounds so much better" Steel asked in a sarcastic voice, which got a glare from Najenda
"Either way, we wouldn't take your lives but I still encourage you to join" she said
"I, uh, I just wanted to make some money so I could save my village from starvation, but the Capital wasn't what I thought it was" Tatsumi said with sadness laced in his voice while Max and Steel gave him a sympathetic look.
"Tatsumi, corruption in the capital has caused mass poverty for everyone around the country side, wouldn't you want to uproot that corruption at the core of all this?" Bulat asked gaining the three's attention
"Yeah maybe, but you're not going to go far just by taking out small problems here and there" Max replied
"Maybe but there is a good reason for this" Najenda said
Then Najenda went into detail about a group of rebels called the Revolutionary Army, which was planning on taking down the Capital, but they also needed a group to handle covert operations and assassination so they created Night Raid as way to do so.
"And once the army is ready to make its move, we can take out the source of all this corruption, the minster himself" Najenda said
"I see, so to prepare you're taking out one small fire at a time, an effective strategy" Steel complemented
"Thank you, but all in all we could use your help, after all with your powers we would be one step closer to our goal" she said
"I don't know, I mean you guys are fighting for a good cause, but we don't kill people" Max replied
"That we can understand, your a hero and we would be fools to try and force you to do something you can't do" she said
"She's right you know, if we tried to force you to kill you would be branded as a murder, just like us" Leone said looking very serious
Max and Steel then thought about it for a while, weighing there option's until they suddenly heard Tatsumi speak.
"Will I at least get paid?" he asked catching both Max and Steel by surprise
"Of course" Najenda simply replied
"Then count me in, I'll join Night Raid!" Tatsumi said which shocked both Max and Steel
"You know if you do this, you won't be going home branded a hero" Mine said
"I don't care as long as my village is taken care, that's all that matters" Tatsumi said with a determined look in his eye
"You're willing to be branded a criminal so you can save your village?" Max asked surprised by Tatsumi's decision
"Yes" he replied which but a smile on Max's face
"Good choice Tatsumi and what of you Max, Steel?" Najenda asked the duo waiting for their answer
"Well…since we don't how to get home yet and not to mention we can't ignore people in trouble, I guess were in" Max said
"And where ever Max goes I go" Steel said and hearing this brought a smile to the bosses face as well as everyone else expect for Akame.
"Very well then, welcome to Night Raid you three" Najenda said standing up from her chair, "You all are dismissed for the night, and Akame you'll be in charge of training them" she said causing all three of them to look at Akame with a bit of shock.
"Oh and if they give you any trouble feel free to kill them" Najenda said which Akame nodded in confirmation
"No problem" Akame said quite calmly which kind of scared all three of them.
"She is way to calm to be saying that" Steel stated backing away from Akame, that was until Leone wrapped her arms around Max and Tatsumi's necks and had a cheeky smile.
"You better do good job if you want to live" she said playfully while they wearily looked at Akame
'It just had to be her' they all thought with dread.
'This stinks' Max thought as he chopped some onions
"This is stupid, I'm an Ultralink, not a cook" Steel grumbled has peeled potatoes with T.U.R.B.O laser.
"Don't worry, this is nothing compared to when I first started, this is walk in the park" Tatsumi said trying lighten mood until a certain pink haired girl made her presence known.
"Hey I what seconds here" she shouted
"Oh me too" Bulat said as well
"Me too" Lubbock added
"Oh yes if you don't mind" Sheele said
Hearing all this, the three of them could help but be a little bit agitated.
'There running us ragged' they all thought
Later in the day all three of them including Akame were still in the kitchen cutting peeling food in preparation for dinner today.
"This is ridiculous, I'm supposed to be an assassin not a cook" Tatsumi said while he was peeling apples.
"How do think we feel were super heroes for crying out load" Max grumbled as he and Steel diced up carrots
"Don't look at me, I just put food on the plates, okay" Akame said while she was eating some grapes
"Oh so you're not allowed to cook because you keep sampling the food?" Tatsumi asked in a condescending tone
"I have no idea what you mean" Akame replied although her statement was proven invalid due to her still eating grapes.
"Geez you're a worst liar then Max" Steel said
"Hey!" Max shouted feeling insulated by Steel
"Aw, you all fit right at home in the kitchen rookies" Mine said gabbing there attention
"What!" they all shouted minus Akame as they turned their attention to the annoying pinkette and found the other members of Night Raid, minus from Leone and the Boss, were all assembled. What was also apparent is that they all looked like they were about to go somewhere.
"Are you guys going on a mission or something?" Max asked
"Yes, it a special request" Bulat answered
"Well shouldn't we come too?" Tatsumi asked
"Oh yes please take us with you, I can't take anymore vegetables" Steel shouted being his usually overdramatic self, but unfortunately the pinkette struck again.
"You stay here in the kitchen, now be good little chief and chop me up some cucumbers while were gone" Mine said in mocking voice as she turned to leave.
But right before she did Steel then raised one his flippers again and shoot a beam at Mine just like last time making her yelp in pain, she then quickly turned around and gave a death glare at Steel.
"Did you just shoot me again?!" Mine shouted at the Ultralink
"Maybe?" Steel said, faking innocents
"That's it, your scrap metal!" Mine shouted ready to jump at him until Sheele grabbed her by her collar to hold her back.
"Come one Mine, we have a mission to do" Sheele said and started to drag Mine away as she struggled in her grasp.
Once they were gone Max gave Steel the "really" look while Steel went back to chopping.
"She was asking for it"
After finishing there prep work in the kitchen they then made their way outside, carrying some rather large straw baskets on their back to a large waterfall which emptied into a large lake below.
"Wow this is pretty nice" Tatsumi said admiring the waterfall
"Nice? Try amazing this is quite the sight" Max said staring at the waterfall
"Yeah, way better then back home, all we see is desert as far as the eye can see" Steel added
"Today we'll be catching fish for dinner, see how many you can get" Akame said
"Right, but uh how we going to do that?" Steel asked confused
"Steel's rights, we didn't exactly bring any fishing gear so that begs the question, how are we going to do this?" Max asked
Max and Steel then heard someone's clothes rustling from behind them. Turning around they saw Akame taking off her tie, then to their shock, she then started to lift her shirt. With a shout Steel then wrapped his body around Max's face to block Max's view of Akame possibly in her birthday suit.
"Avert your eyes Max!" Steel shouted
"Steel! Get off my face!" Max shouted trying to pry him off
"No I think Steel has the right idea" Tatsumi said until falling on his rear end until and quickly covered his eyes.
"What's the problem?" Akame asked causing them to look and to their relief she was actually wearing a swimsuit.
"Oh thank goodness it's just a swim suit" Tatsumi said with a sigh of relief
"Yeah, wow talk about a close one" Steel said
"Oh boy" Max muttered embarrassed
"The target is Koku Tuna, see how many you can get" Akame said stepping up to the edge of the cliff
"Aren't those things incredible rare and hard to catch?" Tatsumi asked
"And I would like to state again, we have no fishing gear" Steel said
But Akame ignored their comments and jumped off the cliff into the water below. The three of them then looked down at the water and to their amazement five huge fish came flying out the water and into Akame's basket with ease just as Akame came back up to the surface.
"Swim down to the bottom, then conceal your aura and then make your strike, now you try" Akame shouted up to them.
Tatsumi looked a little doubtful at this while Max and Steel just smiled, well more Max then Steel.
"Well then if that's case, Steel?" Max said
"Way ahead of my Max, let's make a splash!" Steel said
Steel then got into position in front of Max while Max's eye flared with turbo energy just as he struck there pose and shouted.
"GO TURBO, SCUBA!"
Then in a flash of blue light is then disassembled and resembled now take on a new look. The suit still kept it's usually colors with an addition of a few tints of yellow. Along with that they now had blue fins attached to their elbows and on top of his head and blue flippers attached to his feet.
"Look out bellow!" Max shouted as he jumped off the ledge into the water and started to swim down to the bottom.
"So…they have a mode so they can breathe underwater…of course they do" Tatsumi said but quickly gained a determined look "Well I may not have some fancy suit, but it doesn't mean I won't try my best!" Tatsumi shouted and quickly stripped off his shirt and took a dive.
Everyone was now sitting at the dinner table now including Leone and Najenda, enjoying the spoils of their bounty, well expect for Tatsumi who looked a little miserable.
"So in the end, Max was able to catch the same amount of fish that Akame could by using a mode made for aquatic traversal, while Tatsumi here only caught two." Najenda said making said person even more miserable.
"Ah don't worry about it Tatsumi, we just got luck that's all" Max said trying to comfort him but to no avail.
"Akame told me you ripped off your shirt and spout some big talk, man that must have been hilarious" Leone said chuckling
"This will take some time" Akame said simply, catching Tatsumi off guard
"Ouch, and I thought Forge was harsh" Steel said looking at Akame
"Anyway, Leone what have you found out?" Najenda asked Leone then fished out two hand drawn pictures of two men on them
"The targets are General Ogre of the Imperial guard and Gamal the Oil Merchant" Leone said
Everyone then looked at the two pictures getting a good look at the people they need to take down, the oil merchant didn't look tough but guy named Ogre looked like trouble. Leone then started to tell everyone what she learned from her client, and according to what she said it seemed that this Gamal would bale Ogre out of situations so that he could pin the blame on others which led to the client's finance's death.
"And here it is, she paid it all up front" she said placing a huge bag of money on the table.
"Woah, that's a lot" Tatsumi said eyeing the bag of money
"Yeah, too much. You said this client was poor how did she give us all this money?" Steel asked with Max wondering the same thing.
"She smelled sickly, I think she was selling her body" Leone said with a grim look on her face
CRACK!
Everyone jumped in shock at this turning toward Max who's eye's and hands were glowing a bright blue with a furious look on his face and to make matters worse he took a huge chunk out of the table as well as evident with the splinters in his hand.
"Woah Max, calm down your T.U.R.B.O energy levels are spiking like crazy" Steel said which calmed down the young teen as his eyes and hands returned to normal.
"Geez, are you okay" Tatsumi asked him, worried
"Yeah I'm good, that just hit me pretty hard" Max said rubbing his temples as everyone returned to the topic at hand
"Are sure she was telling the truth?" Najenda asked
"My instincts have never led me a astray Boss, he's guilty" Leone replied just as Najenda lit a cigarette
"Then Night Raid accepts this assignment, in the new world we are building, there's no place for trash like him, he needs divine punishment" Najenda said
"Finally, some action!" Steel shouted
"The Oil Merchant shouldn't be too hard, but Ogre is going to be pain, the guy is talented with a sword and always has a group of subordinates following him, he's so careful that Gamal does all his payments to him in his private quarters, the only time he's vulnerable is when he goes drinking in the town square close to the palace" Leone explained
"Good then we know when to strike" Tatsumi exclaimed
"But we can't send Akame they know what she looks like" Najenda said
"Uh hello they don't have any wanted photos of me" Leone said raising her hand
"Can you handle it?" Boss asked
"Of course targets like these are what I live for!" Leone said
"Actually I don't think that's a good idea" Steel said surprising Leone
"What?! Why?!" she asked
"Well if we learned anything from you, you tend to get a little bit too into the fight which leads to you making a bit of a ruckus or tiring yourself out" Steel said causing Leone to hang her head in shame knowing he was right.
"So what do you suggest?" Najenda asked
"Well, like you said we can't send Akame, and Leone would cause a scene, so that leaves us with two options that being me and Max or Tatsumi" Steel said until Akame decided to make herself known
"No, he's not ready" Akame stated which insulted Tatsumi quite a bit causing him squeeze his fists tightly.
"Okay, well that means that leaves…" Steel started to say until Tatsumi slammed his hands on the table cutting him off.
"No, let me do this!?" Tatsumi declared while everyone looked at him
"Really? Are sure you can kill Ogre?" Najenda asked with a bit of a smirk
"Yeah careful how you say that, keep talking big and we might have to make you back it up" Leone added causing Tatsumi to falter
"At the moment you can't do it" Akame said grabbing his attention
"But I'm an expert swordsman, I'll be able to match him" he replied
"I mean you can't kill people" Akame replied catching him and the Turbo duo off guard
"But I did it once before" Tatsumi said, referring to last night
"You were blinded by rage at the time, can you really another person under any circumstances?" Akame asked
"I don't know but I won't know until I try, and I can't stand by while this guy is possible framing another innocent person as we speak" Tatsumi shouted
"Brave words dude, I respect that" Max said as Steel nodded in agreement, while Najenda put out her cigarette
"Very well then, I admire your convection Tatsumi, so take him down" she said making him smile
"Alright!" Leone shouted slapping him on his back
"Of course that brings up another question, what will you two do?" Najenda said turning her attention
"Yes, I much as we trust Tatsumi here it's good to have a back-up plan" Steel replied
"Right, so Steel and I will watch Tatsumi from a far and if he gets into any trouble we'll come and help him" Max said
"How you going to do that? You two aren't exactly inconspicuous" Leone asked only to receive a smirk from Max and a smug look from Steel
"Max Steel has he's way's"
It was late into the night and Max was flying high above the city of the Capital in his Turbo Flight mode. It looked similar to his base mode with the addition to three giant jet wings on his back emitting a blue light and a visor over his helmet. Since Steel hadn't had a chance to scan this worlds clothing yet, they couldn't blend in as usually with camo mode so they opted to use Flight Mode to keep their distance and keep their eyes on Tatsumi. While looking down they couldn't help but admire the sights below but deep down they saw all this was nothing more than a mask, hiding the true evil within.
"Hard to believe such a city could house such evil" Max said looking down below
"I know what you mean, this place looks innocent at first but really this city is rotten to the core" Steel said through there link
"That may be, but that's why we're here, to put a stop to all this" Max replied
"Just wish we didn't have to join team of nut-jobs to do it" Steel said, causing Max to roll his eyes, "Hold up, Tatsumi is on the move" Steel said using his zoom vision to see
"Then let's move" Max said following Tatsumi.
After a while of following Tatsumi they had arrived to a dark alley with no one around expect Tatsumi and Ogre.
"Seems like the perfect place" Max said
"No one around to see and to far way to hear any noise" Steel said looking at the scene below
As Max and Steel flew high above Tatsumi was having a "chat" with Ogre, in order to lower his guard, once it looked like it was, then as quick as lighting Tatsumi then dashed forward with incredible speed and slashed at Ogre's midsection causing him to fall to the ground.
"Huh, well that was easy, guess we weren't needed" Max said
"Actually I think we may need to run interference, I'm still detecting a pulse Max!" Steel quickly stated just as they saw Ogre getting back up
"Then let's go!" Max shouted flying down
While on the ground Tatsumi was walking away from the supposed Ogre thinking he was down, only quickly sense his killing intention, turning quickly around he saw Ogre raising his sword to strike.
"Did you really think you can slay the mighty Ogre!?" He shouted ready to strike until.
"Hey! Pea-Brain!" a voice shouted
Quickly looking in the direction of the voice and saw a white and blue blur coming at him only to deliver a good punch to Ogre's face. Causing him skid across the ground from the impact, once he regained his footing he then looked to see what had hit him only to find a white and blue armored man with three huge wings on his back hovering a few inches off the ground.
"Who are you supposed to be?" Ogre said eying the strange man
"Just our average day superhero, come to kick your but!" Max said landing
"Thanks Max" Tatsumi said raising his sword
"Anytime, but next time, double tap, always" Max said causing Tatsumi to look away embarrassed
"Okay, let me guess, you two are part of that Night Raid group that's killing off the people in power" Ogre said
"And what if we are?" Max asked
"Just means I have to kill two brats tonight!" Ogre shouted raising his sword
"Sorry, but that's not goanna happen" Max said and stuck his pose
"GO TURBO, STRENGTH"
Then in a flash of light Max had now transformed into one his classic modes. Seeing this Ogre was quite shock to see the hulking being before him.
"So you're an Imperial Arms user? That's nothing!" Ogre shouted charging at the two while Max charged as well.
Once he was close enough he then raised his sword ready and delivered a slash at him only to his shock, Max simply caught the blade in his hand and delivered an uppercut to Ogre's jaw sending him flying into the air only to painfully land on the ground, with his sword in Max's hand.
"Who…the hell…are you?" Ogre said as he got back up
"Just call me Max Steel and you are done!" Max said crushing Ogre's sword in his hand, "It's all on you Tatsumi" he said
With no other words Tatsumi quickly rushed forward and in the blink of an eye he then delivered a multitude of slashes, which all gushed with blood causing him to fall to the ground died.
"Well that's the end of that" Steel said through the chest piece
"Yeah, just wish it didn't have to end this way" Max said, not comfortable with seeing someone taking another's life.
"Alright then, let's go" Tatsumi said sheathing his sword, as Max nodded in agreement and struck his pose.
"GO TURBO, FLIGHT"
He then quickly changed back to flight mode and gabbed on to Tatsumi and speed off into the sky.
Once they were back at base they all stood before Najenda as they retold there mission.
"You defeated quite an impressive opponent, well done to you both" she said taking a breath of her cigarette.
"Ha, see Akame I told you can do this, and I didn't get one scratch on me" Tatsumi said with a smile
"With our help of course" Steel added while Max just smiled
"Yeah thanks for that" Tatsumi said
Then out of nowhere Akame then took Tatsumi's shirt off at first he didn't notice, only to then scream in embarrassment.
"What are doing to me!" Tatsumi shouted
"Leone, Boss grab him" Akame said causing both of them hold Tatsumi's arms, which lead to Akame pulling down his pants leaving him in his boxers.
Off to the side Max and Steel were laugh up a storm at this.
"Please tell me your getting all this?!" Max asked through laughs
"Every last second!" Steel replied
Once Tatsumi was striped Akame then started checking him from all sides as if she was looking for something. When she was done she simply stared at him for a while, while Tatsumi was red with embarrassment.
"Thank goodness" she said and to the trio's shock, she was smiling for the first time since they meet her.
'Wow she's pretty when she smiles' Max thought a blush creeping on his face
"I've seen people die from infection because they were too proud to report their wounds" Akame said
'Oh so that's why she did that' Max and Steel thought
"It's hard for us to survive from your first mission, I'm glad you both survived" she said raising her hand in a hand shake that Tatsumi accepted.
"The only reason Akame was hard on you and Max because she was worried for your safety" Leone explained
"Kind of like my Uncle Ferries back home" Max added
"Also everything that Akame taught you helped in more ways than you think, cooking helped with your communication while fishing helped with your killing, well everyone expect Max" Najenda said shocking Tatsumi.
"Heh, guess I didn't notice, I'm sorry Akame" Tatsumi said
"It's okay just keep coming back alive, Tatsumi" she said
"As long as you and Max keep looking after me, Akame" Tatsumi replied only to hear both Leone and Steel giggling at this.
"Oh my gosh, this is so cheesy and adorable and fact there half naked makes it more ridiculous" Leone said
"You said it not me" Steel added
"Hey you're the ones who stripped me, and besides why didn't Max get the same treatment?!" Tatsumi shouted
"Remember, Steel Suit comes off, I go boom, not that it does anyway" Max said
"Oh yeah right" Tatsumi said
"By the way your next assignment will be with Mine next" Najenda said causing Max and Tatsumi to gain a disgusted look while Steel had an X on his face.
"Oh out of frying pan and into the fire" Leone said with an "innocent" face
"She's even worse!" they shouted
While not too far away Mine then shivered slightly as if she was cold.
"I've got a bad feeling about this."
Finally that took forever! But I must admit, it was worth it. So before I end it off I would like to answer some question some of my reviewers asked.
Delta Ranger: Yes I will use the dup modes as I have stated but that won't be until later. Also Leone and Bulat were able to carry Max only because of plot plus he was bit emotionally drained. And Finally I can of just summarized it all so I don't make this chapter to long.
