Chapter 6 Reinforcements

AN: This chapter had some redoing many times and was close on writer's block but thanks to a great friend of mine, who is almost like a brother to me, fix this chapter and here we are. Be noted that my friend help wrote this chapter and let's give a good round of claps for him as the next chapter starts now.

Night Raid – Training Grounds

"Stay calm, try to keep your breathing steady. Keep your feet planted firmly on the ground," Naruto calmly laid out his teachings to his newest student.

Sayo nodded her head a little whilst she followed what the self-proclaimed knight told her.

"Here I go!" She spoke up before pulling the bow's string back and aiming her shots.

The bow had a clean white color with silver and gold patterns along its length. Light blue energy arrows would form whenever Sayo pulled on its long string. This incredible weapon happened to originally belong to the man that killed the Son of the Sun God in a traitorous manner. Arjuna was his name, but Sayo needn't know about this story quite yet.

Sayo let the energy arrows fly at supersonic speed. She was natural, a fact that became obvious when she hit all targets dead in the center. Afterward, she took a deep breath and relaxed her arm.

"Good. We still have a long way to go, but this is a good start," Naruto reassured the young archer.

She merely nodded once more in agreement.

"Let's take a five-minute break for water, shall we? Those arrows don't come free— they're generated by your own energy so take it easy," The knight concluded.

"Okie Dokie!" She remarked enthusiastically before grabbing a nearby water bottle off the grass and taking in a few well-earned gulps.

Student and teacher rested for around four and a half minutes only to then resume their training with a good ten-mile run. Naruto saw a great deal of potential in Sayo, but he could tell she was still held back by youthful ignorance — something that could only be fixed by experience.

"All in due time," Naruto thought to himself.

Night Raid – Dining Room

Later in the morning Naruto and Akame were assigned to cooking duty — tonight's menu included steak and potatoes among other treats. The Dragon Knight had saved Mine's and Sheele's breakfast from a certain red-eyed katana wielder.

Naruto's many servants had no need to worry about sustenance. So, they were off somewhere doing their own thing.

"Akame tried to eat your meals, but I made her more and told her not to touch you girls' meals," Naruto informed Mine and Sheele as he took a seat.

Suddenly he started reading a unique book with a hardcover book.

"Thanks, Naruto — what is that you are reading?" Sheele questioned.

"Oh, this? It's a Bible written in French… it's quite special to me. After all, it was a birthday gift from my mother… she gave it to me long ago," Naruto answered.

"French?"

"Oh, right you guys don't have that here… never mind!" The knight smiled cheerfully.

"Where's Akame by the way?" Mine wondered after seeing that Akame was not cleaning the dishes or busy stealing her meal.

"Akame and Saber are helping Luna, Air, and Fal with their hunting skills. I offered to clean the dishes from breakfast," He answered before leaving his Bible on the table and getting up to clean the dishes.

"Huh, I see," Mine acknowledged.

"And everyone else?" Sheele pondered, not seeing anyone around.

"Lubbock went to the Capital in order to find information on a target named Tonto. Caster, Lancer, and Rider should be checking on the traps placed around the hideout and borders. The others I don't know, but I could guest that Tatsumi and Ieyasu are getting some training in."

"Makes sense," Mine remarked indifferently, getting the idea and Sheele agreed.

As breakfast came to an end, Najenda suddenly emerged. Her serious expression sent a distressful omen across the dining room setting Naruto, Mine, and Sheele on edge. With a darkened tone, she looked over towards the Dragon Knight.

Crossing her arms over her voluptuous blossom, the boss spoke in a commanding tone, "One of our undercover agents has gone silent… she was part of the Imperial guard and fed us information from the inside. She has been M.I.A for the last two nights."

"Sounds bad. The hell happened?" Mine inquired in her usual unapologetically loud manner.

"According to recent reports in the area, a psychopath named Zank has been beheading any citizens he comes across… if he by chance faced off against her unit — we should fear the worst," the boss put it bluntly.

"But you want me to check nevertheless," Naruto voiced his assumption.

"Yes… but you're not going alone. Leone will accompany you."

"What about Akame?"

"Akame, Bulat, and Tatsumi will be handling a situation regarding Bulat's former master. I'd appreciate if a few of your companions could accompany them," Najenda elaborated.

"Sure thing… time to bring a madman to justice!" The young knight proclaimed enthusiastically whilst slamming his fists together.

Unbeknownst to the powerful warrior what awaited him was no simple endeavor.

Time Skip

Hours later — In the backstreets of the Capital City

When the clock struck midnight, two silhouettes crossed a myriad of alleyways at seemingly impossible speeds. To the trained eye, these were Naruto the Dragon Knight and Leone of Night Raid. Like lightning bolts, the two crossed the dark in search of their target.

With the wind blowing against her long hair and her well-developed form accompanying her acrobatic movement, Leone looked like a beautiful beast under the ever-present moonlight. This drew Naruto's eye to her as she rushed ahead of him. On a purely instinctual level, he grew to appreciate her feminine figure more and more.

"I see you staring at my ass! …Not that I mind," The spunky female remarked before casually looking over her shoulder to catch a glimpse of the knight's muscular frame.

"Please Leone, you've been checking me out for the last hour," He accurately retorted.

"Bout time ya noticed. How about we slip into one these alleyways and—"

"I appreciate the thought, but we should focus on the mission first," The knight's common sense trumped his desire for that wild, honest woman.

Nevertheless, he did blush at the thought as they continued to dash through the empty streets and dirty alleyways until finally…

"What the fuck?!" Leone shouted as she suddenly came to a halt alongside Naruto.

What they saw was hard to process.

Lying dead on the street was the corpse of the man they were after. Mangled, bifurcated, broken beyond repair. The face of the executioner had been ripped off completely leaving him a husk of muscle and blood. Moreover, his eye sockets were empty, and his chest had been decorated with a seemingly endless number of claw marks. Next to Zank were the beheaded, desecrated corpses of the under-covered agent and her unit of Imperial troops.

"He killed them… but something even scarier than him came and ended his life," Naruto analyzed.

Outside of the duo's view, a mysterious stranger watched the scene from atop a nearby rooftop. This entity possessed long, light blue hair and animalistic dark blue eyes. Furthermore, a white bodysuit-like armor decorated his slim yet defined figure. His beastly claws were drenched in blood and guts, not to mention the devious grin he sported while cloaked in the darkness.

A single thought crossed that deranged killer's mind, "You'll be on the chopping block next… Dragon Knight."

Time Skip

Days Later — Night Raid Headquarters

"To conclude this meeting… let's recap recent events," Najenda calmly spoke addressing the assassins and heroes that gathered before her, "Gensei was killed off by Bulat after an arduous match between master and student, and during this altercation, the old man mentioned that his greatest student, Takeo, would put an end to the rebels. In the meantime, Naruto and Leone found out that Zank the executioner had met an unexpected early demise… possibly at the hands of this Takeo. Lastly, Tatsumi, Ieyasu, and Sayo managed to retrieve the daughter of former Prime Minister Chouri, but we could not save her father. Spear-chan, again… welcome to Night Raid. You can count us to keep you safe and train you into a strong fighter."

"I will do my best, boss…" The petite blond girl or Spear spoke meekly

She still wore the same winter coat and a large hat used in her travels.

"To be completely honest we wouldn't have made it without help… not without their help," Tatsumi remarked while looking at the new servants' present.

The Knight Of Rebellion; Mordred, The Chosen Of The Goddess Artemis; Atalanta, The Unloved Bride; Frankenstein's Monster or Fran for short, and finally the skimpily dressed killer Lolita; Jack the Ripper.

"Truly impressive… now that the Three Beasts are gone and buried, we can focus on preparing ourselves for a future confrontation with Esdeath. Now that her personal guard has lost its best men… she will be looking for replacements," Najenda observed.

"Oh also," Naruto interrupted and spoke, "It's about time you guys tell them your true names. We all need to be on equal ground here."

And so, they did just that.

Heroes from myth, figures of mystery, and others of equal renown and glory — all revealed at last. The struggles to come would be difficult and no doubt these heroes and the Dragon Knight would be Night Raid's greatest weapon in the fight against a world of corruption.