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Twitch and Tatsumi stood in an alley, waiting as people walked past them. Twitch looked over towards Tatsumi with wide eyes at his hardened excursion, "So, Tatsumi...what did you need to talk to me about?"
Tatsumi sighed as he crossed his arms and leaned back against the wall, "Mine is a great girl, a great friend and a kick-ass sniper, who wouldn't hesitate to use Pumpkin on you if you cross her, but like I said no one is without their shortcomings,"
The swordsman walked over towards Twitch as Twitch closed his eyes tightly, "Here's a piece of friendly advice, she enjoys shopping and getting her a new pink dress will make her happy,"
Twitch looked up in confusion, "What?"
"Just know I wasn't joking. If you hurt her then we're going to have problems, Twitch," the two heard screaming and they looked up as Tatsumi narrowed his eyes, "That's our cue. Are you ready to take a life, kid?" Twitch nodded before the two of them called on their Teigu and raced around the corner towards the screaming.
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Seeing a rather large man with a broad sword standing over a nearly decapitated body, Tatsumi shouted, "So you must be King!"
The man looked back before laughing, "Well I'll be damned, if it isn't Incursio from Night Raid and…uh...I'm sorry kid, who the hell are you?"
"I am Acinonyx, the newest member of Night Raid," Twitch narrowed his eyes, "And your reign of terrorizing the citizens ends now,"
King stared at them before he began laughing, "You two are either really brave or very foolish. No one has ever crossed swords with me and lived to tell the tale," getting in a fighting stance, King smirked, "I'll humor you kids but know it'll be the last act of kindness you'll get," he began running towards the two of them.
The sound of two swords colliding with one another filled the air as Twitch ran around, trying to find an opening. Tatsumi grunted as he glanced at him, "A little help with be greatly appreciated, Acinonyx,"
"What the hell do you think I'm trying to do? You two are swinging so wildly I can barely see an opening," Tatsumi growled as he continued to fight.
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Akame, Leone, Mine, Chelsea and Lubbock roamed the streets, some with their heads down while the others looked around. Mine slowed her pace and walked beside Chelsea, "So...about your brother," Chelsea hummed and looked at the gun wielding pinkette, "What's the story with him? How in the hell did he manage to survive in the southern region for so long?"
"The two of us are fighters, our parents taught us a lot about survival and how to live off the land, no matter where we were." Mine hummed as she listened and Chelsea looked up at the night sky, "And I'm happy that they did otherwise he would've been dead way before now."
"And during that raid...how did you guys end up separated?"
"I was near the riverbank with a few of my friends when the attack happened," the two stopped as the rest of their group ventured ahead, "By the time I got back, I found charred body after charred body. I didn't take the time to find any survivors. I began running, trying to find the bastards that did that to my family, my friends and their families."
Mine frowned as she hung her head, "I'm sorry that happened. And I'm sorry I asked,"
"Don't worry about it," Chelsea smiled before she began walking ahead of her, "We better start looking for Maka. I'm sure Tatsumi and Twitch found King by now," Mine hummed and nodded before following her.
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Twitch and Tatsumi grunted as they were thrown against a brick wall and King approached them, chucking with each step, "I got to hand it to you boys, no one had ever managed to stand their own against me for very long and live to tell about it,"
"Damnit," Twitch grunted as he struggled to stand up, "I didn't come all this way to find my sister just to be killed by a bully like you,"
King laughed loudly, "You've got balls kid, I'll give you that much. Standing after getting tossed around like a ragdoll takes guts, so I'll try to make your death as painless as possible," King raised his sword as Twitch began running towards him and Tatsumi tried to stand.
Hearing something wet hit the stone ground, Tatsumi looked up and his eyes widened when he saw Twitch on front of King with King's sword in his shoulder, "You dumbass, what the hell were you-" he watched as King fell back and Twitch howled in pain as sword slid out of his shoulder before falling back.
Tatsumi ran towards him before helping him up, "You damn fool, what were you trying to accomplish?"
"Hehe…I got one good hit in" Tatsumi looked back to see a gaping hole in King's torso, "I pulled out some entails and he was as good as dead," he laughed as Tatsumi sighed and punched the top of his head, "What was that for?"
"For being so careless. What would've happened if he struck you in the back and punctured a lung? I'd have a hell of a time explaining to Chelsea that I allowed you to get yourself killed," he helped Twitch up and allowed him to lean on him for support, "A very good friend of mine once told me to be aware of my surroundings and understand the situation, and now it looks like I have to drill his words into you, rookie,"
Twitch chuckled before looking at his bleeding shoulder, "So…any chance we don't tell Chelsea about this?"
"She's going to find it, we have to report any and all injuries to the team," Twitch moaned as they began walking away, "Let's get you patched up. I'm sure the others are done with their mission by now," Twitch nodded as he tried to keep up with Tatsumi's pace.
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A woman with shoulder length blonde hair sighed as she stood on the ruined remains of a burnt down house, "Well that wasn't very fun at all. They didn't even try to scream for mercy," hearing a faint meow, she looked down to see a cat rubbing against her legs, "And where did you come from?"
Mine peered down Pumpkin's sight and narrowed her eyes as she muttered under her breath, "Take the bait you bitch,"
"This is so boring," Leone sighed, "You two could've easily handled her by yourself, so why would Tatsumi and Twitch go after King by themselves,"
"There'll be times when all we can do is wait," Akame sighed, "I'm sure Tatsumi had his reasons for only taking Twitch along with him, and-" before the emotionless black-haired fighter could finish, the sound of a gun firing cut her off. Everyone looked down as the woman, now with a hole in the side of her head, fell back and the cat began running towards them.
Chelsea stood up and stretched, "That was way too easy, and no one got hurt," everyone looked at her, "Let's get back to the hideout," the others nodded in agreement before they began walking away.
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The five stepped into the hideout and saw a badly beaten Twitch being helped by Tatsumi. The two looked up as Chelsea growled and narrowed her eyes, "What the living hell! I let you go out the first day you're here and you look like this! Do I need to beat some sense into you!"
She looked at Tatsumi and grabbed him by the collar before she began to shake him out of anger, "And you were there when this happened! What kind of swordsman are you! You were going against another swordsman, he should've been easy for you to handle, Tatsumi!"
"I'm so glad I'm not either of those two at the moment," Lubbock commented, "Chelsea seems pissed," the others slowly nodded.
Chelsea continued to shake Tatsumi, "It wasn't his fault, sis," Chelsea stopped and looked at her brother in confusion, "I got cocky and ran towards the guy without thinking twice and he got a good hit on me before I killed him and Tatsumi knocked some sense into me before bringing me back here,"
Chelsea took a deep breath before walking over to him and punched the top of his head, "Hey! I'll have everyone here know my head is sensitive,"
Without warning, Chelsea hugged him and frowned, "You damn idiot. You saw he had a sword and you saw Tatsumi had a sword. You should've just let him handle it. I don't want to lose you," everyone smiled at the sight as Twitch frowned and hugged her back.
Chelsea broke from the hug and let out a shaky breath, "Okay, let's finish getting you cleaned up," Twitch nodded before sitting back down and Chelsea began trending to his injuries.
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