"Dante... my brother, help me..."
Dante suddenly get up from his bed, because he feel heard a sound similar to his brother voice and that sound is cried for help.
"Vergil? is that you brother?" Dante wondered around, but he couldn't seen anybody. there only him alone.
"Maybe I just heard things, there is no way Vergil is here since he trapped in Demon World. " Dante said to himself.
XXX
Next morning, Dante once again at training ground, today not with Akame but with Bulat and Tatsumi, they had a training today.
"Aniki, I can't hold much longer my hand is already..." Tatsumi said while dropped a sword that he use in practice.
"Huh? you're still have uselees movement when you fighting, fix that habit of yours and maybe you could keep survive much longer in battlefield." Bulat said and dropped his training spear, it which has a weight of cube iron in each side.
"Strengthen your will and resolve, I belive you can be much stronger than this, just let me lead you to more stronger Tatsumi. " Bulat said help Tatsumi strengthen his stance, two man topless and so close distance make a very ambiguous scene, and for sure feed every fujoshi out there.
"Tatsumi, This time to prepare the breakfast..." Akame said put an end to the scene, and Tatsumi quickly make a distance from Bulat to avoid any misunderstanding, but Akame looked at Tatsumi with confused look about his antics.
"Hahh... my sparring partner is gone... hey Dante how about you be-" Bulat said but he can't complete his word because person who he talked with is already depart from there, followed Tatsumi and Akame to kitchen.
"Hey, how cold of you Dante, go suddenly like that" Bulat said.
"Sorry mate, stomach duty calling, and can't be delayed if I do then my portion of food will disappeared to certain someone belly," Dante said while secretly make eye pointing gesture to Akame.
And Bulat fully understand what is Dante means only smile like usual, but Akame tilt her gaze to Dante all of sudden, therefore Dante caught red handed talked bad about Akame.
"Uh, umm, I sorry?" Dante said awkwardly try to fix things before shit hits the fan and make it worse. Akame just looking at Dante with sharp looks and not saying any word.
"I messed up didn't I?" Dante thought.
Later~
"Hey Akame, I was already said sorry earlier didn't I..." Dante said with groaned tone.
"Yes, you have and I don't mind at all..." Akame simply replied still not looked to Dante and enjoy her meal.
"If like that so, why meal is not present in my plate!?" Dante said while pointed his empty plate.
"I don't know maybe gone to certain someone belly like you said earlier."Akame said.
"This girl is still mad about that matter? how troublesome. are this girl is in her period or something? this why I bad when deal with woman I had no idea what they're thinking" Dante thought with puzzled expression.
"You literally not making my portion arent you? come on, you know right I cant cook and if I want a pizza then I must go to Capital, that very pain in the ass. if this about what I said earlier I shall said it again I'm sorry Akame~ please make my food kay?" Dante said that with feminine voice. Make all members there is laughed hard, Akame also included but she managed to make the brust laughter of hers to a small chuckle.
Dante despite being laughing stock but not offended at all he also laughing together with them, to Dante this event is nostalgic, Dante remembered at past he was also act as the clown for his family even his brother Vergil is jealous because Dante always find the way to make their mother, also stoic and always full of hard thougt father lost his cool and laughing with his family.
Because a nostalgic event make Dante's vision change. Slowly the image of all Night Raid is changed to image of his family they are existed there Sparda, Eva and his brother Vergil. Dante fully aware this only mirage that created by his own mind but Dante couldn't helped his tears is slowly flow from his eyes. And his vision is brought back to reality because Akame called him.
"Dante, whats wrong? why are you crying?" Akame asked awkwardly.
"Ah, this don't worry just and error in my VGA card that conected to my brain make some mirage from past not to worry" Dante said used a figurative to joking and keep his cool, and of course to Akame and everyone here that had no idea to what is this VGA card that Dante was mentioned.
"VGA card? what is that Dante," Akame asked because curious about what Dante was said everyone is also has same expression as her.
"Nevermind that Akame, thats not important, kay and put that aside I need food right here" Dante said try to end the talk about computer component that still not existed in this world."
When all Night Raid member done to what their doing, Najenda announced a next mission that terrorised the Capital, The serial killer or Tsujigiri.
"This killer is do the action. at night, killed everyone in sight and our comrade of revolutionary army is being the victim, alongside the imperial army."
"This guy is quite strong to do that who is he I wonder?" Tatsumi comented.
"No doubt this killer is must be The Executioner Zank" Lubbock said.
"Executioner Zank? who is he and what type of criminal this guy?" Tatsumi asked.
"You don't know him? you must be lived in middle of nowhere, that's why you don't know" Mine said while insulted Tatsumi
"Excuse me Mine-chan, I also don't know who he is" Sheele said and raised her hand.
"Shelee in your case you're only forgotten," Mine quickly answered.
"Executioner Zank, at first he was the official executioner in jail for criminal, but thanks to Prime Minister the person who at execute list is skyrocketed. And make him Executed person one by one every single day. After few years doing it looks like to chopped of human head is become his habit and when he feel chopped of heads in jail is not enough he started to be serial killer. " Mine explained
"And when the punisher corps is made he disappeared, who can be thought he will back to Capital again." Bulat added.
"How a dangerous person, we must search him and take him down" Tatsumi said without patience and stopped by Bulat.
"Wait Tatsumi, Zank is stealing the warden Teigu, and become serial killer we must hunting him down on pair or you in danger you know" Bulat said grab Tatsumi's chin and smile.
"I feel a different meaning of danger now though," Tatsumi thought.
"And anyway what is this Teigu thing?" Tatsumi asked
"Teigu is something like this," Akame said and draw out her murasame. and Tatsumi make "I dont get you" face
"Well this right time, let's tell it to Tatsumi. One thousand years ago, The First Emperor had thought to how to protect this Empire and he decided to make an armour and weapon that mainly made by legendary Danger Beast or Rare metal Orihalcum. And The first Emperor with his assets capable to make 48 sets of weaponry that can't be re-made again and that Teigu. Almost half of it is gone because civil war five hunderd years ago. Because its firepower of Teigu sometimes very great even one of Teigu is make the wielder is equal to thousand soldiers. But also had an unquestionable rule that is: When the Teigu wielder is fight each other with blood thirst then the one of them will dead." Najenda explained the origin of Teigu.
"So that's the one of Teigu?" Tatsumi asked
"One cut killer Murasame if you scratched by this sword even a little. you shall died by the curse poison and the antidote is not existed."
"Beast transformation The beast king Lionele, make the user transformed to beast and upgrade the users five senses good for tracking.
"Roman Artillery Pumpkin, Fire Arns type of Teigu when the user is cornered the fire power blast is far more greater. "
"The Cutter of Creation Extase, The scissors type of Teigu, capable to cut everything in the world. And the wide surface is enough to be defence."
"Demon Armour Incursio, the armour with unyielding defence, this armour is put a great pressure to the user so if ordinary man used it that person will dead immediately. "
"Infinite variety Cross Tail, Wire type of Teigu that can be used as trap or detection for enemy trap and also can be knit to each other to be new type of weapon. As the name Infinite Variety." Najenda said explained the Teigu of member one by one.
"Oh, so that thing Teigu is made by some random old man who want protected his empire, and I right this Teigu thing is have potential but still can't overcome single Devil Arms. But who knows maybe the one of this Teigu will surpassed my imagination and can overcome one of Devil Arms I looking forward of it don't disappointed me okay First Emperor." Dante thought while leaned at the chair like used to be at his shop.
"Wow, and what is Dante's Teigu boss?" Tatsumi asked to Najenda.
"I don't know because he on the team at same time with you Tatsumi. and yeah let us asking him what is his Teigu and what I hear he wield three of it" Najenda said and suggested to asked Dante's Devil Arms.
"Ah, umm for the Rebellion you can asked it to Akame I already told her yesterday. And for Ebony and Ivory they not a Teigu or whatever, they're a custom made guns being made by top class gunsmith at where I from Neil Goldstein is her name. And about Beowulf they're the gauntlets make shape like a wolf posesed a power of light and upgrade my attack speed, and why you guys keep considered that person who able use more than one Teigu is amazing?." Dante said now sit while his feet rested on table.
"That's because Teigu absorbing so many power per use, are you not feeling it Dante?" Bulat asked.
"No, nothing in particular, well that not by outer but inner, if my strength is weakened then my Rebellion attack is become weak to" Dante said
"Is that true Akame? he already told you yesterday when?" Leone asked with curiosity
"Yeah when I and him were sparring yesterday" Akame said and started to tell what Dante told her yesterday.
Later~
"What the hell? make double image of self and power that slowed down the time!? Dante your Rebellion is out of question..." Leone said full amazement written all over her face after she heard from Akame about yesterday, and also the other members.
"You said your guns not a Teigu but custom made guns earlier right? the maker must be a genius" Mine comented in awe.
"Ehem, okay then let's proceed to the mission kill the evil with divine punishment. All Night Raid kill this executioner Zank..." Najenda said after cleared her throat and quickly commanded her subordinate to on mission.
XXX
All member of Night Raid is searching their target in double pair, except Dante who insisted to go alone.
Dante scanned his surrounding jump from roof to roof hopefully find his target, he can do it freely because the Capital is quite quiet at the night afraid for serial killer.And sundenly he stopped, he feel like he was watched over by something and wondered around to search that someone or something who watching over him.
Meanwhile.
At top of some kind a church like or tall building the executioner Zank is watching over, also search for prey and finding the Night Raid swarmed around by use his Teigu Omnipotent Five Sight: Spected. "Oohhh, after serial killer now appeared the Assassin. This Capital is sure dangerous... good... very good... Now wich one the head I must chopped of Night Raid..." he said by looking all Night Raid trough his Teigu.
"Shall I chopped of that guy earlier? he was realized that he being watched by Spected. but not yet known my exact location. He sure has a nice instinct, but oohh that look the expression full of passion for complete the mission good very good. I decided it the main dish shall eaten first." Zank said when he saw Dante he want attack him but he changed his decision to Tatsumi when he seen him.
When Tatsumi go to toilet he seen his fallen friend out of the blue appeared before him that's Sayo. "Sayo... is that you? wait for me"
Tatsumi after the shadow of his friend following her to someplace similar to gladiator arena. "Sayo... what the hell, you're alive aren't you... well whatever I glad you're okay" Tatsumi said and hugged her but in second the shadow of his friend back to true form that is Zank, and he said.
"Very lively of you... looks like I already showed you something that really good"
"Woah... what the hell!? Sayo suddenly transform to suspicious old man!!" Tatsumi said and get away from him.
"Rather than old man I more like to be called The Executioner Zank..." he said and draw out his weapon ready for battle.
"Zank! I will end you!!" Tatsumi said also do the same.
XXX
The uneasy felling that Dante felt is finally stopped, and he continued to search this Zank while thought. "What was that uneasy felling... but now I not feeling anymore so I don't care hm? is that Akame why she alone where is Tatsumi?." Dante decided to go to Akame position. and when he there he being shoved by a sudden question.
"Dante are you seen Tatsumi?" Akame asked. and Dante replied with confused face. "I don't know he was pair with you is it?"
"Yes, he said he want go to toilet, and after I waiting long enough he gone" Akame explained.
"Crap this bad, honestly I had an uneasy felling moment ago we must find Tatsumi before something bad happen look at that..." Dante said and pointing the moon that become red. and added. "Red Moon... a bad omen."
After a moment searched at sourounding district Dante and Akame finally find Tatsumi out, he been beaten up by that Zank. Akame without thingking twice throw her Murasame to block way of Zank that charged to Tatsumi, and she jump to battle field beautifully then prepared for battle.
Meanwhile Dante come second try to evacuated Tatsumi, and he said. "Dante and Akame thank you, and Akame carful that man Teigu can read what you thought"
"Oh, so that power of that Teigu, don't worry Tatsumi I will take care of it. and even you can read mind if you can't anticipated it that uselees" Akame said and dash foward and attacking Zank.
But Zank is capable to counter all Akame attack beside his Teigu apparently he also has a quite good battle experience.
"The infamous Akame and her Murasame, I glad to able meet infamous person like you, good very good." Zank said and smile like a lunatic.
"My thought can be read and that's why we tied, then..." Akame said and clear all her thought reach the nothingness. This stunt is make Zank impresed. "Whoa, you able reach nothingness impressive, but this Spected is also can seen the future that's why I can see your next move" he ended his speech while blocked Akame's attack and launched a counter attack and make Akame wounded.
"I couldn't belive it that Akame is wounded!? so this the Teigu user fight" Tatsumi thought."
"Yare- yare, that blade is troublesome isn't it? can ignored even a little scratches..." Zank comented the Murasame and Akame replied coldly. "My thought also exposed so we're same..."
"Hey, Akame can I asked you something? how you dealt with the sound?" Zank throw a question out of the blue. Akame replied it with a question and confused expression "Sound? what do you mean?"
"You know, that sound, a sound that always cried out loud when you're alone. They keep cursing me to come down with them, sounds of person that I have been killed. I avoiding it with talking how about you?" Zank said about his circumstances, and asked Akame hope she has a solution.
"No, I not heard that kind of voice..." Akame said bluntly.
"Oh,I see how unfortunate, I think Assassin as your caliber can uderstand what I feel how sad..." Zank said and activated one power of his Teigu.
Because of it now, at front of Akame presented her beloved sister, Kurome. this make Akame eyes opened in shock her sister appear before her.
"Hey Akame what's wrong?" Tatsumi asked.
"That's no use boy, now at front of her appear someone that very precious to her. This the Ilussion vision, even only one person per use the illusion is very strong. now dead Akame when you're looking the person that you love ones." Zank shouted and attacking the stunned Akame. Zank thought Akame will fuck up that moment, but he is wrong. Akame quickly attacking Zank even she at an illusion of her sister Zank not see that coming.
"Ughh!. Why!!? you should have seen a person that precious to you!? That's no way!" Zank said shouted with unbelieve expression on his face. And Akame replied it with cold tones and gaze then she readied her Murasame. "Because I loved her, that's why I want to killed her quickly.
A crack appeared at Zank's weapon a sign for breaking apart. Akame lunged to him she planned to take down Zank's weapon first, they're fighting fiercely at each other Zank think with his Teigu future reading he can handle Akame frist before his weapon fall apart. But his mudane weapon not stand a chance to Murasame and destroyed.
Akame not wasted the chance and deliver a fatal blow to him, and what happened next is like usual, with curse poison the Executioner Zank killed for good.
"Now with this, you're will never heard that kind of voice again Zank. " Akame said to dying Zank. And indeed he couldn't heard again that cursing voice from his victims therefore he replied before he kicked the bucket.
"The sound... is stop... good... very good. Thank you, Akame..."
Akame then tilt her gaze back to her comrade, Dante and Tatsumi. Tatsumi give her a reassuring smile while Dante give a smug like usual and thumbs up as sign to good job, then those three back to hideout.
XXX
Dante with Najenda and Lubbock at the dining room enjoyed a arrangements of fruit that made by Akame. Even name tag is present on it its written, "Akame creation". a grape, orange, melon, even a rabbit shaped apple and other type of fruit that been arranged beautifuly.
"Boss are you sure to make Shelee-san handle that kind of duty" Lubbock asked question while take a rabbit shaped apple.
"Its alright, Shelee will get along with Tatsumi..." Najenda answered.
"Why you're so sure of it boss?" Lubbock asked again. And Najenda simply aswered while also eat an apple. "Because Tatsumi can attract woman who older than him. that is one of his talent"
"Yes, I also be next coaching him..." Leone said cheerfully voluntered herself to be Tatsumi coach. in other hand Lubbock said in depressed tone and full of envy about Tatsumi's luck. "What the hell is that so unfair!"
Dante also grab an apple enjoying it, when he was at his shop Devil may Cry he consider pizza is main and only decent food he rarely touch another food beside pizza and strawberry sundaes like he doing right now. he also sometimes feel weird to but he can't help it, since this not Red Grave city when pizza palor can be paid later but here, if he wanted sastified his addiction to pizza he must go to the Capital and that so pain in the ass.
Then, Akame came out from the kitchen still at cooking gear. Her long black hair is being ponytail, and she also wear a pink apron with kuma word written and a picture of a bear.
"Everyone, I would like a mabo gyudon for a lunch how about it?" Akame said suggested a menu for lunch. and Lubbock try to be a wise man rejected that idea of those two foods that probably contains so much meat. "Would be nicer If you separate those food-" but very unfortunate of him his opinion is ignored by other two girls.
"And about topping how about a karage (fried chicken) how about it?" Akame suggested for a topping.
Once again Lubbock try to denied this insanity for a meat, and he want to eat something balanced. "Is that a bit heavy? the meat is no need to be so much-" but once again his opinion is being denied by Najenda and Leone while said "That's good.." Lubbock feel uselees to defend his opinion even futher. he desperately said. "All woman in Night Raid is a carnivore. "
"Well I fine as long I get the portion, and Akame I no idea you can arrange this fruit to be a nice display like this I thought you just some crazy meat eater, nice job" Dante said complimented Akame and go out to catch some air. Akame only stand silent but the truth is she was smiling but only a little you maybe need a telescope to see it.
"I'm so bored what I gonna do now" Dante wondered said to himself and search something to erase his boredom. Dante walking without a specific destination only folowing the foot of his hopefully find something interesting around this riverbank.
"Now if I think it further this rare event for me to surrounded by nature like this, most of my time is wasted to sleep hunting a remain demon from Temen-Ni-Gru tower, sometimes went to bar or pizza parlor, have a chat with Morrison or Lady about gigs or something. What a boring live I have, and top of it trapped in some universe and out of the blue get job to cleared a corruption. at first I thought this was some random crap but the amount of money blinded me from furher details and here I am at some side of river try to erase my boredom" And when Dante lazing around the river some kind a hand suddenly appeared cause Dante spacing out this event quite make him surprised.
And turns out the hands was Tatsumi's hand he wear an full body armour and breathing heavily. "What the hell Tatsumi, I indeed bored but the heart attack is not my choices to get some fun"
"*pant *pant. oh, D-dante I thought you're someone else" Tatsumi said try to catch his breath.
"What are you doing here with this full arnour? are you swimming with this on? Dante asked why inspect to what Tatsumi wear and he is drenched with river water.
"Yeah, Shelee said this is my training" Tatsumi said and pointing to Shelee who sit at a giant boulder and Shelee who noticed those two guys wave back.
"Hello Dante-san, and congratulations Tatsumi, to able swiming with that armour on" Shelee greeting them accompanied with her gentle smile
"Whew, this training sure really hard this armour is also heavy" Tatsumi said while sit and rested himself.
"This trainning is according the Assassin curriculum and this important one, at hideout I not have specific jobs so I can freely train you." Sheele said.
"Why you not have a job at hideout?" Tatsumi asked in curiosity.
"Hm... when cooking I burnt out the meat and make Akame-chan pissed of, when cleaning I make a mess and make Bulat work is increased, when I shopping I wrong to make a different between sugar and salt Leone laughed on me, when washing clothes I accidentally washed Mine-chan in person with dirty clothes" Shelee explained the series of clumsiness that enough to make Dante and Tatsumi sweat dropped.
"Umm... I don't know how to say it but don't mind it Shelee" "honestly the last one is good job" Tatsumi awkwardly said and thought at same time about Mine's misfortune.
"No wonder she mostly doing nothing just like me so her clumsiness is at different level and after all of this make me sleepy" Dante thought.
"Well Tatsumi do your best if anybody search me said to whoever it is I sleeping over there" Dante said and pointing the tree that usually he used for quick nap.
XXX
The castle
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At the throne present the young Emperor. The Emperor is a young boy with green shoulder-length hair which is braided on the sides and green eyes. He wears a purple outfit with white boots and a blue mantle, as well as a large headdress. He also carries a golden scepter with a blue orb attached to it. and right beside him the facto ruler of the Teitoku The Prime Minister Honest. Honest is a round, middle-aged man with light skin, gray hair, dark yellow eyes, and a long white beard that extends down to his abdomen. He often sports a sinister, toothy grin whenever he is plotting something nefarious. He wears a pair of brown boots, a dark green shirt, a belt below his belly and short pants which are also dark green, and a gray coat with some hair of an animal around his neck, resembling a bourgeois.
After executed one of minister Shoui who still had a common senses to poeple despair and suffering state. Very poor bastard indeed when he wanted to save innocent poeple he himself must meet a unfortunate fate have to executed like an animal.
The Emperor now has meet another crisis, according the intel the two general Nakakidou and Hemi is deserted their post and joined with revolutionary army. This also affected his subordinate they're woried about the abnormal growth of revolutionary army and they own safety and try to suggested Emperor to make a move, but he said.
"You all not have to woried... they're only army who gathered far south and if they make a number in one place is make us easy to take care of it. That's right Prime Minister?"
"What a wise Emperor you're your highness that's true, rather than revolutionary army we have a closer enemy they're already killed the Military Police Chief Ogre, my relative Iokal and they already take down The Executioner Zank and steal his Teigu Night Raid... indeed we have been attacked from every side this crap make me stressed and my weight is increased." Honest said while chewed the meat and stretched it and eat it after a bit of pause he said with furious grin.
"We must called General Esdeath back to Capital" This statement make all ministry in cabinet except Honest and Emperor put in shock and put in deep fear and of them speak up. "In Capital how about Great General Budou who doing it Prime Minister
"To have a Great General to hunt some mere Assassin. Are you try to disrespect him?" Honest said denied that idea the Emperor also said. "Esdeath is same level in fighting and great strategy planer just like Great General Boudou, so its no problem. "
"She is the cold woman who executed a thousand north region pople by buried alive anyway, beside we must killed every one of them and erase them from face of the earth" Honest said full ambition. Night Raid now face a powerfull foe The Sadistic woman Esdeath.
XXX
North Region.
Here General Esdeath is comanded to conquered this region, that being controlled by this region prince. Numa Seika or also known as Heroes of the North. He famous to be unbeatable when wield a spear he ruthless also a great strategist to, that's why everyone trust him to control. He also make the region to invasion state and that was threat for Teitoku.
But even with his fame he not stand a chance to sadistic Esdeath. his solider is frozen and killed his people is dead impaled in death stack, some of them buried alive no matter they woman or children they're been buried alive.
The Heroes of North also fallen and disgraced in Esdeath's submission and domination he chained and happily lick Esdeath's shoes like a dog. Poor bastard.
"The North tribe is conquered, great job General Esdeath." one of her subordinate congratulate her for achievement.
"This at first Heroes of North, now look at this whip. How boring now die!" Esdeath kick him and he is dead this make her subordinate watch in horror. then she stand up and said with a evil grin.
"Is there no enemy who can properly sastified me?"
TBC
Jackpot! chapter 9 now here. First I thank you deeply to everyone around more than 20 poeple bookmarked this story by fav it or follow it at first I thought my trashy fic is not will be fav this much. Well you guys know I used almost without imagination when comes to story plot I just like that followed from anime and well change here and there. And also my bad in English but regardless you guys fav my story I very moved deeply and something like this is motivated me to continued this fic.
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