"Kill the great General!"
Kurome had gotten up at 5 in the morning to escort Great General Budo to a fortress outside of the empire. Budo insisted he didn't need protection and he was probably right but the minister insisted it he knew that Budo was to big of an asset to lose. Kurome opened Wave's door only for her to see him still dead asleep on the bed. Kurome shook Wave to wake him up he made a very tired groan before sitting up on the bed
"get up fish man. Your coming to"
Wave yawned and stretched out his arms before finally replying
"yea ok fine give me like 5 minutes"
Kurome nodded and left the room to go meet with Budo
two hours later
Wave and Kurome were following Budo out of the empire. Both the Jagers had taken note on how quiet he was but he did occasionally make conversation and he was surprisingly friendly with them.
The three were just getting into the forest outside the empire when Budo asked a question out of curiosity.
"so Kurome I hear you killed a member of Night Raid. Tatsumi was his name right?"
"yes sir he was wearing Incursio but I managed to find the weak spot in his armor" she responded
"a weak spot in the impenetrable armor" Budo huffed "I remember when another man I knew donned that armor. Bulat I think it was he was very good solider but he like general Najenda defected from the empire."
"well its my understanding that Esdeath almost killed Najenda and severally wounded her" Wave said
"yes that is true but she survived Esdeath which not many can say. Anyway back on the topic on the Tatsumi boy were is he now? I was told you kept him close at all times"
"yea well I'm letting his soul rest in my sword both me and him have to conserve our energy in case of a Night raid attack"
"I must admit Esdeath does now how to find the best fighters. And how about you Wave? you wield Grand Chariot an imperial arms not many have wielded in the past"
"yes sir its a great suit of armor I only really use if the situation is dire though I don't hate using it but I was trained in the navy so I shouldn't rely entirely on it."
"a good way to train admirable a-" Budo cut himself off and stopped dead in his tracks shadows covering his eyes
Wave and Kurome were confused since none of them could sense anyone around. Budo Threw his cape to the ground and unsheathed Adramelech a very powerful Imperial Arms that relied on sheer power alone
"we have company" Budo said in a more booming voice than ever
Wave tensed up sweat dripping from his neck While Kurome smiled to herself before unsheathing her sword and holding it in the air and a black orb started hovering above it. Two bodies rose from the ground.
The sharpshooting and determined Doya
and
The ex Night Raid equally determined lady killer Tatsumi
Wave planted his sword into the ground and summoned grand chariot. They were ready for a fight
Moments earlier
Mine had spotted them through her scope and got in position for the surprise attack they were ready for this and night raid was done taking hits they were finally ready to punch back. All they needed was for them to walk just a little bit farther into the trap. Budo had stopped just a little bit early but it didn't matter they were all ready deep into the trap. Kurome had unsheathed her sword and her two prize puppets rose from the ground.
Kurome had a smile on her face until she heard rustling in the bushes beside her. She quickly jolted her head to the left only for her to see a certain blonde lioness dashing at incredible speeds. Kurome didn't even have time to block the strike she took a massive hit in the gut which sent her flying through the air she went threw at least three trees on her way.
"that was for my arm, Tatsumi, injuring Lubb, making my best friend cry and just about every other shitty thing you've done" Leone said
Tatsumi in an instant ran toward his mistress she was definitely going to need assistance
"KUROME!" wave yelled turning towards Leone and instantly attacking her with a series of punches
Leone managed to block most of them but he got a good solid hits in. Doya fired shots at her but she ate it like it was nothing her regenerative powers were pretty bad ass. Leone would have to take both on at the same time. Should be easy enough
this whole time Budo didn't even turn towards Kurome or Wave he Knew where the greater threat was
and what do you know a wild Susanoo jumped out onto the road in front of Budo. Just then a yellow light shot at the great general which he deflected with a bolt of lightning. Su dashed at him dodging a huge bolt of lightning that would have vaporized him and going for a hit on the side but Budo wasn't an idiot he knew exactly what he was trying to do and responded accordingly with a hit from the side which blasted Susanoo knocking a good chunk of his body off it was quickly regenerated but it did hurt him. Mine and Su were standing side by side ready to take on the great general.
"ready Su?" Mine asked
"this is by far my strongest opponent yet I couldn't be more ready" Su nodded
Budo slammed his gauntlets together making a massive shot of lightning at the two members of night raid they barley dodged in time. The danger was high on pumpkin Mine shot powerful shots at Budo while Su was going for a hit over head. The attacks were not successful Budo had blocked all the hits and got a merely a scratch from Su.
Kurome groaned in pain before opening her eyes to see Tatsumi with a concerned and caring look on his face. Kurome had tried to get up but fell into Tatsumi's arms he set her back down he looked at her with puppy dog eyes as if trying to say "your hurt please don't go out there" Kurome couldn't help but have her face turn red looking into those green eyes of his, despite being in so much pain she smiled.
"your really cute when your worried you know that?" Kurome said to the boy
Tatsumi smiled happy that she wasn't in critical condition deep down he hated taking such care of her but his face didn't show it. Kurome had honestly gotten so attached to the him in the months she's had him as a puppet so far but he was so much more than a puppet to her now and originally when Kurome had kissed Tatsumi in front of Akame it was just to torment her sister but she honestly felt so much from it. Then the realization struck her the thing she was denying for so long yet she new the whole time that she like her sister and her commander had fallen in love with Tatsumi and if she made it through to the end of Night Raid then he would be hers forever.
The green eyed killer was about to go back into the fight but Kurome caught his arm
"Tatsumi take me with you"
The boy had reluctant look on him. Now normally Tatsumi would never take a wounded comrade onto the battlefield but he never disobeyed orders from Kurome. So with that he picked her up and ran towards the battlefield
Su and Mine were having a very hard time with Budo while Leone was beating Doya and Wave easily Leone trained against Tatsumi with incuriso and this guy was no better than him.
"you remind me of Tatsumi kid but he was way better than this" she said catching his fist from a punch
"don't compare me to that traitor. He might have been a lot like me but death was coming to him and your next" Wave said with a voice full of aggression before kicking out Leone's Knee and then Kneeing her jaw this sent her on the ground she had bullet holes all in her and a broken jaw but there was no way in hell that this little shit would be the end of her and after what he just said she was pissed off and a lesson Leone had taught Lubb when she caught him spying on her in the bath is that you never. Piss. Her. Off
Leone got up with a roar instantly punched a hole In Doya's chest killing her instantly and started pummeling Wave.
Three hits to face
eight hits to the ribs
an upper-head strike into an uppercut
and at least fifteen hits to the body
these attacks were so powerful that they shattered through Grand Chariot. Wave laid on the ground Grand Chariot was in pieces half of his face armor was off he had never seen so much of his own blood. Leone was about finish him when a grapple hook shot through her hand she growled in pain she knew who shot it the prize puppet himself but Leone wasn't having it she tugged as hard as she could on the grapple Tatsumi got pulled towards her Leone hit him right square in the chest he sided across the dirt road hand covering his chest. He had to protect Kurome no matter what.
Leone saw the others really struggling with Budo she cursed to herself before turning around and ran to go help kill Budo.
This was bad for Budo three members of night raid were charging him he had no other choice he had to use his Trump card.
Budo Flew into the air
"NOW NIGHT RAID SEE IF YOU CAN SURVIVE THIS!" Budo's booming voice roared through everyone
"Doya.. No" Kurome crawled over to the dead gunslinger's corpse she was mourning her fallen puppet who she considered a friend
"ku..rome" She looked up to see Wave covered in blood with his armor in pieces
"get out.. the hell…. . out of here" he breathed managing to stand up
"I..im not leaving you what about the mission!" Kurome yelled
"fo..rget its you they want I dont think Budo can handle them much longer you have to run."
"I cant please dont make me do this"
"ku..rome .the time.. I spent with the Jagers was some of.. the best time in my life. Please dont waste your life..just..GO"
Kurome felt tears sting her eyes she hated leaving Wave behind but he couldn't move much at this point there was no other options left and she knew it She saw a giant lazer hitting Budo and Lightning flying down everywhere.
"Kurome.. please..go...I..Don't..Want..you..to..die"
Kurome painfully nodded before looking over to Tatsumi by that simple act of Kurome looking over he knew immediately what she wanted he picked her up and ran as fast as he possibly could away from the fight a series of explosions from the battlefield is the last thing she saw of it.
Awesome chapter to write I had a lot of fun please leave a review it really helps to keep me going on updating. Just one question for y'all who would you want to win in the final battle Kurome Or Akame? if I get no answer ill make the decision myself which wouldn't be to bad I just want to hear what you guys want.