Hello again everyone!
I apologize for getting this story out a little later then expected but from now on expect two chapters a week. Also thank you all for your input and reviews (and keeping them all positive) This chapter is going to be longer than the last one because there is more to write about now because I'm starting to make my way towards the main storyline. Now to answer some questions:
WhiteDragon: Great questions again! While the questions you are asking will be answered in this chapter, I'll do you the favor and answer them now. He will meet night raid (very, very soon). Second I have not entertained him joining the army. If the were to join then I believe that would be worthy of a whole nother story. If you do like that idea I would suggest reading The Imperial Saber by Marutectz.
Phantomsoul2015: I was actually gonna name one of his attacks after Ace's. You deserve an internet cookie for reading my mind.
HellsingDrago: Your question will also be answered in this as well so stop reading if you don't want a small spoiler. She is currently not in Night Raid, but she is pretty knowledgeable about them (same as in manga). The reason is because Night Raid has no pressing need for members because they haven't lost any yet. \
Bluechili: A great name! One that I will use, but probably for a more important move. I may just keep the slashes called slashes unless otherwise requested.
Back to the story
"Chelsea, hmmm. That's a pretty name.'' Tatsumi commented before feeling embarrassed as he realized he was thinking out loud.
"I"m glad you like it, but if you like it so much then how about you treat me to that drink you said you'd buy me." she said while turning in the other direction. As she did this, her auburn hair whipped around once again attracting Tatsumi's attention. After a few seconds he snapped out of it.
"Hey, where are you going?" He questioned.
"To a pub, now hurry up it's not very nice to keep a lady waiting." With that he followed the girl into a pub a few blocks away. Upon arriving he noticed it was beside a bookstore and an arms store. Following her into the bar, he was surprised to see the amount of people inside it. He hesitated for a second trying to take in his surroundings. Chelsea seemed to notice this, but she decided to not speak up as she lead on. After navigating their way through the people the two found an empty booth. Sitting down the girl ordered; the waiter came afterwards and asked what they wanted to order.
"Yes, I'll take a fruit smoothie with a little something extra. Along with whatever your best appetizer is." She said to the waiter.
"Whoa, whoa I said I'd pay for a drink not a meal, Chelsea." Tatsumi spoke with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"It's fine it's not like I'm gonna bleed you dry." She cooed. "I just want to have something to snack on while we talk about our business." Catching what she was saying he dropped it. Although before the waiter could leave Chelsea added "Ah..and please add something for the boy here. He must be dehydrated from his journey." With this the waiter left.
"How did you know I'm not from here?" He questioned, slightly uneased by the auburn haired girl's deduction. Before she answered she had a bite of the appetizer.
"Well first it's your outfit. That's the classical 'I'm a country bumpkin'. Second I could tell by your reactions that you're unfamiliar with big cities. And lastly you have a certain aura. I guess, around you that I haven't felt before so.." She so kindly answered with a smile.
Surprised he was not as fitting in as he thought, but not forgetting about the last thing she said. "I have a certain 'aura' mhm..I guess that's pretty cool, but it's weird how she can see that sort of thing." Tatsumi thought to himself.
"Are you some sort of witch or something? Because I've never heard of a person being able to see another person's 'aura'." Asked Tatsumi. She smirked at his question, shook her head, and waved it off.
Before he could continue with the subject the waiter arrived and dropped off the drinks. Eager to drink something he picked up his mug and downed the drink without a second thought. However, whatever he had drinken was not what he expected. After the swig, he swung the mug down and backed slightly away from it.
"Bhwa! Is that alcohol?" He managed to say between coughs.
"Hahaha!" Chelsea laughed, "What are you not a fan of alcohol?" Before he answered, he managed to suppress himself as his answer would have surely caused the girl to laugh at him again. "If I had told her that I wasn't old enough to drink she surely wouldn't have taken me seriously in this conversation." He thought.
"Oh, please don't tell me that you don't drink because your not old enough" she commented intending it to be more of a taunt. However when she looked at the boy and his bright red face, she knew she had hit the nail on the head. This caused her to lose it. "You are telling me you don't drink because you are underage? Hahaha!" she barely managed to say between laughs. "Oh you sure are a bigger bumpkin then I thought!". After suffering a few more minutes of her laughs and taunts he was able to change the subject to what she had promised to talk about.
"So, not too long ago you told me not to walk into the barracks. Why is that?" He asked sincerely as possible.
Seeing as the mood was changing she got serious. "I'll be straight with you Tatsumi, the Empire is corrupt, to the extent of which you have no idea." She said gazing off at the last part.
A little irked at her answer as it was the same he had been told before. He decided to press the question a little more further. "I already know that, you're not the first person to tell me this and probably not the last. You did promise to show me what you're talking about. And besides how am I to trust what you say if you can't even prove your claims" He pressed the girl. She seemed to understand Tatsumi's point. "Nowadays most people can even trust their neighbor." Thought Chelsea.
"You want evidence, fine..look there then." She pointed to the kids behind two noblemen. Upon closer inspection Tatsumi noticed the chains attached to their necks. The kids were no older than 12, yet they looked as if they were in their 50's with their tattered clothes and expressions. One thing he noticed, enraged him. The kids had obviously been beaten as red marks and scars were all over their bodies. The mood of the bar changed as a huge wave of killing intent flooded the area. Before anybody could say anything Chelsea hit the boy on the side of the head with his mug.
"The hell was that for?!" he yelled at the girl, very visibly annoyed by her actions.
"Are you an idiot? If you give off that much killing intent the soldiers will come in and arrest you, idiot" She said rather seriously. Seeing the girl's point he calmed down and asked, "What is this thing you called 'killing intent'?" Staring at him for a second before she answered, "Oh right I forgot that your just a country boy. Oh well it doesn't matter." "Doesn't matter…. Sure, but if I were to do that again you would probably freak out on me." He thought with a slight hint of rebelliousness.
Settling down, he gathered himself and apologized, "Damn, sorry about before, but I just can't stand slavery. I knew it was legal but seeing those kids.." he trailed off while his wrists were cracking.
"Stuff like that is common in the capital, but that's not even the worst part." she said slightly disturbed. Asking a follow up question Tatsumi asked, "Does the emperor know about this? Surely he doesn't. No leader allows their citizen to be enslaved."
Shaking her head Chelsea responded, "Probably not, the current emperor is only a kid. He doesn't have a clue about what's going on. It's that fat pig that's causing all these problems. He's the prime minister and behind the scenes he runs the show using the emperor as a puppet. Passing all these new laws and taxes for his own whims." "So he's the bastard that placed the taxes on my village" Thought Tatsumi enraged.
"Has nobody tried to stop him or tell the Emperor?'' asked Tatsumi.
"Yes there have been plenty of people who have tried to oppose to the minister, but unfortunately all of those who did have died by assassins or by execution." She responded. Tatsumi went pale after hearing her last words. "A person that has the power to execute others because they oppose him? That's insane!" he yelled in his mind. Pondering this thought for a few minutes he went quiet.
"Hasn't there been any sort of army that tried to rebel against him?" He asked, looking for some sort of good news.
"Yeah, there have been plenty." he smiled when first heard this but then realized the word have. "What do you mean by have." He asked nervously.
A saddened look appeared on her face, "There have been hundreds of armed rebellions and insurgencies, but all of them have fallen to that one devil."
"Devil?" was all the boy could ask.
"Well the truth is that she isn't actually a devil. But her actions and power say otherwise." This got Tatsumi's attention. Seeing as how he became more engaged she went on, "She's easily the most powerful person in the empire. She apparently has a very strong power, and with that she has destroyed armies single handedly. Her most recent slaughter was about 50,000 men that were backed by the western tribes. Scary isn't she?" said Chelsea as a rhetorical question. Tatsumi was lost of words for a moment trying to let the information sink on his head and then he started to ponder the information. Chelsea noticed this. "Your full of shit," was his retort.
"What did you just say?" she said very scarily. This however did not scare Tatsumi. He was trying to stand his ground. He was upset that she would say such a thing.
"You don't have to lie like that to make me stop." He said plainly. With this Chelsea understood why he made such a comment.
"Oh that's how you see this…" "Ok, ok I understand why you don't believe me Tatsumi. But I'm not a liar" "Not as of right now" "Here let me show you." She said rather cocky. She got up and walked to the middle of the pub. She took in a breathe and spoke, "Boys!" This caused all the people in the pub to turn towards her. Acting, she put on one of the most innocent displays Tatsumi had ever seen. She put one finger on her lip and twisted she head, which came with a pair of puppy eyes. This caused the patrons of the bar to go nuts. "Can I ask you all a question real quick?" she said as shyly and as timidly as possible. The pub erupted in nods and cries of yes. "Oh… Ok." She said before suddenly dropping the act and saying, "Then someone tell me about Esdeath." With her last words the pub went silent and everyone stared in shock and fear. "The fear in the bar is palpable…" thought Tatsumi.
Chelsea smiled and turned to Tatsumi, "You see Tatsumi, she is a name that everyone knows and fears." Content with proving her point she walked back over to Tatsumi and sat back down in the booth. "You see, I'm not lying to you."
"Yeah, I believe you now." He replied still in a slight state of shock.
"Now back to what we were talking about before the mention of her" she said in a more friendly mood.
"Oh yeah, I guess you're right. There's no way he can be that easily overthrown." He said more or less defeated.
"Oh, is he thinking about what I said?" She thought somewhat surprised. "Am I that good or does this happen to do with something else?" She speculated with a smile of success on her face. However what he would say next though would caught her off guard.
"It's obvious" he said clearly and stood up, "The only thing I can think to do is join the army and rank my way up until I can challenge her and the minister myself!" He was very sure about what he had just said and probably could have convinced quite a few people to join him in his crusade. Despite this Chelsea just stared at him with a slight hint of nervousness. "Shit, shit I really need him to reconsider this. He is pretty strong and has this mysterious aura around him. Not only that, but if the empire gets their greedy little hands on him… I don't even want to think of the damage that would be done to our ranks. I gotta think of something." She thought desperately.
"Wait, wait…. How can you be sure of that? You know you won't be able to make that much of a difference. After all you are just some teenager that doesn't know anything." She spat out, trying to deter him. This did not seem to work through as there was that spark in his eyes that wasn't going away. "I may be just some kid as you say, but I've got an ace up my sleeve." He responded. Before Chelsea could say another word the boy's hands caught fire, which scared the hell out of Chelsea at first. Although she was too stunned to move. Tatsumi went on to pull a midnight black sword out of the air. When he was done the sword's fire went out. And he gazed back at the stunned girl. Smiling he said, "Look I have this badass sword, so what's gonna stop me?" He said rather quickly. Tatsumi expected an immediate response from the girl, but all he got was a shocked stare. After a moment she mumbled something "You... to think you would wield a teigu. One of fire no less…" He stared at her for a moment before asking, "I'm sorry, but what's a teigu? Are they common or something?" Despite this it was a miracle that no one in the pub had noticed his trick because if they did, surely the empire would have become aware of it.
"What the actual fuck. At first I thought he was just a strange kid that I could turn away from the empire, but he wields a teigu. A powerful one at that. My teigu is no match for his, so fighting is out of the question. Hell he could probably give Night Raid a hard time if he's experienced with it. Oh shit that's right, Night Raid! They could probably do something about him, but wait he's not a bad kid.. He really just wants to do what's right and it seems he has business with the prime minister. But the weird thing is that he doesn't know what a teigu is, maybe I could use that to my advantage. I really shouldn't take this chance but I'll have to trust that I can convince the kid not to join the empire before the revolutionary army can contact with him.'' Set on her course of action she started up her act. "Oh wow that was amazing, Tatsumi!'' She exclaimed. "Is it some sort of magic or something?" She had remembered that he didn't know what a teigu was, so explaining it to him would take too much time, rather she decided to say a lie.
"Well that's probably the best answer I've got" he smirked.
"If you're good at magic like that then why don't you do that for a living?" she asked trying to sound as genuine as possible.
"Well I haven't actually considered that…" he said. This question had a bigger effect then she had meant it to as he was actually thinking about that sort of career. Hopping on this opportunity she quickly said, "Well since you just entered the capital then it would be best if you hung around a few days before you decide on a career. You don't want to select a career that you don't end up liking right?" she asked as convincingly as possible. "She's right," he thought, "I don't want to select a job that I would end up not liking and be forced to do it my entire life."
He sheathed his sword in a sheath that appeared at his side and he sighed, saying "I guess you're right. I do need to become more familiar with the area and I need to understand the capital a little bit better before I select a job. So I'll take your advice and wait a few days, happy?'' Elated by his answer Chelsea said, "Good, and thank you. You won't regret a few days actually checking out the capital."
With this she stood up and proceeded to leave, but not before saying one last thing, "Once again you won't regret the decision you made tonight. That and thank you for paying for the drinks!" With this she left. Forgetting that he had decided to pay for the drinks, Tatsumi sighed as he spent some of the money that he really needed to keep for essential things. "What the hell have I got myself into…"
After making her way out of the bar Chelsea started to rush back to her base. On her way out she noticed a blonde with a rather large rack enter the bar. The thing that caught her attention was not her lack of clothing, but her belt. "That's one of Night Raid's members! If I remember correctly that's the teigu The King of Beasts Transformation: Lionel. Maybe I should tell her about Tatsumi. No... wait there's no way that I can blow my cover and besides it's not like she's gonna trust some stranger that tells her to recruit a boy into an assassination group. I'll just hope for the best." With the thought over Chelsea made her way back to her base and inform her boss of the new teigu user in the capital.
Meanwhile in the Bar
"Damn, do I really have to trust some pretty woman who tells me not to join the empire?" Tatsumi pondered in his head. "She seemed to know more than she was letting on so…but she was really nice and other then having me buy her a drink she didn't do anything imposing." While lost in thought, Tatsumi had failed to notice the newcomer to the bar. The newcomer began to eye the people of the pub when she spotted a teenager staring up at the ceiling. Curious she walked over to speak to the teen.
"Hey buddy what's got you so lost in thought?" asked the busty blonde. As she slid an arm around his shoulder.
"Ah..It's nothing really. I'm just reflecting on what a friend said to me.'' Responded the teen.
"Oh, and what did this 'friend' say to get you all caught up in thought?" asked the blonde as she started to take interest.
"She told me not to join the army because the prime minister is corrupt." he said without missing a heartbeat. Rather surprised by the teen's answer she became ever so more curious until the boy realized what he had said out loud. He became pale and started to shake a little. "If what Chelsea said is true then if someone catches me saying these things then I'm screwed." Seeing as the boy was in a sort of panic attack the blonde soothed him by saying, "Hey calm down boy, I'm not going to tell your secret. There is a catch through, you have to buy me a drink or two." Relieved by the blonde's answer he agreed and went on to ask more about her.
"So what is your name?" asked Tatsumi to the blonde.
"The name's Leone and what would your name be?" countered Leone.
"My name is Tatsumi and it's a pleasure to meet you" he said kindly. The girl now named Leone responded in a typical manner, but it was evident that she was measuring up the kid. "He's got a pretty good build and is probably pretty efficient in combat. Not to mention he's definitely got the looks. Emerald green eyes to match with chestnut brown hair. He drives the ladies crazy. But the thing I find the most interesting is the tattoo on his arm. He doesn't really seem like the type to have one."
"Hey Tatsumi, what's that tattoo on your arm for? You don't really see a whole lot of those because the ink is hard to come by." questioned Leone curiously while pressing for some information.
"Damn, that's the second person to ask about it today. I really need to cover it up more." Thought Tatsumi. "Umm, well it is a uh… the mark of my village!" he exclaimed. It was just then that he noticed the arm around his shoulder. Blushing he threw her arm off. With his lie he hoped she would buy his story. He tried to talk again but was interrupted by the girl.
"Okay kid, that's pretty neat. And what has caused this villager to make his way to the capital?" she asked.
Relieved that she bought the lie he went on, "I came to the capital to make some money, but wait how did you know that… nevermind I can already guess the answer".
"Well if your looking for a job kid I can help." she claimed. Excited that someone was going to help him find a job instead of keep him from getting one he listened to her. "I can get you almost any sort of job around here, but I'll need a little bit of coin to guarantee you a job." Nodding and believing what the girl was telling him he made a deal.
"If I give you what's left of my coin then can you really ensure that I'll be able to get a job?" He asked.
"You betcha I can! I'm actually really popular among the people of this area, so you have nothing to worry about.'' She claimed once again.
"Ok, it's a deal then." Tatsumi said as the two shook hands. After that the blonde said she needed to go ahead and put the word out about him. This was so that he could get a job as soon as possible. He was rather happy that he would find a job, and one already so soon. Unfortunately his mood started to darken with each passing hour as she never returned.
About ten hours later he was kicked out of the pub because it was closing. "You stupid idiot, Tatsumi! You should've known better than to fall for the story that she gave you. And now look where it got you, broke with no money and nowhere to sleep tonight. Great job!''
After making his way out of the bar he came across two individuals. He heard them whispering and cackling while looking his way. Tatsumi choose to ignore them, so he just walked right by him. This got the pair's attention and the jumped out infront of Tatsumi.
"Oh, whoa there little fella where do you think you are going?" asked the skinny long haired one. "What's this country bumpkin doing walking around in the middle of the night?''
"Heh, heh, heh it seems like the little squirt wants to be robbed." smirked the fat one with a sword on his back.
"I think you know where this is going kid so just hand over your money and we won't have to kill ya. Does that sound ok?" the skinny one taunted. Instead of responding Tatsumi stuck his hands out and they caught fire. Before the two robbers could react to the scene in front of them, Tatsumi drew out his sword from what seemed like thin air and made his way toward the two. The pairs' faces went pale. Both turned to run away and scream, but before that Tatsumi was already upon them. The sword found its way to both of their backs. The vertical slash pierced both of their backs, enough to cause injury but not deep enough to kill them. Tatsumi let his sword disappear as he began to walk away from the two fallen robbers. "I guess that Chelsea girl was right. This place is really full of scum." He thought as he began his search for a place to stay for the night.
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Meanwhile in an another place
"Achoo" Sneezed a certain auburn haired girl.
"Catch a cold Chelsea? If so you probably need to rest.'' Spoke a rather muscular man.
"Ahh, nah it's nothing, but anyway have you heard anything back from Night Raid?" asked Chelsea.
"No, but the carrier pigeon returned so it's safe to assume that they received the message."
"Good It would be a real shame to see that kid join the empire." she sighed.
"You've talked about that kid pretty highly, but the only thing you've told me is that he's a seasoned warrior."
"I forgot, that's all I said about him to you. But now that it's the two us I can tell you the real reason I wanted to contact Night Raid."
This interested the muscular man as he raised an eyebrow, "Please do tell, you're leaving me very intrigued here…"
Chelsea just rolled her eyes and prepared to witness the shock that was about to appear on her boss's face. "The real reason is that the kid in question wields a fire teigu." She let the information sink in for a second as it finally hit her boss. His reaction was just what she expected.
"THE KID WIELDS A TEIGU?!" he exclaimed. Before Chelsea could speak again he said, "Do you know how rare they are now a days? Besides you the revolutionary army only has ten and of those ten, seven are in Night Raid.''
"Precisely, that's why they will deal with him. In the message I talked about how he is already aware of the Empires corruption, and all he want is to make money for his village. So if they were to have a run in with them I think they could recruit .." she let the last part trail off. "If he were to resist and possibly join the Empire I believe they would be able to defeat him and take his teigu. This is however the worst case scenario and I made sure to note that in the letter."
"Well it seems like you have all of your bases covered as usual. Let's hope he decides to join our cause, but regardless a teigu. And a fire one at that. Damn it could be just what we need to combat her.''
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Back to poor Ole Tatsumi
He had to wonder throughout the capital quite a bit until he decided to settle down on a bridge. It was definitely not the most comfortable spot, but it certainly was the place he could sleep in without being attacked. Besides he had slept in worst areas like the time he had to sleep in a danger beast carcass. Remembering this he shuddered, "Never, never again. Even if it means I die a terrible death" was his thought. Just before he could drift off into slumber, he heard a few voices as a carriage went by.
"Stop!" yelled a soft feminine Tatsumi looked up his eyes travelled back to a petite teenager with soft blue eyes and blonde hair. She spoke again, "Does that person not have a place to stay? How unfortunate…"
The next voice came from a slightly annoyed man in a soldiers uniform, "Again, my Lady?" he asked.
"I can't help it. It's my nature." Said the young lady as she hopped down from her carriage and started to walk toward Tatsumi. Upon reaching him she smiled and asked, "Did you come from the country?" Still slightly tired, the slow acting Tatsumi only managed out a "yeah".
The young lady only responded with enthusiasm, "Well if you don't have a place to stay, then do you want to stay with me?" Tatsumi only stared at her as he had adjusted his nature not to trust anyone, thanks to the meet with those two girls today. Choosing to be polite and honest he said, "I don't have any money.'' She only smiled and said, "If you had money you wouldn't be sleeping on the street." Before he could say anything else the two guards escorting her told Tatsumi to just accept her kindness. Not seeing the girl as a threat he reluctantly agreed. She yelped with joy before leading him to her carriage. After a short trip they arrived at a massive mansion the size Tatsumi had never seen before.
Upon entering the house Tatsumi was left in awe at the decor and sheer size of the place. It took him a few moments to take it all in while Aria escorted him to her parents.
"Ahh, it seems our dear Aria has brought another guest." Spoke a kind, masculine voice.
"It's become a habit of her's." Said a soft, amiable voice, a female one Tatsumi concluded.
"So you two must be Aria's parents. It's an honor to met you two." Said Tatsumi.
"Oh, hush boy there's no need to address us so highly. We just like to think of ourselves as common yet good people."
"Of course sir, my apologies." Replied Tatsumi.
"There's no need to be so formal, but I do like a boy who is raised to respect to their elders. I commend your parents on that. Anyway, what brings you to the capital?" Asked the wife cheerfully.
"I came to the capital to try and make some money for my village, but so far I haven't been able to find a good job yet…" grumbled Tatsumi, remembering all the trouble he had been through since he entered the Capital.
"I see, well let me do you a favor and put the word out that I have found a skilled worker. So far you have impressed me with your etiquette and you also seem rather fit.'' Spoke Aria's dad.
"Really sir?" quizzed Tatsumi. Aria's dad nodded. "Thank you so much. I hate to ask this of you but is it possible that you have heard of two others villagers entering the capital?''
"I'm afraid not son, but it wouldn't trouble me at all to set some people on lookout for them. All I need a brief description of the two of which you speak."
"Of course sir, the first one is a boy with brown eyes and dark hair, oh and his name is Ieyasu. The second person is a girl by the name of Sayo. She has black hair and eyes. Again thank you so much sir for his kindness.''
"Think nothing of it, my son. Now Aria since he's your guest why don't you show him to his room."
"Of course daddy!" piped the teeanger. "Follow me Tatsumi.'' Tatsumi followed the girl through the mansion until they reached his room. He thanked Aria and after she left he immediately plopped down onto the bed. It didn't take long before he fell asleep. The next morning he was put on escort duty for Aria as she insisted on going into the city to buy clothes. After visiting the first few shops Tatsumi began to notice a series of wanted posters that hung all over the place. One of the guard noticed this and decided to satisfy his curiosity.
"Those wanted posters are of Night Raid kid." said the guard.
"Who's Night Raid?" asked Tatsumi confused.
The look of surprise was seen on his face as he spoke back to Tatsumi, "Really? You don't know who they are?" Tatsumi shook his head confirming what the guard had thought. "Okay then kid, Night Raid is an assassination organization. They target really wealthy and powerful families, but nobody knows why. They are currently seen as the biggest threat to the capital at the moment." The answer caught him off guard for a moment. "Assassins? I didn't hear about them. They sound incredibly dangerous, so trying seeing them warrants a retreat." Tatsumi thought.
"Oh, kid by the way those two over there need your help." pointed out the guard. When Tatsumi turned around he was surprised to see two guards struggle to carry one of Aria's shopping items. Aria of course looked as innocent as she could be simply smiling at the guards. Tatsumi hurried over to assist the guards before one of them got hurt. Shortly after the shopping incident the group headed back to the mansion.
Later that night
"I hope Sayo and Ieyasu make it to the capital soon. They'll be pretty damn impressed that I was able to secure jobs and make friends with such great people!" Thought Tatsumi happily in bed. He had just been relaxing in bed reflecting on his day. Snug under the cover Tatsumi began to drift off until he felt a big change in the mood. He could feel the killing intent in the air. Jumping out of bed he put on his gear and made his way out of his room. Running down the hallway he noticed several strange figures in the sky. Several of the guards rushed outside to confront the mysterious group. Realizing who it was Tatsumi was rendered motionless for a few seconds. "That's Night Raid! What are they doing here?... Oh no are they just targeting these people because they're rich? What should I do? Do I help the guards or protect the family?" He decided to try and protect the family as they had been so kind to him. And boy did he not regret that decision. Because moments later he looked outside to see a slaughter take place.
"Five guards." said a green haired boy. "They're targets, Akame. Please do what needs to be done." The green haired bow joking bowed and had his arm point towards the arriving guards.
"Eliminate" was the only thing spoken by the black haired red eyed girl. Shortly after saying this she descended to the ground. This startled the guards, and among this confusion she struck. In the blink of an eye she was behind her three targets. All the guards whipped around to try and defend themselves. Unfortunately for the three they had already lost as several characters made their way up to the men's bodies.
"I knew of the swords curse and yet there was nothing I could do..." Were the last word of one of the guards. Seeing three of their companions struck down the other two charged Akame. Before the first one could attack a spear pierced his stomach. The guards hadn't noticed the figure in white armor that had landed not to far from Akame. Realizing he wasn't going to win, the last guard ran towards the forest. But before he could get there a beam of light shot through his head killing him instantly and causing his body to go limp.
"That's pretty pathetic, running away like that." commented a long pink haired girl as the barrel of her gun had a slight stream of smoke coming off it. "Only a coward would run away from his friends."
The green haired teen sighed sort of pitying the guard, "Any sane person would run from a bunch of incredibly talented assassins such as us."
"You think your talented. Ha, give me a break. The only reason we have you here is for comic relief.'' retorted the pink haired assassin.
"One of these days I swear…" Thought the green haired boy.
"In just a few seconds…" Thought Tatsumi dismayed and pale. "I have to protect Aria at all costs." With that in mind he made his way out of the mansion towards the place Aria said they'd meet if something happened.
Not too far away…
"Please, I have a daughter.." begged Aria's dad.
"Don't worry about her, she'll be joining you and your wife soon." retorted a lion like female girl.
"Even my daughter?! Have you no mercy?" said the father astonished.
"Mercy?'' toyed the girl, "I don't know what you're talking about.'' Leone said as she hardened the grip around the fat man's neck. He struggled for only a second before his body went limp. The girl tossed the body away and proceeded to search in the mansion for more guards.
"This room smells slightly familiar…" she remarked as she passed by Tatsumi's room. "Oh well, the jobs not gonna do itself." She shrugged her shoulders and went on.
Outside the Mansion…
"Come Miss Aria! We have to get to the shed!" said a panicked guard. "You'll be safe in there." The guard lead the young girl to hidden shed not to far from the mansion. Upon their arrival they heard something in the bushes. The guard unsheathed his sword and pointed it at the bushes preparing himself for any attack.
Jumping out of the bush, Tatsumi was greeted by a sword at his throat. "Whoa, whoa, whoa there. It's me Aria." Verifying that it was him she had the guard lower his sword. The three made their way towards the shed until Tatsumi felt a huge bloodlust behind him. "What the hell…" it was all he could think before a certain black haired teen started to move. She attacked him, forcing him to take a defensive stance. Tatsumi began to analyze the girl and when he realized who he was against with he almost passed out. "Shit!That's Akame of Night Raid! This is not GOOD! This is not good at all." He stared at the girl wondering why she hadn't attacked yet. She just stood there with her sword out. He began to evaluate the girl. "Red eyes...I can't say I've seen a person with those color eyes. She also has the body of a highly seasoned warrior. Not to mention that's she's sort of cute.." He thought. However this nice thought of her was ruined with just a few words from the long haired assassination.
"Three targets…"
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And that's that. I'm not gonna say much as I might spoil some stuff. Just look forward to the next chapter.
Oh also a massive thanks White Dragon for editing and helping with the story!