Chapter 2
Tatsumi deactivated Deagora prima, the metal dragon jumped back onto the shoulder plate and melded with it. He then deactivated the armor which vanished in a whiff of flames.
"Got to admit it that is one awesome relic" Leone said smiling, "Now I guess you will be coming with us" Leone said smiling before she swung her first with deadly speed straight into Tatsumi's face. It knocked him out cold. The dragon in the ring moved around the stone, it thrashed and snarled.
"Rgh she hit him, oh maybe I should just take over just for a little bit" Deagora thought "Well I guess not, I shouldn't do that" Deagora continued.
Leone grabbed Tatsumi and picked him up, her and the two black haired girls ran away from the dead corpse of Aria. Leone jumped up the building with easy closely followed by the two black haired girls.
They landed on a wire, when a pink haired girl carrying a massive sniper rifle spoke up
"Leone why are you bringing back that runt" she said gesturing to the unconscious Tatsumi.
"Did you not see the light show of fire and giant scary dragon in the sky, that was this guy here, plus he has no love for nobles, meaning we have a new ally, Mine" Leone said smiling
"Hey Bulat carry him" Leone says as she throws Tatsumi over to a armored figure who easily held Tatsumi in one arm.
"Hey he's a cute one isn't he" Bulat said as Leone jumped of closely followed by a the two black haired girls, the pink haired girl named Mine, a punk rock looking green haired man and finally the armored warrior holding Tatsumi. They ran for what seemed like hours while Deagora watched and took in their location and how many there were.
When Tatsumi woke up he was in a comfy bed his short swords were missing but Deagora was still on his left index finger. "I wonder why they still left you with me Deagora?" Tatsumi asked.
"Did you forget? I can't leave your side, each time they took me away I reappeared back on your finger in a ball of flames." Deagora said. "This did upset them a lot but hey I am loyal to my chosen master." Deagora said with pride in his voice.
"Ahh you're awake" Leone said as she opened the door Tatsumi started to get out of the bed.
"My you are a tough one, I hit you with full blown strike and you get up quite easily and without any injuries" Leone said smiling.
"Deagora did you heal my wounds?" Tatsumi asked inside.
"I can do, there are many abilities I have but you need to be stronger to use them" Deagora said. "It's a self fulfilling prophecy, the stronger you are, the powerful power you can wield, the stronger you need to be" he said. "However I do have a few trump cards that only work once or twice depending on the strength of the master."
"Tatsumi? Tatsumi? TATSUMI!?." Leone shouted at him as he was staring into his ring blanking out a little bit.
"Sorry was spacing out then" Tatsumi said quickly.
"Well time for you to meet everybody" Leone said smiling as she grabbed Tatsumi's arm and dragged him out of the room. They entered a great wall where they see a tall purpled haired women sat at a desk quietly reading a book.
"Oh hey Sheele" Leone said smiling and waving her left arm. "This is Tatsumi can you give him something to encourage him to join us"
"Umm hi Tatsumi if you don't we will be forced to kill you" Sheele said very quietly.
"Hi" Tatsumi said while taking a small bow while thinking "SH*T things are already getting hairy".
"Everything will be fine" Deagora said.
"Putting your head for execution already little cockroach?" Said a voice to the side of Tatsumi, he saw a small pink haired girl standing there in front of him, the way she carried herself hinted that she had a lot of self confidence.
"This is Mine, she is like this with everybody" Leone said.
Tatsumi simply smile at Mine, he found that rather amusing.
"Well let's go to the training yard, it's the best place to go to let of steam" Leone said as they walked outside to quite literally see a man letting of steam as he swung a pole staff around himself with such force and skill.
"Amazing, absolutely amazing" Tatsumi said.
"Yeah that's Bulat" Leone said. As Bulat did one final attack and caused a shockwave.
"Oh hi you are Tatsumi right" Bulat said as he walked towards them.
"Yes I am" Tatsumi said as he raised his hand to shake Bulats.
As they both had a firm handshake Leone popped in. "He's gay."
"Hey don't give him the wrong idea" Bulat said staring into Tatsumi's eyes.
"He's already given me the wrong idea" Deagora said.
With that Leone led them to the hotsprings where they overheard a green haired man whispering to himself. "Oh miss Leone's bath starts soon, I will brave any danger for a chance of a glimpse of those beauties" he said.
"Oh really well Lubbock I'll break your fingers and maybe your arm." Leone said as she pinned him.
"You never learn, this little pervert is Lubbock" Leone said. After she let him go they walked down the springs heading towards the waterfall.
"Just two more to meet." Leone said cheerfully.
"I'm at my limit" Tatsumi moaned.
"Oh relax these two beauts are fine" Leone said as they turned to see the two girls that Tatsumi stood against grill the corpse of a massive danger beast a 3 meter evil bird, they both were digging into it.
"Hey Akame and Kurome" Leone said smiling as they past her some of the meat to Leone
"Wow did you two take that down by yourselves" Tatsumi asked.
"No Kurome did it on her own" Akame said plainly, "Have you decided to join us?"
"Um I haven't made a decision" Tatsumi said.
"Well we can't share our meal with you" Kurome said.
"Now, now Akame, Kurome you should be polite to our guest" a grey haired women not looking only in her mid 30's with what appears to be a robotic arm and an eye patch. "Oh Leone you know that you exceeded the last job"
Leone's face dropped as she ran away only to have the robotic hand launched after her and reel her in. "Taking pleasure out of fighting will get you killed Leone" The grey haired women said.
"I'm sorry boss, please stop reeling me in" Leone pleaded .
"Anyway you are the one who was able to summon flaming swords and armor similar to Incrusio's" Boss said.
"Incrusio?" Tatsumi said.
"It's the earlier version on me, basically I am the finished projected the pinnacle of all the armor relics as well as able to best others in superior weapons" Deagora said his voice full of pride.
"Yes your relic is that ring right? I have never none a relic to actually travel on it's own choice well non living relics, what relic is it? The boss asked.
"It's name is Deagora, it is the dragon ring" Tatsumi said.
"Hmm I don't remember that one, it must of been lost for a long time" Boss said.
"It has been resting inside a cave near my village, it was the place where a valiant knight sacrificed himself to save my entire village, it happen about 400 years ago. The ring has been resting ever since waiting for someone apparently worth to wield it. Or that's what my chief told me" Tatsumi informed.
"What killed this knight" Akame asked looking intrigued.
"Hmm I don't actually know for sure, I was told a very powerful danger beast but now wielding this power I don't know if that's true or not." Tatsumi said. "What did happen Deagora?" Tatsumi thought.
"I am sorry but now is not the time" Deagora answered bluntly.
"Anyway I think we should gather in the main hall" The boss said as she stood up "Where we shall decide what to do about you Tatsumi"
All the assassins gathered in the great hall, the Boss sat in what appeared to be a throne but Tatsumi was more worried about each assassin holding an imperial relic. None was holding it in an aggressive stance they were simply keeping close at all times. It was the fact that if something went wrong, he wasn't sure they could escape.
The boss requested Tatsumi to explain his story. That Tatsumi and his friends left their village with hope to earn enough gold to benefit all in their village, sparing them from starvation. He explained that once he arrived in the capitol he headed straight to the guards office but got turned down straight away. Then he explained Leone conning him out of his money.
"Well just think of it as me using the gold to hire you to night raid" she said with a smile.
He then explained how he got to Aria's mansion and then night raids appearance.
"That's about it" Tatsumi said quietly.
"Well would you like to join Night Raid" The boss asked.
"If I do, will my village get compensated?" Tatsumi asked.
"That can easily be arranged" The boss answered.
"Well I will join then" Tatsumi asked.
"Can you say that so easily, are you prepared to commit murder?" Mine asked.
"I already have" Tatsumi answered.
"That was out of anger" Akame said.
"Could you do it again?" Kurome asked.
"This empire is corrupt, hundreds of innocent suffer each day and two many die for no reason. That is not something I can allow" Tatsumi said.
"Well said Tatsumi" Bulat said giving a thumbs up.
"Welcome to night raid" The boss said. "Akame, Kurome you two are in charge of his early training, if he slows you two down do not hesitate to kill him."
"Understood" They both said in usion
Tatsumi flinched upon hearing this. "Wha..what?" Tatsumi said.
They spent the entire day working in the kitchen making food.
"I feel like a maid" Tatsumi moaned.
"Hey less talking more working!" Mine shouted from the dinner table.
"We're in charge of food" Akame said as she and her sister quickly wolfed down a whole plate of food.
The boss walks into the dining room . "Unfortunately we have three hits tonight, the first two are going to be very hard, well all three are hard but the last one is the lesser of the three. The targets are the Oil lord Gamal, his business partner Lord Markintark and finally the easiest target simply due to his carelessness the imperial police officer Orge."
"Do all three need to be silenced tonight?" Mine asked.
"Yes unfortunately" The boss said. "Tatsumi, I am sending the others to deal with the Lords can you handle Orge yourself?"
"Yes boss" Tatsumi said.
As Akame, Kurome, Leone and Sheele deal with Gamal. Mine, Lubbock and Bulat deal with Markintark.
Tatsumi was left to deal with Orge, he found him in the market district, constantly drinking and assaulting everyone in the area.
"Mr Orge I have a request for" Tatsumi said with a smile.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Not here" Tatsumi said as he showed a bag which looked like it contained gold coins.
"Lead on" Orge said.
They walked into a quiet alley way.
"This should do just nicely" Tatsumi said as he turned drawing his blade in fluid motion and stabbing Orge in the stomach. "Hmm too easy, he is going to get up in a second" Tatsumi thought as Orge roared in anger and charged him drawing his greatsword and smashing it into Tatsumi's blade.
"Haha your a Night Raid assassin, I would of hoped for someone more of a challenge" He said.
"Well then that's enough playing around" Tatsumi said as he broke both blades with his left hand which now was ablaze, Orge looked completely shocked as the force of the broken blade made him lose his balance, Tatsumi pulled his fist back and smashed it into Orge's stomach. The flames burnt a big hole into his chest.
"Justice is served" Tatsumi said as he walked off.
He was the first to return back from the assassinations today.
"Any wounds Tatsumi?" Asked the boss.
"Nope not a scratch" Tatsumi said as Akame and Kurome walked back into the great hall.
"Kurome shirt" Akame said as she pulled his trousers down.
Kurome grabbed the shirt and pulled it off with ease.
"What are you two doing" Tatsumi said looking embarrassed as hell.
"Hey got some nice goods" Shouted Leone with Bulat smiling at Tatsumi.
Akame and Kurome circled Tatsumi staring him up and down.
"Thank goodness" Akame said.
"We had an old friend who got scratched with a poisoned blade" Kurome said.
"Ah, well can I have my clothes back" Tatsumi said. "Thank you for showing concern, I hope we can continue this relationship"
"What relationship are you on about Tatsumi, being practically naked" Leone said laughing.