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Chapter 9
"Liver, Nyau and Daidara all three of you have fallen, well I guess that means you were weak, you all have fallen to the laws of nature. I will not mourn your death but I can avenge them." Esdeath said as she knelt in front of three freshly laid graves, she wore her usual white uniform. "Well I guess I better prepare for my new team, I hear that they are quite the eccentric lot" Esdeath said with a cruel smile as she stood and walked away from the graves not stopping for a second to think about her fallen subordinates.
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"So this is the capitol, it's bigger than I expected but nevermind, this is basically a promotion, to be apart of this new team, so that is why I bought these fancy clothes which were a hit back home, yet everyone is giving me weird looks." Said a man no older than 20 wearing a blue jacket with white fish patterns weaved into the material, he walked with pride carrying a very sharp black short sword with a hand guard and a chain linked tassel on the hilt, he was also carrying a huge bag filled to the brim with fish many of which were still wriggling. He walked through the town heading towards the palace, it was a marvel of architecture, white marble beams and walls with gold filling the crenelations, giving it the detail and history of the legacy that it stood for. The man was escorted through the main hall and many other hallways until he was guided to a meeting chamber. He opened the door to reveal a open room, with pale walls and red cloth rugs covering the entire room, it had a great oak wooden table in the centre and a very impressive strong physical man wearing a mask that scared the poor man out of the room with a scream as he slammed the door behind him. "This must be the torture room right" he asked to the escort who guided him to the chamber but the escort simply shook his head and walked off. The man stood up took a deep breath and stepped back into the room. He looked towards the masked monster in front of him and said "G..good …..day….My name is Wave" He said each word stuttering. The masked man looked up to him then did something that Wave was surprised about, he looked down shyly saying "My…..n-n-name is Bols. I am from the incineration squad". Bols said looking down. "Ah never would've picked you as the shy type" Wave though to himself when the door opened and a blonde haired women wearing a pale white shirt and white short skirt, a long katana hung at a grey belt with two dog tags attached to it, Wave tried to look at them, he couldn't make what they said. Her face portrayed pain and mistreatment, her eyes were blue, she looked at least in her early 20's. She sat down on the opposite chair to wave. Wave got up too give her a handshake saying "Hey my name is…." Wave didn't get a chance to finish before she said "Back off now Fish boy, I introduce myself before others. My name is Shanta and this lovely blade hanging on my leg is.." she was interrupted by the doors flying open revealing a brown haired women wearing an imperial officer outfit in addition her arms seemed to have been replaced in favour for having the capability to deal more damage, she also had a strange animal in tow with her, it was copying her in a salute stance. "Hi comrades my name is Seryu Ubiquitous and this is Coro". "Well I was going to shout at you for interrupting my introduction but I think I shall forgive you because of how cute you are!" Shanta said with sly smile licking her lips, Seryu jumped a little at that, when a green haired man walked in wearing a black jacket and a white shirt underneath, he had dark blue trousers and weird boots with little white wings flapping on them. "Well hello fellow relic wielders, I am Sebastine Wrathwood, I look forward to hunting the scum of this empire with you lot." Seryu smiled, Shanta nodded, Wave looked around, "This is half of our team and so far I am terrified of all of them" he thought, his thoughts were interrupted by Seryu going to one knee throwing petals on the ground saying "Preparations are complete Doctor Stylish", as a man walked in with black hair a white doctors robe and glasses "Ah a entrance as magnificent as this is the very definition of Stylish" He looked at the assembled team until he reached Wave "Oooh you're just a country boy, stay with me cowboy and I will polish you off" he said smiling at Wave, "Ooh he swings that way and has taken a liking to me" he thought with a gulp. When the last member entered the room, he was wearing a white robe over a black shirt, with a brown belt with black pants. He had a feather pin in his hair and was carrying a book "My, my I am the last to arrive, my name is Run" He said politely. They all sat gathered around the table when a new comer entered the room, she wore a white imperial officer outfit and had long blue but had a skull mask over her face. She pointed her finger at them shouting "What the hell are all you doing you?", Wave was the first to respond, retorting "We were invite...ughh" He groaned in pain as she kicked him with deadly speed in the stomach launching him down the length of the meeting chamber. She then turned her attention to run, they fought for a few seconds, she threw punch after punch followed by kicks, all were countered with skill. "Hmm commendable reflexes" she said as she disengaged him to counter Seryu who jumped into the air going to the left with Corro going to the right planning for an aerial strike. The women grabbed Seryu's arm and slammed her into the ground and smashed a ice brick into Corro's face. "If you plan to do a sneak attack, you need to control your aura child" she said. Shanta drew her blade saying "We may be playing but I never hold back" She sliced the mask into a fine powder. As the mask crumbled away the rest of the gathered warriors gasped, Bols was the first to respond, "General Esdeath" He said with respect "Ah so that is the deadly relic Yatsufusa, what an impressive blade" she said with admiration."Well done, now all of you gather your belongings we are going to meet the emperor and then once the silly formalities are out of the way we hunt Night Raid!" Esdeath said with enthusiasm and smile cracking her face. "General Esdeath do we have a name for our little band of merry killers" Dr Stylish said smiling. "We are a special unit with special privileges, we are named the Jaegers" Esdeath said
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"Hey what are you two doing?" Mine asked as she saw Tatsumi and Lubbock doing push ups while Leone sat on Lubb and Akame sat on Tatsumi as they trained in the training yard. "Well Tatsumi wanted to have a little workout before he went to the capitol and Lubb here thinks he is better than him, so we are putting that to the test" Leone said smiling. "Everytime I use Deagora's power I feel like I am being drained of everything I have, so too make sure I can last in drawn out fights I need to seriously bulk up" Tatsumi said between grunts and push ups.
"Hey what do you mean I drain you?!" Deagora moaned.
Mine's cheeks went red before she turned her attention to Lubb "It is not everyday that I see you actually draining".
"Well with only two guys left I need to pull my weight a bit more" Lubbock said smiling.
"Ha you can talk the talk but you realise you have done less than half as many push ups as Tatsumi" Leone said.
"Well that is too be expected" Akame said "Kurome help make this more fair" Kurome obliged as she walked up and lifted her right leg and pushing it hard onto Tatsumi's back.
"There now the weight difference is equal" Kurome said.
"Wha" Tatsumi, Mine and Lubbock all said as Leone got up and smacked both Kurome and Akame. Lubbock looked up as a raven landed on a post in front of them, it had a small envelop attached to it, Lubbock reached forward grabbing the letter and stroking the bird's head.
"Ugh guys we got a big problem, Tatsumi, we are going to the capitol today, like right now, we need to know more!" Lubbock said panicking.
"What? What is wrong Lubb?" Tatsumi asked.
"This is a message from our spies in the city, apparently Esdeath is putting together a team of relic wielders called the Jaegers" Lubbock said frightfully.
"Okay since they know what Mine, Akame and Kurome looks like it is best if we go with Leone then" Tatsumi said.
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The Jaegers sat at the meeting table as Bols and Wave prepared food. "Hey Commander what do you do for fun?" Seryu asked.
"Well torturing, learning new methods and practicing my fighting technique, but recently I am trying to find love" Esdeath replied, the last statement made Seryu and Shanta jump in surprise "Love?" they both gasped.
"Yes" Esdeath said with sly smile forming.
"Commander before I forget we still have the bear arms of Fortitude in our custody, we still haven't found a suitable candidate for it" Sebastian said.
"Well then let's make our search more fun by hosting a tournament otherwise the prime minister will take them away and that would be such a waste." Esdeath said with a smile cracking her lips when Wave and Bols walk in with all the cooked seafood that Wave brought with him. "Hey Bols it is nice too know that you are a kind guy" Wave said as he looked at Bols smiling. "Umm Sorry to upset you but I am not nice at all." Bols replied face down his voice was filled with pain and regret. Wave looked down thinking to himself, "Why is it only Bols and I who know how to cook" Wave thought as he put a plate down of food in front of the members of the Jaegers.
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"Tatsumi do you still want to see Esdeath for yourself?" Lubb asked as he guided Tatsumi into a bookstore, it was built with luxury wooden walls, book shelves filled with many different stories. He led him to a row of books and pulled a lever and the row rotated revealing a hidden stairway. "This is quite impressive, did you build this yourself?" Tatsumi asked. "Yep my pride and joy" Lubbock said with hand behind his head smiling as him and Tatsumi turned into a room decorated with Night Raid banners and a green couch with a happy Leone sitting on it arms stretched out towards Tatsumi "Hello welcome to our imperial capitol secret base!" She as she jumped up to see Tatsumi.
"You are not being very secretive!" Tatsumi complained "Wait Lubb what did you mean about 'See Esdeath for yourself' anyway?" He asked head tilted to the side.
"Well she is hosting a tournament in the coliseum, you could enter it, win it, gain the money and learn about the crazy ice witch" Lubb said. "But you might want to hide Deagora" He said gesturing to the ring on Tatsumi's hand. Tatsumi nodded as Lubb pulled a long silver necklace out of his pocket handing it to Tatsumi.
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"Prime Minister have you seen this list?" The Emperor asked while he and the prime minister sat at a table filled with all sorts of food and luxury wines. "No, what are Esdeath's requirements?" Honest asked as he grabbed large amounts of meat and devoured them very quickly. "Well it starts with: First I would like to train him up to the rank of general, he needs to have potential. Second composer and hunt danger. Thirdly he must come from the frontier not the capitol. Fourthly he needs to be younger than me so it is easier to dominate him, lastly it would be nice if he had an innocent smile." The emperor read out before he bowed his head in defeat. "Most men wouldn't make it past rule one" he whinned. "Yes it is not everyman can become general" Honest agreed.
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The people were gathered in a white marble coliseum, many gathered to see the martial arts masters gather and show of the skills. The opening fight was between two sword men who parried and countered each other. Every time the blades struck the crowds cheered. "Well commander, what do you think of these two?" Run asked as he stood to attention next to General Esdeath as she sat in a chair watching the fight. "Pathetic warriors make a pathetic fight" she stated "I was foolish there will be no one here who could use and imperial relic". When Wave who was making sure the matches were fought fairly and introduced the contestants. "Well now for our final match with Kolbie the butcher versus Tatsumi the blacksmith" Wave shouted, as the crowds went wild. Kolbie was a mountain of a man 6ft tall
built with muscles the size of boulders and wore a tight cow head mask over his face. Tatsumi wore a long pale yellow trench coat.
"Hmm interesting title, how good is he at striking iron?" Leone asked Lubb as they took seats in the stands.
"Not as good as me but he isn't half bad" Lubb replied.
"Hahaha well look at you little guy, that prize money is as good as mine" Kolbie said smiling.
"He is big and he appears to have the bite to match his bark" Wave thought to himself.
"Deagora I can take this guy without your power easy so just sit back and watch" Tatsumi
thought as he put a hand on his chest where Deagora's ring held suspended on a silver chain.
"I seriously don't like this, I want to burn this old fart" Deagora complained.
Kolbie raised his fists waiting for the command to release his fists.
"Begin!" Wave roared.
Kolbie surged forward fist smashing into the ground, he was completely surprised that Tatsumi wasn't there, he was above him, he launched himself into the air. Tatsumi brought his leg up and smashed it into Kolbie's arms. He was pushed back slightly. Kolbie roared in anger and swung his fists at him, relentlessly, each strike with power. Tatsumi blocked them all. "Left right left right that's my boy" Deagora roared as Tatsumi didn't let a single strike hit him, he waited until he had the perfect opening, Kolbie pulled back both his arms and that is when Tatsumi struck, he smashed his fist into Kolbie's stomach with power and precision. Kolbie coughed as he slid back. Tatsumi stood up straight as Kolbie roared in fury and charged him both fists raised, when Tatsumi hit the deck and swung both his legs out taking Kolbie's footing and bringing the big guy into the air, Tatsumi didn't wait he launched himself into the air and kicked Kolbie with all his might knocking him out cold. Esdeath looked at Tatsumi in surprise. "That young man is amazingly talented" Run said.
"He is" Esdeath agreed.
"The winner is Tatsumi!" Wave shouted as the crowd roared in approval, cries of applause.
"Are they cheering for me?" Tatsumi asked himself.
"No they're cheering the other idiot who punched the giant goat wannabe" Deagora said.
"This is awesome!" Tatsumi said as a giant smile came over his face. Esdeath stared at
Tatsumi her breath was taken away by the innocent smile. "He is the one" she said breathlessly.
"Ah a potential relic wielder I take it?" Run asked.
"That too but more importantly!" Esdeath said as she walked down the steps leading to the fighting area where Tatsumi stood waving to the cheering crowds.
"CODE BLUE ICE I DON'T CARE THE ICE BITCH IS ENTERING THE RING!" Deagora said in a panic as Tatsumi turned to see Esdeath walk up behind him.
"Tatsumi is it? I like that name" Esdeath said smiling.
"Oh thank you" Tatsumi said "So this is Esdeath because of her Bro is dead…..We should burn her!" Tatsumi thought as anger filled his every thought.
"Master she will absolutely destroy you" Deagora said.
"Now here is your reward" Esdeath said as she reached into her blouse.
"Well money is money after all I have no problem taking it" Tatsumi thought as Esdeath clipped on a metal collar with a chain around his neck. "What?" Tatsumi said.
"Starting from today you are mine" Esdeath said as she turned tugging the chain and dragging Tatsumi of his feet, he landed on his back and was being dragged away.
"Hey...wait….stop...stop" Tatsumi protested.
"I simply can't" Esdeath said as she pulled Tatsumi to his feet and struck him on the back of his neck knocking him out and then going under him to carry him, Deagora had to use some of his power to stop himself from tangling in front of Esdeath.
"Must not fall into Ice witch's cleavage! Must not fall" Deagora kept chanting as he tried to stay out of sight.
"What the hell is going on Lubbock screamed as he looked at Leone in a panic.