AHHH finally another Friday is here and that means its time to partyyyyy. I hope everyone is well and life is going good. Here is the next chapter of our story and with that enjoy and please as always give a review. They do indeed make this all worth it in some way shape or form.

Enjoy guys :) things are getting a little more spicy for our hero/anti hero

Kill the Temptation

"Wait, wait a minute" Tatsumi stuttered forward as she materialized an icy length of chain attached to his neck and pulled firmly.
"You belong to me now, and we need to discuss somethings. I'll be taking you to my personal rooms in the palace." Esdeath said still blushing and still firmly leading him to the stages exit.
"Wai- "He didn't get a second chance to utter his disapproval before she moved and knocked him unconscious with a quick and precis hit to a spot on his neck.

Falling forward his last sights was of her catching him gently in her arms and a whispering "Be calm Tatsumi." Then darkness descended on him.

As she caught the younger man in her arms the entire audience in the Colosseum started whispering and gossiping about the two of them and before she even reached the gates leading up to the palace most of the capital had heard of what had happened. This all worked out for Esdeath, she wanted the population to know he was hers and there for under her protection no one would dare threaten him for fear of crossing her.

The blush still hadn't disappeared from her face and her heart would not calm it's self-down. These emotions she was experience were something entirely new for her and she was enraptured by them.

Looking down at Tatsumi she remembered his beautiful green eyes that looked at her as she walked up to him just moments ago and she felt her once icy heart swell with warmth again and butterflies dance in her stomach, she had no idea why she acted so strongly to him, but what she did know was that he was meant for more than being a simple fighter. She felt the endless potential coming from him and that excited her almost as much as holding him in her arms. She would train him personally and see if he had what it took to be her equal and there for her lover although she had already decided he was going to be her that.

Reaching the upper levels of the palace where most of the high ranking officials kept their rooms she opened the double doors leading into her chambers and closed them behind her with her foot but not before telling the guards stationed there, "No one is to entire this room or disturb us, if its official business write it down on paper and push it under the door." With that she finished the motion of closing the door behind her.

Walking over to her four-poster bed she laid him down gently on it, not caring that he still had his boots on or that he would get dirt on the snow-white sheets. Stepping back to look at him Esdeath could only guess at his age, but she did know he was younger then her 22 years, perhaps he was 16 or 17 she thought. Getting closer to inspect him better she noticed he had a rather handsome face that was just starting to really show its self as he reached further into adulthood. Brown hair that seemed like it couldn't make up its mind if it wanted to be dark or light brown and a strong build with a few scars crossing over his forearms and hands.

Reaching out to touch his hair she noticed with a bit of surprise that it felt extremely soft and had a small hint of pine needles that gave her the sensation of running through a forest.

Esdeath was completely surprised by her train of thought, she was the empires strongest general with no equal that could match her ferocity or strength and here she was thinking about running through a forest just from smelling the faint scent his hair gave off.

Shaking her head, she had no meetings or pressing matters that she couldn't reschedule for tomorrow so decided to go take a shower. She would wake him up and explain his situation to him then.

Groaning and grabbing his head from the small headache he had Tatsumi just laid there and tried to process what had happened. Not opening his eyes yet he remembered the fight and watching Esdeath come towards him and then the cold feel of metal on his neck and then her catching him. Hand flying to his neck he sighed in relief when he didn't feel the collar.

"I see you didn't need me to wake you up." Esdeath said exiting a room from across the bed with just a towel wrapped around her body.

Staring at the beauty walking towards him, Tatsumi couldn't help but look at her body wrapped tightly by the towel and that her blue hair was still slightly damp from the shower she just took. "w wh what are you doing." Tatsumi stuttered out hand flying to his nose to keep his precious blood from flying out of his face.

Giggling at the expression on his face Esdeath approached him slowly bending down close enough that she saw the faint widening of eyes and the hand clutching his nose clutch just a little harder. "I'm getting dressed." She said giving him a small flick on the forehead.

"Isn't that what you do when you get done taking a shower?" She said dropping the towel and walking over to a dresser against the far wall.

Tatsumi try as hard as he might couldn't stop a little bit of the blood from leaking between his fingers and equally as hard, he couldn't take his eyes away from the backside of a naked Esdeath, seeing the soft curve of her hips and the long legs that any full-blooded man would worship. Never in his life would he have thought that he would be in this situation and the poor boy had no idea of what to do. So, he looked up to the ceiling just stared and started to do mathematical equations in his head to try to get his bodies response to Esdeath to calm down, he didn't even act this strongly to Leone and she was constantly flaunting her body around him.

Calming down a little bit Tatsumi let his eye look around the room looking for possible escape paths he might be able to take if he needed to. The room had a few pictures on the wall but other then that and a few pieces of necessary furniture the room had no personality to it.

"Tatsumi." Esdeath said coming closer to him to sit on the bed once again dressed in her Military uniform except for her thigh length boots and military hat.

Daring to peak back at her he saw she was indeed clothed this time and sat up in the large bed.

"Do you know why I brought you here?" Esdeath said not looking at him.

"Because I won?"

Looking at him this time he could see emotions cross her face briefly before she schooled her features.

Smiling, "Yes and a bit more. You showed potential out there today and I have decided to add you to my personal unit and train you instead of just giving a cash reward."

He knew she was talking about the Jaegers, but he didn't expect her to want to add him to them or to personally train him. Remembering once again who it was that sat next to him Tatsumi grabbed hold of his confusion and remembered his training and decided to play along with her until he could find a way to escape and get back to Night Raid.

"Train me?" He asked genuinely.

"Yes, you have a potential to you that if dealt with properly could one day compete with me on a battlefield." Esdeath said.

He for a moment wondered if she knew more about him then she was letting on but dismissed it immediately. If she knew who he was then he would not be here in her room or being told he was joining her personal team.

"Do I have a choice in this?" Tatsumi said

"No, you do not. You belong to me and will do what I tell you to do." Esdeath said it this time with the authority of the commander that she was. Esdeath wasn't used to people questioning her and would usually deal with anyone who dared to with violence or a trip to the torture chambers until she was satisfied they had learned their lesson. With Tatsumi she didn't want to use those methods, she wanted them to start their relationship together on the right path, so she would exercise restraint and patience with him for the time being. This entire situation was new to her but in the end, she always got what she wanted so decided to be honest with him about her intentions.

"Tatsumi, I have decided that you will be my lover and partner and eventually stand next to me as my equal, but until then you will need to learn how to better protect your self and move around without wasting more energy than needed. Watching you fight I saw many things and what I saw wasn't all bad, but you waste more energy then you need to with unnecessary movements and positioning and you let your self have to many openings to be exploited. If you are to achieve your true potential, we will need to start with the basics and it is my intention to make it so you survive any confrontation. All you must do is do what I tell you to do."

"I have no desire to join the imperial army Esdeath, I came to the capital to try to earn money for my village so that they could survive the coming winter." Tatsumi said declining to tell her he came to the capital originally to join the military but joined Night Raid instead.

Looking at her Tatsumi did see the logic in her reasoning though, he knew he had a long way to go in strengthening his offensive and defensive capabilities. "Maybe she has a point and I should use the opportunity to learn, she's willing to teach me and besides I could learn more about the Jaegers and their weaknesses while doing it … wait what did she about becoming lovers!?"

Eyes widening and a blush working its way up his neck to his face. "Could you repeat that last part about us becoming lovers?"

A small blush formed on her face as well, but she kept her eyes on his face and with an innocent look "You will be my lover and I will be yours, I will not take another man for the rest of my life and I expect you to follow the same example." A thought occurred to her to her then "You don't have a girlfriend already do you?."

Tatsumi felt his world shift a little as the image of her naked backside came back to his mind and absently answered her.

"No, I don't." He whispered still completely stuck on his mental image of her.

"Good, I really would hate to have to kill her." Esdeath said giving him a big smile reaching up to touch his face with her fingers again, finally giving in to the impulse to touch him since he woke up.

Feeling his skin underneath her fingers, she again felt the same sensation she did when she first touched him back on the fighting stage. The feeling that she was where she was meant to be, the feeling that her soul had finally found its other half and gave a blissful sigh.

Coming back from his fantasy when she touched his face, he felt a jolt go through him as her cool fingers landed on his skin and it scared the hell out of him. She was his enemy, the person who murdered thousands for the fun of it, so why did her touch make his very soul sigh. More then confused and a little bit afraid he could do nothing but back away slightly avoiding her touch.

Frowning at him when he pulled away from her, she saw a curious mix of emotions cross his face and decided he wasn't used to affection like this. She would be patient with him, she would explore these emotions, but she would let him get used to her and her presence. She knew her reputation for violence and domination and she was happy for it, she even went so far as to make examples out of those who displeased her to further her fearsome influence, but she didn't want Tatsumi to fear her, at least not in that way. She wanted him to understand his position by her side, but she didn't want him to cower from her when she showed him affection, so she would be patient with him.

Pulling her hand back from his face Esdeath stood up and walked over to a desk against one of the walls closet to the bed and pulled out a quill and ink as well as some parchment paper.

"Tatsumi, from this day forward what's mine is yours and what's yours is mine. You will be getting the price money as is your reward for winning the tournament and since I do not need the money it is yours to do with what you want. I can either give you the money or you can send it to your village, and as an offer I can have some of your earnings sent weekly to your village as well."

Caught off guard by the woman in front of him, she was not at all what he expected her to be. The stories he heard about her just didn't match the woman in front of him. He knew they weren't lies he was just having a hard time seeing this side of the woman murdering thousands of people just for the fun of it. He also figured the woman who stood in front of him wasn't the same person who stood on the battlefield, this was a different side of her that no one ever saw, and it confused him. "Why me" He thought.

"I would like to send it to my village. They are the reason I am here in the first place." Tatsumi said.

"Alright, come write it down and as we walk down to meet your new team ill send it off with instructions to send the money to them." Esdeath said laying the quill down next to the paper and stepping to the side. "You might not have a desire to work for the imperial army, so see it as working for me instead. All you must do is listen to me and do what I say. The Jaegers were formed to combat terrorism and to specifically hunt down a dangerous group that goes by the name of Night Raid."

"God I am about to meet the group formed to kill me and my friends. I guess I don't have much of a choice, I have to figure out their weaknesses and report them back to Najenda." Tatsumi thought, once again coming to realization that he was in the heart of the capital with the empires strongest and most psychotic general looking right at him.

Writing down the name of his village and handing the paper to Esdeath she made a note of her own on the paper to indicate it was a direct order from her and put down a number that made his eyes go wide.

"This is your payment in advance and the reward you won Tatsumi, I take care of the subordinates under my protection and by extension their families." Esdeath said when she saw his face while putting her personal insignia on the folded paper to seal it.

"I'm sure I don't have to say this but do be careful where you wonder and what you do in the palace, at least until you become an official Jaeger. You are mine and that alone will give you protection but if you do something stupid, I will be forced to act in accordance to my rank so do be careful."

"Yes, general." Tatsumi said following behind her as they walked through the halls.

"Oh, and Tatsumi do call me Esdeath." Esdeath said with a blush and a smile on her face.

Walking through the halls Tatsumi saw a mixture of people pass by but all but a few would look away from them as they passed, such was the presence and reputation of Esdeath.

Alone with him she was different but now he got the sense that she was the general again and she was to be feared. The ones who were brave enough to look at him gave him curious looks ranging from pity, jealousy and anger.

This pleased Esdeath immensely. She was not afraid to flaunt what was hers around and gained a certain amount of satisfaction from the looks Tatsumi received from those daring enough to look at them. Word of what happened earlier that day had reached as far as the palace and soon tongues would be wagging when she announced publicly that he was her lover and would be joining the Jaegers.

"Oh, this will be fun." Esdeath thought to herself as they reached the Jaegers' meeting hall. Smiling she pushed the doors open wide and stepped through to a chorus of greetings.