Giving a tour of the Capitol,Lubbock led Dekon through the streets of the city.The green haired assassian pointed out where everything was.He then showed Dekon the most preferable inns and diners,where to get the best deals at the market and showed Dekon the bookstore that Nightraid uses as a secret base to keep ears in about what's happening in the Capitol.
After the tour,Lubbock led Dekon into one the more better inns,where they ordered food.The two were treated to one of the waitresses and soon received two plates of delectable food.But before Lubbock and Dekon could dig in,a rude commotion stopped them.
Dekon turned his head and noticed one the Imperial Guards getting frisky with the waitress that served him.The guy grabbed the girl by her waist,dragging her back everytime she tried to leave.
"H-Hey!Hands off!",the girl said,uncofturble with the situation.
"Why aren't you a pretty one~!And you got spunk!That's something I like in a woman.",said the guard,who was a bit drunk.
"I said let me go!",yelled the girl.
"Hey!"
Dekon had enough.This ass was bothering this girl and no one was doing anything.Dekon had to step up.He had to do something.Walking up to the large man,Dekon tapped him on the shoulder,trying get his attention.But the guard keep brushing him off.
"Beat it kid.I'm busy."The guard may have been older and from the looks of it,could pummel Dekon no problem,it didn't faze the grey haired teen.
"Busy huh?",Dekon said,a look of intimidation in his eye."Well if by busy,you really mean harrassing this poor girl."
The guard finally turned,facing Dekon down.The buff man took another swig of his drink,let go of the waitress,and stood up.He was clearly bigger then Dekon by a foot.Still it didn't faze the teen.
"I don't appreciate you tellin' me what to do,kid.Someone should really teach you some manners."The guard then cracked his knuckles,while his fellow guardsmen cheered him on.
"Teach that kid a lesson,Burrak!",cheered one of the guards.
The guard Burrak hefted a big punch,expecting to clober the grey haired boy.But before the man could do so,Dekon gave a swift punch to his gut and then a jump kick to his side.The unexpected power of the atracks surprised the guard.He recovered and tried rushing the boy,but Dekon just stepped out the way,leaving his leg out and tripping the man.
The guard then landed on a another customers table,where the person's food was met with the Burrak's face. The man then rose back up and turned,his face red with fury.
Dekon held his hand out and signled the guard to come at him.And the man fell for it.With another rush,Dekon jumped up,using a wall as leverage,and then brought down the back of his foot on the angry guard's head,knocking him out cold.
A sudden scilence filled the main room of the inn.People stopped what they were doing and stared at Dekon.
'Shit.',he thought,'I'm in deep trouble.'
Then a surprising uproar of appluse and cheer came from both the costomers and the employes of the inn.The guard's buddy's were in shock.They then picked up their unconcious comrade,and left,one of them promising to get back at Dekon.
When they were gone,Lubbock slapped Dekon's back,laughing.
"Dude!That was something right there!How in the hell did you do that?",the assassin questioned.
Dekon looked back at Lubbock,his eyes wide."I have no frikin' clue."
Just then,the waitress that served the two boys and harrassed by the Imperial Guard,came up to Dekon,giving a thankful smile.
"I just want to say thanks for your help.Those guys have been a trouble for me and the other waitresses for a while now.",she said,holding an empty tray to her body."You know what?Next time you come by,your next meal will be on the house!"
Dekon stared at the girl,deadpanned."Uh-Oh!Um...thanks for the offer but I'll pass."
"Are you sure?",the girl pouted.
"Yeah."
"Oh.Ok then!Um...guess I'll see you later?"
"I guess.",Dekon shrugged.
"Alright.Bye."
The girl went back to her job,taking orders from others customers.As Dekon and Lubbock left the inn,the green haired tengu user gave a mischivious grin that went from ear to ear to the scarred boy.Dekon noticed this and gave a raised brow,as a sweatdrop appeared on his head.
"W-what?"
"Dude.You didn't see that?"
"See what?",Dekon questioned.
"That girl!She's into you!"
Dekon's face suddenly turned red."W-waa?!No she isn't!"
"Yes she is!",Lubbock corrected."That look she gave you was a pretty clear signal."
"Lubbs,I doubt that."
"Come on man!You were her knight in shining armor,saving her from some douchbag guard.Take it from the love expert himself:Get her name,find out what she likes,and hang with her.I guarantee you'll been bangin' her by next week!"
"Y-your a real perv sometimes you know that?Oh yeah.By the way...WHERE IN THE FUCK WERE YOU WHEN I WAS FIGHTING THAT GUY!?"
"Sorry about that but Najenda told us to keep a low profile while in the Capitol.Which you've failed at.Beating an Imperial Guard?They'll have you executed for that."
"Really?You could've told me this before?"
The green energem weilder shrugged.The two companions then left the city,heading back to base from their adventure.
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At the Nightraid HQ,the sun vanished from the sky,replaced by the stars and moon.Najenda was giving a mission brief to her team.
"Our target for tonight is Headhunter Zanku.He's been going around the Capitol at night murdering anyone he sees,which appears to be at random.The number of people he's killed is unknown."
Dekon,with his arms crossed,asked a question."What's his story?"
Najenda replied quickliy."He was the executioner for the Empire's biggest prison.Because of the corruption,there were more and more prisoners,and Zanku's constant beheadings became an addiction.Soon after,his job couldn't satisfy it.So he started killing innocents.Just so you all know,he has an Imperial Arms,which he stole from the prison warden.We don't know what exact Imperial Arms,so be careful."
Tatsumi spoke up before the team could depart."Um,question.What's an Imperial Arms?"
Mine looked to the country boy with an annoyed face."You don't know anything,do you ya' country bumpkin."
The silver haired leader of Nightraid gave a quick summary of what were the leathal weapons.
"The Imperial Arms are 48 powerful weapons made from Super Class Danger Beasts.They're creation was ordered by the first emperor of the Empire himself to aid in battle."
Najenda then reached back behind her chair and reavled a old,leather book and handed it to Tatsumi.Dekon leaned over the brown haired boy's shoulder to get a better look at the old weathered pages,reavling an assortment of weapons,each unique in design.
"All of Nightraid has an Imperial Relic.There's Murasame,which can kill even with the slightest cut because of it poison.The Teigu Extase can cut through anything,while Leonelle can trasform it's user and give them animalistic abilites."
"Amazing.",Tatsumi wispered under his breath.Dekon was also impressed with the wide assortment of weaponary.The grey haired teen took the book away from Tatsumi,taking a closer inspection at the sentences describing every aspect of the leathal tools.
"Damn.These things are cooler then the stuff on Deadliest Warrior."
Leone looked to Dekon with a confused look."What's that?"
"Oh it's-it's nothing.",he said,shaking off the question.
"Just so you know,Dekon,",said Najenda,lighting a ciggerette."Your not participating in tonight's mission."
The teen looked up from the book."Huh?How come?"
"You don't have the amount of experiance we have.You would be liability to the team if you went out tonight.Your gonna have to sit this one out."
"Hmph.I understand.Oh and while you guys are out,be careful with your energems.Don't lose 'em."
Then a sudden look of realization dawed on the teen's scarred face.
"In fact..."
Dekon left the meeting room and soon came back with something in his hands.He then proceded to pass out the somethings to each meamber of Nightraid.What he each gave them was a neaklace made of skinny black lace with a grey metal cap at the end of it.
He looked to the team of assassians and told them to screw their energems in to the metal cap.When everybody did so,they discovered that their energems fit perfectly into the cap.
Now around their neaks,the team thanked Dekon.The team then left to carry out their mission.Once everybody was gone,Najenda called Dekon over to her.
"Dekon,earlier today I said we would continue our little talk from when Nightraid...what was it?Morphed?"
"Yeah?"
"Well something you said has been bugging me.You said that you've had the Energems for only had a few days,yet you showed my team how to transform like you've done it a million times.How do you explain this?"
The silver haired woman took a drag of her smoke,looking to the teen for an awnser.
"I-I...don't know.I had a dream.The night you let me on the team."
"And prey tell,what was in the dream?"
Dekon looked at his hand,clenching it."I saw some guy.He looked a bit older then me and had a bit of a darker skin complextion.He was holding the red dino charger and he morphed in front of me.He then looked at me and held out his hand.I took it and...I woke up."
"Huh.Interesting.",Najenda said,rubbing her chin in thought."Do you think this person was possably the original owner of Akame's energem?"
"Maybe.But like before,I don't know."
When Najenda was satisfied with Dekon's answers,she told him he could leave.Once Dekon left the room,Najenda had a lingering thought in the back of her head.
'Dekon so far seems to have been telling the truth.But there's something he's seems to be not telling us.Mmmm...'
As Dekon left the meeting room and walked down the hall,he turned around to make sure he was alone.The teen then procedded to his room,where he quickly wrote down a note.
Dekon then left his room,procceding to leave the base,borrowing one of the combat knives from the backup weapons Nightraid had.The grey haired teen then vanished into the forest line,taking a look back at HQ,while drawing a heavy sigh.
"Sorry Najenda."
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In the Capitol,the errie empty streets of the city gave off a disturbing atmosphere.The dim lights of homes,buisnesses,lamp posts and the full moon were the only sources of light guiding Dekon through the steets and allyways.After a bit of searching,the teen boy found what he was looking for.
Coming out of the inn he and Lubbock ate earlier in the day,was the waitress Dekon saved from the guard.If the grey haired teen's memory served him right,the girl had short reddish brown hair and green eyes.
The girl walked through the stone paved streets of the city,her every footstep seemingly making an echo.The girl felt unnerved for some reason.As if someone watching her.She wrapped a short clock around her shoulders,trying to both comfort herself and to shield against the cold.
After a few minutes,the feeling of someone watching was unbearable,as the hairs on the girl's neak was standing on end.With a swift turn,the emerald eyed girl caught a glimpse of her stalker,vanishing back into the shadows of an allyway.
"H-hey!I know your there,s-so show your self!",the girl stuttered,scared of whoever was hiding.
Stepping out of the shadows,Dekon emerged wearing a grey cloak.The young girl was a bit shocked at the culprit of her stalking.
"You!?What the hell do you think your doing?!"
Dekon held his hands up in a defensive manner."Woah,woah!I didn't mean for you to get uncomfortable.Honest."
"Then why were you stalking me!?To think I thought you were an normal guy.Looks like I was wrong about you."The girl turned her back to Dekon,crossing her arms with a stern expression.
"L-Look the only reason I was following you was to make sure you got home okay!There's some psycho killer out here ya know."
"So...you were protecting me?"
"Yeah.I couldn't really sleep knowing some killer was roaming around here while you were out.I wanted to make sure you got home safe."
The girl turned back to Dekon,an obvious blush on her face.
"You...care about me?",she asked.
"Ummm.Yeah,sorta."The teen looked to the ground,a blush appering on his face as well.After a few seconds of silence,the young girl purked up.
"Miano."
"What?",Dekon asked.
"My name.It's Miano."
"Oh.Mine's Dekon.",the teen said a smile now on his face.
"D-Do you still want to walk me home?I...understand that you were just trying to be nice."
"Uhhm,sure."
The two adolecents walked through the dark streets,now less ominous then before.Dekon and Miano had some coverstion about where each of them was from.After explaining he was from far away from the Empire,Miano understood how Dekon stood up to the Imperial Guard without any hesitaion.When he was asked what he did for a job,Dekon had to lie somewhat to not compromise Nightraid.
"I uhhh...cook and clean for a nice family.They pay me good and treat me well,so I can't complain.Plus their line of work is...interesting."
"Huh.They seem like nice people.",Miano said,before realizing where she was.
"Oh!Uh,Dekon.This is my house right here."
Miano pointed to a wooden and stone building that obviousltly had other attendents.She turned to Dekon,who stared at the young girl in a look of awe.
"Uh,are you ok?",she asked.
"Yeah.",replied Dekon."You just...look so beautiful in this moonlight."
Realizing what he said,Dekon turned away,blushing beet red,bashful to face the young waitress.
"I-uh...I want to thank you for walking me home.You've been very kind to me and-."Miano struggled to open the door of her home."I hope to see you soon and again,thanks for everything."
The girl quickly closed the door,leaving a silent Dekon outside,alone in the brisk night.The grey haired teen then walked off,unsure of what happened.
'Did I really say that?',he thought,'What on earth did I just get myself into-!"
Dekon's trail of thought was interrupted when he spotted Tatsumi running across the street,disappering behind a building.Without a second thought,Dekon sprinted after his fellow teammate.After a while of serching,the scarred boy found his friend hugging a large man near the center of a large open area.
The man was wearing a trenchcoat and had an inhuman grin spread across his face.Dekon could see he said something but didn't know what.But whatever it was however,made Tatsumi fall back in surprise.
Dekon then noticed the man was wearing some sort of weird head gear.Dekon suddenly remembered what the mission was.This guy was Headhunter Zanku.And he had two hidden wrist blades ready for Tatsumi.The brown haired boy however was not so easily shaken.He drew his long sword,prepared to defend himeself.After exchanging a few more words,the two clashed.
Every attack Tatsumi tried against the maniacal killer,Zanku would either dodge or deflect with his wrist blades.To Dekon,it was like this guy could read Tatsumi's thoughts.
'Wait',Dekon thought.'What if that's his Imperial Arms.Reading minds.It may sound crazy but I've seen crazyer shit.'
Sneaking around the battle,the blue eyed teen drew the combat knife he borrowed from it's sheath.
'If Zanku is too preocupided with Tats',I might be able to wound him and give him him a chance.'
With a great leap,Dekon flew through the air,his knife in hand.Before the cold steel could make contact with Zanku's back,the executioner moved out of the way.
"Ooooh!What's this?A new player has joined the match!",said Zanku,who had a sickining grin across his face."Let's see what you have in that head of yours.~"
"What the-Dekon!?"
"Uh Tats',I know you have questions but now is not the time!"
The grey haired teen stepped back and stood side to side with his comrade.
"Well then Dekon!You've certinly had quite the life!Aww,how sweet.Your in love with Miano.Aww~,young love.I'm surprised you've moved on.Especially after poor Cassy.",Zanku crowed.
Something suddenly went off in Deakon.Like some sort of switch.In a blur of movement he found himself going toe to toe with the blonde haired murderer.With every strike he made,Dekon's knife drew closer and closer to Zanku's body.And a noticeable feature was appearing on the executioners wrist blades.They were cracking.And every contact made with Dekon's blade made the cracks grow more and more.
"I truly wonder,my young friend.You leave your home after that horrible accident,vow never to love again,and here you are,falling for a girl you barely know!How would Nightraid react to this and the other dark secrets you have."
Those comments Zanku said were like pouring salt on a wound.Dekon's rage went through the roof and his killer intent was basically pouring out of him.Every slash,stab or thrust of his blade was getting stronger.Using his free hand and his kicking abilites,Dekon was overpowering Zanku.And the killer saw this.
Before his wrist blades could suffer any more damage,Zanku lept a reasonable distance away.Seemingly out of harms way and out of breath,the executioner commented on Dekon's skill.
"Your wondering how you have such power and skill,Dekon.It's the Energems.Your wanting to protect your friends,and do what's right is what fules you.Not your anger."
Dekon looked to his hand and clenched it.He looked to the madman,a fire seeming to burn within his blue eyes.
"Tatsumi.",he said,not even looking to the brunette,a stone face staring at Zanku."Morph."
Without a second's notice,Tatsumi summonded his morpher and Dino Charger.With the signature call out,Tatsumi transformed into the Black Parosaurolophus Ranger.Zanku tried attacking,but Dekon blocked his way.
"Tatsumi,yell 'Dino Steel Armor On'!",said Dekon,who was holding his own against Zanku.
With a nod of his head,Tatsumi called out the dino steel and suddenly,two jagged pieces of silver armor appeared on the lower and upper parts of his right arm.A new weapon also appeared in Tatsumi's hand.It was a axe like weapon with the image of a black parasaurolophus on it.
Now empowered by his energem,the brown haired teen rushed in and took over the fight.Tatsumi performed a rapid quadruple kick to Zanku's chest.Stunned,the ranger then delivered a powerful punch to the killer's stomach.Then with a slash from Tatsumi's axe,Zanku found his left arm cut badly by the two blades of the weapon.
Then,dropping from the shadows unexpectedly,Akame delivered a downward slash with Murasame.The poisened blade was inches from Zanku's body.
"A-Akame!",called out Dekon,who was happy to see the red eyed assassian.
"Well if it isn't Akame and her one hit kill sword.I've been expecting you.",said Zanku."Tell me Akame.Do you hear the screams of all those you kill?How do you bear it?"
"Easy.I dont.",she replied in her usaual emotionless voice.
"I see.Well let's see if you can kill the the person you love the most."
Akame stood frozen.Whatever she was seeing made her stop dead in her tracks.But that didn't last long.With a sprint,Akame slashed her sword across Zanku's upper body.Through the short spray of blood and him gurgling through the scarlet liquid,Zanku spoke.
"H-How could you do that?Kill your own sister?"
"The person I love most in the world is also the person I want to kill most.",Akame replied,sliding Murasame in it's sheath.
"The voices...they've stopped.T-Thank you Akame..."Zanku then fell to the ground,dead.
With their mission complete,Akame turned back to face Dekon and Tatsumi who was powered down.The red eyed girl's attention was then locked on to Dekon,who had a feeling things would not be good.
"You disobayed a direct order from the Boss.You realize your going to be punished,right?",Akame said.
"A-Akame.Maybe we should let Dekon slid on this one.Not only did he help me out,but he held his own against Zanku pretty well.",said Tatsumi,defending Dekon.
"Still."
"Look Akame",Dekon stated."I'll take any punishment that Najenda gives me.But I won't deny my reasons had good intentions."
"I guess that's for the Boss to decide."
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Author's Note:
Hey guys.Just a quick word.Chapters for Akame Ga Charge will be delayed a bit because of school,so I apologize if that's an inconvenience.Anyways,please review,fav and follow.
LATERS!