Well its been a while. Lots has happened. The idiot Trump became president and pleasantly surprising, he's actually a good, effective commander and chief. Anyways, time to get back to it.

I know my grammar isn't the best I'm trying to improve my self. Now I have decided to bring in two more characters later, you know who. But for now it's just the mailman. Now on with the story!

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Ch. 2 One More Road

Fate whispers to the warrior, "You can not withstand the storm." And the warrior whispers back "I am the storm!"

-Anonymous

Shamus

A few days passed with Tatsumi and I was able to learn a few things about this new world. Apparently the Empire was just that, an Empire. One that had ruled most of this world for the past thousand years. Funny thing is no one bothered to name the damn planet. (Honestly couldn't find a name.) That question earned me a confused glance from my traveling companion. He told me about the monsters that roam the world called Danger Beasts, some bigger than houses. Stupid name aside they sounded like they could be fun.

Unfortunately my information was limited since Tatsumi himself grew up in a fairly isolated village. He and his friends, Leyasu and Sayo, left the village to join the army in the capital, literally called the Imperial Capital. Apparently the village was in dire straights and they were going to send all the money they made back home. Unfortunately they got separated after a bandit attack at night. They're probably dead, but no need to crush the kids hope.

My own cover story was simple and honestly most wouldn't believe it. I told him that I had woken up in Arya village with amnesia after being hit in the head by bandits. Real story, but the details were twisted. He seemed to buy it though.

We were walking along the road when the ground shook and a large roar pierced the air.

"Quick, it came from up ahead!" Tatsumi shouted as he dropped his pack, unsheathed his sword and bolted ahead.

I reached down and picked up the bag and ran to catch up with him. "Kid's got spirit, to bad that'll get him killed."

I had sparred with him yesterday and honestly, the kid lacks true experience but he's got potential. He's pretty good, nowhere even close to my level but good enough to take on a legionary recruit, which is still no simple feet.

I had just caught up to see a massive creature that slightly resembled a mirelurk queen, lunge at a unfortunate wagon. I gave a smile, pulled out my revolver, and was about charge in. I stopped when I saw its arm go flying courtesy of my brown hair friend.

I gave a frown when I saw how simple it was for him to cut through its limb so easily. I decided to experiment and replaced my Sequoia with the 45 pistol, A Light Shinning in the Darkness. I unloaded the entire magazine into the beast. The rounds left a series of decent sized holes along its body while the last blew apart the left side of its face. It gave one last pathetic roar before falling over dead.

I let out a soft sigh in disappointment. "Damn, don't tell me they're all glass cannons? That won't be any fun." I said putting away my gun.

Tatsumi walked over and began to open his mouth to talk only to barely catch his pack as I threw it at him. Turning around I was greeted by two happy traders who I'm guessing owned the wagon we just saved.

"That was amazing! You two took down an Earth Dragon by yourselves!" The men exclaimed.

I was about to respond when Tatsumi butted in. "Of course! Defeating that was nothing but a piece of cake for us!" He boasted, for some reason in a sing songy voice. "By the way I'm Tatsumi and this here is Shamus! Pretty soon our names will be famous throughout the Imperial City pretty soon!" He said looking smug.

I could only pinch my nose in annoyance. "Arrogance really doesn't suit you kid. Stick to the nice guy act."

Tatsumi words however seemed to have the opposite effect that he wanted. The two travelers grew worried looks. "You two seriously want to make it big in the imperial capital?" the one on the left asked nervously.

"Yeah. Win success and fame in the Capital…it's every country boy's dream!"

"I don't really care. I'm just tagging along with him." Jerking my thumb at Tatsumi.

The two men exchanged some worried glances. "The Imperial Capital isn't the place hopes and dreams you think. It's definitely lively, but there are far worse monster there than that Earth Dragon." He said pointing to the corpse.

I raised an eyebrow and crossed my arms, listening to every word.

Alright, consider my interest peeked. Keep on talking.

Tatsumi on the other hand seemed genuinely confused. "What? You mean there are Danger Beasts in the city too?"

"People, Tatsumi. He's talking about people." I said struggling to fight off a grin. Maybe this won't be so boring after all.

"Your friends right. Humans, but their hearts are those of monsters. The Capital is full of people like that." The man warned. Honestly, I didn't need anymore convincing. It sounded like I was going to have a blast.

Tatsumi on the other hand didn't look convinced and just scoffed while putting on his pack. "I appreciate the advice, but I can't turn back now. I…no we are going to make It in the imperial Capital and save my village!" He seemed to proclaim to the heavens.

I couldn't help but let out a chuckle. "What ever you say kid. Just know I plan on enjoying my self here. Food to eat, women to meet, booze to drink….

…Blood to spill. What more could a killer like me ask for?

…

A day later

I'm not one to be easily impressed, but laying my eyes on the Capital, it could only be described with two words.

"Holy fuck."

Vegas was special. Out in the unforgiving wastelands, it was a shining oasis. Filled with light, technologies the world thought to forever be lost and the hope of striking it rich getting the fortune that everyone so desired. It was small and exclusive, even after I helped set up the council when I beat the Legion and NCR.

Here, the city was so massive it made Vegas look like It was nothing more than a speck. The closest comparison were the ruins of D.C., however that was a dead husk, a shadow of civilization while this was bursting with life, thriving. No ruined buildings that some wastelander was trying to make livable. No threat of famine or drought. Men and women killing each other over last Nuka Cola. Only people living their lives. More people in one place than I had ever seen.

Then there was the palace. A massive building to put the Lucky 38 to shame. Walls that looked as big as the hoover damn. The immense architecture looming over the people.

Apparently I wasn't the only one effected.

"Awesome! So this is the imperial capital? If I made good money here I could buy the entire village!" Tatsumi exclaimed as we were walking along. "We should head for the barracks!"

I couldn't help but enjoy his optimism. "Well kid, normally this is when I'd say bye and wish you luck. However I think I'll stick around and see how it turns out for ya." I gave him a pat on the back.

That's when I felt it. Living the wasteland you develop some sort of survival instincts. One of which was if you were being watched. Whether it was a passing look from a bystander or gaze through a snipers crosshairs. Mine were telling me we were being stalked.

"Ah thanks Shamus!" Tatsumi said completely unknowing of our situation. "You're a good friend."

"We'll see about that kid. We'll see."

…

I had my back against the barracks building outside, waiting for Tatsumi to finish applying for the army. I had spotted our tail once we got here, but she doesn't know that yet. Pretty woman, short blond hair and yellow eyes, skimpy outfit that showed off her large…assets. All on purpose to catch the eyes and keep you distracted. Looking past all that I saw strong muscle under that skin and mischief in her eyes. In short, a scammer who's been forced to fight her way out of a few situations.

And she's targeted Tatsumi and I. Speaking of the country boy….

"Get out!"

He went tumbling as he was literally kicked out of the barracks. Getting back up, he was now extremely pissed.

"What the hell was that?!"

"Don't be ridiculous!" said the recruiter. "Due to the recession we've been flooded with applicants! There are limits as to how many we can hire. If you get it, SCRAM, you damned bastard!" He then slammed the door shut.

"Wheeeew. I take it did not go well?"

"Ugh, huge understatement. What do I do now!" He groaned.

I was about to respond when I saw our tail come forward with a big innocent grin.

"Hi!" She said in a sweet voice, getting the boy's attention and looking up. "Something seems to be troubling you young man. Want a lady to lend a hand?" giving both of us a sweet smile. I wasn't fooled.

Tatsumi though….

He was currently drooling as his gaze was directed less on her face and more her larger than normal breasts incased in nothing more than a black tube top.

"Tatsumi, reel it in and keep it in your pants." I said with a sigh.

The women however seemed unfazed. "Is something wrong? Drawn by dreams of making it in the Capital, you came all the way from the country?"

"How'd you know?" Tatsumi said getting to his feet.

"I knew at once. If you've lived in the Capital long enough you can tell the outsiders. Anyway… I know a quick way to get hired for government services. Want to know how?"

"Yes, yes,yes!"

Oh no. I see where this is going.

"Then treat a lady to a meal!"

…

Following her to a Tavern we sat down and the blonde woman presided to, as said by Cass, get fucking shit faced.

"Drinking during the day's the best don't you think?" She giggled.

"No denials here." I was drinking a pint myself. Cybernetics mixed with high endurance can let you drink their weight in booze and not get drunk. Didn't mean I still couldn't enjoy it. Wasn't as strong the stuff I'm used to but had a better taste.

Tatsumi however was fed up. "Just tell me how to get hired by the military!" He said banging the table.

"That's simple….have connections and money."

"M-Money?"

I had enough. Best to get the naïve boy out of here. "Tatsumi, let's go. This is a sca-"

"SHHHH." He shushed me, hanging on to her every word.

She sent me a smug grin before resuming. "I know a guy in the military…give me cash and it'll be real quick!"

I couldn't help but roll my eyes. "Please as if he'd be dumb enough to-"

"Is this enough?" Tatsumi said placing a large sack of all his money on the table.

I threw my hands up in exasperation.

Fuck it. It's not even my money and he's the one dumb enough to fall for this.

"Oh absolutely!" She said happily.

"On my way here we claimed a reward for slaying Danger Beasts." The dumbass said oh so smugly.

"So you two are strong." Blondie gave me a glance. "Your friend will be a commanding officer in no time!" Standing up and throwing the money bag over shoulder she gave me a smirk and a wink.

"That's it! I'm leaving it all up to you!" Tatsumi said happily, as if he didn't just hand over all his money to a woman who he didn't even know the name of.

She turned around to give us one last glance. "I think your encounter with me will teach you a valuable lesson, kid. And handsome, you need to pick smarter friends. I'm gonna go take care of this and I'll be back. Wait for me okay?"

"Okay!"

With that she was out the door and out of sight.

I grabbed my pint and brought it to my lips. "Hey Tatsumi?"

"Yeah?"

"You're an idiot."

…

"Damn it…I'm completely broke."

"I tried to tell you."

"Those boobs, I mean that woman!"

"Again, you're an idiot."

Walking along the road at night, Tatsumi only now realized how badly he got swindled. Me, well I should feel bad for the kid but I don't. The boy's too nice for his own good. Better someone steal his money now and teach him a lesson than, steal his life instead. We came to a bridge and thought it was a good enough place as any to settle down for the night.

"Oh well, guess we're sleeping outside. I can sleep anywhere."

I scoffed as I sat next to him and tilted my hat down. "Don't say that until you've slept on a rock in the middle of a desert. Besides, I like sleeping outside."

"I thought you couldn't remember anything?" He questioned.

"I remember bits and pieces," I lied. "Now shut up and good night." Demanding as I closed my eyes.

I was about to nod off when I heard what I guess we're horse hooves stop in front of us. Looking up I saw a young girl with blonde hair and a blue dress walk up to us.

"If you two don't have anywhere to sleep, would you like to come stay at my home?" She asked politely.

Such a sweet girl to be worried about strangers like us. And those eyes, as if she sees a hurt puppy and wants nothing more to make it better. I want to tear them out of her skull.

…

"Oh, Aria's brought someone home again." The man said.

"My…It's simply her habit. I wonder how many there have been." Said his wife and Aria's mother.

We introduced ourselves, and the Lord and Lady offered us food. They sat there quietly and listened as we both recounted our stories, even my not so true one. They sympathized with our plight and offered us to stay as long as we needed.

All in all, truly kind hearted and caring people. And yet…..my gut was telling me something different, that were not to be trusted. Telling me to find out their sins, to strap them all to a table and start cutting until there was nothing left. Not that I would do it….without good reason.

The man took a drink of his tea. "I see…so Shamus, I'm sorry you can no longer remember the world, I hope you stay as long as needed until you can recall your life."

"Thanks you for your generosity sir." I bowed my head, I could play along for now.

"And Tatsumi, you want to gain military success and save your village. But you know within the Imperial Capital it is peaceful. However this country is surrounded by three different races. You could be assigned up at the international boarder to fight."

"I've prepared myself for that." He responded with his voice full of conviction.

"I see. What an impressive spirit! That is exactly how the young should be."

"Did you come from the village all by yourself Tatsumi?" Aria asked.

Tatsumi got a little uncomfortable and explained how he and his friends got separated. "They're strong, so I'm not necessarily worried, but Leyasu is unbelievably bad at directions. I wonder if he'll be able to find where we're supposed to meet up."

"Very well then. I'll put in a good word with a acquaintance of mine in the military. I'll even put out a search for those two as well." The Lord offered.

Tatsumi was of course happy to hear that. "Really?! Thank you so much!" He said bowing.

"My intuition is really spot on. I think you'll see the two of them soon." Aria said happily. The entire family gave us friendly smiles. I didn't like it.

…

After a restful night, Aria woke us up to go shopping the next day. Apparently she saw it as a way to pay her back for helping us.

Her poor guards were forced to carry the excessive amount of packages and bags.

"The sheer amount is just getting silly." Tatsumi said next me, looking at the mountain of merchandise.

"No kidding. I'm used to just having the clothes on my back, some supplies and my weapons."

"By the way, I've been meaning to ask, where did get those guns? Those are extremely hard to get, and you have two." He asked.

A lot more than two kid, and these are peashooters. "Don't remember, I think I found them on some dead adventure. I don't think he needed them any more." That was mostly true. Some weapons I found like that, traded for them or just good old fashioned exploring.

The guard next to me spoke up. "Well, your extremely lucky then pal. Anyways, all women are like this. Give them money and they'll go on a shopping spree to find their perfect dress."

A certain Brotherhood of Steel woman came to mind.

Something however seemed to catch the man's attention. "Take a look at that. Over there you can see in the distance, the Imperial Capital center, the palace." He was right. It was the massive building I had seen earlier.

"It's huge!"

"Kid we literally saw this yesterday. How did you not notice it?" I grumbled.

"So that's where the great emperor lives, the one who can change a country?"

"No….it is a little different than that." He looked around to make sure no one was listening before leaning in. "There's an emperor, but he's only a child. The prime minister controls him from the shadows. And he's the reason why this county rots."

"The Min-UGHH!" Tatsumi said before the guard covered the boys mouth with his hand.

"Don't say anything suspicious. If any one hears us they'll have our heads."

"Then…my village suffers from heavy taxation because…"

"In the Capital it's an accepted practice."

Well, looks like I know what's first on the to do list. Now how do I break in to the palace? Maybe climbing gear or a well place bribe?

"Then there are others like those over there." The guard said pointing his thumb at a bunch of wanted posters.

All said wanted dead or alive. There was a man named Bulat, a women named Najenda, and a long haired girl named Akame. All seemed to be connected to…

"Night Raid?" I asked.

"They're a group of assassins that's terrifying the Capital. As the name suggests, they attack their victims at night. They mainly target high-ranking executives and the Capital's upper class."

"So the kind of people who thrive with the Prime minister in charge? Sounds like they have a grudge." And the kind of people I'd like to meet.

"That's right, so while you're staying at the mansion be prepared. Also, could you do something about that?" Turning around we saw Aria coming back, while her two other guards struggled to carry a massive package.

"Oh come on! Who would even sell something that big?!"

…

The day had come and gone, the darkness of night now washed over the city. I was looking out the window in the hallway outside my room. I'd chosen not to sleep tonight, not that I needed it. I could go for a week straight without needing a nap. No, I decided against it in favor of being prepared.

The air didn't feel right. Almost like the hours before a storm, there was an electricity in the mansion. I heard foot step and palmed ALSD, ready to draw. Instead I saw the Lady of the house coming my way.

"Evening miss." Tipping my hat. "Having a nice night?"

"Why yes I am, thank you for asking dear. I was planning to write in my diary tonight. Perhaps you could help-" She never finished her thought. Suddenly in a flash, her upper body separated from her lower with a torrent of blood, a drop of which landed on my left cheek. As both halves hit the floor I saw the cause.

Standing there behind the corpse was a young women with glasses, long purple hair and wearing a blood stained purple dress. Her face completely devoid of emotion. In her right hand she wielded…a giant pair of scissors? Odd weaponry aside, she handled it with ease as she slashed the blade and flung off the blood coating it and cleaning the blade.

Then she proceeded to bow and…apologized to the corpse.

Turning to me, she gave me a curious glance. Wiping a way the blood off my cheek, I casually pulled out my sidearm.

"So I take it your Night Raid, right?" She answered me with a nod. "You here to kill the family?" Another nod. "You know what happens now?" She gave one last nod before charging at me.

I let off a shot at her chest. She was smart enough to know where I was shooting blocked the bullet with her weapon. It stopped her long enough to allow me to fire three more rounds.

She dodged the first two by throwing herself to the side, while the last one grazed her shoulder. Without missing a beat she charged again and this time I fired the rest of my magazine at her. She ran back and forth where she knew the bullets would be. She has excellent reaction time, I'll give her that.

She got close enough to take swing at me, only for me to side step the attack. While she was open I swung my leg out and knocked her feet out from under her. Another kick was aimed at her gut but she managed to pull up the scissors to lessen the impact. Still she went sliding across the floor and shakily got back on her feet, still no signs pain or any thing on her face.

Looking over my shoulder, my eyes widened as I saw the marble column behind me had been completely sliced through. I suddenly realized the weapon of hers had more to it than its goofy design.

"Sharp blade." I commented.

"Imperial Arms: Extase. Can cut through any material." And suddenly she was back at it again, this time trying to skewer me with the point.

Instead of dodging I brought up my empty pistol and jerked the bottom towards my assailant. Pressing the release, the magazine flew out and hit the woman in the face. While not actually doing any damage, it had the desired effect and made her stumble. Taking the advantage I moved to the right and let the metal tip pass harmlessly by. Not being able to stop herself, she continued forward where I grabbed the wrist holding her weapon, put my for-arm against her throat and pinned her against the window.

She struggled to free herself with her other hand. It was a futile effort. Taking my eyes off my captive for a moment I glanced outside. I saw multiple people outside, two of which seemed to be standing on a wire hammock. Two others were on the ground, one large white and one small familiar looking black one. They were surrounded by bodies of the guards.

Not sparing them another moment, I flashed the still struggling girl a smile. "Now girl, remember to tuck and roll." I dropped my arm, let go of her wrist and sent a powerful palm strike into her abdomen, eliciting a cough of blood. She flew backwards and through the window, shattering the glass as she fell down to the ground three stories below.

The noise caught the attention of both people on the ground. Both saw me standing there, though the white one ran over to the girl I just tossed outside. Seems she took my advise and lessened the damage. However I saw some one run off into a group of tree.

Tatsumi.

Unfortunately, the black clad figure ran to where I had seen the boy go. Stepping away from the window, I picked up and loaded my pistol and started to make my way towards the exit closest to those group of trees. I made it about ten feet before I felt something impact the floor behind me.

Turning around I saw the white figure. It reminded me of former fitting power armor with a cape. Aiming dead center of the figure, I unloaded the magazine. Every round hit it's mark, unfortunately the bullets just harmlessly bounced off his armored chest. The man hadn't even flinched.

"Care to try again?" The man asked, no doubt with a smile. He lifted a large red spear and prepared to attack me.

"Well, that's not good. Hey, before you turn me into a shish kebab, can I ask you a question?" I asked, subtly reaching towards my pip boy.

"Ummm, sure, why not?" He shrugged.

"Does that armor protect against vibrations via a small but powerful shock wave?"

"I….don't think so?" He answered hesitantly.

"Good." Pressing a button on my wrist mounted computer, ALSD was bathed in amber light and disappeared, only to be replaced with a bulky Grey and black gauntlet that covered my for-arm. The displaced glove appropriately named Pushy.

The hulking armed figure was caught by surprise by the light and was too late to dodge my attack. As the knuckle plate impacted his chest, it let loose a burst of kinetic energy that was powerful enough to been seen in the visual spectrum. Even the toughest armors of the wasteland wasn't enough to completely protect someone since the danger was the vibrations that traveled through the armor and into the wearer. The blast also had the added effect of knocking just about anything on its ass.

He didn't know what hit him as I sent yet another person flying out the broken window.

Deciding to not waste any more time, I turned around and bolted down the hallway. Room after room I passed to get to the exit. I needed to get to Tatsumi. He's a decent kid, it would be a shame to let him get killed.

Just as I was about to round a corner I saw the back of someone with long blonde hair and….cat ears? She was a stranger, so not hesitating I threw a punch, and just as she was turning around she was slammed into the adjacent wall.

Not giving her a second thought, I ran past and finally found the exit I was looking for. Once outside, I ran as fast I could. The trees zipped by and I could faintly hear the clashing of steel on steel, only to suddenly stop.

Replacing Pushy, I instead atomized a machete gladius while running towards the sound of fighting. Breaking the tree line, I saw a scared Aria being defended by Tatsumi in front of some storage building, who was pleading with the girl from the wanted poster. The assassin Akame.

The killer ignored his protests and aimed to separate his head from his shoulders with a katana. Time to step in.

Running in I got there just in time to parry her blade with my own. Briefly, our eyes locked. My excited red eyes looked into her emotionless crimson ones. The eyes of an experienced killer.

Putting some distance between us she leveled her blade at me.

"You ok Tatsumi?" I asked without taking my eyes off the assassin.

"Yeah, thanks for the save Shamus. Watch out, that chick's strong." He warned.

"Oh I know. That just makes it all the more fun." Unsheathing Bloodnap with my left hand, I gave the knife a twirl. "Ready when you are Akame. Don't disappoint."

"You're a threat. Eliminate." She said, preparing herself.

Like an unheard alarm went off, we ran at each other and speaks flew as our weapons clashed.

The girl was faster than a deathclaw and I barely had time to block the strike aimed for my chest with my knife. Retaliating, I tried to plunge my machete into her chest, only for her to dodged the blade.

We did this deadly dance for a full five minutes. She was faster, I was stronger. All of her attacks I blocked and parried, all my attacks she dodged. Gladius met katana over and over again. Whoever made the first mistake would get a deadly piece of metal plunged into their body.

I hadn't had this much fun in a while.

I had noticed that more people had shown up, three of which were familiar, but I didn't care. They weren't getting involved so best to just let them be…for now. Tatsumi seemed to be yelling at the blonde one.

Hey it's the lady who swindled him out of his money… and she now has long hair and cat features. Weird.

After blocking five consecutive lighting fast strikes, she changed things up by leaping high into the air. Coming back down she prepared a downward slash. Crossing my blades, I prepared to block this strike as well.

Unfortunately that didn't go as planned.

As the steel met steel, the unexpected happened. My machete shattered. Dashing backwards, I was able to avoid 'most' of the damage.

Stand back up, I put away Bloodnap and dusted my self off. "Hehe, got to say darlin, your good." I rolled my shoulders and stretched my neck. "Well this has been fun but it time to finish this."

Cleaning my self off, I reached up to wipe off the blood from my right cheek. Damn blade of hers nicked me. No matter.

I started reaching for my pip boy when all of a sudden I stopped, something changed.

"W-what the fuck?!" I said. Something was wrong. Very wrong.

My blood went cold. Not from fear, almost like ice water was being pumped through my veins. The feeling seemed to start in my face and flowing to my chest. Almost like it was coming from…

"…the cut."

My legs gave out and got on my knees as I felt the coldness creep into the center of my chest.

I let my head hang down as I felt my body go cold.

…

Akame

I let my let my tired muscles relax a bit as the kneeling man, Shamus, went limp as the black runes ran across his skin and the poison stopped his heart. I didn't know how much longer I could have lasted. The man was extremely dangerous. The only thing that ended the fight was that Murasame was far more durable than his blade.

Turning back I saw my comrades awed and relived faces. Mine had Sheele's arm over her shoulder and seemed to be the only thing keeping the Extase user up right. Bulat was holding his chest, but otherwise seemed fine.

I then turned back to the boy, Tatsumi and the girl frightfully hiding behind him.

We've wasted enough time. The target must be eliminated.

Preparing one last attack, I planned on finally finishing this mission.

"AKAME LOOK OUT!" I heard Leone shout.

I felt something painfully impact my back and the next thing I knew I was flying past my target and her protector and slammed into the metal doors of the storage building.

Blinking away the pain I got a good look at what hit me.

What? How is that possible?!

"Hehehe...haha haha…HAHAHAHAHAHA!" The now standing Shamus laughed, hard enough to hurt your gut. The black runes on his skin stopped moving and just…faded away. A grin was on his lips and his own red eyes gleaming. Their previous malice was replaced was replaced with amusement, with a far more sadistic nature.

"I've got to say kid, you are a lot more fun than I'd ever hoped." He said getting control of his laughter. He sent me a bright happy smile. Had I had any less control over myself I would have shivered at the sight.

"But…" He sighed. "Like I said, its time to finish this." Reaching over to the strange gauntlet on his left arm, he did something thing and suddenly there was a light in his hands.

Is that…an imperial arm?

Suddenly, he was holding one of the, if not the largest blade I had seen. It was big, rugged, and brutal looking. He seemed to wield it naturally as he readied himself.

"Now, playtime's over kid."

…

Shamus

You know, when I first got the monstrosity of a sword, the name Blade of the East just didn't suit it. So in honor of what it and the man who wielded it had done and stood for, I changed it to one name to truly fit. Lanius.

As I charged at my opponent, I was surprised when at the last moment Akame used all her strength to kick off the door and avoided the blade. Instead, it sliced through the doors and knocking them off their hinges.

Agile little minx. Now where did…hello, what's this?

Inside the building was a familiar sight. Several dozen dead bodies. Some hanging and some in cells. By the looks of things, most were tortured to death. Honestly this place would make most Raiders proud.

Resting Lanius on my shoulder I turned back to my audience. All members Night Raid seemed ready to attack. Akame was panting and tired but still willing to fight. I ignored them and turned to the girl who's family owned the homemade slaughter house.

"Aria. I think you have some explain to do. Because I'm guessing I know why these guys want you dead so bad. Hey Tatsumi, you may want to take a look." I said.

"No, don't!"

Tatsumi ignored Aria and hesitantly looked inside. His face paled immediately. "My god."

The blond walked passed me, though not before sending me a cautious glance, and stood next to Tatsumi.

"This is what I was trying to tell you about. This is the empire's darkness. They lure the people with sweet words, and then, they torture and play with them until they die. That is what this house hold really is." She said.

Tatsumi kept looking at the gruesome scene, until he saw something that made his horrified eyes widen even further.

"Sayo…" He said looking at one body, a girl with long black hair who was hanging by her chained hands. She was naked, cut up and covered in her own blood.

Sayo? Who, oh his missing friend. Yeesh, poor guy.

Aria tried to make a run for, but I reached out with my free hand grabbed her by the back of her collar. "Your not going anywhere little lady."

She tried to defend her self from blondes accusations. "She's lying Tatsumi! I didn't even know this place existed! Who are you going to believe? The person who saved you or these people."

"Tatsumi…" someone whispered.

Peeking inside, I saw it came from weak, sickly and cut up looking boy who was reaching out from the closest cell.

"L-Layasu?" Tatsumi said even more shocked.

"Sayo and I were invited by that girl to her house. And after we ate we lost consciousness. We woke up here! SHE TORTURED SAYO TO DEATH!" Leyasu screamed, sliding down to the floor while tears started to fall from his eyes.

Tatsumi just stared at his friend.

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT!?" Aria shouted breaking out of my grip.

"YOU'RE ALL WORTHLESS TRASH FROM THE COUNTRY SIDE! NOTHING BUT CATTLE! I'M FREE TO DO WITH THEM WHAT I WANT! AND THAT GIRL, HER HAIR WAS SMOOTH! WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS!? WHEN I STRUGGLE WITH MY UNRULY HAIR! THAT'S WHY I TORTURED HER AS MUCH AS I COULD! SHE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL I PAID SO MUCH ATTENTION TO HER!" She screamed at every one.

Wow. She just took her zero percent chance of survival and turned it into the negatives.

"Welp, looks like my gut was right about you family. Time to correct my mistake." I was about to grab her when I felt a hand on my shoulder. Looking at him, his bangs covered his eyes, still I could feel the hatred behind his unseen gaze. Backing off, I knew what had to be done.

"Don't tell me you still want to defender her." The cat girl said.

"No…" Tatsumi drew his sword.

He slashed the rich girl open from shoulder to hip. She dropped dead on the spot.

"Heh, she got off to easy for my tastes." I mumbled. No longer needing my blade, I put it back into my pipboy's storage.

"That's Tatsumi for you. That felt great seeing that!" Leyasu said before vomiting up blood.

"Leyasu!" Tatsumi yelled be running over and freeing his friend. Dragging him outside, he laid the sick boy gently onto the ground.

"It's the final stages of Lubora." Akame explained. "The mother of the house enjoyed drugging her victims. She wrote all about it in her diary. He cannot be saved."

"Diary?" I thought back to her unfinished question before she died. "She was going to try to do it to me! Hey purple lady!" Shouting towards the bystanders. "Sorry for hurting you! By the way you should have killed the bitch slower, maybe infected her with her own stuff!"

Turning back to the boys, Leyasu whispered something into Tatsumi's ear before going limp.

"Huh, poor kid must have kept him self going on sheer will power and revenge. At least you gave him that satisfaction Tatsumi." Placing a hand on his shoulder.

Hearing footsteps, I turned around for a large paw to Tatsumi and I by our collars. "Hey hands off the outfit!" I swatted her hand away while she was still dragging a protesting country boy behind her.

"Ah come on! Can't a lady get a little physical with her two new teammates!"

Raising an eyebrow, I started wonder if this woman had a screw loose. I did attack did just attack her friends and now she wants me to work with her?

"Leone thinks you can become valuable allies against the empire since you both fought well against me." Akame said. "Also you are forgiven since our fights stemmed from a misunderstanding."

"Like hell he's forgiven!" a short pink themed girl shouted as we got into ear shot of the other group. The armored man was there, along with the wounded purple girl, pinky, and a guy dressed in a green coat that matched his hair.

"He did this to sheele, punched Bulat and Leone and attacked you! How are you OK with This!"

Right, purple girl, apparently named Sheele isn't looking to good. Time to mend some fences.

"Sorry about earlier," stepping forward I atomized a stimpak and jabbed it into her abdomen. "here, this'll help."

Immediately several blades and a gun were leveled at my throat and head. Honestly nothing new.

"Weird," Sheele was standing up straight and her face was less pale. "I feel a whole lot better. What was that?" She asked with a tilt of her head.

"Stimpak. Miracle medicine that contains only the vitamins and protein needed to jumpstart and fuel the bodies healing process. It can heal all manner of small wounds in seconds without so much as a scar." Smirking, I felt satisfied as the pink one grumbled under her breath and the group retracted their weapons.

"See! He's already helping! We even have a second recruit!" Leone happily held up an angry Tatsumi who froze when he heard her statement. "What!?" struggling again he was dropped and shot to his feet.

"Oh, I didn't tell you?" The cat woman asked with a false innocence. "From now on you and your friend will be apart of our little group. Welcome to Night Raid!" She cheered.

I just met them and I could tell they were pretty crazy, yet I could see they were my kind of crazy. I was liking my situation more and more. But my companion on the other hand…

"Why is this happening?!"

Akame interrupted his out burst however in that monotone voice of hers. "Give it up. Once she's made up her mind, Leone won't give up."

"You know me so well…" Leone petted the shorter girl's head. "Bulat, I'll leave him to you!"

The armored man grabbed the boy and put him underneath his arm while Tatsumi shouted about not wanting to be an assassin.

I don't know what the taller man said, but it sure sounded flirty.

"Mission success. Time to return." Akame announced before running off into the darkness. They all followed her lead until it was just me.

Looking at the moon is gave one last chuckle before following them.

Alright Capital, get ready. Because you've never seen a guy like me before and boy, are we going to have some fun!

…

I'm not going to lie, I thinks that was the longest chapter I have ever written. Now you one of you PM'd me asking about how strong he is.

Well skill wise, he is on part with Esdeath. While she has killed far more people than him, he has the advantage of fighting higher quality opponets. Ones who can take a mini nuke to the face and keep on coming. However, she is deadlier since her imperial arms is extremely powerful and he doesn't have one…yet.

Now, I decided to give him a theme song I don't own the right to it though.

(God Will Cut You Down)- Robin Loxley

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