The Dark Hybrid
A/N = And the wait is over! All of you have been patient little hybrids.
Before we start let me just say this...
No, there will not be a harem. Sorry to disappoint some of you. But that doesn't mean that Tatsumi and some of the other girls wont have any 'special' moments together, they will, but Tatsumi's heart will stay loyal to both Esdeath and Akame.
"Chocolate pudding" = speech
'marshmallows' = thoughts
"Candy floss" = Danger Beasts talking
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Akame Ga Kill characters, those rights belong to the creators. All I own are the OC's, my own weapons and the plot.
Chapter 3: A Killing Reunion
In a lightly lit cave, where the crystals hung off the ceiling and danger beasts wandered aimlessly, enjoying their freedom and the safeness of their paradise.
A cabin lay in the middle of this cave haven, looking to be more big and flashy than the rest. "Young Tatsumi... you are finally old enough to leave the safety of our home and fulfil... your fathers dying wishes" a greying wolf said this to his grandson, one who he cherished greatly.
"I was always old enough Chief. I'm 510 years old. I'm an adult... at least mentally I am..." Tatsumi in his wolf form smiled sheepishly, his grandfather giving him a scrutinizing glare.
"No. I don't think that you're an adult mentally too. You may have the knowledge of a 500 year old legendary beast... but you have the mannerisms of a 19 year old teenager." Shinpa kept glaring at Tatsumi until his gaze softened and he enveloped the wolf in a hug. "You better be safe. The humans don't like us. So when you're out there... remember everything I've taught you. All of their schemes and tactics, hand-to-hand combat, sword wielding, gun wielding... everything..." The old wolf removed himself from Tatsumi and stood back, puffing his chest out in pride.
"Yeah yeah, I know Grandpa. I'll only transform when I'm safe and out of prying eyes. I'll use everything you've taught me in these past years well. I won't die." Tatsumi smiled warmly, turned round and began to walk off towards the exit of this danger beast paradise.
His grandfather watched him go, trying not to call out and stop him. Tatsumi abruptly stopped and without turning round said "You know for someone who's as old as you. You're a pretty good teacher at physical combat."
Shinpa let out a loud laugh and looked at his grandson "We, Moonlit Werewolves live long. To you I may look old, but I'm only just entering my late 50's in human years!" he grinned, showing off his sharp teeth and giving Tatsumi a happy expression.
"Well... I'm eternal gramps, so I guess that I'll look like I'm in my early 20s forever!" Tatsumi yelled and ran towards the exit, leaving his home of the past few years behind.
Chief Shinpa smiled at the retreating form of his grandson and made his way inside his cottage... that is... until he heard a yell...
"GRAAAAAAMPS!" the chief swivelled his head back to the door he came through just to see his grandson rocket into it... and get his head stuck. The elder face palmed, grunting out curses under his breath.
"Really Tatsumi... we just had a heart-warming farewell and you decide to ruin it by smashing your head through the door!?" the teen in question gave out a wary chuckle before using his strength to pull the door off it's hinges and wobble round trying to maintain his balance.
A good ten minutes later, Tatsumi sat with his head down, towards his grandfather while the older man was lecturing him in his stupid ways. "It was only a one time thing Chief..."
"One time thing!? I don't have a damn door anymore! You're a 500 year old deity, at least have some self control." Shinpa looked at Tatsumi and frowned, lecturing the boy was never enjoyable. "So. Why did you come running back"
"It's about my duty." at that, the greying wolf raised an eyebrow. "My father said to continue to protect this world from Gelion. But... how do I do that? I don't know anything about Gelion to begin with... and there's nothing indicating that he'll come here and purge this world" Tatsumi was distraught, he wanted to fulfil his fathers wishes... but he didn't understand how.
"Hmm... that is indeed difficult. But your father protected this world for many millenniums, along with the rest of the Five Demon's." Shinpa felt pity towards the boy, he had no parents and was given a task that could decide the fate of this world. A task that a boy his age should not be given 'Even though he is 510' suddenly, it hit him. "Aha! How about you go and talk to one of the five demon's? They will surely be able to help you much more than I can. I only know the basic knowledge after all"
Tatsumi gave his grandfather a quizzical look "You want me. To go and find. One of the Five Demon's... are you crazy!? How the hell am I supposed to do that! Not even my father knew where the rest of his buddies went!" Shinpa just smiled at him, amused at the teens rant.
Once Tatsumi had calmed down, he began to stare at his grandfather. Worried because he hadn't said anything for a while. The Chief only smiled at the boy before slowly lifting his pawn up, having it point upwards. "Up" was the only thing he said.
"Up? What do you mean 'up'" Tatsumi was beginning to feel as though his grandfather was crazy.
"All you have to do, is go up. But. Tell no one of the things you will see up there" Tatsumi pulled a blank face before sighing. If his grandfather said up, then up he'll go.
He went outside and looked towards the ceiling of the cave, seeing the large bright crystal above him. The top of the cave was really high up, too far for him to jump. So he thought that he'd fly instead. Tatsumi bent his four legs and jumped into the air, being high enough, purple flames surrounded him before a large cobalt black dragon emerged, flapping his wings causing dust to fly everywhere. He flapped his wings twice more before coming to the top of the cave, latching onto the bright crystal and staying still, his wings folded.
'Great. What now.' Tatsumi began to look around, he saw nothing out of the ordinary: Danger Beast homes, his den, some beasts watching him and thinking what the hell is he doing. Nothing out of the ordinary. That is, until a small entrance at the side of the crystal was seen. It was well disguised but not something someone with trained eyes couldn't see.
Tatsumi made his way over to the entrance, squeezing himself in. Once he got through, he opened his eyes and looked round. "Looks bigger on the inside..." he muttered. The crystal was hollow. Nothing in there except a few bones and fur coats. Deciding to test his look, Tatsumi called out "Hello? Anybody here?" he was greeted with silence. "Ofcourse..."
Tatsumi looked around the place more, noticing scratch marks and feathers scattered round. Only to look back to the middle of the crystal to find something out of place "Strange... wasn't there a pile of fur coats..."
Tatsumi was still and silent, observing everything and anything. Everything was silent. Until he swiftly turned round and brought his massive claws down, trapping some creature to the ground.
"Hold! Hold!Hold! Calm down big boy! I'm not doing anything!" it was... a feminine voice.
"What?" Tatsumi came out of his battle senses and back to his normal self, what he had trapped to the ground was a yellow and white bird of some sorts. It was radiating a massive amount of power, not as strong as his but stronger than any Danger Beasts he's met so far. "Who are you." Tatsumi brought his face closer to the bird, his blood red eyes piercing her blue ones.
"Wh-wha? You don't know who I am? Even though you're the son of Sekrit?" at the mentioning of his fathers name, Tatsumi dug his claws deeper. A snarl escaping his mouth. "Woah woah woah! Calm down! I'm one of the Five Demon Deity's! Raiton!"
Silence enveloped the air for a few seconds before Tatsumi withdrew himself off the deity, Raiton stood up and shook her neck a bit, getting rid of the soreness that had accompanied it for the whole of the interrogation.
"You're Raiton? The one who made this safe haven for Ultra-Class danger beasts?" Tatsumi asked.
"Yep! The one and only! But geez Tatsumi-Chan... you made my neck all sore" the deity whined. Tatsumi was not expecting this. He thought that the Demon Deity's were sophisticated and serious beasts... yet she was a friendly and goofy bird.
"You know about me?" Raiton looked at the dragon and smiled, floating up to him and tapping his nose.
"Every Demon Deity knows about you~ Well. Except Tyrant and Ekisu, they got turned into teigus before you were born" the female flapped her angelic wings and came back to the ground, sitting in her nest of bones.
'A sweet and friendly bird sitting in a pile of bones. How very "welcoming"' Tatsumi thought to himself while watching the bird set in. Raiton looked like a phoenix except she was much bigger and had the colour scheme of white and yellow, light blue lighting patterns adorned her chest and wings. Showing off the power she held control over.
Once settled, Raiton looked up at Tatsumi and smiled. She remembered when the boy first took his steps into her haven, the size of a wolf with small and not that sharp horns. Now he was around 35feet tall and 80feet long, the change in size proving that he was a Legendary-Class danger beast. One of the Demon Deity's that was tasked with protecting the world. Along with his size, his horns and spikes grew too, even touching them would cause an injury. The horns on his head had curved more, giving him a devilish look while his eyes became more narrow, just gazing at them made Raiton feel shivers run down her spine.
"So, I'm guessing you came up here to my den in hopes of finding some answers" the dragon remained silent, staring at the so called 'demon' before him.
Sighing, Tatsumi began to speak "I don't understand how I'm supposed to fulfil my fathers wishes. To protect this world. I don't get what he meant by that... Is it just idly sitting by and waiting for... Gelion. Or going off somewhere and doing something" Raiton was surprised, she didn't expect Tatsumi to be so serious about his duty, considering he was only 510.
"Do you know why we came to this world Tatsumi?" Raiton asked the teen, he answered instantly.
"Because you saw potential in the inhabitants of this world. That they could aid you in defeating Gelion." A smile etched it's way onto the females face.
"Exactly. So, in order to defeat Gelion. We'd need the help of this planets inhabitants right?" Tatsumi nodded, not understanding where the bird was going with this. "They would help us by evolving and using their creations to defeat Gelion's minions, while we, would use all of our strength to destroy Gelion himself. That is our plan. The humans are quite a creative species. But they are selfish." Raiton said the word with venom. "You've heard about the revolution that's happening now, yes?" Tatsumi once again nodded, he'd been to some villages before and news travels fast. A few years back, once the current Prime Minister got in power and the current Emperor's family died. The Empire and everyone in it began to grow more corrupt by each day, it was because of the naïve Emperor Makoto being played like a puppet, his puppeteer ofcourse being Prime Minister Honest. The revolution took place soon after, wanting to free all the innocents from his evil clutches and make The Empire a safe place without corruption. The revolution was fighting for freedom. "Day by day, more and more humans are being killed because of this selfishness. They are killing each other and the things around them. And that isn't good for us or anybody else. Gelion feeds off of corruption, no matter where he is, all the treacherous acts throughout the many universes feed him, making him able to become stronger. But that's not all. Humans were our ace to defeating him, if they kill each other and everything around them. They will eventually destroy this world themselves and make it easier for Gelion to purge this world and many more." Raiton finished her explanation with a sombre face, glancing at Tatsumi she saw him deep in thought.
"So what you're trying to say is. We protect this world by protecting those who live in it. And the situation in The Empire right now is something that is threatening the safety of this planet" Once again, Tatsumi had surprised Raiton.
"Yes. That's exactly it. The Demon Deity's can't do anything about it since we'd only get killed in the process. But you, who has the power and blood of our leader Sekrit running through you. You, who is a hybrid and can turn into a human, has the power to do something" Raiton looked at the dragon with passion in her eyes, trying to make him understand that he was the only one who could change the fate of what may happen to this world.
"So. To protect this world, I have to do something about the revolution first." He looked at the bird deity in front of him, seeing her nod, the dragon smiled and heaved out a sigh of relief. 'I finally understand... father. I'll protect this world, no matter what.'
==Near The Capital==
"So where are you from Tatsumi?" a girl similar to his age with grey eyes and long black hair, reaching her middle-back with a flower accessory at the top of her head questioned the young dragon as she walked beside him.
Tatsumi turned his head towards the young girl and smiled "From up North... I came down here after my parents died"
"Oh! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to touch upon such a sensitive topic..." The girl quickly put her hands up towards her mouth, ashamed of causing the teen beside her any uncomfortable emotions.
"Good going Sayo. Make him hate us." Said a boy to the left of the now named Sayo, obviously annoyed by the girls question. He had dark brown hair accompanied by a white martial arts headband. His brown eyes rolling in aggravation.
"Oh shut up Ieyasu! At least I apologised..." Sayo smacked him upside the head, angering the teen.
"The hell was that for!?" the boy wailed, trashing his arms about.
"For being an idiot." she stated matter of factly and with a "hmph" turned her head the opposite direction.
Tatsumi chuckled as he watched the two childhood friends banter, picking on each other non stop. 'If a danger beast ever did that to another... they'd already be dead. Humans are a peculiar species'
Tatsumi had met these two while on his way towards The Capital, they were having some trouble with bandits so Tatsumi thought that he could assist them. He was glad that he made that decision, the company of the two humans made his road towards The Capital more upbeat.
Tatsumi now, was a young man of age 19. His hair the same bushy black with scarlet highlights, the only addition being a short braid on the left side of his face and a lone silver piercing on his right ear. His body was more lean yet at the same time muscular, not to the point of a body builder ofcourse. His eyes were still different in colour: the left golden while the right was crimson.
His clothes changed too. Now preferring to wear a black hooded assassin like coat with a red trim. A dark in shade red t-shirt underneath which was untucked over his ebony slim fit combat trousers, they however were tucked into his black combat boots. His black leather fingerless gloved hand went through his hair, getting annoyed at how long the travelling had took.
With all of his dark clothes, Tatsumi was quite eye-catching. But his handsome yet cute looks along with his fit physique caught most of the attention, having many turn his way.
Tatsumi found all of this quite irritating, he didn't exactly like all the stares and couldn't do anything about his face, physique nor his preference in clothing. The human culture sure was annoyingly weird.
Just then, a rumbling could be heard from underneath the ground. Before a loud crash could be heard, the three teens looked ahead and saw a dragon danger beast, blocking the way of a carriage. The occupants screaming for their lives.
Before wither Ieyasu or Sayo could process what was going on, a black blur passed them and the carriage. Jumping into the air, Tatsumi brought out his black and red spiked dagger and drove it inside the dragons head, impaling it's brain, killing it. The beast fell to the ground with a thud. This all happened in a matter of seconds, the on viewers were shocked silent.
The two men who were sitting in the carriage got their senses back to reality, they quickly jumped off the carriage and ran to the boy screaming "That was amazing! You actually defeated a First-Class Earth Dragon!"
"It was weak to begin with..." Tatsumi replied, shocking the two men. Before they were able to say any more, both Sayo and Ieyasu whizzed passed them, running up to Tatsumi.
"That was so cool! You defeated it in mere seconds!" Ieyasu was pumped, he had never seen anyone take down a danger beast that fast before.
"How did you do that? Before I understood what was happening it was already dead!" yelled Sayo, unable to contain her excitement just like her friend.
Sure, they had both seen Tatsumi defeat bandits when he helped them but that. That was unbelievable.
"It wasn't anything that great... It's only a First-Class..." Tatsumi really didn't like it when people praised him on the most stupid things.
"Kid. If that was easy for you, then you'll have no trouble joining the Imperial Army" One of the older men said. Still surprised about the previous events.
'I'm not really that sure if I want to join the Imperial Army...' thought Tatsumi. Once Tatsumi had finally understood how to begin to fulfil his fathers wish, he decided to go to The Capital to decide exactly how he would protect the world. He knew that he needed to do something about the current situation but he did not know whether to cure The Empire from the outside: the Revolutionary Army or from the inside: the Imperial Army. Both could somehow change The Empire as a whole but he was unsure of which one he should go with.
"That's what we're gonna do! We are going to go to The Capital and become famous!" grinned Ieyasu.
"Speak for yourself..." muttered Tatsumi, the others unable to hear him. Tatsumi sighed at witnessing the naïvety of the teenage boy. He had no idea how corrupt The Capital really was. Though he would learn in time, even if Tatsumi told them they would probably question him about the knowledge and ask for proof. Also, Tatsumi couldn't be bothered with the human boy.
"..." the sudden awkward silence of the two men unnerved the two childhood friends.
"Is something the matter?" questioned Sayo, the silence becoming too much for her to bear.
"The Capital isn't the dreamy and great place you think it is..." spoke one of the men.
"It's filled with monsters worse than that Earth Dragon." completed the other.
"Monsters..." muttered Sayo, she was deep in thought about what the two merchants meant.
"That doesn't matter! We came here with a mission and we're going to complete it and save our village!" yelled out Ieyasu, and with that he pulled Sayo along as he began to jog away.
Tatsumi turned to the merchants, giving them a small smile he thanked them and followed the two humans which he had gotten familiar with.
==In The Capital==
"Woahhh... this place is huge!" yelled out Ieyasu. "We're totally going to join the army!" he pumped his fist into the air and grinned, showing his teeth.
"Be quiet you dumbass! You're getting us unwanted attention." Sayo once again beat up the boy for being embarrassing. It was like a normal ritual now.
Tatsumi looked at the two of them and smiled. "I'll be going my separate way from now on. I wish you luck on entering the Imperial Army" the two friends nodded their heads and waved their goodbyes to Tatsumi.
Tatsumi disappeared in the crowd, beginning his own mission. "Now then... I better find a tavern because I'm starving" he said to no one in particular. Wandering round The Capital, he eventually found a tavern that he thought was suitable for his tastes.
Walking in, Tatsumi went to the far end corner table, a waitress immediately coming up to serve him. "What will you be having today sir?"
Without as even a glance at the menu, Tatsumi said "The best meat you've got."
"Coming right up sir" the girl gave him the fake smile they always give and walked off, going to another table.
A couple of minutes passed by before someone decided to join him at his table. "How ya doing kid!" the woman cheerily spoke. She was a beauty, having short blonde hair and two long bangs that framed the sides of her head. Her golden eyes holding mischief and trouble behind them.
Tatsumi looked up at his new companion, noting that she wore quite revealing clothing; a black tube top with sandy coloured pants, brown boots and a scarf around her neck. This was all enhanced by her buxom figure. She looked to be in her twenties.
"Can I help you?" asked Tatsumi, he really couldn't be bothered to be dealing with scammers right now.
"I was just wondering if a cutie like you would be willing to buy this Onee-San a beer or two?" she playfully winked at the boy, she obviously had bad intentions. But Tatsumi had money to spare and frankly, he didn't care about the human sitting across from him. Once he has had his food, he'd be leaving.
Tatsumi stared at the woman for a moment before calling over to the waitress "Can I have two beers please!"
The girl looked at him and replied "I'll be right there sir!"
So, two mugs of beer later and the female was refreshed. She propped her head up onto her palm and gazed at the teen before her, taking in his muscular form and cute face. "So, what's a kid like you doing in The Capital?"
Tatsumi paused his eating for a moment, before replying "That is non of your business lady." and then continuing to finish his food. Once done, he paid the tab and excused himself, leaving the scammer behind. He bought her two beers, so she should of have been fine.
As Tatsumi was walking down one of the streets, he noticed some posters plastered over a wall. It piqued his interest so he went over to inspect the pieces of paper. As soon as his eyes laid their view on the posters, he inhaled sharply.
They had been 'wanted' posters, for either dead or alive. Not that uncommon except that the bounty was really high and that on there... was a girl similar to Akame. Someone who he had not seen in four years. They looked really similar so Tatsumi decided to read what was present there. "Akame, a former Imperial Assassin that had defected from The Empire... now part of Night Raid, an assassin organisation..." Tatsumi let the information sink in before sighing, it wouldn't be that surprising if she did defect. The Empire was shattering to pieces because of the Prime Minister.
As night fell, Tatsumi still had not gotten himself a hotel to sleep in. He didn't want one to be exact. Preferring to rather travel and investigate The Capital when it was quiet and dark, he didn't mind sleeping outside to begin with. He was a danger beast after all.
Travelling along the roofs of many buildings Tatsumi suddenly heard two gruff voices. Coming to a halt and then getting to the edge of a roof, he looked over. There were two men, just taking a leak. Though their conversation was one of interest for the hybrid.
"Hey... did you hear about those two country bumpkins from today?" whispered one of the men, while wiping his hands on his trousers. With Tatsumi's enhanced hearing, he could easily hear them talk.
"No, it happened today for gods sake." replied the other, scratching his unruly beard.
"Well, it appears that the Young Witch got her hands on them... and you know how she and her family are..." the man sighed while rubbing his hands together for warmth, it was a cold tonight.
"Oh geez. Poor souls..." the bearded man tensed at the mention of the 'Young Witch' and it seemed like he was afraid of even saying the name.
"Ahh well. That's what The Capital is like... shame really." The two men then made their way out of the alleyway, going off into the night.
"Seems as thought my two human companions got themselves in quite a ridiculous situation..." muttered Tatsumi. He then continued on jumping across roofs, keeping a lookout for a house that could belong to this so called 'Young Witch'.
Twelve minutes had passed and finally, Tatsumi had found the place. The scent from the two childhood friends lingering in the air indicated that this was the place. He stood in front of a huge mansion with a gate blocking the entrance. Tatsumi simply ignored it and jumped over the wall, following their scent had led him round the back of the house and to a shed. A thick stench was coming out of it, one that even humans could probably smell.
Tatsumi's ears picked up a cry of pain, noticing it belong to Sayo. It being followed by a maniacal laugh and sobbing whimpers. Deciding to act now, he quickly dashed to the two metal doors blasting through them using a kick.
Upon smashing through the doors, Tatsumi saw a sight that would cause a normal person everlasting nightmares. There were lifeless bodies... littered everywhere, all seemed to die due to different causes: drowning, boiled alive, impaled by spiked, stretched out, whipped, hacked and slashed. There was a huge amount of variety in torture methods. This, did not faze Tatsumi at all. He was used to seeing torture, he was a danger beasts after all. And one of his most favourite things to do was play with his food, he could agree that hearing the cries and screams of live organisms was thrilling. But maybe that was just his demon side speaking.
Tatsumi noticed a familiar girl hanging from the ceiling, chains dangling all round her. It was Sayo, her left leg was neatly cleaved off along with her right breast. She appeared to have been cut and whipped countless times. She was in no doubt still alive but barely clinging on to life.
Now, it had gotten a bit personal. Tatsumi looked at the human in front of him, her blue eyes shaking in fear. "Wh-what do you want!?" she shrieked out, reminding Tatsumi of a pig.
Tatsumi made his way over to the girl and grabbed her by the neck with a single hand, choking her as he lifted her up and into the air. "I see that you've been giving my friends a lot of hospitality... let me repay the favour" and with a snap, he broke her neck. Letting the now lifeless body fall to the ground.
He then proceeded to take Sayo down, placing her on the ground. Tatsumi looked round once more, spotting a cage to the left of him. Inside it, Ieyasu was sobbing in a corner, he was covered in splotches of brown and purple. 'Probably some kind of poison...' thought Tatsumi.
Tatsumi bent the bars of the gate, some of the other prisoners that had been there escaping through it. Tatsumi went in and latched onto Ieyasu, dragging him over to Sayo. "Stay here and look after your friend. I'll return soon."
Too distraught to reply verbally, Ieyasu just nodded. Becoming silent. Tatsumi then began to make his way back to the mansion, as he was nearing it he could sense a presence on the second floor, looking through one of the windows he spotted a woman he seemed to be the girls mother. Jumping up and crashing through the window, he pinned the woman against the floor before smashing his fist through her gut. "You all were involved in this... I can just smell the stench of death coming off you..."
Tatsumi then sensed some more people. Two guards on the floor he was on, making their way towards him. While three others were on the floor beneath him, and finally two more outside the mansion.
Running along the halls silently, he saw the two incoming guards. Drawing out both of his daggers, he dashed past them. The two guards felt a brief gush of wind, before beginning to choke on their own blood. Both their throats had been sliced.
Tatsumi ran inside one of the nearby rooms before stilling, jumping up and then bringing his foot down in a kick he smashed through the floor. The rubble crushed one of the guards before he swiftly moved through the gap in the floor and past another guard, leaving him with a decapitated head.
As soon as Tatsumi turned the corner he came to a halt, standing in front of an overweight man. "Wh-who are you!? What are you doing here!?" the man bellowed out before he was silenced with a dagger through his forehead, impaling his brain.
'Now... all that's left are the two outside.' Tatsumi made his way to the entrance of the mansion, sensing the two guards. He smashed one of his hands through the door, grabbing onto one of the guards heads before breaking it under his force. The body fell to the floor with a thud, alerting the last guard. The guard stared at the door in front of him before he felt a dagger come in contact with his neck, cutting it leaving him to gurgle his own blood before dying.
Tatsumi was behind the man, having used his control over the dark element to travel through shadows. Since training with his grandfather, he had learned to rely less and less on his abilities as a deity and use precise combat attacks to defeat his enemies easily.
As he was about to make his way back to Sayo and Ieyasu, he felt a new presence appear behind him. He turned round only to see six figures standing atop what seemed to be metallic wires.
The first from the left, was a teenage girl wearing a pink outfit with long pink hair tied in two twin-tails holding what seemed to be a giant gun. The person next to her was a slender woman with purple hair, wearing a sleeveless lilac dress, in her hands were giant scissors. Next was... "Akame" whispered Tatsumi, even though a coat covered her. He could tell it was Akame at first glance, she had a katana at her side.
To the right of Akame stood an armoured figure, his back facing Tatsumi and allowing him to see the long spear strapped to the man's back. Tatsumi narrowed his eyes, that armour had an unpleasant aura around it.
Next to the armoured man, there was a crouching boy with shoulder-length green hair, wearing a long green jacket and blue jeans, he looked like the one who was supporting the wires. And next to him was 'the cat that tried to scam me.' thought Tatsumi, his eyes focusing on the lady.
She was still wearing revealing clothing, although her appearance changed, she gained an animalistic look which was cat like with longer hair.
The scammer looked round the scene and whistled "Looks like our job was done for us guys"
"Yeah, seems like it..." Said the green-haired male, examining the mansion before his eyes settled on a hooded figure. Tatsumi. "Oi, who are you?"
Tatsumi stared at the boy before answering "Just a nobody repaying these kind people for their hospitality."
The six newcomers stared at the hooded man, not feeling any killer intent, they relaxed a bit but not completely. The cloaked man was suspicious and by what he had said, powerful. Being able to take out the trained guards in this mansion was a feat to be proud of.
"Huh, you sound familiar..." spoke the feline, rubbing her hand against her chin. They were unable to see the teens upper face, only his mouth was visible.
"Never seen you before in my life" replied Tatsumi nonchalantly. He guessed that this was Night Raid, they were probably given a mission concerning the people who lived here. "I'm guessing that your mission included the people who lived here. If so, sorry for stealing your prey"
Night Raid members all looked at each other before reverting their gaze back to the hooded figure below.
"Now, I'd love to stay and chat-" Tatsumi swiftly turned round "But I have some immediate business to take care of." He began walking back to the shed, while still in view of Night Raid, he whipped up his right hand signalling his farewell.
As he got back inside the shed, his mind lingered on Akame. He had not said anything due to the fact that the last time they saw each other, was four years ago. So, she may have changed or forgotten him. Either way, Sayo and Ieyasu was his top priority right now. To be honest, he was never one for emotional reunions.
Tatsumi looked at Ieyasu who was sat on the floor next to Sayo, both were breathing hard sounding like they just ran a marathon. Sayo had woken up but her eyes were half closed, she was losing a lot of blood.
Tatsumi sniffed the air before sighing, leaning down next to Ieyasu he gave the boy a sympathetic look. "Both of you... won't survive..." this sentence shocked the two friends, they were immediately sent into the pits of despair. "Ieyasu... you consumed too much of the poison they gave you, this caused the Lubora Disease to spread faster throughout your system. The poison acted as a catalyst..." though Ieyasu hardly understood the word Tatsumi was using, he pretty much got the idea of what was happening to him... he was as good as dead.
Tatsumi turned to Sayo and glanced at her wounds before meeting her eyes once more "Sayo you sustained a lot of damage, your body is frail and not that strong. You could probably survive if you saw a specialised doctor but... those types of doctors only work for wealthy and high-class citizens. Like the Emperor." Sayo too, understood what that meant. She was going to die, just like Ieyasu... but at least they were together.
The two dying friends embraced each other, some tears escaping their eyes. Tatsumi watched this exchange with a grim look, before either of the two realised. They were dead. A dagger stabbed through the back of their heads and into the brain, they were gone instantly. Tatsumi's arms stayed still, holding onto the two daggers. He had taken two lives today, not that much of a problem but... he had taken good and honest humans to the afterlife. Well, it's not like this isn't the first time that he took the life of someone he knew.
Even though he didn't know the two childhood friends that well, he still grieved their deaths. Only for a few seconds, before his steeled nerves returned. He was a danger beast, a dragon who ruled the world, a wolf which owned the night. But even so, creatures like him... could be saddened by the loss of someone they knew. It's in everyone's and everything's nature, to grieve, to rage and to feel lost.
Tatsumi heard footsteps approaching him, he brought back his daggers and threw one of them behind him. "Woah!" a familiar voice yelped out.
'The cat?' thought Tatsumi, he turned round to see the blonde haired woman in question as still as stone, some strands of hair were still floating down on the ground. Looks like her fast reactions saved her life.
Next to her was Akame, from up close Tatsumi could tell that she had gotten even more beautiful in the time he hadn't seen her. Her hair was longer, she was well developed and still growing. Her ruby-red eyes were as bright as ever, but they hold no emotion to them. Same goes for her expression, a total blank. 'Looks like she went back to that monotone face of hers.'
The two girls looked at the young man in front of them, they had witnessed the last exchanges between the now two lifeless people before they were impaled by a dagger each in their head. Out of mercy they presumed, no one would want to kill their friends.
Tatsumi twisted his head back a bit, his hood still obscuring his facial features. "What do you want Night Raid." his voice was serious and had a hint of danger to it, implying that one wrong move from them would lead to their demise.
"That was a brave thing you did there. Not anyone could take the lives of their friends just like that and not break" the blonde spoke, the boy in front of her seemed unfazed.
"I wasn't that close to them. I only met them today." he replied, turning his head back to look at the corpses of his two companions from this morning.
"...It was kind of you. Ending their suffering"spoke Akame, at that the cloaked teen turned his head in her direction. Even though she couldn't see anything above his lips, she could feel his stare boring into her face.
"They are good people. They don't deserve to suffer. The ones that should be treated like this are the corrupt bastards living here. Especially that Prime Minister." his voice was laced with venom, both the girls could feel the killer intent coming off of him and it was quite frightening, even for assassins like them.
The blonde cat put her massive paw to her chin in thought 'Hmmm... he killed all these trained guards by himself, took the lives of his two companions without faltering and hates The Capital. He could be a good addition to Night Raid...'
Suddenly Tatsumi stood up and began to make his way to the exit, before the cat stopped him.
"Hey wait up there!" Tatsumi stopped. "You don't like The Capital or the Prime Minister. Night Raid is similar to you, our goal is to eliminate all the corruption in this place. Maybe we can help each other?" she pleaded, her eyes held hope in them as if trying to beg him.
"Are you suggesting that I join Night Raid?" asked the cloaked Tatsumi. This could go in his favour, he could help the humans with this revolution of theirs and cease all needless deaths. As well as being with Akame again.
"Yep! You being with us would totally help out the revolution!" Tatsumi looked back at the blonde woman before nodding.
"Alright then. I could use your help as well."
The blonde woman smiled joyfully before beginning her walk back to the rest of her, or should I say 'their' team. But, after they had left. The corpses of the the teen's companions were swallowed up by the shadows, dragging them down into the never ending abyss.
On arrival, the pink wearing teen yelled out "Finally! You're back! Oh. You brought this guy with you?"
"Ofcourse! We always need a hand at this type of work, so I thought that this could be the dude for it!" the blonde cheerfully said this, which caused the pink-haired girl to have a scowl on her face.
"I second that idea, he seems to be strong." the armoured man had spoken this time. Tatsumi looked at him, he could feel the energy coming off his armour as if it was calling for Tatsumi's attention. Tatsumi ignored the feeling, for now.
"...It doesn't matter. Once Leone sets her mind on something, that's that." said Akame, her voice was monotone as was her face.
The blonde feline now know to Tatsumi as Leone, hugged Akame and nuzzled her face into the black-haired girls cheek. "Oh you know me so well Akame!"
"Yeah yeah, come on guys. We need to get back to base" stated the green-haired teen, he was emitting an aura of jealousy as he watched the scene between the two girls unfold.
"That's true. Let's go. Do you need me to help you?" asked the armoured figure, for some reason he was embarrassed as he spoke to Tatsumi.
"No. I'm fine, I don't need any of your assistance." replied Tatsumi, he was beginning to get weirded out by the man. His aura and his emotions were as plain as day.
"Okay then, let's go!" as Leone yelled this, all seven of them jumped off the roof they were on and into the endless night.
On the way back to their base, Tatsumi had kept himself near the back of the line alongside Akame. The girl sent him glances every few minutes, of course he had noticed but he remained from saying anything.
Akame had an odd feeling about the cloaked teen, even though she hadn't seen his face but only heard his voice. Nostalgia hit her hard, although she had no idea why. Well, she'll figure it out when they get back to base.
So this was interesting. I tried not to rush into the reunion as I want to build up the tension first. Tatsumi didn't say anything to Akame because he understands that she may have changed, also, they have not seen each other in 4 years.
Anyway, criticism is always welcomed and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
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