"Hmm?" the girl replied. She was dressed in her same black minidress, but she had on a white apron, her long black hair tied back in a ponytail. She had a plate of food in her hands.

"You! You're the one who-OW!" Ryota exclaimed, leaning up, only to be met with the same sharp pains again, forcing him to lay back down. "You're the one who appeared out of nowhere."

She walked over and sat down in the chair which was previously occupied by Sheele. "Lean up, but slowly. You must eat." she said.

"I know it's gonna hurt but..." he then did so, inching up as the pain became mild, but bearable. He saw on the plate that there was rice, cooked meat, and bread. Just something simple. Ryota could smell it clear as day, finding the aroma quite appetizing. "Smells goo-"he was then interrupted when this girl shoved a chopstick full of rice into his mouth.

"Eat. Get your strength back up." she said as she handed him the plate. He gingerly took it and chewed the mouthful he had, swallowing and continuing to eat as the girl watched him, apparently wanting to make sure he had eaten all of it.

"You still haven't told me who you are." Ryota stated as he took a bite of the beef.

"All will be cleared up when you get dressed and you talk with the boss." she said, her red eyes seemed cold and emotionless.

"That's what the other girl said but...alright. I'm willing to play along with it." he said as he kept quiet and resumed eating.

All of a sudden, the door opened and a blonde with two long bangs walked in. "Hey Akame, how's he doin- oh hey! You're up little guy." she said smiling to Ryota.

He stopped and could just only look at her. She was wearing a nothing but a scarf, a black tube top, pants, and boots. He blinked. "Uhh...who else am I gonna meet here?" he asked. "And who are you calling little guy?" he asked, cocking a brow.

She laughed a bit, turning her attention to the red eyed girl. "Hey, boss needs us." she said as she turned to walk out. She nodded as she got up to leave with her, shutting the door as she left.

And there Ryota was left alone again. He sighed as he still didn't get answers to anything, but he did get the name of the mystery girl.

Akame.

But he still was curious as to who the hell their boss was.

Later...

Ryota had finished eating and had gotten dressed, despite the pain. He ventured out of his room, walking down a set of stairs, eventually reaching what looked like a great hall. He looked around as he heard voices, but saw no one there. After walking around a bit, he saw a red banner over what looked like a padded chair. The banner had a depiction of what looked like a black owl and a yellow moon. There was yellow print below the symbol reading:

Night Raid

"Night Raid...why does that sound so familiar?" Ryota thought to himself as he looked upon the insignia. He thought nothing of it and then continued on, walking towards the source of the voices.

It didn't take him long to reach a dining hall, opening the door to a crack as he saw Akame and the blonde talking with a woman dressed in black. She had short hair, colored like silver, her right eye covered by an eyepatch. But a bit of a shock came when she turned, revealing her right arm to be all mechanical. "What happened to her...?" he wondered.

All of a sudden, the blonde sensed a presence, looking over her shoulder. "Hey, boss. I think the new kid's peeping on us." she said looking to the silver haired woman.

Ryota then quickly got out of view, standing against the wall in the corridor. "Oh crap..." he squeaked. He had to make a getaway, somehow. But as he turned to leave, if he could ever find an exit, be bumped into a man.

It was a young man, dressed in a green coat. His green hair was short, but covered partial of his eyes. His hands looked as if they had gloves, but Ryota could see a glint on his fingers. "Are those...wires?" He thought.

"Well, who might you be?" he asked.

Ryota backed up a bit, but not before backing into something soft. He slowly looked up, finding himself backed against the blonde's cleavage. He then jumped away with a yelp, only for the girl to grab a hold of his coat, dragging him into the dining room. The green haired boy shook his head as he walked in behind them, shutting the door in the process.

"So this is the one you saved, Akame?" the silver haired woman asked, a black cigarette in the corner of her mouth.

Akame replied with a nod.

The woman looked back to Ryota with her purple eye. "So, who are you, young man?" she asked as she blew out a smoky breath as she plucked the cigarette from her mouth with the use of her mechanized arm, which seemed to function like a normal arm.

"I'm Ryota, ma'am." he said. "Um...you guys aren't gonna...kill me...right?" he asked as he saw the three people, excluding the woman, sitting down in chairs at a large rectangular table, looking to him.

She smirked and placed the cigarette back between her lips, inhaling as the end glowed a yellowish red. "No we're not going to kill you." she said as some smoke came out as she spoke, the rest being exhaled.

"..." he was still silent, a bit relieved that she said they wouldn't do any harm to him.

"Unless you try to escape, that is." she added, which only made Ryota turn pale.

"Oh, wonderful." he said sarcastically. "Why so though?"

"Because you would know the location of our hideout and probably try to report this information to the Army." the woman said as she sat down, Ryota couldn't help but notice her mechanical right arm.

"But we won't have to if you do one thing." the blonde said with her arms crossed, leaning a bit back in her chair.

Ryota looked to her. "And what would that be?" he asked.

"Join us." the silver haired woman said.

"Join what exactly?" he asked.

"The Revolutionary Army." the woman said as she blew smoke.

"So...you all are assassins?" Ryota asked the blonde, now known as Leone, as she showed him around the compound.

"That's right. And only the best in the Capital division." she said as they both walked down a corridor. "We're known to the public as Night Raid, only because we attack at night."

"Makes sense enough." he said with a nod. "That explains why I thought that banner was familiar."

"The one over boss's chair?" she asked as she glanced to him with her golden eyes.

He nodded in response. "I also never expected that General Najenda would be the one in charge of a group of assassins." he said, as he had heard of her in his village.

"She defected after she discovered the true nature of the Empire. Her troops that were under her command left as well, and that's where the Rebel Army started." Leone said.

Ryota could hear slashing, eventually walking to the one of the many windows along the wall to see a courtyard. There, he could see Akame, using that familiar katana to cut down practice dummies. He was curious about her, why she seemed so cold.

"Ryota." Leone said, causing him to look back to her. "Akame hasn't always been the way she is."

"Really? Why is she the way she is now?" he asked.

"I'll tell you later on down the road, now come on. You still haven't met the rest of the team!" she seemed to say with glee.

"I'm still wondering how you could still be so cheerful." he muttered as he followed her, glancing back down below to Akame one last time before continuing to walk with Leone, heading up into the forest not far from the compound.

Along a cliff at the edge of the woods, a pink haired girl, her hair tied in twin tails, was setting up what looked like a sniper stand for a large gun-like weapon. She got into position, laying on the ground with the butt of the gun against her shoulder, looking through the scope with her pink eyes. Closing one, she scoped out a target she had set up in a canyon almost a mile away. She concentrated, making sure she was right on target. She had her finger on the trigger, narrowing her eye a bit as she slowly pulled.

"Hey, Mine!" Leone shouted, causing the short girl to jump and fire the gun with a huge blast of energy, missing her target by a mere few inches. Looking through her scope, she groaned in annoyance as she saw she missed.

"Damn it, Leone!" she snapped, standing up with her weapon. She then turned to the much taller woman. "You made me mi-..." she then noticed Ryota, who was obviously startled from the sudden blast of energy the weapon shot.

"Who's this?" she asked pointing to him.

"This," Leone said walking to him, "is a new member of the team. Ryota, this is Mine, our self proclaimed 'genius sniper'."

"Uh...hi?" he said.

She smirked and shook her head, walking past them. "He won't last a week." she said as she shouldered the gun, heading back to the compound.

Ryota just blankly watched her. "..."

"Ah, don't mind her, that's her way of saying hello. She's really nice once you get to know her." Leone said.

Ryota just looked at her. "Like you said about Akame, huh?" he asked.

"Well, just give it time, that is if you want to join us." she said as she walked ahead, Ryota following her as they both headed back for the compound. "Oh, and you still haven't met Bulat."

"Who's he?" Ryota asked as birds flew overhead.

Not long after returning to the compound, Leone led Ryota down to the courtyard where he saw Akame cutting down the dummies. In the center of the courtyard, swinging a staff with swift expertise, a very muscular man with a thick head of black hair, which resembled a heard shaped pompadour. Ryota saw that he was very tall as well, which was one thing he never favored in any fight, a larger opponent.

"Hey Bulat!" Leone called out to him. Bulat stopped as sweat dripped from his chin. He stood back up and looked to the two. "Oh, hey Leone. This the new guy?" he asked as he walked to them.

"Yep. This is Ryota. Ryota, this is Bulat" she said. Bulat held out his hand with a smile. "Pleasure to meet you, Ryota." he said as Ryota took his invitation and shook his hand.

"Oh yeah, by the way, he's gay." Leone said.

Ryota immediately jumped back upon hearing that statement.. "Hey, come on Leone. Don't give him the wrong idea..." Bulat then looked to Ryota with a grin. "Yet."

"Actually, I can think of several wrong ideas." he thought.

Later that night...

Ryota was asked to join the rest of the team in the great hall to discuss further plans involving him. Walking down to the hall, he saw that everyone was present, Najenda sat in her chair. He soon noticed that Akame had a hold of his sword. "Why does she have my sword?" he asked Najenda.

"Well, when you passed out, Akame noticed one of the Danger Beasts you killed was covered in frost. Dead from one cut." she said as she looked to the white sheathed sword. "When she brought you back here, she presented it to me and we examined it further. Turns out, Ryota," she said as she looked to him with her purple eye, "you are in possession of what seems to be an Imperial Arm."

Ryota seemed a bit confused. "An Imperial Arm?" he asked. "My grandfather had that sword for years. I found it after he died in a box given to my father before he left for the Imperial Army."

Najenda then handed him a book which Ryota took from her hand into his, opening it and looking through. What he saw were different types of weapons, Imperial Arms. "Ryota, the Imperial Arms are very powerful weapons, made a thousand years ago by the First Emperor of the Empire, who feared that the empire he created would eventually fall. Originally, they were made from different elements, some were made from the remains of Danger Beasts with unique powers and many weapon-like arms were made from a rare metal called Orichalcum. In total, there were 48 Imperial Arms, but when the war civil came five hundred years later, many of them were scattered and lost. Only about half are known to still exist, a few of them are the main weapons of our assassins here in Night Raid."

Najenda then looked to the members, first starting with Akame. "I'm sure you're familiar with Akame's sword, the One Hit Killer: Murasame, a weapon that is a cursed blade. If you're even scratched by the blade, its poison will kill you in seconds." Ryota then remembered the red handled katana, seeing the writing on the strip of white.

"Mine's Pumpkin is a gun-type Imperial Arms capable of shooting energy in a concentrated shockwave. The power is dependent on how much in danger the user is. The more danger she's in, the more powerful the weapon becomes."

"Bulat wields the Demon Armor: Incursio, giving the user enhanced strength, speed, and agility. The armor is made from the flesh of a Danger Beast named the Tyrant, rendering the armor nearly indestructible. In a normal form, it simply takes on the appearance of a sword, but when released, the user is completely enveloped in the armor."

"Lubbock's is the Imperial Arm, Cross Tail. This is a weapon which consists of threads able to be used in various ways to attack, defend, or render opponents defenseless. Primarily, Cross Tail is used to create perimeters and trip wires that could be used to detect any enemies, but the threads can be used in ways such as forming weapons." She said as Lubbock held up his left hand, displaying his glove like weapon.

"Sheele's weapon are the Shears of Creation: Extase, an Imperial Arms which take the form of a par of giant scissors, able to cut through anything since the blades are extremely sharp. Even Incursio can be cut by the blades of Extase."

Ryota looked through the book, hearing Najenda as she spoke. "So you're saying that my grandpa's sword-"

"-Is an Imperial Arm." Akame finished. He looked to her as he heard her.

"So what? I can assure you that you're not taking it away." he said.

"Well, if we have to, we can certainly confiscate it for the benefit to the Revolutionary Army." Najenda said lighting a cigarette.

"Like hell you-" he was interrupted when he was met with the blade of Akame's sword, only inches away from his chest.

"But there's an alternative to that." Najenda added as smoke poured from her nostrils. "You can join us and use your weapon for the benefit of ridding the scum of the Empire and help the Rebel cause."

"So, you're asking me to join?" he asked.

"Well, it's either that or-"

"I know, death." Ryota interrupted. "I heard it plenty of times."

"Well, actually we won't kill you, but you'll work in our factory." Najenda finished.

"How's that any better?" he asked.

"Well, you won't be killed." Najenda said.

Ryota looked to Akame, who's eyes seemed to have a stern emotion for the situation at hand. He then looked back to Najenda. "So join a league of assassins whose mission is to liberate the people under oppression? Well, you all sound like heroes." he said, only to be met with laughter.

Leone regained her composure and looked to Ryota, an ominous shadow seemed to cover over her golden eyes. "Ryota, no matter what way you slice it, we're still murderers." she said.

"But we're murdering people who are wicked and corrupt." Lubbock said.

"That oppress the civilians of the Empire." Bulat finished.

Ryota listened to the two, seeming to be conflicted. He never felt oppressed by anyone, yet he hadn't been to the Capital itself, so it was a fifty-fifty chance they could all be making this up or it may all be the truth. However, there was a certain curiosity that made him wonder.

"Helping the innocent by killing the oppressive...what kind of justice system is that...Is that right?" he thought more to himself. Eventually, thinking over everything. Of course he thought oppressing innocent civilians is wrong, but did it justify by killing the oppressors?

He then looked back up to Najenda, who awaited an answer as she smoked the black cigarette. "Miss Najenda..." he started.

Everyone seemed in tune to what he was about to say next, well, except for Akame who had the sword still to his chest.

"I'm in." he said.

Akame then lowered the sword, sheathing it as she handed the white katana to Ryota. He took it and nodded to her.

"Excellent." she said as she finished the cigarette, putting it out by crushing it in the palm of her mechanical hand. "Prepare to experience a life like no other, Ryota. Welcome to the Revolutionary Army." she said as she stood.

"And welcome to Night Raid." she walked past everyone. "You're all dismissed for the night."

Well, that's the end of the second part.

Dunno if I quite got the characters right so...if I messed up, let me know and I'll edit.

btw, I'm sorry but I had to use the gag Leone pulled on Tatsumi when he met Bulat. Hate all you want but I thought it was hilarious.

So next chapter to come up soon. Stay tuned!

Later.