"Akame..."

Tatsumi muttered to himself as he opened his tired eyes, leaning up, driving himself away from laying down. His vision became less blurry as he made out Esdese sitting next to him, closely watching him.

"What happened?" Tatsumi asked, in a very tired tone.

"You fell down out of nowhere. It was like somebody hit you with an arrow. No need to worry, I carried you all the way here and slayed anybody in my way because of our undying bond~" she went off on a tangent.

Tatsumi could clearly understand that she was trying to show off;a similar act in portrayal to that incident with those danger beasts, during their second meeting.

"Where is everybody else?"

"They're off doing whatever. I think Wave mentioned something about taking a gaze around the town. You don't need to worry about them."

Tatsumi was about to respond to her before she swiftly kissed him, forcefully. This was enough to make him move backwards a bit on the bed, causing him to grunt in a small fit of pain. As she removed her lips from his, she allowed herself to lean back into her chair, staring intently at him. She wanted to do so many things to him, punish him for running away, just like she would have if they were back in her quarters. That's the main problem she had to get used to, they weren't in her chambers. Now, she had to handle a kid's dealing. If she were to tag along with her lover, she would take him up on his word to do anything she wanted, without him ever being rebellious about it.

Esdese planned for a full domination over Tatsumi. Once he reached his full potential;as strong as he could get, she planned to tear him down. Loom over him in a assertive manner, having the most badass family ever to be known. It didn't take her devil or angel on her shoulders to let her know that he was cute. Every movement and expression he made, she loved and cherished it. He was hers and if anybody said otherwise, they wouldn't be breathing after she was done with them.

"Just what are you looking for, my love?" she asked in a calm tone.

"I'm looking for a Teigu, and this Teigu is called 'Trakunikiss'."

"That's an odd name, tell me the reason."

"It can bring others back from the dead."

"I know that's what you were all flailing cutely yesterday about."

"Please don't tease me right now...I have a huge headache."

"I could make you feel better really quickly~" she said, with a seductive grin.

Tatsumi was once again cut off from his words when she pushed him down onto the bed, forcefully with one hand, allowing the other to freely explore his torso. Tatsumi pushed her back, reaching his hand to place it on hers and move it away. She leaned up, now it a sitting position on top of him, irritated in manner.

"Tatsumi, come now. Are you really going to do this again?"

"Esdese, I have a huge headache..."

Esdese laid her head down on his chest,allowing her long hair to cover nearly both of their lower halves.

"Are you really able to just take leave as an Empress?"

"That's one of the perks, my love. I can do pretty much whatever I want. That includes looking for a scurrying lover~"

She moved herself up to Tatsumi's face, gently laying her head next to his neck, making it available for him to feel her breathing. This caused him to become a bit embarrassed, but that was her goal, to see his face and him like this again. It had only been three days since they've been this close, but to Esdese it felt like three months. He had gotten used to this, but its been an extended period of time before it's happened like this again.

"So, where is our next stop?" Esdese asked with a sarcastic tone, moving her head and eyes to face Tatsumi dead center.

"We're looking for Trakunikiss but I want to follow where Murasame is taking me and find a sword that she's been talking about. Together with the chest armor we found, I should be able to use it easily, that way, finding Trakunikiss is all the more easier. There is bound to be people looking for it;I can't be the only one with dead family or friends."

"Murasame is that white haired girl, correct?"

"Yeah. She sort of appeared out of nowhere...telling me about the Teigu."

Tatsumi noticed Esdese' change in facial expression, and quickly changed his tone and words.

"I was suspicious too...but she really has helped me a whole lot. I didn't think that I would find Falorin, let alone the next day after I find out about it."

"She hasn't gotten close to you has she?" she wore a tired expression, holding him close in an embrace while laying down with him.

"No, nothing like that..." he let out a nervous laugh.

Tatsumi tried to move;motioning himself to get off the bed, but Esdese didn't seem to let him.

"Esdese, can you let me up, please? I'm gonna grab that armor and see what its all about-"

"Really? Right now?"

"Y-yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No~"

"Esdese, please."

"I said no, and that's final. You need your rest, and I need you, so you stay here, or I'll make you stay here."

"What time is it?"

"That doesn't matter."

Tatsumi grunted in annoyance as he subsided in his attempts to resist her.

The familiar smell of wood filled the air as the traveling group sat at a rather large table. Tatsumi had Falorin in his hands, slightly looking it over. He had talked with Murasame earlier;she was saying something about Akame's sword being directly with her at all times, but it had the unfortunate problem of only being used through her energy. Meaning, Tatsumi would have to find a way to receive a good, quality sword. After that, he would have to transfer Murasame' s aggressive energy into that sword, making it "Murasame" again.

Within the cons, the result would be an increase of Murasame's affection and the more Tatsumi would have to endure it's power for usage at all.

With the essential elements, Tatsumi quickly slid Falorin into his hands and donned it.

Immediately after putting it on, he felt extremely light. Almost as if he were floating in a pool of water.

After the exchange of feeling, Tatsumi started feeling extreme power. It was flowing through his veins like a virus.

He felt like he had enough might to push an entire building.

"Anything...happen?" Kurome was disappointed until the markings on Falorin began to light up. It wasn't anything neon, it was a light, white color. Almost as if it was sitting next to a torch.

The familiar, Kurome, Wave, 'Murasame', and Esdese sat at the table, looking at Tatsumi; mildly surprised.

"How weird..." Murasame muttered to herself.

"I feel like...going somewhere. Very...quickly..."

Tatsumi was in a bit of a daze, not noticing his eyes' slight change in tint. As he glanced at the group at the table, everybody seemed taken back and startled, excluding Esdese and Kurome.

"Your eyes, Tatsumi..." Murasame added.

"What happened?" he asked, calmly.

"They are sort of red."

"Let's get moving, ok? I really feel like we can make a lot of progress today."

"Just how abrupt is this week going to be?" wave asked, reluctantly.

Tatsumi put his arms on each side of the small booth he was standing at, staring a clerk directly in the face. The towns-people were rummaging constantly behind him, bumping into each other, all wearing different personalities. He heard children laughing, footsteps constantly, and the wind blew fiercely.

This clerk had just tried to swindle him out of gold. Wave was just as irritated, if not more.

Tatsumi was looking for a good sword, or rather, a basic sword that he could forge by himself. His plan was to wield Incursio while using a new Murasame. This would make any opponent in his way foiled if they tried to claim Trakunikiss before him and his group.

"No, I asked you for a sword, with two blades."

"No, you asked for a blade, and I gave you a blade."

"It isn't doubled edged! You are advertising for double edged blades, mainly for soldiers right?"

"Yes sir I am but-"

"Then why the hell aren't you selling double edged blades?!"

The aggressiveness was increasing intensely. The clerk had black hair, donned a dirty, butcher-like apron. Wave could tell that the man was lingering. He had this smug look on his face, as if he was determined to swindle Tatsumi.

"We sell double edged blades, and I gave you one. Now either you pay, or you get out of here."

"This isn't double edged."

Tatsumi cut his hand with the sharp part of the blade, and then swung it over, slicing his forearm with the other side, revealing that it didn't cut him at all.

He had a solution to a whole lot of these problems. Back when they were in the Capital, Tatsumi was occasionally tasked to find certain relics for Esdese, and or/ fetching a certain thing for another group. This was because the decor and groups stationed didn't have enough revenue to generate say, food, or housing for the armies. It always confused him, considering there was basically no need for armies anymore, most of the land was at peace.

Of course there would always be followers that ruin the sense of justice, murderers who murder, rapists who rape, and he did his best to stop it all. Among these events, there would always be somebody who tried to mess with him. They would either try to get money out of him, or screw around with him. It was just his origin, people from the capital looked at people from the country in a different way. It was just the way the circle of pessimism went.

He would strike the fear of Esdese into these individuals, allowing himself to get the privilege of scaring the swindler out of admitting to swindling, even sometimes giving him the item for free. He planned to commit this act, as both him and Wave were growing tired of this.

"Would you rather have Esdese hear about this then? I'm really tired of you trying to screw me over-"

"No, no, no, no, Sir, please! I am sorry, sir, please don't do that!" the clerk in the dirtied apron was now hysterical. It was no surprise as to how scared Esdese made people.

"I will give you one of our best double edged blades, I swear, here! Its just back here!" the man scurried into the back wall behind the booth, letting Tatsumi wait with a tired expression. He snapped himself out of his daze once the clerk present him with a long-sword. The sword was indeed double edged, who would have thought.

It had similar appearance to Incursio, although exceptionally longer, and chrome-like in appearance.

"Now get the hell out of here, and you don't come back!" the clerk yelled as he started to pack up his belongings, probably in constant belief that Esdese was going to proceed to visit him;regardless of Tatsumi's threatening.

"You and Esdese sure have a weird way of getting what you want." Wave said in slight annoyance.

"If it makes snarly, barters like this give up their attempts to swindle me then I'm all okay with it."

"You've been acting a little different since you put that thing on, man. You okay? I mean your eyes are looking pretty wicked. Your eyes are starting to look a bit like Kurome's-"

"I'm fine, Wave. I am just fine. Let's get back to the inn so we can get our stuff and just leave. Being in this place makes me feel sick."

"Where are we to go next? We don't really have a solid base anywhere. Its just from inn, to inn.|

"I have a map, and we are following the map. It is as simple as that."

"Is it really? You've been out of character lately. Is there something else going on?"

"No, wave." Tatsumi snapped into a loud response.

"Alright."

I hope you all are having a great day! - Jambles