Heavy modifications will be done to this chapter as it goes live. - Jambles
The smell of rough wood flew through the air as Tatsumi sat with Akame in a small booth inside of an inn. Tatsumi cringed slightly as his robe-like clothes moved upwards as he did so. He felt a familiar arm grip his as Murasame held him tightly, allowing their bodies to touch abrasively. Tatsumi wore a worn expression, staring intently at Akame;struggling to make out words as Murasame toyed with him purposefully.
"So this is Murasame?" Akame asked.
"Y-Yes..." Tatsumi muttered with a sarcastic tone.
Akame leaned in and stared at Murasame;only to quickly pull herself back and cross her arms. She wore an irritated face and stared intently at Tatsumi, and the arm gripping him as well;which made her even more angry.
"How in the hell is she even walking around? Better yet, why don't you know?! How the hell is my Teigu a person?"
"Relax, Akame." Murasame said.
"I..I'm sorry. I'm just really confused, I'm not normally this lively."
"I know you aren't."
Murasame moved to the left of her couch-like seat;pulling Tatsumi along with her;making him grunt as she held him close to her, sitting in a position that was now directly across from her.
"Can you please explain to me how-"
"I can explain everything, but I only ask that you listen."
"That's all I've been doing since I woke up...one moment I was fighting and now he says that It's been months since I apparently died?"
"He revived you with a special item called "Trakunikiss". That item is no Teigu, it's a wing from a fallen danger beast. Many of you people think of beasts as well...'danger beasts', but some of them have extraordinary traits. Trakunikiss in legend - is an eagle that people used to worship a very long time ago. It's explained as an eagle that had many wings, but there is no solid art representation;at least, I haven't found one.
Besides that, it's wings have the ability to bring others back to life, and thats what Tautsy did for you. As for me, do you remember the vicious trump card you spoke about?"
"...Yes."
"That's me~. Although, I'm not as vicious or evil as you described me to be...I was inside your sword for a very long time, and don't worry...I wasn't conscious inside your sword, but I do remember all of the things you've done with the weapon. For getting things figured out quicker, let me just say that;You will still have your weapon and everything that the Teigu comes with but, I'm my own person. Your Teigu won't have that trump card, and you might even be able to use it to it's full potential rather then having to worry about something taking you over. So, everybody wins."
Akame slid back in her seat as she crossed her arms;her black hair falling down her shoulders as she did so.
"What about all the stuff you have on and what you just did yesterday?" she said, as she gave Tatsumi an intent look.
"Well, the clothes you are talking about is also a Teigu."
"Are you really cracking jokes right now? You can't be using two Teigu at once, your body would surely crumble."
"But you'll believe that your sword is moving around and what she just explained to you?"
Akame grunted and put more force in crossing her arms.
"Okay...I guess your correct."
"These 'clothes' are called 'Falorin'. Its a Teigu that allows me to use multiple Teigu at once. I also have a flute that is apparently a Teigu, as well as Incursio and Murasame-" he choked on his words as he swiftly glanced at Murasame, and then back at Akame. He then stared at the sharp chromium sword;the light from the chandelier gleaming off of it as it leaned on the wall.
"What should we call the sword now that you're here?"
"I've been thinking about that! Call me Mura, and call the sword Same~"
"Okay, Mura...". He continued to explain.
"You get the gist, I used all of these Teigu. I guess you can call it sort of a cheating way, but if it gets you back here, Akame, I don't care what it takes."
Akame wore a sadder expression as she crossed her arms with force. She had remembered the deaths of Sheele, Lubbock, and the disappearance of Leone. Right then and there it snapped;she just remembered about Leone and the others.
She stood up with great force as she moved the table in her body's animation;shoving the confused Tatsumi and Murasame into the back of their seats. The chromium sword now falling onto the wooden floor;making an anvil sound as the object hit solid ground. She placed her hands with force onto the table, catching the attention of Kurome, who awoke swiftly in the back corner of the room.
"Where is Leone?! What happened to Mine and the others?!"
"Akame... they're dead." Tatsumi said, as he wore a disappointed expression;hurting his mental state as he saw her disgusted and sad face.
"Mine couldn't have died in that flash of light, what about Leone? She left, who could have-"
"Akame, they're dead. That whole place was demolished...I've already told you that the last thing I remembered was waking up after-"
Tatsumi was cut off by Akame as she almost instantaneously shoved him into the small, wooden wall arch of the booth;sweat running down the side of her face as small tears started to slowly form in her read eyes. Murasame was simply taken aback, crossing her arms after the event unfolded;staring at Tatsumi, who was helplessly letting his arms fall down from Akame's sides to his.
"And you're here, with Esdese, the one that caused all this bullshit!"
"Akame...calm down."
"No! I will not!" she loudly yelled, gripping the chest portion of Falorin tightly;wrinkling it as she stared into Tatsumi's eyes.
"Everybody is dead, and you bring me back to...to, this?!" she exclaimed, as she was now visibly upset.
"Akame, we can bring back the others!" Tatsumi yelled at her, trying to calm her down as he continued:
"There are more wings like the one that brought you back, thats the whole reason I came on this adventure...Akame I-"
"Stop."
Akame let go of the now wrinkled Falorin as she backed up from him. She clenched her fist as she began to speak again, the force of quick movement blowing the bottom of Falorin left and right.
"Let's talk in private, okay?" Akame said with a stern tone.
"Um. Okay?" he muttered in confusion.
"Hey, you better not be doing anything to Tautsy." Murasame spoke her words, only for them to be ignored;allowing her to witness them both walking away.
"I have my eye on you, Akame." Mursame said, as she joked with herself in thought.
Akame had taken Tatsumi into another room, pushing him into it forcefully and shutting the door in reaction. He shuffled as the bottom of Falorin hit across his two legs as he stumbled. 'She may have just been brought back from the dead, but she sure had some strength' he thought.
"What's with all these people, Tatsumi? Why couldn't you have just brought me back and just us go after Night Raid together? That would have made more sense. I don't understand why you are with Esdese." Akame explained.
She walked closer to Tatsumi, seeming to enjoy his presence once again;staring intently at him with her red eyes. Those eyes plagued Tatsumi;he could never lie to her, even if he tried, and it wasn't that he wanted to, it was the overall feeling that you couldn't. 'She just has that gaze that tore through your very soul.'
"I felt just the same as you when I woke up Akame. As soon as I hit that giant Teigu with Wave, I thought I was dead. I saw flashes of you and the others, and I thought for damn sure I was dead, but...here I am."
Akame sat down on a familiar looking bed;letting herself fall backwards onto the mattress;her black hair illuminating with the light from the room shining on it, and allowed Tatsumi to continue talking.
"Esdese was there, and I had found her as the only one remaining on the battlefield;other then me. I had tried to immediately look for you, but you know her...she grabbed me and I fell unconscious. The day after that would start the months I spent with her. At first, I was constantly rebellious, asking her the state of you, or if any other Night Raid members survived;to which she replied that nobody did.
After her constant forcing and manners, I just started to not care, Akame. All caring did was make my life horrible. I had no reason to live, so I didn't care what she did with me, but its not about that.
Akame, we have a chance, a chance to bring our friends, no our Family back! There are more Trakunikiss wings, and with how they resurrected you, think of what we can do! When we find our others, we can bring back Leone, Lubbock, Mine, Najenda-"
"Stop it. Just stop it. There's obviously a reasonable explanation to how I came back and thats just it." she responded with a stern tone, leaning up as her hair flung back when she did so.
This made Tatsumi a bit irritated.
"No, you were resurrected by this wing. I did it, I saw it with my own eyes. It's been months since you've died, and you don't have anything to say to change your mind either way."
Akame's eyes began to grow heavy as she became irritated at what he was saying;intently looking at him with a sense of hate.
"You can't accept it can you? You can't accept the very fact that a happy ending exists. I can't believe you Akame. I really, really can't. Why can't you be happy? Happy that you're alive, happy that you're with me and we have solid ground that we can cover? Nobody has to die anymore...nobody. There can be an end to this rocky-"
Tatsumi was cut off by the feeling and impact of Akame's fist punching him directly into the side of his head. He hadn't felt pain like this since Esdese' first months of imprisonment. This made him fall backwards, allowing the bottom part of Falorin to fall over his knees as he slid backwards on the wooden floor. Grunting;he reached his right arm and hand to cover the mark that she had left when she inflicted her damage upon him. He wore an irritated face as he stared into Akame's eyes, which looked to be full of nothing but a medium state.
"What the hell was that for? Akame, I can't believe you. We finally have a pathway to getting out of this bullshit and you-"
He cut off his words once he quickly realized that she was about to try tackling him. He dodged right, making the wooden floor squeak as the bottom of Falorin flew to the left in it's reaction. This caused Akame to stumble;only to immediately tackle him in success,planting him firmly on the ground;wearing a mean look in her eyes.
"Stop talking about it! If there is a way...show me. Just show me."
"I-I will Akame, we'll bring our family back, we just need to-"
"I just want to see them again Tatsumi, I really want to see them again. Everybody looked at me with hope and relying feeling, I never got to tell them how I really felt, I've only ever told it to you, and I...I regret it...I just want-" Akame talked loudly, but stopped when she saw that she was squeezing Tatsumi's shoulders abnormally hard;with the feeling of her also pinning him down by sitting on him, with her legs falling to his sides.
"I...I'm sorry." she said, as she let's go of him.
"One way or another, we'll have a happy end, I promise you."
"You don't keep promises well."
"I promised you I wouldn't die right?" He said with a fulfilled grin as the joke fit in perfectly.
He moved his body only to realize that Akame was still sitting on him.
"Can you get off me?" he asked with sheer politeness, grinning as he did so.
"I'm sorry, I've kind of been out of character." Akame said, while getting up off of him.
"No, no, I reacted more or less the same way-"
Tatsumi was once again interrupted by the sight of the same scenario: An ice-cycle like spear flying through the room only to hit the fancy wooden wall on the opposite side of the room.
The next chapter will be uploaded in the normal update time, there has been a death in the family, but I won't let depressive thoughts ruin anything...I will post the next chapter soon. It will be longer, so expect that ;)
I have a question for you if you happen to leave a review. Do you guys want a chapter entailing the happenings between Tatsumi and Esdese after he was resurrected to be added in with the next chapter tomorrow? If so, let me know in the reviews. I will write and upload them both.
Don't expect a long wait. ;) - Jambles
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