Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait, its a very long story. But anyways, let's leave the talking to a minimal and get to the chapter as fast as possible. I have to admit some parts of this chapter were rushed due to my busy schedule, I hope I can make the next one better!

"Talking"

'Thinking'

TATSUMI THE INFERNAL DRAGON

- General Esdeath -

CHAPTER TWO

*The Capital*

Tatsumi had just got back from his recent mission, which was taking care of a rebelling Minister. The General had swiftly finished his mission, easily ending the life of the rebels within mere seconds.

As Tatsumi was walking through the streets of the Capital, civilians and the Imperial Police were looking at the Fire-King of Death with fear present. The famed General Inferno was feared throughout the Capital and beyond its walls due to his immense strength and merciless spirit. General Inferno was not a kind man, but there was no confirmation as to whether he had a good side to him or not. Only Esdeath and Budo would ever truly know.

Tatsumi had spotted one of his frequently visited bars, deciding to get a drink first the General walked towards the bar and entered it.

The Bartender looked over to see who had entered the bar and immediately tensed up once he saw that it was General Inferno that had entered.

"G-General Inferno! H-How may we help you today?" Asked the Bartender nervously, as the man said this the other customers immediately closed their mouths and stopped any form of speaking. Suddenly the Bar was quiet under the presence of the General.

"At ease people, I am only here to have a drink... I'll be out soon." Reassured Tatsumi as he took a seat and ordered his usual brand of beer. The People were hesitant at first but soon enough the atmosphere within the bar returned back to its normal state before Tatsumi had entered.

As Tatsumi gulped down his drink, he overheard a conversation from one of the people within the bar.

"Hey did you hear about that one rich family that is rumored to be torturing a bunch of new comers from the countryside?" Asked a civilian with black hair.

"Yeah! I even heard that their daughter is the one doing the torture! Weird right?" Replied another man with brown hair as he took a bite out of his meal. Hearing this Tatsumi approached the two men.

"I'm sorry but I happened to hear your conversation and I couldn't help but get interested..." Said Tatsumi, making the two men scared for their lives. "I-Is there something you'd like to know General?" Asked one of the two nervously. Tatsumi nodded.

"Indeed, do you happen to know which family is rumored to be torturing the people from the countryside?" Asked Tatsumi as he looked on curiously. The other man nodded and replied. "A-As far as I can tell... The rumors are referring to the Leonhardt family..." Tatsumi nodded at the mans answer and thanked them.

After learning of this rumor, Tatsumi decided he would check it out himself after reporting to the Prime Minister.

In a few minutes Tatsumi had arrived at the Palace and headed directly towards the Prime Ministers private room. Tatsumi knocked at the door, hearing sounds of a man eating inside, due to those sounds Tatsumi was certain that the fat Minister was inside, enjoying a meal.

The Prime Minister opened the door with an evil face but soon realized that it was General Inferno. "Ah! General Inferno, how is your progress with the mission?" Asked Honest with an evil grin. "The Mission is complete, here." Replied Tatsumi as he handed the Prime Minister a bag. Honest opened the bag and grinned as he saw the contents.

"Good work, General Inferno... I'll be sure to reward you in the future." Said Honest as he closed the bag. "I'll hold you up to that, but I shall be on my way now." Informed Tatsumi as he began walking away. "Something important?" Asked Honest curiously. "Not really... Just investigating a rumor." Replied Tatsumi as he left the Prime Ministers line of sight and began heading towards the mansion of the Leonhardt family.

*Northern Territories*

"The Northerners were defeated in an instant, as expected of you General Esdeath!" Complimented one of the soldiers watching their General chain the supposed Hero of the North.

"And the North called this dog their Hero..." Uttered Esdeath as she looked at the Northern Hero licking her boots. "How boring, Die." Added Esdeath as she used her heel to kill the Hero of the North.

"Is there no opponent powerful enough to satisfy me?" Asked Esdeath as she then smiled sadistically.

"General Esdeath! All preparations have been completed and we have received confirmation that we are to return to the Capital as soon as possible." Reported a Soldier that approached her.

"Ah, very well. Let us return home." Said Esdeath as she began approaching her tamed Danger Beast, as the rest of her Army would return on horses or on foot.

'I'm coming home... My dear Tatsumi.' Thought Esdeath as she smiled.

1 Hour Ago...

"I have urgent news to report! General Nakakido and General Hemi have defected to the Revolutionary Army." Reported a Soldier of the Capital to the Emperor in the Throne Room.

"General Nakakido is a brilliant strategist..." Stated one of the Minister's in the Throne Room. "The Revolutionary Army is gaining power at an alarming rate." Added another Minister.

"If we don't put a stop to this soon, the Empire..." Uttered one of the Ministers, before being interrupted by the Emperor.

"Calm yourselves! They remain encamped in the south. We can deal with them at any time! Gathering together as they have simply makes them easier to eliminate!" Reassured the Emperor. "Isn't that right, Prime Minister?" Asked the Emperor.

Honest laughed and said "You are wise as always, my lord. Once again you are the voice of reason. Right now..." Said Honest as he proceeded to eat some meat. "We must concentrate on a more immediate threat, Ogre of the Imperial Police, My relative Lokal and Zank the Executioner have all been eliminated by Night Raid, the stress is doing terrible things to my weight!" Continued Honest.

"We will call for General Esdeath to return..." Stated Honest as he had an evil look on his face. This made the other Minister's gasp in shock and slight fear.

"B-But Commander-in-Chief Budo is in charge of the Capital!" Said one of the Minister's. "Tasking the Great General Budo with mere pest control would be an insult, and the fact that we already have General Inferno on the case is insulting enough, to insult even his mentor would surely bring about the end of all of us..." Said the Prime Minister honestly.

"But if you already have General Inferno after Night Raid, why call for General Esdeath?" Asked one of the Minister's confused. "Because as we all know, General Inferno rarely takes things seriously, unless it interests him or can give him a challenge." Replied the Prime Minister as he shrugged.

"Ah I see! With General Esdeath, his fiancée on the case alongside him, he will be forced to take Night Raid seriously!" Said the Emperor as he understood why the Prime Minister wants to have General Esdeath return.

"Forced?" Asked one of the Minister's confused. "Esdeath is General Inferno's fiancée, she has more authority over him than anyone else other than the Emperor himself, even so I doubt that my lord will be able to convince the stubborn General to take his job seriously, but General Esdeath is capable of that." Replied the Prime Minister. "And would it not be better to have the Powerful couple work together to annihilate Night Raid?" Added the Prime Minister.

"I understand, call General Esdeath back immediately." Ordered the Emperor.

Tatsumi was hidden by the trees, just outside the Mansion of the Leonhardt family. He had just finished investigating the entirety of the Leonhardt's property, and he had discovered that the rumor about this Family torturing and drugging people from the countryside was indeed, true.

'I recognized one of those corpses in that shed... Sayo was it?' Thought Tatsumi as he grabbed a bottle from his pocket and drank the soda within.

'Shame she had to die... She would've made a nice maid.' Thought Tatsumi as he grinned sadistically. It was about to be nighttime and he would wait until then to kill the Family, this was due to the fact that he had an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.

'If I wait until nighttime, the Family should be in the Mansion and those Assassins would try to take them out... While they try to rid the world of this Family, I will rid the world of them as well...' Thought Tatsumi as he kept the bottle away.

3 Hours Later...

Tatsumi had been waiting for three hours, much to his inconvenience. As he glanced at the Mansion he noticed that multiple Guards were going outside, which was usually a sign that there was a threat.

'About damn time...' Thought Tatsumi as he began walking towards the Mansion.

From afar Tatsumi could see that Night Raid had begun its attack. Tatsumi smirked as he then entered the Mansion in Godspeed. Tatsumi went up to the second floor where he found a blonde female cut in half.

"Who are you?" Asked a purple-haired female with a massive pair of scissors. Tatsumi stepped out of the shadows to reveal himself, his face had a sadistic smile plastered on it.

"Y-You're General Inferno!" Uttered the Night Raid member surprised. "Heh! That's right... Although I haven't caught your name... Ms?" Said Tatsumi as he asked for the name of the assassin.

"Why should I give you my name? You're my enemy." Asked the Night Raid member as she tightened the grip on her scissors. "That's true... But, it never hurts to ask for the name of a beautiful girl." Replied Tatsumi as he crossed his arms. The Assassin blushed at the compliment and let her guard down for a moment.

'Big Mistake.' Thought Tatsumi as he dashed forward and had his Sword up her throat. "Y-You!" Uttered the Night Raid Assassin as she was immobilized.

"You got flustered pretty easily there... But since you are a member of Night Raid it's my job to end your life." Whispered Tatsumi into her ear before he sheathed his Sword. "Y-You're going to let me go?" Asked the Assassin confused.

Tatsumi sighed and crossed his arms. "Yeah, I mean it's no fun if I kill you right here right now. Warn your allies, General Inferno is assigned to take Night Raid out..." Replied Tatsumi as he then formed a sadistic smile.

The Assassin hurriedly went to regroup with the rest of Night Raid, before being stopped by Tatsumi. "Before you go, you never gave me your name..." Said Tatsumi with a smirk. The Purple-Haired Assassin blushed before replying. "I-It's Sheele..." soon after she introduced herself, she regrouped with the rest of Night Raid.

Tatsumi looked outside the window to witness a girl with a Sword Teigu taking out the Guards like they were nothing, which they were in Tatsumi's eyes. The famed General proceeded to descend to the first floor and exit the Mansion to try and take this girl on, he wanted to test Night Raid.

'Wait... I should've fought the girl with the scissors... Well what's done is done, I'll take this one on as she seems to have a more dangerous Teigu.' Thought Tatsumi as he then opened the doors to the Mansion, getting the attention of the Assassin that took out the Guards.

"You're... General Inferno of the Empire." Said the Assassin before preparing to fight. Tatsumi suddenly remembered that he had a list of the known Night Raid members as he then face palmed. The Assassin was confused for a second before seeing that the General was looking at the wanted posters of the Known Night Raid Members.

"Ah, so you're Akame." Said Tatsumi before putting the posters back inside his pocket. "You are a threat to the Revolutionary Army... I will eliminate you." Said Akame as she dashed towards Tatsumi with her Teigu. As she was about to strike General Inferno with her Teigu, The General grabbed her Teigu with two fingers.

"W-What? Are you stupid? The poison will be taking affect soon now." Said Akame as she jumped backwards. Her Teigu cut the General slightly as he grabbed it, but to her surprise the poison wasn't taking effect.

Tatsumi looked at his hand as it seemed some type of poison was present, but it couldn't spread due to the fire within his body. Soon enough the fire would overpower the poison and get rid of it. "H-How? Are you immune to the poison?" Asked Akame surprised. Hearing this Tatsumi smirked.

"Indeed, the flames within my body are powerful and cannot be put out by a simple ancient curse." Replied Tatsumi as he then took his sword out. "But I want to test your strength either way..." Said Tatsumi as he dashed towards Akame with supernatural speed and began jabbing at her with his sword, Shinku No Ha.

As their blades clashed Tatsumi's Sword, Shinku No Ha was producing streaks of lightning every time it clashed with the Murasame of Akame. This was a feature given by the Great General Budo when he reinforced Tatsumi's Sword.

Every time the two Swords clashed, Tatsumi laughed sadistically. The sounds of two swords clashing could be heard from very far away and it seems that a blonde female with the ears and tail of an animal had appeared.

'Jeez what's taking Akame so long? Everyone is already done with their tasks.' Thought Leone as she approached the girl. As she saw Akame fighting somebody she looked to see who it was, before the rest of Night Raid was running towards her from behind.

"Leone! Akame we need to go! General Inferno is here!" Shouted Lubbock before he suddenly paled after seeing Akame facing the Fire-King of Death. "Oh... Never mind." Uttered Lubbock.

"Ahh so the rest of you are here, thank you for telling them, Sheele." Said Tatsumi with a grin. Sheele blushed a bit after hearing General Inferno utter her name.

"H-Hoi! Sheele did you just blush?!" Asked Lubbock surprised and in disbelief. "Lubba you idiot, your fantasies are present even in a mission." Said Leone unimpressed. "Heh! I wouldn't blame her though, he does look pretty cute!" Added Leone as she licked her lips.

"Everyone don't let your guard down, there is still a large threat here." Said Bulat as he pointed his spear at Tatsumi. "Hahaha! While it would be logical to end all of you right here... I wont, I'll allow you to return to your headquarters." Stated Tatsumi as he crossed his arms.

Seeing her chance, Akame dashed towards Tatsumi and tried to thrust her Murasame into Tatsumi's throat. Tatsumi smiled as he dodged and grabbed the girls hand and used his knee to break it.

"AHHHH!" Screamed Akame in pain as she fell onto the ground. As the rest of Night Raid saw this they immediately went to attack Tatsumi but the General created a fire barrier.

"W-What is this?" Asked Mine slightly scared. "A Fire Barrier, like I said I will allow you to leave this place... So take your chance before I change my mind." Replied Tatsumi as he grabbed Akame and threw her towards Night Raid. Tatsumi deactivated the Fire Barrier he had created and sighed.

Night Raid all nodded to each other as Bulat caught Akame and proceeded to leave the Area.

Tatsumi started walking away from the Mansion as he set it on fire. On his way back he had a weird feeling that something interesting would happen in the palace, but he simply ignored the feeling.

*The Capital, 2 Days Later...*

"Tatsumi! I have returned!" Announced Esdeath as she opened the doors to the palace. The Guards were shocked at the sudden arrival of General Esdeath, she was expected to arrive in 7 days not two. "W-Welcome back, General Esdeath!" Greeted the Guards simultaneously.

"Is General Inferno in the palace?" Asked Esdeath curiously as she approached the Guards. "Y-Yes he is! General Inferno is currently resting within his chambers." Replied one of the Guards.

"Thank you for the information." Thanked Esdeath as a sadistic smile formed on her face. She began heading towards Tatsumi's chambers, she would punish him for not greeting her on her arrival.

"H-Hey, what if General Esdeath does something to piss off General Inferno? Wouldn't he come after us?" Whispered one of the guards. "W-Well... Would you have preferred to die here?" Asked the other guard, gaining a negative response from the other guard.

...

Esdeath was standing right outside of Tatsumi's chambers, the sadistic smile still present. As she was about to unleash a wave of ice, she was interrupted by a Trooper from behind her.

"General Esdeath, the Emperor calls for you." Informed the Trooper. Esdeath sighed and restrained herself from killing the Trooper right here right now for interrupting her reunion with her beloved.

'Don't worry Tatsumi, we'll have our fun later...' Thought Esdeath as she followed the Trooper to the Emperor's throne room.

...

"General Esdeath, for your success in conquering the northern tribe. We have arranged a reward of ten thousand gold coins." Informed the Emperor happily. "I am grateful your highness, I'll send it to my troops who need it more than I do." Thanked Esdeath.

'Esdeath truly doesn't care for money or power, something her fiancée inherited from her.' Thought Honest. "Now that I have returned from conquering the northern tribe, your majesty can once again rest in peace. I shall be terminating Night Raid shortly." Reassured Esdeath.

"We are very thankful for your services, General Esdeath. But there is another reason as to why we had you return here to the Capital." Said Honest, gaining the attention of everyone in the throne room. "Hmm? And what may that be?" Asked Esdeath curiously.

"You see, before we assigned you with the task of exterminating Night Raid. We had assigned General Inferno firstly, but as you may already know he hardly takes his job seriously. So by having you return we hope you can... Give him some motivation." Replied The Prime Minister.

A sadistic smile suddenly made its way onto Esdeath's pretty face. "Why, it would be my pleasure to..." Said General Esdeath.

*Night Raid HQ*

During one of Night Raid's operations in the last two days, the group had suffered the great loss of Sheele. She was killed by an artificial Teigu, used by an Imperial Officer. Mine, who was with her. Managed to escape due to Sheele's sacrifice.

"Bad news just keeps on coming this week..." Muttered Najenda, Night Raid's Leader. "Boss, did something happen?" Asked Lubbock curiously. "Indeed, the Ice-Queen of Death has returned to the Capital." Replied Najenda, shocking Lubbock and the other Night Raid members in the room.

"Esdeath is back? For what reason?" Asked Bulat slightly confused. "Isn't it obvious? To exterminate Night Raid of course." Answered Najenda honestly. "But hasn't the damn Prime Minister already put the Fire-King of Death up to it?" Asked Leone.

"I understand now, Inferno doesn't take his job seriously." Understood Bulat. "Heh?" Uttered Leone in confusion. "Remember, he let us go that night. If he was serious, we would be dead right now." Explained Bulat, gaining a nod from Akame.

"Either way, we're in trouble." Exclaimed Najenda.

*General Inferno's Chambers*

'How boring...' Thought Tatsumi as he stared outside his window. Any further thoughts from the powerful General were interrupted as an atmosphere of cold icy darkness entered his chambers.

Tatsumi narrowed his eyes at the door and soon began to watch his surroundings carefully. If they thought that this cold atmosphere would be enough to put his flames out, they were mistaken. Tatsumi lit his feet on fire and began to dissipate the cold icy atmosphere that was unleashed within his chambers.

The doors to his chambers were soon opened. "Ah, as expected from my lover. You are capable of overpowering even me..." Said Esdeath as she stepped inside her lovers chambers. "Esdeath, I was not informed of your return." Stated Tatsumi as he watched his lover approach him.

"Like that matters anymore..." Muttered Esdeath as her lips collided with Tatsumi's. After a few minutes, the kiss broke off. "The Prime Minister tells me that you aren't taking your job seriously... Why is that?" Asked Esdeath curiously.

"Huh, is that what they think? Well I suppose they're right, Night Raid isn't really much of a threat to me right now, so I will take them seriously when they can give me a challenge." Answered Tatsumi honestly.

"I see, but I'm afraid that you will have to take them seriously now even though they are still weak." Stated Esdeath with a superior tone. "So they put you up to this... I see, but do you think you can force me to take them seriously?" Asked Tatsumi intrigued.

"Oh, you know I can..." Replied Esdeath as she licked her lips.

THE END

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