Hey guys! :) I'm here with another chapter for you! :D Now you'll finally get some action... Anyway, I probably won't be posting this week because final exams... so yeah.


Soul in the Dream

CHAPTER 7

(Hitomi's POV)

"Go!", the Boss ordered. Without a word, everyone else in the room rushed towards the exit, heading outside to take care of the intruders in the vicinity. Not really knowing what to do, I followed the person closest to me, Akame.

"Hey, Akame!", I said as I ran close to her. "You mind if I come with you?", I asked.

"I don't.", she replied after glancing at me. "I've been wanting to see how you fight.", she said. Her voice had nearly no emotion, it creeped me out a little.

"I thought you would've been a little more thrilled at finally seeing me fight.", I joked. Akame, however, kept a straight face as she ran.

"We would've seen you fight one day.", she said, making me pout jokingly. We were now running in the forest surrounding the hideout, close to a river. "Here they are." We came to a stop and there was, indeed, people who were clearly not assassins from Night Raid. Three of them, in fact. They all had tanned skin, wore similar white pants and were shirtless. Two of them had a white hood on their heads while the third wore a white scarf instead, showing his black hair.

"The fact that she's here,", said one of the men. "means their hideout really is somewhere around here... It was worth searching steadily."

"Still, what a cute girl.", added another one. Oh, you have got to be kidding me...

"Looks like we can still have some fun after we kill her.", said the first man. "Don't damage her body too much.", he smirked. He looked proud of himself for some reason...

"So... what, guys?", I voiced, turning the attention towards me. "You into necrophilia, or..?"

"What did you say!?", growled one of the men. I raised my arms in defense.

"Sorry, sorry!", I quickly apologised before smirking deviously. "I just didn't know it was in your culture, forgive me.", I mocked. The hoodless man, seemingly angry, drew his sword and pointed it at my throat.

"That's it!", he roared, his eyes flaming. "We don't know who you are, but you'll be the one to die first!" He then ran towards me, determined to kill me after I insulted his race. I glanced at Akame, half-expecting her to impose herself to kill the angry intruder, but she stayed where she was, eyeing me carefully. I drew my sword.

"Show time...", I mumbled. I quickly rolled to the side to avoid the man's strike. I tried to swing my sword at his arm, but he saw it coming and blocked it with his own weapon. I quickly pulled back and struck again, this time aiming at his stomach. My opponent smirked, lowering his sword to block my blow. However, he did as I wanted. By lowering his blade, he left himself exposed, so I took this opportunity to slug him with my left fist. He stepped back, rubbing his cheek with his hand. Before he could react, I plunged my sword in his heart, earning me my first kill.

"Ack!", he made before falling to the ground. I quickly swiped the blood off my sword as I turned to see what Akame was doing during that time. She was standing in the exact same spot, except the two other men were dead beside her, their throats wide open.

"I suddenly feel bad for making you wait...", I commented sheepishly. I expected her to say something in the lines of 'Yeah, you're right', but she smiled at me instead.

"For your first kill, it was well done.", she said, surprising me. "Most people show more hesitation or have trouble finishing off their opponent. You have potential.", she added.

"O-Oh, thanks, I guess."

"Although please refrain from making racist comments near Mine."

"Hehe, don't worry about that.", I chuckled. "I only say things like that when I fight, to lower their guard, make them rage, you know?", I explained. "I actually have a lot of respect for those who manage to live through racism and bullying."

Akame smiled when I finished my speech. "Let's go.", she spoke. "There might be more of them around here." I nodded, following her through the woods.


(Normal POV)

'I'll survive and report it to our client, the Empire!', thought a member of the group intruding Night Raid's hideout. He had confirmed the territory was indeed occupied by the assassins and decided to retreat to relay the news to his client. After all, what's more important than the pay received for a job well done? What the mercenary didn't know was that he was right in the center of Mine's scope. The pink-haired was sitting in some bushes, aiming the unsuspecting man using a small visor on her left eye.

"He's ran very far away.", she stated. "I have to expose myself like this to be able to hit that." While she was focusing her aim, another man jumped from behind her, a machete in hand.

"Gotcha!", he let out, proud of himself for surprising the assassin. Mine, however, smirked, knowing that the intruder has fallen into her trap. Indeed, a sniper was rarely left unprotected...

Before the man was able to bring down his machete to finish off Mine, he got sliced in two by a gigantic pair of scissors. "I'm sorry.", Sheele apologised from behind him.

"Thanks, Sheele.", thanked Mine, ignoring the two newly-dead halves beside her. "Nice pinch.", she pondered, taking aim once again. "It'll reach just fine with this risk...!" She then fired her weapon, but instead of a sniper bullet, it unleashed a large beam entirely made of energy. Hearing the sound, the tanned-skinned man looked behind him, only to be completely disintegrated by the massive wave of yellowish energy. Not only he was no more, but the entire landscape between him and Mine was entirely obliterated.

"Alright! Right on target!", chirped the pink-haired assassin. "The more of a pinch I'm in, the stronger I get!"


Elsewhere, Leone was sitting on one of the men intruding the hideout's territory. He was clearly beaten to death, with deep scratches and broken bones. One of her lion ears then twitched after hearing a distant sound. "Oh?", she made, gazing off. "That was Mine's Pumpkin just now.", she concluded. "I can't believe she uses such a bothersome Teigu." She looked down at the dead man below her, smirking. "On that point, for me, I turn into a beast and beat them to death... Easy to understand."


Inside a cave close to the forest, a girl was trapped by rows of threads. She couldn't move at all and the strings wouldn't break no matter how much strength she applied. "U... gh...", she made as she continued to struggle.

"I thought the weight of the threads felt light,", Lubbock said, holding the small strings in his hand. "but it was a girl, huh."

"Save me! Please!", the young woman pleaded, on the verge of tears. "I'll do anything!"

"Nooope.", the green-haired teen responded. He clenched his fist. The girl then suddenly yelped in pain as the threads ensnaring her constricted her until they began to cut their way into her skin, slicing her up. "I knew a guy who died by getting tricked by seduction." After a few moments, Lubbock released her and she fell limp on the rock floor, dead. After glancing at the body, he sighed. "Ah~ What a waste! It's such a painful occupation in times like these!", he groaned, scratching his head as he exited the cave.


"Listen...", Bulat had said to Tatsumi earlier. "If the enemy were to run away, there's a large possibility they'll come through here. Even slowing them down's okay. Just somehow fight back."

"What a total newbie role.", the young recruit sighed. He was laying on his stomach with a small branch in each hand to camouflage himself. "Is the enemy really gonna come...?" To his surprise, a man jumped in his line of view, visibly trying to escape. He was wearing a sabertooth cat's head on his own head. Tatsumi quickly got up and drew his sword.

"So they had even stationed someone here!", growled the cat-wearing man.

"I can't let you pass!", Tatsumi spoke. 'I have to kill someone I have no resentment against... But if I hesitate here... I'll die.'

"Even though you're a boy...", said the older man, drawing a machete. "I won't hold back!"


"I wonder if that newcomer died.", Mine said, sitting on a fallen tree trunk.

"Are you talking about Tatsumi or Hitomi?", Sheele asked, standing beside her.

"Tatsumi.", the pink-haired replied plainly. "The other guy's with Akame so he'll be fine."

"I think it won't be a problem.", Sheele stated, refering to Tatsumi.

"It's rare for you to evaluate someone, Sheele."

"He fought Akame and survived, after all."

"Well, that's true."

"Besides...", the purple-haired girl continued. "According to Akame, who crossed swords with him..."


Tatsumi dodged the machete strike coming at him. "RAAHHHHH!", he roared as he slit the man's chest open with his blade.

"He's a cluster of potential.", Sheele continued her explanation. "If he keeps training, he has the capacity to become General-class..."

"... How's that...", Tatsumi panted, seeing the intruder bleed out before his eyes. "These... With Sayo... And Ieyasu... The three of us... THESE ARE THE MOVES WE BUILT UP!", he yelled at the man. The wounded man, still alive, raised his head, a look of fear in his eyes.

"I beg of you!", he pleaded. "Let me go! If I die, my village-!" Tatsumi widened his eyes, dumbfounded. Someone else was fighting for his village, just like him... As he let his guard down, the downed man quickly got up and swung his machete. "Hahaha, you're naïve, young boy!", he laughed. "I'll have you die for my clan!" Just as he was about to cut off Tatsumi's head, Akame came from nowhere and plunged her katana deep into the man's heart, making him fall over and die. She had no emotion in her face whatsoever.

"Don't waver...", she calmly said. "You should land the killing blow promptly." At that moment, Hitomi came running from the woods, panting.

"Haannn, haannn... What did I miss..?", he slowly said, catching his breath.

"I killed this man before he dealt a killing blow to Tatsumi.", Akame replied, making the blonde teen jump in joy.

"Yesssss! It means we're tied for the number of kills, right?", Hitomi chirped in joy.

"You killed someone?", Tatsumi asked.

"That I did!", the blonde announced with pride. Suddenly, Bulat, in his armor, jumped out from the woods.

"Hiya! The enemy came running over here, right!?", hollered the armored man, ready for action. "Leave the rest to me!"

"It's over already.", Akame blankly stated.

"Huh?"


And yup ^^ When he fights, Hitomi is a complete troll. What a surprise :O