Ohayo Peeps, I'm back with more AGK Fanfiction. I hope you all liked the attempt on Chapter 1, furthermore, I'd like to hope you like the basis of the story.

What we know so far; Tatsumi knows there are Imperial Arms User's in the Capital, but he doesn't want to fight them to kill, only to test his strength. A young Girl has just found him and the boy is already scheming up something new.

KeitaroHigurashi – Thank you for the confidence and yes, I would love to read your fics and give you feedback where necessary.

Kaioo – Thanks for the Review, and I totally agree. He took down that Earth Dragon really easily then gets into the Capital and gets wrecked almost every fight. I plan to make him strong and he won't lose his strength due to a change of environment or whatever the reason was.

Dragonball256 – I'm sorry, but Tatsumi is a little OOC as well, in regards to how he acts in the start of this fic. However, I will also inform you that when he joins Night Raid he will resemble part of his Manga/Anime self after spending time around people he will consider as friends.

Xchrispx – Your vote has been taken into account. I'm also a big Tatsumi x Akame fan, so that was going to be the main pairing of the story, I assume.

xxxEDITxxx: I have edited the Fight scene, i didnt like it and it makes Tatsumi seem stronger than what i wanted him to be portrayed as at this moment in time.

Enjoy.

XxXxX

The blood curdling scream that vibrated from the girls' throat and down his arm was almost enticing. The vibrations it sent down his arm made the kill even more tantalizing, something that made his blood fizz in his veins, his heart ran at one-hundred miles per hour, the adrenaline making his senses become so astute that he could clearly see the flies in the room almost moving in slow motion.

While his iron grip was sucking the last breath of air from the girl's lungs, the boy couldn't help but think how he had gotten into this situation. Well, that was a lie, he knew how he got here, and it was by horse and carriage. He wanted to know why he was having so much fun killing this girl and her family.

"Sayo and Ieyasu." The young boy thought sadly. The only people he would consider his friends were dead, having left for the Capital before him, they planned on meeting up sometime. Now they were mutilated bodies left in a Garden Shed with other deceased bodies. He would not forgive the people that did this.

He did not forgive them.

They received his judgement. The Judgement of Dakusouru. They had been slaughtered, a complete massacre of the mansion where no one was left alive. Every person had been cut once, but their bodies had decayed to mangled flesh and bone, the skin that littered small amounts of the flesh that wasn't dissolving away was ghostly white, their faces set in a haunted expression.

All it had taken was 10 minutes. No one left alive.

The girl in front of him, however, was a special case. She had even admitted to torturing Sayo. That was unforgivable in his eyes. Now he would return the favour by torturing her in the most brutalist way possible.

So far, Tatsumi had diced her Mother and Father into tiny pieces and force fed her them. She was forced to watch as he mutilated every single person that came to her aide, his eyes never left hers and his path was set in stone.

Now he was just choking her to death while enjoying every second. It was a strange feeling for the boy, having never killed anyone of this severity, but it had to be done, no one killed precious people of his and got away with not suffering Dakusouru's judgement, the judgement of a divine beast.

As he thought back on it he laughed slightly, his chuckle being louder than her gurgles for him to release her. Tears had been streaming down her face since his siege on the castle, she hadn't stopped crying but he felt no sympathy, no rage or vengeance, just judgement. They were blights to cause, they stood in his way to peace. Killing his only friends was just an express way to hell.

Finally the gurgling had stopped, the tears that were pitting on his hand came to a stop as her body went limp. Her eyes haunted and mouth open in a silent scream.

It was done. They had received their judgement.

"To think," he said quietly to himself. He threw the body on the floor next to his feet and he skulked towards the window where he could sense presences coming. The façade he would have to put up would begin now, "To think that this all started because a girl thought she could torture me like a slave." He finished.

A small blond doll was staring at him from a carriage, two guards either side of her as she looked at the boy lying on the side of the road.

She clearly wasn't used to dealing with someone like Tatsumi, someone who could sense intentions and nature. She was like a beacon of evil, just like the guards that surrounded her. When he saw that he had her attention his mind had worked the plan, she had to die.

She had to.

"What are you doing on the side of the road?" she asked sweetly, he hair bobbing slightly as she stepped off the step and onto the road. She ignored her guard's protests for her to leave him.

"I have nowhere to stay." The young boy replied, a sad smile plastered on his face hiding the enjoyment he was bound to have.

She seemed to spark at his words slightly, the guards groaning in unison, it seemed they knew what was about to come.

"You can stay at my house!"

Silence.

"Ah, the resounding silence." The boy said to himself as he stared out the window. The presences he could sense were getting closer and they were all Imperial Arm users. That was perfect really, he needed a good challenge since arriving in this town, and seeing as he just slaughtered 100 guards, he was left thoroughly disappointed.

They would arrive in a few minutes which gave him time to prepare. Sitting down in a meditating position, Tatsumi focused on all 5 presences that were storming towards his position with acute senses. He was gauging them, checking their intentions and nature of all members. The pervert was the easiest to decipher, what with their perverted nature as a mask to cover the love they felt for someone else. Maybe they could get the person if he didn't look at other people.

A strong physical presence was next. The strength that this person had was magnified exponentially as they were running, obviously their Imperial Arms was an armour of sorts which magnified the physical aspects of this person. A quirky nature that was surrounded by loyalty of no other, a fine person, Tatsumi decided.

The flirty girl he met while looking for an Inn was also among them. Her intentions were to rid the castle of the evil people that inhabited it. Good Morales and her intentions were sound, another fine person.

Arrogant was the next one, however, the arrogance was a mask as well. The person was proud and stubborn, but only because they felt that they were inferior to another one of the members, a small rivalry that they knew they had already lost.

The last presence was a slight mystery. They didn't have a nature of sorts, they only thing Tatsumi could pick up was that she was suffering inside. They were suffering from guilt, a heavy burden for anyone to carry. They would require special attention when the fight broke out.

That was part of his powers. By meditating, he could gauge a person more clearly than he could if he was moving about or fighting, he needed to be at peace with himself to find the balance in everyone else.

Standing up suddenly, the brown haired boy broke the glass and jumped down, the moonlight casting a shallow light across the clearing within the compound.

Someone had sensed him, just like he hoped.

The trees in front of him rustled a little before 5 people appeared from out of the tree line. They all landed in a line in front of him, the girl he had met at the bar seemed to have noticed who he was if the slight widening of her eyes was anything to go by.

"Hello there, Leone. Wonderful night isn't it?" Tatsumi asked rhetorically. This meeting was overdue after all.

"What happened to the people inside?" she demanded. Having deactivated her Imperial Arm so that she could negotiate with him easier was a small mistake she would pay for when the fight broke out.

Not bothering to answer her question, Tatsumi regarded everyone from left to right, taking in the appearances of everyone that landed by the tree line.

A young girl of below average height that had long pink hair tied in twin-tails on the right and left sides of her head. She has big pink eyes and was wearing a pink outfit. The stubborn and prideful girl.

Next to her was a male wearing full body armour, his Imperial Arm. That was the strong physical presence he had sensed. He was a tall man with a well-built form.

On his right was the enigma that he couldn't quite figure out, her eyes looked blank, but they weren't. He could see the varying emotions in her eyes and the pure determination to end the mission successfully. She was a young girl with long black hair that reached down to her knees and red eyes. She was wearing a dark sleeveless mini dress with a white collar and a red tie; with a red belt that has a red side skirt cover. She wore it with long black socks and black shoes.

The last one, who was off to the side of Leone, was the pervert he had sensed. Although a pervert out of battle, Tatsumi could tell he was a paranoid person and professional when it came to a mission. He was a young man with short green hair and red goggles on top. He was wearing a long green jacket with a fur trimmed hood over a white and red ringer shirt and blue jeans.

The famous 'Night Raid' he had heard from the girl's parents before he had slaughtered them.

"If you want to get to the family that took me in, then you'll have to go through me!" he shouted acting the part of a loyal guard that had been fed lies, it wouldn't do well for him to fight them all at once. They would underestimate him, at this rate, which would be the most efficient way to deal with them all.

Sighing sadly, Leone ordered one word, "Eliminate," and the black haired girl sprang forward. Her sword shining in her hand and poised to strike, but she was holding back, not expecting any kind of resistance due to the speed she moved at.

She had covered the distance between him and the group in seconds all while Tatsumi stood in place with a small grin on his face.

Quicker than lightning, his sword was retched out of its holder, the black steel glinting and humming ominously in the moonlit clearing, and her strike was block. The initially jab at his heart she had attempted was parried off to the side that left her side venerable for a swift kick, curtsy of Tatsumi, which she managed to dodge with surprising agility. He credited her ability.

He knew they were shocked that he had blocked the strongest of their groups attack, all thanks to his sword, mind you, but that was neither here nor there. Quickly running to engage the girl that attacked him first, the boy swung with a precise diagonal attack that would have cleaved the smaller girl in half, had her sword not been there to counter.

And counter she did.

she pressed him back with a quick push of strength that shouldn't have been possible for a girl her size and swung with the intent to kill. Her sword got close to his heart before the boy disappeared in a sign of speed, something that the black haired girl didn't expect, and appeared behind her, his blade about to chop her midsection in two before he was on the receiving end of a hard-as rock punch that he managed to block before he was blasted off into a tree and breaking it in half.

Silence. They were surprised that Akame had nearly been caught off guard, thankfully though, the armoured fellow seemed to be able to react in time and pushed the boy with the black blade through a tree.

From his position he could tell that everyone was shocked. Clearly, the strongest of their group had almost been beaten, even if it was by pure luck and surprise. It didn't matter though, a win was a win in this world, sadly enough, he knew he would have been blasted back, he wasn't going for the kill.

This time they were smarter, Leone had transformed back into her Imperial Arm while the green-haired boy had started waving his hands around in a slashing fashion as wires followed his every movement. The pink-haired girl had retreated behind the tree line, a support, he deduced. The man in the Armour Imperial Arm stood still from where he had punched him last, he was the fastest and strongest meaning he would go for the unsuspected attack.

Sword still in his hand, Tatsumi rose from the tree he had been blasted into and met Leone head on with a surprisingly fast burst of speed. His sword and hands moving at blistering speeds while countering all of her strikes, it was a dance for him, moving from one foot to the other with fluid movements, his sword like an extension of his own right arm as he commanded it at will. She was quick though, not as fast as the first girl, but fast.

As he continued to dance around her attacks more and more of her lion-paw like hands were getting closer and closer to hitting him, until one caught him in the shoulder forcing him to duck down quickly as wires shot from around the Lion-like girl, his sword coming up by his crouched face and taking a kick that would have severed his head from his body. The stale mate between leg and sword quickly took a wrong turn for the girl as Tatsumi blasted her back with a quick jab to the abdominal.

Wires were circling him all while he fought Leone, a fine plan, yet not fine enough, with his arm bleeding, this fight just got exponentially harder for the boy. His exit was the right hand side of the wires, he could see that there were two wires missing, they were the surprise attack that would attack him while he was fighting the other wires. As the girl he punched flew back and landed on her feet, the Armoured Individual attacked. His leap covered the ground that separated them faster than the Lion-like girl and was upon Tatsumi within moments.

The armoured fist that broke the sound barrier missed the boy's head with perfect ease as he maneuvered his head around the attack. Tatsumi's body was slowly falling backwards where he slipped into a leg sweep that was deftly dodged by the quick individual. His arm still causing his some grief.

It was at that moment that the wires attacked, shooting out the ground like roots from a plant and with heads of an arrow, they all shot at the brown haired boy who hastily danced in-between every one. Nearly all of them missed by inches but some were lucky enough that he wasn't as experienced as he was and three pierced his shoulder.

He felt a punch aimed at his back coming within blocking distance. The boy with the Black Steel blade swung it around his person so that his blade was diagonal behind him taking the punch in stride and lessening the blow but still packed enough punch to break one of his ribs and send him flying parallel to the floor.

Another presence appeared above him in that instance who happened to be the black haired girl he had fought at the beginning, her sword poised to strike him to the floor. Spinning in mid-air was easy, dodging the attack that would have skewered him to the floor wasn't so easy.

Dragging his sword that was still behind him, Tatsumi struck with all the strength he could muster against her sword which sent them both careening backwards and into a small trench in the floor.

This was perfect. He was having so much fun and he was being challenged at the same time. No matter how he looked at it, these were all very strong individuals. Their teamwork was amazing and fluent, but against his mind, they just couldn't land that killing blow needed to win the fight.

That's when he noticed it. No, that's when he felt it. A very small but exceedingly quick burst of energy shot from between the trees and straight to his person. That girl that had disappeared must have had a ranged Imperial Arm that fired bursts of energy in high concentrations at her victims. This would be an impossible shot for anyone to dodge, but then again, he was special.

Tatsumi turned his head at a forty-five degrees angle allowing the beam of energy to fly right past him and into the building of the Mansion. A huge hole the size of two trees was made in the building revealing mutilated and decaying corpses along with one suffocated girl to the people in the clearing.

The fighting would end now.

Everyone that was currently fighting him were back in their original positions when they first found him. A few of them were a bit more scraped than others but none of them had taken much damage, just like he had planned. He couldn't fight them to kill or the Imperial Arms battle would have begun meaning that only one of them would have walked out of the clearing alive, and it wouldn't have been him.

"You did this?" Leone questioned, her voice breaking slightly at fighting the person that had essentially done their job for them.

Not bothering to reply, the boy in question nodded his head a little his arm and multiple puncture wounds bleeding, a smile appearing on his face towards the people he had just fought like he was an old friend.

"Why did you fight us, you're obviously skilled?" it was the black haired girl that spoke this time with genuine curiosity in her voice. She wasn't used to having someone fight her on some-what equal grounds before.

Tatsumi hummed slightly as he thought of his answer. It wasn't because they killed his friends, no, he would mourn their loss, but he didn't kill them for vengeance. He killed them because they were in need of judgement, they deserved what they got and would have received it had they not killed his friends.

"They needed Judgement to be passed on them. They failed the Judgement of the Divine Beast so their lives were forfeit." he replied cheerfully shocking a few of the people around him. They weren't use to how someone could take someone's life and smile it off like it was no big deal, even for assassins, they couldn't smile off a kill that easily.

"W-What's the Divine Beast?" the perverted boy asked, his voice quivered slightly as if scared. He wasn't, he was actually surprised that the boy was still alive having essentially fought all five of them at once.

He didn't reply though. Instead he opted for turning around and walking away from them with a slight limp from his broken rib, as soon as Tatsumi got just behind the wall of the building he disappeared into the shadows like he wasn't there at all. Like a ghost of the night.

"That guy is creepy." The boy with the green jacket said after a few moments of silence and having watched the boy disappear into the shadows like a ghost.

Everyone in the group seemed to share his opinion as they all nodded simultaneously, some more vigorous than others, but they all agreed none the less.

"Come on, we need to check for anyone that managed to hide then report him to boss. Tatsumi is his name so make sure you all remember it!" Leone ordered as they all disappeared into the house of corpses.

XxXxX

Higher up on the roof, the boy seemed to defuse from the shadows that littered the floor. His presence and power masked completely as to not give his position away from the people that were currently scouting the house for survivors or escapees.

Tatsumi looked slightly more winded than when he was fighting all because of his Shadow Walk ability. Sure, he could travel from shadow to shadow within a certain radius, but it always took more energy than would be required if he had ran or walked. It always drained him, left him feeling incredibly weak and vulnerable.

"Tonight has been successful." He mused to himself. He hadn't had that much fun in years, his master only putting up half as good a fight as that. It left the boy wanting more, it left him always feeling that his abilities were halved everyone time he fought someone weaker than him. Tonight proved that he was just being pessimistic. Sure, they had all underestimated him, and had he been a threat, they would have all attacked and had a better plan than the one that threw together tonight.

That was enough proof for him to realize that he wasn't as bad as he thought, he definitely needed work, so much work so that he would be able to stand up to all of them again.

It made him smile cheekily and scratch the side of his face. It also helped that the black-haired girl was kind of cute.

Staring up at the night sky just like he had done so last night managed to move his mind off of his worries. His chest clenched painfully and his sides suddenly shot with numbing pain, but he didn't squirm or shout, he took it in stride. There was nothing he could do about the pain anymore, it was with him for life.

The stars took his mind off the pain. He loved how they would shine brightly and ease the numbness that would overtake his body. It was his hobby from when he was a kid. You couldn't change that.

Moving his backpack slightly, Tatsumi maneuvered his bag so that the softest part would cover his head as he lay in the night, motionless and staring into the sky. He wouldn't get any sleep tonight.

He didn't get any sleep any night.

XxXxX

"You mean to tell me that the five of you fought a boy called Tatsumi?" a women said calmly. Her team was supposed to be strong, incredibly so, yet they came back saying someone had beat them to their mission, not only killing everyone, but fighting them all to a stand-still as well before disappearing into the shadows.

The story was so far-fetched that she didn't want to believe it. She couldn't believe it. Yet It had happened.

They all lowered their heads slightly, no one liked getting the boss angry. She was the one that lead them, helped them, and was there for them when they needed it. They felt like they had failed her.

"The guy was strong! He fought all of us using our Imperial Arm's he definitely took a few hits though and i'm sure Bulut broke his rib or two, but somehow he managed to block it without even seeing the attack coming!" the green haired boy shouted, his voice a mixture between admiration and growing fear towards his boss.

The grey haired women called 'boss' sat down in her seat before sighing, if he was as strong as they claimed, then he'd definitely be a welcomed asset to their team. She couldn't let her Ex-teammate see the potential in that boy.

"He wielded this weird sword as well," the normally socially awkward girl with black hair spoke, immediately all attention was on her and she blushed a little, "it was steel black and gave off this evil energy." She finished

The temperature of the room seemed to drop completely. The sub-zero frost that started leaving their grey haired leader was almost visible.

"S-Steel Black?" she questioned, her voice stuttering slightly.

They all nodded apprehensively, seemingly not having caught on to why she was so shocked. If it could shock boss, then it was a danger. A big danger.

"You all just fought Dakusouru a blade so deadly that it was forbidden and hidden away after the war finished." She said tiredly, she was getting too old to deal with this.

"The sword, Dakusouru, is worse than your Murasame, Akame. With one clean cut, the sword erodes away flesh like a bacteria decaying a dead material. It kills you in the most painful way possible." She finished looking at the shocked faces of Leone, Mine and Lubbock. Akame didn't show any sort of outward reaction but she was worried on the inside and Bulut seemed to understand.

"I thought that was just a myth?" Bulut asked, during his war days, people would often spray paint their swords black in order for people to mistake it as the Dakusouru. It was a quick way to instil fear into the lesser men to be the wielder of the deadly blade.

"No, Bulut, it is no myth. The sword was real, having being made from 15 different Ultra-Class Danger Beasts as every component. The sword was considered a failure by the old Emperor when the ingredients didn't mix together like they should have, and instead became a weapon far more dangerous than they anticipated. The dark energy from the 15 different beasts that were used to make it can negatively influence the user. It's like constantly having every person you have ever killed scream down your ear at the same time." She stopped, if this sword really did exist then it would prove to make an ally out of this boy as soon as possible, "The Legend says that the sword will slowly kill the user over time because 5 of the 15 beasts used had deadly components that would kill someone within seconds." She added as an afterthought.

Leone chose this time to voice her question and put her Boss' mind at ease, "He didn't look like he was dying so that must be a myth, but if the blade is as bad as you say, then why didn't he try to kill us, shouldn't it have been an Imperial Arm Fight?" Only one would walk away as a victor in an Imperial Arm Fight that was the law.

The leader hummed thoughtfully, her expression put them all on edge, "Consider that Imperial Arm Fights only happen when both parties fighting are going for the kill. Meaning that the boy didn't want to kill any of you." She finished, everyone was shocked again, and this was becoming frequent on this night.

"Woah, I think I need to lie down, this is too much to take in on one night." Lubbock stated getting nods of approval from everyone. Before they headed up the stairs, the boss made one last comment before they all entered their domain for blissful sleep, "It would be best if you try to recruit this boy as soon as possible. With him on our side, we could kick start the Revolutionary Army to Siege the Capital." They all nodded their heads in consent to her wishes before they headed off, they would search for him tomorrow and convince him to join Night Raid. They just had to.

"Tatsumi," the grey haired lady said while staring at the ceiling, "What an interesting boy you have grown up to be."

The long awaited confrontation would happen a lot sooner than she would like.

He was coming.

XxXxX

Well that's Chapter 2 done. I managed to squeeze this one out, but please don't expect another chapter too soon, my time for a week or two will be very sparse. I will update 'Burden' as soon as I possibly can.

Thank you all for taking the time to read my story, I'm sorry if Tatsumi seems a little OP to start with and OOC, but that will all change once more enemies begin showing up and Tatsumi begins to become one of Night Raid.

As always, Peace Y'all.

RxR