Chapter 26 – Run
Miles away, on an abandoned street in the west side of town, two men are walking towards Beacon Academy. One man has on a black trench coat with a white and red symbols of a roses overlaying on his left shoulder and back. His hair is short, spiked black and red with protruding bull horns. He wears a Grimm mask covering his eyes and carries a sword in its sheath.
The other man wears a white robe with a black undershirt. His blond hair matches the color of his eyes. On his back were two disc objects. He looks over to the other man in relief.
"Luckily we do not need to deal with any people on our way to the tower. We should be there within the hour to meet the others." The blond haired man says as the other man glare through his mask back at him.
"You do not understand. I wanted to see the faces of humans running in fear as I walked down these street. They would then understand the fear that they caused to my kind for years." The red haired man says to the blond man as he tightens the grip on his sword, "I wanted my weapon to bath in the blood of the humans and the Faunus that refused to join my force of revolution."
"Different world, same type of people." The blond haired man says softly as he looks of in the distance in the road ahead.
"What was that Run!? You may be from a different world but you are still a human who knows nothing of what my kind has went through!" The red haired man shapes at the other man as he puts his hand over on the handle of his sword.
"Calm down Adam, I am going to fly ahead to scout ahead in case this calm road is a set up for an ambush. You just continue to walk and I will be back soon." Run says as the discs on his back create wings of like an angle. Adam removes his hand from the sword as he see Run flap his wings.
He ascended in to the sky and flies over the city, scanning the area for any abnormalities. While in the air, Run looks to the edge of town to see flocks of creatures approach. They were to far now to be any trouble, but are approaching in high numbers.
Run lands on the street, blocks away from Adam, and looks down the road to see a woman approaching him. Run recognize the person from the wanted paper from his old world. In without showing any sense of backing down, he addresses the woman, "Hello Akame of Night Raid. I see that you are in this world too."
"You are the one called Run from the Jaegers." Akame responds as she grabs the handle of Murasame.
"You know my name and because of your confidence, I assume you know of my fighting style and imperial arm from one of your spies. However, I have studied the same information about you from records of you working for the Empire." Run reply as he stares the red eyed assassin in the eyes.
"Once I take care of you, I can move on to finding my sister." Akame says as she unsheathes her weapon. Run looks to her with slight anger.
"Kurome was on a task to protect another alley. But she never came back. I do not know we're she is." Run says in a monotone voice, Akame looks at him cynically, not wanting to believe the worst.
Before she could respond, a voice called her name from behind. It was Blake, who had caught up the red eyed assassin. She stops by Akame, who refocuses her attention back on Run.
"Akame, I have to tell you something important now." Blake says as she tries to catch her breath.
"This is not the time now, there is an enemy I must eliminate now." The red eyed assassin says as she rushes at him. Run takes a defense stance as if to take off into the sky.
"It is about your sister!" Blake says, causing an instant stop of both Akame and Run. Run looks at the woman with the bow and lowers his arms. He knows that she severity of information she has to say. "What do you know about Kurome?" Run says as Akame turn around in confusion.
"She is dead, she died last night in combat." Blake says. Run and Akame gasp in response. Akame focuses on Blake, looking at her with hate, "Who did she fight?" The red eyed assassin says as Run backs up from Akame. Blake looks her in the eyes, "I fought her after what she did to my friends."
Akame rushes to Blake, swinging her sword towards the cat Faunus. Blake quick draws her weapon and blocks the sword strike. However, she struggles against the force of Murasame. Akame looks at Blake, gritting her teeth as the blade inches to Blake's neck.
Run looks toward the two fighting, "Even in this world, the young fight on the battlefield and die well before their time." He thinks as he sees Akame about to take Blake's life. He readies his weapon to attack both at the same time, but stops as he sees Akame drops her sword and falls to her knees. Tears fill into her eyes as she starts punching to road. Blake breathes heavily as she is relieved that Murasame had not cut her. Run looks down at Akame, he sees that the most dangerous member of Night Raid is now in a vulnerable situation. He could kill her with ease now, but does not.
He looks back at the woman with a bow, "What is your name?"
"Blake." She replies as she sheaths her weapon and kneels down to Akame. She puts her hand on her shoulder as Run walks over to them.
"Where did you fight Kurome?" Run asks looking down to Blake.
"At a White Fang event, I saw some of my friends that went missing. I tried to talk to them, but they attack me. I took me some time to realize they were lifeless puppets controlled by Kurome. I fought her with intent to kill her for what she did, preventing them from resting in peace. She then gained strength as she at more of weird snacks, coated in a drug. She overdosed and lost her mind." Akame looks Blake in the eyes with resent and tears.
"What happened next? What did you do to my sister?" Akame asks Blake, looking her in the eyes.
"She thought I was you and asked for forgiveness for not being on your side." Blake says looks Akame in the eye. The red eyed assassin still looks with eyes of resentment as she ask the woman one more important question.
"What did you say to her?" The red eyed assassin says, griping the handle of Murasame.
Blake looks Akame in the eyes mournfully as she answers. "I told her that I forgave her. She thanked me and then pasted away." Both Akame and Run change their expressions to astonishment at Blake's response. They look at her face to see that the woman was not lying. Akame hugs Blake and resumes crying over the Faunus girl's shoulder. Blake hold the crying woman and places her hands on Akame's back.
Run's wings return back into the discs on his back. "You made the right choice Blake, but I am sure that it was hard for you to do that." He says to Blake as he kneels down to his crying enemy, "Akame, I am sorry for your loss. Kurome was my comrade in battle and an exceptional fighter, despite her age." Run says as Akame turn around to looks into his eyes.
"It was the Capitals fault for getting her addicted to those dangerous drugs." Akame says as she grabs her sword again, ready to attack but losses the will as she sees realize something, "It was my fault for not being able to convince her to leave and save her." Run looks mournfully at Akame before looking at the cat Faunus
"Blake, what do you fight for in this world?" He says in a serious tone.
"I want to make a world where the humans and Faunus can coexistence. Not thought the new, harsh nature of the White Fang, but by way of leading as an example of a hero at Beacon. I wish to become a huntress to help make that world." Blake says as she removes her bow to show them her cat ears, one of which way still scared from last night.
"In the world I was from, I was trying to change the Capital from the inside to avoid as much bloodshed as possible. But, it still had me do some bad things. Now, returning to that world does not seem possible. I do not think I would want to return even if could." Run says as he looks up at the sky. "If I am going to live in this world. I want to be on the side that is fighting what is right, in the right way." He says as he helps Blake lift up Akame.
A voice is haired down the street behind Run, "I knew I could not trust any humans." Run, Blake, and Akame look back to see the man with red hair and his sword drawn. Blake looks if terror at the sight of her former partner.
"Adam?" Blake says as she takes a step back. Sweat pours down her brow as she sees then man with bull horns smile at her. Akame looks at Blake noticing the fear in her ally's expression.
"Hello darling." Adam answers in menacing tone. "Did you come all the way out here to see me? Funny, I expected you to run away like the rest of the rats in this city." He continues to walk towards the three. Akame gets up and starts walking to intercept Adam. Her face deadpan as she holds her weapon.
"Run, take Blake somewhere safe now. I have a new enemy to eliminate." Akame says as points Murasame at Adam.
Run chuckles a little bit, "Are you sure you want to trust me, you wanted to kill me a few minutes ago."
"You are the only other person here, and if you hurt Blake. Your next." Akame says in an unforgiving tone. Blake looks over Akame confused.
"What are you doing? I am not leaving you to fight him alone." She says as she draws her weapon.
"Let me handle this alone." Akame holds her weapon with both hands. Run picks up Blake and has his wings reemerges from his weapon. "What are you doing, I want to stay and fight." Blake says as Run ascend into the sky.
"Let her do this, she wants help repay you for what you did with for Kurome. Plus, both her and I can tell you do not want to be anywhere near that man" The blond haired man says as he flies away from the area. "You do not understand, Adam is incredibly dangerous." Blake says as she looks at Run with fear in her eyes.
Run looks back at Blake to reassure her. "He may be dangerous, but from the reports I read on Akame. She has never let that stop her before."