Chapter 11: Kill The Contempt!

Lubbock plunged the blade down, teeth clenched and eyes fierce. With the point of this blade he would end the suffering and treachery that had plagued Night Raid since Tatami's betrayal. Lubbock recalled multiple occasions of great laughter and joy, practice runs in the ring or after mission feasts with his friends, a time where Chelsea and Tatsumi were still among them, he would hold on to these memories, especially after his enemy was buried and redeemed in death. The blade slipped through the slit of Tatsumi's helmet and came to a halt at the back of his throat. Lubbock let go of the blade and sighed, wiping at his eyes. The job was done, Tatsumi assassinated in his sleep, Lubbock could not have provided a more peaceful death for an old friend.

It was then that Tatsumi sat up and, with yellow blazing eyes, clenched his teeth and spat the blade out onto the floor. In his panic and ignorance, he had mistaken the blade stopping for the deadly end, he cursed his ignorance. The blade was bloody but not fatally so. Tatsumi, or whatever was controlling him now, grinned widely and kicked the blade across the room. The armored Teigu drove its clenched fist into his stomach, doubling him over, he tasted blood.

"Lubba, how great it is to see you!" Tatsumi echoed from somewhere within his armor, or perhaps it was from within his soul, it sounded hollow and distant.

He spat out a mouth full of blood and sneered "What are you ...What happened to you ?"

Tatsumi cocked his head, then threw it back in heretical laughter "I AM SOOO MUCH MORE! ... Incursio and I made a little pact"

His green eyes met his yellow eyes, how supernaturally they glistened "Your eyes tell me all I need to know ... You're far gone" He sighed, drawing his threads.

Tatsumi only seemed to laugh louder now "What are you going to do Lubba ? Knit me a sweater ? I don't want to hurt you ...But I will"

"Night Raid is on orders here to kill you, but we don't need orders anymore ... you crossed the line"

"Cross me, and I'll cross your throats"

"Enough talk, be silent!" Lubbock retorted, lunging towards Tatsumi, his razor wires whip lashing outward, slashing small grooves in the wood floor.

Tatsumi sneered and charged in, ignoring the lashing whips and heading straight for Lubbock. This caught him by surprize, it was suicidal to charge at threads that would cut steel, but Incursio was not mere steel. Lubbock crossed his arms, bringing the threads back and entangling Tatsumi in a snare. Lubbock stomped his heel, a thin blade protruding from the toe. With his hands holding Tatsumi at bay, He lunged in and kicked, stabbing through a gap in Tatsumi's leg. Tatsumi grunted and roared, the threads snapping of as he tensed his arms. Lubbock dove backwards, Losing the shoe blade as Tatsumi slammed his fist down, breaking a few of Lubbock's toes in the process, Lubbock grunted at the pain, but pushed away from the armored beast violently.

Lubbock reached behind his coat and thumbed the release on the back of his Teigu, retracting a cord that was slung about the rafters, he was lifted off the ground and to the steel rafters above where he perched and popped a toe back into place with a hiss. Tatsumi did not know when he had wired the room up, but he knew Lubbock always had fallback plans and traps, his bastard of a friend was always so damned organized, but of course Lubbock was no longer his friend now. Something felt different now, he found anger and a will to fight Night Raid that he thought he could never muster if push came to shove, but here he was threatening to slit their throats. The more Tatsumi thought about this sudden rise of hatred, the more he thought of his conflict with Incursio. Had Incursio changed him like he had changed Incursio ? Was his Teigu now fueling him with dark desires? where was Dorothea ? He shook off the questions that buzzed in his mind like a plague of locusts. He knew now, his path was decided. He focused on his enemy, cold steel filled his veins and his heart steadied.

The venomous grin crossed his face again, he felt good "Mind if I join you UP THERE !" He roared

Launching himself at Lubbock with all the power Incursio could muster, he collided with Lubbock and rocketed the both of them through the roof to the next level. Tatsumi's hard shell absorbed most of the damage, but jagged splinters cut at the two of them, tearing Lubbock's coat and cutting down his sides in shallow oozing grooves. They crashed through book shelves and furniture. Lubbock hit the wall hard and curled over, Tatsumi collided with the old hearth, cracking the stone like an egg-shell. He clutched his helmet and groaned as the reverberation of the collision sent loud warbles through his head. They writhed on the ground, dealing with their own aches and pains at their own pace. Tatsumi rose, reaching over his shoulder and drawing Incursio's blade, limping towards the curled body.

"I'm afraid out little battle has come to an end, I'm sorry you never got to be with Najenda"

Lubbock, whom Tatsumi thought to be near unconscious, laughed dryly "Oh but I did, and her breasts were GODLIKE!"

"W...Wait ... What?" Tatsumi babbled, Incursio's influence leaving his voice, stripping him down to the shy man he had once been.

But in the moment Tatsumi took to take in his old friends lack of virginity, Lubbock had already made his move. He had faked a great majority of his agony and in doing so he bought himself enough time to grapple on to the large steel Chandelier that hung over the room. With a rough tug, the threads sliced trough thr thin copper chain. Tatsumi had half a second to chuckle nervously, until the whole rig came crashing down, dragging him to the basement below, with another vicious tug he tore the sword from Tatsumi's grasp.

Lubbock Sighed "Target Disabled and Disarmed ...What a pain. I don't know If I'll be able to finish him. I need to get outside"

The sound of bending metal and cracking stone boomed from below him, Lubbock limped to the edge and peered down the hole. The Chandelier was torn apart as if something had broke its way out, but Tatsumi was nowhere to be seen. Lubbock slammed his other heel and freed the knife from his boot, moving it from hand to hand, waiting for Tatsumi to climb out of the hole and fight Lubbock once more. Instead, the ghostly hand of Incursio reappeared around his throat, squeezing tight and moving him to face the snarling helmet of its user.

"You want to go outside ? Let me show you the way!"He roared

Throwing Lubbock through the ceiling and flames of the burning manor, into the dark sky above.

The mansion walls crumbled outward and blew apart. The limp body of their green haired friend flew out the rubble and lifelessly descended to the earth, battered and bloody, Akame looked at the armor clad figure that leaped from the collapsed wing of the headquarters. Clad in a dark steel armor with a snarling dragon head helmet, the new comer reached for its sword and swiped it outward, a thin trail of blood flying from its razor edge. Akame saw his bright green eyes and brown hair through the snarling maw of the helmet and froze, all she could hear now was the whirling fire and Najenda's scream.

"LUBBOCK !" She shrieked

Fast motion darted past Najenda, pushing her aside and leaping off a shattered column into the sky. Susanoo surged through the air with In-human speed and agility, he was a Teigu after all. Darting through the sky he snatched Lubbock inches from the ground, pressing him close to his chest and letting his back absorb the impact of the fall. He heard Najenda call after him, but Susanoo payed no attention to their urgency. He rolled out from under Lubbock, rolling him on his side, checking his pulse and sighing in relief as the steady pulse throbbed, faint but still steady. He had lost consciousness upon exiting the mansion in such a violent way. For reasons yet unknown to Susanoo, Lubbock's wounds weren't warm or hot but were cold and pale. As if he had been run through with jagged piece of ice. Looking into some of the wounds he saw the moisture of water, from melted snow ? He hardly had the time to inspect. Najenda called out to the again.

"He's alive ...Barely. Buy me some time boss, I need to treat his wounds"

A hand grasped the neck of Susanoo's shirt, the unbelievable strength that Lubbock still possessed shocked him "N...No ...P..Protect Najenda. I'm fine"

He knuckled his chest, a metallic clang thumped in his chest, Susanoo then realized "You wrapped your body in threads to absorb the damage"

He laughed through bloody teeth "Don't get me wrong, the threads are keeping my ribs in place ... it hurts when I breathe"

"Rest here, I will deal with Tatsumi" He said, rising to meet Tatsumi's glare across the courtyard.

Teigu did not have or understand all the emotions humans did. But anger was one of the few that he could feel.

Akame stared widely at Tatsumi, his armor now changed into something sinister, his eyes a glowing bright yellow. By the expression on Kurome's face she could tell his transformation was new to them also. The armored man stepped down from the flaming ruins of the mansions west wing, striding to the courtyard where Susanoo stood by Lubbock. Drawing his sword he gestured to the defeated man

"Step aside Susanoo, it seems my business with him is not quite finished"

"I will be your opponent, Tatsumi. And I will fight to kill if I have to"

"Then I'll kill you both ... I have no purpose with Night Raid anymore, I will change this Empire, not you"

Najenda lunged at him "YOU BASTARD!" She hissed

A small explosion hit the ground in front of Najenda. As the smoke cleared Najenda saw a large icicle buried in the ground and already beginning to melt. She turned her gaze to the mansions rooftop, where Esdese stood.

"Your fight is with me, my old subordinate" Esdese hissed

"General Esdese" she hissed back

Esdese looked to Tatsumi and caught the kiss he sent her way, storing it in her pocket with a blush. The power that was radiating off Tatsumi was old, violent and incredibly potent like old liquor. She was almost getting drunk off the lust she now felt for him, was it the transfusion performed on Tatsumi during his operation ? She thought it likely, did he even know what was now in his veins ? That they both had 'O' Type blood, she guessed Dorothea would be best to explain the circumstances and procedures that he had undergone. What was standing in the courtyard was not a standard Incursio ability, but a hybrid, perhaps the first in the history of Teigu users. She bit her lip, grinned viciously then dived upon Najenda.

Susanoo, who had sensed Incursio in the blade used to kill Chelsea, was now finding it difficult to grasp what he was sensing. He could sense Incursio's great power emanating from Tatsumi and the Demons Extract's violence from within Esdese, but he could also feel the Demon Extract's influence within Tatsumi as well. Was it the two great aura's of powers fusing together ? Or was Tatsumi really something different now ? He felt murderous intent within Tatsumi that he had never seen before, almost unnatural. Susanoo equipped his staff and stepped towards Tatsumi, thumbing the button and activating the rotary blades that protruded from the weapon like buzz saws. He began to spin it, building up momentum until it snapped into motion.

He swept in, lunging at Tatsumi with the blades extended and howling for blood. Tatsumi meet the strike with a parry from Incursio's sword, grid locking against the staff and coming to a halt. Susanoo tensed, adding more pressure, but Tatsumi was a step ahead of him, diving backwards and releasing the weight, this made Susanoo stumble forward which gave Tatsumi enough time to slice through Susanoo's guts. But the wound sealed up like wet clay, just as Tatsumi had expected. The wound morphed, expanded then sealed, this was the power of an organic Teigu.

'I'll need to find his dead spot, just like Koro I should think' Tatsumi planned.

Susanoo side stepped Tatsumi's next blow, this new armor had granted him faster speeds than ever before, but Susanoo was still a powerful self-aware Teigu with the ability to snap a warriors neck in an instant, their speeds were closely matched. The Teigu brought the staff down, Tatsumi raised his forearm to absorb the blow, the staff collided with him with enough force and intensity to send an electric jolt through his bones, but his armor remained unharmed. With his staff blocked, Tatsumi lunged inward, burying the blade into Susanoo's throat, burying it to the hilt in the Teigu's neck, he winced but did not register pain. Susanoo only kicked Tatsumi backwards, his kick sending the new member of the Jaegers across the courtyard to the brick wall.

Susanoo grabbed for the blade and stopped, he felt icy coolness slide down his through from the stab wound, Tatsumi's attacks were chilled like his mistress' abilities, more and more the pieces came together. Tatsumi removed himself from the wall, which upon impact had cracked open and greedily clung to him like a barnacle. Shaking the small debris from his pauldrons, he raised his arm and clenched his fist. His sword, now in Susanoo's hand, flew to its master, locking into his grip as he reached out for it.

"You are not just Incursio, are you ?" Susanoo asked

Tatsumi cocked an eyebrow "I truly don't understand what you are talking about"

Susanoo shrugged "I guess you will in time, but know this Tatsumi ... You aren't acting like this on your own accord. You puppet"

Tatsumi's eyes blazed with hatred "I AM NO ONES PUPPET!" He roared, pushing off the garden wall and at the blue haired warrior.

Akame watched as Susanoo and Tatsumi fought, it was the maniacal giggle of Kurome and the slash of her blade which snapped her out of her worried daze. She deflected the swipe, shoulder budging her little sister back and moving in to pummel her head in with the hilt of her katana. Along the rooftop she spotted Mine and Seryuu fighting, firearms and rockets blazing the night sky. Below them was Leone and the reanimated Wave, whom had lost an arm but was still fighting competently. There were still other Jaegers not accounted for, Akame's guess was that Bols was still on his way and would be their reinforcements, and the one named Ran would be on the way to the fight or collecting precious files before they were consumed in the flames.

"Pay attention to me Onee-chan! I feel left out when you don't try to kill me" She giggled viciously

Akame only stared back silently, she would never resort to the insanity her sister seemed to indulge in "Kurome, it ends tonight"

"I know it does, I've got a pretty place I can put your head ... That is if I decide not to let Yatsufusa devour your body!"

Akame surged forward, leaping off a fallen tree and flipping forward towards her, as she spun forward she used the forward momentum to drive her blade stronger and swift. Kurome raised her blade to meet the blow, but the power she blocked brought her to a knee. Akame pushed off Kurome's shoulders, then jumped back in, her katana arch diagonally, slashing her sisters shoulder open and taking a piece of muscle along with it. Kurome screamed and stuffed a hand full of snacks into her mouth, instant relief filled her as her eyes dilated and her insane grin took on utter menace.

"You've become reliant on those, you aren't yourself otherwise you would have realized ... it's over, little sister" Akame said, coldly.

"Y..You're full of shit ...I'm not finished with Y..." Her words choked off, a vomiting eruption of blood left her mouth, black seals covering her body.

"Like I said ...It's over. Your ignorance and thirst for violence left your mind clouded ... You forgot about the ability of my Teigu. Didn't you ?"

"M...Murasame" she whispered low, collapsing to the ground.

"It only takes one slice, one cut to kill" Akame said, sheathing the blade

"A..Akame... I..I love you big sister...This was f...fun" Kurome wept

Akame nodded, tears would not come now, perhaps later "Yeah ... I love you too, Kurome"

She rolled her fingers over her little sisters eyes. Then kicked the blade from her hand, sending the reanimated Wave either to an eternal prison or the afterlife that awaited the both of them. Tears would come later, she continued to tell herself, unbelieving their words.

"KUROME!" Tatsumi roared, parrying another strike, his anger rising to higher levels.

"Your fight is with me! Don't disrespect me with your ignorance!" Susanoo replied, angrily.

Susanoo swung the blade sideways, the saw blades growling as they spun with vicious rotation. Tatsumi dropped on his knees, the blades shearing through the armor on his back, thinly slicing his back in three line. He grimaced and tucked into a roll, moving his blade to intersect a blow from above. The shock sent his elbow crashing to the concrete, he felt his whole skeletal frame jolt and quake as the immense blow rocked the sword from his hand. He Tackled Susanoo over, using the armored gauntlets to beat the Teigu down viciously. Susanoo tucked his legs in and pressed them to Tatsumi's chest, then violently pushing him away with one powerful kick. Tatsumi hit the concrete with a thump, but he was instantly diving for his sword before Susanoo had time to stand back up

"Your comrade died because of their careless rage, Bulat taught you better than this!" Susanoo said, eyes down cast.

Tatsumi let out a battle cry, the brutality of his attacks increasing ten-fold at the sight of his fallen comrade. Now he fought with sword, fist and head, ravaging his opponent, who in turn rejuvenated his body and shrugged off all damage dealt to him. One of Tatsumi's strike tore the clothes from Susanoo's chest, that's when Tatsumi realized the steel plate on his chest was not only on his armor, but buried in his skin also. The core, Tatsumi had found the spot he was looking for. Now he struck out, his slashes and lunges aiming dead center to Susanoo's core, the Teigu must have realized this, it now parried and stopped attacking, devoting all it's power into defense and reflection of attacks. Susanoo saw his master, Najenda was an incredible warrior and a strong leader, but Esdese was clearly inhuman in battle, he knew his mistress could not hold out for long. Two Jaegers would be on their way, and Esdese and Tatsumi already had their hands full

'We can't escape ... they would chase us down. Tatsumi knows where our base is also ...' Susanoo thought.

Tatsumi dived in with another lunge, Leone dived in to intercept, her fight with Wave now finished since Kurome was defeated.

"I'M NOT LETTING YOU GET AWAY WITH THIS, TATSUMI !" Leone screamed, kicking his sword aside and driving a paw into his gut.

"STAY OUT OF THIS BIG SIS-...LEONE!" Tatsumi found with regret that blunted his rage, some habits still remained.

Susanoo came to a conclusion 'we will all be killed ... this mission had failed. I must act now' Susanoo thought to himself.

He called out to Najenda "Boss, permission to use the Magatama Manifestation!"

Najenda's eyes widened "Would you use one of the three ? Are we truly in trouble"

"Leone, Akame, please grab Lubbock, Boss and Mine. You need to get out of here, I'll hold them off as best as I can"

Najenda shook her head violently "We aren't leaving you! We won't leave a comrade behind!" She shouted

Susanoo smiled "To think you consider me a comrade, and not a weapon. It makes me happy to have served under you, boss" He said warmly, despite the coolness of his core

"Is this what you want ... Suu" Leone whispered

"I want my friends to live. That is my wish" He said with a smile.

Leone nodded, kissed his cheek and left his side, hoping she would see him again, but failing to believe her deepest wishes.

Najenda was battered and bruised, a few of her ribs broken, her lip split and trailing blood down his face, Esdese had also reopened the wound in her empty eye socket. Najenda had hoped for an even fight, maybe Esdese would make a mistake in her blood frenzy, but this was all wishful thinking, now Najenda knelt in her own blood, her prosthetic arm battered and dented, and yet she would keep fighting. Esdese stomped down next to her, ready to kick Najenda's jaw off her head, Najenda blocked the kick ceasing Esdese's foot in a steel grip and twisting the blue haired menace . Esdese used the corkscrew motion to dart herself backward, landing acrobatically on all fours with a devilish grin on display.

"It's been fun to spar with you Najenda, but I'm afraid I grow tired of these games" Esdese sported

Najenda spat blood and grinned through red teeth "This is not over, not until the Empire is gone and you are dead"

Esdese folded her arms and rolled her eyes "You won't live to see either, but the Empire might fall ... If I grow tired of it"

"You won't live long enough to grow tired!" Mine screamed, her Pumpkin blast darting from a nearby rooftop

Esdese slammed her foot down, a large glacier mirror rose from the ground. The Pumpkin beam collided with the frozen shield and reflected off into the sky, not mere ice it seemed. But when the steam cleared and the glacier crumbled, Najenda was in the arms of Leone and retreating from the courtyard. Najenda's booming voice filled the ruined estate

"SUSANOO, TRUMP CARD ACTIVATE! MAGATAMA MANIFESTATION!"

"Yes, Boss ..." He whispered

Then flames consumed all.

Authors Note

Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Next Chapter is the last for this fic, then I will continue this story in a sequel fic that might come next year or the end of this year. I am considering writing a mini League of Legends Fic so that wont take tooo long :)

I thank you all for your patience :)

It means a lot!

Thanks Guys!

~Phillip