Kill the Jaegers:

"...Livestock." The corrupt head of public finance, Gebaze, was watching the people he taxed suffer through his window. "Livestock. Livestock! What great expressions on all of them...damn pigs are only fit to exploit...Alcohol bought with the tax money of the citizens sure is delicious. Perhaps I'll pocket a little more starting next month."

One of his maids walked in through the door, "Master, it's time for your massage."

"Ohhh! Today, I'll have the refreshing full-body massage course!"

However, the maid stuck a needle into his neck, instead, killing him on the spot; that maid was actually revealed to be Chelsea in disguise. "Mission successful...so what kind of massage did you have in mind?" Then she heard footsteps rushing to her.

Kurome and Wave burst through the door, "We're the Jaegers sir, we're here to protect you! We need to search the mansion!"

Chelsea had already hidden; She'll explain it later.

Kurome, "Look at this."

"We were too late."

Hideout:

"I don't know what happened." Chelsea was explaining to us what went on, "Must've had a leak somewhere down the line; the Jaegers walked in on me."

Mine, "I'm amazed you made it out safely; those guys are a real threat!"

"He had a few cats, so I turned into one and just acted casual until they left."

Me, "That still counts as 'hiding out in the open'."

Mine, "So, I guess your Imperial Arms does have it's uses then; I'm not sure how I would've got out of a pinch like that."

Chelsea, "Without the masks Tatsumi made, It'd be harder for you since they'd know what you look like. Feel free to leave missions like that to me, from now on, okay?"

"Huh? Wow, thanks Chelsea!"

"Well, while I'm out saving the day, you be sure to guard the house," she was tormenting Mine, "Like a puppy!"

Ieysayu was laughing his ass off.

"Whaaa! Just when you're being nice, you turn into a piece of crap!" She started chasing Chelsea, "Oh my god, I hate you!"

"Hahahahaha! I remember when Mine used to say that same shit to me!" I hit Ieysayu on the head to get him to stop laughing, "Haha...Gah! What'd you do that for?!"

Akame, "Well, based on what happened, it would seem the Jaegers might be starting to home in on us."

Leone, "Well, now that they've run out of danger beasts to hunt, maybe Night Raid is the last group of enemies they have left to fight. But, since Tatsumi decided to take an Island vacation with their leader..."

Ieysayu was in tears of envy, "And she has such a nice bod!"

Sayo, "Pervert."

Leone continued, "Maybe they'll decide to go easy on us."

Me, "Don't count on it; I was sent there against my will, remember!"

Lubbock, "Sure; you were just alone in paradise with a beautiful woman. Not like I'm totally jealous of you or anything." He started stirring sugar into Najenda's coffee, "You could've just left her there; I mean she's the most dangerous killer in the empire. Boy, am I glad that wasn't me! Whoo, I sure am lucky!" He then broke into tears of jealousy, "LUCKY, LUCKY ME!"

Leone, "Don't hurt yourself there, Lub." She pulled my face into her cleavage, "Come here, Tatsumi; just forget all about that nasty lady! Goochie, Goochie!"

I pushed myself out, "Cut it out with the physical affection, already, okay!"

Najenda walked in through the door, "Esdeath was always a resilient one. Even if you'd left her, she would've found a way back...so forget about owing her any favors, because when you go up against her in combat, I expect you to do so with all you've got."

Sayo, "Did you say 'always'?"

Ieysayu, "Hold on, Boss, how old "are' you, anyway?"

Tatsumi, "Don't ask that to a woman, Ieysayu!"

"I'm in my mid-twenties, if you must know; Esdeath is actually a bit younger."

Ieysayu was surprised, "No way! You're only in your mid-twenties?! I thought you were way older!"

Me, "Ieysayu!"

Najenda beat him so hard, that his face was briefly swollen, and her metallic knuckles were steaming.

Sheele, "Ieysayu, you should know better than to ask a woman how old she is. It's rude."

Ieysayu's voice was high-pitched for a little bit, "Yeah! When Akame talked about Leone being fat, how come she didn't get 'her' face smashed in?!"

Akame, "What're you talking about?"

Su walked in with a dish he prepared, "Food's ready, everyone."

Sheele dropped Ieysayu and ran back to the table. Everyone had hungry eyes.

Najenda interrupted, "I know it's fun, but let's have a strategy meeting after we eat. It's time to move out. Revolution is finally here, we're ready to take the first step towards overthrowing this corrupt government, once and for all."

I couldn't shake the horrible feeling that the Brotherhood of the Shadow was behind it all. "First, Quan Chi; then, the revenants...I think there's a higher force at work here, I can feel something's wrong."

Elsewhere:

Seryu had caught and tied up three thieves. "Look, we're not with Night Raid, I swear!"

"I promise, we only stole what we needed to eat! We would never kill anyone!"

My words rang through her head again.

"With all of the people you've killed, why would you remember an innocent bread thief? Now you understand why I don't want a monster like you touching me."

"Sparing one life doesn't atone for all the terrible things you've done. You still have a very long way to go before you can even begin to cleanse your tainted soul."

Then, to Seryu's surprise, Coro ate one of the thieves' legs—she was snapped out of her thoughts by the man's screaming, "Coro!", she looked back at the thieves, "*sigh* Just don't tell anyone about this, Got It?!" She had Coro give her a sword arm, which she used to cut the petty thieves free. "Somehow, I get the feeling that Night Raid were just the puppets, not the ones truly responsible for Captain Ogre's death."

Wave was looking for her, "Seryu, there you are!" The two ran up to each other, "So, what happened to the thieves you found?"

"They didn't have anything...just bread thieves."

Wave then noticed blood in Coro's mouth, "Wait...did you just...execute them?"

"Coro got carried away and ate one of the legs of one of them."

Wave thought to himself, "I won't pretend this a pretty job...but I never knew the imperial capital was this twisted. This is seriously messed up, but I must repay my debt of honor. All I can do is fulfill my deed, as a soldier."

Deep in the imperial palace:

"Well now...are you sure this will appease him?" Seryu stopped when she heard Prime Minister Honest talking with someone.

"Lord Shinnok wishes for Night Raid to be his; and the only way for that to happen, is by executing them."

She walked against the wall, and peered ever so slightly into the room.

"Weren't Bulat and Ogre resurrected, already?"

"The Master of Souls has no interest in Ogre, nor the former wearer of Incursio...Tatsumi is the one whom matters the most, as he easily surpasses both of them." The unknown man was drinking a glass of wine, and appeared to be pale white, wearing black leather clothes.

"True, but General Esdeath has taken...a liking to him. She even refused my son."

"If that is the case, then Esdeath will have to be expended as well as the other Jaegers."

"Ohoho! You are a brilliant business partner, Quan Chi!"

"I do whatever I can for Netherrealm's master. We are still searching for a new route to reach the Jinsei. In the meantime, have the Jaegers find, and kill Night Raid quickly; Lord Shinnok is getting impatient."

Seryu, "This 'Shinnok' was the one responsible for Captain Ogre's death?! Did he also plot the deaths of my father, an Dr. Stylish as well?"

Hideout:

Najenda was explaining the strategy to us, "The revolutionary army is rising up; as such, I would like to take this opportunity to explain our first order of business. I assume you're all familiar with the popular religion among citizens, known as 'Path of Peace'."

Chelsea, "They're the ones who believe a person's good deeds determine their happiness, and longevity of life."

Ieysau, "Oh yeah! They used to practice that religion in our village."

Sayo, "In fact, they day we left for the capital, the mayor even gave Tatsumi a statue of their god."

Najenda, "In the past ten years, more and more people have been joining; its influence is quite high in the eastern part of the capital. We have reason to believe that they're taking up on arms; they're looking to launch a religious rebellion." Everyone gasped in confusion...well, except for me. "The plan is for us to use that to our fullest advantage."

Ieysayu pounded on the table, "Hey! Now wait just a second! Don't you understand how many people could die if there's a religious rebellion?! Shouldn't we try to stifle it or something?!"

Me, "Ieysayu, cool it!"

Najenda, "The capital's let its backwards government push its people over the edge!" She took a quick puff of her cigarette, "Even if we manage to stop the rebellion, then the angry masses would simply explode somewhere else. This forsaken empire's already living out its last days, finally." She crushed the cigarette in her artificial hand.

Sayo, "Do you really think so?" Ieysayu was left growling.

Chelsea, "You should've at least let her finish before you threw a tantrum!"

Lubbock, "Just think back to that story we told you, about the rebel tribe and the hero from the north."

Me, "Didn't Esdeath put a stop to both of those, though?"

"They failed because they tried to confront the empire by themselves. The powers that be are pretty capable; give'em a little time, and they'll snap up the Path of Peace rebellion too, and when they do it, it won't be pretty."

Najenda put her mechanical hand on the map in the table, "And that's where the revolutionary army comes in; we're allied with the tribes in the west that's set to begin their invasion the moment the religious uprising starts to move. When they do, the empire will be forced to defend itself on both sides of the border, but that won't be enough to bring it down, so for the finishing blow, the revolutionary army will stage a riot in the south. As soon as we march into the capital, we'll bring the empire to its knees."

Ieysayu, "Now I get it."

Sayo, "Do you?"

Ieysayu dropped his head in defeat, "No, sorry."

Me, "We're planning a three-way offensive."

Najenda, "The empire has a long history of underestimating us, and now they're grateful to the revolution for gathering all the people who oppose them into one place. The revolutionary army stronghold is located at the empire's border, they'll have to break through a lot of checkpoints along the way to get to the imperial castle. Lucky for us, we're already in secret talks with several of the castle viceroys; many of them used to work diligently at central, only to wind up getting relegated, so they were happy to cooperate. It should be quite a sight; our forces will storm the capital, and claim castle after castle, without spilling an ounce of blood. Of course, the empire will probably respond by sending their trump cards, Great General Budou, and the royal guards, but that'll drain the palace defenses, which works in our favor."

Akame, "Making it the perfect time to assassinate the source of all this...they'll charge into the imperial palace head-on, and we'll kill the minister; rip the empire apart from the inside."

Lubbock, "The minister's pretty slick, so I'm sure he'll try to sneak away at the very last second."

I stopped Leone, because she ended up getting shot to death the first time around, "Not if I can help it; this is his mess, I'll make sure he pays for it with his blood."

Najenda, "We do have debts to pay, we promised the western tribe we would return their land in exchange for their assistance."

"Return..."

Mine, "Some parts of the empire's western territory were originally owned by foreign tribes; I know how desperately they must want that land back."

"I know, half of Mine's blood is from a western tribe."

Najenda, "After the empire falls, and its laws are abolished, the people's anger will subside; and the quicker we can overthrow the imperial capital, the less blood we'll have to be spilled. Is that alright with you, Tatsumi?"

"Yes ma'am."

Ieysayu, "I'm sorry I interrupted you."

Najenda, "Now then, you should know there's just one problem with the Path of Peace, and it's a pretty big one."

Me, "I guess Honest already decided to rear his ugly head with this."

"A man named Bulac serves as the assistant to the charismatic figure they call their 'lord'. However, he's actually a spy sent by the minister. Bulac seeks to take control from the religion's founder, and prevent the church from rebelling against the empire. So here's what I'd like you to do; sneak into the Path of Peace headquarters and kill Bulac. He's also been secretly drugging his followers, through their food, a little at a time, getting them addicted and making them into his slaves. Don't go easy on it."

Lubbock muttered to himself before raising his voice, "So, that bastard gets to hop around from one hot girl to the next..."

While Lub was angry at Bulac for the girls, Su was angry for the food, "And slipping things into someone's meal is an unspeakable insult to the food..."

In unison, they said, "This guy is goin' down!" Then they crossed their arms with each other.

Najenda, "Nice enthusiasm, though I think it might be a little misplaced."

Leone, "If we don't do something soon, he's gonna keeping drugging more and more people...we need to finish this fast."

"We can't forget about the Jaegers, either; as long as they have Esdeath calling the shots, they might as well be the minister's own private army. We should eliminate them, first; that way, we can be sure the mission runs smoothly." We all turned to Najenda, "Right now, the Jaegers are doing everything in their power to get their hands on us, so we need to draw them out of the capital...and strike them all down."

Mine, "Sounds fun, let's hit those jerk wads with all we've got."

"If the oppurtunity presents itself, HQ specifically wants us to kill Bols and Kurome." Najenda turned to me, "You should be able to fight people you're familiar with, right, Tatsumi?"

Me, "Wave was a good guy, he's not one of our targets. It's not like I have a reason to hurt him; but if I know Wave, he'll do anything to protect the rest of his team, so I'll probably have to face him, anyway. Above all else, I'm an assassin; I chose this for myself...and I knew exactly what I was getting into when I decided to join...I'll do what must be done; I will complete this mission, even if I have to fight someone who's not a target! No holds barred!" Everyone smiled at me.

Najenda, "Good!"

Chelsea, "I can feel the resolve in those eyes of his...hopefully he won't get all sympathetic for the enemy, and get himself killed." She then realized what she was thinking, "Wait! What?! Why am I always troubling myself with Tatsumi?" She started blushing, "I can't help but worry about him."

Palace:

Esdeath was staring at the drawing of me she had(Again; stalker alert)when Ran came in, and snapped her out her thoughts. "Commander. Two Unidentified women have been spotted on the highroad; we have reason to suspect they're Akame and Sheele from Night Raid."

Esdeath stood up, "Gather the Jaegers, immediately."

They rode out on horseback, where revolutionary spies caught them, and sent a carrier falcon to deliver information to Najenda.

Things are heating up...does Shinnok from the first entry have involvement in the plot of "Akame ga Kill!"

The answer will come in a future chapter.

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