Kill the Demons Part 1: Lubbock 1(W/ Akame)

Chelsea asked me why I came to help her. My reply, "What kind of question is that? We're friends and teammates, Chelsea. Of course I came to help you."

She blushed, again, "I...see..."

Day of the mission:

We spread out to cover more ground: Lubbock and Ieysayu; Sayo, Leone and Su, Akame could handle herself, Sheele and Chelsea, and of course Mine and I. "Hey, Tatsumi, are you gonna sleep all day?!"

"No, I'm up!" I came outside to the others, "Sorry, you guys; overslept." I then proceeded to slip my coat on.

Mine, "It's time to infiltrate the Path of Peace headquarters...get it together!"

"I know. After we clear out the filth in Kirouku, that's when the revolutionary army will make its move. There's no time to dwell on the past right now, I have to overthrow this disgusting empire...this madness must be stopped at the source."

Path of Peace headquarters; Kirouku:

The remaining five Jaegers were seeing Bolic. Esdeath was speaking with him, "We have direct orders from Minister Honest; the Jaeger's special police force is here to ensure your safety."

The scumbag, Bolic, had drugged, innocent girls surrounding him, "My, my; who would've guessed he'd send the one and only, all-powerful General Esdeath of all people to look after this current estate? I must tell you, I've never felt safer in my life."

"We've received reports stating that Night Raid is already in the city; we'll need to use your guest rooms until the hunt is over."

"It's my pleasure." Bolic scoffed, "I think you'll find our hospitality quite satisfying."

Seryu had serious doubts in her mind, "Hospitality my ass! This guy is another criminal working for Shinnok, whether he's aware of it or not!"

Esdeath pointed out something the others didn't notice. "I have no interest in playing with your pets...but...as for those spies watching my team since we walked in; I'd love to meet them."

"Oh...well played. I should've expected you'd notice." Bolic snapped his fingers, calling upon four people who jumped down from the ceiling.

Wave, "Who are those guys?"

"I borrowed these highly disturbed individuals from the imperial fist's temple to keep this religion under my control. Say hello to the 'Four Rahkshasa Demons'."

Esdeath, "Oh! So that's why I hadn't seen them in the capital, I wondered where they went."

"It actually works out nicely; they usually work as my bodyguards, but since you're here, I can put them on the offensive, and let them handle those assassins for you."

Seryu, "Wait a second...how can they go against Night Raid without Imperial Arms?!"

One of them, Ibara, appeared right behind her, with his flat hand near the back of her neck;He was a large man with a muscled build, wearing shorts similar to that of a Muay Thai Combatant. He had strange markings around the top of his head which resemble stitches. His hair was long and braided into two long strands at the bottom, with long bangs framing each side his face. His eyes were abnormal, with fully black sclera. There were dark markings or tattoos visible on his face and body. "Oh, don't worry your pretty little head..."

"Is this creep hitting on me?!"

"Taking out Imperial Arms users just happens to be our specialty." He licked his lips, "It's what I live for."

A female member, Suzuka—Suzuka wears clothes similar to those of a shrine maidens, with a loose kimono shirt exposing her cleavage held by a single breast guard on her right breast. She has black hair and a scar on her face—also spoke, before the last two. "No matter how unbeatable an Imperial Arms might seem..."

Shuten—a large man with a heavily muscled build, similar to Ibara, he had a long braided hairstyle, with hair sticking far out at the sides, and bald at the top of his head. He had a long bushy beard and mustache, bushy eyebrows, and dark prominent circles around his eyes. Similar to his fellow Rakshasa Demons, he wore armor plating on his forearms(I forgot to mention). He also wore a large Iron pauldron on his left shoulder—"You can't escape the fact the wielders are only flesh and blood underneath."

Mez—she was a short girl with a petite build. Her hair was blonde and styled in pigtails decorated with horseshoes that also served as weights. She had green eyes and her skin was considerably tanned. She wore long leggings and a shirt, which she left open, displaying a bikini/swimsuit top—"So like, there's a million different ways to defeat one, y'know!"

Bolic, "These four just happen to be the minister's personal executioners, and, as their name implies, they're good at it."

Ibara, "He ain't lyin'...we can handle this...so just sit back, relax, have a few cocktails..."

Esdeath created a long, giant icicle and pointed it at the man's back, "While it may be true that you've built up an impressive résumé, you shouldn't let your guard down."

The latter simply laughed, "OOh, so sinister! You're givin' me chills, General Esdeath...I think I'm fallin' for ya'."

She dissipated the icicle, "That's strange! If the minister's favorite pawns already had it under control, why did he choose to send us? This religious group must mean a lot more to him than I thought."

Wave noticed that Kurome was panting heavily—the previous night, he found her unconscious next to Scorpion's mutilated body, in the rain. Even worse, he found the burnt corpse of Bols in the same area. Ran said that he knew how my Jaeger equivalent felt. They brought Kurome to bed, held a funeral for Bols, and Esdeath dissected Scorpion's body—but he had no answers in his body as to his identity, other than he was an assassin. Seryu asked for permission from the Ice Queen to feed the remains of the ninja to Coro. One would think that dismemberment would be the end of it, but raw power, alone, is not even close to enough to destroy Scorpion at all; his demonic soul was forging a new body in the Netherrealm—Ran noticed. "Wave, is something wrong?"

The Dark blue-haired man was snapped out of his thoughts, "Huh?! Uh, no!" Nothing could be further from the truth; he was deeply worried about Kurome. He actually comforted her as she told him about her former assassin group.

Downtown Kirouku; With Mine and I:

"Good news; we're pretty far away from the capital, so we probably don't need to worry about wanted posters. Bad news; the Jaegers might be posting some as we speak." We were on patrol, but it also had a second purpose—unbeknownst to Mine at the time, this was also, pretty much, a date.

I went to get us ice cream, causing Mine to flip. "Let's try to be caref...ARE YOU FREAKIN' SERIOUS?! You couldn't even let me get the words out of my mouth!"

"Look, I understand what you're saying...but isn't there such a thing as being 'Too careful'? The enemy might notice if we start acting all jumpy, so we hafta be natural."

"He was scared that Chelsea would've gotten killed...but now, here he is; taking the assignment with a brave face. Hmph! He's matured!" She took the second ice cream, "Whatever, I guess you do kinda have a point!" When she tasted it, "Ah! Wow, this is really good!"

"Yep, you can't get ice cream this good just anywhere." I couldn't help but smile and then blush, "Besides, there's a reason I requested being paired with you. I'll tell you about it later, though." I wanted to wait for a certain something, before I busted a move.

Lubbock and Ieysayu were handling the danger zone, right outside the cathedral.

Ieysayu, "Geez! This place is a maze!"

The green-haired man replied, "At least it's fairly easy to get lost in the crowd and feel things out."

"Yeah...luckily, the empire doesn't know our faces or names."

"And the more info I, alone, can bring back, the more points I can score with Najenda."

"Really, Lub?!"

Lubbock had a perverted smile on his face, while chortling.

Unbeknownst to those two, Shuten and Mez were spying on them; they could see right through the perverts' disguises. "Hey, Shuten...those guys down there totally look like they're sniffing around. My intuition tells me 'They've got to be enemies for sure!'."

"The way they're moving is a dead giveaway. They carry themselves as if they've already seen a lot of action. They probably think they're being cautious, but they can't hide it from me."

"Meaning they're guilty!" She had a seductive quirk on her face by putting her finger on her chin. "Are you ready to kill them, then?"

"Don't call it that...please...I like to think of it as freeing their spirits."

Cemetery; Late at night:

Akame was with two of the revolutionary army's spies. "Based on our observations, we believe there's an underground path near this cemetery that passes through Bolic's mansion, to the cathedral."

At the same time, Akame was enjoying what looked like a chicken leg. "So if we found the entrance to the tunnel, we could easily slip into Bolic's basement."

"It'll take a while to find it, since there is quite a lot of land to cover."

"We should also bear in mind that it might be full of traps."

Suddenly, Akame heard the spies' heads being sliced off, as well as a sadistic laugh. "Well, well, well...did you think no one notice you were here...Akame."

She knew the man from her past, "Ibara...so you're in Kirouku too."

"Oh, you mean you remember me...I'm touched, it's not like we really knew each other back on the assassination squad."

"I knew we'd see the Four Rahkshasa Demons by going for the minister...but I wasn't expecting this until the final battle."

Ibara let out another chuckle, "Such a naughty girl for betraying the empire, I'm kinda honored to be the one to punish you." He let the severed heads in his hand go, where they rolled to Akame.

"I don't think so!"

Fight

Akame charged at him with lightning fast speed, but Ibara was equally as fast when it came to reflexes. "Oh really?!" He extended his fingers—literally—to try and strike Akame. However, the red-eyed girl somersaulted over him and tried to slash him with Murasame. Unfortunately, he arched his body backwards, which made the poisoned blade miss completely. Ibara then used his body hair to turn himself into a human porcupine; Akame barely managed to dodge. "On top of all our training, we were given another little advantage; we drink a special broth made from mountain lake krakens living near the temple. It lets me do some unusual things with my body." He then unleashed a barrage of punches at Akame, by extending his arms, left-right-left-right, which did significant damage to her, even when she was blocking. "That is one freaky weapon of yours! Murasame is the perfect sword for damaged goods like you!" The last punches tore through Akame's clothes, "Come on, come on; I know you can move faster than that, little lady!" Akame saw an opportunity, and tried to slash Ibara, but he easily caught the blade with only his bare hands. "It's too bad you left before completing your training..." He then snatched Murasame by yanking it out of Akame's hands, "THANKS! I'll be takin' that! Hehe!" However, the one-hit kill sword rejected him—"Uwa! What the hell's wrong with this thing?!"—allowing its true master to leap onto the man's shoulders, and use her knees to try and snap his neck, throwing the sword far behind him, where she leapt to afterwards. Ibara's head was twisted to the back, but he was still very much alive.

Akame Wins

"Don't tell me...you planned all this from the beginning and actually let me take your weapon from you!"

Akame drew Murasame from the ground, "The answer was clear, as soon as you couldn't understand Murasame...there was no way it would bond with you."

The Rahkshasa Demon twisted his head back into place. "Argh-Ah! Damn you! You little biiitch!"

Akame slashed off both of Ibara's arms, and in half at the waist. "Looks like my cursed blade didn't take a liking to you." Ibara was slowly succumbing to his wounds when his parts hit the ground. Akame resheathed her sword, "It may have something to do with your winning personality."

The dismembered man coughed before speaking his final words, "You're a pretty messed-up chick, aren't you? Careful, I think I might be fallin' in love...I'm kinda into that sort of thing."

Then, feathers flew right at Akame. Ran was now there. "Surprise attacks don't work on you, I see."

"A Jaeger, I presume!"

"Yes! Now I know Akame af Night Raid is in the city. Handling recon is my job; I was watching you fight, so I just learned a great deal about Murasame." He flew off without engaging her, luckily.

"The Four Demons and the Jaegers...I hope...everyone's okay."

With Lubbock and Ieysayu:

The two guys were being chased by Shuten and Mez. "Crap! They just came at us out of nowhere!"

Ieysayu, "How did we blow our cover?!"

Shuten, "Hehehe! Come back and fight like men, cowards!"

The Rahksha Demon launched himself at Lubbock, knocking the guy out of the air. "Guaah!"

Ieysayu was alarmed, "LUBBOCK!"

Shuten was standing above the green-haired man, "Uh-oh! You dead already?! Well, you're no fun."

Ieysayu charged at him in rage, "You BASTARD!" He blindly threw Belvaak—like a boomerang—at Shuten, but ended up missing, and leaving himself open to be launched backwards into a wall by another punch from Mez. "In the end, you two were just insignificant little pests, not even worth my time. Ah well."

Then, Mez blurted out something while rushing to him, "Hey, Shuten! There's another one headed your way, and it looks like she's a revolutionary spy, too!"

Lubbock stopped playing dead, and thought to himself, "Uh-oh...bet that's the girl we were supposed to meet up with...sorry, babe, you're on your own. Well, if she's a spy, she should be prepared for stuff like this."

Shuten towered over the spy, "Well now, another poor lamb lost in this frightening world." She was terrified by the huge man, "I'd be happy to help you out, and free your spirit for you. You should be thanking me."

He grabbed the girl by the neck, but instantly released when he was struck in the back by Belvaak; Ieysayu recovered, and started attacking, "Like hell you will!"

Ieysayu pulled the axe out, and Lubbock threw a knife at the larger man, only for the latter to catch it in between his fingers. "Nope, we can't do it...we won't let you kill an ally..."

"Especially a hottie like that!"

Shuten, "I checked you; you didn't have a pulse!"

Mez, "That was dumb! If you had stayed still, we would've had like no idea!"

Lubbock, "Here's the thing; because of the role I play on the team, I usually avoid as many head-on confrontations as possible. But...when push comes to shove, I don't play around...and I don't hold back."

Ieysayu had a grin on his face, "Double-whammy!"

"You're on!" The two busted out their Imperial Arms. "We'll kick both of your asses at the same time!"

Fight

Lubbock lashed out with a new trick that I taught him—based on Takeda's blade whips—called "Cross-whips"(EX version: Whip Flurry)where he struck Shuten multiple times in the chest and face. He then threw a "String Spear" at the latter, but it was blocked. However, Lubbock responded, by sending his strings fly everywhere. Then, Shuten did a move of his own—"Allow me to release your soul. 'Kouken temple hundred-blazing fist!"—only for Lubbock to block with a wall made of string. The green-haired man took it down, and used his strings to swing at Shuten and kick him in the face. He then jumped into the air, and created a pole and attached an axe head on it, which he swung down onto the Rahkshasa Demon's back(Wire Impact). Lubbock ended the brawl with an X-Ray Move; Descending down from the air and stunning the man with a Cross-whip, Lubbock launched his sharpest string, "Realm Slicer", through his opponent's mouth, the tip breaking through the back of the skull, then reeled himself over by retracting his string, dashed behind the large man while wrapping his string around Shuten's neck before kicking his spine, shattering it and his rib cage, dropping him onto his back. Lubbock then delivered an axe kick to the Rahshasa's face, caving in the majority of his skull.

"Is it really alright!? For you to charge at me like that? Crosstail's strings are made from the body hair of a danger beast that lives in the clouds of the east. The hairs that protect its vital spots are especially stiff and rigid. The strings made from those sections are incredibly sharp...Thus earning the name, 'Realm Slicer Strong.' It's my best one. Even you wouldn't be able to cut it." Shuten tried anyway, by using his beard the same way. It didn't work. "You're finished!"

"FINISH HIM!"

Lubbock formed two spears using his strings, then threw one into the heart, separated the strings inside, and crushed the organ, and the other pinned the head to the wall with enough force to pop it off the body.

Lubbock Wins-Fatality

"It doesn't matter how tough your body is. From the moment that you were stabbed in the chest by Crosstail, the strings headed straight for your heart. That part of your body wasn't so tough."

That's two Rahkshasa Demons down, one left to die. I'm going by the Manga, and Dubbed version of the Anime. Yes, Lubbock has Takeda's X-Ray Move; but it's called "Realm Slicer" instead of "Air Whiplash", and Lubbock doesn't say anything after finishing. Plus, Lubbock kinda already has Takeda's signature whip moves, because of Crosstail.

Anyway; The next chapter, Lubbock will fight/kill Mez, and Tatsumi will fight Suzuka. The following chapter, Seryu will fight Scorpion(Yes, he's still alive), Liu Kang, and Noob Saibot(Boss). Please send me your ideas for the battles. Try thinking of this story as an actual fighting game, and the moves you list in your reviews/messages are the commands you input.

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