I finally finished chapter two.
Sorry if it seemed like I wasn't going to update this, but I was making sure that sure you guys got to have good quality instead of rushing and making many errors.
Anyway lets get on with it.
Wolf woke with a small start, looking around remembering he was sleeping in a tree. He also recalled the events of last night, where he barely made himself noticed. He climbed down from his spot in the tree and started walking along the dirt path back to the capitol's southern gate. He couldn't help but feel at peace out here in the woods, it reminded him of home or what was left of it, after the battle that took place in it.
He hated to remember those moments when most of the people he cared about were lost. He remembered his old group that had spilt up a few years ago to avoid being found easily. Those were the only memories he liked to keep locked in his head. He looked towards the sky and thought about it for a few seconds, maybe if they didn't scatter he wouldn't have to keep looking for a new hiding place each time he took a life. He let the thoughts flow away for now as he saw that he was approaching the southern gate, only for a few guards to be there, he wasn't in the mood right, but if he had to, he would take their lives and hide them, then continue to his business.
"Halt!" The guard shouted. Wolf stopped walking and looked at them, he could tell from there faces, they were young and inexperienced, so there was no need to kill them.
"What is your business here?" He asked.
"I'm a traveler, I seek to find a shop that sells and trades goods." Wolf lied.
The young guard looked to his partner and he nodded.
"You may enter sir." He moved to the side allowing Wolf entry into the most hated place in the empire.
Wolf walked around for over thirty minutes trying to find his desired destination until he turned a corner and saw a women with rather messy brown hair, wearing a button up shirt and blue jeans standing outside a door with a pair of scissors, he found what he was looking for. He walked up to the women and she looked at him with suspicion and curiosity, who wouldn't though, a person wearing a hooded robe while covering his face with a scarf just walked up to a barber shop that was also a hair salon.
"Can I help you sir?" The woman asked boredly, what she really wanted was just to get a good pay since most of her customers would just walk in sweet talk her into a free cut or dye and boom she didn't get paid a single coin.
"Yes, could you wash this dye out of my hair." Wolf asked, trying not sound cold.
"Yes I do it's not much just 100 coins." The women replied.
He pulled down his hood showing his supposedly silver hair, but made sure his face wasn't visible.
"Come on in and sit in a chair."
Wolf walked into the shop to find it very spacey and only filled with chairs, mirrors and drawers, despite the storage room at the back.
The women watched her customer from the storage room as she gathered the hair cleaning products. She was actually surprised, he wasn't flirting with her, not complaining about her taking her time and didn't seem the least bit interested starting a conversation.
She walked out with shampoo and conditioner bottles, and a towel hanging on her shoulders.
"I'll need you to lean back and take off you're scarf please, I wouldn't want to get it wet." Wolf leaned back and hesitated for a few seconds before taking his scarf off, exposing his jasper eyes into the open.
The barber walked to the side of him and opened a drawer while pulling out a small hose. She then sat at the back of the chair and proceeded to wet his hair. Wolf didn't want to admit it but the water hitting his head somewhat relaxed him. When the water stopped the barber reached for the shampoo bottle and lather Wolf's long hair with it, making she got any and everywhere she could.
Wolf closed his eyes and let his body relax further as the barber grabbed the hose again and proceeded to rinse the silver dye out of his hair, making it turn back to it's natural jet black color.
"Do you want me to dry you're hair or do want to do it yourself?" She asked expecting to be commanded by another man, only for him to surprise her again.
"No, thank you, I prefer to do it myself." Wolf said blankly.
The barber shook off the surprise and had one last test and that was to see if he was going to be any different from the others. She walked over to a register on a counter next to the front door. Wolf walked over to her, but not before grabbing his scarf.
"Well, it's just like I said, that'll be 100 coins sir." She said trying to stop a scowl form forming on her face.
Here it was the moment of truth, she might actually make some money this time. Now she asked for a hundred coins, but instead, Wolf dropped a small pouch of 600 coins onto the counter. The barber looked at him wide eyed with disbelief.
"Thank you, but I must be going now." He said and walked off, leaving a dancing barber behind him.
Lubbock got very bored since there wasn't anyone coming by his store, he was really looking forward to getting some money so he could save up for a gift for Najenda. But instead it seemed like the odds weren't on his side today, he was thinking about just closing up the shop and going back to the hideout. He heard the bell at the door ring, indicating someone had taken the time to come by, finally now he could get some money, even if it was just s a small amount.
"Hello, how may I help you today?" Lubbock looked to see a man in a black robe with his hood down and a scarf wrapped around his neck looking through a shelf filled with novels.
"This guy doesn't look like he has a lot of money." Lubbock thought to himself, for he noticed the katana the man was carrying.
"I would like to know how much this novel is and if you have any maps?" The man asked.
"That one is 450 coins and yes I do have a few maps in stock, would you like to see them?" The man nodded.
Lubbock walked into the back room for a short time before returning with a small bundle in his arms, at least three maps were held in his hands, the man before Lubbock was giving off strange vibes but he shrugged it off.
"Here you go, these maps each present the capitol itself, the western district were most of the poor people are and this last one shows the whole forest." Lubbock eyed the man hoping he was satisfied.
"These maps look like they are of value. How much?" He asked.
"alright, first it was just 450 coins for the book, with the maps it's 350 coins, so the total is 800 coins sir." The man nodded and proceeded to pull out a pouch from his robe. He dropped a rather large pouch on the counter, leaving Lubbock to look at him with surprise.
"Sir that is 1,000 coins." The man only nodded in response.
"Well thank you, have a nice day." The man was about to leave before he said something.
"Good luck with the girl you're trying to impress." He said shocking Lubbock.
"How did you know that?" Lubbock asked now suspicious of the man in front of him.
"You have a picture of yourself with a women that has a braid in her hair, it's very easy to notice." He said nonchalantly.
With that being said, he walked out the door, leaving the green haired teen in the shop puzzled.
"He seems very suspicious, maybe I should inform the others." Lubbock said as he took the money given to him and closed his shop.
Wolf no longer had any business to deal with but he still felt like sticking around for any public events that might give him information on anything troubling going on. He continued to stroll around the streets, looking at the restaurants, shops, and clinics he might suggest checking out some other time.
He was too busy caught up in his thoughts to notice that he was about to walk right into a street lamp, until someone bumped into him, breaking him from his trance. He looked to see an elderly person on the ground picking up small boxes.
"I'm sorry, would you like me to help with that?" He asked but the person just shook his head.
"No, it's okay it wasn't your fault." The man, who Wolf thought was a merchant of some kind waved him off.
"If you say so, I'll just be on my way then." He said and continued to walk.
He then felt that presence again, that same one as the night before when he was about to head for the Harvard estate. He ignored it and just continued on like nothing was wrong, and as he moved the presence seemed to follow him. Whoever was trying to stalk him wasn't doing a very good job and he was starting to get annoyed.
He walked into an alley and wrapped his scarf around his face, not wanting his pursuer to know who he is and then pulled up his hood.
He stopped and spoke to whoever was following him.
"If your going to creep up on someone, you could at least not making your presence less annoying!" He said out loud.
Earlier...
Leone was out looking for someone with a load of money, since she spent all of hers on alcohol at a bar. As she kept a sharp eye for anyone with a large sack or pouch, a man wearing a black robe with a scarf around his neck strolled by. Leone did notice the medium sized pouch he carried, but what really got was the vibes she got from him, not to mention he was carrying a sheathed katana on his side.
Leone became suspicious of him and decided to follow, it was night so not that many people were out. She activated her teigu and leaped onto a nearby rooftop and continued tailing him form there. As far as she could tell, he was probably a traveler or a someone country man who wants to make it big like that boy Tatsumi, they recruited.
Leone was getting bored watching him, but she can't help but want to keep going because he had a sense of familiarity on him. She was sure she met him before somewhere, that was when he turned into an alley. Was she detected, or was the man down below just trying to take a shortcut out of the city? Her question was soon answered when she heard the man shout out.
Wolf watched as a familiar face appeared before him, it was that blonde night raid women from the Harvard mansion. Now he was just confused, why was she of all people here? Probably still holding a grudge that he stole her kill.
"I thought you seemed familiar, you were just the guy I was looking for anyway." Leone said making the robed man reach for his katana.
"No, not like that, you see I was really impressed by your skill and thought you should consider joining Night Raid." Leone tried to persuade him.
Wolf still kept his hand on Howling Slicer's handle and just stood thinking through his options. Run away and find a hiding place, fight her to the death, knock her out and leave her somewhere or follow her.
"If you're still having second thoughts, our boss wanted to meet you in person, I already told her about how skilled you are." She smiled waiting for an answer.
Wolf made his decision.
"If I follow you, you won't try anything will you?" He wanted to make sure this wasn't some trick where she would try to knock him out and carry him there.
"I promise, I won't do anything." When Leone made a promise she would keep it.
"Alright, I will go with you to meet your boss." Wolf tried keeping his cold tone down as to not sound rude.
"Yes, let's go!" She cheered.
The duo made they're way to the base only to be greeted by the other Night Raid waiting at the front door with weapons ready.
"Leone, mind telling me why you're late and that you brought a stranger to our base?" A women with white hair, an eye patch and a robotic arm asked.
"I know I'm late but look, this is the guy from the other night, I brought him here like you wanted." She replied hoping this would excuse her.
"I see." Najenda said taking a cigar out of a box and lighting it.
"Bring him to the meeting room." They all nodded in response and proceeded.
Leone was about to grab Wolf and drag him there only for him to retort in a almost cold way.
"I can walk myself, just lead the way." He said.
As they were walking Wolf let out a sigh and took of his scarf as well as letting his hood down exposing his sharp jasper eyes to them, and Lubbock recognized him immediately.
"You're the guy who came by my bookstore earlier!" Lubbock said making others look at him curiously, and before they could ask him anything
"I'll answer your questions another time." He said with a blank expression.
"First, I wish to know your name." Najenda said sitting in her chair.
"My name is Wolf, it's good to meet you." He looked around the and saw the same brown haired boy he did when he killed Aria.
"Well Wolf, my name is Najenda, but you can call me boss if you decide to join, that's Leone as you already know, the pair of glasses is Sheele, the pink haired girl over there is Mine and you may already know Lubbock and our new recruit Tatsumi, last is the red eyed girl over there Akame.
Wolf looked directly at Akame and as soon as there eyes locked on each other they had a small stare off, before Najenda interrupted them.
"Excuse me Wolf, but could you tell us a little more about yourself?" She asked and Wolf obliged.
"I came from the western coast of the empire, I heard that one of the generals that participated in the destruction of my home might be here. I came here not just to kill him, but anyone else who worships how the laws are ran here."
Most of the Night Raid members only smiled in response to his statement.
sound like you would be a perfect assassin, what do say on joining our little group here?" Najenda asked him already knowing the answer.
"If it means bringing down the emperor and the ones who destroyed my home, I'll gladly accept." Wolf said making the rest of the group smile.
"Then welcome home Wolf, you are apart of Night Raid now." She said making at least half of the group cheer.
"If I may, could I please rest for the night, I've had a busy day." He said while Najenda nodded in response.
"Sure, Akame show him to his room."
"Yes boss." The red eyed girl immediately responded.
As wolf and Akame walked down the hall to his room, they didn't converse very much. One thing seemed to slip into Akame's mind and so she asked.
"what is your favorite food?" Making Wolf look at her as if he heard a bad joke.
"Rice, why do you ask?
"I was just curious." She retorted.
They stopped at a door at the very end of the hall and Akame turned to Wolf.
"This is your room from now on, I hope you like it. I hope we can become good friends." She mumbled at the end a little bit and walked away.
Wolf walked into his new room, plopped down on the bed and sighed.
"If only it were that easy." He said in a sad tone, while looking at a picture of him and his friends when they were younger, and then let sleep take him.
There it is, chapter two.
Once again, feel free to point out anything I did wrong.
I would also like to thank Ahuor, ClueLessFairy, NightHunter156, Silver Highwind, jimeneza 12, and swiftmedusa404 for favoring/following the story.
Criticism is welcomed as I said in the last chapter, if you have an idea you want to suggest leave it in the review and I'll look at them.
Until the next chapter, I'll be seeing ya.