A/N: Hey there everybody, how's life treating for you? Hopefully good, because I got in another chapter ready! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Akame ga Kiru, and i really wish that I do...
Chapter two: Revelations
"Buwahahaha," Yuuji laughs mentally, as he had stolen a buck load of money and expensive objects from Aria's manor the night before. He is currently heading his way towards Akame's room to explain to her what had happened to him all those years ago, after he properly concealed the cash away from a certain swindling blond.
As soon as Yuuji arrived at Night Raid's HQ from that night, he didn't hesitate to give a proper burial site for Sayo and Leyasu. The two bros were given orders to sleep and prepare for tomorrow's tour of the place, and get acquainted with the rest of Night Raid. Yuuji complied with it, but for Arata...he has decided to do so after he mourns over the lost of their friends.
"Oi, Akame-chan! Where are you? I need to talk to you about something!" It was 5 in the morning as Yuuji was trying to find out where did his red eyed friend went. Perhaps it was a bit too early, but he mean he did promise to tell her later, so it would be only fair, and the right thing to do, to reveal his past to her now rather than later, right?
"I'm about to head on out soon." Akame replied; she pokes her head out from her room, revealing that she is ready to go out on a trip. Yuuji notice this and then decides to asks, "Where are you going? If you're going to do something, mind if I tag along?"
"I'm going to the forest to hunt and resupply food for the base, as I know that you would eat everything we have at the moment." Akame stares at him with a certainty that he is the same as ever. Yuuji sheepishly smiles at this, knowing that his beautiful friend still remembers his old habits. "Wari wari. Well, I can at least help you out on that...since I'm at fault for you doing this. Anything you need, you can always rely on me!"
(Wari: A way to apologize while joking about it.)
Akame quickly nods at his request, and then she says, "Sure you can help out. And later after that, you can talk to me about what happened to you in all those missing years." Yuuji gives her a happy expression, "Yay! I'll be helping Akame-chwan with this task!" The crimson eyed teen still has his dagger on his hip, so he soon left with the red eyed teen on their way towards the forest for a grand hunt, and a feast for later as well.
An hour later...Arata is paying his respects for his deceased best friends first thing in the break of dawn, before anything else. He was recalling the times he had spent with them, as well as before when they left their village with hope and determination for the future. The black haired teen wouldn't let the deaths of his friends drag him into despair. On the contrary, it will burn a will in Arata to strive for a change so that no other would have to suffer such an incident.
"Hey, don't look so glum kiddo." A familiar voice sounds off towards him. Arata turns around to spot that it is only Leone.
"Oh it's you Leone, what are you up too?" Arata cautiously asked.
"It has been 2 days of sulking since then...have you made the decision to join our group? Your buddy Yuuji declared joining, as long as he is paired up with Akame. That was his condition."
"Makes sense for him to make such a condition..." Arata was not a bit surprised from his best friend's bargain; he did so with a sweat drop before continuing. "The offer is intriguing...but I'd like to think this through, why would you want me to join? "
"I believe that you have talent for murder~," Leone said with a smile as she teases Arata, "With the seal of 'Onee-chan's approval'!"
"Well thanks for the recommendation and all. I do have one request, and that is if I do join as a possibility..." The black haired teen thought, as he was thinking about pairing up with the pink haired girl. It wouldn't be fair if he had to be partnered up without a choice if Yuuji didn't have too, right?
"Oh is that so? Well you can tell Onee-chan what you want."
"Umm...on a second thought, I'll tell ya later..." Arata wasn't sure if he should tell anyone yet, for he doesn't want anyone to know his affection for the pink haired girl. It is obvious that Yuuji and Akame may be interested in each other, as the red eyed teen had no objection in pairing up with her old duo.
"Well," Leone said, wrapping her left arm around Arata's neck; his face right next to her big breasts as she continues to speak, surprising the black haired teen, "At any rate, I'll guide you around the hideout today!"
"Is it necessary for you to do this?" Arata mumbled.
"Just so you know. Our hideout is in the mountains 10 kilometers north of the Capital." The blond informed the black haired teen with a wink.
"Is that all right for it to be left in the open? I thought assassins lived in secluded area and not in huge mansions." Leone ignores his words on that matter and proceeds towards the meeting room inside of the base, mainly to meet a particular assassin before anyone else.
...The Meeting Room...Within Night Raid's base...
And so, Leone led Arata to meet face-to-face with the purple haired assassin, Sheele. It was all a plan to get Arata to join Night Raid, through sheer probable intimidation, and to get much acquainted with the members.
"Huh? You still hadn't made your decision to join?" Sheele inquired.
"Yeah, Sheele, shower him with some warm words for me." Arata is annoyed by the fact that he's ignored by Leone, not even giving him a chance to speak up to answer Sheele's question.
"Mmmm~" The purple haired assassin is in deep thoughts, thinking how to give Arata some 'warm words'.
"First of all, you should realize that you now know the location of our hideout. You will be killed if you don't become one of us, you know? Yuuji thinks of you in high regards, being a legend himself. It would be a shame if you don't join."
"I didn't say anything about not joining...and that's nice of Yuuji to say," Arata sweat drops, "but I'd like to give myself a little more time to think this through, besides this is a big event in my life."
"Even so, you should think it over a bit more carefully." Sheele said, as she flipped over a page of a book she's currently reading. Arata was interested in what she's reading, but he decided to not pry into her privacy.
Suddenly, their peace and quiet was disrupted by a certain loud mouth. Everyone's attention grasped by the source of it.
"HEEEY! Wait just a second, Leone! Why are you letting that guy into the hideout!?" Mine furiously shouted.
"'Cause he's one of us." Leone answered quite cheerfully as usual.
A tick mark appears on Mine's head as she begins to yell, "He isn't one of us yet, is he? He hasn't even gotten the boss' permission either!" The pink twin haired girl looks to her left, with a menacing stare towards Arata, giving the poor lad a slight shudder. After staring for a while, Mine looks away from black haired teen and shut her eyes as she calmly states, "Not qualified. It doesn't seem like he'll be able to work with professionals like us at all... based off from looking at his face!"
"Whaa!? What was that for?" Arata said as he is startled by Mine's harsh rejection of his admission to join their group.
"Don't worry about it. Mine treats that way to everyone." Leone said as she tries to resolve the situation with a happy expression.
"Hmph." Mine grunted off.
Meanwhile, as the events were transpiring with Arata at the base, Yuuji and Akame were hunting alongside the river. The duos were successful with a bountiful amount of fish and danger beast meat. Of course, the meat has to be protected from being eaten by other carnivorous beasts nearby. Upon taking further precautionary measures, Yuuji created a bio-dome of flames to protect the well earn meat so that he and Akame can hunt more without being bothered to look after it. The crimson eyed teen made sure the technique does not alter the meat in anyway. In fact, the meat is actually well preserved within it. He even tested it to a live prey for Akame to prove it works, and to ease her worry of the meat getting burnt. Yuuji would never try to burn Akame's meat; it would be torture for the poor red eyed teen.
"Aaaaaaa~ So much meat we've captured! Looks like you are precise and excellent in the hunt as alwaaays, A-ka-me-chan! ~ ...I'm glad you still are..." Yuuji said as he looked at the spot where the meat is captured near the riverside. Akame quickly blushed slightly, simply nodding and then looks at him, beginning to say, "It's thanks to your ability in protecting the meat from predatory creatures and to our teamwork." Yuji smiles and added in, "True true, but I also believe that since it's only natural because of our bond. We know each other deeply, as well as our love for meat, and various hunting techniques. Therefore, it greatly boosts our success rate!" Akame nods in agreement.
"Hmm..." Akame said as she is in her train of thoughts. Yuuji caught wind of this and ask her what the matter is.
"Is there something bothering you?"
"Nothing. I was thinking that there is a certain meat that you probably haven't tried yet. It should be nearby." Akame looks around the vicinity of the area to spot the particular danger beast.
"That's very kind of you, Akame-chan! I shall lend a hand in assistance towards capturing this creature. I am now very anxious of its taste!" Yuuji said enthusiastically. Have I mention that he can be really loud without even noticing it?
"Follow me." Akame said as she went towards the location of the danger beast's whereabouts. The crimson eyed teen knew what's going to happen next and decided to do what she said.
As they were both on the hunt for the specific type of meat, Leone continues to lead Arata towards meeting other Night Raid members firsthand, and also a tour. They came to the clearing of the training grounds.
"Doryaaaaa! Hiya hiya hiya hiya!"
"This is the stress release area, also known as the training grounds." Leone explains to Arata.
"And...over there," The blonde points towards a man, with a pompadour hair style and a beef cake body, who's training furiously. "The one who clearly looks like he reeks of sweat... that's Bulat."
"Amazing... Such great spear handling." Arata thought. Bulat reminds him of Yuuji, as his best friend loves to train, besides eating meat and being lazy at times.
"Phewwww." Bulat slams down his spear upwards from the ground, signifying that he is done with training...for now perhaps. He took notice of the two people standing in near the training grounds.
"Ah Hey, it's Leone! And, that boy is..." Bulat said as he gave a smile that seems to be sparkling, "The dude from before!"
"Hmmm... a spear handler and a buff guy...you must be the dude in armor from the night before!" Arata's good at remembering the little things, not all the time but this is an exception.
"Great perception skill you have! It's Bulat, nice to meet you!"
"I...its Arata" The two of them gave each other a genuine handshake.
"Be careful, this guy's into the same sex. Be sure to tell your friend Yuuji that." Leone warns to Arata.
"They'd misunderstand, Right?" Bulat asked Arata as it seems that he is starting to blush a bit.
"Ummm, yeah. Sorry, but I'm not interested..." Arata said mentally, he couldn't said it verbally as he has a disturb expression but he know that gay people are really cool once you get to know them.
Near a spring nearby, there is a fellow green haired guy. It seems he is scheming up a plan, a very lecherous plan, indeed.
"It's almost Leone-chan's bathing time." *pant pant pant* "I would not think twice about the danger, I won't even be fazed by it, if it's for a sight of those breasts!"
"Then, how about I break two fingers?" Leone said as she is behind him and grabs his two fingers while pinning him down to the ground with her right foot.
"BAAAAAAA!"
"You never learn lubba."
"Damn it! I can still go on!" Lubbock screamed
"Then your arm's next." As she tugged a bit of his arm, Lubba left a small whimper.
"...And so, this baka is Lubbock."
Arata just silently stares at Lubbock, as he realizes that everyone at Night Raid has their own unique... trait.
"No, in fact this is also good in and of itself." Lubba thought to himself with a smile.
"Let see...Next is...maybe at the riverbed?"
After a while of walking, Arata seems to be tired of meeting more of the members of Night Raid.
"Can I take a break from this? I've kind of had enough for one day..." Arata said as he slightly slumped a little.
"Ahaha, just hang in there. It's a pretty girl next, so you can look forward to it~" Leone cheerfully said.
"Hmm...if there is one more member left, then the next one must be Akame. I can agree that she's pretty, but she is happily taken by Yuuji and I'm fine with that since he seems to be the happiest whenever she's around him...if she's out here, then she must be a typical meat maniac like Yuuji. That makes a lot of sense; at least I'm mentally prepared for that!" Arata's thinking came to a halt by Leone.
"You see, the one over there is Akame. Isn't she cute? Oh and there's your friend too, I wonder what they're doing together." Leone finished off her sentence with a teasing smile.
"Bwahahaha, ya see here Akame, MY flames are the best at not only taking out the enemy and protecting others, but it can grill up any meat to pure glorious perfection..." Yuuji ended that sentence with a strong sense of pride in his ability. Akame nods in agreement repetitively, as she is continuously chewing on a piece of evil bird meat.
"Wait a sec, is that an evil bird they're eating!?" Arata said with a shocking expression. "She must've killed it with a help from Yuuji."
"Evilbird; the voracious eater that destroys villages, and a super-high grade risk species at that, it is a two star rarity beast, truly fearsome." Arata thought. He then recalls a moment whereas the village was threatened by an Evilbird. Luckily for the village, Yuuji was able to single-handedly take down the danger beast with pure strength.
"Akame had done this before... she may look like it, but she grew up in the wild." Leone has a happy expression with a look of pride for Akame.
"Hey, Yuuji grew up in the wild too, ya know."
"Did he now? That's interesting to know, makes sense why he's out here hunting with Akame. That sure is a lot of meat collected." Leone said with a smirk.
"You should eat too, Leone." Akame tossed a piece of cooked evil bird meat towards Leone.
"Oh, thanks." Leone caught the meat and joined in.
*Geeeeeeeee* A long awkward stare between Akame and Arata.
"Did you...become one of us?" Akame inquired.
"No...I might, but I need a bit of a time to think."
"Then I still can't be giving this meat to you."
"I-it's okay...I don't want any in the first place..."
"What a shame, Arata..." Leone said as she continues to bite down on the meat.
"Yeah, what a shame, and this is one of the best meat I've tasted in a while. Thank you for finding it, Akame-chwan~!" Akame swiftly blushes, then nodded off in recognition as she returns to enjoy her meat.
"This girl...tried to kill me, but I guess she's alright if Senpai thinks so..." Arata thought.
"But still, aren't you being extravagant today?" Leone looks at Akame, with the meat still steaming nicely, holding it with her right hand."
"You look dressed up today." Leone
"The boss has come back." Akame plainly stated.
"Yo." A short white haired women, with a mechanical right arm, as well as wearing a black business suit of sorts, a black coat hung over the chair and a black eye patch over her right eye is sitting on the chair near them, she was there for a while before Leone and Arata came to the scene.
"Welcome back, boss. Do you bring in any souvenirs~?" Leone had her left arm raised all the way up with a happy expression, in anticipation for any goodies from the boss I bet.
"Putting that aside, Leone. In the job three days ago..." She lifted her robotic arm up, making a sort of screeching noises. "It seems you went over the operation time, eh?"
Leone appears with a horrified, yet smiling expression to try and fool the others with a single sweat drop. "...Not good!" Leone thought.
All while this is happening, Yuuji and Akame were enjoying their meal while Arata is just standing there like a doof, with a slight fear of what would happen next.
"AIEEEE!" Poor Leone couldn't even fathom the actuality of escape, as she got caught by her back from the detachable mechanical arm wired from the Boss.
"It's not wise to enjoy fighting with a strong enemy too much...Do something to fix that habit of yours." The Boss said with a scary expression.
"I get it already, so stop that screeching sound!" Leone pleaded.
"By the way, who's that young boy?" The Boss questioned, staring at Arata with curious eyes.
"Oh! That's right, Boss! I recommend this guy to join! His talent is notable!"
"Can't I have any say into this matter?" Arata said out quietly, but he was utterly ignored by Leone.
"Does he show promise?" The white haired woman asked.
"He does." Leone begins to recall the moment when Arata's resolve against Aria.
"Well, anyway, just give it a try!" Leone said to Arata.
"What is this, a part time job!?"
"The wage is high, too." Akame added in.
"Again...Is this a part time job!?"
"C'mon Arata, this'll be a one hell of a chance to do something! Far better than serving those Imperial scum! Besides, you know what would happen if you don't join." Yuuji is trying to help his best friend decide.
"When you put it that way..." Yet again, he was ignored, this time by the boss.
"And what is it about this young man?"
Akame took notice and decides to answer before Leone can. "I can vouch for him...for he is my partner." The boss sees the red eyed beauty's eyes and may validate for Yuuji's admission into Night Right. Akame has a thing to decide who is worthy or not, and this is a rare acceptance.
"Akame... Gather everyone in the meeting room. I want to hear the results of the previous operation in detail, including about this young boy and man." The boss concludes this and everyone went to the meeting room soon after.
...At the meeting room...
Everyone from Night Raid are present, the boss is sitting on her throne while Arata and Yuuji are at the center for attention. After analyzing Arata's background, including his acquaintance, Yuuji, decides what will happen next for him.
"I see. I understand the situation completely. Arata..." The white haired woman spoke as she extends her mechanical arm out and her right hand opens upwards. "Would you like to join Night Raid?"
"Finally, someone with a comity of common sense to actually ask what I feel!" Arata thought. "I will die if I decline, Right?"
"No, that's not going to happen...but we can't allow ourselves to let you go back. We will have you work as a laborer in our workshop."
"Well, that sounds like an actual normal job-"Arata was cut off by the boss.
"At any rate, you won't die even if you decline. Given that...what do you think?" The boss asked.
"I was thinking of what you guys been doing so far, pretty much killing the source of corruption and protect the innocent, right?" Arata's statement astounded some individuals that are present in the meeting room, a particular pink haired girl especially.
"That's us. We're exterminating the Capital's ticks, but in the event that the army takes action, we will take advantage of the confusion, and the prime minister, who is the major cause of the corruption— — we will take him out ourselves!" Arata decides to stay quiet and listen in to what she says.
"That is our goal as Night Raid. There are others, but I'll leave them out for now. Although I can't say anything specific about when they'll rise to action...We have prepared a plan to win, when that time comes, this country will change for sure."
"...Will this new country...treat its citizens well?"
The white haired woman answers in a serious tone. "Of course."
"It would make sense if you guys are called as the 'assassins of justice', isn't that right?"
Everyone stayed silent until someone left out a smile laugh, and then almost everyone burst out laughing from what Arata said. At least Yuuji didn't, he understands but he seems like he was almost tempted to laugh. Akame and the boss didn't laugh.
"Wh...What is it? What's so funny?"
"Gahahahaha, I almost thought you were going to be someone useful, but you've just lost your chance!" Mine laughed her ass off, thinking of how much of a baka Arata is.
"Arata. No matter how you dress it up, what we're doing is murder. There is no way there's any justice in that. Every person here...could receive their retribution and die at any given moment." Leone answers rather darkly as everyone's laughter died down.
"Each person has his own reason for fighting, but they are all prepared...will your opinion still the same?" The mechanical arm bearer asked.
"Will I get some kind of reward?"
"Yeah, if you work properly you will be able to save a hometown or thereabout."
"Then that's it, I'll do it! Let me into Night Raid!"
"You might become unable to freely return to your village though." Mine said.
"That's fine by me. As long as everyone in the village can be happy through that."
"...Hmph"
"You guys would do the same, right Leyasu and Sayo? It's the right thing to do anyway..."
"This brings me to you, Yuuji. My sources told me little about you. Seems like your files were surprisingly well classified by the Imperial Capital, we know that you were a lost teenager that showed up in a village. What interest me the most, is what you can do, since Akame did vouch for you after all..."
Everyone, besides Arata and Leone, were staring at Akame and then to Yuuji. Mine was especially dumbfounded, she couldn't begin to fathom that the red eyed teen can see the strengths of the crimson eyed older teen, seems like she needs to be careful around him.
"May I ask for your name? Miss..."
"It's Najenda." The now named Najenda then restates the question to the crimson eyed teen. "So what can you do?"
"Hmmm...well for starters, I can scorch any living and non living entities around me...even you guys at this moment...," His red eyes darkens, and went to extreme levels of being cold, and clearly emotionless, even more so than Akame's usual stoic expression.
As he said that, Yuuji then continues, "I have known Akame for the longest of times, more than anyone can even come close to... and if she is still the same for as long as I can remember, then she has a protective attachment for her comrades..." Everyone in the room was preparing themselves for the worst case scenario, which Yuuji might try to kill them all, except for Akame and Arata. But they stopped and listen carefully when he continues to finish off his sentence, even though this would prove to be a perfect timing to assassinate Yuuji.
"I do not want her to experience anymore of these horrendous memories...so I won't kill you all! But I will have to if any of you hurt my sweet Akame-Chwwaaan!" This last part fooled the rest of Night Raid, as Akame blushes ever so slightly from Yuuji's answer to the Boss. But as fast as it appeared before anyone can realize she blushed, the blush shades has gone away as soon as it was replaced with her usual stoic expression. All of the Night Raid members can feel his immense strength behind those words, the power to protect those you love.
"Wait just a second, he just said he can scorch us, so what does that mean?" Najenda thought. There was a short awkward silence from the Night Raid members until the Boss broke it by beginning to ask Yuuji a question, "Tell me how you would plan to kill us by scorching us alive? It doesn't seem like you carry a flammable weapon that produces flames, and it would prove very difficult to forcefully carry us to the furnace against our will by force. So how can you do it?"
Yuuji thought about it. Akame and Leone, as well as Arata, knew how his abilities work but were nevertheless interested in knowing the truth from the origin of the crimson eyed teen's power. Then Yuuji answers, "I have eaten a particular Teigu based fruit in which it allows me to become the element of fire and control the flames from within my body."
"Hold it there...ability to manipulate fire at will...are you actually that Fire Fist Ace!?" Najenda is astonished, surprising all the members of Night Raid as the Boss realize the fact that the infamous boy is still very alive and standing right in front her as a young man. The boy was never heard of again, after the countless assassination attempts from the Capital's elite assassins that hunted him down until they lost track of him in a blizzard of storm and was presumed to be dead... until now. Because of his affinity of fire, it is weak again extreme levels of cold...
Fire Fist: a nickname given to him from his control of fire, and Ace: because he completed every mission successfully solo and duo as well with Akame, as his invaluable partner.
"Ehhh... Fire Fist Ace is just a nickname from one of my most over used moves, and I don't mind being called by it and all, but please it's... umm... *coughs* Yuuji to you guys." Najenda thought of this shocking revelation as a huge victory for the revolutionary army, as they now have both Akame and Yuuji, the fabled strongest duo assassins on their sides.
"Very promising" Najenda thought.
"Okay then, so anyone objects Yuuji from joining raise your hands." The mechanical arm bearer commanded everyone presently, and the pink haired girl was the only one to object... typical Tsundere.
"Hey you hotshot! I don't care about your past or even if you are a friend of Akame, but if you turn out to be a useless newbie then I will personally put you out of your misery!" Mine exclaims out what she feels towards the mera mera no mi Teigu user. Arata was relieved for a moment from the scolding pinkette. "This goes for you too! You useless, good for nothing, newbie!" This made poor Arata jump from where he was standing next to Yuuji, who gives him a 'relax' gesture. But unbeknownst to his Senpai and everyone else in the room, Arata actually loves to be scolded by a kawaii loli Tsundere. He makes sure to fool everyone and basically act like a baka. In all actuality, the red eyed male had taken notice of his friend's obsessions with loli ever since he had heard him sleep talk back at the good old village days.
"I would like to give my opinions into this decis-"Lubbock starts to inquire, but he's cut off by Mine. "No one cares about your opinion! Baka Marimo!" (Stupid moss-head) Lubbock is now pissed off by her retort and then retaliates back at her. "Oi, fuck you Mine!" The pink haired girl simply closes her eye lids and turns the direction of her face away from Lubba in an 'Hmph'.
"But before I officially join, I have 3 special conditions to request, if you would be so kindly to hear me out." Yuuji said as he smiles.
"I'm listening." Najenda said. She is intrigued in knowing what he wants.
"First off, please train Arata extensively. He needs to sharpen his skills so that he can become the very probable outcome as an intermediate assassin, or even better than some of you guys, no offense." This causes the Tsundere to become infuriated. How can that newbie hope to become better than her!? Is one of the various thoughts going through her mind. "Secondly, I want to be compensated properly for every mission I do... let's say 120%... you should be lucky that I'm not asking for a pay raise any higher than that. And lastly, I WILL work with Akame whenever there is an opportunity arises, because I can accomplish a task at ease with a partner I know."
"Rest assured that we will train him. For the payment, you would need to work at your best if you want to earn that much of an amount. As for your partner, I will allow it if Akame is fine with it but be sure to work with others, as cooperation with others may change your style in combat in a good way."
Yuuji looks over to Akame and was thinking that it's fine for him to work with others, as long as she is the first priority.
"So then it's decided, without further ado, welcome to the life filled with carnage Arata, but I'm well aware that Yuuji has experienced it early on." The crimson eyed teen nodded. The onyx eyed teen is a bit surprise that Yuuji had experienced hell, but he has a feeling that he did since he knew very well that his tall best friend was traumatized, but surprisingly very stable as it shows how strong his mentally fortified mind is. Yuuji will tell Arata sooner or later about his past, it's the very least he could do as his best friend for keeping him in the dark.
"!? Intruders Nadezhda-san!" Lubba yelled out.
"What's their numbers and where are they located?" Najenda asked.
"According to the reaction from my barrier, it's probably 12 people! They've all infiltrated close to the hideout!"
"They're good. To sniff out this place means...they're probably mercenaries or another race." Najenda begins to take out a lighter as she lit up her cancer stick. "There's no other way."
"It's an emergency sortie. Don't let any of them return alive." When the boss said this, the whole atmosphere suddenly changed like a surge of killing intent erupted from the leader's commandment.
"Go!" Every member of Night Raid went to their own path to hunt down the mercs. Even Arata understands the situation as he ran out to catch up with Bulat.
...Near a riverbed from the base...
Yuuji encounters 4 mercs of whom infiltrated into the base in the forest clearing. Each of the 3 mercenaries are visibly wearing a white overall of hoodie, boots and trousers, a few armaments such as short to long blades, and no shirt at all. The forth one is a big feller with a large clock covering his entire body.
"Lookie what we found guys...one strange guy in a forest like this? Their hideout has to be here somewhere." One of the mercs said.
"It was worth the search." A different merc said.
"All we need to do is to take this scrawny guy out and run off with this information." Another merc said.
"You guys think it's easy, don't you? You 4 broke the first rule of engagement, never judge an opponent by their looks...well, go and meet your maker." Yuuji begins to open his hands outward towards the mercenaries.
"Hotarubi" (Firefly Light) Yuuji mentally said as he creates multiple amounts of small, glowing greenish yellow fireballs that are floating above them.
"What in the fuck are these in the air?"
"Aren't those fireflies?" The big guy asked
"But don't those bugs usually come out during the dark?"
"Hidaruma." (Fiery Doll) Yuuji sends the fireballs floating around in close proximity with the enemies.
"Aaaahahhhahhahhaaaaa! It burns, IT BURNS!" were the last words to come out of the mercenaries as dreadful screams echoed throughout the forest, their flesh being roasted and then burn to a crisp eventually.
"Well then, that have been easier than I thought it would be. A bunch of arrogant fools deserve death nonetheless."
As Yuuji went off towards the direction of the river, he found Akame standing a few meters from 3 of the mercenaries. It looks like something that Akame can handle with ease, but never judge by appearance. So the crimson eyed teen hides atop of the tree branch close by, waiting for an opportunity for a surprise attack.
"They seem to be talking, a bunch of baka like the ones from before. Stupid move for them to do...Akame will surely end them in a-" Yuuji was cut off as by reading the lips of one of the merc, and a huge urge to murder in his heart. "Enkai!" (Flame Commandment) Swinging his outstretched hand around him, he then amasses a large amount of flames around his body and flew across towards them from above. Why is he doing this, even though Akame got this, you may ask? Let's see what the merc said, shall we?
"Still, what a cute girl." This caused Yuuji to accelerate to their position.
"Looks like we can still have some fun after we kill her." Yuuji is now above them.
"Don't damage her nice body too-"The merc couldn't finish his sentence as Yuuji said something.
"Hibashira!" (Fire Pillar) The crimson eyed teen yelled as he shoots down the collected flames, instantly clearing out the two mercenaries beneath him.
The last remaining merc is surprised, and seems like he is shitting his pants with a few burns on him.
"Holy shit! I'll at least take her down with... Me...!?" Akame moved past him with extreme speed, leaving a gash on his neck. Soon after, markings spread across his entire being.
"A curse... from the wound...? Poison...?" The merc said as he struggles to live on.
As Akame sheaths her katana, she simply says, "One slash, certain kill."
Yuuji lands quickly to meet up with his red eyed partner, "Are you okay Akame!? I hope these bastards didn't say anything too disturbing towards you!" Yuuji is clearly angry towards those mercs. The bastards really wanted to do something to his Akame-Chan.
With her usual stoic expression, she says, "Its fine, thanks for the assist."
"It's not fine with me! I hope these guys rot for saying such things to my dear Akame-Chwan!" Yuuji comes in front of Akame and embraces her in a warm hug, his left arm wrapping around her back while his right held the back of her head close to his chest. It is something that made her blush wildly.
"What is this...feeling, why is my heart beating so fast?" Unsure of what she's feeling at the moment, Akame instinctively wraps her arms around Yuuji's side to return the hug, closing her eyes as she does so with a rare smile.
...Somewhere at the Edge of the Forest...
"The enemy detected our infiltration! But it's certain that the hideout is here...! Even this information by itself has immense value...! I'll survive and report it to our client, the Empire!" The sprinting merc mentally said as he's trying to runoff with the base's location.
Unfortunately for him, Mine got him in her eyepiece target assisting sight's with her Teigu, Roman Artillery: Pumpkin, a sniper like energy beam based weaponry that has a machine gun mode and long barrel.
"He's run very far at a large distance. I have to expose myself like this to be able to hit that." A large merc suddenly appeared behind Mine in mid-air in a preemptive attack.
"Gotcha!" He said as he swung back his machete, left arm across his chest.
Mine only smirked. As he came down closer; Sheele chops him in two from the waist with her Teigu, Extase.
"I'm sorry." Sheele said with her eyes as cold as ice, her character completely changed.
"Thanks, Sheele."
"Nice pinch. It'll reach just fine with this much risk...!" Mine said as Pumpkin starts to glow at the end of the barrel. Then a huge burst of beam shoots out and directly hits the merc, disintegrating him right on the spot where he stood. The destructive force from Pumpkin left a row clearing of a destroyed forest path in its wake.
"Alright! Right on target! The more of a pinch I'm in, the stronger I get!" Mine smiled in a prideful position with Pumpkin pointed up towards the skies.
With Leone, "Oh, that was Mine's Pumpkin just now." Her ears twitched in response from Pumpkin's blast.
"I can't believe she uses such a bothersome Teigu." She's sitting on a bloodied merc who has been beaten to death.
"On that point, for me, I turn into a beast and beat them to death... easy to understand." The Onee-chan said with a grin.
Somewhere in a cave, Lubbock was able to finish of a merc, but too bad that it's a cute girl. Good thing that Lubba didn't fell for her seduction as he knew a guy who got tricked by it, but he did say that it's such a painful occupation in times like these!
Now with Arata, he is on the ground and spotted a rabbit with a mini tree on each of his hand, meant as a disguise.
"A rabbit..." Arata mentally thought with an annoyed face as he remembers Aniki's (Bulat) instruction.
"Listen... if the enemy were to run away, there's a large possibility they'll come through here. Even slowing them down is okay. Just somehow fight back."
"What a total newbie role. But I should prepare myself for a possible scenario...!?" When Arata finished his sentence, a big guy comes running through.
"So they had even stationed someone here!"
"I will not let you pass!" Arata begins to unsheathe his blade.
The beef cake merc takes his sword out as he speaks, "Even though you're a boy... I won't hold back!"
While a certain Tsundere doubted his survivability, Arata dashed forward and diagonally slashed the merc's chest.
"...How's that... these... with Sayo... and Leyasu... the three of us... these are the moves Senpai taught to us!"
"I beg of thee, let me go! If I die, my vill-" his throat has been slashed by the tip of Arata's blade.
"Fuck your shit, bitch. Senpai warned us not to trust an enemy who's after your life, land the killing blow promptly and never waver."
As Arata sheaths his blade, the very person he mentions appears near the area.
"Yes, yes. You know my teachings very well, want a cookie as a rewaaard? It's white chocolate macadamia nuts."
"That's your favorite Sensei...but yes, I'd like some cookie."
"Can you also bake me some Yuu-chan?" Akame asked stoically. She's visibly jealous of Arata having a delicious treat as a reward; also those are her favorite kind of cookie. It seems that only Yuuji can tell Akame's true feelings, and Arata cannot understand how he can and not him.
"Of course, name anything and I'll make it all for you, my A-ka-me-chwan! ~"
Arata notices that Akame and Yuuji are holding hands and decides to be the first to ask.
"So...are you guys going to tell me what's going on between the two of you?"
Akame blushes, which tells Arata pretty much about this particular situation, and Yuuji smiles bashfully as he's going to spill the beans, but red eyed beauty beats him to the punch.
"We're to-"
Suddenly Bulat appears out of nowhere.
"HIYA! The enemy came over here, right!? Leave the rest to me!"
"It's over already." Akame's blush returns emotionless.
"Huh?" Bulat inspected the situation as the fight was resolved, and that the two were holding hands.
...Later that night, at the hideout's party area outside...
At the table, there were both Bulat and Yuuji standing on top of it. They were motivated by Leone's chanting for them to chug down a big glass of strong alcohol. Akame is enjoying her piece of meat, as Yuuji obviously ate his from sharing with Akame. Mine is standing next to Leone and Lubbock is sitting on the ground, staring off from the group... maybe he's a bit upset about what happened in the cave.
"Impressive display of performance on your first battle Arata." Najenda said as she lets out a smile.
"No problem."
"But hearing Akame's report, there are also some things that need to be worked out."
After chugging down his drink, Bulat let out a "Raaaawr" roar. As for Yuuji, he only let out a simple "Yahooooo~" Crazy party boys.
"Bulacchi, take it off~" Mine gave Leone a shocked expression, telling her that she shouldn't say such things.
"You should too, Yuu-Chaaa...n" Leone had a hard time finishing that sentence off, as she felt Akame's eyes daggering at her to stop.
"Yuuji, don't." Akame is now looking at Yuuji, hoping that he doesn't strip in front of others. Surprise to her, Yuuji can take on strong drinks and remains a bit sober... or at least not stupid enough to do idiotic things.
"In order for you to get even better, I see that you need someone to teach you a lot of things on speed and physical endurance." Najenda said to Arata.
"Team up with Akame and learn from her. And I'll assume that Yuuji will be with her, so he'll train you also. Got it you two?" Najenda waits for the red eyed duos' response.
"The pleasure is mine, Najenda-san/Uh huh." Both of them said in unison.
"Okay, that was rather fast" Arata thought.
"You two can punish him severely if it seems he'll get in the way."
"Sure thing, Najenda-san/Uh huh, got it."
"You guys got that!? Oh, please spare me Senpai~!" Arata exclaims within the depths of his sane mind.
"You're lucky to be taught by a cute couple. Do your best so that you won't get killed!" Najenda said, knowing that Akame and Yuuji just started an intimate bond with one another.
"So I'm going to team up with them two of- wait what? Did she just say cute couple?! How did she figure it out? Is she a psychic or something!?"
Arata's mind went to a sea of questions, pondering over how Najenda caught wind of this big news between Akame and Yuuji and how will his everyday life goes for the next few days... but he did wonder if Akame was the one who told Najenda about it, or probably Leone... who knows. Eventually, he rejoins with the rest of the Night Raid members and enjoyed their little victory before getting ready in preparation for tomorrow.
A/N: So what do you think about this nicely filled chapter? Please tell me so in the reviews, hopefully it's not too disappointed. If you can PM where there may be errors, do so. I'm thinking of doing Arata's future assassinations fast because he's smarter than Tatsumi in the Manga, but he still has his moments, especially those where he's faking out by acting like a baka.
What do you think about about the AkamexYuuji moment in this story? Starting their intimate relation at this point is okay since they do share the same feelings/deep understanding with one another, so i hope it's okay... and I WILL do my best to make it cute/funny at most points.
Also I've started reading back at the latest AgK on Chapter 57, so much is happening but I won't spoil it for those that haven't caught up to reading it.
I'd like to announce that I'm planning to make a fanfic and I can't decide which one I should do. So if you would kindly give me your opinion, pick either of the two: A Naruto and Akame ga Kill, or A Sword Art Online and Btooom! Crossover.
Before I go, thank you for reading! I hope your days go great.