Draco and I were out in the training yard, doing some push-ups. "You know, I always thought training was a chore that there was no way to make enjoyable. I'm SO glad to say I was wrong." I declared.
Why where we so happy from simply doing push-ups? Well, in order to ATTEMPT to make the push-ups more challenging, some weights were added to our backs. Those weights were in the form of Akame sitting on my back and Leone sitting on Draco's. "Focus on the exercise, Sai. Nothing else." Akame told me.
"You can say that again, amigo. This is by far the BEST kind training." Draco said with a grin before turning his view to Leone. "Ya comfortable there, Leone?"
"Yup! But just keep at it, Draco. You don't wanna slack off." Leone told the blood demon.
"Yes, ma'am." He replied.
"Lucky bastards, getting the ladies to sit on 'em like that!" Lubbock complained quietly.
"Get over it, they're only on their backs. It's not like they're sitting on their faces." Kinshiro told him in his own hushed voice.
"I know you're demons, but I'm still amazed the two of you can keep going like that. You must have done a thousand push-ups already." Bulat praised.
"Yeah. And you're perfectly tied! It's like you're in total sync!" Sheele complimented as well.
"Especially impressive for Draco, considering the decent weight difference between Leone and I." Akame said, not realizing the taboo she committed against Leone, while everyone else was shocked.
"Seryu, go get a mop, I think there's about to be blood." Shizune told the reformed Imperial Guard.
"As long as there blood, no mop is necessary with us on standby." Luna said, referring to blood absorption ability some of her family have.
Leone quickly got up and lunged for Akame, ready to give her a sizeable bump on her head, but I sprouted my wings to block the attack. "Now, now, Leone. She didn't meant any harm. She just... could've worded it better." I said apprehensively.
"In all my years of living there a three things I'll never talk about. Politics, religion, and a woman's weight." Draco listed.
"Smart choice." Kinshiro said with a thumbs up.
"Good. You're all here." We all heard Najenda's voice and turn to her and she's all packed for some reason.
"That looks like quite the heavy load. Something big planned?" Bulat asked.
"I'm off to the Revolutionaries' main base. I'm thinking they'll need the weapons we got from the Three Beasts. And I'll be needing Ryu, Ebon, Luna and Shizune to accompany me." Najenda informed.
"You needed a convenient reason to get rid of our strongest forces, didn't you?" Draco asked me.
"I will neither confirm nor deny that." I declared.
"Akame, you'll be in charge. I want everyone here to buckle down and train hard." Najenda ordered.
"Okay, whatever." Akame said.
"Geez, what's with the attitude?" Ember said.
"That's just how she is. But she's never steered us wrong before." Bulat assured her.
Najenda takes a smoke before adding, "I'm also going to the base find more recruits. Although I highly doubt they could afford to give us anybody who is ready for combat at the moment."
"This is already an elite team why would you want to add some novices?" Nightshade questioned.
"Were at war, Nightshade. We need all the help we can get. Even with us here." Katana told him.
"She's right." Najenda said with nod before turning her attention to Draco and I. "The Three beast you two and Bulat defeated they were the center the Empire's offensive forces and members of Esdeath's army. But the three of you managed to defeat them. Esdeath may be a powerful foe, but she suffered a devastating loss. Not only you three saved passengers, you guys saved thousands revolutionaries who will be needed in our struggle against the empire." She explained.
"Just doing our part, boss lady. Happy to help." Draco said.
"That's what we're here for." I agreed.
"Just keep training to be the best you can be." Najenda said as she started to leave.
"Counting on you, kids. Keep training to be the best versions of yourself." Ryu said as he followed her.
"But don't forget to get plenty of rest, too. All that training amounts to nothing if your bodies fall apart." Shizune said as she left as well.
"Your health is your number one priority." Luna added as she left as well.
"Take care. All of you." Ebon said as he left also.
We waited several minutes until they were gone, before I smirked. "Alright! Let's throw a party!" I declared.
"Wooo!" Draco cheered.
"Hell yeah!" Leone cheered also as she pumps her fist.
"Did you JUST forget what our parents told us LITERALLY five minutes ago?" Nightshade questioned.
"They told us to train, but they ALSO told us to rest our bodies." Kinshiro pointed out.
"We've been training for most of the day already, so now it's time to relax and have some fun!" Katana agreed.
"I've got no complaints. Sounds fun." Bulat agreed as well.
"Fine, but you'd better make LOTS of tasty treats for all of us." Mine said.
"That's a given." I said, suddenly dressed as a sushi chef.
"Well, Akame. You're the one in charge." Sheele said, looking to the raven-haired girl.
"Very well. We will have a party to relax and enjoy ourselves. But tomorrow, we'll train extra hard and carry out our duties regardless of how we feel if we party too much." She declared.
"Sounds reasonable." Nisha said with a nod.
"Fair enough." Ember said, nodding as well.
And with that, we cut loose and had an epic party, using Bulat's spear for a limbo pole, Akame absolutely DOMINATING bobbing for apples, Katana making ice disks for Mine to skeet shoot, which added the delightful bonus of making blue and orange sparkles rain down from the sky and all sorts of other fun party activities. All the while being unaware of the specialized task force of Imperial Arms-Users Esdeath was putting together.
About a day later, Draco and I were in a town heading to a bookstore where Lubbock stood.
"Yo." He greeted to us.
"Sup?" Draco greeted back.
"After you guys." Lubbock said, opening the door for us.
"Thanks." Draco said as he head in first.
"Appreciate it." I said, following Draco in. We then went to the back where Lubbock pulled a book to lower a secret elevator to a secret basement. "Ooh, neat. On some James Bond shit." I said
"Pretty dope, Lub." Draco complimented.
"Thanks. It's my pride and joy." Lubbock said.
We then reached the bottom where Leone and Katana were waiting.
"Hey! Welcome to our Imperial Capital secret base!" Leone declared happily. And loudly.
"It won't be secret for long if you keep screaming like that." Katana told her.
"The Imperial Guards put out posters of some of us all over the city." Lubbock said, holding the wanted poster of Mine. "But there still few or more of us who could still be seen."
"On top of that, Sai and I overheard a bunch of NPCs going crazy over this faction called the Jaegers. Any relations to Eren?" Draco explained.
"Who?" Lubbock and Leone asked at the same time.
"It's such a shame when they can't break the 4th wall." I said.
"Yeah." Draco agreed before turning to Lubbock and Leone. "Just ignore the last thing I said."
"Right. Anyways the Jaegers are employed by Esdeath and she's in charge of them. She's a pretty big deal in this town." Lubbock explained.
"So, how big of a deal are we talking exactly?" Katana asked eagerly.
I shuddered at this, moving behind Draco. "Sis, can you PLEASE chill out. Probably the single most reasonable item on my bucket list is to go my whole life WITHOUT seeing my sister getting her rocks off." I said.
"Glad you ask. Best to tell you guys the story." Lubbock started. "So several years ago, southwestern tribe revolt against the cruelty of the Empire." He explained with images of masked tribal warriors armed with spears. "So the Empire send the army to quite them down." The images of soldiers were shown wielding various weapons. "The tribe only has 10,000 men as opposed to the army's 120,000."
"Seems like a breeze for them I bet." Draco commented.
"Looks that way. Turned out to be way complicated than that." Lubbock explained, as the image shows the soldiers falling to deaths after the bridge collapsed, fell into a whirlpool of some kind, and attacked by giant bugs.
"Sounds like your average Tuesday... In HELL." I said.
"The empire started to panic, so they sent General Najenda and General Esdeath, who were already extremely talented, despite being so young." Lubbock explained. "Esdeath froze over an entire river with a RAGING current, before leading a brutal slaughter on the tribe. And she left survivors, drilling hate into their minds before letting them go, so they would come back stronger, stirring up more uprisings so she can get her kicks on the battlefield forever." Lubbock explained.
"Ooh, kinky. I think I have a few ways to get her the kicks she wants." Katana said suggestively.
"I can leave at any time with Instant Transmission, you remember that? I WILL ditch you guys if you keep being thirsty, sis." I told her.
"So in others words she's a instigator. From our world, that's a gold medal performance." Draco said before turning to you readers. "Shouts out RDCWORLD1."
Leone sighs before she laid down. "That was a close one. Glad I made the right choice not picking a fight with her by myself." She said.
"No one can fault ya, babe. My just so glad my kitty is back safely with 9 lives in tact." Draco said in a flirty tone.
"At least you got us some recon data, Leone. Good job." I told her.
"Just too bad there's no way for us to get closer to her in person." Katana said.
"Well there's only one way." Lubbock said as he showed us a flyer. "There's a tournament being sponsored."
"Ooh, sounds interesting." Katana said eagerly.
"But what does it have to do with Esdeath?" I asked.
"This tournament is hosted by Esdeath which guarantees a winner the spot in the Jaegers." Lubbock explained. "I guess one of you would go in as a spy?"
"I volunteer as tribute!" Katana declared, raising a hand.
"You haven't even read The Hunger Games. Or saw the movies." I told her.
"Well I guess it's up to Katniss- I mean Katana to rizz up Esdeath." Draco said.
"Alright! You go, Ice Queen!" Leone cheered.
"That and it says there will be a nice reward. That could always help Night Raid." I said.
The day of the tournament arrived Draco, Leone, Lubbock and I were seated. After an underwhelming fight, the REAL main event has arrived as Katana is facing against a minotaur-like man called Kalbi.
"I could easily make joke about him being cow beef, but I think his name does it for me." Draco said.
"Yeah." Let's just see how long it takes Katana to turn him into a steak." I chuckled.
Kalbi laughed at the sight of his opponent. "Sorry, little lady, but there's no way you're beating a massive man like me! That prize money is as good as mine." He declared.
"Let your actions speak for you, because your words are weak." Katana told him.
He roared at this and rushed forward, throwing a punch at Katana's face, but she swung her right leg in an outside crescent kick to move his fist off course from hitting her, before jumping and pivoting in the air to kick him in the face with a jumping round kick from her left leg, sending him to the ground, unconscious in an instant.
Everyone, minus our party, was shocked at how fast the fight had gone and how effortlessly Katana had beaten someone significantly bigger than her. "A... And the winner is Katana!" Wave declared, gesturing to Katana with his hand.
"Look everyone, ground beef!" Draco joked, making Leone laugh.
"That taurus got torn up!" I declared.
"Never doubted her for a second." Lubbock commented.
Esdeath then walks down, approaching Katana. "So you're Katana? Lovely name." The ice user said.
"Thank you, general. I find your name quite appealing as well." Katana said in a flirty tone.
Esdeath blushed. "I'm flattered. Anyways you've put on a good show. Now for your prize." She said while she went to search through her cleavage.
"Oh, my. Whatever this is MUST be good." Katana said.
As Esdeath gotten closer to Katana, she took out a collar and leash and goes to slapped it around my sister's neck. "Ooh, kinky. But just a bit forward, isn't it? I don't know about doing anything here in front of people." Katana said.
"Oh, my god..." I groaned from the stands.
"Not to worry, Katana. I already have plan for us to be alone together." Esdeath says before pulling Katana by the chain leash to follow her.
However, she was shocked to find Katana wouldn't budge and she couldn't pull her along. "That's funny. I had some plans for us, too. But they're a little different." Katana said, yanking back on the leash to make Esdeath stumble towards her, before delivering a powerful punch to Esdeath's gut to knock the wind out of her and render her unconscious, tossing the general over her shoulder.
"What the?! What's she doing?" Lubbock cried out as Katana quickly fled from the arena while carrying Esdeath.
"I mean, it's pretty self evident, she's taking Esdeath for herself." I said as we quickly got up and started running with the crowd, who were fleeing in a panic.
"Heh. Never expected that." Leone said with a slight chuckle.
"Yeah. She pulled a "no, u" on her." Draco said.
"Straight up did a 'Reverse UNO'." I agreed.
Later we all return to base while Katana's holding the unconscious Esdeath on her shoulder. "You actually caught Esdeath!?" Akame asked in shock.
"Amazing. I wouldn't have thought that was possible!" Bulat said in awe.
"Well, good. Now we can take her out once and for all." Mine said, aiming Pumpkin at the general.
But Katana kicked the weapon out of her hand. "Yeah, no. That's not happening. I'm going to make Esdeath come around and see our way of thinking." She told her.
"I don't know about that. She seems firmly rooted into her ideals." Sheele said in concern.
"Oh, don't worry. I can be VERY persuasive." Katana said, rubbing Esdeath's ass through her skirt.
"Sounds like a huge task considering the general's position and reputation." Nisha said.
"Yeah. I say let her cook." Emberlynn suggested. "Metaphorically I mean."
"Don't worry, everyone. I'll take full responsibility for her. I can handle it. And when I'm done, she'll be one of our greatest allies." Katana assured them.
Akame pondered this for a moment, before nodding. "Very well. We'll give you the chance to try and bring her to our side. But if she steps out of line, we WILL execute her." She warned.
"Fair enough." Katana agreed. She then looked at Esdeath's unconscious form over her shoulder. "Don't worry, my frosty tyrant. I promise you're life will soon be turning around for the better." She declared.
