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Hello all people of the Internet! This is MegaRdaniels giving you all a new chapter for the story, "Ultimate ga Kill". I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as I have writing. And thank you all for your patience, I really appreciate it. :) I really hope you guys love this treat! :) Anyway, this is Ultimate ga Kill! Enjoy everyone!
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XIII: Kill the Talking Man
It has been days since Ben had visited the capital; even after all the ruckus he caused, the Empire still had no idea who or what he was. Even when anyone describe them to the higher authorities, they would dismiss it as just either another Danger Beast and/or an illegal Imperial Arms user. That said, they had no idea who they were up against. The Minister had called back Esdeath in these matters to annihilate Night Raid.
Esdeath knelt down before the Child Emperor Mako as he congratulated her on her mission. The other three officers behind her all knelt as well; these other officers behind her were her "underlings". They each wore varying sizes of their black and white Imperial Uniforms. Each carried a Celtic Cross badge on their chests giving off a Prussian feel to them. One of her underlings was a tall man with gray hair worn in a long ponytail, blue eyes and a mustache, the other was a young man of small build with blond hair and golden eyes. He had a somewhat feline look; his teeth were shown to be sharp, and he had slit pupils. He wore the same uniform as the other Beasts, with the exception of wearing shorts instead of pants. He also had horn-like accessories in his hair and a demon-like tail, and finally a man of large muscular build with long, spiky blond hair and pure white, pupil-less eyes. He wore a headdress similar to horns and the same uniform as his team-mates'. Former General Liver, Nyau, and Daidara all knelt before the Emperor just like their Master, showing the Emperor the highest form of respect.
"General Esdeath," The Emperor began, "For your success on conquering the Northern Tribe, we have arranged to reward you 10,000 gold coins!"
General Esdeath, not even looking at the Emperor out of respect replied, "I'm grateful your highness. I'll send it to the soldiers who were fighting to protect our land. They would be pleased."
The Prime Minister smugged, realizing that Esdeath cared not for money or power, only war and destruction.
"...she is the ideal puppet," he concluded.
Esdeath eyed on the Emperor, "Now that I have returned from the North Land to the Capital, Your Majesty can once again rest easy. I'll be terminating Night Raid next," she concluded.
"What an undertaking," the Emperor said, "We would like to compensate you for such an ambitious achievement of more than just money! Is there something else you prefer?"
"Actually there is," she said, "If I can choose anything."
"Go on."
"I would like to try falling in love," Esdeath said shocking everyone in the room including the Minister himself.
"Alright, that sounds reasonable. You are a single woman of marriageable age after all. I shall be your match maker!" he said, "So what do you think of the Minister here?"
The Minister furrowed and gasped.
"The Minister doesn't take car of himself and I'm afraid that he won't live much longer," said Esdeath.
"That's preposterous! I am in perfect health!" he protested while eating his sushi, "Well if you be so kind and tell me what you'll like!" he said still offended at what she said. Salty. Salty.
Esdeath had her eyes closed, "First let me warn you that I'm terribly selective and that there are very few men who can match my expectations. Once I'm done, I will present you the extensive list of my preferences."
...
At the Hideout, Akame and Mine were in the kitchen. While Sheele was resting up, Mine was in the kitchen trying to eat her breakfast until Akame used her own spoon to pick it up, trying to spoon-feed her.
Offended, Mine glared at Akame, "I don't want you to spoon-feed me!" she protested.
"But it would get cold," Akame said.
Mine sighed, "Alright fine!"
Tatsumi was in the kitchen with them washing dishes watching Akame, smiling, spoon-feed her friend, helping her out. Tatsumi was in deep thought. Two of his closest friends were about to be killed by the girl he met earlier in the Capital.
"I can't believe that girl almost killed Sheele and Mine. Had it not been for Ben, neither of them would have been alive," Tatsumi said, "But there was one thing that seems to bother me though. Where was he from? We're sure are lucky to have him around. But, I have a feeling that, a man as powerful as Ben should not be even fighting for us. Who is he really?"
He turned around to Mine and Akame, "Say Mine, what did you say the creatures he turned into to fend off the army?"
"Of course you'll forget idiot," Mine said, "Humungasaur, um...Ultimate Humungasaur, um...some...um...oh and Rath and that robot dude I forgot," Mine said with a blush. Tatsumi wore his smug proud.
"And yet you say that I forget a lot," Tatsumi said.
"Shut up you little twit!" Mine said before Akame stuffed a potato in her mouth. Tatsumi laughed.
"I believe it was Humungasaur, Ultimate Humungasaur, Rath, and Ultimate Echo-Echo, I believe so right?" Lubbock said from behind, leering at the door.
"Oh not you too, Lub," Mine said.
"Well, I was just here to check up on you all. Haven't you all noticed that ever since that night, Ben had been very close to Sheele?" Lubbock asked.
"Speaking of Ben? Where is he?" Tatsumi asked.
"Ben is fighting Bulat guys!" Leone asked from out of nowhere. Everyone exchanged glances and hurried out of the kitchen to the Outside where they saw Bulat and Ben on opposite ends preparing to fight.
"I thought the Boss said that..."
"Nah, Ben wanted to become stronger so that way he can better protect his teammates!" Leone said, "That and I wanted to see his face smashed."
"That also makes sense on why you're here," Tatsumi said.
"What are you talking about, every time I challenge him, he'll either go Rath or some other Danger Beast I don't know about. So why not Bulat? If anyone who can beat Ben its him!"
"Don't underestimate him. There are things in that watch of his that can immediately flip to Ben's favor," Akame warned. Knowing first hand of Ben's varying fighting styles.
"I bet you 2,000 gold coins that Bulat can beat Ben, Mine!" Leone waged.
"Is that a bet, or you crying when Ben wipes the floor out of Bulat?" Mine said.
"Akame maybe right not to underestimate Ben. Exactly, how many of those forms does Ben have in that device of his? In fact, can he only fight with that thing on? Just how powerful is his Imperial Arms - if it is one that is," Tatsumi analyzed.
Leone and Mine were having a friendly debate on who'd win in this fight. Lubbock, Akame, and Tatsumi all stared.
Meanwhile Bulat had his hands on his hips eyeing on Ben who was on his Kata. Ben had no idea how strong Bulat was, but he sure did look intimidating enough. He garnered that Bulat would be hard to defeat. This would be his first challenge in days. The rest was just child's play to him. Akame was tricky for him, but he knew which type of aliens he would use against her. Bulat was different.
This was a chess game Ben had to win.
"Well well," Bulat began, "You seem a little nervous, Ben."
"No, not nervous," Ben lied.
"Hah! He's lying!" Leone yelled.
"Shut it sore loser! You're mad because Ben beat you twice!" Mine teased.
"Says the person who never fought him!"
"Tatsumi didn't."
"Hey, don't put me in your shit!" Tatsumi protested.
"So, what are the rules? Imperial Arms or no Imperial Arms?" Ben asked ignoring the bickering.
"I say Imperial Arms," Bulat said, "But you already knew that already right?"
"Yep," Ben said activating his Ultimatrix.
"I wanna see how you are...without your Imperial Arms," Bulat challenged, discouraging Ben from using his Ultimatrix. This was not a fair fight! Ben would lose! Bulat was very experienced in his craft and that he would surely die as a result. Not only that but he had to dodge in order for him to survive.
"W-what?"
"Hahahahaha!" Leone laughed.
"Hey no fair!" Mine yelled gritting her teeth.
"Looks like I'mma get my money girl!" Leone teased.
"Oh crap," Ben said.
"Here come's the thunder! Come at me little man!" Bulat yelled charging towards him.
"I rather not!" Ben yelled dodging some of Bulat's strikes only for him to be brutalized by him. Akame could only watch; Leone laughed.
"So without his watch, he's only human," Akame said, "But yet his instincts are telling him to use that device on his arm. I think he's been using it for so long that he forgot how to fight as a normal human. He was heavily dependent on it."
Ben was tossed around and beaten like nobody's business. After that final toss to the wall. Bulat came running over towards Ben; he, adapting to his cousin's training, jumped over Bulat and flipped him to the ground. Bulat turned around and was about to launch a fatal strike but then Ben grabbed his arm and slammed him to the ground only for Bulat to counter.
"Ben's a fast learner," Leone said, "NOT!"
"Ben was just warming up! He was adapting to his surroundings!" Mine said.
Tatsumi turned around towards a defensive Mine, "You seem to defend Ben a lot," Tatsumi teased. Mine groaned and gave him the side-eye. Akame was silent.
Ben got right back up and wiped the blood from his mouth.
"You seem rather persistent!" Bulat added, "You can quit now and call it a day you know."
"Nope, I don't think so," Ben said.
"This guy's gonna die!" Leone yelled.
"Thanks for the encouragement!" Ben yelled.
"No problem!" Leone cheeked.
Ben got back on his square, remembering how his cousin taught him, he began to adapt. Ben dodged Bulat's fist and struck him in the face. He got him around in his circle striking him every chance he got until Bulat grabbed his arm slammed him down.
"Looks like I win," Bulat said.
"YAAAAAAAY!" Leone yelled.
"CHEATER!" Mine yelled at Leone and Bulat.
"Where's my money? Gimme all my money!" Leone yelled.
"Why does it feel easy for you when you know I couldn't beat you?" Ben asked.
"Question is why did you listen?" Ben asked.
"What?"
"The enemy would tell you a lot of things, Ben. Do you see why you lost?"
"I followed your rules?" Ben answered, "Boy do I look stupid."
"It's all in the game of battle," Bulat said.
"Yeah, its all in the game," Ben said, "You wanna go for round two?"
"BULLSHIT!" Leone screamed. Mine laughed.
"Now the only way for you to do is get me off you. So what do you do?" Bulat asked.
Ben wore his smug, "It's time to go hero!"
"Go what?"
Ben smashed his Ultimatrix down, blinding Bulat in a blinding green light. When the light died down stood a green, turtle-like creature with eight holes in its shell. It had large, flipper-like arms and stumpy legs. The tips of its arms had three holes each, which could extend finger-like claws to use as fingers.
"TERRASPIN!" Terraspin shouted in his gasping, tiring voice.
Bulat sat there with his eyes wide open; Terrapin shoved his head in his shell and blasted Bulat from him in a gust of wind.
Mine gave Leone a smug look. Leone twitched her left eye.
"Wow, you sure did surprise me! I have no idea what that thing is. What is it call again?"
"A Giant fucking turtle, Bulat!" Leone screamed in anger.
"You want salt with that, or was it that your inflated ego just burst?" Mine laughed.
Leone groaned.
"I call him, Terraspin," Terraspin said.
"So can Terraspin protect himself from my Imperial Arms?" Bulat asked.
"I don't know, show me," Terraspin said getting cocky. Bulat returned the smug.
"Alright," Bulat pulled out his spear, "Don't say that I didn't warn ya!"
Bulat knelt down staring down at Ben, took a deep breath and screamed, "INCURSIO!"
Within minutes, a white bright flash of light, covered by a light swirling cloud vortex encased Bulat in a blanket of white smoke. When the smoke cleared stood a man wearing a heavily built armor with a white cape flowing in the wind, complete with a helmet.
"Okay, nice armor," Terraspin said in shock.
"You seem nervous again," said Bulat as Incursio.
"No,no, I can do this...I think," Terraspin said. In no time at all, Bulat launched towards Ben in a full assault. Terraspin had to react and quick. He shelved his head in his shell and began to give Incursio a powerful blast of air directly towards him. Incursio,while flying was pushed back slightly. He struggled to charge over towards him, but knowing Bulat, being one of Night Raid's strongest members was not going to give up so easily.
And Terraspin sees this.
He had to act if he wanted to stay alive - or at least stay away from the hospital for a couple weeks.
"A gust of wind? Really? As Incursio, I can withstand anything! Including something as benign as Hurricane winds," Incursio said.
Leone giggled."Looks like time is up for the Turtle-boy!"
Mine hardened her fist, "Ben, go Rath! Go full Rath now!"
"Mine does have a point, if I can't win as Terraspin,then maybe I should..." Terraspin touched the badge on his chest blinding Incursio in a flash of ermerald green light. When the light died down stood a crab-like creature. It has pincers for hands and six legs and wore a neck brace with the Ultimatrix on the center.
"BRAINSTORM!" Brainstorm yelled.
Everyone was in awe, but were not shocked. They had gotten used to Ben's plethora of creatures.
"So, you're Humungasaur? Seems kind of small right?" Bulat guessed earning Mine's groan.
"I'm not Humungasaur, I'm a sea-food platter!" Brainstorm protested, "Mm-mm, and apparently one possessed of a highly advanced intellect!"
"D-did you just call me stupid?"
"No, I say that you are an incognizant man with little to no experience of a highly intelligent organism such as myself. Although I'm generally much too modest to boast, on rare occasions I do come out of my shell," Brainstorm snickered opening up his cranium and blasting a confused Bulat straight to a wall knocking him out.
"And that for so ladies and gentleman is what I say...strike!" Brainstorm said before transforming back into Ben.
"HAH! My money bitch!" Mine yelled.
"Shut the fuck up! He cheated!" Leone yelled.
"No he didn't!"
Mine and Leone argued back to the kitchen while Akame carefully watched Ben as he attended to Bulat who laughed off the pain.
"He knocked him out, in one blast," Akame said, "What are you Benjamin?"
...
Meanwhile at the palace, Esdeath and Prime Minister Honest were walking together at the courtyard. "You know its strange. I normally don't take an interest on anything besides war and bloodshed," Esdeath spoke.
"Oh we're talking about love I presume?" Honest said.
"I don't understand this myself but I had a desperate feeling for romance," Esdeath finished.
"A desire for romance is a natural thing all living creatures feel," Honest said, ~I don't know if I'd use romance in your case.~
"It's interesting but its animalistic instinct," she said, "But, for the moment, I must channel my energy into annihilating Night Raid."
Honest smiled, "Ahh now we're on the subject, I have come up with a new idea that I think you would love."
...
Later on, Esdeath stood before her Three Beasts from earlier who knelt before her, "I have a special assignment for you my precious Three Beasts."
"We will do whatever you tell us to do, General Esdeath," said Liver, the one with the distinguished, gray mustache.
"Yes ma'am! All of us are your loyal and devoted servants forever," said Nyau, the one with the cat ears and devil horns on his head.
"No matter what you wish, we will carry out any order at any time," said Daidara, the largest of the three with no pupils.
"Good," Esdeath said, satisfied.
...
At night, Ben hugged himself to keep warm. The poor boy shivered as the temperature around him continued to drop, "I should go Heatblast, but I don't want to wake people up, nor do I want to burn the whole establishment down. Dang its cold!" Ben complained. Finally he made it to the kitchen.
"Let me get myself some water to warm me up. Maybe then I would have an easier time sleeping after that," Ben guessed. He opened the door and to his shock saw Akame fixing a late night snack. Ben chuckled, "Never figured you to be nocturnal," he yawned.
Akame giggled, "Right. But its not for me, its for Sheele."
"Speaking of Sheele, is she okay?" Ben asked.
"I checked, she is," Akame said, "She would ask where you were though. I told her that you would be too busy training getting stronger. Not like you need to train or anything."
"What does that mean?" Ben asked.
"Your Imperial Arms - need I say more?" Akame teased.
Ben groaned, "Right."
"But there is one thing that does bother me though," Akame addressed.
"What bothers you?" Ben asked.
"Before you came along, I was the one who protected Night Raid. Just me an my Murasame. We lost a lot of folks, but we managed to fight ahead. With you, you're...you're unstoppable. Almost to..."
"I know where this is going," Ben said shocking Akame, "Look, when we battled, I was in a tight spot. I had to be real careful when I face you or people like you."
"But you always find a way to defeat me," Akame said.
"You were too fast!"
"You're faster! Won't surprise me if you had a faster Danger Beast!"
"You were too strong!"
"Says the guy who has a dinosaur!"
"Well...um..."
"You see my point?" Akame said, "If it took one push for the Empire to break, you'll decimate the Empire without question."
"Why are you saying this?" Ben asked.
"You're too strong," Akame said, "But you're only strong with that...um what is it call again?"
"Ultimatrix?"
"Yeah that," she continued, "I'm worried of what the Empire would do if they see you. Since you exposed yourself to an Imperial Officer."
"Is that bad?"
Akame nodded, "Ben, there are..."
"I know what you gonna say," Ben continued, "Look Akame, you are more important to the team than I am. I'm just a new guy getting used to this battle. You are more valuable than I am here."
Akame holds her chest and then gives Ben a soft smile before hugging him.
"Well that was sudden," Ben said. Akame giggled, broke the hug and punched him in the arm.
"Just...be careful the next time you are on a mission, okay?" Akame asked.
Ben nodded.
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