Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN BEN 10 OR AKAME GA KILL. THEY BELONG TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS. BEN 10 IS OWNED BY MAN OF ACTION AND AKAME GA KILL IS OWNED BY SQUARE ENIX.
Hello, my wonderful readers of the Internet. This is MegaRdaniels bringing you a new chapter for Ultimate ga Kill! I hope you all are doing well today! Sorry for the long break and everything. Anyway, here's to make up for it with this new chapter.
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XXIX: Kill the Messenger
Akame and Ben spent the afternoon with each other getting to know one another. It was transformative, educative, but transitional period through Akame's former fears of the young green changeling. Her previous doubts nearly faded away as they chased each other through the majestic, halcyon valley with Mt. Fake guarding all of God's beauty. Ben, who had never had a break in his world enjoyed spending some time away with the red assassin.
Ben tackled her down pinning her to the ground only for Akame to push him away, throwing him a few inches off the ground. Though he had to admit, she was far stronger than he realized. Though she had a slim frame, she had a strength of 5 men, something to which Ben admired about the assassin.
The pair lied together by the short, narrow stream flowing to the thick woods at the end. Akame, though her doubts had drowned into obscurity, was still curious about the young man. Here was a guy with the power to transform into anything and yet does absolutely nothing with it. She was not sure what else could be lurking inside the watch. Something unpredictable? Godlike? She was not sure. The questions she had were not of fear or malice but of innocent curiosity.
"You know where I came from, I would play a game called tag with my friends," Ben said.
Akame turned her head to her friend, "You have friends?"
"Well yeah!" Ben said, "Kevin, Gwen, Allan, Daniel, everyone!"
"And family?" Akame asked.
Ben sighed, reflecting, "Yeah."
"Something bad happened to them did they?" Akame asked worried, "It's..."
Ben's eyes shot open, "Oh no, no, no!" Ben said, "Nothing bad happened to them!"
Akame arched her brow.
"I'm serious, it's...I'm a long mile away," he explained, "Here I am in a world where justice is all but extinct. And I'm all alone here. I don't know much about Imperial Arms, this Empire, or anything. It's sad to know that you are the only nut to fall from the tree, only to find out that you won't grow. I miss them," Ben said, tearing up a little bit, "At this point, I don't know when or how I would be able to get back home."
Akame snickered, "At least you have yours," she began.
"What do you mean?" Ben asked, "Your..."
"The people at the Base are my surrogate family," she said, "They act as my family and they are - but biologically speaking..."
"They're not your family," Ben finished, "So where is your family?"
"I don't know. My Mom and Dad sold us off to fight for the Empire. My sister and I, Kurome, would train in brutal conditions just to stay alive. We were bred to stop rebellions before they began," Akame admitted.
Ben's attention grew as Akame continued. Never in his life had he met a person with a rough childhood that could top Kevin's. Akame's was far worse than what Kevin had to go through. And that was saying a lot. Akame slowed down her story as she began to realize how angry Ben was getting.
"So they did all of this to the both of you?" Ben asked, trying his hardest to hide his anger.
Akame shamefully nodded.
"Those bastards," Ben said, "That's just so...so evil! I've faced evil before, but this...this is just unbelievable!"
"That's why I was afraid of you," Akame said, "If the Empire got wind of or got knowledge of your existence, I have no doubt that they would try to find you and use you for their own gain - or worse kill you and get the watch.'
"Heh, good on that one," Ben said with a smug, "The Empire couldn't get it off me even if they got the Hulk on me."
Akame nodded in confusion.
"What I mean is that my Ultimatrix is operated under my own DNA. It'll be useless without it."
"So your blood is a power source?" Akame asked.
Ben nodded.
"Progressive," Akame said impressed, "So what else can you do?"
"That's about it..."
"Besides your Ultimatrix," Akame pointed out.
Ben flushed, "Oh, heh, well...I'm good at Tennis and I'm an expert hand to hand fighter!"
"Expert?" Akame asked, arching her brow, not remembering the time Ben fought her without using the watch, "You mean you can fight without your watch?"
"Well..."
"Because your watch is nothing but a weapon," she said.
"Well, you have your katana!" Ben protested.
Akame smiled, "Well true, but I'm more of a fighter without my blade."
"Uh huh," Ben said, "Show me!"
Akame arched her brow, "Really?"
"Yep! Just you and me!" Ben said, challenging her to a suicidal match. Ben's mind became inflated again with his ego, something to which Akame noticed from a mile away. Normally something like that would annoy his closest friends and/or allies, but to Akame, it was, in a words, adorable.
"Are you forgetting that I'm an assassin, Ben?" Akame asked.
"Hey, I like a challenge!" Ben smiled.
Akame chuckled, "Alright," she got in her kata and dropped her sword, "Don't say I didn't warn you."
Ben got into a boxing kata, "Don't worry, I won't."
"One rule: no weapons," she said, "I won't use Murasame and in exchange, you won't activate your Utimatrix."
"Hmph, easy pickings!" Ben said, "Bring it, red!"
...
Back at the Empire, Wave was getting punished by disrespecting orders given by his superior, General Esdeath, who by at this point was far from displeased. She was extremely pissed off.
"I don't know what else to say, but I'm very sorry for what happened okay?" Wave pleaded as his legs slowly were getting crushed by tons of cinderblocks, "General Esdeath, I humbly beg your forgiveness!"
"Tatsumi got away because you weren't paying attention," Esdeath told, "Worse of all what I cannot overlook was that a member of Night Raid slipped through your fingers," she said to Wave, turning to Kurome, "Kurome, more weight."
"Mmhm," Kurome said apathetically as she dropped a heavy weight on top of those already crushing Wave's thighs. Wave screamed echoing the excruciating pain echoing through his brain from his reddening thigh.
"My Dear Wave, your techniques are impeccable," she went on.
"But it wasn't my fault, General Esdeath!"
"Enough with this excuse of some alien pink girl that defeated you! If I wanted to hear fairy tales, I would have spent some time in the library," she finished, "As I was saying, your techniques are impeccable, but they are worthless if you don't use your head! Please try to correct this."
"Yes ma'am," Wave cried.
"Oh and if you disappoint me again, I would be delivering your punishment myself. Is that perfectly clear?" she said sternly.
"Yes ma'am," he said trying his hardest to hide his pain.
Seryu barged in already ready to defend Wave. She was the only person who believed him when he told her what happened. And of course, she was angry at the result. Ben had beaten a member of the Jaegers with ease and with a new transformation. This was not lost on Esdeath either since she had the first-hand experience with the green changeling.
"General Esdeath!" Seryu began, "I believe what Wave is saying is true ma'am!"
"Seryu, you may have been right when it comes to Ben Tennyson, but..."
"This girl Wave talks about might be an ally to the Ben 10 threat! She may be powerful than him! I urge you General, consider Ben Tennyson as an existential threat to this country! He may be working for Night Raid and the Revolutionary Army. With him by their side, they could steamroll us!"
"Ben Tennyson might have won one battle, but that was only one battle. I was not prepared for him and from the looks of it so was he," Esdeath said.
"I advise that we should kill him now and take the watch for ourselves!" Seryu suggested wildly.
"Esdeath declined, "No. Ben Tennyson is too valuable."
"Valuable!" Seryu protested, "With all due respect, Ben 10 is..."
"Valuable, and you will respect my decision or else you will suffer a similar punishment as Wave here! Do I make myself clear?" Esdeath threatened.
Seryu sighed, "Yes ma'am."
"Good, we hunt Tennyson down and we will force him to join us."
"And what if he doesn't?"
"Then you have my permission to kill him."
Seryu had a dark smile creeping across her face like a snake slithering on desert sand, "Not unless I kill you first, Ben 10. Hehe."
...
Ben was slammed to the ground countless times trying his hardest to try to block Akame's punches and kicks. He was bruised up badly! Just before Ben could get one in, Ben easily dodged it, jumped on top of his head and pulled her own weight towards Ben, slamming him down to the ground.
"OOF!" Ben grunted, "Okay I had enough."
Akame pinned Ben to the ground preventing him from getting back up, "I win," she said with a cute smile.
"Yeah, you win! Don't hurt me!" Ben begged, not wanting to receive another brutal beating from the assassin, but instead of that, Akame unexpectedly locked a pleasurable kiss to Ben's mouth. Ben blushed.
"That...was out of nowhere," Ben noted.
Akame was blushing harder than usual. Never had she felt this warm before or close to anyone besides her friends, before. She would also have to reflect on how she was very protective of him during Wave's attack on them, volunteered to sacrifice her life to save his. Now, she would sacrifice her life regardless, but this became instant with her when it comes to the young, green changeling. She was extremely wary of him, but now she felt protective of him. Her heart was beating faster than anything she had ever felt in a long time.
"Akame?" Ben addressed.
"S-sorry," Akame said, "I got carried away."
"What was that for?"
"Um...nothing. It's nothing really, Ben," Akame said hugging him while in a very uncomfortable position where Ben was curiously being hovered over by the red assassin. Ben had to admit, she was strikingly beautiful, but what really stood out was that her breasts pressed down against his chest.
And for a while, she was holding him for a long while and Ben, being Ben, tried not to hold her since she tightly held onto him - plus his body was aching in pain.
"When we get back to base, I'll treat you with some oils that could help swell down those bruises," she said.
"Okay?" Ben said, now confused about what happened.
"Does she have an insta-crush on me or something?" he thought.
...
Back in the Empire, Seryu was losing patience. General Esdeath was not taking her too seriously. She did not see the true threat she saw in her eyes. She felt a little betrayed but yet still felt some sort of loyalty towards her commander, however, Seryu wanted nothing but pure revenge. Her seek for justice, drained in blood and anger. It became a quest, a journey to seek retribution for what the brown-haired teen had done to her.
Her room, formally empty, was filled with weapons and drawings, awfully traced, with Ben being hung, stabbed, eaten or worse - all colored with crayons with the colors being traced outside the lines. Not on, that but there were pictures after pictures after pictures of Ben's Ultimatrix symbol plastered all over the walls, the ceilings, hanging from ceilings, it was like looking at a room of a conspiracy nut gone awry.
"They all think I'm crazy! A Nut! I was threatened with torcher, but yet she faced the danger herself but refused to take the pre-emptive course of action! Ben Tennyson is a menace! A menace I say! Even though she maybe my superior commander, but she is a dumb cunt! A Walrus would be a more competent general that that fake bitch! Looking for love and shit! Fuck love! I'm married to one man and that is Justice A. Retribution! And he wants blood...ohohoho oh so much blood! Ben will soon beg for death once I slowly slice small myriads of cuts throughout his body, slowly draining his body of his blood, filling it with a ten-gallon jug! He will beg for death! I shall not wait tomorrow! - or the next day! Justice will be made wherever crime hides," Seryu said with her biological Imperial Arms smiling right beside her.
"What?" Seryu turned her head towards a Volleyball with a face drawing of Captain Ogre, "What's that Captain Ogre?"
Nothing.
"Murder Esdeath? No, I will never! - Alas, if she sides with...you're saying she is? No, I don't believe that!" she coughed, "But I do agree that we should prepare in case something does happen," Seryu continued on, "WHAT? I'm not acting crazy!"
The volleyball fell off the stick, "I'm not crazy," she growled, "I'm not."
A/N: Hello all! This is MegaRdaniels that brought you the 29th Chapter for the fic, "Ultimate ga Kill!" I hope you all enjoyed it and please always leave reviews, they are always appreciated. Until we meet again, I bid you all an adieu and...
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