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XXXI: Kill the Anodite
It had been hours since Sheele, Ben, and Akame together had walked through those thick woods. With their fresh wounds and aching bodies, they managed the walk okay. Sheele, who once had a slight dislike for the crazy justice girl shared an as much extreme hatred for her as with the red assassin. Ben, who could walk the extra mile now, was still shocked that Sheele was strong enough to carry him but more shocked at Akame. Her slim frame would have made it impossible for her to carry a person like him. He could understand about Sheele, she was slightly bigger and had a slight muscularity to her.
Once the trio finally arrived back to base, they were welcomed by the blonde, cat lady, Leone who had her arms folded. Her smile became permanent as she blocked the door.
Akame came forward towards her blonde friend, "Is something the matter?" she asked.
"Yep, it's Ben," she said.
"What about him?" Sheele asked acting as a shield, ready to defend him at all cost. Akame, though had high respect for him, did not act as a shield to him. She was surprised to see her purple friend immediately at Ben's defense. Even Ben has to slightly move her arm away, but even that was becoming a little difficult. She was becoming a little too protective of the young hero.
"Is he being threatened?" she asked directly to a very shocked Leone. Leone knew Sheele's protective nature for the young man, but not to this degree. Whatever happened in those woods had her gone to the point of becoming Ben's gate. Hell, it was even harder for Akame to get close to her without her being suspicious.
"Um...Sheele?" Ben and Akame began.
"Sorry, got a little carried away," Sheele said.
"Um...okay? Anyway," Leone caught to the chase by grabbing him. Sheele tried to reach for him, but it was too late. Akame giggled.
"Why didn't you tell me that you had a cousin? Huh?" Leone noogied the teen hero. Ben was shocked.
"WHAT?" he pushed away.
"Yeah! Your cousin, Gwen Tennyson right?"
"Who told you? How?"
"Hi, cousin!" Gwen said coming out of the Hideout with her arms folded with her big smile, alongside her was Tatsumi, Mine, and Lubbock.
"GWEN?!" Ben tears up. He immediately rushed over to his cousin and gave her a big, bear hug, spinning around as the two Tennysons rejoiced. Sheele as well as everyone else- save for Akame, already knew about Gwen. Akame was dumbfounded by the revelation. This confirmed her earlier theory about Ben's entire life. He had never suffered before a day in his life, and he had a family. Gwen was here and was not dead at all, so where did Ben's sense of justice come from? That was the mystery to her. Though she no longer feared him, it's the mystery that got her intrigued.
She knew what Ben was capable of, but what about his cousin. She looked suspicious. She didn't have an Ultimatrix on her, but she could sense that she was pretty powerful in her own right. What could she do exactly - let alone being Ben's cousin.
"You have a family?" Akame asked, tears slowly streamed.
"Hey? Who's the red girl?" Gwen asked.
"Oh, that's Akame!" Tatsumi and Ben introduced.
"Hello there," she said.
...
In a small lake house behind the main base, Tatsumi was finishing up his story at what he learned. This, of course, caught Gwen off guard. She quickly learned about Esdeath and immediately categorized her as a threat, however, there was more to Tatsumi's story that everyone had hoped. That was when he came to the point of mentioning Seryu and her unnatural hatred for the green teen hero. Gwen became unnerved, wanting nothing but to annihilate the young woman that attacked her cousin. Had she been there, Seryu would have been history.
"She attacked us in the woods," Sheele said, "It was an unexpected attack."
"We didn't see her coming, it was like she was prepared or something," Akame said.
"I may not know who this Seryu person is, but if I see her, I'm tearing her to shreds," Gwen said, her voice getting darker. Mine laughed at Gwen's threats.
"I like you, redhead," Mine said, "But don't let that false bravado of yours get you killed. Night Raid and Ben are totally strong enough to handle Emily Elizabeth," she giggled, "And her Clifford."
"And yet you stole my insults," Ben groaned, "But I don't want you to underestimate my cousin. Gwen is pretty strong."
"Look, Ben, she may be your cousin, but she's no Akame," Mine said.
"Mine, Ben's right," Akame said shocking everyone saving Gwen's breath from being uttered since she was the one being insulted by Mine.
"You want to bet on it, sweetheart?" Gwen said until she was held back by Ben and Sheele.
"Ben had shown power way beyond our comprehension. Danger Beasts or Aliens as he would like to call them, are far greater in power than any of us. Gwen is no different. I could sense it."
"Whoa, really?" Mine was taken aback at how Akame admitted that if Gwen happened to power up would spill trouble beyond belief, even to the point that not even Ben could stop her. Leone was taken this all in. Not only Ben was far stronger than her, but his cousin too? What type of drugs had they taken?
"Are you admitting that Gwen here is far stronger than Ben? Stronger than you?" Leone asked stunned.
Akame nodded.
"Okay, let me get to the list on why I'm here," Gwen intercepted, now facing Ben, "Ben, um..." Gwen saw Night Raid leering in on what's happening, "Is there a place private that we can speak?"
"No," Ben said, "I trust them enough for them to hear what you are going to say," Ben said.
"Yeah, we can handle it!" Mine said.
"Anything to protect him," Sheele said tugging on her friend.
"He helped us, we help him," Tatsumi said. Others nodded.
"Okay, but you guys are going to be..."
"Gwen," Ben told her, "Tell me, what's going on? Why did Professor Paradox sent me here, not that I mind is all," he turned his attention to the assassins.
"The Nemetrix is missing," Gwen said. Immediately, sat back. Sheele caught him before his head hit the pillow of the couch.
"Azmuth contacted Paradox to beam you here to retrieve it. I guess he didn't tell you," she concluded.
"All he told me that I had to help Night Raid," he said.
"He did, what he didn't tell you is why," Gwen said.
"Hold on," Leone halted the conversation, "Start from the top-down. What's a Nemetrix? Who's Azmuth? What is this? I'm lost!" Leone said joining the many others who were incredibly lost on the revelation. Akame was trying to catch up on the logic. Apparently, Ben is from another world as it seemed sent here ona mission to protect them from a user using the Nemetrix. From the name, it sounded incredibly dangerous. As Ben and Gwen continued to talk, Night Raid continued to talk amongst themselves on what happened as well until Akame broke the ice.
"So this Nemetirx," Akame said breaking everyone's train of thought, "It's quite like the same as Ben's Ultimatrix is it not?"
"Hardly," Ben and Gwen said in unison, "It's the complete opposite of the Ultimatrix in many regards."
"To bring it simple, The Nemetrix can transform the user into the predators of sentient alien life forms Ben transform into," Gwen said.
"I thought they were Danger Beasts," Mine said, extremely confused now.
"It's because they're not Danger Beasts, they're aliens," Akame finally admitted.
"Aliens?" Leone asked, "The hell is...oh Ben's creatures." Leone caught herself.
"I think its a lot complex than that," Ben said, "Aliens are like humans, but with different forms and civilizations."
"Other worlds?" Sheele asked.
Ben nodded.
"And you've been to those worlds," Tatsumi asked.
"I don't believe that mess," Mine said outspokenly.
"I kinda do, and it makes a lot of sense. All those creatures he turns into do not exist in the database," Lubbock said, "There are no dossiers for Heatblast, Big Chill, or Rath anywhere."
"So this Nemetrix, how powerful is it?" Akame asked Ben a little concerned on who might use it.
...
Later on, at night, a team of strange silhouettes was in the forest scouting. A man with a long, duckbill sniffed out tracks, obviously tracking the headquarters to Night Raid while a man with a large build, and presumably, an ex-convict, observed, searching for small hints while a young woman with big ears picked up small hertz of sound.
Dr. Stylish laughed, "How precious of they trying to hide their scent and cover their footprints, but since I brought my super-enhanced soldiers that won't do any good," Dr. Stylish continued his revelation as his underlings continued to track their location, "I knew something tradingly funky about that boy. You wouldn't expect a blacksmith to adjust that quickly, am I right?" Dr. Stylish asked rhetorically.
Finally, after hours of searching, they found it.
Night Raid Headquarters.
"Bingo! Peekaboo Night Raid, I see you!" Dr. Stylish said.
...
At the town, Seryu was patrolling the streets. She was incredibly hurt and injured after her battle with Ben Tennyson. It was a good thing Dr. Stylish fixed her up. Word got out that as a result of that, the people were secretly split about the green, teen hero. They respected Seryu, which made the split to deepen. Seryu began to notice this. Ben was becoming known to the public without him being anywhere near the Capital. This was bothering her.
"Ben Tennyson," she spat, "He's becoming a nuisance! Ain't he Korro?" she asked her biological Imperial Arms. Korro immediately nodded. Korro would never forget that intense beating Ben gave him. It was bone-crushingly painful. Korro was reduced to a pile of ash, all that was left was bare bones. The pain he felt, was undeniably bad. Ben could have crushed his core and that would have been it.
"There has to be a way to beat him!" Seryu said until she accidentally stepped on something.
"What the?" Seryu lifted her foot from off of a strange device. The device was a watch-like device with the faceplate shaped like a hexagon. It was colored red and silver. The symbol looked like an open mouth with sharp teeth.
Seryu picked it up and scanned it. Korro had no idea what it was, but it looked strangely familiar.
"This looks more like that criminal's Imperial Arms!" Seryu said, "Obviously crafted by another criminal inspired by Tennyshit! Well, I know what to do with trash like this! I'm going to let Esdeath know about this! She's going to be so proud!"
Korro barked happily.
A/N: Hello guys, this is MegaRdaniels giving you all an early New Years' gift. Sorry for the short chapter, but there will be more soon! Please always leave review they are always appreciated. Thank you!
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