The next morning was another Sunny day. The birds were chirping, and the weather was about normal.
Flare had woken up within Esdeath's chambers. 'Wow. Some night, that was.' He thought to himself as he looked around at his surroundings then looked at the one woman whom had fallen in love with him. Esdeath was sleeping on her left side, peacefully. 'It's hard to believe that Esdeath had passed out, after we started making out. It must've been from exhaustion.' He smiled to himself as he glanced at Esdeath's sleeping body. 'But still. Out of all the guys in the capital, I still can't believe she picked me. But, I wonder, why, though?' He thought about waking Esdeath as he extended his right arm toward her shoulder. 'No. Don't wake her up. Let her sleep, for now.' Flare thought as he stopped himself and stared at her happy and sleeping face. He didn't want to wake her up, so he left the bed as quiet as he could.
"After I got out of bed, I showered alone. And when I was done, I dressed myself and roamed elsewhere within the palace."
"Ah, there you are," Flare heard an unfamiliar voice. He heard the door open and saw two guys walking towards the dining room. One guy had matching dark blue spiky hair and eyes. He was wearing a blue leather jacket, under it was a white T-shirt with a red scarf. He also had gray jeans and dark blue boots, and he carries a weird blue sword. His name is Wave. The other guy had wavy blonde hair and golden eyes. As for accessories, he has a white feather in his hair and a white collar on his neck. He wore a black shirt with a white robe over it, also with white long boots. His name is Run. "It's nice to see you awake."
"Thanks, but um... what was your name, again?" Flare asked, not knowing Run's name.
"Oh right, please forgive my rudeness. I am Run." Run introduced himself.
"I'm Wave, by the way. We've met at the Tournament. I was the official." Wave stated.
Flare looked back to the day when he was fighting Kalbi and remembered Wave with a microphone. "Oh yeah, I'm starting to remember you. I'm Flare." He offered Wave a hand.
"Nice to meet you, Flare. I hope we can all get along." Wave said smiling as he grasped Flare's hand.
"Indeed." Run said.
"What's going on in here?"
Flare heard another voice coming from the door. Another person opened the door and walked in the room. It was a girl with matching twin-pointy black hair and eyes. She was wearing a modern black sailor shirt with a red tie, and a black skirt with partial red on the side. She has a red belt that carries her Imperial Arm Yatsufusa at her side. She had long black stockings with short black shoes. "Move it." The girl shoved Wave out the way and walked to the table with a bag filled with goodies in her left hand and she used her right hand to wipe her eyes.
"That was rude, Kurome." Wave said.
"Whatever, I'm tired. So leave me alone." Kurome took a seat. Flare couldn't help but stare at her for a moment. Something about Kurome gave him chills. She opened one eye and saw him staring at her, then pulled her cookie bag closer towards her in a protective manner. "Don't touch my cookies!"
"That's… just weird." Flare thought awkwardly.
"Is there a problem?" Kurome asked.
"No. Matter of fact, I can see some kind of resemblance between you and that Akame, girl." Flare remembered back when he was assigned with Seryu, he saw Akame's wanted poster on a building wall within the capital. "Are you two related?" Flare asked.
"You're right, I can see the resemblance, too." Wave noticed.
"First of all, that's none of your business. And yeah, that pretty goody two-shoes is my older sister. We went through a lot together. Now she's a traitor to the Empire. When I run into her again, I'll make regret the day she left me and turn her into one of my dolls so we could be together forever." Kurome said in a dark tone.
'I can sense her bloodlust. It's dark. She's serious about killing her sister.' Flare had thought.
"Wait, that's still your sister!" Wave argued.
"Yeah, and?" Kurome looked at Wave. "That doesn't mean anything to me anymore, now that she's a traitor. If you defect, you must die. If you are an enemy of the Empire, then you must die. Those are the rules." Kurome stated as she took a bite of a cookie.
"Can I ask you something?" Flare asked Kurome.
"You already asked me a question, so what is it?" Kurome replied.
"If I were to encounter Akame in the future, I need to know how powerful she is." Flare said.
Kurome sighed. "Fine, pay attention because I'm only going to say this once." She said holding up a single index finger. "First of all, she's fast. Second of all, she's strong. And if you get cut by her blade, you'll die instantly." Kurome said in a fast pace and took a bite of one of her cookies.
'What kind of Information it that?!' Flare and Wave thought shocked.
"Oh, there's one more thing I must tell you," Kurome got up from the table. "If you do somehow manage to pin down Akame, give me the final blow. And if I find out you somehow killed my sister without giving me a chance to do so, or if you EVER defect from the Empire, I will not hesitate to kill you and turn you into my doll." Kurome said slightly tilting her head with a dark smile on her face.
'She keeps mentioning dolls, for some reason. What does she mean by that? And if this is how Kurome acts, then I can't even imagine what Akame is like.' Flare thought as he understood Kurome.
Another person walked opened the door. He had a white mask on with black marks over the eyes. He has a supposed six pack with a slash scar on his chest, he also wore matching long armed sleeves and white pants covered wrapped with belts. He also had brown boots. His name is Bols. "Hello everyone."
"Morning Bols." Wave said.
Flare stared at the man for a few seconds. "Hello, Flare. Hi, I'm Bols. Don't let the mask fool you, by the way." Bols greeted Flare in a positive manner.
"Yeah, don't let him fool you. He got me once I felt bad at first." Wave said in an embarrassed tone.
"I'm from the from the Incineration Squad. I hope we can get along." Bols said holding his hand out.
"Right." Flare smiled as he sensed nothing but positive emotions from Bols. This made Flare feel comfortable.
"Good morning, everyone." Esdeath said as she had fully dressed in her uniform.
"General Esdeath." Bols said clapping his hand together. "Esdeath said.
"I have come up with the assignments for today." Esdeath said, after clearing her throat. "Bols, you will have the day off, today."
"R-Really?" Bols said in a shocking and excited tone. 'I get to spend time with my family!'
"I have given myself, Wave, Flare and Kurome an assignment." Esdeath had stated as she eyed her group. Saving Flare for last.
"Wait, just the four of us? "Wave asked." But all eight of us are here." He also stated.
"Yes. The four of us. We'll be going there to hunt bandits and Danger Beasts." Esdeath stated.
"Flare, Wave, Kurome, and I. We will be paired in twos. Flare and Wave will partner up and take the West region throughout the day, while I partner up with Kurome and take the East region... then we'll switch throughout the night, so Flare with be partnered with me. Esdeath explained. 'The monster that we're hunting are vicious. This will be my chance to show Flare what I can do as a general.' She thought hiding her true affections for and winked Flare.
'I've heard some things about Fake Mountain, but I've never been there, before.' Flare thought as he looked at his fellow teammates.
Later That Day...
A few hours had passed and four out of the seven Jaegers had traveled to Fake Mountain.
Flare and Wave are walking on a road on the side of a hill on Mt. Fake. They are far from the capital from the countryside. The sun is shining, and the weather is cool.
"Hey, Flare?" Wave called his attention while still walking. "I never thought of before now, but it seems like you have it kinda cool."
"Cool?" Flare asked while turning his head.
"Yeah. Unlike me, you pretty much got along with most of the team in less than a day. Except with Kurome with her death threats, and General Esdeath knocking you out of course."
"I get it. You don't have to say anymore." Flare kept walking forward, until he felt some nearby Danger Beast's aura. "Eh?"
"Alright, we can share each other's pain and use this as experience, and-" Wave said confidentally, until he saw Flare stop like a statue.
"Flare, you alright?" Wave asked.
Flare didn't say anything. He gave him the eye stare, trying to tell him that there's something was behind him, but Wave didn't get the message. Flare had pulled a sword from his sheath.
"What are you doing?" Wave asked in confusion.
'Screw it.' Flare then charged into Wave's direction. Wave screams thinking that Flare was attacking him.
"Ah!" Wave screamed, thinking that Flare was about to attack him.
"Look out!" Flare said ran past him and slicing a Tree Beast diagonally in half.
"Thanks for that." Wave sighed. "For a minute, I thought you were—"
"I know, you can thank me after this is done. Right now, we need to clear off this road." Flare said calmly.
"What?" Wave pulled out his blue sword. Out of nowhere, countless Tree Beasts surrounded the two males in seconds. "They keep coming out of nowhere. They don't look edible like the ones on the Coasts. I didn't even sense them." Wave stated.
"They could probably hide their presence and disguise themselves as regular trees." Wave and Flare moved themselves back-to-back "You ready?"
"Yeah, let's wipe these suckers out!" Wave shouted before charging in. As the two men swung their blades, slicing and dicing, over and over again. They both felt like it was some kind of hobby.
'Whew. This kind of feels like Lumberjacking.' Flare thought as he stabbed a Tree Beast in the center of the eye. A few minutes had passed and both, Flare and Wave had killed all of the walking Tree Beasts.
"Phew, that was a close one." Wave then wiped the sweat off his face. "But that wasn't too tough. You okay, Flare?" he asked looking back at Flare's direction.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Flare replied.
"I gotta say. You've come a long way without possessing a single Teigu." Wave smiled.
"Teigu?" Flare asked.
"Yeah. I don't mean to rub you the wrong way, but people without Teigu usually don't survive in this line of work." Wave said.
"Oh. I guess you got a point." FLare had replied. 'That's right. I haven't revealed my Teigu to anyone.'
Three Hours Later...
Flare and Wave had secured the entire mountain that they were stationed on and rid of all threatening Danger Beasts.
Wave said rubbing his hand behind his back and looked to the bright blue sky. They kept walking until they made it all the way to the top of a mountain which took them a few minutes to climb. "Looks like we did it"
"Yeah. Not only have we made the climb, but I don't sense any other Danger Beasts around. So, we must be in the clear her." Flare looked around the area, only to see lots of more rocks and a river streaming from far below.
Wave sighed. "I guess there's nothing left to do but wait for the signal." Wave said, then sat down.
"I guess you're right." Flare lied on his back and begun sunbathing. Flare thought sunbathing would help, but the thing is that his energy is fully charged and that he is bored. "Hey Wave."
"Yeah?"
"What made you want to join the Jaegers?" Flare had asked out of curiosity.
"Me? Well, I had originally come to the capital to make money and provide for my parents." Wave smiled and had thought of his own parents. "And you?"
"Me? Well... I kind of have the same goal as you, but-" Before Flare could finish his words, a small green object had suddenly appeared right in front of them. As they looked down, they saw the adamant object on the ground. "What's that?" Flare pointed at it.
As Wave had looked at it, he realized it was a hand grenade. "This is a-" Wave gasped and his eyes had suddenly widened in shock. Wave was in the military, so he knew what a hand grenade looked like. The thing that scared him in that moment, was that the grenade had no silver pin with it. At that moment, he knew the grenade was going to detonate. Wave stretched his right arm towards Flare, telling him to run away. "Flare! Ru-"
The grenade suddenly went off before Wave could finish his sentence, causing the top of the rock to go boom and the two Jaegers to fall off on opposite side of the mountain. At the last second, Wave was able to cross his arms, so his face wouldn't take permanent damage. The two Jaegers fell off on each side of the mountain, thousands of feet. Both Wave and Flare managed to land safely, but they both had minor injuries and scratches. They stared at the smoke on top of the mountain from two different sides.
'What the hell was that just now?' Flare wondered.
Meanwhile...
'Did someone intentionally throw the grenade at us? If so, then who?' Wave pulled out Grand Chariot's key and gazed upon it. 'I can't worry about that now. I'm a Jaeger, so I need to be ready for what comes next!' Wave struck the ground with the key and yelled. "Grand Chariot!" As he did, large blue chains had circled around his body and a black and bule humanoid Danger Beast had appeared right behind Wave. Wave's pupils had changed from a normal circle, to a thin plus X pupil. Seconds later, Wave was coated in a suit of black and blue armor with a long white plate covering his backside. "Flare, I'm coming!" Wave said as he attempted to reclimb the mountain.
"Not so fast!" said a masculine voice.
Only a few seconds in as Wave within his Grand Chariot armor could move and find Flare, he was stopped by Tatsumi, in a white suit of armor, which happened to be Incursio. Wave glared at Tatsumi, knowing that Incursio belongs to Night Raid. "You!" Wave's attention had been fully turned to Tatsumi, the Incursio wielder. "I know you... you're Night Raid!" Wave yelled, as he laid eyes on Tatsumi in Incursio armor.
Meanwhile...
While on the different part of the mountain, Flare only had a few minor scratches on his arms and face. It wasn't that big of a deal, due to his healing factor. 'I wonder, if Wave is okay?' Flare wondered about Wave as he stared at the top of the mountain. 'That's right. I can still sense Wave. All the way from down here.' Flare cracked his knuckles. He then started running towards the direction where he Wave's energy. 'I need to hurry and get back to Wave, before...' Flare had thought as he attempted to run on the trail and climb the mountain, once more. But then... he sensed a lethal Qi with the intent to kill, four o'clock.
Suddenly, Flare had been shortly met by a cat-looking blonde woman, named Leone. Who tried to attack him by pouncing and attacking his right with a strong kick. Flare had blocked Leone's kick with both of his arms. Luckily, Flare was able to turn his body quick enough to block. 'What the...'
Leone had then jumped a few yards backward back to gain distance. 'We finally caught ya!' Leone's Teigu, Lionelle had been activated as Leone had gained lion-like features, such as claws... ears, a lion tail... a pair of sharp yellow lion eyes and sharp teeth.
Flare's full attention had been turned toward the blonde assassin. 'What's your deal? Who is this woman? Is she an assassin? A bandit, or..." Flare had thought as he stared at Leone.
"We've been watching you for quite a while." Leone said as she smirked and cracked her knuckles.
"We?" Flare had asked.
"That's correct."
Flare silently gasped and stopped for moment as he heard another feminine voice coming from behind. Flare had turned around and looked upward to see a teenaged assassin named Akame standing above her on higher ground of the mountain. Looking down at him. There were two people standing on opposite sides of Akeme. They were dressed in dark cloaks that covered their entire bodies. One of the mysterious figures wielded the Teigu, Double Bladed Axe: Belvaac. Which happened to be Ieyasu. And the other mysterious figure that had also wielded a Teigu, Infinite Uses: Crosstail on his hands was Lubbock.
Flare sensed Akame's aura, which was dark. 'Is that... Akame?' He then thought of the wanted poster of Akame that he saw, before. As Flare looked into her blood-red eyes, he can tell that Akame was in a league of her own. 'There's no doubt that's her. She's... powerful. But why are they even here?'
"Flare. You have become a target of Night Raid. Prepare to be eliminated." Akame said in a cold tone as she had also withdrawn her Murasame blade from her sheath.
"Eliminated?" Flare had repeated. 'So, that's what's this is all about. I became next on their hit list, all because I decided to help Seryu capture those two girls from Night Raid.' Flare had then thought of Sheele and Mine, whom he had fought in the past.
"That's right! When you mess with a few of us, you mess with all of us!" Leone said, then charged toward Flare, like a lion.
Flare then turned and saw Leone charging toward him.