A/N: Hello, readers! Welcome to another chapter.

I was reading through the last chapter and realized I put "Dusk" instead of "Dawn" at the end. My bad. But I'm sure you guys knew who I meant. This is the start of the next arc!

Enjoy!

CHAPTER EIGHT: REMATCH: AKAME VS ZACK

Akame was just peacefully sitting in the guild hall, when Zack came up to him. "Akame! I hope you haven't forgotten our rematch." Zack said, getting their guildmates attention. Akame raised an eyebrow, not knowing what he meant.

"Rematch?" He questioned.

"Don't tell me you've already forgotten. Tch, bastard." Zack muttered. "Remember when we fought against Quartz and Xanon during the war, you told me that you wanted a rematch with me?"

"Oh yeah..." Akame said, then smirked. "Don't be a sore loser when you lose, Zack."

"If you're gonna have a rematch, take it outside! You'll destroy the guild hall!"

Akame cracked his knuckles as he stared at Zack. "There's only one rule. Dragon Slayer magic only. I don't want you busting out your other magic." He informed.

Zack chuckled. "Scared you'll lose, Akame?" He asked.

"Not a chance. If I'm gonna be beaten, I would rather have it not be from your other magic." Akame replied.

"Begin!"

"Blood Dragon's Claw!" Akame shouted, swiping Zack with red mist coming from his fingertips. However, Zack easily dodged the attack.

"Azure Dragon's Roar!"

"Blood Dragon's Roar!"

Blue light energy and red mist collided against each other as an explosion set off. Akame easily dodged the attack as he moved to the right side.

"Azure Dragon's Hazard Arrows!" Zack shouted as dark arrows headed straight for Akame.

"Blood Dragon's Gale Force!" Akame yelled as a dark red Magic Circle appeared and a huge amount of red mist headed straight for Zack, who ended up getting knocked down before he could counter attack.

Zack got up, but before he could call out an attack. A sudden blast hit the guild hall, shocking everyone as they stopped and turned.

"Why are we always the ones getting attacked?" Julian sighed in annoyance.

"It's nice to see you again, Twilight Phoenix." Quartz greeted with Peridot at his side.

"I hope you didn't forget about us." Daisuke added, joining his partner.

"I believe we haven't met. I'm Hana Nanami, a former member of Horned Serpent." Hana introduced herself.

"What are you three doing here?" Dawn questioned her ex-guildmates.

"We're only following orders. Now..." Daisuke began as a light green Magic Circle appeared. "Nature-Make Magic: Vines!" He shouted as green vines appeared from the ground and grabbed hold onto Dusk.

"Dusk!" Akame and Bruno shouted.

"Let him go!" Akame ordered.

"No can do, King. We're under strict orders to capture him." Quartz replied. "Allyson will be looking forward to your reunion."

Akame froze at that name as the three wizards dragged Dusk away.

"She's alive? But that's impossible..." Akame thought.

In the guild hall...

"Damn it!" Akame shouted as he knocked over a table in anger. His guildmates watched him, knowing that they shouldn't mess with him when he was angry. Even Zack knew that.

"Akame..." Loji began as Akame looked at the jet black haired male. "Who's Ally?"

"She's my little sister." Akame replied, the rest of his guildmates looked at him with shock.

"But... I thought your family was slaughtered by Deliora." Atugia said.

"My parents were..." Akame started off. "When Deliora attacked Brago, my parents ordered me to take Ally and run as fast as we could so we wouldn't get killed too."

(Flashback)

A young Akame was reading a book on the couch as his father rushed in. His mother quickly went upstairs and came down with his younger sister, Ally, a few minutes later. "Akame, take your sister and run." His mother ordered.

"What's happening mother?" Akame asked.

"Deliora is attacking our town. The townspeople are being killed left and right. You and Allyson need to run so you won't get killed too." His father explained.

Akame couldn't understand what was happening, but all he needed to know was that he needed to keep his sister safe. He took Allyson's hand and quickly rushed out of the house, making sure that they wouldn't get seen by Deliora.

Akame and Allyson dived behind a rock, just in time to see their house get smashed by the demon with their parents inside. Akame had to cover his sister's eyes so that she wouldn't see their parents get slaughtered.

"Come on, Ally. We gotta go." Akame said as they continued running towards the edge of the town.

"But what about Mama and Papa? We can't leave them, Nii-san!" Allyson complained.

"Mom and Dad would want me to make sure you're safe!" Akame shouted, trying to hold back his tears. Why did this have to happen to them? What did they do to deserve this? His town was a quiet town. It was nothing special. So why were they being attacked?

Allyson only nodded. She realized that it was hard for her older brother to leave their parents behind. But he was only doing what brothers did best: protect their younger sisters.

(End Flashback)

"So, what happened after that?" Nero asked.

"Ally and I ended up getting separated, and I eventually met Ketsu." Akame finished.

"It doesn't make sense..." Julian muttered as everyone looked at him. "If you did everything in your power to keep her safe, why does she have a huge grudge against you?"

"I don't really get it either." Aly agreed with his partner.

Akame sighed. "I'm not sure, Jude. That's what I'm trying to figure out." He responded.

"And we need to know why she took Dusk." Bruno added.

"Yeah, if she were to capture anyone..." Ajar began.

"It would've been Akame, you're right." Ezekiel finished for him. "She took Dusk for a reason."

"And we're very lucky to have former Horned Serpent members in our guild." Harumi started to say, making her guild look at her. "Riku, Dawn, do you have any idea where they might be hiding out?"

"Well, I might be wrong, but I believe they would be at Horned Serpents old guild hall." Dawn answered.

"No, you're definitely right. Knowing Quartz, Daisuke, and Hana, that's most likely where they'll be." Riku told her.

"Then let's go get Dusk back." Akame said, standing up from where he was sitting.

"Are you sure, Akame? We'll be going up against your sister." Julian reminded him.

Akame turned to him, his red eyes giving off a dark look. "She took someone who's important to me. Family or not, I'm gonna kick her ass." He informed, walking out of the guild hall as his guild members looked at each other and followed him.

A/N: Sorry that this chapter is really short. I know I haven't updated since July, so all my readers are most likely gone by now. I promise I'm alive, I've just been really busy with college and work I haven't had that much time to update.

Hope you all are staying safe!

~Kyle