Akame ga Clover

by stringdog

Death is the end…or is it? Reborn in a new world where magic is everything by Fate itself to counter a threat that violated the laws of nature Akame and Tatsumi must first regain their memories of their past live and then fight to protect the Clover Kingdom from the threats that it will face but who will accept people like them? The Black Bulls of course.

32. Chapter 32: Inverse

Here is the thirty-second chapter in this story released when I wanted it to be released based of my release process for this series. At the last minute Gauche and Finral returned to counter what was looking like the end for the quartet and took down the Light Mage thus beating the four enemies they were facing. Now all they have to do is restrain them and haul them off to headquarters though Finral is out of magic so they will have to wait. What's the worst that could happen as they wait to finally end the battle in the cavern? That is all that I have for the administrative stuff I have for y'all and there are no guest reviews that need a response, though I thank you for your support of my work, or questions to answer so I will end this here. Do keep them coming as your support is the best motivation for me to keep producing chapters at this kind of rate. That is it for this pre-chapter note so it is time to sit back and enjoy the thirty-second chapter in Akame ga Clover.

Disclaimer: I own nothing related to these two great animes.

Chapter 32: Inverse

"Damn Gauche, that was a nice save there." Finral called out from where he was in the cavern as Gauche panted from the spell he'd used his magic pretty much completely drained after it but grateful for all the magic he got from Marie and the other kids as he couldn't have done it without his darling angel. "And just in the nick of time to save the Captain, Asta, Akame, and Tatsumi."

"I can't believe it, we didn't die." Asta said as Yami's spell ended and faded down to the ground now that the final threat had been neutralized. "What just happened? How'd we win?"

"Mirror Magic, it reflected the attack back at him." Gauche got out still panting his hand before his face as blood ran down his left cheek. "I couldn't see it hit the smug bastard but he couldn't have dodge it so he's down."

"Here's a tip for working as a team Asta." Tatsumi said as he let go of Akame's hand and walked up to pat Asta on the back as Yami laughed and showed his own appreciation to Gauche for coming back with Finral to save them and with that new spell no less to which Gauche thanked for making him who he was now which Yami took as an excuse to claim all credit for beating the Light Mage. "Learn the interplay of magics so that you can plan for it in a prolonged conflict though this one had a few more twists and turns than any of us were expecting. I get that Anti-Magic is great and all, magically speaking there's no counter to it, but in a team battle like this knowing the right moves and when to make them in combat can mean life of death."

"Huh?" Asta asked as they all walked forward. "Also why does the Captain get all the credit for beating Dotty Face when he just stood there while Gauche did everything at the end."

"Shut it shrimp." Yami said as he grabbed Asta's head and glared at him as he lifted Asta off the ground so that he was at eye level with Yami. "Just because you beat Skinnybones Lineface over there and aided Tatsumi and Akame in taking down their opponents doesn't mean that you can say whatever you want. Tatsumi's right this was a team effort and showed why Magic Knights work in Squads."

"I must thank you Tatsumi." Gauche said with a slight bow of his head as he turned to Tatsumi who'd slide away from Yami and Asta's chat. "Sending me back to recover and restore my magic, which my darling Marie and the others helped boost though I credit her more than the others, was the right call. It allowed me to come back here in time to reflect the bastard's spell right back at him."

"It was a risk, Mirror Magic is one of the best magics to have on hand when fighting Light Magic and not a common attribute to have, possibly second only to Dark Magic in turns of magical counters to Light Magic, but you weren't in a state to fight and Akame had to have space to confront him." Tatsumi said. "I'm happy to see that it worked."

"It did and Marie will be so proud of me." Gauche said with a creepy smile as his nose bled and Yami continued to hold Asta's head while Asta struggled and complained in his grip. "Yes she will be."

"Look the important thing here is that we all did our best and together we took down the Light Mage." Finral said as he reached them. "There's no need to get violent with each other or take sole credit for it."

"Oh, and what did you do to fight him?" Yami, Gauche, and Akame all said at the same time glaring at Finral.

"Excuse me but I was the one who brought Gauche here in time with my Spatial Magic as well as bringing Yami to the fight right before the Light Mage could kill Asta." Finral protested while Asta yelled as Yami still hadn't released him. "I was who made this all possible."

"We don't care, take me back to Marie." Gauche said his expression deadly serious now. "I've done what I needed to do so I'm ready to go back to her."

"Oh and get me some meat, disinfectant and bandages in that order." Akame added as she swayed a little but still held onto Murasame as Tatsumi came to her side to help steady her. "I think I'm a little woozy."

"Hey, I am your superior who makes so many things possible for you lot with my magic so show me the respect you should." Finral said before he fully noticed Akame and noted that her clothes were torn to shreds and she was caked in blood that likely wasn't all hers but the number of cuts on her body showed that she had taken a good few wounds in the fights. "And Akame, how much blood have you lost? No wonder you're woozy."

"They're just scratches, I've had worse." Akame said. "Though I lost count after 10, I think."

"10!" Finral exclaimed. "Even if they are superficial you're going to need a healer and soon."

"So long as I can stand and hold Murasame I'm good." Akame said. "Don't worry, it was a good fight that pushed us hard to get stronger."

"That's not relevant." Finral said with an exasperated sigh. "Alright well I can't get you back yet because I have no magic at the moment."

"Your big brother did it my darling angel Marie." Gauche said not listening to anyone now as he pretended to hug Marie, right eye closed and smiling creepily as his nose bled. "Soon you'll be back in my arms praising me for my bravery and how I saved my Captain and Squad from the bad Light Mage. Well, what are you waiting for Finral, send me back to her already."

"Again, I am your superior." Finral said switching his attention to Gauche. "You can't just boss me around like I'm some transportation service."

"By tenure sure but if we're going on rank I'm the only one who's not a Junior Magic Knight." Tatsumi pointed out. "And you pretty much are a transportation service Finral, embrace it and it will help you improve yourself and your fighting style."

"I wouldn't be but well the whole convicted felon thing doesn't help." Akame said. "I can't become an Intermediary Magic Knight until I'm pardoned and right now I'm on thin ice coming up to my second review."

"Same here." Gauche added. "Minus the pardon stuff that is."

"Not helping and besides I told Gauche before I left that I only had one spell left before I was out of magic." Finral said. "And it seems that Tatsumi is out as well, and probably Gauche too for that matter so no one is leaving until my magic recovers."

"In fairness I ran out of magic because I was fighting a psychotic chick who was trying to brutally murder me with various high explosive weapons, her own inferior armor, and a giant beast dog that eats people." Tatsumi said gesturing to the still unconscious Seryu on the ground while Yami, Gauche, and Akame all made a tch sound at Finral for not being able to take them where they wanted to go. "You did it by chasing tail all day like you do every time you get a day off though with your record you could be fleeing the same thing as I was fighting."

"Don't you tch me." Finral protested to the other three while ignoring Tatsumi's accurate point. "I only have so much magic power and I'm currently out of that right now."

"Marie is an angel; you don't keep an angel waiting." Gauche said his nose still bleeding. "That is sacrilege of the highest order."

"And I thought that Finral couldn't get any more useless." Yami said. "Push past your limits and get us out of here already."

"How hard was it to just bring back some meat, you were in the town already and that redhead who likes Asta makes some really good food." Akame said. "Don't you know to show a lady respect? You're are a wannabe ladies' man Finral, at least try though you are still better than Lubbock at least."

"You two are being mean and Akame, you are neither a typical lady nor single so it would be very disadvantageous to my health to do that." Finral said to which Akame just nodded in agreement as Yami finally let go of Asta's head and he landed on his ass on the ground before he finally addressed Tatsumi's point to stop the other three from ganging up on him. "And fair Tatsumi though she is a cutie but, er, where are her arms?"

"Cut them off." Tatsumi said idly as he pointed to where they were in the cavern. "Helped take her down at least."

"That seems a bit extreme." Finral said as they began to walk over to the downed leader of Eye of the Midnight Sun who was on his back on a flat rock with Kurome and Seryu unconscious on the same rock behind him blood around the girls while Valtos was slumped against one of the far walls of the cavern. "Did you really need to do that?"

"No, I was aiming for her neck." Tatsumi said. "But she threw herself back and sacrificed her arms at the last minute to prevent me from decapitating her. Then used the last of her power to, I don't know staunch or seal the wounds so she's out cold but alive and should survive."

"Right and the other girl." Finral said noting that she was topless with only a bra over her petite and blood covered chest while the remains of her shirt wrapped around her right side that was still oozing blood from a deep wound there with several additional cuts adorned her legs, arms, left shoulder, chest, and even her cheek so that she had more cuts than were on Akame's body. "She's the one Akame called her sister if I recall."

"She is, Kurome was reborn as well." Akame said as they all reached the Light Mage and looked down at him as he stared up at them unable to move or use magic thanks to his injuries from his spell being rebounded onto him. "And the girl Tatsumi bested is one as well. They were in the same unit that we fought back in our old lives, the one that was created to counter us."

"And they're on the other side, great." Finral said, the reborn were a scary bunch and he wasn't too pleased with two, who were clearly less stable and moral than Akame and Tatsumi were, being their enemies. "At least they're alive so they can be brought in and answer for their crimes."

"Yup, the Wizard King will know what to do with this lot." Yami said as he looked down on the Light Mage who wasn't listening as he grunted and with some effort raised his head and shoulders to look at where Drowa was. "Looks like that big spell of yours was for nothing Dotty Face. It was a good try but I'd say your magic as more than one natural enemy after what just happened."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hurt you when I arrived." Patry got out as he looked at Drowa, he refused to use the name of the human who hosted his friend as in time that human would be eliminated as Drowa was reincarnated in his body. "That was wrong of me. Forgive me my friend."

"What are you talking about?" Gauche asked confused.

"If I'd realized you were friends." Yami said looking at Gauche. "I wouldn't have beaten him up so badly if I had."

"I would have." Akame said helpfully. "He's responsible for the attack on the Capital and hurting Gauche, he had to go down."

"I'm not friends with this monster, I've never seen him before today." Gauche said his tone harsh as he looked down at the Light Mage. "Besides, his lackies threatened Marie, he's lucky he's not dead now."

"Soon you will understand, soon it will be back to how it should be." Patry said ignoring the humans harsh words because they meant nothing to him. "Soon we will have our justice."

"Yeah I doubt that you will get whatever twisted revenge that you think is justice now that you've lost to us and I don't think any of us will understand you or those who follow you but that's not my job, that's for Headquarters to find out which is where we'll haul you off to now." Yami said. "That's where you can tell us all about this little club of yours. Finally, the King of Overly Serious People has been avenged. May he rest in peace."

"But sir, Captain Fuegoleon isn't dead yet." Asta said as Yami let out a prayer. "He's just unconscious."

"Do you always worry about the small details?" Yami asked glaring at Asta as he opened his eyes. "They're not worth it you know."

"Er, I wouldn't call the fact that he's not dead a small detail." Asta noted as he sweat dropped at the expression on Yami's face.

"Now let's see, where's that binding spell I know." Yami said turning back to the Light Mage his grimoire glowing and flipping to the right page. "What's it called again?"

"Dark Restraints, Captain." Akame said helpfully. "And it's a good strong one. Even if I had a blade I didn't think I could cut it."

"Right I used it on you when we met and now I'll use it on your sister which seems fitting." Yami said. "Ah here it is. Go Dark Restraints."

At that tendrils of Dark Magic came out of Yami's grimoire and moved over to bind the Light Mage, Valtos, Kurome and Seryu. It was a little hard with the last one given her lack of arms but Yami managed it and even used them to help hold the makeshift dressing in place on Kurome which would help before the captives were moved so that the men were propped up sitting against boulders at the edge of the flat rock that the Light Mage had fallen onto and the girls were lying on the ground between them. All were now unconscious and bound so all they had to do was wait.

They did this by finding a few rocks nearby to sit on with Yami, Gauche, and Asta on one and Finral, Tatsumi, and Akame on the other. As they sat Tatsumi putting his arm around Akame so that she could rest her head on his shoulder as he held her as her wounds finally started catching up to her.

Akame knew that she'd lost a lot of blood, not a fatal amount and the cuts were pretty much closed at this point but for some minor oozing, so she'd be ok so long as she didn't make any sudden or sharp movements and reopen them. Still, she was going to need a good long healing session after this and then a relaxing night with Tatsumi, after a meat feast to replenish her stamina of course. It also didn't take long for the complaints to start as Yami let out a yawn.

"Finral, can you take us out of here now?" Yami asked. "I'm tired, this whole thing has messed with my sleep schedule."

"As I said I'm out of magic so you'll have to wait a little longer." Finral said. "It will take a while for my magic power to come back so we may as well get comfortable though Headquarters may send someone before then as they have been informed of the situation."

"Then stop chasing so much rejection." Tatsumi said as Yami, Gauche, and Akame all made a tch sound again. "You'd have been fine if you accepted that you weren't going to get any dates and just enjoyed a day to yourself. That way you'd be prepared for something like this."

"That's a bit much coming from the guy with a girlfriend." Finral complained as he glanced at how adorable Tatsumi and Akame looked cuddled up on the rock next to him, well minus that blood all over Akame or the fact that she still had her katana out and resting on its side on hers and Tatsumi's legs for some reason, before looking away from them and back to the Captain. "And again with the tchs?"

"Tch." Yami said in a slight pout. "I'll keep saying it, tch, tch, tch. Don't let it affect you."

"But it does." Finral said with a slight whine to his voice.

"Then get me back to my darling little sister." Gauche said. "That will get us out of this place."

"Or some meat and bandages." Akame added not even bothering to raise her head from Tatsumi's shoulder. "You could have brought both with you."

"Unlike you, Gauche, I didn't get any extra magic." Finral said. "And it was an emergency, Akame, I had to get Gauche here right away so I couldn't bring food or medical supplies."

"Fine, the longer we wait the sweeter and more joyous our reunion will be especially with all I have to tell her." Gauche said as his nose bled and he let out a chuckle. "Yes, I can't wait. It's been true in the past for sure."

"What has?" Asta asked a little confused.

"I refuse to talk to you about my sister." Gauche said suddenly getting serious.

"Why, she's a sweet girl." Asta said.

"I'd drop it Asta." Tatsumi said. "It's not worth it."

"Tatsumi's got it, anyone who approaches my Marie is my enemy." Gauche said.

"Really? You've got to lighten up Gauche." Asta said as Yami's stomach growled loudly, followed by Akame's as apparently her appetite didn't want to feel like it was inferior to anyone else's, well other than Charmy's but nothing could compare to Charmy's appetite so even Akame's appetite had bowed to the mistress of gluttony herself. "She's going to grow up one day."

"Damn I'm starving." Yami groaned as Gauche ignored Asta and Akame's stomach refused to back down in a challenge with Yami's as it growled louder. "Can't you use a portal for breakfast at the very least."

"I second that." Akame said. "Make it rich in meat."

"Not a delivery service and still out of magic." Finral said. "Nor am I a ride. Just wait you lot."

"Tch." Akame and Yami said before they suddenly stiffened, as did Tatsumi, Finral, and Gauche and all of them turned to look at one of the few flat rocks that had nothing on it elsewhere in in the cavern with Akame even lifting her head from Tatsumi's shoulder to check it out.

"Er, is something wrong?" Asta asked, the sense was a massive influx of magic power so he had no clue that it was happening. "What's going on?"

"There's a lot of mana coming in at a specific point." Tatsumi said as they all rose and turned to it with Tatsumi letting go of Akame in the process as she steadied herself katana in hand and ready for anything, Asta getting up a moment later and following his squadmates' lead on this. "Spatial Magic, right Finral?"

"Yeah and it's about to…" Finral said before a dark, midnight purple, portal appeared right where they were staring. "…never mind there it is. The mana's not just coming from the spell though, its…"

"The newcomers, they're giving it off." Akame said as three people, two men and a woman, walked out of it and where he was bound Patry smiled as the backup he needed had arrived just in time to free him and the others and ensure that their plans continued. "All of them are powerful mages. I don't usually sense mana as I use ki but they've got so much it's almost impossible to miss it. This won't be good."

"Their ki is negative as well." Tatsumi said as the portal closed and they got a good look at the trio of arrivals. "It's twisted, enhanced in its negativity and malicious but not in the way Seryu's was. They're killers, no question about it."

Tatsumi was right and as they stood there the Black Bulls took a good look at the three new arrivals. They were the latest intruders to this battle which had only started because Asta and Gauche had been in Nean when the kids had been kidnapped, a good thing, and had now devolved to this.

On the far left as they looked at the trio was was a short girl with long pink hear and a red marking on her forehead that surrounded a pink stone set into it. Next to her and in the middle was a tall, broad, bestial man with more muscles that even Yami had, yellow skin, long hair and what looked like fur on his arms and chest with a red marking over the bridge of his nose and cheeks. Finally, on the far right was a tired looking man with scruffy black hair that had a white patch at the front and an intricate red marking on the left side cheek. Clearly they were like the Light Mage as the red markings on their faces were like his.

In addition to the markings, the two on the edge wore robes similar to the standard Eye of the Midnight Sun people only with a slightly different cut and the man had his open under a teal scarf while the middle guy was shirtless but for shoulder pads and a necklace with three teeth on it. He did at least have shorts on with the robes around his waist it seemed and the symbol of the Eye of the Midnight Sun on a loincloth thing over his crotch so their clothes also marked them as allies of the Light Mage.

Regardless of their looks and styles, these three were clearly immensely powerful and filled with a malevolence towards the Black Bulls that to those who could read ki was palpable to feel to the point that it was almost an unnatural level of negative emotions. This was not going to be good and all 6 of them got ready for yet another fight even though two were completely useless without magic and Tatsumi had no magic either though with his sword skills and ki sensing ability he could at least hold his own somewhat but given the mana coming from the trio that might be really hard to manage.

"Does anyone recognize them?" Finral asked.

"Nope, just more enemies." Yami said his tone serious as he wasn't going to take this lot lightly. "Looks like this organization is a lot larger and stronger than we thought."

"Hold up, that Spatial Magic is the same as the one who I knocked out." Asta said. "How is that possible?"

"Likely an item that can store magic." Akame said as the man on the far right yawned as they spoke. "They've got some kind of tech on their side because that girl used something to make the mud monster earlier so I wouldn't put it past them to have some magic or spell storage items."

"Man, there was some hell of a battle here and clearly we weren't the winners." The yawning man said with another yawn ignoring the Black Bulls for a moment as he looked around and noted the damage and blood stains that littered the cavern along with the two holes in the ceiling that were letting light in. "Licht and Valty look really bad but Seryu and Kurome have got to be near death and Seryu's lost her arms in this life like she did her last. They're going to need immediate medical attention, thankfully that's not my forte but it's still going to be a pain. Regardless, gotta help out your friends, am I right?"

At that the man suddenly used Light Magic the same way that the Licht had and a second later he appeared in front of Yami who's grimoire was up and floating in front of him showing that he hadn't been fully ignoring the Black Bulls as he spoke. It was the only grimoire that was up and glowing but it wasn't the only one that the man wanted to touch, the boy in the sweater had an interesting looking one as well with an attribute he'd yet to add but right now the best one to go for was the Dark Magic one and he did so laying his left hand on the cover the moment he reached it.

"Well, this is a unique design." The man said as he touched it and used his magic to copy its contents to his own grimoire thus adding Dark Magic to his arsenal. "Not that it matters in the end, I just wanted to touch it. Time for the next one, I've yet to encounter Armor Magic either and that could be useful to have."

"Not on my watch." Yami said reacting as fast as he could by drawing his katana his spell already starting as he did though the man touching his grimoire was almost as fast as the Light Mage as Yami attacked. "Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Lightless Slash!"

The slash of Dark Magic tore at the man as he leapt back and away but he wasn't fast enough and took a cut to his upper right arm that started to bleed freely and stain his white robe there. That was a literal pain to him and he noted it as such as he landed in a crouch by the other man who'd come with him only now they were on the flat rock that had their allies on it, his move to Yami's grimoire having provided the distraction to get the other two to it without being noticed and let the girl in their group start to heal their leader.

"I can heal this without an issue though." The man said as he rose to his full and held his left hand over the wound. "Light Magic: Healing Light Particles."

"That's the same spell as the one the Light Mage used." Asta said. "He can heal as well? What's going on with him?"

"So it's not an item." Akame said her eyes narrowing as her grip on her katana tightened. "Which means that it's got to be something else and there's only one thing it can realistically be."

"An attribute." Tatsumi said. "He mentioned that Armor Magic was useful as well so he's got to have an attribute that allows him to mimic other's magic somehow."

The man just yawned at that not bothering to respond to it as Licht and the girl exchanged words with the former apologizing to the latter for failing to defeat them while the latter asked how bad the group was. Thankfully with the three of them there they could send Valtos, Seryu, and Kurome back to the base to receive proper healing while she started to heal the master here so that he could watch his strongest and most loyal followers, the only ones who knew the true extent of his plan, kill these vile humans for their heinous actions in hurting Licht.

"Flame Recovery Magic: Phoenix Robe." The girl said interrupting any chatter and suddenly the Light Mage glowed before he rose into the air bathed in flames that began to slowly heal him while also freeing him from his bounds. "I can only cast this on one person, send the others back and let them be healed there. Sally is already being tended to though she's going to have two new scars from what she went through."

"Right." The yawning man said and suddenly a portal appeared on the ground and Valtos, Kurome, and Seryu sank into it thus taking them away from the Black Bulls. "There, they'll be healed up but there's nothing I can do about Seryu's arms."

"Nothing can regrow or reattach a limb." The girl said. "But they are safe now and I am sure that Seryu will find a way to manage, this isn't the first time she's lost her arms after all."

"Thank you my friends, you've ensured that they still live." Patry said smiling down on the three from where he was above them as he was slowly healed in the flames. "And I know that you will defeat the scum who did this to me. I have failed but you will succeed."

"Wait a moment, aren't you the leader?" Gauche asked. "So if you can't beat us then how can more of your lackies?"

"Licht this is why it is way too much work to try and do everything on your own, especially when one of these guys has the one magic in opposition to yours." The yawning man said through a yawn. "We are here to help after all. You brought in the girls; you should have brought us as well when it was clear that these Magic Knights could hold their own."

"Regardless they're nothing more than insects." The bestial man said his voice matching his appearance and his mouth filled with pointed teeth though as he spoke it sounded familiar to Akame and Tatsumi somewhat, different and they knew it wasn't the same person but still familiar in a way that they couldn't quite place. "Do you know what happens to people who harm our friends? I'll…"

"The same thing we'd do in return." Akame said before the man could finish. "You lot are no different to what I've seen before, you're nothing more than sadists who enjoy the pain and terror you cause."

"Yeah, kinda reminds me the old days." Tatsumi said. "Course the problem is that bonds are the same no matter the side so they may be assholes but they're loyal assholes who protect their own."

"Shut up, you two clearly are the ones who have been reborn, that explains why Licht wanted Seryu and Kurome here before us." The bestial man said. "I'll take extra pleasure tearing the limbs from your bodies like the wings being plucked from a butterfly."

"Yeah heard that before." Tatsumi said in a bored tone. "Seryu likes to use that when she's commanding Koro, really man you've got to come up with something more original. At least the scum we faced back in the day were someone varied."

"He strikes me as all brawn and brutality, no brain or finesse." Akame mused. "Strong but dumb, a dangerous mix."

"You know what's odd." Tatsumi mused as it finally hit him. "I've been trying to figure it out and I think I've got it, he sounds like a crueler version of bro. Where bro was all noble and about hard work and fighting corruption, this guy is just a brute. The only similarity is that both will kill without hesitation though I think this guy will get off on torture while bro wouldn't."

"Yeah I hear that too." Akame noted as Tatsumi pinned down what the similarity she was hearing. "Huh, that is odd. Bulat is much better than him though."

"Could you two stop trying to wind up the scary beast guy." Finral complained. "Or compare him to one of your old friends, that's really strange."

"I detest anyone who hurts Licht, I will send them to the fiery pits of hell." The girl said as she looked at them now back with the men while her spell healed up Licht. "I hate all who do that to a man like Licht."

"Er, who are these people?" Asta asked. "They're starting to disturb me."

"Powerful enemies." Tatsumi said helpfully.

"Soon to be corpses." Akame added.

"Again, not helping you two." Finral said.

"If you insolent brats will shut up I will introduce you to the three strongest members of the Eye of the Midnight Sun." Patry said as he healed up in the air above his friends. "My top fighters who will aid me in our mutual goal to bring long overdue justice to the Clover Kingdom."

"They're the strongest?" Asta asked. "But we barely beat you?"

"This isn't good." Tatsumi said his tone serious and worried now. "We're definitely at the disadvantage here."

"Yes you are for these three each have power that surpassed my own, especially in battle for they are the Third Eye." Patry said. "My strongest and closest followers who will ensure that our will is carried out."

"More powerful than that Light Mage." Gauche said. "That's really not good."

"Third Eye, huh." Yami said. "Sounds a bit corny but you lot don't seem to be the best with names as Eye of the Midnight Sun is way to wordy."

"How is that possible?" Finral asked. "To be stronger than a Light Mage of that guy's magic power? That has to be a bluff, right?"

"No, his ki isn't lying." Akame said her tone deadly serious as she kept a close eye on the trio before the Black Bulls. "These three are stronger, at least in battle, than who we faced."

"Listen to the cute girl, bluffing is such a pain." The yawning man said as he yawned yet again. "Why bother with it I say."

"The Third Eye are the inverse of your Kingdom's symbol, the clover." Patry said as he smirked in the flames enjoying his moment to rant before his enemies were taken care of. "If you recall each of the clover's leaves represent one ideal according to your Kingdom's lore but none of which are actually embraced by your corrupt Kingdom. The ideals represented by the leaves of the clover are integrity, hope, and love, all of which are absent here and have been for centuries. They are pretty words and noble ideals but these three are the opposite, the inverse of those ideals and more befitting of the Clover Kingdom."

"Er…" Asta began.

"The inverse of integrity is disloyalty and so we have Rhya the Disloyal." Patry continued before Asta could ask a question and as he said Rhya the yawning man pointedly yawned to show that he was who was being referred to. "Hope's antithesis is despair so the other man is Vetto the Despair. Lastly, antithetical to love is hate so there is Fana the Hateful."

"I will gladly kill all who even dare to harm Licht." Fana said her eyes wide in a creepy stare that unnerved most of them. "Kill. Kill. Kill."

"Well that sounds familiar." Tatsumi said. "These three really aren't much different to some of the bastards we've killed in the past."

"Just stronger than most of them." Akame noted, there was no need to mention who was stronger than these three. "This won't be easy."

"Disloyalty, despair, hatred." Finral said. "They truly are the inverse of our ideals. If they are what you say they are then they're evil."

"Evil is in the eye of the beholder." Patry said simply. "And to us the Clover Kingdom is the true evil in the world, we are merely writing the wrongs that it committed."

"They're just some fancy names that they've got, they say nothing about their fighting capabilities." Yami said as he puffed out some smoke from his latest cigarette. "A title means jack if you can't back it up and I mean that both ways as Jack earned his 'the Ripper' title, crazy bastard that he is."

"Then let us show you." Rhya said as he suddenly held up a katana that he pulled from his grimoire only the blade was entirely black and had magic roiling off it the way Yami's did when he used his magic. "This is lame but whatever we need to kill you or, you know…"

"No way." Gauche said as Rhya trailed off clearly not bothered enough to finish whatever he was saying.

"That looks just like the Captain's." Asta said his eyes wide. "How?"

"It may be the same but there's no way he'd have the Captain's skill with it." Akame said her own katana ready with the needed spell already prepared. "He's…"

Before Akame could finish Rhya suddenly flashed forward with Light Magic before he took a stance similar to Yami's with the sword in his right hand and left on the blade. As he did Akame brought her own blade down and slashed it up as Rhya moved his so as to counter it time.

"Copy Magic: Dark Cloaked Lightless Slash." Rhya said revealing his attribute to be Copy which explained a lot.

"Blade Magic: Scimitar Slice." Akame said a fraction of a second later as she launched her own spell to defend her Captain.

"Rhya the Disloyal, huh? Well copying spells ain't cool at all." Yami yelled as the slash of Dark Magic tore at him only to be intercepted and cut in half by Akame's projected Blade Magic which caused the rest of the spell to dissipate harmlessly into the air. "I'll sue you for copyright infringement for that but thanks Akame."

"Of course Captain." Akame said as Yami launched a vertical strike from his own katana at Rhya who was forced to use the Light Magic move to evade it as the slash of Dark Magic tore through and hit the wall with a boom just as Akame sensed the incoming ki. "Captain!"

"Beast Magic: Bear Claw!" Vetto roared from as he came down with a glowing claw of orange mana over his right hand and forearm that slammed into the ground as they all leapt back from it with Asta drawing his large sword from hs grimoire and Tatsumi raising his own up to fight as Vetto leapt out of the smoke and at them. "Maggots, taste despair!"

"Not original." Tatsumi said as he got ready but before he could Yami was on Vetto only for the larger man to dodge and turn in the air. "Woah, guy's got good reflexes to dodge that."

"That's not ki but I bet his magic enhances his senses, would make sense given that it's called Beast Magic." Akame said as she tracked the girl who had yet to act while Vetto landed on all fours before charging at Yami his hands still glowing with his spell. "Leone's Imperial Arms did something similar when it was active after all. It will be best if we stay back and act only to defend the Captain. None of us have the power right now to fight up close be it due to a lack of magic or wounds. Only the Captain can fight directly, aid him as best we can."

The others nodded as Yami blocked the next attack from Vetto on his katana before pushing him back for a moment as the Beast Magic ended. That didn't stop Vetto as the man quickly reactivated his Bear Claw spell and charged in with a furry of swipes that put Yami on the defensive as he backed up blocking the blows as best he could with his katana, his ability to read ki the only thing allowing Yami to manage that.

However the attack was relentless and strong as Vetto pushed Yami back that eventually there was a shattering sound and Yami's katana was broken in half, the top part spinning away and landing point first in the ground as Yami himself landed in front of his Squad while Vetto grinned at them. This was just what Vetto lived for and destroying the Captain of the Black Bulls' prized weapon was a great hors d'oeuvre to what was to come.

"Yes, I can't wait to enjoy the despair that will paint your faces when you lose all hope." Vetto said his sharp toothed grin wide as he looked at Yami. "Nothing adds to a meal like abject misery."

"These guys could really give the empire a run for its money." Tatsumi mused. "Though he's really playing into the whole despair thing."

"Hey, despair guy, you know that this katana was special order and very expensive seeing as they don't exist on this continent!" Yami yelled angrily as he pointed to his broken katana. "You own big for this you bastard."

"Really Captain, is…" Finral began.

"Shut it Finral, you don't understand the way of the sword, to have your blade broken like that is unforgivable." Akame said as she gripped Murasame briefly before she touched a finger to the blade to reinforce it with all she had and make it the sharpest it could be before she tossed it to the side and front of her Captain so that the handle could be caught with ease while he complained about not having finished paying it off yet because of how expensive they were here. "Captain, take Murasame, she won't break on you and right now she's better in your hands than mine. Tatsumi, your sword please. I can still use my new spell with it and that may come in handy if we get an opening."

"Sure." Tatsumi said as he flipped his sword over and handed it to Akame, she was right, with her spell she was the better person to hold the blade right now while Yami caught the handle of Murasame in his right hand. "Protect the Captain."

"I will." Akame said with a nod as she raised Tatsumi's sword in her right hand and got used to the weight and style of the blade. "Don't worry, the Captain's got this."

"Yeah I do, thanks Akame, good thing you can make a weapon I know though it's a little long for my tastes." Yami said as he held Murasame before him in two hands and grinned as he poured his own magic into the weapon as it in turn responded to him. "But I can feel the power in this blade, damn your magic is useful. I knew recruiting you would be a good idea."

"Er, Captain, there's a fireball coming your way." Asta said. "Now's probably not the time to muse on Akame's magic."

"Right, let's try this baby out." Yami said as he took a stance facing the incoming fire that had been sent by Fana and Dark Magic roiled over the blade mixing with Akame's Blade Magic that made it to unite the attributes. "Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Lightless Slash!"

At that Yami slashed up and a thinner than normal slash of Dark Magic that now had a distinct metallic sheen to it out and at the fire. The moment it hit the fire it cut through the spell that was coming at them parting it past the Black Bulls and saving them though they could feel the intense heat of the fire. That was in addition to Yami quickly creating his Black Cocoon right after his slash.

When the fire cleared they could see that there was a burnt line of rock from where the fire was cut to where Fana the Hateful stood though she'd taken a step to the side to avoid the slash of Dark Magic and they could all see a clean, diagonal cut in the wall behind here. However, what really caught Asta's eye was that there was a patchwork grimoire floating open in front of Fana and Asta was sure that he'd seen something like it before. Well that and the red lizard that was now on her shoulder, that also caught the eye.

"Loathsome, abhorrent, you dare defy Licht." Fana said in her deadpan tone as she continued to stare unblinking at them. "You must die for that."

"Well that looks like a salamander or a dragon." Yami mused. "The only thing that can be is Spirits Magic and given what she just sent at us it's the Spirit of Fire."

"Wait that's just like Yuno I think." Asta said. "Though his is wind not fire."

"Well whatever it is, it's annoying and strong but I could get used to using this blade." Yami said with a grin as he looked at Murasame that he now held in his right hand. "Not the right length but the benefits of Blade Magic make up for that."

"Don't Captain, it's stored in my grimoire and I'm rather attached to Murasame." Akame said. "I'll reinforce your next katana with my magic though, that should prevent it breaking at least though I can't speak of the craftsmanship of the swordsmiths here."

"That will do then." Yami said holding Murasame out to the side as Dark Magic roiled off it. "Hey, Fana the Hateful, did you know that your personality could really use some work."

What Yami didn't add was that he could still feel the heat form the attack on his skin. It may not be fully developed but the Spirit of Fire was one of the four elements, it only chose someone worthy and it was a damned powerful boost to a Fire Mage's magic so it really wasn't good that one of their enemies had a contract with the Spirit. At least Yami had a full katana and one that was made from Blade Magic so mixed with his Dark Magic made it nice and strong.

"Alright, time to end this." Rhya said with a yawn. "I'm tired."

"Any final words before I relish in your despair." Vetto said still grinning.

"You hurt our friend." Fana said though there was a note to any who could hear it that she was using the singular not the plural of friend meaning she was only referring to the Light Mage and not the other three they'd injured. "That is unacceptable and will be repaid a hundredfold in your pain and blood."

"Stay in the cocoon." Yami said to his Squad behind him as he held up Murasame before him the darkness getting more intense as he poured more of his magic into coating the blade. "All 5 of you. Leave this to me, it's not safe with that Spirit now in play."

"Wait, Captain…" Asta began before Tatsumi grabbed his shoulder.

"Right now we'd get in his way." Tatsumi said. "Akame and I might have been able to help had we been uninjured and not out of mana."

"Or without my katana." Akame said. "Tatsumi's sword will be useful with my ranged spell but my fighting style and training is with a katana so I'd be a liability if I wielded this in battle."

"Or that." Tatsumi said. "But right now we're no match for them. Don't worry, though, in time you will be Asta. Use ki and read the battle."

"Right." Asta said as he focused on that though he still wanted to aid his Captain in it.

"Here we go." Rhya said as he leapt into the air and started to send slashed of Dark Magic at Yami. "This is it."

Yami just grunted as he slashed his borrowed katana at the attacks and easily cut through them with the razor sharp blade that he was reinforcing with Dark Magic. It was a lot smoother than it would have been with his own katana though the weight was a little too light for his tastes which threw him off a bit and the length too long so he had to adapt to the changes as he fought. However, he was a buff magic swordsman so he could easily do that as he cut through the copied attack with ease.

That wasn't all Yami had to deal with though as Vetto charged in for some close combat attacks using his speed and senses to strike around Rhya's slashed that Yami parried with a few clangs to hold Vetto back. However, this was just a distraction as Fana patted Salamander and told the Spirit to incinerate Yami though that would take a few moments as it recharged its power.

"You're doing well but how much longer can you last?" Rhya asked as he sent the attacks at Yami who was now almost constantly parrying Vetto through the attacks while Salamander built up its fire. "You're outnumbered and outclassed."

"Just give up and taste despair." Vetto roared but with the slightly longer katana Yami was able to parry the attacks without taking an injure and even managed to cut open Vetto's arm on one of the parries when the part of the blade that wasn't coated in Dark Magic at that moment cut through the Beast Magic. "Gah, Blade Magic is in that katana."

"It's different to Kurome's." Rhya said. "Watch out."

"Captain, don't cloak the blade in Dark Magic." Akame shouted out as Yami took a hit that opened a small cut on his shoulder and she realized that while the Dark Magic was good for ranged attacks with Murasame it wasn't good for close quarters fighting. "It might be affecting the sharpness of it. Murasame is a pure magic item not a forged katana so treat it as such. It's steel is made of Blade Magic not a swordsmith."

Yami heard that and stopped using his magic to coat the blade, though he didn't notice that when he did the Dark Magic seemed to be drunk in by the blade itself rather than vanishing off it and this time when he countered an attack from Vetto he cut through the Beast Magic as if it wasn't there and deep into the man's forearm. Vetto howled in pain and fell back as blood ran down his arm, his reflexes the only thing saving him from losing the arm.

Still, protecting the Squad was limiting Yami's movements somewhat and without Finral able to make a portal to get them out of here things weren't good. Akame was too injured to aid even with that new ranged spell of hers, Tatsumi could only really keep up with Incursio on but he was out of magic, and Gauche's Mirror Brigade spell would be good but he had no magic for it. As such Asta felt like he was the only one who could do anything.

"Sir, I can help." Asta yelled out unable to take it anymore. "Please, let me assist you!"

"Stay put like I told you!" Yami yelled back as he was once again put on the defensive by Rhya who was now sending out more slashes to make up for Vetto's injury but Yami was just cutting through them with Murasame now similar to how Akame had cut through the Light Mage's little light darts. "I'll tell you this, it's a billion years to early to worry about me. Stay put and watch, things are going to get serious. It's been a while but now I finally have the foes I need to really push past my limits."

"You are strong Yami Sukehiro, I have acknowledged that and I do not expect you to go down with out a fight but rest assured it will happen." Patry called out from his recover flames as Yami grinned at the intensity of the fight going on. "Every member of the Third Eye surpasses the strength of a Magic Knight Captain."

"Licht is right, it's time to truly end this." Rhya said as he stopped his attack to land on a rock next to Vetto who was still holding his wounded arm. "Vetto, you good?"

"Yeah, just a scratch." Vetto said as he removed his hand his arm and while it was still bleeding he could ignore it. "Oh how tasty this despair will be now that he's hit me, it will be oh so much sweeter when he falls."

"It's time to kill them all." Fana said as Salamander was fully ready. "Spirit Magic: Salamander's Breath."

As the blast of intense fire shot out of the Spirt of Fire's mouth, Rhya added to it with a strong slash of Dark Magic and Vetto leapt into the air and flipped to send out a claw of his Beast Magic at Yami who raised Murasame, now roiling with Dark Magic again and dug his heels in as the spells converged on him. This was going to be tough but he had to push past his limits to win.

"Captain!" All 5 Black Bulls yelled out.

"Ha, I..." Yami began before a portal suddenly appeared before him as the three spells closed in on him and out of it a series of thorny vines with blue roses on them, blasts of a liquid looking metal, and slashed of green mana shout out to intercept the spells.

The three knew spells hit the three coming for Yami and blew up thus protecting Yami and causing all three members of the Third Eye to stare in shock at that. It was an intense explosion that put Yami on his ass in front of the cocoon.

"How?" Gauche asked.

"What is…" Finral began.

"Looks like Noelle finally got through to someone competent." Akame said with a grin sensing the three ki signatures. "And powerful as well. Just what we needed."

"I'll say." Tatsumi said and it was a really good thing that his magic was out as the smoke began to clear to reveal the arrivals as one of them spoke.

"You're having way too much fun all alone Yami." The voice, a male one with a sadistic edge to it said. "It's polite to share and let the rest of us in on it why don't you. We heard that little thing you said, you think these three are stronger than a Magic Knight Captain. Well let's put that to the test then, shall we?"

As the man finished he licked the mana blade that was coming out of his arm and grinned at the Third eye and Light Mage before him. That man was to the far left as the Black Bulls looked at the scene from behind and had a simple green robe on with long, lank, black hair. Next to him was a regal man with silver hair and robe, blue cape and fancy clothes while liquid metal flowed all around him that they all recognized at once. Finally at the end was a woman in a blue robe and armor with her blonde hair just about visible under the helm and a series of thorny vines with blue roses on it branching out around her legs.

"Aw and just when I was about to have some kind of awakening and push past my limits as well." Yami said now resting against a rock Murasame no longer in his hand as he'd tossed it back in the explosion and Akame had dismissed it which was good as two of the newcomers might recognize it and she'd rather not deal with an annoyed Captain right now. "So, what are you three doing here? My fellow high and mighty Captains."

That's right, the trio who had arrived were none other than Jack the Ripper, Nozel Silva, and Charlotte Roselei, the Captains of the Green Praying Mantis, Silver Eagles, and Blue Rose Knights respectively. Right when they were needed the most they'd come to the battle as the latest players on it, the counter to the Third Eye. Three Captains had now taken to the battlefield and once more the battle shifted as it entered what to the Black Bulls had to be its final stage.

Another good place to end the chapter off with a sorta cliffhanger before we move into the final chapter in this arc. There really isn't much to say about this chapter, it's a pretty standard one with the only real note was Yami at least got to use a katana after Vetto broke his as Akame lent him Murasame which had some interesting results that may or may not be significant down the road. Now though the other Captains have joined the fray and the battle is finally nearing its end. The only other thing to mention is that the reference to Vetto sounding like Bulat is due to them sharing the same English VA. This is a running reference in all my crossovers when either the meeting first takes place or it is first noticed but due to the fact that most of Akame's VAs haven't had noticeable careers, the most notable one is actually Aria's VA who also voices Wendy Marvell in Fairy Tail (you're welcome) though Vetto's and the next one's are two VAs who have been in a lot with Vetto's VA also doing Gajeel in Fairy Tail, Tetsutetsu in MHA, and Paulie and Baron Tamago in One Piece but these references won't occur that much. In fact, as far as I've found out, only 4 VAs in Akame ga Kill have roles in Black Clover and one of them was for two non-canon characters (though both will appear because they were in episodes/arcs that were interesting) and Vetto was the first of the 4 to appear. I will make the references for the other three, along with a reverse reference, when they come. Anyway, enough ramblings that you don't need to worry about reading, that is all that I have for this chapter so I will leave it off here. If you like my story then please follow, favorite, review, PM, etc. it is all appreciated and helps me get better and stay motivated to keep producing more content and any questions asked I will do my best to answer both privately and at the start of the next chapter. Until next time.

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