Akame ga Kill: Plus

Chapter 1

Kill The Evil

1 Year after the Akame ga Kill! Finale...

Thinking about her surroundings made her head spin, she was so confused. How could only three years of absence let her miss so much? What had happened to make the Empire completely take the wall around them down? Why did the palace look like it had been rebuilt more than once? Where were the guards that used to stalk the streets?

What the hell was going on?

The city around her almost looked like it was brand new, or like it had been shifted around, or something.

Skyrah. That was her name, she came back here to be greeted by Budo after finishing her training overseas, now she didn't even know where the Tavern was she was supposed to meet him at.

Probably the same place she had first met that Ogre guy. That guy was weirdly into her, even though she was only 14 back then. Hopefully he wouldn't be there to see my growth.

Skyrah looked down at herself, hopefully she wouldn't attract too much attention around town. She had on a normal light blue sweater that stretched down almost past her thighs, white gloves, brown leather-like pants and brown boots.

Yeah, she was sticking out like a sore thumb.

Almost everyone passing by looked at her like she was a foreigner, even though she was born in this very city. Clearly nobody here needed a sweater, from the beating sun, nor gloves for the same reason. She felt strangely away from home.

She would head for family, but pretty much the whole family she had was her trainer, Budo.

He practically raised her after the age of 10, before she had been in and out of foster care, but nobody wanted a girl with no limbs.

Skyrah gripped her fists, and shook the gruesome memory out of her head. It was very clear to her that she would never forget that experience, but would grow to accept it as the turning point in her life.

She stepped forward, starting her walk down the way she hoped was to the tavern.

After about twenty minutes, she found what looked like the place she had been told to look for.

The building was just as shitty as she remembered it, and the smell was very familiar.

"Half past 8, he should be there." She mumbled to herself, walking into the tavern.

As she entered, the overwhelming smell of alcohol invaded her nostrils, almost making her want to gag, but she held back and looked around. Budo would be very easy to see, he was probably the largest man on the planet. He was a walking tank.

No Budo.

Skyrah walked up to the bar and took a seat, looking up at the choices of alcohol.

"What would he drink…?" She thought to herself, "Something strong, right?"

Hopefully. Because that was what he was getting.

"Bartender?" She asked, prompting him to come to her.

"Yes, miss?"

"Can I have a bottle of the strongest stuff you have?"

The bartender looked confused "The strongest? Are you sure you can handle something like that?"

"I have a close friend coming and we are going to celebrate." She said, smiling at the older man.

He gave a large grin, making his large bear contort with his face. "Coming right up, miss."

The bartender strolled off to get what she asked for and Skyrah leaned back, stretching her arms out, hearing a satisfying pop from her shoulders and back.

Hours passed, and still Budo had not shown up. She was the last customer in the bar, and the bartender had been watching her, quietly finishing his work, and keeping an eye on the young woman. She didn't realize it, but he disappeared into a room behind the bar, making sure she didn't look up as he left.

Skyrah stared at the bottle in front of her, but her mind wandered, thinking about where he could be, and what would stop him from fulfilling his promise.

"Years from now, when you return, meet me back here. You won't be old enough, but I'll buy you a drink and you can tell me about the adventures you've had." Budo's voice echoed in her mind.

The day after he said that, she departed to finish her training overseas.

"Oh, the stories I have to tell…" She whispered to herself.

"Someone! Help us!" A scream snapped Skyrah back into reality.

Skyrah immediately looked up, meeting the panicked look of the bartender, who had just returned from the back room.

"What was that?!" Skyrah asked quickly, jumping over the bar and rushing past the bartender, ignoring his shouts as she kicked open the door in her way and stepped inside.

Blood.

So much blood, the smell was so bad she could taste it in her mouth. The wooden floors were stained black with old pools of blood, there were six women huddled in the far left corner, all wearing rags and chains. Five of them gagged while the other seemed to have chewed through her gag, the sides of her mouth raw and bleeding profusely, but not stopping her from screaming.

The girls' eyes widened with horror when they saw the new young woman enter.

"Run away! Fucking run!" The ungagged woman yelled at Skyrah.

Skyrah's eyes widened and her pupils shrank as she noticed the new smell. It was foreign to her, but she knew it.

Sex. It was the smell of sex, and by what she saw in front of her, she knew what these women were being used for.

Her mind focused on the sudden sound behind her. Without hesitation, she clenched her fist and whipped around, smashing the bartender across the jaw with her fist, rocketing him into the wall and knocking three of his teeth out.

"What the hell is this, you bastard?!" Skyrah yelled at the man, hitting him again and cracking the wall behind his head, effectively breaking his nose with the punch.

"Please, I-"

"Please?! You think I'm going to go easy on you?!" She swung again with her left fist, then again with her right, sending his head back through the wall. "You think anyone of these girls deserved this?!" Again and again she hit him, breaking bones in his head and making blood spew from his nose and drain out of his ears.

She continued to savagely pummel him, not caring to listen to anything around her. His face was mashed, and his blood covered her upper body and face.

Skyrah was suddenly pulled away from behind. The grip on the back of her neck was strong, and felt impossible to get away from.

"Calm down, kiddo." A voice said, the voice of her captor.

Skyrah took quick breaths, her eyes still fixated on the monster in front of her.

She was turned to face her captor, a warm smile greeted her.

Leone let go of the back of the unknown girl's neck and held her in a bear hug, keeping her arms down as she struggled against own strength.

"He's dead, it's over." Leone said.

The girl stopped struggling, and grew quiet.

Leone held the girl more loosely, and the younger girl pulled a little bit away, looking up into her eyes.

"I'm Leone, don't worry, you're safe." Leone said.

The girl clenched her teeth together and tears welled up in her eyes. She gripped Leone and cried into her chest.

Akame studied the body of their target, he was completely dead. They had been tasked to kill him, because of the underground human trafficking he was apart of, but it looked like somebody had beat them to it.

"Akame, we're taking her with us." Leone said, her voice serious.

"It's just a normal girl, Leone, she-"

Akame was grabbed by the top of her head and turned to face the body of the man that had been killed. His face had been turned into mincemeat, his skull had been completely crushed.

"Do you think a normal girl can do that much damage with her bare hands?" Leone asked.

Akame looked back at Leone, then to the girl, and nodded. "Fine, let's go."

The Next Day…

Leone silently studied the girl that lay asleep in her bed, her skin was lightly tanned, her hair was a dirt brown. Her body was extremely fit and toned, it had been trained non-stop to reach this level of fitness.

Then there was the most peculiar part about her, her limbs.

"I can't tell what they're made out of, Leone." Najenda said. "Some kind of metal, but it's almost like it's copied her growth, they don't look like they've ever been changed."

Najenda pointed to where the armor and skin seemed to attach, just under the girl's shoulders and hips.

"No scarring, or any sign of connection." Leone admired, crossing her arms and leaning back in her seat.

All four of the girl's limbs had been replaced by metal ones, they looked practically brand new.

Najenda ran her nail down the metal, showing Leone how prone it was to scratching.

"I believe these limbs are an Imperial Arms." The Boss said. "There isn't any other answer for this craftsmanship."

"Bring in Tatsumi, he learned some basic smithing, didn't he?" Leone asked.

"I'll get him." Najenda said, getting up to fetch Tatsumi.

Leone looked back at the sleeping girl, wondering just who she was, and why she had never made an appearance before, if she did have an Imperial Arms.

"Just what is your story, kid?" Leone wondered aloud.

Tatsumi appeared in the doorway about a minute later, followed by a very annoyed Mine.

"Tatsumi, can you look at her arms for us?" Leone asked.

"Najenda said they might be an Imperial Arms, is that true?" He returned her question with one of his own.

"And if it is an Imperial Arms, why didn't we hear anything about her a year ago?" Mine asked.

"You're asking the wrong person, I know just as much as you do." Leone frowned, looking at her two comrades.

Tatsumi spent the next few minutes admiring the arms and legs of the young girl.

"These are amazing, they are perfectly designed for her." He said after a few minutes of silence. "Can you imagine if Seryu had gotten ahold of these?"

Mine scoffed. "The little witch would have been even more trouble, especially if they are as strong as you say."

"Won't even scratch." Leone said, "Even after what she did to the Trafficker."

Tatsumi raised an eyebrow, "You said she completely crushed his skull, isn't that a little bit exaggerated?"

"I wish, the girl made hamburger meat of his head." Leone replied, "It seems that his antics set her off, because what she did scared her more than us."

Leone remembered the girl almost puking after looking back at what she did, but instead she fainted in her arms and was carried back to the Hideout while asleep. It was at the hideout, where they had properly unclothed her when they noticed her metal appendages.

The young girl moved slowly in the bed, her metallic fingers gripped the blanket, and her legs started to move as she awoke. When her eyes opened, she looked around, her shimmering emerald eyes locking onto each person in the room before blinking.

Her eyes clearly were seeing around her, but she gave no reaction to her unknown surroundings. She eventually stopped on Leone, cleared her throat, and held her hand out.

"Leone, right?" She asked, looking the assassin in the face. "My name is Skyrah."

"Skyrah? Are you a foreigner?" Mine asked.

Skyrah looked over at Mine and studied her before answering. "Not technically, but my parents were."

Leone wore a huge grin. "So kid, we've all been wondering, your arms and legs, how'd you get ahold of something like that?" She asked.

"They were a gift, after I lost my limbs." She said, tapping her fingers together. "My teacher gave them to me, Imperial Arms Loputon Voima: Endless Strength." Skyrah explained without hesitation, much to Night Raid's confusion.

"So the Boss was right..." Leone said, putting her hand underneath her chin. "Kind of lucky for you they had an Imperial Arms of this, huh? Attachable limbs."

"I wish it had been that easy." Skyrah said with a chuckle.

"What do you mean?" Tatsumi asked, narrowing his eyes.

Skyrah lost her smile and looked down at her arms. "They grow with my own growth, almost like it is its own organism." She explained, "I had to drink the blood of an ancient steel golem, causing me to be sick for weeks, but it grew my arms and legs back, so it was worth every second."

All present members of Night Raid stared with wide eyes.

"Anyways, you mentioned something about a boss, can I speak to them?" Skyrah asked, looking at Leone.

Minutes later, Skyrah and Leone appeared in the center room where Najenda was.

"Ah, you're finally awake." Najenda said, standing up from her chair and holding her hand out. "My name is Najenda, the Boss of this organization." She said as they shook hands.

"Skyrah. Sorry if I don't know this branch of the Military, I've only arrived back in the Empire yesterday." The younger girl said, shaking Najenda's prosthetic arm with her own.

Najenda narrowed her eyes. "Back? How long ago did you leave the Empire?"

Skyrah thought about it for a moment. "Oh, about three years ago. Why?"

"Why did you leave in the first place?" Najenda didn't answer, she needed to know more about this girl before she was told about Night Raid.

Skyrah raised an eyebrow in slight confusion. "Great General Budo, my teacher, sent me overseas to finish my training."

Leone, who was in the middle of drinking, spat out her drink in surprise.

"Budo was your teacher?" Najenda asked, trying not to show her shock.

"He was training me to become a General like him and Esdeath." She said. "They acted like my parents a lot of the time, but Esdeath was hardly ever there, so I only got to train under her for about a year."

A year of training under Esdeath, and even more under Budo. Who was this girl?

"The Prime Minister and the King are both dead, the Empire fell around a year ago." Akame came from another room where she had apparently been listening, sword drawn. "Budo was killed and Esdeath is close to the same."

Skyrah narrowed her eyes, confused at Akame's sudden advance at her.

"You're joking, right?" Skyrah said, but not seeing a hint of humor on Akame's face. "There's no way."

Najenda stepped toward Skyrah, putting her hand on the girl's shoulder.

"I know you must have been young, but you need to understand that the Empire was a bad place filled with worse people." Najenda said, "Esdeath and Budo were both two of those people."

Skyrah smacked Najenda's hand away, tears welling up in her eyes. "I don't believe you, you haven't shown me any proof!"

"Do you remember that man you killed yesterday?" Akame asked, sheathing her sword. "He was involved in a human trafficking ring, the same one Budo was in."

"Both Esdeath and Budo have tried to kill us countless times just because we dared to expose them for who they really were." Leone piped in, watching the girl's movement, making sure she wasn't going to attack.

Skyrah dropped to her knees, punching the ground.

"The reason you didn't see Esdeath very much is probably due to the thousands of innocent people she has slaughtered." Najenda said. "We all used to be a part of the Empire's forces too, but we defected due to seeing the darkness that was hidden from everyone."

"If what you're saying is true, then show me." Skyrah said. "There must be something you can physically show me."

Akame looked up at Najenda, and she nodded.

"We'll show you Esdeath."