This is going to go through some tough editing. I'm practically gonna rewrite the chapter, but the story is still the same. I'll try to update more often now that I've learned how to write a bit. I will try to make this fic clearer, and provide more details. My 12-year-old self was proud of this, I, currently, and red to my ears for how it's written. If you have anything you want to see, leave it in a review or PM me. Please, remind me to keep working on this or I'll forget again. Anyway, that's the end of my rambling. Carry on, vote and review! (I'll try not to do AN that often, or this long).

Akame sighed and looked at Tatsumi. He was looking at her yes, but ask what she'd just said and he'd mumble something unintelligble. There was something a bit different about him, and it...attracted her to say the least. But he didn't get it, and she wasn't sure what these emotions were, much less how to express them. She was supposed to be teaching him how to conceal his aura, to blend in, become stealthy and shit...but his face was just too precious. This...this was what she felt before she got stuck in the godforsaken Imperial Army - before -

She frowned as she heard finally understood the mumbling coming from his mouth that was supposed to represent words. And she hated what they said.

"Wow...this reminds me of Mine...she was like this too, but that was her room -"

Akame shut her eyes and exhaled sharply. Mine. Of course, why did she think was going to be different? It didn't help that she was shit at conveying her feeling to anyone but Akame, who had become what some call a 'best friend' over the past few years. She needed to move on.

"Tatsumi. Pay attention. What did I just tell you?"

Tatsumi blinked. It was hard to pay attention when your teacher is wearing nothing but a two-piece swimsuit...

Akame snapped her fingers in front of his face as his eyes started to go down.

"Tatsumi." she sighed heavily, "Look, pay attention, and this will all go by faster. Now," she grabbed his shoulders so her face was only inches from his,"What-where-the-directions-I-just-gave-you?"

Tatsumi looked up at Akame's uncaring blood red eyes.

"Uh, go fishing?"

Akame released his shoulders and let out a another sigh.

Tatsumi briefly wondered if she was alright, she seemed to be sighing excessively today. She should get that checked out.

"Somewhat. Yes, you are fishing, but with your bare hands. Here, let me show you."

-3 long hours later-

"LEONE!" Tatsumi yelled as he saw the boisterous blonde coming in his direction.

"AKAME!"

Tatsumi's eyes grew wide and he turned to get out of the way, but he was too late. Leone plowed right through him, making him land on his sore ass and ran to Akame.

"Sooo-, how'd it go?!" Leone threw an arm around Akame, pulling the smaller girl closer. Akame ducked out from under the hug and moving towards the hideout. "I'll tell you later..."

Leone frowned, upset that her friend was upset, but decided to worry about that in a minute. "Ahhh...Watcha do this time, Tatsi? You seem to have upset Akame over here!"

Tatsumi got off the floor and started retorting.

"How am I supposed to know if I pissed her off, made her sad or ANYTHING? She's been wearing the same expression ever since she tried to kill me?!"

Leone let out a strangled laugh, and turned to see what Akame's reaction would be. She gasped nearly instantly, and her lion ears flicked toward Akame. She turned back towards Tatsumi then froze. Tatsumi couldn't see Akame's face, but according to Leone's reaction , she was saying something. Leone's face fell, and then Tatsumi walked around her just to see Akame's fading figure. He turned to see Leone's furious face.

"What did I do now?"

"Everything."

"What do you mean by everything?"

"Can't you see-look your obviously blind so I won't tell you. Try and figure it out yourself. But if I were you, I'd do my best to stay away from Akame. She doesn't need more fake shit. And here," she handed him an envelope with a few simple words on it. "I really hoped I wouldn't have to hand this to you. I made it a while ago after I had a conversation with Akame. Be careful. Find me when your done. We need to talk."

Then she turned and ran off in the direction of Akame's room, leaving Tatsumi standing there, clutching the envelope Leone had given him.

Tatsumi,

Don't share this with anyone. They know, but they know better than to say anything.

Avoid Akame in the meantime

Find me when your done.

-Leone

He looked at it and decided to read it in his room, but by the time he got there, all the worst case scenarios had gone through his head, and he was terrified of what he could find in it. He arrived to his room and looked around to make sure no one had followed him. No one had, so he sat down and tore into it like he was going to die if he didn't, which - in all honestly - he probably would. As he did, a picture of Akame fell out. As he grabbed it, he noticed something was wrong with it. It was all crinkly and was blurred in some spots from tears. He grabbed the sheets of paper and sat down on his bed with his back to the wall and with a sigh, he began to read.

Tatsumi,

Look, you might have seen the picture of Akame as you pulled this paper out. You may be wondering why it's tear-stained.

Tatsumi looked up, surprised. She seemed to have known exactly what he was going to do. He looked up to the ceiling while muttering, "Stalker." He decided to finish the letter. Or maybe he was just predicatable.

lt's tear-stained because of heartbreak. A couple years ago we picked up another newbie like you. Gah, I was hoping I wouldn't have to tell you this, but, here you are. So, we had picked up this newbie, and he fell for Akame, and Akame for him. So you probably remember after your first mission, Akame took your shirt, and the Boss and I took your pants? (Sorry about that...) Akame was checking you to make sure you weren't hurt. The newbie before you, (Kamuni, or so he said...) he had been seriously hurt, but he wouldn't admit it to Akame. Three weeks later he died from infection. The picture of Akame was his. He knew he was dying, but he couldn't bring himself to tell her. He wrote her a letter, and just a few days later he died. Akame got worried, but didn't go inside his room. She got sent on a mission the took her a couple of weeks. When she left, some of us went into his room. They found the corpse, but I found the letter. I gave it to her personally when she returned. It was the worst thing I've ever done. You got past her calm demeanor.

DON'T HURT HER.

If you do...well...you'll see.

Tatsumi was terrified to see what Leone would do to him, as he had already seen her in battle.

To save his village he needed money. Night Raid provided that money. Saio and Ieyasu might have been able to help him, but they had both been killed by the Empire. He had joined Night Raid to avenge his friends and earn money.

His brain had an idea of what Leone meant, but he was scared he was right.

Now he had to go find her.

Oh, this was going to be a pain.