Rated M for gory scenes and language
I do not own Akame Ga Kiru. All rights go to their respective owners. The only thing I own is my teigu and OC.
Chapter 6-Part 2: Kill the Absolute Justice
"Tch, so it seems she knows who we are." Mine muttered to herself as she got into her battle stance. The girl now known as Seryuu continued to stand there with shadows covering her eyes.
"No matter the cost of what happens…" Seryuu started, but then looked up to the two assassins with a very crazed look in her eyes. "For my father… I will purge villains like you!" Seryuu shouted to the duo.
"So, she really wants to do this huh. Well fine. Sheele… I will provide supporting fire." Mine said as she ran to the left and aimed her gun. "Let's see if you can handle Pumpkin." Mine shot out a beam at the girl and the area was clouded with smoke and dust. Mine looked on expectantly as the cloud of smoke revealed a giant dog with its teeth bared. Sheele and Mine watch as the holes in it started to heal before their eyes.
"Seems like that the dog is her teigu. Also, by the looks of it, it's biological as well. " Sheele said as she got into her battle position.
"Yeah, you're right so we just need to destroy the core." Mine replied as she aimed to fire another shot at dog and its master.
"Tonfa guns." Seryuu muttered out loud before she held a twin pair of guns and started shooting. Mine & Sheele dodged at opposite directions before the guns ammo was depleted.
'I don't think that these are going to work at this distance.' Seryuu thought to herself as she put the guns away. She then put out her hand and yelled "Koro, Prey!" In which caused the dog's teeth to become more elongated and menacing looking. Koro leaped out of it original spot and lunged towards Sheele, while exposing rows of teeth. Sheele stood still while watching Koro come at her before she opened her scissor teigu and cut straight through the incoming enemy. Sheele looked behind her to see the dog cut in a diagonal slash. However, her moment of relief was ruined when Koro stood up slowly while its cut was being repaired. Sheele stood dumbfounded until a blast shot Koro away from Sheele and right next to its master.
"Remember, Sheele that biological teigu's have a core and if we don't destroy it then it will keep on regenerating." Mine said as she regrouped with Sheele.
"Yeah, it seems we will have a difficult opponent." Sheele replied as the two sides stood at a standoff with each other.
"Koro, Arms!" Seryuu shouted to her teigu as Koro grew two muscular arms. "Now, Pulverize!" Seryuu shouted again as Koro charged towards the Night Raiders and was throwing a volley of punches.
"We can't dodge that!" Mine shouted, but was soon cut off as Sheele stood out in front of her and holding her swords horizontally. Sheele was blocking all the punches delivered by Koro until they heard a whistle being blown. Sheele pushed back Koro just in time for them to hear a whistle being blown. Mine & Sheele looked over at Seryuu to see a whistle in her hand and a maniacal grin on her face.
"Oh, I see she distracted us with the array of attacks so that she could use the whistle and call for backup." Sheele said tiredly.
"Well, I don't know about you… but it looks like we are in a pinch." Mine said as Pumpkin started to gather energy in its barrel. Mine jumped up and looked down at the dog imperial arms before aiming and shooting out a load of energy that was peeling off the surface of Koro.
Tatsumi was walking with Leone out of nowhere he felt a large output of energy coming from inside the forest. Tatsumi ceased walking which earned him a raised eyebrow at his actions.
'This energy feels familiar… wait isn't that the direction that Sheele and Mine are coming…' Tatsumi's thoughts trailed off as he went into a full sprint into the forest. Leone called his name a couple times, receiving no answer, and switch into her lioness form and ran after Tatsumi.
"Did I get him?" Mine said out loud to herself after she finished shooting at the dog teigu. As the smoke was clearing a large figure was seen. It was Koro and it was already regenerating from Mine's attack. Mine sighed tiredly as she watched the biological teigu regenerate.
'How is already regenerating? Especially after an attack like that.' Mine thought to herself. Seryuu was smirking crazily at Mine and looked back to see Koro almost done with its regeneration.
"You guys really shouldn't underestimate Koro's durability. He-" Seryuu was cut off as she noticed Sheele running towards her.
"You know teigu's are just tools for the user to use. So we just need to kill you." Sheele said as she continued her charge at Seryuu. 'Now's my chance. Time to use my secret move!' Sheele thought as she put out her scissors.
"Ecstasy!" Sheele yelled out as her scissors started to glow a bright light that illuminated the whole area. When Seryuu recovered from her momentary blindness, she looked on with wide-eyes as Sheele started to deliver a series of thrusts with her scissor teigu. However, Seryuu was able to block all of Sheele's attacks with her tonfa guns.
'Hm, it looks like the user is skilled as well.' Sheele thought to herself before continuing her assault. Koro was walking over to its owner before a blast of energy created a hole on its body. Koro looked behind it to see Mine with her gun held up.
"Oi! Don't forget about me you oversized puppy!" Mine yelled out to the dog before it spun on its heels and began to walk over to Mine.
'I just need to keep this thing occupied while Sheele deals with the user. As for the core… well I'm going to have to trial and error this.' Mine thought to herself before getting ready to fire at the oncoming beast.
Sheele was still on the offensive against Seryuu, by delivering numerous attacks while trying to overwhelm her. It wasn't until Sheele disarmed Seryuu and said girl put up her arms in a vain attempt to prevent a killing blow. It ended up with both of Seryuu's arms being cut off. Seryuu let out a painful cry before adopted a crazed grin that threatened to split her face.
"Justice will prevail!" Seryuu shouted out while a tonfa guns appeared from where her arms were cut off. "This was my ace-in-the-hole that my captain gave to me!" What followed was the sound of a gun firing.
Seryuu looked on astonished as Sheele was able to block the bullet with her teigu. Seryuu tried to fire again, but before she was able to Sheele was quick to slice off the two tonfa guns that were previously on her arms.
'I'm going to have to use that, even though I may not be able to use Koro for a few months… I have to do it!' Seryuu thought before taking in a deep breath.
"Koro! Berserker Mode!" Seryuu shouted out and instantaneously Koro muscles bulged, it looked more deadly, its teeth got even bigger and longer, and its fur bled to red. It opened its mouth before letting out an earsplitting roar. Both Sheele and Mine immediately covered their ears in an attempt to protect them from the roar. Mine looked over to Koro, but was surprised when she found out she was in its grasp.
"Koro, Crush her!" Seryuu commanded before Koro started to apply more force. Mine's face was one of pain before the pressure from Koro's grip caused some of her ribs to break. She let out a scream filled with pain before she fell along with the beasts arm. Mine looked over to see Sheele with her giant scissors in hand.
"*sigh*… seems like I made it just in time." Sheele said to Mine before a gunshot was heard. Mine looked on in horror at the gunshot hole in Sheele's midsection. Behind her was Seryuu with her mouth open and gun clearly visible.
'I-I… can't move' Sheele thought to herself before turning her head to see Koro charging at her. Koro bit into her side before a rush of wind and Koro stopped his attack. Sheele fell on her side, blood oozing out from her right side being bitten, to see a figure with its hood up come out of the forest. Sheele, Mine, and Seryuu looked over to see Koro with its head cut off, but regenerating. The figure held its sword tighter as he swung vertically, horizontally, and a slash in the air. What resulted was arcs propelling out of the sword and into the beast. Koro stood there recoiling from the shot. Its body was cut up in half along with both of its arms. Smoke soon filled the area as the biological teigu was regenerating in a quicker pace. The unknown person soon ran over to Sheele and knelt down.
"Sheele… can you make a distraction. We need to get of here quickly." Sheele struggled to look up at the figure, but nodded her head. Ignoring the cries of Seryuu, Sheele reached over to her teigu before activating Ecstasy once again. The whole area was illuminated in another bright light, but this one lasted much longer. When the light died down the Night Raiders along with the unknown person were gone.
Sheele looked around tiredly see passing trees and her being carried piggy back style by the unknown person. She couldn't make out the person's face, but she could see some brown hair sticking out from the hood.
"Did…y-you…get…M-M-Mine?" Sheele asked with great difficulty to the figure. She felt the man nod against her.
"Yeah, Mine is fine. Don't worry we will get you back to HQ and treat you. Look she is on our right side." The person said as he nodded with his head to the right. Sheele lifted up her head before looking over to see Mine getting carried by Leone the same way she was being carried. Mine looked at Sheele and gave her a thumbs up before plopping her head against Leone's back. Sheele chuckled to herself before coughing.
"*cough* that's you… isn't it, Tatsumi?" She felt the man nod against her again.
"Yeah, it is. Leone and I were walking back to the hideout before we felt an abundance of energy being outputted. We both knew that you guys should be around this area, so we ran over. Sorry, we couldn't get there fast enough though." Tatsumi said the last part with a sad voice. Sheele shook her head.
"Don't be… it's enough that you came at all. However, I took quite the beating and I'm really tired." Tatsumi quickly shook her a little bit.
"Oi! Don't be getting sleepy on me here. We are almost at the hideout, so just hold on." Sheele nodded and rested her head against Tatsumi's back.
After arriving at the hideout they were swarmed by the rest of the group. After seeing Sheele and Mine's condition said two were taken off to get treated. Now Tatsumi, Leone, Lubbock, and Bulat were currently waiting in the conference for the conditions of their injured comrades. After waiting another ten minutes both Akame and Najenda came into the room with grim faces on. The group didn't say anything until Najenda spoke up first.
"It seems like Mine just suffered a couple of broken ribs and bruises. She will live. But for now needs rest." Everybody nodded their heads. "As for Sheele…" Najenda trailed off. She let out a deep sigh before continuing. "As for Sheele… she isn't going to make it. With the gunshot wound and the huge bite mark on her side along with the fact she lost a lot of blood already… there isn't much we can do to save her. I suggest saying your goodbyes to her for we don't know how long she has left." With that she left and Akame motioned for the fellow members to follow her. One by one the night raiders got up from their seats and followed Akame to Sheele's room. Tatsumi waited a few minutes before following the group.
When Tatsumi arrived at the door he saw Lubbock leaving Sheele's room with a downcast expression and a few tears trailing down his face. Bulat was the next one that entered her room and Tatsumi was the last one to say his goodbyes. Tatsumi looked at the wall across from him while reminiscing his times with Sheele. The times that she would help him train, when she would help him cook sometimes, and the time when she talked to him on the hill overlooking the forest.
Tatsumi was snapped out of his daze when the door opened and it revealed Bulat who also had a downcast expression. He walked by Tatsumi and gave him a bitter smile and a nod. Tatsumi returned the nod and made his way to the door. Tatsumi put his hand on the door and took a deep breath before opening the door.
Tatsumi looked around for a few seconds before his eyes settled on Sheele who was in her bed and was looking very pale. He quietly closed it the door and made his way over to the chair near her bed. Sheele looked at him and gave him a sad smile. Tatsumi pursed his lips in thought.
"I'm sorry… if I got there faster than maybe this could've-"Tatsumi was cut off by a pale finger on his lips. Sheele removed her finger and gave him another sad smile.
"Tatsumi, if it wasn't for you… I wouldn't even be here right now. I would have probably been that dog's meal. So… thank you." Sheele said weakly. Tatsumi lowered his head before a finger was poking him. Sheele pointed over to the book that was on her desk and Tatsumi went and gave it to her.
"This is my book on Assassin Training. I want you to have it and carry it on in my name. Can you do that, Tatsumi?" Sheele asked while holding out the book to him. Tatsumi's throat started to well up until he nodded slowly and took the book from her slowly. Sheele gave him a smile before resting her head back on the pillow. She looked up at the ceiling with a happy expression on her face.
"You know, Tatsumi… my whole life… I thought of myself as a klutz that couldn't do anything right. There were times where I questioned if I should even be alive. Besides being an assassin… I never knew what self-satisfaction was like… until now." Sheele looked over at Tatsumi. "When you said that you needed me to train you and when I helped you cook for the other members… I finally felt like I had a reason so to speak. I actually did something, besides my job that I could be proud of. So from the bottom of my heart… Thank you Tatsumi. I believe that you will change the empire and make everybody's lives peaceful. So this is goodbye… for now." Sheele finished. Tatsumi felt a small tear roll down his face before he felt a pair of lips giving him a kiss on his cheek. He looked up to see Sheele smiling at him before she laid her head back and her eyelids fluttered shut. He watched as her breathing slowed down before it stopped all together. He sat there for a couple more minutes before grabbing the book, getting up from his seat and leaving Sheele.
Tatsumi slowly closed the door before walking back to his room, however when he looked up he was met by Najenda. They both stared at each other before Najenda took a drag of her cigar and spoke.
"She is right… if it wasn't for you we all wouldn't get the chance to see her one last time." Tatsumi remained silent for a couple seconds before replying.
"Did Mine get to say her goodbyes?" Tatsumi asked with a shadow covering his eyes.
"Yeah, she was the first to." Tatsumi nodded before turning around and making his way to his room, but was stopped. "Oh and Tatsumi… since you allowed us to say our farewells… do you know anyplace that she would have liked to be buried?" Najenda asked.
Tatsumi looked over his shoulder. "In the backyard… on the hill that overlooks the forest." With that he left. Tatsumi moved through the corridor deep in thought.
'That girl that Sheele and Mine were fighting were no doubt that Seryuu girl and her teigu. Well, no doubt with the news of her fighting a Night Raid member and surviving her reputation will go up. But fret not… for you will receive your judgement, Seryuu!' Tatsumi thought angrily before he made it to his room. He opened his door and strolled in before taking off his jacket and his standing his sword on the wall. He looked out his window to see the sun breaking through the horizon. Tatsumi yawned before he plopped himself on his bed. Tatsumi let sleep overcome with one thought in mind.
'It's happening again.'
General Esdeath was currently riding on her pet dragon while on her way to the capital. She looked over to see the sun rise and smirked as she saw the top of the capital. She made her way over to a mountain that overlooked the Imperial Capital and had a grin plastered on her face.
"I'm home, Capital."
End of Chapter 6-2
A/N: Hello again! I did a double update because it makes sense to do so with the two parts of chapter 6. On a second note, we have the poll results in for the pairing. (Meaning that it's now over)
The winner is Tatsumi x Chelsea. If you have a problem with this, message me or Demon. I will be glad to hear your reasoning for another pairing but it won't be changing.