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Unknown island, surrounded by sea.
After taking care of Dr. Stylish's danger beasts and exploring the island, the sun finally set and both Esdeath and Tatsumi sat on the sand in front of the ocean. Esdeath had just finished telling her story about how she was raised, how she was brought up with her father as the chief leader of her tribe who hunt danger beasts.
'So her father is the one that made her this way and the north slaughtering her tribe just enhanced it.' He thought
"So that's why you hate the northern tribe so much?" Tatsumi asked
"I suppose it could look like that, but I just wanted to be efficient. I would have done that regardless. I couldn't refuse orders." She said as if she was discussing the weather.
"What happened to my father was regrettable, but that doesn't change the fact that he was a weak man. Is there anything else you wanted to ask me? I'm more than willing to tell you whatever you want to know, Tatsumi." She said, staring at him with a blush.
"Uh, Actually I was kind of wondering what your Imperial Arms looks like?" He questioned
"Oh, that. My Imperial Arms." She chuckled, taking his arm and placing his fingertips on the mark on her chest.
She then tells him about the goblet of blood and how the blood and its' power courses through her veins even now, but she has mastered it long before meeting with Tatsumi.
Tatsumi became very unnerved by her, she was practically the world's best killer, she could change at the drop of a hat. Her looks were that of a beautiful and breath-taking woman that men would fall for and maim many lives just have their faces in her hands. Her mind and instincts were that of a danger beast wanting nothing more than to kill, pillage, and violate until there is nothing left on the Earth.
"Esdeath, you like me, don't you?" Tatsumi asked, gently pulling his hand away
She steals a kiss from him, shocking him still until she releases him for air.
"I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't, Tatsumi."
"I guess." He awkwardly grinned
"You say that you won't go with me...Why?" Esdeath said, tilting her head
"You killed my friends!" Tatsumi snapped
"And me avenging my comrades is a bad thing for you?" She said, ignoring his outburst
"What?" Tatsumi said, shocked
"Tatsumi. My comrades are close to me, just as yours are to you. We are the same," She smiled
He shook his head and said, "I'm nothing like you."
"Oh, you're not?" She said, smiling
"Yes!" Tatsumi said, trying to convince himself
"I don't think so," Esdeath putting her arms around Tatsumi's shoulders
"You see, you fight for your friends and you kill those who do things that your leader thinks is wrong," Esdeath said, brushing her finger against Tatsumi's face
"Correct..." He muttered
"I fight because it is my way of life, I was raised that way. I am pretty sure I could live off my live hunting danger beasts for forever, but battles will continue to spring forth and I will continue to walk on the battlefield." She barely smiled
Tatsumi turned to look more at her.
"Then why don't you fight for Night Raid?! The empire-" "Shh!" She placed a slender finger to his lips
"I'm well aware of the darkness of the empire, but that is the way the world works."
"But, it could be better," Tatsumi said, turning to look at her
"How could it be better, Tatsumi?" Esdeath asked
Tatsumi didn't reply and Esdeath continued on.
"Think about it. What if when you overthrow one empire for another one that is even worse to takes its place Do you wish to be remembered for that?" Knowing her words were sinking into his head, planting doubt, all she needed was to turn him over to completely to her.
"No! That can't be true!" Tatsumi wanting to stand, but Esdeath's cold grip on him kept him seated
"How do you know it won't happen? People with power will become corrupt. I just take it out on my enemies and I really don't want to be your enemy, Tatsumi," She whispered, pressing her breasts into his back
"We have nothing in common!" Tatsumi said, trying to get his mind on the conversation and not her body
"Our love for hunting danger beasts is one," She replied
"What?" He felt heat run across the bridge of his nose and struggled not to let heat pool downward
"You get excited, don't you?"
"I don't."
"Yes, you do. They are maggots underneath your heels love to crush. You get the same look in your eye when you fight enemies that resemble a snarling wolf," She smiled
"I-I-"
"Tell me about your first kill."
"My first kill?"
"Yes, how were you first bloodied? Who was it?"
Tatsumi couldn't help but make a grimace as he thought of the little bitch who tortured his childhood friends, killing one to death and poisoning the other who died in his arms.
"That pathetic little cur..." He snarled, causing shivers to run down her spine as she looked at his eyes that were nearly black from hate
"She tortured my friends to death and I bisected her with my sword after she admitted her crimes by saying it was her right, to and I quote, 'You're all just hicks from the countryside, like cattle and I'm allowed to do whatever I want with them, right?' Wrong, pathetic little shit..." He trailed off with a low mutter.
"She makes your blood boil?" Esdeath asked, feeling his blood pulsing underneath his skin
"She's nothing but a pathetic pissant, not worthy of anyone's time." He spat, before realizing who he was speaking to.
"But that doesn't mean-" "I think it does. After all, doesn't one think an enemy is a maggot when they kill and torture those close to them? I protect my comrades as you protect your friends, we are not so different you between me."
"Then tell me about your first." He said before he could close his mouth
She smiled a large smile in remembrance, "It was the group who had the danger beast that killed my mother."
"I didn't feel anything but the pleasure of them dying as they were buried in the snow to be meals to the lingering danger beasts."
"I see..." Tatsumi trailing off
"Why deny it? You are a good person Tatsumi, but with every light, there is a dark shadow behind it. I want to see that."
"I don't" He started before his voice got caught in his throat, her hands moving from his shoulders, down to his pecs, then his stomach and was finally cupping his cock through his trousers. She nuzzled his cheek and planted a kiss on it, causing him to blush, making her giggle.
'How could someone like her, make a cute noise like that?' He thought as he looked at her with his green eyes boring into her blue ones.
"I have an idea."
"Depends on what it is, I will answer," Tatsumi said
"I want to make a deal. Whenever that portal opens up is the time I have to show you how much you mean to me and also get you to see things my way."
"That won't happen," He replied, knowing he will keep his morals intact
"But, it will. We will explore each other in places that we haven't seen before. All you have to do is accept my offer. If you do, I will not hunt your Night Raid, however, I will defend and protect my comrades as I know you will do the same."
"I...accept," Tatsumi said, feeling like he just signed a deal with a demon
"Good." She crushed her lips against his, cramming her tongue inside of his mouth and he was shocked but he let her kiss him. He felt something stir within him, their tongues swirling around each other until they released for air.
"I won't ever get tired of kissing you, Tatsumi." She said, standing up
"We need to find a place to sleep," He replied, a little breathless
"Of course," She smiled
He walked beside her as she smiled at him, 'I made a deal with a demon...I just know it.'
Ending the chapter! I wondered for days after I finished binge-watching Akame Ga Kill, I was heavily disappointed with the ending and decided to make this fanfic to sate myself as I wondered if I could make Tatsumi corrupted and turn him against Night Raid or Esdeath against the Empire. I know this will be interesting to write, I want a corrupted Tatsumi where he gets on the same level of Esdeath where he sees things from Esdeath's point of view and lots of lemons and limes as well, how will the week end? Whatever my mind pops out for me to type.
~Kourtney_Uzu_Yato21