Madness: BREAKING POINT
Leone: W-Wait a moment, you were the one to kill his family?!
Akame: Yes, I didn't know how to tell him about it, so I kept silent…
Najenda: ...I understand, but one day you will need to tell him about it.
Akame: I know… But he will be surely angry if he knows about it.
Leone: He? Angry? Pfft, that guy is always chilling, he will understand that you didn't know about the empire when you killed him.
Akame: ...That wasn't the only thing I did.
Najenda: You did something else there?
Akame nodded and said with her eyes looking down.
Akame: I faced him… He was around 7 or 8 years old, he begged for me to not kill him, he begged for his dead father to come there and save him… And I killed him with a sword in the heart.
Leone and Najenda were silent for a minute.
Najenda: If he is dead… Then who is Billy?
Leone: ...We will ask him about it later, but… We need to think about this matter, I think you should tell him about it.
Najenda: Yes, if something happens, then we will do something.
Akame: ...I understand. I'll go tell him.
Then the three of them turned back to the hideout, there were Tatsumi and Billy playing Blackjack.
Najenda: Billy, get up.
Billy looked at her before shrugging and standing up.
Billy: Yes, Snake?
Najenda: Akame has something to tell you.
Then Najenda and Leone got at the sides of Billy, but without making it obvious, and Akame stood in front of a clueless Billy.
Billy: So, what did you want to tell me?
Akame: ...I… It was I the one who… killed you and the rest of the family at Yowa Village…
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Billy: ...What?
Akame: I was the one who pierced your heart with a sword... Beheaded your mother, and killed your father…
Billy: …
Billy took a deep breath, and removed his sunglasses, then he opened his eyes, revealing black eyes that contained two eerie blood-red irises, surprising everyone.
K͚̥ͤ͋I̵͖̣͍̍ͣ̐ͭͫ͋ͫ͆͘L̉̾͛ͭ҉҉̺̲̖͓̝̙̥̩̹L̸̛̯ͫͭ͗̑̃̊̽̚ ̭̲̥̙͍͇̟͎̅ͧ̏͛ͤ̐́ͭH͔̫̾̆ͦ̆͊ͥ̚Ë́̾͛̄ͨ̽́̐̀͜͝ͅŖ̦̗̝̻̳̮͂ͩ̐̄̉͑
Billy: Ÿ̖̠͕̞̘́͋̒ͨ̚͞ͅͅO͋̓͒̽҉͏҉̥͇̣̲̠U͋ͣ̔͟͏̼͙͎ ̻̞̝̘̠̱̰̘̉ͦ́ͩ̏̔F̏̃ͤ̒ͯ҉̺̣̫͎̰͕͝͞U̵͓͛̌̓̒C̮̩̖͓̞̻̿̄ͧ̾̊ͪ͠K̷͚̩̯̃͗̈́̒ͨ̓̓͂͗I͚̮̼̲̱̮̫̒͆̈́̄͌ͭͯ̉̀N̴̜̞͕̦̓͆̓͆̇G̼̟̭̦̭̃͛̂͌͠͡ ̟̙͔̅̒ͤͧ̚͞Ḃ̟̥̳̭̯̦̻̱̐́͢Ĭ̛̟͔̒ͪ̆͊ͪͪ͌T̸̠̪̝͛ͥ̔͋ͣͯ̚ͅC̥͓ͥ͆ͨ̅͊̎͟H̯͖̯̙̤͉̼̱̬̽͛̓ͭ̃͝!̸̵̱͖ͦ͗̓́̾ͧ̒ͬ!̨̼̬̤͕̼̎̍̀͆̍̇̇͠
He immediately jumped at Akame, ready to rip off her head from the body, but he was being held from Najenda and Leone who transformed herself with her Teigu, developing some animal traits of a lion.
They held each of his arm, stopping him from moving.
Billy: I̯̦̟͙̹͈̠͍̓̎͜͟'͕̮̹̾̓̍̀̑L̤̟͖͚̘̼̠̃̃̑̆̀͞͡L͉̺͇͉ͮ̄̂͐ͮ̈ ̖̳ͣ̾͝F̹͙͚̼̗̠̖̼ͬ̂̂̓̊̐͋͜U̴̸̯̼̺͙ͭ̏̽ͪ̇ͥͪ̂̀C̖͖͈̪ͬ̃͌̚͡͞K̗͎̞͖͕̤̈́̈́ͧ̉̋ͤ͘I̶̫̖̦͔̘̥̝̱ͭ̾ͤ͑ͧ͞N̰̥̬̑̽ͮ̍͊ͯ̑͛͜͞ͅĢ͇͍̟̈́ͣ̈ ̵̹͙̣͖͔̟̞̘̐͐̽͞Ḵ̵͖͉̪̳̰̫ͤ͆̿̑̈͂̊I̵̧̧͈͓̖̜͑̓͆ͮͅͅL͒͢҉̷̣͇͕L̛͚̥̪̦̳̔͒ͫ̽͌ͧ̐̆ ͖͎̖̩̟͓̳͉ͪͫͅY̸̻̞̥͍̰̹̞̆̽ͪO͍̯̳̩̽̌͒ͮͭ̍̌̚U̡̜̰̘͉̥̗̗͓͐͛!̨̨͖̻̬̪͙̈͐̄!̵̙͓̱̯̏ͤͭ͋ͨͣ ͭ͋̃̐͂͂͋͗̅̀҉̜͚̬̜̯D̠͚̬̿̎͆̓̋̏O̵͔̟͇̬ͦ̆̓̾͐ ̡̃́̊̀͏̴̖̝̗̰̦̯̥̞Y͔̭̖͚̥̜̅͊̏̇ͨ̌̓̾͡Ǫ̗̩̤̪̣̝ͧ͊̈ͧ͜U͍̞͈̥̬̭̲̩ͭͮ̉̽ͭ̄̀ ̧͎͋͂͜͡Ṵ̵̢̖̺͎̪͍̝͇̾ͣ̀͜Ň̶̜̞̬̯͔͆͂Ḏ̤̹̬̪͎̬͍̣̉͋Ȩ̘̋͑̓̊ͯ́̚R̢̺͎̯̲̙̾̅ͪ̀ͫ͊S̨̝̩͈̭̝͊ͦ͞Ţ̯͖͍̰͌̇̔̿̍͢Ả̸̴̛͖̭͖̖̘̃͛̇ͣͣ̄N̯͇̭̬̱̫̈ͩ̏ͨ̂̈̎́D̡͔ͣͥ!̝̠͚̣̭̈́ͨ?̶̤̠̲̙̦̮ͩ̾̈́͒̎̃̚͡!̛͋ͯ̓̍͆͏̘̠̥̖̻̘ͅ ̨̜̟͎̻̉̋ͥͭ̚͠I̧̯ͮ̀ͭ͌̋͒ͭ́ͅ'̿̔͗͜͏̸̟̖L̶̥̻͊͐͆̒̒͗̔̔ͥ̕L̐ͣ̾ͯ͗͌͗̓́̚҉̦͓̬͙̮ ͊ͫ̄ͮͤ̍ͨ̆҉̭͙͓̝̱Ŗ̈́̽̅̑̾ͩ͏̠̙͈̹͔̯̗̼I̤̥͍̟͔͓͙̹ͧ͆̏̉̑ͬ̉̊̕͡͝P̶̥̞̩͚͓̺ͫ͋͒̽͗ͭ ͦ̍̃̉҉͏̪͎͇͎̭̬̙̲̗O̙͎͖̳̱̥̿͑͆̀͘ͅF̵͖͓̳͓̑̎͑͂F̨̥͓͈̟̅ͭ̋̓ͫͪ ̹̙͌̽́Y̧͇̌͒ͧ̍̋ͅO̡̫̩̰͔̫͍͂͂͋ͣͮ̀Ụ̴̰̥̩̞̼̥̋̓̉̊͗̉͛ͥͣ͡R̶͔̬̰̼̗̽͂̊͗̅͟ ̼̤̤̼̏̊̑ͨͬͬ̌ͩͦH̛̛̫̞̲͕̿̀ͅE̩̦̘͇̰̳̱̤̥͒͜A̯̤̙̽͛͐͜D̢̟̹͕ͩ̏ͭ͆̀̀̎ͅ ͇̹̺̖̜͎͋̉̈́ͬ̄͝W̥͈̰̺͓̬̬͔ͮ̂̋̑͢I̷̥̤̳̬̫̳̳̿̊͗ͩ͑ͤ͌͢T̫̳ͥ́̓͑͟Ĥ̶̖͈̜̬̳̉̑ͅ ̞̳̥̪̰̣̲̄ͨ̿ͧ̚͢͜͞ͅM̡͕̱͚̦̫͙̤ͯͫ̎̓ͩ͆̇͂͢Ỹ̷̷̴̙̝̯̙̞͓̳͌̆ ̂̅̏͋͗҉̦̼̯̭̖̺̻̗H̤̰͚ͤ͂Ä͛̓҉̜͔̞̦̲N̡̗̱̮̠̏ͨͭͪ̈́ͧ̊̚D̘͕̞̳̱̬͎̰̋ͮͣ͛ͭ͗ͨ͘S̶̺̥̗̬̹̱̿̌͌̆ͯͤ͌͛!̵̢̣̻͇̻͙̭̬͌̑ͥ!̩̳̯͖͚̝͚͗͗͘
Suddenly, a big hand held Najenda and Leone's shoulders, when they turned around, their eyes widened when they saw a 5 meters tall skeleton with red glowing eyes and a helm on its face. His grip tightened and then he thrown both the women back at the other side of the hall.
Billy got free, he placed his hand on the ground, where the hilt of a sword came out from a fissure he created, and took out the sword, revealing…
Akame: Murasame?!
Akame took out her sheathed sword and used it to block Billy's Murasame.
Najenda: Shit, he really wants to go for a brutal kill…
Leone: Boss, do you think that…
Najenda: No, we must not try to kill him, but if we knock him out, then it's ok. He is a valuable asset to our group if he can create Teigus, we will see later what we can do with him… But…
The giant skeleton stood in front of them, surrounded by more unarmed skeletal minions.
Leone: Yeah, we could take the small ones, but the giant one is a problem.
Tatsumi was surprised from what was happening before he quickly went to Billy's side and tackled him in the ground.
Billy: L͉̻̬͙̘̰̽̒̐É̩͉̞̰̯̟̗̎͌̎̉ͫ̚T̢͖͇̼̮̺̻̳̗ͥ͊ͥ̋̓̚ͅ ̠̫͉͇̻͍̈́ͧ͡͡M̡̱̖͙̞ͬ̈́̒͡Ȩ̶̫̲̪͓̯͙̬̼̦̍̈́ͫͯ͆ͯ͟ ̶̛̱͉̫͕̦̹̭͙̓͆̊͌ͣ̒ͫͮG̪̻̖͖͕̰͖͐̋ͫ͊̀O̲̟̪̣̼̝̫̳̮ͧ͐̏̈͐͘͘!̼̹̭̯͙̩͇̠ͣ͑!̭͕̲͓͉̭̜̓̊̽͑̐̇ͦͬ̌́ͅͅ
Tatsumi: Fuck no! You stay down!
Billy gritted his teeth before a minion turned around and summoned a tranquiliser gun, then shot at Tatsumi, knocking him out.
Billy stood up and looked at where Akame should be, but he didn't found her anywhere.
Billy: W̨̘̝͉̬ͥ̆̊ͪ̇ͤͨ͝H̟͕͕̹̘̲͎̀͛͌ͫ̓̇̓͜E̛̱̹ͨ̂̽͗ͯ̉ͩͤR̨̢̠ͥ͂́E̡͚ͦͣ̾̈͘ ̩͎̮̺̰͕͔͐ͬ̇͆̋̑̇ͥ̌T̗͚̈H̓̃̎҉͎͇̟Ē̞̲ͩͦ̀͢ ̫̮̙͚̮̮͍ͧ͌̉̊ͫ͂̍̊̀̀͟F̞͓̻́̒ͪ̋̅́͢͝Ĺͥ́ͭ̎̏͞҉̫̻̫̥̣͚̬̞͡Y͑҉̡͖̗Į̸̰̯̜̖͈̘͖͇̪ͦ̉ͭ̿̃ͮ̋͐͝N͇͈͚̥̫̓ͩ̽͊͘G̻̰̖̲̥ͣ͂ͫ̇̍ͧ̈́̋ ̸̨̺͈̲̜̼̼̽͑̉ͫͅF́ͧͯͧ͏̮̀͜U̸̙̼̍ͣͣ́ͥ̿ͅC̣̺̙͓̯͔̝̘̓̀̑̀̔ͨ̕K̢̅̎͑̎҉̲̞͇̱ ̪̟̞͖ͦ̒̄͑̄͡Â̶҉̪̗̬͉͎R͊̐̎ͦ́̎́̚͏̙͚̟E͉͋ ͭ̂̓̿̀̐҉̛͖̜̥Y̻̱̒̑̎̐͂͌̒̒́Ō̠̩̰͈͙̥̟̤̍ͮ̀̿̍̊͆͝Ù̴̶̟̝͇̖͘?̏̈̀͜҉̣̺̭͇̳!ͫͧ͏̴̫̻̮̗̗͜ ̫͇͎̪͉̬̥̆̆̈́̈́͒͡H̜͙ͯ͒ͮ̌͜Ą̶͔̼̠̃̐A̫ͤͪ͛ͤ̔ͭH̸͉͎ͬ̃́ͤ?̞̣͓̱͋̑ͣ!̏̊̀̉ͫ͏̖̼̯͕͚͎̦͡
As Billy looked around, he finally noticed that Akame was behind him, and knocked him down with an hit in the neck, before he could change his body with another, he fell down, if it was just that hit, then he would not have fell down like that, but using Murasame gave him a mental strain, which caused his collapse.
Akame: I'm sorry…
Akame waited a bit, but the minions continued to move and attack Leone and Najenda, so she turned around and helped them eliminate the minions.
Later, Najenda and Leone binded Billy to a chair with some chains, they tried to remove the halo, but they left it there when they got zapped from it.
Billy woke up, and the first thing he noticed was that he was bound.
Billy: What the…?
He looked around, and saw that almost every member of the Night Raid was around him.
Najenda: You finally woke up, Billy.
Billy tried to remember what happened, and his eyes widened before he struggled from the chains.
Billy: Where the fuck is she?! WHERE?!
Najenda: Calm down, she isn't here.
Billy gritted his teeth and slightly calmed down, however, the anger inside him isn't gone yet.
Billy: ...Let me go.
Najenda: No, you will be free to move until you aren't a threat for Akame.
Billy: Tch…
Lubbock: Hey bro, you need to calm down, I know that what did Akame was… Bad, but now she changed, can you give her a second chance?
Billy: Fuck off! Would you give your targets a second chance if they suddenly changed in someone else?!
And so he made Lubbock shut up…
Bulat: C'mon, Billy, we are all comrades, not enemies.
Billy: I don't give a fuck about it! Let me go!
Najenda: It is useless, you won't be free until you will calm down.
Billy's eyes narrowed in anger and a black fissure appeared under the chair, however, he just realized that the chair was hanged with Lubbock's almost indestructible wires, that came from his Teigu.
Tatsumi: We knew this would happen, so we took precautions, even if you summon your minions, we will take them down, especially now that we are all together.
Billy: Tch… I'll stay quiet now…
Najenda: Alright, but you will stay there until you stop thinking about killing Akame. Akame, come in.
The door opened, revealing Akame who was "Supposedly" be away. The moment Billy looked at her, his killing intent flared up, but he didn't struggled yet.
The others left, but Najenda said.
Najenda: Be careful, the moment you make a false move, we will kill you regardless of your usefulness, got it, Billy?
Billy: …
Then she left the room too, leaving Billy and Akame alone.
Akame: ...What… What do you want me to do for you to forgive me?
Billy: ...You…
Akame: I'm really sorry for what I did, I realize that even if I didn't know the situation about the empire, I still killed innocent people, I know that you blame me for it, and you are right. So I would like to know what I could do to make you forgive me.
Billy: ...Why… Why you didn't unsheathed Murasame back then?
Akame: Because I didn't want to kill a friend…
Billy: ...Friend, you say? ...F͉͋̅̂ͯ͘ͅR̢̝͚͛̍ͮ̋̋I̷͍̝͙̔̏̈́̊E̙͎̞̠͔͐͆̽̇̓ͣͯ̍̂͠N̪̹̞̺̞̰͕͎͆͒ͅD̵̡͈̤̫̥̟̿̍ͥ ̱̰̻͚̓̔̽̏ͥ̈́̔̈̚M̢͊̓͟͏̣̟͓͈Y̛̜̖̳̭̣͈͔͈̥͐̾͐̈́͟ ̵̛͕̖̫͔̰͌͆ͫ͐ͤ̐͘A̠͙̫̝̾̆̚S̛̛̻̮̼̞̟̦ͬ̆ͬS̝̩͇͇͉̥̟̞̗̊́̏̔ͣ͒̀͗́!̣̟̗̯̫̗̖ͣͧͮ͢!̦͔̼̞ͮͣ͢ Ỳ̗͇̭͎̰̓͋̄O̵̸̖̯͓̖̭̳̬̰͍̐̈́͆̐̈́̓͢U̷̷̲͔ͭͫͨͭ ̫͙ͯ̉ͥͯA̟͈̻ͯ͂ͯͯͤ͐R͚ͮ̃͊ͥ̀̚͝͠E͈̿̓͗̋̓̋̚͜N̄̽͐͏̵̤̱̙͠'̨̣͉̺ͤ̉̋̀̾̋́Ț̖͚͓̯̱̙̠̭̾̊̏́ͭͣ̆͡͞ ̣̩̮̠͈̺̜̐̑͐́͡M̥͕̲̈̔̒̒̇ͯ̿Y̡̜̼͙̙ͯ̇̈́̃͝ ̡̢̳̲͔̻͊͢F̢͈͊ͫ̀̓̂R̢̰̫̰ͪͩͤ̾͟I̶͍̮̗̟͈͌́̐̐ͯͪ̚Ē̟̦̭̙̤̲̎͆ͪ̎̅͝N͈̓̏̈̀͝D̸̩̱͌̎͑ͭ̓͜!̧̤̓̅͌̄̑̑͌͋̕!̡̲͉͑̂ͥ͂̍ͦ͢ ̷̳̗̠̥͖͓̳͍͒̈̔̉͊̒Y̴̼͋ͦͧͣ͟Ǫ͔̜̼̟̼̅̎͛̌͐U̧̅ͬ͆͂͌̄ͮͦ҉͉̺͙̖͈͞ ͕͖̱̖̘̤̗̋̅͡A̞̼̚͝R̙͖̰͕͙͊ͯ͛͂̎̚͡Ḕ̷̤̭̲̙̘ ̵̛̦͕̘̦̠̰͐ͣ̈́ͨ͠J̤̙̹̙̱̿̾͊U͔͈̠͕̠͋ͫ͛͋̈̓ͧͤ͞S̬͓̝͈ͬͪ̔͐͂̅͗T̶̡̛̜͔̲̭̬̱͕ͭ̄ͯ̍ ̶͚͚̳̳̝̯̟͖ͦ͂̇M͎̤̤͇̑̎̄͐̆Y̳̘̭̫̙̖̣̫̗̒ͤ̏̐ͤ̏̒̀͡ ͓̪̞̲̬͓͍̖̓͗̍͐̚͜͠Ṯ̶͕͎̹͍̟̺ͮ͝͝ͅA̸̛̙̜̞͉̥͉̬̹͒̋͂ͤ͛R̷̴̬̮̎ͯ́ͅͅͅG̱̲͎̤͓̼ͩ̿͛̅̑̉̚͞E̵̤̻ͩ͊͘T̠͇͇̜̼͈͉̈́͒̿͐ͮ̏ͣ͡!̷̣̽̓̽ͮ̉͂ͅ!̖͚̩̃ͥ ̨͉͕̓̒I̺̲̫͎͂ͦͮͫͫ͑ͭ͟ ̋̏̂̔́҉̰̻̮͇W̧̦̳͕͇̹̮̟ͯ̌A̴̝̹͕̤͇͉̝̎N̪͔̒͂͝T͙͕͌̉ ̶͇͓̱̰ͩ̋Ț̢̗̋O͌̉͗͏̹̘̩̞ ͇̜̱̘̺͇ͥͯK̫̬̯̪̲̣̙̈̂͌͡I̽͊̂ͤ́͜Ĺ̮͖͓̝̬̺̠̃L̶͎̚ ̴̯̝̩Y̝̺̼̳̰̺̝ͣ̐̾ͬ͜Ȍ̯͇̤̦͈ͪ̇ͯͩ̇́Ǔ̵̖̥̘̠̯͕̗̔!̩͞!̻͕̥͢ ͫ͠W̻͎͈̱͒H̝͖͍̐̿̚Ỷ̆͏̻̮͚͈ ̆͆͒͑̚Į̥̮͖ͪ͊̏ͅͅN̆̌̏̌ ͙̝̱̞̤̦̃ͬͩ͞T̮̮̊H̄̈ͧ̃̐́E ̯̙̩͠N̹̳̞͖ͮ̀͊I̛͆̓ͥͭ́ͦ̿N̠̹͚͙͙͒͞E̠̙ͭ͌̌̆ͭ ̨ͩͯ̀ͬ̆ͩC̣̪͋I̴͎͇̗̪̝̜̊́̏̾͒ͅR͖͚̘̤͚͊ͨͮ̃͋̾̎C̣̘͉̈͑L̳̹̹͕͐ͫ̓̈́E̟̬͍̘̥̪ͭ̄Ṡ̵͖̺͔͋ͩ̋ ͢O̾ͤ͢F̤̻̅ͬ͗̓ ͮ͐̏̔ͦḦ̷͚̣ͨ͗ͣ͑ͅĚ̝̪̭̪Lͦͫ͏̮̫͕̗ͅL̺͔̹̱̫͖͊̋̏̂͛ ͈̙̘̮̦̩̆͗̈D̨̪͇͎̱̝̺̹͌̍̈O̦͙͉ͩ̇̂̓ͫ ̖̬̘ͭ̎̿̍Y̭̤̥͂͋͋̌ͯ̐O̳̰͈̻̓̍̇ͭU̒̈́̇̌͏͚͕̩̤̥̤ ͚̟͖̣C̙̦̤̹̬̲̊ͬ̈̕Ȏ͙͉͕̠̫̝͆̏̃ͫ̕N͕͉̦ͮͮṢ̨̪̹̜͓̋̓Ī̪ͬḊ̖ͨ͆̊ͥ̀E̸͉͇͉͖Ȓ̜͖̒̽̇̆̀̃ ̨̣͇̹̳́̅ͮ̂͐̋M̗̩̊͋̀ͥĚ͓ͫ̈͋ͣ̌ͥ ̣̆̃͘Ā̦̲̫̪͎̥͙͂̌͂͐̌ ͇̟͚̥͓̜͉ͥ̀̽͒́F̶̳̮̣̝̟͚̾Ř̩͇̲̌̑́I̴̪͖̪̰͙E͏N̝̹͔̬͒́͆ͯ̈́̚ͅD̜̼͍̜̜̞̺̎͝?̰̹̼͓̑̊̆̃ͣ͗!̵͙̤̟̋ͭ
Akame just kneeled down, and kowtowed, making Billy frown….
Billy: ...Stop… Stop it… I want to kill you… Stop behaving like that… Unsheathe your sword and fight… Don't make me feel bad about thinking of killing you… Stop… Please…
Tears slowly came out from his eyes as he looked down in the ground.
Billy: ...I… I don't want… to forgive you… Stop kowtowing… Stand up and fight… Don't ask for forgiveness… I am not your friend…
Akame: Please forgive me for everything I did to you and your family…
Billy: ....
Akame raised her head, and saw that Billy's black eyes were emitting bloodied tears, it was creepy, but Akame just smiled and hugged him. The movements made the wires that were binding Billy's chair alert Lubbock, everyone entered in the room ready to fight.
But they didn't expected Akame hugging Billy who was crying blood from his demonic eyes.