Madness: RECONCILIATION?

[Some days later/Capital]

Esdeath, Seryu and Run were on the meeting point, waiting for the other team.

Seryu: When will they get back…

Esdeath: You just need to wait, remember that Kurome has a Super-Class Danger Beast under her control.

Seryu: Hm… Oh! That's Wave!

Esdeath and Run turned around and saw Wave walking with slow steps towards them, he held a gloomy face as he looked down in sorrow.

Run: Hey Wave, what happe…

He smelled blood and looked down, seeing Wave's missing arm…

Run: WAVE!!

Esdeath and Seryu walked to Wave and saw his conditions.

Esdeath: Wave, report!

Wave: ...Bols and Kurome died… I lost an arm… Billy disappeared… It was a trap, the Night Raid was waiting for us… There is a strange beast capable of easily ripping off Grand Chariot…

Seryu: ...Dead… They… They died…?

Run's fists tightened and gritted his teeth, while Esdeath started thinking.

Esdeath: How did the beast look like?

Wave: I… I only saw bones… It looked like a legless giant made of bones, I couldn't see much because I was flung away without an arm…

Esdeath: Hmm… I will look on it, Wave, go to rest in the infirmary.

Wave: ...Yes…

Then Run helped Wave to go to the hospital while Esdeath put the nail of her thumb in her mouth and frowned.

Esdeath: Tch… We are losing too many…

Seryu: General, what should we do?

Esdeath: For now let's go back to rest, we will think later about what to do.

Seryu nodded and followed Esdeath.

[Meanwhile]

After what Billy did to Kurome, when everyone was back to the base, Akame was left alone, Billy stood behind her door and could hear her sobs, which surprisingly burdened his mind.

Days later, Akame seemed to be calm but surprisingly didn't attacked Billy or things like that... Was she already forgiving him? From her facial expression, he couldn't see any hint of anger. If she forgave him just like that, then what the hell was he doing the entire time?

Like always, he trained while she watching, but neither of the two spoke a single word the entire time.

Days later, they were called from Najenda and the entire group left to Kyoroch to kill Borick.

Chelsea: So that's the mansion of the advisor, Borick… The target this time.

Leone: Sure is a nice house… Built with such filthy money.

Mine: We should keep the actual topography in mind.

Najenda: Normally there should be the Jaegers guarding the target, but due to… Some unexpected events… They are down for the moment, and with only 4 people, Esdeath included. Now go!

Everyone: Roger!

Then they separated and looked around the town, Tatsumi, Mine and Chelsea were walking in a populated area.

Tatsumi: There aren't any wanted papers circulating this far from the capital, huh.

Chelsea: It's precisely because we are that far, Retard.

Tatsumi: Oof… Please don't start with that too…

Mine: Oh, I don't mind that, it has a nice ring.

Chelsea: Right?

Mine and Chelsea started to laugh while Tatsumi's eyes were twitching.

Mine: Well, first off, we should map out the town more.

Tatsumi: Let's try going to the eastern edge this time, so we don't get near the central area where the guards are more concentrated.

Mine: That's true.

Chelsea: Let's leave the area near the church to Lubbock, who volunteered so enthusiastically.

At the same time, Lubbock was checking around while drinking some water.

Lubbock: Jee, what a labyrinthine townscape… Well, I guess it's nice to have this many people, since it's easy to blend in and search.

However, he didn't noticed that he was followed from two people, one was a large man with a heavily muscled build. He has a long braided hairstyle, and bald at the top of his head. He has a long bushy beard and mustache, bushy eyebrows, and dark prominent circles around his eyes.

The other was a short girl with a petite build. Her hair was blonde and styled in pigtails decorated with horseshoes. She had green eyes and her skin was considerably tanned. She wore long leggings and a shirt, which she left open, displaying a bikini/swimsuit top.

The first one to talk was the girl.

?: Hey, Sten. Don't you think he's moving like he's surveying the area? More than anything else, the way he walks.

Sten: My instinct is screaming that he's an enemy. That's the movement of one who's fought many battles. It seems he's being careful about it, but I can tell.

?: So he's a black hat. Let's kill him.

Sten: No, Mez. Call it the freeing of his soul.

At the graveyard, Akame and Billy were accompanied from the spies from the Revolutionary Army.

Spy 1: According to our data, there will be dug an underground passageway passing beneath this graveyard which leads from the church to Borick's mansion.

Spy 2: We think it may be good to station a few men here while carrying out the assassination.

Billy: Yeah, but make it so that there is an even number around the place, it would be a big bullshit if everyone would see the passageway because every guard is concentrated on that spot.

Spy 1: You are right. But you two should be careful since there could be traps on the passagewa-

?: Heheheh.

Everyone turned around and saw a large man with a muscled build, wearing shorts. He had strange markings around the top of his head which resemble stitches. His hair was long and braided into two long strands at the bottom, with long bangs framing each side his face. His eyes were abnormal, with fully black sclera.

?: Look at who I found, Akame.

Billy: Ugh… Hey, Akame, where the hell do you meet these friends, in a circus near the graveyard of the capital?

Akame: Ibara…! You're here, in Kyoroch!?

Ibara: Heheheh, for the bad girl who betrayed the empire, it's time for a spanking.

He swung his hand and his nail grew really longer, surprising Billy and cutting off his and the spies' heads.

Akame: Billy! 'No, he is safe, calm down…'

Ibara: Hehe, did I kill your boyfriend perhaps?

She ignored his words and unsheathed her sword, then she attacked Ibara.

Akame: I consign you!

Ibara: Just try it!!

His nails grew longer and almost reached Akame, who sidestepped and slashed at Ibara, whose body bended in a way it shouldn't do, dodging the poisonous sword. Then hair came out from his body and got longer, creating a sort of spiky wall that Akame dodged by jumping out of the way.

Ibara: Heheheh, due to we Four Rakshasa Demons undergoing intense training, and growing up tasting the broth of the lake kraken that lives in the mountains behind our temple… We can control our bodies however we want. I can avoid that ominous blade, and I can even do stuff like thissss.

Suddenly, Ibara's arms shot forward and repeatedly hit Akame with a flurry of hits.

Ibara: Hey hey hey hey hey he-

*POW*

A mighty fist crashed on Ibara's chin, he glanced down and saw Billy still alive.

Ibara: You… How are you still alive…?!

Billy: Tch, you dickhead, that isn't how you attack… It's like this! Useless!

He threw another punch on Ibara's stomach, before he started with his own flurry of punches that devastated Ibara.

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And then after doing a DIO-styled flurry of punches, he concluded with grabbing the man's leg and slamming him on the ground.

Before Ibara could get up, Billy attacked him with a Nexus Bolt, destroying his body.

Billy: And that's how you should attack.

He cleaned the dust off from his hands, and looked at the moon over his head.

Billy: It's time to go back, you go first, I'll check around.

Akame: ...Why are you suddenly so relaxed with me?

Billy looked at a surprised Akame, and sighed.

Billy: During this time… I thought about it, fuck it, everything is already done, hating you will not answer to anything, besides, I even killed your sister so... I guess we are even? And I was just being a petty little bitch.

Akame: Pffft…

She held back a laugh while Billy walked towards her and extended his arm.

Billy: Let's start from beginning, I am Billy, nice to meet you.

Akame looked at the hand and after some moments of hesitation, she extended hers and smiled.

Akame: I'm Akame.