Madness: TREACHERY

[Tomorrow]

Billy was riding an horse with the Jaegers. He was still one armed otherwise everyone would suspect him.

Wave: Hehe, finally you are here Billy, how was the training?

Billy: Good enough…

Esdeath: I hope so, I don't want any weak member.

Meanwhile, unnoticed from anyone, far away from them, there was a minion holding a binocle, when he saw every member of the Jaegers, included Billy, riding horses towards east, he entered in a fissure and reappeared beside Najenda.

Minion: All of the Jaegers included my creator moved out towards east on horseback.

Najenda: Excellent.

Then she turned around, where Mine and Akame in a swimsuit laid there.

Najenda: You guys, nonchalantly attract attention, as we planned.

Mine/Akame: Roger!

[Next day]

The Jaegers were at Romari Road, far away from the capital. RIght now they were eating a snack while Esdeath spoke.

Esdeath: Najenda is continuing east, and Akame is moving south! Their party's been witnessed splitting into two groups after coming here.

Bols: If you go east, you'll come upon Kyoroch, where the headquarters for the "Path of Peace" is located. If you keep going south, you'll find cities that support the rebels. In any case, this is suspicious.

Wave: If we hurry, we can quickly catch up with them. Let's go!

Esdeath: Well, wait. Night Raid's members are criminals from the capital. Since the wanted posters haven't circulated to the local regions, they were seen and tracked, and on top of that, they were witnessed splitting into two groups. Isn't it too convenient?

Run: Yes. I think there's a high probability of this being a trap.

Seryu: What's their reason for standing out on purpose? To lure us out from the capital and defeat us?

Esdeath: Najenda is like that. She fights calmly, with a burning heart.

Wave: So that means it's dangerous to give chase.

Esdeath: ...No, we won't waste this opportunity. Night Raid, who've been cleverly hiding themselves until now, have neatly revealed themselves. We'll prepare for their trap, and then squash them, trap and all! Seryu, Run, and I will follow Najenda.

Kurome, Wave, Bols and Billy, you chase Akame. Be aware of your surroundings at all times, and I don't care if you have to retreat because the enemy's waiting for you with overwhelming numbers. We might be on the offensive here, but I'm not telling you to do a suicide attack, after all.

They are the final rats who oppose the capital, chase them down and finish them, without fail!!

Everyone: Roger!!

After that order, they immediately split in two groups, with Billy's group going at south, soon, they reached a mountain range.

Bols: So our opponents are the capital's strongest, Night Raid… I wonder if someone like me can win…

Billy: Don't worry, they are all humans like us, they can easily kill us as we can easily kill them, it's just a matter of timing.

Wave: Right! If we work together, we'll definitely win! Your Teigu is suited for fighting crowds, so in fact, it's heartening to be with you!

Kurome: You're saying cool things like that, but I feel like you're going to be the one holding us back the most, Wave.

Billy: ...Hey guys, what would be your last wish if you all died? Mine is to have someone capable at gambling to take my place in my casino…

Wave: Heh, this is getting gloomy, but I guess I don't have any last wish…

Kurome: Neither I, I will die only when I killed sis.

Bols: Last wish… Well, if I really die here, then I would like for my family to live happily.

Everyone: Awww…

Billy: Hey, what's that?

They looked in front of them and saw… A Jojo-styled scarecrow?

Bols: It's suspicious to the point of there's no way it could be more suspicious! It'll be bad if it's a trap. Let's take care and look at it.

All 4 of them hopped down from their horses and walked towards the scarecrow, with Billy being behind everyone else, he looked at his left and found Mine spying at them, he nodded, sending her a signal that everything's alright.

Then he extended his arm downwards, and he created his Nexus Sword, his gaze was getting sharper within seconds. The moment he attacked, either he would eliminate them, or his casino will fall down because he is suspected for acting with the Revolutionary Army… Who cares if it closes? He will open another when everything ended.

Kurome's gaze suddenly widened and sidestepped, dodging a sniper bullet from Mine, surprising everyone.

The next moment, the scarecrow exploded, revealing Susanoo who charged at Kurome.

Wave: Kurome! Watch out!!

Then he placed himself between Susanoo and Kurome, ad blocking Susanoo's stave, but he was flung far away.

Bols: Wave!!

Then the rest of the Night Raid came out from their hiding spot.

Najenda: We failed on the sniping, but we blew away one… And it wasn't the one who was a target, this is good.

Bols: Night Raid…? And this is all of them?! So the east was a complete fake.

Najenda: Kurome and Bols, even within the Jaegers, you two are priority targets. Prepare yourselves.

Bols prepared his Teigu and murmured.

Bols: Because I've burned countless people… I feel that nothing can be done about it if I'm targeted by assassins… But, I will not die!!

…

Billy: Sorry, Bols. I will protect your family from now on…

Bols: Wh...at…

Bols and his Teigu was split in two with a single slash of the Nexus Sword without any resistance, killing him immediately.

Kurome's eyes widened and turned towards Billy.

Kurome: Billy! What the hell are you doing?!

Billy: Heh, the east wasn't the only thing that was fake. The next will be you, Kurome.

Kurome: ...You… You were part of the Night Raid…

Billy: Yup, I also killed Dr. Stylish and faked my injury…

The halo on Billy's head flew away, and Billy's body turned back to a skeletal minion who assaulted Kurome, however she killed the minion before the Nexus Sword could touch her.

Then Billy came back from behind the Night Raid with a pair of guns.

Kurome: ...I will avenge Bols!!

She raised her sword, Yatsufusa, and black lighting with purple outlines came out from the tip, corpses appeared from the ground and stood up, then an earthquake appeared, and a giant skeletal hand came out behind Kurome, revealing a giant skeletal danger beast.

Beast: ROOOOOAARRRR!!!!

Billy looked at the beast with a blank look, before his gaze fell on his guns… Then back at the beast…

Billy: *Sigh* I hope it is slow for my Nexus Bolt…

Billy and the rest of the Night Raid were surrounded from corpses, while Akame directly jumped at Kurome to fight.

Their swords clashed, neither of the two were getting injured, they continued to dance left and right. If a normal person would see this, they would think that one was fighting a doppelganger due to the similarities between the sisters.

Kurome thrusted forward, but Akame dodged, then she slashed horizontally, hoping to hit Kurome. But…

*Clang*

Akame was sent flying away with a mighty strike, Akame landed on the ground and looked forward, seeing what hit her. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw a muscular figure wielding a heavy sword that was as big as him.

It was the same person she killed 12 years ago, Bora the Heavy Swordmaster, Billy's father…

Akame: 'Shit!'

She looked down, and saw that Billy was distracted with the other puppets, then her sight turned back to Kurome and Bora.

Kurome: Do you like it? This guy apparently is strong enough to cut a Kaiser Frog in two with one strike, fortunately he wasn't too damaged when I found him, and now he is at his 100%!

Akame: Turn him back to the earth! 'It will be a mess if Billy finds out about his father… I need to kill him before he sees his father!'

Kurome: Heh, afraid of him? Bora, attack!

Bora rushed at Akame, now that his injuries weren't there, he could go at his 100% against Akame, she raised her sword to block the heavy sword, which was wielded with a single hand as if it was a light sword, meanwhile Bora got with a downstrike and created a crater under Akame's feet.

Bora's other hand reached for Akame's arm and lifted her up, before slamming her on the ground.

Akame: Gah…

Bora raised one foot and almost stomped on her chest, however Tatsumi on his Incursio armor tackled him, making Bora back away of some meters. Then he lifted Akame and backed away.

Tatsumi: Hey Akame, are you alright?

Akame: Yes, but we need to kill that puppet immediately!

She pointed at Bora, making Tatsumi raise an eyebrow under his helm.

Tatsumi: Why? He's dangerous?

Akame: Not in firepower… He's Billy's father, you already know what would happen if Billy see him.

Tatsumi remembered when Billy assaulted Akame with her own sword, trying to kill her with all of his rage, and gulped.

Kurome: Wait wait, Bora is Billy's father? That is really interesting! But first… We need to make some space. Kill them! Death Tagool!

Beast: ROOOOARRR!!!

Billy: Behind me!

It was charging an energy orb, and shot it forward, but before it could reach the Night Raid, a black beam appeared in front of them an acted as a shield, it was Billy's Nexus Bolt that destroyed the particles of energy from the beast's attack.

Now the terrain was completely flat, but the Night Raid was safe.