Back again with another chapter, and I have to say I'm really glad to see positive feedback. Honestly, you guys have no idea how much it means to me that people actually enjoy what I write. Before we start I have a few things to talk about. First off, I'm beginning to feel like the space between the chapters is slowly growing. Yea I know I'm pretty inconsistent about when I post the chapters, but compared to a few fanfictions that release one chapter every month I feel like I've been keeping up fairly good about keeping up with it. The other issue is my errors. Yea I know I make ALOT but the fix is coming. Now that that's out of the way let's start the show!

Chapter 13: They just keep coming...

The streets of the capital, which had only recently buzzed with activity, began to empty as the sun set. After Night Raid started attacking, the amount of night dwellers I'm the city had gone down significantly, aside from the occasional patrol, very few dare go out at night. This made Tatsumi's job much easier, giving him the freedom to watch the streets as he pleased.
It had been three weeks since Esdese had assigned him to a fully undercover position in the slums, watching for any suspicious activity and listening for any rumors that would hint at any activity from this new organization. A few days ago he was given an anonymous note with am address by someone who bumped into him then took off. If it was indeed related to his mission, that would it was someone who knew his identify. Even if it was just some strange coincidence it seemed the only rational thing to do was to check it out.
So as of now he was walking down the street, wearing a thick scarf to cover his mouth and nose and a pure black jacket, carrying Twilight's Edge on his back, towards the address on the scrap of paper. He stuck to the shadows, careful to remain hidden although he was disguised, and soon it wasn't long before he arrived at the house matching the address. Nothing about it tipped him off that is was anything special, it was just am ordinary house, and apparently no one was home.
Tatsumi was just about to walk away when he voices, little more than a whisper from around the corner, within the courtyard. He approached the entrance carefully, keeping his back glued to the wall as the voices grew louder and stopped when he came to the edge of the wall. He didn't date peek out, their voices were close enough he could tell they were just on the other side of the wall.
The higher pitched, more feminine voice was the first to speak up. "Nothing on my end, any sign of the twins on your's?" It asked.
"Nothing." A much deeper and gruff voice replied.
"Damn, I guess they really were caught in that blast... Who could be strong enough to leave nothing left of the twins?" The female voice asked. Tatsumi thought back to when he killed Hanna's brother. The only way to keep him didn't was to leave nothing but a black smudge on the ground.
"Oh well, at least they managed to take down that stupid scientist before they but the dust." The man said as he didn't care for his comrades demise, which got on Tarsumi's nerves.
"I guess we'll be headed back to HQ then." The feminine voice said with a sigh. After hearing this Tatsumi had to do something. His next report was two days from now but it seemed that would be too late to call for assistance, they'd already be gone. If he ran to the palace he might never find them again. His had to react now. He silently ran back the the other side if the building and began to scale it, headed towards the roof. He wouldn't stand a chance against two Teigu users, however if he could take one out before they noticed him he might stand a chance.
After finally reaching the top, he stuck to the shadows on the rooftop, avoiding the light of the full moon. Once he was in position, he pulled Twilight's Edge off his back and unwrapped only the handle, sliding it into firing position. As he did, a handle pierced the cloth for the side of the blade, allowing him better aim. The man was tall and bulky, chains wrapped around his body. He looked almost to be middle aged but in extremely well shape. The girl on the other hand, had a much thinner figure with long brunette hair, wearing what seemed to be only a large green sweater that came halfway down her thighs. Her agile build was going to be more of an issue for Tatsumi's heavy blade, so he locked his sights on her.
"Alright, you know the drill." The girl said rolling her eyes. "You leave first then I'll-" She was interrupted as a pure white burst of energy flew from the distance and connected with her head, knocking her over with the miniature exposing it caused, leaving her lying on the ground.
"Kizumi!" The man shouted and turned towards Tatsumi as he jumped off the roof, making a mad dash towards him. Rather than move, he raised his arm to intercept Tatsumi's blade. A metallic clang sounded as it connected with his bare skin, apparently this was his Teigu ability. "You bastard!" He shouted angrily and threw his blade back, attempting to swing at him with his other fist, but Tatsumi was too fast and backed up, standing next to his fallen partner.
"Oh Alex, you always have to blow things out of proportion." A voice said from behind as something crept up his leg, wrapping around it tightly. Behind him was the woman he'd so recently shot down, sliding her fuzzy sleeves under his arms and wrapping them around his body. What had apparently wrapped around his legs was a patch of vines, each as thick as his wrist. He jumped away, slicing any that clung to him, before they tightened too much, earning an amused chuckle from the girl. Any sign that she'd been hit was gone, and vines growing out of her sweater. "Miss me?" She asked with a chuckle.

This was bad. He foolishly charged in without checking to see if she was dead and was now caught in a two on one battle. Taking his best option, he ran towards the courtyard wall in an attempt to jump it and run. However the vibes from the girl's sweater planted themselves in the ground and the bushes against the wads sprouted up into a wall if throrns, covering the entrance too. "Shit..." He muttered to himself as he turned around, gripping his sword with both hands to face the two of them.
"Nowhere to run now." The man said cracking his knuckles and started walking towards him, but was stopped by his companion.
"Not so fast, the mistress wants this one alive and if I let you go in there you'll kill the poor thing." She said crossing her arms. After a second if staring at her angrily, he backed off with a mumble. She then looked back to Tatsumi with a genuine smile, flowers seeming to grow from her hair. "Shall we begin?"

Tatsumi wasted no time, tightening his grip on his blade and charging at Kizumi. Rather them the eerie green glow that usually decorated his blades, it was replaced with a pure white, more gentle glow, much like daylight. She pulled her vines out of the ground and used them to push off the ground to allow her to move faster than usual, just barely dodging the edge if his blade, but he wasn't finished yet. He turned the blade upwards and brought it up but once again she jumped to the side. This time, she returned the gesture by throwing out a vine like a whip, giving him barely enough time to raise his blade and block it. He went on relentlessly chopping away at her and fending off her barrage of vines that came in return, but judging by the way she was dancing circles around him she was nowhere near serious.
Tatsumi changed his strategy and on one of his slices sent out a wave of pure white energy, just barely missing her and cutting off all the vines on that side. She stood there a moment, surprised, before smiling. "And I was just beginning to think you were worthless. I guess I better get serious too then." She said as she backed up and the vines coming from her large, wooly sweater began to grow longer, and in turn it began to shrink, her already suggestive outfit sliding further up her thighs and taking off part of the top, leaving her bare shoulders exposed, just barely resting above her breasts. "What's wrong?" She asked amused seeing his face go slightly red. "Stare too long and it'll be a boring fight." Tatsumi snapped out of it and slid the handle into ranted mode, gripping the secondary handle that popped out and aimed at her. "You honestly think that will work again?" She asked as he fired, balling up most of her vines in front of her to make a thick wall. There was a massive explosion and for a moment he couldn't tell if it had pierced or not. But soon enough the smoke cleared and there was a massive crater in the center of the vines, and less than an inch left at the bottom of it.
The wall soon pulled apart to reveal her once again with an amused smile. "I guess you just really want to watch me strip." She said as her clothes once again shrank, thus time taking out the sleeves and the stomach section, leaving her with simply a tube top and what resembled a fuzzy mini skirt. In exchange for taking away so much, the vines grew to the size of tree trunks and began to expand over both of them, trapping them both in a large ball made of vines as thick as trees. The vines from her back detached themselves to allow her to allow her to move freely, but losing her control over them. In here his movement was restricted and it was much harder to swing his large sword in small spaces.
"What now?" Kizumi asked with a grin as her last set if vines came from her back, slightly shrinking her clothing again. He swung his sword at her when she was right in front him but it was caught on one if the extremely thick vines above and got stuck halfway through. While he struggled to get it free, she whipped her vines at him several times, cutting him slightly until one curled at the end and planted itself in his stomach, sending him flying back and his sword to break loose. She looked at Tatsumi lying on the floor, apparently having hit his head on the fall. "That's it? Personally I prefer my men with a bit more endurance." She said walking toward him to pick him up. When she finally stood over him, his eyes snapped open and he jumped upwards, swinging his blade on the way. She jumped back just in time, but she wasn't his target. He pulled back the handle on the side of the blade to reload and shot straight at the ceiling, making a giant hole in it and debris to fall from above. Whole she was starts red with the falling debris, he jumped out the top and onto to rooftops from which he came, disappearing into the night.

When the debris cleared and Kizumi came to her senses, she looked around and sighed in frustration, sitting down in the ball. "Too easy yet I let him get away." She said with a disappointed tone. "Still... That last one was really close..." She says remembering it. As if on command, the tip of her bangs split, with a clean cut through them. "Really close..." She said almost in shock. But it wasn't over yet, a slight cut began to show itself traveling up her skirt and between her breasts, and when it reached the too if her tube to they both split, falling off. She stated for a second in shock, but soon enough a shriek pierced the night sky.

Well, the long awaited chapter 13 comes to an end with two new villains at large. Just how big will the enemy forces grow? Who knows? Anyways... Here's a question!

If you lived in this world, what Teigu would you want to use? And what side would you join?