Hello everyone!

I decided to write a Mine x Tatsumi fanfic because it's one of my favorite canon pairings.

I hope they get a happy ending in the manga unlike the anime, because i think they deserve it after all they have been through. However that's Takahiro's decision.

Any type of constructive criticism like comments, suggestions and tips are welcome in reviews and private messages. It's my first fanfic so please go easy on me, okay?.

Enjoy it.

Kill the Hardships!

Chapter 1

Kill the Unexpected News

"Congratulations! You two are going to become parents!" Exclaimed with joy a middle-aged woman wearing a knee-lenght white coat to a young couple sat in front of her old desk inside an small office.

"What!?" Tatsumi reacted dumbfounded by the words of the doctor. A mid-height boy in his mid to late teens with messy brown hair and emerald green eyes. He came from a little village that was located in the cold southern region of the Empire, far away from the Imperial Capital.

One day, Tatsumi alongside his dear childhood friends traveled to said place in order to get a get a job and earn money to help their poor village. However, after a series of unfortunate events, the young man ended up joing the infamous group of assassins known as "Night Raid" and fighting against the cruel and corrupt Empire.

"Become parents!?" Asked incredulous a short girl with long pink hair tied by red ribbons in two ponytails. She was wearing a frilled light pink dress that matched her hair and the big expressive eyes of hers, albeit from a darker tone. The girl's name was Mine and she was about the same age as Tatsumi.

The two of them have been dating since Mine confessed her love to Tatsumi some months ago, the two agreed to go out at first and see if their relationship worked out. The country boy fell in love with her after a short time due to her being sweet and loving with him, the complete opposite of how she treated him after he joined Night Raid. She was rude and bossy with him at first, however she slowly begun to see the young man in different light as they went through a lot of missions together and how he became stronger both in body and mind, even after the death of several comrades, including his friend and mentor, Bulat. Mine finally fell in love with Tatsumi since the day he saved her from a certain death against Jaegers member Seryuu Ubiquitous.

For the past few days, Mine experienced symptoms like nausea and dizziness, her belly started to become more prominent as well. The pinkette thought that her sickness was related to eating something spoiled that Akame cooked, so Tatsumi accompanied her to the nearest doctor to a town close to Night Raid current hideout.

After having analyzed the medical tests and the series of questions she made to the supposedly sick girl. The short haired doctor gave them the shocking results that caught the couple off guard.

"EEEEHHHHH!?" The young couple screamed loudly while looking at each other after the initial shock of the sudden and unexpected reveal.

"S-so that means that i'm p-pregnant!?" Mine asked nervously.

"That's right sweetie, you and your handsome lover are expecting a baby!" The woman gave a big smile to the pair.

Tatsumi reacted with a small blush on his cheeks at the woman's compliment, while the pink haired had a tense face.

"But i'm still having my period with regularity!" The young girl visibly annoyed by this sudden development, complained against the doctor.

"Hmm... That's something very rare to happen, but it's still possible to occur during the first weeks of pregnancy." The doctor calmly explained despite the girl's anger.

"How many months i have of pregnancy?" Mine asked while feeling unsure of the veracity of the woman words.

"Based on the results of your medical examination, it seems that you are close to three months, so if everything goes well you'll giving birth in approximately six months."

In their way back to the hideout, the two lovers started to yell at each other, fervently discussing the shocking news they heard just some moments ago.

"I-it's all your fault!" Mine exclaimed with anger in her voice.

"My fault? You were the one who wanted to do 'this and that' that night, remember!?" Tatsumi replied to the pink haired girl.

"I remember it, but you agreed by not opposing any resistance!" A bewildered Mine answered.

"Hey! We did it because both of us agreed to!, I'll never force you to do something without your consent!"

"Ugh... I guess you're right about that..."

The sniper girl began to calm after the argument of her boyfriend.

"Let's just agree that both of us are to blame for that..." The boy made a solid point.

"And what are we gonna say now to the boss and the others?" Mine asked to her lover.

"We can't hide it from them, sooner or later they will discover it." Deduced the owner of the armored teigu known as 'Incursio'.

"Yeah, the only thing for us to do it's to tell the truth to everyone about what happened and expect for the worse..." Both assassins agreed with resignation.

The young couple got back at Night Raid's headquarters by nightfall. Both were greeted by a relieved Akame, who was wearing an apron above her usual clothes and cooking the dinner that included grilled meat, favorite dish of the girl in her late teens who had very long black hair and red crimson eyes. Meanwhile, a hungry Leone was sniffing and salivating at the delicious meal that her friend was preparing for everyone.

At the living room, Lubbock was sitting at the couch while reading some erotic novel books with a perverted look on his face.

"So how things went with the doctor?" Najenda asked to her subordinates. The leader of Night Raid was a tall woman with who was in her mid to late twenties. She had short white hair and an eyepatch, but what really caught the attention about the young woman was her dark green robotic arm due to the injuries caused by the fearsome woman known as Esdeath some years ago, after she deflected from the Imperial Army.

"W-we have something important to announce." Mine said with a shaky voice that instantly caught the attention of her teammates.

Akame, Leone and Lubbock stopped what they were doing and gathered in the living room to hear about what the young couple was going to announce.

"The doctor told me that my symptoms were due to me being currently pregnant with Tatsumi's child. The baby will be born in approximately half a year..."

Upon hearing Mine sudden revelation, everyone went silent except for Akame who broke the silence by asking with a curious expression what kind of disease was 'being pregnant'.

Lubbock visibly enraged by the unexpected announcement pointed his index finger at a silent Tatsumi and began to rant against him. "You bastard! You never told me that you have been engaging in that kind of 'lovey-dovey' activities with Mine!"

"Oh my! So you two have been doing 'lewd things' all this time? I really wonder who took the initiative your first night together!" Leone teased while giving a mischievous look to the young couple.

Tatsumi didn't react at his comrades witty comments because he was too focused on thinking what to do about this situation. Meawhile, Mine started to become angry by her teammates teasing words.

"I-It was just a couple of times! Besides, we have been going out for months, also that's none of your concern, you big breasted drunk!"

"Well, at least i'm not a short-tempered and flat-chested shortie!" Lionelle wielder countered.

"S-shut up! you stupid alcoholic cat-woman!" Replied in a furious way the owner of Pumpkin.

"Meanie!" Leone exclaimed.

Akame asked with a lot of curiosity about the place where the babies come from, although nobody seemed to pay attention to the question she made.

"Everyone, please be quiet, this isn't a laughing matter." Spoke Najenda while raising her voice, then she focused all her attention at Tatsumi and Mine and began to give them a lecture.

"I understand that both of you are young and unexperienced in love and i approve of your relationship as lovers, however this wasn't the right time to have a child. The Revolution will soon reach it's peak and we need to fight with all our available members to have a chance against Esdeath and Budou, the Empire's two strongest generals."

The silver haired woman continued to lecture the young couple. "Mine, it really doesn't surprise me about Tatsumi since he's a country boy who probably does know almost nothing about sex education, but i thought you were more conscious and knowledgeable about it."

"I-I was too confident and really thought that nothing was going to happen!" Mine tried to cover her embarassment but failed miserably.

"Well, it seems that our little Mine isn't as innocent as it seems!" Leone said with a big grin on her face, causing the pink haired sniper to blush wildly and get angrier.

"I should have provided Tatsumi with more 'sex education material'! (porn magazines and erotic comic books and novels) and gave him advice about safe sex!" Lubbock spoke like he really was an expert in the subject.

"You two keep quiet! I won't repeat it again!" Najenda lifted her voice once again to scold her two subordinates.

The leader of Night Raid was a kind and calm woman but also had a very scary side when someone disobeyed her orders. Everyone agreed that obeying her was the best thing to do, or else, hell was going to be unleashed.

"Understood it, boss!" The green haired boy firmly responded to the woman he fell in love in the time she was still in the Empire and he was a young boy of an acommodate family of nobles.

"Okay okay, i get it! Geez, no need to get upset about it..." The busty blonde mumbled while making a pouting face.

"Good, now let's continue with the discussion about our current matter."

"In approximately six months or less, the Revolution will probably be on it's final stage. By that time, you won't be able to participate in any missions due to being pregnant and close to giving birth, so you will have to decide between leaving Night Raid and giving birth to your child, or abort it and having another child later on." The former general of the Empire explained.

Mine obviously wanted to take part in the final stage of the revolution and put a stop to the Empire's evil acts of violence and corruption, but after spending a lot of time with Tatsumi she desired to marry and have a family with him someday. Sadly, having a child at this crucial point of the war would be a bad idea because of the reasons previously stated by her superior.

However, the girl strongly disliked the idea of taking the life of a defenseless living being, much less a being that was inside her body and the product of the strong love that she and Tatsumi professed to each other, besides that there was no guarantee that she would be getting pregnant again after aborting, so Mine felt very conflicted about what to do.

"You certainly have been uncommonly silent all this time, Tatsumi." Najenda spoke after focusing her attention on Tatsumi, who remained silent since the discussion started.

"You are the father of the child inside Mine after all, so what do you have to say about this matter?" The leader of Night Raid awaited for the response of the young assassin.

Tatsumi then looked at his girlfriend who had a troubled look on her face because of Najenda's harsh words about the choice she had to take. The heir of Incursio took a deep breath and after meditating for some time, took a decision that wasn't only to bring relevant changes to his relationship with Mine, it was going to change the upcoming future of Night Raid as well.

What will be Tatsumi's response?

How will Mine and everyone react to his decisiom?

Find out soon in chapter 2!