A/N Brand new story! Number 2... number 2 as in second of... of the sequel... I guess. This is the start of a long journey... a very long journey. Also school has started up again, goin' into the third week now but I wont let that slow or stop me. I feel this should still be mentioned but I'm still open to criticism, so if you feel that there's some areas that I can improve in please don't hesitate to leave your criticism.
IMPORTANT INFO- A hurricane will be hitting Florida soon so that might slow down my uploads on this story, but its at the beginning so I doubt that it'll be all that detrimental.
Akame slowly opened her eyes and sat up off the couch, Qrow had left three weeks ago, leaving her to grow acclimated to the new world around her. Standing up and grabbing her coat pulling it over her shoulders then pulling on her gloves and put her bracers on over those, she then grabbed Murasame and hooked it on her belt before entering the kitchen and getting started on breakfast, over the course of the past few weeks she had yet to get the opportunity to make breakfast so it was going to be a big one. The breakfast she made consisted of every meat in the kitchen... so a normal breakfast... for Akame. She spent a little over an hour cooking the food. She then sat down to eat letting her mind wander to the the week before, when she talked with Ozpin
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Akame entered the office again, this time alone. The ticking was the only thing that could be heard as she entered and sat down across from Ozpin; who calmly watched her as she moved and sat before him.
"Qrow said that you wanted to talk with me." Akame stated quickly looking around then looked him dead in the eyes "He also said that you know of Night Raid."
"Yes, I know what Qrow has told me of what both of you have done. I merely called for this meeting for a few reasons. Firstly, your age was written to be sixteen, is that correct?" Ozpin asked reading from his computer
Akame raised an eyebrow but answered calmly "I think its correct, I don't remember my birthday."
"What do you mean you don't remember your birthday? it seems to be a rather important part of living." Ozpin asked and made light of the situation with a small joke
"When I was six me and my sister were sold to the government, and forced into a program meant to weed out the weak or sickly children that were purchased as well, over one-hundred children were forced to participate in the trial, less then one-hundred survived, Kurome was haunted by that day... and so am I." Akame answered small amounts of fear and sadness leaking through her mask
"I... I assume you've told Qrow this." Ozpin asked in a neutral voice
"Yes, just before he left on his mission, but I'd prefer to not relive that experience again. So please change the subject." Akame asked quickly recovering from her slight weakness
"Of course... Qrow told me that you had lost... There's really no easy way to talk about your past is there?" Ozpin continued trying to make light of the situation with a chuckle, Akame sat quietly "Tell me about Murasame then, how does it work?"
"There's an extremely deadly poison embedded in the blade." Akame answered placing her hand on it
"How long does it take for it to effect a persons ability to fight?" Ozpin asked causing Akames' expression to darken
"It takes a single heartbeat to kill." Akame stated causing Ozpins eyes to widen by how deadly a single cut from the blade is
"By the gods. That has to be the deadliest substance in existence..." Ozpin stopped speaking and went into thought for a while before speaking again "When you are on this campus or in Vale you won't be allowed to have Murasame, I don't want anyone to end up dead because-"
"I understand your concern but the last place you would want Murasame is away from my reach, if anyone harboring ill intent gets a hold of it and if they are compatible with it, then they could be a very deadly force. But if its always with me you don't need to worry about it." Akame interrupted "I am more then willing to own another blade but I will never let Murasame out of my sight, its far to dangerous."
Ozpin then leaned onto his desk looked her dead in the eyes then ordered "I want you to give me your word, that you will take full responsibility for what happens if someone else gets Murasame, I will trust you and allow you to carry it with you at all times if you give me your word that you will NEVER. give it willingly to anyone."
"I agree, no one will touch it." Akame agreed looking him in the eyes showing she wasn't lying
"Good... now then, tell me about your sister, Kurome." Ozpin changed the subject swiftly
"Kurome is... was... my younger sister, after she vanished from the Jaegers I- we lost track of her, she just vanished after Yatsufusa was destroyed, back in her division if you couldn't fight you were killed, so I guess she feared what was to become of her so she fled from the war." Akame answered guilt breaking her voice a bit, Ozpin continued searching her face the whole time she spoke and seemingly found something he was looking for
"...Regardless of your admittedly... depressing past, I trust Qrows' judgment so I'll trust yours as well. That being said, let me be the first to welcome you to Beacon academy, Ms. Branwen." Ozpin calmly said with a genuine smile on his face and a small glint in his eye
(o)
She couldn't understand that man, everything they had discussed had no deeper connection other than them being about her past, but he seemingly found something that he was looking for. She on the other hand found nothing in him apart from the fact he was far older then he was letting on, which confused her the more she thought about it
"Oh... good morning Akame." Tai said pulling her from thought
"good morning." Akame replied before turning her attention to the food in front of her which was starting to get cold, she didn't want it to get too cold so she did the only reasonable thing she could think of... inhaled the food in front of her... without chewing
"I don't think that's healthy... or physically possible." Tai commented sitting down across from her, taking a whiff of the food he decided to test his luck and slowly reached for her plate, his hand was greeted by a fork stabbing into it
"Mine." Akame growled glaring at him, killing intent exploding off of her, causing him to quickly lean back away from her and raise his hands in surrender
"Alright! I got it! I'm picking up what you're putting down!" Tai said and Quickly got up and grabbed his own plate, after a few minutes of eating Ruby and Yang entered the kitchen. Ruby happily entered skipping along until she saw breakfast. Yang slowly dragging herself alongside her.
"Akame, do you only know how to cook meat?" Ruby asked looking over the different choices of meat dishes
"Why would you want to eat anything else?" Akame posing a different 'philosophical' question for Ruby
"Well I mean have you ever eaten something like... oh I don't know, an apple or a strawberry or somethin' like that?" Ruby also asked over the past few weeks her and Akame had been cooking lunch and dinner together and to Yang and Tai's surprise, Ruby had grown more accustom to conversation and was even willing to go shopping alone.
"Not as good as meat, you also didn't help this time... so no complaining." Akame replied filling another plate alongside Ruby who had caved and loaded her plate with everything
"I was doin' a lot of maintenance on Crescent Rose, I love her, but she can be a bit of a hand full." Ruby answered sitting down next to Yang who was swaying struggling to keep her eyes open
"I'll go get the mail. You three have fun." Tai said after a long silence then got to his feet and exited the house
"Yang! Wake up!" Ruby called and clapped near her ear causing Yangs' eyes to turn red for a few seconds before returning to their natural shade of purple
"Sorry Ruby I was... out last night." Yang apologized to her sister looking genuinely sad even though she had done nothing, Akame felt a strong pang in her chest knowing that her sister is gone, but remained quiet as to not bring down the mood
"Hey Akame we got something addressed to you here!" Tai called as he re-entered the house
"That's surprising who knows your here apart from us?" Ruby asked as she ate
"There's you all, Qrow, Raven, Ozpin, and Glynda... and anyone Ozpin told." Akame answered before exiting the room to retrieve the package
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Tai held out the package "There was no return address... our address isn't on here either, it just has your name on it." true to his word it had 'Akame' written on it in black ink contrasting with the white box, quickly looking it over she found that nothing was wrong with it no stand out signs that its rigged with anything harmful
"Sooooo, you gonna open it or..." Tai asked in confusion as she fumbled around with the box
"Maybe... I don't trust this though, I've made a lot of enemies there's no telling whats in this thing." Akame answered still cautiously eyeing the box then placed her ear hearing nothing "I'll take it outside and open it, just in case."
"Alright, I guess... you have been paranoid lately, but I guess you got your own reasons." Tai said with a small amount of concern in his voice
(o)
Akame walked out of the house and into the yard walking far from the house before sitting down with the box in front of her, it was a long blank white box with her name written along it, pulling the box open she found a piece of paper the size of a flashcard with a small amount of writing on it
'Dear Akame, I've heard of your arrival through our mutual 'friend' Ozpin. I was also told of your choice of weaponry and decided to help with that annoying issue that Ozpin has with it. don't worry about paying me back. - An old friend'
Akame didn't like that someone who knew her was willing to send her what she could only assume to be a weapon
pulling open the box she found a katana, roughly thirty inches, its blade was hidden in the sheath which is a shade of gray nearly black. Drawing the blade it was a gray steel and the sharp of the blade was red and stopped along the hamon. The guard was black, the grip was black and the grip-yarn was a fine shade of red, all in all its a beautiful weapon one in which Akame was happy to have, it also saves her the time of finding a second one. Finding another item in the container being a far smaller box, opening it she found a Scroll like Qrows' it was white but had a black trim and seemed far slimmer then his and next to it were shoulder insignia, smock insignia, and collar insignia each of which she grabbed and pocketed. Rising to her feet returning the blade to its sheath and putting the Scroll in her pocket before returning to the house her new weapon hanging just above Murasame.
(o)
Re-entering the house she found Ruby and Yang sitting on the couch watching the news as Tai had called it, Ruby was sitting upside down
"Hey Akame, wanna watch the news with us?" Yang asked looking over to her
"Yes I'd like to keep up with current events... I still find it surprising that you can learn about these events just by clicking a few buttons." Akame said as she sat down next to Ruby
"Yeah you don't talk about where you came from much, why?" Ruby asked looking up to her
"Nothing worth talking about, hate, pain, loss,... evil." Akame answered vaguely in a neutral tone
"Well at least you turned out fine." Yang say trying to stay positive
"I was talking about myself." Akame said looking sad Yang and Ruby both had no idea how to respond to that statement "Do either of you know how to use this thing?" Akame asked changing the subject raising the scroll from her pocket
Ruby looked at it for a few seconds before she scrunched her eyebrow "No idea, its obviously more advanced than anything made in Vale, judging by its design it was probably made in Atlas." Ruby guessed reaching for the scroll, just as her fingers touched it electricity jumped from it onto her fingers causing her to leap back in pain "OW! It shocked me! Why did it shock me!?" yang chuckled at her reaction and Akame ignored it, bending down and picking up the scroll pressing the diamond shaped button, causing it to open.
"Scroll activated. Welcome Oberst Akame Branwen. Setting default."The scroll said before displaying her rank on the screen before it vanished leaving the screen with apps labeled contacts, messages, maps, camera
"Whats an Oberst?" Ruby asked, pain completely forgotten, as she inspected the scroll without touching it Yang pulled her scroll from her pocket
"Checking... HOLY SHIT!" Yang shouted after reading a bit
"Language!" both Ruby and Tai had said at the same time
"Yang what have I told you about using that kind o-" Tai said authority in his voice walking downstairs
"Dad! Read this." Yang said handing her scroll to him
"Why? What does it matter?" He asked as he read the highlighted section
"That's apparently Akames' rank. Or at least what her Scroll said." Yang answered
"What is it?" Akame asked both her and Ruby looking extremely confused
Yang turned to the before speaking "Oberst is the Atlas equivalent to Colonel in the Vydalian military. That rank takes almost fourteen years to gain, the youngest Colonel in the Vydalian military died twenty years ago and he was thirty-nine years old when he got the rank..."
Tai then joined the conversation "So, who do you know in the Atlas military? I have a few friends and even they wouldn't have done something like this, and I know James the supreme commander of the Atlas armed forces."
"I don't know... but they clearly know me." Akame answered
"Well we can tell if this is legit pretty easily, did you get any insignia with this stuff?" Tai asked and Akame pulled all of them from her pocket "Alright now put the shoulder ones on and focus your aura into them." Akame followed his orders quickly putting them on her shoulders and collar and focused her aura into them the room instantly dropped in temperature ice started coating the table and breath became visible "Alright you can stop now, it's legit! It's legit!" Tai quickly said after a few seconds
"AHH so cold!" Ruby said rubbing her arms rapidly being the person closest to Akame she had ice forming on her body
"Rub your chest. Your arms will warm themselves up." Akame said rapping her arms around Ruby rubbing her back
"Th-Thanks Akame." Ruby thanked shivering quite rapidly given the fact she was standing the closest to Akame
"Why wasn't she effected by that?" Yang asked her hair burning warming her and her dad
"That's 'cause the Atlas military embeds those insignia with ice dust and depending on rank it gets more and more potent, with the rank Akame is apparently at she could dive into a frozen lake and maybe get a little bit cold depending on how far below zero it is. That's what makes the embedding dust into clothing so useful." Tai explained rubbing his chest after a few moments they all returned to their normal temperature Akame and Tai entered the kitchen to make lunch
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as they cooked Akame decided to ask "Who in the Atlas military are friends with Ozpin?" Tai closed his eyes for a few seconds
"Apart from James Ironwood, the supreme commander of all Atlas military forces... I think he's also acquaintance with the Schnee family but they try to be friends with everyone with an ounce of clout as long as their human. But apart from them... no one I can think of off the top of my head." Tai answered after a few seconds of thought
"Whats a Schnee?" Akame asked as she grilled some chicken
"The Schnee's are the family that basically monopolized the Dust trade, any Dust you interact with is more than likely from the SDC." Tai answered her question causing her to scowl "Qrow hates Jacques, the current owner of the SDC, because he basically manipulated the family to get all the riches of the families hard work, and I gotta say I agree with him on that, if you're a normal person living a normal life you probably hate Jacques."
"People like him are why I'm the way I am." Akame growled feelings of anger burning "I don't want to see that happen again."
"No need to worry, so long as James is in charge of the military there's nothing Jacques can do." Tai calmed placing his hand on her shoulder
"Then I hope he outlives Jacques." Akame said calming down from her anger
"Anyways what do you want to do about your Insignia?" Tai asked after Akame had fully calmed down
"Its my duty to hold onto them, I was entrusted with such a position and I want to ensure that whoever had faith in me wasn't mistaken." Akame answered calmly looking down at the Insignia on her collar before returning to the cooking meats "Watch that chicken, if it burns I will be furious." Akame said changing the subject
"Yes ma'am." Tai said rolling his eyes and got back to work
after lunch Yang and Ruby started getting ready to leave the house
"Where you two going?" Tai asked as him and Akame cleaned the kitchen
"Me and Ruby were going into Vale, Ruby wanted to go and get a new comic that came out last week." Yang answered as Ruby walked out of the house
"It would be a good idea for you to take Akame then, shes spent almost her whole time here, so it'd be good for her to learn the city a bit." Tai said as he started to wash the dishes
"Yeah I don't mind, it'll be cool to go around the city with her." Yang agreed with him causing Akame to look between the two
"Are you sure? There is a lot of work left to be done here." Akame asked looking around the kitchen at the large mess of dishes
"Ah don't worry about it, I'll take care of them." Tai waved off as he worked Akame and Yang said their goodbyes and exited the building
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Entering Vale was a new experience for Akame both times she went to Beacon she took an airship from Patch this was the first time she entered Vale itself, so many people were wandering around, strange carriages moving around without horses, the bustling of the city was very loud, and very crowded
"Come on Akame, once we get out of the transit district the crowds will thin." Yang said pushing a few people out of her way pulling Ruby along with her, Akame followed after them before she froze turned around and grabbed a man by the collar before throwing him into a lamp post causing the crowd to spread apart leaving a large area of open space
"What the hell! You crazy bitch what was that for?!" The man yelled rubbing his head rising to his feet
"Return what you have stolen from me." Akame said roboticly with a neutral expression on her face
"What are you talking about?! I didn't take anything from you!" the man growled loudly at her anyone with an untrained eye would have believed him but Akame wasn't fooled by his statement
"You've taken something from me, I'm giving you a chance to return it. I will not give you another." Akame said in a robotic tone again this time killing intent burning off of her
"Akame whats the hold up?" Yang asked walking up to her with Ruby following "Who's he?"
"Thief." Akame answered eyes not leaving the man
"I told you I don't have your stuff." The man said again then turned to Yang "Your little friend here is crazy, I don't have anything of hers."
"Eliminate." Akame said calmly placing her hand on Murasames' hilt and vanished into thin air in an instant she was standing on the other side of the man who collapsed a small hum coming from him as his Aura shattered in a shock of teal and he screamed in pain and holding his neck as he collapsed "Return what you have taken, now."
"Alright! Alright! Please don't hurt me again!" he reached into his pocket and tossed Akames wallet back to her who caught it at the same time he drew a gun and aimed it at her but found that she had vanished "Wha-"
Yang jumped into action as soon as he drew the gun slamming her fist into the side of his head knocking him out
"Ruby, call the cops, lets get this guy taken in." Yang said turning towards her after making sure the man was unconscious
"On it." Ruby pulled out her scroll and started hitting some buttons on it Akame walked up next to Yang sliding Murasame back into its sheath
"Akame, were gonna have a talk later too." Yang said to her as they waited for the police
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After the police took the man away and thanked the three of them they then left, following Ruby to a comic store leaving Yang and Akame alone outside the store
"How'd you break his Aura in one hit?" Yang asked as they waited for Ruby
"I hit a vital area-" Akame began to lie
"Even so Aura wouldn't break instantly, sure it would break faster but not instantly, I don't know anyone who can do that, not even Qrow. So don't lie." Yang shot down her lie crossing her arms
"I threw him into a light post before hand, he hit it really hard so I assume his Aura was already low from that." Akame answered looking Yang in the eyes
After a few seconds of silence yang sighed "Fair enough, I didn't realize that, but I guess it makes more sense than you being able to break Aura in a single strike."
Ruby walked out of the shop bag in hand "I got it!"
"What is it?" Akame asked looking at the bag
"It's a few things that I've been saving up for, a few new comics, the latest addition of Weapons Monthly, and a new Beowolf statue!" Ruby happily answered pulling each from the bag showing them off
"Anything else interesting in there?" Yang asked leaning on a bike rack near the door
"Ummm, they did get some comics from Atlas so that's pretty rare, weapon parts, a few books, modal boats, and a new shipment of Scroll cas- hey where's Akame?" Ruby counted of on her hand before looking around for Akame who vanished again a few moments later the shop door opened up and Akame walked out holding a bag of her own
"Found something you like?" Yang asked her a grin on her face Akame nodded
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Returning to the house after a successful trip to Vale they found the door unlocked and hear talking from the kitchen, Ruby ran upstairs to enjoy her purchases, Yang following her, Akame entered the kitchen and found Tai and Ozpin sitting across for each other
"Oh Akame, we were just talking about you." Tai said happily smiling at her
"Yes, we hear of your actions today and I am glad with how you handled it, I had feared that... well its unimportant for now, I was just visiting to give you this." Ozpin had said reaching into his coat pulling out a envelope and holding it out to her, Akame took it and bowed slightly as he left
Tai sighed before talking again "That man... anyways what happened in Vale I only have what he told me so its cryptic."
"Thief stole from me, me and Yang beat him up and Ruby called the police to collect him." Akame answered calmly
"Yeah, I probably should have told you about that, Vale has had a growing crime problem, the police have had their hands full with how much its spiked." Tai apologized "Oh, whats that?"
"Boat." Akame answered causing him more confusion then anything else
Tai then nodded before walking towards the backdoor "Well, I'm gonna go cut up some firewood." Akame nodded and sat down at the table pulling out the ship and began putting it together piece by piece, slowly and methodically, letting her mind wander to other things such as, her new friends, her new family in Qrow, her chance at a better future, her past, her old friends, her fallen friends, the atrocities shes committed, and her sister who she'll never see again. After that final thought crossed her mind she finally let herself cry for them and swore to herself that she would try to never lose anyone of her friends ever again
(o)
After some time passed Akame felt a pair of arms rap around her looking up she at who it was, it was Yang who smiled warmly at her
"Ya know, you could have told us you were feeling down. We could have gone for ice cream." Yang happily said smiling wildly at Akame who hugged her back and cried a bit harder for a few moments before releasing her wiping up her tears
"You know, you remind me of Leone." Akame said looking at the model she built
"Who dat?" Yang asked sitting down next to her
"She was my best friend." Akame answered sadly causing Yangs' eyes to widen
"Like you two drifted apart or..." Yang asked lightly prodding still hoping there was some kind of good in Akames life
"She's dead." Akame said tears escaping her eyes and rolling down her face "I may have known her far longer then Qrow, but they were more... involved with each other."
"What do you mean by 'involved' like were they..." Yang had shied away from saying anything that her dad would find inappropriate to talk about
"If your wondering if they were romantically involved, yes and I think he's been hit harder by it then me. She passed hours before we came here." Akame clarified wiping her tears again
Yang didn't respond to that statement she couldn't imagine what Qrow could be going through right now or how broken up inside he probably was
(o)
Qrow opened one eye and lifted his head off the bar, head pounding, extremely confused and fuzzy, deciding he's had enough he wave for another drink, downed it before exiting the bar and stumbling down a back alley where he promptly collapsed falling unconscious
(o)
"I can't imagine how he must be dealing with that." Yang finally said looking very concerned
"he's most likely drunk sleeping in an alleyway or an Inn room." Akame said finally returning to her normal self
"That does sound likely." Yang laughed a bit "Anyways I'm heading off to bed, night."
"Good night, Yang." Akame replied watching as she left the room leaving her alone for a while with her model ship. From what the shopkeeper had told her it was a rather 'ancient' design and that most people prefer the new airship designs but to Akame it was a normal ship, but with this new world she needed to get use to new customs, so she also bought a 'newer' design but elected to save it for later, or when she got a dorm at Beacon
(o)
A few days later Ruby and Yang went into Vale to celebrate their final day being free from school, Akame spent the same day in Vales' public library reading up on the subjects they were going to study at Beacon such as different types of Grimm, Aura and Dust manipulation, differences between Human and Faunus, she continued reading until sun down and learned a lot about Faunus, Grimm, Aura, and Dust but history was a harder thing to pin down it seemed to be very vague and obscure for Vale and Vacuo. Mistral and Atlas on the other hand had very extensive records of the past so that was far easier to find, her new mission would be starting soon and after that she could finally help Qrow.
Rising to her feet she turned to walk out of the library, feeling eyes on her she turned down an aisle and waiting behind one of the bookshelves, after a few seconds she hear very quiet foot steps moving towards her, quickly looping around the other side sneaking up behind the person, Akame noted she had black hair with a bow sitting on top of her head, just as the women turned the corner Akame drew Murasame quickly and placed it to the neck of the girl causing her to gasp in fear
"Don't move." Akame ordered the girl complied "Turn around slowly and raise your hands." the girl complied slowly turning around and raising her hands, her amber eyes quickly locking onto Akames' red
"W-what are you doing?" the girl asked feeling the cold of the blade radiating onto her causing small pangs of fear to course through her
"Why were you watching me." Akame asked calmly causing her girl to mumble to herself before speaking
"I... you're... You have your weapon, only huntsmen are allow to carry them inside public buildings, so I assumed that you could show me where Beacon was." the girl answered not sure how to word her statement
"You could have asked." Akame reasoned taking a small step back pulling Murasame from her throat but still pointing its blade at her "Name?"
"Blake... Blake Belladonna." Blake answered hands still up
"Follow." Akame ordered returning Murasame to its sheath and walking out of the library
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walking towards the transit sector of the city Blake spoke up
"So... I guess your from Atlas, right?" Blake guessed as they waited at a crosswalk
"no, far outside the kingdoms." Akame corrected watching the light until it changed color
"Oh, I assumed your from Atlas due to your... attitude, that and your Insignia. But you seem way too young to be in their military." Blake explained her reasoning as they walked across the street "How did you get those anyways?" Akame didn't answer "I figured anyone in the Atlas military wouldn't want it to be know, especially around here." Akame continued to ignore the girl
Akame stopped walking and pointed towards the airport finally speaking "Here. Tomorrow from 6:35 AM to 7:00 AM all students are to board aircraft's marked with Beacons' logo at terminals five, six, seven, and eight." before vanishing into the crowd leaving the girl looking around for her guide, fear slowly creeping up her spine, that girl was very very dangerous.
A/N I really didn't know when or how to start this so I did what I did last time and just kinda started writing and it came together so now we will see how this goes, it should be mentioned that I'll be uploading volumes 1, 2, 3, etc., separately mainly to make it easier for both me when it comes to organization and easier on you all so if you read all of volume one you can just hop into volume 2 or if you want to skip volume 5 you can just do that. Organization! YAY!