Black Heart (Akame ga Kill! x Male Reader)

Chapter 11: Aftermath

Silence.

For what seemed like hours on end, only the sound of the wind blowing and leaves rustling filled the air.

Night Raid stared at the spot where (Y/N) once was, still horrified at what they had just gone up against and witnessed. Out of everyone, Leone was the most awe-stricken of the five.

Leone: <W-We have to fight against... that?>

Before revealing his Trump Card, Leone was seconds away from killing the Black Heart. Little did anyone know he had yet to play the ace up his sleeve until that very moment. And during yet another short encounter between the two, (Y/N) was able to beat her AGAIN which really got under Leone's skin and pissed her off.

For the first in a very long time, Akame felt weak. Despite being warned beforehand about (Y/N), she was always under the impression that between him and Esdeath the latter was stronger. Now that she had experienced his strength first-hand, Akame felt inclined to change her opinion despite having yet to face Esdeath yet.

The armored body of Incursio disappeared and revealed Tatsumi to be under the suit of armor. The short display of power (Y/N) showed just seconds ago had honestly frightened him to the core. During the short time he was held captive in the Empire, he was more than wary of how strong (Y/N) was. But what he didn't anticipate was the latter male having such a ferocious Trump Card.

If Mine wasn't agitated before, she certainly was now. She knew that with (Y/N) showing his face at Night Raid's base, she would have the perfect opportunity to pay him back for the faceoff in the capital months ago. But every shot she took missed the mark, She cursed her accuracy and (Y/N) for being slithery enough to get away.

Lubbock wasn't exactly in a great mood after seeing (Y/N). Him showing up had brought up some rather... distasteful memories from his past that he would rather not bring up nor think about again if possible.

Overall, the mood between all five Night Raid members wasn't great, to say the least. All of them felt demoralized to a certain degree.

And it was about to get worse.

The giant Air Manta that had been hovering over the sky had finally landed on the ground. Off the Air Manta stepped the silver-haired woman from Chapter 2 and a hooded figure. The mood of Night Raid instantly improved as they saw her.

Mine: "Boss!"

'Boss': "I'm sorry I wasn't able to do more. I honestly didn't have a clue (Y/N) would use his Trump Card, much less his Imperial Arms."

Leone: *Sigh* "It's alright. Everyone made it out alive, right?"

Tatsumi: "Umm..."

Everyone looked at Tatsumi as he pointed to a disc and a club that layed on the ground.

Tatsumi: "I don't think he's with us anymore..."

Boss: "Nonsense, Susanoo's still with us."

True to Boss' words, Susanoo began to regenerate albeit it was much slower than last time when he took Dr. Stylish human bomb head-on.

Boss: "Although I am a bit confused as to why it took him so long to regenerate, Susanoo?"

Susanoo: "I apologize for not being able to recover sooner. That man's Imperial Arms is certainly powerful."

Like that the mood became dark and brooding once again. Everyone held their heads low, still reeling from (Y/N)'s show.

Leone: "What even was that... His Imperial Arms is like something I've never seen before..."