Dragon's Blood

Chapter 1: Enter Tatsumi: A General, A Father, and A Lover

                                       Chapter 1: Enter Tatsumi: A General, A Father, and a Lover.

Author's Note: I do not Own Akame ga Kill, All I own is this story.

                                             Imperial Capital: The Palace-Tyrant Family Chambers.

Tatsumi had woken up as the sun shined through the window and hit his eyes. The nineteen year old Brigadier General sat up and rubbed his eyes before looking at the beautiful Blue-haired woman that was sleeping peacefully next to him was none other than Esdeath Tyrant, the Empire’s strongest General and his wife of five years. They had first met officially at the Emperor’s Ball and they both had a little more than their fair share of the Alcohol and a month later, Esdeath found out she was pregnant with his child. He had been fourteen at the time and Esdeath had been seventeen. Due to Imperial Military Laws, they were forced into Wedlock, though it wasn’t all bad since they had a mutual attraction to each other. Though Tatsumi loved his wife dearly, He will have to admit that those nine months were the scariest months of his life. The only person who could frighten him more than Esdeath would be his foster father and mentor, The Grand General Budo Tyrant. When Budo had found out that Tatsumi had gotten Esdeath pregnant, He chewed Tatsumi out for being so careless and for not wearing protection at the age of fourteen. Budo had been skeptic about the whole pregnancy at first, but once Elizabeth, Tatsumi and Esdeath’s daughter, was born, Budo had warmed up to the little girl that is his granddaughter. He spoiled Elizabeth whenever he could, that was when he wasn’t doing paperwork and/or protecting the Palace and the Capital. He was snapped out of his thoughts when Esdeath began to wake up.

“Good morning my love.” He greeted her as she sat up in their bed. She gave him a genuine smile before kissing him on the lips and pushed him back down onto the bed and lay on top of him with her head laying on his chest listening to his heart beat.

“A little bit longer Tat-su-mi~.” She spoke quietly to him while saying his name in a sing-song voice. “You are just so comfy.”

“You do realize that we are risking that our daughter barging in here and jumping on top of us to wake up us again.” He said with a little humorous chuckle. This made Esdeath sigh as she remembered the little phase that Elizabeth had gotten into a little after her fifth birthday. Their daughter had begun to find it necessary to come running into their chambers and using their backs as trampolines in order to wake them up.

“Fine. You win, I’ll get up.” She said as she sat up again as their daughter had entered their chamber, pushing the doors. She looked almost like Esdeath when she was a little girl yet she had Tatsumi’s emerald green eyes and his pure and innocent smile. A man with white hair came running in after her but stopped at the door as he saw that Tatsumi and Esdeath were now awake.

“Mommy!” Elizabeth shouted as she ran up to the side of the bed and climbed up onto it and gave Esdeath a hug who returned it with love. “Good morning Papa!” She said as Tatsumi sat up and ruffled her hair.

“Good Morning Sweetheart.” Esdeath said as she sat their daughter in her lap and began stroking her daughter’s long, light blue hair, which was a shade tad bit darker than hers.

Esdeath had been fiercely protective of their daughter after Elizabeth had been born. She even had gotten into an argument with Budo on how Elizabeth was to be raised. That was one thing that Tatsumi didn’t want to experience again. It took him and Esdeath’s “Three Beasts” to keep the two of them from ripping each other apart. Esdeath had wanted to raise Elizabeth in the ways of the Partas Clan since her father had taught her the ways of a warrior and a hunter while Budo had wanted his granddaughter to grow up and become a Politician. Tatsumi had settled the argument by suggesting that Elizabeth could grow up to be what she wants to be because it was her decision and that she can learn from both of them and decide from there.

It took a little convincing on his part to have Esdeath agree to start training their daughter in the ways and traditions of her clan at the age of ten because Esdeath had learned them at the age of five and Tatsumi wanted their daughter to have a childhood that he never had due to being orphaned when his parents had died while he was very young and his village being wiped out by a rogue Teigu three years later. It was then that he met his foster father, Grand General Budo Tyrant. Tatsumi had been the only survivor from his village. His foster father had found him still alive but in critical condition. When Tatsumi recovered, Budo gave him the choice that, if he wanted to, he could come to the capital and train under him as his foster son and apprentice. Tatsumi had immediately accepted and asked why someone like him would take him under their wing. Budo just smirked and said that he could see the untapped potential with in him and with the right training; Tatsumi could awaken the sleeping dragon with in.

Tatsumi had entered the Imperial Military Academy shortly after at the age of ten and quickly became one if the Academy’s brightest and best students and joined the Imperial Military at the age of 11. He had quickly risen through the ranks and made Brigadier General at the age of 15 a few months after Elizabeth was born. It was then that he received his Teigu. Budo had taken him and it was there that he had chosen a teigu that was the blood extracted from the Ultra-Class Danger Beast known as Tyrant. The First Emperor had made two Teigu from the Dragon-type Danger beast. One being the Evolving armor known as Incursio, which had taken the form of a sword and the second one was the blood He had extracted from it, which had been named Dragon’s Blood Extract. Tatsumi had drunken the entire chalice of blood. Tatsumi could say that the experience was almost as if another presence had entered his body and was violently fighting for control. Tatsumi had quickly tamed the presence and quickly learned that it had given him some quite handy abilities. Some of these abilities were extremely enhanced senses and the ability to harden his skin to become as tough as a dragons coat of scales. His Teigu also gave him some powerful offensive abilities as well including immense strength.

“I apologize for the intrusion, General Esdeath, Brigadier General Tyrant.” The man with white hair said with a slight bow in respect, catching Tatsumi’s attention as well as Esdeath. “I tried to keep Lady Elizabeth from disturbing you, but she’s faster than she looks.”

“It is okay, River.” Esdeath said with a smile at her subordinate, River, who was one of Esdeath’s “Three Beasts”. “We had just woken up anyway.” She looked down at Elizabeth, who was tugging at her night gown, who was trying to get her attention. “Yes my little snowflake?”

“Can you take me to the playground this morning, mommy?” Elizabeth asked with a hopeful look in her eyes. Esdeath sighed knowing that She had to meet with the Emperor and the Prime Minister this Morning in an hour or so.

“Sorry sweetie.” Esdeath frowned. “Mommy has work this morning that she can’t put off but when I’m done, I’ll take you out for Ice Cream since I got the whole afternoon okay.” She saw the girl’s eyes brighten and gleam and nod her head enthusiastically at the thought of getting ice cream. “In the meantime, Your Daddy has the morning and afternoon off and can take you to the playground, right Ta-su-mi~?” She said in a sing-song voice that promised torture and pain if he didn’t go along with her plan. This made Tatsumi gulp in fear and sigh in defeat as he nodded to his wife’s demands. It was obvious to River who wore the pants in this relationship and he could clearly see that it definitely isn’t Tatsumi. He had closed the door behind him.

To Be Continued…

A/N: Please note that this chapter was to give you a small taste as to what is to come in the future. It was also to give any reader insight on three of the main characters of this story. It also goes into Tatsumi’s past as well a bit of what his Teigu is in a brief explanation of what is to be revealed as well. Once again, please be kind and courteous with your reviews and please give any helpful advice that can help me improve my writing for this story for future chapters. Thank you and please review.