Dragon's Blood

Chapter 2: A Colonel, A Question, and A Family

Akame Ga Kill: Dragon’s Blood

Chapter 2: A Colonel, a Question, and a Family,

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Akame ga Kill. All I own is this plot. If you want to know what Tatsumi’s formal/casual outfit looks likes, the outfit can be seen in the photo image for this story.

Tatsumi walked through the streets of the Capital with his daughter’s hand in his towards the playground that He and Esdeath usually took Elizabeth to so she could play with the children of the rich folk of town. Being a teenage father had been stressful and taxing on him as well as being a Brigadier General for the Imperial Army, though it did help him become more patient and more mature along the way. Elizabeth also helped Esdeath to mature a bit too, though his wife still kept most of sadistic nature, Esdeath learned not to show it around their daughter. She even kept Elizabeth’s encounters with her “Three Beasts” to a minimum, because it was rather difficult to control their blood thirsty tendencies under control, particularly Nyau. He was snapped out of his thoughts when a feminine voice called his name when he and his daughter reached the playground.

“Brigadier General Tyrant.” A woman said as she approached Tatsumi. “May I have a moment of your time Sir?” “She bowed her head in respect

Tatsumi glanced at her and smirked when he recognized her instantly from her uniform. The uniform belonged to the Legion that he commanded. They were known as “The White Dragons” for their standard uniforms were white robes and distinguished by their beaked hood. Among the men under his command, there were six that he had handpicked to help lead his legion and three of them that He was training himself just like when Esdeath had taught him when she officially took over his training to become a General, Brigadier General in his case, upon his father’s orders of course, not that she needed to be told that. One of them was this very woman, who is his second-in-command, to be precise.  

“Good morning Colonel Balta Aquila.” Tatsumi smiled as he greeted the Colonel. “You don’t have to address me so formally. I am off-duty after all, though I will grant you a moment of my time. I am a busy man after all.” He said as he kept his eye on Elizabeth who was playing tag with the other children.

Colonel Balta Aquila was a woman who went through the Imperial Military Academy in the same year that Tatsumi had been enrolled to become an officer. She had ranked fourth in their year and graduated with earning the rank of 1st Lieutenant and has been Tatsumi’s best friend ever since. She knew Tatsumi the best aside from Esdeath and his foster parents, General Budo and Lady Camellia Tyrant.

She was a tall woman at the age of eighteen with a fit and slender but attractive body that she kept hidden beneath her uniform. Her skin was pale white, though not as pale as Esdeath’s and her hair was a rather dark blonde. Her eyes though were her most distinguishable feature.  They were the same pale yellow as an Eagle’s eyes. She also had perfect vision which made her a very valuable asset on and off the battle field.

Her uniform was a modified version of the standard uniform that most of the soldiers in his legion are to wear. Her uniform consisted of the standard long white robes, black boots, the beaked hood, leather armor, a red sash, and sheathes to store her weapons and pouches. Her arsenal of weapons does consist of a long sword with a small eagle head on the pommel of the sword, a short sword with a similar design to her long sword, throwing knives, a crossbow, and a blade hidden within the bracer on her left forearm, which only the select handful of the White Dragons were trained to use them, just above the wrist, that could be activated with a flick of the wrist. What was different about her uniform was that it had the insignia for a Colonel of the Imperial Army patched onto the left shoulder and an eagle like design embroidered onto the back of the robes just below the hood. A dragon design was embroidered on the right sleeve signifying that she was a member of the White Dragons. The last difference was that she wore a tight short white skirt with black leggings underneath for better mobility than the standard issue skirt that most female soldiers and officers wore in the Imperial Military.