Night Raid: Revolution

Chapter 23: Akame's Demonic Resolve

Akame then pointed at Tatsumi then shifted to prepare an energy beam.

"Don't do it!" Tatsumi said.

Akame simply smirked at Tatsumi and fired the beam anyway.

The beam then drove Tatsumi until he managed to send it into the air, but Akame intentionally sent it back down into the crowd.

"The audience!" Lex said.

The beam then collided with the people in the stands, killing most of them.

The remaining spectators then began fleeing by the dozens.

"Akame! What the hell?!" Kurome said. "Why would you do that!"

"Her power... it's completely on the dark side." Bols said.

"No, that's just putting it lightly." Run said.

Tatsumi then stared a hole into Akame, fuming with disappointment.

"Very good, Akame." Drakeo chuckled. "You're off to an excellent start.

"Have you lost your fucking mind!!" Chelsea shouted. "You killed them all!!" 

Akame then unremorsefully smirked at her friends.

"Akame, what the hell are you doing!?" Mine said. "Why?! Why would you do this?!"

"Silence!!!" Akame shouted. "Tatsumi. Will you fight?"

"Seriously?" Tatsumi said.

"I wouldn't try to get out of it." Akame said. "Not unless you want me to up the body count by a few hundred more."

"Akame, tell me it isn't true." Tatsumi said. "You knew getting possessed by Drakeo's magic was a possibility, so you let it happen, you didn't even bother to put to up a fight, didn't you."

"No way." TJ said.

Akame then began chuckling.

"Stop laughing!! Answer me!" Tatsumi demanded.

Akame then raised a hand to the stands again.

"NO!!" Tatsumi shouted.

Akame then blasted the stands again, killing more innocent people.

Akame then smirked at Tatsumi without a hint of regret.

Tatsumi's anger then began boiling.

"Aunty! Stop it!" TJ said.

"Shut the hell up!" Akame snapped. "This is between me and your father."

"So be it." Tatsumi said. "But I won't hold back."

Tatsumi then transformed into Incursio.

"No Tatsumi! This is exactly what Drakeo wants!" Lex said. "Any damage you take will only speed up Lars' revival!"

"Akame, you let this happen." Tatsumi said. "When Drakeo casted his spell, you surrendered because doing something like this would make me fight you. It's true, isn't it? ISN'T IT!!?"

"She did what?" Sheele said.

"If I didn't go to these lengths we wouldn't be about to fight." Akame said. "I had one day, one measly day to rid this pain from my head. And I wasn't going to do that standing around on that ship."

"That was your reasoning?" Lex said. "You killed countless innocents to rid a petty thorn from your side?"

"My petty thorn!?" Akame growled. "YOU DON'T KNOW A DAMN THING... ABOUT BEING AN ASSASSIN!!!"

Akame then caused a shockwave with her power, blowing debris and dust everywhere.

"I don't give a damn about Lars!" Akame said. "All I care about is my fight with Tatsumi! Here and now! There's no reason I should've ever trusted him. I was feared by everyone. They feared the name "Akame". I was the most infamous assassin in history. H-He even had the nerve to save my life before. That is an indignity. I can't bear it."