Robot Akame Ga Kill!

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Kill the New Form

Akame and Braedey walked in the woods together in silence. For the first few steps, it was out of wary from each other, however, Akame became to slowly realise something about the boy. Every time she tried to make a move, Braedey would react in kind by reaching for his watch. She watched carefully and noticed that when she does not reach for her sword, Braedey does not reach for his watch. Then something popped up, an overflow cognizant thought poured into her worrisome mind, flooding her fears with knowledge and understanding.

Though it was slow to really process this, Akame started to breathe. Braedey was no threat. Though she was still wary of the Transformatrix, the man wearing it was no threat at all. Though she was still a little cautious, she walked a little closer to Braedey.

"Are we close to Mt. Fake?" Braedey asked.

"A little." Akame replied. "Though I do want to confess to something."

"Confess to what?" Braedey asked, confused.

Akame took a deep breath and held Braedey's hand, stopping him. The brunette rose his left brow; Akame released his hand. "Braedey, I would like to apologise to you for earlier as well as the previous days and nights I was..."

Suddenly, the woods began to crack from afar.

"Hold that thought..." Braedey shielded Akame, as his hand reached for his watch. He and Akame walked towards the sound, until they arrived at an open area of lush blue streams of fresh water from the diamond blue waterfall up yonder to the east. The mountains yon in the woods blanketed by the slim fog from the hot springs in distinction to the diamond-shining streams.

Yet despite its beauty, there were a few depressions both great and small in this valley. Braedey, predictably, was curious. "So this must be Mt. Fake is it not?"

Akame nodded. "Beautiful isn't it?"

Braedey nodded in agreement. "Yes, yes it is."

Beyond the bushes to where they stood was a beautiful landscape. The rivers quietly fell into the streams; the rivers, acting as the diamond white blood of the valley added the heavenly feel of this otherworldly forest. Braedey felt his anxiety lifted up from his shoulders. He actually totally forgot the beating he received from the boss, and the hunger for revenge he also wanted.

Akame, though was wary of Braedey, started to wane a bit. While listening to Sheele confronting Najenda at the Conference Room, she had to agree that what the boss had done was wrong and pretty much suicidal. Akame knew right off the bat that Braedey was a powerful ally. So having him would serve as a deterrent against the Empire, plus Braedey had shown time, and time again that he could be trusted. However, she was still wary of him though. Every time he turns back around, her hand is always on her hilt. However, knowing Braedey, she was aware, that at any point Braedey could dodge and transform into a being that could counteract against her sword strikes.

She was afraid of him, and it was a fear that she needed to face.

Braedey noticed that Akame was walking closer and closer to him by each mile. She was at a healthy 2 feet away from him, but now she was no closer than 10 inches. In fact, he began to notice that any noise that happened to occur, she would always reach her hand over his shoulder and try to drag him back to protect him in some way.

Braedey was powerful, but he was not knowledgeable about the land around him which was why everytime Sheele and Braedey walked together, she always dictated where Braedey should go and always been his avant-garde even though Braedey could ably defend himself against any foe that crosses him.

Akame felt the same way.

Though Braedey saved Akame less, he proved to be more powerful than anything she imagined and day after day, he had proven that he was no threat at all. Proving to her that she was wrong about him - as well as everyone else.