Akame Ga KIll: The Return Of A Prince

The Sounds Of War

(Revan's AN): I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Full Summary: Tatsumi Seika, the second son of Kaito Seika, was a rebellious child. Unlike his siblings, he didn't care about the duties of a prince, and after being told that he was going to marry some noblewoman, he ran away from home. Now, after five years of being away, Tatsumi has finally returned.

Non-canon, single-pairing, OOC Characters.

"Flashbacks" - Thinking

"Flashbacks" - Talking

[Flashbacks] - Letters or Reports.

Theme Song: Rise, by The Glitch Mob, Mako, and The Word Alive.

Main Writer: Revan the Edgelord

Co-Writer: None.

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Tatsumi couldn't hide his scowl as he placed the bouquet of flowers upon the tombstone of his fallen comrade, Naofumi Iwatani.

It had been several days since the second battle of Ylona, and Tatsumi couldn't help from feeling that it was his fault that his friend had died on the field of battle.

"I just want to say sorry, Naofumi," Tatsumi confessed as he stared down at the gravestone. "you didn't deserve this fate. This wasn't your war, and you had no business in it, and yet I had asked you to fight for my people... I'm... I'm sorry."

And like rain, tears began to fall from the prince's cheeks as he collapsed onto his knees.

"I'm so sorry..." He declared as he gotten onto all fours and hung his head low. "This should have never happened to you..."

When he was informed of Naofumi's death, Tatsumi had practically stormed out of the palace ignoring Farah's pleads in the process. Luckily he didn't injure himself or reopen his wounds, but that didn't stop him from feeling sorrow upon seeing the corpse of his companion.

The two soldiers who had witnessed his death, and also brought his body back had told the young prince that Naofumi had been killed, by General Esdeath.

Hearing this, Tatsumi had to ask if she had at least given him an honorable death, a quick and painless one, but the two soldiers shook their heads and informed him that the only reason they were allowed to bring his body back was because she had allowed them too. If it weren't for that, then they would have died as well, and been crushed by the giant ice boulder she had manifest above them.

Tatsumi didn't see this, so he didn't know if it was true, but after a few conversations with some of the soldiers, he started to believe what they were telling him.

He was, of course, upset and concerned about the breach in the defense, but his thoughts, for the time being, have been solely about his fallen friend.

"If I could turn back time I would..." Tatsumi declared as tears continued to fall out of his eyes. "I would have never asked you to get involved if I knew this was going to happen to you... It's... It's all my fault."

The worst part about all of this was that Tatsumi couldn't even bury his friend in the place he wanted. Naofumi had told him once that if he was to die that he'd like to be buried on a grassy hill where the sun shined brightly, but because they were in war, and in Espera, he couldn't give Naofumi the funeral he wanted.

Instead, all he could do was bury him alongside the soldiers of Espera who had fallen in battle alongside him.

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