Akame Ga Kill | Cursed Demon Child

Part 5

- Narrator -

"Will you accept our offer to join Night Raid?"

Those words rang inside Hyakkimaru's head as he sat at the beside a tree in a small clearing, he accepted without hesitation so he has no choice but to accept his decision.

It wasn't his first priority to be one with the infamous band of assassins, therefore it'll make it a little tougher for him to get along with the people in his squad.

He stares blankly into the night, his marble eyes glinting with the sparkling dark sky. He wishes to see something beautiful like tonight, though his people took that ability from him.

After the incident with Headhunter Zanku, he was shaken for the first time of his life of slaughter. Hearing Zanku call him demon made him remember that faithful day.

He was then offered to join the group Night Raid, by the leader itself. Najenda is her name. A white haired woman with an eye patch and a prosthetic arm.

Hyakkimaru is still scarred of what happened in the past as usual...

- To Night Raid, Meeting -

Mine: Are you sure it's a great idea to have him in Night Raid? Isn't he blind?

The pink haired gal made an objection against her boss' decision about letting the blind swordsman enter their murder bandwagon. 

Najenda: I am certain that he will be a great asset to have in our team. Though he is disabled, he can still rival Akame in a one on one situation.

Leone: The kid's a natural!

She assured her.

Tatsumi: He did save my life twice, it would be rude to shove him away after what he's done to make some of our work easy enough.

Akame: I'm with boss on this one, if he didn't appear in time, we would've lost Tatsumi.

She backed Tatsumi's statement about Hyakkimaru's deeds.

Lubbock: He seems like a reliable guy  Even for a dude that needs to learn Braille, his senses are not to be messed with.

Bulat: There's no joke in his skills as a swordsman, he managed to strike fear in Zanku's heart and make him explode into tiny pieces using three swords.

The recognition towards Hyakkimaru continued on and on as Mine grew curious, she knew it wasn't about his skills that Najenda was after.

Mine: Why do you really need him?

Najenda: Hmm?

Mine: Don't "hmm" me, you're interested in him.

Najenda: You are correct.

Mine laughed with ego running down her nose, but she paused, she was right about her assumption?

Mine: I'm right?

Tatsumi: Oh no! It's the end of the world..! *Snickering with Lubbock*

Mine: Shut up, freakshows!

Najenda: Tell me, have you all heard of the story about the demon child of Daigo?

She leans her head on her arm, slightly puffing her cheek as the group wondered about it.

Akame: Is it about the lord that sold his child to the creators of the Imperial Arms for his land to thrive in riches after famine and disasters?

Najenda: Correct.

Bulat: The little boy died, right?

Najenda: That part was left out of the tale, the kid lived. Despite having no limbs, facial features and even a skin around his body, he survived through will.

She began to explain.

Najenda: He was adopted by a war doctor that gives prosthetic limbs to warriors that had lost theirs in the war to pay respects-

Leone: Wait, don't tell me that guy's the child in the that story..!

Mine: Is he the kid?!

Najenda: But it is the truth, he raised him and soon began hunting down demons inside humans disguised as their unhealthy desires to get back everything he lost. Those humans are the ones who use their Imperial Arms for a disgusting purpose.

Lubbock: Wow, and to think I had a bad childhood...

Tatsumi: Wait... Where's Sheele?

Akame: I thought she was with you, after your training of course.

- Reader -

I've been losing myself more often lately, I couldn't let go of the memory that haunted me up until now. It was dreadful.

Hyakkimaru: I don't know what to do anymore without you, Mio...
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- Play the vid -

Hyakkimaru: What was that..?

He thought.

????: Akai Hana Tsunde....

He heard singing from a distance, it was calming and soothingly amazing.

Hyakkimaru: It can't be, it's not her...is it?

????: Ano Hito No Age Yo...

He stood up from where he rested and rushed to where that voice was coming from.

????: Ano Hito No Kami Ni....

Hyakkimaru can hear the voice grow louder by the second he gets close to the source. He saw a figure with a white soul, a little dim but it was what he could make off.

????: Kono Hana Sashiteage Yo....

He reaches the end of the forest to see the figure by the river, judging by the small racket the running water smashing into rocks did.

She stopped, He assumed she saw him as the outline of her figure turned towards Hyakkimaru. It was Sheele.

Her lavender hair flowed with the wind as her smile could brighten up the world with a single flash.

Sheele: Hello, Are you hurt..?