"Sure you may ask us anything," Aria's father says while puffing up his business suit and looks at his fancy golden watch.
"Tell me who exactly are you people?" Takashi's dark red draconic eyes pierce Aria's father's soul, his words cut through him like daggers.
Aria's father is slightly put back by Takashi's powerful dominate glare, he could feel Takashi's dark aura burning his skin and his insides, the pressure of his dark aura was suffocating him, he could barely speak.
'I-I am just a businessman of high caliber. Nothing more. Nothing less." Aria's father stutters as he wipes his glasses, his hands were shaking with fright, he almost pissed himself. Takashi could sense his fear, he could taste it, his primal dragon side wanted to devour the fat weak man in a sea of enteral flames.
"Good to know. I think I will rest now," Takashi stood up without even looking back at Aria and her parents. He didn't give a damn about these people. He could see through their lies and deceit.
"Be careful. I will be sending my bodyguards to protect you so that you can safely sleep, follow me," Aria said as she walks with a smile as she looks at Tatsumi and Takashi and waves her hands for them to follow her.
Takashi and Tatsumi walk through a long passageway that had marble pillars on the side and gold statues of famous war heroes.
"Man this place is beautiful, this family is stacked with money, and yet they are so kind to us. I bet we will get enough money being bodyguards for Aria, enough to pay off the debt of our village. I just hope we find Sayo and Ieysau, I am started to get worried about where they are at..." Tatsumi whispers to Takashi who now puts his hands in his jean pockets as he coolly walks to his room.
"Here you are! I hope you enjoy your stay! I will do all I can to get you two back up on your feet!" Aria does a royal courtesy and then walks away.
About three Empire Guard soldiers guard Takashi's and Tatsumi's room.
Takashi looks at one of the guards. The guard was holding a scroll in his hands.
"What is that?" Takashi asked.
"You don't know about the infamous band of assassins terrorizing the area? Those scum must be punished." One of the bigger soldiers says as he turns around the scroll to show Takashi what he was reading, it was a 'Wanted' bounty scroll that had the picture of a young woman's face with long raven hair and sharp wide eyes. On the top of the young female's head was a bold sign that said "Night Raid".
"Not really," Takashi replies without any emotion seen on his face.
"They tend to attack at night as the name implies. They mostly assassinate high-ranking officials and the upper-class such as royals, they are nothing more than a bunch of lunatics spouting their hearsay and evil across the Empire." The soldier crumbles up the scroll and tosses it down the wooden floor to step on it.
"Tch. Why do they kill these people? Is there any meaning to it?" Takashi said with a battle-born smirk.
"I am not sure really, maybe for the money, maybe because truly deep inside they are nothing more than monsters fighting for a lost cause, no one can ever outmatch the Empire. They are nothing more than fools fighting for nothing," The soldier seemed angered and annoyed just talking about the Night Raid, it made his stomach churn. He hated their guts.
"Or maybe they are fighting for something. Just like I am," Takashi grips his the red and black handle of his katana.
*Shiiiiing* The sound of Ryuyami being drawn from its sheath echoed across the room.
"Brother...?" Tatsumi's eyes widen.
In a split second Takashi sliced off the bigger soldier's head clean off! The Empire Guard had no time to react, Takashi's strike was so fast and silent that the other two Empire Guards didn't hear a damn thing, they didn't even move an inch.
Blood splattered all over Takashi's enraged face, his dark red demonic eyes were now glowing, flame sparks flicker around the edges of his glowing red eyes.
The Empire Guard's head who he had sliced clean off with Ryuyami had fallen to the floor and his body quickly turn to ash! No bones or blood were left behind!
The other two guard soldiers turned around and suffered the same fate.
*Swing!* Takashi slices both of the guards' stomachs with a side-slash of his firey katana which had dark shadow flames encircling its blade.
"Gaaaaah!!!" Screamed out the guard soldiers as their insides melted and their entire bodies were encased in black flames. They vomited out their blood as their bodies melted from the inside-out. Even their high-grade armor stood no chance against Ryuyami's Dark Cursed Flames. It was a horrific bloody sight to see. More blood splattered onto Takashi's face and black leather combat jacket, not a once of mercy was seen on his face, only a bloodthirsty glare of his glowing red dragon eyes was seen through the black flames which burned hotter than the flames in hell.
Takashi enjoyed killing these bastards who were going to eventually kill him and Tatsumi, he knew their plan all along. The guards weren't for his protection, they were sent by Aria to kill him and Tatsumi. When Takashi took away the poisoned tea Aria and her family became furious after seeing their plan fail so badly. Takashi also knew the whereabouts of Sayo and Ieysau, he knew they were captured by these sick royal bastards. The blood on Aria's fingertips was indeed Ieysau's blood, his Dragon-Sense was at its peak, he was going to unleash hell upon everyone in this damn mansion.
"Holy fuck!" Tatsumi jumps back at the sight of Takashi overkilling his opponents, he had never seen such brutality in his life. He was only used to killing Danger Beasts, but he had never killed a human in his life!
Takashi cleans the blood off the blade of his katana with his leather combat jacket made up of the scales of the Danger Beasts he had slain during his three years of intense combat training. He looked like he didn't care about slaughtering the soldiers, this was nothing new to him, but using his dragon powers felt new to him, it was a completely new experience. He felt amazing right now. He was in a battle-manic state.
'This power is insane!' Takashi clenched his fist with a bloodthirsty demonic smile. He looked like a demon dragon ready to slaughter anyone in his path.
"Follow me, if you want to live, " Takashi spins around his katana in a skillful way, his assassin instincts were on full-drive.
"What the hell are you talking about!?" Tatsumi is shocked about what the fuck just happened.
" I know where Ieysau and Sayo are," Takashi sprints ahead without saying another to Tatsumi, he had to be fast if he was going to save his family. A sonic-boom wave is seen as Takashi sprints forward at full-speed, a gust of wind pushes Tatsumi's body backward.
Aria is seen in the distance, her mother is coming towards Takashi's way. Fate had arrived.
Nearby... Outside the Mansion windows.
"Are you ready?" Says a smooth and deadly feminine voice.
"Eliminate all targets," A young girl with long flowing raven hair grips the handle of her katana.
The slaughter was just beginning.
[A/N: Yes I know I sped up some things, as I said I won't fully follow the canon, the time frame will be explained on the next chapter which will reveal what happens, so be ready for that. I will be editing this chapter when I wake up.]
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