"Are you alright?" Akame is right behind Takashi, "Yeah. I'm okay," His eyes furrowed, she actually was talking to him after what he did to her and after what she did to him. Takashi rubbed his forehead as he thought about the premonition/flashback he just saw in his mind.
"You spaced out, that is why I am why asking, I wanted to say-" Akame crosses her slender arms and slightly has a cute flustered face, she was about to apologize for actions from before until Sayo placed over a new bowl of beef stew for Takashi.
"Here you go!" Sayo says with a radiant gorgeous smile, even though her face was bruised she still looked beautiful. Her young doll-like face was just too stunning for any mere words, she really was a village maiden!
"Woah! You sure are good with ladies!" Leone playfully nudged Takashi's shoulders
"Thanks," Takashi just 'said' without any emotions as he drank some of the beef stew, he didn't know she made the stew, she was waiting for more words, but that was it. She huff and sighed, 'When I am going to tell him how I feel about him!? Wait why I am even thinking about such things!? Ieysau is gone and thinking about how much I love Takashi!? I am such a fool!' Tears fall from Sayo's eyes and she runs away, Takashi quickly grabs her hands, "What's wrong are you okay Sayo?" He asked.
Sayo is now trying to get out of Takashi's strong grip," I just remember I have to do something!"
"Ok..." Takashi lets go of her wrist. Sayo runs off to her room wiping away the tears from her opal eyes. She felt bad that she was thinking about things like love and being with Takashi forever as lovers while Ieysau was dead. Her heart sank to the deepest abyss of her soul. She felt she should be thinking about getting stronger so she could protect herself and survive for Ieysau's sake!
'I won't ever be weak again,' She clenched her fist and thought all the training she would do with Takashi and Tatsumi.
"Wow you really have a knack for scaring off Sayo," Tatsumi says while carrying a try of desserts.
"Shut up and serve the food dumbass," Takashi bluntly said in a cold tone.
"Damn this is why you have no friends!" Tatsumi huffs and points at him.
"HURRY THE FUCK UP! WHERE IS MY DAMN DESSERT!" Mine angrily screams out as she slams both of her hands on the wooden kitchen table.
"She gets furious when she didn't get to eat her daily dose of sweets," Leone whispers into Takashi's ears.
"She sounds like she is always mad," Takashi said to Leone. "Haha! I like this guy way too much!" Leone patted the back of Takashi.
"What did you say about me!!!" Mine growls and faces Takashi.
"Geez that is enough! Here is your damn strawberry cake! You bitch!" Tatsumi slams down the cake and quickly walks back into the kitchen, he was tired of being everyone's 'bitch'.
"WHAT!?Get back here Newbie!" Mine chases after Tatsumi.
"They seem to be getting along, so let's get down to business already, Leone tell them about the mission," Najenda takes a big puff of smoke from her cigar.
"It's actually rather simple. Some woman who kept her identity hidden told me about an Oil Merchant called Gamal doing some dirty work with the Captain of the Imperial Police, know was Ogre, the bastard is taking a bunch of lost villager woman and other men's wives who go against the Empire's Strict Laws and using them in some kind of disgusting Red-Light District they formed together, they are also stealing money from the townspeople in the Captial. The robed woman asked me to kill Ogre, she told me all this information and she told me she wanted him dead because Ogre had killed her husband." Leone informs Najenda as she takes a bite from the beef stew and tosses a large bag of coins that the woman gave her to assassinate Ogre.
"How do you know she is telling the truth?" Takashi says as he sips some green tea and leans back in his wooden chair in a Zen state, he was just relaxing his muscles and now using his mind to listen to what the mission was about, as an assassin the most important thing was to understand every single detail of the mission and the 'target' that you are about to kill.
"I know she was telling the truth because she reeked of... she smelt foul like her body was 'used' for something sick and vile, that Ogre bastard and his filthy 'clients' must have had their way with her body after they killed her husband. I smelt the scent of blood, piss, and sem-" Leone was about to say something else, but Najenda stopped her by saying, "That is enough proof, Akame and Leone you know what you must do, and also kill the Oil Merchant Gamal, we need to shut down this heinous Red-Light District," Najenda turned to Takashi, "Do you want to join them on this mission?" She asked.
Takashi snatches the whole bag of gold coins from Leone's hands, "Hey!" She shouts as she stands up from her chair and claws at Takashi's face, he dodges every slash with his Flash Speed/Space-Time Ninjutsu powers.
"I will do the mission for the full amount of the reward, and I will do it fast, faster than these two," Takashi pointed at Leone and Akame whose face's were displeased with Takashi's demeaning words.
"That is a lie," Akame says without any hesitation. She was backing up her skills and honor as an assassin.
"You really like to show off don't you! But there is no way in hell Big Sis is letting you have all that reward money! I need it!" Leone angrily punchers her fist on the table.
"Hahaha!" Najenda slams her palms at the kitchen table with, "You have yourself a deal! Show me just how good you are. Back up your words as an assassin. As a killer," Najena grins as she drinks some coffee and crosses her thick legs.
"But Boss there is no way he can do the mission alone," Akame quickly says with her hands expanded out in a maddening way.
"It's all been determined I am curious to see his skills as an assassin, I want to see if he can really kill someone without rage guiding him," Najenda stands up from her seat, "Everyone is dismissed, except you Akame,"
Bulat, Sheele, Leone, and Lubbock leave the room. Tatsumi is still in the kitchen fighting with Mine like a married couple.
Takashi gets up, "I will use the combat gear I have packed in my adventurer's bag for now until I design and create my own armor and Stealth gear."
"Very well, here are all of the instructions of the mission and the pictures of Ogre and Gamal," Najenda slides over a scroll that contains ink paintings of the two criminals.
Takashi takes the scroll and walks away without a word.
"What is it that you need to tell me?" Akame asked Najenda.
"If he deviates from the mission. Kill him, also report to me about the mission, I want you to tell me every detail about Takashi's skills and his unclassified Teigu," Najenda says with one cold eye. She was serious as fuck.
"Affirmative, I won't fail," Akame walks off and her long raven her flutters and sways to the side as she leaves the kitchen.
Najenda has a big smirk on her face, "The Empire has no idea what is coming to them,"
______________________
[A/N: Not really much to say, but give some time for the story to fully develop. At least the chapters are long. Anyways chapter length may change. You will always get advanced chapters in Pa treon.
https://www.pa treon.com/ghostybones
Btw I will look at some opinions and suggestion from you readers. Things are about to get dark my Pa treon members already know this lol.
MPORTANT: Btw to let everyone know there will be a huge event on Sunday. I will be aiming for the 10th rank. You get 8 chapters on Sunday I promise. If I am rank 10 and if we keep it like that.So get power stones ready for Sunday.