Zander walked down the dark empty streets of the capital. He had left Tatsumi at the mansion with Nightraid. Even after he had told him that the imperial army was responsible for their mother's death. he insisted that the empire could be changed.
'I could just go and kill the emperor that would be the least difficult plan, but they most likely keep the strongest soldiers guarding the palace. They probably all have strong imperial arms. But I could pay a visit.' Zander though as he saw the large capital palace then he pulled the black bandana up from his neck and covered his mouth and the hood of his jacket up. He used his demon speed and king eyes to quickly and stealthily make his way in without alerting the guards.
In seconds he stood in the middle of the empty throne room. "I guess I can make myself at home." He says to himself as he sits on the throne.
As morning came the young emperor walks into the throne room followed by the prime minister and the royal guards. "Good morning his majesty. Do you like my redecorations?" Zander asks as they froze when they say him sitting in the throne. He had burned the imperial flag that hug from the ceiling along with the large statues around the room leaving burn marks everywhere. "Intruders! Guards kill this man." The prime minister yelled. "Shut old man!" Zander yelled his voice sounding demonic. "Who are you?" The young king asked as guards surrounded the throne. "I am the new Demon King." He replies with an evil smirk through his mask before he teleports back to the streets of the capital.
"Minister How long till General Esdeath returns from snuffing out the rebellion in the northern region?" The king asked as he turned and headed to the palace gardens. "She just finished the siege of the rebel base yesterday so tomorrow at the latest, but we can send a messenger to have her come back tonight." "Ok do that. Recall my uncle from South and every soldier that we have. We will end the Demon King."
-xXx-
That night a girl wearing a black general cap. She had long blue hair and pale white skin walks into the palace. When she entered the throne room she kneeled infront of throne. "Hello you majesty. What have you called me for?" "Esdeath welcome back to the capital. "We called you back to coordinate pest control. Buko can inform you of the details." The king said as a tall muscular man walks out from the shadows.
"Before I leave I have a request." Esdeath says. "What is it?" "I've had a strange thought these last few days, but now I understand I want to be loved. So i ask that you find fit to become my lover." "What? This is a joke correct?" The minister said as he bit into a chuck of meet.
"No it is not. I will send a list of my requirements soon. Now I shall go." She said as she stood up and walked out with General Buko.
"Who is the pest?" Esdeath asked as the stopped infront of a large fountain in the palace garden. "There is two. First is to eliminate Night Raid. As for the second have you heard of the demon king?" "Yes but he was killed 22 years ago." "Yes but his son wasn't and he has come to destroy the empire as told in texts from the first emperor. You are allowed to use what ever method you see fit." Buko said as he looked out at the capital then began to hear laughs.
Esdeath bent over laughing when she heard this. "Who seem scared. Give me a few days and both of them will be buried." She says as she turns and walks off. "This crazy bitch." General Buko says to himself as he looked up to see the large imperial banner replaced with with a black banner that had an unknown crest on it. "Shit!" He yelled.
-xXx-
"You met who?!" A tall woman with short white hair said as she stood up fast slamming her metal hand into the stone table.
"The new Demon King." Akame said as she walked into the room. "How is Bulat?" Asked a girl with purple hair and glasses sitting at the table. "He is beat up, but should be fine. If it wasn't for his armor we both would have gotten incinerated." She replies.
"What should we do Boss?" Leone asked. She stood infront of the table. "He is too powerful to fight even with the whole team at full strength. We can't let him join the empire or the rebellion is finished." Boss said then suddenly she was interrupted. A guy with green hair and red goggles on his head barges through the door behind her. "Najenda You have to come outside!" "Whatever it is it can wait Lubbock." "No it can't it has to do with that guy!"
When they came outside they looked in the direction of the capital palace and they saw the Demon King Banner. "I guess we found what side he is on. Sort of." Leone said as they watch banner be taken down.
"We have a new mission." Najenda said as she grabbed her jacket and pulled it on. "We have to try and get this Demon King to join night raid." "What if we can't?" Mine asked. "Then we will have to kill him."
-xXx-
Zander sat in the main tavern of the capital with his head down and his feet up on the table infront of him. He had barely gotten any sleep the night before in the palace.
"Hey Did you see the banner hanging from the palace? What is that crest?" People asked as rumors began to spread about what the crest was for. Zander smirked as he heard of his master piece. "That is the crest of the Demon King." Said an old man at the bar. "What nonsense are talking about old man?" "Its not nonsense I saw the Demon King 22 years ago. I was part of the squad assigned to kill him. It took every single imperial arms with the best users to defeat him, but when we did he only had a faction of his real power."
"In his last words he said My son when you grow take your life onto a path I could not." The man said silencing the room.
"If you were there what did the Demon King look like?" Zander asked as he took the bottle of bourbon he ordered and began to drink it.
"He looked like a normal person for the most part except for his height. He was about 6'8, but only way to know if was the Demon King was to get him to use his powers. He was so powerful that it took the empire 400 years to kill him and it was when he was at his weakest. Now His son has returned." He said as he stood up and head to the door. The man had on a long imperial army jacket on. He also had a grey mustache and hair to match that was to one side. "If the son of the Demon King has returned the empire is doomed." He said before he left.
"Well there you are handsome." Said a voice coming from behind Zander. He frowned as he thought about the comment.