Akame Ga Vengeance! (OC x Akame)

Chapter 46: Kill Death's Harbinger Part 1

Returning once again to the torture chamber and after her little talk with Tatsumi, which ended with her declaring that she'd execute him, Esdeath entered the chamber holding Dairoku. Upon entering, she spotted the white haired Harbinger. His hands were held up by chains as he remained motionless and hanging. His eyes, they were open, but were a dull red color as they were void of emotion and life. He looked like a dead body, but he was alive. Releasing a sigh, the Icy General approached him.

Esdeath: "Dairoku, are you awake?" The response she got was silence. It was like that since he was held there. Not even the other Torturers were able to get him to respond. She was about to leave before..

Athena: "General Esdeath."

She paused and looked back towards Dairoku, seeing the back of his left hand glowing.

Esdeath: "You. I recognize your voice."

Athena: "You should. I am dragon's spirit that resides within the Barbatos Zodiac-Armor, Athena. And I'm afraid you won't get to speak to my partner as of now."

Esdeath: "And why is that, dragon?"

Athena: "Should be obvious don't you think? Look at him. There's nothing left. As of now, he's just an empty shell, without any conscience. You won't get through to him."

Esdeath: "Oh?" she hummed and narrowed her eyes before taking her rapier and pointing it at the male's chest. Soon she made a swift jab, however the blade was repelled by a red glow that prevented it from making contact.

Athena: "You should know not to underestimate us, Esdeath. I will not allow you to damage my partner while he's in this state. If you want him to talk, you'd have to be close to him relationship wise. And as you stand, you do not fit that criteria. I suggest you stop wasting your time" The icy general narrowed her eyes before pulling her rapier back and sheathing it.

Esdeath: "You have quite the moral and attitude, for a dragon."

Athena: "Why thank you for the complement, but as my brothers and sister used to say, we dragons are more than beasts. For whoever we partner up with and every dangerous situation we go through, our bond grows stronger. Even if you plan for Dairoku to take part in that Execution Ceremony with Tatsumi, you'll fail. I'll let you know that." Esdeath said nothing as she turned her back to them and began to walk away.

Esdeath: "We'll see about that."

>>Meanwhile<<

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The clock in the shared bedroom of the Night Raid hideout was the only noise in the room as Akame sat on her and her vampirc mate's bed. Her hands were neatly folded into her lap as she patiently waited for her mate to return. A day after Lieselotte had told them the news about Tatsumi and Lubbock being captured by the Empire, Dairoku had informed Akame about him going out for a small walk around the base's forest, just to clear his head for a while and do more training with both Chelsea and Athena. Thinking nothing about it, she agreed and had faith that with Athena around him, he wouldn't start to hallucinate and go crazy, thought it was a big leap of faith as she knew that Dairoku still wasn't the biggest fan of Chelsea, despite their previous encounters.

But, then a few minutes, Chelsea would have returned and told Akame that her boyfriend wanted some alone time to reflect, like how everyone needs. Akame frowned but understood and continued to wait... However, soon minutes would have changed to hours... then a day later.. He still hadn't returned. Now Akame was beginning to worry. Now the base was without their male teammates..