Akame Ga Kill: Garou

Garou went back to the orphanage after his display before the young emperor, he was not someone who take joy in hurting or scaring children, but the boy was way too foolish and naive. Garou saw the concern in the boy eyes toward Esdeath injuries and the boy overcoming his fear in order to stand for his fallen subordinate. Garou concluded the boy was not bad at heart, just naive and easy to manipulate and very weak physically.

Garou pitied the boy a little, being a tool used by others to achieve their ends while believing he is doing the right thing, all the blame was put on his shoulders without even knowing it.

Some might say if he really pitied him then he should just get rid of those bad apples around him. But Garou was no hero, he wouldn't do such a thing, moreover, if he hypothetically did it, he would just be allowing others to come and control the boy. The boy should seek strength and stand on his own.

Garou wanted the boy to see that his words and standing are not as important as he was told. If he seeked to learn and develop his own capabilities for the betterment of himself and his people, then he is going to be a good emperor in the future, if not then let his destiny decided by fate, he simply won't be worth the trouble of being helped.

Garou had simple thoughts regarding the whole matter, he didn't want to think about it nor had the capacity, for now as he had much greater trouble to deal with. After he came back to the orphanage, he was surprised by a united squad of children and angry nun tackling him. Some of them were happy to see him, others angry and some crying.

" Are you okay? You are not injured right? " Himiko asked with concern. While Ari was stuck herself to his leg and cried " I thought I won't see you again "

The rest had similar reactions, Garou couldn't help but smile a little and wonder, if they saw him back in his world with holes and cuts spreading all over his body, the blood raining down like fountain, how would they react?

Well Garou being Garou replied in casual manner breaking the whole emotion situation " I feel insulted, to think you thought I might be hurt by a weakling"

" But you fought against the empire's strongest !!!" Himiko said

" Previously strongest, I won. Now I'm the strongest. Anyway, I'm hungry, Make me some food!!! " Garou said casually.

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At the same time in Night raid hideout, the assassins sat in the main hole with troubled faces. Tatsumi and the others already informed them of what happened in the capital. The three might not witnessed the whole battle in detail but seeing the fast exchange of blows at the beginning and the huge destruction they caused.

Two Monsters fought against each other, the speed they showed just in the initial exchange was slightly above Akame, the fastest assassin amongst them. Followed by the destruction of the arena and stadium then the huge Ice mountain dropping from the sky before getting shattered mid air. They didn't know how the two did it, but the side damage alone could flatten an army easily.

On the throne, the night raid leader, Najenda, was sitting with clenched fists. She knew Esdeath was monster, she had experienced it first hand when Esdeath dug her eye out and cut her arm. If someone asked her to fight Esdeath 1 vs 1 then Najenda would unhesitatingly refuse.

Even after a few years, she still feared Esdeath traumatized by her to this day. But now, when she heard the man her subordinates got beaten by few times and she investigated for the past few weeks met Esdeath and fought against her surprised her. She even thought if he didn't die, he might join their cause.

But the reality was a bitter pill of continuous disappointment, her subordinates informed her that the man not only fought against Esdeath and what could be described in a legendary battle. He defeated her without sustaining any notable injuries, he defeated the monster that she feared the most, the monster that costed the revolutionary tens of thousands of lives, the monster that was the main reason why they still didn't dare to attack the imperial capital.

Moreover, he didn't just defeat her, he reduced her to a state where she struggled to stand up. Such a feat amazed her, but also terrified her to no end, what would they do when they meet him in the future, could they even survive against him? Afterall, she didn't believe they had a chance to win in direct clash.

Cold sweet covered her body as she tried to compose herself as much as she could, she asked the green haired man before her " So Lubbock, what happened afterward? Since he won, how come Esdeath remained alive? "

Lubbock knew Najenda long enough that he could hear the shock and fear hidden in her tone, he didn't want to scare her or trouble her, but this information must be delivered, the severity is way too high. He calmed his heart and answered " When we and the Jaegers arrived to the scene of the battle was already over, Garou was standing there watching Esdeath mockingly and simply let her subordinates rush to her side. The 6 Jaegers prepared to fight him when Esdeath started speaking non-sense ….. "

Lubbock described what happened exactly in details. Esdeath actions and words, which was something he himself could barely believe despite hearing it with his own ears.

" And so the fight didn't continue. The Jaegers gave Esdeath initial treatment while Garou didn't attempt to hurt or kill them. He just talked casually with them as if nothing happened" Lubbock sighed at the end, back then he wished the fight would continue, if they were lucky Esdeath and her elite team would have perished there.

" Damn it !!! " Najenda was really angry out desperation and fear. To think Esdeath came so close to death yet she wasn't killed or even hurt because of such stupid actions. How the world worked was truly unfair, she nearly died when she left the empire and got defeated. While the monstrous evil woman finally tasted defeat without losing a single hair !!!!

Najenda fear toward Esdeath could only surpassed by her hatred for the woman, she was ruined by her, turned into half cripple and lost all of her subordinates at that woman hands. Yet luck was on her side, the only man who could take her down didn't even hurt her.

" Since the fight was over, I assume Esdeath and her soldiers headed back to the palace. Why did you ambush them, if you focused all your fire power against her, then you would have been able to kill her !!!" Najenda stated, she was angry that such a golden chance.

"The 6 Jaegers were right next to her. I saw two of them using Teigus and they weren't bols and Seryu. 4 of them had Teigus and i'm willing to bet the last 2 had Teigus as well" Leone stated facts

" You could still catch them off guard and kill her!! They wouldn't be able to react in time if they three of you attacked at the same time." Najenda said factly

" We didn't have enough confidence to pull it off. Even if we did, we would have died " Tatsumi added

" But as long as Esdeath is dead, everything is worth it" Najenda said cruelly making everyone uncomfortable, this was a new side to their leader they didn't know. Only lubbock understood her, she was traumatized and her anger and hate clouding her judgment he sighed slightly and decided to continue narrating what happened. The worst part was next.

"Even if all the Jaegers didn't react to us we wouldn't have been able to kill her " Lubbock said

" Any why is that? " Najenda asked

" Because Garou was actively protecting her from us" Lubbock said with depressed face.

Najenda stiffened, even the rest of the assassins didn't have it any better including Tatsumi and Leone, they were shocked by this. Tatsumi and Leone saw Garou walking next to her but what about actively protecting her? They thought Lubbock was trying to lessen Najenda's anger by lying. But Lubbock next words shocked them even more.

" When everyone was focused on Esdeath speaking, I saw Garou looking directly at us, he definitely knew we were there. It was only for an instant, he looked in our direction then back to Esdeath. At first, I dismissed it, but when they left back to the palace. Garou walked right next to her at the side where he will be between us and her. Even if the Jaegers didn't stop us or move, just by Garou alone there, we had no chance to get close to her "

Lubbock didn't lie in the slightest. Garou indeed noticed them hiding, but he wasn't too bored to attack them. He let them leave as he had nothing against them anyway, besides why should he bother hunting c.o.c.kroaches? As for protecting Esdeath, he didn't mean it, Lubbock was just overthinking it. Still, the result of his thoughts troubled him and his friends even more.

" What are we going to do now ?? I mean, if Garou end up joining the empire's forces, then the rebellion is pretty much doomed. Garou and Esdeath working together is a death sentence to our cause" Mine said weakly

" There is also general Bodou who's supposedly bar with esdeath, we are up against 3 monster !!!" Tastsmu said

" I'm going to the headquarters to ask for reinforcement, this is our only choice " Najenda said weakly before leaving. She even forgot to assign someone to be in charge.

The situation couldn't be any grimmer in Night raid eyes.