Later that night...

It was nighttime, Akira was currently in the girls' room, hanging with them. Gin was at the foot of the bed, putting on her socks while Poney was near the window, practicing her kicks.

Gin: "Let's go downriver with the overnight postal service. It leaves in an hour."

Akira: (sigh) "Fine. As much as I want to rest from all that training with General Esdeath."

Gin: (slight glare) "And you didn't do anything else other than train with her, right?"

Akira: "If you're asking if I'm into older women, no, I am not. And I didn't do anything to her. All she did was kick my ass in training and give me tips on what I need to do to improve."

Poney: "Hmph! Hah! I'm finally healed! Next time, I'm gonna join in on the rampage!"

Akira: "Just don't get yourself killed, idiot."

Poney: "Shut it, Akira!" (looks to Gin) "We may have the same hairstyle, Gin, but I won't lose to you!"

Gin: (deadpan) "Hairstyles have nothing to do with it...you weirdo." (grin) "Hmph, well...I look forward to your help."

Poney: "Now that I think about it, when did you two become an item?"

Akira: "A few weeks ago. Why?"

Poney: "I guess that means you're into blonde, Akira. No wonder you accepted Corey's confession!"

The icy blue-eyed teen's eyes widen temporarily before they gained a sad look. Akira could see Cornelia's smile flashing in his mind, how mesmerizing her blue eyes were. They gave off a shine that no one else could have. Poney saw the look on his face and rubbed her head.

Poney: (mutters) "Right...sorry."

Gin looked to Akira with a concerned look. She wondered who this "Corey" person was and then put the pieces together. She hung her head low as the atmosphere became gloomy.

In the living room...

Gozuki and Green were currently playing chess, Green having a hard time defeating his adoptive father.

Gozuki: "Hey, Green, how's Akame and Akira been these days? Have they been saying anything strange?"

Green: "No, nothing that I can think of. As usual, Akame's only concerns are food and her little sister. And Akira hasn't been as talkative since...you know. But aside from the past few weeks training with General Esdeath when she came by, he's either sharpening his knife or trying to think of new food recipes."

Gozuki: "I see. That's good to know."

Green: "Why? Is something troubling you?"

Gozuki: "Is just that they're both serious. Well, Akira has been like that, but he can be a little carefree sometimes. Anyway, if they say anything odd, I want you to tell me."

Green: "Roger."

As they go to continue their game, Gozuki quickly moved his hand, snatching something. Opening his hand, in between two of his fingers was a bug.

Green: "Hmm? What's that bug?"

Gozuki: "It looks like a beetle, but...I've never seen one like this before."

Green: (intrigued) "That certainly looks to be a new breed."

Gozuki: (crushes bug) "It could be the enemy. Shit. The moment we drop our guard..."

Green: (relaxed grin) "You're over thinking things..."

And as if on cue, the same type of beetle Gozuki had crushed began burrowing into the door behind them.

Green: "Or not! It really is an enemy attack!"

The glasses wearing teen took out his whip, it being thrashed around the room. But the bugs were able to dodge it with high speeds, making their way towards Green. Specks of blood then flies onto Green's cheek as the blood of the bugs were flown onto him, Gozuki having moved in front of Green and smacked them away.

Gozuki: "If they could dodge your whip, these are definitely a breed of Danger Beasts."

They head for the door the beetles came from, Gozuki opening the door slowly. Outside in the hall, they find one of their spies on the floor, however, Green felt a but suspicious.

Green: "We'd better keep our distance. I'll take a look."

Using his whip, he hits the body of the spy, the body being turned over. It revealed the spy to be dead, various beetles coming out of it's eye sockets and it's mouth.

Green: "Guh! Yuck...!"

Gozuki: "Since they're such tiny Danger Beasts, they can kill silently without causing a commotion..."

Green: "That might explain why it's so quiet down on the first floor...!"

Gozuki: "Let's check it out."

Green: (thoughts) 'Is Akame okay outside? Are Akira and the others safe inside...!?'

The two descend down the stairs, finding the rest of spies dead by the beetles. The beetles then begin to form a swarm, heading towards the two.

Green: "Uwah! They're swarming at once!"

Gozuki: "Get back!"

Swinging his kick to the side, Gozuki easily mops the floor of them, their blood being sprayed all over the walls. The older man then turns to Green.

Green: "If Poney and the others aren't here, they must be in the girls' room on the second floor! Assemble everyone!"

Green: "On it!"

The black haired teen takes off and races back upstairs. As he heads upstairs, the wall next to him begins to crack, emerging out of it was an older man in a suit.

Green: "Wha...!? An enemy!?"

Preparing his whip for combat to go against Daniel, he feels a presence behind him. Merraid had quickly appeared, the woman having a sadistic grin as she licks her lips. Green knew that if she had quickly appeared there, that meant she was dangerous. With his quick thinking, Green bolted out the window, crashing through the glass and began to high-tail it out of there.

He wasn't strong enough to take on both of them. His current objective is to survive and wait for everyone else so they could come up with a counter plan.

Merraid: "Ara.~ He acted without hesitation. That manner of escape takes skill. He sensed my presence and has a healthy level of cowardice for an assassin."

Daniel: "I'll go after him. Yes. Don't let him get away."

As Green began to run away, he heard the landing and the footsteps of Daniel. If anything, Green would be able to handle one of them, but for now he had to get away. There wasn't any telling if another one of the enemy's allies had showed up.

In the girls' room, Akira's icy chill began to run amok, the room beginning to get cold. The three stood back to back, Gin and Akira readying their weapons.

Poney: "What are these things? They suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Yuck."

Gin: "We've crushed a bunch of them already, but there's no end to them."

Akira: (groans in annoyance) "This is such a drag. ...There's fighting downstairs. This is definitely an emergency."

Gin: "If this is an emergency, we need to get out of here and try to meet up with the others."

Poney: "It'll be tough, but Daddy's orders are absolute...let's do it."

Gin: "Akira, let's carve a path!"

Akira: "On it."

Before they could take a step forward, the bugs cut them off. It then separates them, creating a wall with Gin on one side and Akira and Poney on the other.

Akira: (grunt) "They separated us?"

Poney: "These things are actually smart!"

Soon, the wall behind Akira and Poney was shattered. Turning around, they meet their opponents. Both of them wore maid outfits, one of them having straight blonde hair, Gilberda, and the other having purple hair put into pigtails, Cassandra.

Cassandra: "It's even, two-on-two."

Gilberda: (grin) "All right. Let's pummel them to dust!"

Poney: "These guys."

Akira: "Yeah. They're strong."

Cassandra had four arms, the purple haired girl holding four chakrams in each arm. Throwing them, Akira quickly took out Prometheus from it's holster and firing four different shots. While he was distracted, Gilberda had leaped off from the ceiling, twisting her body to go for a kick. While Akira's shots block the chakrams, Akira looks to Gilberda and smirks.

Before Gilberda had time to respond, the girl was kicked in the face, causing her to skid back next to Cassandra. The blonde wipes her cheek, seeing that there was blood on her fist. Gilberda chuckles as she looks to auburn haired assassin.

Gilberda: "Huh. Nice kick you've got there, eh?"

Poney: "I was hoping I'd take your head off with that one."

Cassandra: "It appears these opponents won't be so easy to kill."

Akira: "Well...at least offer me some sort of entertainment."

Cassandra brandishes a blade in each of her arms, the girl narrowing as Akira began to giggle before he started laughing. In his right hand, he conjures an ice blade, his other hand putting Prometheus back and taking out his knife.

Getting into offensive stances, the two sides prepare for battle. The Oarburgh had finally launched their attack when the Elite Seven were least expecting it, but they knew, they couldn't lose here.