Merraid's maids make their way outside of their compound, hearing thundering footsteps. Upon getting outside, all they see is Gozuki, the Elite Seven, and the Four Rakashasas Demons running towards them at full speed, killing intent leaking out of them.

Gozuki: "Don't even try to capture them alive! There's no telling what they might do if we let them live! Just focus on killing them!"

The Oarburghs responded by throwing smoke bombs onto the floor, causing puffs of smoke to explode every where. Gozuki halts to examine them, but his daughter, Mez, goes to attempt in charging right in.

Mez: "Ha! They're trying to slip away under the cover of smoke! Well, not on my watch!"

Gozuki: (punches Mez's head) "Hold it, you idiot daughter. My skin's prickling. That smoke is toxic. If you rush into the smoke, you'll die. Use your head for once!"

Instead of being disappointed for Gozuki reprimanding her, Mez only smiled as she held her head. In her youth, Gozuki wasn't around much, so Mez didn't necessarily have a father figure around when Gozuki was off training the Elite Seven. The tan girl then begins to laugh hysterically.

Gozuki: "What're you so happy about? I'm reprimanding you!"

Shuten: "A smokescreen's nothing to us."

Ibara and Shuten stood side by side, the two inhaling as much air as possible as their stomachs increased in size. The two then let out a large gust of wind, as if a bullet had shot through the smokescreen, clearing the area of smoke. Poney, Akira, and Green were shocked by such power the two had.

Mez: "Yeah! Go senpais!"

Two maids then came out from the side doors, both carrying assault rifles. The two maids of Oarburgh then unload the bullets onto the Gozuki's group, causing them to scatter. But Akira was quicker, dodging each and every individual bullet that was shot at him, the icy blue-eyed teen returning the favor. Drawing Prometheus, he flicked his wrist as he fired two quick shots, curving them as they entered the two maids heads, killing them.

Mez: "Ohh! Good job, juniors, too!"

Suzuka: "Now let's get going! But..." (breathing heavily with a blush) "Who knows what traps await us in the entrance into the building. I'll go investigate first!"

Ibara: (kicks Suzuka's back) "Fine! Then get in there already!"

The reason why Ibara kicked Suzuka into the building first is to investigate traps. However, the reasoning is, Suzuka is a masochist.

By now, the rest had gotten inside. Shuten came in from the ceiling, bursting through as he lands a powerful punch on one of Merraid's maids. Poney had came in alongside Gozuki and Green, the auburn haired girl using her superior leg strength as she lops the enemy's head off with a single kick. And with Gozuki's Teigu, Murasame, any cut will inflict the opponent with a poison in a matter of seconds, the older man swiftly cutting those that got in his way.

In a hallway, Gilberda was peering over in the great hall, seeing her comrades get slaughtered. Days ago, Gilberda's teammate, Cassandra, had suggested they leave while they still could, but Gilberda denied it, wanting to fight on just a little bit longer. The blonde Oarburgh member now wishes they had left. Her eyes darken, seeing Shuten's shadow hover over her.

Shuten: "You seem to be suffering, but don't worry. I'm going to free your soul."

Reeling his fist back, the buffer man towering over the blonde Oarburgh member, he lunges it forward, a loud crash was heard. But Shuten was surprised and shocked, Gilberda able to take his punch as she had blocked it with her own arm. She had received no broken bones, a large crater underneath her. Like most Oarburgh members, she had cancelled her limiters, giving an insurmountable amount of strength.

With a yell, Gilberda brings her leg back as she kicks Shuten in his stomach, him letting out a cough as he was sent crashing through several pillars and walls. Akira stood on the roof, him firing two shots with Prometheus, but Gilberda deflected the shots with her hair, shocking Akira as he dodges the bullets that were ricocheted back to him. He then perks up, smelling the air, recognizing the scent. Gin's blade had carried that scent when it was brought forth in front of him. Before Gilberda had time to react to the next person coming after her, Gozuki appeared behind her.

Gozuki: "What do you think you're doing, going berserk? Go to hell."

Swiftly cutting her back, Gilberda lets out a small grunt of pain. Gilberda now begins to remember her origins as to how she got here, her life flashing before her eyes. Gilberda was born with superhuman strength and a bigger appetite than most, so she was feared as a monster and sold by her parents to a circus. That's where she met Cassandra. It wasn't until Merraid Oarburgh had came into their lives and saved them.

And despite the things that made her a monster, Merraid had told Gilberda three words. I love you. If anything, she owed everything to Merraid, so Gilberda decided to go down fighting. Before she succumbed to the poison of Gozuki's Teigu, she crouched down before she came back up, jumping as she does a back flipping axe kick, striking Gozuki in his chest. Gilberda then jumps into the air as she tries to kick Gozuki's chest again, but a whip wraps around Gozuki's body, the former Rakashasas being pulled away by Green.

Green: "You okay!?"

Gozuki: "Yeah. Watch out. She's not normal."

Landing back on the ground, Gilberda jumps up once more, heading up a pillar as she reels her fist back. Putting all of her strength into her fist, she punches the pillar, the building beginning to collapse all around them.

The dust then settles, revealing Gozuki sitting on a wall with Green standing next to it. The rest of the group began rising up from the rubble.

Gozuki: "Everyone okay?"

Mez: "Yep."

Poney: "Why did the whole building collapse around us...?"

Green: (shocked) "She's still standing!"

Gozuki: "Not quite. She's dead. She held out long enough to let her friends get away..."

Standing in the center of what was once the great hall of the building was Gilberda, the tattoos of Murasame's poison all over her body. Her eyes were now dull, without life. She held out on willpower alone to make the whole building collapse so she could buy time to let her allies get away.

Shuten: "What a freak. She sacrificed her life for that finishing move."

Gozuki: "You're alive too."

Shuten: "A lesser man would've been torn apart and killed. That was the power of someone who'd push herself past her limit and pulled out all the stops. Even if we'd done nothing, she'd have fallen apart on her own in a few minutes."

Gozuki: "So she held on through sheer tenacity even after being cut by Murasame. That's a first for me."

Shuten: "She's an impressive woman."

Gozuki: "Tch. The Oarburghs are ruined. Society's faith in them's as good as gone...who knows how many of them fled."

Mez: "But the only one we have to take out is the leader."

Gozuki: "It's too late to go after her now..."

Kurome: (emerging from dust cloud) "My sister said she'll dispose of their leader herself..."

Poney: "Kurome! Natala!"

Green: "Akame's tracking down the enemy's boss!?"

Kurome: "Yeah."

Shuten: "Ibara and Suzuka are missing. Along with that other kid you have, Gozuki."

Green: "Akira!?"

Shuten: "They're probably on the trail too."

Gozuki: (panting heavily) "Then they might be fighting as we speak. Maybe we can catch up to them. We'll go after them too!"

Green: "Yeah!"

Mez: (thoughts) 'Still...my old man and Shuten are a wreck after taking a hit from her before...and they know it.' "Now's the great Mez-sama's time to shine!"

The remnants of the group begin to chase after the trail left by Akame, Ibara, and Suzuka. However, what they didn't know, Akira had been following the trail as he had left the battlefield much earlier.

Merraid Oarburgh currently stood by a calming lake, the moonlight being reflected off of it.

Merraid: "...I should be safe this far out. It's such a beautiful spot." (sigh) "Barbara was right...I wonder how many of the others are okay..."

She then heard a cracking noise, turning her head around. She expected it to be Akame, but instead, it was Akira. The icy blue-eyed boy was creating ice underneath him, but it was just being cracked from him walking on it. A deadly glare was seen in his cold eyes, a chilling breath leaving his mouth.

Akira: "Found you."

Merraid: "I expected Akame to be the one, but it seems you'll be my opponent tonight, boy."

Akira: "Quiet, Oarburgh. You will repent your sins and freeze in hell."

Merraid: "Oh? And what sins would those be?"

Akira: "...For taking the lives of my loved ones."

Merraid then thought back to the conversation Gin was having with Natala when she was first stalking them. She then remembered Gin talking about a person named Akira, the dots connecting. The Oarburgh woman then begins to laugh hysterically, realizing that the person in front of her is said person Gin talked about.

Merraid: "So you're that Akira boy that cute girl talked about. I must say, she has poor taste."

Akira: "Shut up..."

Merraid: "Mmm...so demanding. If you were a girl, I would have gone for you."

Akira kept himself calm, him taking a deep breath as he drew Gin's sword from his back. He held it in front of him, closing his eyes as he began to whisper.

Akira: (whisper) "Corey...Guy...Gin...chief...everyone. Lend me your strength."

Opening his eyes, keeping his glare on Merraid, he readies Gin's blade as Merraid stood there with her own glare.