Zero sighed as he looked at the giant building in front of him. 'Sixteen floors each with three open window. That gives Senna fourty eight different ways to kill him. Which means that I have to be careful about what I do,' Zero thought as he walked into the building.

"Aw hello . . . Zero was it?" The man said walking up to him.

"Yeah that's me," Zero said looking at him.

"Good now are you ready for you're private tour of the castle?" The male asked

"Yeah never thought I'd set foot in the castle." Zero said looking at the male. 'Mainly because I never wanted to at this big of an disadvantage Zero thought as he walked into the building.

As he walked through the building he heard a small voice ring inside of his head. 'Hey Zero can you hear me?' The voice asked.

'Yeah I hear you Shade,' Zero thought looking at the Prime Minister.

'Good I wasn't sure my imperial arm would be able to reach you with this much distance between us,' Zero heard Shade's voice say inside of his head.

'Where are the others? I don't like this,' Zero thought.

'Scerea is by the palace, Ryuu is with Scerea. Senna's here with me lining up the shot. Silver's on the other side of the palace and he's out if reach so I don't know what he's doing and Zenlu is with Jason by the place they're on the other side of Scerea, and Ryuu,' Zero heard the male say inside of his head

Zero and the Prime Minister than walked into the throne room. "Well this is the throne room and if it was earlier in the day the Emperor would be here and I'm sure he'd want to meet you," the man said looking at him.

Zero then walked in front of a window and looked outside he noticed that the window was open and smiled inwardly. "Nice night isn't it I always loved the starts," the Prime Minister said as he walked next to him.

"Yeah it really is a nice night out," Zero said looking at the stars. Zero then heard a bullet fly past him and hit the ground. He grew nervous within seconds of seeing that the Prime Minister was still alive.

'What happened Senna you missed?' Zero thought inside his head.

'Missed? No I don't miss,' Senna's voice said inside Zero's head.

'Well you missed this time so try again,' Zero thought looking at the male in front of him. Another bullet then flew past Zero and hit the ground.

"Yes a beautiful night. You know if I wasn't so cautious you little assassination attempt would have succeeded just now," the man said looking at Zero.

'What? He knew?' Zero questioned as a loud explosion happened.

"Never would have took your friends for the loud type." The Prime Minister said looking at Zero. Three people then appeared in the throne room and Zero looked at them.

He recognized all of them from the tournament but didn't expect any of them to be here especially not like this. The Prime Minister then turned around looked at the several figures in front of him.

"Seems like I may be getting two for the price of one," the man said looking at them. Zero not wanting to waste anymore time activated his imperial arm and went to punch the Prime Minister.

When he did he saw that his hand went through him and the wind he produced from the swing sent Leone, Tatsumi, and Akame back slightly. "What you think this is the real me?" The man said as he turned around and looked at him.

"Not by a long shot," the Prime Minister said as he faded away. Zero slammed his hands on the ground making a rather large creator.

"DAMN IT!" Zero yelled as he once again slammed his hands onto the ground. When he did he heard the sound of several men enter the room. Each one of them pointed their guns at the four that were in the room.

"Seems like you and your friends had the same goal as us," Leone said looking at Zero.

"Yeah although now it seems like we're in a bad spot," Zero said looking around the room. He then looked out the window and saw something. It looked like a dark figure with wings. Zero smiled at this and looked at slightly hit Leone in the ribs.

Leone looked at him when he did this "the window" was all she heard before she looked over and saw a familiar shape in the distance. However I looked like this shape was holding something it looked like it was holding another person with the lower body resembling a spider.

Leone nodded and the she picked up Tatsumi before running towards the window. Akame seeing where the two were going and what the two were doing and followed behind them. When they did this they were met with several bullets. However the three of them being as fast as they were, were more than capable of dodging the bullets.

They jumped out the window and from the bottom of Scerea body shot a web. "So you were trying to kill the Emperor to huh?" Leone asked looking up at the two figures carrying them.

"Surprised? So are we," Scerea said looking at at them.

"Scerea, Jason where's Ryuu, Silver, and Zenlu?" Zero asked looking at her.

"Ryuu went with Silver to the east gate they should be fine. Although I think Zenlu went in the palace looking for you." Scerea said looking at him.

"What?" Zero asked concerned for his friend. "Cut the line," Zero said looking up at Scerea.

"What?" Scerea asked looking at him.

"Cut the line," Zero said looking at her. Scerea sighed and nodded before he suddenly started to fall to the ground. The eyes on Zero's hands then started to glow and lines the went from the bottom of the eyes started to travel up his arm.

'Zenlu's in the castle, capable as he is he's no match for all of them especially since they all have guns and there are like fourty of them in one room. I have to find him before it's too late,' Zero thought as he hit the ground. The lines then reached his eyes and like the eyes that were on his hands his eyes turned a bright glowing red before he dashed off.

He went through the door and searched every room his thought that Zenlu could be in. When he got to Zenlu though he sighed seeing that he was okay. Zero then got a massive headache and the lines quickly went from his eyes back to his hands.

'Guess I shouldn't be surprised I've never had to use it twice in one day,' Zero thought as he looked at Zenlu. "Hey boss we need to go the others are safe," Zero said looking at him.

When Zenlu heard this he turned to face the blonde and nodded. The two then made their way outside however as soon as they exited Zero suddenly felt a huge surge of pain pass through his body.

"Zero what's wrong?" Zenlu asked running next to the male.

"My trump card is finally taking its toll." Zero said as he cough and when he did a large amount of blood came out of his mouth. The two then heard what sounded like several peolpe running towards them.

"Go ahead I'll be fine," Zero said looking at Zenlu however as soon as Zero said this he once again started to cough and when he did and even larger amount of blood came out of his mouth.

'Usually I'd go if Zero told me to but this is different. He's weak and if they capture him there's not a doubt in my mind that he'll die,' Zenlu thought looking at the men that were approaching them.

"No," Zenlu said as he got up and drew his sword.

"What?" Zero asked looking at him.

"You're weak if they capture you then either way they're going to come after me. However I'm strong so I can hold them off while you escape. Plus judging from how fast you got here you used your Trump card a second time. You better leave before it takes it's toll on you as well," Zenlu said looking at Zero.

Zero nodded hearing this and started to slowly walk away. "If you die I'm going to kick your ass in the after life," Zero said as he started to run through the streets. Zenlu smiled hearing this and looked at his opponents.

"I guess that makes two of us," Zenlu said as he ran towards his opponents. He dodged several bullets and cut several enimes in several different locations. 'I just hope they remember what I said about getting separated,' Zenlu thought as he felt a bullet piece his side. However despite the pain he was in he showed no sign of slowing down or stopping his assult.

He then jumped up in the air and did a flip so he could see Zero and he saw that he was slowly making his way through the streets. He may not have been the fastest person at the moment but he was getting away.

Zero at the moment was walking down an alleyway holding his side with blood coming out of his mouth. He felt himself losing balance and placed a hand on the walls beside him. His vision then started to go blurry and he looked to his side to see Jason and the blonde female from before running towards him.

He passed out just before they reached him though and Jason caught him looking at his friend. "Damn it this bad this really, really bad," Jason said looking at him.

"What's wrong with him?" Leone asked looking at the two of them.

"Zero's trump card is taking its toll on him, we need to get him somewhere safe while he rests," Jason said looking at Leone.

"Come with me I think I have a friend that can help," Leone said looking at him. Jason then nodded and the two of them started to run through the streets.

Jason and Leone then met up with a familiar redheaded female and a male and female both with dark blue hair. "Scerea, Shade, Senna at least the three of you are okay," Jason said looking at them.

"Yeah Silver and Ryuu are right behind us. I guess it's nice to see that you and our new acquaintance are alright." Scerea said looking at them she then saw that Jason had Zero in his arms.

"The toll had to happen now of all time? Damn it luck just isn't on our side today," Scerea said looking at Jason. When she said this the while haired male and the brown haired male came running up behind them.

"Anyone seen Zenlu? We can't find him anywhere," Ryuu asked looking at them.

"Guys bad news Zero's out of commission," Scerea said looking at them. This caused both males to widen their eyes slightly.

"What how?" Ryuu asked looking at him.

"It must be his toll," Silver said looking at them.

"We need to go Leone said that she might have some who can help Zero," Jason said looking at his friends.

"What about Zenlu?" Senna asked looking at them.

"If he's alive he'll meet up with us in one week just like we discussed. If he's not it'll just give us another reason to complete this mission," Shade said placing a hand on his sister's shoulder.

"Alright well then follow me my friends this way," The blonde female said as she ran off into another direction of the streets. The six members who were able to follow her did and the one that wasn't following her was being carried by Jason.

As Silver walked down the strength a thought that made him a little mad crossed his mind 'We failed,'