Amongst the corruption of the Capital, two men within plot to overthrow the current system in the hopes of restoring the former glory of the once mighty Empire.
Akame ga Kill: Clockwork
is an ongoing Akame ga Kill! fanfic by Dark The Relentless.
Much like in canon, the story focuses on the efforts of Night Raid as they plot a revolution against the corrupt Capital and create a new peaceful order across the kingdom. Unlike in canon, we're introduced to a third party that has no connections to Night Raid or the Capital called Clockwork. Just like Night Raid, they think the Capital is corrupt and must be purged. Unlike Night Raid, they're willing to use their own brand of corruption to destroy the Captial from the inside.
The result is a three-way war where bonds are tested and the unlikely of partnerships are born.
This page is a work-in-progress
This fanfic has examples of:
- And Then What?: The reason why Clockwork isn't too fond with Night Raid and the Revolutionary Army's plan of scorch-earthing the Capital, since it's apparent that they didn't have any plan or methods in running whichever government is built after that should they succeed in killing the Emperor and everyone involved.
- Black-and-Gray Morality: Naturally, Night Raid and Clockwork's greys versus the Capital's black. However, given some of the more gung-ho ideals of Night Raid's superiors, this in turn has the consequence of making Clockwork seem like A Lighter Shade of Grey.
- Break the Cutie: Downplayed. The Emperor goes through this once Jast and Steven shows him just how deep Honest's corruption runs by giving him an impromptu tour of the Capital towns without anyone's knowledge. However, this leads to the Emperor gaining new conviction to absolve his guilt and put an end to Honest's machinations, making him an ally of Clockwork.
- Break Them by Talking: This is what Clockwork does to threats that could become potential allies, such as Wave or Kurome, by not only telling them how horrible the corruption runs, but showing them first-hand.
- Children Are Innocent: This is the main reason why Clockwork don't agree with Night Raid's willingness to kill the Emperor, as he's a child and as much a victim of Honest's corruption as everyone else.
- Crime of Passion: Caesar, founder of the Revolutionary Army, argues with his twin brother Ceasare about Walker's fate when he is set up to be executed after the disastrous meeting Tatsumi made with the leaders of the Revolutionary Army. Caesar tries to convince his brother to fake Walker's death, which leads to an argument between the twins about the ideals of the Revolutionary Army before Cesare kills Caesar in a fit of blind rage. Cesare is utterly horrified by what he's done even though Caesar forgives him, so he decides to make amends for this by framing Tatsumi for the murder so he and Walker can escape from the punishment Commander Bifrost has set for them.
- Despair Event Horizon: Seryu falls into a massive pitfall after finding out her friend Drake is a part of Clockwork, which gives her a massive crisis on whether to follow through on Jaeger's orders to kill her enemies or disobey them for the sake of letting him live. This shutdown is what gives Serpentine the opening they needed to possess her while healing her mind.
- Elemental Shapeshifting: Pyro possesses the power to turn himself into fire at will, which allows him turn intangible to physical attacks.
- My Master, Right or Wrong: A recurring conflict between Tatsumi and the rest of Night Raid is the latter’s willingness to heed the orders of the Revolutionary Army to assassinate the members of Clockwork regardless of their reluctance on the matter, even when Tatsumi points out that they can benefit from an alliance with Clockwork. This leads Tatsumi to seek a meeting with the leaders of the Revolutionary Army in an attempt to convince them to rescind the orders.
- Spared by the Adaptation:
- Bulat is saved from his canon death thanks to the intervention of Serpentine and Raryu, though he still gives Tatsumi his Incursio all the same.
- Since Night Raid and the Jaegers don't cross paths during the Danger Beasts' attack on the capital, Chelsea never gets killed by Kurome.
- We ARE Struggling Together: Downplayed. Night Raid and Clockwork do a damn good job at disrupting the Capital and its forces, but the Revolutionary leaders' hesitance to align with Clockwork fully results in a few minor conflicts between the two groups despite Night Raid seeing nothing inheritably wrong with Clockwork. This becomes a sticking point for Tatsumi, who abandons Night Raid altogether due to their orders to kill the members of Clockwork on sight. Things only become more complicated when Tatsumi is also ordered to be killed on sight after being framed for Caesar's murder, along with Night Raid being dissolved under Bifrost's orders due to loyalty concerns.
