(Quintiles 29, 59 / 9:03PM)

(On the 55th Floor)

(Luna)

A forbidden gust surrounded them.

The gust swept through the marble floor and desk, leaving behind no trace of dust in the room. As the windows started to shake intensely, small cracks started to form along the front end where both fighters were.

Luna, having both her swords dueled against the ginger-haired man, both were at a standstill as the chainsaw blades started to dent her hard metal blades.

His strength overpowering her, he pushed against her strength as he took a step forward, his muscles on the verge of popping open.

As he bled through the open wound on his stomach, the blood trickled into the white-marbled floor.

(Kenichi) So you’re their strongest fighter I take it? You don’t seem that strong to me.

Pushing against his chainsaw swords with all her might, Luna expanded her muscles to her limits, her feet and heels gripping the marble floor. Drool starting to drip down onto her floor, Luna made the corners of her lips open wide, pouring forth more saliva.

(Kenichi) Mostly because I’m at a disadvantage.

Pushing away Luna, Kenich took a step back as he started to breathe irregularly, blood starting to drip onto the floor from his stomach. His wound from his fight with David opened up again, he bent down to catch his breath.

Pushing her heels off of the white marbled floor, Luna extended her right sword back, keeping her eyes on Kenichi. Seeing that he remained his body still, Luna thrust her swords toward the unguarded Kenichi, his bleeding stomach visible with her eyes.

But Kenichi moved forward a couple of steps to the left, dodging Luna’s attack.

(Kenichi’s thoughts) What’s this girl’s deal?

He kept dodging with ease as he continued to wield his chainsawed swords in both hands. Luna groaned as she continued to swing both of her swords down at him, the bite from her lips causing her to thrust uncontrollably.

Noticing that his back was about to hit the wall, Kenichi glanced at it with his eyes, seeing the many crevices that were decorated on it. With each blade swinging at him closely hitting the fabric of his jacket, Kenichi kept his focus on both the wall and her.

Just as his back was against the wall, Kenichi waited as Luna swung her sword again, the blade of the sword inches away from his face as he…

(Luna) Your back is behind the wall! YOU’RE MINE!!

Narrowly dodged to the side, as the blade managed to get stuck in between the crevices of the stone.

(Luna’s thoughts) Motherfucker!

(Kenichi) You’re wide open now.

Steadying his feet, Kenichi spread his legs apart as he steadied his right sword, his grip tightening as he pulled back. Barreling his right sword onto Luna’s neck, his left sword also made its way towards her waist.

With the blades of the chainsaw managing to nearly touch the strands of her neck, followed by the other chainsaw touching the tips of her black leather jacket…

Luna vanished.

Almost like air, Kenichi took a step back as he noticed the blade of her right sword was still stuck to the stone, but her body wasn’t even in front of him. Looking around him in the dimly lit orange room, he noticed a woman breathing heavily in the back of him across the other end of the room.

(Kenichi) Freaking blessing user.

Snorting at the sight of the woman, Kenichi straightened his back as he slowly walked towards her, his chainsaws still in play as he sharpened his eyes. With each step that he took, the thump on the marble grew louder, causing Luna to drip down a bead of sweat.

But Luna didn’t falter under this immense pressure, as she held her left sword with both of her hands. Walking slowly backward away from the sword, Luna wielded it in front of her as she noticed that the ginger-haired man started to stop.

(Kenichi) You want your sword back, right? You’re not good with just one sword huh?

Luna vanished again.

Sensing a presence in the back of him, he turned his head to see that Luna was at the spot where her sword was, her right hand clenching onto the handle as she tried to yank it out.

But the sword wouldn’t budge.

(Luna’s thoughts) Damn it! Release you useless piece of shit!

Luna continued to struggle under the sticky situation, her hand gripping the metal until it started to make a creaking sound.

Kenichi then pushed a button on the guard of each of his swords, and the chainsaw blades that were moving started to slow down. Slowly walking towards the tanned beauty, he holstered back his swords onto the back of his jacket, putting both of his hands inside his pockets.

Looking upward, she saw the ginger-haired man grab a hold of her sword with his right hand, his grip firm but not tight. In slow motion, Kenichi slowly yet surely…

Pulled out the sword with ease.

Having the twin-bladed sword in his hand, caused Luna to falter onto the ground, her butt slamming onto the marbled floor hard as her other sword fell as well.

Seeing her in this state, Kenichi casually threw the sword right next to her, putting his hand back inside of his jacket.

(Kenichi) I have a soft spot for women, so I could let you go if you don’t plan to kill me. But if you are…

Kenichi then took a step forward toward Luna, his towering stance causing her to tremble, her legs motionless on the ground. Both of her swords on either side of her body, Luna looked up at the chiseled middle-aged man.

(Kenichi) We both know what will happen.

Her breathing started to become more irregular, her feet going numb, and her arms starting to lose the ability to hold herself up.

Her face continued to turn pale, her eyes starting to flutter like a butterfly flying through a high-class garden.

(Luna’s thoughts) Dad… I…

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Puckering her lips into her mouth, her hands started to tremble more as her palms stained the marble with her sweat. Water started to form inside of her eyes…

She used her right sleeve jacket to wipe away the water that was building up within her eyes, her eyes starting to turn back to her usual self. Noticing both swords waiting to be picked up, Luna instantly grabbed both of them, clenching the metals with a death grip.

Slowly standing up, she looked up at the ginger-haired man, her eyes returning to their normal bloodshot color as her teeth ground against one another.

(Luna’s thoughts) No matter what, I’ll avenge you…

Pointing her right sword towards the ginger-haired man, Luna took a step back as she parted her legs for a fighting stance. Kenichi put both of his hands inside his jacket.

Pulling out his chainsawed swords again, he pushed both buttons so that the chainsaws were now in motion, the blades creating slight sparks with the swords laid motionless to gravity.

(Kenichi) You look less angry than before. Let’s see if it works out for the better.

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Another clash between swords drizzled through the dimly lit orange room, the smoke and ash making the scenery brighter than it should be.

Sparks flew from the four swords that they wielded, the reflection of both of their eyes seeing within each other.

Thrusting herself back to give herself more space, Luna used both of her swords to block the incoming attacks from Kenichi, his thrusts against her becoming stronger as she felt the strike of each blade on her swords. Being able to keep up with Kenichi, Luna kept on thrusting herself back, managing to block and defend herself from the chainsaw blades.

(Kenichi’s thoughts) She’s doing good… I wonder what came over her…

The pain of his open wound started to stab him, causing him to slow his attack speed.

Blocking the attacks of Luna’s twin-bladed swords, Kenichi kept dodging. Feeling blood coming out of his open wound even more, Kenichi started to grit his teeth as he bit his lip down to focus the pain elsewhere.

With each strike of the blade, it created burning sparks on each other’s faces.

(Luna’s thoughts) This bastard looks like he’s faltering. He looks like he’s about to pass out.

His face started to roll down a bead of sweat, the open wound continued to gush out more blood, causing him to slightly shut his eyes.

His back being close to the high window that is overwhelmed by the ash-colored orange clouds, Kenichi glanced at the glass behind him.

(Kenichi’s thoughts) I can’t let her hit the window.

Thrusting himself to the side of Luna, her eyes widened at his sudden jump. Placed both of her swords in front of her, the blades of both her swords barely managed to block an incoming thrust from Kenichi’s left sword.

For the right sword, Kenichi did a lower-end strike towards her legs, trying to see if his chainsaw blades could cut through Luna’s legs with ease. The blades making their way towards her knees, Luna managed to catch a whiff of this sudden attack, causing her to…

Vanish.

(Kenichi) So you’re chickening out—

Yet this time was different.

As Kenichi sensed a bloodlust coming from directly behind him.

Not being able to turn his head, he instinctively dodged to the right in a frantic attempt. Being free from the danger that was behind him, Kenichi looked towards Luna, her eyes sharpening evermore at him.

His odor now becoming more present, his grip on his swords tightened as he glared right at the tanned beauty.

(Kenichi) Not only are you a chicken, but you also have no honor. Striking me from the back?

(Luna) I don’t give a shit!

Thrusting herself yet again, she extended both of her arms as she lunged consecutively to the left and right side of Kenichi. The air around her being pushed by her strength, she managed to move quick enough for Kenichi to tighten his guard, having his swords in front of him as he eyed her.

Gliding towards Kenichi’s right side, his eyes peering to the left of him, his swords were still in front of him as he slowly noticed the incoming beauty from above. Taking a step back, Kenichi quickly thrust both of his arms to defend himself from the incoming Luna, his face continuing to turn paler.

As for Luna, her hands gripped both of her swords steadily as the blades managed to collide with Kenichi’s swords, hot sparks flying more as his chainsaw blades started to slow down.

(Kenichi’s thoughts) I need to finish this quickly.

Pushing away Luna with most of his strength, Kenichi started to walk backward rapidly, his heels digging into the floor with each step he stomped. Having his hands motionless to the ground, his eyes took notice of…

Luna kicked the air at breakneck speed, making herself look like an incoming bullet as she pulled back both of her swords.

(Luna’s thoughts) I could do this.

Pushing her swords forward right where Kenichi was going to be hit, he quickly dodged the swing of both swords, her blades scraping some of his jacket off. His eyes turning groggy followed by his breathing starting to dim, Kenichi glanced at his stomach, seeing the pouring blood from out of it.

Puffing up his cheeks, his face was as red as a hot pepper, his skin starting to dry as his nostrils flared up to receive more air. Swiping his head away once, he started to look down onto the marble floor, his face turning even more pale.

Bending down, Kenichi was in a position where he wanted to throw up, his mouth opening wide as his throat contorted. Not bothering to look at Luna, who was busy lunging left and right on either side of Kenichi, he started to spill out saliva as no blood or intestinal fluids came out.

With his guard down, Luna threw herself off the ground with her heels as she lunged her way toward the back of Kenichi again.

Targeting the nape of his neck, Luna extended both of her arms out as the tips of her blades were far out from her back, stretching her arms out to the very limits.

(Luna’s thoughts) I’m doing it. This is it!

Swinging her swords with almost all of her strength towards his body, her muscles expanded as the grip of both her swords started to dent. The blades made the air around them sharpen, and both her blades barreled their way toward Kenichi’s nape.

Inches away, Luna’s swords were doing a clamp in, as she gritted her teeth to the most she could do.

Until—

(Kenichi’s thoughts) I guess she’s making me activate it huh…

An indescribable force slammed against Luna’s face.

Out of nowhere, Luna’s nose was being drilled in, the feeling of knuckles digging themselves deep into her cheekbones.

This allowed Luna to fly through the air as the fabric of her clothes started to ripple in the air, her jacket on the verge of falling out.

Her back and body landed on the stone-decorated walls of the room, a big crack and dent appeared right where she landed, her body lay on the wall as she looked down.

(Luna’s thoughts) W-W-hat… w-wha…

Her eyes looked to the marbled black floor as blood trickled down from her broken nose, her beauty subsiding. Too tired to look up at what was in front of her, Luna only just laid her arms and body on the wall, her throat now parched as her need for water skyrocketed.

As for Kenichi.

Every breath coming out molested his vocals from within his throat, causing him to bend down as he put both chainsaw swords on the ground next to him. With both of his hands, he put them on his knees as he started to spit out blood, the red liquid assaulting his windpipe and esophagus with a burning sensation.

Despite being in a frail position, Kenichi looked upwards right at the injured Luna.

(Kenichi) coughs cough … I didn’t want to do this … but I guess you’re kind of strong …

Using his right arm, he used his jacket’s sleeve to wipe away an abundance of leftover blood that lingered on the front ends and the corners of his lips. Spitting out a saliva’s worth of blood, his left hand felt the contents of his open wound drenching his stomach and crotch with the summer honey-warm substance.

Putting his left hand up towards the front ends of his face, he squinted as his vision started to turn blurry, his legs wobbling sideways with his feet barely loosening from the ground.

Obviously, on the verge of fainting, he put his right hand into his mostly empty pocket, feeling nothing as he soon found something.

(Kenichi’s thoughts) Forgive me, Boss…

Pulling out a needle from the depths of his right pocket, he glanced at his left arm as it started to go numb from the fighting. With barely enough strength with his right arm, he thrust the needle into the middle of the forearm and main arm, right where most of the veins were the most visible.

And with a simple push, the purple liquid went inside his arm.

Kenichi clenched his eyes shut as he looked away from the stabbing pain, blood starting to pour out from the corner of his lips again. His legs failing to keep him up, he instantly collapsed as his knees and shins were the ones holding him up.

(Kenichi’s thoughts) I wanna die…

Having both of his arms and palms placed themselves onto the floor, he continued to tighten his face completely. As if it was attacking him, his body began to go limp, his body feeling as if he was transformed into a feather.

But there was one body part that started to go back to normal again.

The area where he stabbed himself with the needle, was brought back to life as he moved his fingers and hand like normal, his left shoulder being exemplified to a greater extent. Soon after, most of his chest, head, and stomach were all feeling the same thing, with the sudden numbness now being returned to a state of much greater strength than before he started attacking Luna.

With his right arm, he took out the needle, throwing it away across the ground.

(Kenichi’s thoughts) But now I wanna live…

His right arm and both of his legs now returning from their numbing vacation, he moved the joints of his right arm, pushing his feet against the floor to stand himself up. Straightening his back and his neck, he looked towards Luna who now was barely standing up, her feet unsteady.

Reaching towards both of his swords that were lying next to him, his hands gripped the helm of the metal grips as he caressed the buttons on each sword. Pushing the buttons gently, the chainsaw blades emitted smoke as they began to continue their duty, the blades moving at a slightly slower pace than before.

(Kenichi) I’ll end this quickly.

Almost as if the air around him fell, he closed his eyes from the world as he focused his spiritual being into the depths of his soul. His chest slowly inhaled in air and exhaled air out, his presence around him thickened with death, his stare at Luna being one as if she met her maker.

The insides of his jacket started to move, air not blowing him at all as the leather fabric blew in back of him as—

Two swords were pulled out from the inside of his jacket, with both of them still in midair.

Barely managing to widen her eyes, she took a step back, almost tripping despite nothing being in her way.

Four chainsawed doubled-edged swords in motion, with two of them being in midair to the left and right of him, Kenichi started to walk slowly towards the tanned beauty.

(Kenichi) Prepare for the end…