Chapter 48

A Battle For Hierarchy

They rush each other and Itsuki tries to punch Kenji but Kenji's able to dodge all of his punches until he catches Itsuki wrist and Kenji looks in his eyes and *smiles* as he says

"You've become more aggressive, but now it's my turn" Kenji freezes Itsuki wrist but Itsuki *smiles* as he says

"Naw, I'm not done yet" As lightning slams down towards them but Kenji's able to flip back dodging the lightning and Kenji notices the lightning destroyed the ice around Itsuki's wrist and Kenji opens his mouth but he slams his foot on the ground and ice stretches over his head as lightning slams down onto the ice but Itsuki appears in front of Kenji and punches him in the stomach launching him back and destroying the ice as Kenji slams into the ground and Itsuki rushes towards him but Itsuki jumps into the air as Dai suddenly jumps out of the trees towards Itsuki and Itsuki lands on Dai back as he *laughs* and says

“Thanks for the ride” Dai is *shocked* as he looks back and says

"When did you-" Itsuki says

"This is my stop!" Itsuki touches Dai's shoulder causing Dai to fall to the ground as Itsuki steps off his back and turn around as he sees Kenji standing up and starts walking towards him but Itsuki notices with every step Kenji covers the ground in ice as suddenly two giant hands reach out of the ice and Itsuki watches as two Ice Golems pull themselves out of the ice and they step in front of Kenji and start walking towards Itsuki but Itsuki *smiles* as he says

“Nothings going to get in my way, I’ll cut them all down the same” Itsuki pulls his sword off of his back and rushes both Golems and one of them tries to punch him but Itsuki dodges it's punch and cut it's arm off as he slashes it across it's stomach splitting it in half and Itsuki jumps up as he kicks the other Golem in the chest cracking it but the ice from The Golem attaches to Itsuki leg pulling him into The Golem but as he's being pulled into The Golem he throws his sword towards Kenji and Kenji leans out of the way of his sword as it stabs into the tree behind Kenji as Itsuki fully pulled inside the middle of The Golem and The Golem turns towards Kenji but Kenji is *shocked* as he sees Itsuki sword inside the middle of the Golem and from behind him he hears

"We've always been the smartest, but to underestimate me like that was stupid" As Kenji turns around, he's punched in the stomach by Itsuki's fist while it's wrapped in his lightning stunning Kenji as Itsuki hits Kenji all over his body and The Golem rushes towards Itsuki and Itsuki hits Kenji with the back of his making him fall to the ground as Itsuki points his hand towards The Golem and Kenji looks towards his Golem as he watches Itsuki's sword mold into a ball of lightning that starts moving quickly all through the inside of The Golem's body cracking and as he's watching the ball suddenly stops in the middle of The Golem and starts to morph but he's *shocked* as he sees Itsuki appear in the ice as it explodes with such force it drags Kenji across the ground and as Kenji's on his back staring at the sky he thinks

"That hurt...Alot" Kenji looks to his left as he sees dirt kicked up everywhere and as the dirt clears he sees Itsuki standing on there with his sword in his hand and Itsuki walks up to him as he puts his foot on Kenji's chest pressing him to the ground and Itsuki says

"I will say, this is one of the most fun fights I've had in a long time. But even fun must come to an end one day" Itsuki turns around as he slashes an Ice needle flying through the air towards him and he sees The Ice Golem he split in half is shooting Ice needles towards him and he's slashing all of the needles as he points his other hand at The Golem and he says

"Just another-" Suddenly Itsuki's hit in the right shoulder with a Ice needle and he looks down at Kenji but he notices water pooling underneath Kenji and Itsuki throws his sword at The Golem splitting it in half and he jumps into the air as a giant shark head forms around Kenji and lunges out of the water and tries to bite him and Itsuki lands on the ground as he looks towards the shark head and he can see through the water as Kenji gets to his feet and the water flows all over Kenji's body and Itsuki looks at his shoulder and realizes the Ice needles gone and he thinks

"I should have been more focused, can't let him get the drop on me like that again. He could have ended the fight there" Kenji and Itsuki locks eyes as Itsuki says

"Let's hurry this up Kenji, I'm getting hungry" Kenji says

"I agree" Kenji points his hand towards Itsuki and the shark sinks into the ground and Itsuki notices the ground cracking as the water flows through it and he jumps to the side as the shark shoots up through the ground and Itsuki shoots his lightning at the shark but it quickly retracts back into the ground and Itsuki jumps back as he thinks

"I can see when it moves across the ground, but I'll still need to watch Kenji" But as he looks at Kenji, he sees Kenji sitting on the ground *smiling* at him and Itsuki thinks

"You're not rushing and attacking alongside it, so you must be plotting something bigger. I'll need to watch everything, that could be a clone and he's simply trying to push me into a certain area to attack me forreal" Itsuki notices as the ground starts cracking again and he punches his hand into the ground and blast his lightning into the ground with such force it shoots up all around the field and Kenji freezes the area around him as he says

"Itsuki, you are impressive. But you really hyper focus so much, you forget about the small details" Itsuki notices as a bee land on his left shoulder but as he looks closer he sees it's made out of ice and Itsuki pulls his hand out of the ground and he tries to smash the fly but suddenly his entire right shoulder is frozen causing his arm to fall down as a giant hand made out of ice shoots out of the ground and grabs Itsuki pinning his arms to his sides and Itsuki surges with his lightning cracking the ice but the ice thickens so much it starts to crush Itsuki's chest making him *scream in pain* as he stops surging with his lightning and Kenji walks up to Itsuki as he says

"I simply placed that bee to catch your attention, but you forgot when I shot you in the shoulder. You may have thought it was gone, but I simply liquefied it onto your shoulder. If you were smart you could have tried to surge with your lightning too at least try and destroy the needle before I did something. But I will admit we've come so far Itsuki, but our minds have always been in two different places. Now we can end this battle, how would you like to lose?" Itsuki says

"If you truly think you can beat me then release me, and let's finish our battle with our skill alone" Kenji *laughs* as he says

"Do you think we've ever been on par when it came to hand to hand combat? Because if you did I must let you in on a secret, we never were. You can't fight the same way I can, but I guess I'll have to show you the difference between us" Kenji cracks his knuckles as the ice around Itsuki turns into water and flows into the ground and Itsuki cracks his knuckles as he looks at Kenji and says

"You've forgotten I've always been a better fighter than you, so let's prove it" Itsuki swings towards Kenji but Kenji leans out of the way as Itsuki stumbles by him and Kenji says

"Your punches are a lot slower, are you cold?" Itsuki turns around as he keeps swinging towards Kenji but Kenji's able to dodge all of his strikes until he catches Itsuki hand and knees Itsuki in the stomach as he twist Itsuki arm flipping him and as Itsuki slams into the ground, Kenji *laughs* as he says

"Come on Itsuki, I'd expect this from Dai but never you" Itsuki slowly gets to his feet as he says

"Let's go!" Kenji *smiles* as he says

"Again? Fine" Kenji puts one of his hands behind his back as he says

"I'll make it more fair" Itsuki swings toward Kenji and Kenji leans out of the way again as he notices Itsuki's still swinging very slowly and Kenji grabs Itsuki wrist but Itsuki punches Kenji in the stomach quickly causing him to let go of Kenji's wrist and Itsuki starts quickly punching Kenji all over making him stumble back as he's still being hit and Kenji is *shocked* as he thinks

"He tricked me, and I fell for it. I allowed myself to get over confident and now I might lose!" Kenji tries to block Itsuki strikes but Itsuki grabs both of Kenji wrist and knees him in the stomach as he throws him across the ground and Itsuki rushes Kenji and kicks him in the stomach dragging him across the ground as Itsuki says

"You're right, our minds truly do work differently. Even as I'm winning my fight I'm still very cautious of my opponents, but you turn into Dai as you start winning. Now let's go home" Itsuki walks up to Kenji as he's on the ground and grabs Kenji arm and pulls him up but Kenji suddenly uppercuts Itsuki launching him into the air and Itsuki is *shocked* as he looks around and thinks

"Where am I? I'm in the air! Did Kenji punch me up here!? I couldn't even see it" As Itsuki in the air lightning flies down towards him but Dai flies up and punches Itsuki in the face sending him slamming into the ground as Dai's hit in the spine by the lightning and Dai drops to the ground as Itsuki slowly gets to his and summons his bow as he point it at Dai as he says

"Damn it Dai, stay out of the way!" Itsuki notices Kenji slowly walking towards him and he points his bow at Kenji as he fires multiple arrows towards him but Kenji dodges the arrows and Kenji looks at Itsuki and they share a *smile* as Itsuki starts firing hundreds of arrows towards Kenji and he rushes Itsuki as he's dodging them but suddenly Itsuki drops to the floor holding his eyes as he *screams in pain* and Kenji is *shocked* and he runs over to him as he kneels down and says

“Are you ok?” Itsuki slowly pulls his hand off of his face as he *smiles* and says

“Got ya!” Itsuki shoots Kenji with lightning from his hands making him drop to the floor as he's being electrocuted and Itsuki grabs Kenji and tosses him into the air as he summons his bow and fires arrows around Kenji using

“Prison” Trapping Kenji but Kenji freezes the cage and Itsuki snaps as his sword flies back to his hand and he says

“Now were–” But suddenly a large tornado made of flames forms with such power it blows Itsuki and Kenji away causing Itsuki to lose focus and realize The Prison freeing Kenji as they both slam into the ground and they both look up and see Dai walking out of the tornado as his wings are flowing behind him and they both make it to there feet as Itsuki says

"Still trying to be something you're not!" Dai flies over to them both and grabs them both by their throats as he flies forward dragging them both through the dirt and through trees until Dai flies extremely high into the air as he's still holding them by there throats and Dai flies back down slamming them both into the ground and Dai stands over the both of them as he says

“You all treat me as if I’m weak and I just had to knock those thoughts out of your heads” Itsuki slowly gets back to his feet and says

“That’s it?” Dai gets *mad* and rushes Itsuki and starts throwing punches towards him but Itsuki able to dodge all of his strikes as he says

"Honestly Dai with how big your ego is I'd thought you'd be a lot stronger, but you'd be lucky to beat Gyomei going all out at this point" Dai fire surges around him as his swings become faster and Itsuki catches both of his wrist as Itsuki lightning surges across him and both there elements start to clash as Itsuki kicks Dai in the chest making him slide back and Dai rushes up and throws a punch as Itsuki clashes fist with him cracking the ground and causing the area around them to surge with there elements as they start clashing fist repeatedly until Itsuki ducks Dai's punch and sends him flying into a tree and Itsuki *laughs* as he says

"Come on Dai, I know this isn't your peak. Show me what you can do!" Dai gets to his feet as his fire starts to surge wildly consuming the area around them and Itsuki looks around and says

"Is destruction all you've ever learned, show me more!" As Dai fire comes towards Itsuki he jumps into the air avoiding it and the flames redirect and track him through the air and Itsuki is *shocked* but as it hit's him he feels it's gentle flow and thinks

"No way!" As Itsuki lands on the ground, he looks up and sees Dai slowly walking towards him and as Itsuki looks around he notices the area isn't being affected by his flames and Itsuki *smiles* as he thinks

"He's really grown, I'm really proud of how strong we've managed to become even without fathers guidance" Itsuki looks back at Dai as he stops in his face and Itsuki swings towards Dai but his fist is stopped by Dai's flames and he's *shocked* but Dai slowly puts his hand on Itsuki chest and sofly pushes him but Itsuki goes flying back extremely hard smashing through multiple trees as he slams into the ground and Itsuki *holds his chest in pain* as he thinks

"All he did was put his hand on my chest, yet it feels like he punched me with his full strength. This is...Good, I would expect nothing less" Itsuki slowly gets to his feet as he looks forward and says

"Let's see the full capability of his ability!" But a voice from behind him says

"Let's continue" Itsuki is *shocked* and he turns around as he sees Dai but suddenly he's blown back into the open field and he's able to land on his feet as he watches Dai float out of the trees and land in front of him and Itsuki *smiles* as he says

"Let's go!" Suddenly Itsuki's punched in his back by Kenji pushing him towards Dai as Dai touches his chest launching him back and Kenji blast him with his ice pushing him back towards but Dai puts his hand blasting Itsuki with his fire as well pinning Itsuki between Kenji's ice and his fire as there elements start clashing across Itsuki's body as he *screams in pain* until he falls back passing out as he hits the ground and Kenji looks at Dai as he *smiles* and says

“I guess it’s just you and me” But Dai doesn’t respond as he floats up to Kenji and throws a punch but as he does Kenji turns around and the punch stops right behind Kenji's head and Kenji picks up Itsuki and walks him over to the side and sits him on a tree as he covers him in ice and Kenji says

"Just in case" As Kenji turns back to Dai, Dai opens his eyes as him and Kenji lock eyes and Kenji *smiles* as he says

"Now we may begin" Kenji rushes Dai and they both throw a punch clashing fist repeatedly until Kenji dodges one of his punches and slaps Dai's wrist freezing it and he starts punching Dai in his chest pushing him back until suddenly all the ice over the battlefield liquefies and reassembles into a Ice Golem and it grabs Dai from behind freezing his upper body and Kenji says

"Well this was an underwhelming battle, but I guess I shouldn't have expected much from-" Suddenly Dai's legs surge with fire as he jumps extremely high into the air and Kenji notices a sun falls out of the clouds above Dai and Kenji thinks

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"Wow, since you can't burn it you choose to just use brute force. Smart" As the sun slams into the Golems back it shatters but the sun flows into Dai back causing him to surge with fire making his wings reemerge from his back and Kenji *smiles* as he thinks

"We are truly just stronger than we've ever been, but now we find out who the strongest is!" Dai looks down at Kenji as his fire surges creating multiple suns around him and thinks

"Father would be disappointed if we can't keep up with him, and I know when he gets back he'll give us the hardest fight of our lives. So if you can't beat me here Kenji, then we have much bigger problems" Dai *smiles* as he says

"Show me what you can do Kenji!" Kenji ice starts surging around him as he says

"Then come over here!" Dai flies down towards Kenji and Kenji creates an ice dome around him as Kenji *smiles* and says

"Do it!" As one of Dai's suns flow forward and slam into the dome cracking it and the rest all follow and slam into Kenji's dome as it's on the verge of breaking and Kenji creates an Ice gauntlet on his left hand as he screams

"DO IT!" Dai creates a fire gauntlet on his right hand and punches through the dome as he's still flying forward and as they clash fist everything around them erupts into flames and ice as there clashing fist, Dai thinks

"He's really gotten stronger, but I won't allow myself to lose!" Dai surges with his fire pushing Kenji back and Kenji tries to stop himself from being pushed back but he can't as he thinks

"Damn, I can't stop Dai. I'm glad he's gotten really strong" Kenji continues to be pushed back but suddenly his heart starts beating extremely fast as he thinks

"But I can't lose, I have too many people depending on me to become the strongest and that means I'll have to go through you and anyone after you!" Kenji slams his foot into the ground completely stopping Dai from pushing him back and Dai is *shocked* as he thinks

"He stops me, no struggle, no hesitation, he just stopped me!" Kenji starts walking forward pushing Dai back and Dai surges with his fire even harder but Kenji is still pushing him back until Kenji screams as he pushes through Dai's first knocking it away and Dai notices a dark circle on Kenji's fist as he punches but Dai is *shocked* as he feels his ribs breaking from the pressure and Dai spits up blood as he goes flying through multiple trees and slams into the ground but there's so much force he's still dragged back through the dirt as Kenji falls onto his back and *laughs* as he says

"I guess we see who the strongest is" Kenji starts hearing Ice crack as he looks back and sees Itsuki crawling out of the ice as he's holding his stomach on the ground and says

“I should have known...The only way you would beat me is by teaming up” Kenji says

“I had you on the ropes by myself” Itsuki *laughs* as he says

“In your dreams, you could barely keep up with me. Hell you both almost lost to me even while fighting me at the same time” Kenji says

“Nah, I could have taken you by myself. I was able to freeze your prison” Itsuki says

“You we're still caught in it and I could have paralyzed you the moment I trapped you” Kenji *smiles* as he says

“It wouldn’t have hurt” Itsuki *laughs* as he says

“Sure” They both slowly get up as Kenji says

“Father is going to be really proud to see how far you’ve come” Itsuki says

“I still have a far way to go to beat father” Kenji says

“With me and you, it won’t take that long” Kenji notices as Dai stumbles out of the trees holding his stomach and he falls onto the ground and Kenji rushes over as he says

“Are you all right?” Dai thinks

“What the hell did you hit me with? That was nothing, but his pure strength alone. Are we really that far in power?” Kenji says

“I’m sorry, I used to much strength” Dai pushes Kenji away and stands up as he says

“I’m good, just hungry” Kenji says

“We should get home and have some breakfast” Kenji and Dai walk up next to Itsuki as Itsuki calls down his lightning and takes them back outside of Kaito’s house but as they all go back inside they see Hana and Kaito in the kitchen cooking and Itsuki looks at Kenji says

“So you want to get some food outside?” Kenji *smiles* as he says

“We can, but let’s at least humor them” They all walk into the kitchen and sit at the table as Kenji says

“What are you making Hana?” Hana *smiles* as she says

“Guess” Dai says

“Soba” Hana continues *smiling* as she says

“No” Kenji says

“Tonkatsu” Hana *smiles harder* as she says

“No” Itsuki says

“Takoyaki” Hana *pouts* as she says

“How did you know?” Itsuki says

“I can smell it” Kaito says

“You have a good nose” Itsuki says

“But my nose has been acting up lately so I don’t think I’ll be able to do it again” Hana brings the food to the table looking *sad* and Kenji says

“What’s wrong Hana?” Hana says

“I wanted to surprise you guys with it” Kenji says

“It’s ok, we don’t need to be surprised to like the food” Hana and Kaito sit down but as Kenji,Dai, and Itsuki take a bite there all *stunned by how bad it is* and Kenji and Itsuki swallow it but Dai spits it out and Hana starts to *tear up* as she says

“You don’t like it?” But before he can say anything Itsuki grabs his shoulder and pats him on the stomach as he says

“No! He was just choking on the food, could you get him some juice please?” Hana says

“Ok, I’ll be back” Hana gets up and runs to the fridge and looks for the juice as Itsuki takes his hand off of Dai’s shoulder and whispers

“Eat it and don’t say a word or else I’ll leave you outside all night” Itsuki takes his hand off of Dai’s shoulder as Hana comes back with the juice and gives it to Dai and he takes a sip as he says

“Thank you, but I want to eat outside” Hana says

“Why?” Dai says

“To get some air, my stomach has been hurting lately and I need some air while I eat” Kaito says

“Go ahead” Dai gets up with his food and walks outside as everyone continues to eat and as everyone finishes there food, Kenji says

“That was good Hana, thank you” Hana *smiles* as she says

“You're welcome, what did you think Big Brother Itsuki?” Itsuki *smiles* as he says

“It was amazing” Kaito says

“You did a really good job for your first time cooking Hana” Hana says

“Thank you Uncle” Hana gets up and goes upstairs and as they hear her bedroom door close Itsuki runs to the sink and washes his mouth out and Kenji spits the food back onto the plate as Kaito chugs the entire bottle of juice and Itsuki wipes his mouth as he turns around and says

“I love Hana, but she cannot cook” Kaito sits the juice down as he says

“I wanted to let her do it on her own, but not again” Kenji says

“My stomach hurts” Kenji throws the food in the trash and walks into the living room and lays on the couch and Itsuki sits next to him and they both fall asleep and Kaito walks out of the front door and he thinks

“Where did Dai go?” But from above him he hears a voice say

"Looking for me” Kaito looks up and sees Dai sitting on the roof and he jumps onto the roof and sits next to Dai as he says

“What’s going on? Are you alright?” Dai says

“I need to start training more” Kaito says

“You’ve gotten really strong, you’ve trained enough for a short break don’t you think?” Dai says

“I...I didn’t train while I was gone, I worked on controlling my anger and my fire. But I did no physical training” Kaito says

"Just because it's not physical doesn't mean it's not training, you are training yourself to unlearn the person you've been for multiple years. That can be very difficult especially when you do it without the ones you feel love you the most aren't close, How about we start training together? I need to unlearn the man I was for multiple years, and you need to become a stronger man then you once we're. We both need to change and it will be much easier to do that together" Dai says

“I don’t want to hurt you” Kaito *laughs* as he says

“You don’t have anything to worry about, I maybe less violent than Kingsman but that doesn’t mean I won’t be a good challenge” Dai says

“I could sense how strong my father was, even as he was holding back and I could still sense how deadly his strikes were. But I don’t feel anything like that from you” Kaito says

“Well I don’t strike with the intent to kill like your father does, but most of the time it's not him trying to kill you” Dai says

“Even as he was holding back you could still feel the intense power he was holding, that’s why I respect my father. That’s who I want to train with, no one else. I’m sorry old man, but there’s only one man who can teach me anything” Dai stands up and drops off the roof as he goes back into the house and Kaito thinks

"You command so much respect from everyone around you that your sons won't even train with someone unless you want them to...I know how you feel right now. We've both had to feel the worst pain in the world because of my brother, and I know you want vengeance. But what comes after that? I will still require your council after everything is over, but I think we may need to take a different route on the way we lead the world. Maybe not your route, because if we took your route we would have subjugated the entire world. Damn, I guess we ended up doing that anyways. But it would have been far more violent if we listened to you solely, Kingsman...When you come back I hope she's instilled enough humanity in you for you to see what you truly have left in this world. For all our sakes" Kaito stands up as he says

“But Dai, I respect your decision” Kaito drops off of the roof and goes inside as he sees Dai laying on the floor beside the couch sleeping as Kenji and Itsuki are asleep on the couch and he thinks

“Your father would love to see all of you like this...But I'm not him and your taking up space in my living room” Kaito walks upstairs and checks in on Hana and sees her asleep in her bed and he thinks

"Maybe I'm starting to get attached to all of you, goodnight...Hana" Kaito closes her room door as he walks into his room and lays down in his bed as he thinks

“I now hold the responsibilities of you brother, I had become used to you handling the heavy lifting while I kept the peace. But now it’s time I become a warrior once more and protect my home” As he closes his eyes he feels a small hand rest on his back as he says

“I promise, I will bring this world to peace. No more will suffer!”

The next morning he wakes up and goes downstairs and sees everyone is still sleep and he walks out of the door but as he’s walking to his office he sees hundreds of crows flying all over the village but as he locks eyes with one of them he thinks

“Where did all these crows come from?" Kaito makes it inside of the building but as he makes it to his office door a voice from behind him says

“I’ve never seen you up this early my lord, are you ok?” Kaito turns around as he says

“Thank you for helping me in my time of need” Kaito opens his office door as Saigo says

"Of course, you,Kingsman, and Gyomei we're there for me in my darkest times as I needed people the most. I only felt it was right that I repay that kindness the two of you showed us, even as we we're growing up you both still showed us kindness. You even allowed all of us to train with you and Kingsman teaching us how to become stronger than we had ever dreamed, and for that alone I can never repay your kindness but I will spend the rest of my life trying. You gave Kenshin passion when he did not want to go forward, the simple thought of being like you was enough to keep him going" Kaito says

"I would never require you too, we helped all of you out because of the kindness in our hearts. Even if that kindness caused something terrible to happen, we still decided to help and that's ok with me" Saigo is *concerned* as he says

“Why are you talking like your going to die?” Kaito opens his closet and steps into the closet as he says

“Truthfully, because a part of me might. I’ve allowed my skill as a warrior to slip because I got comfortable with Kingsman fighting all the battles. But now I’m going to be training alongside you and Gyomei” Saigo is *shocked* as he says

“Really?” Kaito says

“Yes” Saigo says

“I mean no disrespect my lord, but I don’t think you can handle training with me and Gyomei'' Kaito pulls a katana out of the closet as he closes the door and says

“Neither one of you will have to worry about if I can keep up or not, I’ll be perfectly fine” A voice from behind Saigo says

“Understand my lord when we battle your rank means nothing, I will not hold back. I will treat you like the other recruits you have us training'' Kaito *smiles* as he says

“If you hold back, I promise you I will take your head off” Kaito walks past them both and Saigo turns around and looks at Gyomei as he says

"Do you ever think Kingsman went all out when fighting Kaito?" Gyomei is *confused* as he says

"Umm...I would assume so, they fought an entire war against each other and we've seen them spar many times" Saigo says

"So they should be almost evenly comparable in skill and strength, and with Kingsman gone and not in the right state of mind this gives us an opportunity to see if we could beat him alone or if it will take all of out combined effort" Gyomei says

"With Kaito,Kenzo, the kids, me, and you we should be able to beat him. But even if we can't we should be at least able to hold him back enough for one of them to talk him down" Saigo says

"Who is going to talk him down? Kingsman has openly stated when he was calm he is willing to kill all of them, and the only person we've seen him stop for is now dead" Gyomei says

"We still have Hana, when you we're taken by Kingsman he kept us out of the house and when I suggested to use Hana to lure him out he...Projected himself in front of me at the thought of her coming to harm. If we push her in front of him, he should stop" Saigo says

"And if he doesn't?" Gyomei says

"Then we fight until our last breath like he taught us" Saigo says

"...Right" Gyomei and Saigo walk out of Kaito's office building and around to the back into their training area as they see Kaito unsheathing his sword as he says

“It’s been so long since I’ve used this sword, so who will be my first opponent?” Saigo says

“Should we call all of the armies from the two other villages over to give him his military initiation?” Gyomei says

“No, I’ll be his initiation” Gyomei walks up and picks up a Odachi off of the weapons rack and walks up to Kaito and says

“This is your last chance to stop my lord” Kaito says

“You know I won’t” Gyomei says

“Of course I do, but I always have to ask one last time so if you die it’s not on my hand...Kaito” They clash swords as they push against each other and Kaito looks into Gyomei's eyes as he says

"This is going to be fun!"