Chapter 035

Difficult battles

Minato and Masaru turn around and walk through the portal in front of them and as Minato and Masaru walk through the portal there standing above the Yoshino village, Kei walks through his portal and appears in the sky above the Nara village and Kei puts his hand into the air and everything around the village suddenly starts to shake and the entire village floats into the air and the villagers come out of their homes and are *shocked* as the village floats up and they're running around *panicking* and they all look up and see Kei above them but Kei looks at all of them and says

“Die!” Kei closes his hand and as he closes his hand the entire village starts to fold itself turning the village into a giant meter and Kei slams his hand down in the air and the meter slams into the ground but as the meteor hits the ground the entire world starts to shake from the impact.

At the same time as Kingsman and Akita are in there kitchen they both feel the sudden violent shaking and Akita falls but Kingsman catches her and everyone runs downstairs *confused* and Dai says

“What the hell was that?” Kingsman says

“I don’t know, but be on your guard” As everything stops shaking Kingsman sits Akita in a chair and grabs her hand and he puts a spot of his darkness on her hand and says

“If the shaking starts again, go and grab the Little One and put your hands together and close your eyes” Akita says

“What’s going to happen?” Kingsman says

“It’ll seal you both in a orb that’ll protect you from any falling debris” Kingsman kisses her and says

"Be safe" Kingsman runs out of the house and everyone follows and as they make it down to the village Saigo,Gyomei,and Kaito run up to them and Kingsman says

“Where the hell did that shock wave come from?” Saigo says

“The initial impact felt like it came from the west” Kingsman says

“Back in the Minamoto Region, they're attacking again but this time they're not trying to hide it. There plotting something” Gyomei says

“What do we do?” Kaito says

“This is entire thing is a trap, but we have to go stop them" Kingsman says

"Obviously, but we control every region and can’t have one of them getting destroyed” Kaito says

“Then what’s the hold up, let’s go!” Kingsman pulls out his sword out of his hand but he throws it up in the air as he pushes everyone out of the way as Matsuno tackles him into a building and Kaito looks *shocked* but as he turns to help Kingsman he’s kicked in the side by Hironaka sending him flying and slamming into a building and Gyomei rushes over to Hironaka and throws a punch but a voice rings out saying

“Stop!” Gyomei stops in place stopping his punch inches from Hironaka's face and Kono and his puppet drop down behind Hironaka and Kono says

“Kill them” Gyomei turns around and looks at Saigo and Saigo is *confused* and says

"Gyome-" Suddenly Gyomei rushes up and punches Saigo in the stomach launching him into a building and Gyomei turns to the kids and Riku is *shocked* and says

"Gyomei!?" But Dai steps in front of Riku as him and Gyomei lock eyes, but he says

"What are you looking at? What!" Gyomei tries to punch Dai but he's able to dodge it and Dai punches Gyomei in the chest sliding him back and Gyomei gets *angry* and rushes back towards them but Riku pushes him back with his wind as Kingsman pushes Matsuno off of him and kicks him in the chest making him slide back but before Matsuno can move Kingsman appears above him and Kingsman kicks him in the side of the neck launching him to the side sending him slamming into the ground and Kingsman rushes Gyomei and Gyomei turns around and tries to punch him but Kingsman dodges his punch and slams both of his fist down onto his shoulders and Kingsman slams his fist down on top of Gyomei's head slamming him into the floor and Kingsman snaps and his sword flies back to his hand and as he catches his sword, he says

“Kaito!” Kaito pulls himself out of the debris and says

“I’m good” Kingsman says

“One of us has to go, we can’t lose the Minamoto Region'' Kaito says

“I won’t leave you fighting all of them” Kingsman says

“I can handle them, but more than likely Kei is there if these three are here. The kids,Gyomei and Saigo won’t be able to stop him,Minato and Masaru” Kaito says

“Fine, but don’t let them destroy our village” Kingsman turns to Kenji and says

“Boy, I need you to help your uncle” Kenji says

“What about everyone else?" Kingsman says

"We can handle everything here I just need you to help your uncle, you know he's getting weaker in his old age" Kenji says

"Ok" Kenji walks towards Kaito and Kingsman turns to Itsuki,Riku and Dai but Kenji stops and turns around and says

"You still think I’m weak don’t you!?" Kingsman turns around and says

"What?" Kenji says

"You're trying to keep me away from the big threats. I can do this dad, I just need you to believe in me!” Kingsman says

“What are you talking about? I know you're not weak, I trust you more than I trust myself. I know how strong you truly are, that's why I'm putting you up against their leader. The strongest of all of them" Kenji is *shocked* and says

"Really!?" Kingsman says

"But if you think you can’t handle it, I can always send Dai'' Dai steps up and *smiles* as he says

"I'll beat him quickly, and be back to save the rest of you" Kenji says

“No, I can do this! Thank you Father” Kingsman throws Kaito his sword and says

“Use this!” Kaito catches the sword and says

“The hell do I do with this?” Kingsman says

“I don’t know, maybe scratch your back with it. SPIN IT!” Kaito attempts to spin the blade but it just drops to the floor and Matsuno gets back to his feet and sees Kaito trying to spin Kingsman sword and he rushes towards him screaming

"YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!" But Kingsman rushes him and punches him in the face launching him through a building and Kingsman says

“You weak bastard!” Kingsman walks up to Kaito and picks up his sword and spins it creating a portal to the Minamoto Region and Kingsman says

“Boy, let’s go!” Kenji runs towards Kingsman and Hironaka jumps in front of him but Dai punches him in the face knocking him out of the way and Kono’s puppet appears in front of him and slashes down toward Kenji but Itsuki stops Kono's puppet's blade with his sword but the lightning off of his sword stuns the puppet and Kenji runs through the portal and Kaito does as well and Kingsman covers his two fingers in his darkness and as Gyomei gets back to his feet, Kingsman rushes Gyomei and presses his fingers against his head and Gyomei, Kono and Kono's puppet fall to the ground as Kono and Gyomei are *screaming in pain* and Kingsman thinks

"That should be just enough to break the link Kono created in there minds, and not destroying there minds entirely" Kono while *holding his head in pain* thinks

"What did he do to me!?" Kingsman says

“I guess I should let you know this Kono, when you try and manipulate my darkness it will infect your mind just like it did your friend. So now that’s out of the way, remember when I told you I would give you trauma!” Kingsman puts his hand on Gyomei's head taking his darkness off of him and Kingsman pulls Gyomei up to his feet as Saigo walks out of the debris and rushes Gyomei but Kingsman steps in front of him and says

"Stop!" Saigo stops and says

"Move Kingsman, somethings wrong with him" Kingsman says

"He's back in his mind now, relax. But the two of you need to go through that portal so you can face Minato and Masaru and end this" Saigo says

“I want too, but what about all of these guys. It could be dangerous for all of us to leave" Kingsman says

“Do you want to avenge your brother or not?” Saigo says

“I’ve wanted nothing more for all of this time, but I don't want it to come at the cost of someone else close to me” Kingsman says

"I'll handle it, but you two need to go now" Kingsman pushes Gyomei towards the portal and he continues stumbling towards the portal and Saigo walks towards Gyomei but he turns around and looks at Kingsman and Kingsman says

"Have some faith in me, I'm not dying anytime soon" Saigo turns around and walks up to Gyomei and helps him walk over to the portal and he pushes Gyomei through the portal and he steps through the portal as well but Kingsman walks over to the portal and says

"Saigo!" Saigo turns around and looks at Kingsman and Kingsman says

"When all of you are done or in too much danger, you can come back using this. I'm trusting you" Kingsman grabs his sword and the portal starts to close but Kingsman throws the sword through the portal stabbing the sword into the ground right in front of Saigo and Kingsman turns around and says

“Dai, your facing Kono make sure you don’t let up he can be very annoying. Itsuki you’ll be facing the man he is controlling, Toyoda Ichirou one of the best up and coming swordsman. Riku you’ll be with me as we face Matsuno and Hironaka. But we’re taking this outside of the village, as we’ve done enough damage here already” Kingsman snaps and opens up portals underneath all of them but splitting everyone up and Dai and Kono are together, Itsuki and Toyoda are together, and Kingsman, Riku, Matsuno and Hironaka are together.

Dai looks around and sees he's in a field but as he turns around he sees Kono standing there looking around and Dai says

“So you're supposed to be strong? I’ll test that” Kono walks towards Dai and Dai *smiles* and says

"Now, that's what I'm talking about!" Dai rushes Kono and tries to punch Kono but Kono is able to dodge all of his strikes until Kono catches Dai's fist and Kono knees Dai in the stomach pushing him back and Kono *smiles* but Dai *laughs* and says

"So you do have some fighting ability, good! Keep up with me long enough and you'll learn something" Kono thinks

"I expected better from Kingsman, sending his sons to there deaths isn't something I thought he'd do. But I'll make this quick" Dai punches the ground as fire suddenly starts shooting through the ground all around Kono but Kono is able to dodge the fire coming from the ground and Kono thinks

"Is this it? Slow reflexes, weak-" But suddenly Kono's punched in his back knocking him on his face and Kono looks up and sees Dai standing over him, Dai says

"You're not half bad, but you need to know your place" Dai blast Kono in the chest with his fire slamming him into the ground and Kono *screams in pain* but as he looks up he sees Dai with a *smile* on his face and Kono takes his Naginata off his back and throws it towards Dai but Dai catches it and stops blasting Kono with his fire and Dai jumps back and Kono slowly gets back to his feet while *holding his chest in pain* and Kono thinks

"What the hell is wrong with this kid!? He would have killed me...While smiling!" As Kono looks at Dai, Dai is spinning his Naginata on his arms and Dai says

"I've never used one of these, but let me show you what I can do already!" Dai rushes Kono and tries to slash him with the Naginata but Kono dodges all of the slashes and Kono catches the staff of the Naginata and Dai says

"Get your hands off my property!" Dai pulls the Naginata down out of Kono's and the Naginata stabs into the ground missing Kono's foot by inches and Kono jumps into the air and thinks

"Hmm, I may have some use for him. First I'm going to beat him senseless, but I can understand why Kingsman would take him in. He shows a lot of potential" Dai jumps into air and pushes the Naginata deeper into the ground as his feet erupt into flames and he uses the Naginata to push himself higher into the air and he kicks Kono in the stomach and Kono is *shocked* and *cries out in pain* but Dai spins his foot on Kono's chest and kicks him in the face with his other foot knocking him back and sending him slamming into the ground and Kono is *dazed* but as he looks up he sees Dai standing on top of his Naginata and he gets *angry* and punches the ground as he stands up and Dai drops down off of the Naginata and Dai says

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"This isn't as fun as I thought it'd be, I'll allow you to have this. Think of this as a gift, from Sensei to Student" Dai pulls the Naginata out of the ground and throws it at Kono and it stabs into the ground in front of him but Kono walks past it and Kono rushes Dai and tries to punch him but Dai dodges it and spins around his back and pushes him in his back making Kono stumbles to the side and Dai *laughs* and says

"I might have been wrong about you" Kono gets *even angrier* and Kono screams

"I REFUSE TO LOSE TO A CHILD!" Dai *smiles* and says

"All great things must come to an end, you probably we're a threat before me. But now I have arrived" Kono starts violently swinging towards Dai but Dai is able to dodge all of his punches until Dai ducks one punch and he activates his fire gauntlet and punches him in the stomach dropping Kono to one knee and Dai says

"You're to cocky, you came into the battle with the intention to kill a child. But you did not prepare to fight one of the strongest warriors in this world" Dai grabs Kono's shoulder but Kono turns to Dai and throws dirt in his eyes and Dai is *shocked* and Dai starts wiping the dirt out of his eyes and says

"What the hell is-" But Kono punches him in the face and twice in the stomach and then slams both of his fist down onto Dai back slamming Dai onto the ground and Kono stomps onto Dai's back pushing him deeper into the ground and Kono grabs his leg and throws him into the air and Kono jumps above him and hits him all over his body and Kono puts both of his hands together and punches him in the stomach sending Dai crashing into the ground as Kono lands behind Dai he looks up and sees his Naginata still stabbed into the ground and Kono steps onto Dai's back and wipes his feet across his back and walks across Dai's back towards his Naginata and Kono thinks

“I’ve had enough of this child, I will be disrespected no longer!” As Kono grabs his Naginata and straps it back to his back suddenly the ground starts to shake as he turns around he sees Dai getting to his feet with his fire surging all over him and Dai is *shaking with anger* and says

"You through dirt on me, stepped on me, struck me and had the nerve to turn your back to me as if I'm nothing! For that-" As Dai looks up Kono is *shocked* as his eyes are filled with flames and Dai says

"You'll die!" Dai fire explodes off of him launching him forward towards Kono and Kono's barely able to dodge the punch but as he does the area behind him is destroyed by Dai's punch and Kono is *shocked* and he tries to punch Dai but as Dai looks at Kono the fire around him explodes off of him throwing Kono back and slamming him into the ground and Kono thinks

"This boy...Is psychotic! He's punched me all over my body, but me hitting him back sets him off!" Dai rushes towards Kono but Kono says

“Stop!” Dai stops for a second but Kono hears something whispers in his ear and he suddenly falls to his knees hold his head while *screaming in pain* and Dai punches him in the face and sends him flying and slamming into the ground as Kono slowly makes it back to his feet he thinks

“He has Kingsman darkness as well, No,NO! I won’t lose everything I’ve fought for because of that bastard! I refuse to lose to a child!'' Kono takes his Naginata off his back and rushes Dai but Dai's able to dodge all of his slashes and as Dai's dodging his strikes, Dai says

“Your pathetic, a warrior that relies on his ability to control his opponents to beat them because he lacks the necessary fighting abilities to win on his own. But now you're facing a warrior whose mind is made of steel and whose body is even stronger” Dai activates his fire gauntlets and he punches Kono’s Naginata shattering it completely and Dai *smiles* and says

“What’s your big plan now?” Kono tries to punch Dai but he dodges it and punches Kono across the face dropping him to his knees and Dai kicks him in the chest sending him flying back and Dai runs up and grabs his leg and slams him into a tree and punches him in the chest launching him through multiple trees and Kono slams into the ground while *holding his stomach in pain* and Kono spits up blood as he slowly starts to stand up but he falls back down to the ground as Kono is laying on the ground, he thinks

"I can't lose...Not like this...Not to him!" Kono tries to move but his body won't even lift up and Dai is *disappointed* and he absorbs his flames as he says

“Why did Sensei make me fight the weak one?” Dai turns around and starts walking away and Kono slowly looks towards Dai but Dai stops and looks behind him at Kono on the ground and says

“When you get stronger, come find me”

At the same time Kingsman and Riku are facing Matsuno and Hironaka in a field but Riku looks around and sees destroyed pieces of building and he is *shocked* as he notices a giant crater next to the destroyed pieces of buildings and Riku thinks

"What happened here!? Was this a village? If so what hit it, a meteor" Kingsman says

“So your the distraction for Kei to attack the Minamoto Region?” Hironaka says

“I guess you can say that” Matsuno leans over to Hironaka and whispers

“When I have both of their attentions I want you to run” Hironaka says

“Right” Kingsman says

"Are the both of you keeping secrets from me? I don't like secrets, can I know what you guys are talking about?" Matsuno says

"Your worried about us when you should be worried about those children you left with real warriors" Kingsman *laughs* and says

"My sons are very capable warriors, I'm not worried about anything those "real warriors" could do to them. If anything you should be worried about the ones you left with my sons" Matsuno rushes Kingsman but Kingsman is dodging his strikes with ease and Kingsman punches Matsuno in the stomach making him slide back and Matsuno tries to punch Kingsman but Kingsman catches his fist and says

"I'm actually impressed Matsuno, your stronger than I expected" Matsuno tries to punch Kingsman with his other hand but Kingsman yanks the hand he's holding towards the ground making Matsuno punch the ground with his other hand and Kingsman slams his fist in the back of Matsuno's head making it slam into the ground and Kingsman grabs him by the back of his head and pulls him out of the dirt and throws him back towards Hironaka as Matsuno slams into the ground, Kingsman says

“What are you two plotting?” Hironaka crouches down to Matsuno and whispers

"Let me help!" Matsuno whispers

"No, you need all of your energy to be fast enough to run from Kingsman if I can't kill him" Hironaka says

"But-" Matsuno pushes him back and says

"Stick to the plan!" Matsuno flips back up to his feet and Kingsman says

"That was impressive, but you should be more nice to Hironaka. He's the only friend you have, don't push him away" Matsuno says

“I knew it would take a lot more to beat you, I just didn't know how much!” Kingsman says

"And you do now?" Matsuno activates four of his planets all at once surging his power with such force it shakes the world even more violently then before and the ground starts to split open around them and Riku looks at Matsuno *shocked* and Kingsman says

“I just wanted to talk Matsuno, now your making me get violent” Matsuno rushes Kingsman but Dai suddenly punches him in the face from the side with his flaming gauntlet launching him into a piece of a broken building and Kingsman says

"Your earlier than I expected, honestly I thought Itsuki would be here first" Dai says

“Sensei, why did you leave me with the weak one? I want this one" Kingsman says

"Sure, but be careful. He's a lot stronger now" Dai says

“Don’t worry about me Sensei, I’ll be fine” Matsuno stands up and Dai rushes up and tries to tackle him but he doesn't move and Matsuno knees him in the stomach and grabs him by the back of his neck throws him through the debris behind them dropping him into the crater and Matsuno follows him as Riku stares towards the crater and Kingsman *sighs* and says

“I just said be careful" Kingsman turns around and looks at Riku and says

"You good?" Riku looks at Kingsman and says

"Huh? Umm, yes I'm sorry Sensei" Kingsman says

"Something else has your attention kid, what is it?" Riku says

"I was just worried about where we are? It looks like an old village of ours that got hit by a meteor" Kingsman says

"I'll tell you the tale of this village after we're done, actually there a lot of things we'll need to discus after this battle" Riku says

"Ok, Sensei" Kingsman turns back around and looks at Hironaka and says

"Now we’re down to just one, your power house is gone Hironaka. Can we possibly speak now?” Hironaka says

“I’m afraid not” Hironaka activates six of his planets surging his power with so much force it violently shaking the planet again and cracking the ground all around them creating large sinkholes everywhere and Riku is *shocked* and says

"Sensei, how did he become this strong!? Last time I could sense he was strong, but not this strong" Kingsman says

"Are you scared?" Riku says

"I'm nervous, but I'm still willing to fight" Suddenly the ground right in front of Kingsman and Riku splits open and Riku falls into the hole but Kingsman able to grab the back of Riku's shirt and as he's pulling Riku up they can see the core of the planet and Kingsman notices it's becoming extremely unstable with each tremor of Hironaka's power and Riku is *shocked* and says

"Sensei!" Kingsman let's go of Riku's shirt putting him onto the ground and he crouches down and grabs Riku's shoulder and says

"Everything's going to be ok, relax" Kingsman puts his hand on the ground and uses

“Reversion” Reverting the planet back closing all of the sinkholes and cracks all over the ground and Kingsman turns to Riku and says

"Hang back for a few second and observe our movements and intervene when you feel the time is right, ok?" Riku says

"No, I'm alright Sensei. I'll take the fight to him" Kingsman says

"Are you sure?" Riku says

"Yeah, I can do it Sensei" Kingsman says

"All right, then I'll observe and wait for my perfect moment to strike"

At the same time Itsuki is with Toyoda surrounded by trees but Toyoda looks around *confused* and holds his head and says

“Where am I? Who are you?” Itsuki says

“My name is Itsuki and you are in the Tohoku Region'' Toyoda is *shocked* and says

“How did I get here!?” Itsuki says

“You came and attacked our village, and put my family in danger” Toyoda is *shocked* and says

“What!? I would never attack lord Kaito's region” Itsuki says

“I’m not falling for it Kono'' Toyoda starts *laughing* like Kono and Kono’s voice once again comes through Toyoda and says

“Your smarter than you look” Itsuki rushes Toyoda and they clash swords and Itsuki slides back and rushes him and they start clashing but Itsuki can barely keep up with Toyoda’s movements and Toyoda dodges Itsuki slash and elbows him in the stomach and swipes his feet as Itsuki falls onto his back Toyoda attempts to slash down at Itsuki while he’s on the ground but Itsuki’s still able to block all of Toyoda’s slashes until he kicks Toyoda’s leg out from underneath him and rolls out of the way as Toyoda falls, Itsuki gets back to his feet and stabs down towards Toyoda but Toyoda pushes his hand through Itsuki's blade and grabs it and pulls the blade towards him making Itsuki stab him in the shoulder but Toyoda stabs him in the stomach and Itsuki *screams in pain* as Toyoda *laughs* and says

“This is the end for you Itsuki Tatsumichi, your body want last as long as this one!”

At the same time Riku walks up to Hironaka as Kingsman is watching them and Hironaka tries to punch Riku but he dodges his punch and punches him in the stomach with his wind pushing Hironaka back and Hironaka jumps into the air and kicks towards Riku and Riku puts his hands up but suddenly water chains emerge from the ground clasping around his wrist pulling Riku's arms down and Hironaka is about to kick Riku in the chest but Kingsman kicks him in the face launching him back and Kingsman grabs Riku’s shirt and pulls him forward destroying the chains around him as something suddenly crashes down right behind them and as they turn around they see Dai slammed into the ground as Matsuno walks out of the crater and towards them and Dai slowly makes it back to his feet and Kingsman says

“Riku help Dai, I can handle him” Riku says

“Yes Sensei” Dai says

"I don't need help!" Kingsman says

"It wasn't a question, now focus on the threat in front of you" Dai rushes Matsuno and as there about to clash fist Riku throws a wind spear that stabs Matsuno’s hand pushing it out of the way allowing Dai to hit Matsuno in the chin making him slide back slightly and Riku runs behind Matsuno and creates wind chains around Matsuno's legs and Riku pulls on one of the chains pulling one of Matsuno’s legs from underneath him and he drops to a knee and Dai punches him in the face twice and he uppercuts him but as Matsuno tries to punch Dai, his fist is stopped mid air and Dai slides out of the way as Matsuno pushes through Riku’s wind and Dai knees him in the stomach and Riku creates two chains and wraps them around Matsuno’s wrist and pulls both of Matsuno’s arms behind him and Dai starts to relentlessly striking Matsuno all over his chest and Matsuno starts to pull his arms back forward and Riku can only hold him back for a few seconds before the chains shatters but as Matsuno is about to punch Dai, Dai creates a fire gauntlet and uppercuts him making him fly back and slam into the ground but as Riku looks at Kingsman he sees Hironaka struggling to hit Kingsman and Kingsman swipes his legs and as Hironaka hits the ground Kingsman stomps him into the ground and Kingsman pulls out a kunai and throws it past Riku and it stabs through Matsuno’s hand but as it makes contact Kingsman’s darkness emerges from the kunai and covers his hand and Matsuno *screams in pain* as his punch is still clashing with the kunai stopping his punch and Riku turns around *shocked*

At the same time Itsuki twist his blade and pulls it away cutting Toyoda's hand off and he tries to stab Toyoda but Toyoda dodges the stab and kicks Itsuki in the stomach sending him flying into the air but as he's in the air Itsuki throws sword towards Toyoda and Toyoda's able to dodge the blade as he gets back to his feet and he says

“Your changing, becoming more ruthless. Of all the time I watched you I’ve never seen you this aggressive" Itsuki rushes up and tries to punch Toyoda but he jumps into the air evading his strike and Toyoda says

"Listen if you really want someone to take your anger out on it should be Riku. He is not trust worthy at all” Itsuki gets *mad* and says

“Don’t speak about my brother!” Itsuki violently rips his blade out of the ground and rushes Toyoda and he slashes towards Toyoda but Toyoda dodges the slash but there so much force behind it Toyoda is pushed back and Toyoda is *shocked* and thinks

“What power!” But Toyoda *smiles* and says

“I’ll end this quickly, but don’t say I didn’t warn you about him” Itsuki gets even *angrier* and he rushes Toyoda and starts violently swinging at him but Toyoda dodges his slashes and slashes him on the stomach and says

"You need to-" But Itsuki stabs him in the stomach with his blade and Toyoda is *shocked* and thinks

"He didn't care about the cut, what the hell is wrong with him!? I'll have to be more careful" Itsuki yanks his sword out of Toyoda's stomach dropping him to his knees and Itsuki lifts his blade into the air but as he does Toyoda punches Itsuki in the stomach dropping Itsuki to his knees making him spit up blood but Itsuki gets up while holding his bloody stomach and kicks Toyoda in the face sending him sliding back and he stabs his sword into the ground giving him leverage and he starts controlling his breathing and thinks

“I have to control myself, I can’t let him control me. I have to stay calm” Itsuki goes into a low stance and closes his eyes and Toyoda gets to his feet and says

"Have you give up already? I expected more from you" Toyoda rushes Itsuki and Toyoda tries to slash Itsuki but as he gets close Itsuki disappears and he's *shocked* as he looks around and sees afterimages of Itsuki appear all around him and suddenly multiple trees all fall down at once and there about to crush Toyoda but Toyoda is able to split all of the trees in half and as the trees drop to the floor Toyoda still sees the afterimages still circling all around him and Toyoda says

“Face me Itsuki! Do not run from me!” Toyoda splits the trees into small pieces and he stabs his sword into the ground and he starts throwing them all over the forest towards Itsuki’s afterimages but all of them suddenly disappear but as he looks up he sees Itsuki flying down towards him while still in his low stance and as he turns to grab his sword, he hears

“We are finished here” Toyoda’s hand falls off as he's about to grab his blade and he’s *shocked* but then he falls over as he looks down he sees his leg have been cut off but as he's falling he looks up and sees Itsuki in the air looking down at him but as he’s looking up at Itsuki his vision is split in half as well and as he hits the ground his head rolls off of his body and his eyes close and Kono thinks

“What the hell was that speed!? I truly have underestimated all of them” Itsuki turns around but as he does he sees something explode in the distance and he's *shocked* and says

"No!" He holds his stomach and starts walking towards the explosion