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Chapter 16 - Start Of The Torture Game

"The warden's back, everybody!"

Mugen raised an eyebrow and turned to the commotion. "Nice! Tallory's finally here!" Rox snickered, allowing Mugen to piece the things together. Mugen however, didn't do anything. He simply ate more of the food provided for him. Now, he was thinking to himself, what could he do right now? What could possibly be the best way of going about this situation.

"I've got it!" With a sparkling idea, he slammed his fist into the table, denting into it with little to no effort. The whole room went silent. Everybody turned to the blonde boy, nervous glares taking sight of him. Blending into the moment of silence, he turned to each and every face before returning to his meal. 'Whoops.' He thought to himself, flushing another portion of the pancakes into his mouth. Rox too, was silent for the most part. He didn't know what to say. Mugen's strength was still something unimaginably overwhelming. It made him wonder. wonder how as to how much strength he was truly capable of.

Without a word, Mugen stood to his feet and made his way out of the cafeteria, leaving his tray on the table where he ate. Nobody, including Rox dared to stand up to his raw power. They just watched as he made his exit. 'Iv'e got the most foolproof plan ever existed amongst this whole land." He smirked, unbuttoning his jacket so it could be one with the wind. He walked with confidence, treading through the empty halls with a smirk planted on his face.

Upon finally reaching his destination, he took a glance at the door. His blue jewels scanned the exterior, 'Warden'. He had simply smiled, it was about time he made his grande entrance. It was about time he waged war against those who killed his father. But to do it like a coward? Nah, that simply just wasn't Mugen's style. He kicked the door off the hinges, watching in silence as it flew across the room and slammed into the Warden's main table.

The hinges and screws flew from the doorframe, raining down around him. "Yo! Yo! Name's Mugen Sora, and I'm here to kill you." Mugen provided a devilish smirk. But the woman before him was not impressed, not in the slightest, really.

"Good-Morning. Are you going to pay for that?" She asked, setting her papers before giving a chilling glare. Mugen hadn't faltered, but instead, he stepped into the room. "Nah, don't feel like it." He stood before her, peering over her office desk to catch a glimpse of her eyes. The lady sat still, twirling a pen within the confines of her fingers. Her hair was done in a pigtail, the right blue, the left pink. Her eyes were closed, almost as though she was thinking over the situation.

She opened her eyes, exchanging equally as intimidating glances. "What do you want from me?" She hunched forwards, raising an eyebrow. "Well, I wanna kill you. But most of all! Before I forget!" He cleared his throat and pointed directly at her. "I want to do it fairly! We're gonna have a duel. If I win, you release Yuki Ha!" The woman narrowed her eyes, confused at the subtle words of this youngster.

"Oh dear..." She rubbed her mandibles before standing to her feet. She was two inches taller than him, taking a height of 5'10. Her hand was arched to her hip and out came a confident smirk. Slowly, she provided her left hand. "I'll duel you, yes. But you have to go by my rules. Furthermore, you lose nothing if I win." Her voice was smooth and calm, she wasn't afraid. Nor did she show any form of worry through her body language. "Yeah? And what exactly are your rules?" Mugen asked, "Simple... We'll be holding a torture game. The first to inflict pain that results in the other howling in pain loses." Her eyes didn't change. She didn't blink, there was no glare.

It was similar to ones of a fish. She just... Seemed dead. "Deal!" Without a second thought, Mugen grabbed her palm, his hand taking hostage of her soft hand as they exchanged their own gazes and smirks to boot. 'This isn't gonna be a fair fight, that's for sure. But it doesn't matter. I'll beat the shit out of her regardless.' He was confident,

'This boy must be high on sugar. Can't wait to make him fold.' Just the thought of this made her bite her bottom lip.

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"What's going on here?"

They were outside. Mugen, Rox, Lizzy, Tallory and even the rest of the jailors. Outside, amidst the beautiful lavender flowers, they had the young man chained down. The jailors were in a straight line, viewing from the sidelines as the two vice warden's stood infront of them. Tallory, the warden, was just infront of Mugen, awaiting her little surprise to arrive.

Surprisingly, even Yuki had been brought out to witness the game. She was the prize afterall, so it made sense for her to watch as the boy played for her sake. But what she saw was disgusting. Tallory betrayed the honor that made games such as this fair. Mugen hadn't any form of advantage, yet Tallory had all forms.

"I said.... What's going on here?!"

Tallory turned to the young man, showing a smirk. "You said you'd abide by my rules did you not?" Her beautiful face contrasted her dead eyes. She's seen things... That's for sure. Mugen tried to break free of his chains but was stopped immediately, "Now-Now! You said you'd follow my rules. You try that again, and my jailors will make you into swiss." All jailors, including the vice wardens had drawn their weapons. With a quick clack, they stomped forwards and took aim through their iron sights.

Mugen's heart had skipped a beat. A trickle of sweat raced down his forehead as he returned his gaze. He was standing up, but at the same time, his arms and legs were chained to a large metal pole. He couldn't extend his arms, not could he move. "Y-Yeah... Whatever. Let's just get this over wi-"

*Bong!*

Three jailors dropped a large canister of salt. Another band of jailors dropped another canister of sand next to it. After licking her lips, the woman asked for clippers. "Good. Rusting, as I've asked." She smiled brightly before making her way to the young man. "W-What're you planning?" Fear could be heard within the voice of the young man. Lizzy turned her head away, knowing this form of torture all too well. Honestly, the two vice wardens had seemed disappointed. It was almost as if this young boy was a friend of theirs just a few moments ago. Then within the midst of a few seconds, they were told that he was a samurai... Their enemy.

Tallory took hold of his hand, pulling it towards her face. "Don't worry darling. I'm just clipping your nails. Nothing to worry about."

Mugen snickered, what a joke. For a second there, he was actually worried. "Yeah-Yeah... Just make sure they're done finely, not too deep, nor too shallow." He provided a wide smile which had visibly caused irritation to his enemy. "Oh? Don't you worry, I'll make sure it's done well. I've been doing this for many years after all." She clamped onto his nail, though the clippers were far deeper than he expected. "Gah! What are you-" He was provided with a smile, utterly menacing to the core. Her grey eyes narrowed and her sly lips took to form a wide shit-eating grin.

"Oh wow! Where's all that gusto?" Mugen gulped, finding the time to be serious. He had finally acknowledged the horror of this situation. It shook him to the core. "Your not gonna..." - "Oho! Ofcourse I am! Not too deep, not too shallow, correct?" Tallory smiled, playing around with his nail. "S-Stop it!" He groaned. She had no plans of doing so, however. She had just continued to flap his finger up and down, slowly loosening out the nail. "Stop it!"