The king ran towards Kaey, raising his sword into the air. Kaey used his bō to block the attack. Kikaru and David had jumped out of the way.
David didn't have much time to react as he suddenly got hit by queen's whip.
He closed his left eye in pain. The hit stung, but it wasn't anything dangerous.
"Scream for me, worm." Queen said.
As for Kikaru, he was having a stare down with his opponent. Both their katanas were raised, pointing at each other.
"Why do you fight?" Jack said.
"I want to protect the ones I respect."
"…I see." He charged at Kikaru with his katana raised.
Kikaru pushed his Katana against it. There was a struggle of power with Kikaru slowly losing.
He deflected jack's slash before it could hit him. This time Kikaru took his turn on the offense.
His slashes were basic, Jack was blocking them easily.
This clashing of swords continued.
Both of them didn't get a hit on each other.
Kikaru felt the sweat on his forehead as he began another flurry of slashes.
Jack blocked the final slash and pushed Kikaru away.
He retaliated with a quick slash aimed at Kikaru's head. Kikaru tried to dodge it but his right arm got cut. Kikaru put his hand on the small cut that had appeared, blood had began flowing out of it.
"…You do not fight with the intent to kill. In fact.. it seems you fight with the intent of nothing. Your slashes are almost robotic. To lose means death, you know that, right?" Jack said at Kikaru as they gained distance.
"You won't be able to protect them like that." He pointed his sword at Kikaru.
Kikaru looked at his hand which had gotten very bloody. He gripped the blood.
"I'll prove to you…" he raised his katana again, with regained vigor.
"I will not fall." Kikaru's nose began bleeding.
The aura around Kikaru began to feel different as if he became a different person.
Jack felt goosebumps. "What is this feeling?"
With a stomp Kikaru dashed at Jack. He held his katana low to the ground.
Jack retaliated with another slash aimed at Kikaru's arm. It connected. Kikaru's right arm was bleeding even more now. However, he didn't stop.
"What?!"
Jack quickly took a step backwards and prepared to block kikaru's attack.
Both swords clashed against each other. Jack didn't expect Kikaru to put so much power behind the slash. He almost lost his footing.
"I made a promise!" Kikaru shouted at Jack as he slowly began overwhelming him with increasingly more rapid slashes.
Jack realized he was losing this battle. In an admission of defeat he closed his eyes as his sword flew out of his hand. He didn't fear the eternal darkness that was about to come over him.
"Shiawase style: Crossing Slash!" Kikaru shouted as he zoomed past Jack. A slash wound appeared on his chest. Jack fell to the ground unconscious.
Kikaru sheathed his sword. "However… I can't kill you…"
He fell on the grass, all the exhaustion and pain catching up to him. Kikaru groaned as he tried to stop the blooding. He ripped off his right sleeve to stop the bleeding. He was safe for now.
All Kikaru could do now was wait and hope for the other two to win their fights.
< Winner: Kikaru Aikawa>