*RIIIIING!!!*
The bell ringing indicates that the fourth round of Deathmatch has ended. Kiyo, is lying on the ground as he's trying to catch his breath. As he's gasping for air, he muttered something...
"That Ten, I feel like he's trying to give me the win all along with how much handicap he gives me. I can tell... that he can cut our throat anytime he wants to. Even if Flow Of The Wind can sense him..."
Yes, Kiyo was right, Ten could've killed all of them the second they stepped into the city. So Kiyo's assumption for Ten's behavior is that...
(He will tell us something regardless of the outcome of this match)
...
A few minutes before the game of tag started...
After embracing death, Ryuma opened his eyes and realized he was in the air. He looked left, he looked right, and there wasn't any sight of the soul that died before him anywhere. And then, Ryuma heard the sound that made his head turn towards it.
"What do I do, What do I do..." Alex was anxious for some reason, and then Ryuma realized that there was the sight of Rio and Mika who were being hit by the Purple Fire right before Alex. Seeing the state they both were in, Ryuma hurriedly came to Alex as he was floating.
"What happened?!" Shouts Ryuma as he swims over to Alex. When Ryuma arrives over to Alex, his eyelids widen as he looks at the burned wound from both Rio and Mika. Ryuma tried to touch the burned wound, but Alex hurriedly stopped him.
"No, don't touch that!" But it was too late before the sting sensation pierced the tip of his finger. The same sensation when he blocked Derugo's punch. Alex, just realized that Ryuma has the same wound caused by the purple fire on his arm.
"You got hit by the Purple Fire too?! Oh no, uh... for now take the painkiller-"
"Wait, wait slow down a bit." Ryuma rejects Alex who gives him a painkiller and decides to prioritize the unconscious one first. After giving them both the painkiller, Ryuma too decides to take one for himself.
"So, the Purple Fire won't stop burning until the whole soul is dead, is that it?"
"Yes, that's what Derugo himself told me. But thankfully, it was burning slowly enough for us to get someone to heal their soul. That's one way to stop Purple Fire from burning anymore. Until then, its victim has to suffer as the Purple Fire will burn their soul every second..."
As Alex said, Ryuma could hear the small groaning from the two who were the victims of Purple Fire. The unknown feelings inside Ryuma's mind started to hit the wall. Am I gonna punch that 'Purple Boy' when all of this is gone? Ryuma's been thinking about any consequences he could do in the past if he could. But that doesn't matter anymore since all of this has ended.
*Cough!**Cough!*
The coughing sound has gained Ryuma's attention from one of the victims who is also his friend. Rioga Tenjiro.
"Rio!" Ryuma tried to shout for Rio's attention, but he then noticed Rio himself couldn't get up as he was still groaning in pain. But Rio was able to open his eyelids as he met Ryuma's pupil, eye to eye. Rio, struggled to mutter the word, but he was able to by sheer will.
"I'm sorry, Ryuma..."
"What?!" Struggling words from Rio made Ryuma's heart ache.
"I'm sorry I shouted at you for no reason. I don't know why, in my very soul, I want to run away from this school. Something, something that I feel comes from everyone... I don't know how to describe it..."
"Rio! Get the hold of yourself!"
"I'm sorry, but I think this is it for me... Send my regards to Grandpa, and maybe to Raiko, that fucking bitch just didn't expect me to go out like this..." Ryuma looked down as Rio said that, perhaps he's given up hope and will Rio rest in peace. That's what Rio thought before he smacked his face twice.
"Wha- What was that for?!" Rio was confused as to why Ryuma smacked his face, and then Ryuma, pulled Rio's collar towards himself. With a straight face, he then said...
"You think you're gonna die right here? Look at him before you're gonna give me that fucking dying word!" Ryuma pointed at Mika who was floating right beside Rio. Rio immediately noticed the burning wound on almost every part of his body.
As Mika is unconscious, Rio deep down knew, that he is still clinging to life.
"Compared your wound to him, I can bet that Mika will live through all this while you're fucking dead. And I can see that, he will look down on you who can't even resist the same pain he got." Ryuma pulled his collar, bringing Rio's face even closer.
"I will be there for you. If you have anything specific you wanna say, shout it right to my fucking face!" At the same time, the Red Fire grew larger from Ryuma's hand. The fire went to Rio, but Rio's suffering didn't grow larger instead, the pain had gone down for some reason.
"For now, I... for one will find a way to heal back your soul to the way it was before. For now, just rest. Eat these painkillers until your soul is healed. Goodbye for now, my friend." As Ryuma said that, Rio closed his eyes with a minimal amount of pain as he rested.
At that time, Alex's instinct tells him that the Red Fire just fends off the Purple Fire which is burning on Rio's soul.
"Wait, I can see it, the Purple Fire became smaller!" Hearing words from Alex, Ryuma immediately went over to Mika whose Purple Fire is burning all over his body. Ryuma for one, slowly uses his Red Fire all over Mika.
"Red Fire properties, it has a stronger output than Purple Fire, and it can only damage anything physically! So Red Fire can't burn ghost like us right now!" As time goes by, Ryuma can feel Mika's pain subside as he's not groaned in pain like he used to be before.
"Thank god Alex, if it's not because of you, Mika would still be burned by Red Fire..." Ryuma can feel he's losing consciousness, but with the satisfied feelings as he closes his eyes.
...
Ryuma opened his eyes, knowing that he'd been revived, and he got up. But then he realized that there were a lot of people gathering right in the middle of the infirmary. By then, it took a second for Ryuma to realize that Kiyo was in the middle of the crowd, while lifting Derugo by his collar.