Henry: "So you're really going to fight him, Ichiro…"
Henry says. He knows that it's a bad idea and that Ichiro will probably not survive this, not only because he had no rest but also because Arashi Mitsunaga is a monster. This doesn't change the fact that Henry believes in his best friend.
Ichiro: "I have no other choice…"
Ichiro knows that he has no chance, but he also knows that it is either him or his friends; he didn't waste a single second deciding that it should be him.
Henry: "This is stupid; I should fight him."
Ichiro: "You already did, and look what happened."
Henry became silent; he has nothing to say except,
Henry: "I wish you the best, and don't die."
Ichiro: "You think I will just die and leave you alone?"
Both laugh; Ichiro then enters the small arena. Arashi, who has been waiting, smiles at Ichiro.
Arashi: "Ready to die? Taketa fucker"
He says, while drawing out his katana,
Ichiro: "I see, a new sword."
Ichiro responds, drawing out his broom.
Henry, who is sitting at the small spectator area, alone, shaking his head, thinking about all the scenarios of the fight,
Henry: "Don't die, please."
He says in his head.
The arena they fight in is a traditional Mitsunaga arena where members of the Mitsunaga clan fought; back when they had more than two family branches, it's a place with over two hundred years of Mitsunaga history.
Arashi: "A broom?"
Ichiro: "I don't have a katana, not yet."
He responds with a smile.
Arashi wickedly smiles at Ichiro before rushing at him full-speed.
Ichiro, who is still wrapped in bandages, quickly swings his broom, blocking Arashi's attack.
Arashi falls back, confused by Ichiro's quick counter and how he wasn't able to cut through the broom.
Ichiro: "Confused? Did you forget who you have in front of you?"
Arashi, who is quick to anger, loses it.
Arashi: "You fucker."
…
Emilia: "Don't you want to see the fight?"
Hinata: "No, I already know who will win."
Emilia: "Arashi?"
Hinata: "I know my brother; even the person he is now, I know him very well. He has the highest potential in the history of the Mitsunaga, but his quick temper will be the reason why he will lose…"
Emilia: "Whoa."
Hinata: "Don't you want to watch the fight? He is your friend.
Emilia: "It's alright, it's just as you said it, Ichiro will win, not because of Arashi's temper, but because he is Ichiro Taketa."
…
Jack: "Where are you, you idiot?"
Jack has been looking for Lenny for a while now; his worries for his little brother even made him forget about the battle that just begun, but deep in his mind he already knows that Ichiro will not fail, which gives him also some sort of ease.
Jack looks around before growing dragon wings on his back to fly up to the sky; from there, he has a better view over the area in which he can try to sense his little brother via sensing his aura, but he doesn't sense anything.
Which is weird because right after Henry fought Arashi, he felt a weird sensation, something that included Lenny; at first he thought that no way Lenny would have to do something with it, but now after not being able to find him, he starts to worry more and more about him.
Jack: "Lenny, if I find you, I will make you pay for making me worry this much."
…
Lenny: "Where, where am I?"
Lenny asks himself, while finding himself in a dark basement, chained to a metal table,
Lenny: "What the?"
Kaelvyn: "Don't worry, whatever they try, it won't work?"
Lenny is frightened by the voice that suddenly started talking in his head.
Lenny: "K-kaelvyn? Where am I?"
Kaelvyn: "Deep down under the Mitsunaga main residency"
Lenny: "Why? How did we get here?"
???: "He is awake."
A voice says from the distance, revealing a soldier who then opens a metal door.
A man enters the room; it is Soshi.
Lenny: "Soshi? Good to see you. Can you get me out?"
Lenny asks with fear written all over his face,
Kaelvyn: "Don't trust him."
Kaelvyn says quickly before Soshi opens his mouth to speak,
Soshi: "Lenny, you have something that the Mitsunaga family wants back."
Lenny: "S-sure, whatever it is."
Kaelvyn: "He will kill you."
Lenny: "WHAT?"
Lenny responds, not knowing that he spoke it out loud.
Soshi: "You are hearing him, so you already have a bond with him."
Soshi says while putting on gloves,
Kaelvyn: "You have to trust me."
Lenny: "Whatever you're trying to do, get me out of here."
Lenny responds, again saying it out loud by accident.
Lenny then notices something, something weird; his body starts to change; his eyes are shining neon green while slowly a neon green aura is forming around him, slowly charging up.
Lenny: "I—is this your doing—…?"
Lenny asks, before getting interrupted by something crashing in from above, leaving a hole in the ceiling of the room,
Jack: "Found you."
Jack says after crashing into the room,
Jack looks around, noticing Soshi and the neon-green shining Lenny.
Jack: "What the fuck is going on here?"
…
Arashi takes another swing just to get it blocked again by Ichiro.
Arashi: "FIGHT BACK!"
He shouts in anger.
Ichiro smiles while continuing his strategy. Ichiro knew from the beginning that he had no chance against Arashi, but he also never doubted his skills, so instead of attacking, Ichiro decided to concentrate on blocking and countering Arashi's attacks.
Since Ichiro fought Arashi once, he remembered Arashi's style of fighting; based on that information, he created a combat style only focusing on countering Arashi's wild and brutal attacks. This is the prodigy that Ichiro Taketa is.
Ichiro knows that his only way to win is either by making Arashi tired or frustrating him so that he would give up, but he knows that before either of those two happens, he will be the one to get exhausted first.
Ichiro's only chance to win is him holding his ground against Arashi until a miracle happens.