"Not yet... I still have to get back Hirari..." Kamino stood up weakly, the half-bladed sword in his hand, with them being clammy.
"You care more about your sword then your friend?!" Sho boomed, looking at Kamino.
"No... I care about both, just as equally."

(Opening)

"Then are you planning to finish this now? How cute..." Sho grinned with a crooked smile, as Kamino ran towards Sho, who then disappeared as Kamino stood in the centre of the battlefield.

"He clearly doesn't understand Hirari... The longer you move with it creates wind and air in the direction your moving..." Kamino dodged Sho's first strike, before he disappeared again. "That's why my movements are erratic, to remove the wind set-back so people can't figure out the weakness..." Kamino then skid to the side as he tried to figure out the wind and where he'd go next. "Sure you "disappear" from how fast your moving... But if you look closely you can see the person... If your eyes are that trained, that is!" Kamino clashed his half blade against Hirari, as the Shogun God spat. The two departed their blades.

"Well, this isn't as easy as I thought it'd be..." He muttered as he squinted his eyes at Kamino.

"I know the weapon inside out after all...!" Kamino ran towards Sho who disappeared straight after. "Damn it!" Then, Kamino was stabbed in the stomach, from the back by Hirari, as he choked on blood; gritting his teeth as it stung bad. The insides of him were leaking out, and he knew that if he didn't finish up the match, Kashii would've died. Narrowing his eyes, he clutched his stomach and tried to bear with the pain.

"But you couldn't stop this!" Sho announced, pulling the bloody sword out of Kamino. He then disappeared in a flash, before reappearing in front of Kamino, as the two clashed blades once more.

Kamino dragged on the clash as long as he could, walking backwards towards the broken part of his sword. Swooping downwards, he picked up the broken blade on the floor and shot his arm upwards, thrusting the piece into Sho's left eye, which prompted the God to stumble onto the floor and cover his eye with his left hand, dropping his normal sword, as blood seeped to the ground.

"Thanks for the weapon!" Kamino grabbed onto the sword he dropped, before Sho turned his head to him.

"...who knew..." Sho grinned menacingly, his lips curled in a Cheshire Cat smile. "WHO KNEW YOU COULD TAKE OUT ONE OF MY EYES?!" He laughed insanely, before Kamino froze just as he was about to attack. His face mask dropped as Sho stood up, his fit of laughter continuing.

"...what's wrong with you?!" Kamino replied in disgust as Sho stopped and his lips turned into a boring frown.

"I could ask the same thing." He narrowed his other eye and threw two daggers at Kamino who dodged them both, before kneeling down to get the weapons... Until a crackling sound was heard.

Kamino cocked his head towards the Shogun God, coated in dark red flames.

"Agni, DAHAH!" He bellowed, as Kamino's eyes widened. His fire bursted outwards, slithering across the whole arena so Kamino couldn't escape. He ran away from the fire as it was burning and creating thick smoke which was unpleasant to breathe in due to the smell it had. As the flames were about to hit Kamino's feet, he jumped in the air and lunged towards the God who was now coated in red rather than the gold-red mix because of Hirari. He turned his head to face Kamino who was flying mid air and heated up the fire, it turning blue as a result, before the God stood up and grabbed Kamino by the throat. Sho stared at Kamino with a fierce grin, with his upper left hand covering his eye, upper right hand grasping Hirari and his lower hands wrapped around tightly on his neck. As Kamino gagged and choked on thick air and not being able to breathe, he was staring at Kashii who was watching weakly, her face in shock and denial, while blood poured out and she didn't have a clear cut way to stop it. Her face was grim, and Kamino narrowed his eyes. Flames approached fast near his face, an intense, hot warmth coming from it, and it was dark blue too. It was the hottest and most smokiest thing Kamino felt, as the flames burst against his face as he screamed in agony, his skin bubbling and bursting, leaving a charr and scaring marks while his mouth was agape, screaming in pain as he could see Kashii in his brutal attacks. His hair was being burnt off and his face was being burnt too, and his eyes were barely open to see what was going on. In desperation, Kamino thrusted his sword forward and stabbed the God in the chest, as Sho grit his teeth and let go of Kamino who dropped in flames, his clothes being melted and stuck to his skin.

While Kamino was on the floor writhing in agonistic pain, Sho stepped back and the flames died down, as he dropped to his knees and gripped his chest with his lower arms.

"No... How... HOW?! NO ONE EVER SURVIVES BEING FLAMETHROWER'D FOR A GOOD TEN SECONDS?! HOW COULD THIS BE?!" He yelled in anger as he stared at Kamino. "YOU..." He said through gritted teeth, as Kamino stood up weakly, the back of his clothes melted in with his skin, creating a sticky feeling and a painful one on his back. He opened his eyes, dried and red, and his face mask was burnt off entirely while his lips were dry and his skin was burnt and cracked. His hair was shorter and he limped over to Sho.

"...I'm going to... I'm going to..." Kamino repeated, before the God charged at Kamino once more, thrusting his sword forward wildly as Kamino grabbed onto the sword which grazed his side. He was then coated in the same golden colour. "I'm going to kill you!" He screamed, before swiftly jumping on the back of the God and putting the sword sideways against his neck, before pulling towards him, effectively guillotining his head off, as blood spewed on Kamino's face. The body dropped forward onto the ground, and the head was flung back, hitting the wall of the dojo. Then he proceeded to take back Hirari and weakly go over to Kashii, carrying her.

"...Kami... No..." She breathed, putting her hand against his heart.

"Save your breath... I need you to live...!!" Kamino bit his bottom lip, as his eyes stung. His head was hung low as the Slave's cage was opened suddenly, a mechanical clank opened the door.

"Thank yo-"

"Take the power. I don't need it. I need to save my friend..." Kamino looked at the sky, his eyes narrowed with anger and frustration, and tears stung his dry eyes. "Hirari..." Kamino slid it under Kashii and sped off to the nearest hospital. Just before Kamino ran off, the Slave put her hand on his back and was carried along.

Kashii gasped as she opened her eyes, now being in a light turquoise gown with bandages all over her body, and a weird feeling in her chest which made her stomach curl.

"You're awake.. Thank goodness!" Hoshiko breathed a sigh of relief.

"...eh? Aren't you that girl from the..." Kashii's face paled. Her stomach churned once more before she asked, "Am... I, dead?" The faint sound of the heart monitor echoed throughout the room which was a cream yellow in colour, with the floor being grey tiles. In the centre back was Kashii who was sitting up in bed, with wires attached to her body and a heart monitor tracking her heartbeat, which was going extremely quick now as her face was pale and she felt sick. The blanket was plain white and the window of the room was open, chirping of birds could be heard outside. It was bright outside, and a subtle warmth from the sun kept the room warm, and the door was closed.

"No, you're not. You barely survived that fight and went through heart surgery. A blessing you received somehow was barely keeping you alive." Hoshiko explained quickly as she was in a seat next to Kashii. "It's been a day since you defeated the God and well... You need to rest."

"...what... What about Kami-chan?!" She blurted out, more worried for her friend as she could remember bits and pieces of the fight, but more of the fiery bit.

"He's the one that brought us here. He's the reason why you're saved." Hoshiko explained as she pushed some hair behind her ear. Her head was hung low, not looking at Kashii. "Satsujintou-san is going through lots of surgery right now to remove his clothes from his skin and to treat his severe burns and lungs. He has difficulty breathing now..."

Kashii was stunned by the news, hearing he was in worse shape than she was, and gripped at the blanket angrily. Hoshiko looked at Kashii's angry face. "Inhaling all that smoke to get back his sword. Plus, he even hurt his own body by pushing it to the limit that fight and bringing us here."

"How long will he be there...?" She asked her.

"I don't know. You're going to have to ask a doctor about that." Hoshiko replied in a sad tone.

"Damn it..." Kashii squeaked, her eyes tearing up. "Why... Why..."

"Please, don't cry!" Hoshiko stood up and hugged her, "It'll be alright..."

"He's in this because of me..." Kashii sobbed, tears rolling down as her face became bright red. "I'm so weak..."

"It's okay... He's alive, isn't he?" Hoshiko looked at her with a gentle look, as Kashii buried her face with her hands, crying softly.

"My body hurts..." Kamino thought as he was almost butt naked bar the clothes burnt onto him and was laying on his side. A soft groan came from him as the surgeon stopped what he was doing. He was in a bed of sorts, with lights shining down on him as a surgeon in green was extracting the clothes melted inside the skin from Kamino.

"Satsujintou-san, please, stop moving!"

"What... Happened...?" He looked at the doctor who was behind him, holding the medical tools as a stand with bloody tissues and a bin with the extracted clothes were next to him, and behind him further back was an assistant which was on the computer looking at Kamino's medical records.

"I'll explain shortly, but please, I'm performing an extremely delicate surgery!" The surgeon explained as Kamino nodded weakly and fell on his front side, body aching, and closed his eyes. The surgeon gently put the anaesthetic mask on his face as Kamino inhaled the drug, and fell asleep.

#3: [Ignite] END.

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A/N

Uh, I'm not sure what to say but yeah, Kamino will never look the same again...

He could be... Bandage Man!

Cause he's wearing bandages cause of the burns and shit..

I'm not sure if you should actually be wearing bandages, so I'll need to research that, don't I?

The next arc is coming up soon, so get ready for that shit!

That's all, Fox out!

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