Red Butterfly

As Ryuma moved forward, Ten managed to craze Ryuma before he could see it. Ryuma counterattack as he barely dodges the attack. Ten evaded the punch. And then the kick, being read like a book, Ten managed to get a few punches on Ryuma. But, the force is the same when he punches his ribcage.

For Ryuma who's used to being hit in 16 years of his life, that much force just barely made Ryuma feel any pain. But, Ten's movement was so fast and swift that he had no way of intercepting any of his attacks. And so, Ryuma decides to switch to defending as he observes Ten.

(Is this guy using boxing? But his moves were a bit weird. Wait, the more I watch this guy, I feel like he's slower than before. Was I perhaps getting used to his movement? But no, my movement can't even catch up to his-)

As they both were throwing hands, Ryuma's punch was actually able to land on Ten, despite Ten blocking it with his arm. Ten's arm was staggered a bit as he backed off, Ryuma then used this opportunity to land a few hits on Ten.

Even so, all of Ryuma's attacks were blocked by Ten's arm. Ryuma was almost irritated because he couldn't get any good hit on Ten. But by the seconds, he observes as he marches forward. By the seconds, Ryuma's observation worked wonder as he punched Ten in the arm.

(That was a clean hit, as many hits as that arm can take, Soon enough that arm will be numb and unusable for a while. That's the time when he's most vulnerable. But should he use the portal to escape, that would be quite the problem.)

Then, Ryuma grabbed Ten's arm cloth. Managed to grab Ten's clothes, Ryuma leaned forward, as if he was embracing his bed every night, Ryuma with an open arm, tried to hug Ten in a low angle.

Ten anticipated this move, he then proceeded to stomp on Ryuma's face as he backed off a bit. But it was ineffective as Ryuma was unwavering from the stomp. Having been stomped on the face, Ryuma managed to grab Ten's whole leg.

"Got you~"

Ryuma spun his body as he jumped to the ground, along with Ten whose leg got hugged by Ryuma. The dirt smeared the two as they were fighting at a really close distance. Ryuma managed to get Ten on the ground with his judo technique. Seeing this as an opportunity Ryuma tried to hit Ten with his fist. Meanwhile, all Ten were able to do was try to intercept any of those incoming fists.

(I got him! I have pinned him down! First, I'll try to grab and break his arm as I punched him. And then, when the moment comes, I'll smack his head and lead him unconscious-)

"Eh?... Why am I able to see half...- IT HURTS!!!" Ryuma can feel an intense pain in his right eye. As his hand tried to touch the eyes that were in pain, he then realized that someone had already had their finger on it.

"Looks like I can't cut with the barehanded after all." At that moment, the sound of liquid echoes vividly in Ryuma's ear. Soon, he recognized the crimson-red liquid that was dropped on Ten.

"AHHHHH!!!!" Ryuma screamed until his lungs were numb from pain. As the finger pushed deeper, Ryuma's left sclera became redder. It wasn't until then that Ryuma realized Ten pierced his right eye with his thumb. Ryuma tried to grab the hand that had pierced his eye, but Ten pulled it out and gave Ryuma a punch on the chin.

Even if Ryuma's brain was shaking from the hit, his instinct led him to become a wild animal. With or without consciousness, Ryuma slammed Ten with his fist, but it was blocked by Ten's elbow. At that moment, Ryuma could feel his bones were broken as his fist came into contact with Ten's elbow.

Ten double chops Ryuma's neck on both sides, led to his respiratory system being disturbed. Ryuma couldn't catch a breath because of Ten. Even so, he still tried to at least give damage to Ten before going down. But it was a failure.

The both hands that tried to grab Ten lose their direction as Ten gives an elbow to both of them. That leaves Ryuma exposed as his hands are touching the ground. Not being able to dodge it, not being able to block it, Ten hit Ryuma right on his temporal bone. That hit was truly the moment Ryuma lost its grip on Ten.

Ten managed to escape from being pinned by Ryuma. And then, the dagger came out from nowhere and landed on his hand. Had his eye on the heart, Ten tried to pierce it with the dagger. But that attempt was disturbed by the certain someone who's supposed to die.

"Not before me you bastard!" Kiyo intercepts Ten at the last moment with the sword in his hand. Ten was a bit surprised by the unpredictable moment that happened before his eyes. But, he also sees the damage he's done to Kiyo, no normal person would be able to even stand up by now.

"....You used the wind to deviate the spread shot away from your vital spot. I must say, for someone of your age, you were already able to intercept my every move. But if you were born a little earlier, the current me would not be able to beat you."

(What is this guy saying?! HUH?! It's coming!)

Kiyo grabbed Ryuma who was still unconscious from Ten's last hit away from Ten. Second after, numerous amount of different types of guns appeared before him out of nowhere. Ten grabbed one of the weapons called the M4 carbine.

The sight was pointed toward the two, Kiyo who had Ryuma in his arm would not be able to evade it in time. But, the certain someone was able to wake up in time before the death fell upon them.

"Ryuma, you-" Kiyo couldn't mutter any word in that span of 2 seconds. As his pupils glowed at the sight of Red Fire before him, Ryuma pointed his index finger toward Ten. Gleaming in the color red, the fire resembles the shape of a butterfly.

"Red Princess..." The word 'Princess' reminds Ryuma of the certain someone with the nickname 'Ice Cold Princess', because the shape, and the word of 'Butterfly' were the shape of the soul of herself.