
(At another place)
Three men waited in a room lit only by a candle. “How long to release the souls of the three insects.” A big man is a big man with a muscular body. She has a long braided hairstyle, with hair extending far to the side, and balding at the top of her head. He had a long bushy beard and mustache, bushy eyebrows, and prominent dark circles around his eyes. Similar to his partner, he wore armor on his lower arm. He also wore a large iron pauldron on his left shoulder. "What do you think Ibara?" He asked the other muscular man.
Ibara is a large man with a muscular body, wearing shorts similar to a Muay Thai fighter. He had strange markings around the top of his head that resembled stitches. Her hair was long and braided into two long strands at the bottom, with long bangs framing each side of her face. His eyes were abnormal, with a black sclera all over. There are dark colored marks or tattoos visible on his face and body. Similar to fellow Rakshasa Demons, Ibara also wore armor on her arms.
"Who cares, if they fail, I will go and kill all three myself" he said with a big smile at the thought of killing someone. The last man frowned looking at the attitude of the two.
"Can you two shut up! I swear why the Prime Minister should order you bastards to protect me." The man said many things out loud to the two men. The big-bearded man had to arrest Ibara to kill the man. The tense atmosphere was interrupted by the entry of Suzuka who was only wearing badly burned clothes. His entire body was filled with severe incisions. Looks like someone tried to cook it alive. "Oh, look who's back. Looks like those people exceeded your abilities?" The third man asked the woman who was on fire.
“It turns out one of them could cut anything and try chopping me alive under the house.” He said before sighing while daydreaming as a red hue spread across his peeling cheeks. "I think I'm in love." He told the three of them to hear it.
"Sten, I think we might need a new partner." Ibara said to the stoic man who nodded slowly. The two realize their teammate's love for pain, but thinking he'll say that he's in love with someone who wants to chop him alive is what drives him.
"So where's Mez?" Sten asked him.
“Assuming someone else is as strong as the man I'm dealing with, I said he's dead.” He said before the door behind him exploded. The two men stood guard, the latter stood up and opened the secret door leading underground. Suzuka was too hurt and moved away from whoever broke down the door.
"He chased the traitor and killed him." Yoriichi said to the black-haired girl who nodded and went down trying to stop him only for Yoriichi to appear in front of him and kick him away. "There's no way I'm gonna let you go after him" said the samurai, "This time I'm serious." Yoriichi said as he pulled out his sword. He had no idea how strong the two of them were and he would not take any risks especially now that Sayo might be in danger.
"Seriously?!" Ibara shouted before laughing out loud. "Do you think the magic mascara will help you? Die!" He shouted while extending his hand and shot towards Yoriichi. To a normal person it might seem like a speeding bullet, but to Yoriichi the hand moved in slow motion. Yoriichi brushed off the hand from him which shattered every bone in Ibara's hand.
Sten attacks Yoriichi only for the Samurai to easily dodge his attack and retaliates with an elbow that destroys the man's stomach. The bearded man had no chance as blood came out of his mouth and he fell to the ground with his eyes twisting backwards. Ibara roared furiously as she extended her other hand towards Yoriichi.
Sayside
The woman chased the man through a series of underground caves before eventually cornering him. "I got you!" he shouted while shooting arrows at the man. The older man smirked as he suddenly turned around and shot an arrow made of pure fire. Sayo barely avoided it without getting hurt in the slightest.
Nine more arrows flew towards him from the bow in the man's hand. Thanks to the hard training Yoriichi had given him, he managed to get out of the situation with just a few burns when the arrows grazed his skin.
'They stopped.' he thought inwardly as the man stopped shooting arrows. Judging from his annoyed facial expression, it was definitely not his idea. Most likely it was some kind of weakness that the bow had that prevented one from firing a swarm of arrows by limiting it to ten shots before they required a certain 'recharging' period.
"Enough! I will not waste my time with this miserable fight!" The man said as he shot another arrow towards Sayo. The girl desperately tried to avoid him without getting hit. Each missed arrow triggered a huge fire on the spot where it landed that lit up the tunnel. After the tenth arrow, Sayo saw the man was unable to shoot anymore. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he shot an arrow that stuck deep in his chest.
"Yes!" He shouted while preparing another shot but before he could fire his bow started working again. He ran down the tunnel while dodging the fire arrows. Once again after ten shots were fired, the attack stopped.
"Damn it! Why don't you work!?" the man asked while trying to break his knee. It seemed that the bow was responding to the insults and burning his clothes.
Sayo again directed her shot but this time it was aimed at the man's head which was the only part of the body that did not burn. 'I will make you proud Yoriichi, Tatsumi, and Ieyasu!' he thought to himself as the arrow in his hand flew towards the man. Sayo herself felt mixed when she saw the arrow piercing through the man's skull and brain.
The fire was extinguished almost a few seconds after the traitor died. Sayo panted a little as she walked into the bow. Fear gripped his heart as his hand slowly headed towards the bow. He had seen the impact on his target and did not want to suffer the same fate.
"You can do it, Sayo." Looking back he found Yoriichi standing behind him with a smile. The black haired girl looked a little unsure but strengthened her nerves and gripped Teigu. Instead of a burning feeling, he instead felt a wave of warmth flooding over him as if he was basking in the sun in the spring. "You did it!" Yoriichi yelled as he ran and hugged her. Sayo blushed when she heard the contact but returned her embrace. It was his first mission and a great success. 'I did it!'