"Ah, mister samurai, I see now why you like these clothes so much."
Kamui was standing in front of the mirror, checking out himself. Things like these were the reason he loved bets. A quick glance at the mirror made him chuckle again. Takasugi Shinsuke was sitting there, smoking his kiseru, with a look of annoyance on his face. It was obvious he hated this situation.
It all happened last night. The whole crew was drinking and relaxing after a whole week of exhausting work. The atmosphere was very cheerful and soon, plenty of people were under the influence of alcohol. It was Bansai who started this challenge. Claiming Takasugi is way better fighter than Kamui, he proposed that they try and extinguish the candle in front of them. Kamui was all for it, but it was truly a surprise when Takasugi got up and took his sword which was put leaning on the wall behind him.
Everything was going smoothly. Kamui extinguished his candle like it was nothing, but when he turned to see what Takasugi did, he collapsed on the floor laughing. Bansai knocked the table where the candle has been placed, just out of reach for Takasugi, so it was still burning. This indeed earned him angry Matako, but he survived it. Takasugi was furious, but he had enough pride to admit a defeat.
"So, what will it be?"
Kamui just grinned. "Clothes swap."
So they were now bound to wear each other's clothes for 24 hours, much to Takasugi's dismay. Kamui, on the other hand, was thrilled. He kept posing in front of Takasugi, wearing bandages over his left eye and turning around to spite the samurai. When he realized that the other man wasn't paying enough attention to him, he snatched the kiseru out of his hand.
"Now, now, kiseru is part of the clothing too."
The killing intent Takasugi shot towards him would be enough to make any other man run for cover, but Kamui just chuckled and started imitating Takasugi smoking. The samurai made a motion to take his sword, only to grab empty air.
"Sword is a part of the clothing too."
That was the last straw. Takasugi, wearing Kamui's clothes and an eye patch stood so suddenly and grabbed the sword so quickly Kamui didn't even realize what was happening. He shot a dirty look towards the Yato and left the room.
"Where are you going?"
"To kill Bansai!" The response resonated through the empty halls of the ship.
