Face-off with Kuzan and Ikuto! And Ikuto is gonna see how manipulating Kuzan can really be.


Pre-Showdown

Outside on the cavern prison, Ikuto walks over towards the entrances to where Yuki is being held prisoner at and if Kuzan did any harm to her, he's bringing in 10 times more worse to Kuzan and it would be painful for Kuzan and if needed, he'll bring in Rake for assistance in case things go down. As he kept walking by, he kept his guard up to be aware of what's happening and he came totally prepared with his hammer chain with a pendulum on his waist. As he kept walking by, he looks at the silver necklace that he intends to give to Yuki as a symbol of their love and unity towards each other and he holds it tightly and said, "I will find you, Yuki. Just hold on."

He puts it on his side pocket to prevent losing it or having to run the risk of getting it stolen and just kept wandering around to search for Kuzan...yet he's completely unaware that Kuzan's looking at him from an above distance, patiently waiting. But Kuzan has other plans for Ikuto and as he leaps down from the ground, close to where Ikuto was, he definitely gave him something to pay attention to.

As Ikuto's ears perked, he turns around and comes face to face with Kuzan and he became completely serious and a little bit menacing and Kuzan said, "So...you're man enough to come here, aren't you?"

"Enough small talk. Where is Yuki?" asked Ikuto, angrily with his fist closed tight.

"You mean my wife?" asked Kuzan, with a smirk.

That literally made Ikuto very enraged to hear that because obviously it's a lie. If Kuzan 'married' her, he would have a ring on and Ikuto immediately pins him down to the wall, growling angrily and he said, "That's a full-on lie. I can see it in your face. Now where the hell is she?!"

Kuzan shoves him down to the ground and he said to him, "Why would you want her anyway? She's mine and you know that much better!"

Ikuto wanted to slice off Kuzan's entire head until he tells him where Yuki is and he said, "I'm not putting up with your games here. You're gonna tell me now...WHERE IS YUKI?!"

Then, Kuzan throws off the biggest response or lie he could ever bruing Ikuto's world down to manipulate him and with an evil smirk, he answered, "You won't find her here...because she's dead."

Shock went through Ikuto's head after he hears this and he backs away slowly in disbelief and he whispered, "No..."

"Yes...she's dead." Kuzan said, evilly.

"No!" Ikuto exclaimed.

"I killed her myself. If I can't have her, she can't have life as well. Besides...she deserves to be killed. She's a worthless, no-good pathetic girl who doesn't even deserve you." Kuzan said, in a cold tone.

Tears were filling up Ikuto's eyes to hear the devastating news that Yuki got 'killed' by the hands of Kuzan and he closed his eyes for a minute to mourn, but then opens his eyes with tears still in his eyes, but in a rage that Kuzan was responsible for this and he said, "You crossed the line. Now you're going to pay for what you have done to my true love!"

"You? A wolf like yourself in love with a tigress? That is against the laws of nature! You're never good enough for her!" Kuzan exclaimed.

All of those stinging words that Kuzan instilled in Ikuto's brain and he's already heard the news from Kuzan's mouth and he's not gonna take this lying down and Ikuto got himself up in a rage and he said, "You're a liar!"

Just then, half of Kuzan's army surrounded Ikuto, all drawn with swords, knives, arrows and more weapons to get Ikuto with, but Ikuto is willing to fight back for Yuki and Kuzan said, "Looks like you're gonna be next in line to be killed. I'll make sure that you'll join Yuki."

"You've asked for it." Ikuto said, angrily.


Spoiler alert in the next chapter: Yuki's still alive! But the action...is just beginning!