(Kazumi and Bartok)

*September 19th, 1918*

*7:10pm*

Kazumi prepared for his battle with Peter Ermakov as he polished his sword by using a cloth while Peter Ermakov waited for his opponent to be finished.

"I heard about you from Kaede and it seems that you're quite the terrible guy right?" Kazumi asked as he continued to polish his sword in the process.

"It seems that everyone knows that Kaede bitch! Well I can't wait for her to discover that her friends are dead due to her leaving them!" Peter Ermakov exclaimed as he let out a hearty but cruel laugh in the process as Olga glared at him.

"You are wrong. Kaede will never abandon her friends in times of need and she is on a quest to become even stronger for her friends so It's wrong of you to make assumptions about Kaede" Olga said in a strict tone of voice as she went back to tending to Bartok's wounds.

"You're just like your whore German mother with that preachy talk! I just can't WAIT to finally kill you just like I did before that Anastasia bitch messed up everything…" Peter Ermakov said in an angered yet calm tone of voice as this caused Olga to look back up to him but this time in a more angered facial tone.

"Please don't speak ill about my mother, my friend and my sister ever again you got that! What have we ever done to make you loathe us so much? Well? Answer me!" Olga said in a more pissed off tone of voice as she glared at Peter Ermakov.

"Well alot of reasons but I don't want to waste my time talking to someone like you!" Peter Ermakov spat out as he gave Olga the middle finger which pissed off Kazumi greatly.

"You bastard! Don't you ever talk about Olga's mother and sister and especially don't call my cousin a Bitch! And do you have any respect for women? Cause clearly you don't! But after this fight you will.." Kazumi said in a pissed off tone of voice as he prepared for battle.

"I have a lot of respect for Women! It's just for Icy bitches like her I just don't!" Peter Ermakov replied back in an annoyed tone of voice as he prepared for battle as well.

"I'm gonna check on Bartok!" Maria cried out as she attempted to run out of the hideout however Tatiana stopped her before she could.

"W-What are you doing Tanya?" Maria asked as she stared at her older sister with a look of worryness on her face.

"It's too dangerous and I understand you want to tend to Bartok however Olga said for everyone to say so please listen and respect her wishes okay?" Tatiana advised as she gave a look of concern for her safety.

"I-I wanna be there for Bartok and I just don't wanna feel bad for not being by his side…" Maria said in a sad tone of voice as she looked down.

"I'm sure Bartok will understand and besides he knows the risks of you being out in the front so I think he won't hold nothing against you I can ensure that but you are also a grown woman so you can also make your own choices as well" Tatiana spoke to her sister with a warm smile on her face as her words seemed to have reached Maria.

"Thank you very much and Don't worry! I will be safe from harm's way!" Maria said as she smiled and ran from the hideout to comfort Bartok.

"Maria must care about Bartok doesn't she?" Yelena wrote as she showed Tatiana her thoughts with a smile on her face.

"It's obvious that she loves him and I'm happy for her as well so I wish nothing but the very best for them" Tatiana responded with a smile as she looked over at Maria.

"Don't worry! I'm here for you!" Maria said as she ran over to Bartok and knelt down beside him and held his hand for comfort.

"Maria. I thought I told you to stay with the others right?" Olga said as she looked up to Maria.

"I know I know but I just wanna be here for Bartok and he has helped us so much back on the train so just being there for him really helps" Maria said warmly as she smiled.

"It's pretty obvious that Maria is in love with Bartok and she is showing her love to him even in the most dire of times so you better not die on us Bartok!" Olga thought to herself as she smiled at Maria before smiling back at Bartok as she continued to tend to his wounds.

"Well then why not come up here and do something about it!" Peter Ermakov spat as he prepared for battle.

"Let me do the honors then!" Kazumi cried out as he charged towards him with great speed as he clashed his sword with Peter's while the pair engaged in an intense struggle.

"You really think you stand a chance against me if so you got another thing coming!" Peter Ermakov cried out.

As he used his right hand to let go of the sword while still holding it with his left hand to deliver a hard uppercut to Kazumi's jaw as the force of the punch sent him flying.

"K-Kazumi!" Maria and Olga cried out in shock as they saw Kazumi cry out in pain as he collapsed to the ground.

"I-I'm fine...that bastard is even stronger than Bahadur! Just what type of training did he endure…" Kazumi uttered in pain as he slowly got up while holding his jaw in the process.

"Training? I never did any of that. It's just that I'm just better in combat than any of you people here now let's continue this bloodbath shall we?" Peter Ermakov responded as he crossed his arms in the process.

"I see? Well It seems I have to use THAT move then" Kazumi said to himself as he did a stance which surprised Peter Ermakov.

"And what In the world is that? Don't make me laugh!" Peter Ermakov cried out as he laughed while doing a stance as well.

"He's doing that move like he did with those Misha tribe guys" Anastasia said in awestruck as she was witnessing what was about to happen.

"What do you mean?" Alexei asked with curiosity in his voice.

"Just you wait and see!" Anastasia responded back with a smile as Alexei simply nodded his head.

"Here goes! This is an attack I've been learning as well! TSUJIGIRI!" Kazumi cried out as he dashed towards Peter Ermakov's direction with great speed.

"As if you are able to defeat me!" Peter Ermakov cried out.

As both foes dashed towards each other with great speed before coming into contact with one another as both of them were now in the opposite direction.

"D-Did it work…" Olga uttered in shock as she saw what just happened as she noticed a small cut on Peter Ermakov's cheek.

"It managed to hurt him but his armor isn't coming off…" Maria thought to herself as she held Bartok's hand more tightly.

"D-Damn it! I only managed to graze him but this is a sign that I can actually w-win.." Kazumi uttered as he felt a jolt of pain from his stomach area as he held on to it in pain.

"I see? I failed to take you seriously but you managed to make me bleed eh?" Peter Ermakov said in a low but irritated tone of voice as he clenched his fists in anger.

"You manage to get me as well so don't get all angry with me but If you want to kill me so badly then do it but otherwise I will defeat you here and now!" Kazumi proclaimed as he turned his direction towards Peter Ermakov.

"Y-You can count me in as well!" Bartok uttered as he slowly got up as well.

"Bartok! You can't! I still need to tend to your wounds!" Olga warned as she tried to sit him back down.

"It's okay! I'll try to be more careful this time but with Kazumi's swordsman skills and my attacks than surely we'll defeat that bastard!" Bartok said to Olga as he smiled and gave a thumbs up in the process.

"Bartok is right and I know that he is making the right choice isn't that right!" Maria said as she smiled at her future husband while Bartok returned the favor as well.

"Glad to see you doing okay now let's defeat this jerk together!" Kazumi said with a smile as he gave Bartok a fist bump.

"I see that you are still alive eh? Well then! No more games! This ends here and now!" Peter Ermakov cried out as he cracked his knuckles as the next phrase of the battle was about to begin.