They heard a loud noise from where Ginji was. Ban being Ginji's best friend, ran to the rescue. Then he stopped, and fell to the ground. He started glowing red and collapsed.

"Ban!" Kazuki screamed "Ban! Are you alright!"

But of course he wasn't. He felt a burning feeling inside him. He didn't know what was going on. He felt as if he was going to melt. Then Haruki ran to the door which led to where Ginji was. Ginji was laying on the ground, sparks from inside him flying everywhere. Just seeing him like that gave Haruki the feeling that Ginji was in great pain… and so was Ban…

"What's going on!" Shido asked in rage. Haruki had then brought Ginji into the same room as the others were. Ginji was screaming in pain.

"What're we going to do?" asked Jubei.

"We wait." Answered Himiko, "We wait till they wake up. Then we'll find out what's going on."

Around an hour later…

"Uhhh…"

"Ginji!" Kazuki said, coming to his aid. "Ginji, are you ok? What's going on? What happened?"

"Relax Kazuki, I'm fine. Hmmm…" He looked around to look for his partner, later seeing him on the floor, unconscious. "Ban!"

He reached out to touch his partner, but as soon as his hand met Ban's, he was stung by his burning hot skin. "Huh?" Ginji said confused. He thought for a moment about what Mr. Hiroshima said about the curse, and then thought "nah… Can't be… not Ban"

Then a few minutes later, Ban had woken up…

"Uhh… well, shall we get going?"

"Hold up!" Ginji said "shouldn't you take it easy for a while? I mean—"

"Forget that Ginji. Let's go…"

So they went on their journey to find the bomb. They walked across the lower town for hours, looking for clues. They all kept walking as if nothing had happened; as if nothing were wrong, yet deep inside, Ban was still in great pain. Furthermore, he didn't know what was going on. He didn't know why he felt like that. So he thought to just keep it to himself, and hope the burning feeling would go away.

So they kept walking, they walked, ran and fought together, Ginji, firing 1000 volts or lightning in all directions, Kazuki and his strings flying at the enemies; then when the fight was over…

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" screamed Himiko

"Himiko!" said Ginji and Ban together. And they all ran in the direction of her voice. When they got there, they saw her, lying there, wounds all over her body. Ban, being her childhood friend, was furious at the sight. He was so mad that he could kill someone, anyone. But of course, he knew hw couldn't. The pain grew stronger as he got angry, he stood away from the crowd, avoiding any contact. He was starting to hear voices in his head, saying 'Himiko… Himiko' over and over again. As he heard her name, he got angrier, and then he burst into flames. The flames turned into some kind of dragon, and killed everyone, except his companions. He wanted to continue. It seemed as if he was not contented with what he had just done. He wanted to kill more. He wanted revenge. Again, the flame dragon appeared, but before he could do anything…

"Stop it Ban! Please stop!" Himiko cried, tears in her eyes.

Then the flames subsided. At that same moment, ban again fell to the floor.

"Ban!"

In his head he saw something. He saw himself, and all he had done, all the good memories flashing in front of him. Then… it all shattered into pieces. He could feel the burning feeling get worse. Then he saw himself in front of his friends, all blaming him for something… but what?

"Huh!" Ban said as he sprang awake. Both he and Himiko were now in the hospital. Ginji had just woken up.

"Ban…are you alright?" he said with a worried look on his face.

"Yeah… yeah man, I'm fine" Ban said to his partner, smiling.

Ginji was relieved. He looked at his partner, each and every part of his body. Then he saw something very unusual.

"Hey Ban, what's that on your arm?"

He looked at it and was shocked. It was a scar. But not any scar. It was in a shape of a flame. Then he remembered what Mr. Hiroshima had said that day, he said 'Look for the scar on their right arm. If it has a shape of an element, that's who you're looking for.'

So it was Ban. Ban was another cursed one. He did not have the heart to tell Ban about the curse, but he had to. It was for their own good… and the good of the others as well…

And so Ginji started telling Ban all about the curse they were both part of. How it was passed down, what would happen if they would not find the others, and all Mr. Hiroshima said to him that day…

It was ok with Ban; he agreed to do the task.

But what were they getting themselves into? And who was next?

Meanwhile… outside the hospital…

"Hey…" said Kazuki "is it just me, or is the breeze starting to catch up?"

"Kazuki, I'm sweating man…" answered Jubei.

"I wonder…"

Who would be next? Watch out for the next chapter… The God of the Wind.

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