Sorry about the wait. I having a writer's block on how to make this fight move on between the two.

Masamune follows Kage to another room. Masamune watches Kage with his left eye while listening to him hum. He doesn't know what's more frustrating, the fact Kage gets something his way even though there's no way in hell, he's going to let that shit go on.

"Something matter?" Kage noticed that Masamune is pacing slowly. Masamune sucked his teeth, "No. Now keep moving unless you want to start so I run you through with my sword."

"Sure, sure." Kage chuckles as he turns his back and resumes.

Or, the fact that he cannot hear footsteps in front of him. It's like really walking with a snake.

As the two warriors got into the room, Kage goes a distance away from Masamune then turns to him, laying his hand on his katana.

"So….any last words before we start?" Kage asked.

"No." Masamune answered in English, before drawing his sword once more. This time finally, he has the chance to avenge his fallen men and make sure Kage pays.

"Date Masamune, Lord of Oshu. Pressing on!"

"Goa Da Naga Kage. Demon of Oda." Kage took out his katana from his sheath.

"I let you go first."

Heh. Fine, I make you regret this! With a grin, Masamune dashes forward with sword in hand. But as he got close to his opponent, going to run him through with his sword as he promised to himself. Kage disappears!

"?!" Masamune skids to the halt, his eye searches for him while on guard.

"Over here." Masamune swings his blade towards the voice only to cut nothing. Then he felt a tap on a shoulder, he delivers another swing to the left. Still nothing. Shit.

"Huh…..you're fast. But not fast as lighting." Kate commented as he phases into his physical form from a shadow on the ground.

"Oi! How about you face me? Or you're just too scared?" Masamune mocked. With laughing eyes, Kage replies, "No….I do this with my opponents all the time. If you manage to land a hit on me, I will consider."

"Little shit…" Masamune bares his teeth and lunges only to for Kage to phases into the ground. Every time, Kage pops up. Masamune swings. Every time, he swings. Kage phases into the ground. It happens for several times and already, this annoys the hell out of the One-Eyed Dragon. Then suddenly, he was back-handed from the right. This surely pisses this dragon, alright.

That's it. Masamune took out both swords and spins it. Every time, Kage pops up from the shadows. Masamune becomes relentless as he goes on the offensive, making sure that it was hard for the snake to keep on dodging. And so, it pays off which Kage pulls out his sword and blocks.

"Ha! Seems you consider!" Masamune smirked.

"Hmph. It took me long enough though." Kage retorted.Translation? It was more like it took Masamune long enough to counterattack.

"You know what I hate the most? I hate when people like you treat war as a game." Masamune commented making Kage staring him in question, "Oh? And you don't?" The snake muses.

"I want to take over this land for the sake of my land and people."

"Those are just excuses you make for yourself. Why won't you act like the War God? He's the only who only take up arms when it comes to defending his land. You, on the other hand, is just asking for your land to attack."

"And be some old man? No way in hell." Masamune responded. "Once I get rid of the Devil King, this whole country is mine."

"Hmph. You wish. You alone are not strong enough to take on him." Kage clicked his tongue while thinking that Masamune is some kind of fool. "If you lose to me, then you can forget about confronting Lord Oda. He's out of your skillset." He wishes he can say anything else but anything he says won't believe so Kage will make sure to have Masamune know what he is dealing with.

"Once I cut you, a piece of your soul will be mine," Kage stated. Masamune clicked his tongue, skeptically at this snake. What does he think he is? Some harbinger of death? A bad omen? He's just playing demon because of some title was given by Oda. It looks like it's going over his head.

And so, the dragon keeps on attacking while the snake keeps on slithering away in order to avoid the strikes. Kage pops up behind Masamune just to deliver a blow but Masamune predicted this just by chance as he raises up his blade and blocks. Now the dragon and snake are in a deadlock with each other.

Masamune dangerously grins while Kage's eyes shoot daggers but the One-Eyed Dragon knew that the Serpent of Shadows is also having fun as well. Kage pulls away, breaking the deadlock and lands a few feet away from his opponent.

"Ha! Look at you! Calling us a beast while you're enjoying so this far."

"Huh?" Kage cocked his head with a stare, "Don't be absurd, I just want to see you fall from the heavens, Dokugnaryuu."

"Ha! A snake-like yourself never beat a dragon. Much less a demon!"

"A snake will take after a dragon. You will see." Kage replied calmly before going at again. The two adversities clash with their steels. They are matched until Masamune delivers a attack that surpises Kage.

"PHANTOM DIVE!" Huh?! Kage widen his eyes for the first time only to be hit as Masamune went on horizontal sweep and leaps before coming down with a shockwave!

Kage's body shudders from the effects of the attack. Tch! What language is he saying?! Are those attacks he named after in that foreign tongue. Not to mention, he is also saying phrases as well when meeting him. No matter, guess he has to deliver with the combination of his Shadōsurizā than relying on it by itself.

"Trial cut!" He goes for upward slash which Masamune blocks but he snakes his sword downwards quickly but to push forward in order to close. He landed a hit but it wasn't enough to make cut through the armor. Guess, he has to hit that spot twice then. It already has a scratch on it.

"Too hard," Kage commented before phases into the ground as a shadow and manifested into his physical away from the dragon.

"Don't you know? This armor are my scales hand-made in Oshu, you see?" Masamune smirked, tapping on his armor showing off to the snake as a way to taunt him.

Kage just narrows his eyes, "Oh…I see. I will see you change your expression when I send you to eternal damnation." Kage retorted, ironically retorted to that comment especially that the English part. Masamune just only kept on smirking at him.

Oh….if only the dragon knew what he's dealing with if they keep going,.

And so they were going at it till one is overpowering the other.

Alright. It's done! I'm sorry if this chapter is short. However, I hope you as the readers give you the idea of what Kage's abilities are. But I promise the next chapter will be better!