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battle.4 "The Sakura that Blooms in the Battlefield"
Pg. 1
** The battle which put one's pride on the line! The Ultimate 5x5
battle!! **
** Grab the victory with all our friends! **
Names - Kagura Kikuro
Shiden
Kagura Usagi
Seiryumaru
Kiritake Nishiki
Akazome Kurou
Kaen Nagasu

Pg. 2
Kurou - Well, how should we settle this then?
A tournament? A battle royale?

Boss - Oh, don't be so hasty.
While Toutou is a wondrous country, it's a bit sultry, isn't it?

Pg. 3
We, the Tenelians, always enjoy life...
wherever we are, whenever we are.

That also applies to our battle.
So, how 'bout we play one small game?

Nagasu - Game!?
You guys are just going to loft around, huh!?

Boss - No, we're actually serious about this. Just a small game for fun...
and the gambling chips we'll use...

Pg. 4
are our lives.

What you see here is poison,
called "Elephante Dormire".
One awesome thing about this poison is its slow effect.
== Sleeping Elephant

Pg. 5
If one of the teammates is defeated, the captain will drink one of these bottles.
Of course, if the team gets straight losses, the captain will be at a disadvantage.

But if the captain still manages to win, then he'll get this antidote.
In other words, the winner will be decided not by the number of wins, but whether or not the captain can survive the fight.

This game was even named "Aruji no Sakazuki".
So, what'll you say to it?
== The boss's sake cup

Pg. 6
Seiryumaru - Foolish question.
I've already prepared to lose my life.

Fing - Heh...seems like the Toutou team has some interesting guys other than Kurou.

Pg. 7
Boss - Thanks for agreeing with me.
Well then, let's begin.

Tanelian Patriot - I'll go first.
Which of you guys will be my opponent?

Kurou - You're out now, hm?

I'm on then!! Gotta pay you back for what you did to me.

Pg. 8
Time for me to wear this now, Sakura.

What's this?

Sakura - A lucky charm.
I wanted to make you something that won't hinder your fight, so I made this. Just as a small support from me.

I don't know whether Ouka will have Sakura or not, so...
this will help remind you...both of Taiyou Peninsula...and of me...

Pg. 9
Just do as you think, alright?
I'll always be with you.

Kurou - I won't forget, for sure. But thanks.

When I come back...
let's come to watch these sakura together as a celebration for our victory!!

Pg. 10
I'm off now, Sakura!!

Tanelian Patriot - Your facial expression change, hm?

Kurou - That has nothing to do with you.

Here I come!!

Pg. 11
Tanelian Patriot - Tch, that's not cheap, alright?

Pg. 12
Usagi - His movement is really good.
Nagasu - Though he's just a rookie.

Nishiki - But...
I would hope that it continues like this...

Pg. 13
Tanelian Patriot - Could I...

Pg. 14
ask you to lose this fight for me?

Kurou - What are you...
Tanelian Patriot - Keep attacking while listening to me.

Kurou - Kuh.

Tanelian Patriot - Actually, I'm not part of those guys...

I have a lover whom I exchanged a vow of eternal love with.
She was my childhood friend...who always supports me, who doesn't have any relatives.

Pg. 15
She's just like a pretty little flower...
Your country might compare her...

to be as beautiful as "sakura".

Those who want my combat ability took my flower...
took my lover as a hostage.

Pg. 16
So please,
If I lost, my flower will wither away.

Usagi - Something seems a bit strange...
Kikuro - Yeah.

Nagasu - What the heck is that guy doing?

Tanelian Patriot - I've switched the test tubes that aren't poison into those of the Toutou team.
So even if you lost, your team won't be at any disadvantage.

Kurou - What'll I do if I'm on the same ground as him...

Pg. 17
Sakura.

Sakura - Just do what you feel, alright?
I'll always be with you.

Kurou - Whether you're their friends or not, you're still a patriot.

Pg. 18
If it really is to protect your lover, then don't let them control you.
Stand up to those guys, if you want to protect her.
Isn't that what being a patriot is about?

Tanelian Patriot - ...Yes.
I'll take note of that.

Pg. 19
I'll make it appear as if I'm challenging you to the boss...
and use that chance to take him down.

Will you continue to pretend you're fighting?

Kurou - ...Alright. I actually want to settle this with you...
but if that costs another person's life...

Tanelian Patriot - Here I go.

Pg. 20-21

Pg. 22
HAHAHA, such a naive person you are, Kurou-kun!
Kurou – Gah.
Argh.
Tanelian Patriot - You really are a nice fellow, aren't you!?

I was actually trying not to laugh, but I just can't stand this anymore. HAHAHA.

I'm a mafia man, to the very last of me!!
My body and soul are all for my boss!
I'll do anything for my boss's victory!!

Kurou – Ugh.
damn you...

I'm going to kill you!!

Pg. 23
Tanelian Patriot - Stop right there.
You don't care what'll happen to Sakura, do you?

Kurou - What do you mean!?

Pg. 24
Tanelian Patriot - You think our attack before was just some pointless attack?

All preparations for your defeat have already been set.
All we had to do was make you accept our challenge.

Akazome Kurou, from the Taiyou Peninsula. Son of Akazome Tsubame.
And a childhood friend of a girl who lived in the same peninsula,
Miharu Sakura.

Pg. 25
This is a smoke bomb.

I've placed my subordinates outside on standby...
and ordered them that once they see the smoke signal from this...

they are to head to the Taiyou Peninsula right away.

That's right...
What I told you just now wasn't a lie, completely.

Pg. 26
I'll take Sakura as my hostage.

Pg. 27
Kurou - Sakura has nothing to do with this!!

Tanelian Patriot - You still don't get it, do you...
If you really want to save Sakura-kun…

you are not to make a single move, anymore…

even when you’re about to be turned into pieces of sliced meat.

Pg. 28
TEMPESTA PRELUDIO!!
== Tempestuous Prelude

Pg. 29
Kurou - GAAAAAAH!!!

Pg. 30
Tanelian Patriot - Painful. Painful, isn't it?

If I was you, I would be in pain as well.
Kukuku.

Nishiki – Tch.
Getting the worst possible enemy since the first round?

Pg. 31
Tanelian Patriot - Oh, how 'bout I help you to relieve your pain a bit?

If you agree to our deal..
then I won't light this.

Kurou - What are you planning...?

Tanelian Patriot - Our deal is...

Pg. 32
that the four patriots of Toutou must drink that poison!!

Kurou - What!!?

Pg. 33
Tanelian Patriot - Oh yes, you'd better be careful.
I really did switch your poison...

but with the one that has five times the concentration...

Kurou - Ho-...
How am I supposed to agree to that!?

Pg. 34
Tanelian Patriot - Oh, so you don't care about Sakura-kun then?

Kurou - I'm going to finish you off...
even before you light that thing!!

Pg. 35
Tanelian Patriot - Want to test it out then? You and me, who'll be faster?

Kurou - SHUT UP!!
...Dammit, what should I do!?

Seiryumaru - DON'T FALTER, KUROU!!

Pg. 36-37

Pg. 38-39
Kikuro - You think I value my life more than a girl?

Usagi - I'm glad that you're concerned about me...but I too am a patriot.

Seiryumaru - Did I not say that I am well prepared to lose my life?

Nagasu – You're a million years too early to be worried about us.

Pg. 40

Pg. 41
Usagi - Since this is our deal...
I won't let you change the rules.

Pg. 42
Nagasu - Gosh, he's set troubling us, isn't he?

Well, we're done with our dealings.
Now, quickly settle this!!!

Pg. 43
BANSAN KAIHOU!!
== Bansantou: Activated

Pg. 44
Tanelian Patriot - Tch,
what do you think you can do, all worn out like that!?

And those guys drank the poison!!
Just...Just as I've expected!!

Pg. 45
He blocked my attack in mid air!!?

Kurou – You've said way too much already, trickling hair!!
So learn to...
== I don’t know what it should be call…but it’s referred to the…hair that came down in front. ._.”

SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY!!!

Pg. 46-47
** The difference in their resolution decides their outcome.
Kurou's first victory in the Ouka Grand Battle Competition!! **
And I'll accept a rematch if you learn to be a real patriot!!

Thank you for reading...