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Ganeni,Masayuki and Issui reached the entrance which was completely blocked by the rocks.

"Well...this sucks" Ganeni said.

"Ah. Sabu-san. I was hoping we wouldn't meet in the holding room. I want you to know I have great respect for you... but..." Yuna abruptly broke off and turned around. He quickly threw scroll up, and pressed a bleeding palm against it. A cloud of dense smoke emerged and Yuna whipped out a smoking sleek dark blue kodaichi out of it, with complementary black ribbons running down it, and elegant weapon to be sure. Yuna discarded the scroll as he moved. He unsheathed his Kanagi and pointed it at Sabu. "Please don't make a move. I've trapped this room with 4 explosive tags. Be sure to mind the wires" He gestured towards the barely visible streams of reflective light, not to far away from Sabu's right foot.

"Well, Sabu-san, if you want to know the absolute truth, I'll tell you." Yuna said pacing around the room, his mind racing, he considered every single possibility, scenario and consequence. "The Kandachime is inadequate, to put it simply. I do not believe that you know enough. I do not believe you take action enough, and finally, I do not believe you are prepared enough. We are taking matters into our own hands. We will be the one's to eliminate Ifuuki." He took a step further to the Kusanagi, keeping his eyes and his blade pointed at Sabu.

"Others? Who knows? I don't even know myself." You sending a retired smile to Sabu. "It looks like you've sustained some damage. Did you run into anything interesting?"

"There is truth in what you say." Yuna said, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "Yes, we want the same thing, but our methods are different. Let me pose the question, how would you have disposed of the Kusanagi if you had acquired it before I did?"

"Don't you understand?" Yuna said, betraying the slightest hint of unrest. "This is the Ifuuki we're talking about. Preventing Ifuuki from getting the final piece is only a temporary solution. Ifuuki will hunt you down and kill you. She'll pry the hilt of the sword from your cold, stiff hands. Just like she did with the necklace! Just like how she killed Geku!" Yuna realized he was sweating. A quiver of panic trembled through his brain. "Enough of this!" He trust his hand towards the Kusanagi, only to have his left arm burn with an insane, incomprehensible pain. He yelled in agony and withdrew his hand. It was steaming, his glove hand burned off completely, revealing his forearm, his flesh was crimson with the burns, sizzling and peeling at a rapid rate.

The wire pulled on another, that pulled on another, setting of a chain of events that eventually led to the snaging of 1 explosion tag. To the far left of Sabu, the ground exploded and almost instantly 3 other explosions erupted, one after the other. One of the explosions blew Yuna clean of his feet and his head hit a rock, promptly knocking him out. To make matters worse, the location of each explosion began to link through cracks in the eroded floorwork of the temple. The cracks grew bigger and eventually the whole floor gave way, and descended sluggishly. It fell upon the shore of the underground bay, not without a colossal tremor. The bay had eroded into a slant. What remained of the holding floor was set in motion once again, this time heading for the gargantuan bay of algae infested waters. The Kusanagi toppled of its pedestal and began to roll across the rough stone work, but trapped itself on a stone. Yuna, however didn't. He rolled across the floor and eventually and helplessly plunged into the water.

The ground below Tobasu's group shifted a bit and there was a rumble. Then without warning the ground gave way. Mai vanished into the ground as if she was swallowed, and Rin-Tao caught herself by an exposed root.