They come to an understanding.

"Okay, I admit it," Kyouya said reluctantly as he and Kazuma sat beside each other at a table, drinking tea and coffee respectively. "I understand where you're coming from with your party."

"They're a handful, aren't they?" Kazuma replied.

"...they most certainly are... Megumin didn't bother checking to make sure I was out of her blast radius, and was a liability immediately after, Darkness only let our opponents hit her, and Aqua-sama... Wasn't as amazing as I thought she would be," he said the last part delicately.

"And it wasn't easy covering for their shortcomings without Pound, was it?" Kazuma asked, taking another sip from his coffee.

"It's Gram! And no... No it wasn't..." Kyouya replied. "I get it now. It's easy to fight with honor when you have every advantage."

"Exactly. You had every advantage in our fight, and you knew that when you challenged me. Honor is a luxury you know. One you took for granted. There are more important things than honor. Life, principles, things you actually give a damn about that you don't want to lose. If I fought you with honor, well... You would have killed me, or at least beat the tar out of me, and I couldn't exactly afford that. Neither can I afford to fight the big monsters that Dullahan has essentially **** us to have to deal with if we want to get stronger and get more money in our coin purses with honor.

"In short? I had to work to get what I currently have, and I had to fight smarter, not harder. You meanwhile got to coast by with your cheat item, Ton."

"Gram..." Kyouya corrected again, tiredly. "You could have just as easily had a powerful cheat item too though..."

"Yeah, well, you're not the only one who has been disillusioned by the fact that Aqua is almost useless," Kazuma replied. "I thought I was being so clever, and that she would have trounced the Devil King by now... Plus she kind of ticked me off by harping on about how I died a little too much."

"I suppose that WOULD be annoying," Kyouya acknowledged. "Still though... A tractor? That didn't even hit you?" Kyouya sniggered.

"...I'm going to KILL that goddess for telling you that!" Kazuma growled angrily, eliciting more laughter out of Kyouya.

"If it makes you feel any better, my **** wasn't much better," Kyouya admitted. "I choked to **** on ramen noodles..."

Kazuma snorted. "Okay, yeah, that DOES make me feel a bit better," he replied, before getting up, unclipping Gram from his belt and holding it out. "Well, here's Kilo back."

"For the last time, it's Gra- you're doing that on purpose, aren't you?" Kyouya realized with a deadpan.

"Maaaaybe!" Kazuma smirked as they exchanged swords back, and Kyouya got up.

"I'll see you around Kazuma," Kyouya said, extending a hand, which Kazuma took. "And try not to be so hard on Aqua-sama in the future, alright?"

"No promises," Kazuma replied, and Kyouya walked off, an understanding having been reached between the two reincarnated Japanese citizens.

...

"So what was that about?" Megumin asked as Kazuma walked back to the party.

"Well, we talked things out, and while I wouldn't say we're friends at the moment, I can at least say we're acquaintances that don't want to throttle each other anymore," Kazuma replied.

"Well that's good!" Aqua said cheerfully.

"On the other hand... Some people shouldn't be going around telling other people's embarrassing secrets... Right Aqua?" Kazuma asked, a demonic aura around him as he glared evilly at the now suddenly scared shitless goddess.

"That son of a bitch!" Aqua whined. "He wasn't supposed to tell you I told him!"

"Get back here!" Kazuma raged as he chased after the shrieking Aqua.

"Well, I suppose it's a good thing Kazuma and Kyouya are a bit more amicable now," Darkness remarked.

"Goes to show some things can change, huh?" Megumin remarked, pausing as she gazed at Kazuma, who now had Aqua by the collar, and was repeatedly clobbering her over the head with his sheathed sword as she kept trying to run away, comically crying. "...some things anyway."