Himura Battousai
Copyright© 2007 by Trojan_85
Chapter 139: Not Yet Gone to One's Fate
Shishio: Now what would a whipped dog be doing here all by himself?
Houji:... A whipped dog. Yes, as Lord Shishio says. Shinomori Aoshi! You've already lost to Himura! Your time to fight is over! How dare you show your face here! Get out!
Aoshi: It is as you say, Houji. If you call me a whipped dog, I cannot deny it. But Battousai accepted a challenge from this whipped dog without trying to get out of it, and lost strength by taking unnecessary wounds. This, too, is truth I cannot deny.
Shishio: So this is how you repay him.
Houji: Ridiculous! Even at his peak, Battousai was pitiful compared to Lord Shishio! The outcome would have been no different!
Shishio: Let it go, Houji.
Houji: Lord Shishio!
Shishio: I haven't fought in such a long time. Let's leave no doubts about who is the strongest. Now that I've beaten Himura and the others, it's me. Care to defeat me and lay that honor before the Oniwabanshuu?
(Aoshi blurs into the Kaiten Kenbu.)
Shishio: So our alliance dissolves... (charging) Let's do it!
(Aoshi circles)
Shishio: You're too slow. I can see your every move.
(Aoshi attacks, but Shishio traps both kodachi with his sword.)
Houji: Yes! Even with two swords, Aoshi can't meet Lord Shishio's ruthless attack! A defensive, one-sided battle!
(Aoshi frees his swords and backflips over Shishio, leaving him facing the corner.)
Yumi: He's trapped from behind!
(No one moves.)
Shishio: What's wrong? (spreading his arms) Your enemy is trapped in a corner. You stand at his back. You have a good chance at winning. Why are you just standing there? You can't attack? Or, you don't want to?
(Aoshi raises his swords.)
Yumi: That technique!
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