Himura Battousai
Copyright© 2007 by Trojan_85
Chapter 36: Secret Sword
Raijuuta: Are you of this dojo?
Kenshin: No... I'm staying at the Kamiya Kasshin dojo just now.
Raijuuta: Really... such a skilled swordsman is a vagabond? No matter. I ask for a match. With true swords.
(Kenshin unsheathes his sword.)
Raijuuta (thinking): A reverse blade...
Kenshin: I will not draw merely to compare swords or show off. Nor to display them. The killer's sword is forbidden to me.
Raijuuta: So that's the way it is. Yutarou.
Yutarou: Yes sir.
Raijuuta: Remove this dojo's sign and burn it. I have defeated the master of this dojo. The sign is mine to do with as I please.
(General consternation.)
Raijuuta: I'll hear your objections. Settle this by coming forward.
(The students, embarrassed, avert their gazes.)
Yutarou: Then let's go burn it on the main street. Where everybody can see--
(Yahiko snatches him by the front of his shirt.)
Yahiko: That's enough, you piece of goldfish shit.
Yutarou: Let me go. Or maybe you wanna die?
Raijuuta (to the silent students): What's wrong? You don't need a sign? Feh. You're not worth my time.
Kaoru: Fine. I'll be your opponent.
Students: Kaoru?
Kaoru: I'm from another school, but I can't sit by and watch this happen to the dojo that's taken care of me. I can't stand it. So I'm answering your challenge.
Raijuuta: All right? I won't show a girl any mercy.
(Kenshin steps in front of her.)
Kenshin: I know... I'll be your opponent. But as this is for the dojo, our weapon is the shinai.
Raijuuta: Fine. But it will be a one stroke match.
Kaoru (taking the reverse blade): Are you sure about this?
Kenshin (checking the tip of the shinai): Yes. I haven't used a shinai much, but...
Kaoru: Be careful. He's no ordinary swordsman.
(Kenshin smiles.)
Raijuuta: Begin!
Kenshin: The judge?
Raijuuta: We won't need one. Match!
(Kenshin slowly raises the shinai.)
Student: Good, good. You can see the vagabond's strength.
Student: Yes, but is he really that strong...
(Raijuuta strikes. Kenshin steps out of the way, and he hits the floor with amazing force. He tries again, and Kenshin once again steps out of the way.)
Student: Did... did you see that?
Student: Not really... but whatever it is, it's amazing.
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