Himura Battousai
Copyright© 2007 by Trojan_85
Chapter 54: The One to Stop Them
Kaoru: Somebody stop them--!!
(They exchange blows. The tip of Saitou's sword is shorn off.)
Battousai: Next time it will be your head that flies.
Yahiko: Wow... Kenshin's much sharper today.
Kaoru: No! That's not Kenshin! That's Hitokiri Battousai! It's Battousai! Stop them! Somebody stop them--
Sanosuke (walking in, leaning on Megumi): It's no good, girl. They're not in Meiji Tokyo any more. They're fighting in Kyoto of the Bakumatsu. No matter how much you call, your voice can't reach them. Only someone who survived the violence of the Bakumatsu and tasted the shaking of Kyoto could stop this fight--
(A carriage races through the streets, knocking Tsubame back.)
Tae: Tsubame, are you all right?
Tsubame: Ye--yes.
Tae: Such a big carriages shouldn't ride through town like that. I don't know who this rich man is, but he must be in a hurry.
Inside the carriage: Kawaji. How long has Saitou been at the Kamiya dojo?
Kawaji: About... four and a half hours.
Man: Hmm... maybe we're too late. Tell the coachman to hurry. We should be there in ten minutes.
(At the dojo)
Saitou: You bastard, I'll use the Gatotsu even with a broken sword!
Battousai: I see the Shinsengumi still don't know how to retreat.
Saitou: The first principle of the Shinsengumi is that it is unworthy to deviate from the warrior's path. A warrior does not know how to flee before the enemy!!
(Battousai knocks Saitou's sword out of his hand with his left fist.)
Megumi: With his bare hand!
Sanosuke: To make an opening for the sword.
Battousai: So the Shinsengumi choose honor over life... That's all right with me.
Sanosuke (thinking): That's the match. He can't keep off Kenshin's sword bare-handed--
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