Himura Battousia Book 2: Kenshins Past
Copyright© 2007 by Trojan_85
Part 193: Three-Front Battle: Fight 2 Part 3
Sanosuke: I'll give you the Futae no Kiwami! Now take your stance!
(Banjin punches the floor.)
Banjin: Yeah right! I don't know about one tekkou, but you think you can take 'em both out with your two hands? Just one punch from me and it's lights-out, so think about what you're doing!
Sanosuke: Quit whining! We're fighting here, so shut up and take your stance!
Banjin: What! I'll kill you!
Megumi: Sanosuke! (when he ignores her) Hey, roosterhead!
Banjin: What, woman! We're--
Megumi: Shut up! I'm talking to Sanosuke.
Kaoru: Megumi... (She's tough.)
Megumi: You're going to use the Futae Whatever? Seriously? Do you know what condition your hand's in right now? It's about to fall apart! If you use it now, it's the last time. It's over!
Sanosuke: Is that right. Then this is my last attack.
Kaoru: Sanosuke...
Megumi: Idiot. This is the stupidest thing I've ever seen.
Sanosuke: I hate to waste all your work patching me up.
Megumi: I don't care.
Sanosuke: There's just no way I can back down in front of this so-called ultimate fighter. The guys I'd call 'ultimate' are nothing like this. Some I liked and some I didn't, but they all pushed themselves forward at the risk of their lives. (thinking of Shishio, Kenshin, Saitou, Captain Sagara and Anji.) One lost his life because of the hatred his ideals provoked. And one cursed the world and became a mad god of wrath, risking his life to save it. You've never fought anyone stronger than yourself, risking your life to get better. You only fight people you think you can beat. That's why you make excuses to fight with your shoes on and take your fill of vulgar pleasures. I can't sit here and listen to a big frog in a little pond croak anymore!
Banjin: I'll kill you! You are a dead man!
(He crosses his forearms in front of him, bracing tekkou against tekkou.)
Banjin: Try it! Right arm first! And then I'll wring your back-talking little neck!
(Sanosuke looks down at his fist.)
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