Himura Battousia Book 2: Kenshins Past
Copyright© 2007 by Trojan_85
Part 236: Landing
Heishin: Boss! A message from the guards. Two police ships are headed towards the island. Permission to prepare to fire?
Enishi: No need. Battousai's probably on one of the ships. Let them into the bay.
Heishin: But that's ridiculous. According to the Kokou Touzai Book of Naval Warfare, the wisest plan is to attack from the water to prevent the enemy from landing--
Enishi: Heishin. Do you want to fight me now?
Heishin: I see. In that case, I'll call off the cannons. (as he leaves) But once your private matter is settled the organization will be mine. I'm not willing to just sit back and watch. I have a different tactic to use.
(The two police steamships sail towards the island. Kenshin, Sanosuke, Yahiko, Megumi, Aoshi and Misao are on deck. Yahiko munches a rice ball; Sanosuke yawns, Kenshin merely basks in the sunlight.)
Misao: I don't know. Something just doesn't feel right.
Megumi: What's that?
Misao: Everything happens when I'm not around.
Megumi: What's wrong with that? If it gets taken care of.
Misao: It still sucks.
Megumi: Well, you can be a problem too.
Misao (ignoring her): Especially you, Himura.
Kenshin: Hm?
Misao: Something happened to you. You're so calm now.
Kenshin: I wouldn't say that I'm calm. It's just that I'm not completely healed yet, so I'd like to save my strength.
(From the crow's nest:) Inspector Fujita! It's the island! We've sighted the island!
(They watch the island coming into view, heavily forested, ringed by cliffs and with the neat round bay bitten out of its middle.)
Kenshin: To tell the truth--
(They all turn to look at him.)
Kenshin: To tell the truth, in my condition, fighting Enishi will be a very close thing. I have no strength to spare for anything else. So before we reach the island, I want to ask you all one thing. Lend me your strength.
Sanosuke: What're you talking about? Of course.
Yahiko: I've been doing that all along.
Megumi: That's what we all planned on doing from the start.
Misao: If we weren't going to help, we would have gone straight home to Kyoto, right Aoshi?
Aoshi: Yes.
Saitou: If you're all done talking, we're about to land. Get ready.
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