The Secret Gatotsu
Chapter 1
Tokyo
Oct. 5th, 13th year of the Meji
"Please, spare me!" squeals the swinish Ishin Shishi "I'll give you money, lots and lots of money."
"When will you damn patriots learn money can't solve all your problems." Said the mysterious figure as he lunged in for the kill.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
Kamiya Dojo
"Yahiko, where's Ken... HEY! What are you doing with Kenji and why is he holding a shinai?"
"Hey, he asked me to train him." Yahiko replied indignantly "And to tell you the truth, he's no good."
"He's a year and a half old for gods' sake," Karou shrieked.
"Now look what you did, you made him cry"
"Gah, where's Kenshin?"
"Didn't you send on errands?" Yahiko asked.
"Well, yeah but they shouldn't take four hours."
"Maybe... Okay I got nothing."
Just then Kenshin appeared in the doorway out of breath.
"Sorry it took so long. A cop saw this one and, well, you know."
Just then a police whistle blew about 3 doors down from the Kamiya dojo as the policeman spotted Kenshin with his sakabato.
"Hey, you don't you know about the sword banning act?"
"Sorry, gotta run." Kenshin said apologetically.
"I can't believe I looked up to him. I mean, come, on he could out run that cop easily." Yahiko muttered and returned to training Kenji.
"Hey, I thought I told you to stop that!" Karou roared.
Police station
"Himura-chan, I'm sorry I had to call you here on such short notice" the police chief said apologetically.
"Oh no, it's no trouble. So what did you want to talk to this one about?"
"Well, there have been some incidences like the Jin-e ones"
"And you would like this one to help"
"In short, yes"
"Please give this one the details"
"Well, this guy doesn't send a note before his kill. So we can guess his not a copy cat. And he's much more skilled than Jin-e was."
"How many has he killed?"
"I think it's reached the double digits"
"Do you happen to have a crime scene this one may inspect"
"Certainly, we have one for last night."
Once they got there Kenshin could smell the blood, coming from the open window.
Crime scene
As they entered the room Kenshin saw how powerful this man must be. There were bodies of servants, guards, and of course a government official with a knife sticking out of his head and dried blood every where. Things were shattered and crushed. There was also a huge hole in the wall. The servants and guards were slashed to death, but the official was obviously killed with the Gatotsu. It was strange that the killer used a knife instead of the traditional katana.
I thought Saito used a sword Kenshin thought to himself so obviously Saito didn't kill him.
"So, Himura-dono any suspects" the chief asked.
"Where is the man named Saito Hajime" Kenshin asked
"You mean Lieutenant Fujita"
"Yes this one needs to speak with him"
Police station
"So you wanted to speak with me" Saito asked.
"Who did you teach the Gatotsu to Saito?"
"I don't know what you're talking about"
"Don't lie to me Saito! You know what I'm talking about. The last official was killed with the Gatotsu and you're the only one who knows that technique!"
"And how do you know I didn't kill him?"
"Because it was with a knife instead of a katana! Now who did you teach it to?"
"Um, there have been reports of loud noises coming from this room recently, so could you keep it down?" asked a really nervous looking officer.
"This one is sorry. Now Saito tell this one who you taught it to."
"I still don't know what you're talking about."
"Well figure it out by tomorrow"
Kamiya dojo
"Kenshin where have you been" Karou asked as Kenshin walked in the door at around 6 o'clock.
"This one has been with the police chief"
"What did you do now?"
"Nothing, he just wanted to talk to this one about some assassinations that have happened lately"
"Oh, I heard about those. Doesn't he only kill government officials?"
"Yes."
"Well what can we do except try to help"
"But how do we help?"
"This one does have a lead."
"What is it?"
"The chief doesn't know but the latest assassination was done using the Gatotsu"