Behold!
The next (and last) installment in the fantastic butchery of Rurouni Kenshin that began with LLN!
I don't own Rurouni Kenshin - I just own the stuff I make up! That's what makes this job so much fun!
It was a lovely day out. The sun was shining, birds were singing, everything was peaceful.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
…Well, almost everything. The exception was the wagon on the main road into Tokyo. It was going incredibly fast, both of the donkeys tied in front running as fast as they could with absolute disregard for the concerns of the passengers. Straight into town the cart headed, banking around corners and sending people running for their lives all over the seemingly endless noise it created.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
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Meanwhile, the Ken-tachi had just finished a nice hot meal at their favorite Akabedo restaurant. Sanosuke was grumbling.
"Oh quit whining Sanosuke, you were going to have to pay for those meals one of these days!"
Sanosuke glared at Kaoru while Kenshin and Yahiko laughed. Their amusement vanished as they saw the strange scene before them. A pair of thugs were terrorizing an elderly couple. They both had large swords out and although there was a crowd no one risked their necks to help.
"Well, that's odd. Better go do some crowd control. You coming Kenshin?"
Sanosuke cracked his knuckles in preparation for a fight and was about to attack when something especially strange happened.
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A screaming cart pulled by runaway donkeys rounded the corner and, as the crowd scattered, ran right over the thugs. Then the wagon bumped and jolted to a stop, and stopped screaming. After a moment, several people climbed out of the back. They began fretting over the wagon and donkeys as the foursome walked over. Everyone else had long since fled the presence of the mad cart and the thugs were unconscious. The passengers, all women, didn't seen to care.
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"This is the last time we ever let you drive, Utsuki!"
"Well, how was I supposed to know they'd panic!"
"You started screaming, that makes anything run in panic! And then you wouldn't shut up!"
"Give Utsuki some credit - we'd never have gotten this far in a week if she wasn't driving!"
The women laughed until Kaoru tapped the one addressed as 'Utsuki' on the shoulder. Utsuki jumped and nearly screamed but the two nearest women instantly clamped their hands over her mouth while a third yelled at Kaoru.
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"Don't sneak up on Utsuki like that! She'll send our cart into the next city!"
"Well, sorry about your stupid friend's screaming! I just wanted to ask if you were okay!"
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While Kaoru and the woman began yelling back and forth at each other, the two that were keeping Utsuki from screaming let go of her mouth and calmly introduced themselves to Yahiko, Kenshin, and Sanosuke.
"Sorry about Hanna, she's just anti-social."
"Yeah, and Utsuki's a freak of nature. Did we run over your thugs?"
The thugs, by this point, had gotten up and weren't too happy.
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"We got run over by a bunch of women! You little brawds are gonna hear from our boss about this!"
"Yeah, he'll show you why you shouldn't mess with the Kutaboro Group!"
They ran off.
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"The Kutaboro Group? That criminal gang from up north? I didn't know they'd gone this far south yet…" Sanosuke said slowly, a frown growing on his features.
"Is that a bad thing?"
"For these guys, it is. They don't take well to being insulted, and being run over by a donkey cart full of women is one of the most insulting things there is."
"Not to mention the freakiest," Yahiko whispered and Kenshin tried not to laugh.