Chapter 4: Attack! Strike of the Kizu Shi Mo!
Kenshin, took his stance and prepared for the attack.
"Let's see you dodge this! Aghhh!"
Master Shinto, drew a quick pose and then leapt forward and attacked.
"Shinto Ultimate attack!" he cried out, "Kizu Shi Mo!"
He went for another spear kill, but at the last second, when he was about 3 feet away from
Kenshin, he disappeared.
"Huh?!" Kenshin gasped. Then, before he even had a chance to react to the disappearance of
Master Shinto, he reappeared again, in the same place that he vanished from.
"Ha!" he cried.
SPLOT
"Kenshin!!" Kaoru cried out.
"hack...ugh...," Kenshin gasped, trying to hold off the sword from piercing any farther.
"Ha!" Master Shinto laughed, "I am very surprised that you were able to dodge my attack, just
enough so that it didn't hit your heart!"
"Ugh...," Kenshin cried out more.
The attack, had stabbed into Kenshin's chest, about an inch away from his heart.
"What was that attack?" Kaoru asked, "it looked like he had vanished, but he reappeared in the
same spot!"
"If you are wondering how I did that attack...," Master Shinto smirked, "then I'll tell you, before
I finish you off!"
Kenshin, kept trying to pull out the sword from his chest, but it was in, too deep.
"The 'Kizu Shi Mo', is an attack that is more about speed, then anything else!" Master Shinto
explained, "upon attacking, the user's speed increases through the roof, so that he can move
fast enough, that the opponent can only assume that his attacker, has vanished. But, that's not
quite the case...because of my great speed increase, the opponent's mind, can't fully process
the movement's and his eyes go out of focus, for a split second. Evasion is almost impossible!"
"Kenshin...," Kaoru gasped, "come on, Kenshin! Fight back!"
Kenshin, tried hard to break free but it was too painful.
"Give it up!" Master Shinto laughed, "my blade is not going anywhere!"
"I can...still...fight back!" Kenshin gasped. He gripped his sword and began to lift it up, from down
beside him.
"Huh?"
"Hiten Mitsurugi style...Ryu Sui Sen!" Kenshin yelled out, picking up his sword, down by his side.
He lifted it up, with his only good arm and struck, downwards. The pain of Master Shinto's sword,
was excruciating, but it went away, after he landed his attack, on the master's right shoulder.
"Ahhh...," Master Shinto yelled, as he stumbled back. He dropped to his knees and Kenshin fell on
his back. Both dropped their blades, down beside themselves.
"Kenshin!" Kaoru gasped, running to his side.
Kenshin, was able to get to his knees, before Master Shinto did. He sat on one knee and held his
right hand, over his wound. Small amounts of blood, soaked his Robe and dripped onto the
ground, below. Finally, Master Shinto got to his feet and smirked at Kenshin. He had only, one
eye open, and his right arm, was hanging down by his side, like a dead animal on a hook.
His sword was still on the ground, beside him. Same for Kenshin's.
"Hehe...it seems that we are both, severely wounded...," Master Shinto, coughed a laugh, "but I
think you are in worse condition, then me..."
"This is nothing...," Kenshin remarked back, now making an attempt to his feet, "I've suffered
worse wounds then this, in my lifetime! We shall continue the fight, that we shall!"
"Strong words...for someone that can't even pick up their sword!" Master Shinto taunted,
bending over and picking up his own sword, with his left hand, "I may be without the use of one
arm...but that won't stop me from performing the 'Kizu Shi Mo', once again..."
Kenshin and Kaoru, both gasped and watched as Master Shinto, took his stance once more, and
held out his sword with his left hand. He sneered proudly, waiting for Kenshin to stand so that he
could strike him down, once and for all.
"Are you ok, Kenshin?" Kaoru asked.
"I...I'm fine, Miss Kaoru, that I am...," Kenshin assured her, by picking up his sword, "please stand
back, so that you may not get involved."
Kenshin, was finally able to retain a solid foundation, and stood with his sword in front of him.
Master Shinto, readied himself, and prepared to take off. Kenshin slumped a little to one side, in
pain.
"Now!" Master Shinto yelled, leaping forwards. He sailed at great speed, and was ready to perform
his special attack, once more.
"Here he comes...," Kenshin, thought to himself, "If I can just find a way to stop his attack, I may
have a chance to win, that I will...I have to focus..."
"Shinto Ultimate Attack...Kizu Shi Mo!!"
Master Shinto, yelled out his attack, and went to strike Kenshin down. Kenshin tried to remain
focused, through the dizziness in his head. Then, Master Shinto disappeared like before. Kenshin
was ready to defend, but then his eyes did what they had done, before...go out of focus. And
that didn't help his cause, making his dizziness, even worse. Kenshin stumbled backwards and
began to fall over. Master Shinto, then reappeared and then went in for the kill.
"I got you!"
Shik...
The attack, barely missed Kenshin, since he was falling over. He hit the ground, while Master
Shinto, went through with his attack. Kenshin, who had lost his sword, while falling, could only lift
up his feet and kick Master Shinto in the chest, causing him to fly backwards, back to where he
stood, before. Kenshin, regained some focus and back flipped back to his feet. He immediately,
thereafter, fell back onto one knee, in pain from overdoing it. More blood, pushed the stains on
his robe, even further along his body.
Master Shinto, got up and scowled at Kenshin, who could only sit in pain.
"I'm actually not that surprised, that the famous Battousai the Manslayer, could evade my
attacks!" Master Shinto laughed, "I know now, that you are a worthy opponent, that I can test
out my new strength on!"
"Your strength is nothing more, then a excuse to humiliate and hurt people!" Kenshin gasped,
holding his wound again, "true strength, comes from helping others and protecting the weak and
helpless, that is does!"
"Protecting the weak?!" Master Shinto laughed, "the weak are the problem with today's
world...only the strong should be able to live, while everyone else, should just be eliminated!"
"That's the words of a man, who doesn't have any honor or shame!" Kenshin scolded, "that kind
of talk will only bring on hatred and start wars, with no end in sight! I can't allow that kind of
idealistic ways, step outside this room, that I cannot!"
"I worked hard to build up this empire I'm creating," Master Shinto growled, pointing his sword at
Kenshin, "I have goals to achieve in this world, and I'm not going to allow some has-been,
cowardice, swordsmen tell me what I can and can't do!"
"I live to protect others, and I've achieved more then you have already!" Kenshin countered,
"your way will lead to your early grave, that it will!"
"Enough talk!" Master Shinto snapped, "I don't need to explain myself to someone, who will in
mere seconds, be nothing more then dirt under my feet! I guess I need to ensure that this next
attack, will kill you, without fail! I'll use my father's ultimate technique...only now, it's the highest
form it can reach! The 'Kizu Shi Mo', is the simple version of the attack...now...I'll use the most
critical form of the technique! And there's no way that even you can defeat the 'Kizu Shi Mo', in
it's top form! Prepare to die, Battousai!"
Master Shinto, took his stance and then...he disappeared, even before he began his attack.
"He's gone!" Kenshin gasped.
About 1 and a half seconds past, before Kenshin had a thought run through his head. He
thought of it and then, readied himself.
"I need to make this work!" Kenshin thought to himself. He waited, patiently and then after
another second went by, Master Shinto, reappeared again, right in front of Kenshin.
"Umu Kizu Shi Mo!" he yelled, going fro the kill. Just as Master Shinto had reappeared, Kenshin
had already dodged the attack, and now was positioned on Master Shinto's right side.
"Hiten Mitsurugi style...," Kenshin yelled out, jumped up in the air, about a foot off the ground,
to get some height. He pulled back his blade, with his one good arm and prepared to strike.
"...Huh?" Master Shinto, gasped, realizing that Kenshin was not in front of him.
"...Ryu Sui Sen!!" Kenshin finished the attack, by slamming his sword down on Master Shinto's
sword arm, between the hand and elbow. Master Shinto, cried out in agony, and fell over on
his face. His sword, dropped and bounced on the ground, twice, before falling.
Kenshin, landed on the ground, and fell to his knees, holding his sword, outstretched. Everyone
in the room gasped. Some of the Deciphels, around the room, began to whisper to each other,
others cried out in horror, that their Master had been defeated.
Kenshin got up and flipped his sword around. He then, proceeded to slide it back into it's sheath.
Kaoru ran over to Kenshin and helped him over to Soji and Mao. Master Shinto, crawled over to
the head of the room, and rested his injured body on the wall. He helped himself up, with one
arm.
"You...," Master Shinto hissed, looking at Kenshin with a spiteful look, "...don't think...ugh...that
this is over...you maggot!"
Kenshin, now recovered a little, turned and looked at Master Shinto, who was climbing higher on
the wall, with his arm.
"I...don't plan on losing this fight...," Master Shinto proclaimed, "I...will kill you...even if I have to
resort to extreme measures!"
Kenshin and Kaoru, both looked at him and felt ill, inside. Mao, clung to Soji, scared. Soji, blushed,
but showed more fear then embarrassment. Finally, Master Shinto stopped climbing the wall, and
now was almost fully erect. He then, revealed a smile...a smile that spelled something horrible in
was going to take place...and he was going to be the brain behind it.
"I suggest that you refrain from doing anything else, that I do!" Kenshin said finally, "you've
lost...accept it!"
"Lost?!...," Master Shinto, laughed, "...I don't plan on losing...because you will be the ones that
will die here!...Allow me to introduce my 'Trump Card'!"
Master Shinto, took his arm, that he had been climbing the wall with, and reached for a rope,
that was tied to the ceiling. The end of the rope, at the top, disappeared, into a hole, in the
ceiling.
"Hahaha!" Master Shinto laughed, "check this out!"
He pulled on the rope and a whoosh noise, could be heard. Then, the walls, all around, began to
melt. At second glance, the walls weren't melting...they were falling off...revealing something
underneath. Once the fake walls, had collapsed, they showed the true nature of the room.
Kenshin gasped, and his eyes wide. Kaoru and the two kids, gasped.
"Hahaha!" Master Shinto laughed, throwing his arms in the air.
The entire room, along the walls, had been striped of their foundation and structure...to reveal
an enormous amount of explosives...strapped into the frame of the walls. All of the explosives,
were connected together, by string, and they all led over to Master Shinto, where he was still
holding the rope, which he had pulled.
"Pulling this rope once...causes the walls to reveal what's underneath!" Master Shinto laughed,
now sounding sinister, "the second time I pull this rope...will cause this entire Dojo...along with
everyone inside...to go boom! Hahahaha!"
With no time to react, Kenshin got up and yelled to everyone to get out. Even before, Kenshin
was able to finish his warning...Master Shinto yanked on the rope.
A/N: My first real cliff-hanger of the story...and it's a doozy! Can't wait for the next
chapter? Well...you have to! I'm not one to be quick to give away the next chapter,
too soon! Look for it, by next week, sometime...maybe thursday/friday-ish!