CHAPTER 4- TROUBLE ON THE RISE
Kaoru found Yahiko in the training hall a short time later. She smirked. "So, you finally sobered up after drinking all that sake, eh?"
He frowned at her. "I need you to teach me the succession techniques.Master."
'Master?' Kaoru quirked an eyebrow. Was that supposed to be some kind of.courtesy?
He turned to face her full, his shinai in hand. He then gave her a sweeping bow. "Look, see? I bow my head to you, Master. Now please teach me the succession technique!"
"Why do you suddenly want to learn that so bad?" she asked him.
He sputtered. "Well."
He remembered how useless he felt that night when he saw the Akabeko go down in flames.
Yahiko shook his head. "Because, I just wanna be stronger, that's all! If there's trouble, I wanna be able to fight!"
Kaoru sighed. "Yahiko, you're just not ready."
That did it. He blew up in her face. "WHAT??? HERE I WENT AND BOWED, SHOWED YOU RESPECT AND ASKED YOU NICELY, AND HERE YOU TELL ME NO???"
She glared. "IT TAKES MORE THAN FORCED MANNERS AND CALLING ME MASTER TO LEARN THOSE SUCCESSION TECHNIQUES! YOU STILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO LEARN, YAHIKO-CHAN!!
"WHY YOU OLD HAG!"
"DON'T YOU CALL ME THAT!!!"
Jiani and Kenshin were sitting outside while they began whacking each other around the dojo with their bamboo swords.
Kenshin sighed. "Oy, they never stop."
Jiani didn't respond. She simply sat there leaning on her elbow. Kenshin read the expression in her eyes and smiled. "Jiani-chan, don't worry. Sanosuke is a strong fellow, that he is. He won't let anything happen to himself."
"I'm just worried because he's still recovering from all those injuries." She said. "He won't be able to use the Futae no Kiwame if he needs it!"
"Now, now. He did just fine even before he learned that." He looked at her in the eyes. "Besides, he knows he has responsibility here now."
Jiani blushed. She knew where he was getting at.
Meanwhile, at a train station, two odd-looking figures arrived. One was a very feminine looking man, Otowa. The other was a burly man with dreadlocks and massive wrist guards, Inui.
"You know what you're doing right?" Otowa asked. He pointed to a map. "You go here and I'll go there. That's where Enishi wanted us to strike."
Inui nodded. "Yeah, yeah. Let's get going!"
"Then we'll split up here." Otowa said with a smirk. "For the simultaneous two-pronged attack!"
Kaoru found Yahiko in the training hall a short time later. She smirked. "So, you finally sobered up after drinking all that sake, eh?"
He frowned at her. "I need you to teach me the succession techniques.Master."
'Master?' Kaoru quirked an eyebrow. Was that supposed to be some kind of.courtesy?
He turned to face her full, his shinai in hand. He then gave her a sweeping bow. "Look, see? I bow my head to you, Master. Now please teach me the succession technique!"
"Why do you suddenly want to learn that so bad?" she asked him.
He sputtered. "Well."
He remembered how useless he felt that night when he saw the Akabeko go down in flames.
Yahiko shook his head. "Because, I just wanna be stronger, that's all! If there's trouble, I wanna be able to fight!"
Kaoru sighed. "Yahiko, you're just not ready."
That did it. He blew up in her face. "WHAT??? HERE I WENT AND BOWED, SHOWED YOU RESPECT AND ASKED YOU NICELY, AND HERE YOU TELL ME NO???"
She glared. "IT TAKES MORE THAN FORCED MANNERS AND CALLING ME MASTER TO LEARN THOSE SUCCESSION TECHNIQUES! YOU STILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO LEARN, YAHIKO-CHAN!!
"WHY YOU OLD HAG!"
"DON'T YOU CALL ME THAT!!!"
Jiani and Kenshin were sitting outside while they began whacking each other around the dojo with their bamboo swords.
Kenshin sighed. "Oy, they never stop."
Jiani didn't respond. She simply sat there leaning on her elbow. Kenshin read the expression in her eyes and smiled. "Jiani-chan, don't worry. Sanosuke is a strong fellow, that he is. He won't let anything happen to himself."
"I'm just worried because he's still recovering from all those injuries." She said. "He won't be able to use the Futae no Kiwame if he needs it!"
"Now, now. He did just fine even before he learned that." He looked at her in the eyes. "Besides, he knows he has responsibility here now."
Jiani blushed. She knew where he was getting at.
Meanwhile, at a train station, two odd-looking figures arrived. One was a very feminine looking man, Otowa. The other was a burly man with dreadlocks and massive wrist guards, Inui.
"You know what you're doing right?" Otowa asked. He pointed to a map. "You go here and I'll go there. That's where Enishi wanted us to strike."
Inui nodded. "Yeah, yeah. Let's get going!"
"Then we'll split up here." Otowa said with a smirk. "For the simultaneous two-pronged attack!"