CHAPTER 7- THE TIME FOR EARTHLY JUSTICE
Jiani had resumed her vigil on the steps. Head leaning against the wall, she shifted her gaze from left to right, watching over the gates, ready to grab her sword at any moment. But with each passing hour, there was an eerie peace.
She sighed. Just how long would Kenshin and Sano-kun be? How long would they keep her worried?
..........
The deadly strike from Inui to Sanosuke never came. Instead, a giant Iwanbou smashed his way through the entrance, sending the police flying. Sanosuke's eyes widened. 'Great.back-up."
But no, Iwanbou directed his attention to Inui. "Still fooling around, Inui?"
Inui growled, annoyed at seeing him. "Gein."
To Sanosuke's awe, a man wearing a skull mask popped out of Iwanbou's mouth. "Come! The time for Earthly Justice has begun!"
"No way Gein! I have a fight to finish! Get lost!"
"Indeed I will, and so should you. Unless, of course, you want to wind up being burned to nothing in the explosion!"
"What's going on here?" Sanosuke muttered.
Gein leapt for another rooftop, abandoning his giant puppet. Scowling, Inui followed. But as he jumped to freedom, he shouted back over his shoulder. "Sagara Sanosuke! We will finish our fight!"
They were gone, Inui's laughter echoing down the walls of the dojo.
"The time for Earthly Justice?" Sanosuke pondered. Just then, he remembered Iwanbou. He growled in disgust. "What the hell is that thing anyway? Is it some kind of suit.?"
That was when he spotted something.smoke curling out of the thing's mouth! Gein's words echoed through his mind. 'The time for Earthly Justice.Earthly Justice!'
"GET DOWN!" He roared towards the puzzled police officers. Rushing towards Iwanbou, he unleashed his strongest kick.
FWISH! Out popped a bomb!
Soaring high into the air, it erupted in a blast of smoke and fire. Everyone ducked for cover.
Sanosuke watched as the aftermath faded away. 'Damn them.' he thought. 'First the Akabeko, now the Maekawa dojo.they won't stop until we're all dead!' He held his mangled hand. 'We have to do something.'
.........
'The time for Earthly justice?'
Otowa's words echoed through Kenshin's mind. He looked down at his hands, noting how they trembled. 'Perhaps I inhaled a bit of that gas. Luckily, it seems as though it isn't lethal. It should wear off.' He turned around. "Now to see to Uramura,"
Suddenly, he saw something out of the corner of his eye. "What?" Turning around, he saw someone, a giant of a man, poised on a distant rooftop. Attached to his hand was.an Armstrong Cannon!
Whirling around, Kenshin shouted to the woman and girl. "RUN! RUN!"
BA-BOOM!!!!!!!!
Screaming in terror, the Urakawa's wife and daughter went flying. Luckily, they found their feet and stood rather unharmed.
The girl turned back towards the house, which was engulfed in flames. "PAPA!!!!!!"
It was then that Kenshin emerged, panting and charred. Slung over his shoulders was Uramura!
The child cried with relief. "Papa."
Kenshin smiled slightly. "He will be all right."
"But why did this happen?" the girl asked. "What did my father ever do to." She couldn't finish.
Kenshin looked up at the sky, wondering the same thing.
Jiani had resumed her vigil on the steps. Head leaning against the wall, she shifted her gaze from left to right, watching over the gates, ready to grab her sword at any moment. But with each passing hour, there was an eerie peace.
She sighed. Just how long would Kenshin and Sano-kun be? How long would they keep her worried?
..........
The deadly strike from Inui to Sanosuke never came. Instead, a giant Iwanbou smashed his way through the entrance, sending the police flying. Sanosuke's eyes widened. 'Great.back-up."
But no, Iwanbou directed his attention to Inui. "Still fooling around, Inui?"
Inui growled, annoyed at seeing him. "Gein."
To Sanosuke's awe, a man wearing a skull mask popped out of Iwanbou's mouth. "Come! The time for Earthly Justice has begun!"
"No way Gein! I have a fight to finish! Get lost!"
"Indeed I will, and so should you. Unless, of course, you want to wind up being burned to nothing in the explosion!"
"What's going on here?" Sanosuke muttered.
Gein leapt for another rooftop, abandoning his giant puppet. Scowling, Inui followed. But as he jumped to freedom, he shouted back over his shoulder. "Sagara Sanosuke! We will finish our fight!"
They were gone, Inui's laughter echoing down the walls of the dojo.
"The time for Earthly Justice?" Sanosuke pondered. Just then, he remembered Iwanbou. He growled in disgust. "What the hell is that thing anyway? Is it some kind of suit.?"
That was when he spotted something.smoke curling out of the thing's mouth! Gein's words echoed through his mind. 'The time for Earthly Justice.Earthly Justice!'
"GET DOWN!" He roared towards the puzzled police officers. Rushing towards Iwanbou, he unleashed his strongest kick.
FWISH! Out popped a bomb!
Soaring high into the air, it erupted in a blast of smoke and fire. Everyone ducked for cover.
Sanosuke watched as the aftermath faded away. 'Damn them.' he thought. 'First the Akabeko, now the Maekawa dojo.they won't stop until we're all dead!' He held his mangled hand. 'We have to do something.'
.........
'The time for Earthly justice?'
Otowa's words echoed through Kenshin's mind. He looked down at his hands, noting how they trembled. 'Perhaps I inhaled a bit of that gas. Luckily, it seems as though it isn't lethal. It should wear off.' He turned around. "Now to see to Uramura,"
Suddenly, he saw something out of the corner of his eye. "What?" Turning around, he saw someone, a giant of a man, poised on a distant rooftop. Attached to his hand was.an Armstrong Cannon!
Whirling around, Kenshin shouted to the woman and girl. "RUN! RUN!"
BA-BOOM!!!!!!!!
Screaming in terror, the Urakawa's wife and daughter went flying. Luckily, they found their feet and stood rather unharmed.
The girl turned back towards the house, which was engulfed in flames. "PAPA!!!!!!"
It was then that Kenshin emerged, panting and charred. Slung over his shoulders was Uramura!
The child cried with relief. "Papa."
Kenshin smiled slightly. "He will be all right."
"But why did this happen?" the girl asked. "What did my father ever do to." She couldn't finish.
Kenshin looked up at the sky, wondering the same thing.