CHAPTER 17- SURVIVAL OF THE STRONGEST
All over the Kamiya property, fights were breaking out.
Sanosuke and Inui sent each other crashing through walls with their incredible strikes. Yahiko stood his ground against the tools of the cross- dressing Otowa. Jiani took on Kujiranami in a furious brawl of fists and feet. Kenshin was forced into drastic measures to take on the new Iwanbou, whose skin absorbed every one of his blows. For the first time, Kaoru, Yahiko, Megumi, and Enishi saw the Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki.
But once this dramatic display ended, and Iwanbou, along with Gein, crashed to the ground, Kenshin became a bystander. While Megumi treated his wounds, he watched the others continue to fight. And fight they did.
Sanosuke put everything on the line, using the Futae no Kiwami to smash through Inui's new tekkou and send him falling in a shower of blood. He won, but his hand was even more mutilated than before.
Yahiko, despite being darted in the arms, legs, and sides, rose to his feet and mastered the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu Hawatari. He sent Otowa crumbling to the ground before collapsing himself. He had fought his first true battle and won.
As for Jiani, she stood before a trembling Kujiranami, panting and bloody. Her sword lay abandoned on the ground. She refused to use it so long as her opponent have no weapon.
He snarled at her. "I'll destroy you and then I'll destroy the Battousai!"
He charged in, the moonlight reflecting off his shiny forehead. Jiani crouched deeper into her stance, concentrating.
'5.4.3.2.1.' "HYAAAAAAAH!" She caught his massive fist in one hand, much to his shock. But then, she vaulted over his head, taking the arm with her. Then, she thrust all her weight down upon it.
Kujiranami howled in pain. "AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!"
'Without his left hand, the only way he'll shake me is if he throws himself to the ground.' She thought. She smirked slyly. 'Then I'll act right now.'
Veins popping out of his neck, the enraged ogre tried desperately to pull away. He could feel his arm groaning under her weight. But nothing could prepare him for her next move.
"HAH!" Bending her knees, she jumped high into the air, taking his arm with her.
SNAP!
Kujiranami shrieked once again as she let his limp, shattered arm fall to the ground. He was helpless now.
Jiani landed a short distance away. She drew herself back into a fighting stance. "I am sorry." She said softly. "I can understand your taste for vengeance to an extent. However." She raced forward and slammed her elbow into the back of his head.
His eyes glazed over. "U---Ugh
He fell once again, a massive dent apparent from where the blow occurred.
Jiani bowed slightly. "However, that does not make revenge right."
"I can see the connection between you and the Battousai now."
Who was that?
Peering over her shoulder, she gasped. "You!"
Saitoh leaned against the wall of the ruined dojo, puffing on a cigarette. He scoffed. "'You?' I don't believe that is my name."
Meanwhile, Kenshin faced yet another new adversary, Yatsume.
Perched on the dojo roof, he was nothing short of beastly looking. His arms and legs, even his neck was twice as long as normal, something the Kenshin- gumi took in with wide eyes and churning stomachs. His mission: to kill Kenshin and the others for seeing his misshapen body.
"Yes Battousai," he growled. "First you, then all of these people."
Saitoh stepped through one of the giant holes in the wall. "You're the most talkative freak I've ever met."
Sanosuke almost went into cardiac arrest. "How are you still alive???"
Jiani came in after him, taking Sanosuke's attention in an instant. "Jiani! Are you okay?"
She glanced over at Megumi, who was still attending to the unconscious Yahiko. "Miss Megumi, when you are finished, would you see to Mr. Kujiranami as well?"
Everyone knew who won THAT battle.
All over the Kamiya property, fights were breaking out.
Sanosuke and Inui sent each other crashing through walls with their incredible strikes. Yahiko stood his ground against the tools of the cross- dressing Otowa. Jiani took on Kujiranami in a furious brawl of fists and feet. Kenshin was forced into drastic measures to take on the new Iwanbou, whose skin absorbed every one of his blows. For the first time, Kaoru, Yahiko, Megumi, and Enishi saw the Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki.
But once this dramatic display ended, and Iwanbou, along with Gein, crashed to the ground, Kenshin became a bystander. While Megumi treated his wounds, he watched the others continue to fight. And fight they did.
Sanosuke put everything on the line, using the Futae no Kiwami to smash through Inui's new tekkou and send him falling in a shower of blood. He won, but his hand was even more mutilated than before.
Yahiko, despite being darted in the arms, legs, and sides, rose to his feet and mastered the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu Hawatari. He sent Otowa crumbling to the ground before collapsing himself. He had fought his first true battle and won.
As for Jiani, she stood before a trembling Kujiranami, panting and bloody. Her sword lay abandoned on the ground. She refused to use it so long as her opponent have no weapon.
He snarled at her. "I'll destroy you and then I'll destroy the Battousai!"
He charged in, the moonlight reflecting off his shiny forehead. Jiani crouched deeper into her stance, concentrating.
'5.4.3.2.1.' "HYAAAAAAAH!" She caught his massive fist in one hand, much to his shock. But then, she vaulted over his head, taking the arm with her. Then, she thrust all her weight down upon it.
Kujiranami howled in pain. "AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!"
'Without his left hand, the only way he'll shake me is if he throws himself to the ground.' She thought. She smirked slyly. 'Then I'll act right now.'
Veins popping out of his neck, the enraged ogre tried desperately to pull away. He could feel his arm groaning under her weight. But nothing could prepare him for her next move.
"HAH!" Bending her knees, she jumped high into the air, taking his arm with her.
SNAP!
Kujiranami shrieked once again as she let his limp, shattered arm fall to the ground. He was helpless now.
Jiani landed a short distance away. She drew herself back into a fighting stance. "I am sorry." She said softly. "I can understand your taste for vengeance to an extent. However." She raced forward and slammed her elbow into the back of his head.
His eyes glazed over. "U---Ugh
He fell once again, a massive dent apparent from where the blow occurred.
Jiani bowed slightly. "However, that does not make revenge right."
"I can see the connection between you and the Battousai now."
Who was that?
Peering over her shoulder, she gasped. "You!"
Saitoh leaned against the wall of the ruined dojo, puffing on a cigarette. He scoffed. "'You?' I don't believe that is my name."
Meanwhile, Kenshin faced yet another new adversary, Yatsume.
Perched on the dojo roof, he was nothing short of beastly looking. His arms and legs, even his neck was twice as long as normal, something the Kenshin- gumi took in with wide eyes and churning stomachs. His mission: to kill Kenshin and the others for seeing his misshapen body.
"Yes Battousai," he growled. "First you, then all of these people."
Saitoh stepped through one of the giant holes in the wall. "You're the most talkative freak I've ever met."
Sanosuke almost went into cardiac arrest. "How are you still alive???"
Jiani came in after him, taking Sanosuke's attention in an instant. "Jiani! Are you okay?"
She glanced over at Megumi, who was still attending to the unconscious Yahiko. "Miss Megumi, when you are finished, would you see to Mr. Kujiranami as well?"
Everyone knew who won THAT battle.