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A/n- Sorry this took so long guys ^_^;;; but I was still trying to figure out if you guys want the Saito vs. Usui fight or not but I decided to leave it in since Saito-sama wouldn't exactly get a performance if not and I know how you guys love him! Oh yeah, according to the manga, this is where the rest of the Juppon-Gattana meet up with the Oniwa Banshuu&company, so I'm just stuffing that in after Sano leaves Anji and all that. Oh yeah, and I never watched the Kyoto-arc anime except the beginning where Saito beats the *ahem* out of Kenshin while Kaoru screams uselessly, okay? So if you think anything's wrong, just remember that I'm going along the line of the manga and not the anime. And the rest—enjoy…the Wolf of Mibu vs. the Blind Swordsman—eh, Pillowman!

Pillow Grand Pree: ROUND SIX

Sanosuke Sagara stood up and swung his jacket over his shoulder.  He took two steps forward—then fell.

"Are you alright?" Kenshin asked as he put the medicine Kaoru transferred to him from Megumi onto Sanosuke's hand.

"It hurts!" Sanosuke muttered back.

Saito took a long drag. "You've got no one to blame but yourself. I told you specificly to improve on your defense but did you listen? No.

"And so the Juppon-Gattana still has seven people left, and only us two to fight them?"

"Hey!" Sanosuke went angry-SD. "Whatta bout me???"

"What about you? You're going to try to fight in that state? Get real. Besides, your pillow's been busted up so bad the feathers are probably are twisted.  We don't need medical patients here.  Stay back for a while." Saito retorted.

"Who're you kiddin'?! I've already come this far and so I'm going to go farther and see that Shishio!" Sanosuke shot back, clenching his fist. "Owiieee…"

Kenshin cradled his tattered pillow, "Poor widdle pillow…did bad Sano beat you up?"

"Gawd Kenshin you are so gay…"

~* and so comes a lot of boring stuff where Sanosuke wants to help Anji with the medicine and Kenshin stops him and yadda yadda—and now let's zoom to where Anji tells them that three of the Juppon-Gattana went off to the Aoiya *~

"Go back." Anji said.

"Huh?"

"The only people left here in the Juppon-Gattana are Soujiro and Usui. The rest went off to attack the Aoiya." Anji continued.

Kenshin had a look of disbelief on his face—then anger. "Shishio!"

"Oi! Don't get the wrong idea okay? This plan was made by Houji, not Shishio-sama, get your story straight first!" Yumi spoke up, pissed.

Sanosuke slammed his hand on Yumi's shoulder, "Who gives a f*** whose plan is it! Take us back, now!"

Yumi put on a smug look, "Unfortunately I only know the way to go forward, not backward."

Sanosuke cursed under his breath. "Che!" he turned to Kenshin, "Kenshin!"

Kenshin thought for a while, then finally said, "We'll just believe in everyone for a while, and finish what we came here to do. I think it'll be faster than going out of this maze." Shishou… (all females fans of Hiko—scream!) Please…let us be on time…

~* Aoiya *~

Okon burst in, "Bad news! They've got us surrounded, at least 150 of them!"

Okina said gravely, "Just like Himura said."

Misao lifted her fist, "It's time to battle!"

Kaoru piped up, "Our goal isn't to terminate the enemy, it's to protect ourselves, everyone got that?"

Misao replied, "Well duh! As long as I'm the Okashira, no one's gonna get killed!"

Yahiko looked out the window, "150 huh? Since Okina can't really fight, we'll have to fight at least twenty per person…"

A voice spoke up, "I say, young one, don't get confused." The voice belonged to a pretty "girl" in a kimono with a long scythe-pillow in her hand (a pillow shaped like a scythe).  "These people are just here to act like a wall, to prevent you from running away. The people who are actually gonna fight you, are us.  So just come out and play, wontcha?"

~*~

"This is it, the second room." Yumi said. "Once you open it, there'll be no esca—"

"Don't waste your breath." Kenshin said shortly and kicked open the door.

Usui, the Blind Pillowman, squatted in the middle of room, which was covered from head to toe with images of pillows with eyes.

"Ugh, freaky." Sanosuke shuddered.

Usui appeared to think as he rubbed his chin, "One, two, and three…well well, looks like Anji didn't even kill off one."

Kenshin went into his battoujutsu pose (although in this case he's reaching for his pillow), "Leave the talking for later, hurry up and do your thing. It doesn't look like you're moving."

Sanosuke raised his eyebrow, "Oi, Ken—"

Saito whacked Kenshin down.

"—shin…" Sanosuke sweatdropped.

Saito said, "I don't mind if you get mad, as long as it doesn't results in foolishness, baka! Foolishness only thwarts your true ability. I'll take care of this guy, you others go on."

Kenshin rubbed his forehead, "Saito…?"

"Get going." Saito growled.

"Alright then, I'm going!" Kenshin whirled around to leave.

"Hey you can't just leave like tha—" Yumi cried.

"Shut up! You're coming with us!" Sanosuke snarled and picked up the startled and sweatdropping geisha, the trio running out of the room while Usui "looked" on and Yumi screamed, "Lemme go! The only person that can touch me is Shishio-sama!"

"Saito Hajime…looks like the people of the revolution really overestimated you…" Usui cackled evilly.

"I don't think that eye-heart thing of yours really works." Saito began to unsheath his pillow.

"Hm?"

"Besides, with that 'no-murder' nut floating around, it'd only…" Saito held up his pillow, "block the intense feeling I get when I kill you."

~* and so they yap and they yap, Usui tells Saito that his "eye-heart" thingamabob's secret's actually in his ears and blah *~

"And so to protect my motto of 'Aku-Soku-Zan', I must terminate you." Saito slid into his Pillowtotsu stance.

"Aku, soku, zan? To slay evil immediately?" Usui grinned. "Not bad. Saito Hajime, you're good enough to be my opponent!"

The two both charged at each other, and Saito thrusted his pillow at Usui, but he blocked it with his ball-shaped pillow and began his first attack, jabbing his pillow at Saito from every angle.

Saito dodged back. Blood spurted from both his knees and his arm.

"Only hurt in three places? Not too shabby, Saito Hajime." Usui cackled.

~* is there anyone here that likes Saito or Usui? If so then I am soooo sorry but I've gotten lazy, and I'm eager to get on to Soujiro's fight (versus Kenshin) and so…let us just innocently skip past the boring part… *~

"You…!" Usui stuck his turtle-shell shield in front of Saito, blocking his view. "Ha! See if you can use the Pillowtotsu now! Your every movement has been thwarted!" Usui grinned crazily and prepared to stab his pillow right into Saito's face and suffocate him.

But instead—

Saito threw back his arms and did…Pillowtotsu Zero.

Usui was thrown back, and gasped for breath as Saito suffocated him.

He died.

Just wanted to put it gently for all you young readers.

If you already know how Usui died, this is a very different instance of it, for the sake of, quoting Banshin, widdle bwabies that'll get nightmares after reading this. If you really wanna know…just lemme warn you, the material below can be disturbing.

Okay. No pillows. Saito had a sword. Not reverse-blade either (tehe). He just did Gatotsu Zero and simply drove his sword thru Usui, ripping his torso from waistdown and pinning him on the wall. They chatted about how long Saito'll keep up his motto of Aku Soku Zan, and it ended with a guffawed: "'til I die, of course."

A/n- I am sooooooooo gonna flamed for this! _______;;; I totally and completely almost skipped the whole entire fight!!! Waiiiii forgive me! ::grovels at reader's feet:: Sorry sorry sorry minna-san! Gomen nasai! Waiiiiiiiiiiii put down that sword Saito-sama!!!

AUGHHHHHHHHHH!!! ::runs away screaming while Saito and Usui run after her::

::pokes head back in::

Oh yeah, later dayz!

CyberSerpent .~

::fleets away again::

"You'll pay, woman!"

"My only fighting scene in the whole damn blasted manga and you SKIP it!"

"Gomen nasai! Gomen, gomen! Spare me! AHHHH!"

"Aku soku zan!"

"Die, woman!"

"Waiiiiiiii!!!!!!! Sou-chan saaaaaaave meeeee!"

::general sweatdrop::

"You think she'll escape alive, Yumi-san?"

"Not a chance, Soujiro."

"Sessha getting outta here, de gozaru yo."

"Ditto that, Kenshin."