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A/n- ::runs into room and slams self against door:: ::panting heavily:: I-I just have a f-few s-seconds to ch-chat b-before I have to r-run again—so I'll make this quick. This be the fight between Kenshin and Aoshi. They're both cute, so this time (hopefully) I won't skip any important parts, just the tidbits…WAITAMINNIT! Uh-oh…I just reread the manga and look: ::shoves up manga #14:: there's a lotta idle chatter between the two about Aoshi shoving his responsibilities on the late Oniwa Banshuu people (Hannya and co.), and such…aw man, I'm gonna HAVE to cut off some junk to make this chapter shorter…gomen ne minna-san…
::hears screaming and door banging in background::
Wuh-oh…Saito and Usui are breaking the door now, gotta fly, bai bai!
Pillow Grand Pree: ROUND SEVENTwo pairs of feet thundered upon the wooden floor—waitaminnit…two? Where's the other pair?
"Kso we're not there yet? It's hard work carrying such a heavy woman!" Sanosuke cursed.
"Hey hey stinkin' kid what are you jabbering about?!" Yumi squirmed and shouted. "Besides," she now averted her attention on Kenshin, "the next one you're fighting is the most powerful in the Juppon-Gattana, Seta Soujiro, do you know?!"
Seta Soujiro…Kenshin mused, then stopped in front of a door.
"Oi, aren't you a little bit TOO eager? That's Houji's room. No one's in there right now." Yumi hissed.
"Hear that Kenshin? Let's go!" Sanosuke panted.
Kenshin still stared at the door. No, someone—someone's in there!
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"She said there's no one in there, Kenshin!" Sanosuke repeated impatiently.
"No…there is someone in there…" Kenshin murmured.
"Wha—" Sanosuke turned to Yumi angrily. "Is one of the Juppon-Gattana in there to ambush us?!"
"Puh-leeeeze! I already explained to you, the whole entire scheme of this is based on Houji's plans, Shishio-sama didn't have anything to with this, only the 'final battle'! So I can guarantee that the person in there, whoever he is, is not one of the Juppon-Gattana!" Yumi thundered.
"Not one of the Juppon-Gattana…" Sanosuke blinked. "Oi, Kenshin—it isn't…"
"Yes." Kenshin said. "Aoshi Shinomori."
~* there's a little foreplay of round eight, so…yeah. Enjoy Kamatari ^_^; (I like him…ho ho…) *~
"Hey hey hey! The Juppon-Gattana already said they wanted to fight you, so why don't you just get down here, hurry up, and die!" Kamatari shouted up to the Aoiya. Then he clasped his hands together, giggling and singing, "We're gonna cut off your heaaaaaaaaaaa~ds and give them Shishio-sama as preeeeeee~sents!"
"Uhm…is that one of the Juppon-Gattana too?" Yahiko sweatdropped.
"Looks it…" Misao sweatdropped too.
"What should we should do?" Okon asked Okina.
"Well…we have a better advantage here…rather than 150 against seven, it's better as three against seven. I say we do…Okon, Omasu, Shiro, and Kuro, you go against the slowest-looking one. Kaoru and Yahiko against that batty man, and Misao against that woman (a/n- boy are they ever gonna get a surprise) with the scythe." Okina decided. "But remember—none of us is ever going to die."
"Got it." Misao gave Okina a thumbs-up, "Let's gooo!"
The Oniwa Banshuu plus two jumped out of the window to greet the Juppon-Gattana.
"Owiiiieeeeee…" Yahiko groaned as he slamped onto the ground.
"Dummy…" Kaoru sighed.
Okon, Omasu, Shiro, and Kuro all fired their pillow discs at Iwanbou (the "slowest-looking" one).
"Got him!" Misao cheered.
But Iwanbou just used his blubber and the discs bounced off.
"Nande?!"
"Hoho…" Iwanbou cackled and slashed out at the Oniwa Banshuu (excluding Misao).
"Minna-san!" Misao cried.
"Personally, I think you should be worrying about yourself." Kamatari smiled from behind Misao.
Kaoru and Yahiko faced Hennya, "Alright. I think we should start too."
~*~
"Kenshin…" Sanosuke said.
Kenshin finally murmured, "I promised…I promised Misao-chan, to bring back Aoshi; and my other promise to Aoshi, to once again battle him…
"If I lose this moment, I may never again be offered a chance to stay true to any of those two promises. I can only use now to complete my promise." Kenshin pushed open the door.
Aoshi Shinomori sat there, looking darker than ever. He had one long pillow resting in his lap.
"You're here…" Aoshi looked up, glowering. "Our promised time has come…Himura Battousai."
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"Aoshi…" Kenshin stared hardly at the man standing before him. "You changed. You changed so much I can barely believe you're still 'Shinomori Aoshi'."
"How can I not change?" Aoshi said menacingly, his left hand on the hilt of his long pillow cover, and his right on the end of the cover. He slid his hands away, and they came with two short pillows.
Sanosuke gasped. He's got two pillows now…
"I'm waiting, Battousai." Aoshi clinked his pillows together.
Kenshin's hand, however, did not move to unsheathe his pillow.
Sanosuke shouted, "Kenshin?! What are you doing, you fool?"
Aoshi said, "And now you're going to dishonor your promise?"
"I'll honor my promise. But, my opponent isn't you." Kenshin said. "The person I promised a fight with was the Okashira of the Oniwa Banshuu, 'Aoshi', not you."
"What are you talking about?" Aoshi growled.
"It's no use, Kenshin." Sanosuke murmured. "If reason can get past this dude, then he would've been saved all the way back at the Kanryuu place. Who cares if he's changed; Aoshi is Aoshi. Just defeat him to get on with the next fight. Time is valuable."
"If that's so, then I would dishonor another promise." Kenshin said back softly, "The Aoshi I promised Misao-chan I'd bring back was the Okashira Aoshi, not this one.
"Even if I did defeat him and brought him back, it would be meaningless." At this Kenshin turned to Aoshi, "I will honor my promise, but my opponent will not be this Aoshi."
Aoshi glowered at him, "Are you done with your jabbering now?" he tightened his grip on his pillows.
"It'd be smart to take out your pillow now, Kenshin. He's coming." Sanosuke said.
"Iie." Kenshin answered.
A vein popped on Sanosuke's head, "Can you please not be a pain-in-the-@$$?!?!"
Kenshin replied slowly. "If I had defeated this Aoshi, he would most definitely be hit harder than before. So I must try to elicit the true Aoshi out and defeat that one."
"I told ya, time's valuable, and now you're playin' these stupid games…"
"Gomen."
"But this method fits your personality rather well! Alright, I forgive ya! Get out there and beat Aoshi's @$$!" Sanosuke grinned and flashed Kenshin a thumbs-up.
Yumi glanced warily at Kenshin, "……"
Aoshi dashed at Kenshin, pillow out.
Kenshin leapt back and slapped one hand against the bookcase, and with the other hand he raked the books down and threw them at Aoshi.
Aoshi slashed thru the books and Kenshin took the time to leap on top of the bookcase.
Yumi ran thru the maze of books and finally stopped for breath. "…found it!"
A telegraph transmitter sat on the desk of Houji's.
"Shishio-sama! Yumi sent us a telegraph!" Houji walked rapidly to Shishio-sama's side. "She said Anji lost, Saito and Usui are battling, and even Kenshin and Aoshi are fighting in my room." Perspiration formed on his forehead, "This doesn't look good."
"It's not that bad." Shishio took a puff on his cigar-thingy-doo, "If one were to fight with Anji, he wouldn't come out unscathed. As for Saito and Usui, Usui'd probably lose, but would also harm Saito in the process." He let out his breath slowly, trailing a path of smoke thru the air, "Two harmed, and one Battousai…just Soujiro and I can defeat them easily."
"But some of our men are already down!" Houji protested.
"Unless…you want to see me fretting and horrified?" Shishio smiled toothily.
Houji's upper lip twitched.
"Let's just toss that aside. Onto more serious matters…" Shishio tilted his head back, "Shinomori and Battousai finally locked horns?" he directed his speech to the young man washing his pillow by hand in a tub. "Soujiro, you better take your time cleansing your pillow."
"Hm?" Soujiro looked up.
"Because their battle'd probably take up a while."
Kenshin dashed to the edge of the bookcase he was standing upon. Aoshi cursed and started to climb up after him. Kenshin jumped down and slammed his shoulder against the bookcase, "Aoshi! The you right now can't even defeat the pillowless me!"
The bookcase tottered and looked set to squash Aoshi into a pancake.
Sanosuke cheered, "Yatta! You really beat him without your pil—"
Aoshi's eyes flickered and he slashed at the bookcase.
Kai Ten Kenbu Loku Len!
The bookcase was immediately slashed to a million pieces.
Kenshin gasped.
"It might take up a while? Why?" Soujiro asked as he scrubbed soap into his cotton pillow case.
"Easy." Shishio replied, leaning back, "Because Shinomori Aoshi at this time, is on the same level as the Battousai. If these two lock horns, then a life-or-death battle is sure to occur."
Kenshin unsheathed his pillow…A/n- nani! Gomen nasai minna-san, this be part a. of round seven! You guys seemed impatient so… and besides, me too caught up with homework and evading Saito and Usui. Blaugh…how can they pick on a little twelve-years-old? Sniffle. But dun worry! Round Seven Part B will be up shortly (I hope)!
Hugs to…
Sagara Sanosuke- sucha loyal reviewer ^_~. Thankies Sano and keep up YOUR fics! It's great!
Zosocrowe- my first reviewer and very faithful too at that! Nyu, Kamatari and Yumi catfight? ::raises eyebrow at first ever review:: I suppose it could be managed… ::cackles evilly::
Anna- don't worry! Not only will Aoshi-sama be showing off his double pillows, Hiko-sama will too (though not double ^.^;;;)! Watch as the parody of superman vs. giant man! ::cracks up, imagining Fuji with a giant pillow::
J. Liha- thankies for the concern about my safety! Don't worry, I think the super-duper-extra-triple-quadruple-safe-barred-door I just got will hold very nicely. NYEH?! It just broke down! Stupid infomercials! ::kicks tv::
Hoto- how much I owe you I dunno, but it's a lot! Thankies for the help on my website and actually trying to teach me HTML code! Me! A HTML idiot! And…you have good taste in bishies too ^.^ Naozumi, Nuriko, Tasuki, Hotohori, Kenshin, Soujiro, Kamatari… oh yeah! And thankies for making the only Nao-chan shrine on the web! ::eyes all other websites with disgust:: j/k!
Pocky- ha ha, like ur new name? ^o^;;; tee-hee, oki, anyhoo, thankies for reading this and actually reviewing it! And Draco is NOT gay 3 Caine isn't either so bi-daaaaaaah! :p (Luine is gay)
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And now…
Later dayz!
CyberSerpent .~
PS. I just uploaded my first ever Fushigi Yuugi fic! It's Yui+Suboshi, those who are interested, go click on Fushigi Yuugi fic! It's Yui+Suboshi, those who are interested, go click on "Yuki ga futte imas…" by CyberSerpent! The title means "It's Snowing…" and it's set in winter so…yeah! Please go R+R! (Suboshi…*____*)