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A/n- honto ni, honto ni arigatou gozaimas minna-san!! I actually got more reviews this time!!! ;o; tackleglomps alluv ya domoooo~!! 3 sankyuu to Jason for providing me wif the mousy dude's name ;D sorry, but mai RK manga's in Chinese so… @_@ I dun wanna bother learning all their names over and over again u_u; well, here's round ten! Sankyuu for all yer support minna! Demo.. expect updates to be a little slow this time =_= I'm juggling two websites [http://www.luvux2.dot.nu – LUVU.LUVU, mai main site and http://www.angelfire.com/anime5/prince - mai Yuki Sohma shrine {Fruits Basket} which ish COMPLETE! XD] at the same time and schoolwork's realli piling on the load with a gargantuan science exam looming in the horizon. So… ;o; gomen ne…
Saito and Usui bust in "GRAWWR—"
CySer: "Away! Cantcha see I'm busy groveling to the readers?!?!"
Saito&Usui: O_O;
Pillow Grand Pree: Round Ten"Can this be…" Okina stared, aghast, at the frightening duo, "the end?"
Shiro, Kuro, Okon, and Omasu all looked down at the ground.
"Nyeh-heh-heh-heh… that's right. Give up. If you're gonna die, at least die nobly eh?" Saitsuchi snickered.
"Dammit!" Misao cursed. Everyone's black and blue from the previous fight.. and just when, just when Aoshi-sama was coming back too! How were we supposed to know this half-human was to pop up? She snuck a look at Kaoru, "Kaoru-san…"
Kaoru was staring determinedly at the giant, "I know. I won't ever, ever give up. I promised Kenshin to bring everyone back to Kyoto. Demo…" a sweat dripped down her chin, "this time… I fear… we're done for."
"WHO SAID SO?!"
Yahiko staggered up, "It's…" he drew in a haggard breath, "not over yet!"
"Yahiko!" Kaoru stared, amazed.
"We can't EVER give up! Not before Kenshin returns!" Yahiko stormed, still huffing from the effort.
"Yahiko…" Misao gasped.
"Oh my my my. Children are just so hard to please." Saitsuchi sniggered, "He has no full idea of the situation he's gotten into. But, to let him just die without a clue why, is cruel and coldhearted. So allow me to explain."
~* do yew realli wanna hear his explanantion? I thought so *~
"So I'm telling you! YOU'RE HOPELESS! The only route you have is death!" Saitsuchi laughed uproariously.
"Death…so what?" Yahiko retorted.
Saitsuchi glowered at him.
"Yahiko." Kaoru warned.
"Do I look like I wanna hear you blathering away like an idiot?! I don't care whatever you say, I'll always believe in KENSHIN!" Yahiko screamed.
"Arara… today's youth are just so unrealistic. Truly, young man, you mustn't get dreams and reality mixed up. I've already explained everything to you so clearly. And you still don't get it. Forget it." Saitsuchi looked disgusted, "Send him to hell."
Fuji lifted his gargantuan pillow and began to bring it down on Yahiko.
"YAHIKO!" Kaoru shrieked.
Kenshin! Yahiko braced himself. KENSHIN!
KRRRRRRACK.
Kaoru crumpled to the floor. "Ya…hiko…" she sobbed.
"Kaoru," Misao, eyes wide, pointed, "look…"
"Not bad, kid! Well-screamed!" a red and white cape fluttered in the wind. "To believe in my baka deshi after all that, you, kid, are the winner of this battle."
[imagine a general gasp]
"Who…?" Omasu murmured.
"Hiko! Seijiro Hiko! He's Kenshin's shishou!" Misao blurted happily.
Hiko looked at Yahiko, crumpled at the floor, "What, kid? Are you so relieved after seeing me that you tripped?"
Yahiko went angry-SD, "Look who's talkin', you SHOW-OFF! If you were comin', why didncha come sooner? EH?!"
Hiko patted Yahiko's head and threw him to Kaoru ("Yahiko!"), "If you wanna blame someone, blame my baka deshi. Thanks to him, I had to search all of Kyoto for the Aoiya."
"Thank you!" Kaoru said, teary-eyed and hugging Yahiko to her chest, "Really… thank you so much!"
Hiko flashed a grin [all femme fans of Hiko, scream!]. He turned to face Fuji. "Alright, let's get started."
Saitsuchi snorted, "So. You're that Battousai's shishou, are you? No wonder you were able to deflect Fuji's sword. But! That's about all you can do, eh?! There's no one in this world that can win Fuji and I!"
"Ojiisan," Hiko began, "Can you back off? I'm talking to this guy called Fuji here."
"!" Saitsuchi looked shocked.
"Talking…" Kaoru started.
"With that monster?" Misao shook her head in disbelief.
"That was a good swing there, Fuji-kun." Hiko went on, "The basics of pillow-swinging and such, you've got it all down. All those other sort of monsters, freaks, demons, they can't be lyke that."
"Don't lissen to him, Fuji!" Saitsuchi cried, "All you hafta do is listen to ME!" he went on, pointing his cane at Fuji, "Don't you dare forget who sheltered and helped you when you were being maltreated!"
"DAMN OLD MAN!" Hiko shouted.
"Grk~!" Saitsuchi cringed.
"I'm talking to Fuji-kun here." Hiko gritted his teeth menacingly, "Talk to him *after* I'm done!"
"Kowai…" Misao and Yahiko thought, sweatdropping.
"Shishou, eh?" Kaoru joined in.
~* skippu~! hiko-sama mainly just talks about fuji's self-worth, vice versa *~
Fuji shed his armor and cried out, "Let us… fight … NORMALLY!!" and charged towards Hiko with his giant pillow.
The two advanced towards each other at breakneck speed—and froze.
"They stopped…?" Misao blinked.
Kaoru mulled over this, This position… Fuji's in a tight spot. One single move and he's…
"I'm …" Fuji grinned, "going to strike!" and gripped his pillow with both hands.
"TWO HANDS!" Yahiko gasped.
"Ohoh!" Saitsuchi cheered, "So you still have one trick up your sleeve! Go get him!"
The pillow went down with devastating force, with a giant FOOMPH and the air knocking everyone down.
"Wai~~" Misao whined, "my butt hurts…"
"Hiko… is he?" Kaoru murmured, staring hard at the big pillow.
There was a tiny lump pushing up thru the pillow. Then there was a RIIIIP and Hiko emerged thru the pillow, triumphant.
"Ahhh~ I'm in loooove~" Okon and Omasu crooned.
"YEAAAH!" Yahiko cheered.
Hiko then proceeded…
Hiten Mitsurugi Style – Kuzu Ryu Sen!!!
The pillow foomphed over nine parts of Fuji's body and once again did no damage whatsoever.
"Uhm." Fuji bit his lower lip.
"Fall down and faint." Hiko commanded.
"Oh, right." Fuji nodded and fell down heavily.
"Ruthless…" Yahiko sweatdropped.
"That's his one main difference from Himura." Kaoru commented.
"He's dead?" Misao pointed.
"Nah, fainted, remember?" Hiko reminded her.
"Right." Misao nodded.
Next, Hiko turned to Kaoru, "I did what I could. All that's left is to believe in your heart."
Kaoru smiled and nodded. Kenshin…
~*~
Kenshin turned around.
"What's wrong?" Sanosuke asked.
"Nothing…" Kenshin replied somewhat uncertainly, "I just thought I heard Kaoru-dono's voice is all…"
Yumi and Sanosuke looked at Kenshin with concern. Then they simultaneously placed their hands on Kenshin's forehead.
"My head feels fine." Kenshin muttered.
"I thought your wounds infected your brain." Sanosuke said, picking up Yumi again as they proceeded running.
"How rude." Kenshin stuck out his tongue. Then turned serious, "But… it was really nice to hear her voice, even if it was only in my head. Aoiya must be fine."
"So optimistic…" Sanosuke grinned.
A/n- waiiiii! *^_^* I'm done! I'm done! XDDD as an apology to y'all, I drew a kenshin in his pillow-totsu pose! ^o^; go to http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/luvux2/pgpkenshin.jpg to see! n_n pose turned out funny and one of his foot's missing too though XD;
ooki ^_^ aite, that's it, minna! ^o^ next is… SOUJIRO!! SOUJIRO!!! SOUJIROOOOO!!! XDD mai looooove~!!
later dayz!
cyser .~
ps. r+r!!! ^o^