Saitou held up the blade he held. "This is my most treasured blade, the blade of my departed friend Okita Soushi. The Kiki-Ichimonji-Norimune!" Chou sighed as he realized he was in for another long-winded talk about the raiding days of the Shinsengumi. "As you once told me about, when your alliance still belonged to Shishio Makoto and the Juppun Gatana, The Ikedaya Affair. AS you may or may not know I took part in that magnificent battle. 20 of the top leaders of the Chosuu Ishin Shishi lay there having a party. It was then when I became obvious that my dear departed friend Okita Soushi was coming down with Tuberculosis. But it was there that the Shinsengumi had their greatest victory over the Ishin Shishi. It was there that I saw the true power of the Kiki-Ichimonji-Norimune! In the hands of the greatest fighters of all the Shinsengumi Okita Soushi attacking an Ishin dog I saw the deadly three- step stab. Heart Head and Soul. The three stabs that would bring the Ishin Shishi to their knees. But it was also there that I witnessed the downfall and the destruction of the Shinsengumi as I saw Okita fall to the ground in a pool of blood. He never would survive this but he left me this blade the most deadly blade of all the Shinsengumi, and with it I will revive and restore the honor of the Shinsengumi!" Wind howled low around the ground as it swept past their feet whispering tales of lost souls. Chou shivered at the cold wind that had come up out of no-where. Koujirou stepped out of the Shadows behind Saitou. Twenty men stepped out behind him they were all dressed in the Shinsengumi Uniform and carried and short and long sword. A pretty young girl stepped out with them, dressed the same. She whispered to Saitou in Chinese. A giant sweatdrop slid down Chou's face as he realized that he couldn't understand a damn thing they had just said. Another accompanied the first as he realized that his boss spoke Chinese as well as Japanese and that he'd never been told that. Saitou nodded to the girl and she turned and walked through the arch. Saitou turned back to Chou. "She asked if she could test you strength at the sword, Chou" Saitou said. Chou nearly died laughing at the comment. "Her? Fight me?" He gasped for breath. She soon returned with two bokkens. She threw one at Chou who caught it neatly in one hand.