Her Green eyes seemed to pierce right through Chou. He shuddered as he
quickly remember the steel blue eyes of Himura Battousai during their
fight. The same deadly glare that seemed to promise death in the end. Chou
stepped back and held his bokken at an arms length before him. She slid
back into the all too familiar stance of Gatotsu. Saitou nodded approvingly
as he watched. Chou realized that she had changed the stance a slight bit.
He left arm was farther forward and also grasped the hilt just behind the
tsuba. Her right hand was held flat out palm flat and her fingers spread.
Then, In the blink of an eye she was moving. The brick under her left foot
shattered at the force of her step. Chou barely had time to realize how
fast she was moving before she was trusting her sword in his face. He side
stepped her stroke and tried to slid free but her sword quickly traced his
path and followed him. Chou ducked and rolled, as her blade slammed into
the bricks, shattering them. The tip of her bokken snapped free and flipped
into the air. It slammed point first in the bricks, solidly planted in the
brick. An evil smile crept along her face. She dropped the hilt of the
bokken and stepped back. As Chou watched he realized that through all of
that he didn't have anytime to swing his own sword. He, Sword Hunter Chou,
hadn't been able to swing his own sword. He could only block. A sweatdrop
dripped down his face as he realized that if he were any slower he would
have had either a huge hole in his stomach or he wouldn't have much left of
his side.
Saitou nodded and said something to her in Chinese. He recognized one word:
"beat". She giggled before retreating to the shadows. The men before Chou
slid into the darkness and soon the only ones left were Saitou and Chou.
"You were pathetic"
Saitou's words pierced through Chou like a cold east wind.
"She was faster than Himura Battousai. How the HELL was I supposed to deal
with that?" Chou questioned.
"Your out of practice, I no longer need you here, leave" Saitou muttered
before he to disappeared into the darkness.
Chou stared at the ground for a long while.
"Humph! So Kawaji was right. There is a swordswoman that has too, mastered
the Art of Gatotsu" Chou thought to himself as he slinked toward the police
station.
A cold wet wind blew through the court yard, spiraling around the broken
bokken blade.
Words left unsaid the traitor known as a single man slowly followed Chou
back toward the Police Station.
At Headquarters Chou quickly ran into Kawaji's Office only to find him gone. A policeman ran by and Chou grabbed him by the Collar.
"Wheres Kawaji?" he demanded. "Oh Lt. Chou I thought everyone was told Kawaji and the Chief were on a trip to Kyoto to meet with the higher ups in the police force there"
"Wonderful" Chou muttered. "The New Shinsengumi are planning to gather in the North District and try to pull what they did during the Ikedaya Affair."* "Well sir" The Police man stuttered "W-w-were underhanded right now most of the main police force has gone with Kawaji. So.were pretty much alone here. I can pull together 20 men and maybe 3 officers with battle experience but that pretty much it" Chou looked at him for a moment. "Clear everyone out of here" 20 men and three officers can't handle nearly 300 men total. I want you to send a rider on your fastest horse to Kyoto and Oosaka to try to get more men. Tell them if they can't be assembled and on the march here in 1 hour it's pointless." The man nodded and ran off. Chou raced outside only to have a blade pointed at his heart. The man was dressed in almost all black. The only thing that had any other color was his badge showing him to be part of the new Shinsengumi. Chou drew his sword and pointed it at him. "If you think you can beat Sword Hunter Chou, than come" Chou thrust his sword forward and attacked. The man slid around to the side and struck. Chou took a serious wound to the side. Blood spurted from the wound. "Damn it" Chou thought "Am I really that out of practice or is he just better than me?" Gripping his side with one hand he attacked again this time the man blocked and returned the blow Chou was just barely able to block. Chou was just about to give up when a gunshot broke through the battle. The man slid to his knees before collapsing. Chou looked up to see Shinichi standing just beyond the entrance of the Police Station with a smoking pistol. Chou nodded to him before collapsing in a pool of blood.
At Headquarters Chou quickly ran into Kawaji's Office only to find him gone. A policeman ran by and Chou grabbed him by the Collar.
"Wheres Kawaji?" he demanded. "Oh Lt. Chou I thought everyone was told Kawaji and the Chief were on a trip to Kyoto to meet with the higher ups in the police force there"
"Wonderful" Chou muttered. "The New Shinsengumi are planning to gather in the North District and try to pull what they did during the Ikedaya Affair."* "Well sir" The Police man stuttered "W-w-were underhanded right now most of the main police force has gone with Kawaji. So.were pretty much alone here. I can pull together 20 men and maybe 3 officers with battle experience but that pretty much it" Chou looked at him for a moment. "Clear everyone out of here" 20 men and three officers can't handle nearly 300 men total. I want you to send a rider on your fastest horse to Kyoto and Oosaka to try to get more men. Tell them if they can't be assembled and on the march here in 1 hour it's pointless." The man nodded and ran off. Chou raced outside only to have a blade pointed at his heart. The man was dressed in almost all black. The only thing that had any other color was his badge showing him to be part of the new Shinsengumi. Chou drew his sword and pointed it at him. "If you think you can beat Sword Hunter Chou, than come" Chou thrust his sword forward and attacked. The man slid around to the side and struck. Chou took a serious wound to the side. Blood spurted from the wound. "Damn it" Chou thought "Am I really that out of practice or is he just better than me?" Gripping his side with one hand he attacked again this time the man blocked and returned the blow Chou was just barely able to block. Chou was just about to give up when a gunshot broke through the battle. The man slid to his knees before collapsing. Chou looked up to see Shinichi standing just beyond the entrance of the Police Station with a smoking pistol. Chou nodded to him before collapsing in a pool of blood.