The Student of the Battousai
Chapter 8
Inuyasha and Yahiko struggled to pull out of Karou's strong grip on their ears. But she just held on harder.
"I can't believe the logic of you two!" she growled at them. Later, the two boys were facing both Karou and Kenshin. Megumi was there as well nursing Yahiko.
"Tell us why did you even think about going over that side," Kenshin said. His voice was neutral for now. But there was no telling how long that would last.
"I just thought that if we went on that side, we would find more information rather than just look here," Inuyasha replied.
"Well you thought wrong," Karou said.
"What you two did was extremely dangerous," Megumi said as she finished wrapping a cast around Yahiko.
"You both could of died that you could," Kenshin said.
"But we heard things that might prove Taski stole the shipment!" Yahiko said.
"The shipment was found," Karou said.
"What!" Inuyasha and Yahiko said in disbelief.
"Yes under a floor board in the galley," Megumi told them.
"But who did it?" Yahiko asked.
"That's not important what is important is that we found it," Karou said.
"So what you did was nothing, but cause more tension between us and Taski, that you did," Kenshin said.
"And, Yahiko how could you even agree to such a thing?" Karou asked her student.
"Well, Inuyasha did give good reasons, and I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to prove to you that I'm not a kid!" Yahiko said, as he emphasized not, and kid.
"Well all you've proven is that you need more lessons! And you can't start soon with that broken rib of yours," Karou said.
"Inuyasha, I expected better from you," Kenshin said his voice sounded more disappointed.
"What could be a proper punishment for them?" Megumi asked.
"I know one, Inuyasha give me your sword," Kenshin said, and put out his hand. Inuyasha's hand shook over his sword.
"My sword, why?" he asked.
"Please hand me your sword," Kenshin said. Inuyasha reluctantly gave him his sword. Kenshin put it on top of a shelf; Inuyasha stared at it as if a whole part of him was taken away. "Until you prove you can handle the responsibility it will stay up there," Kenshin explained. Inuyasha sighed, and walked out.
"As for you Yahiko, you and Inuyasha have to help the cook wash the dishes until this voyage is over," Karou said to her pupil.
"What! That's nuts!" Yahiko complained.
"Yahiko!" Karou growled. Yahiko growled back.
"Fine," he sighed and walked out.
"Do you think you were a little hard on Inuyasha Kenshin? I mean that sword means everything to him," Megumi said.
"There is a code of swordsman miss Megumi that says a swordsman's lone judgment is meaningless, while the judgment of others is worth a gold nugget."
"What does that mean?" Megumi asked.
"It means that Inuyasha should have ignored his own judgment and options and listened to ours. By doing this he has proven that not only is not ready, to be anyone's student he has temporarily failed as a swordsman," Kenshin explained.
"So as a result he has lost his sword," Karou figured.
"That is correct," Kenshin nodded.
"So when you give him back his sword?" Megumi asked.
"I'm not sure yet," Kenshin replied.
"Inuyasha?" Yahiko called. He found Inuyasha in the galley peeling potatoes, and grumbling.
"Stupid, Kenshin and his damn rules," he growled, and he peeled the potato furiously.
"Hey you okay?" Yahiko asked.
"Peachy," he replied sarcastically.
"Hey, I'm sorry for earlier," Yahiko said. Inuyasha just grunted and threw the peeled potato into a bowl on the far side of the room.
"Whatever," he finally said, and grabbed another one.
"Here let me help," Yahiko said, and sat down next to him. Inuyasha handed Yahiko a potato and they peeled in silence. Yahiko looked at Inuyasha, he looked like he was lost in thought. "Why is that sword so important to you?" Yahiko finally asked.
"None of you business," Inuyasha growled, and threw another potato. Yahiko let go there. Or so he thought. "It was my dad's," Inuyasha answered.
"Oh, what happened to him?" Yahiko asked, glad that he finally got somewhere.
"He died when some bandits burned down my village. My mom, dad, my brother, and I tried to run, but the bandits stopped us. Dad gave my brother his sword, and we ran off, after that, the bandits killed my parents. My brother and I were the only survivors of that slaughter," Inuyasha said, as peeled another one.
"Oh," Yahiko threw a potato, and it landed in the pot. There were only two left. "Uh, can I ask you something?" Yahiko asked.
"Shoot."
"Could you, uh give me a little demonstration on your abilities?" Yahiko asked. Inuyasha got up, and smirked. He loved showing off his abilities.
"Alright pass me a piece of wood," Inuyasha said. Yahiko got a medium sized one, and held it out. Inuyasha quickly scanned it. Then he let his head fall on the wood. A loud crack echoed through the room. Yahiko thought it was Inuyasha's skull since it was a hard piece of wood, but when he opened his eyes, he saw the wood in two small pieces. He looked at Inuyasha who just smoothed out his hair like it was nothing.
"Amazing, but how, I mean that is hard wood!" Yahiko said.
"Everything has a weak point, I just see it easier than other people," Inuyasha said simply, and threw the last potato piece in the bowl.
"Alright, let's see how you are in fighting unarmed," Yahiko smirked, and pulled out his kendo stick. Inuyasha chuckled.
"You sure about this?" he asked.
"Positive," Yahiko said. Inuyasha got ready. Yahiko lunged, and thrust forward. Inuyasha went to the side avoiding the attack easily. Yahiko turned around, and started swinging. Inuyasha dodged them with ease. Not only did Inuyasha have the age advantage, but also his height caused Yahiko to aim upwards more, forcing more energy. Yahiko was about to give up, when he got an idea. He pretended to go for Inuyasha's ribs, Inuyasha jumped back a little, then Yahiko quickly jumped and slammed his stick on Inuyasha's head. Inuyasha stumbled back dazed from the sudden attack. Yahiko lunged, hit Inuyasha's ribs with a strong blow. Then he hit the older boy across his face. Inuyasha stumbled back, still on his feet. Yahiko jumped and went for one more head attack, Inuyasha curled in his fingers, and thumb. When Yahiko's attack was close to his head, Inuyasha thrusted his hand at the stick. Yahiko's kendo stick was broken before it reached Inuyasha's head. Yahiko stopped, and looked at his broken stick. He was shocked, Inuyasha had beaten him, and Yahiko knew he wasn't fully trying!
"That was so cool!" Yahiko finally said. "Could you teach me?"
"Sorry, but you already have a master, you're the lucky one," Inuyasha said softly. Before Yahiko could ask him, what he meant Inuyasha walked up to his cabin. Kenshin was at the deck too. Looking at the moon. He sighed, as his thoughts wandered to the face of disappointment, and sadness of Inuyasha when he took away his sword. Perhaps he was too hard on him. The boy did after all try to help.
'No, he only made things worse,' Kenshin thought to himself. But still that sword looked really important to the boy, like a whole part if him was in that sword, but still he need to pass a punishment on him, and that was the only one Kenshin saw at the time. He sighed, Master Totosai would be happy about this, but Kenshin was not.
'He's too much like my other one,' Kenshin thought. 'But it doesn't surprise me, I mean they are brothers.' Kenshin didn't have the heart to tell Inuyasha that his old apprentice was his own brother Sesshomaru, and he was the reason that he had just disappeared. The boy looked up to his older brother, and Kenshin refused to tell him what really happened to Sesshomaru. He sighed, and went back in.
"Hey watch it!" Yahiko said, as Inuyasha dropped the plates they were washing in the sink.
"How do I get myself into these things!" Inuyasha growled, and he scrubbed.
"Hey in my opinion, Kenshin went easy on you, you should see Karou's punishments now their harsh.
"Having fun you two?" Karou asked who was supervising them.
"Karou, how many dishes do we have to wash?" Yahiko asked.
"All them Yahiko," Karou answered. The two boys groaned.
"I see your making them into handymen, that you are," Kenshin said as he walked in.
"More like cabin boys, we even have to deliver the captain's food to his quarters too!" Yahiko complained. Then all of a sudden the boat shook. It only happened for a second, but then another one came. Then that one passed as well.
"What the hell was that?" Inuyasha asked.
"Earthquake?" Karou asked.
"No," Kenshin said and drew his sword. "Pirates."
AN: Whoa, now we'll see some real action. And especially Kenshin in action. And Inuyasha will be in his first real battle, so will Yahiko. But how strong are these pirates? And what do they want? Are they connected to Taski somehow? Or is it just for fun? The answers to these questions in the next chapter of The Student of the Battousai. SEE YA!!!!!!!!
Chapter 8
Inuyasha and Yahiko struggled to pull out of Karou's strong grip on their ears. But she just held on harder.
"I can't believe the logic of you two!" she growled at them. Later, the two boys were facing both Karou and Kenshin. Megumi was there as well nursing Yahiko.
"Tell us why did you even think about going over that side," Kenshin said. His voice was neutral for now. But there was no telling how long that would last.
"I just thought that if we went on that side, we would find more information rather than just look here," Inuyasha replied.
"Well you thought wrong," Karou said.
"What you two did was extremely dangerous," Megumi said as she finished wrapping a cast around Yahiko.
"You both could of died that you could," Kenshin said.
"But we heard things that might prove Taski stole the shipment!" Yahiko said.
"The shipment was found," Karou said.
"What!" Inuyasha and Yahiko said in disbelief.
"Yes under a floor board in the galley," Megumi told them.
"But who did it?" Yahiko asked.
"That's not important what is important is that we found it," Karou said.
"So what you did was nothing, but cause more tension between us and Taski, that you did," Kenshin said.
"And, Yahiko how could you even agree to such a thing?" Karou asked her student.
"Well, Inuyasha did give good reasons, and I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to prove to you that I'm not a kid!" Yahiko said, as he emphasized not, and kid.
"Well all you've proven is that you need more lessons! And you can't start soon with that broken rib of yours," Karou said.
"Inuyasha, I expected better from you," Kenshin said his voice sounded more disappointed.
"What could be a proper punishment for them?" Megumi asked.
"I know one, Inuyasha give me your sword," Kenshin said, and put out his hand. Inuyasha's hand shook over his sword.
"My sword, why?" he asked.
"Please hand me your sword," Kenshin said. Inuyasha reluctantly gave him his sword. Kenshin put it on top of a shelf; Inuyasha stared at it as if a whole part of him was taken away. "Until you prove you can handle the responsibility it will stay up there," Kenshin explained. Inuyasha sighed, and walked out.
"As for you Yahiko, you and Inuyasha have to help the cook wash the dishes until this voyage is over," Karou said to her pupil.
"What! That's nuts!" Yahiko complained.
"Yahiko!" Karou growled. Yahiko growled back.
"Fine," he sighed and walked out.
"Do you think you were a little hard on Inuyasha Kenshin? I mean that sword means everything to him," Megumi said.
"There is a code of swordsman miss Megumi that says a swordsman's lone judgment is meaningless, while the judgment of others is worth a gold nugget."
"What does that mean?" Megumi asked.
"It means that Inuyasha should have ignored his own judgment and options and listened to ours. By doing this he has proven that not only is not ready, to be anyone's student he has temporarily failed as a swordsman," Kenshin explained.
"So as a result he has lost his sword," Karou figured.
"That is correct," Kenshin nodded.
"So when you give him back his sword?" Megumi asked.
"I'm not sure yet," Kenshin replied.
"Inuyasha?" Yahiko called. He found Inuyasha in the galley peeling potatoes, and grumbling.
"Stupid, Kenshin and his damn rules," he growled, and he peeled the potato furiously.
"Hey you okay?" Yahiko asked.
"Peachy," he replied sarcastically.
"Hey, I'm sorry for earlier," Yahiko said. Inuyasha just grunted and threw the peeled potato into a bowl on the far side of the room.
"Whatever," he finally said, and grabbed another one.
"Here let me help," Yahiko said, and sat down next to him. Inuyasha handed Yahiko a potato and they peeled in silence. Yahiko looked at Inuyasha, he looked like he was lost in thought. "Why is that sword so important to you?" Yahiko finally asked.
"None of you business," Inuyasha growled, and threw another potato. Yahiko let go there. Or so he thought. "It was my dad's," Inuyasha answered.
"Oh, what happened to him?" Yahiko asked, glad that he finally got somewhere.
"He died when some bandits burned down my village. My mom, dad, my brother, and I tried to run, but the bandits stopped us. Dad gave my brother his sword, and we ran off, after that, the bandits killed my parents. My brother and I were the only survivors of that slaughter," Inuyasha said, as peeled another one.
"Oh," Yahiko threw a potato, and it landed in the pot. There were only two left. "Uh, can I ask you something?" Yahiko asked.
"Shoot."
"Could you, uh give me a little demonstration on your abilities?" Yahiko asked. Inuyasha got up, and smirked. He loved showing off his abilities.
"Alright pass me a piece of wood," Inuyasha said. Yahiko got a medium sized one, and held it out. Inuyasha quickly scanned it. Then he let his head fall on the wood. A loud crack echoed through the room. Yahiko thought it was Inuyasha's skull since it was a hard piece of wood, but when he opened his eyes, he saw the wood in two small pieces. He looked at Inuyasha who just smoothed out his hair like it was nothing.
"Amazing, but how, I mean that is hard wood!" Yahiko said.
"Everything has a weak point, I just see it easier than other people," Inuyasha said simply, and threw the last potato piece in the bowl.
"Alright, let's see how you are in fighting unarmed," Yahiko smirked, and pulled out his kendo stick. Inuyasha chuckled.
"You sure about this?" he asked.
"Positive," Yahiko said. Inuyasha got ready. Yahiko lunged, and thrust forward. Inuyasha went to the side avoiding the attack easily. Yahiko turned around, and started swinging. Inuyasha dodged them with ease. Not only did Inuyasha have the age advantage, but also his height caused Yahiko to aim upwards more, forcing more energy. Yahiko was about to give up, when he got an idea. He pretended to go for Inuyasha's ribs, Inuyasha jumped back a little, then Yahiko quickly jumped and slammed his stick on Inuyasha's head. Inuyasha stumbled back dazed from the sudden attack. Yahiko lunged, hit Inuyasha's ribs with a strong blow. Then he hit the older boy across his face. Inuyasha stumbled back, still on his feet. Yahiko jumped and went for one more head attack, Inuyasha curled in his fingers, and thumb. When Yahiko's attack was close to his head, Inuyasha thrusted his hand at the stick. Yahiko's kendo stick was broken before it reached Inuyasha's head. Yahiko stopped, and looked at his broken stick. He was shocked, Inuyasha had beaten him, and Yahiko knew he wasn't fully trying!
"That was so cool!" Yahiko finally said. "Could you teach me?"
"Sorry, but you already have a master, you're the lucky one," Inuyasha said softly. Before Yahiko could ask him, what he meant Inuyasha walked up to his cabin. Kenshin was at the deck too. Looking at the moon. He sighed, as his thoughts wandered to the face of disappointment, and sadness of Inuyasha when he took away his sword. Perhaps he was too hard on him. The boy did after all try to help.
'No, he only made things worse,' Kenshin thought to himself. But still that sword looked really important to the boy, like a whole part if him was in that sword, but still he need to pass a punishment on him, and that was the only one Kenshin saw at the time. He sighed, Master Totosai would be happy about this, but Kenshin was not.
'He's too much like my other one,' Kenshin thought. 'But it doesn't surprise me, I mean they are brothers.' Kenshin didn't have the heart to tell Inuyasha that his old apprentice was his own brother Sesshomaru, and he was the reason that he had just disappeared. The boy looked up to his older brother, and Kenshin refused to tell him what really happened to Sesshomaru. He sighed, and went back in.
"Hey watch it!" Yahiko said, as Inuyasha dropped the plates they were washing in the sink.
"How do I get myself into these things!" Inuyasha growled, and he scrubbed.
"Hey in my opinion, Kenshin went easy on you, you should see Karou's punishments now their harsh.
"Having fun you two?" Karou asked who was supervising them.
"Karou, how many dishes do we have to wash?" Yahiko asked.
"All them Yahiko," Karou answered. The two boys groaned.
"I see your making them into handymen, that you are," Kenshin said as he walked in.
"More like cabin boys, we even have to deliver the captain's food to his quarters too!" Yahiko complained. Then all of a sudden the boat shook. It only happened for a second, but then another one came. Then that one passed as well.
"What the hell was that?" Inuyasha asked.
"Earthquake?" Karou asked.
"No," Kenshin said and drew his sword. "Pirates."
AN: Whoa, now we'll see some real action. And especially Kenshin in action. And Inuyasha will be in his first real battle, so will Yahiko. But how strong are these pirates? And what do they want? Are they connected to Taski somehow? Or is it just for fun? The answers to these questions in the next chapter of The Student of the Battousai. SEE YA!!!!!!!!