The Student of the Battousai
Chapter 8
Kenshin, Inuyasha, Yahiko, Karou, and Megumi all ran towards the deck. The ship shook as another cannon ball hit the ship. When they reached the deck, five smaller boats surrounded the bigger boat, and were firing cannon balls. The ships closed in the locked their boat in a circle around the smaller ships. Grappling hooks shot out towards the masts. Hundreds of pirates swung on board.
"Aw man this is bad!" Yahiko said.
"Yeah, there has to be like thousands of them," Inuyasha agreed.
"What are we going to do Kenshin?" Karou asked the sword master.
"If you're going to fight them, Inuyasha and I can help you, and we can make sure they wish they never got on this boat!" Yahiko said pulling out his kendo stick.
"Yeah, there's no way you can take on these guys by yourself!" Inuyasha added.
"Stop it both of you!" Kenshin said to the boys. His eyes were now serious, and fierce. (He's not in Battousai mode yet.) The pirates were now fully on board, and started raiding the ship. The passengers all fled to their rooms, but Taski and his men ran towards the pirates, and attacked.
"Well at least we know that Taski and his men can defend themselves," Megumi said.
"Yeah, but we need to fight off the pirates who knows what their capable of!" Yahiko said.
"No Yahiko," Kenshin said.
"What do you mean Kenshin?" Yahiko asked.
"The most important thing is to defend the passengers that can't fight. And the best way to do that is to get the boat away from this circle of pirate ships," Kenshin said.
"How are we going to do that?" Inuyasha asked.
"Inuyasha, you and Yahiko go to the helm and try and steer the ship away from the pirate ships," Kenshin told him. Though the boy wasn't his student, he would need all the help he could get. "Meanwhile, Ms. Karou and I will go to the anchor, and try to raise it. Ms Megumi you get all the wounded, and keep them safe until this is all over," Kenshin said to the small group.
"Right we won't let you down," Inuyasha said, and he and Yahiko ran for the helm.
"Good luck, Sir Ken," Megumi said, and ran to the sick bay.
"Kenshin we have to get moving," Karou said, and the two went down below the decks. Below the decks were clear of pirates so far. But the two had no idea how long that would last. The ship shook again, Kenshin and Karou could barely keep their balance, and it was like an earthquake inside the ship.
"This is bad, that it is. If the pirates continue this, the hull will burst, and we might sink," Kenshin said to his companion.
"Then we better hurry," Karou said, and ran ahead. They reached the anchor without any trouble, so far.
"Ms Karou please hurry, I fear that the pirates will come down here soon," Kenshin said watching her back. Karou tried to raise the anchor by using the crank, but it wouldn't move.
"It's stuck!" she announced, and tried harder. Then all of a sudden five pirates rushed out of the storage room, which was near the anchor. They had boxes from the room, and were armed with spears, swords, and some axes.
"Well look at this, a beautiful woman, and some scrawny guy, let's take the girl, and kill the guy!" the first pirate said to his men, and they agreed. Kenshin drew his sword, as the pirates set down the boxes, and drew their weapons. Two rushed at him. He blocked a spear thrust, and slashed the pirate across his chest. The second one, charged, and swung towards his head. The swordsman ducked jabbed his stomach with his hilt, and knocked him to the ground with a swift kick.
"Ms Karou please hurry!" he said to her, and blocked a slash.
"I'm trying Kenshin!" she said, and tried with all her strength. Kenshin ducked from an ax swing, and slashed upwards on the vermin. The five men were on the ground shocked at this man's abilities, they were speech less for a while, then a strong voice from the storage room called out to them.
"What's the matter boys, we should be half way to the ship by now!" the leader of this small group emerged. He had a black eye patch on his right eye, a white bandana on his forehead, a green gi, and a huge ax swung over his shoulders.
"He's getting in our way captain!" the first one said.
"Is that so," the captain said, and looked at Kenshin. "Some skinny guy with baggy robes, and a butter knife for a weapon?"
"He's better than he looks captain."
"Well I'll see to that," the captain, and took the ax from his shoulders and got in a strong stance.
*****
Inuyasha and Yahiko ran towards the helm. Ignoring the cries from the pirates, and Taski's men. They constantly had to dodge attacks that kept going after being thrown.
"Inuyasha, what are we going to do if the captain isn't there?" Yahiko asked.
"We'll just have to steer the boat ourselves. Let's hope theirs some kind of island near by," Inuyasha replied.
"Look I see it!" Yahiko said. A loud thunderclap ran through the air. Then rain poured down from the night sky.
"I don't see it!" Inuyasha said, as the rain got worse. A lighting flash brightened the area, and Inuyasha saw the wheel like object. "We're about half way there!" Then all of a sudden a spear shot in front of the just barely hitting them. The two turned around and saw a pirate with a necklace, a red jacket with no undershirt, yellow short pants, a shaved head, and one eye bigger than the other. Around his left arm was a rope. He pulled it, and the spear retracted back to him.
"You won't make to that helm alive!" he said to them as he approached. Yahiko drew his wooden sword, and got in a stance.
"Inuyasha go to the helm, I'll handle this guy," Yahiko said sternly.
"Yahiko are you sure? That spear could break that wooden sword of yours as easily as I did," Inuyasha said to his friend.
"I can't always depend on you when I get in a fight or in trouble. I have to prove to myself that training with Karou is worth it. I have to know what I'm made of, and the only way for me to find out is to fight this guy," Yahiko said, then added, "I'll be alright."
"Good luck," Inuyasha said, and ran to the helm. When he got there, he wasn't sure weather he should try to steer the boat away or wait until Kenshin could raise the anchor. He grabbed one of the pegs of the wheel, and was about to turn it when a dart hit right below his fingers. Inuyasha turned around, and saw another pirate climb up the side of the helm area. He had a pointy long nose, a bandana that covered his hair, two swords on hips, and a small bamboo stick. He chuckled.
"Well boy you think you can escape me?" he said with a dark smirk.
******
Kenshin got in a stance, and got ready to draw his sword as the captain approached him. He slammed his ax towards Kenshin, but the swordsman rolled to side as a splinter cut his left cheek. The captain raised his ax again. Kenshin quickly flipped over the huge pirate captain as he brought down his weapon. The captain growled, he quickly turned around and swung his ax around. Kenshin quickly jumped back and the circled around each other for a while.
"Why do you move so much and not attack? That butter knife of yours not strong enough to take my ax?" the captain asked. Kenshin didn't reply. The captain smirked and slammed his ax to ground. The force caused the ground to split and splinters to shoot out at Kenshin. The small pieces of wood cut his robes, and one grazed his leg, but nothing serious. The captain went in for another attack. Kenshin quickly ducked, and slashed his chest in an upward attack. He quickly pulled back towards Karou.
"You're better than I thought," the captain said. The two fighters circled around each other, trying to figure out each other's next move. The captain charged, and swung towards Kenshin's head. The swordsman quickly ducked, but pirate fighter stopped his first attack, and went for mid section swing. Kenshin put out his sword to block, but he underestimated its power and was shot back towards the wall. He was dazed for a moment. The pirate captain smirked, and raised his mighty ax. He brought it down to Kenshin's shoulder. The swordsman recovered one second too late as an incredible pain shot through his body. Kenshin yelled out in pain. His right arm went limp, and he dropped his sword. He went down on his knees clutching his right shoulder, his hand getting blood all over it. When he looked up, he saw the huge blade of the captain's ax coming down on him.
******
Yahiko stared at his opponent, as they circled around the area where they were fighting. The pirate chuckled as he put out his spear. Yahiko didn't take his eyes off him, just like Karou taught him as he pull out his wooden sword.
'I'm not sure how long this thing will hold out. If Inuyasha could break this with his bare hand, imagine what this guy can do!' Yahiko thought. The spear pirate charged, and thrusted forward with his spear. Yahiko rolled to the side, and tried to attack, but the spear pirate tripped him. Yahiko rolled out of the way of a downward thrust. He jumped to his feet, and went for an attack to his head. The spear pirate stepped to the side, and jabbed Yahiko in the back with his spear butt. Yahiko turned around, and swung, but the pirate ducked, slashed the young boy across his chest. Yahiko fell to the ground clutching his chest. The spear pirate charged, and slammed the spear on the ground. Yahiko quickly got to his feet, and charged. But because of the spear's length, the pirate was able to knock Yahiko down before he was in striking range. As the young student fell, he dropped his wooden sword. He clutched his chest as the spear pirate approached him.
*******
Inuyasha stared at the pirate. He drew his two swords and smirked. Inuyasha stepped back, wishing he had his own sword with him now. He stepped back with the helm behind him.
'Now what?' Inuyasha asked himself as he looked back. He saw Yahiko on the ground holding his chest, with a pirate with a spear going towards him. Inuyasha looked at the pirate. He wished he could help his friend, but right now, he had his own problem to deal with. The pirate quickly attacked with a swing from his left sword. Inuyasha quickly ducked, and jabbed his stomach, the pirate countered with a slash to his cheek. Inuyasha fell, and held his right cheek. His strong point at the temple was sword fighting his second was martial arts, but focused mostly on sword fighting. The pirate slammed his two swords on the ground. Inuyasha quickly jumped on the railing just barely avoiding the attack. As the pirate attacked again, Inuyasha executed a strong jumping sidekick on his chest knocking him back. He looked down and saw that he dropped one of his swords.
"You little brat! That was a lucky hit!" the pirate growled, and attacked again. Inuyasha rolled out of the way and grabbed the sword. He clutched it tightly as he attacked. Inuyasha parried, and went for a mid section slash. The pirate blocked, and kneed Inuyasha in his stomach. He went for an attack to cut off his head, but Inuyasha ducked, and stabbed his leg. He growled, and pulled out a knife.
'Aw damn! One sword, and a knife! What else could go wrong!' Inuyasha thought. He blocked the sword attack to his chest, but he reacted a second to late to block the knife attack to his arm. The knife easily cut through his skin. He slashed Inuyasha's arm, it was a deep, and bloody wound, one that would mostly likely leave a scar. He could barely hold the sword, but he fought the pain as he parried a knife attack, and jumped over a sword slash to his legs.
"I must say boy, I am impressed," the pirate smirked. "I haven't met a 13 year old like you before, you could make a decent pirate."
"Sorry, but I've been taught better," Inuyasha replied and put back up his guard. The pirate charged. Inuyasha quickly parried a mid section attack, and ducked from a stab to his temple. The pirate growled, and threw his knife. Inuyasha leaped to the side, and blocked a slash. Their swords were locked together both wincing, and sweating. The pirate quickly forced Inuyasha's sword into the air, and slashed it out of his hands cutting his left hand as well. Inuyasha watched as the sword spun towards Yahiko's area. He looked back and saw a sword heading towards him.
**********
Kenshin saw the blade of the captain's ax coming down towards him. He was about to give up when a clang reached his ears. He opened his eyes, and saw Karou holding the ax with her wooden sword over Kenshin's head. (The harder one she used in her Kyoto battles.)
"Ms Karou be careful," Kenshin said as he got up. Karou gave him a nod as she blocked another one of the captain's blows. The captain hit Karou's sword back, and swung for her head. She quickly ducked, and landed a hard blow on his stomach snapping her weapon in two. The captain dropped his ax, and clutched his stomach like he had a bad stomachache.
"You're going to pay for that girl!" the captain said weakly and walked over to Karou slowly. Then all of a sudden a loud battle cry was heard behind him
"Hiten Misturugi Style: Ryo-Tsui-Sen!" Kenshin yelled. When the captain turned around, he saw Kenshin in the air nearly touching the ceiling. He slammed his sword in his shoulder, because of the power Kenshin had behind it, and the fact that it came from the air, the captain soon painfully kissed the ground headfirst. Kenshin landed with grace as the other pirates retreated. When he landed, he clutched his shoulder, that last attack would have had more power if his shoulder weren't wounded.
"Kenshin are you alright?" Karou asked.
"I'm fine, that I am," Kenshin said. "Ms Karou the crank," he said simply. Karou nodded almost forgetting their part of the plan. She had her doubts though, it didn't work before, but still she had to try. She pushed the handle, and it moved, soon it was moving much easier than before, the anchor was up in no time.
"The rest is up to Yahiko and Inuyasha," Karou said.
**********
Yahiko moved backwards as the spear pirate approached. He turned and saw his sword not too far away. The spear pirate followed his eyes, and threw his spear. When Yahiko was in arm's reach of the sword, the spear snapped it in two. Yahiko was helpless now. The pirate just laughed.
"Did you really think that you could get away with trying to get that sword?" Yahiko stepped backwards to the edge of the boat, the spear pirate with his spear ready for another throw. Yahiko was about to give up when a sword reached his feet from the helm area. The ten year old looked around for the one who might have thrown it, but he didn't see anyone. He quickly grabbed the sword as the pirate threw his spear. Yahiko jumped to the side, and with a powerful slash defeated him. He just sat down and breathed a sigh of relief. Then he felt something. The boat shook for a second, and then he heard the anchor raising.
"Kenshin, and Karou did it!" Yahiko chuckled. "Now the rest it up to Inuyasha," he added quietly. ***********
Inuyasha quickly jumped to the side of the sword came down. He side kicked the pirate into the helm. The pirate turned around, and attacked. Inuyasha dodged his swings, but when he was caught between him, and the edge of the boat, he was trapped.
'I never look where I'm dodging!' Inuyasha scolded himself. He looked up and saw the sword coming down towards him. Inuyasha quickly caught his forearms, and held them there, not knowing how long this would last. The pirate twisted his sword hand out of Inuyasha grip, and swung. Inuyasha quickly ducked, and side kicked the pirate into the ocean. That's when he felt it the ship's anchor being raised. He took this chance, and grabbed the helm. His right hurt from the cuts it had received in the battle, but ignored the pain and he started turning.
"The hull has been burst open!" a crewmember yelled. Inuyasha hurried as the ship soon turned out of the circle. Inuyasha looked through the rain for an island. He needed to hurry, fearing that all this time in the water was not helping the crewmembers that were trying to fix the hull. When lighting brightened the dark night, Inuyasha saw the outline of a small island. He made a silent prayer hoping the wind would pick up. His prayer was answered as the light wind slowly increased; the ship was soon on its way to that small island.
AN: Exciting wasn't it? The first real fight in the whole story so far, and it won't be only one! But what will the passengers encounter on that small island? Will Inuyasha get his sword back from Kenshin? Will this battle show Taski's true colors? You'll just have to read the next chapter of The Student of the Battousai. SEE YA!!!!!
Chapter 8
Kenshin, Inuyasha, Yahiko, Karou, and Megumi all ran towards the deck. The ship shook as another cannon ball hit the ship. When they reached the deck, five smaller boats surrounded the bigger boat, and were firing cannon balls. The ships closed in the locked their boat in a circle around the smaller ships. Grappling hooks shot out towards the masts. Hundreds of pirates swung on board.
"Aw man this is bad!" Yahiko said.
"Yeah, there has to be like thousands of them," Inuyasha agreed.
"What are we going to do Kenshin?" Karou asked the sword master.
"If you're going to fight them, Inuyasha and I can help you, and we can make sure they wish they never got on this boat!" Yahiko said pulling out his kendo stick.
"Yeah, there's no way you can take on these guys by yourself!" Inuyasha added.
"Stop it both of you!" Kenshin said to the boys. His eyes were now serious, and fierce. (He's not in Battousai mode yet.) The pirates were now fully on board, and started raiding the ship. The passengers all fled to their rooms, but Taski and his men ran towards the pirates, and attacked.
"Well at least we know that Taski and his men can defend themselves," Megumi said.
"Yeah, but we need to fight off the pirates who knows what their capable of!" Yahiko said.
"No Yahiko," Kenshin said.
"What do you mean Kenshin?" Yahiko asked.
"The most important thing is to defend the passengers that can't fight. And the best way to do that is to get the boat away from this circle of pirate ships," Kenshin said.
"How are we going to do that?" Inuyasha asked.
"Inuyasha, you and Yahiko go to the helm and try and steer the ship away from the pirate ships," Kenshin told him. Though the boy wasn't his student, he would need all the help he could get. "Meanwhile, Ms. Karou and I will go to the anchor, and try to raise it. Ms Megumi you get all the wounded, and keep them safe until this is all over," Kenshin said to the small group.
"Right we won't let you down," Inuyasha said, and he and Yahiko ran for the helm.
"Good luck, Sir Ken," Megumi said, and ran to the sick bay.
"Kenshin we have to get moving," Karou said, and the two went down below the decks. Below the decks were clear of pirates so far. But the two had no idea how long that would last. The ship shook again, Kenshin and Karou could barely keep their balance, and it was like an earthquake inside the ship.
"This is bad, that it is. If the pirates continue this, the hull will burst, and we might sink," Kenshin said to his companion.
"Then we better hurry," Karou said, and ran ahead. They reached the anchor without any trouble, so far.
"Ms Karou please hurry, I fear that the pirates will come down here soon," Kenshin said watching her back. Karou tried to raise the anchor by using the crank, but it wouldn't move.
"It's stuck!" she announced, and tried harder. Then all of a sudden five pirates rushed out of the storage room, which was near the anchor. They had boxes from the room, and were armed with spears, swords, and some axes.
"Well look at this, a beautiful woman, and some scrawny guy, let's take the girl, and kill the guy!" the first pirate said to his men, and they agreed. Kenshin drew his sword, as the pirates set down the boxes, and drew their weapons. Two rushed at him. He blocked a spear thrust, and slashed the pirate across his chest. The second one, charged, and swung towards his head. The swordsman ducked jabbed his stomach with his hilt, and knocked him to the ground with a swift kick.
"Ms Karou please hurry!" he said to her, and blocked a slash.
"I'm trying Kenshin!" she said, and tried with all her strength. Kenshin ducked from an ax swing, and slashed upwards on the vermin. The five men were on the ground shocked at this man's abilities, they were speech less for a while, then a strong voice from the storage room called out to them.
"What's the matter boys, we should be half way to the ship by now!" the leader of this small group emerged. He had a black eye patch on his right eye, a white bandana on his forehead, a green gi, and a huge ax swung over his shoulders.
"He's getting in our way captain!" the first one said.
"Is that so," the captain said, and looked at Kenshin. "Some skinny guy with baggy robes, and a butter knife for a weapon?"
"He's better than he looks captain."
"Well I'll see to that," the captain, and took the ax from his shoulders and got in a strong stance.
*****
Inuyasha and Yahiko ran towards the helm. Ignoring the cries from the pirates, and Taski's men. They constantly had to dodge attacks that kept going after being thrown.
"Inuyasha, what are we going to do if the captain isn't there?" Yahiko asked.
"We'll just have to steer the boat ourselves. Let's hope theirs some kind of island near by," Inuyasha replied.
"Look I see it!" Yahiko said. A loud thunderclap ran through the air. Then rain poured down from the night sky.
"I don't see it!" Inuyasha said, as the rain got worse. A lighting flash brightened the area, and Inuyasha saw the wheel like object. "We're about half way there!" Then all of a sudden a spear shot in front of the just barely hitting them. The two turned around and saw a pirate with a necklace, a red jacket with no undershirt, yellow short pants, a shaved head, and one eye bigger than the other. Around his left arm was a rope. He pulled it, and the spear retracted back to him.
"You won't make to that helm alive!" he said to them as he approached. Yahiko drew his wooden sword, and got in a stance.
"Inuyasha go to the helm, I'll handle this guy," Yahiko said sternly.
"Yahiko are you sure? That spear could break that wooden sword of yours as easily as I did," Inuyasha said to his friend.
"I can't always depend on you when I get in a fight or in trouble. I have to prove to myself that training with Karou is worth it. I have to know what I'm made of, and the only way for me to find out is to fight this guy," Yahiko said, then added, "I'll be alright."
"Good luck," Inuyasha said, and ran to the helm. When he got there, he wasn't sure weather he should try to steer the boat away or wait until Kenshin could raise the anchor. He grabbed one of the pegs of the wheel, and was about to turn it when a dart hit right below his fingers. Inuyasha turned around, and saw another pirate climb up the side of the helm area. He had a pointy long nose, a bandana that covered his hair, two swords on hips, and a small bamboo stick. He chuckled.
"Well boy you think you can escape me?" he said with a dark smirk.
******
Kenshin got in a stance, and got ready to draw his sword as the captain approached him. He slammed his ax towards Kenshin, but the swordsman rolled to side as a splinter cut his left cheek. The captain raised his ax again. Kenshin quickly flipped over the huge pirate captain as he brought down his weapon. The captain growled, he quickly turned around and swung his ax around. Kenshin quickly jumped back and the circled around each other for a while.
"Why do you move so much and not attack? That butter knife of yours not strong enough to take my ax?" the captain asked. Kenshin didn't reply. The captain smirked and slammed his ax to ground. The force caused the ground to split and splinters to shoot out at Kenshin. The small pieces of wood cut his robes, and one grazed his leg, but nothing serious. The captain went in for another attack. Kenshin quickly ducked, and slashed his chest in an upward attack. He quickly pulled back towards Karou.
"You're better than I thought," the captain said. The two fighters circled around each other, trying to figure out each other's next move. The captain charged, and swung towards Kenshin's head. The swordsman quickly ducked, but pirate fighter stopped his first attack, and went for mid section swing. Kenshin put out his sword to block, but he underestimated its power and was shot back towards the wall. He was dazed for a moment. The pirate captain smirked, and raised his mighty ax. He brought it down to Kenshin's shoulder. The swordsman recovered one second too late as an incredible pain shot through his body. Kenshin yelled out in pain. His right arm went limp, and he dropped his sword. He went down on his knees clutching his right shoulder, his hand getting blood all over it. When he looked up, he saw the huge blade of the captain's ax coming down on him.
******
Yahiko stared at his opponent, as they circled around the area where they were fighting. The pirate chuckled as he put out his spear. Yahiko didn't take his eyes off him, just like Karou taught him as he pull out his wooden sword.
'I'm not sure how long this thing will hold out. If Inuyasha could break this with his bare hand, imagine what this guy can do!' Yahiko thought. The spear pirate charged, and thrusted forward with his spear. Yahiko rolled to the side, and tried to attack, but the spear pirate tripped him. Yahiko rolled out of the way of a downward thrust. He jumped to his feet, and went for an attack to his head. The spear pirate stepped to the side, and jabbed Yahiko in the back with his spear butt. Yahiko turned around, and swung, but the pirate ducked, slashed the young boy across his chest. Yahiko fell to the ground clutching his chest. The spear pirate charged, and slammed the spear on the ground. Yahiko quickly got to his feet, and charged. But because of the spear's length, the pirate was able to knock Yahiko down before he was in striking range. As the young student fell, he dropped his wooden sword. He clutched his chest as the spear pirate approached him.
*******
Inuyasha stared at the pirate. He drew his two swords and smirked. Inuyasha stepped back, wishing he had his own sword with him now. He stepped back with the helm behind him.
'Now what?' Inuyasha asked himself as he looked back. He saw Yahiko on the ground holding his chest, with a pirate with a spear going towards him. Inuyasha looked at the pirate. He wished he could help his friend, but right now, he had his own problem to deal with. The pirate quickly attacked with a swing from his left sword. Inuyasha quickly ducked, and jabbed his stomach, the pirate countered with a slash to his cheek. Inuyasha fell, and held his right cheek. His strong point at the temple was sword fighting his second was martial arts, but focused mostly on sword fighting. The pirate slammed his two swords on the ground. Inuyasha quickly jumped on the railing just barely avoiding the attack. As the pirate attacked again, Inuyasha executed a strong jumping sidekick on his chest knocking him back. He looked down and saw that he dropped one of his swords.
"You little brat! That was a lucky hit!" the pirate growled, and attacked again. Inuyasha rolled out of the way and grabbed the sword. He clutched it tightly as he attacked. Inuyasha parried, and went for a mid section slash. The pirate blocked, and kneed Inuyasha in his stomach. He went for an attack to cut off his head, but Inuyasha ducked, and stabbed his leg. He growled, and pulled out a knife.
'Aw damn! One sword, and a knife! What else could go wrong!' Inuyasha thought. He blocked the sword attack to his chest, but he reacted a second to late to block the knife attack to his arm. The knife easily cut through his skin. He slashed Inuyasha's arm, it was a deep, and bloody wound, one that would mostly likely leave a scar. He could barely hold the sword, but he fought the pain as he parried a knife attack, and jumped over a sword slash to his legs.
"I must say boy, I am impressed," the pirate smirked. "I haven't met a 13 year old like you before, you could make a decent pirate."
"Sorry, but I've been taught better," Inuyasha replied and put back up his guard. The pirate charged. Inuyasha quickly parried a mid section attack, and ducked from a stab to his temple. The pirate growled, and threw his knife. Inuyasha leaped to the side, and blocked a slash. Their swords were locked together both wincing, and sweating. The pirate quickly forced Inuyasha's sword into the air, and slashed it out of his hands cutting his left hand as well. Inuyasha watched as the sword spun towards Yahiko's area. He looked back and saw a sword heading towards him.
**********
Kenshin saw the blade of the captain's ax coming down towards him. He was about to give up when a clang reached his ears. He opened his eyes, and saw Karou holding the ax with her wooden sword over Kenshin's head. (The harder one she used in her Kyoto battles.)
"Ms Karou be careful," Kenshin said as he got up. Karou gave him a nod as she blocked another one of the captain's blows. The captain hit Karou's sword back, and swung for her head. She quickly ducked, and landed a hard blow on his stomach snapping her weapon in two. The captain dropped his ax, and clutched his stomach like he had a bad stomachache.
"You're going to pay for that girl!" the captain said weakly and walked over to Karou slowly. Then all of a sudden a loud battle cry was heard behind him
"Hiten Misturugi Style: Ryo-Tsui-Sen!" Kenshin yelled. When the captain turned around, he saw Kenshin in the air nearly touching the ceiling. He slammed his sword in his shoulder, because of the power Kenshin had behind it, and the fact that it came from the air, the captain soon painfully kissed the ground headfirst. Kenshin landed with grace as the other pirates retreated. When he landed, he clutched his shoulder, that last attack would have had more power if his shoulder weren't wounded.
"Kenshin are you alright?" Karou asked.
"I'm fine, that I am," Kenshin said. "Ms Karou the crank," he said simply. Karou nodded almost forgetting their part of the plan. She had her doubts though, it didn't work before, but still she had to try. She pushed the handle, and it moved, soon it was moving much easier than before, the anchor was up in no time.
"The rest is up to Yahiko and Inuyasha," Karou said.
**********
Yahiko moved backwards as the spear pirate approached. He turned and saw his sword not too far away. The spear pirate followed his eyes, and threw his spear. When Yahiko was in arm's reach of the sword, the spear snapped it in two. Yahiko was helpless now. The pirate just laughed.
"Did you really think that you could get away with trying to get that sword?" Yahiko stepped backwards to the edge of the boat, the spear pirate with his spear ready for another throw. Yahiko was about to give up when a sword reached his feet from the helm area. The ten year old looked around for the one who might have thrown it, but he didn't see anyone. He quickly grabbed the sword as the pirate threw his spear. Yahiko jumped to the side, and with a powerful slash defeated him. He just sat down and breathed a sigh of relief. Then he felt something. The boat shook for a second, and then he heard the anchor raising.
"Kenshin, and Karou did it!" Yahiko chuckled. "Now the rest it up to Inuyasha," he added quietly. ***********
Inuyasha quickly jumped to the side of the sword came down. He side kicked the pirate into the helm. The pirate turned around, and attacked. Inuyasha dodged his swings, but when he was caught between him, and the edge of the boat, he was trapped.
'I never look where I'm dodging!' Inuyasha scolded himself. He looked up and saw the sword coming down towards him. Inuyasha quickly caught his forearms, and held them there, not knowing how long this would last. The pirate twisted his sword hand out of Inuyasha grip, and swung. Inuyasha quickly ducked, and side kicked the pirate into the ocean. That's when he felt it the ship's anchor being raised. He took this chance, and grabbed the helm. His right hurt from the cuts it had received in the battle, but ignored the pain and he started turning.
"The hull has been burst open!" a crewmember yelled. Inuyasha hurried as the ship soon turned out of the circle. Inuyasha looked through the rain for an island. He needed to hurry, fearing that all this time in the water was not helping the crewmembers that were trying to fix the hull. When lighting brightened the dark night, Inuyasha saw the outline of a small island. He made a silent prayer hoping the wind would pick up. His prayer was answered as the light wind slowly increased; the ship was soon on its way to that small island.
AN: Exciting wasn't it? The first real fight in the whole story so far, and it won't be only one! But what will the passengers encounter on that small island? Will Inuyasha get his sword back from Kenshin? Will this battle show Taski's true colors? You'll just have to read the next chapter of The Student of the Battousai. SEE YA!!!!!