The Student of the Battousai
Chapter 9
"That was probably the longest night of my life," Megumi said as she patched up Inuyasha.
"Man you can you say that again!" Yahiko said as he ate his soup.
"Ow! Could you be more careful!" Inuyasha said.
"Inuyasha, you should be lucky that you even still alive, a lot of people were killed last night, and you managed to escape with only a few cuts. And if you could survive a fight with a pirate, you can defiantly suck up a little pain," Karou said to him.
"Yeah, but it still hurts," Inuyasha muttered, and folded his arms.
"We're lucky this island was nearby, that we are. Now the crew members can repair the ship, and we can be on our way," Kenshin said cheerfully.
"Yeah, but Inuyasha how did you fight that pirate without a sword?" Yahiko asked. Inuyasha shrugged.
"I was just lucky I guess," he said.
"Oh yes and one more thing," Kenshin said, he had one hand behind his back, but he reveled it to be Inuyasha's sword. "I think this belongs to you."
"But, why?" Inuyasha asked a little shocked.
"You protected the innocents on broad, and got us to safety such brave deeds defiantly deserve you your sword," Kenshin explained.
"Thank you," he said.
"Sir Ken, the damage on shoulder was too great for me to fully heal, I'm not sure it will fully heal on its own," Megumi told Kenshin.
"That's not the first time I've heard that, that it's not," Kenshin said. Unknown to the small group, a spy was listing in on the whole conversation. He rushed over to Taski.
"Taski sir, the swordsman, and those two brats are injured from the pirate attack. This is the prefect time to strike!" the spy told him. Taski chuckled.
"Prefect, soon we'll control the ship, and sell the cargo to any high paying gang or pirates."
"But sir, don't you already own this ship?" the spy asked.
"Yes, but that's not enough for me. I must be in control of this ship, and use the products in whatever way I want! Go, and get the others," Taski ordered the spy. The spy nodded, and went off.
******
"How is the damage captain?" Kenshin asked. He was below deck observing the hull that burst last night.
"The hull received the most damage," the captain sighed. "We're lucky we were able to get to this island in time, any longer and the ship would have sank."
"How long do you think we'll be here?"
"Well, I'm not sure. We could be here for a while, the crew has been working ever since we anchored neared this island, they're tired, we're all tired."
"Yes it was quite a night, that it was. But for some reason I have feeling that something bad is coming that it is," Kenshin said.
"It's probably just a feeling," the captain said and returned to work.
'Is it?' Kenshin thought. His training had taught to him to always trust what you feel. But was it just a feeling?
********
"Faster Yahiko!" Karou said to her pupil. Yahiko was in the center of the storage room, which made for a makeshift training dojo for the master and student. Inuyasha watched next to Karou, this reminded of his days at the temple.
"I'm trying! It's hard when you have a broken rib!" Yahiko said to his master.
"You're the one who wanted to do this in the first place!" Karou said to Yahiko as she got up. It was true, Yahiko said he was tired of laying in the sick bay for the day so he managed to persuade Karou in continuing their sessions.
"Ugly," Yahiko muttered under his breath.
"What did you say!!!" Karou growled at Yahiko.
"You heard what I said!" Yahiko said back. Inuyasha chuckled. Then a bowl floated in front of his face. He looked up and saw Megumi holding the bowl in front of him.
"Thanks," he said simply, and started drinking the Miso soup.
"You're welcome," Megumi said as they watched Karou, and Yahiko doing katas, and a few pre-arranged self defense together. A whack from Karou's kendo stick would silently tell Yahiko he did something wrong.
"You're going to fast!" Yahiko said.
"No you're going too slow!" Karou shot back.
"Inuyasha why don't you show us a kata," Megumi said silencing the two.
"Yeah that'd be cool!" Yahiko said.
"I must admit, I would like how a student from Totosai's temple do katas," Karou said.
"Well alright," Inuyasha agreed, and drew his sword. As he went to the center of the room, he remembered his first test.
****Flashback****
"Up next is Inuyasha," Totosai said. Inuyasha's hand shook in nervousness. But a hand soon held it.
"You'll do alright, I know you will," Kagome whispered to him. Inuyasha nodded, and went out to the floor. ****end****
Inuyasha bowed, and got in a strong stance. He stared with self-defense with Yahiko attack him with a thrust. Inuyasha parried, and put his sword at the side of Yahiko's neck. He soon went on to katas. The three were amazed at how realistic Inuyasha made the kata. It looked like he was really looking in the eyes of an opponent. When he was done, he sheathed his sword, and bowed. Soon Kenshin walked in.
"What's the news Sir Ken?" Megumi asked.
"We'll I know for sure we'll be here for a while that we will," Kenshin replied.
"But we're supposed to be there in three more days, what are we going to do?" Karou said.
"I'm not sure, we'll just need to wait and see how things play out, that we should," Kenshin said. Then all of a sudden a gunshot was heard.
"What was that!" Megumi asked not expecting an answer.
"More pirates?" Yahiko asked.
"No they wouldn't attack in board daylight," Karou corrected Yahiko.
"Let's check it out," Inuyasha said, and ran to the deck not waiting for the others. When they reached the deck the sight shocked them. Taski's men were armed with swords, spears, knifes, axes, and pistols. The crewmembers, and the passengers were surrounded. Taski was in front chuckling along with his men.
"What is the meaning of this Taski!" the captain demanded to know.
"Silence I now control this ship!" Taski said, and pointed his pistol at the captain. "Now you better corporate before you lose more than just your ship." The captain sat down.
"Why are you doing this?" he asked. Taski just laughed.
"For power and money of course!" he answered simply.
"I knew I was right!" Megumi said.
"Taski stop this right now!" Karou yelled. The men turned to the small group.
"Well if the isn't those two brats," Burtis said with a spear over his shoulders which was as big as the man himself.
"And they brought friends!" Butch added.
"Well if it isn't the swordsman," Taski said. "Our circle is complete."
"I always knew you would try something like this!" Megumi said.
"Ms. Megumi, please calm yourself," Kenshin said to her.
"Taski, you have shown your true colors after all," Kenshin said to him.
"Oh yes it was only a matter of time, and with us miles off course no one will know of this unless one of you manage to escape, which is why I have prepared special cells for you," Taski said as some of his men approached them.
"What are you talking about this ship has no cells," Karou said.
"Oh you'd be surprised," Taski said as his men got closer. Everyone except Megumi drew their swords, and attacked. They soon made their way towards the innocents, and created a small circle around them
"Kenshin we can't keep this up," Karou whispered to him. Kenshin nodded.
"I am aware of that Ms. Karou, I have an idea that I do," Kenshin said. He parried a thrust, and jumped over the attacker, and ran towards Taski, slashing anyone who got in his way. Soon he was within slashing distance of Taski when Burtis and Butch got in his way. Kenshin stopped as the two enforcers stood their ground.
"I got this one," Burtis said. Butch stepped back as Burtis attacked. Kenshin dodged his thrusts and parried as tried to got forward with a slash. Burtis blocked, and quickly turned the spear for a swing to Kenshin's head. The swordsman quickly ducked, and slashed upwards on Burtis's chest. The enforcer stepped back, and Kenshin advanced. Kenshin ducked, and leaped to side of a thrust. The swordsman went for a slash to his side, but Burtis parried, and kneed him in his stomach. Kenshin stepped back, but blocked a thrust to his heart. He pushed it to the side, and went for an attack. Burtis punched him across his face. Kenshin fell to the ground, but rolled out of the way of a slam from Burtis. He jumped to his feet, and charged. Burtis executed a strong upward block. Kenshin started to push down more, and the spear started to get lower. Kenshin was about add more force when Burtis slammed his fist onto his wounded shoulder. Kenshin yelled out in pain and dropped his weapon.
"Kenshin!" Karou shouted, and tried to run to him, but Taski's men stopped her. Kenshin clutched his shoulder with his sword in his left hand. Burtis grabbed him by his neck, and held him over the side.
"Say goodbye!" Burtis laughed, and threw him into the ocean.
"Kenshin!" the small group yelled.
"That's it!" Inuyasha growled, and attacked. He blocked a thrust, and slashed the man. He ducked from a slash, and kneed the attacker in his stomach. The numbers soon overwhelmed Inuyasha, and when he back was turned one knocked him unconscious. The other men grabbed Karou, Yahiko, and Megumi, and dragged them to the cells. Karou took one last look at the ocean.
"Kenshin," she whispered as she was forced below deck.
AN: Uh Oh! With Taski in control, and Kenshin, overboard how will our heroes manage to stop Taski? How will they escape their cells? And how do you stop someone so many men, and so much power? The answers to these questions and more in the next chapter of The Student of the Battousai. SEE YA!!!!
Chapter 9
"That was probably the longest night of my life," Megumi said as she patched up Inuyasha.
"Man you can you say that again!" Yahiko said as he ate his soup.
"Ow! Could you be more careful!" Inuyasha said.
"Inuyasha, you should be lucky that you even still alive, a lot of people were killed last night, and you managed to escape with only a few cuts. And if you could survive a fight with a pirate, you can defiantly suck up a little pain," Karou said to him.
"Yeah, but it still hurts," Inuyasha muttered, and folded his arms.
"We're lucky this island was nearby, that we are. Now the crew members can repair the ship, and we can be on our way," Kenshin said cheerfully.
"Yeah, but Inuyasha how did you fight that pirate without a sword?" Yahiko asked. Inuyasha shrugged.
"I was just lucky I guess," he said.
"Oh yes and one more thing," Kenshin said, he had one hand behind his back, but he reveled it to be Inuyasha's sword. "I think this belongs to you."
"But, why?" Inuyasha asked a little shocked.
"You protected the innocents on broad, and got us to safety such brave deeds defiantly deserve you your sword," Kenshin explained.
"Thank you," he said.
"Sir Ken, the damage on shoulder was too great for me to fully heal, I'm not sure it will fully heal on its own," Megumi told Kenshin.
"That's not the first time I've heard that, that it's not," Kenshin said. Unknown to the small group, a spy was listing in on the whole conversation. He rushed over to Taski.
"Taski sir, the swordsman, and those two brats are injured from the pirate attack. This is the prefect time to strike!" the spy told him. Taski chuckled.
"Prefect, soon we'll control the ship, and sell the cargo to any high paying gang or pirates."
"But sir, don't you already own this ship?" the spy asked.
"Yes, but that's not enough for me. I must be in control of this ship, and use the products in whatever way I want! Go, and get the others," Taski ordered the spy. The spy nodded, and went off.
******
"How is the damage captain?" Kenshin asked. He was below deck observing the hull that burst last night.
"The hull received the most damage," the captain sighed. "We're lucky we were able to get to this island in time, any longer and the ship would have sank."
"How long do you think we'll be here?"
"Well, I'm not sure. We could be here for a while, the crew has been working ever since we anchored neared this island, they're tired, we're all tired."
"Yes it was quite a night, that it was. But for some reason I have feeling that something bad is coming that it is," Kenshin said.
"It's probably just a feeling," the captain said and returned to work.
'Is it?' Kenshin thought. His training had taught to him to always trust what you feel. But was it just a feeling?
********
"Faster Yahiko!" Karou said to her pupil. Yahiko was in the center of the storage room, which made for a makeshift training dojo for the master and student. Inuyasha watched next to Karou, this reminded of his days at the temple.
"I'm trying! It's hard when you have a broken rib!" Yahiko said to his master.
"You're the one who wanted to do this in the first place!" Karou said to Yahiko as she got up. It was true, Yahiko said he was tired of laying in the sick bay for the day so he managed to persuade Karou in continuing their sessions.
"Ugly," Yahiko muttered under his breath.
"What did you say!!!" Karou growled at Yahiko.
"You heard what I said!" Yahiko said back. Inuyasha chuckled. Then a bowl floated in front of his face. He looked up and saw Megumi holding the bowl in front of him.
"Thanks," he said simply, and started drinking the Miso soup.
"You're welcome," Megumi said as they watched Karou, and Yahiko doing katas, and a few pre-arranged self defense together. A whack from Karou's kendo stick would silently tell Yahiko he did something wrong.
"You're going to fast!" Yahiko said.
"No you're going too slow!" Karou shot back.
"Inuyasha why don't you show us a kata," Megumi said silencing the two.
"Yeah that'd be cool!" Yahiko said.
"I must admit, I would like how a student from Totosai's temple do katas," Karou said.
"Well alright," Inuyasha agreed, and drew his sword. As he went to the center of the room, he remembered his first test.
****Flashback****
"Up next is Inuyasha," Totosai said. Inuyasha's hand shook in nervousness. But a hand soon held it.
"You'll do alright, I know you will," Kagome whispered to him. Inuyasha nodded, and went out to the floor. ****end****
Inuyasha bowed, and got in a strong stance. He stared with self-defense with Yahiko attack him with a thrust. Inuyasha parried, and put his sword at the side of Yahiko's neck. He soon went on to katas. The three were amazed at how realistic Inuyasha made the kata. It looked like he was really looking in the eyes of an opponent. When he was done, he sheathed his sword, and bowed. Soon Kenshin walked in.
"What's the news Sir Ken?" Megumi asked.
"We'll I know for sure we'll be here for a while that we will," Kenshin replied.
"But we're supposed to be there in three more days, what are we going to do?" Karou said.
"I'm not sure, we'll just need to wait and see how things play out, that we should," Kenshin said. Then all of a sudden a gunshot was heard.
"What was that!" Megumi asked not expecting an answer.
"More pirates?" Yahiko asked.
"No they wouldn't attack in board daylight," Karou corrected Yahiko.
"Let's check it out," Inuyasha said, and ran to the deck not waiting for the others. When they reached the deck the sight shocked them. Taski's men were armed with swords, spears, knifes, axes, and pistols. The crewmembers, and the passengers were surrounded. Taski was in front chuckling along with his men.
"What is the meaning of this Taski!" the captain demanded to know.
"Silence I now control this ship!" Taski said, and pointed his pistol at the captain. "Now you better corporate before you lose more than just your ship." The captain sat down.
"Why are you doing this?" he asked. Taski just laughed.
"For power and money of course!" he answered simply.
"I knew I was right!" Megumi said.
"Taski stop this right now!" Karou yelled. The men turned to the small group.
"Well if the isn't those two brats," Burtis said with a spear over his shoulders which was as big as the man himself.
"And they brought friends!" Butch added.
"Well if it isn't the swordsman," Taski said. "Our circle is complete."
"I always knew you would try something like this!" Megumi said.
"Ms. Megumi, please calm yourself," Kenshin said to her.
"Taski, you have shown your true colors after all," Kenshin said to him.
"Oh yes it was only a matter of time, and with us miles off course no one will know of this unless one of you manage to escape, which is why I have prepared special cells for you," Taski said as some of his men approached them.
"What are you talking about this ship has no cells," Karou said.
"Oh you'd be surprised," Taski said as his men got closer. Everyone except Megumi drew their swords, and attacked. They soon made their way towards the innocents, and created a small circle around them
"Kenshin we can't keep this up," Karou whispered to him. Kenshin nodded.
"I am aware of that Ms. Karou, I have an idea that I do," Kenshin said. He parried a thrust, and jumped over the attacker, and ran towards Taski, slashing anyone who got in his way. Soon he was within slashing distance of Taski when Burtis and Butch got in his way. Kenshin stopped as the two enforcers stood their ground.
"I got this one," Burtis said. Butch stepped back as Burtis attacked. Kenshin dodged his thrusts and parried as tried to got forward with a slash. Burtis blocked, and quickly turned the spear for a swing to Kenshin's head. The swordsman quickly ducked, and slashed upwards on Burtis's chest. The enforcer stepped back, and Kenshin advanced. Kenshin ducked, and leaped to side of a thrust. The swordsman went for a slash to his side, but Burtis parried, and kneed him in his stomach. Kenshin stepped back, but blocked a thrust to his heart. He pushed it to the side, and went for an attack. Burtis punched him across his face. Kenshin fell to the ground, but rolled out of the way of a slam from Burtis. He jumped to his feet, and charged. Burtis executed a strong upward block. Kenshin started to push down more, and the spear started to get lower. Kenshin was about add more force when Burtis slammed his fist onto his wounded shoulder. Kenshin yelled out in pain and dropped his weapon.
"Kenshin!" Karou shouted, and tried to run to him, but Taski's men stopped her. Kenshin clutched his shoulder with his sword in his left hand. Burtis grabbed him by his neck, and held him over the side.
"Say goodbye!" Burtis laughed, and threw him into the ocean.
"Kenshin!" the small group yelled.
"That's it!" Inuyasha growled, and attacked. He blocked a thrust, and slashed the man. He ducked from a slash, and kneed the attacker in his stomach. The numbers soon overwhelmed Inuyasha, and when he back was turned one knocked him unconscious. The other men grabbed Karou, Yahiko, and Megumi, and dragged them to the cells. Karou took one last look at the ocean.
"Kenshin," she whispered as she was forced below deck.
AN: Uh Oh! With Taski in control, and Kenshin, overboard how will our heroes manage to stop Taski? How will they escape their cells? And how do you stop someone so many men, and so much power? The answers to these questions and more in the next chapter of The Student of the Battousai. SEE YA!!!!