CHAPTER 7- JAILBREAK
In his jail cell at the police station, Kujiranami finally awakened. "Ugn.Battousai." He realized where he was and screamed. "BATTOUSAI!!!!!!!"
Inside their office, police officers snapped to attention. A loud crash had them on their feet and running for the cells. What they found was a pile of broken wooden bars and the door to the weapon storage room being flung open!
"It's that one-armed guy!" one officer realized. "He's going after his weapon!"
"The one recovered at the Kamiya dojo? But that's the--- His subordinate gasped. "The cannon."
BWOOM!! The entire building wracked with the explosion. Kujiranami held his smoking weapon on his one good hand. "BATTOUSAI!!!!!!!"
He abandoned the inferno, thundering towards town. The police picked themselves up and gasped. "No! Of all people to make a jailbreak!" One, Shin'ichi groaned.
Another officer saw this. "We have to stop him! He could destroy Tokyo with that thing!"
Meanwhile, Yahiko and Tsubame were walking around town, Yahiko trying to comfort her. See, she was still very much devastated over all the events and the boy couldn't tell her that Kaoru and Jiani were alive. So all he could do was pat her on the head. "There, there now. Don't cry. I have something to tell you that'll cheer you right up!"
She paused in her tears. "Huh?"
"We just found out that---
He was cut off by loud sirens, police sirens. Turning around, the two saw one officer, Shin-ichi came running, shouting to every person he saw. "RUN! GET OUT OF THE CITY! HURRY!"
Immediately, Yahiko ran up to see what was going on.
"A jailbreak!" Shin-ichi declared. "A big, bulky man with an Armstrong cannon for an arm!"
Yahiko knew who it was right off. "Damn it! It's Kujiranami!"
"Yahiko?" Tsubame asked.
The boy looked up at the panicking officer. "You! Gather whatever police force you have left! Bring them to the town gate!"
"R-Right."
Yahiko, before running off, turned to Tsubame. "Wait for me, okay? With Aoshi and the others out on investigation, it looks like I'm gonna be the one to fight!" He seemed excited.
"But.Yahiko." Tsubame began to cry as he ran off, leaving her alone.
Shin'ichi came through. Within minutes, a handful of police were gathered just at the town gate, ready and waiting. Yahiko stood atop a nearby roof, watching. In some odd way, he had become their leader.
"No one here is gonna die!" he shouted. "I promise that!" He only hoped his old wounds wouldn't affect him. But no matter what, he had to keep the promise he'd just made.
Shin'ichi spotted someone coming up the road and yelled. "He's here!"
Kujiranami stood there on the street, aiming straight at them with his cannon. "BATTOUSAI!!!!!!!"
Yahiko jumped down from the roof. "Okay! I'll charge first! You all cover me!" Not waiting for their responses, he charged at the ogre, shinai ready. "HYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Of course, Kujiranami acted, directing his first shot right at the boy! Shin'ichi went pale. What was Yahiko thinking??
POOM! POOM! POOM! Kujiranami fired again and again, but Yahiko leapt, ducked, and rolled to dodge them, each time coming closer. Within seconds, he was springing right up at him! "HAAAH!!!!"
SHMP! His shinai whacked the weapon so harshly, it lifted the flesh right off of the monster's stump! Kujiranami howled in pain.
"Now's your chance!" Yahiko cried to his "comrades". "Surround him!"
Wondering why they were taking orders from a little boy, the officers took off, darting through buildings and leaping over roofs until they had formed a circle around the fuming monster.
"ARGH! BATTOUSAI!!! BATTOUSAI COME OUT!!!!!!!" Kujiranami yelled, readying his shot once more.
Yahiko took a stance. "You have me to deal with now. Forget about Kenshin!"
POOM! POOM! POOM! The shots continued to fire, resuming the fight.
Back in the streets, Tsubame was panicking. "Yahiko." Was he capable of fighting on his own against such a weapon? Was he going to die?? She couldn't stand it. "YAHIKO!!!"
Yahiko continued dodging the blows, despite how close he was to every one. Kujiranami, in his blind rage, was unrelenting. Shin'ichi found himself in awe at how the boy was fighting this all on his own.
He scowled. "What the hell am I doing? I may be just a low ranking rookie, but I'm still an officer! I can't let a little kid die like this!"
POOM!! One blast swiped past Yahiko so closely, it tore the fabric of his shirt. 'Damn!' he thought. 'I'm losing speed!'
Suddenly, he tripped and fell flat. "Ack!"
Tsubame's head snapped up. "Yahiko! Someone has to help him!" She got up and began to run. "Kenshin! Mr. Kenshin! You have to! You have to save Yahiko!"
Kujiranami zeroed in for the finishing blow. "Die!"
Yahiko winced. He had to stand up! He needed to keep going! He had to keep his promise!
But at the last second, Shin'ichi came flying in and grasped hold of the gun. "I won't let you kill a kid!" he shouted bravely, latching on for dear life.
"Shin'ichi!" His stunned comrades now decided to act as well. After all, they too had responsibility of their own! All at once, they came running and dogpiled the stunned Kujiranami!
Yahiko pulled himself up and beamed. "Yeah! That's it!" Maybe he could keep his promise after all.
...........
In Arakawa, Aoshi, Sanosuke, Saitoh, and the others, along with a bunch of police officers, surveyed the ruined headquarters that was once Enishi's stronghold. Saitoh inhaled on his cigarette. "So, he has himself an island, eh? I thought so."
"Hn." Aoshi agreed, reading some of the files they'd recovered.
Sanosuke gazed down at the men in disgust. "Weak bastards. Who hires these people as guards anyway?"
Suddenly, in came Uramura. "Fujita! That one-armed man, Kujiranami! He's escaped prison and is headed for town with his Armstrong cannon!"
Saitoh cursed quietly. "Shit.they don't quit, do they?"
"Misao, help me with the injured." Megumi commanded.
"Oh okay." Misao relented.
"And what's more, there's a little boy with a shinai leading the fight!" Uramura went on.
Sanosuke cringed. "Yahiko? That brat!"
"Oh no." Megumi gasped.
In his jail cell at the police station, Kujiranami finally awakened. "Ugn.Battousai." He realized where he was and screamed. "BATTOUSAI!!!!!!!"
Inside their office, police officers snapped to attention. A loud crash had them on their feet and running for the cells. What they found was a pile of broken wooden bars and the door to the weapon storage room being flung open!
"It's that one-armed guy!" one officer realized. "He's going after his weapon!"
"The one recovered at the Kamiya dojo? But that's the--- His subordinate gasped. "The cannon."
BWOOM!! The entire building wracked with the explosion. Kujiranami held his smoking weapon on his one good hand. "BATTOUSAI!!!!!!!"
He abandoned the inferno, thundering towards town. The police picked themselves up and gasped. "No! Of all people to make a jailbreak!" One, Shin'ichi groaned.
Another officer saw this. "We have to stop him! He could destroy Tokyo with that thing!"
Meanwhile, Yahiko and Tsubame were walking around town, Yahiko trying to comfort her. See, she was still very much devastated over all the events and the boy couldn't tell her that Kaoru and Jiani were alive. So all he could do was pat her on the head. "There, there now. Don't cry. I have something to tell you that'll cheer you right up!"
She paused in her tears. "Huh?"
"We just found out that---
He was cut off by loud sirens, police sirens. Turning around, the two saw one officer, Shin-ichi came running, shouting to every person he saw. "RUN! GET OUT OF THE CITY! HURRY!"
Immediately, Yahiko ran up to see what was going on.
"A jailbreak!" Shin-ichi declared. "A big, bulky man with an Armstrong cannon for an arm!"
Yahiko knew who it was right off. "Damn it! It's Kujiranami!"
"Yahiko?" Tsubame asked.
The boy looked up at the panicking officer. "You! Gather whatever police force you have left! Bring them to the town gate!"
"R-Right."
Yahiko, before running off, turned to Tsubame. "Wait for me, okay? With Aoshi and the others out on investigation, it looks like I'm gonna be the one to fight!" He seemed excited.
"But.Yahiko." Tsubame began to cry as he ran off, leaving her alone.
Shin'ichi came through. Within minutes, a handful of police were gathered just at the town gate, ready and waiting. Yahiko stood atop a nearby roof, watching. In some odd way, he had become their leader.
"No one here is gonna die!" he shouted. "I promise that!" He only hoped his old wounds wouldn't affect him. But no matter what, he had to keep the promise he'd just made.
Shin'ichi spotted someone coming up the road and yelled. "He's here!"
Kujiranami stood there on the street, aiming straight at them with his cannon. "BATTOUSAI!!!!!!!"
Yahiko jumped down from the roof. "Okay! I'll charge first! You all cover me!" Not waiting for their responses, he charged at the ogre, shinai ready. "HYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Of course, Kujiranami acted, directing his first shot right at the boy! Shin'ichi went pale. What was Yahiko thinking??
POOM! POOM! POOM! Kujiranami fired again and again, but Yahiko leapt, ducked, and rolled to dodge them, each time coming closer. Within seconds, he was springing right up at him! "HAAAH!!!!"
SHMP! His shinai whacked the weapon so harshly, it lifted the flesh right off of the monster's stump! Kujiranami howled in pain.
"Now's your chance!" Yahiko cried to his "comrades". "Surround him!"
Wondering why they were taking orders from a little boy, the officers took off, darting through buildings and leaping over roofs until they had formed a circle around the fuming monster.
"ARGH! BATTOUSAI!!! BATTOUSAI COME OUT!!!!!!!" Kujiranami yelled, readying his shot once more.
Yahiko took a stance. "You have me to deal with now. Forget about Kenshin!"
POOM! POOM! POOM! The shots continued to fire, resuming the fight.
Back in the streets, Tsubame was panicking. "Yahiko." Was he capable of fighting on his own against such a weapon? Was he going to die?? She couldn't stand it. "YAHIKO!!!"
Yahiko continued dodging the blows, despite how close he was to every one. Kujiranami, in his blind rage, was unrelenting. Shin'ichi found himself in awe at how the boy was fighting this all on his own.
He scowled. "What the hell am I doing? I may be just a low ranking rookie, but I'm still an officer! I can't let a little kid die like this!"
POOM!! One blast swiped past Yahiko so closely, it tore the fabric of his shirt. 'Damn!' he thought. 'I'm losing speed!'
Suddenly, he tripped and fell flat. "Ack!"
Tsubame's head snapped up. "Yahiko! Someone has to help him!" She got up and began to run. "Kenshin! Mr. Kenshin! You have to! You have to save Yahiko!"
Kujiranami zeroed in for the finishing blow. "Die!"
Yahiko winced. He had to stand up! He needed to keep going! He had to keep his promise!
But at the last second, Shin'ichi came flying in and grasped hold of the gun. "I won't let you kill a kid!" he shouted bravely, latching on for dear life.
"Shin'ichi!" His stunned comrades now decided to act as well. After all, they too had responsibility of their own! All at once, they came running and dogpiled the stunned Kujiranami!
Yahiko pulled himself up and beamed. "Yeah! That's it!" Maybe he could keep his promise after all.
...........
In Arakawa, Aoshi, Sanosuke, Saitoh, and the others, along with a bunch of police officers, surveyed the ruined headquarters that was once Enishi's stronghold. Saitoh inhaled on his cigarette. "So, he has himself an island, eh? I thought so."
"Hn." Aoshi agreed, reading some of the files they'd recovered.
Sanosuke gazed down at the men in disgust. "Weak bastards. Who hires these people as guards anyway?"
Suddenly, in came Uramura. "Fujita! That one-armed man, Kujiranami! He's escaped prison and is headed for town with his Armstrong cannon!"
Saitoh cursed quietly. "Shit.they don't quit, do they?"
"Misao, help me with the injured." Megumi commanded.
"Oh okay." Misao relented.
"And what's more, there's a little boy with a shinai leading the fight!" Uramura went on.
Sanosuke cringed. "Yahiko? That brat!"
"Oh no." Megumi gasped.