Chapter #7!
You know, I have a lil bit of writers block. I swear, this has never happened to me before. Well, hopefully this chapter wont be that bad, I usually do a good job as I go.
I guess in this chapter: The 4 guyz go to the top of Kakushibyou Temple and find out what Aoshi said about a demon being true. But in order for you to pass alive is to answer a riddle. Sorta like the sphinkx. I'm useing this riddle straight out of the 4th Harry Potter book, lets see if some of my readers can get the riddle right, and lets also see if our fighters can figure it out.
Disclaimer: Why hasn't anyone told me who owns Rurouni Kenshin? Oh well.
(BTW: Kenshin will now show at 11:00pm on Cartoon Network on Saturdays)
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Answer Thy Riddle!
Aoshi looked at Kenshin staring blankly at wall across from him. Misao was tending to his wounds and saying how happy she was that he was alright. 'Battousai, what could you be thinking about?' Aoshi thought still staring at him.
"But Kenshin, you were always able to go back to nomal again, no matter how close you get to being the battousai, you'll alway be the person you really are, a wanderer who doesn't kill!" Kenshin whispered those words Kaoru had said, to himself. 'Miss Kaoru, your words helped me defeat Shishio, that they did. But now...' Kenshin lowered his head and sighed, "I don't know what to do."
"Hey Kenshin, what's wrong?" Sanosuke asked sitting next to him. "You look terrible."
"I feel terrible Sano, that I do." Kenshin raised his head and stared up at the celing of the Aoiya. "Its just, Miss Kaoru was always there to give me words of encouragement, but now..." Kenshin sighed heavily.
"You feel bad that those words Missy had always said are no longer there to help you." Sanosuke finished for him.
"Exactly." Kenshin looked down at his hands and saw a small bead of water fall on them, soon many more came and he realized his was crying, "Miss Kaoru." Kenshin breathed.
"Hey buddy, don't worry. I know Missy, though she's in pain right now, she's hoping that you come back and save her. I bet she's thinking that you won't let her down. So cheer up. Missy is always with ya, no matter where you go." Sanosuke said cheerfully.
Kenshin wiped his eyes and looked over at Sanosuke. "Thanks for that Sano; you're right, Miss Kaoru is always with me; I'm with her too." Kenshin got up and walked over to Aoshi, seeing that Misao was all done with the bandages.
Aoshi looked over to him and said, "Battousai, I really hate knowing that I've gotten injured and you didn't."
"Oro?" Kenshin smiled and waved his hands in front of him, "Aoshi, you shouldn't feel bad about that, it's just that you fought the guy more than me and you got hurt from that." He said that really fast, almost too fast for Aoshi to hear, but he understood the message.
Aoshi smirked and stood with the help of Misao. "Well, when is Hajime, Saito going to be here?"
Sanosuke snorted at the sound of Saito's name.
"I don't know, the sun is about to set and Miss Kaoru has very little time left. We need to go now." Keshin looked over at Sanosuke and he nodded and walked over to him. Kenshin then looked back at Aoshi and said, "Are you ready?"
Aoshi pushed Misao aside and walked towards the door, "I'm always ready for a battle."
"Be careful you guys!" Misao yelled as they all walked down the street, following Aoshi's lead.
After a while of walking they reached the high mountain and at the top lay Kakushibyou Temple, the "demon", Hakaisha, and the cure to the poison that Kaoru was struck down by. At the base of the mountain was a huge door, and Saito was leaning against it, waiting.
"Well, it took you long enough to get here. I've been waiting over an hour." He said walking up to them.
"Saito, we thought you were going to met us at the Aoiya," Kenshin said looking a little suprised.
Saito smirked and crossed his arms, "I knew you were going to be too impatient, Battousai. So I decided to wait for you, Aoshi Shinomori and the Moron."
Sanosuke boiled with anger, "I HATE YOU, YOU STUPID MUFFFFFUF!" Sanosuke yelled but Kenshin ran behind him and covered his mouth with his hands.
"Sano, please save your fighting for later!" Kenshin said struggling to hold Sanosuke back from Saito.
Saito just chuckled and turned back to the door. "I don't have time for amatures, I'm waiting for the real fighters."
Sanosuke was really heated. He swung his fists faster trying to get to him but Kenshin held on tight. (A/N: He's holding his mouth too ^_^ hahah)
"Will you stop messing around, if we want to save the Battousai's woman we need to move on." Aoshi said walking up to the door.
"Sano are you through now?" Kenshin asked lossening his grip.
Sano breathed out and straightened up. "I'll be okay, just keep him away from me!" He yelled pointing at Saito's back.
They all saw the huge door open and a tall man in a black cloak walked out.
Kenshin grabbed the sheath of his sword, preparing to attack if the man was there to fight. Aoshi and Saito did the same and Sanosuke balled his right fist.
"Calm down gentalmen, I'm not the one you're intended to fight. The ones you'll be fighting lay beyond this door, but before you can fight Lord Hakaisha and his 3 best fighters you have to pass the Dokudokushii. He's the beast of Kakushibyou Temple. His form is a body of a snake and a head of a man. You'll have to answer something correctly to pass through alive." The man opened the door and held his hand out, "I am Hideaki and I will guide you to where you're lives end," he said with a smirk.
Saito and Aoshi walked in first and then they were followed by Kenshin and Sanosuke, none of them took their attention off of the man named Hideaki. When the doors closed the tortches on the walls of the huge room lit. The sight before them was horrid. Bones of men were scattered all over and the room stunck with the scent of death.
"Geez Kenshin, these guys must have been really stupid not to be able to answer a question from a snake with the head of a man. I mean I feel sorry for them and all but honestly." Sanosuke said feeling kinda of sick.
"Look there," Aoshi said pointing to a door across the room that said "Hakaisha" on it.
Hideaki walked in front of them with the same smirk upon his face. "You wont be able to get to him until you pass this test." Hideaki moved his foot over a button on the floor and stepped on it. The floor began to shake slightly and the sound of hissing came from all around. "Behold, the Dokudokushii."
"Ken... Kenshin!" Sanosuke said as the gaint snake with the man's head came towards them.
Kenshin stared at it in shock but he then grabbed his hilt and stood firm. "Don't fear it Sano." Kenshin said looking at it slither around them.
Aoshi unsheathed his kodachi's and stood his stance, "So this is the monster who is feared all over Kyoto, the Dokudokushii." Aoshi whispered.
Hideaki spoke to the Dokudokushii, "These are your new victims! Ask them your question and see if you let them go through or have yourself a feast!"
"I really don't like this guy," Sanosuke said giving Hideaki a dirty look.
The snake stopped in front of them still slithering around in one spot. "I see, me will ask you a riddle and you will answer correct, if not me will eat you," it hissed.
"Go and say your riddle, but if we do answer wrong we wont be the ones to die." Saito said pulling out his sword.
"Me will ask the question and if none of you can answer correct, me will eat you all!" The Dokudokushii said hissing loudly.
Saito turned and looked at Kenshin, "Let the Moron answer first, I doubt he'll get it correct."
Sanosuke frowned and said, "I'll get it right, just you watch!" He looked back at the Dokudokushii and held his fist high, "Say the stupid riddle!"
The snake hissed and spoke evily, "First think of the person who lives in disguise, who deals in secrest and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, the middle of middle and end of end? And finally give me the sound often heard during the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together, and answer me this, which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?"
Sanosuke looked back at Kenshin with swirly eyes, "What?!" Sanosuke then looked back at the snake and said, "Say it again?"
The Dokudokushii repeated it and Sanosuke thought for a moment. 'Now lets see, someone who lives in disguise can be a bunch of things. Last thing to mend, middle of middle and end of end? What the heck is that suppose to mean? Lets see, umm... What you say to find a hard to find word, um is one! But let me see about the rest, a creature you'd be unwilling to kiss? Saito is one I wouldn't kiss for sure. I got it!' Sanosuke turned back to everyone and said, "I know what it is, it has to be what he is!" Sanosuke turned back towards the Dokudokushii and said, "A Snake!"
"No." It hissed.
Kenshin fell, and Aoshi and Saito sweatdropped.
"What a moron." Saito said shaking his head in shame.
"I gave it my best," Sanosuke said sadly.
Aoshi stepped up and said, "The answer is about a creature who sneaks around and is something no one would kiss, last thing to mend, a heart, a creature who sneaks around and breaks hearts. I will say a rat. (A/N: Aoshi isnt as smart as he looks)
"Good observation but me says you're wrong." The snake laughed and said, "Two more wrong and I get to feast!"
Saito walked up next and said, "This will not be hard for me, repeat the riddle." So the Dokudokushii did and Saito thought quietly. "I creature who sneaks around, I say a Dragon."
"Hahahah, wrong, close but wrong! Now..." It looked over towards Kenshin who was walking forward. "This little one will not be able to answer!"
"You better get this right Battousai, if not, we'll be wasting a lot of time." Aoshi said beside him.
"I won't answer incorrectly, that I wont." 'Miss Kaoru, help me through this.'
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HAHAHAHAHAHAH, CLIFFHANGER!
I'm sorry I had to do that to piss you people off and to keep you waiting!
Don't worry, you'll see the outcome is a few dayz, but I wanna know how smart the readers are! Can you answer the riddle, its rather easy ya know. You just have to THINK! I got it wrong when I read it in the book but then I got it right after I thought a lil.
Thankx wolfpup for giving me the spelling corrections! ^_^
Read&Review!
Additional Info:
I made up Dokudokushii and Hideaki.
Dokudokushii- Venomous creature
You know, I have a lil bit of writers block. I swear, this has never happened to me before. Well, hopefully this chapter wont be that bad, I usually do a good job as I go.
I guess in this chapter: The 4 guyz go to the top of Kakushibyou Temple and find out what Aoshi said about a demon being true. But in order for you to pass alive is to answer a riddle. Sorta like the sphinkx. I'm useing this riddle straight out of the 4th Harry Potter book, lets see if some of my readers can get the riddle right, and lets also see if our fighters can figure it out.
Disclaimer: Why hasn't anyone told me who owns Rurouni Kenshin? Oh well.
(BTW: Kenshin will now show at 11:00pm on Cartoon Network on Saturdays)
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Answer Thy Riddle!
Aoshi looked at Kenshin staring blankly at wall across from him. Misao was tending to his wounds and saying how happy she was that he was alright. 'Battousai, what could you be thinking about?' Aoshi thought still staring at him.
"But Kenshin, you were always able to go back to nomal again, no matter how close you get to being the battousai, you'll alway be the person you really are, a wanderer who doesn't kill!" Kenshin whispered those words Kaoru had said, to himself. 'Miss Kaoru, your words helped me defeat Shishio, that they did. But now...' Kenshin lowered his head and sighed, "I don't know what to do."
"Hey Kenshin, what's wrong?" Sanosuke asked sitting next to him. "You look terrible."
"I feel terrible Sano, that I do." Kenshin raised his head and stared up at the celing of the Aoiya. "Its just, Miss Kaoru was always there to give me words of encouragement, but now..." Kenshin sighed heavily.
"You feel bad that those words Missy had always said are no longer there to help you." Sanosuke finished for him.
"Exactly." Kenshin looked down at his hands and saw a small bead of water fall on them, soon many more came and he realized his was crying, "Miss Kaoru." Kenshin breathed.
"Hey buddy, don't worry. I know Missy, though she's in pain right now, she's hoping that you come back and save her. I bet she's thinking that you won't let her down. So cheer up. Missy is always with ya, no matter where you go." Sanosuke said cheerfully.
Kenshin wiped his eyes and looked over at Sanosuke. "Thanks for that Sano; you're right, Miss Kaoru is always with me; I'm with her too." Kenshin got up and walked over to Aoshi, seeing that Misao was all done with the bandages.
Aoshi looked over to him and said, "Battousai, I really hate knowing that I've gotten injured and you didn't."
"Oro?" Kenshin smiled and waved his hands in front of him, "Aoshi, you shouldn't feel bad about that, it's just that you fought the guy more than me and you got hurt from that." He said that really fast, almost too fast for Aoshi to hear, but he understood the message.
Aoshi smirked and stood with the help of Misao. "Well, when is Hajime, Saito going to be here?"
Sanosuke snorted at the sound of Saito's name.
"I don't know, the sun is about to set and Miss Kaoru has very little time left. We need to go now." Keshin looked over at Sanosuke and he nodded and walked over to him. Kenshin then looked back at Aoshi and said, "Are you ready?"
Aoshi pushed Misao aside and walked towards the door, "I'm always ready for a battle."
"Be careful you guys!" Misao yelled as they all walked down the street, following Aoshi's lead.
After a while of walking they reached the high mountain and at the top lay Kakushibyou Temple, the "demon", Hakaisha, and the cure to the poison that Kaoru was struck down by. At the base of the mountain was a huge door, and Saito was leaning against it, waiting.
"Well, it took you long enough to get here. I've been waiting over an hour." He said walking up to them.
"Saito, we thought you were going to met us at the Aoiya," Kenshin said looking a little suprised.
Saito smirked and crossed his arms, "I knew you were going to be too impatient, Battousai. So I decided to wait for you, Aoshi Shinomori and the Moron."
Sanosuke boiled with anger, "I HATE YOU, YOU STUPID MUFFFFFUF!" Sanosuke yelled but Kenshin ran behind him and covered his mouth with his hands.
"Sano, please save your fighting for later!" Kenshin said struggling to hold Sanosuke back from Saito.
Saito just chuckled and turned back to the door. "I don't have time for amatures, I'm waiting for the real fighters."
Sanosuke was really heated. He swung his fists faster trying to get to him but Kenshin held on tight. (A/N: He's holding his mouth too ^_^ hahah)
"Will you stop messing around, if we want to save the Battousai's woman we need to move on." Aoshi said walking up to the door.
"Sano are you through now?" Kenshin asked lossening his grip.
Sano breathed out and straightened up. "I'll be okay, just keep him away from me!" He yelled pointing at Saito's back.
They all saw the huge door open and a tall man in a black cloak walked out.
Kenshin grabbed the sheath of his sword, preparing to attack if the man was there to fight. Aoshi and Saito did the same and Sanosuke balled his right fist.
"Calm down gentalmen, I'm not the one you're intended to fight. The ones you'll be fighting lay beyond this door, but before you can fight Lord Hakaisha and his 3 best fighters you have to pass the Dokudokushii. He's the beast of Kakushibyou Temple. His form is a body of a snake and a head of a man. You'll have to answer something correctly to pass through alive." The man opened the door and held his hand out, "I am Hideaki and I will guide you to where you're lives end," he said with a smirk.
Saito and Aoshi walked in first and then they were followed by Kenshin and Sanosuke, none of them took their attention off of the man named Hideaki. When the doors closed the tortches on the walls of the huge room lit. The sight before them was horrid. Bones of men were scattered all over and the room stunck with the scent of death.
"Geez Kenshin, these guys must have been really stupid not to be able to answer a question from a snake with the head of a man. I mean I feel sorry for them and all but honestly." Sanosuke said feeling kinda of sick.
"Look there," Aoshi said pointing to a door across the room that said "Hakaisha" on it.
Hideaki walked in front of them with the same smirk upon his face. "You wont be able to get to him until you pass this test." Hideaki moved his foot over a button on the floor and stepped on it. The floor began to shake slightly and the sound of hissing came from all around. "Behold, the Dokudokushii."
"Ken... Kenshin!" Sanosuke said as the gaint snake with the man's head came towards them.
Kenshin stared at it in shock but he then grabbed his hilt and stood firm. "Don't fear it Sano." Kenshin said looking at it slither around them.
Aoshi unsheathed his kodachi's and stood his stance, "So this is the monster who is feared all over Kyoto, the Dokudokushii." Aoshi whispered.
Hideaki spoke to the Dokudokushii, "These are your new victims! Ask them your question and see if you let them go through or have yourself a feast!"
"I really don't like this guy," Sanosuke said giving Hideaki a dirty look.
The snake stopped in front of them still slithering around in one spot. "I see, me will ask you a riddle and you will answer correct, if not me will eat you," it hissed.
"Go and say your riddle, but if we do answer wrong we wont be the ones to die." Saito said pulling out his sword.
"Me will ask the question and if none of you can answer correct, me will eat you all!" The Dokudokushii said hissing loudly.
Saito turned and looked at Kenshin, "Let the Moron answer first, I doubt he'll get it correct."
Sanosuke frowned and said, "I'll get it right, just you watch!" He looked back at the Dokudokushii and held his fist high, "Say the stupid riddle!"
The snake hissed and spoke evily, "First think of the person who lives in disguise, who deals in secrest and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, the middle of middle and end of end? And finally give me the sound often heard during the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together, and answer me this, which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?"
Sanosuke looked back at Kenshin with swirly eyes, "What?!" Sanosuke then looked back at the snake and said, "Say it again?"
The Dokudokushii repeated it and Sanosuke thought for a moment. 'Now lets see, someone who lives in disguise can be a bunch of things. Last thing to mend, middle of middle and end of end? What the heck is that suppose to mean? Lets see, umm... What you say to find a hard to find word, um is one! But let me see about the rest, a creature you'd be unwilling to kiss? Saito is one I wouldn't kiss for sure. I got it!' Sanosuke turned back to everyone and said, "I know what it is, it has to be what he is!" Sanosuke turned back towards the Dokudokushii and said, "A Snake!"
"No." It hissed.
Kenshin fell, and Aoshi and Saito sweatdropped.
"What a moron." Saito said shaking his head in shame.
"I gave it my best," Sanosuke said sadly.
Aoshi stepped up and said, "The answer is about a creature who sneaks around and is something no one would kiss, last thing to mend, a heart, a creature who sneaks around and breaks hearts. I will say a rat. (A/N: Aoshi isnt as smart as he looks)
"Good observation but me says you're wrong." The snake laughed and said, "Two more wrong and I get to feast!"
Saito walked up next and said, "This will not be hard for me, repeat the riddle." So the Dokudokushii did and Saito thought quietly. "I creature who sneaks around, I say a Dragon."
"Hahahah, wrong, close but wrong! Now..." It looked over towards Kenshin who was walking forward. "This little one will not be able to answer!"
"You better get this right Battousai, if not, we'll be wasting a lot of time." Aoshi said beside him.
"I won't answer incorrectly, that I wont." 'Miss Kaoru, help me through this.'
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HAHAHAHAHAHAH, CLIFFHANGER!
I'm sorry I had to do that to piss you people off and to keep you waiting!
Don't worry, you'll see the outcome is a few dayz, but I wanna know how smart the readers are! Can you answer the riddle, its rather easy ya know. You just have to THINK! I got it wrong when I read it in the book but then I got it right after I thought a lil.
Thankx wolfpup for giving me the spelling corrections! ^_^
Read&Review!
Additional Info:
I made up Dokudokushii and Hideaki.
Dokudokushii- Venomous creature