Chapter #8!
I'm almost to 10 chapters *phew* well, lemme tell you, it's far from over. I think I'll add a few more things to keep it interesting, but of course they'll be an ending.
This Chapter: Kenshin answers the riddle. Is he right? Or is he wrong? The only way to find out is to read on!
Disclaimer: By the next chapter i'll know who owns Kenshin!
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Hakaisha's Assasins!
"Well, little man, me want's the answer to me riddle!" The Dokudokushii was growing impatient with every second Kenshin used to think.
"I will have an answer, that I will!" Kenshin looked down at his feet and thought, 'If Saito and Aoshi couldn't get it, how can I? I need to think! Lets see, "a person who lives in disguise", an assassin is somewhat like that, but I don't think thats the answer, an assasin is like a spy, yes, that might be part of the answer, that it may be. Now, "middle of middle, end of end" does it mean the middle of a person, an object, or maybe.' Kenshin stopped his thoughts and counted his fingers.
"Do you think the Battousai can actually do this?" Saito asked Aoshi.
"If he doesn't, it wont be that hard to kill this creature." Aoshi responded, keeping his hands on the hilts on his Kodachis'.
Kenshin finished counting his fingers and thought again, 'The middle of middle, and end of end, in the middle of the word "middle" is "d", and the end of the word "end" is "d". So I'm forming a word now. "Spyd" is what I have so far...'
"Answer the riddle or me will feed!" The Dokudokushii yelled which caused everyone's heart to skip a beat.
"I'm almost threw, be patient!" Kenshin yelled. He then went back to his thoughts. 'What you say when you try to get a hard-to-find word, um is one, "Spydum"? No that isn't it, that it's not. "A creature you'd be unwilling to kiss", so many things I would be unwilling to kiss. Lets see, I need to find a word that will match "a creature you'd be unwilling to kiss", but all I have is "Spyd", spyd-um, spyd-uh. Spyd-uh sounds a little like. I've got it, that I do!'
Kenshin smirked and looked at the gaint snake. "I've got my answer."
Sanosuke stepped next to Kenshin and looked at him, "Are you sure you know the answer?"
Without taking his glare off of the gaint smake, he answered. "I have all the confidence I need. I know I've got this right."
Sanosuke had no other doubts, "Answer away, buddy."
"You say you have the answer, the answer to me riddle. Let's me hear it, little man." It hissed as it slithered around in one spot.
"The answer was pretty easy when you think about it enough. I, being a samurai, mastered the technique of reading an apponents attack and understanding them. This wasn't any different, that it wasn't."
"Just answer me riddle, so me can feed." The Dokudokushii licked its scally lips with its long tongue.
"The answer of your riddle is a Spider." Kenshin answered strongly.
"Thats right!" Sanosuke yelled as the clues all worked out is his head.
"So that was the answer," Saito said feeling beaten by the Battousai.
"AHHHHH! YOU, HIDEAKI! YOU SAID ME COULD FEED!" The Dokudokushii roared making everyone cover their ears and grasps their chest as their hearts vibrated.
"Then FEED!" Hideaki yelled but the others didn't hear. He ran to the other door and watched as the creature advance on the remaining fighters.
Kenshin was the first to notice the Dokudokushii approaching. "Everyone, we're going to have to fight!" Kenshin unsheathed his sword and ran towards the snake. "Hiten Mitsuruge Style, Ryu Sen!" He attacked but missed his target, the snake easily dodged it due to its great speed. 'It's fast.'
"ME WILL FEED!" The roared causing Kenshin to fall and grasp his chest; leaving him vonurable.
"Kenshin!" Sanosuke yelled though the roar of the snake cause a murmur in his chest. He ran and picked up Kenshin away from the Dokudokushii's attack.
When he reached Aoshi and Saito he fell to the ground, breathing hard. "Geez, that really hurt." He said through thin breaths.
Kenshin rose and looked down at Sanosuke worriedly, "Are you ok, Sano?"
Without opening his eyes or moving, he answered, "Yeah I'm gonna be fine. You go kill the stupid thing."
"Let's go Battousai." Aoshi said unsheathing his swords. "Double Kodachi!" He threw his swords and scrapped the creature's side. It roared as the second sword peirced the same wound, causing it to bleed black blood. "ME FOOD WON"T KILL ME!" It yelled as it charged at Aoshi.
Aoshi jumped over it and retreaved his swords.
Kenshin attacked head on with Saito; Kenshin using the Ryu Sen and Saito using the Gatotsu.
"AHHH!" The creature yelled as attacked by Aoshi before Kenshin and Saito could attack, but soon after, they did. The creature was cut down, no longer able to take another person's life.
"We really didn't have to waste all that time trying to answer this things riddle, we could have killed it as easily as this." Saito said wiping the blood off of his sword.
Kenshin looked down at the black blood on his sword, "Well, at least it wasn't the blood of a person." He heard Sanosuke groan and he ran over to him as he tried to get up from where he lied.
Kenshin helped him up and asked, "Are you feeling better now since you're rested?"
Sanosuke stood on his own and balled his fist. "Man, Kenshin, you didn't let me help kill the stupid thing," he whined.
"You wouldn't have been any help, Moron." Saito commented.
Kenshin held Sanosuke by the arms as he tried to get Saito, "Just let it go, Sano. Let it go!"
"No, you let ME go Kenshin!" He yelled.
"Stop playing, if you want to save Kaoru you better get over your differences. "Aoshi said as he walked towards Hideaki. "You." Aoshi said so cold it nearly froze Hideaki's heart as he shook in fear.
'I hope they didn't hear me tell the Dokudokushii to attack them.' He backed up until he was stopped by the door leading to the awaiting fighters in the temple.
"Are you going to lead us to you master, or are we going to have to kill you?" Aoshi stared at him with his cold blue eyes.
"I-I i'm go-going to le-lead you, sir. Ri-right this way." Hideaki pulled open to large door and showed them the long white hallway. "This is where you shall meet your death, gentalmen." Hideaki said as his confidence returned. "Master Hakaisha has arranged fighters for each of you."
"Who are you to tell us who we need to fight. We came to fight Hakaisha not his little servants." Sanosuke said pulling up his right fist.
"I am the only one who knows how to get to him. And even if you decided to go straight to him, you'd never find him because he is hidden deep in the mountain." Hideaki said smartly.
"Watch how you talk to us, some of us aren't that passive about fighting," Aoshi said looking over at Kenshin.
"Well, here's a little introduction on what you're about to face. They're: Shikaku, Haneru, and Ryuujin. Each of them has a specialty. Shikaku is one of Hakaisha's favorites he will kill you without even thinking twice. He doesn't talk at all, all he knows is kill. Haneru loves to behead all of his targets, so you better watch your heads. Ryuujin is a god in the art of flame blades; being burned and cut at the same time is extremely painful. Well, gentalmen those are the men you are about to face. You can turn back or you can face your deaths." Hideaki then began to walk down the hall.
"I got the Haneru guy, it sounds interesting." Sanosuke said with a smirk.
"This Shikaku guy sounds a lot like me in some ways, but there can only be one Saito, so I'll have to kill him." Saito said with a tint of excitment.
"I have no choice but to take Ryuujin," Aoshi walked forward and was followed by Saito.
"Well, Kenshin, you're taking on the boss. This time you wont be all injured when you fight. I'll make sure to back you up just in case..."
"No, the fight between me and Hakaisha stays between me and him. I don't want you to end up like Kaoru, Sano, that I don't." Kenshin them walked into the white hall.
"Yeah..." 'Well, just like before, if you fall Kenshin, I'll make sure I pick you up."
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After a while of walking they reached a door that said nothing but the word "death".
"Here, gentalmen, is Shikaku's room, and at the end of the room is the door to get to the next fighter. Here, only one can fight, but of one dies, another can take his place and die also." Hideaki opened the door and sitting on a table was a young man about the age of Kaoru, their first apponent.
He looked up and his gray eyes stared at Saito, who stepped up.
"That, that is Shikaku, you have to get through him first." Hideaki then pointed to the door behind Shikaku, "That is the door that will lead you to your next apponent."
"Introductions are no longer nessesary now, that they aren't. "Kenshin said looking at Saito's back. "Don't underestimate this boy, Saito."
"Don't worry Battousai, I don't intend to lose to a boy, let alone die. We still have a score to settle." Saito said pulling out his sword and held his Gatotsu stance.
Shikaku pulled out his sword and held the same stance.
"What?" The group said in unison.
"How does that boy know the Gatotsu?" Sanosuke asked staring in shock at the boy across from Saito.
"I don't know, he couldn't be apart of the Shinsengumi. He must have just learned it."
Saito smirked and spoke without fear, "I am the only one who can master this attack. This boy couldn't possibly defeat my Gatotsu.
Shikaku played no emotion on his face. They just stared at each other until they attacked. The outcome made everyone stare in disbelief.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA! ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER!
Yeah, I know all my readers want to kick my @$$ right now, but I had to do it. I still don't know how to end this fight yet. So be patient, okay!
Next Chapter: The outcome of the attacks. What left everyone in disbelief? Find out in the next chapter, until then...
Read&Review.
I'm almost to 10 chapters *phew* well, lemme tell you, it's far from over. I think I'll add a few more things to keep it interesting, but of course they'll be an ending.
This Chapter: Kenshin answers the riddle. Is he right? Or is he wrong? The only way to find out is to read on!
Disclaimer: By the next chapter i'll know who owns Kenshin!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hakaisha's Assasins!
"Well, little man, me want's the answer to me riddle!" The Dokudokushii was growing impatient with every second Kenshin used to think.
"I will have an answer, that I will!" Kenshin looked down at his feet and thought, 'If Saito and Aoshi couldn't get it, how can I? I need to think! Lets see, "a person who lives in disguise", an assassin is somewhat like that, but I don't think thats the answer, an assasin is like a spy, yes, that might be part of the answer, that it may be. Now, "middle of middle, end of end" does it mean the middle of a person, an object, or maybe.' Kenshin stopped his thoughts and counted his fingers.
"Do you think the Battousai can actually do this?" Saito asked Aoshi.
"If he doesn't, it wont be that hard to kill this creature." Aoshi responded, keeping his hands on the hilts on his Kodachis'.
Kenshin finished counting his fingers and thought again, 'The middle of middle, and end of end, in the middle of the word "middle" is "d", and the end of the word "end" is "d". So I'm forming a word now. "Spyd" is what I have so far...'
"Answer the riddle or me will feed!" The Dokudokushii yelled which caused everyone's heart to skip a beat.
"I'm almost threw, be patient!" Kenshin yelled. He then went back to his thoughts. 'What you say when you try to get a hard-to-find word, um is one, "Spydum"? No that isn't it, that it's not. "A creature you'd be unwilling to kiss", so many things I would be unwilling to kiss. Lets see, I need to find a word that will match "a creature you'd be unwilling to kiss", but all I have is "Spyd", spyd-um, spyd-uh. Spyd-uh sounds a little like. I've got it, that I do!'
Kenshin smirked and looked at the gaint snake. "I've got my answer."
Sanosuke stepped next to Kenshin and looked at him, "Are you sure you know the answer?"
Without taking his glare off of the gaint smake, he answered. "I have all the confidence I need. I know I've got this right."
Sanosuke had no other doubts, "Answer away, buddy."
"You say you have the answer, the answer to me riddle. Let's me hear it, little man." It hissed as it slithered around in one spot.
"The answer was pretty easy when you think about it enough. I, being a samurai, mastered the technique of reading an apponents attack and understanding them. This wasn't any different, that it wasn't."
"Just answer me riddle, so me can feed." The Dokudokushii licked its scally lips with its long tongue.
"The answer of your riddle is a Spider." Kenshin answered strongly.
"Thats right!" Sanosuke yelled as the clues all worked out is his head.
"So that was the answer," Saito said feeling beaten by the Battousai.
"AHHHHH! YOU, HIDEAKI! YOU SAID ME COULD FEED!" The Dokudokushii roared making everyone cover their ears and grasps their chest as their hearts vibrated.
"Then FEED!" Hideaki yelled but the others didn't hear. He ran to the other door and watched as the creature advance on the remaining fighters.
Kenshin was the first to notice the Dokudokushii approaching. "Everyone, we're going to have to fight!" Kenshin unsheathed his sword and ran towards the snake. "Hiten Mitsuruge Style, Ryu Sen!" He attacked but missed his target, the snake easily dodged it due to its great speed. 'It's fast.'
"ME WILL FEED!" The roared causing Kenshin to fall and grasp his chest; leaving him vonurable.
"Kenshin!" Sanosuke yelled though the roar of the snake cause a murmur in his chest. He ran and picked up Kenshin away from the Dokudokushii's attack.
When he reached Aoshi and Saito he fell to the ground, breathing hard. "Geez, that really hurt." He said through thin breaths.
Kenshin rose and looked down at Sanosuke worriedly, "Are you ok, Sano?"
Without opening his eyes or moving, he answered, "Yeah I'm gonna be fine. You go kill the stupid thing."
"Let's go Battousai." Aoshi said unsheathing his swords. "Double Kodachi!" He threw his swords and scrapped the creature's side. It roared as the second sword peirced the same wound, causing it to bleed black blood. "ME FOOD WON"T KILL ME!" It yelled as it charged at Aoshi.
Aoshi jumped over it and retreaved his swords.
Kenshin attacked head on with Saito; Kenshin using the Ryu Sen and Saito using the Gatotsu.
"AHHH!" The creature yelled as attacked by Aoshi before Kenshin and Saito could attack, but soon after, they did. The creature was cut down, no longer able to take another person's life.
"We really didn't have to waste all that time trying to answer this things riddle, we could have killed it as easily as this." Saito said wiping the blood off of his sword.
Kenshin looked down at the black blood on his sword, "Well, at least it wasn't the blood of a person." He heard Sanosuke groan and he ran over to him as he tried to get up from where he lied.
Kenshin helped him up and asked, "Are you feeling better now since you're rested?"
Sanosuke stood on his own and balled his fist. "Man, Kenshin, you didn't let me help kill the stupid thing," he whined.
"You wouldn't have been any help, Moron." Saito commented.
Kenshin held Sanosuke by the arms as he tried to get Saito, "Just let it go, Sano. Let it go!"
"No, you let ME go Kenshin!" He yelled.
"Stop playing, if you want to save Kaoru you better get over your differences. "Aoshi said as he walked towards Hideaki. "You." Aoshi said so cold it nearly froze Hideaki's heart as he shook in fear.
'I hope they didn't hear me tell the Dokudokushii to attack them.' He backed up until he was stopped by the door leading to the awaiting fighters in the temple.
"Are you going to lead us to you master, or are we going to have to kill you?" Aoshi stared at him with his cold blue eyes.
"I-I i'm go-going to le-lead you, sir. Ri-right this way." Hideaki pulled open to large door and showed them the long white hallway. "This is where you shall meet your death, gentalmen." Hideaki said as his confidence returned. "Master Hakaisha has arranged fighters for each of you."
"Who are you to tell us who we need to fight. We came to fight Hakaisha not his little servants." Sanosuke said pulling up his right fist.
"I am the only one who knows how to get to him. And even if you decided to go straight to him, you'd never find him because he is hidden deep in the mountain." Hideaki said smartly.
"Watch how you talk to us, some of us aren't that passive about fighting," Aoshi said looking over at Kenshin.
"Well, here's a little introduction on what you're about to face. They're: Shikaku, Haneru, and Ryuujin. Each of them has a specialty. Shikaku is one of Hakaisha's favorites he will kill you without even thinking twice. He doesn't talk at all, all he knows is kill. Haneru loves to behead all of his targets, so you better watch your heads. Ryuujin is a god in the art of flame blades; being burned and cut at the same time is extremely painful. Well, gentalmen those are the men you are about to face. You can turn back or you can face your deaths." Hideaki then began to walk down the hall.
"I got the Haneru guy, it sounds interesting." Sanosuke said with a smirk.
"This Shikaku guy sounds a lot like me in some ways, but there can only be one Saito, so I'll have to kill him." Saito said with a tint of excitment.
"I have no choice but to take Ryuujin," Aoshi walked forward and was followed by Saito.
"Well, Kenshin, you're taking on the boss. This time you wont be all injured when you fight. I'll make sure to back you up just in case..."
"No, the fight between me and Hakaisha stays between me and him. I don't want you to end up like Kaoru, Sano, that I don't." Kenshin them walked into the white hall.
"Yeah..." 'Well, just like before, if you fall Kenshin, I'll make sure I pick you up."
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After a while of walking they reached a door that said nothing but the word "death".
"Here, gentalmen, is Shikaku's room, and at the end of the room is the door to get to the next fighter. Here, only one can fight, but of one dies, another can take his place and die also." Hideaki opened the door and sitting on a table was a young man about the age of Kaoru, their first apponent.
He looked up and his gray eyes stared at Saito, who stepped up.
"That, that is Shikaku, you have to get through him first." Hideaki then pointed to the door behind Shikaku, "That is the door that will lead you to your next apponent."
"Introductions are no longer nessesary now, that they aren't. "Kenshin said looking at Saito's back. "Don't underestimate this boy, Saito."
"Don't worry Battousai, I don't intend to lose to a boy, let alone die. We still have a score to settle." Saito said pulling out his sword and held his Gatotsu stance.
Shikaku pulled out his sword and held the same stance.
"What?" The group said in unison.
"How does that boy know the Gatotsu?" Sanosuke asked staring in shock at the boy across from Saito.
"I don't know, he couldn't be apart of the Shinsengumi. He must have just learned it."
Saito smirked and spoke without fear, "I am the only one who can master this attack. This boy couldn't possibly defeat my Gatotsu.
Shikaku played no emotion on his face. They just stared at each other until they attacked. The outcome made everyone stare in disbelief.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA! ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER!
Yeah, I know all my readers want to kick my @$$ right now, but I had to do it. I still don't know how to end this fight yet. So be patient, okay!
Next Chapter: The outcome of the attacks. What left everyone in disbelief? Find out in the next chapter, until then...
Read&Review.