Chapter #9!!!
Hey people, I updated like I normally do ;,;. School didn't get in the way, YAY!
Well, in this story, where was I? *Thinks* *drools* Ah! No, wait a tick... *Drools* Okay, we left off with Saito and that little freak named Shikaku. ^_^; Well, I left u at a cliffhanger so I better end it.
In this Chapter: (BTW: Like I said b4, these chapters are gonna be kinda short because I wanna seperate each fight. This will be kinda long though.) We see the outcome of the two Gatotus'. Then the reason Shikaku is the way he is.
Disclaimer: Oh Sh1t I forgot to look for the owner, oh, well... ^_^'
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Shikaku's Past
'This boy must be leading me on, I will not let him make a fool out of me. I am the leader of the 3rd Shinsengumi squad! I am the only one capable of using the ultimate Gatotsu!' Saito attacked yelling, "You're dead boy!"
Shikaku said nothing; he then attacked also.
"Saito!" Kenshin yelled watching Shikaku's movements. 'It isn't the exact Gatotsu! He's holding his sword lower than Saito's.' "It's a trick Saito!"
It was too late, the attacks connected and eveything went still and silent.
Aoshi, Kenshin, and Sano stared incredulously. Saito and Shikaku were still until Saito fell to one knee.
"Saito!" Sanosuke yelled looking over at him grabbing his side that was dripping blood.
Shikaku reached for his shoulder and looked at the blood on his hand. Saito's attack had hit, but not enough to injure him fatally.
Saito picked himself up while still holding his wounded side, "I don't understand how this boys attack connected. It was the same as my Gatotsu..." He said aloud but then recalled Shikaku's attack. "I see" Saito held his stance again and said, "You used the Gatotsu stance to throw me off so you could use your own. Your sword was lower and you instantly brought it up as my Gatotsu passed. Now that I've seen it, it wont work again."
Shikaku mimiced Saito's stance again, ignoring his former words about his attack.
"That boy, he seemed as if he's brainwashed or something." Sanosuke said staring at Shikaku and his emotionless face.
"It seems like he is, that it does; I can still read his emotions. They're just held beyond his face now but when he attacks his eyes enlarge and you can see what he's feeling. The last attack showed fear, he was afraid that Saito was going to figure out his attack, then it changed to confidence after he hit him." Kenshin looked over at Saito who was about ready to attack again. "I don't think Saito can win this by reading his moves, but by his emotions when we moves."
"You are wrong Battousai." Aoshi said calmly.
"What?" Sanosuke said, looking questioningly at Aoshi.
"This boy is merely playing around with Saito. Yes, he is hiding his moves until he does attack, but he still can be stopped. Only by attacking before he does." Aoshi said knowingly.
Kenshin ignored him and looked back over at the two staring blankly at each other. "I don't think you're right Aoshi. This boy isn't playing. You need to play with his mind for him to stop."
Aoshi eyed Kenshin but said no more, he merely turned back to the battle.
"Yhaaaaa!" Saito yelled running towards Shikaku. They both swung their swords, but Shikaku mimiced every one of Saito's moves.
"You see Battousai, he is just playing," Aoshi said still staring at the two.
Saito looked at every move Shikaku was laying on him. 'This boy is trying to be me! I will not allow this. It's not right for there to be two Hejima Saito's!' Saito backed away and lowed himself yelling "Gatotsu Zero Style!" He stared unbelievingly as Shikaku used the same stance and he was almost hit by it. He jumped away and breathed heavily. The wound in his side was bleeding continuously and fighting wasn't making it any better. 'Damn, this boy is wearing me out. I'll need to hit him with all my Gatotsu's at once!'
"Kenshin, do you think he can win this one?" Sanosuke asked looking at Saito's tired form.
"We'll have to see what happens." Kenshin stared at Saito questioningly. 'What is he thinking?'
Saito stood his Gatotsu stance and ran around the room, circling Shikaku. "You'll die with this attack, boy!" Saito attacked from above first, "Yhaaa!" Then with a blink of an eye it was all 4 styles of Gatotsu's in a row, but Shikaku wasn't the one who hit the floor.
"Saito!" Kenshin yelled seeing him laying motionless on the floor. "Who is this boy?"
Shikaku grabbed his right arm and dropped his sword. Saito had managed to hit him and pain and hurt showed clearly on Shikaku's face.
'This boy must have went through great pains to be affected by pain like that.' "Shikaku!" Kenshin called to him.
"What do you think you're doing Battousai? He won't talk to you, he only responds to Lord Hakaisha!" Hideaki said to him smartly.
"Quiet! This boy is brainwashed by Hakaisha! He needs to be awakened, that he does!" Kenshin ran to Saito's side and saw that he was still alive and was regaining consciousness.
Shikaku looked at the blood from his arm musingly. "Blood.." He whispered so no one could hear.
"Battousai, what are you trying to do?" Aoshi asked himself staring at Kenshin with questioning eyes.
Sanosuke smiled and raised his fist, "He's gonna save him from evil, like he's done to everyone he's come across!"
Aoshi looked over at Sanosuke and understood his meaning. 'Yes, the Battousai has always saved ones who are currupt by evil.'
"Ha, I'd like to see him try to get through to Shikaku! You wont be able too! Lord Hakaisha knows everything about Kenshin Himura and his battle. Lord Hakaisha has trained each one of his men to be under HIS control. Ha haha! Lord Hakaisha has trained Shikaku better then Soujiro Seta the Tenkin!"
Kenshin twitched an eyebrow at this. 'Hakaisha really knows a lot about me. He has even trained everyone against me. He is really a man full of hate that wishes for revenge.' "Shikaku, why do you fight, is it because of hatred, or is it because you have lost yourself in battle, fear, or death." Kenshin yelled to him.
Shikaku flintched a little at the last word Kenshin had said. "Death..." He whispered.
Kenshin saw his lips move and heard a faint sound fall from his lips. "What is it, Shikaku?"
"That's enough! Shikaku, finish him!" Hideaki yelled before anything else would happen.
Shikaku ignored the pain in his arm and picked up his sword. "Death..." He whispered again.
Kenshin stood his Battoujutsu stance and expected Shikaku's Gatotsu stance, "What?"
"It's Battoujutsu..."Aoshi said dumbfounded.
"Yes! Shikaku is the perfect killing machine! He can mimic any move he wants and make it even stronger!" Hideaki said in praise.
Shikaku stood in front of Kenshin holding the Battoujutsu stance. His eyes were calm and blank but Kenshin could read him. "Death..." With that the two attacked.
Kenshin landed behind him and yelled, "Hiten Mitsurugi style Kuzu Ryu Sen!" But Kenshin was knocked back with Battoujutsu before he could even attack.
Shikaku held his sword in front of him and prepared to attack with the Kuzu Ryu Sen. Kenshin stared in shock as the wound in his stomach began to bleed but not heavily for Kenshin jumped back so the attack wouldn't prove fatal. Kenshin stood and held his Kuzu Ryu Stance also and watched Shikaku's face unblinkingly. 'This boy can't just mimic moves, anyone with that technique has to see the attack first before useing it. If he does attack with the Kuzu Ryu Sen his will be flawed because he hasn't seen the whole attack.'
Shikaku blinked and they attacked with the Kuzu Ryu Sen. When the attacks ended Shikaku fell to one knee and Kenshin fell to the ground.
"Kenshin!" Sanosuke yelled.
"Yhaaaa!" Saito yelled attacking an unknowing Shikaku. When Saito ended the attack, Shikaku fell to the hard stone floor.
"No, Saito!" Kenshin yelled standing up with only another small wound, but in his chest.
"Don't worry Battousai, I didn't kill him, I merely injured him enough for him to fall unconscious." Saito said sheathing his sword.
Kenshin looked him over and saw he only had a slash across his middriff and back. "Saito, are you okay?" Kenshin asked noticing him a little off balance.
"I'll be fine, no boy will take my place in this world."
"No..." Shikaku whispered as he got to his knees.
All of them looked back at him and saw the hatred in his face.
"After an attack like that... how is he still able to move?" Saito asked looking at Shikaku rising slowly.
"Hahahah! Shikaku is a killing machine! He wont die until Lord Hakaisha says so!" Hideaki praised again, watching Shikaku rise from the late Gatotsu.
"That's sick!" Sanosuke yelled balling his fist.
"No!" Shikaku yelled as the blood from his wound spilled to the floor. "No, pain from anyone! No one, besides Lord!" Shikaku raised his bloody sword and stood firm in front of them all.
"This boy has been tortured, that he has." Kenshin sheathed his sword and looked over at Shikaku's troubled face. To him it wasn't the face of a killer, it was a face of a lost child. (A/N: This is sorta like a cliche, he's really 17, like Kaoru) "Shikaku, what has Hakaisha done to you?"
"Lord..." Shikaku lowerd his sword and a memory he had long since forgotten came back to him.
* He was only 13 and his village was being attacked by Hakaisha and his strong army of men. He screamed "I want the head of Battousai. The one who killed my master." everywhere he went the yell sent chills through the bodies of young children and women. One of the children was a young Shikaku, who was only Shinja. (A/N: Shinja is actually a name in Japanese that means "Christian" like the guy I used to like ^_^;)
"Mother, what is that man going to do to us?" Shinja asked his mother who was holding on to him with her life.
"Don't worry son, we'll be okay, your father will protect us." His mother knew that his father was already gone, she'd seen his die; Hakaisha had slaughtered him before the whole battle began.
"Here, my Lord!" One of Hakaisha's men yelled from outside the hut they were in. He walked in it and found the two hiding in a corner room. "You two come with me!"
Shinja looked at his mothers frightened eyes and the words "Spare my child!" rang in his ears. He looked over at the sword his father had left with him and he picked it up.
"Wench! Come with me or die!" The man fell as Shinja's blade went through his stomach.
Shinja's mother looked over to her son and the shocked- scared expression on his face. She grabbed him and pulled him to her chest. "My son!"
Not long after, they were found and were brought in front of Hakaisha. "Well, these are the only two in the village that were left." He got off of his horse and grabbed Shinja's mother by the neck. "I heard Himura the Battousai had pass through here. Where is he?!"
She cried in his grasp and said, "I know no Himura the Battousai here. I am no one but a housewife." She said not daring to look into his evil eyes.
"I see." He took his sword and sliced her stomach, spilling her intestine.
Shinja yelled in fear as his mothers lifeless body fell in front of him. "Mother!" He yelled grabbing her head and kissing her cheeks. He rose and lifted the sword his father had given him. "You bastard!" He swung at him with no skill or knowledge of using a Japanese sword.
"Hahaha, you are nothing but a poor boy, you're life means nothing to me!" Hakaisha raised his sword but before he could attack he noticed the blank expression on Shinja's face. "I see, you have no feeling what-so-ever towards death or life. You will be the perfect weapon against the Battousai. So remember this, it was the Battousai who killed your mother, not me! *
"Lord said you brought the pain!" Shikaku yelled. Small, emotionless tears fell from his grey eyes. "Lord said Battousai killed my mother!" Shikaku ran towards Kenshin in a pit of rage.
"Wait! Shikaku!!!" Kenshin yelled as the raged boy ran towards him.
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Awe, poor boy. I tried to make him as less of Soujiro I could, but they're too much alike. Hey, I'm trying.
Well, not much to say, oh, if any of you want to know how many days passed since Kaoru's attack it has been 8 days! O.o they better hurry, if they dont, Kaoru will die, NOOOOO! I don't know if I should kill her, well, you'll have to wait and find out.
Next chapter: Kenshin tries to break through to Shikaku, or Shinja. Then the next battle begins and its Sanosuke's turn!
Read&Review!
Hey people, I updated like I normally do ;,;. School didn't get in the way, YAY!
Well, in this story, where was I? *Thinks* *drools* Ah! No, wait a tick... *Drools* Okay, we left off with Saito and that little freak named Shikaku. ^_^; Well, I left u at a cliffhanger so I better end it.
In this Chapter: (BTW: Like I said b4, these chapters are gonna be kinda short because I wanna seperate each fight. This will be kinda long though.) We see the outcome of the two Gatotus'. Then the reason Shikaku is the way he is.
Disclaimer: Oh Sh1t I forgot to look for the owner, oh, well... ^_^'
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Shikaku's Past
'This boy must be leading me on, I will not let him make a fool out of me. I am the leader of the 3rd Shinsengumi squad! I am the only one capable of using the ultimate Gatotsu!' Saito attacked yelling, "You're dead boy!"
Shikaku said nothing; he then attacked also.
"Saito!" Kenshin yelled watching Shikaku's movements. 'It isn't the exact Gatotsu! He's holding his sword lower than Saito's.' "It's a trick Saito!"
It was too late, the attacks connected and eveything went still and silent.
Aoshi, Kenshin, and Sano stared incredulously. Saito and Shikaku were still until Saito fell to one knee.
"Saito!" Sanosuke yelled looking over at him grabbing his side that was dripping blood.
Shikaku reached for his shoulder and looked at the blood on his hand. Saito's attack had hit, but not enough to injure him fatally.
Saito picked himself up while still holding his wounded side, "I don't understand how this boys attack connected. It was the same as my Gatotsu..." He said aloud but then recalled Shikaku's attack. "I see" Saito held his stance again and said, "You used the Gatotsu stance to throw me off so you could use your own. Your sword was lower and you instantly brought it up as my Gatotsu passed. Now that I've seen it, it wont work again."
Shikaku mimiced Saito's stance again, ignoring his former words about his attack.
"That boy, he seemed as if he's brainwashed or something." Sanosuke said staring at Shikaku and his emotionless face.
"It seems like he is, that it does; I can still read his emotions. They're just held beyond his face now but when he attacks his eyes enlarge and you can see what he's feeling. The last attack showed fear, he was afraid that Saito was going to figure out his attack, then it changed to confidence after he hit him." Kenshin looked over at Saito who was about ready to attack again. "I don't think Saito can win this by reading his moves, but by his emotions when we moves."
"You are wrong Battousai." Aoshi said calmly.
"What?" Sanosuke said, looking questioningly at Aoshi.
"This boy is merely playing around with Saito. Yes, he is hiding his moves until he does attack, but he still can be stopped. Only by attacking before he does." Aoshi said knowingly.
Kenshin ignored him and looked back over at the two staring blankly at each other. "I don't think you're right Aoshi. This boy isn't playing. You need to play with his mind for him to stop."
Aoshi eyed Kenshin but said no more, he merely turned back to the battle.
"Yhaaaaa!" Saito yelled running towards Shikaku. They both swung their swords, but Shikaku mimiced every one of Saito's moves.
"You see Battousai, he is just playing," Aoshi said still staring at the two.
Saito looked at every move Shikaku was laying on him. 'This boy is trying to be me! I will not allow this. It's not right for there to be two Hejima Saito's!' Saito backed away and lowed himself yelling "Gatotsu Zero Style!" He stared unbelievingly as Shikaku used the same stance and he was almost hit by it. He jumped away and breathed heavily. The wound in his side was bleeding continuously and fighting wasn't making it any better. 'Damn, this boy is wearing me out. I'll need to hit him with all my Gatotsu's at once!'
"Kenshin, do you think he can win this one?" Sanosuke asked looking at Saito's tired form.
"We'll have to see what happens." Kenshin stared at Saito questioningly. 'What is he thinking?'
Saito stood his Gatotsu stance and ran around the room, circling Shikaku. "You'll die with this attack, boy!" Saito attacked from above first, "Yhaaa!" Then with a blink of an eye it was all 4 styles of Gatotsu's in a row, but Shikaku wasn't the one who hit the floor.
"Saito!" Kenshin yelled seeing him laying motionless on the floor. "Who is this boy?"
Shikaku grabbed his right arm and dropped his sword. Saito had managed to hit him and pain and hurt showed clearly on Shikaku's face.
'This boy must have went through great pains to be affected by pain like that.' "Shikaku!" Kenshin called to him.
"What do you think you're doing Battousai? He won't talk to you, he only responds to Lord Hakaisha!" Hideaki said to him smartly.
"Quiet! This boy is brainwashed by Hakaisha! He needs to be awakened, that he does!" Kenshin ran to Saito's side and saw that he was still alive and was regaining consciousness.
Shikaku looked at the blood from his arm musingly. "Blood.." He whispered so no one could hear.
"Battousai, what are you trying to do?" Aoshi asked himself staring at Kenshin with questioning eyes.
Sanosuke smiled and raised his fist, "He's gonna save him from evil, like he's done to everyone he's come across!"
Aoshi looked over at Sanosuke and understood his meaning. 'Yes, the Battousai has always saved ones who are currupt by evil.'
"Ha, I'd like to see him try to get through to Shikaku! You wont be able too! Lord Hakaisha knows everything about Kenshin Himura and his battle. Lord Hakaisha has trained each one of his men to be under HIS control. Ha haha! Lord Hakaisha has trained Shikaku better then Soujiro Seta the Tenkin!"
Kenshin twitched an eyebrow at this. 'Hakaisha really knows a lot about me. He has even trained everyone against me. He is really a man full of hate that wishes for revenge.' "Shikaku, why do you fight, is it because of hatred, or is it because you have lost yourself in battle, fear, or death." Kenshin yelled to him.
Shikaku flintched a little at the last word Kenshin had said. "Death..." He whispered.
Kenshin saw his lips move and heard a faint sound fall from his lips. "What is it, Shikaku?"
"That's enough! Shikaku, finish him!" Hideaki yelled before anything else would happen.
Shikaku ignored the pain in his arm and picked up his sword. "Death..." He whispered again.
Kenshin stood his Battoujutsu stance and expected Shikaku's Gatotsu stance, "What?"
"It's Battoujutsu..."Aoshi said dumbfounded.
"Yes! Shikaku is the perfect killing machine! He can mimic any move he wants and make it even stronger!" Hideaki said in praise.
Shikaku stood in front of Kenshin holding the Battoujutsu stance. His eyes were calm and blank but Kenshin could read him. "Death..." With that the two attacked.
Kenshin landed behind him and yelled, "Hiten Mitsurugi style Kuzu Ryu Sen!" But Kenshin was knocked back with Battoujutsu before he could even attack.
Shikaku held his sword in front of him and prepared to attack with the Kuzu Ryu Sen. Kenshin stared in shock as the wound in his stomach began to bleed but not heavily for Kenshin jumped back so the attack wouldn't prove fatal. Kenshin stood and held his Kuzu Ryu Stance also and watched Shikaku's face unblinkingly. 'This boy can't just mimic moves, anyone with that technique has to see the attack first before useing it. If he does attack with the Kuzu Ryu Sen his will be flawed because he hasn't seen the whole attack.'
Shikaku blinked and they attacked with the Kuzu Ryu Sen. When the attacks ended Shikaku fell to one knee and Kenshin fell to the ground.
"Kenshin!" Sanosuke yelled.
"Yhaaaa!" Saito yelled attacking an unknowing Shikaku. When Saito ended the attack, Shikaku fell to the hard stone floor.
"No, Saito!" Kenshin yelled standing up with only another small wound, but in his chest.
"Don't worry Battousai, I didn't kill him, I merely injured him enough for him to fall unconscious." Saito said sheathing his sword.
Kenshin looked him over and saw he only had a slash across his middriff and back. "Saito, are you okay?" Kenshin asked noticing him a little off balance.
"I'll be fine, no boy will take my place in this world."
"No..." Shikaku whispered as he got to his knees.
All of them looked back at him and saw the hatred in his face.
"After an attack like that... how is he still able to move?" Saito asked looking at Shikaku rising slowly.
"Hahahah! Shikaku is a killing machine! He wont die until Lord Hakaisha says so!" Hideaki praised again, watching Shikaku rise from the late Gatotsu.
"That's sick!" Sanosuke yelled balling his fist.
"No!" Shikaku yelled as the blood from his wound spilled to the floor. "No, pain from anyone! No one, besides Lord!" Shikaku raised his bloody sword and stood firm in front of them all.
"This boy has been tortured, that he has." Kenshin sheathed his sword and looked over at Shikaku's troubled face. To him it wasn't the face of a killer, it was a face of a lost child. (A/N: This is sorta like a cliche, he's really 17, like Kaoru) "Shikaku, what has Hakaisha done to you?"
"Lord..." Shikaku lowerd his sword and a memory he had long since forgotten came back to him.
* He was only 13 and his village was being attacked by Hakaisha and his strong army of men. He screamed "I want the head of Battousai. The one who killed my master." everywhere he went the yell sent chills through the bodies of young children and women. One of the children was a young Shikaku, who was only Shinja. (A/N: Shinja is actually a name in Japanese that means "Christian" like the guy I used to like ^_^;)
"Mother, what is that man going to do to us?" Shinja asked his mother who was holding on to him with her life.
"Don't worry son, we'll be okay, your father will protect us." His mother knew that his father was already gone, she'd seen his die; Hakaisha had slaughtered him before the whole battle began.
"Here, my Lord!" One of Hakaisha's men yelled from outside the hut they were in. He walked in it and found the two hiding in a corner room. "You two come with me!"
Shinja looked at his mothers frightened eyes and the words "Spare my child!" rang in his ears. He looked over at the sword his father had left with him and he picked it up.
"Wench! Come with me or die!" The man fell as Shinja's blade went through his stomach.
Shinja's mother looked over to her son and the shocked- scared expression on his face. She grabbed him and pulled him to her chest. "My son!"
Not long after, they were found and were brought in front of Hakaisha. "Well, these are the only two in the village that were left." He got off of his horse and grabbed Shinja's mother by the neck. "I heard Himura the Battousai had pass through here. Where is he?!"
She cried in his grasp and said, "I know no Himura the Battousai here. I am no one but a housewife." She said not daring to look into his evil eyes.
"I see." He took his sword and sliced her stomach, spilling her intestine.
Shinja yelled in fear as his mothers lifeless body fell in front of him. "Mother!" He yelled grabbing her head and kissing her cheeks. He rose and lifted the sword his father had given him. "You bastard!" He swung at him with no skill or knowledge of using a Japanese sword.
"Hahaha, you are nothing but a poor boy, you're life means nothing to me!" Hakaisha raised his sword but before he could attack he noticed the blank expression on Shinja's face. "I see, you have no feeling what-so-ever towards death or life. You will be the perfect weapon against the Battousai. So remember this, it was the Battousai who killed your mother, not me! *
"Lord said you brought the pain!" Shikaku yelled. Small, emotionless tears fell from his grey eyes. "Lord said Battousai killed my mother!" Shikaku ran towards Kenshin in a pit of rage.
"Wait! Shikaku!!!" Kenshin yelled as the raged boy ran towards him.
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Awe, poor boy. I tried to make him as less of Soujiro I could, but they're too much alike. Hey, I'm trying.
Well, not much to say, oh, if any of you want to know how many days passed since Kaoru's attack it has been 8 days! O.o they better hurry, if they dont, Kaoru will die, NOOOOO! I don't know if I should kill her, well, you'll have to wait and find out.
Next chapter: Kenshin tries to break through to Shikaku, or Shinja. Then the next battle begins and its Sanosuke's turn!
Read&Review!