Order in the Dojo 2
Still written by MoTaS; still created by NachoManLance
Well; last chapter was… interesting. Who knew I could write something like that? Anyways, this time around – the second day begins; Sano, while being very professional the previous day is about to revert back to some of his old habits; several witnesses and jurors are still dead; and Aoshi must suffer (or enjoy?) Misao's groping him
Remember that I never owned the plot or the characters.
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It was now day two in the making of a very strange trial at the Kamiya Dojo. The Judge had been buried in bokkens, had injected herself with Kami-knows-what, the witness and four jurors were dead, the prosecutions counsel was groping her client, and the defense attorney was… well, weird.
Everyone was chatting somewhat quietly (emphasis on somewhat) before the judge would enter. Aoshi was just sitting there quietly; Misao was groping him again. Kenshin was debating with his Battousai-self whether he should remove Sano from his conscious state, hoof it to Hokaido, and abandon him with Saitou or not. Sano, not knowing the mental battle Kenshin was in, was outlining their defense strategy for the day on a pad of paper; it was really just a bunch of tic-tac-toe games, with him losing everytime. Yahiko was silently chating it up with Soujiro, as they were the only truly sane people in the entire dojo (they liked to think.) Then Kaoru appeared.
"Alright, everyone rise for the honorable – *whispering* and drug-addict *not whispering* – Karou Kamiya," Yahiko called to everybody in the court room. Kaoru took her place on the bench and the rest returned to their seats.
"Okay, lets get started," Karou said, sounding a little tired. "Prosecution, I trust you are ready to begin?"
Rising, Misao spoke, "yes your Judge-ship. The prosectution calls Makoto Shishio ot the stand."
Instantly, everyone looked to the same rag-tag group from which Houji-the-Ranter had come yesterday. This time, the mummy-dude rose, looking very creepy and very dead-like. Once on the stand, he gave everyone an evilish glare, causing everyone to shut up. He was particularily scowling at Kenshin, Sano, and Aoshi. Yahiko seemed very reluctant to approach him. But with urging, he finally did.
"D-do you swear to tell the w-whole t-truth and nothing but the truth so help you K-kaoru?" he stuttered out.
"Yes, you little worm; I do." Shishio grinned his ever evil grin; 10 seconds later, Yahiko to pass out right there in front of the bench. Kaoru looked down at her bailiff/apprentice/boarder; he was twitching slightly. Sanpping her fingers, a janitor came in and attempted to sweep the passed-out-child away. The janitor passed out, and he hadn't even looked at Shishio. Curiously, Kaoru sniffed the air; there was a retched smell. All eyes fell on the witness. He simply grinned.
"EVERYONE; GAS MASKS ON!" Kaoru yelled. Everyone soon had their masks on. It now seemed that Shishio had a problem with nasty flatulants.
With his gas mask on, Saitou stepped in. Of course, Kenshin did not like this; Sano didn't like it anymore than Kenshin or Kaoru, but someone had to fill in for the brat til he awoke again.
Through the muffle of the masks, the trial went on.
"Mr. Shishio, is it true that you and the defendant have dueled in the past?" Misao asked.
"It is true that the Battousai and I have deuled."
"Would you say he is a worthy, at that an honorable opponent?"
"I would say that although he claims to have beaten me, he did so in an underhanded way, so he is worthy but not honorable."
"Would you care to elaborate?"
"During our fight, he taunted me! He continually reminded me of the burns I received from the government! He even used my lady as a human shield!!!"
"Does the prosecution have anymore questions at this time?" Kaoru asked, clearly disgusted at Shishio's attempted lies.
"No your honor."
"Defense?"
Oh dear, Kenshin thought; now Sano gets a turn. I hope doesn't do anything really stupid. ORO – it would really suck if he did. Hmm… I could still dump him in Hokaido… That's always an option.
Sano rose, but dared not go more than halfway between the bench and his seat. Who could blame him.
"You sir, are as much a filthy liar as Popcicle here!" Sano said, loudly so the court could here him.
Shit! Kenshin thought to himself. I really should consider my earlier plan; of course, I'd have to remove Saitou as well, but that isn't a real problem is it? No… he's getting soft and then I can abondon them in Hokaido – maybe even that one place; I think it was called Siberia?
Kaoru glared at Sano as if to say Don't even THINK that will work again, Sano; although I do agree with you… Sano decided to try again or have his head removed – permanently.
"Why, Mr. Shishio, did the government choose to burn you?" Sano asked.
"Your honor! I object to the question as it is irrelevant!" Misao yelled, beginning to sense that this going to end badly for Shishio… or maybe she was just nauseous from that reak that Shishio had unleashed… hmm, no ones looking my way; hehehe…
"Just giving the people the background on the witness; it's done all the time." Sano shot back.
"Answer the question."
"Once the revolution had ended, I couldn't seem to stop killing, the Meiji government decided that burning me alive was the best viable option." Shishio simply answered.
"So, you became a killing machine, went on a spree, started an organization of fanatical followers and then attempted to knock off my client as well as the entire Meiji government, in hopes of controlling the country yourself? I'm I correct in saying all that?"
"Yes – except for one thing."
"And that would be…"
"I was going to turn the country over to Shinomori when I was done; it was his plan after all."
At that comment, the sounds of an attorney face-planting was heard in the court room.
"I guess that's it, judge."
"Shishio, you may leave the stand – better yet, go home… and never step foot outside again. Ever," Kaoru said, wishing that he would just leave and then they could just breathe again.
Shishio simply rose and walked out the door next to the jury box. He gave Soujiro a thumbs up and started to leave, when he paused for a second. Once he left the room, the entire jury box caught on fire and the jurors began running around the court room.
"Ok… court is dismissed until tomorrow when the jury box can be replaced. " she stopped just short of striking the gavel, remembering what had happened yesterday. She careful tapped it. Nothing happened, so she stood to leave. Then the entire bench exploded in a cloud of dust and Kaoru was covered in a colorful array of colors.
"Hey Kaoru! SKITTLES – TASTE THE RAINBOW!!! Can you taste it?" Sano called out, laughing. It was evidently clear that he wasn't the one, as an investigation later discovered. However, Kaoru wasn't one to wait and had immediately taken up pursuit of Sano with her mystical bokken.
Sano, you idiot, Kenshin thought. Why can't you ever just be quiet? Oh, because you're a simple-minded person who doesn't know that his antics will eventually get him killed. I guess I should try and stop Kaoru, that I should. If I don't, then I can't implement "Operation: Frozen-Sanosuke."
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Hope you guys did enjoy the chapter, cuz I did. Although, reading is more fun than writing it. Whatever. Remember that you should review it as well. Make suggestions if you think there's something better that could happen. Until next time, adios!
