Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu
[By: Tenken]

Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or any of its characters (say to self: does anyone really read this part? ^^;)

Rating: G.I think b/c not a lot of violence in this chap.or swearin also lah ^^;

A/N: da story is bout soujiro bein trained by hiko but need to put this in so can see how kenshin-gumi survive to later times lah . . . cept got idea from other review dat could make up stuff . . . but dunno if I feel like it . . . an I like talking bout neji ^^;

Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu
Chapter 7
"Interruption"

Neji's eyes widened as he stared upon the battle enfolding in front of his eyes. A smirk appeared on his face. Neji's eyes narrowed and he gazed upon the much smaller built orange haired man blocking the bullet head's axe with the bladed edge of his sakabatou.

A smirk appeared on Senkaku's face as shadows covered the two fighters.

"You?" the bullet headed man sneered, looking down on his much shorter opponent. "Destroy me? Senkaku-sama?"

Kenshin simply kept a clear glare fixed on the giant, still calmly blocking his attack. "I will." Senkaku's smirk widened into a fixed grin as he pulled his arm back, attacking with his other. The axe blade ripped great rents into the tatami mats as Kenshin nimbly leaped aside from each attack.

"That's funny!" Senkaku bellowed, smashing more of the floor up with his attacks. "I've killed ninety-nine people up til now!" He smashed the right hand axe blade with the chip in it into the ground, Kenshin dodging to the side easily again. "You'll be the hundredth!!"

"Only ninety-nine?" Saitou said to himself, smirking. Neji looked at the tall policeman leaning against the paper door next to him with a question mark forming above his head. "That's not a lot to be proud of."

Neji blinked and saw Kenshin's form blur as he moved swiftly around the bullet head, Neji's eyes narrowing as he observed the fight. Yumi looked up with a half smile, half smirk on her face.

"This is the famous speed we've heard so much about," she said, her gaze on where Kenshin had stood. Neji switched his gaze quickly from where he knew Kenshin would appear to his sister's face.

Neji thought, immediately looking back at the fight as Senkaku looked backwards to where Kenshin appeared a second later.

"If they're comparing speed, Senkaku won't lose." Yumi finished, as Senkaku slashed viciously backwards at Kenshin's head with his weapon.

"Battousai, you're behind me!!" Senkaku roared, his attack barely missing Kenshin as he dashed to the side and appeared behind the bullet head, who was still recovering from his attack. A frown appeared on Senkaku's face as he turned his head to glare at Kenshin. "Is Hitokiri Battousai such a coward, that he can only attack from behind?"

Neji thought, relaxing his stance a bit. Neji shook his head quickly as his eyes moved immediately towards his shinobi zue.

Senkaku suddenly blurred, moving with speed that one would not attribute to a man of his size and build. "I can do it too." Neji smirked as Senkaku appeared behind Kenshin, his axe blades held high. Kenshin looked calmly behind him at the giant towering over him.

"That too, is nothing to be proud of."

Senkaku's eyes widened and his mouth opened in an insane sort of smile. "Our speed is equal! But . . . I am far stronger!!" He lifted up his axe- blades, ready to attack. "With these two kaiken, I can make the most of it!!"

I Neji thought, folding his arms. Neji watched as Senkaku madly slashed at his opponent, who dodged every attack with the same circling movement.

~A few minutes pass~

Neji covered his mouth with his hand, yawning loudly nonetheless. Kenshin still dodged around the room, avoiding Senkaku's 'killer blows'. Neji thought, slumping against the paper door.

"Circling, circling . . ." Senkaku muttered, turning quickly to follow Kenshin in one of his circular dodging movements. He caught up and slashed at his evasive enemy. "Our speed is equal! How long do you think you can avoid me, cockroach?" Neji yawned again and turned to look at Saitou. "Battousai's having a tough time, he hasn't retaliated even once." Neji smirked and pointed towards the former Hitokiri dashing away from a downwards slash. "You're not going to help him?"

Saitou smirked, not taking his eyes off of the fight. "You must be joking, I'm not going to show him my sword technique." He raised a gloved hand to point at Shisho, who was leaning forwards, chin resting on his open palm. "Look, he's been watching this fight to see everything his enemy does."

Neji looked quickly at Kenshin's blurred form and saw his gaze was meeting Shishio's. Neji's glare darkened and he stepped forwards towards Shishio and his weapon.

"Battousai has naturally noticed this, so he invites his opponent to destroy himself." Saitou finished, a cold smirk on his face. Neji's gaze followed Kenshin around the room as he dodged blows.

"What do you mean, destroy himself?" Neji snapped, his hand tightening into a fist. I've underestimated him . . . its dangerous without shinobi zue. . .

"Is it time yet?" Kenshin said, after a long period of not talking. Senkaku gritted his teeth and slashed at Kenshin once again. Like before, the orange haired man merely dodged to the side in a blur.

"I've had enough of you~" Senkaku growled, blurring to the side also. Neji's smirk widened to a grin as Senkaku's leg twisted underneath him and snapped with an unpleasant cracking sound. Neji stepped forwards again, his gaze sticking to Kenshin. "My . . . my leg . . . it's broken . . ."

Kenshin stood near the giant's head, looking down at him with cold eyes. "You kept on moving without ever losing speed." The sakabatou was lowered. "When you turned quickly, the burden was too much for your body to bear."

Senkaku looked up at Kenshin, sweat beading on his face and his expression incredulous. "That's ridiculous! Why should it be too much for me, and not you? We were moving at the same speed!"

Orange bangs parted, exposing a piercing, cold stare. "At the same speed, your weight is greater, so you bore more force."

Neji flinched as Senkaku's reply came out much louder than a shout. "Ridiculous! . . . RIDICULOUS! This hasn't happened before!! I should've been able to take it~" Saitou sighed and closed his eyes.

"This idiot hasn't noticed yet? Every time Battousai made a turn, he gradually increased his speed. You were under the impression that your speed and his were equal." Neji's eyes widened as he absorbed this new piece of news. "You've killed ninety-nine people, but the hundredth was yourself."

"This fight was a lot different than expected . . ." Neji said to himself, looking down with his bangs blocking his eyes. A smirk appeared on his face. Senkaku slowly and painfully attempted to get back onto his feet, but froze when Kenshin's gaze turned to him.

Senkaku held up a head, more sweat beading on his face. "No. . . don't do it. . . The ninety-nine people, it was only a manner of speech!" Kenshin's glare didn't change.

"The death of Eiji's family, that was your doing."

Neji looked at the ceiling for a second as he thought of the right word.

"Senkaku."

The heads of everyone in the room turned to the bandaged man leaning forwards on the pillow, except for Kenshin whose glare never left Senkaku's face.

"I never expected you to win but. . . if you lose without showing me a single one of Battousai's techniques. . ." Shishio rested his chin on his hand. "I'll kill you myself." He drew a finger across his throat.

I Neji thought, sweatdropping, his chibi gaze on the giant bullet head who got up shakily and lunged at the ex-hitokiri with a roar.

"Hiten Mitsurugi~"

Neji's eyes widened as Kenshin changed his grip on his sakabatou and didn't move from the path of the giant's attack.

"Ryuushousen!" Kenshin jumped high into the air, holding his sakabatou's hilt in his left hand, his right under his swords edge. Senkaku's eyes fogged as the flat of Kenshin's sakabatou slashed underneath his chin, sending him flying through the air and crashing into the ground.

Saitou shook his head and grimaced. "Idiot . . . showing such mercy to that blockhead. . . this weakness will prove fatal one day." No reply came from Kenshin's mouth as he pivoted and leveled his sword tip to Shishio's face, making Neji step forward again in defense of his sister's happiness.

"It doesn't matter, I'll make no such exertions for my 'successor'." Kenshin's glare focused again on the bandaged man, but Neji's attention was diverted elsewhere as he sensed two other life forces.

he thought, torn between stepping in front of the man confronting his 'boss' and the unknowns outside.

"Take up your sword, Shishio Makoto."

Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu
Chapter 7
END

A/N: would try an make da chapter longer . . . cept I get bored writin this long from looking at da manga for da action an manga translation also lah . . . -_- gomen readers hehe. . . u have a lazy writer here ~point at self~ but I try an write more maybe . . . um . . . ~bonk self on head~ hehe too lazy lah. . . Da title interruption is kinda like. . . ~thinks~ da senkaku fight is only interruption from da other fight comin up. . . is not as serious ne? cause my titles r getting worse an worse lah . . . hehe . . . Arigatou for da reviews tho! ^_^ cannot believe I got more reviews. . . hehe ~am grinning like an idiot rite now~ ~whacks word for makin me type da dots funny~ -_-