Chapter 5
Kenshin watched Senko until she fell asleep that night. When she was soundly asleep he leaned against the wall and let his eyes shut. Later in the night the door to their room was opened and someone entered. It was the man who had attacked Kenshin just a couple weeks ago. He tiptoed silently towards the two of them. Kenshin opened an eye and watched him from under his bangs.
The man stepped gingerly and was making his way to Senko. "I would leave her alone unless you want to deal with this one." Kenshin spoke softly so he wouldn't wake Senko.
The man jerked with surprise. "The Captain would like you to join him in his room." He said gruffly.
"So he sends someone to sneak up on us in the middle of the night. You can tell your captain I will not be coming."
The man snorted. "He said if you refused he would make your "bodyguard" job a lot harder." Kenshin looked over at Senko who was still sleeping. "He also said if you came he could make it a lot easier." The man turned to leave. "If I were you I would go. Oh, he also said to make sure to bring the girl with you." He left.
Kenshin sat a moment. He thought about what he should do. After a moment he leaned over and gently shook Senko. "It's alright; there is something I need to tell you..."
Suiso waited patiently he knew that Kenshin would come. Kenshin opened the door to the room and he and Senko entered. The first thing Kenshin noticed was that it seemed like the whole crew was present and that Suiso wore a black cloak over his normal attire. Kenshin moved in front of Senko with his hand close to his blade.
"Kenshin tonight is your last night as a "bodyguard." Tonight you will join us! How will you do this Kenshin? Are we going to have to force you?" Suiso said.
"I told you, I refuse to join you."
Suiso's lip curled. "Fine! Men!" Suiso raised his right hand and brought it down. There seemed to be a brush of wind and Kenshin felt as if something had hit his right hand. He looked down at it but nothing was wrong with it.
He looked up to see just about all of the crew charge at him. "Senko, stand back!" Senko gasped but did what she was told and backed up against the wall.
Kenshin spread his legs and grabbed his sword. He waited for the men to get closer. "Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryù Ryùsòsen!" Kenshin charged at the men and with god like speed ten men fell. Kenshin didn't stop; he went on to the next attacker.
Suiso smiled. This is what he had wanted; to see Kenshin fight. He had been right; Kenshin was indeed a superior fighter. Suiso snickered. "If you had only come quietly." Suiso raised his hand again and brought it down.
Kenshin stopped his attack; something had definitely hit his left hand. He looked down but like his right nothing was wrong with it. He glanced over at Suiso who was laughing. Then a flash of steel stole Kenshin's attention back as he blocked an attack.
Senko's knees buckled what was going to happen. She watched Kenshin fight she had, had no idea he would be this strong. She watched breathless as even more men fell from Kenshin's blade. Senko looked over at Suiso who was raising his arm again and she noticed that he had black markings written on his palm.
Suiso let his arm drop and Kenshin felt something slam into his left foot. "What?" Kenshin exclaimed as once again nothing was wrong with his foot. Kenshin didn't have time to guess what was wrong as another sword was swung at him.
Suiso raised his hand and was about to lower it when Senko screamed as a blade came close to hitting Kenshin. Suiso's hand wavered and Kenshin felt something fly right in front of him, but he saw nothing. Suiso growled and glared at Senko. "Shut up." Senko screamed.
Kenshin looked over and saw Senko scream as Suiso moved closer to her. "Miss Senko!" Kenshin ran toward her.
Suiso raised his arm to his shoulder. "You pest!" Senko wanted to run but her feet wouldn't move as Suiso brought his arm down with a snap. Senko felt the wind pick up and it was rushing toward her. She wanted to scream when from out of nowhere Kenshin appeared in front of her. "KENSHIN!" Kenshin's body began to move as if he was being pelted by invisible rocks.
It only lasted a few seconds but when it was over it felt like it had been much longer. Kenshin could feel his body pounding and feel his blood slowly dripping from him. "What was that?" He said out loud. Something had hit him but he hadn't seen anything. He could hear Senko crying behind him. "I'm alright." He said trying to sound pleasant.
"Fool!" Suiso shouted at him as he raised his arm above his head once more and brought it down. This time Kenshin felt something hit his right foot. "NOW YOU ARE MINE!" Suiso shouted. Calmly Suiso closed his eyes and started to chant.
Kenshin stood ready to protect Senko against whatever Suiso was about to do. "ï±ï·ï´ï¡ï©ï¬ï¯ï¡ï¬ï ï¹âï³ï®ï¤ï¬ï ï¨ï¡ï®ïï¥" Kenshin wondered what Suiso was saying. The more Suiso spoke the more Kenshin's feet and hands seemed to burn. "ïï¯ï¡âïï°ï·ï ï«ï³ï®ï»ï¡ NOW!"
The room went completely silent; except for Kenshin's breathing and Senko's sobs. Kenshin scanned the room and saw that an area had been cleared and the floor there was glowing. "What?" Kenshin said amazed. The glow was soft and it was in a perfect circle. After a few moments the glow disappeared and left black markings. It was a circle with inscriptions written on the outside that Kenshin didn't recognize.
Inside the circle was a larger square and at each corner of the square was another smaller circle. Then four different Kanji were written inside the smaller circles. Kenshin stared at the Kanji he didn't know what they meant. Suddenly Kenshin's hands and feet felt as if they were on fire. Kenshin let out a small gasp and looked at one of his hands; they were glowing. Kenshin couldn't believe his eyes.
Slowly against Kenshin's will his arms and legs stretched out as far as they could go. Senko's mouth dropped. "Ken... Kenshin?" She could barely speak as she watched the glow on his hands slowly fade again leaving black marks. On each of his hands and feet the same Kanji marks in the circle appeared.
"You should have joined me sooner Kenshin it would have saved you so much grief." Suiso said as Kenshin glared at him. "Try all you want no one can break this spell!" Suiso made a quick movement with his hand and pointed toward the circle. Quickly Kenshin was dragged to the circle and slammed to the floor as if dragged by an invisible person.
"KENSHIN!" Senko screamed as she stared wide eyed at the scene before her.
Kenshin struggled to get up as Suiso walked up to him. "Now will you call me Captain?" He said squatting down next to Kenshin's head. When Kenshin didn't answer Suiso's smile vanished. Suiso let out a yell and stood up. "You will join us so why don't you give up?"
"Captain! Look at this!" One of Suiso's men called when they picked up Kenshin's sword that he had dropped. Suiso took it from the man and looked it over.
"A Sakabato?" He looked over the sailors that had fallen. "No one's dead but why?" Suiso looked down at Kenshin. "You are a very peculiar man. You will join us."
Kenshin curled his finger it was the only part of his body he could move. "Never! I will never join you!" Suiso kicked Kenshin in the face.
Senko screamed. "Stop it!"
Suiso grabbed Kenshin's hair and pulled his head up. "Join us."
Kenshin blinked away the blood that was running into his eye from the cut on his forehead. "No." Suiso frowned and shoved Kenshin's head to the ground. Suiso stood and began to kick Kenshin's body. Senko watched horrified.
"Brother... I'm scared." She cried; she couldn't take it anymore. She wiped her eyes. "I won't lose anyone else." She screamed as she ran at Suiso. Senko slammed into Suiso and the two fell to the floor.
"Miss Senko!" Kenshin cried helpless as he continued to struggle.
Suiso smacked Senko's cheek. "Stupid girl!" He screeched at her. Senko held her cheek and cried. Suiso stood and kicked her in the stomach. "Didn't I tell you not to do anything STUPID?!" He shoved her and she banged her head on the wall.
"STOP IT!" Kenshin yelled still unable to move. Suiso walked over to Senko and grabbed her neck. He dragged her to Kenshin.
"You want me to leave her alone?" He squeezed harder and Senko gasped for breath. "Then call me Captain Suiso." Kenshin clenched his teeth and so did Suiso. "What do you say?" Senko gasped.
"Let her go... Captain Suiso."
Suiso smiled and let go of Senko's neck. Senko coughed and held her stomach. "Take her back to her room." Two men came forward; they gently put Senko on her feet and began to lead her away.
"Kenshin... Kenshin." She said meekly as she was escorted from the room.
"You see Kenshin? I always get what I want." Suiso said calmly. "And like I told you earlier if you're going to sail for me you're going to need a hair cut." Suiso pulled out of his pockets a pair of scissors. Kenshin didn't say a word as Suiso grabbed his hair and began to cut; he just stared at him with amber eyes.
Kenshin watched Senko until she fell asleep that night. When she was soundly asleep he leaned against the wall and let his eyes shut. Later in the night the door to their room was opened and someone entered. It was the man who had attacked Kenshin just a couple weeks ago. He tiptoed silently towards the two of them. Kenshin opened an eye and watched him from under his bangs.
The man stepped gingerly and was making his way to Senko. "I would leave her alone unless you want to deal with this one." Kenshin spoke softly so he wouldn't wake Senko.
The man jerked with surprise. "The Captain would like you to join him in his room." He said gruffly.
"So he sends someone to sneak up on us in the middle of the night. You can tell your captain I will not be coming."
The man snorted. "He said if you refused he would make your "bodyguard" job a lot harder." Kenshin looked over at Senko who was still sleeping. "He also said if you came he could make it a lot easier." The man turned to leave. "If I were you I would go. Oh, he also said to make sure to bring the girl with you." He left.
Kenshin sat a moment. He thought about what he should do. After a moment he leaned over and gently shook Senko. "It's alright; there is something I need to tell you..."
Suiso waited patiently he knew that Kenshin would come. Kenshin opened the door to the room and he and Senko entered. The first thing Kenshin noticed was that it seemed like the whole crew was present and that Suiso wore a black cloak over his normal attire. Kenshin moved in front of Senko with his hand close to his blade.
"Kenshin tonight is your last night as a "bodyguard." Tonight you will join us! How will you do this Kenshin? Are we going to have to force you?" Suiso said.
"I told you, I refuse to join you."
Suiso's lip curled. "Fine! Men!" Suiso raised his right hand and brought it down. There seemed to be a brush of wind and Kenshin felt as if something had hit his right hand. He looked down at it but nothing was wrong with it.
He looked up to see just about all of the crew charge at him. "Senko, stand back!" Senko gasped but did what she was told and backed up against the wall.
Kenshin spread his legs and grabbed his sword. He waited for the men to get closer. "Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryù Ryùsòsen!" Kenshin charged at the men and with god like speed ten men fell. Kenshin didn't stop; he went on to the next attacker.
Suiso smiled. This is what he had wanted; to see Kenshin fight. He had been right; Kenshin was indeed a superior fighter. Suiso snickered. "If you had only come quietly." Suiso raised his hand again and brought it down.
Kenshin stopped his attack; something had definitely hit his left hand. He looked down but like his right nothing was wrong with it. He glanced over at Suiso who was laughing. Then a flash of steel stole Kenshin's attention back as he blocked an attack.
Senko's knees buckled what was going to happen. She watched Kenshin fight she had, had no idea he would be this strong. She watched breathless as even more men fell from Kenshin's blade. Senko looked over at Suiso who was raising his arm again and she noticed that he had black markings written on his palm.
Suiso let his arm drop and Kenshin felt something slam into his left foot. "What?" Kenshin exclaimed as once again nothing was wrong with his foot. Kenshin didn't have time to guess what was wrong as another sword was swung at him.
Suiso raised his hand and was about to lower it when Senko screamed as a blade came close to hitting Kenshin. Suiso's hand wavered and Kenshin felt something fly right in front of him, but he saw nothing. Suiso growled and glared at Senko. "Shut up." Senko screamed.
Kenshin looked over and saw Senko scream as Suiso moved closer to her. "Miss Senko!" Kenshin ran toward her.
Suiso raised his arm to his shoulder. "You pest!" Senko wanted to run but her feet wouldn't move as Suiso brought his arm down with a snap. Senko felt the wind pick up and it was rushing toward her. She wanted to scream when from out of nowhere Kenshin appeared in front of her. "KENSHIN!" Kenshin's body began to move as if he was being pelted by invisible rocks.
It only lasted a few seconds but when it was over it felt like it had been much longer. Kenshin could feel his body pounding and feel his blood slowly dripping from him. "What was that?" He said out loud. Something had hit him but he hadn't seen anything. He could hear Senko crying behind him. "I'm alright." He said trying to sound pleasant.
"Fool!" Suiso shouted at him as he raised his arm above his head once more and brought it down. This time Kenshin felt something hit his right foot. "NOW YOU ARE MINE!" Suiso shouted. Calmly Suiso closed his eyes and started to chant.
Kenshin stood ready to protect Senko against whatever Suiso was about to do. "ï±ï·ï´ï¡ï©ï¬ï¯ï¡ï¬ï ï¹âï³ï®ï¤ï¬ï ï¨ï¡ï®ïï¥" Kenshin wondered what Suiso was saying. The more Suiso spoke the more Kenshin's feet and hands seemed to burn. "ïï¯ï¡âïï°ï·ï ï«ï³ï®ï»ï¡ NOW!"
The room went completely silent; except for Kenshin's breathing and Senko's sobs. Kenshin scanned the room and saw that an area had been cleared and the floor there was glowing. "What?" Kenshin said amazed. The glow was soft and it was in a perfect circle. After a few moments the glow disappeared and left black markings. It was a circle with inscriptions written on the outside that Kenshin didn't recognize.
Inside the circle was a larger square and at each corner of the square was another smaller circle. Then four different Kanji were written inside the smaller circles. Kenshin stared at the Kanji he didn't know what they meant. Suddenly Kenshin's hands and feet felt as if they were on fire. Kenshin let out a small gasp and looked at one of his hands; they were glowing. Kenshin couldn't believe his eyes.
Slowly against Kenshin's will his arms and legs stretched out as far as they could go. Senko's mouth dropped. "Ken... Kenshin?" She could barely speak as she watched the glow on his hands slowly fade again leaving black marks. On each of his hands and feet the same Kanji marks in the circle appeared.
"You should have joined me sooner Kenshin it would have saved you so much grief." Suiso said as Kenshin glared at him. "Try all you want no one can break this spell!" Suiso made a quick movement with his hand and pointed toward the circle. Quickly Kenshin was dragged to the circle and slammed to the floor as if dragged by an invisible person.
"KENSHIN!" Senko screamed as she stared wide eyed at the scene before her.
Kenshin struggled to get up as Suiso walked up to him. "Now will you call me Captain?" He said squatting down next to Kenshin's head. When Kenshin didn't answer Suiso's smile vanished. Suiso let out a yell and stood up. "You will join us so why don't you give up?"
"Captain! Look at this!" One of Suiso's men called when they picked up Kenshin's sword that he had dropped. Suiso took it from the man and looked it over.
"A Sakabato?" He looked over the sailors that had fallen. "No one's dead but why?" Suiso looked down at Kenshin. "You are a very peculiar man. You will join us."
Kenshin curled his finger it was the only part of his body he could move. "Never! I will never join you!" Suiso kicked Kenshin in the face.
Senko screamed. "Stop it!"
Suiso grabbed Kenshin's hair and pulled his head up. "Join us."
Kenshin blinked away the blood that was running into his eye from the cut on his forehead. "No." Suiso frowned and shoved Kenshin's head to the ground. Suiso stood and began to kick Kenshin's body. Senko watched horrified.
"Brother... I'm scared." She cried; she couldn't take it anymore. She wiped her eyes. "I won't lose anyone else." She screamed as she ran at Suiso. Senko slammed into Suiso and the two fell to the floor.
"Miss Senko!" Kenshin cried helpless as he continued to struggle.
Suiso smacked Senko's cheek. "Stupid girl!" He screeched at her. Senko held her cheek and cried. Suiso stood and kicked her in the stomach. "Didn't I tell you not to do anything STUPID?!" He shoved her and she banged her head on the wall.
"STOP IT!" Kenshin yelled still unable to move. Suiso walked over to Senko and grabbed her neck. He dragged her to Kenshin.
"You want me to leave her alone?" He squeezed harder and Senko gasped for breath. "Then call me Captain Suiso." Kenshin clenched his teeth and so did Suiso. "What do you say?" Senko gasped.
"Let her go... Captain Suiso."
Suiso smiled and let go of Senko's neck. Senko coughed and held her stomach. "Take her back to her room." Two men came forward; they gently put Senko on her feet and began to lead her away.
"Kenshin... Kenshin." She said meekly as she was escorted from the room.
"You see Kenshin? I always get what I want." Suiso said calmly. "And like I told you earlier if you're going to sail for me you're going to need a hair cut." Suiso pulled out of his pockets a pair of scissors. Kenshin didn't say a word as Suiso grabbed his hair and began to cut; he just stared at him with amber eyes.