Chapter 2
The S.S Deathsythe docked in first pier Duo could find. As she stopped, her passengers Duo and Relena disembarked. They were greeted by a group of men in western style suits as they got off the ship and on to the pier.
"Welcome to Tokyo. Now I ask that you state your name and business" said the leader of the group. He was standing in the middle of the welcoming committee and spoke English with a heavy funny accent. "We are here to introduce your people to a new faith if we may. I am Relena Darlian and this is my companion Duo Maxwell" Relena replied back politely. The man eyed her closely. "What faith do you mean if I may ask?" Relena answered him without hesitation. "The faith of The Lord and his child Jesus. It is known as Christianity." "Ah, we will treat you as honored guests! Let us go see the emperor of Japan. I'm sure he'd like to meet you. This way" He had said those words with friendliness. But he also eyed the others in his party. He motioned his hand forward as to lead the two foreigners. And so Duo and Relena followed them. They had been walking a while as they entered the city the man called Tokyo.
Relena and Duo took the time to see what they could of the city as they walked. There were buildings made mainly out of quadrilateral like pieces with rooftops that had pointed ends. The people were dressed in clothes that looked like robes called kimonos. The kimonos they saw came in all kinds of varieties: they were blue, red, green, every other color with different designs on it. But now they had been walking too long.
"Dude, when are we gonna get to this emperor?" Duo complained. "And I'm getting kinda hungry too, so I think we should get some chow." "We shall reach his Imperial Majesty soon enough." The man said sternly. At last, they reached an evil looking building. It was black, and gray, and old looking. When they got into the room Relena guessed was "the lobby" the men left and told them to sit down on the chairs that were available.
"Man, I never thought that emperors lived in such filth!" Duo said. But Relena remained silent. Just then, the door slammed opened and men in blackish/greenish uniforms armed with muskets came in. They had their weapons aimed at Duo and Relena. Duo, who was about to unsheathe his two handguns from their holsters was left in shock as they were shot off this belt. A man whose demeanor made him look like the commanding officer had his own handgun out. He was a man with slim body size and had a droopy mustache. It had smoke coming out of its tube part. It was obvious that he had shot Duo's guns off.
"What is the meaning of this?" Relena bravely asked the men. Her stoic face now became serious. "I, Major Hamabashi Akira hereby under the orders of the Imperial Meiji Government put you under arrest" said he in English with a Japanese accent. He said as he put his gun back in his holster. "What have we done? Under what charges are we?" Relena dared to ask him. "Silence girl!" Hamabashi moved forward and slapped her in the face. She fell back unconscious, but before she hit the ground, Duo rushed to save her and caught her in his arms. He was angry.
"Coward! Hitting a girl like that!" Duo yelled at Hamabashi, but soon he himself was kicked him in the face by him. He was knocked out cold. Then the troops grabbed them and threw them in jail.
It was night. There were cries from women and children and men. The small world around them was set aflame. Lifeless bodies were everywhere still warm. They were killed. Very recently. The only one alive stood amongst the corpses. Someone came over and shouted at him.
"Hey You! Battousai! C'mere and I'll show you what real swordsmanship is!" shouted a samurai brandishing a sword. Then a whole corps of troops and samurai flocked behind him and charged wielding swords and spears. As they did so, the one who was addressed as Battousai unsheathed his blade and waited as they came for him. The first one who came up close to him was stabbed hard and quickly in the stomach, and then he pulled it out and made a three-hundred sixty degree movement with his sword that deeply cut the other men that had surrounded him in the throat. Then he made a leap positioning his sword behind him and gradually pulled it forward in front of him as he aimed for a samurai as he landed
"Hey Kenshin! Wake up!" said a woman's voice. Himura Kenshin woke up from his sleep. In his eyes was a woman with a sword's sheathe. Her name was Kaoru, a young woman with blue hair and eyes. "Yes Kaoru?" Kenshin asked. As he did so, he straightened his red orange hair. On his cheek was a scar in the shape of an "X". "We're here!" Kaoru cried happily. "We're in Tokyo! At last!" Kenshin looked around the ship and it looked like they were about to dock in a pier. He looked back at Kaoru. "I see Ms. Kaoru. Thank you for letting me know" he said politely and smiled casually. They had taken a boat from home to see the new capital for a visit. They would've brought their friends with them from home, but told them traveling by boat wasn't a fun experience. Tokyo had been established as the new capital following the rise of the Meiji. It was originally named Edo.
They got off the ship. As they did so, Kenshin saw a ship that was docked next to them. There were words written on it which said S.S. Deathsythe. On it, were men wearing western style suits holding torches. From their movements, Kenshin saw that they were about to commit arson on it. He jumped on the vessel. "Please stop this" he said to them as he landed on the deck. "Hey! Get outta here or we'll beat you up! Mind your business!" said one of them. "You have no right to burn down this ship unless it is yours" Kenshin said to them. By now, Kaoru caught up to him and was ready to draw her sword. "That's it! Let's get them!" Three of them charged at Kenshin and another three charged at Kaoru. These were just a bunch of no good for nothing thugs with no real skill. Kenshin like lightning drew out his sword and just made one horizontal slash and they were down on the ground. Some blood spilled on the deck. As for Kaoru, all she had to do was make a hard, powerful slash with her wooden sword and it broke on impact on one guy. But as it broke, splinters and bits of wood shot at the other two. The splinters hit their arms, faces, and body. They screamed in pain. Remarkably, the ones Kenshin had seemingly slain were in fact alive and the same for the ones Kaoru defeated. The cuts on their stomachs were very shallow and weren't fatal but it would still hurt until it healed. "Now tell me why you are trying to burn down this ship…" Kenshin asked the thugs calmly but in a deadly tone.
After Gojira had technically commited suicide, the ronin continued his journey northeast from Kyoto. He was running without even being tired and was as fast as the wind. But somehow, he was getting tired but it wasn't because of his seemingly unlimited energy was depleted. It was something else. His eyes started to close, even though the ronin tried to resist. But soon, his mysterious exhaustion was too strong. He stopped running and collapsed to the ground. He was asleep.
It was dark space. Where the oceans normally would be was fire. Just a few steps away from him was a figure. He was wearing black and gray armor. His face had an unusually grayish skin color, he had has his hair braided like a short erected ponytail and his beard and mustache gave him the look of someone who had a great aspiration. Someone ambitous. He spoke to the ronin.
"You, he who bears the blood of the demons, hear me out. You are the last of the demon race and it is you who shall determine the destiny of the world!" he said in a deep voice. "What do you mean?" the ronin inquired the mysterious figure. The response was maniacal laughing. "You are no-named no longer. Henceforth, you shall be called Hiiro!" the gray skinned man said. He took off a long, large sword sheathe with a sword inside. He threw it to the ronin who caught it skillfully. "You will carve your destiny with this demonic blade, Oniken" he said. "Who are you?" the ronin asked him. "I am Oda Nobunaga, the Demon Lord" he answered back. Then again he started laughing manically but the ronin's vision was getting more and more blurry. Finally he couldn't see anything.
Author's note: I read that Heero meant "the 1 and only" but should be spelled Hiiro, but from now on, I'll just spell it Heero. I'm trying to describe Nobunaga from Onimusha 3 by the way. If u played that game try to picture him as that.