Jing, King of bandits vs.

Ryushi Nigami

Yes, it has been a long time. I haven't been working on this and I'm no good at battle scenes, so this might be a short chapter.

Jing vs. the former Hitokiri part 2

Kaoru sets the food on the table as Kenshin and Jing relax around it. Kir...has other plans. "You guys eat and whatnot, I'm gonna go find me some women." With that remark, Kir flies off towards town.

"He he," jingchuckles, "Good ole Kir. Ever the amorous type."

"Indeed, de gozaru yo." Kenshin replies, "Sessha haas not seen one so bent on finding women since...actually Sessha has never seen one so bent on finding women, de gozaru yo."

Jing lets out a laugh. "Ain't that the truth. Anyways, what do we have for dinner today?"

"I wouldn't be eating any of Jo-chan's food if I were you, stranger."

Jing looks up and sees a young man in white clothes with a red bandana. Kenshin smiles and waves him over. "Hello, Sano. How's training so far, de gozaru yo?"

Sano sits down with a sigh. "Not good. There aren't enough trees for me to practice on here."

Kenshin nods. "I can see how that would be a problem, de gozaru yo."

Sano leans over and glances at Jing before whispering in Kenshin's ear. "Who's the stranger? He doesn't seem to be from around here, or anywhere in Japan."

Kenshin whispers back, "I don't know. Him and his bird appeared out of nowhere in front of the dojo, de gozaru yo. They seem trustworthy, though."

Sano looks backover at Jing, who appears to have gotten an earful and a large knot on his head from his comments on Kaoru's cooking. "I still don't like him."

"Is there somethingI should know?" Jingwhispers from right between them.

Surprised, Sano jumps to the side and into his fighting stance. "I don't know who you are, but you'll face me before Kenshin."

Sighing, Jing quietly pilfers Kenshin's sword as he turns. "If you want to fight, shall we take it outside?"

Grinning from ear to ear, Sano leads the way to the door, with Jing following close behind. Once outside, Jing just stands there, admiring the flowers. "Hey! Take up a stance, why don't ya? I 'm ready to fight already!"

Picking a flower and sniffing it's fragrance, Jing replies without looking up, "If you want to attack, go ahead and attack. i'm not stopping you."

Taking jing's words to heart, Sano makes the first move and lunges at Jing, who seems to disappear. skidding to a stop, Sanosearches the gardenbefore finally spotting him sitting in a tree, still smelling the flower. "when did you get over there?' He asks, bewildered.

Hopping down, Jing twirls the flower in his fingers for a second as he considers answering that. "tell you what. Beat me, and I'll tell you exactly how I got over here."

Cracking his knuckles, Sano readies himself again. "Sounds good to me. Let's rumble!" Lunging at Jing again, he throws a punch, which Jing easily dodges by ducking. quickly changing tactics, Sano tries to kick jign but is again foiled, by Jing (yet again) disappearing. "Stop doing that!"

"Why?" instantly recognizing the position of the voice to be justbehind him, Sano lashes out with a kick that is not only dodged, but grabbed. "Your technique is good, but your opponent is wrong." Twisting his hand, Jing flips sano onto his back. Still holding the flower, he waits as Sano gets up off the ground wearily. "Are you finished, then?I guess it's my turn." Tossing the flower in the air, he dashes to sano and immediately unloads a series of punches and kicks that quickly knocks him out. catching the flower, he turns it slowly in his hands before finally setting it on Sano's chest. "Just so you remember me."

Walking off, he jumps over the wall of the dojo just as kenshin walks out. "Sanosuke, you forgot your..." looking up, he stops as he sees Sano lying on the ground unconscious. "SANO!"

End chapter.

I am evil, aren't I? I'm sorry i had to leave the cliffhanger, but I was losing inspiration.

Ja ne!
Ryushi Nigami