Yagami, Kaoru and the three chuunins could only watch to see the outcome of the duel. Saito was swinging his blade violently towards Kenshin, as if forcing his opponent to strike back as Kenshin was evading all of his thrusts. Just as Kenshin went in mid air to dodge another swipe, Saito anticipated the evasive action and swung his blade upwards and stabbed through Kenshin's shoulder. All watched in horror as the Miburo Wolf drove the blade deeper before pulling it out, leaving Kenshin to lose a large quantity of blood. Kaoru, already weeping at the sight of Kenshin being injured, wanted it all to end but Yagami stopped her from interfering.
"Is this really the legendary Battousai? The rumours I heard must be fake." With that Kenshin seemed to become more alert, he readied his stance. It was similar to the one he used against Yagami. Knowing he was ready, Saito charged again, this time Kenshin dodged and turned 360 degrees clockwise and strucked his blade at Saito's neck, knocking him towards the wall. Kaoru and the chuunins could not believe what they had just witnessed; the person whom they see as a humble swordsman turned out to be a cold-blooded killer; Kenshin had just been transformed into the legendary Battousai again. Seeing that Saito had done his part, Saito than went into his own stance. Yagami immediately recognized that stance, it was the Shinsengumi's trademark sword skill; 'Migozuchi Haito Ryu' (Fang Thrust)
Flashback
In the middle of battle, Battousai was fending off the Shinsengumi captain as Yagami went one on one with the second in command, Hajime Saito. After dealing a few strikes, Yagami could anticipate all his moves using the Sharingan. Saito knew he couldn't keep up dealing mindless strikes and readied in his stance, holding the sword in a unique thrust style as his left hand supported the tip of the blade. Yagami had never seen the move before but confident that his Sharingan would copy what the opponent would do, it turn out that he couldn't as Saito moved with rapid speed that Yagami had only seconds to dodge the move, leaving a gaze on his sleeve. Saito than sheathed back his blade before speaking, "That was our clan's signature sword style, the Migozuchi Haito Ryu. So fast, that no ordinary man could ever evade it. But you have exceptionally good skills, until we meet again…"
For now all Battousai needed was acute precision of where the blade would strike. Yagami activated his Sharingan to capture all of Saito's skill as he went for Battousai's feet but was parried away. Saito went for the mid-section and against was blocked. Saito had the last straw and readied in his stance again. Battousai looked at his rival, "What? Is that all you got?" Giving the same expression, Saito moved his left hand to cover the tip of the blade. Yagami saw the stance and was in total shock; Saito was in his most feared stance. It was one of his own modified styles of the fang thrust; the 'Shiki' (Zero) point; the thrust that can strike from any level. Yagami had a brief encounter with that stance and didn't have ample time to dodge in his last encounter with Saito. Using the higher level of his Sharingan, the Makekyo Sharingan, the Hokage waited to capture every detailed move of this fearful skill. This was going to be tough for Battousai. As Saito charged towards him, he sheathed back his blade. In a split second, time froze as the two swordsmen swung their swords and stood motionlessly. Than the outcome was concluded; Saito's blade broke and Battousai band was cut, revealing his long brownish hair.
"My work here is done." As soon as Saito turned his back, Battousai went for the attack but Yagami stopped him in his path and knocked his friend back to his senses. Saito ambled around to see Kenshin reverting back before he spoke, "Firstly, I've defected to the Shikigami military police force and secondly, I came to test whether Battousai was able to battle. Now that I've got both of your attention I'll make my announcement; the Shikigami military police would like to seek both your assistance in putting an end to the Shinsengumi." Both men were shocked to hear the news Saito brought upon them.
"This is so sudden, give us time to think." Yagami replied. Saito sheathed back his broken sword and exited the room, leaving his final remarks, "Don't keep us waiting, my apologies for the injuries."