Chapter 2: The Battle
"Let's go!" Sano roared as he threw his fist at Jr.'s head. Jr. swerved way to the right and countered with his own punch. Sano dodged it easily because Jr. didn't really fight too much with fists, he over ran himself, falling right into the range of Sanosuke.
"Futae-No-Ki-Wami!" Sano yelled as he executed one of his favorite moves, hitting Jr. in the stomach. After they finished crossing paths, they both turned to face each other once more.
"What…was that…?"Jr. said as he began to stagger a little. Then he collapsed holding his stomach.
"My ultimate technique…the Futae-No-Ki-Wami. It crushes anything and everything that gets in my way." Sano explained. Then he continued, "Do you want more? Or will you be stubborn like I am and fight to the death?"
Jr. looked up at his opponent. Then he replied, "You think someone like me would give up so easily?" He slowly, but surely, stood up. He was still a little shaky from the last blow, but he thought he could take more.
"All right then, I'll beat you down!" Sano charged with another Futae-No-Ki-Wami that just barley missed Jr. Jr. now had the advantage. His opponent left his backside open for a target.
Jr. did an ax kick to Sano's back, causing Sano to be pushed over and fall to the ground.
Shion wasn't just going to stand-by and watch them fight. She ran to go get Jin, Chaos, MOMO and KOS-MOS, who were still standing in stand-by mode on the Elsa.
Shion finally found her brother and the others, who were now talking with Kenshin.
"You guys! I met a really cute guy, but Jr. and him don't get along too well. They got into a fight and I need to stop them!" Shionstammered as the group of people stopped talking and turned to her.
"What? Take us to them." Kenshin said standing up. He picked up his reverse blade and got ready to fight.
"Who was this 'guy' you met anyway, Shion?" Chaos asked. Shion told them that it was someone named Sanosuke.
"What? Sano!" Kenshin ran off without waiting for them. "Wait for us!" the others yelled as they tried to follow him.
"You damn brat! That was unfair!" Sano complained as he stood up. Jr. was getting ready to attack him again, but Sano beat him to the entrance attack. "I'm not a brat you bastard! And that wasn't unfair. Just because you were open doesn't mean anything!" Jr. replied.
"Shut your mouth! Orah!" Sano shouted, as he threw another shattering blow, which also missed Jr. again. Jr. threw one of his own punches, but missed as well. Sano attacked again and it landed a direct blow to Jr.'s face. Jr. flew back and skidded along the ground.
" Hah! I got you good that time." Sano teased. Jr. was still holding his face.
'Damn it! That hurt…' He thought. Then he got up and shook the pain off. Just then, Kenshin arrived with the others following after him.
"Sano! Stop this immediately! You should know better than to pick a fight with an innocent child!" Kenshin scolded. When Sano looked up, Kenshin noticed he had a black eye.
"Well, I think he has a point to the whole ' don't pick a fight with me', but I'm not a child and I'm not innocent." Jr. said. Then MOMO came up to him.
"Are you all right Jr.? You look like you got a harsh blow to the face." She said, concerned. Blood was dribbling from the side of his mouth.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's nothing…hey. Wait a second…what are you doing here?" Jr. said just realizing who it was. MOMO smiled and sighed relived.
"Well, I'm glad this has been broken up." Chaos remarked. Jin nodded in agreement.
"Jr.! You are such an idiot!" Shion yelled, pushing MOMO aside, causing MOMO to go off balance. MOMO had a confused look on her face once she regained her balance.
"You're the one who started this fight so I think you better apologize! You don't even know him!" Shion continued to scold him. Jr. stood there with an irritated look, then he noticed that she didn't have his pistols with her.
"Hey! Where are my guns? SHION! Give em' back! I can't believe I trusted you! Tell me, where did you put them?" Jr. blurted out suddenly, interrupting Shion's lecture.
"Hey! I was talking!" She urged the argument to go on. MOMO backed away from the fight.
"Do they always have to get into fights?" She questioned herself. "Well, I guess it is better than getting into a physical battle."
"You said it." Chaos said as he walked over to MOMO's side. Jr. had started frantically looking for his guns while Shion went over to Sanosuke's side watching Jr. as he searched every foot of ground he saw for his guns.
"You're welcome to come with us to the dojo." Kenshin offered. Everyone agreed and they all went back to Kaoru and the others. Sanosuke was a little bit reluctant to go back and see Kaoru, but he went anyway, knowing that it would be better than hanging around the little red head. Shion snuck off with them, with out telling Jr. where she hid his guns, leaving Jr. behind. Not for long though. Jr. had finally figured out that they were all leaving with out him. He ran to catch up with them.
When they had all reached the dojo, Kaoru had just ended the training session with Yahiko. She heard the door open so she ran to greet Kenshin, Megumi and Sanosuke back.
"Welcome…back? Who are they?" She questioned as she saw more than just three people standing at her dojo's door.
"Eh…you don't mind if we have a few guests over do ya?" Sano said nervously, afraid that she would have been reminded of what had happened earlier.
"Well…I don't even know them…where did they come from? They don't look like they're from here..." She continued, not even bothering to talk to Sano. She looked over all the new visitors, noticing that they weren't at all dressed properly.
"Why…are you all dressed so…foreingly?" She asked. Shion spoke up, "We aren't dressed foreignly, we're just in much more style than you are." Kaoru took this as an insult and grabbed Shion by the collar.
"What'd you say to me! I am perfectly stylish! I just happened to get out of sword practicing, that's all!" She retorted. Shion got angry right back and grabbed Kaoru's collar. "You are so not cool! You are ugly and…smell really bad!" "Well…that's because I was sweating my butt off training! I bet I am way stronger than you are!"
Kenshin was going to interrupt their fight, but they kept him out of it. Then Jin walked up to Shion, put his hands on her shoulders and pulled her back. Kenshin grabbed Kaoru by the arms and held her back.
Then out of the back of the crowd, Jr. started cracking up laughing. Then he teased, "Shion got into another cat fight!" Then he started laughing again. Shion tried to get her brother to let go of her, but nothing worked.
"Shut up you little brat!" She yelled. Jr. immediately stopped laughing and retorted back, "I am not a brat! That's what that bird head over there called me!" Jr. pointed to Sano.
Sanosuke heard what Jr. said and skillfully came up from behind him. "You wanna call me that again?" He said while hauling Jr. into the air. "Hey! Put me down! You bastard!" "Listen you punk! I'm not a bastard. I think you're the bastard around here!"
"Can we all just calm down?" Kenshin interrupted. Everyone went silent. Then they all calmed down, but they still gave all of their enemies the death glare. Kenshin sighed and then lead them into the dojo.
When they all had gotten into the dojo, Kenshin noticed something different. The last time he knew, there wasn't a chair in the back corner of the dojo. He wondered why it had been placed there.
Suddenly, the wall was obliterated and a man walked through the dust that had accumulated. He had white hair along with glasses. He wore a cape which hid a long katana. He looked up at the group of people, including those from the Elsa.
"I see that you have made some new friends, Battosai." He said with a voice that could scare a little kid. He slowly started to pace toward them, causing Kenshin to jump out in front of them.
"Enishi, what are you doing here?" Kenshin asked. He had the warriors look on his face, knowing that he would have to fight him. Enishi was his brother-in-law from Tomoe, the woman that he had married back when he was the Battosai. Enishi was always terrified that Kenshin would take his sister away from him because she was the only one in his life that helped him and acted like a mother to him. Once Kenshin entered the picture, Enishi was always jealous that he got all the attention from his sister. After finding out that Tomoe had been taken, Kenshin went to search for her, unaware that Enishi had set it up so that Kenshin would die and he could have his sister all to himself again. Not true, the opponent that Kenshin had to face was tough, but in the end, Tomoe gave her life so that she could save Kenshin. That was when Kenshin decided to become a wanderer. Now, Kenshin had to face Enishi…again for the second time.
"I have come to get revenge for my sister. That's why I am here…but now that I know that you have more friends, I can make you suffer even more!" Enishi proclaimed, drawing his sword, jesting that they face off against each other. "Fight me Battosai, or will I be forced to take a hostage?" He threatened. Kenshin knew that he had no choice. He drew his sword. Enishi charged at him with a thrusting technique. Kenshin had seen this technique before and easily dodged it. He counter attacked with a swiriling attack and barely missed Enishi's back. Enishi jumped over Kenshin, using a downward attack, Kenshin dodged this attack as well and hit Enishi behind the shoulderblade, causing him to fall onto the ground with a dislocated arm.
"This is not over yet, Battosai." Enishi threatened as he took his sword into his right hand. "Just because I am left handed doesn't mean that I can't use my right." He ran toward Kenshin, then did a front flip over him and grabbed Yahiko as a hostage.
"Let me go you weirdo!" Yahiko said, struggling to get away. "Enishi! Don't get anyone else involved in this. Let Yahiko go!" Kenshin pleaded. Enishi snickered at this and decided to run off with Yahiko, hoping that Kenshin would follow him. Enishi had another trick up his sleeves.
"Enishi! Where are you going?" Kenshin asked and then began to run after him. "That's for me to know and you to find out!" Enishi said, increasing his pace to a god-like speed. Kenshin followed at the same pace.
"Man…we're going to be left out of the action if we don't follow." Jr. said. Everyone looked at him as he tried to make his way past them. Then Kaoru got a hold on him. "No…you shouldn't go. It's too dangerous. Kenshin can handle that guy…I have seen him fight him before. I just hope Yahiko will be alright…"
"I'm not going to let them have all the fun." Jr. retorted and pushed her out of the way and began to follow Kenshin. "Wait! Jr.!" MOMO cried as she followed him, causing a chain reaction. Everyone followed them but Kaoru and Sanosuke.
"They don't know what they are getting themselves into. Last time Kenshin faced Enishi, Enishi was using explosives. Remember Little Missy?" Sano said after everyone had gone and was out of sight.
"Yeah…I do." She said worriedly. She looked down and then looked back to where the trail led. "Maybe we should have tried to keep them here a little harder. Now they're in danger because of us." She said despairingly. Sano looked down at her and sighed. "Don't think like that. I have a feeling that Jr. will definitely help out if needed. When I fought him, I was surprised at how good he was. Better than Yahiko." Sano said with a serious tone. Kaoru looked up at him. "I…hope so." She responded.
"Jr.! Wait!" MOMO yelled from behind Jr. He stopped in his tracks and looked back to see MOMO and the others following him. "So you guys decided to come too huh?" He smiled and let them meet up with him.
"No, we didn't want to go too! You need to go back! It's too dangerous…" Shion said breathlessly.
"Listen, if I can handle Albedo, I bet I can handle anything. On top of that, this isn't the age of nano technology. This is the old fashioned life." Jr. replied. He looked at them for a second and ran off again. MOMO and Shion were just about to run after him when Jin and Chaos pulled them back.
"What are you doing?" Shion questioned her brother. MOMO tried to get free from Chaos' grip, unsuccessfully. "We have to go after him!" MOMO cried.
"Let him go. I am sure he'll come back." Jin reassured.
"But he doesn't have his weapons! I his them in the Elsa! He can't fight without them!" Shion reminded. Jin looked at her and smiled.
"But didn't he fight Sanosuke without them?" He questioned back. Shion stopped struggling to get free, remembering the fight between Sano and Jr.
"I…guess your right. Still…" Shion looked over at MOMO who was still struggling to get free, no matter what the circumstances, she was determined to get free.
"She'll be fine." Jin replied. Shion looked at him with concerned eyes. MOMO had finally given up on trying to escape to follow Jr. Instead, she had taken refuge in chaos' hands and started crying. Chaos was confused, but still tried to comfort her.
"It'll be alright MOMO. You know that Jr. is strong, I'm sure that he'll come back soon." Chaos reassured. MOMO slowly looked up at chaos and saw his gentle smile. Then, she turned out of his grasp and ran down the path where Jr. had gone.
"Wait! MOMO!" Shion yelled as she ran after her, leaving chaos and Jin behind. They hesitated and then decided to follow after them.
"Man! How far did they go? It couldn't be that….woah." Jr. stopped in front of a place that was in the middle of a clearing in the forest. Oddly placed, a shed was in the background, with Enishi standing in front of it. He had obviously locked Yahiko up in it.
"Enishi! Let Yahiko go!" Kenshin demanded in a voice that was more serious than usual.
"Why should I listen to you, Battosai?" Enishi playfully tossed back. He was taunting Kenshin with his trickery. Then he noticed that they had a guest…Jr.
"Ahhhh! What perfect timing! I've got a guest for you too…"Enishi said turning to Jr. Jr. grimaced when Enishi talked to him. His voice somehow irritated him.
Distracted by Enishi, Jr. went to pull out his guns, but instead grabbed air. 'Damn it! I forgot Shion still has them hidden!' he thought, alarmed at the fact that he didn't have his handy pistols with him.
Just then, Enishi let out a screaming high whistle and the nearby shed was obliterated into tiny fractions. Albedo suddenly appeared from within the dust. "It's been a while, hasn't it Rubedo?" He greeted. Jr.'s eyes widened when he saw Yahiko in his brother's grasp. "Let him go!" Jr. yelled out. It only made Albedo laugh.
'Why does it have to be him?' Jr. thought to himself. He put his hand on his forehead, annoyed that it would have had to be Albedo. 'Wait a second! Enishi and Albedo are a team!' Jr. just realized. "DAMN! I don't even have my weapons!" he said aloud. "Jr.! Go back and get the others as well as your guns! We'll need all the help we can get!" Kenshin ordered, looking over to Jr. and then back at Enishi and Albedo. "I'll hold these two off."
"All right. I'm counting on you, and don't get yourself killed." Then Jr. retreated, leaving Kenshin to fend for himself. 'I must save Yahiko…hurry Jr. I don't know how long I can do this on my own…'
Thanks for reading the second chapter. I hope you like it! I don't know when the next time it will be updated, but it might be in a ...few months maybe? (laughs sheepishly) Please, all the fans who like this story...please don't kill me!