Round 1
Kenshin immediately ducked, the edge missing his head by mere inches. The blade went on to cut through several trees.
Each slash, each stab, Kenshin avoided, adding only to Suigetsu's frustration.
"Dammit! How am I supposed to cut you to ribbons if…you..WON'T…KEEP…STILL?!?"
Kenshin replied,
"That's the point, isn't it?"
He weaved and dodged every slice aimed at him with an almost inhuman speed.
But he knew, that every minute he spent fighting this dick, the poison comes a minute closer to Hinata's heart, closer to bringing her to the black abyss…
He was wasting time.
Suigetsu was getting pissed.
He wasn't used to opponents just dodging him. He was used to instantly feeling his blade cut through flesh and bone.
This jackass was different.
Karin was right.
This guy, whoever he was, was something else…
Suigetsu was just slashing wildly now, trying to hit him, trying to luck out.
CLANG!
He lucked out.
Bullseye...He thought
Kenshin felt a large something slam into the side of his head with the force of a bus, full throttle.
The impact sent him to his knees. He felt where it hit, and found a groove worn deep into his mask.
"Shit." He muttered
"Gotcha." muttered Suigetsu.
"You know, not many have the courage to fight me. But I gotta admit, you got balls." He boasted.
He raised the blade over his head, executioner style.
"May I have the pleasure of knowing the name of the man whose name I will carve on your gravestone? Or should I just put in, Fool?" he said as he smiled a wicked grin.
Unbeknownst to him, the lower portion of Kenshin's mask had receded, and he bit his thumbs, masking it by pretending to double over in pain.
It has to be convincing…he thought.
He moaned.
Hope it works, hope he doesn't wonder why I'm clutching my stomach in pain, when he hit me in the head…
"Yeah, that's it, scream and moan with your last breath." Suigetsu taunted.
He put his palms on the ground, assuming the all-fours again.
He knew that Suigetsu would bring down the knife with the force of a guillotine, but he still needed time…
"Now, prepare to meet your-You BASTARD!!!" he suddenly yelled.
Even with death hovering above him, Kenshin couldn't help but wonder about the sudden outburst…
"YOU DENTED THE DECAPITATING CARVING KNIFE!!! YOU ASSHOLE!!!"
Ah.
Suigetsu was mortified. A large crack, spanning the edge of the blade, almost to the hilt marred the knife. He was speechless.
He used the momentary distraction of his opponent to do what he had to do.
"SUMMONING JUTSU! KINDRED BLADE! RUDRA OF THE GALE!"
He slammed his palms onto the ground, and pulled from it a large light green knife, designed with swirls, depicting the wind, and the largest swirl, near its hilt, was outfitted with a large shining green gemstone.
Suigetsu readied his blade for another strike.
Suigetsu was fast, but Kenshin, was faster…
"Wind Release! Arctic Gale!"
Suigetsu pulled back his arm, and prepared to run Kenshin through like a stuck pig.
Kenshin slashed, and a blue-green wave of air emanated from the blade's edge, and rushed straight at Suigetsu.
Suigetsu, realizing what the blue-green wave was, put all of his strength behind the blade, and tried to nail Kenshin with a last blow.
The wave hit first.
Suigetsu felt his joints slowly stiffen, and then, stopped working completely.
Kenshin watched as the blade came about an inch from his face, as Suigetsu froze right in front of him.
"Chill, huh? Fedora, you bastard…" he mused.
He walked over to Suigetsu's side, and tried to work the DCK free.
After a few tries, he finally pulled it out, to Suigetsu's chagrin, expressed in his animal-like grunts.
"Don't worry, you'll be back before you know it…"
He stood there, channeling all of his chakra into the blade, and, when the blade was almost glowing red-hot, he threw the blade right at the massive boulder.
The blade flew through the air, and when it struck, a wave of chakra flowed over the boulder, and with each wave, the seals glowed. When they glowed a shining white, the blade gave one more wave, and destroyed the three seals, leaving nothing left of them but scraps of paper.
He approached the blade, and gave it one, good push.
It shattered the boulder, and the force of the shattered boulder was enough to send the blade flying out of Kenshin's grasp.
The blade then blew out of the rock, and lodged itself directly into Suigetsu's arm.
"ARRRGHHH!!!" said a fuming Suigetsu, slightly muffled, of course.
"Heh, told you…"
Kenshin pulled out the letter, expecting it had changed.
He was right.
Rem,
Nicely done,
But you face the vengeful orphan next.
Dig up his dead, and know their words…
Break the bonds…
Det. Fedora
He folded the letter, and walked into the opening…
"I told you this fight would be better…"
"It was boring."
"Screw you."
Zetsu was once again, conflicted.
He stood, a few metres away from the fight, watching.
"Naruto and Konan seemed to be more exciting…" said White Zetsu.
"Shut up! This one was far more interesting." replied Black Zetsu.
"Come on, you killjoy. We have to alert the brat…" said WZ.
And they melded into the ground, and were seen no more.