Himura_battousai
Copyright© 2011 by Murasame
Chapter 194: The Wolf's Blue Smoke
Kamiya Kasshin school succession technique attack Hawatari!
(As Otowa falls backwards Yahiko is thrown over is head. Otowa's face is frozen in a huge mad grin.)
Yahiko (thinking): I ... got him ... No! He's still not out. I have to get up. (pulling himself to his feet) If I stay down--I'll lose...
(He slumps forward, but Kenshin catches him.)
(A little later. Yahiko is stretched out on the ground, and Megumi is tending his wounds.)
Megumi: It's all right. The wounds missed the tendons and internal organs. It's a lot easier to deal with than a certain idiot's right hand.
Sanosuke: Thanks a lot. (looking over at Otowa) But ... He must not have any regrets if he died laughing.
(Megumi: He's not dead.)
Kenshin: He was beaten by a child less than half his own age. He can't believe his own defeat.
Sanosuke: I guess. Didn't look that way towards the end though. He saw you halfway through and got scared. He was thinking about running away. The difference between a guy thinking about retreat and a guy concentrating on the attack will come out in the moment of truth.
Kenshin: Sano--
Sanosuke: I know. I won't tell Yahiko about this. Telling him he won cause you glared at him behind his back isn't going to help his spirits any. Right?
Kenshin: Yes. If it was Yahiko who fought, then it was Yahiko who won.
Sanosuke (to Kaoru): How was he, adjutant master? Your star pupil.
(Kaoru is still staring at Yahiko in shock.)
Megumi: Pathetic. The pupil is fighting hard and the master is frozen with fear.
Kaoru: I was not! It's not like that. More than seeing him win with the Hawatari, I was just glad to see him safe...
Megumi: So you froze up. Pathetic.
Sanosuke: Yeah.
Kaoru: I was not!
(Outside the ruined dojo, another figure appears, smoking a cigarette.)
Saitou: Only you would be such fools as to stand around chatting in the midst of a fight.
(Kenshin and Sanosuke turn--but Enishi hasn't moved. However, the basket of the balloon behind him is empty.)
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