Himura_battousai
Copyright© 2011 by Murasame
Chapter 220: Yahiko's True Fight 4
(In a warehouse on the Arakawa, Aoshi and Saitou take out the last of the men they found there. A number of policemen look on in amazement.)
Police: That didn't take as long as I thought. They're amazing. Got that right. There were fifty of them! We didn't have to do a thing.
Saitou: An isolated island ... I thought he'd be on the water.
Aoshi: That'll be where Yukishiro Enishi and Kamiya Kaoru are.
Saitou: Let's go.
Aoshi: Right.
(Chief Uramura bursts in.)
Uramura: Inspector Fujita! Kujiranami Hyogo has broken out of his cell and escaped! There's a carriage waiting outside! We have to get back to the city!
Saitou: I give up.
Misao: Oh, I give up.
(She's standing in the Ogata clinic, eyeing the rows of casualties with distaste.)
Misao: I just dropped by to kill some time, and look at this mess. What is this, a field hospital?
Megumi: Stop chattering and help.
Misao: An escaped convict on the loose? How about I go take care of him?
Megumi: If you're not going to help, then go home.
(Dr. Ogata returns.)
Megumi: Doctor. How do things look?
Ogata: A number of police have joined the battle, so the convict hasn't entered the city. There won't be too many more casualties. But what worries me is that it seems there's a boy carrying a shinai mixed up in the fighting...
Megumi: He wouldn't... !
Misao: Let's go!
(Yahiko faces down Kujiranami unflinchingly.)
Officer: A match... ?
Officer: They're close enough he can't use the grenades, and they could each attack ... But he's just not strong enough.
Shin'ichi (thinking): Can he win? Kid...
Yahiko (thinking): One spot to aim for ... One chance to win! But if I miss...
(The wind blows a few leaves across the street.)
Yahiko (thinking): Don't back down! Just look at what's in front of you.
(He remembers Kenshin running ahead of him, on the night of the Akabeko explosion.)
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