Himura_battousai
Copyright© 2011 by Murasame
Chapter 248: A Smile Once Again
Saitou: So this is how it turned out...
Aoshi: But he won't use that sword again.
Sanosuke: That's it.
Yahiko: Kenshin won!
Megumi: Ken-san!
Misao: Himura!
Kaoru: Kenshin...
(Behind her, Heishin is regaining consciousness.)
(Kenshin suddenly staggers.)
Megumi: Oh no!
Misao: Himura, are you--
(He pulls himself together.)
Kenshin: Not yet...
(Enishi, too, is on his feet.)
Kaoru (thinking): I see ... Just winning or losing a fight isn't enough to pay for his crime. He has to make it right...
Enishi: Battousai ... Battousai!
Kenshin: Enishi--
(He is suddenly struck by a bullet in the shoulder. Heishin appears at the edge of the woods, clutching two pistols.)
Misao: Himura!
Aoshi: It's all right. It missed the vital points. However--
Heishin: So you all tried to make a fool of me! I'll kill you! I'll take you all down!
Kaoru: No!
(She rushes out in front of him.)
Yahiko: Kaoru!
Misao: Kaoru!
(In Enishi's clouded vision, Kaoru seems to blur with Tomoe, leaping in front of the blow to protect the one she loves.)
Heishin: Die!
(Suddenly Enishi is between them, knocking Heishin down with one solid punch. Heishin hits a tree and slumps down. Enishi roars and rushes forward.)
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