Himura_battousai
Copyright© 2011 by Murasame
Chapter 250: Autumn Winds
Then--there was suddenly a lot of change for the people I knew.
(At the Oguni Clinic.)
Kaoru: You're going back to Aizu?! This is so sudden...
Megumi: I didn't really decide suddenly. I've always been thinking of opening a clinic where I grew up. Now that this whole thing is over, and Ken-san and Yahiko are better, I've decided to leave Tokyo in a week.
Kaoru: Kenshin...
Kenshin: It will be a little lonely here without you, Miss Megumi, but this is something you've chosen to do for yourself. It's been an honor knowing you.
Megumi: Thank you ... By the way, Ken-san ... I've kept quiet up till now, but as your doctor, there's something I need to tell you...
Then--there was suddenly a lot of change for the people I knew. Thinking back on it, maybe Miss Megumi's announcement was the beginning of it all...
(Standing guard in front of the police station, Shin'ichi lets out an enormous yawn.)
Shin'ichi: I'm so bored. I wish something would happen around here.
Fellow Guard: Don't say that! That's bad luck!
Shin'ichi: Sorry, sorry ... It's just that nothing exciting has happened around here lately... (getting a manic gleam in his eye) Don't you get filled with that overwhelming sense of duty as an officer in times like that?
Guard: Idiot! I don't want any more of that! I don't want to die on this job!
(Kenshin is walking toward them.)
Shin'ichi: Master Himura!
(He bowls Kenshin over with his enthusiasm.)
Kenshin: You must be...
Shin'ichi: Shin'ichi Kosaburo, officer, fifth class, sir!
Kenshin: Mr. Shin'ichi, then, why do you call me sir?
Shin'ichi: I heard all about you from the chief! I believe all Ishin Shishi are worthy of respect!
Kenshin: ... Well, it doesn't matter. I don't want to go into the station since I'm carrying a sword. Would you take this for me?
Shin'ichi: Oh, I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem for you, sir ... A letter?
Kenshin: Yes. Please give this to Inspector Fujita.
(In Saitou's office. Saitou is sitting on a couch holding the letter, while Chou toys with a sword.)
Chou: From Battousai? Zat some kind of thank-you note or something?
Saitou: Why don't you read for yourself? Chou (picking his nose): Lemme see then...
(He ends up stabbing himself in the nose and bleeding in shock.)
Chou: Man, this is...
Saitou: Huh. Funny, isn't it. But this is no time for jokes. He's finally...
I've kept quiet up till now, but as your doctor, there's something I need to tell you...
Kenshin: This must have to do with my condition, doesn't it?
(Everyone looks surprised.)
Megumi: So you've noticed...
Kenshin: It is my body, so ... I first felt something was wrong some time after the Kyoto battle ... And now each time I fight it gets a little worse. It was so faint that I might have been imagining it, but I felt that something was stagnating in my own body.
Megumi: It's true that in the time since I examined you in Kyoto and when I examined you today, your condition has gotten worse...
Kenshin: It was probably mastering the succession technique ... that acted as the trigger.
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