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Himura_battousai

Copyright© 2011 by Murasame

Chapter 59: To Kyoto... (the End)

Saitou: ... You'll prove it to me with your fists ... Is that what you said?

Sanosuke: Yeah!

Saitou: Well put. Despite the fact that I've already beaten you to shreds once.

Sanosuke: What!!

Yahiko: He's just trying to make you mad!

(Saitou removes the sword from his belt; it clatters to the ground.)

Saitou: That's so you won't have the excuse that you couldn't win because your opponent had a sword. This time, I'll fight by your rules. It will be a match of fists.

Yahiko: Don't believe him, Sanosuke! He's a cheater, he'll kick if you let him!

Saitou: Feh ... so you really do hate me.

Yahiko (going for the shinai again): You got that right!!

Saitou: Don't worry. This will truly be only fists. No matter how foolish, I'll use the rooster-head's own way of fighting to destroy him. He'll understand what his own limits are whether he likes it or not.

Sanosuke: Interesting. (charging) Let's go!

(He punches.)

Saitou (blocking easily): One blow with all of your strength coming out of the charge. I've learned one of your idiocies well.

Sanosuke: The idiocy you've learned is your own.

(Catching Saitou off guard, he rains punches down on him.)

Yahiko: Damn, when did you learn that technique!

Sanosuke: You're always making the second move with your fists, the complete opposite of your kenjutsu fighting style. You're always on the counterattack! So I'm never giving you the chance to return a punch. It's like gunfire from a badly-made gun. It ain't pretty, but--

Saitou: Feh...

(Though the forearms of his sleeves are completely shredded, Saitou himself is untouched.)

Saitou: My fists make the second move?

Sanosuke (thinking): He didn't take a single punch!

Saitou: Don't make me laugh.

(He uses the same technique on Sanosuke, causing a lot more damage.)

Yahiko: Sanosuke!

Sanosuke (thinking): Dammit ... The speed and strength of the punches aren't that different, but why is he connecting and I'm not... ! Why--

(An uppercut knocks him down.)

Tsukioka (thinking): He's strong...

Yahiko (thinking): I hate to admit it, but this is the only guy who's ever fought with Kenshin and ended with a draw...

Saitou: Do you understand? I and Battousai have strength and experience far beyond yours. Compared to us, you're just a loudmouth, a green novice.

 
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