Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Retribution: Deliver Me From Chaos ❯ The Dragon and the Samurai ( Chapter 5 )

It's Kamotz, here with another chapter of DMFC! Now the standard disclaimer: I don't own anything from DBZ, RK, IY, or YYH. Everything else is mine though. All the demons and angels and whatnot…yea that's all mine.

 

 

 

CHAPTER 5: The Dragon and the Samurai

 

 

“So Aoshi how are you enjoying your visit?” Sano asked. Aoshi and Misao had arrived in Tokyo late last night. Kaoru, Megumi, Tae, and Tsubame, had decided to take Misao and show her around today so that left the guys to do as they pleased. And that, in accordance with Sano and Yahiko, was lunch.

 

“I am…enjoying myself,” Aoshi replied. Sano made a mental eye-roll. Aoshi was still the introverted man he had been since the Shishio incident.

 

“I'm surprised that Weasel girl's in love with you,” Sano muttered.

 

“Well you know what they say about opposites attracting,” Yahiko replied. Sano merely grumbled in reply.

 

Kenshin and Aoshi had walked on ahead. “How are you Aoshi?” Kenshin asked. “Have you found the peace you sought?”

 

Aoshi just looked to the sky. How many times had awoken with a roar, late at night from the nightmares that had haunted him? He no longer remembered what quiet sleep felt like. But there was always one thing that gave him comfort: Misao. He smiled faintly. She was always there. After every nightmare, after every horrid memory, after everything, he still had Misao.

 

“No, Himura,” He answered. “I have not found my peace yet. But I am closer than I have ever been.”

 

“And your kodachi blades?” Kenshin wondered. “Where are they?”

 

Aoshi's hands subconsciously went underneath his trench coat and rested on the hilt of the two short swords, now carried separately. “I keep them with me,” he stated. “A reminder of sorts. Like your scar it seems.”

 

“So you know the story?” Kenshin asked.

 

“It was not hard to find out. You were, after all, fighting ninjas when it happened,” he replied.

 

“Hmmm,” Kenshin sighed. “You seem more open Aoshi. Should I attribute this to Miss Misao's influence?”

 

“I suppose you could, couldn't you,” he answered. “It seems that some women just have that affect on men like you and I.”

 

“Well whatever the reason,” Kenshin began, “it's good that you seem to be finding yourself.”

 

“Yes, it is.”

 

They turned the corner to find seven policemen confronting a man in a hooded cloak.

 

“Don't you know the laws?” One asked. “It's illegal to carry weapons under the Meiji laws! You are under arrest.”

 

The man seemed to chuckle. “What weapons are you talking about?” He asked. “Do you mean these weapons?” The man moved with inhuman speed. From somewhere underneath his cloak he lashed out and severed the heads of three policemen. He continued laughing.

 

“Yahiko,” Kenshin said calmly. “Go try and find Miss Kaoru. Tell her to avoid this particular place. Better yet, have everyone return to the dojo.” He turned to Sano and Aoshi. “Sano and Aoshi; we'll take care of this.”

 

Without even turning around, the cloaked man spoke to Kenshin. “So, you must be the legendary Hitokiri Battosai. How about we have some fun.” He then seemed to disappear from view. He reappeared right in front of Kenshin with his hands on a Chinese style sword.

 

But Kenshin had blocked the blow. Sano then moved to strike the man, but the man moved one hand away from the sword, an identical sword materialized in it. He thrust it at Sano, but Aoshi quickly appeared and deflected the strike with his two kodachi. The man flipped backwards through the air and landed twenty-five feet away. He thrust the tips of both swords into the ground and straightened himself.

 

“Impressive,” he laughed. “I didn't think you'd be this strong. Now allow me to introduce myself. “I am the Sentinel of all the Demon World. I am the most skilled of all the Kaisers and my strength is only second to that of Corona.” He grabbed his cloak and threw it from himself. “I am Bahamut.”

 

Sano found his eyes widening. Before them, stood a massive monster. He was eight feet tall and covered from head to toe in deep, blue-green scales, underneath which rested a mass of muscle. His claws and teeth were bleach-white and he had eyes the color of the setting sun. He wore lightweight black armor with a strange red symbol over his left breast. He picked up his two swords and maneuvered himself into an ornate stance.

 

“Shall we continue?”

 

Kenshin charged Bahamut, but the demon easily deflected the attack and kneed Kenshin in the chest. Sano attacked next, but Bahamut swatted him away as if he was nothing. Aoshi rushed him, but the demon simply turned and breathed fire on the ninja, which sent him flying through two buildings. Liquid fire dripped from the dragon's mouth. The two swords he had been wielding then vanished. The now unarmed Bahamut attacked Sano. Sano tried valiantly to put up a fight, but his punches didn't even phase the demon. The demon landed a giant fist on Sano's midsection and Sano went soaring through the air.

 

Kenshin stood alone facing the demon. Sweat trickled down his cheek. He threw himself at the demon, using every technique he could think of to try and hit it, but the demon's defenses were flawless.

 

Suddenly there was the flash of light on a blade as someone attempted to run Bahamut through. But the demon was still too fast and he dodged to the side. Kenshin looked to see who it was that had come to his aid and smiled when he saw the familiar face of an enemy turned ally. It was Hajime Saito; the former Captain of the third Shinsengumi unit.

 

To say Saito was pissed would be an understatement. Not only had his Gatotsu failed, but it had missed its mark entirely. He scowled at the demon. He knew it wasn't human, but he was shocked all the same.

 

“So Battosai,” he said. “It seems that you're having difficulty with this particular opponent. It seems that we will have to work together.”

 

The two former enemies slowly maneuvered to opposite sides of the demon. Kenshin re-sheathed his sword and moved into the Batoujutsu stance. Saito had once again set up for a Gatotsu. The two warriors didn't even have to look at each other before they moved to attack. Kenshin moved with god-like speed and delivered the Batoujutsu, but Bahamut easily blocked the attack. Saito's second Gatotsu faired no better than his first. Bahamut then hit them both with a roundhouse kick, which dropped them into the ground.

 

Kenshin struggled to stand. He pushed himself onto his arms but then collapsed back onto his face. Bahamut watched in amusement as he slowly advanced forward. However the demon suddenly stopped and his eyes drifted behind Kenshin to an unseen foe.

 

“Uriel,” Bahamut hissed. “So the `Gatekeeper' finally shows his face.”

 

Kenshin turned and saw his comrades on their feet, but the most surprising thing was the fact that there was no evidence of their wounds. He then gasped at what he saw. In front of Sano, Aoshi, and Saito was a man clad in white armor that seemed to glow with a divine light. His short fire-red hair glowed in that light.

 

“What are you staring at, idiot?” A deep voice demanded. Kenshin turned and smiled- even though the comment was directed at him- at his former master: Seijuro Hiko. Standing beside him was another old enemy turned friend: Seta Soujiro.

 

“Bahamut,” Uriel spoke. “I suggest you leave.”

 

“Sure,” he snarled. “Right after I send you to your graves!”

 

He charged the seven warriors and became locked in combat with Uriel. The two adversaries threw themselves at each other mercilessly. Their fists pounded each other relentlessly.

 

Kenshin then looked his master in the eyes and nodded, seemingly relaying a mental message. Almost simultaneously they both moved into the stance for the Hiten Mitsurugi Succession Technique. When the opportunity arose they both flashed from view and simultaneously hit Bahamut, which sent him spinning in place. Sano moved next and hit the demon's forehead dead center with a Futae No Kiwami. This stunned him and allowed Soujiro to hit him with a Shuku-Chi. Aoshi followed next with his six-slash Kai Ten Kenbu Loku Len. Saito then slowly moved into position and with surgical accuracy he delivered the Gatotsu. Uriel then pressed his hands together and fired a concentrated beam of white light at Bahamut.

 

A cheer rose up among the fighters when the blow hit, but it soon died down when they saw that the demon Bahamut was still standing.

 

“Geez,” Sano gasped. “What does it take to take this guy down.”

 

“Perhaps I could lend my assistance?” A voice shouted. From the sky dropped another white-armored figure but with long, midnight blue hair. Uriel smiled.

 

“Your help would be much appreciated Raziel.”

 

“Damn,” Bahamut cursed. He closed his eyes as great wings emerged from his back. “This is far from over Seraph!” He snarled before taking off.

 

“We sure showed him didn't we,” Sano laughed.

 

“It wasn't so much us, as it was those two,” Saito mumbled as he glanced at Uriel and Raziel. “Our attacks did little more than stun the monster.”

 

“Who are you?” Kenshin asked the two white-armored warriors.

 

“My name is Raziel.”

 

“And I am Uriel. We are archangels.”

 

“Archangels, huh?” Hiko smirked. “That certainly explains some of this stuff. So it looks like we have a fight on our hands.”

 

“You have no idea of the seriousness of this situation,” Raziel spoke. “That demon- Bahamut- he was only one of the four Demon Kaisers. They have been sent across the Multiverse to annihilate all those that could oppose the will of their master: The Dark.”

 

“So they came here?”

 

“Yes,” Uriel answered. “But you were not nearly strong enough to defend yourselves. Gather your loved ones and come with us. It appears as if we will need your help.”

 

“Our help with what?” Aoshi asked.

 

“The war.”

 

“What war?”

 

“It is the war to end all wars: the Endgame Wars.”

 

 

 

 

So that's all said and done now! R&R!!!

 

-Kamotz