Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ To Draw a Sword ❯ five ( Chapter 5 )

To Draw A Sword

By: Misumi Kanegawa

Disclaimer: I STILL do not own Rurouni Kenshin, but I'm STILL a big fan of it!!!

RK Rules!!! =)

Anyway, let's get on with the story... (By the way, this is my 1st RK fic...)

Chapter 5: First Round

Japanese Words:

Busu-ugly

Bokken- hard wooden sword

Nani- what

Gomen- Sorry

Baka- stupid

Yahiko sighed as he kicked an empty can on the street.

"I can't believe that girl…" He said to himself kicking the empty can to wards a lamp post, "I'm the one who got hurt, and she didn't even feel sorry for me?! Jeeze, she didn't have to get mad as soon as I woke up…"

"That busu could never do anything right…" he sighed again as he turned to a corner. He looked at the dirt covered road as he passed by a bunch of garbage cans.

"Hmm… wonder when they're gonna finish repairing the street around here…" Yahiko sighed to himself as a strong gust of wind blew right at him…

"Yuck-feh-cough-"

"Stupid dirt- going in my mouth-" Yahiko said in disgust, spitting dirt out of his mouth, "Disgusting! Stupid wind-"

Yahiko continued down the street while dusting dust off his clothes.

Suddenly, Yahiko looked back, but found nothing but the garbage cans he passed by minutes ago.

`That's strange… I thought… I thought…' Yahiko thought, scanning his surroundings.

Suddenly, he saw something black fall down on one of the garbage cans.

"Huh?"

Meow! Meow!

"Jeeze… it was only a cat…" Yahiko grumbled, shaking his head furiously as the cat turned to his direction, "This is stupid… I'm getting jumpy over nothing…"

Meow!

`Stupid cat… scaring me like that…'

"Did you know- that turning your back against an opponent could instantly lead to your own death?"

Yahiko froze in shock. A chilly feeling was creeping up his spine.

"And did you know- being killed, with your back turned to your opponent simply means cowardice… especially to me…"

Yahiko slowly turned around to see the handle of a bokken coming straight at him between his eyes.

"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu Battou-jutsu Hiryuusen! (1)"

Yahiko yelped in pain as he toppled backward on his back.

A set of golden-amber eyes gazed upon him as Yahiko painfully tried to sit up.

"Ha- I should have known- you're just a weakling like everyone else…"

"Shut up!"

"I can't see why you dissed my friends off this morning when you can't even fight properly?"

"Shut up Himura- I hate fighting with rich stuck up snobs like you-"

Yahiko crawled over to his bag as Kenshin kicked some dirt on him. Yahiko coughed, getting a bokken from his bag.

"Oh… I see you've got your bokken out…" Kenshin said, smirking as Yahiko slowly tried to get up, "Ready to be beaten?"

"Shut up- you're the one who doesn't know how to fight- striking people behind their backs!" Yahiko exclaimed, gripping his bokken with his two hands, "And what's with the sheath?! Bokken's are not supposed to have sheaths-baka!"

Kenshin's eyes turned gold as he sheathed his bokken. "That- is none of your business-" he growled, gripping the bokken's handle firmly, "Be thankful I'm not using my real sword- or else, I could've killed you-"

"Ha- yeah right-"

"That's it- you're going down-"

Kenshin charged at him with lightning-fast speed, disappearing from Yahiko's view!

`Damn- he's fast- what's he doing?!"

All of a sudden, Kenshin reappeared to his right, whipping his bokken out of his sheath.

"What the-"

Kenshin slashed Yahiko by the chest as Yahiko crashed against the concrete wall behind him.

"Had enough?" Kenshin asked, sheathing his bokken again as Yahiko collapsed down on the garbage can next to him, spilling garbage everywhere, "Humph… now you know why I've got a sheath- most of the people I had to fight with immediately get defeated with my Battou-justu stance… (2)"

Kenshin turned his back on the fallen Yahiko as a strong gust of wind blew against them.

All of a sudden, Kenshin whipped around, his bokken out, and blocked Yahiko's attack. Kenshin leaped clear, skidding a halt against a concrete wall as dust blew everywhere. Yahiko gasped and panted heavily- regaining his stance without taking his eyes off Kenshin.

"Interesting- you've got one hard body- it's either that, or I didn't get to hit you hard enough…" Kenshin smirked as Yahiko charged once more at him.

Kenshin blocked him once again as they began exchanging blows.

Yahiko tried to block Kenshin's swift attacks as he was slowly being pushed towards a concrete wall.

"You'll pay for not giving up earlier-" Kenshin muttered, jumping away from him as he struck the ground with his bokken, "Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu- Doryuusen! (3)"

Yahiko tried shielding his face with his arms crossed as he went under a shower of rocks and dirt.

Suddenly, he felt someone kick him hard on the chest. Immediately, Yahiko rammed himself at the nearby telephone post and fell unconscious on the toppled garbage cans.

"This is the end- Myoujin Yahiko-"

Kenshin charged at the lifeless body as he leaped up in the air.

"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu- Ryuutsuisen- (4)"

But- just as Kenshin was about to bring down his bokken on Yahiko, someone blocked his view- holding a bokken in a defending stance.

Without a second to loose, Kenshin struck his bokken on the ground, and with his two hands, he pushed himself back away from the stranger and Yahiko, pulling his bokken with him.

Kenshin did a back flip away from the two, as he slew to a halt before he crashes into a wall. He looked up and noticed a young lady's angry gaze.

"Nani?!"

The young lady quickly charged at him, swinging her bokken at him. Kenshin blocked her every attack, trying to jump away from her at the same time. The lady quickly tried to thrust her bokken at him- but Kenshin just jumped clear and landed behind her.

The young lady turned around for another attack, when Kenshin suddenly jumped up and landed on top of the wall.

"How could you do that to him you bastard?!" she exclaimed, running to the foot of the wall Kenshin was standing on, "Why don't you fight me as well?! Why are you so scared of attacking me?!-"

"I do not fight women like you"

"Nani?!"

Kenshin sheathed his bokken as he turned his back on her.

"I am against the idea of fighting with you-"

Suddenly, a rock hit him on the head. Kenshin turned his head around to see the lady throwing him another rock on the head.

"Damn You! What the heck do you mean by that?!"

"I'm leaving- The others can take care of him-" Kenshin said as he turned his attention to the motionless Yahiko, "Until we meet again Myoujin Yahiko- I hope to finish this adjourned battle with you-"

"M-Matte!" the lady yelled, waving her bokken angrily over her head, "Big Scared Snobbish Idiotic Rich Jerk!"

Techniques: I'm not sure of these techniques I wrote, but I found them in a website that translated Watsuki's manga- anyway, I don't own any of this info… don't sue me if it's wrong either, okay?

Battou-jutsu Hiryuusen - the sword leaps out from the scabbard to strike with the handle between the eyes.

Battou-jutsu stance - When whipping the sword out of the sheath, one can increase its speed twice or three fold. It's the art of drawing one's sword, cutting down ones opponent and sheathing the sword all in one movement. A great technique which can kill with one blow without taking a single blow from one's opponent.

Doryuusen - Strikes the ground with the sword and dragging it towards the opponent. The enemy goes under a shower of rocks.

Ryuutsuisen - Bringing down the flat side of a sword

(A/N: Minna-san! Gomen for taking so long to post this chapter- I'm not even sure if it's good or not… I'm thinking it's too short… Hope you guys can forgive me!!! Anyway, I promised plushies right?! So to everyone who gave me a review, here's your plushie!!! -Hands one to everyone. Hugging one right now… hehehe- Anyway, like I said, this is my first Rk fic, so please bear with me if it's not what you've expected, I promise I'll do better next time! -starts scolding herself, as if anyone could here me… hehehe- Anyway, I hope you'll still continue to read my story!!! And thanks to everyone who gave me a review! I love y'all!)

I'm answering reviews again!

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