Rurouni Kenshin Chapter 245 - Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu, Broken
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p.1
(Yahiko, Megumi, Sano, Saitou, Misao, and Aoshi all watch as Enishi faces Kenshin, after having defeated Kenshin's Kuzu Ryuu Sen.)
Someone: Even Kenshin...Even Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu... How far will this fight go...!?
p.2
Enishi: Well? Can you handle it? Or not?
Kenshin: However or whatever you do, my body will deal with this battle. Any condition or challenge, I will stand and take all of it.
Enishi: Hmph. Then we're even. (He holds up his yinyang earring) Here's our "signal."
p.3
(Enishi throws the ring into the air)
Enishi: Let's go! (They wait until the ring lands, and then both launch their attacks.)
p.4
(Kenshin and Enishi soar into the air, but Kenshin eventually goes higher than his opponent.)
Misao: I knew it! Himura's body can go higher!
(Kenshin is now plummeting down towards Enishi.)
Kenshin: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu ---
p.5
(Enishi grits his teeth, and Kenshin looks shocked as he sees Enishi bring up his sword upward to meet Kenshin's, somewhat like a Battou Jutsu strike going upwards.)
Enishi: Watou Jutsu Shitsu Kuu Tou Sei!!!
p.6
Kenshin: Kuh!
(Enishi's sword connects with Kenshin's, and he has enough force behind it so that he is able to slightly wound Kenshin's right shoulder.)
Yahiko: That bastard...he was able to do that in midair!
Sano: And from that height, he'll be able to advance on Kenshin before long!
Megumi: No way, that's impossible!!
Aoshi: No... blah blah (will be added later... ^_^ ) blah blah (Aoshi talks too much :P )
p.7
(After hitting the ground Kenshin leaps right back up)
Kenshin: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu - Ryuu Shou Sen!!
(His attack manages to cut slightly into Enishi's wristbands)
Enishi: Nice, eh? I can stay in midair after pushing myself off of you. You still don't get it. You can do nothing to me, because I am more powerful than you in the air.
p.8
(Enishi goes down on Kenshin)
Enishi: Fighting in the air is my specialty!!! Shitsu Kuu Tou Sei!!! (Kenshin is hit once again, this time in his right side)
p.9
(Both plummet to Earth, causing an uproar of sand while the others watch. They stand out of the sand.)
Megumi: Ken-san!
Misao: Himura!
p.10
Kenshin: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu - Ryuu Kan Sen!!
Enishi: Watou Jutsu - Sen Ron Tou Sei!!!
(The swords connect.)
p.11
(However, Kenshin is blown back by the force of Enishi's attack.)
Kenshin: Guh!!
Enishi: HAAH!!
(Kenshin is pushed back, but he immediately recovers and launches into the...)
Kenshin: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu - KUZU --
p.12,13
(Before Kenshin can finish, Enishi hits him in the face with a deadly punch using the palm of his hand! Everyone is shocked as Kenshin flies back and crashes into a tree, and falling silent.)
p.14
Everyone: .........
Yahiko: No way, Kuzu Ryuu Sen was...
Sano: The first time they fought, he was able to see all his moves. But now the second time, this fight is even. And only one way to settle it...
Megumi: I see it, he's stronger than he was that day. But also, killing wasn't his real motive the last time... Also, his feelings now have made him stronger in another way...
p.15
Megumi: Sou Kon Do Ki Jeyu Metsu Setsu On (<--Don't ask me :P can anyone else help out?) All of these feelings are bringing out his strength...
Saitou: In any case, there's no doubt now that the Kuzu Ryuu Sen will prove ineffective against him. Ryuu Tsui Sen And Ryuu Shou Sen were both stopped by the Shitsu Kuu Tou Sei, and Ryuu Kan Sen was defeated by the Sen Ron Tou Sei. Also the Succession Technique Ama Kakeru Ryuuno Hirameki was defeated before. He has very little left in this battle. All of his "hands" have been broken.
p.16
Kaoru(thinking): I knew it..if this continues, he won't win... No matter how much stronger Kenshin gets, his awareness of his crime and punishment, along with Yukishiro Enishi's feelings, he cannot become stronger than Enishi. The answer...I know that's all that Kenshin ever wanted to find...but the answer hasn't been found... Kenshin...Enishi: So, only three hits and you're down... And I still haven't had to use my Ko Fuku Zetsu Tou Sei on you... Get up. This is where I will begin your punishment... STAND UP! HITOKIRI BATTOUSAI!!
p.17
Kenshin: I will stand...but I won't say why... While I lay in your 'living hell,' you thought it was over for me. But that 'living hell'... because of it I can see everything. I will never bend to your will...because I know the truth. And the truth will be a guide to that answer--- The answer to my crimes against Tomoe and as the Hitokiri!!!