* Rurouni Kenshin Manga Translation *
* Volume 15: Giant versus Superman *
* Chapter hundred and twenty-two: Battling young boy *
Yahiko: !!
(Hennya holds a stick of lit dynamite in hand)
Yahiko: You big braggart! How dare you, after wanting me to "fully realize
the price to pay" come up with such unhonorable methods of duel? That's no
different from showcasing your abilities, not practicing what you preach!
Hennya: Be silent. Did I say I would blow you to bits in one move?
(releases dynamite)
Hennya: I tell you.
(tremendous explosion, Yahiko is flung backwards)
Hennya: *now in the air* This is what I use that for!
Yahiko: *a very big* !
Hennya: This is the soaring bat Hennya of the Juppongatana's battle stance!
"Destruction from the skies!" Whatever skill you are well versed in your
head is still the fatal weakness... attacking aside, I doubt you now even
have the ability to defend yourself well!
(releases four sticks of dynamite)
Yahiko: WUAOH!
(tremendous explosion)
Kamatari: WAAAAAUU!! Ho- ho- hot... HOT! (swings his hand which is on fire,
around) Can you WATCH where your dynamites are going?
Yahiko: You idiot... even if you couldn't care less about that crazy
transvestite's life or death,
Kamatari: WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Yahiko: surely there isn't any need to disregard your underlings? What kind
of message are you sending out? HUH?
Hennya: *from the sky coming towards Yahiko* Haven't you heard? We sacrifice
the pawns to win the battle...
(cuts his sharp sword through Yahiko's back)
Yahiko: AH! Darn you!
(swings his shinai but misses the flying Hennya)
(hennya drops another dynamite, Yahiko flies away, Hennya flies up)
Kaoru: *He starved himself into a bag of mere bones, with his weight and now
with the strength from the explosion soar freely in the air to assume any
attacking stance! Yahiko is no match... if it goes on like this!* YAHIKO!!
Kamatari: Why are you backfacing me? Aren't you afraid I might cut you into
half with this scythe? Don't bother about saving him now. The fate in store
for all of you finally... is death.
Misao: *flings her daggers* Nonsense!
Kamatari: *catches all of them*
Misao: !!
Kamatari: It's two against one isn't it! Such a rare mood I'm in, allowing
such disabilities... fight me together then!
(somewhere else, there are more explosions)
Yahiko: *hurt from the explosives* Big baffoon! *He's right, my head is not
only my fatality... he can also see my every move from up there... he has
control of the air... I have nothing, zilch chance of winning!*
(stands up in a determined pose)
Yahiko: *BUT! If I can just soar higher than him...* That stupid bat... no
one must have faced him from the skies yet and if that's the case... then I
can invent a miracle triumph by attacking him from a level higher than where
he's soaring right now!
(clenches his fist tightly)
Yahiko: If it was Kenshin, soaring higher than him with the help of the
propelling by the explosives shouldn't be a problem... but me... no matter
how light I am, I cannot now perform such a task...
(grows more determined)
Yahiko: If I only had his wings... - NO! Anything that can act as a
substitute for that pair of wings will do!
(an explosion behind him)
Yahiko: UUUUU!
(slams into a sliding door)
Hennya: All right. My explosives are being depleted. Now, with this...
(reveals a seven sticks tied together dynamite)
Hennya: ... everything shall be over.
(hurls the dynamite at Yahiko)
Okina: Stop the match, Yahiko! Come into the Aoiya right now! HIDE NOW!
Yahiko: *Escape? Don't make me laugh! I haven't even struck him once! Why
did I remain here? Because I wanted to increase the attacking power in case
of emergency! I may not be able to jump as high as Kenshin, or finish him
off in one swipe...*
(Yahiko grows hardly determined)
Yahiko: *BUT... I will not escape from reality JUST. LIKE. THAT!*
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
(the dynamite hits, there is a gigantic explosion)
Hennya: Humph. Pitiful soul. My skill has never been defeated, and it's
invincible thus far. Okay... now to use my dynamites to finish you all off
in one clean sweep...
Kaoru: Yahiko...
Hennya: !?
Voice: Success.
(Yahiko stands on the dismantled sliding door atop Hennya in the air)
Hennya: That little ghost... used the door as wings for soaring...
Yahiko: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG)...
Ryuu Tsui Sen!!
Hennya: KUAAAA!
(hits the ground)
Misao: Fantastic!
Okina: Gradual learning... taking in knowledge everyday, even through first
hand witness of Himura's fighting style... Yahiko's abilities has increased
by two or three folds has he not?
Kaoru: ... *Unbelievable that he should be able to pick up Kenshin's best
move the "Ryuu Tsui Sen"...*
Yahiko: That hurts! I hate this... never thought about how I should land at
all!
Kaoru: *wide smile* *This child... has become so much stronger!*
Yahiko: *turns back to face Kaoru* Indeed... it is impossible to do better
than Kenshin in this.
END TRANSLATION
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