* Rurouni Kenshin Manga Translation *
* Volume 15: Giant versus Superman *
* Chapter hundred and twenty-seven: Giant versus Superman (back editorial) *
Fuji: Ooooooo!!
(everyone else looks on in anticipation)
(Hiko and Fuji stop in mid-step)
Everyone else: --- ...
Misao: They've stopped?
Kaoru: Keeping their distance...
Misao: Huh?
Kaoru: *Where Fuji is standing now, Hiko can still, with some effort, force
out a move to strike him down. With a master swordsman like Hiko, this
distance is what we call "the sword's boundary". And, it is not a boundary
that can be overstepped effortlessly... Fuji cannot further advance a step
anymore...* I guess this posture would be maintained for a period of time.
Okina: Yes, and victory shall be decided in a split second.
Misao: !!
Okina: *Against massive opponents like Fuji, trifling moves will do more
harm than good. Only if one can muster up the final, fatality move can Fuji
be defeated, and while Fuji should be more or less aware of this... now that
he's taken off his armour to increase his attacking power... it's either he
gives Hiko the fatal strike, or the vice versa...* That's right. Victory is
in the batting of an eyelid.
Kaoru: Yes...
Misao: Don't stand there yes-ing and that's right-ing away, two of you!
Shiro: Victory in a split second?
Kuro: I have a feeling, if that doesn't work out, that this area shall be
reduced to nothing in a split second too...
Misao: Tell me! ENLIGHTEN ME!
Yahiko: Are you through yet with all that noise pollution?
Kaoru: (turns around)
Yahiko: Hiko Seijuurou is Kenshin's Master, he has the entire situation in
hand without the interference of you bystanders even. The final victory will
be ours!
Hiko: What's wrong? Why the sudden pause? Are you... afraid of me?
Fuji: (smiles) Then I... attack!
Omasu and Okon: A double grip!
Okina: OH NO!
Big brains: Woah! I didn't know you had this hidden in you! Now that the
attacking power's increased double-fold, the effect is earth wrecking!
Fuji: OOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!!!
(he brings the sword down, a whirlwind occurs and a crater where Hiko last
stood was formed)
Big brains: Success! Not a trace of body left! Fuji is the best of our army
destruction troops!
Fuji: (not a very happy face)
Big brains: Fuji?
Voice: That was a flawless move.
Everyone else: !!!
Hiko: (standing on Fuji's gigantic sword upside-down) Just... what a pity...
Fuji: (smiles)
Yahiko: GO- !!!
Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu
KU ZU RYUU SEN!
(Fuji's sword flies upwards)
Yahiko: Not a scrap of mercy... completely different from Kenshin...
Misao: Is he... dead?
Kaoru: *Ah...*
(she notices that Hiko's blade has no blood on it, signifying he had used
the blunt edge of the sword)
Hiko: This little wound will not kill him. Persons of massive build have
an abundance of will power.
Okon: (as she notices big brains pinned under Fuji's hand) This one doesn't
seem dead yet...
Shiro: The more craftier you are the harder to die you get. This world has
always been like that...
Okina: On the grounds of an old man, I pity him immensely...
Hiko: I say, whether that stupid disciple of mine returns I dare not
prophesy, but what he has requested of me I have done. Now, all you have to
do is to await with confidence.
Kaoru: Yes. *Kenshin...*
(in Shishio's hideout, Kenshin stops running and turns around)
Sano: What is it?
Kenshin: Nothing, thought that was Kaoru-dono's voice...
Sano and Yumi: (suns spinning around)
Kenshin: (as both of them test his temperature) I am very well, I have no
ailments.
Yumi: ...
Sano: I thought your wounds have started to infect your brains.
Kenshin: That's a little too much... then again, whether it's a hearing
error or not, it just fills me with relief to hear her voice again. Aoiya
must be safe now.
Sano: Aren't you optimistic...
(they continue running through the corridors)
END TRANSLATION
(c) Nobuhiro Watsuki Translation: ruroken@geocities.com
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