"with my ears pressed agains your back 250)}The body is like a border which gets in the way" "250)}..." "But it feels like it's leaving for another place." "250)}This feeling will tear me up if I stay quiet." "250)}Even though the world is only 3 meters across I want to be pressed against you." "and pass by the drooping sunflowers." "250)}We'll keep breathing in the wind." "we can almost fly." "and I want to be stronger than anyone else." "and two hearts fuse together." "eyes to eyes and hands to hands... 250)}God doesn't forbid anything." "I love you!" "adults just don't understand." "I'll burst." "turned the other way." "250)}Take your indecisive hand from your pocket and touch my cheek." "250)}Enchant the power to love So that the sun never sets." "473)\cH3541B8}D-YFI 320)\cH3541B8}Legend of Kyoto" "161)}Rurouni Kenshin 146)\cH141E35}The Room Without Space" "We're finally here..." "You should be aware of who is waiting for you." "Who is it?" "Sojiro the Tenken... that he did." "Kenshin..." "But now..." "I have the principle forge of the reverse-blade sword..." "Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki and... that I can not." "Mr. Himura..." "Mr. Himura." "I'm glad you could make it out here safely." "So this is the guy..." "I was expecting him to be a brute but he looks every bit as wussy as Kenshin... 117)\cH131B97}Hiten versus Shukuchi" "God's Gift to Nature" "I am grateful for your polite greeting... that I do not." "I would first like to ask... or fight?" "Time... you mean about the Aoiya." "it's all right." "We just got a telegraph saying that we lost." "What?" "Mr. Houji was very surprised about it too but the facts are the facts." "it is we who are short on time..." "I have to do the work of all ten of the Juppongatana by myself." "Mr. Himura." "And so... a contest of Battoujutsu." "It is finally about to begin..." "All right!" "Why are you so happy?" "they're basically even!" "Oh?" "you have a great sword." "is going to be worthless." "The Kikuichimonji?" "The legendary sword that surpasses even the Nagasone Kotetsu?" "and its user is first-rate too." "one crack can mean a big difference in skill." "No matter how the battle went before..." "Kenshin Himura is one step quicker in terms of Battoujutsu." "He can do it!" "Mr. Himura." "it's amazing that you got even stronger." "But it's strange..." "I just don't understand how someone like you can be so strong." "Oh well." "it's still no match for Mr. Shishio." "I can beat you too." "T-This footwork!" "I see..." "This is the skill of the young man who assassinated Lord Okubo from inside a moving carriage!" "I missed?" "I guess I messed up a little." "I just have to get him with the next shot." "He's fast!" "That speed was equal to Kenshin's god-like speed." "if my eyes aren't screwed up..." "It was just a bit faster than Kenshin... that can't be!" "There can't be anyone out there who can move faster than Kenshin!" "what was that move he just did?" "I-I don't know." "so strong!" "I just said that because Lord Shishio said so!" "too!" "that's careless of you!" "How can you be so confident?" "I don't want to hear that from you!" "Shukuchi..." "That was a form of speed that goes even faster than god-like speed... that it was." "you know?" "Nothing less from a top-rate swordsman." "until Mr. Shishio told me." "Shukuchi?" "in addition to the Tenken and his lack of emotions?" "Yeah." "he reaches top speed from the initial acceleration." "It's a legendary martial arts move to bring the enemy within reach instantly." "They call it Shukuchi because it seems as if the user performs some magic to get rid of the distance as if he teleported." "In other words Shukuchi is a speed that's faster than the eye?" "That's not it." "That describes Battousai's god-like speed." "Shukuchi is so fast that you can't see it no matter what." "In the first place the Battousai's strength comes from reading into the opponent's emotions and thinking ahead." "so the Battousai is unable to predict his movements." "the super god like speed that can't be seen at all... the possibility that Battousai will live..." "Zero." "that actually wasn't Shukuchi." "It was about three steps shy of Shukuchi." "Mr. Himura?" "Judging from your speed against Senkaku in Shingetsu Village I thought that it might be enough." "I was taking you a little lightly." "I'll be two steps shy of Shukuchi." "Kenshin!" "You'll be a sitting duck!" "What?" "he is quick to maneuver as well." "I can't predict him and so it feels even faster." "I shouldn't be fooled by the opponent's speed... and counter attack straight on." "With the technique I gained along with Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki..." "Kuzu Ryu Sen." "He did it!" "we're just getting started." "Kuzu Ryu Sen is supposedly impossible to evade or block..." "He evaded it..." "Sojiro... the Hiten Mitsurugi Style itself!" "Kenshin!" "I've never seen someone faster than Kenshin before..." "This is the first time I've seen anyone cut Kenshin across the back." "Not good..." "This is really not good!" "He can do it!" "The boy... is walking all over Himura the Battousai." "One more attack." "he is sure to finish him off!" "Huh?" "That's funny..." "I thought I should be able to properly finish you off that time..." "There really is something wrong here." "What?" "Putting the first attack aside..." "This time I struck Mr. Himura while he was vulnerable after his attack and I still couldn't finish him." "This is strange..." "Kenshin!" "He's really vulnerable right now!" "boy!" "just hurry up and finish him off!" "I didn't make any mistakes... only the fittest survive in this world." "and if you are weak you die." "I want to drag Battousai the Manslayer from the recesses of Kenshin Himura's mind." "but... why are you spaced out?" "Such a silly thing..." "Silly?" "who's silly?" "At least I know more of the world than you do!" "Miss Yumi." "what?" "It was so strange for Mr. Senkaku to say something like that..." "Senkaku?" "who's this Senkaku?" "Senkaku?" "what are you thinking now?" "Sojiro..." "Can I ask one thing?" "Why did you attack him with Ryu Shou Sen back then?" "Ryu Shou Sen?" "You went that far to show Mr. Shishio your abilities..." "You must be pretty dumb to not understand why." "I bet Shishio said he would kill Senkaku if he lost without getting Kenshin to use one of his attacks." "Kenshin showed him one of his moves to save Senkaku's life." "He gives mercy even to his enemy..." "That's the kind of man Kenshin Himura is!" "Sano..." "You should have killed Mr. Senkaku back then." "Because you acted so strangely by not killing Mr. Senkaku started to say peculiar things..." "Peculiar things?" "I was about to waste more time." "I will make sure to finish you off." "Kenshin!" "boy!" "One step shy of Shukuchi." "Fast!" "his sword-speed is inconsistent." "Why?" "You should have killed him." "You were supposed to kill Mr. Senkaku back then." "Because you acted so strangely by not killing..." "Because..." "I'm surprised." "You actually escaped!" "S-Sojiro..." "Mr. Senkaku." "You're going to slay me?" "Mr. Shishio said that he hadn't told you anything important so you weren't worth killing." "but..." "Mr. Senkaku?" "You lost against Mr. Himura..." "He didn't kill me." "Without his mercy I would have been killed by Lord Shishio already and be floating in a pool of blood in hell." "But now I can bask in the sun like this again..." "I'm thankful." "The Battousai is not only strong..." "He's completely different." "who makes people bow to him using terror." "Why is it?" "I don't get it." "Not killing." "Kenshin Himura." "Not killing..." "Himura... only the fittest survive in this world." "and if you are weak you die." "Mr. Shishio is not mistaken." "you are the one who is mistaken." "Kenshin!" "He did it!" "I missed again... are you all right?" "What in the world is troubling you?" "The slight variation in sword speed..." "I can't help but think something is caught in the back of your mind." "Are you saying you can see into my deepest thoughts?" "It's just that I don't understand..." "Why you are fixed on something worthless like not killing." "Think about it." "only the fittest survive in this world." "That is the truth." "I've had just about enough of listening to you..." "You little idiot!" "You might be top-notch in your skills..." "But on the battlefield of life you're just a young kid with a blue butt!" "The weak will die?" "Look at Kenshin!" "He's been fighting so that the weak can live happily!" "He's risking his life!" "Fighting so that the weak can live happily?" "You sure say strange things..." "Boy..." "I can't understand that." "Mr. Himura." "To protect the weak." "To not kill." "The reverse-blade sword." "Everything about you." "What?" "that you do..." "Could it be an emotional response to all our talk about not killing?" "Someone who can slay a man without hesitation usually doesn't show interest in such words..." "Deep inside your heart..." "You..." "That color in his eyes..." "Can it be anger?" "Impossible..." "Anger shouldn't exist inside Sojiro." "Mr. Himura?" "Something is different." "but why?" "I will go now." "I won't do something as silly as not killing." "you will meet your end." "boy?" "I'm sorry." "please wait a bit." "feel free to rest." "33)\cHB8B8B8\3cH021324}waraji:" "Japanase footwear" "Let's see..." "My replacement waraji is..." "Kenshin?" "it wouldn't be unfair even if you attacked." "that it does." "What was that?" "When someone is that defenseless it makes it difficult to do anything." "I want to tend to my wounds right away." "Oh..." "That hurts!" "you bandaged me so tight that I thought I was going to die!" "it's not too bad." "Right?" "to get treated by the enemy like this..." "Don't worry..." "Everyone gets their wounds treated when they get injured." "In the end..." "I couldn't win against Sojiro." "I can never be Lord Shishio's right-hand person now..." "These are horrible wounds..." "Anyone but you would have passed out by now." "what do you think?" "That young man..." "Do you think he really lacks all emotions other than happiness?" "O-Oh..." "I figured I wasn't going to be able to understand what he was thinking." "it's seems obvious that his feelings are fluctuating." "but he has a reason for sealing his emotions up at the bottom of his heart..." "Sealing away?" "without even realizing it himself." "What do you mean?" "Just how my match with Saito broke the seal and turned me back into Battousai the Manslayer... in his battle with me Sojiro's seal is starting to break... you're saying that emotions he has locked up are starting to return?" "why didn't you finish him off?" "You were so close!" "There's no time for you to tie your waraji!" "It's strange..." "Why did it end up like this?" "What Mr. Himura is saying is a mistake..." "Boy... only the fittest will survive..." "Back then..." "Back then..." "Back then..." "I... ciao." "ciao." "250)}A thunderclap like a lion's growl... 250)}It's urging me to retreat... 250)}What's going to happen?" "250)}Yes... 250)}Soon it will rain." "ciao." "ciao" "250)}The moment when ectasy turns into farewells... it's obvious... 250)}It's gonna rain!" "250)}Is the rain now going to destroy my alibi?" "250)}Is he going to forget now?" "250)}Is this really the end for the two of us?" "250)}I'll just blame everything on the rain."