"Those two..." "Which do you think will win?" "Who knows..." "They have such a similar level of skill now..." "It would be ideal if they fell from each other's swords." "That would save us the trouble." "I want Mr. Himura to win." "I want to settle the score from Shingetsu Village and the Purgatory." "But, if Mr. Shinomori wins..." "What then, Mr. Shishio?" "Let's see..." "If that's the case, I'll defeat Aoshi Shinomori..." "Then I'm the strongest!" "My spirit is weak?" "Yeah..." "Beshimi." "Hyottoko." "Shikijo." "Hannya." "As you stand now, with your weakened spirit..." "All you are doing is swinging your sword full of evil and blaming those four for it!" "S..." "S..." "Shut up!" "To be so forceful in your denial that proves that subconsciously, you know it's true." "What would you know?" "At least..." "I know you are hiding in the shadow of a flower that you call "strongest" running away from reality and that you have put your own will to sleep." "Shut up!" "If you let up and allow yourself to think about it you will be crushed by the guilt of letting those four die." "I understand that as well." "Shut up!" "But, still..." "No matter what you do those four won't rest in peace!" "It's working." "The pain of hearing a man who is stronger than you, taunt you with words that scrape at your heart." "...and the pain of having to taunt someone you recognize as a man and not just as an enemy." "For both of them, this hurts more then when they were fighting with swords." "Aoshi, you..." "No, your weakness is causing everything to be their fault and turning those four into evil spirits..." "Aoshi, do you know?" "That Miss Misao is claiming to be the Commander of the Oniwaban Group that in your place, she is trying to fill the role of Commander, protecting Kyoto and the Oniwaban Group?" "Misao is a strong girl." "I don't particularly like her being involved in the Oniwaban Group." "But, I'm sure she will be able to do fine on her own from now on." "Then, do you know that this strong girl shed large teardrops when I promised to bring you back with me?" "No matter how strong you say she is, she is only sixteen." "I'm sure, in her own way she has been completely strung out with desperation in this harsh reality." "You are the only one who can answer to her straightforward tears." "Yet, Aoshi will you still use the proof of the strongest as your cover so you can look away from reality, and run to your death?" "Bring back that strong spirit!" "Call forth the pride you have lost!" "Time stopped at Kanryu's estate, and now is when it must restart!" "Now is the time for you to awaken!" "Whoa!" "Aoshi..." "And yet, I..." "I can't go any further if I don't finish this fight with you now." "As for settling the score between us I have no qualms." "This isn't good, Kenshin..." "His eyes are different than before." "Yeah, this is the first time I've seen it as well." "I'd guess..." "This is how he was before he ended up with Kanryu..." "The one Okina accepted, the one those four admired, and the one Miss Misao loved." "Edo Castle Oniwaban Group Commander..." "Aoshi Shinomori!" "No hard feelings, win or lose!" "Yeah, this is the last fight between us!" "The only thing to do is give it all our strength!" "This is going to be it, the final match between Kenshin and Aoshi!" "Aoshi will use Kaiten Kenbu Rokuren with his twin kodachi, no doubt about it!" "A series of six lightning fast attacks starting from the right or the left..." "The right or the left..." "Because Kenshin has wounds on both the right and left side of his neck the momentary delay from misjudging the direction could be fatal." "And, Kenshin is in the Battoujutsu stance..." "Since he's fighting at full power I bet he will be using his ultimate attack from that stance..." "Even Aoshi is sure to lose if he haphazardly charges a maneuver he's never seen." "Neither can make the first move..." "A perfect stalemate..." "I'm sorry..." "Beshimi..." "Hyottoko..." "Shikijo..." "Hannya..." "In the end, I kept saying it was for you, but all I did was end up trapped in the weakness of my own spirit, and I lied to myself by blaming you." "But, that will soon end..." "If I win or lose, it will end here..." "No..." "I will end it by winning." "This is suffocating..." "It's been ten minutes, but it feels like forever." "The balance won't tip..." "What's this sound?" "Crap!" "Kenshin!" "This whole battle is being reported to Shishio!" "Don't use your ultimate attack!" "Crap!" "Kenshin!" "This whole battle is being reported to Shishio!" "Don't use your ultimate attack!" "First move!" "Attack is from the left!" "Target the right side of the neck!" "Kaiten Kenbu Rokuren!" "Live on, Kenshin." "That way, you can use Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki as you please." "And, you will never again lose to the manslayer hidden inside you..." "It's not just me and Miss Megumi." "Everyone is wishing for your safety." "So..." "So..." "The only thing left is my own heart." "I have nothing to fear!" "Hiten Mitsurugi Style final attack!" "This is..." "Lord Shishio!" "We have a message from Yumi." "Apparently, Himura unleashed his ultimate attack." "He drew his sword at the exact moment when Aoshi's most powerful attack would have hit him." "The details were were..." "Were?" "W-Were too fast to see." "I see." "Damn useless wench!" "That's not really true." "He started after Aoshi's Kaiten Kenbu, yet he hit first..." "His ultimate attack is therefore a Battoujutsu that is so fast, it is beyond god like speed!" "That's not the key, of course there is something else hidden from us, that makes it truly a final attack." "Another paper-thin margin, that it was." "That was a rather thick piece of paper, though." "Can you stand?" "Not for a while..." "My entire body has gone numb, past all pain." "However, my conscience feels clear." "I've been refreshed..." "That attack..." "Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki." "It is the last and ultimate attack of the Hiten Mitsurugi Style." "Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki." "It certainly has the power befitting a final attack." "But don't use it too often." "Compared to any other attack the amount of stress it puts on the entire body is many times normal." "And, no matter the attack's strength if the enemy understands it, effectiveness is cut in half." "Understood." "I thank you for your advice, that I do." "You know, I hate machines." "This makes me feel a little bit better." "It's already too late." "Kenshin!" "There's no time!" "Let's hurry!" "Hey, wait!" "Let me go!" "Go." "In due time..." "I'll catch up." "Sheesh, let go of me!" "Quit whining!" "Lead us to the next room!" "Now, left or right, which way?" "We came from the left, so it has to be the right, idiot." "What did you say, you old hag?" "What was that?" "Beshimi..." "Hyottoko..." "Shikijo..." "Hannya..." "I couldn't gain the proof we were the strongest but I was able to fight in a duel with all of my strength." "I have no regrets." "He kept his promise." "Now, it is my turn to answer." "That is, if they will forgive me for what I did to Okina..." "I am strong..." "I am the strongest..." "Guys!" "Misao!" "Don't leave your post!" "Everyone is still alive!" "Somehow, if we hold out for a while longer..." "The police will arrive!" "We have to hold out for now." "The police?" "I wonder if they can really get here?" "M-M-Monster!" "So weak..." "It's like getting rid of rats." "Now, Fuji, we should head over to the Aoiya." "Forget about the others." "Why don't we just start already?" "It's really tiring to stand like this!" "Don't fall for their taunts!" "I know, but at this rate, nothing will be done." "To help out the others as soon as possible I have to defeat my opponent!" "Calm down, Misao!" "She's one of the Juppongatana, too." "She uses such a huge scythe, she can't be some normal woman!" "Oh, not a normal woman?" "Nice words, little boy!" "Who's a little boy?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "But, you're cute." "You have potential." "Potential?" "Shut up!" "If you're using sex appeal to catch Yahiko Myojin off guard, it won't work!" "Even though you're sexier than either Kaoru or Misao!" "W-W-What are you saying, you little shrimp!" "Yeah!" "I can understand about Misao, but you can't say she's sexier than me, Yahiko!" "You too, Miss Kaoru?" "How cruel!" "Oh, sorry..." "Yahiko, apologize now!" "But, it was the truth..." "No stalling!" "What's so good about that scythe woman?" "I mean, she really is pretty but I am too!" "I am too!" "Misao, calm down." "Well, given the fact that I am sexier than these little girls you'd go pretty far given the right training too, boy." "I'll guarantee it." "Training?" "What are you saying, dammit?" "No matter how much you train, there's no way a guy can be a woman..." "Then..." "It's not a scythe woman, but a scythe queer..." "I lost against a guy..." "Now, put that aside, and come on!" "In any case, even if you were to live you wouldn't end up as sexy as me!" "What was that?" "Calm down!" "If you rushed over now, that's exactly what he wants!" "Kaoru, I can take care of this, so you go stay over there!" "I'm a little worried leaving Misao by herself!" "Wait a minute, Yahiko!" "I'll go over there, so you can pair up with Misao instead..." "If I can't do anything by myself then what was the point of all that wimpy training of yours?" "Then, believe in your own student!" "A two on one is fine with me..." "After all, it's a guy against women, so that's already a handicap." "We have no choice." "For now, we'll do what Yahiko suggested." "All right, for now I will trust you." "But, there is still plenty of tough training left in the Kamiya Kasshin Style!" "If you fall in a place like this I will never forgive you!" "Yeah!" "All right!" "Let's go, Misao!" "All ready!" "You!" "I heard you sigh just now!" "I can tell through that mask!" "It does make me want to sigh so." "I, a proud member of the Juppongatana, faces only one and it's a little brat at that." "A while ago, I heard of one who used the Hiten Mitsurugi Style and flew the skies at the speed of wind and I, Henya, had thought wistfully of fighting him." "And yet..." "I really can't put up with it." "I, Yahiko Myojin am not just a brat like you said." "Although I'm a kid I have been watching with my own eyes all of Kenshin Himura's battles battles of the man you wanted to fight." "I have seen Kenshin fight more than anyone, and closer than anyone else." "One showing his back to a kid couldn't beat Kenshin in a hundred years!" "Why don't you try getting me if you can!" "Kid..." "If you want to die that quickly, all right." "However..." "I will not kill you in one shot!" "Insulting me, Henya, the Flight of the Juppongatana..." "You'll regret that!" "Can that be dynamite?" "Oh my..." "Carrying such a thing!" "How filthy!" "Damn you..." "After all those comments, this is how you start?" "What you do and what you say are completely different!" "Enough!" "I told you I wouldn't kill you in one blast." "This is to get me in the air!" "This is Henya the Flight of the Juppongatana's combat tactic." "Hikuu Happa!" "Your mastery of martial arts doesn't matter, because you still have a blind spot above your head!" "Furthermore, against an enemy in the sky, you can't even fight back." "Regret that you insulted me and die!" "Yahiko!" "Henya the Flight, Kamatari the Great Scythe, lwanbo the Round Demon..." "Attackers from the Juppongatana sent to the Aoiya mercilessly display their polished attacks." "At the end of this harsh battle, the deciding factor will be the weight of their commitments." "Next time..." "Look forward to it, please!"