Ruroni Kenshin Chapter #185 "Fireworks" Author: Nobuhiro Watsuki Publisher: Shueisha Pg 1. -Yokohama villa- Kujiranami/Hyoko/Banjin/Mumyoi: This is...!! Enishi: Did you guys forget? These are each of your upgraded weapons I was talking about the other day. Please go ahead and use them as you please. Well since it's getting dark, shall we get going soon to finish off our "jinchu"...? Narrator: They've obtained new weapons! There's no stopping Enishi!! Pg 2. Let's happily set off towards the moment we've long been waiting for-!! Pg 3. -Kamiya dojo- Kaoru: It's... gotten dark... Sano: Is it about four to five hours later into "today"? Yahiko: Yes. Sano: Did you send Tsubame away? Yahiko: Yes. Kaoru: It was too bad for Tsubame chan. Megumi: (makes rice balls) It can't be helped. It's dangerous to be here. Pg 4. (flashback - earlier that day) Kenshin: I'll stand at the forefront. Sano, you'll take care of the attack and defence in the dojo area around the front garden. Kaoru and Yahiko, you'll both be in the dojo. Protecting yourselves are your first priority. Kaoru: Okay! Pg 5. Kenshin: Yahiko, only under the worst circumstance, will you be allowed to attack on offense. Yahiko: G.. got it! (fired up) Alright, I'll do it!! Sano: Are you sure it's okay? Kenshin: It's okay. [perhaps] Kaoru: Are you sure... Megumi: that these things aren't too early for him? Kenshin: Megumi, you'll also be in the dojo to treat those who get wounded. Megumi: You can count on me. (turns to Sano with her fox ears) I'll make sure to treat any wound AS LONG AS THEY DON'T DIE. Sano: (growls) Don't look at me like that! Tsubame: Um... what about me? Pg 6. Kenshin: Tsubame, you'll take shelter at the temporary Akabeko. Tsubame: Oh no! Kenshin: Judging from the situation now, it's very unlikely that Enishi's gang will attack Akabeko again. Being the only one related to Akabeko, you'll be much safer at Akabeko than here. Tsubame: (tears in her eyes) ... that's right. I'll only be a burden here... Yahiko: (pats her on the back) I'll send you off. Tsubame: ... okay Pg 7. Yahiko: Don't worry. None of us are gonna die. We'll all live to see each other again. Kenshin: (smiles) ... Yahiko's right... Tsubame: (smiles) Okay. Pg 8. (short flashback ends) Kenshin: (thinks) That's right. I won't let anyone die. They'll all life for sure- Kaoru: (brings over a platter of rice balls and tea) Kenshin, we're having rice balls for dinner. Will you have any? Kenshin: (takes the tea) No, tea will be just fine for now. Kaoru: Misao chan didn't make it in time did she... Kenshin: huh? Kaoru: Oh, sorry. It's my own business. (meaning that she hasn't told Kenshin that Aoshi and Misao are coming to Tokyo) Pg 9. Yahiko: Anyway, Enishi's gang is late. If they're gonna come, then they should get the heck over here. Wonder what they're up to? Sano: That'll be decided when we hear a loud BANG of a familiar cannon- (suddenly a huge noise of explosion) THEY'VE COME!! Pg 10. (the sky sets ablaze with fireworks) Kenshin: What the... Pg 11. Yahiko: What's with the fireworks? It had me surprised for a moment there. Sano: Oh yeh, there was a summer festival today. Kaoru: When this festival ends every year, the fall season quickly follows afterwards... The wind gets chilly and the sky gets high... (all of a sudden they notice something extremely wrong with some of the fireworks. They weren't bursting into flowers ) Kaoru: Huh? Those fireworks aren't going off... wonder if they're duds? Megumi: (points up) Look. The one below it isn't going off either... Kenshin: No... wrong! They don't burst! Pg 12-13. (they look in awe as they realize that the fireworks are Enishi's gang riding on air balloons.