Rurouni Kenshin Chapter 245 - Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu, Completely Defeated Thanks to Hiko-San for this translation (Version 1.2 (7/14/99 last revision)!!! PS. If you want to see scans go here --------------------------------------------------------------------------- p.1 (Yahiko, Megumi, Sano, Saitou, Misao, and Aoshi all watch as Enishi faces Kenshin, after having defeated Kenshin's Kuzu Ryuu Sen.) Someone: To fight Kenshin...and Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu... He'll do it with height...? p.2 Enishi: Well? Can you handle it? Or not? Kenshin: However or whatever you do, my body will deal with this battle. Any condition or challenge, I will stand and take all of it. Enishi: Hmph. Very well then. (He holds up his yinyang earring) Here's our "signal." p.3 (Enishi throws the ring into the air) Enishi: Let's go! (They wait until the ring lands, and then both launch their attacks.) p.4 (Kenshin and Enishi soar into the air, but Kenshin eventually goes higher than his opponent.) Misao: I knew it! Himura's body can go higher! (Kenshin is now plummeting down towards Enishi.) Kenshin: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu --- p.5 (Enishi grits his teeth, and Kenshin looks shocked as he sees Enishi bring up his sword upward to meet Kenshin's, somewhat like a Battou Jutsu strike going upwards.) Enishi: Watou Jutsu Shikuu Tou Sei!!! p.6 Kenshin: Kuh! (Enishi's sword connects with Kenshin's, and he has enough force behind it so that he is able to slightly wound Kenshin's right shoulder.) Yahiko: That bastard...he was able to jump again in midair! Sano: And then he charged Kenshin! Saitou: A movement in midair...huh. Megumi: No way, that's impossible!! Aoshi: No... When the highest balance of his jumping and descending ability is reached, he can transform it from zero power to a completely static state, into a suspending state in an 'up to down' position. It's would be impossible to perform that if not for Yukishiro Enishi's exceptional flexiblity and his reaction to withstand the power behind his sword. p.7 (After hitting the ground Kenshin leaps right back up) Kenshin: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu - Ryuu Shou Sen!! (His attack manages to cut slightly into Enishi's wristbands) Enishi: What is wrong with you? Why do you send me into the air again? You still don't get it. You can do nothing to me, because I am more powerful than you in the air. p .8 (Enishi goes down on Kenshin) Enishi: Fighting in the air is my specialty!!! Shikkuu Tou Sei!!! (Kenshin is hit once again, this time in his right side) p.9 (Both plummet to Earth, causing an uproar of sand while the others watch. They stand out of the sand.) Megumi: Ken-san! Misao: Himura! p.10 Kenshin: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu - Ryuu Kan Sen!! Enishi: Watou Jutsu - Sen Ran Tou Sei!!! (The swords connect.) p.11 (However, Kenshin is blown back by the force of Enishi's attack.) Kenshin: Guh!! Enishi: HAAH!! (Kenshin is pushed back, but he immediately recovers and launches into the...) Kenshin: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu - KUZU -- p.12,13 (Before Kenshin can finish, Enishi hits him in the face with a deadly punch using the palm of his hand! Everyone is shocked as Kenshin flies back and crashes into a tree, and falling silent.) p.14 Everyone: ......... Yahiko: No way, Kuzu Ryuu Sen was... Sano: The first time they fought, he was able to do all his moves. But now the second time, this fight is even. And now, he couldn't even get the move out first... Megumi: I see it, he's stronger than he was that day. But also, killing wasn't his real motive the last time... Also, his feelings now have made him stronger in another way... p.15 Megumi: Hatred, Resentment, Anger, Loathing, Curse, Destruction, Killing, Blame... All of these feelings are bringing out his strength... Saitou: In any case, there's no doubt now that the Kuzu Ryuu Sen will prove ineffective against him. Ryuu Tsui Sen And Ryuu Shou Sen were both stopped by the Shikkuu Tou Sei, and Ryuu Kan Sen was defeated by the Sen Ran Tou Sei. Also the Succession Technique Ama Kakeru Ryuuno Hirameki was defeated before. This is only their second match, and already all of his 'cards' have been played. p.16 Kaoru(thinking): I knew it..if this continues, he won't win... No matter how much stronger Kenshin gets, his awareness of his crime and punishment, along with Yukishiro Enishi's feelings, he cannot become stronger than Enishi. The answer...I know that's all that Kenshin ever wanted to find...but the answer hasn't been found... Kenshin... Enishi: So, just three pathetic hits and you're down. And I still haven't had to use my Ko Fuku Zetsu Tou Sei on you... Get up. This is where I will begin your punishment... STAND UP! HITOKIRI BATTOUSAI!! p.17 Kenshin: I will stand...you don't have to tell me to. That 'living hell' is the last place I'll ever lay. And inside that 'living hell' I was able to find that truth i've been searching for... And the truth that came from that answer--- is the answer to my crimes against Tomoe and as the Hitokiri!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to Main [1]