Rurouni Kenshin Chapter 246 - The Answer Thanks to Hiko-San for this translation!!! PS. If you want to see scans go here --------------------------------------------------------------------------- p.1 Kenshin - Finally I was able to see it. The answer that will atone for my crimes as a Hitokiri and against Tomoe... p.2 Enishi - I see. You finally understand. Then stop trying such meaningless actions and receive the punishment! Kenshin - ! (Enishi thrusts his sword into Kenshin's side, and lifts him into the air) p.3 Misao (turning away) - Ugh! Megumi - Ken-san! Kenshin - UGH! Enishi - HAAAAA!!!! Watou Jutsu - Gou Tsui Tou Sei! p.4 (Kenshin slams into the ground, bleeding profusely.) Enishi - The crime of killing others is punishable only by death, and therefore you must pay the price! But, the dead cannot give a sentence. That is why the ones that loved them the most will give a sentence on their behalf!! The guilty must suffer in regret and despair until death! THAT is your answer!! Get up! It is time for you to answer to your crimes! GET UP!! Saitou/Aoshi: ! p.5 Kaoru - KENSHIN!! (Enishi looks at Kaoru, who only stares back, a determined look on her face.) p.6 (Enishi begins to see a vision of Tomoe with a similar look, and then throws his sword into the sand near Kenshin.) Enishi: .....Yeah. If this goes on, you would be killed here. That would be too quick. Too easy... (Enishi pushes up his glasses) It would be easy, but it'll be the same regardless... I'll be the same as you, the one who killed my sister right in front of me... p.7 Enishi: Kill yourself. Kaoru: ! Enishi: Throw away that forsaken Sakabatou. Take this blade of justice willingly, and die. Come! Die! Die!! Die!!! p.8 Enishi: DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE.... p.9 (Kenshin stands, taking hold of the Watou that is in the sand.) Enishi : Yes, that....! p.10 (Enishi looks in shock as Kenshin throws his Watou back to him.) Enishi: What are you doing? Kenshin: I told you I would fight you in any condition. I'm still not going to die. Enishi: BASTARD!! The number of lives you have taken is immeasurable! Now you're afraid to have your own taken?! p.11 (Enishi is shocked as Kenshin blocks his attack, pushing him back.) p.12 Kenshin : I'm not afraid of death.... But, I still do not see it as a solution to atone for my crimes. And even more so, suicide will not atone for it. Enishi, while in that living hell, I thought about a lot of things... Life...Death... Crimes...Punishment... And at the end of it all I found myself back at the beginning... It was the truth that I cannot throw away... I want to protect everyone that I see...I want to use my power to help those who are suffering or are in sorrow... I want to see the faces of those people smiling. p.13 Kenshin: But to achieve that I had to kill my foes, and take their lives... I never realized that those dead were also fighting hard, as they had the same beliefs in their hearts as I did... All of that was my mistake, and that's why I'll accept any punishment. But now, with the crimes of killing those people and their ideals upon me, I will stay alive. And even if I can only make one person happy or one person smile in this world, I will still fight with my non-killing oath!! I'm not sure if the end will mean death for me, or if it will mean some other type of punishment, but until I cannot use this sword at all, I WILL ABSOLUTELY FIGHT!! p.14 Kenshin: "To use the sword and heart in fulfilling my struggling life" is the answer that I have discovered!! p.15 Kaoru: Kenshin... Megumi: Ken-san... Sanosuke: Quite a fitting answer for him. Saitou: Hmph. Aoshi: ...in a way, it could turn out to be a life full of suffering. Misao: But Himura can! Yahiko: He can do it!! p.16 Enishi: And...And you think my sister will forgive you for this? Kenshin: I don't know, but when I discovered this answer and stood, she finally started to smile for me. Enishi, look at Tomoe now. Is she smiling for you? p.17 (Enishi appears to go berserk with rage) Kenshin: ! Enishi: I will kill you...I will utterly kill you!! Even if it's a dream, a reality, or an illusion! So that you will never see my sister in heaven, I will kill you and send you to hell!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to Main [1]