* Rurouni Kenshin Manga Translation * * Volume three: The reason to act * * Chapter eighteen: Kenshingumi's reverse attack * Hyottoko: Woah! Oh... Megumi: A force generated by the winds of movement hath been maneuvered to balance off the fire... *He be not the normal band of kenkaku! This man's real identity wouldst be...* Hyottoko: (grabbing the barrel on his back) Do not ascend to cloud nine too hastily! Kaoru: ! He wishes to refuel the lost oil! (Kenshin dashes forward but stops in realization of something) Kenshin: Sanosuke... Sano: I thank thee for the assistance, however, that piece of meat shall as mentioned be mine! Deep blushes! I wish to regenerate a afresh battle with that one! Kenshin: ... This undeserving one hath understood. The matter shall be entrusted to thee! Sano: There wouldst be no hitches! Entrust to me! Kaoru: Hey! Wherefore all these I-am-cool-thou-art-too! Sano's right leg hath been gravely injured! (a barrel smashes to the ground) Hyottoko: Refuel accomplished! (he opens his mouth) Never hath seen a more brainless head of likened yours, a injury so greatly burned yet the insistence to show yourself up! Sano: Thou art truly he who earns the brainless head, how much longer shall you imagine the children's art to continue! (Hyottoko gets angry) Hyottoko: There be no doubt I must reduce thou all to ashes... (sucks in a huge draught of air) dare you all call mine most cherished death strike move as a sideshow skill, children's art - (clicks his teeth) Hyottoko: I want you to be holey in burns of fire! (a very big flame) Beshimi: A massive fire spit-out! Let us see where you wouldst escape to of now! Sano: Do not employ these stinking instincts! (only using minimal blocking, he dashes towards the center of the fire) Hyottoko: !? Beshimi: WHAT? Kenshin: An excellently accurate judgment! Since the route of escape be blocked, wherefore not travel head-first for the opponent, and thus lessened all injury opportunities to the lowest percentage... Sano: (as he reaches into Hyottoko's mouth) HEEEEOOYAAAH! Hyottoko: Mumhgh huh? Sano: Pray you lend me the children art's instrumental prop for some time! (he pulls) Hyottoko: Hwah... ho... kua... (Sano pulls an entire sack out of Hyottoko's mouth) Sano: Hah! Your 'most cherished death strike move' wouldst be this unclean oil sack. Hyottoko: Hu... ku... Sano: Thou hath not a shimmer of victory gleam, honestly surrender and admit your defeat! Hyottoko: (noticing something) Thou little patch!... Heheh! Sano: ! Hyottoko: Thou art the actual one without a shimmer of victory gleam! Both thy upper limbs hath been blackened to such a state by me, I do not believe you wouldst utilize the fists to - (Sano sends him a heel kick) Hyottoko: HIT ME!? (he falls backwards) Sano: A duel do not merely reply upon the curled up punches, there wouldst be times where the feet come as requirements, however, thy legs be so short, I myself guesses that you would not clearly understand this point! (Hyottoko falls to the ground. Sano turns to look at Kenshin) Sano: 'Twas too teaseful! (thumbs-up) Kenshin: Big words clad thee still, see how thy entire worthy body hath been mutilated by burns! (lets out a huff of air) (holds his hands up) Kenshin: However, the eventual victory be acquired... no matter how the view be based on which, no one shall be able to deny thy great powress... Sano: Art those truly from thy heart! Megumi: ... how powerful... Who wouldst the two of these be... ? Kaoru: I hath spoken, you do not understand them! They would be the most entrusted and cherished - fellow in hand! (Megumi looks at her) Kaoru: (running towards Sano who has Kenshin off the floor by his collar) There be no problems in thy flesh? (Megumi stares at the trio) Kaoru: Wow! The injuries do not look light! This victory wouldst be won by strained means! Kenshin: Surely not so? Sano: What did thou sayeth - ! Megumi: *Fellow in hand -* Kenshin: (turning to look at her) - ! Kaoru: By way! (looking at Hyottoko on the ground) What of this fellow now! Sano: That would be so! How about a pail of water to awaken him! Beshimi: Darnation... detestable... who would have thought, that Hyottoko shall be rid of in two thirds of a stroke... shall we eat the humble defeat yet again... ! (looks to a side) No... (looking at Megumi) Beshimi: *Push and pull the words, all these hath been incurred by Takani Megumi! If thou slut hath not escaped on the day I resumed duties, today would not have been so...* (holding a dart) Beshimi: I do not fathom why Takeda Kanryuu cares so much about you... but today's frustrations credit to you... *I wouldst not let you scot-free so simply!* (Kenshin snapping) Kenshin: *Killing 'ki'!* Every soul perk up! There be another nearby... Beshimi: I will now finish you off! Kenshin: (looks up) Up there! (Beshimi flicks the dart) Megumi: !? (everybody looks on, shocked as the dart flies towards Megumi) Yahiko: Red alert! (uses his hand to block the dart) Beshimi: WHAT! Kaoru: Yahiko! (Yahiko falls face flat with a bump) Kaoru: (grabbing his hand) Thou little fellow! How really art thou seven eights of a chaos and mess, not knowing what be good for you! Yahiko: 'Tis painful! Kaoru: However small a dart claims, how shall it be should the heart or liver accomodate the throw! A danger seen wouldst be well seen as a retreat! Yahiko: Do not profess foolish utterings! I may not clearly know the ways things do wave into one, however what Kenshin and Sano wish to accomplish would be protecting this lady! (Megumi looking utterly confused) Yahiko: As a member of the Kenshingumi, let the opponent be as powerful as he wishes, I myself should lend a hand of help too! (he starts to try to stand) Yahiko: Have that more glimmer of confidence in one's disciple canst you... (His eyes stares in shock and then collapses into the ground) Kaoru: Huh? (notices something) Kaoru: (Yahiko's eyeballs blurring) YAHIKO! Sano: *There be poison!* Oh no no! Beshimi: Heheheh! Know mine powress all! That little fellow has no more than an hour of breath! Lethal poison Rasenbyo! What I myself, Oniwabanshu's Beshimi cherishes as the proudest move! All shall not leak in the pouring out of mine poisoned dart doom! You shall be next! Red-haired little - (his dart faces nowhere) Beshimi: - freak? (Kenshin is behind him in the sky) Beshimi: ! Wah yah! (as Kenshin smacks him to the ground) Beshimi: (falling with a bump) Kenshin: ! (Beshimi's outfit clading only a log) (Hanya has grabbed Beshimi and is standing in front of Hyottoko) Hanya: ... Kenshin: *A sharp sense of dodge... !* Kaoru: Kenshin! Yahiko he be... he be - Sano: Yahiko, thou unknowingly foolish fellow! Pull thyself together now! YAHIKO! Kaoru: YAHIKO! (Megumi looks down at Yahiko with indecisive eyes) Kaoru: YAHIKO! Kenshin: ... END TRANSLATION (c) Nobuhiro Watsuki Translation: ruroken@geocities.com Please press your browser's back button to go back.