Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno Page #2

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it'd be valuable.

- Hold it! - Oro-oro..

Give me that!

It's my sword!

Ororo

Give it to me!

Oro-oro-oro-o!

Oro! Oroo..oroo..

Wait, that you should!

Please tell me...

why you want it.

- Oh! - Oro? W-wait...

Oh, how rude.

However, it's a sakabato.

Only its back is sharp.

It can't cut?

My sheath?

Thanks.

What are you?

This one is a rurouni.

Why's a girl stealing?

To pay for a journey.

No reason to rob.

Shove your advice!

Who's there?

Help!

Help!

Help my brother!

Brother!

Brother!

Save our village.

What happened?

I'm a constable.

I broke off village contact.

I infiltrated.

Shishio found me out.

Eiji.

Brother!

Take care of Eiji...

Here's water.

Brother...

Brother...

Brother!

Brother!

This way.

Dad...

Mom...

Dad! Mom!

Animals!

Those animals!

Dad!

Mom!

Animals!

Animals!

Dad!

Mom!

You killed Mom and Dad!

I'll kill you!

Who are you?

Wanna die too?

Uwaaa! Bastard.

Are you Shishio's men?

What if we are?

Why'd you kill those two?

Their son was going to blab

about this village.

They paid the penalty.

So, an example?

- Watch the boy. - Eh?

Cut 'em up!

I'll cut them down to bury.

Mm.

Wait!

Leave them.

If we cut them down,

we'll anger Shishio.

We'll be helpless before him.

What're you saying?

They're your villagers!

They shouldn't have

opposed Shishio!

Don't do it!

Mom!

Mom! Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad! Mom!

So this is Shishio's world.

Amazing, beating all these men.

So stories are true,

Himura Battosai.

Himura...

Battosai?

Shishio-sama calls.

Shishio-sama! Please!

Oi, oi...

Amazing Nagasone Kotetsu.

How it cuts.

Your guest is here.

You're Shishio Makoto?

At least add "kun" (Mr).

What a rude senpai (senior).

Why this village?

You want the nation,

not small places.

The hot spring here

is good for my skin.

But without bandages,

I scare people.

To spare them that,

I made the village mine.

So frivolous...

Don't be mad. It's a joke.

A joke.

Is this revenge on Meiji

for your body?

I forgot about revenge.

I'm even grateful.

Injuries taught me-

Trust, get betrayed.

Drop my guard, die.

Kill, before they kill me.

The strong survive,

the weak die.

It's plain reality.

I'll make this nation strong.

That's the justice I'll give

the nation soon...

You don't shed blood for justice.

Draw your sword, Shishio Makoto.

I won't allow more bloodshed

for this thing you call justice.

Sojiro, play with him.

- May I? - Yes.

Okay, I don't mind.

What's that katana?

I'm disappointed.

I'll see you in Kyoto.

Come as hitokiri.

You're running away?

That's not nice.

Stay. Shishio said to play.

What's funny?

Nothing's funny.

Nothing.

It's a Battoujutsu fight.

(fast unsheathing)

They're equally fast.

But the art differs

in that one is happy to kill

and one is not.

See what you did to it!

Get a new sword by the time

we next meet.

Don't kill them!

Kill them, kill!

Stop it!

Kill them now!

Avenge your mother and father!

No...!

Stop it! Stop...!

- Do it! Do it...! - Don't...!

- Don't! - Kill them!

Soiling those small hands

pleases no-one.

The dead only wish

the living to be happy.

In time, those hands will grow

and you'll be a man.

Don't use strength to oppress,

like Shishio's mob

nor cower in fear

like these villagers.

Be a man guarding

his family to the last

like your brother.

See what he did to

a Kotetsu Nagasone blade.

I underrated him.

"Naga- nagasone?"

A swordsman doesn't know him?

Most people would give anything

to have a sword he made.

Well...

Ah, that's good.

Very good.

Yes!

Excellent!

Welcome back!

Did you do as I asked?

We have the weapons

you wanted.

- Sojiro. - Yes.

Do something for me.

Anything but pay for that sword.

Summon the Juppongatana

(Ten Swords).

What?

You mean, at last?

When they arrive...

we go to war.

I can't stand this.

Stand what?

Go to Kyoto. Stop pretending.

I'm not pretending.

In my opinion as a doctor,

while everyone thinks

Kenshin is invulnerable,

he's a gifted athlete,

but otherwise

he's no different from us.

Where one wound

may heal easily,

multiple wounds add up.

And Kenshin's battle

hasn't only just begun.

More than guns or swords

can kill him.

You'll regret it if you wait.

I'm going.

Kenshin faces more than

just Shishio.

But you're still hurt!

Quiet! I'll heal on the road.

I'll toughen up.

Wait!

Take an elixir...

This elixir.

An old family recipe.

Once a day.

And this...

It's salve.

Give Kenshin some too.

Thanks.

But...

you bring it.

It's not my job

to heal his wounds.

Right!

Right!

I'm off!

KYOTO:

Found you!

- I almost lost you!

- Oro?

Hey, got a place to stay?

I know a good, cheap inn.

- No thanks.

- Wait-wait-wait!

I'm Makimachi Misao,

no villain.

Trust me.

- See! - Orooo

Orooo

Alright...

- We've arrived! - No, but...

- Hurry! - Oroaa!

[ AIOYA INN ]

I'm back!

Hey!

A guest!

Welcome!

Grandpa?

I'm back!

Misao!

Come here!

- Don't be shy. - But...

He helped me.

Let him stay, yes, yes?

- We'll charge high. - Oro.

Joking!

Hello.

You're welcome...

Himura Battosai.

Yes!

Aoshi's looking for him...

Himura Battosai.

Please.

You had a long journey.

Thank you.

You were in Kyoto 10 years ago,

Himura Battosai.

I thought we'd meet one day.

I didn't expect it like this.

You are...?

I'm an Onmitsu Oniwaban

(Hidden Watcher)

once stationed in Kyoto.

So Miss Misao...

Yes.

The Shogunate assigned me

to gather information

in the guise of an innkeeper,

as you see me.

When you all deposed

the Shogun,

this became my living.

But some Shogunate men

found the transition hard.

Captain of the Watchers

outside Edo Castle

was Shinomori Aoshi.

Recall the two sides agreed

to give up Edo Castle

without bloodshed in Edo.

Had that not happened,

you might've faced Aoshi.

You were the champions

on each side.

But the Watchers had

no chance to fight.

In order to seal their lips...

Why're you doing this to us?!

Intruder!

When his appeal to Meiji

Government was blocked,

Aoshi tried to save his men

from Shogunate executions.

Captain!

So victors rewrite history?

And we're flung into the dark?

Ryujiro!

Get them!

Captain, stay alive-

Strengthen the Watchers...!

Redeem our names!

With no companions to preserve,

nor Shogunate to hate,

Aoshi's anger and despair

turned on the age's greatest

fighter, Himura Battosai.

Aoshi aims to kill you

and by the graves

of his comrades,

proclaim the Watchers

as mightiest.

And Miss Misao?

She doesn't know

the demon he's become.

She pines for him.

I understand.

However, I came to Kyoto

to finish Shishio.

I see.

Battosai returns to Kyoto

after 10 years.

I knew there'd be a reason.

The Oniwaban network

remains in place.

If you need us,

don't hesitate to ask.

I accept that offer now.

Yes?

- Can you find someone? - Mm.

The father of this sword...

Arai Shakku.

Let's find him right away.

Excuse us.

Another guest.

Make yourself at home.

You're here?

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