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May 20, 2005 21:28:33 GMT -5
Post by Umeko on May 20, 2005 21:28:33 GMT -5
Umeko was running to Kohagi with a young boy as her guide when she saw Tomoe heading towards the battle. She grabbed the girl's arm.
Umeko: Tomoe! What are you thinking?
Tomoe: Kenshin! He's there, isn't he?
Umeko: Listen here! It's too late to help them! We must get to safety! TOMOE!
Umeko gasps in pain as Tomoe shook herself free of her grasp and ran off into the fray, straight between Saito & Battousai.
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Umeya
May 21, 2005 14:39:46 GMT -5
Post by Gentatsu on May 21, 2005 14:39:46 GMT -5
Saito got into his Gatotsu stance (Ruro Ken Satio or PMK Saito, I doesn't matter who I'm playing as).
Kondo responded to Hanpeita's slash but to no avail. Susumu steped in to help the Shinsengumi Leader. Before Kondo was killed by the manslayer, Susumu used his chan Kama and the second revolutionary manslayer was down.
The horific fighting continued with smoke now in the air. The Choshu had lit the Yagi Estate and surrounding buildings on fire. The Tokugawa gunners then started using the brand new gatling gun and cannon. The smoke got so thick that it was impossible for anybody to recognize the person in front of them. The fighting had turned into a battle royal.
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Umeya
May 21, 2005 14:56:53 GMT -5
Post by Mibbie. on May 21, 2005 14:56:53 GMT -5
The war and fighting continued to rage on. Everyone looked as tho they were skirmishing in hell. A weak figure hid behind a dark alley way, holding his shoulder, and watching this horrible scene with lifeless eyes. He was getting dizzy from the blood loss, but he learned to get used to it, it wasn't his first time being cut deeply. He sniffled, not wanting to be in any part of this.
Heisuke: 'How could this of happened...none of it...should've...'
The young man looked foreward, almost looking into nothingness. He had lost everything. He could no longer hold a katana, even if he wanted to, becuase of his fractured arm. His closest friends were dead. Kyoto, and maybe even most of all Japan was going to burn to the ground. Even his soul was crushed.
Now, he wasn't really so much emotional, he just looked enraged, so angry at the world, but yet he acted slightly calm about the whole thing. The smoke hurt his eyes, and made them blur a solid brown color, but he still didn't give up. Soon, he was lost in his own little world.
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Umeya
May 21, 2005 19:32:08 GMT -5
Post by Umeko on May 21, 2005 19:32:08 GMT -5
Umeko lost Tomoe in the smoke and realized to her dismay that she was running blind and lost as she got separated from her guide in the rush of refugees fleeing the fighting & fire. So much for the girls at Kohagi. If the news had reached them. The innkeeper, Okami, would have taken them to safety herself.
She dodged into an alleyway to avoid being trampled by a panicked mob of refugees. It was chaos. As her eyes adjusted to the dim light, she recognized Heisuke at the end of the alley.
Friend or foe? She debated inside on whether to throw aside her naginata or commence the attack. The way he held his arm suggested injury...
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May 22, 2005 16:00:22 GMT -5
Post by Mibbie. on May 22, 2005 16:00:22 GMT -5
The man sniffled, but his eyes went wide that very moment. He turned around, seeing a Choshu man raising a sword high above his head. Heisuke narrowed his eyes in frustration. He let go of his bad arm, and since a was still a profecianal with a sword, his unsheathed his katana, obvioulsy only holding it with one hand, but that's all he needed.
As Heisuke gritted his teeth slightly, he stabbed the large man straight through his neck, before he attacked. letting go of the blade, Heisuke took a few steps back, watching the man fall,dead. Heisuke sighed painfully, as he held his arm once more, but to his complete shock, he accidentally spread his finger tips on his bone. it made him shiver, but he just moved the place of them to the dry blood.
Heisuke: Damit...this isn't gonna end.
Whispered the man before coughing slightly from the amount of smoke in the air.
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Umeya
May 22, 2005 19:00:49 GMT -5
Post by Umeko on May 22, 2005 19:00:49 GMT -5
Heisuke's action just answered Umeko's question. Nearly choking from the smoke herself, she swung her naginata, having crept up on him. It slashed deep into his back. The next swing got his good arm before he realized it what was happening. (rika, hope u don't mind me...
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May 22, 2005 19:13:50 GMT -5
Post by Mibbie. on May 22, 2005 19:13:50 GMT -5
( ^^, don't worry, its war right? Plus, it makes it exciting)
Heisuke's eyes went even wider with complete agony. From the shock, he had a hard time breathing. With his whole bpdy trembling, he slowly turned his head to see who the attacker was. He narrowed his eyes in disbelief and pain.
Heisuke: I-it's you...!
His voice was raspy, and it could barely be heard. Still feeling the one in his back, Heisuke placed his already bloody hand on his 'good' arm that was bleeding from the weapon. He turned all the way around, his head hunched over, a shadow covering his eyes as he fell to his knees, pulling it out in distress.
When he took it out, his eyes became even more watery, from the thick black smoke, now, he was sufficating from it's thickness. Still in unbeliveable pain, he reached for the Choshu man's sword that was right beside him, and turned quickly, still on the ground, and stabbed Umeko hard in the shin, With Heisuke just barely staying awake.
(^^;;; Uh...yea.)
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Umeya
May 22, 2005 19:19:32 GMT -5
Post by Umeko on May 22, 2005 19:19:32 GMT -5
Umeko, exhausted from her earlier exertion, sank to the ground, still gripping her naginata. The fire was spreading fast and she knew there was no way she was going to escape.
Umeko: "Heh, sorry about that... but we *are* enemies... If I don't kill you, you'd kill my brother..."
She smiled a sad smile.
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May 22, 2005 19:32:12 GMT -5
Post by Mibbie. on May 22, 2005 19:32:12 GMT -5
Heisuke, starting to breath alittle harder, saw Umeko's face, and let go of the sword. He looked down, another shadow covering his eyes as blood started to drip down his jaw. He had to stay on his knees and nothing else becuz both of his arms were completely numb from blood loss. His breathing got more ragid by the second.
Heisuke: I never...wanted any part of this...ever since that bastard killed them...
Already completely weakend from talking right now he looked back up at her, looking angry, and even more hellish than Okita.
Heisuke: If your gonna kill me, then do it.
His voice was so distant in a way, and very stern. Frankly, he wanted to die, and get away from this world, since he had no meaning anymore.
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Umeya
May 22, 2005 19:48:07 GMT -5
Post by Umeko on May 22, 2005 19:48:07 GMT -5
Umeko: Che, I already have...
Heisuke was too caught up to notice the vast amounts of blood running from his back wound.
Umeko: Say, was my restaurant's tea really that bad?
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May 22, 2005 19:59:54 GMT -5
Post by Mibbie. on May 22, 2005 19:59:54 GMT -5
The man was confused, but then his eyes became shocked and innocent at the same time. He gasoed silently as he looked down at the ground, him sitting in his own puddle of blood. By the site, his pupils got alittle smaller, his face becoming a pale color. Slowly, he gently placed a hand in the red liqued, almost testing if it was really his, and that his mind wasn't playing tricks on him.
Tears rolled down his blood-stained cheeks as his bangs covered his eyes. His weak fists clenched hard, as he looked back up at Umeko, with defeat. Blood also gurgled in the back of his throat.
Heisuke: It's t-true...Japan...has overflooded...with...crimson b-blood...it'll never stop...s-soon...everyone will die...they'll a-all rot...in the f-flames...of...hell...
His words stopped as he chocked out more blood, now completely hunched over with his hands around his throat. He fell to his side, lightly and slowly, still chocking, but soon, he lost his grip, and he stopped breathing.
(T_T Heisuke!!!! Nuuuu! Come back!! *Sniffles* Okay, I'm done.)
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Umeya
May 22, 2005 20:10:01 GMT -5
Post by Umeko on May 22, 2005 20:10:01 GMT -5
In a strangely detached manner, she watched the young man breathe his last. Umeko: Guess it was. She choked on the thickening smoke. The fire had already cut off all escape. There was only one thing she could do. Wait for death. Closing her eyes she did. The burning houses on either side of the alley collapsed, burying the alley in burning debris. (Sayonara~ Guess we can save on the cremation fees. Morgue keeper Kitsu: Hmph! )
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Umeya
May 22, 2005 20:21:08 GMT -5
Post by Gentatsu on May 22, 2005 20:21:08 GMT -5
Saito continued on. Until he and Kenshin had killed eachother. It was as simple as that. Kenshin prefomed the battoujutsu and Saito the true gatotsu. Both lay down dead in puddles of blood but they were happier tasting eachothers blades than living itself. Kondo was now limp.
Okita: Cough Cough Cough Cough wheeeeezzeee!
The smoke from the fire was not healthy for Okita's asthmatic, bronchial, lungs. He started hacking up blood.
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Umeya
May 23, 2005 8:49:02 GMT -5
Post by Umeko on May 23, 2005 8:49:02 GMT -5
(Update on the Choushu front) Surprisingly, Ryouma was still holding his own. He was using his sword as his Smith & Weeson had run out of bullets. Takasugi had fallen to musket fire. Kogoro was gravely wounded & possibly dying. The Sekihoutai army was fighting with surprising valor for a force that was deemed untrained. And they were paying the price. Capt Sagara cursed as he spotted two young boys he thought he had sent off to safety before the battle. Sagara: Sano! Katsu! D***IT! GET OUT OF HERE! THIS IS AN ORDER! Both lads balked & then obeyed. They turned and ran... straight into Okita.
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May 23, 2005 16:25:42 GMT -5
Post by Gentatsu on May 23, 2005 16:25:42 GMT -5
Okita looked up and coughed on the retreating boys. (By accident). Sanosuke contracted TB...
Okita: D**mit! Boys so young should not be fighting!
Okita thought about Tetsu. Where was he in this great mess anyways?
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