Battle on Three Fronts: Round 3, Part 2 is the one hundred ninety-fifth chapter of the Rurouni Kenshin manga.
Synopsis[]
Yahiko is severely damaged from perhaps Otowa's most obvious concealed weapon and is thrown to the ground like a piece of garbage. Kenshin appears from out of the dojo to replace Yahiko, but the boy gets to his feet. Yahiko asks that Kenshin let him continue, otherwise, he will never get stronger if he cannot finish his own battles.
Kenshin looks at the fire in Yahiko's eyes as his leg begins giving away. He reminds Yahiko that he is a rurouni who vowed to never let anyone die before his eyes. If Yahiko were to die on the battlefield, Kenshin would be breaking his own promise, but for just one time, Kenshin tells Yahiko to go on and win. Kaoru thinks he's crazy to let Yahiko continue in his condition, but Kenshin's decision is final already respcting the boy's determination.
Otowa draws a sword hoisted at his waist, the weapon which he claims will finish off Yahiko. But Yahiko's will to live is stronger driven by hopes of one day fighting at Kenshin's side. Otowa brings down his blade upon Yahiko and to everyone's surprise, Yahiko blocks the sword by executing step one of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu's succession technique, the Hadome. Yahiko catches Otowa's weapon between his wrists in preparation for the Hawatari. Otowa quickly sends forth his Rokudouko before he is hit with the concluding step, yet the look in Yahiko's eyes frighten him. Before the six blades reach him, Yahiko promptly slides the back of his hands up Otowa's cold edge and hits the Human Weapon with much force in the chin using the butt of his shinai.