Soujirou had no choice but to except her to go with him on his so called "journey" but he really had no where to go. So they spent their nights in an abandoned barns and any shelter they could get for the night, which sometimes meant outside. They mainly ate stuff they could catch, and occasionally, when they had the money that they got from odd jobs, some beef stew. "Soujirou," started Misao. "Why do you smile so much?" "Oh ummmm. it's just a habit I guess." But Misao wasn't listening anymore, she was looking in front of her with such a look of disgust it might as well have scared Shishio to death. Soujirou followed her gaze to a bulky looking man cowering over a small child, who was whimpering. Misao already had her kunai out and ran full speed to where they two were. Soujirou, of course, followed. As they got closer they heard bits of the conversation. "Give me all the money and food you have!" screamed the man. "B-but ma will g-get m- m-mad at m-me. And it's m- my f- f- food, s-s-s-sir." the little girl stammered. "WELL NOW IT'S NOT!!!" the man roared and slapped the girl. She fell to the ground with a little squeak. A town citizen rushed to help the poor girl up while Misao rushed to the man. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??? IT'S HER FOOD SO BACK OFF!!!! LEAVE THIS TOWN ALONE OR YOU'LL HAV ETO GO THROGH ME FIRST!!!" "Why would I be scared of a wimp like you?! But this little "wimpy" girl is also very fine, so if you come home with me, then I'll spare your life, just this once." And the man grinned, showing his missing teeth. "I'D NEVER GO HOME WITH A BASTARD LIKE YOU!!!" the angry Misao screamed, disgusted. "Hmm, I'll make you a bet then. You fight me and if you win, then I'll give this stupid girl back her food, and if you lose, then you'll go home with me. And trust me, you won't have a choice." He snarled. "Deal," said Misao through gritted teeth.

Soujirou took a deep breath. He wasn't sure Misao was going to win. Even though she was strong, the man in front of her was way stronger. Almost the entire town had gathered around to watch the fight. Somebody was holding up a red flag. They raised it above their head, then brought it down with so much force that the whold entire area was covered in a cloud of dust. When the dust disappeared, you could see Misao trying with all her might to keep a sword from slicing her head off. The man grinned evilly and applied more weight on his sword, bringing the sword closer to her neck. Suddenly, she jumped up in the air and threw her kunai at him with pinpoint perfection. The man was pinned to a wall while Misao let out her anger and started striking at him. "THAT'S FOR STEALING THAT POOR GIRL'S FOOD!!" she screeched, kunai flying everywhere. "THAT'S FOR KNOCKING HER ON THE GROUND!!" She screamed sending another set of kunai his way. You would've thought that the man would've been dead by now, but he broke free of the kunai pinning him to the wall and roared, scaring half the crowd away. "YOU THINK A STUPID LITTLE WIMP CAN STOP ME??!! YOU ARE WRONG!! I AM MUCH TOO POWERFUL!!! NO ONE CAN STOP ME!!" and with that said he threw his sword down with amazing speed, sending sand flying everywhere from the force of it. Misao saw the sword at the tip of her nose, and then, then, she was.

A/N : Well I hope you like the story so far, see this is my first fanfic so plleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssseeeee don't flame me!! I no it's not that good and sorry for not an A/N earlier because I was really frustrated with my account thingy and I couldn't get it to work so I was too lazy to put an A/N.^ ^ Hope you enjoy the ficcy!!