"I'll take that as challenge." Sannosuke said rolling up his sleeves. Saito turned towards him reaching for the sword at his hip.
Kaoru jumped in and placed a hand on both of their chest, "Stop you two, we might as well try to make the best of this. None of us are going to enjoy this if everyone's fighting." Saito loosened up and Sannosuke lowered his fists.
"Fine, let's try to have fun." Sannosuke replied stepping back.
"Because if we don't we'll have to listen to her flapping her mouth off." Saito added.
Kaoru lowered her hands, even though she had just been insulted she ignored it, "So why don't we go get something to eat?" Kaoru began to walk back down to the lower deck.
"That sounds good, I'm starving." Sannosuke answered following Kaoru.
"Might as well do something to pass the time. You coming?" Aoishi asked turning to Saito.
"Feh." Saito smirked following Kaoru and Sanosuke. Aoishi smiled slightly, and then followed the others.
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe I just did that! I just put my hands on BOTH Sanosuke's and Saito's chest. I can't believe they didn't kill me, or at least Saito anyway." Kaoru thought staring at her hands with a sense of relief and just a little scared, "Man this trip is going to end up killing me, somehow."
Kaoru kept walking and couldn't see where she was walking, 'Slam'
"Oowwww! My head!" Kaoru whined leaning backwards. She had run into the door that led into the dinning area.
A gentle hand pushed up against her back to keep her from falling. Kaoru turned around, she was shocked to see Aoishi behind her.
"You should pay more attention to where your going, the next time you might end up walking off the ship." Aoishi replied.
"Not even a day in and she's already tripping over herself and running into doors." Sanosuke chuckled.
Kaoru's cheeks turned red, "Shut up!" She turned, opened the door and stomped through into the dining room.
A man whistled as when Kaoru came into the room. Kaoru looked up and saw that all the people at the tables that were looking at her were all men. She was the only woman on the whole ship. Kaoru gulped and began looking for a table, the whole time she heard them whispering unnecessary remarks about her.
Finally a man stood up right in front of her, "Hey baby, looking for some company?"
Kaoru stepped backwards, she wished she had her practice stick with her. Then she'd show him.
"Hey, I am talking to you."
Kaoru took some ore steps back, "If I can just get to the door, I can run for it. I think I can out run him. With his big size and all."
Another man stepped behind her, "Or you could go with me."
"Please get over yourself! I will do no such thing." She tried to run to the side but one of the men grabbed her arm.
"You're not going anywhere till we have our fun." The giant man swung her arm and slammed her to the floor.
Kaoru screamed and struggled, "Kenshin, Kenshin…. Kenshin!"
"Kaoru!" Sanosuke yelled punching the man that hovered over Kaoru in the face, knocking him down.
"You alright Kaoru?"
"Yes I'm fine." Kaoru replied sitting up.
"You call yourselves men, attacking a defenseless woman!"
"This got nothing to do with you pretty boy just step aside."
Sanosuke punched another man in the nose, "She's my friend so it's got everything to do with me. Come on, I'll take you all on."