That afternoon Yumi decided to go out for lunch at the Akabeko, she didn't feel much like eating with the other orian. She dressed as she always had, elegant and flirty with her shoulder kimono. As she was walking through the streets she always thought herself a goddess among these ignorant insects around her. Going on with life day by day, laughing and loving. It wasn't fair why could she have what they had. Shishio was the only thing that made her truly smile in this world and now that he was gone it seemed like she'd never be happy again. Love again seemed like an illusion.

As Yumi walked up the few steps and into the Akabeko an older woman walked out lifting her nose up to the air and shutting her eyes, "Disgusting orian! They pollute this town. Get out of my way you whore!"

Yumi stood where she was for a moment. She often heard people talk to her like this and never took it lightly. "Excuse me miss," she said in her honey voice. The older woman turned around. "Oh I wasn't aware you orian could talk. I only assumed you could bark!"

Yumi felt a burning sensation and could pretend any longer. She clenched her right fist and slammed it into the old woman's stomach, "Bark? Is that what you wanted to hear?" And with that Yumi shoved the woman off from leaning on her and let her fall to the ground and headed into the Akabeko. So much excitement made a girl hung.

As she went in she received a few quiet glares from woman and a few suggestive ones from the men. Yumi just ignored them all and was shown to a table and ordered some soup.

In the room across from her came maids running in and out carrying trays of sake to the many men situated around the table. The tall man at the head who was choking back a good helping of sake and laughter at the same time. His handsome face was red at the cheeks and his speech was getting a bit slurred, or so it seemed to Yumi from what she could make out.

After the maid served the soup in front of her she started to spoon some of it to her delicate mouth but with a furrowed brow trying her best not to be disturbed by the foolishness of men.

"Idiots..." she muttered to herself as she slurped from her spoon.

A few men from the opposite room left stumbling to the door in laughter unknowing to Yumi glaring at them.

The tall man suddenly noticed Yumi sitting all alone after one of his friends nearly collapsed on her table. He studied her, watched her sip her meal. He first directed himself to her long, graceful legs perfectly positioned under her curved hips. He got up from his table most of the men that weren't passed out yelled at him as best they could for spilling the sake.

He walked slowly towards her, fixing his hair, wiping his mouth, unfortunately his breath couldn't be help but by the time he was threw loading her up hers wouldn't be that great either. He was only a few steps away from her when she turned towards him absent-mindedly and his eyes went up her bare shoulder and to her chest and down her...

"Sagara?! What the hell do you think your doing gawking at me!" cried Yumi as Sano was struggling off the ground after taking on one of Yumi's slaps straight on.

"Ugh...Yumi! But I thought...you were...I wasn't even..." Sanosuke tried to say but his befuddled state and useless attempts to try and defend him didn't help much.

Yumi stood up now yelling, "You ignorant men think you can get any girl you want just like that! And when you get a few drinks in you oh suddenly you become Mr. Confident! Well I got news for you Sagara I ain't those bimbos you find walking down an alley! Don't go thinking just because you did me a favor doesn't mean I owe you anything!"

Now all this pretty much went in one ear and out the other with Sano but he gave the effort to make a valiant attempt to save whatever dignity he had left. He wasn't about to let himself looked whipped by a girl he never looked twice at before (because he always took more than two looks at Yumi when he did sneak a peek, but he wasn't about to tell anyone that).

"Now listen relax! OK I'm sorry blah blah blah blah blah, I'm smashed at the moment and if you don't mind stop yelling at me like we're dating and can you help me to my place? I can't exactly remember the way," he said looking down at her patiently.

Yumi gave him a cold stare and hit him upside the head, "Ugh I don't know why I do this. Hurry up get you things and lets go."

Sano smiled and bowed to her foolishly making Yumi roll her eyes and march out of the restaurant with him following senselessly behind her.