. We ran to get our wooden swords. We dueled for about an hour and then we were playing around. We both turned our backs and took two steps forward. Then whoever turned the faster would hit the other person guaranteed but the other person could still hit you if you weren't quick to move away.
Sort of like a cowboy duel in all the old movies. We had our backs to each other and we both took two steps. Yahiko turned and tripped on something and I turned around and hit him on the head which sent him flying across the yard.
"Oh Yahiko are you okay?" I asked. I started to laugh.
"Yeah I think so. Ouch that really hurt," he replied rubbing his head where I had hit him.
He now noticed I was laughing, "What are you laughing at?"
"You," I replied.
He stood up and started running after me with his sword. I was laughing too hard to run very far and he eventually caught up and hit me in the head.
We went back to out little western game and we both ended up in plenty of bruises. When Kenshin finally came out to join us it was almost dark.
"Stop fooling around," Kenshin said.
"We're not fooling around," I protested.
He gave me an "of course you weren't," look.
"Well maybe we were but it was only because we were getting bored," Yahiko said.
"Bored huh?" Karou asked walking out and standing beside Kenshin.
Yahiko whispered, "Oh no."
"Well if you're that bored then I have plenty of training I could give you," Karou said.
Yahiko groaned and I laughed.
"Both of you give me twenty laps around the temple," Karou said.
I immediately stopped laughing, "What?"
"You heard me, twenty laps. Go," Karou said.
We shrugged at each other and started running we were about halfway around when I stopped.
Yahiko stopped right beside me, "What?" he asked.
"I heard something. Over there," I said.
I climbed on the wall and looked over. Yahiko did the same. We saw two men in the alleyway near us. Both tall and carried swords. They were talking in whispers so I couldn't hear. I started to climb down the other side of the wall.