CHAPTER 3- SEA LEGS.

5 WEEKS -RIN-HA'S P.O.V

We have been sailing for the past week,and the captain had informed us that we would be arriving in Kouka the day after result of the very little entertainment that was given inside the luxurious ship I felt exceedingly I had argued that being on a ship was not an excuse to skip ,that's why I was on the deck with my Kinki in Ginki was left behind in my room for deck was well equipped with instruments of finest quality, as expected of a vessal of the imperial navy,the strongest in the smirk eteched to my face was short lived. I had not expected to see ...him,practising his skills with the sword early in the morning.

Not much far from where Kou-Rin-ha stood, was Gu-Shi-jin,son of the chief minister of chesnut hair was gleaming in the dwan light,and sweat was trickling down from his cream coloured robes were now drenches in sweat telling Rin that he had been practising well before shirt he was wearing was stuck to his board shoulders and muscular arms,a symbol of years of practise in the Teayoung imperial his sword in his hands he suddenly caught the sight of Kou-Rin-Ha,his princess.

RINS'S P.O.V

He was twisting his sword to the left when he finally saw brown eyes seemed to glow more gold as he turned and greeted me.

"Good morning",was all he said as he noded to to expect,he was after all a man of very few words.

"Good morning to you too",I said in reply unsheathing my glinted in the morning light as I held it up to inspect the result of my late night sword practically absence of Ginki dimmed its light more than usual as their power and invincablity would not be completed without each other but I could not wait to test it against an opponent.I looked to my left to see a set of golden eyes ready to answer my desires.

GU-SHI-JIN'S P.O.V

'Clang',the two metal swords clashed against each pressed her sword as she tried to overpower but I stepped back and turned to my right and was now behind was quick to realize it and twirled as she whirled her sword across my chest,but before it could hurt me I ducked swiping my legs on the floor so that she would loose her balance,but being a well seasoned warrior she sensed it and jumped and landed on her feet just as I stood the parrying started,both of us not backing down nor holding back as if we were trying to end each other's lives.I lunged at her side sensing an opening but she was quick to repell it by a blow of her own as she took a step back before switching the blade into her left hand and aiming for a quick attack to my side which I my Azura and her Kinki locked.I pressed a bit hoping to overpower and she took a step back in response.I kept aleart fully knowing that she was not the type to giveup without getting what she wanted and her feral blue eyes told me that in this case it was,my the lock of swords broke and her body twirled under my raised arm and her sword along with turned to face me getting up from her crouching position and twirled her sword and pointed it at my neck just as I took the moment she got up to place my rapier across her our feet the ship tilted slightly and she came staggering towards me a bit unbalanced though her sword was in its initial posisition,pointed at my neck.

I put my arm around her waist and caught her just in time to see the dwan sky with tints of gold reflecting in her eyes.

Dwan...

That was the only way to describe -Ha 's heart pounded furiously in her rib cage as she was pressed against ship had tilted,sending her unnbalanced to didn't think twice before his arm snaked around her waist to hold her eyes were glowing a brilliant shade of gold and her blue ones saw her own face in its reflection and he saw her's face was flushed,lips slightly could stare at her was not a princess but a goddess in mortal slowly leant in,her eyes closed as she too was unconsciously leaning towards him as if she was under a suddenly the spell broke with the clearing of a throat and everything let her go before returning his face to his normal emotionless face and taking a few good steps away from too changed her demeanour and turned away from him only to face the first prince of Teayoung,his best friend and her brother,Kou-San-Nim.

He wa sgrinning from ear to ear, one hand on his hips and the other on the hilt of his sword.

"I came up here to have some peace and quite but I did not expect the two of you to be...practising early this morning"he said emphasizing the word 'practising',along with it.

Both Kou-Rin-Ha and Gu-Shi-Jin said nothing as they went their seperate ways,leaving a smirking prince behind them.

Rin-Ha walked away from them,her face looking blank.

'I was about to kiss him'that was all that she could think and Ran were observing her as head hung low,but a slight smile could be seen on her face.

"What on earth happned there?"Ran asked,pretending that they had not seen anything despite being there since the begining of the duel.

"Nothing"Rin-Ha said as she continued back to her quarters.

"Hey you!wait!we saw everything"Ran exclaimed clearly unsatisfied with her -Ha sped up, now walking in a brisky pace to shake a running Ki-Ran who was following her,smirking at the her blush that decorated her her face on her way to her unknown to her Shi-Jin observed the whole scenario with a small smile and a blush of his own.

Rin plopped onto her bed sighing and buried her face into a pillow,refusing to look at her two friends who were towering over her with their arms crossed over their chest.

"You have no where to escape princess"Ki-Ran said as her sister smiled at her,her face expressing her of them looked at each other for a moment in understanding before they pulled her away from the pillow and tickled her for them Kou-Rin-Ha was very ticklish giggled and threw her arms in a pose of surrender.

" .Fine I'll tell you"she said trying to catch her her thumping and nervous heart she looked up at the two to say,

"I think I am in love with him"

"You think?what makes you think so?"Han questioned.

"Urgh...I don't know"she replied,her frustration and inability to comprehend the situation evident in her voice.

"...it might as well be sea legs"she said resorting that she was down with a severe case of sea legs despite sailing almost once every month.

Suddenly the room became dead silent untill a giggle escaped from Ran's lips quickly sprading to the other two as well.

was definitely down with a severe case of sea legs,she thought.