managed to finally find shore, though he wasn't entirely sure where he was anymore. He wanders the streets, looking for at least an inn he

can stay at to rest and hide, when he hears something disturbing and runs to the source out of habit, only to see the woman standing over

a body.

steps over the body, wiping the blood off her sword onto a crate. She wasn't going to stain her clothes :/

approaches with the intent to arrest and bring her to the local law. He realizes too late that he lacks a weapon. "Halt, miss!"

turns, aiming her sword at him. "Halt?" She grins. "Really, now?"

freezes as he goes to grab his sword and realizes it's not there. He tries not to keep a straight face though. "W-what have you done?" he

demands.

shrugs. "Saved my skin. I can just as well do it again.." She eyes him warily, watching if he had a gun on him.

keeps an eye on that sword of hers. "...be you a woman of the law?"

just snorts. "Tell me..do I look like a woman of the law" She most definitely looked like a pirate.

had been hoping she had been under cover. "...t-then I must take you to be punished for your crime!" O-oh this was stupid of him. He didn't

even know who he was to take her to.

just...laughs.

frowns. "T-this is not a laughing matter!"

grins, watching him over the tip of her sword "Oh? An unarmed brat's gonna take me in?"

shifts into a ready stance, feeling a stab at his pride. "..i-it is my duty under the Queen to do so, as no one else seems to be here."

rolls her eyes "The Queen?" Why was she even bothering? She rolled the body over with her foot. "Did yuh want ta' end up like him?"

frowns. The more she back talked instead of running, the more secure in this decision to get her off the street he was. "I promise you

it will not happen."

doesn't see the need to run. She could just kill him. "Oh really?"

won't be killed so easily. "Yes."

moves forward carefully, sword lowering to his neck.

stiffens a bit, only taking a half step back. He had to time his movements carefully if he was going to avoid damage.....

takes another step forward, pressing her blade to the side of his neck. "How's 'bout we make a deal?"

eyes her warily. He was waiting for her to swing, but it was looking less likely she would. "...who says I make deals with criminals."

grins "Yuh life does." If he wanted to keep it, he would make this deal.

edges back away from the blade. Luckily he wasn't backed up against a wall. "Doubt it." There was no way he was making deals with two

pirates in the same week.

if he did it once, why not a second time? She twists the blade against his neck, watching red run down his neck "Think yuh will~"

hisses slightly when he feels the blade cut, pausing again. And there was no way he would tell her he had already done so earlier that week

either. "No." he insists, clamping his hands against the blade and pushing it away. In one smooth motion he releases the blade, tries to

duck around behind her, and catch her arms with it.

swears as he gets one arm, but uses the other to quickly pull out her gun, aiming at him.

's eyes widen as he catches sight of the gun, trying to knee her in the back to get her down before she can pull the trigger.

how freakishly fast he is. She falls to the floor, but manages to rip out of his grasp, clutching her gun tight.

thankful his father taught him well at this point. He panics slightly once she tears free, quick to pick up the discarded sword to

defend himself with.

swears loudly, and cocks the gun, pointing it to his face "Give me that sword. Now."

takes a half steps back before swinging at the gun, aiming to knock it out of her hand. "No." Granted, this sword felt much different from

his katana, but he was sure he could handle it.

would think her sword is heavier than the katana and the balance is different. The gun flies out of her hand, but she's quick to draw _

another out of a holster on her thigh, shooting past his face "Don't test me. Give it back. Now. And I'll leave."

freezes, trembling slightly as the bullet grazes his cheek, trying to still himself and keep stance. "N-no." He insists again, swinging

at the second gun. This sword slowed him down a lot though...

angles so that she's parrying the sword, and carefully manages to stand, aiming at him. "Give it to me. I don't expect you to know what _

_a sword means to a pirate. Especially not what that means to me, but I'm going to get it back."

stubbornly swings at her again. Damn this thing was heavy."I do not care what it means to you.Under the Queen, you are likely to be hanged."

able to move out of the way. He was kinda slow with her sword.. "And yuh think in my death I won' haunt her? Curse her?"

laughs a bit at that. "I should have expected a person like you would believe in ghosties."

narrows her eyes, and points the gun to his head "Person like me?"

grabs her wrist, trying to push the gun away from his head. "Yes, scum on the streets."

goes for the sword, with her other hand. "Mus' be cause it's true. Yuh think I can' curse people?"

frowns and pulls that hand away, trying to keep it away from her grasp. "No," he answers simply.

still trying to angle to gun towards him, and fires. She doesn't know if she missed, got him, or even skinned him. Her eyes were on her _

_sword.

stunned for a moment, his ears ringing. The bullet had grazed through his hair, entirely too close for comfort. This just wasn't worth up

holding his honour for he realized. ...not that he had much left. He shoves her away once more and throws the sword away from him.

"...get out of my sight and I won't bring you in," he declares, still trying to have some dignity.

scrambles to pick up the sword, inspecting it carefully before sheathing it, and collecting her second gun. "Still tryin' ta save yuh pride?

"

stares at her. "Go now before I reconsider," he warns.

rolls her eyes and shoulders past him hard.

winces slightly but manages to stay standing, watching her to make sure she didn't try anything more.

simply vanishes into the crowd of people.

sighs, staring back over at the body. He should still find the local law and inform them....