Shin's blade came down intercepting the first attack though as he back peddled away from Ryu he had tripped over his own feet falling to the deck of the ship. He did, however, manage to bring his sword back in time to parry an incoming attack though he had been hard pressed to do so with the fall. He was scrambling upon the ground trying to defend himself when it occurred.

She had felt something against her left arm, a nick as the flesh of her skin was cut. The wound did not hurt and probably would do no more then wince at a momentary stinging sensation if she were still capable of feeling pain.

It was Guido who had come upon her from behind. The dirk in his hand covered with her blood as it rolled down her arm. Evidentally he was protecting his interests here. Shin only grinned at the development.

"Stop playing around and be done with it, Shin, I tire of this," the tall Italian stated though he had not peeled his eyes away from Ryu as he spoke as he was appraising her with his eyes.

Ryu was going to win by then, she was aware of that, but before she could settle for her final strike she felt a touch on her arm. Immediately her eyes tried to make out the origin and found her blood pouring out from a small wound on the limb. The sight wasn't as stunning as the fact Guido stepped in to deny her victory and the chance to stay with Bryce, also with the threat of a dirk.

The rapier did not point at Shin anymore as she lowered it, speaking in a calm tone. "Has been a nice match, Shin." She gave him a pitiful expression as she had to admit her defeat though it wasn't fair at all. "I do realize when I am inferior, I've been stubborn to think I could put up much of a struggle."

It slid out of her right hand, slowly at first but then dropped quickly as she simply let go. The weapon clattered as it made contact with the ground and then laid still as only the waves against the ship seemed able to move it. "I apologize for being a brat until now, the victory is yours brother and as promised I won't behave badly." She gave Shin a warm smile even though her eyes didn't reveal any warmth but sadness, her world did obviously collapse around her.

Shin seemed as surprised as anyone as he got to his feet. He leaned over and retrieved the fallen sword resheathing it then tossing the other to Guido who deftly caught it in mid flight and returned it and the dirk to their homes at his waist before turning over the saber to Shin who stored it as well.

Weapons seen to Shin spoke to a man near him, one of those that had been restraining Bryce. "Mario, retrieve her things and lets go."

He said no more than this, simply nodding at Ryu then walking back to one of the gang planks set down between the two ships that allowed his crossing. He had not gloated, that much stem had been let out of him given the manner of the victory though they were soon off, Guido guiding Ryu to the other ship without so much as a second thought to the prone body of Bryce on the deck.

When her things had been gathered the planks that had been set down and the grapples holding the ships together were released as the Italian vessel moved off, making a wide U shaped turn.

"I am glad that has been dealt with," Guido stated as he gazed upon Ryu. Only the sound of the ship cutting through the sea could be heard, the deck of the ship casually rolling beneath their feet before the larger man took Ryu by the forearm.

"You'll be staying here ..." he began escorting her to the stairs leading below deck.

It was a pity she had to give up on Bryce, but fighting against two would have been more than simple stupidity. Perhaps honor, yes, but even that wouldn't make her win a fight easily.

Ryu looked at Bryce as they walked off the ship, however she didn't look back as they were past him. Her promises were always something valuable and you could count on her when it came to the point, this might appear heartless but it was the sad truth. As soon as she left the ship, they already began to seperate, leading the red head towards her home as they would increase the distance to the ship of the french captain at a steady pace. Her mind finished off that chapter for the time being though her heart remained broken.

It was then she felt someone grab her forearm and looked up to the tall Italian. "If I am allowed to ask, where are you leading me?" Ryu thought of something similar to a room where she'd be imprisoned for some time, until the point they'd land back in Italia. Not the worst thing she could imagine if there were endless possibilities, from experience she could guess a lot.

"How long will it take to get back home? It seems I lost the track of time .." They already reached the deck below as she asked, however she worried about the place he'd lead her to.

"To your room," Guido answered though he simply though he had thought for a moment before answering her second question. They were using every bit of speed to get here though they had been in no rush to get back seeing that they had achieved their objective.

He calculated the average speed of the ship before answering her as they moved on now below deck. "About a week, maybe a little longer than that."

The room he lead Ryu too had been his own bedroom. It was a lavish ordeal and even had a bed though it had been nailed down to the deck of the ship to prevent it from rolling about. There was a small round table here as well though it too had been nailed into place.

There were a pair of stools in the corner of the room stacked atop on another but they had fallen upon their side give the motion of the ship. Near the bed was a case holding a lap harp that Guido had learned to play ages ago. The case had been placed under the bed though given the motion of the ship it had slid half way out from under the bed.

"And there's no alternative?" He did choose a nice quarter for her, but then came to realize she probably wouldn't live here all alone as she noticed the harp underneath the bed. The furniture itself was rather plain, nothing as good looking as the garments of the people she noticed around. "It might be my room as you call it, but I assume it's not me who lives here all by herself."

Ryu sighed as she wiggled her arm out of his grasp, then stepped further into the room to take it all in. "I did not approve this, nobody told me I would spend the nights here with someone else, presumably with you if I recall the perversion of my brother. I'd rather sleep on the floor than in the bed with a man like you!"

By then she started to realize what she had promised earlier and massaged her temples a little, then turned around to pay full attention to Guido. "I apologize .. again. I'm simply tired, it was an exhausting day and I'd prefer to rest now if you let me, kind sir. Of course you are free to stay, however I will remove my dress in order to .. recover."

She could imagine fairly well what he'd do once they were married, or even before that. Her appearance offered an image of discomfort though as she crossed her arms underneath her bosom, lifting the two orbs a bit as she waited for his reply. It felt odd to have another man close to her soon after she gave up on her first.

"Unfortunately, you have no say in the matter," Guido intoned as his brown eyes set upon her. He nodded slightly as she mentioned the removal of her dress, his eyes dangling on her impressive breasts as she accented them by slipping her arms beneath them.

"No worries there," he spoke plainly, "in fact, I'll assist you. And they say chivilry is dead."

He spun her about so she more fully faced him. his hands going to her shoulders draping upon them there as they sailed against her covered skin then grabbed ahold of the fabric there as they began to peel it aside against her shoulders in an attempt to remove the material.

"Mmm," he purred to himself as he did so his eyes watching as more and more flesh had been revealed to his gaze.

Ryu lowered her arms as he announced he'd assist her taking the dress off. "W-wait, what?" Her cheeks maintained a subtle red as his hands got a hold on the fabric and began to remove it as he pulled it down and revealed those curves of hers, she attempted to be relaxed however while the anger in her started to well up.

Guido clearly broke the line when he purred, but she didn't say anything. This man was clearly stronger than her and what was likely about to happen couldn't be avoided. She did move her arm to cover her breasts as the dress had been peeled off past her chest while the other one managed to cover her nethers. Her undies hid those parts fairly well, but she couldn't be certain he wouldn't try anything stupid.

The red head huffed when he was finally done, yet she looked up at him to check if his eyes were still roaming on her body. "Well .. there would have remained one more if my brother didn't harm the cavalier Bryce." Everyone could tell she was upset about this, but he didn't seem like a man who likes to be rejected.

"Thank you for your help, Guido, but I feel uncomfortable with you staring at me like this." And so she stated her point, however a part of her was afraid she was going to get raped.

Guido's gaze shifted down her covered body, his hands going to her forearms peeling them away from her body so that he could gaze upon her unhindered. He stared at her exposed flesh then used his larger frame to press her towards the direction of the bed until the back of her legs hit against the side of the bed.

He leaned down allowing the tip of his tongue to caress one of her nipples as he tasted it. When his face came away from her chest he found himself grinning down at her, then as his hands removed themselves from her forearms they went up to her shoulders giving her a push so that she would land upon the mattress of the bed.

"A shame that you took off, but now you're back in the folds."

His eyes slide down her body rather slowly as he half bent down over her, his hands sliding up her legs as he began pulling them apart as if to get at her better as he stepped up positioning himself between her legs with a keen grin spreading across his lips.

His tongue against her nipple let her feel a subtle pleasure, but then the still strong willed woman realized what he was up to and struggled to get her hands free. By the time he let her go by himself she couldn't do anything but fall on the mattress behind her as he gave her a push.

"A pity I won't let you access mine.", she stated plainly as he began to pull her legs apart. Every muscle of hers attempted to close the gap he created, the strength gained by running and sprinting against a strong man who was driven by his minor desires. Ryu found she could barely reflect any resistance though she did manage to keep him from going further.

However, soon she could feel how Guido got an upper hand in this. Leaving her with a weakened shield, it was an easy thing to reveal her tender nethers to his dark eyes. As a last attempt to keep him away she tried to remove his hands with her own. "My parents wouldn't approve what you are going to do. Don't be witless!"

He was quite strong or at least stronger than she was. Her hands had no luck in prying his off her though one hand did leave her leg to caress the front of her panties and her clit beneath it. He purred again as his gaze flickered up the expanse of her body then his hand pulled away from her.

"That won't matter. We're to be married anyway ..."

His hand pulled down his pants with his hand just enough to produce his thick meat already swollen with blood as it throbbed and pulsed in anticipation. "Oh, yeah ..."

He reached back to her then, his hand this time pulling aside her panties as he let his thumb caress the slit of her sex. Then his hand retracted from her yet again as he took himself in hand to guide himself towards her ...

Her hands let go of the attempt to remove his, she found herself helpless and instead dug her fingers into the covers of the bed. "How dare you to even think about such a thing?" She managed to pant out as he played with her slit, the friction summoned by his thumb against it after he pulled away her panties. Ryu gave away a sigh as she could feel her body respond.

Then her eyes darted to his his pants as he revealed his throbbing shaft and realized that there was no way to avoid it. Her blush deepened however, while the knowledge that she would enjoy this although she did not want to feel the sensations appeared right in front of her. Ryu let go and laid on her back as she tried to relax, looking up at him as she allowed him to do his thing.

"At least try to hold back and be gentle with me .."

She'd have to endure this for a whole week if nothing else occured, the least thing she could do was try to cope with her new determination.

[color-#400000]At least hold back and be gentle with me ...[/color]

The tip of Guido's shaft, the head, made contact with her. Warm flesh against her own though the tip had been glisting with pre-cum that had already been shed from it's tip. He was uncirucsized as most men from this time period save for those Africians that had brutual coming of age ceremonies and of course the Jewish. He had been neither though.

Guido staggered back to the side then crashed against the floor. Shin had been there, evidentally over hearing her in his quest to locate her.

"How dare you!" He spat, his fists clenched with one being slightly red where it connected with the side of Guido's head. "To sully her honor ..."

"She's my wife!"

"Will be. But until it is offical leave her the hell alone."

Another hand took her forearm, Shin's, as he hoisted her up to her feet. He had not locked at her, maybe it had been because she was mostly nude or that it was more simple than that, he did not want to take his eyes off of Guido who might strike back.

"Come on, Ryu, let's go."

Ryu managed to get up quickly with his help as she stared angrily at Guido who has been about to take her without permission. This achieved nothing, but it was a relief to see him where she wanted her brother earlier that night. Shin might always be mean to her, perhaps brutal at times, but he did actually something right.

She nodded in response and left with him, more or less willing as she staggered back into the hallway. Meanwhile she was busy to pull her panties back up which weren't taken off completely to at least cover her nethers, then covered her bosom with her arm as good as possible when she was done with the more important step.

"Excuse me, but this whole journey is stupid.", she said to him when they were alone. "He'll sneak around me the whole time .. and once you're not looking I am a helpless sheep in a wolf's grasp." A brief pause, then she continued as she looked up at Shin. "Thank you for helping me .. I can not imagine what kind of things would have happened if you didn't arrive."

It might be better to hide the fact that she had shared something special with Bryce already, so she let it be. It was probably better not to let him know. "But where am I supposed to rest now? Don't you have a spare room or something I could use? I could really use a break .. Unless you want to talk about something first." Show respect, be nice.

"Your welcome," he pulled off his jacket to place it around her shoulders. They could hear people moving about on the deck above them. Shin pointed down the hall.

"There."

Obviously Guido had lied about the sleeping arrangements. Ryu had her own quarters and it was only when Shin had not found her that he had begun looking for her though had Guido been patient and waited until most people had gone off to sleep then matters could have been different given that all he had to do was to go to her room.

Shin pulled something out from under his shirt. It was a key bound in a simple piece of cord hanging around his neck. He took it off and handed it over to her, though there had been a bit of hesitation on his part. "Give me your word that your door shall not be barred to me."

He supposed it had not mattered if it were or not since he could force it with of course all the necessary noise associated with the act though noise had not been an issue for him. It would be for anyone trying to access the room unauthorized though.

"Keep your door locked on the rare occasion that you are not with me. Guido will be my concern ..."

His gaze flickered to the door behind them leading into his companion's room. His gaze soon returned though. "My room is there, adjacent to your own."