"Oro?" Kenshin looked up with a dazed expression once he heard the clack of wood against steel. He knew that Kaoru was brave, but he hadn't expected her to lash out like that when nobody was in any real danger. The whole point of his plan was to prevent a fight and save the groceries that were now scattered on the floor. With a sigh Kenshin stood up and brushed himself off, watching the brief exchange between Kaoru and Ryuuto with his hand on his sword, ready to jump in and break it up before anyone got hurt. 

Kenshin was impressed that Kaoru was standing up to someone with a steel blade, and that she was actually able to block the strike without her own blade breaking. Ryuuto seemed to have the advantage in power, and his technique was aggressive, but refined. He was a little worried seeing that, but his aggressive style left an opening that Kaoru quickly seized. It was a sturdy smack to the side of his head, and had Kaoru been wielding a sword like his, he would have been severely maimed, if not killed. Still, it seemed that the blow was enough to break his resolve and he took off swearing vengeance. 

With the fight over, Kenshin gave a look of dismay at the vegetables littering the ground, but it seemed Kaoru was still heated up and, without hesitation, signed herself up for some local tournament. She was then just as quick to ask him for help to train. "Well, I'll certainly do whatever I can to help you, Miss Kaoru, but the Hiten Mitsurugi style is not well suited to wooden blades. Perhaps I could give you some advice on your techniques to help you improve. But right now there's something more important we need to take care of." Kenshin pointed to the food that was spilled all over the ground.

Without chastising Kaoru for causing chaos in the city streets, he calmly went over and started picking the groceries up and salvaging as much as he could. "I suppose most of it will still be good, but we'll need to wash it. It would be a shame if we let a man like that make our food go to waste, don't you agree Miss Kaoru?" He gave the young swordsman a pleasant smile even as he cleaned up her mess. Once he gathered everything up, he started heading back to the dojo with it, walking beside Kaoru. 

He was quite for a while, simply enjoying the fresh weather and musing to himself, but eventually he said, "I think it will be good for someone to stand up to that dojo. Show them that strength isn't something to be flaunted, but rather something to be used to protect the weak. Show them that there is more to swordsmanship than just powerful techniques. And..." He looked at Kaoru and smiled. "Show them that the Kamiya Kasshin style is worthy of respect."