As a traveler, Akira never really had trouble for his necessities, working and searching money comes natural to him whenever he had to. His brain will also work in situations where he needed to eat and drink, have his clothes renewed or sewn, or other things like where to rest and sleep. His upbringing with Kyo and the gang where he had a rough life had taught him lessons which...was never given to that brat!

"TOKITO! NOT AGAIN!"

Akira Hurriedly catched Tokito's hand who was going to take a mushroom into her mouth.

"Remember how your face become green and was on fever for a whole day!"

Tokito can only put and say "okay, but I'm hungry"

"We'll eat once we get to the village, shouldn't be too long before we reach it"

...and they walk again

...

Akira is a very calm man, he has outgrown his childhood when he was so childish and surprised at every thing in the outside world, being angry, sad and emotional at everything, especially the teasing by Bontenmaru. He has out grown those days with teary face, crying so hard after they can't eat and drink for 3 days and 3 nights, the days where he had walk with bloody feets and tattered clothes, crying so hard that Kyo had to punch him to shut up, which he did. Although in secret, he cried again whenever no one was looking, as hard as he can. What he didn't know that Botenmaru was secretly peeping on him.

Just when they started to walk again and he is feeling tired, wanted to stop, and just slack off, there comes the teasing of Botenmaru, saying he's just a crybaby and had no talent whatsoever in this fighting world. He was always put down by Botenmaru as just Normal human that should have a normal life, or at least just go to the place which will take kids from war places. Thinking about it, Akira then thought it was Botenmaru's way of love. It was Botenmaru who taught him what won't be taught by the others. He frequently had a fight with Botenmaru either by fists or words. Of course Botenmaru wins everytime, but he felt something from their exchange. On Botenmaru he can lash out everything in his heart.

Those days were what made him now. The calm and cold Akira who is unfazed by most of the things that you'll be surprised at...he has been burned and hammered into the ice blade that will freeze and break his enemies. And those flashes of memories with Botenmaru always come back him becuase now he's travelling with a flat troublemaker called Tokito.

In a small restaurant where they decided to eat because apparently Tokito can't eat rat meat and snail anymore, (BTW, Akira was totally okay with it and even ate while humming a song, while Tokito who can't understand how Akira can do this as she felt nauseous by just seeing the .."censored" things onher plate(made from leaves) and fell unconscious when she took a bite, and Tokito had no other choice, as there was no house nearby. That's why when they stepped into a small village, Tokito took immediately ran into the first restaurant she saw), both settled down. Tokito immediately shouted for food

"FOOD! I want to eat."