He walked down a back alley and finally reached Kamia dojo. "Miss Tahmi, this is the Kamia dojo; a place where you can rest as long as you need." He walked into the dojo to see the surprised face of Yahico.
He turned and ran up to Kenshin. "Kenshin, whose this?"
Kenshin smiled and said, "Yahico, this is Miss Tahmi. She'll be with us for a while. Why don't you go prepare a futon for her." Yahico nodded and ran back into the house with a grumble.
Kaoru walked out with Sano. "Sano, Karou, this is Miss Tahmi. She'll be staying for a little while, at least until her wound heals." He smiled and started to walk up to the Dojo but was stopped when Kaoru grabbed him by his shirt, and she muttered under her breath, "you always bring girls home! I can't keep taking on these freeloaders! You, Sanoske, and Yahico always take up a ton of food and now…!"
Kenshin smiled and waved his hand in a gesture of surrender, "She's just staying for a little while and she needed help."
Kaoru released him and crossed her arms with a hurumph. Sano snickered, "yeah she needed help! Kenshin, you just wanted to."
Kaoru's face went wide in shock, "SANOSKE!" She picked up a nearby bucket and lobbed it at Sanoske but sure enough it hit Kenshin who went down like a rock and then scuttled away saying, "I have to make supper that I do." He ran off.
Kaoru finally realized that Tahmi was watching all of this. "I'm sorry Miss Tahmi. I know this must seem really odd but its pretty standard. I'll show you to your room and supper will be ready in a few hours." She walked in and down the hall. "I suppose I should introduce myself. I'm Karou Kamia. I'm the assistant master of the Kamia dojo. I teach the Kamia Kashine style of swordsmanship. Well here's your room, it's yours as long as you need it." She turned around and walked back down the hallway.
Tahmi smiled. "Thank you Karou. I greatly appreciate it." She looked to the room with a smile and sat down on the bed. These people seemed very nice, she hoped she wouldn't regret coming here. She didn't want anything to happen. She sighed and laid down on the bed, putting her hand over her shoulder. She wondered what had happened to her home, all of her belongings? She looked around and couldn't help but smile. She laughed, seeing Kenshin's face again in her mind. These people were nice, they might have been a little odd. But, who was normal in this day and age?
Kenshin set to work at making dinner even though he never retrieved the ingredients. He had a deeper thought on his mind of how long it would take for the police to come here they knew who he was and where he lived, he only hoped that whoever they sent he could convince to let her go, perhaps he should go talk to the chief of police himself, he knew Kenshin and would most likely listen to him. He watched the fire blaze below the pan. He continued to think on what he should do while the food cooked.
Karou looked at Yahico and stood with her wooden sword at the ready, "Come on Yahico lets spar a little." Yahico smiled and nodded, they began their practice.
Tahmi pushed herself up. She was getting a little tired all alone in her room, a little lonely too. She sighed and walked from the room, walking through the corridor hearing Kaoru's voice. She smiled, seeing Yahico and Kaoru spar. She smiled, watching every move they made. Kaoru was very good, so was Yahico but he was still learning, she guessed. She smiled brightly at them both. "You two are good!" She clapped. "I am happy to be here and watch! Its very entertaining." She laughed.
Hearing her voice, Yahico stopped and recieved a sword to the head for his distraction. "OW! What'd you do that for?"
Kaoru took up an auristicratic pose and smiled, "You have to be ready for an attack at all times. You never know when an attack will come." She giggled and turned to Tahmi. "Miss Tahmi, how are you doing? Feeling better?"
Just then Yahico whacked Kaoru in the back of her head. Kaoru turned around ready to strangle Yahico but she had to laugh at her own mistake so she merely attacked. Yahico, who was still laughing, blocked her strike and they began sparing once more.
Meanwhile, Kenshin was outside cooking and Sano sat nearby. "So Kenshin, why is she really here? If it was just her injury, she could have stayed at Dr. Gensai's. So what's going on?"
Kenshin's face grew somber "She's running from the Police, she apparently runs a safe house for people to stay for the night or two. I don't know much more than that, but she apparently let the wrong person stay because those injuries were caused by the cops as near as I can figure, except the wound in her shoulder... It has an entirely different cut on it than made by police sabers. She was more than likely stabbed by someone who was staying there."
Sano nodded and they cooked dinner in peace. When it was done Kenshin stood and brought the pot in as it was getting dark. "Miss Kaoru, miss Tahmi, Yahico: Supper is ready that it is." Kenshin said with a smile and set it down.
Yahico, of course, began to dig in until Sano flicked him in the face. "Hey you little brat we have a guest. She goes first! You know Yahico, you don't have any manners." Yahico looked away with a quiet apology and waited as paitently as possible.
Tahmi giggled slightly. "Its quite alright." She bowed her head and picked up the sticks and food, putting it to her mouth. Her arm was in a sling, and it was still somewhat painful but she could deal with it. She had dealt with worse. She looked up and smiled to Kenshin and Kaoru. "Thank you for letting me stay here. I appreciate it greatly. Arigatou.." She smiled brightly and took another bite of her meal.