In that moment where Tabuyashi was faced with the two options of taking lives or resorting to other methods, he grabbed Aries and ran off while dogging throwing knives and axes.
Jasmine on the other hand had to deal with the strays which stayed behind to deal with her. As Tabuyashi ran away with Aries, Jasmine engaged in a battle with the remaining men, one rushed her with a short sword without hesitation, the other got his bow ready to attack her from the distance, and the two with their katana moved in closer to get an advantage. The first opponent got unarmed swiftly and put in a headlock while the others looked at each other and thought of ways they could over come this situation they found themselves in. The archer takes aim and tries to get a clean shot without hurting his friend, and the men with the katana move in closer in case their friend breaks lose and needs assisatance.
Jasmine sees the archer and shifts the guy she took hold of and at that moment the archers arrow pierces the mans head, Jasmine tosses the corpse aside and unveil her two daggers she hid behind her back, tucked under her shirt. She runs towards the men with their katana and cuts the first one under the arm and kicks him away, the second man rushes towards her and tries stabbing her, she jumps and grabs his sword with her thighs and twists her body, pinning him to the ground face first.
As that one lay moaning about his broken arm, Jasmine goes to the other man and they engage in a one on one battle, the man unleashed his Ki and an aura appeared on his arm, "So little girl, I don't see the need to hide my abilities any more. Now, let the game begin", Jasmine got a little nervous as she does not his abilities and whether she wasnt too rusty to give him a proper fight. The man, now identified as the leader, rushed towards Jasmine and in unexplained speed tries stabbing Jasmine in the heart, she manages to move a little to avoid vital spots, as their battle commences, Tabuyashi manages to lose the men chasing him and went back to Jasmines shop to go hide Aries, he locks the door and returns to the last place he left her. Upon returning, Tabuyashi found Jasmine on the ground, badly hurt and bleeding. "Hey, you alright?, came as fast as I could" He saw that she couldn't even talk properly and needed medical assistance.
Tabuyashi carried her to the nearest healer and as he sat and waited he thought about Suko and what he might have endured in the time of his absence, and as he sat there and thought, the healer, now known as Emma came out and told him the procedure was successful he jumped in joy.
Tabuyashi has grown fond of Jasmine, and losing her after such a simple attack was nothing less that disappointing.
"Hey are you alright, the healer said you will be up and running in no time, by no time I mean now" They both laughed and as she was getting up Tabuyashi asked her about the fight she just had, and how strong he was, because he was not gonna sit and relax knowing that the criminal that just hurt his new friend was still out there, potentially planning to hurt someone else.
(Authors Note)
Tabuyashi was always a man of justice and order, and after being in hiding for so long he has regained that long lost memory of seeing evil and taking charge to make that evil no more.
Suko and Rui finish their training and head back home, as they were walking they heard people gossiping about a man and a woman running after the local thieves and then having a battle which had the locals in hiding. Suko heared a woman mention a man with a pony tail and a scar above his right eye, that instantly made him think of his father, he shrugged it off and presumed it was just another person who might have had the same scar as his father. They reach home and Rui talks about making dinner, "Hey kid, we got two Snappers and one Tail Gator, we can share the Tail Gator and with just a bit of Rice and Sake we can have an evening!" Suko got out of his daze and looked at Rui after just hearing sake, "Sake?, I'm too young for that Rui" Rui remembered that he was indeed just a kid, "Oh, that's a bummer, oh well..more sake for me then" He laughed as he got the ingredients out for their dinner and proceeded to start cooking, "Hey Rui, im quickly going outside for some fresh air, will be in shortly" Rui didn't hear him as he was too focused on fixing the stove, "Yeah yeah, you'll have my attention shortly kid, just gotta get this fire going" But Suko was long gone before he finished his sentence.
As Suko stepped out the fresh evening air gently blew in his face, he takes a deep breath before going a few steps into the woods. He spots a glowing mushroom and in curiosity he picked it up and stared at it, when he placed it in his pocket it stopped glowing. He realized that it was reacting to the moonlight. Suko takes the mushroom home and places it on the shelf before joining Rui for dinner. After eating he gets up, takes the mushroom and goes out once more, curious to know why this mushroom is so different to the others.
After inspecting it and convincing himself it might be edible he took a whiff and then licked it, it tasted different, after licking it he takes a small bite and got stunned by the taste, "Wow, this tastes very nice, he ate the mushroom and then went to bed to get some rest.