The girl brought his memory back to the katsumi, the girl he had helped, wondering if she had reached her home yet, though knowing that it was too late to think about if she had reached her home.
But he couldn't decipher the feelings of her not reaching her home and being killed or caught in the web of bad men lurking around the town.
Finding the closet chair to him he sat down and watched closely at the people around him and inside the place.
"I can see you are enjoying your time here"hiko asked sitting beside him
"This place is not safe I can feel it"
"You don't need to worry about anything here, just enjoy your time"hiko left his side to his business. After an hour they arrived home with hiko going straight to his room without turning back at kenshin. He drank a lot but wasn't drunk.
Kenshi felt alone and the thought of sleeping wasn't in him so he stepped outside to take in fresh air. Walking along the dojo rooms he halted in front of the usuals and Hiko decided to take a wooden sword to practice by himself.
In the cold air of the night with leaves moving around and the sound of cricket in the environment making it a bit noisy, Kenshin started training.
He trained all by himself using a tree as an opponent in his training,memorizing the styles and movements Hiko used when fighting and training other fighters.
It was late in the morning. Hiko woke up and dressed for the day. Moving to the back of the house he saw Kenshin training. It slowed him a bit.
The little boy was keen on learning swordsmanship,other students here who trained on the dojo were lazy in learning.
Many of them were senior to him but he surpassed their level in training which wasn't a surprise but a felicity feeling.
Days turned to weeks and then months after Kenshin's training with Hiko,he became adept in it. Paring with the other swordsmen learning in the dojo he fought with his might on it that he was praised but it didn't get in his head.
"You know fighting with them and been praised shouldn't have your damn head"
"I know"
They were currently training by themselves with no one around them "the way you learnt the skills were pretty fast"
"Hmm"
"Why don't we play today"Hiko nudged him closer
"I don't understand"
"Yeah you don't need to understand wait here i will be back"
After some minutes hiko returned with a blindfold in his hand which amused kenshin on what it was for.
"Come here" using his hands to signify "turn your back to me"
The blindfold was tied on Kenshin's eyes and Hiko waved his hand in the front to make sure he wasn't seeing anything for sure.
"Good"
"What is it for?"
"Shut up boy and be patient"
"But..."
He was cut short by hiko using the wooden sword to hit his head, earning a little growl at him.
"Pick up your sword"
"But I can't see"
"That's it remember where you once left it"
"You were fast with the blindfold so I cannot grasp where I once left it"
Hiko sighed and picked up kenshin's wooden sword and handed it to him "try to perceive me and get where I am"
"I'm not a dog to perceive"
"You complain a lot listen to me you boy,you can be an idiot sometimes"he complained "try to fight me with the blindfold by perceiving me using the skill I once taught you"
Kenshin inhaled some air to concentrate in the training,picking his sword swirling in his hand as he moved in slow motion close to hiko.
But as he moved hiko loved back intently and watching the body moves,this was how he had taught him the last time which baffled him on how he learnt to do fast than his age.
"Focus on the retreating steps of your enemy or opponent,the smell is one of the vaguely ways to fight them with your eyes closed"
With hiko's steps moving backwards kenshin launched at him which he dodged but the fact that he got what he was saying was an indescribable feeling.
"Try again you did well on your first try"
The training continued with Kenshin sending his wooden sword flying at Hiko which he dodged playfully.
The days went so fast with Kenshin being the one to be blindfolded. He hadn't mastered the skill all too well but Hiko wanted to try another trick.
"This time around I will being the one being blindfolded all through the days you've been the blindfolded one"
Getting no response as this has been the usual silent treatment of kenshin not to speak but when he opened his mouth it annoys hiko.
"I guess you know why I'm being blindfolded"he asked tying it around his eyes
"You will have to fight me with your eyes closed while I try to avoid being hit by you"
"This is an example you are learning from hiko"making his sarcastic comment kenshin moved to the side not ready to listen to more of his compliment on himself again
"Stand up"hiko said with his wooden sword on his hand
He preferred it with the excuse kenshin isn't ready avd worthy to hold a real sword yet.
"I think you are seeing me with those things on your eyes"
"I can feel the ground you idiot,there are no steps of you moving and your scent isn't lingering in the air meaning you are not too close to me but far away"
"But I've been here with you for the past time why won't my smell linger"
"There are still many things for you to learn boy but you have to be the friends with patience and diligence you hear me"
"You didn't tell this side to me"he complained
Hiko was tired of his nagging,it was really getting on his nerves with the way he blabbered his mouth. Sometimes he preferred him shutting up for the betterment of both of them.