Upon entering the city, Tabuyashi remembers that he is a wanted man. He walks around looking for a retail shop where he can purchase a robe to mask his appearance. As he was dwelling the shops he came across a shop, small but modest and had exactly what he needed, "JASMINES FABRICS, ok Jasmine, lets take a peak at your wares shall we.."
He enters the shop and starts walking isle for isle, and before giving up he spots a black cloth resembling a blanket, he picks it up and after examining it he gets an idea. He walks to the reception and speaks to the lady standing by the register, "Hi, I am looking to speak to Ms. Jasmine, might she be around?" The lady looks at him and smiles, "Your speaking to her Mr??" He almost said his name and then his eyes dart to the message hanging on the wall behind her, "Umm,...My name is..Atsuke, Yeah, my name is Atsuke" She looks at him with a suspicious look and continues the conversation, "Ok Mr. Atsuke, how can I be of assistance?" Tabuyashi explains to her what he wants and she agrees to his request and asked him if he would be interested in joining her while she works on his order. He agrees and they go to the workshop across the street, which she also owns. While walking she asks him about himself and where hes from, making small talk to pass the time. When they enter the shop Tabuyashi spots the shuriken laying in a box which has been poorly hidden, he looks at Jasmine in confusion, why would a retail shop owner have something so out of place in her workshop, but never the less he continued following Jasmine to the workbench where she did all her orders from her number of loyal clients, with orders ranging from fixing fishing nets to torn socks.
Jasmine puts on a pot of tea and asks Tabuyashi whether he would like to have some, he agrees and they converse as she worked on the robe, "I have noticed, your sword, its not something any commoner would carry, are you in the military?" He suspects that she knows hes not an ordinary man, "Yes, I was part of the military at one point of my life, but after experiencing some complications I decided to take another route in my life. How about you, is retail your only specialty?" At this point she gets the same feeling he had when he first walked in and saw the box of shurikens laying dormant in the corner, "Yes, I have been doing it since I was a little girl, my mom taught me everything I know" He chooses to believe her for now, but his suspicions have not vanished yet.
She finishes the robe and hands it to him, "Here you are Atsuke, Not my best work but its as close to a robe as a sock is close to a scarf, or something" She hands him the robe and he just hit the realization that he didn't have any money on him, "Umm, Jasmine I don't have any money on me at the moment, can I come pay you as soon as I get some, will come pick it up with the payment" He tries handing the robe to her but she shook her head and tells him not to worry, the company was payment enough, "Its on the house, your company was nice, considering I had a busy week and talking to you was a good way to relieve stress, hope to see you again Atsuke, were friends now so I think at this point the formalities have to end, am I right?" He smiles and puts the robe on, "Thank you, Will make it up to you in future" Before leaving he realizes Aries is gone, "Wait did you see my dog?, I cant remember whether I brought him with across the street or left him outside" They go outside to go look for the dog and after asking the next door neighbors if they have not seen a dog nearby, they told them they saw two men grabbing a wondering puppy and running off north up the hill not too long ago. Tabuyashi tells Jasmine he has to go and she tells him shes coming with. They take off running and looking in all directions to see whether the crooks didn't take a turn or enter a building.
They came across a group of men arguing over who gets more money after selling the product, Tabuyashi and Jasmine sneak up to the group to see what product they might be selling and why they were arguing over it, "We all know this breed of wolf is not worth what the slaver is offering, so lets take it to someone who can offer us a better deal" Upon closer inspection Tabuyashi sees that its not a random wolf but Aries, "So Aries is a wolf, good to know. Now, lets get him back" He looks at Jasmine and she agrees, they sneak up closer and start planning their next move, "Ill sneak up and distract them, you can get closer without them seeing you and then you snatch Aries and make a get away. In that time ill run in another direction and they wont know what hit them, I guess its better than blood shed right?" Tabuyashi is no stranger to bloodshed and if that were their only option he would have gone in for the kill without hesitation. They start moving into their positions and as soon as Tabuyashi got to his, Jasmine only had to distract them for a short while as they were already distracted from arguing under each other, "Hey guys, whats up..Are we having a little party or what, why wasn't I invited?" They all were startled and asked each other who this random lady was, "Go away, its none of your business woman" In that time that they were talking with Jasmine, Tabuyashi was just a few meters away from the cage they held Aries in. As soon as he was about to grab it and run the crooks spot him and now he needs to find a way to get out of that situation without killing any of them.