Yahiko's Battle Curious about Yahiko's absences from his classes, Kenshin, Kaoru, and Sanosuke find him working into the Akabeko restaurant alongside a young girl, Tsubame. Threatened by a group of thieves, Tsubame gives them a replicated key to rob the place; Yahiko's attempts to stop them prove unsuccessful. Despite Kaoru's and Sanosuke's complaints, Kenshin convinces them to let Yahiko handle the situation himself rather than rely on others. In the aftermath, Yahiko asks Kenshin for help with how to defeat several opponents at once and is reinforced by Kaoru the values of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu...