Hitomi's mood instantly improved as she saw the inn she had seen Aimi last off in the distance.  She was getting tired of running and was ready to have a chance to rest for the night.  It was still quite a ways off, but now she could see the finish line.  Suddenly the old woman called out and tossed something at her.  More on a reflex than anything else she grabbed it and soon thereafter heard what the pill was for.  She opened her hand and looked at the pill and groaned in frustration.  She hates soldier pills!  Nothing fun ever comes after taking a soldier pill while out on a mission.  Hitomi and Bontenmaru avoided them whenever possible, but she had been forced to see them often enough to know that she was in for a bad night.<br/><br/>As if on cue, just after swallowing the dreaded medicine the woman started to speak ill of her master.  "I think you would be rather impressed at just what Master Bontemaru showed me if you knew.  Listen to me, we are shinobi in all but name!  You may look at me and just see a sellsword, but my line of work often involves dealing with ninja.  I may not wear a tacky headband, but I am a force to be reckoned with because of Master Bontenmaru and I won't just stand by while you insult him!"