Tsumiko Hajime

Tsumiko is the titular protagonist of *Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox*.

## Background

Tsumiko and her younger brother Akira were believed to have been orphaned at a young age. She has few memories of her parents, mostly of her father Naoki and a man she knew as Haji-oji (Uncle Haji). For most of her life, she was raised by the Saint Midori Orphanage where later she worked as a teacher. She worked with girls who either had no parents or rich girls whose parents didn't have enough time for them. The sisters at the school often remarked on her great patience. She occasionally mentions a few of the sisters from Saint Midori's like Sister Magdalene and Sister Naomi.

She was always close with her brother but once he got older he had to go to a different school nearby. She grew up very sheltered at Saint Midori's; she didn't know about the Emergence until Mr. West informed her months after the Emergence actually happened.

## Characteristics

Short and petite. In the right outfit she can look like a child.

## Abilities

Tsumiko is an unregistered and untrained Reaver. She is known to be a beacon, but she doesn't have a Reaver classification. Sansa said that she had no need for a classification because she was a beacon. She has invested a great deal of time and effort into researching dragon lore out of a desire to be informed for her adopted son Kyrie. She impressed Lord Beckonthrall's wives and now has accesses to his entire collection.

## Relationships

##### Argent

Tsumiko and Argent are bondmates. Tsumiko was given Argent from her Aunt Eimi when she inherited Stately House. Tsumiko's goal in the first book was releasing Argent; once that was accomplished, they could be together.

##### Akira Hajime

Akira is her younger brother. They have a very close relationship. He was also raised in the same orphanage, but when he was old enough for middle school, he had to go to a different school because Saint Midori's was an all-girls school.

##### Suuzu Farroost

Suuzu told Tsumiko that they were siblings through Akira because he and Akira are nestmates.

##### Michael Ward

Michael was originally introduced as her driver. Later Tsumiko would count Michael as a part of her family and they consider each other as such.

##### Sansa Ward

Sansa was good to Tsumiko and acted like a mother to her from time to time, also being a part of her family. Sansa is a source of strength for Stately House.

##### Gingko Mettlebright

Gingko is a good friend of Tsumiko. When Tsumiko first came to Stately House she and Gingko would hang out often and explore the estate. Gingko has a habit of showing up at her window and asking for tending, which Tsumiko allows.

##### Deece Evernhold

At first it took Tsumkio and Deece a bit of time to find trust. Through the use of an experimental technique that Michael created they were able to gain the impressions of each other and find trust.

##### Kyrie Hajime-Mettlebright

Kyrie is her adopted son, given freely to her by Kyoko Hajime-Smythe, one of the Rogue's victims. She named Kyrie after an engraving from her original home of Saint Midori: "Kyrie Eleison", meaning "God have mercy". After adopting Kyrie, she thoroughly researched dragon lore, even gaining access to Lord Beckonthrall's trove. Someone said that she might know more about dragon lore than most dragons.

##### Jacques Smythe

Jacques is her "aunt" Eimi's husband's younger-brother's grandson. She calls the Smythe cousins her "uncles" and Jacques is her favorite uncle. He currently works as the butler of Stately House along with being Argent's man. He shares a pact with Argent and Tsumiko includes him as a part of the family.

## Appearances

##### Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox

* Ch 1 Junior Partner
* Ch 3 Inherent Rights
* Ch 5 Rare Soul
* Ch 6 Generational Bond
* Ch 7 First Kiss
* Ch 8 Reorientation
* Ch 9 Stately House
* Ch 10 Circulating Letter
* Ch 11 Michael's Plan (Mentioned)
* Ch 12 Into The In-Between
* Ch 13 Urgent Matters (Mentioned)
* Ch 14 Sly As Foxes
* Ch 15 Permission Granted
* Ch 16 Drifter

## Quotes

1. ↑ *Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox, pg51*