After a long and tiring battle against a horde of Faceless, Nobu and the other soldiers were finally back to the castle. Sakura, Azama, and Minori were hard at work healing the injuries, mostly minor, sustained by the warriors. Although they had already finished with Nobu, he was still feeling rather sore and decided to spend some time in the hot springs.
After replacing his seemingly increasingly heavy armor with a lightweight robe in his private quarters, Nobu made his way to the springs when he suddenly heard a rustling from behind him. He quickly whirled around, wishing he had brought the Yato with him, just in time for two shurikens to fly over his head - one from his left side, and the other from the direction he had been facing moments prior.
"Show yourself!" came a demand. Nobu turned to his left to see the source of the voice: Kagero, perched atop the rock in the center of the castle. "Both of you!" She held two shurikens in her hand, prepared to fire them at any potential threat.
From the direction of the rustling, Kaze emerged from the bushes around Nobu's private quarters; opposite him stood Saizo, who had been hidden behind the smithy. Nobu was quite confused. "What's going on here? Why are you all attacking each other? Were you following me?"
"My apologies, Lord Nobu," Kagero said, leaping off of her perch and landing a few feet away from Nobu, who stepped back in surprise. "As I promised, I was watching you to be sure you remained safe when I heard your amateur retainer moving around in those bushes. Believing him to be a bandit, I reacted quickly."
"I am not an amateur, Kagero," Kaze said calmly. "I, too, was following Lord Nobu to make sure he stayed safe when I saw Saizo's shadow sneaking around the smithy. Due to his suspicious actions, I was going to warn Lord Nobu that he was being followed by an enemy when the two of you thoughtlessly hurled your shurikens at me."
"And what were you doing sneaking around the smithy, Saizo?" Kagero questioned. "You should be watching Lord Ryoma."
"So should you, Kagero," Saizo responded venomously. "I have been keeping an eye on Lord Nobu to make sure he isn't plotting anything."
"You dare to doubt the loyalty of the son of Lady Mikoto?" Kagero asked, once again brandishing a shuriken as she moved towards Saizo.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Nobu interrupted, stepping between the two retainers. "Calm down. The last thing we need is to be turning against each other." Kagero scowled, but put her weapon away. "Thank you all for trying to protect me. But next time, perhaps you should communicate before you all decide to follow the same person?"
"Indeed," Kaze agreed. "As his retainer, Lord Nobu is my responsibility. You two are responsible for Lord Ryoma's well-being and should focus on that instead."
"My protection of Lord Nobu is part of my protection of Lord Ryoma," Kagero argued. "If anything were to happen to him, Lord Ryoma would be devastated."
"I understand your concern, but I assure you that I am watching Lord Nobu constantly." Nobu's face turned red. He hadn't noticed Kaze following him before. "If anyone were to make an attempt on his life, I would deal with them."
"Yes, by alerting them to your presence and getting yourself killed," Saizo muttered.
"Okay, if you're just going to stand around arguing, I'm going to go on to the hot springs," Nobu said.
"You've been trained better than that, brother." "And you've been trained better than to antagonize members of the royal family." "He was raised in Nohr. Until he has proven himself, I refuse to leave myself open to betrayal." "You have no right to question his loyalty, Saizo!"
"Ooookay…" Nobu shrugged, sure that they would find him eventually as they had every time before, and headed off.
…I don't know. I got C Support with Saizo and Kagero and thought it was funny that they're both stalking Nobu instead of protecting Ryoma, and then I figured that Kaze probably also stalked Nobu since he's his retainer (after A Support)… and then this happened.