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Subaki walked down the dormitory wing of Kamui's fortress, humming a tune to himself. It had been a long day, but one he was glad was over. As a result of the Nohrians occupying Fort Dia, Kamui had asked that training sessions be doubled so as to ensure that what men that could fight would be ready for a no doubt costly battle. Upon nearing his room, he paused for a moment when he saw that the door to his room was slightly ajar. Cautiously, he opened the door, surveying the room. For a soldier, his room was quite typical in decoration. A simple dresser containing what outfits he owned. A table situated in the center, a bed, and a trunk containing his few valuables. Despite being married to, arguably, royalty he kept the life of a soldier. He let his guard down and let out a relieved sigh when he saw a familiar mane of messy teal hair peeking out from under the covers.

He was, albeit somewhat, surprised that Kamui decided to sleep in his room. The former princess still had a great many reservations when sleeping together with someone. It was no surprise given the things that have happened to her since realizing her Hoshidan Lineage. Often, she would choose to sleep in her own room. But on particularly rough days, she slept in his room. At one-point Subaki did get annoyed, much to his own surprise, given her inconsistency but after mulling over what to do, he finally resolved to just ask.

He recalled how she fell silent for a while choosing to just sip her tea. The way her eyes seemed to become unfocused as she thought about what to say and her expression darkened. As he finished putting away his armor and changed into something more comfortable, he recalled how she finally opened up to him a bit more. She had explained her fears of how he would feel about her when she would be plagued with nightmares, or just not sleep in general. In hindsight, he felt foolish for feeling annoyed about it all and would remind himself just what kind of wife he had.

Gently lifting the covers, he slipped into bed pulling her a bit closer into a hug. She shifted at the sudden change but eventually settled back down. After a few quiet moments, he heard her mumble something but didn't quite understand her. When her breathing finally returned to a steady pace and no further noise was made did he finally decide that she had fallen back asleep. Minutes later sleep finally claimed Subaki as well when the stress of the day and the exhaustion from his training claimed him.

As the sun began to creep into the sky waking the world for another day, Subaki slowly awoke, letting out a long yawn. He looked down when he registered a familiar presence curled up next to him. Kamui was sleeping rather soundly, her chest rising and falling gently. The sight caused him to smile but it soon faded as a somewhat rough and loud knock disturbed the morning tranquility within the room. He raised his head looking behind him as the door opened not second later as Hana barged in saying loudly:

"Time to wake up Subaki! If you don't hurry, we'll be late for-"

The female Samurai froze, realizing a bit too late that Subaki wasn't alone in bed. Her rude entrance caused Kamui to stir. Slowly her emerald draconic eyes opened slowly. With a sigh, Subaki sat up stretching, attempting to work out the soreness from the previous day's training. Noticing that Kamui was sleeping next to him, Hana's face began to turn a brilliant shade of crimson before clapping her hands together and bowing her head yelling

"I'M SO SORRY!"

With that she dashed out of the room, slamming the door shut behind her. Subaki looked down beside him and smiled. He quietly inquired: "Good morning, did you sleep alright?" Kamui's only response was to mumble something too quiet for Subaki to hear and roll over, pulling the covers up to her shoulder. She buried her face into the pillow which prompted a quiet laugh to escape Subaki as he said

"Come on, it's time to get up"

He was surprised when he was suddenly pulled back down lying beside her as he reached out to pull the covers back.

'Something must be bothering her'

Subaki thought as he ran a hand through Kamui's hair. The action prompting a pleased sigh to escape the teal haired woman. Deciding it was time he got ready, he sat up and reached down pulling his boots on saying

"You have to get up eventually you know. It's not going to look good on you if you're sleeping in while everybody else in the camp can't"

A disapproving sound was Kamui's only response. Subaki just laughed quietly at that.

Eventually Kamui finally, albeit begrudgingly, managed to get out of bed. After a hot bath, she changed into a simple pair of blank pants and a shirt. Typical relaxed attire found in Nohr. Kamui slowly exhaled, attempting to subdue her rising nervousness. It had been far too long since she wandered the training yard. In the back of her mind, she recalled one of the many lessons Leo had tried to hammer into her head

"When commanding an army, it's important that you make sure to be seen by your troops. It not only improves the morale of the men, but it presents an opportunity to know them as well. Getting to know some of the people under your command will help ensure their loyalty."

Leo had told her one night in the Northern Fortress. She had only been partially listening at the time, not really interested in the lesson at all. Now she was slowly beginning to wish she had paid attention in the first place. After finishing the last knot on her boots, she stood and made her way to the training yard.

It wasn't all that difficult to find, given the loud noise of the activities already taking place. Among the many people already training this early in the day was Hana. Her white armor she wore standing out amongst the numerous others who wore black armor or red armor. The Retainer was swinging with ease repeatedly at a training dummy using a practice katana. Sweat shone on her forehead slowly trickling down indicating that she was either practicing hard, or had started practicing long before anyone else had. Kamui recalled that Hana was notorious for waking up early to start, making Kamui figure it was most likely the latter.

Kamui stepped onto the training yard, intending to talk to the Retainer but stopped when a familiar voice addressed her. With a frown she turned around to find Flora standing a few feet from her wearing her usual Nohrian Maid outfit. Flora's hands clasped together in front of her and head bowed.

"Lady Kamui, Jakob has tasked me with attending to you personally today. If there is anything at all that you need I will be happy to take care of it."

It came as a small surprise to Kamui that Jakob decided that her first day returning to her service would be to attend to her all day. She would have prepared a rebuttal but decided against it when she spied Camilla's Retainer enter the training yard. The red-haired girl had her usual bored and indifferent expression that she had seen her with on the few occasions they had crossed paths. A thought came to Kamui's mind soon after the Retainer began sparring with one of the Sword Masters.

'Well, if she is going to be stuck with me all day, then I might as well put her to good use'

Kamui turned to look at Flora, who had straightened her back and was watching her with an attentive gaze. It unsettled Kamui, if she had to be honest with herself. Most maids she had seen were all hard workers, and all of them seemed to be extremely focused. Well….most of them. But Flora was most definitely the exception. With her it was as if she was born specifically to be a Maid. Her uniform was always clean, despite her occupation, and combined with her always rigid yet attentive posture and demeanor she could pass, almost if not already, as a perfect Maid.

The Dragon Princess shook her head to disregard her previous thoughts. She pointed at the nearby wall mounted weapons rack that held several steel katana and ordered "Bring me a katana." Flora bowed her head in acknowledgement and retrieved the weapon. Holding it with both hands on its side she held it out to Kamui who grasped the hilt with a practiced grip. The white and black hilt fit comfortably in her hand, almost too comfortably. She disregarded the thought as she stepped onto the training yard passing a line of Lancers who were stabbing at their own individual training dummies. Normally she would have stopped to watch them train to see if she could pick up any tricks to improve her technique but no. Her sights were set on one specific retainer who had her back to her.

'Perfect' Kamui thought as she stepped lightly across the relatively large courtyard. Not that she needed to be quiet at all, given the noise in the background, but force of habit was a hard thing to break. Once close enough she raised her katana in the air with one hand. With one deft movement she swung downward intent on striking her on the shoulder but a warning shout from the Sword Master she was sparring with alerted Selena of the impending attack. The Retainer almost seemed to disappear into thin air when she dodged out of the way. Selena spun around readying to strike her attacker, her steel blade slicing through the air with blinding speed towards Kamui's throat. A loud 'ting!' rang through the air as sword met dagger stopping the blade short of its target. Flora stood in front of Kamui her dagger drawn and locked against Selena's blade. Selena's expression turned from one of anger to pure shock as she realized who her attacker was. Pulling her blade back quickly she yelled angrily

"Are you trying to get yourself killed?! You don't sneak up on someone like that!"

Flora straightened as she slipped her dagger back into its hidden sheath while Kamui replied "You should pay more attention. If you hadn't been warned, you'd be dead by now." This seemed to anger Selena because she yelled back in response "Don't change the subject! You shouldn't have tried to attack me like that from behind!"

The Dragon Princess ignored Selena's statement while she handed her katana to Flora who left to return it back to its weapon rack. Meanwhile Kamui looked to Selena with a disinterested expression and stated "Follow me"

Selena replied angrily as she pointed at Kamui "You can't just attack someone then tell them to follow you! Besides, you may be Lady Camilla's younger sister but that doesn't excuse for just randomly attacking me!" In response to Selena's accusation Kamui replied, folding her arms and her tone bordering on threatening "It wasn't a request. You and that woman are only here because I need soldiers to fill in the ranks. A good number of the men in this courtyard lost friends that day when she attacked us."

It was then that Selena became acutely aware of the looks she was getting from the other people in the courtyard. The sounds of training had died out, replaced by a deafening silence. Out the corner of her eye she noticed four samurai staring at her, each with their hand gripping the hilt of their katana. Ready to draw their weapons and attack if need be. She knew that Kamui was speaking the truth. During that attack she herself led a raid on one of Kamui's ships, killing almost the entire crew. The only thing stopping her from killing everyone aboard was the fact that the Hoshidan Princess, Hinoka, arrived subduing Camilla with the help of her brother, Takumi.

Her mouth set in a tight frown, she sheathed her sword while bit back another remark that would have surely not earned her any favors "Whatever. Let's go." At her response, Kamui turned on her heel walking quickly without so much as sound from her booted feet as they hit the ground. Her stride was purposeful and her back straight just as Jakob had lectured her on numerous occasions back in the Northern Fortress. Whether it was early in the morning while she was stumbling about her room trying to wake up or late in the afternoon when she tried to get another book in the library and she was sure that no one was watching her. Close behind her was Flora and Selena. The latter scowling, still angry about Kamui's stunt back in the training yard.

They arrived at one of the many small libraries within the Fort. After ensuring that no one would listen in on their conversation Kamui ordered Flora "Flora, would you be so kind as to bring us some tea?" The maid replied with a short bow "Of course Milady." When she disappeared Selena slowly walked about the small library. To call it a library would be too generous given that it was slightly larger than a small room. The walls were lined with bookshelves stuff full of books, several tables within the room also had a few books scattered about here and there. Several chairs had been placed as well all looking rather comfortable. All in all, it was an ideal spot for someone to slip away and relax. She could feel Kamui's eyes following her as she studied the room. It was evident that she wanted to discuss something. Before she could ask however, Kamui beat her to it. Her statement causing Selena to pause and look at her

"Your name isn't Selena, is it?"

Aforementioned Retainer frowned folding her arms. She leaned against a bookshelf holding Kamui's gaze. Without waiting for a reply, the Dragon Princess continued "You know Queen Mikoto, my Mother, was a Seer? She could foresee things before they happened. Well I wasn't so lucky to foretell the future, but I have these…." Kamui paused searching for the right word. While she spoke, Selena studied the former Princess. The Retainer had to admit that given everything that's happened to her it was impressive that she could hold such a posture. Her back was straight, and her presence commanded the attention of anyone who entered the room. It reminded Selena of Camilla almost.

'Even though she's covered head to toe in burns she still manages to show herself in public?'

Selena wondered; Before she could ask herself anymore questions, Kamui started talking again drawing her attention back to her. "…..You could call them visions, for lack of a better word, that show me bits and piece of a person's past." Selena's frown deepened. An action not lost on Kamui who watched her for a further response. Turning to fully face her she asked, "Your name isn't really Selena, is it?"

To be honest I never really understood why they never elaborated more on why Selena and crew were there save for they were there to protect Corrin/ Kamui yet they didn't even know their actual identity. Ultimately they just...existed.

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- 9E