Kingdom Hearts X; The Forgotten's Keeper

Chapter VII; Friends Across Union Lines

Ephemer practically dragged Kamiko through the city. He seemed a little too excited to just be sneaking into a place he really shouldn't be. It seemed more like he was getting a chance to do the one thing he always wanted to do most. Then again, with Ephemer, it was hard to tell, he might have wanted this.

Ephemer led Kamiko to the area around the tower. It was a plaza with a few buildings on either side of a bridge crossing the water underneath the foreteller's tower. It was the obvious place to look for the entrance. Kamiko took note of the few wielders in the area. She didn't recognize most of them. She vaguely recalled a girl with white hair from a few weeks ago. Annora was her name if Kamiko remembered correctly.

It was a surprise when Ephemer took Kamiko straight to the white-haired girl.

"This is her!" Ephemer declared happily. Kamiko looked at Ephemer in shock but he didn't react. Kamiko once again looked to Annora. She was looking at Kamiko with equal shock, but like Ephemer wasn't saying anything.

"It's you. You're starting to show up often." Kamiko commented smiling softly at Annora. Annora narrowed her eyes as if trying to discern if that was a compliment or an insult. Annora chose to brush it off and address the lieutenant.

"You again," Annora said simply. She frowned as the thought occurred to her. Annora turned to Ephemer. "Isn't she one of the lieutenants?" She asked pointing towards Kamiko. Ephemer shrugged.

"So?" Ephemer asked. Annora blinked at his casual response. Ephemer really had no grasp on rules. Everything seemed to be his way, regardless of what others tried to tell him was normal. It was a quality Annora was beginning to like. "She causes as much trouble as I do. Anyway, her, her brother and the Leopardus lieutenant aren't that bad. I like them." Ephemer continued when Annora didn't respond. Kamiko gave Ephemer a sidelong glance.

"I'm noticing Espen wasn't on your list. And he's your lieutenant." Kamiko said. Ephemer shrugged again.

"I don't like him." He stated simply. Kamiko thought about this for a second before nodding in agreement.

"What about Adianna?" Annora asked. Soon after she asked the question she frowned. "Then again, I don't like her." Annora muttered. Kamiko laughed shortly.

"She's a stickler for rules." Kamiko said simply. Annora glanced at her and smiled, surprised by how relaxed she seemed about the whole ordeal. She really did seem to be cut from the same cloth as Ephemer. She had spited the union barriers frequently from what Annora could tell.

"That's why you're here." Annora decided, crossing her arms as she looked at Kamiko. Kamiko nodded simply.

"And Master Ava told her a secret way into the tower!" Ephemer added helpfully. Annora looked at Ephemer before returning her gaze to Kamiko who smiled nervously. She rubbed the back of her head nervously.

"It's just a rumor," Kamiko said, earning disappointed looks from the other two. Kamiko sighed heavily, dropping her hand. "Come on." She said, beginning to walk away from the tower. Annora and Ephemer exchanged a curious glance before following Kamiko.

Kamiko led them away from the tower entrance into the winding streets of Daybreak Town. It was surprising that Kamiko knew her way around this town so well. Annora found herself wondering how long Kamiko had lived around here. And how long she had been Master Ava's lieutenant. It wasn't something they had ever been told, how those particular wielders had been chosen for such an important job.

Annora was pulled out of her thoughts as Kamiko took them to one of the waterways that ran through the town at various occasions. This one Annora was familiar with surprisingly. It was the one that drained entirely occasionally. It was a weird thing in the town that happened and no one seemed to question.