>Ah. Understandable. Though with any luck, this will be a short-lived affair.
>Assuming there's nothing else that needs straightening out right now, let's go and try to blend and wait for the plane's arrival
>
I will bear it. Kiku replies, her confidance returning.
I've borne worse.>Finished with your changes, and taking a moment to be releived no one walked past to catch you doing it, you and Kiku continue on deeper into the humoungous room at a casual pace. As being seen with a member of security might be a bit suspicious, Taka takes his leave of you. Yuna, having already gone off to set up something of her own, is out of your sight, leaving you alone with Kiku. After the two of you got off on the wrong foot, it is remarkable that you've become not only colleagues, but even friends. That's not to say that you're as at ease in her company as you are in that of Rin's or Marissa's, but you're also in no hurry to leave. You know her well enough to be able to tell, after a few minutes of talking to her, that something else is bothering her about her disguise beyond just the issue of pride that she'd mentioned. You don't press her on it, of course, that's not how you roll. You do mention your concern, on a private channel of course, which she appreciates, but she declines to speak further on it at this time.
>Despite your nondescript clothing, you are not completely undisturbed during your stakeout. A handsome young man in expensive looking clothes disembarking a plane goes out of his way to approach you. His Yamato is not very good, but you can tell from his accent that he is a native Francais speaker, which you are fluent in, so communication becomes easier. He is no wizard or any threat, just a tourist who happened to see two pretty girls without another male around, so he thought he'd make his move. Not even on Yamato soil for ten minutes. The boy works fast. But he doesn't seem to have a great of persistance, and leaves you and Kiku alone after only a couple of minutes.
>Once he leaves, Yuna returns to you. Her gohei is no longer visible, and you wonder where she's hidden the thing. She shows no hint of apprehension, a credit to her character. During your time together, you and Kiku discussed what Kiku knew of Semitur. She wasn't able to expand much on the combat capabilities of the succubus beyond what Haruka and Razorclaw told you, but she was aware of some of the things Semitur is known to have done in her time. She may not have been the kind of evil you originally signed on to thwart, but you know you'll be much happier without her walking the streets of your city.
>All goes well and uneventfully until the plane is only five minutes or so from landing. And then, unexpectedly, the dry voice of the Purpose sounds in your mind,
Hero.
