Cold Veils of Discipline

By gtmaster10

Sekirei is owned by Sakurako Gokurakuin

"I hate long intros, so let's get this underway!"

Summary: Matt Thompson, a young ronin has managed to get accepted into Shinto Teito university, but after a chance encounter with a certain "broken" snowflake in the park his life changes quite a

lot. Especially after he wings the Loyal Veil, Crimson Fist, Teasing Claws, Black Blade, and the Loving Destiny. Oh yeah, this story will be rated M for instances of swearing, possible lemons (maybe, maybe not!) and for violence. Also, the fourth wall will definitely be broken some times.

Normal: Standard speaking tone

Bold: Techniques in action

Italics: Thoughts or flashbacks

Chapter I: Enter the snowflake

"Yeah! I did it!" proclaimed Matt Thompson, a ronin who apparently just got accepted into Shinto Teito university. Indeed he was feeling rather proud, or at least he was really showing it. However, his gaze suddenly shifted to another young man beside him. The other ronin had a disappointed look on his face and he merely said two words; "not again..." and after that left the campus. At this, Matt could not help but think "Poor guy; this must have been his second time..." So then he decided to head home to tell his parents about the good news. Moments later, he takes a shortcut through the park and stops for a minute to think. "Okay, so I got into Shinto Teito. That was sadly the easy part. Now, my path gets longer from here but no matter what I will keep going."

Nodding at this, he continues on past various people who are enjoying the evening sky when he starts to leave for the bus stop when out of the corner of his eye he catches a sight that was rather out of place. He then turned around and saw a woman sitting cross legged on a park bench but what was off about this was that she was in nothing but a worn lab coat. "Hmm, I wonder who this is. And why is she sitting here like this?" He starts to wonder so he goes over to her and asks, "Um, hi there." The mysterious woman does nothing at first but she then casts a quick glance up at him and then looks back down. "Was that... sadness in her eyes? And come to think of it, why is that coat splattered with blood?" he asks himself. Then he asks her, "I'm sorry; I don't want to be a bother but is there something wrong?" The woman gives a slow response as she says "I don't... have a home." He is shocked and then exclaims "Wait, what?" but then calms down and replies "How did that come about?" She says, "They had no use for me... they casted me away..." At this, Matt silently blows a breath and thinks "I can't believe this, whomever did this to her I could NEVER forgive!" Then he notices a strange mark on her forehead which looks like a bird and below it is a yin-yang symbol with four comma marks (two on each side). "Huh, now there's something you don't see every day..."

But then he is broken out of his reverie as he hears a car pull up and stop near the entrance. Out from the car comes two people; one is a young man who is seen wearing clothes that practically screams "I'm rich!" and the other guy is seen with a stoic look on his face while holding a sword at his side. Matt then gets nervous at this, "Uh oh, why do I get the feeling that these two are here to cause trouble?" He then recomposes himself and asks, "Uh, is there something I can help you two with?" he then starts peeking back at the woman as if to say, "make a run for it!" but she does nothing. Then the young man lightly laughs and says "I'm not interested in you, just that woman over there." Matt tenses and replies "Wait, hold on. I may not know who this woman is but I don't think she wants to go anywhere." The young man then smirks and says, "And just what makes you think that? Anyway; it doesn't matter, run along lest you want to get involved in something." Matt then only has one thought on his mind and he acts on it; "Must get her out of here!" by taking her hand and fleeing the park leaving the two speechless. "Mutsu, why did you let her get away? She could be a powerful toy for me!" "No worries; it makes no difference, I will have her eventually." "Mikogami, are you sure about this?" Mutsu asks but doesn't get an answer as Mikogami leaves in his limo with Mutsu close behind saying to himself "Honestly, I have no idea why I'm with this kid again..."

Later, back at his home Matt is struggling to get his lost air back as he looks upon the mysterious woman now sitting on his couch. And as he does, he can't help but think "Okay, so I have no idea who she is and yet I pulled her away from those two... into my own apartment? It's like I'm in some sort of Anime story..." When he calms himself down he says, "Haa, sorry about that; I guess I sort of acted rather quickly but I just couldn't let those two do anything bad to you. Especially since you looked rather distraught." he silently added in his mind. "It's ok, you do not need to apologize to me. After all, you were only-" just then, a loud grumble is heard. "What was that?" Matt almost asked until he notices a slight blush on her face. He then grins and says, "Ah, I bet you're hungry aren't you? Well, let's see what I can do about that." After this, he leaves into the kitchen and makes her some food. "I'm sorry that it's not much, but I hope it was good." he says after the woman finished her food rather quick. "It's alright, it was good; thank you." "No problem, anyway since I don't where you could go you are more than welcome to stay here for the night. However, I'll have to get you some more clothes; those look a bit ragged on you." She looks down and back up then says, "Thank you, but you don't have to..." "It's no bother, I'm glad to do this for you." "By the way, my name is Matt Thompson; what is yours?" She looks up with a calm look and replies, "Akitsu." "Akitsu huh, that is a nice name for you." She blushes slightly and says nothing.

"Ok now, let's see; where is it?" he thinks looking through his closet. "Ah. Here we go." Afterwards he walks in the living room and says "I've got a futon so I can sleep here tonight." She looks up in slight surprise and asks, "But don't you have a bed?" He shakes his head and responds "No worries; that's where you will sleep. And before you say it, don't fret; I wind up sleeping on the floor most of the time to help me think better at night." "Anyway, it's getting pretty late so I think we should call it a night." And after saying goodnight to each other, they both drifted off to sleep with Matt's last thought being, "Akitsu... I'm not sure who you really are but I do know this, I'll be damned if I let anyone mess around with you."

A/N: And that's that! Sorry if it was a little long, but I wanted to leave a fairly decent impression of the chapters to come. Anyway, little bit of foresight here; yes Minato will make some minor appearances in this story along with the Sekireis of Maison Izumo. Reason why; this story will actually take place after Homura gets winged (in other words, during Pure Engagement) but oddly enough if you haven't figured it out, the members of the Discipline Squad haven't been winged yet and yes, Yume is actually going to be alive in this story. Plus, unlike in the series instead of having Chiho as her ashikabi Uzume will also not be winged yet. Anyway, as usual be sure to read and review!