Rise of the Warrior

I do not own Sekirei or any of it's characters. I own only Tetsuya.

Author's Note: I suppose this isn't as much a chapter as it is a long author's note/recap. But I promised myself I would start working on this after Halloween, so here it is.

Chapter 1- A Small Recap From Hiroto Minaka

Minaka sat at his desk, he had had a long day of board meetings with shareholders and whatnot. He had long put off doing what he was about to do. But he knew he was not likely to survive long after the Sekirei Plan, so he needed to leave a recounting of the tale of the Sekirei Plan for the new world that would be created by the victors. It was important that the new world know what he did to bring about it's creation. He opened the word processor on his computer and began to type.

Hello future readers,

I'm Hiroto Minaka and the following words are the tale of my life's work to bring about the Age of the Gods back to the modern world.

Long ago, the gods came to earth eight stone ships from far beyond out world. Six of these landed without incident. One however crash landed in ancient Japan leaving only the "pillar" and eight feathers alive, another crashed into the sea. These gods, called Sekireis, fell in love with select individuals they dubbed Ashikabi's, a term meaning fated one, eventually having children with them. But our story isn't about them. Over time these children spread their genes, eventually spreading them across half of the human race. These genes allowed their descendants to "wing" Sekireis. A power that proved useless until, at the turn of the century, an island was forced up from the bottom of the ocean by tectonic activity.

An associate an myself went to investigate, but instead discovered the eighth ship of the gods. A "pillar" still in stasis, nine embryos, and ninety-eight fertilized eggs. We freed the pillar and began to nurture and raise the other specimens in a lab with my friend Takehito Asama. We also salvaged many of the technological components of the ship and began to sell them, founding the company Mid Bio Informatics. After a few years we had raised and adjusted the first five specimens to defend the "island" from several powers that attempted to seize the Sekireis for themselves. It was at this point that Takehito began to feel reservations at our tampering with the abilities of the Sekireis. I however endorsed it wholeheartedly after conceiving of what would become my life's work, the Sekirei Plan. An enormous battle royale designed to pit Sekireis against one another until only one remained, after which the victor and their Ashikabi would usher in a new age to our world, an age of gods. When I explained my idea to Takehito he was less than receptive, saying that I was insane, that the Sekireis should be allowed to run free and be protected from unnecessary violence. This created quite the rift between us. Shortly after the first incursion, I learned Takehito and the "pillar" which we had named Miya, became romantically involved. Shortly after the beginning of their relationship, Takehito resigned from MBI, Miya following suit a few weeks later, they married within a week after that.

Several months later, Miya gave birth to a son they named Tetsuya. A fitting name in the long run it would seem, as it meant sage or suffering. And their child would indeed be a sage, forged in the fire of his own suffering. Of which I regret to say I was most likely the cause of, but I have come too far to turn back now. Tetsuya spent precious little time with his parents before his father charged his friend Seo Kaoru in an ultimately futile attempt to shield him from my future plans for the Sekireis...

It did however, work for almost twenty years. During those two decades Tetsuya lived a normal, if ostracized life with his uncle. Always a quiet boy during his childhood, Tetsuya didn't make friends easily. His unwillingness to bow to many of the bullies in his childhood got Tetsuya into more trouble than most children. He graduated in the average range of his class, showing that he was more like his mother than father. Tetsuya spent the next few years trying to get into college. That is, until fate threw him into the path of Sekirei number ten, Uzume.

A few days after, Tetsuya winged Uzume, marking the beginning his Sekirei flock. Tetsuya, moved out of his uncle's apartment soon after. He moved in with Uzume at his mother's inn later the same day he left. This reunion however would go unrealized for nearly a month and a half. Later the very same day, Tetsuya ran into the then-former number seven Sekirei, Akitsu, just narrowly saving her from the clutches of Hayato Mikogami of the East. After taking her back to the inn, Tetsuya performed a feat I had deemed impossible. He winged Akitsu, giving her the Ashikabi I thought an incompetent researcher had robbed her of weeks before. A few weeks of peace followed for Tetsuya and his little birds. Until he literally ran into his third Sekirei, Toyotama. My lead researcher Takami tells me it was at this point that the first of Testsuya's special abilities as the son of a pillar manifested. The ability to call Sekirei to him through their dreams. It was at this point that I began to take an interest in Mr. Asama.

I offered him the position of head of the Disciplinary Squad, a position I had long struggled to fill. I sent Tetsuya a few gifts in an attempt to willingly join me. He was less than interested to say the least. Shortly after this, his mother informed him of their relation to each other. This however proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back, this was too much to for Tetsuya. He left on a personal journey soon after. After an encounter with a former high school bully, Tetsuya discovered the ability to break the bond between Ashikabi and Sekirei as well as to neutralize a Sekirei's powers through skin contact. Freeing Sekirei number eighty-four from her abusive Ashikabi. A few days later, Tetsuya joined me for dinner, and through the use of some impressive leverage, I managed to coerce Tetsuya into working for me. He left the restaurant soon after, though thankfully he returned to the Tower a few hours later and winged the Squad. He returned to the inn a few hours later, much to the joy of his Sekireis. Tetsuya added two lightning Sekireis to his flock soon after, triggering the Second Stage, I had him moved to the Tower soon after.

After moving to the Tower, I requested that Tetsuya buy a suit to appear more professional. During his excursion to purchase a suit he as attacked and saved by a number I previously thought dead. The Sekirei of Fate joined him soon after. Shortly after that he met and became involved with a young lady named Chiho Hidaka, who was suffering from an incurable illness, and her two Sekirei which were being manipulated by the eastern Ashikabi into working for him. He soon pleaded with me to use our company's resources to save her I agreed on the condition that he deliver her to the tower personally. The very same night, I revealed to the players of the game the location of the last Sekirei, the Water Sekirei. Tetsuya deployed half of his flock to the hospital, and took the other half to rescue number nine. He succeeded in rescuing both Chiho and Tsukiumi.

But Ms. Hidaka was injured in the rescue and was rendered incapable of being saved. She passed later that night. Apparently, before she passed, Chiho convinced Tetsuya to break her bond with her Sekireis to prevent their termination upon her passing. One elected to remain unattached the rest of her life. Kazehana, Chiho's other Sekirei, decided to join Tetsuya in taking revenge on the eastern Ashikabi. Tetsuya decided to visit his father's grave later that day. Though a run in with the eastern Ashikabi, apparently soured the experience for Tetsuya.

Tetsuya visited me later that night, now set upon the warpath by the eastern Ashikabi...

Minaka hit the save button and turned around in his desk chair to look out the large window behind his desk to look out over the Shinto Teitou skyline, wondering where in this crowded mess of a city his Chief of Discipline was at this moment ...

In a nearby cemetery...

Tetsuya watched in silence as they finished lowering Chiho's casket into the ground. It had been a lovely, small service. All his Sekireis had shown up, including Karasuba. Kuno had shown up too. unsurprisingly none of Chiho's relatives had shown up.

He felt Akitsu wrapped around his left arm, give his hand a reassuring squeeze. With all of his strength he had left, he gently returned the gesture, giving her cool hand a squeeze in return. He said nothing, he hadn't said a word since he had crawled out of bed that afternoon. Tsukiumi stood to his right, the water Sekirei said no words as she gently rubbed his shoulder. None of his Sekireis had been able to coax a single word or reaction from him on the way to the funeral. He looked over to the framed picture of Chiho with Kazehana and Kuno standing behind her wheelchair on a sunny day in the park outside her hospital. They all looked so happy in the picture, you'd never guess that Chiho was dying. The picture was so beautiful, the lighting was just right to make the girls look like goddesses sent from heaven to heal the world of all ailments. It was surrounded by a bouquet of pink and blue flowers on a tripod. It was a beautiful service, not that it mattered.

Without saying anything, Tetsuya let go of Akitsu's hand and walked around the hole until he stood next to the picture of Chiho. He reached into his suit jacket pocket and pulled out a black rose that he had had the R&D department whip up for him an placed it gently on the tripod display before turning to face his Sekireis once more.

"Chiho was a kind soul in an unkind world. I never once heard her complain about her lot in life and she had plenty reason to. She was like a sister to me and I genuinely tried to help her recover from her illness... And I failed her. I promised her I would cure her disease. And she believed me. She trusted me, and I failed her. She was taken from this world by a man for whom nothing was ever enough... I guess what I'm trying to say is: they say life is unfair. Well, I'm gonna make it fair. I'd like to ask any of you not officially part of the Disciplinary Squad to return to the tower I have official business to take care of. I promise I'll be back soon." he said.

Uzume and Toyotama nodded before circling around the hole and wrapping their arms tightly around him in a firm hug. He pulled them each against him as he rubbed his hands up and down their backs.

"I love you both so much." he said as he planted a kiss on each of their cheeks.

"We know." Uzume said as she pressed her face into the the crook of his neck. Toyotama said nothing as she grabbed fistfuls of his coat before releasing him and turning back towards the tower with Uzume and taking off at a brisk walk.

"Alrighty, let's do this." Tetsuya said as the only two Sekireis of his that weren't in the squad were out of earshot. Benitsubasa nodded and checked her cell phone.

"They're out back." she said tersely. Tetsuya nodded and took off briskly towards the back of the funeral home. He rounded the corner to see the black APC with MBI painted on the side in white block lettering. He walked around the back and swiped his card through the reader. There was a small beep and a whirring sound as the door popped open and a lift folded out revealing a rectangular military supply container with MBI printed on the top in the same white block lettering next to a plain black touchscreen monitor. Tetsuya slapped his hand to the monitor and watched as a green line formed on the the screen and scanned his hand before removing his hand as a voice chimed out,

"Welcome Mr. Asama" said the electronic female voice from the container speakers. There was a hissing sound as the container popped open to reveal an expensive-looking set of battle armor laying horizontally in a Styrofoam frame, with his sword in a black sheath directly underneath it. He reached up and began stripping off his clothes before he began to don the battle armor. If he didn't know better he'd say Minaka had stolen the armor from the set of a Batman movie. He finished buckling it down with some help from Yume a few minutes later before donning the lower half of the face mask before he turned to face his Sekireis as he said.

"Come on, we have a job to do." he said as he reached back and fastened the scabbard to the clamps on the back of the armor with a CLACK!

In the eastern sector of the city...

Kakizaki headed down to the parking lot, Kochou's hand in his own. It'd been a long day but it'd be worth it to get home and have a nice dinner with the woman he loved. Higa had had him arranging meetings with the other Ashikabis in the game. He was paranoid about the threat the guardian had made on his life.

"Kakizaki, are you sure that it's safe to continue working for Higa, especially with the Disciplinary Squad out for him?" Kochou asked with concern.

"Higa assures me everything will be fine. Besides Tetsuya wants Higa, I'm not worried about him." Kakizaki said nonchalantly. As he reached his car in the dimly lit parking lot. He fished his keys out of his pocket when he felt someone slam his head against the hood of his car with a BANG! He couldn't see his attacker, but he saw several women wrestling Kochou to the ground and binding her hands with zip-ties out of the corner of his eyes. He tried to say something but the words wouldn't come to him, his head was still swimming from the impact.

"You should most definitely be worried about me." he heard a voice behind him say as he restrained his wrists behind his back with a zip-tie.

"Now Kakizaki, we're gonna take a ride." Tetsuya said as he lifted him off the hood of his car and walked him over to the APC that was hidden in a shadowy corner of the parking lot. Tetsuya wrenched the side door open and bodily threw Kakizaki into the carrier. Kakizaki grunted as he hit the har metal floor. He grunted once more as he felt Kochou land on top of him, forcing the air from his lungs.

"Wait! Take me! Just don't hurt her!" he called as he saw Tetsuya move to close the door.

"Sure wish that line would've worked on God when Chiho was dying. We'll see what happens." Tetsuya said as he slammed the door and pounded twice on the side, signaling the driver to head back to the tower.

"It's a good thing they don't know what's waiting for them, or they would've fought us a lot harder." Benitsubasa said with a malicious grin...

End of Chapter

Author's Note: Alrighty guys, you should know that this is probably gonna be shorter than Tetsuya's first story. I guess that's it. This is the 19th Angel, signing off...