Cybernetic Blue Blur: Battle Redux
Just a little reworked version of the story, set in a different Continuum Shift. Takes place after the One Piece Arc of the original CBB:B! However, be assured that I will finish the original version.
"Ow…" Ace groaned as he started to wake up.
"The hell hit us?" Megaman groaned, shaking his head before hissing, "Okay…bad idea, shaking the head…"
"Ugh…"
"Lan!" Megaman slowly turned his head to the twelve-year-old as he was getting up.
"I never want to get engulfed in lava ever again…" Lan groaned.
"Huh? L-Lava?" Ace groaned as he managed to get up, 'Huh? My wounds are gone.' He looked over at the Smash Scarf Lan was wearing, 'Did his scarf do this?'
"I hate that Akainu," Lan growled as he held his head, "Now what the heck is with these headaches?"
"A bit of a side-effect of the healing creams on some of your burns. You three heal quite fast."
"…Nani?" the trio blinked.
Slowly, the trio turned to the door-and finally realizing they were in a living room area-and the youngest of the trio blushed a bit. Standing in the doorway was a slender woman with long purple hair, tied with a white ribbon, and gentle violet eyes. She was wearing the traditional attire of a Miko that consisted of a hakama, a white haori with a sash-like belt, and wooden sandals. Lan was slightly confused as he recalled that the normal Miko would wear a red hakama since it was a color of luck, yet her hakama was purple.
She was incredibly beautiful, not just her figure and face, but also the way she held herself seemed to enhance her already enchanting features. The woman before them held herself with a natural grace and elegance that not even the most expensive of geisha could hope to achieve. Even the most talented of dancers would have never been able to duplicate the way she held herself. In fact, there were likely only a few people in the entire world who could hold themselves with even a modicum of the gracefulness this woman did.
'Change the purple hair to red and the lavender eyes to jade and you get an older version of Maylu,' Lan thought with a blush while Megaman narrowed his eyes.
'Her eyes…Why is it that her eyes convey one's who has bared witness to countless battles?' Megaman thought.
"You helped us?" Ace blinked.
"But of course," the woman replied as she handed Lan a letter, "This came out from under your scarf."
"Right. Under the scarf…" Lan chuckled sheepishly as he opened the letter and looked it over, "…" he looked up at the woman, "Um…Miss…"
"Asama Miya," the woman introduced herself.
"Lan Hikari. Um…Do you have paper and a pencil I could borrow so I can reply to this letter? It's from my girlfriend and she's really worried," Lan explained, feeling a faint guilt go through him.
"But of course. Though it is surprising your first question was not about where you are, but one concerning writing a letter to a woman you love," Miya noted as she walked out and came back in with the two items requested.
"Speaking of which; where are we?" Megaman asked, "I'm Sonic, by the way."
"A pleasure," Miya replied before Ace fell asleep again for five seconds, "Oh my. Is he okay?"
"That's just Ace's narcolepsy," Megaman replied, "But, seriously, where are we?"
"You're in my home; Maison Izumo," Miya explained as Lan scribbled down his letter to Maylu, trying to abate her fears of him being dead, "I rent out some of the rooms here at 50 yen a night."
"…Do you accept gold rings?" Megaman asked as he held one up.
"That's quite a big ring," Miya noted.
"Thanks. I've collected these for a living so I can give them away to others," Megaman shrugged.
"Really now?"
"Yep," Megaman replied with a grin, "Kinda easy collecting them, too."
Miya gazed into his eyes for a few moments. She nodded as stood up once more.
"I'll come back in to check on you three later, okay?" Miya smiled gently as she began to walk out, "Oh…and before I forget, there are some rules while you stay. You can do chores around the house instead of the 50 yen payments-though you three don't have to for a few months thanks to this-, don't cause any fights, it you have a pet, make sure to clean up after them and that they're housebroken, and lastly, if you have women over here…"
The trio froze up at the feeling of death that started to fill the room, as if the very air was thick with a malicious intent as the area around the lavender-haired woman seemed to darken as if there was a small solar eclipse happening just around Miya and nowhere else. The three began to huddle up together, trembling, as it appeared. A Hannya mask, the kind used in Japanese Noh theatre to represent a jealous female demon or serpent, crawled out from behind Miya's deceptively delicate frame, a mask of hatred that seemed to pierce one's very soul. The fact that she had a pleasant smile on her face just made them feel as if they were going to die in that very instant.
"There will be no sexual intercourse unless you are married, understand?"
"Y-y-y-y-y-yes, ma'am…!" the younger two (in terms of the age of their souls) whimpered.
"W-We'll do our b-best, Miya-chan," Megaman gulped, somewhat affected, 'It's like she's got the rare type of Haki, too!'
"See to it that you do," Miya informed cheerfully and solemn in the same tone as the 'demon' and presence vanished, "…Ara? 'Miya-chan?' Could it be that you are attempting to try and have your way with a poor, widow such as myself?"
"Uht! N-No! Not at all…!" Megaman blushed heavily, "I'm already happy with my angel. Which reminds me that I need to write to her as well. Lan, if I may?"
"S-Sure…" Lan trembled as he handed his finished letter to Megaman and the pencil, letting him use the other side of it.
Miya just giggled before walking out. Ace slowly gulped with Lan.
"The hell was that?" Ace choked out.
"D-d-d-demon…" Lan replied, pulling out his Chaos Flame Ring and Chaos Flame Box, releasing the wolf pup in it to hold onto.
"Seems Scan was terrified as well," Megaman noted, seeing the trembling the wolf pup was going through, before tapping his chin, "…You think we can turn that power of hers into a BattleChip, Lan?"
"…You're insane, Megaman!" Lan barked as his Box Animal barked in agreement.
*cue music*
*The screen was covered in blowing grey clouds. They dispersed to reveal a broken road and a far-shot of Lan walking on it*
narasareta aoi toki no kane ni shinjitsu no tobira ga hiraku (The bell that rang in youth's time opens Truth's door)
*it cut to his face, showing hardly any emotion as he walked before a wind blew by him, making him look up. It cut to Megaman, grinning as he stood with Ace. Lan began to return the grin as flames engulfed the screen, revealing the title screen*
tōi kage wa masayume ka? akumu ka? sora de orinasu nageki no sasayaki (Is this distant shadow a prophetic dream? Is it a nightmare? Whispers of grief are woven in the sky)
*It cut to a scroll-down view of a city before cutting to Tsukiumi glaring up at it while Kazehana drank in the background. It then cut to Musubi sparring with Miya outside the Maison Izumo, Uzume, Tai Lung, and Tigress observing and then cutting to Haruka having help from Kusano as food was being made. It then cut to the afternoon-around sunset-of Maylu and Roll looking sadly in the distance before cutting to a shadowed room with figures hidden within with the only three revealed being Chaud, Akainu, and Protoman.*
shinjita michi wo nazoru bokura ni (mayotte furimuku kotae wa...?) gin no ame furisosogu [After tracing the believed road, silver rain pours. (Being perplexed, I turn around, and the answer is?)]
*It cut to Ace standing amidst a sea of flames before cutting to a dark room with monitors on various walls and Matsu smirking in the middle of it, adjusting her glasses. It then cut to a figure, emerging from the shadows with his pet. The pet roared before transforming while charging at the screen. It then cut to Lan activating his Box Animal*
-aoi sora torimodosu- chikai wa ima hitomi ni afureta muryoku da to nageku yori bidō suru asu wo mitai katariau yume sae mo "shinjitsu" e to izanau yoake sorezore no michi wo tadotte toki no kanata mata aō (With the youthful sky recovered, the oath overflowed in the eyes. Instead of grieving over helplessness, look at the shaken tomorrow Even the dream of talking is the dawn of "Truth" We will meet at the far side of time after tracing our respective roads)
*It cut to Lan in Cambio Forma colliding with Megaman wielding Caliburn, waves of Chaos Flames going off the collision. It then showed the two beginning to fight and releasing more waves of Chaos Flames with each contact. It then cut to Musubi slamming her fist into a shadowed giant figure and sending it through various trees before cutting to Tsukiumi and Kazehana unleashing their Norito on one another. It then cut to a somewhat dark hallway, an imposing cauldron-like structure at the end of it. It opened up, revealing an eternal sea of intense flames swirling within it like a gateway, an azure light in the center of it all. It then cut to Lan, standing in his Cambio Forma, before his armor faded into Scan, resting on his shoulder. Scan looked up and jumped off-screen before Lan looked up to see Musubi, Maylu, Megaman, Ace, Matsu, Kazehana, and Tsukiumi walk on-screen, Scan happily wagging his tail in Tsukiumi's arms. He gave them a smile before the group walked down the ruined road before the clouds once more engulfed the screen, turning it white*
Maylu, Roll, Shifu, Tigress, Tai Lung, and Haruka paced around a Smash Scarf Roll had taken out when she jumped into the Real World from the Cyber World. It had been three days since Maylu had sent that letter when they got one from Luffy explaining what he saw at Marineford and they hadn't left the sight of the Smash Scarf once. The emblem on it glowed and a letter popped out. In a flash, Roll was the first to swipe the letter and opened it.
"They both took a side of it," Roll informed.
"Hurry! Read it!" the other three women pressed her.
"Are they safe?" Tai Lung asked.
"Hai, hai. I'll do Lan's first. Ahem. 'We're alive thanks to Megaman's Smash Scarf. Ace is with us, too, so if Luffy-tachi are there, I hope they know this. Apparently, we landed outside this nice lady's house, the Maison Izumo. The lady's name is Miya…and she is scary when she wants to be. I hope this helps you and mom calm down, Maylu-chan. Love, Lan.'"
"Okay…I feel calmer but more nervous about this woman," Maylu stated as Haruka nodded.
"Hold on. He took a photo of her," Roll pulled out a picture of Miya, "…Turn the lavender to red and jade, and we've got what could be an older you."
"…" Maylu blushed at that.
"And Megaman's part of it?" Haruka asked the Hedgefox.
"…" Roll blushed as she read the letter, "Sweet nothings and private things involving the two of us. Please excuse me."
She zipped upstairs with the letter.
"Her eyes are that of a warriors," Tai Lung noted as he looked at the picture, "The world they're in may not be as peaceful as it appears."
"Perhaps sending Maylu and Roll would be a good idea," Tigress noted, "To help them recuperate and explain a few things to Ace on what happened."
"You and Tai Lung as well. Just as an extra precaution," Shifu informed, hiding a small smile, 'That and I know you both want to see your brother is safe in person.'
He was standing on top of a building, judging by how high up he was in comparison with the other buildings around him it must have been some kind of skyscraper. Surrounding him on all sides were large metal boxes of various shapes and sizes that he recognized as power boxes used to bring power and electricity to the many functions of the building he was standing on. They thrummed and buzzed with a life of their own, the noise presenting an ambient music to the scene that played out before him.
"Wow…" the twelve-year-old whispered in awe, looking out at the place, "It's beautiful."
Off in the distance, he could see a large Clocktower. It showed the time to be around early morning. He felt a bad sensation when he looked at it, as if someone were observing him. His ear twitched as he heard something land. He turned to his left and began to blush heavily.
She was a young woman, possibly her early twenties, whose frame was being partially eclipsed by the sun's dawning. He was able to make out a few of her features and her attire. She had long, blond hair swaying in a breeze, followed by a black dress with wide sleeves that revealed a white underdress. The outfit was finished off with long brown boots that rode up to just a little below her ankles, black stockings that reached the halfway point of her thighs, and a black choke with white frills around her neck.
Lan could barely stop focusing on the beauty of the woman before him, doing his best to think about Maylu…until he developed a nosebleed when he began to think of Maylu in the outfit the woman was wearing. Lan could tell that her bearing was one akin to being proud, even with her back turned to him the blond woman stood tall, feet spaced closely together in the shape of an L, and her arms crossed under the front of her figure.
He blinked in confusion before his eyes widened. He just blinked…in a dream. He wasn't supposed to do that or he'd awake. He sniffed the air a little, curling his nose a bit at the smell of pollution…something that hadn't been in his world for almost fifty years. His clothes ruffled a bit in the wind, something he could feel along with the warmth of the rising sun.
His presence didn't go unnoticed by the woman before him. Especially when he sneezed when the wind tickled his nose. The woman turned around, revealing blue eyes that were bespotted with rage. Lan did his best to focus on those angry eyes and not her ample DD-Cup breasts that bounced a little with her turn.
"I finally found you, you bastard!" she growled, turning more fully so she could point a quivering finger at him, a snarl on her face. "I'll kill you!"
"K-Kill?!" Lan gulped before the woman lunged at him.
Lan yelped, quickly activating his EX-Gear and jumped over her with a burst of the Air Tanks' fuel. He landed behind her and began to dodge the strikes she sent at him. He jumped back once more…and felt something soft pressed against the back of his head. A pair of arms wrapped around him.
"Ara, ara? So you're responding to me? You're simply adorable," a second female's voice giggled.
Lan looked up at the face of a woman the same age as the first one, possibly around her mid-twenties with hip-length black hair and gentle brown eyes. She also had EE-Cup breasts barely contained her in a very short purple Chinese dress which shows her cleavage and belly button. Her hair was tied up with a lavender string.
"I'm amazed that someone so young is reacting to not just one, but two Sekirei (Wagtail)," she noted before turning him around and looking him directly in the eyes, "Just remember my name; Sekirei Number 03: Kazehana (Wind Flower)."
It was then she pecked his cheek. Lan's face turned completely red at that before hearing the first woman growling. He slowly turned to see a vortex of water surrounding her left fist.
"I will never be your slave!" the first woman cried out.
"Bwah!" Lan yelped as he woke up, sweating a bit.
"What's wrong?" Megaman asked, walking in wearing a blue shirt with white sleeves and blue jeans with his normal running shoes.
"Bad dream, that's all…" Lan panted as he began to get up, "Just need a nice, long, cold shower is all…"
"Bad dream it may have been, but it must have been quite the kinky one," Megaman snickered, seeing Lan's pajama bottoms had a 'tent.'
"Sh-Shut up!" Lan snapped as he grabbed a bundle of his clothes and hid his 'tent' while leaving for the bath all the while Megaman was slapping his knee in laughter.
"Ooh…That son uva…" Lan muttered to himself as he placed his dirty clothes into the hamper, leaving his Smash Scarf and headband on, "I'll get him back if it's the last thing I do…"
He slid open the door with his eyes closed. He walked into the bathroom and quickly rinsed himself in cold water, shuddering at the feeling. He opened his eyes and his blood instantly went to his face and below his waist. Before him was yet another well-endowed young woman in her early twenties with long, dark brown hair. The third woman that looked around that age he's seen in this bloody Seikai so far at that! She had a pony tail on the left side of her hair and let the rest fall down behind her back, sticking to her glistening wet figure. She had brown eyes eyes and a very developed figure, roughly a pair of D Cups.
"So you're one of the new roomies I have, huh?" the girl smirked before winking at him, "You're kinda cute, kiddo."
"Uh…I…um…"
"Relax, you had your eyes closed and were probably mad at one of your buddies. Must have been rough in bed, huh?" the girl smirked.
"U-Urusei!" Lan stammered, doing his best to just focus on her eyes until he squeaked.
"So how old are you?"
"T-Twelve…" Lan gasped out.
"Twelve huh? You're just entering puberty. Boy, any girl you fuck will be so lucky," the girl smirked as she increased her pace, "Name's Uzume."
"L-La~n…" Lan groaned.
"Like the computer part?" Uzume blinked, yet not stopping her strokes.
"Y-Yeah~" Lan moaned, earning a sly smile from Uzume.
"Well now…" Uzume paused her administrations to pull his head between her breasts, "I bet you could load some 'data' into me right now?"
Lan's face turned completely red before he caved. Uzumu blinked, realizing she was covered in blood as Lan was on the other side of the room, out cold with the blood stopping its flow from his nostrils. She gave a small smirk after getting over the fact his blood was on her.
"Heh. I just love messing with guys," Uzume smirked as she picked him up and slid into the large ground-tub, keeping the out-cold, entering-teen in her lap, 'I had my fun this morning, so I'll be a good roomie and help clean him up. Still…' she glanced down at the water, 'A full eight inches and a good two inches thick. Lucky woman who gets him in their bed when he's old enough…'
"Breakfast is ready," Miya called.
Lan stumbled down the stairs, his face on perma-blush. Following him was a snickering Uzume and Ace while Megaman was laughing while slapping his knee.
"Uzume-chan, you're a laugh riot," Megaman stated.
"Shut up," Lan seethed, 'Damn you and Robin-Oneechan for giving me 'The Talk,' Nami-Neechan!'
"Ara? Are you feeling okay, Lan?" Miya asked before placing the back of her right hand on Lan's forehead, "You're feeling a bit warm. Are you sure you're fine."
"F-Fine…" Lan stammered, 'Dammit! I lived with two busty women for a whole year…and one of them enjoyed showing her figure in just bikinis most of the time on the ship when she wasn't working on maps and navigating! Damn you 'The Talk!''
"He's just not used to being around cute girls older than him and his girlfriend," Megaman snickered, "I remember this one time he met my friend Samus Aran when we were having a day off to enjoy the beach a year and a half ago. Spent the whole time in the water."
"Shut up," Lan squeaked out as Miya's 'demon' appeared behind her once more.
"There is to be no kinky talk during breakfast," Miya advised with her motherly smile.
"Y-y-y-yes, M-Miya-chan…" Megaman whimpered as he and Uzume hugged each other in fear until the demon was gone.
"…You used that weird demon on them?" Lan asked, looking up at Miya's smiling face.
"You're just about to start entering puberty. It isn't nice to tease others about it," Miya replied.
"Uh, th-thank you…" Lan gave a small smile.
"You weren't given 'The Talk' so early, were you?"
"Y-Yes…My older sisters thought it would be a g-good idea since we had to s-stay on a ship," Lan noted.
"I see," Miya nodded, "I hope to meet your sisters one day."
"O-Okay, Miya-sama," Lan nodded.
"…You sure Lan's not the one trying to take advantage of a 'poor widow' such as yourself?" Ace asked.
"Shut up," Lan squeaked out.
It was then another figure walked in from closing the door, giving a yawn. Lan swore that if it were another girl, he'd stomp out and not come back. It was a young man seeming to perfectly match the description of a woman's ideal Bishonen. He had messy white hair, brown eyes that were partially open, and that really lithe body type that most pretty boys had. He wore a fire-themed suit, the jacket on his left arm to reveal his black button shirt.
"Ara? Oh, welcome home, Kagari."
"Hm? Oh, hi," the man greeted before seeing the three new residents, "New residents, I take it?"
"Yep," Uzume grinned, "And the youngest of them has the biggest c…"
"Can I know your name?" Lan interrupted, "I…I'm Lan Hikari. Those are my older brothers, Ace and Sonic."
"Y-Zzzz…" Ace's narcolepsy hit.
"Hey," Megaman greeted.
"…Kagari…" the white-haired man yawned once more, "Sorry 'bout that."
He walked off to his room on the first floor.
"He works late, doesn't he?" Megaman asked.
"True. He's a host," Miya informed.
"So he knows a lot of girls?" Lan asked.
"I do," Kagari replied as he walked in, "Why?"
"He had a dream about one," Megaman noted.
"Shut up," Lan frowned as he grabbed Kagari's hand and pulled him away from the others, "It was kinda weird. She had this long blond hair, brown eyes, and wore black and white with brown boots."
"Did she say anything?"
"She said she found me and tried to kill me," Lan informed.
"…I think you dreamt of a friend of mine, Tsukiumi (Moon Sea)," Kagari noted, "Though…she kinda has a little problem with men."
"What?" Lan blinked as Kagari pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a migraine forming, before slumping and feeling even more tired than before.
"I can't believe it. Of all the Sekirei that could have reacted to you it just had to be Tsukiumi…" Kagari whispered before turning to Lan, "She suffers from both agraphobia and androphobia."
"…What and what?" Lan blinked.
"Agraphobia is an abnormal fear of sexual abuse. Androphobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of men," the two turned to see Megaman walk up, "Lan, you know Maylu's going to kick your ass for dreaming about another girl."
"Megaman, I swear to the big lady up in the sky…" Lan growled.
"…Megaman?" Kagari repeated before they froze up.
'Shit!' both thought.
"It's just a nickname," Megaman replied.
"Yeah," Lan nodded quickly.
"I see…" Kagari noted.
"But there was a second one too."
"Two women, Lan? Forget dying. She'll revive you and then kill you a hundred times for this," Megaman snorted in his laughter.
"Shut it! The second lady said that she and Tsukiumi were 'Sekirei' and that she was 'Sekirei 03: Kazehana,'" Lan informed, causing Kagari to pale at that.
"You've been contacted by two Sekirei…at the same time?" Kagari asked slowly.
"Well…yeah?"
"…Miya, we've got someone in the Sekirei Game! And he's only twelve!" Kagari called.
"I feel it…" Tsukiumi frowned as she sat on the roof of one of the taller buildings of the city, "That 'fellow's' presence in Tokyo…That annoying Ashikabi…!" she got up as clenched her fists, "I'll definitely find you, and then kill you with my own hands!"
Nearby, Kazehana was wearing a black jacket that went to her knees while receiving an orange smoothie at a discounted price (just a single Yen due to her flirting). She smiled as she looked over in the direction Tsukiumi was as she drank her smoothie. Both could feel a powerful warmth in their hearts, she could tell. She was impressed, though, that she had connected with a twelve-year-old.
"Who will you kill?" Tsukiumi turned to see a pair of black-haired BDSM-wearing twins, "You're a Sekirei that has not been winged yet. Shall we make you retire before you do anything dangerous?"
"…I've heard about you, Sekirei who target the ones that have not been Winged," Tsukiumi scowled before pointing at them in anger, "You craven bitches, you want to win so badly?!"
"What was that, you…?" one growled.
"No, we are not interested in such things as winnings. We just want to eliminate the chicks that have not been Winged yet," the other noted, "However, we haven't even succeeded even once. There is someone who keeps interrupting us."
"Fine, just when I was feeling irritated," Tsukiumi sighed before charging at them, "Let's begin this!"
"…Lan…" Ace began at the breakfast table once they had been explained on what the 'Sekirei Game' was.
"Yes, Ace?" Lan asked.
"Congrats on the harem!" Ace beamed with two thumbs up.
"…I'll snuff you out, Sparky," Lan frowned.
"Boy, that will be awkward when they're horny," Uzume noted.
"Dang it, Uzume-sama!" Lan exclaimed with a heavy blush, unaware of Miya using her Demon on Uzume and Ace behind him.
"R-r-r-r-right…" Uzume trembled as she and Ace hugged each other in fear.
"S-s-s-s-sorry…" Ace gulped before Lan's Smash Scarf glowed and dropped a letter on the table.
"…Ara?" Miya blinked as she picked up the letter.
"How'd that happen?" Uzume blinked.
"It seems to have come from his scarf," Kagari noted.
"…Well, seems we're in for an explanation as well," Lan sighed before reading the letter, "…Sonic, Tigress and Tai Lung are coming with Roll and Maylu-chan."
"…I'm gonna be killed!" Megaman wailed.
"…Killed?" Kagari blinked.
"You'll understand once I finish talking," Lan sighed before his eyes widened, "…Aw dang it! I'm dead, too!"
"So where do you think they'll be?" Tigress, wearing a black and orange cloak, asked as the group of four walked along a street.
"I'm not sure," Roll, wearing a pink jacket, a black shirt, and blue jeans, noted as she and Maylu took the lead, "The Smash Scarf malfunctioned near the end. We got to the Sekai they're in, but not where we wanted to go."
"Perhaps we should ask around?" Tai Lung, wearing a heavy black and red cloak, suggested as he stopped Kazehana, who was wearing a violet jacket that went to her knees, "Excuse me, I apologize for stopping you, but have you heard of a place called 'Maison Izumo?' A pair of friends and my younger brother are currently staying there and we came for a surprise visit."
"Maison Izumo? Oh! I was just heading over there to see a friend of mine!" Kazehana replied with a smile, "I'm Kazehana."
"A pleasure. I am Tai Lung. This is my sister, Tigress, and my honorary sisters, Maylu and Roll," Tai Lung introduced.
"That's quite the tale," Miya noted, looking over at Megaman as he polished Caliburn.
"Yep," Megaman nodded.
"I don't buy it. Who's not to say that you're actually Seikirei and Lan's your Ashikabi?" Uzume asked.
"I'm not gay!" Lan barked as he pointed at the PeT that Kagari was looking at, "And the PeT should be easy enough to prove the other world thing."
"Along with my Hito-Hito no Mi abilities," Ace added, turning his left pinky into flames for a moment or two.
"Any Fire-Type Sekirei could do that," Uzume frowned, Kagari's eye twitching a bit, "And I still need proof besides the device."
"…AreaSteal, download," Lan stated monotony before Megaman vanished and appeared behind Uzume.
"Boo," Megaman and Caliburn stated, causing Uzume to yelp, jump, and be caught by Miya.
"Okay, I believe ya!" Uzume gulped.
"Sorry about that," Lan apologized, "You wanted proof and I didn't really have that many non-destructive BattleChips. Kinda left the majority of my BattleChips with Maylu-chan, leaving me with a few Invis, AreaSteal, the LifeSword PA, the ZetaCannon PA, MarioSoul, RollSoul, DKSoul, JackSoul, SmmnChibisuke, SmmnKanpa, and a few special BattleChips that Megaman might need when a power boost is required. And I'm kinda hoping I can find some in this Sekai, too. With that lady out to get me, I'll need to."
"You might get killed," Uzume noted.
"Don't say that. Don't say that. Please don't say that~~~" Lan whimpered with anime tears going down his face.
"So how do we do this?" Ace pondered.
"As I recall, you need to get in contact with her first," Kagari noted, "Lan, you'll be going as bait."
"B-Bait?!" Lan exclaimed.
"Well, Sekirei who respond to their appointed Ashikabi are 'caught,' so to speak, if they get too close to them," Uzume informed, "From her fears, I bet ya that she sees you, your ass is as good as cooked."
"Honestly, Uzume-sama…" Lan slumped as he got up, "We…We might as well start searching."
"I'll come with to make cracks about ya," Uzume smirked with a snicker.
"Ara, ara? Going out already?" Miya asked.
"Not me. I'd like to help with the dishes first," Megaman offered, "It's the least I could do since you cooked it, Miya-chan."
"You're quite a gentleman."
"I was taught to be a knight, milady," Megaman replied with a humble bow.
"MBI…MBI…MBI?!" Lan gawked, "What is with all the MBI?!"
"It's an industry that's taking over a lot of Tokyo here," Uzume noted, "It's also where the Sekirei come from."
"…Eh?" Lan blinked.
"You girls were made in a lab?" Ace blinked, "But you've got a belly button."
"Raised in MBI, not made by MBI, Match-Head," Uzume snorted.
"…Ha," Lan snickered.
"Aw shut up," Ace frowned before the BDSM twins raced by them, "…What was that?"
"Two Sekirei," Uzume replied.
"Hey! You over there!" Lan looked up and blushed, seeing the white panties of the falling Tsukiumi, "You're interfering. Get out of the way!"
"Oh, sweet nibblets…" Lan paled before she landed on him, "Waaa!-!-!"
"That sounded like Lan just now," Maylu blinked before she ran off.
"Ah, Maylu!" Roll called before Tai Lung stopped her.
"I'll go with her, follow Ms. Kazehana to Maison Izumo. If that is Lan, he can take us there," Tai Lung advised.
"R-Right," Roll nodded.
Tai Lung roared before giving chase after Maylu, making various jumps and flips off the sides of buildings to quickly catch up to her. Nearby, Lan groaned as he started to open his eyes. His face instantly reddened at seeing the standing Tsukiumi…and her rather short white dress being blown a bit to reveal her panties.
"You…Monkey! Although I told you you're int…" Tsukiumi began before the warmth from before hit her tenfold, causing her to collapse to her knees, panting as a blush formed on her face.
"Ah! Are…Are you okay?" Lan asked, "Aw man…This is so not good. Did a sick girl land on me? Ace, come on and help me pick her up so we can take her to the hospital."
'Wha…what is that? This fear…no. It's a sensation. Like a burning demon is moving within my body,' Tsukiumi thought, starting to feel her lower lips moisten as the upper half of her dress began to stick out a little on the middle of her breast areas, 'What's happening to my body?'
"Uh oh…" Lan paled as he realized something about her, "This is bad."
"Why?" Ace asked.
"I think this is the one of the two I dreamed about," Lan gulped, 'Number 09: Tsukiumi.'
"Aw crud," Uzume paled as Tsukiumi looked at Lan.
"Thou bastard…?! Thou bastard…Thou art my…" Tsukiumi growled as she began to get up, 'This child is my Ashikabi?!'
"We…Well, I…I wanted to meet you," Lan admitted before Tsukiumi began to give a dark chuckle.
"I as well…I've wanted to me thee as well," Tsukiumi informed before water began to erupt violently around her, "We meet here, but I'll kill thou, before I let mine body be taken!-!-!"
"Hiii…" Lan whimpered, 'Just like the dream!'
"Hiken!" Ace roared, Tsukiumi barely dodging the stream of fire sent at her, "Sorry, I normally don't fight girls, but no one tries to hurt a friend of mine."
"Another Sekirei?" Tsukiumi blinked.
"He's not a Sekirei!" Lan barked, "He's one of the toughest pirates you'll ever meet! Ace 'Fire-Fist' D. Portgaz."
"Fire Fist?" Uzume repeated.
"Hidan (Fire Bullet)!" Ace roared as he fired a barrage of flames at Tsukiumi from his finger-tips.
"Water Shield!" Tsukiumi declared as the water around her formed into a spiraling barrier, extinguishing the fire bullets, "Thou art but a fool. Thine attacks cannot strike through my shield of water."
"Then how about mine?" Tsukiumi turned and was struck in the stomach by Tai Lung, activating his nerve paralysis technique, "Honestly, Lan, trouble already? It hasn't even been a week since you came here."
"T-Tai Lung?" Lan gasped.
"A…A snow leopard…in pants?" Uzume gawked as Maylu ran over and hugged Lan.
"Lan!" Maylu called out in joy.
"Maylu-chan!" Lan grinned as he returned it before being bonked on the head, "Ah! I deserved that, didn't I?"
"Somewhat," Maylu sniffled as she hugged him, "I was worried about you. When Zoro-tachi showed up bruised and hurt at your house, I was so, so scared."
"I…Words can't describe how sorry I am, Maylu-chan," Lan informed gently as he slowly rubbed her back before looking at Tai Lung as he prepared to snap Tsukiumi's neck, "Tai Lung, wait!"
"What? I was going to snap her neck just the right way so she just passes out and not die," Tai Lung frowned.
"Can you give her head movement? I want to try and reason with her," Lan informed.
"Reason?! She was out to kill you," Tai Lung frowned.
"But there's always a time to reason with others," Lan informed.
"…Very well, but if she tries it again, I'm snapping her neck," Tai Lung informed before poking three spots on her neck, causing Tsukiumi to gasp in a fresh intake of air.
"What in the world art thou?! Are thee man or beast?" Tsukiumi gasped.
"I am a warrior who defends the innocent," Tai Lung informed, "My name is Tai Lung."
"Ms. Tsukiumi…" the woman looked up at Lan as he knelt down to her level, "I'm really sorry about Tai Lung using a Nerve Strike on you. What's been done here is something we should just try and talk about."
"I refuse to be Winged by thee, thou craven beast!" Tsukiumi snapped.
"Winged?" Tai Lung and Maylu repeated as Ace snickered.
"Is this because you have a phobia of men?" Lan blinked.
"…" Tsukiumi gave him a disbelieving look, "F-Fear of men?! Who told thee of that nonsense?!"
"…You're not afraid of men?"
"You Ashikabi Wing your Sekirei by way of taking their purity," Tsukiumi growled.
"…" Lan blinked as Maylu and Tai Lung gawked, "Uh…Maylu, did I take your purity with a kiss?"
"?!" Ace and Maylu facefaulted as Tai Lung facepalmed.
"…A kiss? Thou believes that a mere kiss is meant to let one such as myself be Winged?" Tsukiumi's eye twitched.
"I think we should take her to see Miya-sama, then," Ace noted, "Uzume did say that she knew the rules of the Sekirei Plan. I'll just…"
"Ace, if you try to pick her up, I'll go get Megaman, enter Perfect Synchro, and kick your ass," Lan threatened before turning back to Tsukiumi, "Can you come with us? I give you my word I won't do anything you're uncomfortable with, Tsukiumi-sama."
"…" Tsukiumi frowned, "It appears I do not have much of a choice. Very well then."
"I'm keeping my eye on you," Tai Lung informed as he put his cloak back on and poked five marks on her back, letting her stand up and stretch a little.
"…You still seem uncomfortable," Lan noted before releasing his Box Animal, surprising Tsukiumi, "This is Scan. When I feel uncomfortable, I normally let him out to pet him."
"Lan…are you sure it's a good idea to let her hold him?" Maylu whispered, looking at the woman with a bit of unsettled feelings.
"I still have a few tricks I learned from Hebi-oneechan," Lan smirked before he held up the pup to Tsukiumi.
"…" Tsukiumi slowly accepted the wolf pup and gently pet him, "It is strange. Yon pet's fur doth feels like smoothest of silks, yet appears to be akin to a battle against a porcupine."
"He's a good friend," Lan replied as Tsukiumi patted the wolf's head, earning a happy yip from him, "Maylu, can you walk beside Tsukiumi-sama? It would be nice to have another girl to talk with, ne?"
"True," Maylu admitted, "I'll do my best."
"That's all I can ever ask from you," Lan smiled gently before he, Ace, and Tai Lung took the lead.
"…You are in love with yon Ashikabi, art thou not?" Tsukiumi asked once she felt they were far enough away to not head.
"Of course I love Lan. In truth, Lan's forgotten about a promise the two of us made when we were four," Maylu noted, "It was around winter and we were hanging up wishing papers on the tree. We didn't do a good job of sealing them and they popped open at the same time. You know what they said? 'I wish to marry my best friend.'"
"I see," Tsukiumi noted.
"We both made a promise to keep our wishes that day," Maylu noted as she looked ahead at Lan, currently whapping Ace with his own hat as the pirate was running ahead, laughing, "Sure, he's an idiot at times, not really understanding others involving some things. But, he makes it up for it with his heart. He's dependable, loyal to a t, always concerned when you're nervous." She placed her hands over her heart, closing her eyes as she smiled, "When I'm with Lan-kun, my heart just feels like it wants to explode from joy. When I'm with him, it feels as if there is nothing in the world that can defeat our hearts. To me, Lan-kun is the only boy I could ever love truly. Though when he lies, it's normally because he doesn't want someone hurt, but I still give him a little bop on the head when that happens."
"…" Tsukiumi nodded as she looked ahead, seeing Tai Lung swipe the hat and bop them both with it before putting it on and walked ahead, yet the only thing she did see was the friendly, almost family-like, smile Lan had.
"Why do you want to kill him, anyway?" Maylu frowned.
"…It is because he is the one that I connected with," Tsukiumi scowled, "I am a Sekirei, one that does not want an Ashikabi. I swore…I always swore that I would kill the one that connected to me…the one that was meant to be my Ashikabi."
"Ashikabi? Connected?" Maylu blinked, "Lan Xavier Hikari, get over here right now!"
"Uh oh. The full name…" Lan paled as he walked over in fear, "H-Hai?"
"Explain what she just said right now. What is an Ashikabi, why are you one, and why does she call herself a Wagtail?" Maylu frowned, her arms crossed with a crossed look on her face.
"…Ulp…" Lan gulped, "Uh…well…y-you see…"
"He's a few years too young to be one legally, but it happened," Ace snickered.
"Legally?" Maylu blinked.
"Can we discuss this in the Maison Izumo?" Lan pleaded, "It's completely embarrassing and I'd rather not talk about what it means out in public."
"…" Maylu grabbed Lan by the back of his vest and dragged him into an alley.
Tsukiumi, Ace, and Tai Lung glanced at one another. Scan gave a whimper of delight as Tsukiumi scratched near the base of his tail. The two heard muffled talking from Lan before muffled barks from Maylu. Lan let out muffled pleads as Maylu turned her back to him. As Lan continued, Maylu slowly turned back to him. She said something and Lan muffled his reply. Maylu gave him a smile before pecking his cheek and hugging him. She then said something and Lan fell over comically. Maylu giggled as she walked back to the others, Lan following with a slump.
"She grounded me from curry for a month," Lan sighed.
"…Ha," Tai Lung stated.
"Not funny, Aniki, not funny," Lan frowned as Maylu giggled before Lan bowed to Tsukiumi, "Sorry about the delays."
"It…It's fine," Tsukiumi blinked, 'He's quite a quick one when it comes to personality.'
"She just had to leave for sake…" Tigress muttered as she and Roll, who was nuzzling into Megaman in a hug that he returned, sat across from Miya and a snickering Uzume.
"She's got you tighter than a snake around its prey," Uzume noted.
"We're husband and wife, Uzume-chan," Megaman explained.
"I wouldn't let them have sex, though. They'll keep us up all night long," Tigress smirked.
"S-Sister!" Megaman exclaimed with a blush as Uzume began to pound on the table, holding her gut in laughter.
"We're back, Miya-sama," Lan spoke as the group entered, Tsukiumi being last.
"Oh, I see you found her. Did you wing her?" Miya asked.
"…Told you so," Ace smirked as Tai Lung grumbled as he handed Ace a few gold rings.
"Ara? Betting in the Maison Izumo?" Miya asked kindly, yet the demon behind her was not so forgiving.
"Uht! N-n-n-no, M-Miya-sama…" Ace trembled.
"…You're afraid of this? Seriously?" Tai Lung asked, "I can tell that it's fierce, but still."
"Ara-ara?" Miya blinked as the demon vanished.
"N-No frickin' way…" Uzume gawked, "You're immune?!"
"Oh, no, no, no. I was still a bit frightened," Tai Lung admitted, "For it is emotions that prove we still live. But I have felt many kinds of that ability from many an opponent. You'll have to try a bit harder than that to faze me, my dear swordswoman."
"Ah. I see," Miya smiled gently, "I believe this will be quite enjoyable."
"Indeed, Ms. Asama," Tai Lung chuckled.
"Wh…What was that?" Tsukiumi whispered in fear, hugging onto Lan with Maylu, both trembling.
"S-Scary…" Maylu agreed.
"Can't…breathe…" Lan choked out as his face turned blue while Scan hid in his box, whimpering with his tail between his legs.
"…Ara?" Miya pondered.
"…I'm not seeing this," Tigress denied.
"I second that," Tai Lung nodded.
"You can't deny it since it's happening right before us," Megaman noted.
"Oh, I can and will deny that I am seeing not just one, but three women and one man with the stomachs Roll and Lan have," Tigress informed, looking over at the size of the food that Miya, Uzume, Ace, and Tsukiumi had, the middle two scarfing it down while the violet-haired woman and the blond ate with manners.
"I'm really amazed," Lan admitted, "I actually lost my appetite."
Maylu just giggled as she took a piece of naruto from his bowl of ramen and put it into her mouth. She pecked Lan's lips as bit the fishcake in two, giving the other half to Lan in their kiss. She pulled back and swallowed her chewed half with a wink at her boyfriend. Lan gulped as a faint blush appeared on his face. He still wasn't used to her doing that during the dates they had during his year with the Strawhat Pirates.
"So what was it like living on a ship?" Uzume asked, pausing in her fifth bowl.
"Well, when Megaman and I didn't get seasick, it was a great thing," Lan admitted, "Working on it was good training, but staying was also a good way to bond with others."
"The crew became a part of our family, so to speak," Megaman added, pausing to take a sip of his tea, "It was a great place, but not without its dangers."
"Dangers?" Tsukiumi blinked.
"Sharks, other pirates, and marines, for one," Lan noted, causing Tsukiumi to blink at him in disbelief, "Remember that time when we entered a place that reminded the others of this place called 'Little Garden?'"
"Do I ever? I got eaten by a Brachiosaurus!" Megaman noted, "And what did you do?"
"Nothing," Lan snorted back a laugh.
"Why?" Maylu asked.
"Because I couldn't breathe," Lan started to snicker.
"Why couldn't thou breathe?" Tsukiumi asked.
"Because I was laughing so hard!" Lan began to laugh, "You…You should have seen it! Oh, oh, I forgot I took a picture."
"You show it, I'll make you regret it," Megaman threatened, giving a small burst of a Haki-infused glare at Lan, who froze for a few seconds.
"I…Is that a dragon…?" Uzume squeaked, hiding behind Miya with the others minus Roll, Tsukiumi, Lan, and Maylu, while an image of a wicked version of Chibi's big form appeared behind Megaman.
"Two of them…" Ace paled, seeing a white dragon made of flames seeming to appear behind Lan as he returned the look with his own Haki-infused glare.
"Now, now," Roll tried to diffuse the situation, hugging Megaman from behind, "You shouldn't be so grumpy. I kinda want to see this picture, Sonikku."
"…Fine," Megaman grumbled as the Haki went out for the both of them.
'Wh…What was that?' Tsukiumi pondered, 'Is this an effect of being out upon the seas?'
"Interesting. You didn't flinch from my demon, but you hid behind me when those dragons appeared?" Miya smiled playfully at Tai Lung.
"…I have a few problems with dragons, okay?" Tai Lung frowned as they began to put themselves back into their seats.
"…"
"Little sister, don't you even dare start with me," Tai Lung frowned.
"Maa, maa. Now let's all calm down," Lan tried to diffuse Tai Lung's 'fuse.'
"True. Or else I'd have to go fetch Chi and Chibi," Roll giggled.
"Uht! Why you…" Tai Lung began.
"Uh…Tsukiumi-sama? Maylu-chan? Mind covering your eyes?" Lan asked.
"…" the two blinked in confusion at him before covering their eyes.
"And that is enough!" Lan snapped before unleashing all his Haoshoku Haki on Tai Lung Tigress, and Roll, an image of a massive dragon made of white flames appearing behind him, "There are three rules here that Miya-sama wants us to follow and one of them is no violence on the premises. I'm pretty sure that egging it on counts for it, too. So no fighting, got it?"
"Y-y-y-y-yes, s-sir…" Roll whimpered as she hugged the two Mobians, the sound of bones breaking echoing in the room.
"S-So painful…" Tai Lung gagged.
"Worse than Po. Worse than Po!" Tigress coughed before Lan stopped his technique.
"Good," Lan grinned.
"…" Uzume slowly looked at Miya, trembling, "When did you have a son?"
"Oh, Uzume-chan," Miya giggled as her oni appeared, "Don't make such crazy ideas up."
"Ulp!" Uzume froze up as Lan tapped the shoulders of Maylu and Tsukiumi.
"You can look now," Lan spoke gently.
The two girls opened their eyes. They saw that Roll was hiding behind Megaman as Tai Lung and Tigress, trying to recuperate from Roll's fear hug, were being wary of Lan and Miya. They looked at each other quizzically.
"Why doth thou follow me?" Tsukiumi asked as Maylu walked with her the next day.
"Well, I wanted to know a bit more about you," Maylu replied, "You don't seem to be that bad despite wanting to hurt Lan-kun."
"Well…" Tsukiumi's eyes widened as she grabbed Maylu, "Get back!"
With that, she jumped back while holding Maylu. Not even a second later and purple lightning hit the ground they had been at. The blond growled as she looked up at a building nearby, revealing the twins from the other day.
"Found ya!" the purple-wearing one declared.
"Do you have any idea how long we've been trying to find you? All night!" the magenta-wearing one growled.
"…You truly are idiots," Tsukiumi noted, causing them to facefault.
"Wh-wh-what's with those outfits?!" Maylu exclaimed, gawking at them.
"They're perfect for fighting," the magenta-wearing one informed.
"Seo!" the purple BDSM twin declared as a man in scraggy black hair, a brown jacket, a white undershirt, and blue jeans walked up to beside them.
"Yeah, yeah, Hibiki," the man rolled his eyes.
'That man…another Ashikabi?' Maylu thought in confusion.
"Jeez. I guess I got no choice," the man shrugged as he pulled the two BDSM girls close before looking at Maylu, "Hey, you might wanna close your eyes, kid! This might be too hot to handle for ya."
"Would you just shut up and do it?" the magenta one growled.
"Okay, okay, Hikari."
"What art…thou going to do?" Tsukiumi pondered as Seo began to kiss both his Sekirei, causing their ten wings of lightning to emerge.
"This is bad, isn't it?" Maylu asked with a gulp.
"Wh…Wh…What on Earth did that man do to thou twin stumpets?!"
"Oh that?" Hibiki asked, "It's simple."
"He empowered his Sekirei," Hikari finished as they brought their hands together and pointed them into the air.
"By the powerful Thunderstorm of our pact, all of our Ashikabi's perils will be destroyed!" the twins recited as the skies grew dark with purple lightning and storm clouds.
"What is this?!" Maylu gulped.
"That's only an incantation Emerged Sekirei use…The Norito!" Tsukiumi realized.
"What?!" Maylu gasped as the twins aimed their free hands at Tsukiumi.
"Here comes…God's Song!" the twins declared as they unleashed a dragon of lightning at Tsukiumi and Maylu.
"Look out!"
The two girls looked away with their eyes closed. Maylu yelped as the Sekirei grabbed her and used her own body as a shield. Tsukiumi didn't feel the attack. Slowly, she opened an eye to reveal Lan in his Cambio Forma, a wall of ice coated in Chaos Flames before him. Maylu looked up at Lan with a smile of joy. His feet and hands had metallic white high-tech running shoes and gloves with three small claw-like knives on each glove and sharp claw-like blades on his running shoes. The blades were coated in Chaos Flames.
"L'armatura del Guerriero Caotico (Armor of the Chaotic Warrior)," Lan informed in perfect Italian.
"Lan-kun…"
'He…He saved us from the Norito…' Tsukiumi thought as the wall vanished in a pop of confetti.
"No one…and I mean 'not a single being, living, dead, or in-between'…" Lan looked up with a dark glare at the two, "…Attacks my Tsukiumi-chan and Maylu-hime!"
"Uh oh…" the twins gulped.
"Are you two okay?" Lan asked.
"I'm okay. Tsukiumi?"
"I…I am fine as well," Tsukiumi nodded.
"Time to go buck-wild, Scan," Lan grinned at his armor, earning a wolf bark from it.
"His pet turned into armor?" Tsukiumi blinked.
"You two are okay, right?" Lan asked.
"Y-Yeah," Maylu nodded.
"We are fine," Tsukiumi replied with a nod.
"That's a relief," Lan nodded before assuming a fighting stance, "Keep your hands off them, you crazy women!"
"C-Crazy women…?" the purple BDSM girl growled as her eye twitched.
"You jerk!" the magenta BDSM girl growled.
"Lightning Storm!" the twins declared as they unleashed a bolt of purple lightning at Lan, hitting him and creating a smoke cloud.
"Lan!" Maylu gasped.
The smoke of the lightning cleared, revealing Seo had been electrocuted to a state of unconsciousness with a puppet before him. Hikari looked over at where Seo had been just seconds before to see he was gone. She had to wonder how the brunette did that. She looked back and they stared at the puppet. It was made to resemble a skeleton with yellow eyeballs in its sockets. On its head was a turban.
"A puppet?" Hibiki blinked as she picked up the skeleton puppet.
"What's with the turban?" Hikari pondered.
"It's because I am a dead terrorist, you bitch," the puppet informed.
"The hell?!" Hibiki exclaimed as she tried to pull her hand out of the back of the puppet's head, "He won't pull out!"
"That's what she said," the skeleton puppet laughed before pondering, "Hey, are you two part of my 47 virgins? I hope the one in magenta is not."
"Why?" Hikari demanded.
"Because I'm not into fruit like Peanut is!" the puppet laughed, "Seriously, are you a man or a woman? Can't even see your boobs!"
"Why you…!" Hikari growled.
"Silence! I keel you!" the dead terrorist puppet declared as a set of bombs appeared on his back, strapped on.
"Hikari?"
"Yeah, Hibiki?"
"We're screwed," Hikari stated before the puppet of a dead terrorist pulled out a cell phone.
"Now let's see what my horoscope is today," the puppet noted as he dialed and pressed 'call' before remembering he had a bomb strapped to his back, "Ah, Jingle Bombs."
The bomb went off, sending the trio of Ashikabi and Sekirei flying into the distance. Maylu and Tsukiumi swore they could still hear the dead terrorist puppet laughing along with the honk of a blue Prius.
"And it's outta here!" Lan, standing near the two girls he wasn't fighting against, whooped as Scan changed back and jumped into his arms, yipping happily while licking his face, "Ah! Down, boy, down! That tickles, buddy!"
"Oh thank goodness…" Maylu sighed in relief.
"…You bastard! You…" Lan and Maylu froze up at Tsukiumi's growl, "You…about me…you said 'My Tsukiumi-chan'…?" they turned to see Tsukiumi sitting on the floor, her left arm under her chest while her two skirts had ridden up a bit to expose more of her ample rear, "I'll let you…take the responsibility."
"Huh? Re…Responsibility?" Lan blinked before Tsukiumi hit him with a bit of water, Scan barely dodging and landing in a surprised Maylu's arms.
"Don't play dumb!-! You said 'My Tsukiumi-chan and Maylu-hime!-!'" Tsukiumi growled as she stood up.
"Y-Yeah. I guess I did say that, huh?" Lan blinked before bowing, "I'm sorry! It's just that I saw how much you didn't want an Ashikabi, so I thought if I said that, then they'd think you were already winged."
"You and Maylu both went out of your ways to help me, you saving the both of us," Tsukiumi informed as she walked over to them, "Besides, you saved me from a wicked Ashikabi."
"Um, well…"
"Aside from being a monkey, you have guts. It is weird…" Tsukiumi informed as a blush formed on her face as she placed a hand on her chest, "My heart, that was full of detest and hatred towards Ashikabis, is now so calm. It's surprising to admit. May…May I know thy name?"
"…" Lan was about to comment.
"She wants to start things over with a clean slate," Maylu whispered, Tsukiumi giving her a small smile at her understanding.
"Ah. Okay then. My…" Lan blushed a little from the two giving him the same type of smile, "…My name is Lan Hikari."
"Lan…Well then, I…I wish that you…I want you to be good friends with me," Tsukiumi spoke.
"I…I still don't know anything about you, Tsukiumi-chan, but…but yesterday and even in the dream, I…" he gave her a grin, "I just know that it means that I can understand you."
Tsukiumi's heart skipped a beat. Unlike many grins she had seen by the various Ashikabi that were after her, his didn't hold something darker. To her, she could witness only innocence and honesty. He really felt that he could understand her.
"…What a strange boy. I was…probably looking for someone like you, Lan…" Tsukiumi blushed as she put on a stern look, "Listen! Your proposal, this Seikirei, 'Tsukiumi,' will accept it!-!"
"…Eh?" Lan blinked before Tsukiumi's eye twitched with Maylu's.
"Lan-kun no Baka…" Maylu sighed, "When you said that you would defend us from anyone, you made a proposal." She gave him a loving smile before kissing his cheek, "One that we both will accept."
"Oh! M-My bad. One long day so far…" Lan sighed before Tsukiumi bent down to be even with his eyesight, both staring into the other's eyes.
"M-More than killing thee…" Tsukiumi leaned in closer, "I prefer doing this myself."
With that, Tsukiumi kissed him on the lips. Lan's eyes widened a bit before closing more. It felt…warm. Like when he kissed Maylu always did. He returned the kiss, accepting the warmth she gave. As the kiss ended, Tsukiumi moved back a bit. On her back, a water-colored tattoo was a wagtail, tama, and a tao symbol formed. Ten wings erupted from a mere centi-inch from her back, each one appearing to have been fashioned with precision from water itself, the sunlight reflecting through them to make it seem as if she had a rainbow above and around her.
"…She really did get wings," Lan and Maylu awed.
'What is that…? It's starting to flow inside my heart,' Tsukiumi thought as she held herself, her heart racing, 'It's warm… and strong. This…This is Winging.'
"Tsukiumi-chan?" Lan pondered as he and Maylu barely caught her in her near fall, "Ah! Tsukiumi-chan! Are you okay?"
"You are my Ashikabi," Tsukiumi spoke, looking at Lan with a small blush, "That will be marked by that bright light. Forever."
Lan gave a small smile at her. Maylu started to giggle, earning their attention.
"I just realized that your mother is going to kill you for having two girlfriends," Maylu pointed out, causing Lan to pale significantly.
"Not the frying pan!" Lan screamed.
"Water Festival!" Tsukiumi declared, splashing the freaking out Lan with water, "That should calm our fiancé down."
"True…But let's hope he doesn't get a cold," Maylu giggled.
"…Ha, ha…" Lan deadpanned, "I'm still dead, you know."
"Relax, she's back at your home, right?" Ace grinned, using his Hito-Hito no Mi abilities to quick-dry Lan while giving him an afro.
"I…Yeah, I guess…but I still have to tell her," Lan noted, "I made a promise that I would tell her about everything that happens, except for the private things. This is one thing that isn't supposed to be private, though I wish it was."
"You care a lot for her, don't you?" Tsukiumi asked as Lan fixed his hair.
"Of course. She's my mom, the one who raised me, cared for me, and made me who I am today," Lan informed, "Now can we get back to the Maison Izumo?"
As you've witness, Lan will have a harem instead of being with just Maylu. Once more, I will still be working on the original along with this.