The door to the Izumo Inn opens and a young man with dark brown hair, and brown eye, wearing a brown hoody and jeans enters.
"Hello is anyone here" the young man calls setting down his large duffle bag.
Miya walks out from the kitchen still wearing her apron and greets the figure with a warm smile. "And who might you be?" She asks him bowing slightly as a show of hospitality.
She's beautiful. He hastily bows his head as well to trying to hide his surprise.
"My name is Renji Inakawa, I saw your poster and was wondering if it would be possible for me to rent a room her?" The young man replies as he introduces himself "I was hoping to speak with the landlord."
"Ah~ that would be me." Miya answers the young man "I am Asama Miya and of you wish to stay here then I would be more than happy to let you rent a room."
"Really?! That's great!" He exclaims and lets out a sigh of relief.
"To be honest with you it seems there was a gas leak in the apartment I was staying in, and I've been having trouble finding a place to stay." He admits looking around a little nervously.
"Yes, I've heard that there have been several unfortunate accidents in the capital lately." Miya says as she turns towards the backyard. "Musubi why don't you help our new resident carry his belongings up to his room."
"Okay~" Musubi replies as the cheerful, young, well-endowed girl walks into the hallway with a light step.
Miya gestures to Renji's bag as she introduces the girl. "This Musubi, she is one of the other residents staying here."
"I-I see, well then it's a pleasure to meet you." Renji bows as the Musubi goes over to the place he had set his duffle bag down. "Oh wait that's hea—" His words trail off as Musubi effortlessly lifts the bag and heads upstairs.
And I had to struggle to get that bag all the way here. Renji reminds himself as he slowly feels his confidence as a man shrink.
As Renji begins to follow Musubi upstairs he sees the wall at the top of the stairs open up and a young black haired boy step out.
The boy sighs and scratches the back of his head. "Why do I have to react with the one Ashikabi hater?" Minato complains under his breath.
Ashikabi…? Renji wonders about the unfamiliar term but he was beginning to think that his life at the Izumo in was going to be anything but normal.
"Excuse me," Renji calls to Minato who seemed lost in thought.
"Whoa!" Minato jumps slightly startled by the unfamiliar voice, "oh, hello are you a new resident? I'm Minato, it's nice to meet you."
He seems nice, and more normal as well. Renji says to himself, relieved.
"Well I need to head out for a bit, we can talk during dinner." Minato says as he heads for the door. "Kuu-chan, Musubi-chan, it's time to go!" he calls and a small girl in a white one piece scampers over to him and the two leave.
When Renji enters his room, his bag was already there and Musubi was nowhere to be seen.
"We must have missed each other," Renji reasons to himself and begins to unpack his bag.
I guess I should withdraw some money from my account so I can pay the rent up front. He decides and heads for the front door.
"I'll be back a bit later Landlady-san." He calls as he heads out the front door.
On his way back from the bank Renji sees Minato hears a loud voice yell "What are you doing bastard!?"
Without thinking he breaks out into a sprint to see what was wrong. When he arrives at the scene a pair of black hair woman stand holdings hands with lightning railing off of them and a blonde woman standing about 15 feet in front of them.
What the hell's going on here? Are those two some kind of new MBI battle android? He wonders staring at the two women dumbfounded.
"We're the pledged thunder clap. No disaster will hit our Ashikabi." The pair chant in unison as the lightning around them grows stronger.
"He-hey look out!" Renji yells to the blonde woman standing in the way.
Before he even realized what was going on sprinted towards the blonde woman at full speed.
"Kaminari!" The twins yell having finished the spell they had been chanting.
"That's dangerous!" a familiar voice yells at both Renji and the woman.
As the built up lightning was released at the woman Renji pulled her to the ground and covered her with his body attempting to shield her from the attack.
Renji could feel electricity course through his entire body and when he opened his eyes again the woman was already back on her feet staring at him with a confused expression.
"Well that didn't go as well as I had hope." He grins at the woman struggling back to his feet. "Ouch, I'm gonna be feeling that in the morning. Are you okay?"
"The next one won't miss." The twins declare, causing both Renji and the blonde woman to turn their heads.
"Kuh!" The blonde woman suddenly fires a jet of water at the twins who agilely leap out of the way causing the jet to hit the man standing behind them in the face.
"Meow!" the cat the man had been holding takes the opportunity to wriggle out of his arms and dash away and the man himself stares at the blonde woman with a rage filled expression.
"It ran," he says.
Then the familiar voice he had heard during the lightning attack says "Seo-san calm down." Minato runs over to the dripping wet man trying to calm him down.
"I've been chasing that cat for three days," Seo growls as he walks towards the woman "Why did you do that? Huh?"
As he grabs her the blonde woman's body slowly begins to go limp. "Weren't you kinda lovely with girls?" He says in a rage filled voice "You have to pay that debt somehow."
The blonde woman's expression fills with fear as Seo grins "I know I'll wing you and make you my servant."
Wing her? What's he talking about…? Renji wonder as he watches the bizarre scene, but he couldn't stay still any longer. He quickly walks over and throws a powerful punch at the man's face.
"Woah now," Seo says as he catches the punch mid-flight "just what do you think you're doing?"
"I'm not gonna stand here and watch you take advantage of this woman in front of me!" Renji shouts at the man. Seo was taken aback slightly by the young man's determination.
"Seo!" Hibiki, one of the twins growls as the man turns to the twins in a panic.
But before he could even say something a bolt of lightning comes down and electrocutes him causing him to fall over. "Didn't you say we're your only Sekirei?"
"You're so unfaithful! You even drew this kid into this whole thing!" Hibiki shouts electrocuting Seo again.
"Don't fight!" cries out a small voice when Renji looked for the source he found Kuu-chan the small girl that had left with Minato. The small potted plant she carried began to grow rapidly and Seo along with the twins were quickly caught and incapacitated by the overgrown plant.
The plant hits Renji in the back causing him to fall and topple over onto the blonde woman. "S-sorry about that!" He exclaims scrambling off her as Minato runs over.
"Are you two okay?" Minato asks feeling responsible for Renji's involvement.
"I think we're okay," Renji replies in a daze as he tries to take in everything that was happening.
"What about you ummm...."
"...Tsukiumi" she responds standing up and looking at Renji with a beet red face and a confused expression. "Why did you help me? You don't seem to be an Ashikabi who desiring to wing me so why did you get involved?"
"Why?" Renji repeats thinking about the question "well you were in trouble it's only natural that a young man would want to come to the aid of a beautiful girl like you." He replies scratching the back of his head with embarrassment.
Smooth Renji, your big chance to make an impression and you spouted out such a corny line. He scolds himself as Tsukiumi stares at him in utter amazment.
"It's strange, my heart that has hated Ashikabi until this moment, it feels like it has calmed down." She says placing her hand on her chest and closing her eyes with an air of calmness and serenity.
After a few moments she turns to Minato the Ashikabi she had been reacting to up till now and says "I will admit that you are not completely detestable since you were worried about me and tried to help me during that lightning attack...However I will not allow even fate to decide whom I will entrust myself too." Tsukiumi announces as she walks over to Renji and leans in close to him. "You do not have the right to refuse…my Ashikabi-sama." She says.
Crap she's so close, if I leaned forwards a bit I would be ki— His thoughts were cut off as the blonde woman leans towards him and he felt a soft sensation on his lips. Wh-WHAT!? Glowing wings emerged from Tsukiumi's back as her lips part from his and she
"Now that I've accepted you as my Ashikabi you'd better take responsibility." Tsukiumi mumbles, as she blushes feverishly.
He takes a step back. "Responsibility? Wha-what do you mean?"
*Ring Ring Ring* Renji's cell phone rings and he reaches into his pocket glad for something to break the awkwardness of the moment.
"Congratulations!!! You have been chosen to be the partner of a Sekirei!" The voice of MBI's president, Minaka, yells out dramatically over the phone.
A Sekirei? Renji looks over at Tsukiumi and finally realizes some of what was going on.
"Yes, and now you have joined the ranks of the Sekirei Plan. A magnificent game where Sekirei and Ashikabi fight and fight until there is only one team left standing to ascend unto the heavens!" Minaka laughs. "Well since you know about the project now you have a responsibility to keep it a secret, and since you're living with another Ashikabi I'll let him explain the rest to you. Good luck."
Well I sure got involved with something troublesome. Renji resigns himself and looks at Tsukiumi.
"Wha-what is it? Are you telling me you aren't satisfied with something?" She asks him in a flustered yet irritated voice.
"Well maybe it's not all that bad." He grins feeling a tingle of excitement about his new and unreal situation. "But of course if I'm going to participate we'd better be aiming for the top."
Tsukiumi regains her posture as he says this. "Of course, as a Sekirei aiming to be the strongest it is only natural that my Ashikabi is also the best."
"Well then, I look forward to working with you, Tsukiumi-san." He says extending his hand.
Instead of taking his hand she clings onto his arm and says. "You need not be so formal. The wings of light on my back are proof that we will always be together, now and forever."
Well, thank you for reading the first chapter of A Twist of Fate. If you liked it please review, I don't mind people saying they didn't like it but please at least give a reason or some advice to go along with it. Thank you very much.