Sekirei

Chapter 1 – The Long Awaited Reunion

Ah… Summer vacations are near. I wonder if I passed the college entrance exams… Well there's only one way to find out! March on and go see for yourself! I was walking through the school corridors and scanning the entry exam results. While I was looking for my name, a boy stood aside me and was checking the list. Suddenly, successive spasms spread through my muscles and my chest was stinging. My body was getting warmer and this desire to touch him was so strong that I had a hard time controlling my emotions. I ran away and headed home. I closed the door behind me and let myself fall on the floor. I looked and saw the landlady staring at me with a big smile.

"Welcome home, Kozue-san! So, how was your exam result?" She asked me.

"It was good, thank you." I told her, struggling to keep my senses.

She seemed a bit concerned, but I told her I was fine. I got up on my feet and let my body recline on the wall. I walked straight to my room, but stopped on the way. I looked at Kagari's door and seized the doorknob. I was about to open the door, but hesitated. The landlady walked up to me and put her and on my shoulder.

"Why don't you go in?" I'm sure he's over the incident…" She said soothingly.

"You're right Miya, but maybe he doesn't want to see me any longer…" I said lowering my head.

"Well, you have to try… You won't lose anything if you do." She replied.

"I guess you're right Miya…"

She turned around and walked toward the kitchen. I took a deep breath and turned the doorknob. I stepped in the room and looked for Kagari, but he was nowhere to be found. I lowered my head in sign of discouragement. I can't believe I can have such bad luck. Well, I guess I'll just clean up his room. It's sort of dirty…

I took the bed sheets and took them to the laundry room. After a couple of hours of cleaning, I fell asleep on his bed without knowing.

•

"What the hell? What are you doing Kozue, sleeping around half-naked on MY bed, in MY room?" Kagari cried out.

I opened my eyes widely and burst on my feet. My hair looked like a mess and I was wearing my shirt as if I was hit by some sort of tornado. Kagari looked away and my face was going red, but this feeling, I liked it. I stepped out of his room at that very moment, our skins touched. I turned around and faced him. I tried speaking, but my mouth wouldn't open, and then, finally, after a few awkward moments of complete silence, I apologized to him.

"I'm so sorry Kagari. I never should have made you worry or come after me. You could've been killed because of me." I said looking at him straight into the eyes, full of sorrow and regret. "It's fine if you don't forgive me, but when you look in my eyes, you can see that these words are sincere. I was waiting to see his reaction and truthfully, I thought I was dreaming, because he drew me towards him and hugged me. I snuggled my body in his and I could feel the warmth of his body on mine. He closed the door behind us and we both sat against the wall.

"So how was your exam result?" He asked me, while tracing lines with his lips on my face.

"Actually I have no clue; I didn't have time to look…" I said. Or rather, I couldn't stand being so close to that freak. I swear that if I see him once more, I will kill him, or maybe I won't… Eh… Whatever.

"Kozue… How could you not be interested in you mark? We're going to that school and look at that list. I'm sure you did great." He said smiling with that kissable little smile of his.

"Alright Kagari… if you insist that much…." I grimaced. "By the way, I thought of quitting school. My involvement in the Sekirei plan gives me slim chances of survival." I sighed.

"That's not true Kozue… I saw you fight. You're the strongest amongst all Sekirei. You're just trying to skip school and do other things.

Yeah, well it's not like I wanted to be the strongest. I was stupid back then, all I would do is slaughter everyone. The Black Blooded Sekirei… That what they call me… Now that name just gives me the creeps.

I got up to my feet and went to my room. I changed in a pair of short jeans and small sweater. I left my room and waited for Kagari-kun at the entrance. We left Izumo Inn holding hands like a normal couple, but we both knew that we weren't normal at all. Arriving at school, he dragged me to the exam result board and I covered my eyes with his shoulder. A few seconds later, he looked at me with a big smile and kissed my forehead.

"Congratulations, you HARDLEY passed…" He said sarcastically, but I thought he wasn't joking. That is just who I am.

"So, how much? If I hardly passed, then that means that my mark is low… really low." I told him.

"I was kidding; you are the top of all those other students." He said desperately.

We left school property and took the path leading straight home, but at that time I felt those same convulsions as before. I fell to the ground and gripped my shirt tightly. My face started blushing and I felt a desire to have something, but I didn't know what I wanted so badly, unless it was that boy I met a few hours ago. I fell to the ground and gripped my shirt tightly. My face started blushing and I felt a desire to have something, but I didn't know what I wanted so badly, unless it was that boy I met a few hours ago. I swear… I won't be handled by an Ashikabi. My gentle hands turned into fists and I felt those intense feelings alter in hatred and disgust. Kagari grasped both of my hands and relaxed them.

"You're starting to react to someone, aren't you Kozue…" He said calmly.

"I don't even know the guy… How can I react to someone I don't even know of? It's insane!" I shouted.

He helped me rise on my feet and we both continued our way home without ever mentioning anything about that incident.

On the way back home, the boy that Kozue met at the exam result list was calling his mother saying that he didn't pass his exam.

"It's the second time you fail your exam! What do you plan on doing now?" His mother asked him.

"Well, I don't know. I'll be staying here for a while and I'll call you later to tell you what I've decided to do." He said to his mother desperately.

"Fine, then, but don't forget, Minato that if you decide on staying there, you won't be getting extra money in the bank. Have I made myself clear?" His mother asked.

"But, mom!" He replied.

"No buts. You have to learn how to live with the money you have." She said.

Minato hung out and sighed deeply. Man… this is the second time I fail and I still don't know what I want to do in the future. If I keep it up this way, I can't even find myself a girlfriend or something. Let's just say that I am a big looser. I wished I could be rich and full of money, or make this world change a bit. Minato walked with his lowered head trying to figure out a plan for his future when suddenly, he found himself head to the ground with a girl's bottom in front of his face.

"Thank you so much mister! You saved my life from falling, though I knew it would be dangerous to fall from a pack of stairs." She said looking at Minato.

Kawaii! I never saw a girl this cute before. She's like perfect! Now try to act cool, or should I act normal…? Who cares, but you can't waste this beautiful specie made by Mother Nature."

-Um… It wasn't a big deal you know, it's not like I really saved your life." Minato said.

"Of course it was. I landed on a cushion…" She said smiling with a divine smile.

"By cushion, you mean me, right?" Minato asked pissed at the idea of him being a cushion.

"Well, if I knew your name, I wouldn't call you Mister Cushion." She said laughing.

"My name is Minato, Sahashi Minato." He mumbled briefly.

"There you are, unwinged Sekirei. You were such a drag, dragging us here, but now you have nowhere to run. Step aside human, so we can kill her." Two weird twins said.

"No way, I'm not letting you touch her!"

He stepped in front of the girl and spread his hands to show sign of defense. The two twin girls sighed and rolled over their eyes. A lightning bolt came out of nowhere and Minato's fear came up to the surface. What the? Was that lighting I saw? But there aren't any clouds, the sky is so blue!

The girl Minato tried to protect gripped his arm and started running away from those two freaks. She pulled him through the streets and finally stopped when she lost vision of the twins.

"Ah… It seems that they lost track of us!"

Minato was mumbling small baby words under his breath. Being carried away with such speed and having his head being knocked out by so many objects sure made him get dizzy. On the other hand, the girl seemed to be as energetic as ever. She was apologizing for dragging Minato in the middle of nowhere and to have caused him such problems.

"I'm so sorry, so, so sorry! Now that I think of it I could've ran away without you, but my hand just gripped your arm without even me noticing." She said.

Now that I think about it, this girl has really huge breasts… Minato thought dumbly.

"No, it's fine! You don't have to apologize. I have to go home now! If you want to, you could come over!" Minato said.

What? What the hell did I just say? I just invited her over and now the landlord will kill me. I'm not allowed to bring women back home! He was shaking his head furiously, but then the girl took his head between her hands and was about to kiss him, but he shouted out loud, not knowing what she would have done.

"Why did you back away…? I mean, I know that this was too brutal and you don't know what is happening around here, but I think I found you… my Ashikabi-sama." She whispered lightly in my ear.

Minato was trying to loosen her grip, but he couldn't. She brought her lips closer to his and finally she kissed him. A bright pinkish light appeared out of the blue and wings in back of her hind appeared. They then transformed in the Sekirei crest which got imprinted on her back.

I was sitting on the edge of Izumo Inn's doorsteps. I felt the intense breeze of the wind stroke through my hair. The wind's course has changed, another Sekirei has being winged. I lifted my head and stared in the big blue sky. I just wished I could be so close to that infinite blue thing, but sometimes it looks so sad, it makes you want to cry with it.

"Kozue, it's dinner time!" The landlady screamed from the kitchen.

"Coming!" I replied.

I got to my feet and headed straight to the kitchen, but bumped in Kagari on the way. I turned my head around and stroked his hand and then sat at the kitchen table. The smell of food invaded the atmosphere and my tummy was getting hungry. I took a deep breath.

"Your food smells so fine, Miya!" I told her.

"Thank you Kozu-chan!"

She put the food on the table and called out Uzume-chan. Uzume came out of her room, lazy as ever and sat beside me. She stared at me for a few seconds and then groped my breasts.

"Oh! You've grown Kozupii!" She said smirking.

I removed her perverted hands off of my breasts and sat properly at table. I was playing nervously with my apron. Kagari tried to avoid looking towards us and the landlady came holding up her spoon and said:

"No relationships with the same sex are allowed at Izumo Inn." She said with her creepy dark aura following her from behind.

"Creepy… Miya-san…" I said shivering.

We ate peacefully at table, but then heard a crash in the backyard. We all rose from table and ran to the place we heard the crash. There was the boy that I met at school and a girl laying on top of him. They seemed to have fallen from the sky, but no matter. What I was concerned about was that those spasms mysteriously stopped. That was a relief, I would live a bit longer without having to fight, because fighting wasn't really my intention, but I will have to, when I will be forced to do so.

"Oh dear… Kagari, Kozue let's get them inside, seems like the boy has been injured." The landlady said.

"Okay." We said.

We helped him get up and took him to Kagari's room. I went to the kitchen and brought the bandages and looked for clothes in Kagari's closet. While Kagari was healing him, I went to my room and took some clothes for the girl that fell with him. I sat in the kitchen and waited for Kagari and the other two to show up.

"Mind explaining why you were in the garden?" Kagari asked him.

"Well, um… a gust of wind blew and yeah…" He said nervously.

"What's your name?" I asked him.

"Minato Sahashi." He answered and then he looked at me. "Wait… Aren't you Orihara Kozue?

"Yes, that is my name. Are we in the same class or something?"

"Yeah, it's been since we were freshmen."

"Hehe, is that so?" I asked closing my eyes and seemed sorry for not remembering.

"Yes, but you would skip periods and a few months and so on."

"That's probably why I didn't notice you… So what brings you here?"

"Well, you see, this girl called Musubi doesn't have a home and I decided to shelter her in my home for the time being. I knew that the landlord wouldn't accept her, but I couldn't just leave her out in the dark. The next day, the landlord heard a crash coming from my house and quickly came over. I had no time to hide her and when he opened the door he saw Musubi and told us to move out, and then we found ourselves here."

The landlady came and offered them a place to stay. Minato's fate suddenly emerged from the abyss and cried out joyfully. Rather than joining in the joyful atmosphere, I was just staring at Musubi with thoughtful lost eyes. Yume… I wonder if you are still awake in that child's soul… I never thought seeing Musubi again, but I will keep that promise because this reunion wasn't just a coincidence, it was fate. I will never let her die.