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"" Someone talking

"" Someone thinking, a video, whispering


Watching Akitsu try on some new clothes, Bolt started to ask himself how he got in this situation.

"I can't believe aunt Miya isn't feeding me today; I can understand Matsu but why me?" he inwardly lamented, anime tears streaming down his cheeks.


Flashback Begins

Early in the morning the morning, sunlight crept inside Bolt's room through his window, slowly moving towards the sleeping blonde, until it shone right over his face, disturbing his sleep.

Feeling the intense sunlight hitting his face, the teen groaned as he was forced awake by the merciless light.

"Stupid sunlight" a tired Bolt thought, as he yawned.

Slowly opening his eyes, he saw that he was just inches away from Akitsu's face. Trying to get up without awaking the Sekirei, Bolt tried to get up but realized that he couldn't move. Looking closer he saw that the brunette had her arms wrapped around him, holding him in a vice grip.

Trying to escape, he tried to squirm his way out but quickly realized that he wasn't making any progress. Finally deciding to give up, Bolt settled down and waited for his newest Sekirei to wake up.

Trying to move his face to rob the sleep out of his eyes, he realized that one of his hands was grabbing something soft. Looking at the offending limb, he saw that Akitsu was holding it to her chest.

"So soft, I could get used to this" was Bolt's perverted thought.

Hearing Akitsu stirring, the blonde looked at her face. When she started showing signs of waking up Bolt smiled; but at the same time he was a little disappointed. He had hoped that he would be able to stare at her beautiful and peaceful sleeping face for a little longer.

As she woke, Akitsu realized that she was currently staring at her Ashikabi's face, and his smile made her tilt her head in confusion.

Seeing that she was confused, Bolt grinned and said "Good morning Akitsu"

Pausing for a few seconds Akitsu answered back "Ah….morning Ashikabi-sama"

"Can you let go of me?"

Looking down and seeing that she was holding him tightly the brunette looked back up at her Ashikabi and slowly nodded.

"Ah… okay"

Being free from Akitsu hold Bolt sat up, an action mimicked by his new Sekirei.

"Did you have a good night sleep Akitsu?" questioned Bolt.

"Ah…..yes Ashikabi-sama" slowly nodded the voluptuous young woman, giving the blonde the feeling that his newest Sekirei might be a very slow-acting person. However, the way she spoke to him bothered him slightly.

"You know you don't have to call me Ashikabi-sama right? You can just call me Bolt" he grinned, trying to get the brunette to open up to him a bit more.

"Ah….alright Bolt-sama"

"You don't have to add the sama part, just Bolt" he frowned.

"Ah…..alright Bolt-sama" dutifully nodded the Sekirei, seemingly not hearing his words, or at the very least deciding that she would only speak the name of her Ashikabi with deep respect, no matter how much the interested party didn't want that.

Seeing that she wasn't going to change her mind any time soon, Bolt tried to stand up. Before he could stand up though, he heard a perverted giggle. Looking around, the still slightly sleepy teen couldn't find where the sound was coming from. Hearing it a second time, he started wondering if he wasn't hearing things. It wasn't until the third time that he heard the pervert giggle that he looked up.

Looking up both Akitsu and Bolt saw that Matsu was hanging up-side on the ceiling, staring at them with a flushed face as her glasses shone ominously.

"Get down before you fall, Matsu" called the blonde, not too loud though, as he didn't want to attract Miya's attention. Who knew how she would react, finding him the same bed as a mostly naked Akitsu.

"Don't worry, Bolt-tan! I made sure that the suckers could gri-", but before she could finish, the suction cup stated to become loose, until they were no longer gripping the ceiling. Making a sheepish laugh, Matsu looked back at her Ashikabi and her newest "sister":

"I guess I didn't give it enough suction power."

And with that, the redhead fell onto Bolt and Akitsu with a little yelp. Picking themselves up, all three of them suddenly froze in place, feeling a cold chill run down their spines. Turning around, they were greeted by the sight of Miya's mask glaring at them.

"Oh my, I don't remember this being a three person room." smiled the lavenderette, her serene smile contrasting sharply with the mask currently floating behind her.

With every word, the hannya got bigger and scarier, making Matsu, Akitsu and Bolt whimper and hug each other in fear.

"Auntie Miya" started the blonde, but before he could continue Miya's eye twitched, and the feeling of impending doom grew tenfold.

"Don't ever say that Bolt-tan" thought a scared Matsu.

Looking at Bolt, Miya said in a laughing voice "Ara, it seems my hearing betrayed me, could you repeat that Bolt."

"Miya-nee-chan, I said Miya-nee-chan" Bolt said, shaking his hands to show his innocence.

"Oh really, I thought I heard you call me the forbidden "A" word" questioned the still smiling Miya.

"No no, I would never call you the "A" word, nee-chan. I don't even know what word it is." said a quivering Bolt.

"That's good, because I would hate to punish who ever said that word." After saying that Miya started a haunting laugh that scared all the three even further.

"Anyways, why did I hear a loud sound coming from this room?" Miya questioned, staring at the trio, her eyes boring into Bolt after seeing his arms squashed between Matsu and Akitsu's breasts.

All three stated to panic until Bolt yelled out "MATSU, IT WAS ALL MATSU'S FAULT!"

Matsu's head whipped around as she stared at her Ashikabi with a look of abject betrayal on her face. Turning to Miya, the redhead saw the look that the landlady was giving her and did the only thing that could possibly save her, or at the very least lessen her punishment: grovel shamelessly and hope that the Higher Powers wouldn't be too harsh.

"I'm so sorry Miya. I promise I won't ever do that again, so please don't punish me" begged the redhead, kneeling in typical dogeza position and bowing her head until it touched the floor.

Looking at Matsu, the lavenderette smiled and started giggling.

"I wasn't going to punish you Matsu." she smiled.

Looking at Miya with hopeful eyes, Matsu asked "Really?"

"Yes Matsu." replied the landlady; though if anyone were to look closely they would have seen a twinkle in her eyes.

When she turned around to face Akitsu and Bolt, Matsu was confused by the look of fear on their faces, after all the object of her fear had just said that she wouldn't be punished. They started pointing their fingers behind her, and looking confused, the redhead followed where they were pointing. Looking back she was suddenly smacked on the head by a blunt, and very familiar object.

"Ooooowwwww", she wailed, her hands flying to rub her scalp.

With Matsu taken care of, Miya turned her attention towards her nephew and his mysterious guest. A barely covered, and very gorgeous mysterious guest, she absently noted.

Forming her trademark hannya mask; but this time with the sound of a chorus of damned voices in the background, she asked:

"Who might this be Bolt-kun? I hope you didn't bring a young girl here to take advantage of her. I might feel inclined to…punish you, otherwise."

Struggling to answer at first, the blonde managed to calm himself down until he was able to form an acceptable: "Um, this is Akitsu. A friend of mine, from school." It wasn't his best excuse, especially considering that Akitsu didn't look at all like some in her teens, more like someone in her early to mid-twenties, but it was the best he could come up with at the moment.

Looking doubtful, Miya asked "How come Samui never mentioned Akitsu-chan here?"

Answering quickly, Bolt said "Samui never spent that much time inside the school, so she never met Akitsu."

Turning towards Akitsu Miya asked her "How come you're here in the inn sleeping in Bolt's room? Don't you have somewhere to live dear?"

"She's here-" but before the blonde could continue, his aunt turned towards him and cut him off in a stern voice:

"I believe she can talk for herself, Bolt" Her tone made it clear that if he so much as uttered a single syllable, he would not like the result.

Facing Akitsu once again, the landlady asked:

"Now can you answer the question, dear?"

Looking at her Ashikabi's aunt for a while, Akitsu was silent. After a moment, finding the courage to speak, she answered: "Ah….didn't have anywhere to go… Escaped from bad man."

Shocked by what she heard, Miya looked over the Sekirei, searching for any injuries.

"Oh my, I hope you're alright."

"Ah…..yes. Bolt-sama helped me" slowly nodded the brunette, her eyes shifting to look at Bolt with utmost veneration in her gaze.

"Sama?" politely inquired Miya, her eyes hardening a fraction, making her nephew gulp nervously.

"She calls me like that because I offered her a place to stay" quickly explained the blonde.

"Normally I decide who stays here, but because she has nowhere to go I will let her stay here; but don't let this happen again," finally said the landlady, a clear warning in her tone should Bolt disregard her wish.

Walking towards the door to leave, the lavenderette suddenly paused, and turned to look at her nephew and Matsu.

"Oh, Bolt, Matsu?"

"Yes?" squeaked the pair.

"No breakfast and lunch for the both of you."

"Nooooo!" wailed the pair, their ravenous stomachs weeping at the knowledge they wouldn't be able to eat Miya's cooking.

"And Bolt, please make sure that once Akitsu finishes her breakfast you buy her some new clothes; your mother's clothes are too big," and with that Miya left all three alone.

Flashback Ends


While Bolt was reminiscing about the morning events, he didn't notice that Akitsu was trying on new clothes right in front of him, seemingly unaffected by his presence as she changed.

"Ah….Bolt-sama how do I look?" she finally asked, once she had finished.

Hearing Akitsu's voice, the teen snapped out of his reminiscing and looked at her. Seeing Akitsu's new dress caused a small amount of flood to flow down out of his nose. Covering his nose to stop the liquid, Bolt gave the Sekirei a thumbs up.

Akitsu clothes consisted of a white shirt with long, flowing sleeves in a similar make to a kimono, but that was where the similarities ended. The cut out for her head was lined with black fabric and was larger than the standard cutout for her head, it was wider, allowing some of the Sekirei's shoulders to be seen and then going down in a very low V cut that showed off nearly a third of her breasts and stopped at her upper stomach. A black obi with a bow in the front held the shirt tightly against her body. She had chains in her ensemble, which were used to bind her clothes together above her breasts, while the other set looped around her neck and then went down between her cleavages.

"You look great, Akitsu." said Bolt, and it was true. With her new clothes, the brunette would make every straight male in her vicinity snap their heads to look at her.

"Ah….thank you, Bolt-sama." bowed the Sekirei, a slight pink tinge showing on her pale cheeks.

Suddenly a rumbling sound could be heard, startling the pair. Looking sheepish, Bolt blushed in embarrassment. Trying, and failing, to look dignified, the blonde coughed in his hand, gesturing to Akitsu to follow him.

"Come Akitsu, let's get something to eat"

"Ah…..yes Bolt-sama" nodded the brunette, stepping behind him.

While looking for a place to eat Bolt and Akitsu received various looks from the civilians. The females were giving them smiles, probably thinking that the Sekirei was Bolt's caretaker considering his short stature, while the male half were giving Akitsu lewd looks. As they whispered, the blonde caught a few of their words:

"Who's the hottie with the kid?"

"Do you think I could get a date with her?"

"Are they siblings?"

When Akitsu suddenly grabbed Bolt's hand, and held it possessively, the looks sent their way by the men changed from confusion to hate. The whispers among them started to upset Bolt more now because of what they were whispering between each other.

"Damn that kid. How can someone like him get such a hottie holding his hand?"

"How much do you think he paid for her?"

"Do you think we can pay for a threesome?"

Having enough of what they were whispering Bolt turned around and looked at them with an angry expression.

"MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!" yelled Bot yelled at the guys; before dragging Akitsu with him at an increased pace, leaving the passersby behind.

A little later, settling at a restaurant that seemed to be what they were looking for, Bolt and Akitsu took a seat outside and waited for the waiter to come get their order. While waiting, the blonde noticed that his guest had moved her chair right next to his and they were now touching each other.

"She might be insecure about her status as my Sekirei and is trying to be as close to me as possible." he mused.

Seeing the Sekirei's hands on the table, Bolt took them in his own and gave Akitsu a smile.

"No matter what happens, Akitsu, I'll always be there for you" he assured her, giving her a smile he had seen his father use when his mother felt insecure or nervous. Hearing those words made the Sekirei turn her head away, but not before he caught the brilliant blush on her cheeks.


As the pair enjoyed their time together, they didn't notice a shadow watching them intently.

"Target has been spotted Kochou, waiting for further instructions." whispered the shadow.

Sitting at a desk was a young gentleman of average height, wearing a pure white suit with a white shirt underneath and a black tie. Some people would consider him a handsome bishounen. This young man was Higa Izumi, aka the Ashikabi of the East; and the heir of a pharmaceutical company who rivaled MBI.

While finishing his last piece of paperwork a young man swiftly enter the office after knocking twice.

"Higa-sama, Kochou has received a message from Ichiya."

The person who just relayed the message to Higa was a tall bespectacled man of relatively slim build, with black hair and wearing spectacles, a black suit with a white shirt underneath and a yellow tie. This man was Kakizaki; an Ashikabi working as Higa's loyal secretary.

"Well, what is it?" Higa asked Kakizaki, not bothering to look up from his papers.

Fixing his glasses, Kakizaki answered "It seems that Ichiya has found the target, but he's with a Sekirei that isn't in his file."

Finally looking up from his paperwork, Higa gave his secretary an interested look, and motioned for him to continue.

"Further investigation showed that the Sekirei is number #07 Akitsu; the scrapped Sekirei."

"The scrapped Sekirei…Send someone to test that single digit. If an opportunity appears to terminate her Ashikabi tell them to do it; also have #18 watch the battle for information."

"May I notify #16 and #62 since they are the closest to him?"

"Notify them, also tell them that if their performance is not satisfactory then they better not come back."

"At once, Higa-sama" bowed Kakizaki.

Turning around he left the office, and went to deliver the message to the two Sekirei.


After finishing their meal, both Sekirei and Ashikabi noticed that it was midday and decided to head back to the inn.

As they made their way back to the inn, Bolt couldn't help but feel as if they were being watched. He had a pretty good sixth sense for that, as Matsu had stalked him for a while before becoming his Sekirei, and even after he had winged her, she had kept some of her stalker-like habits.

"If it's Mikogami then it would be disastrous if they know where I live; Aunty Miya will also know about the Sekirei if whoever is watching us acts and Akitsu has to use her powers." thought the teen.

Turning to Akitsu, he didn't show his suspicion, instead smiling happily as he offered: "How about we head to the park to relax?"

A normal Sekirei would immediately have noticed something was wrong, and the brunette was extremely observant of her Ashikabi, considering he had accepted and comforted her.

"Ah….okay" she nodded.

With that they changed their course, and headed to place they had met the first time.

Arriving at the park, Bolt still felt as though they were being followed. Finding a deserted section, Akitsu grabbed her Ashikabi by the back of his collar and jumped away from their current spot, narrowly escaping being hit by a whip. Said whip hit the ground instead, sending debris everywhere.

"That could've been us" thought a bewildered Bolt.

Looking at where the whip came from, the pair saw a pair of women standing ready to attack.

The first was a woman of average height who had blonde hair. Looking closely at it, Bolt realized that its' extremities looked like puppy ears. In both of her hands were whips.

The second member of the pair was a tall woman with long dark green hair and blue eyes. She wore a blue and white tight belly-top, revealing quite some cleavage, displaying the Sekirei Crest on her left breast. Dark long gloves, stockings held by a garter over her bloomers and thigh high boots complemented her appearance. She was also holding a staff in her hand, and the way she held it made clear that she was quite experienced in its' use.

"Looks like you missed, Kaie" said the taller woman, holding her staff on her shoulder.

"Shut up, Toyotama" scowled the blonde, readying her whips for another attack.

As Akitsu landed and released Bolt from her hold, although she stayed close to him in case she needed to defend him again, he dusted himself off, and glared at the pair.

"Who the Hell are you?" he growled. He didn't appreciate being attacked out of the blue, especially when he didn't know those who tried to hurt him.

"That's no way to talk to a lady" replied Toyotama, twirling her staff in her fingers in a menacing way.

"Who the hell are you?" asked the teen once again, slowly lowering himself into a fighting stance.

Kaie pointed to herself and said "Sekirei #62 Kaie," pointing to the taller woman she continued "and she's Sekirei #16 Toyotama"

"What do you want with us?"

Putting a serious look on her face Toyotama said "We're aren't here for the both of you, we're here just for you. Give yourself up and we'll let your little Sekirei go."

"Do you really believe I would just give myself to two Sekirei for god knows what?" questioned Bolt.

"Well then, I guess we are doing things the fun way." an excited Kaie grinned, using her left whip to slash towards the teen. Seeing the whip heading towards them the Ashikabi and Sekirei split up. Dashing towards Akitsu, Toyotama aimed the end of her staff at the brunette's head, hoping to knock her out or terminate her.

Seeing the staff heading towards her, Bolt's newest Sekirei jumped back while creating ice shards, and aimed them at the two Sekirei.

"The rules states that a battle between Sekirei has to be one-on-one" yelled Bolt, narrowly avoiding another whip slash.

Dodging Akitsu's attack, Kaie grinned "We don't care about some stupid rule!" She then swung her right whip at the Ice Sekirei, managing to tear a piece off her sleeve. Distracted by Kaie, Akitsu tilted her head to the left at the last second, narrowly avoiding a hit from Toyotama's staff coming from behind her, losing a few hairs in the process.

Watching Akitsu try to fend off both Sekirei Bolt started to get worried. Analyzing the battle, he quickly realized that both girls relied on the other to create a distraction, using the opportunity provided to attack themselves.

"If I can get Akitsu to immobilize one of them, then she should be able to handle the other one" Bolt thought

The brunette was currently busy avoiding a pincer attack, one of the Sekirei coming from her front, the other aiming at her back in the hopes to take her down.

"That won't work, if one of them is immobilized than the other could just free her" grumbled Bolt. "I need a way to get her to immobilize them at the exact same time."

"That's it!" grinned the teen.

"Akitsu, cover the entire field in ice!" he yelled.

Hearing her Ashikabi's order, Akitsu nodded and gathered her ice power. After gathering her powers she expelled all of it and spread it through the entire field, freezing everything. An unexpected side effect of her unusual use of her powers was the creation of a thick mist blanketing the entire area.

"I can't see" yelled Toyotama, eyes darting around, trying to see where the next attack would come from.

"My eyes!" yelled her partner.

When the mist dissipated, everybody could see that the entire battlefield had become a world of ice. There wasn't a single inch of the ground not covered in thick, brilliant ice.

Looking around an arrogant sneer, Toyotama glared at the Ice Sekirei.

"Do you really believe that just because you covered the floor with ice it would hinder us?"

Unfortunately for her, her taunt didn't work, as Akitsu merely stared at her with her usual blank face.

Getting angry that her question wasn't answered Toyotama yelled:

"Answer me, scrap number!"

Looking at her infuriated partner, Kaie tried to calm her down:

"Calm down Toyotama, she's just trying to get you angry."

Trying to calm herself the staff-wielding Sekirei took a deep breath and exhaled. Calming down, she gripped her staff tightly and tried to run to attack Akitsu. Unfortunately, the very moment her foot once again touched the floor she slipped and fell.

"What the hell!" she screamed, just before her face hit the ground.

Seeing Toyotama falling, Bolt had a smile on his face.

"I was right, having Akitsu cover the entire battlefield in ice gives her an advantage and limits their movements. Given that her powers are ice based, having the floor suddenly turned to ice wouldn't hinder her movements, like it did for the other two Sekirei. They likely never fought on a field that is slippery; so they'll have problems adjusting to it."

"Akitsu, create more distance from them. With the ice covering the floor they will have a difficult time attacking." he ordered, knowing that they now had the field advantage.

Hearing Bolt's explanation, the brunette jumped back to create more distance between her and the other two Sekirei. Unsurprisingly, she landed with far more grace than her staff-wielding "sister", having no trouble at all standing on the ice she had created.

Frustrated by their inability to move properly, both Kaie and Toyotama yelled out in pain when they constantly tried to stand up; but kept falling down repeatedly.

Finally standing up, the two young women took a fighting stance; but their legs were shaking, because they kept on falling their weapons were no longer within their grasp.

"Give up. Without your weapons and ability to move you're at a disadvantage" said Bolt

"Shut up, even without our weapons we can still defeat that scrap Sekirei" shrieked Kaie.

Shaking his head, the blonde thought, "When you two attacked Akitsu together, you gave her difficulties, but it doesn't matter now. You two may be fast, but speed doesn't mean anything if you can't use it."

Looking at Akitsu, he sighed. "Just defeat them, but don't do enough damage to seriously harm them, please. And don't deactivate them."

Nodding her head; the Ice Sekirei formed her trademark ice shards and fired them at the two Sekirei.

"Aaaaahhhhhhh" yelled Kaie and Toyotama as they were bombarded by the attack. When they were struck they were sent flying backwards; with Toyotama going the farthest.


MBI: Chairman's Office

Looking a computer screen were six individual who were watching the battle between Sekirei.

"Brilliant, just brilliant. To think someone would create a battlefield to immobilize their opponent. Hahahaaaaaa!" laughed a lunatic man. Out of nowhere a clip board nailed him right in the forehead and sent him out of his seat.

"Shut up you damn bastard!" yelled an upset female scientist.

"Oooowwwww that hurt Takami-chan" whined the downed man, without any of the dignity one would expect from an adult.

The female scientist now identified as Takami was a slender women with grey hair and grey eyes. She was wearing trousers, a black top and a white lab coat. She was MBI's head researcher and the person in charge of the Sekirei Plan.

Walking towards the downed lunatic, Takami took out another clipboard and hit him with it. "Then stop laughing like a damn maniac."

"What do you mean?" asked the man, trying to look as innocent as possible.

With a tick mark forming on her forehead Takami lifted her clipboard, growling. "Stop trying to look innocent, because you're NOT! Minaka!"

Recoiling from the yelling the man stood up and tried to look dignified. Upon closer inspection he appeared to be a slender, bespectacled man with tall and spiky white hair. He was entirely wrapped in the color white as he wore a pure white suit with a white shirt underneath, a pair of white pants, gloves and robe. This person was Minaka Hiroto, the chairman and founder of MBI.

Heedless of the bickering between Minaka and Takami, and looking at the computer screen a man in a suit analyzed "The kid's a genius, covering the entire ground not only prevented the other two Sekirei from moving but also hindered their balance."

"You see Takami-chan, Natsuo agrees with me" said a childish Minaka.

Natsuo was a young gentleman of average height with brown hair, wearing an elaborate suit with a white shirt underneath and a black tie. Standing to his right was a woman with pink hair, while a woman with grey hair was on his left. Behind him but leaning onto the wall was another woman with grey hair; this one taller and, and unlike the other two, she was radiating a bloodthirsty aura.

These three Sekirei are the third generation Disciplinary Squad. The Disciplinary Squad is a group of Sekirei under the command of Natsuo Ichinomi; a clerk of MBI, and is in charge to hunt down all who opposed or try to escaped the Sekirei Plan.

The oldest member was Karasuba; the taller Sekirei with the grey hair. Karasuba wore a tight black leather top, a miniskirt and stockings, over the shoulders was draped a grey haori with the Sekirei Crest printed on it. She had long light gray hair tied in a ponytail and gray narrow eyes. She had bags under her eyes, giving her an exhausted look. She was Sekirei number 04 and was infamous enough to be known as The Black Sekirei.

The Sekirei sitting to Natsuo's right was Benitsubasa. Benitsubasa was wearing a kimono-like shirt with one sleeve missing, and pink hair in a side ponytail with two daisy clips. She had small breasts that hadn't grown by a single millimeter, leaving her with an A cup, much to her chagrin. She had the appearance of a cheerful, younger teenager though her appearance didn't reflect her personality as she was in fact a very short-tempered person. She was Sekirei number 105 and The Red Sekirei.

And the last member was Haihane, who was a slender female Sekirei whose bandage-wrapped form was covered by a tattered dark kimono. Unlike Karasuba, she had disheveled grey hair, a studded choker, and narrow eyes; giving her a wicked, daunting appearance. Even though she had a rather threatening appearance, her personality was surprisingly upbeat and calm by contrast to Benitsubasa's explosive temper and combative nature. She was Sekirei number 104 and The Indigo Sekirei.

An annoyed Takami growled:

"I never said the kid wasn't a genius, moron"

"Then why did you attack me then?" whined Minaka, massaging his scalp.

"Because you were getting on my last nerve" glared the scientist.

"Why did you call us here?" questioned the Red Sekirei.

"I'm glad that you asked, Benitsubasa" said Minaka. He then toke on a serious voice. "I called you four here because I want you all to watch over this young man and his Sekirei from now on."

"Why?" asked Haihane, sounding honestly confused.

"Because Haihane, this young man will play an important role in the game later on. I wanted you all to see first hands how dangerous he can be, so you don't underestimate him."

"Minaka, you are making it sound as if you're going to make them fight him" thought Takami

"He doesn't look like someone who would cause us any problem" grumbled Haihane, who didn't like the idea of stalking a brat when she could be watching her favorite animes.

"You would think so, but you're wrong. Right now if he and the scrap number Akitsu were to fight either you Haihane or Benitsubasa one on one then they would likely win. But Karasuba on the other hand would have no problem defeating them."

"That's impossible; there is no way they could defeat us" yelled Benitsubasa. She had quite a bit off pride in her abilities, and she refused to be seen as weak in front of her crush, Natsuo.

"Don't be arrogant Benitsubasa, while you two received special training that doesn't mean you're unbeatable. Don't forget that while she is a scrap number she is still a single digit Sekirei. You all seem to have forgotten that she escaped from here, which should be impossible." said Minaka, all traces of the whining from before gone.

"Although I had to make it difficult for her to escape to make sure that Takami-chan didn't suspect anything" thought a shuddering Minaka.

"So you want us to get rid of him?" asked an annoyed Karasuba. A weakling was a weakling, she'd rather let him grow and then murder his Sekirei in front of him, his reaction would be fun to watch.

"Quite the opposite, really. There will be times when I assign you both missions to test him and his Sekirei" smiled Minaka

"Why the hell would you send us to test some brat" yelled Benitsubasa.

Turning towards the pink-haired Sekirei, Minaka told her in a serious voice "Because I said so, do you understand me?"

"Yes, yes sir" immediately replied the redhead, feeling a chill travel down her spine.

"What could possibly be the reason that you would send the Disciplinary Squad to test that boy, Minaka?" Thought Takami, worried for the teen.

Karasuba was a psychopath, and she highly doubted that she would be able to refrain herself from killing the blonde if she got too excited.

Giving her a gentle smile Minaka said "I'm glad that you understand."

"Grow stronger Bolt-kun, after all I need you to be strong enough to help me reach the gods" though a smiling Minaka

As the people present turned back to the computer screen to watch the end of the fight.


Panting on one knee, Kaie gave Bolt and Akitsu a look of defiance.

"I can't lose here; I WILL defeat her and get back to Higa-sama" thought the blonde Sekirei.

"Please give up and go back to your Ashikabi, I don't want Akitsu to wound either of you any more than she already has; and you're in no condition to continue battling anyways" softly said Bolt. He could easily see their resolve to please their Ashikabi, and he didn't want to hurt girls who were only trying to please their special person, even if said person apparently wanted him dead.

Upset by what she heard, Kaie glared and shouted "You don't know anything you stupid brat!"

Using her new found rage, she found the strength to stand on both legs and ran towards Bolt, but because the ice completely covered the floor she wasn't able to correctly run, instead slipping every three steps and righting herself.

Seeing Sekirei #62 persist in trying to harm her Ashikabi, Akitsu summoned more ice shards, directing them at the struggling blonde, her blank face set in a very slight scowl.

Seeing the ice shard heading towards her, Kaie was forced to halt her momentum and protect herself.

On the sideline a heavenly injured Toyotama was forced to watch as her comrade was bombarded by numerous ice shards. With each ice shard hitting her new cuts appeared on the blonde's body, yet she still struggled to keep upright. When the last ice shard finally made contact with #62, she no longer had the strength to stand up and fell face first onto the ground.

Walking to the down Sekirei, Bolt heard her whisper "I'm sorry Higa-sama.", as a lone tear slid down her cheek and her Sekirei crest slowly vanished.

Looking at Toyotama, who was staring at her comrade's body, the blonde Ashikabi asked "What are you going to do now?"

"Nothing. Just finish me." said the staff-wielding young woman, her voice resigned. She had lost any chance she had to beat the scrap number, and alone she knew she didn't have the slightest chance to win.

"Why would I do that?" Bolt questioned, looking upset.

"That's the way a Sekirei battle ends, even if you allow me to leave I have nowhere to go"

"What do you mean?"

"Higa-sama doesn't allow failure, if we couldn't defeat the scrap Sekirei then we were not allowed to return"

"What a horrible Ashikabi; I can't believe someone would abandon their own Sekirei!" scowled Bolt, his hands balling into fists. A Sekirei was completely devoted to their Ashikabi, yet the man didn't seem to care, and treated them as disposable pawns.

Looking at Toyotama for a few minutes, he finally told her "I won't do that"

Walking towards Akitsu, Bolt whispered something into her ear. Nodding her head, the brunette walked towards Toyotama, bent down and tried to put the defeated Sekirei on her back.

"What are you doing?" asked the green-haired woman, looking utterly confused by the Ice Sekirei's behavior.

"She going to bring you somewhere where you'll be able to get medical attention" said Bolt.

"You're stupid, why would you help any enemy that tried to terminate your Ashikabi?" yelled the staff-wielding Sekirei, glaring at the blonde.

"Nobody deserve to be discarded" answered Bolt as he helped Akitsu lift the struggling Toyotama.

After saying that, all three heard a helicopter flying towards their position, wind already picking up around them.

"They must here for that defeated Sekirei" thought Bolt.

"You scrap number, are you fine with your Ashikabi helping someone that tried to defeat you?" asked Toyotama, trying to understand the strange actions of the pair towards her.

"Ah….. I trust Bolt-sama"

"You're both fools" thought the injured Sekirei as she finally passed out, the strain of their fight overwhelming her.

"I'll make sure that you never get strong Higa" thought Bolt as he watched the sleeping Toyotama.

What he and the others didn't realize was that the line in Bolt's left palm had opened to reveal an eye with two pupils and irises in the center of the palm. The eye glowed briefly, before closing once more, leaving a line in the blonde's palm.


Reaching to her ear piece, a shadow reported "Both Toyotama and Kaie failed their mission."

"Were they both terminated?" asked the person on the other side of the line, Kochou, one of the few Brain Sekirei in the Plan.

"Only Kaie, Toyotama is heavily injured and it seems that they are taking her with them" replied the shadow, still observing the pair.

"Then come back to brief Higa-sama about the battle."

"What about Toyotama?"

"Leave her, she knew the consequences of failing her mission"

"But she's our comrade; I was going to try and retrieve her once they were distracted."

"Stop right there Ichiya, if you go after them then Higa-sama will punish you" warned Kochou, her voice even colder than usual.

"But-"

Cutting her off, Kochou said "But nothing, she is no longer Higa-sama's problem; you know what awaits you if you disobey Higa-sama"

Giving Toyotama one last look a reluctant Ichiya was forced to withdraw from the location and head to give her report to Higa.

Facing forward while jumping onto the roofs Ichiya had one final thought:

"I'm sorry, Toyotama"


Walking to his boss's office, Kakizaki opened the double doors and saw that Higa was doing his daily work on his personal laptop.

"The mission was a failure Higa-sama" immediately reported the secretary, knowing better than to tiptoe around an issue.

Still looking at his laptop screen, Higa asked "Was number 18 able to analyze the battle?"

"Yes sir, she should be here any minute now to give her full report"

Just then, Ichiya walked into the room and stood by Kakizaki in silence waiting until she was told to speak.

Looking up from his laptop Higa told Ichiya "Well, report"

Since she was allowed to speak, the Sekirei explained "As I was instructed to, I watched the battle between Toyotama, Kaie and the scrapped Sekirei. At first our Sekirei had the advantage, but that all changed when the scrap's Ashikabi started giving her instructions. She started going on the offensive and limiting their movements. She used her ice powers to make the ground slippery so that both Sekirei were not fast as they should and had a difficult time balancing themselves. Because of that Toyotama had a difficult time reaching her with her staff, while Kaie had a hard time hitting her with her whip from a distance."

Shaking his head Higa signed and said "Useless tools, continue"

"With their movement limited the scrap number's Ashikabi told her to use her ice shards to finish them off. Because of this, Toyotama and Kaie were severely injured. Some of the ice shards hit Toyotama's legs; causing them to give out, while Kaie mostly had cuts and bruises on her. The target, Bolt, then said something to Kaie that greatly upset her causing her to rush towards him. When his Sekirei saw this she quickly responded by attacking Kaie with ice shards and terminating her. With everything over both the Ashikabi and Sekirei took the injured Toyotama away somewhere."

Rubbing his forehead Higa looked at the Sekirei in front of him and said "He's likely going to deliver her to his parents to find out information about the attack weeks ago."

"Then its best that we go and rescue her Higa-sama" said a worried Ichiya.

"There is no need" said Kakizaki, pushing his glasses up dismissively.

"What do you mean?" asked the Sekirei, turning to face him.

Answering her Kakizaki said "Number 16 knows nothing about the attack. The only information that they could get out of her is information about Higa-sama's Sekirei; even then as Higa-sama Sekirei she won't spill anything.

"Isn't that a bad thing?"

At the Sekirei's question, Higa shook his head. "No, while I'm not completely sure about this, they may have already a brain type Sekirei. Even if they don't its likely they would ask their son Sekirei information about us."

Calming herself down, Ichiya asked Higa "What are you going to do about Toyotama?"

"Nothing."

Clearly upset, the Sekirei slammed her fist on the man's desk, denting it and making Higa glare at his Sekirei. "Nothing, but sir they have one of your Sekirei!"

His glare hardening, Higa growled "Watch your tone, number 18. Don't forget who you're talking to."

Realizing her mistake, Ichiya backed down and said "I'm sorry Higa-sama"

"Good, don't you ever forget your place" Higa glared, "Now that number 16 has failed her mission she no longer serve any purpose to me. If by chance you and any of the other Sekirei find her I alive I want you all to terminate her on the spot"

Looking shocked at what her Ashikabi just ordered Ichiya has no choice to follow the instruction that was given to her, although that didn't mean she wasn't already thinking about the lack of concern and the cruelty Higa was showing one of his other Sekirei. Without another word, she left the office to relay the orders she had just been given to Higa's other Sekirei.

After watching her leave, Kakizaki turned towards Higa and said "Do you believe that it is wise to order the termination on number 16 Higa-sama?"

Once again looking at his laptop screen and typing Higa didn't even spare him a glance. "Number 16 is easily replaceable; especially with the amount of Sekirei and Ashikabi under my control. Her and number 62 losing to that scrap number proves how weak they really were; and I have no need for weak tools."

Nodding, Kakizaki asked:

"Anything else?"

"Yes, have Kochou watch for any changes in number 16's status. If there are any, report to me at once."

"At once sir." bowed the man, and with that he left Higa to his business.


Arriving at Izumo Inn with Toyotama sleeping on Akitsu's back, Bolt was surprised to see Miya standing in front of the door with the dreaded ladle. Etched on her face was a frown while she was tapping her ladle on her free hand.

"How, how are you Miya-nee-chan?" quivered a scared Bolt. Nothing good ever happened when she had her ladle in hand.

"I'm doing fine Bolt-kun, but can you tell me as to why you have an almost half naked girl on Akitsu's back?" asked the lavenderette, her smile almost vicious in its' intensity.

"Uuuummmmmm, I found her in an alley barely conscious and thought that it would be better for her to be somewhere safe and can heal properly?" weakly offered the blonde.

"Why were you in an alley?" pressed Miya.

"Um" hesitated Bolt.

"Oh my, I hope you weren't letting your beastly urges get the best of you and tried to take advantage of poor Akitsu" smiled the landlady, a dark aura beginning to form behind her.

"NO! Miya-nee-chan, I just heard someone weakly calling for help. When I went to see who was calling for help I found her"

"If that's the case then get her in here quickly before she gets cold" said Miya, although had the blonde paid more attention, he would have realized that his Aunt clearly hadn't bought his story. Removing herself from the front door, she allowed Bolt and Akitsu inside the inn.

Inside the inn Miya instructed the brunette to follow her upstairs. When they reached the second floor, the older woman opened one of the doors that were for guest rooms. Inside the room, she helped Akitsu lay the injured girl gently onto the bed; but not before putting a towel on the bed first.

Looking at the Ice Sekirei, the lavenderette shooed her out of the room "Be a dear and get a wet towel from the bathroom, please, Akitsu-san"

Nodding her head, the brunette went to do as she was told. Leaving the room, as she walked passed her Ashikabi, Bolt, upon seeing her heading for the bathroom, took a quick peek inside the room she had just left. Noticing the blonde, Miya told him:

"Get me some of the bandage raps in my room."

Doing as he was told, Bolt got the bandage raps, and decided to visit his parents' room before giving Miya the supply. Looking through his mother's clothes, he grabbed a few things he thought should fit the green-haired Sekirei, and then headed back to the room the young woman was in.

Receiving everything from Bolt and Akitsu, Miya ushered the blonde out of the room, telling him that Akitsu and her would be enough to take care of Toyotama.


While outside the room, the teen sat at the foot of the door and started thinking.

"While Akitsu did every well against Kaie and Toyotama, she only seems to be able to only be able to create ice shards and then launch them at her enemies. If her attacks remain that simple, she won't last that long in the Sekirei Plan. We'll have to think of new and stronger attacks. Not only stronger attacks but also increasing the speed of creating the ice and the speed it reaches the targets."

As he remembered the giant ice field his Sekirei had created, he tried to analyze how it worked and think of other applications.

"The ice field was a great idea, but it could be better. Maybe she can create spikes on the field to give herself more of an edge."

He was so into his thoughts that he didn't immediately realize that Matsu had walked up to him, and was now crouching in front of him, her glasses inches away from his face.

"What are you thinking, Bolt-tan?"

"Aaahh! Don't scare me like that Matsu!" yelled the blonde, falling on his behind and clutching his chest in shock.

Sitting right next to Bolt, the redhead faced him and said "I'm sorry about that, I was just curious as to why you had a thoughtful look on your face."

"It's okay, it just that I realized that some Ashikabi won't play the game fairly. If they have multiple Sekirei then they might make them double team another Sekirei."

"That is very much true. Do you have any way to deal with that?"

"Since Akitsu is my only combat Sekirei as of right now, I'm thinking of starting a training plan for her. I'm planning on having her increase the speed at which she creates and fires her ice."

Fixing her glasses and making them look like they glinted Matsu said "That's a nice plan. Not many Ashikabi will actually create a training plan for their Sekirei until it's too late. The fact that you're already planning one shows how much your care about Akitsu."

Smiling at his first Sekirei, he told her "Thank you Matsu. Do you have any ideas I could use to train Akitsu?"

Looking thoughtful for a few minutes, Matsu finally said "How about creating a defensive technique?"

"A defensive technique?"

"Yes, there will be times that Akitsu-tan won't have the time to dodge, so it would be best if you help her create a defensive technique."

"Defensive technique, huh. That does make sense. But there's one problem." sighed the blonde.

Seeing her Ashikabi worried made Matsu worry as well "What's the problem?"

"We have nowhere to train. I can't train Akitsu here because I don't want Aunt Miya to be involved in this mess"

"Don't worry Bolt-tan you'll find the solution" Matsu smiled, patting her Ashikabi on his back.

Matsu then thought grimly "It isn't like she isn't already involved in this mess already."


Inside with Miya, Akitsu and the unconscious Toyotama, the landlady suddenly stopped her actions. Looking at the lavenderette questioningly, the Ice Sekirei felt some fear when the older woman chuckled darkly.

"It seems that you still haven't learnt about calling me aunty, Bolt-kun" thought a smiling Miya.


Outside the room, both Matsu and Bolt felt a chill run down their spines.

"Why am I feeling dread, I've haven't done anything to upset Miya" thought a worried Matsu

"Oh my god! I hope that dread I'm feeling isn't because Miya somehow knows I called her the "A" word" gulped a suddenly very worried blonde.

After about half an hour, both Miya and Akitsu exited the room.

Standing up, both Matsu and Bolt looked at the lavenderette expectantly.

"Well, for now she's stable. If you hadn't found her, she would likely have died of blood loss. Right now she's resting, so she can't have any visitors."

Bowing to his aunt, Bolt smiled "Thank you for helping her."

Laughing gently Miya said "it's no problem; and beside I couldn't have done nothing to save her life."

With that, she shooed the trio away, telling them to have a nice night.


As he looked out of the window of his office, Naruto suddenly gasped as he felt a searing pain shoot through his right arm. It was strong enough for force him to scream in pain, despite his very high pain threshold. Hearing their Ashikabi screaming in pain, all of Naruto Sekirei came rushing towards him.

Just as they opened the door to his office, Naruto stopped moving, the pain too much for him to bear as he passed out.

"Get him to the couch!" yelled Kazehana.

Gently moving Naruto to the couch, Yūgao and Samui made sure that the blonde didn't hit anything on the way there. As he was moved to the couch, he moaned in pain and squirmed few times, before he stopped moving for no apparent reason.

Grabbing her husband's bandaged hand Kazehana looked at Mabui and told her "Look into his desk and you'll see some bandages, grab them and bring them to me." With a quick nod, the silverette quickly picked up the item and gave it to the brunette.

Removing her husband's old bandages, everybody could see that Naruto's hand was completely black with multiple white lines throughout the whole limb. With great care, Kazehana wrapped the new bandage around her husband's arm, making sure to be very gentle as to not cause more pain to the man she loved.

When she was done, the other Sekirei looked at her expectantly, hoping to hear an explanation as to what had happened to their Ashikabi.

"Why was Naruto's arm like that Kazehana?" asked Yūgao, sending worried glances at the now peaceful blonde.

"I don't know myself. Whenever I ask, Naruto always tells me that it's better if I don't know; after all my attempts to know failed I just gave up asking him. But before Takehito died he told me that the Asama family used to worship a god thousands of years ago and once in a while members of the family receive certain gifts" Kazehana explained.

"What is Naruto's?" asked Tsunade

"I don't know. Naruto is the first person in over 500 years to show any type of gift like that." sighed Kazehana, looking torn between being worried and being angry at her husband for letting her worry like that.

"What do the bandages do?" asked Ryūzetsu.

"Takehito and Naruto created them years ago, it was meant as a way to seal his arm. They felt something dangerous from it, and wanted to make sure that whatever the gift is, it could never hurt anybody."

""Is there anything else we can do?"

"I would like it if you all stayed here with Naruto and me instead of going to the inn with the others"

Quickly agreeing, Naruto's Sekirei found a place to sleep in the room; wanting to be next to their Ashikabi.


Who are Naruto other Sekirei? What does Kazehana means about other inn? Continue reading to find out. Next chapter introduce Uzume and Homura