Date a Sekirei

by Chosen Assassin

Itsuka Shido is eighteen years old who is starting his first year of college. You think he would have a normal life? You know from balancing school work and having a social life, doing missions, dating Extra-Terrestrial beings and making them fall in love with him. Yep, just a normal life. Shido/harem

2. Chapter 2

Date a Sekirei

Chapter two

Just something I want to say before anything else. Now normally I don't let Guest's messages get me because they mean nothing. But this one had me thinking to myself, do you guys even read the descriptions?

I won't go in too detail just what struck me. First, is that he pointed out several scenes that happen in the light novels and anime and manga, yes there is a manga as well. Now I know I didn't incorprated these scenes as I said in the discription of the first chapter. I am NOT following canon entirely. I purposely remove some scenes from the show and or light novel because my story is not following canon

Yes I'm aware of what happens as I've read the light novels and seen the two seasons of Date a Live on Hulu. I know how the story goes but I don't want to follow canon entirely. If I did that then it's just copy and paste.

This is my spin off the story, you should have known it was going to be different seeing this is a crossover with Sekirei. I'm going to end my small rant here because the rest is pointless and doesn't matter. Know what you're getting into when you read this story. I don't want to see any messages telling me that I did this wrong, or I forget this from the light novel.

And despite the one message I did get a few reviews giving me their answers on who they want in the harem. I thank you all for reviewing or sending me messages on who you would like to see in the harem.

I will think on all of your choices as first I need to see how to bring them into the story. Someone wanted me to add the Spirit girls from the two Date A Live games for the PS3. I may add them but I don't know how it will work because the game that they are in was released and is currently available only in Japan, and I don't see any gameplay where it's translate into english subs.

I'll think about it because even the wiki doesn't have much information on them for me to work on. Sorry for the rant, I needed to set things straight about how I'm writing this story. Lastly, Kotori and the organization she's with will be in the story helping Shido as they do in canon. I thought much about it and decided that they will be involve. Now let's get to the chapter.

It was December, in the middle of winter. There were some clouds in the sky with small snowflakes falling and no sun, leaving the city with an ominous wind. At Izumo Inn it was the same with the snow covering the roof of the inn and the garden outside. It still to early for anyone to be awake.

In room #202 (Uzume's room is #203, sorry about that) was Shido's room who was currently asleep on his futon. He slowly opened his eyes getting use to seeing in the dark, looking to his left he saw Kocho wearing nothing but a white bra and panties of the same color, sleeping soundly.

Shido didn't react in any way, giving a small kiss on Kocho's forehead he looked up at the ceiling of his room trying to go back to sleep. It had been two weeks since he first left home and came to the capital. Where he met Tohka and befriended her, winged Kocho and sealed Tohka's spirit powers. Crazy but with Shido being an Assassin he had seen plenty of crazy in his line of work.

Shido's room had also changed from the first time he stepped foot in it. The walls that were once plain now were covered with posters of anime Shido liked to games and things of interests. He had bought himself a desk for his school work and a computer to go along with. His computer was an Alienware gaming computer. Shido may not look it but he was kind of a big pc player. In his free time if he ever had any free time, he would kick his shoes off and jump onto his computer to play an hour to three at best, of his favorite pc games. Such as League of Legends.

His computer, or gaming station as he like to call it was also used by Kocho who being a brain-type Sekirei made perfect used of his equipment when he was not using it. He'd soundproof the walls to his room because when he didn't play with headphones on. The game volume can become overbearing, his little sister Kotori can confess to that. After getting Miya's approval to soundproof his walls, which wasn't easy. After a long discussion he finally got the okay from Miya.

Lastly, Shido had gone to the mall to buy himself, Tohka, and Kocho new clothes, as great as Tohka's ability to change into anything she wanted was. It was for the best that Shido got her some clothing that she didn't copy off some random girl's body on the street. He even bought himself a new cell phone, since Tohka rip his first one in half.

Shido looked back at Kocho's sleeping face, her glasses were off, her face was beautiful. A pale-white with no blemishes and silver hair draped over her forehead.

Thinking back to how did all this come to happen. The first time Shido woke up in bed, he found Kocho sleeping next to him wearing almost nothing. Of course, he reacted like any young hormonal male seeing a half naked woman on his bed would. It only got worse when Miya heard his shouting and repiminded him saying "No illicit relations under Izumos roof." and his morning got only worse when Tohka came to see what was wrong having heard him shouting. She blew a fuse, filled with jealousy fueled anger she demanded Shido what he was doing, which lead to another "Lecture" from Miya about how illicit relations were forbidden, as well as being unfaithful to Tohka.

The both of them seem to have really hit it off well with each other it would seem.

After this he made sure not to scream in the morning whenever he awoke to find a girl in his room. Kocho and Tohka had their own rooms but Kocho tend to sleep next to him which became a regular thing every time he woke up to see her in his futon. It was still too early to say if anything was going on between him and the two, but Tohka did seem exceptionally happier when in the same room as him, and Kocho always held a serious look but grew fluster when he looks at her.

Shido was slowly understanding and coming to terms with his feelings for the two women. When he was in high school, being popular he was constantly surrounded by girls asking to be his girlfriend or wishing to hang out with him. He never saw any of them as more than just friends, and being trained as an Assassin by his mentor, Minato. He was trained to seal away his emotions, to become a killing machine who doesn't hesitate when needed.

It was difficult to say if any of those girls could one day, possibly be his. Because Shido didn't see them as such. But with Tohka and Kocho it was different. Those two he had met on the same day somehow wormed their way into his locked heart and broke the chains holding him. He couldn't say he loved them romantically but he was learning and that's all that matters, if these girls want his love then he will try to show and give them his love.

Looking out his window which he had bought curtains for, the sky was still dark but the snow had stop falling. Getting out of his futon he covered Kocho with his blanket, who reached for him missing his warmth. Instead grabbed his pillow and brought it to her chest, sandwiching it against her large breasts. Shido blushed at the gesture and swallowed the lump in his throat. He smiled awkwardly turning to the closet, getting his sword and walked out of his without making a single sound.

From the time Shido could remember, every morning where ever he was, he trained. He trained his body, his skills with his bow, but mostly trained with his sword as he was not all that great.

While Shido excel at other subjects like free-running, he was poor at fighting with a bladed weapon.

Shido focused all of his time at practicing his swordplay. His senpai, Minato was a great swordsman, his style and movements were all breathtaking. Shido cursed his weakness and vowed to train harder to reach Minato's level of swordplay with the "Demon King" assisting him.

He could honestly say he was getting better but to him it was not enough, Shido enjoyed fighting at a distance using his bow and other ranged weapons to kill his targets but if he was ever spotted and chased. He would need to fight off his pursers with the sword skills he received from his master swordsman tutor and mentor.

Standing on the snow covered grass of the backyard of Izumo Inn. Shido looked around seeing no one was walking around yet meaning he could train with no distractions. Looking at his sword, a simple single-handed straight sword. Most assassins in the Japan branch use Katanas or swords native to their country. Shido was no different, however he felt holding a European styled one-handed sword felt right to him. Pulling the sword from it's sheath, he went into his normal stance and practiced his katas.

xox

Miya was walking down the hallway from her room to the restroom and now the kitchen. Having always been an early to rise person even before she was married to Takehito, Miya woke up bright and early before the sun even comes up to prepare breakfast for everyone in the inn and to begin the day.

The inn had certainly become livelier since Shido first moved in. He even brought her two new tenants, Kocho being one of her younger siblings and an upbeat girl who went by the name Tohka.

Miya knew right away from meeting Tohka that she was not human, nor was she a Sekirei. While Tohka may not be one of her siblings she was definitely not human. She had powers like a Sekirei but was something else entirely, Shido knew something about the girl's origins, or was he blind and foolishly believed she (Tohka) and Kocho were just normal human girls.

No, as logical as that sounds, Shido was much smarter than he lets on. He just tends to hide it from people. Miya has seen him deep in thought whenever he sits out in the backyard. His mind focused, his eyes rooted on the single tree in the back. Analyzing the entire trunk of the tree and every branch almost like he was examining a person's body in surgical manner. For what reason she didn't understand.

She shook her head, if Shido really knew what Tohka was and she has done nothing to bring harm to him, or her other tenants then he must trust Tohka. Miya, while not knowing the answer to this puzzle which infuriated her, she would trust Shido's judgment and do nothing. Tohka may have incredible power but she seems to enjoy trying to live a normal life here at the inn, and who was Miya to rip that peace away from her.

Crossing the foyer she heard the sound of a sword cutting through the wind. She raised a delicate eyebrow at who was practicing with a sword. Slowly opening the sliding door she peeked through the opening and saw Shido going through sword katas. She saw with rapt attention at the way he moved, the first thing that came to Miya's head is that he was not self-taught, he was trained by someone, and from his precise and clean movement of his thrusts. His teacher was a master as well.

She stayed hidden from Shido's line of sight watching him move through his katas with a focused mind and spirit. His style was different from her's as she used a katana while he used a one-handed sword. Having seen enough Miya quietly closed the sliding door and left. Leaving no sign of her ever being there.

xox

Shido finished going through his katas, having worked up a sweat. Wiping the sweat off his brow, he turned when he heard the sliding door to the backyard being opened. Hiding his sword behind his back. He released the breath he was holding seeing it was just Miya, however, she was holding a wooden sheathed katana in her hand. The snow crunching underneath her feet as she came up to him and stopping just three feet from him.

"Ohayo Miya-san," Shido greeted his landlady, while keeping an eye on the katana she had sheathed in her hand. His grip tighten around the hilt of his sword with nervousness.

"Ohayo Shido-san, may I ask what you are doing out here this early by yourself?" She greeted him back.

"I, uhh... I was practicing my sword-play. Every morning since I was a middle schooler. I always practiced with my sword to get better."

'So he does this every morning...' She thought. Impressed by his dedication.

"Shido-san, do you mind sparring with me for a bit, I wish to see just how good you are." Shido was taken back by her offer not expecting to duel his landlady of all people. But he could honestly use the practice and Miya was graciously offering to test him. With a determined smile he looked into his landlady's brown eyes. Removing his sword from behind his back he held it in front of him and getting into his previous stance.

"Of course, Miya-san."

She walked over to the other side of the yard and unsheathe her katana, Shido was examining her body with caution and experience looking if she had any weak points he could exploit but saw none.

"Ready?"

Shido nodded, raising his sword in front of him.

They push off the ground meeting mid-flight in a clash of steel. Miya aimed her sword for certain areas like Shido's shoulders hoping to disarm him, Shido, while busy defending himself, was also getting his own hits in. Miya was perplex on how he was able to attack and defend all at once.

Their fighting soon turn into a dance of death, a ballroom dance upon closer inspection. Miya and Shido traded blow for blow, while dancing around one another as if holding hands instead of swords. They waltz, spin, and turned where all met with sparks from their swords clashing with each other.

Shido dived into a roll under Miya's overhead strike, he moved to attack Miya from behind aiming for her mid-section. Miya quickly turned her body and blocked his attack with her katana, the blade facing the ground. She countered his strike but he disappear, turning around she was astonish by how fast his speed was, he moved his sword for a thrust, which she blocked with the side of her sword to parrying.

However, the force behind his thrust had pushed Miya back two feet. Miya was amazed at both his speed and power behind his strikes. She was starting to get excited at the prospect of letting lose.

A grin made it's way onto her beautiful face, she swung her sword in one hand around her before launching herself. Shido's eyes were calm and focused readying himself in a defensive stance. Miya aimed for Shido's left side, seeing him angle his sword to block she quickly changed her sword's direction feinting her attack now aiming for his expose right side.

Miya wasn't aiming to seriously hurt Shido but the aspect of fighting a worthy opponent was too great that Miya lost her self-control and direction. Her eyes widen and grin disappeared when her katana met his in a downward parry. She tried to look at him, but using his weight stabbing his weapon into the ground. Shido lifted his body over his sword and kicked Miya hard in stomach. She cough out a bit of blood and looked up only to bring her sword close to her body seeing Shido in the air mid-swing.

Their swords met, however Miya, admits through her excitement lost her footing and fell back, she quickly righted herself and landed in a crouch on her feet. Now getting serious she stood with her katana at her side when she saw Shido sheathing his sword.

"What are you doing?!" She said annoyed, she was beginning to enjoy their fight when Shido suddenly sheathed his weapon.

"Everyone is going to be waking up soon and I don't wish for them to see you in such a state. You want to be seen as an innocent landlady not a berserker, if you were truly serious about our spar you would have attacked me like you were just now at the beginning, I'm I wrong?" Miya looked away from his expected gaze at the ground at her feet. Shido had his answer. "If you want we can spar again tomorrow if you like and I'm sorry if I cause you any trouble." He bowed his head to her before he walked back inside leaving the quiet landlady alone to her thoughts.

xox

"Sahashi-sama will see you now, Shido-kun." Said Minato's secretary, Natsumi. Shido along with Tohka were at Raven Incorporated to meet with Minato, who had something he wanted to give to Shido. The two said thanks to Natsumi and entered the elevator.

"Oh, oh, Shido. May I please?" Tohka begged with the infamous puppy dog eyes. Wanting to press the button.

"Hahaha, sure you can, Tohka." He laughed nervously. Tohka beamed with happiness before pressing the button for the seventeenth floor that will take them straight to Minato's office. "Hey, Tohka?" Shido asked the girl next to him, who turned her head signaling she was listening. "Not that I'm against you coming along with me, but can I ask on why you wanted to come along?" Tohka tilted her head in cute manner. She blinked her eyes twice before finding the answer to give to him.

"I just wanted to meet more people who you care about Shido. You care about me, Kocho, the landlady, and even Kagari, I just wanted to meet more people you know that's all."

Shido didn't say anything but nodded his head finding that to be a good answer.

The elevator 'ping' meaning they had reach their stop. Shido and Tohka walk out of the elevator greeted by Sahashi Minato, the "Demon King", who was standing outside the elevator door. Wearing his infamous black trench coat with the hood removed. Allowing both teens to see his actual face.

"Shido-kun and Tohka-chan, it so nice you can make it on such short notice." Minato smiled greeting the two.

"It's no problem, senpai." Was Shido's response. He looked beside him finding Tokha's body shaking. She looked at Minato with widen eyes, her voice coming out in a stutter.

"H-How do you know my name?" Tohka ask timely. Her body ceasing its shaking when Shido placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Adding pressure to remind he, he was next to her.

Minato seeing the change in the atmosphere answered her to relieve her of her fear.

"Forgive me if I startled you. But I know of you Tohka-chan because Shido-kun here has told me so much about you."

"Really?" Tohka said, her fears gone, evaporated into thin air. Looking at Shido from over her shoulder.

"He has told me so much about you so there is no need to be alarmed, I'm Shido-kun's mentor and a good friend. Any secrets you have you can trust them with me."

Tohka looked at Shido asking for his approval, he nodded with a smile that brighten Tohka's resolve and courage, her nervousness no longer plagued her. Looking back at Minato she nodded her head trusting his word.

"Excellent, now Tohka-chan if you can wait right here for a bit, while Shido-kun and I go into my office to discuss somethings. Is this ok for you?"

"I'll be back before long Tohka, I promise." Shido gave Tohka his best smile to reassure her of this promise. She nodded and promised that she will stay outside waiting for him. Tohka walked over to one of the couches in the room and took a seat, while Minato and Shido entered the former's office closing the door behind them.

Minato's office was just a normal office with nothing too fancy and exotic. All that was in the room with a medium-sized wooden desk in the center behind it was a balcony and a clear view of the sky that was still covered by gray clouds and the city in the distance. There were two, black leather couches on either side of the room against the walls, which were white in color, and lastly was a bookcase on a red carpet on the upper-right corner of the room.

"Step into my office." Minato led Shido to the bookcase, Shido already knew what to expect and pulled on a book with a red cover.

Hearing a 'clunk' he stepped back as the red carpeted floor beneath them began to sink downward. The elevator took them down one floor into a large room that look like a hidden lab. (The Lab from Christopher Nolan's Batman The Dark Knight, the one made from a shipping crate) Gadgets and other weapons littered the room, it look like something out of a James Bond movie.

"This way." Shido followed Minato through rows and tables of weapons. They stop at a table with a mannequin arm wearing a brown leather vambrace with a miniature crossbow beneath it.

"Shido... remember that mission where I sent you to France?"

"Of course, you sent me to retrieve a pancel from one of your clients there. I also got the chance to see the French Brotherhood and met some of the Assassins there."

"You're on right the track, my favorite student." (Or his only one) He motioned to the table. "This is what I had you retrieve, or rather the plans to recreate this weapon. It's called the Phantom Blade." Shido looked at the Phantom Blade with interest and wonder. "The boys in France gave us the original plans as a show of good fate. I spent the last month building it because I didn't have a lot of free time on my hands. With leading a successful company and all. Now Shido did you bring your hidden blade like I ask?"

Shido reached into his backpack and pull out a metal gloved vambrace.

"Here," He handed it to Minato.

"Thank you, if you have not figure it out yet this one on the table is only a prototype, meaning it can't fire. And I just need to... there! Here you go Shido. Try it out." Minato handed Shido back his armored vambrace, which he put on his left arm, he flexed his wrist and the crossbow opened.

"What does it shoot?"

Minato walked besides Shido standing next to him and push a button on the crossbow, and something was released. Shido having heard something being fired, he look at one of the training dummies across the room. The dummy had a hidden blade stuck in its throat.

"It fires hidden blades. These blades are crafted to be shot like a crossbow bolt rather than to jab into someone's throat by hand. You have a magazine of three shots, quiet, effective, and above all, deadly."

Flexing his wrist again the crossbow closed. Shido smiled then turned to give his thanks to his mentor.

"This is an amazing gift, thank you senpai." Minato's glare stop Shido's breathing for a second. "I-I mean, Sahashi-sama." Minato smiled and stop his outputting his power, Shido stop to catch his breath.

"Now... about the other thing I called you for." Minato said seriously, his eyes were now cold and calculated befitting of the one with the nickname the "Demon King". Shido also lost his smile, staring at Minato with the harden eyes of a warrior. The two went to a table with many computer monitors playing news stories and other things. Minato pressed on a few buttons on the keyboard and a much larger computer terminal rised up from the floor showing an image of a shrine that was located two miles outside of the city.

"Ever since you first sealed Tohka's powers I've been monitoring the city and the country for any more spirit activity. My satellites have picked up many beings with supernatural powers here in the city but the most dominate one is coming from this shrine." Minato pointed to the shrine, where a red dot was pulsing every five seconds and then disappears entirely. "When this spirit appears rain follows it then disappears along with the rain. I believe this spirit can control water if it rains when it appears and stops after it's fled, but I'm just making a theory."

"What do you need me to do?" Shido asked looking from the screen to Minato. The latter had a hand underneath his chin thinking about his options. Mildly caressing his goatee as he does so. Minato sighed once and turned to Shido.

"Right now I want you to observe this spirit, it's located at the shrine two miles north outside of the city. We don't need to seal its powers not until we know just how dangerous it is. I want you to be careful, understand?" Minato warned Shido. He raised his right arm to his chest. Over his left breast and heart. A show of respect.

"I won't fail you, Sahashi-sama."

"Good and here take this." Minato pulled out a small black chip with a red dot in the center, it was blinking. "It's a tracking chip, unlike Tohka whom you met by accident we can't trust that this spirit will just stay in one place. This chip will allow you to track the spirit's movements."

Minato finished giving Shido his explanation and handed the tracking chip to him. Shido bid farewell to his mentor and he return to the upper floor and into the lobby to grab Tohka, who was excited to see him again. They both said farewell to Minato and exited the building.

xox

"Right now, nothing has happened and the rain is pouring." Shido said as he walked out of the shrine wearing his Assassin's outfit. His outfit is pretty simple, with a white hood, high-collared coat that ended in many coattails. He wore a collared black shirt under the coat and over his chest he was wearing a grey colored chestplate that was bullet proof. For pants he wore black fitting pants and plated greaves on his feet and gauntlets on his hands with armor-plated vambraces on his forearms.

Looking himself over seeing all his weaponry, including his new Phantom Blade that he received from Minato earlier. Nodding to himself he look onto the grounds of the shrine which were empty due to the rain.

*Splash*

Hearing a splash of water, Shido turned to his right and saw something that made his eyes widen. A few feet from him, hopping on puddles was a little girl who didn't seem to mind the heavy downpour and continued with its puddle hopping. Shido couldn't grasp what he was seeing, was this the energy signature that Minato was referring to? Could this be the spirit? Coming back he just noticed the girl having lost her footing fell face first onto the ground, splashing herself and the rabbit puppet on her left hand with flying to the side.

"Hey!" Shido ran into the rain not caring for his clothing getting wet and sticking to his body. Reaching the girl he helped her up by picking her up from her sides, holding her gently. "Are you okay?" He looked into the girl's blue eyes under her hood and her blue hair. "Thank goodness you're alright." While Shido was glad that she was fine, the girl however,

"!"

She pulled herself away from Shido's grip and crawl away until she was under the shade of a tree. Her eyes held fear looking at Shido, who was confused by her actions.

"Uh,"

"Please... don't come near me."

"?!" Shido raised an eyebrow at her speech, it was soft-spoken almost like a whisper, but he could still hear her perfectly.

"Please... don't hurt me."

Shido seeing how frighten she was of him stayed rooted where he stood. If this girl, who he believes to be the spirit is shaking with fear at just seeing his presence is not good sign. She said not to hurt her, could she have been attack by the AST prior to their meeting. Is that why she's wary of him.

Looking around, he saw the rabbit puppet she was wearing on her hand was lying on the ground away from the two. He walked over and pick it up, wiping away any mud on it's white fur. He then, slowly approached the girl while holding the puppet out for her to grab. She stood and reach for the puppet but stopped and turned back to the tree, her terrified expression pulled on Shido's heartstrings. When Shido saw the girl's state, he made a bitter smile. He then brought forward his hand that was holding the puppet to slowly shorten the distance between him and her.

"...!"

The girl twitched her shoulders, maybe because she realized Shido's intentions, she crept up and approached slowly. And then, she snatched the puppet from Shido's hand and wore it on her left hand. Suddenly, the girl started manipulating the puppet's mouth to open and close it.

"Yaahh- sorry bout that bro. You're a life-saver."

It was probably ventriloquism Shido thought, as the rabbit made a strange high-pitched voice. Tilting its head to the side, it looked at the girl's face as though it was questioning her. And as if it wanted to barge between Shido and the girl, the rabbit puppet continued talking.

"-Hmm hey-, when ya were waking me up, it looked like ya touched Yoshinon in lots of places. So, how was it hmmm? Be honest and tell us how was it?"

"W-What?"

The puppet made an impression as if it was laughing *kara* *kara*, clattering and moving its body accordingly.

"Oh you're kidding. Don't pretend, ya lucky pervert... Well, for the time being, ya did help me up. So treat this as a special service that I gave you."

"Haha, Yeah." Shido said feeling awkward how the puppet was misreading what happened when he tried helping the girl up. After the puppet said those words, he gave back a bitter smile.

"Umm, well, see ya. Thanks, sir."

After the puppet said those words, the girl turned on her heels and then ran away.

"Ah, hey!"

Even though Shido called to her, the girl did not respond. She continued running and followed the bending road. Her figure instantly disappeared.

xox

Tohka was sitting on the foyer looking outside seeing the heavy rain falling. She was at the inn after Shido and her came back from meeting Minato, it was an hour later that Shido said he had to go to post office to pick up a package.

She wanted to go with him but he said that he didn't want her to get sick from walking in the rain, and he would only be gone for ten minutes. Tohka despite wanting to tag along, agreed to Shido's reasoning and stayed behind. To cheer her up Shido proposed that they go get some kinako bread that she loved so much, she couldn't wait for it stop raining.

Needless to say, Tohka couldn't wait.

"Oh, dear." Tohka turned around and saw Miya with a basket under her arms, a dejected expression on her features. "It was sunny just an hour ago and now it's raining."

"Is something wrong, landlady-san?"

Miya hearing Tohka voice turned to her with a smile. "Oh, it's nothing to be concern about Tohka-chan, and please call me Miya. I was just talking about how it began to rain, and just when I was about to hang the laundry outside."

"Don't you have a dryer to dry your clothes, Miya-san." She continued her questioning. Make small talk with Miya.

"I thought about getting one, but as a widowed landlady with other things that need my attention, I just don't have the time to go out and buy one."

"What about Shido? He has lots of money, I'm sure if you ask him nicely he would buy you a dryer."

"Shido-san..." Miya paused and thought about the offer. She shook her head, looking at Tohka with a grateful smile. "Thank you Tohka-chan, but I can't ask Shido-san to buy me a dryer it would be rude of me to ask him."

"But Shido won't mind he bought me lot's of food to eat on our date, he even won me a plush when we went to the arcade. I'm sure if you ask nicely then Shido would buy you a new dryer." Tohka pushed onward doing her utmost best to convince Miya to acquiesce.

Miya remained silent but after a while she spoke with a beautiful smile framing her visage. "That's nice of you to offer, Tohka-chan, I'll ask Shido-san about it and see what he says." Tohka smiled as well, happy she could be of help. She then remember something. Looking to Miya in an excited manner. A bit of drool escaping the bottom of her lip.

"Miya-san, is Shido back from the post office yet?" Tohka said, anxious to hear anything about Shido.

"No, I'm afraid not, he should be back by now. He only said he'd be gone for ten minutes."

"Miya-san is it okay for me to go looking for Shido?" Tohka said standing up, facing Miya who look at her with a serious gaze.

"Very well, but remember Tohka-chan to not go anywhere else when you find Shido-san. In this pouring rain I hate if you both got a fever for playing in the rain too long." A dark and menacing aura could be felt around Miya's form, Tohka felt it and shivered with an uneasy expression.

"H-Hai Miya-san." Tohka immediately ran up to her room to grab a coat and away from the suppressing arua that was bearing down on her shoulders.

"Ara~ I wonder why she was so scared?" Miya said this with a cute tilt of her head and a hand on her cheek. She shrugged her shoulders and walk back inside, seeing how hanging laundry was not happening, she opted to do something else to past the time.

xox

"This is where her signal leads to, but I'm not entirely sure that this is where she would hide."

Shido having followed the tracking device he planted on the girl known as Hermit from information he got from hacking the AST's servers. She was definitely the spirit, Minato wanted him to look into. Having already given his report to Minato before chasing after the girl, he was given the all clear of sealing her powers.

The building Shido was walking through was a small shopping mall. At the moment the power was down and the mall was abandon. Sometime after the girl known as Hermit escaped him, the spacequake alarm sounded and people began evacuating to the shelters. All except for him.

Shido followed the tracking device which was a blinking red dot, was currently leading him to the clothing store on the upper levels. Entering the abandon retail store, he look around until he found himself staring at a woman mannequin wearing summer clothing, which was strange since it was winter.

"Are you here to bully Yoshinon, too?"

"!?"

Shido look up seeing the rabbit puppet and the girl's who hand it was on. It was the little girl otherwise known as the Hermit. She was hanging upside down, her feet hanging against the rafters on the ceiling. With grace, she flipped herself until she was on her feet. The green boots she was wearing padded against the floor.

'I'll admit... I was caught off guard. And by a little girl.' Shido didn't have the time to think about this humiliation as the puppet began to talk.

"Oh? I thought you looked familiar, but who would've thought it was the lucky pervert?"

'I don't know what's worse, being caught off guard by a little girl, or this puppet calling me a pervert.' As if matching him, the puppet met Shido's gaze

"lyaa-, but I'm lucky pervert Onii-chan. We meet again in such a weird place- Ahaha, I welcome people like ya Onii-san- It seems that everyone hates Yoshion- If I were to leave this place, they would probably start attacking me again-"

After saying that, it once again started laughing.

'Well that's one surprisingly, cheerful Spirit.'

And, inside Hermit words, there was a word that caught his interest. He opened his mouth a little.

"Uh, I been meaning to ask, who's Yoshinon?' When Shido asked, the puppet made a shocked expression, and opened its mouth wide.

"Ah, what a mistake! For Yoshinon of all people, to forget my own introduction! Yoshinon is Yoshinon's name- me cute right? Cute right?"

"Ah... it's a nice name." Getting pressured by a high tensioned puppet, he nodded. His thoughts were suddenly interrupted, as the puppet approached his face.

"Hm so? What is Onii-chan's name?"

"Ah... Ah, my name is Shido. It's Itsuka Shido."

"Shido huh? - That's a cool name. Well, it doesn't beat Yoshinon though~"

"Uh, thanks. Errr... Yoshinon?"

"Hai Hai – What's up? - This is what Yoshinon is impressed by – Shido-kun's frontier Spirit – making clever conversation – and using the name you just remembered a moment ago."

After giving back a dry smile, the puppet that was making an exaggerated gesture by opening its hand wide. Shido continued his words.

"It is it Yoshinon I'm talking about, isn't the puppet's name but it's your name right?" With that said he set his sights passed the puppet, towards it's back at the blue-eyed girl.

"..."

When he did that, the puppet that had been cheerfully chatty until now now, suddenly went silent.

"I just want to know why you're using ventriloquism, rather than talking yourself?" Shido asked the girl instead of the puppet. When Shido frankly voiced that question, the puppet wobbled nearer to his face.

"...I don't understand what Shido-kun said... What is ventriloquism?"

The tone of its voice remained calm. But the puppet's facial expression didn't change at all. And yet, he felt an unbelievably strong pressure, Shido took a caution step back.

"Uh, about that..."

He took another step back and he could visibly see a red aura around the girl, and what's with the red eyes. The devil? 'Need to change her mood!'

"Yeah, you're right! Yoshinon is Yoshinon. Hahaha." Laughing awkwarding at the tense situation. Praying that did said this.

"Unn, mou-, it's because Shido-kun is a mischievous guy."

The dreadful aura from before vanished, the puppet's voice echoed in high pitch. And the red aura surrounding the small child disappeared with the puppet's enthusiasm returning.

'Exactly, what was that just now?' Shido thought back to the earlier pressure that was barring down on his shoulders. It was not any illusion he could think of, so what was that aura? 'Just to be on the safe side I should not say anything that will upset her.' Looking at the pair he asked them if they wanted to hang out for the time.

"By the way do you want to hang out further and continue our conversation?"

'Minato-senpai said that I need to be their friend to where I can seal away their powers. Tohka needed some convincing, that's what our date was set out to do. So if I use the same method with this girl, then it should work.'

[Yoshinon] didn't seem to react. No, rather the tension seemed to have risen, making it hard to say anything.

*clap* *clap*

The puppet clapped its small hands together.

"HoHo~~! That's nice- Regardless of how ya look, ya're pretty gutsy to give an invitation out like that. Ufuun, of course it's an O-K. Rather, I finally encountered a human that I can have a decent conversation with. So it is more like Yoshinon to be the one wishing for it."

With that said, *Clatter* *Clatter* it laughed

"I-I see... Well, I guess everything turned out alright in the end."

As Shido said this, he, the little girl, and the puppet whose name was Yoshinon not the girl's, continued walking through the departmart store.

xox

"Amazing! What's that-!"

The puppet excitedly clapped its hands and ran towards the place it had pointed out. Well, of course the one doing the running was the person herself. The object that caught [Yoshinon] interest, was the thing assembled in one corner of the toy store, a small jungle gym that was made for little kids.

At the excessively, colorful plastic castle, she skillfully climbed up with only her hand and legs. And when she reached the top.

"Wahaha! How is it Shido-kun~? Am I cool? Is Yoshinon cool~?" Such a voice was bounced right down at him.

"H-Hey, it's dangerous if you stand there."

The jungle gym was designed for indoor use and for children. Even if it wasn't that big, she might hurt herself if she were to fall from the top. In a panic, he rushed over to the base of the jungle gym. But [Yoshinon] shook the puppet hand unsatisfied.

"unMou, even though I was asking if I was cool or not – and, wa-wawawawa...!?"

It might be that her balance broke when she did that action, on the top of the jungle gym [Yoshinon] flapping her arms as if she was dancing, and then fell right on top of Shido. And just like that, while breaking the girl's fall they crashed onto the floor.

"Uh...ihee..."

While his face was facing upwards, he let out that sound. And for some reason, his front tooth hurt. And he had a sudden bad feeling. Somehow, the girl with blue hair, her graceful facial features were there right in front of him. And just right around the area on his lips, an oddly soft sensation was felt.

" Umh!?"

After a few seconds, he understood the current situation that he was being put under right now. That was expected. Because right now Shido was with the girl that fell from above, he just managed to perfectly exchange a kiss with her. Keeping quiet, the little girl raised her body. And at that moment, their lips finally separated. Unexpectedly... they had kissed. But with this, her powers should be sealed.

But wondering why, compared to during the time he exchanged kisses with Tohka, this time there wasn't a warm feeling flowing into his body or how'd you put it? Just then Shido felt a horrible aura and pressure pushing down on him. It was far stronger than the girl's when he called the puppet out. So why did he feel this aura pushing down on him like gravity was fucking with him.

"Ouch ouch... Sorry sorry, Shido-kun. I was careless."

But when [Yoshinon], *Clatter* *Clatter* moved the puppet, she spoke calmly.

"Eh...?"

Dumbfounded, he opened his eyes wide. Firstly at child spirit, who was not showing any signs of anger. Then if she's not doing this then... From behind, *step*, the sound of a foot firmly stepping onto the ground, Shido shook his shoulders. Timidly, he turned his head backwards.

And there standing at the entrance to the retail store stood an unexpected face.

"To-Tohka...?" His eyes widened as he called the name of the girl who was standing there. The person standing over there was Tohka, she was wearing clothes more suitable for the rain. And what's more, maybe it was due to the falling rain, her body was dripping wet. As if she had been running at full speed just now, she was now breathing heavily.

"Shido..."

As if to obstruct Shido's process of thought, Tohka's body swayed, and while swaying she spoke. Her tone is low almost monotone. He wondered why, with her only just calling his name caused shivers to run down his spine.

"...What did you do just now?"

"Eh? Wha-What do you mean...?

At that question he touched his lips without thinking and immediately regaining his thoughts he put his hands behind his back. But Tohka, wasn't pleased with that response, while making an expression like a grumbling kid, she squeezed out her shaking voice from her throat. Swallowing the lump that formed there.

"Aft-After making me so worried..."

"To-Tohka...?" Shido tried to stand he was nearly on his feet, when...

"What are you doing flirting around with a gir!"

*STOMP*

Tohka shouted, and the moment her foot struck the ground where she stood. It collapsed forming a small crater, cracks were spreading outwards from the epicenter.

'This is bad, her powers are returning to her if she can make that just from a single stomp.'

During the time he was thinking this, Tohka managed to reach the base of the jungle gym where Shido and the girl were entangled. And then she alternated her piercing gaze between the both of them, [mumumu...] she murmured while remaining tight lipped. Then glared. Sending a look towards Shido, followed by a glare at blue-haired she extended a pointer finger at her

"...Shido. The important task you said you had to do, was it to meet with this girl here?"

"Ah, no, about that..." According to those words it was certainly true but should he reply with a yes, or no. He was in doubt whether to tell Tohka about his mission and he was an Assassin.

"...lyaa, lyaa... I get it now."

The [Yoshinon] who had been staring blankly at Tohka since she first made her appearance, let out its high-pitched voice. On the puppet's rabbit face, was a prankster like smile. Shido is wondering how that got there.

"Onee-san? Err-"

"...It's Tohka."

When the puppet said that, Tohka replied in a discouraging tone.

"Then Tohka-chan~ Although I feel bad for you but it would seem that Shido-kun has lost interest in you."

"What-?" She took a step back at the accusation.

"-!?" Was Shido's surprised answered. Tohka and Shido both gasped at the same time, and then faced towards the puppet.

"liyaa see, how do I put it? Hearing your conversation, it looks like he broke Tohka-chan's promise and then came to visit Yoshinon right? Isn't this crux of the story?"

"...Uh?"

Tohka twitched her shoulders, and made a face like she could cry at any moment.

"Yo-You, what are you sayin-?" When Shido raised his voice towards the puppet's remark. Tohka grabbed him by the mouth with both hands. Pushing his body onto the floor and keeping there.

"Will you keep quiet for a while Shido?"

"Wait, what?"

While releasing a force that would not allow him to consent or refuse, using an unbelievable amount of strength she clamped her grip on his cheekbones. Shido released a pained groan working to remove her hold on his face.

The puppet was in a pleasant mood and with an [it can't be helped like] tone, continued speaking.

"liyaa-, Sis-, sorry, but this probably Yoshinon's fault~ her appearance is too charming~"

"Gu-Gugu..." Tohka gritted her teeth in suppressed anger. Her hair shadowed her eyes, her cheeks on her face are dusted red with embarrassment.

"It really isn't that I am talking bad about Tohka-chan you know? Buut~ I can't really blame Shido-kun for leaving behind Tohka-chan and running towards Yoshinon~"

"U-Ugahh!" For a period of time, while Tohka was still gripping onto Shido's face and suppressing her trembling shoulders, having reached her limits she screamed. And finally, she took her hands off of Shido's face.

"Sh-Shut up! Shut up, shut up, shut up! That's no good! That kind of thing is no good!"

"Eehh-, even if say it's no good. Horaa, Horaa, Shido-kun how about saying it clearly, that Tohka-chan is already an unwanted child."

"-!" That instant, Tohka suddenly grabbed onto the puppets collar. And of course since the puppet was small, it was easily removed from the girl's hand, it was then held up in the air.

"-!?" And, to the small girl that had her puppet taken away from her, her eyes began to swirl. Tears forming around her eye-lids. The next moment her eyeballs flickered, her face turned pale white, and sweat appeared on her face. Incidentally, it was visible that her breathing has gotten rougher, and her fingers started to shake.

"Yo-Yoshinon...?"

Shido, while rubbing his cheeks that were still in pain. He gave a worried look to the blue-haired child spirit then at Tohka interrogated the puppet. It would seems that she did not realize the state the girl was in. Her full attention was on the puppet that she was grabbing onto with both hands, like a knife she gave a sharp gaze, and drew her face closer to it.

"I...I am NOT an unwanted child! ...Shido said.. ...Shido said that I.. He said that it was okay for me to be here! Anymore insults and I will not forgive you! Hey! How about saying something!?"

Probably thinking that the puppet was the one that let out the voice, she grabbed the neck of the rabbit, and shook it. Looking on at that situation, the girl began letting out a cry that doesn't sound like a voice. As if the calm demeanor she held just now was a lie, her whole body was trembling like a scared Chihuahua. And then fixing back her hood to cover her eyes, as if she were trying to avoid being seen. In a nervous manner, she tugged at Tohka's coat.

"Wha-What? Don't disturb me. I am talking to this guy right here, right now."

"G-Give...back...please..."

To try and take back the puppet that Tohka was lifting high up with both her hands. The small child started jumping up and down. Making no effort in getting back her puppet from Tohka's grasp. Speaking of which, it might be the first time that Shido had heard her real voice. It was timid and weak. Lacking any confidence at all.

'Tohka is really being affected by Yoshinon's taunts, she's already unstable from earlier. Any more and- Also the girl, something tells me that something is about to happen.'

Shido reached for his cellphone and tried calling Minato. Only his phone refuse to turn on.

"What's wrong. I remembered I charged it this morning, then why won't it turn on." Shido forgetting his phone looked back seeing Tohka and the little girl were still out it with Tohka holding [Yoshinon] high in the air, with the little girl trying desperately to get her puppet back.

While scratching his cheek Shido spoke timidly.

"Hey...Tohka. Would you mind giving her back her puppet?"

"...Uh!"

When he said that. Tohka at Shido's words, her eyes opened wide in a shock. Looking over at him, the look she gave him broke his heart instantly. It was the same look she gave him upon their first meeting.

"Shido...As I thought. You picked this girl instead of me..."

"Huh? No, you have it all wrong Tohka, I just-" Shido stood to his feet and walked towards Tohka to better explain his reasoning. And, at the same time.

"...[Zadkiel]..."

""-!"" Both Shido and Tohka looked back at the small spirit child when she shouted the name.

The little girl suddenly raised her right hand into the air and then swung it down right below her. In a instant from the floor it broke through, a giant doll appeared at that spot. The whole body should be around three meters in length; in short it was a plushie toy that took the size of fully sized ragdoll. The outer body was made of smooth gold like material, and white patterns were carved here and there on it. And also at the part that appears to be its head, a long rabbit-like ears could be seen.

"A d-doll...!?"

"-Wha... is this-!?"

Shido and Tohka, let out their voices at the same time.

The little girl clinging onto the back of the doll that appeared right under her own feet, and in the two holes located on its back she inserted both legs into them. The next moment the dolls eyes shone red, and while shaking its slow-witted like body. *Guooooooooooooooooo*, it raised a low roar and together with that, white smoke started coming out from the body of the doll.

"It's cold." Shido commented seeing his own breath and the ice forming around him and Tohka. That smoke was similar to liquid nitrogen. Shido felt his body turning numb underneath the subzero temperatures.

He saw the little girl pull her hands back, the doll [Zadkiel] together with a low roar, bent its body. When it did that, the department store's windows started breaking, one window after another, and allowing rain to enter. Broken shards of glass landing on the shop's interior floor. No to be precise, it was a little different. It wasn't that the windows broke which allowed the rain to enter, it felt more like, the raindrops pelted the window glass with tremendous force from outside until it forced its way in.

Shido opened his eyes wide in shock, he twisted his body to face Tohka.

"...Tohka!"

Shido shouted quickly and pulled Tohka's hand, and while he was holding onto her body he caused them to fall to the ground.

"Wha... Shido!?"

Tohka's voice shook his eardrums. However, at the same time as she spoke, in the place where Tohka was standing moments ago, a large number of bullet like objects zoomed passed. All those bullets pierced through the merchandise shelves around them, after that it turned into transparent liquid and flowed onto the ground.

"Ra-Rain...!?" Exactly, from the broken windows, hardened raindrops like hailstones ignored gravity and were released at Tohka and Shido. In an instant, Shido held Tohka's body close to him and turned to the projectiles that pierced his back. Having been a second to slow to avoid the shards himself. He ignored the pain and held tightly to Tohka's body shielding her.

[Zadkiel] driven by the little girl moved. But, it kicked the ground performing a keen maneuver that did not match to it's slow moving silhouette, it passed through the spot where Tohka was at just now, and just like that it jumped outdoors through the broken windows. At the midway point of this maneuver the puppet that fell on the ground from Tohka's hand and into the streets below.

Shortly afterwards, Shido turned his back and his sights away from the destruction caused by the spirit. He opened his mouth knowing he and Tokha were in no further danger.

"W-we are safe... right?" Not quite. Just then, the ceiling of the floor they were standing in was destroyed by the gust of cold wind and pelted from large spikes of ice. The cloudy skies were now visible, Shido look further ahead and could see the girl on her angel rampaging through the city.

"Enough is enough, hurry up and get away!"

His face got pushed away and Shido rolled onto the ground from that spot, sadly he rolled onto his back where he was hit multiple times from the ice sticking through his back. Shido clench his teeth and suppress a groan, but even he couldn't hide the pained expression that came to his face. Tohka who had been in Shido's arms, blushing with a image of a spoiled child. She looked at Shido filled with worry, however, she stop herself. Looking at Shido once and then angrily stood up, turning her back to face Shido.

"T-Tohka...?" He said, pulling the last ice shard from his back with a pained groan. He stood up on shaking legs and made his way to Tohka. He reached a hand to grasp her shoulder, but she quickly swatted it away when she turned her body.

"...! Don't touch me!"

Shido frowned without thinking, and then when he withdrew his hands, in that instant Tohka made a surprised face. But immediately after that she made another face he believed to be an embarrassed one and turned to walk away. Following after her the two made their way to the exit of the shopping mall. Tohka pointedly ignoring Shido, while the Assassin tried to understand why she was angry with him.

"Wha-What happened to you, Tohka...?"

"Shut up! Don't talk to me! I-Instead of me, that girl is more important right...!"

"H-Huh...? What are you saying. She isn't the most important person in my life." When he made a dumbfounded voice, Tohka started kicking the ground in frustration.

"U-U-U-Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!"

"Wait... Uwaa...!?" With each kick, another crack was put into the floor, and it caved in. Shido with his Assassin agility evaded easily, once he corrected his footing he followed after the enraged Tohka.

"Please Tohka, I can explain."

"Get away from me!"

The two continued their back and forth with every step Shido risked following her to the lower levels.

"Can you please tell me what it is you're upset about. The kiss was an accident, I tried to save her from falling and hitting her head."

"Leave me alone, Shido. You can word it anyway you want, it still changes nothing." Tohka said this as she and Shido reached the ground floor, a few feet away from the main entrance.

"Alright, that's it!"

Shido grabbed onto Tohka's wrist from behind and was holding onto her forearm, firmly. Tohka gave a gasp at the sudden grab of her wrist, but continued giving her defiant attitude towards Shido.

"What are you doing, Shido? Let me go! I have nothing to say to you."

"Then just go then!"

"...!..." Tohka turned her head behind her after hearing Shido say this, she couldn't come up with a heated response. And the livid look on his visage was anything but pleasant. Tohka soon lost her fire from one look into Shido's terrifying gaze. Shido had always been known to smile and laugh, never holding any anger. But his current face scared Tohka, it honestly did. Any anger she was feeling before was now gone.

"I understand if you're angry and need time to sort your feelings out, but not right now when there is a spirit rampaging through the city. The reason I followed after you down all those stairs was to ask for your help. But with how your acting I see it was mistake."

"...Shido, I." Tohka tried to reason. But Shido's quick response cut her off.

"Save it for later, Tohka. I'm sorry if you're not used to this or me talking as I am right now. But if I do nothing then people will die. You can go back to Izumo and talk to Miya-san about how you're feeling. I can't help because I'm not a girl and you won't talk to me. Right now I need to save that little girl who is mostly likely scared, I don't have the time to be dealing with you being a spoiled brat."

As soon as he finish that, Shido ran and climbed up onto another building. Making his way to the roofs.

"Shido..." Tohka remained where she stood between the exit and the indoor mall, thinking about Shido's words and its meaning.

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An alarm within a living quarters at MBI began to flare to life, the three women inside all look at the blinking red lights and then each other.

"It's showtime, ladies!" Karasuba wearing her first generation Disciplinary Squad uniform. A tight black leather top, a miniskirt and stockings, over her shoulders she wore a grey haori with the Sekirei Crest printed on it. She has long light gray hair tied in a ponytail and gray narrow eyes. She is usually seen with bags under her eyes, giving her an exhausted look.

"Finally I was starting to get bored around here."

"Geez, chill, Beni. We're not in that much of a hurry to get out there."

"Shut it, Haihane." Benitsubasa said, glaring at her partner who only shrugged her shoulders. She wears a kimono-like shirt with one sleeve missing, and pink hair in a side ponytail with two daisy clips. She has small breast that haven't grown and are A cup. She has the appearance of a cheerful, younger teenager though her appearance doesn't reflect her personality as she is short-tempered.

Haihane is a slender female Sekirei whose bandage-wrapped form is covered by a tattered dark kimono, disheveled grey hair, a studded choker, and narrow eyes; giving her a wicked, daunting appearance. Even though she appears dark and gothic, her personality is surprisingly upbeat and calm by contrast to Benitsubasa's compulsive attitude and combative nature.

"Enough talk. Let's go, we have a job to do." Karasuba jumped out of a window with her two comrades jumping after her, following the destruction they could clearly see from MBI tower.

xox

At Izumo Inn, Kocho, who had not gone with Shido and Tohka this morning to meet her Ashikabi's mentor, instead stayed home to go over various data on Shido's computer. Most of it was her planning their overall plan for the Sekirei Plan when it truly began. Kocho remembered that since being winged she had not made any attempts to tell Shido, her Ashikabi about the Plan and his involvement because of winging her, which again, she never fully explain her reasoning.

Did this make her a horrible Sekirei, to her of course. And because she was a brain-type Sekirei the other being her senior, number two Matsu who served in the first disciplinary squad. Kocho felt ashamed of herself, she calls herself a brain-type Sekirei who's role is to gather information for her Ashikabi, a strategist's role. But she failed in that field as well.

Shido doesn't know about the Sekirei Plan and the other Sekireis who will most likely go after him to have the advantage. It was a cowards tactic but it work nonetheless. And the other girl in Shido's life, Yatogami Tohka. When Shido told her of Tohka, saying she had no backstory whatsoever not even a name. A name he gave her himself, Tohka. Tohka later gave herself a last name to better identify herself as a human girl. Which is where she got the name "Yatogami".

Kocho still didn't know what to make of her, she had the appearance of a sixteen year old teenage girl. Yet she has powers that no normal human should have. It was weak but it was still there, when Kocho check her bond with Shido she noticed a strange heat flowing through his body. It confuse her at first and upon further investigation showed that Shido had not one, but two powerful energies stored within his body. One belonged to Tohka, obviously. The second she could not identify only that it gave off a an enormous amount of heat, fire most likely like Sekirei number six, Homura who had control over fire.

Kocho stood up from the computer chair she was sitting on, she moved to the window in her Ashikabi's room and looked outside feeling the rumbles and shakes coming from the inner city. She could barely see it because it was quite some distances away but she made out a giant white creature breathing out winds of ice, freezing the city cold. And there she could feel her Ashikabi's distress. He was mad about something, she could feel it through their bond. Something had happened to garner his anger, but what?"

Removing herself from the window, Kocho left the room of her Ashikabi. She knew trouble was coming and Shido was going to be in the middle of it. But this time, she was going to be there and help in anyway she can.

xox

Landing on a rooftop of a building, Shido had been fighting the little girl who had summoned her angel [Zankiel] an angel the same as Tohka's which was the large broadsword named [Sandolphon]. A Spirits true power.

Shido had no real, or solid information on this angel other than it has the power to control ice. He could see the girl clearly riding on top of the beast, possibly controlling it but she had a scared expression on her visage. She was scared he could clearly see from his close encounters, which resulted in him being flung into a building. Getting up slowly, he could feel several of his ribs broken from his hard landings, and perhaps a concussion. But he refuse to quit!

Looking up he spotted the angel rearing its head in his direction. Its red eyes stared at him with vile intent, its maw opened breathing out cold air. It was preparing for an attack.

"Don't worry! I'm going to save you!" He was sure that she didn't hear it because of the angel [Zankiel] roaring over his voice. It launched a blast of icy cold wind at him where he was standing. Even if he wanted to dodge the blast it would spread all around the rooftops in a wide blast radius.

His only other option was down, however; the way down was destroyed leaving nothing for him to climb down from. The blast of cold wind neared closer and closer to Shido, who with no means of escaping accepted his fate. After his body went stiff for a few seconds, but feeling no discomfort, he wrung his neck and opened his eyes.

"...T-This is..." It was because before Shido knew it, a giant throne was rising in front of him, and it might have protected him from Zankiel's attack. "San... Sandolphon...? A luxurious throne with the texture of metal. On the steel blue-colored armrest, the back of the sword's handle was popping out above the throne. "This is- Tohka's angel, Sandolphon. Then why."

"Shido!"

From behind, he heard his name being called out. It was a cute tone, and a unique intonation. And what was more importantly, the luxurious throne right in front of him. There was no need to figure out who the owner of that voice was, it was Tohka. When Shido faced towards her, he opened his eyes wide upon Tohka's figure that he was not familiar with seeing. Tohka was wearing her normal clothes that she was wearing when she first arrived but whether it's her chest or skirt, her most important parts were, swayed with a beautiful light membrane.

"Tohka, what is that...?"

"Nu?" When Shido said that, Tohka drop her sights down and looked at her own body while blinking in surprise.

"Ooo!? What is this! Astraldress!?"

It would seem that she has finally realized what her current state is after being pointed out. Tohka raised a surprised voice. And after a few moments, of patting and touching the light membrane, she immediately raised her face and returned her sights to Shido's direction.

"More importantly- Shido, are you okay? Are you injured?"

"Ah...aah. A little shaken up but fine. Thanks to you." Shido replied while looking up at the luxurious throne rising in front of him. And when he did that, Tohka looked away awkwardly and continued on with a shaky voice.

"Err... about that. I'm, I am sorry... in a lot of ways."

"Eh...?" When Shido replied blankly, Tohka [muumuu] gave a groan.

"That's why...! I was, irritated by something I don't know and...err, I couldn't express my gratitude to Shido... since I caused many problems so—I always, wanted to apologize to you..."

"No. That, it was my fault anyway..." Although he was supposed to show some courtesy on denying Tohka's word but- there was no time, now. Shido *gulp* swallowing his saliva. The Angel Sandalphon and also the Astraldress, which belongs to the Spirit known as Tohka. Even if she was sealed it does not change the facts of her still having superpower that exceeds mankind. Shido immersed himself with his thoughts for a few seconds and fixed his eyes back to Tohka.

"-Tohka, I have a request."

"Nu...?" Why the sudden formalities?" Tohka wrung her neck curiously. Shido removed his hood and bowed his head, he raised his right hand to Tohka as if to be taken by her.

"Shi- Shido?"

"-I beg you. Lend me your power. I know asking something like this from you is unreasonable but that girl... I want to. No, I need to save her!"

"..." After she was silent for a moment, Tohka echoed her voice a little. "You really want to save that girl. Don't you, Shido?" After shortening her breath, Tohka continued on with her words. She was somewhat—sad. "...I see. As I thought, that girl is important, –More than me."

Shido raised his head, and saw Tohka's eyes. He knew that she was feeling unsure about his answer. He had to tell her the truth.

"That's wrong—It's not something like that. That girl is the same as you, Tohka."

"Same...?" She repeated in wonder.

"Yes, she is the same as you, a Spirit."

Tohka's eyes widen at hearing the word Spirit leave Shido's lips.

"That girl is?" Tohka made a dubious voice while raising her eyebrows.

"-That is not all. Because she... also holds powers that she can't do anything about on her own, just like you, she has been feeling pain all this time..."

"..."

Once again, he lowered his head deeply.

"I beg you, Tohka. Please lend me your power!" He may be throwing his pride away, a lesson Minato taught him to never throw away, but with how things were going so far and him not making much of a progress on his own. Shido had to disobey Minato's teaching and beg. Beg for help from the girl in front of him who also was a spirit.

"..." The silence flowed by. But—it did not continue for very long.

*Suuuu-...haaaaa*, he heard the sound of someone breathing. "...Uh, haha." The echo of the small laugh was also heard. When he raised his face, he understood that Tohka was putting her hand on her forehead. "...Aah I see. That's right. How did I forget something like this. The person who saved me, was this kind of man."

'Tohka...?' Due to the roaring behind them Shido didn't hear Tohka properly and what she said remain to herself alone.

"All I have to do is chase after that girl, right?" Tohka's dignified voice was shaking inside Shido's eardrum, as if it was erasing the sound of the rain. Walking past him, Tohka reached for the handle of Sandalphon and easily pulled it from on top of the throne. "Time is precious, we have to go now if we are to save her."

Shido nodded not saying a word, glad that he has Tohka's support. He reached for his own sword's hilt and pull it free. The two swordmasters look out into the city. Buildings, city blocks, and streets were already covered within a thick layer of ice.

"Alright Tohka, together we can win this! Just as long as the AST stay out of our way we can-" As he was speaking, Shido turned his head to the left and spotted in the distance, several girls, Origami being among them. Wearing their realizer mecha outfits and flying in their direction. Shido smiled wrying and deadpanned, thinking how he just screw himself by talking about the AST. "W-Well as long as its just the AST then there should be no-" Looking to his right Shido cursed his own mouth for saying anything that could ultimately backfire on him. Approaching quickly, were three women in matching uniforms, two of them being the same age and the supposed leader was the same women he met at the cafe weeks ago.

"You have got to be-"

Whatever Shido was going to say was drowned out by the roar of the little girl's angel.

xox

Back at Izumo Inn, standing in front of wall near the stairs. Kocho look at the wall blankly, she had already guess that there was a secret room behind this wall.

Staring at the wall for a time, she finally went ahead and pushed against the wall. It didn't surprise her when the wall moved easily, pushing the door inward she was greeted to a small room with the only source of lighting was coming from the many computer monitors. And sitting behind those monitors sitting on top of her futon, was a bespectacled red-haired woman who was currently watching a live-feed of Shido battling against Karasuba, and on a another monitor were Tohka's fight against the other members of the discipline squad.

"I figured you would be watching the fight from your own computer?" Matsu said to Kocho without turning away from the fight.

"I knew that with you hiding here, you would find something interesting to watch. And it happens to be about my Ashikabi." Kocho replied tonelessly. Matsu, however, ignored her and continued watching the fight between Shido and Karasuba.

"Shido-tan seems to be holding well against Karasuba and that's saying a lot." There was movement next to her and then somebody sitting beside her watching the fight.

"Yes, so it seems." The two spoke no further in favor of watching the battle taking place.

xox

"...I knew there was something special about you when we first met! When our eyes met each others I knew you were different, and I'm glad that's the case! Although? I didn't believe you were into cosplay." Karasuba said this, or yelled at Shido because in the background was the roaring from the Angel [Zankiel], and guns firing from the AST who were fighting the beast. Shido was currently fighting Karasuba and Tohka was busy with Benitsubasa and Haihane.

"It's not cosplay! I wear this uniform for a reason." Shido growled, blocking Karasuba's strike with a parry. While he crossed swords with Karasuba continuously, he look at how Tohka was faring. She was fighting Haihane using Sandalphon against Haihane's barb spiked gauntlets. Benitsubasa, however, appeared behind Tohka with a powered punch ready to strike Tohka's undefended backside.

'Tohka!' Shido parrying another of Karasuba's strike, he parried another and delivered one of his own. He thrust his sword and at the same time raised his left arm, a crossbow-like contraction opened beneath his vambrace, flicking his arm outwards a small projectile was fired at Benitsubasa, who easily evaded the hidden blade by twisting her body.

Coming back around she turned her head, irradiated but then transformed into surprise at Shido being in front of her, hand reaching for her throat. She gasped at the lost of air at Shido holding her by her throat. He turned around and threw Benitsubasa's body back, colliding with Karasuba's. Wasting no time at the opportunity this granted him, he ran towards Tohka's and Haihane's fight. Raising his left arm again, he fired another Phantom Blade at Haihane who dodge by rolling under Tohka's strike and the blade flew over her head. Looking up she brought her claws close to her body, stopping Shido's thrust. Shido quickly turned his body around and delivered a kick to Haihane's stomach, pushing her back and freeing his sword in one move. Hearing footsteps approaching behind him quickly, reaching into his pouches on his belt he pulled out a round object and threw it on the ground.

A plume of smoke erupted, reducing visibility for everyone. Shido emerged from the cloud of smoke with Tohka in bridal carry. The two jump onto a different rooftop away from where Shido used his smoke bomb. He placed Tohka down on her feet allowing her to stand. Both look ahead seeing the little girl and her angel running away from the pursing AST unit. Shido turned his gaze back to the rooftop covered in smoke seeing it was disappearing quickly, he could make out the three females shadows.

"Tohka?" Said girl turned to face Shido looking into his eyes. "I want you to go help her, she won't last much longer against the AST. And don't hurt any of them, only if you must. I don't want to spill any blood." Tohka was against leaving him here to fend off against those three women, but Shido's top priority was helping that little girl who was also a spirit. She nodded her head with smile.

"Okay Shido, be careful." Tohka jumped away and in mid-air, the throne that held Sandalphon now was some type of surfboard that allowed Tohka to fly around. She got on and with one last look at Shido she went off to help the girl who was a spirit like her. Turning his head at the sound of footsteps landing behind him. Shido pulled his sword at seeing the three members of the discipline squad standing right there.

"That wasn't very nice... you know that don't you?" Karasuba said dusting herself off.

"Neither is attacking someone from behind." 'I'm such a hypocrite.' Shido is an Assassin, their fighting style and approaching their opponents always came from behind. Talking down about his Brotherhood's fighting methods rubbed him the wrong way.

"Hmm, that reminds me? I never got your name the other day, and I very much like to know the name of the person who's caught my interest." Benitsubasa and Haihane shivered next to Karasuba at hearing that she found someone interesting.

"Itsuka Shido, Master Assassin."

"Hoh? So you mean you don't do cosplay for fun." She taunted and thoroughly enjoyed Shido's face when he heard her say cosplay.

"I told you already it's not cosplay!" Taking a few deep breaths and relaxing his muscles. It wouldn't help him if he were to fight when he lost his composure. "Anyways, that aside. I'll be your opponent."

"You... Please you can't handle the three of us yourself. You're just asking for a death wish. Let's go Haihane!" The two girls rocketed off their feet and tried to fly past Shido. Keyword tried. They don't know how but they found themselves on their backs next to Karasuba who was smiling. She had seen what had happened even though it happen so quickly. Shido disappeared from his spot and appeared in front of Benitsubasa and then Haihane, punching and kicking them back where they once stood and then returning to his previous spot.

It happened in an instant, almost like a flash. However, Karasuba saw everything as if it were in slow motion. Shido was gaining her attention and secretly, her affection with every move he made. If Shido was indeed her Ashikabi, then she wanted to see more. There was more behind the hood he wears and she wants to see all of him.

"As I said. I'm your opponent, all three of yours." He finished with a solid frown, and his sword held out in front of him.

xox

"Origami! Th-The Spirit readings increased! This reading is-!"

Before Ryouko who was the commander for the AST unit deployed could even finish, Origami made the Territory which had expanded to almost ten meter class, condense to almost two meters which is smaller than her usual one. The AST have been fighting Hermit for about fifteen minutes now, and just when they had captured her she found a way to escape. Such ways have been freezing the girls who used their Territories to defend themselves from the blast of cold wind, only for them to be frozen solid.

Ryouko during their battle had turned her attention towards the other battle happening on the nearby rooftops.

She confirm Princess to be fighting amongst them from seeing the exact sword she uses except she was not wearing her Astraldress. And the three members of the Disciplinary squad who work for MBI. Ryouko knew that she need not bother with the Disciplinary squad's fight, although the AST and MBI had no alliance, only having done business with each other in the past, ensured that they need not involve themselves with anything MBI was doing, and that includes getting in the way of the Disciplinary squad.

The large-scaled equipments that were struck outside the Territory field followed the laws of gravity and fell to the ground.

At that moment- in front of Origami, night colored hair danced.

"...!"

At the Territory that was jammed together to increase the defensive characteristics, an intense burden was forced on it. There was no need to even think about the reason. It was because the girl that appeared right in front of her, came slicing at Origami with her sword.

"Fuun, you defended against that huh?"

"...You!"

"You? I don't like be call 'you'. I have a name now, Yatogami Tohka!" Tohka shouted full of pride at having a name.

"Yatogami...Tohka?" Origami tested the name on her lips, and strangely she liked it. It somehow suited Princess perfectly.

Origami drew out a laser blade from her hips, and released a sword strike at Tohka whose body was covered here and there by her thin Astraldress.

"To-"

After Tohka dodged that in a flash, she rested her legs on the top of the rooftop fence on a nearby building.

"What are you doing here?" While facing the sword of light at her, Origami asked Tohka who suddenly appeared. While flipping her front hair that was wet from the rain to the back, Tohka made an inappropriate smile.

"-Fuin, sorry about that, I will not let you disturb Shido."

Despite wondering why Shido's name came up. Origami fixed her grip on her laser blade, ignoring the pain.

'How does she know Shido? It doesn't matter now because I won't let her harm him!'

"-Kuh, why did Princess appear here? Did she come here to save Hermit?" Ryouko said this from where she was hovering, irritated. "Kuh- we'll deal with Hermit later. All members change your target to Princess!"

Ryouko shouted her orders which were followed by everyone, as they immediately began firing at Tohka who flew into the sky. A barrier of various color hues surrounding her, protecting her from the onslaught of bullets, she led the AST away from the little girl, while dodging bullets and sword strikes from Origami.

'There Shido, nows your chance.' She only hoped he was okay.

xox

Matsu and Kocho watched in silence at the battle, it had changed since Shido and Tohka separated. Shido amazingly, was holding his own rather well he was doing great against the disciplinary squad, despite being outnumbered. And on the other monitor was Tohka, who may seem to be running away from the AST at first glance. But the two brain-type Sekireis knew that she was merely leading them away from the giant rabbit-like doll with the little girl riding on top.

"Shido-tan is amazing! To fight all three members of the discipline squad by himself, he also seems to be enjoying his time against Kara-tan." Matsu said, her voice resembling a little girl who had seem something extremely cool.

"You still haven't change out of your old ways? And to think you're my superior." Kocho said rather insulting.

"Ah mou, Ko-tan. Don't be mean to your lovable Onee-chan!" Kocho ignored Matsu's childish self and focused on her Ashikabi, he did seem to be having fun, if the smile on his face was anything to go by.

'Can I still make him smile like that, even after the neglect I've showed him?' Kocho's emotionless mask had a crack in its exterior at the mention of her failures towards her Ashikabi.

"He does look amazing, does it he not? The only time I seen someone fighting with a smile on their face, was Miya when she and Takehito got engaged." Kocho look at her senior's face seeing she was looking at the monitor intently, her gaze was not on the battle but Shido, and only him. Her eyes glazed over behind her glasses, a small blush grew on her cheeks, and a gorgeous smile was seen on her lips.

"You're reacting to him." Matsu only turned her head away from the monitor to face her junior.

"I suppose I am." She didn't even try to hide the obvious signs nor make up a tale. No, she truly told Kocho that she is indeed reacting to Shido. Matsu then turned her head back to the monitor to watch the fight, Kocho stayed silent. Her emotionless mask made it difficult to read her emotions on what she was feeling right now.

'Why do I have the feeling something is about to happen?'

xox

On the rooftops Shido was fending off three assaults from the women of the disciplinary squad. He was parrying attacks from Karasuba and Haihane both, while Benitsubasa tried getting into his blind spot. Deflecting a sword strike from Karasuba, he parried another from Haihane who followed up. Shido reached into a pouch behind him and pulled out a rope dart, then threw the object at Karasuba who turned her head to the side missing her. Oh, so she thinks. Pulling on the rope attach to the dart, the dart was brought back to Karasuba wrapping around her neck. She moved to cut the rope with her sword but fell back when Haihane's body crash into her own and somehow catching both women underwraps.

Shido had jump back from one of Haihane's attacks, and kick her toward Karasuba. Shido with his sword ready to drive through both Haihane and Karasuba, but he was force to dodged Benitsubasa attack who appeared behind the bound Sekireis.

She charged ahead throwing punch after punch at Shido who dodged left and right. Benitsubasa threw a hard right hook and Shido taking advantage grabbed her arm, bringing it behind her back.

"Never overestimate yourself." Benitsubasa gritted her teeth at the pain, "If you fight an opponent you know you can't defeat on your own than you may as well kill yourself." He put more pressure on Benitsubasa's arm getting a scream from the pink-haired Sekirei. "Because without the support from your friends and or allies, then you're doom to fail." Bringing his leg up he kicked Benitsubasa towards Haihane causing the two to crash into each other and falling to the ground. Just then he brought his sword to defend against Karasuba's attack from his side.

"You sound like a philosopher." She joked

"Maybe, but it's these same words that have saved my life many times in the past." Shido and Karasuba continued clashing with one another. Both seemed equal in strength but they didn't seem to mind as they had smiles on their faces.

Jumping back Shido fired his last Phantom Blade at Karasuba, she raised her sword and the hidden blade bouncing off the steel of her sword. Shido brought his arm, and his sword to his side at Haihane again closing the distances. She slashed wildly in every direction, Shido dodged her strikes not losing pace. From the corner of his eye he spotted Karasuba coming from his side with a strike.

'So they're are working together... I've seen this trick one to many to be fooled.'

Dodging another of Haihane's wild slashes he grabbed the arm she used and using his weight, he rolled over her back. Karasuba wasn't falling for the same trick. She jumped over Haihane's body and clashed with Shido once again.

"Don't you have any other tricks you want to show me, I'm getting quite bored of these old tricks."

"Sorry to disappoint but this is working for me, so no."

Karasuba looked 'sad' but Shido didn't understand why, "Oh, well. If you don't want to change positions then-" Shido widen his eyes at the pain he felt. He look down seeing a large gash going downwards on his chest, fresh blood was pouring out like a faucet soaking his white clothing in blood. "I'll cut you down!"

Shido pushed against Karasuba's sword ending their deadlock and jumped back. When did she land a hit on him! His eyes were on her sword the entire time.

"Where are you going Shido-chan? The fun's just getting started." Karasuba appeared in front of him and again Shido met her with his sword. Her strikes were coming down more stronger and faster, nothing he couldn't handle. Even if he was wounded he fought on matching Karasuba down the middle.

He sweeped Karasuba's leg from underneath her, nothing to make her fall but enough to disorient her. Shido went for a thrust but, sadly his sword met Haihane's clawed hands stopping his sword cold from piercing Karasuba. Jumping back into a back-flip he landed on his feet in a crouch. Haihane jump to him and slash at him once again. Shido met and deflected her slashes and jump back. Shido wanted to go on the offensive, he needed to turned this fight around. Sliding to a stop, he looked at Karasuba and Haihane both were ready for him. But where was Benitsubasa, unless-!

"Don't overestimate yourself, isn't that what you said earlier!" Benitsubasa was upon him with her fist reared back.

'Damn, I lost sight of the battle flow!' Shido brought his sword close to his body to protect himself against Benitsubasa attack.

"Pulverizer!" Benitsubasa's fist glowed a red glow and with ease, punch through Shido's defenses. Breaking his sword in two in the process.

'M-My sword broke in half!' He said then felt an extreme amount of pain in the left side of his body. A hole. A hole going straight through! Was seen through Shido's bottom left side, a shock expression was seen on his face. His eyes wide in shock, mouth opened slightly but no scream of pain. Nothing.

Tohka, who had been fighting the AST flew back towards where Shido was with the AST behind her. She saw everything. From Shido being overwhelm, to Benitsubasa punching a hole into his body, all she could see was blood, Shido's blood and his lifeless eyes when she got close enough to his body falling off over the side. Tohka didn't know how to react. She wanted to think that Shido was okay, this was just a trick. Yeah, a dream! A horrible dream that she wants to wake up from. She closed her eyes time and time again but the same image kept playing again and again of Shido's body with a hole in it.

Tears soon gathered in her blue eyes, she began to hyperventilate. At seeing Shido, the man who went out of his way to help her, gave her a name and a new start. Someone she began to care for as a friend and possibly more, these feelings were unknown to her but not unwelcome. To see the man that she saw as a good friend fall off said of the building, possibly dead. She voiced her feelings, no more holding it in.

"SHIDO!"

Origami hearing the yell of anguish of her friend's name. She stopped in mid-air followed Tohka's gaze and felt her heart break and her mask as well, at seeing Shido falling head first into the allies below. She didn't know what to think right now. Shido was the White Knight, the white knight that she met countless of times in the past. Origami didn't want to believe it but there was no mistaking Shido's blue hair.

"Hmph. That will show that idiot." Benitsubasa stood over the ledge of the roof looking below at where Shido fell. Now that she had won why did she suddenly feel pain coming from her chest? Her heart to be exact. Why did it hurt every time she looked over the edge of the building at where Shido fell through. What Benitsubasa was unaware of was that Karasuba and Haihane too, felt pain in their hearts.

"Adonal Melek!"

From the depth of Tohka's throat, that name was squeezed out. Instantly, the world, sang. The surrounding scenery squashed and distorted, wrapped around Tohka's body, and took the form of a solemn raiment. And then the brilliantly shining membrane Tohka was wearing became a skirt, her full Astraldress was shown. *Creak* *Creak* The sky creaked. As if expressing displeasure along with Tohka, who suddenly caused her raiment to manifest. Tohka moved her gaze slightly downwards. The building where the girl who hurt Shido, Benitsubasa was standing looking at her with shock eyes. Tohka couldn't care about the other two, she only had her eyes on the one that hurt Shido.

She released a blood-curling scream that shook the heavens above. The throne that stored her sword appear on a building below her. Instantly, she flew to the throne, and with a slash from her sword the throne was destroyed into many pieces.

"Sandalphon: Halvanhelev!"

Immediately, cracks ran through the throne that Tohka just slashed. Then, the various pieces of the throne attached onto the sword that Tohka was holding, further increasing the size of its silhouette. With a length exceeding several meters, an excessively oversized sword.

"How dare you." Her eyes, dampened. She raised her sword high, the light gleaming off the blade grew even more intense. "How dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you."

Tohka put power into the hand holding her sword, and swung down. A crescent arc of energy left the blade of her sword and approached Benitsubasa at incredible speed. Had she not reacted fast enough that would have surely hit her. Her two comrades also jumped out of the way of the attack. Tohka's despair face and hollowed eyes made her image as someone who lost the most important thing to them in their life. Tohka was not the same girl who woke up this morning with a smile. Now, she didn't know what she was.

She raised her sword again and swung down again, and again and again. Like a machine Tohka didn't slow down once, she attack one after the other. Releasing crescent arc blades at the discipline squad, her intended target was Benitsubasa as she was the one who took Shido away from her.

"Origami!" Ryouko's urgent voice shouted into Origami's earpiece. Origami was not frozen in fear at the enraged Tohka. She instead was looking at the alley Shido fell down into. She wanted to go down and help him. See if she could still save him, but she couldn't, she didn't know why she couldn't. She just... froze in place. "Origami! Get out of there immediately. It's too dangerous for us to remain here any longer."

Despite wanting to help Shido, Origami couldn't ignore a direct order. So she took to the air once again and retreated with the rest of the AST. Origami turned to look back one more time before turning her head around, following after her commander.

Back with Tohka, she grabbed the hilt of her sword with both hands and swung downwards, an arc of energy was released from her sword and made contact with the building the three were standing on, destroying it. Karasuba, Haihane, and Benitsubasa landed on an adjacent roof, exhausted. They tried to close the distances against Tohka but she kept swing her sword releasing energy blades that prevent them from getting anywhere near her.

Now they stood on their last leg as their reaper slowly approach from the air. Her sword at the ready.

"You..." She pointed at Benitsubasa who couldn't voice a reply from how dry her throat was from dodging her earlier attacks. "You attacked Shido, my best friend. My best friend Shido. You killed him, and like that I will kill you!" She finished her speech with a promise of death. Raising her sword again she prepared for another attack.

Karasuba who was sitting idling, broke off into a sprint she jump off the side of the building with her sword in front of her. However, her nodachi failed to penetrate Tohka's radiant barrier and like trash, she was sent flying.

"Karasuba-sama!" Haihane and Benitsubasa shouted at the same time seeing their leader sent flying, crashing into a building probably unconscious. They turned back to Tohka who's gaze alone reminded them of death. As Tohka was about to swing her sword down. Suddenly behind the four of them, a tower of fire, blue fire erupted from an alleyway. The same alley Shido had fallen into. Tohka stop pouring power into her sword and withdrew it to her side, she too was memorize by what was happening.

The tower of fire burned on drilling a hole into the clouds, parting them open allowing them to see the blue sky above. The flames then began to stop burning enough for Tohka, Haihane, and Benitsubasa to see a figure floating within the tower of flames.

The flames dissipated and the figure could be seen. Blue hair blew gently against the wind, gold colored eyes shined brightly like the rarest of gems. The white cloak he wore blew softly, the coattails fluttered against the wind. And where there was once a large hole through this person chest, now there was no hole, no blood. Nothing remained of that injury on his person. It was Shido and he was very much alive.

He said nothing not even turned his gaze towards Tohka and the discipline squad. What Shido had his eyes on were not the women, but the giant doll that look like a rabbit and the little girl who rode on top of its head. Having been left alone for so long the angel seems to have wrapped itself in a cocoon of icy wind. A blizzard from what Shido could see. Not saying a word, he breathe out through his nose and a dome of blue fire coated his body in a shield against the coldest wind. He then rocketed himself towards the blizzard, a man on a mission.

xox

"U, e..., e...uh."

In the center of the barrier, the little girl was squatting on the back of [Zankiel], and was crying. In a very quiet area that one would not think to be inside a raging blizzard. Only the sound of the girl's weeping and sniffing could be heard reverberating loudly. She was very scared and could not go outside. But, over her- was quiet, lonely

"Yo...shi...non...uh..?" With a voice filled with tears, she called the name of her friend.

"Yes?"

"...?"

She twitched her shoulders in surprise, and immediately raised her head and looked around. And then, she wiped her tears and opened them wide. That's because right at the barrier of the outer edge and the inner part of the barrier she caught sight of a puppet she was familiar with.

"! Yoshinon...!?"

She shouted and jumped off [Zankiel]'s back and ran to that spot. There was no doubt about if this was really Yoshinon, and not just an illusion. It was indeed Yoshinon, who had been missing since she first summoned [Zankiel].

"...Hi..."

She stop her feet mid-run, or more accurately she stop at seeing the person behind Yoshinon and whose hand Yoshinon was on. Shido's hand to be exact, and for someone who just went through a blizzard he didn't seem shaken up. He look the same he did before he entered the blizzard. The girl was shock as well as confused. This person who she knew as Shido, from Tohka yelling his name somehow forcibly entered through her dome. Let alone when through a blizzard. But why?

Shido knowing from past experiences approached her slowly and gently. He didn't want her to run again, nor attack him with her power of ice. Going down on one knee, he held the hand Yoshinon was on and handed it to her.

"I think someone missed you dearly and he wanted to come back." He began showing Yoshinon to the girl by opening it's mouth and moving it's stubbing arms around.

She look at him and then the puppet, then back to him and back to the puppet. Then slowly she raised her arms towards Yoshinon. Shido did nothing but move his hand closer to the girl, encouraging her to take him. She slowly pulled Yoshinon off Shido's hand and held it in front of her examining it. There were no damages or tears done to the face, or body. It look just as she had him before everything happened.

"Th...Tha-Thank y-you." She said softly, in a whisper that was barely audible.

"You're welcome. Now, can we start over from the beginning. Is your name Yoshinon for real, or do you go by another name?" The room was silent as Shido waited for her to speak again, if she would.

"Yo... Yoshino..."

"Yoshino? That's you're real name?" She timely nodded. "Then he is named Yoshinon." He pointed to the puppet careful to not call it a puppet. "Well, Yoshino and Yoshinon. My name is Itsuka Shido. A pleasure to meet you."

He finger-shake with Yoshinon who returned the gesture. For a splint second, Shido believed he heard a small giggle coming from Yoshino. It warmth his heart at hearing the once silent, scared girl laugh if just a little.

"Shi-Shido-san?" Shido turned his attention to Yoshino who seemed to be asking him a question. "W-Why are you here?"

That's an easy one. Shido thought putting on a warm and caring smile, he turned to Yoshino and said.

"That's simple. I came to save you." She tilted her head to the side, cutely. "What I mean is, Yoshinon." He pointed to the puppet again. "He's not only your friend but he also seems like a hero to you. I can see that you worship him as such and you want to be like him, you want to have the same courage that he does and you don't want to run afraid anymore. That's what I see Yoshinon is to you. And I want to say is that you don't always need to rely on Yoshinon to help you when you're scare and lost. Because deep within you I can see the courage you so desperately want to find was inside you all along, and you have me. Yoshino, from today and onwards I will be your hero too. You can come to me when you need a helping hand or just want comfort. Yoshinon will always be with you, think of me as the same." He finished with a smile.

When he finish speaking, Yoshino stared at him blankly.

"U,e,eeeeeeee..." The tears in her eyes accumulated and she started crying. "Uwah...,"

Shido seeing her cry once more believed he did something wrong and was overacting.

"Don't cry. Di-Did I somehow do something bad...?" Shido hastily moved his hands, but Yoshino swung her head sideways.

"You're... wrong, I am... happy... you...came..."

After she said that, she started to cry again.

While Shido made a wry laugh at that appearance, he used his right hand and gently patted Yoshinon's head. And then, with the puppet that was put on her hand sometime during his speech, *clatter* *clatter*, he tried moving it.

"Ya-ha-, long time no see. Have you been doing great?"

He was mumbling his mouth while speaking to make it look like it was ventriloquism. Although it was an act that was poorly executed, Yoshino happily swung her head many times alongside Yoshinon. If you were to think normally, it might be a weird scene. That was because, Yoshinon is a doll that moves by Yoshino's ventriloquism.

But- Shido remembered what Minato said to him this morning.

Flashback

'If you want to save them? Then you're going to have to seal their powers. And the only way we know that works is kissing them on them lips.'

End Flashback

Shido had every right to feel sick, how could he not! To seal Yoshino's powers he had to kiss her, again. Although the first time was done by accident, but now with her powers out of control he had to do. Would this not make him a lolicon? An absolute yes! Thankfully it was only him, Yoshino, and Yoshinon. However he would have liked it better if Yoshinon didn't talk or wasn't here at all. Either way, he had to do it. Swallowing the lump in his throat as well as his pride momentarily. He turned to Yoshino who looked up from underneath her hood to see his eyes staring back at her.

"Yoshino... It's now my turn to save you but to do so requires... Remember, errm, don't think of me as a weird guy please... Do you still remember about the kiss?" In an instant Yoshino made a blank face, and immediately swung her head vertically.

"...Uh, I see. I-In order to save you, you will have to do it again... Please don't take it the wrong way or anything! It's just, this is-"

And, Shido's voice stopped there.

The reason was simple- Yoshino abruptly closed her eyes, and on Shido's lips, she gave him a kiss. At that moment, Shido was attacked by a... somehow warm feeling flowing into his body. He gently pushed her away looking into her blue eyes questioningly.

"...Yoshino?" He said calmly.

"...?" Yoshino tilted her head to the side a little. "Did...I do...it wrong...?"

"N-No, it's just surprising that you did it without thinking." He said waving his hands in dismissal. When Shido said that, Yoshino nodded in consent.

"If it is what... Shido-san says, I will believe it."

At that moment- Zankiel, that was standing idly behind Yoshino and the inner dress that was covering her, turned into light particles and melted into the atmosphere. And then. The blizzard barrier surrounding Yoshino and Shido, suddenly lost its energy and disappeared.

Yoshino's shoulders twitched in surprise. "..., Shido-san...this-" Yoshino was in a state where she had no idea what was going on, so her eyes spun in swirls. And in order to cover her naked appearance, she crouch down. Shido seeing the same event that happened when he sealed Tohka's powers didn't hesitate and took off his white Assassin coat and hung it around Yoshino's small shoulders.

"Warm." She said when Shido's coat fell over her body. She looked up, her blue eyes met Shido's golden ones, he smile warmly and gave her his hand. Yoshino grabbed his much bigger hand with her's and he pulled her to her feet. Just then the clouds overhead parted opened and beams of sunlight flashed revealing the sun and all it's glory. Both Shido and Yoshino look up seeing the warm rays of sunlight against their skins. A much relaxing atmosphere from the cold destruction they experiences earlier.

"Shi-do...?"

At that moment they heard a soft voice on the verge of sadness. Turning his head around to face who called his name. Shido found Tohka still in her full Astraldress and Halvanhelev, Sandalphon's final form was no where to be seen. She more than likely had sealed it away somewhere.

"H-Hey...Tohka." Waving his right hand weakly to greet her. Shido put on his best smile.

"Shido...is it, r-really you...?"

"Hmm, what do you mean? You're making it sound like I gone somewhere, of course it me."

Shido didn't understand why Tohka was sad all of the sudden, they saved Yoshino yet she's acting like he had died or something. When he said this, Tohka's lips quivered and she launch herself at Shido embracing him in a bear hug, tears pooling in her eyes.

"Shido, Shido, Shido...!"

"Mhm, wh. Tohka?" Shido was flabbergasted at what was happening. Seriously what happened to him that made Tohka launch herself at him and hug- ouch! I think his ribs were broken again.

"Shido, Shido, Shido, Shido, Shido." Tohka repeated his name over and over again.

"...?..." All of sudden, Shido felt light-headed. His body shut down on him, he couldn't move, or speak. It's like... he was falling asleep because he felt extremely tired.

"Shido!"

"Shido-san!"

Tohka and Yoshino both yelled as Shido fell from Tohka's embrace and landed on his back, unconscious.

'What... happened?' Where his last words as his eyes closed.

xox

"This is thou where I felt his presence. That man, who is my Ashikabi was certainly here." Standing on a rooftop overlooking "Ground Zero", as it was being called by MBI who was in charge of this event and fixing the destruction it left behind. This person was a woman whose long blonde hair fluttered against the cold night winds, her arms cross underneath her ample and generous bust. Long blonde hair and blues eyes, for her clothing she wore a black dress with a white underdress which shows her cleavage, she wears a choker on her neck, and has long brown boots with black stockings. Sekirei number nine, Tsukiumi as known by her other name the Water Sekirei. She stood on the edge of the roof she was standing on looking into the distances at the destruction done to the city earlier that same day.

It was nighttime and the rustle and bustle of contruction crews were hard at work cleaning up and re-building the buildings that were destroyed.

Tsukiumi was elsewhere when all this happened, why she was here now was because of the power she felt. She had seen the tower of blue fire even from where she was which was distances away, and the power she felt coming from that tornado stirred something within her.

At first she ignored it as nothing special but the closer and closer she got towards the blazing inferno, so did the fire in her heart. That's when she discovered that she was reacting. A thought she dislike when she thought of it. Tsukiumi had said to herself long ago that she didn't want an Ashikabi, she didn't need one to become the strongest and she was definitely not going to bow her head to one when she could fight back.

"I swear on this heart of mine. I will find you, my Ashikabi and I will kill you!" Tsukiumi then disappeared in a swirl of water. Leaving to go and make due on this promise of her's. However she wasn't the only one who felt the release of power.

xox

Down below on the streets near "Ground Zero" was a lone woman walking the streets alone. This may seem as a call of something about to happen to the woman but you need not worry. As this woman was a Sekirei with two kodachi on either hip. She is a tall Sekirei with short black hair. She is wearing bloomers and a Chinese style looking shirt. Another thing that spoke volumes about her was the big number 19 tattoo on her left thigh. Sekirei number nineteen Ikki, and like Tsukiumi she too was looking for her Ashikabi. Except she was looking to be wing by him not to kill him.

"Hmm. The trail ends here. Even after following this energy for about an hour now. I still come up short. Where ever this energy source was, it's gone and so is the person who I know is my Ashikabi. I refuse to give in, I already know that he's here in the city, I just need to find him." Ikki said this with determination at finding the one who she knows to be her Ashikabi. A male known as Shido.

xox

Above another skyscraper overlooking the city as well as "Ground Zero" was another female. At first glance she may see normal, or maybe resemble the other women running around with strange powers. You are not wrong.

A girl of astonishing beauty many would say upon looking at her. She appeared elegant and seems to have very good manners as well. Black hair as midnight done in long twintails. Her eyes were strange to say the least, her right eye is red tinted while her left eye appears as a gold, inorganic clock face. She wore a Astraldress made out of crimson and black frills, giving her the appearance of an elegant Gothic lolita with uneven twintails. On her head she usually wears a big crimson new bow, holding her hair. She wears a crimson and black collar on her neck and wears a pair of black pantyhose.

A/N: If you want you can play Kurumi's theme for this part. What is the name of her theme song anyways. You know the one with the jazz music playing in the background when she appears.

"I'm still hungry." She began staring at the city lights below."Oh, it's you again." She turned her head to look over her shoulder and look behind herself like she was seeing someone behind her but wasn't actually there. Almost as if she were talking with the viewers. She continued to speak to the guest. "I was truly amazed. I never knew such a person existed, Oh please, I need to get more time." She laugh in an almost chuckle while still retaining her elegant voice. "But." She brought a flintlock pistol and aim it at the side of her temple "I'm not giving up." and pulled the trigger. A body similar to her own fell but she herself appeared fine and well. The body fell with a thud.

"I need that man's power to uses Yod Beth, Zafkiel's final bullet. I won't let him go. He will. He will be mine." The second body that look an exact copy of Kurumi stood up before the original Kurumi. "I will find the first spirit, who appeared in this world thirty years ago. The Spirit that brought about every Spirit that has followed... and kill it with my very own hands." The sound of a gun fired was heard once again.

"I've come for you at last, Shido-san." Her voice sounded against the wind.

xox

"Miku! Miku! Miku!"

Miku! Look this way for the cameras!"

"I love you, Miku-sama!"

"Miku, Please marry me!"

"Alright that's enough, back up! Let her through."

These were some of the comments being yelled and camera flashes as the person in question came through the double doors that led into the parking garage, a black limousine was waiting for said pop-star.

When the crowd saw the female pop-star they immediately burst with renew excitement, some even tried to fight against her bodyguards and security guards who kept them at bay. The female pop-star with the help of her remaining bodyguards got to the safety of her limousine, but before she got in, however. She decided to say a few last words to her adoring fans.

"Mina-san! Thank you for coming out and showing your support. I love you all, my loving fans!" She blew a kiss to the crowd and they erupted in cheers. Seeing the state they were in, Miku's entourage hurried her into the limousine, the driver took off immediately. A police escort met the limousine at the end of the garage and escorted it back to Miku's hotel.

"How was the concert tonight, Miku-sama?" The driver asked the pop-star Miku, who was sitting in the backseat of the limousine, a glass of red wine held between her fingers. She swish the red liquid within the glass, her mind elsewhere.

"Hmm, oh, I'm sorry Kagetane-san. I must have dose off."

"You need some rest, Miku-sama. We will be at the hotel in five minutes." Kagetane raised the tinted glass that shielded the back half and the front half of the limousine, giving Miku some privacy.

The girl sitting in the back of the limousine her mind elsewhere for the time. She is without a doubt a beautiful girl having a voluptuous bust, curvy figure and smooth skin that never missed maintenance. She has indigo hair and eyes of the same color. Her full name was Miku Izayoi, international pop-star at her peak, or rather she past that long ago. Her music was loved by everyone, every single one of her concerts within in Japan or anywhere in the world have been sold out, full house at every concert.

She was the girl and woman of every man's dream, some didn't even hide this fact and even approach Miku with proposals of marriage. Of course, Miku turned them down politely, and for those who were persistent got a date with Miku's bodyguards who took care of the trash. While Miku may be sought after by men, and strangely women alike. She didn't want anything to do with either of them. For she had already promise herself to another. She had given her love, body, and heart to a man who had stuck by her through the bad and the worse, and never left her side.

Pulling her phone out from her pocket, Miku scroll through her photos until she came on the one she was looking for. A loving smile grew on her lips, a drunken blush became noticeable over her visage, and her eyes were half-lidded in desire as she stared at the photo on her phone.

The picture was of her smiling and having fun in a photo booth taking funny pictures. But she wasn't alone. There was a man in the picture with her doing the same faces as she was doing. He had blue hair, brown eyes and a handsome face. The two look like they were on a date from how close they were to each other and how much fun they seem to be having.

"I'm coming to see you, darling... I'm coming home to see you again."

Miku seem familiar with the man in the photo, the man was obviously Shido from the description alone. But what was his history with this major pop-star?

xox

Shido awaken after passing out from before. He found that he was in his room at Izumo Inn which was strange as he didn't remember coming back home. He remembered saving and sealing Yoshino's powers, Tohka tearful embrace, and then... here he was. How long was he out? Shido attempted to get up when he heard snoring coming from his right. Turning his head and lifting his blanket he found Kocho sleeping not in her pajamas but in her normal, everyday clothes beside him. When did she get in bed with him? So many questions were popping up but he had no answers. Just what was happening.

*Rumble*

Shido felt it, a massive shockwave that shook the inn and the second floor where his room was located. He could feel the aura, power, and hatred? Anyways he got out of his futon noticing he was wearing his pajamas. When did he change...? Nevermind. He opened the door to his room and ran downstairs, when he reached the last step a bigger shockwave rocked the house. Nearly losing his step he grabbed hold of the railing, and once it subsided he continued his running towards the dining room which when he entered he was push back by a tremble of power.

Steel met Steel as Karasuba was dueling against Miya who had a scowl on her beautiful face, staring hatefully at Karasuba who only smiled evilly.

"A-Ah, Miya-san..."

Hearing Shido's voice seem to stop the two Sekireis who stopped and look in his direction. Karasuba upon meeting his eyes pushed against Miya's sword. Miya who wasn't paying attention was pushed back easily. When she did regain her senses she was too late and could only look on in shock at Karasuba who had Shido's head held close to her face.

Before Shido could say anything, Karasuba crash her lips with his in a lustful, wet kiss. He could've swore he felt tongue. Ten black pillars erupted from Karasuba's back then transforming into black wings, sharp as blades shining brightly. After ten seconds of heavy liplocking, the two pulled away. Shido had a blush on his cheeks and was panting out of breath. Karasuba had a smirk on her face she licked her lips sensually trying to get any remnants of Shido's lips on her's.

She could feel it! She could feel her power growing, she felt much stronger than yesterday and far more powerful than she was seconds ago when fighting Miya. If this is what getting an Ashikabi felt like, than why had she not done this sooner. Bringing her attention back to the blue-haired man she was now bonded to for life. Keeping her smirk she brought a hand over his right cheek and softly stroke his skin like you would when petting a dog, or cat.

"Sekirei number four, Karasuba. Is yours now and forever, Shido-kun." Karasuba turned her head and grinned at the heavily mortified Miya who look as if she lost something far precious to her, which confused Shido greatly. "Sorry Miya, but I got him as my Ashikabi and I think I will make myself a permanent guest here."

You know what. I have forgotten what I wanted to talk about as it has been so long since I first came up with it. So instead leave me a review or message me what you want me to answer.

And if you didn't read what is written above then here it is again. Don't sent me anything about how I'm writing this story or any of that other nonsense. I'll ignore it so don't waste your time.

And for those who dislike how Shido got mad at Tohka. I sincerely apologize for that. I really like this pairing, and I didn't want to do the scene like that but I needed to move the plot forward, so again I'm sorry to those who may be offered by that.