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Somewhere in a glowing green garden, trees flourish and grow like mad. It gives off an innocent hue, showing that life is wonderful. But as we go deeper into the forest, we see a girl. A girl with long blond hair, she was sobbing, whipping the tears that poured from her eyes. She felt alone, scared, and hurt. She whispered,

"Someone, please help me."

Meanwhile

"Well,well, will you look at that. The rain stopped, almost if someone ripped them apart." The lady had a bottle of sake and a cup in her hand. She decided to have a toast to this marvelous sight.

"Here's to a perfect moon." She drank from her cup, the alcohol burned as it went down her throat, that's a good sign. Because to her, sake is as good as it burns. And this one was great.

"But I wonder, who could possibly do that?" She raised an eyebrow and looked at the glowing luminescent orb. She didn't know that the culprit of this strange phenomenon was none other than Sekirei Number 88 AKA Musubi.

In the middle of the moon two individuals were soaring hand and hand across the sky. The light bounced off their skin as the air grew quiet. Kenichi locked eyes with the wonderful girl that was holding his hand, Musubi. She had a broken smile that Kenichi could easily see through. The view was breathtaking, but he had a feeling that this beautiful moment was coming to a close.

"You ok?" He was concerned, Musubi gave him a nervous smile.

"Ye-yeah, kinda." Her voice was quivering, he rose an eyebrow but smiled,

"Why kinda?"he doesn't realize it yet, but the two were slowly coming to an halt, their speed was decreasing.

"Because, well I kinda forgot how we're going to land. I'm sorry." His eyes contracted,

"WHAT!" The two pulpit back down to Earth, the wind was hitting Kenichi eyes at an alarming speed, causing his eyes to water. The two screamed at the top of their lungs, Kenichi had no experience flying, this was all new to him. Kenichi was now in a nose dive heading for the ground. Earth seemed to be coming closer at a heart stopping speed, he was convinced that he was going to die. He chanted,

"I'm too young to DIE!" His tears came in droves, this was the end. Suddenly Kenichi sees something. To him it looked like a ghost, the abbreviation was a girl. A young girl with long blond hair, she glowed bright green and was coming towards Kenichi, his eyes dilated in shock. "IS THAT A GHOST?!" The girl spread her arms out wide, almost if she was going to catch him. Kenichi closes his eyes at the split second she comes towards him, suddenly things feel strange. Almost if they jumped or something, Kenichi opens his eyes and finds himself tumbling through branches. The twigs slap and scrap his face, giving him laceration and cuts. Musubi was by his side as well, suffering the same punishment, Kenichi falls to the ground with a thud, followed by Musubi landing on his chest. He closed his eyes and rubbed the knot on his head, he groaned,

"Ow. That one hurt." He opened his eyes and saw Musubi's pantie in his face again, he turned away with a blush,

"Musubi are you alright?" there's a pause before,

"I'm okay." She groans,

"Sorry Kenichi." He groans loudly, he feels the strange sensation of liquid running down his cheek, he curiously puts his index finger under his left eye. He feels the liquid and looks at his finger, "Blood?" Suddenly,

"Excuse me?" They stop and turned towards their right, the voice sounded motherly and kind. A woman dressed in a white kimono walked up to the duo, she had purple eyes and hair and a smile across her lips as she looked at the two confused individuals. Their jaws drop,

"Who are you?" she asks, Kenichi almost forgot how to speak, the woman just came out so unexpectedly. He shakes his head and tries to stand back onto his feet, he kneels down on one knee.

"Well…we're…ow!" he winces, there were cuts all over his knees, and they stung badly with infection. He grits his teeth and stands up to face the woman. She notices his discomfort and frowns,

"Oh dear, you're hurt." Kenichi winces as he feels the sting on his face, he smiles and tries to act cool, "Na...it's nothing." He hears, "Are you alright Kenichi?" He turns and gasped, Musubi was hunched over, her clothes were completely tattered and ripped, exposing portions of her body. Kenichi was embarrassed, he covered his mouth and whispered,
"Musubi your clothes!" She looks at her dress and raised an eyebrow, "Oh! They must have ripped when we fell." He hears the woman giggle and his blush grows, Kenichi face palmed. This couldn't be happening. He hears the silding sound of doors whiss open, he looks and sees a man with white hair and a skinny frame, he wore a button up shirt and black pants. He looked tried and strained, "What's with all the noise?" he asks. His head turns and he sees the distraught duo by the tree, he notices their ripped up clothes and says, "Oh, we have guess."

The man with the white hair gently presses down on a bandage that he applied under Kenichi's left eye. "There! That should do it." Kenichi is now wearing a rather strange orange work out suit, just by the smell he could tell it hasn't been used in a while. He was crossed legged on a mat and closed his eyes,

"Thanks. Sorry for everything." The man stands up and smiles, "Hey, don't mention it ok." He walked to a shelf and put back the first aid kit back where it belonged. "Beisdes, I'm just doing what Miya asked me to do." Kenichi picks up on the name Miya and looks at the slide door, "So that's the nice lady's name." The man leaned up against a beam, reminding Kenichi of Tanimoto's "I think I'm a badass stance." His arms were crossed as he closed his eyes and grinned, "So, if you don't mind me asking…How did you two end up back there?" He was utterly curious, Kenichi had a sweat drop growing on his face as he nervously scratched his cheek with his index finger. "Well, we uh-" He remembers the threat Minaka gave him "You cannot tell a single soul, so keep your mouth shut!" He giggled nervously and stuttered,

"We-Well, I guess you could say we flew in with the wind." He chuckled, hoping to god that the man bought his half ass story. The man shook his head, "Flew in with the wind huh?" Kenichi laughed, it sounded ridiculous coming from him, but entirely normal to Kenichi. He started sweating bullets, and laughed, "Yeah sure…hahah." The man turned to the moon and grinned, "Well I find no reason we could just keep it at that." He seemed transfixed with the image of the full moon, Kenichi just kept on laughing, like the little fool he was. Seconds past as the two of them fall into a pregnant silence, until,

"Kenichi!" He turns, the door slides open, revealing Musubi in a pink kimono with elaborate flower designs throughout the dress, his jaws drops. "Wow. It's like a human flower gardening." Says the man behind Kenichi. He realizes that this was too much, now they were borrowing their clothes! Kenichi got up and rubbed his head, he walked over to the woman named Miya and apologized, "I'm so sorry miss. Not only did we disrupt you, but were wearing your clothes." Miya laughs, "It's fine, I just like to help out whenever I can."

"My husband was the exact same way." Finishes Miya, Kenichi deduces that the man behind him could be her husband, "In fact you're wearing his sweats." Kenichi turns towards the man, "I'm sorry."

"No-no-no. I would never wear something like that."

"Besides…her husband passed away." Kenichi slapped his palm to his face, he truly ran into that one. He turned back towards Miya, "I'm sorry." Her smile still on her lips, but her tone was sad. "Thank you, though it's been a long time since he passed." She realizes, "Oh I forgot. Let me introduce myself, my name is Miya Asama." She bows respectfully and so does Kenichi, "My name is Kenichi Shirahama." "And I'm Musubi." They pay their respect with a smile, "Good to meet you two. I'm Kagari." Kenichi turns, "Likewise." They exchange smiles, Kenichi smells a wonderful aroma in the air and so does Musubi,

"Sniff, Sniff. What's that smell!?" Miya chuckles, "Well I hope it's not too bad, because I'm cooking dinner. Are you two hungry? Would you care to join us?" Kenichi rubbed his head, "But you guys done so much for us. We should-"

"GRUMBLE!" The room grows quiet as Musubi stomach emits the same dinosaur roar from before. Kenichi looks at her stomach confused, "Uh? Are you ok?" Miya chuckles happily, "Dinner will be ready soon." She exits the room and heads towards the kitchen, Musubi is looking at her stomach in confusion, while Kenichi's rubbing his head. "Look Musubi…how pout you wait in the living room. Just, so you could be the first one at the table, ok?" She nods her head, "Ok." And leaves, Kenichi sighs and walks past the man and enters the backyard. The man raises an eyebrow and watches, Kenichi lowers himself in front of the tree he fell through. Crossed legged and still, Kenichi decided to meditate for the short minutes he had. He closed his eyes an breathed in slowly, his heart slowed to a snail's crawl. The reason why he did this was because he wanted to recap the event that transpired. All the noise was gone, as he saw the image of the girl in his mind. Question after question popped in his mind.

30 minutes later

The table is filled with an ensemble of foods. Varying from fish to rice. Kenichi's eyes jumped out of their sockets,

"Wow this looks amazing!" Musubi turned towards Miya and so did Kenichi, "Thank you so much! Let's eat!" They shouted in unison, Musubi was the first to pop a chicken in her mouth, her eyes sparkled and as her taste buds flew to heaven. "Wow this is so good!" Kenichi was next to taste the food, his taste buds were in Nirvana. His jaw dropped to the ground, "Yeah! This is amazing!" He noticed the satisfied expressions on Kagari and Miya's faces. Once he had his full with the chicken, he moved onto some Lo Mein, it was still in this water soup that tasted delicious. He took his chop sticks and started slurping up the noodles, he starts hearing footsteps and so does the rest of the residents, Kenichi eats his food slowly, he hears, "Oh man I'm hungry!" He doesn't know who the voice belonged to so he kept on eating, the kitchen room opens. Kenichi spit the soup from his mouth in an exaggerated manner, the sight that was before him was shocking, It was a girl in nice pink thin dress that covered her upper body, except she was in her panties. He dropped his sticks to the ground, "Oh we have visitors." Said the woman, "Uzume how many times do I have to tell you not to come out of your room dressed like that." Said Kagari. "Hey at least I'm wearing panties this time." Said Uzume. Kenichi crawled over to Miya, he was curious to find out what this place really was, "Uh…Miss Asama?" She turns, "Yes?" " I really hope this doesn't sound rude but, what kind of place is this?" he tried to sound honest as possible, he hoped she didn't take him the wrong way. "I mean, from what I can tell, you guys don't look related." Miya gives Kenichi a light laugh, he raised an eyebrow, "That's because this is a boarding house silly." His eyebrow go even higher, "Boarding house?" "Yes, And I'm the landlady. I see you already met some of our tenants." She looked over towards Uzume and Kagari, Uzume smiles back to Kenichi while she eats her food, "Hey there! You know, the only weird about this place is that it's kinda beat up and worn down. Which means, only creeps and weirdos live here." She winked at Kenichi, "So, we're always looking for normal tenants." He nodded his head, Miya closed her eyes and turned towards Uzume, she had a smile on her face and it felt oddly creepy, "Oh really?" Kenichi could feel her ki flare out towards Uzume, it was terrifying. Kenichi had sweat dripping down his cheek, "Her ki is incredibly strong!" Uzume was sweating bullets, his guess was that she could feel it too. "No-No-No! I mean, this place has so much character it needs a variety of types, hehehe." She scratched her cheek nervously, while Kenichi just registered what she just said, "Their looking for new tenants?" his eyes trembled, "This could be my only chance!" He bowed his head to the ground and kneeled in front of Miya, he pleaded with everything he had, "I'm completely normal!" Miya's mouth opens in shock, what could the boy be asking? "We've just been kicked out of our apartment and we have nowhere else to go!" There was a pause as Kenichi prayed for a miracle, suddenly, "You poor man, lift your head up." He does, Kenichi's eyebrows are furrowed in a serious manner, his eyes were staring intently back at hers. "My husband, he believed in never turning anyone away." Kenichi's jaw dropped, "So then-" She smiled, "Welcome to Masion Izumo!" Kenichi couldn't believe his luck turned for the best, Musubi threw herself behind him and hugged him hard, "You did it!" He blushed and looked at the happy Sekirei, "I still can't believe she said yes." Thanks to his nice hearing Kenichi picked up on Kagari and Miya's conversation. "You're sure about this? I mean, we barely know them." She smiled and turned towards Musubi and Kenichi, they were having a lovely chat about their luck. Kenichi double tasked, he listened in on Miya's conversation and talked to Musubi.

"All I know is that they didn't come here looking for a apartment. the Fate's guided them here. It would seem that the gods know exactly why they need."

"I believe they were sent here for a reason. It doesn't matter who they are."

"I guess you're right. And even so, I can tell your minds made up." Finishes Kagari. He gets up and exits the room, Kenichi noticed, but ignored the thought. Kenichi hears, "So, shall we discuss the details?" He nods his head yes.

Kagari enters the hall, he gets a call from an unknown caller, he was suddenly ordered t investigate the last number Sekirei. He hangs up, "This could become a problem."

Back at Kenichi's old apartment,

Kenichi sits in a corner and mediates, he expels the idea of a girl using his shower from his mind. He listens to the news blare nonsense, something about an abnormal growing in the arboretum. Kenichi stops in the middle of his mediation, he opens his eyes and gasps, "I almost forgot." He grabs his phone and once again dials mom's number, he figured dad would be on a business trip so he skipped straight to his mom.

"Hi Mom." His voice is calm and composed,

"Hello Kenichi." Her voice quiet and controlled, almost if she was reading a book on the other end.

"I'm just letting you know that I'm moving." There's a pause before,

"Moving?!" her voice goes to a whole other octave and shouts into his ear drums, "Why are you moving at a time like this!" A sweat drop flows down Kenichi's cheek, as he gulps down the lump in his throat, "So Mom, about my allowance." "It's cut in half." Kenichi's jaw drops to the ground, how could his mother be so cruel? "What!?" "Until you get into school you can find a job!" His eyebrows twitch and he grits his teeth, "But Mom-" "I don't have time for this!" "Mom wait!" She hung up the phone, Kenichi can hear the hang up tone ring in his ear. He sighs, his luck was starting to run out. He hears,

"Um…excuse me Kenichi!" He turns and hides his frown with a smile, Musubi didn't need to know about this. "Yeah how are you-" "GAA!" He jumps, Musubi was standing stark naked in the living room. His jaw dropped as his eyes lingered on her breast, he didn't realize the blood flowing down his nose. "Sorry but…we ran out of Shampoo." She walked over Kenichi, he was frozen in place, he was sweating bullets as she got closer. Musubi tripped and fell, her body collapsed onto Kenichi's face, his eyes contracted as her boob came into focus. "Oh shit."

"AHHH!" Kenichi hand is grabbing her right boob, trying not to have it in his face, while the other one was pressed against his face. Kenichi's nose bled more, Musubi got up and rubbed her head,

"Sorry, Oh man this must be so hard huh?" Kenichi's eyes lingered on her jiggling breast, she notices and automatically covers them. She scolded herself, and face palmed. "Oh man. Being modest in the same house is hard!" Kenichi ran his hands through his hair and sighed, he averted his eyes away from Musubi, "Something's are just easier than others I guess." He nervously chuckles and rubs his head.

The Next Day

Honoka Shirahama, age 16 was standing in the front of Kenichi's old apartment. She was a rather skinny teenager, her breast weren't as big as she hopped. She wanted to be at Miu's status, but that dream didn't come true. She wore a nice light brown jacket and a plaid skirt. A carry-on bag was slung on her shoulders, while she held a bag of clothes in her hand. Requested from Kenichi himself, she looked at the address he gave her, and looked back at the complex, she raised an eyebrow, "This must be the place?"

Kenichi was just folding his white gi uniform, he held it up to the sun and observed the white fabric with a smile "We had some great times." He folded the uniform and put it into a nice box with his clothes. He proceeded to pack his books until he hears,

KNOCK! KNOCK! He stops and looks at the door, curious to see who it was he said, "Yes!? Who is it?!"

He looks at the door intently as it opens slowly, his breath hitched in his throat once he saw who it was. His jaw dropped, why would she come. It was Honoka, she waved to her older brother and gave him a huge greeting smile. "Hey, long time, no see, Big Bro.

"Honoka? What are you…"

"This place is pretty missy huh?"

"Doing here?" he was confused as to why she came down here, Honoka rolled her eyes at her slow brother, "Are you serious? I brought those clothes you asked me to bring! Gosh!" She put the bag in front of Kenichi, he just looked up at her still totally confused,

"Honoka, I told you to send me some!" "I didn't ask for you to come all the way down here." He cared for his sister deeply, and for her to come down her might've been exhausting. "Relax big bro, not everything's about you. Besides, I'm looking for a college down here." Kenichi's jaw dropped even lower, He hasn't been getting news back from his hometown lately, "No one told me that!?" "Relax bro! You told me that you failed the exam for the 2nd time, so I didn't want to rub it in." she closed her eyes and sighed, Kenichi felt an imaginary stone arrow hit his back, his reputation was hit very hard."Jezz sis, you don't have to rub it in. Does everyone know about that?" he prayed for a no, but got a "Yes, everyone knows."

Kenichi face palmed, "Oh man." "Oh and Kenichi," he looks up at his sister with a frown, "Mom and Dad both found a job around here as well so." Kenichi was shocked, his parents really moved to the capital?

"Kenichi! Where do you want me to put this stuff?" Kenichi jumped up on his feet in the blink of an eye, he ran over to Musubi who was holding a box of books in her arms. Kenichi tried desperately to explain,

"This-this-this is." Honoka grinned, "Oh! I get it now." Kenichi shook his head vigorously, "No you don't. It's is not what it looks like." She ignored his plea and looked at the bag of clothes she bought. "So when you asked for the bag of clothes, it was basically for your girl friend? And I thought you had a thing for Miu."

"Pardon?" interrupted Musubi, Kenichi jaw hit the floor, what was she babbling about?

"No-No- and NO! That's not what it looks-"

"I'm his younger sister, Honoka. Nice to meet you. Her smile came back, Kenichi realized she was just yanking his chain. He turned towards Musubi, "Oh! I didn't realize Kenichi had a sister. My name's Musubi! I'm his Sek-" Kenichi's hand cups her mouth, she didn't need to hear that last bit, sweat dripped down his cheek, "She's my friend! That's all!" He whispered into Musubi's ear, "Be quiet! We can't let anyone know ok?" she looks into his worried eyes, "Right, Sorry." Honoka gagged, "Ew…. If you two are going to do that, could you just wait until I leave." She shook her head an grinned mischievously towards Kenichi, His brain pieced together the puzzle, he jumped back and freaked out, was she implying something perverted? "I'm didn't mean that! Sorry!"

Kenichi was packing his books as Honoka dusted the window, she was curious to why he would move and Kenichi had to dodge the truth again, "So why suddenly move Kenichi?" A sweat drop grew in size as his palms became clammy and sweaty. He nervously responded, "Well it-it was one of those "at the moment" times you know?" Kenichi shuts the box and tapes it shut, he hoped Honoka bought his lie.

"I'm done with the kitchen Kenichi." They stop and look up at Musubi, she was wearing a blue uniform that had a red bow tie, her skirt was small and matched the color of her shirt. Kenichi blushed, what was she wearing? "Good, now you can help me wash the floor." Ordered Honoka, Kenichi just stood up and stared at Musubi while she entered the kitchen. "Ok." He turned towards Honoka, his eyebrows furrowed, "Why did you make her change her clothes for?" She grabbed his shoulder and grinned, "Because I didn't bring those clothes out here for nothing." "Oh just admit it. You think she looks hot don't you."

Kenichi's eyes observed Musubi's hunched over position, she was scrubbing the floor on her hands and knees, Kenichi literally started to check out Musubi, he realized it and averted his eyes. "I don't see her like that. If Kensei Ma was here, he would agree with you." Honoka shook her head in agreement, "You're right about that. That old man is such a pervert." Musubi felt Kenichi's gaze on her body, she stopped and looked at him with a confused expression. He blushed and averted his eyes.

They were finally done packing Kenichi's things, they stood at the bottom of the steps and bid each other farewell, "Well, I promised my friend that I would spend the night with her again, so I gotta go." Kenichi smiled, "Sure, I'll email the new address later ok." Honoka walked over to Musubi, she put her hands on her breast in a playful manner, "Ok Musubi, I hope we get to see each other real soon." Musubi was oblivious to the way her hands were on her breast, Kenichi skin jumped, "What THE HECK!" Honoka laughed and looked at her distraught brother, "I guess that means you didn't get the chance to touch these babies yet have you?" Kenichi blushed, knowing full well that he's gotten that opportunity many times before, he lied, "No of course not." Honoka laughed, "I'm just messin with you bro!" She started to head off towards her destination, she pecked Kenichi on the cheek and waved goodbye, "Alright I'm out. See ya later Kenichi." He nods, "Goodbye Honoka, take care of yourself!" She's running down the street at this point, "Fine-Fine! See ya later!" She disappears into the horizon, Musubi turns towards Kenichi and smiles, "Its sweet how close you two are." He smiled and reminisced the moments he and Honoka shared, "Even though I was always busy with my Martial Arts training, I always found time for Honoka. She always loved to play with me and my masters. Anyway…I guess we should get going huh?" "Ok." Musubi reached down for the big cloth bag with all his belongings inside, and in one grab swung it over her back. Kenichi whistled, "Wow! You're strong." She chuckled, "That's because I'm a fist type silly. I'm use to this kind of stuff." The two walked as Kenichi thoroughly thought of her answer, "A fist type?" he whispered, "Like a person who uses Martial Arts?" She nods her head, "Kinda." He cupped his chin, "So those girls from before…Are they like, electric types?"

"Yeah I guess so." She didn't sound too sure about that answer. "Oh and another thing. What were all those stuff you said before that tornado appeared?"

"That was an incantation." He raised an eyebrow,

"An incantation? Like a spell or something?"

"Yes, their almost like special words we have to chant before we use are major powers. Every Sekirei has their own unique incantation that's special to them."

He scratched his head in confusion, "Uh…huh." He smiles, "You know Musubi, I'm pretty handy with Martial Arts!" He jabbed a finger towards himself and gaver her a cocky smile.

Musubi and looks back into his eyes, "I know. You're skill is amazing Kenichi! Could you show me some moves!?" He laughed and ran his hand through his chocolate hair. "Once we move in Musubi, And yes I will." She smiles and rejoices, "Yeah!" Soon the boarding home comes into view over the horizon, they walk to the entrance of Masion Izumo and stopped in their tracks. Kenichi breathed in and out, he observed the little details of the home, from the doorknob to the roof. "This it. This a new chapter in my life, well me and Musubi's of course." The door opens, revealing Miya, she had an inviting smile that warmed Kenichi's heart. "Welcome. I've been waiting for you. Come on in."

"Oh thank you." Said Kenichi, Miya guided them up a flight of stairs, "Your room will be up here, Number 202." She opened a door, revealing an empty white room, Kenichi smiled, This was wonderful.

"I just finished cleaning it today." Kenichi turned and bowed, "Thank so much Miya."

"Kenichi waaait. I got the bag stuck in the door and I can't get in." Musubi was stuck, she pouted. Kenichi screamed, "What the hell!"

15 Minutes later,

"Finally! That. was. exhausting." Complained Kenichi, He regained his breath, Miya chuckled and watched Musubi, "My,My, You're a strong one." Musubi smiled, "Yep! That's because I'm a fist type Sekirei!" Kenichi did a "Oh shit!" under his breath and looked back at Miya. She just chuckled happily, "You're so funny." She looked towards Kenichi, "So, when you're finished settling in, head down stairs ok." He nodded his head as he started sweating bullets, "Ok." She left the room and closed the door. Kenichi scooted over to Musubi, "Hey Musubi?"

"Yeah? What is it?"

"The Sekirei plan is a secret, right? Then maybe you shouldn't say you're a fist type Sekirei at all." She covered her mouth in shock, "You're right! I'm so sorry." came her muffled response.

"I just hope we get through this." Kenichi scratched his face nervously, before,

"We will." He turns back to Musubi, she had a graceful smile that resembled an angel's her fingers were laced together. Kenichi blushed,

"If we're together nothing will harm you. Not no one, not even the professor could take us apart. I promise, no matter what, I will always protect you Kenichi." His eyes trembled, he walked up to Musubi with a smile, "That goes both ways Musubi. I'll protect you with everything I have." He smiled and gave her a thumbs up, Musubi gave him her trademark smile as well. "We should clean this room." "Ok!" Musubi opened the window, letting in the sweet air, Kenichi just watched her carefree attitude and smiled. "I'm glad that you're helping me Musubi." She turned, "You can always count on me!"

Somewhere, in the confines of Masion Izumo, somebody is watching intently at a boy with Chocolate brown hair and brown eyes, he has a band aid under his left eye and a yin yang pin clipped to his collar. She cups her chin and observes,

"Look at what we got here. Number 88 AKA Musubi, and her Ashikabi." The room she accommodated was filled with computers and screens, people would call this a hacker's den. There's a mat in the middle of all the electronics, with a large mess across it. The room was darkly lit up, the only source came from the computers, she started laughing.

Kenichi catches Kagari head out for his job, he was wearing a nice black suit and tie. He had to admit that he looked rather handsome in a suit. "You're heading out?" He turns, "Yeah. I've got a lot of work to do anyways." Miya walks up from kitchen and talks to Kagari, "Aw, you're leaving awfully early today. And I just made you dinner." Kagari walked up to Miya, she sounded concern for the guy, almost like a mother would. "I'm sorry. I'll eat it as soon as I get home ok?" He gently grabs Miya's hand and pressed a light kiss to the skin. She giggles, Kagari waves goodbye and heads out the door. Kenichi raised an eyebrow, "What was that about?" he turned towards Miya, "Kagari works night at a host club." Kenichi does a "Ohhhh." Finally understanding, "He's apparently the most popular host over there." Musubi looks at Miya curious, she points a finger to her lips, "He's a host?" Kenichi turns, "That's right, I bet you would love it if a nice looking guy did those stuff to you huh?" He smiled, She turns, "Yeah if it's you! I would let you do anything to me." Kenichi was appalled, did his ears register what she just said? His face went tomato red, his mind was doing unimaginable things with that statement. "Anything?! What do you mean by that!" Blood shot from his nose, he tried to stop the leaky faucet of blood that spew from his nostrils. Miya walked over to Musubi, "You must be exhausted. Do you want to take a bath?" Musubi threw her hands in the air, "Yeah! I love baths!"

They look at the immense bath room, it was huge, with a major tube and a place to scrub one's hair. "Wow! This room is fantastic! It's even big enough for 2, if you wanna join I could wash your back?" Kenichi face went red, he backed up slowly and nervously smiled, "No-No, I'll just take a bath later. Bye!" He took off like a speeding bullet and headed straight for the patio. Leaving behind a rather confused Musubi.

Kenichi sat on the patio and walked up to the tree he and Musubi landed in not to long ago. He sat crossed legged and looked at the tree intently, he cupped his chin and tried to deduce the reason why he's still alive. "How did this tree break me and Musubi's fall? A fall from that high up should have killed us. But here I am." Slowly, Kenichi reached out towards the tree, he was curious about the tree's function, "Did this tree act like…some kind of cushion?" His fingers made contact with the bark, suddenly it starts to grow bright green and the world flashes before his eyes. He opens his eyes and sees his fingers interlaced with another person's. He looks up, and sees a girl with long flowing blonde hair, she had a plant shade of green eyes and wore a white long dress. The world around Kenichi was white, besides the green trees in his proximity. The girl had tears coming out of her eyes, she was so innocent and so pure, "Please help me." Her voice was sad and lonely. Kenichi's jaw dropped. The strange vision ends. He backs up and his eyes dart from left to right, "What was that all about?" "But if I recall…that ghost that I saw… it looked-"

CRASH!

Kenichi sees a lean body bust through the upstairs window. The woman twirls and lands perfectly onto a fence in front of Kenichi, his jaw drops as he notices the girl. He realizes that it was one of the tenants, the only thing she had was a towel, it became undone a little bit and her boob popped out. He blushed and covered his eyes. The woman notices and fixes her towel, her eyes register Kenichi and she shouts, "Aren't you the new girl's Ashikabi!" Kenichi forgets how to speak, "Tell her I don't want to fight!" She summersaults and lands perfectly beside Kenichi, she wraps her arms around his neck and makes a pouty baby face. "Please tell her for me." Kenichi still doesn't know how to speak, he hears, "Uh! Let go of Kenichi right now!" Musubi hops out the window and lands in front of them, she was stark naked as well, but she had a towel. "Were they taking a bath?" Kenichi waved his arms out, "Musubi calm down! You gotta stop this!" The girl is now standing behind Kenichi, using him as a human shield sort of. She charges towards Kenichi whining up her fist, "GET AWAY FROM HIM NOW!" Kenichi prepares for the incoming projectile of a fist, his knees involuntary shake. But he hides it, suddenly

BAM!

Kenichi sees Miya with a frying pan in her hands, she blocked the incoming punch from Musubi, causing a dent in the metal. It was so fast, thankful to have heightened senses Kenichi saw everything. Miya took her soup spoon and ponked Musubi in the head, "Stop it! Young ladies shouldn't be running around barely dressed like that." Musubi rubs the spot on her head, "Right. I'm sorry." Uzume smiled, "Looks like someone got in trouble huh?" Miya jabs here spoon at Uzume, "That goes for you too." She winks, "Ok." Miya sighs, she looks at the damage caused by the two Sekireis, "I won't dare ask the reason for all this, but I will say that it'll never happen again. Theirs no fighting in the house. " she smiled, "Do I make myself clear?" Kenichi was visibly shaken by Miya, he sensed it before he saw it. Her aura flared out, and she somehow generated…some type of creepy Hana mask that made his blood run cold. He started sweating bullets and gulped, they responded in unison, "Yes landlady." She smiled and walked towards the kitchen, waving her spoon happily, "Ok then. Dinner will be ready soon." And she disappeared into the house. Kenichi and Uzume looked at Miya as if she was an entirely different person, "Freaky. Do you think Miya's creepy when she's mad?" Kenichi nods his head, "Yeah. But what's really scaring me is her laugh. Cause why is she laughing like that?" Kenichi and Uzume sighed. Uzume retired back to her room, while Kenichi turned back to Musubi, he furrowed his eyebrows. "You asked if I could show you some moves. Get dressed, and meet me down here with something more comfortable on. We're not gonna fight, but I will show you some Thai Chi." "OK!" She was about to run off but she stopped and turned, "What's Thai Chi?" She looked utterly confused, "It's a form of meditation that Martial Artist use to direct their inner energy, or chi." Musubi did a low, "Ohhhh." And ran up to their room. Kenichi saw the excitement in her eyes.

He sat crossed legged in the yard. Kenichi closed his eyes and breathed deeply, focusing his chi throughout his body. This went on for minutes until Musubi plotted herself beside Kenichi, "Is this Thai Chi?" she asks, He peeks out of his right eye and sighs, "Just a form of breathing, you just gotta breath in through your nose, then out through your mouth." "Ok." Kenichi closed his eyes and proceeded with the exercise, he peaked out of his eye and watched Musubi, she peaked out of her left eye and observed Kenichi. The two breath in and out, Kenichi couldn't help but giggle at the smile on Musubi's face, she noticed, "What?" he laughed, "Nothing." "Come on lets try a new one."
"Ok." They get up and Kenichi gets into a stance. This is how they did the form, they spent a couple minutes on each lunge or pose and then switched, Musubi seemed calm and at peace. While Kenichi couldn't help but observe her features. She would always notice, snapping him out of his stare. Kenichi tried to impress Musubi, so he went into a hand stance, Musubi copied it exactly. He then started to hold himself up with his left arm, Musubi copied this as well. Then he started to retract his fingers one at a time, until he was only on his index finger. Musubi tried but fell on her face. She watched Kenichi in pure awe as he started to push his body up and down. She cheered him on as they counted these push ups. At 50 Kenichi jumped back onto his feet, only using his finger though. Musubi clapped her hands and looked at Kenichi in wonderment, Kenichi bowed. "When will I get to do that?" He smiles, "Someday you will. Until then lets keep on practicing."

Throughout the day Ashikabis all over the capital are getting the message, besides Kenichi. It was talking about the "Green girl." Which means, Minaka was egging on the Ashikabis to run to the arboretum and make the Sekirei emerge 1st. Almost if it was a race.

Kenichi was in a green glowing forest, everything seemed to be only in two colors, white and green. He looked around his surroundings, if anything it wasn't a forest, more like a jungle. He didn't know which way was up or down, but what he did know was that someone's crying. He followed the sound of the whimpers, he checked every rock and craves for the source. He came across what seemed to be the tallest tree in the glowing green jungle. The crying was prominent now, he looked up and saw a little girl. It was the same girl from before. She was huddled up on a tree branch crying, Kenichi frowned, she reminded him of Honoka, whenever she got scared she'd run to his bedroom and cuddle with her older brother. This girl was alone, and it pained his heart to see her cry. He walked up to the tree, "Um…are you stuck?" She cried even harder than before, Kenichi couldn't stand this. "Don't cry. Its going to be alright. Here…" he extends his arms out, "I'll catch you." He had his sweet voice that was caring, the girl stopped her sobbing and looked down at Kenichi, she rubbed the tears away from her eyes. She was scared, to her, the jump was big and could possibly damage her legs, she needed reassurance. "I promise I'll catch you."

She thought long and hard, suddenly she takes the leap. Kenichi jumps up and catches the girl in her arms. He lands on his feet and gives the girl a smile, she opens her eyes and sees his face. "There. That wasn't too bad was it? In any case, What's your name?" She's nervously stutters, "Ku-Kusano." He smiles,

"Kusano huh? That's a beautiful name." She finally smiled, her happiness warmed his heart. Rather curious he asked, "Why were you crying?" she looked at the ground feeling immensely embarrassed, "It was all my fault. I was being selfish and wanted to go outside." More tears streamed from her eyes, suddenly Kusano's glowing bright green. She levitated up and away from Kenichi, he reached for her but he couldn't move. "Kusano!" she was being pulled into the forest, she reached out and screamed, "Help Me!...Big Brother!" he ran towards her but she was being pulled farther and farther away, "KUSANO!"

Musubi woke up Kenichi, he was fidgeting and mumbling words. "Kenichi? Kenichi are you alright?" His eyes flutter open, He broke out in a cold sweat and his heart beat was erratic. Musubi felt his cheek with the back of her hand, "You ok? You seemed to be having a nightmare." Kenichi sat up, his mind too preoccupied with the dream. He stared intently at the wall, "I wouldn't call it a nightmare."

In the middle of the Teito arboretum the trees are emitting a green luminescent glow. As we pan further into the arboretum we see a girl crying. Her name is Kusano, her tears stroll down her face as she sits alone in the jungle. She pleads, "Please help me… Big Bother…please." her tears come in droves.

To Be Continued…