To put it out there for any that may be concerned, Miya told Minato she knew of the Sekirei Plan because of the circumstances. Miya is the Queen of Sekirei, so she is going to worry about her "children" no matter what.

Kusano will be the only one who refers to others in japanese terms. ie: Onii-chan for Minato and Onee-chan for her sisters and Takami. Mainly only because "big brother" and "big sister" sounds stupid to me.

Maison Izumo - Yashima's Room

Miya enters the room and sees Minato and Yashima still sleeping. She walks up to them and shakes their shoulders. "Minato, Yashima. It's time to wake up, breakfast is ready." They both yawn and stretch as they wake up. Yashima looks up at Miya not noticing Minato yet.

"Good morning, I'm Yashima, nice to meet you!" She smiles brightly seemingly forgetting their meeting yesterday.

"Nice to me you too, Yashima. I'm Miya Asama, your landlord for however long you stay here." Miya looks over Yashima "How are you feeling this morning?"

"Great! I've never slept so good in my life!" she chirps happily and finally notices Minato besides her and blushes. "Thank you for yesterday, Minato." she whispers. He pats her head and smiles at her.

"It's no problem, Yashima. It's what any one would do." she smiles shyly at him "We should get up and get ready for breakfast, and we can introduce you to the rest of the people who live here. We'll be down soon Miya."

"Alright, I'll see you at the table, Minato, Yashima." Miya walks out to set the table for breakfast, not closing the door.

Yashima looks down and plays with her fingers "Hey... Minato?" she says shyly refusing to look at him.

"What is it, Yashima?" she reaches over nervously and grabs his hand.

"Wi...will you wing me please?" she asks while turning bright red. He squeezes her hand softly to make her look at him.

"Is that what you want?" He asks quietly. She nods her head still bright red. "Then yes, I'll wing you." he leans down towards her to kiss her but she flies at him first pushing him on his back. He looks at her surprised before she leans down and kisses him making her deep blue wings emerge from her back. She has a bright smile on her face when she leans back.

"I'm #84, Yashima. Let's be together forever and ever!" she leans down and kisses him again and her wings emerge once more. They get up and head downstairs for breakfast hand in hand and her leaning her head on his shoulder.

Dining Room - 2 Minutes Earlier

Everyone else besides Kagari were sitting around the table eating quietly waiting for Minato and Yashima to come down. Miya came into the room and sat down at the end of the table and waited for Yashima and Minato to come down before eating herself. The hallway lights up in a dark blue glow and everyone at the table stops eating and smiles at what just happened.

"Heh, my new bro works fast. Three sekirei in three days." Uzume says with a perverted smirk on her face. Matsu coughs into her hand next to her and pushes her glasses up.

"Correction. Four sekirei in three days, Uzume. I plan to have him wing me later. Ku ku ku." the hallway lights up a dark blue again. "Then I can experiment on him however much I want. ku ku ku." She got hit on the head by a ladle as Minato and Yashima walk in the room. "Owww.. Miyaaaaa." Matsu whines holding her head.

"No lewd acts are allowed in Maison Izumo, Matsu." Miya says calmy with a Hanya Mask floating behind her. Everyone at the table pales and starts to sweat. Yashima yelps and hides behind Minato shaking slightly.

"What was that?!" she yells from behind Minato. The mask disappeared instantly.

"What was what, Yashima?" Miya asks innocently. Yashima sticks her head out from behind Minato and looks around.

"N..no...nothing Miya.."she stutters nervously. Minato sits down at the table and she sits as close to him as she can get looking around the room at the others. "Hello. I'm Yashima. Nice to meet you all." Minato gets her attention and introduces everyone to her, where they all settle into small talk while eating.

"Good morning everyone." A male voice yawns out entering the room. Yashima pales and starts shaking uncontrollably.

"Yashima, are you okay?" Minato tries getting her attention over and over. Yashima is staring straight at Kagari with fear in her eyes. "Did you do something to her Kagari?" Minato asks while glaring at him. Kagari is staring at her with wide eyes.

"N..no... This is the first time I've ever met her.. I swear.."Kagari pleads when Yashima starts hyperventilating. Everyone else in the room is frozen in shock not knowing what to do.

"No.. no please no.. I don't want this.. please.. no.. save me.. please.. save me Minato.." yashima mumbles in a daze. Everyone finally notices her eyes glazed over. Miya gasps and sobs quietly into her hands watching her.

"She's reliving yesterday.." Matsu says quietly. Minato pulls her into his arms whispering in her ear softly. "The same thing happened yesterday shortly after she fell asleep.."

Miya looks up at Kagari "Please leave the room for now, Kagari. This isn't your fault, but she seems to have become afraid of males. I'll bring you in your breakfast shortly." she says softly looking back at Yashima crying into Minato's chest.

"Shh, that man can't hurt you anymore Yashima. He's gone. Kagari won't hurt you like him" they hear Minato whispering to her. Musubi and Subasa get up and wrap their arms around them as well.

"We'll protect you Yashima. You're our sister now." Musubi says. Miya stands up to bring Kagari his breakfast.

Kagari's Room

Kagari punches the wall before picking up his phone and calling Takami.

"What do you need, Homura?" she asks when she picks up. "I've got #108 with me right now for a walk."

"That bastard is still alive, right?" He asks while seething.

"Yes, he should be having another class in a few hours. Why? Did something else happen?" She asks sounding worried.

Kagaring calms down slightly "Yes, she had a panic attack as soon as I walked into the same room as her. She's afraid of males now, except for Minato." Takami sighs.

"She must see him as her safety blanket. Dammit, why did this happen? Why did you want to know if he was still alive?" A small child can be heard asking who she's talking to in the back ground. "Not now Kusano, we'll go to the Botanical Garden shortly."

"Because Yashima is the only one who deserves to kill him." he says bluntly. "Is there any way that you can get him out on the streets where I can find him easily?" he asks desperately.

"I don't think it will be a very good idea for her to ever see him again, Homura." she said kindly. "It may make the situation worse."

He runs his hand through his hair and sighs loudly "Confronting him may be the only way she can ever move on, Takami." he hears her sigh again.

"I'll see what I can do Homura. I'll call you later, I've got to take Kusano to the Botanical Garden." he hangs up and sees Miya at the door looking at him with a plate in her hand.

"I hope you know what you're doing, Kagari. If you make her condition any worse, I will kill you myself." She says darkly. She walks in and sets the plate down on his table. Kagari runs his hands through his hair.

"I hope I know what I'm doing as well." He days in defeat "I just can't let this sit like this. I'll be calling out from work today. I don't think I could manage."

"Alright Kagari. Just don't slack off too much, we don't need anymore freeloaders like Uzume and Matsu." She chuckles into her sleeve. Kagari pales.

"No, of course not Miya, I wouldn't dream of it!"

"Good, just remember what I said earlier Kagari. Don't make this worse." she said and walked out of the room. Kagari collapses on his bed and grabs his food.

Back in the Dining Room

Everyone has finished eating after Yashima calmed down. Miya comes out of the kitchen with a piece of paper in her hand.

"Benitsubasa, Musubi, do you mind going shopping for me?" she asks. They both shake their heads.

"Not at all Miya." Musubi says happily. They grab the shopping list and head out. Uzume stands up and heads towards the door.

"I'm going back to bed Miya, cya bro!" she winks at Minato on her way out and laughs at his face.

"Minato." Minato looks over and sees Matsu staring at him.

"Yes, Matsu?" he asks with a small smile. She takes off her glasses and smiles.

"I know this is kind of sudden, but will you wing me? I've been reacting to you since you first got here." she asks seriously. "I am Matsu, Sekirei #02, the Sekirei of Knowledge." Yashima gasps from next to him and stares at her wide eye. Everyone looks at her as she points at Matsu.

"A single digit?!" She yells. Matsu laughs lightly.

"Sorry to disappoint you, Yashima. But I'm a lot weaker than the other single digits. I'm just the smartest creature on this planet." she says proudly. "There's nothing that I can't hack into! Kukuku"

"She's also a peeper." Miya says with a light chuckle. Matsu face faults and whines.

"Miyaaa, it's called observation, not peeping!" she says pouting. Yashima giggles at the two.

"Matsu." she looks over at Minato. "Are you sure you want me as your Ashikabi? I don't want to force you into this choice." Miya smiles fondly at him. You're just the kind of person this game needs, Minato.

"Yes, I'm sure Minato. I want this." She walks over and kneels next to him "Matsu #02, is now your Sekirei." she grabs his head and pulls him to her lips causing golden wings to emerge from her back. "Forever and ever" she whispers. "I'll be up in my room if anyone needs me." she says while heading upstairs.

"I should go look for a job now. I heard there's a construction yard hiring nearby, so I'll start there. I'll be back tonight, Miya." he says while heading to the door. Miya waves as he leaves.

"Have a safe trip, Minato!" Yashima looks sad while he walks away. "Don't worry Yashima, he'll be back tonight. I'll protect you so long as you live here." Miya says with a kind smile.

At the Botanical Garden

"Kusano, it's about time to head home!" Takami calls to a little girl. She has knee length blonde hair with deep green eyes and wearing a cream colored dress.

"But Ku wants to play with the flowers!" the little girl calls back. Kusano is currently running around in a field of flowers.

"Hello, Kusano. If you want to play with flowers, there's a garden at my mansion you can play in." says a male voice from behind them. Takami goes wide eyed and turns spotting a teenager with brown hair and white formal attire.

"Mikogami! What are you doing here?" She asks irritated.

"Why I'm here to add Kusano to my collection of course. Why else would I be here?" he asks while looking down upon her. "Come here Kusano, there's plenty of flowers for you to play with at my house."

"More flowers? Yay! Flowers!" Kusano says excitedly skipping towards Mikogami.

"No, stay away from him Kusano! He'll make it so you can never find your Onii-chan!" Takami yells at her. Kusano looks towards Takami and then back at Mikogami.

"Y...you wouldn't take Ku away from her Onii-chan, would you?" she asks stuttering.

"No, of course not, Kusano! I'll even become your Onii-chan for you!" He says with a smile. Takami runs up and picks up Kusano.

"Stay away from her! Her adjustments aren't done yet!" She sneers at him.

"Tch, Yomi! Do it!" he calls to someone hiding. With a blur something hits Takami over the head and she falls over bleeding and holding her eye.

"Dammit, Kusano! Run! Get away!" she yells to Kusano who is shaking like a leaf. Mikogami walks over to Kusano and turns her face towards him.

"Be a good girl and sit still so I can add you to my collection, Kusano." he says and tries to kiss her.

"No!" Kusano yells and slaps Mikogami "You're not my Onii-chan!" she screams and starts crying causing her power to go out of control "My Onii-chan would never hurt my Takami nee-chan!" thick vines start bursting from the ground all over the place turning the entire Botanical Garden in a jungle of vines. MBI choppers can be heard in the background.

"Shit, Yomi! We gotta get out of here for now! We'll come back for her later! We'll go get that scrapped number in the park for now!" Mikogami calls out. They disappear just as the choppers appear above. Takami is looking towards the jungle with sad eyes.

"Kusano, I'll find a way to help you. I promise." she says while trying to think of a solution. What did he mean by scrapped number? Do they mean #07? I remember a few scientists talking amongst themselves calling her that thinking she can't be winged anymore. She scoffs. He'll never be able to wing her. Why is she out of the labs though? I haven't finished explaining everything to her yet..

At a Park Near MBI - 10 minutes ago

Sitting on a bench being ignored by everyone around her is a woman wearing a bloody labcoat. Her face is towards the ground and she has a dead look in her eyes. "Broken.. Why do I have to be broken? I can never be with anyone now." silent tears fall from her eyes.

"Hey, Musubi! Stop fooling around, we have to get these back to Miya already!" a female voice calls out nearby.

"Coming Subasa!" another female voice calls out. They walk around a corner and spot the woman on the bench. "Hey, are you okay?" Musubi calls out. The woman looks up at her spotting shopping bags in both of their hands.

"Leave me alone. No one wants me anymore, I'm broken." she says with a defeated voice.

"Hey, aren't you #07? I thought you were still in the labs?" Subasa calls out I remember them saying there was an accident with her and they still needed her to stay for another week or so, did they finish them already? she wonders as she spots the Sekirei Crest on her forehead. "Why is your crest on your forehead?" #07 sobs quietly.

"It means I'm broken. That no one wants me anymore" she says curling herself into a ball.

"Hey! That's not true! All of us have a Destined One out there! You just have to find him or her!" Musubi calls out excitedly. #07 cries harder.

"I was told I'm broken. A scrapped number. I can never be winged." Subasa looks at her sadly.

"Why don't you come with us? We may not be able to help you get winged, but we can at least give you somewhere to sleep." Subasa offers to her while holding out a hand. "What's your name?" #07 looks up with some hope in her eyes.

"You're not going to throw me away? Even though I'm broken you'll give me a place to stay?" she asks softly. Musubi runs up to her and drags her to her feet.

"Of course not! You'll be our friend from now on!" she chirps excitedly. "Come on, let's go home!" she starts dragging her with her.

"Akitsu.." the woman says quietly.

"What was that?" Subasa asks.

"Akitsu, my name is Akitsu." she says louder.

"My name is Musubi, and that's Benitsubasa!" Musubi says from in front of her. "I'm #88 and she's #105!" Akitsu looks at Subasa and backs away a little.

"Discipline Squad.." she mutters. still backing away. "Don't take me back to the labs.." Subasa dismisses her with a wave of the hand.

"I'm not a part of the Discipline Squad anymore, Akitsu. I was winged before I could join them." Akitsu stops backing away with relief in her eyes. "Come on, We gotta get these groceries back to Miya before it gets to late!" They leave the park leading Akitsu to Maison Izumo. If they stayed for a few more minutes they would have seen a limo pull up with Mikogami stepping out.

"Mutsu! Where is she? We paid that MBI scientist a lot for them to get the scrapped number out for us! You said she'd be here!" he yells at someone in the limo.

"She must have wandered off, Mikogami. Don't worry, we'll find her. You heard the scientist. She can't be winged after all." Mutsu says calmly. Where did she go? That scientist said her mind was nearly broken from them kicking her out. She couldn't have made it very far.

"You better find her Mutsu! She belongs to me!" Mikogami yells stepping back into the limo.

At MBI

"What the hell do you mean she ran off after attacking our scientists?!" Takami screams. The scientists around her shaking in fear. She now has an eye patch over her left eye.

"Exactly that, Takami! I let her know that she can't be winged anymore and then she just started attacking us!" one of the scientists tried to explain. Takami punches him in the face.

"Are you fucking stupid?! I told you she can't be forcibly winged anymore! Only she can choose who can wing her now! Takehito had been trying to figure out how that process worked before he died but could never figure it out! That's why we had her here, so we could run tests to find out how to trigger that in the rest of the unwinged sekirei!" she screams in his face "Do you have any idea how much mental trauma you may have caused in her?! An ashikabi is EVERYTHING to a sekirei! She probably feels she's useless now!" She storms out of the room and calls Homura.

"Yes, what is it Takami?" He asks tiredly.

"Homura, keep an eye out for #07 Akitsu. If you find her, call me back immediately. Do not fight with her." she says irritably.

"Why are you looking for #07?" He asks sounding wide awake now. "Did something happen to her? I thought you were running tests on her about her mark?"

"We were, but some stupid scientist decided to tell her she can't be winged anymore and she fought her way out of MBI in a rage." she said with disgust in her voice. "We need to find her so we can explain what her mark means, I'm afraid if she isn't found soon she may try to kill herself. Please hurry, Homura." she asks desperately before hanging up. I hope you're okay, Akitsu. She calls Karasuba.

"What is it Takami?" Karasuba asks cheerfully. She must have had fun with Junichi last night..

"I've got someone else who volunteered for your Anger Management Classes, Karasuba." Takami tells her walking back into the room with the scientists and puts her hand on the shoulder of the one who talked. "Where can I find you so I can drop him off?" she asks sweetly. The scientist starts shaking like a leaf and tries to get away desperately.

"I'm on the roof right now, I'll come down shortly to pick him up." she responds sounding giddy.

"Alright" she hangs up and looks at the scientist in her hand. "You'll be spending some time with Karasuba tonight." Every other scientist in the room backs away from the two.

"No!" he screams in fear "I don't want to die!"

"You should have thought about that earlier!" she yelled at him dragging him out of the room kicking and screaming. Note to self: Never piss off Takami.. all the scientists in the room thought at once before going back to work.

Maison Izumo

Kagari comes running out of his room "Miya, I've got something to do! I'll be back for dinner!" he calls out on his way out the door.

I wonder what has him in such a rush. She thought after he left. "Yashima, can you set the table for lunch? Musubi and Benitsubasa should be back soon."

"Just a minute, Miya! Let me finish my bath first." she yells out from the bathroom. Matsu comes downstairs shortly after.

"Is lunch ready, Miya?"

"Not yet, Matsu. It will be in a few minutes." Yashima enters the dining room and starts setting the table. "Thank you, Yashima" Yashima smiles at her and grabs tea.

"We're back!" Musubi yells from the door way. "We brought a guest with us as well."

"A guest?" Miya asks. "Who might that be?" they walk in the dining room and Miya's eyes widen when she sees Akitsu's forehead. Did they finally finish Takehito's research? "Welcome to Maison Izumo, I'm Miya Asama, who are you?" she asks kindly.

"Akitsu.." she says quietly. Subasa walks up to her.

"Miya, you said your husband was a scientist at MBI, right?" she asks. Miya nods her head at her. "Did he ever mention anything about scrapped numbers?" Miya's eyes widen and looks at Akitsu from the corner of her eyes. So they didn't figure it out? she thinks sadly.

"No, I can't say he ever said anything about that. Why did you want to know?"

"I'm broken. I can never find my ashikabi." Akitsu says with tears in her eyes. She drops to her knees. "No one will ever want me" Matsu pulls out a laptop and starts typing.

"She's #07, when I was still with the Discipline Squad, I had heard that an accident happened with #07. I didn't think it was something like this, but.." Subasa trails off. Why did Takami seem so happy when she mentioned her? Yashima chokes on her tea and everyone looks at her.

"What is with all the single digits today?!" She yells. Musubi and Subasa look confused.

"What do you mean, Yashima?" Musubi asks with her head tilted cutely.

"Matsu is Sekirei #02, and now Akitsu is Sekirei #07? Why do we keep running into single digits?" she asks. Subasa and Musubi's eyes widen.

"Matsu is #02?" they nearly yell at the same time. Matsu looks at them oddly.

"Didn't I tell you guys that? Must have slipped my mind, sorry." she dismisses them and starts reading something. "Interesting..." Matsu mumbles. Musubi appears behind her looking over her shoulder.

"What is?" she asks. Matsu jumps from her appearing out of nowhere.

"Don't do that! Sheesh. Anyways, I was looking at Akitsu's MBI record. For some reason they were excited over what happened to her, they didn't write down why, or what happened exactly, just that it's the answer they've been waiting for for the last few years." Matsu explains. "There's gotta be more to this that her just being a scrapped number. We need to find a way to get the information from MBI." She goes back to typing to try and find more information.

Akitsu stopped paying attention after Matsu said MBI was excited for what happened to her. "They.. They were happy they broke me?" She sits against the wall and curls into a ball. Miya kneels near her and gives her a light hug.

"Calm down Akitsu. I think I may know what happened to you, but I won't tell you until we are sure. If I'm right, you're not broken, far from it dear." Miya says with a small smile. "Musubi, call Minato and ask him to come home as soon as he can."

"Okay!" Musubi runs to the phone and calls Minato. A ringing sounds is heard from under the table. Yashima finds the phone and answers it.

"Hello?" "Yashima?" "Musubi? I thought you were calling Minato?" "I did! Why do you have his phone?" "Oh, it must have fallen out of his pocket or something" "Awee! I wanted to talk to Minato!" Subasa rubs her temples.

"Will you two get off the phone and talk normaly to each other?!" They hang up and Musubi comes back in the room. "I guess we need to wait for him to get home first."

"Let's find something for you to wear Akitsu. You need more than a labcoat to wear." Miya says and leads her to her room. Yashima looks around at the others. Maybe they can help me..

"Hey guys.. I need help with something.."

A Few Hours Later Down The Road From Maison Izumo

Minato is walking back home after getting the job at the construction site. "Hey Minato."

Minato turns around and sees Kagiri. "Hey Kagari, what are you up to?"

"I was out looking for someone, but I couldn't find them. I guess I'll be looking again tomorrow." they continue on their way home.

"Ah, who is it? Maybe I can help out." Kagiri looks nervous for a few seconds before deciding to answer.

"I'm looking for Sekirei #07. She broke out of MBI labs earlier, and Takami is looking for her." he explains. "She has her Sekirei Crest on her forehead, If you see anyone like that around, let me or Takami know right away." They enter Maison Izumo.

"We're back!" Minato calls out and heads towards the dining room while Kagari heads towards his room. He spots Akitsu sitting against the wall and sees her forehead and his eyes widen. "Kagari! I found her!" he calls out to him.

A Few Minutes Earlier In The Dining Room

Everyone is sitting around the table except Uzume who is still sleeping and Akitsu who is sitting against the wall. "Minato and Kagari should be home soon." Miya says when she looked at the clock. Yashima shakes slightly until Musubi put and hand on her shoulder.

"You can do it Yashima, trust us" She smiles brightly at her. Yashima smiles back and puts her hand on Musubi's.

"Thanks Musubi." she says quietly.

"We're back!" they hear Minato call out. Everyone seems to perk up besides Akitsu as he walks in the room. They were about to say something until he spots Akitsu and his eyes widen. "Kagari! I found her!" he said confusing everyone and making Akitsu look at him. They hear Kagari running to the room and spots Akitsu himself.

"When did she get here?! I've been looking for her all day!" he shouts. Akitsu looks at him weirdly.

"Looking for me? Why?" she asks softly.

"She showed up with Musubi and Benitsubasa shortly after you left, Kagari." Miya said.

"Takami is freaking out over you going missing, #07." He says and sees her flinch.

"Why does she care? They broke me." she said look back at the floor. Kagari looks confused.

"Broke you? What are you talking about, you're not broken." He says. She looks up at him shocked.

"What do you mean I'm not broken?" she says with hope showing in her eyes "The scientist said I can never be winged." Kagari looks more confused until he remembers what Takami told him.

"Shit, why did the scientists have to lie to you?" he mumbles louds enough for everyone to hear. All of their eyes widen as he continues "Hold on a sec, #07. Let me call Takami." He calls her up.

"Did you find her, Homura?" she asks him hopeful.

"Yeah, Musubi and Subasa brought her to the Inn shortly after I left." he says.

"Put your phone on speaker, they all deserve to hear this, especially Miya." she said. He puts her on speaker phone.

"It's on, Takami."

"Akitsu, Miya. Are you both there?" she asks. Miya looks troubled.

"What do you need with me, Takami?" she asks with slight venom when she says her name. "We're both here though."

"Good. Akitsu, that scientist lied to you! You can still be winged, I'm sorry I didn't explain it sooner." she said towards Akitsu and her eyes widened.

"I.. I'm not broken? I can be winged?" she looks more hopeful than ever "How? How can I be winged?! They told me that I can't be winged anymore?!" She yells almost desperately

"They lied to you Akitsu! You can't be FORCIBLY winged anymore! That's what we've been trying to figure out with all the tests on you lately. Back when Takehito was alive, he'd been researching exactly the thing that happened to you. We still don't know what causes it to happen, but we suspect it's caused from becoming too powerful for your default crest to handle, and you winged yourself to compensate.." she explains while everyone in the room goes wide eyed. Then why didn't Karasuba and Kazehana wing themselves? Does that mean Akitsu is even stronger than them? Miya and Matsu think at the same time. "This cuts off any chance of you being forcibly winged for reasons we can't explain. So the only way for you to get winged now is if you chose to be winged, and you can still react to your ashikabi." Akitsu curls into a ball and cries tears of joy.

"I'm not broken.. I'm not broken anymore" she whispers quietly to herself.

"I won't ask you to come back to MBI Akitsu, But I'd like to ask if I can come to you to run a few more tests. After I'm done, we'll leave you alone from now on." She pleads her. "Will that be alright with you, Miya? This will help us complete Takehito's research, and possibly help us save the rest of the unwinged sekirei from being forced to emerge." everyone looks at Miya and sees her fuming about using Takehito against her.

"It's up to Akitsu, not me." she says darkly. "And if she says yes, you'll be coming alone. None of your goons and fools who work there come with you."

"So long as you guarantee I can leave safely afterwards." She replies.

"There is no violence allowed in Maison Izumo. Takami." Miya says emotionlessly. "What do you say Akitsu? If you say no, I won't allow her near you." Akitsu looks up with a slight smile.

"Are you sure it could help the others find their true ashikabi?" she asks quietly.

"Yes, if we can manage to find a way to force this effect we'll be able to save the rest of the free sekirei out there from the likes of Mikogami of the South and Higa of the East." she says with disgust in her voice.

"Who are they, mom?" Minato speaks for the first time. Those who didn't know who his mother was go wide eyed. No one notices Uzume hiding outside the door way.

"Oh, you're there Minato?" she said "How many sekirei do you have now anyways? Haven't checked the logs since you winged Musubi and Benitsubasa."

"Yashima and Matsu are with me now." he answers. Matsu goes wide eyed.

"Oh? So #02 was with Miya huh?" she says with a distant voice. "Good job for stealing that Matsu, it set back Minaka quite a bit so he had to rework some of this insane game of his."She laughs as Matsu sighs in relief. "To answer your question Minato, Higa of The East and Mikogami of the South are two ashikabi that have been going around and forcing the winging of every sekirei they find. While Mikogami isn't above doing something low to get what he wants, he at least will follow the rules of the Sekirei Plan. Higa though.. well.. we've heard he's not above blackmailing other ashikabi and sekirei to work with him." Uzume outside the door way eyes widen Does she know..? "We have no way to prove it though. The only one who would be able to verify or deny it would be #10, as her ashikabi is staying at his hospital currently. We've yet to find her to be able to get the proof." Miya and Matsu look at each other and nod.

"We'll look into that for you, Takami. We know where #10 is." Matsu speaks up. Uzume starts panicking. "She's our friend, so if there's something going on, we'll help her the best we can."

"Who's #10?" Minato asks.

"Uzume." Matsu answer. Minato nods, Uzume runs back to her room silently. "Why's her ashikabi at his hospital?"

"Chiho Hidaka is suffering from a previously thought of incurable disease. I've pushed our scientists to make a cure for it as soon as she showed up on our database as winging Uzume. I might not be a fan of this insane game of Minaka's, but I won't let a participant die because of a disease." she says harshly. "Recently we've had a breakthrough for the cure. If you can convince Uzume to help you break her out of Higa's hospital, I can bring the cure to Maison Izumo for her when I visit Akitsu." Takami sighs "Uzume must have thought MBI wouldn't help her out since she helped you escape, Matsu. While I see how she thinks that, she's still a participant in this game. We'll help her out as long as she's a participant." everyone in the room looks at Minato for an answer.

"Why are you looking at me?" he asks.

"Because, you're our Ashikabi. It's your choice whether we try to help her or not." Subasa answers. All his other sekirei nods.

"Did you think I wouldn't want to help her?" he asks sarcastically. "She lives in Maison Izumo, so she's our friend now. Of course we'll help her if she wants it." he says determined.

"I'll get the cure prepared to bring over for her then. Call me as soon as you get her out and I'll be over." Takami says "By the way, have you heard from Yukari, Minato? She was supposed to come to Shinto Teito a few days ago since she got accepted into a college, but I haven't heard from her and her phones been off." she asks sounding worried.

"Yukari was coming? No, I haven't heard from her in a couple of weeks. I thought she was still back home." he looks confused. "I'll keep an eye out for her, hopefully she just forgot to charge her phone."

"Alright, keep safe Minato." she hangs up. Akitsu stands up and walks to Minato.

"Will you really help this Uzume and Chiho? You would be risking your own Sekirei doing this." she asks softly staring at him critically as if looking for an answer.

"So long as she wants help, I'll do whatever it is to help. So long as we work together, I don't think any of us will lose." he says strongly. She stares into his eyes for a few seconds seeing if he wavers or not before nodding to herself.

"Then you shall have the help of #07, Akitsu, The Sekirei of Ice." she says and bows to him surprising everyone. Kagari walks up to him and claps him on the back.

"I'll help you guys out as well, my real name is #06, Homura, The Sekirei of Fire." he says and Yashima nearly faints.

"What the hell is with all of the single digits at Maison Izumo?!" everyone laughs "Next thing you know, #01 is gonna be living here!" she shouts. Matsu and Kagari look at Miya out of the corner of their eyes but say nothing.

"My, now wouldn't that be a surprise." Miya says innocently with a hand on her cheek. "Didn't you want to say something, Yashima?" she urges her gently changing the subject. Yashima's eyes widen and she looks at Kagari nervously.

"Uh..Uhm.. Kagari..er.. Homura?" she stutters and starts to shake slightly now that the surprises are over. Subasa and Musubi move next to her and put a hand on each shoulder.

"You can do it Yashima." Musubi says happily. Subasa nods and says

"She's right. He's not going to hurt you." Yashima nods to herself and walks over to Kagari surprising him.

"Just call me Kagari." he offers simply. She nods and bows to him.

"I'm sorry for my actions earlier Kagari. You didn't do anything yet I treated you as if you were a threat. Please forgive me!" she pleads to him. He puts a hand on her shoulder straightening her out and she flinches slightly.

"There's nothing for you to apologize for, Yashima. You went through a bad situation, I can't blame you for your actions." he smiles at her. "I heard from Takami that the guy who attacked you was taking some Anger Management Classes from Karasuba." he chuckles lightly when everyone besides Musubi and Minato pales.

"Who's Karasuba?" he asks. Musubi jumps up happily.

"Yay! Karasuba was always so happy when she left her Anger Management Classes in the past. Maybe that guy will turn out a good person now!" she chirps happily. Matsu shakes her head "I doubt that he'll be leaving alive.." she says under her breath but no one heard her.

"Karasuba is the head of the Discipline Squad, Minato. I don't think anyone in the game right now can defeat her on their own." Subasa speaks up. Minato looks over at her in thought for a few seconds.

"Oh yeah, I remember Takami saying you were a part of the Discipline Squad once, Subasa. What is it exactly?" he asked. Everyone looks at her and she sighs.

"I don't know very much about it, since I wasn't an official part of it at the time. I just know that it's a group of powerful sekirei who are called out when someone is breaking a major rule or causing massive damage for no reason." she answers him. "I suspect the only reason they haven't sent Karasuba and Haihane, the other member of the Discipline Squad, after Higa is because they have no proof."

"We'll talk to Uzume at dinner tonight. Hopefully she'll let us help her out." Minato tells them all. "I'll be out back watering the plants for now, Do you want to help me, Musubi?" he ask.

"Yes! Musubi will help!" she says with a wide smile and skips outside with Minato following her.

In Uzume's Room

"Why? Why did they have to find out?" Uzume asks herself. "I didn't want them to ever know. I have to listen to Higa so he can extend Chiho's life." silent tears fall from her eyes "I'll find a way to save you, Chiho." She says softly drifting off to sleep. Hopefully Miya won't kick me out now that she knows.. I have nowhere else to go...

In The Back Yard

Minato takes a break from watering the plants and sits against a tree. As soon as he touches it he blacks out and enters a dream. He finds himself in the middle of a jungle of vines and trees.

"Onii-chan... Save me.." he hears a child crying out.

"Who's there?" he yells out while walking towards the sound.

"Onii-chan? Is that you?" she calls out desperately. He enters a clearing and sees a young girl with long blonde hair and wearing a one-piece dress about 10 feet up on a vine crying. "Are you my Onii-chan?" she asks.

"No, I'm not your brother, But I'll help you find your family." He smiles up at her. "Are you stuck up there?" she nods her head and wipes away her tears. "Go ahead and jump, I'll catch you!" he says while holding out his arms. She nods and jumps head first at him and knocks him over. "What's your name?"

"Ku.. Kusano.." she says quietly. "Takami Onee-chan told Ku she'd fine her Onni-chan when Ku got released." She says and sees his eyes widen. "Will you be Ku's Onni-chan mister..?"

Minato picks her up off the ground. "Minato, My name is Minato, Ku." He says with a small smile. "Where are you, Ku?" he asks gently.

"Ku doesn't know" she starts crying "Ku was out on a walk with Onee-chan and we were attacked. Now Ku's lost." she hugs his leg tightly. "Please save Ku, Onii-chan." she says while the dream starts to disappear.

Minato wakes up to see Musubi standing over him looking worried. "Minato! Thank goodness, You just passed out as soon as you sat down so I got worried." she says happy and hugs him. "What happened?" she asks.

"I'm not sure, I think i had a vision of a Sekirei, but I'm not sure." He says. "Let's go find Matsu." they go inside and find Kagari and Matsu sitting together. "Hey Matsu, you can look up information on Sekirei, right?" he asks. She looks up at him and nods.

"Yeah, what do you need to know?" she asks.

"I want you to try and find one." he says as she pulls out her laptop. "I just had some kind of dream out in the yard, and I want to see if she's a sekirei or not." He says shocking Matsu and Kagari.

"What does she look like?" she asks. Kagari grabs a drink from the fridge.

"A young girl between eight and ten years old with long blonde hair." he says as she's typing. "Oh, and her name was Kusano." he says and Kagari spits out his drink.

"Did you say Kusano?" he asked "Does she control plants?"

"I'm not sure, It didn't come up. She was inside of a jungle when we met though." he responded "Do you know her Kagari?"

"I think it's #108, Kusano. She was out for a walk with Takami this morning." he speaks up. Matsu shows him a picture.

"Is this her?" she asks. He nods at her "Then Kagari is correct. I believe she is reacting to you. What did she say in your vision?"

"She called me her Onii-chan and asked me to find her. She told me she was attacked while out for a walk." his eyes widen "Did you say she was with my mother, Kagari?" his eyes widen as well.

"Yes, but I believe Takami is fine. We just got done talking to her earlier, so she at least got out alive. Where was she taking Kusano yesterday?" He mutters to himself. "some kind of garden I think.."

"The Botanical Garden?" Minato asks. "It's not very far from my new workplace, we can go tomorrow after my shift is over." he says and they all agree with him. "We should get ready for dinner for now. Hopefully Uzume agrees to help us."

Akitsu is keeping an eye on Minato for something. Try and figure out what it is. She won't be winged for a little while, at least not til after Takami's visit for the tests.

Yashima is going to use Minato as a security blanket for a while, she'll open up to Kagari, but won't trust him for a while. She still is scared of him, but will try not to show it.

How will Uzume respond? Will she be willing to accept help, or is she going to run away because she's afraid? How will the Anger Management Classes help Karasuba?