Chapter three, coming at ya.
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Only a few days later found Naruto and Akitsu roof hopping once more. They had hit the game hard and fast, finding anyone they thought would either help them or needed help themselves. Because of the fact that Akitsu was not part of the game, MBI couldn't figure out what was going on. However, Naruto and Akitsu were sure never to eliminate any of the Sekirei unless it either couldn't be helped, or the Sekirei they were fighting was the victim of circumstance. Being forcibly winged by an Ashikabi whom they did not wish to be with, for example. It was a rarity, but in the six battles they had interfered with in the last day, two Sekirei they encountered had been forcibly winged.
However, instead of waiting for MBI, Naruto and Akitsu had taken the two with them, as nobody was really certain what happened to eliminated Sekirei. Currently, both had become part of Naruto's new resistance. As soon as the situation had been explained, both Sekirei eagerly agreed to help, both feeling to be in debt for freeing them, and also for the fact they might be able to find their true Ashikabis.
The first was Sekirei #59, Sora. Naruto and Akitsu freed her from her forced servitude to one Higa Izumi. Unlike Akitsu, she was not an elemental type Sekirei, using a pair of tonfa as weapons instead. The other Sekirei was being used by a particularly nasty Ashikabi, who already had a Sekirei, but like all men, only wanted more to prove his power. He was left alive merely from the fact that his other Sekirei actually liked him, and killing him would mean killing her as well. This Sekirei was Sekirei #31, named Amaya. A very strange Sekirei, as she constantly seemed to be conflicted in her emotions. She had long, straight blonde hair, and wore a jade green kimono, matching her eyes completely.
Her power was a unique one, allowing her to partially control weather. However, she seemed to be unsure herself how it worked, nor did she want to find out. What they did know was that her powers were partially linked to her emotions, as when she was happy, all the clouds in the sky would diminish, and when sad, it would begin to rain. Naruto figured that it was the fact she could only partially control the weather that she was not scraped like Akitsu, who Homura theorized was scrapped because of how powerful she was even without an Ashikabi. With one, her powers were heightened even farther.
The other limit to Amaya's power was she seemed to be unable to combine different powers. She could control wind, but if she was doing that, she couldn't do anything else at the time, like use lightning. This led Amaya to have several insecurities, feeling that if she could control just one element instead of many, it would be easier and better.
Akitsu had been working on her own power, using Naruto's references to Haku. She was as of yet unable to copy Naruto's description of how the ice mirrors worked, finding herself unable to enter the ice. She could mover her hand inside a shard of ice, but no more than that. As Naruto, Sora, and Akitsu hopped from rooftop to rooftop, Amaya used her power over the wind to allow her to glide along through the air. They all knew that by being with Naruto, the Sekirei he had liberated could potentially lead MBI straight to him, but it hadn't happened yet, causing Naruto to question Minaka and his motives.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" The entire group turned at Sora's statement, and Naruto and Akitsu were surprised to see the S&M twins, Hikari and Hibiki if Naruto remembered their names correctly, attack several military vehicles and soldiers, seemingly attempting what looked like a heavily forested area.
"Hey, I know them" said Amaya, landing on the roof. "The lightning twins and their bum of an Ashikabi. Word is they only go after the un-winged. Creeps."
"Not if you think about it" said Naruto. "Most would think they're trying to thin the competition, and that may be. But by defeating the un-winged, they also spare them of forming a bond with an Ashikabi and then having that bond broken."
"Naruto is right" said Akitsu. "Perhaps we should once again see if we can't convince them to join us. Perhaps they already have, if they are attacking military personnel and vehicles."
"Right. Ladies, let's follow. I'm curious too of what's in there that would lead them to attack" said Naruto, who didn't believe they would have decided to join. The girls nodded before all four jumped down, landing as the flames caused by the lightning strikes had gone down and the Twins, their Ashikabi, and one other boy had entered the forest. They were about to follow, but a wall of flame came up, blocking their entrance.
"I'm sorry Naruto, but I can't allow you to anyone to enter here, even you." Naruto turned to his side to find Homura leaning against the fence blocking off the forest.
"And why's that?" asked Naruto. "What's in there that I don't know about?" Receiving no answer, Naruto laughed. "Really Homura?" he asked, getting what was going on. Homura was after all the self-proclaimed Sekirei guardian. "You should know that I have no interest in getting involved in the game myself. If there is an un-winged in there, she won't be winged by me." Homura just stared at Naruto before the flames died down.
"Thank you" said Naruto, entering the forest, the Sekireis following suit. Homura just sighed as he watched the retreating form of Naruto.
"Just make sure nothing happens to that little girl" uttered Homura under his breath.
Traveling through the trees and the thick bushes, everything was almost too quiet. It was as if with all the life in the forest, the darkness that existed there at night absorbed everything. That's why the next sound Naruto heard was so profound. Whipping around at the hissing, Naruto took a step back in surprise at the huge snake that was slithering around the trunk of a tree.
Naruto clutched his head, feeling as though a dozen exploding tags had detonated inside it simultaneously. Shouting from the pain, the girls, who at this point had gone a small ways ahead, turned to find Naruto on his knees, clutching his head in pain.
The shadows suddenly rose, wrapping around the snake, becoming one with it, before the snake began to rise. Its now shadowy form shifted, growing legs and arms, becoming humanlike in appearance.
"Hahahaha" chuckled the shadows. "Surprised to see me, Nar-u-to?" said the shadows in an eerily familiar voice. Forcing himself to look despite his pain, he watched the shadows fade, the form of Orochimaru standing before him. "You may have protected him from me" said Orochimaru, opening his mouth, a sword being sent up his throat by a snake. "But you couldn't save him from yourself." Naruto narrowed his eyes. Standing up through the pain, Naruto subconsciously began channeling youki to his hand, causing it to become claw like.
"Now DIE!" shouted the snake man.
"NOOOOOOO!" shouted Naruto, swiping at the man in front of him. His strike didn't connect with Orochimaru, but it had some explosive results. The youki powered claws had literally torn the entire area, creating a ruined ditch before Naruto, digging a meter deep, five meters across, and ten meters straight ahead.
Breathing deeply, the three Sekirei came to observe the damage. "Naruto" asked Akitsu. "What's wrong?"
"Didn't you see him?" asked Naruto.
"See who?" asked Sora. "You were the only other person here."
"No" said Naruto angrily. "HE was here. Orochimaru. There was this snake that came from nowhere. It turned into him, I SAW IT!"
"Do you mean this little guy?" The three turned to see Amaya, holding something incredibly tiny in her hands. Upon closer inspection, it was the head of a tiny snake. "It's just a little garden snake. Completely harmless. Are you sure you saw what you saw?"
"Yes, I'm positive, I mean…I think I am…" Naruto looked at the crater he had made, remembered how real, how vivid it all seemed. Shaking it off, Naruto moved past the girls. "Must have been a trick of the light. Come on, we still have some people to find." But on the inside, he was having doubts.
"Was it all…" he thought, "just in my head?" "Girls" he said. "I'm going to go on ahead. I want to get out of here as soon as possible. This place is giving me the creeps. Reminds me too much of home." With that, he let loose a burst of speed and appeared to phase out of existence.
One of Naruto's abilities he had gained from Kyuubi was a heightened sense of his surroundings, including the ability to feel where others were by sensing their chakra from great distances. Using this, he arrived in a particularly wide clearing, just in time to distract a scythe-wielding woman from using her weapon of choice on a small child.
"Whoa" she exclaimed. "And just who the hell are you?"
"It's more polite to introduce yourself first" said Naruto, making the young woman, obviously a Sekirei, snarl at him.
"I'm Sekirei 43, Yomi" she said. "Now, if you don't mind, either answer my question or go away. I have work to do." As Yomi turned back to the small girl, she was shocked to find the man standing between her and the target. Looking back, she saw him in the same spot as before, walking toward her. Suddenly, she was grabbed and held by both arms, as well as around her legs and waist. Looking in any direction, she saw him, dozens of him.
"Ah, get OFF me you pervert!" she shouted.
"That's good blondie, just hold her right there." Yomi, Naruto, and all of his clones raised an eyebrow at the voice, before Yomi and the clones restraining her were hit with an electric shock, dispersing the clones.
"Ow" said Naruto, feeling what his clones had felt when they dispersed. "You could have given me more warning you know."
"Yeah yeah" said Hikari, stepping out from the brush with her Sekirei sister and their Ashikabi, as well as the boy from before. "So, still planning to bring a beatdown to MBI?"
"You still going to ignore my asking for help?" asked Naruto in response.
"Yep" said Hibiki.
"Wait, you know this guy?" asked their Ashikabi.
"Unfortunately" said Hikari.
"Huh, interesting. Hey Kid, I think that little one is your Sekirei right there" said the man.
"Uh, right" said the younger man, running past the coming-to Yomi reaching the young girl just as Yomi stood up.
"Oh no you don't" said Yomi, preparing to strike the young man with her scythe.
"Shit, he's not gonna make it" said Naruto, lunging in the path of the swing, taking the brunt of the attack, which formed a huge vacuum, feeling as though hundreds of blades were slashing him at once. When it had subsided, Naruto eager gulped down air, filling his lungs.
"I'm impressed" said Yomi, putting her scythe over her shoulder. "I didn't think any human could survive that."
"I've been through worse" said Naruto, as suddenly, his shirt shredded, falling apart. Once his chest could be seen, many grimaced at the giant scar that moved across his chest, right over his heart. "You think that's bad" said Naruto. "You should see the back." Turning, Naruto showed them his back, a similar scar running along it. "Ladies and Gentlemen, the results of being impaled" said Naruto.
"How the hell'd you survive something like that?" asked the twin's Ashikabi.
"Let's just say I'm…special" replied Naruto.
"Well, let's see you manage when I turn it up a notch!" shouted Yomi, swinging her scythe, forming the vacuum again. This time however, the strength was so intense Naruto was flung back into a tree. Landing on his feet, however, made Yomi frown.
"You are a TOUGH one aren't you?" she asked, swinging her scythe on the word tough. Naruto, expecting the vacuum again, raised his arms to defend, and was met with a surprise. No vacuum, just a burning pain and the better part of his left arm falling to the ground.
"Gaahhhhh" shouted Naruto in obvious pain, as Yomi just chuckled.
"Now let's see" she said, a stupid grin on her face. "You still have some clothes, and if your physical condition is anything to go by, you're probably packing something a little extra down there. Let's just take a looksee." Swinging her scythe, Naruto was knocked off his feet, his pants shredding like his shirt, leaving him in only a pair of red boxer shorts.
"Oh great" thought Naruto. "My first real fight, and the girl is a pervert."
"Just one layer to go" she said, bringing her scythe back for another swing.
"Seo, we should probably help him" said Hibiki.
"No," said their Ashikabi, now named Seo. "I want to see what he does."
"Seo?" said Hikari quizzically. Sometimes, their Ashikabi was a bit strange.
"Now!" shouted Yomi, bringing the scythe down. When she did, Naruto disappeared, and the blade of her weapon jammed itself into the ground. Her eyes widened when he reappeared, standing on top of it. Rearing back with the hand she hadn't cut off, he threw a punch to the face that sent her reeling. Jumping on the other end of her weapon, it dislodged from the ground, flying into the air as if launched in a catapult. It went straight up, and began coming down, but stopped in midair a small distance above Naruto.
Naruto's eyes rolled back into his head, and a strange red energy flowed from the stump his arm used to be, concentrating in smaller areas, before hardening and forming a skeletal arm, holding up the scythe. Then more red energy flowed, crawling down the bone, solidifying into muscle, before his skin did something similar. In a matter of seconds, his arm had fully regenerated, and his eyes came back down.
"That explains his survival" said Seo. Looking behind Naruto, he saw that the other person with him was seemingly frozen, transfixed at the scene unfolding before him. "Oh geez kid, are you gonna get the Green Girl, or not?" That seemed to snap him out of it, because he suddenly made a mad dash for the child.
"Crap" said Yomi, and when Naruto turned to see what was transpiring she leapt up and kicked him in the face, making him stumble backwards, letting her reacquire her scythe. Just as Naruto was about to intervene again, a new presence made itself known, and the scythe was caught by a new girl, obviously a Sekirei, between her hands.
"This is way too sharp" said the brown haired Sekirei. Making a quick jerking motion, the end of the scythe snapped off. "There" she said. "That's better."
Dropping to her knees, anime style tears poured from Yomi's eyes, mourning her now broken weapon. Her anguish turned to rage in a heartbeat, and all of it was aimed at the new girl. A fight broke out between the two, but Naruto was already walking away.
"Naruto" said Akitsu, who had at that point been watching for a while. "Aren't we going to help?"
"He wants this Sekirei, than his other one can fight for it. It looks like at least the young one is naturally reacting to him" said Naruto. "Let's head home for now. We'll keep an eye on this kid. He may join us."
"Right" said Akitsu, turning to walk with him as Yomi was knocked to the ground, a finger pointed at her crest, a Norito uttered, a Sekirei defeated. "Sora and Amaya are waiting outside the arboretum. After your freak out, they became a little paranoid."
"That seems to be going around" said Naruto darkly, as he and Akitsu disappeared in the darkness of the forest.
Chapter end.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, and Naruto and Akitsu will both be fighting sometime next chapter. Hope you enjoyed the addition of my two Sekirei tag-alongs. Sora is actually based on a character that is in two pages of the Manga. She never is named or numbered, which is perfect. Amaya is just a Sekirei Number that hasn't shown up yet. I just gave her a name, appearance, and power.
IMPORTANT-Also, because Akitsu technically doesn't have a Norito, at least as of yet, I'm going to ask for some help. I have one I'm thinking of, but I'm looking for other ideas as well. Maybe I'll like one of your ideas better, maybe I'll combine two that I like into an awesome sounding Norito, or I may end up using mine. The point is that I need more ideas.
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