Ocean's Heart 3
Claws
Just as any other rounin would react to a gorgeous woman kissing and proclaiming that she was his, Minato was understandably at a loss for words. He hasn't pictured his first kiss to be like this, not that he's complaining or anything; Tsukiumi is a blonde beauty, even though she has her anger problems. The second year failure half expected that his hot tempered guest would snap his neck at any second but instead was surprised by the gentleness of the woman's actions toward him; or rather the way she was now showing affection towards him.
"Tsu-Tsukiumi-san, umm, would you mind explaining what happened?" Minato asked cautiously, not wanting to destroy the mood that was now hanging in the room's atmosphere. Tsukiumi for her part didn't answer but instead nuzzled to her ashikabi's neck. She was contented just to stay in that position for the remainder of the night, and she would have if given the opportunity, but Minato's legs aren't as strong as hers; thus the need to sit down was exercised. "Umm, Tsukiumi-san..." he began but was cut off abruptly.
"Just call me Tsukiumi, or any other terms of endearment you want, I... am your wife after all." She proclaimed, while trying to hide her face deeper into the crook of his neck.
"Gomen Tsukiumi-san, but, is that what you meant by now and forever?" he asked in a calm manner, although his hands were trying to fight between keeping off, or wrapping themselves around his so called wife. She merely nodded and looked at him with her deep ocean blue eyes.
"Do you... not want me Minato?" she asked as her eyes kept on searching her ashikbi's for answers.
"It's not that I don't want you Tsukiumi-san, but why did you choose me?" the years of his mother and sister getting him to always agree to what they wanted and to think of himself less taught him to sell himself short. Looking at the young ashikabi from a far, he isn't something special, but Tsukiumi just couldn't keep herself away from him, and even reacting just on their first meeting.
"Your plenty special Minato, you have a kind heart, which is rare, and you wouldn't hesitate to help someone in need." She said with her eyes closed and her hands over her bountiful bosom. It seemed like a dream for Minato, to him he wasn't special, and in fact he was a failure of a man. He was about to argue back again when his lips were robbed of words when once again Tsukiumi closed the distance between them. Unlike their first kiss, which was fairly one sided, this one had the both of them giving effort into the kiss; for the sekirei it is a moment of utter bliss, it is when her ashikabi and herself are considered to be in sync, to be one. For the ashikabi, it's still surprising as ever, still full of love and heat of passion.
"Darling, please take me." Tsukiumi said to Minato in the most unTsukiumi-like voice he's ever heard. To this request, Minato was stunned. Even if she proclaimed herself as his wife, they have just only met and the thought of them sharing a bed was beyond what he can fathom.
"Tsukiumi-san, would you like some dinner?" He said, desperate to change the subject. Tsukiumi, having realized what she said, abruptly stood up and regained her former demeanour, but to drop the insults when referring to her husband.
"It's good that you've offered me dinner." She tried to regain some of her pride, but she felt like the need was not as great as before. Minato quickly escaped to the kitchen and did a quick survey on what he had to work with; needless to say that what he had was only fit for one. He went back to the living area to ask Tsukiumi if she was alright with having dinner by herself.
"No Minato! Absolutely not. As husband and wife, it is essential that we have dinner together." She vehemently fought. Minato could only smile and scratch the back of his head.
"Would you mind staying here for awhile while I go to the store to buy some food for us?" he asked her again. She wanted to come along, insisting that it isn't safe for him to be going out alone anymore, but with a few reassurances and a lot of pleading, he was finally out of his room. He was on his way to the store when he felt that someone or something was following him. Suddenly, Tsukiumi's concerns weren't looking so paranoid anymore. He kept on looking behind his back but only his shadow was visible, but still he couldn't shake the feeling that someone was coming after him. He finally got to the store and bought all the food that he needed. After paying for his supplies, he was again immersed in the sensation that that he was being followed.
"No one's behind you Minato, it's just your imagination." He assured himself as he kept on his way home to his supposed wife. He couldn't help chuckle at how Tsukiumi's demeanour and attitude could change in an instant, he liked it when she acted shyly, it made her unbearably cute, but he knew that Tsukiumi wouldn't be Tsukiumi without her rash side. As more and more Minato thought, the more he realized that he was already starting to fall for her.
"I think I love her." He whispered to himself, expecting no one to answer.
"That's so sweet." A woman said from behind him. He looked behind and she revealed herself from the shadows, she was equipped with a pair of claws, and her outfit was made up of a black tattered kimono and her body was wrapped in bandages.
"Who... who are you?" he managed to ask.
"Sekirei numer 104, Haihane. Come with me to MBI, I choose you to be our ashikabi." She declared to him in a bored voice.
"But, but I'm already another sekirei's ashikabi." Minato tried to argue that he was taken, in every sense of the word.
"No problem, an ashikabi can have more than one sekirei, and Karasuba would take care of her anyway." She said nonchalantly.
"No, don't hurt her, I'll go with you, just don't hurt her." He pleaded. The way he cared for his sekirei tugged at something within Haihane's heart, but she wanted to win the game, she wanted to find the ashikabi that she would like to be theirs.