Spiritual Emergence
Author's Note: I know it has been longer wait than I planned for but I finally got Chapter 2 rolling, plus it doesn't help when my Pokémon Story and my Greek God Project loves to give me burst of inspiration for it when I'm doing other things in my limited free time. Please enjoy and review responsibly!
Chapter 2: Stage Set
On the highway to Shinto Teito, Ichigo and his friends are sitting comfortably inside the Limo that Janic drove up in only an hour ago and sort of forced them into joining him. Ichigo isn't happy about the situation. Janic turns around from the front passenger seat.
"Cheer up guys, you're in a limousine so relax." Ichigo clinches his fist.
"Relax? How are we supposed to do that? You come out of nowhere and tell us that something is about to happen that is worse than Aizen." Janic shakes his head.
"Of course. I should explain things." Janic looks over at the driver and he drives to the nearest off ramp and they pull into a convenience store so Janic could get in the back and he sits in the middle area of the limo next to Chad since Orihime and Rukia were close to the driver while Ichigo and Uyru were forced to share the back seats. "Now, Ryu how's about you go get us drinks and snacks for these guys?" The driver nods.
"I shall, Master." Rukia notices something rather obvious.
"You using your soul candy as our driver?" Janic chuckles.
"Actually, he is a Mod Soul like your friend Kon." He says and Rukia looks shocked.
"You have a Mod Soul? How did he come into your possession?" Janic shrugs.
"It's a perk of knowing the person whom created Soul Candies and Mod Souls." Janic sits up. "But enough of that, we have business to discuss." Ryu gets back and everyone has something they like even Orihime with her out of this world taste buds.
"So good!" She says as Janic smiles before he takes a drink of his imported iced tea.
"We are heading for Shinto Teito. This city has gone through several changes in a period of twenty years. Some are good though some aren't. Hollow activity has sky rocketed in the last two months and I know why." Janic says as Uyru adjusts his glasses.
"So whether you tell us why or not? The obvious reason for having us tag along would be to assist in decreasing the number of hollows in the city although that doesn't explain why you wanted Kurosaki to join us." Janic smirks.
"Quincy's perception is as expected. It is true that you all will be a help in that matter but Ichigo has come along due to my orders to watch over him." Ichigo raises a brow to that.
"What do you mean watch over me?" Janic sighs.
"Your soul is vastly different than the average soul." Janic tabs Ichigo's chest and everyone can see the small amount of spirit energy left inside Ichigo's living body. "Powers of Soul Reaper and Hollow swirl around inside you, mixing in a way that only few others have ever been. Hell you're also the fifteenth substitute soul reaper to exist." Ichigo raises an eyebrow.
"Fifteenth? So there hasn't been that many." Janic nods.
"Well yeah, most of them normally died due inexperience or stupidity. The Ninth one is the reason why Head Captain made those laws against the transfer of Soul Reaper powers. The First, Second, Thirteenth, and you are the only ones still around also before you all ask, the First and Second's locations are classified and only the ones that know is members of the Squad Zero." Ichigo takes in the information though Rukia doesn't seem as interested.
"I have a question, why would Squad Zero worry about hollow activity in a single place anyway?" Janic lends back and smiles oddly.
"Well Rukia, there are a couple other reasons why but it would be better for me to show you before I explain." The limo pass by an MBI checkpoint and they all see how rigorous the soldiers are with anyone leaving the city yet lets anyone enter.
In southern Shinto Teito, a group of sekirei are emptying an apartment. The four female sekirei: one looks like a raven-haired assassin, one looks like a little purple haired princess, another looks like a blonde haired good luck charm, and the last one appears to be a brunette succubus minus the wings, tail, and horns are sitting on their butts as two teenage looking boy sekirei boss around what is an oddity that is an overweight sekirei with his red hair gleaming in the sunlight as he places the light brown sofa outside.
"You work faster than Reiten said you would." The black as night haired boy sekirei said. The brown-haired boy nods.
"Indeed, though I could have been done by now, Ichi." The red hair sekirei looks annoyed by these comments.
"Really, Sano?" Ichi says aggravated by his fellow sekirei. The black haired one snaps his fingers and pitch darkness smacks Ichi and Sano.
"Enough you two. It can't be help that some people are lazy and choosing not to help out when I said there would be heavy lifting." His shady glare focused on the girls. Most of them don't seem to worry as the blonde stands up and starts to walk over. "Not you Fuku, I don't need your luck ruining anything." The blonde stops and sighs.
"You complain if I do and complain if I don't. Make up your mind, Niheru!" She yells at him and her stomping foot kicks up a pebble into the air and it hits a window causing it to shatter then the shards fall right on top of Ichi. Several cuts into his skin making him scream.
"DA FUCK!" Niheru and Sano sighed at the sight so they forced Fuku to a nearby ice cream shop by launching her there with their powers. Ichi was able to get the glass out of himself while biting his lip so he won't scream. 'Seriously, these guys are a pain in my ass…why in the hell did Reiten make me help them anyway?' He thinks to himself soon bringing back the memory of what led to this.
Two weeks prior, Shinto Teito tower is in rumble as Ichi stands in the very spot Musubi and Karasuba had their first one on one fight only a day or two before. He grabs a piece of Karasuba's blade that she left their discarded.
"I thought I was an Earth Sekirei not the Go Clean up Everyone Else's Mess because they were Fighting Sekirei." He says annoyed at what he is having to do. He puts the blade in a cloth for it is still sharp. He then cracks his fingers and a slight tremor happens as all types of debris begins to move from metal to glass to even some MBI employee's favorite plastic mug all was moved into different piles as someone appears behind the busy red head. His silver hair almost glows against the sapphire colored business suit.
"You are making quick work of this mess, aren't you?" Reiten sarcastically marvels at the progress. Ichi nods.
"What do you need my Lord?" Reiten smirks.
"Good right down to business, you're learning." Reiten says in a way that makes Ichi glare at him but the Earth's glare has no effect on the divine presence. "You remember how I told you there was a catch to finding your Ashikabi?"
"Yes, because Niumi is too pretty not to have strings attached." Reiten chuckles at Ichi.
"Precisely and her first string is that I want you to find most of the Discarded numbers and attempt to subdue them on your own." The look that appeared on Ichi's face was that of confusion mixed with disbelief.
"You want me to find and subdue Sekirei that are Discarded Numbers." Reiten nods.
"Of course, I've spent enough time waiting for them to seek me out. I think it's time for them to meet their maker!" Ichi sighs at Reiten's words.
"Does it get me out of doing this?" Reiten subtly nods and Ichi dashes off as quickly as he didn't realize that Reiten had yet to tell him where the Discarded Numbers were though Reiten had another way to make sure Ichi would encounter them. Only half an hour passed by when our red head foolishly runs into the street right as an ice cream truck speeds through a red light and hits him head on. The impact had sent him into the arms of a woman whose very presence makes normal men weak at the knees.
"Are you, all right?" Ichi knows he should be in pain but then he remembers Reiten's sparring matches and how it felt more like a hellish game of murder dodgeball in comparison.
"I'm okay, I've been hit by worst." He shakes it off realizing that he is a little too close to her almost exposed breasts thus he gives her some space while a blush was worn on his face like badge. The woman giggled.
"I see you're a pretty tough guy but I still like to make sure you aren't hurt. Please come along with me, would you." She spoke and Ichi has a strange feeling overcome him like when he is around his master but different.
"Sure, I'll take you up on that." Ichi says with a glazed look in his eye as he on the inside is a little frazzled.
'What the hell? I didn't want to say that! What is going on?' He follows this beautiful woman and her brunette locks as something in the pit of his stomach knows she is up to nothing good. He soon is slammed into a wall, knocking him unconscious as Sano, who is about the height of your average ten-year-old at the time, stand next to the woman.
"Achika, you do realize he isn't a human, right?" She giggles.
"Of course, Sano. I find him rather adorable." Sano face palms.
"So, says the woman whom is the manipulator of hormones." She strokes his childish cheek.
"If only they would have messed up our adjustments…maybe you could have taught me a carnal lesson by now." Sano grinds his teeth at her remark as metal fragments start to swirl around him.
"Believe me, I would have done it by now." Achika pats him on the head and brings him over, letting his face grace her bosom. The metal returned to where ever it came.
"Give it a break you two." The raven-haired assassin sekirei yells, peering from a shadow nearby that isn't quite normal. "Just grab that sekirei al…wait, I thought all sekirei were supposed to be attractive and perfect examples of humans." She wanted them to hurry up when she notices that Ichi isn't exactly the average looking sekirei with him being somewhat overweight. Sano sighs.
"Kira, you do realize beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? Not everyone in the world are super models. The same applies for Sekirei as well dispute the vast number of us that are very attractive on the outside." Sano states to the assassin after removing his face from Achika's bosom. Kira shakes her head.
"Yeah, I know. Now, can we please just grab him and get back, Niheru and Fuku are arguing again and I don't Yuki making it worst." At the moment her words hit their ears, Sano forces a steel plate from a construction site to come over and Achika rolls Ichi onto it as they all walk through a shadow and end up in the southern Teito right behind another ten-year-old sized boy who has darkness and shadows around him glaring at the good luck charm that is only dressed in a forest green throng, her f cup chest freely exposed for anyone to see although no one really lives on that street since they all have a way with getting rid of people with ease.
"Fuku, for the last time, put on some fucking clothes." Niheru say in a calm yet firm way as Fuku shakes her head and body.
"No, not until you admit I'm right." Fuku spoke in an aggravated tone as a little light purple mouse runs over to Kira.
"I'm glad you guys are back, they are scaring me." The mouse says as Kira sighs.
"Yuki, can you please transform into something more appealing?" The sekirei Yuki nods before transforming from a mouse to a very peculiar piece of clothing and makes herself comfortable. Kira looks at Sano's facial reaction, shock and wonder seem to have merged on it.
"What? You've never seen her transform into my bra before?" Kira asks nonchalantly. Sano shakes his head.
"No and when on earth has she started doing that?" Kira sighs at Sano.
"You know our little quirks are different for each one of us." Sano rolls his eyes.
"Yeah, you girls got the easier quirks to deal with." Kira holds a knife to Sano's throat though it bends away from him. "Did you forget that I'm the Magnetism Sekirei?" She smirks.
"How can I forget little shrimpy is a magnet to everything but puberty and height growth." She makes him want to strangle her with a nearby rusty pipe when a mysterious and pinkish dust appears around them accompanied by cherry blossom petals. Each one of them calms down and blush even Yuki does with makes Kira's B cup glow cherry red. Achika comes over and strokes Sano and Kira on the cheek before backhanding them.
"Please make peace because I need help defusing Niheru and Fuku." Sano and Kira shake hands at Achika's kind yet threating words. Neither one really wanted to argue though both are head strong when it comes to interacting with one another. Achika likes and hates how she always seems to be the one settling conflicts down as she gets in between Fuku and Niheru. Her focus is on Niheru however. "Hey cutie." Niheru forces his shadows around Achika.
"Not now my dear, I'm disciplining someone." Suddenly by chance, a random bolt of lightning strikes down and hits Ichi, waking him from his unintended nap. Niheru sees a little bit of ice formed on Ichi. "I didn't even say the phrase." Niheru than looks at Fuku. She seems to have been mumbling something as more strange bolts zoom down from the clear skies. Niheru uses his shadows to shut her up. The lightning stops as Ichi peers out from behind a wall of ice just looks.
"What the fuck? I thought only Reiten could use Disciplinary Nigh…" Niheru silences Ichi before he could finish speaking.
"Normally yes, Number 100, Ichi although that is an unnaturally natural phenomenon that normal can't be controlled and or guided. Yet, my father, Fuku, I, and some others I don't know can freely use the D.N. as a weapon." Niheru said as he looked closer at Ichi. "Strange…why weren't you deactivated or killed by it?" Ichi looked puzzled by Niheru's question as Niheru freed him up to speak.
"I don't know. I usually avoid direct hits." Niheru raises an eyebrow at 'usually'.
"You must be favored by my father if he has taught you to avoid something like that." Ichi scratches the back of his head.
"Yeah, I guess so…if you are referring to Reiten." Niheru sighed as everyone else looks a bit out of the loop minus Fuku who can't react fully due to Niheru deciding on binding her like he had Achika. Ichi snaps his fingers. "You're Niheru…the Darkness Sekirei!" Niheru laughs at Ichi.
"It took you that long to remember me." Ichi nods.
"Sorry man but I've been hit in the head enough times in the last eight years…wait, why do you still look the same as you did years ago?" Ichi remarked about Niheru's young appearance. Niheru looks at his hands.
"Yes, about that Ichi." Niheru pauses for a moment as he buttons his shirt revealing his sekirei symbol that is right over his heart. "We stopped hanging out around that time when all of us were being adjusted…I wish humans weren't so selfish…" Ichi nodded at that as he looks at the other sekirei. He saw each of their symbols was in a place where it shouldn't be; realizing what they are.
"Man, you must blame me, somehow don't you?" Niheru tilts his head.
"Blame me for what?" The shadowy boy asks as Ichi rubs his face.
"I forced you to go ahead of me that day because I was scared." Niheru remembers though he doesn't truly blame anyone.
"I know, and back then you were a bit of a wimp." Ichi doesn't disagree with Niheru.
"Totally though I'm no longer like that and I'm going to prove it." Ichi charges in and begins to exchange blows with Niheru as the little shadow smirks.
"I never expected you to go on the offensive this quick." Ichi smirks back.
"There is more where that came from!" Ichi started saying before his body crumbed into rocks as he is coming from behind Niheru but Ichi is suddenly stop. "What?!" Niheru turns and looks at Sano, whose hand is pointing at Ichi.
"You forced some iron into him, didn't you?" Niheru asks as Sano shakes his head.
"Actually, I didn't have do." Ichi looks at Sano.
"You're interfering." Ichi's body wasn't actually him again as it was just some metal from a nearby fire escape. Ichi happens to be actually underneath of them as Niheru is impressed.
'He has learnt some new tactics.' Niheru thought as Ichi attempts to strike Sano. He bursts through the ground fist first although Yuki and Kira denied Ichi the moment with swift movements and sharp moves, which confused Ichi, which made him take a few steps back for he didn't know where Yuki came from and how the ladies had katana at the ready.
"Damn, following Reiten's orders is going to be harder than I thought." Ichi thought he mumbled but he spoke it at normal volume making all the discarded sekirei curious.
"What orders?" Sano asks demandingly. Ichi face palms before sighing.
"You guys are the Discarded Sekirei right? I mean it makes sense why your symbols aren't in your blind spot." Ichi asks while he rubbed the back of neck right above his sekirei symbol. They shake their heads. Niheru looks at Ichi.
"From your actions, my father has told you to fight us in some compacity." Ichi stands straight and points at the discarded sekirei.
"I am here to incapacitate you, and take you to Reiten." Ichi said with a fierce look in his eye, and everyone can see how serious he is about this though Niheru smirks as the good luck charm just so happens to have gotten herself free and he jiggling bust is now clothed in an emerald green dress. She also has her finger on Ichi's sekirei symbol.
"How can you do anything to any of us if I was able to get dress and walk right up to you like so?" Ichi flitches for he feels her pressing hard. Niheru becomes apathetic.
"Look I was going to explain how you were outclassed and outnumbered but Fuku already beat me to the punch somewhat." Niheru walks over to Ichi. "Tell you what. We'll come with you and if it is what I think it is then you should help us out with moving. If it's not what I think than I'll let these guys have their way with you, fair?" Niheru gave Ichi a bit of ultimatium for the earth sekirei knows he isn't in the best situation.
"Alright." He says as Fuku stops holding her finger on his symbol and she takes a good look at Ichi.
"You know, you are kind of cute…I really wonder what would happen if two sekirei really got together." She giggles as Niheru just looks like he wants to punch.
"It's just like how two humans get together…" The shadowy sekirei said as Fuku growls a little.
"Like you would know." Niheru glares at Fuku and after that the discarded sekirei follow Ichi back home.
Back in the present, Ichi has just finished moving everything out of the Apartment the six sekirei were living in. Ichi scratches his head and looks at Sano.
"Hey, what has Reiten been doing to you guys over the past two weeks anyway?" Sano looks puzzled.
"What? You don't remember. He fixed us and we become normal sekirei." Ichi feels like an idiot for not remembering as Sano looks around.
"Hey, where the heck did Kira and Yuki go?" Sano said as Achika bounced her way over, still wearing clothing that reveals so much.
"They decided to go get lunch ready back at home." Sano rolled his eyes at that statement.
"Pretty much, those two are playing hooky again…I swear we let them be too carefree." Achika sighed.
"I know but if they are to find love, they need to spread their wings." The body of this lovely sekirei has Ichi a bit distracted as Niheru even finds himself a little red.
'I've seen her dress that way hundreds of times now and yet this is the first time…so this is what father told me about…fucking hormones.' Niheru looks away as Achika giggles.
'My womanly charms finally reaching you, Niheru-sama.' Achika decides to pull out some petals and blows them gently around. Sano is the first to know what she is up to and as much as he wants it, he forces himself to encase his skin in metal which is a power he was meant to have but his bad adjustment years ago blocked his bodily development and his power development. Niheru forces the petals away from around him, leaving Ichi the solo victim. He was already distracted and now he is fawning all over her as she merely giggles.
"That's enough!" A howl reaches everyone's ears and they turn to see Sakuya and a furious Niumi. Ichi is broken from Achika's spell only to have Niumi grab him.
"I don't want to why this happen, I want to know why you let it happen!" A jealous Niumi barks at her sekirei. Ichi shrugs.
"I don't know, I was working on moving their stuff. Sano and I had a conversation, Achika joins in and next thing I know, I'm being almost choked by you, my dear." Ichi says what he remembers. Niumi lets go of him and takes a breath.
"So she bewitched you again?" Ichi shook his head at his master as Sakuya walks over. Achika's face starts to become bright red. Sakuya smirks.
"Achika, would you become my third sekirei?" Sakuya asks a question that shocks Ichi.
"Third? Who is your second?" Niheru throws a book from his collection at Ichi and he sees Niheru wave his hand.
"It be me, Ichi." Sakuya winks at Niheru who looks at Achika. "I hope you make this decision based off your heart, Achika." Achika shutters like a nervous school girl at the thought of being with Sakuya and Niheru. She likes the feeling as she jumps up and her lips grace Sakuya's. The two enjoy it as purple wings burst out from her back and romantic petals dance around them. They break the kiss.
"I, sekirei number 69, Achika is welling to assist you in many sexual ways, milady." Achika says as she kisses Sakuya's hand which strokes her bright red cheeks. Sakuya gets closer to her ear and whispers.
"Don't worry, when I sent Niumi out later. I have a surprise for you." Achika blushes harder as Niheru smirks for he used a trick of his to hear what Sakuya said. Niumi looks at Sano, who has his back turned to everyone.
"What's wrong, my cute metal skinned magnet?" Sano turns around to find Niumi has gotten close to him.
"You're only emerging us so when MBI's systems come back online, they isn't any changes to it." Niumi shakes her head.
"That isn't true. I have more selfish reasons for helping you out." Niumi says with a pervy gleam in her eyes. Sano tilts his head.
"And what would they be?" Niumi grabs his hand and interlocks their fingers before she whispers something into his ear. "Really, you won't say that out loud." Niumi giggles at that as she turns around.
"Sakuya, I love you but after I make out with this charming magnet of a sekirei, I'm going to force him and Ichi to spit roast me in his old apartment as it's recorded by one of you so I can watch myself get the devil's threesome like I always wanted, again and again!" She says as Ichi and Sano look shocked. "Also I might let that Luck sekirei join in since you took the lusty babe already." Sakuya looks amused by Niumi's declaration.
"You think it is going to be that easy…neither of them has even had it before and you expect them to share their first time." Sakuya states an obvious flaw with Niumi's plan as she kissed Sano to seal the first part as Sano's wings look more cybernetic than angelic. Niumi nods.
"I know, I should have thought of that sooner…but I'm sure they talk it over and agree on some kind of terms. If not then I'll just do one at a time with that good luck charm teasing and or prepping the other." Niumi says as both of the male sekirei that are her's have nose bleeds as Sakuya looks at Niheru.
"Where is Fuku? Cause I think Niumi has talked herself into having her." Niheru points.
"She is a block away in an ice cream shop. I wasn't taking any chances earlier and as for the Princess and the Assassin, they are somewhere else being lazy or getting us lunch." Sakuya grabs her chin.
"Alright boys and we're taking Achika with us so you all can finish up since I'm sure you are motivated enough to get it done…and don't worry, I'll make sure you are rewarded." Sakuya says as Niheru starts helping out more as Ichi and Sano are apparently racing each other to see who can get done faster. Sakuya takes Achika by the arm and starts walking away. Niumi joins them but a thought peers in her head.
'I wonder why he did it this way.' She disregards it and catches up with her sister.
A little bit before lunch time, everything at Maison Izumo was fine except one little detail and Minato and his sekirei looks shocked by what they are seeing.
"Miya…what is going on?" Miya looks at the confused ashikabi.
"Remember how I told you that some of my late husband's investments paid off." Everyone nods. "Well I used a bit of the money to add on and update the house." Miya grabs Minato's hand. "Come on, I want you all to see it." Minato is guided by hand around the larger Maison Izumo which is more like an estate or even a castle. Each of the halls have the old house's layout yet nothing looks dated or worn. The kitchen is the first place they see and it is now three times the size and has a plenty of room for several people to cook at once. Musubi looks excited for she loves helping in the kitchen and even Ku is picturing how she can help more. Miya than opens the pantry and it is filled with everything you could ask for. Matsu notices all the modern kitchen appliances.
"Hey Miya, is everything in the house this modernized?" She wonders and Miya smiles.
"Of course, I know how much we've been behind the times so I made sure everything was improved, even your room." Miya just made Matsu the happiest nerd alive.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Matsu hugs Miya before she gets that look in her eye. "Is my room still hidden?" The land lady nods and the nerdy sekirei heads out of the kitchen and up the stairs. Minato looks worried by the thoughts of not being able to afford living their race though his head as Miya pats his shoulder.
"Don't worry Minato, rent is not an issue at the moment." She reassured him as she once again takes his and Ku's hand and see the rest of the house. Meanwhile, Matsu is fan-gasming over the super computers in her room and the extensive other tech she only dreamt of having she now has. She begins the long but exciting task of setting up her new systems as Homura, who followed her, shakes his head.
"So, Matsu I see you like everything Miya has gotten?" Matsu turns around, still typing.
"I do, Kaguri. I know you are skeptical." She called him his other name out of habit as he steered. "Don't worry, I truly know how Miya got the money." Homura raised an eyebrow.
"Go on." Matsu goes through her bag she carried with her for the day or two everyone was forced to a hotel by Miya's fake but very serious threat, and pulls out a laptop and brings up a blurred image of someone winning the lottery. Homura nods.
"I know that purplish hair anywhere but when did Miya get into playing the Lottery?" Homura asks as Matsu laughs like she would when she is stalking her master and housemates' lives.
"She plays with some of the money Minato is able to give her for rent when he helps Seo out." Homura snuffs at that.
"You mean when Seo wants to be a lazy fuck and pawn off shit work on him." Matsu nods.
"Of course, but Minato has even been pulling your rent with those shit jobs since you weren't able to work due to those changes you dealt with." Homura looks down at his normal chest.
"Thankful, an old friend help make sure I'm normal." Matsu looks curious by Homura's comment and she wants to ask who but Homura leaves her room. She gets back to setting up her new computers. Back with the rest of them, Miya has just brought them to the new third floor.
"This is where I had more rooms built, and one of them is a home gym." She opens the door to the home gym and the equipment is brand new, and even has a shine on it. "If anyone uses this room you need to at least have one work out buddy and for you Kusano, you can only use the trend mill for now." Ku makes a pouty face at that. Minato picks her up.
"I'm sure Miya is just looking out for you and I can always join you since there is more than one." Miya smiles at Minato and Tsukiumi's blonde locks start to whip a little for she is the first to notice how much their land lady has perked up. She ignores it. Musubi was playing with a fifty-pound dumbbell like it was only a five pound one.
"This is great Miya." The brunette said as she grabbed a second one. "Is it cool if I stay in here for a bit?" She asks. Miya nods.
"Sure, Musubi. Tsukiumi would you stay with her? I can finish showing the other half of the house later." Tsukiumi agrees with a simply thumbs up.
"That shan't be a problem, I shall do some strength training as well." Tsukiumi goes into the new third floor bathroom to change as Miya, Minato, and Ku leave. Ku looks around.
"Where did stinky go?" Ku asks referring to Kazehana as stinky. Miya chuckles.
"If I know her, she stayed in the kitchen. She can be such a hound when it comes to booze and you, Minato." Miya says as Minato even gets a bit of a different vibe from her.
'What is up with Miya? It's like updating and adding onto the house has made her almost flirty.' He thinks as they follow Miya down the steps. He shakes his head. 'What am I thinking? She's just happy with her new house.' He convinces himself as they pass the kitchen and see Kazehana was pouring a glass of saki.
"Hey Miya, would you like a toast to the new Maison Izumo?" Kazehana asks. Miya shakes her head.
"Not at the moment, I want to show Minato the other side of the house." Kazehana looks at Minato.
"When Miya gets done with you, why don't you share a drink with me?" Kazehana says with her usual flirtatious air about her and oddly enough no alcohol smell yet. Ku gets in between Kazehana and Minato.
"He is going to drink with me!" Minato looks woeful as his normally drunk wind sekirei has a glaring contest with his loli plant girl though Miya sneaks him away and on the west side of the house, he sees that she has a mostly empty room minus a pair of chairs and a table that has an MP3 stereo on it.
"Miya, what is all of this?" Miya looks at Minato.
"I always wanted a dance studio to dance with my husband, it is a shame that I finally get it but I have no partner to dance with." She says. Minato gets a sad look on his face. "But then I realized, that I could ask someone else to dance with me occasionally; the first person that came to mind was you, Minato." Minato looks flattered.
"Umm… that is nice although I'm not much of a dancer." Miya giggles.
"Don't worry Minato, I can teach you especial so if those girls ever want to be taken out on a proper date, you can go somewhere nice."
"Date?!" Minato yelled when he heard Miya speak that word. She giggles once more.
"Why so flustered? Unless you weren't ever going to treat them like the ladies there are?" Miya's dark side is showing and her oni mask peers out with her malicious aura. Minato backs away.
"I'm sorry. I will treat them like ladies and take them out but…" He pauses. She lows the intensity of her glare. "I don't know how I am going to do that within this stupid game." Miya pats the worried boy on the head.
"It's okay, I know you will find a way." Minato feels better after hearing her words yet that feeling disappears when a sudden tremor shakes the house and an alarm is set off.
"Everyone, get to the living room now! It's an emergency!" Matsu voice rang through the house as everyone gets to the living room and sees the TV already on and Minaka along with a couple of other people dressed in white are on it.
"Greetings players! I Hiroto Minaka, have returned from my not so planned vacation to announce that the stage is set for the game to continue!" He yells as if he was talking at a conference of some kind. Most Ashikabi and sekirei everywhere are growling or sneering in some way as Minaka reveals that he isn't in the new Teito Tower.
"As you can see, I'm in the old industrial complex in the south-east section of the city and this will be the sight of the first match of the Stage 3!" Minaka pauses for Takami to appear. Minato looks bewildered.
"MOM?!" He yells as most of his sekirei look at him.
"That is your mother, Minaka?" Kazehana asks as Matsu nods.
"Yes, his mother is the one woman I know who can keep that psycho Minaka, tamed to say the least." Matsu stated as they all focus back on the TV.
"The Third Stage of this game is a tournament of sorts where ashikabi and sekirei will be involved in matches. Winners of each match will gain one of these." Takami holds up a crystal.
"This is call a Jinki and it is a prize you need at least one of in the final stage of the game. Also you don't have to deactivate your opponents to win for some matches will have different objectives other than TKO." Takami finishes as Minaka appears back on the screen.
"Thank you, Takami and now let's get the competitors and rules announced for this match." Minaka holds up the Jinki, Takami was holding. "Hidden in this place, I have put one of these. The First of the three team to find it wins. Each Ashikabi can only use up to three sekirei if he or she chooses or able to." Minaka says as the screen shows familiar faces to the residents of Maison Izumo.
"SEO?!" They say in a shocked manner. Seo is accompanied by his twin lightning sekirei, Hikari and Hibiki dressed in their slutly S&M battle attire.
"Next we have Mikogami of the South and I must say he has a slight advantage for he is the main ashikabi of the Southern Shinto Teito!" Minaka spoke of an orange haired rich boy dress in white who has three chicks in his group of sekirei. The screen switches over to a shirtless biker ashikabi that has three adorable sekirei on his bike.
"Finally, Sanada of the West and I believe is the most aggressive of the three ashikabi here for this match." Minaka says as another tremor shakes the ground. Everyone just thinks that it had something to do with the match starting on TV but Ku hears something from one of the trees that has her wonder outside. She sees a creature that is as tall as a seven-foot man would be and that makes it giant compared to her. It has a pale white mask and a tail. It notices her and tries to charge after her though it didn't work for arrows of light pierced its head and it disappears. Ku sees someone off on the distant roof top but couldn't make out who it was as a certain group of known hollow killers runs down the street.
"I saw it, it came this way." Chad said as Rukia shakes her head.
"I don't feel its presence anymore." She says, each one of their group looks like they were fighting arrancars again with how much dirt, sweat, damaged clothes they have. Orihime notices Ku.
"Are you okay little one?" Ku nods but doesn't speak. Orihime smiles anyway.
"That's good. I wonder where Ichigo and that Janic fellow went off to." She asks as Uyru adjusts his glasses.
"I don't know but I think we've found where he wanted to take us." Uyru looked at a piece of paper he wrote the address of Maison Izumo. He sees Orihime talking to Kusano.
"Hello little girl, do you happen to live here?" Ku nods.
"Yes, I do." She answers as a limo pulls up from which Ichigo and Janic gets out of it. Janic sees Kusano.
"Hi there, young lady. Is Miya home by any chance?" Ku nods again.
"She is. Do you know her?" Janic nods.
"Tell her that her old friend, Janic Kouken is outside." Kusano heads inside as Janic overhears the start of the first match. 'That bastard came back from his space-cation a little earlier than predicted…looks like I'll have less time for Kurosaki then I thought.' Janic thought as he begins to make mental adjustments in his head for the coming days. Miya walks out with Ku and looks surprised to see that it actually was Janic.
"No long no see, Miya."
To Be Continued…
Ending Notes: Heyo Readers! I know it took a while for me to work on this chapter but I had several issues both creative and personal wise I had to deal with. Thankfully it came out of my head like I wanted…mostly.
I did bring back a group of OCs the Editor and I originally plan so much more for in the original story and I hopefully will get more out of them than I did before. Just encase you don't know, I'm talking about the Discarded Sekirei: Niheru, Sano, Achika, Fuku, Yuki, and Kira. Please note, I may change Kira's name so if I do, I will post an edit notice and explain why in detail. I still have to work out all of their sekirei numbers but I don't care if a canon character already has the number, I will make appropriate notes to explain my reasonings.
This bring me to another thing, I have cut out a character from existence in this story. His name was Sekirei #7 Sainero. I did this based on two factors. One, I learnt who is Number 7 and feel that she earned her number though it sucked to read her death in the manga (If you don't know who I'm referring to, look it up on the sekirei wikia). And two, I couldn't possibly give him a proper reason to exist in this new story thus is the reasons why Sainero isn't a character.
Anywho, I am going to end this note with thanks for enjoying any of most fanfics you have read even if you only enjoy this one. I use this as an out let for my stress with I can't draw or games aren't doing it. Thanks again!
O-make: Orihime's Cooking Pt 1
Inside of Maison Izumo's new kitchen, Miya and Musubi are watching Orihime put on an apron.
"Today we are going to make some Spicy Tofuyaki Coffee Bean Buns with a Avacado infused Honey Glaze." Orihime says as she pulls out all of the ingredients. Musubi and Miya are simply fascinated by Orihime's enthusiasm. Orihime begins showing them how she combines the tofu into the bean bun batter as Ichigo, Chad, Uyru, and Rukia all look on from behind the frame of the door, each one feeling sorry for the two ladies.
"Ichigo, I thought it was your job to keep her out of the kitchen." Rukia complains quietly at Ichigo. He shakes his head.
"Don't look at me, I'm not the one who found her cookbook for her." Ichigo's words make the other three look pale.
"What do you mean she has her cookbook?! We destroyed that thing the last time she made all of our friends, those lunches that none of them could eat one bite of!" Uyru yells and quickly covers his mouth while they all had to hide. Janic is down the hall laughing at them.
"That is what they get for not believing me about how crazy their canon timeline really is." Janic says as he heads off to his room.
