Chapter 3: A Fateful Encounter
Author's note: Hey everyone. Just wanted to update you on….well, updates. I'm not really following a schedule for this story. I'm really just working on it whenever I can. Hopefully that's not an issue.
Following my senses, I was led to an alley where a man appeared to be harassing a young woman. Typical. No matter what planet I'm on, there will always be scumbags. I stuck to the shadows for now. From her energy, the girl was definitely stronger than him. I thought she would just kick his ass and be done with it. I was mistaken. I realized this when he pinned her against the wall and moved in to kiss her. I sighed and Z-vanished from where I was standing only to appear behind him and tap him on the shoulder. He turned around only to be met with a punch to the face. I had to hold back a lot so I didn't crush his skull. He fell to the ground, presumably unconscious. I walked up to the girl and helped her up off the ground. "You good? He didn't hurt you, did he?", I asked with a look of concern. The girl shook her head and for the first time I actually got a good look at her. She had fair skin with medium length light brown hair. Her eyes were a blackish-grey and despite her denial she looked like she got roughed up a bit.
I was about to ask her another question when I felt a sharp pain in my lower back. 'Dammit! I let my guard down and the bastard got back up and stabbed me.' "Haha!How's it feel, asshole? You thought you could just take her for yourself? Well too bad! She's mine! And I'm gonna live like a king off of MBI's money! I'll never have to work again!" He then turned to the girl. " Come over here so we can do that contract bullshit!" The girl tried to run but he grabbed her by the wrist and once again slammed her against the wall. At this point I was beyond annoyed. I was PISSED. I ignored the blood pouring from my wound, and slammed my fist into his skull, crushing it. His headless body fell to the ground with a thump. I scoffed "Dumbass. If you had done the smart thing and stayed down I would have let you live." I took a deep breath and released it to calm my nerves. I turned to the now shaking girl. "Sorry you had to see that, miss. I didn't want to kill him but I kinda gave in to my anger there."
She was still shaking, obviously terrified. I sighed. "Look, I'm not going to hurt you. I just wanted to help you get away from that guy. I can see you're scared, so I'm just gonna go. Stay safe okay?" I turned around to leave but was stopped when the girl grabbed my arm. "Wait.", she said. I turned around only to be caught off guard as her lips smashed onto mine. Just when I thought this couldn't get any weirder, wings of light burst from her back, enveloping the entire alley in their glow. Suddenly, I got an influx of thoughts and emotions that were not my own. I thought my mind was under attack and quickly closed off the connection, only for the girl to stop kissing me and yell in pain. She looked up at me, hurt in her eyes, and I realized it was her who had invaded my mind.
I coated my hand in my crimson energy and put it to her throat. "What the hell was that?", I asked, angry that I got caught off guard twice in one day. She started crying. "I knew it. You don't want me. I finally found you, and you want nothing to do with me. How can the world be so cruel?!" Now I was confused. Against my better judgement, I reopened the connection. I expected this to bite me in the ass. Instead, I was instantly flooded with many different feelings. Fear, awe, hope, but most of all:love. Love for me. Love that was utterly rejected just a few seconds ago. The only question was why? We just met, so how could she hold me so dearly? 'One thing is for sure, though. Whatever I did, it hurt her a lot.', I thought to myself. I walked up to her and knelt down so we were face to face. "Hey, look. I'm sorry about how I reacted before. It's just that I'm a warrior. When someone invades my mind, I tend to think they're going to hurt me. The fact that you just kissed me out of nowhere didn't help either. I think we got off on the wrong foot before. I'm Hikaru. What's your n-mmph!" I was cut off when, once again, she pulled me in and kissed me. The wings of light burst from her back once more. I'm not entirely sure why, but I started returning the kiss passionately. When we finally parted for air, the wings of light faded away, and she looked up at me with the happiest smile I had ever seen. "Sekirei number 84, Yashima. May my hammer crush all those standing in my Ashikabi's way." From the emotions I was feeling through the connection we had, I could tell this girl meant me no harm.
I looked at her and smiled awkwardly."I'm afraid I don't understand what any of that meant, but if you'd like, we can go somewhere more private where you can explain it to me. How about it?", I asked. She nodded cheerfully and begin following me. She was quite surprised when I grabbed her and started floating. "Hold on tight, okay?", I said. She nodded and wrapped her arms around my neck. "Oh! Wait! My hammer! I can't leave without it.", she said. I looked around the alley and I found a hammer. At least I think it was a hammer. It looked more like a giant lump of steel attached to a pole. I mean, this thing was MASSIVE. (If you haven't seen Yashima's hammer, look it up. Trust me. You'll be surprised.) I mean, lifting it was no problem for me, but it just seemed impractical to carry around such a large weapon at all times. "How do you carry this thing around all the time?", I asked. Yashima simply smiled at me, walked up to the hammer, pushed a button, and it transformed into a small black wristband. I smiled awkwardly. "Well that's….convenient.", I said.
That being said, I grabbed her and took off into the sky, landing at the entrance of Maison Izumo. Miya was there to greet me at the door. "Oh my, Hikaru-san. I believe I told you not to stay out too late. And to make things worse, you brought a guest without informing me.", she said, giggling in that innocent but evil way that she does. I explained to Miya that she was a friend of mine that I hadn't seen in a while, and that we would be in the room that she had kept me in. She giggled again. "I do hope you're not planning on doing anything inappropriate in Maison Izumo. One of my rules is a ban on indecent exposure or actions.", she said, adding the demon mask for extra effect. Yashima was about to piss herself, but I just smiled and waved it off lazily. "Yeah, yeah, I got it. Don't worry.", I said, before taking Yashima upstairs to the room I was using. I smirked when I saw Miya pout out of the corner of my eye. I sat down and motioned for Yashima to do the same. Then she explained everything about Sekirei, Ashikabi, and the Sekirei plan. I had but one response. "So when do I get to fight?" Yashima looked at me quizzically. "Umm, you don't fight. You're an Ashikabi, and a human can't defeat a Sekirei." I started laughing, confusing her even further. "I never said I was human.", I said, revealing my tail, which wiggled freely, surprising her. "Now it's my turn to explain." I told Yashima that I was a Saiyan, and that with enough training, I could even defeat gods. Despite my tail as proof that I wasn't human, she still didn't look convinced. I sighed. "Okay, I have an idea. Let's fight. If I win, you'll let me fight alongside you. That should prove that I'm strong enough right?" She hesitated, then nodded.
I took her out to the backyard and got into a fighting stance. She tapped her wristband, and it transformed into her giant hammer. I smirked. "Come at me when you're ready." She took a deep breath. "Here I come, Master!", she said as her hammer came crashing towards me. I stopped her dead in her tracks by grabbing her hammer. "Don't call me Master. I have a name, and I expect you to use it. Got that?" She nodded, and I smirked. "Good, then come at me!" She started off with a jump attack, which I avoided with ease. 'I may be stronger than her, but if that hammer hits me, it'll still do some serious damage.', I thought to myself. Her hammer planted itself in the earth with such force that it made the ground shake.
I nodded and smirked. "Not bad. But you're too slow. You're putting way too much force into your attacks. Putting all your power into one attack is a good idea. Unless your enemy is fast enough to dodge. In which case, you leave yourself wide open after that first attack.", I say, disappearing and reappearing before her, startling her. She tried to prepare for another swing, but it was too late. "In short:If you leave yourself open, you're fucked." I rammed my fist into her gut, bringing her to her knees.
I helped her up, retrieved her hammer, and let her catch her breath. After a bit, I smirked. "Well, I guess this means I proved myself, huh?" She simply nodded. "It was amazing. You were so fast, I couldn't even see you move. And when you punched me, it felt like I got hit by a truck. I still don't like the idea of my Ashikabi being in danger, but I'm not strong enough to stop you anyway." She sighed. Then, I got an idea. "If you want, I could train you. It'll be brutal, but if you go through with it, you'll be almost as strong as me." Her eyes lit up at that. "You really mean it?!" I nodded. "I'll talk to Miya about letting you stay here. If everything goes smoothly, we can start training tomorrow. As if she were my stalker, Miya giggled behind me. "I suppose if you continue gathering food as you did today, I can let you and your Sekirei stay here free of charge." I looked at her, confused. "But how did you…. Wait, you're a Sekirei aren't you? I thought your energy was similar to Yashima's." Miya simply nodded. "I am Sekirei number 01, Miya. However, I don't wish to participate in this senseless fighting." I looked at her and smirked. "Suit yourself. I'm a saiyan, so I'm always itching to fight. I intend to win this little game." With that said, I went inside to eat and rest up for tomorrow's training.
-Meanwhile, in a hidden room in Maison Izumo.-
"Ufufu. So he's an alien AND he's crazy strong, huh? Perfect. I'll wait for the right time, and reveal myself."
