The Ashikabi of The Night

by The Son of Sparda 343

Jackie Estacado, head of the Frenchetti family takes a trip to Japan to talk to an old friend about forming an alliance between their two families. But when he gets there he finds and helps out a beautiful woman who kisses her and says she is his Sekirei. Now Jackie finds himself in a game he is forced to play and if he is not careful he might have to use The Darkness again. R&R

4. Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I don't own The Darkness or Sekirei.

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Regular

Thought

Flashback

Darkness

Darkling

Norito

Chapter 4

When Jackie woke up he found himself alone in bed, when he got up to stretch he wondered where the twins were. When he began to get out of the bed Jackie smelt something wonderful in the air. After sniffing the air a couple of times he realized that it was eggs, bacon and other things 'So the girls are making breakfast.' Jackie thought to himself after getting up from the bed he then left the room to see Hibiki making breakfast while Hikari was going to get Jackie so they could eat. Hikari was the first to respond "Oh you're up already. I was going to get you." Jackie just waved them off before saying "You know you could have just ordered some room service" Hibiki then said "We wanted to do something special for you, you are our Ashikabi after all. We had those two Eddie and Frank get the food for us." Jackie then said "You didn't have to do that." Hikari then walked to the table and said "Oh shut up and eat will you." Jackie then sat down at the end of the table with the twins sitting on either side of him and the three of them began to eat their breakfast.

Jackie took the first bit of the omelet that Hibiki made and he found himself savoring every bite of it. When Jackie went for a fifth bite he looked at Hibiki and said "This is great. You really have a talent for cooking, Hibiki." Hibiki smiled and nodded in thanks, after eating a little bit more Jackie then looked at the twins and said "After breakfast the three of us are going to go shopping." Hikari than asked why and Jackie then replied "We are going to buy you girls some more clothes, aside the S&M clothes you two have been wearing." Hikari nods and says "We have this card from MBI that has unlimited funds on it. We can't use it because our powers keep messing up the card." Jackie thought about it and believed the card might come in handy, but then said "It's fine, besides I was going to pay for it myself." Hibiki then said "Are you sure? Cause the card will really be useful." Jackie just smiled at Hibiki and said "It's fine trust me. Besides I've got more money than I know what to do with." Jackie then thought to himself 'Being the Don of a powerful crime family has its advantages' Hibiki nodded and they went back to eating. Jackie then heard a knock come from the door.

He got up and went to the door and saw it was Vinnie on the other side "Hey boss, how you doing?" Jackie then said "Fine Vin, I was able to get a good night sleep." Vinnie then looked behind Jackie and smirked "Well with two hot women who are twins sleeping with you, how could you not. Anyway Jackie, I just wanted to let you know that I called Jimmy." Jackie then went outside and shut the door until it was cracked open so he wasn't locked out. "So what did Jimmy say?" Vinnie then said with a smile "Jim said that we had some real good product lying around but nobody was using them. Turns out we have a surplus of guns and Jimmy got some of our boys to get some real good shit to send to us. Butcher even sent Dolfo so the boys would know what to send us." Jackie laughed Dolfo was a good man and he knew his weapons even if he was completely trigger happy. Vinnie then continued "So Jimmy said that the supplies will be ready within a week and that he'll have Fat Tony put on one of the ships we have first chance he gets. Jimmy said that we'd get the shipment here to Japan in about six weeks."

Jackie then said "That's good work Vinnie, thanks. I'm going to take the girls out shopping for clothes so why don't tell Eddie and Frank to take the day off, I also want you to relax as well." Vinnie then says "Thanks boss, but I'm going to check to see what type of equipment Jimmy will be sending us. Also I want to do research on that little fuck working for MBI. I'll also keep you updated on the shipment." Jackie then nodded and was about to ask him to bring the limo until Vinnie beat him to it "Don't worry Jackie, I'll bring the limo around. Just enjoy your time with the twins okay, boss." Jackie chuckled and said "Thanks Vinnie, I'll do just that." Jackie then went back inside and Vinnie left to go about his business. After the three of them finished their meal Jackie did the dishes and then they went down stairs and got into the limo.

While they're in the limo, Jackie decides to tell them what would happen next "After we shop for clothes I'm going to take you two to an inn where you'll be staying." Hikari then voiced her opinion "Wait, why the hell do we need to stay at some crappy inn while you get your own place?" Jackie then replies "Like I said before, I already have one Sekirei and she is living at the inn currently. Don't worry the inn is really nice, besides it's not fair that you two get to live with me and that my other Sekirei can't." Hikari wasn't going to let this go without a fight "So just have her live with us then at your suite, problem solved." Jackie shook his head and said "No, like I told her I'm here on business. I can't have you two live with me at the penthouse, I'm sorry." Of course the real reason he didn't want his Sekirei living with him was because he didn't want them to know about his criminal ties and it would be easier to keep them hidden with them living at that inn then with him. Hikari was about to say something else, until Hibiki stopped her and said "Alright we understand." When Hikari was going to blow up at her sister, Hibiki gave her a look promising that they would talk later.

Jackie had the limo driver take them to the part of the city where they had the best clothes stores. When they got there Hibiki and Hikari instantly went searching for clothes to wear; while Jackie said he would be waiting by the changing area for them. While Jackie was waiting for them, he had a lot of time to think about the Sekirei Plan. He still had no idea what this was about, from what Minaka told him it was a battle royale between beautiful women with superpowers. But Jackie didn't trust the information he got from the CEO as far as he was concerned Minaka was a megalomaniac with a god complex, so Jackie decided to ask the twins to see if they knew any more than him. That's when it hit Jackie, he really didn't know anything about his Sekirei. While Jackie has shared somethings about his life, he knows next to nothing about either Uzume or the lightning twins. Jackie then looked back towards the changing rooms and saw Hibiki come out first and she was wearing a tank top with the number 12 on it and some shorts Jackie looked at her and the way it hugged her figure, he was quite pleased with the results. Jackie then saw that Hikari was the next to exit the room and she was wearing a same mean of dress as her sister but with the number 11 on the tank top, the clothes were a darker shade of color and the tank top might as well have been skin tight with the way it hugged around her chest. Jackie was once again pleased with himself; that is until Hikari said "My eyes are up here, perv."

Jackie then looked into the blushing yet annoyed look of Hikari pointing at her face. Jackie chuckled and said "You know, you look real cute when you're annoyed." Hikari began to blush even more before she turned around and muttered some choice words under her breath. Jackie then decided to then ask "Say can I ask you girls something?" Hibiki responded "Don't be afraid to ask us anything Jackie. We're your Sekirei if we can help you with something we will." Jackie smiled and said "I just wanted to ask you about the Sekirei plan." Hikari then looked at him and said "What do you want to know about it?" Jackie then said "I get that this is a battle royale, but aside from that and the fact that I'm stuck here I don't know anything else. I was wondering if you could help me with that." Hibiki then shrugged her shoulders and said "Aside from what you've been told we don't know anything else either both Sekireis and their Ashikabis are trapped here in the capital until the game is over and those who try to leave are severely punished by the Discipline Squad." Jackie sighed considering they just told him information he already knew.

Jackie then decided to try and get to know his newest Sekirei a bit better "Well, why don't you girls tell me a bit about yourselves while you're changing." Hikari was the first to answer "There really isn't much to say about us. We were born and spent a good majority of our lives in a lab and we were just recently released into the city." Jackie's blood ran cold when he heard that 'Lab?! They grew up in a lab were some sick fucks could do god knows what to them.' Almost as she could hear his thoughts Hibiki replied "It wasn't anything bad, Jackie. We were in MBI's lab so they could help us control our powers." Jackie began to calm down but he still didn't like it, he has seen enough movies to know that aliens in a lab always ends up badly. When the girls were done trying on their clothes Jackie bought them and put the bags filled with different clothes in the trunk of the limo Jackie then had the limo drive them to an expensive café were they were eating lunch.

During their meal Hikari said "Hey Jackie can you tell us a little about yourself?" Jackie knew this would come up and said "Yeah sure." Jackie then began to tell the girls the same thing he told Uzume when they first met how his father died when he was 7 and how he came to the orphanage and stayed there until he was 12 when his Uncle Paulie came and got him but it was his Aunt Sarah that raised him and just like last time he left out the part about Jenny and his ties to organized crime. Both Hikari and Hibiki were surprised that Jackie had a rough start, but they were glad that he was able to have a somewhat decent life when he was adopted.

Hibiki then asked "So after we're done here then what?" Jackie then said "Next I'll take you to Maison Izumo, where I'll ask the landlady to take you in." Hikari then said "I still don't understand why you just don't let your other Sekirei live with us at the suite?" Jackie then said "It's complicated, and like I said before I came here on business." Hibiki decided to speak before an argument would start "We understand Jackie, it's just that we were hoping to deepen the bond between us" Jackie then said "What are you talking about?" Hibiki then began to explain "You see Jackie, When a Sekirei finds her Ashikabi a bond is made between them. The more time they spend with each other the deeper the bond becomes and when that happens the Sekirei gets stronger through their Ashikabi's love." Jackie was surprised to hear this he already knew that the Sekirei were more powerful than the average human, but for them to gain more power just through the act of loving someone.

It sounded like something out of those sappy fantasy romance novels Jenny used to read. Jackie wasn't even sure he wanted to be that close to his Sekirei besides he had to make sure they didn't discover his criminal activities "I understand that you girls just want to be with me, but my decision still stands I can't have you live with me not yet. I'm sorry." Hikari was about to yell but Hibiki said "We understand, but can we walk to the inn as opposed to drive there." Jackie felt terrible about this "Sure we can take a shortcut through that park." Once they were done eating Jackie sent the limo to the inn and Hikari, Hibiki and him went to the park to get to the inn.

When the trio got to the park the sun was already setting and while Jackie was enjoying spending time with his Sekirei, Jackie still felt guilty about doing this. While walking Jackie begins to wonder what the real reason he was sending them away, at first he thought it was so they wouldn't find out about him being the leader of the mob but that didn't seem like the true reason. Jackie then began to wonder if the real reason was that he didn't want them to get to close to him because he lived a dangerous life not to mention his family's curse. Jackie thought about that and he believed that if they got to close they would get hurt or worse, it happened before with Jenny.

Then Jackie thought that maybe he was trying to keep himself from moving on from Jenny, because he still blamed himself for her death. Jackie believed it was his fault and he had a point, if he told her about his life sooner or maybe even ran away with her maybe she would still be alive. Jackie was surprised by his thoughts this didn't sound like him what the fuck was going on with him "I warned you, Jackie." Jackie then heard The Darkness speak to him 'What the hell are you talking about?' The Darkness then replied "These Sekirei are very strange creatures. What they said about forming bonds is true. When they find themselves someone to latch on to they create a physical, spiritual and emotional bond with this person and this bond works both ways. Where your emotions and thoughts will affect them their emotions and thoughts will also affect you, which is what is happening now. I warned you not to pursue more." Jackie thought about what the demon in him said and it was starting to make sense the reason why he was feeling guilty, why he was second guessing his decisions, why it felt like the thoughts he was having weren't his own, he was being influenced by his Sekirei. But maybe they were not trying to influence him on purpose, still Jackie would just have to be careful around his Sekirei.

Hikari was starting to feel something weird coming from her Ashikabi "Are you alright?" she asked. Jackie shook his head free from his thoughts and said "Yeah I'm fine." The twins weren't convinced, but they thought it was probably nothing. As the three continue their walk towards the inn Jackie noticed that it is already night, but that wasn't what caught his attention. What caught his attention was hearing The Darkness moan in pleasure. Jackie thought that this was strange considering it only felt good when he was using its power to tear through people 'I'm afraid to ask, but why are you moaning?' The Darkness then replies "I sense such sweet suffering." Jackie began to look around to see what The Darkness was talking about. All he saw has love birds enjoying the park or people bored out of their fucking minds.

While boredom is some form of suffering, it's not enough for The Darkness to either enjoy or care about. Jackie does another once over of the park and he spots someone, upon closer inspection he sees that this person is a woman. Jackie then immediately makes his way towards her with his Sekirei following him. The reason Jackie made his way towards that woman was because he saw her jacket was covered in blood, now that Jackie was closer to her he could see there was no life in her eyes almost like she has given up on life and whatever hope she had left was cruelly ripped away from her. Jackie then asked "Are you alright, miss?" without even looking at him the woman said "Leave me be. I have no reason for living, my life is meaningless." Jackie was surprised to hear this and was about to say something else when he heard Hibiki gasp.

Jackie turned to her and asked "What's wrong?" Hibiki then replied "I think this woman is a Scrapped Number." Jackie looked at her confused and said "What the fuck is a Scrapped Number?" Hikari then explained "It's a Sekirei that for whatever reason, can't be winged by anyone. They can never have an Ashikabi." Jackie then looked back towards the woman and she said "It's true, I can never have an Ashikabi which is my only point for living. I might as well be dead." Jackie is stunned by what she said, but Hikari then adds "I feel sorry for her because a Sekirei who can't find their Ashikabi is a fate worse than death." Jackie stares at the hopeless woman in front of him "Yeeessss. Her suffering is so exquisite. I really do love people who have lost all hope." Jackie then thought about how he felt when Jenny died. After he killed the ones responsible, he felt he had no other reason for living either. But over time he was able to work through his pain thanks to Aunt Sarah, Butcher Joyce, Jimmy the Grape and the others who helped him through the last two years.

Looking at the woman in front of him he could tell she had no one "Damn you, Jackie! Why do you have to ruin such a good thing?" Jackie ignored The Darkness and made his decision "I don't believe all this crap about you being useless, but I do believe that if something is broken then it can be fixed as well." For the first time since their conversation the woman looked up at Jackie with just the smallest twinkle of hope. But the woman then asks "But I am a failure, I'll never know what'll be like to have an Ashikabi like my fellow Sekirei. It's my fate to be alone." Jackie looks at the woman and replies "You know my father told me something right before he died, he said that you can't outrun your fate." The woman then looked at the ground in despair. Hikari and Hibiki were about to scold their Ashikabi until Jackie grabbed her chin with his thumb and index figure and brought the woman's face up so he could look into his eyes "But you sure as hell gotta try." Jackie finished.

She looked deep into Jackie's eyes and she began to feel something she hadn't in a long time, she began to feel hope. Before the woman could say anything though, both Jackie and his Sekirei heard something behind them "Hey you get away from my prize." Jackie turned around and saw four people behind him. The one who talked was a boy who looked to be 14 or 16 wearing an expensive white suit, his attitude and the way he carried himself just screamed spoiled brat probably some rich kid. Next to the kid was a man with silver hair wearing an open jacket with no shirt and he also had an orange scarf wrapped around his neck, but the weird thing was that this guy carried a katana. The last two were even stranger one was a woman with a yellow and black dress with two blond pigtails and wielding a whip; the last one was wearing some form of black and white dress with matching gloves and stockings with a red ribbon wrapped around her neck but the weirdest thing was she had a fucking scythe in her hands.

Jackie decided to ask "Okay I'll bite, who the hell are you?" the boy walked in front of his group and introduced himself "My name is Mikogami Hayato, the Ashikabi of the South and the winner of this game." Jackie didn't care who he was, but he did know what he was talking about. "So if you're an Ashikabi that would mean that those three idiots behind you must be your Sekirei." Mikogami just grinned. "So I'll ask again. What the fuck are you doing, brat?" The one with the scythe spoke up "How dare you talk to Mikogami-sama like that! I outta gut you like the pig you are!" Just then Hikari and Hibiki stood in front of Jackie with Hibiki saying "If you threaten our Ashikabi again you won't leave here alive." Jackie was impressed with his girls, but then he heard the brat say "My you're a rude one aren't you. Well the reason I am here is to take that Sekirei behind you with me." Jackie didn't like the way he was eyeing the woman behind him and he asked "Why do you want her?" Mikogami then said "She is a discarded Sekirei, which makes her extremely rare. That is why I want her in my collection and when I see something that peaks my interests, I want it."

Both Hikari and Hibiki were enraged at how he viewed Sekirei as nothing but toys for his amusement. Jackie was furious at how this little shit viewed this poor woman as a thing. Jackie remembered once when he was 18, he meet one of Paulie's enemies who was in charge of human trafficking when he found the bastard's cargo it was full of women and children that he was going to sell here in the states to some of the many brothels he owned. Jackie never felt so angry in his life; once he found the douchebag he enjoyed killing him and his bodyguards. Jackie then helped those poor people by leaving an anonymous tip to the cops. Jackie might have done a lot of evil things in his life, but even he had a line he wouldn't cross and that was it.

Jackie then turned to the woman and asked "Do you want to go with that kid there?" The woman looked at Mikogami and then then looked back at Jackie, the woman then shook her head no and Jackie smiled and said "Looks like she made up her mind now beat it and I might just forget about you." Mikogami laughed and said "Like I said when I see something I like I want it. Beside you already have two toys and I want this one now if you want to leave here alive and with your pets, you will let me have the discarded number." Jackie then took out his pistols and said "She doesn't want to go with you, ya little bitch. Last chance, leave now or I'll fill you full of holes." Mikogami then scowled and said "Yomi and Mitsuha deal with this trash and get me my Sekirei." Yomi and Mitsuha walked towards Hikari and Hibiki. The twins stood where they were and electricity was coursing through them and the four introduced themselves and got into a fighting stance. The one with the scythe said "I'm Sekirei #43, Yomi" the one with the whip said "I am Sekirei #38, Mitsuha." Hibiki then introduced herself "I'm Sekirei #12, Hibiki." Hikari then replied "I'm Sekirei #11, Hikari."

Yomi then grinned and spun her scythe over her head and made a cutting motion which launched a vacuum at Hibiki. The youngest twin was able to dodge the attack and launched an attack of her own by firing some lightning at her opponent, Hikari charged Mitsuha while dodging and deflecting her whip attacks with her electric powers. When Hikari got close she began throwing electric enhanced punches the reason she got in close was to keep her enemy from using her whip. Mitsuha was having a hard time, she wasn't good at hand to hand combat and was on the defensive. She also couldn't wrap her whip around her arms because then she would get shocked. Jackie could see that Hikari had everything under control he then saw Hibiki was having a hard time dodging Yomi's scythe and the wind attacks coming from it. Jackie then began to fire at Yomi causing her to block the bullets, with this opening Hibiki stepped up her attack and Yomi was now on the defensive. Meanwhile Hikari was keeping up her assault on Mitsuha, the whip Sekirei was trying to put up a fight but without her weapon there wasn't much she could do. Hikari then saw an opening in her defenses and she unleashed a powerful lighting blast knocking her away and electrocuting her in the process. While Mitsuha was trying to get up Hikari rushed her to try and finish her off, but Mitsuha was able to jump back just in time and retaliate with an attack only for Hikari block it.

Mikogami was getting impatient and turned to Mutsu "Mutsu this is taking too long, I want you to kill that piece of trash over there." Mutsu then reminded him "You do realize that attacking an Ashikabi is against the rules." Mikogami then said "That Ashikabi is cheating. I want that Scrapped Number in my collection and he is keeping her from me, that Sekirei is rightfully mine." Mutsu just shook his head and sighed. Jackie then saw that the guy with the orange scarf was walking up to him. Jackie then turned his pistols towards his new enemy, but before he could fire the swordsman ran towards Jackie with incredible speed and drew his sword. Jackie was barely able to move out the way, but he was able to dodge with just a slash across his jacket as an injury; Jackie still stood in between Mutsu and the woman he refused to move out the way. Jackie then fired at the swordsman, but to his surprise the swordsman Sekirei blocked and deflected every bullet, things were starting to look bad "If this bastard can block my shots there's no way I can beat him." Jackie thought he was in trouble until he heard its voice "What's wrong, Jackie. Having a little bit of trouble? Well if you need help, all you need to do is use my power." 'Fuck… off! I don't need you.' Jackie ignored The Darkness and resumed firing while dodging Mutsu's attacks.

Hibiki then sees that Jackie is having a hard time and she tries help him only for Yomi to attack her from behind. Hibiki was able to dodge the attack and glared at Yomi who smiled and said "If you wanna help the little pig you need to get through me, honey." Hibiki then fired blasts of electricity at the scythe bitch. Jackie was starting to run out of bullets when Mutsu rushed him and used his sword handle to strike at his solar plexus which knock the wind out of him bringing Jackie to one knee, but he retaliated by head-butting Mutsu in the process of dropping. Mutsu backed away barely fazed by the attack, looked at Jackie and said "If you step down and let us have the Sekirei, I'll let you live." Jackie then looked at the swordsman with fire in his eyes and he said "Go fuck yourself." Mutsu sighed again and was about to bring his sword down to end Jackie's life. Jackie was about to tackle him and shoot him at close range but before Jackie could move the swordsman backed away and Jackie saw icicles flying towards the swordsman.

Jackie then looked behind him and saw the woman had her hand extended and he saw that ice was forming around her as well as him. The woman then looked at the swordsman and said "You shall not harm my Ashikabi." Jackie then saw both his Sekirei land next to him "Jackie are you okay?" Hibiki asked. Jackie nodded his head and said "Yeah I'm oka…" Jackie was interrupted by Hikari who grabbed him and roughly kissed him causing her wings to emerge. Jackie was shocked but wasn't able to recover cause Hibiki kissed her Ashikabi was well, but much gentler then her old sister. When both of the twins emerged they looked to the Ashikabi of the South and his Sekirei with a death glare. "You tried to kill our Ashikabi, which is against the rules." Hibiki said "You will pay for that with your lives." Hikari growled. The twins then clasped their hands together and said "By the thunderclap of our pledge. Our Ashikabi's perils will be destroyed." Jackie saw the twins' bodies charge up with electricity and the night sky above them which was clear suddenly became cloudy with thunder and lightning. Mutsu saw what was going on and he what was going to come next, he quickly grabbed his Ashikabi and told the others that they needed to get the hell out of there. Hikari and Hibiki then extended their hands and they both said "Now prepare for God Song!" suddenly a giant bolt of lightning came from the sky and struck the earth below, blowing up the place where there enemies where standing to smithereens.

When the smoke cleared Jackie was stunned to see a crater where their enemies once stood, he turned to the twins and said "What the fuck did you guys just do?" Hibiki looked and Jackie and said with a smirk "We just used our Norito to teach that despicable Ashikabi a lesson. A Norito is a Sekirei's strongest attack." Hikari then added "The nerve of that little shit stain. He attacked our Ashikabi and expected to live." Jackie just stood there impressed at how well they handled themselves and also made a mental note never to piss them off. Jackie then turned towards the woman who saved his ass and wondered if she was alright "You okay miss." The woman nodded and said "Yes I'm fine. But are you alright?" Jackie nods yes and is glad that she is okay, but then he remembered what she called him. "Listen I don't know why those guys were after you, but they might try to come after you again. So I guess what I'm saying is do you want to come with me." Jackie then extends his hand to the ice woman on the bench while hearing The Darkness protest Jackie's decision. The woman on the bench looks at Jackie's hand and thinks about what he is offering, after a while she takes his hand and Jackie helps her to her feet where the woman introduces herself "I am the Discarded Sekirei, Akitsu. I pledge to always be by your side for as long as you will have me."

Jackie smiled but said "If I understand correctly all Sekirei have numbers, so Akitsu would you mind if I asked what your number was?" Akitsu looks at Jackie with a blank face but answers "I was once known as number 7." Jackie then said "Well then Akitsu I also swear to be by your side as well and to take care of you. I'll also try to help you with your emergence as well." Akitsu then replied "I swear to be as useful as I can be." Jackie walked up to her and put his hands on her shoulders, when Akitsu looked up she saw that Jackie had a warm smile and said "You don't need to try to prove yourself or say that you'll be useful. You're part of my family now, and family doesn't abandon each other. Family helps each other no matter what." To anyone else Akitsu's facial expression didn't change, but Jackie could tell by the way there was a light in her eyes as well as the way she looked at him that Jackie was able to give her something that she hadn't had in a long time…. hope. Jackie then wrapped his arm around her and looked at the twins who were also smiling at Jackie's actions and the four of them made their way too Maison Izumo.

When the group made it to their destination they walked up to the door of the inn and Jackie was the one that rang the doorbell. After a while Uzume opened the door and immediately embraced Jackie in a tight hug, when she backed away and looked at her fellow sister Sekirei she said "Wow, Jackie. You've only been gone for two days and now you have three more Sekirei to add to your little harem. You're a machine." Jackie smiled at her and kissed her on the forehead and said "Ladies just can't resist my charms." Uzume giggled and invited them in. Once inside Jackie introduces his first Sekirei to his new ones "Uzume these two are Hikari and Hibiki. They're the ones I told you about yesterday and the one next to them is Akitsu. She needed some help and I decided to take her into the family." Uzume smiled at the lightning twins, but when she saw the discarded number her eyes widen a bit but then softened and Jackie then asked "Uzume, ya think you might find Akitsu here some clothes until I go shopping with her?" Uzume nodded and said that they were just about to eat dinner she tells Jackie and the twins to make themselves at home while she and Akitsu find some clothes that would fit the Ice Sekirei. Jackie then led Hibiki and Hikari to the dining room where he saw Miya at the head of the table as well as two newcomers chatting with Kagari.

Jackie got a good look at the newcomers; one was a man who looked to be in his late teens early twenties, he had messy raven black hair, pale skin, a skinny build and was wearing a green track suit. The guy looked like a college student and he seemed to be a good guy. The other was a beautiful young woman with chestnut brown hair tied in a ponytail with a little cow lick in the front, she had creamy white skin, big brown eyes, and just like Uzume she was well endowed in the chest area. The woman was wearing a pink kimono. Before Jackie could ask who they were the man beat him to it "Oh…hello there. Who are you?" Jackie then said "My name's Jackie. Jackie Estacado. Who are you two?" the man went first and said while rubbing the back of his head "I'm Minato Sahashi nice to meet you, Jackie." The woman next to Minato then raised her fist in the air in a fist pump and said with a lot of energy "I'm Musubi." Jackie was surprised by Musubi's intro but he just smiled and nodded amused by her antics. Jackie then asked "How did you two meet if you don't mind me asking?" Musubi spoke up quickly "We meet each other 'cause I'm Minato's Seki…." Minato then covers her mouth and says "We met rather recently I saw she needed help and since then we became friends." Jackie narrowed his eyes a little and he knew that Musubi was about to say that she was Minato's Sekirei. Well as long as they don't attack him or his girls then they weren't a threat. Jackie's attention was then brought to Miya who called to him. "Jackie, I didn't know you were going to stop by? We were about to sit down to dinner why don't you and your friends join us." Unlike trying to decline like last time Jackie accepted the offer and he, Hikari and Hibiki sat down to dinner, and a couple minutes later both Uzume and Akitsu came down and began to eat as well.

Midway through dinner Minato then asked "Um… Miya can I ask you something?" Miya looks at Minato with a warm smile and nods her head. "What is this place? Looking around I can tell none of you guys are related so why do you live with each other." Jackie answers "This is an inn kid and everyone here aside from Miya are tenants. Miya is the landlady of this place." Minato is surprised by this information while Uzume adds her two cents "Yeah while this place is nice, it's kind of old and worn down so only crazies and weirdos live here." Miya looks at Uzume and says "Is that so, Uzume?" just then a purple aura surrounded her scaring the crap out of Uzume and the others, Jackie on the other hand found the whole thing funny. "Yeah it's just that this place just has a lot of character and it would be nice if we could get some normal tenants." Minato at that moment then bowed his head to Miya and said "I'm normal, really I am." Everyone was confused why Minato was acting like this.

Minato then continued and said "Well you see I was recently kicked out of my apartment because I was trying to help Musubi. Now we have nowhere else to go. Soo…"Miya then said in a gentle voice "Oh you poor thing, please raise your head." Minato did as he was told and looked into Miya's eyes. Miya smiled and said "My late husband believed in never turning anyone away. Especially if they were in trouble, and I like to honor that creed of his." Minato then asked "So does that mean…" Miya gave a bright smile and said "Welcome home to Maison Izumo." Minato is shocked at first but he begins to smile as well, only to be embraced by Musubi while shouting "You did it Minato you've found us a new home." Minato chuckled shyly and said "Yeah I guess I did, huh."

Jackie is happy that those two were able to get a break, but he was really impressed by Miya's kindness. Jackie then knew that Miya was indeed one of the good ones. Jackie than spoke "Excuse me, Miya. Can I talk to you?" Miya then said "What's wrong, Jackie?" Jackie then said "I would like to ask you if you can also accept Hikari, Hibiki and Akitsu here as tenants. I'll pay for their room and board the same thing applies to Uzume." Uzume blushed, but smiled at her Ashikabi. Miya puts her hand to her mouth and said "Oh my, Jackie. First you say that you're going to pay Uzume's rent and now you want me to add three more beautiful women to my inn. You're not planning on turning Maison Izumo into your love nest are you, what's next will you ravage me in order to sate your beastly urges. What would my late husband think?"

Jackie laughs and says "While I would love to turn your inn into a love nest I believe you said that there are no illicit acts under your roof." Miya chuckles and says "Yes it's alright for them to stay here." Once Jackie and Miya were done with their fun, Jackie helped her out with the dishes again along with Minato. Once everything was put away Jackie was getting ready to leave when he felt Uzume come from behind and gave him a hug. "Can't you stay here for the night again?" Jackie wanted too he really did but he had to get back to the hotel. Jackie then turned around and cupped Uzume's check and said "I'm sorry, but I can't." before the conversation could continue Akitsu interrupted them and said "Where are you going, Master?" Jackie then looked at Akitsu and said "I need to get back to the hotel I'm staying at, Akitsu. You and the others are going to be staying here." Akitsu wanted to say something but found she couldn't. Jackie could tell that she was upset by this "It has nothing to do with you. It's just I came here on a business trip and I can't…." Akitsu then said "But you promised." Jackie was confused but Akitsu continued "You promised that you wouldn't abandon me."

Jackie felt terrible and he knew he couldn't leave, Jackie then put his hands on Akitsu's shoulders to calm her down and said "I know I promised. I'll stay here for a couple of weeks how does that sound." Akitsu then hugged her Ashikabi and Jackie rubbed her back to calm her down. Once she was calm Uzume led Akitsu upstairs, Jackie then got his cell phone and called Vinnie. Jackie didn't have to wait long until his right hand man picked up "Yo boss, where have ya been?" Jackie then said "I just dropped the girls at the inn, but something has come up and I need to stay here for a couple of weeks." Vinnie just says "That's okay Jackie enjoy yourself. Even though we're here on business, doesn't mean you can't have a little fun." Jackie smirked and asked "How's the shipment doing?" Vinnie then said "Jimmy was able to get everything ready and he said the stuff should be here in four weeks. The two weeks are for him to move the goods across New York to San Francisco." Jackie smiled and said "Tell Jimmy thanks." Vinnie then said "Sure thing boss. I'll also let you know when Murakawa wants to set up another meeting. Until then just relax and enjoy yourself." Jackie then said "Thanks Vin." and hung up. Jackie then finds Miya enjoying some tea and says "Hey Miya I'm going to be staying here for a while." Miya smiles and says "That's okay you can stay in Uzume's room like last time, but remember the rules." Jackie nods and replies "Don't worry I won't cause trouble." Jackie then makes his way up stairs and to take a well-deserved bath.

Jackie sits back and lets the bone melting hot water relax his muscles and wash away his aches and pains. He felt so peaceful here, but that was shattered when his tenant complained to him "Why must we stay in this filthy place." Jackie just replied "It's only for a couple of weeks." The Darkness then responds "But of all the places you pick to stay it's here. In this filthy inn, with these weak, worthless, pathetic maggots!" Jackie rubbed his temples and said "It won't be that bad, well for me it won't be that bad. Besides this will give me a good chance to let me get to know my Sekirei." When those words left his mouth Jackie was surprised by what he just said. The Darkness laughed and said "Enjoy them while you can, Jackie. Because once they discover what you really are they will want nothing to do with you." Jackie shook his head and replied "They won't find out about my mob life."

The Darkness chuckled and said "I don't mean your pathetic life as a crook. I mean once they discover your gift, your heritage, your burden." Jackie knew what it was talking about "There is no way in hell they will ever find out about you." The demon inside him laughed and said "One way or another they will discover the truth and when they do, they will not only hate you, but they will fear you." Jackie shook his head and went back to enjoying his bath. Just when he was about to nod off he heard the door slide open. When he turned around he saw Uzume, Hikari, Hibiki and Akitsu enter the bathroom and to his surprise and pleasure they were nude and it looked like they wanted to take a bath as well. Uzume smiled and leaned forward with her tits bouncing a little "Hey, Jackie." She whined "That's not fair I wanted to wash your back. You even got into the tub without me." She pouted cutely. Jackie grinned and said "I'm sorry Uzume I didn't know you wanted to join me. Well this tub is big enough for all of us, so why don't come and join me." Uzume smiles and gets into the bath with Jackie. Hikari and Hibiki wash each other's bodies and Akitsu also joins Jackie and Uzume in the bath. Jackie felt happy with Uzume on his right and Akitsu siting on his lap He felt like he was at peace. But Jackie remembered about what The Darkness said and he swore to himself that no matter what they will never know his secret and that he will keep them safe.

AN: I'm going to try and publish three chapters every two weeks if i can. I'm really glad everybody who has read it likes this story, I knew that this was a good idea from the start anyway guys if you have any ideas on what you would like to see don't hesitate to ask about it.