Chapter 4: The unexpected strike
Neiyo was out in the city after spending the night with Murasaki. She wasn't quite ready to do anything intimate with him yet as he expected but was quite content with sleeping beside him. Whilst she was out at University prep school, he made use of his time trying to protect the little ones that he brought here.
He came across an explosion in the distance, not fueled by fire but just smoke with a loud bang. He looked into the direction and saw a figure being chased by two.
Already? I've only been out for thirty minutes and already trouble is starting to pick up. He hurried to the three who were still moving at quick speeds, but Neiyo started bolting (A/N, British slang for running quickly) for the three figures to see what the situation was.
Neiyo took off at an incredible speed ,watching buildings fly past him as he kept low to keep the wind from slowing his progress. He soon caught up to them and watched from a distance to see how the girl being chased would react.
The girl looked about twenty, had chestnut brown hair to, that seemed to go to her shoulders whilst having a small pony tail tied with a ribbon going down her back. My, she is a quick runner, I'll give her that. She's outpacing those two. Neiyo thought to himself with a grin.
He noticed the two chasing her were similar looking, almost twins. Ah, Hikari and Hibiki, I wonder why those two have it out for girl. They were never that vindictive growing up. The girl running tripped and a young man came out and knelt down beside her, presumably to Neiyo asking if she was okay. The twins marched up to her and the boy took it upon himself to stand in front of the now-on-the-floor girl that had been chased.
Interesting... the boy hasn't known her for a second and risks his life for her. Possibly her ashikabi no doubt. A moment passed with Neiyo overlooking the situation as Hibiki, one of the twins grabbed him, starting to sprout lightning from her hand to intimidate him. Oh well, time to act. Neiyo shot down behind the twins with a thud, creating a small crater with smoke pouring out of it.
Hikari the sister turned to see Neiyo, a shock on her face. "Hibiki! It's him!" The sister turned to drop the young man, who was now more confused but had dark hair and a pair of steel-blue eyes. He was dressed casually for a human but Neiyo wasn't about to focus on him in the situation. The twins looked at Neiyo and decided to call it quits for the day. "C'mon Hikari, this is over our heads already." Hikari reluctantly agreed with her sister and jumped off into the distance.
At this moment the brunette girl decided to speak up; "Thank you so much, I don't know why they had it in for me." She smiled at Neiyo, thankfully. The silver haired Sekirei laughed playfully, "It's not a problem. You shouldn't be thanking me, you should be thanking the man who stood up for you." he smiled back at her. This seemed to trigger a revelation in her head and turned to the dark haired man who stood in the twins way. She thanked him for standing up for her and he seemed a bit hesitant, as if not used to being around women.
I guess I can relate to that somewhat, Neiyo thought.
Neiyo started to walk off in the other direction, well aware that eyes were watching him. He looked up to his right to the top of a department store about five stories high and witnessed a black figure with some form of cloak or haori dash off.
"Excuse me, sir?" a voice called out to him from behind.
'Smoke' as he was often referred to turned around to see the young man who had helped save the brown haired girl. "Yeah?" he asked casually.
"I, uh, well I want to thank you also." the boy turned slightly red because of his hesitation and lack of confidence.
As he spoke, Neiyo turned to look at the girl, who seemed a bit flustered herself, breathing quite heavily. Neiyo waved off his thanks and made his way towards the girl who was still on her knees. "Are you reacting to him?" he quietly asked.
Her eyes widened in shock but assumed that he must've been a Sekirei in order to scare off the twins. She nodded and looked toward the man.
Neiyo thought to himself for a moment, to try and help the girl out. He didn't want to stand in the way of fate. After a moment he smiled, "Go get 'im then" and launched into the sky onto the department store.
He turned to see the girl go after the young man, and talk to him. Neiyo smiled, at least he had helped her find her destined one. Well, looks like my good deed is done for the day. He turned and leapt to the following building, one slightly taller but not unreachable by any extent. Afterall, he had his own Ashikabi too look after now.
A few hours later...
Neiyo was atop the church-styled restaurant opposite the University campus when he saw Murasaki exit the building. She looked stressed somewhat to him but she still drew a smile on her face. He had decided to wait for her to finish her classes and then walk her home but, then when she came out with friends, or what seemed to be friends, he hesitated. Questioning how they'd take him into account. But he decided to use his initiative and text her.
"Do you want to meet and grab some coffee?" the text he sent said.
Murasaki was walking with two other girls, who seemed attractive enough, but to Neiyo only she was the only one attractive out of the three of them. One had blonde hair but couldn't really see her face, the other had black hair, with a face he thought he recognized but couldn't plant a name to it. He shrugged the last one off, still looking at Murasaki.
He watched her dig out her phone and look at it, seeming to type something into it. He awaited her reply, as if he turned into an anxious school-kid.
*Bleep Bleep*
Neiyo's mobile went off, almost shocking him a little as he was still watching his Ashikabi walk off.
"Sure, let's meet at the Lu Weng Café near the University. See you there! X". Neiyo smiled a little in relief.
He wasn't sure of the reply he would recieve from her.
After ten minutes, Murasaki was sitting with her friends at a table in the café as Neiyo dropped down outside the place in an alley from a nearby rooftop. He walked through the double glass doors, and inside it looked a bit on the richer side of life, a lot of red and gold colourings on the walls with a warm feeling to the room. The windows that stretched outside the building let a lot of light in, creating a bright café inside. The silver haired Sekirei looked around and saw Murasaki wave him over, with a smile on her face.
He navigated his way around the cluster of tables in the middle of the room. He sat down beside Murasaki who promptly hugged his arm with her hands, making him a bit flustered. He smiled and kissed her cheek with a greeting. "Have a good day at University?" he asked her innocently.
"Yup! It was just introductory classes but all the lecturers seemed nice." The blue haired girl answered her Sekirei. They both simply smiled. "Oh! I almost forgot, I want you to meet my friends,"
She gestured a hand at the blonde, "This is Yurame." After she gestured to the black haired girl, "And this is Nane. We met in the classes today."
Neiyo smiled at them as the two girls looked hesitant. "Nice to meet you. I'm Neiyo."
He decided to start the conversation since the two looked rather shy. I'll cut em a break. It's harder for some people to make friends than us... then again, some of us know that better than anyone.
After a few minutes the two girls eased up to Neiyo's presence and started talking with Murasaki about their choice of classes and to Murasaki, who chose to study Chemistry, she was happy with her choice. Neiyo noticed however that the other two weren't too sure the choice of the course was right for them as they seemed cautious of where it would lead them.
"I get the feeling that this course may be too hard for me." Yumare stated to the group.
Neiyo smiled, "Sometimes it takes us a few months of trying things out to see what we really want to do in life. There are millions of people in the same position as you guys, I wouldn't get too hung up on it. But you chose the course for a reason, you wouldn't have done it otherwise, right?"
The three girls seemed to be in awe of his reasoning, his wisdom. Then seemed to think to themselves, momentarily agreeing with what Neiyo had opinionated after. The four resumed to have coffee and some lunch for an hour then proceeded to head their separate ways, leaving Murasaki and Neiyo alone again...
End of Chapter 4
A/N: Sorry guys, it's still merely getting to grips with the characters but the next chapter will open up to more... familiar surroundings, especially with those who have watched Sekirei themselves.
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