Ghost Ashikabi

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Chapter 7: Warning Sent


Breakfast took place without an issue. When they were done Renato and his sekirei went to his room as he wanted to talk with them about what he has in mind.

"Alright ladies. I'm going to do something I don't normally do and it's to your benefit."

"What is it you have in mind Renato-sama?" Kochou asked.

"I'm going to be training you four in different things I know." Renato answered, "Yahan. I already know that you're good in stealth though not at my level but you're close so I'll help you with that and to teach you some Escrima skills to help you use your knives better."

"Really? Thanks you." Yahan said, "By the way what's Escrima?"

"It's a hybrid Filipino Martial arts style that emphasizes weapon based combat with sticks, bladed weapons like knives and even includes unarmed combat. Since you are good in using knives this can help you." Renato explained.

"Okay. As long as it helps to keep you safe I'll do it." Yahan said.

"Akitsu." Renato said as he turned to the ice sekirei, "I know that you are powerful and know a thing about being sneaky yourself but you'll need to learn to able to deal with anyone that closes the distance with you. So like Yahan I'll be teaching you how to defend yourself in close quarters whether with your hands and feet or with ice weaponry you could make."

"Ah...Okay." Akitsu nodded with her impassive face.

"Yashima. Your size is great for stealth but that hammer of yours would make it a bit difficult." Yashima lowered her head in disappointment. "However," Yashima instantly rose her head. "It's still possible to be stealthy and subtle with it. It'll just be harder."

"Renato-sama, I'm not a combat type." Kochou spoke up.

"I know but that shouldn't mean that you shouldn't be able to defend yourself. Plus, you'll need to be able to not be caught by anyone when hacking." Renato said, "For that I got something for you that'll help." He put his hand into a pouch on his belt and brought out a flash drive.

"That's a flash drive. How is that going to help?" Kochou asked in disbelief.

"Yes it's a flash drive but a special one for hacking." Renato siad instantly getting the brain type interested, "It'll help you to hack for longer and without anyone even noticing that they're being hacked until it's too late. It'll give you an extra ten minutes to hack right under their noses."

"Thank you Renato-sama!" Kochou said as she hugged Renato happily.

"Yeah you're welcome." Renato said as he gave her the flash drive, "It belonged to someone I knew. It's a little memento from them so don't ruin it."

"I'll make sure I use it well Renato-sama." Kochou said.

"Good because I'll need you to do some digging in to MBI's database for all sekirei that have been winged and not winged and the ashikabis of the ones that have been winged. Also I'll need the details of the stages of the Sekirei plan."

"I'll be right on it!" Kochou acknowledged as she got to work on her laptop.

"Alright you three will be getting trained by me and also I'll ask Miya to spar with you so you can get stronger too. So c'mon let the tor...ahem, training begin." Renato said with a sadistic grin on his face causing Yahan, Akitsu and Yashima to sweat drop.


The three sekirei # 7 Akitsu, #57 Yahan and #84 Yashima love their ashikabi. They really do but one thing they began to hate about him was the hellish torture he put them through from morning in a secluded spot in Teito park, which he claimed to be their training. Their stealth training was difficult for most of them except Yahan who was already good at stealth but Renato drilled her the most, saying that until she's able to not be detected by him that he won't be satisfied, which was close to impossible since he's incredibly perceptive and aware of his environment. Not only that, they had to sharpen their senses so that they could even faintly detect him when he's using stealth.

Close quarters training was even worse as he put them through the ringer. While Renato eased up on them he still made it hellish for them. He trained Akitsu especially, to learn to deal with opponents who can easily close the distance and force a close quarters fight. And he used himself as an opponent and made sure to make it even more hellish.

Even though Renato put them through the ringer he made sure they got water breaks, time to rest and made sure they had lunch.

When evening came, and Renato and his sekirei were walking down the street back home. Yahan, Akitsu and Yashima were glad that their hellish torture was over. Meanwhile Renato was impressed by their progress. While the three walking by his side were not happy at him for putting them through hell, he could feel that they were grateful for his training. He may not be able to call them badasses now but he can say that they are fast learners. Yahan's stealth skills were a lot better than before though not at his level yet but enough to actually make him put a little effort to sense her and her knife skills had gotten a lot better as she easily picked up on the escrima lessons. Akitsu had made progress at stealth at least close to intermediate level and she was at least capable of holding her ground in close range thanks to her learning Krav Maga, though that was going to take some getting used to. Yashima also made progress in stealth though that giant hammer of hers was still an issue Renato was trying to address and as for close quarters he taught her how to properly use her weapon without leaving herself too wide open.

"I know you three want to pound me into the ground but I hope you know that I put you through that for your own good and because I care." Renato said.

"Excuse me? YOU did that for OUR own good?" Yahan growled, "You nearly drove us to exhaustion with that insane training."

"Yes...Training...don't like at all." Akitsu added.

"Um...I do appreciate the training ashikabi-sama. But...you didn't have to be...so harsh." Yashima said.

"Like Yashima said, I also appreciate the training. Those escrima moves you showed me are cool and look out I'm getting close to your level in stealth my ashikabi." Yahan said in agreement.

"What of you Akitsu?" Renato asked the young 'yuki onna'. She lightly glared at him for a moment before her face returned to its impassive state.

"Don't like the training...but thankful that you did so." She said.

Renato smiled under the hood of his usual tattered attire. His sekirei could feel his happiness through the bond which made them happy too. However that feeling was short-lived when they felt anger and anxiety in their ashikabi and they saw him stop walking as he just stared ahead of them.

"What's wrong?" Yahan asked as she had her hand close to her knife holster.

"An annoyance has arrived." Renato said in a cold tone.

As right on cue three people showed up in front of the quartet. A man dressed in all black with an orange tie around his neck and wearing glasses was flanked by two women who Renato easily recognized as sekirei. The one on his left is tall and lithe, with green hair. She wore a white and violet open front and shoulderless top and a violet skirt that barely covered her legs. She's also holding a bo staff in her right hand. The other woman with very short hair on the right made Renato nearly face palm because of her choice of wardrobe; skin-tight clothing that made him think she was a bloody whore and all being held by a single metal ring below her breasts. She wasn't armed with anything so Renato guessed she was a hand to hand fighter type like Musubi.

The man in front shifted his glasses above his nose and maintained a calm demeanor. Though Renato could see that he was so full of shit!

"Ghost Ashikabi, you are a hard man to find. To think that we'd find you here of all places, today must be our lucky day." The man with glasses said.

"Unfortunately I'd say that you're unlucky since you picked the wrong time to show your face!" Renato said in a dark tone. His sekirei were feeling uncomfortable as they sensed his anger slowly increasing by the second. "Now leave my presence while I'm in a generous mood."

"How about you reconsider since I have a message from Higa-sama? He requests your presence for a meeting." The man said.

"Who are you?" Renato asked.

"I am Kakizaki, faithful assistant to Higa Izumi, a man that seems to be interested in you, Ghost Ashikabi." Kakizaki said with a smug grin on his face that ticked Renato off.

"How about you send your boss my answer which is he should go hang himself! I want nothing to do with him." Renato hissed and worrying his sekirei more because his anger was close to its breaking point.

"Are you sure you want to do that without even considering Higa-sama's proposal?" Kakizaki asked.

"I'd rather take my chances with a hungry wolf pack than deal with with that bastard." Renato answered, "Now get the hell out of here. My patience is at its limit."

Kakizaki sighed, "Such a shame. And you would have been a great help to Higa-sama."

"Kakizaki. Please let me deal with this one!" The short haired girl said as she walked forward, "You wouldn't mind if I took him out right Toyotama?"

"While I won't mind you having your fun Ichiya, don't forget he has three sekirei with him." Toyotama warned.

"You want me that badly huh?" Renato said as he adjusted his tattered trench coat, "Well then I'm right here."

"Ashikabi-sama!"

"Don't worry. I got this." Renato reassured his sekirei. However that did not help since their blood went cold as they sensed the overwhelming anger and blood lust in the bond. Whatever was going to happen was not going to end well and they stepped back from him.

"You think you can handle me by yourself? You must be more stupid than I expected." Ichiya said as she charged at Renato with tremendous speed.

"So sad to hear that since it's you that doesn't know who she's messing with." Renato said with disgust.

Ichiya threw a roundhouse kick at his face which hit nothing as Renato just parried her kick away with his left hand and used the other to clear her other leg from the ground, causing her to flip and land on her back.

"Is that all you got you little twerp?" Renato taunted, getting the reaction he wanted as Ichiya stood up in anger.

"You got lucky human!" Ichiya sneered.

"If you think so then prove it." Renato taunted as he motioned for her to come at him.

Ichiya rushed at him throwing a jumping roundhouse kick that Renato dodged. She threw a kick to his leg which he defended with a leg check, then she threw a spin kick at him which Renato evaded again. Ichiya threw a straight punch which Renato slipped under and grabbed the outstretched arm and elbowed her in the chest before flipping her over him. Ichiya kicked up and growled at Renato who just looked at her impassively.

Toyotama and Kakizaki could not believe what they were seeing. Ichiya was losing and to a human too. Too bad they didn't know that this man wasn't all that human. Renato's sekirei were not as surprised because they had already experienced his ability in close combat first hand, but they were even more surprised to see him hold his own against an opposing sekirei.

Ichiya was in a bad mood and it showed as she came at Renato once more throwing a left hook at nothing as Renato had ducked under it and countered with a right body blow and a left uppercut that snapped her head back. She gritted her teeth and stood her ground before rushing back at Renato again, throwing kicks which were all being blocked and swayed from before she threw another kick to the mid section which was nullified by an elbow block from Renato and countered by a right hook to her face, blood spilling out of her mouth. She rushed back at him once more and Renato cracked her with a spinning back elbow to the head stunning her and causing her to stagger back.

Renato rushed at the off balanced Ichiya hitting her with a jumping elbow smash and landing quick strikes to her mid section and chest before finishing with a chop to her chest that caused more blood to gush out and really daze her. Then he kicked the back of her right leg, forcing her to go on one knee, elbowed her in the neck to stun her more then spun around her and kneed her in the face knocking her out cold.

"Toyotama!" Kakizaki ordered. The female sekirei rushed at Renato with her bo staff twirling. She swung at him and missed as he ducked under the attack, she then thrust her staff at his head which Renato slipped and grabbed her staff while front kicking her face, snapping her head back and making her lose her grip. Before Toyotama could recover Renato tripped her with her staff, then spun around knocked her down while she was still in mid air knocking the wind out of her as she landed on her back.

Kakizaki was now completely shocked at what had just transpired. The Ghost Ashikabi just defeated two sekirei by himself and without any difficulty. Now his luck had gone bad and got even worse when he felt something embed itself onto his stomach. He looked down and saw a curved single-edged knife with serrated edges stuck on his stomach. When he looked up his eyes went wide as he saw the blue eyes of Renato through the darkness of his hood. Renato just stared at him and gripped the ulak blade stuck in Kakizaki.

"You're going to be my messenger boy Kakizaki. This is the message that you'll send him." Renato said in a cold voice.

He then twisted the ulak blade causing Kakizaki to scream like a girl before gutting him and ripping it out spilling his blood and intestines. Then he pulled out a second ulak blade and slashed across Kakizashi's chest and then slit his throat, silencing him for good as the body dropped in a bloody heap.

Renato walked up to Toyotama who had heard Kakizaki's scream and gasped at his dead body.

"Kakizaki-sama!" She shouted, before glaring at the approaching Renato.

"You've got yourself a death wish, Ghost ashikabi!"

"Not if my sekirei have a say about that." Renato mentioned. That caused her to freeze as she felt a cold blade touching the back of her neck, where her Sekirei crest is located. She caught sight of Yahan, who aimed her dagger there.

"Give me a reason." Yahan said in a no nonsense tone.

"Take your fellow sekirei and that fool's corpse back to your ashikabi and tell him to not piss me off or else I'll personally make sure that nothing is left of him." Renato said firmly.

Toyotama had no choice to apply and grumbled as she got up and took the unconscious Ichiya and dead Kakizaki before jumping away from the area. Renato watched until they were out of range before he sighed as his eyes changed back to their black color. His three sekirei walked up to him nervously and he could tell why.

"Sorry I had to let you ladies see that." Renato apologized, "I over did it there."

"No. Don't be sorry Renato-sama. It was nice of you to beat those two sekirei who are Higa's bloodhounds and also kill that smug bastard Kakizaki." Yahan said as she dismissed his apology, "I'm actually impressed that my ashikabi's a very strong human."

"Ah...Renato-sama is strong...Even stronger than a sekirei." Akitsu mentioned.

"Um...Renato-sama? Are you really human?" Yashima nervously asked, "A human can't match with a sekirei in battle yet you defeated two sekirei by yourself."

"I'd rather not say it right now. I'll tell you when I'm ready. Okay?" Renato said.

"Okay Renato-sama!" The three sekirei said.

"Now to get out of here before anyone else shows up. It's getting dark already."

The quarter continued their return back to the Maison Izumo this time by the rooftops. Unknown to them there was a figure standing above the rooftop of a building watching them as they left.

"So that's the notorious Ghost Ashikabi huh? He's quite the dangerous one. I wonder how far he'll go in this twisted game."


Chapter 7 End.

Renato's decided to give Kochou a tool to help with her hacking and has also decided to train his other sekirei in stealth and combat.

Looks like Renato has sent his message to Higa Izumi after beating down two sekirei and killing Higa's assistant Kakizaki. How will the ashikabi of the East take it? And how will Renato's sekirei act around someone who could be that cold and vicious?

Who's the unknown person that's been watching?

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