The way people will be getting winged (I have been told by my proof reader) might be a little yucky. So if you are all uncomfortable with people sharing foods, I suggest you skip this chapter and just return in Chapt 8 for the safety of your healthy mind.
The Game (3/3)
Everyone apart from Matsu, sat at the table. Musubi, Ekai, Tora, Miya, Kazehana, Haihane, Minato, Natsuo, Benitsubasa, Kusano, Tsukiumi and Homura all sat along the table, in this order.
"So, are you going to tell us about this game?" Benitsubasa mumbled at Kazehana under her breath.
"Yes, yes. Ekai, Tora. I see you have the essential items?" Kazehana glanced at the two and smiled.
"What, these?" Tora lifted the container of lollipops. Miya gasped and shot a look at Kazehana, finding the dark haired Sekirei's tactics unbelievable.
"W-what are you planning, K-Kazehana-chan?" Minato stuttered over his words asking the question.
"These are the rules of the game" Kazehana looked around, ensuring her eyes met with each of the members of the Disciplinary Squad's. "Each person takes a lollipop. Unwraps it. Puts it in their mouth and has a little suck" Kazehana looked at both Kusano and Miya "You two can have a lollipop. But you're not allowed to play"
"Why?" Kusano asked, confused.
"Each person will have a suck of a lollipop. Then place it in this bowl. Miya will then shake the bowl and everyone will suck a lollipop each. The game ends when Tora and Ekai have been winged"
"So are you telling me that we will all be mixing saliva?" Haihane asked, defensively.
"Yeah. It's a game of chance" Kazehana smiled, pleased with her plan and the way it was panning out.
"So it's between both Natsuo and Sahashi?" Benitsubasa asked, her face reddening as she spoke.
"I don't… I'm not comfortable about that" Haihane mumbled, almost impossible for anyone to hear. But they did. Every single one of them. And when she realised that she had been heard, she violently blushed a bright crimson shade.
"Weren't you always saying he was gay?" Benitsubasa took this as an opportunity to get the truth of what really happened between the two, out in the open.
"Weren't you always saying that he liked smaller chests? Haihane-san seems to have a larger one than you" Musubi, genuinely confused, chipped in, not knowing the viscosity of the reaction she was going to recieve.
"JKEFJNFOFOFOONWEO* YOU. MUSUBI. LET'S FIGHT. NOW NO. 88!" Benitsubasa was ready, always attired with her gloves, she had no need to prepare for any fight.
"Try it, see what will happen to your life." Ekai assertively spoke out.
"Sorrrrryyyyy, you're in the Inn now, safe-haven!" Kazehana smiled, her eyes disappearing and tilting her head to the side.
"Let's just get this game over with." Ekai bluntly said.
Everyone apart from Tora and Tsukiumi picked up a lollipop, unwrapped theirs and sucked. Tora hesitated. She was scared about the consequences.
"Hey, Kai… Do you think I should bring Tora-ni out? I don't fancy being winged by this other Ashikabi. He seems… dark" Tora whispered to Ekai, pretending to unwrap her lollipop.
"I told you, I would opt never to meet that other Tora if I had a choice" Ekai spoke softly, knowing his tone of voice was only evident to Tora. The past Ekai had with Tora's clone was a relationship that was tittering. Nearing non-existent.
"I'm going to say I'm going to the bathroom. I'll hide in the bath-house until everything is clear. Tora-ni is not able to get winged" Tora stood up, and opened her mouth to speak "I am just going to pop to the bat-"
"Sit down. You're not going anywhere" Tsukiumi cut the female off, giving her a look of disapproval.
Tsukiumi and Tora sighed and took a suck of their lollipops.
"Okay everyone. Please place them in the bowl" Miya gently said and made a gesture towards the bowl that was sitting in the middle of the table. Once the last lollipop was placed in the bowl, Miya picked the bowl up and walked out of the room, in to the kitchen to mix the lollipops without the group being able to trace.
"So, your name's Natsuo Ichinomi? Master of the Disciplinary Squad?" Tora broke the frozen ice that had begun to form.
"Yes, although I would not call myself a master. Just an Ashikabi" Natsuo smiled, shifting his head a little, causing his hair to shuffle slightly.
"You're so hot." Tora was caught under a slight trance and had no control over her mouth. But as the words left her lips, she blushed slightly "But I bet you already know that. I think Haihane is hot, too" Tora smiled Haihane, who, in turn, begun to blush.
"Benitsubasa is beautiful, too. I like petite chests. They're refined" Natsuo patted Benitsubasa on her back. Benitsubasa smiled, a cat-like expression flitting across her face.
"Please, everyone take a lollipop" Miya had returned and placed the bowl in the middle of the table. There was complete silence as everyone looked at the bowl. Natsuo made the first move. Benitsubasa glared at her Ashikabi and watched him as he placed the sweet in his mouth.
"What? Nothing can happen to me" The Ashikabi smiled and shrugged "This one was yours, Haihane" Natsuo relaxed and sat back, joyfully sucking at the lollipop.
Haihane rose to her feet and placed her hand in the bowl. Haihane placed the lollipop in her mouth and almost collapsed as she did so, her face went pale and her lips were shaking "T-tsu… Number bloody 9"
Tsukiumi stood and placed her hand in the bowl, feeling no sense of shame or care as she placed the lollipop in her mouth. She just wanted to get this game over and done with. "Musubi"
The next to take a lollipop was Minato. He picked up a lollipop by its stick, placing it in his mouth hesitantly. As he placed it in his mouth, he sighed. "Kazehana's"
Kazehana squealed as she heard her name called, she, giddy as giddy could be, dove her hand in the bowl and shoved a lollipop into her mouth. "Kagari-san. Your saliva tastes like ash" Kazehana took the lollipop out of her mouth and waved it in the face of Homura.
"Be quiet, No. 3" Homura took the lollipop out of the bowl and placed it in his mouth. "Ekai"
Ekai picked up a lollipop and placed it in his mouth. His body begun to overheat. Before he knew it, his entire being was calling out the name of his Ashikabi. His wings started to extend out of his body, his eyes formed tears and fell from them, releasing all the pain and suffering this Sekirei had experienced in his lifetime. Ekai's lips allowed assonance to depart from them as he felt the connection between himself and his Ashikabi form. When the process had finished, Ekai was a hot mess, tears streaming down his face and his body discharging an almost unbearable heat. He was winged. And as much as he would have hated to admit it, he much enjoyed this endless feeling of worth.
"Please, someone go next" Ekai said through grunts and pants.
Musubi nodded and grabbed herself a lollipop and popped it in her mouth "Benitsubasa, I believe this is yours" Benitsubasa let out another growl, dragging herself as she put her hand in the bowl.
"The one with the orange hair" Benitsubasa quickly took the lollipop out of her mouth.
Tora picked up a lollipop and was hesitant. She had the lollipop in her hand by her mouth and was hesitating with her mouth open, hovering over the lollipop. Ekai elbowed her in the stomach and the lollipop flew into her mouth.
Almost as soon as the lollipop landed in her mouth, the cat-suited female's eyes flew open as she begun to grow her wings. Her entire body, from the inside-out, begun to feel as though a warm, soothing air was rushing through her. Giving her a feeling of being made new, as though she had been baptised in love. Her heart begun to race, feeling completely free and captivated. The bonds and eternal chains of her Ashikabi setting her. As her body begun to cool she began to feel the unending need to serve her master call her. Her body cooled and resonated the name of her Ashikabi in her heart.
* Inaudible or incomprehensible babble of sounds and gestures.
How's everyone feeling regarding who the Ashikabi might be for each Sekirei? I threw a few hints during the process of being winged :P
Heads up, there will be new pairings and also ready your heart for a death or two in the near future.
Review? Thanks.
See ya in chapter 8 !
