Alternate Plans

by Kyoto141092

Say goodbye Minato cause Naruto...Sahashi?...is on the scene. I guess...But how will Naruto cope with being thrown into the Sekirei world as it's main man. Who knows, but this adventure is starting NOW! /NarutoXharem-his Sekirei of course /fluff, Lemons later on! P.S. it's gonna be a long...and bumpy ride.

10. Chapter 10

I was intending to post this before Christmas but the FF doc manager had different ideas. So… happy late New years and welcome to the next chapter of Alternate Plans!

IMPORTANT! The start of this chapter is a series of flashbacks which are Naruto's memories. Not everything will be explained in these flashbacks… as it would take far too long to do so and I personally hate reading fanfics with too many back to back flashbacks.

So… with that said… on to the reader reviews.

KuronoDono12: Well… the thing is… yeah. You're right. But probably not in the way you think.

Kartikey: Something to do with Hinata… hm? Maybe. We'll have to see about that. As for the Sharingan it's easy to see why he might see that. The Sharingan and those who possessed it have played huge parts in his life before he became Minato Sahashi. Sasuke, Itachi, Obito, Madara, Kakashi… The Sharingan is probably one of the top ten most influential aspects of his life.

As for not recalling Hinata as part of his revelation… I could have chosen dozens of things. Sasuke… team 7, his parents, Kurama himself, and many other things. And just because you remember something doesn't mean you will remember the most appropriate things for the situation. Plus…. Think of how awkward it would be to remember Hinata when he has a harem of Sekirei?

Dragoon of Kaos: His powers… Well he will know how to use them. But can he actually use them? That is the question…

Dragon God of Chaos: I'm just going to say it here. Naruto is not really reincarnated. It might seem like it. And Naruto might even think that himself… but it isn't true. And the whole "Naruto becomes a baby in another mother's womb but grows up to look just like himself with all his memories" thing is a little awkward in my opinion.

insanemaelstrom: Yes… Minaka is like a cheesy Scooby Doo villain. But there are many ways in which to portray him. I've read stories where he is a mad fool, an evil genius, Orochimaru in disguise, or simply an insane scientist. This is merely how I decided to portray him; a highly intelligent but still able to be thwarted mad scientist.

Dezzal: And exactly what part of using clones means the story is bad? I mean really? Of all the things to complain about? Besides it's one of Naruto's two main jutsu! How can I not include it if Naruto regains his memories?!

Temsen: Yeah… having the whole thing being a dream would kill it for me too. I'd just drop the story if I read something like that. No this is not a dream for Naruto.

Vishesh: Thank you for the compliment… and I agree. There aren't enough good Sekirei/Naruto crossovers.

Paradoxity: Yes… Naruto is blunt as hell. Definitely. No… this is not a dream!

Mana's Cinder: She might get winged. Who knows? Oh… wait I do. Nevermind. Yes… this story is filled with lemony cliffhangers… hehe.

Archleone: I'm sorry for not updating as quickly could, but college takes precedence over writing. I just finished taking Precalculus… again. I couldn't take chances and keep taking time away from school.

Now… let's get this show on the road!

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"Boruto Uzumaki… Sadara Uchiha. I now pronounce you man and wife." Konohamaru proclaimed with a grin. "Boruto, you may kiss the bride… you lucky bastard…"

There was applause as Boruto pushed forward to kiss Sadara, discreetly flipping his sensei off behind her back. Sadara Ignored her sensei as she captured her now husbands lips with her own… and a tongue of war ensued.

Konohamaru rolled his eyes and walked off the stage as the two continued kissing, deaf to the roars of approval around them. The Jonin of Konoha meandered around the stage to stand by his surrogate big brother and the current Hokage of the hidden leaf.

"Yo…"

Naruto Uzumaki chuckled, shaking his head as he watched his son making out with Sasuke's daughter. He still couldn't fucking believe it. Like seriously? Was Kami-sama trying to prank him? He knew that had Sasuke still been alive right now the Uchiha would be banging his head against a wall… trying to get the image out of his mind. Then he'd try to kill them all on principle.

He turned to Konohamaru as the Sarutobi heir stood next to him. "Ya know… I never thought I'd see the day that Sasuke's daughter had the hots for my son. Now they're getting married and I don't know whether to laugh or cry."

Konohamaru's grin stretched ear to ear. "I'd do my laughing now if I were you, because it's going to be nothing but tears after this. I'll tell you that much. Can you imagine what their kids will be like? I mean come on. Mixing Uzumaki and Uchiha? No… just no…"

"I hear you there Konohamaru… but at least you won't have to be the one to train them."

"Damn straight. You couldn't pay me to do that. Boruto was bad enough as is!"

Naruto smacked Konohamaru upside the head. "Hey… baka. You might be right, but those are still my future grandkids you're talking about!"

"Sheesh! I was joking!"

The blond Hokage didn't listen. Instead he grabbed the younger man in a headlock. "You know what! I bet this is your doing… little prankster. This is payback for when I made you look like an idiot in front of Moeji isn't it! You were playing matchmaker weren't you!?"

"Daddy…" Himawari groaned from where she sat a few feet away. "Leave uncle alone… it's not his fault my brother likes bossy women or that Sadara was crushing on him for years."

Naruto looked back at his daughter as Konohamaru frantically tried to get out of the headlock. "I know… but it's the thought that counts."

She dead-panned. "Really?"

"What?!" Naruto shouted indignantly. "I don't get to choke out anyone these days! I haven't killed anyone in years! It's tragic!"

Himawari sighed. "This is why I never let any of my boyfriends meet you."

The blond Hokage dropped Konohamaru like a bad habit and roared. "What boyfriend!?" Naruto bolted over to his daughter. "What are you talking about?! Who!? Give me a name!"

"No dad! You'd tear him apart!" She pushed him away. "Go bother Shikamaru or something. You'll meet him when I think you have enough self control not to maim him."

"I wouldn't do that… much…"

"My point exactly… you don't know the meaning of holding back."

Naruto scowled. "I do too."

Himawari raised her eyes to the heavens as if praying for patience from Kami… and quite abruptly her eyes widened. She stood, startling him as she activated her Byakugan. "Daddy… what is THAT?!"

Naruto's head shot upwards just in time to see a titanic silvery something hovering in the sky, floating towards the village. He turned scanning the area then he shouted. "ANBU to me!" Instantly he was surrounded by twelve of his best ninja. He growled to them. "Get the civilians out of here." Then he turned his attention back to the massive thing in the sky. It was getting closer. A few moments and its shadow would fall over them.

"Daddy! There's… there's people inside it! I … I see someone it looks like!"

But it was too late. Naruto felt the very energy of nature shudder around him… It was as if nature itself recoiled at the very touch of this thing. He shouted for everyone to run, preparing to go into full Bijū mode even as he felt a colossal buildup of energy.

"EVERYONE GO! RUN!"

And then the sky shattered.

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Naruto… was kneeling… his body bent over under the massive weight of gravity itself. He could barely hold himself up through sheer power and force of will. His head was bowed, not out of supplication, but because he had not the strength to raise it…

All around him was ash… ash and dust… his whole world reduced to a blackened wasteland. His home… his village, his entire nation. All of it fallen before him. He could do nothing to stop it. And now… bowed but unbroken he knelt, barely able to move.

"Ha! How wonderful Uzumaki! I have never been given such a battle! Not in my life!"

Naruto growled, straining, forcing his head to rise… to look upon the face of the one who had done this. And there he was.

Standing a head taller than him with skin as white as ivory and hair whiter still… was a man. His features angelic… and his expression demonic. His eyes… oh his eyes were that hateful red he knew so well… Like twin pools of crimson. How he hated those eyes. What misery they had caused him. Always evil seemed to hide behind the twin pools of eternity… That bloody wretched Sharingan…

"..w..why….?"

"Why?! WHY?! WHY NOT!? You mortals don't seem to get it! Gods do not need to answer insignificant questions like why. Why do you feel the need to give yourself such meaning!? I am above you. I am divine! You need not understand why I do what I do! It is beyond your comprehension!"

Naruto gritted his teeth, willing his body to move with every fiber of his being. Flames… white hot flames of chakra burst from his flesh, exploding forth in a glorious waterfall of power. And he moved… He charged forward with a scream of rage. "WHY DID YOU TAKE THEM FROM ME?!"

He struck… such a blow that his hands did not crush. They cut… tearing through his enemy as if he were made of butter.

"Ha! Yes Fight me more! I want to feel my blood pumping! Keep it up Uzumaki!"

Naruto ripped and tore and twisted, seeking to tear him apart. The fire of the Biju chakra burning through his veins burned his enemy also… and they fell. They fell into the ash and tumbled, clawing, kicking biting at each other. Both inflicting terrible wounds on the other… neither caring.

Then a hand closed around his throat and Naruto found himself lifted up high and thrown like a rag doll. An instant later an orb of black metal crashed into his back, blasting through him… His spine, ribs, internal organs were broken and shredded. He screamed in agony but fought through it. Chakra that was more alive than he was healing his injuries as fast as they were inflicted.

Blue eyes flashed to gold and back again as he started to draw on the energy of nature, but he was too slow. A fist, feeling like a metric ton of stone, hit him… sent him flying across the landscape once again. Naruto shouted, his voice lost in the whipping winds and he tried to right himself. He succeeded and planted his feet in the ground, ash and dust pluming up around him as his heels carved furrows in the earth.

"Yes… yes.. YES! Attack me! Make me feel pain! I'll return it tenfold! I'll show you the true meaning of existence!"

Naruto blocked the next strike purely by instinct, the second only through sheer luck, and narrowly dodged the third. Then a fist exploded into his jaw, shattering it like glass. He reeled and threw a punch of his own, felt it connect, heard the howl of pain…

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Naruto knew not how long the fight continued. A day… a week… maybe more.

All he knew for sure was that he lost.

Eventually even he lost the strength to continue. Muscles shredded more times than he could count, bones broken over and over and over again… chakra depleted until all he had left was the will to fight on. However… his body couldn't continue. He was a dead man save for the weak pulse that said, despite everything, that he was still alive.

But he had lost. Nothing was more clear to him.

His enemy was simply too strong. He didn't even bother to doge his attacks… he took them over and over again. Clones, Rasengan variants, Sage mode, Biju mode… even six paths mode were treated with something approaching distain. Only his final form managed to interest the hateful being who had come and destroyed everything he cared about.

Now… he was here… held to a wall by a strange energy field inside the vessel that had first heralded the end of his home…

"Ah… so the mighty warrior is still awake… I'm glad. It wouldn't have been very good if you died on me."

Naruto heard that voice again… clear and perfect… yet filled with so much contempt.

"You know Uzumaki… when I first discovered your world I was looking for my little niece… Poor girl. Ran away from home more than a thousand years ago. Of course she was smart… didn't leave any trace of her trail behind. Couldn't find even a single DNA trace even though I searched twenty thousand systems. That was until two of my nephews sent me a message with coordinates to this planet. Low and behold they'd found her where I never thought to search. Took more than ten years just to travel here… it was damn near on the other side of the galaxy!"

Naruto's eyes opened and he was able to make out those red eyes… he felt empty… hollowed out. But some part of him still focused on his words.

"So I arrived here some two years ago. Content to watch for the most part while I waited for contact from my nephews. But the thing was… I never heard from them again. It was as if they'd vanished. I could still feel their energy lingering about here so I assumed they would return. They never did."

Naruto wondered if he was referring to the two Otsutsuki who came to their world after Kaguya had been defeated.

"I was a bit annoyed that they didn't do me the courtesy of contacting me but I decided that I would simply wait them out. However it was about a month after that decision that I was witness to a little… display of power from one of the mortals that lived on the world's largest continent. That mortal… was you. I was amazed that you had such power and I immediately realized where my niece's power signature had gone. You… somehow had a fragment of her power. Only about a fifth, but still… more than enough to interest me."

The crimson eyed monster in human form smiled. "It took a while but I managed to get one of my servants to infiltrate your village and obtain a blood sample from you. Oh… the results were fascinating. To be a descendant of my niece is a great privilege you know. Few can lay claim to being a direct descendant of a goddess." His smile became almost predatory. "Fewer still can claim to be reincarnated from the grandson of one."

Naruto felt something akin to satisfaction from him.

"Ah, but what to do I had to ask myself. As a mere descendant you would be easy to deal with… but you had her powers as well… The situation was just so… interesting! And then it came to me… as a reincarnate of her grandson you must have the same soul as one of us! It was a revelation! A mortal with an Immortal soul! But what to do? What… to… do..? Killing you would be pointless. You would just reincarnate somewhere else… somewhere I might not be able to find you. So… I decided to take you with me when I returned to my sister."

The blond Hokage felt something like horror seeping into his broken heart. A sister? How many of these monsters were out there?

"Anyway… we're on rout to my home world right now. It's a bit primitive, but I think you'll fit right in there. I just love adding powerful individuals to my collection, but my sister would want to have you more than me. I think you'll make a fine gift for her." He chuckled. "However there is one problem. As a descendant of my niece and possessing a good portion of her powers… my ship's systems would respond to your wishes… and I can't have that. Even I couldn't survive the vacuum of space if you were to cause the ship to self-destruct."

Naruto eyed him angrily, willing him to die on the spot!

"So that's why you're inside that energy field. As long as you're in there you can't do anything. The only problem is that my ship is running low on power. And it barely has enough to return home. So I can't have it diverting power to that field all the way there. Therefore… need to get rid of that annoyingly defiant body of yours. Don't worry… I'll get you a new one just like it later. After all, my sister can be a bit rough with her playthings."

The creature turned and left Naruto's field of vision, but he could still hear his voice, ringing in his ears like a death knell.

"But don't you worry Uzumaki. I won't leave you with nothing. I understand you're probably feeling a little bad right now with me destroying your planet and all. But you gave me a good fight! The first one I've had in millennia, since I'm not allowed to fight my siblings. I'll make sure my sister treats you well… little mortal…"

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Naruto Uzumaki groaned as his eyes cracked open. Pain… pain was everywhere. As if the very concept of it had become intrinsic to his being. His body was one great ball of agony. His head felt like it was splitting apart… and worse still there was a pain in his heart. An unimaginable sorrow like nothing he'd ever felt before.

And yet.

And yet there was a pain even deeper still. One that cut him to the very core of his being, his soul.

His memory.

He remembered everything.

Gone was Naruto Sahashi… that horrid facsimile of him. Gone was the child who took his newfound power for granted. Oh Kami he was disgusted by himself. Disgusted by the way he'd acted, disgusted by the life he had been living! Even if he was doing so unknowing. He'd winged all these girls and then proceeded to treat them like they were casual girlfriends. Despite the fact that he damn well knew how powerful the bond was he'd pushed it to the back of his mind.

What was he?! Had he really forgotten his beliefs?!

He hadn't even been intimate with Tsukiumi, Musubi, or even Akitsu.

Naruto blinked once as his senses slowly started to adapt, although his mind was still reeling from the memories Kurama had restored to him. His skin felt the softness of the blanket he was laying under, ears registering the sound of his own heartbeat and the gentle gust of his breath, and his nose picking out the many individual scents that were nearby to him. "Where am I? I don't recognize this room."

He shifted, ignoring the physical pain he felt. "Good… nothing is damaged badly. My body is just adapting to having so much chakra flow through it again. Damn Kurama could have been more gentle…"

Sitting up Naruto cast his eyes around his room and came to the realization he was back in the apartment he and Karasuba had purchased. He simply hadn't remembered the ceiling after one day spent there. "I'm here… but where are the others? I would have expected them to be here when I woke. Not that I mind having some time to think. I really need to figure out what the hell happened to me. I've been living as Naruto Sahashi for almost two decades. But… how? I have memories of being a child with Yukari-neechan, and I know they're real memories… yet I've already lived one life already."

He rubbed at his temple, trying to alleviate the migraine that pulsed there. "Kami… everything is just so fucked up… My life before seems so distant to me now. Is it just me growling up here or did someone mess up my feelings?"

"Good… you're back Naruto."

"Kurama! Finally! What the fuck happened to me?! I'm… I'm, Naruto Sahashi, but I was Naruto Uzumaki before that! The last things I remember are your voice and that… monster talking to me. WHAT HAPPENED?!"

Kurama's voice was low as he responded, trying to calm him down. "Listen Naruto… slow down. Getting worked up about this won't help anyone. I can explain some of what happened, but not most of it. I was out of it just as much as you for the most part."

"Explain."

"Fine. I was losing power fast. You were fighting that Otsutsuki man and we were losing. Eventually you're body simply gave up and I had to withdraw inside the seal to avoid being ripped out of you. The next thing I know I was being locked inside my 'cage'… I don't know what happened to you… at least I don't understand the reason. But a long while after you fell unconscious.. I felt you die."

"I… died?" Naruto's eyes widened in shock.

"Yes. And for some reason your soul didn't enter the pure world. Instead I felt myself pulled out with you as your soul was… extracted for lack of a better term. Then… everything was darkness. A darkness that seemed to last for centuries. And finally… just as I felt I was going to go mad from it… you were born."

Naruto didn't understand. "I was… born?"

"YES BORN! I don't understand it either. One day we're attending your son's wedding. The next your dead… and who knows how long later and I'm getting flashes of memory that don't belong to a grown man! I'm literally looking at memories of your chubby infantile ass! You were BORN… or REBORN… or whatever the hell happened. I don't know okay! I'm just a Bijū for Kami's sake!"

"So you don't actually know what happened to me? Then… then what about my memories? If I died then how am I able to remember everything from my past life? How am I able to remember Sakura and Kakashi and…" Naruto suddenly felt a void open up inside him.

"Hi..nata….."

"Naruto… don't you dare think about her."

"But…"

"Don't even start. If you think about her you will lose yourself. And we don't have the luxury for you to wallow in self pity. I feel sorry for you… I really do, but this isn't the time."

Naruto raised his hands, looking at their uncalloused palms. Then he closed his eyes, feeling tears dripping down his cheeks. "I…I can't… Boruto… Himawari… they're both.. both…"

"STOP! YOU CAN'T MORN THEM NOW!" He stiffened as Kurama roared at him, filling his mind with the deafening sound. "There is NOTHING you can do to bring them back now Naruto. You can't worry about them… you can't think about them If you do you will fall apart and I REFUSE to let that happen."

"Kurama… how can I not think about them? They… they were my children! They… they died! Fuck you… and ..fuck! Why did they have to die!? WhywhywhyWHY?!"

"That was a different life Naruto, a different world. They died and so did you, but your soul survived. I would assume that you reincarnated, just as Asura did a thousand years before you at the beginning of the feud with his brother Indara." The Kyuubi's voice echoed in his mind, ripping him from his grief. "You were born as Naruto Sahashi… a pathetic existence perhaps but that is what happened. You grew up not knowing your powers until I was able to break through this seal and reach your mind again. From the last few weeks I've been prodding at your mind… and now you've regained all the memories you lost."

Naruto swallowed hard, finally focusing on Kurama's words. "You need to get a hold of yourself. It's true that they didn't deserve to die… and no father should ever have to bury his children, especially on their wedding day… but you have a new life to live. You have a family. One that may seem alien to you now, but a family none the less."

"T..takami… and Yukari…"

"Yes… They are your family… they are your family here… and don't forget your Sekirei. They are your family too now. Or have you forgotten the last month?"

"I…"

"I nothing. You have never been one to linger on the past and now isn't the time to start. I don't know anything other than what I've seen of your memories. But it looks to me like you have a second chance here."

"But what about the Otsutsuki?! They're still out there. I can feel it!"

"Then you'll just have to keep undercover then… From looking through your memories of this world I haven't seen a trace of them… or any evidence that they are involved. The only thing even close to them on this world is you."

Naruto hissed and pulled the blankets aside and swung his feet off the bed. He looked down at the floor, his mind racing. Was Kurama right? Had he been reincarnated just like Ashura and Hashirama before him? If that was true then why did his body look just like he did in his previous life? Was he here by chance or by design? Kurama said he'd felt his soul extracted… and Naruto knew that the Rinnegan and Sharingan had powers over that kind of thing.

Nagato had been able to bring the dead back to life and he wasn't even an Uchiha. What might an Otsutsuki be able to do? Was he perhaps put on this planet by the one who had destroyed his home and everything he ever cared for?

He grimaced. Kurama was right. He couldn't think about it right now or he'd go crazy. For today at least he needed to put his new discoveries to the back of his mind. He still felt weak, degraded… almost frail. He'd need at least until he recovered physically to start looking for answers.

"Finally wised up have you?"

"Fuck off… I'm still going to kill the bastard who took my family from me… even if I have to train for millennia to do it. But you're right. I can't think about what I've lost right now. I need to think about what I have. They might not be the family I started with, but Takami and Yukari are still a mother and a sister to me… and the girls… They'll still love me whether I call myself Uzumaki or Sahashi."

"Good… I hate it when you're depressed. Your mindscape gets all dingy and decrepit."

"Thanks for the reminder. Now do me a favor and work on getting my body back up to scratch. I want to be able to start training soon. To begin with I'll work on Fuinjutsu… That would be the easiest skill to improve without drawing attention to myself in case someone is keeping an eye on me."

Kurama chuckled. "Very well… but I warn you. Your body is not the same as it was. You still have chakra coils… thank Kami for that… but whoever tampered with your genetics made sure that you would never be the same physically."

"And all that means what exactly?" Naruto didn't know what to make of that. He could remember Takami running tests on him before… and there was that time she took blood samples after her winged Musubi. Wouldn't she have known if his genetics were radically different from a normal human?

"Eventually you could be stronger than you ever were… but from a genetic standpoint you're about as human as your Sekirei."

Naruto grimaced and pushing the oddity from his mind. "Fine with me. I don't need to be human."

Kurama snorted. "It's overrated anyway."

The blond rolled his eyes and cut his connection to Kurama feeling for the Sekirei/Ashikabi bond as he did so. He needed to bring his Sekirei in and explain the situation to them… at least in part. Naruto felt a ghost of a smile quirk the corner of his lips as he at last found the bond. Warmth and excitement washed over him as he brushed Musubi's mind with his own.

"There… that was far easier than it used to be… But then again I guess I have an entire lifetime of experience now. Of course it would be easier." He closed his eyes and deepened the connection. Within his mind's eye he searched out each individual Sekirei he had winged.

All were nearby.

Naruto frowned a bit as he locked onto Matsu's bond, which was the clearest among his Sekirei. There was something there that shouldn't be… Like a restraint that kept him from connecting as well as he could. Naruto's frown faded, lips twitching into a small smile again as he realized she'd felt him reaching out. Abruptly the connection solidified and he could all but see her in his mind. It was oddly like what he used to do with Inoichi during the Fourth Great Shinobi War… or with Ino in the years that followed.

Naruto ordered his thoughts and sent them along the connection to Matsu. "Could you come here…? I need to talk to you first so the others don't mob me."

He felt a moment of shock from her, probably in response to his mental probe and then acceptance. Then a moment later he received flashes of light and color… images of the next room where Matsu was sitting across from Karasuba and Akitsu. Then the door to his left opened and Matsu stepped in.

He turned to her as she quickly and silently closed the door. She was trembling. Their eyes met… and suddenly she was across the room, slamming into him. She hit him hard, her arms wrapping around him like a vice and her face pressing into his chest. Before he could blink she was sobbing, tears spilling down her face, soaking into his shirt.

Naruto grimaced and mentally swore.

Half of him wanted to tilt her face up to his and kiss her, to assure her that he was here and that he would never abandon her… While on the other side of the coin his repressed memories were insisting he should treat her like Himawari when one of her best friends died. His instincts as a lover warred with those he had as a father for a moment before he finally went with the first option.

Matsu gasped, crying hysterically as Naruto pushed her away. "Naruto-ku…!?" Then he kissed her. She almost pulled back for a brief second then stopped. Barely an instant later her eyes fluttered closed and she melted against him.

He was taken aback by the sudden drain on his chakra reserves and the rush of emotion which followed, but accepted it as the price he needed to pay to reassure her. His arms curled around her and he took her with him as he stumbled backwards towards the bed. A few steps later he dropped down onto the mattress and Matsu straddled him, still too caught up in the kiss to do anything else. Naruto for his part couldn't help but deepen it. It felt so good… He found himself trying to imagine how it felt for her even as the room was bathed in honeyed light.

A second passed and Naruto's ears picked up on the click of the door opening again. He opened his eyes and broke the kiss just in time for Akitsu to claim his lips wither hers. He gasped into it. The dip in his reserves had been large before. Now it was massive. Naruto felt at least a third of his overall chakra leave him in a rush.

He heard Kurama cursing in the back of his mind and the fox frantically sent more chakra to him, attempting to refill his straining chakra coils. Meanwhile Naruto felt a twinge of pain behind his eyes… a byproduct of the loss of energy.

Akitsu moaned and behind her a dozen ice blue wings erupted out, the temperature dropping ten degrees. And yet her lips were warm and her hands as they infiltrated his shirt were scorching. He almost couldn't believe how hot she was to the touch.

She had approximately half a minute of contact before Karasuba ended it for her, thrusting her aside and initiating a kiss of her own. It was rough and hard and Naruto felt their teeth click together upon impact. Karasuba's hands tangled in his hair… his reaching out to pull her against him. Akitsu tried to push her away, but Karasuba ignored her. Even when Akitsu prodded her hard in the ribs with a needle of ice the Black Sekirei merely elbowed her back.

The ice user gave up and Karasuba finally slipped her tongue into his mouth. Naruto groaned in pleasure even as his chakra reserves took yet another drastic dip. In the next instant Karasuba's own black wings exploded into life. Their pulsing shade of black seemed to suck in the light and devour it.

And then she was biting him… hard.

Yesterday Naruto would have yelped in pain, but today he was a different person. He merely let her do it, knowing this was his punishment for making her feel helpless and weak. He didn't really mind the pain. It was nothing compared to what he was already feeling…

Karasuba pulled back, finally giving Akitsu room to but in again.

Naruto felt his manhood twitch as she kissed him, pushing her tongue in every bit as aggressively as Karasuba. Kami, these girls were demanding. Naruto pushed back and wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her into him. At the same time he felt his chakra reserves increasing, meaning that Kurama had finally been able to push more power through the seal. He was glad because Akitsu was draining his chakra again.

The sheer amount was staggering when compared to how small his reserves were at the moment. He'd need to get them to stop soon or they'd kill him a surely as a bullet to the head. "K..Kurama! Push as much as you can and keep my reserves full before they drain me dry!"

"Got it…" Kurama growled.

Naruto gasped as liquid fire trickled through his veins, obviously the effect of Kurama's chakra circulating at an increased pace and took note of Akitsu's reaction. Her face, flushed pink already, deepened to a rich scarlet. He could feel her pleasure through their connection. It was so clear and strong that he, if only for a moment, lost himself in it.

Before he even realized it Akitsu had been pushed aside and Karasuba was there again, demanding his attention, forcing another deep lip lock which left him desperate for air. It was hard simply to catch a breath between them. Matsu, Akitsu, and Karasuba were acting like starved castaways. The way they pushed and pulled, wanting more and more from him each time. And the way they kept draining his chakra with each kiss…

Eventually… about five minutes later… Naruto Akitsu at last pulled away from him, her lips starting to swell a bit from the force of the contact. Karasuba and Matsu looked no different and in fact Karasuba's lip was split from that first kiss.

All four of them took time to recover. Naruto panted, trying to get his heart rate under control and failing. With the three of them there, all breathless and panting, he didn't think he could stop the hammering in his chest. Kami they had the faces of angels, the bodies of succubae, and the appetite of starving wolves!

Naruto dropped back to lean against the wall. His eyes focused on each of them in turn. Matsu was in complete disarray, her lipstick smeared and her glasses askew. Akitsu was worse, if that were possible. Despite her power she was the literal definition of a hot mess. Her hair was all over the place and her usual composure in shambles. And Karasuba… she looked wild. Her silvery eyes possessing that strange combination of predatory intent, admiration, and contentment that he had come to associate with her.

It took a long time for Naruto to get himself under control… and even longer to find the words he needed to speak.

"I… I'm sorry…" he gasped out at last, still a bit winded. "I never meant to worry all of you so much. I promise… it won't happen again."

Akitsu pushed forward, nuzzling again his chest. "Ah… forgiven…"

He started, not understanding how she could forgive him so easily. "But.."

Matsu interrupted him. "Naru-tan… you didn't do anything wrong. We're just glad you're okay. So please don't look so sad." She leaned in as well and wrapped her arms around his torso. The link between them becoming almost completely clear… like a deep clear lake. Naruto could feel her relief like a physical thing weighing on him.

He smiled.

Karasuba let out a long sigh and leaned against the wall next to him. Her gaze lingered on his eyes and her hands drifted across the space between them. After a moment the warm sensation of her mind settled on his. It was a bit different from his other Sekirei… less like fanatical devotion… and more like determined admiration. She understood him better than most.

"Good to see you unhurt Naruto-kun." Karasuba said quietly, her eyes reflecting the relief that he felt from Matsu and Akitsu.

Naruto nodded and covered one of her hands with his own. "Thanks Suba-chan." He looked down at Akitsu and his smile widened. "Its… good to be back."

Matsu snuggled into his side, mumbling something that he wouldn't have caught the day before. But now with his senses working up to their previous level again he could hear her.

"Please don't leave again…"

He sighed and pulled a hand through her hair. That was one thing he didn't intend on ever doing again. Not even once. He would get stronger to make sure of that. No one would take his family away from him again. It had happened once on the day he was born. And a second time when that monster from the Otsutsuki clan destroyed his home.

Not again.

Never again.

Taking another deep breath Naruto turned to Karasuba. "Hey… I'm going to need to talk to everyone. I need to explain what happened to me. Where are the others?"

Karasuba shrugged. "It's almost midnight. Everyone was either sleeping or waiting for you to wake up. They'd probably know you're awake now if they were paying any attention."

Naruto accepted that and reached out again, feeling for his Sekirei. Musubi was awake. He could feel her… but it seemed as though she didn't realize that he was reaching out to her. Well… she was a bit of an airhead so he couldn't blame her for that. The twins were sleeping as was Tsukiumi. But there was also two other presences in the apartment that weren't his Sekirei.

"Suba-chan… who else is here?" he asked in a serious tone.

However she didn't seem worried. In fact she smiled. "Oh… just a little rat that came snooping around. She's called #65 Saki. Apparently she's MBI's spy. Matsu and I noticed her when she came in a little too close. It was easy to catch her once she revealed herself… I have her tied up in the guest bedroom."

"And the other one?"

Karasuba froze and both Akitsu and Matsu raised their heads. The redhead was the first to ask, "What other one?"

Naruto turned his head as he felt the Sekirei move from outside the room to inside. Karasuba looked at the far corner of the room just in time. It happened quickly. One moment the corner of the room was merely that… A corner steeped in shadow. And then out of that shadow stepped a girl.

She was short, about Matsu's height, with long dark hair and dusky skin like a girl from Kumo. Her eyes were a deep black eerily reminiscent of an Uchiha. And her figure was very similar to Matsu as well.

A second later she stepped fully into the room and stopped, her hands held behind her back and her dark gaze focused on him.

"Who are you?"

The girl smiled, showing brilliant white teeth… Everything besides her teeth and the whites of her eyes seemed to suck in the light from the room around her. "My name is Yahan. But you can call me Ya-chan… Naruto-kun." She bowed slightly. "I would be honored if you would wing me and make me your eighth Sekirei."

Naruto tilted his head to glance back at Karasuba. The Black Sekirei was looking at Yahan with something approaching curiosity. But there was also dislike in her expression… probably coming from the fact that she hadn't detected her before her Ashikabi. He turned back to Yahan and frowned.

"You don't seem like you're reacting to me."

She giggled and took another step towards him. Her eyes twinkled with a dark light. "Oh… but that's just because of my skin tone. If I was as pale as the rest of your Sekirei you'd be able to see properly… I'm actually blushing quite badly."

Naruto pushed a small trickle of chakra to his eyes, sharpening his vision. True to her words she was blushing. But on her dark skin it was very hard to tell. It was only visible as a slight rosy hue on her high cheekbones. He idly wondered why he hadn't seen other Sekirei like her before.

Yahan licked her lips, stepped forward again, and continued. "I've been watching you for ages Naruto-kun. I first saw you after you winged the scrapped number. It made me curious so I started following you. At first I felt nothing… but over time I would get these little flashes of heat when I watched you. Not long ago… a couple of days actually… I realized that I was actually reacting."

"And you decided to make your move now?"

She looked down at the floor and scuffed her bare feet over the carpet. "Well… more like I couldn't control myself anymore. When I saw you collapse yesterday I almost lost it. I thought you died when I couldn't sense our developing bond anymore. I decided that I would come to you when you woke up no matter what happened." Yahan's gaze rose up to meet his again. "And so here I am."

Letting out a long breath Naruto met her gaze evenly. "And you really want to be my Sekirei? I'm not exactly normal… even for a human."

"I know."

"And you're okay with that I guess."

Yahan nodded. "I wouldn't have anyone else… my Ashikabi."

Naruto grimaced momentarily. "I didn't really want to have anymore Sekirei. It will be hard enough already."

Matsu nudged him with a small frown of her own. "What do you mean by that Naru-tan?"

"Only that there is much more to me than meets the eye. I already said I would explain everything to the other Sekirei… but suffice to say I regained all the memories that have been causing problems for me recently. And I'm… no longer the same person." At his Sekirei's alarmed look he elaborated. "Or… to put it better I'm still Naruto… I'm just more complicated than I knew. I'm Naruto Sahashi but I'm also someone else."

"Ah… how?" Akitsu asked.

Naruto wondered how to explain it. Then hit upon something that might just work. "You know how reincarnation works right?"

They nodded.

"Well imagine if you reincarnated but kept all the memories of your past life. That's what happened to me I think. It's just a guess, but it's all I have."

Matsu and Karasuba shared a look then both of them shrugged. The redhead turned to him. "Do you still love me Naru-tan?"

Naruto paused, then nodded vehemently. "Of course."

"And you love all your Sekirei?"

He grunted. "Yes. That hasn't changed."

Matsu smirked. "Then what does it matter?"

"Ah… Don't care…"

Karasuba chuckled and punched him playfully in the shoulder. "You can't get rid of us that easily."

"I wasn't trying to." He grabbed her arm and pulled her into his side opposite from Matsu. "Now get over here. Stop acting coy."

The Black Sekirei blushed as his arm snaked around her waist. "Naruto…."

"What?"

She pointed at Yahan whose own blush was now plainly visible to the naked eye.

"Oh…" Naruto returned his attention to Yahan. "Sorry for getting off track like that."

The dark haired girl nodded quickly. "Yes… can we get to the part where you kiss me and take me as yours forever and ever and all that? I'm tired of waiting."

"Yeah yeah…. Come here Ya-chan."

Yahan squealed in delight and darted across the remaining room between them, landing on the bed and forcing her way between his Sekirei. "Now… I want you to kiss me like you were kissing #4 the other night!"

Karasuba blanched at the thought of being spied on while she was intimate with her Ashikabi… especially with how submissive she'd been. Matsu and Akitsu on the other hand both blushed hard, their thoughts derailing. Matsu started to giggle creepily as Akitsu's fingers infiltrated Naruto's clothes… seeking out greater warmth.

The blond felt their intentions through their bond and knew all too well what was coming next.

Yahan pushed her way in… gently shoving Akitsu off him so that she could take her place on his lap. She straddled him, her hands coming to rest on his shoulders. Up close he could see just how beautiful she was… like all the Sekirei he'd encountered. Yet she was more exotic than any of his girls. Her hair was black as midnight's shadow, her eyes like polished obsidian. Her skin was not so dark as Kirabi's had been… but hers was dark enough to match the tone of a mixed blood citizen from Kumo… or a girl from India in this world. She had the same high cheek bones too.

Naruto licked his lips as they locked gazes.

She leaned in, lips inches away from his as she spoke. "I'm not usually one for tradition Naruto-kun… but just this once I'll do what I'm supposed to as a Sekirei." Yahan took a deep breath and continued. "By the shadows of my vow, darkness will consume the perils of my Ashikabi."

His skin broke out in goosebumps as he felt the power in the incantation… and then she was kissing him. It was so very different from his other Sekirei. With an entire life of memories behind him the contact was given new meaning and depth. And he enjoyed it so much more.

With a feeling that was at once like a string being pulled taut and two magnets coming together… the bond solidified. Naruto shuddered as pleasure threatened to overtake rational thought. Before the feeling of first contact had been almost one sided. Now… oh it was so very different. Heat exploded in his chest. He could feel the ecstasy Yahan experienced through their bond right alongside his own pleasure. It was incredible…

Naruto deepened the kiss, taking control before Yahan had a chance to realize what was happening through the haze of her bliss. He pulled her against his chest, hands unconsciously pulling her clothes apart. Claws like razors appeared at his fingertips and cut at the strings holding her top on. It fell, revealing her lovely caramel breasts to him. An instant later her black cape was pulled off. Yahan moaned into the kiss and the damn broke.

Power flooded across the connection and pitch black wings, like those of a dragon steeped in shadow, exploded free of her back. Naruto gasped as his chakra reserves dipped into the red within the next three seconds… Kurama's chakra only just keeping him from hitting zero.

Luckily for him Yahan broke the kiss a moment later, her wings becoming intangible before his eyes. The shadows flitted about for a few seconds… then were reabsorbed into her. Naruto blinked in astonishment as Yahan's eyes changed from their inky black to a brilliant gold, the pupils like a flickering black candle flame.

"Naruto-kun…"

"Incredible… it didn't feel like that before." Naruto let his head fall back, trying to slow his heartbeat.

It wasn't going to happen though.

In the next instant Akitsu pushed Yahan out of her way and captured his lips… again. He groaned, losing what little composure he'd managed to gain back. Damn it. How could he forget? He was hormonal teenager again… or still. Wait… no.. Fuck. This was too confusing to think about at the moment. Right now his mind refused to focus on the past or what he should be doing.

At this exact moment… all he could think about was how blessed he was. To have four drop dead gorgeous women who wanted nothing more than to please him in every sense of the word. And well, not to put too fine a point on it. Any thoughts of resisting were quickly drowned out by the desire to reacquaint himself with his Sekirei in a very physical fashion.

"Fuck it… I want this…"

Naruto's hand snaked around Akitsu's neck, pulling her deeper into the kiss as his other hand snaked down Karasuba's pants. Ten minutes later the only sounds coming from the bedroom were grunts and moans from Naruto and his girls…

It was good to be back.

Ooo

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-thump-

Musubi yelped, jarring awake as she rolled off the couch she'd been sleeping on to fall on the floor. An instant later she shot up, looking around in confusion. But there wasn't really anything to see. Tsukiumi was curled up on the couch opposite from her while Hibiki and Hikari had taken a bed in the other room. She couldn't see any of the other Sekirei…

"Muah!" Musubi stood up a d yawned, stretching as she did so to work the kinks out of her back. Then she walked out of the room to check on her Ashikabi. He'd been asleep for a long time it seemed. She hoped he was okay…

Her objective took her out of the second bedroom and into the living room. There she took note of the Sekirei Karasuba caught earlier. She was sleeping, albeit uncomfortably, on the floor. Musubi didn't pay her much attention and turned on her heel to go into Naruto's bedroom.

She opened the door, deciding to do as Matsu had told her and be less loud in the mornings, then peeked inside.

What she saw would have made anyone blush… and despite her inexperience with such things… Musubi couldn't help it. The sight she found herself exposed to was enough to make her weak at the knees. Naruto, her handsome and caring Ashikabi, was lying in bed… but not as she'd seen him last. He was naked this time. That alone would have made her hot under the collar but Akitsu, Matsu, and Karasuba were with him. Not only that, but there was another girl with darker skin lying next to him!

Musubi bit her lip and slipped inside the room. She closed the door behind her and crept closer to the bed.

The new girl was on his right side, tucked under his arm. Musubi noted how she looked different from other Sekirei she'd seen, absently wondering where she came from. As for Naruto's other Sekirei. Matsu was curled up on his other side next to Karasuba, who'd claimed Naruto's other arm. Akitsu was lying on his chest, head right over his heart.

Musubi's nose twitched.

Now that she was up this close they smelled kind of funny. She tilted her head to the side in confusion, wondering if she should wake them up. She wanted to kiss Naruto… to assure herself that he was okay and that nothing bad had happened. And yet she was unsure about waking them up.

It was obvious what they'd been doing. Matsu had taken the time to explain the… what did she call them? The birds and the bees? Something like that. And Matsu said that after two people had sex they usually didn't like being woken up early… So…

The decision was taken out of her hands as Karasuba stirred, eyes cracking open slowly. There was a long moment where Musubi held still, not wanting to be noticed. She was a little scared of Karasuba now that she'd been with her for a few days.

Karasuba sat up, glancing around. Her eyes settled on Musubi. "Hm? Musubi? What is it?"

"Um… nothing. Didn't know if I should wake everyone up."

The Black Sekirei blinked, still half asleep as Naruto yawned loudly, waking the other Sekirei in the process. "Well… It doesn't matter now."

Musubi nodded, watching her Ashikabi as he sat up. Akitsu mumbled groggily, something about pillows not moving, and pushed her face into Naruto's chest. Naruto chuckled and tilted her face up to his. He gave her a long smoldering kiss then adjusted her so she was sitting in his lap. The ice Sekirei moaned into the kiss before she settled down where he desired letting her eyes flutter closed a second later.

Meanwhile Matsu gave a yawn of her own, rubbing furiously at her eyes to clear her vision. She glanced to the side just in time to see Naruto break the kiss with Akitsu. "Mm.. morning Naru-tan."

He chuckled as she fumbled for her glasses, eventually finding them under the pillow. "Morning Matsu-chan." He put his arms around Akitsu's nude form, kissing the top of her head lovingly. "Morning to you too Akitsu…"

She hummed contentedly and mumbled something to low to hear but was probably something along the lines of good morning. Eventually Naruto turned to look at his newest Sekirei.

"How are you feeling Yahan?"

She scratched at her head, attempting to tame her monstrous case of bed head. "I'm good Naruto-kun. Mm… yesterday was amazing. I want to do that again soon."

"Yes yes… I know." He leaned over and kissed her but found himself caught when her arms wrapped around his neck, Yahan not allowing him to break away. His Sekirei watched for a long minute, until at last she broke the kiss… leaving both of them panting and flushed.

Naruto eyed her, unable to stop the growl that entered his voice. "Yahan… if you keep doing that I'll never be able to keep my hands off you."

Yahan's gold eyes twinkled. "Whoever said I wanted that? You can touch me anytime... Hehe, Anywhere too."

"Don't tempt me…"

From his other side Karasuba asked, "Tempt you into doing what?"

He glanced her way. "Well to.."

She cut him off with a kiss of her own ending it after only a few seconds had passed. "You're not stopping me from taking what I want Naruto-kun. I hope you remember that."

Naruto's eyes were half lidded with pleasure as he nodded. His mind was just a little fuzzy with the pleasure filtering back to him through the bond. "Yeah… got it."

"Matsu gets a kiss now.. yes?"

He rolled his eyes and crooked a finger towards her. She giggled and moved to get her prize, only to bite back a moan as Naruto's hand caressed her Sekirei mark. Then he pulled her forward, biting her shoulder and sucking at her skin. She whimpered and her eyes squeezed shut.

Naruto grinned and at last claimed her lips. He teased her mercilessly, hands fondling her breasts, demanding her submission. She gave into him, let him dominate the kiss as the others watched. And when he finally broke contact she fell back, panting… her face cherry red and core dripping wet.

"N..Naru…"

"That's punishment for leaving me hanging last night… my evil little Sekirei."

Matsu gasped in a few more precious mouthfuls of oxygen and nodded. "This Matsu is sorry… I won't do it again." She smiled, her eyes betraying her true intentions. "Maybe…"

He chuckled, knowing full well she had no intention of keeping the promise, and pulled her again his side, wrapping his arm around her and kissing the top of her head. "Well, it doesn't really matter."

"Um… Naruto-kun?"

Naruto glanced up to see Musubi. She looked like she was about to keel over from overstimulation. "Yes Musubi-chan?"

"Can i…"

He didn't let her finish. He knew what she wanted. One glance at Karasuba was all it took. The black Sekirei took hold of Musubi and all but tossed her in his direction. Akitsu reluctantly surrendered her position so that Musubi could be close to him, moving to sit next to Yahan. A second later Musubi found herself being dragged against her Ashikabi's bare chest.

Then he was kissing her and her wings burst free.

It was so much better than she remembered.

She'd never thought that her somewhat more innocent kisses with Naruto had been bad… Of course not! But now they seemed to be more… But what was the word she was looking for? They seemed almost insubstantial in comparison.

The instant he pulled away and her wings faded away she found herself wanting for more. It was addicting. If possible even more so than it had been before!

Naruto on the other hand felt drained again. Musubi had stolen another good chunk of chakra from him. Not as much as Akitsu, Matsu, or Karasuba the night before… but enough for him to feel the effects. It seemed that after regaining his chakra the bond needed to be stabilized with each of his Sekirei. He'd need to make sure the twins and Tsukiumi didn't kill him.

Not that Musubi wasn't doing her best to end him already. She was already leaning up to steal another kiss. "Not so fast Musubi-chan… There are things I need to do first. We can have some fun later."

"Mou… Naruto…."

Naruto withstood her puppy dog eyes for about three seconds before he gave in. He captured her lips again, feeling her arms wrap around him as he did. At the same time he could feel her thoughts brushing against his. The contact was… warm… Musubi's bond to him was different from all of his Sekirei. It was more straight forward.

Akitsu was almost a master/servant bond. Her pure devotion to him regardless of her own wishes made her completely servile to him. Matsu's on the other hand was tainted somewhat by her lust. Karasuba's bond possessed a challenging undertone… while Yahan's was somewhere between Akitsu's and Matsu's bond.

Musubi's connection to him in comparison was purely one dimensional. She loved him… Nothing more and nothing less. And yet there was something else there… buried deep. It was a part of her, yet at the same time quite different. The strangest part about this odd feeling was that it too seemed to be bonded to him.

The connection was faint, but it was there. He broke the kiss again feeling a bit dazed.

"Naruto-sama?"

Naruto glanced to the side, meeting Akitsu's gaze. "WHa?"

"Ah… You seemed lost Naruto-sama."

He blinked then realized he'd been staring off into space for longer than was socially acceptable. "Sorry 'bout that. I was just lost in thought ya know." He looked back down at Musubi. "Anyway… I think it would be best if everyone got dressed. There are things for us to do today and I have a lot of things to tell everyone. I can't do that properly if you're all naked."

"Okay!" Musubi stole a peck on the lips and slipped out of bed. "I'll make something to eat for everyone!"

Naruto turned to Akitsu. "Would you go help Musubi-chan?"

"Okay…" Akitsu leaned up expectantly and he kissed her. Then she slipped out of bed and rummaged around till she found something to wear. Then she dressed, forgoing panties, and left the room. A moment later the sounds of pots and pans clanking could be heard.

"Naruto-kun, what exactly did you want to tell us?" Yahan asked.

He smiled and gave her a quick kiss as well. "I'll tell you when everyone is awake. Come on… we're wasting daylight."

-ring-ring-ring-

"Um… whose phone is that?"

Matsu looked slightly annoyed. "Mine. Give me a sec Naru-tan. It's around here somewhere." The Sekirei of wisdom crawled to the edge of the bed and ruffled around in the remains of her dress.

Meanwhile Karasuba removed herself from the bed, checking around for what remained of her uniform. It didn't take her long to realize that her clothes had been…er… decommissioned during the excitement of the night before. She'd need more soon… A lot more seeing how she'd probably be going through them constantly. Either that or she would have to make a serious point to get undressed before getting frisky with her Ashikabi.

-ring-ring-ring-

Karasuba found some small comfort in the fact that Yahan and Matsu shared this problem with her. Yahan's black outfit was rent in a half dozen places, well beyond reasonable repair while Matsu's dress had been torn open vertically.

"Ah! Here it is!"

Matsu lunged for her phone and lost her balance, falling off the bed into the pile of shredded clothes. She was up a second later, the phone open to her ear. "Hellooo? Um… yes this is Matsu. Is this…?" Everyone watched as Matsu's fair skin paled to a shade resembling parchment. "Please tell me you're joking. I know he's crazy but even he…"

Naruto leaned forward as Matsu started to shake. "What is it Matsu?"

She held up a hand to forestall him. "I… I see. And when did this happen? O..okay." Matsu lowered the cell and looked back at Naruto. "You're not going to believe it Naru-tan."

"What did that bastard do?"

"He…" Matsu swallowed hard. "He's created a new discipline squad. And… he did it with Sekirei who have already been terminated." Her eyes flicked to Karasuba. "The new leader… is Yume."

Ooo

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And that's the end of the chapter… jeeze this was a hard chapter to write.

Now just to be clear on one thing. Naruto has all his memories of his life before, but there is a large separation between his memories as Uzumaki and Sahashi. Even though his life as Naruto Uzumaki has more value to him… his life as Naruto Sahashi still has more weight. He will have a hard time reconciling the two lives he'd led… especially with the powerful bonds he's formed with his Sekirei.