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

10. Chapter 10

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

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Chapter 10

Jackie began to stir from his forced slumber and was about to get up when he felt soft hands push him back down. "Easy Jackie. You just had a seizure you need to be careful." Miya said with concern, Jackie then began to remember what happened The Darkness decided to remind him who held the leash in this relationship of theirs "How long was I out?" Jackie asked as he put one of his hands on his forehead to calm down his headache. Miya then said "You were unconscious for five days."

Jackie was surprised that he was out for so long he then heard his curse chuckle "Good morning, Jackie. Tell me did you enjoy your beauty sleep?" Jackie's response was 'Fuck you' and he tried to get back up with The Darkness laughing at him. "Did you watch over me all this time?" Miya nodded with a smile "You're my tenant, Jackie. As long as you live in this house you are a part of my family." Jackie looks at Miya and sees that she was serious about that "Thanks Miya." He replied and Jackie stood up. Miya stood up as well and asked "Are you sure you're okay?" Jackie smiled and said "Yeah I'm fine. Don't worry."

Miya then asks "Jackie is this the first time you have had these seizures?" Jackie then looks at the landlady and says "Okay, Miya. Why don't you tell me what's on your mind?" Miya then looks down for a bit before she looks at Jackie and said "While I was digging into your past I noticed that your father and grandfather all died from something strange and I was wondering if…" Jackie finished "You were wondering if I suffered from something genetic." Miya nodded her head. Jackie knew what she was talking about from what Johnny Powell told him all his forbearers and his forefathers all died the moment they had sex, the only exception was his father. Apparently there could only be one Darkness host per generation.

Jackie then said "I have had my….. condition for a long time, unfortunately there is no cure." Miya then said "The MBI hospitals have made great medical achievements maybe they could help you." Jackie chuckled he knew there was no way modern science or medicine could help him deal with an ancient evil that existed before time began "I highly doubt they would be able to help me, my condition is really…. complicated." Jackie was about to leave the room when Miya grabbed his hand and said "You should let your Sekirei know about it." Jackie looked at Miya and knew she had a point maybe he should tell them about The Darkness they had a right to know, but after what happen to Uzume he was afraid that they would grow to either hate or fear him, or worse they would love him regardless and sooner or later he would end up losing them like what happened to Jenny.

Jack flinched a little when he thought about Jenny even though being with his Sekirei lessened the pain and the guilt it was still a painful memory to him. Jackie then looked down and saw that Miya was still holding his hand, the don didn't have a problem with that in fact Jackie enjoyed the physical contact. Miya was indeed a beautiful woman and she knew what it was like to lose a loved one, but she was still grieving over her husband so being a gentleman Jackie said "You can let go of my hand now." Miya then looked down and blushed before letting go of his hand "I'm sorry Jackie I didn't mean to…" Jackie then said "It is okay, I rather enjoyed it." Miya then chuckled and said "Oh my… surely you're not thinking of adding this simple housewife to your little harem. What would my late husband think?" Jackie chuckled and said "Don't worry that won't happen even though you are a good looking woman. With respect to your husband."

Miya blushed and said "Flattery will get you nowhere Jackie." Jackie then laughed and said "Yeah I've been told that before." Before they could say anything else they heard something akin to a cannon being fired and several seconds later they heard Musubi crying out "It won't come off." Both Jackie and Miya ran to the bathroom to see what was going on. When they got there they saw Musubi trapped in some kind of net, Minato cowering in the back and a woman with red hair, glasses and a voluptuous figure towering over the frightened Minato with the look of a predator cornering its prey "Come on, don't be like that. I promise you, I'll experiment on you gently."

Before Jackie could stop the sexy redhead from raping Minato, Miya was already there with her sword at the woman's throat. Jackie was surprised that she was able to get her weapon so quickly and he wondered where she hid her weapon. "Well I was wondering why there were so many loud noises coming from the bathroom. So it looks like you're the cause for all this trouble, right Matsu?" Matsu chuckled nervously and raised her hands in defeat. Once everybody was calm and fully dressed Miya had everyone gather at the dinner table and had Matsu introduce herself to everyone "Hello everyone I guess I should start from the beginning. Hi my name is Matsu." Miya then said "Matsu here is another tenant of Maison Izumo. She currently lives in room 201." Minato was confused and said "But there is no room 201."

Jackie then said "The reason you wouldn't have noticed it kid is because the room is behind a secret door." Minato and Matsu were surprised to find out that Jackie knew about that "How did you know about the door?" Matsu asked, Jackie replied "When Minato, Musubi and I were looking for Kusano's ghost and couldn't find anything. On the way back up I saw a faint light coming from underneath the wall near the stairs." Minato looked at Miya and asked "Is that true, Miya?" Miya nodded and said "Yes it's true. My husband, Takehito made the secret room as a joke, but it has turned out to be quite useful. You see he used to work for MBI" Minato then looked at Kusano and asked "So the ghost you saw five days ago was her?" Kusano just nodded her head still unsure whether or not to trust the perverted Sekirei. Matsu smiled nervously and said "Yeah I'm sorry about that, you see I'm in hiding."

Minato looked at Matsu and asked "What are you hiding from?" Jackie then said "Apparently she stole something from MBI and they are still hunting her." Matsu then turned to Jackie and said "Well I would have never pegged you for the detective type." Jackie looked at her and said "What would you know about me?" Matsu then said "Let's see, Jackie Estacado former hitman for the Franchetti crime family and now the head of said family. You were adopted by Paulie Franchetti when you were 12 and started killing for him when you were 16, for some reason he tried to have you killed and sent not only his goons but half of the NYPD after you who worked for him. But somehow you survived and killed your Uncle and took over the family at the age of 21." Jackie was surprised she knew that much and he turned to Miya and said "I see now who did the actual digging into my past." Miya just chuckled a little.

Minato on the other hand was surprised and yelled out "Wait you mean you're part of the mafia?" Jackie sighed and said "I'm the head of the mob, but yeah." Musubi then looks between Minato and Jackie and asks "What's the mafia?" Jackie chuckles at the question and says "The mafia is a group of people that act as a family and commits various crimes in order to either make money or to protect the family members." While she didn't know what the mafia was she knew what a criminal was and asked "Why are you a bad guy, Jackie? You're so nice and you helped protect Minato and Ku, so why are you a bad guy?" Jackie honestly had no answer for that he knew that Musubi didn't see him as a bad person but she couldn't understand why he did the things he did.

Just then Miya intervened and said "While it is true that Jackie hasn't lived a noble life that doesn't mean that deep down he is not a noble person. Just because he is the head of a crime family doesn't change who he is at his core." Jackie looks at Miya who is smiling at him and he nods his head in appreciation to her kind words. Miya then turns to Matsu and says "Now the only reason I took Matsu in was because my husband believed in never turning anyone away if they needed help. But since she caused so much trouble and tried to violate not only the rules of this inn but one of my tenant's maybe I should just kick her out." Matsu then began to beg and shout out "NOOOOOOOOO please Miya-tan don't kick me out. I won't case anymore trouble I swear."

Miya just looked at her with a deadpanned face and asked "How can I be sure that you mean that?" Matsu then bowed to her and said "You have my word, I swear." Matsu then bowed to everyone else and said "I'm sorry everyone for the trouble I caused." She then stood up and went back upstairs to her room. While everyone stared at Matsu leaving, Kusano was still frightened by Matsu and only replied "The ghost lady."

Later on during the night everyone was getting ready for bed. While Jackie and his girls were getting ready they saw that Uzume entered in the room after her bath with Musubi. Jackie was worried about Uzume and the rest of his flock especially since The Darkness showed him that it could affect them. Jackie walked up to Uzume and asked "Hey….are you okay, Uzume?" Uzume looks at her Ashikabi with a smile and said "Don't worry, Jackie. I feel better trust me." Jackie just said "Are you sure?" Uzume looked at Jackie and said "I should be asking these questions, after all you were the one that was in a coma for five days."

Uzume then cupped his face and asked "What happened to you? We were so worried about you when you had that seizure and those screams…" Jackie grabbed Uzume's hand and said "Don't worry what I went through... won't happen again." Hikari said "Are you sure about that, what happened to you?" Jackie decided to lie "It's just something that I tend to suffer from, something I got from my father." Akitsu then said "Ah…. The hospitals of MBI can help you." Jackie shook his head "I have been to every hospital in the U.S. I don't think they could help me." Hibiki then said "But…" Jackie interrupted her and said "Hey I'm fine ladies, really. I'm surrounded by beautiful women who love me, how can anybody not feel great." Jackie's Sekirei knew he didn't want to talk about it so they let it go and the five of them all drifted off to sleep.

The next morning Jackie got up and was about to leave when he noticed that only he and Uzume were in the bed. Jackie looked around but he couldn't find his other Sekirei anywhere, Jackie was about to get up when Uzume had her arms wrapped around him and said "Nooo. Please just stay here, your way to warm to let go of and I'm comfortable." Jackie laughed and said "Come on, Uzume. It's time to get up." Uzume just snuggled closer to him and whined "I want ten more minutes. Please just stay and be my body pillow." Jackie just kissed her on the check and said "Sorry Uzume but I want to get up." Once he was able to get out of her grasp and stood up, he heard Uzume say "Why do you hate me?"

Jackie just smiled and went to get dressed. When Jackie came downstairs fully dressed he went to get some coffee when he was heading to the kitchen he saw that Miya, Musubi, Kusano, Hikari, Hibiki and Akitsu were eating breakfast Jackie looked around and he didn't see either Minato or Matsu at the dinner table "Where are Minato and Matsu?" Miya sipped some tea and said "They won't be eating breakfast with us today. They're being punished for breaking the rules. Matsu snuck into Minato's room and he caused her to emerge." Jackie decided not to dwell on it and went to get some coffee and began to eat breakfast. Miya looked at Jackie and asked "Where is Uzume?" Jackie said "She was really tired and said she would be up in ten minutes."

Later on during the day Miya, Musubi and Akitsu were sparring while Uzume and Kusano watched from the porch. Hikari was watching TV and Minato was studying for his entrance exam; Jackie was also watching the battle between Miya and the two Sekirei he was actually impressed that despite Musubi and Akitsu working together neither of them could land a single hit on the landlady. Jackie wondered where she got her skills from because a simple house wife shouldn't have been able to take on two Sekirei and the way she moved and attacked it seemed she has killed more than her far share of people.

Jackie wondered how she was able to become this good at swordsmanship "There is a reason why those two maggots can't compete with her." Jackie heard The Darkness respond 'What would you know about it?' The Darkness chuckled and said "The reason she is so strong is because she is one of them." Jackie was surprised by this piece of info 'How do you know that Miya is a Sekirei?' he heard the demon chuckle and it replied "I can sense her power. Not only does she have the same energy as your pets, but I can sense she is very powerful and her soul is stained by the blood she has spilled."

Jackie was amazed that Miya wasn't only herself a Sekirei, but that she was very powerful too. The more he thought about it the more it made sense, Miya's strength, speed and skills were clearly much high then an average human, her knowledge of Sekirei and the Sekirei Plan and the fact that MBI haven't stormed in to kill either her or to retrieve Matsu it all made sense Miya was a Sekirei and a powerful one.

Just then Jackie felt his phone vibrate Jackie stood up and answered it "Hey Vinnie what's up?" Vinnie then said "Some good news boss, the attacks on the family and our operation have stopped." Jackie was surprised "What do you mean? Did we kill the fucks who hit us?" Vinnie then said "No from what Jimmy said the attacks just stopped. We have no idea how or why, maybe when we killed Swifty and his crew they decided to back off. Just in case though Jimmy is going to have the boys search every street, alley, and building in the city to find and strings these fucks up as an example of what happens when you screw with the Franchetti family." Jackie then said "Tell Jimmy to have his guard up I have a feeling that this might be the calm before the storm that's about to head our way." Vinnie then said "Got it boss I'll be sure to let Jimmy know."

Jackie then hung up and was about to go for a walk when he heard someone call out his name. Jackie turned around and saw that it was Hibiki behind him "Hey, Hibiki. How are you?" Hibiki said "I'm doing fine, Jackie thank you. Can….can I ask you something?" Jackie was confused and asked "What's wrong Hibiki?" the younger of the lightning twins walked up to Jackie and asked "Jackie do you remember the first time my sister and I met you?" Jackie raised an eyebrow and said "Yeah I remember, I found you and Hikari out in the rain huddled together under an underpass to keep dry."

Hibiki smiled and said "I'm glad you remember the night you winged us but that was not the first time we met." Jackie was confused. Hibiki chuckled and said "Do you remember the dream you had of us before we met?" Jackie thought about it and he remembered and nodded. "Sekirei have the ability to go into their Ashikabi's dreams if they are very strong. The reason that I wanted to ask you about this is do you remember what happened in the dream?" Jackie remembered that when he found them in his dream they introduced themselves right before…. 'Oh shit please don't tell me she is going to say what I think she'll say?'

Hibiki then said "During the dream before we could tell you where we were there was a dark disembodied voice that seemed to come from everywhere." Hibiki shivered at the memory before she added "The voice then said that "we would not interfere" then little black demonic looking imps and black tendrils began to appear out of nowhere and tried to attack my sister and I." Jackie swore internally and asked "Why do you want to talk about that it was just a dream?" Hibiki then replied "It's just that when Uzume had her dream six days ago the description of the hell spawns in her dream sound exactly like those little imps that attacked us in your dream. I….I was just wondering if you knew anything about it."

Jackie then said trying to keep the worry out of his voice "I don't know why there were imps in the dream maybe it was something I ate." Hibiki then looked at him seriously and said "Don't do that." Jackie then asked "Do what?" Hibiki then said "Stop trying to act like you don't know what I'm talking about. When Uzume told you about her dream I could feel through our bond that you were terrified about it, and now I can feel the same worry and fear from you when we're talking about this."

Jackie then said "I….I can't talk about it Hibiki. Please just let it go." Hibiki shook her head and said "I can't do that Jackie. Please tell me what is going on, with the dream my sister and I shared with you, Uzume's dream and your seizure and coma I know that they are connected." Jackie then said "I can't tell you trust me I'm doing you a favor by keeping you in the dark." Hibiki then said "Like how you kept us in the dark about your criminal past and the fact that you are the head of a crime family." Jackie then said "This is different, Hibiki. Trust me when I say you are better off not knowing."

Hibiki then looked at him her face faltering and her eyes watering up "Please Jackie just tell me." Jackie then looked at her and said "Please Hibiki let this go." Hibiki then hugged him and looked into his eyes and said "I can't, Jackie. When you were suffering from that painful seizure and when you were in a coma I was worried about you. My Ashikabi, the one person who I love with all my heart and soul was suffering and I couldn't do anything to protect him, or make the pain go away. Please Jackie I'm not asking you because I'm afraid of whatever it is you don't want to talk about. I'm asking you about this because I love you. My sister, Uzume, Akitsu and I all love you we just want to know so we can protect you and see you happy, Please Jackie."

She then cupped Jackie's cheek and said "Please be honest with me." Jackie was about to say something when he noticed that Hikari was there as well. She then walked up to Jackie and instead of either yelling or hitting him for not being honest with them again she kissed him causing her wings to flare up and she also wrapped her arms around Jackie and said "Jackie, I know that you are trying to protect us from whatever this is, but you don't always have to have the entire world on your shoulders. Your Sekirei are here to help you in any way we can because we love you. You're our Ashikabi, Jackie. We know that your life has been filled with darkness, but you don't have to go through that darkness alone anymore. My sister and I, Uzume, Akitsu, the tenants of Maison Izumo and the landlady are your family too. Please let us bare some of your burden with you." Jackie looked at Hikari surprised that she of all people would say something like that, he always knew his Sekirei absolutely loved him. Just like how he had that kind of love for Jenny. Jackie only wanted to protect the new women in his life that he had to come to care for, but now he sees that he is doing more harm than good.

Jackie sighed and hugged the twins like they were his life line and said "Let's go for a walk. I think it's time I told you one of my darkest secrets, but under no circumstances can you repeat what I'm about to say to anyone, okay." The twins nodded and both Jackie and the twins went upstairs, Jackie to get his guns and his coat, while the girls came upstairs to change out of their casual clothes and into their S&M battle attire. The three of them then went down stairs and left the house. The trio walked to the same park where they first found Akitsu and the continued to walk until Jackie found some shade under a great big tree. Jackie motioned for them to take a seat under the shade of the tree. When Hikari and Hibiki sat on either side of him, Jackie sighed while the twins waited for him to say something.

Jackie then looked at his Sekireis and said "What I'm about to tell you… is going to be really hard to believe. I don't think you'll believe everything, but I swear to you that what I am about to tell you two is the truth." Hikari smirked and said "Jackie please. Remember, we're aliens from another planet trapped in a game where we need to fight to the death and the prize is to have the fate of the world in our hands if we win. I doubt what you are going to tell us will be anything strange or out of the ordinary then that." Jackie laughed and said "Trust me. My story is way more fucked up then the whole thing about beautiful, sexy alien women in a battle royale." Hibiki just put her hand on his shoulder and said "Just take your time, Jackie. Tell us when you're ready." Jackie smiled at both Hibiki and Hikari and then he looked up at the sky and said "I remember the night of my 21st birthday." Jackie sighed and said "That was the first time I died." Both Hikari and Hibiki were surprised to hear him say that, but let him continue his story.

Jackie then said "On that night both of my friends were killed and I was sent to whack a guy that pissed off my Uncle Paulie. After I killed everyone that got in my way I found a videotape of my Uncle Paulie playing on a TV, he was saying that he was pissed that I didn't like him working with corrupt cops, killing his business partners and their families or selling drugs to kids." The twins began to find Jackie's uncle a disgusting human being, but then that changed to hate when Jackie added "The fucker even got me a birthday present. Which turned out to be the corpse of the guy I was supposed to kill strapped with 3 blocks of C-4 with only 10 seconds left on the timer. I was able to jump out of the building before it exploded. I crashed through the glass roof of a building and was able to land on the ground with nothing but a sore shoulder."

Hikari then said "That little shit. How could he do that to you, after he adopted you?" Jackie chuckled and said "Yeah Paulie was a shit stain of the highest order. After I got up I had to get as far away from the construction site I was at. Turns out my dear Uncle Paulie put a hit out on me and even sent people who I grew up with, my friends to come after me and try to kill me." Hibiki and Hikari felt sorry that Jackie had to fight and kill his friends because of that bastard Paulie "That must have been tough to go through." Hibiki said, Jackie just said "Comes with the territory of being a wise guy. Eventually they cornered me at a cemetery called Trinity and I thought I was going to die. But then on the stroke of midnight I received another birthday gift this one from my father."

Hikari and Hibiki were confused, but waited for Jackie to continue. Jackie then looked at Hibiki and said "You see that dream that Uzume had wasn't just a bad dream. What she saw is what happened to me on my 21st birthday, or the very least a part of it." Hikari looked at him with disbelief "You mean to tell me, that the whole thing about you developing demonic snakes from your shoulders and all that other crazy demon shit she saw you do in her dream actually happened?!" Jackie nodded and said "Yeah, she somehow saw a memory of how I manifested my powers." The twins waited for their Ashikabi to continue "I thought that these powers were mine, but I later found out that I was wrong. You see within me there was something dark, something terrible and it was waiting for the right time to get out. The night it finally came out; I was not only able to survive that attack, but I also gained the power to fight back against my Uncle Paulie, the kind of things you only see in your worst nightmares."

Jackie sighed and said "Thanks to some of the older members of the family that hated how Paulie did business, I was able to put a big dent in his operation. It was then that my Uncle Paulie sent the police captain he had in his pocket as well as half of the NYPD after me, but with the powers that I gained from the thing living inside me I was able to slaughter anyone dumb enough to get in my way with ease." Hibiki asked "What happened next?" Jackie then said "During this time I was dating someone, her name was Jenny….Jenny Romano. We grew up in the same orphanage together and when I got adopted by Paulie, I always went back to check up on her. Eventually we fell in love and started dating." The twins heard the sadness in their Ashikabi's voice. Hikari wanted to say something but Jackie continued. "When I killed one of Paulie's drug dealers, the bastard retaliated by blowing up the orphanage Jenny and I grew up in. A lot of people died in the explosion and those that didn't suffered horrible injuries, most of the victims in the blast were children."

Hibiki had her hand over her mouth in horror, while Hikari was shaking in anger "That fucking piece of shit, how could he blow up a building full of children." Even Hibiki said "If it wasn't for the fact that he was already dead, I would find that rat bastard and the two of us would make him pay for what he did a hundred fold." Jackie smirked and said "When I went to subway that was next to the orphanage I found Jenny and an old member of the family named Jimmy the Grape waiting there. Jimmy took me aside and told me of another way to hurt Paulie, told me about a place that he used as a safe house for his money and drugs. Before I went, I asked Jimmy if he could protect Jenny while I did this little errand, he said that he wouldn't let anything happen to her."

Jackie sighed and continued his story "I went to the meat house that had Paulie's shit and destroyed everything there and killed the fuckers who tried to stop me. When I went back to the subway I was horrified to find Jimmy on the ground beaten up and bleeding, he told me that Jenny was gone. Jimmy was ambushed by Paulie and his police dog, Eddie Shrote. They took Jenny, he tried to stop them but he was too old to do anything. Jimmy told me that she was taken to the orphanage." Jackie then began to stare at the ground and said "I ran to the orphanage and I was going to make those fuckers pay for taking Jenny and if they hurt her, I was going to torture them until they begged for death."

Hikari then asked "So you killed your Uncle and saved her, right?" Jackie didn't say anything for a while. Hikari then asked "Don't tell me….?" Jackie then said "I couldn't save her…. Paulie killed her right in front of me and the two of them got away." Hikari then said "How the hell did that happened? From what you told us with those powers of yours they shouldn't have stood a chance. So what the fuck happened?" Jackie looked at her and said "The thing that gave me those powers forced me to watch the only woman I ever loved get executed like she was a dog." Hibiki asked "Why would it do that if it was helping you survive?" Jackie chuckled darkly and said "It wanted to show me exactly who was in charge of this little partnership. The exact words it said to me was "Learn that you are my puppet." and the fucking thing restrained me and forced me to watch Jenny's murder."

Hikari and Hibiki were horrified that Jackie had to watch something so terrible, if they were in his position…. neither of the twins could even finish that line of thought. The lightning twins then moved closer to Jackie and embraced him in a hug. Jackie let the twins hug him and enjoyed the warmth from it "I'm so sorry, Jackie. I wish you didn't have to suffer through that." Hibiki said. Hikari then added "No one should be forced to watch the one they love die."

Jackie hugged his girls back letting them know that he loved them and he continued his tale "After Jenny was killed the damn thing finally let me go and chased Paulie and Eddie off. When I entered the room and saw Jenny's corpse I felt….hollow….empty, like there was no way this could be real. I remember that fucking thing laughing while saying that she was a burden and with her dead I was finally free. I saw the gun Paulie used on her and I picked it up. I decided that if I couldn't live my life with Jenny, then it wasn't a life worth living. I put the gun in my mouth and I pulled the trigger." Hibiki was shocked to say the least "You committed suicide?!" Jackie nodded and Hikari asked "But if what you say is true then how are you still alive?" Jackie said "The bastard living inside me needs a human host. Unless it has another one to go to, it will keep the current host alive at any cost. While it was repairing my body I woke up in Hell."

Hikari surprised and asked "So what did you do, when you woke up?" Jackie said "After wondering around and killing demons a couple of tormented souls said that someone wanted to talk to me that he was waiting for me. Turns out it was my great-great grandfather Anthony Estacado." Hikari then asked "Did he ever tell you how you got that ….that thing living inside you." Jackie looked at her and replied "He didn't tell me much, he just said that he brought it into our family. When he was about to die in the First World War he made a deal with it and became its host, and ever since then The Darkness has been passed down from father to son." Hibiki looked confused and repeated what he said "The Darkness?" Jackie looked at her and said "That is the name of the ancient entity that lives with in me. It is the embodiment of evil, chaos, and death."

Hikari then asked "So you met your great-great grandfather, who told you about The Darkness. What happened next?" Jackie then said "Anthony said that there existed a way to control the Darkness, he told me about two relics that could help me do that. Once I was able to get relics that could help me better control it, Anthony told me of a way to take full control over it. But before we could do anything else the Darkness brought me back to life." Jackie then paused for a bit before continuing "It was then I went to my Aunt Sarah's who was the wife of the previous Don of the family before Paulie. She was also the one who pretty much raised me, I told her what happened and that I planned to make those motherfuckers pay for what they did to Jenny, but I couldn't do anything without her blessing. She gave me her blessing and told me that there was no way I could get to Paulie without taking out Eddie first. Jimmy knew of a guy who was the owner of the apartment building that rat shit was living in, I tried to kill him but he was able to get to the precinct where he had the cops try and stop me. They didn't stand a chance, but he was able to get away thanks to a police chopper and he put me on the NYPD's shoot-to-kill list."

Hibiki then asked "What did you do after the plan to kill Eddie failed?" Jackie then said "A good friend of mine named Butcher Joyce told me that Eddie had a briefcase full of evidence about his dealings with my Uncle Paulie. As well as some dirty secrets of his that Eddie could use against him, just in case Paulie ever tried to fuck him over." Hikari decided to interrupt and asked "Why was he called Butcher?" Jackie laughed and said "We call him Butcher because whenever we kill somebody or multiple people, Butcher is the one you call to clean up the mess, and he was good at making the corpses "disappear". Butch was like a magician whenever he worked, if the place looked like something out of a horror movie, Butcher was there to make the place sparkle and shine. Almost like there was never a murder or multiple murders in the first place." Both Hikari and Hibiki were disgusted with this information.

Jackie saw their reactions and chuckled "Don't worry even though his work is not pretty, Butch is a good guy. Anyway, Butcher told me that the briefcase was at the Turkish Baths. I was able to find the evidence and Eddie sent everything he had at me, Cops, S.W.A.T units, and a police chopper; I killed every one of them until the Turkish Baths were running red. When I returned to Butcher he took the briefcase and he put a bomb in it, then Eddie called me wanting to set up a meeting. I told Eddie to meet me at Trinity Church and to come alone and that I would be by myself." Hikari looked at him and said "You had to have known that there was no way that scumbag would do that." Jackie looked at her and said "I knew it was a trap, but there was a reason why I went." Hibiki then asked "What was the reason you went? Aside from going to killing this Eddie Shrote?"

Jackie said "When I committed suicide I wasn't only sent to Hell, I was sent to a special place in Hell. I think I was inside the mind of The Darkness. So the first time I died, I killed myself at the orphanage, which was built on holy ground. The only way to get back to that place and take control of my curse was to off myself again on holy ground, which is why I went to the church. It was the only way to get back and I was going to have Eddie ride shotgun with me." Jackie looked up back at the sky and said "When I got there and put the briefcase on the altar Eddie sprung his trap and had several of New York's finest all armed to the teeth with body armor and military grade weapons coming after me. They even cut off the power to the church. Stupid fucks had no idea that when they did that they gave me a hug advantage over them. I summoned my powers as well as the demonic little imps that you two saw in the dream where we first met to help me out. I had my darklings slaughter the cops and used the demonic snake heads and demon arms to tear through the rest of Eddie's forces."

Hibiki then said "So that's what those imps are called. They're called darklings?" Jackie nodded yes and Hikari asked "So did you finally tear Eddie a new asshole?" Jackie answered "I was about to… until the fucker used flash grenades and the bright light canceled out my powers, when I was disoriented they were able to capture me. When I woke up I was tied to a chair with Eddie in front of me, two cops to my right, one with a shotgun aimed at my face and a floodlight shining on me to keep me from using my powers. Eddie then got out a power drill and he began to torture me for information, he wanted to know who it was that told me about the Turkish Bathhouse. I can still feel that little bitch forcing the drill into my mouth and fucking up my teeth, then drilling into my shoulder, he even drilled into the pain centers of my brain." Jackie then noticed that electricity was flaring up around him and he looked at the twins faces and if looks could kill, Hikari and Hibiki were about to go on a major killing spree and take great pleasure in it.

Jackie then hugged both of the twins in order to get them to calm down and it worked "Don't worry girls its okay. I'm fine." Hikari then said "No it's not okay, Jackie! That fucker had the balls to not only help kill the woman you loved, but to torture you like that. I swear if I ever met that fucker, I would hunt down that pathetic, limp dick, pile of fucking garbage; torture him until he believed that the horrors he would experience in Hell would be a breeze to what I would do to him and then I would electrocute that fuck until his corpse was nothing more than a charred skeleton." Hibiki even said "I know that Sekirei aren't allowed to kill humans, but as far as I'm concerned that asshole was less than human. I swear whatever tortures he is suffering in Hell it isn't enough."

Jackie brought them closer into the hug and said "Thanks girls really but its fine. While he was torturing me for information the power drill stopped working. When Eddie tried to fix it I began to talk shit to the two cops to my right. Every time I said something to piss them off they got closer and were able to block the light, when the one with the shotgun completely blocked the light I made my move and summoned a demon arm to attack the briefcase causing it to explode killing the two cops, Eddie Shrote and me. That was the second time I died." Hikari then asked "So after that you went back to Hell, right?" Jackie nodded and said "I was able to meet up with Anthony and we were able to get a giant cannon. We were able to bring it to this evil looking castle were The Darkness was inside. But the damn thing was missing a shell, so Anthony and I searched and we were able to find one and we brought it back to the cannon. But during our retrieval of the shell Anthony didn't make it he got hurt pretty badly by a giant demon"

Hibiki was confused "Wait if he was already in Hell, how was he in danger?" Jackie then said "The Darkness rules over all of Hell as a god, Hell bends and changes to its will. The Darkness destroyed Anthony's soul when he was trying to tell me something." Hikari asked "What was he trying to say?" Jackie shook his head and said "He said that he finally understood what that old saying meant about "The light in the darkness" but before he could tell me The Darkness made him fall into a deep abyss." Hibiki said "Jackie I…" Jackie then rubbed her back and said "It's okay Hibiki. My father died when I was young so I don't remember much, but I'm glad I meet Anthony. I'm glad to know that at least one Estacado was a good man." Hibiki smiled and said "You're also a good person, Jackie. Never forget that." Jackie smiled and squeezed Hibiki's body a little to say thanks and continued "Once I got into the castle, I was able to call The Darkness itself. The physical form it took looked like a demonic version of me. It then summoned darklings to attack me, I killed a lot of them and I tried to attack The Darkness only for it to throw me across the room. I thought that I was going to lose, but then I heard her voice….I heard Jenny's voice."

Jackie smiled sadly and said "She said that using violence and trying to fight it wouldn't work that I had to find another way to beat it. I had no idea what she meant, but I was able to overcome its attacks and I dropped my guns to the floor." Hikari then asked "What did you do?" Jackie then said "The damn thing wanted me to surrender to it, but I refused the closer I got to it… the more afraid it got of me. It tried to keep me away but its attacks didn't even touch me. It was almost like Jenny was helping me in my fight, she was protecting me. When I got close to it, I touched The Darkness itself and absorbed it into myself, finally took control." Hibiki smiled and said "So you were finally able to control it." Jackie said "Partially." Hibiki and Hikari looked at him confused. Jackie then explained "The Darkness feeds off of suffering, misery, death, and anything evil or cruel. It even said that with each person I killed it grew closer to owning my soul." Jackie looked at his hand and said "That meant that if I continued to pursue my revenge against Paulie. Whatever control I was able to get over The Darkness would erode and I would lose control of it again."

Hikari asked "You decided to continue and try to kill Paulie, right?" Jackie looked at her and she explained "If we lost you Jackie and we were still alive. We wouldn't rest until you were avenged… even if it meant never seeing you again in the afterlife." Jackie smiled and said "Yeah, you're right I couldn't let that cock sucker go; so I continued to try and get my revenge. Both Butcher and my Aunt Sarah said that Paulie had a boat that brought in the drugs from the Chicago families into New York. They said that if I killed everyone on board then the Chicago families would cut ties with Paulie and leave him high and dry. I went to the boat and I slaughtered everyone and killed the captain. When I was about to return I got a call from Jimmy saying that Paulie sent his goons to kill my Aunt Sarah and everybody who helped me."

Jackie looked out into the distance and said "I returned to find my Aunt Sarah, Jimmy the Grape, some of the old members of the family and some of my friends inside my aunt's apartment fight for their lives. After we killed those assholes, Jimmy came to me and asked once everything was all over if I would like to be the new Don of the family." Hibiki asked "Why did he pick you to run the family, if you don't mind me asking?" Jackie replied "Not at all. Jimmy wanted me to take over because I always showed respect to the family and treated everyone equally. I also believed in doing things the old way, we would do business, we would treat anyone that worked with us or under us as part of the family, and we look out for the people. Those were the codes that the crime families used to live by and I believed that we needed to honor those codes."

Jackie then said "Butcher was able to find out what rock my Uncle Paulie was hiding under. Turned out that he ran to his fortified lighthouse mansion on a secluded island and Butcher arrange to have someone take me there. I went to the docks, met the guy Butcher was talking about and he took me to the island. When I got there it was during the time of a solar eclipse, thanks to that I had no problem using my powers during the day and I began to kill everyone on that island….. then it started to happen." Hikari asked "What…What happened?" Jackie sighed and said "Once the Darkness gets a hold of you, you begin to lose yourself to it and you begin to lose track of time. When I killed everyone outside and got into the mansion, I was no longer in control over what the fuck I was doing. It was almost like I was watching a movie of my own life, I'm up there on the big screen and I'm tearing the bad guys' limb from limb, I looked good, I felt good, fuck I was good. But The Darkness was controlling everything; I was able to get some form of control, but it soon became a struggle. That's when it hit me, while I was watching my "movie" everyone else in the theater was screaming because they're watching a horror picture. So instead of being the hero, it turned out that I was the monster."

Jackie paused for a bit and the twins looked at him with concern written on their features, but Jackie continued "When I got full control again the only people left alive on the island was Paulie and me. I chased him all the way up to the top of the lighthouse and I shot him in the shoulder, he began to crawl away from me on the ground like the coward that he was. Paulie begged me not to kill him; that we both made mistakes, but that it was still salvageable he even tried to bribe me. But nothing was going to stop me from killing him, I put a bullet in his head and as he died the Darkness then said that now I was his….and that…was the end of the line." Jackie then took in a deep breath and said "After I took control of the family, I found an occultist to help me control my curse and I have kept it buried inside me for two years. I wanted to make it pay for what it did to Jenny." Jackie then looked at his two Sekirei and said "So…. now you both know my deepest secret."

Both Hikari and Hibiki had no idea what to say. What Jackie just told him about his curse was so farfetched and hard to believe, to think that their Ashikabi not only had supernatural powers beyond that of any human or Sekirei, but the embodiment of evil itself living inside him it just didn't seemed possible. Yet at the same time they knew through their bond with him that he wasn't lying about any of it. Hibiki was the one to speak first "I don't know if we believe everything you told us." Jackie laughed he knew they would have a hard time believing him. Hibiki then continued "But if you do have this….thing living inside you. Then we don't care."

Jackie was surprised by this, Hibiki then looked into his eyes and said "Jackie we're your Sekirei, we said that the only thing we want in this world is to be by your side, to love you and to be loved by you forever. The same thing goes for both Uzume and Akitsu. So whether you're the head of the mafia, have supernatural powers or are even the Devil himself. We don't care and we love you regardless, because we have seen the real you. You're the type of person that helps people when you can. You love and protect the people you care for and you view not only us, but everyone at Maison Izumo and the people in your organization as your family. From this alone we know that you are a kind and noble man and that is why we will always love you."

Hibiki then put her head on his right shoulder while still hugging him and Hikari added "And if the time comes when you might need to use those powers again. Then we will be there to make sure you don't lose yourself to it. We will always be your light in the darkness." Hikari then rested her head on Jackie's left shoulder. For the first time in a long time Jackie truly felt happy and safe in the embrace of his Sekirei, he hadn't felt this loved since Jenny's passing. While he is happy that his Sekirei accept him no matter what, he is still worried for them because of what Johnny once said to him. He once said that The Darkness' wrath is not always violent… but it is cold and unyielding.

After staying under the shade of the tree for a while longer; Jackie, Hikari and Hibiki got up and began making their way back to the inn. On the way home Jackie was surprised to see Minato and Kusano talking to somebody "Oh. Jackie, Hikari and Hibiki what are you three doing here?" Jackie saw Minato and said "The girls and I decided to go for a walk. What are you doing here, I thought you wanted to study for your entrance exam?" before Minato could say anything the guy he was talking to looked at Jackie and the twins and said "So you're the one." Jackie looked at the guy and he remembered he saw him and his Sekireis with Minato when he was saving Kusano.

Hikari then spoke up "You don't want to start this Seo, I'm not in the mood for your bullshit today." Jackie looked between Hikari and Seo and asked "Do you two know each other?" Hibiki walked up to Jackie and said "Yes we do know each other. Jackie this is Seo Kaoru and he….well he was…." Seo then interrupted Hibiki and said "I was supposed to be their Ashikabi until they found you." Jackie was surprised by that as was Minato. Jackie then looked at Seo and then turned to Hibiki and said "Wait I thought you and your sister reacted to me? Also I thought Sekirei could only react to one person?" Hikari then said "Yes while that is true, Sekirei can sometimes react to more than one Ashikabi. Before we met you, we were going to be Seo's Sekireis. Even though our reaction to him was weak compared to what we felt when we reacted to you. We were going to go through with it because we have known Seo for a long time and we thought that it would be better having him as an Ashikabi then somebody who we don't know. Just because a Sekirei reacts to an Ashikabi doesn't mean that he might be the most noble or decent of people."

Jackie thought it over and just nodded his head. Jackie then turned to Minato and again asked "So why are you walking around with Kusano. You taking her to the park or something?" Minato said "No I came out here because…..I had a dream about a Sekirei that is reacting to me, so I came out here with Kusano to look for her." Jackie looked at him and said "Congrats kid, but why do you look pale? You look like you're about to meet your end?" Minato then sighed and said nervously "Well it turns out that if I run into her, she might try to kill me." Jackie was confused, but before he could say anything Hibiki asked "Minato do you know what this Sekirei looks like, or do you know her name?" Minato looked at her and said "Her name is Tsukiumi." Hikari's and Seo's jaw dropped at this information "Well it was nice knowing you, kid." Seo said with sympathy. Jackie was confused and asked "Okay so what's the deal with this Tsukiumi broad? Why would she want to kill Minato who is supposed to be her Ashikabi?" Hibiki answered "Tsukiumi, Sekirei #09 also known as the Water Sekirei is a very powerful Sekirei. But she is also a very prideful woman who hates humans. She is also known as the Ashikabi Hater."

Jackie then asked "Okay first why is she so powerful?" Hikari then said "It's because she is a single number, Jackie. Rumor is that an unwinged single number's strength is supposed to be equal to or greater then a winged double or triple number Sekirei." Jackie filed that piece of information away for later and asked "Alright so mind telling me why she hates humans?" Seo said "From what I heard, #09 hates Ashikabis especially male ones because when she was young and was living with her adjuster, she was told how an Ashikabi helps a Sekirei emerge and she swore that would never happen to her and that if she did react to someone she would hunt them down and kill them." Jackie was still confused "You're telling me this crazy broad kills male Ashikabi for trying to kiss her?!" Seo snickered and said "Apparently the scientist she was living with when she was a kid taught her about sex and said that a Sekirei needs the DNA of their destined Ashikabi in order to emerge. So because of what she told #09, she believes that in order for her to emerge her Ashikabi needs to bang her to make her emerge instead of just a kiss."

Jackie looked at Seo like he grew another head "So you mean to tell me this crazy bitch is trying to kill Minato, because she believes that he needs to fuck her in order for her to get her wings?" Minato covered Kusano's ears while they were talking and Seo chuckled and nodded his head. Jackie just shook his head and said "Why does something tell me this Sekirei isn't the sharpest tool in the shed." Seo just added "Did I forget to mention that she's blonde too." Jackie face palmed himself and mumbled "That doesn't really help her case." Hikari just looked at Seo and said "Her being blonde has nothing to do with her not knowing how the winging process works, you dumbass." Seo just smiled at Hikari and said "Still doesn't change the fact that she is blonde and she could be dumb as shi-AHHHHAHAHAHAH." Seo couldn't finish his sentence as Hikari electrocuted him and he fell to the ground twitching "I told you I wasn't in the mood for you bullshit." Jackie laughed while Minato chuckled nervously at Seo's pain.

When Seo got up and was about to say something he saw his two twin Sekirei land right next to him "Seo we need to move now." said the Sekirei in red and white robes the was opened wide in the chest area to show off her awesome tits, she had long dirty blond hair that was tied into one long pony tail on the side of her head with a blue ribbon keeping it in place. Seo looked at her and asked "What are you doing here Yang? You and Yin were supposed to be out there looking for that cat." The one known as Yin looked at Seo with a serious look; she looked just like her twin except she had black hair in the same hair style as her sister only with a pink ribbon keeping her hair in place. "We have to go right now Seo. We ran into another Sekirei while we were trying to find that cat, we tried to take her out but it turned out she was a Single Number. We tried to run but I think she is still on our tai…" Just then everyone heard a voice shout out "Get thee hence." Minato, Jackie and Seo looked up as well as the lighting twins, the Tao twins and Kusano and they all saw a woman rapidly descending on Minato's position "I said thou art in my way." The only thing Minato saw as a pair of silk white panties before the woman crashed down on him.

Minato groaned on the ground in pain while the woman that landed on him stood up and stared down at him "Loathed monkey, I bid thee hen…." When the woman got a good look at Minato she felt an intense heat go through her body and she fell to the ground as her legs seemed to give out on her. Both Jackie and Minato got a good look at the Shakespearean woman; she was very beautiful with long blond hair and eyes as blue as the sea, she wore a black dress with a white underdress that showed off her cleavage, she also had a black choker wrapped around her neck and she wore long brown boots with black stockings. Minato looked at the woman with surprise and said "It…it's you." The woman now known as Tsukiumi stood up with anger dripping from her voice "Bastard….thy….thou… thou art he." Suddenly torrents of water started to surround the blonde Sekirei swishing and swirling to her growing rage, Minato began to shake with fear.

Jackie looked back to Hikari and Hibiki and whispered to them "The second I take out my pistols, I want you two, too attack the Shakespearean Barbie to give Minato and Kusano a chance to escape." The twins nodded while also snickering at Jackie's nickname for the Water Sekirei. Tsukiumi looked at Minato and spoke "Our meeting here shall spell thy doom. Before thou canst has a chance to violate my body, I will smite thee." The moment she said those words Jackie pulled out his pistols and both Hikari and Hibiki launched a blast of lightning towards the angry blonde. Tsukiumi saw the attack coming towards her and used a water wall to block it while Jackie moved in quickly and got Minato up and told him to run. Minato did as he was told and Jackie followed him while carrying Kusano in one arm and had one of his pistols out in his other hand to provide cover fire.

Tsukiumi gave chase after the fleeing trio while also having to deal with attacks from the lightning twins, while his girls were running interference Jackie decided it was time to call in some back up. When Jackie and Minato came across an alley he put Kusano down and she ran towards Minato, Jackie then pulled out his cell phone and began to make a call "Who are you calling at a time like this?" Minato asked. Jackie smirked at Minato and said "I'm about to summon the cavalry, kid." A moment later the person he wanted to talk to picked up the phone "Hey Jackie, how's your time with Hikari and Hibiki? You three having a good time." Uzume asked with a chuckle. Jackie smiled hearing Uzume's voice "Yeah we were having a great time until we ran into some trouble. Listen I need you to get your battle attire on and bring Akitsu with you, there is a Sekirei who's trying to kill Minato because she is reacting to him." There was a slight pause until Uzume said "Okay I'll have Matsu track your phone and we will be there as soon as we can." Jackie said thanks and he hung up.

Minato looked at Jackie and asked "Well, are they coming?" Jackie nodded "Yeah they're just going to have your Sekirei, Matsu track us through my phone. By the way where is Musubi?" Minato then said "Matsu said that if we split up there was a good chance of finding Tsukiumi quicker." Jackie then said "Well we found her might, be a good idea to call her so she can help with the crazy blonde." Minato nodded and called Musubi after waiting for a while Minato was able to get her. Jackie looked around the alleyway they were in and noticed that it was a dead end with the only way out being the entrance. They were going to have to move quickly, he had faith that Hikari and Hibiki could handle Tsukiumi but he had to get Minato out of here because he would just be in the way. "Found you, monkey."

Jackie and Minato looked up and saw Tsukiumi attacking them with a barrage of water arrows. Both Ashikabis were able to avoid getting hit and saw Tsukiumi in front of them ready for another attack "Wait listen to me please." Tsukiumi summoned some water for her next attack and said "I shall never listen to thee, scum." and raised her hand to strike again. Jackie raised his pistols ready to fire, when both Minato and he were stunned to see Kusano standing in front of Minato like a human shield. "Ku get the hell out the way." Jackie said with worry, but Kusano stood her ground "Stop it. I won't let you hurt my brothers."

Just then the potted plant she had on her head started to grow out of control and giant vines began latch themselves on to building and some looked like they were ready to strike the Water Sekirei. "Ku calm down, please." Minato asked. The rage little Kusano had in her eyes began to fade and Minato looked at Tsukiumi in a defensive posture "We need her on our side, Ku. Let me handle this." Kusano looked disappointed "If I don't get her to join us then…" Minato then remembered what happened to the scythe wielding Sekirei and shivered when he thought of Musubi, Kusano or Matsu in that position. He then stood up with a look of determination and courage that even impressed Jackie, Minato then looked down at Kusano and said "Don't worry Kusano, I'll be okay." He then smiled at the Green Girl who smiled back.

Tsukiumi was confused "Who is this girl? Tis obvious she is a Sekirei but why…" Tsukiumi's eyes then widen and yelled out "Dost thou have no shame!" Minato just stood there confused until Tsukiumi pointed an accusing finger at him and said "Thou wouldst sink so low as to sink thy claws into a child." Minato eyes widened, knowing what she was talking about "NO wait… it's not what you think. I'm not…" Tsukiumi's rage began to increase the volumes of water surging around her "Vile monkey, thou truly art a filthy man. What thou needest is a shower." But before she could attack, Jackie fired a couple of bullets her way which she was able to block with a water wall "Listen here you Shakespearean Barbie doll. I'm not going to let you hurt the kid if you plan on killing him you're going to have to go through me." Tsukiumi smirked and said "Thou art a fool, if thou thinks thy tis a match for my power. Repair home lowly monkey and I might let thou leave with thine life." Jackie aimed his pistols at Tsukiumi and said "Fuck you, lady." Tsukiumi gathered a mass of water to attack Jackie with "If thou wishes to tarry here 'mongst this vile Ashikabi. Then I shall destroy thee as well."

Jackie just smirked and said "Well come on then, you dumb broad." Tsukiumi then attacked "Water Celebration." And a large torrent of water was launched toward Jackie. The don dodged the attack and rolled to the side and began to shoot at the blonde only for her to dodge the bullets and attack by launching water arrows. Tsukiumi then gathered more water for another attack and smirked "Thou shouldst ran while thee hadst the chance. Thou art no match for my power, for I am the strongest Sekirei. Thou art no match for me and now, thou shalt meet thine end."

Jackie ignore her, but The Darkness was another story "This meat sack believes she is superior to me. SILENCE HER HOST, she dare think herself stronger than me. RELEASE ME SO I CAN FEAST ON HER FLESH." Jackie shook his head and told both Tsukiumi and The Darkness "Shut the fuck up." Tsukiumi scowled and said "Vulgar monkey, come hither and I will hasten thine death." Before she could attack lightning was coming towards her and #09 dodged the attack. Hikari and Hibiki both landed in front of Jackie and Hikari said with a death glare "If you harm my Ashikabi, bitch. I promise I will show you that there are things far, far worse than just a simple termination." Hibiki had a death glare of her own and electricity sparking around her to prove their point.

Tsukiumi looked at the twins and then towards Jackie "So thou beest an Ashikabi as well, Methought you just a simple monkey, but now thou art another Ashikabi planning to violate my purity and make me thine slave. I wouldst kill you before I let thee take me." Jackie aimed his pistols while the twins began to charge up for an attack "That can be arranged." Just then The Darkness voiced its approval "YES HOST, TEAR AND MUTILATE. FEED ME HER HEART!" While Jackie was aiming he could have sworn he saw the twins shake a little. Before anyone could attack Minato yelled out "Hold it, please stop. Jackie let me talk to her… please." Both Jackie and Tsukiumi looked at Minato who as walking towards the group trying to diffuse the situation.

Jackie knew that he wanted to try and get her to join him, but it looked like she wouldn't let anyone be her Ashikabi. Of course Minato was stubborn and wasn't going to back down. Jackie sighed and said "You get one shoot, kid. Make it count." Minato looked at Jackie and said "Thank you, Jackie." Minato then looked at Tsukiumi and said "I just want to talk to you, okay." Tsukiumi wanted to kill Minato but something inside her was telling her to hear him out "Fine then, what dost thou wish to speak to me about?" Minato choose his words carefully and said "I want….no I need you to be my Sekirei, please?" Tsukiumi was shocked, Jackie just look at the scene before him both he and the twins ready to make a move. While on one of the buildings Seo and his Sekirei were watching. "Shouldn't we try to help them?" Seo shook his head "No let's see what the kid can do. Besides if things go south he has that gunslinger Ashikabi to back him up, as well as Hikari and Hibiki."

Tsukiumi was shaking with rage "Dost my ears deceive me or didst thou actually request me to be thine Sekirei?" Minato nodded and said "That's right I did ask for you to be my Sekirei, I…we need your power." Tsukiumi looked down at the ground and said "How couldst thou be so shameless in public." Minato was confused. Tsukiumi then said "Methought to spare thine life, but…" Minato smiled and said "But?" Tsukiumi then looked at him eyes full of rage "I will destroy thee." She held out her hand and started to gather a massive amount of water for her attack. Then when she had enough power Tsukiumi launched her attack, time seemed to slow down as everyone saw the attack slowly make its way towards Minato. The young Ashikabi closed his eyes waiting for the hit but when he heard the attack connect he noticed that he didn't feel any pain, when he opened his eyes he saw that the wall next to him was completely destroyed. Kusano ran towards him and hugged him glad he was alright.

Tsukiumi was on the ground out of breath "My anger clouded my aim. Next time, I swear I will obliterate thee with the next shot." Minato stood there courage in his eyes and determination in his voice "Go ahead fire as many times as you want, but I refuse to move from this spot. Not until you listen to me!" The moment those words left his mouth Tsukiumi grabbed her chest like she was having a heart attack 'Why? Why dost my chest feel like this…?' Tsukiumi was able to overcome the feeling in her chest and prepared for another attack when she had to use that water she was gathering as a shield to protect herself from the lightning attacks from the twins "Hey did you forget Barbie, your fight is still with us." Hikari said smugly. Tsukiumi looked at the twins and Jackie and responded "I see you two strumpets have yet to learn thy lesson." Hikari laughed and said "if anyone is going to learn anything it's you." She then turned to Jackie and said "Jackie you ready to show her the power of an emerged Sekirei." Jackie smirked and said "I thought you never ask." He then walked up to the twins and he looked at Hikari in the eyes, leaned in and he kissed her.

The kiss was absolutely orgasmic for Hikari as she felt pleasure run through her entire body when Jackie kissed her, causing her wings to come out. Jackie then turned to Hibiki who had a cute shy look on her face and he gave her a kiss as well making her experience the same level of pleasure as her older sister and her wings flared up in to existence, the light from both of the twins purple wings caused the shadows in the alley to recede until their wings faded away. Minato covered Kusano's eyes when Jackie began to kiss his Sekirei and Tsukiumi was shaking with embarrassment and disbelief "What…what didst that vile Ashikabi do to thou twin harlots." Hikari smirked and said "What our Ashikabi did was allow us to access our true power." Hibiki also having a smirk on her face said "This is how emerged Sekirei fight." The twins clasped their hands together and began to recite their Norito "By the thunderclap of our pledge. Our Ashikabi's perils will be destroyed." The skies above them suddenly began to darken and they could hear the rumbling of thunder and see pink lightning in the sky. Jackie yelled out to Minato "Minato get Kusano and get the hell out of here." Minato was about to say something when the twins replied "Now get ready for God Song!" suddenly several large pillars of lighting hit the earth and began moving towards the Water Sekirei, Tsukiumi knew she wouldn't be able to get out of the way in time. Minato ran towards Tsukiumi and yelled "Watch out."

Further away from the battle ground, Uzume and Akitsu were running and jumping of rooftops trying to get to the place their Ashikabi and friend were. While on their way there they ran into Musubi "Musubi what are you doing here?" Musubi looked at Uzume and Akitsu with a smile and said "I'm going to where Minato and Jackie are, they found the Sekirei that is reacting to Minato." Before anything else could be said they saw in the distance dark clouds and a pillar of pink lightning strike the earth. Musubi looked in front of her and said "Thunder and lightning? But the sky is clear today?" Akitsu then said "Ah….isn't that where… Jackie and Minato are?" Uzume, Musubi and Akitsu felt the cold hand of fear grip their hearts "We need to get over there now." Uzume said and the three Sekirei moved like the wind trying to get to that place hoping that their respective Ashikabi's were okay.

Tsukiumi slowly opened her eyes and saw that Minato was on top of her. Tsukiumi was surprised to see this, Hikari looked at the scene in front of her and said "Dammit, does that kid have a death wish or something?" Tsukiumi moved away from Minato "What art thou…" she then saw the kind of damage the twins Norito did, the place where Tsukiumi was once standing was now nothing but a crater. Jackie looked at Tsukiumi and said "Looks like the kid you were trying to kill just saved your ass. If it wasn't for Minato you'd be nothing but dust right now." Minato then got up from the ground and looked at Tsukiumi with a nervous smile "Are you okay?"

Tsukiumi looked at Minato with surprise 'this man….he protected me with his own body.' Tsukiumi looked at the twins and with anger in her voice said "Is that the best thou canst do." She then leapt to attack and gathered water around her body, but then something grabbed her by the ankle and flung her against a wall casing her to crash into it. Jackie looked up and saw both Uzume and Akitsu land on his side while Musubi landed on the other side where Minato was. "Well looks like the cavalry has arrived." Uzume smiled and asked "Are you okay?" Jackie nodded "I'm fine, so is Minato. We need to deal with this crazy broad here and now." Jackie then looked to his Sekirei and said "I want you four to hit her with everything you got." Jackie's Sekirei nodded and Uzume, Hikari, Hibiki and Akitsu attacked Tsukiumi who was now leaving the hole in the wall. Uzume began attacking by using some of her cloth as spears to try and pierce her, while Hikari and Hibiki used lightning attacks to keep the Water Sekirei on the defensive and Akitsu tried to hit her with her icicles only for the blonde to dodge "Thou art but cowardly rogues, instead of fighting me in honorable one on one combat like the Sekirei rules say. Thou wouldst gang up on me using thine numbers to overcome me, a pox on thee."

Akitsu waited until Tsukiumi began to gather massive amounts of water around her, at that time Akitsu made her move. Akitsu put her hands out in front of her and used her powers over ice to encase the blonde in an ice suit that restrained her movements, she even froze the water that Tsukiumi was gathering up and it crashed and broke when it hit the ground when Tsukiumi could no longer use her powers. Uzume then wrapped her veils around her and slammed her around and through the surrounding buildings until she slammed her on the ground. When Tsukiumi tried to get up both Hikari and Hibiki landed in front of her and blasted her away with a well-placed lightning attack. Tsukiumi rolled back until she came to a stop, her body was racked with pain. When she tried to stand up Jackie kicked her in the face and slammed a foot on her stomach and aimed his pistols at her head "Looks like you lose this one, Barbie."

Tsukiumi looked at Jackie and said "Unhand me, vile beast." She tried to summon some water only for Jackie to fire two rounds near her head in quick succession. "Next ones will go into your eyes." Tsukiumi was afraid of this man, he wasn't like the other humans she encountered "So what dost thou plan to do now? Dost thou plan to violate me and claim me as thine Sekirei?" Tsukiumi said in disgust. Jackie laughed and said "No I have a much better idea. I'm just going to kill you, right here and now." Minato and his Sekirei as well as Jackie's Sekirei were shocked and surprised by his actions and the cold tone he used to talk to the blonde "Maybe we should just take her out of the game by terminating her." Hibiki said. Jackie shook his head "No the only way she gets terminated is by me putting a bullet in her brain. She already sealed her fate when she not only attacked me, but the people I care for. Besides not only would she be dead, but she will never have the chance to be with her true Ashikabi and the greatest insult to her pride would be if she was killed by an Ashikabi, a human who in her words is "A loathed monkey" isn't that right Barbie?"

Tsukiumi was deathly afraid of this human 'No I…don't want to die. Not like this. I want to live and….and…' Jackie then smirked cruelly "Yes host! I can smell her fear, it's delicious. Make her fear you, make her pay for trying to take what's yours, finish her host. But before you do I want to see the little insect suffer a bit more." Jackie heard The Darkness approve of his decision, but before he could pull the trigger he heard "JACKIE STOP!" Jackie turned around, but still kept his foot and one of his pistols trained on Tsukiumi's head. Minato stared at Jackie with calm fury and said "Jackie, please let her go. If you don't I will fight you for her." Jackie chuckled and aimed his other pistol at Minato which surprised everyone there "This bitch tried to kill you because she thought that in order for her to emerge you would have to rape her as opposed to just kissing her like normal wingings."

Tsukiumi was surprised "W-what? Dost thou mean to say that I don't need to…to be violated in order to emerge?" Jackie then said coldly "Of course not you stupid fuck. Whoever told you that was lying, all your Ashikabi needed to do was just kiss you and that was it." Minato then said "I know she made a mistake, but I will still fight you to keep her safe." Jackie then said "In case you haven't noticed I have four Sekirei and you only have two with you. I also have a gun pointed in your direction and if you die your Sekirei go with you." Minato was surprised by this bit of information but he still didn't back down. "Tell me, kid. What do you plan to do with the odds stacked against you?" Minato didn't say nothing at first, but he then spoke "I don't care if the odds aren't in my favor, I'll still fight you for her….Because…. BECAUSE SHE'S MY SEKIREI!" Tsukiumi was surprised and looked at Minato in a new light.

Jackie stared into Minato's eyes and even though he saw some fear in there he knew that he wouldn't give up and would risk everything to save Tsukiumi. Jackie smiled a warm smile towards Minato and said "Kid, you've got a massive pair on you." He then put away his guns and stepped off of Tsukiumi. Minato was confused "What I thought that…" Jackie then said "I will admit I did plan on killing her, but once you said something I decided to see how strong your resolve was. And you did not disappoint, Minato." Minato and the rest of the Sekirei there were surprised. "So you mean to tell me… you weren't going to shoot me?" Minato asked, Jackie said "No I wasn't going to kill you." Minato then said "But why test me like this?" Jackie then said "Kid, I have been a hitman for most of my life. I started killing people when I was sixteen, all that stuff they tell you about life being precious is a load of shit. Life is only precious if you're staring down the barrel of a gun….or someone you care about is."

Minato was surprised and Jackie's Sekirei and Minato's Sekirei listened to him with interest. "When your life was in danger Minato and you saw that Tsukiumi was about to die, you didn't back down you were about to fight me to keep her safe even though you didn't stand a chance. I'm really proud of you, kid; you've got balls." Minato sighed "But I was so scared." Jackie then said "Listen kid, when people say that you are either hopeless or useless don't believe them you just proved the opposite today. You have an indomitable will and strong resolve, but the thing that you truly lack is self-confidence. You work on that and nothing will be able to stand in your way." Jackie turned around and began to walk away "I'll see you at home, Minato." After he said that Jackie's Sekireis began to follow him.

Seo was impressed by both Ashikabis, he was surprised that Minato was able to stare death in the face and he still didn't back down. He was also surprised with Jackie as well, he didn't know that Hikari and Hibiki's Ashikabi was a trained killer, but what really surprised him was that he was able to not only stand up to a single number Sekirei, but was able to put the 'Fear of God' into the Water Sekirei "Well looks like this crappy game just became very interesting." Both Seo and his Sekirei then decided to leave. Minato was still shell shocked with Jackie's little test but he calmed down and smiled towards Jackie as he and his Sekirei left. Minato then walks up to Tsukiumi and helps her to her feet, Tsukiumi looks at Minato and is still surprised by Minato's determination "Are you okay?"

Tsukiumi then looks at Minato "Thou…..thou calledst me thy Sekirei. Art thou ready to take responsibility?" Minato looked confused and asked "R-responsibility?" Tsukiumi then used some water to soak him with and said "Don't play dumb. Thou didst say I was thine Sekirei." Minato then quickly said "Ye-yes, yes ma'am." Tsukiumi then moved closer to Minato to get a good look at him and said "Not only wert thou not afraid of me, but thou also protected me with thine own flesh. Also thou hadst saved me from that….monster of an Ashikabi." Minato rubbed the back of his head and said "Jackie might have his….issues, but he really is a good guy. He saved my life once." Tsukiumi looked at Minato when he said that. Tsukiumi then said "That other Ashikabi was right though. For a monkey thou art a man of mettle." Tsukiumi then put a hand over her chest and said "Tis strange… My heart which once clamored in protest is now calm." Tsukiumi then looked him in the eyes and said "Tell me what is thy name?" Minato then said "My name is Minato…Minato Sahashi."

Tsukiumi repeated what he said "Minato Sahashi…..Minato." Minato then said "I don't know anything about you, but…we met in my dream so there must be some reason why you're reacting to me. So maybe we'll grow to understand each other." Tsukiumi then said "Thou art a brave man. Very well! I, the Sekirei, Tsukiumi accept thy proposal for marriage." Minato was shocked "Marriage proposal….what." Tsukiumi then grabbed Minato by the collar and said "Thou didst or didst thee not call me thine Sekirei." Minato then responded "Yes I did s-s-sorry."

Tsukiumi then let him go and said "Minato." Minato looked at her and said "What?" Tsukiumi gently grabbed him by the collar again and said "From now on, there is only one person that can kill thee. That person is now me." Tsukiumi then leaned in and kissed him causing her blue wings to emerge. Tsukiumi thought about what was going on 'What tis this. I feel something warm and strong growing in my heart. So this is what emergence feels like.' Once the light show was over Tsukiumi backed away from Minato "Ah…wait, number nine." Tsukiumi then said "Thou mayst call me, Tsukiumi. After all thou beest my Ashikabi and with this wedding ceremony." She then turned to Minato and said "Thou art also my husband."

Minato smiled and then Kusano ran up to him and said "Big brother, I'm glad you're okay." Tsukiumi shook with anger but she calmed down "As I thought that child is thine Sekirei. But even so she is no threat to me your proper wife." That was until Musubi also hugged Minato and said "I'm so glad you were able to help another Sekirei emerge." Tsukiumi then looked at them with surprise and said "Wait dost that mean that this woman is also thy…" Minato then said "Yeah, in fact Musubi was my first Sekirei." Tsukiumi then said an annoyed look on her face "Tell me Minato including me…. including me how many Sekirei dost thee hast right now." Minato thought about it and said "Counting you three." Minato then got a call on his cell after looking at the caller ID he made his correction "Never mind, I actually have four." Tsukiumi then said "Thou…thou…." Minato started to back away and Tsukiumi made her move "Water Celebration." And threw a torrent of water at Minato which sent him to the ground soaking. Minato then looked up at the sky and thought 'Why me…I wonder if Jackie has to deal with this type of stuff too?'

Speaking of the other Ashikabi of Maison Izumo, he and his Sekirei have already made it home. When he entered the door he saw Kagari sitting on the porch with Miya doing the laundry. Miya turned around and said "Hello Jackie welcome back. Where is Minato and the others?" Jackie then said "They should be coming home soon." Miya smiled and said "So how was your walk with Hikari and Hibiki?" Jackie raised an eyebrow while the twins blushed. Jackie then asked "Does everyone know that we went out?" Kagari chuckled and said "Only the people who wondered where you three went." Miya looked up at the sky and said "Well I hope Minato and the others come back soon. I'll be making dinner in just a bit." Kagari laughed and said "You know when you talk like that, it almost sounds like you're their mother."

Miya turned to Kagari and gave him the Hannya Stare. Kagari became freaked out and quickly said "Ah…did I say mother. I meant to say big sister." Miya chuckled and said "Well I look after them, I feed and cook for them and I also take care of them. So I guess I am like their big sister." Just then they heard the door open and Musubi yell out "Were back." Miya then walked in and said "Welcome home….oh my." This was her response when she saw Tsukiumi possessively holding Minato like he was going to disappear. Musubi smiled brightly and said "We made a new friend." Tsukiumi saw Miya and asked "Minato who is this?" Minato then replied "That is the landlady, Miya Asama." Miya looked at both Minato and Tsukiumi and asked "So Minato who is your friend?" Minato then began to answer nervously "Ah…well…she's my…um…she's my…." Tsukiumi decided to answer herself "I am his wife." Minato looked at Tsukiumi shocked that she said that while Miya put her hand over her mouth and said "Oh my." Minato then said "My wife really?" Tsukiumi then said "Yes, we are now married, so I am now thy wife." Musubi stood there confused "Wife?" Kusano on the other hand was downright pissed.

Musubi then put her hands to her face and said happily "What is this weird feeling in my heart?" Kusano then ran up to Minato and embraced him in a hug while pushing Tsukiumi away with her foot "Why thy little brat. Get away from my husband now!" Kusano though wouldn't budge. Minato then looked to Musubi and asked worried "Musubi are you okay?" Musubi looked behind her and said "Yes I'm okay, Minato." She then hugged Minato in a bear like hug "Because I just now realized that I'm your wife as well." Tsukiumi then said with rage "Thou wenches get away from him. Thou tramps are not his wives, the real wife is me." Jackie heard the fireworks from where he was, Uzume and Matsu snickered and laughed while Kagari, Akitsu, Hikari and Hibiki didn't care "Hehehehe….this is like a soap opera." Kagari just looked at Matsu and said "So why don't you join the fun?" Matsu turned and said "Even though I'm not participating in the soap opera. I have my own ways of attracting Minato's affection." She then had a perverted smile and said "Then I'll be able to do some throe research."

Jackie sighed and said "Here I thought the kid was lucky to have three beautiful women who wanted him. Guess I was wrong." Tsukiumi then summoned some water and said "Enough, let us settle this now." Musubi got into a fighting stance and replied "I'd be happy too." Jackie then entered and said "Girl, girls you're both pretty." Tsukiumi was surprised and pointed towards Jackie "ah…What is thou doing here?" Jackie looked at the blonde Sekirei and said "I live here along with my Sekirei. Thought that be obvious." Tsukiumi then shook with rage and said "Good, now I can settle things with thee." But before she could do anything Miya hit both Tsukiumi and Musubi with her ladle and said "That's enough violence is not allowed in Maison Izumo." Musubi looked at Miya with tears in her eyes and said "I'm sorry, Miya."

Miya then turned to Tsukiumi and asked with her Hannya Stare "What about you?" Tsukiumi nervously coughed into her hand and said "Well as they say "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." I will also follow thine rules as well, landlady." Jackie smirked. Minato then said "Miya look I can explain..." Jackie then said "Don't worry kid she knows about the Sekirei Plan." Minato was surprised and said "What…but how..?" Miya then said "I told you that my husband worked for MBI, right." Minato then said surprised "Wait so when I brought Kusano here you already knew?" Miya nodded her head. Miya then turned to Tsukiumi and said "You're his Sekirei too, right? Welcome home to Maison Izumo." Tsukiumi then said "I'm called Tsukiumi, Minato's true wife. Pleased to meet thee, Landlady." Musubi then said "I'm Minato's wife too." Jackie chuckled and said "Well it's been a long day I'm going to go upstairs." Miya smiled at Jackie and nodded. Jackie then made his way upstairs to rest. When he got into his room he heard his tenant complain "You should have killed the maggot when you had the chance, Jackie." Jackie just ignored the demon and was about to lie down when he heard a knock at the door. When he walked up and opened the door he saw both Hikari and Hibiki stand at the door "What are you two doing here?"

Hibiki was the first to speak "Jackie can we talk to you…please." Jackie saw that the two of them were a little freaked out and he said "Yeah sure come in." when the twins entered he shut the door and asked "What's wrong?" Hikari then asked "Jackie….remember what we talked about when we left the inn." Jackie nodded and said "Yeah we talked about my…. problem. Why what is it?" Hibiki then said "Jackie when we came to help you against Tsukiumi and when we were ready to fight…..that's when we heard a voice." Jackie was afraid but he had to ask "I'm sorry but I have to ask. What did you hear and what did this voice say?" Hikari was shaking and said "What we heard…the voice didn't sound human… it was dark, raspy, and demonic." Hibiki then said "As for what the voice said. The voice asked its host to kill Tsukiumi and to feed it her heart." Jackie sighed and sat down in a chair Hikari then looked at her Ashikabi and asked "Jackie was that voice Hibiki and I heard was that…" Jackie nodded "Yeah…that was The Darkness." Jackie looked at the twins and said "Have you ever heard the voice before today?" Hibiki shook her head "Not clearly, but we have been hearing whispers for a while now." Jackie looked at them and asked "How long have you guys been hearing whispers?" Hikari said "Hibiki, me and even Uzume have been hearing whispers. When we talked about it we just decided to ignore it. But now that I think about it, we started hearing whispers a day after we became your Sekirei." Hibiki then asked "Jackie how the hell could we hear your…tenant?" Jackie then said "The fucking thing told me that when a Sekirei creates a bond with me a bond with it is also created. That was how it showed Uzume that nightmare." Hikari then said "What do we do now?" Jackie then said "I'll keep an eye on it. I promised all of you that I would take care of you. I promise that I won't let The Darkness hurt any of you." Jackie then went up and hugged his Sekireis to let them know nothing will happen to them.

Later that night on top of the MBI building stood two people one was Takami Sahashi and the other was a man in his 40's wearing a white suit and cape, he also had white hair and glasses. This man was none other than Minaka Hiroto "So Takami, tell me about today's events." Takami sighed and said "We have just confirmed that #09 has emerged." Minaka then began to chuckle "Then the time has finally come. The economies, the technology, the networks, we finally have nothing to fear anymore. For the sake of the lovely birds who flew to land and found their destined ones, I will gladly play the fool. After all this is a play, a festival and the stage Shinto Teito. Let the Plan finally begin." Minaka then began to laugh like a maniac.

Takami began to rub her head having to suffer from her boss acting like an idiot again. Just then the two of them heard clapping "You really are an entertaining fool, Minaka Hiroto. If not a bit annoying." When the two of them turned to see where the voice was coming from they saw three people. The one on the left was a pasty white man with short grey hair who wore a blue shirt, jeans and a jeans jacket, the one on the right was a man with black hair and a rugged beard who had tanned skin, he also wore a blue jacket a sweater and jeans. But what got both Takami's and Minaka's attention was the man in the middle, he was a man with blading black hair and one green eye, he wore a green trench coat and he also had a cane and leg braces; but what really surprised them was that the man's face looked like it was melting off.

Takami then asked "Who the hell are you three and how did you get up here?" the crippled man looked at Takami who felt a cold shiver run up her spine "So you're Takami Sahashi one of the founders of the Sekirei ship and one of the scientists who worked on the First Generation Discipline Squad as well as the other Sekireis. From what I heard about you you're supposed to be a very intelligent woman." Takami raised an eyebrow "What do you mean supposed to be?" the man snickered and said "Any woman who would fuck this idiot and then bare his children must not be very bright." Both Takami and Minaka were surprised no one was supposed to know that information "How do you..." the man interrupted again "I have my sources, my dear. Besides your pathetic sex life is not what I want to talk about I want to talk to your boss about something."

Minaka looked at the cripple and said "Fine ask your questions not many people get to talk to a genius like me." The cripple laughed cruelly "You are hardly what I would call a genius. Somebody who found an alien ship and used the technology in order to make money and advance breakthroughs in both science and medicine. Any idiot that passed elementary school could do that." Minaka was angered by this cripple's reaction. "Anyway back to business. You see my associates and I are looking for someone, someone who is in this city. When we attacked his family and killed the people working for him we thought he would return back home, but instead he stayed here in this city. When we came over here we were wondering why he refused to return especially since the people he cared for were in danger, imagine my surprise when one of your pets sunk her claws into our target and is now a part of your little game."

Minaka then said "Now I would like to help you, but I'm more interested in how you know about the Sekirei?" the crippled man then disappeared in a puff of purple smoke and reappeared in front of Minaka surprising both scientists "I guess I can understand that. You see the reason we know so much is because we were interested in how someone like you could destroy three entire armies from three different countries back in 1999. Naturally we were curious so a couple years later we kidnapped two Sekirei who were kids and did research on them what we found was interesting, but ultimately not what we were looking for so we didn't care. We would have destroyed the subjects if you didn't come and retrieve them." Takami was angry and said "So you were the bastards who kidnapped numbers #87, Kaho and #88, Musubi!" the man turned towards Takami and said "So that's what they're called. Like I said they were disappointments which was one of the reasons why we didn't seek you out for retaliation."

Minaka laughed and said "I think you were scared when we sent numbers #04 and #08 to destroy you. That's what you get for defying the gods." The man teleported again and said "What would you know of gods, fool. Now where was I…oh yes well when we came here we have discovered that our target has four of your toys as his pets. Now I really don't care about the Sekirei, your plan, nor what you do to this city. The only thing I care about is getting the man I'm after and you will help me." Minaka laughed and said "Sorry but I'm not interested." The cripple sighed and said "Looks like I need to do this the hard way. Mr. Graves if you would be so kind." The pasty man called Graves said "Of course." He then pulled out his phone and called someone on it "Go ahead and get ready to leave." The cripple then turned to Takami and said "You might want to pull out your phone."

Takami was going to ask what he was talking about when she heard her phone ringing. When she picked it up she heard the frightened voice of one the nurses who worked for her "Sahashi-sama something terrible has happened." Takami was confused and asked "What's going on at the hospital?" the nurse began crying and said "Some crazy people came into the hospital armed with automatic guns. They started killing everyone and…" the cripple then said "Mr. Graves you may proceed." Graves then pulled something out of his pocket and pushed the button. Several seconds later a large explosion was heard throughout the city, when Takami ran over to the edge of the building and looked down she discovered one of MBI's hospitals complete destroyed and being swallowed up by flames. Graves laughed and said "I really wish I was there to see their faces before their brains splattered the walls." Takami turned back and said "You monsters! They were innocent people…." Minaka laughed and said "I'm impressed with your resolve, but we have thousands of hospitals all over the city."

The cripple then said "Oh I know this was just a test. While I didn't get a rise out of you, looks like it affected your secretary more." Takami was about to run up and beat up the cripple when a ball of dark energy hit the ground in front of her and exploded knocking her to the ground she looked up to see wisps of black energy surrounding the other man "Feisty little whore aren't you." The crippled laughed and said "Thank you Mr. Bragg. Now I will ask you again, are you going help me and my associates in any way I see fit." Minaka then said "Why are you after him, this target of yours?" the crippled then said "I know you are buying time until one of your pets come to save you. But I don't mind answering that, you see my organization once owned something of great power we lost that power and the family of our target took it from us before we could get it back." Minaka was about to ask something else when the crippled man said "Now I'll ask again. Are you going to help us?" Minaka smiled then said "Or what you'll destroy more of our hospitals?"

The crippled than said "I could always send the coordinates of Kamikura Island to the United Nations as well as send what the First Discipline Squad was capable off." Minaka laughed and said "That's a good bluff." Graves then took out his phone and did something with it. Seconds later both Minaka and Takami felt their phones vibrate when they looked at them they saw the correct coordinates to Kamikura Island as well as video files of the invasion. Minaka looked up and said "How the hell di…." The cripple then said "Like I said we have our sources. Some of them are even in your company on the S-plan." When he finished his sentence the third generation Discipline Squad appeared along with their Ashikabi. "So Minaka from the looks of things you want us to deal with your guests?" #04 Karasuba said with a smirk.

Minaka nodded and said "Yes, please show them our hospitality." The other Sekirei with the pink hair and fighting gloves made her move running towards the cripple when Bragg shoot her with darkness energy knocking her to the ground the other one with the gray hair and claws tried to slash at Bragg only for Graves to attack her with a whip made of purple energy wrapping around her ankle and smashing her to the ground when they looked up they saw both Bragg and Graves in some sort of Black armor that was glowing yellow in some places and the armor almost looked organic. Karasuba was disappointed in her squad mates "Really Haihane and Benitsubasa after all the training and adjustments you went through to become part of the Discipline Squad, you're both brought low by a bunch of monkeys." The crippled man laughed and said "They might've stood a chance if they knew a bit more about us, but yes I can understand your disappointment."

Minaka was in awe by what happened, but Takami was the one to speak for them "How do you three have those powers? Is this what you were able to produce after running tests on the Sekirei you kidnapped?" the crippled man looked disgusted and said "Don't compare these gifts to the powers of those weak creatures." At that moment Karasuba tried to cut this ugly monkey in half only for him to teleport away. Karasuba was both surprised by their powers, and angry that she couldn't kill that bug. The crippled man than said "The powers we have acquired are part of the very thing my organization once owned, which is now owned by our target." Karasuba then said "If that's all the power this thing was able to give you than it must not be that great." The three of them laughed and the crippled man said "The man who has the entirety of this power is almost like a god. Compared to the first generation Discipline Squad, #08 and even the strongest amongst you #01, you're all nothing but ants compared to the power this man wields." The crippled man then turned to the two scientists "Last chance will you give us the information and the help to capture our target." Minaka then said "No even if you do send this information to the world governments we have plans in play just for that." The crippled man then said in anger "Fine if those reason are not enough maybe this will convince you otherwise. Mr. Bragg show them the picture."

Bragg reached into his pocket and pulled out a picture of a young school girl which caused Takami to shake with terror and rage. "Judging by your reaction you know that the picture in his hands is of your daughter, Yukari. We know where she is, what her daily routines are, we know she is currently the Ashikabi of Sekirei #107 and we know where her brother lives as well. If blowing up the hospital you were working in and the information we have on Kamikura Island won't sway you, then perhaps this will. Mr. Bragg find the bitch's daughter, I want you to brake her make it hurt, make it last and when your done you can use her corpse however you like." Bragg smiled and said "It's been awhile since I broke a bitch. I hope this one lasts longer than the others." Bragg then looked at the picture and said "Ah I love the young ones, they're always so innocent." He then licked the picture and looked at Takami "I wonder if she's a feisty whore, just like her mother."

Takami then said "Wait…." The crippled man then said "Well have you made your decision?" Takami looked at Minaka who was also angry about this which was surprising. Takami then turned to the crippled man and said "If we help you… will you leave my children alone?" The crippled made a cruel smile and said "If you do everything we say and help us capture our target, then your children and their pets will not be harmed. But if you betray us or try to stop us in anyway, not only will their Sekirei suffer, but we will also inflict unspeakable horrors and tortures upon your children….and you Takami will have a front row seat." Takami nodded even though she wanted to kill this asshole in horrible ways she couldn't risk the lives of her children "Alright we will offer you whatever you need." Minaka then asked "Will you at least tell us who we are now…working for?" "My name is Victor…Victor Valente, and that is all you need to know."

Takami then asked "Well what about the identity of your target? We know he is an Ashikabi, but can you tell us more than that?" she said in anger. Bragg then said "Careful with that tone, Doc. Otherwise I might have to spend some….quality time with your daughter." Takami looked at Bragg in anger but nodded. Victor then said "As for our target you already know who he is Ms. Sahashi, after all he did save your son." Takami and Minaka's eyes widened "But just in case you forgot. The name of the man we're after is called Jackie Estacado."