"You do know this is pointless don't you?" Akizu said in her usual reserved tone. "You abilities are completely useless against mine."

"Shut up!" Tsukiumi shouted furiously. "I will definitely beat you!" Out of thin air she sent a wave of water straight at her opponent.

With a weary sigh Akizu waved her hand turning the water into a vast wall of ice.

"Ooh! Akizu is so amazing! Musubi wants to fight her next!"

"I am training against her now," Tsukiumi said in an annoyed voice. "You train with Kusano."

"But Ku-chan in playing with Spot," Musubi said disappointed.

Looking over Tsukiumi could see the little girl had the kitten they had recently adopted in her lap. She was rubbing the top of his head as he purred happily. "Kusano! Now is not the time for that! You need to train seriously and increase your power!"

"How come?" Ku asked.

"You are one of Minato's sekirei, that means you may have to protect him from other sekirei. It is our responsibility to get as strong as possible to better serve and protect him."

"I'm hungry," Ku-chan said.

"Musubi is hungry too!"

"You're always hungry!" Tsukiumi complained.

"I'll make lunch," Akizu said and began heading inside. The other two followed with Ku placing Spot on top of her head.

"Hey! We're not done with practice!" Tsukiumi shouted.

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Why did oneesan make me leave? Yukari wondered. Tsukiumi had given her a wad of cash and instructions to just have fun for a few hours before coming home again. She wasn't exactly upset, but she didn't understand what was going on in that house.

It was obvious something was.

Her worthless oniichan had somehow gotten married to a rich hot tempered beauty who had gone out and bought a whole castle for him. That, all by itself, would have been unbelievable. But then he had brought home not one but two lovers. One who seemed to have no clue what went on between a man and a woman and one who had a weird tattoo on her forehead and called him, 'master.' And there was Ku-chan, the abandoned child who was living with them and calling her brother oniichan. She had no idea if the girl had any family or how exactly her brother had become responsible for her or if he and Tsukiumi were just taking care of her or going to adopt her. And everyone acted like this was normal. Even oniichan seemed to be more or less okay with it.

And there was one other thing that bugged her. All four women were, 'sekirei' and all had M.B.I. V.I.P. cards with unlimited balances. Akizu and Ku-chan had received theirs by special messenger. How on earth did a little kid get access to that kind of money? Even if she came from a wealthy background surely she would have her wealth put in trust, not just handed to her. And Musubi and Akizu, why would they be satisfied being 'kept' women if they had the money to buy whatever they wanted? And what the hell did they mean they were wagtails? Were they part of some super rich cult? More importantly, if they were how did she join?

She was walking along the busy street in her designer outfit when she suddenly came to a halt. There, standing before her, was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. An adorable young boy of perhaps 14 or 15 was standing there looking about timidly. He was dressed up in the cutest little outfit with shorts and knee high socks, his skin was like porcelain, his hair a dark shade of silver, and his eyes were the color of ripe wheat.

Gah! A bishounen! What a cutie! Instinctively she wanted to hit him over the head and drag him back to her room. Heh, heh, come with me and let me corrupt you! She smiled and began rubbing her hands together.

The boy suddenly turned in her direction and noticed her. "He… hello."

Gah! SO KAWAI! Blood shot out of her nose and she collapsed there on the street.

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"Tha… thank you for feeding me, I was really hungry."

"Oh no problem! It's just my way of thanking you for helping me when I passed out."

He looked at her worriedly. "Are you all right? You lost a lot of blood."

"I'm fine I promise!"

"Does this happen to you a lot? Getting nose bleeds like that?"

"I wouldn't say a lot, usually it's just when I'm looking at certain pictures."

"Pictures?" He asked innocently.

"Never mind! Never mind! Forget I said anything!"

The boy slowly nodded and got back to eating. After their embarrassing meeting with his kneeling over as she pressed a hadn to her nose, she had brought him to this restaurant to try and make up for things. She'd had no idea he'd be so hungry though, he was way too well dressed to be homeless. "When was the last time you ate?"

"Two days ago," he said.

"Two days?! What, why?"

He smiled at her embarrassed. "It's my own fault. I left to try and find my sister without thinking about things like how I was going to pay for food."

"Wait! You ran away from home to look for your sister?"

The boy nodded. "Ku left and I'm worried about her, I want to make sure she's all right."

"Ku?" No way it couldn't be. "By any chance would she be a little girl about seven or eight with long blonde hair and green eyes about this tall?"

"Yes! Have you seen her? Do you know where she is?"

"Heh, actually yeah, I know exactly where she is."

The boy reached out and took hold of her hands, his eyes looking at her with desperation and with hope. "Please take me to her! Please! I'll do anything if you'll bring me to where she is! Anything!"

Her nose stared to spout blood again.

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"Shiina!"

"Ku!" He held pout his arms and the little girl ran into them. "I'm so glad I found you! I've been so worried."

"I missed you too Shiina-kun!" Kusano said happily. The two of them had been reunited with everyone else present looking on. Turning in his arms she looked at Minato. "Oniichan, can Shiina stay here with us, please?"

Minato nodded happily. "Sure he can."

"Thank you sir, I promise I won't cause any problems. I am sekirei number 107, the death sekirei, Shiina."

"Death sekirei?" Minato questioned.

Shiina nodded. "My powers make whatever I am near wither and die; they're the exact opposite of Ku's powers. That's why we were always paired together."

"Before I met my ashikabi-kun, I wasn't able to really control my powers. Shiina-kun would make all the extra plant life go away."

"I see, well…"

"HOLD IT!"

Minato cut off and everyone turned to stare at Yukari. She looked very upset.

"What is it Yukari?"

"He's a sekirei too?! All right I have had it! Explain to me what the hell a sekirei is! And explain to me all the weird stuff that goes on around this place too."

"Yukari you know I can't do that," Minato said.

She pulled out her cell phone and stared hitting numbers. "Fine, in that case I'm calling mom and telling her about you being married and living with all these girls."

"Yukari please don't! I'm begging you!"

"Then spill! Tell me everything!"

Minato hung his head defeated. "All right, but you should sit down this is going to take awhile."

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When her brother began explaining the truth she at first thought he'd been telling her some ridiculous lie. Honestly, superpowers? A spaceship? Aliens? Who in their right mind would believe any of that? But then she had watched as Tsukiumi created a ball of water from thin air, as Akizu transformed it to ice, as Musubi lifted the couch with one hand. As unbelievable as the story was she couldn't deny the truth in front of her.

"So now do you understand why you have to keep this a secret?" Minato pleaded. "If it gets out that I told you your life and mine will be in danger."

"And if you put Minato's life in danger I will definitely won't forgive you!" Tsukiumi announced.

"Wait, so you're all aliens? And aliens with super powers?" Tsukiumi and the others nodded. "Even you?" She asked Shiina.

"Is… is that a problem Yukari-san? Do you… not like me because of that?" He asked her shyly.

"What? No! Of course I like you! I mean I like oneesan and Ku-chan and everyone else. It's just a little bit of a shock, you know?"

"I'm glad," he slowly approached her. His eyes were looking up into hers. "Yukari-san I think… I think I'm yours."

"Mi… mine?" She could feel her temperature rise and her heart beating like crazy as the beautiful boy came right up to her.

"I want to belong to you Yukari-san, I want to be your sekirei. Please give me your mark and claim me." He shut his eyes and closed his lips waiting.

Blood shot from her nose and she collapsed.

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When she came to again she was lying on her bed with Shiina sitting there at her side. The two of them were alone in her room.

"Do you feel better Yukari-san?"

"Ah, yeah thanks." She replied nervously.

Shiina cast his eyes down to avoid hers. "So, do you not want me?"

"What?"

"Do you not want me to be your sekirei?"

"Well… well sure I do, it's just that, well…"

"Yes?"

"Well, we've only just met. How can you be sure you want me to be your, ah, what's it called again?"

"Ashikabi," he supplied. "I talked to the others. Musubi, Akizu, and Ku all knew they wanted to be with Minato at their very first meeting. Tsukiumi knew too, but waited until her second time meeting him. They each felt it in their hearts that Minato was the one they wanted to be with." He placed a hand lightly on his chest. "That's how my heart feels when I look at you. I want to be with Yukari-san, I really like you."

"I like you too Shiina, but… ah, Tsukiumi treats Minato like a husband."

Shiina nodded. "Yes?" He asked innocently

Yukari could feel her face heating. Damn, now I really want to corrupt him. "Ah, what I mean is, is, if you were my sekirei would we… be like that?"

"If you want," he told her. "If you make me yours I will pledge my heart, my soul, and my body to you. It would make me very happy to do anything you want."

She clamped a hand to her nose to prevent a fresh torrent of blood.

"Okay, I've decided. I'll be your ashikabi. So, what do I have to do?"

Shiina closed his eyes. "Simply give me your mark and I am yours."

"This… this is my first kiss," she said and gently touched her lips to his.

To her astonishment she watched as wings of light appeared around him.

Shiina felt a wonderful heat consume him as he was winged. He let out a content sigh as the kiss ended. "We will be together, now and forever."

"Yeah we will!" Giving into the urges she'd been feeling since first seeing him she grabbed him and pulled him roughly into bed. "Prepare to be corrupted!"

"Please be gentle with me!" Shiina cried out.