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Chapter 9 - Revelations

Night at the South side of Shinto Teito

"This city...this place is so similar. Yet it is not my Japan." Sunfire was leaving a heat trail as he flew through the night skies above the city. Shiro was drawing a crowd of onlookers in the streets below, as gasps and looks of awe were on their faces. "The humans gawk, and marvel at my mutant gifts. How unlike my world, where I would be hunted by them for such a display!" Sunfire gritted his teeth thinking about the friends he lost to anti-mutant groups. "I will complete this mission, and return to my own world. There is nothing for me here." Sunfire descends from the sky onto a rooftop overlooking most of the city. "Wait! What is going on over there? That entire area is covered in giant plant-life! Is this caused by a mutant? Such a spectacle will no doubt draw the attention of our missing teammates!" Shiro thought preparing to take to the skies to search the green area.

Sunfire heard footsteps behind him, and found himself wrapped up in metal wire, and a whip of some kind. "What coward attacks me from behind?!" Sunfire said in a rage with his eyes blazing with solar fire. "Your little light-show attracted the attention of our Ashikabi Mikogami-sama! I don't know what number Sekirei you are, and I don't care! Mikogami-sama wants to wing you, and that's all the reason we need to bring you to him!" One of the twins with long blond hair in two ponytails said, as she tightened the constriction of her whip on Sunfire to make her point.

"You'll like being Mikogami's Sekirei, and we'll be his new favorites for bringing you to him!" The other twin said with excitement, as she used her wires to wrap up more of Shiro's body.

"Fools! You Gaijin think yourselves a match for me?! I have fought with the likes of the Human Torch, and Namor: The Sub Mariner! Your efforts are laughable at best! I give you both one chance to let me go free." Mitsuki, and Mitsuha start laughing at Shiro. "Release me, or you will burn!"

"Pipe down, or we'll send you to Mikogami-sama with your face black, and blue!"

"So be it then." Mitsuha, and Mitsuki thought that Sunfire meant he would co-operate with them. They couldn't be more wrong, as Shiro used his plasma emanation ability to melt both the whip, and the wires holding him in place. Sunfire didn't stop there. He kept generating plasma heat until he started glowing too bright for the twins to see anymore. "Nova Burst!" Shiro called out his attack, as Mitsuha, and Mitsuki were thrown back by the blast of intense heat. They both have 2nd degree burns on their bodies, and were rendered unconscious.

"You are both fortunate that I am a man of honor. You will live, but the burns will remind you to not challenge your betters." Sunfire said with one last look at the defeated Sekirei before flying toward the area of overgrown plant-life.

At Izumo Inn

Colossus was making his way through huge plant-life in his organic steel form looking for something. "What is going on? The last thing I remember was Miya giving me, and the girls a refresher course in the house rules." Piotr saw a path through the over growth, and felt he was being led somewhere.

Colossus heard a gasp from above him. "Who is there?"

Piotr saw a small girl with long blond hair wearing a white one piece dress with a ribbon on the back. She is huddled in a corner of a large green vine above Colossus' head.

"Kū has been waiting for her Onii-chan. A mean lady hurt Takami-chan...Kū is scared of being alone!" The little girl curled up in a ball, and started shivering.

"Do not be afraid little one. I am a friend, and will not hurt you." Colossus said triggering his mutation to deactivate, and returning to his original form. Piotr smiled at Kū to reassure her that he meant her no harm.

"O...Onii-chan?" Kū smiles down at Piotr, and stands up on her feet. "Onii-chan!" Kū shouts excitedly as she jumps from the large vine falling quickly downwards.

"Nyet! Little one!" Colossus said before he managed to catch Kū one handed before she landed. Piotr let out a relieved sigh, before looking at the excitable girl throwing her arms up in the air. "Onii-chan, can we do that again?" Kū beamed a large smile at Colossus.

"Pozhalujsta, little one. What you did was very dangerous. You could have been seriously hurt." Piotr said in worry for the young girl. "Kū is sorry. Kū wanted to meet her Onii-chan." Kusano said with her eyes downcast. Colossus brought Kusano up to sit on his broad shoulder, and smiled kindly at her. "It is okay little one. I'm not angry at you. I was worried you might hurt yourself when you jumped. My name is Piotr Rasputin. Can you tell me your name?"

"My name is Kusano, Onii-chan!"

"You call me Onii-chan, that means big brother in Japanese, da?"

Kusano nodded her head enthusiastically.

"I am very happy. Now I have two wonderful sisters to cherish." Kusano blushed, and gave a big hug to Piotr's head making him chuckle, and pat Kusano's head affectionately.

Kusano looked around nervously, getting Piotr's attention. "Is something wrong Kū?"

Kusano started fading away on Colossus' shoulder. "Please Onii-chan! Find Kū before the mean people do!" All of the scenery began fading, and Colossus reached out to stop Kū from disappearing.

"Kusano!" Piotr shouted trying to sit up, but he was sandwiched between three busty Sekirei who didn't want to move from their source of warmth. "Mmmnn...Piotr-kun. It's too early. Come back to bed with your Hana-chan." Two slender arms wrapped around Colossus. "Kazehana. I had a strange dream about a little girl in a botanical garden. She called herself Kusano. It felt so real, as if she is reaching out to me for help." Colossus said with a solemn look, and Kazehana, Toyotama, and Uzume feel his worry through their bond.

Uzume, and the others heard a ringtone starting to play. "Naku taishite doko Tsuuuuukkkkiii!" Uzume walked over to the nightstand to check for messages. What she saw had her glaring angrily at the cellphone screen with a text message on it. Toyotama, and Kazehana both looked over her shoulder to read the message that came in, and had angry expressions. "Piotr-kun, you should read this." Toyotama said handing the cellphone over to Colossus. It read: There is a prize for whoever wings the Green girl in the Botanical Gardens! She will make a powerful tool for winning the Sekirei Plan!

Bonus! - You will receive special insider information on the other Ashikabi if you eliminate these three Ashikabi from the game!" The screen showed images of Cyclops, Colossus, and Wolverine at the bottom. Piotr has a angry look, before it morphs into one of determination. "My friends have become Ashikabi, and are being hunted. They will regret their actions!" "I will protect little Kū from Minaka, and all others who would use her!" Colossus stated as he changed into his organic steel form, and crushed the cellphone into powder. Kazehana walks up to Piotr with a seductive sway of her hips, and places her hand on his chest. "Your so manly Piotr-kun." Kazehana winks, and smiles up at Colossus. "Piotr-kun, I want to help rescue Kū with you."

Toyotama takes several test swings with her staff, and leans on it with her hands over the top, and her chin resting on them. "Picking on kids is the lowest of the low! Count me in to dish out some punishment Piotr-kun." Toyotama said with a wicked smirk, and narrowed eyes.

Colossus heard the sound of clothes falling on the floor, and looked over to see Uzume changing into her battle outfit in front of everyone. Piotr had a dark red blush on his face, which was noticed by Uzume who smiles at him, and gives a saucy wink. "I'm going with you too Bro. No kid is going to be hurt on my watch!" Uzume said with her large veil flaring to life behind her. Colossus has a large smile on his face as he gathers his three Sekirei into a warm, and comforting hug. Kazehana, Uzume, and Toyotama are surprised at first, but soon are joining in and pressing their bodies closer to their Ashikabi. "Ya lyublyu tyebya fsyei dushojl." Piotr said as he kissed each of his Sekirei passionately. Violet, white, and emerald colored wings of light spread across their bedroom.

The figure of Miya stands outside of their door in the hallway listening into the conversation. "Piotr-kun...are you the one? I need more time to discover the reason this is happening." Miya said as she clutched a hand over her chest, and slowly made her way down the hall to her room.

"In my armored form, I am not very fast. I will need to change back to try keeping up with you."

"Piotr-kun...when we first met, I carried you all the way to Izumo. Uzume-chan, and I can help you get there faster." Kazehana giggled at Piotr's embarrassed look. "Izvinitye, I had completely forgotten about that."

Toyotama tapped Colossus on the shoulder, and grinned at her mutant Ashikabi. "Let's get this party started! Operation: Green Girl rescue!" Toyotama said getting nods from everyone.

"Da! We are coming little one!" Colossus said as he, and his three Sekirei left Izumo Inn. Toyotama jumped up to the rooftops, followed by Kazehana, and Uzume who were helping Piotr in his armored form to increase their speed to the Botanical gardens.

In another part of Shinto Teito

Cyclops fired an optic blast from his eyes at a group of Ashikabi, and Sekirei that were pursuing him, and Akitsu. They scattered with the Sekirei moving to protect their Ashikabi's. Scott (with Yashima over his shoulder), and Akitsu were on the run from both Minaka's forces, and Ashikabi who wanted Minaka's insider information and took up his offer to hunt him, and his friends. "I don't want to hurt you! Can't you see that Minaka is using you? He doesn't care about you, or the bonds you formed with your Sekirei!" Scott said trying to reason with them.

"Shut up! Minaka is offering us power, and these Sekirei give us power! When we kill you, he'll reward us!" A male Ashikabi with long blond hair said before he was frozen solid in ice by Akitsu, and his Sekirei fell like puppets that had their strings cut. Seeing this caused the others to stop their pursuit in momentary fear, before their greed drove them on and the chase continued.

Scott looks at Akitsu as they are running north. "Ah...I'm sorry Scott-sama. They wouldn't listen." Scott could feel through their bond that Akitsu felt no satisfaction in taking a life, and that she thought he might judge her harshly for it. "Akitsu...we haven't had a chance to talk since this whole mess with Minaka started. Just know that I'm here for you Akitsu, and that will never change." Scott smiled, and reached out his hand joining it with Akitsu's as they ran. Akitsu felt warmth flooding her when their hands connected, and she had a small smile with a pink blush on her cheeks.

Suddenly, Akitsu stopped running which caused Scott to almost drop Yashima. Cyclops re-adjusted Yashima on his shoulder. "Scott-sama, they are not chasing us now."

Scott saw that every Ashikabi, and Sekirei came to a dead stop, which confused the X-Man. "What are they doing? It's like there's an invisible barrier that's keeping them back."

Scott, and Akitsu could hear murmuring from the assembled crowd about a 'Hannya of the North' and 'It's suicide to enter it's territory'. "You, and your Sekirei are going to die! Ha! We don't have to do anything! Let's go collect our reward from Minaka!" The male Ashikabi said getting nods from the others, as they headed to MBI tower.

Scott rubbed the back of his head in confusion, and Akitsu stood closer to her Ashikabi and put her head on his other shoulder sighing happily. "Akitsu?" "Ah...Scott-sama. Now we have more time to bring Nathan-chan, and Rachel-chan into the world." Scott blushes, and looks away scratching his cheek with his finger. "Um...first we need to find a place to stay Akitsu." Cyclops said as he walked hand in hand with Akitsu. Onlookers on the street were giving them a wide birth because of Yashima's prone form slung over one of Scott's shoulders. It didn't bother him, because he was used to this kind of treatment because of his world's distrust of mutants.

"Where do you think we should go Akitsu?"

"Ah...Love Hotel Scott-sama." Cyclops nearly tripped from Akitsu's suggestion, but managed to recover his footing in time. "Akitsu, we have to find some place to stay that Minaka doesn't own, or control. I'm afraid a Love Hotel might be the first place he would look." Scott said massaging the palm of Akitsu's hand when she began to frown slighty.

Scott directed his attention to 6 people making their way on the opposite side of the street. Cyclops had a big smile on his face, as he shouted across the street. "Alex! Rachel! Illyana!" Scott waved to his teammates.

"Scott? Scott! It's about time you showed your ugly mug!" Alex said with a laugh, as he and his group cross to the other side to meet up with Cyclops, and his two companions. Cyclops handed Yashima to Akitsu who was staring at Rachel with awe, and wonder written on her face.

"Rachel!"

"Dad!"

Scott, and Rachel gave each other a big hug, and Scott kissed his daughter's forehead getting a smile and a punch to his arm from her. "Ow! Rachel, what was that for?" Scott said rubbing his forearm in slight pain. "That was for making me worry." Rachel said before she resumed her hug with her father. Rachel felt a presence next to her, and opened her eyes to see a woman with short brown hair in a revealing kimono staring at her with a blush, and deadpan expression.

"Rachel-chan?"

"Um...Yes? Do I know you?"

With a speed that Scott didn't know Akitsu possessed, she handed Yashima over to Cyclops and enveloped Rachel in a smothering hug with her head between Akitsu's large breasts. "Ah...Rachel-chan. Don't worry. Mother, and Scott-sama will be working very hard to bring you, and Nathan-chan into existence." "Mmmmmppphhhhggg!" This was the muffled sound of Marvel Girl as her arms were swinging wildly to free herself from Akitsu's strong embrace.

"Akitsu. Please let Rachel have some breathing room." Cyclops said with a chuckle. "Ah...yes Scott-sama." Akitsu said before letting Rachel's head free from between her breasts. "Hhhuuuuuhhhhh!" Rachel took a deep breath of air into her lungs. "Dad! Who is this woman, and what happened to that other girl your carrying?!" Rachel said while giving a glare to Akitsu, who looked almost hurt by her treatment.

"Rachel, I want you to meet Akitsu. Akitsu is a member of an alien race called Sekirei who form bonds for life with a person, or Ashikabi as they call us. I'm bonded to Akitsu now. This bond is for life Rachel, and it would mean the world to me to have the two most important women in my life get along together." Scott said taking Akitsu's hand which had her blushing, and taking Rachel's hand with his other hand. "Dad was so sad when Mom rejected him, and told him that she didn't love him anymore. Now he's smiling, and I can tell he's happy with this woman. Why am I getting a familiar feeling from her, and why did she say she is my mother? Jean Grey is supposed to be my mother." Rachel gave it some more thought. "No...Jean can't be my mother anymore now that Dad is with this alien woman named Akitsu. Does that really mean she will be mine, and Nathan's mother? What will that mean for our timelines? *Groan* I hate time travel." Rachel decided to be friendly with Akitsu, since she made her father happy again.

Rachel put a smile on her face, and extended her hand to Akitsu who stared at it, and then looked at Rachel. "Hello Akitsu. My name is Rachel Summers. It's a pleasure to meet you." Akitsu's face lit up, and she lunged for Rachel pulling her into another smothering embrace. Alex was snickering along with his Sekirei, and Magik was trying to suppress her laughter. "Ah...Rachel-chan. You're a such a good girl. Please call me mother." Akitsu said with a happy smile, and kissed the back of Rachel's head, as she once again struggled to breathe between Akitsu's bountiful chest.

Scott had a proud smile as he watched Rachel, and Akitsu bonding. He then turned his attention to his brother Alex, and his entourage. Cyclops stared at the three women currently hanging onto Alex like a life preserver. "Sekirei?" Scott asked.

Alex looked embarrassed, and decided to introduce the new women in his life to his brother. "*Ahem!* Yes. Scott, these are my Sekirei. Hikari, and Hibiki." Alex gestures to the lightning twins, and receives a bop on the back of his head from Hikari. "We told you to use the chan suffix with our names Alex-kun!" Hikari said with a huff, as she folded her arms beneath her breasts which caused them to be more noticeable. "Sorry Alex-kun. Hikari-chan can be a handful sometimes." Hibiki said with a sigh, that made Hikari stick her tongue out childishly at her. "This is Hikari-chan's twin sister Hibiki-chan." Alex said to placate the temperamental Hikari, which seemed to work as she smiled, and blushed at her mutant Ashikabi. Alex nodded at Hikari, and pointed to the woman carrying the death scythe. "Last, but certainly not least is Yomi-chan."

"It's a pleasure to meet Alex-love's brother, and my future brother-in law." Yomi said with a sultry smile as she shook Scott's hand. "Hey! I thought we agreed that we were all married to Alex-kun!" Hikari shouted entering Yomi's personal space with their breasts almost touching. "Yes, we did. However, I will be the first to sample Alex-love, and reach new heights of bliss on our honeymoon." Yomi said with her eyes glazed over, and giggling perversely. This started an argument that had Hikari shouting obscenities at Yomi that would make a sailor blush, and Hibiki trying to calm her sister down.

"Enough! I won't have you all squabbling like children! We'll discuss these matters in private later." Havok said with him staring evenly at all of his Sekirei. Hikari backed off, and Yomi did the same. Hibiki gave a thankful smile at her Ashikabi for ending the conflict.

Magik decided to make her presence known. "Cyclops, do you know where my brother Piotr is?"

"I discovered that Colossus, and Wolverine are Ashikabi as well, and that we are all being hunted by other Ashikabi that were sent by the CEO of MBI Hiroto Minaka." Scott said with narrowed eyes behind his ruby quartz sunglasses.

"Minaka is no more. I will see to this personally." Magik said drawing her sword, and creating a pink stepping disk to teleport herself to Minaka's location. "Magik, wait!" Cyclops said getting Magik to halt for Scott to finish speaking. "We don't know what will happen to the Sekirei if Minaka is killed. My impression of him was that he's a planner, and has contingencies within contingencies. We have to choose our moves carefully. An entire race's future may hang in the balance!" Scott said as Akitsu, and Rachel stood beside him with Rachel looking wearily at Akitsu, and Akitsu holding one of Scott's hands and smiling brightly at Rachel over Scott's shoulder.

Rachel then remembered the still form of the girl with the ribbon in her hair. Rachel concentrated, and sensed that the girl's mind was in a coma like state, but it was possible to revive her. "Dad, what happened to this girl?"

Scott looked sadly at Yashima on the ground. "She is a Sekirei that had an abusive Ashikabi that had her attack me, and Akitsu. I tried talking to her old Ashikabi, but he was beyond help, and he ordered her to attack me directly. Akitsu removed her crest, and the bond she had with that man."

Rachel nodded at her father. "I can revive her, so that she regains consciousness. Be ready though in case she decides to attack you again Dad." Scott gave a nod, and Akitsu entered a battle stance and walked in front of her Ashikabi. This brought a small smile to Rachel's face.

Rachel used her telepathy to bring Yashima back to consciousness, who looked around in confusion, and went to pick up her giant hammer to discover it was no where to be found. She stared at the faces of the people crowding around her, until she stopped at one face, and her breath came out in short gasps, and she had a smile with a cute blush forming.

"Ashikabi-sama?"

Author's note: Chapter 9 complete! I left this chapter with a bit of a cliffhanger! ; P Who will be Yashima's new Ashikabi? It might not be who everyone thinks it will be, or it may be exactly who you think it is. Honestly, I haven't decided yet. lol You'll have to wait for the next chapter to find out. ; D