(Okay, here's The Fallen Sekirei Chapter 11. Enjoy the chapter. I wrote it in about 3 days, and it just seemed to spill out once I started writing it. I hope you all enjoy it, and more notes after the chapter.)

Chapter 11: New Friends…

Yume notices the second I step out through the window and onto the overhang. With the sun setting in the distance, it's a beautiful view, and I don't know what to do other than sit down next to her, looking out at the horizon.

"It's a beautiful view." I comment, glancing over at her.

She sits with her knees in her chest, with her arms wrapped around her knees.

"What's wrong Yume-chan?" I ask.

She looks at me with a deep sadness in her eyes, and then she breaks eye contact, looking out toward the horizon.

"The others are probably looking for you." She says with a detached tone. "You should go back inside before you slip and fall."

What in the world is that about?

"I didn't ask about the others." I remind her. "I want to know about you."

"You've made your choice, and you didn't choose me, so what do you care how I feel?" She asks in that same detached, depressed tone.

"What are you talking about?" I demand, truly clueless.

She looks down at the roof, tears forming at the corners of her eyes.

"Tsukiumi and Akitsu, you've chosen them to be your lovers."

"What are you talking about?" I ask, a sweat drop forming on the back of my head.

"You've chosen them to be your lovers. I saw Miya scolding the three of you about relationships being forbidden here at Izumo Inn, and I can't think of any other reason why she'd yell at you, no matter how much I try…" She says, her voice breaking as tears start falling down her cheeks.

"That isn't true! Tsukiumi and Akitsu aren't my lovers!" I vehemently deny the accusation.

"I see…" She says with recognition and pain in her voice. "You just view us as Sekirei, as toys to be fiddled with and then cast aside, just like the President of MBI…" She finishes with heartache in her voice.

"No…" I whisper, but Yume continues.

"I'd hoped you were different Minato-sama." She begins again. "I thought you were a kind person, but I was wrong…"

"NO!" I flat out deny, practically yelling at Yume, looking at her in the eyes with determination in my gaze. "You're wrong! Before I was an Ashikabi I didn't have any good values, but now there are dreams I can protect and precious people I can help. All of my Sekirei are important to me, you've fought for me, risked your life for me. I could never think of you as a toy."

In response to my words Yume looks at me with hope in her eyes.

"You have a special place in my heart Yume-chan. No matter what, I don't want to lose you…"

She blinks in surprise, and I can tell that she doesn't believe what she's hearing, and that she's incredibly happy to hear it. Her cheeks flush in embarrassment, and I watch as she opens her arms and lowers her legs. She moves her face toward mine, and our lips meet, and I can feel a warm strong feeling flood into me. After a moment Yume pulls back from the chaste kiss, and I can feel my cheeks blushing in a mix of emotions, Yume's cheeks doing the same. I open my mouth to say something, when…

"Grrrrrrr…" A familiar childish growl comes into my ears.

Both Yume and I look to see my other Sekirei standing in the open window. Kusano growling in anger and Tsukiumi's fist raised, a vein bulging in her forehead. Matsu grins mischievously with light reflecting off her glasses. Akitsu has her arms crossed over her chest, and behind them stands Miya, the demonic visage floating above her head with a frying pan in her right hand, a sadistic smile on her face.

"Sahashi-san…" Miya begins.

I can only stare in fear at the women in front of me, not knowing what's going to happen when Yume stands up, putting herself between me and my other Sekirei. She has a determined air about her, and she holds her arms out, as though she's acting as a human shield.

"If you're going to hurt Minato-sama, then you'll have to go through me." She says with determination in her voice.

"Get away from him!" Tsukiumi demands, the vein somehow getting larger. "I'm his legal wife, not you!"

"Me too!" Kusano agrees, a sweat drop forming on the back of my head again.

I'm no lolicon!

Akitsu lowers her arms, the air getting foggy as the temperature drops. And Miya gently taps the frying pan against her left palm.

What have I gotten into?


The incident with Minato and his Sekirei was solved by Miya who diffused the situation before it even began. It's been an hour since then, and I currently sit in the bathtub, a towel wrapped around my body with my back to the tub wall. I raise my right hand to my lips, touching them gently.

We actually kissed! And he said I was important to him!

None of the other Sekirei bothered to join me in taking a bath, and I get the distinct feeling that they're all jealous of the attention I got from Minato.

The door opens, and I look to see Uzume walking into the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her body.

"What do you want?" I ask, and Uzume looks at me curiously.

"Uh, to take a bath…" She says matter of factly.

"You're a Sekirei with another Ashikabi." I tell her matter of factly. "I won't trust you until we fight or one of us loses our Sekirei crest."

"I agree Yume, you shouldn't trust me." She says cryptically.

Raising my eyebrows in surprise, I stand up, raising my fists.

"What are you talking about?" I ask, and Uzume grins.

"We have different Ashikabi, only one can win the game." She needlessly reminds me.

"I know that, but Miya forbids fighting in Izumo Inn." I remind her.

Uzume grins knowingly.

"I know just as well if not better then you Yume-chan."


20 minutes later I walk toward Minato's room to tell him that the bath is his. Opening the door to his room, I see Tsukiumi, Matsu, Akitsu and Kusano hovering behind Minato as he stares at his study book. He has a very uncomfortable expression on his face.

"Minato-sama, the bath is all yours." I tell him. "What are you all doing?"

Tsukiumi seems to stand closer to him, her breasts pushing into the back of his head.

"We're not giving you another chance like the one you had!" Tsukiumi jealously declares. "And we aren't going to buy your attempts at pitying you either!"

"I wasn't trying to get closer to Minato by acting like I felt bad." I tell her matter of factly. "I actually felt bad."

"We aren't going to fall for your tricks again!" Tsukiumi declares again.

Matsu giggles, enjoying watching the scene play out in front of her like she's watching a soap opera.

I shake my head slowly, looking at Akitsu as the stoic Sekirei remains quiet.

"The bath is ready Minato-sama." I repeat.

"I understand." Minato agrees.


The next day, I'm sitting in the living room, and Minato and Tsukiumi are in the hallway, the two of them talking about recent events.

"There's a masked Sekirei going around fighting Sekirei without identifying herself and doesn't remain with the body until MBI shows up to retrieve the body."

"I'm not a Sekirei, so it isn't likely that I'll be targeted." Minato informs her.

"You're an Ashikabi Minato-sama." She reminds him. "Whichever Ashikabi this Sekirei works for is clearly violating the rules and this Sekirei needs to be punished! That's why I'm going out hunting for her!"

She's going out hunting for this Sekirei killer?

"Isn't that dangerous?" Minato asks with concern in his voice.

"I'm strong!" Tsukiumi confidently boasts. "I'm not going to lose to some vagrant Sekirei!"

Minato has an awestruck look on his face.

She must be trying to pull some underhanded move on me.

"I'm going!" Tsukiumi announces. "Please wait for me Minato-sama."

Tsukiumi is a moronic Sekirei, but she's one of Minato's Sekirei. I can't just let her go off on her own and end up getting killed…


An hour later Tsukiumi has left Izumo Inn with Minato's blessing to 'hunt' the masked Sekirei killer. Tsukiumi stands apart from the masked Sekirei, white veils covering the Sekirei's face, breasts and waists, the veils wrapped around her forearms. Apparently the veiled Sekirei's ability is to manipulate the veils, as they hover around her as though they're suspended by the wind.

"I'm here to put a stop to your vagrant hunting of Sekirei!" Tsukiumi declares while water swirls around her.

It's then that I notice two people fleeing from the scene. One is a man, and the other is a woman. Watching the two of them I see the boy wearing a black button down shirt that's unbuttoned, revealing a white undershirt underneath. He wears a pair of blue jeans and black tennis shoes with short brown hair the same length and nearly the exact same style as Minato's. He has dark eyes, and clutches the other person's hand as they run.

The other person is a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. She wears a blue long sleeved blouse with a white color and a matching ruffled skirt. She wears knee high black boots and white stockings that stop just above her knees. She has an air of weakness about her, and judging from the way they're running I get the definite impression that she is following the young man.

Tsukiumi is a single number like me, she can handle herself…

With that thought in mind I take off after the young couple. I watch from rooftops as I follow the two of them through the city. Eventually they lead me toward a familiar neighborhood, and I watch as ironically, they head toward Minato's old apartment.

They're living here of all places?

Once the two of them are inside the apartment I jump down, discreetly getting to ground level and crossing the street carefully. Walking up the steps I can't help but smile at the memory as I remember Minato bringing me here for the first time…

Leading me up these stairs I could only assume that this was his apartment. He was so nervous as he brought me inside, and he was so flabbergasted back then. He knew nothing about the Sekirei Plan or what was going on in the city. He was just an innocent civilian, but I changed all that, and when I did that I brought him into this. Now I have to do everything I can to keep him alive, but for some reason I get the feeling that these two aren't going to be much of a threat to Minato-sama or anyone…

Walking up the steps quietly, I stop at the door, for a moment I'm unsure how to proceed.

If they mistake my presence as an attack, they could ambush me and destroy my crest or kill me. Or maybe they'll misunderstand and run.

Reaching I out I gently knock on the door.

"Just a minute!" I hear a male voice from inside call out.

A few moments later the door opens, revealing the young man in the black shirt and jeans. I see his Sekirei standing behind him, her head poking out like she's hiding behind him.

"Who're you?" He asks suspiciously.

I smile at him, trying not to look threatening in the least.

"My name is Yume, and I'm Sekirei Number 8."

Both of them freeze in terror, the boy mouthing the words 'number 8' as the Sekirei clutches at the back of his shirt tightly, burying her head in his back. I take a step back, holding my hands up defensively with my palms toward him.

"I'm not here to fight, honest!" I adamantly explain.

"Do you want me to wing you?" He asks, and I shake my head no.

"I already have an Ashikabi." I explain for him.

"Then what do you want with us?"

"You ran away from the fight with the Veiled Sekirei." I remind him.

"Kuno's too weak to fight." He says simply.

"Haruka-sama…" Kuno trails, burying her face in his shirt.

"If we fight we'll lose, and Kuno doesn't want to leave me, and I don't want to lose her." The one called Haruka explains. "We both just want to stay with each other. We have no interest in fighting or in the prize."

Standing there looking at him, I just know that his words are the truth, and I know that the bond between them is strong, and there's real love there.

"Is that all you wanted, to ask us about our reason for running away?" He asks.

They must be planning on trying to get out of the city. Unfortunately MBI has the city on lock down, and they can't leave…

"Are you planning on escaping the city?" I ask, and he gains an air of depression.

"We've tried to run, but every time we try to leave we always run into MBI Disciplinary Squad and the soldiers…" He trails, and I nod my understanding.

"Unless you intend to fight, you must escape the city before the third stage begins."

"What's the third stage?" Haruka asks, and I shrug my shoulders.

"I don't know for sure, I only heard that it's supposed to be fought between the strongest Ashikabi and their Sekirei. Whoever's left will be made to fight, no matter what they personally want."

"Who are you anyway?" He asks suspiciously. "No normal Sekirei should know that much…"

"I'm a former leader of MBI's Disciplinary Squad." I explain for him.

At that his eyes narrow in suspicion.

"How do I know you aren't still working for them?" He asks with contempt in his voice.

I hold up my right hand with my palm toward the sky. Gathering a sphere of light on my hand, I smile at the young man as his eyes go wide at the feat.

"If I was working for MBI, I would've just obliterated the building and been done with it." I tell him matter of factly.


Yume sure has been gone a while…

Sitting at my desk in my room, I have an English textbook open and a pen in my hand. Though I find that I can't concentrate on the complicated language.

At least Tsukiumi came back, though when she came back she was mad. She said that after she laid out a challenge to that Veiled Sekirei the Veiled Sekirei ran away using her veils to blind her for a moment. Yume left early this morning too, and all she said was that she was going out, and I didn't want to press her for anymore information then that.

"I'm home!" I hear Yume's voice call from the door.

Without thinking I get up and move to the door. Fortunately Miya has my other Sekirei doing chores to keep them busy and away from me, and I hurriedly make my way downstairs. Once my feet hit the bottom of the steps I make my way toward the door to see not only Yume inside near the door but I also see a young man dressed in a black shirt and jeans with brown hair and a blonde girl dressed in a blue blouse and matching skirt.

"Yume-chan, who are these people?" I ask, and Yume smiles.

"This is Haruka Shigi and his Sekirei Kuno." Yume says, motioning to the boy first and then the girl.

"Why did you bring them here?" I ask, and Yume smiles.

"I'm here to ask you for your help, Sahashi-san." The man says, bowing to me. "Kuno and I need to escape the city, but we can't due to the lockdown MBI has on the borders."

Escape the city? What? Wait a second…

"Whoa, hold on…" I begin. "Slow down, start over, just what is going on?"

"Is there some place we can sit down and talk?" Haruka asks. "It's kind of a long story…"

"Yeah, this way." I motion toward the TV/dining room.

The four of us move to the dining room. Sitting down at the table Shigi opens his mouth when the front door opens.

"I'm HOOOOOOOME!" Uzume announces to the entirety of the Inn.

Looking at Shigi, I shake my head slowly.

"Hold on a moment." I ask him, standing up and leaving the dining room and going toward the entryway.

Like Yume earlier, Uzume is not alone. However, rather then a young couple Uzume is practically being carried by a woman in her mid twenties with huge breasts and long dark hair. She wears a purple Chinese style dress, and has a sexy figure that's hugged by the garment. She wears matching shoes, and her long hair is tied into a pony tail at the back of her head.

Both Uzume and the busty woman stink of Saki, but Uzume's face is read and she can barely stand as she leans heavily on the new girl.

Upon seeing me surprise flashes in the new girl's eyes.

"You're…" She mutters, and I blink in surprise.

"I'm what?" I ask curiously, and she quickly masters her emotions.

"It's nothing." She quickly speaks. "Hello, it's nice to meet you young man." She says in greeting.

"Oh, hello." I say in greeting to the new girl, smiling at her.

While her face is somewhat red, I can tell that she's hardly tipsy, while Uzume is falling over drunk.

The woman smiles at me, licking her lips with a look on her face that sends shivers down my spine.

"May I ask your name?" She asks curiously, and I nod.

"I'm Minato Sahashi. I'm a resident here." I introduce myself.

"Minato Sahashi..." She trails, and I reach up, scratching the back of my head in embarrassment.

"That's me." I tell her, grinning nervously.

The woman blinks, realizing the source of my nervousness.

"Oh! My name's Kazehana! It's such a pleasure to meet you!" She says in greeting, dropping Uzume who falls to the floor in a heap and clasping her hands together as she bows, smiling at me.

"Uzume-san!" I exclaim in surprise as the drunken woman mutters something, and Kazehana blinks in surprise.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Uzume!" Kazehana apologizes.

She takes Uzume's arm around her neck and helps the bourbon haired girl to her feet once more, Uzume muttering something in a surly tone.

"I'll help you take her to her room." I offer, and Kazehana smiles.

"Thank you very much." Kazehana says with a smile, and I get the distinct impression that she's very happy to have me help her.

Taking Uzume's other arm, Kazehana and I lead the drunken girl toward the steps and practically drag her surly attitude and all up the steps. Fortunately I know which room is hers, and it's unlocked as Kazehana and I lead Uzume to the door. Opening the door with my free arm, we take Uzume into her room sideways so that we can enter without having to release the drunken woman.

Seriously, it's not even 4 o'clock in the afternoon yet, and you're already drunk?

Finding a futon on the floor, Kazehana and I gingerly set the drunken woman down on the futon, pulling the blanket from below her the woman is asleep before we even lay the blanket on her.

Looking toward Kazehana, I motion toward the door.

"Can I talk to you outside?" I ask in a low voice.

"Sure." She happily agrees.

The two of us walk out into the hall, and I close the door to Uzume's room.

"Okay, normally I don't pry into other people's business, but I have to ask. Just what were you two doing out drinking? It isn't even 4 o'clock!"

Kazehana smiles.

"We're old friends, and we ran into each other today after not seeing each other for a long time, so we went out drinking together." Kazehana says nonchalantly.

"Well, since you're Uzume-san's friend I guess you can stay here as her guest, but I have some important business to discuss with some friends downstairs, so I can't stay and talk."

"Would you mind then if I went with you and listened to your conversation? I promise whatever I hear I'll never tell a soul. I can be very discreet…" She says, fluttering her eyelashes at me.

Is she coming onto me?

"Uh, I guess that'll be OK, though I don't know how much my friends will want to talk with you around."

"I promise you won't even know I'm there!" She insists with a smile.

Nodding to her I head back downstairs with the dark haired woman behind me. Walking back into the TV/dining room Haruka, Kuno and Yume are surprised to see Kazehana following me.

"Everyone this is Kazehana-san. She's a friend of Uzume-san's and would like to help if she can."

Kazehana smiles, sitting down at the table. For some reason Yume eyes Kazehana carefully, regarding the large breasted woman with open suspicion. When Kazehana sees this, she merely smiles happily at Yume and looks at me, and I get the distinct impression that Kazehana is more then just another woman.

Could she be a Sekirei? If so she's probably already winged. But if that's the case than why isn't she with her Ashikabi? Wait, I can't think about that now! Haruka needs my help, and if he really needs my help I'll try and help him as best as I can...

"So, Haruka-san, you said you wanted to escape the city?" I ask.

He nods.

"Yeah, Kuno and I need to escape the city." He agrees, glancing toward his Sekirei sitting on his right. "We're too weak to fight, though when we tried to escape the city we were stopped by MBI's soldiers and the Disciplinary Squad." He explains for me. "Then, Yume-san showed up out of the blue and said that you might be willing to help us Sahashi-san."

"Oh…" Kazehana blushes, putting her hands together next to her left cheek. "Young love is so cute!"

She's almost giddy, talking about love like that? I guess Kazehana is a Sekirei, since she seems to know about MBI and isn't questioning why they've locked down the city. Since she hasn't said she wants me to be her Ashikabi, I'm not going to force myself on her.

"Anyway…" I begin. "I don't know if it's entirely possible for someone to get out of the city…"

It's then that Akitsu, Matsu and Tsukiumi poke their heads in.

"It is possible to get out." Matsu says, pushing her glasses up with sunlight flashing off of the large glasses. "Though it will only be a short window you'll have to escape, and MBI will do everything they can to close the net before you can get through."

"You know how we can get out of the city?" I ask, and Matsu grins, puffing her chest up confidently.

"Of course! I'm the Sekirei of Wisdom!" She says with confidence.

Kazehana giggles.

"More like the Shameless Sekirei…" Kazehana comments.

Matsu blushes in embarrassment, opening her mouth to argue when Haruka cuts her off.

"Wow Sahashi-san. You've got so many cool Sekirei…" He comments.

Immediately Kuno tightens her grip on his shirt, pulling at it and scowling.

"You said you'd be my Ashikabi…" She says with a whimper.

"Sorry…" Haruka says, scratching the back of his head. "I won't say anything more about Sahashi-san's Sekirei. I know you don't like it."

"There's a rail bridge in the northern part of town." Matsu explains. "It'll be the easiest way to get out of the city. It's the least guarded and will be the ideal place to stage a break out."

"If that's so why doesn't MBI increase patrols there?" I ask.

Matsu smiles.

"They still have to contain the entire city, and even if a Sekirei tries to leave, MBI will use its Satellite laser weapon to destroy the bridge and any escaping Sekirei."

"If they have something like that, why not use it to take care of problem Sekirei before trying to escape?"

"It'd cause massive problems if lasers suddenly started raining down on the city." Matsu explains.

"You used that weapon to keep me away so you could get to Minato-sama back then." Yume says accusingly.

Matsu giggles.

"Fu, fu, fu…" She mutters. "And if I did? What does bringing it up now accomplish?"

"Unless we take care of that weapon we'll never stage a successful breakout." Yume insists, and Matsu nods.

"I'll take care of the Satellite; the bigger problem is the Disciplinary Squad." Matsu says matter of factly. "They'll be dispatched the second we near the bridge, and they'll have to be beaten before any escape can be made."

"Then that's what we'll have to do." I say with resolution in my voice.

"Oh…" I hear Kazehana mumble, and I look to see her blushing as she stares at me. "So manly..."

"Kazehana-san?" I ask curiously.

Her face is red, and she puts her hands over her chest, looking down at the table.

"Kazehana-san?" I ask again.

She looks left and then right, assessing the people around her for a moment.

What is she doing?

Without warning Kazehana suddenly leaps across the table, tackling me to the ground.

"Kazehana-san!?" I blurt out as she knocks me on my back, her ample chest pressing against mine.

"Oh Minato-san!" She says with blushing cheeks. "I love you!"

"Wh-?" I manage to speak before her lips press against mine.

I feel a strong warm feeling flood into me, and I recognize what's happening as Kazehana's wings of light appear, illuminating the room. For a moment I think she's going to pull back, then I feel her hands on the sides of my head a moment before I feel what I think is her tongue separating my lips, and dancing around my tongue.

Is she French-kissing me?

"Mmmph!" I murmur as her tongue continues to wiggle and dance in my mouth, and I wonder if she can taste my throat…

"Ka-ze-ha-na!" Miya's voice erupts into the room along with a swelling of bloodlust.

Oh no…

I look to the door to see Tsukiumi practically growling in rage with the vein on her forehead bulging. Miya stands behind her, the demonic visage floating behind her, a ladle in her right hand. Tapping the ladle against her hand menacingly, I know that I'm in trouble...

Oh crap…

(Well, what do you think? I decided to have Minato wing her now rather then at the bridge. She will be going with him since she's such a sucker for lovey dovey stuff. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chap, and let me know what you think of Kazehana's 'attack' at the end of the chapter.