Chapter 14-South Bound
Naruto for the first time in many years was at this very moment...exhausted. How did he get so exhausted? How could someone like him with so much energy and chakra be so tired right now?
Looking at the four naked female bodies lying around him...one could give a pretty good guess for an answer.
After the clearly decisive victory over Higa, the end of his control in the East of Shinto Teito, and freeing many Ashikabi who were (for the most part) forced into the now dead man's service...the women in his life wanted a reward for their hard work. It had been one big love fest in the bed room, as he claimed Akitsu, Kazehana, Tsukiumi, and of course his beloved Hinata-chan for hours on end.
'So...this is what its like to be out of energy,' thought Naruto while looking at the pile of naked female flesh lying around him.
Hinata was on top, as was her signified position within the female hierarchy. Akitsu was next with his right arm being used as a pillow with the appendage currently in the valley of the woman's impressive bust. Tsukiumi had taken the left arm, doing the same thing as Akitsu to ensure her rightful place as being one of his girls. Kazehana was getting what was left in the form of his left leg, but still got plenty in the form of laying her head on the lower half of his torso, and rubbing her face occasionally against his thigh.
Letting out a content sigh, Naruto basked in the aftermath of the sex he had, and saw his girls were doing the same in their sleep. And while they were sleeping, the blonde was thinking about the Sekirei Plan as a whole. How so many Sekirei in Minaka's stupid plan had been forcibly winged...and how so many had been deactivated. All of them would be sent back to M.B.I. for further processing, preserving, and whatever else the company did with deactivated Sekirei.
He would have to investigate that matter soon. Personally, Naruto found himself wishing he had stayed at M.B.I. if only to find out what happened to the Sekirei there once they were taken out of the game. The blonde knew enough that they weren't really dead, but rather they were in a deep slumber until reactivated, but those that were taken down with a Level 5 deactivation did not, and he worried what happened to the Sekirei who had the unfortunate honor of being placed in that particular category.
His worries must have traveled through the bond with his Sekirei because at that moment, all three of them stirred, and their stirring slowly woke his wife up too.
"What's wrong? I was having the most wonderful nap," complained Kazehana while she looked up at her lover for an Ashikabi.
"I too felt something was amiss. What is wrong husband?" questioned Tsukiumi while rubbing the junk from her eyes.
"Ah...you're worried," remarked Akitsu while looking at her Ashikabi with worry of her own.
"Naruto-kun?" questioned Hinata while seeing his Sekirei were indeed correct from what she saw when looking him in the eyes.
"I'm worried about the other Sekirei out there. The ones we deactivated recently. The few that were killed. I just worry for the entire race that is Sekirei and this Sekirei Plan that Minaka has setup," answered Naruto while looking at his three Sekirei and Hinata with worry.
"You're not wrong to think that way. But we left M.B.I. because we thought it was the right thing to do," said Hinata with Naruto sighing.
"We should have killed Minaka and taken control of M.B.I. when given the chance," remarked Naruto with a bitter tone in his voice.
"Why didn't you?" asked Kazehana with Naruto sighing again.
"I guess because...because I couldn't trust myself with the idea of controlling the lives of every single Sekirei in that ship. I feared I would become what Minaka is now and the end result of my actions only made things bad for the Sekirei as a whole. 108 Sekirei in existence and 107 of them are forced to fight in a tournament against each other. All the while the defeated Sekirei lose their Ashikabi in the process...forever," answered Naruto while Akitsu clutched him tighter while the prospect of losing him entered her mind.
Tsukiumi and Kazehana followed.
"And now? What do you feel regarding this whole situation?" questioned Hinata with Naruto looking at her with a small smile.
"I feel the need to do what I should hav-no what WE should have done from the start and destroy this stupid Sekirei Plan of Minaka's before it can go any further," replied Naruto with Hinata nodding in agreement.
"And just how do you intend to that husband?" asked Tsukiumi curiously since she knew many wanted Minaka dead and yet stayed their hands for an equal number of different reasons.
"Simple. WE are going to take the fun out of his game. Since Higa is gone, we now have to refocus our efforts toward the South," answered Naruto with Hinata scowling slightly.
"Hayato Mikogami," whispered Hinata with Naruto nodding.
"Yep! The one and only. Mikogami currently as has the most Sekirei now from forced winging them and will no doubt try to get other Ashikabi in the East under his thumb too. As for the Ashikabi of the West, Sanada Nishi, he fortunately isn't a threat in terms of interfering, and Seo has told me how the man doesn't mistreat his Sekirei. Not only that, but his territory in the West consists of Ashikabi who avoid fighting as much as humanly possible. Sadly, it won't be long before Mikogami uses his future strength from absorbing the East to take the fight to the West," remarked Naruto while Hinata's eyes narrowed further.
"Leave Mikogami to me," said Hinata with Naruto looking at her with a hint of surprise.
"O-kay, but uh...why?" asked Naruto since he had never seen Hinata act like this after their time being intimate together.
"The brat is just like Higa. Only instead of tools, the brat sees Sekirei like collectible action figures. To be played with and dressed up until they go out of style. Once the Sekirei Plan ends, the brat will get rid of them, breaking the weak bonds he already has with them, and watch without care when they fall down like puppets with the strings cut," replied Hinata with Naruto looking surprised she would say such a thing in a cold tone.
Granted it was true, but still it was a bit unexpected.
"And how do you know this?" asked Naruto with Hinata curling up closer to him.
"Because I asked Matsu to secretly hack into the boy's private school and gain access to Mikogami's psychological profile there. All private schools within Shinto Teito for the stupidly wealthy children have a first rate psychologist. They use them to help ensure that all the futures of the stupidly wealthy children going there don't become mental cases that could one day shame their stupidly rich parents," answered Hinata with Naruto grinning at her.
"That was pretty bold of you Hinata-chan," remarked Naruto with a hint of pride in his voice.
"Well, you were busy with the issue surrounding Higa for awhile. Not to mention you just learned the truth behind Minaka's actions regarding Karasuba and preventing her from speaking to you about her own emergence," replied Hinata with Naruto nodding.
"True. All the more reason to kill the crazy asshole. He messed Karasuba up inside," said Naruto while wishing he had changed things when the opportunity presented itself.
Now he had to fix the mess made for NOT handling them sooner.
Was this what the Sandaime Hokage went through with Orochimaru? Not seizing that very moment made open to you and thus paying for it in the long run?
In any case, unlike the old stupid monkey, Naruto had no intention of letting this matter be drawn out with the enemy coming after him at his weakest. If there was one thing you could say about Orochimaru, it was he could be a patient man when it mattered. Sure the Sannin was evil, egotistical, and was insane in the belief he could know every Jutsu in the world of ninja, but the man had patience. Shit, the man waited over a decade after being labeled a Missing Nin to kill the Sandaime at his weakest because he knew age was a big factor in fighting the monkey. Naruto knew as well as Orochimaru did that in his prime, the Sandaime would win no contest against his former student. But during the fight at the Chuunin Exams all those years ago when the Sandaime was wrinkled and old? That was a different story all together.
The last thing Naruto wanted was for Minaka to wait the blonde Uzumaki or his wife out before sending in his company's forces to crush them when their guard was at its weakest. No. Naruto was going to nip this asshole in the bud and end this little farce of a Sekirei Plan while making sure the Sekirei themselves had a chance to grow as a race.
It wouldn't be easy, but Naruto was confident now it could be done with the help of his wife, and his own Sekirei. Not to mention he could get the help of a few trust worthy Ashikabi in the process and even the SIC of M.B.I. herself Sahashi Takami helping too.
"You deal with Karasuba on your end of things. I will deal with Mikogami. Together, we can do some serious damage the Sekirei Plan since its clear Minaka wants them both in it when the final part draws near," said Hinata with Naruto nodding in full agreement.
"Which because of our actions will be soon," remarked Naruto while feeling like he just did Minaka a favor two fold just to get his own piece of personal vengeance on Higa.
"Not if we strike first," countered Hinata with Naruto nodding.
"Agreed. Still, do we have plan it out now? I honestly just want to lie in bed with the four of you at the moment," remarked Naruto with his Sekirei and wife snuggling closer to him.
"No. Not right now. Later though," whispered Hinata with the desire to just sleep again once more and the other women mumbling in agreement.
"Yes. Later when we are fully refreshed," remarked Tsukiumi before she went to sleep with her dream involving herself being the supreme wife among all the women bonded to Naruto.
"Ah...sleep now. Work later," added Akitsu while going off to dream land to dream about her Ashikabi.
"I agree. Sleeping sounds much better," concluded Kazehana before sleeping about sake and Naruto.
Naruto could only laugh before he slowly closed his eyes and let sleep take him.
The storm that was going to be unleashed could wait a little bit longer. Just a little.
(M.B.I. HQ)
Minaka was worried. It was a first for him actually. Many times he had been able to laugh things off. Shake things off as nothing, but a form of amusement to be part of the overall grand scheme of things. Ever since he found the Sekirei's crashed ship, it had opened up a wonder of new possibilities for humanity to reap the benefits of the alien species. First, he was able to use the Sekirei on hand to protect the treasures within it, and the Sekirei themselves to bring about his game. Second, the technology itself was in his possession to setup M.B.I. with the advancements made using it blowing all rivals clear out of the water. Third, the game itself pitted the alien birds against each other to show off their potential, their power, and abilities in a confined environment where they could do no harm to the overall population of the human race.
Unfortunately, while many factors had played out like he had hoped, and going beyond his expectations...the man had a pair of wild cards not even Minaka himself could control with all the resources of his company.
Uzumaki Naruto and his wife Uzumaki Hyuuga Hinata.
The two had been a big help from the start when forming M.B.I. and helping with the training of the First Generation Discipline Squad. It was by sheer luck the duo had been found near the ship when unearthed by the massive shift underneath the sea to make the island rise. Their powers, their skills, and their abilities were incredible! They could use a power long since taken from the world by them simply because the humans of their time had used it for the purpose of war.
Minaka had to admit, it was a noble effort on their part to stop humanity from trying to kill itself in such incredible, and spectacular ways in using the elements themselves in such a manner. It was only natural he enlist them in his quest to protect the Sekirei long enough for his company to do that for him with its wealth, influence, and technology they use from within the ship to advance humanity further.
And the parting of ways on neutral ground didn't hurt either for the psychotic mad man. In fact, Minaka had preferred it that way. Naruto and Hinata had not been idle in their means of getting use to the new world filled with guns, cars, planes, the Internet, and other modern things the ninja world they came from did not possess. They had left the company, become mercenaries for hire, and using the money to make their own company involving the publishing of many different books.
The ever infamous Icha Icha Paradise Series being chief among them.
Minaka had felt the need to keep them on hand as a secondary resource to be called upon in extreme emergencies when he didn't have any other options. When two of his birds had been taken by the mercenary group, Minaka requested their help in finding out not only where the group was, but who hired them in the first place.
And while they had been good allies in the past, Minaka knew that such an alliance was going to dissolve soon. The man knew Naruto had his own Sekirei and loved them deeply and he knew the man's wife also loved them too in her own way. They were NOT fans of the Sekirei Plan or the game itself.
They would try something to mess with the plan. The questions surrounding that though was how and when?
(Shinto Teito-Eastern Quadrant)
"I find it interesting you would want to meet me here sensei," remarked Karasuba on the roof of some random building while leaning against the edge.
"Why is that?" asked Naruto after he arrived and put up a special Genjutsu based seal so M.B.I. would be unable to know of their location much less their discussion.
"Because I know you sensei. You normally don't start things unless properly provoked into the situation," replied Karasuba with Naruto smirking.
"True. My wife felt it was necessary to clear the air between the two of us," stated Naruto while Karasuba frowned slightly at the mention of Hinata.
"One of the reasons I would have been rejected," commented Karasuba bitterly.
"Hey now, don't be like that Karasuba. Even if what you say is remotely true, at least I would have let you down gently. The main reason for your bitterness is not Hinata-chan, but Minaka preventing us from having a necessary heart to heart about the issue. I said no to Kazehana all those years ago too so don't act like you are the only one who was hurt back then," countered Naruto with Karasuba looking away from him.
"Perhaps, but you did wing Kazehana eventually, and now she has what I wanted from the start," remarked Karasuba angrily.
"I understand what you're referring to Karasuba. Kazehana has me for an Ashikabi while you have a hate drive homosexual. Personally, I have nothing against homosexuals, but the fact one is your Ashikabi, and hates the world does little to help you get stronger. Quite the opposite in fact," said Naruto with Karasuba growling now at his words.
"It wasn't even my choice. Not entirely. Minaka put the two of us in a small room, told Natsuo to wing me, and in exchange for not killing him like I wanted to on impulse at the idea of him being my Ashikabi, I would be allowed to lead the Discipline Squad with the promise of killing strong opponents," said Karasuba with Naruto sighing since he figured as much.
"And you accepted in the belief Natsuo's hatred would be enough to not only numb the pain you felt from my assumed rejection, but let you lash out at the same time," surmised Naruto with Karasuba nodding while still looking unhappy.
"It seemed like a good idea at the time," commented Karasuba with Naruto shaking his head.
"Many have said that and it always comes back to bite them in the ass in the end," replied Naruto with Karasuba looking like she wanted to slice into something.
Or someone.
"Yeah well I got weaker for it. Only through my time training for countless hours on end has allowed me to stay ahead of others in this stupid game," remarked Karasuba while she saw Naruto nodding in agreement.
"I sensed as much. Hence why I want to fix this problem between us," said Naruto with Karasuba frowning at him.
"How?" asked Karasuba since she didn't know of anyway to fix this problem.
"Simple. I wing you. I override your bond with the current Ashikabi you have with my own," answered Naruto with Karasuba looking at him like he was nuts.
"But that is...impossible!" exclaimed Karasuba with Naruto shaking his head.
"You would think so, but no. It is almost impossible. If a Sekirei is winged by their true Ashikabi, then it is impossible to undo the bond. But someone who forces a Sekirei into being winged is a different story. A forced winging of a Sekirei creates a bond at the most basic levels with their Ashikabi. It says, you work for me, and do what I say with the bond only growing in strength IF the Ashikabi's feelings for the Sekirei actually grow. Judging from what we've both seen, such a scenario is unlikely to happen anytime soon, or at all given the number of Sekirei being forcibly being winged while unable to fight at their full potential. Sadly, you are one among them," explained Naruto with Karasuba growling at him.
"Get to the point behind your explanation," demanded Karasuba angrily.
"The point behind all of this Karasuba, is that if someone like say myself, who is your actual Ashikabi is around, and were to say kiss you, I would in theory be able to override the weak bond with my own. The only question now is...do you still want to be winged by me?" finished Naruto with Karasuba marching up to him and looking the man right in the eyes.
"You realize if this is done, Minaka will find out, and be extremely pissed off with your screwing up his game?" questioned Karasuba with Naruto smirking.
"You make it sound like I still work for M.B.I. and for Minaka? I don't. And if you were really honest with yourself Karasuba...neither are you," said Naruto with the silver haired woman smirking back at him.
"Perhaps, but Minaka is very much insane and a sore loser when someone beats him at something. I have to question whether you are just as insane to challenge him and win in the end. Not only that, but if Minaka does learn of you going against him, and I'm sure he will soon enough...any Sekirei you've winged will be shut down," commented Karasuba since she suspected Minaka would have something like that in case every if not most of the Sekirei rebelled against him.
"Minaka won't do that," Naruto stated calmly while Karasuba raised an eyebrow at him.
"Oh?! And what makes you say that?" asked Karasuba curiously.
"Because if he did, I would storm M.B.I. without hestiation, and make his life miserable to the point where death would be a blessing when I got through with him," answered Naruto with the woman in front of him grinning an evil smile.
"I would be so angry and jealous if you did that. I wouldn't be able to join in on the fun," commented Karasuba while running a finger up and down Naruto chest.
"I know. But I think you are even angrier over the fact you are winged to a hated filled man who prefers the romantic company of other males. Want to change that while you have the chance? The offer is only happening here today and only offered once," replied Naruto with Karasuba's eyes flashing with a burning hunger in them and the smile she had was growling heavily.
"I want sex Naruto-kun. Lots and lots of sex. You owe me that much for the years I had to put up with that hate filled gay asshole who likes taking it up his asshole," demanded Karasuba passionately with Naruto smirking.
"On the grounds you don't kill the others or make the attempt to kill them in order to dominate the time spent with each one or Hinata-chan in the future, you have yourself a deal Kara-chan," said Naruto before grabbing the back of Karasuba's head and kissed her passionately on the lips.
It was in that very moment, everything spiraled into chaos for the Black Sekirei, and monitoring systems of M.B.I. regarding her status among the Sekirei population.
(M.B.I. HQ-At the Moment)
"Takami-sama! Takami-sama! Karasuba has just been...winged!" exclaimed one of the M.B.I. scientists in charge of watching things unfold with the Sekirei in general.
"What? How? That's impossible! Karasuba's Ashikabi is Natsuo," replied Takami while going over to where the man was and looking at the readout before going pale in the face at seeing the system showing the Black Sekirei's new Ashikabi.
Naruto.
"How is this possible? I thought Sekirei could only be winged once and have only one Ashikabi?! questioned the scientist with Takami frowning now in confusion.
"I don't know. Where is Karasuba and her new Ashikabi now?" asked Takami with the scientist trying to bring up their location, but found the tracking signal for Karasuba was somehow being scrambled.
"The system is having trouble. Something is jamming us. I'm trying to find out what, but the computer can't get a lock," replied the scientist with worry and confusion in his voice.
"Don't bother. If Naruto doesn't want to be found with Karasuba, he will ensure we don't find him no matter what technology we have at our command," ordered Takami with a sigh.
"Find his wife," ordered Minaka in a rare serious tone.
"What? Why Hinata?" asked Takami with Minaka frowning.
"Just do it," ordered Minaka with a frown on his face while watching the large screen in front of him showing Karasuba was no longer with Natsuo and therefore was no longer part of M.B.I. as a member of the Discipline Squad.
The biggest fang from his company's teeth had just been yanked out of its mouth.
"I found her! According to our monitoring system, she is currently in the Southern part of Shinto Teito, and is heading toward...Hayato Mikogami!" exclaimed the scientist.
"She's going to take out the Ashikabi of the South," commented Takami in shock.
"Deploy Benitsubasa and Haihane. They have orders to stop the woman no matter what," ordered Minaka with Takami looking worried since she knew Hinata was not someone you could simply stop no matter the number of Sekirei that were against her power.
"That won't stop her Minaka. It won't even slow her down," stated Takami with Minaka nodding.
"I know. But I can at least try to slow her down long enough for Mikogami to escape with some of his Sekirei rather then losing all of them. I will not have my game completely ruined by our old acquaintances," stated Minaka while the M.B.I. system went on alert when it showed one of Mikogami's Sekirei had been deactivated via Level 4.
'Even if they are deployed, it won't be fast enough,' thought Takami before three more Level 4 deactivations were shown on the screen.
(With Hinata)
The wife of Uzumaki Naruto walked with a purpose. She had no reason to hide herself outside of her ninja attire complete with Neko mask. The purpose of being here was to ensure Minaka's game hit a major setback. So much so that he would be unable to go into the next phase of his game. Hinata knew her husband well. She knew he loved each of his Sekirei very much. Almost as much as he loved her. It was why he had been so reluctant to wing Akitsu or the others and be intimate with each one. But Hinata knew in her heart that this was meant to be and it wasn't like Naruto had just cut her out of the picture like so many might do in his place. Far from it. If anything, Naruto had ensured she joined in at times to spice things up not only in their own marriage, but in the love life of his three Sekirei too.
Of course, given how things were no doubt happening now with overriding Karasuba's original winging with his own bond that was his to give by natural reaction, Hinata felt the need to correct herself in saying her husband now had four Sekirei. All single digits too!
Focusing on the task at hand rather then her husband's actions since getting involved in the Sekirei Plan thanks to Takami, Hinata had smashed the gate of the Hayato Mansion to pieces. It was a big gate for a big overall front yard with an equally big house. Of course, simply calling the Hayato Mansion a house was like calling Kyuubi a tiny nine tailed fox.
It simply wasn't true.
A house was a simple structure that was one story tall and could be a certain length and width depending on the overall landscape and space made available. In the case of the Hayato Mansion, the overall space around her would rival some semi-large parks. The Hayato Mansion itself was if one were to address the size of it in one word...huge! It had to be at least five stories tall in length, the width spanned roughly the width of the entire landscape surrounding it. From what Hinata was told about the Hayato family, it was at this point was very small in the form of numbers. Just the Mikogami, his parents, and a considerably large number of servants.
All of which were out of the country at the moment. The boy's parents were residing at the winter lodge in Switzerland to ski and decided to take the entire staff with them to wait on their every need while there. They left their son at home in Shinto Teito at the time with his slowly growing army of Sekirei. All under the belief they would take over for the staff in ensuring his protection as well as taking care of the massive house too until their return.
They clearly needed help in raising their overly spoiled son.
"Stop her!" exclaimed one Sekirei with sais in hand, who charged blindly at Hinata.
Only to be struck down by Hinata using Gentle Fist to hit her abdomen, her shoulder, and one harsh blow to the back that paralyzed the girl instantly before falling face first to the ground.
Hinata met the army of Sekirei with deadly precision. Each one went down hard and fast within a span of a few seconds. The long range fighting Sekirei couldn't hit her thanks to the Byakugan and the short range fighting Sekirei met their end with Gentle Fist. She left a trail of Level 4 deactivated Sekirei in her wake, some worse off then others, and when she entered the main hall of the house was met with one final Sekirei.
Sekirei #05 Mutsu.
"You should have taken Mikogami and fled," commented Hinata with Mutsu shaking his head.
"Impossible. Even if I wanted to, Mikogami-sama has ordered we defend him until the end here. As his Sekirei, we are obligated to obey," replied Mutsu before drawing his sword.
"Perhaps, but you know full well that your Ashikabi is as good as dead without one of you watching over him. The boy has everyone do everything for him on his command. He has no survival skills at all. Without you or his other Sekirei helping him do things he asks, the idiot will waste away into nothing," commented Hinata with Mutsu frowning.
"Perhaps, if you were joined by your husband, or his three Sekirei I would be concerned for my Ashikabi's safety. As things stand, I am confident I can hold my own against you Hinata-sensei," countered Mutsu before getting into his ready stance against her.
"We'll see. Oh and for the record, my husband has winged four Sekirei. Not three," said Hinata before her hands became covered in chakra.
"Four? Who is the fourth?" asked Mutsu with confusion and a hint of worry.
"Ironically enough...it is Karasuba," replied Hinata before she charged forward and her hands clashed with Mutsu's sword and sheathe.
"That's impossible! Karasuba was already winged prior to Naruto-sensei entering into the game," countered Mutsu while the woman in front of him moved gracefully to match his own.
"My husband has been known to make the impossible possible. You and the others know that better then anyone else," stated Hinata, as she dodged a sword slash with incredible flexibility, and matched his follow up kick with one of her own.
"I agree, but I did not believe he would be able to pull of such an impossible moment like that!" stated Mutsu while leaning back to dodge a slicing hand motion aimed at taking his head off.
"Many have said that. And many have paid the price for it in the end," remarked Hinata before she landed a hard kick to Mutsu's ribs that sent the Sekirei skidding back.
"I know. Word of Higa's demise and the truth behind how he died is well known to me despite the cover up," replied Mutsu while clutching his ribs where the kick from Hinata had struck.
"The plan will not last much longer. Karasuba is now with Naruto-kun. Mikogami's own Sekirei army is down to just you now. There is no point or reason to continue fighting me Mutsu," said Hinata while Mutsu considered her words.
"Yet you wish to harm Mikogami. As his Sekirei, I cannot allow it in any shape or form," said Mutsu with Hinata nodding with respect and understanding.
"The boy needs a wake up call. Simply taking all his Sekirei away isn't enough. He will constantly whine, complain, and act like the spoiled rich child we both know Mikogami is when not getting his way. The only way to put a stop to such idiocy in him is to knock it into him physically. The fact his parents refuse to do so on the grounds his etiquette teachers they pay to teach him manners will be successful in helping the brat their in the future. The fact he acts like a whiny brat means they aren't that good at what they are being paid to do," remarked Hinata before she moved faster then Mutsu could see and struck in the chest with an open palm that sent the Sekirei flying back deeper into the Hayato Mansion.
Gasping in pain, Mutsu saw Hinata walking toward him confidently, and he knew she had every right to walk toward him in such a manner. She was the same back when being first trained by her and Naruto in the arts that favored them. Mutsu's strength lay in his sword and the ground, but was weak against someone like Hinata, who could move as if she were water itself. Mutsu had never won against Hinata when he sparred with her just he never won against Naruto. No matter how strong he or the other Sekirei became, the two were always leagues ahead of them in terms of speed, strength, and skill.
"Smashing point!" exclaimed Mutsu while using his sheathe to make the ground around him quake and launch a small shockwave at Hinata.
"Kaiten!" exclaimed Hinata while using her clan's signature defense with the dome of charka smashing into the shockwave and knocking Mutsu further into a wall with enough force to leave an imprint of himself there.
Mutsu tried to get up, but the moment he did, his former sensei was upon him, and she was merciless in her assault. Each attack with her Gentle Fist pushed the male Sekirei deeper into the wall until finally one final strike sent the man right through it.
"You're as strong as ever Hinata-sensei," remarked Mutsu while gasping for breath.
"Naturally. Now if you'll excuse me, I have an appointment with your Ashikabi, and have to teach the child a lesson. A lesson his idiotic parents lack the strength to administer to their son themselves," replied Hinata while walking away from the down Sekirei without so much as a look back.
(With Mikogami-Moments Later)
The boy was cowering. Sniveling in terror with tears running down his face. Rightfully so when you consider the person in front of him had taken out all of his Sekirei without so much as breaking a sweat. While she was wearing a mask, Mikogami was sure her face was that of a scowl. One usually given by his parents and normally aimed at the servants when they did something wrong.
So why was he on the (assumed) receiving end of one?
"What did I do to you?" asked Mikogami worriedly.
"Me? Nothing. At least not on a personal level. But I do have a problem with the way you have been treating your Sekirei like they were toys or actions figures instead of people," replied Hinata while seeing the boy scowl slightly at her as if he was just had all his toys taken away while being told they weren't toys at all.
"That's what Sekirei are! The more I have for my collection the better chance I have of winning the game," complained Mikogami before he was violently backhanded in the face by Hinata.
"They aren't baseball cards or action figures you baka! They are people. People! They are living, breathing people, and you have the nerve to treat them like they are not even that!" exclaimed Hinata angrily while seeing the forming bruise and the slowly swelling face that Mikogami was now sporting.
"Sekirei aren't even human! Anything not human is lower then us! Sekirei are part of a game and are meant to serve us. Why should I care about how they are treated so long as they know their place beneath me?" questioned Mikogami despite his now swollen and bruised jaw making it hard to talk.
"That's hardly the point you idiot. And just because they aren't human doesn't make them lower then us. It is the other way around. Humans are the lower species here. The only real reason Sekirei don't control the planet is due to the number of humans and the fact Minaka messed with them using their own technology to prevent them from having any real freedom once the Sekirei Plan started," explained Hinata with Mikogami letting out a huff while holding his cheek and crying tears with a glare aimed at the woman.
Though Hinata was far from intimidated by it. She had seen stronger glares from stronger people.
"They are still meant to serve us. We are the only species around capable of keeping them alive. They need us in order to prevent their race from going extinct. So why not make them work for it?" countered Mikogami like he was trying to justify his actions.
Which resulted in another slap to the face with this particular strike hitting the other side of the boy's face.
"You spoiled child! You act all high and mighty because of the wealth of your parents. That anything and everything in this world can be yours no matter the price! You have no shame. No honor. You don't know what it means to scrape your hands, your knuckles, even your fingertips bloody from working hard. To sweat a third of your weight while trying to make something of yourself when others said it was a waste of time. You don't know what it means to face adversity so high, it would seem impossible at first glance. You don't know what it means to face someone who would take your life if you looked at them wrong for even an instant! You have had everything handed to you and don't know what it means to actually put in effort to get what you want!" exclaimed Hinata angrily while seeing a lot of her past in Mikogami.
Particularly the arrogance of the Hyuuga Clan Main family. She had seen how they acted with the Branch family being treated like slaves in all but name. How most of the Main family made the Branch family practically work themselves to the bone and punish them with the Cage Bird Seal even when they did everything that was asked. Most of the Main family in the time she had known them while growing up, had become fat, lazy, and often relied on the Branch family to do things for them.
This child was just like them in that regard. Letting others do things for him. Getting him a drink when thirsty. Some food when he was hungry. Picking out his clothes to wear for the day. Never once did Hayato Mikogami ever lift a finger, a hand, or any other part of his body for someone else unless he had to, and IF he benefitted from the act.
Hell, one could argue the brat had a little bit of the Uchiha Clan in him too!
"Why should I? I have money. I have wealth beyond what most could have in their entire life. Why should I have to work for anything I can easily make someone else get for me when I ask?" challenged Mikogami while still thinking he was in the right and this angry masked woman was talking crazy.
"Because you sniveling twist, money has no value against someone who has no use for it! Who does not want it! Who can survive in the world without a single piece of currency to their name. Like ME!" stated Hinata before she lashed out at the boy again with enough force to send Mikogami through the main living area they were in that the brat had hid in despite so many choices in the house to choose from.
Clearly the money his family had couldn't afford the child a brain that worked in all the right ways.
"Please! Please don't hurt me! I can give you whatever you want! Money? What about some expensive jewels? Women like jewels, right? My Mother has a whole case of them in her room. Take them! Take them all!" pleaded Mikogami while feeling Hinata getting even angrier.
"Why would I want anything you or your spoiled rich family owns?" questioned Hinata while Mikogami crawled away from her.
"You don't want my money. You don't want my family's jewels. And you have already taken all of my Sekirei away from me. Why are you still here?" questioned Mikogami with tears running down his swollen face.
"To finish making my point for when your stupidly rich parents come home," answered Hinata before she stomped on one of the brat's feet and made Mikogami whimper further in fear.
"Please no. I'm sorry! I won't hurt or mistreat anyone ever again! Please! Show mercy! Please!" pleaded Mikogami while seeing Hinata's hands become coated in chakra.
"Class is in session. Time to learn," remarked Hinata before she began wailing on the boy and his screams echoed throughout the mansion.
(Outside the Mansion)
"Uh...do you think we should stop her?" asked Haihane curiously while staring at the large house and looking around at all the downed Sekirei in front of her.
"We have our orders Haihane. We go in and smack this bitch around to show her why no one messes with M.B.I. and Sekirei as a whole," answered Benitsubasa firmly, but even she was a little shaken up by the sight of so many Sekirei on the ground.
"Still...I vote we wait until all of the screaming stops," remarked Haihane while hearing the boy's cries, screams, and pleading from inside the house with the sound of the beating the Hyuuga was giving him following such things.
(With Naruto and Karasuba-At the Moment)
The sound of flesh smacking flesh echoed throughout the rooftop. Clothing was torn or scattered throughout the area. A sword lay scattered on the ground and a trench coat with the Sekirei symbol hanging off an air conditioner system. Pieces of clothing consisting of a skirt, skin tight shirt, and panties lay about destroyed beyond repair. Clothing consisting of pants, shirt, and boxers belonging to a man were also scattered about as well though the shirt had been ripped into two halves.
And in the center of this carnage of scattered clothing were two people. Both sweating up a storm and kissing each other passionately for hours.
"Yes! Yes! This is what I have longed for with you sensei! So big! So deep! I could never have this with that gay asshole Natsuo! Fuck me harder!" exclaimed Karasuba while on her back, clutching onto Naruto as he pounded into her pussy, and showing the mentally scarred woman what it was like to be embraced in such a way.
"That's right Kara-chan. You are mine! Not Natsuo's. Not Minaka's. Me! You belong to ME! Mine to kiss! Mine to touch! Mine to fuck!" replied Naruto while emphasizing what was his in regards to Karasuba's body with each hard thrust into it.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! YEEEEESSSSS!" exclaimed Karasuba, as she came hard yet again from her Ashikabi's actions, and moaned heavily from the feeling of his seed spilling into her body.
"Damn Kara-chan, you have been neglected for too long. Minaka was an idiot to put you with a fruit like Natsuo. Keeping you on the edge between being weak and strong was just plain stupid on his part," remarked Naruto while resting his head on her chest and feeling the woman underneath him practically purring with joy.
"Agreed. I haven't felt this good...this happy since...well never. Now that I have you as my Ashikabi, I feel stronger then ever, and I can take on any Sekirei in this game. Even Miya," whispered Karasuba into his ear and nibbled on it to tell him she wanted more.
"You weren't kidding when you wanted lots of sex," remarked Naruto while letting out a chuckle of amusement.
"I have wanted you for years sensei. Years! I haven't touched a man much less myself like this. Ever! I am so backed up with desire and love for you that I have nearly gone insane from it," replied Karasuba before biting harshly on his ear while moving her hips against him.
"I suppose I am partially to blame for that. Allow me to help correct this...problem you have been having regarding your sexual desires," said Naruto before he felt his little him rise again through Karasuba's actions.
"You are coming home late tonight. I won't let you stop screwing me today until neither of us has any energy left," commented Karasuba before she flipped them around so she was on top and began to ride him.
"I can live with that," replied Naruto while grabbing one of her breasts and giving it a loving grope while Karasuba continued to ride the man underneath her.
(At M.B.I. HQ)
Minaka frowned further at what he was seeing. All of Mikogami's Sekirei had been taken down and Mikogami himself was sent to a hospital in critical condition. It was a major blow to his game. His game. Not only that, but both remaining members of the Discipline Squad according to the stats were in critical condition to the point where if they stayed any longer they would taken down via Level 4 deactivation. He had hoped they would get there in time to stop Hinata from taking down everyone of Mikogami's Sekirei, including Mutsu.
Sadly, his hopes were dashed when the M.B.I. computer system showed the number of Sekirei winged by Mikogami went from an impressive twenty something down to zero. Even now, M.B.I. troops were being deployed with Takami to recover them all, and were almost there if what he was seeing from the live camera feed on Takami's head was now showing.
As for the issue regarding Karasuba becoming Naruto's newest Sekirei like Minaka knew she was always meant to be all those years ago, he was quite tempted to flip the switch to deactivate his former dog of his company, and even the other three single digit numbered Sekirei that Naruto had winged. Doing such a cruel act, if only to spite his former friend, ally, and acquaintance during his time forming M.B.I. after finding the Sekirei's space ship. But as his hand instinctively moved toward that part of the computer terminal to put into the pass codes, the thumb print, the eye recognition, facial recognition, and several other security sequences to bring up the means to do it...the man found himself pausing.
Hesitating.
Even now, his warped psychotic mind was hesitant to do what every ounce of his body said he should do, and only because Minaka knew such an act was signing his own death warrant. Naruto would not hold back in coming here. Come to his company HQ to see him. To kill him. To make every moment of every second spent with the former ninja a Hell onto itself.
And the man's wife? Minaka shuddered what would happen if and when she got her own hands on the mad man. He knew Hinata had also grown attached to the Sekirei almost as much as Naruto did since they brought her husband a great deal of happiness. Minaka had theorized these Sekirei he winged reminded the seemingly young man about the other women in his past life. Those that loved him and were lost to him by the hands of death before Naruto could enjoy embracing their love.
If Minaka took them all away, Naruto's heart would be deeply scarred, bleeding heavily from within his very soul, and would no doubt lash out at the one responsible for making such wounds possible. It would make his enemy more beast then man. More monster then beast even. All that stood in front of Naruto should he become said monster would be destroyed. Annihilated. No form of physical remains to bury much less see scatter to the winds.
In truth, Minaka knew these four Sekirei were at this very moment the only thing keeping Naruto, and his wife Hinata from storming M.B.I. to kill him. And Minaka knew they had wanted to kill him for his past actions regarding the Sekirei. Hell, they wanted to kill the man, if only to end his personal game he had been secretly planning to setup since day one when the Sekirei's crashed space ship had been found.
It was to be his personal game. This game was meant to be his little itch he had deep down always wanted to scratch. His game where pitting an entire species against itself to see who among them would win for his amusement. The man had wanted to see what it would be like as an all powerful individual who could command others as if he were an actual God.
Who would have thought the great Hiroto Minaka had a God complex?
In any case, Minaka knew he had no such power to stop Naruto from crushing him if he decided to shut down his Sekirei. As much as it pained Minaka to admit this, if only to himself...he had no choice but to allow things to play out as they did.
And it was surprisingly annoying.
And Hiroto Minaka hate being annoyed at this stage of his game as well as life. He was a God in this city. His word was law! Should be law! Yet these two people he had known for years, who had helped him from the beginning before parting ways, were usurping him simply because of moral ethics. Ha! Those two had killed countless people, brutally ended lives, and even destroyed their own era they were from because the people of the time showed their true colors.
Uzumaki Naruto and his wife Uzumaki Hyuuga Hinata had no business showing him that he was wrong based on ethics alone.
"Takami, report on the status of Sekirei #104 and Sekirei #105," commanded Minaka in a rare serious tone.
"Both are alive. They weren't deactivated, but damn near close to it," answered Takami while Minaka was silent for a moment.
"Bring them back and get their injuries fixed," ordered Minaka since he would need those two alive and in fighting shape.
"I already did. The clean up crew is working overtime to collect the Sekirei lying around the Hayato Mansion. We also need to treat the boy inside of his injuries before they leave any long lasting damage," said Takami while Minaka scoffed at the idea of helping the spoiled child.
"Ignore him. Drop his body off at the nearest hospital and return with the deactivated Sekirei immediately," ordered Minaka since Mikogami's use in his game had ended the moment Mutsu was taken out by Hinata.
"I know you Minaka. What are you going to do regarding Naruto-san and Hinata-san?" asked Takami since she wasn't sure what Minaka was going to do in retaliation.
Only that there would be retaliation.
"Unfortunately, as much as I would like to retaliate against them for this action...I can't," admitted Minaka with Takami on the other end looking surprised.
"What do you mean you can't?" questioned Takami since she knew Minaka has his own mean streak despite how crazy and stupid the man was at times.
"Simply put, I can't punish them like I normally would anyone else. We both know if I tried, the two would storm M.B.I. within seconds, and use their powers to put me on the brink of death. Remember, all the Sekirei now left are still tied to my life-force tying me to them via their crests thanks to the alien nano machines used during their adjustments. They can easily put me literally an inch away from death's door and keep my life in a state of suspended animation and agonizing pain before freeing the Sekirei from such a threat to their person. I don't know about you Takami-chan, but I would rather not have them do anything to me anytime soon," replied Minaka with Takami sighing since she knew it was true regarding Naruto and Hinata.
"And what happens when they both decide to stop waiting for you to make your move or realize you can't before they decide to finish the job?" asked Takami with Minaka going silent for a second.
"The only thing I can do Takami-chan. I will simply have to fight them with what I have left under my command," answered Minaka while hearing the woman groan at him for being stupid.
Again!
"At this rate, you won't have anything left when the inevitable confrontation occurs!" Takami almost yelled into her phone.
"We'll see," commented Minaka since he knew plans to counter the two would have to be implemented soon.
Provided there were any plans he could come up with to stop them. Minaka for all his crazy brilliance had never even considered Naruto or Hinata going against him. They had stayed away from M.B.I. business after Minaka had made the company strong enough to stand on its own without them. It was an agreement that had worked out for both sides and no one had made waves for either party involved up until this point. The only thing that had no been expected was Naruto becoming an Ashikabi and getting involved in the Sekirei Plan to this degree. Of course Minaka knew Naruto could be a potential Ashikabi to the Sekirei if the past reaction Kazehana and Karasuba had were any indication. The latter of which he secretly intervened upon in order to prevent his bloodthirsty dog from being properly leashed by M.B.I. when the game started. When Naruto and Hinata left the company, Minaka had actually breathed a sigh of relief since neither had winged a single Sekirei despite the possibilities that could have happened had they stayed.
Oh sure, Naruto's entrance into the game was an exciting twist Minaka loved at first, but that soon changed when Naruto winged two single digit numbered Sekirei following his own winging of the Scrapped Number Akitsu. The blonde had become too powerful in having three single digit Sekirei, one of which was one with the Discipline Squad the Uzumaki had first trained. Minaka had not expected Naruto to gain any high level Sekirei outside of Akitsu and the fact the Uzumaki was a force of nature unto himself was also something to make the Game Master worried.
Even if all of his Sekirei were taken out now, Naruto would still come to M.B.I. with a purpose, and kill the man for his actions. Minaka maybe bat shit crazy, but he wasn't stupid, and knew M.B.I. could not fight off something like Naruto or his wife Hinata for that matter. They had the power to appear practically anywhere, kill you within less then a second, and just simply vanish the next second before showing up somewhere else seemingly hundreds of miles away with a perfect alibi if ever questioned.
In truth...Minaka realized he was powerless in every sense of the word.
And he was going to face the wrath of two very powerful God like entities soon enough.
(A/N: YAY! I updated. Yes Karasuba is now part of Naruto's Sekirei harem. Many of you were hoping that would happen and I merely granted your wish. I came up with a pretty good excuse too for the winging to occur. I felt that forced that a forced winging would forge weak stability in the bond made. That while it is the most basic and weakest kind of bond around, it can be overridden by another. Provided that the other person is in fact the one a Sekirei was suppose to be winged by and they know it. Naruto knows that Karasuba was suppose to be his Sekirei in this fic and knows her Ashikabi is not exactly the ideal person to be winged too. Not to say that being gay is a bad thing mind you, but Natsuo is a man who is filled with hate, doesn't like hot attractive women since he is gay, and well...let's face it he's kind of a polar opposite of what a female Sekirei is looking for in the form of their destined one. Just saying. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and how Hinata did a little of her own personal ass kicking since some of you wanted her to dominate an all out brawl. Until next time...PEACE!)