*I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE MENTIONED ANIME NOR ITS CHARACTERS*

Speech: "Home is where the heart is."

Thoughts: 'Can i really go through with this?'

Whispering: "I will do anything and everything I can do to help."

Chapter 14: Bonds

As Issei and friends were at the Kawakami Hotel bath as the sun had set, slowly becoming night, Rias had seen such a depressed look on Koneko's face when she usually doesn't show much emotion at all.

"What's the matter?" Asked Rias as she sat next to her rook Devil Piece in the warm, soothing bath water with her red hair tied up with a towel sitting atop her head. "Is something troubling you?" Rias had then seen Koneko slowly nod her head.

"It's Nee-san." Replied Koneko. Causing Rias to change her facial expression.

"Ara, your older sister." Replied Akeno as she as well got in the bath with her two comrades. "From what I understand, she's a highly wanted Devil in the underworld for killing her master."

"That's right." Replied Koneko. "Thought I never understood why she did nor the reason why I was nearly executed at such a young age."

"Either way.." Chimed in Rias. "Even though it is our duty to make sure she pays for the many crimes she's committed, including killing her previous master. We all will make sure that she will never touch you."

"B-Buchou…"

"She's right you know. We can't have anything happen to our adorable little kouhai now can we?" Asked Akeno. "Even Issei won't allow anything bad happen to you, even though you put him through your 'Rigorous' reform training." Koneko's eyes had suddenly widen at a image of Issei in his Balance Breaker appeared in her head.

"He needed it." Said Koneko, causing Rias and Akeno to chuckle.

"I admit that it's kind of better having him less perverted, not that I minded. It was just a lot to deal with previously." Said Rias as she had sighed and slowly begun to sweatdrop.

"Oh? So does that mean you admit defeat and will hand over Issei to me?" Teased Akeno. Both Akeno and Koneko had seen Rias rise up out of the bath, letting the soothing water roll over her beautiful body and down her slim stomach.

"As if Akeno! Issei is mine!" Replied Rias. Koneko had then seen Akeno rising up out of the water as well. As Akeno and Rias were bickering about who Issei 'belonged' to, Koneko had looked down at the water to see a small reflection of herself then had smiled. Even though Rias and the others weren't her real family, she thought of them as if they were. The only question she wanted to ask Kuroka was why did she do what she did. Then her head was filled with sudden flashbacks of Kuroka's hands being covered in blood while a blood splatter was upon her left cheek.

Kanzaki Residence

"This is so boring!" Said Benitsubasa as she was slouched on their couch as Haihane was watching her favorite television show, family feud.

"The hell are you on about?" Asked Haihane.

"When's Antonio coming back home…?" Asked Benitsubasa, causing Haihane to sigh as she knew what was going to follow. Miya was happily humming in the kitchen as she was preparing dinner.

"Is dinner almost ready?" Asked Karasuba as she had seen Miya started to cut some veggies.

"In a little bit." Replied Miya. "But you know, we don't start until Kanzaki-san has returned safely to us." Karasuba raised her eyebrow at Miya's sudden statement. "W-What is it?" Miya had then seen Karasuba had her mischievous smirk on her face.

"Oh nothing, I just think it's adorable how much you worry for him like you are a newlywed." Replied Karasuba, causing a light pink blush to emerge on Miya's face. As all of their ears perked up they had all heard the door opening and closing.

"Everybody, I'm back!" Announced Antonio, causing Benitsubasa to jump off the couch and dash towards him.

"Welcome h…"

"Welcome home Antonio-sama!" Benitsubasa had seen Musubi jumped from the stairs into his arms.

"Musubi that's dangerous." Said Antonio. He had then seen Musubi tilting her head in curiousity.

"Hmmm? What's dangerous?" Asked Musubi innocently, causing Antonio to sigh as he patted the top of her head.

"Come on Antonio, let's eat dinner already." Said Benitsubasa as she grabbed Antonio's arm.

"Come on, don't pull on my arm like that." Said Antonio as he felt Benitsubasa walking him to the kitchen by him arm as Musubi followed behind. "Speaking of which, what's for dinner?" Asked Antonio.

"I want to know as well, I'm starving!" Said Saki as she stretched her arms and yawned while sitting down in a chair.

"Cover your mouth while you yawn Shinobi-chan." Said Yahan as she sat down next to Saki. "Yawn's are very contagious." Antonio had seen Miya, with the assistance from Yashima and Nanami lay down a plate of premium steak, mashed potatoes with butter and vegetables.

"Everything looks amazing Miya!" Said Antonio causing Miya to blush profoundly.

"W-Well it wasn't anything too hard. As long as I can receive your compliments, that makes me happy." Said Miya as she tilted her head and smiled as she had took her seat once all the food was handed out to everyone.

"Itadakemasu!" Said everyone before they had started to dig in. Miya had carefully watched Antonio cut up a portion of his steak and watched him raise his fork to his mouth. She then had seen the positive facial expression on her husband's face as he was chewing then eventually swallowed his food.

"Just what I'd expect from an amazing cook." Said Antonio, causing Miya's face to turn lite red. "Here Kuu, let me cut it for you, I don't want you hurting yourself." Antonio had then grabbed and then started to cut Kuu's steak into pieces big enough for her to eat.

"Hehe, Thank you Oniichan." Said Kuu. Antonio had seen how adorable she is and had simply petted her atop her head.

"You've sure adapted to your new big brother role pretty good. Tonio-niisan." Teased Yukari. She had then seen Kuu shaking her head up and down.

"Mmhm, Kuu loves her Oniichan!" Said Kuu with a smile on her face which made Yukari smile in turn. After Akitsu had swallowed the food that was in her mouth after chewing, she had gently wiped her mouth with a napkin.

"Still, who would've thought you were a descendant of the man who saved the Sekirei race long ago." Said Yume. "Maybe I didn't need to bestow those powers to you.~" Yume teased.

"T-That's not true Yume!" Replied Antonio. Before he started to speak, eyes slowly started to drift towards him. "I am more than thankful for what you did for me, because without your gift, I couldn't have done what I did and that was save those whose hearts were hurt and in need of saving." As Antonio was talking, the visage of someone from his past, Higa appeared having his cold, heartless facial expression which made him ball up is fist underneath the table.

"Oniichan?"

"I wouldn't have been able to be with everyone here, meet all of you and see the wonderful personalities you have." Said Antonio. Then he had a sudden flashback to where Higa pulled out his handgun, but with his hand to hand combat training, Antonio had made Higa's arm bend inwards as if he was pointing the gun to himself. "I admit I didn't know what to make of the Sekirei at first, but meeting you all. I know that it was destined that we would be together, and Yume, I thank you for allowing me to create these bonds with my Sekirei."

"Well I'm only partially to thank." Replied Yume. "It was your willingness to help Sekirei that gave you the drive to do what you did. It was your determination to stick to your promise to help end the S-Plan that Minaka created and allowed this generation to be able to live without the fear of the death tournament looming over them." Said Yume.

"She's right you know." Said Haihane. "If some of us hadn't have met and interacted with you, we would've been living a lie by staying with an Ashikabi who wouldn't give us the time of day."

"Or some of us would be left to wonder why their Ashikabi would abandon them." Chimed in Nanami.

"Or even still have an Ashikabi that would abuse us physically, emotionally,and all of the above. Leaving us unable to do anything as we sit in despair." Said Yashima.

"Worse, having to be under the command of a man who would have us kill our own kind without hesitation." Said Kaiha. "Even though we are Sekirei…"

"We had no intention to kill our own kind." Chimed In Juusa. "We were forced to because of Minaka who was formerly in charge of MBI because of his sick, twisted desires to watch us fight one another to the death." After Juusa finished speaking, silence filled the air.

"Due to your actions and your promise, you were able to give me not only my wings, but you were able to give me hope." Said Akitsu. "You gave me a reason to live on, and for that Antonio, I can never thank you enough for your kindness so I try to do so by doing whatever you ask without question or hesitation." Said Akitsu as she tilted her head and smiled warmly.

"Akitsu…"

"You gave us a something that wasn't thought possible until death." Said . "A chance to start anew." Said Toyotama.

"You even went as far as to help rescue Chiho from the Ashikabi of the East." Said Uzume as she had a playful grin on her face. "Now if that isn't love, then I shouldn't be considered a being a Sekirei." Teased Uzume, causing Chiho's face to slowly turn red.

"Kuu think's Oniichan is the best there is." Said Kuu with an adorable look on her face.

"Not only did you keep your promise." Said Karasuba. "Hehe, you even changed some of us, probably for the better." Karasuba's eyes had then turned to Miya which made the Black Sekirei smirk.

"Tsukiumi?" Minato had then felt his water Sekirei Tsukiumi wrapping her right arm with his left arm.

"You have changed me as well Minato. My goal was to be the strongest, it still is but now. N-Now, protecting you is my top priority." Said Tsukiumi with a mad blush on her face as she steadily looked upon Minato's face.

"My goal is to protect you to the very end as well Minato." Said Tsurara. "Don't let Tsukiumi hog all the spotlight."

"She's right! That's our goal as well!" Said Oriha with Katsuragi nodding her head as she continued eating and chewing her food.

"Our as well Yukari-san." Said Shi. "If you'll allow it, please use our bodies however you see fit." Shiina nodded in agreement, which caused Yukari's nose to feel a bit warm.

'Knowing Yukari she's going to take that statement the complete wrong way.' Antonio thought to himself as he sighed.

"So you see…" Said Miya gaining Antonio's attention. "Without your drive and willingness, Sekirei wouldn't be able to live in peace." Said Miya. Antonio had then looked over at Minato to see Tsurara rubbing her head against Minato's arm which caused Tsukiumi to have a vein pop up on the side of her head.

'You call that peace?.' Antonio thought to himself.

"Miya-san is right! We are all thankful for you for allowing us to live the lives we have now." Said Musubi with a serious look in her eyes. "You are our hero and that will never change! It wasn't a mistake that the bonds we have with you was formed. Until we are unable to move, we will keep on fighting for you!" As all of Antonio's Sekirei nodded, Antonio had slowly smiled.

"Thanks guys." Replied Antonio as he scratched the back of his head. "That means alot coming from you all."

Beyond The Wings Of Fate

After a delicious dinner, everybody had taken a nice, warm bath and then headed to bed. Everyone had slept comfortably, except Antonio who kept tossing and turning with a warm sweat. He opened his eyes and shot up at the sound of his phone alerting him to an incoming text message which he grabbed and unlocked his Iphone. After skimming over a text message from Ageha, he gotten out of bed and gotten on his clothes that were simply a pair of gray sweatpants and a black t-shirt.

'I need to take a walk, try to get some fresh air.' Antonio thought to himself as he walked towards his door, opened it, and quietly closed it as he silently made his way to the front door of their giant home. As he finally made it outside, he didn't know that he was being watched by a certain Nekomata. Antonio had walked down the sidewalk while being tangled within his thoughts.

'It wasn't a mistake that the bonds we have with you was formed. Until we are unable to move, we will keep on fighting for you!' As he remembered Musubi's words, the faces of Kaho, Akitsu, Hikari and Hibiki, along with all of his other Sekirei even his family and Chiho appeared in his mind.

'You're nothing… But a mistake.' Those words haunted him as he continued his stroll in the moonlit sky.

"Ara, what has you looking so down, nya?" Antonio's head jerked up and started looking in different directions. "Over here, nya." Antonio had looked up to see Kuroka sitting on a ledge with her legs crossed.

"Ah! You're…" As Antonio was trying to speak, he had seen Kuroka safely hopping down from the ledge she was sitting on.

"Kuroka, the name is Kuroka, nya." Replied Kuroka. "I wanted to say congratulations on your fight, nya."

"You seen that?" Replied Antonio. "Thanks I suppose." Said Antonio. He then had seen Kuroka slowly approaching him.

"But of course, nya! You were really, something out there." Said Kuroka as her cat ears twitched.

'Black cat ears, and her face, why does she look, so familiar?' Antonio had thought to himself, but before any other thought occur, Kuroka had a smirk on her face. "W-What?"

"Those eyes of yours." Replied Kuroka. Antonio had then seen Kuroka playfully covering up her cleavage. "Seems to be undressing me, staring at my body, pervert, nya~." Said Kuroka in a seductive tone of voice as she removed her hand to reveal her cleavage once more.

"W-W-What?! I t-think there happens to be a mis…" Antonio had then felt Kuroka pressing her boobs against his toned chest, letting him feel his heartbeat.

"Actually, I have a request of you, Shiro-kun, nya." Said Kuroka as she slowly guided her index finger in a circular motion on Antonio's chest as she had pushed him to the wall.

"A request?" Said Antonio curiously. He had then seen Kuroka nodding her head.

"Firstly, my name is Kuroka as I have said before nya. I am a Nekomata, which is a cat-like species of youkai." Antonio had then looked at Kuroka's black cat ears and had seen them twitched. "Secondly, me and my beloved little sister are the only ones left of my species, which is a variant of the Nekomata called Nekoshou."

"Nekoshou?" Said Antonio in a curious tone of voice.

"Yes nya." Replied Kuroka. "Nekoshou are a special variant of Nekomata and are the strongest amongst their type. They also can master both Youjutsu and Senjutsu as well nya."

"You said you and your sister are the only ones left of your species right?" Asked Antonio, only to receive a head nod from Kuroka. "Ok, so what about this request you wanted to ask me." Said Antonio. He then had seen Kuroka lean in closer almost as if she was going to steal his lips but instead brought her lips to his ears.

"I want you to mate with me, nya." Said Kuroka softly.

"Excuse me? I'm not sure I heard you right." Replied Antonio as he had seen Kuroka moving her head away from his ear.

"I said I want you to mate with me, nya." Said Kuroka. "Did you hear that time?"

"Loud and clear." Replied Antonio as he had sweatdropped.

"Good, nya." Said Kuroka as she had used her tail to slowly rub against his dickprint in his sweats which more than impressed her. "There's a reason why I want to mate with a man as strong as yourself."

"Which is?" Asked Antonio sarcastically.

"Because you are strong, nya." Replied Kuroka. "Because you are the strong man I'm looking for, I believe that my kind, the Nekoshou will thrive once more if we were to have children together." Said Kuroka. Antonio kept replaying her words over and over in his head about him being strong, when deep down only he knew the truth. He had then gulped at the sight of Kuroka teasing him by slowly using her index finger to slowly pull part of her kimono to the side to reveal her areola as she brushed her beautiful, voluptuous body against him.

"You're definitely pretty." Said Antonio causing Kuroka to giggle a bit.

"Hehe, thank you, nya." Replied Kuroka with her hazel-gold cat eyes. She then had felt Antonio's strong hands gently push her off of him.

"But if you were to truly know about me, you would know I'm not as strong as everybody believes me to be.." Replied Antonio. "About the revival of your species, I understand what you are saying about wanting it to not be extinct, but at least make sure it's with somebody you genuinely have feelings for, not because of their strength." As Antonio said this, he had seen Kuroka step back a few steps and turned around to have her back facing him.

"You know, we are similar you and I, nya." Said Kuroka.

"In what sense?" Replied Antonio curiously. As Kuroka had her back to Antonio, she had grinned to herself as if she was thinking of something, plotting.

"In the sense that our pasts have come to haunt us in the present and they are somewhat similar." Replied Kuroka, causing Antonio's eyes to widen as she hopped up to a nearby ledge.

"Wait what do you mean by that?" Asked Antonio. He had then seen Kuroka turning around and placed her index fingers on her lips.

"That'll have to wait until our next encounter, Shiro-kun, nya." Replied Kuroka. She then had pointed her index and middle finger down as she was then enveloped in a black like smoke. "Until next time, nya." With that, she had vanished from his sight, leaving him to wonder, did she experience something similar to him when she was younger. As Kuroka teleported herself away from Antonio, the painful memories of their father abandoning them was visible in her head, along with the memories of how she became a rank SS wanted Devil. Nobody but her knows the truth of how a simple misunderstand became a life altering event.

Beyond The Wings Of Fate

'Why does it feel like… I'm being weighed down?' Antonio thought to himself as his eyes were still closed as he was in the process of waking up. As he slowly opened his seemingly heavy eyes, the sunlight from the outside filled his room as he had seen Musubi who was wearing nothing but an unbutton shirt and white panties straddle him while she looked him in the eyes.

"Goodmorning Antonio-sama!" Said Musubi in her usual cheerful tone of voice.

"M-Musubi? What are you doing?" Asked Antonio. He had then seen Musubi tilted her head while placing her index finger on her bottom lip.

"Well I wanted to train with you but you were still asleep. So I thought I'd be a good Sekirei and wait until you woke up." Said Musubi as she fist pumped the air, causing the left side of her unbutton shirt to reveal Musubi's boob, but also, it revealed Musubi's Sekirei Symbol on her stomach that was like Miya's which was almost halfway completed. "So let's get a m… U-Umm Antonio-sama?"

"Y-Yes Musubi?" Replied Antonio.

"I think, you're poking me with something really hard." Said Musubi with a deep blush on her face as her and Antonio had both sat in silence, but not for very long.

Outside

"Ara, what's on Chiho-chan?" Asked Mizuki as she had seen Kuu sitting in Chiho's lap while the rest of Antonio's Sekirei were doing stretches in very spacious backyard.

"Seems as If they are all going to get ready to train together." Replied Chiho, with Kuu nodding in agreement.

"Ohhhh." Said Mizuki as she sat down on a stair that led out to the backyard next to Chiho while Minato's and Yukari's Sekirei decided to do their own 'Special' kind of training with their Ashikabi.

"Ahh Antonio." Said Akitsu with a tone of happiness in her voice as she had seen her husband enter the backyard after hugging his mother and kissing Chiho before patting Kuu on the head. Both Matsu and Kocho had sat on both sides of Chiho, Kuu and Mizuki while on their computers with camera attachments point out to Antonio and the rest of his Sekirei.

"Oi Matsu, Kocho, what's up with the cameras?" Asked Antonio curiously. He had seen both of his Wisdom Sekirei push up their glasses to their face.

"There still isn't a lot we know about you recent transformation Kanzaki-tan." Said Matsu. "We were hoping to get some valuable data from this special training session."

"So that is why we have these camera here." Said Kocho. "These specialized cameras will record every move you make regardless of the speed in which you move, so please do not hesitate to slow down for our sake."

"Alright, I can handle that." Said Antonio. "So you all want to train against 'that' form?" He had seen all of his Sekirei nod their heads.

"Yes! Please!" Said Kaho with fierce determination in her eyes, along with the rest of his Sekirei. As Antonio slowly took off his glasses, he had then tossed the glasses over to Kuu who managed to catch them no problem.

"Ok, here goes." Said Antonio as his hazel eyes changed to his crimson cat like eyes. He slowly closed them, allowing bits of debris to levitate upwards, then as soon as he opened his eyes, he became enveloped in his white aura which had then dissipated into a white light. The white aura had then started to build up behind him in the shape of an orb.

[Play Song: XYZ - Rika Matsumoto]

As the light faded away from his body, it had revealed his (Sekirei King Form) extended white hair, yellow face tattoo, pointy ears white top with black lines, black pants and black shoes. The orb behind him suddenly bursted him, then had placed his black Sekirei symbol on the back of his top.

"Mizuki-san? What's wrong?" Asked Chiho as her and Kuu had seen Antonio's mother sulking by having her hands and knees on the ground as if she was looking for something.

"What happened to my pure, non face tattoo son!" Said Mizuki causing both Chiho and Kuu to sweatdrop.

"Here I come Antonio-sama!" Said Musubi with an excited tone of voice. As she had seen Antonio simply nod his head, she launched herself at him and had jumped in the air, doing somersaults as she had descended down upon him. He had just simply extended his arm outwards and block Musubi's punch just by letting it hit the palm of his hand. The force of the contact was enough to make everyone's clothes flow in the raging wind. "Nice block Antonio-sa…" Musubi had stopped as she had seen Kaho coming in with her Naginata.

"Not fair Kaho!" Said Musubi as she pouted while seeing Kaho thrusting blade of her weapon towards Antonio who just dodged each thrust just by tilting his body in a different direction. Matsu and Kocho were getting good quality video as they had seen that each of his Sekirei, one by one started taking turns attacking Antonio.

"Wind Fire Dragon!" As Kagari and Kazehana were in the air, with their arms pointed down towards Antonio, unleashing their newly made attack which is just one Kagari's basic attacks boosted by Kazehana's wind. Antonio had simply countered by sending a pressurized shot of air towards the attack, as the two attacks met mid-air, a loud boom sound was the result that made Kagari and Kazehana squint their eyes due to the shockwave. Kuruse had simply raised her arm up in the sky to conjure up one of her infinite tridents that appeared from a yellow goldish like portal.

"Haaa!" As Kuruse lowered her arm, the trident zoomed towards Antonio. He had seen then and had performed a handstand, letting the sharp part of the trident pass as he kicked the weapon up towards the sky. Antonio had then jumped up after it but he felt something weird after he held onto the weapon. It was as if he already knew how to use and wield it properly even though today would be the first time he ever actually got to old one of Kuruse's tridents. As he descended to the ground, he had seen, Juusa, Toyotama, Nanami, Yashima and Kaiha charging at him. He twirled the trident over head and readied it up and started defending against his Sekirei's onslaught of attacks.

'This is weird.' Antonio thought to himself as he could see sparks fly from the clashing of the different weapons. 'Why do I already know how to fight with one of Kuru-chan's tridents?' With one hand gripped onto the trident, he swung around with it in a circle, forcing all of his Sekirei who attacked him to guard but the force was enough to leave cuts on their clothes. As they skidded away from him, he tossed the trident up in the air which had then vanished. Haihane and Benitsubasa teamed up to try to catch Antonio off guard but had managed to dodge some close calls. He admitted that their teamwork was astounding as he was dodging slashes from Haihane and kicks from Benitsubasa.

"Why can't I land a hit on him?!" Yelled Benitsubasa. She had then seen Haihane landed next to her after kicking off of Antonio, somersaulting in the air.

"Probably because your boobs are slowing you down." Said Haihane after she snickered at the sight of Benitsubasa's chest bouncing in her white, red and pink kimono, causing a vein to appear on the side of her head.

"That's such bullshit and you know it Haihane!" Replied Benitsubasa. "Besides your boobs are bigger than mines!"

"Glad you finally decided to admit it." Replied Haihane, causing Benitsubasa to crack her knuckles which in turn caused Antonio to sweatdrop.

"Hey Antonio!" Antonio turned his head to see Saki, Yahan, Yomi, Ikki, Natsu and Uzume all charging in towards him. To avoid the sharpness of their weapons, he read each of their moves carefully and dodged them accordingly. He even got a chance to acrobatically flip in the air as Yomi chased after him with her scythe.

"This 'training' has got me wanting you to train me after this~."Said Yomi as she licked her bottom lip as she raised her scythe and begun to slash at him furiously which caused Antonio's eyes to move rapidly as to see where Yomi's attack would end up.

'There!' Antonio had grabbed Yomi's wrist which made her gasp out while having a blush on her face as he took her scythe from her. As they all descended from the sky and landed to the ground, Antonio felt a flurry of images all hit his brain at once which consisted of how to use the scythe weapon properly without harming himself. He had then seen Yahan, Ikki, Natsu and Uzume charging at him while Yomi sat on the ground, indulging herself in another one of her masochist fantasies. Antonio kicked the scythe up and started swinging it around, dealing out attacks while also defending himself.

'Hmmm, so he can use Sekirei based weapons like it's natural to him.' Matsu thought to herself before jotting down some notes on her laptop while her camera is recording everyone's training.

'Just looking at him go is pretty amazing.' Chiho thought to herself as she had seen Antonio handle Yomi's scythe with ease as she could see sparks fly from contact with one of Natsu's throwing knives. Sometimes she would still find herself in amazement at the fact that her boyfriend was the one who managed to save her life. Antonio stuck Yomi's scythe in the ground and walked a few steps forward, then he found himself encased in ice.

"Ice Prison." Said Akitsu as she had simply raised her arm towards Antonio, conjuring seemingly thick ice to trap him. Her eyes slightly widen at the sight of her Ice Prison cracking with bits of debris falling to the ground, next thing she knew, Antonio had managed to escape her technique, breaking it into tiny little shards the landed on the ground. By this time, he hand seen Karasuba slowly walking towards him while her blade dragged on the ground.

"Guess it's my turn next." Said Karasuba as she had then sat the unsharp part on her sword on her shoulder. She had then dashed towards Antonio with her sword at the ready, when she got close enough, Karasuba started to unleash a barrage of slashes and thrusts back to back. The Black Sekirei had then kicked Antonio to make him skid away from her, she then had a smirk become visible upon her face as she raised her sword high above her head and as she brought it back down, she sent a powerful shockwave to Antonio. As he stuck out his hand, a golden barrier surrounded him as Karasuba's shockwave made impact against it. As Antonio's barrier dissipated, he then sensed someone homing in on him fast so when he turned around, he had seen Yume.

"My turn now!" Said Yume with a confident look on her face. As Karasuba shrugged, she had confused Matsu, Kocho, Chiho, Kuu and Mizuki as she had placed her sword back into her sheathe and gripped it in her hand. The moment Yume's and Antonio's fist collided, the shockwave was strong enough to knock everybody down to their butts while the others had to cover their faces. Everybody who was able to keep up had seen the punches Yume and Antonio were exchanging were at such a high rate of speed that Mizuki and Chiho couldn't keep up even if they tried. Antonio had seen Yume drop down for a swipe kick so he jumped up, barrel rolled and used his left leg to kick her, but Yume used her right arm to block the kick. "Gotcha." Said Yume as she grabbed hold of Antonio's pants leg and started spinning around and around at a fast rate of speed. When she had let go, Yume had sent Antonio flying upwards causing his mother to shriek.

'As always, Yume has a insane amount of monster strength.' Antonio thought to himself as he recovered mid-air. Antonio had then seen Yume launch a powerful shockwave from her fist that was strong but not as her Sekirei Photon Beam. "Haaa!" Antonio had sent out a shockwave of his own towards Yume's and as they canceled each other out, a loom booming sound could be hear and the force was enough to bring Antonio down to the ground fast.

[Song END]

"Hehe, you are really something, Kanzaki-san." Said Yume as she placed her right hand on her hip while looking at Antonio descend to the ground. "Now that only leaves one…" Said Yume as she looked behind her to see Miya with her thumb on the guard of her sword.

"Kanzaki-kun, catch!" Said Karasuba as she tossed her sheathed katana towards Antonio who caught it no problem. He had then looked towards Karasuba who had just started playing with her hair. "Think of it as evening up the playing field." Said Karasuba. As Antonio had placed his hand on the grip of the sword, he could feel images pop into his head of how to use the weapon naturally as he slowly unsheathed the shiny blade.

"Now…" Antonio had then seen Miya unsheathing her sword and pointed the sharp end towards her beloved. "Shall we begin?" Asked Miya.

'I don't know If I'm going against Sekirei Number #1 or the Sekirei Goddess, regardless I'm still going to give it my all!' Antonio thought to himself after her nodded at Miya's question. As both Antonio and Miya readied themselves with their blades, nothing could be heard between them except the gentle breeze that made everyone's hair flow in the wind. Nearby on a tree, a small leave had fell to the ground and when it did, Miya and Antonio had launched themselves at each other, letting their weapons clash against each other. Next thing everybody knew was that both Miya and Antonio were dealing out attacks and defending to the point where sparks could be seen each time the blades clashed against each other as they went on and on.

'So fast!' Musubi thought to herself as she could see the two exchange slashes and thrusts. Those were were looking at the fight could say that it were as if Miya and Antonio had were elegant dancers with the sparks that came from the impact of their blades act like fireworks on display. As the two jumped away from each other, Miya could see Antonio starting to breathe heavily slightly, while she, for the second time ever, had started to sweat which caused her to sheathe her sword.

"Ok that's enough~." Said Miya. "I don't want you to tire yourself out. There will be more opportunities for you to train." As she said this, Antonio canceled out his transformation allowing him to return to normal. Miya was right, as soon as he returned to normal, he felt his body was in enough pain to force him to his knees.

"Antonio!" Said Akitsu in a worried tone of voice as she headed towards her master's side. "Are you ok?" Asked Akitsu. Mizuki and Kocho had both closed their computers as Kuu was clapping her hands.

"That was amazing you guys." Complimented Chiho.

"Hehe, did you expect anything less?" Said Uzume with a confident tone of voice as her, Musubi and Kaho walked up to the small group who observed their training.

"We managed to get some valuable data, and were treated to a show as well." Said Matsu as she pushed up her glasses. Mizuki had then just pointed her index finger upwards.

"Antonio-sama is extremely powerful!" Said Musubi.

"Today would be even better if he were to just give me my grandchildren already." Said Mizuki. She had then felt Musubi place her hands on her shoulders.

"Don't worry Mizuki-san, Antonio is going to be a great papa." Said Musubi. The words papa echoed deeply in Mizuki's head.

"Just now… What did you say just now Musubi?" Asked Mizuki softly, causing Musubi to tilt her head.

"That Antonio 'is' going to be a great papa." Said Musubi as she repeated herself. When she did Mizuki felt as if she was going to pass out from happiness.

"So you see dear." Said Miya as she had seen Akitsu helping Antonio up. "You understood just know, these Sekirei love you so much that it shows in their strength. The bonds they have with you is also proof of their determination to help and serve you no matter what."

"Yeah you are right Miya." Said Antonio as he scratched the back of his head, causing Miya to giggle.

"Of course I am, now let me get to making breakfast, you must be hungry." Said Miya as she walked back into the house they all live in together. As all of Antonio's family were outside, they had all looked up towards the giant blue sky with smiles on their faces as they were now living in peaceful times. Soon those peaceful times will be interrupted as an old evil resurrects and wrecks havoc on the world once more, causing many, many different characters to come together, or either die apart. That evil was known as, The Thirteen Pillars of Evil.

That's the end of Chapter 14: Bonds! I wanted to get this out to you guys as soon as possible and get to work on 15 with a little backstory of how the evil group came to be if that would interest you guys.

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