Kazehana yawned.

'At least compared to the way it got after moving in here. Little alcohol, rising up early instead of sleeping away till noon-a part of me can't wait, can't help but be all hot and bothered. It's hard for a Sekirei to wait. I hope you appreciate, Kirigaya-kun'

Tip-toeing silently was so much easier without hang-overs.

As she approached her sleeping Ashikabi, the Wind Sekirei gazed lovingly on his sleeping face, and felt a pull at her core. Her body felt hotter, and her desire spiked.

Silently, she crouched above him, her face inches away from his, eyes closing and lips perked up for a kiss.

'No! He is not ready for it yet. This soon, it will ruin things for the three of us. Asuna-san is reluctant as well. Get a hold of yourself, Kazehana, you wanted to strengthen the bonds today, not weaken them.'

With slight effort, the Sekirei moved to his side, and with the most husky, lustful voice she could, started whispering into his ear.

First he hmmmed, then his ears reddened, soon his entire face was flushed, and then he jumped up, waking.

"Good morning, Master." The woman cooed.

"You did this on purpose!" Kirigaya-kun glowered.

"The master is so cute when he is glaring." She continued, talking as if to a small child, "Would the young master want a bath?"

Groggily rising, he replied, "Not a little boy-", and was about to continue, only to be interrupted, just as he entered the shower.

"Would you like to show me that you are a man, then, master?" Kazehana seductively asked, as she lowered herself towards her Ashikabi, flaunting.

Kirigaya-kun glanced at the chest that was just beneath his gaze before turning back to look her in the eye, and with a deadpan expression, and only the redness of his ears to hint at the embarrassment at any of it,

closed the shower door at her face.

'You didn't hesitate to glance at my 'puppies' this time, nor shown subtlety in doing so, or reaction at being caught. Slow as it may be, we progress, my dear Ashikabi.'

Her teasing here done, Kazehana went to have fun at the expanse if-err… see about waking up the other half of her 'master'.

'Now, how should I go about teasing Asuna-san, without making her upset or jealous?'

Asuna did not find her choice funny.

XxXxXx

Breakfast at Izumo Inn was almost the usual affair, Musubi and Kuu wanted to feed him, Tsukiumi was complaining about how as the wife, it was her duty, and all was similar to the way his mornings usually were.

Except for the addition at their table this morning.

The blonde runaway girl, who has come to rent a room at the inn some days ago, and seemingly disappeared later, to the point that he didn't even question where she was gone to, was among them again.

They no longer could discuss Sekirei business, and the Sekirei Game in peace, as the girl was still ignorant of it, the only one at the table.

"Sorry for dissapearin' on ya, but I needed to get the money to pay my rent, so I went to contact my peeps …"

"Don't worry, Medea-san. With so many freeloaders who can't pay rent, I'm glad someone proves responsible for once. 'Natural big eater', 'adopted-daughter', 'Hentai-glasses' and 'walking tap'… you should take example from her, Sahashi-san."

Minato bowed his head in shame.

Then he caught the eye of Matsu, and her face briefly took on a serious expression.

He didn't need words to understand she had something serious to say, but couldn't.

Something about Sekirei.

It would be later, that she will tell him that the news of a successful escape from the game had spread, and there were repeat attempts. None successful.

How these failures turned momentary hope into greater despair.

How Minato should be careful, as there was a Grim Reaper Sekirei with a Devil Ashikabi attacking mercilessly other ashikabi, and even a sword Ashikabi-a scary Ashikabi who fought beside their Sekirei with a sword and a scary ferocity. The last part seemed to make him scowl, so Matsu distracted him from whatever worried him, by insinuating things…

XxXxXx

A man fell before a teenage girl, insensanate from pain.

"Another dead end, huh?" She said, disappointed.

"Kuu…" the young boy with her said in a longing tone.

"Don't worry, it's going to be alright, Shiina. We'll definitely find her!"

Shiina smiled at it, his cheeks flushing, as he responded with an affirmative "yes".

Yukari blushed at the cute face he made, and smiled, with a "Yeah" of her own.

'Shiina, is such an adorable bishi. And he is my Sekirei, not like that blackhaired Bishi… I bet he is a weak Sekirei anyway.'

She nodded to herself, though part of her wondered over the possibility of taking him away from his unworthy Ashikabi, and completing her hare- er…set,Set, that's right. Her set-adding a black hair bishi to her white-hair bishi.

'After all there seem to be mostly women Sekirei, so the bishi boys are rare-and I gotta catch them all!'

She imagined a whole group of effeminate Bishounan boys catering to her whims, and…

A phone ring broke her away from her daydreaming.

"Oh, its big brother."

"Yukari, how are you? I haven't seen you in a while. I was wondering how you were doing."

"I've been pretty busy. Is Musubi-tan doing well?"

"She is the same as usual."

"Aah, I totally want to grope her boobs again." She did a groping motion with the hand not holding her phone.

Shiina may have said something, but she didn't pay attention.

"Oh, yeah! Can I come over to play?"

"Come here?" her brother's voice wondered.

Then it was silence…

"Hey! You there? Are you listening? Onii-chan! "

"Oh, sorry, sorry. Then, would you like to meet somewhere and grab a bite?"

"Sure. It sounds good."

XxXxXx

Benitsubasa, Sekirei number 105, and also known as the 'Red Sekirei' was angry-that boy, how dared he, how could he defeat Hihane!

"I'll show him, I'll make him regret it! How dare he terminate Number 104! That Sekirei he has is too much, together with him, but separated… if he wants to fight like a Sekirei he should be prepared to face a termination upon defeat like one. It's only fair…"

"You're quiet today, Red…" a voice broke her from her thoughts.

"Karasuba-sama", Benitsubasa exclaimed, "Won't you punish the arrogant boy who thought to raise a hand against a member of the disciplinary squad? Why don't you want to remove that stain of shame on our reputation?"

"That boy is interesting, twice already he was the source of a pleasant surprise, each time better than the last one. I can't wait to see what will happen at the third time. What other surprises he will keep springing. Why if I wasn't winged already…he is almost as interesting as Natsuo."

"Will-"

The most fearsome among the Disciplinary squad Sekirei raised a hand to silence her subordinate, and replied, "do as you want", before turning and leaving to her room, where she recently took to disappearing for hours.

XxXxXx

"Did the two of you enjoy the surprise I made?" Kazehana asked her two companions as they approached Miya's place.

While they'd try to avoid visiting while the resident Ashikabi at home, Asuna had a debt to certain Seo Kaoru, and he was to meet here in a neutral place, namely the Inn.

Both SAO survivors glanced at each other as they remembered the 'surprise' that awaited them, and with but a glace decided to never talk of it again, before hastily turning their reddening heads aside, and refusing to look at each other in the eye, replying "No" simultaneously.

"Why? I thought it would be a good place. You two could relax, spring a new flag in your relationship… maybe I could even join and-"

"No!" Asuna-san replied, interrupting her.

Kirigaya-san was too slow with his own denial.

Both females turned to him, one furious and the other bemused.

"Hey, isn't that Seo-san over there?" he hastily pointed behind them.

Asuna turned slightly, still keeping her boyfriend within her vision in case it was a bluff to distract her.

He was lucky it wasn't.

An unshaven man, with two very pretty identical women at his sides, wearing what looked like a bondage gear that made Kazehana's to companions blush, one hand at the waist of either one, walked towards them.

"As one man to another, nice harem you got there, but while both your girls are pretty, its nothing compared to Twins."

Asuna was scowling, and about to express her displeasure. She still didn't approve much of Harems.

Kirigaya-kun looked sheepish, and was about to either attack the would be opponent over this issue, or say something deflective.

Kazehana replied before either of the two got the chance.

"Oh, but I bet a mature woman like me knows just how to work someone up better than either one of your little girls, or both of them." She used her sexiest voice, with a look and pose to match.

She placed a hand on the shoulder of each of her two 'Lovebirds'.

"Want a demonstration?"

XxXxXx

A certain someone, looked at certain spectacle, and said to themselves.

"I got you now, Kirito!"


Author Notes:I humbly apologize for the MASSIVE delay with the chapter of this fic. I had little inspiration and time in the same day to turn my notes of planned events into a chapter, and when it finally coincided, well this here was the result.

somehow I have a feeling like this could be better, but nevermind.

Next chapter is in the works and won't delay nearly as much, and will have a more active progress of events- there will finally be another battle, and then Kirito will meet another girl.

There just might be a winging for him soon.

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