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Prologue!
Shinto Teito...
A very large city within Japan, filled with all sorts of people.
One such person was a boy who's name was Naoya Sahashi.
At the tender age of 17 years old, he had light black hair with his bangs being a light blonde colour, that framed his face, and went down until it reached his chin at the front, and to the nape of his neck at the back. His eyes were a light blue colour, having a slim frame, he wore a black jacket, with a short grey shirt underneath, and a pair of black pants, the boy being of an average height for his age.
On the right hand side of his face, just above his right eye, a scar ran down from his eyebrow, curving around the eye, and stopping short of his cheek bone.
Sitting on the bus, he could see the world moving outside, seeing the different people walking around. The afternoon sun peaked through the windows of said bus as he was being driven along, checking the time, he saw that it was just after three in the afternoon.
Outside of the bus, a figure cloaked in black seemingly was following Naoya, their eyes never leaving the bus.
Naoya then heard his phone buzzing, so he looked down and saw that it was his Mother.
"Yes Mom, I'm fine."
[I didn't even say anything.]
Naoya cracked his neck side to side.
"Because I knew what you were going to ask, and no, I don't need anyone to come and get me, I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself."
[I could have had someone drive you to Minato's. It wouldn't have been an issue.]
"I know, but I'd like to see more of this city. Since I'm gonna be living here, I want to get to know the area, you know?"
[I understand. Just remember-]
"Don't get involved in dangerous activities, I know~"
A small laugh came down the phone.
[Heh, then I'll leave you to it, have fun.]
With that, the phone call ended, Naoya placed his phone in his pocket, and waited on the bus.
However, while waiting, he felt a chill go down his spine.
He didn't know what it was at first, it almost felt as if someone was watching him.
Looking around, he couldn't see anyone.
Everyone was just getting on with their day.
When his eyes cast outside of the bus as it stopped, he didn't see anyone looking in his direction.
What he did see was something shooting across a rooftop.
It was moving too fast to see, but he saw a glorious white colour that seemed to sail across the sky elegantly.
As it did, the white thing stopped moving, the person who was covered by the white thing...that seemed to be cloth from what Naoya could see, turned eyes towards Naoya's general location, and though he couldn't see fully who it was…
It felt as if they were staring at him.
But then the cloaked figure turned to the right hand side, and then turned direction, running across a rooftop, and jumped off it, catching Naoya off guard, the boy looking on and saw that two more people seemed to be chasing that cloaked figure.
"What the hell..."
"Haihane!" A loud boisterous voice rang out through the area as Naoya cast his eyes towards the entrance of the bus. "Why aren't we just jumping back?"
"I told you Benitsubasa, I'm not having you drop anything of mine. It took me ages to find all of these DVD's of my favourite shows, and I wont let them be destroyed because you're rushing, taking the bus isn't so bad."
Naoya saw who was coming in.
Two women.
The one that was called Benitsubasa was a young teenage looking girl, with bright pink hair, and matching eyes. Wearing a kimono like top tied with a giant red bow, biker shorts. Her hair was tied into a side ponytail, with two daisy clips.
The other one named Haihane was a young woman with dishevelled grey hair, with a long ponytail at the back. Her body for the most part was covered in bandages, with a tattered dark kimono and narrowed eyes.
However, what caught Naoya's attention was the fact that she had claws on her hands.
They didn't look fake either.
Naoya watched as they sat down before him, continuing their conversation.
"I can't believe this Haihane, you're cutting into our time to find my Ashikabi!"
"Shut up Benitsubasa, you can't talk about that in public places. And it isn't only you looking for yours, so don't yell at me."
"Don't tell me what to do Haihane."
"Still, you're speaking too loudly, what if someone asks about it huh?"
"I don't..." Benitsubasa paused when she saw Naoya looking on with curiosity. "...what are you looking at?!"
Naoya cringed at the aggressive nature of Benitsubasa.
"Eh...those claws..."
Benitsubasa furrowed her brows, turning to Haihane.
"For the love of...you tell me to stop talking about us, and you go around sporting death claws?! People will have questions!"
"I need them to do battle Benitsubasa. We all can't rely on our lack of cleavage to get us through."
A vein appeared on Benitsubasa's face, and her eyes blazed.
"Shut up you! Don't you dare mention my chest again!"
Haihane smirked, turning to Naoya.
"Hey, boy." Naoya pointed at himself, Haihane nodded. "This girl...well, can you really call her a gi..." Benitsubasa growled at Haihane who cringed. "Anyway, what do you think about this girl? Think she's like nuts?"
"I don't really know her so I can't really give you an answer..."
"True, that makes sense." Haihane raised her claw to Benitsubasa. "Still, she's looking for a boyfriend, think she'll get one?"
"Shut it Haihane! Don't go and tell him anything about me!"
"I'm not! Don't make this worse Benitsubasa, you're gonna have to find someone that'll put up with you."
"Say that again and I'll flatten you!"
Haihane snickered, and pointed at Naoya.
"So, what do you think about her? Say you just saw this girl on the street, what would your first thought be? I've always been curious about how people see her."
Naoya hummed at the young woman, as Benitsubasa glared.
Overlooking Benitsubasa, the girl continued to scowl, Naoya wondered how he should handle it.
Benitsubasa then stormed over, and grabbed his collar.
"Tell me what you think now or I'll pulverize you!"
Though she had an intimidating voice, Naoya remained rather calm, which was surprising to Haihane.
"Eh...you want me to be honest?"
"I'm asking, aren't I?"
"Then, you're quick to anger, but I think you're quite cute. I like your pink hair, did you dye it?"
Benitsubasa was caught off guard with that, and batted her eyes several times as she let go of his shirt, Haihane noticing a slight blush working its way onto her face.
"N-No...it's natural..."
"Natural? How can that be? I've never heard of anyone being born with pink hair."
"Well I was! What's with the blonde in your hair huh?!"
"My big sister put it in, I thought it was pretty nice, so I kept it, that's all."
Benitsubasa was surprised that despite her aggressive ways, he didn't even flinch, he seemed quite relaxed, Haihane noticing that blush growing more on her face.
"My...Benitsubasa, it seems someone has acknowledged you're a girl, despite the lack of-" Benitsubasa punched Haihane's head who cried. "-ow that hurt..."
"S-Shut up Haihane." Benitsubasa's eyes went towards Naoya. "S-So...you think I'm cute…?"
"Yes, I do."
Benitsubasa blushed a little more, then turned her head away from him.
"W-Well...t-that's fine! Come on Haihane, we're going!"
"We're not even finished with our journey!"
"Yes we are! We're jumping back!"
"My DVD's break and you're replacing them Benitsubasa! They cost me a good bit of money!"
"If it matters so much to you, why don't you just stream them huh?!"
"Because I want a physical DVD to own!"
Benitsubasa grabbed Haihane, and dragged her off the bus once getting to the next stop.
Naoya cocked his head curiously, wondering what that was about.
Shaking his head, he waited on the bus, until he finally got to his stop.
Getting off the bus, Naoya took out his phone, and began walking towards his elder brothers apartment, using the directions he got from Minato.
As he walked, his phone rang, seeing it being his elder brother.
"Hello bro, just nearing yours now. Maybe about five minutes."
[That's great, I was just worried.]
"Worried? I can navigate Shinto Teito you know~?" He lightly joked, crossing over a road. "Anyway, you must love living in the big city Minato."
[Hmmm? Why do you say that?]
"Because I just saw this woman with like claws on her hands. Not gonna lie, it looked pretty cool. That's got to be a regular occurrence, right?"
He asked, glancing at his phone, and followed the directions his phone gave him.
[Claws...? Are you being serious?]
"Totally, she had these cool looking metal claws, and she was with this pink haired girl who was..." Naoya remembered the girls looks, and began to lightly blush. "...she was...interesting, and yeah...well, anyway! I'll be there in a few minutes, want me to pick anything up on the way?"
[No, no. I'm fine.]
Minato denied him, drawing out a humming sound from Naoya.
"You sure? I heard from big sis that you might need some stuff, she asked me to make sure you're okay...so she probably lied about that you needing stuff and just wanted to make sure you're okay, but still I don't mind if you want me to pick something's up, Mom gave me some money to give to you."
[O-Oh, she did? Erm...I can't think of anything, but that's nice…]
Naoya hummed, hearing the nervousness in his brothers voice.
He knew why that was as well.
"You haven't called big sis lately, she's become worried. Mom also said that she hasn't heard from you either, not avoiding them right? I know they can be a bit out there, but as long as you keep your cool, they're easily handled. Remember bro, confidence!"
[Mehehehe...y-yeah, I'm just concentrating, the exams are soon...and Mom...well, when I think about Mom, and Yukari…hehehe, y-you're the only one I can talk to easily...]
"Totally get it, don't worry big bro. Anyway, be there soon."
[Aah. Alright then Nao. See you soon.]
With that, Naoya hung up the phone, and continued walking towards his destination.
Unbeknownst to him, a small distance away from him, a well endowed young woman with long, dark brown hair that goes down her back to the middle of said back, with some of her hair being brought into a side ponytail brown eyes and a well developed body figure.
She was wearing a white silk cloth that covered her most important parts, such as her endowed chest, and her hip area, with a large cloth surrounding her body, and dangled around her body.
Right now, she was being chased by a few people, one wielding a spear like weapon with green hair, one was a short haired woman carrying a pair of tonfa, and finally, the last one was carrying what seemed to be a whip albeit with a metal tip at the end of it for extra damage.
"No. 10, come with me! My Master wishes to have you in his collection!"
"As if No. 16, not going with your deranged Ashikabi~ Plus, don't call it a collection, makes it sound really bad~"
No. 10 spoke in a wishy washy manner, all the while wearing a serious face.
She kept thinking how she was going to escape this mess, how she was going to make sure that the girls didn't attack her again.
Naoya arrived at his brothers apartment, and knocked on the door.
But he paused when he felt something...off.
He looked behind him, catching the figure in black at a good distance, looking towards him.
But when noticing that Naoya noticed, the figure pulled away, confusing Naoya.
However, the door opened before he could question it further, revealing Minato, his elder brother who he resembled, albeit with some differences.
"Nao! I-It's been so long!"
"Yes, it's been really long! So, can I come in?"
"Sure, please do."
Naoya gave a light hearted smile, entering the room, and saw what it was like. Seeing a corridor that went towards a bathroom, he saw the living room/kitchen/bedroom area, seeing the state of it, and it was in pretty good state, though it was rather cramped.
Minato walked in behind him, rubbing the back of his head as Naoya went over to Minato, and gave him a gentle smile.
"It's been ages Minato, it's great to see you."
"Yeah...it's great to see you too Nao. It's been...what, six months or so?"
"Something like that. I really missed you big brother!"
Minato felt at ease when seeing the happy way that Naoya was smiling.
It felt good that Naoya was so carefree, and not scary like his Mother and sister...though Naoya had moments if he needed to be scary, and unlike Minato, Naoya seemed to be able to brush off whatever his Mother or sister said or did without it bothering him.
"I'd offer tea...but, I haven't got any milk..."
"You should have said, I would have picked it up for you." Naoya kindly spoke, going into his pocket, and produced an envelope. "Mom said to give you this cash, and she'd send some money into your account next week, she knew I was coming and thought that this would be the best way to go about it. Though she added that she would stop doing that if you don't get into college this time...maybe she did it so you'd get the message and nothing to do with convenience of me coming here."
"Eeeeh...that does sound like Mom..."
Naoya could see his elder brother looking a little worried, so he raised his fist in a cheering kind of manner.
"Remember, self confidence big brother."
"R-Right..."
Though Naoya tried to instill confidence, it seemed as if Minato was still lagging behind on that confidence that Naoya thought he would have.
"So, are you going to do the entrance exams this time big brother? Or, are you going to get a job? Don't worry, I wont tell Mom either way whatever it is you're deciding to do. I'll leave that to you."
"I'm going to try the entrance exam this year too...but, I'm amazed that you are as well. Finishing school a year early, and going to college as well."
"I still have to do the entrance exams, and get in, which aren't for a little while yet. Just finished school a week ago~"
Naoya chortled out.
"Still...it's amazing Nao. I'm really proud."
Naoya scratched the back of his head.
"Hehe, it isn't that amazing. You could have done the same two years ago. You're dead smart Minato."
"No...I'm really-"
"Yes you are." He cut him off, giving his elder brother a kind and endearing smile. "Believe in yourself, you're really smart and capable."
"Ehehe, if you say so..."
Naoya bit his lower lip.
He did feel sad that Minato put himself down like that, when he himself thought Minato was quite smart, and capable of doing things he put his mind to.
"Anyway, tell me..." Naoya leaned forward with a sly smile. "The reason why you've not been calling...got a girlfriend, haven't you?"
Minato's face erupted into a blush, pushing back and shook his head again and again.
"No! No! I swear!"
"Come on now, you can tell me. It's alright, I promise not to tell Mom or big sis, I'd like to meet your girlfriend."
"I-I don't have a girlfriend! I promise! A-And if I did...ehehe, then I'd be...I'd be happy..."
"Yeah...I'm sure you'd get a good girlfriend. I can imagine her...well, I could see either a girl that's quite mellow, or a girl that's quite confident... When you do, introduce me to her, okay? I promise not to embarrass you~"
"W-When people say that, it usually means the opposite of that..."
"No, I wouldn't Minato! I swear!"
"Haha, then I'll believe you, this time."
Naoya gave a little laugh as Minato also lightly chuckled.
The brothers then caught up, but Naoya couldn't help but feel something was off.
He couldn't explain it that well, but he felt as if someone was spying on him.
And if so...why where they?
Spending more than an hour with Minato, he eventually had to say his goodbyes, due to a few things he needed to take care of that day, and left the apartment.
Once more, he felt that chill down his spine.
He couldn't explain it.
His eyes went towards the rooftops, hoping to see the reason he felt like this, but he couldn't see anything, or anyone.
"I must be paranoid..."
He murmured to himself, not sure what to think.
Naoya then went towards the city at large, going to check out what Shinto Teito had to offer.
Meanwhile, the brown haired veiled woman was running across a rooftop, still being chased.
"You're very persistent No. 16!"
"If you would just give up, then I wouldn't have to chase you!"
"Whatever you say!"
She replied, dodging out of the way of a large whip coming towards her, which cracked the rooftop she stood on, as No. 16 came at her, getting to her left, and slashed towards her, forcing her to block with her veil, but the tonfa wielder got in behind her, forcing the young woman to spin her veil around her as if a shield, weakening it where No. 16 was, allowing her to cut through it, and land a blow on her arm.
"Aah, damn it."
She growled, and announced "Showl Lance!" forming her veil into a spear around her arm, thrusting it forward, slashing No. 16's right hand side, cutting into her breast, and caused her to cry out in pain, ripping her top and exposed some of her right breast.
"Aaah! You bitch!"
Rather than take them on, No. 10 used her veil to spin it around her body rapidly, smashing away the two pursuing Sekirei, blocking off the thirds whip attack, and allowed her to jump backwards.
As she jumped, she thrusted her veil towards the spear user, but said user twirled her spear around, cutting into the cloth, and tore some of it, only for the veiled girl to whip her veil right for the young woman's upper body, catching her stomach, and blew her backwards, hitting the woman into the tonfa wielder.
Doing that allowed No. 10 to leap across a number of houses while they were distracted, and got a good distance away before dropping down into the relatively quiet area so no one else would get involved.
The woman panted, looking down at her arm, and saw that she had a small cut there which was bleeding.
"Damn...stupid East's Sekirei..."
She growled out, but she didn't have time to even catch her breath, seeing her pursuers coming right at her.
Grimacing, her eyes went out of the alleyway, and happened to see Naoya casually walking along by himself.
Looking between the girls and then Naoya, who was walking towards her, seemingly on the phone.
"Yeah, he's got a harem Yukari~"
[Whaaaaaaaaat?! He's got a harem?!]
"Yeah, he's got a harem of like, four girls~"
Naoya liked to tease Yukari like this, understanding a certain something about her.
[Geez, you leave him alone for a little while, and he's running a harem. Since when did he get the confidence to do that?]
"Hey, lay off Yukari~"
A small laugh came down the phone.
[I know, I'm only joking. Anyway, I've got to go, tell me more later.]
"Will do, see ya. Though, I was only joking about the harem stuff~"
[Don't do that!]
"Sorry, bye~"
[Right, bye~]
With that, he hung up the phone, as No. 10 looked towards him.
But then saw No. 16 looking towards him as well, her eyes narrowing, readying her spear to attack him seemingly, or at least force him away, No. 10 wasn't sure which.
Worried for him, she quickly thought of something, and jumped out towards him, having quickly changed into jeans and a pink top that had a large star in the middle of it.
She went towards Naoya, and hugged him into her chest, Naoya's face immediately turned red, his eyes looking up to see that she was smiling towards him.
"Hey my adorable Ashikabi~ I've been looking for you everywhere~"
"Eh..."
"Yeah, you naughty boy~ You've been hiding from me, haven't you~?"
Naoya didn't get what was going on.
All he could see was her large breasts pressing against his face, and her cute face.
"She's really beautiful...but she said Ashikabi...like that girl on the bus before...what are these Ashikabi's…?"
As he thought, the girl saw her pursuers stopping, looking towards them questioningly.
The girl bent her body, hugging around his neck, and rested her chin on his shoulder, whispering into his ear.
"I'm sorry for involving you, but I'm being attacked. Will you please play along? I need you to call me your Sekirei out loud. I promise I'll explain once we're safe."
Naoya didn't understand fully, but if she was being attacked, then he'd try and help her.
"Aah, my...adorable Sekirei, there you are~"
"Hehe, sorry that I couldn't find you. Been shopping, you know how it is?"
"Oh...right, I was really worried about you."
No. 16 looked on with curious eyes, watching as No. 10 held onto his hand. Naoya could feel his face heating up, as she smiled towards him in a cute manner, seeing her mannerisms being quite upbeat, and cute.
"Then, ready to go?"
"Y-Yeah, lets go Sekirei-chan~"
"Hehe, right!"
Together, Naoya and No. 10 turned around and began walking away together.
No. 16 looked on with narrowed eyes.
"Is that really her Ashikabi? If it is...then he could Norito her...lets go back and see what Kakizaki things we should do everyone."
Turning around, they jumped away, not sure of what had happened.
Once they had gotten away, Naoya and No. 10 walked towards a crowded street, No. 10 knowing that they'd be attacked otherwise, and wouldn't do it in such a crowded area.
Sitting down on a side walk, Naoya had many questions about what had happened, while No. 10 was rubbing the back of her head.
"Thanks for the save back there~"
"O-Oh...erm, no problem…"
Naoya took out his phone, something the girl noticed.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm calling the police, give your details to them and have the people that tried to attack you arrested."
"No you can't!" She rejected it, placing her hands over Naoya's own, Naoya's eyes met hers curiously, as she pulled her hand back. "What I mean is...if you do, something might happen to you, considering that you're not an..."
"What do you mean something might happen? What, am I going to be assassinated?"
He joked, but she looked sheepish.
"It's a possibility..." Naoya's face dropped. "...b-but, I wont let you be assassinated, don't worry~ I just can't...erm..."
"But you said you'd explain."
"I did say that, didn't I?" Naoya nodded without pause. "Right…suffice to say, there were a few girls trying to attack me, and because you happened to be walking by...the chances of them attacking you would have been high."
"Wait...why would they attack me?"
"...That woman would truly do that, she doesn't care about civilians. She does what she's ordered, and she wouldn't leave witnesses behind...like you."
Naoya cringed, he wasn't exactly thrilled about hearing that.
"Still...Why was she attacking you?"
The young woman struck a pose, and got into thought.
"Hmmm, to be honest, I can't reveal everything about me, because you're not really..." Her eyes caught the sight of the black cloaked figure in the distance, looking towards them. "...say, maybe you...but, you couldn't...erm, say boy..."
"Naoya."
"Oh, is that your name?" Naoya nodded once more. "My names Uzume, sorry about what happened then."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Uzume-san, and no worries...but, I'd still like to understand what that was about. Like what's going on with Sekirei and Ashikabi's? I met a girl with pink hair and another one with claws that mentioned Ashikabi's."
"Y-You did?"
Uzume was surprised.
From the description, she was surprised that he actually managed to have a conversation with those people, if they were in fact the girls that she was thinking of.
"Yup, so what are they?"
Uzume scratched the back of her head sheepishly.
"W-Well...you see, Sekirei's are...people that are fighting across this city, and Ashikabi's are their partners. The general public don't know about us, that's why the police can't be involved. I...I'm pretty sure I can say this...yeah, a big company out there is like, trying to set a...game in motion, a sick game at that..."
"A game...where people fight? Fight...to the death?"
"Basically, it's a battle until an opponent loses, sometimes that does mean death. It's not something I want to be apart of, it's sickening to think about. But, I don't have a choice."
"But...why?"
Uzume showed a sad smile.
"Because, of what I am."
"What...you are? A...Sekirei?"
Uzume became panicked, waving her arms in front of her frantically.
"Please just forget I said that! Without you being involved in it, I can't really reveal anything else about it, and I've already placed you in enough danger, I don't want to bring anymore trouble to you…" She winced as she moved her arm. "Damn it..."
Seeing her pain, Naoya looked at her arm, and saw the cut.
"...You're hurt." Naoya went into his bag, and took out some supplies to the amusement of Uzume's. "Here, can I take care of that for you?"
"What are you, a doctor?"
She joked, Naoya shook his head.
"No, but hopefully, if I can pass an exam to get onto the medical course. So I'm going to be studying to become a doctor. For now though, I'm just an average guy. Still can I help take care of your wound?"
Uzume's face curled upwards, almost seductively as she inched closer. Naoya felt the heat rise in his chest, seeing the cute expressions that were heart warming. It was rather a mixture of cute and seductive, and he wasn't sure which Uzume was attempting to do.
"Ooh, so I'll be your test subject huh~?" She teased, lightly running her smooth fingers across his blushing cheek. "Alright then, for someone so cute, I don't mind."
"T-Thank you."
Naoya placed his hand on her flesh, and she felt a pulse erupting through her being.
Deep inside of her, she could feel it.
The mark on the back of her neck was beginning to feel hotter, and hotter.
Spreading inside of her, threatening to swallow her whole.
"This feeling..."
She murmured, catching Naoya's attention.
"Hmmmm?"
"O-Oh, nothing~ You just have a gentle touch~"
"Ooh, thanks very much~"
Uzume chortled as he bandaged up her wound. Though he wasn't a medical student, it seemed as if he did have some good knowledge on how to dress wounds at least.
Once done, Uzume stood up.
"Say, maybe this is asking a bit much, but can I stick around with you for a bit? Those girls might still be out there, and if they see me with you, they'll leave me alone. Well, that's the plan anyway."
"Sure, I don't mind. Maybe I'll learn a bit more about you Sekirei's."
Uzume giggled sweetly.
"So, you're curious about us, aren't you?"
"I'm curious about many things~"
Uzume gave a bemused smile, before Naoya stood up, and they both began walking away together. Uzume looked behind her once more, and thought "Why is Homura following this boy?" but kept her thoughts to herself and pressed forward together with Naoya.
Going through the city, Naoya and Uzume walked together, going towards...they didn't know.
"You know, this is my first day in this city."
Uzume looked astonished.
"You've only just got here?"
"Yeah...I heard the big city was quite wild, I didn't think it would be filled with people called Sekirei that had to fight in some kind of death game."
He wasn't sure if he truly believed it, he wanted answers, and if he stuck with Uzume, then perhaps he'd truly understand what was going on, and if she was in danger, then he wanted to help her. Though he thought about what Uzume said, that he wasn't supposed to know about Sekirei's, and Ashikabi's, whatever they were.
"Haha, not exactly paradise Shinto Teito." Uzume skipped forward, perching herself before him, and bent down ever so slightly, which allowed her assets to dangle, causing Naoya to blush lightly. "You know, since you helped me out, how about I show you all the good parts of this city huh? I know the layout pretty well."
"That would be great, thanks Uzume-san!"
"You're so precious~" Uzume wrapped an arm around his own, and began dragging him off. "Come on you~"
"U-Uzume-san, your chest is..."
He couldn't finish, seeing Uzume was seemingly smiling to herself.
Walking through the city, Uzume began showing him different locations around the city, going from the centre of the city, and though each time Naoya wanted to have some answers, Uzume seemed aloof, and wouldn't explain anything about it.
He wondered how far this 'death game' truly went.
From the distance, Homura got onto the phone.
"Takami, I'm sorry to call you like this, but there's been a new development."
[What is it Homura?]
"Your son...your youngest son, he's met with Uzume, and from the way it looks, it seems that she's...possibly reacting to him."
[Reacting...if she wings herself to him, then-]
"I know, but what do you want me to do? If she wings herself...if she's reacting to him, then we shouldn't stop it."
[I know. But, if she does, and then he's dragged into this game...damn that Minaka. Homura, you have to speak to Uzume, and tell her of the dangers of becoming his Sekirei...what it truly means for the future.]
"Right, I understand. But if he does become an Ashikabi..."
[...Then, I don't know what's going to happen. As long as he isn't...I know that she wont do anything...but when he does become one...I don't know what she'll do.]
"Don't worry Takami, I'll keep protecting him."
[I know...I'm sorry to ask something like this Homura.]
"No, it's fine. I don't mind. I'll talk to Uzume about it."
[Right, I'll leave it to you.]
With that, Homura hung up the phone, and watched Naoya and Uzume together, wondering how to approach the situation.
Uzume and Naoya continued, with Uzume giving him a tour.
As they walked and talked, Uzume could feel the heat increasing.
Her curiosity about Naoya increased, and also about why someone like Homura was following him.
Her mind also wandered to what Homura was doing, so when they arrived at a game shop, Uzume waved her hand.
"I need the bathroom, I'll meet you inside~"
"Aah, alright then Uzume-san~"
Uzume giggled, and walked away, while Naoya went inside.
Uzume then changed directions, and jumped up high once going into a secluded area, meeting up with Homura.
"Alright Homura, what's going on? That boy, he isn't an Ashikabi, you know?"
"I know. Though from the way your face is, seems like he could be."
Uzume scratches the back of her head.
"Well, it's a possibility. But even if it was, why are you following him?"
"Takami asked me to watch over her youngest son."
"Takami...as in Takami Sahashi?"
"The very same."
Uzume seemed more confused.
"But, why is she asking that?"
"It's a bit of a long story, so I'll tell you what I know."
Homura then explained to Uzume about the current situation regarding Naoya.
Once finished, Homura stepped back.
"So, that's it. If you're reacting to him, then prepare for that situation to happen."
"Geez, how could she want to hurt someone so sweet?"
"I don't know the full details, so I couldn't tell you. So, does it put you off?"
Uzume hummed, looking down at the area Naoya was.
"Not really, if he's my Ashikabi, then that's fine with me."
Homura was stunned by her response.
"D-Didn't you hear what I just said?"
"I did, and that doesn't matter. That boy...hey, isn't an Ashikabi someone you're supposed to love? He's quite kind and cute...hehe, anyway, goodbye Homura~ Ooh, tell Miya about the vegetables, can't believe all this happened because I had to pick up vegetables...though, if it leads to my Ashikabi, then I guess Miya's to thank~"
With that, Uzume jumped back down, and went into the shops once more to find Naoya.
Upon finding him, she waved and smiled.
"Sorry for taking so long~"
"No, no. It's fine."
Uzume went to the side of him, wrapping her arm around his.
"Then lets keep going on the Uzume tour~"
With that, they continued to different locations, each one, she saw Naoya looking excited, happy, as if he hadn't ever had a chance to do things like this before.
All the while, she kept feeling the heat pooling inside of her, so much so that it distracted her a few times, and she became unaware that No. 16 and two others had found their location and were tailing them from behind.
Eventually, they ended up in the park together, after having a day of fun. Uzume couldn't help but admit that she quite liked Naoya, she found him funny, smart, and she did find him cute.
Sitting down on a bench, Naoya faced Uzume with a serene smile.
"This has been so great Uzume-san."
"Yeah, it's been fun~" She giggled, watching as he licked his ice cream, biting her lower lip. "S-So..."
"So…?" Uzume glanced away from him, unable to keep her body from reacting. "Uzume-san, I know you can't tell me much...but, this death game you're apart of...why would someone do that to you guys?"
Uzume almost felt the vile coming to her throat from remembering the Sekirei Plan.
"That's a question...I keep asking myself. I don't know what his true purpose is. He's a nut job anyway. He seems to be amused by it honestly, it's his 'game' after all. Maybe he's trying to discover if we'd bring about a new future or something. Using us to fight one another...hehe, I really shouldn't be telling you this..."
Uzume could feel warmth deep down, it compelled her to explain more.
"It isn't right though." Uzume was caught off guard at his calm yet passion filled words. "You're people too. You shouldn't have to fight in some kind of sick game for his amusement."
Uzume gave a light smile, a blush growing on her cheeks.
"You know...if more people thought like you. Then maybe this game wouldn't be happening in the first place."
"Are you sure...we can't call the police on this asshole?"
"He's one of the most powerful men in...well, probably the world, if not only Japan. Money and power wouldn't allow anyone to do anything to him. He's eccentric, and mental."
"Mental huh...but, you said in Japan...are you referring to MB-" Uzume cut him off when she placed her head on his shoulder, panting slightly. "U-Uzume-san?"
"S-Sorry...it's just...this feeling inside of me..."
"Feelings…?"
"My body...it's reacting...I don't know how much longer...I can fight it..."
"Uzume-san…."
Uzume turned her neck upwards, and peered into his eyes. A small blush ran itself across her cheeks, as she leaned upwards.
"If you want to know more...you could become an Ashikabi...my Ashikabi..."
"An Ashikabi...how would I do that? What is an Ashikabi...?"
Uzume cupped his face, while the mysterious Homura placed a hand out.
"Uzume, look out!"
The dark green haired woman that had been chasing Uzume earlier came shooting down with her spear silently, but thanks to Homura, she got the warning.
Uzume cried "Watch out!" and pushed Naoya back a good distance, jumping away herself, and twirled around, as if by transforming, her clothes disappeared, going back to the outfit she had on beforehand with the white cloth.
Naoya saw her outfit, and bit his lower lip, seeing how beautiful and scantily clad she was dressed.
Landing on the ground, Uzume got into a fighting position.
"Couldn't let it go, could you No. 16?"
"My Master has deemed it necessary to get you. This boy, it seems that he might not be your Ashikabi, the way your face is, you're reacting to him, and how you didn't notice us when you did before, isn't that right Kakizaki?"
Naoya watched as from the distance, a man wearing glasses and a business suit was accompanied by two other girls, one with the whip, and the other one with tonfa's. The spear wielding Sekirei girl jumped back towards him as Uzume saw Naoya looking bewildered.
"No. 10, you're being highly difficult."
"Yeah, because I'm not gonna become apart of that guys collection!"
"Higa-sama doesn't take kindly to Sekirei disobeying orders. He sees great value in you, No. 10. Your skills are quite good, your ability to fight from a distance would give us an edge, and you're a low Number, so come with me."
Uzume stood her ground, feeling fearful that Naoya could become involved.
"So what? I'm not becoming his Sekirei, and that's the end of it. But if you want to fight, then I'll gladly-"
Kakizaki cut her off, pointing towards Naoya.
"That boy, isn't your Ashikabi, is he?" Uzume narrowed her eyes. "I thought so. We've been following you, seeing your interactions, and what you did just then confirmed it for me. Though, it seemed as if you were going to be winged to him just then. Toyotama, I'll let you take the first attack."
"Right. Then your opponent is No. 16, Toyotama."
Uzume saw the confident look on Toyotama's face, so she showed a strong expression back.
"Introducing ourselves? Fine, I'm No. 10, Uzume!"
"Wait, Uzume-san!"
Uzume offered a kind smile towards Naoya.
"Don't worry, I'll keep you safe. I'm sorry, for getting you involved."
"Uzume-san..."
He called worryingly for her, but Toyotama ignored him, and charged for Uzume.
"Then, come on No. 10!"
Toyotama swung her staff towards Uzume, she expertly dodged it, and returned with a strong right blast of her veils only for another girl to come out from behind Kakizaki, wielding a pair of tonfa, rapidly spinning them until they came crashing down onto the young woman, only for the Uzume to dodge out of the way, but the place the tonfa's hit, created a sizable crack in the ground.
"Hey! That's not fair! It's two on one!"
"It's about to be three on one."
Toyotama taunted, causing Naoya to clutch his hand tightly.
"But, that's-"
"Have this!"
Naoya watched as Uzume leapt forward, her veil spinning behind her rapidly, compressing it together, then thrusted her hand forward, sending it off into a big burst of cloth, forcing Toyotama to dodge out of the way.
But as she did, the tonfa wielder jumped forward, allowing her tonfa to cross before her, and tank the shot, which pushed her into the ground, Naoya seeing said ground becoming dented with the heavy duty attack.
While Uzume fought that, Naoya saw another Sekirei coming from the right hand side, with a whip, and sent it towards Uzume.
"Uzume-san! Right!"
Uzume glanced right, and then brought up her veil, blocking off the attack but that gave Toyotama the advantage, coming in from behind her, she brought up her spear, and went to slash Uzume, Homura from a distance saw this, and raised a hand to shoot off some fire...
When Naoya jumped forward, elbowing her right in the face, surprising both Uzume and Toyotama who was brought down to the ground.
"Leave her alone!"
He snapped at Toyotama who laid on the ground, her hand going to her face.
"Naoya...kun..."
Uzume whispered, seeing that he had his arms before him in a protective stance over Uzume, a small blush dancing on her cheeks.
Kakizaki looked mildly impressed, as did Homura.
"What do you think you're doing?"
Kakizaki demanded, Naoya glared at him.
"I'm stopping her from hurting Uzume-san!"
"She's not even your Sekirei, so why do you care? Leave here, now."
"I wont leave her, she's...she's my friend, so back off! I mean, three to one, and also trying to force people to do something they don't want to! What's wrong with you?!"
Uzume felt a pulse erupting from her heart.
Hearing his voice, hearing his kindness.
"Little bastard...hitting me in the face...that's unforgivable!"
Toyotama though got off the ground, and unceremoniously embedded her spears blunt end into his upper body, causing him to cough out blood, and launch him across the pavement, slamming into a tree.
"Naoya-kun!"
"Your fights with us!"
From the right hand side, a whip came out and wrapped around the girls wrist, yanking her forward, almost losing her balance but she managed to stay on her feet, as the tonfa wielder spun hers around, thrusting them out towards Uzume's body, who chose to block with her veils, then swung them around the tonfa wielder, rapidly spinning them so fast that the tonfa wielder felt dizzy from the spinning attack, launching her away from him.
"Don't be difficult No. 10, our Master wishes to wing you."
Toyotama said with a darkened glare.
"As I said, I'm not becoming a Sekirei of the East's! For one, I actually want to be loved, he doesn't love his Sekirei."
"You take that back! Higa-sama loves us in his own way!"
"That sounds like denial to me."
Uzume said it straight eyes.
Tokoyama looked pissed off, showcasing a scary looking smile on her face.
"Toyotama, make sure you don't deactivate her, if you can."
"Yeah, I know Kakizaki, I remember."
Naoya watched on as Uzume fought off three Sekirei.
Homura went to join in, when pain flooded through Homura's system, feeling fire spontaneously coming through the skin, and deep inside as well, pausing Homura's movements from assisting Uzume, while saying "Damn it, not now...Uzume..." and could only watch as Uzume fought off the opponents.
Uzume saw Toyotama coming right for her, so she used her veil as a stepping stone, getting behind her in a single bounce, then she twirled the veils behind her, catching Toyotama up in them, launching her for the tonfa user, slamming them both together.
"Yes...Uzume-san..."
Though that small victory was stopped when the whip users metal end hit Uzume's face, blood dropped from her face, dying her veil in red, Naoya watching on from behind Kakizaki, seeing how he had a calm stoic expression, something he couldn't understand at all.
Seeing the concerned eyes from Naoya, Uzume smiled gently.
"I'm alright, don't worry."
"But Uzume-san...run away...you can, can't you?"
Even though he was in danger, he was thinking of her.
That feeling flooded her more than she had thought it would.
She didn't think she'd meet someone like this.
But here she was.
"Hehe, as if I could leave you behind~"
Naoya overlooked Uzume, seeing her smile, despite the pain that she was in.
"Don't laugh in the face of danger!"
Toyotama snapped, thrusting her spear several times for Uzume, but she lifted her veils, blocking off the attacks with swift movements, then she bent her veil around Toyotama's handle, and pushed her strength into it, snapping the staff in half, shocking Toyotama.
"Sorry but that's what you get!"
Uzume followed up with a thrust of her veil like a battering ram, embedding deeply into Toyotama's upper body, slamming her into a tree, mimicking what she did to Naoya, with Uzume smiling "That's for hurting my cute Naoya-kun." as she saw the whip user coming for her.
Expertly dodging the whip slash, she saw the tonfa user spinning them around, and came at her with fast swings, Uzume blocked the first one, but the impact of it, created a small shock wave, which shook the trees that were around.
The tonfa user was right on her, so she had to jump back, but the tonfa wielder swings towards her top, hitting her torso, Uzume wincing as she saw the small shock wave around them shaking the ground from the hit, then Toyotama swung the remains of her spear down from behind.
"Nowhere to run now!"
Uzume reacted, and went to kick Toyotama when the whip user wrapped their whip around her leg, flinging her down into the ground, allowing Toyotama to get in above Uzume stabbing downwards.
"S-Stop it...don't hurt Uzume-san..."
Uzume looked towards him, seeing him peeling himself off the ground.
Toyotama smirked, and intentionally cut into Uzume's right hand side, causing her to cry out.
"Uzume-san!"
Naoya got off the ground, but Toyotama raised her half broken spear, aiming it for Uzume's back.
"One more move, and she gets it."
"Stop this!"
"Sorry, but this is what Sekirei live for!"
Toyotama snapped back, Naoya clutched his hands together in his anger.
He kept thinking about what had happened during this day.
"Ashikabi...Sekirei...just what the hell is even going on here? He wants to take Uzume-san... for the East…but why? And what the hell is a Sekirei? They seem like normal humans...but, what they're doing defies human capabilities. But that doesn't matter, if they're humans or not...Uzume-sans in danger...she needs help...but what can I do…? I'm just an ordinary human...there's got to be something I can..." He paused, when seeing Kakizaki close by. "...I might be an ordinary human, but so is he."
Naoya decided.
He might not be able to fight Sekirei's.
But as far as he could tell, Kakizaki was a normal human, and he didn't look as if he hit the gym either, so he believed he'd be able to take him down with swift movements.
Homura from above, trying to control the raging powers inside, watched as Naoya rushed Kakizaki, getting behind him.
"Oi, what are you doing?!"
Kakizaki felt Naoya kick the back of his leg, forcing him on bending knee as he cried out, grabbing one of Kakizaki's arms, and forced it behind him, his other arm went around Kakizaki's neck, and pushed Kakizaki back into Naoya's body, keeping a tight hold on him.
"One more move, and your...Ashikabi friend here gets it!"
Mimicking Toyotama's words with some tweaks, he made that declaration with no hesitation.
Toyotama and the others scowled towards as Uzume looked bewildered, and also felt the same heat flooding through her.
"He...gets it? What are you going to do?"
Naoya steeled his gaze.
"Just try me."
Almost baiting her, Toyotama wasn't sure how to respond.
Kakizaki tried to move his free hand, but Naoya pulled his caught arm harder, forcing him to stop.
"You're not even an Ashikabi. You have no ties to this woman."
"I don't care, you're trying to kill her! As if I'd just leave!"
Uzume was bewildered by his reaction.
Kakizaki was right, he wasn't her Ashikabi.
Yet, he was placing himself in danger, when he could have run away.
He stayed, to save her.
"That's the nature of the game."
Naoya hated hearing that.
That it was a game.
How could it be a game?
"Well, it's wrong. Forcing people to fight like this. I might not have the full story, but I have enough to know it's not right. They're living, breathing people! They aren't your toys to play around with! Nor this East either! They should decide what happens with their live! Not you, nor this asshole the Game Master either!"
Uzume couldn't deny it now.
It was Naoya.
The person that she had been searching for.
Uzume slowly stood up, seeing the attention on Naoya and allowed her veils to go out, surrounding the enemies more and more. Naoya also saw it, and kept the Sekirei talking.
"So, tell me about this East guy. Why's he collecting Sekirei?"
"That's not your business."
Kakizaki snapped, but Naoya looked down at Kakizaki with annoyance.
"You're in no position to deny my request. So tell me, or I'll twist your arm."
Naoya mentally sighed, thinking "Great, now I'm like big sis Yukari..." and just kept on a strong face.
"...The East is collecting Sekirei to bolster his forces."
"Bolster his forces..."
"Now let me go, and I wont order the Sekirei to kill you."
"Yeah right, the moment I let you go, is the moment I get killed. So, you're staying with me for a bit."
Kakizaki showed an uneven expression, he was becoming more angry by the moment.
"...You insolent little..."
"Whatever, so tell me, are you these girls...Ashikabi's?"
"No..."
"Then why are you working for the East?"
"Because that's my job, I'm not divulging anymore than that."
"Remember the position you're in?"
Naoya muttered, but Kakizaki smirked.
"Don't you? These Sekirei are stronger than any humans, one slip and you're done for. All I have to do is wait until you've finished being brave. You didn't think this one through, did you?"
"Oh no, I did." He replied, seeing Uzume's veils being ready. "I was just distracting you long enough so Uzume-san could kick your asses~"
"What?"
Toyotama demanded, only to suddenly be wrapped up in her veils, as she did the whip wielder went to attack Uzume, but Homura shot off fire, having gained some control back, burning through the whip, and destroyed it all together, protecting Uzume long enough for her to grab the whip Sekirei as well.
"Now, it's time to leave my Naoya-kun alone!"
Uzume compressed her veils together into a ball, slamming them all together as they cried out, and used her veils to launch them away as far and fast as she could, panting from the injuries she had sustained.
Kakizaki was stunned, as Naoya let him go.
Turning to Naoya, he began yelling "What the hell do you think you're-" only to receive a direct punch to the face from Naoya, so hard that it knocked him out, Naoya retracting his hand and shook it about.
"Bastard."
Uzume walked closer, and smiled gently.
"Damn, that was cool~ Behind your cute face, seems like you've got some badass in you~"
Naoya scratched the back of his head.
"Hehe, my sister taught me how to...as she says, kick some ass. She always told me to not let people that like bully others, and do disgusting deeds. He qualified, trying to take you against your will, as if."
"I see~" Uzume allowed her arms to wrap around Naoya, embracing him tightly. "I'm sorry...I'm..."
"Hey, you better get away from here before those Sekirei come back!"
Homura called, Naoya looking to Homura, but by the time he did, Homura disappeared. Uzume understood though, taking Naoya's hand, and began moving away from the area, glad that they managed to escape.
Eventually, Uzume and Naoya returned back to his apartment, and settled down inside of it. Like Minato's, it wasn't very big. The kitchen was right upon entering the door, the bedroom/living room was then just after that, with a door to the left for a bathroom, and another one on the right after the kitchen as a closet.
Naoya didn't mind though, and was content with the size of the apartment, for now anyway.
Naoya helped Uzume over to the bed, and placed her down. Going towards his kitchen, he pulled out a first aid kit, going back over to Uzume, and helped dress the cut that was on her side, as well as her other injuries.
Uzume could feel the heat running through her, feel her body tensing with desire.
"It doesn't seem too deep. Though maybe we should get you checked over at the hospital."
"Nah, I'll be alright. I've got the future doctor taking care of me~"
She joked around, causing a smile to erupt on his face.
"Still, to be on the safe side."
"Yeah, maybe we should..." As she spoke, she spread her body onto Naoya's bed, and smirked. "Haha, already trying to get me into bed Naoya-kun? You are a naughty boy after all, aren't you?"
She teased, drawing a light chuckle from the boy.
"Hehe, been doing all sorts of strange things today..."
"Yeah..." Uzume looked into his eyes, then at his face. "You protected me..." Uzume went to his shirt, lifting it up, and saw the forming bruise. "...and because of me, you're injured."
"It's alright...it's not too bad."
"But still...you risked yourself for me...and I was the one who dragged you into it in the first place...I'm sorry..."
Uzume began tearing up in regret.
If she hadn't of met him.
If she hadn't of dragged him into it...
He cut her off, grabbing her hand, and held it gently.
"Don't apologize Uzume-san, you didn't do anything wrong. That guy...the East guy was trying to take you by force. You know...besides that last part, today has been one of the better days of my life."
Uzume felt her cheeks flushing at his words.
"R-Really…?"
"Y-Yes...I...you know, my Mom...after something happened to me years ago, she wouldn't let me do many things on my own. I had to convince her just to let me come to this city to be with all of my family because she was worried about me...but today, it was amazing, to explore the city, to be with you...and while the ambush of Sekirei against us wasn't great, I still enjoyed my day...with you."
"Naoya-kun..." Uzume placed a hand on his face, lovingly stroking his skin. "Naoya-kun...remember when you asked about Sekirei and Ashikabi's?" He nodded. "I could tell you...if you become an Ashikabi...my Ashikabi."
As she spoke, her reddening cheeks became more pronounced.
Her face looked a mixture of cute and sexy.
Her eyes fluttered, her body twitched, and her eyes looked adoringly towards Naoya.
"Become...your Ashikabi...? But Uzume-san...I don't know what an Ashikabi is. All I know is that Sekirei and Ashikabi are partners...right?"
Uzume, understanding his confusion, placed his hand on her breast, causing his face to burn red as she breathed slowly.
"Do you feel it? My hearts beating so fast, my body is reacting to you. I've never felt like this before. Now that I'm with you, it's you Naoya-kun. If you want...I'll become your Sekirei. An Ashikabi, is the person a Sekirei has been seeking, it's like their life partner, the one destined person they're supposed to be with. My body's been reacting to you, you're who I'm meant to be with. Our meeting might have been an accident, but I'm glad, it was you who I met."
"Uzume-san..."
"And...anyone that's willing to risk themselves for me...is definitely worthy of becoming my Ashikabi. Besides...you're so adorable, I hit the jackpot with Ashikabi's~" She smiled out, then her face turned serious. "But Naoya-kun. It might...be dangerous. I promise, I'd protect you...but, it will be dangerous, and will get more dangerous, I'd understand if you'd not want to involve yourself in that."
"I see...but today, I felt good...helping you. I did something good...I helped people, I helped you..."
Uzume was quite happy to hear that.
"Yes...you did, Naoya-kun. So, do you want me? Because, I want you to be my Ashikabi."
Did he want her?
It was a weird situation, he hadn't expected anything like this.
Seeing the way Uzume was, seeing her flushing face.
She was beautiful, she was smart, and kind, and despite their meeting, he wasn't lying when he said he had a great day with Uzume.
Hearing the story, he felt sympathy for Sekirei's, that meet horrible Ashikabi's.
Being forced to be with people they didn't want to be with.
He couldn't allow that to continue.
"If I become your Ashikabi...lets help other Sekirei find their right Ashikabi's, okay? And...somehow stop this stupid death tournament."
"Naoya-kun...hehe, yes, lets do it, together."
Uzume swiftly guided Naoya down onto the bed.
Resting gently on the bed, she climbed on top of him, her large assets being pushed deeper into his chest, the softness of her chest sent his body into a hotter state.
Her fingers cupped his jaw, while his hand found hers, their fingers intertwining.
"So...how do we do this?"
"Here. Let me show you."
Uzume leaned down, as Naoya watched her. Her soft ample lips parted, her body enclosed around his own, and then, with a swiftness to it, her lips pressed against his own.
Emotions flooded through them both at the touch of their lips.
The pair also began to blush at the kiss between them, as Naoya noticed something glowing from behind her.
The symbol on her back and saw veils coming out of her neck, almost like wings. They spread far, and reached the ceiling. The light coming from the veil like wings illuminated the otherwise mostly dark room, bathing the pair in beautiful light.
They flapped as if wind was blowing them, Naoya was mesmerized with the veil like wings until they died down and they simply were just kissing.
They remained kissing for over half a minute, and when pulling away, Uzume kissed his cheek, then sat up on the bed, smiling brightly down at him.
"Sekirei No. 10, at your service my cute Ashikabi-kun~"
"...Uzume-san...I'm glad I met such a cool Sekirei."
Naoya chortled, his hand still within her firm grasp, sat up, and embraced Uzume, who did the same thing.
They stayed in their embrace until his phone rang.
"Ugh, this better not be..." Naoya grabbed his phone, and saw the number, not recognizing it but Uzume urged him to answer it. "E-Erm...hello, who is this?"
[Hello, it is I, Hiroto Minaka, young Naoya Sahashi-kun!]
"How did you get my number?"
[Aah, as the president of MBI, there's many things I can accomplish. Now, look at your television.]
Naoya looked as did Uzume, seeing it suddenly coming on.
Naoya blinked, looking at Uzume who sighed and rolled her eyes at Minaka.
"Sorry Naoya-kun, he's eccentric."
"So, he's the Game Master then..."
"Ooh yeah..."
[H-Hey, I'm right here! Talk to me if you have questions!] Minaka snapped, but both Naoya and Uzume gave unamused faces. [Ahem, now getting onto it. As you're aware, I am the president of MBI, but I'm also the Game Master as you called me. And you young man are lucky enough to wing Sekirei No. 10, Uzume. How have you been Uzume? Though maybe I should ask, how's Matsu?]
"Just peachy...both of us..."
She said with a distant voice, a sweat drop falling down her face.
Naoya turned towards Uzume questioningly.
"Who's Matsu-san?"
"She's...I'll tell you later Naoya-kun~"
Naoya furrowed his brows as Minaka continued.
[Now my boy, as you've winged her, you're apart of the Sekirei Plan now. But since we're in the first stage, all you have to do is survive with your Sekirei, and if you so desire, wing more Sekirei to boost your forces! Then after the second stage, we'll be getting into-]
"Could you just stop right there please?" Naoya cut him off, surprising him and Uzume. "You're telling people to survive, and wing more Sekirei, right?"
[Indeed I am!]
"And what about the Sekirei themselves, don't they have a choice who their Ashikabi are?"
[They get attracted to certain Ashikabi's, so they do in a sense.]
"But, do they get protection until then?"
[Well, that's not the game, if I simply protected them, then it wouldn't be interesting!]
Naoya couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Interesting...you know there's people winging Sekirei by force, right? This East guy is doing it, and who knows if they're others."
[Yes, I did hear about that. It isn't exactly what I would want, but you never know what direction the games going to take.]
"You have the power to stop it, so stop it."
Naoya thought that would be the most logical thing to do.
But Minaka's compassion, seemed to be lacking.
[Hahaha! You do have quite the spirit Naoya-kun! Don't worry, I'm sure that things will work out!]
Naoya murmured "Sick bastard." Uzume gaining a bemused look.
"So, MBI huh?"
Naoya said sweetly, but Uzume could see he had his fist tightened on the bedsheet.
She wondered what that was about.
[Yes, that's right! Now let me tell you, the Sekirei Plan is a secret, so don't start telling everyone about this, or something might happen to you and your Sekirei.]
Naoya blinked, turning to Uzume.
"Did he just threaten us?"
"Pretty much."
Naoya shook his head, turning back to Minaka.
"Fine, I wont tell anyone. Though, why are you doing this?"
[It's the age of the God's! Sekirei and their Ashikabi's fight until they're only one left! If you play your cards right, it could be you. After that, you get the chance to make your fondest wishes come true together with your Sekirei!]
"Great, he's a rich guy...he's crazy and running a death tournament...wonderful combination."
Uzume snorted as Minaka developed an annoyed expression.
[...Anyway, that's all I came to tell you! So, do your best, and excel in the plans! I'm sure you've got some stuff up your sleeves Naoya-kun! I wish you luck! Uzume, I don't have to have your things sent, right?]
"Nope~ Besides, I don't think Miya would let you anywhere near the Inn anyway~"
Minaka chortled awkwardly, quietly disappearing from the screen.
Once he was gone, Naoya went to to his phone, when he heard a song being played.
Looking around, he turned to Uzume who looked pale.
"Is that One Winged Angel?"
"...Yes, it's Miya. I set different songs to different people so I know who it is right away. But still, Miya's ringing...I guess Homura's not told her yet..." Uzume looked ill as she shoved the phone to Naoya. "Y-You talk to her Naoya-kun! She's...S-She's frightening when she's mad!"
"So, you play that game? I play that game~"
"Matsu does, I watch~ I thought the song fitted Miya quite well when she's angry. So, as my cute Ashikabi...you're up! She knows about Sekirei and Ashikabi's so it's fine~"
"Eeh...sure." Naoya answered the phone. "Hello, Miya-san."
[Ooh my, that doesn't sound like Uzume.]
He heard the sound of a woman's voice, it sounded gentle, though Uzume felt the demonic vibes coming from it. But, to her astonishment, Naoya didn't seem to feel it.
"No...actually, she's currently...erm..." Uzume rubbed her hands on her breasts, drawing confusion from Naoya, so he whispered. "...what are you doing Uzume-san..?" Uzume, rubbing all over her body, pointed to the sponge at the kitchen sink. "Washing herself! She's currently washing herself! She's in the bath! And asked me to answer her phone for her~"
[Oh, I see. And who are you?]
"I'm...Naoya Sahashi, I'm Uzume-sans Ashikabi."
He heard a cute sound come down the phone, Uzume was envisioning a scary mask hanging near the phone, looking like a visage of a demon.
[Ooh, that's wonderful. Uzume's finally found her Ashikabi. Are you treating her well?]
"Yeah, I think so. We only just...did the kiss and yeah, Uzume-san is my Sekirei now."
[That's great, I'd love to meet Uzume's Ashikabi, I have a soft spot for Uzume. Though, she did forget to message me about not picking up the vegetables, I think I can let it go this time. So, is she staying with you for the night? Just so I know to cook her a meal or not.]
Naoya placed his hand over the phone, turning to Uzume.
"She wants to know if you're staying so she knows to cook for you or not."
"Tell her yeah I'm staying."
Naoya nodded, turning back to the phone.
"She said yes, she's staying with me."
[I see, then I'll let you go. Goodbye Sahashi-san, have a pleasant evening.]
"You as well, Miya-san."
With that, the phone went dead, and he gave it back to Uzume.
"...How did you speak to her then?"
"What do you mean?"
"T-The vibes...the demonic feeling...didn't you feel it?"
"Erm...no, I didn't feel anything, she sounded kind."
Uzume was astonished, someone who could stand up to Miya's demonic vibes.
Naoya took to his phone, and dialled a number.
"What ya doing Naoya-kun?"
She said, while embracing him into her chest.
"MBI's behind this, right?"
"Yup, that's right."
"Then she'll know all about this..."
Uzume raised an eyebrow.
"Who?"
Naoya sighed, knowing what he'd have to do.
"My Mother."
Uzume was shocked that he knew that, she wasn't aware he was aware that Takami worked for MBI.
Sitting in her office, Takami who had grey hair and a slender shapely frame, was finishing off on the phone.
"I see, so in the end, Uzume became his Sekirei Homura."
[Yeah, I explained everything to her...but, she chose to stay and protect him. It seems that she truly did want to be with him in the end.]
"I see...I guess it was inevitable that he would become one...still, I am glad that it is Uzume, she's quite capable. Though I worry for his future now that he is an Ashikabi..."
[Takami, don't worry so much, he's rather determined, and quite willing to fight it seems. I saw him elbow Toyotama away from Uzume, and then take Kakizaki hostage to stop Higa's Sekirei from terminating Uzume.]
Takami withheld a chortle, and settled on a light smile.
"I see...that son of mine. He can be rather scrappy. But still..."
[Don't worry, I'll do my best to make sure he isn't taken away.]
"I know. Thank you Homura. Thank you for doing what you could."
[No, I don't mind. Plus, I just witnessed him telling off Kakizaki, and also speak actual sense to Minaka. Though Minaka being Minaka, he didn't pay any attention. Still, it's nice to see an Ashikabi actually be against such things, I usually only run into the worst kind of Ashikabi's, with few exceptions.]
Takami could only imagine.
"Then that's that. You can rest now Homura, I'm sure that Uzume will be alright with him tonight."
[Right, goodnight Takami.]
"Goodnight, Homura."
With that, the phone call ended, and then she got back to doing a number of things around her lab.
However, a man then brought in another man wearing glasses, and a lab coat.
"I have brought him, ma'am."
Takami waved her hand.
"Thank you."
The man with glasses walked further into the lab, scratching the back of his head sheepishly.
"Eh...I'm sorry, but what's going on here? Has something happened?"
The man with glasses spoke up, so Takami stepped closer.
"I have heard of what happened recently, due to your incompetence and arrogance, one of the Sekirei have been emerged preterm, and may never be winged. I may have no choice other than to put her as a scrapped number if I cannot fix her."
"B-But, that wasn't my fault! It was that damn Sekirei!"
"No, it wasn't her, at all. It was you. I had told you to not carry out work on her, and you went behind my back to do so. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to let you go."
The man threateningly walked towards Takami, but was stopped by her bodyguard.
"This is my career we're talking about, my livelihood! You can't do this to me! Not because of that...that thing!"
Takami wasn't happy to hear what this man had said, and shot him a scowl.
"That 'thing' as you call her, has had her potential future ruined because of you. And it isn't only because of that, you have been doing poorly for a number of months now, not following orders, doing things behind my back, and now you've caused such an event to happen." Takami turned towards her bodyguard. "If you may, please get this person out of my sight, and escort him out of the building."
"Yes ma'am."
The bodyguard began pulling the man out, when it was clear he wouldn't leave on his own.
The man cursed "This isn't the end! That Sekirei will pay!" but Takami didn't care, and she just looked on with cold eyes.
Sighing, Takami went back to do her work.
After about five minutes, when she was readying to go home for the day, Takami heard her phone ringing.
Looking towards it, she saw that it was Naoya.
"Ah, hello Naoya, is everything alright?"
[Mom...I know you work for MBI. So please don't deny it, I've known for years now.] Takami stayed silent, her face dropping ever so slightly as he continued. [So, you know about the Sekirei Plan, don't you? Are you aware that I'm also an Ashikabi now?]
"Yes...I was made aware, and yes, I do know about the Sekirei Plan. I'm...involved in it."
It was hard for Takami to say those words.
She didn't want to admit to something so...horrid.
[Mom...tell me you don't condone such a thing? Sekirei are out there, being forced to be paired with people they didn't pick, and Minaka, he's completely nuts, saying nonsense about this being the age of the Gods and all that, he doesn't even care that these Sekirei are being forced to be with someone they don't want to be with. He thinks it makes the game more interesting! Is he demented or something?]
She could see why he'd be angry, even she was angry about that, that's the reason why she had Homura out there protecting Sekirei.
"I know...Naoya, we need to talk, face to face. I'll explain everything that I can when we meet. I promise. And for the record...no, I don't condone a thing about what Minaka is doing with the Sekirei, I'm firmly against it. So, allow me to explain. How about tomorrow?"
[...Okay, I'll meet you tomorrow. Text me the place.]
"Okay then, I'll explain tomorrow, and we'll see from there. Goodnight Naoya, stay safe."
[I'm with Uzume-san, safe as houses.]
"Heh...yes, I'm sure you are. Though, if you're with Uzume, does that mean I can expect grandchildren soon?"
She joked with her son, causing him to do a spit take.
[Pft! W-What?!]
"Goodbye Naoya, have fun."
With that, she hung up the phone, and deeply sighed.
Placing it down onto the table, she allowed her hand to run through her hair, thinking about what truly was going to happen now.
With Naoya in the game...what was going to happen to him?
End chapter!
So yeah, this is the first chapter of the Sekirei fic! As you can see, Minato, and Yukari's little brother, Naoya won the poll! It seems that he does get on with each member of his family, besides one of course, being his Father, though he isn't aware of that yet, but he was aware of Takami working for MBI.
As for Takami, it seems that she's so protective over Naoya, why that is, and what Naoya was speaking about with Uzume shall be elaborated upon more as the story goes on.
So yeah, as you can see, he winged Uzume as his first Sekirei! I wondered who the first Sekirei should be, and in the end, I thought Uzume would bring the best amount of story potential, and for some comedic moments after I spoke to a few people, so she was chosen. Also, for those wondering, Chiho will be appearing, and she'll have a big role in the story.
Now, onto the Sekirei's that Naoya is going to have. As always, suggestions are welcome! I have some ideas on who he's going to wing, right now all that's confirmed is Uzume, Akitsu, and most likely Benitsubasa, I could see Naoya and her having some fun interactions.
The only one that is the exception is Toyotama since she was revealed to be Higa's Sekirei, the others that Higa has in canon like Kaie, Shi or any of the others are all up for voting too, the same with any of Mikogami's, Toyotama's gonna be playing a role during the story as well.
As for Minato, it will be at least Musubi, and possibly Kusano, and Tsukiumi, the rest I'm not sure yet.
So yeah, that's it until next time, please vote if you wish, and thanks for reading!