"Oi Miya." Miya had turned her head from stovetop to the entrance of the living room and kitchen to see Antonio with Momoyo and Wanko who had Kuu sitting on her shoulders while she gently rubbed her dog ears.

"Ara, welcome, Momo-san." Said Miya as she greeted Momoyo she then had looked to see Kazuko. "Who might you be?"

"My name is Kazuko Kawakami. This is my Onee-san!" Said Wanko proudly causing Miya to giggle.

"Well Kazuko-chan, welcome to our home." Said Miya as she smiled warmly. As Karasuba was upstairs in the restroom, she had gently splashed some water in her face then looked herself on the mirror. After drying her hands, she left the restroom and made her way to the hallway, as she was going down the stairs she stopped as she peeked inside of the living room to see Antonio's face as he was talking to Miya, Momoyo, Wanko and Kuu along with Chiho as everybody else was enjoying the pool.

'Me being a mother huh?' Karasuba had previously been on the restroom after walking in from the bath, as she passed by the mirror, she had noticed something on her stomach which was too faded to see. She then slowly, slowly glided her index and middle finger in a circle on her stomach. 'Well we just have to see what the future holds. Though i know if I'm with him, the future is something i can't wait for.'

*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 11: A New Self Assessment


'I can't go back to being my former self. Ever since that talk with him, he made me see that I can't help everybody the same. I can't lose myself while trying to help others.' Antonio thought to himself as he sat down on the couch as Momoyo and the others conversated with each other. 'I keep saying that I will do anything to protect them but i put them right in immediate danger. I've sworn to myself, to help others so that they won't ever have to cry like i seen my mother do so long ago.'

"Hmm Antonio?" Chiho had seen Antonio looking down, as if he was in serious thought to himself so she made her way over to him.

'I don't ever want to see the one's I care for deeply like I've seen Chiho. I'll work as hard as I need to, to make sure something like that doesn't happen again.' Antonio thought to himself.

"Hey are you ok?" Asked Chiho softly with a concerned look on her face.

"Y-Yeah, just thinking." Replied Antonio as he chuckled. He then seen Momoyo and Wanko heading towards the door. "You guys are leaving already?"

"S-So we can stay longer?" Asked Momoyo, receiving a head nod from Antonio.

"I was thinking that maybe we could go to the beach today before we have to compete again tomorrow." Said Antonio.

"The beach sounds great!" Said Wanko as she then walked over to Antonio and softly nudged Antonio with her elbow. "That way you can see Onee-san in a swimsuit, I know how much you liked it when you first seen her in one.~" Wanko then had felt Momoyo's fist make contact with her head which she then proceeded to rub to ease the pain away as she fell down to her knees as her bag rested next to her.

"Doggie you talk too much you know that." Said Momoyo

"Im currently reflecting on my actions as we speak." Replied Wanko as she kept rubbing her head, causing laughter to erupt.

"I would love to go to the beach, but I didn't bring a swimsuit." Said Momoyo. Antonio immediately thought of his wind Sekirei.

"Ara, i could let you have one of mine." Everybody had turned to see Kazehana drying her head off with a towel while wearing gym shorts and a tshirt. "We should be around the same size." Said Kazehana as she walked up to Momoyo then started pushing her towards the front foyer

"W-Wait a minute!" Said a flustered Momoyo as she could feel Kazehana pushing her in the back.

"Nope~. Your Onee-san is going to get you a really cute swimsuit, one that'll catch Kanzaki-kun's eyes.~" Said Kazehana. When Momoyo heard this, she could slowly feel her face swell up as she then surrendered to Kazehana and had went to her room.

'Lord only knows that I pray that she doesn't give her anything too revealing.' Antonio thought to himself. "Don't worry Wanko, I'm sure one of the others will have a swimsuit they would lend you." Said Antonio causing her to smile and Kuu to gently stroke her ears which caused Kazuko to have a expression of happiness and comfort on her face.

"Can we invite Katsura-san?" Asked Chiho who received a head nod of approval from her boyfriend which put a smile onto her adorable face. "Ok I'll text her now!"

Kanzaki Family Private Beach

The sun was shining brightly down upon the sandy beach with trees swaying back and forth due to the gentle breeze as birds soared high in the sky together. Antonio had just got through using his speed ability to quickly set up the umbrellas and lay down the towels on the sand.

"Alright that should do it." Said Antonio as he clapped his hands together. 'Still can't believe that it's been awhile since the Sekirei Plan has been over. Now I'm just happy that my girls don't ever have to worry about Minaka again.' Antonio thought to himself.

"A-Antonio." Antonio's eyes had widen as he had turned around and had seen Momoyo wearing a red bikini with golden rings on her hip with a detachable, black translucent skirt which made a blush rise on his face. "W-What are you staring at?"

"N-Nothing, that swimsuit looks really good on you." Said Antonio as he gently scratched the side of his face with his index finger, causing Momoyo to blush.

"T-Thank you." Replied Momoyo as she looked upon his face to see a genuinely warm smile. Now she knows why all of his Sekirei and Chiho are deeply in love with him because not only because of his wholesome personality, but because his smile could change anybody who comes into contact with him which caused her to slowly place her hand over her chest.

"Antonio-sama!" Both Momoyo and Antonio had seen Musubi with twin ponytails on the side of her head with a pink swimsuit.

"Musubi your hair.."

"Do you like it?" Musubi asked with her cheerful tone of voice.

"Yeah it looks good on you. Musubi-chan." Replied Antonio causing Musubi to hug her Ashikabi and laugh slightly causing Momoyo to only confirm what she had thought. Moments later his Sekirei, Chiho, Minato and Yukari along with their Sekirei and Kazuko had stepped onto the sand with their swimsuits and Kuu with her floaty.

"Oniichan! Look at what Matsu-san gave me." Said Kuu as she showed off her duck floaty while wearing a school swimsuit.

"That's really nice of her, be sure to thank her for giving you that ok?" Said Antonio as he kneeled down and patted his youngest Sekirei on the head.

"Haaaaaaai." Said Kuu as she went to go play in the water with Yashima, Nanami and Kuruse and Kazuko.

'I wish I could've invited Darius, but he didn't answer his phone.' Antonio thought to himself as the rest of his Sekirei and either entered the water or started to relax on the towels Antonio had laid out for them.

"Nii-san!" Antonio looked towards his left to see Yukari and Minato approaching him while their Sekirei played in the water with his wives. "Thanks for inviting us." Said Minato.

"You don't have to thank me, you guys are my family." Said Antonio with a smile on his face. As he continued his conversation with his two cousin's who he considers to be his brother and sister, Momoyo and Chiho had kept looking at the side of his face.

"You know.." Momoyo had turned to see Chiho passionately looking towards Antonio. "That's why I like Antonio, not only is he extremely caring, he always looks out for his family. That's one of the reasons that makes him so attractive.." Said Chiho with a warm smile on her face. Momoyo could definitely agree that Antonio is extremely caring which put a smile on her face.

"Chiho?" Chiho and Momoyo had turned around to see Katsura and Kokoro in their swimsuits at the entrance to the beach.

"Ahh Katsura-san, Kokoro-san, glad you could make it!" Said Chiho as she had seen the two approaching her and Momoyo with a beach bag on her shoulder. "Katsura-san, this is Momoyo. She attends the same school as I do. Momo, this is Katsura-san and her little sister Kokoro."

"Hello nice to meet you." Said Momoyo as she bowed in respect.

"Likewise." Replied Kotonoha as her, along with her little sister bowed back. "You can go play now Kokoro." Said Kotonoha as she placed her hand on her little sisters head which caused her to run out to the water and start playing. "Thanks again for inviting us Chiho."

"It's not a problem Katsura-san, I just wanted my new friends to come and enjoy this beautiful day." Said Chiho with a warm smile on her face causing Kotonoha to have a smile emerged on her face. At this point Momoyo had left the two to go lay down on the towel to soak up some sun, allowing Kotonoha to ravish in the thoughts she's been having recently.

'Chiho, Kokoro is right, she is nothing like Sekai. As my friend, I feel as if she has the right to know about my past.' Kotonoha thought to herself. "C-Chiho!"

"Yes Katsura-san?" Replied Chiho.

"Remember when I had left the mall in such a hurry?"

"Jeez, I thought I told you it was alright." Said Chiho as she started to frown a bit.

"Well, at the time i didn't think I was ready to tell you the real reason why I left in such a hurry. But the more time we spent talking, I've come to feel comfortable around you and Kanzaki-san. So I wish to tell you about my past, mostly regarding two people i've come to not care about." Replied Kotonoha as she deeply breathed in and out. "Sekai, she is an ex-friend of mine."

"Ex?" Said Chiho as she tilted her head in confusion.

"Yes. There was a guy I used to date named Makoto, at first i thought he was the sweetest guy I known but that turned out to be a lie." Replied Kotonoha as she and Chiho sat down in the slightly warm sand in their swimsuits. "As the days progressed, he would slightly be more aggressive in the act of wanting to touch me sexually."

"You were against it weren't you?" Asked Chiho.

"At first I was." Replied Kotonoha "I selfishly thought that If i allowed him to do as he pleases, then he'll be happy. Turns out that was the biggest mistake I could make, then I met Sekai who was his 'friend'."

"Well if you were his girlfriend, why put so much emphasis on friend?" Asked Chiho "There shouldn't have been anything to worry about right?"

"Wrong." Replied Kotonoha

"Eh?"

"Even though we all attended the same school he was friends with her longer than we've been dating, at first he used to eat lunch with me on the roof everyday, but as the days passed, he slowly and slowly stopped eating lunch with me to eat with her. I didn't want to assume things so I kept quiet, but one day as the bell rang to let us go home, i stepped out into the hall and had seen them walking together when he promised to walk home with me." Said Kotonoha as Chiho kept silent to listen to her friends story. "The next day I asked her if anything was going on between them and instantly she denied it."

"Then what happened next?" Asked Chiho.

"During lunch that day, i made him a bento and decided that we should eat lunch together. We were in different classes so when I went to his class, a couple of students told me that he went towards the roof so left and headed that way. While carrying his lunch, i just had the thought of seeing him smile as he eats the lunch I made for him. Then…"

"Then?"

"As I made it to the door leading towards the roof, i opened it and saw something horrible. I...I seen Makoto and Sekai… having sex on the same bench that he claimed to like my food." Replied Kotonoha. "What's worse, was that they didn't stop until they were finished."

"That's horrible." Said Chiho

"I couldn't stand to see what i was looking at then, so i dropped my things and left them. Sekai lied in my face and told me nothing was going on, when I made Makoto tell me the truth.." Chiho had seen tears starting to form in her eyes. "He told me that not even a week after we started dating, he claims that he couldn't stop Sekai's 'advances' so without thinking I just cut myself off from him and walked away. I never felt so humiliated in my life."

"Katsura-san." Chiho said to herself softly.

"So now I'm here. Meeting and talking to you has made me feel so comfortable that i was able to tell you without shutting down." Said Kotonoha.

"Well Katsura-san, I'm glad that you feel comfortable enough to tell me. Whenever something is bothering you, I want you to feel that you can tell me anything." Replied Chiho with a warm smile on her face. "We are friends aren't we?" Said Chiho causing Kotonoha to have a warm feeling surging through her body which was finally enough to erase the cold memories that rested in her mind.

"Hai!" Said Kotonoha "You can call me Kotonoha, and Chiho?"

"Hai?" Replied Chiho, causing a warm smile to appear on her face.

"Thank you for being a good friend." Said Kotonoha with a warm smile.

"Sure thing and not a problem at all, Kotonoha." Replied Chiho.


Beyond The Wings Of Fate


Yamato was laying down on his bed staring at his ceiling with his hands placed behind his head letting his collective thoughts of watching the girl he loved since childhood confessing to a guy he hadn't seen since childhood steal her away from him.

'He just goes away for all this time, and now he comes back and nee-san just falls for him like that?' Yamato thought to himself. Just remembering that sunset scene, seeing Momoyo confess to his childhood friend just made him grind his teeth with anger. He then looked towards his dresser to see the small box open with a ring with a green jewel sitting inside. 'It's not fair..' Outside of his room, Miyako who was just wearing black gym shorts and a t-shirt was just standing at his door with her arm slowly reaching for the handle to open it but had stopped midway, allowing a tear to slowly descend from her eyes.

'Yamato…' Miyako had slowly left Yamato's door as not to alert him of her presence. 'It's not fair…' . While still in his thought's of anger, he decided to dig out his cell phone and contact the only person who can dig up dirt about anyone he chooses, which was Aoi Touma.

Kanzaki Family Private Beach

"Oniichan.." Kuu walked up to Antonio after he sat down on a towel with Momoyo and Chiho next to him with Uzume next to Chiho and Katsura and Wanko next to Momoyo.

"What's up Kuu?" Replied Antonio as he gently placed his hand on her head.

"I'm hungry…" Said Kuu as her stomach let out a soft growl which had made all of them smile.

"Well it's not out of the ordinary that you would work up an appetite while playing." Replied Antonio. "Luckily I had brought over the portable grills so we can have shish-kabobs." Said Antono

"Yay!" Said Kuu as she started hopping up and down at the sight of Antonio walking towards the back of the van his Sekirei came in can pulled out three portable grill boxes, some charcoal and a cooler with some steak, chicken, shrimp and veggies. Momoyo had seen Antonio carrying it all and setting up this by himself, including cutting up the meats and veggies and readying everything else, even the grill with Kagari's help. After fully cooking the food, everybody gathered around the grills and had ate wonderfully while enjoying conversations with each other until it was time to head home.

"It was nice to meet you again!" Said Kokoro as she was standing next to her older sister. "We should hang out again!"

"As long as Kotonoha agrees." Replied Chiho in which Kotonoha agreed by shaking her head in approval. "Well I'll see you two later, text me when you make it home safely."

"Will do! By Chiho, Antonio, Minna!" Said Kotonoha as she and Kokoro waved goodbye before leaving the beach to get a taxi ride home.

"I can take you two home if you want?"

Suggested Antonio.

"S-Sounds g.."

"That sounds great!" Interrupted Wanko "After such a romantic day, nee-san is probably extremely tired, but wants to go home so she can dream about you."

"Oi doggie…" Wanko could feel a malicious, killer aura radiate from Momoyo whose hair covered her eyes.

"Ahahaha, I was only kidding?" Said Wanko as she proceeded to sweat bullets.

"Alright I'll take you girls home." Said Antonio. He then walked towards Miya who was wearing a beautiful one piece swimsuit that kept the faded symbol on her stomach hidden.

"Miya I'm going to take them home, I'll call the house when I'm on the way back home." Said Antonio as he leaned in and kissed Miya on the cheek causing a warm feeling to surge throughout her body.

"Please be careful." Said Miya as she had then seen Antonio, Chiho, Momoyo and Wanko all head to his Camaro. She then had looked down at her stomach and slowly inched her fingers closer so she could softly touch it. Karasuba had seen this and had smirked to herself.

"Hehehe, let's hurry on back home, I need to get my 'Birthday Present' ready for tonight~." Said Kazehana causing Hikari's ears to perk up.

"The hell are you talking about you perverted Sekirei!" Said Hikari

"Hehe, oh it's nothing Onee-chan~." Said Kazehana as she winked towards Hikari, causing her to let sparks of violet electricity flow off her body. As Antonio was riding through the dark streets of Shino Teito to Kawakami City in silence, Wanko had wore herself out as she was sleeping somewhat peacefully in the backseat as Momoyo sat next to her.

"Seems she wore herself out." Said Antonio as he looked up in the rearview mirror to see Wanko sleeping.

"Somehow I'm starting to like her better this way." Replied Momoyo

"There isn't anything wrong with a little harmless fun." Said Antonio "Besides, seeing you flustered is pretty cute." When Momoyo heard this, she could feel her face getting hot as a blush surfaced to her face.

"B-B-Baka! Who's flustered?!" Said Momoyo, causing Antonio and Chiho to chuckle and Wank to to yawn. As they finally made it back to the Shimazu Dorm, Momoyo had flicked Wanko on the forehead to wake her up.

"T-Thanks for taking us to the beach today.." Said Wanko as she stretched her arms before undoing her seatbelt.

"Hey don't mention it, thanks again for the birthday gifts, I love them." Said Antonio causing Momoyo to hurry out of the car with a blush on her face. "I'm going to walk them to the front door, you'll be ok right?" Asked Antonio.

"I'll be fine." Assured Chiho as she leaned over to give Antonio a kiss on the lips before he left out of the drivers side to walk them to the front door. As Wanko was the first one to enter Momoyo had stopped before entering.

"You know, I was thinking about announcing to everyone about our relationship.." Said Momoyo before a quick blush rose to her face. "S-So I was hoping that after tomorrow's rounds, that you c-c-could." Momoyo was sincerely trying to get her words out but couldn't which caused her body to fidget around.

"If that would make you happy then I'll be here tomorrow." Said Antonio causing Momoyo to smile. She then brought her face closer to his.

"Thank you." Said Momoyo as she planted a kiss on his cheek. As she giggled to herself she had finally walked inside and as Antonio was returning to his car from a window on a upper level, Yamato was observing all of this and with his free hand, he clenched it into a fist.

Kanzaki Family House

As all of Antonio's family returned, they had felt as if all of their energy from today's activities was sapped out of them so they decided to head to bed, except for a few mischievous Sekirei. Kazehana had changed into an exclusive, luxurious purple laced lingerie that had revealed her breasts and her naughty part but had some sort of blanket that goes with it to keep it as some sort of surprise.

'Hehe, he's going to love this~. Ok got the lingerie, I've got my super secret, limited edition sake. I'm pretty much set!' Kazehana thought to herself.

Benitsubasa & Haihane's Room

"I knew it so you were going to give him some birthday sex." Said Haihane as she had seen Benitsubasa changing into some sexy underwear. "Luckily for you that they had something 'decent' in a C-cup for you."

"Shutup Haihane! And you are talking about me when you are getting dressed as well!" Replied Benitsubasa as she had seen Haihane letting down her hair as she snapped on her indigo laced bra.

"Well it is his birthday." Replied Haihane "Seems as if you are dressed like you want him to knock you up." Said Haihane, causing Benitsubasa's face to turn deep red.

"S-So what if i do want him to get me pregnant?" Replied Benitsubasa. "He is the only man that took the time out and actually get to know what makes me, me. He's helped me with my anger."

"Which you still get angry." Replied Haihane causing a vein to appear on the side of her head.

"He doesn't talk to me in any kind of way, and he likes my cooking as well." Said Benitsubasa. Haihane had a small flashback to the time her brownies had a purple aura of death surrounding it which made her body shiver at the mere thought of it. "Plus I absolutely love how gentle he is with me, he can be rough which I don't mind."

"I bet you don't." Interrupted Haihane once more.

"Stop interrupting me!" Replied Benitsubasa "Anyways, most of the time I just love how he soothes me. We are already married to him so having a family, I never really thought about that long ago but now, having a family with him sounds nice."

"You know they say that If a Sekirei receives a lot of their Ashikabi's semen, a Sekirei Symbol will appear on the stomach and once it's fully visible, then bam you're pregnant." Said Haihane. "It's only a theory. Besides what would you even name your kid since you know there are more female Sekirei than male."

"Hmm, that's a hard question to ask. Maybe I'll think about that later." Replied Benitsubasa as she was heading towards the door to exit. "Are you coming or what?" Asked Benitsubasa to her long time friend.

"Yeah, Yeah. Do we need condoms?" Asked Haihane, causing Benitsubasa to sigh.

"Do even use condoms with our husband?" Replied back Benitsubasa.

"Good point." Said Haihane as she placed the condoms back into her drawer as they both headed out of their room and made way towards Antonio's room. Karasuba was looking at herself in the mirror and had looked at her stomach.

'Seems as if I'm not the only one who's getting ready.' Karasuba thought as she had observed the faded Sekirei Symbol on her stomach. 'I finally settled on a name, hehe. Who would have ever thought that me of all people would become a mother one day. Once you get here Ayame, I'll treasure you and Antonio even more.' Karasuba thought to herself. Antonio and Chiho had opened the front door to the mansion like home and quietly closed it shut and locked the door.

"Today was really fun." Said Chiho as she had observed Antonio wearing the pendant she gave him.

"Yeah it really was, but you want to know what makes it even better?"

"Hehe, what's that?" Asked Chiho as Antonio had brought her closer to him.

"That I got to have a birthday with people that I truly care about. This birthday has truly been the most special birthday i will hold near and dear to my heart and I'm glad I got to share it with you." Replied Antonio, causing a tear of happiness to form in Chiho's eyes.

"Well I hope we get to spend many more together! And not just birthdays, holidays and everyday as well!" Said Chiho as she wrapped her arms around Antonio's neck and planted her soft lips to his.

'This happiness, this warm feeling is probably what Musubi and the others feel when they kiss me and are able to use their norito. For some reason, I just feel that, I never want to lose this warmth.' Antonio thought to himself. 'Matsuro, thank you. I see now that my old self just wasn't sufficient. I would always say i want to protect my family but put them in harm's way even if I didn't mean it. Well no more, with today's self-assessment, I've learned that I can't do what i used to do, not anymore, I have to do what's right for me and my loved ones.'

"Hmm? Are you ok?" Asked Chiho curiously as she had seen her boyfriend's face had a hard thinking look on his face.

"Y-Yeah i'm fine." Replied Antonio. Chiho had then let go of Antonio and made her way to the flight up stairs that led to her and Uzume's room.

"Goodnight, and good luck tomorrow!" Said Chiho as she had finally retired to her room.

'I need to make better decisions not only for myself but for my family.' He then remembered when his father Anthony blatantly disrespected his mother which caused him to tighten his fist. "I need to start acting instead of just saying." Antonio said to himself as he then retired to his room himself. As Miya was resting on her bed, she turned her head to her dresser to see a photo of her and Antonio framed sitting next to her wedding ring. She couldn't help but to smile warmly at the picture, she still remembers the first day she met Antonio when he came to Maison Izumo with Musubi and Kaho, but she never would've guessed she would end up where she is now but if she could, she wouldn't change anything at all.

'I'm definitely looking forward to what the future holds, not only as Goddess and Queen, but also as a wife to you Antonio.' Miya had thought to herself but had silently giggled to herself. 'I can't forget future mother, I'm sure Mei wouldn't like that I forgot.' As Miya drifted back to sleep with Kuu sleeping next to her, Antonio had grabbed the handle on his door and opened it but was shocked to see most of his Sekirei provocatively wearing lingerie while Kazehana walked over to him, handed him a cup and started pouring some sake.

"We just wanted to give you a final birthday present, I hope you don't mind~." Said Kazehana after she had seen Antonio drinking the cup of sake and started to pour another cup.

"I didn't want today to end without allowing you to ravish in my body." Said Yomi as she slowly guided her finger across her lips, then slowly licking her bottom lip afterwards. He had then seen Matsu and Kocho slowly taking off their glasses and placing them on his dresser.

"Please make use of my body in anyway you see fit Kanzaki-tan." Said Matsu as Kocho pretended to cough.

"K-Kanzaki-san, use my body as your outlet for your sexual desires." Said Kocho as her face was beet red. Antonio could feel a shiver down his back as Kazehana softly blew inside of his ear.

"I'll take that~." Said Kazehana as took his sake cup away and had raised his arms for him as she then proceeded to take off his shirt for him. "As our gift to you tonight, mark us with your scent~." Said Kazehana softly as she softly rubbed on Antonio's bulge inside of his shorts. That whole night, a different mixture of lights could be seen from the window outside of his house.

Mizuki's House

'Twenty years old huh? Man they sure grow up fast.' Said Mizuki as she placed a newly framed photo of her, her sister and her kids, Antonio and his Sekirei along with Minato's and Yukari's all standing outside The mansion like home on her dresser before turning out the lights in her bedroom. 'Hope he doesn't build a bad habit of drinking.' Mizuki thought to herself as she slowly drifted to sleep, a few minutes pass by and her eyes shot open. 'I can feel that my wish is going to come true soon!' Kyaaaaa!'

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