Well, after 4 months of a long hiatus, I am finallyback in action. First off, just want to say that I amglad to be back, and that I am excited about thepossibility of keeping this story going. Also, I justwant to respond to some reviews that I havegotten:

Morregen: thanks for liking the story so much. Ican't believe that I'm back to writing once again, as it is such a joy for me to write. It's awesome to hear that Karasuba is your favorite Sekirei, sinceshe is one of my favorites as well. As for if Yuutowill become head of the disciplinary squad? We'll just have to wait and see.

Rubic: Yes, as of now I will begin updating thisstory once again.

Now, this chapter will get into more interestingbattles, with more characters getting introducedand interesting developments forming.

Sekirei Snatcher

Chapter 6: Trust

In an alleyway…

Tsukiumi was breathing heavily, as she had just ran almost a marathon. She had been running away from the lighting twins, since she hasn't been winged yet and they were trying to kill her. But thankfully, she was able to outmaneuver them, and she had just gotten into this alleyway to try and get her breath back. But, she saw someone coming into the alleyway, and she brought her sword to the person. But, she than put her sword down, as she recognized the individual. He had medium silver hair and brown colored eyes, and had on a mask and a long trench coat that covered up most of his body and made him barely noticeable.

"Homura, what thou art doing here in this hour of darkness?" Tsukiumi asked.

Homura sighed a bit, than leaned on the wall of the alleyway.

"Saw that you escaped the twins. And on the way, I found No.27 dead. At least she went down fighting."

"Thou do detest that thy is nervous about the oncoming unknowns that thou see. And thy don't want any part of."

Tsukiumi continued to breath heavily, which she found confusing.

Why does thy body keep acting up? Does thoubosom keep me unfocused? I need time and keepto thy self for a little while.

"Tsukiumi…you seemed to be acting up. Do you think-"

"NO! Thou doesn't want to believe what you are saying to me. Thou can detest that it's not possible."

"Tsukiumi…what's been going on. You usually don't get this act up. What's the problem?"

Tsukiumi wanted to just walk away from this and forget this ever happened, but she knew that Homura wasn't leaving without her giving a straight answer. She sighed again, and she looked at Homura with a serious look in her eye.

"It's been happening for the past couple of nights. Thy doesn't know how to personally describe it…but thy feels like thy is in a dream world of sorts. And I'm standing, looking at two people in front of me. Thy looks at the one on the right, and sees kindness and friendliness, with medium black hair and blue eyes. Thy looks to the left, and sees something that looks like…sorrow. The seriousness in his look is haunting…but for some reason, even though thy doesn't know what to do, Thy feel as if I'm being pulled toward both of them…and thy has to choose one or the other…to potentially be thy Ashikabi. But that just makes thy more confused than ever. Thy…thy doesn't know what to do…and that just makes thy detest this game even more."

Tsukiumi waited for Homura to give a response. It seemed to drag on for what seemed to her like forever, but finally she heard something from him.

"I don't know why there are two Ashikabi's showing up in you're dreams…and I know you detest A lot of men…but if they're showing up for you in your dream, than I think you already know what you have to do. You can decide to accept it or not, but you know you have to eventually come to that decision."

Tsukiumi scoffed at what Homura was saying to her, and she decided to make her exit into the night. As she was heading back to her safe haven, she thought again at what Homura had told her.

Maybe Homura is right. Will thy have to make a decision eventually? And when it comes, will thybe able to do it? That, thy is afraid, will not be ableto know.

I With Yuuto's group…

Yuuto had been carrying Yashima on his back, since she had gotten exhausted from walking for so long. She had falling asleep, and was now talking with Yomi and Akitsu.

"Please tell me we're close to home." Yomi said.

"Don't worry, we're just about their." Yuuto said.

"Master…ah…I was curious about something." Akitsu said.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"Ah…where did you learn to fight like that?"

Yuuto at first looked at Akitsu with fear in his eyes, but than he sighed a bit. He knew that he hadn't completely told his group about his life before he met them, but he knew he was going to have to tell them eventually.

It doesn't make me feel any better having to tell them the truth. Fuck brain what do I do?

"Look, I got into a few fights when I was younger. So…I had to keep on my toes quite a bit. You have to live like that sometimes."

Yomi and Akitsu saw the look of anguish in his eyes, and Yashima, even though she was out cold, had felt it to. But it was soon after that the four arrived at Izumi Inn, and they entered through this the door, where Miya was having a serious look on her face. Yuuto than noticed that Homura had just arrived and was looking at him as well.

"Yuuto, you were out pretty late. And that girl…is she staying here as well?" Miya asked.

"Yes, as of now. She was…dealing with a lot where she was at before. So, I decided to take her in." Yuuto said.

Miya had a look of skepticism on her face, but as Yuuto was walking past Homura, he could of swore he saw a face that was surprised. But he didn't let that get to him as he went to his room, and placed Yashima on one of the futons. He soon got on his own, and was in the process of falling asleep when he felt two arms wrap around him. Then he heard sobbing coming from Yashima.

"Thank you…thank you so much. I-I didn't k-know if I was e-ever getting out of there. Can….can I stay with you and be by your side?" Yashima asked.

"Yashima…as long as you're with me, I will be right next to you."

Yuuto heard Yashima sniffle a bit, and soon after sleep overcame Yuuto.

With Miya and Homura…

Miya was beginning to sweep up the area, when Homura went up to her.

"Oh…you want to talk. Well, I'll listen to what you want." Miya said.

"Well…there are two things I've seen. Well, you already saw it this morning, but Matsu bonded with Minato, which means he has three. But you saw the girl that Yuuto was carrying as well…she is a Sekirei as well who has bonded to Yuuto."

"Well, that's good for both of them."

"Miya, I know who Yuuto was carrying. I've seen her before. Yuuto was not originally her Ashikabi. Doesn't that sound suspicious to you?"

"I mean…maybe, but we should ask Yuuto about it personally. You never know if it's just a theory."

"But…now think about this…if he has the ability to gain that Sekirei with her having a previous host…doesn't that put Minato's Sekirei of bonding with Yuuto?"

"Homura. You can't just go around making assumptions. Yes, I agree with you these events the past few days have been strange…but right now we should get some rest. You look like you had a long day."

"Huh, you're probably right. But trust me…I think you're best option is to let him find his own place."

At MBI…

Takami was rubbing her head, trying to bring down the massive headache that had come over her. The day started out normally. Most of it was Watching both Minato and Yuuto to see what they would do. Than, while Yuuto was at the grocery store, Matsu had bonded to Minato, which she liked that he was getting somewhere with women and also that he was gaining strong Sekirei. But her head really began spinning when she saw what transpired with Yuuto. He tracked down Yashima like it was a piece of cake, then she saw the quick movements when Yashima's former Sekirei tried to kill him. She was horrified at the look in his eye when he had just knocked the man off the railing. It was of high intensity, with a look of a killer in his eyes. Takami was thinking about whether it was alright to have Yuuto in the same Inn as Minato…and wether she would ask Yuuto personally to force Minato out of the game.

No, out of the question. That would most likely devastate Minato. He has a really caring personality, and wouldn't like to see his Sekirei go to someone that didn't like them.

What also concerned her was that Yashima, like Yomi, had been bonded to Yuuto, even though Yashima already had a Sekirei. But what she was most worried about was if-

"TAKAMI, where the fuck are you!"

Oh god, please don't tell me Karasuba found out. It would mean the end of everything around her…which likely means death.

Takami saw Karasuba and Haihane came into the room, with the latter have a shy look on her face, a the former having a gleam in her eyes.

"What do you want? And why are you out so late?" Takami asked.

"It doesn't fucking matter why I'm up. All I want is for you to promise me something."

"And what would that be?"

"That when Haihane and I wing Yuuto, that he live here with us."

Takami, who wasn't expecting that to come out, spit out her coffee on the floor.

"Wait, you're saying your going to disband the disciplinary squad? All because of this Yuuto character."

"You didn't see the look in his eye."

Shit, she did see the look.

"What do you mean?"

"Um…I saw this look. This haunting look to him. He seemed to really care about not letting the ones he know go…and he has these kind eyes that look…like he's longing for something." Haihane said.

"Haihane, that's what you saw. I mean…did you see the look in his eye? When he kicked the guy off the railing? He looked stone cold…looked like he's done this before."

Now Takami couldn't believe what she was hearing now.

"Hold up. You're not trying to suggest that Yuuto had previously killed people while he was a kid right?"

"I don't know…but the way he looks and acts, I think he might of."

"Look…we can wait…but for how long I'm not sure. I'm starting to get heated a lot more frequently." Haihane said.

Takami put her hands on her head, not really wanting to deal with anything that was going on currently.

The next day…

Yuuto woke up to a beautiful sunrise…or what he could see of it. He was surrounded by Yomi, Yashima, and Akitsu, who were all cuddled up to him. Yuuto groaned, and soon slowly made his way out of the pile of bodies. Soon after, Yuuto opened the door and went downstairs to make breakfast. He saw Minato and Musubi heading out for some things, and he saw Uzume eating some eggs.

"Well Yuuto, good to see you again." Uzume said.

"Likewise. Um…do you mind if I eat with you?" Yuuto asked.

"Go right ahead."

Yuuto quickly got some soup and tea ready to go, and sat down with Uzume.

"So, I hear you've been getting situated here. Liking the place so far?" Uzume asked.

"Yeah, it's alright I guess. But…this is only a temporary place. I'm probably going to start looking today if I can."

"Awe man, I was hoping you would stay for a while. Even though you've been a killjoy most of the time, you're fun to hang out with."

"I'm…not a kill joy."

"Sure you're aren't."

Both remained silent for a moment, before Yuuto had come up with a question.

"By the way, I was curious if you knew anyplace that I could check out some of the areas that would be good for me. I know you've been around this area a lot longer than I have."

"Oh, I don't know. I don't think you would really like any of my suggestions."

"No, come on, I'm interested."

Uzume looked away from Yuuto for a bit, but than looked back at him.

"Okay, so I actually go by the hospital around here everyday day, and I know a couple of apartments there, but that's near the eastern part of Shino Tento. I know there are a couple of apartments around their that should possibly work for you. Not to much going on their."

"Are you sure the cost is going to be alright?"

"Yuuto, as long as you have that MBI card on you, purchasing things isn't going to be a problem for you."

Uzume than got a text message from her phone, she looked at it quickly, than Yuuto noticed the sad look on her face.

"Well, it was nice chatting with you Yuuto, but I have to go. I'm planning on visiting someone today. Hopefully you understand." Uzume said.

"Of course, no worries." Yuuto said.

Uzume then got her things and rushed out of Izumi Inn, leaving the door wide open. Yuuto was about to get up and close it for her but Miya had come out of nowhere and closed it for him.

"Oh, thanks for that." Yuuto said.

"Just doing my best to help. Actually, now that I have you here, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" Miya asked.

Yuuto's face scrunched up into a look of uncomfortableness, but than he nodded his head. Miya sat down where Uzume was prior, and she put her hands on her lap.

"I'm curious, who was the new girl you had brought in?"

"Oh, well her name is Yashima. I help get her out of…a tricky-"

"You don't have to avoid it any more. I can see your trying to avoid the topic, but I'm willing to listen."

Yuuto looked away from Miya for a bit than sighed.

"Okay, you know how I said I was going to do something later tonight? Well, that was because I was going to rescue Yashima from an abusive Ashikabi. He was hitting her and biting her. I…I just didn't want her to keep hurting. So I took things into my own hands. I followed to where she lived, and I took her in and got him to leave her alone. I don't know whether he is dead or not…but I know for one thing he won't mess with anyone else." Yuuto said.

"Yuuto, I'm glad that you were able to help her, but going right to where she was? That was really rash of you."

This made Yuuto look at Miya in shock and anger.

"What do you mean rash? I was doing what I thought was best, and I fucking saved her from more torture. Is that what your saying…that I not do anything and just let Yashima suffer even more?"

"Yuuto, there's no need to get upset. All I was saying is you could of thought it through more."

"I fucking did think it through, and I thought this was the best course of action."

Yuuto saw the look of annoyance in her face, as it looked to him that she was upset that she wasn't getting through to him.

"Look, let's just talk about something else. I didn't want to ask this question because I didn't think it was that important. But did Yomi have an Ashikabi before she bonded with you."

"Well yeah, she did. She was originally bonded to that fucking prick Mikogami, but he was basically using her as a tool, which I didn't like. So, I just wanted to let her stay with me until she got back on her feet. And I guess bonding to me was that way of getting back on her feet so…um…Miya are you alright?"

Miya's perspective…

Miya couldn't believe what she had just heard come out of Yuuto's mouth. What he was essentially implying was two distinct things that would completely destroy the game that was being played and also at the same time make the time that she was having be less enjoyable.

What Yuuto doesn't realize is that he has thecapability to capture Sekirei's not just who aren'tbonded, but who are bonded to other Ashikabi'sand take them as his own. That puts everyAshikabi here at risk of leaving the game…andalso puts the Sekirei at risk as well.

Miya knew she needed to do something in order to not only protect herself from being Yuuto's Ashikabi, but also to protect Minato from losing his as well. But…she didn't know if she had it in her to do what she was about to do. It had been nice having Yuuto around the past couple of days, even though they were mostly pretty hectic. But she felt this was the best option moving forward.

"Yuuto, can I ask-"

"That I pack my things and leave along with the Sekirei that I have? Yeah sure, I'll start packing up right now."

Miya was caught off guard at the casualness of his tone…almost as if he had expected Miya to ask that. But as she tried to clarify what she meant, she saw Yuuto clean up his plate and head upstairs to tell the other Sekirei that it was time to go. Miya sighed at this. She didn't know if this was ethical, but she knew she needed to do it to keep everyone safe.

Near the entrance of the hospital…

Yahan was pacing back and forth not just because she was waiting for Izumi's Sekirei to come out. She was also nervous if she would get the opportunity to bond with Yuuto.

There I said it. I would rather be bonded to Yuuto than Kenji, my ass of an Ashikabi. Just need totime it right.

"Um…are you the two were paired with?"

Yahan looked behind her and saw two individuals, both of them young women. One was standing around average height, with orange colored eyes and medium blonde hair. She was wearing a orange and black leotard with white straps over her shoulder. Yahan noticed that she appeared to be carrying a whip on her back, which went along with her black boots. The other women appeared to be more monotone in her face, with medium red hair and rose colored eyes, in which she was wearing a yellow and black jumpsuit with the red Sekirei crest on her chest.

"Yeah, so what?" Kenji said.

"Don't mind him. Just an asshole like usual." Yahan said.

"The fuck does-"

"Anyways, to who do I owe the pleasure?"

"My name's Kaie." The orange haired woman said.

"And I'm Katsuragi. So…who are we after again?" Katsuragi asked.

"Yuuto Kirabasa. Only thing we know about him is that he is currently living in Izumi Inn with a few Sekirei. We'll head over there and wait for Yuuto and his Sekirei to leave, then we jump him."

"What if he's not there though? Have you thought of that?" Kaie asked.

"I'm not worried about if he's not their. I'll be able to track him pretty easily."

"So…we can head out?" Katsuragi asked.

"Yeah, let's go."

Yahan, Kenji, Kaie and Katsuragi all started making their way towards Izumi Inn.

With Yuuto and company…

Yuuto was currently at a coffee shop that he went to while he was trying to talk to the twins. He had his hands on his heads in disarray, not knowing what to do next. Akitsu put her hand on his back, understanding the distress that he was experiencing right now. Yashima and Yomi were doing their best to cheer up Yuuto.

"Yuuto…it's okay if we don't have anyplace right now. You have that MBI card to help you find a place." Yashima said.

"But there aren't many apartments around where I'm looking that will accommodate a lot of people."

"Come off it now. Just rent out a love hotel…not because that I want to do anything sensual or anything…but just as a nice place to rest." Yomi said.

"Look…I appreciate you trying to make me feel better…but I think I just need some peace and quite." Yuuto said.

"I can understand that Master. These past six days for you have been very eventful, without much of a break. I think all of us need a rest." Akitsu said.

Yuuto nodded his head, trying to calm himself down, and he smiled at all his Sekirei.

"Take thou hands off me you filthy peasant!"

Yuuto's face looked toward the person who said that, and his face immediately turned red at the person he saw. It was a beautiful women with long blonde hair and deep blue eyes. She was wearing a black dress with a white undershirt. She appeared to be trying to keep a guy away from inappropriately touching her. Yuuto saw that the man kept insisting, and that nobody was doing anything to stop it. So, even though he wanted to rest, he couldn't just let this keep happening. Yuuto got up out of his seat and headed over to the two. He tapped the man on the shoulder.

"Hey."

The man turned around, and looked surprised.

"Back off. She's not interested in you, and your making her uncomfortable."

Yuuto saw the man laugh at him at first, but was soon blindsided by Yuuto's fist connecting to the man's face. Yuuto shook his hand, as he looked up at the woman, who had a look of awe. But Yuuto thought he saw something of a sort of embarrassment in her face as well.

"Um…your welcome?"

"Hmp. Thy could of handled the situation on thy own."

"Sure you did. Look, all I was doing was try to help."

The women just looked conflicted to Yuuto, and wasn't expecting to get an answer but soon the woman began talking again.

"Well…I do appreciate the help."

"Well, glad I could be of service."

Yuuto waved goodbye, and began to walk away, when he felt someone grab his hand. He turned around and was surprised to see the blonde woman grabbing.

"I…thy must ask…what is thou name?"

"Um…well it's Yuuto."

"Yuuto…and my name is Tsukiumi. I…Thy want to tell thee something strange. But, Thy didn't think thee would want to listen."

"Actually…I'm all ears."

Tsukiumi sighed a bit.

"Okay. Well…thy thinks I saw thee in a dream I had. It was weird because I was with you along with another person. Thy think…the dream was telling me something. I don't know what it was but-"

Yuuto and Tsukiumi at the same time felt something moving towards them, and they both dodged out of the way as a large whip was about to hit them hit the pavement instead. Both Yuuto and Tsukiumi got into fighting positions to look at who attacked.

"Dammit Kaie I said wait until they were done talking."

"Well they were taking to long. I didn't want to wait."

Yahan saw four people come up towards them. Three looked like Sekirei while one guy was wearing normal clothes, and it appeared to be the Ashikabi of the group. But he had never seen any of these people before, so why were they attacking now? Yuuto immediately saw Akitsu, Yomi and Yashima jump into action to protect Yuuto. Yuuto saw the look of surprise on Tsukiumi's face.

"Wait…you know of-"

"The Sekirei plan? Yeah, I was told of it."

"Then thee knows of these individuals?"

"No, I have no idea who these Sekirei are. Never seen any of them before. Don't know-OH SHIT."

Yuuto saw the whip coming towards his face, but Tsukiumi blocked the attack with her sword. Yuuto gave a nod of approval. The two groups looked on at one another, before Yuuto had to dodge again when a bolt of lighting almost hit him and Tsukiumi. As Yuuto looked up, he saw the twins again.

"Hibiki, Hikari, what the fuck are you doing?" Yuuto asked.

"Trying to get rid of that Sekirei you were talking to. She isn't bonded with anyone, and we're trying to put her out of her misery." Hikari said.

"That doesn't mean you have to fucking kill her."

"Um…wait what?" The girl in the jumpsuit asked.

"Katsuragi, they don't concern us now. Let's just-"

Suddenly, everyone in the vicinity felt a dark energy surrounding them. Yuuto was having trouble standing on his feet it was so strong. He turned to the right where the street was, and saw two individuals coming toward him. One had medium silver hair and some bandages on her arms to go with the long claws on her hands. The other one had long silver hair and a long katana blade that she was wearing on her back. The look in the long haired women's eyes were haunting… yet at the same time very attractive to Yuuto for some reason.

Brain you've got to be fucking kidding me right now. I can tell that she's crazy, but at the sametime I'm attracted to that for some reason.

"Yahan, isn't that two members of the Disciplinary Squad? Do you think we should fall back?" Kaie asked.

"No we stick it out." Yahan said.

Yuuto was looking at this, with four different side all wanting different things looking at everyone, not knowing who was going to make the next move.

This is bad. Officially I'm in a Mexican standoff. Well shit.

And that's the end of this chapter. Hopefully I'll get some more writing time

I'm since I have more free time. I can't wait to write the next chapter, and I will tell you that Sekirei Snatcher is no longer on hiatus. Noice! Anyways, see ya guys!