"We are finally here, Uzume." I say as I pull into my parking spot.

Uzume, Akitsu, Haruhime and Yahan are in the car with me. Kazehana decided to follow my car back to the apartment. I get out of my car and notice someone sitting by the elevator. The man has tattered clothes, and a slightly dirty appearance. I had seen the man a few times, he was homeless as far as I could tell.

"Excuse me ma'am can you spare any change?" He says as he looks up at me.

He seems to be in his mid to late thirties. Despite being a little dirty and unshaven, if he cleans himself up a little bit he could be quite an attractive person. I dig into my pockets and pull out 300 yen. I handed them to the man as his eyes grew wide.

"Thank you very much young lady. You are a kind soul. I don't really have much to thank you for your generosity, but let me at least offer you some advice." I didn't believe the man could offer any valuable information I wasn't aware of, but I decided to indulge him nonetheless. "Get out of the city while you still can."

I didn't understand this man's motives. Why would he be telling me to get out of the city? I was about to ask him why when he continued." There's been some weird shit going on lately. I have seen loads of cute girls with weapons and superpowers fightin' each other all over the city."

This man knew about the Sekirei Plan, he had seen those girls in action. I wondered for a brief moment why Minaka had neglected to silence him. I shrugged mentally, nobody would believe a dirty homeless man. I didn't want to let him discover my involvement, or that I knew what he was talking about, especially considering the secrecy of it all.

In the end, I decided to act like I had no idea what he was talking about to protect both him and myself. "Girls with super powers? That's nonsense, people don't have super powers. That kind of thing only happens in comics and cartoons, not real life."

"Naah! I'm telling you I've seen them!" The man says as he continues rambling on." It all started about… three weeks ago. I was just minding my own business trying to scrounge up enough money to get some dinner, when I saw a girl fall from the sky. She was one of the prettiest things I've ever seen. She was wearing some kind of martial arts get up, with brown hair and matching eyes. But the thing that made her stand out the most was her chest, it was huge."

The man stops for a moment with a slight look of lust in his eyes. He was probably lusting after the girl he described which sounded quite a bit like Number Eighty-eight.

The man continued with his story after regaining his composure, "she was being chased by two other girls. They had dark hair and were wearing some kind of SM gear, they were also shooting lightning from their fingertips. Since then I've been seeing them all aro- …"

The man stops talking abruptly as his expression turns into one of pure terror. "It's… It's… It's one of them! One of the weird super-powered girls!"

I turn to the direction that he is now pointing to my girls standing on the curbside by my car. I also noticed Kazehana coming up behind them.

Has he seen one of my girls before I winged them? Has he seen Kazehana use her abilities?"

"Stay away from the girl in the purple! I saw her being attacked by them lightning bitches, she was keeping them at bay with typhoon force winds."

The man grabs my hand and tries to lead me away from Kazehana. I pull away as I say," I ummm… I have to pack a few things before I leave the city. But I will heed your warning!" I lie, knowing full well that Minaka would never let his precious players leave the city.

The man seems to believe me, and then he runs away yelling curses at Kazehana. I turn to my girls," today has been an adventure. "

I walk into the elevator followed by my girls, although I did wonder about that homeless man. Granted no one would really believe his tale about superpowered girls running around the city for various reasons. But it still gave me pause and made me think. Had other people seen things they shouldn't have?

Ding*

The elevator doors slid open revealing my apartment. Matsu was sitting on the couch reading a book, I shook my head from side to side. Knowing her it was probably an erotic novel. She looked up from her book as I stepped out of the elevator. "Welcome back Saya! I take it that Uzume is safe."

I'm about to answer as Uzume yells, "oh my god, Matsu!"

Uzume immediately runs in and looks straight at Matsu. She gives her old friend a hug, as she laughs." Matsu, you fell for Saya's charm as well! I thought you liked Minato?"

While Uzume and Matsu talk, Haruhime immediately plops down on the couch and turns the tv to her favorite show, One Piece!

"Saikou no yume shinji au

Raibaru to no kizuna

Shippai mo myou ni chaamingu

Yes! We've got Super Powers!"

It looked like it was a rerun of one of the Whole Cake Island episodes. After the theme song and recap it immediately went into Luffy having some type of battle with someone.

"GO LUFFY!!!!" Haruhime yells as she watches him fight his opponent.

Considering how much haruhime loved one piece, I wondered what she would do if we went to the one piece restaurant.

I spend the next few hours watching one piece with Haruhime, as the other girls do other things as well. Matsu continues reading her book. Uzume was watching One Piece just as intently as Haruhime. Akitsu just sat on the couch quietly watching. Yahan had watched about five episodes and then gone into the kitchen to figure out what to make for dinner. And lastly Kazehana went straight for the hot tub and was taking a soak while drinking her sake.

"Saya," comes the voice of Yahan from the kitchen.

I look over to the kitchen, "Yes? Ya-chan!"

"I want to make some chicken fettuccine alfredo, but we don't have fettuccine noodles or parmesan cheese. Can I go to an international market to get some?"

I think for a moment, she wanted to make Italian food and the closest European food market would be Seijo-Ishii. There were two that I could think of that were close, there was one up Route 20 in the lumine shinjuku and one in Shibuya. The one off of Route 20 was a slightly shorter distance, but it might take longer to get there due to traffic. I didn't feel like going to Shibuya. On one hand, I don't feel like going out again. On the other hand I was eager to try Yahan's cooking.

"Okay, Ya-chan. Let's go, but only because I'm curious about how your cooking will taste. I don't usually eat a lot of international food, nor do I want to make a habit of going over to Seijo-Ishii all the time so stock up on what you need during this trip. Who else wants to go?"

"I do!" Haruhime yells, raising her hand like a school girl trying to get her sensei's attention.

I walk to the elevator followed closely by Haruhime and Yahan. I press the button and silently wait for it. The ride down was relatively silent till the 14th floor. Upon reaching it the door slides open and Akashiya-san walks in.

"Hello Shirayuki-san, how is life in the penthouse?"

"It's nice, I guess" I reply avoiding eye contact with her.

"I saw you talking to the beggar by the elevator, I would avoid him at all costs. He is crazy! The other day he was rambling on about superpowered girls trying to kill each other."

"Maybe he just has an active imagination." Yahan says in reply to Akashiya-san.

"Or maybe he's just delusional because of drugs and such," Akashiya-san retorts. "Either way I would avoid him at all costs. He'll probably use the money you gave him on whatever drugs caused those delusions. I mean girls with super powers, what kind of drugs must he use to be seeing that kind of thing. This isn't some manga, this is real life. Girls with superpowers are just plain crazy."

"Yes, I suppose you're right." I say as the elevator dings signaling our arrival at the garage level." Anyway Akashiya-san it was nice talking to you, but I really must be going. I want to finish my shopping trip before it gets too dark."

I quickly got in my car without another word, not even giving Akashiya-san a chance to say anything. Normally, any of the other trips I had taken in the past couple of weeks had been with Akitsu sitting up front. However, she was not here, so Yahan ended up sitting in the front.

The car ride to Seijo-Ishii was rather dull and took almost 30 minutes due to traffic, thank Kami it wasn't rush hour. Upon arriving at Lumine Shinjuku, I quickly found a parking space in the parking lot. The shopping trip took approximately an hour and Yahan had been able to stock up on multiple ingredients for not only tonight's dinner, but also for future meals as well. We ended up spending around ¥375,000 on food.

As we walked out of the store and headed towards our car I heard a familiar voice say " we meet again young lady!"

I turn to see the homeless man staring back at me. How had he gotten over here so fast? It was nearly impossible to have walked that far in a few hours. I quickly asked him how he managed to get here.

"Just because I'm homeless doesn't mean I am to be underestimated. I am a very resourceful person", he says flashing a bus pass." Did you or any of the lovely ladies with you need help with your groceries?"

"No thanks," I say, " but I do appreciate the offer."

Upon reaching my car the sky suddenly grows dark. What could cause this sudden change? Rain? No, the weather forecast called for sunny weather all this week. My mind jumps to a few more conclusions, till I look to my left and right. My Sekirei had drawn their weapons, but had slightly puzzled looks on their faces.

I'm about to turn to look at what caused them to be anxious when a hand slides up on my right side. In the hand is a piece of paper that is not quite folded in half, sealed with a pink smiley face sticker. On the folded over edge is written "to Adjuster-sama."

Before I can even think the sky grows bright once more. I hesitated for a moment, before…

A sound like thunder radiates through the air. I quickly turn to see a woman sitting on one of the motor disability scooters. On the ground in front of her is a giant spiked Kanabo that looks like it weighed a ton. She picks it up with one hand and twirls it on one finger before placing the large blunt object on her back. She then looks up at me, revealing her identity as Sekirei Number thirty-five, Honoka.

The last of the Sekirei I had adjusted. Honoka didn't follow the same standard of beauty as others of her kind. Sekirei tended to have very curvaceous hourglass figures, but she was built differently. If Sekirei had the body of a supermodel, then she was a plus-sized model. She has the kind of body that is skinny enough to still be sexy, but large enough to keep you warm at night.

She has on a blue t-shirt with the word princess written on the front, and black skin-tight jeans. A large kasa hat rests on her head, covering her long dark gray hair. She typically keeps in a long ponytail that flows down her back. Her bright orange eyes are partly covered by her long bangs.

As she stares back at me from on the mobility scooter she is getting quite a bit of stares from the people around us, presumably because of the loud slam her weapon made as it hit the ground. She just sat there staring at me.

It takes me a minute, but it finally hits me that she was waiting for me to read the note. I looked down gently peeling the sticker up to read the contents of the note. "Adjuster-sama, sorry to bother you, but I need you. Meet me on the far end of the parking lot.

With love, Honoka. "

I look up to find that she had vanished, I looked around and noticed that she had moved about two aisles over, and was slowly making her way to the back of the parking lot.

"Saya," comes Yahan's voice."What does the note say?" I hand the note to Yahan, who quickly glances over it. I, "she is one of the Sekirei that you adjusted and now she is asking for help. It could be a trap, her Ashikabi could have put her up to it. "

"No, I don't think so. Despite her rather menacing appearance, Thirty-five is quite nice. If she approached us then I'm sure that she genuinely needs help."

"Then we gotta help her!" Haruhime yells with enthusiasm. "If she is crying out for help then we've got to try our best to aid her! Quickly Yahan, help me get the groceries in the car.

Haruhime quickly starts grabbing the bags of groceries, moving them to the backseat of the car with lightning speed. Before I can even attempt to help she already has all of the bags in the car. I quickly walked around to the driver's side, and hopped in. I look up to see Honoka waiting in a parking space. She was about three aisles over in an empty part of the lot.

I quickly pull out and drive over to where she is sitting. She stands up as I step out of my car. She looks down for a few moments before looking up at me." Adjuster-sama I need your help!"