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Homura was floored. Not only was his Ashikabi famous in her original home country, but she was also a literal magical girl with a lot of power and a family fortune to boot. It was like something out of a manga.
Honoka had outright refused to even consider returning to England.
For one thing, when she asked about the education there and found out they were so out of the date that they didn't even know what internet was, she had vetoed it outright. That was before she learned of the inbreeding, the blatant bias towards old lines, and the horrible prejiduce against anyone that was not a full-blooded member of said old lines. Since she was a half-blood, despite having two magical parents and a sizable fortune to boot, she was a prime target for being stuck as a brood mare.
So no, going to England to claim her birthright before she turned seventeen (apparently they considered you an adult a year earlier than in the normal world) was absolutely not an option.
The Ministry representative (who's name turned out to be Hikari Niwa) had completely understood why Honoka wouldn't even look at England on the map. Outside of Europe, their magical community was considered a joke at best.
With all the blood prejudice and creature bias, not to mention how out of date the classes were and the limited amount of available research, most would mock anyone they found that had 'graduated' out of Europe. It didn't help at all that the Europeans had developed a rather annoying holier-than-thou attitude because they were so proud of their inbreeding problem.
So no, they weren't going to force someone with common sense to return to England. It wasn't like the girl couldn't access her family vault from Japan after all.
However arrangements had to be made so Honoka could catch up on her magical and mundane schooling.
The only thing Homura worried about was if Honoka developed feelings for another guy. After all, she was his Ashikabi and it wasn't unusual for teenagers to be jealous of someone like Homura, who was naturally good looking.
Fortunately for Homura's concerns, Akitsu had been labeled as Honoka's "familiar", albeit an extremely unusual one. Akitsu's presence was off-putting for most humans. Enough so that most boys would rather date other girls rather than put up with a permanent chaperone. It didn't help that Miya had given Akitsu the task of preserving Honoka's chastity, originally from Homura. It was less of him trying to make a move on the prepubescent girl and more that she was worried Honoka would make a move on him once she hit that stage of life.
Akitsu had immediately taken that duty very seriously. So much so that the mere sound of crackling ice tended to make boys very nervous and seek easier prey.
Well that and ten minutes into dealing with boys her own age, some of whom had already started to notice girls as more than a 'waste of space' and more like potential partners, and she very much inclined to blast them with fireballs if they tried to get into her pants.
Either way, Homura's concerns that she would abandon him despite being his Ashikabi were just that. Concerns.
Miya thought it was adorable and Matsu couldn't stop crowing about the 'soap opera' she now got to watch. Even if Honoka had a house in Japan, there was no way she was leaving it.
It was still considered illegal for her to live with Homura, Ashikabi or not. Frankly it was easier to live with Miya as her surrogate 'mother' (and she had readily agreed to act as Honoka's legal guardian to avoid any issues with England) than to live alone with only Homura and Akitsu (and possibly Matsu, considering the red head was very much attached to her Hono-tan) to keep her company.
Besides, the house was outside the designated area for the Sekirei 'Game', and there was no way in hell the idiot Minaka would allow two of his Sekirei, especially a scrapped number, to leave the city.
The only reason she could get away with having Akitsu act as her familiar in the magical academy in Japan was because the thing was set in a pocket dimension and therefor she wasn't technically leaving the city. As far as the idiots at MBI were concerned, she never left the house.
It did not hurt that while they were aware of internet and did have online courses for those unlucky enough to be stuck in Europe, they didn't have digital records for MBI to hack.
Either way, Miya was very pleased Honoka was finally getting out of the house to socialize like a normal girl...and that the owls were finally gone and wouldn't be back.
Japan preferred more modern methods of contacting their magical population. If Honoka did anything wrong they would call her or set up an appointment to discuss how to solve it. They quit using post owls centuries ago. The closest thing they had were the postal tengu, and even those were mostly employed in the heavily concentrated magical villages...well outside the range of Shin Tokyo.
At least now Honoka had been given full permission to turn any postal owls into target practice. She had set up a mail box in the closest magical district inside the city, so the post owls would have to deliver their letters to that first instead of bothering her again.
And if any of them were enchanted in any way, the tengu would remove them, make a note of who enchanted it and who sent the letter, and issue them a warning. After that, if they were stupid enough to come to Japan they would have to deal with the full force of the Japanese ministry.
They took threats to their citizens and students very seriously, especially when it came to the arrogance of Europe.
Still...it wasn't all sunshine and roses.
"I really, really hate this power of mine sometimes..." said Honoka, letting her head thump on the table. She was exhausted, which was why Miya didn't get onto her about it. She was also in a catgirl outfit, albeit a rather tame one.
Uzume had given Honoka a love for all things cosplay, so much so it wasn't uncommon for Honoka to join her in seeing her Ashikabi to make the poor girl smile.
Honoka had secretly filed a request to see if there wasn't any magical means to heal Uzume's Ashikabi, but because the girl in question was mundane, it would take a few months for the request to go through all the legal red tape. Unless mitigating circumstances occurred, they would have to wait like everyone else who applied for that request.
"What happened this time?" asked Homura, producing an ice pack for her. She gratefully applied it to her forehead.
"Information overload," groaned Honoka, "Apparently this Gamer thing does have a draw back. There's a limit to how much information you can learn within a day, and once you hit that limit your brain can turn into mush. They had to give me the day off just to be sure my brain can properly process it all. They're still trying to find the right ratio of books and magical spells to see what's the best way to insure I catch up."
Honoka had only been attending the magical school for a month. And the second the teachers learned of her weird Gamer ability, they exploited it ruthlessly. It didn't help that she was a natural genius, one only held back out of fear of punishment.
Once she was away from her abusive family in Europe, the girl practically flourished. She had already gained a healthy weight for her age, despite being malnourished early in life. She would never be as tall as her Sekirei, but at least now she was starting to reach his chest height.
"I thought you already caught up?" asked Uzume.
"Normal school, yes. I was never behind on that. Apparently magic is a lot different and requires practice. I've had to level up any spell or trick they give me to five before I'm allowed to leave!" said Honoka, weeping anime tears.
"That doesn't sound so bad..." started Uzume.
"Do you have any idea how boring it is to cast a simple light spell and the one to turn off the light a hundred times each?" asked Honoka. Uzume winced.
"I take it back, that sounds rough. How does a bath sound?" asked Uzume.
"Bath and we are so raiding the ice cream," said Honoka.
"Or...we could really have some fun and have a girl's night out!" suggested Uzume.
"Count me in! Should we bring Chiho-chan?"
"I don't know if she can even leave the hospital..." said Uzume.
"We'll just have to bring the party to her then!" said Honoka. That made Uzume cheer up again.
"Now now...you two aren't planning to do something inappropriate are you?" said Miya without warning.
Honoka had a fit of inspiration.
"You know Uzume-chan, I don't think Miya gets out much," she said, waggling her eyebrows.
Uzume cottoned on pretty quick.
"You're right. I'm sure Takehito-san wouldn't begrudge his poor widow a night of fun with other girls," said Uzume, grinning.
"And Matsu can come too, since Miya's there! Besides, I don't think Aki-chan would know what is considered inappropriate behavior..." said Honoha hinting.
That was an understatement. Akitsu had the worst habit of changing clothes with others in the room. Honoka didn't care since she was a girl too, but it would be considered inappropriate if any more guys came to the house. Akitsu only got away with it for now because the only male in the place was Homura, and he was doomed to see it eventually because Akitsu was firmly attached to his Ashikabi.
Miya put a hand to her mouth, hiding her amusement. They weren't being very subtle.
There was a crash from upstairs.
"PLEASE MIYA!" begged Matsu, who had practically teleported from her room to Miya's side. She wanted to have fun with Uzume, Akitsu, and Honoka!
"Very well, I can see I'm outvoted," said Miya smiling.
The girls all cheered.
"I can call my friends from school! They've been dying to meet Uzume-chan and Matsu for weeks now!" said Honoka excitedly, before she vanished to find the first phone she could get her hands on.
"This is the most normal I've seen her," said Uzume, grinning.
Matsu was practically vibrating with excitement as well. Sure she'd have to hide her hair and face, but that was a small price to pay for being allowed out of the house!
"It's good she's able to open up," said Miya.
Uzume put a hand on her shoulder.
"You do realize that if we're going out you'll have to forgo the kimono for a night, right? Most people don't wear those except for formal occasions."
"Nothing inappropriate," warned Miya.
"I have some slightly outdated clothes that are almost like kimono but won't cause nearly as much staring. That includes you too Matsu. If we're going to visit Chiho then you get to dress up too!"
Chiho was resting after another round of treatment. She really didn't expect Uzume to show up with a bunch of other girls wearing animal ears, herself included!
Uzume was a wolf, Honoka-chan, the girl Uzume brought the last two times was a cat of some sort, two girls were wearing fox ears, a raven haired girl with glassed about Uzume's age was wearing bunny ears and the most refined one had a pair of tiger ears. Akitsu was wearing a pair of dog ears. Though if Chiho didn't know any better she would swear they were from that anime Inuyasha.
"Hi Chiho-chan!" said Honoka.
"Hono-chan! Uzume! What are you all doing here?" she asked smiling.
"We were having a girl's night out, and since we couldn't get permission to take you with us, we decided to bring the party to you!" said Honoka.
"Introduction time! Hi! I'm Shiho!" said the white-earred fox girl.
"And I'm Kuroi!" said the black earred fox girl.
"This is Miya and Matsu!" said Honoka.
Chiho looked at Miya. She did fit the general description of the fierce landlady of Izumo Inn.
"The scary Hannya Miya?" asked Chiho, openly amused. Miya leveled a look at Uzume and Honoka.
"Just what sort of stories have you been spreading about me, Uzume-san, Honoka-chan?"
Uzume gulped, but Honoka grinned.
"You mean you didn't know? There's an entire forum about the terrifying Hannya of the North!"
Matsu made shushing noises, clearly nervous.
Miya turned her unamused gaze to the nervous Matsu.
"We will be having words about this later, Matsu-san," she said.
Chiho giggled openly. Miya was every bit as entertaining as Uzume and Honoka had described her.
"Just think, once the paperwork goes through you'll be able to join in on watching Miya go at the various idiots who break the no naughty time at the inn!" said Honoka, thumping her chest.
"We'll bring popcorn!" said Uzume, continuing. Chiho couldn't help it, she started laughing. It made her Sekirei smile.
"But first, we couldn't leave without bringing something with us, so here you go!" said Kuroi. She had some interesting fantasy manga, while Shiho had sci-fi books. Honoka brought a tablet for Chiho to play with (after Matsu had rigged it so that it could get a signal anywhere via the MBI satellites) while Uzume gently put a headband with a pair of feathers sticking up like their ears were on Chiho's head. Matsu brought her present out, which was a picture of everyone currently at the inn, herself included. Miya brought a bento that Uzume could bring back later.
They stuck around for a bit longer, at least until the nurses chased them out. But their objective had been completed...Chiho had successfully been included into their girl's night out and they had brightened her day, which made Uzume happy.
"So where to now?"
Honoka, who had been planning this since she realized Homura had missed the entire idea of them having a girl's night, grinned evilly.
"Well I do know a really cool host club not too far from here..." she said.
It took less than three seconds for Matsu and Uzume to grin evilly as well...even Miya, when she realized what Honoka was getting at, smiled mysteriously as if party to some private joke.
"Yeah...we shouldn't leave him out of the fun!" agreed Uzume, clearly trying not to cackle.
Shiho and Kuroi, the kitsune Honoka had befriended at the magical school, looked between each other confused.
"Okay, we're missing something here."
"We're going to visit Honoka's boyfriend! Just keep in mind he's more of a big brother until she's sixteen," said Uzume.
"Ah. So he's her..." said Shiho, waggling her eyebrows suggestively while Kuroi looked pointedly at Matsu and Uzume.
"Yeah."
"Then lead on! Let's go surprise Honoka's boy toy!" said Kuroi, grinning mischievously as only a kitsune participating in an amusing prank could.
Needless to say Homura was not only in for a shock, but a rather rough night as he had to deal with his Ashikabi, his landlady, and his fellow tenants as well as a pair of perverted kitsune dropping in on his work unexpectedly. It was just a good thing the kitsune could make Honoka look older than she was, or it would have drawn some rather uncomfortable questions about why a 'teenager' was calling Homura her boyfriend.