Chapter 3. Aftermath
AN/ sorry for the wait everyone dealing with some life stuff rn so I couldn't get the chapter out sooner, but I'm really happy to see all the positive feedback from the last chapter I'm gonna continue to try to improve and push out the Best quality story I can so with that, onto the next chapter.
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"Thirty-six broken bones, eighteen fractures, nearly every muscle in his body torn, suffering from both a severe case of dehydration and exhaustion not to mention the multiple lacerations on him." Takami finished while chewing on her lip as she looked at the young man resting on the bed next to her, they were currently in the medical wing of the kamikura island facilities, both the young man and the first Sekirei were currently under intense supervision from the many doctors present on the island herself included.
"How are you still alive?" Takami asked more to herself than anything, once again as she glanced at the clipboard in her hand, she couldn't understand, the extent of his wounds was fatal to most people Sekirei included yet here he was alive and from what she was told healing rapidly to point it shocked most the staff present, however she wasn't among then, she had seen firsthand the earth-shattering strength he possessed nearly killing the strongest being on the planet." I guess that would be second strongest now." she finished with a mutter.
Turning to the right of the unconscious blonde she eyed the currently unconscious Sekirei pillar in the bed next to his, it had been Minaka's idea to keep them together, Miya had been very near death moments before the blonde tackled her, only able to stand due to sheer force of will, but now she looked the picture of health besides her arm that was currently bandaged and being held in a sling.
Another thing that didn't make sense, Takami had seen Miya's vital tank after the devastating hit the blonde landed their sensors starting wailing after the pillar's body started to break, it was only whatever the blonde had done after realizing the state she was in that saved her.
Takami's eyes narrowed at that thought, she had seen it clear as day when the blonde was seemingly panicking one second to being the picture of calm the next before his body exploded in gold flames, the energy quickly clung to him like a suit as he placed his hand on the chest of near-dead woman, her vitals had near-instantly returned to normal if not even better than before, that's when it happened the glowing teen placed his lips on the pillars in a form of half-assed CPR, only to inadvertently wing the one Sekirei that should have been impossible to.
Takami placed a hand on her forehead to try to rub away the oncoming headache, though she had to admit it was a rather beautiful display if she was being honest, ten massive purple 'wings' burst from the Sekirei Queens back each wreathed in gold flame as number 01 was wing by the unaware blonde, his sole focus on undoing the damage that he had done, it made her smile slightly at that, it seemed he was a good man, if that wasn't the case they would all most assuredly be dead and that was a massive weight off her shoulders.
With that last thought, Takami let out a small sigh as turned to leave the medical bay. "I could use a coffee". As she let out a yawn and stretched her arms above head intent on heading to the cafeteria, having been up for more than 24 hours now looking after the two, hopefully, there would be no trouble for the next few hours so the tired woman could finally get some sleep after the longest 48 hours of her life, hell not even childbirth had been this stressful. And with that, she left the room smiling as she did so looking forward to the hot beverage.
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Blood.
Blood.
BLOOD!
Was the only thought that ran through Karasubas head as she slammed her bloody fist into the steel wall in front of her leaving yet another dent in the destroyed structure." That bastard! How dare he make a fool of me!" rearing her mangled fist back for another swing she brought it to the wall with a mighty crunch of metal and bone, dropping to her knees in frustration, the grey-haired Sekirei had been rampaging for the last two hours destroying the training room she was in, in a fit a sheer rage at her humiliating defeat at the hands of a half-dead man.
The only thing that stopped her from storming to the medical wing right this second to kill the blonde bastard was the inevitable wrath of the Queen and even she wasn't so arrogant to believe she could handle them both. Letting out a sharp breath number 04 let herself fall back unto the floor with a dull thud.
"How can a human possess such power". Karasuba spoke aloud to no one gritting her teeth at how easily she had been bested red hot anger welling in the prideful woman's chest."Such a weak pathetic race to think We would have to subjugate ourselves to such inferior creatures, No! I will not if I am to be forced to participate in this farce I will only accept a true monster as my ashikabi". She finished with a predatory smile that threatened to tear her face.
Her eyes then snapped open when she realized that that monster was also the object of her hate a "human" that not only bested her but also the same being who nearly killed the woman "who existed in a dimension of her own ". Karasuba's grin returned as a plan started to form as she plotted her revenge.
"Just you wait blondie, I'll make you wing me and when I gain the power of our bond ill carve out your heart, fufufufufu." the silver-haired beauty finished with a throaty chuckle, yes this would work out perfectly she would not have to subjugate herself to a weak human and she would also get her revenge, to hell with the consequences if she was deactivated so be it she would not be denied, with that Karasuba made up her mind but first she would need to train harder than she ever thought possible she would need to be ready to kill that infuriating cute blonde after she made him fall for her.
Not realizing the last part of her thought she stood up to start her training only to frown when she remembered her sword was destroyed in her "fight".
'First things first I suppose'. With that final thought, she went to find the resident weapon smith she would need a new more powerful sword crafted to suit her needs.
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"Hey! Kazehana onee-chan when can we go visit miss Miya?" An excited little girl asked as she bounced on the balls of her feet, the girl looked to be around seven or eight years old with short brown hair cut in a hime style with big doe brown eye's, she was staring up at her big sister with an expectant look on her face. " it's been two whole days already!" the little girl finished throwing her hands up in the air causing Kazehana to chuckle softly at the excitable young girl.
"Now now Yu-chan we have to let Miya rest, she fought very hard to protect us you know?" the wind Sekirei told her little sister as she gently stroked her hair smiling softly as she did so, the older Sekirei was currently surrounded by her four youngest siblings numbers six to nine who had only been awakened recently roughly five months after the first attack on kamikura island, she smiled once again as she looked them over, they where such cute little birds that she wanted to squeal and smoother them in her chest.
First, there was Yume, Sekirei number 8 an adorable little girl who had started to recently call herself the Sekirei of fate and the defender of love, this caused Kazehana to chuckle slightly at the small bundle of energy making the girl tilt her head in a similar manner to a puppy, once again making Kazehana bite back a squeal.
Next was Homura Sekirei number 6 a young boy with grey hair who seemed disinterested in the interaction between his two siblings though he occasionally threw a glance at them showing he was listening, Homura was an interesting member of her species, to say the least, according to the scientist that had adjusted him he would change gender according to his ashikabi wish though Kazehana could only hope that his future ashikabi would love him regardless of Homura's 'condition'.
The third was Sekirei number 7, Akitsu a girl with reddish-orange hair and a vacant look on her face, her grey eyes were unfocused and distant looking as though she would fall asleep at any moment, Akitsu was probably her most reserved sibling next to Mutsu she was quite and kept to herself mostly, but she was a very gentle and loving child if a little absent-minded, kazehana having to constantly remind the girl to put on underwear when she wasn't in her room considering she only wore a yakuta and sandals most of the time.
"Yume! Can thou stop asking to see lady Miya, she is recovering from her bout with that devilish rouge!" came the indignant shout of her last but far from least sibling, number 3 felt a bead of sweat trickle down her temple as she looked at her charge.
Tsukiumi, number 9, her... Most animated sibling, to say the least, she was currently standing next to Yume with her hands firmly on her hips lecturing the brown-haired girl about the importance of patients, as if she had the room to talk, the blonde being the most hot-headed of the group by far, as for her strange Manner of speech she hadn't the faintest clue where it came from but behind all that fire she was sweet and very easy to embarrass, clapping her hands Kazehana stood up getting the groups attention.
"Alright my little birds, since you all are so worried let's go pay Miya a little visit I'm sure she would love to see you all." This stopped Tsukiumi in her tracks which got Yume to cheer loudly.
"Yay! let's go see miss Miya!" Yume said bouncing from one foot to the other.
"Hmm." Homura just hummed as he made to stand up, a little more quickly than he would have liked to portray, 'how cute he's worried' Kazehana thought with a smile.
"... Ah okay." seeming to snap out of whatever trance she was in standing up as well.
"BU-!" Tsukiumi didn't get to finish as Kazehana held up a hand to stop another rant," it's okay Tsukiumi we can go visit I'm sure she would like to see you little one's as well." the wind Sekirei finished changing her mind from earlier thinking it would be best for the children to get out a little bit since they had been couped up for two days.
"But before that." kazehana sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Akistu please go put on underwear." she finished pointing to said Sekirei's room.
"... Ah" was the only thing she said as she wandered off to fix her outfit.
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Miya awoke slowly to the sounds of various monitors and other machines, blinking away the confusion her eyes, slowly her eyes focused on the white ceiling above, slowly she recalled the events that lead to this unfamiliar place, her eyes slowly widened when she recalled the battle she had undergone with her enemy turned ashikabi, making to get up to survey her surroundings, the Sekirei Queens body ached in protest her bandaged left arm not doing any favors for her, managing to sit up she took note of her surroundings.
"Ah, I'm in the medical bay," she muttered lowly, a very rarely used portion of the compound considering the discipline squad was in charge of the island security, the human guards were more for show than anything, ah the things they did to make themselves feel better, breaking from her musing she turned to her left at the sound of light snoring once again coming face to face with her new ashikabi.
"Ashikabi." Miya's breath hitched as the word came out involuntarily, before she knew what was happening she had made to get out of her bed, feet touching the cold floor causing her to stiffen slightly at the sensation, that's when she took note of her state of dress or lack thereof frowning slightly at that, there would be hell to pay if any of those filthy mongrels took a peek at her nude form, that was only for her ashikabi to gaze at if he saw fit to.
As Miya slowly approached her ashikabi's bed As she once again took note of his facial features, unnaturally spiky golden blonde hair sat atop his head framing a lightly tanned face, his face looked much more gentle now that he was asleep and not facing life or death combat, though his cheeks still had those strange marks, three lines on each side 'scars perhaps?' she thought as she brought her good hand up to lightly caress his cheek feeling the slight indentation to them.
Smiling slightly at the way he subconsciously leaned into her touch, she continued to rub her thumb along his "whisker marks" as she would call them, shivering slightly from the cold due to her state of undress she moved her hand away from the blonde's face to return to her bed only to stop and look back at him frowning slightly then turning back to look at her bed, making her decision Miya turned to walk around to the other side of her ashikabi's bed, surely he wouldn't mind if she took her rightful spot next to him.
with that thought, the purple-haired beauty slid under the covers of the blonde teen, positioning herself under his arm her head resting on his chest, her damaged arm now free of its sling draping loosely around his waist her leg wrapping around his, she immediately took note of how warm his body was, it was pleasant, comforting even, she found herself drifting back off as the comforting rhythm of his heartbeat lulled her back to sleep, the last thing she felt was the blonde pull her closer in his sleep causing a small smile form on her lips as she drifted off.
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The Times Naruto could recall the level of exhaustion he felt could be counted on one hand, the first had been when he fought Gaara back when he was still crazed and murderous from the effects of a certain insane tanuki, having to use his chin to drag himself towards his fellow demon container, the second was the first time he fought Sasuke at the valley of the end the two beating the ever-loving shit out each other with him getting his neck broken and having a lightning coated fist shoved through his chest twice, why was his friend such a dick.
After that the next time he felt like this was after his fight with Nagato, the after-effects of multiple uses of sage mode not to mention having all his skin burned off from Kurama's chakra and nearly turning into the fox it was only sheer force of will that kept him on his feet when he confronted his fellow Uzumaki.
This time though was different, having fought in a war that only lasted three days the amount of energy he used was staggering from fighting a revived healthy Nagato to his fellow jinchuriki who had also been resurrected then the third raikage then fighting the ten-tails then Obito who became the jinchuriki for that fucking ten-tails! Then Having Kurama ripped out of him and almost dying to fighting a fully resurrected Madara who became the new ten-tails container, seriously was being an asshole the real blood-line limit of the Uchiha clan?
Also who could forget super gramps pissed off Goddess of a mother, well he fucking didn't that was for sure, oh! Did he forget to mention how he shared his chakra with twenty thousand shinobi! Well, let's not forget that! Then after sealing granny Kaguya away, you know who wants to get his two cents in, that's right his old buddy Sasuke who wanted a crack at him again, and he was more than happy to knock some sense into his monumental pain in the ass best friend who decided to turn his Susano'o into a container for the chakra of eight and a half tailed beast.
That's where it started to get fuzzy though after their attacks collided in an earth-shaking explosion the next thing he was able to remember was Kurama screaming for him to wake up only for the bastard fox to mock him for forgetting he could fly, and lastly the two super hot crazy women who tried to turn him into a Naruto kabob, well the female version of Kakashi wasn't to much trouble, he did feel bad for how hard he hit the woman but she attacked him first ya know! The real problem was the second one she was clearly in a league of her own.
It only took a single swing of her sword for him to tell, if the mile-long trench it formed going far out into the ocean was any indicator, but what put him on edge was when she managed to cut through his skin in sage mode! It wasn't a super deep cut but that spoke volumes about the strength she possessed but while she was extremely strong offensively, it looked like she wasn't used to defending at least not against a fighter of his caliber especially when she went block a strike and he ended up shattering her left arm while it made him feel awful he couldn't help but admire how she bit back the scream of pain and continue to send blindingly fast strike at him.
But the fight soon ended when she made to dodge a strike at her head not knowing the ability of safe mode to extend the range of his attacks by a great margin, realizing that though made him tear near every muscle in his arm to stop from blowing the beautiful woman's head off still hitting her with enough force to launch her away and through a giant boulder, what he didn't expect was for to stand up after that blow making him use what precious little energy he had left to launch himself at her intent on stopping her from trying to continue the fight.
His shock quickly turned to horror as he saw how hurt she was when she tried to speak and only a glob of blood came out, that's when he made his decision despite his exhaustion and near nonexistent pool of chakra, he summoned up the last bits of his energy to try to heal the damage he caused, he wasn't a healer by any stretch of the imagination but his six paths chakra allowed him to create from nothing or in this case fix what he caused, unfortunately, he had nowhere near enough to completely heal her, he would have to fix her arm when he woke up, it also wasn't how he expected to kiss a girl for the first time but he needed to help kickstart her lungs.
But despite everything though she was not been his enemy, she fought with the ferocity of a mother lion trying to protect her cubs not with the hatred of an actual enemy, so he couldn't be mad, annoyed maybe but not mad, he would need to talk to her and try to smooth thing over so she wouldn't try to impale him again.
Groaning as he finally broke from his thoughts, Naruto cracked a single eye open to stare a the all too familiar fluorescent lighting of a hospital ceiling, how many times had he been in this situation he didn't know but it was a familiar setting, making to sit up, only then did he notice the strange weight on the left half of his body, knitting his eyebrows in confusion at the alien, but admittedly soft and comforting sensation.
Still trying to shake the fog out of his eyes, the young sage gave an experimental squeeze at the softness in his hand only for his eyes to shoot wide open at the gentle moan he heard, slowly, in an almost a robotic fashion his head lifted to peer down at his "guest" only to be met with "purple?" came his confused voice.
A look of dawning soon flashed in his eyes, this was a very familiar shade of purple, an extremely familiar shade.
"Oh no." came the terrified whisper of the hero of the leaf as beads of sweat started to run down his face, no this couldn't be real it was probably a hallucination brought on by the chakra exhaustion, maybe that was it he hadn't woken up yet and it was his teenage hormones making imagine the lavender haired beauty.
Unbeknownst to him the blondes fidgetting and overall mental crisis had caused the Queen of Sekirei to stir awake, blinking slowly to remove the sleep from her eyes, she couldn't remember the last time she slept so well, Miya made to raise herself on her good arm only to come face to face with her currently pale as a sheet and trembling ashikabi, she then realized that his hand was firmly grasped onto the inside of her thigh right below her womanhood, she then heard her ashikabi make something akin to a gurgling noise as he sat ramrod straight nearly knocking her off the bed.
On the long list of things Naruto expected to wake up to this certainly wasn't one of them, seeing the woman stir and prop herself up didn't help his situation as the covers fell away only to reveal the very naked woman underneath, the very, very naked woman, 'oh wow'. Was Naruto's thought until he realized where his hand was still squeezing, against his will might he add and he would take that claim to his grave.
Snapping up so fast he nearly tossed her off their shared bed, his hand still not letting go of her thigh! 'Fucking traitor'! Glaring daggers at his hand he finally heard her speak.
"This is hardly the time ashikabi-sama". When she spoke, a hint of annoyance in her voice at nearly being thrown off the bed, it seemed to wake the blond from whatever trance he was in, but it seemed to have an interesting effect as he finally wrenched his hand free of her thigh and toppled off the bed and on to the floor with a startled and a cry of "I'm sorry"! On his way down.
Miya peeked her head over the edge of the bed to stare at the blonde who bested her in battle, currently sprawled along the ground with one foot still on the bed he was gazing at her wide-eyed, reminiscent of a small cornered animal, that thought made something predatory flash in the back of Miya's mind, quickly squashing it she would dwell on that later.
"Are you all right ashikabi-sama"? she asked Tilting her head slightly. "The floor must be awfully cold". That had the right effect as he clambered to his feet, it seemed when he wasn't fighting he was rather, oh what did Takami-san call? Right. goofy, now that he was standing he had his head tilted down trying his best to not look at her, awkwardly scratching his cheek as they dusted pink.
"H-hey would you, Ya know, covering up it's kinda hard to figure out where to look". Naruto fumbled out as continued to fight the urge to steal glances at arguably one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen, thankful that he at least had his boxers on, which would have turned an awkward situation into a nightmare.
"Oh my, it must have slipped my mind". Not really but the look of shock on his face was well worth it. "It seems like you didn't mind though". Her eyes drifted towards his waist with a small tint of red on her otherwise impassive face.
This caused the blonde to let out a very unmanly shriek as he made to grab anything to cover himself and his, 'partner', but the first thing he managed to was the only thing still covering Miya's half-naked form, only further exposing her form to the panicked teenager.
"WHAT THE HELL LADY! FIRST YOU TRY TO KILL ME THEN YOU SNEAK IN MY BED! ARE YOU INSANE"! Naruto finally snapped pointing an accusing finger at the impassive woman.
"Says the deviant that stole my first kiss". Miya shot back just as quickly her eyes narrowing slightly.
"I WAS TRYING TO SAVE YOU"! Naruto countered red-faced.
"Who was it that put me in that condition in the first place"? Miya now was sitting on her knees with her arms folded under her bust putting greater emphasis on her chest as she argued with her foolish ashikabi.
"YOU TRIED TO KILL ME"! Naruto was now leaning forward on the bed, his forehead nearly touching the purple-haired woman's, their state of dress no longer on his mind as he defended himself.
"And? You saw fit to set foot on my island uninvited, it was only natural I defend my home". Miya was now firmly pressing her head against the man who winged her, still visibly calm but on the inside, a flame had been ignited, strange she was never like this before, she was always the picture of calm had her winging done this to her, she would worry on that later though right now she had an argument to win.
"I told you and your friend that I didn't want to fight! But you both attacked me! I don't even know where the hell I'm at"! He spat out through gritted teeth his blue eyes boring hole's in her red orbs, he refused to back down from this, he wasn't in the wrong here!
"Say's the fiend who saw fit to grope the thigh of a Maiden". Miya didn't have a retort to his last statement so she decided to swing low, which caused the blonde to falter for a moment allowing her to shoot off the bed and stand defiantly glaring up at the taller blonde, she was a goddess she would not lose an argument even if she had to use underhanded methods.
Stumbling for a second Naruto had to regain his bearings as the lavender demon woman was now glaring up at him the cold facade she wore was no longer there instead replaced by a pout, her cheeks slightly puffed as she glared daggers at the taller man.
"That was an accident! How was I supposed to know you would sneak into my bed, you Pervert"! Oh? now that got a reaction out of her, this made the red-eyed women recoil as if she had been struck mouth agape as she stared at him wide-eyed.
"Per-PERVERT"!? This was only the second time Miya could ever recall yelling and this damn blonde had been the cause of both, how could this man be her ashikabi, this insufferable brat, she wasn't a pervert she just wanted to be close to the man that winged her, it was a side effect of her species!
"How dare you! I am no pervert I was just curious to see what it was like sleeping next to one's ashikabi". Miya finished with a huff turning her head to the side, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment from her outburst.
This made a confused look work its way onto Naruto's face as his eyes scrunched closed as he tilted his head." what's an ashikabi"? Feeling out the unfamiliar word on his tongue, caused Miya to look back at him a look of realization on her face, right! He didn't know what she was, how could he the secret of her race's existence was very closely guarded.
Miya let out a deep breath as she got ready to explain what she was, getting the now curious blonde's attention.
"Right you don't know, what I am is called a Sekirei an extraterrestrial life form, whose DNA closely resembles that of earthlings, we came to this planet many years ago". Miya stopped for a moment to gauge the unreadable expression on the blonde's face before she continued." eight ships in total with 108 lives aboard each, how ours crashlanded outside the sea of Japan whereas the others landed safety the beings on board giving rise to the legend and myths of gods and heroes". Miya stopped to take a breath before she continued.
"You are what's called an ashikabi a rare human able to bond with a Sekirei and bring out their full potential, however, I do not know how you were capable of winging me, while I am a Sekirei I am not like my siblings I am the Queen of my people and for as far as the people of this world are aware a living Goddess, It should have been impossible for me to ever feel the true bond between a Sekirei and ashikabi". Miya finished sadly.
Before Miya could continue her blonde counterpart held up a hand to stop from going any further." so what you're saying is that you're an alien Goddess that came to this planet a long time ago but got stuck in the middle of the ocean instead? You wouldn't happen to have been looking for a giant tree would you"? The exasperated blonde finished while pinching the bridge of his nose, all thoughts of the previous argument gone as he processed the information, Goddammit Sasuke, this was all his fault!
Miya couldn't help but blink at the rather strange response to her brief explanation, his lack of surprise must have had something to do with the monstrous strength he possessed, he couldn't have been one of her people right? After all, a Sekirei couldn't wing one of their own.
"So I somehow "winged" you, and now what? were friends or something"? Naruto asked the woman in front of him not sure how this whole thing worked out.
"Not quite". Miya chewed on her lip in response trying to find the right words to answer the blonde's question. "It would be more akin to what humans refer to as marriage". A strange look in her eye as she finished.
"... What"? Came his lame response as they heard the medical bay doors open behind them.
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AN/ alright to address the before anyone asks the reason why Miya and Karasuba are acting a bit weird is because their Sekirei biology is clashing with their personalities Karasuba hates humans because they are weak while Miya was cold and indifferent before takehito and her got married, I was gonna make this chapter longer but I have to type on an iPad so it takes me awhile to get these out. Also, I reread this chapter like five times before I put it out to the hammer should be better, going back and reading the first two made me wanna throw up but anyway sorry for the long AN, please leave a review if you like it if you don't like I said nobody is holding you hostage making you read my ramblings. Have a great day and don't forget to tell someone ya love 'em peace.
