Author's Note: Yo. Chapter 5 here.
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"Minato." - Regular Speech
'Musubi' - Thoughts
"Kaminari!" - Sekirei Incantation
Chapter 5: A Veil of Wisdom
The Next Day, Midmorning
Minato's Bedroom
Sahashi Minato awoke rather abruptly for some reason, wondering exactly why his limbs felt like they were being weighed down by something.
Cracking an eye open, he gazed blearily down his futon at the rest of his body and almost had a nosebleed at the sight that he beheld.
Each holding one of his arms, Hibiki and Hikari cuddled in to him, utterly naked save for a pair of very sexy panties each. On his right leg, Musubi was sleeping peacefully in one of Minato's shirts, his leg trapped between her bountiful breasts. Finally, on his left leg, Yashima held it gently but firmly, a sleeping gown she had purchased the previous day doing nothing to conceal her svelte, athletic build and pert breasts.
'It wasn't a dream.' Minato thought with a combination of relief and wonderment, 'I really have been married to four beautiful alien girls and who knows how many more will be on the way. Oh and those aforementioned sexy alien girls are in a fighting tournament run by the head of MBI for reasons that Kami-sama alone knows.'
After a moment of contemplating how his life had changed so much in less than 24 hours, Minato decided to try to extricate himself from the delectable trap his limbs were locked into.
After a bit of wiggling, he managed to free his left leg and his arms, but Musubi, as expected of a Fist-type Sekirei, had a strong grip and seemed determined to hold on to his leg at all costs. It didn't exactly help matters that 'Little Minato' was standing at full attention because of the soft sensations his leg was feeling in its current location.
"Musubi-chan." Minato called softly, "Musubi-chan, it's time to wake up!"
"Mmmmm…" the busty brunette mumbled, "Don' wanna…"
"Musubi-chan, I have to get up or there won't be any breakfast." he said sternly.
This made her raise her head sleepily and peer at him blearily. "Minato-sama?"
"I have to make breakfast." he repeated, "So could you let go of my leg?"
"Promise to come back?" she asked sleepily.
"Promise." Minato said, although he knew that he would be coming back only to get her up, "Now, can you let go already?"
"Haaaiiii." Musubi pouted and reluctantly let it go. Minato patted her on the head as he got up and headed off for his morning ablutions.
Once he was finished with that, he started cooking a light breakfast, before reconsidering and started making a large breakfast. A Sekirei-sized portion was three times the size of a regular potion after all.
When he was almost finished, the scent of the cooked food roused his Sekirei from their slumber and lured them downstairs. He watched in bemusement as they easily ate a large portion that he would struggle with and then ask for seconds, which he provided.
"Today," Minato started once everyone was finished eating, "We will be having furniture delivered by people not involved in the Sekirei Plan. This means no zapping people, no talking about Ashikabi or Sekirei and Yashima-chan's hammer will have to be hidden somewhere until they leave."
"We wouldn't zap them for no reason, Minato-sama." Hikari protested.
"I do not want to risk the Discipline Squad getting sent to 'talk' with us about breaking the rules." Minato said firmly, "So if any of them get fresh with you, just kick their asses. No special abilities. Yashima-chan, will you be OK with strangers around?"
"H-Hai…I think so…" Yashima replied shyly, "I'd prefer to stay close to you if at all possible if I can't have my hammer, Minato-sama."
"Fair enough." Minato allowed, "Musubi, you can direct the movers around, but please avoid any displays of superhuman strength."
"Hai!" she chirped.
"Hikari and Hibiki, I have a special request for you two." he continued, turning to his first two Sekirei, "I'd like it if you patrolled the city and kept an eye out for any more incidents like what happened to Yashima-chan yesterday."
"Right." Hibiki nodded, "What are our instructions if we discover someone attempting to forcibly Wing a Sekirei?"
"Knock them out and take them to a police box." Minato replied, "Then escort the Sekirei to the MBI hospital for a check up before returning to your patrol route."
"As you wish, Minato-sama." Hikari said.
"Oh, here." Minato fished out one of the Twins' MBI cards from his pocket and gave it to Hibiki, "Use this and buy a mobile phone for yourselves so you can keep me updated. Once you buy one, give me a call on this number once an hour and be back by five."
"Hai!" the twins chorused.
"We'd better get to it then." Minato nodded at his Sekirei, "Before you go off though…"
He kissed each of his Sekirei on the lips, which made their wings emerge again, as well as making them pant slightly with desire.
"Off you go then." Minato smiled. His mother had told him in private the previous night that Sekirei were very physically demonstrative and rarely cared about personal space, so he would have to 'man up and take charge of them' if he wanted to keep being the one in charge.
She had discussed various strategies with him and they had eventually settled on a firm, loving relationship with them…not that it was hard, Minato was already crushing on three of his four Sekirei and Yashima was the odd one out only because she was so recently added. She would be added to the list soon enough.
Seeing the half-lidded dazed expressions on his Sekirei's faces made Minato smile. He had a feeling that today was going to be just as interesting, if not more so, that the previous day.
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A few Minutes later
With the Raiden Futago
"Minato-sama is very affectionate this morning." Hikari said to her sister as they walked down the street to carry out their orders.
"His is, isn't he?" Hibiki sighed happily, "If we get kissed like that every morning, I'll be a happy girl."
Hikari had to agree with her sister. Minato was very easy to fall for, even without the Sekirei/Ashikabi bond that they had, she would have to wager.
It would certainly explain his brother-complexing sister.
"What are we going to do about Minato-sama's sister when she moves in?" she asked as she recalled that irritant that would come to dwell with them.
"We give her a warning not to mess with us." Hibiki replied casually examining her nails, "If she chooses to ignore that warning…she'll get punished."
The sisters exchanged equally wicked grins at this point. Takami-sensei had given them permission to deal with Sahashi Yukari however they pleased as long as no permanent harm came to her, physical or psychological, which left plenty of scope for suitable chastisements for them to choose from.
"Hey! Number Eleven! Number Twelve! That you?" a voice called from behind them. The sisters turned to see a familiar face from their time in the Adjustment Lab.
"Number Ten, Uzume." Hibiki nodded politely to the brunette Sekirei who jogged up to them, "You look well. Have you emerged yet?"
"Nope." Uzume sighed, "I've only reacted to one person, who got transferred to a specialist hospital in America the next day."
The twins had to wince at that. Talk about bad luck.
"Actually, I told a lie just then." Uzume admitted, "I'm…kinda reacting to your Ashikabi. So is Number Two, Matsu."
"A Single Number!?" Hibiki half shouted, "Wait, how are you reacting to him? You haven't even been near him as far as I know."
"I live at Izumo Inn, just back there." Uzume replied, jerking her thumb back at a house that wasn't far from their new home, "Whenever you and your Ashikabi went past the place yesterday, Matsu-nee and I really felt it…if you know what I mean."
Given that she was rubbing her thighs together at the reminder, the twins got it immediately, making them grin at how powerful their Ashikabi-sama was.
"So...why tell us?" Hikari asked, "Why not just go up to Minato-sama and ask him to Wing you? He'd do it you know."
"You two are his first Sekirei." Uzume replied, "While Takami-sensei gave us permission as his mother, it would be impolite to Wing ourselves on him without the permission of the two of you. Matsu-nee has to keep out of sight of MBI, so she asked me to ask you on her behalf."
The twins looked at each other and talked in 'Twinspeak', a language that is unique to twins. Made up of slight twitches in facial muscles and a few sounds, they could talk without anyone catching on to what they were saying.
"We give you permission." Hibiki said, "But you have to wait until we get home from our patrol at five, OK?"
"That's perfect." Uzume replied, relief on her face, "It'll probably take that long to get Matsu-nee's computer stuff packed up. I really appreciate this you guys and I have information that you really have to hear. I got it from Sekirei Number 00."
This caught their attention. "What?"
Uzume outlined what she had been told by Number 00 the previous day.
"Oh…hell." Hibiki sighed in frustration, "I can foresee a lot of frustrated nights ahead of us if this information is true."
"It does make sense though." Hikari admitted sourly, "And I want to be strong enough to protect Minato-sama against anything and anyone who would go after him."
"Me as well." Hibiki admitted, "But there is a loophole here; we may not be able to make love properly to Minato-sama, but we CAN service him and vice versa, so long as no actual penetration is involved."
The lust-filled expression in her sister's eyes said a lot about what she thought of that idea. Uzume swallowed loudly as images of exactly what Hibiki was referring to danced through her head, making the already uncomfortable heat between her legs flare up even more.
"Umm…right…I'll just be heading off to tell Matsu-nee about you giving us permission…yeah…" Uzume muttered shakily as she tottered off towards Izumo Inn on unsteady legs.
"Minato-sama is going to be rocked on his heels by gaining two new Sekirei without doing anything." Hikari said with a grin.
"True, but getting Uzume and Number 2 on our side isn't anything to sneeze at." Hibiki pointed out, "The Single Numbers are in a class all on their own. With at least one of them, Minato-sama is vastly more likely to make it to the final round of the Sekirei Plan."
"I know." Hikari nodded, "Now, let's start patrolling. The most likely area that potential Ashikabi would ambush Sekirei at would be at one of the drop off points around the MBI Building."
"Right." Hibiki nodded, "Let's go then."
The twins started walking again, not noticing the black-clad figure with silver hair following them from a discrete distance.
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Midday
Entrance Hall, Minato's House
"Where'd you want this bed?" the mover asked Minato. He and his fiend were lifting the box containing the king-size four-poster bed, which was thankfully the last one to be delivered, thank heavens.
"Up the stairs, turn right and in the room at the end of the corridor." Minato told them. As the men humped the bed up the stairs, the raven-haired boy sighed in relief.
'This is the last delivery for today.' he thought, 'We'll have to order a bed for Yashima-chan at some point, but that's for another day.'
"Minato-sama?" Yashima asked in concern, "Are you alright?"
"Eh? Oh, yes. I'm fine, Yashima-chan." he assured his newest Sekirei, "Organising all of this isn't as easy as it looks. By the way, where's Musubi-chan?"
"She went down into the basement to explore it." Yashima replied with a sigh, "She seems incapable of remaining still."
"Musubi's just energetic." Minato smiled, "She'll get bored fast down there, so she ought to be up in a moment."
He then turned his attention back to the task he was doing before the bed was brought in, signing forms that said that yes, he had received the goods and yes, they were unbroken upon delivery. It was tedious work, but it had to be done. Annoying things.
"That's the bed in where you asked it to be put, sir." the man told him as he and his companion came down the stairs.
"Thanks for your work." Minato said with a smile and he passed the completed forms over to the spokesman, "Here's the forms, all filled out."
"Ah. Thank you very much." the man nodded as he accepted the sheets and tucked them into a pocket, "We'll be off now then. Have a nice day sir and please use our store again for your future furniture needs."
The last part was said in a monotone, so Minato presumed it was boilerplate said at the completion of every delivery according to company policy, so the man was probably bored with having to say it.
"We will." Minato said and with that, the men left the house for the final time that day. People had been delivering things for the last two hours in a seeming unending stream of furniture. Fortunately, Musubi had restrained herself from doing something obvious with her strength, so, with Yashima's Hammer concealed in the basement, the secret of the Sekirei was secure. Speaking of which…
With a sigh, Minato stood up and went to look for Musubi. He padded over to the entrance to the basement, located in the kitchen, and opened the door.
"Musubi-chan!" he called down the stairs. Pausing, he heard the familiar sound of fists and feet flying in a kata. His grandfather had run a Karate dojo back in Hokkaido and Minato had sat in awe as he watched the old man's feet and fist fly through the air as he ran through his Karate kata, which matched this sound almost exactly, except this was a lot faster and stronger than what his grandfather did.
Cautiously, Minato tiptoed down the stairs and peered into the gloom. Musubi was indeed running through a kata, her limbs something of a blur as she moved. That was amazing in and of itself, but what struck Minato most about his third Sekirei in that moment was the look of absolute concentration on her face.
She was so totally focussed on her kata that she was deaf to the world around her. The look in her eyes was of boundless determination; as if she had a goal to accomplish and nothing would stand in the way of her fulfilling it.
As she didn't seem to be inclined to stop, and Minato knew from bitter experience that people who are interrupted in the middle of a kata get irritated, he settled down to wait for her to finish whatever kata set she was doing.
Although she was wearing a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that he had bought for her the previous day, the restrictive clothing didn't seem to hamper her movement much, if at all. She moved with precision and grace, reminding Minato greatly of a naked blade, beautiful, elegant and deadly all at once.
Abruptly, Musubi stopped her movement and exhaled slowly, her chest heaving at the exertion she had just put her body through, which told Minato that she had been doing this from almost the moment she had set foot in the basement.
"All finished, Musubi-chan?" he asked quietly, making her leap in fright as she still hadn't noticed him.
"M-Minato-sama?!" she gasped, "Wh-When did you-?"
"I've been here for…" Minato checked his watch, "…almost five minutes now. You were so into your kata that you didn't notice or hear me, so I decided to wait for you to finish."
"I'm so sorry!" Musubi bowed rapidly in distress, "I didn't want you to see me like that so-"
"Wait, like what?" Minato interrupted with a frown.
Musubi looked uncomfortable as she replied, "All of the doctors and researchers at MBI said Musubi looks scary when I do my kata and I didn't want you to get scared of me, so I came down here to practice."
Minato chuckled. "Musubi-chan, my grandfather ran a Karate dojo, so I'm more than used to seeing people perform kata, and while I'll grant that you can move a lot faster than my grandfather or his students, watching your kata wasn't scary for me in the least. Rather, I thought you looked beautiful and elegant while you were doing the kata, even more so than usual."
Much to Minato's amusement and enjoyment, the Fist-type Sekirei flushed redder than a tomato at his words, stuttering out something incomprehensible as she waved he hands in denial. It was really rather cute.
"C'mon. The movers have left and we have to get the beds assembled for Hikari and Hibiki coming back." Minato chuckled. He gently grabbed her hand and led her up the stairs, making the busty brunette blush again.
'You'd expect a martial artist's hand to be rough, but her hand…it's so soft.' Minato thought with a small blush of his own. He had never even had a girlfriend before now, in part thanks to Yukari's Brother Complex and in part due to his own lack of confidence, so all of a sudden having four 'wives' pop up was a big shock for him, one he was still adjusting to, but he was more than slightly pleased by the change.
He hoped Yukari didn't try anything stupid when she arrived, because the girls wouldn't sit back and take anything from her like all the others had. He had heard his mother tell Hikari and Hibiki to not hold back when dealing with her and so knew that if she did try something, Yukari would end up overpowered for the first time in her life.
He really hoped it wouldn't come to that.
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A Couple of Hours Later
With Uzume, Miya and Matsu
Matsu's Secret Room
Miya gazed sadly at the two Sekirei who were bustling about the small hidden room that Seo Kaoru had built at the request of Takehito to hide Matsu after she stole the Jinki.
She had known that the two would move out as soon as she had seen the reactions they gave to Takami's son coming within a few meters of them for a few seconds. The two of them had barely been able to stand and had had to return to their rooms for 'relief', as she put it.
"Are you both absolutely certain that this is what you want?" Miya asked them, "Once Winged, you cannot return unless your Ashikabi rents a room here."
"We know Miya." Uzume replied firmly, "And yes, we are sure. Besides, if we don't Wing ourselves on him, we'll be driven mad by the constant arousal he causes whenever he goes past the Inn."
"You have a point." Miya nodded reluctantly. Goodness knows, if they spent any more time in their rooms, they might as well not come out at all. "Just promise that you'll keep what I told you yesterday in mind."
"Hai, Hai." Uzume rolled her eyes, "No sex. Doesn't mean we can't have fun with our Ashikabi."
"And just what do you mean by that, Uzume-chan?" Miya asked icily.
"Can't tell you, or you'd be obliged by your prudish nature to use that damned Han'nya mask on me." Uzume replied, "Suffice to say, there are a lot of things men and women can do together that don't involve actual sex."
"That is licentious!" Miya gasped. Such things had never occurred to her and Uzume was perfectly right; the act of penetration in the vaginal area and subsequent loss of innocence was what halted the growth of a Sekirei's power. Any other sexual act wasn't even registered as far as a Sekirei's power was concerned.
"No, it skirts the rules you've laid down for us." Matsu corrected, "We can't have actual sex, but that doesn't mean that we can't give and receive pleasure from our Ashikabi. You're just upset that we found a way to have our cake and eat it too."
Miya narrowed her eyes at Matsu, who merely stared back unflinchingly, which surprised the landlady. The Sekirei of Wisdom, Number 2 Matsu, had never stood up to her, not when they had both been a part of the First generation of the Discipline Squad and not since she had sought sanctuary here after stealing the Jinki.
"Kindly do not make me sound like some tyrant who delights in destroying your happiness." Miya said coolly, "I am merely trying to make certain that your growth as a Sekirei isn't interrupted. Once you have fully grown into your power, you are free to do as you please."
"…or so you say." Uzume stage-whispered as she heaved a boxful of Matsu's cheongsam dresses out of the room before Miya could whirl and glare at her.
The lavender-haired woman sighed. "Am I really that much of a tyrant?" she whispered rhetorically, but Matsu heard her and answered her.
"In a manner of speaking, you are, Miya-tan." the orangette stated softly, "You know the truth of what we Sekirei are. You know more about us than even MBI does, yet you steadfastly refuse to say a word until and unless it becomes more than necessary. That is tyranny of one sort, Miya-tan."
"Knowledge is too precious to bandy about carelessly." Miya retorted.
"'Knowledge is power, hide it well'?" Matsu scoffed, "That hasn't worked all that well thus far, Miya-tan, or hadn't you noticed that a mad human is using us in a modern gladiatorial tournament? I would understand keeping it from MBI, but us? Your fellow Sekirei? THAT smacks of extreme paranoia at its worst."
Miya wanted to retort something at Matsu, but before she could, the orange-haired Sekirei got back to packing up her many and varied computers so she could move.
The landlady sighed and left the room, returning to the kitchen to prepare lunch, the last meal the three would share together as tenant and landlady.
'Oh Takehito, my love…have I truly become so wrapped up in my grief for you that I'm scaring away my fellow Sekirei?' Miya wondered as she chopped vegetables for a nabe (stew).
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5:00pm
Minato's House
When Minato answered the doorbell, he expected to see Hikari and Hibiki back from their patrol. They had rung him a few minutes ago to tell him they were on their way after successfully stopping several lowlife scumbags from forcibly Winging Sekirei that day.
What he was faced with instead was a pair of girls he had never met before. One was a busty brunette who, although dressed casually in jeans and a t-shirt, was drop-dead gorgeous. Her brown hair was tied in a ponytail to one side of her head and her eyes sparkled with mischief.
The other one was…strange. Wearing a Chinese cheongsam-like dress, the woman also had her long orange hair done up in a pair of plaits down her back, as well as a pair of large glasses. The strangest thing about her was the fact that she had a green Furoshiki tied around her head like some old man about to peep into the ladies baths.
"Umm…hello?" he said uncertainly.
"Oh…um…hi!" the brunette spoke up cheerfully, "I take it Hikari and Hibiki haven't explained anything yet?"
"They aren't back yet." Minato said with a frown, "I take you two are also associated with MBI in the same manner that they are?"
This was Minato's way of confirming they were Sekirei without outright asking.
"In other words 'are we Sekirei?'" the brunette smiled, "Yes we are."
In a flash, both Musubi and Yashima stood behind Minato, fists and hammer raised ready to do battle at a moment's notice.
"Easy!" the orangette squeaked, "We want him to Wing us!"
"We do!" the brunette added earnestly.
"Easy girls." Minato stepped back and gently touched his two Sekirei on the small of their backs before drawing them in for a hug, "I think these two are telling the truth. Come on in. We'll wait for the twins to get back and confirm your stories."
Musubi and Yashima pouted as he let them go, but nodded and fell in behind him as he led the way to the living room, the two newcomers trailing behind them.
"Now then." Minato said as he sat down and drew his girls down to cuddle next to him, much to the slight jealousy of the two new Sekirei, "I suppose an introduction is in order here. I'm…"
"Sahashi Minato, a One-Year Ronin." the orangette said as she removed her odd headgear, "Academic performance: high aptitude and potential, but weak to exam conditions and pressure. Eldest child of Sahashi Takami, the Head of the Sekirei Plan. Has one younger sister with a strong brother complex. As a result has never had a girlfriend for longer than a week. You have Winged four Sekirei thus far, Numbers 11, 12, 84 and 88."
"…That is a lot of information." Minato remarked neutrally, "Very well, since it is obvious you know me, kindly introduce yourselves."
"I'm Uzume, Number Ten." the brunette said with a grin, "People call me the Veiled Sekirei, because I can control cloth."
"Whereas I am Matsu, Number Two." the orangette said, "I am known as the Sekirei of Wisdom and can interface with and control any computer system on the planet with the greatest of ease."
"A Single Number!?" Yashima yelped in shock.
"I'm the least physically impressive of the nine Single Numbers, I assure you." Matsu said with a shrug, "I can make MBI's Satellite Laser Platforms bombard a building into dust, but I'm only slightly stronger and faster than the average human."
Minato was rather impressed with the honest critique of her own skills and said so, making the Single Number flush like a schoolgirl.
"I have my own limits as well." Uzume sighed, "My veils are useful for fighting in ambush and against those who don't use elemental attacks, but those like Number Nine, Number Four and Number Three -Water, Edged Weapons and Wind- are my natural enemies."
"Knowing your limits is a good thing." Minato said with a shrug, "It'll allow you to work around them."
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"Better get that." Minato said as he took out his phone and answered it, "Hello?"
"Minato-sama!" Hibiki's urgent voice sent a thrill up his spine as adrenaline started to pump through him on automatic, "We're in trouble!"
"Make it brief." Minato ordered in a faux-calm voice.
"We are being pursued by Sekirei belonging to an Ashikabi who we prevented from Winging an unwilling Sekirei, who is with us now." she answered quickly, "There are four of them on our tail right now and they're gaining on us!"
"Where are you now?" Minato asked intently. Unbeknownst to him, his focussed and intent voice and expression was making his Sekirei, both Winged and Unwinged, flush at how attractive this made him.
After Hibiki gave their location to him, Minato nodded, "I'll send backup. By the way, two Sekirei are here wanting me to Wing them. They say they talked to you?"
"Matsu and Uzume? Yes, we met them not long after we left home this morning." Hibiki replied, "Wing them. We gave them permission this morning."
"Got it. Keep safe, all three of you." Minato said, "Any idea who the pursuers belong to?"
"The so-called 'Ashikabi of the South', Mikogami Hayato." Hibiki replied, "Please hurry with the reinforcements!"
"See you soon." Minato said before hanging up and looking at Yashima and Musubi, "The twins are being pursued by four Sekirei belonging to Mikogami Hayato for an Unwinged Sekirei the Twins stopped him from Winging against her will."
"The Ashikabi of the South?!" Matsu yelped, "He has over a dozen Sekirei as of this morning!"
"Musubi, Yashima, go and help Hibiki and Hikari. The raven-haired teen ordered, "Deactivate the pursuers if they refuse to back down and flee after you show up."
"Hai, Minato-sama!" they replied immediately and stood at once to follow his orders.
"Uzume, this isn't the kind of situation I'd normally Wing someone, but could you go and assist them if I Wing you now?" Minato asked.
Uzume nodded. "Of course. The Southern and Eastern Ashikabi are scum. It'll be a pleasure to help out against them."
"Well then." Minato went up to her and, after going over to her and cupping her face, kissed her on the mouth, eliciting a low moan from the woman.
Pale cream wings burst from her back and moved to envelope them in an envelope before vanishing.
"Let my veil protect you from nightmares, my beloved Ashikabi…" Uzume purred as she stood up, "We had better change into our battle outfits, right girls?"
With a nod, Musubi and Yashima sped off to change their clothes.
"Keep an eye on Yashima-chan for me, Uzume-chan." Minato said to his newest Sekirei quietly once the subject of his conversation was out of range, "She might have a bit of trauma from almost being forcibly Winged yesterday."
"Gotcha." Uzume nodded before she picked up a bag Minato hadn't noticed she was carrying, "Better get changed myself. You'd better Wing Matsu-nee now before she loses all her self control."
Indeed, the orangette looked as if she would tear off Minato's clothes and start doing X-rated things to him if something wasn't done about her soon.
Minato sweatdropped. "Yeah…I'll get right on to that."
"Enjoy, Matsu-nee." Uzume sang as she strode from the room, an extra sway in her hips as she walked.
Before Minato could move, Matsu leapt onto him and knocked him back onto the couch, pinning him down beneath an amorous Sekirei.
"Mina-taaaaan…" she whined pleadingly, using the secret technique that all women seem to know and use on the men in their lives on an instinctive level…the dreaded puppy-dog eyes that whittled away the resolve of men and undermined their determination.
"Ready to be my Sekirei, Matsu-chan?" Minato asked softly as he smiled at her gently.
"I thought you'd never ask…" the Wisdom Sekirei said seductively before capturing his lips with hers, accompanied by her light orange wings flaring out to their full length.
"Hmmmm…" Matsu hummed contentedly once she broke the kiss, "Let our combined wisdom teach the world for all of time!"
"Enjoying yourself, Matsu-nee?" Uzume asked in amusement. She stood next to Musubi and Yashima, who were wearing their combat outfits. The Veiled Sekirei wore very little. A pair of thigh-high boots encased her legs, while she wore a mini-skirt and a white bikini top, all made of white cloth. Hovering over her head and wrapped around her arms was a long veil that seemed to flutter in a breeze that didn't exist.
"Very much so, Uzume-tan." Matsu purred, "You should really head out and assist Hikari-tan and Hibiki-tan though."
"They'll meet you at the nearby construction site in ten minutes." Minato informed his three combat Sekirei, "It should only take you a couple of minutes to get there. Assist the twins and the Unwinged Sekirei and bring them home alive."
"Hai, Minato-sama!" the three of them chorused before heading out, leaving Matsu behind with Minato.
"It feels kinda wrong to stay behind while they go and fight." Minato sighed.
"In a way, you will be with them." Matsu told him, "Uzume can invoke her Norito because you kissed her, and will be able to use it for the next…fifteen minutes. Besides, we Sekirei much prefer to keep you safe, Mina-tan. You do know what will happen to us if you die?"
"Yeah…not a pleasant thought." Minato shivered, "And a lot of pressure. Do you live nearby, by the way?"
Matsu nodded. "Just down the road at the Izumo Inn."
"Need some help moving your stuff?" he offered.
Sensing he needed something to take his mind off the battle his Sekirei were going to fight, Matsu nodded. "If you would be so kind. My computer stuff can wait until Uzume-tan and the others are back, but our clothes and stuff should be alright for you to move."
"Lead the way." Minato invited.
Matsu led Minato out of the house, with him pausing to look in the direction that his Sekirei were heading for a moment and wishing them well.
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