In the southern part of Tokyo, in the penthouse suite of an expensive apartment building an unusual assortment of people were relaxing, waiting, and generally whiling the time away. At the centre of the room seated on a plush armchair was a boy of fifteen. He was dressed in a white suit of a very fancy design. He had a deep brooding look on his face as he argued with what was arguably the only man in the room who wore a black jacket over a vest with a yellow scarf around his neck. At his side he wore a Japanese sword.

"I warned you things would change Mikogami. I made it clear why I would help you find these Sekirei and wing them." The man told the boy, Mikogami.

"But their mine." The boy whined petulantly. Any second he could burst into tears and throw a real tantrum.

"Nobody owns a person." The man said sternly. "You do not own me and I do not own you. We have a partnership and we can both prosper in that partnership. You have treated these Sekirei well and when Takehito arrives he will be grateful for that, but he will not think highly of you if you act like a child. He may take action against you if you continue to think of these people as your toys."

"He won't take you away from me, will he Mutsu?" Mikogami asked with true fear.

The man, Mutsu, smiled kindly. "Takehito would never do that. Ours is a true bond. Not like the ones I asked you to make with the others. He would fight to defend our bond."

"You promise you'll be back soon though."

"You have my word."

Mikogami nodded sullenly. He stood and walked over to a beautiful young woman with light brown hair. She wore a white dress that was fastened across her very ample chest by a set of chains.

"I will miss you Akitsu. I'm sorry I wasn't able to wing you." He told her sadly.

Akitsu had tear streaks down her cheeks as she had spent the past few days in emotional turmoil that she just couldn't explain. Until Mutsu investigated.

"Thank you for caring for me Master." She said with a deep bow.

"You are going to your real master now. Call me Mikogami." He said with a sad smile.

Akitsu looked at the young boy who was clearly very upset over losing her. She reached forward and pulled him into a hug that had his face squished in her breasts.

After a few seconds Mutsu coughed. "He's turning blue."

Akitsu quickly released Mikogami with a blush. "I hope I will see you again… Mikogami."


Clark was busily at work helping erect the walls of Izumo Inn with the others when Matsu, Uzume and Homura instantly went on alert and took up defensive positions on the path from the gates.

Clark gently lowered the wall he was holding and approached them leaving the others to continue. If the Sekirei were on alert then it was likely a Sekirei issue, Clark would be able to deal with anything the three powerful Sekirei couldn't.

Clark reached them as he saw a man and a woman turn into the property. They both stopped when they saw the defensive line.

"We come in peace." The man said calmly. The woman was looking very distraught.

"What do you want Mutsu?" Homura demanded with a dark look. "There aren't any un-winged Sekirei for your master to try and steal."

Clark raised an eyebrow at that as Homura was still un-winged.

"I've come to see father. I know he has finally returned, Homura. I have brought his daughter home."

"How did you know this?" Matsu asked.

"I didn't, but Akitsu is his Sekirei as well. She knew and I was able to confirm it." Mutsu smiled softly.

"Hello daughter."

The defensive three spun quickly as Harry suddenly appeared with a smile on his face.

Akitsu was almost in two places at once as she moved so quickly to Harry, there was no hesitation as she immediately pressed her lips to his and her wings exploded from her back.

"I thought she couldn't be winged." Homura said quietly.

"No, she was an experiment." Matsu said in disgust. "Minaka tricked her into thinking she needed to kiss her Daddy. She was always drawn to Takehito but never acted on it. Takehito promised her it would happen at the right time. He was furious with Minaka when he found out he was behind it. He beat Minaka severely."

The wings faded and Akitsu broke the kiss and rested her head on Harry's chest. After days of emotional turmoil, she was finally calm.

Harry gently picked her up and cradled her in his arms as she fell asleep. An armchair appeared behind him and he sat in it.

"Why doesn't that surprise you?" Clark asked Mutsu curiously.

"The magic?" He asked with a small smile. "I have known about magic since I was a small boy. I stumbled across Father and Uncle Seo using it one day. They told me it was a secret so I never spoke of it again."

"Why wasn't she in a coma like the others?" Clark asked Harry.

"Because I forcibly severed the bond from my end." Harry explained. "When one half of a soul bound couple dies, they tear a chunk of the surviving member's soul away. This is what causes madness and death. I knew what was happening and severed the bond giving them a piece of my soul, well, Akitsu and Logan at least."

"Logan? He's your soul mate?" Clark asked in surprise.

Harry smiled broadly. "He's older than all the girls except Brunhilde. When we met we became good friends, we were like brothers. Scott was already safe thanks to his bond with Jean. But the girls saw that I was going to be hurt by losing him to the madness and death. They insisted that I offer him a bond."

"That actually explains a lot." Clark nodded.

"So, Mutsu, what have you been up to?" Harry asked with a smile.

"That bastard has been helping his Ashikabi capture un-winged Sekirei." Homura spat angrily.

"How many did you get?" Harry asked excitedly, which really caught them by surprise, except Mutsu who just smiled.

"We had ten, including myself and Akitsu. Unfortunately we lost Yomi trying to capture 108 and Mitsuha was murdered by Karasuba for sport." He spat angrily.

Harry nodded sadly.

"I… I didn't kill her." Clark spoke up hesitantly. "I broke her back and Lo- Seo said he healed her. She was taken by MBI. She's at the Kamikura Island on the ship according to the records Matsu found." Matsu nodded.

"It was an honourable challenge." Mutsu gave Clark a low bow. "We do not hold ill will against you, we merely miss her."

"Why are you so ok with him capturing Sekirei?!" Homura demanded of Harry angrily.

"Because I asked him to. Just like I asked you to be the guardian. I originally requested him to act as a guardian like you."

"When I was called by my Ashikabi, my circumstance changed." Mutsu explained. "He was a lonely and bullied young boy who came from a rich family who ignored him. I rescued him from the bullies and accepted him as my Ashikabi… I still regret the fact that I didn't find a pretty woman… but I have faith Mikogami will be a good man.

"I explained what I was and what I had to do. He suggested we capture them, he provided for them, he treats them well, only some of them help me capturing the others and that is only because they know why and that Mikogami treats them well… but he is a little greedy and possessive… still fairly immature unfortunately." He admitted with a wry smile.

"It's similar to what Seo had Hikari and Hibiki doing." Harry explained. "They would disable the un-winged Sekirei before they could be caught by someone like Higa. I can revive them later."

"Higa, now there is a monster." Mutsu spat.

"We dealt with him." Clark shrugged.

"You didn't kill him?" He asked worriedly.

"No, why?"

"Killing an Ashikabi can kill all their Sekirei. That was part of what Minaka discovered when he tried to kill you, Father."

Harry just shook his head. "You Sekirei are essentially immortal, like a Phoenix. Once your Ashikabi dies your soul waits for your goddess to rebirth you. The difference between yourselves and a Phoenix is that you don't retain the memories naturally. Your ship has all the memories, they were stored in the Jinki crystals."

"Oh god!" Clark paled. "I destroyed them."

"Clark, I can make new ones, plus I now have all the stored memories of the Jinki up here." He tapped his head. "I'll need the Cuckoo's help but we can easily extract them."

"There is another Ashikabi of some power, Father." Mutsu said. "Sanada Nishi… of the west."

Everyone processed that for a moment as the man's name was actually Sanada West in Japanese.

"Is that his real name?" Clark asked. "Or a title because he's-"

"It's his real name." Matsu offered. "But he only has three Sekirei."

"Yes, but he defends his territory. It would be good if someone where to approach him, he cares for his Sekirei and even fights along side them."

"Why didn't your Ashikabi do it?" Homura asked.

"Mikogami suffers with the age old problem of power corrupting. I have been attempting to rectify that, but it is not easy." He admitted.

"Return to your Ashikabi. Give him my personal thanks for all the work he has done and especially for taking care of Akitsu. He is welcome here anytime." Harry smiled.

"Yes Father. It is good to have you back." Mutsu smiled as he turned and left.


The following morning Clark woke up feeling trapped.

This probably had a lot to do with the various girls sleeping on top of him.

Musubi was curled into his right side. Tsukiumi was on his left. Kusano was hugging his right leg and Matsu was hugging his left.

He wasn't sure how this had happened as he was sure he had gone to bed alone last night.

"You should have told me you were ready to move our relationship forward Clark." Clark looked up to see Kyla floating above him, lying in the air in her sleepwear that consisted of sweats and a tank top.

"I went to bed alone!" He hissed, not wanting to wake up the others.

"Oh Clark, where's the fun in that?" Clark's head snapped to the right as a hand began caressing his chest. Spooned up behind Musubi was Lana Lang, reaching over her to fondle his bare chest.

"You should at least be glad you don't sleep completely naked."

There, behind Tsukiumi was Chloe Sullivan.

"Oh god… I'm dreaming… I'll wake up any second now alone." Clark said hopefully.

"Room for us, sweetie?"

Standing at the door to his room were Tess Mercer and Helen Bryce, both dressed in sleep wear like Kyla.

"Ok, Lex is going to kill me. Maybe I can sign up with the Green Lanterns."

Tess and Helen scowled at that.

"Don't talk to us about that bastard." Tess said fiercely. "Not after what he did yesterday."

Clark looked at her carefully. "This isn't a dream?"

The currently awake girls just laughed. "We're just messing with you Clark." Chloe assured him as she eased herself up without disturbing Tsukiumi.

Lana tried to do the same only for Musubi to grab her hand and moan in discontent in her sleep.

"She's very strong." Lana whispered to the others.

"She's a fist type." Clark muttered.

"And I'm an Amazon."

"You are? Already?"

"We've been gone at least a year. We returned the day before yesterday." Chloe explained.

"Yep, passed our trials and we are now true Amazons." Lana said clearly happy about it.

"Which really came in useful yesterday." Helen said sadly.

"Lex? What happened? I heard something briefly from one of the others but I don't know the details."

Kyla floated up and back to the door to stand with Helen and Tess so Clark could see them better.

"We arrived back at the house to find Lex sitting in the living room as all these men were tearing through the house, they were breaking everything." Tess said angrily. "He then had two of them grab us and demanded I sign some papers saying I didn't want anything from Lionel."

"The bastard said he's calling off the wedding and suing me." Helen said tearfully. Kyla pulled her into a hug.

"WHAT!"

"SHHH!" Chloe hissed as she pointed at Kusano who snuffled in her sleep but ultimately just hugged his leg tighter.

Clark glared at Chloe when she smirked at him. He turned back to Helen and Tess. "Has he been checked for mind control and other stuff? It happened before."

"Harry is going to see him today." Chloe nodded.

"Good. I'll see if I can go with him. Just need a lift back to Smallville."

"I'll take you. I'm spending the day with my dad. It's been a year for me but still a week or so for him." Chloe offered. "I'll definitely be back later though for the full story on your new harem though." She grinned evilly.

"It is not a harem!" Clark objected. "Now can someone help me get them up?"

"Of course not! You just wait there whilst I get a camera." Kyla said as she teleported away.

"Chloe, help me up." Lana called over.

"Nope, you got yourself into that position and you can stay there." Tess smirked.

"But-"

"Welcome to the club." Clark told her dryly.


Harry strode into the Luthor Mansion ignoring the various guards as they stood there, not seeing him. He made himself visible and threw open the doors to the study to find Lex sitting at his desk reading some papers.

"Mr. Potter, it seems I will need to find some new security if you managed to make it this far." Lex said dryly.

Harry just glared at Lex. He knew Lex Matheson; he was a good man and like a brother to Clark.

The man sitting behind the desk was nothing but a monster. It had a soul but it was badly formed.

"Did you kill him yourself?" Harry asked quietly.

"I beg your pardon?" Lex asked mildly.

"Lex. The real Lex. Did you kill him yourself? I'm assuming you've killed him to take his place, one of Lionel Luthors schemes no doubt."

"I'm sure I don't know what you are talking about." Lex said dismissively.

"You never will." Harry said as he threw an obliviate at Lex before he vanished.


Everyone was assembled in the castle's great hall. Everyone from Harry to Kusano. Everyone had a translation charm on them as they needed to be able to talk to each other.

Harry was sitting at the head of the table, although the table was round, he had his eyes closed as he concentrated. Then an ethereal form appeared in the seat next to him.

"NO!"

Martha immediately wrapped the distraught Helen in a hug as Lex Matheson appeared proving beyond a doubt he was dead.

"Oh god! Lex!" Tess whispered.

"I'm sorry Helen, I made a foolish mistake and Lionel, Lucas and the clone got the drop on me."

"It was at the meeting we went to, wasn't it?" Loki asked sadly.

Lex nodded. "I should have listened to you. I'm sorry."

"Helen, Tess, I love you both and miss you. Everything I had will be split between the two of you. It's all currently in Clark's name to protect it from Luthor's legal actions. Clark, I'm leaving the company to you.

"You do realise he just took over several companies in Japan?" Harry asked Lex.

Lex just grinned.

"Bastard." Clark muttered.

"Clark!" Jonathan admonished.

Lex and the girls just laughed.

"I'm sorry I failed to keep you alive." Clark said sadly.

"It's not your fault Clark, you had to besides Harry is the one who wasn't around to save me." Lex smirked at Death.

"It was not my fault I got trapped in those crystals."

Lex stood up and walked over to Helen and Tess, he indicated for them to follow him; he led them away to the side where he spoke some short sentences to them.

Lex looked to Harry and gave a short resigned nod and Harry released his hold on Lex's soul and let him return to the afterlife.

"If Lex is dead… does that mean he was cloned?" Chloe asked as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Yes, it has a badly formed soul though. We need to see if we can force him out of LexCorp."

"Can we rename it? Something like 'Matheson Inc.'?" Tess asked.

"We can look into it." Amara assured her.

"I will make it happen!" Loki said adamantly. "Lex died under my care." She said as tears were trailing down her cheeks.

"Easy sister, remember, place the blame where it belongs." Thor said as he rubbed Loki's back.

"We've still got some time left of the summer. Emma, Jean and Scott are heading back to Thor's world to take a vacation." Harry stated. "The rest of us will work on cutting Lex Luthor out of our affairs and helping Clark with MBI and the Sekirei.

"Dad, when do you need to head back to the afterlife?" He asked Xander.

"Whenever you've had enough of me." He smiled. "I'm alive, with all that it entails. My death can be natural, accidental, intentional… you have full authority over my soul now that I am officially here. If you want I can take up my old role."

"Death's Hand." Logan muttered. He remembered long ago when Harry had said he would make a good choice for that role. His experience as one of Apocalypses Four Horseman really put him off.

"Yeah… gotta love putting the terror in the bad guys." He grinned.

"Ok, what do you want to do? I'm sure Nym and Fleur will miss you." Harry pointed out.

"The After Life doesn't work like Harry. They will be fine. They have each other and all your previous wives and children. If you want me here I'll stay. I wouldn't mind spending more time with you."

"You should stay." Clark said suddenly, causing the attention to turn to him. "Like you said, you can return to the after life at any time. But you can't come here at anytime. So you might as well stay here for as long as you can."

"He has a point." Jonathan agreed.

"So you'll stay?" Harry asked with a hint of hope.

"I'll stay." Xander said firmly. "How about you Nev?"

"I'm staying. I could use a break from the Phoenix Council. I'll help out as a Professor here. Besides, Ku and I will have lots of fun with plants. Right Ku?"

"Right!" She nodded emphatically from his lap.


Xander, Harry, Neville and Logan easily fell into the swing of rebuilding Izumo Inn. The foundations were set and the ground floor was in. The walls and roof were also in place. Now they were working on the second floor and rooms.

Amara had arrived in Japan with Martha, Harry, Miya and the other Sekirei, kissed Harry on the cheek and told him to enjoy his work. She wanted to get full control of the company in hand before Takehito truly rose from the grave.

The names Takehito Asama and Seo Kaoru were retired now that they no longer had to worry about time travel duplicates. There were a few slip-ups but nothing that wouldn't eventually be phased out.

Uzume and Chiho took responsibility for Kusano whilst the others were busy. Uzume was skilled at creating cos-play costumes and had the three of them dressed up whenever they served lunch and other refreshments. Kusano was often seen waddling around in various animal costumes that the two girls loved to dress her up in. Fortunately Kusano seemed to enjoy pretending to be the animals as well.

Matsu was working with Martha and Amara to get a handle on MBI and the pharmaceutical company he took from Higa. Higa's Sekirei where being dealt with by Miya, Homura and Laura. They discovered that Higa had blackmailed, bribed and held hostage various Ashikabis in order to control their Sekirei. These people were also being dealt with.

The MBI building soon reopened, it was a novelty building that caught the attention of the world with its infrastructure now made of plants. Some of the employees were a little nervous as they entered the building, fearing it would fall down around them. An orientation was held for all employees their first day back where they were assured of the buildings safety. They were also briefly introduced to Clark as the owner even though Martha would handle things for the next few years.

A meeting was held with Clark, Martha and one Takami Sahashi.

At the meeting were Yukari Sahashi and the formerly dead Takehito Asama.

"You're dead."

"You're alive."

"Minaka said you died."

"He tried."

"Wait… he really was responsible?"

"Yeah, he's the reason I've been gone all these years. He was messing around with the alien technology in an attempt to kill me and leave no trace." Harry shrugged. "Apparently he had tried several times to assassinate me. But you can't kill Death." He grinned.

"What?" Takami asked in annoyance.

"Long story, ends with me being the embodiment of Death, the Master of Magic and a few other things." Harry smiled. "You do remember how you and Minaka found me on the ship before you even arrived?"

"A seemingly human, western male who spoke fluent Japanese on an alien spaceship? I think I might remember something about that." She said sarcastically. "How does that make you the embodiment of Death? And magic? I thought you were a man of science Takehito." She said with a slight sneer.

"I can be both. I'm over twenty million years old. I wasn't born in this universe. I can do many amazing things though." He said as he turned the desk into tiny kitten.

Takami could only sit there and gawp at the sight.

"Mum?" Yukari called gently.

"What? Yukari… how did you get caught up in this?" Takami asked as Harry reversed the transfiguration on the kitten and making it a desk again.

"I met Clark and Musubi and we were attacked by Hikari and Hibiki. That was my introduction. Then I met Sheena and discovered I was his Ashikabi. Of course Clark then found out that Minaka was behind Harry's disappearance. When I heard my father was responsible for murder… how could I not get involved?" She shrugged.

Takami was shocked… again. "How did you know he was you father?"

"I overheard you talking once when I was young. I never knew you actually worked with him though until recently. You never wanted him near us so I thought he was a bad man. Turns out you were right." She smirked.

"I don't know what I ever saw in him." Takami sighed as she sat in the chair opposite the desk. "I'm just glad he spurned Kazehana's advances."

"Where is my little girl? I haven't had a chance to go to her." Harry asked.

"Drinking." Takami said sadly. "She's been drowning her sorrows. It would probably be better if she found an Ashikabi."

"I'll see if I can help with that." Harry assured her.

He knew that Takami never wanted Kazehana hurt over Minaka, but the bastard was always infatuated with Takami and saw the Sekirei as little more than tools. He never would have given Kazehana the time of day. It hurt Takami that Kazehana blamed her for Minaka's rejection as she had raised the rest of the single numbers with Miya and Harry. Takami was one of the witnesses for Harry and Miya's wedding, but that all changed when Takami refused to leave MBI after Harry vanished. She didn't want to abandon the Sekirei even if it meant working with Minaka.

Miya just assumed she had chosen Minaka over Harry.

Takami cleared her throat. "So I assume you work for Mr. Kent now?" She asked Harry. "You seem very young to have orchestrated a corporate takeover." She said to Clark.

"I had a lot of help." Clark said with a small smile. They had decided to bring Takami into the loop fully. "Where as Harry is Death, I am his apprentice. I am also the Norse God of Thunder." He said as he pulled out his hammer and let the lightning play across its planes.

"Gods and Death… this is a lot to take in." Takami sighed.

"More so than aliens?" Yukari smirked.

"Aliens can be quantified scientifically, but gods are mythical and spiritual." Takami lectured her daughter.

"Actually, they can be scientifically quantified, but humans just don't have the scientific capabilities yet." Harry corrected. "Clark, the rest of your secret?"

Clark nodded and pushed down on the face of his watch breaking the glass. His clothes quickly morphed into his Superman costume. "I am Clark Kent, also known as Superman."

"My god!" She exclaimed as she unconsciously stood up. "Do you know how many companies and agencies are trying to get a hold of you?"

Clark looked at Harry curiously.

"The usual range, governments either fear you or want to use you, companies want to study you and try and profit off of you." He shrugged. "Until we conquer the world and take control it will always be like this."

"Conquer the world?" Takami laughed. She gulped when she saw the serious look on Harry's face. "Why am I here then? You know I won't agree to world domination and I doubt Miya would approve."

"To run my company." Clark said. "Harry's plans for taking control of the world are not what they sound like. He has the ability to eradicate disease and hunger but he can only really do that if he controls the governments. It won't happen for years yet, in the meantime, I am in school and my parents have a farm to run. My understanding from Homura is that you have been handling the day-to-day running of the company and I would like you to continue."

"What about The Game, the Sekirei Plan?" Takami asked.

"Ended. Effectively immediately." Harry said firmly. "The S-Plan is to be re-instated. Get in contact with the original Discipline Squad and have them reform and do what they were designed to do. Miya is expecting your call."

"Do you know about the three major Ashikabis? Higa, Mikogami and Sanada?"

"Higa has been dealt with. His businesses are now owned by Clark and will be merged into MBI. Mikogami is to be treated with the utmost respect. Mutsu was working for me in my absence and Mikogami was cooperating, although take great care with his bonds as although he winged them forcefully, he did it for Mutsu and… well, he has a few issues, but he is trying to do the right thing."

"I can work with that." Takami nodded. "I still want a more detailed explanation of where you have been all these years."

"You'll get it. We just need to deal with this stuff first and make sure things are running smoothly." Harry assured her.


A/N: ANOTHER LEX SPOILER FOR THE WORRIED

I thought I would add a bit more explanation about Lex as, lets face it, you've been reading for 36 chapters and I spent ages making Lex a good guy and I am NOT Joss Whedon.

I have this... thing where I watch or reader a character in canon and I think they are acting far too out of character or I wonder what would happen if another character was used instead. Like Barty Crouch Jr. cutting off Harry's hand at the end of the tournament back in Potter's Protector. How about something simpler... a good guy in any film or show is trying to break out of a bad guy hideout and he has no weapons, he kills a guard... and doesn't bother picking up their weapons. Its even worse when the good guy is a cop/soldier/agent.

So... I thought that if Lionel had the chance he would replace Lex with his 'perfect' son. One that shared his goals. I don't believe he really loves Lex, he just sees him as a legacy.

We already had viable clones with Dinsmore so making a clone was not a stretch.

1. Why not just kill 'evil' Lex.

Because then we have a power vacuum and Lionel probably has back up clones like the Dinsmore did. Although it would have been fun to have Harry keep killing the clones and forcing Lionel to break in a new one... but I didn't think of that at the time.

2. Why not just stuff Lex' soul into the body bringing him back?

Lex has crossed over. Harry does not play fast and loose with the rules he has envisioned. He could ask for Lex back from the other side but at this point it would seem frivolous.

3. So this is the end of 'good' Lex?

NO!

That's right!

MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!

I liked my Lex and wanted him back. I eventually wrote him back in. You will have to wait till season four but the bald headed billionaire will be back.

4. WHY IS LEX STILL BALD?!

I have no idea... laziness on my part. Plus I am trying to figure out how to do it.


Finally... if you don't like my story, don't bother telling me. Just leave. Go and write your own better story or find a different one to read.

You don't walk up to people on the street and tell them you think they are ugly or that they are dressed badly... so don't come and tell me you don't like it.

It's one thing to tell me I called Kyla Dani twice in a chapter... because that's my bad.

You can also tell me your ideas and thoughts on where you think this is going.

But it is another thing to tell me I screwed up with gods and Sekirei and the lot.

This is FANFICTION! Canon and believability went out the window when man first decided to find out what would happen when he rubbed two sticks together... or what a round rock would be like.

Also, don't tell me what I NEED to do. Suggest, request or even beg if you like. But this is my story, my mistake to make. Go and make your own mistakes elsewhere, this spot is taken.

Don't like it... go elsewhere and please do so quietly.

Have some respect and humanity.

Otherwise you're just a bully.