Akitsu was being handled with kid gloves. She currently had the mentality of a teenager due to the fact that her emotions were essentially sealed during Harry's absence. She wasn't unruly or a problem, but she refused to leave Harry's side unless they were sleeping or had to attend to business.
Kyla, Lana and Chloe were attempting to help her. Yukari aided them as a tour guide when she could but she was supposed to be visiting universities that had accepted her.
"Have you thought of applying to places like Oxford or Harvard?" Chloe asked Yukari as they walked down the street having done some shopping for the finished inn.
"Aside from being expensive, I don't speak English." Yukari pointed out.
"First of all, your mother pretty much runs MBI now. I'm fairly certain Clark pays more than enough to send you to any college in the world." Chloe laughed. "Secondly… we don't speak Japanese. We are using translation spells."
"For which you should be grateful." Lana said with slight embarrassment.
"But Clark doesn't use one does he?" She asked as she recalled the new owner of MBI telling her something about gods.
"No, he actually speaks Japanese. The knowledge was given to him by Omoikane, a Japanese god." Lana confirmed.
"He got more than just the language." Yukari told them with a slightly awed voice. "He knows everything about Japanese culture and history. He also knows every dialect; do you know how annoying Tsukiumi is? She is speaking a very old form of Japanese, we can understand it but… she sounds like an old play or film."
"I want to try and learn Japanese properly." Chloe said resolutely. "It feels like cheating using the charm and it seems only fair now that we will be spending more time around Japanese speaking people."
"Do you think all Clark's Sekirei will go back to America with him?" Yukari asked, there was a hint of worry.
"I think they might have to. Most will definitely want to though." Kyla answered. "I've been reading up on the Sekirei bonds and they will feel compelled to stay with him… which is why Tsukiumi sought him out."
"I wonder what will happen with Homura." Yukari mused.
Homura was currently in a meeting with Harry, Takami, Clark and Musubi. Only Harry knew why Musubi was there, but she sat there silently, just an inch or two further back than Clark.
They were currently in the MBI Sekirei treatment ward. It was a standard sterile hospital room with beds and monitoring equipment. On two beds down the end were the unconscious and bound forms of Benitsubasa and Karasuba. They were ignored as Homura stood by a bed impatiently and the others sat on chairs in a circle of sorts.
"If you want the pain to end and your gender determined properly then you have several options." Harry began. "First, you can have Clark wing you and then let the change happen. You will be a woman, can't change that." He said apologetically.
"You can't force it with magic?" Clark asked.
Harry shook his head. "On a human, yes. But Homura's body will consistently attempt to change to what it is meant to be."
"There goes my job at the Host Club." Homura muttered unhappily. "What about the fact that I prefer women?"
"Your pool of girlfriend candidates gets reduced a bit, but it won't make a difference." Harry shrugged. "Second option is what I recommend, you let me give you your memories from the ship. You will remember who you have been all those previous times and you will have more experience to draw on and help you cope."
"But I'll still have to kiss a guy, no offence."
"None taken. I'm not too thrilled about it. The only time I've kissed a guy was to save their life… this is the same thing to me."
"You're kiss can save lives?" Takami asked slightly awed.
Clark blushed as Harry laughed. "He's referring to when he performed CPR."
"Oh." Takami seemed disappointed.
"Why is Musubi here?" Clark asked quickly changing the subject.
"I thought Homura might like to see what he will get when he changes and I thought Musubi might be willing to help with a demonstration." Harry explained. "Plus I need to deal with something else regarding her specifically."
"I've had liaisons with many women, I know what the female form looks like." Homura objected.
"You have? Ho- Sorry, not my business." Clark apologised as he went completely red.
Homura just smirked. "Some women like the androgynous look. Especially those who actually prefer women but can't be seen in lesbian situations."
Clark nodded quickly, still performing his audition for a stoplight.
"Homura, let Clark kiss you. That is inevitable." Harry said kindly. "At least you won't be in pain anymore."
"Can you give me the memories over time? In bits and pieces so I don't get overwhelmed?" Homura asked nervously.
"I should be able to. It will require the aid of the Cuckoos but we can do it." Harry nodded.
"Alright… let's get this over with." Homura said firmly as he stood up and straightened his black dress coat.
"Now?" Clark squeaked.
"Yes now." Harry rolled his eyes.
"Is kissing me really such a problem?" Homura smirked.
Clark just sighed and stood up, he leaned in and pressed his lips to Homura's. He knew he would have trouble kissing him even if he was a woman. He would be a lesbian after all.
Wings of fire exploded from Homura's back causing Takami to back away quickly as Harry conjured a shield to protect her. The heat was intense. Homura could give Amara and the Phoenixes a run for their money.
The wings eventually dissipated and Homura was left standing there with no back to his jacket. Harry fixed that for him quickly.
Homura really couldn't help himself when he subconsciously put a hand between his legs.
"Give it a few days, Homura." Harry patted the future woman on the back.
Homura's shoulders sagged. "I really am a woman?"
"You were definitely not a man. But none of that matters as to what gender you are attracted to." Harry assured him.
"And you're ok with this?" Homura asked Clark.
"I'm an alien god from another planet… I don't think I'm in a position to judge." Clark offered.
"You are my Ashikabi. We Sekirei were raised to respect that relationship. It's one of the reasons Tsukiumi came to be with you, not just the bond pulling her. Otherwise she would treat you like dirt. Your opinion means a lot to us." Homura explained.
"You are my Sekirei. Everything I have read and learnt about Ashikabis and Sekirei suggests that I am responsible for you. I will do what ever I can within the bounds of the law to keep you safe and happy." Clark said seriously.
"Within the bounds of what is accepted as right by the leaders of the good." Harry corrected. "You are a god, humans on this planet have no idea of the dangers they are in. You may not have a choice in breaking some of the laws of Earth if you are to protect them."
"Is there anything else you need with me?" Homura asked Harry.
"No, I just need to talk to Yume." He said.
"Yume? Number 8?" Takami asked. "She died Harry. She died rescuing Musubi."
"No, according to the reports I read she gave her Tama or soul to Musubi."
"She bound herself to Musubi?" Clark asked with wide eyes.
"Yep. I've seen this before. One of my friends from Logan's world, he spent years walking around with the soul of a little girl in him. The soul had been placed there so he would guard it… of course he never actually knew this until I arrived and we removed the soul and rebuilt the body."
"I have two souls?" Musubi asked in confusion.
"Well, you have your own soul, but Yume gave you her soul to help protect you. I just need to pull her out and put her back in her body." Harry explained.
"We have her body back at the ship in a stasis pod." Takami informed him.
"Excellent, let's relocate."
There was a brief moment of confusion before Takami, Musubi and Homura realised that they had seamlessly arrived in a very futuristic room.
"Been some years since I was back here." Harry said wistfully.
There were over a hundred of empty glass capsules that looked like eggs arranged all over the room with cables and pipes attached to them. In the centre of the room was a much larger version.
"This is where we came from." Homura said in awe.
"Well, to be accurate, this is where we found you." Harry smiled. "Miya was a near fully grown adult in the large chamber up there. Matsu, Kazehana, Karasuba and Mutsu were in the small ones; they were nearly fully developed babies ready for birthing. All these other capsules contained you, Musubi and the other Sekirei as fertilised embryos.
"If the ship hadn't crashed and Minaka hadn't discovered us and interfered then Miya would have received her memory download and then woken up and taken care of the rest of you."
"Us?" Clark asked.
"I still haven't told you how I wound up in the past, have I?" Harry smirked. He walked up to a control panel that had eight octahedral slots. "The Jinki where slotted in here. Logan had called me over to Japan because he had tracked down the rumours about the King of Terror and some of the other stuff Bruce gave us when we asked him to keep an ear out for alien activity, it was all connected to MBI.
"We found this place and slipped past the guards easily enough, I was trying to figure the systems out when the crystals started reacting to me. Logan tried to pull me away but we both got sucked away. We found ourselves in the same room but without the guards. Seconds later the door opened and Minaka and Takami walked in. Logan went invisible and as Minaka was clearly much younger I figured this is where I became 'Takehito'.
"I claimed to be the guardian of the Sekirei, that this was my ship. It took a lot of fast talking but I managed to let Minaka think I was part of the ships crew and that only I could control the Sekirei."
"Why didn't you just assume control of the company, stop him from messing with the Sekirei?" Clark asked.
"There is a reason Time likes me. I don't screw around with the timeline. I already knew much of the company's history after Minaka sent his goon squad to Smallville for me. I let things play out until I synced up and could start making waves."
"But Minaka tried to kill you first." Takami frowned.
"Yes. He thought that if he used the Jinki on me they would absorb my abilities to control the Sekirei."
"Did they?" Homura asked.
Harry grinned. "Yes, but really they absorbed me. Nobody controls me so I just stopped emitting any power until I felt Clark holding me."
"Including your soul bonds and putting your soul mates in comas." Clark glared at him.
"The Jinki had the potential to control more than Sekirei Clark. I had to do it. It's my duty as a sentient and not just Death." Harry said sadly.
"Just… try not to do it again."
"I can definitely promise to try… I just can't promise to succeed."
There was a moment's uncomfortable silence before Takami broke it. "Yume is over here." She said as she led the to an array of adult sized capsules some of which were filled. "As you can see we have Haihane here already."
"And Yomi too." Clark said with a hint of self-loathing.
"Yes… I heard that you took her out yourself. But there were no marks on the body." Takami frowned.
"I broke her back, but Logan healed her afterwards." Clark explained.
Takami nodded. "Any injury that would incapacitate a Sekirei is what we call 'Termination'. It can also happen by one Sekirei touching the crest of another and reciting their Norito."
"That's like an incantation, right?" Clark asked.
"Right, the incantation allows them to call upon- what? What is so funny?" Takami demanded of Harry.
Harry just chuckled. "I made the Noritos up as a way to limit the amount of power so Minaka couldn't use them to do too much damage."
"You're a bastard." Takami scowled. "All the studies I had to do – arrghh!" She growled inarticulately.
"Yes, I apologise but it was effective in keeping Minaka busy." Harry pointed out.
"I have a question." Clark interrupted before they could continue. "Haihane is number 104, why is there such a big age difference between her and Kusano, or even Sheena and Kusano?"
"Because of the Noritos!" Takami glared at Harry. "He began to find ways to increase their powers. Ku is second in power only to Miya."
"And she still isn't at full power… but then again, neither is Miya." Harry shrugged.
"The woman can slice battleships in half, how much more powerful can she be?!" Takami asked aghast.
"Best guess? She could put a gash in a planet the size of the Grand Canyon or bigger."
Clark let out an impressed whistle.
"You aren't far behind Mister. From what I can tell you should be capable of moving planets. Or at least moons."
Clark looked at him as though he clearly thought he was joking.
"Well, not yet, but you are still growing." Harry admitted. "You will be able to do those things though."
"Please don't practice with Earth or our moon." Homura said teasingly.
"I make no promises." He retorted with a smirk.
"Considering the nightmares you are likely to give me, can we get back to Musubi and Yume?" Takami asked weakly.
"Alright. Now Musubi, just lie down and relax and I will easily remove Yume's soul and you won't feel a thing… well, you'll feel something but nothing too bad." He instructed as he conjured a hospital bed.
Musubi looked to Clark who gave her a nod and a reassuring smile so she obediently hopped onto the bed and lay back.
Clark had seen Harry work with souls a few times now, but each time was just as amazing as the last.
At first he thought Harry had made a mistake as the soul that emerged from Musubi looked nearly exactly like her. The only difference was that her breasts were significantly smaller. Not that she was flat chested, but most women had breasts smaller than Musubi.
"Harry… are you sure that's not Musubi?" Clark had to ask.
"No, I remember Yume, they could easily pass for twin sisters." Homura assured him.
"Go on, get in there Sweetheart." Harry kindly instructed Yume's soul.
Yume smiled warmly at Harry before she floated through the glass cover of the capsule and into her body.
Harry tapped a panel on the side and the glass cover slid upwards to the ceiling. Harry stepped forward and placed a hand on Yume's face and concentrated.
After a few seconds she sucked in a breath of air and her eyes sprang open.
"Welcome back, Yume." Harry smiled.
"Thank you… Father." She said as she wrapped him in a hug.
"I'm very proud of you, Yume. You did well in helping Musubi, unfortunately Karasuba went off the rails when you left." Harry told her as he indicated the capsule nearby with the unconscious Number 4.
"She was never right, Father. Even Miya couldn't reel her in." Yume sighed.
"I know. But at least she had some control with you and Miya around." Harry agreed. He then brightened and turned her to face the others, Musubi was now sitting on the edge of the bed. "I believe it's been a while since you saw Musubi face-to-face."
Yume smiled as she placed her hands on Musubi's shoulders. "You have grown into a beautiful woman little sister. And your breasts are so big!"
Takami, Homura and Harry just groaned as Clark watched in disbelief as Yume proceeded to touch and caress Musubi's chest.
"Harry-?"
"It's a Sekirei thing, Clark."
"A female Sekirei thing." Homura said pointedly.
"They seem to be obsessed with the size of their breasts." Harry sighed. "It's a nightmare trying to get them to display some modesty. They could make Emma blush."
Clark looked thoughtful. "I'd like to see that." All those times she had paraded around in front of him in her skimpy clothing, it would be nice to get some revenge.
"So you are our Ashikabi." Yume said as she broke off from giving Musubi a physical.
"Well, I'm Musubi's." Clark agreed.
"Musubi and I both shared the same soul. We are still connected. Her Ashikabi is my Ashikabi, my Ashikabi is hers."
"Oh… well… welcome to the family I guess. Harry, you can tell my parents about this." He added quickly.
"It'll be a heap of fun." Harry grinned with an evil glint.
Clark was caught off guard as Yume moved up on her toes and kissed him deeply.
When her bright wings receded she settled back onto her feet and sighed contentedly. "I am glad I experienced that."
"I… I thought I was already your Ashikabi?" Clark asked as he tried to clear his head. He wasn't used to all these women kissing him.
"You are. But this body hadn't emerged yet. Now it has."
"Just how many Sekirei do you have now, Clark?" Homura asked with a hint of disbelief at what he was seeing.
"Let's see, there's Matsu, Tsukiumi, Kusano, Musubi, Yume and you. So, six." He finished with a grin as he reminded Homura of what had occurred only minutes earlier between them.
"Plus Kyla is his soul mate." Musubi added helpfully.
"Don't forget that Kyla told you that Lana is his first love." Yume reminded her.
"Oh god." Clark groaned. "Wait… you remember what Musubi remembers?" He asked suddenly.
"Of course, I shared her body as well as her soul."
"Why do I get the feeling you have the same amount of modesty as Musubi?"
"At least you didn't have to deal with a bunch of naked teenagers running around." Harry griped.
"It wouldn't have been so bad if Mutsu wasn't a boy." Takami added. "As it was we had these teenagers who had no idea about modesty, they could barely comprehend the notion."
"Yeah, and then Mutsu realised he liked girls." Harry snickered. "We had to deal with that pretty quick, he was walking around with a stiffy and the girls were curious about it and he liked the attention from the girls… fortunately they didn't see each other that way…" He trailed off sadly.
"Kazehana?" Takami asked knowingly.
"Yeah, poor kid."
"We all tried to warn her." Takami explained to the others. "She was attracted to Minaka, but he only had eyes for me. I tried to explain it to her but she just thought I was jealous and her rival."
"She's a drunk now." Homura said sadly. "She went off searching for all the sake she could find."
"I'll try and find her in the next few days, see if I can't bring her back." Harry said. "Unfortunately it needs to be her choice."
Scott, Emma and Jean were currently back in their home universe enjoying a relaxing vacation in the Savage Lands. As soon as they got back Jean intended to go through a burning day. She was getting very antsy. Clark would just have to get used to it when she joined them at the high school.
Tess and Helen had returned to Lana's house, she had told them they could stay as long as they wanted, especially as Lex Luthor had now cut all ties with them and abandoned the house Lex Matheson had been building for himself and Helen.
Harry was in Japan with Clark, Kyla, Chloe and Lana. They were focusing on helping Clark with MBI and the Sekirei.
Miya split her time between Japan and Harry and Smallville and her new sister wives. Brunhilde was clearly the Alpha of the group. She didn't command them, but she held herself responsible for the others safety and well being. This was explained as she had been married to Harry the longest, even if she had been bonded for a shorter period of time… only by a few weeks though.
Amara and Lorna took the time to show Miya around, Amara introduced her to Diana, Harry's other natural soul mate who had been bound to him longer than she had but known him for a shorter period of time.
Dani had put a quick stop to those discussions when she saw Miya and Diana getting migraines. Discussing time travel required a lot of alcohol.
Laura and the triplets stayed at the castle for the most part, helping Earl and the Kents on the grounds along with Thor, Sif and Heimdall. Loki was bringing Amara up to speed on legal matters.
Heimdall and Earl got along quite well. They were both quiet individuals but occasionally one would break into a story about events involving Harry, Clark or the others. Their deep booming laughs were often heard all the way to the Kent farm making the group there look up and smile.
The fields lining the driveway to the castle were roaming grounds for the horses. Every morning Dani and Earl would herd them out there and let the roam for the day. Earl always checked the fences at the end of the day.
It was the end of this particular day when they saw an unusual sight. A government car was coming up the driveway with a convoy of army humvees behind it; some of them actually had gun turrets on top.
"This can't be good." Earl muttered.
Heimdall just grunted.
Earl put out a mental call to all the regular castle residents. It was Loki who appeared behind Heimdall using him as a shield to block her entrance from view.
"This can't be good." She scowled.
Heimdall and Earl shared a grin over her head.
"I saw that!" Loki snapped without looking.
Loki started marching forward through the grass in her jeans and blouse. She had been relaxing on Themiscyra as she business things with Amara.
The front passenger door open and a man in uniform jumped out and opened the rear door allowing an Army General to exit.
"Can I help you?" Loki asked tightly.
"We are here for Doctor Harry Potter. We have orders to bring him in for questioning and to search his residence." The man from the front passenger seat informed her as he handed over a document wallet. His insignia and nametag listed him as Major Stanz. The General was a five-star named Banner.
Loki looked over the documents. They were highly redacted. There was very little point in giving them to her. "These tell me nothing and prove even less." She said dismissively as she tossed them back causing the Major to drop them.
"They don't need to tell you anything young lady. If you don't know where Potter is then stand aside and let us do our jobs. If you do know then you are required to tell us." The General ordered harshly.
"Mind your manners General." Loki warned dangerously. "I know exactly where my Uncle is. But all I will tell you is that he isn't here in the United States."
"If you refuse to cooperate then we will take you into custody, I would hate to see what my men would do to a pretty young thing like you." He sneered.
Heimdall began growling and Earl sent out another mental distress call.
"I believe you should leave, expect to be brought up on charges." Loki said evenly.
"Your word against mine. And I hold a lot more power than some girl."
"True, unless you take into account that I have been recording you since you arrived." She said tapping the pen in her blouse pocket.
The General's hand snapped out ripping the pen and her blouse. Heimdall moved forward in the blink of an eye the General went flying over his limousine thanks to the uppercut he'd thrown.
There were instantly a dozen rifles pointed in their direction.
"Whoa! Stand down!" The Major shouted as he held up his hands in a pacifying manner.
Earl had Loki behind him defensively to protect her modesty.
"Take your leader and leave these lands. Be prepared to face my full might if you return with less than honourable intentions." Heimdall warned in his deep booming voice.
"What the Sam Hill is going on here?!"
The Major turned to see several women approaching, including the town sheriff.
"I got a call from Miss Aquilla stating that an armed convoy had arrived on their doorstep. Now I thought she'd been sipping at her gin a little early, but lo and behold, she's right. Now why is Miss Odinson in such a state and why is that man laid out like a sack of bricks?" She demanded with her hand on her holster.
Diana and Dani quickly moved over to Earl and Loki. Earl left them to it and joined Heimdall in glaring at the armed men.
"We came peacefully-"
"A convoy of armed men do not come peacefully." The Sheriff snorted.
"Regardless of our method and style we came peacefully." The Major insisted. "We enquired as to the location of Doctor Harry Potter. We presented the lady with the proper documents and she threw them at us. She insulted the General and then the large one struck the General."
He decided he could spin this how he wanted given they now had the recording device.
"What about the part where your General threatened to give Miss Odinson to his men? Or where he viciously groped her breast and tore her blouse?" Earl demanded.
"The United States Army does not do such things and we consider that slander."
"Not when it's the truth." Loki spoke up. She was now wearing Dani's jacket to cover her modesty. Amara was placing the ripped blouse into a plastic bag.
"You have no proof and therefore no recourse with which to claim it is the truth." The Major said dismissively.
"You are of course assuming that the pen the General stole was the recording device I mentioned." Loki smirked.
"These are classified actions and any and all surveillance will need to be handed over." The Major frowned.
"You have the appropriate orders in writing I assume?" Amara asked calmly.
The Major handed over the wallet.
Amara glanced at them and snorted before handing them to the Sheriff.
"God almighty, no wonder the lady threw them at you!" The Sheriff exclaimed. "If you came to my office trying to pass this cock and bull story off I'd throw you out or put you in irons."
"As I said, these actions are classified and those are all the details you are entitled to know."
One of the medics attending to the General ran up and whispered in his ear.
When he finished the Major straightened up and smirked. "It seems this man has severely broken the General's jaw. I will have to take him into custody."
"Whoa there son. I think you better remember where you are. This ain't any foreign country. This is Smallville, Kansas. If anyone is doing any arresting it will be me, and I won't be doing anything until I see this so called recording."
She stepped forward into the Major's personal space. "But I'll tell you this, my first inclination is to haul the lot of you off to my cells. First thing I see is a bunch of grunts and a woman in distress like that… You're lucky I didn't decide to shoot you on sight."
She took a step back. "Now, your General there is under suspicion for sexual assault. We don't take kindly to that sort of thing around here. You can take him to the Smallville Medical Centre but he is not to leave town."
"The General is expected back in Washington tomorrow." The Major objected.
"Then someone is gonna be mighty disappointed. He ain't above the law, now get off the Doctor's property and don't come back without a decent lawyer and some readable documents.
"And don't try leaving the State! I'll be alerting the Troopers and calling up your precious Washington!" She called as the Major stomped off.
They stood there and watched as the General was loaded onto a stretcher and then a humvee before the convoy backed away.
"Your accent seems to be quite strong today, Sheriff." Amara commented as they watched the convoy disappear into the distance.
"I can't rightly say I understand where you're coming from Miss Aquilla." She said as she turned and smirked at the blonde legal expert. "It ain't my fault if the high and mighty Washington boys think I'm just some lowly country bumpkin."
"Of course not." Amara returned the smirk.
"Now I will need that recording." Sheriff Allen stated seriously as she let the accent slide away to her regular twang.
"I will deliver it before you leave your office today. We just need to download and copy it."
"See that you come a few hours before I sign off, Miss Aquilla, us country bumpkins aren't too handy with your fancified mechanical toys." She said with a roll of her eyes as she walked off to her car.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief… except Heimdall who was still fairly tense. "If you will excuse me, I must seek out Thor. I feel the need to… hit something." He said as he gave a slight bow and walked off.
"Be prepared to hear thunder tonight." Loki winced.
"Just how many recording devices do you wear Miss Odinson?" Earl asked curiously.
"Far less than the number of times I've told you to call me Loki!" She glared at him. "And I don't wear any. Uncle Harry will extract my memories and then project them, then we will record them from the appropriate angle." She explained.
"All magicals created by Harry can do this." Dani added.
"We can? In that case I have some memories to show Heimdall when he's finished pounding on Thor, that'll cheer him up!" Earl grinned.
It turned out that Yume was just as affectionate as Musubi. Clark found both girls attached to an arm when they were seated. Tsukiumi glared at them as Matsu giggled away with Kyla about how this was better than a soap opera. Considering Kusano claimed the position on his lap, Clark was pretty well pinned. He was very glad to get to the safety of his room at Izumo Inn and made a mental note to thank Miya for imposing her rules on everyone.
Of course those rules seemed to annoy everyone else including Harry.
Clark had been tuckered out after dealing with MBI. He could work all day on physical labour but put him to work on business matters and he wanted a nap by lunchtime.
As a result he was surprised to wake up and discover he had two companions considering he had gone to sleep alone.
On his left was a stunning Asian woman with incredibly large breasts, quite possibly larger than Musubi's; he knew this because she was only wearing a pair of panties. He had no idea who she was.
On his right was Uzume.
This is was not the first time she had stumbled into the wrong room. Especially not the first time she had done so naked, unlike the woman on his left, Uzume was completely naked.
Clark wanted to cry.
He had no idea how he was going to explain this. Kyla and Matsu would laugh and mock him. Tsukiumi would likely challenge one of them to a duel for encroaching on her Ashikabi and Miya… he didn't want to know what she would do, the ladle was bad enough, especially as it actually hurt him when she hit him with it.
"Uzume!" He hissed. "Uzume, wake up!"
"Go back to sleep." She moaned as she snuggled in closer, his arm nearly disappearing between her breasts.
Clark couldn't understand how he could live every teenage boys dream and not be allowed to actually enjoy it.
"Uzume, you're in the wrong room. So is your friend." He hoped the other woman was her friend and not someone she had dragged home.
"Sort it out later." Uzume growled sleepily.
"Fine, then will you at least let go of my arm?"
"No." She said petulantly without opening her eyes. "Comfy."
It was times like this he wished he could communicate telepathically like the others.
The door to his room slid open suddenly to reveal Miya standing there brandishing a large kitchen knife.
"You know my rules on illicit relations at Izumo Inn." She said calmly.
"Yes Miya, I do. I'm sure Uzume knows it too." Clark tried not to gulp.
"Nothing illicit going on in there." Harry commented as he peered over Miya's shoulder. Her head snapped to the side as she glared at him. "Sorry dear, I'll go start on breakfast."
"Urgh, what's with all the noise?" The woman on Clark's left groaned sleepily as she sat up.
"Did you know you are naked?" Clark asked trying not to blush.
The woman looked down at herself. "No, I'm wearing panties. Now she's naked." She said with a smirk.
"Uzume." Miya said warningly.
"Jeeze Miya, no need to be such a drag." Uzume groused as she too sat up.
"Can I assume you are responsible for bringing Kazehana here?" Miya asked.
Uzume just giggled. "Maybe."
"That's a yes then." She sighed. "Get dressed, we don't need Clark having lustful urges… again."
"Again?" Clark asked incredulously.
"He's a teenaged boy, he's in a perpetual state of lust." Xander grinned as he walked up and poked his head in. Xander was also treated to Miya's glare. He quickly ran off as she came after him with her knife leaving Clark, Kazehana and Uzume alone.
"So you're Kazehana?" Clark said. "We were going to look for you today."
"Well here I am!" She smiled widely as she spread her hands giving him a clear view.
"Clothes? Please? Miya is… vicious." Clark pleaded. "I assume you came here because I'm your Ashikabi?"
"How did you know?" She asked as she and Uzume started getting dressed.
"I've been dreaming about you. I just didn't know your name. I should really research all the Sekirei." Clark sighed.
"Welcome to the mad house, Kazehana." Uzume grinned. "I'm off to wake up Chiho. We really should continue this later Clark." She smiled seductively at him before she sauntered out.
"Just how big is your little harem?" Kazehana asked with a grin as she slipped her very short purple dress over her head.
"It is not a harem… but Tsukiumi will be disappointed as in her eyes she just went down the pecking order." Clark couldn't resist smirking.
"Oh?"
"She's Number 9. Matsu is 2, you are 3 and Kyla was around before any of you." Clark explained. "Oh, and Yume is 8."
"Yume? But she died!"
"No, she just gave soul to Musubi, Number 88. Harry- Takehito put her soul back where it belongs."
"Takehito is- wait… Takehito was just behind Miya!"
"It's a very long and complicated story." Clark assured her. "For the record I know about your feelings for Minaka Hiroto, but you should know he's been put away for… the rest of his life."
Kazehana waved a hand dismissively. "Whilst I had feelings for him, I grew out of them."
"Really? Are you sure you didn't wash them away with all that booze?" Matsu teased from the doorway.
"Matsu, I see you got yourself an Ashikabi. Even whilst you are supposed to be hiding." Kazehana smiled.
"Not any more. Minaka is gone and Clark owns MBI."
"I know I drank a lot but I also know I didn't drink that much!"
"Come on, I'll introduce you to the others." She said as she grabbed Kazehana's hand and dragged her out.
Clark just sighed as he began to put away his bedroll.
Having found what appeared to be the last of the un-winged Sekirei and therefore, hopefully, the last of Clark's Sekirei, they allowed Takami to take control of the day-to-day operations.
Harry installed a special rune based teleportation system at various locations in Tokyo, like MBI, Izumo in and each of the houses the family maintained in Tokyo. He also placed them in the castle and Smallville. Sekirei, like gods, couldn't hold a magical core so they required a different method of getting around. This was what Harry had developed with Cessily Kinkaid thousands of years ago to allow Thor to travel instantly between Asgard and Midgard without having to find the Bifrost Bridge. It also allowed him and others like the Vision to travel between cities without needing to rely on the Avenger's Jets.
As a result of installing these devices, Clark was able to travel home to meet his parents.
And introduce them to his harem… at least that's what Kyla claimed he was doing.
What Clark found really annoying was that Kyla, Lana, Chloe, Uzume and Chiho had all tagged along to watch.
"So these women just came to you and claimed they were your Sekirei?" Martha asked, trying to understand.
"There was more to it than that." Clark argued. "I dreamt about them before I even saw them. Except Homura and Tsukiumi, who I ran into on my first night of patrol.
"And they are now all your wives?" Jonathan asked dubiously.
"No!"
"Yes."
"Tsukiumi, not helping!"
"Technically they could be classed as your wives."
"Do you want to explain to your Grandfather that you are the Head Wife then?" He challenged Kyla.
"Erm… no they aren't his wives?" Kyla quickly backtracked.
"Which is it?" Martha asked curiously.
Clark thought they were being very calm about this… in is experience that usually meant they were gearing up for a big blow out.
"There was no wedding. Tsukiumi is referring to some ancient Japanese cultures. By modern day standards we are… a family."
"In which you are the husband and they are their wives." Jonathan said pointedly.
"I'm his wife."
Martha couldn't help but beam at little Kusano. She was without a doubt gorgeous and too cute for words.
"No Sweetheart, you will be his wife." Jonathan corrected lightly. "But you have to be a little girl first, then when you are older you can have a beautiful wedding."
"Dad!" Clark could not believe he was hearing this.
"I think Queen Amara and the Lady Aphrodite might be pleased to host the wedding of both the son of the Amazon Lord Regent and the Norse God of Thunder and the Apprentice of Death." Jonathan said with a straight face.
"This is a joke, right?"
"Honestly Clark." Martha sighed with exasperation. "After these past few years we've spent immersed in Harry's lifestyle, don't you think we would be a bit more accepting of a situation like this?"
"Harry and Aphrodite both warned us that you were likely heading this way. We can hardly blame you when you didn't exactly choose it." Jonathan added.
Clark turned to Chloe who was seated on the fence with the others who weren't Sekirei and bound to Clark. "You set this up right? You created an illusion to make it seem like my parents where very accepting people?" He pleaded.
"Hey! Why are you blaming me?" She demanded.
"Actually, I'm fairly surprised too." Lana admittedly quietly.
"Lana, ever since we were told by Aphrodite what would happen and that Kyla was Clark's soul mate, we've simply been waiting for you to decide you are ready to share." Martha told her kindly. "We know you both love each other. Maybe one day, if you get married, you will ask Harry to join your souls."
It was clear Lana was conflicted, but Kyla just put an arm around her. "No pressure though." She grinned.
Lana responded by pushing her backwards off the fence and smirking down at her.
"Come along Kusano, I'll show you the horses." Martha said as she held out a hand to the little girl.
"Oh! I want to see too!" Uzume declared excitedly as she hopped off the fence. Chiho smiled and followed quietly.
"Come on son. Let's see if you still remember how to do your chores." Jonathan smirked as he led a completely bewildered Clark away, leaving the rest of the girls in the capable hands of Lana, Chloe and Kyla.
A/N: Future Crossovers.
A lot of people have asked me if I can include other shows in the story.
Unfortunately I can't for two very simple reasons.
1. I already have the entirety of the DC universe involved in this. Plus BtVS, HP, Marvel and now Sekirei. I could add more but I decided that it would be better to use them in a different fanfic.
2. Most of the crossovers requested were anime. I have a very limited knowledge of Anime and Manga as I only started reading and watching them last year. I know Sekirei, Ah! My Goddess (And very little of it), Rosario + Vampire and that is it. Everyone talks about Naruto so last week I looked for is and have started watching season one. I have just finished the Land of Waves so I still have a long way to go before I can think of fanfic for it.
For those of you recommending books... I haven't read a real book since HP7. I have never read Tolkein... but I love the films.
I have only been reading comics for about two years. The only reason I knew about Marvel and the X-Men before the movies was because as a kid I would watch the various Marvel cartoons... including the old Spiderman one... yes, I am old enough to remember it... or the reruns at least.
So that is the main reason you won't see any other crossovers.
Some asked me about Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I enjoyed it but in some ways that show deserves its own focused crossover. There was a lot of backstory with the council, the tests, Hilda being Canadian.
Season 3 Spoilers!
I don't tend to do spoilers and I have written directly to you, the readers, more than I ever have in other story. But some of you want to know about Lex and other stuff. Here's a few spoilers:
First, good Lex. Season four and a several chapters in at that before we see him again in a more permanent fashion. (I started posting when I had finished season three, that was chapter 54, so now you have an idea of when Lex will be back... around Chapter 60, I don't have season four divided into Chapters yet so I can't be more specific.)
However, if you hate evil Lex then you should stick around. I never let Lionel walk out of a room with his dignity in tact so why wouldn't I do the same for evil Lex?
One of the main reasons I can't bring in Sabrina is because of a hint I put in the story when we first met Bruce. One word: Zatana.
There will be a whole mess of things going on with that and it is a big thing.
Let's see... Have we had Alicia yet? She will be around.
I have my own take on Lionel's personal downfall and Chloe's investigation. Which will lead to Lois.
The Sekirei will continue to make Clark's life difficult. But at the same time there is plenty for the gang to deal with at school.
But Smallville is a small town and Superman is world wide hero. Superman will be on the international circuit.
Don't forget that Virgil is working on getting to Krypton, there is a lot of setup for big events in season four.
Hmm... that's all I can think of for now... I will tell you more... by posting chapters ;)
In the words of Columbo: One last thing...
My rant isn't to anyone who asked me if it was so far. My rant is actually at people who have left. Like I say, you can posit your theories and the such. You can make suggestions.
Just don't come here and start cursing at me and telling me my story is bad. Don't like it, go elsewhere.
If you spot a plot hole then sure, point it out. Just be aware that a 'plot hole' may actually be a 'plot lead'.
For those of you who want to see other crossovers in this story even though I can't add them, feel free to take the characters I have developed and the ideas I actually created and write your own sequels and versions.
You don't have to credit me, just please don't say you came up with my ideas yourself.
Oh, and drop a link in a review so I can try and enjoy it.
A fan fiction of a fan fiction... inception? (Never seen the movie.)
Till the next chapter!
