A/N: I didn't want to make this short story, it actually made me tear up a little for actually thinking about it. But hey, what if, amirite?)
A woman with gray hair and gray eyes with rather revealing clothing was thrown across thirty yards away from her assailant, hitting her back on an AC from the rooftops of Shinto Teito. The woman spits out her blood, leaving a small trail of blood to slowly drip down her mouth.
'Ack!' She continued to cough up more blood as it was suffocating her. 'Just...who is this man? He couldn't be a Sekirei, could he?'
The woman used the metal AC as support to stand herself up. One hand on her stomach, and the other on the AC to keep herself up. 'There are only four male Sekirei out of 108, could he possibly be an extra and the director must've miscounted?'
Questions continue to swirl inside her mind, until she snaps out of it when she hears the mysterious man's cackle.
The man's outfit consisted a black jacket. It was tattered at the lower end of the jacket, and a few tatters around the sleeves. The zipper was half open, showing his black tank-top to be seen. He was wearing a tattered hood to conceal his identity, shadowing over his eyes only for his nose and mouth to be visible. He was wearing all black finger-less gloves with black nail polish, black and gray camouflage pants tucked inside of black military combat boots.
The hooded man walked forward towards the woman, with a small sniper rifle resting on his shoulder. The gun was a VSS Vintorez sniper rifle, which was charcoal gray on the front of the gun, and orange down on the handle. It had a large rifle scope, a integral suppressor and a dual mag on the weapon.
The woman looked around to find an impromptu exit route, although, no avail. She was in too much pain to even walk. She looks at the man with anguish on her face.
"You...you coward. Using a gun was not permitted in the Sekirei Plan, you dirty cheater!" She shouted at him.
The man stopped walking and grins at her. "Kuku...do you honestly think I give a shit about this game? It's a waste of my time and yours, and I'm here to put an end to it." He said a monotone voice.
The woman scuffed at his ridiculous answer. "Is that so?" The hooded didn't respond. "And how are you going to accomplish such a foolish goal?"
Again, these did not say a word. He only removes the VSS from his shoulder. The woman had widen her eyes and begins to shiver. She was looking dead center of the man's gun barrel, centimeters away from her face. Tears started to form from her eyes, rolling quickly down her cheeks. "Wh...what are you..."
The woman didn't finish her sentence when she saw the man aims away from her face, and aims at a certain building, The Mid-Bio Informatics Tower. "I will save every Sekirei that breathes in this city, and shut this game down for good." The masked man looks at the woman. "Starting off by killing the maker of this insanity. Director Hiroto Minaka.."
The man lowers his weapon and places it back on his shoulder. He walks closer to the frightened woman, making her move back from fear. He crouches down towards her level, then smiles. "But, in order to do so, I need all the help I can get.." He tells her.
"Eh? What are you trying to say?" She questions the hooded man.
He reaches his arm out to her, making her flinch a bit. The woman creaks her eye open to see him still smiling, with his arm struck out. He was removing the strands of hair covering her face, placing them behind her ear. The woman blushes slightly pink of his actions.
"So then, Taki, will you help me seek out my goal? To save your remaining brothers and sisters?" He politely asks her.
The woman known as Taki, didn't say anything right away. She was a little flabbergasted about his strange offer. She knew that this was the end of her life. But, it appears she was given another second chance. Taki's expression changes in a neutral emotional state. The hooded man helps her by picking her up bridal-style. She wraps her arm around his neck, and feels a bit anxious about the current situation she is in.
Finally, Taki spoke. "Just...who or what are you? An what do you want of me?"
The man stops in place, looking at his future acquaintance. He uses his free arm to remove his hood off his head, revealing his true identity. He has spiky, droopy blonde hair and ocean blue eyes. The most noticeable facial feature was a giant scar, that goes diagonally from the top left side of his eyebrow, down to the bridge of his nose, and bottom right side of his cheek.
"Just for precaution, I will only reveal you my codename, and not my birth name. I go by the code name, 'kyuúketsuki', or 'Kyu' for short. What I want from you is to join forces with me to help put Hiroto Minaka to rest forever."
'Well would you look at that..this guy is actually not that bad looking.' Taki complimented in her thoughts.
Kyu continued.
"You've probably heard about a clan called, "eX" frequently mentioned by Your director whenever he updates, right?"
Taki was familiar with the name. She remembers when the director mentions eX multiple times on his text messages. He says that they're a group of rebel Sekirei, trying to put down MBI and his game. Minaka tries to stop eX from disrupting the Sekirei Plan, and tells other Sekirei and Ashikabi to beware of eX, for they are heavily armed and extremely dangerous.
For a split second, a chill went down her spine, seeing how she was being helped by an eX member. But on the contrary, he did seem a little bit nice like now for example, and pretty cute. Just the thought about calling Kyu that made her blush a bit.
"As I was saying, eX has only one purpose in life. Seek and destroy those who oppose eX. Eliminating Hiroto Minaka is our top priority as of right now. As soon he's out of the way, eX will become unstoppable. It will continue to grow more and more as we eliminate MBI that is scattered around the world." Kyu grins a little bit, showing off his toothy sharp fangs.
"Little by little...eX will become notorious, then no one would dare to try and challenge us.." Kyu looks at Taki, who appears to looks a bit shaky at the moment. "That...that is eX's goal."
"Humph, good luck with that.." Taki scorned Kyu, who raises a brow at her.
"Hmm? What's that suppose to mean?" He asks her as they go down floor by floor in the building.
"From what I heard, the director isn't always in that tower. People say he disappears out if thin air, then shows up the next day only to give out updates to the other players. Not even his MBI soldiers know where he wanders off to."
Kyu stayed silent for minute, soaking it all in the new information he received from Taki. He lets out a soft sigh, and smiles.
"If what you say is true, then hell, we might just be wasting our time. But in due time, whenever he does show up, I'll be there waiting for him.." He maliciously replied back, giving Taki another chill down her spine.
Few minutes passed when Kyu and Taki finally makes it down the first floor of the building they were in. They paid no attention the other civilians, staring at the both of them, mainly Taki who was merely covered in blood. They walked out of the building.
Taki carefully gets off of Kyu an says, "Thanks for your help, but I think I can manage on my own for now."
Kyu nods and sets her down slowly, looking down at his fairly blood stained jacket and groans silently. At that same moment, Kyu's tactical radio goes off.
"This is Daisy, calling in for Kyuúketsuki, please respond, over."
Kyu stops at a nearby bench and sits down, which Taki followed suit. He rummages through his jacket and pulls out a portable radio.
"This is Kyuúketsuki speaking, go ahead, over" He said back to it.
"What have you been doing? An hour has passed and you haven't checked in yet. What's your status and location right now? Over." The woman on the other end says.
Taki was confused. She wasn't really understanding why a voice was coming out of that odd looking device that's in Kyu's hand, and wonders why he was speaking to it. Kyu notices Taki was curiously looking at it, and raises his index finger, indicating her to give him a minute.
"I'm fine as for the moment Bennie. I have sustained minor injuries, but its something I'm able to endure. My location is between Pastry and Market, over."
Now Taki is feeling really perplexed. "Umm, pastry and market? What is that suppose to mean?" She asked Kyu.
"They are just call outs, as you can see." Kyu pointed out that there is a market store on the other side of the street, and behind them was a pastry shop.
Taki mouthed "ohh" and continue to stay quiet.
"What the hell are you doing all the way out there? Anyway, you need RTB right now, there's a bit of a problem, over. And stop calling me Bennie, you idiot!" The woman on the radio yelled.
Kyu let out a tiny chuckle. Taki giggled as well, but she didn't know why she did. 'Did I...just laugh? Was that a sign of happiness just now?' She question herself.
"Heh, don't get your panties in a bunch Daisy, I'll be there as soon as I can. I think I just picked up a new recruit." Kyu says as he looks over at Taki. "I'm not very far, ETA 10 minutes. Over and out." His lasts words came out as he switched the portable radio off.
Kyu stood up off the bench he was sitting on, stretching and let's out grunts of relief. Taking remained seated, looking up at her new friend I guess you could say.
Kyu stuck his arm out to the gray haired woman. "Come on, let's go." He calmly demanded her.
Taki was about to reach his hand, but she also hesitated. She thought about Hayato Mikogami. "But...but what about my Ashikabi? I mean, I can't just leave him behind. I dedicated my life to him." She replies.
"Mikogami?" Kyu asks her. Taki nodded and he secretly smirks. "Let me ask you something, Taki. When was the last time you have seen that prissy little rich kid?"
Taki thought about it, and it saddens her. She hasn't seen her Ashikabi since the The Ashikabi of the North help Kaho and her Ashikabi escape the city, which was ages ago. "I...But my Ashikabi.."
"Just don't worry about him for the time being. Remember, you're not his only Sekirei. The others can look out for him while you're away." He tells her. "Now come on, I have a surprise for you once we get to the hideout."
Taki didn't say anything after that. She only nodded and reaches her hand towards Kyu, peacefully grasping him.
"So, where is this hide-uwahh!" Taki abruptly yelped as she was yanked by Kyu, and now she is on his back. "What are you doing?!" She shouted at him.
Kyu laughed as he walked a bit. "What do you think I'm doing? It's a piggyback ride, of course. Now hold on tight!" He said.
Taki raises her eyebrows as she embarrassingly blushes. She didn't know what Kyu meant by 'holding on tight' but she did held a little tighter around his shoulders.
A split second later she screams really loud, which made Kyu wince, and somehow losing a bit of oxygen. "T-Taki...loosen up a little would ya?" He pleaded.
Taki and Kyu were soaring in the air, although Taki was a bit frightened. She casually opens one eye to see her surroundings, and to only see that they were above skyscrapers. It made her yelp once again, holding on tighter than ever.
"J-Just don't drop me, you bastard!" Taki barked, which made Kyu laugh in response.
Kyu stopping flying through the air and starts jumping rooftop to rooftop on smaller buildings. Taki still had her eyes closed, still to afraid to look. She feels Kyu slowing down a bit and slowly opening her eyes.
She lets out a breath of relief, and was a bit curious for a minute. Was Kyu a Sekirei, or is he not. He has to be because no ordinary human can jump and maneuver this quickly, unless he had customized adjustments in his body like the Lightning Ashikabi.
Taki leans up a bit to see the back of his neck, to see if the Sekirei crest was there. Shockingly, it wasn't. 'He must be an abnormal human being..' She thought. 'There's no way he was adjusted from the MBI labs, Kyu despises them.'
Taki was going to ask Kyu a question, though he spoke first.
"Well, here we are.." He cheerfully says. They were in a shady looking alleyway. Taki felt uncomfortable around the atmosphere, it says murder all over it. Knocked over trash bins, garbage bags cluttered everywhere around them, and oddly, a cat.
The cat meowed at them both, which made Kyu smile. "Hey there Scratch, how ya doing?" He asked the feline as he pets its head.
Taki didn't bother asking why the cats name was Scratch, because there was a scratch mark on its forehead. It looked like it was healed, but no fur was overgrown on it.
Kyu continued petting Scratch as it starts to purr, enjoying his touch. "Do you have some sort of history with this cat?" Taki asked him.
"I guess so." He replied back. "I found this cat in a cardboard box out in the rain. Felt bad for the little guy, so I took him in."
Taki's heart for some reason fluttered a bit. She places her hand over it and was bewildered. 'This feeling...what is it? Am I...no. It couldn't be, I already have an Ashikabi..' Taki tells herself. She felt her heart become warm after hearing Kyu say about the feline. He had such a generous heart for saving the cat.
Taki looks at Kyu finish playing with the cat, as he walks up and turns towards a metal door. He gave it a couple of slight kicks to it, still making it echo throughout the narrow alley.
Kyu looks up at the security camera and waves.
"Password?" A female voice from the camera said to Kyu, making him narrow his eyes.
"Seriously? Open the damn door, it's me.."
"Sorry, I can't let you in unless you say the password. It was your rule, idiot."
Kyu let's out an annoyed sigh as he was pinching the bridge of his nose. Taki tilts her head with a giant question mark coming out of it.
"While the cat's away, the mice will come out to play.."
"See? Now that wasn't so hard, now was it? You both may now come in.." The camera said as it stood quiet for the time being. Kyu sighs and rolled his eyes, reaching for the large door handle.
The metal door made an echoing click. Kyu opens the creaking door as blast of cold air breezes through him and Taki. She could feel the hairs from the back of her neck stood straight up.
They both walked deeper in the dark corridor. Taki can barely see another door up ahead. This time, there was a red light above it, and next to the door was which looks like some sort of keypad. 'Must have some kind of passcode.' Taki thought as she nervously hugs Kyu's arm a bit tighter.
Kyu looks at the slight frightened woman, and couldn't help to let out a chuckle. "There is nothing to be afraid of, Taki." He told her to make her feel at ease.
"O...Okay.." She breathed out, making herself calmer.
Kyu and Taki together walked up to the second metal door. As they reached the door, for some odd reason, Taki felt the presence of Hayato Mikogami, her Ashikabi. But why? Taki looked at blonde haired man, attempting to put in the passcode.
Could it...could it be that...no that's impossible. There was no possibility that Hayato was affiliated with eX. He was too much of a good person to do something so vile and low. For now, Taki decided to ignore the presence for the time being.
Kyu was finishing up with the passcode and leans forward at some odd looking device. Taki sees him widening one of his eyeballs. A screen of some sort lets out a small beam of light, going up and down like it was scanning him. Small beeps were heard and a loud click echoed thorough out the corridor.
Kyu looks at Taki and motions his head forward. Taki simply nodded as followed him in through the door. Taki scans the room which appeared to be rather dark, yet a few blares of light emit the room. The was a person in a disheveled hoodie sitting at a desk on the right side of the room. It appears the person was on multiple computer monitors, which three monitors were vertically from one another. Another monitor was above the middle monitor.
A/N: "May your Waifus always bestow upon your heart."
Rexii out !
