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Chapter 10
Back at Maison Izumo
After returning to Maison Izumo, Karasuba had gone straight away back to their room, while John opted to sit on the veranda a little bit to enjoy some peace and quiet.
The whole matter with the job interview had taken longer than expected and when they had gotten back to the inn, it was already in the late afternoon.
The only ones at the inn were Miya, Karasuba, Matsu and John himself, with Homura and Uzume being out. So it was really quiet at the inn, which was certainly unusual given the fact that Karasuba was in the house with her nemesis and prey at the same time.
Well, John chalked it up to the fact that Karasuba was still angry about the job she had been forced into which was, also, the cause why she was in their room sulking right now.
While he was watching the scenery John heard the soft patter of somebody getting closer and when he turned his head in that direction, he saw Miya coming closer with a tray in hand, carrying two cups and a small kettle of tea.
When Miya noticed him looking at her Miya spoke up. "Hello Chief, mind If I join you? I've brought some tea."
"Go ahead." John said as he motioned at a free spot next him.
"Thanks." Miya said as she took a seat next to John and place the tray in between them so both of them could reach for a cup.
For a while both of them just sat there and enjoyed the light warm breeze that occasionally swept through the garden that lay in front of them.
"So how did the job interview go?" Miya decided to ask in order to get a conversation going.
"It went well." Replied John.
"So when do you start working?" Miya further inquired.
"I won't." John said which brought a quizzical look onto Miya's face.
"So if you're not going to start working, how did it go well?" Miya asked quiet puzzled.
"Karasuba is taking the job." John said, that statement of course baffled Miya.
"And how exactly did things work out like that?" Miya asked disbelievingly.
"Well the restaurant turned out to be a maid café and apparently they frequently have customers that are hard to deal with. And after seeing Karasuba deal with one such customer, the owner was quite keen on employing Karasuba." John explained.
"And Karasuba took him up on that offer?" Miya asked.
"No, I decided for her. This will help her build character." John said.
"But she has a MBI card if I'm not mistaken." Miya said.
"She had a MBI card. I crushed it." nonchalantly stated John .
"Oooohh, that's why Karasuba is up in the room sulking!" Miya exclaimed as the realisation dawned on her.
"Yes."
"Hmm well I'm sure she is going to calm down by the time dinner is ready." Miya said.
The next day
The sun was already beginning to shine through the window into John's shared room and cast a soft glow onto John's face stirring him out of his sleep. Slowly opening his eyes while sitting up on the way too short futon, John felt appendages not his own, drag along his upper body. Lifting his hands up to rub the rest of the drowsiness out of his eyes as he looked about his room and at the two Sekirei that were sharing the futon with him. To his left, like the nights before, lay Karasuba, who after throwing a fit again when night came had apparently decided to crawl under the futon, despite going on and on about how she would cut him off of the luxury that was sleeping next to a smoking hot young woman, which apparently was the dream of every middle aged man. To his right lay Matsu, who this time around didn't actually sneak in, but leisurely walked into the room with John and Karasuba. When Karasuba noticed she started to throw a fit again only to be gobsmacked, when Matsu went over to a small cabinet that hadn't been in the room before and started to get into her pajamas while essentially telling Karasuba to suck it up and stop bitching around because she was John's Sekirei too and she had every right to sleep with her Ashikabi. This ,however, mildly surprised John because from his first impression of Matsu, he had thought her to be timid towards Karasuba. Apparently the young woman had decided to develop a backbone.
Stopping his train of thoughts there , John got up and went to get a towel and a bathrobe in order to wash himself and as he was about to walk out into the hallway something compelled him to stop and look back at the two aliens that had bonded themselves to.
As he gazed upon them he noticed both of the sleeping Sekirei shiver due to the way the duvet had remained after he got up. Walking back to the two he grabbed the duvet and tuckered both of them back in so they would shielded from the crisp morning air. As he had finished his task and saw the two nestling together under the duvet he stopped for a moment to wonder what had him compelled to do that. Gazing at their peaceful expressions that both of them had drawn on their faces was answer enough as he ,somehow, started to remember smoke filled cities with dead bodies littering the streets.
Shaking himself out of it John got up and resumed his track to the bathroom after quietly closing the door behind him in order not to rouse his roommates.
On their way to Job interview #2
During breakfast, the topic had come up between John's two Sekirei on who would accompany him to this job offer and after Karasuba had revealed that thankfully she wouldn't be able to tag along this time due to her new job. As this conversation had gone on and on, the rest of the tenants of Maison Izumo finally had gotten the bigger picture regarding Karasuba's employment, which of course had elicited a great amount of laughter from Uzume and an elbow into John's side courtesy of Karasuba.
So after parting ways with Karasuba in front of the Inn, John and Matsu were now on their way to the headquarter of the construction firm John had his job interview at.
"Oh John, it's going to be awesome on our date!" Matsu shouted in excitement, while pumping her fist into the air.
"It's not a date Matsu." John stated flatly as they walked down the road.
"Mouu, but I had planned to go lingerie shopping with you after the interview." Matsu said teasingly as she took hold of John's arm and pressed it in between her bosom.
"We don't have any money." John reminded her about the fact that he was broke and that Matsu didn't have her MBI card anymore.
"Ufufuf Who said that we have to buy them? All we need is the changing room!" Matsu exclaimed as her glasses started to fog up due to the wild fantasy that started to play out inside her head.
"Article 9 of Law and conduct in public areas states …."John began only to be interrupted by Matsu.
"Geez John loosen up a little bit will you." Matsu said.
"Article 17 of the Office of Naval intelligence Protocol states every asset on the field has to be focused on the given objective." John rattled off automatically like a good little well trained robot.
Hearing that, Matsu hung her head in defeat. "I give up." Matsu said dejectedly, only to do a full 180 again. "Well I can do with a romantic stroll through the park too."
Giving a grunt of acknowledgment in response John continued on his track as the building that housed the construction firm slowly came into view.
The Job interview take 2
Arriving to a rather big building with a large warehouse next to it John and Matsu didn't waste any time to enter. Upon entering the building, a small reception area with an assistant behind a counter greeted the two.
Seeing to people enter the assistant said. "Hello and welcome to Bob the builder Co. How may I help you?
"Hello I am Matsu and this is my Husband John, John here would like to apply for the job offer this company has posted on the internet." Matsu said all too eager to get things sorted out.
Hearing this, the assistant behind the counter perked up and threw a jealous glance at John while wondering how the hell some middle aged man was able to get such a fine babe that was at least half his age to marry him.
"Oh alright, you can take a seat over there while I call the HR office to see if the manager is in who does the interviews." The assistant said as he motioned to the sitting group that was located on the other side of the reception hall. "Just give me a moment."
Following the instructions that the receptionist gave them, John and Matsu walked over to the small assembly of couches and took a seat, not noticing the jealous look the receptionist threw their way as Matsu straight away seized her chance to snuggle into John's side.
After a short while the receptionist stood up from his desk and walked over to the pair. "Mister Hiroshima, the HR Manager is in today and has time to receive you, if you would please follow me." The receptionist said politely before he turned around and lead the pair to a set of elevators that were at the far back of the reception hall. As the small party got to the elevator, the receptionist called it down and after a short period of waiting the small party got in with the receptionist staying close to the doors so he could choose the right floor.
"The HR office is on the third floor." The receptionist explained as he pushed the button.
With a soft ding the group had arrived at the third floor and after the doors opened the receptionist lead down the hallway towards a door on which he softly knocked. After a short wait a voice could be heard from the other side of the door. "Come in."
Heeding the order the receptionist led John and Matsu inside the office where they found a rather elderly person in his fifties sitting behind a desk with a computer on top of it, in front of the desk two chairs were situated so whoever had a query could sit down.
"Mr. Hiroshima I've brought John and his wife." The receptionist stated.
Looking up from the papers that the HR Manager was currently sorting through, he spoke. "Thank you Asuma, you can go now."
With that the now named Asuma excused himself and left the office.
"Now John and Matsu, I belief was it, come take a seat." Mr. Hiroshima said as he stood up from his office chair and motioned the two closer and towards the chairs.
John hearing that the two were addressed stepped closer to the chair and offered his hand for a handshake as was common courtesy while saying. "Thank you ,Mr. Hiroshima, for having us."
Matsu ,also stepping closer, copied John's actions and repeated him. "Thank you for having us."
Matsu and John both took a seat in the chairs, with Matsu finding hers quite comfortable, though she had to suppress a chuckle that was threatening to escape her as she looked over to John, seeing his huge frame in the chair, which groaned under his wait. He also had to slide the chair back a little bit to fit his legs in, apparently he didn't slide it back enough though as his knees were reaching over the desktop.
"Now Asuma told me that you are applying for the job we have posted online, right Mr….." The HR began.
"Sierra Sir."
"Right, Mr. Sierra. Is that correct?" The HR continued.
"Yes Sir that would be correct." John answered.
"Now Mr. Sierra do you have any experiences from working in a construction firm?" Mr. Hiroshima asked.
"None Sir, I have been in the Navy up until recently," John began to explain, "I have decided to leave the navy in order to have a peaceful live with my wife."
"Oh the navy, I'm sure you have a few interesting stories to tell." The HR rep said. "Anyhow the position you're applying to doesn't really need you to have prior experience with the job, your tasks would be mostly helping the guys on site carry around things, clear debris away and such chores."
"I understand Sir." John said.
"Well how about this, our company has a probation period of three months and I can see that you are physically quite fit from your time in the navy, so I would like to employ you for now. The probation period gives the company the right to end your employment straight away should the need for it arise if you don't do well on the job, is that alright with you?" The HR asked.
"Yes sir, when do I begin?" John asked.
"You can come in tomorrow at 8:00 sharp and you will meet the head of the team that you will be with, he's going to show you around and teach you all the necessary things you need to know. Also the employment contract will be ready to be signed tomorrow, if that is alright with you?" The HR stated.
"Yes Sir." John affirmed.
"Good now that everything has been sorted out I will see you tomorrow. Now have a good day you two." The HR said as he got up from his chair and stretched his hand out for a handshake. John and Matsu mimicked the motion and shook hands with Mr. Hiroshima before saying their goodbyes and leaving the room.
After the successful job interview in front of the construction firm
"So John how do you feel, now that you successfully got a job?" Matsu asked John as they walked out of the company.
"Same as before." John replied as he felt his right arm getting lift up by Matsu and dragged over her shoulder so that she could walk next to him and at the same time snuggle into his side.
"Mou, you know that I have to get to work now too don't you? I mean what would happen if they tried to register you as an employee and the workers department couldn't find any information on you huh?" Matsu said teasingly as she realized that John probably had forgotten about that tiny problem.
"Now that you say that, I will need a bank account too if I remember correctly." John said, as he tried to wrap his head around the things that still had a need to be sorted out.
He didn't really have an idea about how tedious getting work would be. At this point something thought to be long lost inside of him surfaced again. Worry. All his life, everything had been streamlined and linear. Protocol, regulations, retrieve or complete the objective at all costs, try to get to safety when it all went fubar and everything got blown to kingdom come.
Matsu ,in one of the rare moments since she had bonded herself to John, could feel the worry that John was feeling right now and although it wasn't what she would like to feel from him in those moments where she actually had a connection through the bond, she was still happy that she at least felt something.
"What worries you John?" Matsu said with a pleasant voice, to reassure her Ashikabi that he could open up to her.
"I'm not sure if I can adapt this time." John said sincerely, it was always good to get different opinions on things and he felt the only one so far that he had met and who had a somewhat leveled head was Matsu and she was under contract if one could call it like that, and the foreign warm presence that kept on brushing against his conciseness reassured him to speak freely for the moment.
"Hmmm what do you mean?" Matsu inquired as she began to draw tender circles on John's muscular stomach with her hand.
"Analyze, adapt and survive is the credo that was hammered into us since the beginning." John said and as he moved his head to look at Matsu, a look of puzzlement met his, which caused him to clarify. "I am the sword and the shield of humanity, the first to attack and the last line of defence, war follows certain rules that are ingrained into every combatant subconsciously, but the situation that I find myself in is foreign to me."
"Hmmm, I think I can understand what you mean, but no need to worry, you will get the hang of it, luck is on your side." Matsu said caringly. "That's why I chose you."
In that exact moment ,when Matsu said that, John abruptly stopped to look at her closely, what she didn't know was that John didn't see Matsu but overlaying her face and hair was an image of Cortana. But the image disappeared as fast as it had appeared as Matsu pushed her finger on her lips in a manner somebody would do when they were deep in thought.
"Hmm, why did I say that, how would I know that you were lucky?" Matsu began to question herself loudly as the started to walk again. "Hmmm I thought the reason I reacted to you was because you were tall, strong, rugged, have dreamy eyes where I could lose myself in and suuuuuuuuuper sexy!" Matsu counted off and at the last part she brought both of her hands up to her cheeks as a heavy blush dusted them, her eyes looked dreamy as if she wasn't here but somewhere else. The whole look got its finishing touch as a small trail of saliva started to drip from the edge of her dreamily smiling mouth. "Hehehehe."
"Matsu."
Hearing somebody call out to her Matsu was dragged out of her ecstasy filled dream world and she looked up at John again. "Hmm did you say something?" Matsu asked innocently, which caused John to sigh.
"Well anyway, Let's go to the park an be all lovey-dovey!" Matsu exclaimed happily as she let go of John and started to walk in front of him with a happy spring in her strides.
At MBI
At the same time in the MBI headquarter that was housed inside of the Shintower, all hell had broken loose. Security guards were running back and forth, medics were setting up hotspots where the wounded could be taken, scientists were scrambling for cover and all in order to get out of the way of a rampaging Sekirei that had decided to break free of the confines that was MBI.
In the middle part of Shin Tower where the labs were situated, the hallways were coated in ice as a Sekirei with light brown hair, clad only in a white bloodstained shirt stalked the hallways to find an exit. This Sekirei was Nr. 7 Akitsu.
Akitsu had had enough, she could put up with her extremely cut privilege of freedom, that meant staying where she was told to stay. She could put up with the stares the scientists would direct towards her, she could put up with how she and her fellow sekirei sisters were seen as just some experiment, to be only worth for testing and prodding. But she sure as hell couldn't put up with some asshole scientist trying to take away her only reason to live.
Sadly, the scientist had somehow succeeded, as after his attempt to wing her had failed due to her struggle, she somehow had ended up winging herself. This whole affair had caused her to reach her boiling point, which could be seen inside the labs and the surrounding area.
Slowly and methodically, with no rush whatsoever, Akitsu had started her track to gain her ultimate freedom, obviously at some point security guards had appeared to restrain and sedate her, but a few well placed sharp shards of ice had resolved the issue splendidly.
Finally reaching one of the office rooms that were located on the edge of the structure that was the skyscraper, Akitsu after a very long time could see the outside world again. Summoning a few shards of ice, Akitsu made them slam into the window front, completely shattering it. With her elegant slow strides Akitsu walked up to the threshold that separated her from her freedom and stopped as she heard a feminine voice call out to her.
"Akitsu stop, I'm sure we can work things out." Takami appeared from the door, Akitsu had used before her.
"There is nothing holding me here anymore Takami." Akitsu said, her voice cold and unforgiving.
"We can help you reverse what happened, you only need to come back!" Takami yelled desperately.
"I will not go back into one of those labs and bring more misfortune over myself." Akitsu said firmly before she stepped onto the windowsill.
"Akitsu call down, I promise nothing will happen to you anymore!" Takami tried again to persuade Akitsu.
"This is goodbye, Takami, I hope we will not see each other again." Akitsu said with finality as she leaped out of the window and down onto the bustling street.
Seeing this Takami rushed up to the broken window and looked outside, in hope of spotting the Sekirei one more time. "Wait!" She called after Akitsu, but the sekirei was already long gone.
"Helllllll, why the fuck do I even still work in this godforsaken place!" Takami screamed at the top of her lungs in order to get rid of at least a little bit of her frustration.
"Fuck I hope the shithead that caused this mess is still alive, so that I can slowly end that dumb ass idiot!"
With Matsu and John
The stroll through the park had certainly been delightful for Matsu and maybe for John too. It was quiet, the weather was great and the scenery was breathtaking too. Currently Matsu and John were sitting on a bench that lay on the edge of a wide open green that was surrounded by trees.
"Oh that was beautiful John, I loved every moment of our walk." Matsu said as she cuddled herself into John's side. "Now we get to see how the sun bathes everything into its warm glow."
"It was quite enjoyable." Said John and he really did enjoy it. So far he just didn't have the time to walk around and enjoy the moment.
"Oh oh I know let's have a picnic here with everyone the next time, how about it." Matsu said as she slowly started to draw circles with her finger on the back of John's hand.
"I don't have anything against such a thing." John said.
"Hmmm why is it getting foggy all of a sudden? That's weird." Matsu made her observation known about the strange occurrence.
"It certainly is strange." John said as he too had observed the change that was happening around them.
As both of them watched the fog drawing in, they both noticed at how fast everything was covered in the fog. It hadn't taken even 5 minutes to drown everything.
"Hmmm is somebody walking over there." Matsu said curiously as she spotted a figure slowly making its way closer to them.
Following her line of sight John noticed the shape drawing closer too and ,by now, he could already distinguish that the shape belonged to a woman going by the way her stature was curvy.
Sitting there and watching the person come closer John and Matsu could make out more and more details pertaining this person. She had short brown messy hair that reached towards her shoulders and framed a slender face. On her forehead seemed to be a tattoo. Moving further down both of them noticed that she only wore a white shirt that had a few red stains on it and was buttoned up until it reached her breasts with the upper buttons staying open, apparently the shirt was a number too small for her in that regard, but it still managed to cover her private area around her hips and revealed her slender long legs. All in all she was a breathtaking example of the female specimen on this planet.
Now that Matsu could make out her face realization dawned on her. "Hey Akitsu, I almost didn't recognize you, how are you doing?" Matsu said to Akitsu.
Realizing that someone had addressed her Akitsu looked at the two people that were sitting on the park bench a few meters away from her. There sitting on the park bench she saw Nr. 2 Matsu with a really big man sitting next to her. Having known Matsu from their time at MBI and with her being the Nr. 7, there were moments where the two ran into each other.
"Hello Matsu, what are you doing here?" Akitsu questioned straight away with wariness in her voice.
"Oh me and my hubby went for a walk." Matsu said as she pointed at the really tall man besides her. "Wahh, how could I forget to introduce you! See this here is my Ashikabi John. John this is Akitsu." Matsu said as she went through the hole naming and pointing routine you do when people meet for the first time.
Seeing that Matsu was being nothing but the airhead she was known for in certain circles, Akitsu lowered her guard for a bit and walked over to the two and when she was few steps away, Matsu's Ashikabi got up from the bench and reached a hand out for a handshake while saying. "Nice to meet you Miss."
Looking at the offered appendage that could as well be a bear pawn, Akitsu moved her gaze up to meet his and began to search the man's expression for any hints of deceit. But all she found was a stone face that stared back at her. Looking over to Matsu, Akitsu saw how she made a go ahead motion with her head and remembering that Matsu was a trustworthy person from past experiences, Akitsu took the offered hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you John."
As Akitsu shook John's hand, he took the time to study the red stains that were all over Akitsu's shirt and when he took a whiff with his nose he could smell a slight metallic smell coming of the young woman. "Do you want to take a seat?" John asked Akitsu as he motioned Matsu to skip a little over so that one more person could fit on the bench.
"No thank you, I'm in a hurry." Akitsu declined rather bluntly.
"What happened to you anyway? Why are you only wearing a shirt? And, and is that a Sekirei crest on your forehead?" Matsu started to question her Sekirei sister worriedly.
"Unfortunate events caused me to leave MBI." Was all Akitsu said in a monotonous voice, showing that she held no more love for that place.
"Here let me help you, you're not the only one that is on the run from MBI, so as fellow runaways I want to help you out. We can go to my place and I hook you up with some clothes. There won't be anyone bothering us for some time because my place is owned by the first." Matsu offered Akitsu her help.
"Thank you for the offer but I don't want to impose on anyone." Akitsu declined again after spending the idea some thought.
"Oh but you're not imposing or anything, Miya runs an Inn so she has lots of rooms left and even if you're not comfortable with the hole idea nobody will stop you when you decide to leave." Matsu tried to reason with Akitsu.
"Thank you for the…" Akitsu tried to say only to be interrupted by a new voice that sounded like it belonged to a kid.
"Hey Mutsu I thought the Sekirei that Yomi spotted was supposed to be around here?" That voice belonged to the Ashikabi of the South Hayato Mikogami.
"Hayato be a little patient, she can't be far, haven't you noticed that it was getting colder and colder, this is no ordinary occurrence." Sekirei Nr. 5 Mutsu said to his Ashikabi as they both kept on walking over the green.
"Hey Mutsu I think I see some people over there. Let's go check it out." Hayato said as he started to walk faster. "Man I can't wait to add a new trophy to my collection. And it's a rare one too if what Yomi said was true."
"Wait Hayato don't rush! Mutsu yelled after Hayato. "He can be such a pain in the ass when he gets excited.
As Mutsu hurried after Hayato he saw Hayato stop shortly after he rushed away and as he managed to catch up he noticed that a group of three were currently watching them.
"Hey you! Old man, hand over the Sekirei, I can use her much better than you!" Hayato shouted at John.
Hearing the boy address him in such a rude way John stood up from the park bench to take a better look, with Matsu mimicking his action because she recognised both of the new arrivals.
"Mutsu what are you doing here with your Ashikabi?" Matsu said perplexed.
Seeing Matsu appear next to the unbelievably tall man, Mutsu was confused too. "Hello Matsu, it's surprising to see you actually leaving Miya's Inn, I thought you were still on the run?
"Hehe well things happened and I don't have much to worry for now." Matsu said with a chatty attitude but sadly Mutsu wasn't really up for a chat.
"Hmm seeing you here with a man I'm guessing he is your Ashikabi. Well it matters not, my Ashikabi wants the Sekirei over there and I'm willing to let you and your Ashikabi go for old times sake." Mutsu said as he drew his ninjato (don't know what kind of blade it is, but that's the first one that came to mind if it's even spelled right) to reinforce his declaration, effectively showing Matsu that he wasn't up for chatting.
"I'm not going with you." Akitsu suddenly said monotonously, forcing her way into the apparent negotiation that obviously regarded her wellbeing. "I haven't fought my way out of MBI to gain freedom in order to be caged again."
"H-How dare you, stupid alien, I will have to let you know that it is a great honor to be part of my collection and if you weren't such a rare item I could care less about you." Hayato said, annoyed from the attitude this Sekirei dared to show.
"Now what will it be Matsu? You know that you don't stand a chance against me, so withdraw." Mutsu again said to Matsu.
Matsu was in an inner turmoil right now because she didn't know what to do and so she turned to John to ask in a low voice so the others couldn't hear. "John what do you think?"
Thinking it over quickly, John came to a decision and without looking at Matsu answered the now obvious two hostiles. "We're not handing her over, she doesn't want to go with you." That said John took a few steps and positioned himself in front of Akitsu and Matsu and got into a loose fighting stance.
"Hah so you made your choice." Mutsu said with displeasure.
"Mutsu get them." Hayato ordered and as soon as he had said that Mutsu rushed of to fight the enemy Ashikabi.
Seeing Mutsu rush towards him John got ready and while his eyes were trained on the fast approaching Sekirei he ordered Matsu. "Call for backup in case we need it."
With that said John ran towards Mutsu to meet him in combat while Matsu fished for the cellphone that was hidden in between her breasts. Having managed to fish out the phone Matsu look up Karasuba's number and pressed the dial button, before placing the phone on her ear and turning around to watch the fight.
In the meantime, John and Mutsu had clashed. After the first series of blows that were traded between the two Mutsu was stunned that the Ashikabi of Matsu could keep up with him and that each blow that he blocked from him felt like sledgehammer, but Mutsu could manage he was a Sekirei after all.
As for John, he was able to keep up for now as he dodged multiple attempts at his life from Mutsu's sword.
While all of this was happening Matsu was still on the phone with the connecting signal annoyingly ringing in her ears and as she breathed a sigh of annoyance the connection was finally established
"Matsu what is it? How do you have this number?" Karasuba's displeased voice said to her.
"Karasuba there is no time to explain, get your sword and come to the park that is 20 minutes away from Maison Izumo!" Matsu said urgently.
"What why? I just got home and work was super tiring with all those disgusting Otakus bugging me." Karasuba said her voice heavy with annoyance.
"Listen Karasuba, we encountered Mutsu and his Ashikabi at the park and Mutsu is currently fighting John and I don't know how long he will last without the armor and his weapons!" Matsu said with desperation.
"What! Why didn't you say so earlier, give me a sec to grab my sword and I will be there to butcher that little faggot. I have a tooth to pick with him anyways." Karasuba said suddenly all excited.
"Sure. But please hurry!" Matsu said again but her only response was the toot sound that the phone made when the other person had already hung up.
Having finished her task Matsu turned back to watch the fight with worry and ,next to her, Akitsu was doing the same with her usual apathetic expression on her face.
Back at the fight that had continued in full swing while Matsu had called for backup, you could see both combatants still going at it strong. Trading blows and sword swings like there was no tomorrow, both John and Mutsu were going at it until John managed to land a heavy blow onto Mutsu who had buckled over form the fist that was driven into his abdomen. Using this chance for a breather John separated from Mutsu and put some distance between him and Mutsu. The first round hadn't gone by without injuries for both sides.
John's body by now was littered with several small cuts where Mutsu had managed to graze him with his sword but for now it was something serious just yet, he was bleeding but not out of the fight, that was for sure.
Mutsu certainly had to pay this human respect. He was really surprised that he would have such a hard time against his opponent, given the fact that he was still human. His own body had started to ache as every blow that Matsu's Ashikabi managed to land on him had rattled his very being. Bruises were starting to form all over his body, but he still had a lot of gas in the tank to go for some more. This brought up another point too, normally a human opponent would at least be winded after that round but it seemed as if Matsu's Ashikabi wasn't normal given the fact that he still seemed to be in top shape even if he was bleeding from multiple places where he had managed to cut him and yet Matsu's Ashikabi stood in front of him, 5 meters away, staring at him with a calm and collected gaze and in anticipation for the next round. Well the next round wouldn't be as easy as the one before. It was time to take it up a notch and with that Mutsu rushed in again and when he was but a few feet away from his opponent who was about to brace himself, Mutsu slammed the handle of his ninjato into ground.
"Smashing point!"
Not expecting the change, the ground would undertake when John's opponent slammed his sword down, he was momentarily stunned because the earth started to shake violently and began to crack all around John and Mutsu. On the sidelines watching the fight both Matsu and Hayato stumbled around, with Matsu falling on her butt none too gracefully. The only one who wasn't affected was Akitsu as watched on with her apathetic composure.
John who was at the epicentre of the miniature quake had managed to keep his balance and avoid the cracks that formed underneath him. Seeing his opponent distracted Mutsu used that chance to deliver a high kick towards John's head, who just barely managed to raise his arm to block the kick. But due to the velocity and power behind the kick he was knocked out of balance and he as started to tilt to the side, Mutsu ,seeing another opening, used it straight away for a sword thrust aimed at Johns gut. Seeing Mutsu thrusting his sword and realizing that he wouldn't be able to completely avoid that attack, John dropped to his knee and began to twist his body sideways to offer a smaller target for the strike which caused the sword to be driven into his shoulder.
Ignoring the pain from his stab wound that had the sword lodged for the moment, John decided to inflict some damage of his own and so he used the current immobility of Mutsu to step in close and deliver a devastating palm thrust underneath Mutsu's chin. As his palm thrust connected Mutsu's head was rocketed back and as he was not prepared for the power behind the thrust his feet were lifted off the ground and he ended up flying back a few meters and struck the unforgiving ground with his back. Thankfully for Mutsu he had managed to keep his grip on his sword otherwise he would be weaponless now.
Using this chance John decided to get some distance between himself and the opposing Sekirei to asses the damage he had received, as Mutsu ,who was slowly getting up from the ground,used it to glare at him.
"You certainly aren't a normal human, that is for sure. To be pushing a Sekirei this far, I honor your fortitude but this ends now." Mutsu said as he got into a fighting stance again and with his powerful legs he bolted towards John to finish it.
Seeing his opponent charge him again, John got into a stance as well while ignoring the pain that was rushing through his damaged shoulder.
Matsu's Ashikabi was coming in range fast and to end this quickly Mutsu decided it was time to stop holding back and so he prepared a powerful slash that would loop his enemy's head off and just as the distance between both of them had shrunken enough for Mutsu to deliver his strike at John who was trying to evade, Mutsu danger sense suddenly screamed at him, as a sword appeared in his periphery.
In the nick of time Mutsu managed to alter the course of his sword to block the incoming attack and when the two blades connected he was violently kicked in his side and blasted back from the force of the kick. As Mutsu rocketed back he was able to get his feet on the ground and with the aid of his hand that that dragged along the ground he managed to stabilize himself and get good look at his new opponent.
As his eyes fell on the person that had attacked him during the fight, his eyes widened in shock, because next to Matsu's Ashikabi stood Karasuba with a manic grin on her face as she licked her lips in anticipation.
"Looks like you received quite the beating old man, but don't worry your most favorite has arrived." Karasuba said as she brushed her hand through her ponytail that rested on her right shoulder before wiping it to her back in a dramatic motion as she looked at John.
Before John could say anything Mutsu already opened his mouth. "What the hell are you wearing Karasuba?!"
Well let it be said that Karasuba didn't really have the time to change clothes and she was still wearing her work uniform, which happened to be high heeled latex boots that reached to her knees, a tight fitting maid outfit in black with a white rimmed bottom and frilly white open blouse that accentuated her shapely breasts and. On her head she had a frilled headband with cat ears on it. All in all, she looked like a smoking hot goth Lolita that every hot blooded male would drool over.
"My work uniform duuhh." Karasuba spat. "Got a problem with that faggot?"
"Why are you here? This matter doesn't concern the disciplinary squad." Mutsu asked warily.
"I quit the squad. And now let's cut the crappy small talk short, I have to pay you back for fucking up my hubby here. So prepare yourself." Karasuba said as she got into her fighting stance.
"Mutsu I want the rare Sekirei! How long do I have to wait until I get her?" Hayato Mikogami yelled like the spoiled brat that he was.
"Hayato be quiet. The situation has changed. We need to proceed with caution." Mutsu admonished his Ashikabi while he jumped over to where Hayato stood. You never knew what Karasuba might do so better to be save.
"What's this Mutsu, why are you backing down? Let's have a gentle reunion, after so long." Said Karasuba in a taunting manner, as she took a few steps closer to the opposing Sekirei and his Ashikabi. "Well if you're being like this, well I guess I will just have to come to you!"
And after finishing that sentence, Karasuba blasted of and in a matter of seconds, she had covered the space in between them and swung her sword down at Mutsu who just barely managed to raise his sword to block the strike. Mutsu's legs buckled under the force of the swing but he managed to stand his ground and push his Ashikabi back. When Hayato had gotten a few meters away from Mutsu's push, Mutsu jumped to the side and swung his own sword, which connected with Karasuba's and as it connected he was violently kicked in the side again, making him lose his stance for a moment because of the pain that shot through his body.
"Ooh you're gonna bleed." Karasuba said with a crazed laughter escaping her bloodthirsty expression.
Things weren't looking so good any more as Mutsu was driven further and further into the defence. He had always known that Karasuba was strong, since their time together in the first disciplinary squad, but her progress concerning raw power was ridicules. The battle was lost so it seemed and Mutsu was already formulating a plan to escape.
Having gotten an idea on how to escape this situation Mutsu didn't wait another second on enacting his plan. Having come across the perfect moment after another series of traded strikes, Mutsu swung his sword at Karasuba's head and at the same time used his scabbard to tap the ground. "Smashing point." Pushing a lot of his power into the special attack, the quake reached a much higher magnitude and ended up caving the ground in around them. Seeing this Karasuba had no choice but to halt her offence and jump out of the way and over to her group and assist them, as John was currently trying to get to safety with Matsu slung over his shoulder and when the quake ended Mutsu and his Ashikabi were nowhere to be found, as Mutsu had used this diversion for their escape.
Having met up with her group at the tree line of the park, Karasuba saw John standing there, covered in blood, with Matsu still slung over his shoulder and not too far away from the group a rather wary Akitsu stood and observed John and his flock. "Man what a let down." Karasuba breathed out unsatisfied about the turn of events.
"Thanks for the assist, Karasuba." John said in his calm and emotionless demeanor, that his Sekirei had come to know and expect.
"Yeah thank you, that you showed up so early." Matsu said from atop of John, with her head propped up on her hand to have it more comfortable for her neck.
"A thank you isn't gonna cut it." Karasuba said with a huff as she folded her arms underneath her bust and looked away to hide her rosy cheeks, while starting to tap her foot impatiently. This of course had the effect of causing John to breath a sigh. "What do you want?"
"First of all you haven't complimented me for my outfit." Karasuba said, which caused Matsu to giggle quietly.
"Its cute." John said, without missing a beat, this caused Karasuba to look at him flatly.
"Karasuba isn't cute, for your information, try sexy or 'I want to be stepped on, with your alluring legs', that kinda thing." Karasuba briskly admonished John, while giving him some ideas on how to appease her.
"I'm not going to say that." Now it was John's turn to send her a flat look.
"What why not?" Karasuba said as she threw her hands in the air questioningly.
"No." John said firmly, as he started to turn and walk back home to get his wounds dressed.
"Hey wait! At least take me on a date, as thank you!" Karasuba yelled after John who had just started to walk away.
Turning his head around to look at Karasuba who was a few paces behind he said. "Alright." And as John was about to pass Akitsu he spoke to her. "You coming? I doubt you will find a better place to stay right now."
Nodding her head Akitsu followed after John and Matsu on their way to Maison Izumo and for the whole walk the were subjected to Karasuba mumbling about fancy restaurants, John in a suite with tie, her cocktail dress she was going to wear and the raunchy sex that they would have in a nice hotel suite. All in all, they were seeing and hearing a completely new Karasuba and Matsu couldn't stop laughing quietly to herself as she listened to her sister. Akitsu on the other hand, had only thoughts of what a weird bunch of people she had ended up tagging along with.
And John? John just wanted to go to bed.
Hey guys here is the new chapter.
Hope you guys enjoyed it.