Hello there once again my faithful viewers! I hope you all enjoyed the prologue of Blue Skies, because here I am with another chapter. This chapter is an extension of the prologue, because like the manga, there are 3 prologue chapters, so that is what I will attempt to do as well, although they may be more or less shorter than a normal chapter. Other than that, I hope you enjoy this chapter and continue to support Towards Blue Skies! Enjoy! Also changed the name of the story.
Last time on Towards Blue Skies
As Elijah began to reciprocate the kiss, a warm golden glow suddenly filled the room, as bright, golden wings burst forth from Kuruse's back. After a few moments, the two pulled away, a deep blush upon Kuruse's face, and a very small one tinting Elijah's.
"Forever and ever…" Kuruse whispered to Elijah, before she fell asleep, and Elijah allowed himself a smile, something that hadn't graced his features in the longest time. 'I don't know what all this is about, or what Sekirei even are, but I think I can take it on, with this woman by my side.' Elijah then closed his eyes, and simply fell asleep with his Sekirei…
Moto Abazu Place
The following morning
As the blonde stirred in her sleep, the man who had fallen asleep with her awoke with a start. Elijah quickly gathered his bearings and deduced he was still in fact in his home, and hadn't been abducted or something crazy like that. 'What on earth happened last night? I remember saving Kuruse, but then the rest was a flash…' Images suddenly flooded his memory as he recalled how he and she had kissed the previous night, and those beautiful golden wings had emerged. 'I wonder just what I have gotten myself into this time around,' Elijah thought to himself, 'but no matter what, I cannot let this girl cause me to lose sight of the mission.' Kuruse began to stir and soon she too awoke from her slumber.
"Ah good morning Elijah," Kuruse exclaimed when she realized who she was resting up against, "did you sleep well?"
"For the first time in the longest time, yes I did sleep very well. I know that our…bonding last night was rather sudden, but would you mind going over it in more detail now that we are partners?" Elijah gauged the girl's reaction, and noticed that she was thinking very hard about something. Suddenly his phone started going off, and Elijah reached over and picked it up. "Hello?"
A man with white, spiked hair appeared on the screen of his phone and had a rather large grin on his face. The man was wearing a lab coat/duster and was sitting in an office. Elijah arched an eyebrow at the stranger, before the man with white hair began speaking.
"Congratulations! You have been chosen to be to be the partner of this Sekirei!" Elijah just continued to stare at the phone, which unnerved the man, but he continued. "As such, let me formally welcome you to the game!" The Guyver looked at the phone, then to Kuruse, and then back at the phone.
"Who exactly are you?" Elijah asked the man on the screen. The phone-man seemed taken aback that the man didn't know who he was.
"You…what kind of greeting is that anyway?" The man on the screen asked the other man. Kuruse piped up at the voice on the phone as it was loud enough for her to hear. The Sekirei scooted over toward her Ashikabi, and peered over his shoulder. "Ah No. 54 Kuruse, how have you been since the release?" Kuruse glared at the man, but none-the-less answered him.
"Ah hello Minaka, I have been doing well, no thanks to you though," the Sekirei replied threateningly, to which Elijah looked between his phone and his Sekirei, but thought to act on it later. The man then returned his attention to the other man that filled his phone's screen.
"So what is it exactly that you want Mr.…Minaka was it? I haven't been given any information regarding any 'game' as you so put it. Would you care to elaborate on that, otherwise I fear you are just wasting my time." Minaka just chuckled at the younger man before speaking.
"Crass as ever, Mr. Vargas, every bit like your father," the CEO began, but Elijah's eyes widened at what the man said, but quickly masked his emotions. Minaka's eyes flashed once in amusement, but he continued. "Yes there is nothing that I do not know, but I digress, the game you are in is formally known as the Sekirei Plan!"
"Sekirei Plan, and how do you know who I am?" Elijah asked warily of the white-haired man on his phone's screen. The other man chuckled once more before looking at the twenty-year-old.
"I know much more than simply your name Mr. Vargas, and as for the Plan, well the rules are rather simple. 108 Sekirei, just like the lovely Kuruse, have been released into the city of Shin Tokyo. The Sekirei will fight and fight and fight, until there is only one left, and the Ashikabi of that Sekirei will be given permission to ascend." 'There's that ascension again, I wonder what kind of a role that plays.' Elijah had noticed the man on the other end had stopped speaking, in what seemed to let him ask any questions.
"I have heard this term, ascension, a lot recently. What do you mean by that? Why can only one Sekirei and Ashikabi 'ascend' together? I am under the impression that it is does not go against the rules of the game to have more than one Sekirei in our possession, is this true?" The CEO looked rather impressed at about how serious the man was taking this.
"My, someone certainly wants the edge don't they? To answer your questions, first off, I cannot divulge the ascension to anyone now, but in later stages we shall see. You are correct in your assumption that you may wing as many Sekirei as you can get your hands on, as you saw yesterday with Hikari and Hibiki, the Thunder Twins. I hope that satisfies you for now, Mr. Vargas, because I must be off."
"Wait! I still have more quest-" but the CEO had hung up the phone, "-ions. Dammit, just what have I gotten myself into? Kuruse, can you shed any more light on what Minaka just told me?" Elijah's Sekirei looked over to him rather darkly and sighed.
"There isn't a lot more that I can tell you. Other than don't spill the secret about the Plan otherwise MBI will be on our butts faster than you can stick a shake to them." Elijah cocked a brow at her misuse of the idiom, but thought nothing of it as he contemplated his next move.
"Alright, well I guess what we can do for now is to stay here for a few days and then plan to move out through the city and potentially find more partners for this game." That sentence set Kuruse on edge as she looked over to her Ashikabi, who was going through potential battle plans in his head, no doubt. 'Why does he need more Sekirei, he and I can win this thing no problem!' Elijah looked over toward Kuruse and she saw him staring at her.
"Uh…do I have something on my face?" Kuruse asked her Ashikabi. Elijah blinked before looking a different direction; the Sekirei cocked her head at him, but thought nothing of it.
"No nothing at all, but let's figure the rest of our plan out. If we want to win this thing we need to gather more Sekirei and as Minaka told us, we aren't limited by the number of Sekirei we can have, but there are only 108. What we need to do, Kuruse, is get out there and find more Sekirei to gather, but perhaps we should also try and find a new place to live, because this building may be mine, but should MBI become really privy to its location then we'll be forced to move either way. I suggest we go into the city and maybe try and find a place to settle down in."
Kuruse motioned to get up from her seat next to Elijah and her Ashikabi followed her. As the two left the building they got into Elijah's car and headed further into the city to hopefully find a new base of operations and place to live.
Inner Shin Tokyo
An hour later
The two partners spent the better part of the next few hours looking for potential Sekirei, but their search bared no fruit. The blonde Sekirei was simply content with being with her Ashikabi, but Elijah was a whole different matter.
While the two had been looking for Sekirei, Elijah had secretly been scanning the entire city, looking for some kind of Chronos influence in this whole 'Sekirei Plan,' but he couldn't find a single trace that they had even touched the city. 'I know that they are here somewhere in Japan, but I guess they still haven't shown their ugly mugs…' Elijah suddenly bumped into his partner, noticing she had stopped and was fixated on something in the distance.
"Ashikabi…there are three Sekirei fighting not too far from here," Kuruse distantly muttered to Elijah, who noticed how transfixed she was on her sudden goal. "Would you like to intercept them?" Kuruse turned around and looked Elijah in the eyes.
"Yes, perhaps it would be wise to see what is going on, and perhaps we might also find more answers to our questions. Come on Kuruse we don't have time to spare!" Kuruse took off running in the direction of the battle, with Elijah hot on her heels.
Battle site
Ten minutes later
After running for a good bit, the Ashikabi and Sekirei came upon the fight that Kuruse had first sensed back in the city. As the two approached the fight, Elijah saw that there were three Sekirei that were also joined by a man. As the Guyver took a closer look, he saw that two of the Sekirei were Hibiki and Hikari, the two that had attacked Kuruse the day before. 'So it's those two again, and that must be their Ashikabi.' Elijah looked over to his Sekirei.
"Kuruse we need to stop them, it looks like they're trying to wing another defenseless Sekirei. Come on let's move." Elijah sprinted toward the ongoing battle, which his Sekirei stayed behind. 'Let her get winged for all I care…Elijah is my Ashikabi!' With that she bolted after him.
The Thunder Twins had the other Sekirei pinned in a corner with their Ashikabi egging them on to capture the unwinged one. The unnamed Ashikabi turned around as the sound of footsteps entered his ears. The newcomers were a rather tall man with slicked back hair and a much shorter blonde woman who stood next to him in a fighting stance.
"Oh what do you want kid?" The gruff-looking Ashikabi asked Elijah. The other man looked around in mock-pretend to see who the unknown man had called 'kid', but then answered him.
"We're here to stop you from trying to forcefully wing yet another Sekirei, because last time that occurred, yours didn't fare to well." The Ashikabi looked at Elijah in confusion before he remembered what Hikari had told him about a man that had interfered with yesterday's exploits.
"That was you, you bastard? You sure gave my girls enough trouble as it is, but this this time you won't be able to interfere. If you want to try and stop us, I'd be more than happy to tell my girls to end your little tramp's life now. Hikari, Hibiki, finish this fool then claim our prize!" The two Sekirei turned around to face their new opponent, but then shrank back when they realized who it was.
"Seo we can't fight them! They kicked our asses yesterday, and that Ashikabi isn't normal...h-he's a monster!" Elijah just chuckled.
"You call me a monster, and yet you're all but forcing this young woman into your group? Please spare me and just fight Kuruse, I promise I won't interfere." Elijah then turned his attention to the other Ashikabi, Seo. "If Kuruse wins, then we get to decided what to do with…uh…what's your name?" Elijah looked over at the still-unidentified Sekirei.
"Ah I am No. 88, Musubi!" The young Sekirei was dressed in a shrine maiden outfit, save that it had a very short skirt, and did little to conceal her rather impressive bust. Elijah turned back to Seo.
"Then I get to decide what happens with Musubi, but if you win, then do what you wish." Elijah's proposal seemed to satisfy Seo, who nodded to the terms, before he turned to Hikari and Hibiki.
"Alright girls, you heard the man, beat his little tramp and No.88 is all ours!" The Thunder Twins looked at one another, and then walked over to Seo. Hikari and Seo both leaned in and they kissed. Elijah remembered what had happened with Kuruse and himself the night before and got a very bad feeling. 'Oh this can't be good, especially if he has two of them!' Elijah unconsciously moved in front of Kuruse and took a protective stance. Kuruse noticed this and began to wonder. 'What is he doing? Does he want to get killed, yeah he can transform into that armor guy, but he can't do that in front of their Ashikabi or No. 88.'
"Eli, get behind me," Kuruse ordered silently. Elijah turned his head and looked her in the eye.
"Kuruse I can protect you, I mean if they unleash an attack after he kisses them, which I think means they get more power…well anyway if they do, you'll get hurt."
"But at what cost, you said so yourself we need to keep the armor a secret, and showing a potential enemy is not a good idea at all, at least not this early on!" Elijah pondered that, before slowly nodding and resuming his place behind his Sekirei. As the two looked back at the enemy Ashikabi and his Sekirei, a large, luminous pair of amethyst wings erupted from Hikari's back. Seo then moved to kiss Hibiki who, unlike her sister, was blushing at the impending contact from her Ashikabi. Seo and Hibiki kissed, and an equally large pair of celeste colored wings emerged from her upper back.
"What did he do to you?" Kuruse asked the twins, who laughed at her naïvety. "And who the hell are you calling a tramp?"
"Stupid girl, when an Ashikabi kisses his or her Sekirei, it puts them on a level that none can match!" Hikari mocked the blonde. Elijah started backing away as he saw Kuruse clench her fists, knowing full well that a battle was about to begin. The twins grasped their hands together, and electricity cackled down their arms. The sky began to darken and the booms of thunder could be heard in the distance. "By the thunderstorm of our pact!" Hikari began.
"Our Ashikabi's perils will be destroyed!" Hibiki finished, before a ginormous bolt of lightning lanced down from the sky and struck near Kuruse, which caused the blonde Sekirei to go soaring and land in a heap a dozen yards away. The twins began chuckling to themselves. "Too easy…"
"Looks like you'll be coming with me then No. 88," Seo told the brown-haired Sekirei, who looked over to Elijah. Elijah was still looking at where the bolt had stuck the ground, and the pavement was broken in rather large chunks. The man ran over to Kuruse and tried to get her attention.
"Kuruse are you alright? Get up and finish this bastard's Sekirei before I do!" Elijah looked back at the Thunder Twins, who shrunk under his gaze. Suddenly Elijah felt a grip on his shirt.
"No this is my fight, and I won't lose!" Kuruse slowly got up with Elijah's help and then looked toward her opponents. "Don't think for a second that you can beat me that easily. Now then, how about you take a taste of my power?" Kuruse threw her hand up in the air, and a long-handled spear appeared from thin air. The spear was almost as tall as Kuruse herself, and was comprised of a wooden pole, a bronze ornate piece that connected the spearhead to the pole, and then the head was a simple long, thin blade with a crescent moon blade facing toward the point at the intersection of the blade and the bronze connector. She then ran at the Thunder Twins.
Hikari initially dodged, but Hibiki wasn't so lucky. Kuruse attack her with the blunt end of the pole, and knocked her away. The spear-user then charged after Hikari and leaped into the air. Hikari turned to see a blur flying toward her, and she managed to jump out of the way as Kuruse's spear lodged into the ground and the impact caused a crater to form. Hibiki ran toward Kuruse, and unleashed a volley of lightning bolts, causing the blonde to go on the defensive.
Hikari took advantage of her sister's distraction, and released a multitude of lightning upon Kuruse. With attacks coming from both sides, Kuruse moved behind a large boulder that was near her and took cover. 'Dammit, if this keeps up I'll really be screwed!' On the sidelines, both Ashikabi were watching the battle between their Sekirei.
"It looks like that little spitfire of yours might just beat my girls after all," Seo said sideways to Elijah, who just let out a grunt. "You're new to this aren't you?" Seo looked over to the other man who was now looking at him. "Well, let me explain a few things to you then. This won't be the last battle you'll ever be in, as I'm sure you've heard from the old man that there are 108 of this pretty birdies running about, just waiting to be captured. As I'm sure you saw, Sekirei can gain a big power boost when they and their Ashikabi exchange a kiss. Other than that, MBI should've filled you in on the important stuff, and the only other advice I got kid: don't die." Elijah pondered the man's words before watching Kuruse once more.
Kuruse had moved from behind her cover and was now on the offensive. She threw the spear at Hikari, but it missed. The twin looked at her and chuckled, before noticing the blonde forming another spear in her hands. She tossed it into the air, where it multiplied into dozens of similar spears, before they all rained down toward Hikari. Hibiki ran and pushed her sister out of the way, but the spears managed to graze Hibiki, causing many cuts to appear on her body. Kuruse suddenly blinked out of sight, and then multiple cuts appeared on Hikari as well, and the two twins struggled to get up.
Kuruse flashed into sight next to Elijah, which startled him slightly, but more-so Seo. She looked up at Elijah and began to move close to him. Knowing full well what she intended, Elijah moved in and the two kissed passionately. As Kuruse pulled away she announced her attack.
"Spear of my contract! Strike down the woes of my Ashikabi!" Kuruse unleashed a large amount of energy, before a new spear formed above her. A long golden spear with an ornate trident head atop of it appeared. In the head of the spear was a diamond-shaped emerald that glowed mysteriously. "Gungnir!" The spear fell into her hands and was cackling with energy. 'Gungnir? Isn't that the spear used by Odin in Norse mythology?' Elijah thought to himself, 'Perhaps her attack is the ability to use more powerful spears, I wonder if she can multiply them like she did with her normal ones.'
Kuruse twirled the spear above her head and struck the ground. A fissure formed and shot straight toward the twins. The sister Sekirei began panicking before a giant gush of energy ruptured from the fissure and sent the twins flying. Gasping at the display of the Sekirei's power, Seo ran over to where Hikari and Hibiki had landed to see if they were alright. Kuruse, still heaving from the sudden influx in power, started walking over to where the twins and their Ashikabi were. She lifted up Gungnir and prepared to deliver a finishing blow, but a hand on her shoulder stopped her. She turned to see Elijah behind her, and he shook his head.
"That's enough Kuruse, let's get No. 88 and leave here." The blonde Sekirei simply nodded her head and followed her Ashikabi away from the downed twins, and over toward the location of Musubi. "Musubi was it? Come with Kuruse and me, we need to talk." Musubi looked at the man quizzically, but followed none-the-less.
Moto Abazu Place
Later that night
As the two Sekirei followed Elijah into the building, Musubi was fawning over every sight that was presented to her. Kuruse simply rolled her eyes at the immature behavior of her fellow Sekirei. 'Why do we need to bring her here anyway? Why can't Elijah be content with just one Sekirei?' Kuruse looked over at Elijah, a slight blush tinting her features. 'After all he did save me from that horrible man, but why can't he see that the bonding is so much more than partners in some stupid game made up by the bastard Minaka?' Kuruse sighed, which caused Elijah to turn around look at her questioningly. The blonde fumbled a bit, but just sent him a smile. He smiled slightly and turned back around to finish unlocking the door to the apartment.
"Wow you live here?" Musubi asked delightedly and Elijah nodded. Kuruse wandered over to the couch and plopped down and Elijah took a place next to her. Musubi sat down on the floor in front of the partners and looked up at them eagerly. "So when does Elijah become my Ashikabi?" The sudden statement caught the other two off guard. Kuruse nearly fell from her place, why Elijah just coughed awkwardly.
"Musubi why would you ask such a thing; how do you know that Elijah is meant to be your destined one?" Kuruse asked the younger Sekirei. Musubi pondered this for a moment, and then grinned like a child.
"Because he saved Musubi from the evil man! And when Musubi is near Eli, she gets this hot feeling right here!" To amplify her statement, the Sekirei puffed out her massive chest, causing Kuruse to growl in annoyance, but it seemed lost on Elijah. "I just know that Elijah is my Ashikabi!"
"Listen Musubi, I'm flattered that you think so, but we haven't really known each other all that much, and shouldn't we go at least look for someone else to be your Ashikabi?" Elijah tried to reason with the Sekirei, but Musubi wouldn't back down.
"But Elijah, how can you deny the love between two people? When something like that is there, then both should feel it, and embrace it!" Musubi yelled loudly toward the man, who was taken aback by the sheer passion in her voice. Suddenly, Elijah's phone to go off, and he answered it.
"Hello?" The man asked into the receiver. There was a moment's pause before a voice on the other end responded.
"Vargas, scouts have been sighted within a few miles of Moto Abazu and I have confirmation that there is indeed a base located off the coast, I will send you the coördinates, good luck." The phone clicked, ending the call. Elijah tensed up at the information he had just received. Kuruse and Musubi both looked toward the man, and then toward one another.
"Eli, is everything alright?" Kuruse asked him, calling him by his nickname for the first time since they met. Musubi got up from her place on the floor and moved next to Elijah on the couch, causing the man to look at her.
"Who was that on the phone? What did they mean scouts?" Musubi asked Elijah innocently. The Guyver looked at the brown-haired Sekirei and then toward his Sekirei.
"There is an organization that has been after me for a long time now, and it seems that they've found me here in Japan. I planned on taking care of them myself when I first got to the city, but then you two fell into my lap." Kuruse looked down at that statement, feeling guilty about being in Elijah's life. "However," Elijah put a hand on Kuruse, "I am glad that I met you and Musubi, and I promise to help you both in this game that Minaka has unveiled."
"But Eli, what about this organization, you don't think they'll just wait until we're done with the Plan do you?" Kuruse asked her Ashikabi, and he shook his head.
"I don't think they will, but for now don't worry about them, just focus on the Plan, and our next move, which brings us to you, Musubi." The Sekirei perked at the mention of her name and then she looked at Elijah dutifully.
"What do you need me to do, Ashikabi?" Musubi said enthusiastically. Elijah sighed at her use of the bonded terminology, but proceeded anyway.
"I need you to stay here with us for a while, and perhaps we can help you find your Ashikabi, but for now just stay with us, we'll keep you safe." Kuruse eyed the other Sekirei and rolled her eyes. ''We'll keep you safe', jeez why doesn't he just wing her already if he's so adamant about her staying here!' Elijah noticed Kuruse making a rather angry glare at Musubi, and quirked a brow at her. Kuruse caught sight of her Ashikabi's gaze, and shrunk down.
"I can do that, Eli!" Musubi mock saluted her new 'land-lord', and then got up from the couch and took her place back on the floor. Elijah just shook his head, and got up as well, causing both Sekirei to eye him.
"Well I think we should turn in for the night, tomorrow we need to help Musubi look for her Ashikabi, and that means playing nice Kuruse," the Ashikabi told his Sekirei, but she just blushed in indignation, but moved over next to Elijah.
"Well I suppose you're right Eli, but Musubi can take my room for tonight," Kuruse told her Ashikabi, who looked at her, puzzled. "I can sleep in your bed tonight." Elijah actually stiffened a bit at that statement, but shook it off.
"That will work for tonight, but let's go to bed." The two Sekirei nodded in agreement, before departing to their separate rooms.
An hour later
"Hey Eli, are you still awake?" Kuruse asked her Ashikabi as she lay next to him in their bed. He groaned a bit before rolling over to look at her.
"I am now, what's on your mind Kuruse? Is there something troubling you?" Elijah asked his Sekirei with concern growing in his voice, but when he saw her smile slightly that put him at ease. 'What is it with me all of a sudden? I can't let this girl stop me from my mission, but she needs me to help her with her plan as well…'
"It's nothing serious, but it's just…" she trailed off before looking down at the bed and then fiddled with her hair. 'How do I tell him that I want him to be the only one in my life, damn that man! I never knew the bond would have these feelings with them!' "I just think that we don't need Musubi, that you and I can tackle the plan on our own."
"But we need all the help we can get, Kuruse, and Musubi seems like she'd be a great addition to our cause," Elijah countered, but Kuruse shook her head diligently.
"Listen Eli, when we Sekirei bond to our Ashikabi, it's for life, for better or worse, what you call marriage. I know that we've been forced into this rather quickly, but like it or not we're stuck together. My duty as a Sekirei is to protect my Ashikabi with my life, and that bond means love. I know that I don't feel anything like that yet, but I know that I would die for my Ashikabi, and that my Ashikabi would do the same for me."
"Kuruse, what you are saying is a lot for me to process, but I think that you are right. Like it or not, we are together in this, and I'm glad I have you by my side for the Plan. Especially after today's display, you are quite the power house." Kuruse blushed at the compliment, but Elijah continued. "I see now why you wouldn't want me winging Musubi, but what I want you to know is that by winging you, that made you family. Family is one of the most important things to me above all else, and you are the only family that I have in this world, Kuruse."
"What do you mean, Elijah? What about your parents?" A pained look crossed Elijah's face, before he began to explain.
"A few years ago, an organization named Chronos, the same one I was talking about earlier, came after my father and I, and you can bet what they were after. We fought off a large battalion of them, but then one that outclassed the others by a thousand-fold showed up and defeated me like it was nothing. He then took my father away from me and I hadn't heard from Chronos since, at least until a few hours ago. My contact told me that they were on the move, and that they know we are here." Kuruse's eyes widened in shock, and then she spoke.
"Then why are we still here? We need to get Musubi and get out of here, Eli!" Kuruse was in full panic mode, but Elijah put a hand on her.
"I can handle them if they ever try and come near us, Kuruse, so calm down, and try to get back to sleep, okay?" Slowly, Kuruse started to calm, and then after a while, Elijah heard her breathing go steady, indicating she was finally asleep. 'That took way to long, I should have been gone by now.' With that he got up from the bed, and got dressed. After dressing he walked out into the hallway of the building and then headed for the exit. Once outside Elijah looked around and then grunted when he knew the coast was clear. "Vindico!"
The technorganic bio-armor enveloped the man, and soon the glow from its summoning faded. In place of Elijah Vargas, stood the Guyver I. 'Alright, we have some unfinished business you bastards!' Activating the gravity controller in his waist, Elijah took off into the night.
Bedroom – With Kuruse
A few minutes earlier
When Kuruse finally confirmed that Elijah had left the building, she got up from the bed and opened the window. Outside she saw a bright flash of light, and then Elijah emerging from it in his armor. 'What is that man up to now?' She thought back to what he said about handling the organization himself. 'He wouldn't put himself in that much danger, would he? Well either way I'm going just in case.' Kuruse opened the window and leaped through it, landing on the roof below, and began tailing her Ashikabi.
Tokyo Bay Docks near Urayasa, Japan
Thirty minutes later
As Elijah wandered about the docks, his sensory organs were picking up multiple life signs in the area, mainly inside the units and from the water. 'No air attacks this time? They're getting smarter.' Elijah mused to himself, before he activated his high-frequency blades. As he did this several Zoanoids burst from the water and from out of the units, and surrounded him. 'So let's see, about sixty Gregole to support the thirty Geefog, and the water guys have twenty each, both Cadan and Golvarun. This should be a good workout.' Then the first Gregole charged.
Elijah ducked underneath the initial swing, but the monster followed up with a punch to the Guyver's mid-section, which sent Elijah flying. The man activated his head-beam mid-air and did a sweep of the collected Zoanoids, and knocked a few out. A few of the Geefog arched their backs and launched their corrosive quills toward the Guyver. Some managed to hit the armor, but they did little damage as the unit quickly healed Elijah. The Guyver jumped up onto a roof, but some of the Cadans began climbing the side of the building, but Elijah's sensory organs began picking up another life form on the roof with him, but he pressed his attack against the Cadans. As the climbed onto the roof, Elijah activated his sonic oscillators and barraged the creatures with sonic waves, until they were wiped from existence.
From the shadows, the unknown person watched the Guyver battle against the Zoanoids. They gasped when a monster that looked like a big sea turtle shot a freeze-breath at the Guyver, and the bio-boosted man couldn't seem to break free.
'Damn it had to be a Golvarun…I hate these bastards as much as I hated that guy Dyme.' Elijah struggled against the liquid nitrogen that had encased his chest, preventing both the use of his arms and particle-cannon. The Guyver shot some more of the Zoanoids with the head-beam and barraged them with the sonics, but it did little to slow them down. As a Cadan made its way over to the Guyver it hissed.
"You think that you can defy Chronossss forever, Guyver? We have been sssearching for you for yearsss, and now that we have you, we aren't ever letting you go. Not until Dr. Barcas gets a proper chance to dissssect you." Elijah sneered within the confines of the armor, but then he heard a loud crash behind him.
"Get your…tentacles off of my Ashikabi, you freak!" 'Wait Ashikabi? Kuruse!' Elijah whipped around to face his Sekirei.
"Kuruse, what on earth are you doing here? I told you to go to stay away!" Kuruse rolled her eyes at her Ashikabi.
"You told me no such thing, Eli, and now it looks like it's my turn to say you from these…things." Elijah shook his head.
"You don't understand, these things work for Chronos, and they will not stop until we are both dead, now that you've associated yourself with me, you're in more danger than ever now!" Kuruse in reply looked Elijah in the eye rather defiantly.
"No, you don't understand, I told you before; the bond between Sekirei and Ashikabi is one that can never be broken! I will protect you with my life Elijah, because you are my Ashikabi, and I am your Sekirei!" Suddenly a low, rumbling laugh filled the ears of all. Elijah turned to look behind him, seeing Zoanoids parting as a figure in body armor approached the Guyver.
"Now isn't that a touching scene, the pathetic Guyver and his little bitch. It's been quite some time since our last meeting, the figure said to Elijah. Elijah just stared down the man before he spoke.
"Have we met before? I don't think I can recall you," Elijah responded to the mysterious figure that was standing before him. The man laughed again, before he began to grow. After a few moments the man that stood before Elijah was now a hulking beast of pure muscle covered in a rough, gray hide. His head was in the middle of his chest, with a horn protruding from it. Elijah instantly recognized the figure.
"Now do you recognize me Guyver? It's been far too long, and you are overdue on the beating I owe you for last time." Elijah began shaking violently, and he erupted from the icy imprisonment, and he went to slash at the figure known only as Derzerb. The hulking monster dodged and then sent a sea of flames spewing from his mouth toward the Guyver. The blast sent Elijah flying back and he landed next to Kuruse.
"Eli! Are you alright? Can you hear me? Get up!" Kuruse shouted toward her Ashikabi, as she fell to her knees next to him. When he didn't respond, Derzerb slowly stalked toward the partners, and his eyes glowed red.
"Get out of my way little girl," the beast ordered the Sekirei, but she didn't budge. Kuruse held out her hand, and summoned a spear. She then took a fighting stance before the beast. "Don't make me laugh, girl, you have no chance against me." Kuruse didn't speak as she lashed out with all her might, but the end result was the spear shattering against his hide.
"No way…" Kuruse murmured, before Derzerb caught her off guard, and knocked her away. The Sekirei went flying and then cratered into the side of a nearby building. With the annoyance taken care of, Derzerb marched over to the Guyver and picked him up by the head.
"Now then, I'll be taking your control metal, and will be on my merry way." As he went to grab the metal sphere from Elijah's helmet, a blade appeared from a miraged vortex and sliced at his hand. While doing nothing it caught the Hyper-Zoanoid off guard, enough for the vortex to swallow up the Guyver. "Dammit!" was all Derzerb said, before he ordered more Zoanoids to go look for Elijah.
Atop the roof
A few moments later
As the Guyver armor dissolved away from Elijah, a woman stood above him and sighed. This woman was dressed in a simple black bra-like apparel, with a shortened cloak-shawl combination on top of that, along with a wrap-like dress that opened up just above her knees, with a good section of her stomach exposed. She was also wearing knee-high black boots. The woman was a very dark mocha, with midnight black hair. She stood over the Guyver, and tsked.
"All this trouble for one man; he must be the one I need if I am going through this much for him." The woman's words caused Elijah to jolt awake, and then he checked his surroundings. Looking up, he noticed the dark-skinned woman for the first time.
"Who are you?" Elijah asked hostilely as he jumped to his feet, prepared to fight. The woman laughed, and then raised her hands in mock-surrender.
"I mean you no harm, I just saw that you were in danger and I stepped in," the woman said, trying to diffuse the situation. Elijah got out of his stance, but still eyed the woman suspiciously.
"Thank you for saving me, but who are you?" The woman shook her head, before replying.
"I am in your future, is all I can say for now, but I think your other girl requires your immediate attention. Ta-ta Ashikabi, we will meet again soon." The woman then disappeared from sight. 'Who on earth was that?!' Suddenly, a familiar blonde woman appeared next to Elijah.
"Elijah! You're okay, thank god! Just what in the hell were those things down there?"
"They're called Zoanoids, except for the big gray one, he's a Hyper-Zoanoid, and he will mess you up if you aren't on your guard. For now, though, we just need to retreat and figure out how to hit them, before they find us again."
"It's a little late for that, Guyver!" Derzerb shouted as he landed on the rooftop. Kuruse clutched onto Elijah's arm, both in protection and fear, before Elijah spoke.
"If you really want me, Derzerb, then let her go, and face me," the Guyver spoke nobly, but the Zoanoid laughed at him.
"How stupid do you think I am, Vargas? I saw what your little tramp can do, she is not getting away." Kuruse bristled at the insult, and then retorted.
"The last time someone called me a tramp, they ended up with an energy spear rammed halfway up their ass, so do not test me." Elijah looked at Kuruse in surprise, but then smiled at her bravado.
"She's right, you know, it wasn't pretty." Then Ashikabi looked to Sekirei, and spoke. "Are you sure that your attack can hurt him?" Kuruse nodded, and then Elijah moved in to kiss Kuruse.
"Alright, if you really want to get some from the tramp before you die, then I'll grant you this one last mercy, Guyver." The two pulled away, and then Elijah smirked.
"That last mercy just cost you, bastard." Giant, golden wings erupted from Kuruse's back, and then she began to glow. She turned to face the hulking beast before she announced her attack.
"Spear of my pact! Strike down the woes of my Ashikabi!" Kuruse shouted, before she outstretched her hand into the air. "Gáe Bulg!"An all red spear, with a red vine grip going the length of the pole appeared in her hand. The blade was also red, with a basic design, save for the three serrated edges near the bottom. Kuruse then stabbed it toward Derzerb, but he just stood in the way, expecting it to bounce off.
"You stupid fool," Elijah muttered before Derzerb found out just what he meant. The spear pierced his hide, and then took a straight path to his heart. The giant Zoanoid began spitting up blood, and toppled over. Satisfied, Kuruse pulled the spear from the body, and let it dissolve.
"Big mistake, girl!" Derzerb shouted as he got back up. "I have such an advance healing, that that blow was nothing more than a tickle!" Kuruse readied to summon another spear, but Derzerb shot flames from his mouth, but Elijah tackled his Sekirei out of the way. While on the ground, the two once more kissed, and then pulled away. Kuruse got to her feet, and readied.
"Spear of my pact! Strike down the woes of my Ashikabi!" However nothing happened and Elijah scratched his head. Derzerb started laughing, and Kuruse shouted her cry once more, but to no avail.
"Looks like you're all out of juice, but I'm just getting warmed up!" The hulking monster moved to punch Kuruse, but an un-bio-boosted Elijah caught his fist, with a black aura radiating from around him. "What in the hell are you doing?" Elijah looked at the fist in his hand and blinked. 'How in the hell am I doing this? Wait what is that I feel? It's like the Guyver power, but different, I wonder…' By this time, Derzerb slammed his other fist into Elijah, but he again caught it, and then spoke.
"Well it looks like I am about to kick your pathetic ass, so let's get to it shall we?" Elijah's aura began to expand outward until it appeared to be the summoning field of the Guyver unit. "Umbra!" Then it appeared. The same bonding sensation took over Elijah, but he noticed it was more violent. The armor that enveloped Elijah was far less bulky, and had numerous dark crimson fibers running underneath the armor. The arms had two curved blades coming from each side, and the helmet had spikes jutting from it, along with the standard dorsal fin.
"What in the hell is that?" Derzerb shouted, before the new Guyver activated his four high-frequency blades. Elijah slashed at creature and cut his arm off, causing the beast to howl in pain. Elijah then rushed in toward Derzerb and punched him, the impact echoing like a thunderclap, and it sent the hulking beast flying into the bay.
As the remaining Zoanoids saw their leader go flying, they swarmed the building, but Elijah opened up his chest plates.
"Get behind me, Kuruse!" Not needing to be told twice, his Sekirei moved behind him. As the Zoanoids filed onto the roof, Elijah unleashed his particle-cannon, and the resulting beam was five times larger than the normal beam. It sliced through the Zoanoids like a hot knife to butter, and they simply were eradicated. Elijah fell to his knees, and the armor dissolved back into its sub-dimensional housing.
"Elijah, what was that? I didn't know you had two armors!" Kuruse shouted excitedly, coming off of the battle-high. She suddenly collapsed, but Elijah caught her. Looking up at her Ashikabi, she smiled.
"Kuruse, look, I didn't want you getting involved in any of this because you don't know anything about this. I care too much to let you get hurt needlessly by something that I caused." But Kuruse shook her head to his remark.
"No, Eli, I am your Sekirei, and as such I will do anything to protect you. I keep telling you that, you dolt, but do you ever listen? No!" Kuruse teased him, and he chuckled lightly.
"I guess I can't win against you, but promise me that you'll be careful, Kuruse. I know that I may act rather…cold, but it has been such a long time that I have been with anyone at all. I just want you to know that, and I will protect you as well." Kuruse beamed at that, but then she went down near his ear.
"Well Ashikabi, I think we need to seal our pact once again, but this time, not for the sake of the power, but for the bond. You know what you're getting into, don't you Eli? I mean it's been placed, but this will seal our bond forever, in a way." Elijah nodded.
"I know full well what I want Kuruse, and that is to have you by my side in and outside of battle. You are an amazing warrior, and…eh well how do I say this, I have grown rather fond of your company. Forever isn't too long is it?" Elijah teased her, and she hit him on the arm, before leaning in, and the two, for the second time, initiated their pact, but this time it was for the bond it carried, not the power.
"Forever and ever, Ashikabi…" Kuruse whispered to her partner. Elijah then got up from the rooftop, and the two proceeded to head back to their home.
Moto Abazu Place
The following morning
Elijah rolled over in his bed, and found a body next to him, to which he pulled in a little closer. The figure moaned slightly, but melted under his touch.
"Good morning…" Elijah greeted groggily. The person next to him rolled over, and replied.
"Good morning, Ashikabi." Elijah wrapped his arms around the woman, and then pulled her in for a kiss. The Sekirei gladly reciprocated, but when Elijah opened his eyes, expecting to see the brilliant gold glow fill the room, he instead saw a magnificent white pair of wings emerging from the back of the other resident Sekirei.
"Musubi?" Eli shouted as he fell out of his bed. Musubi cocked her head and smiled.
"Good morning, Elijah! Now it's official, you're my Ashikabi!" Kuruse rushed into the room, having heard the crash, but then stopped dead in her tracks. She turned to face Elijah and looked rather angry.
"Elijah…what does she me 'it's official?' Did you just wing her, right here, in our room, right under my nose?" Elijah got up from where he was on the floor, and went over to her.
"Kuruse, I can explain! She was in bed with me…" he slapped himself, instantly regretting his words.
"She was in our bed? And what? You thought she was me and kissed her? Is that it?" Elijah just nodded weakly, which caused his blonde Sekirei to go red with fury. "How could you confuse me for her? Look at the difference!" Automatically, as if by some cruel twist of fate, Elijah first and foremost noticed their different busts. When Kuruse followed his eye path, she growled, and then summoned a spear.
"Elijah, that's not what I meant!" Kuruse shrieked as she began chasing Elijah throughout their home. Musubi just watched the entire scene with a confused look on her face, but then she just smiled. As he ran, Elijah looked back at Kuruse and Musubi. 'They may not like it, but they're in this together now. I just hope I can make it out of this alive!' Elijah grinned, and then caught himself. 'I must be going soft, when was the last time I even had fun?' But he gave in, and then tackled the still angry Kuruse, and then he stared her in the eye to the point where she started blushing. "Eli, why are you staring?"
"I just realized how gorgeous you are, that's all." He smiled at her, and she looked away.
"That's no fair; you make it too hard to stay mad at you!" She rolled over and was on the top then. They stared at one another and began to move in, but a sudden crash caught their attention.
"I love dog piles!" Musubi shouted as she dove into the duo, landing on top of Kuruse, which pushed her further into Elijah. Kuruse blushed at the contact with her Ashikabi, but Elijah's mind was already heading toward the gutter, and she smacked him as she began to feel his joy.
"Sorry," he muttered, but she just smiled, taking solace in the fact that her Ashikabi found her appealing. She just kissed him on the cheek and the three got up. "So are you girls hungry, because I could go for some breakfast." Then, what sounded like a large bear roaring, a sound emitted from Musubi's stomach. "I'll take that as a yes; well let's see what we have here…" Elijah then began digging around for food.
'He really is something else,' Kuruse thought to herself, 'I am lucky to have him as an Ashikabi, and even if I have to share him with Musubi, I think I can be happy…'
And for the moment, all was right in the lives of the unlikely family of three. After the revelation of Chronos' return, there was a long talk with Musubi and Kuruse, I took extra precautions to make sure they didn't get hurt again. After all the battles when down, and we won I thought all was well…but it seemed like midnight would always be my curse…at least back then it was…now it seems like it's my only savior. I just hope that we find Kuruse and beat these bastards once and for all.
Well there ya go! R&R please and thank you. This was the first time that the Guyver & Sekirei universes really clashed in the big Chronos battle scene. Also for those of you wondering, the new armor is the Guyver III armor, because it seems more like a battlized version of the Guyver I. I know Musubi's winging happened rather suddenly, but I had her second so I worked with what I had. As for the chapter itself, more AU stuff definitely, with only the Minaka scene coming from the Manga. Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and remember review!
~PI