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Chapter 2

The MBI truck pulled into the hospital. Kurai was brought inside and to the emergency room. Taki tried to stay by his side but the doctors insisted that she waited in the waiting room. 10 minutes pasted and still no word on Kurai's condition she started to get worried but that faded when a man with a sekirei behind him approached her

"Who are you?" She asked sternly

"I am Higa Izumi, the owner of this hospital." he said with a polite bow and smile but Taki knew it was fake. "I heard that your ashikabi was in a serious accident."

Taki's eyes narrowed not liking where this was going "What do you want? If you're looking for a fight i would recommend it. I won't let you touch him."

Higa shook his head "Oh no, we are not looking to fight you. Although I am impressed, such devotion to someone who is practically a stranger to you. He must have given a great first impression. It's so unfortunate the state he is in now."

"What do you mean?" she asked fear in her voice

Higa saw this knowing that he had her "Akumu-san was very badly injured during the crash; it is not safe to say that he'll even make it through the night plus the fact is that this is a hospital, it is a very large place and there are bound to be accidents." He said the fake smile never leaving his face.

Taki became furious "What do want?"

"I want you to work for me." Higa said "If you do then I could assure the safety of Kurai Akumu. Do you agree?"

Taki was conflicted with herself. Her brain was telling to refuse but her heart was telling her to do whatever to stay with Kurai. Regretfully she made a decision. "Fine i wil..."

"Yara Yara that's no good." A new voice interrupted Taki. They all turned to none other than sekirei #04 Karasuba 'The Black Sekirei'.

Everyone was frozen stiff with fear in the presents of the leader of the Disciplinary Squad, even Higa was a little shaken by her sudden appearance, but more curious as to why she was even here in the first place. "To what do I owe the honor of being visited by the leader of the Disciplinary Squad?" that question fell on deaf ear by Karasuba who walked pasted him ignoring his question and stopped in front of Taki taking a good look at her.

"So your Ku-chan's sekirei not bad. I'm happy he found someone." She said smiling confusing the hell out of everyone but most Taki.

"Huh?"

Karasuba chuckled at her expression but then turned around to Higa "Yara Yara it isn't nice to lie about your patients." just then a doctor came out with a confused look on his face. Taki immediately ran up to him.

"How is Kurai? Is he going to be okay?"

He glanced at her then back at the chart in his hands "He was hit by a car and sustained a few minor little injuries, just getting this he was very lucky, but that was when they first brought him in, now at this moment his injuries are almost completely gone." This caused everyone to gasp. "I don't how to explain it, but it has to be a miracle. Kurai should be able to leave in a few days if not sooner. He's sleeping right now, but you can go in and see him." The doctor then left.

Taki began to glare at Higa making Karasuba laugh again "See what I mean."

"It looks like my time here is over. I bid you two goodbye." with that he left to brood about not obtaining a new pawn for this game. But there was also something else on his mind. "Who is this Kurai Akumu? Even if they were minor he shouldn't have healed that quickly. Also what is his connection to #04? She called him Ku-chan which means he's close to her somehow. Whatever it is I must either get him as an ally or take him out early."

Taki stood next to Karasuba watching Higa leave until the latter began to speak. "Even though I want to see him face to face I think it's a little too early for us to meet. Make sure you take care of Ku-chan. He tends to get into trouble just like his father." She turned to leave but stopped and told Taki one more thing. "Also don't tell him or anyone else that I was here otherwise it'll cause problems for both of us."

After she was gone Taki let out a breath that she didn't know she was holding. She processed what just happen in her head but forgot it all remembering Kurai was okay then just walked into Kurai's room to be next to him.

Kurai woke up in a new room. He remembered what happened before he blacked out and wondered if it was all a dream but that thought died when he saw Taki sleeping in a chair right next to him holding his hand. He pulled away causing the sekirei to stir. Taki's eyes opened and her face lighten up seeing him awake. She hugged him with all her strength forgetting that he was still injured. Kurai felt a sharp pain in his arm.

"Ow Ow Ow! Taki let go!" He yelled which she immediately did so. "Sorry."

"That's ok." he assured her taking in his surrounding "Where am I?"

"At the hospital. After you were hit, a MBI truck came and brought you here."

he thought about it for a second "That makes sense. You don't get hit by a car and expect to ok after."

"Thank you for saving me. And I'm sorry you got hurt."

"Don't worry about it. It my fault I didn't do the trick right." She looked puzzled. "Trick?"

"Yeah. You see a while back a friend of mine dragged me to a stunt class once. We learned how to survive getting hit by a car. But when I saved you I screwed up and did it wrong."

"How?"

"Well, I was supposes to jump for the windshield doing shoulder roll flat into the center but there were three problems. The car was going faster than i thought, didn't stop immediately and I jumped to high. So instead of me hitting the wind shield and getting caught in it like a net, my shoulder hit the top just above it causing me to spin and smack my head on the ground." (I got this little fact from MANswers)

"So you're going to be fine?" She asked

"Probably, Just going to have a headache for a while." He thought for a second. "Speaking of headaches, where are the battery twins?"

Taki chuckled at his joke. "They stay behind. By the looks on their faces they really regret what happened to you, but even so I still won't forgive them."

"Are you sure about that Taki. If it wasn't for them we would have never met." Kurai said with a smile which caused Taki to blush seeing how cute her ashikabi was when he smiled.

"Ok, for that I'll forgive them."

"So now that we have time can you explain to me who and what you guys are?"
Taki gave him the basic explanation about sekirei and ashikabi.

"So each sekirei has a special ability?" Kurai asked which Taki nodded

"Those twins had the power over lightning. What do you have?"

Taki brought up her hand and a mist/smoke appeared (I'm making her ability similar to smoker's from one piece) "I have the power to manipulate mist and smoke." she wave her hand making it disappear.

"That's so cool." Kurai stated with a smile.

"Thank you."

They sat there in an awkward silence until something flashed into Kurai's mind making his eyes widen. He groaned knowing that the next few calls he made his ears were going to be ringing.

"What's wrong?" Taki asked concerned

He looked around the room and saw a phone. "Taki, can you pass me the phone over there?"

She picked it up and gave it to him. "Who are you calling?"

He sighed. "I have to call my foster family." he cupped his chin in his hand. "But I think it would be easier to call my brother first." He dialed the number and a voice came.

"Hello." a voice answered

"Hey Minato. it's me Kurai."

"Hey, how have you been?"

"Pretty good and you."

"I'm alright but I failed my exams." Minato said regretfully

Kurai sighed. "Again."

"Again."

"You already know what would say so, yeah."

"Where are you?" Minato asked

there was a long pause before he answered "Well. I'm uh. In the hospital."

"What! What happened! Are you ok!" Minato panicked

"Whoa Whoa calm down I'm fine. I just got hit by a car."

"You call getting hit by a car fine!" Minato half yelled

"Ye Yeah." Kurai said hesitantly not wanting to get his older brother angry. It was very hard to get Minato really angry but when he did he was much more scary then his sister or mother. Although those two did not know, Kurai knew all too well due to being the cause most of the time.

"My head hurts and I cut my arm. But you know me I'm probably going to go home today."

"How did you get hit by a car?" he asked in a stern tone

"Saving someone. She was about to get hit but I pushed her out of the way. She with me right now. Her name's Taki and I think I've fallen for her. Do you want to talk to her?" Kurai whispered the last two parts knowing that it would calm Minato down which it did.

"That's alright, but I..." "Minato-sama." Minato was interrupted by a cheerful voice in the background

"MMMMusubi!" Minato stammered

"Out of shampoo." the new voice said

"Ahhhhhhh!" they both yelled

"I'm sorry."

Kurai didn't recognize the voice. It was definitely female but the only women that Minato would let into his apartment were his sister and mother. That meant only one thing, Minato had a girlfriend. "Shampoo is next to the washing machine." Minato was now back on the phone "sorry about that."

"Ok, who was that and what just happened?"

"That was Musubi. She came out of the bathroom looking for shampoo when she tripped and fell on top of me." He explained

"And why is she staying with you?"

"She didn't have a place to go to so I'm letting her stay with me."

"You're gonna let me meet her right."

"Yeah."

"Ok, I got to let you go I still got to call the others."

"Good luck with that."

"Thanks bye."

"Bye."

He hung up the phone. "That's one, two more to go." The next call was to Yukari which just as he expected was more yelling then anything. He left out the part about falling for Taki and Minato with Musubi. But luckily for him she volunteered to tell the last person for him which was a big weight off of his shoulders.

With Minato and Musubi

Minato sighed as he hung up the phone.

"Minato-sama who was that" Musubi asked as she walked out of the bathroom now fully clothed.

"That was my brother Kurai. He was in an accident and now is in the hospital."

"Oh no is he alright?"

"Yes he's alright. It would take a lot more than that to keep him down." He thought of what his also told him about the woman he saved. It sounded kind of like his meeting with Musubi. "No way, it can't be." But before he could finish that thought there was a knock on his door

"Sahashi!" the landlord yelled

"Well let's get going." Kurai said wanting to get home to sleep in his own bed. He sat up and noticed he was still wearing the hospital gown. "Um Taki where are my clothes."

"Oh how silly of me I forgot. Here you go." He grabbed them and began to get change. The minute the gown hit the floor there was a gasp he look at the source and found that it was Taki, her cheeks bright red with her hand over mouth, eyes looking downwards. Kurai rows an eyebrow and followed her gaze then his face went crimson. For some reason or another under the gown he was completely naked. With speeds he didn't know he had he jumped back into the bed and got fully dressed.

"Sorry I didn't know I had nothing underneath and I forgot you were here for a second." He apologized not even able to look at her.

"That's ok."Taki said with a calm smile but in her mind she was drooling. "OH my god he's huge." She was in her own little world fantasizing about what Kurai would do to her with that monstrosity when they got to his place.

"Taki."

"Taki."

"Taki!" Kurai yelled snapping Taki awake.

"Oh sorry I was thinking too much and got lost in thought." she said truthfully

"Really. What about."

Taki panicked a little and looked around trying to find a distraction luckily she didn't need to come up with one because the TV suddenly turned on and a man appeared.

"Congratulation Kurai Akumu! You were magnificently chosen to be the partner of a sekirei." the man said

"Who the hell are you?" Kurai asked

"Professor" Taki spoke up

"You know this guy?"

She nodded "He's our professor and president of MBI Hiroto Minaka."

"It's good to see you #65 Taki."

"So what do you want?" Kurai said getting a little annoyed

"Straight to the point I see. Alright the Sekirei Plan is the name of the game you are now participating in. The rules are simple, there are 108 freed sekirei. These sekireis will fight and fight and fight until there is only one left standing. And the ashikabi of that last sekirei shall be permitted to ascend and will hold the world's fate in their hands."

"Alright." Kurai simply said

"hm I would expect someone like you would more interest, being what you are."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Don't you know well I'll tell you, your ackkk." just then they saw something get thrown hitting Minaka making him hit the floor with TV screen going static but they could still hear someone getting beaten up and yelling for mercy. Kurai grabbed the remote and turned it off.

"That was weird." Kurai said as he scratched his head. "So you were telling the truth."

"Yes did you think I was joking before."

"About the powers, the fighting and the sekirei part, no. but about us staying together forever, yes. It's not like I can actually believe that a beautiful woman like you could fall for a guy like me."

"That's not true!" The sudden outburst startled him.

Taki took his hand and placed it on her chest. "My body knew the moment I saw you that you were my ashikabi and I know we'll be happy together."

"Taki." Her eyes held only the truth. They both leaned in closer to each other. Their lip almost touching just when the door came opened.

"Um excuse me." They both turned red and slowly tilted their heads in the direction of the door. It was one of the nurses. Kurai spoke.

"Yes what is it?"

"Can I ask why you are out of bed?" Kurai calmed down then looked at her.

"I'm going home."

"No you can't do that."

"Why not."

"Your seriously injured."

"I'm fine." Kurai replied as he took the bandages off his head. "See."

" All I see is that you reopened your wound. Your hair is covered in blood."

"No it's my natural color." He explained.

"Yeah, like I can believe that." the nurse said skeptically

"Actually I can vouch for that. That really is his naturel color." Taki spoke up making Kurai blush knowing how she knew that.

"Really then let me see." She felt his hair and found it wasn't blood then let them go. After a few more explanations they were finally free to go. The whole time they both received glares from both men and women. The women jealous of Taki Holding on to Kurai because he still was a little woozy but she didn't complain or care what they thought. The men resenting Kurai wishing that they were in his shoes or in his case feet because he was bare foot. Taki had asked him about that earlier but he just told that he just didn't wear shoes all the time.

After walking for a while Kurai got the strength to walk on his own again much to Taki's disappointment but they still held hands. They turned the corner and saw Hibiki and Hikari both of them wearing maid outfits. Kurai quickly pulled Taki back around the corner.

"What is it?" She asked

"Check it out" He said pointing his thumb back to the corner

Taki poked her head out and saw the twins "Those two. If you want I can punish them for you." she said in a serious tone

"Taki, what did I say before about them." He said making Taki look away from him

"BUT. If you're still mad at them I have a better punishment for them." Taki looked back at her ashikabi who had a devious grin.

"What did you have in mind?" Kurai whispered in her ear and the same grin he had
"That sounds like fun. Let's do it"

Hibiki and Hikari were passing out flyers and balloons for a maid cafe they got a job at. Seo had used up all their money AGAIN and they didn't want to ask Miya for food again. This was a normal routine for them now. They didn't know why they were cursed with a worthless ashikabi like theirs. It was one of the reasons they attack unwinged sekirei so that they didn't go through what they were going through. This made them think of the ashikabi and sekirei they met this morning. He risked his life to save her even before they met. They wished that they had a master like.

"You two" said an angry voice

They turned around and low and behold there they were. The sekirei was holding the hand of a bandaged red head 'her ashikabi'.

"What a relief. He's okay." Hibiki said

"The hell he is!" Taki snapped

"Onee-chan please don't yell your scaring me." Kurai spoke with a childish voice and put on a cute face

Taki smiled at him "I'm sorry. I won't yell anymore."

"You promise?"

"Promise."

Kurai looked at the other two still looking like a child "Who are you two?"

The twins could not believe what was happening in front of them. "What the hell happened to him?"

"This is what you two did to him" Taki said getting the twins attention

"He can't remember anything and thinks he a child."

Hibiki was speechless so Hikari spoke. "We are so sorry we didn't mean for any of this to happen."

"Sorry. If your truly sorry then get on your hands and knees and beg for forgiveness "

Hikari was about to shout in anger but stopped feeling a pull on her skirt. Kurai was next to her fear in his eyes. "Please, I don't want to see Onee-chan mad again"

"Fine" Hikari took a step back next to her sister they but got down on all fours and bowed their heads "We are really truly sorry. Please forgive us." they both said in unison

they heard a snicker then a full blown laughter. "HAHAHAHAHAHA! HOLY CRAP! THEY REALLY DID IT! I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ACTUALLY DID THAT HAHAHAHA!"

They looked for the source and found Kurai rolling on the floor holding his sides laughing with Taki standing near him also laughing but not as loud.

The twins had their jaws wide open then closed them gritting their teeth realizing that they were tricked "Why you little." Hikari growled charging electricity in her hand with her sister doing the same.

Kurai stopped hearing the spark "Oh crap." Kurai was now running, jumping, flipping, anything he could do to get out of the way of the oncoming lightning

CRASH

"WOAH, HOLD ON A SECOND!"

CRASH

"CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS?"

CRASH

"CAN'T YOU TAKE A JOKE?"

CRASH

"DAMN IT STOP TRYING TO HIT ME WITH LIGHTNING"

"NO!"

CRASH

"ALRIGHT I'VE HAD ENOUGH! TAKI GET US OUT OF HERE!"

Taki seeing that their fun was now over surrounded herself and Kurai in a smokescreen.
Hikari and Hibiki could not see anything and once the smokescreen faded they were gone.

"I swear once I get my hands on that guy he's gonna wish that car did kill him." Hikari screamed

"Some people have no sense of humor" Kurai said holding on to Taki as she jumped along the rooftops

"Yes, but you did make them go on all fours and beg like dogs." She replied

"Hey I didn't think they would actually do that, beside it did show that they were sorry." Kurai said

After roaming the city for a while the two of them finally made it to Kurai's home. They walked down the stairs to his door.

"I gotta tell you it's not much, but it's home." Kurai said as he walked in and sat down
Taki shook her head and sat next to him "As long as I'm with you it doesn't matter where we live."

"Thanks" they sat there in silence gazing into each other's eyes getting closer and closer until Kurai stomach growled.

"It look like I'm hungry." he said embarrasses at how load it was "I'll go make us something to eat." with that Kurai went to the refrigerator gathered a few things to make them dinner. "It shouldn't take that long. Make yourself at home."

Taki looked around and saw the three photos "Is this your family?" she asked holding one of the pictures.

"Yeah. The little girl is my sister Yukari, the boy is my older brother Minato, the woman is Takami Sahashi. She adopted me when i was 10."

"Takami Sahashi, where have I heard that name before." Taki thought but then shrugged it off as unimportant

A few minutes later Kurai called out to Taki who was watching TV. "Taki dinner's ready."
Taki turned around expecting a small dinner for two but what she saw was a feast. (I'm not going into detail of what's there; just imagine a lot of food.)

She took a seat next to him and they ate. Taki was amazed by how much food her ashikabi could eat. She didn't know that humans could eat that much. After they were finished Kurai proceed to wash the dishes but Taki intervened saying that he should take a break while she cleaned up. He agreed and sat at his bed watching her.

Suddenly his cell phone started to ring. He looked at the caller ID. It was his boss from work.
(Skipping phone call)

Kurai hung up and sighed loudly alerting his sekirei that something was wrong.

"What's wrong?"

"I got fired."

"Oh no. This is all my fault if I hadn't..." She was interrupted by Kurai pressing his lips to hers. She closed her eyes as her wings appeared but Kurai's wings did not appear this time. He pulled away "Taki it isn't your fault alright. I don't want to hear you blaming yourself again if something happens to me okay." She nodded. He sat back down "besides I was probably going to quit anyway, I never liked my boss and I know for a fact that he hated me."

Kurai looked at the clock next to his bed. "It's getting late let's get some sleep." he got up and grab a pillow "You take the bed I'll take the couch." but before he could take another step Taki grabbed and pulled him into bed with her "oh no you don't. I don't see any problem with us sharing the bed."

Kurai flushed red "Are you sure the bed pretty small. One of us might fall off."
"That's okay we'll just have to snuggle up to each other so we won't." she then pulled Kurai's face to her breast making him blush.

"Goodnight Kurai" Taki said drifting off to sleep

"Goodnight Taki" "There is no way I'm gonna be able to sleep."That's it for now until next time