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Ch.7: The Archer and the Saiyan
One morning in the headquarters...
Ethan was stretching himself. He got up from his bed and went to shower, turning it one, yawning and then gets into it.
Some minutes later, he prepared his breakfast and a gass of milk. After he was done, he went to brush his teeth.
After that, he put his usual clothing and went out of his room. "I should head to the simulation room to get myself into shape." He said to himself as he walked towards the room, determined to do so.
{000}
Later...
In the front, Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. stood there for he notices Ethan coming in.
"Morning, Ethan." Nick said.
"Morning." Ethan replied.
"How are you feeling after what happened?" Nick asked.
"You mean after learning what Dolores did, even though I have gained closure on her being brought in for her crimes, but the pains of those that lost their lives is still there..."
Nick could understand what he has been through.
"So you have some suggestions on how to you know...?" Ethan paused, trying to find the right word to say. "Well... You know what I..." he added.
Nick raised his hand to signal him to stop. "It's fine." he said. He walked.
"So, what's gonna happened now?" Ethan asked him.
"You'll go to this mission." replied Nick as he went to the computer and typed on.
"Alright." Ethan nodded.
Nick opened up the mission file in the master computer."Maybe this will help get you focus on other things, also I recommend you take Genie with you since Sakura, Sam, Alura and Kakashi are very busy right now."
"What are they doing?" Ethan asked, nodding in understanding.
"Sakura is at the hospital, along with Kakashi." Nick explained.
"What about Alura and Sam?" Ethan wondered.
"They went into a special mission." Nick replied.
"Makes sense." Ethan remarked, accepting the reason. "And hope Sakura gets better."
"Actually, she is not hurt, she is using her skills as a medical ninja to treat the patients." Nick corrected.
"Oh!" Ethan blinked in realization.
"Yup." Nick nodded.
"I'll go get Genie, then we'll go immediately." Ethan said.
"Hold on for a minute." Nick held his index finger up as he got something from his pocket of the trench coat and handed the half Saiyan a high-tech watch.
"What's this?" Ethan wondered. "A watch?"
"Not your average watch." Nick replied.
"Huh?" Ethan looked at him.
"Click it and see for yourself." Nick told him.
He did so and clicked a button. The watch activated as Ethan stared. "Huh?" It shows him a hologram map of the city with a red blinking dot indicating the location of the coordinates. "Is this where I must go?" asked Ethan.
Nick nodded to answer his question.
"What's the mission?" asked Ethan again.
"A secret organization hideout." Nick replied. "So I want you and Genie to check it out."
"Okay." Ethan nods.
Ethan leaves the room. After Ethan left, Nick turns the comm on. "He is on his way with a companion along the way."
"I hope this kid is the one that will help me on this." The male voice said from the comm.
"Don't worry," Nick assured. "He survived though situations."
"I'll hold you on that. But I will test him just to be on the safe side. I will be there waiting for them." The male voice said.
"Okay." Nick said in defeat. He shuts off the comm as he looks at the direction Ethan left in.
"Better be careful, Ethan. You may be not alone, but this will be your hardest challenge yet." All he can do wish Ethan and Genie the best of luck.
{000}
Later...
Ethan and Genie are in the S.H.I.E.L.D jet with Genie as the pilot on their way towards their destination.
"Are we there yet?" Ethan asked.
"Soon Eth, just about a few minutes." Genie responded.
Ethan sighed as they keeps going more. "I'm just getting bored of waiting." he replied. He sighed.
"Cheer up, fella!" Genie smiled. He looked on ahead through the front window of the jet. He soon spotted a mountain. "I see a mountain up ahead."
"That must be the place." Ethan said as he looked at the place.
Minutes later, the S.H.I.E.L.D. jet lands on the the ground in the forest. Ethan and Genie came out and looked around.
"So Ethan, do you sense anything?" Genie asked, looking around.
"Let me see..." Ethan focused. As he was about to pick up life signature, his sensitive ears caught a sound of a whistle and it gets louder and nearer. With fast reflexes Ethan catches a arrow on the shaft.
"Who did this?!" he called. He didn't hear a response but hears a beeping sound coming from the arrow he caught? His eyes widen in realization as he uses the other hand to cover the device on the tip of the arrow head just as he did it explodes inside his covered hand, luckily it didn't hurt him much. "Okay... what's that all about?".
"Beats me." Genie shrugged is shoulders.
"Not bad kid, not bad at all." A male voice complemented.
"Huh? Who's there?" Ethan looked around.
The person showed himself.
Ethan noticed it. He saw a brown short haired man with blue eyes wearing a black body suit with purple detail, black pants, gloves and boots. Strapped on his back is a holder stack of arrows and on his hands is a recurve bow.
"Whoa, an archer!" Ethan exclaimed.
"Really, what was your first guess?" The unknown man asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Uh..." Ethan was speechless. "That you shot an arrow with explosive device attached to it which could've hurt anyone with it."
"Yeah, we're not the enemy. We're friends!" added Genie.
"You can prove that you aren't the enemy right?" The cosmic being questioned Ethan.
"Of course we can!" Ethan assured, "We came here for a mission!"
"By Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D." the unknown man said.
"You know Nick Fury?" Ethan and Genie looked at each other then back at man.
"Know him?" The unknown man smirked. "I used to work with him as his agent. I'm also friends with Captain America who you are acquainted with."
"Seriously?" Ethan looked surprised at hearing this.
"The American Defender!" Genie added dressing as the Statue of Liberty as a huge USA flag is shown.
The unknown man sweatdropped at this and looked at Ethan with a raised eyebrow.
"Is he always like this?" He asked.
"Well... He's a Genie from the lamp. A magical guy." Ethan replied.
"I see." The man said, accepted the answer. "I know who you are, Ethan Tidwell. Cap and Nick talked a bit about you."
"Whoa, really?" Ethan asked. "So who are you?"
"Hawkeye, but my real name is Clinton "Clint" Barton." The man revealed as Hawkeye.
"A pleasure, Hawkeye." Ethan offered his hand.
They both shake hands.
"So Hawkeye, was this mission about the secret organization hideout a set up?" Ethan asked, not upset but rather curious.
"I'll tell you when we got there. You better watch it for yourselves." Hawkeye replied.
Ethan raised his eyebrow. "I don't get it."
"You will soon." The archer assured. "Follow me."
He did so with Genie.
"How far we are?" Ethan asked.
"Not that far, just over there." Hawkeye pointed to a cabin up ahead.
Ethan and Genie looked up at it.
After they made it to the cabin, the archer opened the door.
"Enter." he said.
Ethan enters in, follow by Genie and lastly Hawkeye who shuts the door after they were inside.
"What's this cabin?" asked Ethan.
"This place will do for us to chat privately." Hawkeye replied.
"About the mission?" Genie questioned.
Hawkeye nodded.
"I am in need of help. Cap's busy, Tony Stark is busy as well, I didn't ask Thor or Hulk."
"What about Black Widow?" Ethan wondered as there was silence.
"That's the problem, she contacted me for a while but lost her just as soon as she contacted me. After losing contact with Natasha, I called Nick Fury if he can lend me one of his agents to help me find Black Widow."
"That's when me and Genie come in it?" Ethan guessed.
"Yes, you're the ones who can find her." Hawkeye nodded. "To be honest I wasn't sure at first until Nick told me a lot of things about you, even the Captain vouched for that since he was in the mission with you and your team. After the HYDRA mission was done, Steve told all of us members of the Avengers about you."
"So that's why you set up this mission with Nick's permission to test the lad here to see that what they told you was true." Genie speculated while donning him as Sherlock Holmes. "Very clever!"
Hawkeye nodded in agreement.
"Yes, you were fast on catching the arrow and withstand the explosion when it was covered in your hand without feeling pain. I thought you were going to toss it away but you didn't." Hawkeye explained.
"So what was that Black Widow contacted you about before you lost her?" Ethan asked.
Hawkeye remembered what Black Widow said before the connection was lost. It was stuck in head that he remembers it clearly.
'Hawkeye, I don't know how long I can last, these three aren't human! See that if you can call for back-u-!' Black Widow's voice rang in Clinton's head as he remembered that he lost the connection to Natasha.
"Yeah, I remember Natasha saying something about these three not being human. So that means that mission she took was more than she bargain for." Hawkeye frowned.
"So, where are those three non-humans?" Ethan asked.
Clint shook his head. "That I don't know, but based on Natasha's tone before I lost her she just got acquainted with them but not in a good way."
"What about where she is at before losing the connection occurred?"
"Actually now that you mention it..." Hawkeye paused.
"Hmm?"
"She said she was in a warehouse at Shinto Teito in Tokyo, that's what I heard her say before mentioning her assailants were not human." Hawkeye realized.
"Shinto Teito, huh? No worries, we'll find her." assured Ethan.
"Yes, I'm sure we will." Hawkeye nodded in agreement.
"So, what ya say if we go now?" Ethan asked.
"Eager one aren't ya?" Hawkeye smirked.
"Yeah." Ethan smirked too.
"I think you and I are going to get along just fine." Hawkeye said.
"Heh, I knew you'd say that!" Ethan winked his eye and thumbed up. "Let's take the S.H.I.E.L.D jet to get to Shinto Teito faster."
"Alright." Hawkeye nodded.
{000}
Later...
Ethan, Genie and Hawkeye were in the S.H.I.E.L.D jet on route to Shinto Teito. Genie once again piloting the jet as Ethan and Hawkeye were on the passenger seat.
"Hang on tight, because we are going!" Genie called.
The S.H.I.E.L.D jet flies off in the air making it way to its destination.
Several mins later...
While on their way to Shinto Teito, Ethan chatted with Hawkeye.
"So Hawkeye, what are the things that Nick and Captain America said about me?" Ethan wondered.
"Your strength, courage and determination when you have to help someone." Hawkeye replied.
"Even a smart mouth to piss people off especially the bad ones." He added with a grin.
"That's so me alright." He chuckled and grinned shamefully.
"Nick told me a lot of stuff that happened before joining S.H.I.E.L.D." Hawkeye mentioned.
"Oh, really?" Ethan widen in shock.
"Yep, especially one about SNAKE terrorist leader who is dead set on ya." Hawkeye said.
"Whoa." Ethan was surprised about that. "Yes, it is true about Alphard having her crazy obsession for me. I have a feeling that I will see her again. I don't know when though it just depends on her choice to come after me again."
"I see." Hawkeye nodded in acceptance.
"Yeah." Ethan nods.
"You got one hell of persistent type of a woman right there." Hawkeye remarked.
"Don't remind me." Ethan groaned.
Hawkeye grinned.
"Never mind." he said.
Ethan sighed in relief.
{000}
Several mins later...
They arrived at Shinto Teito.
"Here we are!" Genie called. "Please stay in seated until we have landed."
Ethan laughed at this as Hawkeye shook his head in amusement.
Soon, the jet landed and the hatch opened. Ethan, Genie and Hawkeye stepped out.
"You sure this is the place?" Ethan asked.
"Looks scary here!" Genie said as he turned his hand into a pair of binoculars.
"Don't worry, this is Shinto Teito." Hawkeye assured. "I have a good idea which warehouse to start with, at the docks."
"In the docks?" Ethan asked.
"When Natasha was talking to me I heard something else in a background, a ship's fog horn." Kaweye responded.
"That makes sense." Ethan remarked in agreement.
"Let's head there, maybe we'll find some clues there." Haweye nodded in agreement.
They nodded back.
"I'll take you right there!" Genie magically summons a taxi as he is dressed as a taxi driver.
"At least we'll get there without arousing suspension." Ethan shrugged.
They entered.
The taxi drove off on route to the warehouse in the docks.
"Here we are!" Genie smiled.
Hawkeye and Ethan got out of the taxi as the vehicle itself disappeared while Genie is back in his original attire, looking at the warehouse.
"This must be it." Ethan glared.
"How did you know that?" Genie asked.
"It's just a feeling." Ethan replied.
The trio went to the entrance of the warehouse, they saw something that confirmed Ethan's gutsy feeling. A metal door was on the floor inside with fist imprinted on the door, whoever did this had to be strong.
"Someone entered here first." Hawkeye narrowed.
"Yeah, we are indeed in a right place." Ethan said. He looked around to see anything out of the ordinary and boy did he saw something alright. He sees five marks next to each other on the wall. Ethan puts his hand that wall inspecting it. "Hmm..."
The next thing he noticed was the gun on the floor, however it looked like it was sliced like Swiss cheese.
"This is the work of a sword... hey Hawkeye, is this Black Widow's?" he asked, pointing at the sliced up gun.
"Yep, this is hers alright." Haweye grabbed it and confirmed.
"You sure?" Ethan asked.
"Of course." Hawkeye nodded.
"Hmm... I wonder... "
They looked around.
"My guess she's here." Ethan said.
"If she is, then she must be in trouble." Hawkeye said.
Ethan looked around for a while, until his sensitive ears caught something.
"Huh?"
"SHOCKWAVE!" A female voice thundered.
"What?!" Ethan looked up. There he saw a person coming down. "What the...?"
The person coming down fast is a girl with long pink hair in a side ponytail and pink eyes wearing a black kimono shirt with one sleeve missing.
"Who are you?" Ethan looked at her. He gets no response from her as he, Genie and Hawkeye dodge the unknown girl who punches the ground, the same spot that Ethan and Hawkeye previously occupied causing that ground to shatter and explode.
"Whoa!" Ethan yelped.
Ethan and Hawkeye land on the ground as Genie levitated down next to them away from the crash site.
"Say I didn't know Sakura had a sister." Genie remarked.
"Because she doesn't have one." Ethan replied, keeping his eye at the spot where the assailant is at.
"Hey Benitsubasa, I think you missed." Another female voice was heard, pointing out.
"No, really, you think!?" the second female or the assailant that almost had Ethan and his group snapped in sarcasm.
"I do." Landing next to the crash site is a another female who is slender has bandage-wrapped covered by a tattered dark kimono, disheveled grey hair, a studded choker and wearing a pair of gauntlets that are armed with scythe-like, barbed-tipped claws, and metal bracers that shield her arms up to the elbow.
"Who the hell are you two?" Hawkeye questioned while raising his bow at them.
The dust begins to clear as the pink haired girl stepped out.
"Boy... Is this the way to greet ladies like us?" she frowned. "In fact..."
Ethan raised his eyebrow.
The pink hair girl, Benitsubasa stared at the trio unimpressed.
"And what brings you here if I can ask?" she demanded.
"What have you done with Black Widow!?" Hawkeye glared with his arrow drawn, ready to shoot.
"You better reply! You wouldn't like to have arrows in your forehead." Genie whispered.
She chuckled evilly.
"And why would I bother telling you?" Benitsubasa realized something. "Ah, I see. You are the heroes called the Avengers, aren't you? And that woman, Black Widow is one of them. Ha! What a joke! Earth's Mightiest Heroes, more like Earth's Mightiest Zeroes!"
"I really don't like your tone!" Hawkeye glared before firing his arrow at her. The arrow is launched to hit its mark but just like Ethan, Benitsubasa catches the arrow on the shaft before it can hit her.
Benitsubasa smirked.
"Was that the best you can do?" she mockingly waved it at the archer.
Hawkeye however smirked.
"Not quite." he said cryptically.
Benitsubasa blinked in confusion.
"Huh?" She then noticed the blink on the arrow tip, and blinking red more. "Oh, son of..."
Ethan and Genie laughed as the arrow exploded in her face.
"Heh! Guess she's all brawns and no brains!" Ethan snickered.
The grey haired female laughed at what Ethan said. She looked at the spot that Benitsubasa exploded.
"You hear that, your brains are as small as your boobs." She said laughing.
The smoke clears as Benitsubasa growled at this with an angry mark. She glared at the grey disheveled haired female who is still laughing.
"Shut up Haihane!" She roared, but the second female; Haihane, was still laughing and didn't listen to her.
Benitsubasa turned her glare on Ethan's group.
"You... will pay for that... BASTARDS!" She growled.
"Well technically, that's your fault." Ethan pointed out.
"Say what?!" She retorted.
"He's got a point there." Haihane agreed.
Benitsubasa growled.
"Hey! Whose side are you on Haihane!?" She glared at her comrade.
"Yours, but you always mess up." Haihane replies.
"You're not helping!" Benitsubasa barked.
Ethan and Genie shrugged at this.
"They sure don't get along, do they?" Genie looked at Ethan.
"Maybe." Ethan mumbled. "Or she's doing it just to get her to grind her gears."
Genie shrugged again.
Benitsubasa turned her attention on Ethan and Genie, no doubt heard them talking behind her back.
"What are talking about me?" She glared while speaking.
"About what?" Ethan looked away innocently.
"About me!" Benitsubasa exclaimed with a tick mark. "Spit it out!"
Ethan did as she said, he spat out a chewed gum that he had in mouth.
"What was that?" enitsubasa's eye brow started twitching.
"You said spit it out, so I did." Ethan looked at her, deadpanning.
She growled.
"I'm starting to like this guy already." Haihane looked amused.
"Shut up!" Benitsubasa snapped.
"Haihane take care of those two," she pointed at Hawkeye and Genie. Then she looks at Ethan with furious in her eyes. "This one is mine!"
"Uh oh." Ethan gulped.
Benitsubasa charged at Ethan to punch him.
"Yipes!" he dodged. Ethan grabbed his opponent's arm. "See you on the flip side."
"Huh-?!" she gasped.
Ethan tossed her over him, sending her flying outside of the warehouse. "Have a nice trip!"
"I don't think so!" Benitsubasa recovered.
Ethan notices for she's charged back in and tackled him hard.
"Ugh!" He groaned.
"Watch this!" she charged up. She unleashes a deadly combo of her fists five times and her kicks five times as well.
"AARGHH!" Ethan yelled in pain at this.
Benitsubasa smirked.
"Now the finishing blow!" She gives an uppercut on the chin of Ethan's.
"How you like that?" she asked.
"Here's the final touch!" She charged her energy up.
"Pulverizer!" She shot it at Ethan, and he was launched away.
Ethan crashed against wall as the ceiling starts cracking.
"Ugh..." Once again, he groaned.
"Still alive, I'll fix that!" she charged up and punched Ethan's armor where the abdomen is, hard. He spit some blood out as he groaned.
"Hey!" Hawkeye shouted before firing an arrow at her. But it didn't get far as it was sliced to pieces by Haihane's scythe-like claws. Hawkeye gasped at this.
"You're fighting me archer, same goes for that..." Haihane paused, noticed that Genie is missing. "Wait, where's the blue man...?"
"He's Genie. He's a genie that can knock you out." Hawkeye replied.
"Hmm?" Haihane looked skeptical. "Aren't they supposed to be a myth...?"
"Well, they exist." Hawkeye replied.
"Haihane, worry about the blue guy later! Just deal with him!" Benitsubasa snapped with an angry mark.
"Oh, well. Why not doing both things at the same time?" Haihane sighed.
Ethan began to feel his healing factor kicking in as he noticed that Benitsubasa is not focused on him.
'Now's my chance!" He powered up and dashed towards her. Benitsubasa turned to see Ethan but was too late to react in defend herself. Ethan punched her hard in the face and away from him and was sent flying, crashing through the wall and out of the warehouse. But then she flew up recovered and dashed only to clash her gists with Ethan's causing impacts.
'What the hell is going on here!? How is that mere human keeping up with me?!' Benitsubasa wondered in frustration in her head. 'We Sekirei are superior race, there's no way a human scum like him that can keep up with me!'
She and Ethan clashed many fists and punches fast.
Ethan frowned for a different reason.
'' Ethan vanishes out of existence much to Benitsubasa's shock.
"What the-!" Ethan reappears behind her and put her in a Full Nelson.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing?!" Benitsubasa exclaimed in bewilderment as she tries desperately to get out of the hold.
"Let's take this fight elsewhere!" Ethan turns to Hawkeye who is busy dodging the swipe of the metal claws of Haihane. "Hawkeye, I'll take the fight with this one somewhere." Ethan's blue aura appears as both he and Benitsubasa blast off crashing through the ceiling and flying off to Ethan's chosen location.
"Be careful!" Hawkeye called.
Haihane looked shocked at what she saw, but she soon shook head to regain her composure. "I won't let this happen!" she said. She tried to go help her comrade and partner but only to dodge an arrow shot from Hawkeye.
"Damn..." Hawkeye groaned.
Haihane was going to try again on following Ethan and Benitsubasa but suddenly her metal claw hands were raised in the air.
"What the...?" Then she was lifted up until her hands got stuck to a giant magnet?
"What?!" Then Genie appears. "You!"
"Hiya, don't mind if you hang around for a while." Genie waved.
Hawkeye looking glad that Genie came and stopped her from joining with her partner. But now he is curious on one thing.
"Hey Genie, did you find Black Widow?" Hawkeye asked.
Genie turned to the archer. "Yes and she was in bad shape so I took her back to the jet just as soon as I found her."
"Thank you." He replied.
"You're welcome." Genie saluted.
"I'll head back to the jet to check on Widow, I'll leave metal claws to you." nHawkeye smiled and nodded.
"You got it!" Genie winked his eye.
Hawkeye ran out of the warehouse heading towards the jet, leaving Genie with Haihane.
{000}
Meanwhile...
Running on the rooftops wass another woman with long, light gray hair tied up in a pony-tail. She was dressed in a tight black top leather miniskirt and black stockings, black gloves and high heel shoes. On her waist is a red belt cling on her along with a sword in a sheath.
"I hope I'm not too late!" she glared. She noticed something in the air, it looked like a blue comet streaking towards her then went past her. She could've swore she heard screaming inside the blue comet and it was familiar. "Wait, that was...?"
"Let me go you bastard or I'm gonna-" Benitsubasa's voice was heard inside the comet.
"Benitsubasa...?" The light grey haired woman muttered as she sees it heading towards the bridge. "Who's holding her?" Feeling conflicted at what to choose, head to the warehouse or follow the blue streak. Until she came to her decision. Following the blue streak it is. "I gotta check it out!"
{000}
Just then...
"Asshole, you better let me go right now or I'll-" Benitsubasa's didn't get chance to finish her sentence as she was indeed let go but not the way she wanted.
"As you wish!" smirked Ethan.
Benitsubasa screamed as she descends to the bridge at full speed.
"You sneaky son of a bitch!" This was her last word as she crashed onto the bridge.
"Ouch... That gotta hurt!" Ethan said before laughing. He descends on to the bridge landing on it far from the crash site.
Benitsubasa gets up, looking pretty pissed off.
"Nice landing, huh?" he teased.
The pink haired girl growled.
"You'll rue the day that you and your friends messed with the Discipline Squad... for striking and making a mockery of one of its members. You all receive the ultimate punishment of death!" Benitsubasa becomes coated in red aura.
'This will intimidate him and make him- wait...' she frowned on seeing that Ethan is showing no signs of fear at all and this greatly upsets her. '...he's not even afraid, I don't like it...'
"Cheer up, will ya?" he called.
An anime tick mark appears the side of Benitsubasa's head.
"Why you...?!" She raised her fist in the air and then swing it, slamming it into the ground. "Extreme Quake!"
"Uh oh!" Ethan noticed. The entire floor began to shake violently. Ethan not waiting for anything to happen flew in the air.
"Hey, not fair!" Benitsubasa snapped at this. She didn't see that coming, because she knows that humans can't fly but this one can. "But he's a human! Or is he?!"
Ethan vanished out of existence.
"Uh?! Wha-?!" she looked around.
He appears in front of her.
"Peek-a-boo!" He then suddenly flicked her in the forehead.
"Hey!" Benitsubasa gained a comical look expression as she rubbed her forehead lessen the pain. "Did you just flick me in the forehead?!"
"Yeah!" replied Ethan. "I was expecting to send you back rolling on the ground but I guess I held back a little on that."
"WHAT?!" Her tick mark got bigger. "YOOOOUUUU..."
"And the breakdown comes in three... two... one..." Ethan began the countdown.
"WHYYYYY YOOUUUU?!" she roared. "YOU ARE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT GUARANTEED ASKING FOR A DEATH WISH, AND I WILL GRANT YOU THAT TRIP TO HELL!"
"Really?"
Benitsubasa gave him an evil look.
"REALLY!" She makes her first attack. "Be GONE!"
She charged at Ethan, reared her fist back getting ready to swing it at him.
"Wow!" Ethan yelped. "You better make it count otherwise you'll-" Benitsubasa swings her fist, colliding with Ethan's cheek cutting him off on finishing his sentence. "Ow!"
Hearing that response made the pink haired Sekirei smirk.
"How you like that, huh?" she asked.
He glared annoyed and spit as he dashes and punched her gut hard.
"Right back at you!" He retorted.
"Agh!" Her blood was spit out of her mouth. She soon was launched to the ground. She groaned and struggled to get up. She then finally gets up and glares at her opponent. "You're pretty good... but this... is... over!"
"Oh, really? How?" Ethan frowned.
Benitsubasa is soon flaring her red aura. "YOU'LL SEE NOW!" she roared.
Ethan can feel Benitsubasa's energy sky rocketing.
'Hmm... this could mean trouble.' he said on his mind. He then noticed his female opponent making her move.
"Oh no!" he gasped.
Benitsubasa charged, grabbing the shoulders of Ethan and tossed him.
"Sheiya!" She exclaimed.
Ethan was sent flying colliding with the bars.
"Agh!" he groaned.
'A normal human would die instantly when they make a collision impact with the hard steel like the bars.' Benitsubasa thought to herself. 'But he didn't, so that means he could be one of those human enhancements. That has got to be the only explanation. Besides there's nothing that is superior than us Sekirei, not even a super human!'
"Since you survive so far, let me tell you something before you die." Benitsubasa said. "I'm Sekirei #105; Benitsubasa the Red Sekirei of the Discipline Squad and your executioner." She introduced herself.
"You took too long to introduce yourself, you know?" remarked Ethan, "May I ask you where are your manners?"
Benitsubasa gained a tick mark for while, she quickly regained her composure.
"Very funny..." She hissed.
"It's within my contract to be funny." Ethan joked, chuckled.
Benitsubasa blinked, giving him the "what the hell" look from his response.
"So I will return the favor of introducing myself." Ethan said. "My name is Ethan Tidwell."
"Uh? What an unusual name..." she frowned.
'I'll never forget on how many times I heard that.' Ethan thought to himself, remembering every person he meets say the same thing. 'But right now, I must focus on this fight.'
Ethan gets up as he starts powering up.
"Watch this!" he called.
'What is he up to?' Benitsubasa raised her eyebrow.
"I'll show you that I'm not just human! I'm half human and half saiyan... And I'm an Ultimate Lifeform!" He exclaimed.
"Huh?! What?!" Benitsubasa gasped.
Ethan vanished out of thin air.
"Not that trick again!" The Red Sekirei exclaimed.
But instead of appearing behind her, he appears in front of her instead.
"I now changed it a little bit!" he joked.
'Why do I get the feeling that doesn't sound comforting...' Benitsubasa frowned at the thought.
"Here I come!" He dashed and began to do a powerful combo on her. The first one was the elbow against the cheek. Next one was on the head, and then, an uppercut. Then he knee her in the gut, hard. And clashed her to the ground.
She coughed blood from her mouth after the impact.
"D-D-Damn... Damn it...!" She cursed. "You'll pay for this!"
Benitsubasa weakly gets up.
"I swear it!" She would have charged to attack if a familiar voice to her hadn't stopped her.
"Benitsubasa, that's enough!" A female voice yelled.
"Huh?" Benitsubasa turned to the point where the voice was heard. Then she saw who that person is that called her out. "Karasuba...?"
Ethan stared too.
'The third and final assailant.' He frowned.
He can also can feel the enormous amount of energy and bloodlust coming from her.
"Huh...?" Despite the feeling from this "Karasuba" person, he can feel the excitement building up on facing a strong opponent. 'Guess that's what being part Saiyan is all about.'
"I am really going to enjoy this." He smirked and got ready to fight.
The ashen-grey haired woman; Karasuba, glanced Ethan briefly. There's something in his eyes that caught her attention. It was the look of a warrior and that made her feel the excitement boiling within her.
'Is he really this eager to fight?' She turns her attention to her subordinate; Benitsubasa. "You had a hard time with him, have you?".
The said red Sekirei groaned in pain.
"Don't remind me...!" Karasuba glared at her hard, which made Benitsubasa shudder from the glare. Fortunately for Karasuba, the Red Sekirei lowered her head down.
"I'll take it as a yes." Kasrasuba snarked.
Benitsubasa nodded.
"Haihane and I went to check if the woman we attacked is still alive at the warehouse, but when we arrived they were there and we figured that they were her backup."
"Hey, we came to rescue her. Nothing else." said Ethan.
"I find that unlikely to believe... Your people sent your female spy to find out what MBI is hiding. "Karasuba turned to Ethan, with a narrowed expression.
"I never knew nor had any knowledge about that one..." Ethan looked confused about what Karasuba said. "Is there something you are protecting like the knowledge of your existences or something else like that?"
Karasuba didn't reply at that.
'Something tells me, that I maybe right on that.' Ethan thought to himself. "Listen whatever it is, I don't care about that. The only thing I care about is Genie and I helping Hawkeye get Black Widow out of here, that is all it matters."
They both stared at him.
"I have heard enough..." Karasuba then began to draw her sword out from the sheath.
Ethan knew she was about to fight and glared. He forms two balls of Ki as they began to take a shape of katanas. Then he eld the Ki-made weapons in his hands, getting into his stance.
This made the girls gasp in surprise.
"Surprised, huh?" smirked Ethan.
"You girls are in for it now." Genie smirked as he appeared beside Ethan.
"Genie!" Ethan exclaimed.
"Came for ya, boy!" Genie winked an eye.
"You found Black Widow?" Ethan wondered.
"Yes! She's now in the jet!" Genie replied. "Hawkeye is there checking on her."
"Wait..." Ethan paused in confusion. "if he is there, what about the one with the claw gauntlets called Haihane?"
"I took care of her!" Genie smirked grabbing a knocked out Haihane.
Karasuba narrowed her expression, glaring.
"You dare to offend one of us?" she said.
"Not really," Genie smiled, not affected by Karasuba's glare. "At least look at the bright side."
"What bright side?" The swordswoman asked.
"She's still alive, just knocked out and snoring." the cosmic being pointed out.
On cue, Haihane let out a snore.
"Say what?!" Karasuba yelped in shock.
"All she needed is a nice lullaby." Genie said.
"Why you..?!" she growled.
"You could use some lullaby too, but given to your grumpy state you are in won't do, soooo." Genie turns into a muskateer and two more like him appear beside him. "All for one and one for all!"
"What the hell is this?" Karasuba raised her eyebrow at this.
"En garde!" The first one stepped forward armed with a sword.
"En garde!" The second one came in next also armed with a sword.
"Crossing garde!" The final came in last armed with...a no crossing sign?
"Uh..." Ethan stared at this.
Karasuba stared skeptically at the third one.
"You're going to cross blades with that?" she pointed at the no crossing sign.
Ethan shrugged at this.
The three musketeer genies unleash their assault at the swordswoman.
"What the...?!" she gasped. But she snapped out of it and defended herself.
"Useless!" she smirked. She fights back as her sword clashed with her opponents' swords and oddly enough a no crossing sign. "How's this?"
The three Genie musketeers jawdropped. The Genie who is wielding the no crossing sign snaps out of it turns into a samurai as the other two doppelgangers did the same.
"Feel the wrath of the dragons!" they exclaimed. The samurai Genies charged as Karasuba did the same.
"Now that's a sword duel!" Ethan stared.
The three Genie Samurais and Karasuba did an amazing sword clash.
Now Karasuba decided that enough was enough.
"This is not going to anywhere." she glared. She sprint at the Genie samurais then in a flash she was behind them as she puts her sword back into the sheath.
"Huh?" Ethan stared suspicious.
The Genie samurais looked at each other in confusion.
"Did she miss?" The first one wondered. As if something comes to answer their question. The three Genies were comically sliced into pieces.
"That answers the twenty million dollar question." They said in usion.
Ethan jawdropped at this.
He regains his composure when he felt someone's sight at him and it turns out be Karasuba who now has her sights on him.
"Now you." she declared.
"Over my dead body!" Ethan snapped in his fighting pose.
"That can be arranged." Karasuba gained a savage grin.
"Huh?" Ethan gets a chill in his spine. "I have a bad feeling about this..."
Karasuba slowly draws her sword out.
"This will only hurt you a bit." She said.
Ethan said nothing as he prepares for the worst.
'Oh man...' he groaned on his mind, 'Hope I can survive this.'
Then Karasuba did the unexpected.
"I am Sekirei #04; Karasuba the Black Sekirei and the leader of the Discipline Squad." She introduced herself.
"Not familiar with that." replied Ethan. "But that name "Sekirei" means Wagtail."
Karasuba grinned at Ethan's guess.
"How do you know that?" she asked.
"Good thing, I read and understand Japanese." Ethan replied. "I learn from the masters."
"Oh yeah? We'll see about that." Karasuba stared at Ethan and smirked.
'I don't like that look in her eye.' Ethan thought nervously. 'Wonder what is she planning?'
Karasuba then makes her first move.
"Get ready!" Karasuba sprint in a blur to launch a thrust from her sword.
"Huh?" Ethan stared. But Ethan dodged it. "Whoa!" He ducked.
She thrust her sword rapidly at Ethan.
'Wait! I got it!' Ethan thought. Ethan crossed his Ki-made katanas to stop Karasuba's strike.
"What?!" Karasuba said in shock.
"Impressed, huh?" he smirked. "Now it's my turn."
"Give me everything you got, but don't go easy just because I'm a woman." She warned.
"I won't, if I did my sensei would scold me." Ethan's smirk didn't fade.
"That's good to hear." Karasuba smirked on hearing that.
He then clashes blades with the Black Sekirei.
"Bring it on!" he called. As they were clashing blades with each other.
The genies that were sliced into pieces have gotten themselves back together watched the sword clash of Ethan and Karasuba.
"Well she's certainly playing it to the hilt." The first Genie spoke.
"You think he'll get the point?" the second Genie asked.
"That depends on how you slice it." The third Genie remarked.
"Perhaps if he takes a stab back." The first Genie said. The Genies recoiled at Ethan almost loosing his head if he hadn't dodged it.
"Whoa! That was a close shave-" The second Genie was cut off rudely by Karasuba who had overheard them talking.
"Knock it off with the bad puns!" Karasuba yelled, annoyed.
But Ethan took his chance, and... Karasuba blocked his slash strike.
"What the?!" He yelped.
And then, she slashed him several times and tackled him.
"Is that all you got?" Then answering her question was Ethan's slashed wounds stared healing rapidly. "That's new. You're full of surprises, aren't you?"
"What can I say?" Ethan smirked, "I'm a tough guy!"
"Then let's see what you've got tough guy!" She charged at him, giving a bloodthirsty grin and they kept the sword fight.
Both Ethan and Karasuba were evenly matched in terms of swordmanship skills. It was indeed a great fight.
Karasuba's bloodthirsty grin hasn't left her instead it was intensified. She is impressed with this boy's skills in swordsmanship but she wants to see more of him.
"You're SO good!" she hissed.
"Thanks!" smirked Ethan in reply. "You're very good as well."
They both kept fighting.
Genie who is now by himself as his duplicates disappeared, gets up as he receives a call in his comm.
"Genie speaking." He said.
"This is Hawkeye, where you and Ethan at?" the archer asked through the comm.
"We are at the bridge, Ethan is now fighting another woman named Karasuba." Genie replied. "Why you ask?"
"Listen, you two need to get out of there and get back to the jet now." Hawkeye said urgently. "You two are gonna have company coming and they are from MBI, they are coming to detain you two."
"Ya got it!" Genie replied. Genie flew towards Ethan. "Yo Ethan, we gotta to book at out of here!"
Ethan turned to the cosmic being after hearing what Genie said, but that was rookie mistake he made that could cost him dearly.
Karasuba who saw the opening of him being distracted took upon it.
"Die!" she snapped. She thrust her sword forward, aiming directly at Ethan's left arm. "This will hurt you... Much!"
But Ethan grabbed her sword holding her still.
"What?!" She exclaimed.
Ethan looked at Karasuba.
"Looks like we will have to make this a draw for now. But it was fun fighting you." He vanishes then reappears next to Genie. "Let's hit the road."
Both he and Genie flew away.
Karasuba stared at them going and sighed.
"As you wish. Looks like you may not be ready to fight me yet. But next time we meet, I will not make it easy for you." She gained a savage smirk. "I'll look forward to that."
{000}
Later...
Ethan, Hawkeye and Genie went to check if their friend is fine.
"Is she gonna make it?" Genie asked.
"Yes. She's just unconscious, which is a relief." Hawkeye replied.
"Good thing we got there on time." Ethan said.
"Yeah!" Genie smiled.
The woman was in a black suit with black padding at the shoulders, knees, and elbows. Also wearing a thigh-holster on her left leg is Black Widow aka Natasha Romanova who began to open her eyes slowly as they noticed.
"Ugh..." Then her vision sight becomes clear as she recognized one of the boys. "Clint, is that you?"
"Yes, Natasha." Hawkeye replied, "You okay?"
Natasha rubbed the side of her head.
"Yeah... Just a bit dizzy, that's all." she replied.
"Glad your alright then." Ethan smirked for she notices him.
"Who's this?" She asked Hawkeye.
"He's Ethan, member of the S.H.I.E.L.D." replied Hawkeye.
"Ah yes, Fury told me about you even Steve did as well." Natasha said, looking at Ethan.
"Really?" a surprised Ethan asked. "You too?"
"Yep, Steve told all of us; Thor, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark, Clint and I." Black Widow answered.
"Makes sense." Genie nodded in understanding.
"Yup." She replied.
"And you know why we're here eh Black Widow?" Ethan asked.
"Why?" she asked.
"Those three were after you, you must have found out what they are and they tried to kill you to prevent the knowledge from leaking out." Ethan said.
"What can you tell us from them?" Genie asked.
Black Widow sighed. "Those three and others like them are aliens called Sekirei."
"I remember hearing that from Benitsubasa and Karasuba, they introduced themselves as well as their number too." Ethan said.
Genie raised his hand. "The other one named Haihane did the same thing as well."
Ethan nodded and asked, "What were they doing here?"
"They were looking for their Ashikabi." Black Widow replies.
"Who are the Ashikabi?" Genie wondered.
Black Widow looked at him.
"What I can say is that is can be anyone around the world, even us too." She said.
"This knowledge is dangerous." Hawkeye frowned. "If any of the organizations like HYDRA or governments with hidden agendas learn about the existence of the Sekirei. It can be very bad for us, the Sekirei themselves or anyone else."
Ethan raised his eyebrow.
"So are you saying what I believe you are saying?" he asked.
Hawkeye looked at Ethan and nods.
"Man..." Ethan whispered.
"What is it Eth?" Genie asked. He looked at Hawkeye and Black Widow. "What are we going to do?"
Ethan sighed and thought, even all what they said is true, but he glared and turn to them.
"We must keep this as a secret. For everyone else's good." he said.
"Why?" Genie asked.
"Because sooner or later, those Sekirei are going to be released by the MBI on a mission to find their Ashikabi. Ashikabi which that is anyone like one of us, has the ability to wing a Sekirei through mucosal contact, meaning a mouth-to-mouth kiss." She said as Ethan looked at her, flabbergasted.
"W-w-what!?" Ethan exclaimed in bewilderment. He blushed heavily in embarrassed at that thought. "A kiss you say?!".
Black Widow noted his expression, gained a mischievous grin. "Don't tell me you were in love with one of them." she said. Her response was Ethan widen his eyes comically at the "accusation" with his face turning red in embarrassment.
"N-no! I hardly know them!" Ethan said, trying to clear a possibility of misunderstanding.
"I see." Black Widow nods. One thing she has learned that Ethan is so very easy to tease. Her expression turns serious. "Sekirei can feel on who they are reacting to which they will figure out who their Ashikabi is, however the bad part is that if they forced to emerge from the wrong Ashikabi they are not reacting to can be bad for them."
Ethan now forgetting his embarrassing moment, narrowed his expression at that information. "Can you be more specific?".
Black Widow groaned and rolled her eyes at him.
"Sorry." he grinned shamelessly.
"We'll discuss this on the Helicarrier." she said.
"Okay." Ethan nodded in understanding.
They went to the Helicarrier as soon as they could and went towards the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters. Inside they stood facing Nick Fury who walked to them.
"So, what happened there?" Nick Fury asked.
Hawkeye stepped up.
"Black Widow was investing when suddenly she was attacked by three strange women." he reported
"Did any of you three identify who these three women that attacked Black Widow are?" Nick asked, looking at Ethan, Genie and Hawkeye.
"Sekirei." Ethan replies.
"I should have known." Nick glared, "They came back to strike. One of our agents was attacked by them as well."
Ethan was shocked about what he heard. Were those women dangerous?
"Why's that? How's that possible? Why are they dangerous?" he asked.
"It would be best you don't know Ethan." Nick said.
"Why not?" Ethan asked.
"I think it's better like this, Ethan. It's for your own good to not know it." Black Widow said.
Ethan sighed in defeat.
"Alright, I'll take your word for it." He conceded as she nodded.
"So what next, Fury?" Hawkeye asked.
"Since you all came back safely, then everything is all good." Nick answered in acceptance.
"So, can I go now?" Ethan asked.
Nick nodded. "Yes, you and Genie may leave. I am going to have a talk with these two." He said, mentioning Hawkeye and Black Widow.
Ethan and Genie turned and walked away.
"So what is it you want?" Hawkeye asked.
To Ethan and Genie, they walked in their room.
"Man it's good to be back." He groaned. He layed on his bed. But Genie blow a horn making him yell and dropped off the bed. "Yipes!"
Genie laughed. "We maybe got back, but we're soon get work to be done!" He fly up.
"I know that!" Ethan glared.
Genie chuckles and lay down in the air to sleep.
Ethan shrugged and layed again on his bed. Then he falls asleep.
OMAKE:
Ethan was at home, resting in the couch until a knock at door was heard. "Hmm... I wonder whose knocking?" He got up.
Ethan went to the door and opened to find out who is knocking at the door, when he did he saw someone he didn't expect to see at his doorstep. Benitsubasa was there, at his doorstep with her arms crossed.
"Benitsubasa?"
"I come in peace." the Red Sekirei said.
"Oh, okay." Ethan relaxed a little, glad that she didn't come here to fight. So what does she want? "So what's up?"
"I came to apologize about what happened between us." she replied.
Ethan blinked for a moment until he nodded in understanding. "Ah, okay. That's good to know."
"Yeah." Benitsubasa nodded in agreement. 'So far, so good.' She thought mentally to herself. "And to assure that there's no hard feelings between us, I brought you this." She pointed at something outside on the front yard in the grass field.
"A xylophone?" Ethan went towards it. And he looked at it and realized what it is.
She nodded.
"I never played a xylophone before, but I can give it a try." he picked it up and begun to play.
Benitsubasa grinned evilly mentally. 'This is just too perfect, soon you'll feel the humiliation that I had to deal with. The explosion won't kill you but I can humiliate you.'
"Hmm?" Ethan scratches his head in confusion, he looked at Benitsubasa for advise. "How do I play this?"
"Just follow the music notes, and do what you are suppose to do." The Red Sekirei answers in a calm manner, in her mind however. 'Oh come on for Pete's sake! It's so simple that a toddler would know how to play a xylophone!'
"Okay." He looks at the book, seeing the name title of it. "'Those endearing young charms?'" He read, "Sounds familiar, but maybe it will ring a bell soon."
'Yeah, after you're humiliated, that is.' Benitsubasa thought to herself with a grin.
Ethan opened the first page of the book. He put the book on the stand as he picked up the sticks to play the xylophone.
Benitsubasa silently distances herself away as she covers her ear. However, she didn't hear the explosion. "Where's the boom?" She muttered as she looked to see Ethan playing the xylophone again no doubt trying to get the music note right.
The explosion didn't happen yet.
The reason why is that he may have got the first and following parts right but the last one he can't.
"Try again!" she called.
Ethan does so but like before he goofs up the last part.
Benitsubasa is starting to lose what patience she has left. 'You want want something done, you got to do it yourself!' The pink haired Sekirei comes to Ethan, pushing him away as she takes the sticks as well. "Let me show you how it's done, like this!" She begins to play until... BOOM! She was covered with powder and smirked dazed. Benitsubasa then comically collapse to the ground backward.
Ethan stared unable to believe what happened there. "Did Benitsubasa save me from something that I will survive so easily?" He turned to the camera. "Or was it a trap?" he asked.
The End.