Hiya! Well, notes will be at the bottom, as usual. So, enjoy reading first before, I give the news... =.=
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"Gah, I hate running errands…" Sasuke sighed as he walked around the business district of Shinto Teito with a big luggage carrier with him containing heavy equipment for installing some modification in Matsu's workplace so she can monitor the situation in the city more closely.
"That Pine- chan… as if having one supercomputer wasn't enough! I mean, come on! Who wouldn't want to sit on my lap while typing away on the keyboard?!" He then hugged himself and started doing some strange gestures.
"Ohhh… Pine- chan, why you put that pesky computer first before me?" He glared at the very detailed shopping list that Matsu gave him. "You! Trying to possess my precious Pine- chan! If you weren't important, I would just burn you and not care about what you are demanding me, list- chan." With a final 'hmp!' He shoved the list into his pocket at resumed was about to resume walking when he detected a presence coming from the rooftop of one of a building. He looked at it for a moment before shrugging and continued walking.
(?)
'Did he see me?' The figure said hiding at the side of the roof top entrance. She was a Sekirei whose duty is to patrol the city and report any findings to Minaka. Strangely enough, Sasuke's genjutsu appearance caught that sekirei's attention while she was passing by the rooftops of the district. She got curious and decided to follow him for the past hour, until he suddenly stopped and tried to look at her location. Sighing, she was about to peek again, when suddenly she sensed someone on top of the entrance. Looking up, she saw Sasuke smiling at her.
"Hey there, young lady, I didn't know I have a secret admirer watching my every move, should I be flattered?" Sasuke smirked as he wiggled his eyebrows. The sekirei jumped back in surprise.
'Nani?! How did he get up here so fast!?' She thought as she tensed her body. "Who are you?"
Sasuke scratched his head. "A passerby, I guess? Geez, You suck at concealing your presence."
"Tsk, if you won't tell me then…" she reached to grab her weapon, but then she noticed it was gone. Sasuke grinned as he showed her missing item.
"Looking for this?" He ask as he held her sheathed sword like a yakuza. The sekirei glared at him.
"My katana!" She rushed at him and tried to steal it back, when he suddenly appeared a bit far behind her. He unsheathed it to reveal a long, elegant katana. "Ooooh… Nicely forged, elegant in design, almost flawless."
"Give it back!" He dodged another attempt and did a practice swing with his right arm. "Feels light, good for quick strikes."
"Cha!" He dodged another kick as he sheathed the sword. "But can it withstand my own?" He questioned her as he disappeared in a pile of leaves, leaving a note behind.
The sekirei tried to sense him once again but to no avail. "Damn it! Who is he?" She punched the ground in frustration. She then noticed the note and picked it up.
If you want your sword back Stalker- chan, meet at the east park alone 8 at night. Make sure no one is following you, or your weapon goes bye- bye, ne?
With love,
Handsome- sama 3
Crushing the note in her hand she glared at the pile of leave where he stood.
(Time Skip: night) (East Park)
Sasuke was twirling the katana as he looked at the sky. 'Wew, what a beautiful night we are having… Good for letting loose a little.' He smirked when he felt her presence near him. "Finally, Stalker- chan, you know it's bad to keep a man waiting?" He then pause to think. "Or was it the other way around?"
"Give my katana back please." She said as she glared at him. Sasuke simply smiled at her. He threw a replica katana at her.
"If you want your katana back…" He took a wooden bokken and pointed at her. "Then show me you're worthy of wielding it. I'll acknowledge you to be destined for that sword if you managed to make me bleed in 30 minutes."
The sekirei stared at him for a moment, then readied her stance as she smirked at him. "I'll enjoy wiping that smile off your face."
"Hn. I'd like to see you try, Stalker- chan."
"Then Sekirei #055 Saki, accepts your challenge!" She rushed at him slashing horizontally. Sasuke parried it vertically with just one hand. "Impressive strength…" He pushed the sword away, giving a little distance from one another. "… But it lacks conviction!" He said as he went back to his stance.
As the sword clashes continued, Saki began to feel something from battling him. A sense of joy? She shook her head. 'No, it just might be the thrill of battling.' She was cut off from her thoughts when Sasuke stabbed her torso after seeing an opening, making her gag. "Stop daydreaming in battle, for it is a sign of weakness."
"Tsk. Don't be cocky, old man, I'm just getting started." She smirked. Sasuke twitched in irritation. Seriously? Just because he's genjutsu made him have white hair doesn't mean he is one! He then looked at her, curious of what she is about to do.
"I am a Sekirei whose specialty is stealth…" She said as a black shadow engulfed her. "…so this is the end! Kage Hashiru! (Shadow run)" She said as she blended to the shadow. Sasuke stood there in his spot and chuckled.
"Interesting power you have there, stalker- chan." He smirked at he raised his blade to block an incoming strike from behind. "But I can still see you."
Shocked she jumped back. "H- how?" Sasuke winked at her. "It's for me to know and for you to try and find out!" A tick mark appeared at her forehead.
"I don't need it anyway! Mikadzuki Nami (Crescent Wave)!" She swung her sword horizontally, sending a wide shockwave at him. As soon as it him, a feeling of dread got to Saki. 'Wh- why didn't he dodged?!'
As the dust cleared, she anxiously looked for any sign of a body. She was confused when she saw nothing. Suddenly, she got hit at the back of her knee. Numbing her and making her dropped on her butt. Looking behind, she saw Sasuke looking at her.
"Not bad, you got me by surprise there… good amount of power too. However…" His phone rang. "It's been 30 minutes already."
Saki looked down the ground as tears threaten to fall down her eyes. She couldn't believe it, she was defeated by a human, and her sword was the price of her incompetence. The sword was no ordinary sword, it is a sword that is forged with Oricalum, a stone that can amplify a Sekirei's ability and attacks. It was a part of her for as long as she can remember.
Sasuke stared at her before sighing 'I swear I have gotten soft on women…' He then pulled her sword out from his sealing scroll and kneeled before her. He put the sword in hand.
"W- why are you giving this to me? I lost, didn't I? She said as she looked at him tears falling.
Sasuke wiped away her tears "A woman of your stature should never cry. It would ruin your saintly image." He said as he stroked her long red hair. "I love your hair, its suits you. Fierce, determined, feisty, yet soft, and fragile. Just like someone I know." He smiled softly as he held her hand.
Saki blushed at the contact as she never had contact with any human before, let alone held her hands. "R- really? You really mean that?" She said as her puffy eyes stared into Sasuke obsidian. Sasuke patted her head in reply.
"Yes, I meant every word I said." He smiled as he looked at her. Suddenly, his phone rang. Picking it up he saw it is Matsu calling.
"Hey, Pine- chan what's up?" He asked nervously as sweat appeared on his head.
"Where are you?! Me and Akitsu- tan here have been waiting or our dinner for nearly 3 hours now! Now get your ass back here, or I will let Akitsu freeze your body to the bed so we can have some 'very thorough' experiment involving whips and some rubber bands…" Matsu said sweetly.
"U- uh… hai! I'll be there right away Pine- chan!" He said as he hang up. "Yea… Sorry Saki- chan, I have to go… I value my masculinity… hehe." He said as he started walking away. "See ya!"
Before he can leave the area, Saki called out to him. "Sasuke!" Sasuke looked back her.
"C- can you, uh, teach me how to use this sword?" She said as she looked at Sasuke with puppy eyes.
Sasuke expression softened as he gave her a bright smile. "Of course. Meet me here tomorrow, Same time." He then disappeared, leaving a pile of leaves behind.
(MBI HQ: Saki's Room)
Saki has just lied on her bed, directly passing through the doors of her room after giving her daily report to Minaka, leaving certain events that happened. Putting the back of her hand on her forehead, she thought about the events that transpired earlier.
'I have never felt this way before… I've always thought that being in disciplinary group means to I've already discarded my feelings for the sake of peace… but why is it surfacing now? All my life I've always been alone, trusting only myself, hiding in a façade of lies, so why now?' She reached out her hand to the ceiling. "Sasuke…" She whispered, before blushing, thinking of what he said to her. 'Who are you to me?'
(Time skip: 1 week, night) (MBI HQ: Minaka's office)
Minaka is a very calculative man. He would smile and act like a child when talking to someone, but deep inside he would look how you would move, how you react to his banter, and he can tell whether you are hiding something from him. That's what happened between him and Saki. At first, he just dismissed it as her slacking off, after all, we slack off from time to time right? However, her report that is lacking of details at a specific time, and the gradually change in attitude made him grew suspicious of her. She is supposed to be his 'eyes' where his camera cannot be reached. However, due to her personality change, she became more… timid, unlike her usual persona.
Minaka stood by his window overlooking the busy city of Shinto Teito. He had enough of this silly charade, he will get answers tonight. And so with a snap of his fingers, 3 Sekirei appeared before him, bowing like they would do to one of nobility.
"Tonight, I want you to apprehend Sekirei #055 and bring her to me, if she resist, you may use force." He said, his gaze never leaving the view of the city. "I expect you not to fail me."
"Hai, Minaka- sama" The 3 sekirei then disappeared from his sight to hunt for the specified sekirei.
Left to his thoughts, Minaka wondered to the state of the plan. '81 percent of the sekireis have already been winged, given a few more days, I can now proceed to the second phase of the plan… As for the balance in power 4 individuals has the potential to be a threat in the future… and with a dangerous phantom Ashikabi lurking around the city…'
His thoughts trailing off, not wanting to think of the bad scenarios coming through his head. He supposed he could get to bother Takami- kun for a while, relieves his stress from all the problems and paperwork that has been piling up.
(East Park)
Sasuke was glad at how Saki changed in the last few days. Her stubborn personality is still there, but he managed to get to smile a lot more, to feel a lot more feminine. He couldn't leave her alone that day, seeing at how devoid of life her eyes had been. But now, she could feel more, interact more, although it's only to him that she is outgoing, she was quite meek when he treated her to dinner the other day. They share a bond that he is not willing to part, almost like he is reacting to her.
Sasuke thought about it for a second. He couldn't identify the sekireis that are reacting to him by dreams or a strong connection to them like normal Ashikabi do. But he can sense how strong he is reacting to them, by looking at how they subtlety behave around him. In other words, he's doing it old school. Well, it doesn't matter, he had more experience on women in Konoha after all, so it wasn't all that hard.
"Mikadzuki Nami!" A shockwave came at him, missing by a fraction of an inch. A tick mark appeared on Sasuke's forehead as he twitched.
"You caught me by surprise, damn it! I almost died there." Saki smirked at his reaction.
"Stop daydreaming in battle for it is a sign of weakness." She said, imitating Sasuke voice. "That's what you specifically said, so get over it old man."
"Bah! Don't' stuff my own words to my mouth." He said in annoyance. "I'll just -"
"Sekirei #055 Saki, come with us, Minaka is expecting you. Do not resist, or we will use force." Saki frowned as she heard that. She expected that to happen eventually. She did left some holes in her report that she was sure Minaka would pick it up sooner or later.
"Ho~? So you think you can just waltz in and take my cute student away? You have to go through me first!" He said as he stand in front of Saki, ready to fight.
Saki felt happy that Sasuke defended her, but this is her problem after all, she didn't need to involve an innocent civilian, albeit a great sword man. She never relied on anyone, giving off a façade of a strong willed girl but in fact, she is just starving for someone to care for her. "Ne, Sasuke." She whispered. "I'm glad I met you, It was fun learning from you… but this is where we part ways…" she said as she quickly turned her back on him so he couldn't see her in a horrible state.
Sasuke twitched in annoyance as she walked past him. He hate people who just throw away everything just to shoulder a burden by herself. He walked behind her, and patted her head. "So you're just gonna leave me? That's it? Everything we did together meant nothing to you?!"
Saki swatted his hand away. "Of course it meant something! But I can't let you get hurt! Not for me… for this is the burden I must carry." She looked down at the ground, tears dripping.
Sasuke offered his hand to her. "Then share those burden with me! Believe in me, and I will never leave you."
Saki looked at his hand, feeling nervous. "Really? You will never leave me alone? Will you let stay by your side forever?"
Sasuke smile at her. "Now and forever." Saki eyes began to well up as she took his hand. Sasuke pulled her into a kissed, marking her as his Sekirei. His genjutsu dispelled revealing his black silky hair.
The light show died down as their kiss ended. Saki was surprised at Sasuke's sudden change of appearance. If anything, her feeling boosted up looking at him without the jutsu. She was about talk when an attack forced them to part ways from each other's embrace.
"Enough! If Saki- san will not cooperate with us, then I will have to resort force." The leader sai as they got ready to fight.
Sasuke was about to retrieve his sword but was stopped by Saki.
"Let me be the one to fight Ashikabi- sama, I can't let my beloved fight these. You'll explain everything to me later, are we clear?" She said as she got into her stance. Sasuke looked at her and smiled.
"Ok. Go get them, Saki- chan." Saki smirked and looked at the 3 sekireis. She always wanted to try her Norito. She put the sheathed sword in front of her with her two hands and began to chant her prayer.
"This is the pledge of my katana, Slash through the burden that my Ashikabi carries!"
Her katana glowed bright and large wings sprouted from her back as she unleashed her Norito.
"She unleashed Norito?!" Said one of the sekireis as they began to feel nervous.
"This is your last chance to retreat…" Saki looked at her glowing katana before glaring at them. "Or I will show no mercy!"
Pride wouldn't allow the 3 sekireis to escape, so they charged in without saying anything to her. Saki only smirked at them. "I guess it's your loss… Kage Hashiru!" She blended into the shadow leaving no trace. Looking arounf they couldn't find her anywhere, when they suddenly heard. "Eien no mangetsu (Everlasting Moon)!" Before they know it, their seal was taken out quickly by her, deactivating them.
Saki then emerged from the shadows as she wobbled back to Sasuke. "I… I did it Sasuke…." She whispered as she succumbed to unconsciousness.
Sasuke panicked as he checked her pulse but was relieved when she just fainted. Carrying her vridal style, he looked at the moon.
'Everlasting Moon huh? If I'm correct it serves as a higher level if not the highest level of her Kage Hashiru… but it she can interact in that form too, unlike in her shadow run… fearsome technique indeed…' He thought as he looked at Saki's red hair 'I wonder how they will react when I tell them that I have been going here secretly for the last week just for her?' He shivered when he thought about it. He sighed as he began to trek home.
'I'm so screwed…'
A/N: Alright! Hiya, again! School started today, so I wanted to get this chapter out of the way before I get to update slowly, so I apologize for any bad stuff here... It took all night to finish this, and I have school in 4 hours... so yea...
Anyway! Poll results will posted next chapter, but Isolation won, so I wrote this. Yes, it is Saki for that situation.
I dunno Saki's color scheme so I assume her hair is red like Matsu and default color for her miko uniform. if you want to see her, I suggest to look at the wiki.
Next chapter will launch the Second phase, with a threat that forces Sasuke to confront him... anonymously of course :D
Saki personality... She would be meek, or timid when meeting new people, and Tsundere- like and outgoing when she is with Sasuke or her fellow sekireis.
Other notes can wait next chapter... My eyes are getting droopy, and school will gonna knock me out =.=
R&R btw! Keeps my mind off of boredom thinking about the next chapter and the one after :D reviews Motivates! :D
