A/N: I made a small change to the last chapter. Nothing big just that Harry doesn't tell them he's from another world, his observations about Higa, and his decision to help Minato as soon as he saw the boy.
Youngest Sekirei
Setting up the wards had been both simple and complicated. Simple in that all he had to do was set the ward stones in certain places. Complicated in that the ward stones had to placed in areas where there weren't any buildings or other obstruction in the way as well as not being too close to one another. There was one other thing that made things slightly difficult. Back in his world, the ground, even without a ley line, had magic in it. It was how they were able to place wards when he, Ron, Hermione, Luna, and Daphne went searching for the Horcruxes.
When he was about to go on that particular adventure he had contemplated leaving his girlfriends behind so that they wouldn't be in constant danger from travelling with him. He had abandoned that plan rather quickly. For one, he knew Hermione and Daphne would likely curse him to hell and back for doing it and Luna would come up with her own creative method of making him regret what he did. (He wasn't sure which scared him more.) The other thing was that just the fact that, even if he broke up with them, they had known and been involved with him and would likely be tortured and/or worse if they were caught.
Anyway, that left powering them with one of the large gemstones that he had found deep in a cave that was able to store magic in it. He had thought of using them similar to the wards of Hogwarts in having the outer wards connected to the big gem. He'd done it with the Potter manor, but that was the only one. Another thing he did was place stones in intermediate places around the complex that would absorb the ambient magic in the air and siphon it to the gem power source. This would keep it powered as well as keeping the magic from affecting the electronics inside the wards.
It had taken until dinner before he was finished setting the wards up and when he returned he met Kagari. He was barely below average height with silver hair and brown eyes. He wore a white dress shirt and black pants.
When they met Harry felt something off and activated his Soul Sight. What he saw shocked him a great deal. Kagari was a Sekirei like most of the occupants of the inn, he was mildly surprised there were male Sekirei since he had only seen females so far. Though for some reason he seemed to be Akitsu's natural opposite, where she felt cool and almost fragile, Kagari felt intense and fiery. That wasn't what shocked him however. No, it was the fact that his soul, while not broken, was fluctuating greatly. Using his Mage Sight, he noticed this made it to where his powers would fluctuate as well, making his power spike at intermediate times.
He felt that it would be prudent to tell Miya about that. While he was sure that she knew about her tenants condition it would be best to make sure.
Harry had done this immediately and was only slightly surprised that she already knew about his condition, of course she was surprised that he had found out. She seemed rather worried about what he had told her about the spiking though. She resolved to speak to the man.
One thing he didn't understand was when he approached the woman is that she started blushing slightly, nothing big, just a slight dusting on her cheeks. Then when they finished talking she all but ran to find Kagari. He had stared at where she had gone for a minute trying to figure out what had happened. It surprised him when he realized there was a pull on his soul toward Miya.
After becoming the 'Master' of Death he had become very in tune with souls, especially his own. As such, when something happened to his, whether good or bad, he felt it and could react accordingly. He didn't know what the pull was, but it didn't feel malicious, or even bad, so he didn't do anything about it.
While not knowing what it was he knew it had something to do with her being a Sekirei, but since he already winged Akitsu he wasn't sure what that meant.
He knew what the blushing could mean, but that didn't make sense. After all she couldn't feel that way toward him. They had just met and knew nothing of each other. Not to mention that she still seemed to care deeply about her husband, something he found out about at dinner. True, blushing was also from being embarrassed, but nothing embarrassing had happened. He'd decided to try and figure it out later.
Which brings us to now.
Harry was outside sitting in front the tree that was behind the inn. Akitsu found him sitting there and decided to join him, not that he minded as he got to spend more time with her. The two were watching the sun set over the horizon.
After about an hour Harry waved his hand and erected several privacy wards before he spoke up, "Akitsu-chan?"
"Yes, Harry-sama?"
"There are a few things that I altered or left out when I was talking about myself earlier," he confessed. At her inquisitive look he continued, "Like for example, while it's true that I came from a society that liked to hide itself, it doesn't exist here. You see, I'm actually from another world entirely."
"Really?" she questioned in surprise.
"That's right." He paused for a moment, "Another thing is that I'm immortal."
"Immortal?" she repeated. She wasn't sure how to feel about that. While true that she didn't have to worry about outliving him*, she wasn't sure about how he would deal with living longer than her.
Harry decided to keep quiet about the Philosopher's Stone, at least for now. He wasn't sure if the Elixir of Life would work on a Sekirei or not yet, so he wasn't going to get her hopes up.
He hesitated with what he was about to tell her next. Taking a deep breath, he said, "I also never really told you who Morana was because the others were there. I'm afraid that I kind of lied to you when I mentioned my wives."
"Lied?" she asked, a hurt look in her eyes.
"We aren't married," Harry said, cupping her cheek with one hand and taking her hand with the other to try and keep her calm. "We are however going out with each other." He still wasn't exactly sure why Morana didn't want to actually get married. She just said that they were connected and that having a wedding would be pointless.
Akitsu felt her heart ache. While he hadn't addressed it because of the others, he still technically didn't tell her he was with someone. How could he want her when she had been broken? When he was already with someone who had always been whole? When she looked in his eyes however, she saw his concern for her. She also saw a great deal of warmth in them. This filled her with the hope that he would come to care for her, unaware that he cared for her a good deal already.
"So she's a witch?" she asked.
Harry couldn't help but grin. "No, she isn't," he paused and looked at her, his eyes filled with mischief. "She is Death itself."
Not even Akitsu could hide her reaction and it was predictable as well as hilarious. Her eyes widened considerably and her jaw dropped slightly. Harry chuckled as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"You're dating Death?" she asked quietly when regained her ability to speak.
"Yep," he answered, popping the p. As she continued to process what he had told her, Harry leaned against the tree. As soon as his head touched it he heard a voice.
"Please help me."
Harry immediately turned around and could swear that he saw a young girl with long blonde hair that reached her knees, had green eyes, and wore a white sleeveless dress. His eyes met hers and she spoke again.
"Please help."
She soon faded from his vision and all he saw was the tree he was leaning against. He had no idea what had just happened. He knew that he could get small visions since he became partially a Seer, however something didn't fit. If it had been a vision he would have zoned out and he would have seen at least a little more than just the girl. There was also the fact that the girl seemed to see him, which was something else that pointed it to not being a vision.
He got the ability from a man he had become friends with, but wasn't that strong and could only see clearly a couple weeks or so into the future and after that all he got were feelings of what might happen. That was all Harry got, but that was all he wanted since he didn't want a prophecy coming from himself.
"Harry-sama?"
Shaking his head, Harry looked down into a concerned gaze. "Yes, Akitsu-chan?"
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm ok," he told her. 'What the bloody hell was that?'
Not sure what had happened, Harry stood up and, after helping Akitsu to her feet, started to head inside. Before he went very far he heard the young voice once more.
"Please help me."
He didn't turn around, but he did acknowledge the voice as he entered the inn to get some rest.
MBI...
"Ma'am we have a picture and a name!" a worker called out.
"Put it up now!" Takami ordered.
A picture suddenly appeared on the screen. The person in the picture was a handsome looking man with sharp features that gave him a rather aristocratic look, wild black hair, emerald green eyes, and a faded scar on his forehead that was shaped like a lightning bolt.
"That's an interesting scar," Minaka noted.
"His name is Harry Potter. He checked into a hotel a few blocks away yesterday," the man said. "He checked out today though and he headed north. However…"
"What!?" she demanded.
"Well, ma'am you really have to see it to believe it," another worker answered for the other.
He typed something on his terminal and a video appeared on the screen. On the video was two figures walking through town. What didn't make sense was the fact that both of their faces were blurred. Minaka stared at the screen with an interested look on his face.
Takami scowled, "What's wrong with the camera? And why didn't we find this when it was taken earlier!?"
"W-we were more focused on finding who the man was," he answered nervously. "There isn't anything wrong with the camera. All systems say that they are perfectly functional."
Still scowling, Takami used her handheld terminal to check the cameras. After a moment, everything came back green. Nothing had been tampered with, broken, or anything. It made no sense whatsoever.
She grimaced when she noticed their destination. Whether they knew it or not they were entering probably the safest place for them. Miya wouldn't let MBI enter, even with an actual reason she would be hard pressed to be silent with them there.
"Ma'am!" another worker called. When she turned to him he said, "We found out he purchased a phone the same day he rented the hotel room. We've managed to trace the phone and got the number."
Takami nodded. That was good, now they had a way to trace him. With the man staying in the north they would not be able to gain very much information on him, but at least they would be able to find him.
"Tell Saki to keep an eye on him," Minaka ordered, a gleam in his eyes.
Harry glanced around his current location. He was standing in the middle of a beautiful forest. As he looked around, a sound reached his ears.
'Crying?' he thought. He started making his way through the forest to find the source of the sound. 'What is this place?' he wondered, as he walked. 'Something about it reminds me of the Forbidden Forest.'
Activating his Mage Sight, he looked around the forest and noticed that an energy seemed to be flowing through it. It wasn't magic, but seemed to be the energy that Sekirei used for whatever their power was.
After a few minutes of walking Harry eventually reached where the crying was coming from. Looking up, he saw the young girl he saw before clinging to a tree.
"Hey you ok?" he called.
She looked down at him, tears streaming down her face.
"Hey, it's alright," Harry said soothingly. "I'll get you down right now."
Focusing his magic, he used the spell that Voldemort and his Death Eaters had used and lifted off the ground (without the black smoke surrounding him). Lifting off the ground, he slowly approached the girl before reaching out to her.
She hesitated for a moment before jumping at him and wrapping her arms around his neck. Harry was pushed back slightly, but caught the young girl and started to descend. When they were on the ground, Harry sat down with the girl sitting in his lap.
"So, what's your name little one?" he asked.
She stared into his eyes, forest green meeting emerald green. After a moment, she answered, "Ku… Kusano."
"Ku-chan, huh? That's a cute name," Harry said petting her head.
A small happy smile and light blush spread across her face at his comment and him petting her.
'She is absolutely adorable when she smiles like that,' he thought, having to restrain himself from engulfing the girl in a hug.
"My name's Harry," he introduced himself. "...So, why are you crying, Ku-chan," the immortal asked, gently.
Almost immediately tears reappeared in the corners of her eyes. "Is it Ku's fault?" she questioned, sorrow clear in her voice. "Takami… bled a lot… The Oneesan with the scythe."
'Scythe?' Harry wondered, worried she would be near anyone with such a weapon.
"Trying to stop Ku from being taken away," she continued. "Takami said it wasn't the right time, but… Ku said she wanted to go outside, and was stubborn..!"
Harry just listened as Ku explained what had happened continuing the pat her head comfortingly.
"Please help me," she said once more and held out her hand as she began to move away. "Please help."
Harry reached for her, but she seemed to get farther.
"Ku-chan!" he called out.
Harry awoke with a start as his eyes snapped open. He stared ahead, the still somewhat new ceiling of the Izumo Inn as his dream played through his mind. He closed his eyes and exhaled exasperatedly. It had been a long time since he'd had a vision like dream before.
As his mind fully woke up, he finally registered the two bodies pressed against him. Glancing down he saw both Morana and Akitsu nestled into his sides and trapping his arms in between their breasts. He was glad that he had asked Morana to pick up some nightclothes for Akitsu. Although considering the fact that she got her nightgowns, negligee, chemises, and babydolls, he wondered if it had been the best idea to ask her instead of Miya.
Currently Akitsu was wearing a baby blue chemise that went down to her thighs and showed a great deal of her cleavage. Morana was wearing a lovely red babydoll that hugged her figure.
As surreptitiously as he could, Harry moved his hand and cast a spell he had created on himself. The spell turned the target intangible. There were limits of course, such as only being able to phase through tangible things or gas. The spell wouldn't let him go through other spells, curses, and things like that.
Passing through the two women hanging onto him, he got up from the bed. Looking back, he couldn't help but grin when he saw that Akitsu had subconsciously moved when she didn't feel his body and laid her head on Morana's chest.
Still smiling, Harry exited the room and headed for the baths. After making sure that no one was inside, and disabling all of the cameras and microphones inside like he had done in his room, he still wondered why those were all over the inn, he cleaned himself before relaxing in the bath. As he laid back he was surprised to feel another pull on his soul. He could tell it was different since it didn't feel as strong as the one toward Miya, meaning that it was far away.
After awhile, he got out and dressed again. Today he was dressed in a dark green T-shirt and black jeans along with his dragon hide jacket and gloves. As he exited he nearly ran into Miya, but managed to sidestep her.
"Sorry about that Miya-san," he apologized.
"It's fine," she said, a slight dusting on her cheeks. She quickly left, making her way to the kitchen. She called over her shoulder, "I woke the girls up, so they will likely be wanting to clean themselves."
'What is going on with me?' Miya wondered.
Ever since she met Harry Potter she had been feeling a pull to him. She knew what that meant, that she was reacting to him. That shouldn't have been possible though. With her power there wasn't a person on Earth that was able to become her Ashikabi.
Not even Takehito, her husband, had been her Ashikabi. They also hadn't gone any farther than simply kissing, though she never gained her wings from it. Even so, she didn't like the fact that she was reacting to someone as she saw that as being unfaithful to her husband.
She was snapped out of her musing by the man that was on her mind's voice.
"Miya? Miya, you still there?" he asked, waving his hand in front of her face. It was after breakfast and she was staring off into space.
Her face burning for a different reason, she questioned, "Yes?" There was likely a reason he was still here when most of the others had left to do their own things. Akitsu, who was wearing a dark blue v-neck shirt and matching skirt that stopped at her thighs, was sitting next to him of course.
"There was something I want to ask that I think you could answer," he said.
"And that is?" she asked.
"Does it mean something when you dream of a Sekirei?"
Miya and Akitsu's eyes widened in surprise and, in the latter's case, fright.
"You had a dream about a Sekirei?" At his nod, Miya said, "That means that you are reacting to them."
"Hang on, a Sekirei can still react to me even though I've already winged Akitsu?" he questioned. When she nodded, he sighed slightly before glancing at his Sekirei, who shrank into herself. Harry placed a hand on her head and ran his fingers through her short hair, making her lean into his touch. "She didn't mention that. I guess she was, and still is, scared and didn't want to give me the idea that I could wing more Sekirei and eventually forget her."
Miya agreed with his reasoning. Having finally found an Ashikabi she would be frightened of him getting more Sekirei. That was another reason that she was hesitant to accept the reaction between her and Harry.
Shaking her head, she asked, "Which Sekirei was it?"
"She said her name was Kusano," Harry answered. He frowned, "She's so young. I really don't want her getting involved in this stupid plan of Minaka's."
Miya frowned as well. The thought of little Kusano out in the city worried her greatly. Sighing, she said, "Well, you won't be able to find her very easily in the city, so you should wait for some clue to her location."
"About that," he started, getting her attention. "In the dream she seemed to be in a forest. I'm not sure if that is where she's at or if that's just where she would feel safest and that's where the dream took her." He paused for a moment to think then added, "Then again, yesterday I heard her call for help when I touched the tree out back."
"Well, young Ku-chan is connected to nature," Miya said. "That's what her power is. She can control plants and make them attack or protect."
"So she could be in a park or something," Harry said, thoughtfully. "I think I'm going to start looking for her. I don't want anyone to get to her and force her to be winged."
Akitsu had gone into that and it angered him to think of someone would force themselves on someone. It was even worse when the forcing connected them to the scum bags soul.
Harry stood, waving his hand and the dishes lifted off of the table then floated to the kitchen. There they proceeded to wash and put themselves away. At Miya's look he just shrugged.
"Witches and wizards were rather lazy people and had spells for just about everything," he said. He then looked down, "Will you help me find Ku, Akitsu-chan?"
She stood up, but kept her head lowered. Frowning, Harry grabbed her chin and gently lifted her head so he could look her straight in the eyes.
"Akitsu, I want you to listen to me," he said gently, but firmly. "No matter what, even if I get more Sekirei then you and Ku-chan, I will never forget about you and I will always make time for you. Alright?"
Akitsu nodded, her eyes glistening slightly at his assurances. Smiling softly at her, Harry kissed her forehead before turning around and heading out, her following right behind him.
Later that day…
Harry frowned as he continued walking through Shinto Teito. He had never been to the parks in the city so he and Akitsu had to walk to them all. They were separated a great deal, so it was now rather late in the day without any success.
True he could fly, but with how advanced the technology seemed to be here, though not as much as his, he didn't want them to be anymore aware of his abilities than his and Akitsu's faces being obscured. Him and his Sekirei appearing from nowhere would definitely give away a big advantage he had.
His phone going off broke him from his thoughts. Taking the device out, he opened it and saw there was a message on it from a number he didn't know. Frowning slightly, he opened the message and immediately scowled at the contents.
{There is a cute Sekirei in the Botanical Garden, first come, first served. You could be the one to give it wings}
-Minaka
"Bastard," Harry growled. "Akitsu!" he exclaimed, making her straighten at his tone. "We are going to the Botanical Garden to get Ku out before anyone else can get there and force themselves on her."
Akitsu nodded and they took off running through the city.
Botanical Garden…
Minato walked through the forest that surrounded him apprehensively. The reason he was apprehensive was because of two things. First, he was walking through it with the two Sekirei that had attacked him and Musubi, Hikari and Hibiki, along with their Ashikabi, Seo. Second, the three had attacked the MBI agents that had been in front of the gate. He was terrified of what they might do in response to the attack.
The reason he was going through the forest was because Seo had gotten a message on his phone about a Sekirei they were calling the Green Girl. He didn't want anyone to force themselves on the Sekirei inside and decided to help somehow. He had talked to Uzume and she had said that it happened from time to time. He didn't know why Seo decided to go with him, but he wasn't going to turn help down.
A twig snapping caused Hibiki, Hikari, and Seo to tense for action while Minato froze in fright. They all stared into the darkness of the forest. Suddenly two green eyes with feline pupils appeared and stared at the four of them. The eyes moved to each one and, much to his concern, focused on Minato longer than the other three.
After a moment the eyes vanished back into the darkness and they all relaxed.
"W-what was that?" Minato asked, trembling. 'Though something about the color seemed familiar.'
"Haven't the slightest," Seo said, sounding unconcerned, but looking alert.
"There shouldn't be any animals here. At least nothing big," Hibiki spoke. "This place hasn't been here that long."
Now being more cautious, the four continued walking, trying to find the Sekirei in the dense forest. It was about a half hour later that an explosion rocked the forest. They all glanced at each other before rushing in the direction the sound came from.
They soon reached a clearing and what they saw surprised them, though Minato more than the others. There in the middle was Akitsu fighting with what could only be another Sekirei. It was girl that had brown hair and eyes, wearing a black gown with matching gloves and stockings. Around her neck she tied a red ribbon. Over her shoulder was a large scythe that's pole was black and had a red heel.
The scythe wielder kept trying to get close to Akitsu, but she kept the weapon user at bay by launching spears of ice at her. However, even though she was being kept at bay, the scythe wielder was able to launch an invisible blade-like vacuum at the ice Sekirei. Akitsu managed to either dodge or destroy the vacuum with her ice. Though she had some near misses, her shirt cut to reveal her green bra and her skirt cut at the leg revealing more than what it did before.
Minato rather was surprised to see-
"Potter-san!?" he exclaimed.
Sure enough, standing a good distance from them was Harry Potter standing protectively over a young girl with long blonde hair. He was shocked to see that he had a gleaming sword in his hands. The handle was bronze while it had sapphires set in its cross-guard and pommel.
They glanced at the four newcomers and the scythe wielder scowled. She glanced to the man in her way and her scowl turned into a smirk. Swinging her scythe, she sent a vacuum at Harry.
"Potter-san! / Harry-sama!" Minato and Akitsu called out. Akitsu moved to block the blade of air, but was to slow as it reached her Ashikabi.
Much to all of their shock however, Harry swung his sword at the vacuum and managed to slash it in half, making it dissipate. Suddenly, he unsheathed a dagger and threw it at the attacking Sekirei. Unfortunately, she managed to recover from her shock and deflect the blade away, where it stabbed into the ground next to Minato. The boy jumped back in shock and fright.
"Harry," the young girl said. He glanced down at her and was shocked when she jumped up and kissed him. Green wings erupted from her Sekirei Crest and flowers bloomed around the area. Just like with Akitsu, the symbol of the Deathly Hallows surrounded the yin-yang symbol of her crest. When her wings disappeared she pulled away and snuggled into the crook of his neck. "Ashikabi," she mumbled sleepily before her breathing evened out.
The scythe wielder's scowl returned and she glared at the one who stole her objective from her. She pointed her scythe at Harry before yelling, "You'll regret getting in my way! Mikogami-sama won't like that you stole what he wanted and will make you pay!"
She then spun around and started jumping through the trees. They waited a moment before they started moving toward one another, Harry putting the girl on his back. Minato handed Harry back his dagger, which had a silver handle with emeralds set on the hilt and guard.
Taking the weapon and sheathing it, Harry carefully asked, "Minato-san, what exactly are you doing here?" He didn't think the boy was like this Mikogami person, but he would make sure first.
"U-um, well, U-Uzume-san told me about how sometimes Sekirei are forced to be winged by people and I didn't want that to happen to the one that was in here," he explained, nervously.
Harry nodded, but arched a brow at the boy, "And what exactly were you going to do if I wasn't here without Musubi-chan?" When Minato just rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, he sighed, "Minato-san, I'm not really one to talk, having done things like this when I was younger, but you need to think about what you do before doing it."
"S-sorry, Potter-san," he said, laughing nervously.
"Please call me Harry, Minato-san," he said. Glancing at the others, he asked, "And why are you three here?"
The man smirked, "The same reason as the kid of course."
"For some reason I don't believe you," Harry deadpanned.
He glanced at the two women. Both were tall with a slender build. They had long black hair that they wore in two ponytails and had hazel eyes. Despite being twin sister and looking exactly like each other, the only physical difference between the two is that the one in the purple S&M like suit's bust is significantly smaller than the one wearing the violet suit.
"And you two are his Sekirei?" he asked, shocking the three.
"How?" the one in the purple suit questioned.
"I've met his Sekirei and you weren't there, so the only logical guess would be that you were this man's," Harry explained. "Anyway we should head back-"
"Minato-san!"
They all turned to see Musubi jumping into the clearing.
"Musubi-chan!?" Minato exclaimed in surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"You forgot this," she said, holding out the boy's cellphone. "I had a bad feeling and tried to bring it to you, but the man at the site said you came here."
"Well, you've got yourself someone to care about you don't ya," Harry said, grinning making Minato blush. Chuckling, he said, "I think it's time we head home."
* It's never really touched on Sekirei lifespans, but I kind of figure they would live at least somewhat longer than a human.
A/N2: Yes, Ku is Harry's Sekirei. I didn't put her in the list in the description because she isn't going to be involved with him like the other Sekirei are.
