Sorry, I know that this chapter is really short, but I made up for it with some action. Thanks to anyone who reviewed this story so far. I know that this chapter probably isn't the best, but it's something.

Chapter 7

"Why don't we ever act like that?" Benitsubasa questioned Minato. He was filling out some paperwork at the bar and Benitsubasa was by his side observing Mutsu and Karasuba.

"Erm." Minato was clearly still uncomfortable around women.

"Come on, I was your first Sekirei, doesn't that mean anything to you?" Benitsubasa questioned.

"Of course it does, I'm just not good with this stuff."

Benitsubasa pouted, sometimes she really wished that Minato would be more assertive.

Tsukiumi had been standing outside of the door for a few minutes, debating whether she should go in or not. She opened the door halfway and peeked inside to see Chiho reading a book in bed. The blond Ashikabi noticed movement and looked up to see Tsukiumi peeking at her.

"Hello Tsukiumi, what do you need?" She asked sweetly.

"Do you have time to talk?"

Chiho smiled. Tsukiumi normally never wanted to talk to her, so it was a refreshing change.

"Of course!" She patted to a spot next to her on the bed. Tsukiumi sat down and looked down at her hands.

"How well do you know Homura?"

Chiho thought for a moment, "Pretty well. I've never asked about his past or anything, but he's always willing to help me, what's wrong?"

"I overheard him telling Miya that he was just using me." Tsukiumi said with tears welling up, "Am I really just a pawn to him?"

Chiho frowned. She hated seeing any of her Sekirei upset.

"I'm sure he has a good explanation for all of this. Homura doesn't seem like the kind of person who would manipulate people. In the year I've known him, he's never lied to me. I think that if you talk to him, you'll get a better understanding of the situation."

Tsukiumi felt a smile creep up her face.

"Yeah, I think I'll do that."

Maybe she should really go to Chiho more often.

"Send help! I repeat, send help!" The guard tried to yell before his walkie talkie was smashed by a staff. He looked up to see a green haired Sekirei in a very revealing blue and white top towering over his prone form.

"Now I can't have you alerting the rest of the building, so I guess I'll have to silence you." Higa said coldly as he took aim at the guard, letting his finger tighten around the trigger of his pistol. The bullet that entered his brain silenced his scream. Nonchalantly, Higa returned his pistol to its holster and flipped open his phone.

"Kakizaki, has your operation alerted anyone?" Higa asked his trusty assistant.

"Not yet sir, we've secured the target."

Higa smiled. Everything was going according to plan.

"Good. Get the extra one to Mikogami. We know how the boy likes treasure." Higa ordered as he snapped his phone shut. He gave a smile as Toyotama moved on ahead to beat another guard with her staff. Revenge would be sweet.

Homura was still glued to the same spot where Tsukiumi had slapped him. Why did it hurt him so much? It's not like he hadn't been slapped before. What made this one different?

He looked at the sun, which was setting in the horizon. He bathed in the golden glow and tried to clear his mind.

Minaka was fumbling around on the computer in his office when his phone rang. The man adjusted his white lab coat before he reached across the glass pane that made his table and picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Higa Izumi here. I'm just calling you to tell you that you are either going to give me the Reaper right now, or I'll destroy your precious tower." Higa sneered from his end.

"Hah!" Minaka began cackling wildly, drawing a concerned look from his secretary, who could see right through the glass walls of his office.

"You must be mistaken. For a moment there, it sounded like you thought you had leverage."

Higa was astounded at the chairman's insanity, "Don't I? I have your tower infiltrated and your guards defeated. I would say that's leverage in my eyes."

"That's where you're wrong." Minaka gave one last chuckle and hung up. Higa cursed as he closed his phone.

Toyotama kneeled in front of her Ashikabi, allowing her dark green hair to drape over her face, "Master, we've taken out all of the guards on this floor."

"All right, we need to keep moving." Higa ordered from the cubicle he was standing in. They were currently standing on the third floor, which resembled a regular office building. He managed to take one step before a blast of light stopped him in his tracks.

"Did you really think that you could do so much damage without alerting us?" Minato asked from behind the skull mask that hid his face. Behind him stood the Reapers, as well as Yume, whose outstretched arm was still smoking.

"I'll take them on Master." Toyotama reassured as she stepped in front of her Ashikabi. Benitsubasa growled and got into a fighting stance. As she moved to attack Toyotama, a large bladed disk came flying at her. She realized too late that she would not have time to duck and instead tried to put up her arms to block it as best she could. With a clang of metal, the disk fell to the ground at the hands of Minato's makraka.

Oriha quickly ran up to her master's side with another disk at the ready, accompanied by two familiar Sekirei.

"Aren't those two Nina and Hari?" Benitsubasa wondered to herself. Minato nodded and his eyes narrowed in anger as he saw Mutou and Kunimitsu appear behind Higa.

"How could you two betray us like this?" The two merely looked back with apologetic stares.

However, Minato did not notice the sadness in their eyes and was insulted by the lack of a response.

"All right, I guess I won't show any mercy then." Minato said, fuming underneath his mask. He turned to Yume, who was charging up another blast.

"Just go and help out Yukari."

"But I was assigned to help you." She protested.

Minato shook his head, "I would prefer if less people were around to see what I'm going to do next."

Yume gave in and walked back towards the elevator. Minato waited until the door closed before he turned to Higa.

"All right, if you're going to anger me, you'll pay the consequences." He growled as he stomped up to Nina. Before anyone could react, Minato quickly swung the curved blade at her torso, embedding it deep inside her stomach and causing her to howl in pain.

Immediately, Benitsubasa leaped into action and grabbed a nearby computer, smashing it on top of Toyotama's head. Mutsu moved in quickly on Oriha, who tossed a disk at him to buy herself enough time to dodge his swing. Karasuba turned to Hari with an evil glint in her eyes. She began taking slow, deliberate movements towards the terrified Sekirei.

As he pulled out the metal, blood flowed freely from the open wound. Minato quickly stabbed the blade through her white dress, causing Nina to cough up blood. The white was quickly stained by the blood that had begun to spray out. Minato pulled the makraka out and allowed his victim to collapse into a pool of her blood.

"Nina!" Mutou ran up to his Sekirei, but it was too late. She was beyond any sort of medical help. Mutou's eyes flashed with anger as he tackled Minato to the floor. About a month ago, Minato would have not been able to do anything but get pounded by the larger man, but after training with Karasuba, his fighting ability had increased dramatically. He deftly dodged two punches from the enraged Ashikabi and sent the man flying with a kick to the chest. Minato quickly picked himself up as he now stood over the dazed Ashikabi. Grabbing him by the collar, he tossed Mutou into the wall of a nearby cubicle.

As he did that, Karasuba had managed to corner the terrified Hari.

"Please don't do this." Hari pleaded, hoping for a glimmer of mercy in Karasuba's eyes, but she got none.

Karasuba was too far gone to register what the Sekirei had just said. She slowly raised her sword above her head, relishing the fear in Hari's eyes. Out of the corner of his eye, Mutsu watched in horror as Karasuba decapitated the defenseless Sekirei, who crying out for mercy. Before he could observe any more, he was face to face with a bladed disk. He raised his sword up just in time to deflect the first blow, but he wasn't able to react in time as he received a punch in the gut. He wildly slashed his sword, hoping to catch Oriha off guard. The smaller Sekirei had managed to get out of the range of his sword, and watched the silver haired man swing wildly with glee on her face. She readied another blade, but suddenly felt a piercing pain in her chest.

"What just happened?" She asked as she looked down to see a blade poking out of her chest. As her eyes widened in horror, she felt the blade leave her chest and was quickly flipped to the ground.

"Don't you dare touch my boyfriend!" Karasuba screamed. As Oriha tried to pick herself up, a desk slammed her back to the ground. She grimaced in pain as Karasuba pulled her up by her hair.

"I'm going to make you pay, and I'll make sure you'll feel everything." She harshly dropped the Sekirei back to the ground and raised her sword above her head. She relentlessly brought her sword down again and again on Oriha, who crying for mercy, but would not receive any. Karasuba had already stabbed dozens of holes into her back, but had taken special care to avoid any vital organs so Oriha could feel the pain of bleeding out. Oriha could barely register the pain anymore and felt her eyes closing.

"Don't faint on me!" Karasuba yelled as she grabbed the back of Oriha's head and smashed her face into the ground, keeping the girl conscious.

"That's enough, I'm fine." Mutsu said as he held Karasuba back. Overjoyed that he was okay, Karasuba completely forgot about the girl. She dropped her sword and Oriha managed to smile now that all of the pain was fading away.

"I was so worried." Karasuba said, throwing her arms around Mutsu's neck and squeezing him tightly.

"Sorry to ruin the moment, but do you two mind helping me out here?" Benitsubasa asked as she kept Toyotama at bay. The green haired woman continuously swung her staff at the pink haired Sekirei, looking for an opening all the while.

A grin came onto Karasuba's face, "Gladly." She grabbed her sword and strolled over to assist Benitsubasa.

Higa himself was shocked at the brutal way his Sekirei had been dealt with. He slowly backed away as Minato removed his blade from Mutou's chest and flicked the blood off. To his right, he could see Toyotama being overwhelmed by the combination of Benitsubasa and Karasuba, who had already broken her staff and was now repeatedly stabbing the green haired Sekirei while Benitsubasa choked her from behind. To his left, Mutsu was in the middle of performing a mercy killing on Kunimitsu, as he did not want the boy to face the wrath of Karasuba and Benitsubasa.

He decided that now would be the best time to run, as he knew that he would be killed if he stayed behind. Luckily for him, the others were too distracted to see him run away.

"I won't forget this, Reaper." He muttered as he ran as fast as his legs could carry him.

I know some people might be disappointed that Higa's still alive, but it doesn't seem to make sense to kill someone important this early, so I won't do it. Unfortunately, I'm not sure when the next update will be. Honestly, I kind of lost my inspiration for this story. The worst part was, I lost it halfway through this chapter, which is why it might seem like it was a little rushed. I actually took a week to write this out, which is pretty pathetic considering that in a week, I can normally push out at least 8,000 words, but I managed 2,000 for this story.

I don't know why, but I really felt like watching Highschool DxD and Code Geass this week, and those two shows inspired me for some reason. I'm actually putting up a Code Geass and Highschool DxD crossover, so if you're interested, check it out. It was the only thing that I was actually inspired to write this week. So sorry to disappoint, but the next update might take a while.

On another side note, I've been racking my brain to find a way to make a Rosario + Vampire and Sekirei crossover. I was thinking that Minato took over MBI and decides that Sekirei need to learn how to fit in with humans, so he sends all of the Sekirei to Yokai Academy. Then, Homura, Tsukune, Mutsu, and Shiina form a host club (this part came courtesy of Ouran High School Host Club). It would help me if you guys could respond to that idea in your reviews or PM me.

Sorry for taking up too much of your time!