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Chapter 2
Benitsubasa and Minato stayed in the same position, relishing the warmth of each other's body. Their tender moment was interrupted by knocking on his door.
"Oh no, it's my landlord, and he told me not to have any women up here."
Sure enough, the door opened to show his furious landlord.
"I see a woman in here. Pack your things and get out by tomorrow!"
Minato tried to protest, but decided to drop it.
"Well," He said dejectedly, "I'm not turning out to be a great Ashikabi. Not one minute after you become my Sekirei and we have to live on the streets."
"Well actually, I have an unlimited MBI card." Benitsubasa flashed her card, "So all we have to do is find a place that we like and we can buy it."
Minato had a relieved look on his face.
"Well, shall we get started?"
As they walked, Minato tried to make some small talk.
"So Benitsubasa, what do you like to do?"
She thought about it for a second before replying, "Well, I like to fight other Sekirei. Oh, and shopping, I like shopping too."
Minato suddenly had a concerned look on his face.
"I don't think you should go and pick fights with other Sekirei, I mean, you were hurt pretty badly when I first saw you fighting."
"Well, I was double teamed, and I didn't have an Ashikabi yet." She retorted. "Besides, I have to fight because if I don't get at least one win, I'll automatically lose and we can never see each other again."
Minato stopped in his tracks, "Wait, really?"
Benitsubasa nodded, "Minaka doesn't find it entertaining for us just to stand around. He wants us to fight, and at the end of Stage 2, those without a win will lose automatically if he's not entertained enough by then. And he won't be. The fact that every Sekirei needs a win to stay in the game isn't common knowledge yet, so no one will feel like they have to fight immediately."
"Well, how do you know this?" Minato asked, "After all, like you said, it's common knowledge."
Benitsubasa looked uncomfortable before speaking, "I was going to be part of the Discipline Squad. We get access to a lot more information due to our status."
"Why aren't you with them now then?"
Benitsubasa's face suddenly flashed anger, "Because I was kicked out by Karasuba so she could make room for 88. She said they didn't need any more close quarter fighters, and that Natsuo wanted one with bigger breasts." She looked at Minato, "I should've known better, all men are the same."
"Wait, what? I never said I preferred anything."
"But I know you wish I looked like some sort of porn star."
"That's not true." Minato put a hand on her shoulder, but she shook it off.
"Excuse me, I've got to let off some steam."
She pushed him back and jumped off, leaving Minato behind. As she jumped from building to building she could feel tears falling.
I was tricking myself into believing that he thought I was beautiful. More like he felt sorry for me and had to take pity on me.
Benitsubasa suddenly stopped in her tracks when she noticed a woman with a large Sekirei mark on her forehead.
The discarded Sekirei! If I defeat her, I'll definitely make the Discipline Squad regret their decision.
She dropped down right in front of Akitsu.
"Discarded number, prepare for defeat."
She charged at Akitsu and was met by a wall of ice.
Suddenly, dozens of icicles flew at her from behind the wall. Benitsubasa backflipped away from the icicles and pounded her fist to the ground.
"Extreme quake!" The ground before her split open at the strength of her shockwave, as the ice wall. She took this opportunity to land a punch on Akitsu, before she could land another, she suddenly felt extremely cold. Benitsubasa looked down to find that her body from the neck down had been frozen.
Akitsu gave a slight grin before she created a club from ice and swung it full force at the immobilized Sekirei. Benitsubasa flew back from the force of the impact and tried to land on her feet. However, as soon as she did, a brick of ice flew at her and knocked her to the ground.
"Stop right there!" Both Benistubasa and Akitsu were surprised to hear a voice. They turned to see Minato running at Akitsu. She barely had time to realize what was happening when Minato tackled her full force to the ground.
"Quick Minato! Kiss me!" Benitsubasa cried out.
"This is hardly the time or place to get intimate. Wait a second," Minato looked like he realized something, "Fighting must turn you on."
Benitsubasa face palmed, "No you idiot, I need to use my Norito."
Minato nodded, "That makes more sense."
He gave her a kiss on the lips and her wings appeared again.
"By the fist of my pact, make my Ahikabi's foes quake." Her fists began to glow pink and she created a huge earthquake by pounding the ground repeatedly. The quake caused a building to collapse on top of Akitsu, who tried to protect herself with an ice wall.
When the dust settled, Benitsubasa stood victorious. She turned to leave, as did Minato when they heard a voice.
"Don't leave me."
Minato turned around to see Akitsu struggling to stand and calling out to him.
"Ignore her." Benitsubasa tried to take him away, but he shook off her hand and ran to Akitsu.
Benitsubasa burned with jealousy as Minato tried to help the other Sekirei up.
"What do you think you're doing?"
Minato picked up Akitsu in his arms. "I feel really guilty that she's hurt because you did pick a fight with her, and she never wanted to fight you. I think we should take her with us and help her get back to her Ashikabi. It's the least we can do."
"I don't have an Ashikabi."
"Oh, so you're unwinged then."
"No." Benitsubasa cut him off, "She's the discarded number. They made some mistakes while adjusting her, so she can't be winged."
Minato looked down at the Sekirei in his arms, "You can't be winged?"
Akitsu nodded no.
"Well, that's even more of a reason to bring her with us."
"Even more of a reason? Let me guess, you were going to take her along anyways cause she's got big boobs, is that it? I bet you're just itching to find a harem full of Sekirei just like her."
Minato was really getting fed up with this. He gently put Akitsu to the ground.
"That's it. Benitsubasa, what is your problem? When did I ever say anything remotely related to what you're inferring? Look," Minato grabbed her shoulders, "I care for you and that will never change. In fact, I might even love you." Benitsubasa's eyes widened at that statement. Before she could speak, Minato pulled her into a passionate kiss.
When he finally pulled away, she was on Cloud Nine. "Thank you." She said.
He picked Akitsu back up. "You're welcome."
"And Minato," He looked back at Benitsubasa, "I love you too."
He gave a little grin and she melted.
Yup, I'm definitely in love.
Again, I would really appreciate any reviews. If you can, could you please include which Sekirei you want Minato to wing next? It'll really help me to decide where this story should go. Also, again, don't afraid to be mean in your reviews, any feedback would be great for me.