Hey guys! Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out for you all. Real life has caught up with me a little bit and I needed to take some time out for it. But here it is for you and I hope you enjoy. Thank you for all the extra followers that have fav'd the story since I last posted.

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Chapter 6: The Sea's Vengeance

Sasori coughed, clearing his throat of the water that managed to get in his mouth whilst pulling his Ashikabi up to her feet beside him.

"What the fuck was that, Tsukiumi?" he asked turning around, seeing a bosom blonde with water swirling around her in a threatening fashion. Tsukiumi was still in her original clothing, black outer dress and a small white frilly underdress with silk stockings and boots.

Without a doubt one of the most suav of the Sekirei, with ample attitude. He did find her way of speaking strange though, not that it didn't fit her personality. Tsukiumi spoke in Olde' English, or Shakespearean English, intertwining it with modern day speech.

"That was for leaving us without a word!" she shouted as another spiral of water headed his way.

He proceeded to block it with 'safeguard', a golden shield enveloping he and his ashikabi's front. Amelia merely stood there speechless, she had seen what Sasori could do to a Pandora, and if Mably hadn't been strong enough there was no way that Amelia, herself could take a Sekirei on.

So she uses water? That must mean other elemental powered Sekirei exist, Fire, Nature... she noted.

"You knew I was leaving anyway! The whole of Izumo had 'his' Sekirei in it." Sasori retorted after the jetstream stopped barraging his shield.

"A poor excuse for not deciding to telleth us! Four years without a word! FOUR!"

Sasori stopped for a second, his mind going into overdrive. Wait, if she's making this much of a fuss about me leaving, does that mean she... liked me? No... I refuse to believe in that way, she would only have eyes for Minato. … Maybe as a friend though.

Despite her aggression, whilst both living at Izumo Inn, Tsukiumi and Sasori got on strangely well. Close for two Sekirei's not bound to the same person. For Tsukiumi, Sasori was one of the few she felt comfortable telling things with, the same went for Sasori. Truthfully, she felt a close friend was taken from her on his departure.

"Water celebration!" was roared oncemore and another stream of fluid launched towards Sasori. He countered with his own, "Solar Shot!"

Holding out his hand, a beam of energy was fired continuously out of the palm of his left hand at the water. It withstood the pressure of Tsukiumi's attack and was pushing it back to a stand-off between the two.

By this point the 're-union', had attracted a few spectators, mostly first years, Kazuya Aoi included. They watched on as elemental faced elemental. His 'Aunts' were close by him, with Cassandra and Windy May being the closest to him. Since the 12th Nova Battle, they were always close by him, never really leaving his side, apart from a few occasions.

His Aunts looked on, Windy May the only one to share an expression. The others were void of any emotion at all, Cassandra hinted at an intrigued look but kept looking towards her nephew.

Getting back to the battle, neither Sekirei was winning the tug o' war that was raging between water and holy energy. It soon fizzled out, leaving the two standing there a little weaker and out of breath.

"Tsukiumi..." Sasori started, breathing heavily in between. "I'm sorry I left... without a word..."

"However, it does not mean... That I will lose... if you challenge me here..." his voice turning darker and more serious.

"I never issued a challenge to thee. Merely the pain you made us suffer with your disappearance..." her face went a little red, "You were a friend after all."

Sasori never realized that he had given them that hard a time leaving all those years ago. He stood there looking at the blonde Sekirei, feeling guilty for what he had accidentally done. On the other hand, he had his own troubles, and leaving led him to his Ashikabi. The thought of fate playing it's part made him smile.

"I apologized. But what I cannot forgive you for is blasting my Ashikabi to the ground." he hissed. Eyes glowing a golden colour, resembling them when he fought Elizabeth Mably.

Tsukiumi's eyes darted from Sasori to the girl next to him, her grey hair with red fringe soaked because of the water celebration. "Twas not on purpose! Thou knows I would never do such an act."

"That may be so, but you still did it." His arms started gathering holy energy around them, slowly snaking around the length of his arms to join into spheres in his now open palms. "What if I give Minato a little solar shot?"

"I wouldst never let thee touch him!" she cried.

"Good!" he roared. "Because that is the exact same feeling I have just now!"

Tsukiumi's expression changed immediately from anger to guilt. Sasori's logic had gotten through to her. She was in the wrong right now. However it was not her that diffused the situation.

Windy May had stepped inbetween the two Sekirei in order to try and stop the battle. Tsukiumi was the first to act; "Who art thou? And why dost thou step in between affairs not concerned with you?!"

Always so hot-headed. Nothing changes. Noted #109 as he watched on. He didn't know who she was exactly, but had seen her around the campus before. Assuming she was a normal Pandora he did nothing.

"I suggest you stop this." Windy May recommended.

Tsukiumi wasn't kind hearted to those who got in her way, nor to those who intruded on her business. "Water Dragon!"

A serpent like wave came from behind Tsukiumi, it's head in the shape of a Dragons (who saw it coming?). It roared into Windy May, crashing down on top of her with smoke from the concrete slabs it hit being thrown into the air.

Once the smoke cleared it was possible to see a female figure standing there with a giant hammer. Windy May seemed unharmed, much to Tsukiumi's dismay.

"That wasn't nice." May pouted. She was dived towards Tsukiumi, her hammer driving into her chest sending her into a building wall. Despite Windy-May's calm and cheerful demeanor, she had a way of making you feel pain if she felt like it. Tsukiumi reappeared from the hole in the wall letting loose small jetstreams of water aiming for the Legendary Pandora. She deflected a minority of them, the others tearing through her clothing. Due to the percentage of her body that is stigmata, she was unhurt.

"If you keep this up I'll have to put you down." she sang cheerfully, her smile turning into a snarl of sorts.

"You will do no such thing." Sasori had walked next to Tsukiumi readying his warhammer, Ares'. "Why does thou stand by me? This is my fight!"

"Tsukiumi, despite what you feel towards me right now, I still believe you a friend... and friends help each other no matter the cost." Sasori's reasoning made Tsukiumi give off a confident smile.

"Fine. I shall accept your help. But just this once!"

"I wouldn't dream of interfering unless there was cause to." he grinned.

Windy-May wasn't surprised by Sasori's decision to help his own kind. It was logical to her that he'd try it. She wouldn't be taken down easily though... "Two versus one. I like a challenge." she sang oncemore.

The Sekirei duo held out their hands, their power circling water and holy energy around their respective persons. Their eyes looked determined, power surging through their bodies.

"Holy Water!" they roared, synchronising their yells as a jetstream of golden water flooded towards Windy-May. Even her eyes widened a little at the combined attack she was facing. The water hit her hard and knocked her off her feet.

The water slowly evaporated into the air, and showed Windy May getting up slowly.

"What!? She's unharmed?" Tsukiumi gasped. Sasori merely grunted. "These Pandora are interesting aren't they?"

Windy May hoisted her hammer over her shoulder and charged. Her accel was far greated than what he had seen from Arnett McMillan during the training session. She came at him in an instant, her hammer whacking him in the chest.

Sasori felt himself flying for a moment before blacking out temporarily. His eyes opened to a pile of rubble with some light shining through. He moved and found it painful. Having no other option he stood up, moving the rubble out the way lazily.

He moved back to Tsukiumi's side again, looking a little worse for wear this time round. Windy May picked up her hammer again in preparation for another strike.

"STOP THIS!"

Amelia ran in front of the two Sekirei, her arms spread out to show her opposition to the fight. "Stop right now!"

"Amelia-"

Windy May charged at Amelia, her hammer at the ready. Sasori flew in front of his ashikabi, taking the hammer hit oncemore, sending them both back into the rubble he was in beforehand.

Despite Sasori landing on her, she wasn't injured, just a few scratches. Sasori on the other hand was in much worse condition. His chest had been pummeled badly, and his breathing was heavy, as if out of breath.

Amelia had to get him to the recovery center. Nothing else mattered to her. She would not lose him, not now, not ever.

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#109's eyes opened to a familiar view. The ceiling of a hospital room. "Fuck sake." he groaned, realizing where he was. His eyes closed again after feeling a shooting pain from his chest. He didn't even want to know how bad it was.

He felt a hand grasp his forearm. He hadn't got the energy to make his head change direction. "Amelia?" he questioned.

"No. Just a friend." a familiar voice answered.

"Tsukiumi." he smiled. "Is she alright?"

"She went out to gather a drink. I volunteered to watch over thee."

"Thanks Tsukiumi. I appreciate it."

A brief moment of silence went past as Tsukiumi let go of his forearm. It wasn't like her to make friends but Sasori and Tsukiumi liked to fight, they had that in common. They weren't the type of Sekirei to stand down from a fight. Sasori broke the quiet atmosphere.

"What happened after I blacked out?"

The blonde sighed, "After you went through the wall a second time, your Ashikabi brought you out of the debris. I helped her carry you to the recovery center."

#109 let out a groan from the pains in his chest. "And what of that Pandora?"

"She let me go to help you it seemed. But know this, she will never be forgiven for what she did."

"Typical #9" he chuckled, earning a playful smile from the water Sekirei.

The door swung open, and whilst Sasori couldn't see who it was, he presumed it was Amelia returning.

"My my, seems you get into situations like this quite often don't you, #109?" A voice opinioned.

The voice was sultry, mature, yet playful. There was only one voice it matched to, and Sasori knew exactly who it was.

"Kazehana. How've you been?" he said, moaning in the process from moving his head to see.

"Oh I've been fine. There are a few people to see you though." came the reply.

He heard footsteps, more than he can count, moving closer to him. When suddenly he felt a pair of arms around him, "Sasori!" Came a small voice. One he didn't quite recognize.

He painfully winced at moving his head, but he had no recollection of the voice. His eyes rolled down to see a girl, a teenager with a dirty blonde hairstyle, a white dress and dark green eyes.

"Ku? Is that you?" he questioned the girl.

"Yes! You remember!"

"Of course! You've grown a lot!"

A/N: For the purpose of this story, Kusano will be approximately sixteen, so I can incorporate her into the fighting to come a bit more. (Plus I really can't write like a child...)

He looked past Kusano to the doorway and saw Minato's 'flock' beside him. Musubi had her usual smiley expression, Minato in the middle with the same face. The perverted Matsu was behind Minato, not giving the situation an expression.

Probably analyzing my condition or something... #109 thought. More footsteps were heard as one more person came into the room. There stood #6 in her black suit outfit. It seemed all of Minato's Sekirei and himself had come at last to the school. How they would be received by the school was another question entirely.

Sasori's energy had been soaked up as his neck gave way and his head slamming back down into the pillow. He slipped back into unconsciousness.

"I don't think you should all be harrassing him at a time like this." Amelia Evans stated as she reached the doorway to see a group of people in with her Sekirei.

"S-sorry, we just wanted to see how he is." stuttered Minato.

"He's recovering." she said, walking past him to Sasori's bedside. She looked at Tsukiumi, "Thank you for watching him while I was away."

"It was nothing. He is a friend afterall." A small smile appeared on her, but quickly disappeared. "We should go Minato."

A nod followed her statement and they left the room, leaving just Amelia and an unconscious Sasori.

A tear rolled down Amelia's left cheek. She would've slapped him if he was awake... but also she would've kissed him too. It was painful to her that he jumped in front of her to take the hit, but it also made her realize how much she meant to him.

Please wake up soon...

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Well guys, that's chapter 6 finally done. Apologies again for the long break I had in getting this written for you.

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