Chapter 4: The Purple Sekirei

"I'll show you at home, Minato-sama" Yuki exhaled ad collapsed unconscious into Minato's arms.

Musubi Picked him up and turned, "Let's go, Minato. She hasn't ceased functioning, so we don't have to protect her"

Minato nodded and the Sekirei jumped to the roof, her arm pulling Minato behind her. Just before they left, the other sekirei's ashikabi yelled up to them, "Thank you for being so merciful, young man, may I ask your name?"

Minato turned, "It's Minato Sahashi. You wouldn't know that name, though"

The boy grinned, "I'm Kirrin Hakuro, and you're right I haven't"

Minato smiled, "I'm also known as North"

Before Kirrin could react, Minato and Musubi had turned and flown away. Kirrin nodded, "North, huh. I'll be sure to repay your kindness"

Minato and Musubi slammed into the front lawn of Maizon Izumo, where Tsukiumi and Ku were waiting. Ku yelped when she saw the blood on Yuki's face, but it wasn't enough to scare her too much. Musubi stood, "Minato, I'll put him in his room" She smiled and turned, passing Miya on her way in. Tsukiumi looked at Minato, "What happened to him? He looks like hell. Not as bad as a few days ago, but still…"

Ku looked up at Minato with pleading eyes, "Big Brother, will Yuu-chan be alright?"

Minato smiled tiredly, "Yes, Ku, he will" His calm, cool eyes looked up at Miya, :May I talk to you for a second, Landlady-sama?"

"Sure thing, Minato. I have a few things I have to tell you about your new friend too"

Minato walked inside with Miya, followed by Tsukiumi, who received Miya's scary face and was frightened into leaving. Minato breathed deeply, "Miya, you know who he is, don't you?"

Miya nodded, "Sekirei number 19, Yuki. The Blade Dancer. And the seventh Sekirei of the North. I have a question, Minato. Do you really think you can handle a seventh Sekirei? You do realise they will have to fight each other eventually, right?"

Minato shook his head, "I'm going to end the Sekirei Plan by that time"

Miya closed her eyes and lowered her head, "I hope so"

Minato looked up at her, "And what did you want to tell me?"

Miya smiled softly, "He'll probably tell you the details, along with a few things I probably don't know. However, I do know this. You have winged a very powerful person. He was caught up in a fight, a while back, and, I don't know the details, but he somehow got a sword though his shoulder, and his friend got one through his heart. Of course, the other one died, however, he was powerful enough to give some of his strength to number 19. I don't know much about number 69's abilities, but I do know he was known as the Vampire before joining the Discipline Squad as The Crimson Sekirei"

Minato looked up, "He was in the discipline Squad?"

"Yes, as was Number 19, The Purple Sekirei, Yukisoma. Again, I don't know very much"

"I see you are having fun talking about me, Miya" said a calm voice from the door, but when the two people looked, the person was all but calm. He had the same presence as a pissed Miya, like a Demon was looking over his shoulder. Yuki grinned, "Well, I see you know that I'm the Purple Sekirei now. I'll tell you about it…"

Yukisoma smiled as she donned her crisp Discipline Squad uniform. It looked like a purple greatcoat that someone had taken a knife to and had cut the length from the ground to the ass into nine tails. On the back of it was a pure black number 19 and Sekirei symbol. Under the coat was a traditional Japanese Shihakuso Kimono. She wore a long slender black katana on her right hip and a broader and heavily decorative Wakizashi on her left. Yukisoma smiled even wide as she was greeted by the rest of the Squad, including The Vampire, Number 69 Xenovi, The Earthen Bladesman, Number 5 Mutsu and her idol The black Sekirei, Number 4 Karasuba, along with two other Sekirei who Yukisoma didn't know. Yukisoma bowed in front of her new collegues, "I'm Number 19, Yukisoma, The Purple Sekirei"

Xenovi laughed, "We ain't fightin', Yuki-chan, relax. Just chill. You sound very stressed"

Mustu shook his head, "We could use someone with a bit of respect, Vampire. I can't even say your number"

Yukisoma laughed along with Xenovi, "I can relax a bit, I guess, Mr Xenovi"

Xenovi shook his head, "Just Xen, please. Or 69, I like that number too"

Mutsu punched him.

Yukisoma formed quite a strong bond with Xenovi, and the two sparred quite often. The Discipline Squad was very unbalanced at that time, having four of six members as blade wielders was slightly overpowering, but that didn't matter to them. Numbers 19 and 69 never sparred with practice weapons, Yukisoma always used her katana, and Xenovi his own blade that was like a giant machete without a handle. He held onto the little piece of metal that stuck into the hilt instead. During one of these sessions, however, Xenovi made a misstep, observed by Karasuba, who came down to punish him. She drew her sword and his eyes widened, he was to suffer the same fate of the member before Yukisoma, death by Karasuba. Yukisoma couldn't stand by and let that happen, so she struck at Karasuba, slashing through her haori but not touching her skin. She turned and slashed straight through Yukisoma's chest, right between her breasts. Karasuba turned and slashed open Xenovi's gut, "You'll both be dead soon, enjoy your last moments of agony" she ginned, "And curse me as you leave this world" she turned and left.

Xenovi crawled forward and gasped, "I'm not going to survive this, but I can help you live. Take your blade"

Yukisoma could barely lift her arm, but she did. Xenovi lifted his own weapon and thrust it through Yukisoma's shoulder, slicing her uniform in the motion and staining its purple fabric crimson. Yukisoma stared at her friend's blade and then up at him. He took her blade and pressed it to his chest, above his heart, and closed his eyes, "Call of my pact, break free of the eternal slumber and draw out my ashikabi's pain" he shoved the blade through his own core. A second passed. Two. Three. The ground beneath their feet shattered as the energy was released. Yukisoma awoke three days later, her mind a blur. She looked around and noticed that she had a letter on the bedside. A letter from Minaka sating that she had been removed from the Discipline Squad, permanently. Yukisoma Closed her eyes, and Yuki opened his.

Yuki smiled as he finished his story, "Oh, and Minato, You wanted to know…" He looked around to see if anyone else could see him. His aura filled the room again, "Matsu, stop watching me"

Needless to say, she did. Yuki dropped his shirt, a blood-stained white dress shirt, or more accurately, a white-stained blood-coloured dress shirt, revealing his bandages. He turned and grasped the end, removing it and revealing his stark black Sekirei Symbol. He turned his head to Minato, "Ready?"

Minato nodded, and Yuki turned, showing off a chest to easily outdo Kagari's and even rival Tsukiumi's.

OK, so he's the same as Homura, huh. OK, been wondering about that. Wait a second, isn't the change gradual, not instant, how did he go from Yukisoma to Yuki in a blink?

Kisuke Bomb, Signing off.