Chapter 4; Not everything is that easy

The lift rattled with the weight of the six people. It took the strain, however, and the group were soon atop Shinto Teito's tallest building. Guy Sullivan practically leapt into the pilot's cockpit while they walked. He handed a pair of helmets back to the group, "Sorry, only ones left"

Minato donned one and Miya took the other, "All good, Guy, let's hit the frog and toad"

"What?"

"Uh, let's get out of here"

"Ok, hop in" he turned to the controls, "Engaging rotor engines, this is gonna be loud"

It was. Deafening.

The chopper took off, one of its landing gear snapped as it lifted, apparently barely having been on when the aircraft had landed. Guy passed it off as damage from escaping the island, "I won't need it"

Minato shook his head, "I wonder if this was actually a good idea"

"Nope, but I like it"

"Damn"

The chopper continued on its path.

The ocean swept by underneath the chopper. Guy yelled over the radio, "I hope we get there bloody soon, we're runnin' out of fuel"

Minato's head shot up, "What'll happen if we run out?"

"What do you think, genius, we fall out of the sky, obviously"

"You're kidding, right"

"Dude, do I sound like I'm kidding?"

Minato didn't say anything. The chopper flew on.

"Land Ho! My friend, Island in sight"

Minato jumped to his feet, slamming his head on the roof of the aircraft and making himself fall back into his seat, "Good" he rubbed his head, "Very good"

"You don't seem overly enthusiastic"

"He just slammed his head on the roof in joy"

Guy laughed and pushed the joysticks forward, "Onwards, to victory!"

The chopper's speed didn't change. Guy pushed again on the joystick, and again there was no response. He looked down at the fuel gauge and swore, "Minato, Miya, we may have a problem"

The chopper's rotor engine coughed, and died.

Akitsu saw the helicopter's engines die, noticed the damage and saw the insignia. She put two and two together and called it in, reporting an attack on an incoming MBI chopper that resulted in the cutting of its engines and probable deaths of a group of MBI employees. The chopper shot over her head, headed directly for a hill about a hundred meters from the shore. About two seconds before it hit, she watched as a group of object fell from within, parachutes blossoming behind them. She hoped that they'd survived.

Inside the chopper, the passengers all yanked out their parachutes. Minato was the first to jump, followed closely by Musubi, Miya, Seo and Yukari. Minato screamed into his helmet's microphone, "Guy! Jump, for god's sake, Jump!"

"A good captain goes down with his ship, Minato. Happy hunting" the chopper slammed into the rock wall and exploded. Guy's transmission exploded into a millisecond of hash then nothing. Minato's head fell as he did. He landed, Musubi and Miya nearby. His sister and Seo were nowhere to be seen. He swallowed and ran to his sekirei's side. He pulled her parachute off and she grinned, "That was fun" Minato shook his head and turned to Miya.

She smiled as she took off her own chute, "I've been skydiving before" her face became serious, "Guy…"

Minato nodded. Neither of them said anything. Musubi cocked her head and licked her lips, but said nothing. They stood there for a minute, and still nothing was said.

Seo slammed into the ground, a little harder than he would have liked and shook himself off. He had a sore nose and a few bruises, but he'd live. He looked around and saw a small hill. He attempted to climb it and fell a few more times and by the time he gave up, he had a very sore ass. He shook himself off again then turned to walk around. After a few steps he was kicking himself. The hill had a goddamned path on it. He walked up it and saw a woman walking toward the crashed chopper. He breathed deeply and searched the area for Yukari, Minato and the others.

Yukari had the hardest landing of all. Her parachute had caught on an outcropping rock, which tore it and made her fall quickly. She'd then hit every surface that was near her. When she finally stopped falling, she was on a four-foot long and two-foot wide ledge. She cursed her bad luck and turned away. She grabbed the torn corner of her parachute and jumped, holding the tear together. As she fell the final twenty meters she saw it. A small antenna or something. It was a piece of metal about a foot long and sharp looking. It was headed straight for her. She closed her eyes and prepared to hit it. She never did. Her body slammed into the ground, hard. She looked down and saw the pole. It had torn her shorts down the crutch and split her underwear, but it hadn't harmed her in any way. She turned, barely able to breathe, and hoped the others had survived. She also hoped they'd been luckier than her.

Minato sat with his Sekirei and their landlady, who looked kind of menacing with soiled clothes and her sword, but Minato wasn't complaining. He waited for them to catch their breath and, when they had, they stood. He turned to them and embraced them both. Musubi returned the gesture immediately and Miya, taken aback by the embrace, stiffened. She relaxed slightly and put one arm around him, but didn't fully relax until he released her, "I'm glad you two survived that. Let's find the others"

"So there ARE others, huh?" said a loud, nasty voice from the rim of the valley they'd landed in. Sekirei number 32, Maiko, jumped to the ground before them and introduced himself, "Welcome to our private facility. You have now made yourselves targets" he drew his sword.

End of chapter

Alright, so they're kinda short. But whatever