Shinobi no Ashikabi

by VFSNAKE

The Sekirei Plan is spiraling out of control. Minaka won't stop it. Takami can't fix it. Sekirei are being forcibly winged against their Will to be used as pawns in a game where they fight each other. In an act of desperation, Takami goes to the only two people that can change things, and possibly save her children from the plan consuming them. The senseis of the Discipline Squad.

3. Chapter 3

Chapter 3-The Green Girl Rescue

Akitsu awoke from her slumber, the sunlight from the windows of her rooming shining into it, and stirring the woman awake. The sleepy looking ice Sekirei frowned at being awakened by the bright light that was the sun, it commanding her to rise despite the mind's initial protest, and yet complied with the demand all the same. Opening her eyes, Akitsu struggled to remember where she was, and how she got in this room with a soft bed with sheets that were actually comfortable against her skin. It took all of ten seconds to recall what happened, as she was found by two people, both wanting her to go with them, but that was where the similarities ended, and the differences began.

One wanted her simply because of the game the President of M.B.I. had made for Sekirei that could be winged and she was technically a piece on the board that could move freely. The boy wanted her simply because she was a piece on the board and had value in terms of helping him win the game. The other one wished to fix what was broken and giving the ice using Sekirei a chance of finding an Ashikabi. To give Akitsu the desire that all her kin could have and she couldn't because of M.B.I. Adjustor that tried to make himself her Ashikabi.

Akitsu took the chance with the second. She saw honesty in his eyes, the pain from the past at failing someone not unlike her, and a chance at redemption. Akitsu realized upon looking back at the moment where Naruto had wished to fix her problem, she was also fixing a piece of him that was broken too, and a small smile graced the Sekirei's features.

She was helping her Ashikabi as much as he was helping her.

With a slow, yet methodical grace befitting her personality, Akitsu rose from her bed, the bed sheet falling off her naked form, and the woman walked toward the bathroom. She knew her body was in need of being washed clean and presentable for her Ashikabi for when he winged her. It actually made the ice using Sekirei's heart jump in excitement at the prospect of being winged when she had long believed it wasn't possible.

And yet...it was going to happen. Today!

Despite her desire to be winged right away, Akitsu knew she shouldn't rush her Ashikabi into awakening from his sleep just to fulfill her desire, as he would do it soon enough, and was not about to risk angering him with impatience on her part. No! She would wait and let her winging happen when it happened. So Akitsu took her time in the shower, as she washed herself clean, finding the necessary products in the shower, and went to work in cleaning her body.

Akitsu came out of the shower after a long forty five minute cleaning, a towel not that far away from the shower door, and stepped onto the towel on the floor. Wrapping herself up in the towel off the rack, Akitsu walked into her room, and began to dress herself in the clothing her Ashikabi had bought just for her. Clothing she had chosen. Clothing she had wanted. Clothing that would define Akitsu and Akitsu alone as herself when people saw her in public with her Ashikabi.

After finishing getting dressed, Akitsu walked out of her room, finding it was still early in the morning, and walked toward the bedroom belonged to her Ashikabi. She wanted to gently tap lightly on the door, hoping that it wouldn't disturb him too much, and yet be enough to awaken from his slumber. However, she decided such a move would only go against her in the long run, and instead she silently opened the door a bit to take a look inside.

Looking around, Akitsu's eyes widened slightly, as the smell from within the room, and the abundance of energy hit her hard. There was a potent musk smell generated from the previous nightly activities, as she saw her Ashikabi along with his wife in bed, and both had that serene glow coming off of them. Akitsu wasn't naive in terms of not knowing what sex was, as all the adult Sekirei knew what it was while the few that were children were going to be told later, either by their Adjustors, or by the Ashikabi that winged them once out of the labs should they be let out before getting such a talk.

Akitsu's Adjustor didn't hold back in his talk to her, as he was no doubt trying to get her to understand his way of thinking, and his mindset when it came to having intimacy with an Ashikabi. That she was to be submissive, that the Ashikabi's orders were absolute, and to deny what the Ashikabi wanted from his Sekirei warranted being discarded for one that would.

Considering how Akitsu had been marked down as broken, scrapped, and discarded as a Sekirei by M.B.I. in general she had embraced some of those understandings.

Now here she was, seeing her Ashikabi with his wife, both were clearly nude, both their lower bodies covered barely by the bed sheets, and smiles on their faces. Akitsu found herself blushing from the sight of her soon to be Ashikabi's body being so muscular, a physical representation of the vast amount of power hiding behind his body, and it was almost flawless with the exception of the faint fist size scar along his heart. It was clearly old, from a time from before Sekirei were first discovered by the President of M.B.I. due to how faded it was, and was noticeable using her keen perceptive eyes.

Silently closing the bedroom door, Akitsu decided it was best to wait by the door until her Ashikabi, and his wife were awake from their own slumber.

She was a guest in their home after all.

(Two Hours Later)

"Good morning Hinata-chan. Sleep well?" said Naruto, as he felt his wife awaken, and rubbed her head lovingly against his torso.

"Always when I'm with you," replied Hinata, as she held him tightly, and kissed his chest several times.

"Hinata-chan, I have a question for you," said Naruto with Hinata looking up at him.

"Yes? What is it Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata curiously.

"When I wing Akitsu, there is a chance that such a reaction will trigger other Sekirei to react to me as well, and I...I need to know if you are okay with that? In the off chance that such an event happens," replied Naruto with Hinata letting out a "Hmmm" sound while deep in thought.

"Do you expect any of the Sekirei still unwinged in this game to react to you?" asked Hinata with his hand caressing her shoulder.

"I honestly don't know. But there is always a possibility from our own time with the first five and from Takehito's own research on the matter. The only reason none of us have even reacted to Sekirei at this point is because we have always been at one location one moment and then another the next. When winging a single number, it puts the Ashikabi in question on a level for future reactions that is higher then if I were winging multiple Sekireis with double to triple digits," answered Naruto with Hinata nodding slightly in agreement since Takehito had theorized the same thing with her when conducting the research regarding Sekirei emergences.

"And Akitsu is a single number regardless of the title Minaka allowed to be put on her," added Hinata with Naruto nodding.

"Meaning there is a higher chance of getting a reaction from other Sekirei looking for their Ashikabi," concluded Naruto with a sigh since he didn't want to make Hinata-chan seem like he was bored with her and wanted more then what he already had.

Why the Hell would he even want more after the hot passionate loving making sex they had last night?!

"Naruto-kun, I love you with all my heart. I trust you to make smart decisions based on what is happening around you. While I don't like the initial idea of you winging anymore Sekirei after Akitsu, IF a Sekirei is reacting to you, then it would be for the best if they were winged by their rightful Ashikabi, and not some greedy power hungry fool seeking to sue them for their own personal gain," answered Hinata, as she rose from the bed, and leaned into his personal space before kissing him on the lips.

"So its okay? As long as they are reacting to me?" asked Naruto with Hinata nodding.

"Yes, but only if they are reacting. You wing a Sekirei that's not reacting...we're going to have a long and personal conversation about it," threatened Hinata with Naruto smirking at her.

"Then I have nothing to fear. Akitsu aside, I have no intention of winging another Sekirei unless they are reacting to me, and only reacting to me," replied Naruto before kissing Hinata.

"You promise?" asked Hinata with Naruto smirking.

"I promise Hinata-chan," replied Naruto before kissing her again and loved the moans she was letting out.

"We should get ready for the day. We both have busy schedules. Winging Akitsu aside," said Hinata between their kissing and touching.

"Damn. Its times like this I wish Shadow Clones could be used to run my company while I stay here with you and ravage your body," remarked Naruto with Hinata letting out a cute yet sexy giggle.

"So tempting. Oh well. We can dream. Though that doesn't mean we can't have a little more fun while in the shower," offered Hinata with Naruto grinning at her.

"Now you're talking," whispered Naruto huskily into her ear and was in the shower with her in a yellow flash.

(One Blissful Hour Later)

The two former Shinobi of the Elemental Countries were showered, cleaned, dressed, and out of the bedroom door with smiled on their faces. Off to the side, Akitsu stood straight at attention, waiting patiently for them to come out of the bedroom, and followed behind Naruto by a footstep or two. When the trio made it to the kitchen Hinata and Naruto made breakfast while the latter told Akitsu to sit down at the table. The blonde could easily tell Akitsu was patiently waiting for her wings and he hated the idea of making her wait like this since the anticipation was no doubt killing her inside. He knew she wanted to ask about being winged, but was holding back saying anything idea of impatience out of fear of him saying "screw it", and kicking her out.

Until Akitsu was winged by him, the fear of being discarded was there, and was getting stronger because they were getting close to that moment. Akitsu clearly felt that at any moment leading up to that last second prior to winging that he would go back on his promise or backstab her in not winging the "scrapped number" that she had been labeled as after being broken.

"Akitsu, when we are all done eating, I'll make sure you get your wings so don't worry," assured Naruto with Akitsu stiffening in her seat when he spoke while putting the plate of food in front of her.

"I don't know what you mean Ashikabi-sama," replied Akitsu, as she waited for him to sit down with Hinata, and begin eating before she started.

"I can sense how stressed you secretly are from waiting to be winged. You feel that this is some kind of weird dream and that it won't become real until the event actually happens," stated Naruto with Akitsu looking away from him.

"I'm sorry Ashikabi-sama," whispered Akitsu with Naruto smiling at her.

"There is no need to apologize. If anything we should apologize to you. We've been up for a short while now before coming out of our room and you've been waiting patiently for the event your heart has long since desired. We've been selfish and lazy," countered Naruto with a sigh leaving his mouth while Hinata looked a bit gloomy since she was partially to blame in the delay.

"He's right. We have been lazy. Which is why we should finish eating and help Akitsu-chan her wings right away!" exclaimed Hinata enthusiastically in a sudden twist of things in bringing the other woman's spirits up.

Akitsu looked at the two, seeing they were sincere in their desire to see her happy, and ultimately become winged. She smiled slightly at them and finishing her breakfast before helping the two with the dishes once they finished.

"Jarvis! We are going to the medical room to wing Akitsu. Hold all calls, transmissions, e-mails, and any other communications for whatever reason we are being called short of a world wide nuclear war. Am I understood?" commanded Naruto, as he wasn't about to interrupted by anyone, or anything unless it was a serious end of the world thing.

"Yes sir," replied Jarvis while making sure no one reached his Master for any reason.

"Okay Akitsu. To be sure the winging goes properly, Hinata-chan needs to do a full scan of your body with her eyes, and ensure there isn't any kind of problem when you get your wings. Once we know everything is safe, I'll use my own power to stabilize your core, and cause it to recognize you being winged by me," replied Naruto with Akitsu nodding and stood ready at attention in front of him.

"Byakugan!" said Hinata before giving Akitsu a scan from head to toe to look at the ice using Sekirei's internal network.

"Anything Hinata-chan?" asked Naruto with Akitsu clearly waiting patiently, but it was clear the woman was fearful that his wife would find something, and ruin the chances to be winged.

"Nothing. She's cleared to be winged Naruto-kun," replied Hinata with Akitsu letting out the breath she didn't know she was even holding with the air coming out being so cold you could see it.

"Nervous?" asked Naruto with a smirk with Akitsu nodding and blushing a little.

"A little Ashikabi-sama," answered Akitsu with Naruto cupping her face.

"Its okay to be nervous. You have waited for this moment and its now upon you," replied Naruto, as he moved in closely to her, put his hand to her face, and gently kissed Akitsu on the lips.

The moment he did, Naruto felt less then a fraction of his power leaving him, though to an average everyday person it would have probably been their entire life force, and felt it travel through Akitsu's body. It stopped at the barrier above her seal, the woman's Sekirei core within her now fluctuating, its attempt at expelling the new energy entering the body was successful at first, but that was in the beginning when the energy taken from Naruto was being drawn against his will, and he had not forced more of it willingly.

So carefully calculating what needed to be done, Naruto sent several times what was once drawn out of him at first, and pushed it hard against the seal on Akitsu's forehead. The impact against the seal smashed it before traveling toward her Sekirei core, washing over orb like water from the beach does on rock, only in this case the energy washed over the core, and overpowered the energy within it. The Sekirei core within Akitsu had now been purged of the energy swirling around within it that was responsible for the instability she had that prevented a full fledged winging. Now the core had a more energy, one far more powerful, and triggering the necessary winging effect needed for all Sekirei to emerge.

Akitsu herself felt this happen, as a rush of pleasure suddenly felt like it had exploded from her body in all directions, feeling the head where the seal had been become washed in euphoria, and traveled through her body like a freight train. She grabbed onto Naruto in an instinctive act from the feeling, as she moaned from the feeling her loins now felt, and the explosion of pleasure she felt from the Sekirei crest emerging at the back of her neck.

In that moment, Akitsu's world changed, as she would no longer be a scrapped number, no more she would be considered broken, or a failure among her Sekirei kin. She was now an emerged Sekirei with an Ashikabi and not some weak spoiled one either. This one was powerful, strong, could fight, and cared about her as a person while encourage her to make decisions she wanted to make because they were her choice.

"By the cold sacred vow of my contract, the Hell within the life of my Ashikabi will be forever frozen over!" exclaimed Akitsu, as she spoke her Norito, and the room became dangerously cold.

For a normal human anyway.

(M.B.I. HQ-At the Moment)

M.B.I. HQ had a marvel of different technological wonders and many employees who were trained qualified individuals capable of using them. Different systems, terminals, and databases focusing from the different technological devices currently being sold to the monitoring systems the company had to keep track of the Sekirei. At the moment, the bridge bunnies filled with doctors, and the scientists assigned by the President of M.B.I. along with his Senior Staff got a blaring alarm that scared the crap out of them. One poor soul had hot coffee spilled onto his lap from the sudden blaring of the alarm system and was screaming out in pain.

When the doctors and scientists activated the Sekirei Monitoring System or S.M.S. for short, they were shocked to see which Sekirei had been winged. Some screamed it was impossible, some said the end of the world was coming to an end, and panic soon took hold of the people there. One person ran through the different rows while on fire and was screaming that he didn't want to live in a world where everything he believed in was a lie.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON? WHAT THE FUCK ARE ALL OF YOU IDIOTS DOING?!" yelled a pissed off female individual walking into the room to see the chaos that had been unleashed that was currently pausing itself at the sight of her.

Yes, even the man running around on fire stopped running...but he was still on fire, and strangely enough he along with everyone else was ignoring it.

"I-I-Its A-Akitsu. The Scrapped Number we lost some time ago Takami-sama. According to our systems...she's just been winged!" stated one of the scientists like he had just seen the impossible become possible.

To her credit, Takami looked surprised by this, but that was to keep up the part regarding the fact she knew this was happening from Minaka, who was right behind her doing his impersonation of Ikari Gendo from the anime. The only difference between the two was where Ikari Gendo's character in the actual plot of the series had him constantly had him frowning, Minaka was smiling, and it only increased when he heard this incredible news. While Takami didn't mind the fact he was happy, she should probably be more worried that the mad man wasn't getting angry, or throwing some kind of fit over this current development.

"Get everything you can on her Ashikabi. Name, age, gender, what this person did since the time of birth. Everything you can on this person. NOW!" demanded Takami, but in secret she knew who it was that winged Akitsu from the information sent to her, and also knew that in order to fool Minaka about her secret move was to look shocked as Hell.

It wasn't like she had many options, except getting Naruto involved in the game to protect her children from being hurt by others in this "game" she had to enlist the aid of someone many considered to be the Devil, and making deals with him cost you dearly. Takami knew he was partially like the Devil, you make a deal with him, and he expects you to pay when the payment is due. He didn't come after your soul though, as Takami had come to learn first hand with him, but everything else that was owed per the agreement you made with him, and only if you cross this particular Devil did your soul get taken.

Hence why she could trust him not to screw her over unless she tried to first and even Takami for all the fierce intimidation a woman of her position could produce was just a mere bug that he could easily swat away. His power went beyond anything she had ever known, could even begin to fathom, and she wasn't about to get started on the wife of this Devil either since that woman wasn't a pushover at all.

"Well now this is interesting. Akitsu was suppose to be broken," commented Minaka with his evil grin on his face.

"Well Akitsu did escape from the labs before we could properly analyze how she was broken Minaka. Perhaps someone found a way around that and successfully winged her," offered Takami with Minaka smiling further.

"Yes. It seems Naruto-san has stepped out of the shadows to throw his hat into the game," replied Minaka with Takami looking at him in shock.

"N-Naruto? How did you come to that conclusion?" demanded Takami while she was sure that her moves to speak to Naruto and destroy the information sent to her in secret had been concealed perfectly.

"Who else could have winged the unwingable scrapped number?" asked Minaka with Takami looking at him and then the big screen showing Naruto's picture as Akitsu's Ashikabi.

"Okay! We know Akitsu was finally winged. That doesn't change anything. Process the information and get back to monitoring the other Sekirei we have released into the city," commanded Takami before heading for the elevator.

"And where are you going Takami?" questioned Minaka with a raised eyebrow.

"To the park. I promised a little girl I'd take her there today for being such a good girl. Don't you have an introduction to make?" replied Takami stiffly and entered the elevator.

"I would, but unlike my other introductions to the other Ashikabi, there is a considerable chance Naruto-kun will grab me through the TV, or computer screen to snap my neck," replied

(Whirlpool Publishing Roof-Uzumaki Hyuuga Estate-Days Later)

"Again!" commanded Naruto, as he watched Akitsu manifest ice around her, and shoot them at the various targets setup throughout the courtyard.

So far, it took Akitsu approximately ten solid seconds to make the ice, and an additional five to launch them at her intended targeted area. Naruto intended for her to shoot the ice in less then half the time on both counts by building up Akitsu's speed, concentration, and focus on where to aim the ice. Naruto watched how Akitsu made the projectiles sharp, how they could pierce even solid steel, and could be molded to become any shape or size with enough effort. He had warned Akitsu before hand that the training she would go through everyday would tire her out and be pushed to her limits until she broken down to strive even higher. In fact, Naruto planned to teach her some of Haku's moves his first ever friend had used on him in Wave Country back during the Shinobi era.

Naruto honestly thought Akitsu would one day replicate those powers with enough time, effort, and concentration with his guidance.

"Excuse me sir, but you have a very urgent call coming in from one Sahashi Takami, and says its extremely urgent that you talk to her," said Jarvis in his holographic form, which was that of a butler's uniform, and was holding a phone for Naruto to pick up.

"Thank you Jarvis. Keep practicing Akitsu. Try targeting the moving targets now," said Naruto before focusing on the phone in hand.

"Naruto! I need your help," said Takami over the phone in a serious tone.

"Hence why you are calling. I take it this is in regards to my job you first hired me for earlier a few days ago when we were at the airport?" questioned Naruto while imagining Takami nodding.

"Yes. I was out at the park with Sekirei #108 Kusano when Hayato Mikogami showed up with one of his Sekirei. I believe it was #40 Yomi since I recognize her from the labs and her weapon of choice when fighting other Sekirei. Mikogami tried to wing Kusano, but she slapped him hard in the face for trying, and soon she got frightened before activating her Sekirei powers to make plants and trees grow to incredible heights. The entire park is covered in vegetation and M.B.I. is spinning it as a miracle grow product being tested after hours when people go home to avoid casualties. It will take awhile before a M.B.I. team can cut through the vegetation, but Kusano doesn't have that time, as Mikogami, and other Ashikabi are going to converge on the park to wing her. Minaka has already sent a text to every single Ashikabi except you and telling them its first come first serve in getting Kusano as their Sekirei. You have to get to Kusano before someone else does and wings the poor girl," explained Takami with Naruto sighing since it seems he was getting right into the action.

"And what do I do when I find her Takami? Wing her? Because I don't intend to do that. Especially since I'm not reacting to the girl," questioned Naruto since he had no intention of doing that and denying the poor girl her rightful Ashikabi.

"Of course not. At the very least, I need you to hold onto her for a day, or two until I can come get her. She's technically not expected out of the labs just yet," replied Takami with Naruto sighing again on the phone.

"What about your Guardian of Unwinged Sekirei doing? Why can't he handle this? This seems more up his alley then mine," questioned Naruto with Takami grumbling now on the other line.

"Normally that would be the case, but Homura is having...problems with his powers due to his instability. He maybe silently reacting and holding off in finding his Ashikabi or his instability with his powers is flaring up. The point is, having him near Kusano with his kind of power is not wise, and will only frighten her further. She's been in there for two days now without food or water Naruto. She won't last much longer given her age and size even if the girl is a Sekirei," replied Takami with Naruto not replying for a second.

"Let me get this straight. This Sekirei in question is little girl? A child? A child that is in a highly vegetation enhanced park? And has been in there without food or water for two straight days?" questioned Naruto in a deathly whisper with silence now coming over the phone.

"Yes. The M.B.I. cutting team has been trying to cut through to get to Kusano and bring in supplies for her to find. But the vegetation is too thick to get through and any supplies sent by airlift won't reach her since she will be at the center of it. I need your covert skills in order to get through the vegetation and rescue #108 as fast as you can," answered Takami while sensing he was not pleased with learning the poor girl was starving in that vast vegetation alone.

"I will rescue her, but make no mistake we will talk again afterwards, and I suggest you do an employee background check on who exactly told Mikogami about your trip to the park with Kusano," replied Naruto while Takami nodded on her end.

"I'm already on it and narrowed down my suspect pool. I never gave an exact time when I would leave for the park until the last hour so the list is short. Make no mistake, the rat will be caught, and I will make an example out of the sell out," vowed Takami knowing she wasn't going to tolerate moles within M.B.I. since too many could cause problems.

Problems Minaka would ignore to make the game more interesting.

"I'll leave to get her within the hour. Tell Homura to come to the park to assist me on this. If he starts having power spasms, I'll take care of it, and send him home to rest before he becomes too hostile," answered Naruto before hanging up the phone and turned to look at Akitsu had finished her training in shooting ice projectiles at targets.

"Is something wrong Ashikabi-sama?" asked Akitsu seeing her Ashikabi holding in his anger at something and was seconds away from crushing the phone in his hands.

"I'll tell you inside. We have to go out. Get some food and a drink in your system Akitsu, we're heading out on a mission to save an unwinged Sekirei from death, or a life being bonded to an Ashikabi that is not meant to wing her," answered Naruto, as he saw Akitsu frown, and nod before she followed him into the kitchen with Jarvis walking right behind them.

"Shall I call Hinata-sama and inform her of the situation sir?" asked Jarvis with Naruto pausing for a moment and then nodding.

"Yes. Please do Jarvis. Also, call Asama Miya at Mason Izumo to tell her I might need that place to stay for the night after all depending on how things go with this assignment," replied Naruto, as he entered his room to change, and within a span of ten minutes he was back out the bedroom door dressed in ANBU attire complete with a kitsune mask to hide his face.

On his back was Zabuza's trusty sword Kubikiribōchō, which was taken before the trip into stasis with Hinata, and had used several times after coming out of it. Minaka had drooled over the prospect of getting such a weapon analyzed to make copies of, but Naruto told him that if he tried to so much scan a picture of it the sword would taste his blood, and paint his office walls with the crimson liquid.

"I have informed Hinata-sama of the situation regarding your mission Naruto-sama. She wanted me to tell you that she wishes to join you, but business at the clinic is preventing it," stated Jarvis with Naruto nodding while seeing Akitsu finish her small meal and drink before appearing at his side.

"I understand Jarvis. Let's go Akitsu," replied Naruto, as he took out a tri pronged kunai out, and headed out to the side of the building of his company/home.

"Ah...it is a long way down Ashikabi-sama. Even a Sekirei could not survive a jump this high," replied Akitsu calmly before she was grabbed around the waist, blushing from the sudden contact, and saw him throw the small projectile at what was probably the fourth farthest building from Whirlpool Publishing.

"Hiraishin no Jutsu!" said Naruto before they were gone in a yellow flash and reappeared on the building with the tri prong kunai.

"Ah...how did you do that Ashikabi-sama?" questioned Akitsu, as she looked shocked that they had moved so fast, and where he had thrown the weapon.

"Family secret Akitsu-chan. I'll tell you later. Come on. We can run through the rooftops from here," answered Naruto, as they took off from rooftop to rooftop, and were heading to the park.

It didn't take for the two of them that long to get there, but when they did, it was clear to Naruto that someone had already arrived before their arrival, and this person also had no problem taking out the troops M.B.I. had sent to keep people out. It looked like a damn warzone had erupted on the streets below and Naruto along with Akitsu were staring at the aftermath of it.

With one more Hiraishin no Jutsu, the two were down on the ground, in front of the park entrance, and Naruto stopped for a moment before putting a gloved hand on the ground. His Sage Mode activating, his merging with nature in a place like a park that is filled with such highly advanced nature friendly plants gave him an edge, and the blonde instantly sensed multiple signatures within the vegetation.

"Is something wrong Ashikabi-sama?" asked Akitsu seeing him kneeling and was unable to see his face with her behind him.

"No. I'm just sensing for energy signatures and found quite a few. Kusano is still in there, as I knew she would be, but so is a Sekirei, who is closing in on her, followed by two humans, and three more Sekirei with them. The group is farther from the one Sekirei and there is one among the group that has yet to be winged," replied Naruto with Akitsu now frowning in thought.

"I think it could be Homura my Master. It is said in the labs when I was there that he is an unwinged Sekirei, but very powerful despite having yet to emerge," offered Akitsu with Naruto nodding and remembering what Takami said about the man's instability with his powers.

"Homura's power is also unstable. I can sense that much from here. His power fluctuates not unlike yours did, but he is I think unknowingly rejecting his Ashikabi, and its causing a backlash on himself. Whoever his Ashikabi is, I believe its among the two he is with, and there is also a chance that not even his chosen Ashikabi knows about his reactions," replied Naruto before standing up and turning off Sage mode.

"Should we intercept the group? Or the one Sekirei closest to the target?" asked Akitsu, as she saw him think for a second, and then looked at her with his mask on.

"You will go hunting for Kusano and fight off the Sekirei hunting for her. Chances are, its a Sekirei belonging to Hayato Mikogami, who was the same Ashikabi that tried to grab you earlier for his collection. Depending on how you defeat the Sekirei in battle, I leave her life in your hands, and then move to secure Kusano without frightening her. I will investigate the group heading their way and see if one of the humans in the group is her chosen Ashikabi reacting to her," answered Naruto before pointing to the general area where Kusano was currently hiding with Akitsu nodding.

"Yes Ashikabi-sama," replied Akitsu immediately before taking off, ready to fight for her Ashikabi, and prove her worth as his Sekirei to everyone that denounced her.

'Be careful Akitsu. I don't want to see your wings lost so soon after being given them,' thought Naruto sadly knowing that could happen if the ice using Sekirei was not careful when fighting.

With his mind finished speaking on the matter, he leaped into the air, and made his way through the branches of the vegetation to the group he sensed to determine if they were friend or foe. Naruto didn't want to kill anyone unless he had to since it brought down a lot of heat that even M.B.I. would have trouble covering up since death by lack of heads on your bodies regardless of the species would turn many heads in here. Inquires would be made, investigations started, and hearings would be held to find out how four maybe five people lost their heads in such a place when they shouldn't be there at all. Even if Naruto disposed of the bodies using a Fire Jutsu, the parents, friends, or siblings may come looking for them when they lose contact with their loved ones.

Fortunately, Naruto found he didn't have to kill anyone like he first thought, as the group he found that was hunting for Kusano were those he knew weren't bad people. The group consisted of Sahashi Minato, who was the ever goofy son of Sahashi Takami, Homura, two Sekirei twins wearing dominatrix based clothing, and their scruffy poorly shaven Ashikabi that was Kaoru Seo.

The last one being Takehito's good old friend from back in the day when people were desperate for money and developed certain skills to get it.

"Are you sure we're going the right way? It seems like we're getting lost," said Minato with Seo looking around.

"Sure I'm sure. Have faith in me kid. I may be an Ashikabi like you, but I'm not about to screw over a little girl in being denied her rightful Ashikabi like some do," replied Seo with his Sekirei looking skeptical and Homura raising an eyebrow at him.

"You're just doing this so Miya won't insult you as much when you come to the house to mooch off of her," remarked Homura with Seo sweat dropping and laughing nervously.

"Um Homura-san...how do you know Miya?" asked Minato with Homura's body going stiff since he didn't expect it or possibly letting it slip that he knew Miya in front of the boy.

"Oh uh...everyone knows Seo's habits and how he visits Asama Miya at Mason Izumo for food. Its not exactly a secret," replied Homura casually with Seo eyeing Homura for a second and the Guardian of Unwinged Sekirei gave him a look that said to run with it.

"He's right! Don't sweat it kid. You've clearly been at Mason Izumo for a few days and I haven't been there in awhile since my pay up until now has been descent enough that I didn't come over there yet to ask for food," replied Seo before his two Sekirei, who were clearly upset with him, and his mooching ways shocked the living daylights out of the man.

"Maybe if you didn't spend all the money we do make on booze, we wouldn't have that problem!" exclaimed Hikari angrily while seeing the smoking body of her Ashikabi on the ground.

"Um...can you possibly talk about that later? We need to find Kusano," offered Minato with Homura nodding before he saw movement above and was getting ready to use his fire when the figure descended down in front of them.

"I wouldn't Homura. Your power is not exactly friendly here. Wouldn't want the flames to grow out of your control when launched, would we?" questioned Naruto with Homura frowning before his eyes widened.

"You!" exclaimed Homura with Naruto smirking behind his mask.

"Yep! Me. I take it you talked to one of our shared contacts?" questioned Naruto with the fire using Sekirei nodding while Seo, the twins, and Minato looked a bit concerned.

Not surprising given the massive sword on his back.

"Yes. She explained everything to me," answered Homura with Naruto nodding before looking at Minato.

"So you're Sahashi Minato. Your skinnier then I expected," remarked Naruto with Minato blushing a bit and looking nervous.

"Um...how do you know my name?" asked Minato with Naruto tilting his head.

"I make it my business to know people's names. Yours is no exception. Though I would like to know just why you are looking for Kusano?" asked Naruto with his hands folded across his chest.

"I'm doing it because someone else is trying to wing the poor girl and apparently Minato here had a dream regarding this particular Sekirei being here. Even knowing her name despite the text M.B.I. sent out not revealing it to anyone," answered Seo with Naruto looking from him to Minato.

"So Minato-san here is having a reaction to her," deduced Naruto with Seo nodding while Minato looked confused.

"Reaction?" asked Minato with Naruto looking at him like he was stupid from behind his mask.

"When a Sekirei tries to reach out to their rightful Ashikabi when too far away to get in close contact, they do it through their dreams. No doubt you've already had one, but at the same time you were greatly confused by what it meant right up until now, and only when seeing the unnatural vegetation growth did it start to make sense. A reaction from Kusano means that you are her Ashikabi and is meant to be winged by you," explained Naruto with Minato looking shocked by this.

"Wait! How do you know all of this?" asked Minato with Naruto smirking behind his ANBU mask.

"I make it my business to know," answered Naruto before the sounds of fighting and a girl's screams caught their ears.

"That's Kusano!" exclaimed Minato, as he recognized the girl's voice from his dreams, and the sound of fighting getting louder.

"Come on Homura. You and I will secure Kusano so she can meet Minato. Seo, I need you, and your two Sekirei twins to go outside to watch out for any more Sekirei sent to get Kusano. When M.B.I. brings is their forces, get the Hell out of there, and swing by Mason Izumo tomorrow afternoon," ordered Naruto with Hikari sputtering in anger.

"Hey you! What gives you the right to boss our Ashikabi around like that? Give us one good reason why we shouldn't fry your ass right now?!" demanded Hikari while Hibiki sighed at her sister's short tempered attitude while Seo narrowed his eyes at first before they went wide like he just figured something out.

"That's enough Hikari," said Seo before walking away.

"What? Seo, you're just going to listen to him?" asked Hikari in shock and Hibiki just looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah Hikari. I am. Come on and I'll explain to you why," answered Seo with his Sekirei looking confused by his sudden decision to listen to someone he just met.

"Wait! What about me?" asked Minato since he was basically being left here all alone.

"You have to stay here for the time being. We can't risk you getting hurt by the Sekirei mine is fighting right now," answered Naruto before he took off with Homura following right behind him.

"What? He's an Ashikabi too? But...how can he move like that?" asked Minato to himself since the idea of a human moving like that with a heavy looking sword seemed utterly and completely impossible in his mind.

Then again, the idea of Sekirei existing was something that baffled his mind too, and the fact they were all over Shinto Teito just made things more confusing.

(With Akitsu)

The ice using Sekirei dodged left and right, as her opponent Sekirei #40 Yomi, had been trying to kill her with the scythe that sent sharp waves of wind at her. Akitsu was a bit annoyed since Yomi had a much faster attack rate when launching such long range and nearly invisible long range attacks. When not using the long range assault method, Yomi would try to use the more up close, and personal method of slicing through her opponent by using the actual blade of the weapon to cut through the ice user. So far, Yomi had been unsuccessful in hurting Akitsu with either method, but the clothing the ice user wore was damaged in certain areas that exposed more flesh then it was designed to do, and it was making the ice using Sekirei a tad upset inside since these clothes were bought by her Ashikabi at her request. It was like Yomi was attacking the very first thing, aside from his acceptance of her, that he had ever given the former scrapped number, and what was worse was Sekirei #40 was taunting her in regards to the damaged clothing.

"Oops! Did I tear that slutty dress of yours? Damn! I was hoping to tear open some of your flesh. No matter. I can still do that. After I remove the rest of your clothes and see what you're hiding back there that no doubt your Ashikabi loves to touch so much. But when I get through with you, he'll be so disgusted by your damaged appearance that even if you survive, I bet you'll be discarded, and thrown out onto the street," taunted Yomi, as she giggled, and laughed not unlike Orochimaru of the Sannin when he was interested in something.

Or someone.

"My Master will not discard me. Not like you. Your Master does not love you. He will cast you out the moment you fail here," replied Akitsu, as she refused to believe Yomi's cruel words, and let past fears return to cause doubt.

Her Master had taken her in before when she was a broken discarded number and set out to give her wings right away. Akitsu would not listen to a Sekirei that was not loved like she was by Naruto-sama and decided that Sekirei #40 had lost the right to be in this world among the rest of their kin.

"We'll see. Maybe after I cut you up, I pay him a visit, and throw your destroyed body at his feet before taking his head while he's in the middle of grieving," taunted Yomi again before launching more attacks, which Akitsu quickly dodged, and then launched more ice projectiles at Yomi.

"You will not touch Ashikabi-sama. To even try would be foolish on your part," stated Akitsu with determination in her eyes burning brightly and shot more projectiles at Yomi that were now putting the scythe wielding Sekirei on the defensive.

"Oh yeah?! Why is that? You make it sound like your Master is some hotshot warrior. No human can match a Sekirei," stated Yomi, as she jumped behind a tree, and then leaped away before an ice projectile pierced right through it.

"My Ashikabi-sama is unique and powerful. He can do things no other human except one other can do. If you hurt me, he will come for you, and your Ashikabi. My Master will show you no mercy," replied Akitsu while keeping Yomi in her sights while quickly glancing at Kusano hiding safely on the sidelines away from the fighting despite a few close calls.

"That's bullshit! I don't know what lies your Ashikabi has told you, but its clear he's fed them right down your throat. I bet he can't wait to wing the Green Girl over there to add to his collection just like mine does. How does it feel knowing your Master sent you to get your replacement for his love and affection? How does it feel knowing that once he wings the Green Girl, you'll be cast aside, and thrown out like before 'discard number'? Maybe I should put you out of your misery to prevent that from happening?" questioned Yomi with Akitsu scowling now at what she was implying about her Ashikabi.

"You're a real piece of work," replied a voice from within the shadows before dropping down between the two.

"Ashikabi-sama?" asked Akitsu while hoping his comment wasn't directed at her.

"Don't worry Akitsu-chan. I'm not directing my disgust toward you. It is your opponent and your opponent's Ashikabi I dislike at the moment," replied Naruto after he sensed her fear and began to guess what these two had talked about before his arrival while fighting.

"How dare you! Mikogami-sama is the best Ashikabi ever! He's smart, rich, handsome, and treats his collection like we deserve to be treated!" exclaimed Yomi angrily at the sight of this masked freak insulting her and her precious Ashikabi.

"He's also a spoiled brat that had everything handed to him since his birth. Your Master has never worked a day in his life. He cares for nothing and no one. I highly doubt your Master will mourn your loss after being deactivated, as he drew his sword from his back, and saw Yomi's eyes go wide while Akitsu's did too slightly since she had no idea the sword was actually that big.

"What the fuck? How can you wield a sword like that? No human should be able to lift something that heavy!" exclaimed Yomi with a sense of fear in her voice.

"I'm not a normal human. You should have listened to Akitsu earlier. Now you'll pay the price for your arrogance...with your life," replied Naruto in a deadly tone while oozing killer intent over the battlefield with most it flooding the general area Yomi was standing.

'What's this horrible feeling? I feel like I'm fighting some kind of monster or demon from the deepest pits of Hell!' thought Yomi, as she saw something monstrous towering over the masked warrior, and was mere seconds away from soiling herself.

"Akitsu, go with Homura, and take Kusano out of here. Follow him to the boy named Minato, who is also here, and make sure the girl is given to him. He is Kusano's chosen Ashikabi. As for what I must do, it is not something that I do not wish you, or anyone else here to see done to your kin," said Naruto with Akitsu looking over at Homura now shielding a shivering Kusano from him.

"I wish to fight beside you Ashikabi-sama," replied Akitsu while Naruto looked back at her with firm yet gentle eyes though she couldn't see it.

"I understand you do Akitsu, but this mission is not about fighting a Sekirei, but rather the retrieval of one, and we have done that. However, I must make an example out of your opponent so her Ashikabi gets the message I'm about to send," answered Naruto soothingly with Akitsu seeing Yomi still shivering and backing up away from them.

"I will return swiftly once Kusano is secured Ashikabi-sama," said Akitsu with Naruto nodding.

"Don't let down your guard Akitsu. Not even for a second," said Naruto before his Sekirei nodded and left with a hesitant Sekirei #6 Homura holding Kusano in his arms.

"What are you? Who are you?" asked a trembling Yomi, as she tried to stand her ground, but the killer intent was so powerful, it was suffocating, and making any chance to focus her power extremely difficult.

"Your end," replied Naruto, as he came at her with Kubikiribōchō coming right at the scared Sekirei, and Yomi barely had time to block the first strike.

"No! Stop! Get away from me! Keep away from me!" Yomi screamed out hysterically, as she blocked in a clumsy manner each strike, and was pushed back violently by each blow landing on the staff part of her scythe.

"You've brought this on yourself," remarked Naruto, as he disarmed Yomi of her weapon, and kicked the Sekirei hard into a tree.

"No wait! I'm sorry! Please don't kill me!" pleaded Yomi, as she was scared of death, and it was clear to Naruto that she could dish it out on those believed to be weaker then her.

But when it came to take it from a stronger opponent? This Sekirei here had no spine.

"How many people both human and Sekirei pleaded for their lives in your situation? How many died because of your lack of compassion?" questioned Naruto coldly with Yomi backing up against the tree she was knocked into.

"I was just following orders. My Ashikabi demanded I do what he wished and I can't go against my Master," replied Yomi while Naruto's eyes narrowed beneath his mask.

"You still made those people suffer. Your Ashikabi never ordered you to make them die slowly," countered Naruto with Yomi looking away.

"Not openly. Master needs to appear kind to the general public, but I sensed what he wanted from me," answered Yomi in a pitiful manner that angered Naruto further.

"I see. Well you won't have to worry about Mikogami-teme much longer since your vile Master's days are now numbered," replied Naruto before going through one handed hand signs.

"What? No! Don't kill my Master!" pleaded Yomi, as she tried to rush him in a last ditch effort, and tackle him to the ground with the off chance she could grab her scythe in the event she succeeded.

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" exclaimed Naruto, as he sent a massive blast of wind nearly point blank range at Yomi, which sent her flying right through several dozen trees, then bounced hard several times off the ground, and skidded several more feet along the grass covered ground with her clothing being torn to shreds.

"Mi-k-oga-mi-sam-a," gasped Yomi before her Sekirei crest glowed and vanished from the back of her neck.

"Had Mikogami been your actual Ashikabi and treated you with love...perhaps your true potential would have been able to come out," remarked Naruto before looking behind him to see Akitsu was behind him, a worried expression on her face, and it was clear she had heard the sound of a body going flying through the area.

"Kusano is with her assigned Ashikabi," replied Akitsu, as she saw him approach, and bowed her head submissively in his presence before he raised it by putting a hand on her chin.

"And where is he right now?" asked Naruto with Akitsu thinking for a moment.

"Ah...Sekirei #06 Homura said he would escort them both out before I left to come back here," answered Akitsu with Naruto nodding.

"Good to hear. Our task is done. We should go now," said Naruto before noticed the state of his Sekirei's clothing and how they were torn in some areas.

"Ah...when a Sekirei is defeated, it is said the Sekirei who is the victor must remain so M.B.I. can identify the winner," stated Akitsu while wondering if they should stay due to that simple rule.

"The last thing M.B.I. needs in its database is someone like me on record having defeated a Sekirei with my picture Akitsu. Even masked, there are multiple ways to identify me that I'm sure M.B.I. has at its disposal, and will no doubt cause a stir among those in this 'game' the President of M.B.I. has created. Besides, this mission is to be as cover, and our presence is to be that of whispered rumors at best. Officially, we were never here Akitsu, and I would prefer it that way until further notice," replied Naruto with Akitsu nodding and looking away in shame.

"My apologies Ashikabi-sama. I merely wished to tell you the rule. I'm sorry if I offended you for speaking out of turn," said Akitsu sadly with her eyes once more being drawn to her masked Ashikabi and could sensed him smiling behind it.

"You don't have to apologize Akitsu-chan. You were right to inform me of this rule. After all, when you participate in this game on an official level, its only right that you follow the rules set, and do what you must," replied Naruto, as he lifted his mask off, and kissed Akitsu gently on the lips.

"Thank you Ashikabi-sama," whispered Akitsu with Naruto smiling at her before putting the mask back on.

"Your welcome Akitsu-chan. Now let's get out of here before M.B.I. troops somehow cut their way through here and discover us," replied Naruto and the two took off through the trees to get out of the park.

It didn't take them long to escape the park given their shared speed, but they couldn't head straight back to Whirlpool Publishing just yet, as M.B.I. troops, and their vehicles could be heard approaching. The M.B.I. choppers were flying in the air that could be seen in the distance coming from all directions. Naruto didn't want to be seen by any M.B.I. forces, nor did he want Akitsu to be either, and decided to go to a temporary hideout in the form of Mason Izumo. It was close by and M.B.I. avoided Miya like one would avoid someone had the Black Plague so it was a win/win for him.

Gently knocking on the door of Mason Izumo, Naruto took off his ANBU kitsune mask while using a henge to hide his ANBU outfit from anyone that might look, and see who was visiting Miya at this hour. While waiting until the door opened, Naruto made a hand motion to Akitsu to keep his henge a secret, which the ice user nodded quickly before the door opened to reveal Miya with a smile on her face, and it was clear she was happy to see him. She didn't say a word though, as a finger went to her lips, and motioned for him to follow with the scene in the living area.

Minato was watching Kusano eating in a frenzy, as she hadn't eaten anything for days, and was starving like an Akimichi when going a few hours without eating. Beside the boy was a brown haired, skimpy shrine maiden wearing girl, and had an excellent figure too along with a great deal of power he sensed within her. The girl was clearly a Sekirei and was Minato's at that since she had a happy smile on her face from the angle Naruto could see from when she was talking to the boy while acting so comfortable around him.

"We have guests!" called out Miya with Minato, Musubi, and Kusano looking from their position to see Naruto with Akitsu right behind him.

"Hey you guys. It's nice to meet all of you. My name is Uzumaki Naruto and this lady behind me is Akitsu," replied Naruto with a small wave of his hand and Akitsu nodded while remembering to keep her Ashikabi's secret from those in this room.

"Hi! I'm Minato. This is Musubi and this little girl is Kusano," replied Minato while the little girl nodded before she went back to eating.

"I'm Sekirei #88 Musubi. I'm a Fist Type Sekirei. What about type of Sekirei are you?" asked Musubi to Akitsu, who was unsure if she should reply, but a nod from Naruto told her it was okay, and decided it couldn't hurt.

"I am Sekirei #7 Akitsu. I'm an Elemental Type Sekirei. I specialize in ice," answered Akitsu while seeing Musubi's eyes widen and was instantly in the ice user's face with a look of awe.

"Akitsu? As in the one that was said to be scrapped? I heard about you! Mu...where is the crest they said was on your forehead?" asked Musubi, as she was squinting her eyes now while looking for the seal that was said to be on Akitsu's forehead, and wondering if it was somehow hidden.

"Ah...Naruto-sama was able to wing me so I am no longer broken," replied Akitsu while trying to be respectful to her Ashikabi and resist the urge to push Musubi back.

"That's wonderful! Your Ashikabi must really love you and be really strong to wing you Akitsu-chan! I'm so happy!" exclaimed Musubi, who hugged Akitsu, who was shocked, and a bit embarrassed at being hugged by the energetic girl.

"Oh my! Musubi is very energetic today. Its a shame she wasn't able to help you earlier in getting Kusano from the park," remarked Miya with a giggle and hiding the smile behind her kimono covered hand.

"Its not Musubi's fault Miya. I forgot my cell. If I had it, I would have called you, and asked for Musubi's assistance. Though I did have help from some unlikely sources," said Minato with Kusano nodding and finally seemed to remember Akitsu because the girl had run up to her and given the ice user a hug.

"Thanks for defending me against the mean lady," replied Kusano with Akitsu looking down at her.

"Ah...your welcome," replied Akitsu with Minato looking at her in shock.

"Wait! You were at the park and helped Kusano?" asked Minato with Akitsu nodding, but didn't say anything, and glanced over at Naruto for help.

"I heard what was going on and sent Akitsu to find the source of the problem. I had heard rumors of Ashikabi winging Sekirei that weren't theirs and feared that might happen. I am a firm believer that a Sekirei should be winged by the Ashikabi they are supposed to have rather then the one forced upon them. From what Akitsu informed me after she helped drop the girl off to you, the Sekirei she encountered while trying to rescue Kusano was serving an Ashikabi that wanted her for his collection, and wasn't above hurting others to get what he wanted. Given the name of the enemy Sekirei's Ashikabi, I would suggest you be careful from now on when going out and avoid the Southern part of Shinto Teito, and avoid any Sekirei winged by Hayato Mikogami. Chances are, he will find out you have Kusano, and feel personally scorned at being denied what he wants," replied Naruto with Minato nodding since he didn't know many of the players in the Sekirei Plan and could use this information for the future.

"Thanks for the heads up. I should probably take Ku to bed. She's had a long day and looks ready to fall asleep," said Minato, as he grabbed Ku before she could fall down, and took her upstairs to sleep with Musubi following.

"It was really nice meeting you all!" exclaimed Musubi before she put her hands to her mouth and whispered an apology for speaking loudly since Kusano was now asleep.

"So the boy has two Sekirei now. Interesting," whispered Naruto before seeing Akitsu look down in shame.

"My apologies Ashikabi-sama. I feel I gave too much information away because of the little girl," whispered Akitsu with Naruto sighing.

"Akitsu, I told you before that its okay. You didn't reveal anything about me being there and I was able to create a perfectly logical cover story. Minato-san was so overwhelmed by what he's experienced so far, he failed to follow up on asking about if you knew the masked person wielding a giant sword, and probably won't remember until much later. By the time Minato does remember, we will be gone, and he won't see us again for a long time if ever with the incident being long forgotten," replied Naruto with Akitsu nodding and was clearly glad he was so understanding.

"So Minato doesn't know of you involvement," stated Miya with Naruto nodding and saw a familiar face walking near the living area in a playboy suit while tying his tie.

It was Homura, but without his Sekirei outfit.

"Oh! We have more company I see. I'm Kagari," said Homura with Naruto smirking.

"Hey Homura. I'm Naruto. You don't have to hide your true identity from us. You have already met Akitsu so I know you know who I am," said Naruto with Homura looking to see Akitsu watching him cautiously, as if gauging whether or not the Sekirei Guardian of Unwinged Sekirei was an enemy, and was watching for any sneak attacks that could be launched by him.

"Thank you for that Naruto-san. Well I'm heading out. Work and all that stuff," remarked Homura unhappily before letting out a sigh and was heading out.

"Going to meet Takami?" asked Naruto making Homura freeze up again.

"Do you have the power to read my mind?" asked Homura with his eyes on Naruto and focusing on him intently.

"No. I just figured Takami would want a report on tonight's events and you would have to be discreet when reporting to her under Minaka's notice. Besides, no one really goes out this late at night for that sort of job unless they are desperate for money," replied Naruto with Homura looking shocked that he had been found out so easily.

"That's Naruto-sensei for you," remarked Miya with a giggle.

"Sensei? You mean...HE trained you? HE trained the infamous Hanya of the North?!" questioned Homura with his voice rising to near high pitched voice that one would think a woman would have instead of a man.

"Lower your voice please. A little girl is upstairs sleeping," scolded Miya with her usual smile while the feeling of dread that followed when someone was not being polite in her home.

"S-Sorry Miya, its just...," remarked Homura before he shivered and decided to leave the house to speak to Takami.

He needed to confirm some things about Naruto now that he had heard this.

"Oh my! I think you scared him sensei," said Miya before letting out a giggle.

"Me? You're the one that took the move I taught Takehito, who in turn taught you, and scared him away Miya. For shame on blaming your sensei for such a thing," countered Naruto though his face now sporting a smirk.

"I have no idea what you are taking about sensei. I'm just a beautiful and lovely landlady of a well respected home I rent to those in need," replied Miya with her ever gentle and disarming smile on her face.

'Sure. And I don't have a hot smoking wife that does this awesome thing with her tongue when she goes down south,' thought Naruto to himself before pulling out a small wad of cash and handing it to Miya.

"Staying for the night I take it?" asked Miya while pocketing the money.

"Yes. This should cover the rent for the room I need for the night. I will be heading back home tomorrow morning when the heat dies down," replied Naruto with Miya nodding.

"I understand. Though I hope you realize that while you are my sensei and I respect you dearly...illicit relations at Mason Izumo is strictly forbidden," stated Miya while deciding to not use her mask since it didn't effect Naruto in the slightest.

"I would expect nothing less from you Miya," replied Naruto before he motioned Akitsu to follow him and his ice using Sekirei bowed to Miya before following.

(With Homura and Takami)

"So you were successful in rescuing Kusano," stated Takami after lighting a cigarette and looking at Homura with her one eye since the other had an eye patch on it while wearing a dress that showed off her womanly figure.

"Yes. The backup you said to expect came when I was about to question whether or not I was being played. I was with Minato, Seo, and the twins when Naruto showed up to help guide us to Kusano. He already sent Akitsu to intercept Yomi from getting #108 until we could get there. After we did, he engaged Yomi in battle while Akitsu escorted me to Minato since #108 was having a reaction to him, and was to be winged soon," answered Homura with Takami nodding.

"Sorry about that. I was in a bind. Minaka sent out the text to all Ashikabi and I knew that the one that nearly took out my eye was possibly going to try again. The bitch got what she deserved," replied Takami coldly with Homura laughing sheepishly at her.

"Wow! Never took you for the vengeful when scorned type Takami," remarked Homura while Takami gave him a "don't push it" look for that.

"You also want to know more about Naruto given how he deduced so much from you in that one moment you had talking to him," stated Takami, as she knew Homura well, and saw the man get serious.

"Yes. Who is he? Miya called him sensei. Like he was her teacher. Miya is a woman of unfathomable power and skill Takami. You have to understand my position in the fact that its absolutely impossible for me to imagine anyone or any thing more powerful then Sekirei #1," answered Homura with Takami letting out a sigh.

"His name is Uzumaki Naruto. He runs Whirlpool Publishing further North from here along with his wife, who also heads several clinics that help the poor, and unfortunate that can't afford the needed medical care. M.B.I. has a standing arrangement with them regarding the use of our medical technology being sold to them at a high discount and used on the poor while they promote good publicity to the public about us being a people regardless of wealth come first over profit kind of company. We entered this arrangement because even Minaka knows not to have them as our enemies since both Naruto and his wife were the senseis of the first five. They are the only two people outside of the M.B.I. that have more knowledge about Sekirei then anyone else outside of M.B.I. itself. They were also helpful in uncovering the mastermind behind the plot to abduct two Sekirei children by that mercenary military group," replied Takami with Homura looking at her like she told him that his future Ashikabi would a rough trick named Jim, who was male, and loved to give his past lovers plenty of ass play.

"And the fact Miya calls him sensei?" asked Homura with Takami nodding.

"Yes. He is her sensei. As I said before, Naruto along with his wife Hinata-san were both senseis to the first five from the First Generation Discipline Squad," answered Takami with Homura finding it hard to grasp that someone out there was stronger then Miya!

"Stronger then Miya," whispered Homura while Takami rolled her eyes though only one could be seen rolling.

"Oh grow up you big baby. Naruto and Hinata are nice enough, just don't do anything that would warrant their wrath like the Izumi family did when the Head of the family at the time tried to violate Hinata, or hire a mercenary army to steal two Sekirei children," replied Takami with Homura giving her a small glare.

"That isn't very reassuring," remarked Homura with Takami shrugging.

"Well it can't be helped. In any case, things went well, as #108 is with her Ashikabi at one of the safest locations in Shinto Teito, and the Ashikabi of the South has been taken down a peg. This is grounds to celebrate and help you keep your official job at the same time," replied Takami with Homura sighing and shrugged as well.

"What the Hell. Might as well enjoy the rest of the night," mumbled Homura with a grin now matching Takami's own.

(Mason Izumo)

Naruto went to the spare room Miya had prepared for the night for him and Akitsu thanks to Jarvis calling her per his instructions. After he came into the room, Naruto pulled out his cell phone, and called Whirlpool Publishing to speak to Hinata. She had been happy to hear from him and he was happy to speak to her while speaking in Shinobi code about the overall success of the mission while making it seem like it was a casual event he went to with Akitsu. Even if Minaka knew he was involved in getting Kusano out of the park and into the hands of her rightful Ashikabi, there was no proof of it, and the conversation with Hinata if recorded was so well encrypted in Shinobi secret language that no one in their right mind would believe anything that was spoken on the phone was anything but a normal conversation.

After he finished talking to his wife, Naruto undid the henge, and began to remove the ANBU gear from his body before sealing away the different pieces in a Sealing Scroll he had. The sword was already in another scroll after stopping for a moment on the way to Mason Izumo since the sight of a giant sword would have made everyone here at Mason Izumo go on alert.

With the different armor pieces that made up his ANBU uniform put away, Naruto had stripped down to his boxers, and folded them up before putting them in a chair. Without the ANBU pieces, the clothing under them seemed to be that of an everyday person, and no one would suspect they were the clothes of a Shinobi capable of killing you with a flick of his wrist.

Behind him, Akitsu was blushing heavily at the sight of her half naked Ashikabi, and was quietly ogling his bare chest. In the past few days, it had become a growing habit with her when she got up early to spy on her Ashikabi to see if he was awake, and found him still asleep with his wife holding onto his frame. A simple act that Akitsu had silently begun to envying ever since first seeing Hinata lying on top of Naruto and the ice using Sekirei began to imagine herself in that same intimate position. To be held, to be touched, and loved by the man that was her Ashikabi was a growing desire that Akitsu wanted that matched the same level of desire she had when it came wanting to be winged.

"Is something wrong Akitsu-chan? asked Naruto seeing Akitsu look him in the eyes, then his body, and back again to his eyes while blushing shyly.

"Ah...no Ashikabi-sama," answered Akitsu with Naruto raising an eyebrow at her since it was clear she wasn't being honest on the matter, but wasn't going to press her on it.

"Come over here Akitsu-chan. Its time to sleep," commanded Naruto lightly with Akitsu blushing a little bit more, as she discarded her slightly damaged clothing, and walked over to him before sliding into the futon bed Miya had setup.

'Ashikabi-sama is warm. Feels nice. So nice. So jealous of Hinata-sama,' thought Akitsu, as she snuggled up closer to him, and felt his muscular arm wrapping around her before she closed her eyes.

"Akitsu-chan, why aren't you wearing any panties?" asked Naruto with Akitsu blushing further with her eyes shooting open and looking up at him.

"Ah...I forgot to wear them?" answered Akitsu though it sounded more like a guess based answer then an actual answer.

"Yeah. Let's go with that. Just remember to keep both your hands above my waist while we're asleep. Okay Akitsu?" said Naruto with Akitsu nodding and adjusting her body accordingly though she did wrap on of her legs around one of his own.

"Yes Ashikabi-sama," replied Akitsu before she closed her eyes and smiled contently against him.

"Good night Akitsu," said Naruto before kissing her forehead and closed his eyes to fall asleep.

Something told him the morning would not be as pleasant.

(A/N: YAY! I updated. Hope you liked it. Until next time...PEACE!)