(I don't own all of Sekirei or all of Bleach, only my character. It's a harem and I hope you like it.)
Taka2012: Hey guys, Taka2012 and I am rather excited to work on this chapter because a certain someone has a very unique crush on our red haired shinigami here. For someone who has a broken heart, she definitely shows interest in him.
Seishin: You do realize I'm still being held hostage by Benitsubasa and Haihane right...?
Tsks2012: Yeah, that's right.
Seishin: THEN EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE STILL HOLDING ME HOSTAGE DURING THIS COMMENTARY?! *Is still bound by the Discipline Squad.*
Taka2012: Honestly, no idea... Anyway, let's get this chapter on the way!
Seishin: TAKA! Mama-mia...
Sekirei EX II
Chapter 3: The Winds of Fate Part 2
"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another." ― Thomas Merton
The story takes place where the previous chapter had ended, Seishin bound by the Discipline Squad, Tsukiumi searching for Seishin, and Matsu is looking for him from her computer. It's up to the Goddess of the Winds; Sekirei 03: Kazehana to save him.
"So what's your deal; why are you here?" Benitsubasa asked with aggressiveness in her tone.
"What can I say, I smelled sake and I couldn't resist myself." Kazehana chuckled lightly.
"Bullshit!" Benitsubasa cried. "You're one of this loser's sekirei!"
"She's not!" Seishin intervened. "She's just some stranger I know who wandered in! Let her go and take me instead! I'll harbor all the pain you will dish out, as long as my friends are safe!"
Kazehana saw the raw devoted expressions through both Seishin and the words he said causing her to blush in astonishment.
"Damn... you're becoming more irritating since the fight on the bridge, you know that redhead!" Benitsubasa scoffed in arrogance. "Haihane, teach him to shut up, would you?"
Haihane smirked as she attempts to use her claws to hurt him however... something else came on to her mind the last second...
"My show... I forgot to record it in HD." Haihane said.
"FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!" Benitsubasa yelled.
That one opening was the opportunity needed for Seishin to break free.
"Dislocated arm or not, I won't let them hurt my friends and get away with it!" Seishin growled as his combat pass glowed, turning him into his Soul Reaper form. "Kazehana, make a break for it!" Seishin breaks free of Haihane's grip while distracted and back kicked her into the boxes of sake behind them.
While Kazehana and Seishin are fighting against the Discipline Squad, Tsukiumi was still on the search for Seishin.
"Seishin, where hath thou gone?" Tsukiumi wondered while feeling worried. "Where hath they spirited away to...?" Just then, she noticed Musubi walking by. "Musubi!" She cried getting her attention.
"Hey Tsukiumi, are you racing for seats at the dinner table again?" She asked feeling jovial.
"Not now and I feared because of my carelessness, we may never dine with Seishin again!" Tsukiumi cried.
"Aw, that's awful!" Musubi said. "What you do; break his plate?"
Tsukiumi face-palmed herself.
"Come on, Musubi!" She said as she and Musubi both rushed to Maison Izumo.
Speaking of Maison Izumo; over there, Matsu and Kusano managed to track his location after some good long minutes.
"Hey, I just found their location!" Matsu announced.
"Hooray!" Kusano cried.
"Teiho Pier, Warehouse Five!" Matsu cried. Just then Tsukiumi and Musubi arrived. Timing! "Wow, talk about perfect timing!" After a minute to explain what happened, the two realized that both Haihane and Benitsubasa played a trap for both Seishin and Tsukiumi earlier that afternoon.
"So both of the Discipline Squad is playing a part in this. We gotta think this through." Matsu said as she pondered.
"What's there to think about, he's in the warehouse!" Musubi cried.
"Yes, there's no doubt." Matsu replied.
"Then we have to go!" Musubi said and Tsukiumi nodded as the two started leaving.
"We can't go barging in, we need a plan!" Matsu warned the two.
"But we hath not the time, Matsu!" Tsukiumi said. "Let us go, Musubi!"
"Right!" Musubi cried as the two left.
"Did they forget that the Discipline Squad almost trounced the two of them, until Seishin fought back?" Matsu said until Miya appeared.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine." Miya said.
"You're sure?" Matsu asked her.
"Trust me..." Miya said as she watched the wind blowing through the branches. "Someone's taking care of that right now... "
"Someone...?" Matsu wondered until she realized who else isn't here. "Kazehana!"
Back at the warehouse, Benitsubasa went to help Haihane, however the lingering odor of sake blocks her from getting close to her.
"You reek, Haihane!" Benitsubasa cried. "You smell like a Booze Town!"
"Oh, that was way too much sake..." Haihane said. "Gotta stop my head from spinning..." Before Haihane realized, she accidently poked her claws into her head and screamed in pain.
"Real smooth move, idiot!" Benitsubasa said sarcastically. "Come on, the guy's trying to get away! We have to stop him!" Before another moment, Kazehana used her powers to blow away Haihane.
'Nice one, Kazehana." Seishin said to her as she leaned on his back while holding her sake.
"That's it!" Benitsubasa said as she charged at them.
"I got this one." Despite the pain in his right arm, he raised it up and a cero was formed in his hand. "Bang..." Seishin fired the cero at her; though Benitsubasa defended herself, she was still blown back to the wall next to Haihane.
"Nice shooting, tex. When did you learn to do that?" Kazehana asked feeling impressed.
"The night on the bridge..." Seishin chuckled nervously until he balanced himself after enduring another drop of power from his cero. Kazehana helped him back up "Damn... those things really pack a lot of punch!"
"I'll take care of this, ok?" Kazehana asked him and he nodded in response.
As the smoke clears, Benitsubasa emerged but is feeling absolutely livid.
"Alright, that's it!" She cried. "Don't you know who we are? We're the Discipline Squad and..."
"...and nobody insults the Discipline Squad!" Haihane said while feeling rather drunk. She then starts talking some random nonsense as she tried to keep her head from spinning until she accidently poked her head with her claws again.
"Geez, you're hopeless." Benitsubasa said while Kazehana giggled and Seishin tried to hold back from laughing. Afterwards Kazehana then drank a little more of her sake until she gave him the bottle to hold.
"Alright, no more playing..." Kazehana smirked, "Time to get serious." Kazehana entered her stance and unveiled her power to Benitsubasa and Seishin.
"Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing!" Benitsubasa said.
Elsewhere, Musubi and Tsukiumi are on the race against time, getting to the warehouse.
"Quicken thy pace, Musubi!" Tsukiumi cried.
"Gotcha!" Musubi agreed. "Wow, Tsukiumi's gone way faster than when she used to be. She's amazing!"
"Hold fast, Seishin... Thy real wife shall not fail thee." Tsukiumi thought.
Back at the warehouse, the fight grew intense as Benitsubasa launched several punches and kicks at Kazehana, but all she did was flawlessly dodge them and countered them with her wind attacks, though one of them did cut her costume a bit. Just then, Haihane jumped over Benitsubasa and tries to cut her down, however she dodged most of them. Only one of them grazed the sleeve of her dress.
"You guys gotta admit, you're not too shabby." Kazehana complemented.
"Are you trying to talk your way out, Miss Melons?" Benitsubasa rebuked.
"Oh, is that what you think I am trying to do, Little Miss Washboard?" Kazehana rebuked back.
"Washboard...?" Benitsubasa wondered until she looked down and noticed her uniform's been ripped, revealing one of her small breasts. She flinched and screamed. Seishin blushed but tries to contain it by summoning his hollow mask in his hand, however Haihane's chuckle got her attention, though she played the 'minding-my-own-business' trick. "You saw it, didn't you?"
"Huh, saw what?" Seishin asked.
"My right boob!" Benitsubasa yelled in anger.
"Uh... no, I didn't..." Seishin lied while he was looking at his hollow mask while in different directions. "I was just mesmerizing the designs of my hollow mask. Yeah, just looking at my hollow mask, that's all..." Seishin chuckled nervously.
"You liar... you saw it, but don't want to admit it..." Benitsubasa said. "You're dead... You are so dead!" Benitsubasa charged at him but just then, Seishin donned the hollow mask and with his damaged arm, Seishin made a hook punch as it not only clashed with her attack but painfully relocated his right arm. The force did push Kazehana and Seishin back a few feet.
"Seishin are you ok?" Kazehana asked.
"I'm fine." Seishin deactivated his mask and moved his arm around. "Just needed an equal force to help relocate my arm and I owe it to Benitsubasa." While the two are talking Haihane attempts to strike him from behind, but Kazehana took the hit instead. "Kazehan..." Seishin was interrupted by Benitsubasa's kick in the face, sending him into her. However, he used flashstep and appeared behind to catch her before hitting one of the metal crates. Just as Haihane was going to make another move; Seishin threw the bottle he held to Haihane's feet, making her trip.
"Get up, Haihane!" Benitsubasa cried. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"I'm so sleepy." She said.
"You're so useless today!" Benitsibasa yelled.
"Kazehana, you got to get out of here. I don't want to see you suffer just trying to help me." Seishin said while Kazehana looked at the determined look in his eyes. He turned to look at her with a calm and kind smile. "Thanks for saving me, Kazehana, you are in my debt. Now get going, I'll stall them long enough to make your escape!"
"Right." Kazehana said as the two got up.
"Oh, no you don't! Extreme Quake!" Benitsubasa used her attack to make the metal beams above them fall on top of them.
"Kazehana watch out!" Seishin pushed her out of the way and just as he was going to use flashstep, he felt a unstable loss of power. He froze until he was crushed under the beams. His ribs, left arm and legs were slightly crushed from the impact and his head was leaking blood a bit, but it was indeed painful.
"Seishin!" Kazehana cried. Seishin struggled to look up at the Discipline Squad however his right eye was hollowfied due to his inner anger.
"You moron, you wouldn't be in that fix if you had called Number 88." Benitsubasa said.
"Shut the hell up, ya flat chested, pink haired Oompa-Loompa!" Seishin rebuked which made her mad. "No matter what happens, I won't let you harm Musubi or any of my sekirei again!"
"Seishin, why would you do that...? I'm not even your sekirei." Kazehana cried.
"It doesn't matter to me... It doesn't matter if you're sekireis or not." Seishin said as he remembered the fight on the bridge and the dream he had. "I can't bear to see my friends hurt... all for my sake. That night on the bridge... and the dream I had that one night, they were something that could leave me spiritually and mentally scarred; I can't bear to endure this pain again! That's why... That's why I'll do anything to save those I cared! Even if it means risking my own life doing so!" With only his right arm, he struggled to break out of the fallen debris.
"It hurts; I never have seen a heart like his that's so incredibly pure before. Seishin..." Kazehana felt his words as her body began reacting to him.
"Ready for more?" Benitsubasa smirked as she prepares her next finishing move. Before she does so, Kazehana used her wind powers to free Seishin, preventing Benitsubasa to complete her move. Despite the pain in his body, he got up.
"Listen, Seishin... I know this is a bit forward but..." Kazehana said.
"What is it, Kazehana?" Seishin wondered until she got close to him.
"Seishin... do you want me as your sekirei?" She asked. "The reason I asked is that... I want you..."
"Whoa, this is sudden, Kaze... Whoa nelly!" Kazehana leaned in more causing her and Seishin to fall back on the floor with her on top of him.
"You worry for me, you cry for me and most importantly of all, your love for me..." Kazehana explained as she remembered the times she saw him in battle and how he protected his sekirei. "That's just the kind of person I need in an ashikabi. I've seen you in action many times Seishin... your will and devotion to protect the ones you care gave me the reason to find you... I've been following the wind that coming from you all this time; it's strong yet calm, but also it's pure and pleasant."
Kazehana leaned in and planted her soft lips against his. Seishin's eyes were wide; his right eye returned to normal and blushed a dark red.
Elsewhere, Miya saw the light breeze flowing against the branches again. Kagari approached her after getting out of bed.
"Morning." She said.
"Morning... It's almost time for dinner." Miya replied almost astonishingly.
"Sorry, I haven't been sleeping well." Kagari replied. "Wow, everything's so quiet in here; what's going on?"
"The wind... it swayed, Kagari." Miya said with a small smile.
"Wait, what?" Kagari wondered.
"...and it seems you're the last one." Miya continued.
"Last one?" Kagari wondered until she realizes what she meant. "Wait, you mean?"
"Well, I better get dinner ready." Miya said as she walks off to the kitchen. Kagari looked away growling a bit from what she said.
Back at the warehouse, a tornado was formed from the result of Kazehana's kiss.
"Where is this wind coming from?" Benitsubasa asked while she and Haiahane endured the strong gale winds.
After Kazehana broke her kiss, her sekirei symbol began to glow and then Seishin sees her inner thoughts.
"It's so hot... the sensation's running all over my body!" Kazehana thought. "...and my feelings for my recent lover is finally scattering away into the winds... Thank you, Seishin..." After regaining his consciousness he finally saw Kazehana's wings finally shown.
"Whoa..." Seishin said amazingly.
"Crap, Miss Melons' emerged." Haihane said.
"Seishin, you saved me... and now, I shall return the favor." Kazehana smiled at him as she turned to Benitsubasa and Haihane, ready to use her incantation. "By the fore winds of my contract, my ashikabi's dark clouds will be blown away! Flower Whirlwind!" She unleashed her new attack at them, sending them flying out of the warehouse like Team Rocket blasting off again. At the same time, Musubi and Tsukiumi were close to the area as they saw what just happened.
"You know, I get the feeling this had happened before..." Haihane said
"No shit, ding-a-ling! It's the night on the bridge, remember!" Benitsubasa cried as the two were blown away.
"Wow... Incredible!" Seishin said as he looked at the hole in the roof and then, Kazehana grabbed his left arm and hugged it in between her arms and cleavage.
"Sekirei number 3: Kazehana, at your service." She introduced. "I recognize you as my ashikabi, Seishin... You're the big fish in my life now."
"Ehh..." Seishin chuckled nervously a little.
"...and I am yours forever, my beloved hero." Kazehana said with a wink.
Seishin blushed and smiled.
"Thank you Kazehana..." Seishin said. "It's an honor to have you as my se..." Before he could finish his sentence, a downpour of water was poured on them. Seishin then spat the water out his mouth. "-kirei..."
"Seishin, look up..." Seishin's hollow said as he looked up only to see Musubi and Tsukiumi.
"Musubi! Tsukiumi!" Seishin cried as he was using his sheathed zanpaktou as a cane.
"Seishin, what the blazes art thou doing down there with her?" Tsukiumi cried.
"Umm... you want me to tell them or you, Kazehana...?" Seishin asked.
Kazehana chuckled at his response.
A short few seconds later...
"Seishin, explain thyself post haste!" Tsukiumi asked again.
"Ok, well first off... I am fine thanks for asking, Tsukiumi..." Seishin said sarcastically with a deadpan look on his face. "Secondly, I got a few broken bones here and other wounds there; so I am resorted to using MY OWN ZANPAKTOU...AS A CANE...!" Seishin shouted back with emphasis in his body language, "and lastly, if Kazehana didn't come and rescue me... Well, none of this wouldn't happen." Seishin chuckled until he felt his right arm snapping. "Ow!"
"Seishin, this is amazing!" Musubi cried. "This is your fifth one!"
"Silence thou chatterbox!" Tsukiumi yelled and then turned to Kazehana. "...and as for thee, what happened to all thy proclamations of a broken heart?"
"Oh, didn't I tell you that you don't have to have a reason to fall in love." Kazehana said as she hugged Seishin.
"Cease this!" Tsukiumi cried as she prepares to fight her. "Get thy hands off my husband!"
"Hmph..." Kazehana prepares herself. "I thought I told you this before as well, there are two people who order me around and since you're neither Number 1 nor the game master, you're going down!"
"Stop it, please!" Seishin cried. "Both of you need to get along ok...?" Due to using two ceros; draining his powers by half, and having both internal and external wounds, Seishin falls and passes out on the ground dropping his combat pass that started to crack.
"Seishin!" The girls cried as they picked him up. Just then, a car appeared and out of it is a female with silver hair while wearing a lab coat; and on a nearby crate, a man with messy gray hair, a green shirt with matching pants, a black coat with white diamonds at the bottom, wooden sandals, and the white bucket hat with dark green stripes while holding his cane. They watched as the three girls were trying to wake him up. At the same time, Karasuba watched them all.
"Well, well... That was very entertaining to watch." Karasuba said. "However, the fact that girl wasn't able to show up was just too bad... Such a shame. On the other hand, that Soul Reaper held his own against those two and was able to emerge with Kazehana, which I admit, was very worthwhile. Hmm... Better continue keeping an eye on him." As she gripped her sheathed sword tightly in her hand and then left.
Later that night, Yukari, who is still in the park, recieved a phone call while waiting for Seishin.
"Hello?" She answered. "Oh, ok. Thanks." With that, she hung up her phone.
"Is everything ok?" Shiina wondered.
"Yeah, something urgent came up and he won't be able to come." Yukari said to him.
"So that's what it's about?" Shiina said.
"Yeah, but why would Mom call me?" She wondered.
Elsewhere Takami just finished her call with Yukari outside the hospital.
"Well, now that that's done, I better check up on him." Takami said until she sensed Kazehana's presence. She turned to see her standing on top of a light pole, not saying a word. "Kazehana don't worry, I won't harm Seishin; he's a good friend of my son, Minato. You have my word. Please pass that to Miya." Kazehana nodded and left.
Elsewhere, another female sekirei wearing a green sleeveless jumpsuit was on the run, until she was caught in the sights of the Black Sekirei: Karasuba. Just as she was going to flee again she was pierced through the back by Karasuba's sword. Blood was sprayed out of her before she fell back on the ground, motionless.
"No...Still not enough..." Kazehana said as she looked up at the moon, remembering her mission with Yume as they rescue Musubi as a baby and Yume giving up her tama to save her. Karasuba also remembered what Yume also said. Love... Please teach love to all the little birds... Please, you must...
Inside Seishin's subconscious, he returned to the same hospital as before with his inner hollow beside him.
"It seems you're having that same dream you had before." Seishin's Hollow said.
"Yeah..." Seishin replied. "Let's see where this is taking us this time." Seishin's hollow nodded and they went inside using flashstep.
The two followed through the same events as the last dream up to where they heard a man talking with the Veiled Sekirei through the door.
"This sekirei's your next target." Said the voice. "Need I forget, your ashikabi doesn't have much time left? If you want to see her safe and alive, follow his orders and keep killing those targets we assigned you to."
"Ready?" Seishin asked his hollow.
"Yeah, I am." He replied. "I am impressed that you're calm about this."
"Yeah, I know." Seishin said. "Let's go." Seishin opened the door and saw a tall man man with wearing glasses, a black suit, white shirt underneath and a yellow tie walking away just as the Veiled Sekirei walked off. As she walked, the veil that covered her head began to unfold, discovering her dark brown hair and side ponytail. Seishin was shocked that the Veiled Sekirei was the same one he know from Maison Izumo... Uzume.
"Seishin...?" His hollow called him.
"I know, hollow... That's definitely Uzume." Seishin said as he gripped his fist as his hollow powers began building up. Seishin's Inner Hollow placed a hand on the red headed shinigami's shoulder to calm him down. "Thanks... Come on, there's one last thing I need to know..."
Seishin's hollow nodded as he followed him back inside the girl's room. The two stood in front of her.
"What are you going to do?" Seishin's hollow asked him.
"Since this is a dream and we are ghosts in here, I should be able to read this girl's mind. I know she's Uzume's ashikabi but I wonder how she got to be one." Seishin was about to place his hand on the girl's head until a bright light filled the area.
"Dream's ending for now." Hollow said.
"I know... and for now, we mustn't tell the others about this; until the time is right." Seishin said; his hollow nodded and the dream ended. Seishin was awakened only to be in new surroundings.
"Hu...Huh; Mu... Musubi?" Seishin wondered.
"Seishin! You're alright!" Musubi cried.
"Thou had worried us!" Tsukiumi rushed over.
"About what?" Seishin asked.
"Art thou alright, Seishin; were thou in any pain?" Tsukiumi asked.
"Where am I?" Seishin asked as he sat up quickly until he felt some of the pain around the ribcage, left arm and legs. Musubi and Tsukiumi laid him back down gently.
"You're in a hospital, operated by MBI." The voice said which rang Seishin's ears. As he looked around, he noticed someone sitting by the window. He has short messy light blonde hair and grey eyes, though it was mostly covered and a dark green shirt and pants. The only giveaways are the wooden sandals, a black coat with white diamonds at the bottom and a dark green striped bucket hat.
"Kisuke, it's you." Seishin said calmly.
"Hey, firefly... How's everything so far?" Kisuke asked him with a smile on his face and rubbed his head.
"I'm alright..." Seishin replied. "A little wear and tear, but I am hanging on."
"That's good." Kisuke said. "I also noticed that you made another sekirei emerge. What was her name...?"
"Oh, yeah. Kazehana; how's she?" Seishin asked.
"She's doing well." Kisuke replied. "I met her on the way here and healed her wounds. She was thankful for that."
"Yokatta..." Seishin said. "Thank Kami."
Kisuke chuckled a little and with a deep breath, his smile faded. "Seishin, listen to what I am going to say..." Seishin turned serious and nodded. His sekirei began to listen in to what he's going to say. "Ever since that moment at the pier, your combat pass began cracking. I found it after you passed out." Kisuke tossed him the combat pass.
"My combat pass... is cracking?" Seishin asked.
"Yeah, but it's only a little." Kisuke replied as remembered Seishin's fight on the bridge. "How it happened and what's causing it to happen, you're wondering? It's simple... It's your sample of hollow powers your inner hollow gave you. During that fight on the bridge, you pushing yourself... even under such traumas such as seeing your sekirei dying and when your power's reached its limits, your hollow energy became unstable. You were lucky that your inner hollow suppressed it all with by absorbing it in him. The excess hollow energy will continue seeping into your spiritual pressure as you continue pushing yourself, eating away at it until..."
"I see..." Seishin interrupted and pondered until he found the answer. "The more I use my powers, though it's draining, the more my excess hollow powers eat it up until I either have no powers... or I become a full hollow." Kisuke didn't say a word but he looked down with his hat covering his eyes. Tsukiumi and Musubi were surprised at Seishin's conclusion. Seishin's inner hollow looked down at the conclusion of the result. "How much longer until my powers are eaten up?"
"By the amount of power you have remaining... About three to five days." Kisuke replied.
"Seishin..." Musubi and Tsukiumi thought aloud.
"What will you do, until then?" Kisuke asked him.
Seishin smirked a little and chuckled while shaking his head, getting their attention.
"Well, if it comes... Then I'll accept it with open arms." Seishin said showing his bravery. "I haven't been a full hollow in a while... I remembered the last time I did that... It took Ichigo, a few captains, the Vizards, and Head Captain Yamamoto to help stop it... If the day comes when I turn full hollow again, I know my sekirei will help stop me. I believe in their power."
"Yeah." Kisuke said. "At least you got some pretty good sekireis on your team, kid. Especially Musubi and Tsukiumi, they stayed with you all this time until you woke up, long before I came in."
"I know." Seishin turned to the two girls and smiled. "Thanks, all of you." Just then, he realized about the wounds. "Kisuke, do you have anything to help heal me quicker?"
"I already did it..." Kisuke chuckled while using his fan to hide his face. "While you were unconscious, I slipped a pill inside you to restore some of your strength. Your hollow regeneration ability should be kicking in right now."
"Hollow... regeneration?" Seishin thought until he felt his wounds bubble up and heal quickly. His ribs mended, his legs are healed, his arms are in working order and his outer wounds are no more.
"Whoa..." He, Musubi and Tsukiumi said in amazement.
"Don't get your hopes up, that ability only works once in a while. It also drains some of your powers a bit, even if you use it to heal others, ok? Use it sparingly." Kisuke said.
"Got it." He replied. "What about your invention; Is it finished yet?"
"As for my invention, it's in the working stages. I'll let you know when." Kisuke added as he went to the window. "I'll come by your place in a little while or give me a call, ok? Until then, be careful and don't burn your power up quickly."
"Thanks, Kisuke!" Seishin said. Kisuke smiled and nodded before he left using flashstep. Just then Takami appeared in the room.
"I see your wounds are healed up, Seishin. But you should rest up for one more day." A voice rang and Seishin turned to see a familiar face.
"Huh, Takami?" Seishin asked.
"It's been a while to see my son's childhood friend once again." Takami said with a small smile. Both Tsukiumi and Musubi were shocked that they knew one another.
"Yeah, but why are you here?" He asked. "Wait, I was supposed to meet Yukari tonight! I gotta go see her!"
Takami stopped him by laying him back.
"I called her and told her that you had an unexpected change in plans." She said.
"I see..." Seishin said. "Thanks."
"As for your question why I am here?" Takami asked him.
"Since Minato met Seishin when they were little that means..." Musubi said.
"Thou art Minato's mother!" Tsukiumi cried.
"Wait! You two know her?" Seishin asked. "When did that happen?"
"Ok, where should I begin...?" Takami said. "When the two of you were little, I said that I work for a pharmaceutical department, right?"
"Yeah, I remember now that you told us." Seishin replied. "Comparing the time you told me, Musubi and Tsukiumi knowing you from before, and now we meet once again, it's confirmed you were working at MBI with the Sekirei Plan for some time. Just to keep me and Minato on the down low."
"Hmmm... Your intelligence intrigues me, Seishin." Takami said. "You were able to figure out the whole thing after we reacquainted. I guess your time at college and the Soul Society strengthened your intelligence to that high degree."
"Yep, he's quite the genius in stating situations." Musubi said, until she then sensed something. She then thought of an excuse to leave."I'm gonna get you some water, I'll be right back."
"Musubi, wait!" Seishin called her; however she left before his voice reached out to her. "Damn..."
"Seishin, I need to talk to you about something?" Takami asked.
While Musubi was out in the halls, she encountered once again... The Black Sekirei, Karasuba.
"Hello, again Musubi." Karasuba greeted.
"Hey, Karasuba!" She greeted.
"I want to talk to you for a minute." Karasuba said. "Come with me..." Musubi followed her to the rooftop of the hospital. When they got up to the roof, Karasuba calmly sighed and turned to Musubi. "Sorry for interrupting you, I just thought I just feel like seeing you today."
"Hey that's ok." Musubi replied. "I'm impressed that you knew where to find me."
"Well when you work for the company, you're previewed to all sorts of information." Karasuba said.
"Ah, so that's how Takami know where to find us." Musubi said.
"Tell me, you didn't fight against Benitsubasa earlier today, didn't you?" Karasuba asked.
"Nope..." Musubi said as she tapped herself in the head. "I was little too late."
"Yes, so it would seem..." Karasuba replied with a small chuckle as she closed her eyes. Just then, Musubi realizes what Karasuba meant when she asked her if she had fought against Benitsubasa.
"Wait a minute... You set up that fight, didn't you?" Musubi asked.
Back in the hospital room, Takami continued explaining to Seishin about what she needed to tell him.
"Then there's no mistaking it; you were positive Musubi ceased functioning?" Takami asked.
"Yeah, it did." Seishin replied. "But Musubi didn't remember what happened at that time. Her sekriei symbol faded and then she started glowing. I had felt another presence inside her when it happened, while I fought Benitsubasa and Haihane. It was very similar to Musubi's but her presence is much more mature." Seishin remembered what exactly happened that night on the bridge.
(Flashback)
"Love..." The voice said."Please teach love to all the little birds... Please, you must."
Seishin regained his consciousness and sensed a disturbance; he saw Musubi's eyes opened, and her body glowing as she slowly levitated. He couldn't believe it at first, but he saw Musubi alive once again and her wings were shown, but something was different about her. Her sekirei symbol was tattooed on her stomach, as well as a different number.
" No... No this can't be!" Benitsubasa cried. "I already killed her! How can she still be alive?!"
"Musubi..." Seishin said as he was surprised then he paused. "No, this isn't Musubi, her spirit's similar to hers, but more mature..."
"Love... Whoever stands in the way of love shall answer to me! I am Number Eight, the Sekirei of Fate, Yume!" She said as she readied herself to fight while covering her exposed breasts with one arm.
"Yume..." He wondered as he saw the mysterious sekirei stand before him.
(Flashback ended)
"Number Eight?!" Takami cried.
"Yes, after she springed back to life, the number eight symbol had appeared on her stomach." Tsukiumi said. "Takami, tell me more about this Number Eight?"
"Yes, even I need to know more, Takami." Seishin said.
Takami sighed while she held the bridge of her nose while looking down.
"Number Eight is a deceased sekirei..." Takami replied. "...and as for her and Musubi, the two had some personal history together."
"I see..." Seishin said as he got out of bed picked up his zanpaktou and drew it out. "Erupt..." Seishin said his command as his zanpaktou was turned into flames. "Honō Kurōn." Seishin saw the spark of flames as it floated out of his blade and right in front of him. After Seishin nodded at the flame, it left to search for Musubi. Afterwards he returned it in his sheath.
"What was that?" Takami asked.
"Oh, just sent a little messenger to check on Musubi." Seishin said. "Anyway, what history does Musubi and Yume have that is personal?"
"Well, I..." Takami was about to answer his question until another MBI guard appeared and whispered. Seishin then remembered him from before. "What?! A Level Four Sekirei?!"
"Hey I remember you!" Seishin said to the guard that got his attention surprisingly. "I met you back at my old apartment before I moved to Maison Izumo. You sent me a box with Musubi's clothes!"
"Uhh, no... I-I d-don't think we met before..." The guard stammered while looking away feeling embarrassed.
"Don't play dumb!" Seishin said while displaying his scowl like Ichigo did. "I saw you that time before!"
The two went at it, until Takami interrupted them by handing Seishin a photo of all the guards in MBI.
"Seishin, you have only seen one of our many guards." Takami said. "This guy here is my personal bodyguard and secretary."
"THEY ALL LOOK THE FREAKIN' SAME!" Seishin cried.
"No, each guard is different." Takami said. "The guard you met had different shade of glasses and he was wearing a casual suit."
"Mama-mia..." Seishin said as he face-palmed himself and sighed.
"Anyway, I must go." She said. "Duty calls. It's nice meeting you again, Seishin. Tell Minato I said hi." With a quickened pace, Takami left.
"Hmmm, a level four sekirei attack?" Seishin wondered as he donned his Soul Reaper outfit. "What's that all about, Tsukiumi?"
"A level that a sekirei ceased functioning." She answered. "There are five levels in total; as for level four, it denotes serious injury."
"A sekirei attacked in cold blood... I know just the one person that could do such a thing." Seishin said.
Back on the rooftop, Musubi then caught a scent of blood that was spilled in battle coming from Karasuba.
"You smell of blood." Musubi said. "You killed someone, didn't you?"
Karasuba smirked and then pinned Musubi against the wall. Musubi gasped.
"Listen to me, Musubi..." Karasuba said as she tightened her grip on Musubi's arm and looked at her with her eyes opened. "You have to toughen up and keep getting stronger and stronger, just like 'she' was... But I also want you to become stronger and I also want you to keep your promise... For the both of us to be the last two sekireis fighting and then we can continue fighting until the end."
Just then, a slight breeze flowed through them; and after the two blinked, the tip of a glowing flame colored blade, with heated steam coming out, appeared in between them. The two looked up and saw Seishin's Clone standing above them with his zanpaktou pointing at Karasuba while glaring deeply at her.
"If you're picking a fight with Musubi, save it for the final round, like the two of you said." Clone Seishin said while he continued glaring at her. "After she wins, then it will be the two of us fighting. Remember what I said to you back on the bridge."
"Yeah, I remember that, Soul Reaper." Karasuba said as she remembered what he said.
(Flashback- Aftermath of Fight between Seishin and Karasuba)
"If Yume or I had defeated you, we would have broken Musubi's promise to fight you." Seishin said. "Besides she is powerful, Karasuba... and am I."
"I see your point." Karasuba said as she stood up. "You are the first ashikabi to have ever opposed and fought against us on equal terms of battle." She smiled calmly as she looked at her broken sword. "Very well, kid. I'll have Musubi and I have our destined fight, but if either of us wins... I'm coming for you."
"Sounds like a challenge..." Seishin said.
"Until we meet again, Seishin Samayou." Karasuba smiled as she walked off.
(Flashback ended)
"A promise is a promise, don't think about breaking it."Clone Seishin said coldly.
"I know, Samayou and until our fated fights happen, let's keep having fun doing what we do best. Until then..." Karasuba chuckled as she released her grip on Musubi and walked away.
"Are you ok, Musubi?" Clone Seishin asked.
"Yeah, I am now." Musubi replied as she watched Karasuba leave.
"You will beat her, Musubi. " Clone Seishin said. "You're more powerful and fiercer than any bear I know. That 'inner bear' you have inside you, is the reason you're this strong. Keep getting stronger so you can kick Karasuba to the curb." Clone Seishin smiled with ambition.
"Right!" Musubi said feeling eager.
"That's my girl." Clone Seishin said as the two walked back inside.
The Next Day...
The morning came and Seishin along with Musubi and Tsukiumi returned to Maison Izumo via Flashstep. The three of them then entered the household
"I'm home!" Seishin cried ringing everyone's ears. The first person to see Seishin back from the hospital was Kusano.
"Big brother!" She cried with a warm smile on her face as she ran to hug him.
"That's very sweet of you, Ku." Seishin hugged her back. "Thank you so much."
A short bit later, he along with his sekirei were all in the living room with Miya.
"Since you're finally back home, we should celebrate tonight." Miya suggested.
"Aw, Miya." Seishin smiled as he felt modest. "You didn't really have to."
"I can't tell you how relieved we felt when we found out you were ok." Matsu said to him making him blush.
"Aw, come on now... You're going to make me blush." Seishin said as he chuckled.
"Big brother, I was really worried something bad happened to you." Kusano said while smiling.
Aw, girls. Thanks so much." Seishin said as he blushed. "Thanks to Kisuke, I got the ability to heal my wounds, but I must use them sparingly though. Thanks to him and your support I am back on my feet. I am sorry to worry you."
"As am I; this whole thing was entirely my fault..." Tsukiumi admitted. "Thou wouldn't have been kidnapped if I didn't race out to fight. If thou had perished, I would die."
"Tsukiumi..." Seishin blushed as the two looked at each other. He smiled and snapped his finger as a flame clone appeared via flashstep and placed a Cherry Blossom in her hair. The clone then dissolved. "You did what you could do to help defend me, thank you so much."
Seishin's hollow smiled as he saw Seishin making Tsukiumi blush and smile at him. All of a sudden, Musubi appeared behind them while holding a bowl of salad while smiling. She sees him with Tsukiumi and inconspicuously summoned her Bear Visage which spooked Tsukiumi, Seishin and his inner hollow; well, mostly his inner hollow since he hid behind a building like last time and catches his breath.
While Musubi was wondering what she felt and heard, Uzume came down to check on him.
"Hey, Seishin!" She greeted. "Welcome back!"
"Thanks Uzume, it's great to be back." Seishin smiled.
"So you added another sekirei to your harem, huh?" Uzume asked which caught Seishin off guard.
"Aw, come on Uzume!" Seishin whined.
"What else should I call your collection?" Uzume chuckled as she went down the hall; her smile had ceased as she grew depressed.
"Gosh..." Seishin said until he realized something. "Musubi, do you know where Kazehana went to?"
"Oh, she went to get dressed for your return." Musubi said.
"Oh, ok." Seishin happily agreed. "At least nothing didn't go wrong..."
"Oh, Seishin..." Kazehana said in her alluring tone, calling him. "What do you think of this?"
"Well Kazehana, whatever it is you're wearing, you always will be...b-b-b-b-b-b-b..." As Seishin turned to see Kazehana, Seishin blushed a red that's just like the color of his hair and stuttered on the first letter of his last word as he saw Kazehana wearing ONLY AN APRON.
"I wanted to wear something special to welcome my Shinigami hero home." Kazehana said as she twirled around unveiling an apron while being practically naked. Her assets jiggled in response of her poses. "You like what you see?"
(Now Playing Random Music – Playing Churu Churu Paya Paya from Rosario Vampire OST)
Seishin AND his inner hollow got a rocket powered nosebleed at the same time they saw her as Seishin fell back on to the floor.
"I'm not really a judge of character with fashion." Seishin said nasally.
"Wow!" Matsu cried as she was mesmerized at what Kazehana wore. "That outfit is really sexy, Kazehana!"
"What outfit?! She's practically naked!" Tsukiumi said while criticizing her opinion. Kazehana approached Seishin with a lustful smile on her face.
"Aw, Seishin... Hey, it's ok if you don't like it. If you like, I could just take... it... off..."Kazehana said in a seductive sultry voice that made Seishin blush a dark red and steam was coming out of his soul reaper uniform like a tea kettle going off. Kazehana smiled and hugged him with her face near his. "I'm looking forward to you doing anything you want with me, my darling ashikabi." She kissed him again in front of everyone as her wings were shown, making all of his sekirei, except Matsu who's chuckling, to be in shock.
Seishin's pupils shrunk and his mind began portraying images of Kazehana naked and in different erotic and VERY arousing positions. Then he heard say the same last words Musubi said before as it replayed in an endless loop.
"Anything you want… Seishin…" The very words Musubi once said, Kazehana have repeated in his mind like a endless loop on a record player.
Seishin blushed so much from Kazehana's reply that he spoke in incoherent gibberish, got a nosebleed with the force of a volcano and then passed out with wingdinged swirly eyes... while twitching. Kazehana chuckled until she was hit in the head from behind with a ladle by Miya.
"Public nudity and elicit relationships are strictly forbidden in Maison Izumo." Miya said while showing her demonic visage.
"Ok, I'll go change." Kazehana said with a chuckle. "But can you put that away, it's creeping me out."
As Kazehana went upstairs to change, Musubi and the other sekirei; though Matsu was snickering at them, all tried to wake Seishin up but to no avail as. Even his own inner hollow tried to wake him up.
"Seishin!" He cried from his inner world. "Wake up man! Great kami, not again!"
(Song ended)
Taka2012: How do you like this chapter?
Seishin: It's very good, and the ending kinda got me nosebleeding.
Taka2012: Kinda? Dude, you were nosebleeding... A LOT!
Seishin: *Chuckles nervously*
Kazehana: Oh, Seishin... *Appears behind him wearing the apron again, slowly loosening it up.*
Seishin: *Turns to see her*WHA! Kazehana, what are you doing?!
Kazehana: Just showering you with my gratitude and affection, my lovely shinigami. Observe... *She undid the apron, revealing her naked body to him and me, getting nosebleeds and passing out as a response.*
Seishin and Taka2012: *Unconscious*
Kazehana: Oops... I guess, I made him and his friend so happy they passed out. *Chuckles and turns to the camera, despite her naked body shown* Until my darling husband and friend wakes up, this is Kazehana, wishing you a nice day. *Blows a kiss to the camera as she used her powers causing flower petals to cover her, me and Seishin until the three of us disappeared. The camera then blushed until it short circuited itself.*