(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 here and I'm bringing you another update to Sekirei EX II! For this chapter, I am splitting Episode 7 of the anime into 2 separate chapters. Last chapter, Seishin and his sekirei arrived to Kagari's location in an attempt to save her from killing herself or fallen to the hands of another ashikabi like Hayato Mikogami or Higa Izumi. Seishin; despite his power drops getting worse with each use, had used his power to prevent any other ashikabi from arriving to the area while he saves Kagari.
Kagari: *Arrives beside me* Seishin pushed himself to save me when I am on the edge of death. He reminded me that he would share his light of hope with all he cared and with that, he and I kissed and I became his sixth sekirei. *Blushes*
*Seishin arrives as well, feeling a little dazed.*
Taka2012: Seishin, what happened while I was gone?
Seishin: So much... So much... Mama-mia...
Kagari: Let's just say my kisses were too hot to handle. *Chuckles*
Taka2012: Seishin, you are one hell of a ladies' man. *Chuckles until I got punched out cold by him.*
Seishin: Taka, you baka! Anyway, let's get on with the next chapter everybody.
Sekirei EX II
Chapter 7: Seishin's Origins
"Hold on... The Weight of the World will give you the strength to go." - Linkin Park: Robot Boy, A Thousand Suns
The story began as Minaka Hiroto was standing at his usual spot on top of the watchtower; smirking like usual as he watched the aftermath of Sekirei Number 06: Homura's emergence by the hands of Shinto Teiho's Shinikabi of the North, Seishin Samayou.
"At long last... all 108 sekireis have achieved complete emergence." Minaka said. "At long last, the final feather has flapped its wings of light and now, it's time... All of the event flags of the 2nd stage have been triggered. So little birds go forth! Flap your wings; fly to the new age of gods and weave a tale of war and love!"
Seishin and his sekirei were returning back to Maison Izumo; Seishin was the one who was carrying Kagari in his arms after she passed out. Luckily for her she's in good hands now that Seishin made her his sixth sekirei. When they arrived back to Maison Izumo, they were met up with Miya, Kisuke, and Ichigo.
"Seishin, what happened to your uniform?!" Miya asked feeling awestruck.
"It's a long story, Miya." Seishin replied as he looked at Kagari while he handed her to Musubi. "All that matters is that everything's ok and Kagari's safe."
"You've risked yourself and your spiritual pressure to help save a friend." Kisuke said. "That took guts to stand up to me, kid. I'm proud of you regardless."
"You still got that Captain's spirit in you, Seishin." Ichigo said with a smirk on his face. "I've seen your succeeded attempt to save your friend and what you said..."
Seishin remembered the very words he said to Kagari...
(Flashback)
"I'll protect you, Kagari!" Seishin cried. "I'll help you live the life that you wanted and you won't feel lonely or hurt. You are someone I care about, not just a sekirei. You will finally be free from the darkness! I will change the Sekirei Plan... for Musubi, Kazehana, Matsu, Ku... Tsukiumi ,too and especially for you and all the other sekireis in Shinto Teiho... SO WE CAN ALL LIVE IN PEACE!"
(Flashback ended)
"You've showed some courage to say that you will change the Sekirei Plan," Ichigo continued, "and since you never broke any promises up to now, I believe you will be the one to change more than just the Sekirei Plan."
Seishin smiled and then turned to his sekirei who nodded as well, giving him support.
"Here this is for you." Kisuke held out a blue pill containing Seishin's spiritual pressure. Seishin gladly accepts it and just as he was going to eat it, Seishin falls to his knees while holding the pill in his hand. Kisuke, Miya, and Ichigo all helped carried the damaged Soul Reaper captain into the house. Seishin opened his eyes slightly one last time and looked at Kagari being carried to her room by his sekirei. Seishin struggled to get back up and walked back to Kagari's room.
"Seishin you shouldn't push yourself so much." Ichigo warned.
"Seishin, you need some rest." Miya warned.
"I-I will... But after I see Kagari get healed." Seishin said as he struggled with his strength to use his hollow regenerating ability. "I will stay up... until Kagari is healed." Kisuke, Ichigo and Miya all watched Seishin as he attempted to heal Kagari with his power, despite what Kisuke said to him before.
"Seishin..." Musubi thought as she and the other girls all looked at Seishin, seeing so much pain he felt if he would lose any of them.
"Seishin..." Kisuke saw Seishin's burn marks on his body as they get healed as well.
"I never have seen Seishin so protective of his sekirei before." Miya thought until she remembered something Seishin said when he returned from the Soul Society.
"I'll accept the consequences on Matsu's or any sekirei's behalf..." were the words Seishin had said to Miya.
"I think Matsu might be right." Miya thought.
"If there's someone who can stop Minaka's twisted game, it's him: Shinto Teiho's Shinikabi and in the end, we'll live happy long lives together." Matsu's very words were repeated in Miya's mind.
"He might be the one who could change The Sekirei Plan." Miya continued as she formed a smile on her face."We'll need some bandages for our sleeping friend here."
Seishin smiled as he continued to heal Kagari.
"I'll get the first aid kit." Ichigo said as he went to the supply closet. As Ichigo arrived back, Miya stepped out the door.
"We're going to be in here for a while treating them until they're well." Miya said.
"Don't worry, we'll wait until then." Musubi said and everyone else nodded.
"Miya, will big brother and Kagari be ok?" Kusano asked her.
Miya turned to see Seishin continue healing Kagari with all of his might. "Yes, Ku. I think, they'll be alright."
Two nights had passed and Kagari was still asleep. She had on her black pants, her white shirt that was unbuttoned, and the bandages that Miya put on. While she was unconscious, she also remembered another event that happened after she was emerged.
(Flashback)
"Kagari..." Seishin said. "About killing Minaka, you still intend on doing that?"
Kagari looked at Seishin who was concerned for her.
"If I do, Seishin...," Kagari said. "What will you do?"
"I know you got your own reasons for killing Minaka as much as I want to, and for that I won't stop you. Go ahead if you wish." Seishin said. "But right now, I'm heading back to Maison Izumo, where I will rest up and prepare for the next day. I just hope you will be there, too... Kagari. I don't want a good friend like you to walk off to her death and I know Musubi and the others rather see you live."
Kagari looked at Seishin who smiled and then turned to Musubi and the others awaiting her return.
"Don't worry, I won't..." Kagari said with a calm smile. "You saved me, Seishin. Your hope broke through my clouds of despair and helped me see the light. When I heard you say that you'll change the Sekirei Plan, I need to know... Are you keeping your word to it?"
"When I made a promise, that promise is kept." Seishin said. "I will change the Sekirei Plan... so we all can live happily ever after."
Kagari looked at Seishin and smiled as she then passed out.
"It pains me to admit this, but I finally understand it a little, Minaka. The point of an ashikabi existing for a sekirei." Kagari thought. "However, there's one person here whose hope is just like Takehito's ... and I am glad I am now his sekirei."
(Flashback ended)
Kagari woke up from her rest as she discovers she's in Maison Izumo and is in bandages.
"How did I get here?" Kagari wondered while holding her head.
"Oh, you're finally awake, Kagari." Miya said as she just walked in. "I was starting to get worried about you."
"Miya, what happened?" She wondered.
"To answer your question, Seishin carried you here when you passed, two nights ago." Miya answered.
"Two nights ago?" Kagari asked. "Who was the one who bandaged me up?"
"You don't have to worry, I treated those bandages myself." Miya said. "After all I didn't want you to experience another groping."
"Miya look... about that..." Kagari said until she was cut off by Miya.
"Welcome home, Homura." Miya said while smiling. "After emerging, you could've gone and killed Minaka. Instead you chose to come back here; to be with me and your housemates. For that, I'm happy; so happy that I won't ask anything further."
Kagari smiled. "There you go, being all motherly to us." She said.
"Well that's a pretty rude thing to say." Miya playfully pouted. "I'm not that much older than the rest of you."
"I'm happy to be back, and I don't want to die anymore." Kagari said to her while smiling.
"I'm glad." Miya giggled a little. "Be sure to tell your new ashikabi that when he wakes up. He constantly stayed up to heal you all this time until even he passed out."
Miya and Kagari turned to see the crimson haired shinigami fast asleep beside her. Some of his spiritual pressure had been restored the night before thanks to Kisuke as it finished healing up all of his wounds and restored his uniform. Miya smiled as she left the room, right before Seishin woke up.
"Hey, Kagari." Seishin greeted. "I'm glad you're up and about. How are you now that you're almost healed up?"
"It's ok, Seishin." Kagari replied. "I am fine now. Miya told me that you stayed up all this time until now healing me. I'm glad you did that for me."
"Aw, I didn't do anything that big." Seishin said feeling modest.
"Umm, Seishin... my bandages are a little grossed out after having them for two days. Would you mind changing them for me?" Kagari asked.
"Sure, just a sec." He replied as he gathered the first aid kit. Just when he turned around to help get the bandages on, he blushed at the sight of Kagari's chest revealed under the unwrapped gauze. He immediately turned away while preventing another nosebleed. "Why don't I get Miya to do this for me?"
"Don't worry, Seishin; I won't make you uncomfortable." Kagari smiled at him as she turned her back to him. Seishin nodded and decided to rub the salve on her back. "Seishin... Ever since the time we talked while you were in your Soul Reaper form, I've wondered how did you get you became a Soul Reaper?"
Seishin didn't say until he finished rubbing the salve on her.
"It all happened when I was 13 years old and boy it was pouring." Seishin explained. "I was at home sitting by the window by my room staring out at the heavy rain pouring...
(Flashback – 6 Years Ago)
"Man, what a drag..." Seishin said. "I was really looking forward to going out and having some fun. The rain sucks."
While outside in the rain, several heavy footsteps that felt like several small earthquakes. He looked around to see what's going on until he saw what couldn't be described as an alien from another world. It turned out to be a hollow that looked like the Grand Fisher. It roared loudly making several car alarms go off. Just then, he then noticed someone walking by but didn't see the creature before him. However the creature did as it attempt to eat its soul. Seishin rushed out the house to save him... by tackling him to the ground.
"Why did you do that-," He yelled until he noticed that it was Seishin. Seishin remembered that he was one of his parents' neighbors from across the block. "Oh! Seishin, I didn't know. Why did you do that?"
Seishin quickly made up a lie to convince him to run away.
"I know you may not believe me but there's an invisible alien that wants to eat you." Seishin lied.
"Aliens!?" The guy cried. "Ok, I'll take your word on it." With that, he ran off.
"Yokatta, he bought it." Seishin said until he turned to see the hollow looking straight at him and growled like he was going to attack him.
"You're not like the other humans I devoured." The hollow spoke. "You shall make a fine meal for me. Now, stay still so I can devour you whole!"
"Crap!" He muttered as he runs off.
As the hollow began chasing him through the streets, he looked around to find a place to hide. He found an empty alleyway and immediately ran towards it. As he turned around, he was bathed in a glowing red light. The hollow that was chasing him was charging a cero at him. Seishin dived into the alleys before the hollow fired the cero. With many turns in the alleys, he managed to give the hollow the slip.
"That was close." Seishin thought.
A few minutes of hiding, he snuck out the alleys and ran for his house to pick up his katana, his dad gave him. Unfortunately the hollow appeared outside his house and roared loudly causing the house to shake. Seishin stood outside glaring at the hollow as he unsheathed his katana.
"Ok, big guy, it's time I take you down!" Seishin said as he charged at it and attempts to make a cut on its mask but all it did was swatted him to the nearest telephone pole. Seishin gets back up and charges at him again as he successfully makes a cut on its mask. However it wasn't deep, but it did anger the hollow.
"Dodge this, human!" The hollow charged its cero at Seishin again but he evades it slightly, as it grazed his face and right arm. He jumped up at him and attempts to stab his sword in the cut he made on the mask but the hollow punched Seishin hard in the face and chest, sending him into a light pole and a mailbox. He was badly hurt from the impact. Seishin struggled to get back up, however the hollow appeared before him and grabbed him as it attempts to eat him up whole.
All of a sudden, a blue light appeared behind the hollow; the light turned out to be a beam slamming it down on its back. Seishin moved out of the way, but just then, he saw two fighters wearing black kimono. One was a tall male; taller than Seishin, with peach skin, brown eyes and spiky orange hair. He was also carrying an oversized black khyber blade with a silver edge and it was as tall as him. The other one was a short and petite young girl. She has light skin, violet colored eyes, and black hair that's been cropped into a bob cut. She wore fingerless white tekkou that extends past her elbows, wore a badge on her left sleeve, and carried an all white katana with a snowflake-like tsuba and white ribbon formed from the pommel.
"Whoa!" He said as he watched them. "Am I the only one who can see this; and who are those guys?"
"So this is the hollow that's disturbing this part of town?" The tall male asked while glaring at the hollow.
"It appears so." The female said. "We've been told to stop this disturbance and find the target with a uniquely high spiritual pressure. We must take out that hollow right away!"
"On it!" The man said as he teleported above the creature and attempts to slay him, but the creature used its strong arm to deflect the attack and send the swordsman away.
"That creature's hierro is a little tougher than a normal hollow's. This is a little difficult." She said.
(Flashback interrupted)
"Even back then you had this ability to see spirits?" Kagari asked.
"Yeah, my grandfather was a Soul Reaper so some of his genes run through my body." Seishin replied. "It's a rare gene, I guess. I don't really know, exactly. Maybe it's passed down from one Samayou of pure blood or something."
"You are quite the lucky man, Seishin." Kagari smiled a little.
"Thanks." Seishin replied. "Anyway..."
(Flashback resumed)
The hollow made a powerful roar that caused a shockwave, sending the orange haired man against a wall and then instantaneously used a spell to bind him to it.
"Oh, no, Ichigo!" The girl named Rukia cried. She turned to the hollow and prepared to attack it. "Some no mai, Tsukishiro!" She announced her attack as she swing her sword to the right in a horizontal line causing a white circle to appear below the hollow's feet and in an instant, it was caught frozen solid in a tall pillar of ice.
"You got it, Rukia." Ichigo said.
"I was only lucky to get it in there." Rukia replied, unaware that the hollow was still alive as it was charging a cero from within the ice pillar. Seishin immediately saw what's happening.
"LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU!" Seishin cried out to Rukia which got her attention surprisingly until she then saw the hollow but only after the cero was fired at them.
"Oh, no! Hado #73: Sōren Sōkatsui!" Rukia yelled out her next move as she fired two strong concentrated blasts from the palms of her hands. As the blue energy blasts struck the cero, it weakened the beam a bit. However Rukia suffered some medium damage from the impact as she struggled to get back up. Her right arm was wounded and her left ankle was sprung.
"Rukia!" Ichigo cried as he struggles to break free of the gritted his teeth as he got up with the katana in hand and ran towards them. He then stood between the soul reapers and the hollow before him.
"Get out of the way kid; you're going get badly hurt from that!" Ichigo cried and then he realized something."Wait, how can that kid see us? Could he be the one the hollow's looking for?"
Seishin didn't say a word, but he charged at the hollow with quickness in his steps. The hollow attempts to slam him down with its hand, but Seishin evades it and jumps on its arm; running up to its face and made another gash on the mask.
"Why you, red haired maggot!" The hollow cried in pain as it covered its mask for a second. Then out of anger, it punched Seishin hard against the wall of an empty building; breaking a few ribs and shattering the katana he had to pieces.
"Damn..." Seishin muttered as he struggled to get back up only to be caught by the hollow's grip. As he was going to get eaten, a blue blast struck its back, dropping Seishin down. Seishin noticed that it was Rukia who fired another Sōren Sōkatsui. The hollow turned it's gaze to the female shinigami and slowly walks towards her."
I don't have much strength in my arms to fire another spell." Rukia thought. "Darn it!"
"Rukia, NO!" Ichigo cried as he struggled to break free but to no avail. Seishin appeared and tries to slice its mask again but the hollow swatted him into a cement wall. Just then, the hollow turned its attention to Seishin and slowly advances on him.
"You've been on my nerves for the last time, human!" The hollow said. "It's time I finish you off for good!"
(Playing slow climatic music – Linkin Park's Robot Boy [Catalyzed Version])
Seishin was badly wounded from the punches and ceros he endured. He looked up at it as it prepares one final cero.
"I shall..." Seishin muttered as he remembered his friends and family and how much they helped motivate him. "I shall..." He remembered the very words his mother and father taught him.
"To achieve a higher level of potential in you, you first must believe you can never give up on those you care, son. If you believe in yourself, then your true power will really shine." Were the words his parents said to him that repeated in his mind.
"DIE, HUMAN!" The hollow yelled as it was about to fire its cero. Seishin sat up and glared at the hollow.
"I shall protect those I care... EVEN IF IT COSTS ME MY LIFE!" Seishin's words struck Ichigo and Rukia and just then flames erupted around me, as the cero attempts to hit me. The barrier protected me from the attack and then a handle made of flames was formed inside the barrier.
(Playing Climatic moment of song)
"Is he...?" Ichigo wondered as he was just as surprised as Rukia.
"He is..." Rukia replied. "He's the one we sensed." They watched Seishin as he struggled to get back up.
"That's impossible!" The hollow cried. Seishin gripped the handle and then the barrier exploded and a cloud of smoke covered the area. As the smoke cleared, Seishin emerged in a sleeveless black uniform; much like Ichigo's and Rukia's, but has flame designed patches around the collar, and the cuffs of his uniform. He emerged out the smoke with a katana in his right hand.
"The weight of the world... will give me the strength to go and protect those I cared. I will never let the likes of you or any enemy oppose me." Seishin said as he walked up to the hollow as he continued looking at it. The hollow growled and charged at Seishin as it attempts to jump on him, Seishin drew his sword and instantly cut it in half. The hollow froze in mid air and as he walks past it while sliding his sword back into his sheath. With a slam of the hilt, the hollow was burned and dissolved. The spell that trapped Ichigo was gone and he along with Rukia went to him.
(Song ended.)
"Whoa, you just cut down that hollow like a knife through butter!" Ichigo said to him.
"I guess it worked, when you put your heart and soul through the blade." Seishin replied.
"For someone who stopped the hollow and saved us, we owe you a debt of thanks." Rukia said. "My name is Rukia Kuchiki, 13th Division Lieutenant."
"...and I am Ichigo Kurosaki, Substitute Soul Reaper." Ichigo included.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Ichigo and Rukia. My name is Seishin Samayou." He smiled with a big grin.
(Flashback ended)
"...and that's how my life as a Soul Reaper had begun." Seishin said as he finished wrapping the bandages around her.
"Seishin... you were a brave man; the bravest, sweetest man I've ever met." She said. "You showed that side of you to Musubi, Ku, Matsu, Tsukiumi and even Kazehana. You keep showing that and we'll be with you, right by your side."
Seishin smiled at her as Kagari sat up and gave him a kiss on his cheek.
"Thanks, Kagari." Seishin smiled. "Ok, I'll let you rest up so you can restore your strength."
Kagari smiled and nodded as she watched her new ashikabi leave her room.
"You are a brave kid, Seishin." Hollow said. "You endured so much and still you won in the end. For that, I am happy you live up to that reputation."
"Thanks, hollow." Seishin chuckled until he then saw his hollow fall on his knees. "Hollow! What's wrong; is everything ok?"
"I-It's nothing." Hollow replied. "I'm just a little worn out, that's all."
"Hmmm, if you say so, hollow." Seishin said until he noticed Musubi, Kusano and Tsukiumi sleeping on the floor. "That's strange, why are the girls sleeping out here?"
Just then, Musubi woke up.
"Oh, surprised to find us here, huh Seishin?" Musubi rhetorically said.
"I know, you were worried about Kagari so you, Tsukiumi and Kusano all slept in the halls waiting for the news." Seishin replied while smiling. "Don't worry, she'll be fine. She's resting at the moment."
"Thank goodness!" Musubi cried happily. "Now we can have her collect her rent now!"
"Eh... Maybe not at the very moment, Musubi." Seishin replied sheepishly.
"Seeiiiishin..." Tsukiumi called his name as she woke up next. "Whilst with Homura, thou hasn't done anything profound or untoward."
"No!" Seishin cried. "I haven't done anything like that!"
"Are you sure, Seishin?" Matsu asked teasingly.
"Matsu!" Seishin cried.
"When she exposed those nice boobs, I bet you were getting grabby, weren't you?" Matsu teased him more. The door opened up slightly and red eyes were glowing. In an instant, Matsu was slightly charred and her hair was poofed up.
"Hehe." Seishin chuckled. "Thanks, Kagari." Then a heart shaped flame was floating out of the room into the hall until it faded, which surprised the girls; mostly Tsukiumi and made her more jealous.
"Seishin!" She cried as she grabbed Seishin by the collar, pinning him to the ground and slamming his head to the floor repeatedly until she stopped him midway when something came to her mind. "Now that Homura's feeling better, she should have thine powers in her control, am I right?"
"Yeah, you're right Tsukiumi." Matsu said as she got back up like nothing happened. "She's finally out of danger. If her powers really have gotten out of hand, her body would have burned itself up completely. She's fine now, thanks to you Seishin."
"It's no problem." Seishin blushed and chuckled sheepishly, until Tsukiumi interrupted them.
"Matsu, Homura's emerged; Seishin has added another sekirei. Thou had him do this just as he did with me, correct?" Matsu didn't say a word. "So all is going according to thine plans, eh?"
Matsu smiled and chuckled a little.
"No, actually," She replied, "it's going better than I planned. It's because of Seishin being both our ashikabi and a Soul Reaper. He didn't meet my expectations, he exceeded them."
"And for what purpose is such power necessary, pray tell?" Tsukiumi wondered. "Answer me this, how much do you know about the Sekirei Plan, Matsu?"
Matsu didn't reply to her question until...
"Tsukiumi isn't the only one who wants to know, Matsu." Seishin looed at her with a serious expression. "I want to know what's up as well. Honestly, I can't go on with this without learning many things here. What are ashikabis really capable of? What are the Sekirei's true potential? Back when we rescued Haruka and Kuno; and again when we saved Kagari, you put yourselves in danger all for me. I can't stand it making everyone fight here like it's a game or a contest." Seishin tightened his grip.
"Seishin..." Musubi thought as she, Kusano and Tsukiumi were all looking at Seishin along with Matsu. Kagari was overhearing what Seishin said and his inner hollow was watching what's going on within Seishin's mind.
"Matsu, I would like to know everything there is to know the Sekirei Plan's True Origins." Seishin continued. Matsu smirked and closed her eyes.
"I'll be more than happy to, Seishin and it looks like you figured out how to make use of me, Sekirei #02: Matsu... and my ashikabi's wishes are my command." Matsu replied to him with a wink.
Seishin smiled calmly at her.
"Thanks, Matsu." Seishin said.
Taka2012: Well that's it for Chapter 7 of Sekirei EX II.
Musubi: Congratulations, Taka!"
Taka2012: Thanks, Musubi!
Kagari: Also we got a bit of a surprise for you, Taka... for what you did to make the story well.
Taka2012: What would that be?
*Seishin and Kazehana arrived with a birthday cake on a cart all lit with candles around it.*
Taka2012: OMG! You guys!
Seishin and Sekireis: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAKA! *Just then Ichigo and all the Soul Reapers, and all of the cast of Sekirei arrived to wish me a Happy Birthday.*
Taka2012: I-I don't know what to say! Thanks guys!
Tsukiumi: Thou hast done so much for us, especially bring Seishin into our lives. The least we can do for thee is returning the favor. *She smiled.*
*Kusano hugged me and everyone gave me hugs, kisses from the girls, handshakes or fist bumps.*
Taka2012: Thanks again everyone. It really means a lot. *Turns to the camera* Looks like I have a party going on here. Today is my 23rd Birthday and I am enjoying it to my heart's content. I hope you readers will wish me a Happy Birthday as well. Until then, this is Taka2012... signing off and partying hard!
*We all began dancing to Home Made Kazoku's Freedom as the first song to my party music mix.*