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Chapter 3: God's Darkest Warrior

Neiyo woke up in his apartment after a few hours of sleep when he heard a knocking at the door. He glanced at his swords behind the door and picked one up. He wasn't used to visitors and not many people knew where he lived.

The silver haired Sekirei pulled the handle inward slightly to see Murasaki, who looked incredibly tired, but in his eyes still the same pretty girl he had seen the day before.

"May I?" she asked, standing beside one of the chairs. "Of course. I presume this isn't just a social call." How could it be? he chuckled.

Murasaki shaked her head. "I can't stop thinking about last night. I keep thinking about you in my head and I can't get it to stop, not even for sleep."

So she is reacting to me back is she? The same way you did... "Alright, it's time. I have had the same feeling towards you. For what reason, I don't know. I just seem to be drawn to you." Neiyo acknowledged the same feelings.

She relaxed, thankfully seeing that she was not alone in feeling like this. There was a moment of silence as they both pondered on what to say next. "You realized I wasn't normal, back in the alley right?" Neiyo piped up. She nodded.

"Well, it's time you learn what I am." He stood up. "My name is Neiyo Wraithbane, I am what you would call a Sekirei."

A wagtail? What the hell do they have to do with what he is? "Sekirei are, not native to this planet. We have the same composition as of humans but there is a small, if 1% difference in our genetic build. That 1% is our power base, our core... our soul."

Powers? "So, what power do you have?" she asked nervously.

"I am known as Smoke. Although I have an elemental ability to control and summon the use of 'smoke' as it were. The vaporous element, that's made up of small particles throughout the air."

Smoke? Controlling the element? Makes sense really but why is he telling me this?

"I am telling you this because Sekirei react to certain people in their lives, their destined ones called Ashikabi. I believe you are mine. I have been reacting to you since that fateful day in the alley. My body get's increasingly hot and it's like a fire rages in my heart."

Neiyo... This man is pouring his heart out to me, I can't just reject it. Murasaki still sat in silence. Neiyo turned to look at her. She smiled. Yeah... that face, those dreamy gold eyes, I can't not love a man like that. She leant forward, the two were almost touching. Neiyo pulled away.

"Before, anything happens. I need to tell you something else." he bagan. "Right in this very city, there is a 'game' of sorts unfolding. Where we Sekirei find our destined ones and fight to the very last one, where one of us gets a reward. So, before you do anything rash, are you sure you want to be by my side fighting with me?"

Murasaki pondered the question over. She again looked into his golden eyes, and his hair was blowing briefly from the wind that had picked up as his apartment window was open. There was a long moment of silence, where Neiyo was becoming increasingly agitated.

Why does the fear of her rejecting me swell inside me so much? It's not as if I haven't been alone for long time. Do I love her that much already? Has a bond formed? So many questions rang through Neiyo's head at this moment in time. But Murasaki leaned in once more, capturing them both in the trance of each other's eyes.

"I want to be by your side, forever, whatever the cost", she smiled. She leant in and kissed him. Her eyes widening in shock as she saw silver wings fly out of his back, enveloping the room in a grey light. "What was that?" she asked, concerned.

"You just helped me emerge. It's what happens through mucosal contact. That's why I had to know if you really wanted this or not, cause once it's done, it cannot be undone."

So that's why he was hesitant. Understandable. "I cannot fault you for that, for being hesitant. I understand now why you wanted to make sure... and thank you."

"For what?" he asked.

"For being my first kiss, and for taking how I would feel into the equation." she answered softly. "So tell me, how many other of you are there?"

Neiyo laid out the story of Sekirei to her. How they crashed into Earth after an unexpected fault. He admitted he was the captain of their ship whilst the 108 sleeping forms were in embryos or eggs waiting to be released. He didn't say why they were in the ship and wouldn't reveal it to her, quickly moving topics in the conversation. He further explained that MBI had found these forms and researched them, gaining their company name in the big city and around the world.

"Mid Bio Informatics isn't a pharmaceutical company, it's the base of operations for the Sekirei plan." he continued.

"So, are you in the competition they have set up?" she asked solemnly.

"No, but I will be. I want to protect my daughter. She is 1 of the 108 Sekirei. I tried to watch over her for years but it became apparent she had my spirit and fighting style of that when I was younger. She could handle herself from then on. However, she also had the bad side of my attitude, and that scares me a little."

"Bad side of your attitude?" she quizzed him.

Neiyo nodded, "When in battle, whenever something happens, that I get extremely angered at, my alter ego appears. He has an adverse effect on me, making me relentless, bloodthirsty and have no mercy to my opponent. This personality, is what my daughter has the majority of the time... yet... yet I believe there is good in her."

His daughter inherited the most tragic side of his personality. That's terrible... but, I somehow hope there is some good in her too. I can't help but feel his pain.

"You feel it don't you?" he asked.

"Feel what?" she retorted in surprise.

"The sorrow in my heart for my daughter, inheriting the worst side of me. The bond we share from you kissing me is the power I draw from in battle. However, since I was not experimented on by MBI, I have no limiter. I am already as powerful as I come but now I have something to fight for..." he turned to look at her eyes, "it makes it all worthwhile, and I become stronger."

END OF CHAPTER 3

A/N: I know there wasn't much going on in this, but I needed to create the knowledge that most ashikabi's in the series possess, whilst not revealing what he has in mind to get involved in the Sekirei plan. The next chapter will spice it up a bit but not fully. Again, slowly easing into things.

Reviews and suggestions are welcome!