Planless
Disclaimer: I do not own not own Sekirei
Chapter 13:
"Where are they?" Tsukiumi paced on the roof.
She knew they should have returned a while ago but they hadn't.
"Tsukiumi," Musubi chirped sticking her head out of the window. "dinner is ready."
Tsukiumi annoyed went inside for dinner. As they sat down to eat the heard the sound of the door being opened followed by foot steps.
Soon they saw Yashima carrying Kuu her eyes were red as if she had been crying.
"Where's Minato?" Musubi chirped.
Kuu sniffled. "The mean lady took him." The others all looked at her in shock. "I wanted to help but if I tried all the plants would have trapped us."
With that Kuu started to cry again. Shiina went to her and hugged her. "It's okay Kuu. You look thirsty let's get you something to drink."
As they left the room Tsukiumi jumped up and went right to Yashima who hung her head low, "What happened?"
Yashima still looking down said, "Benitsubasa showed up with her squad of Sekirei."
"Why didn't you just run?!" Yukari shouted accusingly.
"They had us surrounded, it was a trap"
"Why did you not fight them?" Tsukiumi told her.
"I didn't have my hammer." Yashima turned to them with tears in her eyes. " I knew I would loose but I wanted to fight. Minato told me not to. He told me to let them take him! He didn't want me or Kuu to get hurt." She broken down cry onto Tsukiumi shoulder.
Tsukiumi thought for a second it did sound like something Minato would do, sacrifice himself to make sure others were safe. It was that very caring quality that drew her to him. She reasoned that since Yashima didn't even have her weapon Minato needed to protect her.
Tsukiumi wrapped her arm around Yashima and whispered, "You were just trying to do what he wanted. You just were trying to protect Kuu. Now get ready we must find Minato and rescue him. Ready your hammer."
Yashima wiped the tears from her from her eyes and nodded. Yukari watched unsure what to think but she just knew they had to get her brother back.
Elsewhere Izumi Higa and his assistants analyzed every record they had on the Minato and his Sekirei. They expected Minato to be accompanied by some of his Sekirei if he ever left the Inn. If they were to attack the Inn they wouldn't be able to have the element of surprise because of Matsu's machines. If they attacked in full force the odds were not on their side it was likely both sides would loose Sekirei. There was an unspoken rule that the Ashikabi were not to fight if they did anything to Minato it would likely mean others would cross that line.
"There are still Sekirei that have yet to be winged." Kakizaki brought up. "Perhaps we could try and wing them to increase our numbers. We have the list of possible Ashikabi that we acquired from MBI. It would only be a matter of finding which among them are actually ashikabi and would be easy for us to control. In the meantime we could have those already in our employment look out for the unwinged Sekirei."
Kochou then added, "That might not be simple as it seems that the unwinged Sekirei have begun to go into hiding to avoid such actions and so have some Ashikabi."
Without the endless resources and dedication that MBI had no one could truly track all the Sekirei and Ashikabi, well not without the satellite that they had failed to control.
"It's the best plan we have." Higa said calmly. "Begin to evaluate the possible recruits."
Kochou on her laptop began to accesses the files they had gathered from MBI.
"That's not right." The usually calm Sekirei put it. "I can't accesses the files. It's like they've been deleted. But that's not possible."
Higa quirked an eyebrow. "Computer error, surely you can repair it."
"I can't access any files we have concerning MBI, they're gone."
"Could we have been hacked?" Kakizaki suggested.
"No, those files are encrypted and in an isolated server that can only be accessed from within the building." Her fingers raced across the keyboard brining up the security feed of the server room. "There are people there."
"Call security." Higa ordered Kakizaki.
They headed off to meet the security guards at the server room.
Back the Inn Minato's Sekirei and his sister gathered in Matsu's room as she typed away in fury on her keyboard.
"We're are Uzume, Saki and the twins?" Musubi said noticing the missing. "They weren't at dinner either."
"Don't worry about them," Matsu told her calmly, "they're are doing an errand for me." Matsu's eyes bulged. "That's not right!" The glasses wearing Sekirei shouted. "I can't trace his cell phone."
Benitsubasa had planned for it and tossed his cell phone in the harbor were the phone broke and lay in the bottom of that harbor.
Meanwhile at his office building the security guards and Higa had reached the server one floor below the security guards opened the door to the severs to find no one was there. To their surprise one of the servers was ripped out, it was the isolated one with the information from MBI.
Kakizaki quickly suggested, "We have to check on the hard files to make sure they haven't been taken."
The information was too valuable to let go so they raced to Higa's office to were the record were kept in his private safe.
At the Inn Yukari studied the reactions of the Sekirei as Matsu tried to find Minato using security cameras and anything else she could to try to track him. All of the Sekirei were nervous and angry. Then the ringing of the phone broke up the silence. Miya knowing they were busy got the phone.
"Sahashi Inn." Miya answered the phone.
She wasn't happy hearing who was on the line, she thought about doing something about it, in the end she went to Matsu's room. With the phone in hand she simply said, "It's for you."
The Sekirei were all confused since most of the people they knew lived in the Inn.
So Matsu grabbed the phone, "Hello?"
"Let me talk to Haihane." Benitsubasa said angrily.
Matsu responded by turning on the speaker function of the phone. Miya originally planned on leaving them to deal with it but decided to stay and observe.
"What do you want?" Haihane said her voice angry and gruff.
"Is that anyway to treat an old friend." Benitsubasa mocked.
"We really weren't friends. We were just trained together with Karasuba. You and I wouldn't even have met if Minaka hadn't choose us to be in the Disciplinary Squad together. You were just the small breasted girl with a crush on Natsuo."
"I'm not small breasted!" Benitsubasa argued. "Not like Natsuo cared about big breast."
"Yeah, cause he was gay."
"No he wasn't!"
"Why do you think Minaka choose him? He was loyal and he wouldn't mess around with us. He wouldn't fall in love, he would just do what he was told."
"What about him then?" Benitsubasa asked.
"Ow!" Minato's voice came from the phone.
"Minato!" His Sekirei yelled out.
"I'm okay." Minato reassured them. "Ouch." he yelled as his captor pushed him down.
"Shut up if you want to stay like that." Benitsubasa told him. "Now this is the deal," Benitsubasa growled. "I want a rematch. If you want your Ashikabi then come and fight me. If you win you can have him back."
"Fine," Haihane told her "Where do you want to fight things out?"
"Find me." And with that the phone call ended.
"Find her?!" Yukari shouted. "How does she expect us to do that? She didn't give us an address. Matsu, can you trace the phone call?"
"Don't bother." Haihane told her. "Everyone on the squad got phones that can't be traced she's probably using that. I lost mine a while. Minaka was getting paranoid near the end."
"If she wants to fight why doesn't she want us to find her."
"She wants to make me suffer." Haihane put it bluntly.
That was right for Benitsubasa it wasn't enough to stab her she had to twist the knife. Yukari looked around the room and each Sekirei all looked angry. Tsugumi didn't even seem to notice that water wrapped around her hand forming a blade, the usually kind Musubi glared as a black aura surrounded her, Matsu's eyes glimmered as her mind raced, A breeze wrapped around Kazehana, Akitsu who usually never showed emotions had ice forming on her hands and legs, Homura had flames licking on his finger tips, Nanami looked ready to rip something apart and Yashima stopped crying her eyes growing cold and distant as her hands tighten into a grip expecting the hammer. Yukari was sure there would be similar effects if the his Minato's other sekirei were there too. Haihane was the most distinct and in Yukari's opinion the scariest.
Haihane didn't show anything, the usually playful Sekirei was fairly open with her emotions but she almost looked serene. Haihane usually had several things running through her head at once; while planning a fight she would listen but she would also be complaining trying to wonder if she was recording her show. Her thoughts would be constantly racing in her head ranging from what to eat next to if there was anything left from where the Sekirei came from or how they capture shrimp to why they the Sekirei were even sent to Earth. Her mind would race with a million little thoughts so it's no wonder that she would forget things when every minute her head was full. That's one of the reasons she loved Minato, when she was with him her mind would grow calm and her heart would race, it was a wonder and peace she had never known so without him her heart ached. So she was angry that Benitsubasa had taken him away. Haihane had reached that special kind of anger that surpasses any other form of anger, it leaves the person is a state of complete serenity. Haihane reached that kind of anger that focuses the mind, the kind of anger that pushes everything away but the necessary out of your mind and lets you focus on your target. That's what scared Yukari it was that Haihane didn't really show any emotions. Her mind was focused on only two things: the first is that she had to rescue Minato before something happened and two to make Benitsubasa pay. They began to work on finding Minato.
Benitsubasa smiled watching Minato on the floor. "Take him away." She ordered two of her Sekirei. "Sai and Shi keep him company make sure he doesn't do anything."
Shi asked, "Where do we put him?"
"Take him to the back room."
Sai and Shi took Minato away. They were in a old Sake warehouse that had been abandoned. Sai wore black leather bloomers and a black top with a purple top along with two matching sleeves. She had whip like strings on her arms ready to whip him. Her eyes were cold and she seemed ready for a fight. Shi was much more timid, her dark hair in twin pig tails and she wore a shrine maiden like outfit with very loose sleeves hiding two large blades. They took Minato to a room with a few chairs and a table.
Benitsubasa went to an office that used to be the managers she had now claimed it as her own personal room. She had a view of the harbor and watch the boats leave. She yawned and reclined on the chair letting herself go to sleep, to rest before her rematch.
At that moment Higa, Kakizaki, Kochou along with the guards reached his office when the door opened. As they prepared for the worst when only the two custodian came out pushing a cart out.
"Get out of the way." Higa said pushing them out of the way.
He rushed inside and moving a painting found his safe. He put input the code into the keypad and it popped open. Looking inside his papers seem to be in order but as he double check, "The MBI Files are missing."
Kochou looked around, "The room hasn't be disturbed. No one forced their way in."
"No else has access to my office except us and the... janitorial staff." Higa realized running out of his office.
He raced after them just to see them sneak off into a room.
As he reached for the door they heard, "... because my sword can't cut through the wall fast enough. So now would be great."
They opened the door to find Uzume and Saki out of their costumes and into their normal Sekirei clothes.
"Hello." Uzume gave them a smile.
"You two are the North's Sekirei." Higa said anger in her voice.
"Well yes." Saki admitted sheepishly. " Our friend Matsu was really curious about those files."
Kochou said calmly, "You realize we can't let you leave with that."
"About that." Saki said pulling out a small phone. "Now would be great."
Then an explosion like the crackling of lighting ripped apart the wall behind them.
"Time to go." Uzume told Saki .
Saki quickly grabbed a duffle bag filled with the papers and the server from the cart and they both leapt out the newly created hole.
Kochou was surprised, "We're up too high no Sekirei can make a leap like that."
As they stepped over to the ledge they saw Uzume had gotten out one of her veils and was using it as parasail with Saki holding onto her.
"Watch what you're grabbing?" Uzume told her.
"Sorry." Saki replied. "Just a little bad with heights."
They glided to the ground were the twins waited. Hikari and Hibiki were a distraction with their maids outfits so that Uzume and Saki could sneak pass security. Then when they needed an escape the twins used their lighting to blow a hole in the wall. With everything they needed in their possession they leapt into the air and jumped away. Higa stared helpless to stop them, if he called his Sekirei they wouldn't arrive in time. "We will need to come up with a way to retaliate." Higa put it bluntly.
Minato's Sekirei paced around the house trying to figure out where Minato was taken. Kuu fell asleep on the couch with Shiina watching her.
On the table Matsu typed away on her computer and Kazehana told her, "I remember I heard a ships horn on the phone."
"The harbor?" Haihane suggested.
"That would be my guess." Matsu told them.
"We could search all warehouse by the harbor." Kazehana added.
"No, Benitsubasa will have her squad of Sekirei on look out. If they see us coming they might hurt Minato. We need to find a way to narrow it down."
If anyone was reacting to Minato they could feel out where he was but now that they were all winged now they only felt Minato's absence.
Haruka, Kuno, Yukari all wanted to help but didn't know what they could do. Mutsu and Miya watched not indifferent at the other's emotions but keeping a level head waiting for something to happen and being ready if they were needed. Miya still needed to distance herself a little, she understood their pain of having the person you loved be taken away from you.
"Ah!" Matsu yelled frustrated as she pounded on her laptop.
"Matsu?" Yukari sat beside her. "What's wrong?"
"I can't find him. Haihane was right Benitsubasa used a phone that I can't trace. When she took Minato she made sure to avoid cameras. I don't know what to do."
Yukari thought about yelling at Matsu but the worry and the pain in her face Yukari could see she was worried about her brother. Yukari wrapped her arms around her, "Don't worry I know we'll find him."
Just as she started to calm down her laptop rang out to alert her of Sekirei that the system didn't know was getting close to the Inn. Matsu brought up the camera feed and she saw who was coming. Her eyes flared as she recognized the Sekirei with that she jumped up and ran to the door.
"Matsu?" Yukari called out.
Haihane followed her as she opened the door Matsu called the Sekirei out, " Katsuragi!"
Waiting there was Katsuragi the Sekirei with dark orange hair in her yellow and black jump suit. Her eyes were emotionless.
"You're one of Benitsubasa Squad members." Haihane growled at her.
"Yes," Katsuragi said in a melancholy voice.
"What are you doing here?" Matsu said her voice angry as she seemed ready to beat her in a pulp with her own hands.
Haihane pulled her inside dragging her towards an empty room she started, "Why are you here?"
Katsuragi is usually not one to show emotions but fear was clear on her face as she frantically looked around at Kuno, Haruka, Mutsu, Miya and Shiina. Haihane tossed her into the empty room and Minato's Sekirei and his sister waited for her to answer.
"Uh," Katsuragi started.
"I said: why are you here?" Haihane said her voice becoming low. "You and Benitsubasa took our Ashikabi, Minato, form us. The only thing that is stopping me from ripping out of your throat is that you might tell me something worth listing to. So start talking."
"..." Katsuragi was scared out of her mind. "I was told by Benitsubasa to watch this Inn. She wanted to know when his defenses would be lowered."
"And you told her about today." Yashima said her voice quiet.
"Yes." Katsuragi admitted.
"Then why come to us?" Matsu asked her.
Katsuragi looked down as a faint blush come over her face. "I saw him at the fight. The fight at that other Inn. I saw how much he cared about his Sekirei."
"Who?" Yomi asked.
"My Ashikabi. I've been reacting to him. I've been watching this Inn because I volunteered so I could be near him. I'll tell you where Benitsubasa took him if you let me get near him."
An uneasy silence fell over the room.
Eventually Haihane broke the silence, "Fine, but know if you lie to us. If you are leading us to a trap or if something happens to Minato I will make sure you that you spend the last few moments of your life screaming."
Katsuragi didn't say anything else even when everyone left the room and closed the door. Haihane looked at Mutsu and Shiina. "If anything happens make sure she doesn't leave that room."
Shiina was a peaceful person and hates violence but he if something did happen to Minato Yukari would be devastated and Kuu might be terminated. "All right." Shiina said.
It's not like Yukari didn't have the same sentiment but she was surprised that Shiina did. Sekirei are creatures of emotion so when it came to moments like these they reverted to those emotions.
Uzume, Saki and the twins showed up then.
"We got the things." Saki announced.
"They will have to wait." Matsu told them as she brought up satellite feeds of the warehouse at the docks.
Authors Notes: Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out I have been trying to get into my writing more but it hard to get started again it's like swimming in chocolate pudding and i've actually done that it's hard. This is the only story I managed to write this whole week and I usually do like four updates a week. Sorry please have some patients with me. I also have an anime convention at the end of the month so I'm preparing for that so sporadic update around that time.
All right some short ranting. First if you want to know the Sekirei working with Benitsubasa I did named them in chapter nine. I will describe them as they start getting more involved. I changed the story for an M rating but changed my mind. The sex scenes are not explicit and focus on the emotions rather than the physical so I really not worried about the purge. I got some weird anon reviews some I felt I had to delete first some of those request already happened the rest were kinda creepy.
Also just cause the story is called planless doesn't mean I don't have a plan. I really don't usually do request mid story, but sometimes suggestions do sparks something in me and give me an idea that I can fit in.
Also yay Shiina and Kuu found each other in the manga. I was fairly close to the meeting not that it was a surprise. Anyway what chapter did Yukari go to Izumo Inn and meet Kuu I think I missed that one. Also can anyone tell me about Sekirei video game that had that baby. What was the plot and something about the characters. Anyway leave a review telling me what you think