SEKIREI-HEART OF DARKNESS

I WANTED TO HAVE A BIG CALL BACK TO ALL THE WESTERN FILMS I LOVE SO MUCH, SO THE LAST SCENE WITH THE BOUNTY HUNTERS IS SUPPOSED TO BE RIGHT OUT OF SOME OLD CLASSIC WESTERN, HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE IMPRESSION YOU GUYS GET WHEN YOU READ.

ALRIGHT HERE YOU GUYS GO, SHORT CHAPTER BUT I NEEDED TO GET SOMETHING OUT THERE WHILE I WORKED ON THE BIGGER STUFF, HOPEFULLY YOU ENJOY. PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW.

"without despair there is no love towards life"

-Albert Camus

Jun left his apartment alone in normal clothes and mounted his bike, he put on his helmet and started the machine. He revved the engine and peeled out towards his destination...

The sekirei of Jun Yeager looked out the window of the apartment with longing and worry in their eyes, even being apart from their beloved Ashikabi for a little while was enough to make them weep in sorrow. Yume walked up to the group and got their attention, she gave them a reassuring smile and looked out with not worry or sadness but confidence, she knew what this meant for her Jun-sama...

"we should go with master, we should never leave masters side...that's not the sekireis way" Shiina said with sadness and regret in his young voice.

"I understand shii-chan, but master does this more often than you think, he has a very deep past that has a habit of catching up to him...just trust our master and it'll be fine" Karasuba said with a smile and a pinch to the cheek on the little sekirei, Karasuba couldn't resist just how cute he was so she chuckled and pulled him into her arms like a baby...shiina just huffed, there was no point arguing with the wolf...

"None of you need to worry about Jun-sama, if anything happens well know immediately, as for his task...this is something he HAS to do alone, im sure you all can understand that" Yume talked with full authority as she was the head of the family.

All of Juns sekirei perked up a little, Yume had a way of instilling confidence in people no matter the situation...

"well in the mean time lets have some dinner, come little one, i think its your bed time" Karasuba giggled and threw shiina over her shoulder like an empty sack of meat.

"k-karasuba-sama im not a baby! you ca-"

"no no, now im going to have to spank you for being a bad boy, and what did i tell you about "sama"

Shiina sweat dropped at the mention of a "spanking"...was she being literal?

"uh r-right...big sister karasuba...can you put me down pwease" Shiina said with an adorable little whine...Karasuba instantly melted from the sheer cuteness.

Yume moved into the kitchen with Akitsu, "now what to make...any ideas Akitsu-chan?"

Yume was trying to get ANY reaction out of the ice sekirei, even just a dinner idea would be more than she usually says in a week, but to Yumes surprise Akitsu actually had an idea...

"Master likes Greek food, how about gyros..."

yume almost fell over...she was right of course...Jun-sama did like Greek food...how did she know that? 'im supposed to be the only one who knows what he likes to eat' Yume thought as she got a little pouty...

"how did you know that?"

"master told me"

"when?"

"does it matter"

"...y-yes..."

"during sex, he said my vagina tasted good, like a gyro, when i asked him what that meant he said it was a food he liked"

This time Yume really did fall over, 'a little too much information girlfriend' she stood back up and began twirling her apron sash around and shifting...what else did Jun tell her during sex?...Yume shook her head, she was acting like a teenager instead of the leader of one of the most powerful sekirei groups in the game...

Yahan started laughing from the background at Akitsu's no-holds-bar approach to conversations, she didn't talk much but when she did she just let it all out...

"jeez Akitsu you really know how to kill a party"

"party? i was not informed of any party...if master is not back soon he will likely miss the occasion, why was i not informed of this party?" Akitsu said with as much deadpan as was physically possible.

"HAHAHAHA OH BY THE MAKER SOMEONE STOP THIS GIRL! HAHAHA"

Yahan laughed her head off and exited the kitchen before she lost her legs due to...frostbite...she plopped down on the couch with Homura and laid down in his lap like a little sister would. "watcha watchin big stud?"

"Once upon a time in the west, one of Juns favorite westerns...it didn't feel right not having a western on...Jun loves westerns...oh and if you call me big stud again ill cremate you"

"first off, Jun-sama isn't gone forever, hell be back in no time, and second...you ARE a big stud, the way you ride our master is just so manly"

Yahan got off the couch and made an imaginary sex position, thrusting her hips in the air and holding the space in front of her like she was holding Juns hips...she also added moaning and grunting noises to add to the effect...

"Your pushing it Yahan...and ill have you know Jun-san cant get enough of my technique"

"technique? gosh men are so weird when when it comes to this stuff...all that thrusting and bucking cant be good for your back...and yes im SURE Jun-sama just LOVES getting the life fucked out of him"

"he DOES, you should hear him when im going all out, hes BEGGING me to go harder!"

Yahan pursed her lips and began giggling, she had Homura right where she wanted him, right in the teasing zone, that's all Yahan was in the end, a ROGUE, and like a rogue she just loved to make trouble anyway she could.

"oh ill bet...AH! HOMURA, HARDER HARDER, YES JUST LIKE THAT!...hahaha"

"beats your old routine, i may not have boobs but i at least can make him moan, you just sound like a dying animal AND you make Jun-san do all the work, he likes to be dominated you know..."

"A-A DYING ANIMAL! Ill have you know that putting the man in charge is how its SUPPOSED to be done, it makes jun-sama feel good when he knows hes in control..."

"maybe for a little while, but in the end Jun-san just wants to lie back and be pleasured by his oh-so-experienced sekrei...AKA...ME!"

"well see, when he gets back im gonna show you just wrong you are...Jun-sama was straight to begin with so hes ALWAYS going to pick a women over a man"

"Maybe...but i don't see a women, i see a little girl"

"why you..."

Homura gave a triumph-it smirk and sat down victoriously on the couch to continue his movie...Yahan giggled at the silly banter and joined her elder on the couch by curling up under his arm, Homura stroked her hair protectively. Yahan may be annoying sometimes with the constant joking and her rogue/rebel personality but in the end he loved her so much...he would do anything to keep her safe along with his other comrades.

"heyy Homura..."

"yes Yahan-chan"

Yahan giggled at the adding of the "chan", it rhymed and sounded funny plus Homura always said it whenever he was playing with her...she refocused and looked up to the silver haired mans eyes...

"will you always protect me big brother?"

"always sister, now and forever"

"big brother..."

Yahan snuggled into Homuras strong chest and the two enjoyed "Once upon a time in the west" while listening to Yume and Akitsu's banter and the smell of good food drifting into their noses...

Up in Juns bedroom Karasuba and shiina went to bask in the scent and aura of their Ashikabi, every human had an individual scent and by now Karasuba was VERY adjusted to her masters scent. They certainly spent enough time together for her to know EVERY inch of hid body, including his nice scent.

"wow, so this is what Master smells like...amazing"

Shiina laid on the big comfortable bed in Karasubas powerful arms and took in the aura of his Ashikabi, one of honest purity and dark violent longing for revenge and closure, a mixed aura for sure...but by now Shiina understood that his master was a very complicated man.

Karasuba had taken a massive liking in Shiina, she enjoyed teaching him and training him in the darker and more secret ways of being a sekirei, and at the very least he was just too cute not to cuddle with like a little sliver haired teddy bear.

"Say Shii-chan...do you know how to make a man feel good?" Karasuba asked with her hot lusty breathe on Shiinas small neck, her incredibly powerful arms encircled the small boy like a Boa constrictor snake...

"i-i uhm...w-well you see..."

"oh? you haven't had the pleasure of being with Master yet...silly me i forgot, well seeing as your now at that age and your Ashikabi is a man i suppose its time to show you just how to make Jun-sama make all kinds of fun sounds..."

Karasuba spook casually and with a teasing voice to make shiina relax a little, 'this would be so much fun' Karasuba thought as her mouth curved upward in a big smile and her sharp wolf-like teeth flashed in excitement.

"b-big sister?"

"here, roll over and well start with the basics."

Shiina did as he was told and sat against the pillows and laid back, his face was red as an apple and he was shaking a little, who knows what would happen with Karasuba...you never could tell exactly what she was thinking.

Karasuba got comfortable and sat Indian style with her legs crossed facing Shiina, she was having a little more fun with this than she probably should be...

"the first thing to know is that there's two CORE places to making a man feel good, first is the penis, and the second is riiiiiight there..." She pointed to between Shiinas legs under his balls to the lower areas...

Shiina tried to cover up but the monster was already on top of him. Karasuba took both Shiinas hands and held them down on either side of his head, she also placed her legs outside of his to trap him under her...she looked down on the little sekirei with lusty eyes.

"Here let me show you in person...my little pup"

"big sister...t-this feels wrong...w-we have an ashikabi"

"oh im not going to fuck you Shii-chan, you would probably die in the first 30 seconds if i even showed you HALF of what i can do to a man, i just want you to be better prepared for when you have our master in bed"

"o-ok...big sister" Shiina said nervously, he relented and completely relaxed under Karasubas hold, not that he could struggle anyway...she was IMPOSSIBLY strong, it felt like a damn BUILDING was holding him down.

"good boy, now as i said..."

Karasuba reached down and rubbed Shiinas crotch gently, he moaned a little at the affection and began moving his hips...he wasn't used to this at all but he had to admit it felt pretty damn good.

"you see? now imagine what else we could do with that...then there's this part, the second pleasure spot."

Karasuba went lower and lightly tapped her finger over Shiinas little rosebud, that got him to making even sweeter sounds. He began quivering under her touch as Karasuba got more and more accurate with her touching.

After a few seconds she removed most of Shiinas clothes, leaving him only in his underwear...She positioned him to better show the proper positions and techniques.

"Ah...huh...b-big s-sister...that's...ah!" Shiina moaned and whimpered as Karasuba continued her mild touching, never actually going all the way but enough so he got the idea and at least knew where to touch and how to touch it.

"If all goes well Jun-sama will be making noises just like that, even better ones too with the...deeper...you get"

"r-right..."

Karasuba stopped and giggled then got off the trapped boy, Shiina awkwardly got up and put his shirt on..."say big sister..."

"yes shii-chan" Karasuba said teasingly as she looked over the different contents of Juns room like the war memorial pictures and group photos of the different units he was in.

"whats Jun like, i mean REALLY like...i always feel like hes hiding something, like hes pushing down all his feelings and emotions"

Karasuba smirked as she looked over a picture of Jun in full combat gear standing over the bodies of a few confirmed kills, he was holding up a piece sign in one hand and a human head in the other...ironic to say the least.

"You'd be right, whenever you think you've seen the last of his personality another layer is peeled back and you get something new...but under all those layers hes merely a child"

Shiina sat up and shot the ashen haired women a questioning look...

"Hes not as old as you think, hes been through ALOT though and that's forced him to grow up fast and become a man while most kids his age would be in college or just getting their lives started, i mean he was cutting throats and riding tanks when he was YOUR age...but under all that hate and bitterness is just a scared little boy, you can see it too...his child like tendencies show through..."

"i never would have thought..."

"of course not, with all the scars and tattoos, the combat record and battle experience it easy to think hes a man...his body may be...but in the end hes still just a child, and like a child he needs guidance, that's why were here...to guide him to the "higher skies" above...believe me Jun is BEGGING to be told what to do by those he sees as authority figures, its not hard to see either...look at how he acts around me and Yume as to all the others..."

Shiina looked as though he was contemplating that, he never realized it but Karasuba was 100% right...he did act ALOT differently around those two then with everyone else.

"what does he see you as?"

"who knows...a mother figure, a master...though its more along the lines of a wolf pack, its why i always call him my pup, i don't do that because its cute, i do it because that was the best word i could think of to describe our relationship...an alpha wolf and one of its pups, or maybe a lion and a hyena, a cougar and a fox...etc etc, a predator with a smaller predator...were similar that way."

"you two do have alot in common, its probably why he loves you the most..."

Karasuba turned and had a confused look on her face, "loves ME the most? hahaha i DOUBT it...not after...not after everything that's happened"

"Karasuba-nee san...the very fact that you cant see it is proof enough, im sure Jun loves all of us equally, with the exception being you...you two are a MATCHED duo, everything about you is a mirror of him and vise versa..."

Karasuba sat down on the bed like she needed to process this, if what shiina was saying was true it would explain alot...like how he forgives her instantly for even the most violent actions, like how he readily submits himself to her...it DID make sense but Karasuba just couldn't accept that, she felt she didn't deserve to be his favorite...surely not HER..."

Shiina scooted over and snuggled into the larger women's shoulder, burying his head in her thick discipline coat and grabbing at its soft folds, "thank you for everything Big sister, i love you"

Karasuba pushed the thoughts to the side for now and wrapped one arm around the silver haired boy to pull him closer into her loving embrace..."I love you too Shiina, please take good care of our Master...he needs you"

Shiina nodded his head under the coat, "I will Sister, i swear on my crest no harm shall befall our Ashikabi as long as i live"

"good boy...now what do you say we go get some food, im starving"

"yes big sister"

Karasuba and shiina exited the bedroom, on the way out Karasuba turned one last time to fully survey her Ashikabis living space .it was perfect. just like him.

SHINTO TEITO RESIDENTIAL AREA.

Jun stopped his bike outside the Apartment address he got off the internet, he looked down at the address on his phone and confirmed it was the same one. He got off and made his way up to one of the top floor rooms.

The young man took a deep breathe and went over in his head everything he wanted to say...this is where his mother lived...not one of the MANY step mothers...no, his REAL mother...the women who gave birth to him. He knew she lived here in Japan for awhile now but either he was just too nervous or he just didn't want to believe it...fate was a funny thing, by pure chance he moved to the country and city his real mother lived...he found out by pure chance too, when he was apartment hunting he came across a name that was...familiar...now he was finally confronting her.

The only thing he wanted was answers, why had she abandoned him? did he have any brothers or sisters? what was his true heritage?...a thousand and one questions raced through the white haired man, a person who lived next to his mother exited his apartment, he was an elderly man...this was an apartment complex for the old so it made sense.

The old man was carrying some trash to put out for the trash man, he closed his door and turned to see Jun standing in front of the opposite door, he was short and had a little gut but nothing too bad, a white polo shirt and some tan shorts, plus retirement shoes, the most striking thing about the otherwise average looking old man was that he was certainly NOT Japanese...he had dark skin and oily hair...maybe Italian...he was also armed...a small revolver was in his back pocket, small enough to not be too obvious but still someone like Jun could spot it.

The old man and Jun locked eyes for what seemed like an eternity, the old man simply stared at him slack jawed..."can i help you" Jun asked with a little force in his words, giving the old man a look that said he was NOT someone to mess with.

"n-no...um...if you don't mind me asking, why are you here?"

"im here to visit someone, why do you ask?"

The old man dropped his garbage and stumbled to pull the revolver from his pocket, he was slow and clumsy...if Jun had been serious the old man would have been dead as soon as he dropped the garbage.

But Jun wanted answers, why the hell was this guy trying to kill him?

He rushed forward with blinding speed and grabbed the revolver out of the old mans hand and locked his arms behind his back before the man even knew what was going on, all he saw was a flash of white and he was on the ground in a hold, Jun had his arm around his neck so he could snap it at a moments notice.

"what the hell are you doing? why did you try to shoot me"

"b-b-because your here for the reward...p-please don't hurt her!...take me!"

"reward? im not here for any reward, im NOT a bounty hunter, im just here to visit the women in that apartment" Jun let the man go but kept the revolver so he couldn't try anything, he gently helped the man up and dusted him off, the man looked at him like he was from a different planet...

"y-your not here to hurt her?"

"if i wanted to kill you could i not have just done it? if i wanted you dead i wouldn't have helped you up...here, don't try and shoot me or i WILL put you down...for good"

Jun handed the man his little revolver as a sign of trust, he took a few steps back and gave the man a "well, spit it out" look.

"i-im sorry young man, you just look so much like those assassins and bounty hunters from before it was just a gut reaction...i-im Edgar...Edgar Indigo."

The man extended his hand for a shake, Jun looked him over and concluded that he was being genuine, its not like he could hurt him even if he wanted too...he was just an old man.

"Julian Yeager Murcielago, now please explain why you thought i was a bounty hunter, are you in danger?"

"Murcielago...Spanish blood huh...my mother was from Spain...beautiful country, Europe is such an amazing place isn't it, the heart of the civilized world if you ask me"

The old man began going on a different path about his past experience in Spain and other parts of Europe, almost completely forgetting Jun was even standing there...Jun sweat dropped at the mans senile nature, "excuse me, can we please stay on topic"

"oh yes! so your here to visit Carina? and the reason i TRIED to attack you was because, yes...we have had a few bounty hunters sniffing around for the last few years, thank god they weren't professionals otherwise wed be dead...what was i saying?"

"Carina...yes im here to see Carina...how do you know her?"

"oh im her brother, we've been on the run for a while now...the Mob you see, well her late husband was a high ranking Capo, he hit and abused her so one day she defended herself and one thing lead to another...and now were on the run, we've been here in Japan for awhile now, i think they've called off the hunt but you can never be too sure"

Jun nodded in understanding, this old man probably shouldn't be telling him all this but hey...he was lonely and wanted someone to talk too.

"Is Carina here now?"

"Yes...if i may ask why do you want to see her?"

"shes my mother"

Edgar stopped in his tracks and turned to Jun, he steadily walked up to the man in front of him and gently put his hands on his face, feeling Juns features with his eyes closed to see how similar he was to his mother...

"y-you even have her hair, and body too, Carina was always very small you see so i guess you inherited that...n-not that your small or anything! i-its just-"

"its okay, i know i have a womanly body"

"y-yes, but your very strong" Edgar said with a smile, trying to make up for what he thought was an insult.

The Italian way Edgar spook was very reassuring and comforting, he spook in double tongue like most Italians so you could barley understand what they were saying half the time...but it was still a beautiful language, and Jun spook it fluently to the point that it was a second language for him, truth be told he knew so many languages that he didn't even know which one was HIS, they were all his depending on who he was talking too but he still wanted a language to call his own.

"Thank you Edgar, now may we see Carina?"

"oh yes! oh shes going to be VERY happy to see YOU! hahaha IM happy to see you my boy!"

Edgar opened the door to the apartment and entered with a MASSIVE skip in his step, Jun entered the modest apartment to see a small elderly women sitting on a rocking chair watching T.V. and doing some knitting, she was semi-blind and looked rather ill but looked up when she heard the door open, a little smile graced her face and she struggled to stand up.

"Edgar i made you a new scarf for when the cold comes, oh and who's this? did you meet a new friend?" The women spook in perfect Italian as she slowly got out of the comfy looking chair.

"y-yes sister...Carina...this is your SON...this is Sora"

Jun had so many questions he felt like he was going to explode, first of all though...why did Edgar call him "Sora"...was that the name his real mother gave him...the name "Julian" was the name his SECOND family gave him.

"S-SORA!? i-it is him! come here my son...let me look at you"

The old women nearly fell over she was so exited, she moved as fast as she could to the young man standing at the entrance of the door. Jun made it easier for her by going to her and taking her hands in his, she leaned in close and moved her hands over his face like Edgar did, though in much more detail to soak in every feature.

"y-your beautiful my son, just like how i USED to be haha"

Edgar cursed at Carina's self deprecation, she would always be beautiful to him no matter how old she got.

"Mother...may we talk?...i...i have so many questions"

"Of course child, please sit, Edgar make some tea"

The little women spook with absolute authority, she may be old and small but she still had that Italian spunk and No-Nonsense attitude.

"So you said "Sora" is that my real name?"

"yes...me and Edgar called you that in honor of us moving to this country, its a Japanese name you see so we found it fitting...what name have you been using your whole life?"

"Julian, shortened to Jun...whats my real last name?"

"we kept your last name in the tradition of your Spanish heritage, your real last name is "Indigo"...just like i am Carina Indigo and Edgar Indigo...still...Julian Murceilago is a nice name"

"Sora Indigo...that's my name...hahaha wow ive always wanted to know..." Jun leaned forward and put his hands in his lap, "Mamma...why did you leave me...did...did you not love me?"

"No! it was the Mob! ...your father was a BASTARD...he was one of there enforcers and a good one at that, he was a killer of women and children, he would beat me for anything and everything...one day i found out i was pregnant with you and i couldn't let you be raised by such a monster...so i...i killed him...he was the brother of the head Don of the family and they wanted to make sure YOU took your fathers place as top enforcer, Don Lorenzo wanted revenge for his brother so he would have killed me and stolen you for his own evil purpose...i couldn't let that happen so one night i snuck away while Lorenzo's men were chasing me, i put you on a boat and paid the captain everything i had...then me and Edgar stayed behind to make sure you weren't followed...what...what happened to you afterwards?"

"you don't want to know...is this Don Lorenzo still after you?"

"The bounty hunters have been coming around less and less over the years, we've seen only two in the last year..."

"nobody's going to hurt you, nobody...i wont lose you a second time"

"you wont have too my son, ive always lo-"

BOOM!

An explosion ripped through the small apartment sending everyone flying in a different direction, pieces of debris ripped through Juns flesh as he was launched out the window into the street below, he hit the ground hard and cracked his shoulder, glass was embedded in his chest and legs and his left eye was completely torn out...

Jun regained some composure and hobbled his way up onto one limping leg, forcing himself to stand up but his legs gave out and he fell again, his ears were ringing and blood was pouring from large open wounds all over his body, his healing factor kicked in but with this much damage it would take a little while. As he laid on the hard pavement he could make out the distinct images of a few men surrounding the now destroyed apartment...

Edgar stumbled out of the flaming building on the top floor with a double barreled shotgun in his hand, in his other hand he held the limp body of Carina...

He stumbled down the steps of the apartment complex into the parking lot below with Carina also awake but limping from a torn up leg...

The three men waited in the parking lot for the old man and women to come down, Jun could barley see but from what he could tell they were all VERY well armed and armored, their armor was the same design as Juns and the markings and decorations suggested they were Mandalorian like him...his own kind.

Edgar placed Carina behind him and got into a defensive stance in front of her with his shotgun at the ready, "LEAVE US ALONE YOU BASTARDS!"

The leader of the pack had two large Hyena's on a leash that he playfully poked with his finger, the little clank of the leash buckle being pulled back and forward teasingly with the Hyenas barley being held back...their large teeth shined bright and their growls could be heard from across the parking lot, the beasts were eager for human flesh...

The leader looked back at the mangled body of Jun and did a little head cock, Jun could have sworn the fucker was SMILING...

The long capes and sashes of the three bounty hunters flew widely in the wind, each one had a different symbol on it...just like Jun these warriors had individual symbols that represented them...they really were his kind, so why were they doing this?

"S-STAY BACK! I WONT LET YOU HURT CARINA!" Edgar yelled in defiance, he was shaking so bad even Jun could see it from across the parking lot, but he held his ground firm and kept his shotgun in a ready position. Jun knew he had to do SOMETHING, these three men were Mandalorian, meaning they were the best warriors in the world, each one of them was at Juns skill level or even BETTER...he...he had to something...but he couldn't move...

Carina pulled the revolver Edgar had before out of her pocket and placed it too her chest, she struggled to cock the hammer back to load the gun...the three bounty hunters all readied their various weapons, raising them in unison with Carina's slow cock of the gun...

Edgar slowly readied his shotgun, his blood was pouring all over the street and he could barley stand but he stayed by his sisters side. Carina pulled the hammer back more on the revolver...

The bounty hunters raised their guns...

Carina cocked her gun all the way, the little "click" of the pistol echoing across the parking lot...Her and Edgar raised their guns to shoot...

The bounty hunters opened fire...

"NO!" Jun yelled in horror as he watched helplessly while his family was gunned down right in front of him, the sound of the bounty hunters heavy weapons roared across the evening sky and their imposing armored silhouettes danced across the red ground with the muzzle flash of their large guns...

Jun watched in sheer horror as his mother and uncle were mowed down in a hail of lead. Their bodies were torn apart by the heavy weapons of the bounty hunters and they didn't stop until their guns were totally empty, Edgar's lifeless body dropped to the ground in a pool of blood and Carina simply slumped over in a mass of her own body parts...it was over in a few seconds.

The bounty hunters reloaded and turned to Juns ruined form across the yard, The leader with the two Hyenas held up a little bounty poster with the faces of Carina, Edgar, and Jun for a reward of 1 million dollars...the bounty was posted by...Hayato Mikogami. Jun growled in frustraion when he saw the name of the man who organized this...he would KILL that little brat for this!...The bounty hunter tunred and all pointed their weapons at Jun, just before they could open fire Jun saw a flash of Ashen hair...

Jun lost consciousness.