Chapter 14.
"What do you think of the fight between this Uzume and that Mitsu?" Athena focused on what Six was looking at and saw the two Sekirei engaged in combat. Uzume made spears with her cloth, shooting her veils at her enemy, who dodged here and there and attacked with her wires cutting through some of her veils, causing her to back off. "While it is true that #10's Veils can be made as hard as steel, it seems that the wires of #39 are able to easily slice through them." Six nodded and asked, "Can you do some research on her? I want to know everything I can if we have to fight in the future." Athena complied and brought up any information on Number 39, Mitsuki, and displayed it on the Spartan's HUD.
Athena began to go over Mitsuki's info, "Let's see, Sekirei number 39, Mitsuki is one of the few Sekirei to have a twin, much like Hikari and Hibiki. Unlike those two, however, these sisters seem to be weapon users, much like Toyotama. While her sister Sekirei number 38, Mitsuha is known for using a whip as her weapon; on the other hand, Mitsuha uses razor wires for her weapon.
This allows her to attack her enemies not only at close range but long range as well. Thanks to this, Mitsuki has the best of both worlds regarding fights." Six reading through her file, asked, "Can you find out what materials her wires are made out of, Athena?" the AI wasted no time and began digging deeper into the information she had. Several seconds later, Athena found what she was looking for.
"Here it is. It seems that the materials used to construct the steel wires are... Wait, that's odd...looks like the wires are made of the same material as the Sekirei ship." Six wondered how that was possible before adding, "They must have taken some scraps of metal that fell off the ship and fashioned her, her wires." Athena agreed, "While it is true that Uzume can harden her veils to compete with high carbon steel, Mitsuki's wires are much tougher, durable, and sharper. That is why she can cut through her veils." Six saw the results for himself, but Uzume was still fast enough to dodge most of Mitsuki's attacks.
'Still, it seems like a waste. Surely there are other materials they could use as a good substitute rather than using such a rare piece of metal. Maybe it somehow has a connection to her that is special to her ability.' Six pondered internally. Six decided it did not matter at the moment as there were more important things to consider, such as the fight in front of him.
The Spartan then turned his attention to Toyotama's fight with Mitsuha. Six noticed Toyotama was doing well, dodging most, if not all, of her attacks. However, the whip-wielding Sekirei was still able to keep Toyotama at a distance, so she couldn't get close enough to hit her with her weapon. "It looks like Toyotama is having a hard time with this one." Athena chipped in. "True, while I trained her in CQC, Toyotama doesn't have much experience with opponents that can keep her at a distance. I'll need to fix that as soon as possible." Six replied as he and his AI companion watched the battle across from them with a scrutinizing gaze.
Toyotama was getting sick and tired of dodging that bitch and her annoying whip as she was able to keep her away from her. She had to devise a way to get closer to her enemy if she wanted to end this and help Uzume. As she thought of ways to do just that, she saw some bags of cement mix near her, giving Toyotama an idea. Switching tactics, instead of trying to move closer, Toyotama moved away from her opponent. Mitsuha saw this and began to get overconfident. "Aww, what's wrong with #16? Don't tell me you're scared of me because of my little whip now." Mitsuha chuckled. She began to run at the retreating Sekirei, oblivious to the potential threat.
But when Toyotama came to a stop and grinned at her enemy, that was when Mitsuha knew something wasn't right. Impaling her staff into the ground, Toyotama grabbed a bag of cement mix and tossed it as hard as she could at her opponent. Once it was in the air, Toyotama grabbed another and threw it. Seeing the bags coming towards her, Mitsuha just laughed.
"You really think these sad little projectiles of yours will do anything to me?" she said as she used her whip to slice through the bags in the air. This caused the bags of cement mix to explode in the air. After several minutes, everything in front of Mitsuha was covered in the cement mix, creating a smokescreen. It was at this moment that Mitsuha realized what Toyotama's plan was.
"That bitch! She wasn't trying to hit me with those bags; she wanted me to think that so that my field of vision would be blocked and I wouldn't be able to see what she'd do next." Mitsuha raged internally.
"Well, look who finally put two and two together. I got to say I thought it'd take you longer to figure it out. You don't strike me as the smart type. It would help if you also stopped screaming at yourself. It makes you sound unstable, and most would not find that attractive. You almost remind me of a dog in need of a leash," Mitsuha heard through the cement smokescreen.
Before she could pinpoint where the voice was coming from, Toyotama immediately rushed out of the smoke screen by jumping into the air, her staff in one hand. Mitsuha used her whip to try and lash at her opponent in anger from her earlier statement, but that was what Toyotama was waiting for; behind her back, she brought out another bag of cement mix and tossed it at the whip causing it to be hit and explode.
"Dammit" shouted Mitsuha. Before she could do anything else, Toyotama was already on her hitting her in the head with her staff swinging it like a club. Once she landed, Toyotama followed up by hitting her enemy multiple times in the chest, stomach, and solar plexus with quick and efficient thrusts from her bo-staff. After delivering several more strikes, she then finished her combo by stabbing her staff into the ground to use as a pole. She swung around, delivering a powerful push kick with both legs sending the whip Sekirei flying back.
Toyotama then rushed Mitsuha, trying to finish this fight before she could recover, but as she was rolling on the ground, Mitsuha was able to roll back onto her knees. As Toyotama came in with another swing of her staff, Mitsuha blocked the attack with her whip before jumping back, trying to gain some distance between them again.
Toyotama refused to let up and ran after her, continuously attacking her with her staff as Mitsuha dodged or blocked her attacks with her whip. Mitsuha knew that she was on the defensive and couldn't keep this up as Toyotama's strikes were increasing in speed and power. Knowing that she would be defeated quite easily unless she changed some things, Mitsuha looked up above her and saw all the beams of the building being constructed surrounding them.
This gave Mitsuha an idea; as Toyotama tried to go for an overhead strike hoping to beat her skull in, Mitsuha rolled to the side, dodging the strike and gaining some space between them. When she recovered, Mitsuha jumped as high as she could in the air and used her whip to latch onto one of the beams to swing to another beam. Toyotama jumped up to another beam to give chase.
Toyotama found her opponent and jumped toward her to attack, but Mitsuha merely grinned at her enemy as she stepped back and fell off the beam. When Toyotama landed on the same beam Mitsuha fell from, she quickly looked around to try and get a beat on her. Yet she couldn't find her anywhere, "Dammit, where is she?" Toyotama got her answer when she felt two feet implant themselves on her spine, pushing her off the beam towards another that she was able to grab hold of before she fell to the hard ground below. When she was able to climb up on the beam and turned around to try and counter-attack, Mitsuha was already gone.
As Toyotama looked around to try and find her, she heard multiple cracks from Mitsuha's whip. While she could hear her, she couldn't pinpoint where the sounds were coming from. That was when Mitsuha made her presence known when she came in swing on Toyotama's right side, performing a swinging kick with both feet hitting #16 in the face. This caused Toyotama to spin and lose her footing on the beam, causing her to fall to the ground below.
She hit a couple more beams on the way before slamming into the ground on her back. Toyotama groaned in pain as she slowly got up, "I gotta say I love the way you groan." Toyotama quickly turned around, seeing Mitsuha swinging towards her for a drop kick aimed at her solar plexus, ultimately knocking the air out of Toyotama's lungs as she flew backward.
As Toyotama slid across the ground, she back-rolled into a kneeling position, trying to recover from being thrown like a ragdoll. She felt something wrap around her ankle as she began to stand. Looking down, she saw that it was Mitsuha's whip, "Oh for fucks sa..." Toyotama never finished her sentence as she was swept off her feet and found herself flying through the air, hitting several beams here and there as Mitsuha used her like a wrecking ball. After hitting two more beams, Mitsuha slammed Toyotama into the ground kicking up some dust and cracking the ground due to the force of the hit. Toyotama rolled on her knees, coughing up blood as she tried to get her bearings.
Once her vision was clearer, she noticed that her staff wasn't in her hands anymore. 'Shit! What happened to my weapon?' as she looked around for it she felt the whip of Mitsuha strike her in the back, leaving both a mark and ripping her attire.
Toyotama screamed in pain but, thankfully, was able to roll out of the way before Mitsuha could try and hit her again, "You have such a pretty voice for a stripper. Let's see if I can get you to sing any other notes." Mitsuha then tried to whip Toyotama again. Since she was now weaponless, Toyotama could attack her even if she wanted to; as a result, all she could do now was dodge her attacks.
'Dammit. I can't believe I lost my weapon while taking that thrashing. There has to be a way for me to distract her and find my bo-staff.' As the staff-wielding Sekirei continued to dodge the many lashes of Mitsuha's whip, Toyotama remembered one of her training exercises with her Ashikabi.
Flashback:
Toyotama and Six were currently sparring with one another; currently, Toyotama was trying to get past Six's defenses. While it is true that the Spartan was unarmed, he was still able to block or dodge most of her strikes, the goal was to try and strike her Ashikabi on either the head, stomach or to sweep him off his feet, and right now Toyotama was struggling to do either. #16 then tried a thrust hoping to hit Six in his helmet. Still, the Spartan dodged the attack by just tilting his neck brought up his left hand, grabbing her by the head before sweeping her legs out from under her and forcing her to the ground. "That's another win for your hubby." Toyotama heard Athena chime in.
After shaking her head, Six offered her a hand up. After taking it, Six returned to his position, ready to go again. After a few seconds, Toyotama got into her stance and went on the attack again. Six was impressed with Toyotama's technique and her skills at staff combat. The only other person that the Spartans could compare her to would be Saeko of the Delta squad. Saeko's skills with the blade were unreal, so much so that she was a better swordsman than most of the Elites they encountered. But one problem that separated both women was that if Toyotama ever lost her weapon, she was utterly at the mercy of her opponent, while Saeko had no such shortcomings; as a result, Six would have to rectify that slight weakness.
Six went low as their sparring match continued, dodging a swing aimed at his head from Toyotama. Six, while crouched, extended his right leg and swept Toyotama off her feet...or at least he tried as his first Sekirei jumped up, dodging the sweep. Twirling her staff above her head, she brought it down with an overhead strike. Six smiled as he sidestepped the attack with ease Toyotama put too much strength into her strike, causing her to land in a crouching position. Capitalizing on her mistake, Six grabbed her by the head and delivered a knee to her face causing her to stagger back. Even though her head was ringing from that attack, Toyotama could still fight and block most of Six's attacks.
Toyotama then tried to counter-attack with another thrust, this time at her Ashikabi's head, but Six grabbed the staff and delivered a punishing palm strike to Toyotama's solar plexus knocking the wind out of her before finishing his combo off by adding a devastating uppercut sending her flying a few feet away. Toyotama landed on her back and rolled to her side as she got up. That was when she noticed that Six had her bo-staff. Six was waiting to see if she would try something. But instead of continuing the fight, she raised her hands in surrender.
Six then lowered the staff as Toyotama said, "I know this is training, but do you have to really go all out on me? I'm not a masochist like the twins." before Six could respond, Athena asked, "What makes you think that about Hikari and Hibiki, Toyotama?" Toyotama then looked at Six and said, "You have seen their S&M outfits, right?" Six sighed at his Sekirei's answer while Athena just giggled.
Six tossed Toyotama's bo-staff towards her, and she caught it easily. Six then added, "That will be enough for now. Also, to answer your first question, yes, I need to go all out. If you are not prepared for the harsh realities of combat, then you will get terminated." Toyotama nodded slightly. "I have a question, though. Why didn't you try to attack me when you lost your weapon?"
Toyotama looked at her Ashikabi like he had grown a second head. "I didn't have my weapon, so I couldn't continue the fight even if I wanted to. Remember, I'm a weapons-type, not a fist-type." Six then looked at her. "You really need to break out of that mindset. While you don't have the physical strength or speed of a fist-type, that does not mean you can't still participate in hand-to-hand combat should you lose your weapon or it breaks.".
Toyotama answered, "But it is because I don't have those attributes that I can not fight hand to hand, Six. I would lose if I tried to fight a fist-type without my weapon or even any other Sekirei without my staff. That is just the way it is."
Six walked to her and said, "I don't believe that. I have seen humans take on bigger and tougher opponents than them, and they still come out on top despite the odd." Toyotama looked at her Ashikabi, and even though she couldn't see his face, she could sense he was serious. "How do you know that?"
Six backed away, and before he could say it, Toyotama said, "Classified, right got it." Six then moved back and decided to show her, "Alright, come at me." Toyotama was confused, "I thought you said the training was over for today?" Six then said, "Yes, but right now, I'm trying to prove a point. Come at me without your weapon and try to hit me." the Spartan replied.
Toyotama decided to humor her Ashikabi and placed her staff against the wall before rushing Six. Toyotama through a couple of punches and kicks towards the Spartan, but over the course of the spar, she noticed Six wasn't attacking her.
Six would either deflect her punches from their path or grab her by the wrist and move her away from him with a slight push. As for her kicks, Six would either block them or try to throw her off balance. After ten minutes of this, Toyotama backed away and asked, "What is the point of this, Six? Why are you not attacking?"
Six then relaxed and said, "The point of this exercise is to teach you that in CQC combat, it is not always strength verse strength. Sometimes, it is about using your enemy's strength against them in combat. Even if you fight a powerful Sekirei like #4 or another fist type, no matter how strong they are, their power doesn't mean anything if they can't hit you."
Six then walked up to his Sekirei and put his hands on her shoulders. "I can teach you and the others to fight like that, so even if you are without your weapon or the twins are out of power, you can still fight." Toyotama started to understand what Six was trying to say. Even though she didn't have the strength or speed of a Fist-Type, that didn't mean she couldn't learn and acquire the technique of one.
"Alright Six, I think I understand now. Teach me to fight like you do." Six nodded at her request. They both stood there with Toyotama's beaming smile reflected back at her thanks to Six's helmet. Six was proud of Toyotama for getting this far in their training. She had done well for herself. Six wondered if CPO Mendez or Kurt felt like this when they saw the recruits progressing in their training.
Meanwhile, Toyotama wished that Six would go more without his helmet. Her Ashikabi had beautiful eyes, "Ah, this is so cute." said the AI in Six's helmet. Six then backed away from Toyotama, coughed, and said, "Let's rest for now; we can continue later.".
Flashback End:
Toyotama remembered the hand-to-hand combat moves that Six taught her in the rare chance she lost her weapon. "Alright then, let's see if you were right about this, Six." she then got into a battle stance as she prepared to take on Mitsuha. When the whip-wielding Sekirei stared at her opponent with her knees slightly bent and her hands up in defense.
Mitsuha then laughed, "Oh, you can't be serious? You're a weapons user, and you think you can take on me, another weapon user bare, handed?! Hahaha, that's hilarious." Mitsuha then got into her own battle stance and, with a dangerous glint in her eyes, said, "Alright then, I'll play your little game. Do try to make this entertaining, #16." she then twirled her whip around her, before launching it at Toyotama.
The moment she saw the whip coming towards her, Toyotama dodged to the side and charged towards her full speed. While Mitsuha was surprised by this, she didn't lose any confidence as she continued to try and flay the skin from Toyotama, yet every time she threw her whip at her enemy Toyotama was able to dodge every single strike. As she got closer, Mitsuha would jump back to keep some distance between her and the other weapons user, as she tried again and again to hit her, but she would either dodge her attacks or hide behind some cover. Now Mitsuha was getting seriously annoyed as Toyotama continued to dodge her attacks; even so, Toyotama knew that this battle would never end until she could get her hands on her opponent.
So Toyotama tried a risky gambit to try and end this. While dodging one of her attacks, she decided to rush in as Mitsuha tried another strike. This time, however, Toyotama didn't dodge the attack this time; instead, she brought up her left forearm and swatted at the lash in the air. The whip was able to wrap around her forearm, and Toyotama bit back a yelp of pain as once the whip finished, she grabbed the whip, ensuring that it was firmly in her grip.
Seeing Mitsuha's shocked face at her little plan, Toyotama knew that she had a few seconds at most to capitalize on this; the staff-wielding Sekirei grinned as she charged as fast as she could at Mitsuha before lunging at her and throwing everything she had in one single, devastating haymaker.
Toyotama threw that punch, and as her fist hit Mitsuha's cheek and she could feel her knuckles pressed into Mitsuha's cheekbones, Toyotama could feel the vibrations from her attack go through #38's skull. It was at that moment Toyotama knew that she knocked Mitsuha's lights out, as her eyes lost focus and her entire body crumbled to the floor.
Toyotama, could feel her fist throbbing right about now, the aftermath of the impact of her punch. She couldn't help but feel joy and accomplishment right now. Taking down her first enemy using the techniques taught by her Ashikabi and not her staff.
" I did it…. I took her down without using my staff…. Six. I hope you saw that… I hope you did!" Toyotama said aloud with excitement in her voice as she looked at her hand.
Then she took her attention to Mitsuha's knocked-out form; Toyotama used her foot to flip the ponytail blonde on her stomach.
Toyotama kneeled down and pulled back the blonde hair and collar her of her opponent and saw the Sekirei mark.
Toyotama ponders to herself. She had an opportunity to terminate one of the Sekirei of the south and score a win for her flock. Her hand slowly reached for the crest; however, she found herself hesitating. Knowing full well how against the Sekirei game her Ashikabi is, making his cases known to them. There was also the alliance they made with the Guardian Sekirei to help other unwinged Sekireis.
So all these things made her hesitate. Under normal circumstances, she would've terminated this Sekirei by now….. but after being bonded with Six….. things felt more complicated.
Before she could think about it any further, she saw a large metal hand grab her wrist. She looked next to her and saw her Ashikabi right next to her.
She found herself staring into his visor again, with her reflection staring right back at her.
"That's enough. You won." Six said.
Toyotama paused for a moment. Before saying," okay."
Six lets go of her wrist, seeing she won't try to terminate Mitsuha. However, looking at the knocked-out blonde, Six got a good look at the Sekirei symbol on the back of her neck. During that whole week of training. Athena doing her research into MBI files, mentioned the symbol on the back of their neck means that they are winged, and it somehow magically appears after kissing their supposed Destin one.
Six wondered how that was even possible. Even Athena was clueless on the matter as well…. There was certainly a mystery to these Sekirei the Spartan and the AI have been trying to understand since their stay.
During her research, Athena mentioned the symbol could disappear as well if the Sekirei takes enough damage or a special incantation from an opposing Sekirei if they touch the symbol, which they could tell Toyotama was about to do.
Looking at that the symbol again, the Ying yang mark on it, below the bird. A Chinese symbol that represents the good and evil, the light and the darkness in the world. Wondering how this symbol came to be on their world…. Or maybe the symbol was always alien. Who knows at this point.
Toyotam got back up on her feet and turned to her Ashikabi, with a smile on her face.
"Did you see me? She disarmed me…. And I was able to take her down using your technique!"
Six nodded, "You did well. Now you see the importance of CQB."
Before she could reply, they heard a large smashing sound.
Uzume hated to admit it, but she was having a hard time dealing with this bitch. Mitsuki was different from any other Sekirei she faced. The razor wires she used would shred through her veils no matter how much she hardened them. She would create spears or lances she created to try and skewer Mitsuki, only to see her either dodge her attacks or Uzume would see her veils cut to pieces.
Because of this, she was losing much of the veil she could use; on the other hand, Mitsuki was laughing while using her wires. "What's wrong #10? You starting to run out of cloth to use." she mocked as she began to flex her fingers.
Suddenly Uzume could see some of the beams get hit with something sharp as they started to get cut up, and the remains fell to the ground below. Uzume acted quickly, wrapping herself into a ball with her veils; as a result of this quick thinking, she was able to withstand the attack, but her veil shield was completely shredded as she landed on another beam.
After undoing her shield, Uzume saw the state of her veils, and her face began to lose all color; in fact, she turned as white as her clothing, as her veils were nothing more than rags. Because of this, Uzume could barely use her veils either offensively or defensively; in conclusion, she was royally screwed.
Mitsuki moved to a beam that sat above Uzume's position. "Looks like you've run out of veil to do anything to defend yourself." then, without warning, Mitsuki thrusted her hands out, and in a second, Uzume could feel the wires wrapped around her constricting her body, keeping her from moving. Flexing her fingers ever so slightly, Mitsuki was able to tighten her hold on Uzume, causing the razor wires to cut into her flesh and clothes, causing blood to seep from the cuts.
"I have to say you look really sexy tied up like that. Perhaps I should have you delivered to Mikogami-sama in a shibari pose. What do you think #10?" Uzume tried to get out of her bindings, but her moving around only allowed the wires to dig deeper into her skin, thus causing her to bleed more.
"What's wrong, Veil Sekirei? Cat got your tongue?" Uzume then glared at Mitsuki and said, "I am not just some prize to give out. Your Ashikabi is not my destined one. I will find my own Ashikabi and not be a slave to yours." Mitsuki sighed.
"Be reasonable. Our Ashikabi isn't all that bad. At least he is better than the Ashikabi of the East. At least from the stories that I've heard." Uzume stared defiantly and screamed a retort, "My answer is for you to kiss my ass. I would rather be terminated than become a Sekirei to an Ashikabi that is not my Destined One."
Mitsuki smiled maliciously as she said, "Well, you don't have a choice in the matter. If you won't come willingly, I guess I need to beat you into submission and bring you to Mikogami-same as a present.". Mitsuki closed her fingers into fists as she was going to throw Uzume around like a ragdoll.
"That's not going to happen." someone said, but they didn't see anybody there. Suddenly a weird-shaped blade of light erupted out of thin air and just as suddenly began to cut through the razor wire like butter. Uzume's legs were a little weak as she couldn't support her own weight, but before she could fall, she was caught by something; at the same time, the shape of a man wearing armor began to appear.
It wasn't long until Six fully materialized in front of both Sekirei. Uzume looked at the helmet of the man that saved her, only seeing her reflection staring back. "Are you able to stand?" the spartan asked. All Uzume could do at that moment was just nod shyly. Seconds later, Toyotama made it to where Six and Uzume were and looked at Uzume and also asked, "Can you stand, Uzume?" Six sat her down as he said, "Aside from the cuts and some loss of blood, she is okay, Toyotama." #16 smiled and then focused on the enemy in front of them.
Mitsuki looked at the two newcomers and began to speak, "So, you are the new Ashikabi that MBI is so interested in. Looking at you, I can see why you were able to beat three of the Ashikabi of the East's Sekireis...If the rumors are true."
Toyotama raised her staff to point it at Mitsuki and said, "Oh, trust me. Those rumors you've heard about my Ashikabi are real." Mitsuki looked at Toyotama and asked, "So #16, you were able to beat my screw-up of a sister. Figures between the two of us, she was always the weakest and the one to bite off more than she could chew." Mitsuki looked at Six and said,
"Look, I have no quarrel with you or your Sekirei. I'm just here for #10 as my Ashikabi wants to add her to his collection. So, if you just leave me to finish disciplining my master's new acquisition to his collection, that would be great." Six stared at her as he said, "The answer to that is no. Now if you decide to leave and take your sister with you, neither Toyotama nor myself will give chase to you as the two of you make your way back to your Ashikabi. But, if you insist on trying to take Uzume to your Ashikabi, then I will stand against you." Mitsuki sighed, "Well, I tried to give you two a way out, but I'm okay with doing it the fun way."
Athena then chirped in, "Six, I took the blueprints of this construction site, and it looks like the beams are no more than 3 meters across. So you should have no problems with jumping and moving around." Six told his AI partner thanks as he got ready to fight, "Toyotama stay out of this one and watch out for your friend. I'll handle this myself."
Toyotama looked at her Ashikabi. As much as she wanted to fight side by side with him, Toyotama knew that Six could handle himself; as a result, she moved to Uzume and told her Ashikabi, "Go get her, Six." the spartan in question gave her a nod as Toyotama helped Uzume to her feet and moved away from the construction site to an adjacent building.
Mitsuki smiled sadistically, "You should have had your Sekirei to help you out. Don't worry, I won't kill you as those are against the rules of the Sekirei Plan, but the rules don't say anything about maiming a human." Six didn't respond to her attempt to get under his skin as he stood there, energy sword in one hand and his other hovering close to where he had his M6G Magnum
"The strong silent type, huh. I can work with that, but I can't wait to hear your scream." with that Six saw a flash of light and quickly dodged Mitsuki's attempt to trap him, as shown by the beam he was standing own being cut to pieces.
Six jumped from beam to beam as he pulled out his pistol and began to fire at Mitsuki, #39, then turned around and, making some motions with her hands, created a shield out of her razor wire that blocked the bullets flying at her
"You might as well stop, my wires were made using the same material as the Sekirei ship. Your firearms won't be able to pierce the shield I made." Six ignored her as he began to move closer to Mitsuki, still shooting and dodging her attacks. When he was close enough, he used his energy sword to try and slash her, but she quickly moved out of the way. Six kept shooting at her as he continued to chase her.
"I told you that those bullets won't do..." it was at that point one of the bullets pierced through the shield and flew past her head, grazing her cheek and causing it to bleed. Mitsuki was shocked, "What the hell was that?!" Six landed on a beam above her as he said, "The M6G Magnum uses 12.7x40mm M225 SAP-HE .50 caliber bullets. In case you don't know, SAP-HE stands for Semi-Armor Piercing, High Explosive rounds. Each bullet has a jacket of copper and also has an explosive compound within the hollow round. So when you get hit with it, the bullet explodes. I'll admit that your wires are tough, but compared to the enemies I had to fight with the armor they wore, it's nothing special." Six finished.
Mitsuki gritted her teeth in rage. "Don't get cocky," she said as she used her wires to try and ensnare the spartan, but thanks to Athena showing where the wires were on his HUD, he was able to cut through them. Six then rushed to Mitsuki's position, and with the Energy Sword, he struck at her stomach.
Six turned off the blade turning his attack from a fatal stab to a gut-wrenching punch in the solar plexus. Mitsuki doubled over as Six then delivered an elbow to the back of her head, causing her to fall to the ground. As she got up to her knees, Mitsuki heard a click behind her, and when she turned, she saw Six aiming his pistol straight at her head. "I would suggest you think very carefully before you move." The spartan said.
"Now we can continue this fight if you want. Where you will lose, not only this fight but possibly your life. Or you can take your unconscious sister and leave here." At this point Athena decided to add "If I were you I'd know which one I would pick." the surprised look on her face, six wouldn't lie was actually funny.
As Mitsuki slowly got back up and stared at the spartan, before saying "Fine you win." Six looked at her and asked "By the way how do you know about me? If I had to guess it was through MBI, correct?"
Mitsuki just glared but nodded "Yeah. The game master warned us about a new player that can fight against Sekirei." Six had Athena check MBI's records and discovered Minaka did send out a text message along with the video of Six fighting against the Sekirei of the Ashikabi of the East.
"Okay you can go. However tell Mikogami that if he tries to take Sekirei against their will again, I will hunt him down and put an end to his hunts permanently." Mitsuki snarled back "Don't get so full of yourself. You may have won this time, but next time I don't care what the rules are. I will kill you." Six stared at her and said "You're welcome to try, but I would recommend you get in line." Mitsuki then moved to her sister and without looking back left the area.
Six kept his eye on the sisters until they were finally out of his sights. He turned his attention to the building his Sekirei took Uzume to. On the rooftop, he saw Toyotama holding Uzume up and looking down at him. Uzume was amazed at what she just saw. Seeing this giant of a man take down a Sekirei she had trouble with.
"A… amazing.." Uzume could mutter.
"I told you he was one of a kind."
Uzume took her attention to the greenette, who was still looking down at the Spartan with a smile on her face.
Uzume ended up agreeing, "Yeah,… I'll say."
Six then gave them a hand signal to come down.
Toyotama prepared herself to jump off the building, making sure she had a good grip on Uzume.
"You got a hold of me?" The greenette asked the brunette.
"Yeah. I do." Uzume holding a tight grip onto Toyotama. That said, Toyotama jumped down off the building and landed safely in front of Six.
Six watching them land right in front of him. His attention fully went to the brunette, ready to interrogate her before taking note of her condition. Medical attention came first.
After landing.
"That was an amazing fight. You sent her packing." Toyotama complemented her Ashikabi's fight.
"She wasn't anything I couldn't handle. "Six approached his first Sekirei. Then taking his attention to Uzume. Staring at him with complete AW on her face.
"Just... what are you!" Uzume asked the mysterious man with her own amazed expression, staring right back at her from his visor.
"A question for another time. More importantly, we should give you more medical attention." The giant said.
"I agree with my Ashikabi. That bitch hurt you really good?" Toyotama said, agreeing with Six.
Uzume knowing how badly hurt she was, ended up agreeing with them as well.
"Okay…Ah." The brunette weakly said.
That said. Six and Toyotama laid Uzume on top of a construction beam. Six took out that medical kit he got from Reach. He gave Uzume painkillers. He and Toyotama then wrapped Uzume's wounds in medical bandages.
Uzume made a few grunts and twitches in pain, feeling them apply medical attention to her. For the most part, she kept her attention on the armored giant. For a big behemoth in armor, he was quite gentle with her.
"You know…. For such a large guy, you're quite gentle." Uzume said, trying to make some small talk with the giant.
Six just looked at her for a moment before just nodded and continuing what he was doing.
"You don't talk much, do you?" Uzume commented on his silence.
"He talks when he wants to talk," Toyotama replied.
"I see," Uzume replied.
Six paying them no mind. Athena showed up on his hud.
"Six got a moment?" The synthetic asked.
Six made sure his speakers were off so he could hear Athena and no one else could.
"What do you got for me this time?" Six asked.
"I did some more digging on Uzume. I learned she lives in a place in the northern territory called Izumo Inn."
Athena brought up an image of a classic two-level Japanese house with traditional rice paper walls and tatami flooring.
Athena continued, "I also learned number six Homura lives in this same place too, and even number 3 Kazehana lived there for a short time.
"Hmm, Not sure if that's a coincidence or not?" Six replied.
"Researching the Inn, I learned it belonged to one of MBI's scientists. Named Takehito Asama ."
Now that caught Six's attention, "Interesting. What do you have on him?"
"Sadly, it was not much. Looks like his file has been messed with recently. so much so I can't even find a picture of him." Athena sadly replied.
"Let me guess on that flash drive in Minaka's office." Six already had a good idea of where that information is.
Athena nodded, "You guessed correctly. The only data I was able to retrieve was this. Apparently, he was the one who adjusted the first disciplinary squad numbers one through five. Number six Homura, number eight Yume, number 10 Uzume here. Hell, he even adjusted your twins."
Six caught a little off guard, "Really now?"
Athena nodded on his HUD to confirm it.
"Hmm, interesting. Do you have any idea where this Takehito Asama is right, Now? Also, I'm surprised I never asked this. What are these adjustments? I remember you mentioned it when numbers 87 and 88 were kidnapped."
Athena went through the data she collected, "Well… the adjustments are... Well, I am not entirely sure what they are. The data I found here are a bit vague. I guess MBI must've tampered with this too. If I'm understanding what I'm seeing here. I think they must've genetically tampered with the Sekireis." Athena Theorizeied.
"You think they gave them some kind of augmentations or some thing?" Six curiously asked, wondering if MBI made them stronger or weaker with these adjustments.
"I don't know, to be honest. We won't know until we get our hands on that flash drive in the tower." Athena said.
Which got a little nod from Six.
"As for your first question with Takehito. He died a few years ago in a lab experiment. And I'll let you guess what they were experimenting with." Athena said, letting the Spartan figure out the mystery.
It didn't take long for the ONI operative to figure it out, "The Jinki, I presume."
"Yep. Before you ask anything about the details, it looks like they covered it up, and they have that stored in the flash drive too." Athenan informed.
"I guess Minaka must have everything important on this drive." Six, now, is even more motivated to get his hands on the flash drive once he gets the proper equipment to infiltrate the tower.
"Looks like it," Athena replied.
"Now that I ask, with Takehido dead. Who is running his Inn." Six asked.
"Takehido does have a wife. She's the one running Inn now. And no. I can't find anything on her either, no picture and no background ." Athena finds no information on the wife.
"Hm. I guess MBI must've done that to protect her…or maybe something else." Six pondered.
"It's a possibility," Athena said.
Six taking his attention back to Uzume, Six and Toyotama finished applying first aid.
"Thank you, I'm really grateful for you both saving me and giving me first aid." Uzume gratefully said.
"No problem. Anything for a friend." Toyotama was happy to help.
Six turned his helmet speakers back on. "Uzume, was it? If you don't mind, I like to inquire a few questions."
"Ah...sure, what would you like to know?" Uzume said.
"I'd like to know why you were following Toyotama?" Six getting straight business.
"Yeah, I surely like to know why you were following me?" The staff type wanting to know as well.
A few sweat drops went down Uzume's forehead. It didn't help when the Spartans visor was staring at her, seeing her nervous expression in that lifeless piece of glass. Somehow, staring at that thing felt worse than her land lady Hannya's demon mask.
Thinking about her words carefully, "Before I answer your question, can I talk to you without your helmet on? I only ask because I feel more comfortable talking to a human face than a reflection… If its all right with you?"
Thinking about it for a moment. Six didn't see the harm in it. However, he still remembered what happened the last time he took his helmet off in front of a wounded Sekirei.
Just in case, what he did instead was take a couple steps away from her, which confused both her and Toyotama.
Feeling like he was a good distance away, she couldn't grab him in case she reacted. Six undid the safety mechanisms on his helmet and removed it.
Uzume, having already seen his face before when Matsu showed her, felt something. Now seeing his face in real life, a blush appeared on her cheeks, and her heart started to beat really fast, and her heart was racing a mile a minute.
'…Is this…my...Ashikabi?' Uzume thought to herself, feeling this strange sensation, staring at the man's face.
Toyotama saw this as well. 'Don't tell me she's reacting to six,' The greenette thought, seeing another Sekirei reacting to her Ashikabi.
Six ended up depressingly sighing," Not another one."
Notes .
I was able to get this chapter out much earlier. this one's a bit shorter compared to the last few.
Next chapter as you all can guess, six gets his fourth sekirei.
As I said in a previous notes a while back, I have Chiho covered.
Big thanks to 4Alucard for editing and The Son of Sparda 343 for writing the battle scene .
