I wasn't sure where to begin or how to begin this chapter. On the same now I wasn't sure where to end or how to end this chapter. That being said let's read.
With a groan ryu sat up rubbing his slightly throbbing head. He slept peacefully, but he had a headache. "My head..." He said with an annoyed expression turning his focus to the side.
"Hello, ryu-san." Miya's sweet voice meant his ears.
Ryu moved slightly to get to his feet but felt the blood rush to his head. "You have a concussion, try to relax." Miya said with a firm tone catching him before he fell.
"A concussion?" Ryu asked slightly dazed. Miya nodded keeping a serious stare fixed on him.
"I see, so that's why I feel dizzy." He groaned running his hand through his hair. He needed to get up and running, at least bathe. Miya moved away from him as he got his footing standing upright.
"I'm going to take a bath." Ryu said stumbling lazily towards his door.
Miya looked at him for a moment her eyes softened. Should I tell him now? She asked herself feeling torn. Was it too early? She got up walking out of the room muddled in her thoughts on what to do.
No, not yet...
Ryu folded his clothes neatly setting them in his basket, truth be told he felt like he got hit by a truck. He just wanted to lay down, but circumstances and fate had different things in mind. First thing was first, he needed a job. But with the way things were looking he'd need to wait until winter passed.
He sighed quietly dumping a pale of water over his head washing the shampoo away. So, what now? He wondered lathering his hair again slowly as he became absorbed. Sekirei game, the plan... Just what should I do? He dumped the pale over his head again staring at the streams running down his black bangs. Playing it will make me no better, but as I am now I couldn't bring down MBI. His ears perked hearing the door slide open. He may have had a concussion but his senses were sharp.
"Oh, miya? S-sorry!" A man stammered.
Ryu recognized that voice. "Kagari?" He asked with a slight frown looking back at his tenant. Kagari thought for a moment he seen that icy glare that made hell go cold of miya's but his clarity returned and he could see ryu looking at him with a slight frown, his eyes soft and calm not like hers.
"Why would you think I'm miya!?" Ryu exclaimed turning around grumbling as he dumped a full pale of water over his head.
Kagari tried not to chuckle, he was usually so serious but seeing ryu throw a fit was a little too comical. "Sorry about that, it's just you two look the same from behind." Kagari gave the reason as to why taking a seat a few feet away from ryu putting shampoo in his hair.
"Her hair is purple, my hair is black... How do you mix that up?" Ryu asked with a puzzled face.
Kagari sighed silently. "From a glance, I guess..." Kagari shrugged his shoulders dumping a pale over his head. There was a moment of silence between the two. During his stay ryu and kagari talked, but not repeatedly, however over the past few weeks. For whatever reason kagari was a lot more talkative that before. "So, do your sekirei know that you're awake?" He asked in a slightly teasing manner.
Ryu chuckled lightly shaking his head lightly. "No, I doubt it. If they did I'm sure they'd be in here." Ryu said lightly.
"I'm sure you'd like that wouldn't you?" Kagari asked suggestively.
Ryu laughed quietly. "I'm sure my sekirei would like it if I was a big pervert, but I'd like to live to be twenty two." Ryu half joked, the two shared a laugh. "So, how's it going as a host?"
"Tiring." Kagari sighed.
"You got the ladies falling all over you, and it's..." Ryu got ready to talk with a tired voice. "Tiring." He laughed when he seen kagari frown slightly. Teasing kagari was his favorite past time and the same in retrospect. "Well, I'll see you around kagari-san." Ryu said as he wrapped a towel around his waist.
"Oh, ryu-san. Before I forget, there's no openings, but there will be in spring." Kagari said with slight empathy seeing ryu downcast then scowl.
"Thanks for trying anyway." Ryu said before exiting.
Toyotama sighed for what seemed to be the hundreth time that day. There was nothing good on TV, and she couldn't see if ryu was alright from fear of waking him. Miya made sure to warn them all firmly not to disturb him, toyotama could understand if she went then the other three would come along. But that didn't mean she was happy about it. "I hate TV." She mumbled flipping the station.
"...In the latest news a young woman has been found dead in her apartment. The victim's name was kim garcia from the reports it was murder and the killer has yet to be apprehended, the search still continues..." Toyotama flicked the channel once more not caring about some random murder, it was a big city murders happened all the time.
The door to the room slid open and toyotama immediately turned around hoping it was her ashikabi, however her mouth dropped. Standing in the door was a yawning ryu, completely topless revealing his ripped torso and only dressed in a pair of black hakama.
"Oh, hey toyotama. What were you just watching?" Ryu greeted, toyotama turned her head and her face went bright red, but she had a smirk on her face.
"What are you doing? Aren't you going to put something on?" She asked making ryu look down and rub the back of his head sheepishly.
"Oh, I forgot to wear a shirt." Ryu said as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
"I see.." Toyotama said taking time to appreciate ryu's figure. "Now I can have you all to myself."
"You dog." Uzume teased from her spot in the door.
"How long have you been there?" Ryu asked, bewildered as toyotama began to kiss his neck wrapping her arms around so he couldn't move.
"Is... Did I break her?" Ryu asked feeling a sense of dread. "Don't just stand there, help me out!" Ryu exclaimed looking at uzume. Before anything more could be said a wooden cane came down on toyotama's head sending her straight to the ground in a twitching heap. Miya stood there wooden blanket hitter in hand as she narrowed her eyes at uzume and ryu.
"Uzume." Miya said the demonic visage appearing behind her once more.
"You're tempting toyotama and ryu into sexual acts."
"No! I promise I'm not!" Uzume cried. "Honest,, true mistake!"
"Go get dressed." Miya told her to which she nodded and ran down the hall. In his frenziled state ryu forgot that uzume was just wearing panties and not a top. "You have a concussion, and still can't keep your beastly urges down." Miya said with a hannya behind her this one bigger.
Ryu gulped silently, he knew he was in for it. "It's not like that miya-san." He pestered. Miya just giggled. "Go and get a shirt on before you tempt the others." Miya said to which ryu nodded and walked down the hall.
I guess from first glance they appear human, but they're certainly not. Ryu thought as he put on a t shirt fitting his head through it. What was toyotama thinking? He looked at the ceiling for an answer staring for a few seconds. Maybe she wasn't thinking. He nodded in self-agreement that had to be it, nothing else explained why she'd just literally throw herself on him.
He exited his room stopping in a split second. A growl of annoyance escaped his throat. "Yashima, you can't just stand there..." He said with a groan looking at her with a slight frown. She stood there looking up at him but looked away stepping back.
"I'm sorry, I forgot." She said sincerely.
"It's fine, what's up?" He asked trying to change the topic before she looked even sadder.
"I came to make sure you were okay." She smiled brightly looking up at him. "Nanaha-san was worried but I said it'd be alright."
Ryu smiled. She had so much faith in him. "Thank you yashima," He gave her a tight squeeze. "I'm not going anywhere, anytime soon." He squeezed her tighter before breaking the hug. She wanted to cry not being in his embrace but didn't say anything.
"Where are you going?" She asked.
"To eat, I need the energy." He answered honestly before turning and walking away. Yashima stood there watching him a flutter making her stomach go numb. I'm not going anywhere the statement resonated in her. She walked after him, a happy feeling pulsing through her.
Ryu rubbed his stomach feeling it go numb for a second. What was that? He wondered glancing back at yashima who looked very happy. Must be hungrier than I thought he concluded beginning his descent down the stairs.
Matsu's fingers whirled around her keyboard pressing a combination of keys every second, screens popped up and closed at the momentarily basis all containing information. She had a serious look on her face, as if she was concentrating.
"Ryu-tan is nearly untraceable." She said out loud going through his medical records and high school records. "It's like somebody hid or erased all of the information on matsu." She began pressing the keys again a perverse smile coming to her face. "I wonder if I can find his sizes."
She shook the thought away, right now her perverted side had to take a back seat. She found it odd, but now it was unnerving how little information MBI had on ryu, given the circumstances she wouldn't be surprised. But to have nothing up until the age of seventeen, that's more than a little alarming.
Ever since the day they were alone and spoke she found that her heart tensed and wanted to leap out of her chest. She fought the feeling, not in a bad way, but until she knew more she had to tread carefully. He saved her and uzume from the discipline squad, and said all of those things before. But if she learned one thing it was to trust a few people.
She looked at him through one of her hidden cameras. "But, whenever I look at him my heart wants to leap from my chest." She said with ecstacy as she felt the warm feeling rush through her like blood in her veins. "I didn't think I'd find my ashikabi this soon, but fate had another plan." She said with a small smirk pulling up his records. "Ryu Sahashi, an interesting person you are indeed. I must experience it for myself." She closed the pages before laughing manically.
Ryu looked up from his bowl of rice his eyes narrowed slightly."Ryu-san."
Nanaha said looking at him with slight concern her ashikabi seemed troubled.
Ryu ate another mouthful of rice before looking back at the table. "I'm fine, I just thought someone was talking about me." He replied looking at her with a small smile.
"Like that saying about sneezing." Yashima said with a small nod.
"Yeah, but ryu-san didn't sneeze." Nanaha said looking at her fellow sister. Yashima just nodded, ryu scratched his head looking between his two sekirei.
"Sneezing, what?" He asked.
"Ah, it was something at MBI. They said you sneeze when someone is talking about you." Yashima answered her ashikabi.
Just then ryu sneezed into his sleeve.
"So someone is talking about ryu-sama." Nanaha nodded in understanding.
"I said enough with the sama!" Ryu barked looking at nanaha with a stern stare. "Nanaha!"
"S-Sorry." She bowed her head hoping her ashikabi could find it in his heart to forgive her.
"Just try to work on it..." Ryu said sighing to himself. He had a concussion and so much was going on, he said a thousand times already! He wasn't going to say it a thousand more and one.
Yashima and nanaha walked by his side as he went up the stairs to take another bath. He took two everyday one in the morning and one at night.
He wasn't so confused or clueless as to why yashima and nanaha were with him. It was they wanted to take a bath with him, or make sure he got up the stairs okay. A thought crossed his mind for a nanosecond but he pushed it aside.
"Sorry girls, but I'm going in alone." Ryu said.
Yashima shuddered while nanaha looked at him with slight sadness. But it was yashima who couldn't stay quiet. "D-Do you hate us?" She asked.
"No." Ryu said highly annoyed. Why would she ask that? He thought with anger. "I just want to take a bath alone, my head hurts and I'm tired." He opened the door and closed it on them without saying another word.
Yashima walked away briskly and nanaha followed. Yashima always took a bath with him, why did he want to be alone now?
Ryu took off his kimono and slipped off his hakama sitting down on the floor massaging his temples as he folded his clothes. He had no reservations about his behavior with yashima and nanaha, he was tired, and his head was killing him. A little alone time couldn't hurt.
"Well, that's two I don't have to worry about anymore." Matsu said as she rubbed her hands together. She stood up cleaning off her glasses. "Now, it's matsu's turn."
Ryu fell into a light sleep, the steam and warm water working wonders on his sore body and head. After setting a towel over his face and leaning his head back he found himself fast asleep.
He opened his eyes gasping in shock for a second. "Master?
The wild haired man looked back at ryu with an impassive look before standing up. "Good, you're awake." He said.
Ryu looked around several times not familiar with his surroundings in the least. He was on a field of grass and the sun was shining, but this didn't look like earth.
"Is this heaven?" He asked.
"No, you idiot, this is your mind scape." His master said with great annoyance.
Ryu stood up taking it in completely. Everything was so bright. "I guess I'm bright huh?" Ryu asked looking at his master with a small smile.
"Oh, what was that?" Ryu fell backwards slamming the back of his head on the ground.
"I HATE WHEN YOU DO THAT!?" Ryu exclaimed angry marks on his forehead.
"Do what?" His master asked in a baritone voice looking at ryu with a blank expression.
Ryu let out a soft groan. "You know... Just- never mind!" He fumed.
"Anyways my mind scape, so what is this exactly?"
"Basically put, this is your subconscious. This is that state of your mind so far." His master nodded into the distance.
"So, I'm happy?" Ryu asked looking at the lush carpet stretching before him.
"If it just the mental representation I'd say yeah." His master replied folding his arms over his muscular chest.
Ryu caught something out the corner of his eye, in the field were a few orbs floating there beaming with energy. They were of different colors. "What are those things?"
"I was just going to ask you that." His master said taking a few steps forward. "They seem to be alive."
"Alive?" Ryu walked over to one looking at it with curiosity. "How, could this be alive?"
His master groaned loudly, ryu scowled as his master made no attempt to mask his annoyance. "Hey, you're my master! You're supposed to answer questions for me!"
"You're such an idiot." He said looking at ryu with the same impassive look. "Everything is alive in here, it's a part of you."
Ryu gave his master a deadpan look. "Well..."
"Just be quiet and listen time is short... For now." His master said getting within a centimeter of an orb, this one was light blue and seemed to be shy as it moved away from him unsure of what the man's intentions were.
"As you can see, they're alive. Each of them are different, as you seen it moved away from me, that known it can comprehend this." His master gestured around ryu's mind scape. "I don't know exactly, but these weren't here before."
Ryu looked at his master, puzzled. "What do you mean?" Ryu grew frantic as his master spoke but he couldn't hear anything, he felt his body contract then everything went black.
"WAIT!" He shouted mentally.
Matsu snaked her hands across the floor as she crept towards ryu she shook her hips each time she moved. She breathed heavier now right over him. She could almost feel his chest rise and fall and his heartbeat.
Ryu's eyes snapped open. He raised his head up looking in around but all he could see were very ample breasts and creamy white skin, a mane of red hair blocking his vision. "What's going on?" He asked drawing his head back as matsu moved hers closer a blush on her cheeks.
"You make my body hot, so let me have some of your DNA to cool it down." Matsu said huskily straddling him and resting her head on his chest.
"My DNA?" Ryu asked he didn't know if he should be mad, offended, or just scared. The way she was looking at him made him feel like a piece of meat. "What do you mean DNA!? You better not have a needle!" Ryu exclaimed fearing gripping him.
"Matsu can poke ryu-ten in the butt if he wants." She said scooting closer to him.
"No!" Ryu motioned to move but matsu grabbed his wrists halting his movements. Matsu wasn't a fist type sekirei, or even a combat sekirei so her strength wasn't that great.
Miya is going to scalp me. He groaned mentally as his breath hitched for a moment. Matsu pressed his breasts firmly against his chest looking at him with a small smile. "Cool me down." She purred.
"I-I don't think that's a good idea matsu, you-we should get dressed." He stuttered over his words as he tried to compose himself but it was hard when you had a naked girl on top of you saying take me.
"Just one kiss." Matsu said her face heating up as she felt him stiffen below.
"One is more than enough..." Ryu sputtered.
Matsu inched closer, ryu would've moved his head back more but he was as far as he could go without going through the wall. He didn't know what to do so he just squirmed, the thought of miya using her sword while he had a concussion sent pain splitting through his entire skull. His eyes widened in surprise as matsu kissed him full on the lips her cheeks turning a red as she moaned, golden wings bursted from her back in the shape of a lotus lighting up the entire bathroom for a moment. Ryu felt a surge of heat and energy surge through his body afterwards, he didn't miss the sight of her wings after melting with the kiss.
Matsu parted her lips away from his own with a smile. "I number 02 matsu am yours, I look forward to conducting experiments on your body until your spirit leaves." Matsu said quietly with a perverted giggle.
"E-Experiment on me!?" Ryu exclaimed.
"Now is the perfect time." Matsu motioned to grab his manhood but the feeling of cold steel sent a shiver down her spine as the air went cold around her.
"I thought it was a bit noisy in here." Miya said in her usual tone several demonic visages glowering down at matsu at once with glowing red eyes.
"And I see you two partaking in illicit activities..." Her eyes narrowed more.
"M-Miya." Matsu sqeauked feeling the crushing force of her aura. "I-I won't do it again." She said quickly.
"No breakfast for either of you." Miya said in a firm voice sheathing her sword again. "If I see you like this again, don't expect to get off so easy." Miya said in her sweet voice, but ryu knew full well it wasn't a threat but a promise. But no food!
"But miya-san!" Ryu whined.
"No buts ryu-san, and you." Miya glared down at matsu causing her to squeak shrinking down a few sizes.
"I'll leave." The wisdom sekirei cried grabbing her towel and fleeing the room.
"Alright." Ryu said going into the water until his nose was just above it sulking. How could miya expect him function without breakfast.
And matsu has been winged. Mind scapes? And other crazy things what is all of this? Orbs floating could they be? I didn't know how to begin or end this as I said above, and writing it was difficult since he has a concussion and would act slightly different, but I think I pulled it off. Review!