A/N: Sorry for the delay. Covid-19 hit my neck of the woods pretty bad and a friend has been crashing with me for the last month to get out of the city and away from the virus. This whole pandemic has been driving us insane. Thankfully I was able to get this done in spite of the awkwardness.

Boxes & Baggage

"Well if it isn't the enigmatic Enma! How I've waited for this moment!" said the bespectacled lunatic on the handheld screen. Even though it was nighttime his glasses still gave off a heavy amount of glare above that shit-eating grin of his.

"Likewise. I assume you've been watching this whole time?"

"From the very moment you made short work of two-thirds of my Disciplinary Squad."

Benitsubasa took exception to that. "Short work?!" She shouted, face becoming all chibified as her blood started to boil.

"Now now, Red, there is no reason to make a fuss." Minaka said. "After all, she's going to be staying with us for the foreseeable future so it's best that you get acquainted now.."

"She's staying with us?! You couldn't have actually meant all that mumbo jumbo about getting her to join the discipline squad after being winged!"

"Oh, but I did, little crimson wing."

"RRRRRRRARGH! This is bullshit!" she shoves the phone onto Enma's palm. "Here! I'm not dealing with his BS. You talk to him!"

And with that, Benitsubasa joined Haihane to collect the bodies in the hospital.

Enma raised a brow. "I'm going to assume you want to see me in person right away."

"Oh indeed, my little puppeteer. Once Haihane and Benitsubasa retrieve the deactivated Sekirei, you'll be chauffered to my tower onboard the helicopter behind you along with them."

"Just me? What about my Ashikabi?"

"What about her? Is something amiss?"

"She's sick and in need of critical care. Has an incurable virus and only MBI can save her."

"Ah, so the plot thickens! Very well, she may accompany you and I'll see to it that her illness is treated posthaste upon arrival."

Uzume's face lit up upon hearing that. "Thank you!" She was ecstatic. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

"No thanks are necessary. When I make promises I make sure to keep my word on them. However, don't take my kindness for granted. Are we clear?"

"Crystal." Enma nodded.

"Good. See you when you get here. We have a lot to discuss."

The phone's screen bleeps off and Uzume snaps it shut. She approaches Minato and company.

"Well, what did he say, Uzume?" Minato asks.

"It's complicated. He wants to meet me and Chiho at the tower."

"Does that mean you're in the Discipline Squad now?" Kazehana asks.

"Hard to say. This is Minaka we're dealing with after all, so there may be a catch, especially once he finds out my real identity." she looks down at Chiho, hands over knees. "But I do have wonderful news for you, Chiho!"

"What is it?"

"We're going to be moving in together!"

"Ah! Really?!"

"Yep!" Uzume points off into the distance. "We'll be living in that tower right there!"

Chiho leaped out of her wheelchair like an overjoyed bunny, throwing her arms around her Sekirei. "Uzume you're the best!"

The heartwarming reunion is soon cut short as Haihane and Benitsubasa make their way towards the helicopter along with a group of military soldiers, deactivated Sekirei in tow.

Benitsubasa stomps over to Enma and snatches her phone back from her. "Give that back!" she shouts, pocketing it. "Listen, I don't like you and I sure as fuck don't like the idea of you living with us. Keep your distance from me or else-"

"Or else what? You'll get another headache?"

"Now you listen here!"

"No, you listen pinkie pie, I'm only interested in my Ashikabi's safety. Minaka and his Discipline Squad can shove the rest. And let me make this very clear to you, if you thought the headache you got tonight was bad, that would be nothing in comparison to what I'll do to you or anybody who dares to hurt or even threaten my Chiho. Is that understood."

Benitsubasa stuck her tongue out. "Pfft, fine. Just stay outta my way." she looks at Haihane, stepping on board the helicopter. "Let's get out of here, Haihane."

Haihane yawns. "Alright."

Uzume turns back around to see Minato, Kazehana and Chiho surrounding her. "Oh um, hey guys, what's- whoa, hey!"

"Group hug!" Kazehana exclaims as all three throw their arms around her.

"Good luck with everything, Uzume." Minato says as they pull away.

"Thanks guys. This really means a lot. Wha-" Uzume looks up and sees the copter's rotary blades have begun to spin. "Guess this is it. Thanks again."

"Actually, Uzume, there's one thing you're forgetting…"

Uzume turns back around. "Oh? What?"

"This." Kazehana takes hold of Minato's face and immediately presses her lips against his. Her wings of light emerge.

Uzume smiles warmly. "Well then, congratulations to both of you." She turns back to the helicopter to see that Chiho already scooted herself onto its ledge. "Looks like someone's eager to go see their new home."

"Haha, yep."

Uzume climbs on board with her Ashikabi's wheelchair and helps her into it.

"Hey what do you two think you're doing coming on board?!" Benitsubasa screeches.

"Minaka said he wanted Chiho and I to be chauffeured to his tower by you both."

"UUUUUUGH! Whatever!" she shouts, knocking on the cabin door. "Hey buddy, take off already will ya?"

Chiho gave Uzume an inquisitory look. "So are they going to be our friends, Uzume?"

"I'm going to bet no on that one."

"How come?"

"They're the enforcers of the Sekirei Plan. All the pain and suffering that's happening, they're partially to blame for it."

"But you joined them. So that means we should try and get along with them."

"I only joined to get you safe and sound out of Higa's hands. I'll find someway to get out of this, I just need time."

"I don't know…" Chiho pondered as she looked over the Red and Blue Sekirei. They were preoccupied with the scenery outside the helicopter door windows and it didn't look like they cared much for listening in on what they were discussing. "Something tells me they need a friend. It must be lonely for them, being feared by nearly everyone."

Uzume put her hands on Chiho's shoulders and looked her square in the eye. "Chiho, promise me you won't go near them."

"But Uzume-"

"Promise!"

"Fine."

XXXXXX

An hour had gone past from the time Uzume and Chiho got on the helicopter to their arrival at the tower. Chiho was immediately carted off for her life-saving treatment while Uzume was left to ascend to the top of the building in an elevator standing between Benitsubasa and Haihane to confront the game master himself.

As she was funneled up towards her destiny, she thought of her friends, the home she was leaving behind for the sake of her Ashikabi. How they supported her and helped her when it mattered most. She wondered if she would ever see them again, or if they would be enemies the next time they crossed paths. She loved Minato and never wanted to harm him in any way, but being in the Discipline Squad meant she would have to if he tried to leave. She hoped he did not. At least not until she found a way out of this mess.

The elevator dinged as it reached its destination. The doors pulled apart and on the other side was Minaka at his desk. Karasuba flanked his right and Natsuo his left. The three Sekirei stepped out of the elevator and onto the carpet in front of the desk.

"A little paranoid aren't we, Minaka?" Enma chuckled.

"I like to have an insurance policy if you catch my drift."

"You'll need more than just these three to take me down."

"You fascinate me, Enma. I looked through the logs of each Sekirei on record and none of them have as unique an ability as you do. That leaves me to believe it was either discovered on accident or a product of evolution."

"You're right on both accounts. Allow me to skip the pleasantries and show you who I really am."

The game master leans forward onto his desk as he watches Enma pull back her hood and mask. A smirk grows across his face. "Well if it isn't number 10, Uzume. Just as I expected."

"What clued you off?"

"When Sekirei are winged MBI is immediately pinged on who the Ashikabi is. When you kissed Chiho, that notification was absent which could have only meant one thing."

"That I was her Sekirei long in advance."

"Precisely. And since Chiho only had one Sekirei, it narrowed the suspects down quite a bit."

"I could imagine. So, what now?"

"Now you tell me everything."

"Everything? In regards to what?"

"The hospital, your ashikabi... and the jinki."

"The jinki? Oh man…"

"Relax, no cause for concern. The Sekirei Plan is going on just fine without it for the time being. Besides I'm sure Matsu is taking great care of it at the inn."

"Wait, Matsu?! How do you know-?"

"Because she's listed in our systems as being winged by Minato Sahashi who is on record of living at the inn. Unless he was hospitalized like your Ashikabi it's very unlikely that Sekirei and Ashikabi live apart from each other."

Uzume bit her thumbnail. "Dammit...all that work getting her hidden away from MBI was all for nothing then...they knew this whole time..." she sighs. "This is awkward."

"Take your time."

"What about the hospital do you want to know about?"

"A few nights ago was when you donned Enma's veil for the first time. During which a Sekirei battle was taking place between Sekirei belonging to Minato Sahashi and Higa Isumi. Why was the disguise necessary?"

"I didn't want to be recognized by either group for personal reasons."

"Personal reasons? Elaborate."

"Higa blackmailed me into being his assassin. If I didn't follow orders, he would stop Chiho's treatment and she would die."

"Well that escalated quickly." Haihane commented.

Benitsubasa looked at her. "Well shit. I've done a lot of messed up shit to Ashikabis and their Sekirei but that's fucked up even by my standards."

"Indeed." Haihane replied.

Karasuba just stood there silently, expression unmoved.

The game master leaned back comfortably. "Now everything is starting to make more sense. Those terminated Sekirei who didn't have an identified slayer, you're saying they're all contributed to you?"

"Yes."

"We'll need to go through the record of terminated Sekirei at some point and attribute you as the victor of those battles at some point in the near future."

"I'd be more than happy to point out which ones I defeated."

"Excellent."

"Is there anything else you wish of me?"

"We'll go over the details a bit later once you're settled in. Best wake up bright and early tomorrow morning because that's when you'll be packing your things and moving in!"

"Moving in? Wait, does that mean I'm-"

"Yep! Part of my Discipline Squad as of right now!" He said, pulling a party horn out of his coat and blowing into it. A pinata then lowered from the ceiling and cracked in half, pouring confetti down on Uzume. "Congratulations!"

"Guess I'm just gonna have to take this one day at a time then. So long as Chiho's safe and sound I don't care what they have me do…"

*Fade out/Fade in*

Uzume rolled over in bed and diverted her gaze out her window. She had just gotten back from checking in with one of the nurses in regards to her Ashikabi's health. All they would tell her was that she was stable, sleeping, and should not be disturbed. She considered their judgment and that's why she was here, in the room she would call her own, the room she would share with Chiho once this mess was over.

It was much bigger and lavish than the one she was accustomed to at the inn. It was basically a one-story apartment only the most moneyed bachelors could afford, and she was staying there for free. Well, unless one would count having to maintain order in the Sekirei Plan a price.

So long as Minaka doesn't make her go after those she loves. Minato, her old housemates. Anyone but them.

She rolled to her back and slammed the pillow to her face three times. "Dammit, dammit, dammit Uzume!" she growled. "Stop dwelling on stuff that hasn't happened yet!"

She turned her back to the window and noticed something she hadn't noticed until just now. She was laying on a queen size mattress. She placed her hand upon the space available. "Plenty of room for Chiho…" her face then reddened, remembering the events of earlier. "and Minato."

She felt another wave of burning heat between her legs. She didn't hesitate to reach for the flame, sliding her hand through the fabric and pushing in.

"Ahn…" she moaned, starting to use her other hand to fondle her breast. "Next time we'll make love properly. In a warm bed, safe and sound."

Passionate squeaks and purrs pour from her soul as the world continues its rotation on its axis and before long it's morning.

XXXXXX

"Alright everyone, there she is. Get in position!" said Matsu's disembodied voice.

A series of hushes and footsteps fumble inside Maison Isumo as Uzume walks through the main gate and up to the front door. Just what were they planning?

As she normally does, Uzume just enters and slips off her shoes. "Hey guys, it's me!" she looks around. Nobody. "Anyone home?" she starts looking room to room for her friends. "Where is everybody?" She checks the kitchen, living room, garden, knocks on the doors upstairs, even Matsu's which for some reason was left wide open. "The hell happened to everybody?"

She wanders back down the steps and gasps as she looks in the living room again.

"Surprise!" shouts her housemates. Balloons and a big banner reading "Welcome Home" hung there above all her friends. "Welcome home, Uzume!"

Uzume was beside herself. "Wow… guys, seriously, I don't know what to say!" she blushes, turning away at the act of kindness.

Musubi ran up and gave her a big hug, followed by Kusano, then Minato, then everyone else.

"That dastardly Higa holds you to his deeds no longer, Uzume." Said Tsukiumi. "I am honored to have given aid in putting an end to his tyranny."

"And I helped too!" Kusano said with a beaming smile.

Everyone started laughing with the little one.

"So, how's Chiho?" Minato asks.

"I'll know more later in the day." she explains. "She's more stable than she ever has been. At the rate her treatment is going her sickness should be cured in days."

"That's wonderful news, Uzume!" exclaimed an overjoyed Kazehana.

"So, when does she plan to move in?" Miya asks.

"Move in?"

"Yeah, you're going to be moving back in with us here at Maison Isumo, right?"

Uzume hesitated to answer and everyone started leering.

"Uzume." Matsu began. "You are coming back, right? With your Ashikabi?"

"Yeah, about that…"

*Fade out/Fade in*

Dining room

"What?!" everyone exclaimed at once. "You're moving?!"

"Not my choice I'm afraid. The Discipline Squad needs to be at the tower when off duty just in case someone tries to attack Minaka."

"B-but it won't be the same here without Uzu-neechan!" Kusano whimpered tears bubbling over in her eyes.

"Yeah, that isn't fair!" Musubi shouted.

Minato hung his head for a moment. He had never considered the possibility of Uzume leaving. The thought of it made Maison Izumo feel, well...empty.

He then peered over at her. "I'm going to miss you, Uzume."

"That goes for us all." Miya said.

"Relax fellas, it's not like I'm dead. I'll still stop by to visit now and then and you're more than welcome to visit me at my apartment in the tower."

Everyone took a sigh of relief.

"That's reassuring." Kazehana said.

"Indeed." Tsukiumi added.

Uzume cleared her throat. "Kazehana, I just want to say thank you for all you did to contribute over the last couple nights. Chiho and I really appreciate it."

"It's no problem at all, love." Kazehana said. "In fact I should be thanking you. I met a lot of new interesting people and reunited with my adjuster."

"I'm glad you were able to get something out of helping lift my burden. Do you plan to keep in touch with them?"

"Yeah I exchanged contact information with them right before I left. I should be getting texts and calls left and right in the next couple of weeks once most of them have been released."

"That's great, Kazehana. Good for you."

"They gave you your own apartment?" Homura inquired. "What's it like?"

"Oh it's amazing. More than enough to accommodate Chiho and myself."

"Is that so?" Miya leered over to her, hannya mask hissing. "Am I to believe this means what I have to offer here is insufficient?"

A chill went up Uzume's spine. "No, no, don't get the wrong idea! I didn't mean that at all! Your home would have fit us just fine! Hahaha!"

"I see." The mask retreated. "Good then. I wish you all the best."

"Uh heh heh, thanks."

Someone rang the doorbell.

"That's probably the moving company," Uzume said. "Time to get my stuff."

"Let us help, Uzume!" Musubi exclaimed. "It's the least we can do!"

Minato got up. "I'll let the moving men in. I'll be upstairs in a sec."

Uzume rubbed the nape of her neck and grinned. "Thanks."

*Fade out/Fade in*

Uzume's Bedroom

After gathering a dozen or so boxes from the truck and bringing them up to Uzume's room, everyone began packing her stuff. It was a wonder how they were able to fit everything in them considering how many costumes and pieces of clothing she owned. So many clothes yet she always chose to wear the exact pair of jeans and the shirt with the star on the front and number 10 on the back.

Minato entered her room just as Musubi and Tsukiumi came out hauling some boxes with a few deliverymen. He saw Uzume staring out the window at the tower in the distance.

"Hey Uzume, what's up?"

"Not much, just looking at the future."

"Will you be alright?"

"Yeah. So long as Chiho's alright I will be."

Minato was having none of it. "Something concerns you."

"It's that obvious, huh?"

"I can see how uncomfortable you are with this from space."

"I just don't want to have to hurt anyone anymore. Higa already had me slaughter Sekirei left and right, and now I need to do it to keep the Sekirei Plan in line."

"If it makes you feel any more comfortable, I promise not to try and escape the city with any of my Sekirei. We'll stay here until the end."

"Do you really mean that, Minato?"

"You have my word on it."

She ran over to him and gave him a big hug. "Thank you so much, Minato." she said, pecking him on the cheek. "You have no idea the weight that lifts from me."

*Fade out/Fade in*

Teito Tower: Intensive Care Unit

Chiho lied beneath her covers, dreaming. She breathed steadily through the oxygen mask strapped to her face as a nearly empty IV drip supplied her body with a glowing blue fluid. She began to stir from her sleep, eyelids flickering as her pupils adjusted to the bright lights above her. She shoots up from her pillow right away, looking around confusedly.

"Where am I?" she thought aloud. "Uzume, are you here?"

"Good morning." a man's voice says, grabbing her attention. "You're at Teito Tower, and I'm afraid your Sekirei is out at the moment getting her things."

Chiho looked over at the man inquisitively. "I don't believe we've been properly introduced. Who are you exactly?" she asked, throwing the covers off and letting her feet dangle over the bed. When she did so, she couldn't help but feel light as a feather, like all the fatigue she had grown used to all these years just suddenly vanished.

The sharp-dressed man adjusted his tie as he approached her. "Name's Natsuo Ichinomi, a representative of MBI. I just wanted to stop by and get acquainted considering you're the Ashikabi of our new Discipline Squad initiate. How do you feel?"

"Incredible...I never felt this alive before in my life!" she says joyfully, hopping out of bed and onto her feet. She takes a look at the needle in her arm. "Hey, can you remove this for me?"

"You're really not supposed to be up, you know?" he goes on. "And it's not for me to decide. You'll need to ask the doctor for that."

Chiho pouted. "Aw shoot."

"Good morning, Natsuo!" Benitsubasa's voice called out as she ran into the ICU. Her eyes glistened with glee being in her Ashikabi's presence and Haihane followed in not long after. "I hope you slept well! Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Oh hey, yeah. Can you get me a coffee?"

"Sure thing! Would you like it bla- urgh!" Benitsubasa felt her heart miss a beat and not a second later collapsed to her hands and knees huffing and puffing.

Haihane looked at her inquisitively. "What's up, Red?"

"What the- what's happening to me?" Benitsubasa said, clutching at her heart. She looked up at her Ashikabi who didn't seem all that mindful of her predicament.

Chiho gasped and instinct took over. She ran to Benitsubasa's side, the needle in her arm ripping out as the tube stretched to its limit. She winced in pain and crouched down to her. "Hey, what's wrong? Come on, talk to me!"

All it took was a glance and Benitsubasa doubled over twice as hard. "The fuck is this feeling?..." She thought, hyperventilating. "I haven't felt this since I met Natsuo for the first time."

"Get off!" She shoves Chiho's hands away and bolts off through the waiting room and into the stairwell.

"Make sure that coffee is roasted black, Red!" Natsuo calls out unconcernedly.

Chiho looks up at him. "That's so mean! She needs help and all you care about is getting your coffee?! Do you even care about your Sekirei?!"

"She'll get over it. Probably just needs some adjustments done and she'll be fine."

Chiho winced at the torn flesh on her arm, clutching it in her hand over it to stop the bleeding. "Somehow I doubt that."

"I'll get a nurse to wrap up your arm." He said, turning his back and walking out into the waiting room. "Until then Haihane will keep you company."

Haihane looked taken off guard. "I will?"

"See ya!" the door whooshed shut as Natsuo stepped through it.

Chiho and Haihane just stood there blankly side by side, wondering what to do now.

A good moment goes by and Haihane says, "So, uh...sup?"

"Just looking to get out and active once the doctor gives me the all clear...and my arm heals, ow."

"Would you like me to bandage that up for you?" Haihane asks. "As you could imagine I've had to do it quite a bit."

Chiho glimpses at the claws on Haihane's hands and the scars littered all over her body. Her face flushes dark blue. "Um, no, that's alright. Hehe"

*Fade out/Fade in*

A few minutes later and Chiho was back in bed all bandaged up by the nurse. Haihane sat at the foot of her bed.

"So what went wrong with your friend there?" Chiho asked.

"You mean Red? Meh, she just can't get over the fact that our Ashikabi's gay. Yet still she tries everything to get his attention. I think it's starting to affect her health."

"Aren't you concerned for her? I mean she is your partner."

"Hard to say. She just refuses to move on. I can't do anything about it but make light of things and crack jokes at her expense."

"Don't you care about your ashikabi too?"

"Of course, but I know where I stand with him and have accepted he won't have feelings for me."

"Somehow I doubt that."

"Why the doubt?"

"Sekirei are creatures of love. It's only natural for you to want to love your Ashikabi."

"If I let myself get emotionally involved with him I'll just end up as hopeless as Benitsubasa."

"Then find someone else to love."

Haihane looked stunned by that statement like it came completely unexpected. "You have to be joking. A Sekirei can't involve themselves with someone outside their Ashikabi."

"Says who?"

"Well I've never heard of such a thing."

"Well you're about to right now because before I came here I let my Uzume find love with someone else."

"Why would you do something like that?"

"Because I was dying and wanted to see she would be happy with someone before I died."

"But you're cured now, right? So shouldn't that mean-?"

"Nope."

"What if-?

"Nuh uh."

"Just let me-"

"It's fine. I can share and everyone's happy."

"So you're just okay with her going out and shagging whoever this other person is?"

"This other person is a great guy and, get this, has Sekirei of his own too!"

"So he's also a participant in the Sekirei Plan. Never thought I'd see the day when Sekirei would be swapped and traded around like trading cards."

"Don't think of yourselves like that. You're each individuals with minds, hearts, desires, and love to give everyone. Limiting yourselves to someone who doesn't love you is just doing yourself a disservice."

Haihane hopped up onto her feet. "This was an interesting chat, but I should really be going."

"Why, what's up?"

"A TV show I like is on and I forgot to have someone record it."

"I see, well, take care then."

As Haihane waved goodbye, Chiho couldn't help but wonder just why Uzume was so adamant about her staying away from the Discipline Squad. From what she gathered right now, Haihane was chill and Benitsubasa, while hotheaded, had a lot of enthusiasm for the person she loved. Were they really capable of doing such horrible things?

*Fade out/Fade in*

Teito Tower: Upper Suites

Haihane peeled off her claw gauntlets, letting them flop into her locker one after the other before closing it and leaping over onto her favorite spot on the couch. She kicked up her feet on the ottoman, catching the remote which bounced into the air upon her landing and clicked the colossal screen on.

"Yes! Made it just in time!" she said joyously. Being on time for her programs apparently wasn't all that common for her it seemed. She sank back in the sofa and let herself be absorbed by the Universe of "The Expanse".

Benitsubasa barged in just as a dreadnaught got blown to smithereens. She took a seat at the far end of the couch, guarding her chest with the tuck of the chin, legs, and crossing of the arms.

"What's up?" Haihane asked.

"Can it, you. Just watch your stupid space opera."

"Can't you ever, I don't know, relax a little? You're always so mad about everything."

"It's hard to be happy after I had a damn panic attack in front of Natsuo."

"Yeah, what was that about anyway?"

"I don't know, there was just this...gravity on my breath, my heart. It was almost like I was reacting to somebody again."

"That's not possible, once a Sekirei is winged they're bound-"

"To their Ashikabi for life, I know. But this...I don't know."

"Do you think it has to do with that girl?"

"What girl?"

"You know, the one from the ICU who was talking with Natsuo. She tried helping you up."

Benitsubasa bit her thumbnail as she cocooned in on herself deeper. "Oh, her? She's the Ashikabi of that marionette Sekirei isn't she?"

"Yeah, do you think that maybe-"

"Maybe what?!"

"Maybe the reason you felt the way you did was because of her?"

"What, hell no! My heart belongs to Natsuo and no one else!" she leaned back staring up at the high ceiling. "Besides if it were her I was reacting to I would have felt something while I was on the helicopter with her wouldn't I have?"

"Hard to say. She was sick then and is healthy now so that may have affected things."

"You're so stupid, Haihane!"

*Fade out/Fade in*

MBI Tower: Uzume's Apartment

Uzume clapped her hands when she stacked the last box of her belongings in the empty living room. With a yawn and a big stretch, she let her body collapse onto the beanbag below.

"I'll worry about unpacking them tomorrow." she says, melting into the fluff. "For now I'm just gonna relax and take this all in."

A giggle was then heard. "You're so lazy, Uzume."

Uzume opened one eye and raised her chin to see Chiho in the doorway. Only now she was standing up all on her own. She kipped up to her feet ala Shawn Michaels and ran over.

"Chiho! You're-"

"Not in a wheelchair?" she grinned. "I didn't need it. I feel stronger now than I ever have."

Uzume took a step to the side, allowing her to enter the apartment. "You mean you weren't helped up here at all?"

"Nope, hehe." Uzume watches in awe as her Ashikabi speeds past and begins twirling around like a ballerina in all the open space of the living room. She stops in front of the window, getting a full view of the sun setting over Shinto Teito. "So this is where we're going to be living together...finally we're going to be together!"

"I...I don't know what to say…" Uzume said, tucking her head away and grabbing at her heart. To see her Ashikabi this full of life when just hours ago she was still stuck to a bed dying was overwhelming. Then Chiho came near and put her hands upon Uzume's arms. "Hey, what is it?"

Chiho looked up at Uzume who was visibly trying to hold back tears and starting to fail. "It's all going to be okay now, so don't worry. We have our whole lives ahead of ourselves, this Sekirei plan is just the start. I know you did some really bad things just to keep me safe, but I forgive you of all of it."

"Oh Chiho, I'm truly not deserving of an Ashikabi as great as you."

"Don't say that, Uzume. You're more deserving of someone like me and even Minato at the same time!"

Uzume pulled Chiho in closer to her chest. "Minato did so much to help us both, he's the best."

"I still want those babies, Uzume."

Uzume moved a hand to her stomach. "All in time, Chiho."

"Have you and Minato…?"

Uzume nodded. "Yep!"

Chiho hugged her tighter and buried her face deeper into her chest. "Oh I'm so happy for you." she looked up at her but now her expression changed to something much more stern. "Now it's my turn."

Uzume was taken aback. "Wh-what?"

Before Uzume even knew what was happening Chiho pulled her face down and sealed her lips against hers. Uzume's wings of light emerged with strength and folded over to embrace Chiho before fading.

"Let's go to the bedroom."

XXXXXX

"Ah~!" Uzume moaned. "If you pinch me there, I'll-!"

"You'll what?" Chiho said, having a lick at Uzume's earlobe and pinching her nipple harder. "Start to like it?"

Although Uzume's bareback sandwiched her Ashikabi to the mattress, Chiho was in full control. Uzume's toes flexed long and hard as her Ashikabi reached around her waist and caressed her bladder flesh with the dainty tips of her soft fingers and curled them inward towards her thighs.

"Chiho, don't stop!"

"No no, Uzume. You have to call me mistress Chiho. Remember?"

"F-forgive me, Mistress Chiho!"

"Now that's a good girl." Mistress Chiho said as she nipped the nape of Uzume's neck. She had focused on that area predominantly to leave her 'mark' even if it were just going to disappear after a few days. "I guess that means I should reward you."

Uzume purred like a cat in heat in anticipation of her reward. Chiho's hand slipped deeper between Uzume's soft thighs until it found itself all wet and gooey. With her index and ring fingers, she spread her needy Sekirei's vulva as an eagle would its wings, middle finger doing all the clit teasing.

"Oh, Mistress Chiho I can't take it! Please, more!"

"More?" she suddenly stopped her teasing and fondling. "More of what?"

"I want more in me!"

"What in you?!" she asked with a commanding boom in her tone. "Speak up!"

"Your fingers! I want your fingers in me!"

"Say please fuck my pussy hard with your fingers, Mistress Chiho!"

"P-Please fuck my pussy hard with your fingers, Mistress Chiho!"

"Very well, pet. Now crawl to the end of the bed and flip over. We're sixty-nining and I'm on top!"

*Fade in/Fade out*

Uzume did as ordered and now she gazed up at her Ashikabi's dripping honeypot with her back to the now scrambled mess of bedsheets beneath her.

Chiho pressed her boobs down on Uzume's pelvis as she got a closer look at her lover's goods. She then stuck two fingers deep into her mouth and let them slide out slow along with her tongue to get all slimy and moist. With a push and a twist, Chiho crammed her fingers in nice and deep.

Uzume buckled in ecstasy, spine arching, and face in full ahegao as she let out her moan from deep within. And that was only the beginning. Chiho pistoned her fingers in and out harshly enough to get fluids to fly out. Uzume grasped at her head and shook no as her eyes rolled back further and breath hastened.

"Yeah you like that don't you? Don't you?!"

"Y-Yes! I love it! It's so good! Gimme more, Mistress Chiho! Oh please give me more!"

"That's what I like to hear, sweetheart. But don't get too comfortable just laying there. Your Mistress needs some service too."

Chiho pressed her rear against Uzume's face to accentuate her point.

"Y-Yes, I'll eat out my Mistress' box raw."

Chiho gasped as she felt her Sekirei's warm breath all over her embarrassing parts for the first time in her life. Immediately she melted and all strength went away as the tongue made laps all over her clit and vulva, and deeper still. She collapsed and stopped all of what she was doing to please her 'pet'.

Her face became red as a cherry as she screamed and creamed all at once. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnn~! Scuttlebutt! Scuttlebutt! Scuttlebutt!"

Uzume immediately stopped her licking the moment she heard her Ashikabi shout their safe word.

"Chiho are you alright?!"

"I'm… I'm fine," she panted. "just got a little surprised is all. I wasn't expecting it to feel so good~!"

"Want me to make you feel even better, roleplay be damned?"

"Sure." Chiho nodded bashfully.

*Fade in/Fade out*

Chiho gently lowered her head back to the pillows. She didn't know what Uzume had in store for her, only that it would be the greatest feeling she ever felt in her life.

"Who wait, what are you-!"

Uzume had just grabbed Chiho's ankles and began to pull her legs high over her head until her knees rested on the pillows.

"Relax, Chiho."

"This position is really embarrassing! I feel completely exposed!"

"It's okay, Chiho. It's just us." Uzume said kissing her.

All of Chiho's anxiety went away the moment Uzume's wings engulfed their bedroom with beautiful light. "I trust you, Uzume."

"Alright then." Uzume said as she lowered her face and began to practically make out with Chiho's clitoris. Her tongue traced all over the girl's flesh. And just like that, she had Chiho writhing and ripping at the bedsheets.

"Oh god! Oh god! Oh god! I'm gonna-! EEEEEEEEEEP!"

*Fade to white/Fade in*

Uzume smiled as she looked down at Chiho nuzzled warmly to her side. She took a nice breath in and put her hands behind her head. She closed her eyes and was about to drift off when she felt Chiho stir.

"Hey, Uzume?"

"'Sup?"

"Next time we do this...can we have Minato here too with us?"

"Uh, say what?"

"Well yeah, its only fair, right?"

"That's not really what I was getting at."

"Come oooon~! Pretty pwease~!" Chiho begged with the biggest puppy dog eyes Uzume had ever seen next to Kusano's.

"A-alright Alright! Cool, I'll do it."

Chiho popped up and let out one big yay before throwing her arms around Uzume. "Thank you thank you thank you!"

Uzume gave Chiho an odd smile and a pat on the head. "I'll never hear the end of it from Tsukiumi if she ever finds out about this…"

A/N: I decided to have a little fun with the lemon here and give Chiho a bit of a dom edge to spice her up. Some might say the role of dom/sub would be better off switched with Uzume being the dom, but I figured Uzume would be more than happy to let Chiho explore and use her body in any way she desired. Not only that, but with how I see things, now that Chiho is cured and feeling so full of life she'd be more than eager to start living life to the fullest and try all sorts of new things!

With luck, the next chapter should be out quicker than it took to crank out this one.