I regret to inform the next chapter isn't quite done yet. I was hoping to have it out by Christmas but I don't think that's not gonna happen. So I'll leave you with a teaser. So enjoy.

Somewhere else: Seventh Heaven Sake bar.

"Finally. Time to lock up." said a tired Ayumi, locking the bar up for the night. For her, it was another long day- working, dealing with the usual customers, and the more rowdy ones at night, and breaking up a fight or two from drunken customers. Especially from one of their regulars who wears a revealing cocktail dress that pops in every so often, passed out at the bar.

The only thing that was out of the norm today, was receiving a call from Uzume's landlord asking if she had been with her since at Uzume's workplace she had disappeared.

Ayumi said no, and said she'd keep an eye out for her, worried, hoping something didn't happen to Uzume. Her worries were put to rest hours later after getting a call from Uzume herself, saying she was all right, and that she was attacked by two Sekireis from the south to be forcefully brought back to Mikogami to be a part of his collection.

Ayumi is shocked and apologizes for not being there to help save her; Uzume tells her not to worry- she found her Ashikabi and was rescued at the last minute.

Ayumi congratulated her, the red-eyed Sekirei hoped to find her destined one soon in the future.

After the call, she went back to work, finishing up her shift. Once everybody left, she cleaned up the bar and was ready to leave.

Now she had to deal with the one customer that didn't leave.

"Come on, Kazehana Let's get you to bed." Ayumi said, walking over to the drunk woman.

Kazehana hunched over at the bar, with a still-full bottle of sake. Kazehana drank enough that would've killed a few normal humans with alcohol poisoning.

"I'm….…ne… I can still… drink some more." Kazehana drunkenly muttered.

Ayumi let a little laugh escaped her throat, "I'm sure you can." she said, with a little sarcasm.

Ayumi carefully grabbed Kazehana by the arms and carefully lifted her off the bar, then Ayumi got Kazehana's arms over her shoulders, and carried her piggyback style.

She carried her to the upstairs section of the bar. The upstairs part of the bar was the home of the owner.

Ayumi's adjuster's family owned this place; more specifically her adjuster's husband was the owner, and that's how they had met at this bar.

Since she was released into the city, the husband let her stay here as long as she helped out. Ayumi mind and it was fun to learn how to be a bar maid.

Ayumi brought Kazehana to the guest bedroom a.k.a. Ayumi's room. The red-eyed woman carefully dropped the drunken big-breasted woman on her bed, gently putting her head on the pillow.

"Hiccup… thank you ... .Ayu…mi… you're…. The best." Kazehana drunkenly thanked her before passing out.

Ayumi let out another small laugh before sighing, "No problem… guess I'll sleep on the couch tonight..again." Ayumi said, leaving the room before she could even shut the door. . .

She heard what sounded like an explosion off in the distance.

"What was that?" Turning her attention back to her room.

"Kazehana did you hear that?" Ayumi asked only to get no response as the purple-haired woman was out like a light.

"I guess not…" Ayumi said out loud, realizing it was a stupid thing to ask. With how drunkenly asleep Kazehana was, Gojira could be stomping through Tokyo and she'd sleep right through it. The brunette walked towards the window of her room to see what the commotion was.

Opening up the window and peeking her head out, turning her head in every possible direction. . . she saw nothing, it was pretty much a quiet street. There were very few people walking down it who also heard the faint explosion wondering what that was.

"Maybe if I get to higher ground, I can get a better view of where the it came from," Ayumi said, looking at the rooftops above. Climbing out the window, she jumped several stories until landing on a rooftop above.

"Now let's see if I can find the source of the explosion from up here." She said out loud to herself. Looking in every direction until she saw something caught her eye.

She saw smoke far away in the distance, in the eastern part of the city.

"Aw… that can't be good."

In another area of the city, not too far away.

A young woman stood all alone in the middle of a rooftop overlooking the city. With long black hair, secured with a dark red bow, and large brown eyes, wearing a predominantly white, pink, and red yukata secured with a white bow.

Not too long ago she was released into the city along with her dear friend, # 88, to find the one that they were made to serve, their Ashikabi.

This was her first time being in a large city like this, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of millions of people, who spent most of their lives inside of the lab. So it was a breathtaking sight to behold.

As soon as they were released, they parted ways. For the next couple of days, she was alone by herself, searching, high and low for her Destined one.

"Where are you?" The woman said to herself, watching some of the people below walking around at night. Out of the millions of people that live in this city someone has to be her Ashikabi.

Felt like she was never going to find him, making her soak a little bit until she heard what sounded like an explosion in the distance.

"Huh?" She muttered hearing the explosion, looking in the distance where she heard it.

She saw smoke rising in the distance, before she could even dwell on it she felt something in her chest, making her blush and putting her hand on her chest.

"Are you somewhere over there, my Ashikabi?" The woman said, staring where the smoke was. Someone over there is causing a reaction in her.

The young woman jumped off the building, and gracefully landed on the ground below, without a scratch on her, and started walking in the direction of the smoke, hoping to find the one she was destined to serve somewhere over there.