Hey guys. I can't believe the amount of support I have been getting from you guys. What I find extremely flattering is that some guys who know my work and some others have compared this fic with It Started with a Kiss. Now, I'm not close to that fic but I am flattered that some have compared Brave New World with that masterpiece. But we'll see how it turns out.

Kill for gain or shoot to maim

But we don't need a reason

The Golden Goose is on the loose

And never out of season

Minato was walking around the city, his head in the clouds, his feet on the ground. He had seen the news of Ichika going to the Infinite Stratos Academy. And he wasn't sure if he would like the idea. He had been used to the whole women domineering his life.

First with Yukari and his mother Takami. Both very headstrong women in his life. It was no small wonder why he would walk away from his father's dojo and hang out with Ichika. Despite being not the prime example of an alpha male, he later would identify himself as omega.

He didn't need support, he just wanted to get through the day, walking around the city to clear his head. He would help out Ichika and the two would become closer. So that's why he was out the day with the sole Sekirei that wasn't in his bed this morning. Kagari.

(S)he wasn't used to it to the whole gender changing things. While Kagari was a male before, the transformation had been complete lately and he was now a she. Luckily for Minato, there weren't too many traces left behind from his previous life.

Minato could relate to Kagari's distress and why he wouldn't like the idea of changing into a girl either.

But they had nothing to say about it and while Kagari wasn't like the other girls in his harem, she had been content of being around Minato in a single fashion.

She had known of the things the harem had done to him and what he did to them but for herself, she wasn't comfortable with someone seeing her naked body. Minato was the singular exception to that rule. Sure, Kagari didn't mind if Minato was her naked but she was the single one.

From the seven girls that laid in Minato's bed, he was sure that Chiho and Ku-chan were the only ones who wouldn't do anything to Kagari.

Wait, scratch that. He had heard the stories from Minato. While Chiho had winged Uzume and the two had been around the harem for a while, she had groped Matsu, Kazehana and Musubi. So Kagari was sure that Kusano was the single one in the harem that wouldn't try anything.

Kagari was also relieved that if the girls felt an itch, they would book a love hotel. He pitied Minato as that guy would feel drained when he came back from those. He had also been happy that Takehito was around and that he kept Miya's ridiculous views done.

Minato and Takehito had a chat a while ago since the good doctor came back to life. While Takehito had zero issues with the Sekirei crawling in the former Ronin's bed, he would agree with his wife that sex in the Inn was out of the question, if only to keep Kusano's innocence intact.

He gave Minato a few locations and from what Kagari saw, Minato had a blush over the entire face. But she guessed it was not where those two were going.

"Something on your mind?" The fire Sekirei asked her Ashikabi.

"Just thinking about Ichika. I wonder how he's doing there. I can't imagine it's not easy for him." Kagari had been a host for a while before he became a bartender. He had seen the women changing over the years.

"You're worried for him?" Kagari asked Minato to which the student nodded.

"I am. He and I have been close and looking after each other. So in this, I could only help him out but I am not sure about how it will go."

That was something Kagari didn't see coming but she should have. Minato's tendencies to help others out is what made him such a desirable person. And a Desirable Ashikabi if she was honest. It also explained why he wanted to hang out with Kagari.

To help clear his head. And to ask for advice.

Minato would come to her if he needed advice about something. He had done that when she was a he. Changing her gender wasn't something that would change that.

Minato had been thinking about it and Kagari was his best solution. Musubi was too much of an airhead, Kusano was too young to really grasp it, Kazehana and Matsu, he shuddered on that. With Tsukiumi, she was also out.

He would have talked to Uzume and Chiho but those two were also out so that left Minato with Kagari. And he needed some time off.

"So what do you think? After all, I suppose that you shouldn't be too worried about him. He's a young male and he's surrounded by girls. Would that be so bad?"

Minato had shot the latest Sekirei a wry smile what Kagari understood. He had been a guy once and this is why Minato got so understood by her. And even so Kagari had a lot of experience.

"Look how well that went for me. And we're talking about Sekirei. They're around the same power level as those girls. With the exception you girls can't kill me." Which wouldn't be entirely accurate.

Tsukiumi had used her powers on him and even if he had winged Uzume as the second Ashikabi, the failsafe on Minato wasn't tested out. Not that he was interested in testing that out.

They could use it on him, they just couldn't kill him.

Which was good if you thought about it. An alien super-powered race that tied their lives to that of humans who had a radically different level of body. If you didn't change that, a large gap would come between them.

"True. And there are other things."

"You girl linked your lives with your Ashikabi. Another reason how you Sekirei are such fascinating beings. But with Ichika, he is in a school where none of those girls have any idea how to act around guys. It can't go well. Especially with the mindset that most women have nowadays."

When Minato said women, he meant human women. From what Kagari knew of the remaining Sekirei, they were disgusted how most women treated men today.

Of course, Sekirei had different views. They tied their lives to one being and therefore, the idea of divorce was something of a horror for them.

But to see how the world went nowadays, it made things even worse. Of course, you had to look at the generations that came after Minato and Yukari. Kagari could understand that the idea of a harem filled with girls that could kill you was more unwanted.

Minato had no real answer to the problems that Ichika would face but he would need an answer. He was just curious.

"Life is never simple." Minato had hoped things would calm down. And for a while, things had calmed down after this messed up Game.

"If it was, where would the fun of it be?" Kagari answered and Minato had a hunch he was right. His life was linked to a bunch of alien beauties. His life would never be simple.

For a guy whose life would never be simple either. He was standing at the rooftop of a building on an artificial island.

Ichika stood before Houki who had been fidgeting after she pulled him out of the classroom. He wasn't sure why but he had an idea that he didn't like it.

"So Houki, what's up?" He asked her in a clam tone. "It's been a while six years."

"It's indeed been a while. So, Ichika. How have you been doing?"

"Fine. I heard you won the kendo championship last year."

Houki went bright red when she heard that. "How do you know that?" Ichika tilted his head and leaned at the wall.

"I know that cause I read newspapers." Ichika looked a bit aback.

"You haven't your hairstyle. Looks good on you." Houki got a bright red blush on her face and she looked away when Ichika told her that. The wind blew between them and a bit of silence was between them. Like Houki was waiting for something.

The bell rang and a few girls waited for that. Ichika had an idea they were spying on them.

"We should head back as well." The two walked back and the class continued. Ichika had been trying to catch up with his book but he had only gotten so far. He had been trying to catch up. He kept his mouth for that period but he had an idea he was dying.

Afterward, a boy laid on his desk with a feeling that his brain had been going on loops and it wasn't coming down. He had seen so much information and he was not trying to die. And he felt someone coming close to him.

He turned to see that blond bombshell with her hair in drills walking to him. She wasn't from Japan. She had Western roots. Blue eyes looked at him in a way that made his skin crawl. "May I have a moment of your time?" She asked in a haughty voice and Ichika had a half heart to say no. A woman ingrained with today's culture was the worst to deal with in his view.

"Huh?" But that escaped faster in his voice.

"What was that of a response? You should feel honored that you're talking to me. I hope you'll improve on your attitude." Now, normally, Ichika would have been taken aback by that reply. But he was at this school and his brain only now reached lower atmospheres. So he wasn't going to take the crap.

"Keep dreaming," Ichika responded to her and he was ignoring every look he got in the class. He wasn't here to make friends and if he could get expelled some way, it'd be a blessing instead of a curse.

"I don't even have a clue who you are." She was glaring at him in this point and it looked like she was going to blow a fuse.

"I'm Cecilia Alcott. You've never heard of the representative candidate for the UK?"

"What's that?" At the moment Ichika uttered that sentence, several girls had collapsed. In all honesty, they hadn't been really eavesdropping. Cecilia's voice made it clear enough for everyone to follow.

Looked like Ichika got some brain to keep his company now they were coming back to Earth. "Are you serious? You do not know what the representative candidate is. We are the chosen elites selected by their countries to represent them as IS pilots."

"Do you expect me to give a care about a thing that I was supposed to be never in contact with?" Ichika asked.

"You blow hot air from all that and I don't really give a care," Ichika said. His brain was now back in his head but he wasn't going to take this shit. He didn't like the idea of talking to her and he was done with this.

"You came to me and you talked like you're someone great and I should be honored to be in the same room as you. But the only thing you've been doing is increasing my headache. So if you can get your hands of my desk so I can start with the next torture, it would be greatly appreciated." Cecilia was ready to blow the desk up with Ichika on it but the bell rang and she walked back to her desk.

"This isn't over."

'In my view, it is.' Ichika thought and he looked back to the teachers. He scowled at his older sister who had no real idea. For being such a top pilot, Ichika didn't inherit his thick skull from strangers. And the thought of that alone left a really foul taste in his mouth. The evening couldn't come quick enough and Ichika walked to the dorms.

There were still women who looked at him like he was some exhibit in a zoo. Why couldn't this be like the Ashikabi? There were plenty of them out there so not all hundred or so would chase the same one.

He ended up at his dorm room 1025 and opened it. But the one thing he saw was that there were two beds. And he could swear that he heard a shower running till two seconds ago. So Ichika did what most sane guys would do.

He logically concluded something. 'Those two beds means that I have a roommate and that roommate is now done with her shower as I am the only person who has his sexual organs on the outside of his body.' Ichika didn't hesitate and ran out of the room in a quick fashion.

'And I intend to keep those things.' His inter monologue continued as he stood outside the room.

"Are you my new roommate?" A voice came from behind him as he wasn't fast enough to close the door. The voice, on the other hand, sounded extremely familiar and the sole male IS pilot turned his head to see Houki Shinonono standing there.

She was not in her nude glory.

She was wearing a towel.

Which wasn't much better.

Houki, on the other hand, turned to see a black mop of hair. And she went in a rage.

"Houki?"

"Ichika?"

"For God's sake, woman! Put some clothes on when you walk out the shower!" He shouted as Houki looked down on her outfit and she screeched. Ichika avoided getting mulled by wooden swords.

"For Pete's sake. Kill me when you are dressed." The hacking stopped and Ichika walked in the room. They had attracted some commotion and Ichika was not going to have a discussion with his sister when those girls had banged him.

Because he knew that. They would bang him. instead of the other way around. He walked in the room to see Houki dressed.

She was wearing some training clothes from her hobby. "You could have gotten dressed later on," Ichika commented.

"So you're my roommate."

"Seems that way."

"Don't you know that this isn't right? From the age of four, you don't put girls and boy together." Ichika crossed his arms. He took a chair, his feet not being able to carry him anymore.

"Go talk to my sister if you're not up for it. I haven't asked for this. And for the record, that last incident was your fault." Houki's face dropped open.

"My fault?"

"Even if your roommate would be a girl, do you really think that is it appropriate to walk out the shower with just a towel?"

"So you saw it?"

"When you were trying to kill me? Yeah, couldn't miss it." Ichika said to Houki and the old fashioned girl flung at him. He had foreseen that and he took up her extra sword blocking her. There was something hanging on it and Ichika waved it off.

"You're in this room and you already litter it with underwear? Can't you keep it down." Houki was set off and they spared for a bit until Ichika remembered a simple trick. Waving the weapons up, both his sword and Houki's got out their hands.

He was faster and gripped Houki by her sleeve. It was made of strong material, it could withstand some roughhousing. Keeping her close, for some reason, her face turned bright red. His eyes were also serious at her.

"Can we now talk like civilized people?" He asked Houki and she calmed down. "I haven't asked for this and you didn't either. We are in this room and we're going to make the best out of it." Houki struggled and met his eyes.

"Fine. We'll do that." They agreed on shower hours and Ichika was relieved that this had a toilet that he could use. Houki had gone to bed and she fell asleep. Ichika started on his homework. Later on, he took up the computer that was on the desk.

The wonder of technology and he logged in. He looked over at his mail.

Hey Minato.

How are things in Shinto Teito? I hope you and the girls are well. Come to think of it, I haven't gotten a picture from your Sekirei. From what I hear from you, they must be real beauties.

I am now at school and believe me. It's not fun to be the sole male in this place although I can imagine that you know what I am talking about. Or maybe not.

Chifuyu-nee is my homeroom teacher. Or Orimura-sensei like she prefers it. She isn't going easy on me, although you could expect that. She has her image to protect. Even so, she can cut me some slack.

I also met one girl, Cecilia or something. She wasn't easy to deal with. She got a real issue in her head if you ask me.

School ain't easy for me. I knew that but still. Jesus Christ.

My one streak of luck. I am rooming with Houki. Remember her? She was the girl that had that rivalry with Yukari. How is she by the way?

I don't know if you can call it luck by the way.

In any case, I'll let you know news something later.

Do my regards there.

Ichika sent the mail and closed the computer down. On the other side, Minato read it after he had a long day and gotten home soon with Kagari. Most of the flock could hang out with him.

What also was clear is that Minato had gotten better at getting used to the contact. So while Uzume and Chiho were using his lap as the battlefield of love (for all records, they were kissing each other, not his lower autotomy), he was going over his notes.

Getting in Todai was the hardest part of his road. Which was something a lot of people would trade as he was now in the school? Being a descendant from two of the brightest humans on the planet, caused Minato to catch up with his schoolwork easily.

He was close to the first year and he was lucky to have Takehito who helped him. He was also the good doctor's main guinea pig for the Ashikabi. He had attracted the most single numbers, four of them, plus Yume in Musubi.

Besides that, he did the thing that the researchers would have found impossible. He attracted and winged a Sekirei that had already been winged. Uzume and Minato's case was one of the most fascinating things Takehito had ever seen.

And because they had been around most of the house, Minato was used of being watched.

In all honesty, most of the Sekirei preferred to have Takehito around. He kept Miya down and because of him, they could eat breakfast or dinner.

Uzume felt her second Ashikabi stiffening up when he read his mail.

"Something wrong, hubby?"

Uzume moved from his lap and sat on his lap, draping one arm over him, pressing her left asset in his back. Minato had been trying his hardest to hold out on the girl. He was lucky that Chiho wasn't as endowed as Uzume as she lifted herself and acted the same way as her Ashikabi.

They read over the mail and Uzume had an idea that she didn't like those girls that Ichika had described here.

She had blushed on the way Ichika talked about the Sekirei. He made a truth that Uzume and many others could agree with.

Uzume had seen what the Sekirei had done to him on a basis most of it unwilling. Which was why she was so hesitant to start this whole baby making the thing with Minato. She had no idea about Chifuyu but had seen the way that Minato was treated by his mother and sister. Didn't she know that Minato's behavior came from her?

What she read about Cecilia, she didn't like. Even less than Houki. Uzume found it interesting how Minato described them. They had a picture taken after the plan was over. Like the first time, the girls had been fighting over him. But they settled for it eventually.

Musubi had been standing at one side with Tsukiumi and Kusano. At the other, you had Matsu, Kazehana, Chiho, and Uzume. Being hugged by those women, Minato had a hard time getting used to that.

Minato looked at Uzume and he sighed. "Should I send one?"

"Given the flattery Ichika used, I think he might happy to have faces to put on names. How did you meet, Minato?"

The sole human girl in his harem asked and Minato sighed while giving Chiho a peck on the lips.

"We met when he was living in Hokkaido. He had lived in a small house with his sis as the sole family member. We were two boys who were similar. He hung out with Houki, the girl he talked about, but we hung out as well. It was fun with him and we had talked about it. I lived there with my grandparents and my sis. My grandparents had a dojo." Minato took a breath as the student thought back on those days.

"Yukari and Houki were always rivals with their sports and Ichika as well."

Uzume smiled as she heard that. The Veiled Sekirei didn't like Yukari that very much. Which was something her fellow Sekirei could agree on?

"She was in love with Ichika?"

Minato nodded on her and he smiled.

"Yep. He didn't know but that wasn't what we did. We were just two boys, not fitting in any category. I helped him with homework and watched the house until his sis came home."

Uzume didn't like that bit to hear.

"His parents?" She asked and Minato sighed.

"No idea. He didn't know. He also said that his sister didn't tell him. And Chifuyu Orimura is scary. She can compete with Miya, Kaa-san and Yukari." Minato said as he had seen Ichika's older sister.

"Isn't she his teacher? Shouldn't she look out for him?" Chiho asked. She had never been in a family after her parents died. Uzume was her single life line and when the Game was over and done, she had winged Uzume and lived in the Inn, having a new family to live for.

One of which she desired Uzume and Minato to provide some members of. And if she could, she would herself provide some as well.

But to hear that Chifuyu would be so cold towards Ichika, that struck a nerve like with her Sekirei.

"From what I get, Chifuyu-san is his teacher. She has a reputation to uphold and has no time for that."

"I get that in the classroom," Uzume hadn't bought it, "But in private, she can let him know her real thoughts."

The man sighed.

"Tell me. Your guess is as good as mine." The girls knew then Minato didn't like this as much as they did. While he had grown up with domineering women in his life, it was only now that a large part of him rebelled against that. His mother had gotten an earful, he didn't listen to his sister and he stopped his Sekirei only when they were going to kill his grandmother.

Which left a lot up for debate.

Uzume fondly remembered it as well. But she was now looking at this and she wasn't sure if she liked what she was reading here.

Chiho had dropped back on Minato's lap and the older woman sighed as she took her first Ashikabi up and moved to the rooms.

"I'm going to bed. Do we see you soon, Minato?" Her second Ashikabi nodded.

"Sure, I'll send a mail to Ichika and I go to bed."

Minato opened the mail and typed a small bit to his old friend.

Sup Ichika.

Things are fine here. We had some quiet days after that game but looks like they are over now. True, I have sent you a pic with the Sekirei. Check the attachment.

I can imagine it's not easy for you. I know what it is like to be the sole male. Harsh to hear that your sis is your teacher. We both know how Chifuyu is. With that girl, Cecilia, good luck with her.

Weird to hear from Houki. Isn't she also the little sister from Tabane? That is going to be rocky. Yukari is also a handful. You might be happy to hear that like me, she winged another Sekirei. A guy for that so she might not be after you. Might.

I'll chat with you later.

He went to his bed when he was done and it was no surprise that there were seven girls in his bed. Taking his own place in it, he felt warm between them. There were worse ways to sleep between a Flock of beautiful alien girls. Much, much worse.

The next morning in the ISA.

Ichika had been sitting next to Houki, trying to ignore the stares he had gotten from her. "You know. Stop being so stubborn. Not my fault that you acted like that."

He wasn't sure why but Houki looked even more stern.

"I'm not being stubborn." Ichika halted for a bit. Trying to make a woman admit defeat.

Hard but not impossible.

"Than stop acting like it's my fault I found your unmentionables on your sword. Besides, it's not like I am not used to them." Houki's blush escalated to levels that wouldn't be humanly possible. Ichika had again the idea that Houki had the worst ideas about him. She stood up and would have screeched the entire room in one spot.

"Sit down before you embarrass yourself. I was talking about my sister. You forget that I need to do laundry at my home so grow over it." It didn't take long before several girls were sitting around the table. Ichika tried to have normal conversations with them but he had a hard time getting used to it.

In the class, he was more or less not caring about some bits until Orimura-sensei announced they would have to choose for a class representative.

"The class representative would have to participate in representative tournaments, attend student council meetings and committee meetings. That person would be your class leader. I will take nominations. You can nominate yourself or others"

Ichika sighed as he had a good idea what would happen.

"Sensei, I nominate Orimura." A first girl picked on.

"I do as well."

Ichika sighed as he heard it and he decided not to act up. He had a good idea this would happen so he just let it slide.

"Hold on one second. I can't allow this." Cecilia stood up. "This type of selection is unacceptable. Just nominating him because he is a rare breed. Do you expect me, Cecilia Alcott, to live under the same of this monkey to lead our class? I came here to learn about the Infinite Stratos, not to join a circus. Only the most talented can be the class president and I'm the most suitable one."

It was like two things rose up. Her words became cruder and she was getting more into the whole role of a supreme woman.

"In the first place, living in such a country with an underdeveloped level of culture is extremely painful for a woman of my stature. It is bad enough that some game where perverted men had to kiss women to make them their slaves for their own pleasure but to think that…"

That was enough for Ichika.

"Isn't Britain an island either? How many times have you guys won the world's worst cuisine awards? And for the record, the Sekirei are significant creatures for those Ashikabi's. They are not slaves btw." Ichika had mouthed her off and it was enough for her as well.

"Are you insulting my country?" Ichika breathed in deep and sighed

"Can't see how that is any different from what you have been doing?"

Both Ichika and Cecilia got a hit at this point.

"The two of you, that's enough. If you want to settle this, you can do it in a duel."

"Fine by me. So you want a handicap?" Ichika asked Cecilia in which the class erupted in laughter.

"Orimura, you're so funny."

"Yeah, everyone knows that men are weaker than women. It is a common factor."

Ichika pondered about that for a bit. "True. We're weaker than you but isn't so that most of the Ashikabi are male? So who are the weaker ones?"

The girls gulped on that matter as that was true. While it would be true that males couldn't fight the Infinite Stratos, it had been proven that Sekirei could defeat Infinite Stratos. And for nearly every living Sekirei, the way men were treated by their significant others was repulsive. While they understood that humans didn't bind themselves as they did, they still found humans to be good partners.

The Sekirei weren't involved in politics like the Infinite Stratos were and a few countries who were too stubborn finally learned to leave them be.

In all essence, most of the male Ashikabi's wouldn't do anything but the point remained that if females acted out against them, it had been proven wrong.

But so far, most of the Sekirei didn't use their powers to fight. They had now only one thing on their mind. Making love with their Ashikabi.

"In any case, you two will have a fight next Monday. You two can go back to the lesson." The argument was closed as the class settled down. The entire day Ichika focused on the class and later on he was glad this day was over. He was alone and he wondered on how this fight would go.

When Ichika walked back to his room, he looked outside. He was wondering about this. How much he would give to home.

Or anywhere else from here.

In his room, Houki was out. Most likely for kendo training. So before dinner, he went for his computer and made a mail. He needed this first before his food.

Hey, Minato.

Looks like I have some issues with the women here as I got a fight with Alcott-san. Looks like I'm going to fight with her and I have been pushed to the fight. Besides that, those women got a serious issue here.

I'm just wondering. What do your Sekirei think about the way that men are treated today?

Is it also true that Sekirei can defeat Infinite Stratos? So far I go, that has happened right. In all essence, next Monday, I got a fight. I'll chat to you later this night.

See ya.

So for now, I'm done. Two updates in one row. Awesome. This is going to be parallelly written with Stories Told which will be really different. This is gonna be fun. And we're now at ten thousand words. Fun.

I'm going to continue to write on my fics and I really needed some time off writing this chapter. For the next chapters, we'll see what we do next. And the download of the beta Division 2 is one thing. See you guys around for the next chapter.

If you like the Division 2, check out my video tomorrow on my Youtube channel. Uncut gameplay, no comment.

Saluut.