I had this request to start writing this chapter on the thirty first of March. I had some ideas planned for this next coming chapter so let's get started.

Also, after some time. I made some corrections on the 13th of July 2020. Those were way overdue.

Can I play with madness?

The prophet looked and he laughed at me!

Can I play with madness?

He said: You're blind, too blind to see!

"Rin? What the hell are you doing here?" The sole male asked when he looked at the girl.

"Is that the first thing you say to your childhood friend after not seeing here for a year?" Ichika's hope of ever having a quiet life. Wait, he didn't have those hopes. So he left those for what they were.

"You do know we are at the ISA? So how and when did you end up here?" Rin sighed as she walked over to him.

"I have come back. When I heard that you became the first male pilot, I decided to come back to Japan as a student."

Ichika briefly wondered who the hell thought like her to blow up her entire life when it went down the drains once. And what she must have done to get over to this place again.

He pitied the poor SOB's but pitied himself more. And blaming those SOB's at the same time.

They caused him to have her now. And Rin having around was something he couldn't use in this very moment.

"Rin. I'm not going to ask why you got here. I am going to ask how." That was one disaster narrowly avoided.

One would know how many he would end up.

"I go there after asking my uncle to come here. And I have come to declare myself as rival towards class 1.1."

Did some mystical being cause Ichika to end up with the worst luck? He was thinking about that.

Where was a luck making graduated student of nineteen years and his Irish Street Punk/weapon designer when he needed those?

In a parallel universe.

Mattheus Adjzof sneezed three times. For some reason, Joel Pearce had the same problem at the same time. "Catching a cold?" Ichika asked when the group had a break. Like the usual, they had gathered around his chair, making liberal use of the desks. Houki had her moment by sitting in Ichika's lap.

Mattheus shook his head. After all, idiots don't get colds.

"No, I guess that the weather must be playing a part. But it's weird you got the same thing, Joel." The Hunter nuzzled his hand into the punk's head. Joel just shrugged as it was forgotten.

"Indeed weird."

"You did huh? Well, I'll welcome your challenge." That caused Rin to look up surprised.

"Huh, Ichika? Did you just accept my challenge?" The boy sighed. "Yes, I did. And? You came here for the challenge part."

Rin huffed and crossed her arms.

"I hope you realize that you're not going to have an easy win. With China, I can have a great match."

What was with him and having the luck of attracting those types of women? Headstrong, prideful and jealous.

He would not like the idea what some overpaid doctors said and that a guy would go looking in a wife what he sees in his mother.

Due to a lack of examples, Ichika's closest mother example turned out to be his sister.

Yes, he proved the doctors to be spot on. If Rin, Houki and for some reason, Cecilia were to go by.

But he'd like to know why Minato who had both Takami AND Yukari. And he ended up with a couple of alien super babes who were the opposite of his mother and sister.

Well, he had heard of Tsukiumi but most of the girls were very different from Takami and Yukari.

"That's cool but don't count your chicken before they hatch."

"Are you saying you can win?"

"Did so before." 'With Minato's help but what you don't know, won't hurt me.' Ichika said back to her.

Rin was about to blow a gasket and before she could do effectively so, Rin got wacked in the head by a notebook.

She turned around to see Chifuyu Orimura standing.

"Chifuyu-san. Good morning." That earned her another whack.

"It's Orimura-sensei and you're not on my list of teaching. So get out Huang." And so Rin did. Nearly flying over the hallway.

"Orimura, I hope that you could keep the racket down for a bit. You're class representative so keep the ruckus down." Ichika's eyes got a flame that Chifuyu had seen in the mirror but never in his.

"Then expel me, sensei." The way he said that word made clear how much respect he had for her. Which had dropped to nothing?

"If not, then don't blame me for things that I can't help." He said as he sat down and he ignored the stares he got from his classmates. He had mouthed off Chifuyu Orimura.

She was walking to him and there was something that said either that Ichika had no fear or was insane.

"What did you say?" And it was like magic the girls moved away from ground zero. He looked at her.

"You heard me. You're just twenty four, Orimura-sensei. Too young to get dementia. And you know how much I want to be here. So I give you a big tip. Lower your standards. Cause the things you forced yourself through. I shouldn't do those just cause you did. I'm not you." And with that, Ichika shut his big sister up.

The entire first day flew by. The amount of rebelling that he got was amazing but he ignored the stares of the girls. In lunch, he didn't get so much rest as Rin joined in.

"So how you got in here?" She asked him when the two sat at the table.

"Not that fancy story. I lost my way when I was going for my exam. Touched the thing and it became attached to me."

"That's it?" Rin asked in a surprised voice.

"That's it," Ichika said back and he had hoped that peace would come now. But alas, it didn't.

Two pair of hands slammed on the table. Clearly, Houki and Cecilia had joined in. Giving the boy a glare, Ichika sighed as they looked at him.

"Ichika, who is this?" Houki asked.

"Don't tell me you're dating this girl." Cecilia pipped in.

Ichika shook his head, hoping they would believe him.

"Ichika, who are those two?"

Great, he had three crazy ones to deal with. That was just his luck.

"Houki, Rin. Rin, Houki. I met Houki in elementary school and I met Rin in middle school. And Cecilia is the one I beat in the match." He said trying to keep calm.

"I heard of it. You caused a lot of ruckuses." She said in a condescending tone. Ichika had an idea she was trying to imitate his sister in that.

"How did you actually beat her?" Rin asked and the two girls were surprised that she had thought that out. Ichika's raised eyebrow gave away he didn't think about revealing it.

"I got lucky I guess." He said, hoping that would defuse it. But no such luck.

"That is impossible. You have a secret and what is it?" Rin wanted to know so she could avoid the humiliation that Cecilia suffered.

"Did you cheat? How can you even think about that sort of thing?" You could read the accusation of Cecilia in her words. And with a put upon sigh, Ichika didn't want to elaborate.

"Did you ask help from Minato?" Houki asked him and the girls turned to him when they heard that name.

"Minato?"

"Who might that be?"

Their voices were too damn sweet. They didn't hide the malicious intent in them and Ichika hoped that Minato would forgive him or at least understand him. Thinking about it, he would be saved.

Like those girls could hurt him.

"You're right, Houki. I asked for some help from Minato. And if you wonder who that is, I'm talking Minato Sahashi. An old friend of mine." Ichika answered them and the gears in their little heads were turning.

"Minato Sahashi? Hold on, are you talking about the Minato Sahashi? That super pervert that got married to six women." Cecilia screeches could cause the glass to break.

"First of all. Yes. That Minato Sahashi. And no, he's not a pervert. He's an Ashikabi and an old friend of mine. He helped me out with Alcott-san and I'm going to ask for his help again when I'm dealing with you, Rin." Ichika said with a clear voice and Cecilia was affronted by that.

"Ichika, how can you? You'd ask him for help instead of defeating him with your own strength. That's dishonorable."

"Houki. They can do the same thing. They ask the UK or China. I don't have that help. So I'm going to ask him. Besides, if you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory, you will suffer one defeat. I'm not having that." Ichika said and he glared at them.

"So there you have it. Happy?" Ichika snapped at the next nuisance in his life.

"How do you even know him?" Rin asked, not taken aback by him.

"An old friend." And with that, Ichika left and he walked away.

Houki and Rin shared a look.

"You knew?"

"We go back a while. But you didn't know about Minato?" Rin shook her head on Houki's logical question. Both had an idea that they messed up.

"I didn't know that but it turns out that he got a lot of powerful friends." And that was something true.

Ichika walked away from the mess hall and back to his classroom. He had hoped for some peace and quiet. But no such luck.

Chifuyu walked in and she looked pissed at him. "Orimura. I heard a little bird tell me something."

"What did that bird tell you?"

"It said that a certain idiot has an equally big idiot who helped him out with certain problems by asking help? Do you wonder who that might be?"

"That the rumor mill in this school is damn fast, making me wonder if girls have nothing better to do and that your little birdy is good." With a smile that carried none of the warmth she was so used of him, he looked at his big sister.

"I asked Minato for some help. And there's no way I'll stop doing that. I need some help and I'll take what I get." Chifuyu had now stopped looking at him and glared at him.

That glare could melt steel in Ichika's opinion.

"Why? I don't think you realize that you have no idea how much trouble you are." Ichika shrugged on that remark.

"You can expel me if you want. I don't really care. And what did I do wrong? The Representative Candidates can ask for help from their countries. I can do the same thing. I just asked from Minato." Chifuyu's glare became even worse.

"Do you think you can't get in trouble? You do know what you are. A male pilot. So far, you're the most searched thing after in history."

"Pretty sure there are some Sekirei who can beat me to that. And you want something, Chifuyu-nee." It wasn't forgetfulness that made Ichika say the affectionate name. Although, affectionate. That wasn't the case now.

"I'm just fifteen years old. What do I know about the world? Nothing. I had an idea someone would watch my back. But she's too occupied with upholding her reputation and status. That she acts in public like that. I can get. But not even the confirmation that she has my back in private. That can't be done."

Ichika glared now at Chifuyu.

"If you don't want to act like my big sis that you are then I'm asking others. So for now, leave me to go alone. I have to do things myself. Can't do that much. So I'm asking help." And with that, the world that had crashed down around a few girls came around her.

Truth can be really harsh.

In some other place, there were others who enjoyed their day in a completely different fashion.

For Kusano, it was her turn to spend time with her Ashikabi. And it was about time.

Despite being the only one of his 'flock' as Minato preferred that term instead of the harem who had not the age nor body of sexual intercourse, she was smart and perceptive. Recently, she and Musubi had the talk on how babies were made. And Minato was wondering how much it would cost him to die.

Even without that, in Minato's head and body, it was both screaming no when it came to those things.

It was maybe the only time that all of the Sekirei could agree that no illicit relationship rule in the Inn was a good thing.

But now, she was with Minato and Musubi in a bus riding to an amusement park. They were dressed in normal clothes. Or as normal you could get.

Musubi wore jeans that fitted her bum very well and wore a shirt. Her bra was also provided. With Kusano, she had left her green dress and chose to wear shorts that were a bit more normal.

Minato once again thanked the fact that one of 'his' Sekirei could make clothes.

He had no idea where he could buy a bra that could fit Musubi's breasts.

In the bus, they were talking about the amusement park. They had been there when Musubi was still up in the sky. And they had a lot of fun that day.

They were dressed in more clothes back then. It was bone freezing cold that day. Now, they were lucky to have a bit more warmth with the sun coming through.

It wouldn't be thirty-five degrees Celsius (in Fahrenheit, that'd be 95) but around twenty-eight so perfect way to spend a day in the amusement park. Minato was happy that he only took Kusano and Musubi with him. He got really sick last time.

And now, he was out here on the bus. His mind went back on how abruptly they had to close their day out down as things went awry back on the island.

He smiled at the birds were sleeping next to him.

A blood-soaked game and it had come to a good end. An end better than most could have dreamt off. And now, they could live their lives as they wanted.

And that didn't go for him alone. No, every Ashikabi worth that name could. For now, he sat in the bus and he was just wondering what they all could do.

He wasn't alone. There were several parents with their children. And like the kid sleeping in his lap, those kids were sleeping as well.

On the opposite seat, an older guy was sitting there with a child in his lap as well. He appeared to be a foreigner with blond hair and next to him was a woman with light blond hair and Minato wasn't sure if she wasn't a Sekirei with how beautiful she was.

The man wasn't a slouch either. His hair was a bit longer than his and unlike Minato who were a plain red shirt, the man had a shirt that had a design of a soldier covering his eyes. The great war was written on it.

For his pants, Minato wondered where he got cargo pants.

Minato looked to the boy that had been sleeping his lap. He wore the same shirt as the man, only a site better suited for him.

What struck him as odd was that the boy had brown hair. The eyes of the older guy which were blue were aimed at Minato.

"It's rude to stare you know." The voice was a bit rough but had a certain warmness in it. Minato looked up and shook his head.

"Sorry."

"No worries. I guess it is weird given the fact that this kid doesn't look like anything like me but you have the same thing, right?" His chin pointed at Kusano.

"But with an alien girl, that isn't that weird." Minato sighed as he foresaw. Sekirei was now about public knowledge and the world knew of them.

"So you know she's a Sekirei?" The man nodded and he grinned at the former Ronin.

"Man. You have to be living under a rock not to know about the Sekirei. Although, all things considered, I read the things here. But hey, no worries."

"I am just wondering if you're an Ashikabi." The man shook his head. "Nope. My parents adopted this kid. But both died years ago so I took over. But I met her." He looked to the woman sleeping next to him.

"She had to Japan for a bit. And we, well, went along."

"She could afford it to take you with her." The man nodded.

"Yup. She had her job and I found a place to work as well. Manual labor is wanted everywhere. I don't have much up here." He pointed at his head.

"So I rely on my body. But hey, it is what it is. But even so, you don't meet everyday Minato Sahashi on the bus." Minato sighed as the bus came to a close. The two stirred the children and women awake and waited until the busy parts of the bus were off. The boy yawned and Minato could see the green eyes.

What struck him as odd was that the man took the boy in his neck.

"Nice meeting, Sahashi." The man said while extending a hand.

"Pleasure is all mine, mister," Minato asked when he shook the hand.

"Mattheus. Mattheus Adjzof." The now mentioned Mattheus answered with a grin. "Come on, Joel. Time for our day out."

"Bout time too, bro." The three walked off while the woman linked her arm with Mattheus. Minato sighed. You never know how life would go.

With Musubi and Kusano, they waited until they could buy their tickets. Afterward, they went inside and a whole day they could spend together as a family.

While she did call her big brother and big sisters, Kusano often saw the older Sekirei as surrogate mothers. It was often with Musubi, Uzume or for some reason, Tsukiumi. But for now, that could wait.

And she wanted to ride in Minato's neck. Which he accepted doing. And for the entire day, they just spent it like that.

Riding in the Ferris wheel and he discovered that Musubi had a fear of heights if she could not control it. Kusano looked over the entire place with puppy eyes. It was hard not to squeeze her and even with her age, Kusano could act like a kid.

For the roller coaster, he wasn't so sure but after getting puppy eyes from both Musubi and Kusano, he relented and went with it. It was fun so far and he was better used to the sharp turns now. Musubi sat behind them and she enjoyed the fast ride. She had no idea humans could make things like those. Kusano was happy as well and it made it nearly worth. Luckily, he hadn't eaten too much.

They also went for cups and the three agreed then and there they would never go in that thing again. They were sick and it took them fifteen minutes to rest out on benches while looking green as grass. (A record gave the fact that Sekirei was stronger than humans).

They had taken their lunch with them. Amusement parks were great places to have fun but not great places to eat. It was hard to find something that wasn't take away. And the prices are like something universal. Ridiculously high priced for what it actually is.

Tsukiumi had packed a lunch. Minato could never count the stars that he was happy his flock gave up their fights for allowing this.

Would have been worse if two extra women would make an argument. He shuddered at the idea of what would happen if Tsukiumi would fight against Uzume in regard to Chiho. For Uzume, that girl was holy as Minato had become. After all, he went all this extra to save her and Chiho.

But for now, that could wait as both Minato, Musubi, and Kusano had to spend the rest of their time. Ice-skating wasn't a great idea as nor Minato as Kusano had a great balance. So they kept that out.

They, however, loved the bits out of the water rides and that was great as temperatures went up higher during the day. They had tried bumper boats, log flumes, and all the other things. Minato made a note that he could invite Tsukiumi for this.

While the bumper boats had some round in it, it wasn't as bad as the turning cups and they had lots of fun.

Their clothes were soaked one time and five minutes later, they were dry. The logs were fun for Musubi who enjoyed the trills of going up and down.

It was just happy fun times together in the park. It was nice to spend the day with his first two Sekirei and he had no school tomorrow. So they made their ride home later when the park closed by. All three of them were exhausted but they had lots of fun.

When they took the ride home, it didn't take long before they fell asleep on the bus and peacefully, their day went by.

When they got home, it was past dinner time but by eating out, they avoided the lecture. The rest of the habitats were all sitting in the living room. Weird for Matsu.

Kazehana was conversing with Uzume and Chiho while Tsukiumi helped Miya with the dishes. Matsu was talking to Kagari and Takehito read the newspapers.

"We're back," Minato said and the group looked at him.

"Welcome home. Sahashi, can we have a conversation for a bit?" Takehito asked and it looked like it was serious.

"Fine by me but I can put Kuu in her bed first before we talk?" They had a hard time resisting Kusano and it had taken Minato forever to work with laying guidelines. Her cuteness could be weaponized. When he did so, he brushed her teeth and made his way downstairs.

The group sat around the table and when he sat down, the flock gathered around him. Miya wanted to speak but after being put in Takehito's lap, she couldn't speak so much as a squeak.

"Sahashi, I am going to ask it to you, straight? Do you intend to get children?" That caused a reaction of blushing among the flock who had all been trying to avoid that. Minato wasn't really sure how to answer that.

Even Musubi was bright red unlike most of the times when those things flew over her head. It was pinned that Yume's influence had that effect on her.

"Well, it's just that, I don't really…" Minato mumbled and Takehito put up his head.

"Listen, with the plan over and done and we can all start living normal lives, kids are going to be a part of that but Sahashi, we can't have seven babies in this place. I get the fact you guys will do your dirty laundry in other places but whatever happens is that if you keep this up, you will have children. But we can't have kids in this place so…"

"You want us to move out?" Minato asked.

"Listen, with Sekirei and Ashikabi's there are going to be kids. Frankly, it might be interesting to see how this all works as you have never ceased to amaze to me." He looked at Uzume who turned bright red.

"And I wonder how those kids will turn out. Even if they come from two Ashikabi's." Chiho whistled an innocent tone that didn't avoid the whole thing. Minato had gone this far from them.

"Now, for the record is that Sekirei have the same pregnancy as humans so that is nine months. And none of you girls are pregnant right now?"

"Not for lack of trying but no, we're not," Kazehana said and the group got even redder. "Look so far, I think you should wait before that. I get the point you want kids, after all, you have been through and they are interesting material. I can also watch how this will play out as there are no other subject matters that I can examine. You and your sister are going to be a real help."

Briefly, the Sekirei wondered about Yukari. Minato's little sister who winged of the few male Sekirei. Kusano's best friend. Shiina and it was clear that Yukari like her older brother had no interest in waiting with having sex.

Yukari was even more interesting given the fact that female Ashikabi's were as rare as they came.

"But if you do, keep that in mind. You're always welcome but having kids is not going to be easy." The flock turned to Minato as it was his decision.

"Thank you, Takehito-san. I'll be sure to keep it in mind but for now, I have an idea we will be staying for a while. Someone is going to need our help in the future." And that was that.

I think it went well. Got a bit of holiday and I have been playing the hell out of the Division 2. Damn, I love that game.

I blame the amount of randomness on Jackie Avocado.

Not my greatest work but I have done far worse.

And spoiler alert.

There will be kids. A lot of them.

Saluut.