Sekirei: The Lost Wolf

by Helghast honored guard

The Lonewolf survived and made it off Reach .Now he finds himself trapped in another world, another time and another conflict. Up against a madman forcing a race of super powered aliens to fight to the death to bring a new age of the gods . (Six and Harem)

5. Chapter 5

Six kept his assault rifle Zeroed in on the twins. It didn't take long for him to realize the two were Sekirei, element types from the electricity sporadically forking off them. "Athena, ID these two for me." Six ordered.

Athena virtually nodded. "Already on it."

"You gotta be kidding, those two again!" Toyotama sounding not to pleased.

"You know them?" Six asked the greenette, not shifting his gaze an inch.

Toyotama nodded. "I sure do. They are #11. Hikari and #12. Hibiki, the Lightning-Twins. They have a reputation amongst other participants for hunting down weaker, unwinged Sekirei - probably to gain easy victories. No doubt the shrine-maiden cosplayer over there is their current prey." Toyotama said taking a quick glance at the brunette that fell from a high building landing on the young man across from them before taking her attention back to the twins.

"They sound like a pretty despicable pair." Six commented.

"Tell me about it. A little while ago they actually chased after and tried to terminate me. I was able to get away unharmed, and gave the one in the darker purple a good hit to the stomach." Toyotama smirked.

"I see. Since you have combat experience against them, what can you tell me about these twins? Strengths and weaknesses?"

"The best way to fight them is to keep them separated. Their powers are stronger when they are either touching or in close proximity with each other."

Six nodded fractionally, taking in everything Toyotama revealed and constructed rough a plan of attack. Before Six could lay out his plan one of the twins taunted their target again.

"You may not feel like fighting right now, sweetie, but we do!"

Both twins held up a hand each and electricity sparked around them all the more. Six glanced at the young man and the brunette alien and found the young man freaking out. No doubt probably his first time seeing logic-defiant Sekirei. Suddenly the twins jumped off the building towards their targets with a shout.

"Die quick!"

"Toyotama quickly distract them while I sneak behind them!" Six ordered, then activated his active camouflage.

Toyotama nodded and ran out of the alleyway to greet the twins. The brunette seemed frozen as the twins came straight towards her with their attack charged up, but suddenly snapped into action. She grabbed the young man's hand and rolled out of the way just in time to avoid being crushed under-foot.

"Hey! Lightning sluts!"

The twins turned around the moment they hit the ground and to their surprise they discovered the green haired Toyotama in a combat stance. The one clad in a darker shade of purple groaned and clicked her tongue.

"You again?!"

Toyotama glared back undaunted. "I see you two are still up to your old tricks, trying to take out those that haven't been winged yet."

"You know, I thought that after you escaped from us last time you'd do the smart thing and lay low." The electromancer snarled like a predator about to pounce on its prey. "But to tell you the truth, I'm fine with this turn of events - now I can get you back for that cheep shot last time."

Toyotama grinned. "Last time you guys caught me off-guard because I was still unwinged, but now that is no longer a problem. I found my Ashikabi." the greenette then turned around and moved her hair out of the way to show that she had the mark for winged Sekirei on the back of her neck.

The shrine-maiden looked at Toyotama with a smile on her face. "Congratulation on finding your Ashikabi, miss."

Toyotama turned back around to face the lightning twins and with a smile on her face looked to the shrine-maiden. "Thank you. I hope you're able to find yours as well."

The shrine maiden nodded happily as her thanks to Toyotama.

The lighter-purple clad twin frowned. "Maybe we should leave, Hikari. If it is true that she's been winged her Ashikabi can't be to far away."

Hikari scoffed. "Are you kidding me? So what if the bimbo is winged? I don't see her Ashikabi anywhere. If we play our cards right we can take out the pole-girl and the cosplayer in one go."

Minato still had no idea what the hell was going on. First he failed the collage entrance examination, then a beautiful woman fell out of the sky and crashed him into the ground, next it seemed that she was being attacked by two feisty twins that could control lightning, then - as if that weren't enough - another pretty girl with a bo-staff appeared and started yelling at the twins, and the four seemed to know each other. Had the he finally lost his sanity? Before Minato could ponder further he saw something blur the air... a shimmer of light moved towards the twins. The shimmer-blur almost cemented the idea he was seeing things and needed to get his head checked.

Hikari smirked at Toyotama. "For somebody who is so proud to have found their Ashikabi, I don't see him with you. So the real question is if you intend to face us alone? That cosplyer there won't fight us until she finds her Ashikabi so its two against one, and I'm pretty sure that my sister and I can take you on even if you are winged."

Hikari and Hibiki then prepared to strike at the weapon type Sekirei with electricity dancing around their outstretched arms.

Toyotama saw the shimmer-blur right behind the twins and began to grin. 'Good, he's behind them and they don't seem to have noticed anything. I guess its time to spring the trap.' she thought. She began to laugh to taunt the twins. "Are you two blind? My Ashikabi is already here - in fact, he's been here the whole time."

Hibiki was confused as she looked over the area Toyotama was standing in and saw no one was there. She was getting a bad feeling about this. Hikari on the other hand just chuckled.

"Alright then if your Ashikabi truly is here, where is he?"

"Right behind you."

Before they could react Six punched the butt of his assault rifle across Hikari's face, then immediately jerked it back to fold Hibiki over with a blow to her gut that knocked the air out of her lungs and almost loosed her breakfast. Six de-cloaked and grabbed Hikari by the scruff of her top, hoisted her above his head and tossed her towards Toyotama who batted the electromancer along with her bo-staff to send her tumbling into the alleyway. Six then turned to the younger twin and delivered a roundhouse kick to her chest, the impact of which hurled her down the sidewalk away from the young man and the shrine-maiden - and more importantly, away from her twin.

Six then turned to the two bystanders and gave them a very simple order. "Run!"

The shrine-maiden did exactly that - she got her feet under her, grabbed Minato and lunged into a sprint away from the fight. Six was impressed by her speed.

"Definitely a Sekirei."

Six then moved toward the youngest sibling as Toyotama dealt with the eldest.

With the twins contending with the newcomers, the shrine-maiden beat feet at such a fast pace Minato's legs where not even touching the ground. He felt like he was floating on air. He was even feeling motion sickness from the speed, like he was going pass out at any moment. 'What the hell is going on here! First that cute girl landing on me, those girls with lightning coming out of their hands, that fourth one with the staff…. now this 7 foot tall mecha-thing that was invisible attacked the lightning girls!' Minato complained within confines of his mind. 'My God! These girls seem like something out of anime... And that mecha-thing too!'

Then he passed out.

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Back at the battle site.

Hikari tumbled her way through the alleyway right before coming to a stop hitting the back of her head on solid concrete making her yelp in pain. As she laid there she couldn't help but think what just attacked her and her sister. She was only able to stare at it for a few glimpses right before it tossed her like a ragdoll, this almost 7 foot thing clad in black and grey armor and a golden visor for a face that materialize out of thin air.

"What the hell... was that thing?" Hikari painfully wondered out loud.

Before she could even pick herself up off the ground instinct kicked in something was telling her to look up and she did, right above her high in the air she saw Toyotama coming straight down towards her with a smirk on her face. Hikari rolled out of the way a blink before Toyotama's staff collided with solid concrete and created a huge web of cracks.

Toyotama smirked over to Hikari and they locked eyes. "You just met my Ashikabi."

Meanwhile Hibiki was trying to get up off of the ground and get air into her lungs. Her immediate reflex was to clutch at her stomach and hope that she wouldn't through up. That was when she heard a heavy thud in front of her. When she looked up she saw the 7 foot tall armored thing that brutally separated the sisters. Even though she was angry her fear overpowered her rage.

'What the hell is that thing? Is it a Sekirei? No, I don't think he is one of us. Is he working for MBI? Sent to punish us for hunting unwinged Sekirei? That's not against the rules though?'

Before Hibiki could continue with her line of thought, the armored man put his rifle away and began to crack his knuckles.

That was when he charged with the speed that no human could match and threw the first punch. Hibiki dodged the attack and tried to use a electric uppercut on her enemy, but when her hand hit his chin the impact nearly broke her hand in the process if the pain was any indication. The Spartan then used an open palm strike against Hibiki's chest that knocked her back before throwing a straight jab hitting #12 in the nose. The feature buckled and blood exploded from her nostrils.

Not about to give her a moment of rest, Six charged again and loosed a straight kick into Hibiki's stomach. Folded in half by a violent impact for the second time in a hot minute, this time she did throw up her breakfast. Six the followed up with a knee to the face, only for Hibiki to react and catch the attack before the armored monster could do more damage to her face, but when she caught it the power and force behind the blow was definitely stronger than a normal human. Hibiki then backed away and unleashed a lightning blast at the Spartan. While it was weaker compared to what she could do if she was in range with her sister it was still powerful, so she expected him to seize up in pain - only for something to flash around him and suddenly pop before vanishing.

Six was surprised that even alone this Sekirei was able to take out his shields. He would have to be careful with her. Six quickly drew a pistol and fired a few shots to injure and take her out of combat. Surprisingly Hibiki used her powers to create an electromagnetic field around her body and deflected from their path and move around her leaving her completely unharmed. Six moved forwards to resume melee.

"Interesting, she can use her electric powers for not only attack, but defense as well." Athen chattered in his ear. "Makes me wonder how powerful they are together."

"Let's not find out." Six retorted as he side-stepped another bolt of lightning.

Six then tried to pistol-whip the youngest lightning twin in the temple to knock her out, but Hibiki dodged the attack and gave a heel kick to the Spartan. The attack connected to his head, but instead of taking it Six used the momentum of Hibiki's kick to spin around and duck down while extending his right leg and sweeping her off her feet. #12 fell to the floor, and before Hibiki could get back up Six was on her and with quick reflexes was able to bash Hibiki into unconsciousness.

With the younger twin defeated, Six now went to go aid Toyotama in her fight against the elder twin. High above in the skies watching below MBI surveillance satellites monitoring the battle between Six, Toyotama and the Lightning-Twins.

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Back in MBI Tower in Minaka's office, MBI's CEO watched the Spartans second battle with glee on his face.

"Well well, I must say you are full of surprises my armored friend. Speed and strength on par with any combat type Sekirei, the ability to turn invisible, and now energy shields!"

In the last 24 hours MBI been watching Noble Six like a hawk and learning everything they could from him by such limited observations. With recent events they discovered something new.

"I wonder where he got that." Takami amazed at what she saw from the monitor. "There's no other country or organization that has developed or come close to creating active camouflage, much less energy shields. Even we don't have that with all the advanced technology at our disposal - the only improvements we ever got from the ship was relevant to medical and computer technologies.

"Indeed! I'm curious to know what else the Spartan will show us!" Minaka exclaimed excitedly.

"So am I." Karasuba chipped in from her position standing behind Minaka and Takami. She also was watching the monitor in front of them with interest on her face, enjoying the Spartans latest battle with a devilish smirk on her face as she watched him brutally take down one of the Lightning-Twins.

"Hu.. he just got lucky that's all." Spoke a young woman with standing next to Karasuba watching Noble sixes fight. A young wearing kimono-like shirt with one sleeve missing, and has pink hair which she wears in a side ponytail with two daisy clips, as well as pink eyes. Her body is very athletic, more toned than most other Sekirei but not overly muscular. She has small breasts that haven't grown by a single millimeter and is an A cup, this is number 105 Benitsubasa. The Red Sekirei.

Standing next the Red Sekirei was another young woman. A bandage-wrapped form covered by a tattered black kimono held tight to her body at her midsection, by a brown section of leather secured with two small black belts with metal buckles. She wore a studded black choker, and black thigh-high boots. Her hands and arms were covered from fingertip to elbow by wickedly-sharp barbed metal gauntlets, which vary in colour from silver to grey depending on the lighting, and had unruly, spiky silver hair and narrow black eyes, and her left eye is consistently covered by hair. These aspects give her a wicked, macabre, and daunting appearance. This was number 104 Haihana, the Blue Sekirei. Haihana said nothing, content to observe the battle on the monitor as the armored man known as Six took down Sekirei number 12 .

"Other than having his hands on highly advanced technology, we still can't figure out who he is." Takami huffed, and brought up another window on the monitor to play older drone footage. Takami played the moment when he removed his helmet seeing his face for the first time.

A young man - in his late teens or early 20s - with a strong sculpted jaw line and square chin. Some stubble gave him slightly a rugged look. He has unexpectedly full lips and his hair was shaven quite close to his scalp. A almost Hellenic nose. His eyebrows were thick and black. The Spartan's eyes were a nice crystal blue with shades of green and something darker around the pupils. He had couple of scars on his cheek, one across his nose, and one above his right eye starting from the brow and going up to the middle of his forehead.

Takami didn't say it but seeing all the scars on such a young face made her feel uneasy. He looked like he was around her son's age. 'what the hell happened to you?' Takami internally.

"I must say, he almost looks cute. I think those scars make him look sexy, though." Haihana commented, developing a little bit of a blush on her face. "Definitely a lot more handsome than Natsuo."

"Tch… yeah-right! No way more he's more handsome than my Natsuo!" Benitsubasa snapped in defense of Natsuo.

"You know he's gay, right? Also, are you just jealous because the armored man is with a Sekirei that has bigger boobs than you." Haihana teased.

Benitsubasa gave her partner an angry snarl. "Oh shut up Haihana! Besides, Natsuo like small breasts like mine and not oversized milk jugs like the green bimbo has!"

Haihana couldn't help but snicker since she hit a nerve.

Karasuba took no interest in their banter but stared at the armored man's true face, taking in every detail she could. She knew by the look in his eyes and by his scars alone he has seen many battles and killed many. It drew the smirk on her face larger imagining a battle between him and her. Showing the same brutality he showed to number 12 and to the eastern Sekireis . She could almost taste the blood on her lips facing off against him.

"Minaka, I don't know why I'm bothering with this but if this is not a sign that we should remove him immediately, then I don't not know what is… and after what happened to one of our field agents today when delivering number 16's battle attire he had a knife to his throat. Luckily our cameras caught that too." Takami grumbled, then played the footage of their field agent delivering number 16's outfit as he approach the main entrance of the apartment complex that's when the Spartan appeared out of existence holding a knife to his throat.

Instead of being worried or afraid for the agent Minaka found this quite entertaining. "Oh well, if he did killed him there would be many more to replace him… I do find it entertaining watching him cloaking in and out of existence like Predator!" Minaka maniacally laughed as he said that.

"Nice to know how much you value your own employees." Takami muttered bitterly while frowning at the CEO. At least she cared about their employees and their lives.

Taking another deep breath she continued with her report. "We took the opportunity to run his face through our network to find a match. However... we found nothing. No date of birth, no ID, no passport - nothing. It's like he never ever existed. The only thing we know from his mug shot is that that he's somewhere in his late teens to early 20s , Caucasian of either North American or European decent, standing at either 6.6 or 6.9 feet tall, that's it."

"Well I expected nothing about him to be found anyway from someone who appeared out of a ray of light, not that I care since the man has provided good entertainment so far." Minaka maniacally laughed again making Takami sigh again.

"I still believe he's too big of a security threat; with that camouflage technology he could probably sneak through our front door and roam around the tower unseen. His shields might not be much of a issue, depending on their strength. I'd like to capture his technology - capture that armor, his weapons and whatever makes him cloak invisible - for study, and maybe we can learn how he's able to go up against a Sekirei."

"Yeah, I'd like to learn that ability to be able to turn invisible. Something like that could be useful in combat. Of course shields are always useful." Haihana added.

Karasuba huffed. "I think something like it is for cowards who can't win a fair fight."

"Yeah, camouflage and shielding is for cowards." Benitsubasa agreed. "And if the armored asshole does come here we'll turn him in a scrap metal!"

Contrary to appearances, Minaka was taking in everything about what Takami said about the newly reveal technological abilities. "Then we'll just have to improve our defenses around the tower that can detect an individual if they are invisible... for now let's just enjoy the show." Minaka said as he took his attention back to the monitor with number 12 defeated but not deactivated. The gathering redirected their attention back to the fight between number 11 and number 16.

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Hikari wasn't having a great day. First she and her sister tried hunting down a unwinged Sekirei only to run into the bitch that got away from them last time; not only did she want to pick a fight at an inopportune time, but she was now winged. At first she thought it would still be easy to over power her as she was alone... or so she thought. Imagine her surprise when her Ashikabi - or what ever the hell else he was - materialized out of nowhere and separated her from her sister. Then this green-haired bitch persistently kept her from reuniting with Hibiki so that they couldn't use their powers efficiently.

As the eldest lightning twin was raging in her thoughts Toyotama smacked some sense into her - literally - in the head with a horizontal strike to the temple. Hikari shook her head to clear illusionary stars which left her open for a swift jab to the solar plexus that was immediately followed by an upward strike to the chin, knocking the electromancer flat on her ass. #11 though was able to roll out of the way when Toyotama tried to finish her of with a stab. Nothing she tried seemed to be working as she tried to get passed her because #16 had more reach thanks to the stripper pole she was swinging around, and if she tried range attacks #16 would just dodge and move out the way before closing in on her.

'Dammit this pole slut is really starting to piss me off.' Hikari raged inwardly.

Toyotama smirked and ran towards her swing the bo-staff with graceful twirls in an effort to confuse her opponent. Hikari threw a lightning enhanced punch only for the greenette to side step it and swing her staff at her knees weakening Hikari's stance. Before she could recover she moved her right hand to the other side of her staff and slammed it into the bridge of her nose, nearly breaking it, before she spun her staff over head and landed a devastating hit to the back of Hikari's head finally forcing her to the ground. Before she could get up Hikari saw the armored thing the standing over her sister with a gun in hand.

Hikari saw red as she assumed the worst.

"I'm going to kill you!" she howled and hurled as much lightning as she could at the armored man. "No one fucks with my little sister!"

Six saw the attack coming towards him and was able to dodge it before running towards the elder twin. Hikari got up, but in her rage she forgot about Toyotama. As Hikari tried to attack the Spartan once more, Toyotama swept Hikari's feet out from under her, once again putting the older lightning twin back on the ground. Hikari tried to get up, but by that time Six closed the distance and step on Hikari's chest keeping her pinned to the ground as he aimed his pistol at her head.

"You've lost." Six informed her bluntly.

Hikari wanted to keep fighting but she was no fool. On the ground, a gun pointed at her head, outnumbered... she knew there was no way she could win now.

As Six stood on top of her he saw sadness in her eyes and decided to clear up the misunderstanding. "Your sister is not dead. I knocked her unconscious."

Hikari blinked in confusion.

"It's true. He just knocked up up-side the head to keep her out of trouble." Athena added.

Even more confused Hikari cocked her head. "You're a girl?"

Toyotama chuckled at her confusion as Six sighed. "No, I am not." he informed flatly. "Now, here is what is going to happen; I'm going to lift my foot of your chest and while Toyotama and I leave, you will gather up your sister and leave too. Are these terms agreeable to you?"

Hikari looked at the Spartan and nodded slowly, but Toyotama noticed something about the elder twin. What she saw in Hikari's eyes was the look of a girl who was starting to become aroused and from the blush that was present on her cheeks. Toyotama's only thought was 'Aww shit, don't tell my this little whore is reacting to my Ashikabi?'.

Six removed his foot but still kept his gun trained on Hikari in case she tried anything stupid. Hikari slowly got up with her hands raised and began walking towards her sister as the Spartan and his Sekirei gathered they're things and the four of them left the alleyway without further conflict.

As they were walking away Six switched off the external comms for a moment. "Athena were they watching ?"

Athena nodded on his HUD. "Yes, they were heavily monitoring your fight with Hikari and Hibiki. From what I'm picking up they seem to be impressed by you and at the same time still wondering what you are."

"Are they still monitoring us now?"

"Yes, constantly. There's a satellite right above us, observing." Athena stated.

Six exhaled. The spartan stopped in his tracks and turned to look up at the sky. Toyotama noticed him stopping and looking up at the sky. Confused, she asked "Is something wrong?"

"No, just saying fuck you to the game master."

Six made a gesture he seen so many Marines use, moving one of his hands high in the air in the form of a fist and lifting up his middle finger to the sky.

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Back with MBI, Minaka enjoy the battle between the Spartan and his Sekirei against Numbers 11 and 12. "Hu… I'm a little disappointed they spared them… I was hoping for more of a battle to the death." Minaka pouted, watching both parties walk away, watching six and Toyotama go off in a separate direction while Hikari collected her sister.

"I think they were just trying to stop them from pursuing number 88." Takami said as she paid greater attention to the video. Earlier they were chasing Musubi for a while and lo and behold she ends up crashing into her son… deep down, considering the strange fortune that surrounded her son, Takami suspected he was going to be marked by Number 88 as an Ashikabi... yet she silently prayed that Musubi's would not.

However what shocked her the most was Noble-Six in close proximity to her son! From the footage it looked like he was trying to protect him from the twins when he attacked them. Not to say she wasn't happy he was there to help him and #88 escape from the despicable Lightning-Twins and their desires to take out weaker and unwinged Sekirei to gain easy wins. Still, she found it troubling that those two met today.

Takami then was taken out of her thoughts hearing the commentary from Haihana.

"Yeah, that was a little disappointing. I was actually expecting him to pull out his light saber again… oh well."

"I still say he got lucky." Benitsubasa smugly commented on the Spartans victory against the twins.

Karasuba observed the screen, watching the Spartan like a hawk. The Black Sekirei narrowed her eyes at the report of the Lightning-Twins going after number 88. 'She's my prey.' Karasuba though to herself. 'Perhaps I should slay them to let Musubi run free a little longer.'

"Hey, what's he doing now?" Haihana saw the Spartan stop and look up at the sky as everyone else took their attention back to the screen. It was like as if he could see the satellite watching him as it look like he was staring right into the lens, they watched him take one of his hands and raise it up into the air and lifting up his middle finger in the sky.

Minaka couldn't help but just laugh seeing what the Spartan did, Minaka got the message - he was pretty much saying 'fuck you' straight to him.

"I guess he seems to be enjoying the game." Karasuba made a sarcastic giggle seeing the Spartan flip off the surveillance satellite.

Both Haihana and even Benitsubasa couldn't help but find it a bit humorous.

"Well he definitely knows we're watching him." Takami said out loud unable to hide the giggle in her throat from the Spartans action.

Minaka's laughter died down. "Oh, he's definitely going to make this game much more fun! And his defiance will make it so much more exciting to watch!"

Takami ended signing again at her bosses insane rambling, she decide to move on to another event that happened today.

"Other than him defying you, we're still looking into the hacking incident earlier today. So far we can't find any leads on who did it, which is strange…we thought it was number 2 again until out tech experts discover this was something new going through our systems and we don't know how this person did it….they didn't use any back doors to break in….. it was like our defenses weren't even there and they just walked in…" Takami outlined, dumbfounded. "MBI has the best security defense system in the world, even better than any military could ever wish for, but they got in."

"Hmmm, not even number two or any other brain types could get into our systems that easily. Did they take any import information, Takami?"

"Not sure to be honest. What this person did was create uplinks all over the world to everyone on the planet to learn of our secrets, which we of course tore down immediately. They tampered with our bank accounts - had money being deposited to the wrong places." Takami reading out her mental summary of the reports.

Even the disciplinary squad listening to this found themselves impressed that their security systems were hacked so easily by this unknown individual that wasn't a brain type.

"Was anyone able to see the leaked information before it was deleted?" Minaka asked.

"Luckily no, we tore down just in time before anyone could. We may have some individuals who use network-tools uncover traces or portions of the leaks, but we can scrub those as the pop up if they dare publish anything incriminating." Takami assured him. "I have no proof or evidence, however I think it was the armored individual that did it. With all the advanced technology we seen off of him I wouldn't be surprised if he has his hands on something that could hack our systems like it's nothing… With him flipping you off like I think that was a warning to us."

"Then should we go after him then!" Benitsubasa spoke up, wanting to challenge the armored individual and teach him a lesson to never mess with the discipline squad.

"No. For now, we have no evidence that he was responsible for the hack. I'm also curious to know what other secrets he might be holding." Minaka said with his glasses cleaning with anticipation again wanting to see more with the Spartan can offer to his game.

Takami ended up just rolling her eyes at his comment and took her attention back to her data pad and read the rest of the report from the tech team investigating the hack. "Oh? It looks like the intruder also left some fake information about you Minaka."

Now that raised an eyebrow from Minaka. "Fake information about me?"

Takami said nothing at first as she keep reading the information from her pad, what happened next… she started laughing uncontrollably which confuse the others.

"What's so funny?" Minaka frowned at the delay.

Takami calmed her self down for a moment to control her laughing to answer her bosses question. "Here, I'll show you."

She put the information on the main monitor. What Minaka saw made his jaw drop and the disciplinary squad broke out in uncontrollable laughter. What everyone saw look to be Photoshop picture of Minaka standing in a wedding altar with hundreds of thousands of people photo shopped in there.

Standing right next to Minaka is this cardboard cut out that looked like a character from a cartoon or an anime, this ugly obese old woman with long wild pink hair, this beak like nose, a pirate's cap and a pink dress with red polka dots on it.

"Being a huge fan of the show 'One Piece' Hitoto Minaka is the first human being to marry a fictional character in the history of the world, marrying 'Big Mom' who is one of the antagonists of the show." Takami read out, before she couldn't help but burst out laughing again just from the absurdity of that article.

"I always knew you were pathetic….but I never thought you were this pathetic." Karasuba sarcastically commented as she was laughing at this absurd article.

Minaka ended up sulking over his desk again, humiliated again.

Takami had to admit if this was Six's doing then he had a great sense of humor, he humiliated Minaka again making that insane look on his face go away again. She attempted to control her laughing again and took a deep breath. "That seems to be all to report. If you need me I'll be in my office - I got some important work I need to do." Takami said leaving her bosses office, leaving Minaka soak in his misery with the discipline squad still laughing.

Takami walked down the halls to her office in a much lighter mood than usual. That fake article really brightened her day. Once Takami got back to her office she had two things on her mind, however. First she wanted to check up on her son to see if he's ok after the encounter, and second the name the Spartan mentioned over the phone last night.

"Halsey... I've not heard that name in any important context before."

The same time she figured to let the Sekirei Guardian know about this new development. Takami took her cell phone out of her pocket and scrolled down through her contact list finding Kagari's named. MBI's head researcher listened to the other end of the phone ringing for a couple of seconds until Kagari answered her on the other end.

"Yes, Takami?"

"I have a new assignment for you." she began, getting straight to the point.

"New assignment?"

"Yes, I want you to spy on someone for me."

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Back with Six and Toyotama.

Six lowered his hands after five long seconds, sure he'd gotten his message across to MBI. Toyotama who was watching couldn't help but giggle at his actions again towards the game-master.

"You know what I said about antagonized them right?" Toyotama said as she regained some seriousness in her voice.

"I know. Just I can't help but display my displeasure at being forced into this game." Six said still looking up at the sky as he turned around and walked up to his Sekirei.

A guilty look developed on Toyotama's face. "Sorry, I got you involved in this. I couldn't control my reaction... please forgive me."

Seeing the look of guilt on her face, Six set his jaw. "It's OK, I think it was better that this came to me right away instead of showing at my doorstep later on … in some ways I'm actually happy I have a partner who can fight beside me." Six trying to cheer her up at the end.

Toyotama blushed at his statement to hear that he was grateful to have her as a partner. Before she could reply her stomach growled again. "Is it all right we eat first ? I think fighting those two worked up my appetite bit further."

Six nodded. "Sure, lets head back to base and then after breakfast we'll do our clothing shopping next." Six was feeling a little hungry himself.

"Must we head back to that rundown place? With the money on this card we can buy ourselves a nice penthouse and not live in that rat infested mess!" Toyotama implored.

For Six, Toyotama made a very good point. They could likely buy a better place giving them everything they need. Even though a Spartan like him could easily forego such privileges like electricity and running water, his Sekirei was unwilling. With the MBI card and Athena guarding the purchase of the house... Since his intended FOB was already compromised by ever-present MBI surveillance a hide-out was off the cards. That did raise another thought.

Six took a quick glimpse of the sky and toggled off his helmet speakers again. "Athena, any chance you can hack into those satellites and hide us from their surveillance?"

"Consider it done. Hacking into those satellites for me will be child's play." Athena assured, giving the Spartan virtual thumbs up on his HUD.

The Spartan considered further. "Better yet, how about we use the satellite surveillance systems to spy on MBI instead?"

"Yep." Athena developed a devilish grin on her holographic face. "We can use them to keep an eye on MBI movements around the city and not just that either, we can use it to spy on enemy Sekirei and Ashikabi too."

"Their eyes in the sky become ours." Six found himself smirking at that.

"Not just their surveillance. I learned the satellites are also weaponized. MBI equipped them all with a destructive laser cannon to destroy targets from obit."

Six raised eyebrow. "Not only this mental patient has 108 super powered beings running loose around the city and an alien ship, he also has Weaponized satellites in orbit… Is there any other surprises this lunatic has?"

"Yeah, talk about having both a gun and a camera pointed at the same time. Lucky for me I can take control of those guns and use it against them and any other hostiles." Athena reassured

If there's one thing he could appreciate, its that he had an AI on his side that could pull all the virtual strings behind the scenes and that mental patient wouldn't even know.

"Athena, I don't know what I would do without you. Other than that, any chance you can find us a new place somewhere in the city where we can set up a new FOB without MBI following us to it, Somewhere similar to the apartment complex, where I can fortify it and build an armory." Six figured it was best set up shop somewhere else without his enemies knowing where he was.

"I'll see what I can find, give me a couple of minutes." Athena said as she went back to surfing the net.

Six nodded.

"Umm- Six are you OK? You went quiet for a few minutes."

Six took his attention back to Toyotama. "I was just talking to Athena on a private COM. I ask her if she can find us a new place to live with better living conditions, so for now let's just head back to the apartment complex until she's done with her search, is that all right with you?"

Toyotama thought about it for a few moments and said. "I guess... hopefully she finds a new place soon. I'd like to live somewhere where I can get a nice hot shower."

"We'll see what Athena can find for us." Six said moving again walking past Toyotama with her following right behind him leading the way back to the apartment. Leaving the alleyway Six noticed there was no one in sight, no cars, no one walking on the street, just silence. 'Where the hell is everybody?' Six wondered to himself 'Did the fight chase them away?' During that fight he didn't hear any screams or people running away. Hell, he didn't even hear the sounds of police sirens since he shot at the youngest twin. He found this situation to be concerning since people could disappear into thin air without a sound whenever there's a Sekirei battle. Still, with no one in sight Six didn't have to use his active camouflage. He and Toyotama ran across the street to another alleyway.

Once on the other side Six peaked out of the corner and saw that no one witnessed him and Toyotama crossing the street, feeling that things were safe him and Toyotama started walking down the newest alleyway back to the apartment complex.

"Hey, Six?"

"Hmm?"

"Did you notice?"

Six turned to eye his companion. "Notice what?"

'Doesn't look like he did, good.' Toyotama said internally to herself. Last thing she wanted was competition for her Ashikabi's heart. "Oh, it's nothing, never mind."

Six raised an eyebrow in suspicion wondering why she dismissed his question right away, he decided to shrug it off for the time being.

Toyotama knew deep down inside they were going to be seeing the twins again. Next time they would be looking for Six and wanting to bond with him. Toyotama wanted her Ashikabi all to herself… even though in the back of her mind it would be best if there was more Sekirei bonded with Six to increase their power and chances of survival.

Toyotama gave Six a quick glance, just looking at him and thinking on a little bit of his history. Toyotama wondered to herself what Sekirei would give up the opportunity to be with a strong human like him that could fight and win against other Sekirei. Looking at him again, Toyotama had to admit he looked like the ideal man - he was handsome, strong and very tall. Even though she hadn't seen him without his armor yet she had a feeling he was very muscular underneath… just thinking about it made her blush madly, thinking about being wrapped in his muscular arms and if there was one part she couldn't wait for it was the all out sex between them. Of course there was his combat skills too - in these last two fights he had shown that he was a highly skilled fighter.

So what was there not to like about him? To be honest to herself she didn't want to share anyone like him with any other Sekirei. However chances in the end she probably would end up sharing him which made her sigh depressingly just thinking about it… then again she almost did join Higa of the east and his Sekirei. Kind of hypocritical of her to be selfish now, she did admit.

"Something wrong?" Six noticing her sighing.

Toyotama came up with a quick lie. "Aww… it's nothing…just when I was in there shopping a customer in there was flirting with me using some of the most cringe worthy pick up lines."

"Well, are you surprised? You are a very attractive woman by human standards, so it makes sense that there are people out there trying to get your attention." Six said. If six was being honest he had to admit she was certainly a site to behold. Any man would be an idiot to throw away the opportunity to be with a beautiful woman like this…. For him though…well...

Toyotama let a small giggle and a blush after his comment. "Well I'll be happy to disappoint them, since you're the only man for me."

Six wasn't surprised to hear that answer since she declared her love before they left the apartment to go get supplies. Still…. He still found it unreal how he only met this woman last night and be considered a married couple after one kiss.

Six before he could even find the right response he noticed two blips on his motion sensor.

"Looks like we got company. Again." Athena announced to them both, beating him to the punch.

"Don't tell me they're coming after us already."

"Hate to break it to you but they are, I just checked MBI satellites ." Athena brought up the satellite feed on Six's visor and there he saw them jumping from rooftop to rooftop following right behind them.

"I hate it when I'm right at times." Six said to himself.

"Something wrong?" Toyotama overhearing the two talk.

"The twins are back. Athena is watching them through local surveillance and they're following us." Six answered.

'Sooner than I thought.' Toyotama depressingly thought to herself. "That was quick, so I guess now they're coming after us for payback then?"

"Possibly. I guess my terms weren't agreeable after all."

"So I guess we have to get ready for round two then? Huu." Toyotama huffed, and resigned herself to keeping up the lie.

"Seem like it." Six replied to her comment. Up ahead he noticed they were coming across another alleyway to the side, thinking of a quick plan. "Toyotama, keep going down this alleyway, I'll go down the other one. "

Toyotama gave her Ashikabi curious look. "Why? You got a plan or something?"

"Yes, I do. I want see who their after, you or me. Since you said they are powerful together I figure those two will stick with each other and only go after one of us at a time." Six letting his Sekirei know what he has in mind.

'obviously its you they're going after' Toyotama internally said to herself. 'Maybe I should just tell him the truth'... "Are you sure that's a good idea to split up like that?"

"Depending who they go after it would give one of us he opportunity to sneak out from behind again." Six replied.

Toyotama nodded. "Hopefully they're dumb enough to fall for that again."

"Lets hope they are." Six said while he took a quick glimpse behind them looking up at the rooftops. He was able to get a quick glimpse of the twins heads peeking from a rooftop and seeing that he was looking their way they quickly got out of his sights.

Taking his sights back in front of him. Seeing they were coming upon the other alleyway gave the order. "This is where we separate."

Six dashed down the other alleyway while Toyotama simply kept going straight. After walking a couple meters the greenette turned her head back and looked up at the rooftops and got quick glimpse of the twins jumping rooftop to rooftop in the direction her Ashikabi took.

She wasn't surprised, knowing they wanted to bond with Six. As much as she didn't want to allow it she was going to be having competition for his heart sooner or later. 'Might as well gain these two as allies, since they are strong together... maybe I should make sure he doesn't kill them.' Toyotama sighed to herself. Thinking she might as well make sure their bonding goes a lot more smoothly compared to hers when he pulled a gun after winging herself to him.

Not wanting to see that particular incident be repeated Toyotama jumped high into the air to land on the rooftop above, deposited the groceries in safety, then she chased after the twins and her Ashikabi.

Back with Noble Six.

Continuing walking down the other alleyway, the Spartan wasn't sure if he should be surprised or flattered that the twins came after him instead of Toyotama. Athena kept up the satellite footage on his HUD showing them on the rooftop following him.

'I wonder what they want with me?' The Spartan wondered to himself. The only conclusions he could come to was that maybe the eldest sister wanted to get back at him for injuring her sister, or maybe the youngest wanted to get back at him personally, or maybe the both of them saw him as a bigger threat then Toyotama. Either one of those possibilities seemed logical.

There was a fourth option that didn't register with him yet.

He initially chose to continue walking down the alleyway, coming up upon a dead end.

"Looks like it's the end of the line." Athena informed.

"Thank you for pointing out the obvious." Six said turning around facing the other end of the alleyway. Six stood there for a couple of moments until finally the twins showed themselves by leaping down from the rooftops and to land a few yards away in front of him.

Six's hand was at his sidearm ready to draw it, but before he did Six took a moment to look at their faces and noticed they were all red blushing heavily as they looked at him… he saw a similar look on Toyotama face right before she…

"Don't tell me they're…"

"They're 'reacting' to you as Toyotama did." Athena finished the thought for him.

Six sighed heavily for what felt like the hundredth time that day. "Last thing I want is more sekireis."

---

A few minutes earlier

Hikari slowly got up with her hands raised and began walking towards her sister as the Spartan and his Sekirei gathered their things and the four of them left the alleyway without further conflict. Once they were gone she picked her sister up bridal style. With a careful juggle to get a good grasp Hikari jumped into the air high as she could to the rooftop of a nearby tall office building.

Hikari knelt and gently placed her sister on the roof, then checked her wounds. For the most part it look like Hibiki was okay - except a bloody nose and a large lump on her head, that was it. Hikari let out a sigh of relief finding no life-threatening injuries on Hibiki and wrapped her arms around her.

"Hibiki are you ok ? Can you hear me?" Hikari concernedly asked trying to wake up her sister. Hikari gently touching her sisters cheek.

Hibiki feeling her sister's touch, her eyes slowly opened. Instead of looking into the lifeless visor of the steeled beast that gave her the savage beating, she was greeted by the worried face of her older sister.

"Hikari?" Hibiki slowly sat up off the ground" What happened? Last thing I remember was getting hit in the head by the metal thing and then I blacked out…?

"I actually thought he killed you, he was standing over you with a gun in his hand... I almost assume the worst... I'm just happy that wasn't the case."

Hibiki paused for a moment. That thing had an opportunity to kill her but it didn't. "It spared us? Also what happened to number 16?"

Hikari developed an unpleasant look mentioning number 16. "Oh that bitch... again she gave me a good thrashing with her stripper pole... here's the more surprising part, the thing that attacked us was actually her Ashikabi!"

Hibiki's eyes widened in shock. "That thing is her Ashikabi!?"

"Yeah. The pole-bitch told me when we were facing off against each other. No wonder she seems so confident before the fight, her Ashikabi... whatever the hell it is... was somehow invisible and attacked us from behind." Hikari concluded, piecing it together aloud.

"Still, the question is, what the hell is he?" Hibiki asked, wiping the blood off of her nose. "Because he gave me quite a thrashing too… Felt like I was fighting a fist type Sekirei from his punch's and kicks."

"I wish I can answer that question myself. He is no Sekirei but Ashikabi… however, he can't be Human either given the display of strength we witnessed. I'm not sure if its even a man inside that armor." Hikari muttered, scratching her head.

"What do you mean you aren't sure?" Hibiki queried. "I heard him speak when he attacked."

"Well, I heard two different voices - one was male and the other was female. A voice changer? Split personality? I don't know, I'm just as confused as you are." Hikari answered with a glance at her twin's face. She took another deep breath before continuing. "However... I think that thing... is our Ashikabi."

"Our Ashikabi!? Are you nuts?"

Hikari took a deep breath and searched for the right words to say. "When it had me pinned down I felt weird. This heat... and feeling really aroused for some reason. Anyway, what did you feel? A reaction?"

Hibiki nodded her head. "Now that you say it... I do feel this weird sensation in my chest after he defeated me so easily."

"Then you're reacting too. Good." Hikari exhaled in relief, then got to her feet and helped her sister do likewise.

The sisters moved to the edge of the rooftop to look down upon the alleyway where Hikari and Toyotama had fought, just in time to witness the Spartan flipping off the sky.

"Why is he doing that? Is he flipping us off?" Hibiki curiously asked.

"I don't believe so, it's not even in our direction." Hikari noticing he had his hand pointed up at the sky.

After a few moments the armored thing was done and turned to face Toyotama. It looked like they were having a conversation. The twins observed, uncertain.

"What do we do about her?"

"I hate it, Hibiki, but... I guess we'll have no choice but to share him with her. However, we will remind her who will be the head-wives." Hikari huffed.

Hibiki nodded in agreement. "Let's hope he's better than our first choice for an Ashikabi."

"Yeah, last thing we want is another broke-ass pervert." Hikari found herself shivering a bit at the memory. "That was nearly a disaster."

After a few minutes Six and Toyotama started to walk away out of the alleyway. The Lightning-Twins kept track of them from the rooftop, and saw the pair run across the street into another alleyway. They followed them by jumping from rooftop to rooftop, keeping a good distance behind them not to be noticed or even hear them. There was one moment where they stopped on and peaked off the side of the roof to observe them, they saw the armored thing look behind him glancing at their direction. They quickly ducked.

"Do you think he saw us?" Hikibi asked.

"I don't believe he did." Hikari answered.

The sisters took another peek over the edge to see Number 16 and her armored Ashikabi continuing down the alleyway. They saw them coming up on another alleyway, but to their confusion they saw the armored one dash down another alleyway while Number 16 maintained her course.

"Why are they splitting up?" Hibiki wondered aloud.

"Who cares?" Hikari shrugged. "It'll give us a chance to be all alone with him, and saves us the trouble having to deal with number 16."

With that statement Hikari was on the move again, heading in the armored man's direction. Not far behind her, Hibiki hoped they weren't falling into a trap or something, finding it strange that The Sekirei-Ashikabi pair were splitting up like that. Her sister probably didn't even think of that possibility, but Hibiki determined to keep her guard up for both their sakes.

The twins followed him until he reached a dead end at the end of the alleyway. Seeing he was now cornered and alone it was a perfect opportunity to show themselves to him. The twins jump down from the rooftop, few yards away in front of him.

---

Six sighed heavily for what felt like the hundredth time that day. "Last thing I want is more sekireis ."

Since he had learned his lesson from when Toyotama had reacted to him. He recognized the signs the Lightning-Twins were also reacting to him. This was a problem.

"So, what are you going do with them?" Athena asked. "Will you 'wing' them?"

"No. I don't want any more Sekirei. I let my guard down in front of Toyotama since I believed she was merely a victim, but now I know what I've gotten myself into." Six answered. "This is too much trouble."

"If you knew then what you do now, would you have winged Toyotama?"

"I think you already know my answer."

On the opposite side of the Spartan the oldest twin Hikari noticed the Spartan having his hand on his sidearm ready to drawl it.

Hikari putting her hands out in front of her showing that she meant no harm. "Hey! We're not here to fight we just want to-"

"I don't want anymore Sekirei." Six interrupted, straight to the point.

Hikari developed an irritated look on her face after his answer. "Hey! Hear us out before you reject us, you walking trash-can!"

"Trash-can? That's a new one." Athena snickered.

Six scowled a bit at that but brushed his annoyance aside for the moment. "I made up my mind. I don't want any more Sekirei and please don't make me repeat myself."

Hikari started become more annoyed hearing his refusal to wing them. Hibiki seeing that look in her sisters face, she decided to take over the conversation before her sister could say something stupid. "If this is about the fight earlier, we're sorry. We're just trying to take out the competition before the real game starts."

Six narrowed his eyes at the youngest twins statement " Telling me that is meant to make things better? I find you two to be cowards going after those you deem weaker than you." Six said coldly to the twins.

"Watch who your calling cowards you armored asshole!" Hikari snapped back. "It's an effective strategy to eliminate the competition before they become a bigger threat later on!"

"She does make a point." Athena commented on the oldest twin's reasoning.

As much as Six he hated it, he had to agree on that point. Sure, their tactic seemed cold and cowardly, but it was smart. Eliminating any outside forces that could show up at an inopportune moment if they got caught by stronger Sekirei, like perhaps one of the dangerous single digits, decreased the number of risk-variables. Still, in the back of his mind it didn't seem right. Especially since everything in the whole freaking game was set up by a man who should've been committed to a mental asylum years ago - maybe having shock therapy until he acted like a normal human being, or something.

"As much as I appreciate the merits of your strategy, I refuse to willingly to take part in this game. I really find no honor or even purpose in it. I've made my decision already. I will not 'wing' any of you. So, have a good day." The Spartan said as he was about to walk past the twins.

The twins then stepped in front of his path. "Hold it right there! You're not going anywhere until we get what we want!" Hikari insisted angrily, staring at her reflection in the Spartan's visor as he stared back at her.

Hibiki nodded in agreement with her sister. "Either you 'wing' us willingly now, or we're just gonna keep coming after you until we finally get what we want."

Six was getting irritated by these two. He placed a hand each on their shoulders and the twins flinched at the touch of the cold metal. They wondered if he was now going to 'wing' them, and it showed on their faces. The truth is Six was just about to push them away from him. Before he even did another blip showed up on his motion sensor close by.

"Six! Don't do it!"

Six and the Lightning-Twins looked up to the sky and saw Toyotama sailing in to land right next to her Ashikabi.

The twins gave the greentte a very unwelcoming look - Hikari even snarled.

Toyotama greeted them in-kind before giving her attention back to the Spartan. Before she could even get a word out her Ashikabi spoke first.

"When you asked me if I noticed, you were asking me if I saw Hikari reacting?" Six inquired, having finally figured out the nature of the question she had asked then dismissed earlier.

Toyotama shamefully nodded.

"And you didn't want to share this with me why?"

Toyotama collected her thoughts. "I kept it from you because I didn't want to share you with them." Toyotama admitted, giving both twins another pointed glare.

Hikari bristled to that remark. "You selfish little pole-dancer, why I should-"

"Shut up, walking battery, you would've done the same to me if the roles were reversed." Toyotama remarked with a skank-eye glare. "Also, pole dancer? You don't look all that differently dressed compared to me."

Hikari seemed like she was ready to attack the weapon-user as electricity started forming around her hands. "What did you just call me!?"

Toyotama smirked, seeing she hit a nerve. She decided to push the electromancer's buttons a little bit further. "You heard what I said. I called you a walking battery."

Hibiki lifted an eyebrow and turned to the Ashikabi. "Are you going to make her take-back what she said just now? Or did you put her up to this?"

While a red shade colored Toyotama's cheeks, she didn't seem the least bit ashamed of the notion and even directed a hopeful look at Six to garner some support...

"Don't bring me into this spat of yours."

...who shot her down immediately.

"Alright. I won't deny it, we would've done the same to you if we were the first to claim him." Hibiki admitted.

"Yeah, with the only differences is we wouldn't have let you get anywhere near our Ashikabi with out a fight!" Hikari added.

"I would've loved to have seen you try. However, that's an argument for another day." Toyotama said as she let a small laugh escape her. She then returned her attention to Six. "I don't want the competition for your heart. Much to my dismay, I realize we need all the help we get if we are going to survive this tournament. Are you going to 'wing' them?"

Before Six could even say a word, Athena spoke up giving him her thoughts and opinions.

"She is right. If we are going to make it through this mad-man's game we need all the help we can get. And right now we need allies and Toyotama is the only one we have."

Six made sure his speakers were off talk to the AI privately. "I know, Athena. I just don't like the idea of getting myself into symbiotic bonds with more alien women."

"Why? Afraid you might get a harem out of this." Athena teased again at his expense.

"Focus."

"Learn to take a joke sometimes, Spartan. Not everything has to be 100% serious." Athena retorted.

"I am taking this very seriously - we don't fully understand these bonds. Enlighten me here, why should I 'wing' these two?"

"Setting aside the obvious strength in numbers factors, by taking them in we eliminate two external elements that could possibly interfere with us in a critical moment in the future. Not to mention that by 'winging' them - if Minaka's words can be trusted - we can ensure their loyalty and never have to worry about being double-crossed. You may not like it, but you know I'm right, Six."

A strong point in favor. Toyotama had declared her love and loyalty to him. There was little doubt in his mind that the two sisters here would do the same.

In the back of his mind he wondered what any other Spartan would do If they were in his situation, trying to think what Carter, Emile, Jun, Kat, Jorge, and even Keiichi . Even though each of them would've acted differently. After all the training he received from Kurt and Mendez, handling far-too-Human-looking alien women who wanted to marry him was not in their training programs.

"Well? We're waiting?" Hikari huffed, impatient in the long silence.

"I will 'wing' you both." Six grunted under his breath.

"What was that? we didn't hear you." Hibiki said innocently, cupping her chin.

"Yeah, speak up metal-man," Hikari sneered, hands on her waist.

"I will 'wing' you both, I said." The Spartan repeated clearly as his temper flared in its cage of discapline. "Happy now?"

The Lightning-Twins glanced at each other. They quickly turned their gaze back to him and nodded, satisfied with his answer.

"Before we kiss you... you are a man right? Because I heard two different voices coming out of your mouth earlier - one was female." Hikari said sternly. "We aren't lesbians and I'm not comfortable with kissing a woman."

Without even saying the word Six released his grip on their shoulders and took off his helmet to reveal his face. "This answer your question?"

Both sisters blushed heavily staring at the Spartans handsome face. "Yes it does." Hikari said with a hint of lust in her voice .

Admiring his good looks, the youngest twin snapped out of her lustful trance to notice the scars that littered his face. "What happened to your face?" Hibiki asked out of concern.

At the mention of his scars Hikari found her composure. They saw scars on his cheek, one across his nose, and one above his right eye starting from the brow and going up to the middle of his forehead.

Hikari was at a loss of words since she didn't expect her Ashikabi's face to be cut up like that. He had bested them easily in combat, so what had done that to him? "What the hell happened?"

Toyotama watched the interrogation, curious. When she first saw his face she wondered the exact same thing and shared their concerns too when it comes to his well-being. Hopefully he would reveal all the stories behind those scars. The twins approached the Spartan, and reached out to touch a pair of his scars. Before they could even touch his face the Spartan stretched taller and tilted his head back, which with their hesitance in effect denied them the opportunity. "It's best you don't know how I got these."

Both the twins became upset at his refusal, Hikari especially. She opened her mouth to shout something but Hibiki's hand on her shoulder stopped her. Hibiki just shook her head sadly. Hikari bit her lip with a frown. "Fine. But don't think I'm just going to let this go. You'll have to tell us all one day."

"Maybe." Six offered dully, non-committal.

"If nothing else... after you wing us, could we at least learn who you are?" Hibiki broke in. "That shouldn't be too far a stretch."

"I think it's reasonable," Athena whispered to Six. "And if their loyalty is ensured, what's the harm in telling them?"

Six stayed silent, but gave a nod all the same. Now came the question he'd been dreading. "So which one of you goes first?"

"Me." both said in unison before shooting a look at each other.

The twins glared at one another for a moment before Hikari smirked. "Excuse me baby sister, but as the eldest, I believe I should go first."

Hibiki snorted, "Right. Shouldn't it be the one who reacted to him first? Didn't you try to kill him because of a misunderstanding?"

Hikari flushed but managed to bite back. "I thought he killed you!"

"Exactly. You always act instead of thinking, 'Kari. I really do worry about that tendency of yours sometimes."

"Well...you might have a-"

-which is why," Hibiki cut off with a sly smirk, "that the one with brains should go first."

Hikari started to nod, "Yeah, you're probably - wait, hey! Don't change the subject!"

As the two squabbled, Six just found himself staring at a loss. Oddly enough, their spats echoed with the faint memories of his own family, particularly his two sisters who seemed to fight over who he would play with. However, he quickly shut that thought out because of what eventually happened. The sight of their home scorched, their bodies burnt, and the screams...

"Enough!" he snapped, silencing the twins instantly. "I don't have all day to stand around listening to you fight like children. Make up your minds or get lost."

"I vote the latter." Toyotama chimed in.

"You stay out of this!" the twins responded heatedly before turning back to each other with growls.

"I have a suggestion." Athena cut in suddenly via the helmet speakers. "Why not both?"

"Both?" Six parroted, paling a bit. Surely they wouldn't... But to his horror, Hikari and Hibiki seemed thoughtful for a moment and looked at one another with resolve in their eyes.

"Both?"

"Both."

"Both is good."

Six could feel a migraine coming on as Athena stifled a giggle, but at least the two had come to an agreement. "Fine. Let's get it over with."

"Oh come on, lighten up! Who knows, maybe you'll enjoy it~" Athena teased.

Six groaned 'Well…. It could be worse. I could've been killed on Reach, my body and armor turn to glass ….or get eaten by brutes .' Six internal said thinking of a worst-case scenarios.

"Ready to pucker up big boy." Hikari lustfully said as she lean forward a little bit and puckered up her lips.

"Don't keep us waiting." Hibiki added and did likewise.

Taking one deep breath and accepting the inevitable - though cynically thinking to himself 'I wish I still was on Reach' - the Spartan leaned forward to kiss the sisters.

At the exact same time all three of their lips met. Hikari and Hibiki tongues invaded his mouth, after a couple of moments Six saw their wings. Theirs were formed of crackling and forking electricity, yet not as harsh as natural lightning and enveloped in a purple glow. The twins broke the kiss and moaned at feeling the surge of power bursting through their bodies as the Sekirei symbols formed on the back of their necks. Once their wings finally dissipated the twins smiled and made their declaration in perfect synchronization.

"We're the pledged thunderclap! No disaster will hit our Ashikabi!"

Six couldn't help but feel like he had lost, somehow. 'And now I have three aliens bonded to me,' he sighed within the privacy of his mind. 'Hopefully it's just them and no more.'

Toyotama was a little relieved at the scene. 'Well at least he didn't point a gun at them after bonding… that's a plus, but it doesn't look like he's too happy about winging them.' The greenette acknowledged as she noticed the look on his face. That wasn't to say she didn't share that sentiment since she had merely a different kind of competition on her hands. Toyotama wasn't the only one to take notice of the look on his face, of course.

"Hey! What's with that look!? At least look happy that you winged us!" Hikari grumbled.

"Yeah, Six. You could put on a smile in front of your new wives." Athena teased.

Six clicked his tongue. "They arent wives-"

"That voice again." Hikari scowled. "Who is that?"

Six sighed in resignation, then grabbed Athena's chip from the back of his helmet and held it in front of him to show the twins.

"What's that?" Hibiki asked looking at the chip in this hand.

"Brace yourselves for what you are about to see." Toyotama warned.

The twins shot her a curious look "What is-"

"You'll see." Spoke a voice from the chip, interrupting Hikari.

What happened next a small ghostly image of a woman appeared before them. As before, Athena was wearing what looked to be ancient Roman or Greek armor with a white dress underneath it, green eyes and red hair in a ponytail. Both twins jumped back in surprise and shock at the sudden projection before them in the palm of their Ashikabi's hand.

"What the hell is this thing!?" Hikari having no clue what the hell she was looking at staring at this ghostly tiny woman.

"Are you blind? It's a ghost!" Hibiki shouted in fright, latching onto her sister.

Toyotama was laughing her ass off seeing them meeting the AI. True, that was the same reaction she's kinda had meeting Athena, but it was a funny sight.

Athena laughed too at their reaction. "No, I'm not a ghost, I assure you. Let me introduce myself - my name is Athena, a smart-AI residing in your Ashikabi's armor systems."

"A... a what? Hibiki stammered, her former shocking surprise dissipating and her curiosity kicking in.

"AI is the acronym for artificial-intelligence." Six defined.

"Wait a second..." Hikari gasped. "This thing is not a ghost, but a computer?"

Athena seemed to pout at the uncertain statement. "I'm not a thing. I'm a smart AI - technically software - not a computer. I can do things way beyond what normal computer programs can do today."

"Like what exactly?" Hibiki asked, her curiosity piqued.

Athena smiled mischievously. "Like taking control of MBI's entire satellite surveillance network. Right now, I can see what they see including us. Oh, Hibiki, looks like you've got a bald spot developing."

"W-WHAT?!" Hibiki pawed around on her head, with Hikari inspecting her just to be safe.

Athena busted out laughing at their antics before saying, "I'm just kidding."

"That wasn't funny!" Hibiki not amused by Athena's joke.

"You actually had me thinking my sister was going to have a shiny head!" Hikari double checking her sisters hair.

"I thought it was hilarious." Toyotama commented.

The sisters gave the weapon-user a highly annoyed look in parallel. "Shut up!" Both snapped.

Athena had her laugh and continued. "It's because of that I actually watched you two through their surveillance network chasing after your newly-bonded husband here."

Six groaned internally. 'I wonder if she teased Keiichi like this?'

The twins and especially Toyotama couldn't help be amazed of the power of this AI, since a brain type couldn't take over the satellites that easily.

"So you knew we were following?" Hibiki asked. "Is that the reasons why you split up?"

"Yes. My plan was to see which one of us you would go after and whoever you didn't go after would ambush you from behind - again. However I didn't realize my partner here was keeping a secret from me."

Six shot a look towards Toyotama who just simply shrugged as if it was nothing.

"I however would like to congratulate the both of you on your marriage with the caveman here." Athena chirped happily.

Six rolled his eyes at the nickname. "It's not a wedding-"

"Caveman." Toyotama chuckled hearing what Athena called him.

"Don't you dare start calling me that." Six grunted.

"What? I thought it was a cute funny nickname to call you." Toyotama teased.

"Even she likes the nickname." Athena joked at his expense again.

Six didn't say a word and just clenched his jaw in silence.

"So, Umm… Thank you for congratulating me and my sister on getting wings." Hibiki replied to the AI as she scratched the back of her head not expecting to have a conversation with something so extraordinary today.

"Anyway, who are you and what's the story behind this- ahem - Athena?" Hikari asked.

Hibiki nodded with her sister and folded her arms expectantly. "I'd like to know the answers to those questions myself."

Six realizing he had to answer them eventually. Collecting his thoughts he began the attempt. " I'll tell you what I told Toyotama earlier today... I don't expect you to believe me."

Both sisters raised eyebrow and looked at a each for a moment and then back to him "Try us. I mean, Sekirei like us are a strange sight to see for normal Humans who witness our powers." Hibiki reasoned.

"And I don't think a 7 foot tall armored man with superhuman strength and an AI is all that normal, I think" Hikari now scratching her head unsure of her own sentence.

"Trust me on this, what he's about to tell you even I have a rough time believing it at times." Toyotama getting the twins attention.

Hikari huffed. "How so?"

"I'll just let him tell you." Toyotama shrugged.

The three Sekirei fixed their attention on the Spartan, and Athena's expression showed she would be little help - by choice.

"For who I am I have abandoned my real name years ago, now I go by Spartan B312 or Noble Six." Six introducing himself.

"Spartan B312…Noble Six?" Hibiki repeated, clearly confused by the designations.

"Yeah, what the hell kind of name is that!? And what do you mean by you 'abandoned' your real name?" Hikari asked.

"My real name has no real meaning or value to me anymore. Spartan B312 or Noble six is who I go by now." Six answered.

The twins look at each other dumbfounded since neither of them could find the right response to what he just said.

Toyotama watching in the back of her own mind wondered why her Ashikabi abandoned his own name, though there was an intriguing veil of mystery around him. 'Hopefully one day you will tell us your real name.' Toyotama said to herself.

Hikari then took a deep breath and seemed to find her resolve to accept that much. "Well, if you can't tell us your real name can you at least tell us what you are then?"

Hibiki added "Could you lease give us that? When I was fighting you it was like I was up against a fist type… however you're not one of us since you're an Ashikabi."

"Want me to take over the explanation, big guy? You suck at it." Athena asked smirking at her partner.

"Be my guest."

Athena nodded in return and turn back to face to twin who curiously stared at Athena curious to hear what she has to say.

"To answer your question. Me and this big lug of a man you call your Ashikabi are part of an organization called the UNSC. United Nations Space Command. This organization is the military, scientific, and exploratory arm of the UEG, the United Earth Government." Athena explained.

Both twins where confused at that. "Space command?" Both sisters echoed in perfect unison. They knew about the United Nations since they were taught that by the scientists raising them but they never heard of any United Nations Space Command.

"I'm sorry I'm lost here, my sister and I know about the United Nations but we never heard of space command last I checked?" Hibiki frowned.

Hikari nodded and added " same with this United earth whatever…"

"Well the reasons you haven't heard of these two organizations yet is because they won't exist for another few hundred years - if at all." Athena replied.

The sisters were silent after the AI statement. Did they hear that right?

"I'm sorry. What?"

Athena continued." Neither of those organizations will exist for another few hundred years from now... well in this world we can't be too sure."

Both twins look at the AI as if she grew a secondhead or something to come up with something so nonsensical. "What. What. If I'm understanding correctly, you guys are like what dimensional time travelers from three-hundred years from somewhere else?" Hibiki rambled, trying to understand what she just heard.

"Well we're actually from five-hundred years into the future in our world." Athena corrected.

The twins were silent again hearing that however they did something that was somewhat expected and unexpected, they started laughing.

"Hahahahahaha! That has to be the most bullshit thing I've ever heard!" Hikari exclaimed.

"You really expect us to believe that?" Hibiki inquired, laughter faltering at the blank expression of the AI.

"I'm being completely serious."

The twins laughter died in their throats. Then they look to their Ashikabi and his face was 100% serious with no hint of him pulling anyones legs. Both gave their attention to Toyotama as if to verify their sanity.

"Don't look at me. I told you they would be hard to believe."

"So you two are not joking about being from the future in some other dimension?" Hibiki concluded, still evidently struggling with the fact.

"I wish we were joking, but we're not." Athena stated.

Hikari felt like she was developing a headache just thinking about what was just revealed about them. "Wow. that's just a lot to take in. Do you have any proof that you're from the future in some other dimension? And you didn't answer yet! What are you if not an Ashikabi?" Hikari taking her attention back to Six as she remembered the trigger-question.

Six nodded and said word for word what he told Toyotama at the apartment" I am a Spartan-III. A bio-engineered super-soldier, faster, stronger, more agile and more durable than an ordinary Human. The armor that I wear is Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor, which not only protects but it also increases my strength, speed, reflexes, and agility well beyond what I can do without it. It also has the facilities and interfaces for AI operation and assistance like what Athena is doing now." He rattled off in lieu of a proper explaination.

'A super soldier? really?' Both twins were thinking to themselves. As the two sisters considered, it almost did make sense. The way he was able to take them down had no other explanation - at least to their minds, thus the questions. This meant their destined one was super-Human?

"Ok, so our Ashikabi is a dimension-travelling-time-traveling super-soldier from the future of another Earth… am I dreaming this?" Hikari with complete disbelief in her own voice at how stupid this sounded.

"No, sweetheart, you're awake and this is real." Athena reassured.

"One thing I don't understand is what makes you keep saying you're from another reality ?" Hibiki curiously asked.

Athena then said. "To answer your question Hibiki, I have the entirety of Earth's history stored in my data banks, from earliest human history to 2552. Nowhere in history where we're from was the company MBI ever mentioned. I looked at satellite maps and photos of Tokyo during this time period and there was no giant clock tower in the middle of the city."

"If you want proof I'll show you Tokyo in year 2020 Anno Domini." Athena disappearing from her chip and bringing up a 3-D image. Athena focus more on the middle of the city the twins and even Toyotama didn't see the huge clock tower in the center of the city that they were so used to seeing, the date on this image looked right it said the year 2020 A.D.

It felt strange to think about for the three Sekirei, a world where MBI doesn't exist... Did that mean they're still trapped under the ocean in that world? Do Sekirei even exist in that reality? So many questions sparked through their minds.

The youngest sister Hibiki started beginning to believe in their story she wasn't sure if she believes in all of it yet with what Six and Athena gave them as there is nothing on Earth that can replicate Six or Athena. Not even MBI can do this, she thought.

However her sister was not in agreement. "How do we know you didn't mess with this image? For all we know you could've edited the tower out of here."

"I think they are telling the truth." Hibiki spoke getting Hikari's attention.

"What!? Don't tell me you actually believe this nonsense! " Hikari replied, surprised her sister would believe their story .

"I wouldn't say I believe all of it. However I do see truth in their arguments. I mean, I don't think MBI could actually makes something like Athena here or that armor our Ashikabi wears…. And if it is true they are trapped here from another time and place, then they're no different than us." Hibiki explain to her sister hoping she would see the logic and reasoning .

Hikari thought about for a moment or two. Her sister did make some points as much as she still didn't really believe it. However in some aspects she guessed they shared the same predicament.

"Fine." Hikari agreeing with her sister.

Hikari took a deep breath. "As much as I don't want to believe your story… The more I think about it the more it seems to make some sense."

Hibiki smiled happy to see her sister see things her way. "Even though you told us you're from another time and dimension as well as being a soldier… we still know nothing about you personally."

"Anything about me personally is not important and or classified." Six plainly replied.

Hikari got annoyed at his comment and was about to say something until Hibiki put her arms on her sister shoulders again "Sis. Let's just respect his privacy."

"But Hibiki…." Hikari didn't finish her sentence when she felt another hand touch her other shoulder, she saw Toyotama next to her.

" I agree with your sister. I'm sure after some time has past he'll tell us when he's ready." Toyotama said with a smile looking Hikari in the eyes.

Hikari stared at Toyotama for a moment and then looking back at her sister. Hibiki simply smiled and nodded agreeing with Toyotama.

Hikari calmed down. "OK you guys win, I'll drop it... for now."

"Now if we are done with questions, let's get out of here." Six said putting Athena's chip back in his helmet and placing it back on his head.

"Well I do have one thing on my mind." Hikari said

"And that is?" Six replied.

Hikari glanced at Toyotama which made her raise an eyebrow. "We don't like to share our Ashikabi with another Sekirei -"

"You're gonna start shit with me already!?"

"Hey, let me finish. I still wanna get back at you for beating me up twice!" Hikari snarled for a moment. "I realize this is not the time or place for it, but at one point I do want a rematch. We are both winged now, after all." she finished with a devilish like grin.

Toyotama smirked back at her. "Well then, I look forward to it."

"And since were bonded to the same Ashikabi, may the better wife win." Hikari holding out her hand to Toyotama.

"May the better wife win." Toyotama taking Hikari's hand.

The two women held each other's hands in a tight grip as they shook-on-it. However the both of them gave out this unfriendly aura both Six and Hibiki could feel.

'I have a bad feeling about this.' Hibiki internally said nervously.

'Maybe I should keep those two separated.' Six wondered to himself.

"Well, Six, looks like you have two lovely ladies here who are going to be fighting for your heart." Athena commenting on Hikari's and Toyotama's rivalry.

Six ignored Athena comment. "Are you two done? I want to get out here and eat."

Snapped out of their trance the two let go of each other hands and Six began leading the way out the alley, his three Sekirei right behind.

As they were walking Athena spoke to Six on a private comm. "While you were talking to the twins I was able to find you a new FOB."

"Good, where?" Six asked.

"I was able to find an abandoned auto-motive factory further east, in the North from here right next to the border of eastern Tokyo." Athena informed, bringing up a map and preferable routes to take to get there.

"The story behind it is the company filed for bankruptcy and closed the factory before opening-shop somewhere else in Japan. Lucky for us a lot of the equipment is still there. May be able to re-tool it to remove your armor, and maybe even perform some repairs." Athena informed.

"Excellent work, Athena." Six praised, satisfied with her search and selection. An abandoned factory was definitely an ideal place for him. A large complex he can fortify with Traps.

"Not just that either, I got those blueprints for MBI tower like you asked for too." Athena added.

The Spartan smirked. "Once we make it to our new FOB we'll review the blueprints as well as continuing our discussion about the discipline squad."

Athena's thumbnail nodded and vanished from his HUD.

Six looked back at Toyotama. "Good news - Athena found us a new place to live."

Toyotama's eyes lit up." She did? So we don't have to go back to that rat infested mess after all!"

"Rat infested mess? Where have you guys been staying." Hibiki asked curiously hoping her and Hikari were not going to this place .

"Last night we spent the night in a rundown apartment that was destroyed by fire, the place was decrepit and filled with the little fiends." Toyotama said. "Re-locating was discussed in the end."

The Lightning-Twins couldn't help but look disgusted. "We're not heading back there are we?" Hikari asked

"No, we're not. We have nothing back there to retrieve so you don't have to worry about it." Six answered.

The sisters had signs of relief glad they were not heading to this place.

"Where are we heading to now? Is it in better condition than the last place?" Toyotama asked.

"You'll see when we get there." Six answered.

Toyotama nodded and seeing they were starting to come up to the end of the other alleyway. "Before I forget, can you guys wait here moment I left the groceries on top the building above." Toyotama said as she jumped on the rooftop above to retrieve the groceries as the others waited below.

A few moments later she jump back onto the ground. "I'm back. Ready?"

Six nodded and he led the way to their new FOB. With Toyotama and his two new Sekirei following right behind him.