(Good news is I finally have a new editor. Big thanks to 4Alucard for editing this chapter)
Sometime later. Making their way back to the factory. Six had the trio assemble in the lobby.
"What do you think he's gonna do to us, Sis? The youngest twin whispered to her sister.
"Honestly, I don't think I wanna know," Hikari whispers back to her sister.
The three girls stood side-by-side, Six having them stand at attention. The twins felt nervous since he said he had a punishment planned for them just for going after number 88 again.
Toyotama, even though she wasn't in trouble, couldn't help but wonder what the Spartan would do to them. She had a feeling she probably was going to enjoy it, especially with what will happen to her rival. She had a smug look on her face imagining the oldest twin doing some of the most humiliating things possible. She let a small laugh escape her throat, which didn't go unheard. Earning a few confused looks.
When Six was in the middle of the room they were in, the Spartan immediately turned to face the lightning twins as he stared at their flinching forms. Several seconds of silence passed as Six took in a deep breath and exhaled before speaking, "So...after today's little fiasco. It has become painfully obvious that we do not function as a team. So the first thing we need to focus on is for you to follow my orders and instructions." Six took a second to pause before continuing, "Truth be told, I was going to wait until tomorrow, but because of your foolish decision to play into that bastard's game, I think we will begin immediately." giving them a disappointed look even thought they could not see it. However, his tone of voice spoke volumes of his dissatisfaction with them.
The Twins and even Toyotama were curious about what Six was talking about, if not a little nervous about what was to come. Building up her courage, Hikari asked her Ashikabi, "And what are we going to do exactly?" in a subdued but confident voice. Six removed his helmet so that his three Sekirei could look him in the eyes so they'd know how serious he was about this. "Starting today, the next few weeks will be the beginning of what I call "Hell Week."
Both the lightning twins and Toyotama were confused and perturbed as the youngest of the twins repeated what Six said "Hell Week?" Hikari was the next to speak up. "What are you talking about, Six?"
The Spartan smiled wickedly at his Sekirei. "What it means, Hikari is as a result of both you and Hibiki not following my very clear orders, you have just won two free tickets to the worst moments of your lives. I am going to give you the same kind of training that turned me into a Spartan III. I will push you to your absolute limits with grueling combat and endurance training. What I am going to put you through will be Hell on Earth for the two of you, but by the end of your training, not only will you two come out of this as soldiers I can trust to have my back like my fellow Spartans. I will drill into you the importance of following the chain of command to the letter. So that you two will never do something this asinine ever again.".
The color in the lightning twin's faces began to quickly drain as the horror of what their Ashikabi was willing to put them through dawned in their minds. Toyotama truly did feel sorry for her bond sisters, but to say she didn't find this hilarious would be a lie. Six then suddenly turned to Toyotama, causing the Sekirei to stiffen under his stern gaze, "Also, aside from listening and following my orders. You two will also follow Toyotama's orders and instructions as if they were my own."
Hikari was dumbstruck as she yelled out, "Why the hell do we have to listen to the pole dancer's instructions!" She could not believe her Ashikabi would put her under the bimbo's command; it was unbelievable! Six's gaze fell on the eldest lightning twins, with a straight face, and calmly answered, "The reason you are to follow Toyotama's orders is unlike you, she followed my orders, like I asked her to, and tried to stop you from chasing down Minato and Musubi. So in light of this, I am making Toyotama my second-in-command. As both of you are clearly hard of hearing and need a guiding hand" Both the twin's mouths dropped as they stood there while Toyotama had a wicked smile plastered across her face.
Hikari was about to argue further, but Six began speaking again. "Also, for the act of disrespect against your superior officer, I want you to get down on the ground and give me 200 push-ups." Hikari's eyes looked like they were about to pop out of her skull when the Spartan said this, "Bu..." she began to speak; however, Six interrupted her. "Go ahead and say something, #11; I dare you. I don't mind adding another 100 to your push-ups, we have all day, and I will drill respect into you for your superior officers."
Hikari felt like she was a kid who was in deep trouble with her parent when Six referred to her by her number as opposed to her name. Seeing that there was no way out of this, Hikari grumbled in displeasure and got on her hands and knees and, lifting her knees, began her push-ups. Six quickly responded to her displeasure by adding another 50 push-ups for grumbling. Hikari promptly learned her lesson and kept her displeasure in check. Hibiki looked at her sister trying to do the required amount of push-ups and looked back to her Ashikabi as one thought crossed her mind "I have a feeling we might not survive this." On the other hand, Toyotama looked at Hikari struggling with her exercise with a sadistic grin "Oh, I think I'm going to enjoy this." the staff fighter thought gleefully.
Six then moved his helmet to be underneath his right armpit as he began to walk around his three Sekirei. Six then began to speak once more, "Now, normally, I would have your training be on the same level as a human. But considering you are not human at all, I think we can double the amount of training a normal Spartan recruit is expected to do."
Hibiki and Hikari were shocked when he said this, and as a result of his statement, Hibiki began to voice her complaint, "But we're just elemental types, Six. We're not physical types like #88 is, so we don't have the same strength or endurance as her. We won't be able to keep up with your training." she finished hoping that her Ashikabi would see reason and hopefully leave the harsher training out of his plans for them.
Six, on the other hand, walked up to her and stared at her, "I understand what you are saying, Hibiki, I really do. But that sounds like an excuse to me; if you are that worried about it, you might have thought about that before you chased Minato and Musubi and followed my orders. So your objection is noted, Hibiki...and duly ignored." Hibiki's eyes lit up with fear as any hope of appeasing her Ashikabi's wrath failed.
Six then said, "Also, you can join your sister and give me another 200 push-ups." Hibiki blinked a couple of times, confused, "Wait! WHAT!" Six smiled sadistically and said, "You heard me, Hibiki. 200 push-ups right now." Six said in a serious tone. Just as Hibiki was about to speak, the Spartan held up one finger in front of his Sekirei. "Argue with me, and I'll add another 200." Seeing that there was no way for her to get out of this, the younger sister joined her twin on the ground doing the same amount of push-ups as her older sister.
As Toyotama tried to keep her little chuckles of joy under control, she lost it after Hibiki joined Hikari, and #16 laughed at the lightning twins' misfortune, much to their chagrin. Six then turned to Toyotama and said, "Well then, Toyotama if you find this situation amusing, you can get down on the floor and join them. I want 200 push-ups from you, too," with a voice laced with minor amusement.
Toyotama immediately stopped laughing and turned to her Ashikabi in disbelief "Wait, I thought..." Six interrupted her before she could even finish her sentence "Yes, but that was until you laughed at them. I will not allow any smugness in this team, so get down and give me 200."
Toyotama sighed in defeat, knowing better than to argue, as she removed her sweatshirt, revealing the black tank top underneath that hugged her chest in all the right areas. Once Toyotama was on the ground, she said, "Well, at least I can do push-ups better than them. Since combat types like me are used to this sort of training." Six smiled, "Well, if that is the case, I want 150 extra push-ups and 350 sit-ups too." Toyotama nearly collapsed to the floor at that demand. She looked into Ashikabi's eyes and saw that he was not joking, "Me and my big mouth." Toyotama thought as she continued her workout.
Hikari smiled, "Serves you right, you smug bitch." the eldest twin said as quietly as she could, with great disdain, "I heard that, Hikari. That's another 200 push-ups." Six said. Hikari almost lost her balance, "How did you hear me?" the Spartan looked at the eldest twin and smiled, "I always had good hearing ever since I was a kid. Now I expect those 200 extra push-ups."
Hikari groaned but did as she was told. As the three Sekirei were focused on their tasks, Six decided to tell them a story "Going back to what you said, Hibiki. Even though you are elemental types, I still believe you can take on and beat combat types or even single numbers. I know this because of humanity's history."
Grunting on her 80th push-up, Hibiki asked, "What do you mean, Six?" The Spartan sat cross-legged as he began his tale, "Thousand of years ago, during the events known as the Greco-Persian Wars. The Persian King at the time, known as Xerses, sent an army of 70 to 300,000 troops to Greece to conquer it. One of the battles of these wars was the Battle at the Hot Gates, or as it is better known, the Battle of Thermopylae. 7,000 Greek soldiers marched to the Hot Gates with a part of their forces being on land and the other would attack the enemy via naval battles." As Six saw that the three girls were listening to his story without stopping their workout, he continued.
"Now, once the force that was going to fight on land reached the gates, they began to set up. The region's geological makeup was that of two giant rock walls overlooking a narrow walkway. So for the Persian army to even advance, they had to pass this narrow pathway. Knowing this a King named Leonidas and his loyal soldiers of 300 men would hold the pass and not let one Persian invader pass them."
On her 130th pushup, Hikari said, "That is stupid; there is no way 300 can hold their own against 70,000 or more. It sounds like this King wasn't that smart." Six smiled at her narrow-minded view, "You would think that, but that wasn't the case. On the first day of combat, the Persians came like a tidal wave smashing into Leonida's army of 300, yet the King and his men were able to not only push them back but drive them off as well. While the Persians lost tens of thousands of soldiers, the King only lost two to three men on the first day alone."
All three Sekirei were so shocked that they paused in their pushups before Six gave them a look and continued their work, "I can't believe only 300 men were able to hold their own against an enemy that such overwhelming numbers." Toyotama said. "What happened next, Six?" Hibiki asked as she looked like a child enraptured by a fantastic story. "That same night, King Xerses sent his elite troops, The Immortals, to deal with King Leonidas. But they suffered a grueling defeat at the hands of the Greek King and his loyal soldiers. On the second day, Xerses sent wave after wave of his forces at King Leonidas, only for every soldier he sent to be completely slaughtered by the 300 brave Greeks."
Hikari was impressed, "They must have been some great warriors if they could hold out against an army of 300,000 for two days." Six smiled, "Yes, they were, but their good fortune wasn't meant to last as Xerses was told by a Greek traitor that there was a secret pass around the Greek King that the Persians could use to surround the 300. On the third night, King Leonidas was told of what the Persians were doing, but instead of retreating, the noble King decided he and his men would stay and die there to buy all of Greece time to get their defenses ready as the 6,700 Greek troops retreated leaving only the King and his 300 at the Hot Gates. Even when they were surrounded, the King refused to surrender, and he and his 300 men fought to the last, killing as many Persians as they could before they were slain."
Six saw the look of sadness on the girl's face when he said that. "But even though they were all killed, King Leonidas and his 300 inspired all of Greece to answer the call to defend their homeland and as for the Persians. While they were the victors of the Battle of Thermopylae, the Persians were completely demoralized by this battle and were ultimately defeated soon after."
Hibiki finishing her 200 pushups, looked at Six while the other two still worked independently but were nearing their goal. "So even though Xerses won the battle, King Leonidas struck such a blow to the Persians that they ultimately lost the war?" Six nodded and replied, "Yes, the Legend of King Leonidas and the Battle of Thermopylae is famous for being a last stand against overwhelming odds. The story is still told many thousand years later, and both the King, his 300 loyal soldiers, and the people from the area where Leonidas hailed from were known as the greatest warriors of the ancient world." Toyotama just finished her set, and Hikari struggled to complete the rest of her pushups.
With sweat on her brow, the staff wielder asked, "Speaking of which, you never said the name of where this Leonidas came from or what his people were called?" Six smiled at his first Sekirei. "That's right, and I didn't. Well, to answer your question, Toyotama. Leonidas was known to the world as King Leonidas of Sparta, and the story I told you is how he and his 300 Spartans held their own against a massive enemy."
Hibiki and Toyotama were shocked, while Hikari was too focused on her reps to respond. Six noticed this and said, "That's right, Spartans like me and others were named after these legendary warriors from Earth's past." Six then focused on Hibiki, "That's why I don't believe that you and your sister can't do something just because your either double numbers or just elemental types. With hard work, dedication, and experience, even you can take on and defeat a single number Sekirei. You just need dedication, hard work, and the proper training, and I will be there with you every step of the way to get you three up to speed."
Six stood up and saw Hikari lying on the floor as she completed her set, but she was so tired she couldn't pick herself back up. "Hibiki, help out your sister and rest for a while. In two hours, I'll come to you all again, and we will get back to training." the Spartan then put his helmet back on and left the room while looking forward to the training he would put his Sekirei through. In contrast, all three girls were worried for themselves as they had no idea what type of training their Ashikabi had in store for them. They couldn't help but feel inspired by the story Six told of the Spartans, and they wanted to prove it, not only to themselves, that they could be stronger but to their Ashikabi, that they could stand with him in battle as his equal.
After enduring a whole day of grueling training, the girl's bones were aching. When the sun finally set, Six told him they were done for the day. After that, they had dinner, took a shower, and were now ready for bed as they entered their room.
"Oh, God. I feel like I was hit by a train." Hikari admitted, exhausted.
"You can say that again." Hibiki feels as though her body is about to give out. "I don't think it was all that bad. I feel kinda great from it." Toyotama admitted since she didn't feel as exhausted as they were.
"Well, that's because you're a combat type. You guys don't get exhausted as easily compared to us element types." Hikari was able to shoot back.
"Can you guys please not fight? I don't think I have the energy even to stop you two." Hibiki, too exhausted to even wanna deal with their antics. Toyotama just shrugged," Whatever."
"Now I wonder if it's a good time to wear those outfits we got from Uzume ." Hikari went for one of the shopping bags, looking inside, quickly realizing she couldn't find the outfit she was looking for. "I think we should wait to wear those on a special occasion," Toyotama said; however, it looked like her words were ignored since the oldest one was still looking through her bag.
"Oh, come on, where the hell is it!" Hikari shouted in frustration. "Something wrong, sister?" Hibiki asked.
"The outfit I got from Uzume. I can't find it!" Now getting mad, she went for her sister's bag" Hey, you should ask before going through my stuff!" Shouted the youngest, albeit weakly due to her exhaustion. After a minute of going through her sister's stuff, she couldn't find the outfit.
"Well, six did force you to give number 88 some clothing you don't suppose…" Toyotama said. Hikari paused for a moment before coming to a realization,"… oh, no. You don't think I …."
Somewhere else on the same night. Minato's apartment.
Minato's face was all red, his eyes wide, open in shock, and blood dripping down his nose, seeing the site in front of him.
"Ahh...Minato.. do you think this is too small for me?" Ask the bubbly, headed brunette as she was wearing violet, purple lingerie bra and panties. Musubi tried to adjust the bra, but it only ended up squeezing her breasts a bit tighter to the point where the ronin couldn't take it, and he ended up fainting on the floor. "Ah! Minato! Are you okay? " Musubi ran over to his side to see if he was okay.
'I have a feeling they accidentally gave her those.' Minato said inside his thoughts.
Sometime around that same day, "Oh, man, I'm so exhausted, " Uzume tiredly said as she walked through the Inn's front door.
"Uzume is that you?" asked Miya from the kitchen.
"Yeah, just got done at work," Uzume replied.
"Just in time too. Almost done making dinner. Do you want to help me set the table?" Miya asked, appearing out of the kitchen.
"Sure," Uzume said.
"Splendid," Miya said.
Uzume helped set up the table, putting plates, bowls, and tableware on the table shortly after Miya brought out dinner.
The two sat down to eat dinner.
"Hey, where's Kagari ?" Uzume asked since he wasn't there to sit down with them.
"Well, I know he left earlier today to go to work. Must be working late tonight, I guess." Miya replied.
Uzume nodded and took a bite of her food.
"Other than that, how was work today, Uzume?" Miya asked.
Uzume swallowed her food and answered, "Nothing exceptional, to be honest, it was a long day, and I had lunch with my friend, and that was it…. Other than running into my childhood friends Hikari and Hibiki at the store today along with another new friend of mine, number 16 Toyotama."
Miya's eyes widen in surprise, not expecting to hear the Sekirei bonded to the iron giant meeting Uzume today.
Uzume saw her land lady's surprised look, "Ah.. something wrong, Miya?"
Before the purplenette could even answer, a loud "WHAT!?" was heard upstairs, making the brunette flinch, before she knew it, Matsu appeared out of the secret compartment right above her and dropped right down in front of Uzume like a rabid animal about to pounce on their prey.
Giving no time to react. Matsu started asking a series of questions that confused Uzume.
"Was the 7-foot tall giant with Them?!"
"What is he like!?"
"Did you get a good look at his armor, or was he out of his armor!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa…Matsu, calm down. I don't even know what you're talking about. 7 feet tall giant and armor?" Uzume was completely confused about what she was talking about.
"Oh, he wasn't with them? I'll show you then." Matsu grabbed the brunette by the shoulder and dragged her upstairs.
"Matsu, can it wait? I was in the middle of eating dining!" Uzume yelled in defiance as she was dragged away by the redhead, leaving the widow by herself, making her sigh before going back to eating her meal alone and hopefully in peace.
"What was that all about?" Miya turned her head and saw Kagari entering the dining area with a confused look on his face.
"Matsu Wanting to show Uzume somethings," Miya answered simply, giving away none of her thought on the matter.
"Hmm. I see." The fire user replied, deciding to drop the topic while taking a seat at the table and started eating.
"How was work today for Kagari ?" Miya asked.
Not much, to be honest, other than I dealt with a client that was a bit rough." The fire user said, rubbing his arm where six grabbed him.
Judging from how he rubbed his arm, Miya suspected he must've got into a fight with Sekirei, "Must've been a feisty one if she did that to you."
"Yeah. You can say that." Homura let a hesitant chuckle escape his throat, "More importantly, I'm starving." he said as he started eating with great delight.
With both having said their part, things progressed into a pleasant silence, with only the sound of eating and moving dishes being heard.
Back upstairs in Matsu's secret room.
"Okay, Matsu, what is so important that you have to show me," Uzume complained, just wanting to eat dinner and relax.
"Here, let me show you." Matsu started typing at her computer, "Those three Sekireis you met today. Let's just say they are bonded to someone extraordinary."
Uzume raised a curious eyebrow, wondering what was so special about the man she was making clothes for, "Okay… so what's so special about Toyotama's and the twin's Ashikabi other than he's very tall to the point. I have to make clothes for him."
"So you didn't see him there, other than they asked you to make his clothing?" Matsu understood what her roommate said.
"Ah, yeah… is there something wrong?" Uzume was just wondering where all this was leading.
"Let me just show you." Mutsu shows Uzume what she showed Miya the previous day.
Sometime later. Back with Six.
Hikari depressingly fell asleep after losing the lingerie she got from Uzume, too tired to even do anything about it, with her sister and Toyotama following suit.
Hours later, around 4 AM.
Noble Six did his routine perimeter check. Making sure no hostiles bother them during the night.
Once, he felt like things were safe. He headed back inside the factory and got a janitor's bucket that was left behind here when the place was shut down. He filled it with cold water and carried it to the girl's room.
Opening the door and seeing the girls all sound asleep. He readied the bucket and splashed the water on them.
Athena watching through the visor," You know you're gonna piss them off doing this, right?"
"I know."
"Well, I hope they're ready for a rude awakening," Athena said as six dumped the water on the girls.
Once the cold water hit their skin, it instantly woke them up, screaming as they scurried to their feet.
"Ah! Cold! Cold! Cold!" Yelled Hikari.
"I'm all soaking wet! " Yelled Toyotama.
"Our bedsheets… they're all soaked! " Hibiki complain.
"We're covered in cold, damn water, and you worried about the stupid bedsheets." Hikari.
Athena laughed at their reactions, seeing grown women act like children. Six ignored their whining and went straight to business.
"Good, you're all awake." The Spartan called out to them. The girls took their attention to him.
"Hey, what was the big idea!? We were sleeping!" Hikari yelled at Six.
"I agree that was completely uncalled for!" Hikibi was definitely not in the best of moods after having cold water dumped on her.
Toyotama then let her frustrations be known" Yeah, I hope you have a good explanation for this, ruining my beauty sleep!"
"My reasons. As of right now, we're starting another day of training. Dry yourselves off and be ready." Six said.
The girls looked at him and were surprised, not expecting to start training again so early and so soon.
"Oh! Come on we...!"
"Argue with me, and you will be doing 100 pushups. Am I clear." the spartan said in all seriousness.
The girls were about to rebuttal, but before they could make any complaints, they stopped themselves out of a sense of self-preservation. Realizing arguing with him would be pointless so they all obeyed.
"Fine..." They all said together depressingly.
One week later.
The next few days, while brutal for the girls, both Six and Athena saw they still gave their training their all, whether it was doing a kilometer run across the entirety of the Northern part of the city or doing strength-building exercises. While it is true they still complained about it when Six called them out on bad behavior by doing certain activities, they still gave it their 100% in trying to complete it.
However, Six and even Athena started noticing Toyotama trying to make her exercises more...sexual than the others. Examples of this would be if they went on runs, the Spartan noticed most of the time Toyotama would run braless in her tank top, causing her massive chest to jiggle with each step she took, or how if she did pushups Toyotama would control the speed of her descent to slowly press her boobs into the floor squishing them before coming back up.
"This one definitely wants to get in your pants, Six." Athena teased him at one point. While it was annoying for the Spartan, it started to become a problem when he saw Toyotama and Hikari trying to outdo each other of getting their Ashikabi aroused. Six just ignored it for now, but during their 4th or 5th day of training, while they were exercising, Six noticed Hibiki was doing squats in a way that showed the curvature of her ass as she went into a deep squat before coming back up.
Six dealt with this quickly, and over time the girls stopped. though both his Sekirei and his AI companion would still have fun about the whole thing at his expense. Now Six could see they were at the level he wanted them to be, he immediately began to move the training into a more combat-focused role. So far, it had been a little over a week since the twins chased after Minato and Musubi. Right now, Six was facing the twins as he got into a combat stance and said, "Now remember, come at me with everything you got. Otherwise, this training is pointless." Both of the twins nodded as electricity began to spark around the two, and suddenly they charged at their Ashikabi.
The twins started their attack by shooting several bolts of lightning at the Spartan, but Six was able to dodge their attacks easily. After escaping the last bolt of electricity, Hikari rushed him and began throwing punches and kicks, all enhanced by electricity. Six dodged and blocked her attacks, but every time he blocked one of her attacks, it did a number on his shields. After dodging another punch, the Spartan unleashed a push kick to Hikari's stomach, knocking her away, only for Six to avoid another lightning strike coming from Hibiki.
Six rushed at the youngest twin and threw several jabs at her. Hibiki was able to dodge some of his attacks; however, for those attacks that she couldn't dodge, she blocked them with her arms. Seconds later, Hikari was back and was able to get Six to back off from her sister. The two twins then rushed in again, with Hikari throwing aggressive punches, jabs, and kicks while Hibiki fired lightning bolts at Six. Should Six push Hikari back, Hibiki would then move in and throw her attacks, hoping to catch the Spartan off guard.
As the melee continued, Six was able to understand and read their tactics easily. Hikari was the aggressor, always the one out of the two to attack and never relent; as a result of this, Hibiki would stay back and focus on ranged attacks, and if her elder sister was able to knock Six off-balance on those rare occasions, or if Six was able to push Hikari back with his assault. Hibiki would then charge in and try and counter with her melee strikes. Yet they never attacked together or tried to chain their melee attacks together. Having seen enough, Six decided to end the exercise. First Six threw a haymaker punch into Hikari's diaphragm knocking all the air out of her lungs, before jumping up in the air and delivering a roundhouse kick to the elder lightning twin's head, knocking her to the ground.
As she was taken out, Six rushed Hibiki, who tried to shoot multiple lightning bolts at her Ashikabi, Six dodged them, and once he was face to face with Hibiki, the Spartan squatted down and, using his left leg, turned 360 degrees sweeping Hibiki's feet out from under her. As she was in the air, Six quickly stood up and delivered an axe kick to the younger sister knocking her down to the ground hard. Both twins were in a lot of pain and were sore from the melee. "Alright, we'll end the training here." Hikari sat up and rubbed her head, "Did you need to go that hard on us?"
Six looked at her and said, "Well, this is training. If I held back during this exercise, I would be hurting you in the long run, not helping. Also, your enemy will not go easy on you, so you must be prepared for that." Six held out his hand to Hibiki, who accepted it and was helped back up. Six walked to Hikari and did the same to her as well, "Alright, for today's homework, I want you two to focus more on chaining your attacks together. Hikari, you are too aggressive; while that can be good in a fight if you focus more on attack than defense, the enemy will take advantage of that and use your momentum against you."
Six then turned to Hibiki, "Hibiki, you are different. You tend to hang back and let your sister handle all forms of melee combat. Only coming in if your sister can land a hit and disorient them or if Hikari is pushed back, you then counter believing that their focus is completely on your sister and they're for forgetting about you. You need to attack the enemy with Hikari, not hang back. While your ranged attacks are good, if you continue to use this tactic, the enemy will get used to it and devise a way to counter and neutralize you both. Try and fight with Hikari and enter melee more. Also, using your powers to increase the effectiveness of your attacks are great ideas; do more of that." Both the twins nodded, and Six said, "Alright, practice on your own, and we'll call it here for today."
Just then, Toyotama entered the room and looked at the three of them, "Let me guess. Six beat the crap out of you again." Hikari looked at her and angrily responded, "I like to see you try and handle him. In case you forgot, when you two fought the moment Six disarmed you, he beat you like a rented mule." Toyotama glared and was about to say something when Six intervened, "She is right, Toyotama. You are a master in staff combat, but take the staff away, and you are no more of a threat than a child. Which is way over time; I'm going to help you develop your unarmed combat skills." Toyotama just nodded.
"Look, I know you three still aren't on good terms, but like it or not, you are all my Sekirei. This means you are part of a team; hence you have to act like a team which means not trying to rile the other up or intentionally angering the other. We work together as a team and survive, or we all die together as a team, so I ask you to try to find some common ground between you and at least act like you can stand the other."
While Hikari and Toyotama didn't answer, giving each other death glares, Hibiki said, "Okay, Six, we'll try and work together... for you." Six nodded, "That's all I ask." Toyotama then responded, "Oh, by the way, Six, I just got a call from my friend, Uzume. She says that the clothes we had ordered for you are ready." Six looked at her "Good. Toyotama, I need you to pick up the clothes and bring them back. Hikari and Hibiki remembered what I said and try to improve your combat skills." As the Spartan began to walk away, the staff Sekirei asked, "Where are you going, Six?" Six turned his head to her and said just one word, "Classified." causing all three of them to groan in annoyance.
Before six could set foot out the door.
" Six, wait," Toyotama called out to him.
"Hmm. What is it?" he asked, slightly turning towards her location.
"There is something I wanted to ask you, but I never got the chance after all the endless training," Toyotama said.
Six probably already had an idea of what she would ask. "What do you want to know?"
"Who is this Diana you spoke of ?" Toyotama curiously asked.
And that piqued the Twins' interest, sharing the greenest curiosity about that weird thing he said last week.
"What was that about, and why did you call me by that name?" Hikari asked since it seemed like it was directed at her.
"Also, the game master said they couldn't pick us up on any of their monitoring satellites….Athena's been hiding us, hasn't she?" Hibiki asked, figuring out the last part.
"Yes." Responding to Hibiki's question.
"Why?"
"Let's just say I don't like being watched 24 seven…and Diana… that… that is personal. I got to get going" Before the girls could even say anymore, he left, leaving them in concern, and they knew this wasn't the last time they would bring it up.
Diana..., it's been a while since he ever thought about his sister. Last week arguing with Hikari during incident with number 88 reminded him of the few times he argued with her. During that heated argument, it was like old muscle memory returning and why he blurted out her name. He never admitted it; Hikari reminded him a lot of her regarding their personality and attitude.
Putting those thoughts aside, he continued on his mission.
Six left factory grounds cloaked. Once again, he was limited to sneaking through alleyways and padding carefully from one to the next. Part of him wished he had a grappling hook to help him maneuver around the city more easily. Sekirei were incredibly mobile, to the point he envied them a bit. Spartan abilities were impressive, but neither in or out of power armor could any Spartan match that jump height.
Where Six is heading to was the armory he scouted out a week ago. Remembering his way there, he didn't need a waypoint, following the routes he remembered. Like before, avoiding the East Patrols with the help of MBI satellites.
Once again, he was at the same vantage point as last time. Observing the base like a hawk. It didn't look like much changed other than there was a lot more security than last time. Probably due to the fact it was still light out compared to when it was dark from the last time he was here.
"Have they upgraded the defensive systems in any way?" Six asked Athena.
Athena nodded and answered, "I hate to say this, but they did. Last week was a perfect opportunity to hit this place. You pretty much squandered it just to train the girls."
Six silently cursed himself. He should've hit this place last week. After the incident with number 88, he had to get the girls to work as a team, and following orders seemed more important than weapons at the time. He was seeing the consequences of it now. It set him back, "Well, there's nothing we can do about it now. We just need to overcome these new obstacles, like usual."
His synthetic partner agreed, "I took the liberty of highlighting where they are on the map of the base." Athena brought up a 3-D image of the armory showing where the cameras were and the EMP devices.
"I can still hack into most of these devices, disabling them… to be honest, it feels like this was all for nothing just to stop you." Athena smugly, almost kind of laughing at MBI's efforts to stop them.
"I told you before you'd be able to walk all over them" Six commented.
"I know. I think their systems are more prepared for a brain type Sekirei than AI, honestly." Athena said, seeing the way how MBI had their system set up. But the difference between her and a brain type is that she can go into their systems at will since she's connected to the Internet 24/7.
"Hmm, as always, good work." Six said, looking at his infiltration area.
"As always, you're welcome. However, the only problem we have to deal with is the guards because I doubt they'll let us leave with all that weaponry, and I told you last week we either create a distraction or knock out every one of them." Athena reminded.
"You don't have to remind. I want to avoid as much loss of life as possible." Six said, wanting to avoid taking human life as much as possible. Doubly so, since most of these guards are just doing their jobs still… it made him think about how these men can go along with this game.
"Well, as you were training the girls this week. I kept busy by eyeing MBI's activities throughout the city, east, west, and South. Just recently, they just added tranquilizer guns and nerve gas to the inventory of this particular armory, just in case of riots when they fully lock down the city or out-of-control Sekirei. We can use it to neutralize the guards." Athena showed six of what was added to the inventory here.
Six couldn't help but smirk, seeing one obstacle has been solved, "I think I know what to do now. Let's head back to base, and tonight we strike this place."
Athena couldn't help but internally smirk, "Roger that." With that said, they headed back to base.
Around the same time.
Toyotama just arrived at the store she and the twins shopped at last week, near where they encountered number 88.
Walking in through the front entrance, she couldn't help but notice she was not being stared at. It was a nice change of pace she didn't get stared at all the time, like when they first walked through the door a week ago when they wore their battle attire. Clearly, wearing their regular civilian clothing made the difference and was a welcomed change of pace.
Not to say she didn't get some stairs from some of the male customers she walked past. One of them even tried to flirt with her, but she just ignored him and kept moving.
Toyotama went to the checkout desk, where she saw Uzume checking out a customer. When she was done, the customer walked away. Once she was gone, the brunette focused on the greenette who approached the counter. Uzume smiled and waved to her, "Hey, how's it going?"
Toyotama greeted her back while shrugging her shoulders, "Hm, not much, to be honest. Other than picking up the order."
"Here." Uzume said, bending over behind the desk and bringing two large shopping bags full of clothing on the counter, "Hopefully, these are to his liking. Hopefully, I got his size and measurements right. I never had to make anything for somebody this big before."
"I hope it wasn't a hassle," Toyotama said.
" No. It wasn't. In some ways, I welcome a challenge." The brunette happily said handed the bags to the staff user.
"Thank you for all your help; it's greatly appreciated." Toyotama taking the bags from number 10.
"If he ever wants anything else, let me know. I can make it," Uzume said happily.
"I'll let you know if anything comes up. " Toyotama said, as she started walking away from the counter with the bags with a smile while looking forward to seeing her Ashikabi in new clothes.
"I'll talk to you later." The greenette said goodbye.
"Hey before you go, can I ask you something?" Uzume said, making the staff user look back at her.
"Ah, sure, what's up?" Toyotama asked curiously.
"Your Ashikabi, what's he like, if you don't mind me asking" The brunette asked with curiosity.
The greenette gave her a curious look," Can I ask why?"
"I'm just curious, that's all," Uzume replied
Toyotama thought about it for a moment. Seeing no harm, Toyotama said, "There is a lot I can say about him. If there's one thing I can say about him is that he's one of a kind." Toyotama said with a smile on her face, "And I'm happy he's my Ashikabi ." she finished with a blush on her face, still keeping her smile.
Seeing the smile on Toyotama's face, couldn't help bring a smile to the big-breasted brunette's face, "Sounds like you got someone special there. I'm happy for you, Toyo."
The greenette chuckled to herself, "Yeah. You can say he's one of a kind... Anyway, I have to get going now. I'll see you later, Uzume," Toyotama said as she started leaving.
"Wait. Did you get a chance to try out those' outfits' I sold?" Uzume asked, wanting to know how the trio enjoyed them.
Toyotaama developed a disappointed look" Sadly, we didn't get a chance to try them on."
Uzume blinked "You didn't, how come?"
"I, well, let's just say. Last week as soon as we left here, the twins were chasing after some old prey that escaped them." The greenette told the brunette.
"I thought they were forbidden from going after the unwinged?" Uzume remembers last week about the twins saying their Ashikabi stopped them from hunting the unwinged.
"He did. But they wanted to finish with they started with this particular one. I tried to stop them, but they wouldn't listen until, luckily, our Ashikabi showed up to stop them. Luckily, nobody got hurt, and as for their prey, she found her Ashikabi during the whole incident. But here's the funny thing, the twins ended up destroying her clothing. Our Ashikabi, as an apology forced the twins to give, I believe her name was number 88 Musubi, some of the clothing they bought here since they destroyed her outfit in the chase. Here's the best part, Hikari didn't realize she accidentally gave that outfit to her." Toyotama couldn't hide her laugh remembering that particular night last week.
Uzume couldn't help but laugh aloud, "I can only imagine the surprise he must've felt if she wore the outfit already."
Toyotama also let a laugh escape her, "I bet his face was all red and blood coming out of his nose and passing out on the floor." Toyotama said, not realizing how right she was.
"It would've been a funny thing to see on camera." Uzume laughed, "And let me know when Hikari wants me to get her another outfit like that to replace what they accidentally gave to this number 88."
"I will. We will have a hard time finding the perfect opportunity to wear it, though. Since we haven't had a chance to sleep with our Ashikbai yet." Toyo disappointingly said.
"You haven't slept with him yet. How come?" Uzume asked.
Toyotama comes up with a quick lie, "It's his job. He works late at night into the morning, so it's just me and the twins at the house and keeping things nice and clean."
Uzume nodded in understanding.
"Speaking of Ashikabi, have you found yours yet? If you don't mind me asking, last time I checked, I remember you saying you didn't have it yet." Toyotama curiously asked. Wondering if she found hers in that amount of time.
Uzume took a deep breath," sadly, I haven't yet."
"Hmm. Figured you would've found one by now."
"Yeah. I guess I haven't found the right one just yet to cause a reaction." Uzume said.
"I hope you find yourself one soon. Anyway, I really have to get going. I'll see you later." Toyotama said, getting ready to go out the door.
"Sorry to stop you again, but before you go, there is something I want to tell you. There's a bar down the street that another friend of mine works at. If you and the others ever wanna hang out with me, we could get some food and drinks if you are ever in the mood?" Uzume told the greenette.
"Hmm, maybe on a night when he isn't working, maybe we can take him out on a date here and there. What's the name of this place?" Toyotama asked.
"Seventh Heaven, a sake bar. Like I said, not far from here, but yeah. If there's ever a night where he's off, let me know, and I'll tell you how to get there, or heck, I'll take you there." the
brunette happily said.
"Sounds lovely. I can't wait to go there with him and the others. Other than that, I'll catch you later, Uzume." Toyotama says bye to Uzume.
"See ya." Uzume smiled, waving goodbye.
Once the greenette stopped looking at her, Uzume's face turned serious. Looking at the time on her phone, she noticed it was close to her lunch break, and her coworker had just walked past Toyotama to relieve her from the desk, just in time.
After relieving her, Uzume waited for Toyotama to be a good distance away. Uzume started following her.
Uzume ensured she was a good distance to ensure she didn't notice her. Following the Greenette outside.
Outside, on top of a high building overlooking the store, two figures watched from below, homing their eyes on Uzume.
"There she is." Spoke one of them.
"She is unwinged, right?" Asked the other one.
"She has to be, or otherwise, the master wouldn't have sent us after her." The other shot back.
The other one nodded, "Maybe two; if Greenie is a Sekirei, she looks like one. However, why is our target following her?"
"Who cares? The more Sekireis for Mikogami, the better." The other one said. With that, they both took off and started following the brunette.
The brunette followed her to an alleyway.
Once they got to the middle of the alleyway, Toyotama stopped and looked around her surroundings to ensure no one was in sight. Uzume quickly hid behind a trashcan.
When she felt like no one was around to see her, the greenette took off into the air and started jumping from building to building, with Uzume following right behind her, keeping a good distance.
Remembering last week what Matsu showed her, Uzume saw everything from the entrance of this armored giant being that crashed in an alleyway that would become noble six later on when she showed the battle for Toyotama from the eastern Sekireis. And the battle with the twins, and then disappearing.
Uzume couldn't believe what she saw, this huge armor giant could take on multiple Sekireis and also be the Ashikabi of Toyotama and the twins—and seeing how huge he is in the footage. No wonder when they ordered this extra large clothing for a big guy who showed his face from what MBI could get when he removed his helmet. She had to admit she found him handsome. The only thing she didn't like was the scars on his face, making him so much scary looking to her.
However, looking at his face on the screen at the time made her feel something, but she wasn't sure what it was.
During the week, she made the clothin for this giant of a man. So on the day when she finished the clothing, curiosity got the best of her, wanting to know about this giant from Toyotama. During they're little conversation, the brunette could tell she was lying, Uzume did her best not to give away she was aware of Toyotama's secret.
Curiosity got the best of Uzume, wanting to see this iron giant for herself and wanting to find where they'd been hiding since MB lost track of them and they couldn't find them on any of the surveillance feeds around the city as they disappeared.
Toyotama right now is her best chance of finding the giant and reporting it back to Matsu to where they are.
Uzume continued following her, making sure she kept her distance. Unaware of her pursuers, keeping their distance as well right behind her.
At the same time, Noble six was returning to base.
"Umm, six, we got another situation." Athena shows back up on his screen. For some reason, six couldn't help but sigh, already having a feeling what this was about.
"Let me guess. It involves one of the girls, and one of them is being followed."
"You guessed correctly." Athena pulled up MBI's surveillance again. Showing the camera feed of Toyotama jumping from roof to roof, a brunette woman behind her a few buildings away is wearing a pink shirt and jeans.
"Who's this?" Keeping his eyes on the brunette on the screen.
"This is number 10, Uzume." Athena brings up her files on the screen.
"Uzume? That's the name of the girl they told me was making my clothes…" Six said.
"Yes. and I believe that is the same girl since she works at that store they are getting them from," Athena informed.
"Then why is she following Toyotama?" Six questioned.
Athena replied, " Not sure. However, she is Unwinged, so she has no master… The only thing I can tell you about this is that she has a unique ability compared to the other Sekireis that she can use Veil."
"Veil? You mean cloth?" Six questions. From all the amazing powers he had seen from these aliens, this one sounded weird.
"From her file, she can control and manipulate cloth but don't let it foul you. From what I'm reading here, the cloth she uses can be as tough as flat jackets and can be used to deadly affect at long range." Athena read.
"Hmm… Never thought simple cloth could be used as a dangerous weapon. These girls are truly something else." Six commented.
"They sure are." The AI agrees with him, "Reading her file some more, this one is in trouble with MBI."
Now that caught Six's attention. "Really? What did she do to piss them off?"
"I'll tell you this. She helped the very Sekirei I've been trying to look for, for the past week who stole the Jinki." Athena said.
"Number 2, Matsu."
Athena nodded, "Looks like she was an accomplice in helping Matsu steal this artifact. Because of this action, MBI has refused any form of financial or medical help for number 10. they cut off her MBI card. Pretty much leaving her on her own."
"Wait, they didn't even try to send the squad after her?" Six questioned.
"That seems to be the case, no matter how it sounds, but if I had to put myself in the shoes of that madman, he probably found this to be some kind of a new obstacle or challenger or whatever goes on in that mind of his," Athena said.
Six agreed with her, as it definitely seems to fit his personality.
Athena continued, "However, though, finding this piece of information. I believe Matsu is trying to find us. Since I've learned, she's been hacking in and out of MBI's systems. So no doubt she knows about us by now, and probably she's using Uzume to find us... I'm not sure if this was a coincidence or a complete accident your girls ended up going to the one store that had someone who would get us a lead to number 2."
"Coincidence or not, this is somewhat good luck. Since we now have someone who can lead us to number two and the Jinki." Six seeing the bright side of this situation.
Athena agreed, and then she saw something on the satellite that got her attention" Wait a minute, what's this now?" Athena switched the feed.
"What is it this time?" With a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"Looks like Uzume herself has her own pursuers, "Athena showing not too far behind the brunette, looked to be a group of twins jumping from the top of the rooftop. Both of them have blonde hair and around the same height. Black dress with one vertical yellow stripe in the middle of the garment, black combat gloves, black stockings, a frilly black choker, and black high-heeled shoes.
Athena identified them as numbers 38, 39, Mitsuha, and Mitsuki. Bringing up their file, it said they were both weapon types who use whips.
Six then narrowed his eyes to who they belonged to, Mikogami of the South. Since the South has hunting parties looking for Sekireis that have yet to emerge, and Uzume not having an Ashikabi, it was easy to put two and two together.
"I can probably guess what you're thinking." Athena seriously said.
Six nodded, "Athena send a text to Toyotama. Warn her Uzume is following right behind her, and not too far along are two Sekireis from the South hunting her down. Warn her before she gets back to base. The last thing I want is the South, knowing where we are."
"Roger, sending you their position" Athena marked where they are on the map of the city.
Six Immediately started heading towards that position, getting ready for his first confrontation with the South. In some ways, he couldn't help but feel like the situation was similar to when he first met Toyotama.
As Toyotama began jumping from one building to the next, she felt her phone begin to vibrate. After stopping to take a look at it, Uzume hid behind something and peeked around the corner. "Why'd she stop? Does she know I'm tailing her?" the Veil Sekirei thought. Meanwhile, Toyotama looked at her phone and saw the text message. She looked behind her and sighed. Toyotama then typed something as a response to Athena and began to leave. Uzume moved from her spot, "Looks like she hasn't noticed yet." and began to follow her friend. The chase continued for several more minutes until Uzume saw Toyotama heading for what looked to be a construction site.
Uzume followed her until she also made it to a construction site. When the Veil Sekirei landed on one of the iron beams, she looked around to try and find anyone there. "Is this where they live?" that was when she heard an answer "No, this isn't where my Ashikabi and I live, but this place will do for what is about to come."
Uzume turned around and saw Toyotama standing three beams above her. Uzume was shocked. "Toyotama...wha...what are you..?" Toyotama brought out her staff and said, "Drop the act, Uzume. I know you were following me back home, but right now we don't have time to talk about why you were doing that, as we're about to have some company." Uzume was confused as she raised an eyebrow. "Company?" as if on cue, the twins that were pursuing Uzume appeared two beams away from their target.
As the two Sekirei saw the newly arrived pursuers, they were shocked to see that it was a pair of twins. The twins were wearing the same outfit while having their hair in pigtail braids. One was wielding a whip, while the other seemed not to be armed with any weapon from what Toyotama and Uzume could see. The twin with the whip pointed at Uzume and said, "You're coming with us, Number 10. Our master Mikogami wants to add you to his collection, and whatever he wants he gets."
The unarmed twin looked at Toyotama and said, "Tell me, Number 16, are you still unwinged?" Toyotama looked disgusted at her and said, "I already have a wonderful Ashikabi; thank you."
Both of the twins bristled at the obvious insult to their Ashikabi, "Just what the hell is that supposed to mean?!" The one with the whip yelled. The unarmed twin looked at her sister and said, "It's okay, Mitsuha. Her pathetic Ashikabi couldn't hold a candle to Master Mikogami." she then added, "We're only here for Number 10. If you're smart, you'll stay out of our way." Toyotama was disgusted by what she heard and jumped down to the beam Uzume was on, "Sorry, but if you are here to take Uzume away. You'll have to go through me first." she got into a battle stance, ready to defend Uzume.
Both the twins grew irritated that number 16 was making this difficult. At the same time, Uzume smiled, "What the hell is your deal?" the unarmed sister asked, "We are not even hunting you, yet you're going to stand in our master's way and protect a Sekirei that isn't your Ashikabi's?" Toyotama glared and said, "It doesn't matter if she is my bond sister or not. She is my friend, and I will stand by her."
Uzume smiled as she removed her clothes, revealing her combat uniform underneath. Unknown to the four women, they were being watched by Six across another building, who was using a combination of both his zoomed-in HUD and the MBI satellites above to monitor the situation. "Aren't you going to enter the fray?" Athena asked.
Six shook his head, "No, instead, I want to see if any of the training I put Toyotama through has stuck." Athena asked. "Do you think that now is the time to test her, Six?" the spartan replied to the AI, "There will be times I won't be there, and the girls will have to defend themselves without my help. If I don't see if they are up to it by having them fight against the enemy, then when do I test them?" Athena briefly considered this and conceded his point while replying, "I guess you are correct." Six then added, "Don't worry, I'm still close enough to enter into the conflict. So if Toyotama and this Uzume bite off more than they can chew, I'll step in and lend a hand." Six and Athena then stopped talking and focused more on the battle that was about to begin.
The Sekirei twins of the Ashikabi of the South also got ready for a fight, "Alright then. Fight or don't, it doesn't matter, cause in the long run." the twin with the whip jumped towards the two, "Our Master Mikogami always gets what he wants." and then she attacked with her whip. Both Toyotama and Uzume moved out of the way; they both looked at each other and nodded. Toyotama would go after the whip-wielding Sekirei, while Uzume would go after the unarmed one.
Toyotama saw the one with the whip following her as they landed on a beam staring each other down. Toyotama shifted into a battle stance once again and said, "Might as well make this official. I'm Sekirei Number 16, Toyotama." the twin with the whip grabbed her weapon and said, "I am Sekirei Number 38, Mitsuha." she then added "While it is true that you already have an Ashikabi. I believe my sister, and I would be greatly rewarded by taking you out and bringing him Number 10." Mitsuha then jumped in the air and attacked.
Toyotama smiled and dodged the attack and, with her staff, and retaliated by attacking Mitsuha with an overhead strike, but #38 blocked the attack by holding both ends of her whip overhead. Toyotama quickly kicked her opponent away from her before she could try and disarm her. As she was flying through the air, Mitsuha used her whip again and had it coil around Toyotama's right foot before Mitsuha pulled her weapon taught and swung Toyotama towards another steel beam, slamming her back against it. Toyotama could see stars in her vision but quickly shook her head as she went after her enemy.
Uzume went after the unarmed Sekirei and, using her cloth turned some of her veils into a drill with the strength of steel, and she thrust her makeshift weapon at her enemy only to have it stop a couple of inches away from her face. "What the Hell?" Uzume said as she was feeling a lot of resistance on her weapon as she tried to force it toward her opponent. The other twin smiles, and with a wave of her hand, the drill is ripped to pieces causing Uzume to jump back. She looked at her Veil and saw that it was primarily okay even though parts of it were ripped. Uzume then focused her eyes on the twin before her as she smiled sadistically at Uzume and said, "I am Number 39, Mitsuki. I suggest you give up and come with us to your new master."
Uzume glared, "That's not going to happen; besides, I doubt he is my true Ashikabi." Mitsuki chuckled, "Fine, I guess we'll do this the fun way." she said as Uzume felt something wrap around her left ankle. Before she could react, she was thrown off her feet and soared through the air.
Looking around, she saw that she was quickly heading for a steel beam, using her veils to wrap around herself in a ball. The veil ball protected her from the impact as Uzume was slammed into the beam, causing it to bend before being thrown in the other direction. Uzume looked at her ankle and saw wires wrapped around it, "So that's how she is doing this." acting quickly, Uzume used one of her veils to wrap around a beam, stopping her momentum. She then had her veils go after the twin, who jumped out of the way while inadvertently letting go of Uzume's ankle. As she moved to the steel beam, she wrapped her Veil around it; Uzume stood on it and looked for her enemy.
Suddenly Uzume saw a flash of light in the air, and she moved out of the way as the beam she was on was cut through like a hot knife through butter. Using her veils to swing between the beams, she was able to find her enemy, Mitsuki using her weapons. Uzume then used her Veil to increase her speed and momentum as she dived toward the twin. Mitsuki saw a ball of white cloth heading toward her. Reacting quickly, she jumped out of the way, and the moment the ball hit the beam she was on, multiple spikes as they shot forth from the ball, hoping to skewer the twin.
As some of them got close to her, Mitsuki used her wires to try and cut through the ones that were going for her body, but what she didn't see was that some of the veils that weren't going to hit her were starting to get closer to her the further she jumped back. It wasn't long until one of the veil tendrils wrapped around Mitsuki's legs, and when that happened, Uzume smirked victoriously and began to throw her around like a ragdoll.
As she flew through the air, Mitsuki felt like she was going to lose her lunch as she hit a couple of beams suffering bruises on her back, ribs, and arms as she protected her face. Uzume then let go of her enemy as Mitsuki sailed through the air and was about to hit another steel beam before she used her wires to wrap around two beams to slow her momentum until she could land safely on the one she was about to crash into.
Taking a moment to catch her breath, Mitsuki heard from behind, "So you're a weapon user too. You just use your steel wires to fight and cut your enemy." Mitsuki stood up and turned around, seeing Uzume there with a smirk on her face, "I have to admit you did catch me off guard with that, but now that I know what you can do, the same trick won't work twice."
Mitsuki was furious, "Our master did say that we had to try and bring you back unharmed. But I think Master Mikogami wouldn't mind if we came back with you unconscious with a few or several broken bones." as she said this, Uzume could see that several wires glinting in the light. The Veil Sekirei could also see a dark sadistic smile on Mitsuki's face; as a result, Uzume prepared her veils as they wiggled and thrashed around her like living snakes, "Just try it, bitch. We'll see which one of us will be the last one standing." both Sekirei stared at each other with hate in their eyes waiting for the other to make the first move. Several seconds passed, and then several minutes before a loud ringing was heard from the MBI clock tower. When they heard the ringing signaling the start of their fight, both Sekirei charged at each other.
Notes.
Sorry for the long wait. I originally wanted to release this thing back in late May or early June.
I thank 4Alucard for answering my message when I was asking for a new editor. hopefully you all liked his edit. Since he did writing academic papers and official documents rather than stories.
As a disclaimer, I did alter the last chapter again. I got rid of the part where Six goes off on Minaka. 4Alucard called me out on that one and I ended up agreeing with him. I did have Six too emotional and out of character in that scene.
Other than that. Big things goes to The Son of Sparda 343 helping with the training scene and the start of the battle at the end of the chapter.