Thanks to my Amazing beta Ikrani

Lawlucena: Yes I want to keep the story intact but also add something different so i decided to give Matsu to Saya instead. More changes to cannon will follow.

Samantha S. Dracul: As I said above i wanna make the story different in few ways and yes I think matsu will add an interesting twist to Saya's life.

Now without further ado the story.

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"Matsu, you can put your stuff in my car! It should be parked outside. It's a purple Nissan Sukairain," I say as Matsu comes out of the house carrying computer monitors.

I look over to Miya as I give her a polite bow. "Thank you so much for your hospitality! If Uzume shows up, can you please tell her to wait here for me? I should be back in a few days to see if she showed up."

She gives me a warm smile, "It was my pleasure, Shirayuki-san. Please take good care of Matsu and don't worry, I shall relay your message to Uzume."

"Thank you, and I will."

As I finish saying that I glance over to the doorway to see Matsu and Haruhime are still moving in and out of the house, hypnotizing me with their Sekirei curves as they do so. Musubi had volunteered to help with the moving, to make it go by faster, so she was bringing stuff down too. Her curves are mesmerizing as well, but alas she's not my Sekirei.

" Adju- Saya," comes a soft tone of voice which causes me to look at its source. "Thank you. I'm glad that I could see you again. I hope everything works out for you and your friends. "

"You're welcome, Yashima, and thank you." I smile at her in a loving way. "I'm glad you found someone nice. I know you were always afraid of finding someone who was mean, but Minato is a good person. You'll be safe with him, just as he will be safe with you, plus you have Ku and Musubi."

It's then that I feel tugging on my leg. I look down to see Ku pulling on my pants. She stares up at me with a look of sadness, and I instantly knew what she was going to say. "Saya-onee-san, do you have to go?"

I get down on my knees to be eye level with Ku. I look her in the eyes as I give her a warm smile. "Yes, Ku-chan but don't worry. I will make sure to come and visit you." I put my hand on her head and ruffle her long golden locks. "Now, be a good girl, help Musubi and Yashima protect your new big brother. Can you promise me you'll do that?"

She hugs me as she says, "Yes, Saya-onee-san, I promise."

"Saya," Matsu's voice comes from behind me. "I'm finished."

"Good," I say as Ku releases me from the hug, allowing me to stand back up from my position on the ground. "Have you said your goodbyes?"

"Not yet." She turns to her lavender-haired friend and former landlady. "Thank you for everything, Miya."

Miya reaches for Matsu, taking her into a hug. The pair stay there silently in each other's embrace for a moment before Miya breaks the silence. "Stay safe, Matsu."

"Don't worry, Miya, I will."

When Matsu is released from the hug she turns to look at Minato. She pulls him in close and whispers something in his ear. I don't hear what it is, but whatever she said causes Minato to blush as he quickly backs away from her. "Matsu I… I…"

Mutsu snickers before saying, "Relax, I'm only kidding." Her eyes disappear behind her glasses as the sunlight reflects off them. "Or am I? ''

This causes Minato to blush even harder. Judging by that reaction, whatever she said probably went against Miya's rules. But she didn't say anything, maybe she was being nice because Matsu was no longer a resident of the Inn.

Matsu then turns to me. "Come on, Saya, let's go!"

She walks to my car without another word, then opens the door and gets in the back seat on the driver's side. I walk over to my car, and open the door. I look back and wave to everyone. As I get in, my Sekirei are sitting there waiting for me. Akitsu has taken the seat on the front passenger side, with Haruhime behind her.

I stick the key into the ignition and turn it, the low hum of the engine signaling the car coming to life. "Buckle up girls," I say as I put the car into gear and pull off.

"Okay, there is something we need to talk about, but first, what did you say to Minato, Matsu?"

She giggles and it kind of scared me to be honest. "I told him if he ever wanted to have some fun, I'd be down."

"MATSU!"

I suddenly get a feeling that Matsu was betraying me for Minato, and the thought of it hurt. I know the bond was responsible, but it still hurt all the same.

"Relax," Matsu says. She must have sensed what I was feeling. "I only said it to mess with him. You're my Ashikabi, my body belongs to you and you alone, but you can't fault a girl for having a little fun. I only said that to Minato because I reacted to him as well."

"You reacted to another Ashikabi?!" Haruhime says as she bolts upright and looks straight at Matsu.

"Yes, Haruhime, it is possible for a Sekirei to react to multiple people. Didn't you pay attention to Eighty-Four's story? She reacted to both the thug that attacked her as well as Sahashi Minato. "

"Yeah, I suppose you're right. I do remember hearing her say that."

"However just because we can react to multiple people, doesn't mean we can have multiple Ashikabi."

"I see. Well, I'm glad that Yashima got saved by Minato. It would've been horrible to have an abusive Ashikabi."

"Yeah, no Sekirei deserves an abusive Ashikabi. "

Through the rearview I notice something in Matsu's eyes, notice a slight distance in her thoughts."Something else on your mind Matsu?"

"Yes as a matter of fact, there is. Haruhime, sorry about the net gun."

"It's okay, Matsu." Haruhime puts her hand onto Matsu's shoulder as if reassuring her. "I forgive you, because you're my sister now."

"Thank you Haruhime," Matsu replies as she turns to me. "So, Saya, what was the other thing you wanted?"

"Right, we need to move! My apartment is too small for 4 people; luckily I may have a solution. My apartment building actually has a penthouse apartment with five bedrooms. It's been vacant for the last month or so. I'm going to talk to my landlord when we get home and see about moving up there."

"That sounds lovely!" Haruhime says in a somewhat relaxed tone. "I wonder how pretty the city will look from that view."

"Living in a penthouse apartment will definitely be a change from living at Izumo Inn. Sounds like fun," Matsu says.

I look to Akitsu who had been silently staring out the window the entire time. "How does that sound, Akitsu-chan?"

She doesn't look away from the window but quietly replies, "It's fine, Mistress. I'm happy, as long as I have you."

I'm so focused on Akitsu that I don't notice what's right in front of me. I turn to see a long silky mane of flowing blonde hair standing in the street in front of my car. I quickly slam on my brakes to avoid hitting the girl. The car comes to a screeching halt within inches of hitting her.

No sooner than that do I see a streak of lightning shoot from above. The lightning doesn't get close enough to hit my car. It does, however, cause the blonde-haired girl to do a backflip to avoid the blast, making it obvious she was a Sekirei. The next thing I know I'm staring at a supple pair of thighs and white silk panties.

I might have stopped and taken in the view, if not for the fact she was on top of my car. I couldn't fault her, of course, as I already knew where the lightning she was dodging had come from. I open my car door to hear her voice flooding my ears.

"To where didst thou take flight? If that was thy peak, 'tis foreboding as an anthill!"

As I step out of my car another voice comes from above. "Not even close, bitch!"

As expected, it's the SM twins, Hikari and Hibiki. They're standing atop the roof of a small antique store, looking down at the blonde Sekirei with lightning crackling in hands.

"Then have at thee!" The moisture in the air starts congealing around her hands, until she wields water in and around her hands. "Water Celebration!"

A jet stream of rushing water shoots up towards the Lightning Twins. They jump out of the way, doing a front flip and landing in front of the blonde Water Sekirei.

It figures the Lightning Twins were at it again they were attacking the unwinged Sekirei. I slowly move towards them and am about to say something to them, when Haruhime's voice comes from behind me. "Yo, lighting freaks! Stop attacking Sekirei that don't have an Ashikabi!"

Her words caused everyone to go silent for a second, even the loud blonde girl. My Sekirei walks in front of me, a pair of Tessen clearly visible in her hands. Her weapons signify her willingness to fight the Lightning twins to defend the blonde. Because of the bond I could tell she felt bad for the blonde. She wanted to defend the blonde just like Akitsu did for her.

"Shit! Hikari, it's the pervert and her Ashikabi again," Hibiki says, turning to her sister.

"Don't tell me that this one is reacting to you as well!" Hikari says, shooting me a menacing look.

"No, I didn't react to her," I reply, "but you two got me involved when you made her do a backflip onto my car. "

"Just leave the blonde one to us and we'll leave you alone," says Hibiki.

"Sorry, but I can't do that. I have a question for you, 11 and 12. What do you think your Ashikabi would say knowing that you're attacking the unwinged ones? If I'm right and I'm pretty sure I am, your Ashikabi is Takehito's old friend Seo. "

"Yeah, well what's it to you?!" Hikari squawks as a bulging vein appeared on her forehead. "Wait, how do you know that?"

"Simple: I saw you leaving the Botanical Gardens with him last night. Maybe I should pay him a visit; I'm sure he'd like to know what you've been doing. "

The two of them suddenly get a look of dread on their face as Hibiki puts her hand on her sister's shoulder. "Come on, Hikari, let's go!"

"You got lucky, Blondie!" Hikari barks. "Next time we meet you better pray you've got wings!" The two of them quickly disappear over the rooftops.

"Now that your attackers are gone," I say, turning to look at the blond Sekirei, "can you please get off my car?"

She forward-flips off of the hood and lands in front of me. If her expression didn't show how annoyed she was, her voice certainly did." I could have handled that myself! Thou hadst no need to intervene!"

I stare at the Sekirei for a moment. She has long blond hair that flows down her back, stopping right at a white skirt so short that her panties are almost visible. I don't want to seem boorish, so I refocus on her face. Her long bangs frame her soft features and hard expression, which has beautiful bright blue eyes. A black and white choker circles her neck, tastefully matching her clothes. Over her simple yet flatteringly low-cut white top, she has on a black dress with red lining forming a backdrop to her long slender legs, which are covered by black stockings that stop just above her knees. Those stockings sit inside a pair of knee-high brown boots.

I tried not to dwell on her top, but it's almost impossible not to. The chest region of her underdress is cut extremely low, giving me a crystal-clear view of her well-endowed bust. She has her arms crossed just under her bust line, pushing it up and making it seem just slightly bigger.

"Art thou hard of hearing? I told thee I could have handled them myself!" Her voice comes through, breaking hypnotic effects of her curves.

Huh. I'm taken aback for a sec by her manner of speaking, till I realize it's an older Japanese dialect.

"They looked like they had the upper hand," Haruhime says, folding her fans and putting them away.

"Then thine eyes deceive thee. I was merely biding time till I could deal with those heathens."

"They were winning," Haruhime asserted. "If we hadn't intervened, they might've eliminated you before you found your Ashikabi."

"I've no need for Ashikabi! They are naught but filthy monkeys!"

"That's not true!" Haruhime replies, her emotions spiking because of the blonde's words. "Ashikabi are someone special. They are not filthy monkeys, but that special person whom you have both a physical and emotional connection to. Your Ashikabi is someone to love, not fear, someone who will love unconditionally. Someo-"

Haruhime's words are cut off by the sound of the blonde's. "I will not allow anyone to defile my body and that is what those filthy Ashikabi want. I will win this game by myself, without a pet monkey to drag on my heels. If that filth should venture near, I shall drown him!"

"It saddens me to think that you have such a low opinion of your Ashikabi, of your true love. I pray that when you do find your Ashikabi, whomever it may be, that you don't push them away. I pray that you find a loving Ashikabi just like I did. "

"Still thy foolish tongue! I am done with thee!" Tsukiumi turns and jumps up to the rooftop of a building. As she goes up, I once again get a glimpse of her panties before she lands on the roof. She hops from rooftop to rooftop before disappearing from sight.

"Well, wasn't she an interesting one," Haruhime says, turning to me. "And what's with that horrible opinion on Ashikabi?"

"Yeah, that was Number 9, Tsukiumi," I reply, her reputation well-known to me. "As for her thoughts on that, I think that she may have gotten the wrong impression about her Ashikabi. Her adjuster is an extremely blunt woman. She may have caused Number nine to get the wrong impression

I look back to my car to see Akitsu and Matsu standing outside. "Now that our little adventure is over, I suppose it's time to get going."

We all get back into the car and make it over to my apartment without any more surprises. Once I find my spot in the residential garage, just by the elevator, the tricky game of claustrophobic parking commences. Fortunately, I'm a seasoned veteran, despite what some may think.

"Mistress, you're too close," Akitsu warns, looking out her window.

"I'm always too close," I reply. "It's the only way you can park in here."

Once situated, I get out of the car and step up onto the curb in front of the elevator, my Sekirei following closely behind me. It seems I misinterpreted Akitsu's warning, as she can't get out the passenger door.

"Whoops," I mutter, climbing back in and inserting the key into the ignition. As soon as the car's in gear, I turn around to reverse… only to see that Akitsu isn't there anymore, and the window's open.

A gentle knock raps on my window. "Mistress?"

I cringe, trying not to laugh. "Just a second, Akitsu."

Once I'm out of the car again, windows secured and car locked, I lead the way towards the elevator.

"Matsu, leave your stuff in the car, you can get it out after we talk to the landlord," I say as I push the button for the elevator.

After a short wait there is a ding signaling the elevator's arrival. I motion for my Sekirei to go before me and one by one they step into the elevator. I somehow expect one of them to kiss me, but nothing happens. Instead we just silently ride the elevator up to the ground floor.

The elevator doors swing open upon reaching their destination. I silently walk out the elevator and to the leasing office on the left.

As I walk through the door, the landlord spins around in his chair. "Ah Shirayuki-san, I've been expecting you."

"Takahashi-san, I have some-… Wait, you've been expecting me?"

"Yes, Shirayuki-san. The building was just bought by Hiroto Minaka and as the new owner of the building, he had one request."

"And what might that be?" I'm pretty sure that I already know the answer.

"His only request was that you move into the penthouse with your new friends, which I assume are these lovely ladies with you." He hands me what looks like some type of access card as he says, "Here, take this. It's the key card needed to reach the penthouse."

"Thank you... sir..." I reluctantly say as I take the key card, shocked at how easy it was. "It's actually kind of funny, sir. I was just coming in to ask you about the penthouse. I was going to ask if we could work out some type of deal, so I could rent it out."

"Well now you don't have to!"

"Yeah, I guess not."

"Enjoy your new apartment. I believe Minaka had it furnished for you."

I turn and walk out of the leasing office towards the elevator. 'He did it again, just when I thought he was done.

"I'm done," I say, turning to my Sekirei. "I'm done with Minaka and his games. He is toying with people's lives, with people's emotions and it's time I stopped him. We are going to stop him, with the help of any Ashikabi we can recruit to our cause. I think I already know a few who could be potential allies, but like I said, I'm done with him. However, if he wants to keep giving me resources and money to further that cause then I will take it. It will be all the more bitter sweet when he fuels his own demise. So, are you three with me?"

Akitsu nods. "Always, Mistress."

"Saya, you are my Ashikabi. I will stand with you, because I lo-" Haruhime stops herself, blushing heavily. "Because as your Sekirei, it's my duty to help you. "

Matsu lays a hand on my arm. "Saya, I used to be part of the Disciplinary Squad's first generation. I've seen firsthand what Minaka is capable of. Why do you think I caused a ruckus last year?"

"Yeah, I was always curious about what you did," I say turning to Matsu.

"Let's just say I stole something from him a year ago. Now is not the time to reveal what I took, but I'll tell you when the game truly starts. Right now, however, I promise to help you bring him down."

"Thank you, girls." I bring them all in for a hug to show my gratitude. "You don't know how much it means to have you all standing behind me."

I release them from the hug before turning around and slowly walk to the elevator. When it arrives, my Sekirei and I walk in. I turned to look at the buttons and notice a small opening for the key card above them. I stick the card into the opening and the elevator slowly starts to ascend.

"All right, everyone, let's go check out our new home!"