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BoltSamIam: Each Spartan will have a Sekirei that they wing and some of the ones will be interesting and scary. As for Naruto and Chief, they'll have a couple at least. Takami will even end up with one of them, but I won't say who.
Blackdragonreaper22: I'll get to the others to finish them eventually.
Chapter 2
Everyone was staring at the girl that crashed on Naruto with varying expression with Jun and Emile were amused at their fellow Spartans position, Kat was studying the girl intently wondering how a human could survive such a drop without augmentations or any armor. Jorge was looking on while chuckling quietly, but was also looking at her with curiosity. It was really something if she fell from as high as they were thinking.
Naruto meanwhile was trying to figure out what was happening as the girl that just crashed into him from above. It shouldn't have been possible for a human to survive such a fall without some form of armor or augmentation. She didn't look to have either, so he was now really wanting to know what was going on. But first he had to check to see if she was okay.
"Are you okay, miss?" Naruto asked politely, not really bothered by the girl's panties in his face and the state of her clothes.
"I'm fine. Thank you for catching me." She said with a bright smile that he couldn't help, but smile back slightly for some reason.
"Well, care to tell me what happened to get you to land on top of me?" Naruto asked, when he heard snickering and knew who that was, but paid them no mind, except for flipping them off.
And then, everything seemed to click unto her and she created a thoughtful expression by putting a finger on her lips. "I knew I shouldn't have jumped from such a height!"
Seemingly out of the trance as well, Naruto thought back to the words the girl said and the events that happened a while ago.
She…fell…from the sky?
Okay, it may not be the weirdest phenomenon that occurred in his life, seeing that he did live through weirder stuff, but still…falling out from the sky? It seems rather…unoriginal. Wait…
"How did you fall from the sky?" Naruto asked, curiosity overwhelming his whole body as his need to learn intensified.
"Well, Musubi was being pursued by these strange girls who wants to fight with her and has to jump from this great view and when I was about to fall to this guy, some wind caught me and sent me to this place," The girl said before assuming yet another thoughtful expression.
"Pursued by girls…jumped from a building and…a wind…huh? Well…I think it's…" Naruto eyed the girl, confirming that she wasn't lying and calculating the probability of such a strange event to occur.
"And who was chasing you?" Kat asked, having decided to join the conversation.
"Hmm. I think I'm forgetting something." Musubi mumbled under her breath and resumed her thinking position before her eyes widened and she raised her index finger to speak when…
*Zip*
*Zap*
*BOOM!*
Naruto barely managed to push the girl out of the way of a lightning that literally came out of nowhere, destroying the ground that the girl was formerly standing on. A ground that was made of cement, and shouldn't have been destroyed by thunder.
Which is why Naruto isn't very sure why he was surprised: either it was because the bolt of lightning that appeared out of nowhere had such great power that it managed to destroy the ground or how much voltage should an electricity possess to destroy cement or if it was from the fact that he was being suffocated by the two, generously sized breasts—chests—that he found himself submerged in to.
"Finally we found you!" Naruto didn't even need to remove himself when Musubi moved out of the way and quickly stood in front of him, her panties being shown to the blonde Spartan.
And as said, being raised as a Spartan, it didn't bother him that much and see the two girls that seemed to be the 'pursuers' that Musubi was talking about a couple minutes ago, noting the fact that they seemed to have some fetish over S&M outfits, a pair of twins, and possess the ability to conjure lightning.
"Well those are interesting outfits." Jun said with Emile nodding in agreement, while Kat just raised an eyebrow as she was wondering what was going on.
"What should we do, Kat?" Jorge asked as they turned to the female member of Noble Team.
"It seems that none of the civilians in the area are aware of what's going on, but for now we need the girl out of here. She's the target and Naruto will get her out of here. Me and Jorge will follow to make sure that no one else is after her. Emile, call Cortana and get her up to speed at what's happening, to have our armor ready as we're gonna need them and get our warthog back to the house. And Jun, neutralize them." Kat said as they nodded as Naruto picked the girl up bridal style and took off at surprising speeds to the girl who had wide eyes.
The twins saw him walking towards them with raised eyebrows, but weren't worried about him. They jumped to go after their target, but Jun was suddenly in front of them. He may not be the best when it comes to CQC, but he could hold his own still. He caught them by surprise as he kicked the one in the red suit in the stomach and elbowed the other one in the face that made them stumble from the hits.
This brought them back to their senses having their shock ended as they looked at their opponent with intrigue and wariness.
"Hibiki, how's a human able to move so fast like that?" Her sister Hikari asked with confusion.
"I don't know sis, but he needs to be taught not to mess with us, don't you think so, Hikari?" The now named Hibiki asked with a smirk as she held her fingers up as purple lightning danced around them.
"You're right sis, let's show this guy." Hikari said with a similar smirk as Jun merely chuckled and cracked his neck before going into a stance.
"This should be fun." Jun said as they charged at each other.
Naruto and the girl
They had been running for quite some time now with Kat and Jorge following them with the girl being surprised that the big guy could keep up with them for the most part. They saw an alleyway that was clear, so they went down it. Once they were sure they weren't being followed he put her down as she stumbled for a second, but was able to gain her balance as she looked at him with wide brown eyes that seemed to be staring at him with awe.
"Okay, now that we're away from those two, think you can tell us what's going on?" Naruto asked the young woman who nodded rapidly with a bright smile that that made him blink his eyes in surprise at her seemingly bubbly personality.
"Yes of course, I'm looking for my Ashikabi, but those two meanies have been trying to hurt me." She said with a pout that looked way too adorable with her cheeks puffed out in what seemed to be annoyed.
"Ashikabi? I've never heard of anything like that." Naruto said as he scrunched his face in a thinking manner, but got nothing.
"Ashikabi are our destined ones. "The special person I'm supposed to find," Musubi said. She took one of his hands in both of her own, with Naruto letting her, having not sensed any ill intent and curious to know what she was talking about. "I've been looking for mine for so long. Even though we've never met, our Ashikabi is the one we are meant to serve. It's our job to guide them to the higher sky above." She said.
"Glad to hear that you're alright now, miss. Kat, Naruto, we should probably go back and check on Jun and see how he's holding up." Jorge said.
Kat and Naruto agreed with his statement and were about to head out when the girl grabbed his wrist, stopping him in place. He turned around to see her brown eyes seemed to be bigger and were watery? That confused him as to why they were like that.
"Thank you for helping me back there. I wish you were my Ashikabi, you're nice. My name's Musubi. What's your name?" Musubi asked, having not heard their names.
"It was no trouble ma'am and I'm Naruto, this is Kat, and Jorge. I wish you luck on finding your Ashikabi." Naruto said, not wanting to be rude as he turned around to leave again, having noticed that Kat and Jorge had taken off already, making him miffed that they left him behind like that. He never noticed that her face had gotten red and was having some trouble breathing. She grabbed him again to get his attention and he was about to say something to her, he stopped when he noticed she was breathing heavily all of a sudden and was red in the face.
'What's... happening to me?' Musubi looked up at Naruto as he wondered if she was okay. She was having trouble thinking about anything else, but what her body was feeling right now. As it was she was just barely hanging onto conscious thought as heat flared up all over her body. "This feeling... I feel so hot. My body feels like it's on fire."
"Are you alright, Musubi?" asked Naruto, his eyes flicking over to her. Seeing those blue orbs looking at her in concern caused even more heat to burst from her chest. So much so that she couldn't even answer Naruto, who swore when one of the lightning blasts came close to hitting them.
"Naruto-Sama..." Musubi mumbled, causing the blond to look down as he continued to look at her. The girl's face was beat red and she was breathing much more heavily than she should be. Naruto's concern for her began to skyrocket as he couldn't figure out what was wrong with her.
"Shit! Are you alright? You look like you're burning up." Naruto said in urgency.
"I feel... I feel so hot," Musubi said, her breathing going heavy as she looked at him through half lidded eyes. She could feel her body responding to the blond in her arms, he was making her feel such heat, yet she didn't know why.
"Right, let's find some place where you can rest for now."
Looking around Naruto made a quick detour into an alleyway. He knelt down and set Musubi on the ground. He frowned as he looked her over, pressing a hand to her forehead and eliciting a startled gasp from her. "How odd, while she's burning up I can tell she is not sick. But then the question remains, why is she so…" The blond blinked when a honey-like scent hit his nostrils.
"Naruto-Sama..." Musubi fell into him, knocking the blond over and crawled on top of him until she was straddling his waist. Her panting had increased to the point where her breathing sounded harsh, as if she had run several thousand miles in less than a day. Her face was flushed a deep scarlet, her eyes were half-lidded, and her mouth was parted slightly as she stared at his lips. She moaned slightly when her crotch rubbed against his leg, and gave him a pleading look. "Please... help me... I feel so hot. My body feels like it's burning. I've never felt this way before..."
"Okay, what the hell is going on here, she seems fine, yet something is happening with her. Ahh, I need to get her to the house and have her examined. Cortana could help her out." He said in his head as he tried to figure out what was going on with Musubi.
All thoughts fled Naruto's mind when Musubi placed her mouth over his. For a moment, all the blond could do was take in the feel of her soft lips as they pressed against his, it felt like a silk yukata had slipped over his mouth. He didn't know what to do in this situation as he had never been in one like this before.
He fell onto his back, taking Musubi with him as they continued to kiss. He felt his chakra flare dramatically and almost pulled back with a start when it latched onto his own signature. The only reason he didn't was because of his gut instincts. Whatever was happening, Naruto could feel it wasn't hurting him in any way. Instead he focused some of his attention on what was happening to his chakra, and came to a startling conclusion when he felt his chakra begin merging with hers.
Well, merging really wasn't the right word, but it was the only thing that seemed to fit. He could feel her chakra shifting slightly to better match his own, it expanded, increasing in size and growing nearly twice as powerful. Considering she had already had some decent reserves, around his reserves when he was 14 which was around kage reserves, beforehand, it was an impressive increase in power.
And then it happened. Like tree sap as it slowly ran down the side of tree he felt it creep up on him. Emotions. Numerous emotions and thoughts bombarded him, how happy she was to finally have an Ashikabi, how pleased she was that her Ashikabi was so kind hearted, how pleasant it felt to be kissing her Ashikabi, how much she loved her Ashikabi...
It took him several moments to realize that these were not his thoughts, they were the thoughts of the woman currently kissing him.
Naruto didn't know how to process or feel what was happening to him. He'd never felt like this before or even know what this feeling even was. He'd never done anything like this before. He didn't know what these feelings that he was feeling were or even if they were his own.
Musubi began glowing a light purple, the chakra forming around her in prism like rays of light. A symbol appeared on her back and began to project itself outwards in a physical manifestation of energy. The symbol was of a bird with a yin and yang circle under it and two tomoes on either side, making that four total. With the yin and yang crest they formed a U with the tomoes under the bird. From the projected symbol ten wings spread out from her back, large, brilliant rays of light that shone in the cast aside the darkness of the alley so totally all anyone would see if they were to look was white.
They pushed against the confined walls of the small alley they were in, actually cracking the cement they were struggling against. Eventually, as if they decided that the battle against the cement walls was pointless, the wings folded in on themselves to engulf him and Musubi in a protective embrace.
The light soon began to fade, the wings disappeared, the symbol made from energy vanished, and all that was left were Naruto and Musubi, still kissing in the alley. When they broke the kiss Musubi and Naruto's eyes fluttered open and they stared at each other. Naruto without realizing it moved his left hand and cupped the brunette's face in wonder, causing the girl to instinctively lean into his touch.
"What just happened?" Naruto asked, confused. He had never felt something like this, a connection so profound he could actually feel Musubi in an almost spiritual sense.
Musubi closed her eyes as she smiled at him in an expression that radiated sheer joy, the kind of which Naruto had never seen on another person before. It made his heart actually begin beating that much faster.
"You've just become my Ashikabi-Sama." Musubi said as she suddenly fell limp into his arms as he just stared at her.
"..."
"Eh?" Naruto asked with wide eyes as he processed what just occurred with him and this strange woman. He hoped that Jun and the others were having better luck than him. He'd learn that he wouldn't be the only one who would end up like him.
Chief and Carter had been running a bit late to meet with the others at the cafe. They had left a few minutes after everyone else did, but that wasn't what was keeping them, it was something else. They had heard shouts and what sounded like fighting which normally wouldn't get their attention, but they were getting a gut feeling that something wasn't right. They parked their warthog nearby and made their way towards where the fighting was taking place. They saw six young women with four of them fighting the other two and they were not doing so well against them.
One had long, dark green hair and was currently in bad need of a wash thanks to the red blood coating the longer strands, and staining the white parts of her rather revealing blue, and white belly top that stopped just under her large assets. The source of the crimson liquid was the long, deep gouge on her right arm. Her entire midriff, and belly were exposed letting Naruto see the deep cuts on her left side. Her dark gloves were in tatters but enough was left of them for him to see that they ended about an inch before her armpits. On her waist were a pair of blue bloomers, stockings held up by a garter, and her outfit was finished by black, thigh length boots.
Her head was down preventing Naruto from seeing her eyes but not the tears that were falling on the roof from her face.
The other had brown eyes, and hair that had her bangs positioned around her eyes, and the back was tied by a long purple ribbon. She stood at five-feet, and four inches which made her perky C-cup bust seem larger. She wore a white gown that was cut low to show the top of her cleavage, and went down to the mid region of her thighs. The gown had slightly puffy sleeves that ended in skin tight black rings of cloth, and around her bust was a black, and red stripped attachment to the gown that had a circular arch under her breasts with more of the black, and red cloth to the sides, split at the upper curve of her body, the middle white. Her thigh-high boots were black with a white stripe near the top, and her full-gloves matched. Finally, there was a black cloth collar around her neck like you'd normally find on a formal shirt that was split down the middle showing off her cleavage. The rest of her clothes were tattered with various cuts from their opponents weapons. She was holding her arm that appeared to be bleeding along with a cut over her forehead with other injuries that had too many to count at the moment. Her weapon was a foot away from her that was a big scythe, but it was broken in some pieces, the image heightened by the neat, red bow underneath.
They heard clapping, he turned his attention to the man. And immediately Naruto sneered behind his mask. The fool was all dressed up in some kind of pure white suit that hurt to look at. His head was turned around so John and Carter couldn't see anything except his brown hair. His Sekirei was dressed, in three words, like a stripper.
While they battled as the two Spartans observed, they could tell that they weren't normal humans. Maybe they were like them? They didn't know, but they were getting bad feelings about the whole thing. John used the nano-Huragok to contact Cortana immediately.
"What is it, Chief?" Cortana asked.
"I need you to send down our armor, we have a situation." John said to his best friend as they continued to watch the battle that was about to end.
"On it. They'll be down momentarily. Let me know what happens as something is going on with the others." Cortana said, getting their attention. What was happening at the cafe with everyone else?
"Okay, we'll contact you when we're done." Chief said, ending the call.
John and Carter all stood side by side as they were engulfed in a blue light. A minute later they were wearing their armor.
"Let's get to it then" Carter said as the battle was now coming to a close as they saw the one of the people fighting who was in charge of the others approach the downed women.
She wore a checkered, purple, and yellow outfit that exposed the center of her large cleavage, portions of her midriff, sides, arms, and even her outer thighs were exposed! The skimpy outfit was held together by a metal ring located a little bit under her breasts. Short gloves, and black, thigh length boots completed her clothes. Her skin was tan, while her black hair was less than an inch long. She was standing sideways with her head pointing to her right, keeping an eye on the green haired Sekirei.
Her master had stopped clapping, striding towards the downed Sekirei like he had just accomplished something praiseworthy.
"You beat two unwinged Sekirei, one who can't hope to win against winged ones. Congrats on-" They turned out the rest as for some reason they had a bad feeling about what was about to happen to them.
The ass in question had walked slowly almost as if mocking them. When he was close enough he knelt down, grabbing the downed green haired Sekirei's chin , and pulling her face up, letting Johnand Carter see her cool blue eyes that were filled with tears and the brown eyes that were filled with horror. This only made them wonder what was going on as well as for some reason deep anger that this was being forced upon them.
"Chief?" Carter asked him with a knowing look as the legendary Spartan nodded as Carter brought out his sidearm magnum while Chief had his combat knife out as they leapt at the group.
Carter fired off several shots. The purple and yellow clothed woman grabbed the suit wearing guy by the wrist, pulling him back as the bullets made contact where he was previously. The other three jumped back in front of the man in a protective manner while John and Carter landed in front of the two that were down. John landed in front of the green haired woman while Carter landed in front of the other.
When Naruto landed in the middle of the roof where the Sekirei were, creating large spiderweb cracks in it that engulfed the entire roof. The man turned around, spotting Naruto, and threw a furious glare at the Spartans. How dare they interrupt him!?
"Ichiya!" The man shouted, the stripper looking Sekirei stepped up, cracking her knuckles with a dark grin on face. "Tear him-" He was cut off by John who started speaking.
"That's enough, you won't be getting near them." John said in a stoic tone as he and Carter channeled some killer intent that they had learned how to do from Naruto over the last several months.
"W-w-what th-the hell is th-that"!? Ichiya stuttered out, face a mask of horror, while her body was shaking like a leaf. Her Ashikabi couldn't take it, so he fainted, pissing his pants in the process.
The walking nightmares began advancing towards the frozen four, eyes burning with hatred but Ichiya snapped out of her unmoving state, and grabbed her unconscious Ashikabi. She high - tailed it out of there, leaving behind the petrified unwinged Sekirei. They were still on her hands, and knees but managed to pick her head up. Her eyes locked with the grotesque knight's, knowing that she had no chance of getting out alive.
Blackness started to claim her vision. She turned her head sideways so she could see the one who had summoned that... Thing, and prevented her from being forcibly winged walking towards her. For some reason despite what she just saw him do, she felt... Safe. He reached her after a few seconds, and knelt down, taking a medical kit out of his gray trench coat.
"It's ok now," He spoke softly, despite how baritone his voice was. He immediately opened up the kit that he had brought with him, started to clean her cuts, and wrapped bandages around their wounds. The black continued to engulf her vision as the man lifted her up, holding her bridle style. Her eyes became half - lidded, but they could feel themselves getting hot and could feel something in their chests. It was a warm feeling that they were getting.
"It's fine." His voice came with a soft, comforting voice. "You can sleep now, you're safe."
The two injured women finally lost consciousness in the arms of the John and Carter, one in each, John and Carter carried them to the Warthog and put them in gently, making sure not to aggravate their injuries
All four were unaware of just how life - changing their meeting would become. For the four of them, things were about to change again.
It's been an hour since Naruto met Musubi and he wasn't sure what to think about this new development. She was still unconscious, so he wouldn't be able to talk to her yet. He had caught up to everyone and he wondered what the hell happened as he surveyed the damage that was done to the streets. He could see scorch marks that littered the ground from the twins' attacks. He looked to Jun who had been fighting them, but he was now being hugged by the same twins that he had fought and he wanted to know what was going on since they were no longer fighting him and were now cuddling on him.
"Okay, what happened here Jun?" Kat asked with a raised brow as Jun just chuckled.
"It's a bit to explain and I don't even know myself, but maybe we should take this conversation to our home? It looks like Naruto is in the same boat as me." Jun looked at his teammate and it was easy to tell that he was as confused as him.
Kat stared at him for a moment before sighing as she told them to get in the vehicles and the twins would need to explain what's going on since the girl in Naruto's arms was still unconscious.
"Now, you two have some explaining to do and why you were not only after that girl, but were hanging off my comrade when you fought him first?" Jorge asked curiously while amused seeing how uncomfortable Jun was along with Naruto who didn't know what to do either.
"Yes, yes of course, our Ashikabi deserves to know everything and if she's winged herself to him, then he'll need to know what's going on too." Hikari said.
Naruto and Jun didn't know what to make of that, but they just tensed at what they might want to tell them. They shared a quick look of worry, but didn't really show it and just nodded as they drove off with questions now that they needed answered.
It took them fifteen minutes to get back to their house and by that point Musubi had woken up and she was chatting happily with Naruto and she had called him her "Ashikabi" like what Jun was called earlier. Naruto felt someone watching them and he saw one of the neighbors was outside sweeping the porch of her inn. He nodded to her politely while she waved at him from her with a bright smile. She had purple hair that was flowing down her back that was styled in a hime cut, she had red-brown eyes. he wears the traditional attire of a miko which is a purple hakama, a white haori with a sash-like belt, wooden sandals, and a white ribbon to partially hold her hair in place.
She was incredibly beautiful, not just her figure and face, but also the way she held herself seemed to enhance her already enchanting features. The woman before them held herself with a natural grace and elegance that not even the most expensive of geisha could hope to achieve. Even the most talented of dancers would have been unable to replicate the way she held herself. In fact, there were likely only a few people in the entire world who could hold themselves with even a modicum of the gracefulness this woman did. Naruto doubted most people would even recognize the way she held herself, other than to note that there was something different about her. The only reason he recognized the way she held herself was because he had seen it many times in various women throughout his life from his time in the war. They recognized it from each other as something akin to themselves.
Hers was the grace of a warrior, born and bred on the battlefield. He wasn't the only one that had noticed too as everyone noticed that she was much more than just a simple landlady.
Her name is Miya Asama or as most people knew her as the landlady was calmly sweeping the porch of the Inn after her deceased fiance's death like she was always seen doing.
When they came to the living room they found John and Carter were there too, but they weren't alone either as two women were with them and looked like they had been in a fight for their lives, but that wasn't the thing that got their attention, it was how they seemed to be clinging to them, much like how the twins were to Jun and the Musubi was to Naruto.
"What happened to you and the Chief, Commander?" Kat asked bemusedly at their situation, seeing them act so uncomfortable.
"It's complicated." Carter said with a sigh as the green haired woman was grinning at him, having some fun with this, but was surprised to see that there were other Ashikabi's too.
"Chief?" Yomi asked John with confusion.
"Who are they and why did she call you Commander?" Toyotama asked her Ashikabi with a curious expression.
"Oh, these are Sekirei, like Musubi and the lightning twins!" Musubi said in excitement, slightly bouncing up and down as she was now wanting to fight them.
"I take it you both have been brought in as well?" Naruto asked them with a curious tone.
"Yes and we have lots of questions about what is going on and what you are." John said seriously with Carter and the others nodding in agreement as they also wanted answers.
The four Sekirei looked at each other as they sat around the living room that had two couches that could sit 3-4 people each and 4 chairs with each Sekirei sitting by their Ashikabi on the couches. Kat, Jorge, and Emile were using the chairs as they watched their fellow Spartans look uncomfortable.
"I suppose I can tell you guys what's going on and normally I wouldn't that aren't Ashikabi's, but I get the feeling that you wouldn't leave or want them to leave, right?" Toyotama asked, getting smirks and grins from the Spartans with knowing looks.
"Don't forget me too!" The voice of Cortana called out with the Sekirei jumping in surprise at the unknown voice.
John rolled his eyes at his friend's excited voice as he raised his right hand and out came out her avatar dressed in blue sundress, she then proceeded to jump off and grow to human size, much to the astonishment of all.
"Hello everyone, I am Cortana." She spoke as the saw her for the first time.
"What's with the dress?" John asked curiously.
"I got it from a memory from Dr. Halsey, not sure which one, do you like?"Cortana asked as she twirled.
"It looks nice." Johns poke as he gave her the Spartan smile, though only three of them got the reference.
"Better that you're wearing something, don't want to give anyone a heart attack with your appearing naked." Naruto said jokingly. Cortana pouted and gave him the finger, much to everyone's amusement.
"What the hell?!" Hikari shouted in surprise as she and her sister jumped from their seats along with Toyotama, Yomi, and Musubi.
"Woah, she's pretty." Musubi complimented as she stared at Cortana in awe.
"What is this? A tiny ghost?" Yomi asked, so mesmerized and transfixed on the AI she wasn't even paying attention to what they were talking about.
"Hello, I'm Cortana." The AI waved at them amused by their reactions, especially Musubi's.
"She's a friend, can we start by getting an explanation, please?" John asked, wanting to get back on track as they nodded and sat back down, but took one more glance at Cortana.
"We're all Sekirei." Toyotama said, seeing that her Ashikabi and the others couldn't make heads or tails out of her answer she kept going. "We're Aliens." She bluntly stated, getting them to sigh and mutter to themselves while she heard some curses about their luck of finding more aliens which made her confused.
"That explains how Musubi was able to make that kind of jump without hurting herself." Naruto said, getting a happy smile from her as she nodded, still holding his arm between her large breasts.
"But how did you get to Earth and why are you here?" Kat asked, more curious than anything since they weren't being hostile towards them or any humans for that matter.
"Us Sekirei came to Earth to look for our Ashikabi, our destined one, our soulmate if you so will. After one of us finds that person we perform a bond with them that links our souls together. It's quite noticeable too if you know it's there. Right now when I focus on it I can already begin to feel your emotions, the most noticeable are sadness, rage, and confusion." Toyotama said, getting John to look at her with a stoic expression while the others looked at their Ashikabi and checked their own bonds and when they did, they could feel their emotions that were filled with the same, which worried and confused them.
"And how do you find your Ashikabi?" Jorge asked, coming into the conversation for once, having been quiet the whole time.
We start reacting to that person by our bodies heating up, our faces go red, we start having trouble breathing, or our chest feels hot." Yomi answered for Toyotama this time.
"Is that why when I was fighting you girls earlier when your faces got red and was starting to have trouble breathing was because you were reacting to me?" Jun asked as the twins nodded.
"Yes, it wasn't immediate that it happened, but as we fought, it eventually made it known to us that we were reacting to you." Hibiki said with a smile towards him.
"And you have to "bond" to them by kissing them?" Carter asked, looking at Yomi who was blushing seeing him staring at her.
"Yes, it's how we bond with our Ashikabi." Yomi told Carter who nodded in understanding.
"What can you tell us how you got here and how many there are of you?" Kat asked them.
"There are 108 of us concentrated in this city, nowhere else on the planet. These 108 are meant to participate in a death game after all 108 are winged. The winging is what we did earlier on to bond our souls together when I kissed you." Yomi said.
"And I take it Minaka was the one who discovered your ship and used your advanced technology to create MBI and what it is today?" Cortana asked/summarized.
"Yes, he along with Takami were the ones that found us when our ship resurfaced on Kamakura Island and has been in charge of us ever since." Hibiki said.
"And you will be forced to fight each other, who are basically your siblings?" Naruto asked with barely restrained anger, seeing them nod, making him frown, not liking the idea of siblings being forced to fight to the death.
They heard someone's phone ringing and looked at Naruto who brought his phone out to check who it was, but it was a number he didn't recognize.
"Anyone recognize this number?" Naruto asked Musubi who looked at the number with her face scrunching up which looked quite cute to him and the others while some others smirked at her.
She looked up with a bright smile and nodded rapidly, her head bobbing up and down quickly. "Yes, I know who that is. You should answer it, it's the professor." Musubi said, much to the annoyance of the other Sekirei who clearly didn't like the man based on their groans and sneers at the man.
He put the phone on speaker after having accepted the call. "Hello?" He asked.
"Greetings and salutations, young man! I would like to congratulate you on winging number 88!" Spoke an obnoxious male voice on the other end of the phone.
Naruto raised his eyebrow at his question and wondered how he knew this or even got his number. He muttered under his breath. "Hey, Hiroto Minaka, was it? I have no idea what you're talking about. Explain, Wings of light? What the hell is going on here and how did you get this number?"
"Of course, regarding how we got your phone number, it took some time with how often we got rerouted to somewhere else, we were able to find the right one. You made it so hard to contact you. I also have to say, your friends are quite intriguing with what we were able to watch when your two friends rescued two Sekirei and even managed to wing them." Minaka said, getting shocked looks from everyone in the room.
"And how did you come to that conclusion or even know what had happened?" John came to the conversation with his own question with narrowed eyes, not liking this situation.
"Our observation satellite was monitoring your fight with the winged Sekirei like with how we know about the strange and fascinating armor that you have. " The madman explained.
The Spartan's eyes widened in shock before narrowing becoming more cautious. They caught that on video!? How much surveillance do they have? Naruto wondered internally. That snippet gave him an idea as to just how powerful this maniac was.
Said maniac deigned to grant him a moment to consider, before chuckling his way into further chatter.
The Spartans really didn't like this individual. He seemed to hover between madness and lucidity. They hated that kind - it made them unpredictable and much more dangerous. "You still didn't answer my question. Who the hell are you?" Emile demanded with a growl.
The man on the other side laughed. "I guess introductions are in order. My name is Minaka Hiroto - yes, the Minaka Hiroto, Founder and CEO of Mid-Bio Informatics or MBI." Minaka then let loose a maniacal laugh that grated on their nerves. "What about you, my interesting friends? What are your names?" Minaka asked with maddened glee in his voice.
"Yeah, no I'm not giving you our names, you psychotic lunatic." Naruto said as Musubi gave him a shocked look while the others giggled or laughed at his words.
Minaka was quiet on the other end for a moment. "That's a little mean to call me that, don't you think?"
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "And does it look anyone cares?."
Minaka laughed, like some theatrical villain, ignoring the comeback. "Now, my lost friend, if you want answers to your questions then I am the one you need to talk to.
They weren't surprised to hear this being the CEO of MBI. There were so many questions running through their minds, but he had to focus. Couldn't count on Minaka playing twenty questions with him, so he had to choose his next questions carefully.
"Splendid! To answer your question let me explain what you are now. An Ashikabi!" Minaka declared.
"We know what an Ashikabi is already from what we've been told, so no need to tell us again." Carter said to the deranged man.
Minaka laughed on the other side. "Oh,my dear friend, an Ashikabi is so much more than that. "As you saw, you and your friends Sekirei reacted to each of you and knew you were their destined ones, and thus sealed your bond through a kiss. Now, thanks to your DNA they have been marked as yours. Will other Sekirei react to you? Will you hunt them down to increase your power? Only the gods themselves will know what type of fate is in store for you. Once all 108 or 80% of the Sekirei have found their Ashikabi and have been winged, each Sekirei and their Ashikabi will be forced to fight and battle throughout the city in a grand battle-royal style tournament."
It was shocking to hear this. This crazy asshole was releasing aliens into the city to find human partners and he was going to force them to fight to the death. Carter then asked "What the hell is the point of all this? You're going to have these aliens and the Humans they bonded with to fight to the death? For what? Why do any of this? What do you mean hunt other Sekirei down for power?"
Minaka cackled, clearly enjoying the conversation. "I'm glad you asked, my blue armored friend. Yes, the Sekirei and their Ashikabi will fight, and fight and fight - until there is only one Ashikabi and his Sekirei left. Once there is an Ashikabi standing on the top of the mountain of corpses he has made he will then receive the grand prize for completing the Sekirei Plan, which is the name of the game you are now a part of. This victorious Ashikabi and his or her Sekirei will then decide the fate of the entire world and a new "Age of the Gods" will be born! HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! You can force a Sekirei to wing to you by kissing them!" Minaka unleashed a vastly superior stage-maniac laugh at the culmination of his explanation.
All of the Spartans were furious as it reminded them of the covenant who preached about their gods all the time during the war. Not only was he going to drag innocent people into this asinine game, but the winner decided the fate of the entire Human race like a god. What if the winner had less than noble intentions at best all of mankind would be enslaved by some psycho? At worst said psycho could decide to wipe out all Human life on the planet. They were reminded of the Covenant and how they exterminated men, women and children and glassed their worlds all because - from what ONI could piece together - in their eyes Mankind were heretics and guilty of some sin to their religion, which they still had no idea what that entailed. But where they killed and attacked Humanity over some stupid religion, this bastard wanted to put all of Humanity in danger and have innocent people who bonded with these Sekirei to fight to the death and decide the fate of their species. Not only that, but people can force themselves to become Ashikabi's to Sekirei that aren't reacting to them and gain power from it... and Minaka did this because he thought it would provide great entertainment.
Toyotama, Musubi, Hibiki, Hikari, and Yomi saw the look on their Ashikabi's faces and if looks could kill they had no doubt that Minaka would be dead on the other end of the line. They could feel their emotions through their bonds with how angry they were with the man and it was admirable to know they cared as much as they did even if they weren't humans.
For the Spartans, despite the Sekirei being aliens, they were nothing like the covenant and more like humans with only their strength and abilities that they had. All the Sekirei wanted to do was find their destined ones and yet, this bastard was forcing them to fight each other until there was only one left. It was infuriating to them, but they held themselves back for the time being.
Right there they wanted to openly declare war on Minaka and stop whatever this age of God is before anyone claimed this worthless prize. They couldn't, knowing it wouldn't be a good idea on their part at least not yet since he seems to hold all the power with having the Sekirei at his mercy. Not only that, but he has information that they need to know if something.
Naruto calmed himself down, being upset won't help anyone if he shows his frustration. It took a well practiced deep breath, and put a more relaxed look on his face. A confused Musubi wondered what that was all about, having felt his emotions made her worry for him. He could tell that the others weren't liking this situation either, not for themselves necessarily, but for the Sekirei who are being forced to fight and possibly kill each other for this man's entertainment and amusement.
"Ah yes, I forgot to mention." Naruto paused in his ruminations to glance back down at the phone that was being used. "The Sekirei Plan is a highly confidential secret project. Should you attempt to inform anyone of it aside from present company, then you will be dealt with most harshly. I look forward to seeing how you do in this grand game."
The call ended immediately after and Naruto found himself staring at it for several seconds as his mind slowly digested everything he had just heard.
He along with his Spartan brethren, sister, and Cortana had just gotten themselves involved even if only himself, John, Carter, and Jun were the only ones part of the "game" at the moment, in some kind of competition, essentially some kind of battle royal, that involved the girl he had just winged and several other Sekirei like her. Sekirei were people who needed to find their Ashikabis who, according to the Sekirei were the ones that Sekirei like herself were destined to serve, though if the kiss they had shared a few hours prior was anything to go on then their relationship was more than that of a master and his servant. That didn't sit with them as they were more than servants and would treat them more than such.
"Well, that was informative." Cortana broke the silence with a frown, not liking the situation that they found themselves in.
"That's an understatement, but we won't be taking things he says at face value and gathering our own information about this "Sekirei Plan". " Emile snorted at what Carter said.
"I get to beat some of these fuckers that try to fight us." Emile had a smirk on his face.
"I can look into things at MBI and see what I can dig up. In the meantime, you four need to get to know your new wives." Cortana grinned at the four Spartans who groaned at her teasing, knowing that they would be hearing more from her and from the way Kat was smirking at them, it was the same with her.
"It's getting late and it would be best for everyone to get some shut eye tomorrow and allow our new guests to get to know their Ashikabi's." Kat said with her smirk never leaving her lips.
"Oh this is going to be so fun!" Musubi shouted as she bounced on her toes in excitement, not aware of what was happening to her breasts as they swayed a lot.
Naruto looked away, not wanting to stare or be caught for that matter as he grabbed her wrist and led her towards his/their room now.
"Wait, what about John and Carter's armor? What is that? How do you have an AI like Cortana? Are you all soldiers?" Toyotama asked, wanting answers, stopping Musubi who heard the question and dragged Naruto back to the living room, curious herself.
"I believe we can tell you a little bit about ourselves since you're now bonded to not only me, but Chief and other members of Noble Team." Carter said, who sighed knowing that this was going to be a long conversation. Though, they'd keep most of the details to themselves for now.
"Well, to answer your first question, we are soldiers of the UNSC. United Nations Space Command. This organization is the military, scientific, and exploratory arm of the UEG, the United Earth Government." Carter glanced around to his Sekirei who was listening attentively. "As for what we are; we are Spartans. Bio-engineered super soldiers who are faster, stronger, more agile and more durable than an ordinary Human. The armor that we wore is called Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor, which not only protects but it also increases our strength, speed, reflexes, and agility well beyond what we can do without it. It also has the facilities and interfaces for AI operation and assistance."
"While I do know of the United Nations - Takami and the others wanted to teach us about Earth - I did not know that the UN had a Space command. Also, as far as I know there is no government body called the UEG... so what am I missing?"
Naruto smiled at this, knowing this was going to blow their minds and answered. "The piece that is missing is time."
Toyotama appeared confused. "Time?"
John elaborated further, glad to no longer be the only one feeling unsettled. "Yes. Time for you and everyone in Tokyo is recorded as the year 2020, but for us where we come from, it's the year 2556."
If Toyotama's jaw could hit the ground it would have. "You're from the future?!"
"Sort of." Yomi was confused by Carter's words and he saw this and further explained. "What do you know about alternate realities?" Carter asked, further surprising them except for Musubi who was confused about what they were talking about.
"What do you mean?" Hikari asked, eyes wide at this information.
"Where we're from, there's no MBI or Sekirei that exist in Tokyo and it isn't named Shinto Teito either." Kat revealed to them.
The Sekirei didn't know what to make of this information. It seemed unreal and they wanted to tell them that they must be kidding, but when they looked at everyone, they knew they weren't kidding. Even Musubi could understand the seriousness of what she was being told.
"If you're from the future or a different reality, then how'd you get here?" Yomi asked.
"And what is the future like?" Hibiki asked.
"..."
"That's something we're not ready to reveal yet, it's a touchy subject for us." Naruto answered, knowing that none of the others would want to answer it.
The Sekirei nodded in understanding and could feel their Ashikabi's emotions through the bond, knowing now wasn't the time for it.
"Anyway, let's go get a bath going and get to know each other a bit." Naruto said, helping Musubi to her feet.
Musubi brightened up on hearing this and smiled brightly at her Ashikabi. She followed after him and grabbed his arm that was now wedged between her large breasts and kissed him on the cheek.
"Of course, Naruto-sama!" Musubi declared happily as they left with the others beginning to leave themselves with their Sekirei joining them as well as Kat, Jorge, and Emile.
"Oh I can't wait to tell Kurama, Matatabi, Kokuo, and Saiken about this. They're going to be teasing him for a long time." Cortana giggled imagining the mentioned Tailed Beasts having a good laugh at the blonde Spartans expense, but would be glad that he has someone now.
Meanwhile at MBI
Takami was staring at several screens that had various Sekirei on them, but what was going through her head was who were the people that winged them because no pictures came out next to their respective winged. The Sekirei in question are Hibiki, Hikari, Musubi, Yomi, and Toyotama, but there were no pictures of their Ashikabi for them to see. It was strange and frustrating that there are people that have been hiding from them for who knows how long and have now become a part of the Sekirei Plan, but have no information. She would need to contact someone and see if he knows anything.
"I hope they're safe and with their real Ashikabi and weren't forcibly winged." Takami muttered, worried for them.
Maison Izumo Inn hours prior to Minaka calling the Spartans
"MIYA-TAN!"
A voice exclaimed as a pair of rapidly approaching steps were heard. The owner of said voice was a beautiful, curvy, young woman that looked to be in her early twenties. She had long, red hair with side plaits, one on each side, and a pair of dark red eyes that were hidden behind a pair of round glasses. She was wearing a pinkish-white cheongsam with a diamond cutout that showed off her cleavage. It also had a slit on the side that showed off her long, smooth legs. Finally, it also had sleeves that were semi-cutoff as they hung to the rest of the dress from the part under her arms.
This was Matsu, also known as Sekirei number two, the Wisdom Sekirei.
Currently, she was running through Maison Izumo and turning the corner to see three other women in the dining room. The first was a slender yet shapely woman, with fair skin and waist-length, hime-style, purple hair, and brown eyes. She was wearing a traditional-style Miko outfit with a purple hakama, white haori, a purple, sash-like belt, white socks, and a white ribbon to tie her hair.
The second woman also looked to be in her early twenties and had short, gray hair, brownish-red eyes, and a slender figure. She was wearing a white, long-sleeve button-up shirt and black slacks that hugged her slender figure with the shirt hugging her slightly larger than average breasts.
The last one was also a young woman who had long, brown hair tied into a ponytail and brown eyes. She has a well-endowed figure, as seen by her clothes which consisted of a pink shirt with violet sleeves and a yellow star on the front and the number ten on the back that hugged her large chest. Finally, she wore a pair of blue jeans that hugged her wide hips and large ass.
These were Uzume, Homura, and Miya, not in that particular order, though they were currently ignoring the number two Sekirei who had come running in. Matsu, about to start talking, saw that they were ignoring her in favor of looking out the window. Following their gaze, Matsu saw that at the house across the street, there was a bright, pale, blue light coming from multiple windows before it died down. Suddenly, bright pink and gray lights also began to shine and lasted for a few seconds before dying down.
Suddenly, Matsu then remembered why she ran down, "Miya-tan! You won't believe what's happened!"
Slightly shaking her head, Miya gained a smile as she looked at Matsu, "What is it?"
"Numbers 11 Hikari, 12 Hibiki, 16 Toyotama, 34 Yomi, and 88 Musubi were all winged roughly the same time!" Matsu exclaimed, getting surprised looks from the other three in the room.
"Wait, seriously!?" Uzume asked in surprise, while inwardly she was feeling depressed and sad.
Matsu nodded her head before pulling a laptop from… somewhere and opening it up before showing the other three a screen. On said screen, was an image of mentioned Sekirei, but in the spot where it used to say "Unwinged" for their status's, it now said, "Winged."
"I don't know what or how it happened!" Matsu exclaimed as she began swiftly typing on her laptop, "All I know is that they have all been winged and that there doesn't seem to be any information on their Ashikabi."
Miya frowned at this. "That doesn't sound good." She didn't like not knowing what was going on.
Homura nodded his head in agreement, "Yeah, for there to be no info either means the person is a ghost, or not even MBI has any info on them. Especially if three of them are in early teen numbers."
Matsu nodded, "Yeah, since no matter what, everyone should be recorded, especially since there's no way MBI doesn't have info on them," She said as she continued typing on the laptop.
"Well, whatever, or whomever, winged her must be an amazing Ashikabi for MBI to not have info on them, they must be good at keeping themselves hidden, including you, Matsu." Uzume said looking at the gorgeous redhead who simply nodded her head while still typing, "And damn it! They even managed to get winged by an Ashikabi while I haven't been able to react to anyone yet!"
Homura and Matsu flinched at that while Miya simply pursed her lips, "Well, that is unfortunate, Uzume, I'm sorry that you haven't gotten your chance to emerge and I'm sure we'll eventually find out who these mysterious Ashikabi's are in the future." Miya said looking to her fellow Sekirei, "But for now, dinner is almost done and you three must be hungry." She told them as she got up and headed towards the kitchen, "And Matsu, no laptops or technology at the table or no dinner."
As Miya said this, a purple Hanya mask appeared behind her while her smile seemed to turn sinister. What she didn't know was Naruto for some reason felt a chill go down his spin.
Matsu began shaking as she said, "I-I know, M-Miya-tan! I w-wasn't going to have it open!"
Nodding her head, the Hanya mask disappeared as Miya went back to cooking, while Uzume, Homura, and Matsu all let out breaths of relief. With that, the four of them began to enjoy their dinner before turning for the night.
"I hope whoever you all are, you're not going to hurt my little birds." Miya thought worried for her fellow Sekirei.
And done! Hope you guys like the chapter. What did you think of who was winged to who so far? Good choices? I'll see you guys next! Take care and stay safe! Killerssg out!