Short chapters I know, but I do write several stories at one time. Though, I don't post them all I still write a lot and sometimes I just write short chapters because I'm focused on other stories. So another chapter is here so enjoy. BUT I'm hungry now so anime93 is signing out!

When miya had brought out dinner, uzume was the life of the party, kagari laughed along when needed, and toyotama laughed along because she found uzume funny. But miya and ryu remained quiet. Ryu thinking about what transpired this afternoon and miya muddled with thoughts on what to do.

Miya looked up to see ryu looking at her, trying to find anything in her face that would help him understand the situation any better. Her eyes darted to the door and ryu nodded before standing up and walking out of the room. The rest of his sekirei too distracted to notice. Kagari shot a glance at miya who was standing up, she jus nodded her head to tell him it was alright heading out after ryu.

Miya shivered slightly as she saw ryu sitting in front of the open door, an icy wind blowing through into the house from outside. He glanced up at her as she walked towards him before taking a seat next to him looking over the the white snow in the dark. They both stayed quiet for a while, neither really knowing to start the conversation they were about to have.

Well here goes it. Ryu thought taking a deep breath and mustering up courage.

"You're a sekirei too... Aren't you?" Ryu questioned scratching the back of his head, not really expecting an answer from her. "I guess... Things have been a bit rowdy here today." He chuckled halfheartedly.

"You... You have to stay away from karasuba." Miya said her gaze lowering. Ryu tilted his head to look at her. "She's the leader of the discipline squad... Under the control of MBI. Even if you are now her ashikabi... You can't see her."

"Honestly, miya." Ryu sighed staring up into the night sky. "I don't even know what this all means. Sekirei, ashikabi, none of it. It's confusing, I don't know what to think." He scratched the back of his head once more. "Besides, isn't MBI some pharmaceutical company?"

"That's what it is to everyone who doesn't know about the sekirei plan, everyone involved knows that it's the king piece on a board game." She told him. "With hiroto minaka in the center of it." She said clenching her teeth in anger. "There are 108 sekirei within the city. Not long ago they were released and sent out to find their ashikabi. Once a sekirei finds their ashikabi they can emerge and fight."

"Fight?" Ryu questioned with narrowed eyes. He remembered uzume explain it somewhat, but there was never a reason as to 'why' they had to in the first place. "Fight what?"

"One another." Miya answered. "That's the sekirei plan! To force the sekirei and their ashikabi to fight one another." She gritted her teeth shaking her head. He's a twisted man. Minaka, is a twisted man, he wants to watch events unfold all the while pushing for more to happen! It's wrong!" She cried. "I thought we were doing good, protecting the little birds, but minaka twisted it all into a game! I just... Want it to stop!" She cried before she felt a strong arms wrap around her pulling her into ryu's chest. She gripped onto his kimono crying into it. Not having felt these emotions in a long time and her overwhelming reactions to emerge with ryu was pushing her to her breaking point.

"I'll... Say one thing." Ryu told her. "I was never good with this type of stuff at all, I can't handle it when I see a girl cry, I don't know what to do. People tell me I'm a no good deliquent and that I'm nothing but a no good brutal brawler." Ryu wrapped his arms tighter. "But... I've been told I have on good redeeming quality, and that's helping people in need. You sekirei need help. That's all I need to know... If it comes down to me taking down MBI, then so be it."

"You can't!" Miya cried into his chest. "They'll stop you!"

"I've faced impossible odds before." Ryu said as miya pulled back from staring into his eyes. Her body began to heat up again, being in such close proximity to ryu made her body react to him once more. Ryu noted that her breathing became heavy and she was pushing herself against him. "Miya... Are you alright?" He asked, worried. Grabbing her by the shoulders.

"... Hot... It's... My body is so hot..." She breathed out panting heavily, her breath visible with each pant she let out.

"You might be getting sick." Ryu lifted the bangs of her hair and rested his forehead against hers. Miya closed her eyes and leaned forward but ryu pulled back before her lips could meet his. "Damn, you're burning up. Come on I'll get you to your bed. It was a dumb idea to come out here at this time of night." He said helping her up and putting his kimono on her.

She leaned against him wanting him to kiss her, to let her emerge, to become his sekirei, but she couldn't get the words out. Her eyes lidded as she saw ichigo's shoot wide open like saucers. "Miya-san!" Ryu cursed and she felt herself being lifted up. With a burst of speed ryu appeared in miya's room and laid her down on the futon she had set up earlier and pulled the blankets over her.

"K-Kiss... Uh ryu... Please..." Miya breathed out making ryu run a hand through his hair as he knelt next to her bed. The door opened and kagari walked in quickly.

"I don't know what. But something is wrong with her." Ryu said. "Take care of her, I'm going to get some hot water and clean towels." Kagari nodded going to miya's side, his eyes widened as fas as they could as he saw the state she was in. As soon as ryu left the room her breathing became calmer the distance between the two of them making her condition better. When her eyes opened she saw kagari leaning over her.

"Well, you have to make a choice miya." Kagari told her softly, brushing a few strands of hair from her face. "Become emerged or kick ryu out."

Ryu decided to get some air after bringing the hot water and clean towels. Things were moving at hurricane speeds and his head was whirling thoughts kept swamping others and he found himself burning out. Uzume was asleep not that he was surprised she spent most her time asleep anyways. Nanaha was doing the dishes, and toyotama was watching some weird soap opera.

He never did understand things like that.

Though one person was with him. His most recent sekirei yashima, she literally jumped at the chance to go for a walk with ryu.

The streetlights lit up a pathway down the road. It was a quiet night, very few cars were on the road at this hour, and less people.

Sekirei, ashikabi, a mad man. His life was just spiraling out of control. He didn't know what to make of all of it, he really didn't know...

Amidst all of his confusion he remembered the black MBI card. Yashima brought hers with, thank goodness because they passed by a few dealerships.

He was skeptical that he could buy a luxury vehicle with just the card. But turned out he was wrong, they charged it to MBI and that was it simple.
But he made sure not to withdraw any money from the card. There were other ways of making money using the card.

For instance like stated above buying a luxury new and trading it to an underground car dealership or the yakuza at a reduced price for cash. There was always a high demand for luxury items that couldn't be traced.

He was very careful though, if a bunch of luxury purchases suddenly appeared on the MBI card transaction list but he was never seen using them there would be questions. Questions he didn't want to answer. Even if the item was just something that didn't seem likely that he would buy for his or his sekirei's personal use then they may get curious. Ryu didn't want them to cancel the card. He wanted to dictate when he was finished with it.

Over the past two months however, he made good use of the card to stockpile a load of cash in an undisclosed area in the northern part of the city. He knew the day would come when he'd have to ditch the card and he didn't want to be penniless if he hadn't found a proper job by that time.

His sekirei excluding toyotama know about this but never mentioned anything. So long as they had the MBI card and didn't leave shinto teito they didn't need cash. Because of those purchases and sales ryu had a little over six million yen in cash stashed away.

He didn't have the proper paperwork or credentials to open up a bank account, not that'd he ever trust a third party with his money even if he could.

"Mmm, ryu." Yashima spoke quietly.

He negated his gaze from the street lights to his sekirei. "Yes, yashima?"

"W-Well..." She started nervously playing with her fingers not meeting his stare. "Which one of us... Do you like more?"

Ryu wasn't expecting that, in fact that was the last thing he expected at this moment. Maybe it was because his mind was focused on getting cell phones since his broke during the fight with karasuba. "Yashima, do you think I could choose?" He asked.

"Well..." Yashima shied her eyes away. She loved him with everything she had, he was her ashikabi now and forever. She'd die for him. So she had to know, just had to ask. "W-Who?"

Ryu sighed running a hand through his hair. Could he choose which one of his sekirei he liked more, could he? Honestly no. Ever since these bonds were set in place he felt a pool of emotions, more so than just with uzume. He had a feeling it was his sekirei. He couldn't choose, then he'd feel their pain, and he didn't want to hurt them. "I like... No I love all of you." He said with a small smile, yashima looked at him blushing fiercely when she seen that smile, and got worse when heat rose through her.
So much love and affection was pulsing through their bond she could barely breathe. "Really?"

Ryu nodded stopping their little walk, yashima stopped a few inches from him looking at her feet. "I love all of you, equally. You're all beautiful in your own way, I'd never choose." He wrapped his arms around her, surprising yashima but she returned the embrace sighing as she felt his warmth spread on her.

"T-Thank you." Yashima whispered tears coming to her eyes, but not sad tears but tears of joy. "I love you too! I love you so much ryu, I promise I won't lose."

"No need to thank me." He said clasping her chin gently in his hand raising it so they were staring into each other's eyes. Yashima's breath hitched as she locked onto his violet irises. Ryu planted a gentle kiss onto her lips, she moaned quietly sapphire wings bursting forth from her back lighting up the area.

They parted lips both breathing heavily. It was more than just a kiss, so many emotions, feelings rushed through the other from the bond. One kiss was like a firework that constantly fired off they wanted to keep kissing get closer to the other but they ran out of breath, and it was getting late. "We should head back." Ryu said.

Yashima's entire body tingled she felt powerless, her lips tingled from where his lips touched. She wanted more, more skin more kissing. "We're not going to our destination?" She asked.

Ryu glanced at her feeling yashima's lust through the bond. He would love to kiss her all over but he needed time to think. His other sekirei would they be mad? He didn't doubt uzume would join in, which he wouldn't mind. Then there was toyotama she could get upset, and nanaha seemed like she wouldn't care. Karasuba he didn't know what the hell happened with that ordeal all he knew was they were bonded and he could feel her.

Then there was miya, he didn't want his landlady to be really sick.

"It's getting late, and it'd take another ten minutes to get there, by then they'd be closed." Ryu explained. Yashima pouted she wanted ryu all to herself right now, and she could have him.

"What if we ran?"

Ryu smiled clasping her hands gently in his own. "I never seen this side of you yashima." She began to blush even more images of their times in the bath flashed through her mind. Ever since she seen his body, completely she had so many fantasies and dreams. "I'll leave the door unlocked tonight so you can sneak in."

Yashima smiled nodding her head in agreement. She wanted to kiss him more, but she'd follow his every command, and she did like sneaking into his room at night. "Okay."

The two headed back to the inn, both heavy with thoughts. Yashima with desires and urges, ryu with just confusion and nothing less. He winged what? Four sekirei now and still didn't have a clue about the whole thing.

Then there was matsu the only time he seen her was during dinner or whenever she decided to let herself be seen. It's almost like she vanished.

They arrived at the inn a half hour later. Quietly they took of their shoes at the front before closing the door and heading towards their rooms. When they left at least one light was on, but now there were no lights on, and it was pitch black ryu could barely see until his eyes completely adjusted for the darkness.

Careful not to make too much noise they walked up the stairs and banked to the left walking down the hallway. Ryu wondered where kagari was, but remembered he worked at a host club. And was the most popular host at that. No wonder he's always tired ryu thought sliding open his door yashima at his side.

"Mph! Mph!" The door shut quickly yashima was about the squeal from fright but she was silenced too. Ryu made muffled protests, he didn't care if his sekirei slept with him. But suffocation was something different entirely. "Uzume!" He managed to get out. He gasped sucking in oxygen like he took his first breath coughing quietly.

"Why'd you do that?" He asked socking his chest for good measure. Okay I'm alive.

"We've yet to finish where we left off." A seductive voice purred in his ear. No wonder he couldn't breathe toyotama was behind this.

"R-Ryu-sama." Yashima said shyly. He turned around about to gasp when toyotama covered his mouth again. Yashima wasn't wearing her normal clothes, she was wearing the nurse costume of uzume's.

"You have to call him master while you wear that." Uzume said with a grin raising her eyebrows.

"M-Master." She said blushing again.

"Ca yu moh yur hanh froh mi outh?" Ryu struggled to speak but was relieved when toyotama released him.

"Only if you stay quiet." She said tracing her fingers over his firm chest and ripped stomach. She didn't see him shirtless as of yet, until now. And she was ready to take it up a notch.

"So, wait where's nanaha?" Ryu asked looking around between his sekirei with no sight of nanaha.

"Hello, master." Nanaha's soft voice said from his side he whirled around to see wearing a maid costume, a very skimpy maid costume. She felt very exposed when uzume first put in on her but the older sekirei assured her that ryu would like it. So that sealed it she'd wear it and call him master as long as it pleased him.

"Did you plan this and you don't have to call me master!?" He asked, surprised looking at his sekirei.

"Oh yeah." Uzume grabbed his hakama in one smooth motion she pulled them down with his boxers while toyotama took off his kimono. "Tonight is the night."

"But, what about the rules. I'm going to die." Ryu said, with actual fear. When he thought about it he wasn't afraid of anything even karasuba wasn't that terrifying, but plunging a hole into his chest changed that somewhat. But miya that was way different he didn't want to endure that.

"Shhh." Toyotama wrapped her arms around his neck. "It's okay we'll stay quiet."

"And if worse comes to worse." Uzume raised a hand a white veil coiling its way towards ryu. "I can always use this."

Ryu motioned to leave. He wanted to stay, oh did he want to. His lower half was pulling him, but he had to be sensible. It wasn't his house and miya was just scary. But he found himself unable to move as the veil wrapped him around the ankles knocking him to the floor. "Sorry ry ry, but we talked, and we've waited long enough." Uzume pulled him back towards them laying him down on the futon.

"Does master like it?" Nanaha asked blushing.

"Yes he does." Toyotama smirked grabbing a hold of nanaha's wrist. "Feel for yourself." Nanaha's eyes widened and her breath hitched when she felt solid rock in her palm. "Oh my." She whispered.

"He likes it a lot." Uzume said putting yashima's hand at the base. She began to blush fiercely, she could understand why her fellow sister got flustered the moment she touched him. But this is what she wanted before, and she was going to have it.

Ryu wanted to say stop, miya's rules, I'm screwed and a bunch of other smart, sensible, rational things. But that wasn't going to happen he was too far gone emotions and feelings pulsing through him from his sekirei. He could feel their lust, their want, a hint of shyness, and more importantly he could see vivid, very vivid images. That's all it took before he dug his fingers into uzume who was laying by the top of his head.

She used her veils to tie his hands together too. "Don't go easy on us." Uzume purred in his ear sending a chill down his spine.

"Uzume, untie me... For now." Ryu said trying to get a hold of himself but yashima and nanaha were in a rhythm and toyotama was near them nibbling on his V-line.

Uzume grinned unlacing them without a thought. "Let me feel you, inside of me." Uzume moaned quietly.

"Wait, did you lock the door?"

"Sure did." Toyotama answered.

Ryu looked at each of his sekirei. Fuck it he said mentally giving into his urges and the feelings pulsing through him he kissed and touched his sekirei with vigor and ferocity to match thier own. Even yashima who was normally shy became very passionate.

He lost track of time, life itself. All he could feel was their shared body heat, the feelings pulsing through the bond that made his entire body tingle. Uzume brought her cloth in the fray a couple hours later, that's when he lost all perception of everything.

Wellz! I see my story is somewhat... Popular gahahaha! Sweet beans man! Over 1300 views thanks for reading and your support. And lemons, "clears throat." I don't write them all that much, kind of weird writing out sex scenes but I will lean towards what is happening in the moment, but not too much detail... That's... Just weird 0_0

As for miya's behavior in the earlier chapter, she's reacting to ryu BAD and of course he's the clueless oaf he is, so with her being emotional and all that jazz I don't see it out of reason, or context. Won't update for a while now, at least that's what I'm thinking now.

THANKS FOR READING ^_^