Another chapter update, yay! I was watching Godzilla and figured hey why not type this up real fast! This chapter is kind of slow and all that jazz. Be nice and leave a review give me your thoughts. And I'll be having a poll later oonnn!
Ryu let a sigh escape his lips, he was currently lying down on his bed, with uzume snuggled up next to him. After being out in the cold all day, and barely eating. He was tired to say the least with a full stomach and the warmth shared between the two of them.
He absently rubbed his neck where moments ago nanaha nearly squeezed into a different place. He held back a laugh shaking his head in disbelief. He wasn't sure why nanaha and yashima were so distraught when he came home, what could've riled them up to that extent?
He wasn't in any pain, a little upset but nothing too bad.
"Oi, ry ry right there." Uzume said gleefully in her sleep nuzzling her face on his chest sighing happily.
Do I want to know? He asked himself mentally. No he didn't when they had their moment a few nights ago, he seen just what uzume thinks about in her spare time. As arousing as it was, some things were just a little too out there.
Miya the purple haired beauty crossed his mind for the tenth time today. He was happy to see that whatever made her so hot and flushed passed, if it was a sickness it didn't keep her down for long, because the meal was terrific today.
He still didn't know what precisely the sekirei plan was. Like everything there was always two sides to the story, heads and tails, another story to tell. He let out a quiet growl thinking of higa, that man made his blood boil. Nothing but a stupid brat, he hoped they'd never cross paths again, as much as he had empathy for the sekirei. He wouldn't hesitate to impale one with his sword, if he was attacked.
This farce the words echoed through his mind. If he listened to anything that brat said was those two words. If this is all just a farce... He looked at uzume who was smiling softly, he frowned looking up at the ceiling. If its all a farce, then if uzume... Or any of them... He didn't dare to finish his thoughts. Is it just some joke?
If there's one thing ryu hated was people who played with another's life. Seen people as just possessions, who merely looked at life as a game, entertaining themselves while making others suffer. Anger rushed through his veins and unconsciously he clenched his fingers into tight fists.
"Mmmm..." Uzume groaned softly feeling the blankets get a little too tight around her chest. "Ry ry is everything alright?" She asked sleepily noticing his hands were gripping the cloth tightly.
I need some air he thought. "I'm alright, just need to use the bathroom." He said sheepishly loosening his hands.
"Why didn't you just say so?" Uzume asked with a yawn giving him his body back. If he had to go he could've just got up and went or told her, she wouldn't have been mad.
Ryu scratched the back of his head sheepishly not responding. He got up slipping on his kimono and silently leaving the room.
Sekirei, ashikabi, tournament... Tch gods. He shook his head laughing quietly in disbelief. I need to know just what the hell is going on. He mused walking down the stairs, he shivered slightly. Since it was winter, the wood was a bit cold but he didn't mind it too much. He looked around with a blank expression spotting nanaha and yashima helping miya with dishes and cleaning up.
Miya seen him out the corner of her eye. She could see he was troubled about something. Being near him made her body oh so hot again and she found her breaths were short and she moaned slightly. But she had to compose herself she found out startling information, and needed to indulge him with it.
But could she? Being so close to him again.
"Ah, good to see you're alright miya-san I was worried." Ryu said with a small smile taking a seat at the table.
Nanaha and yashima looked up once they heard his voice smiling brightly.
"Ryu-sama."
"Nanaha, yashima no sama!" Ryu said with an exaggerated sigh smacking his forehead.
"S-Sorry." Yashima stammered saddened that she forgot and got scolded again. "Do you need us?"
"At this moment, no." Ryu replied honestly.
"Then we'll get back to helping miya-san with dishes." Nanaha replied curtly looking at the dishes once more yashima joining. Miya studied her tenant carefully, he was good at hiding his emotions. No doubt about that he was disciplined trained not to show weakness. But she was as well and knew what to look for. It further made her curious when he wouldn't meet her gaze.
Either he wanted to speak to her alone or something else.
She didn't know if she could take it, but she would offer a helping hand, give advice, anything to help him. Even if her body would be an inferno.
"Nanaha-san, yashima-san. I can take care of the rest thank you for your help." Miya said with a small smile. "Go and take a bath."
"Yes landlady-sama." The two said in unison taking off their yellow gloves and exiting the kitchen leaving just ryu and miya present.
Ryu looked around curiously, he found that one person was missing. "Toyotama, where'd she go?"
Miya offered a small smile. "She went out to get something so I asked her to get some things for me." She answered. "Is there anything you'd like to talk about, ryu-san?" She inquired taking a seat across from him setting her hands in her lap.
She's so beautiful he thought a faint blush creeping up on his cheeks as he shook the thought off. "I was just a little concerned about you miya-san, a couple days ago you passed out and I didn't know what to make of it." He said sincerely looking at her to be sure.
So kind she thought with a faint smile. She laughed sweetly covering her mouth with the back of her hand and closing her eyes. "Is ryu-san prying into private affairs?" She asked sweetly a hannya visage hovering over her glaring down on ryu.
Ryu to his surprise wasn't as scared as last time. "N-No not all miya-san I was just... worried, that's all." He said with a small smile.
Seeing as how she couldn't fluster him with her hannya she slowly relinquished it opening her eyes to look into his. "I was just a little under the weather, that's all." She replied with a small smile. "I feel much better now."
Ryu scratched his head sheepishly, guilt washing over him. "Yeah, it's my fault. I shouldn't have initiated the conversation at night." He bowed his head slightly.
"It's alright ryu-san, thank you for your concern." Miya said standing up. Should I tell him? No I can't not now... But what would that make me? She pondered deep in her thoughts. No I can't not now, but soon.
"Did toyotama say where she was going?" Ryu brought her out of her musings.
"She didn't say where, but since she was going out I asked her to get a few things." Miya laughed quietly. "Is ryu-san feeling lonely? He isn't sacking up the entire city?" She teased.
"M-Miya!" Ryu exclaimed his face a bright, bright red. How could she say such a thing? Even question him with such things? "N-No!" He said defensively.
"Well, if you want you could go to look for her, she shouldn't be far off."
Ryu nodded his head rising up from his seat and walking to the door.
"Ryu..." He turned around hearing that sweet voice.
"Thank you." Miya said smiling softly.
"Mmm." Ryu nodded quickly before leaving the kitchen.
He didn't know why toyotama left, or what she was doing. But she was a sekirei, and was in danger of an attack. Even if she was winged, ryu knew that many of the contestants weren't so keen on playing by the rules.
Which one? Toyotama looked thoughtfully at a book shelf. Tapping her chin as she pondered which one to buy. It was such a hard choice, she did enjoy reading, but choosing a book was just torture. She set down the grocery bags in her left hand folding her arms over her ample chest.
Her eyes combed over each title, but found nothing interesting. She walked slowly looking from top to bottom for anything that stood out. "Hmm, how to please your lover?" She asked quietly taking the book off of the shelf idly flipping through the pages.
Her eyes nearly bulged from their sockets as she read several things and saw... Pictures. She thought about the other night and began to blush slightly. Ryu was just irresistible to her, his buff yet lean body, that messy spiky hair, those violet irises that stared deep into her soul and left her breathless.
Oh how she wanted to just have alone time. Just one on one.
A smile graced her face as she closed the book putting it under her arm. This may come in handy she thought picking a few more books that didn't have anything to do with sexual stuff. She chose a few novels and mysteries. After she paid for the merchandise via her MBI card she left the bookstore with slight hast seeing several lustful gazes casting her way. She cursed herself for wearing her sekirei outfit here, and to make it worse the cold hit her like a sledgehammer.
But she steeled herself and walked back to izumo inn, if ryu had a sword plunged into his chest what was a little cold?
The street lights began to flicker and snow started to fall illuminated by the yellow lights shining a pathway for her to follow. She wrapped her arms around herself to conserve body heat, she was a sekirei yes, and wouldn't catch something like a silly cold, but she could still get cold like any other living thing. And she was cold, very cold. She longed for the warmth of her ashikabi she'd jump into his strong arms first thing when she got home.
Maybe even take a bath with him, that'd warm her up even more.
Ryu was so different to her, he was clueless, absent minded, and at times a total idiot who had no clue what was going on. But, he's my idiot she thought with a small smile. And yet, before she was saved and winged by him she despised humans. They were so selfish and ignorant shoving her aside, didn't even say excuse me. She doubted her ashikabi was anywhere on this fucked planet. But she was wrong, so wrong. Is he human? The question just came, her conscious speaking with her since she was alone.
By all means he was human, he looked human, and acted human, but he was so kind and whenever he was near she felt so warm. The sekirei game, minaka, MBI none of it existed when he was with her, it was just her and him alone the world stopped moving.
She sighed happily feeling immense warmth coat her shivering torso. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts she didn't even feel the fabric just the warmth. She basked in it. "You know, you shouldn't go without a coat."
Toyotama whirled her head around looking at ryu with slightly wide eyes. "When did you get here?" She asked looking at him carefully he was wearing his kimono. "And you're not wearing a coat either." She scolded frowning at him.
Ryu laughed sheepishly scratching the back of his neck. "Well, I put it on you. You looked really cold, why did you wear those clothes anyways? It's snowing out." He asked.
"They're the only clothes I have." She replied softly. "Thank you."
"For?" Ryu raised his eyebrow.
"You're an idiot sometimes you know that?" She asked mock glaring at him but smiled despite that. "For letting me use your coat, now you're cold."
Ryu laughed grinning like an idiot. "Well, you love this idiot!" He shook his head slightly. "And I'm alright, you need it more than me."
"But you can't scold me if you're not going to wear one!"
Ryu waved his hands frantically in front of his face in surrender. "I wasn't scolding you honest. I just didn't know that's all the clothes you had. I thought you'd have a jacket." He offered a smile.
Ugh ryu! Toyotama screamed in her mind. How did he just drive her wild? She gasped quietly when she felt his strong but warm hand clasp hers their fingers interlacing. "W-What are you doing?"
"Holding your hand." He replied bluntly looking at her with a blank expression.
"Why?"
"Does it bother you?"
"No not at all." Toyotama's cheeks heated up for a brief second before she composed herself. "I just want to know why."
Ryu shrugged staring up at the sky watching the snow fall around them. "When I moved to the city I always seen couples holding hands, and I never got it." He smiled sheepishly letting out a quiet laugh.
Why doesn't that surprise me?
"But, now I think I get it. Well, understand, you know I can feel you near, and you can feel me near." He looked at her smiling. "It feels nice you know? Being able to feel each other so close."
Toyotama's eyes widened in disbelief and... Affection. "It does feel nice." She agreed happily clenching his hand tighter lacing her other arm in his leaning into him. "How did you know I left?"
"I just had a feeling, but I asked miya and she said you went out to get something, and asked you to get her a few things. So I figured I'd come to make sure you were alright." Ryu answered.
"Of course I'm alright." She punched his arm lightly. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"You're a sekirei, and there are 108 of you, not all of them are so friendly and some aren't too keen on playing by the rules, so here I am."
"Is that the only reason why you came?" She asked, with a hint of anger.
"Well... No, I seen all of my sekirei today, but you left right after dinner I didn't really get to spend any time with you today." He nodded his head a few times thinking about his answer. "Yeah that's about right."
Why are you such an idiot? She thought smiling. Her stomach turned in on itself as it began to flutter. He came all the way here for her in the cold? Just to spend time? And talk to her? "Well, listen here ryu. I'm not going to lose to some punks do you understand, we're never going to be separated!" She said with finality clenching his hand tighter. "Never." She whispered closing her eyes basking in his presence.
She was so confident, ryu couldn't help but smile at her declaration. "Then I as your ashikabi won't lose either, we'll fight together." He squeezed her hand a few times. "Always."
Always she thought with a smile. She'd like that.
"Now, we should move a little faster before you catch a cold." Ryu said walking a little faster tugging her along.
"I should be saying that to you, you're the one not wearing a coat!" She scolded.
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