You know, I just realized that I wrote this entire chapter with karasuba and ryu together. I'd say that's good since they don't see each other often, their relationship is special. Leave a review with your thoughts, hopefully I hit this right on the money. I don't see it as weird.

It was a cold night in shinto teito. There wasn't a cloud in sight and a slightly cold, soft breeze floated through the city. Here in this section of the city it was quiet, the roads were empty and few people walked the streets. It was the perfect night to relax and star gaze, provided the light pollution wasn't so bad you couldn't see anything.

The warm, perfect night was shattered with the sound of screeching tires as a bike sped on the empty roads.

The wail of pavement screeching against tire shot through the air as karasuba leaned forward on her bike picking up speed. Smoke flew from under the bike as it trailed under the powerful body of its rider. She quickly changed gears and brought up a hand to her helmet" "R-yu-kun." karasuba said as she placed her hand back on the shaft.
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Ryu glanced ahead hearing the sound of something speeding. He couldn't put his finger on it the vehicles sounded the same yet so different. He shrugged slightly walking a little faster so he wasn't late. He had been in the shower ten minutes longer than he expected, which only gave him about a half hour to get to where he needed to be.

That wasn't easy considering where he lived, but with his increased speed and dexterity he stuck to the rooftops and alleyways finding more than one shortcut to keep him moving at a timely brisk pace. He liked his bike and all but it attracted too much attention he wanted to be silent moving in the shadows and appear when people least expect it. Not hear him coming from twenty blocks away.

He now walked slowly on the east side of the city. He kept his senses sharp and mind alert. Sekirei could be any where and attack, or local gangs and bands of thugs could be out trudging the streets couldn't say he was surprised most people that joined a gang were stupid of couldn't stand on their own two feet. He never got into stuff like that personally, but had he been confronted? Yes, but he'd run away before cutting down two dozen people.

He rarely came around this part of the city anymore. There wasn't really a need to he didn't wander around like he did a few years ago when he first moved and would skip school. Those were the days he thought folding his arms over his chest as he neared a tea shop.

He was completely nervous with karasuba, he didn't know what she planned to do.

A black bike sped off to the side, drifting through the blanket of white flakes, throwing it up in a blanket that coated the air for a moment. Karasuba smirked seeing ryu's stunned expression from her entrance, she took the keys out the ignition kicking the kickstand down in one smooth motion parking it.

He walked towards her in a daze his hormones going wild seeing her in that suit again. How it hugged her body so tightly from the top of her neck all the way down. It was finished off with heels that went up to above her knees. Wow. He thought.

"My darling monkey." She smirked walking forward. Ryu narrowed his eyes slightly at her making her chuckle and raise her hands up away from her sword and over her head as she continued walking towards ryu. "About time we get proper introductions out of the way, Miya didn't really give us the chance last time." She stopped just centimeters away from ryu, her chest pushing into his, her smirk widened when she seen how tempted he was to look down. Ryu looked into her eyes and before he could react she leaned forward and kissed him once more. When she pulled back she smirked at the shocked expression on his face, she took a step back and bowed her head.

Karasuba, sekirei number four. May the blood my sword spills for my ashikabi bring us ever closer to the heavens above." Karasuba said with a smile, not the psychotic one but more of a peaceful smile ryu had yet to witness on the woman's face until now.

"Ryu sasashi." Ryu introduced himself. "But, you already knew that."

"I did indeed." She said reaching into her haori pulling out a folder and handing it to him. "All the information that minaka had on you. Say it's an act of trust between us." She told him as he raised his hand to take the folder. "He has nothing on you apart from your school records and medical history. He only had this copy and nothing else on file about you. That is everything."

Ryu looked at her for a moment then at the folder. "Are you sure this isn't a trick like the last time?" Ryu asked with narrowed eyes trying to gauge her reaction.

"I give you a kiss and this is how you thank me, monkey?" She asked with a light laugh. "Open it up and see for yourself."

Ryu did just that. He opened it up a second later skimming through the contents in a few minutes with focused eyes. Karasuba watched him with a curious, bored expression on her face. She got ryu last time, but this time she was going to be nice.

"It's all here..." He said closing the folder with wide eyes. "Why did you bring me this?" Ryu questioned gesturing to the folder. "Aren't you with MBI, with minaka?

"I am, but as I told you." She started. "An act of trust, we have to start somewhere no?" She questioned with a smile. "The bond between us has already been formed, it only has room to strengthen now." She rose a hand to his cheek, ryu fought the urge to flinch. But began to blush furiously as she gently caressed his cheek. "Between my ashikabi and MBI, my ashikabi comes first. Loud thuds broke the two out of their state of mind karasuba studied ryu who was once again blushing.

"Shall we go k-karasuba? I'm getting kind of hungry and you must be." Ryu told her with a small smile.

"We... Shall." Karasuba said as her hand departed from his cheek.

The two walked into the shop which was pretty crowded. They received mixed looks of fear, curiosity, apprehension, and surprise. Karasuba glanced around with a small smirk on his face she just enjoyed making everyone in the room squirm and tremble before her presence. The fact she and ryu had swords made it worse slowly people began to move away giving them space.

Ryu seemed oblivious to the entire thing as he looked around then glanced back at karasuba. "It's weird." He said moving forward in the line.

"What is?" Karasuba asked.

Ryu contained his laughter since it was serious. "When we first meant we were fighting, and now we're out getting coffee on a date."

"This isn't a date." Karasuba said with a slight smirk watching ryu narrow his eyebrows. He was just too easy. "I'm kidding. I guess I can see why it would be funny I mean I tear a hole into your chest with my sword and then kiss you a few weeks later." Karasuba chuckled lightly actually finding the humor in all of it.

Ryu got some tea while karasuba got some coffee. They sat in a corner on the second floor of the establishment away from everyone else so they could have their privacy and because nobody would go near them. "I'm glad you came karasuba." Ryu sad lightly inhaling the warm liquid.

"Anything for my monkey." Karasuba said gingerly sipping her coffee.

Ryu scowled and began to grumble in annoyance. Karasuba simply chuckled at him setting her cup down and looking him in the eyes. "You know, you say ashikabi, but whenever you talk to me you always call me a monkey." Ryu said with a thoughtful look.

"Yes, I know." Karasuba said folding her right leg over her left moving her foot every now and again. Though she was absolutely disgusted with humans, and found them as flesh to cut. Ryu, for some reason she was attracted to ryu, and this was actually... Nice. Spending time with him. "Because you're my monkey." She smirked.

"Can't you just say... Ashikabi?" Ryu asked with a groan running a hand through his hair.

"Ashikabi." Karasuba said flatly taking another sip of the warm liquid feeling it warm her entire system up.

Ryu gave her a deadpan look before sighing in an exasperated manner. She just had to be so difficult... "So, I am your-"

"Monkey." Karasuba said with a smile resting her elbows on the table and interlacing her fingers, resting her chin in the center of them. "So, R-yu-kun..." She paused moving her foot to the inside of his leg. "Tell me more about yourself."

Ryu blushed slightly scratching the back of his head. He didn't know what to say, he was never one to boast too much or explain things. "Well, I like to train, and I like eating." Ryu said smiling slightly. Karasuba chuckled quietly, so her ashikabi? Was he a simpleton? He did have an innocence about him that she wished to shatter. "How about you?"

Karasuba sighed taking another sip of her brewed coffee. "Well, my name is karasuba. I like my sword, I like fighting, and I like to kill." She said with a small smile as if it was natural to say things like that, she slowly began to move her foot up until it touched his knee.

A normal person would've got up and left right then and there, or blanched at that. But ryu wasn't normal and he was interested in karasuba. "How often do you train, and how long?"

"I train every day for I say..." She tapped her chin with her index finger in thought. "Eight to ten hours." She said with a small shrug.

No wonder she's so toned... He thought feeling his hakama tighten around the bottom. Karasuba smirked leaning back in the chair a little more, she could feel his pants shift a little, oh how she wanted to see him out of that kimono. But she needed to make sure of something first. "How often do you train, and how long?" She asked in a slightly seductive manner but it went astray with ryu.

"Well I usually train from sunrise until about noon so give or take five to six hours, everyday." He replied cheerfully grinning like an idiot. Karasuba's eyes widened slightly he was so cheerful when he explained that, most humans were lazy asses or just ignorant and just took up space. But ryu was a warrior, a hunk. She resisted the warmth she felt radiating from her center as her nether regions tingled. She squeezed her legs together trying to get rid of it. "I used to feel weird for it." Ryu said with a thoughtful expression.

That got karasuba out her stupor. How was that weird!? Being strong striking fear into anyone you came across with just a simple look? "What do you mean by 'weird?'"

Ryu set his cup down clearing his throat gently. "When I moved to the city the kids at school looked at me funny because of my hair, eyes, and body. They said it was weird I was so strong, and that's all I spend my time doing." He frowned remembering it well. "Ever since I was a child I was training it's just something that's always been a part of me." He nodded with a smile. "After all a man has to be strong right."

"And you think woman aren't strong?" Karasuba asked, her foot was right under his manhood one more little movement and it'd be right there. The timing of her question was perfect, she knew ryu didn't think that. But she did enjoy flustering her.

"I-I Woah!" Ryu covered his mouth silencing his outburst jolting violently as he felt pleasure hit every nerve receptor in his body. He could feel a slight movement between his legs. "Karasuba!" He yelled in a hushed tone.

"R-yu-kun. Calm down you're as hard as a rock... Literally." She said the last part quietly hiding the shock in her voice but it was hard to do so when she felt him throb.

"Thanks to you." Ryu grumbled. He didn't mind this. He felt increasingly guilty when he spent all of his time with just uzume, nanaha, yashima, and matsu but no time with karasuba. She didn't need or want that kind of affection, but maybe she needed some sort of... Closeness. He jolted again this time much worse than last time karasuba had a wide smirk on her face as she straightened her leg moaning silently using all of her strength and restraint not to throw her head back. This monkey is really... My ashikabi. She thought as her center began to heat up and spread to the rest of her body all the way to her toes and finger tips causing her arms to shudder for a second.

"Was this the surprise?" Ryu asked with a raised eyebrow doing his best to keep himself under control. He didn't know how karasuba would react if he just grabbed her and began to kiss her, he had a good bet she'd kill him in his sleep...

"It was the folder and this." Karasuba gestured to her body still hugged tightly by her suit. Ryu could've sworn it got tighter but didn't pay the suit any mind wanting to see what was under it and karasuba's foot wasn't helping at all. "Problem?"

"W-Well I have no complaints but..." Ryu trailed off composing himself. "When did this start?" He asked carefully.

"To be honest I hated you." Karasuba said in a blunt tone of voice. Ryu scowled at her for such an answer. "Hey, you asked." She said with a shrug before throwing her head back looking up at the ceiling. "But that was before, now..." Karasuba looked at him, ryu was bracing himself for an emotional moment.

"Now I want tear of all of your clothes and take you." Karasuba said with a smirk.

While ryu was okay that, and very much wanted her to come into bed with him he didn't think it'd be safe. "But, why me? If I'm just a monkey..." He asked with slightly saddened eyes.

"Because." Karasuba said causing him to jolt again. At first she thought the same thing. Ryu was just a monkey, another one of those pathetic species that she thought was better off gone. That was the truth, at first. But he fought with no fear, and had great strength, he had an air of confidence. He was nothing like natsuo, that man disgusted her, but ryu in honesty turned her on. He was a warrior, a hunk. Her hunk, and her monkey. "You're my monkey r-yu-kun."

"That doesn't really explain it." Ryu said with a small frown on his face. He had a feeling karasuba was messing with him.

"R-yu-kun you're so easy." Karasuba said moving her foot slightly before chuckling quietly. "I'll be honest with you fate, destiny, to me it's all bullshit." She said flatly drinking the last of her coffee. Ryu was bracing himself for an I love you or karasuba getting up and ripping his clothes off, but he wasn't expecting that and began to laugh quietly at how bluntly his sekirei put it.

"You dare laugh at number four?" Karasuba asked in a mock threat glaring lightly at ryu. He raised his hands up extending them in front of him in surrender.

"No, no. It's just you maybe the only sekirei that feels that way." He explained.

"Oh, and is that bad?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. Depending on his answer she may just put a little more force into her foot with a quick twist.

Ryu began to sweat slightly feeling karasuba's foot turn just the slightest. He'd be aroused but for whatever reason he wasn't he was actually scared. He didn't want anything happening down there that was... Painful. "No it's not bad at all. I'm just pleasantly surprised." He said with a slightly shaky voice as he felt karasuba's foot stop suddenly for a few seconds as if she was contemplating what he said. Ryu prayed to kami one day he'd be able to have kids. After a few minutes she began to move it again like before sending waves of pleasure through ryu. He breathed a sigh of relief, he'd take this any day over what he just endured.

Rule one and only rule. Do not piss karasuba off! Ryu set down his empty cup of tea looking at karasuba slightly puzzled.

"What?" She asked bluntly.

"Ah.." Ryu scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "I was wondering if you were ready to go?"

Karasuba looked around with a look of indifference, there wasn't as many people around as before and she'd get bored not making someone tremble in fear. But doing this with ryu was a perfect thing instead. "Sure, where are we going?"

Ryu's eyes widened at that as he tried to speak but no matter what he did he just stuttered. "What do you mean?"

"Well this is a date, is it not?"

Ryu nodded.

"It's starting to snow, and I don't know if I could make it back to MBI." She said feigning worry.

"Oh." Ryu scratched the back of his head nervously. "I see your point, you can stay with me tonight." He offered.

Karasuba narrowed her eyes. "Yeah right miya wouldn't let me set foot in there."

Ryu figured it would be best to tell her, but not at this moment. "Don't worry about it I have my own place." He assured.

"Oh really, and you're sekirei aren't there?" Karasuba asked slightly intrigued.

Ryu shook his head that was a topic he didn't want to pick up on. He was having fun, it was a good night, no need to ruin with painful memories. He gulped quietly looking at the wide smirk on karasuba's face. "Are you okay?"

"Oh I'm fine." Karasuba looked up at him with the same smirk. "I just get my turn."

"Turn?" Ryu asked.

"Don't play dumb I know you had sex with them." Karasuba growled. She didn't want to sound jealous, she didn't mean to sound jealous. But she was, if anyone should've been his first it should've been her not those brainless ditzes.

Ryu's eyes widened before he sighed quietly. "I guess you would feel that." He said quietly. Karasuba didn't respond if the glint in her eyes was anything to go off she felt it, and if she could she'd rip it right out. "How can I make it up to you?" He asked. He had a mess to fix back at izumo inn when he did return, he didn't want or need karasuba in the same boat as the rest of his sekirei.

A grin creased on karasuba's face as the tingling sensation returned to her nether regions. She tried to fight telling herself he was a disgusting human. But her body, mind, and emotions betrayed her. She wanted him right now before his other sekirei got their hands all over him, he was her hunk after all. "I have something very, very, very good in mind." Karasuba purred.

Ryu looked at her widening his eyes slightly. "Just don't use the sword please."

Karasuba's smirk widened. She wouldn't be using her sword at all tonight. She had other things in mind for tonight. "Don't be silly r-yu-kun." Karasuba said tapping his nose as she said his name. "It's sexy time tonight."

Ryu had only one thought going through his head. Karasuba.

So, hopefully this is good. This is a longer chapter so enjoy, and review. I have over 3,000 views and not even a third of that in reviews come on people if you read at least review it it's the least you could do. Anyways, I realized this chapter is just karasuba and ryu talking and being together. I didn't see it until the end, but I'm done with this chapter! REVIEW! And give me your thoughts please! Review it's the sugar in my coffee