The Mutant Ashikabi

This is an idea that has been bouncing around my head ever since I finished reading In Flight by Gabriel Blessing. It involves an OC that I began creating in elementary school with a friend and continued to develop through high school as I gathered more knowledge on Marvel Comics.

I apologize if some characters are OOC

Hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

In the dark of the night, a lone figure walked through the streets of Shinto-Teito, the city formerly known as Tokyo. He looked about 18 and wore a plain black shirt and blue jeans under a black coat. He simply walked through the dark streets, looking for a place where he could sleep for the night before moving on again. As he walked he looked up at the sky.

"How this place has changed over the years. People. Buildings. Nature. All is subject to the whims of time," the figure mused as he walked, "except me of course."

The teen looked around at the corporate empire that the company, Mid Bio Informatics, or MBI, had built and sighed. To think a simple pharmaceutical company could clime the corporate and economic ladder so fast and with such ease was unnerving to say the least. The teen had seen many things, but for a company to gain power so fast is unnatural.

"This 'MBI' doesn't sit well with me," said the teen to himself, "I don't trust it. Not even Stark's company grew this fast. Something's off about this whole thing."

The teen continued to walk through the darkened streets, lost in thought, until he reached a park where he found bench and sat to rest his body, the bench creaking under his weight as he sat upon it.

"Time is such a fleeting thing," he said with a sigh before getting up and walking deeper into the park, "everything ages and withers away before the passing of eons. Things grow and change as time passes. Nothing lasts forever."

As he walked he noticed a figure slumped on one of the park benches. It was a woman with messy brown hair and a strange mark on her forehead. She was dressed only in a rumpled doctor's coat with blood on it and had a vacant look on her face.

Normally, the teen would just have just kept walking, but something about the woman's state drew him in and tugged at his heart. For some reason, he felt he couldn't just walk past someone like her in the state she was in.

"Excuse me," said the teen, "are you alright miss?"

"I have nowhere to go," said the woman.

"Is something wrong?" asked the teen.

"I'm broken," she said, "a failure."

That made the teen stop. He immediately sympathized with the woman and resolved to help her. He knew what it felt like to be cast aside like a broken tool.

The teen reached out and took the woman's hand, surprising her, "Then come with me. I will take care of you."

"Ah…why?" asked the woman.

"Because I was cast aside as well," said the teen as he took off his coat and draped it over her to preserve her modesty, "I know how it feels, and I want to help you."

The woman blushed and got to her feet slowly, "Ah…thank you."

"What's your name?" asked the teen.

"…Akitsu," said the woman.

"I'm Z," said the teen, "will you come with me?"

"Hai, Ashikabi-sama," said Akitsu as she moved closer to Z, "forever and ever."

Akitsu then brought her lips to Z's in a kiss, surprising the teen with her forwardness. H was surprised further when ice-blue wings of energy sprouted from Akitsu's back and the mark on her head faded away. Z was frozen with shock as Akitsu's wings dissipated and she opened her eyes to show a look of joy.

"What just happened?" asked Z.

Akitsu blushed and gave a small smile, "I am yours, Ashikabi-sama. Forever and ever."

"…Whatever," sighed Z, "I've seen stranger things. Let's try and find a place to rest."

"Hai, Ashikabi-sama," said Akitsu.

"Just call me Z," said Z.

"Yes, Ashikabi-sama," said Akitsu.

Z sighed.

xXsceneXx

Meanwhile, in the MBI headquarters located in Teito Tower, Takami Sahashi was rushing through the halls toward the office the Director, Minaka Hiroto. Bursting through the doors, she saw Minaka looking over the city from a window behind his desk.

"Ah, Takami," said Minaka, "what has you is such a hurry?"

"Minaka!" yelled Takami, "Did you know about this? I just got a report that the #07 has been winged!"

"Oh?" said Minaka, "That is a development."

"How is this possible?" exclaimed Takami, "She was supposed to be a Scraped Number and therefore, unwingable."

"This will be a most interesting turn of events!" said Minaka with a hysterical grin, "The game has taken an unexpected turn indeed!"

"I can't believe you're still treating this like a game!" yelled Takami.

"Hahaha!" laughed Minaka, ignoring Takami, "With this, we are one step closer to ascending to the new age of gods."

'What did I ever see in this idiot?' thought Takami with a sigh as she walked out. Maybe she'd feel better when her son got accepted into a university.

She sighed and pulled out a square carton and removed a single cylinder from it. Pulling out a lighter, she lit one end and stuck the cylinder in her mouth, taking a deep breath and exhaling a cloud of smoke. It's no wonder her hair went gray, what with all that's been going on since they discovered the Sekirei.

xXsceneXx

Akitsu and Z continued to walk through the darkened streets. They didn't have much on them in terms of spare clothes or cash at the moment, so it would be difficult for them to find an affordable place to spend the night. As they walked, they eventually came across a traditional Japanese house where a woman with purple hair wearing a traditional miko's outfit sweeping the lawn.

"Excuse me," said Z.

"Ara," said the woman, "what happened to you to cause you to be wandering around in that state?"

"It's a long story," said Z, "I don't suppose you would be willing to let us stay the night? I can pay you back with chores and such."

"Of course," said the woman, "my husband would never turn away someone who needs help, and neither will I."

"Thank you," said the teen, "my name is Z, and this is Akitsu."

"Ah…nice to meet you," said Akitsu with a bow.

"My name is Miya Asama," said the woman, "I welcome you to my home, Izumo Inn."

xXsceneXx

Over the next few days, Z had a lot to do. First, he pawned some items of his off in order to get some money to buy clothes for him and Akitsu and furnishings for their room in the inn, and then he had to look for a job to support them and pay the rent. It was during that time, that Z learned just what he had gotten himself into.

He had just purchased a new cell-phone from a store, having noticed that owning one was essential in society. As he walked out of the shop, his phone began to ring, surprising him.

'Who could be calling me? Nobody has my number these days,' thought Z as he pulled out his phone and opened it.

"CONGRADULATIONS!" exclaimed man wearing a white suit and cape on the phone's screen.

"The hell?" said Z, "Who are you and how did you get this number?"

"My how forceful," laughed the man, "Z was it?"

"Yes," said Z, "and you have 10 seconds to answer my previous question or I hang up."

"No need to be so rude," said the man with a childish pout.

"7, 6, 5," Z counted down.

"Alright, alright!" sighed the man, "I am Hiroto Minaka, CEO of MBI, and I welcome you into the Sekirei Plan."

"Sekirei Plan?" said Z in confusion.

"Yes," said Minaka, "you winged the Number 07, Akitsu, a feat that was deemed impossible by the way, and that makes you a part of this game."

"This is some sort of game?" said Z.

"Of course," said Minaka, "and the winner will ascend to the heavens and herald the new age of gods! By the way, this game is secret, so don't tell anyone."

With that, Minaka hung up, leaving Z staring blankly at his phone, "What the hell was that idiot talking about? I'd better head back to the house."

With that Z pocketed his phone and walked back to the Inn. For the rest of the week, he looked for employment in various businesses, but due to…circumstances, there wasn't a business that was willing to hire him.

xXsceneXx

A lone figure stood on the roof of a building and looked out at the city. She wore a black outfit with a gray coat draped over her shoulders like a cape. She held a nodachi in her hand and her gray hair fluttered in the wind.

"This feeling," she said with a savage grin, "I never thought I'd feel it. You're out there, aren't you? We'll stand upon the corpses we leave in our wake, Ashikabi-kun."

With a laugh, she placed her sheathed sword on her hip and leapt off the building. She leapt from building to building, her bloodthirsty smile ever present on her face."

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