Chapter 15-The Game is Over

Word quickly spread throughout Shinto Teito. The Ashikabi of the South had fallen. His Sekirei were deactivated. From the weakest of the man's "flock" to the infamous Sekirei #05 Mutsu, who was Hayato Mikogami's main muscle in enforcing his wishes. Not only that, but somehow word had gotten out that the even more infamous Black Sekirei #04 Karasuba had her winging usurped, and was no longer the "Dog of M.B.I." as she was commonly known. Many Ashikabi still remaining within Shinto Teito were nervous about that since M.B.I. always made sure to keep the woman on a tight leash. Now she was no longer part of their company because her previous Ashikabi, who handled the Third Generation Discipline Squad, was no longer her Ashikabi, and therefore could not be restrained by the company unless the Game Master himself decided to intervene.

If they only knew how untrue that last part really was.

What really surprised the remaining Ashikabis remaining in the Sekirei Plan was the fact that the one responsible for Karasuba to leave M.B.I. was Uzumaki Naruto. They learned the man had winged ALL single digit Sekirei, who were all Masters of their given power. From wind to ice to water to skill with a sword they were the best in that field. Naturally, it made the blonde man greatly feared, and respected by them in the fact he got so many Sekirei to join him. Even more so when rumors said they were all natural in terms of winging.

The only question left to all these Ashikabi was simply...who was strong enough to even have a chance of opposing him? The Ashikabi of the East and South were annihilated. Though how the South fell was unknown to anyone not from M.B.I. and Minaka did not want it getting out that one person who was supposedly human had vanquished so many Sekirei in a single day.

Fortunately for all these Ashikabi, it seemed the next few days would be peaceful, as no one had really gotten into fighting each other with their Sekirei. Mostly out of fear that the now infamously named "The Supreme Ashikabi of the North", which Naruto thought was a stupid title (mostly for being ridiculously long), would attack if they made enough noise, and wipe them out.

Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your point of view, Naruto had no intention of hunting down every single Ashikabi left in Shinto Teito.

That would be stupid!

He was going to have Karasuba do that and only those that forcibly winged Sekirei not their own. He also gave the Black Sekirei standing orders to ensure the Sekirei that were deactivated were NOT killed by her hands unless it was absolutely unavoidable in a fight. Karasuba herself didn't like the idea of sparing the Sekirei she defeated in battle, as she felt they were weak, and had no business being alive if they couldn't handle her.

Naruto was able to change her mind by telling the woman about Uchiha Sasuke and how much of an asshole he had been growing up with him back during the era of Shinobi. All of the ass kissing people did because Sasuke was the "Last loyal Uchiha" of his clan and people wanted to make him feel valuable so he would stay in the village. How the boy went on a power hungry quest to get stronger to kill his older brother, who had brought the Uchiha Clan to its knees. How Sasuke hurt others around him regardless if they were ally or enemy and did so with a smile on his face while proclaiming he could simply due to his clan blood giving his spoiled ass that right.

The point of the story? Naruto was comparing Sasuke's way of thinking about humans in general to her way of thinking about humans and Sekirei in general. That if Karasuba kept thinking the same way like before in regards to everyone around her being weak, then she would be no better than Sasuke. That she would be no better then an arrogant, egotistical prick of a human being, who most likely got off on killing others around him, and would kill his own children if it meant he gained something in the process. Naturally, Karasuba proclaimed she was nothing like Sasuke, or any other filthy power hungry type of human who filled her heart with disgust in connection to the species.

Naruto told her to prove it to him when the time was right and when Matsu was able to get him that information on which Sekirei were forcibly winged.

For now, Naruto wanted all four of his Sekirei to get along. Which was not as easy since Karasuba being added made the other three cautious around her. Karasuba found it to be funny at first, but her Ashikabi told the Black Sekirei that being feared was one thing by your enemies, it was another by her Sekirei sisters, and wanted them all to get along.

As things stood, Karasuba would have to make quite the effort to get Akitsu, Tsukiumi, and Kazehana to trust her.

"Get thy vile filthy hands of him you harlot!" exclaimed Tsukiumi angrily at Karasuba currently lounging on the couch and resting her head on Naruto's shoulders with a smile on her face you would normally find on the Devil after a deal was struck.

"And why would I do that Tsukiumi? He's my Ashikabi now. Same as yours," replied Karasuba while Tsukiumi looked increasingly angry if her hair moving about like it was alive being any indication.

"Silence! You are a fiend, who seduced my husband into taking you into his home. I can tolerate the others for they have proven themselves, but not you!" proclaimed Tsukiumi with streams of water now forming violently around her entire body.

And at the same time flashing her panties at everyone in the room.

"Maybe I am. Maybe I am not. But I do believe trying to fight me here and risk hitting our Ashikabi would be rude. Don't you agree?" said Karasuba with a smirk on her face and Tsukiumi looked a mixed between angry and hesitant to carry out her watery attack.

"Husband! Remove thyself from this wench so I can smite her!" demanded Tsukiumi with her extended arm holding a ball of water and ready to fire the moment she had a clear shot.

"Are you sure that is wise? Once I detach from him, you will only have one shot to hit me while I will have all the time I need to slice you to pieces," mocked Karasuba with her sword in one hand and bloodlust in her eyes.

"Enough! You are family. Both of you. Just like Akitsu and Kazehana. I want all four of you to get along with each other just as I want you to get along with my wife. Is that too hard to ask?" said Naruto with a sigh while Tsukiumi and Karasuba looked away from each other.

"But husband, she was touching you!" protested Tsukiumi with a red face.

"She started it," commented Karasuba while leaning in closer to him.

"I did not you vile concubine!" exclaimed Tsukiumi angrily before forming water around herself yet again.

"Stop! I will not have you two fighting each other. Tsukiumi, you need to show restraint. Karasuba is your sister wife now. You will show her respect. Same to you Karasuba. I will not have you fighting each other and over me for that matter like I was a prize to be won. I love you both very much just like I do Akitsu, Kazehana, and Hinata when it comes to my heart. That should be enough!" commanded Naruto with both of his Sekirei once again looking away in embarrassment.

"Ah...bad girls," commented Akitsu while Tsukiumi growled and Karasuba narrowed her eyes at the usually silent ice Sekirei.

"That is right Akitsu-chan. And if these bad girls want to eat any of my food, they will stop being bad girls, and start being good girls for a change," added Hinata knowing that like Miya, her food was unmatched in terms of tasting, and bring anyone with a stomach to heel should they get unruly.

Sekirei were no exception.

"Sorry Hinata-sama," replied Karasuba since she had some of Hinata's food back when the Hyuuga woman was training the First Generation Disciplinary Squad and was spoiled until the married couple left M.B.I. and the quality of tasteful food leaving with them.

In fact, Miya had learned how to cook from Hinata, and was a very close second in terms of quality food made in the kitchen. It was almost a shame Miya had (and still does have) a "kill on sight" order for Karasuba should she be bold enough to visit Maison Izumo or else the Black Sekirei would have visited (if she were even remotely welcome) just for the food alone.

"Yes. My apologizes Hinata-sama. It is just not easy to see my husband with this one," replied Tsukiumi while giving Karasuba one last glare.

"All the same, MY husband has a point in all of you getting along. Okay?" said Hinata while making sure they knew that while they were all married to Naruto, the Hyuuga woman was THE wife between all of them, and would put her foot down should they get rowdy in the house.

"Fine," muttered Karasuba with a huff.

"Very well. For the sake of my husband...I will tolerate the concubine," replied Tsukiumi before walking away.

"Poor Tsukiumi. Even after all this, she is still jealous of us being around Naruto-kun in such an affectionate manner," remarked Kazehana on a chair drinking some sake...from the large bottle that it came from.

"True, but we are making progress. Now she doesn't throw water at anyone right away," remarked Naruto with a smirk on his face.

"Ah...baby steps," added Akitsu while Naruto laughed at that since he knew Tsukiumi would take it as an insult if she heard that.

"Well said Akitsu. Well said," replied Hinata with a smile while Akitsu blushed at the praise she was getting.

(Sahashi Takami's Residence)

Sahashi Takami's home wasn't what you call exquisite by any means of the word. Sure it wasn't a shack or a poor man's home on the bad side of town, but it also wasn't a mansion either. It was a moderate size Japanese two story house, yet was twice as expensive due to being so close to M.B.I. HQ. Given her current position at M.B.I. as the second highest authority at the company, it was understandable that she would have to live somewhere close by in case of an emergency.

She just never thought the emergency in this instance would come to Takami directly at her place of residence.

"This is unwise Naruto. Minaka is no doubt watching you right now. You shouldn't be here to talking to me," remarked Takami while taking a drag from her cigarette.

"Which is why I am a Shadow Clone so the psycho won't suspect anything. Besides, we both know the man wouldn't dare bug your house even in the event the Boss did come here personally. Minaka for all his craziness, still fears your wrath should he ever be caught doing such a thing, and knows you would actually kill him if he tried," remarked the Shadow Clone of Uzumaki Naruto with a smirk.

"What do you want? Why are you even here?" asked Takami while the smirk on the Shadow Clone of Naruto left and he became serious.

"The Boss needs your help. Or rather, the Boss wants to help you in the plan," said SK Naruto with Takami looking a bit puzzled by his words.

"What plan?" asked Takami before drinking some tea she made prior to Naruto's copy making its unexpected arrival.

"Why your coup. against Minaka of course. Don't deny it. You have wanted to overthrow that nutcase for years. The means, the power, and the ability to do so were just never made available...until now," replied Naruto while seeing Takami nearly spit out her tea at his words.

"A coup. against Minaka? When did you know about that?" asked Takami with the copy of Naruto giving her a "are you serious?" look.

"Since you found out about the Sekirei Plan and what it entails," replied Naruto's copy with Takami looking a bit between shocked and pissed.

"If you've known about the coup. I wanted to perform and the horror of the Sekirei Plan, THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP MINAKA SOONER!" yelled Takami with Naruto's copy sighing.

"First, I thought you could handle Minaka to the point where it wouldn't get this far with his plans. Second, at the time the Boss and his wife separated from M.B.I. the agreement was to stay away from each other. You brought the Boss back into the fold. So that's all on you Takami-chan," answered the Shadow Clone of Naruto with Takami's eyebrow twitching and a tick mark forming at his words since they were completely true.

That and he called her Takami-chan. She hated being called that!

"Even if that were remotely true, you could have done something sooner before I asked you to intervene," replied Takami with the Shadow Clone smirking once more.

"And miss out on seeing your brown hair turning gray and white within a span of a few years? I think not!" declared the Naruto copy teasingly while Takami growled.

"Joking aside, what do you have planned in terms of helping me take down Minaka?" asked Takami since she needed this conversation to get back on track.

"Here is the plan," said Naruto's copy before laying out his brilliant means of taking down Minaka and essentially reforming M.B.I. so they still protected the Sekirei from foreign governmental powers who would use them for their cruel purposes.

"That is...that is brilliant! If we pull this off, we can protect the Sekirei from both the outside world, and total annihilation through Minaka's stupid game," replied Takami with Naruto copy nodding in agreement.

"Hence why I need you when I attack from the outside. I will strike M.B.I. physically, Matsu will strike using her hacking powers, and you will get her access to the systems needed to cause chaos from within. Matsu is a greater hacker no question, but the best way to do damage without being detected is if someone within the company gives her the access needed to cause havoc. Minaka will be expecting Matsu. No doubt he's got some hacking prevention system in place or soon will in the next few days. With the Sekirei Plan failing, the man will need someone he can trust with this system while trying to use other means to stop the game from being ruined," explained the Naruto copy.

"Namely me," finished Takami knowing with the system in hand, she could easily open the gates for Matsu to get into M.B.I. without even Minaka knowing, and attack via cyber warfare.

Provided Takami's semi-spineless son could be convinced into having his Sekirei be used for such a risky attack. Of course, given the boy's nature to cave around women thanks to his scary Mother, and scary yet perverted sister it wouldn't be too difficult. Even less if Miya decided to voice her opinion on the matter and basically commanded Matsu to do it anyway.

The landlady of Maison Izumo was not one you could easily refuse when she "requested" something.

"Namely you. Minaka is looking for Matsu to hack or get in using one of my old system ports still part of the M.B.I. system despite all his years updating it since I left. A few still remain, but the fact remains her using them would only raise a red flag, and alert Minaka of Matsu's entrance into the system. She needs to fly under the radar for her hacking to be left unnoticed longer then usual. Who better to help make that possible then you?" replied Naruto's Shadow Clone while Takami smirked since she knew sticking it to Minaka in a surprise move that would shock even him was not something one passes up.

"When do I make my move?" asked Takami with Naruto's Shadow Clone smirking back.

"After we make enough noise with Karasuba," replied Naruto's Shadow Clone before he went "poof!" in front of her.

"Of course you will. And I get the feeling I get stuck with the bill. Still, I suppose it will be worth it in the end to see Minaka fall. Someone has to stop him," remarked Takami before she leaned back against her couch and sighed.

Yep! Definitely worth it.

(Maison Izumo-Days Later)

"Sensei, may I inquire as to why you brought her here? You know this particular piece of filth is not welcome at Maison Izumo," said Miya while her Hanya mask was out in full force and scared many of the residents (namely all of them) into the nearest corner with their arms wrapped over each other.

"Still as scary as ever Miya. Hard to imagine given you abandoned the sword for a simple broom. Instead of killing people, you are now killing germs, and dust that pop up around here," remarked Karasuba with a smirk on her face and saw the woman in front of them was not amused.

"While it is true I prefer to sweep with a broom over using a sword these days, I am more then skilled in killing you in a violent painful fashion scum," countered Miya with more Hanya masks appearing around the Sekirei Pillar.

And scaring her residence further.

"Come on Miya! Stop it!" pleaded Homura, as he had become a full blow she, and had been winged by Minato with Matsu teasing her several times in the past.

Before giving the red haired pervert some nice minor burn marks in the process to shut her up.

"Damn big bro, you weren't kidding when you mentioned Miya was scary when angry," commented Yukari since she had provoked the woman only once and it had been minor when compared to now.

And yet despite it all of this she still had time to grope Musubi with one of her hands.

"Can't say I didn't warn you," said Minato while laughing nervously and sweating heavily from the miasma Miya was unleashing around them.

"Tell me why I should even consider killing you now Karasuba?" demanded Miya while Karasuba smirked at her in a way that she was very tempted in caring out the threat.

"For one, sensei is going to make his move against Minaka. I would think you would want to channel all that scariness I missed toward the man responsible for killing your husband," answered Karasuba with Miya's already visible rage shooting up for a second before calming down...slightly.

"You were the one to kill him Karasuba. On Minaka's orders no less," replied Miya, as she had wanted to kill Karasuba for years, and only stayed her hand due to Minaka's threat of using the kill switch each Sekirei (with her as the exception) had implanted into their crests.

As the last Pillar of the Sekirei, it was her overall duty to protect the birds from all harm, and save their race from total annihilation. Miya was the only Sekirei to not have such a thing done to her by Minaka and knew he would do it if she openly challenged him in such a way. Miya knew it would be one of the worst things that could happen to her with being the last of an entire race and failing in her duty to properly protect those she was charged with in protecting.

So she left M.B.I. behind in its entirety and when Minaka demanded she have a means of being monitored placed on her...Miya threatened to kill him and Karasuba. Consequences be damned!

"I didn't want to kill him Miya. Even you know that. Hell, I wanted to help Takehito with some of his experiments since they were meant to get us out of Minaka's thumb. But the damn psycho found out and ordered me to put him down. I actually told him no and he could not make me," countered Karasuba while Miya was shocked by this, but was still angry all the same.

"And yet he died anyway. So Minaka either found a way to make you or you did it of your own freewill," Miya shot back.

"It was the former. I was reacting to sensei and Minaka promised me he would let me wing him if I killed Takehito. He said that if I destroyed the lab where Takehito was performing the experiments, he would convince sensei here to stay at M.B.I. as my Ashikabi once returning from an oversee assignment with his wife. At the time, I thought Minaka would keep his promise," explained Karasuba while Miya and the others were shocked by this.

"Instead he usurps it covertly. Thus keeping Miya from making a move and you chained to M.B.I. as there attack dog," concluded Naruto with Karasuba nodding.

"After I did what was asked of me by Minaka, I sent you that e-mail to meet in private to talk about my reaction, but you never showed up. I thought...I thought you were rejecting me. I hated you, I hated your wife, Miya, Minaka, and the world after that moment. I just wanted to see the world burn because of my hatred toward everyone getting the special person in their lives while I couldn't," replied Karasuba in a surprisingly sweet tone as she leaned against him.

"Well you aren't going to want that anytime soon. Not anymore if I have anything to say about it," remarked Naruto while holding the woman close.

"Can we get back to what was mentioned earlier when opening up old emotional wounds and killing Minaka?" asked Miya curiously now while wanting to give her old sensei the benefit of the doubt in taming the Black Sekirei.

"Yes. Karasuba is going to go after Sekirei with Ashikabi who forcibly winged them. I am going to attack Minaka's company's hired troops directly. I want your help in this. Before we go on our little killing spree, Hinata-chan will personally infiltrate M.B.I. while Matsu is here attacking it via cyber warfare with Takami's help, and getting those kill switches installed in the crests turned off. When we have secured the safety of the Sekirei, we can move in, kill the troops, all the remaining guards, and finally Minaka himself," replied Naruto with Miya nodding.

"Not to put damper on your plan bro, but uh...isn't Minaka the only thing keeping all of the foreign governments from hunting us down?" asked Uzume while her precious Chiho held her tighter at the thought of them taken away to be used for possibly evil purposes.

"Hence why Takami will take over M.B.I. for awhile until we can work out the means to begin a transfer of control over to my wife. Since she already has countless clinics using medical technology from M.B.I. helping people, it wouldn't be a stretch to have Takami appoint Hinata-chan as a proper successor. As for running the company, my wife along with Minato's Mother will ensure foreign powers stay out of Shinto Teito on a political level," replied Naruto with Uzume nodding.

"And if they get forceful?" asked Yukari since she knew political power was only half the issue.

"That's where Miya, Karasuba, and myself come in," answered Naruto with a knowing look that most understood.

"Do you want us to help you?" offered Yashima with Minato looking worried that the blonde would say yes.

He loved his Sekirei, but was afraid for their safety all the same. This was M.B.I. and Minaka they were talking about in terms of overthrowing. Such an act was bound to have casualties and Minato didn't want any of his Sekirei being among them.

"Tempting, but no. I need you all to stay here at Maison Izumo where it is safe. Also, I wouldn't worry about the deactivated Sekirei since I plan to bring them back to find their proper Ashikabi using the jinki," explained Naruto with many in the room outside of Miya, Matsu, and Homura looking confused about the Jinki.

"Good. I want my little birds to fly and fly properly," said Miya happily.

"Except the weak ones. They can stay dead or deactivated," remarked Karasuba with a smirk on her face.

"Karasuba," said Naruto with a sigh while Miya brought out the Hanya again.

"I do hope you mean that scum. I would very much like the opportunity to throw you out of here in many different pieces," replied Miya while Karasuba smirked further.

"And break your own rule of 'no violence' at Maison Izumo? I may lose to you Miya, but I have no problem making you work for it," countered Karasuba with her smile becoming down right evil.

"Ladies. Need I remind you I own half of Maison Izumo? That I am stronger then either of you? And I will kick both of your butts all over the place until you promise to be nice to each other?" questioned Naruto with both women grimacing at his words since they were all true.

"Naruto-sama is so strong to make Karasuba-sama and Miya-sama stop fighting. I want to be as strong as him one day!" exclaimed Musubi excitedly while Minato and the others watching sweat dropped at her words.

"Just as scatterbrained as ever with a one track mind. That's Musubi for you," remarked Karasuba with a smirk on her face since the girl was like that from the start.

"I'll let you know when things go down Miya. Also, make sure Seo knows to keep his head down, and out of trouble the day of the attack," said Naruto before getting up with Karasuba doing the same.

"Oh dear. I was hoping at least one piece of trash outside of M.B.I. would not survive this plan of yours sensei. A humble window can dream I suppose," remarked Miya while she saw Naruto give her a deadpanned look.

"A humble window. Right," said Naruto before he and Karasuba were gone in a flash.

(M.B.I. HQ-Days Later)

Minaka frowned. He was doing it more and more lately. In the past few days, his Sekirei Plan had ultimately been torn to shreds. First, two key players with the most Sekirei, and influence in Shinto Teito outside of himself were crushed. One was killed by Uzumaki Naruto via throwing the corporate man out of the window of his own company. The other one was defeated at the hands of the blonde man's equally dangerous wife and currently in a private hospital in perpetual agony for the rest of his natural life. Even if M.B.I. was willing to use its incredibly advanced medical technology (at the behest of the distraught and stupidly rich parents) to heal the physical injuries done to Hayato Mikogami, the boy would have mental scars beyond the means of healing through their power.

Second, his Black Sekirei learned the truth about his meddling in her desire to be winged by Naruto since before the blonde had left. He of course promised Karasuba to convince Naruto to wing her...on the condition she killed Takehito and destroy the research the brilliant man was doing. Minaka of course had no intention of keeping his promise to the Black Sekirei since one, the man she wanted married. And two, the game would have been boring if she was winged by Naruto. His attack dog among the Sekirei would have left M.B.I. to be with Naruto if given the chance and Minaka wasn't about to let the idea of honoring a stupid promise stand in the way of his fun.

Only now it wasn't fun anymore due to Karasuba's winging getting overridden despite Minaka making the woman unknowingly go through additional adjustments after Naruto left so the blonde could not wing her. He thought with Natsuo locked in as her Ashikabi, both hating the world for similar, yet different reasons, the bond Karasuba wanted with Naruto would be gone forever. He had apparently underestimated the potency of the bond Karasuba desired with her destined one and said destined one's own power when Naruto used it to override the bond Karasuba had with Natsuo. Granted, it wasn't really much of a bond, but a leash to keep the psychotic swordswoman under M.B.I. control since the First Generation Discipline Squad was disbanded. If only Yume was still alive, maybe Karasuba would have been more controllable, but Higa's Father had decided to be openly ambitious, and Yume had to do something noble for a seemingly lost cause.

Well...a lost cause in terms of the dying for one of the two infant Sekirei stolen right from under his Game Master's nose at the time.

Third, Naruto gave the order to Karasuba to attack forcibly winged Sekirei, and defeat them in combat. One after another. All dropping to the ground with most being Level 4 deactivations. A few of them were Level 3, but very rare. As for the so called Ashikabi of each downed Sekirei defeated, they were also soundly beaten well within an inch of their lives by Naruto (or possibly a Shadow Clone though Minaka could never tell), and then dropped off at a hospital with the words "I am an asshole! I mistreat women. Forgive me and please treat my wounds!" written on a sign placed on their bodies.

It would be funny if the whole situation didn't interfere with his desire for the next stage of the Sekirei Plan to begin once all the Sekirei had been released and winged. Minaka honestly didn't care about Sekirei getting their preferred "destined one", but rather see how their human handlers for Ashikabi treated them, and if these scum could ascend to the realm of the Gods in place of the rarer Ashikabi who naturally winged their Sekirei. Would good triumph over evil? Would the light of human decency banish the darkness that was humanities cruelty? Would love conqueror hate? All of these questions could have been answered if things had gone according to his own plans for the Sekirei and the Ashikabi who one his game.

Only to have one Uzumaki Naruto and his wife Uzumaki Hyuuga Hinata throw a big fat monkey wrench into it with the winging of Akitsu. The scrapped number being fixed had been the preverbal snow ball rolling down the hill that caused the events following the seemingly impossible thing to happen. While it had been interesting at first to see Naruto in the game since the man had always been a wild car, the winging of Sekirei #09, then Sekirei #03, and now overriding the winging of Sekirei #04 had thrown everything the Game Master wanted to happen right out the window.

The game, HIS game was essentially ruined. His Sekirei Plan was slowly being destroyed by his former partner in crime and Minaka felt like a child having his toy taken away by a bigger stronger kid who wanted it for himself.

And like any child who had his toy taken away, Minaka was prone to throwing fits before trying to get his way regardless if he was in the right or not. The new Age of the Gods was upon them through his personal machinations leading up to this moment and was not about to have the bigger, meaner, physically stronger, and ultimately smarter individual that is Uzumaki Naruto ruin his fun any further.

Hence why he decided to remove the man's Sekirei from the board and salvage what was left of his plan using his son's Sekirei along with the Ashikabi of the West. Any Ashikabi who were still in the game outside of those two would provide some mild entertainment and would need to be manipulated to make things even more interesting.

But that could wait for now.

Activating the computer terminal at his personal desk, Minaka put in the necessary code to authorize their termination of Naruto's Sekirei. One handprint, fingerprint, voice print, retinal scan, facial scan, and brainwave scan later Minaka put in the kill code to shut them down. He watched as the system accepted his final authorization code and proceeded to shut Naruto's Sekirei down. It was actually a shame to do this to four powerful Sekirei given their potential and even more so when considering who their Ashikabi was with their potential being almost limitless because of the bond they all shared.

Error! Unable to terminate Sekirei.

Frowning at this, Minaka tried again, and his frown turned into a scowl when the same message popped up one more time.

Error! Code number 9339384. Unable to terminate.

'What? How is this possible? The code should be working. Not even Naruto could have disabled the kill switch embedded in the Sekirei crests,' thought Minaka before trying yet again and once more got an error code.

"Minaka! We have a problem with the Sekirei crest monitoring system," said Takami, as she came into the office, and had an angry look on her face.

Inside though she was giddy.

"Yes. I know," replied Minaka with a rare show of annoyance in his tone.

"Someone hacked into the system and attacked the command code system connected to the Sekirei crests," stated Takami while showing him on the M.B.I. Pad how the system was going haywire regarding the remaining Sekirei and their crests.

"Sekirei #02," remarked Minaka knowing only that particular Sekirei would be capable of doing this and with her Norito activated no doubt for good measure.

"It seems that is the case," surmised Takami, but inwardly knew this was only possible through her giving Matsu the M.B.I. access codes in combination with her Norito to do what she was doing right now.

"I assume Naruto's Sekirei aren't the only ones I'm unable to deactivate at this point?" asked Minaka with Takami nodding.

"It would seem so. Same for the Ashikabi of the West and the other Ashikabi who didn't forcibly wing Sekirei. The only real difference between Naruto's Sekirei and the others is the tracking system in their crests still works though. Just not the kill switch," answered Takami while Minaka frowned further in anger at this defiance done to him.

It grew even further when alarms blared and the computer in front of Minaka showed footage of Uzumaki Naruto in all his ninja gear walking toward M.B.I. HQ. It was even worse when Karasuba, Kazehana, Tsukiumi, and Akitsu walked on either side of him. Each Sekirei walking toward M.B.I. HQ with a purpose while the company soldiers were being deployed around the building in record time while the people began to flee from the impending battle.

And if THAT wasn't even enough...Sekirei #01 Miya herself was also now walking up right beside Naruto in her Disciplinary Squad uniform she wore when first defending the island where her little birds resided.

"We need to go. Our transport will take us to the island," remarked Minaka while getting up from his chair and heading out of his office.

He never noticed Takami's smirk.

(With Naruto)

"Okay ladies. You know what to do. Crush M.B.I. troops and transports. Have fun and comeback alive," remarked Naruto while drawing Kubikiribocho from the seal on his left hand.

"Yes husband/lover/Ashikabi-sama/sensei," was the reply from the impressive group of ladies around him.

Moving faster then the human eye could ever perceive, the group of five Sekirei, and one super powered human with enough chakra to power the entire planet for several centuries if not millennia straight attacked the army of M.B.I. soldiers. Wind knocked groups of them into nearby walls, crippling the human bodies upon impact, and knocking others down for the counts. Massive tidal waves of water shout out from practically every single direction and sending many M.B.I. troops down the makeshift river by a certain tsundere blonde haired panty flashing Sekirei. Akitsu used her manipulation of ice to pierce the heavy armored tanks, send choppers dropping, freezing soldiers at the legs, or making them slip on the ice she manifested on the ground. Karasuba and Miya worked with a sense of perfect harmony with their sword, covering the other when fighting, and taking down many M.B.I. solders with their blades. They fell by the dozens per each swing of their weapon of choice, dancing around their prey, and spraying blood everywhere.

And Naruto? He was all over the place! Whoever he didn't slice to pieces were destroyed by the Jutsus in his large arsenal. A Fire Jutsu here. Earth Jutsu there. And occasionally the use of the Shinra Tensei didn't hurt either.

Well...it hurt the M.B.I. soldiers, but that was beside the point.

"Naruto-sensei, I just got word of Minaka's personal transport is getting ready for initial takeoff. He's trying to make a run for it!" said Matsu to Naruto via his Bluetooth earpiece.

"Can you hack it and cause an internal malfunction preventing takeoff?" asked Naruto while cutting through a couple of soldiers with his sword.

"I am stretched thin as it is sensei. Even with my Norito active, I am using everything I have to keep myself in the system, blocking the weaponize M.B.I. satellites, and shutting down the more sophisticated security within M.B.I. itself," said Matsu sadly while she was typing loudly on the keyboard.

"I see. Akitsu! Kazehana! Get to the top of the clock tower. Freeze and destroy all of the transports there," ordered Naruto with both Sekirei nodding and leaving using their own elements.

"Minaka has a special emergency pod designed to launch him into space. I saw it once when I was his escort around M.B.I. with Takami when inspecting the renovations done to it," remarked Karasuba, who spun in an intricate manner, and cut down five soldiers at once.

"What?! But I didn't see it in the plans!" protested Matsu while Karasuba sighed.

"Minaka didn't put it in the plans in the event something similar to this happened. He did not want such information on record. I only just remembered it now because him leaving in an emergency such as this would not be through usual transport," replied Karasuba, as she saw Naruto nod in agreement.

"Hear that Hinata-chan? Looks like you get to hunt down Minaka between all of us after all," said Naruto while knowing his wife wouldn't mind that in the slightest.

"I can't wait!" exclaimed Hinata with a hint of excitement since she wanted to smash in Minaka's face with her Gentle Fist for years.

Now she would get the chance.

(With Minaka and Takami)

The two were heading toward the emergency escape pod Minaka had secretly installed into the clock tower shortly after taking over Shinto Teito. Those responsible for it being secretly put in were all killed shortly after the installation was done and all of their deaths were quietly swept under the rug easily enough. Takami had been angry at Minaka for the action since she felt it was unnecessary, but he ignored her since as the Game Master of the Sekirei Plan, it was his duty to ensure his survival long enough to bring about the New Age of the Gods, and a few minor deaths from peon construction workers was not about to stop him now.

"Don't worry your pretty little head about this Takami-chan. This is only a minor setback to the Sekirei Plan. Once we get to the island, we can use the technology there to rebuild M.B.I. before focusing our efforts in pushing Naruto back," remarked Minaka since he had assumed she was nervous about being cut down by Naruto's forces.

"I'm not worried you baka! I didn't screw over an entire race by having them fight each other until there is only one left standing," countered Takami with Minaka waving her angry words away like they were nothing.

"All for the greater good Takami-chan. A New Age of the Gods is upon us. If an entire race of birds must be brought to near extinction for it to happen, then it will happen, and must not be stopped," replied Minaka before he saw the escape pod that would take them into space for a time before automatically piloting them down to Kamikura Island.

And was soon denied to him by the metal door that was 10 inches thick closing down in front of the man to cut off his treat from the enemy.

"It will be stopped Minaka. Here and now," countered Takami, as she had gone to the nearby security terminal, and used it to deny Minaka his escape.

"Takami-chan? What are you doing?! We have to escape now!" protested Minaka with Takami shaking her head and took out a cigarette lit it before taking a drag.

"We're not escaping Minaka. At least you're not. I'm not the target of your enemies," said Takami while leaning against the wall with Minaka putting two and two together.

"I see. So you instigated Naruto into joining the plan by having him go after Akitsu," said Minaka with Takami shrugging.

"I merely gave him a push in the right direction when he came back to Shinto Teito that day. I didn't really think he would or could actually wing Akitsu, but all the same...better she be in the loving care of Uzumaki Naruto then someone like Hayato Mikogami. We both know you wanted the spoiled brat to grab her in such a vulnerable position," replied Takami with Minaka frowning.

"How could you do this to me Takami-chan? How could you betray me like this and ruin the Sekirei Plan?!" demanded Minaka with his usually jovial self was replaced by one of an angry spoiled boy who had done something wrong, lied about not doing it, only to have his closest friend rat him out to his parents, and getting punished for the act despite his belief he did nothing wrong.

"How could I not?! You were risking an entire dying race. You had no right to take what they had and pervert it for your own crazy schemes. Barely over a hundred Sekirei and your brilliant plan was to have them fight each other until there is only one left standing? What was the point? And don't tell me its for your 'New Age of the Gods!' crap you have been spewing since day one. We both know that excuse has run dry," answered Takami, as she saw Minaka pouting, and stamping his foot once more like a child.

"Its a game Takami. Like Chess! Like Shogi! Sekirei are pieces on the board people use to defeat their opponents in a game of cunning, strategy, and the prizes that come from the victory over the opposition. The Sekirei had their chance at living on their world and they blew it all those years ago Takami. They have to earn the right to be here Takami and there is no better way to earn the right to live with the human race then by trial by combat on a grand citywide battle royal!" explained Minaka with Takami getting angrier with each passing second.

"What gives you the right to do that to them? To decide how they were to live and die like that?!" demanded Takami since she always suspected this and was angry she didn't stick to the assumption of what Minaka really wanted from the Sekirei at the start.

"Because I am the Game Master of course. I found the Sekirei's spaceship first. Therefore everything, and everyone in it belong to me!" declared Minaka with an insane smile on his face and laughing his insane laugh.

"You are insane. I should have killed you when I had the chance," remarked Takami with Minaka smiling again.

"Oh really? And who would watch over the Sekirei when that happened? You? Takehito? Miya? Naruto? No one could have protected the Sekirei long enough to live as long as they have until now. No one could have shielded them from foreign powers like I did and you know it! Now be a dear and unlock the metal door so I can escape Takami. I would hate to do something that would deprive our dear children of their Mother," said Minaka with a gun now drawn from where it was secretly hidden behind his cape and now aimed at Takami.

"You would kill me? And punish our two children? Just so you can escape?" questioned Takami while Minaka shrugged.

"The Game Master is untouchable Takami-chan. It is one of the first rules of the game and I won't allow my rules I made for this game be broken," replied Minaka with the woman in front of him scowling.

"You are a hypocritical coward Minaka. You make rules regarding this game of yours, but I've seen you break them all the same. You're like a spoiled child playing a game and changing the rules when it is no longer in going in your favor!" exclaimed Takami with Minaka grinning.

"So what if I do change or break the rules? I can change or break the rules anytime I want because I am the Game Master of the Sekirei Plan. Honestly, does the idea of me doing such a thing really surprise you that much after all this time Takami-chan?" questioned Minaka with Takami suddenly shrugging.

"No. Not really. You always were a psychopath and a sore loser Minaka. I just needed to stall for time so your assassin could get a clear shot at you," replied Takami with Minaka frowning for a second before turning around to see Hinata in her ninja gear and mask.

"Goodbye forever Minaka-baka," whispered Hinata before she used her Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms on the man before he could even consider pulling the trigger on the gun.

Not that it really mattered since the gun itself was destroyed upon contact with her chakra covered hands.

The attack unleashed by Hinata successfully disabled Minaka's body both externally and internally with the man's ribs breaking, and arms shattered in multiple places. He was also suffering from one ruptured kidney, liver, a punctured lung, and of course his heart exploding from the intense pressure of the strike aimed at it. Not that it mattered in terms of killing him since one of Hinata's strikes hit dead center on Minaka's forehead and thus scrambled his brain like one would an egg.

"All that brilliance and yet he had the emotional maturity of a spoiled child. Its actually kind of sad and pathetic when you think about it. I almost want to feel sorry for him," said Takami while staring down at the broken dead body of Hiroto Minaka.

"Almost?" questioned Hinata while looking at the now sheepish woman.

"Well...I did get two children out of being with him," replied Takami with Hinata shaking her head.

"Please don't mention that again. I don't want to lose my launch," remarked Hinata before the two left the hallway.

(The Late Hiroto Minaka's Office-Sometime Later)

All of the fighting was now officially over. Whoever was left in terms of M.B.I. troops were being treated using the advanced medical technology. Repairing of destroyed limbs, fixing damaged organs, broken bones, and other damaged body parts. All the usual stuff. It had been chaos for awhile, which was no surprise given M.B.I. troops were crushed, and Minaka was dead with Takami taking over authority of the company.

Hence why the woman was sitting in the chair that once belong to Minaka at the moment and still directing traffic regarding the battle. Fortunately, the company employees were more then willing to follow her over Minaka now that the man was dead, and they were not being paid to follow some crazy psychopath. They worked for Minaka because the paycheck he gave them was more then they would have made anywhere else and all they had to do was put up with the crazy man spouting about the "New Age of the Gods" that was surrounded the Sekirei Plan.

These people working at M.B.I. were now proud to work at the company and the money they got was just icing on the cake now.

"Damn this paperwork! It was bad enough Minaka gave it to me when he was alive, but even with his death I still have to deal with this crap!" exclaimed Takami angrily while Naruto, Hinata, Akitsu, Tsukiumi, Kazehana, Miya, and Karasuba were all sitting in the chairs across from her.

"Why not follow his example and get someone to do it for you like Minaka did?" asked Naruto with Takami sighing.

"I don't trust anyone to do it outside of myself. Minaka was insane and everyone else was too spineless to stand up to him when questioning his actions when seeing what was on them," explained Takami with Naruto smirking.

"Well I say you're insane for even doing it all by yourself, but that's my opinion," replied Naruto while Takami got a tick mark on her head.

It actually reminded Naruto of Tsunade when he called the woman "Granny" all the time.

"That comment aside, what do you plan to do now? The Sekirei Plan is basically in ruin, the game is over, and we have nearly seventy percent of all the deactivated Sekirei here. Give or take a few that were killed in the fights, but most of them here at M.B.I. are ready to be reactivated again, and find their destined ones," questioned Takami with Naruto now sighing.

"Well...as it stands, Shinto Teito is a big city, and the Sekirei as a species needs to be protected from all threatening forces both from within and without. I think the Discipline Squad needs an overhaul again. Just having three Sekirei watching over them to enforce the rules of the game was just stupid on Minaka's part. It takes time to ready and deploy said squad and the trail they would follow could get cold by the time they arrive on the scene. As such, I think the squad should be expanded, and run by someone who has the most experience in running said squad. Someone with the might and the right to keep everyone in line should they get too unruly for her tastes," replied Naruto while glancing at Miya, who was surprised by this.

"While the offer is tempting, I must ask just who would run Maison Izumo in my place? I can't be like a certain sensei of mine and duplicate myself," countered Miya while Naruto shrugged.

"True, but that doesn't mean someone else can't take it over on a part-time basis. Minato is a good kid. He could do it. The boy needs a job with responsibilities and this is perfect for him," answered Naruto with Takami and Miya looking skeptical.

"While I'm sure Minato-san is a nice boy, some of his Sekirei, namely Matsu, will use my long term absence to manipulate him into having illicit relations. Not to mention his sister is not someone I would call...restrained when it comes to showing any form of physical affection," replied Miya while she let her Hanya mask out.

"While I have more faith in my son and daughter in not being totally descent, Miya does have a point to a certain regard. Not only that, but I would rather not be a Grandmother anytime soon should Matsu or even Musubi decide to be intimate with Minato," said Takami while she saw Naruto sigh.

"And what about Yukari? She's not exactly considered the image of mental purity. She is more like the human version of Matsu," remarked Naruto with Takami seeing Miya nod at that since the girl had been quite grabby with Musubi when she thought the landlady was not looking.

"I will have a few choice words for her. If anything, I will use my new found position to get her a nice place just for herself, and Shiina so they don't break any of Miya's rules," said Takami knowing Yukari was going to instigate something in Miya's house when the moment she knew the woman was not around to enforce the "no illicit relations" rule.

"The same should be done for Uzume and Chiho. While I'm sure she loves the idea of being with her Ashikabi at Maison Izumo, those two will need their own place to live, and express themselves more openly," added Naruto while glancing at Miya since her rules were also putting a monkey wrench into Uzume's plans to have some special alone time with Chiho.

"I will look into it. But with all due respect Naruto, my position of running this company is only temporary. I don't mind the second place position. I actually prefer it. Provided the Boss I work for isn't a psychopath planning to commit near to total genocide of an entire race of a species," said Takami while Naruto nodded.

"I know. Which is why Hinata-chan will be made the new head of M.B.I. in the coming months," answered Naruto with Takami glancing at Hinata and back at him.

"No offense to Hinata, but won't she be busy with her clinics, and patients in them who require her medical skills?" asked Takami with Naruto nodding.

"At first. But once the transition hits its stride, she can hire more doctors, build more clinics, more hospitals, and use more of the technology M.B.I. possesses to advance medical care even further," explained Naruto and he had every intention of having his Sekirei help Hinata during this time.

Hell, even Matsu could be part of M.B.I. again, and her computer skills to help bring about an even greater age for the company. All the while using it to help make Japan even better ever and Naruto would support his wife with whatever she wanted.

"You have a point. What do you think Hinata? Are you up for it?" asked Takami with the Hyuuga woman in front of her nodding.

"Running a company is like running a clan. I have experience there. Plus, you will be my second in running M.B.I. once more when the time is right, and assisting in protecting the Sekirei from anymore threats that pop up," replied Hinata with Takami nodding.

"Agreed," said Takami with Naruto smiling.

"This is going to be the start of a beautifully reformed partnership," said Naruto with a big grin on his face.

(Epilogue-Years Later)

Naruto was lounging back on the family couch watching TV with the remote in hand and flipping through the channels. Laying against him was Akitsu, who despite years of being his Sekirei, was still very much attached to him, and liked being close proximity by his side as much a possible. She had her own little hobby of course, which was in the form of drawing, painting, and even sculpting pieces of art from inspiration (namely Naruto). The artwork done by the ice Sekirei showed Akitsu had a real talent for it given the woman's patience and attention to the smallest of details. Even now, Akitsu was asked/recruited by quite a few wealthy individuals to make such fine artwork for their personal collection, and all paid handsomely for each Masterpiece. When asked by one of the clients where she got the inspiration to sculpt each different piece, Akitsu would blush, and glance over at Naruto before saying it was a secret.

The others were doing other things today with Karasuba being in charge of the Discipline Squad again with her previous subordinates. Both of which had been given new a new Ashikabi because like Karasuba, they had been forcibly winged by Natsuo, and had been unable to reach their full potential.

Strangely enough, they actually reacted to Yukari of all people, and thus made the girl's day in all things perverted in the bedroom.

Miya had also taken up the role once more of leading the primary heavy duty Discipline Squad once more while recruiting Uzume and Musubi to be part of it. All of which was done with the blessing from both of their Ashikabis after Miya explained things to them. Matsu had also been brought into the fold as an Intel gathering specialist to keep an eye on the foreign powers to ensure non of them got any ideas of capturing Sekirei for their own devices.

Kazehana had decided to get a nice little job as the spokeswoman and enticing model for her own brand of sake she was marketing called Uzu Sake. It was actually doing very well, though it may have something to do with the fact she was also posing on the bottle in a bikini that did absolutely nothing to hide her beauty. The commercials she did with a wink here, a show of her body while holding the large sake bottle against her massive chest there, made the sales for Uzu Sake put every other brand of sake out there to shame.

Tsukiumi surprisingly had decided to help out Hinata at M.B.I. in the form of being the Hyuuga woman's personal assistant there. She helped Hinata rule with a fair yet firm hand and also helped Takami too when possible. The three of them soon became a major femme trio powerhouse. If anything, they made Minaka look tame by comparison in terms of authoritative power since these three women were scary in their own right, and one did not wish to cross either of the three women.

Minato eventually decided to settle down and marry most of his Sekirei (with Kusano naturally being the exception due to her age) with Musubi being the "Head Wife" of his little harem. It took awhile for Musubi's child mentality to mature into an adult in order to be properly educated on the matter, but the usually scatterbrained girl eventually learned, and with the help of Yume surprisingly enough. The tama for the former Sekirei of Fate fully merged with Musubi, who would still officially be Sekirei # 88, but now have the maturity of Sekirei # 08, and even some of her power when fighting.

Naturally, it got the attention of Karasuba, who really wanted to fight the newly matured Musubi, and see which one of them was stronger.

The end result?

Karasuba had won. But just barely. The woman had to use her sword's sheathe to land the decisive blow to Musubi's skull to knock the battle nut down for the count. Their intense fight caused a lot of damage, but in the end it had been worth the effort, and Karasuba now looked like she had a huge weight lifted off her shoulders. It was no secret that the Black Sekirei had wanted to settle the long time rivalry between herself and Yume years ago when the two were together. When Yume gave her life for Musubi, it had basically denied Karasuba her heart's desire for a fight that would determine who was stronger.

But now Karasuba had her chance and took it. She won.

All that was left was for her to fight Miya. Though Karasuba was content to wait that out for the moment. Miya wasn't going anywhere anytime soon and Karasuba would one day fight the fearsome Hanya when she knew deep down the time was right for their battle. Of course, Naruto had said such a fight would have to take place in the Kamui dimension since he doubted the world could take the abuse when they clashed.

Karasuba just loved it when he was sweet talking her like that.

"We're home!" declared Hinata with Kazehana, Karasuba, and Tsukiumi entering the room to see Naruto on the couch with Akitsu.

"Welcome back. How was work?" asked Naruto with the girls in his life lying around him on the couch and letting out sighs of pleasure from contact with him.

"Tiring. I miss being home with you husband," replied Tsukiumi while resting against him.

"I'm with her. The photo shoot and making the commercials for the new flavor of Uzu Sake took even longer then expected. I want my Ashikabi snuggle time," complained Kazehana while moving her face against his leg.

"And I just trained with Musubi again so I deserve some snuggle time with you too," said Karasuba while grinning at Naruto/

"And I just had to deal with several large stacks of paperwork. Even with Shadow Clones helping me, it was still a pain to do," added Hinata before giving him a kiss.

"I understand. One Uzumaki Naruto Stress Relief Special coming up!" exclaimed Naruto before making four Shadows Clones with each clone getting one Sekirei and kissing them passionately while making out with them knowing they had enough chakra to do what they needed to do.

With Hinata getting the real one.

"Bedroom. Now!" commanded Hinata passionately.

"You heard my smoking hot wife. To your bedrooms with your hot wives!" exclaimed Naruto before he, his Shadow Clones, his wife, and the Sekirei being carried bridal style headed to the bedrooms for a long night of passion.

All was right with the world once more.

-FIN

(A/N: YAY! I finished. Hope it was worth the wait. Took awhile because life has been REALLY crazy as of late. Spare you the details, but it is of a personal, and family based issue so I've been delayed in my writing. At least I got this little number done. Hoorary for me! Until next time...PEACE!)