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"Karasuba talking"

"talking in general"

"personal thoughts"

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In the last chapter:

"I can smack sense in to this boy. And I think if we explain why you were on a killing spree, he could understand. He was military after all." Takami said, wondering if she was trying to convince herself or Karasuba. The other two sekirei, that were now forgotten, were confused and quite bewildered at the aspect of the winging of Karasuba. She was strong enough as it is, adding the power up from winging would make her equal to Miya and everybody knew just how great of an idea that was. Suddenly all their attention was shifted towards the couch.

"Mother?"

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"Was that mother? Gah, my head hurts." Minato thought as he rose from the couch. Shaking his head in an attempt to clear the fuzzyness from his eyes and groaned in pain as the movement caused stars to flood his eyes. Karasuba was twitching in the floor as she looked on the waking Minato. Karasuba and Haihane watched the woman in disbelief.

"What's wrong with her Beni? I've never seen her like that." Haihane whispered to the pinkette. Benitsubasa only shaked her head, unable to form words from shock. "Karasuba is nervous?!" She thought and shifted her gaze on the man on the couch. "Who is that? How can he have that kind of effect on her?" She puzzled to herself, trying to make sense of what had happened in the span of just a few hours.

Minato finally got the haze out of his eyes and looked around. Seeing Takami made him smile slightly but the woman behind her made his eyes narrow in caution. "Why is she here?" He thought and tried to make his pain addled mind to formulate a plan. Benitsubasa noticed that the glare in the man's eye had gone sharper.

"Be ready Haihane, something is about to happen and I don't think it's a good thing." She whispered at the sekirei next to her and kept her eyes on the man Karasuba had brought with her. Haihane nodded, she had sensed the tension in the room too. Minato lunged himself forward from the couch, not giving anyone time to react. He pulled a knife with his other hand and with the other he pulled Takami away from the sekirei and tossed her behind him. Takami slammed at the floor from the strength of the toss and when she saw what had happened, she was shocked.

Minato was pinning Karasuba on the floor with his knife on her throat, daring her to move. Karasuba only stared at Minato, knowing full well that she could toss the man away with ease but she didn't want to hurt him.

"How do you like being the underdog for once? Does it feel nice? Here's a taste for things to come" Minato hissed at the woman and stared in her eyes when he started to move the knife across her throat. Minato was putting just enough pressure to cut the skin, he wanted to take his time like she had done with Nanase. Karasuba only looked at him silently, keeping her eyes on his and trying not to provoke him.

"Mom, get out. I'll hold her off!" Minato said to Takami, who was rising from the couch. Minato didn't want to take his eyes off from Karasuba. He knew that she was fast and deadly and he didn't want to give an opening to her. Karasuba on the other hand found herself being sucked in to his eyes. So much emotion and not an ounce of fear. She felt a small tremor in her chest and her breathing was getting erratic. "Is this what you were talking about Yume? Is this the feeling you wanted to show me?" She thought to herself and kept on looking at the grey eyes that were fixated on her. Before Takami could answer him, Benitsubasa and Haihane were in a blur of motion. Minato suddenly found himself being slammed to the wall with Benitsubasa holding him with one hand that was squeezing him at the throat and Haihane was helping Karasuba up from the floor. Minato tried to shake himself free from the grip but his feet weren't touching the floor and all his struggle were in vain.

"Stop struggling human or I'll snap you in half."Benitsubasa said and looked to see how Haihane and Karasuba were doing. "Why she didn't attack him? What's wrong with her?" The pinkette thought to herself. She had never seen Karasuba act like this and neither had Haihane.

"Karasuba, who is this man and what is he doing here?" Benitsubasa asked the older sekirei with out letting Minato go. Karasuba only sighed and shrugged her shoulders which made Benitsubasa and Haihane lift their brow.

"Karasuba-san. I think it would be best to tell us, we don't need another surprise like that." Haihane said, trying to be as polite as possible if the sekirei next to her were about to show what she could do with her questions. The descriptions Karasuba had told her on past occasions weren't the kind she wanted to try. Before Karasuba could answer, Takami started talking.

"Let's all just calm down now. Tsubasa, please let go of Minato and Minato, don't attack Karasuba again. We need to talk." Takami said with forced calm. She was shocked at the behaviour of Minato, she didn't think that the destruction of the base would've affected him this much.

"Fine, but one wrong move and you're back up the wall buddy." Benitsubasa said and let Minato from her hands.

"Whatever you say pinky but don't think you can surprise me again." Minato said and rubbed his throat. It was stinging as the grip had been strong. "Are all three of them the same? If so, I need to think this through." He thought and watched the three women that were now standing next to each other. Haihane and Karasuba smiled at Minato's words and Benitsubasa scowled, squeezing her hand in a fist.

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"First, let's all get comfortable. This could take awhile and forgive me Karasuba, but I need to tell Tsubasa and Haihane about your situation first." Takami said and sat down on the couch. Karasuba nodded, not wanting to talk just yet. She was sure that her time to talk would come eventually and none of it would be nice to hear. She sat down on the recliner that had been Haihane's. Minato went to sit next to Takami, not wanting to be too close to the other three woman. Haihane and Benitsubasa sat on the couch to the left of the couch where the two humans were.

"Tsubasa and Haihane. Karasuba has a dual personality due to the treatments she had been given. After I noticed what the treatments did to her, I have tried to undo what had happened but so far with no luck. Both personalities are aware of the other and they remember most of what the other does when she is in charge. You might have noticed something as these "episodes" as it were, are coming more often now and they last longer." Karasuba saw Benitsubasa and Haihane look each other and nod to Takami.

"I saw her puking in the toilet the other day." Benitsubasa said and gave Karasuba a quick look, not sure if she was offended that she had been seen in such a vulnerable situation but Karasuba seemed to be in her thoughts. "He's not going to accept what Takami is planning." Karasuba thought to herself and felt a strange twinge from her chest.

Takami nodded at the information, she knew that the gentler Karasuba didn't revel in death like her more sadistic counterpart did and it was more than likely that her darker personality did many things that would be disturbing. Minato sat quietly and listened them talk. He was thinking about this new information, anything that could help him in his plans of getting revenge would be a bonus.

"Now the thing is that Karasuba is, more than likely, reacting to Minato and we are now discussing if she should be winged." Takami said to the other two sekirei. Karasuba watched as the confusion spread to Minato's face after hearing Takami's words.

"You want me to do what mom? What is this winging and what do you mean that she's reacting?" Minato asked her mother, feeling very confused about the talk she was having with two of the three women. Takami turned to face Minato and took a deep breath.

"I need you to kiss Karasuba and bind her to you. I can explain in more detail after that, not before. And she is reacting to you, meaning she is showing signs that you can wing her. I will explain that too, after you've done it." Takami said and kept her eyes on her son. Minato was silent, his eyes were pointed on his lap as he felt his rage rising. "She wants me to kiss the woman who killed my whole team. The woman who gutted Nanase like a fish." He thought and breathed deep, trying to calm down. He was not going to shout at his mother, not yet anyway.

"Are you aware of what that woman has done?" Minato said to Takami, squeezing his hands in a fist. Takami's face was shrouded in sadness at this comment. She could see that Minato was hurting and there was nothing she could do to help.

"Yes. But you must understand that Karasuba was not being herself when she did what she did. It was because of me, because my treatments made her that way." Takami said with regret.

"You knew and you want me to, "bind" was it, her to me? You expect me to kiss that woman while she is covered in the blood of my squad, of Nanase?! YOU MUST BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!" Mianto shouted as his anger rose with his words.

"Bad enough that you knew who she was and didn't tell me, now you want me to babysit your pet science project and act like there's nothing wrong? Not going to happen mother, not in a million years." Minato said and rose from the couch, making his way to the door that seemed to be the exit.

"Minato.." Takami said and was silenced by the angry glare that came from Minato. He didn't say anything but Takami knew what that glare ment. Minato was warning her from following him.

"Karasuba. I will get you one day, mark my words. I'm willing to leave in peace as my mother is here but this is the only time I am doing this. You better be looking behind your back." Minato said and exited the room, leaving the women behind him. He get to walk three steps before the security in the tower came and asked his business in there. Minato explained his situation and got escorted outside.

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Uzume was swirling the drink she had in her hand and sighed for the umpteenth time that day. Kazehana was smiling at the woman she thought of her little sister and in a way she was. Uzume gulped the drink and extended her hand with the glass towards the wind sekirei to get a refill.

"What's wrong Uzume-chan? You don't usually drink this much, not to mention in this hour of day." Kazehana asked and poured the glass full again. Uzume glanced at the older sekirei and gulped the contents of the glass in one go. The alcohol burned her throat slightly and made her coughed.

"Have I told you about Chiho?" She asked and twirled the drop of sake that was left in the glass. Kazehana shaked her head and took a sip from her glass. She had decided to stay as sober as possible since her sister needed a friend and not a drunkard woman.

"She was my ashikabi. Or would have been if it had gone that far. She was just a little girl but lost so much. Her parents had died in an accident and she had been left alone. I met her in the hospital, I was sitting in the fence at the roof and she thought that I was trying to kill myself." Uzume smiled at the memory of the young woman racing towards her while being seated in a wheelchair.

"She was in a wheelchair and was more worried about me than she was of herself. She raced from the door and tried to grab my hand. It was then I realized that I reacted to her but I was so afraid of the winging then." Uzume sighed sadly. She had talked with Chiho a lot that day and those were her happiest memories so far. Warm and full of life, instead of the life she lived now. She was happy, it was just not the same. Until she got to now Yukari better and now the whole situation was starting to freak her out.

Kazehana poured the sake in the glasses silently, letting Uzume talk as it was something that visibly bothered her and the best way to let it out was to just let it out. That's why Kazehana had not declined Uzume's request to join her in the roof for a bottle of saké.

"I had made my mind up on the winging that day. I had felt the warmth and closeness around her, sometimes even shortness of breath. And every day I spent with her was a happy day, a good day. Finally when I had mustered enough courage and ask her, I was too late. The nurse was changing sheets on her bed and she was nowhere to be seen. I thought it was a checkup but the nurse said... She said that..." Uzume broke off, the sake and the memories brought tears to her eyes as she was unable to continue her trip down memory lane. Kazehana wrapped her arm around the brunette and squeezed in a comforting way.

"I know It's hard to lose an ashikabi Uzume. The pain really never fades, just moves to a dull throbbing when something reminds you of him or her." She whispered to the ear of the sobbing woman.

"That's not the worst part Kazehana. Lately I've felt like I've betrayed Chiho. Like I'm deeming her not important enough to remember." Uzume said silently, trying to wipe the tears away while she cursed in her head about her lapse in her usually cheery attitude.

"You're reacting to Yukari?" Kazehana confirmed her suspicions, getting a shocked look from Uzume.

"Before you ask, yes I knew. It wasn't that hard to see you know. You've spent nights together and you always seem to touching her, not in the bedroom manner but usually unnoticeable brushes to her hands and things like that. Miya would've seen it too if she wasn't too wrapped up on Takehito." The wind sekirei said with a slight chuckle.

"And no, I don't think you're betraying she was like said, she would've wanted you to move on. You deserve to be happy Uzume, never doubt that. But remember that Yukari deserves it too and that's why you need to talk about it. Wether you are going to be an ashikabi and sekirei or something else." Kazehana continued, trying to rid Uzume's doubts. She knew it could be hard, it was and is hard on her.

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Miya was glaring the younger woman, feeling annoyed that there had been dealings among her tenants without her knowing about it. She quickly shaked the thoughts away, Yukari needed someone to listen to her, not a lecture. She had been anxious about the explosion in the hotel but the quick call from Takami that Minato was fine and she would be able to see him tomorrow had eased her nerves, until she came to talk to her about something concerning her and Uzume.

"How long has this been going on Yukari?" She asked and placed two glasses and a pitcher of juice on the table. Yukari looked at the door to the kitchen quickly before answering.

"A few months. And glaring me like that isn't helping me any Miya-chan." Yukari said pouring juice to one of the glasses. She knew that this could take a while and as her mouth was already drying, she hoped that the pitcher was enough. Miya sat down on the opposite side of Yukari and waited her to continue.

"We have always got along with each other and I feel comfortable with her. It's surprising to me too and it kinda scares me." Yukari continued. She was about to continue when Takehito came to the room. Miya saw that Yukari suddenly closed her mouth and stopped talking.

"Yukari, what's wrong? Why did you stop?" Miya asked, being completely oblivious that Takehito was standing right behind her. Yukari pointed at Takehito, not wanting to speak at all. It was embarrassing enough with just Miya but there was no way in hell she would discuss this with him in the room. Miya turned her head and saw Takehito with a very confused look on his face.

"Honey, we have things to discuss so could you please leave us alone?" Miya asked her husband and smiled gently. Takehito looked at the ever-increasing blush in Yukari and nodded. He wasn't that familiar with Takami's daughter so it wasn't a surprise to him that she didn't feel comfortable talking while he was there. He gave a kiss to Miyas cheek and left the two women alone.

"Now Yukari, please continue. I think it would be best that we get this out in the open as soon as possible, before more interruptions come." Miya said and gave Yukari her full attention. Yukari swallowed the lump in her throat as this discussion was difficult to her. It made her question herself and she wasn't used to it. She knew that it was not that unsusual now a days but she was raised by her grandmother and she had been very conservative and this was something she had deemed unnatural and disgusting.

"We've talked a lot with Uzume and we've gotten pretty close. We have slept together.. NOT LIKE THAT!" Yukari shouted the last comment when she saw that Miya was about to start her rant about morals and whatnot.

"Just sleeping in the same bed, nothing happened. But that's not the problem. The problem is that I think I like Uzume." Yukari continued, half expecting the purple haired woman to explode at this information.

"I like Uzume too, so I don't see what's the problem if it's not that you sleep together." Miya stated, not understanding what the woman was saying. Yukari sighed as she noticed that Miya didn't get it.

"I mean that I LIKE Uzume, and I mean LIKE." Yukari clarified. Miya was thinking about what Yukari ment and her eyes widened slightly as she figured it out.

"You mean to say that...you like Uzume in a...romantic way?" Miya asked with hesitation as this was not something that were good to misunderstood. Yukari nodded at the statement and felt the same wave of hopelessness wash over her as it had when she had figured it out. She wasn't that troubled by the fact that she was attracted to another woman even if her grandmother would have condemned it, she just didn't want Uzume or Miya to be disgusted by her and get mad at her. Even if she could be open about this, it didn't mean that they could.

Miya blinked at this and stared at Yukari while she kept thinking about what she had just heard. It wasn't the fact that Yukari was interested in Uzume that made her feel hesitant about how to go about this but the fact that Uzume was a sekirei. If they came to be involved with each other, it was something that was bound to be revealed. How could Uzume hide the winging if they kissed or did something else that would bring about the same reaction. Yukari looked at Miya and every second she was silent sent Yukari's hopes crashing down.

"You think I'm disgusting don't you? You want me to leave now, right?" Yukari asked with a tiny voice, being sure that this was the case and even if she knew to be ready for this, it made her sad. The Maison Izumo had been her home for a very long time and now she most likely would be forced to leave it.

"No, nothing like that Yukari. I assure you that I don't think that you're disgusting. I'm just not sure you should pursue this kind of thing with Uzume." Miya said in assurance and took one of Yukari's hand in her own. Yukari frowned at MIya's words. "Does she think that Uzume is not good enough?" She thought to herself and was about to say her mind when Miya continued.

"It's not that I think Uzume not being good enough. There are...complications that you're not aware of and that's the reason why I think you should leave Uzume be. But I can't force either of you on this, this is something you need to decide to yourselves and I can't help in that I'm afraid. You need to talk to Uzume but I think it would be best that you come to terms with this yourself first, before talking about this with Uzume." Miya said and patted Yukari's hand before she left to continue her cleaning that Yukari had interrupted. Yukari thought about what Miya said and decided to go for a walk to clear her head.

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Minato was walking in the park with a brisk pace. He was still angry at Takami and that's why he hadn't remembered that he had no place to sleep. He had rigged the apartment that he was supposed to be living in as an attempt to hide evidence and were now in all intents and purposes homeless. He sat down in the park bench, trying to figure out what to do and where to go as well as trying to calm himself. Minato half-wished that some jackass would try to rob him again.

He then thought about Yukari but that idea went down the drain when he remembered that he didn't know where Yukari lived. He could call her but he didn't have her number and he was not eager to call Takami and ask a heavy sigh, he leaned in his hands and tried to think of a way to get somewhere to sleep, not trusting the streets as there were lot of gangs in the streets where one could sleep without being taken by the police.

"Minato?" He heard a woman's voice and he lifted his head when he recognized it. It was Yukari and when he turned his head, his guess was confirmed as his little sister came to hug him.

"I thought something bad had happened to you! There was an explosion in your hotel and I was sure that who ever attacked you before had came back to finish the job."Yukari said with relief in her voice.

"I'm fine Yukari, I heard the explosion and I thought it would be best if I left the hotel as I thought the same as you did." He said to Yukari and hugged her to calm her down.

"So why didn't you call mom or me? And what are you doing here?" Yukari asked with annoyance as the relief from her brother being alright started to fade. She was annoyed that Minato hadn't let either of them know that he was okay. If Takami hadn't called her when she found Minato and told her that someone was going to pick him up, she would have been even more angry.

"Long story and I'm really not in the mood to talk about it." Minato said, not wanting to let Yukari know about the fight he had with Takami as she would more than likely try to force them to make up the whole thing and it was not something Minato was ready to even try to forgive.

"And I didn't call you because I didn't want to drag you into this, not to mention that i still don't know your cellphone number. I know that I've angered a lot of people who would and could do things like this and attacking you would not be something they would be shy of doing." Minato said while looking in the eyes of his sister. Yukari glared at Minato, but relented as she thought that Minato was most likely right.

"So, you still haven't answered me as to why you're sitting in the park?" Yukari asked again, taking a seat next to Minato. Minato crossed his hands across his chest and thought about what he could tell her.

"Could it be that you don't have a place to stay?" Yukari asked when the obvious struck her in the face. "Nice job Yukari, that's how you use that gray matter you got." She berated herself as Minato nodded. "I can't tell her anything, it's not safe enough for her to know." Minato thought on his end, keeping the tradition of keeping his mouth shut when it came about his life.

"You could come to Maison Izumo. I'm sure Miya and Takehito won't mind, Takehito even keeps saying that he doesn't turn down anyone in need." Yukari said with a small laugh as she remembered Takehito's favorite response to almost anything.

"I was actually thinking about that, but didn't get anywhere since I don't know where it is and I cell number." Minato reminded his little sister. Yukari gave a blink and then remembered that she hadn't actually given the address to Maison Izumo, not even once even though she had told that she did live there. Yukari took her cellphone and told Minato to open his bluetooth so she could give her number to him right away.

"Well, let's go then. No use just sitting here." Yukari said and put her phone in her pocket as she rose from the bench. Minato stayed quiet as he was lost in thought and followed Yukari in an automatic fashion. Yukari didn't want to interrupt her brother so she kept silent too, as she was thinking about herself and Uzume.

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Half an hour later, they were standing in front of Maison Izumo. "So this is where Yukari lives, not a bad-looking place." Minato thought and took in the scenery. It was a nice large yard that stretched behind the house with a stone path that curved across the lawn. There was a tiled pathway that led to the front door from the walkway outside the wooden fence that separated the yard of the inn from rest of the world. The house itself was a mixture of western style and old japanese style. It was wooden and with glass windows but Minato could see few rice paper walls from the windows that gave way to the front of the house.

"Are you ready Onii-chan?" Yukari asked with a smile and opened the doors of the inn.

"Welcome to your new home! I'M BACK!" Yukari shouted from the door and stepped in with Minato trailing behind her. Minato looked over the hallway that they were standing in and formed a layout of the place in his head. "Nice and simple. This is a good place." He thought as he went through the check list in his head. He then noticed a man with gray hear peak his head through one of the sliding doors. He nodded to the man, sure of being introduced when Yukari would get to it. The head disappeared and soon a woman in a purple hakama and a white haori with a purple sash, making her seem like a priestess of a shrine. "A priestess? And what's with the hair?" Minato kept thinking to himself, not wanting to insult anyone as his first actions in the place where Yukari lives.

"Welcome back Yukari, you came back faster than I thought. And it seems that you brought a guest." Miya said to Yukari warmly before making a slight bow to Minato. Minato responded with a bow and waited for Yukari to start the introductions.

"Yeah, I ran to my brother. This is Minato Sahashi and he is my brother. He is an idiot of a soldier who makes his cute little sister worry all the time." Yukari said to Miya while elbowing Minato in the gut.

"Who was it that forgort to give her cellphone number? And I'm not a soldier anymore." Minato said to Yukari in annoyance and rubbed his stomach. Yukari's elbow strike was stronger than her petite frame would let on. Yukari blushed at Minato's comment and mumbled something about being busy and that their mother had her number. Miya chuckled at the two, noticing that they were pretty close.

"Welcome to Maison Izumo Minato Sahashi-san. You're just in time for dinner." Miya said and left the two alone as she had more cooking to do. Yukari and Minato bickered the whole way to the dinner room as Yukari was annoyed again that Minato had done something significant without telling her, mainly his resignation from the JSDF. Takehito shaked his head at the two as he had heard them from the hallway and from the way things were going, this would continue through the meal.

When Miya came with the food, they quieted down and Minato watched in great interest at the other tenants of the inn. There was a well endowed woman with light brown hair who wore shirts that were way too tight to be comfortable for the male population of Tokyo. He was about to ask who she was but the blush in Yukari's cheek made him think otherwise. Minato didn't need a recap of her love life, even if she was attracted to another woman. The black haired woman next to the target of Yukari's affections was a puzzle. She was good looking and had a great body but the way she looked at him was making him feel like a piece of meat. There was also another gray haired man but unlike Takehito, this one kept quiet as Takehito kept talking with Miya.

"What'cha looking at Brother?" Yukari asked when she saw Minato looking at the others in the table for the fourth time. Minato snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Yukari with puzzlement.

"I asked what'cha looking at. Don't you already have that gun-happy woman?" Yukari asked with a teasing voice that vanished in the instant when she saw the flash of pain Minato's eyes.

"What happened?" She asked and took a hold of Minato's hand.

"Don't say nothing. I hate it when you say nothing, do you really think I'm blind or dumb? I can see it clearly that there is something that's bothering you and while I can understand that you can't tell me military secrets, I can't believe that this is the case with that red-haired she-devil." Yukari's tone was serious as she looked Minato straight in the eye. She only regretted that they were in the middle of a meal but if she let this be, Minato would never talk about it. Minato sighed, knowing full well that he was cornered.

"I'll tell you after the meal, it is not something that should be discussed here." Minato said and turned his attention to his meal. The air had turned heavy and left everyone else quiet too. Uzume looked at Yukari with concern, fearing that something bad had happened and she would lose her other chance of happiness. "I need to talk about this with her today." Uzume decided and went through the situation in her head all the time she ate.

After the meal, Yukari pulled Minato in the backyard of the Inn and stated her earlier demand of hearing what was wrong with Minato. He told her the short of the story, leaving the part with gutted Nanase out of it. He only said the she left and would not come back. Yukari knew that there still was things that Minato refused to tell her but she relented, she could get it out of him next time.

"So what are you planning on doing now Onii-chan?" Yukari asked Minato, still keeping him in the backyard. Yukari was like her mother in most cases, family business was family business and no-one else needed to know about it.

"I will probably join M.B.I as a part of their security forces. They have the best pay and being a guard is closest thing I can be and use my training efficiently. The only problem is that I had a job interview with them today and I missed it." Minato said with a thoughtful voice, he wasn't as sure as he had been. Takami was a part of the company and he really didn't want to meet her anytime soon. Minato had calmed down and knew that Takami had thought the best for both him and Karasuba. He wasn't as angry for Karasuba now that he knew the back story of the woman but it also didn't make it any easier to forgive her. "Sometimes I wish that I had my mother's temper. It would be easier to be angry at her." He thought to himself before he noticed that Yukari was waving a hand in his face.

"What?' He asked Yukari, being puzzled about the hand in his face.

"You zoned out idiot. Takehito was just saying that he can get you that job interview again." Yukari said and pointed at the man that now stood next to them sipping tea. Minato gave Takehito a better look and noticed the lab coat on him and asked if he was a scientist. When he got a yes to it, he started to smile slightly.

"I'd appreciate the interview but my molecular biology is a little rusty." He said and scratched his head. Takehito looked at Minato with a surprised look and bursted to a laugh. Yukari and Minato looked with confusion as the man laughed with tears in his eyes.

"Oh god. It's been awhile since I laughed like that." Takehito said when he finally calmed down from his fit and wiped his eyes.

"As much as I would want to see you handle laboratory equipment, I was talking about the guarding job. I'm working with the M.B.I's top lab so it shouldn't be a problem." Takehito clarified to the two and after Minato and Takehito agreed to go see the chief of personnel in the morning, Yukari brought Minato to her room for the night and they decided to talk to Miya about getting a room.

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Takehito kept his word to Minato and arranged a new meeting with the chief of personnel as soon as they entered the tower that was in control of the M.B.I and then Minato waved the man goodbye. "Nice man but damn he can talk." He thought as he watched the man enter a code in an elevator and to his surprise, went down. He then turned towards the simple brown wooden door that was next to the elevator. He knocked on the door and waited for it to open. He was pleasantly surprised when a woman in black business attire opened it and waved him inside.

"My name is Fujiwara Rin, the Chief of Personnel of M.B.I tower, Shinto Teito. I was under the assumption that you were to be here yesterday ." The woman said with a strict tone. "Right, should've expected the no bullshit attitude." Minato thought before responding

"Yes, I unfortunately was detained and couldn't make it. I wasn't given a number so I couldn't call and inform I was sure that my mother, Takami Sahashi who also works here, would've told you." Minato said, waiting to see if his mother's name carried any weight. The way the woman's eyes widened told him that it did, not that it was surprising. Takami wouldn't be content with anything else. Before the woman could compose herself and continue with the interview, there was a beep from her phone that was sitting on the desk.

"Fujiwara, to whom am I speaking?" She said to the phone after answering the call, glad at the interruption as it gave her more time to compose herself.

"Ah, Fujiwara-kun. Would you be so kind and approve Minato Sahashi as an employee and send him down to the barracks?" Came a male voice from the phone that surprised both of the occupants in the room.

"S-sir?" Fujiwara asked in confusion, she wasn't expecting that the president would approve an applicant straight away.

"Fujiwara-kun. I do not like to repeat myself." Was all that the voice said and made Fujiwara pale considerably. Minato watched the scene with great interest. "Must be a big cheese in the phone there." He thought and waited for the call to end before asking details. After five minutes, Fujiwara was calm enough to explain the situation.

"That was Minaka Hiroto, the president of M.B.I. Apparently you have been approved without interview, which is unheard of." The strict woman stated in disbelief, she still couldn't believe that the president of the company called her and approved Minato Sahashi. "He must have connections to the top, I might be able to use this." She thought and walked Minato to the same elevator that Takehito had used.

"Here we are . This is the elevator you will be using from now on. I will join you on your way down and show the area and explain what is needed." Rin said with a smile that made Minato sigh. He was used to this, many women tried to use him in their own career development.

"Your code is 471890221987, please be sure to memorize it." Rin said quickly and punched the code in the numerical pad that was next to the up and down buttons of the elevator.

"I would gladly try to remember it but first I would need to hear it properly, ." Minato said calmly, not even bothering to try remembering the numbers.

"Please call me Rin as we are now co-workers." Rin said and handed over the paper slip that had the code in it. Minato nodded and took the slip from her hand, pocketed it and continued to wait for the elevator. He tried not to give anymore attention to the woman, as he knew it would only fuel the flames.

"You sure do have slow elevators here." Minato stated after a while. Rin smiled at the comment as most of the new employees made the same comment.

"The reason for the slowness of the elevator would be because of the amount of floors we have below ground level. Not to mention that there is almost always much users for this elevator as this is the only one that goes underground." Rin said and kept waiting. Minato almost asked what was down there but decided against it, he would see it himself soon enough.

The elevator soon arrived with a load of scientists and Minato hurriedly stepped away from the doors as the scientists didn't stop to see if anyone was using the elevator. He shaked his head and went inside the small metal box. He was surprised as he saw that there were twenty levels below ground level. Rin calmly pressed the button that read B20 and the elevator started it's journey down. They were soon pressed to the back of the elevator as it stopped on every level with people coming on and getting off, Minato now understood why the elevator was slow to come up, it was most likely in use all the time. When they reached the bottom level, the doors opened and Rin Fujiwara had his second scare of the day. In front of the door stood a man in a white business suit along with a white cape that had it's collar on his ear level.

"Ah, Minato Sahashi I presume?" He asked and shaked the man's hand vigorously. Minato was baffled at the sudden appearance of the odd man and he could only shake his hand along with him.

"Thank you Fujiwara-kun, that would be all." The man in white said and waved the woman off. Fujiwara composed herself and pressed a button, closing the elevator doors. Minato was instantly wary of the man, he seemed to be much too harmless to actually be harmless.

"And who might you be? I find myself in an disadvantage as you now my name but I don't know yours." He said and took his hand back. The man's grin widened and he threw his hands above his head as he introduced himself.

"I am Minaka Hiroto. The president of this company and by the grace of the gods, I am also a herald of the new age of the gods!" He shouted in excitement, making Minato facepalm. "Great. My new boss is a nutjob." He thought tiredly. He was getting to exhausting situations a little too fast for his liking. Minaka then turned around and started walking along the long corridor that led away from the elevator, Minato noticed that both walls of the corridor was filled with doors. All of the doors had signs in them as Minato read them, he came to the conclusion that this was not a guarding job he got. The doors were familiar to anyone who's spent even a day in a military base. Minaka stopped on a pair of doors that had a sign that read Recreation with big bold letters. He slammed the door's open, making the twenty men inside jump up and stand in attention.

"And this is your new kingdom Minato Sahashi-kun." He said and waved his hand to encompass everything in the lower levels.

And here I am with a new chapter to this one. The reason it took awhile was because I was conflicted about it. I had two ways to go from chapter two, and I chose this one. I'm trying to make Yukari to be a bigger character than she usually is, hence the talks with both Uzume and Yukari. Let me know if you liked it, I know that there is a lot of dialogue but I don't want and can't write "then they talked about this and that and so on and so on" You know what I mean? If you want me to post the alternate chapter, let me know and if I get enough interest with it, I post it as a one shot. And as always, please review ^^

And as a sidenote, I've tried to establish that even if Karasuba like's to fight and doesn't dislike mindless violence. She doesn't embrace it the way her more sadistic side does.

Digitize27: You are right, I'm trying to make a different Karasuba. And I'm not planning on making her mellow down, I have great plans for her. *Evil laugh*

ebonzekken: Glad that you liked ^^ hopefully you will continue to like :D

Rosco Peeco Trane: I'm happy that I'm able to surprise my readers and thank you for your compliment. :D Karasuba is also one of my fav sekirei so I applaud your taste :P And Im also glad that you like my another sekirei story.

Emeraldfireblade: Thank you for being a supportive reader who always gives me great advice. I wanted to do things differently in this and that is the reason for the switched thoughts and talking styles. I hope that it is not too confusing.

Illusive Man: Hopefully this answered your question on this :D

Bboy46: Your idea is not far from what I've envisioned! Hopefully I'm not too predictable for you and you keep reading :/ Glad that you liked the two Karasubas :D

Kraus199: The reason why Karasuba can lick blood and not be winged is simple. In my opinion the winging process needs to be an exchange of DNA, so the act of licking blood doesn't count. It would be different if she IE licked the blood from his mouth or from the wound directly.

And the guest who disliked the swearing in this. I'm sorry that you feel that way but I am sure that you know as well as I do that there are people who swear a lot, especially in the military. Even more so, I don't feel like I'm exaggerating the amount of swearing. I hope that this chapter convinces you to keep reading as this has normal interaction and not a lot of swearing.

And thank you all who reviewed, favourited and followed this story! I appreciate it and hope to have your support on my endeavors. Remember to keep reviewing as if I don't know something is broke, I can't fix it :D

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