Chapter 14-End Game
"Do you have what I require?" asked Naruto while was inside Maison Izumo and sat across from Sekirei # 01 Miya.
"I do. Though you can imagine how I am reluctant to part with his remains. He was my husband after all," said Miya firmly while holding the urn that held the ashes of Takehito tightly.
"I do understand. Believe me when I say that I do understand. But you must understand that if you want him to come back to the land of the living, his remains are required," said Naruto with Miya holding the urn tighter.
"You never said why you needed them. Or how you would use them," commented Miya while Naruto looked at the urn.
"Are you sure you want to know? It might make you more hesitant to give me Takehito's remains," countered Naruto with the woman in front of him scowling further.
"If I am to surrender what is left, I must know the truth. Tell me!" commanded Miya, as she looked at him intensely, and would not take no for answer.
"I respect that. Takehito is precious to you. What you have is all that is left of him. My offer to make him whole again in order to make you whole again is something one does not refuse lightly when in love. That being said, I will tell you what will happen with his remains," answered Naruto before explaining the details behind what he planned to do and how to use the ashes of Miya's husband to bring the man back to life.
Naturally, the explanation was not something Miya expected.
"I see," said Miya stiffly since she did not believe it was possible to do such a thing.
"I imagine using him as a sacrifice is the last thing you expected or even wanted despite your hatred," replied Naruto while Miya nodded.
"Is there anything remaining of the sacrifices original components once the...sacrifice has been completed?" asked Miya cautiously.
"No. I use the remains plus the sacrifice to make what is basically a construct of Takehito made up of earth and clay to create a body for his soul to enter. After that is done, I use my power to have the DNA of your beloved Takehito 'override' the DNA of the sacrifice originally used. In short, the sacrifice used dies, and your husband lives again once more. All with his own thoughts and past memories intact up to the point of his death. If you don't believe me, I suggest asking him a question only Takehito would know, and only he could answer," said Naruto while Miya looked down at her husband's urn with confliction on her face.
"You shouldn't do it Miya. Takehito's dead. What he's offering you...its not worth it," said Homura while she, after being winged by Minato, and becoming a woman, was standing just outside of the room listening in on how the Edo Tensei would work.
As well as the refined process used by Naruto would bring Miya's husband back to life.
"I beg to differ. Miya gets her husband back and has joy in her heart once more. Why would you deny her this?" questioned Naruto while he glanced at Homura.
Homura stayed silent.
"Your target has a dead man's switch tied to his life signs. Once he is dead, the system will deactivate or kill any Sekirei not already defeated in the Sekirei Plan," warned Miya since it was really the only thing staying her hand in killing the psychopath she wanted to kill above all others.
"Which will in turn pass to Takehito during the sacrificial procedure. Meaning the Sekirei can have that issue looked at afterwards and neutralize it. You said it once yourself Miya. Your husband is as smart, if not smarter then Minaka, but without the psychotic behavior of a madman who uses others for his sick game," said Naruto while Miya nodded since it was true.
"If Takehito were alive today, he would have been able to protect the Sekirei from harm. M.B.I. wouldn't be a company that acted top protect them. Not put them in a game where they fight to the death for someone's amusement and still say it was to protect them from outside forces," added Miya before she put the urn on the table and very slowly pushed it toward Naruto.
"Miya! Don't do this!" exclaimed Homura while getting a glare from the woman.
"Be silent Homura! This involves my husband and my life. Not you," said Miya while Homura grit her teeth.
"It involves me because it involves all of the Sekirei! You are trading our lives, our very future in exchange for your husband being brought back to life. An exchange that I do not believe will work, much less believe is fair!" stated Homura angrily.
"If you feel your life so far is unfair, I will be happy to remove your life with my sword should you keep this up," warned Miya with her Hanya mask now manifesting itself.
Homura grit her teeth, but walked away. For all her strength as the Sekirei of Fire, it was nothing compared to Miya's skill with a blade. Homura knew Miya could easily cut her down before she could make a spark manifest in her fingertips.
"My apologies for that. Homura is not one you would call...happy in life. Both Minaka and Takehito I'm afraid have wrong her during the adjustments," said the Miya with Naruto nodding since he understood.
Minaka causing most of the problems and Takehito unable to fix them. While the latter was not guilty per se, Homura had no one else to blame outside of Minaka, and the man was currently out of his reach. The idea of trading one super genius for another was like acid in the Sekirei of Fire's mouth since Homura had gone through a literal sex change and had been unable to find a compatible female Ashikabi to keep him in his male form.
Shame Homura didn't meet Yukari back when she was a he early on. Chances are, the Sekirei of Fire would have stayed male, yet still slightly feminine looking, and would have been loved absolutely by the perverted girl.
Oh well.
"Its all right. She is just having a bad day in dealing with new that upsets her. It happens to people one day and passes the next. Homura will get over it. Personally, I think she will prefer Takehito alive over Minaka when the time comes," said Naruto though he had his doubts since Homura wasn't exactly his biggest fan.
He was working for M.B.I. in a weird sabotage from within kind of way.
"She might try to stop you," said Miya while glancing where Homura had been.
"She might. She would fail of course. I hear Minato winged Homura and a certain Brain Sekirei who came here seeking sanctuary from the late Ashikabi of the East," said Naruto with Miya nodding since he understood what he was asking her to do.
Which was basically tell Minato to tell Homura to leave Naruto alone. The boy would of course be a bit worried considering Naruto was planning to bring someone back to life, but Miya being Miya would easily bring the boy to heel easily enough.
Strong willed women were always Minato's weakness.
"That he did. Such a sweet and dutiful boy. I only had to remind him of certain rules three times so far. So much nicer then the piece of trash Seo. I have to remind the scum every single time he is here visiting me to not break my rules or I would deny him food when begging for it," said Miya while Naruto chuckled at Seo's misfortunate situation.
"When do you want me to start this process?" asked Naruto while becoming serious again since the time for jokes was over.
"Soon. From what my new little spy has told me, Minaka plans to go into the next phase of his game shortly. Especially after that move in sacking the Ashikabi of the South's home," said Miya while Naruto took the urn and sealed it away.
"Rest assured Miya. Minaka will be dead and Takehito will live again. Just be patient a little while longer," said Naruto with Miya nodding since it was a small price to pay right now.
She had waited this long. What was a few days more?
(Unknown Location-Several Nights Later)
The days Miya had to wait were slow for her. Almost painfully slow in fact. Everyday she wondered. Waited. Did Naruto succeed in his plan? Was her husband coming back to her? Would it really be Takehito she saw again? Or was it a twisted zombie of some sort out of a nightmare? She didn't know. She dreaded knowing.
And yet...part of her mind, her heart, believed Naruto was telling the truth. To hold onto some form of faith in the Universe to do something right for once. To trust in someone to do what was right, if only one more time, if never at all again.
When she arrived at the chosen destination Naruto had provided late in the dead of night with the full moon shining down on the room Miya was in, the Sekirei # 01 knew that her faith had been rewarded.
In the room was Minaka. Or who she assumed was Minaka. The man, currently on his knees, was dressed in Minaka's clothing. From his ridiculous white cape to his white shirt, white pants, and his white shoes that were an eyesore to whoever looked down at them. Of course, no one ever looks at the shoes a man wears, or rather, they rarely did since shoes weren't important enough to be looked at unless worth mentioning.
As things stand, the man in front of her, on his knees, had a black bag over his head, his arms bound tightly behind his back, and breathing somewhat heavily. It was clear to Miya that this man was not expected to be in this situation nor did he know who else was with him in this very room. The breathing heavy also meant that the unknown situation he was in frightened him and Miya realized it made perfect sense since Minaka was man who strived to be in control of everything. Every action. Every decision. Every move he made in life no matter how bizarre, crazy, or insane was always one Minaka did because he never lost when the outcome was revealed.
Only this time, this was not an outcome the madman was expecting.
"Do you like? Fitting that someone wearing some much white should have something dark covering their heads. Like a shroud of death!" exclaimed Naruto after walking out of the shadows behind Minaka and across from Miya's position on the opposite side.
"I want to see him. I want to see his face. I want to know without question this is Minaka and not some trick," said Miya while coming with sword in hand ready to wield should this be a trap.
"Of course. I expected nothing less," answered Naruto before yanking the black bag off Minaka's head to reveal it was in fact Minaka.
Miya also saw the man had been gagged to prevent speaking and his glasses were tilted to the side from previous head movements before now. It was also sporting a very mean looking bruise to the right side of his face and Miya suspected his jaw might be broken or possibly dislocated from the strike.
But despite this, Miya knew this man was Minaka. His eyes, his hair, his muffled voice now pleading for help, and the scent she smelled on him that made her want to vomit. Oh yes. This was Minaka. In all his disgusting glory.
How she longed to run him through with her sword. To twist the blade as blood flowed liked a river down his body. down his white shirt and pants. Staining them red and to die here away from his position of power in this dark place with only the moon light to shine down on them.
Fortunately, it seemed the Universe had something far more justly in mind.
"I have waited a long time for this. To see you suffer. To see you die. For what you did to the Sekirei. For what you did to my race. My husband who I loved beyond measure. You knew he was planning to free us from your control, yet protect us from harm the outside world represented. You wouldn't allow it. You wouldn't allow us to be free in our own way," said Miya before Naruto walked behind Minaka and yanked the gag off.
"The Sekirei are mine! I found them first. They are mine to do with as I please! Your people are part of a game. Pieces on a board. Nothing more! If it means destroying your people to the point of extinction, so be it. But the fact doesn't change that the Sekirei are mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! MINE!" exclaimed Minaka with insanity and anger in his eyes when staring at her.
Like a spoiled child being denied what he wanted or his favorite toy being taken away because said spoiled child was being a whiny brat.
"Such a whiny man-child. Look at you. 'But the fact doesn't change that the Sekirei are mine!' You sound like Hayato Mikogami. A spoiled little rich boy, who-correction, a former spoiled little rich boy, who saw Sekirei as toys too. At least he was still a child going into his adolescent years. You are full grown adult. You have no justification for your behavior," said Naruto while he shook his head at the whiny psycho currently on his knees acting like turning the Sekirei into own personal game was justified.
What did Minaka think the Sekirei were in his own sick private Universe that he called a mind? Alien Monopoly?!
"Why did it take so long to do this?" asked Miya with a hint of suspicion.
"Had to get Minaka's routine down. Not to mention a plan to kidnap and relocate without anyone sending a military search and rescue team. Or let anyone know he was missing in the first place. If any foreign government learned the Head of M.B.I. was missing, they would scramble Black Op teams to kidnap Ashikabi and any of their Sekirei by default. Matsu has already created a hologram version of Minaka to make it seem like the man is around doing everything Minaka usually does during the day for M.B.I. with Takami helping to ensure the illusion is believable," said Naruto while Minaka glared at him.
"Takami-chan would never do such a thing to me!" protested Minaka since he always assumed his former lover and Mother of his children would protect him from harm.
"She has and will do such a thing if getting away with such an idea is possible. I made it possible. She was young, naive, and slightly stupid in loving you. The only good thing that came from your union, which is a miracle unto itself, is the fact she birth two good hearted children. I don't think they know anything about you. Though I'm sure if they did, it would only sicken them. Miracles all around if you ask me," said Naruto while thinking back to how Minato and Yukari were not like their Father.
Granted they were both a little weird personality wise, but Naruto had seen worse. Quite literally.
"Please proceed. I want my husband back. The husband he stole from me all those years ago," said Miya while she glanced from Minaka to Naruto and back to Minaka again with a heavy glare.
"You can't! I won't allow it! The Sekirei are mine! Not yours. You lost that right to rule them years ago Miya and so did Takehito when the two of you married. I won't allow you to take my property!" protested Minaka angrily since he always felt the Sekirei were his by right of simply finding them.
Finders keepers. Losers weepers and all that stuff.
And the losers also sucking rope in the aftermath of losing while the finder dances to the tune of their misery.
When Minaka found the Sekirei with Takami, he was happy. Happy to have found them and all they possessed. They were in slumber or were not born yet of course so the entire populace of 108 Sekirei could not stop him when taking the ship for himself. And why not? He found them. They weren't human. Hence they had no rights. No privileges. No protection from the outside world that would make them slaves until the end of time.
Who better to set them on their path?
Besides, he had been somewhat of a nerd during his University years. Playing Dungeons and Dragons, reading complex books, and being the stereotypical nerd. Hell, he was the very definition of it! So when he found out about the Sekirei, a wonderful, awful idea came to his mind on how to deal with them.
He decided to use them for his own private game with the Game Master being none other than himself! Who better? He had played with his fellow nerds when they weren't busy studying, learning, or getting beaten up by the jocks that loved to hang them by their underwear via a flagpole. Of course, those same nerds never played the game with him after the second time because Minaka refused to give up being the Game Master. Why should he? He was a great Game Master! He made the rules and people would follow them or no one would play. It was his way or they could leave.
Unfortunately, they chose to leave instead of submitting to his command. Jerks! The lot of them!
No one had the right to take over or remove him as Game Master. No one!
"Sekirei are not property. They are people. Sentient beings with thoughts, hopes, dreams, ideas, and beliefs," said Naruto while unsealing the urn and saw Minaka glanced back at him in anger.
"You don't know anything about the Sekirei. But Miya does. She knows because the one person who was meant to lead them into battle to conqueror this planet is her. They didn't come to Earth to coexist with us. They came to enslave our species because they needed compatible mates for their dying race. The ship they were one when crashed here long ago was during a time when our people were too stupid and too weak to do anything. I saw the ship's logs. The Sekirei you have winged. The Sekirei every single Ashikabi has winged. They are all powerful. Strong. Meant for battle. War. To conqueror and enslave. Miya was to be the General of her regiment of 108 Sekirei. Matsu is the tactical expert and meant to use the advance technology of her race to overwhelm us. Kazehana was to lead scouts using her skills with the wind. Karasuba was meant to be Deputy Commander and Mutsu was to be a lower ranking Sub-Commander. Eventually, the Sekirei would have taken over the world, had Ashikabi, but with them giving the orders, and we would obey them! I just turned the tables on them before they could make the attempt!" said Minaka angrily while Naruto glanced from him to Miya.
"Is this true?" asked Naruto with Miya nodding.
"It is true. My people were dying. We had depleted our planet's resources and needed to survive with a compatible species. Humans were the only real race fully compatible with us, but they were slow, stupid at times, and it was believed we could conqueror you given those facts. So my ship was sent to take care of that many years ago. To pave way for my race to plant their seeds here and thrive on a world with so many resources, we could start over, knowing what we did, and not make the same mistakes twice," confessed Miya to Naruto since lying to him was not in her best interest.
"But your ship hit a snag and crashed. Time went by. What do you think happened to the other Sekirei on your world? Did they leave in different ships or was its survival placed all on 108 Sekirei?" asked Naruto while Miya looked at Minaka, who looked back at her with anger, and frustration at being placed in this position.
"Ships went in all directions. Humans are not the only compatible species, but they are the most preferred. I don't know what happened to the others. After I awoke, I learned that Minaka had ceased control of the ship, the technology, and cut me out of the system while holding the others not yet born of my race hostage until complete control was his own. Takehito eventually learned the truth about my purpose and those of the Sekirei, but it didn't matter to him. He loved me and I loved him when someone of my position was not suppose to love at all. I told him if he freed us from Minaka's control, I would use my restored position as the Sekirei Pillar to ensure all of the Sekirei would not be the war waging warriors meant to take the planet. He nearly succeeded until Minaka learned the truth and had him killed before it could happen," said Miya with her voice going cold at the end since she really loved her husband and this pathetic excuse for a man took him away.
"And you would have enslaved us. Its only fitting I punish you and your race by finishing what your world started. At least you would all go down fighting with me watching over your final moments like the God I am!" countered Minaka before he was slapped on the back of the head hard by Naruto.
"You are no God. Just a man with delusions. Fortunately, none of it will live on through Takehito when I do what needs to be done," said Naruto while giving Miya a nod.
"You can't! If you kill me, the Sekirei will die. Even yours. Their lives are tied to mine. If I die, so do they!" warned Minaka in the hopes it would stay the man's hands.
"I know all about that. Matsu and Takami were very forthcoming about what they knew about the Sekirei crests. I even got access to the main computer terminal M.B.I. is using that was once on the alien ship and let Matsu work her skills on it. Another reason why I had to wait this long. Your encryption program on it was a hard nut to crack and we had to make sure there were no other nasty surprises left once she gained access. But now we know everything about them. And as for them being tied to you and your health, Takehito will inherit that responsibility when he is brought back from the dead," explained Naruto with Minaka gritting his teeth.
"You need me. Both of you! Without my mind, my understanding of the world, all of the foreign governments will lay siege to Shinto Teito. Without me running M.B.I. all the remaining Ashikabi and Sekirei will be wide open to kidnapping by those governments to research for their experiments to produce living weapons of war. Breeding Sekirei like it was a sport. You think I am misguided? There are those in the world who would make the life of the Sekirei miserable beyond compare! At least with my way of ending them let's the entire race die with dignity. Or as much dignity I felt they deserve," countered Minaka while spitting on the ground at Miya's feet.
"There is a special place in Hell for you when your life ends," said Miya coldly while Minaka glared back.
"I will be sure to save you a seat by the fire since your hands are just a dirty as mine. If not dirtier!" countered Minaka and it was clear Miya held back the desire to slice his head off.
She needed him alive. If just a little bit longer.
"Enough! Minaka, I have heard enough from your sick twisted mind. I would say it was nice talking with you, but that would be lie," said Naruto before he dumped the contents of the urn on Minaka's form and went though the hand signs.
"No! No stop it! I don't want to die. I can't die. I am the Game Master. This isn't suppose to happen. This doesn't happen in Dungeons and Dragons!" protested Minaka while he tried to move, but couldn't because of his down position.
"This isn't a game Minaka. This is real life. Or rather, this was your life. 'Summon Jutsu: Edo Tensei!'" exclaimed Naruto before Minaka found him surrounded in a poof of smoke with a coffin rising from his position in a vertical position.
When the lid of the coffin fell, Miya gasped at the sight of her husband Takehito walking out of it looking to be somewhat zombie like. It was clear the body, plus clothing was his own, yet the skin was pale, dirty, and a far cry from being considered alive. For a fleeting moment, Miya thought her desire to have Takehito back had been a cruel trick played by Naruto. This thought was removed though when she recalled this was only part one of the process and there was still the second part where Naruto used his powers to finish the process that would allow Takehito to take over the body.
"Miya? Is that you? You haven't aged a day," commented Takehito while staring at his wife.
"Well I would hope not. The last thing I would want is for you to feel no attraction to this poor old woman after so many years of being a widow," said Miya while blushing and her sleeve covering her face.
"Widow? You never remarried? I shouldn't be surprised. If there is one thing you can say about Sekirei, it is your devotion to the one you love," said Takehito before he turned around when the sound of his coffin falling backwards was heard and saw Naruto was standing there.
"Don't mind me. I'm the guy who brought you back. For the most part. We have to finish this in order to make it stick," said Naruto while Takehito looked at himself and trying to understand his situation.
"What is the last thing you remember?" asked Miya curiously.
"The experiment Minaka asked me to perform late at night going haywire. My safety protocols and protective measures failing one after the other. A blinding explosive light came next before...well given how things work, I can assume I died," said Takehito with Naruto smirking.
"Very observant. Not many people realize that when this happens," commented Naruto while Takehito was thinking things over in his head.
"I'm alive again, but not quite whole. I am missing...something. Until I have it returned, the risk of me falling apart is still quite possible. What is the next stage for this?" asked Takehito while Naruto smirked and went through hand signs.
"Just this little move on my part. You'll feel a little weird at first, but that is apparently normal since I'm overwriting your host's DNA with your DNA. 'Gedo: Rinne Tensei no Jutsu!'" replied Naruto using his Rinnegan to bring Takehito back to full flesh and blood with his genetic code purging everything that was once Minaka.
Naturally, the sensation of going from clay and dirt to flesh and blood made the newly been made alive man sway similar to being drunk, or even dizzy depending on your point of view. Fortunately, Miya was there to catch him, hold her husband close, and realize this was not so cruel dream. Miya had her husband back. Takehito was alive again. The man she loved was living and breathing normally as if he had never died all those years ago.
As for Takehito, being the scientist that he was, recalled Naruto's words, and realized a sacrifice of some sort was made to bring him back. It made sense. You had to give in order to take. You had to sell in order to buy. It was, in truth, the way of the world, and the Universe as a whole regardless if you liked this rule or not.
So what was sacrificed to bring him back? Or rather...who was sacrificed to bring him back? Did he even want to know?
Probably not. Whoever was used for the sacrifice must not have been special given how Miya didn't seem to feel guilty over who was used. Granted, he suspected that would have been the case regardless, but Takehito felt his wife deserved some benefit of the doubt. She was his wife after all. If anything, the scientist in him theorized the person used was someone Miya hated quite a bit, and was no doubt happy said individual was used to bring him back to life.
And given the short list of people Miya hated, Takehito had an idea on who was used to bring him back to life. Plus, deep down, Takehito had suspected the late night experiment that killed him was not as accidental as he first believed. In fact, looking back on it now, Takehito believed Minaka wanted him dead, and succeeded in order to prevent all 108 of the Sekirei from being freed.
"So Minaka is dead in my place," surmised Takehito since it was the only conclusion that made sense.
"Would you prefer Minaka lived? Miya will explain things further to you when your back at Maison Izumo. A lot has happened since your death. Though I have a feeling you will be doing less talking and more of...something else by that point. So my advice to you is this...enjoy your newly returned life," said Naruto with a smile on his face and saw the man nod while still unsure on just how much things were different.
One Kamui later, Takehito would realize the world had change quite a bit since his death.
(Epilogue-Years Later)
"I hate you. You know that, right?" asked Takami while glaring at the CEO of M.B.I. with hatred while the man in front of her smirked.
"I do. But you knew what was going to happen when staying on here at M.B.I. after Minaka was taken out of the picture," said Naruto while Takami glared harder.
"Takehito gave you control of the company. I understand why. He did it so he could be more scientist instead of leader of the company. Still, it doesn't give you the right to be an ass!" stated Takami angrily since she was now wondering if M.B.I. was cursed in terms of having a crazy CEO run it.
After Takehito came back, Miya had spent quite a bit of time (two weeks worth) alone with him, kicking everyone at Maison Izumo out. Fortunately, Takehito had enough sense at the time to have the residence of the Inn to go across the street to the Uzumaki Compound during that time. Afterwards, Takehito came to visit with a very glowing Miya (as mentioned by Kazehana, Matsu, and Uzume), and discussed the future of M.B.I. being the center of power within Shinto Teito. Naruto had told Takehito his brains would be needed for a time to help run the company until things settled down once word got out that Minaka was dead due to a...scientific miscalculation.
Takehito was told Naruto he was a man of science and wasn't exactly like Minaka in terms of how to handle people from foreign governments, who would no doubt try to kidnap the Sekirei for their own purposes. Naruto assured Takehito it was only meant to be temporary and would have his full support in protecting the Sekirei from harm. None of them wanted the Sekirei to be taken, abused, experimented on, or used as breeding stock to produce children with powers before being turned into weapons of war.
If this meant obliterating half the countries of the world to get the point across, so be it.
So Naruto convinced Takehito to become CEO for a time. To get a feel for it again in order to see if he wanted the seat of power. After a time, Naruto would step in, take his place, and Takehito could go back to the science labs of M.B.I. to help make the world a better place.
So far things were working out pretty good.
There had been a few...questionable actions by foreign powers trying to take Sekirei from Shinto Teito. Nothing officially sanctioned (they never were), but the message was clear in response by Naruto to them that should they keep trying, the bodies he already sent back in tiny pieces would be the least of their problems. No more attempts were made on any Ashikabi or Sekirei after that and those deactivated had been reactivated with them finding their actual chosen Ashikabi.
None of that forced winging crap.
It took some doing. Ironing out some snags, glitches, and complications that came with such things. But in the end, Naruto made sure all the Sekirei that didn't get killed by the Sekirei Plan from which Minaka concocted found their destined ones. Naruto suspected it wouldn't be long before each Sekirei got pregnant with children and have their numbers doubled in size as a result.
Naruto talked about this with Takehito. Not just for the other Sekirei running around, but in regards to his own. He could tell from his bond that they were quite eager to have his children just as they were in wanting to perform the act that leads to it. Takehito had been looking over everything since his death and determined all the full grown Sekirei were fertile. Or rather they could be fertile. The problem at hand was the ability to be fertile was locked away by Minaka before they were let out from the labs via an injection. It was one of the first things done to the Sekirei before they are let out of the labs following their adjustments.
The psycho didn't want Ashikabi focusing on breeding with their Sekirei over fighting in his Sekirei Plan or risk any of the Sekirei getting pregnant and the child being a variable he couldn't control. Takehito was able to reverse the problem easily by making a counter serum, which would restore a Sekirei's ability to be fertile, and have children with their Ashikabi.
And only their Ashikabi.
Needless to say, Naruto's Sekirei got in line first for the serum. After that, Naruto found himself very busy with his Sekirei wanting to get pregnant. Akitsu had been first. She was his most devoted Sekirei after all and to cheat her out of being the first to carry his children would be wrong. Tsukiumi had declared herself second to have his offspring with Matsu being next with Kazehana, Musubi, and Uzume right after them. Karasuba preferred to be the last since she wasn't too keen on being a Mother yet and relinquishing her sword.
She was more open to it when Naruto mentioned the children they would have together would be quite strong. Stronger then Miya's one day since the Sekirei Pillar had also been given said injection and had been pregnant with Takehito's child. The last thing Karasuba wanted was to have Miya's legacy for an offspring outshine her own.
Warrior pride and all that.
Even now, Naruto had quite the brood at his home. Each of them being watched over by their Mother or their Aunts with all the love they could give them.
"What do you mean Takami-chan? So I added free ramen Fridays to the company perks. No need to get your thong panties in a twist. Unless you are into that sort of thing. I know Akitsu would be if she wore them, but the girl has a sensitive enough body as it is so to get her to wear any kind of panties is quite hopeless. Even when it comes to punishing her on rare occasions," said Naruto offhandedly while Takami looked ready to explode and threw the tablet at him.
Which he dodged. Said tablet went through the window into the streets below where a cart full of cabbages was destroyed upon impact. The cries of someone saying "My cabbages!" was soon heard as well.
"It is not that you smug bastard. I'm angry you dumped eighty percent of the paperwork you should be doing on my lap!" exclaimed Takami angrily.
"When you become the CEO of a major super power for a company, you can dictate who does what, and how much paperwork they do. Besides, I still have paperwork of my own to do. Granted, its not as much as yours, but its still pretty big pile," said Naruto while his smug look that made Takami even angrier.
"A big pile? You basically sign five documents a day. FIVE! I have to sign off on over two hundred documents a day. Do you understand?!" demanded Takami while Naruto shrugged.
"Sure I do Takami-chan. My load of paperwork is lighter. How could I not understand?" asked Naruto with a smile and it only made Takami look even more pissed off.
"You are so lucky I don't quit right now," remarked Takami with Naruto smirking.
"Perhaps. But let's be honest my dear Takami-chan. You need M.B.I. as much as M.B.I. needs you. Unlimited resources, full benefits, superior dental plan, and let's not forget the jobs I provide for your two children. I mean, your son Minato is Takehito's assistant now in the labs after the man mentored the boy into passing the exams to get into the Shino Teito University, and to intern here at the company. Yukari is now the spokeswoman for many of our products and has her own animation studio on the side that help cater to her various...quirks," said Naruto while Takami had to count backward from ten to one...in three different languages in regards to that last part.
The woman was well aware of how M.B.I. had changed and how much it benefitted her children at this moment. Takehito had met Minato at Maison Izumo and taken a liking to the boy for his brilliance while recognizing the weakness of facing such intense pressure in wanting to succeed. Takehito had seen the problem right away and helped mentor the boy into becoming a man in surviving the pressures of the world. In fact, Takehito had found in Minato the pupil he always wanted, and arranged for the young man to work for him at M.B.I. under a paid internship.
Minato had been happy ever since with no complaints. He had descent pay, a place to live away from Maison Izumo, and his own brood of children to make Takami a Grandmother several times over.
As for Yukari, she was provided a job being the spokeswoman for the various products the company produced. She also got to have her own animation studio where she could explore any and all ideas for shows or movies surrounded her...quirks. With the help of her Sekirei to provide the woman with...inspiration (yeah let's go with that), Yukari had created some of the best animated shows, and movies in quite some time.
Her Mother would have been ashamed at half of them being made given some were a bit on the...raunchy side (Takami suspected Matsu helped a bit), if not for the fact the fan base was so immense. To Takami's surprise, Yukari used an alias when the credits came on the screen of her shows and movies in order to keep the family name out of the public spotlight. Naturally, Takami had tried to convince Yukari to drop such things, or at least change the dynamic, if not direction of the studio's projects. But when your daughter has reached the age of being a full grown adult, a strong willed parent can only do so much when strong willed children reach maturity.
Even if the level of maturity is called into question. Added in the girl's Sekirei got her pregnant too. It was ironic that the Sekirei of Death would be able to create life, but it happened all the same.
If there was one thing Yukari had inherited from her Mother, it was stubbornness, and the "never say die" attitude that made Takami the woman she was in life. Why should Yukari be any different in that regard?
"Fair enough. But I expect to receive one Hell of a retirement package when I finally do leave here," said Takami before storming off.
"Does that include the giant black dildo Matsu told me that you were thinking about one day purchasing?" asked Naruto while Takami paused for a second and he knew her face was red with anger and embarrassment.
Only to stomp out of the room, but just a little bit faster to get the Hell away from him.
Naruto smirked knowing Takami would be giving Matsu an earful later and scold the red haired Sekirei for the "peeping" (AKA hacking) of her computer for just about anything incriminating (AKA humiliating) on it. Naruto already knew Matsu would be running for cover when found out, as only three women terrified his perverted Sekirei. One was Miya (obviously), two was Karasuba (again for obvious reasons), and three being Takami since the latter of them didn't take crap from either of the first two (though still respected Miya all the same) that Matsu feared.
Plus it was fun to keep Matsu on her toes.
"Such a nice woman. Still, she needs to get laid. That black dildo Matsu told me she was eyeing can only help her so much," commented Naruto to himself before glancing down underneath his desk.
And looking at Akitsu currently providing him with some relief to combating his (not so) stressful day working as the CEO of M.B.I.
It was good to be Uzumaki Naruto
-FIN
(A/N: YAY! Another chapter done. Hope you liked it and that this doesn't seem TOO rushed. I wanted this done before the New Year started. This was more of a wrapping up chapter and it just felt right since the East and South are gone and the Ashikabi of the West is not important. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this, and have a Happy New Year. Until next time...PEACE!)