Hello my friends. This story has been rewritten! Not significantly of course, but enough to warrant redoing the chapters. I've taken a few small things out and put a few things in. I've also condensed the chapters from their previous small 2k-5k chapters too around 9k-10k. So instead of 13 chapters there will be 8 so far.

So without further adieu! Chapter one all over again!

(Don't own Sekirei or Naruto in any way)

Chapter 1

The lightning bolt came out of nowhere and caught her in the shoulder. Pain blinded her for a second before she became fully aware of her surroundings. She cursed to herself, "Damn who ever thou art...! Sneak attacks are not the Sekirei way!" She shouted to her unknown attacker, "Who be out there, Show thyself!"

Even as she spoke a woman wearing the most... inappropriate costume leapt up onto the roof of the building. Tsukiumi eyed her angrily demanding, "Does thou care nothing for rules of engagement?! You are Sekirei correct! Thou must fight me fairly!"

The woman shrugged her purple clad shoulders in a uncaring way. "Your unwinged, so how could you understand rules of engagement?" A smirk tugged at her lips. "We actually know how to fight"

"We?!"

Tsukiumi whirled around on instinct to catch a second bolt of lightning in the chest. There was a second woman behind her, the tips of her fingers still smoking from the last blast of power. The second attacker shouted loudly, "We are Hikari and Hibiki!, numbers 11 and 12!" She cast a look of complete confidence at the other woman.

Tsukiumi realized that they had planned this all along.."They were hunting me..." It galled her to be tricked like this. The two of them had probably been watching her for days. Another thing that was clear was that they were siblings. Their appearances were nearly the same, save for the length of the hair and the sternness of expression. This was bad...very bad. Sibling Sekirei were very rare and tended to operate in pairs. For good reason too. Their powers often complimented each other as it was with these two. "They wield Lightning againt me. My water isn't effective when I am cornered. I must escape!"

Both women started to step towards her and Tsukiumi drew on her power...but it didn't respond to her call. One of them, Hibiki, said, "Don't bother trying to fight us now. You see our lightening is somewhat deadly to unwinged Sekirei like you. Where normally it would merely do physical damage...since you're unwinged, it cuts you off from your power temporarily."

The other girl giggled. "You're at our mercy right now...but don't worry. We're doing you a favor." A deadly spark entered her eyes as lightning once again gathered around her.

"If thy refuses to follow rules then I will decline to fight you! Goodbye foe!" Tsukiumi dashed to her left and off the roof, plummeting to the ground below. Her heels touched the ground and she was off, but she could hear the jagged sound of lightning behind her. Those two were giving chase. "I refuse to be caught! Not when I have yet to prove myself!" She sprinted through the city street, past the people. They barely noticed the blur that were the three Sekirei

. Tsukiumi knew that she was in trouble. If she couldn't get out of range then they would catch her and... if not kill her, then remove her Sekirei mark and with that any chance of winning the Sekirei plan.

She turned left down an alley and down the dark pathway. A few seconds later she was coming into the light again. Her eyes caught a figure moving into the light outside. She cursed and came to a halt. Enemy in front and footsteps behind. She glanced behind her and saw the first girl from earlier. She was breathing hard and looked exasperated. She shouted indignatly, "Stop running already! You're not going to escape us!"

Tsukiumi looked back in front of her and saw Hikari with electricity building along her arms and twining through her fingers. "Don't try to run this time. I'll just electrocute you."

Tsukiumi took a step forward towards her. "Don't you dare!" Pain and heat flared up her back as she shouted. The other one...just..., "Damn!" Tsukiumi dropped to her knees thinking, "It shouldn't be this effective...Why can't I...curse this useless power..." Her teeth clenched with the strain of not falling to the ground. The lightening in her seemed to be doing more damage even as it circulated. It was excruciating, tearing though her muscles, causing them to spasm uncontrollably. She looked up into the dark silhouette of her attacker, "How can thou be stronger than I?"

Then a dark shape separated from the shadows of the alley and punched out. The blow connected with Hikari's head and sent her reeling into the alley wall. Tsukiumi felt a strong had grab her and drag her out of the alley and down the street. She couldn't keep her feet... Black was creeping in on the edges of her vision. Who ever had grabbed her had doubled back and was supporting her, even as she lost consciousness. She saw bright blue eyes... blond... hair... tanned skin...

Then nothing as unconsciousness took her.

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There was a rustle of cloth as Tsukiumi shifted under thick blankets. She groaned at her sore muscles and stretched, trying to relieve the pain. Realization struck her and she shot to a sitting position and the room spun around her, her vision doubling for a brief moment. Tsukiumi felt cool air on her skin...her belly and breasts... She looked down and found herself naked. An exclamation left her before she could stop herself, "WHO THE FUCK UDRESSED ME!"

The shout bounced off the walls and alerted the boy sitting at a desk in the corner to her awakened state. He looked back at her. She caught his gaze and felt anger rise inside her. This...young man would DIE! She gathered her power to blast him to pieces...when he pointed to a basket beside her. Momentarily nonplused she looked to where he pointed.

There was a white basket full of charred clothes. Her eyes popped open wide and she gritted her teeth before turning back to him, ready to shout again. He was turned away from her writing. Her eyebrows knitted together at his careless attitude. It reminded her of her two attackers. After a moment he finished writing and stood up, turning to her. Hurriedly she pulled up the blanket from where she realized she was sitting on a low bed. His cheeks were pink as he handed her a piece of paper with a tidy scrawl across it.

She read the note out loud. "Sorry about the clothes but they were falling off you when I got you here and I don't have any girls clothes here."

She looked up at him. He looked pained and embarrassed at the same time. "Why does thou write instead of speaking?

He pointed to his throat and then made a gesture like punching. She didn't understand and asked, "I still don't...?"

Taking the piece of paper from her and pulling a pencil from his pocket he used the side of the bed to write a new message, "A guy tried to mug me yesterday. Punched me in the throat so I can't talk right now. Sorry for the trouble."

That cleared things up a bit for her. He wasn't trying to be dense and he didn't seem to be stupid. She understood that speaking caused him pain and she couldn't fault him for that, but...why had he helped her. "Why did thy aid me yesterday. It twas my fight and mine alone!"

He wrote quickly, "You looked like you were in trouble, besides it was unfair...two on one. I wouldn't even have been there if I wasn't going to get medicine for my throat."

Tsukiumi felt rather foolish for getting so angry now. However rather than apologize she asked, "Does thou have a name young man?"

"Naruto Sahashi, nice to meet you.. what is your name?"

She drew herself up to her full (sitting) height. "I am #9 Tsukiumi, pleased to meet you as well." She proffered one hand and he shook it. Tsukiumi was glad he didn't crush her hand like some men would. It seemed he was the honest and helpful sort. She found herself thinking that he was the first human she hadn't found distasteful... "He seems different somehow...I must observe him." It occurred to her that he was also only the fourth male she had any dealings with o far so she could easily be mistaken about him. Tsukiumi decided to keep to the edge. She didn't want this...human...kind or not, to think he was above her.

Just at that moment they both heard her stomach growl. She smiled sheepishly. Naruto looked at her thinking, "She acts really serious, but that makes her look kinda ridiculous after all of that fancy talk." He asked, writing, "Do you want to go out to eat? I know a great place close by and you could wear some of my old clothes till you get new ones."

Tsukiumi felt her face turn red. She blurted, "GO OUT!? Who do you think you are boy! I was starting to think you were ok, but now you're asking for a DATE!?"

Naruto tried to placate her, hurriedly writing , "No, that's not what I was implying at all! It's just that my mom sends me only a small amount of money while I study for school and I haven't been shopping lately. There's no food in here."

That put things more in perspective for her and she forced herself to calm down. She sighed. "I won't wear clothes other than my own. Couldst thou go to the market and bring food back?"

He shrugged letting out a pent up breath. Naruto stood and went to get ready to go. She watched him prepare. He was tall and relatively slim, though he had broad shoulders and strong legs. His skin was tanned and he had blue eyes that complimented his spiky blond hair. His most unusual feature was perhaps his cheeks, which bore three horizontal black lines across either side. Tsukiumi saw that he was good looking and... seemed a bit familiar, but she couldn't place it. As though she had seen someone similar to him recently, but she couldn't think of where.

After a few minutes he croaked out past his damaged throat, "See...you..I'll be back in a few minutes... be quiet." That last comment sounded more like an order...and it was also unreasonable.

"Don't order me around. I'm not your servant. I'll be loud if I want."

Naruto hurried across the room and got out the pencil and paper again. He was writing for a while when he finally handed it to her. It read... "Sorry, but you have to be quiet or I'll get kicked out of this apartment. The old man who runs this place forbids couples or roommates. If he sees you here I'll be out on the street...ok. Please be quiet. I'll be back in a bit with food..."

Tsukiumi nodded and turned her head to look out the window which was by the bed. She heard the door open and then close. She glanced quickly back at the door, then swung her feet out of bed. Testing her strength and balance she walked around the room. It seemed as though she had her full strength back, despite being sore. Her steps were easy as she made her way to where her clothes were. She bent down to lift them up and the edges crumbled into ash. She sighed, but started as the doorbell rang.

Keeping silent she crept to the door and peeked through the little eye hole. She saw an extremely tall man in a black suit outside. He was wearing an MBI pin. She quickly opened the door, nearly falling over as he thrust a package at her and then turned to leave. Confused she closed the door with her knee and took the box to the bed.

It opened to reveal her usual black outfit. Everything was there. She sighed in relief and got dressed. Then a thought entered her mind. The image of those two girls that had ambushed her. Rage suffused her and he opened the window and leaped out. She was going to hunt them down and have herself a rematch. She never even bothered looking back as she landed on a close by roof top.

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Naruto had finished shopping and was just leaving the drug store. He had bought a bottle of pain killer and some special medicine to help heal his throat. The pain killer he took immediately and then swallowed a gel tablet that was mixed with the medicine. Almost as soon as it went down, his throat started feeling better. He tried speaking and found his voice to be stable...if a bit rough. "Well, It'll have to do. Sucks getting punched in the throat…"

He continued walking back to his apartment, his thoughts focused on the bizarre encounter with those two girls. They had...like lightning shooting out of their fingertips. It was almost like magic. He looked up at the sound of voices and he saw...the two girls from the previous day. They were talking to a man who had just bought a newspaper. They were dressed like maids and neither of them looked particularly happy. Naruto's eyebrows met in a V above his eyes which had grown stormy.

He marched up to them and grabbed the nearest one by her shoulder, whirling her around. He asked, "Hey you! What did you want with Tsukiumi?!" The girls had both turned to him, in shock mostly. The girl he had grabbed was sporting a small bruise on her cheek. Naruto narrowed his eyes..."Why Did You Attack Her?!"

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Hikari took the man's money and handed him the news paper. He was walking down the sidewalk when she felt a hand on her shoulder. It spun her around as a rough voice demanded to know why they were after someone. Then she realized it was the man from the previous day. He looked extremely pissed and ready to lash out at her. "Oh shit he looks like an Ashikabi...no wonder he nailed me like that...!"

Her sister must have come to the same conclusion because she spoke quickly, "It's our policy only to go after unwinged Sekirei." Hikari nodded quickly in agreement.

The boy looked at them severely and growled, "Well I don't care... Yesterday was the first time I've hit a girl, but if you go after her again...I'll do it a second time..." He gritted his teeth. "I hate bullies ok..." He drew his hand back and his look softened, "Sorry about punching you...but you were asking for it."

They were both taken off guard that he would threaten a Sekirei without backup. Not to mention twin Sekirei like them. Hibiki muttered uneasily, "Ok...sure...no need to punch anything alright..! We get them message and we promise not to fight her again...you happy with that?"

Naruto nodded and, still frowning slightly, walked past them.

Hibiki shivered as he past. Just for a moment there he had an aura...like sheer peril was hanging over them... Either that or a horde of blood thirsty demons were about to pounce on them. Both she and her sister let themselves relax as he disappeared around a corner.

"He looked like Seo does when he's pissed."

Hibiki nodded, her expression showing both fear and relief. Still uneasy they went back to selling their news papers.

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The apartment was empty and there was a box on the bed. The window was open and Tsukiumi was most defiantly...gone. Somewhat annoyed, he spoke to the empty apartment. "Well that was pointless. I guess that means she wasn't interested in food after all. She just wanted me out of the room so she could leave without feeling embarrassed. This is great... well hopefully she won't get attacked again... Damn! I never asked her what was up with all that crazy magic stuff. Can't believe I forgot!"

Grumling he went to put away the groceries. Then he used more of the throat medicine. After that he didn't see much point in going out to look for her. Besides...he had a big test the next day and he...REALLY needed to pass this time.

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Tsukiumi found her attackers passing out newspapers while wearing maids costumes. She landed, unseen, on the rooftop above them. She thought mischievously, "Let thou try to use lightning against me when thou are soaked!" She gathered the water from the air around her and formed it into a massive ball of water that hovered above both their heads...and their stack of papers.

Then she dropped it. The waterfall caught them both in its freezing torrent. Both nearly had heart attacks at the ice cold water, their outfits instantly soaked as was all their newspapers. It was several seconds before they were able to move. When they did they looked up and Tsukiumi, unable to help herself, dropped another waterfall on them. They both screamed as the chill water washed over them. Tsukiumi jumped down on them, ready to attack again.

They both saw her at the same time and they threw their hands up in surrender. One pleaded, "Please no more! We already promised your Ashikabi that we wouldn't fight you!"

Had the comment not been so repulsive it might have been confusing. As it was she blasted them against the building behind them, roaring, "I have no Ashikabi. I will become the single strongest Sekirei without one! Now who dares claim to be my Ashikabi!?"

Hikari mumbled, "No one...! We just assumed that when he found us and threatened to beat us up if we attacked you again... we naturally thought he had winged you..."

That stopped her in her tracks... Had Naruto come and told these two...actually extracting a promise out of them, to leave her alone? She thought he had been kind, but it seemed he could pull his own weight too. "Where didst he go!?"

Hibiki and Hikari shared a look. They both asked, "You weren't winged then?"

"Of course not! I would never let any man touch me in such a way!"

Hikari, despite being soaked to the skin was amused by this. It seemed as though #9 Tsukiumi was slightly mistaken about what it took to be winged. Thinking that she had the upper hand now she said slowly, "You do know that you only need to kiss to be winged...right?"

Tsukiumi felt like she'd been slapped. Her jaw dropped and she let her shock show for a full minute before asking... "A kiss... that is all...?"

Hibiki nodded, a smile starting to crack her otherwise miserable expression. Tsukiumi's cheeks began to burn red and she whirled around so the two of them couldn't see her face. "So...where didst Naruto go?"

Hikari raised an eyebrow suggestively asking her own question, "Are you thinking of getting yourself winged now... by that handsome blond boy?"

Tsukiumi wheeled at them her cheeks bright red. "No...Of course...not..I would never...! Now where did he go?!"

They pointed down the street in unison. One saying, "He probably went home don't you think?" They both smiled as Tsukiumi walked past them at a measured pace, with her head held high. As she left Hikari asked, "Does it seem like we are getting the trounced far more than our fare share? Her sister nodded looking down at her wet costume. "Yeah...now we have to find a new job since this one is over."

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Tsukiumi looked and looked for Naruto, but he was nowhere to be found. She wanted to find him...mainly to thank him for helping her. At least, that's what she told herself. It would only be polite to thank him and return the favor. And maybe, just maybe... he would offer to take her out to dinner.

But as it was, he was gone, as though he had never been, and she couldn't remember where his apartment was. It was making her... not worry, but... concerned. That was the word she was looking for. She didn't know if he was alright. After all he didn't know what the Sekirei plan was and he seemed to have an unnatural propensity for finding trouble. Mainly in the form of violent Sekirei.

At the moment she stared out over the roof tops and hoped he was ok. It was all she could do.

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-the next day 12:30-

Naruto walked out of the Highschool building. He had passed...thank god. Well maybe the man upstairs had nothing to do with it. He'd studied for weeks to get into that damned school. He would finally be able to give his mother some good news. Not to mention being able to get his sister off his back. There was one monkey he'd be glad to be rid of.

He looked around as he kept strait south down the sidewalk, his thoughts once again turning to the evens of the past two days. He hadn't so much as glimpsed Tsukiumi and it set him on edge for no apparent reason. His feet took him on a smooth course down the path he took to his apartment almost every week. It was easy to think when you had a well traveled path to travel again. You could let your mind wander.

Naruto abruptly stopped in the middle of the street. He looked around as a sixth sense warned him of danger. Then there was a boom and a crackle from somewhere nearby. It was an odd sound like the harsh cawing of birds. Then he looked up and saw a girl... falling out of the sky. Reflexively he jumped to the left and crouched slightly. She landed in his arms, the impact nearly sending him to his knees. He looked into soft brown eyes. "Hello..."

She responded after a second smiling hugely. "Hi...I'm Musubi #88." She glanced down and seemed to realize he was holding her in his arms. She was about to speak when two purple streaks landed in front of them.

Naruto immediately recognized the two girls from earlier. They were back to wearing their weird S&M costumes. It crossed him mind that they were after this girl now. His expression switched to anger in a split second. They had some answering to do.

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Hikari and Hibiki landed on the concrete with as much grace as they could muster at that speed. They had been chasing that girl forever and damn! She had enough stamina for three people. Hibiki had almost gotten her face smashed a couple times. The girl was a wild fighter, but fortunately for them it was two on one. They both stood up and met the wrathful gaze of the blond boy they had twice encountered already. He was holding the Sekirei they had been chasing in his arms. The girl was looking at them puzzled at their sudden stop.

Naruto's voice was low and cold as he glared at them. "Scram."

Hibiki paled and nodded taking a step backwards. He seemed to radiate darkness as his blue eyes drilled into them. A moment later the dark miasma coalesced into an indistinct shape behind him, two brooding crimson eyes flashing open. The two sisters took one look at it and bolted as fast as they could. Both were out of sight before Naruto could blink.

He set Musubi down gently on her feet, seeing that her clothes, which resembled a cross between a priestess kimono and boxing gear, were badly singed. She looked up at him. He looked down at her, there being a significant height difference. She had brown hair and large brown eyes that seemed to burn with an inner light. She was small, but extremely fit. Her tones muscles were masked by smooth pale skin. And she had the biggest pair of breasts she had ever seen on a girl her size. "Must restrain inner pervert…."

His eyes shifted back to her face as she asked excitedly, "Who are you? You must be strong if they ran away just at the sight of you!"

Naruto shrugged and allowed his anger to slip away. He grinned at her. "Well I've met them before and they don't want to mess with me I guess."

Musubi nodded energetically, bouncing on her heels and putting her red gloved fist to her chest. "Thanks for catching me...!I wasn't thinking about how I was going to land that time." She smiled again and Naruto found himself develop an instant liking to her. The pure innocence and joy she radiated was quite infectious.

He asked, "Um...are you alright, I mean where are you from? Do you have a place to stay?"

It was a stupid question. Of course she had a place to stay. A girl like her could smile her way into any apartment she wanted... but then he saw her shake her head. "Nope. I'm not staying anywhere right now..." Her face seemed to light up, "...Wait are you?!"

He nodded dumbly. He thought, "Is this girl real? I can't believe she's living outside. And what is with her and Tsukiumi anyway. What the hell is with these numbers that they put before their names?"

"Do you want to come to my place and uh... tell me what is going on? Cause you're like the second girl that I've helped get away from those two." It felt like he was hitting on her and it was embarrassing.

"Can I? Great! , but I don't know how much I'm allowed to tell you." She shrugged, "where's your home at?"

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Thirty minutes later he found himself sitting across from her in his apartment. The walk back to his place had been...interesting. Musubi seemed infinitely curious and wanted to know everything about him. Besides that she seemed completely innocent (read ignorant). She didn't catch any subtlety in his language or tone. It was almost as though she was oblivious to body language or...well speech.

As for what he managed to glean from her, it wasn't much. But so far he knew there was some sort of huge contest, where teams of "Sekirei" and "Ashikabi" fought each other. He also learned that there were 108 Sekirei and most were female, but she wouldn't explain the purpose of this battle royal. In the end he was more confused than he had started. One actually useful piece of info he had gotten was that each Sekirei had his or her own special ability and...that included her. But that's where the usefulness ended. He had no clue what a "Fist type" was. Punching didn't seem like it could stack up against lightning in his mind.

Especially seeing how she was running away from the two lightning users just like Tsukiumi had been. That thought worried him for a moment. Would the "lightning twins" go after more Sekirei in this competition? Were they, even now, attacking some innocent girl? Naruto shook his head. He couldn't think along those lines or he'd go insane.

Instead he turned to Musubi and asked, "So there isn't anything else you can tell me?"

She looked thoughtful for a moment and then shook her head. As she did so, Naruto experienced a severe case of déjà-vu. Musubi's stomach growled ominously. "You want to get something to eat?"

"Yes please! I'm starving!" she shouted as she pumped both fists in the air.

They left the apartment to headed south. There was a great buffet place he knew about that was pretty inexpensive. It was a buffet, which was good since he didn't have much money to spare and it wouldn't matter how hungry Musubi was. "Besides… how much could a girl her size eat?"

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Leaving the Buffet place an hour or so later Naruto felt like he had been outclassed. Musubi ate more in one sitting than he did in two and that was saying something. She wiped her mouth and stretched, her arms going up in the air. Naruto's eyes caught the movement of her breasts. Going... up, and going... down. Overriding the manual control system took a moment, but he was able to look up. "You feeling ok now right, cause that was enough food to sink a cruise ship you know."

She smiled widely and nodded. Then she finished stretching.

Naruto went ahead and asked what he'd been thinking for the last half an hour. "So um Musubi, You told me that you didn't have a place to stay, so I was thinking that you could stay with me for the moment." Her face whipped towards him. Tears already beading in her eyes.

"You would do that?...you saved me from those mean Sekirei,...you took me out to eat...and now to let me stay at your house...Thank you!" She hugged him around the waist. It made his stomach flutter slightly…. Even as her strength nearly broke his spine. "Holy FUCK she's strong…."

"It's no problem really… I'm just happy you're ok..."

She let go of him hurriedly.

"Anyway let's get back to the apartment."

Musubi agreed and they started the long walk back to his place. They hadn't gone more than a couple of blocks when they saw a man...more of a boy though. He was wearing a loose white suit and had caramel colored hair. He had the most impudent smile Naruto had ever seen. It practically oozed self importance. There were two Sekirei with him. Naruto immediately realized what they were... something about what Musubi had said alerted him to the fact.

The boy gave the shortest bow Naruto had even seen since well…. The last time he'd bowed to someone. Then he spoke. "Hello...I'll be taking that Sekirei for my collection. You will stand aside unless you want to get hurt."

The two girls on either side of him tensed. One of them was wearing a yellow and black shirt and shorts. She had a long length of cord wrapped around one arm. The other girl held a large scythe in hand, the long blade forming a half crescent over her head. It was the scythe wielder who stepped forward now, her voice loud and imperious "I am #43 Yomi and this is #38 Mitsuha. We challenge you number 88!"

Musubi stepped forward grinning from ear to ear. "I accept your challenge I am #88 Musubi!"

Naruto grabbed her sleeve hurriedly before she could jump forward. "What are you thinking?! Are you really going to fight them?!" His chest tightened in fear. He knew what Sekirei could do. The lightning twins had only been bullied because of his KI, something he'd copied from his mother. And besides that, these two Sekirei were with their Ashikabi. He couldn't just glare at them and countermand their orders.

Musubi nodded. "It is part of the Sekirei plan. I must fight when challenged." She then walked out to stand just a few feet from Yomi. The other girl adjusted the scythe, bringing the blade to bear in front of her.

She smiled. "You will serve my master, but it's a pity that you will never have his favor like I do..."

They squared off and Naruto watched uneasily as they stood still. Then Yomi made the first move, leaping forward to cleave the air where Musubi's face was. Musubi ducked quickly and pounced forward to punch the other girl in the stomach. But Yomi was already leaping over her, the scythe circling around to slice just over Musubi's back. It missed skin by mere centimeters. Musubi jumped straight up using the backs of her armored gloves to block the next strike. Then followed an exchange of attacks that Naruto followed only because he'd taken martial arts. They were lightning fast and accurate. Musubi kept getting grazed and it seemed that she was being played with.

Naruto realized with a pang that it was true. Musubi's opponents was missing on purpose. A vindictive smile twisted her lips as she slowly cut Musubi's clothing off her. All she had to do was step up her game and Musubi might be missing a hand or a chunk of flesh to the black bladed scythe. Naruto looked to where the boy was watching the battle raptly...the other girl had her eyes on him. Her twin ponytails framed her face as her eyes locked on him. Naruto put all his concern for Musubi aside and radiated rage at her. Her eyes went wide and she took a step back, looking away from him.

At that moment Musubi tripped... Naruto saw it as if in slow motion. The blade coming around would catch her throat...

Yomi felt a flash of annoyance cross her mind. The girl had just tripped and he had already made her next swing. She wouldn't be able to divert her attack in time. He master would be angry with her for killing the girl. Then a fist, rock hard and well placed, smashed into her armpit. Yomi heard felt the cartilage in her shoulder grind and her hand dropped her weapon. The momentum spinning the blade around past Musubi's face. The point of the weapon burying itself in her own abdomen. "FUCK?!"

Then a second blow came, aimed at her knee. She was already reeling from the first attack when it connected, sending her sprawling.

Naruto was past her in a second, ducking the lash of the second girls whip. He grabbed Musubi as he darted past. He dragged her to her feet and they ran, as fast as they could, down the alley to their right. Naruto's mind was racing. He had never used the crippling attacked he'd learned. They'd all been practice attacks. Nothing he was ever expected to use in a real fight. But he decided this time he had an excuse for it. He was glad that his mom had insisted on self defense classes. Naruto forced his thoughts back to reality as they burst out of the alley on the other side and turned North. They were sprinting, but Naruto felt Musubi's exhaustion. That fight had taken it out of her. "She must have used everything she had just dodging all those attacks. Damn, I need to get her away. Why can't people leave us alone!" He turned them into another alley, thinking to throw off their pursuers. He needed to keep them out of visual contact for as long as possible. The longer they could stay out of sight, the more chances he gave their hunters to make a wrong turn in the pursuit.

But then he heard a shout from above him and he just barely managed to slip to the side as the scythe came from out of nowhere. It swept past his head like a massive black pendulum. His quick dodge caused him to lose his balance and he went sprawling. Musubi's momentum throwing her on top of him. Yomi landed behind them as the other girl... Mitsuha walked in the alley from the other side. Naruto pushed himself off the grimy concrete and sat up. Musubi slid to the side, breathing hard. Her face was flushed red.

Naruto stood up and placed himself between Yomi and Musubi. Mitsuha said from the other side of the alley, "Just give up! It's not like you're going to pull off two surprise attacks like that in a row. You got lucky."

Yomi growled. "Step aside or I'll cleave you in two!"

He clenched his jaw and growled right back, "Take your best shot, cause I won't let you lay a hand on her!" The two girls closed in on him and Mitsuha moved to grab his shoulder and force him out of the way. Before she could react, his leg was lifting as he snap-kicked her face. Her head took a short vacation to the concrete wall behind her and she slid down the alley wall clutching her face. Blood was already pouring from where his heel had cut her forehead and broken her nose.

Yomi swung her scythe at him and Naruto leapt forward, inside the reach of the blade and brought his palm up into her chin...but she turned to the side in time and his hand grazed her head. So instead he turned the palm strike into and elbow strike, pummeling her chest. She winced and cursed at him, vainly trying to back up quick enough to cut him on the scythe's recurved edge. Naruto grabbed the haft of the weapon and used her unnatural strength against her, throwing his head forward into her throat. She coughed and almost fell, but she was made of sterner stuff than her companion. She took a step back and punched out. He couldn't dodge at this distance and he took the blow in the chest.

He heard a rib crack...there was way more force behind the punch than there should have been. It hurt like hell but he kept moving swinging his arm around to trap hers. She couldn't move without dropping her weapon...and that's what he would need to survive.

Sitting against the wall Musubi felt heat...like a warm spring bubbling up inside her chest. It was making her cheeks and neck turn red and the blush was still deepening. Her eyes tied to focus on the ground in front of her, but they refused to answer her command. The beat of her heart kept distracting her. A short shout made her lift her head. It was... Naruto... He was fighting... to protect her... He was going toe to toe with the scythe wielding Sekirei. Then as she watched the scythe drew back and the inner edge cut into Naruto's back. Blood spilled down his back and she saw the loose flap of his jacket. He was shoved back.

Naruto caught himself...just barely. She could see the strain in the set of his shoulders and the way his body heaved. Then he was flung backward as Yomi kicked him in the gut. He hit the wall and slid down grimacing at the pain. She crawled over to him. His face turned to her...he looked more angry than hurt.

Yomi paced back away from the blond boy. He'd really done a number on her. Her breath wheezed past her damaged trachea and her chest hurt. Her knee was throbbing and every time she moved her right arm a jolt of agony shot up her nerves. If it hadn't been for that pain she would have take him down with that first punch. But the guy so... so damned resilient! And he was as smart in combat as any Sekirei she'd fought. Even Mutsu wasn't quite so good with what he had. If he had her strength she would have lost that last bout.

Mitsuha stood up from where she had been resting against the wall. Her face was wet with blood and she looked extremely pissed. "I'm gonna fucking kill that boy whether he's a civilian or not." Yomi nodded and took a deep breath, still recovering her full strength. Behind her she heard whispering...

Naruto looked over to where Musubi was crawling over to him. Her face was red and her mouth was open slightly. She trembled every few seconds. It alarmed him to see her like that. Once she was next to him she managed to say, "Naruto san... I feel so... hot... please..." Naruto looked into her eyes, they were half lidded.

"Musubi chan?"

She pushed forward, forcing him to his elbows, "...What... should I do... Nar..uto..."

"What!?"

Musubi was getting so close, her body pressing to his. His hand came up trying to keep her a bay, but when his hand accidently touched her breast, he froze blushing even with the imminent danger. He tried to apologize even as her nose touched his. She whispered, "Naruto...kun..." Their lips met and Musubi closed her eyes. The kiss was... amazing. Naruto felt his own body heat up as light started to radiate from Musubi, It was a blinding lavender light that engulfed both of them. Naruto saw the outline of wings behind her...

Whirling around as she heard the whispers, Yomi realized she was already too late. Her Ashikabi had just stepped into the alley. "Aw...you failed again. Now she wings and we have to take her out." He shrugged. "I guess it's not that bad...take care of her Yomi." She nodded, preparing herself to attack. Mitsuha did the same beside her.

Musubi felt the heat spreading through her intensify. Strength was pouring into her from Naruto, like he was an endless well of power. She drank in his power as the light stabilized behind her, forming into glowing white wings. They flashed open wide as she stood up. She turned to Yomi and Mitsuha. They were looking at her warily Musubi reached for her power and called out, "By the fists of my contract, My Ashikabi's perils will be shattered!" Her body seemed to glow purple for a moment as she settled into a crouch. She smiled and clenched her fists, "I will protect Naruto!"She flashed forward straight for Yomi.

Yome felt the impact in her chest before she saw Musubi move. The girl seemed to disappear and materialize inside her guard. Raising her Scythe to strike her she realized it was shattered. Her hands held a useless piece of metal and wood. Time seemed to slow down as Musubi lined up for another punch. It was going to be the end for her. She couldn't survive this...

WHAM!

Mitsuha saw Musubi lash out a second time and her blow smashed into Yomi. She flew backwards the two feet into the alley wall. Everyone heard the snap of bone and the crunch of her back breaking. Mitsuha winced and readied her whip to tangle #88 before she could attack again. That didn't work out, because Musubi turned to her and dashed forward. Her leg coming up. Mitsuha felt the impact of her leg against her head, and at the same time a fist caught her in the lower abdomen. The dual attack sent her reeling back down the alley.

Her master stepped forward and caught her grumbling, "You failed me... but at least you didn't lose completely... It's time to go. I won't lose two Sekirei today." He picked her up, struggling with her a bit. Then, he carried her down the street where his car waited.

Musubi turned back to Naruto as the sound of a helicopter could be heard overhead. He was standing up, using the wall as support. "Great job... Musubi-chan... ouch..." He winced putting a hand at his side. Hurriedly she ran to him, putting an arm around him and supporting him out of the alley. Naruto stopped her. "Wait! What about her?" He nodded back to the still body of Yomi. She was breathing... barely.

"She lost so she lost her Sekirei powers and will be removed from the game... but I won so I get to stay with Naruto-san!"

He blinked at her as if he didn't quite understand. Then his head dropped. She nudged him and his face lifted. He looked so tired. "Thanks... for helping... glad you're ok..." His head fell again and she realized he was unconscious.

Her hand flew to her mouth, "Oh no... I have to get him to the hospital...but I don't really know where I am right now!?" She looked around desperate to figure out what direction to go. She heard a shout above her. Musubi looked up as a young blond woman dropped from the sky and landed in a spray of water droplets. She stood up and approached them her expresion worried.

"YOU! Who art thou? and What have thy done to Naruto?!"

Musubi thought she spoke funny but she answered, "Naruto-sama is my Ashikabi... he got hurt protecting me..." She looked sadly at him, "But I don't know where the hospital is..."

"Thy are his Sekirei...? Since when?"

Musubi smiled hesitantly. "Just a minute ago."

Tsukiumi shook her head. "Let me help girl. I know a special hospital run by MBI we take him there!"

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And there is the end of chapter 1. Which as some might have noticed is basically chapter's 1 & 2 with corrections and a bit of reformatting.

Anyway, just because this is a redo, don't hesitate to review!