Minato sat in his room studying as Kusano was trying to draw having been inspired by Kichi, Musubi watching the young blonde girl with a smile. The black haired young man scratched at his hair as he tried to understand what was written before him before Miya's head came around the door, proving to be a welcome distraction for him as she spoke "Minato-san…you've got a visitor"
Closing the textbook and resting it on the desk he stood up as he headed downstairs to see who'd come here for him. He stopped at the top of the stairs as he heard two people arguing.
"Keep your hands away from Nanami-chan… You pervert!" Kichi shouted angrily, Minato wondered who'd caused the teen to shout as a familiar voice started to shout back
"How dare you call me a pervert?" Yukari's voice shouted back, the argument stopping as two loud twack was heard which he assumed correctly as Miya dishing out punishment as he started going downstairs as heard Kichi speak
"Miya-san…she tried to grope Nanami-chan. I was just sticking up for her"
"Never the less you should know better" Miya replied as Minato finally reached the bottom of the stairs to see Kichi standing before Nanami while his landlady's aura directed towards Yukari as she continued
"Impure acts are not permitted here…so I would hope you follow the rules" Yukari shrunk as she nodded, the aura disappearing as Miya turned back to Minato as she spoke
"Would you like some tea for you and your guests?" Minato nodded as he finally noticed Shiina standing there looking embarrassed at the ground before he turned back to his younger sister as he smiled awkwardly
"Hey Yukari" Yukari scowled to Kichi before turning to smile at seeing her brother as she spoke
"Hey Onii-chan" Yukari remembered about Shiina as she signalled back to him as she continued
"This is Shiina…he's…erm…" Kichi headed back into the living room with Nanami as she finished coming up with her excuse
"He's a friend…" Something about how she had said that had given Minato an odd feeling as he turned to see Musubi standing on the stairs next to a shocked Kusano, who was wide eyed at the sight of Shiina.
"Shi-kun!" She called as she rushed down to hug the silver haired boy who quickly hugged her back as he spoke happily
"Ku-chan!" Unnoticed to the group, Kichi was peering through the doorway with a small smile on his face at least until he was pulled back into the living room by Uzume.
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Yukari had explained how she'd met Shiina, Miya giving an almost knowing look to Kichi who was keeping as best a straight face as he could as he drank his own cup of teas. Minato was surprised at the pure chance the meeting had been as he spoke
"So he ran into you….isn't that a bit anime…?"
"I guess…?" Yukari spoke, feeling slightly embarrassed as she spared a glance to a blushing Shiina who was happily sitting next to Kusano before turning to Kichi as she asked
"So I take it that you're an Ashikabi as well…?" Kichi rolled his eyes at how she seemed to be ignoring him as he spoke
"Yes am I…" Yukari looked at the other females around the table, wondering how the brown haired teen had got three busty Sekirei, while her brother only had Kusano and Musubi, although something told her he wasn't taking full advantage of the situation like most guys would.
"Come on Kichi-kun you need to do your school work" Miya spoke, Kichi agreeing as he picked himself back onto his feet, hobbling out of the room as his trio of Sekirei decided to go about there own chores for now.
"Oh…Yeah did you hear about Chico?" Yukari spoke, Minato looking curious at his sister as he asked concerned
"What happened to her?"
"Her condition got worst so they had to move her to a private hospital here…I was hoping that you'd come with me to see how she is" Yukari spoke sadly as Minato nodded as he replied
"Yeah…It'd be nice to see her again"
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Kichi sighed as he looked at the picture before him, the dark feeling from it didn't sit well in him as he tried to figure out what he should do. The Sekirei in the picture was the hammer wielding girl that Akitsu had protected from Mikogami's Sekirei who was connected by a red string to a rather sinister looking man who didn't exude any sort of kindness. They were stood in a park which he recognized from one of his days out with Uzume.
'I don't know whether to intervene or not…I mean they're fated to meet if that's what the string means but…she deserves better then him' He thought wondering if he really should meet with things as he put the sketchpad back into his bag as he turned back to his work.
'Either way I've got three options…I let it happen and keep her in the dark, I break up the meeting and get her to look for someone better…I could always wing her myself…but that would just be wrong…'
Akitsu quietly entered the room, noticing the irriated expression on her Ashikabi as she walked over to him. Wrapping her arms around his neck in an attempt to comfort him, a small smile grew on her face as he jumped, turning only to have his face pressed between her breasts.
Kichi pulled back slightly to look up at her, his cheeks red as he spoke embarrassed "A-Akitsu-chan…could you not try and scare me next time"
"What's wrong, Kichi-kun?" Akitsu asked with a look of concern as Kichi sighed before replying
"It's nothing…Akitsu-chan…just thinking about things…"
Akitsu crouched down to his level as she hugged him caringly, resting her head on his shoulder as she spoke softly "We are here to help you whenever you need it so don't feel like you have to bottle things up…me, Uzume-san and Nanami-san are all willing to help you"
Kichi smiled, it might not have helped with his decision but he was reminded that they would help him with anything he needed. He pulled back from her hold before kissing her softly on the lips for a few moments, Akitsu's icy blue wings bathing the room in light before he broke it to speak "Thank you Akitsu-chan…"
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In her dark room at the Inn, Matsu sat as she looked over the MBI database. On the screen before her was pictures of various Ashikabi, Kichi, Minato and Yukari amongst the once most noticeable as she ran through the information as her eyes fixed themselves back onto Minato's profile picture as she spoke to herself
"Why does my heart flutter every time I look at you…? You're nothing special…but I'll have to watch out for number 88"
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Kusano woke up with a start as she realized she needed to go to the toilet. The young blonde haired Sekirei quietly headed towards the room, the darkness making it look a lot creepier then she would've liked as she stepped down the corridor.
After a quick stop in th bathroom, she moved to wash her hands not looking into the mirror until the last moment to see a smiling Matsu, the darkness making her look eerie as Kusano screamed and rushed out of the room, intent to find Minato for comfort.
Matsu looking down sadly as she spoke quietly "I…just smiled…"
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The residents of Izumo Inn sat around the table for breakfast, all listening to the recall of events from the previous night from Minato and Musubi. Kichi wondering why he didn't hear anything, although that may have been to do with both his ears being covered due to some sort of hugging fight while Uzume, Nanami and Akitsu were asleep that had resulted in him waking up with breasts pressed into both sides of his face.
"Oh my…So that's why Ku-chan disappeared from her sheets. I thought Sahashi-san took her and did this and that" Miya spoke, Minato looking shocked that she would think he'd do use things.
"I looked around the house in case someone broke in but there was no one after all…" Minato replied with a sigh before continuing to eat as Kagari asked
"What the ghost look like?"
Kusano shivered as she thought back to it before answering "An Oneesan with long hair and glasses…smiling"
"Glasses and long hair…?" Miya spoke quietly, Uzume speaking up without thinking
"Ahh! That is…"
"Uzume-san" Miya spoke, her aura causing most to jump as Uzume corrected herself
"Ah! No! That doesn't feel like it" Kichi looked at the veil Sekirei wondering what she was going to say before that, shivering as he felt Miya's eyes on him as she continued
"Ku-chan was probably dreaming. How can there be a ghost here? Uhuhuhuhu…There's no way something like that will come out" Miya spoke, the others leaning away from her before Musubi decided to ask
"What's a ghost?"
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Musubi left the convience store with bags in hand, Akitsu and Nanami helping her although they had gone to a different shop for some of the other things. Checking her list she smiled as she had everything on it as she started to head home, a loud explosion going off behind her as Musubi looked back before starting to run as the explosions seemed to chase her.
"What is going on here?" She asked to no one in particular as she ran towards the inn with shopping in hand.
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Minato decided now was a good chance to that a peaceful bath alone, Musubi was out on a shopping run with Nanami and Akitsu. Uzume was enjoying some time with Kichi, watching an old romantic movie that was being shown on the television although her Ashikabi had fell asleep while sitting on her lap.
He sat down in the furo as he thought over things, the majority being how his sister had gotten involved in the Sekirei Plan so easily just by bumping into Shiina. Another thing that didn't sit well with him was to do with the extra window on the second floor of the Inn as he moved to sit on a stool to wash his hair.
He ears twitched as he was sure someone was behind him as he blushed and started to stutter "Wh-Who? Musubi are you back? You don't have to wash my back, you know?"
Looking back his was surprised at seeing Matsu wearing only a towel, falling off the stool as he kept a hand on his towl to avoid any accidents as he asked
"Who are you!?" Matsu didn't reply as she knelt down to him, looking him over with her own red cheeks.
"Um, excuse me…Wh-Who are you?" Minato asked, hoping to get an answer from the red haired beauty before him.
"Sahashi Minato…" Matsu replied, shocking the black haired young man at the fact she knew his name as she started to list off details about him as she finished
"To put it simply an inadequate human… you, who is like that, are the ashikabi of Sekirei No. 2 Matsu…"
"Sekirei…?" Minato spoke surprised as he noticed Matsu's hands roaming his chest as she moved her face closer to his as she spoke
"This hot body…Please calm it down with your DNA"
Both jumped at the different voice surprised them "Huh? Is there someone in the bath?"
Musubi entered with a towel around her, noticing Minato as she spoke "Waah, Minato-sama…I'll wash your back"
"Mu-Musubi, ah… This is…" Minato started to protest while Matsu looked down to think as the boxing Sekirei decided to ask
"Huh? Who are you?" Matsu looked back up, grinning as she fixed her glasses as she spoke
"You appeared my enemy! Your return time was 30 seconds faster then I thought as expected of you, but…!"
The redheaded Sekirei pulled out a gun from seemingly nowhere as she continued, Minato confused as to where she hid it before "This was already included in the calculations!"
Matsu fired the net gun at Musubi, trapping the Sekirei inside it as Matsu turned back to Minato
"The disturbance has been taken care of now, the intercrossing of love…" Matsu spoke to herself, not noticing the panic Minato had fallen into as she tried to calm him
"Uhuhu, you don't have to be that scared. I'll experiment on you gent…" She was cut off by Miya who had her sword next to Matsu's face as she spoke seriously
"I thought the bath was too loud so I came here but…Impure acts in Izumo House's bath is prohibited, Matsu-san!"
"Ah, Miya-san, you're very angry, right?" Matsu spoke as she sweated under the fierce gaze of the landlady.
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"I'm Matsu…I'm sorry I caused trouble" Matsu introduced herself again as all of the residents sat around the table as Miya added
"She also lives here as a resident in room 201"
"Is that the one at the end of the hallway?" Minato asked, Miya nodding as Kichi looked confused as Minato added
"You can tell from outside, but where is the entrance?"
"There's a secret room here?" Kichi asked confused, he didn't expect that although he didn't reallt look at the outsides of the Inn much in the first place before realising another question was bugging him.\
"Matsu-san…why are you hiding away?" Matsu blushed slightly embarrassed as she looked to a curious Minato as she spoke
"Ah when I camefrom MBI, I had a bit of…No, a lot of trouble to tell you the end result, I was being chased"
"I said this before but my husband was someone who didn't prevent people from coming here…the secret door was built by him as a joke." Miya spoke, looking down sadly as she continued
"My husband was in MBI's research lab for that reason, I believe that they had a certain intimacy…I'm sorry I didn't tell anyone but if she were going to cause trouble like this, I would have had to kick her out."
Matsu was crying as she held her hand before her as she spoke in a pleading tone "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I won't do it again! Miya-san, please forgive me!"
"Is that true?" Miya asked as Matsu bowed to the lilac haired woman as she spoke
"Yes, I won't do it again…I caused harm to everyone else too." With that she headed back upstairs to her to her hidden room as Kichi spoke
"I guess I should have a bath…" Picking himself up he soon found it easier then normal as Akitsu picked him up with an arm around his waist as she started off towards the bath as she called back to them
"I will help him Miya-san…"
"Hey…! Don't I get a say in this" Kichi shouted embarrassed, Uzume giggling while Nanami blushed at the scene. Minato sweatdropping as he watched the two other Sekireis head off after them as Miya sighed before speaking with a slight amused tone
"I guess I will have to make sure he doesn't try anything with them…don't want Minato-san's influence effecting him"
"I've not done anything wrong in front of him" Minato protested as Miya giggled into her hand as she headed off, the young man sighing before turning to Musubi
"Musubi, you ok?"
She nodded back as she spoke "Yes, but Minato-sama is amazing…It's your third"
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Kujou sighed dramatically as she walked through the streets of the North District of Tokyo, she'd followed her feelings there but since then they had just been cut off.
'How am I supposed to find my Ashikabi now' the blond Sekirei thought annoyed, crossing her arms under her chest as she looked around, noticing the people ogling her as she spoke quietly to herself
"I hope he's charming and handsome...I couldn't stand some immature weird kid"
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Author's Notes
Sorry its been so long for this one but I've had a bad case of Writer's block which has only slightly faded now. Anyway I hope you enjoy what I've managed to cobble together for now and I'll try and work on the next chapter while I'm working on my other stories.