My first Sekirei fic. I don't know what come over me to rewatch the anime and somehow end up writing this.

Update: Betaed by Windseeker Cet

Disclaimer: Sekirei is not mine~

Prologue: Turning Point

Little Minato was naive, and more often than not, was unaware of his surroundings. His sister Yukari happened to be the braver and outgoing of the two, being a girl may have something to do with being more sensitive. Minato might be naive but sometimes circumstances, especially ones that involve his brash sister could lead to a discovery he was better off not knowing about. Minato had awoken in the middle of the night, his throat was dry so he went out of his room for water.

On the way to the kitchen he noticed Yukari was wide awake and peeking into their living room through a narrow gap of the slightly opened door. Minato usually would have called Yukari out of it, since who knows what his mother was watching in the middle of the night. Their mother had a habit of drinking in the middle of the night when stressed by her boss, and when drunk, his mother had often opted to watch gory movie as imagining the victim(s) was her boss and cackled evilly in drunken stupor. Once he caught his mother watching a particularly scary movie as she was cheering for the big man with chainsaw was very traumatizing for the ten years old boy, especially when their mother was cheering 'Go BOGEYMAN! RIP THAT BASTARD'S SPLINE! AIM HIS BRAIN! THAT USELESS LUMP!' Takami at that time was blissfully unaware of her trembling son she had scarred for life, the comfort of the room being sound-proof made Takami forget that she didn't lock the door or close it properly.

She forgot to close and lock the door again this very night.

Minato was about to call his sister's attention with a voice barely above whisper since it would be bad news if their mother noticed them. However, he stopped on his track when he heard a somewhat familiar voice pleading to their mother. "Takaaaami-kuuuuuuun please let me join the family!" It was their mother's boss' voice, one Minato had heard once when his mother accidentally put the phone on speaker when the boss called her while Minato was around.

Yukari noticed her brother was near but thankfully managed to suppress her yelp, it helped when the said brother's attention was the same thing she was watching. Their mother had a glass of wine held elegantly on right hand as she snorted at the bawling director on TV, "I won't welcome insanity to MY family."

"But I am THEIR father." He bawled again. "Minato and Yukari are our cute children, we brought them together to this world!"

Minato and Yukari froze, did he just say he was their father?!

Takami snorted, taking a big gulp of her wine and emptied the glass. "I recall I have neither a husband nor my children having a father," The scientist replied coldly. "I have two illegitimate children who are much better off without knowing the embodiment of insanity (namely you) in their life." And with that, Takami ended the conversation by throwing the empty glass into their 60 inch LED TV - She had learned from experience that Minaka managed to control the TV and turned it on back so it was more convenient to get rid of it. She had money to burn anyway.

"HIIIE!"

Takami turned around in horror only two find her precious children hugging each other for their dear lives near the door. They found out about their father it seemed. She summarized this situation in four letters, one she would not use around her children normally, but could care less right now.

"Fuck."

That day was the most memorable day in the Sahashi household and not in a good way. No children deserved to find out from their mother that their long lost father was neither lost nor dead, but kicked out of the house for their sake. Little Minato and Yukari listened to their mother raptly, and not even once taking their eyes off of her. After Takami finished the butchered and simplified version of why mommy and daddy didn't get together, she hugged her children close and swore she would never let Minaka touch her children.

Sahashi Minato was eight years old when he learned about his father, that day changed his life but only slightly. It was a turning point, one that lead him to the path of Ashikabi.

Two years later...

Minato was ten old when another fateful day arrived on his life. It's summer holiday and Minato came to Shin Tokyo to visit his mother. If it was any other ten year-old, the grandparents wouldn't let them visit their mother by themselves. However in Minato's case, he was independent enough to fend for himself. Takami was rarely at home but during summer holidays, she always made sure her schedule allowed her to go home every day to see her son. Minato always cooked when he was visiting, because when she was at work, his mother practically lived off of caffeine, alcohol, energy bars and cigarettes. It was a pity Yukari couldn't join him, she was down with a fever and better of resting in countryside.

Takami went back home with two people he didn't recognize before, it was a young man with grey spiky hair and wearing lab coat and turtle necked shirt. Another was a woman that looked a bit younger than his mother with long silky purple hair and she was wearing a white kimono with purple flower pattern. Minato was about to greet them but once the door opened, both of them collapsed on the floor. Minato sweat-dropped at the sight, for a moment he almost thought the guy was his mother's boyfriend but it seemed he was the other woman's. The purple haired woman was as wasted as the other two but instead of collapsing she was giggling at the sight of collapsed scientists. All of them were having deeply flushed cheeks, and Minato cringed at the sharp smell of alcohol.

"My my... Takehito-kun, Sahashi-san... don't sleep here please, you will get sick." She chided gently then turned her attention to Minato who blinked owlishly at her, "Oh! Hello... good morning."

Minato blinked again."It's 10:20 PM." He corrected.

"My my, it seems time flies fast when you're having fun!" The purple lady said cheerfully, "Oh! Where's my manners! I am Miya..." And then she suddenly blushed a deeper red, "Uhm... Asama Miya." Then she burst into drunken giggles again then leaned in to whisper to his ear as if she was sharing a juicy secret with the young boy. "Just recently christened as Asama-san!"

Minato blinked again before the implication sank in. "Oh. Congratulation Asama-san... uhm... I am Sahashi Minato. Sahashi Takami's son. Nice to meet you."

Miya chuckled at the confused boy, "Oh... Sahashi-san, my husband and I went out for dinner and at some point she started ordering alcohol. She was treating us so it would be rude to not even drink a sip when she offered us." Minato stared at the newlywed before him, "I forgot I am extremely weak with alcohol and a sip is enough to make me drunk! Oh... what will become of this innocent young wife! Chugging a bottle of sake to my husband's mouth like that!" She gushed out, then in a moment of realization Miya clapped her hands. "Takami-san's house is closer so we dropped here instead." She explained with a smile.

His mother chose to wake up at that very moment and proceed to sprint to the bathroom, Minato just sighed when his mother greeted him with a nod and a pat on the head. She won't come out of the room anytime soon for sure, his mother was a terrible drinker. Not that she had a low alcohol tolerance, but the aftermath of her drinking was really bad when she had a hangover - she could spent the whole day after moaning in pain on her bed, not even a well-proven hangover cure worked on her. She could only just sleep the pain away. Minato sometimes wondered if this connected to his mother's steadily graying hair. The last time he met his mother, her hair still had some black strands but now her hair was completely grey.

He wondered if working with close proximity with that Minaka had something to do with it? Considering stories about his biological father were mostly consist of his mother trying and failing to put Minaka in line, it was not that much stretch of imagination. Minato sighed then turned to their guest, "Uhm...Asama-san, would you like to use our guest room to rest?" He said as he looked at Takehito, who was still out cold and mumbling on his sleep about swearing off alcohol.

Miya clapped her hands, "Oh, thank you very much Minato-kun! And please... call me Miya-neesan."

Minato paused at that, wondering if he should correct her that if she was married to her mother's colleague he supposed to call her baa-san(aunty) but thought better than angering a woman with a sensitive issue such as honorifics that can indicate her age. "Miya-neesan then." He said hesitantly and Miya beamed at him, "Uhm... follow me please." Minato's eyes bulged when suddenly Miya lifted her husband up and carried him bridal style. Takehito could be considered petite for a guy even by Japanese standards, but he was still a man and an equally petite woman like Miya shouldn't be able to lift her husband so easily. Minato led the couple to the guest room nervously, and then he left the couple to rest and went to the kitchen to get the hangover cure. He distinctively heard his mother swearing in the toilet, it seemed she would take a while there. He made three glasses of hangover cure and delivered two of it to their guest room and one on dining room table for his mother.

Minato didn't really like air conditioner so unless the heat was really unbearable he opted to open the door connected to balcony so the warm wind of summer would blow into the room. He laid down on the coach and closed his eyes. It was summer so he hung a wind chime, one that made of glass with a red wagtail on it. The sound of chime played by warm wind of summer lulled him to dreamless sleep.

He was snapped awake by the smell of coffee, wondering who was making the coffee. Minato glanced at the clock on the wall of his left side, it was seven thirty in the morning. It was too early for her mother to be coherent enough after all of that drinking to make coffee, so who?

"Ohayo, Minato-kun is it? Thanks for the hangover cure, it helped a lot."

Minato rolled around and find he was not alone, Asama Takehito was sitting on the coach across one he laid on and smiling at him. "Ohayo." He said hesitantly as sitting up, not expecting the company. "Asama-san."

Takehito chuckled softly, "Call me Takehito, sorry for the intrusion last night." He shook his head, "For me to be so drunk and dragged by my wife and colleague... " He muttered forlornly, "At any rate... nice to meet you Minato-kun."

"Ah." Minato nodded curtly, "The pleasure is mine."

The scientist smiled, eyeing the boy before him curiously. "Hm... looks wise, pretty identical. But anything else... " He murmured, "Must be Takami-san's way of raising her child." Minato was about to ask what he meant by that when Takehito took a sip of his coffee, whatever he was about to ask was forgotten when the scientist choked and spat the black liquid to the floor. "Gah! It's bitter! And it's texture is like gel!"

Minato blinked as looking at the coffee that dripped down Takehito's chin, it does looked gooey and undoubtedly not fit for consumption. Was this man the research idiot his mother sometimes grumbled under her breath? His mother had taken it upon herself to assure that he was not just good at academics, but other things such as house chores. Something about she didn't want her son to 'be a genius who couped up on his lab all day and becoming incompetent in everything but research.'

"Would you like me to make it for you Asama-san?" He offered and the scientist beamed at the offer.

Few hours later...

Takami awoken from her sleep with a sense of dread. That she missed something she could have prevented from happening and she would regret it later. The hangover cure helped, but her head was still agonizing her. The scientist stepped out of her room, hoping to be greeted by the smell of breakfast. Her little Minato was pretty good at cooking, she assured that much that her son won't end up like certain research idiot or dramatic geek. Her hope was spot on as she smelled pancakes, what a morning to start with pancake topped with a lot of maple syrup.

She blinked when she heard noise from dining room, and hazily recalled Miya and Takehito were with her last night. Her eyes widened in horror when she saw Takehito was chatting animatedly with the sparkly eyed Minato. Miya was sitting beside Takehito, pouring a generous amount of maple syrup to her pile of pancakes.

"So Minato-kun, you're going to be a scientist like me and your Kaa-chan?" Takehito asked cheerfully.

Minato, her innocent Minato, nodded enthusiastically at the question. "Yes! So Takehito-san, can you tell me more story about that interesting research?"

Takami felt her headache just doubled in pain as she watched the king of research idiocy corrupting her son, "Oh about my smart mice? By now they're as intelligent as dog, perhaps even on chimpanzee levels... but they're very fond of me and humans in general so we don't have to fear any mice trying to dominate the word anytime soon," he said with a chuckle.

"Ooh!"

"They also show the sign of not breeding the same pace as normal mouse... I suspect even in few years..."

Takami took a deep breath, "STOP CORRUPTING MY SON!" She didn't need her son to follow his father's footsteps and become a mad genius like him, and definitely not corrupted by Asama Takehito of all people. She tried, but deep down she knew she was too late.

That day, Sahashi Minato unofficially became Asama Takehito's apprentice.

Few years later...

"WAIT! Come back here!"

"Don't wanna!"

On the rooftop a dark haired ashikabi was watching the cat and mouse game with an amused smile on his face. "Aah... they're at it again." He said in amused tone as he watched the twin lightning sekirei chasing another unwinged sekirei down an alley. This time the lightning twins was chasing a cat like looking sekirei. She had short strawberry blond hair had two pointy tufts that resembled a cat's ears, she was dressed in black shorts and top.

"Shouldn't I be down there to help that poor kitten?" A male sekirei had asked. The Sekirei was dressed in black pants, shoes, gloves, and a long flowing coat as well. To top it off he was also wearing a face mask that stretched up from his neck to cover his features up to his nose. "Is it just me or every time it's Hikari and Hibiki who are chasing unwinged sekirei, you always stand back for a moment before you ask me to go down and scare them off?"

It was not like the cat like sekirei was in immediate danger, especially because she was running through a very busy street and the twins couldn't use their power recklessly so the cat and mouse game was done in a very mundane, yet oddly unique fashion. No jumping on the rooftops, just running on the ground like humans would. The sekirei would bet at five minutes top, Hikari and Hibiki would lose the girl in the crowd.

The ashikabi he was talking to was also dressed in long black coat but his had belt on the waist and sleeves, he also wore dark red undershirt and black pants underneath. Unlike the Sekirei who chose to cover the bottom half of his face, the dark haired ashikabi was covering his eyes to the half of his nose with a black futuristic looking goggles. "Nah... it's not like those two ever succeed, Hikari and Hibiki have chased unwinged sekirei since they were released. But whenever they cornered the unwinged... they'll just launch a long sermon about how insufferable their ashikabi is. They're just trying to scare the unwinged. I am not worried." The ashikabi assured the sekirei. "If the twins are really starting to actively harm the unwinged to a point MBI had to retrieve them... " He trailed off. "I am sure you know who Minaka will send to discipline them, Homura..."

"They will find themselves on the end of a certain MBI's dog's katana." Number 06, Homura finished dryly. "For all the trouble Hikari and Hibiki made, they're pretty harmless."

The ashikabi nodded in agreement, "By the way... that's Mimi if I'm not mistaken. Sekirei number 83. She was released two days ago. Smart girl to boot; they already lost her."

Homura sighed, "How many were released?"As he said it, he noted that the twin had lost sight of Mimi.

"Two sekirei today...but according to her, the releasing schedule is going to be set at a faster pace for the next three months." He informed the flame user helpfully.

"So... within the next three months all remaining 108 should be released?" Homura asked curiously.

He shook his head, turned around to leave, followed closely by Homura. "No... number 107 and 108 are not ready for release. Both are too young and still unstable." He said as he picked up his beeping phone, it was a text from Takami. "Let's go... we have a work to do."

"How old they're physically?" Homura asked, looking down to see Hikari was venting her frustration on a poor unsuspecting trash bin for the failed hunt.

"Number 107 Shiina is around thirteen while number 108 Kusano is eight years old." He informed the flame sekirei with a grimace.

Homura grimaced, "If Minaka will really release all of them in half a year those two..." He trailed off, "That bastard! He'll let children participate in this wretched game?!"

"He already did." The dark haired ashikabi corrected. "Number 106 Shijime is winged by Nishi Sanada. The girl is just a bit older than Shina."

The flame sekirei groaned, "It's inevitable... I just hope the casualty would be minimum."

The ashikabi snorted, "In this game Minaka designed?" Anger was seeping to his voice, "I doubt that very much... you know how bad the death toll of this plan is, and when it's just in the preparation stage."

Homura stiffened, the preparation stage had ended with death count of a thousand as result of disciplinary squad against militaries of various countries that sought their power and technology, not to mention the tragedy a few years ago. He looked up and almost stumbled on his feet when he saw a red giant mask with ominous aura around the ashikabi. It was the mask of Shikami, representing masculine rage, and the mask was clacking its teeth threateningly.

"I wish I could wring his bony little neck and..." The ashikabi chuckled murderously as his fingers moved as if he was grabbing something.

"Work!" Homura shouted desperately as he looked away, trying to not look at the ominous mask. "We have a work!" Homura tried to distract the murderous ashikabi from his musings of homicide. "We have a work to do! Minato!"

Sahashi Minato took a deep breath as he took off his goggle, revealing wide dark grey eyes that blinked owlishly at the flame sekirei. "Ah yes..." He smiled at the flame sekirei softly, a smile that could put saint's to shame. It reminded the flame sekirei eerily of his landlady, smiling innocently after scaring the hell out of them. "We have a work to do... " He looked up. "Kaa-san has a lot of things for us to do tonight. The unwinged can't defend themselves from wicked ashikabi." He said in joked theatrics.

Homura sighed, "As always, Ashikabi-sama your gift for theatrics is beyond compare," Homura said dryly.

Minato gave Homura an annoyed look but shook his head, he was used to Homura's wry humor anyway. He put his goggle back on and walked through the night followed by his sekirei "Let's go... it's a busy night for us, the Sekirei Guardians."

"Minato-kun... please take care of them, if it's you surely... they shall be... spared from their cruel fate."

This is his vow to his deceased teacher, to protect sekireis in his place. He was the guardian of Sekirei.

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Hope you like it!

There would be a back story in later chapter so not much continuing from where we leave in this prologue. Such as how Homura end up as his sekirei and so on... Minato is always smart as pointed by Matsu he has top score from elementary to high school. He failed in entrance exam is all attributed to him unable to work under pressure. He get positive influence from Miya and Takehito, though not all is positive as you can see XDDD the demon mask.

I want to add more sekirei to his harem, I definitely will keep the original one though. However if possible I only want eight to ten... so only two to three more. I am not used to harem story so I want to keep it in relatively small number (for harem in sekirei universe) anyway.
I am open for suggestion ^^