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Ashikabi Shinobi	By : Pokemaster12 Category: Naruto Crossovers > General Views: 10574 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 19
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Disclaimer: If owned Naruto or Sekirei, rest assured all of you would know about it. For one, this story I am writing that all of you are reading would be a manga and anime series. I would also be rich, and I would own several houses, one in Florence, one Paris, one in Japan and one in Rio...
...Don't ask.

Chapter 11: The Calm Before the Storm
XoX
The Sekirei Plan, originally called the S-plan, was created in order to protect the sleeping birds, also known as Sekirei, safe from the international armies that had attacked Kamikura Island around nineteen years ago. The plan was made to ensure the safety of the Sekirei, so that they would eventually be able to spread their wings and find their Ashikabi.
The days where the S-plan's driving force had been the protection of all Sekireis had long since past. Now the S-plan, renamed the Sekirei Plan had been turned into a dangerous and sometimes deadly competition. With Hiroto Minaka at the helm, controlling the strings of the Sekireis and their Ashikabis, the soul purpose of the Sekirei Plan was to induce Sekirei to fight, to fight and continue fighting until only one was left standing. It was a sick and twisted game developed by a mind that was as mad as it was brilliant.
The first stage of the Sekirei Plan was simple, all one-hundred and eight Sekireis would be released into the city. These Sekirei must find their Ashikabi to be winged. It was the easiest stage of the plan, with very little in the way of violence except for a few instances that were forced by Minaka and the various Ashikabi who forced Sekirei into being winged.
The second stage, Shinto Teito becomes closed off. This was the stage that the Sekirei Plan was at now, with MBI now owning the city all exits leading out of the city were being blockaded by MBI troops who were checking the many people trying to leave the city after the most recent announcement made by none other then Minaka himself. Each exit point was blocked off by several soldiers bearing rifles and wearing the traditional MBI issued S.W.A.T. Armor.
Cars were lined up single file, many of the drivers were honking their horns as if that would make things move faster. However, the soldiers ignored the noises as they checked and rechecked every person they met. It was their job to make sure that no Sekirei could leave and they took their job very seriously.
That was why he was doing his best to remain inconspicuous as he and his Sekirei walked across the bridge, head looking down at the ground as he did his best to keep from looking frightened. Behind him, one hand holding his and the other clenching itself against her chest was his Sekirei. She was a fairly short, fair-skinned girl with blue eyes and messy, chin-length blond hair. She was also fairly petite, with a feminine build that lacked the voluptuous curves of most Sekirei. Her outfit consisted of a blue long sleeved blouse with a white color and a matching ruffled skirt, knee high black boots and white stockings that stop just above her knees.
As they continued walking down the bridge, and hopefully towards their freedom, he turned his head slightly to look at his Sekirei. "You need to calm down, Kuno. Your shaking will attract their attention."
"S-Sorry," Kuno stuttered as she tried to stop shaking and remain calm. It was very difficult, she was not a fighter, never had been and never would be. Fighting scared her more then anything, the only thing scarier then fighting would be if she were to lose her Ashikabi.
Just a little further was what she kept telling herself in order to keep from letting the fear that threatened to overwhelm her. Just a little farther and she and her Ashikabi would be free.
"Hold it!"
They both stopped. Kuno began shaking as she heard footsteps behind her, the guard that had spoken was coming closer.
He felt fear too, but quickly clamped down on it because Kuno wasn't going to be capable of acting. It was up to him to get them out of this situation.
"Let's go!"
He took off running, forcing Kuno to move as well. He heard the soldier shouting at them to wait, to stop, but he didn't listen to the man. It wasn't hard to figure out what awaited them should they stop.
And so he didn't stop. He kept running and running in the hopes that if he ran fast enough and far enough they would be home free.
"Don't look back!" He shouted to Kuno, knowing her natural tendency to look over her shoulder when something she considered scary was happening. The girl could almost be considered paranoid were it not for the fact that he knew she was just easily frightened and jumpy.
His breathing was starting to get heavy. Were it in his nature to do so, he would have cursed at his lack of stamina.
A shadow passed over head, causing him to turn his eyes to the sky. Descending from above them was a figure, spinning and flipping around in an acrobatic display as before landing on the ground just a few meters in front of them.
He could see it was woman, at least he hoped it was a woman. She was wearing a tattered kimono over her bandaged body, had disheveled grey hair and narrow eyes, giving her a slightly Grim Reaper-like appearance. Even though she had dark or gothic appearance, it seemed to a contradiction to her personality. At the very least her clothing did not match the cheerful smile on her face.
"Well, well, if it isn't number ninety-five. Kuno, I presume." The woman looked at Kuno with a grin and said girl took a step back in fear, making to hide behind her Ashikabi.
"What the – who is she?"
"Th-That's the blue Sekirei!" Kuno stuttered out in fear.
"What? Blue Sekirei?" He turned to his Sekirei, confusion warring with his fear. "Who is that?"
"I'm only going to give you two one warning," the so called Blue Sekirei said, holding up her claws. "You can continue if you like, however, if you want to avoid being sliced into pieces by my claws, I suggest you refrain from taking another step further."
Kuno knew she needed to get her and her Ashikabi away from here. They had failed, there truly was no escape from Shinto Teito, and she knew that if they continued to try and get away this Sekirei would kill them.
"Minato let's go!"
"W-We can't just leave!" Minato argued despite his fear. "We've already come this far!"
"I know that but this is too much for us to handle!" Kuno pulled on Minato's arm to try and get him to move. Tears were beginning to well in her eyes as she struggled. "Minato, I'm begging you, if we don't leave we're going to be killed!"
"Hold it right there!"
Minato looked behind them to see the soldiers they had managed to outrun moving towards them. Fearing what would happen if they managed to catch up to him, he ran the only way he could. Towards the railing where he and Kuno jumped off and slid down the side of the bridge.
"Don't let them get away! Move men, hurry!"
As the soldiers began making to follow the pair, the Blue Sekirei watched the scene with amusement. She looked on as the Sekirei and her Ashikabi continued to get farther and farther away, laughing. "Run away children, it won't do you any good."
Unknown to all of them, Homura had seen everything. Standing on a lamp post several meters from the action, he looked at the Sekirei with the wicked claws on her hand. 'Haihane, Sekirei number one-hundred and four. I wasn't expecting to see the disciplinary squad out in public like this. Damn that Minaka. He's really serious about this.'
XoX
That morning Naruto found himself waking up with a feeling of peace and contentment. His dreams had been oddly pleasant, not that they usually weren't. It was very rare for him to even have dreams, but the few times he did dream they were often the stuff of nightmares. So it was nice to dream about something good for a change.
In his dream he had been named Hokage, again, this was odd considering how long ago that part of his past had been. However, he had just gone with it, figuring any dream where he accomplished his dream was a good dream. He had the standard inauguration ceremony and had given the people a rousing speech. They had cheered and railed and proclaimed how much they loved him.
On another note, for some reason in his dream, Naruto's visage had been that of his twelve year old, orange clad self.
However, it had been after the inauguration ceremony that things had gotten good. Whether by desire or design, all of his Sekirei – excluding Kusano for reasons that shall become obvious in a second – had been in his dream. He remembered how they had congratulated him one by one, giving the most passionate, mind blowing kisses he had ever received. But that had only been the first part of his dream.
It had gotten much better after that, when Musubi had told him how much they all loved him. Then they had dropped their clothes, leaving them bare as the day they were born. He had never seen so much beautiful female flesh at one time in all his life, and were it not for the fact that it had all been a dream, Naruto was positive he would have died via massive blood hemorrhaging.
Yet even that had not been the best part of his dream. He remembered an old saying, out of the frying pan and into the oven, or something like that. He couldn't remember where he had heard it, and supposed it didn't matter. It was a good analogy to use for what happened next. At least as far heat goes.
Musubi had taken him over to the bed and laid him down, then she and the other girls proceeded to slip off his clothes. He had already been harder then a rock and so when they had slipped his cock free of it's confines they hadn't even needed to coax it into waking up. Then they had proceeded to lick his shaft like a Popsicle, all four of them.
The sight of four utterly stunning beauties, sucking him off while they fondled and fingered themselves had been one for the ages, even if it was a dream. He was not sure how long the dream had truly lasted, and much of it had passed by in a blur after that. Naruto could remember that after cumming for the first time, Musubi had mounted him and ridden herself to orgasm. She had then been followed by Tsuikimi, Akitsu and then Matsu, with each of them being taken in a different position.
At some point he had woken up during the dream to see the morning light shining in his eyes. That night he had been sleeping with Akitsu, the women was snuggled deeply into his left side, her head resting on his chest. She was wearing one of his shirts, a black shirt with a Metallica Logo on it, and the shirt was stretched tightly across her incredible bust. The woman really did fill out his shirt much better then he ever could.
She must have had a bad case of wandering hands last night, because Naruto could feel the digits of her fingers wrapped around his cock. They were moving slightly, and judging from the slicked feel of her fingers against his shaft, he had cum at least once.
He didn't know if it had just broken free of the confines of his boxers on his own, or if Akitsu had fished it out sometime during the night. It wasn't like the hows really mattered anyways. What did was that some time during the night she had gotten a hold of his phallus and was moving her hand up and down it's length with a feather light touch.
It was also, he realized, the likely source of his dream last night. At the very least it was because of Akitsu's hand action that he had dreamed of having sex with her and his other Sekirei. Though he did have to wonder just what had caused her to do this – even if she was asleep – as she had never shown any inclination of going this far with him yet.
Then again, this was also the first time she had slept with him alone, so maybe she was just feeling more bold. Subconsciously at least.
He had to withhold a moan as she tightened her hold over him slightly whilst sliding her hand down his slick shaft. It looked like he was going to have to clean the sheets thanks to the mess he had made. At least Akitsu was still asleep.
"Ashikabi-Sama."
Light grey eyes looked at him and Naruto realized too late that he had spoken to soon.
"Ah... um, g-good morning, Akitsu-chan," he greeted the woman slightly nervously. He wouldn't have minded waking up to a mess in his bed if they had slept together that way. But having made a mess by himself – more or less – caused a deep seated embarrassment to take over him.
"Good morning, Ashikabi-Sama," Akitsu said, her eyes never leaving his. Naruto was beginning to feel even more flustered as she continued stroking him.
"Um... Akitsu-chan could... could you, you know, let go of me?" he squeaked. If he had not been so embarrassed he might have cursed himself for reacting in such an unmanly way. Fortunately for his peace of mind, he was barely even aware of his own voice.
"Did... you not like it?" she asked, and Naruto almost winced when he saw the look on her face. She seemed disappointed. "I... was... hoping to... surprise you."
"You did," Naruto blurted about before he could say anything. "It-it wasn't bad or anything. I just um... hauuu... I'm just, surprised. You know? I didn't think you were ready for something like... well, like this." That, and he wasn't sure why she had given him a hand job while he was asleep, unless she had been hoping to wake him up that way.
He gestured towards his lower half. Her hand had thankfully – though a part of Naruto would admit to missing it – removed itself from his cock.
"So then... you liked it?" Her eyes were searching his and Naruto shrugged, his cheeks flushed.
"I wish I had been awake for it," he told her truthfully. "B-But it wasn't like it didn't feel um... good."
"I see..." Akitsu brought her hand up to her face. It was coated in his sperm and Naruto felt his face heat up as the ice user stared at it. Then she licked it, dragging her tongue from the base of her palm, up her index finger where she stuck it in her mouth and sucked it clean.
It was so erotic Naruto thought he would die of sexy. Even worse, he knew that Akitsu probably didn't know she was doing it.
Or did she?
Aside from his face going from plain red to atomic red, Naruto felt his cock shoot up to attention at the sight.
"Mmm... tastes odd... salty and... slightly bitter..." Akitsu murmured as she licked and sucked the rest of her hand clean. "Yet it's also... sweet..."
It took a while, a long while, but eventually Naruto managed to get his blushing under control. He was an over three-thousand year old immortal damn it! He shouldn't be blushing like a little school girl!
Shaking his head to get the thoughts out of his mind he looked at the woman who was now staring at the pitch tent his penis was making with the sheets. "You know... you're a lot more confident when the others aren't around."
"That's because I..." and just like that the woman's entire countenance changed. Her face took on a lovely shade of pink, and she looked slightly embarrassed of herself. "I was just... hoping to... experience what it was like..."
"What what was like?" Naruto raised an eyebrow at the woman.
"In your book..." Akitsu said. When he frowned she pointed over to his desk. "You have a book, in there, bottom drawer, on the left hand side. I read some of it and wanted to experience it for myself." Akitsu tilted her head slightly, as if in thought. "In the book, she used her mouth to wake him up, but I..." pausing, she shook her head. "I didn't think I was ready for that... yet."
"Ah..." Naruto's eyes gained a look of realization, widening slightly, before they went back to normal. He sat up, taking Akitsu with him. Pulling her onto his lap, the blond shinobi wrapped his left arm around her waist while the other went under her chin and pushed her head up so he could look into her eyes. "If you ever want to do something like what's in those books, just tell me, ok?"
He had absolutely no problem reenacting the scenes in those books. He had done so plenty of times before with the various women he had bedded throughout the ages. And Naruto was sure it would be even better with Akitsu or any of his other Sekirei.
Sex was always better when it wasn't meaningless.
"...Ok."
Naruto smiled as he drew Akitsu in for a kiss. The woman gasped in surprise, but was soon moaning as his tongue traced a path along her lips. Akitsu opened her mouth, letting her tongue meet his. As they began the age old dance with their mouths, her arms slid around his neck and she pulled him closer. In response, Naruto tightened his hold around her waist. His right hand moved from cupping her cheek, sliding down the smooth skin of her neck and shoulder. He rubbed his hand up and down her arm, eliciting goosebumps to appear on her skin.
It was moments like this, when Akitsu was with her Ashikabi, that she realized just how lucky she was. Not just to have an Ashikabi at all, but that the one she was bound to was Naruto.
Truly, there was no one better then her Ashikabi.
XoX
Naruto shoved the sheets to his bed into the washing machine. His left hand reached out and grabbed the box of laundry detergent. Using the measuring cup, Naruto put two scoops of the powdery substance into the washer, then closed the door and turned the machine on. He sighed when the washing machine began to rumble, and decided to see if Miya needed help preparing breakfast.
Or to eat breakfast if she was already done making it, either way was fine with him.
Entering the living room he could see that breakfast was already made, considering Miya was just now setting the dishes on the table he was sure she had only finished a few minutes ago.
"Ohayo, Miya-chan," Naruto greeted as he entered the room.
Miya looked up before offering a smile to the blond. "Ohayo, Naruto-san. Did you sleep well?"
Naruto was forced to hold in a blush, and thankfully managed to succeed as he said, "quite well, thank you. Here, why don't you let me set the table?" Since she had already made breakfast, Naruto felt it was only right that he set up the table. Thus, he grabbed the plates and tableware that she had been carrying and began placing them around the table.
"Thank you," she said with a gracious smile. She sat down at the place she always did when eating, the head of the table in front of the television. Sitting in seiza, Miya watched as Naruto finished setting the table, once he set down one set of steaming food along with the chopsticks he would go back into the kitchen and grab another plate. He really was quite a helpful young man.
Her head turned slightly when she heard footsteps coming from the hallways, and a few seconds later Akitsu walked in wearing her normal outfit.
"Ohayo, Akitsu-san," Miya greeted. Akitsu returned the greeting with one of her own. As she sat down Naruto placed a plate and bowl of food in front of the ice user, then planted a kiss on her cheek. Akitsu's cheeks took on a light shade of pink, causing Miya to hide her mouth behind her sleeve as she giggled silently. While she didn't like any lewd or inappropriate behavior, the small acts of physical intimacy were just too cute.
A few seconds later their was a loud rumbling that caused the table wear to shake slightly.
"It seems Musubi-chan and Tsukiumi are awake," Miya commented idly.
Her words were proven true when a second later Musubi entered the room, followed quickly by an irritated Tsukiumi.
"Musubi wins!" Musubi cheered, throwing her hands into the air as she strolled in. "That means Musubi gets to sit with Naruto-Sama!"
"I still do not understand how such a pointless exercise could mean anything!" Tsukuimi huffed, glaring at Musubi with anger clear in her eyes. "No skills were compared, it's not like just because the got down here first makes thee better then me!"
"So?" asked Musubi as she just walked further into the room with a cheerful smile on her face. "A win is a win is a win." While Tsukiumi seethed behind her, muttering and grumbling about false victories and how she would win next time, Musubi went over to Naruto, a smile on her face. "Good morning, Naruto-Sama!" She greeted, and before the blond shinobi could even come up with his own greeting she grabbed him by the head and pulled him into a kiss.
Tsukiumi's anger reached all new levels of Tsundere as she watched her husband being kissed by the brunette strumpet. "H-H-H-How dare that wench kiss thine husband! A mere mistress such as she does not get the first good morning kiss!"
Thankfully, before the blond could explode, Musubi ended the kiss and sat down with a bright smile. Not that it did much to lessen Tsukiumi's anger.
Which was why Naruto stepped in front of her. Tsukiumi, blocked from the recipient of her glare, turned said look upon Naruto, who just smiled before his arms went around her waist. There was only a second of time for the water users eyes to widen before her blond counterparts lips landed on her own.
This was not the first kiss they had shared. Her Ashikabi always gave her – and all of his other Sekirei, though she did her best to ignore (Aka, activated her Tsundere protocols) it – a good morning kiss and a good night kiss, along with whatever they managed to share in between the day. But while Musubi, Akitsu and Matsu – especially Matsu – would usually initiate a kiss on their own, Tsukiumi, with her pride making it impossible for her to do so was always on the receiving end of the blond males kisses.
And he always kissed her when she was either angry, like her Tsundere level anger right now, or when she least expected it.
This was not to say she did not enjoy the intimacy. While she refused to admit it out loud, Tsukiumi liked being surprised like this. And Naruto's kisses somehow always managed to calm her down.
"Ohayo, Tsukiumi-chan," Naruto said softly.
"G-Good morning, husband of mine," she muttered, her cheeks inflamed and her eyes looking anywhere but at his. Curse him for making her feel this way! And curse herself for feeling so strongly for this man! How was it that all Naruto needed to do to quell her anger and get her flustered was kiss her?
Giving her one last smile, Naruto sat down next to Musubi, leaving Tsukiumi to slowly sit down at the opposite end from Miya.
Speaking of Miya.
"I'm beginning to think I'm being too lenient on all of you," Miya said to Naruto. He turned to see she was looking somewhat exasperated. "You know that I do not approve of explicit relations in this house."
Naruto would have chuckled, but already knew that he was sort of on thin ice with the woman when it came to his display of intimacy with his Sekirei. Instead, he went for a respectful nod towards her, while at the same time coming up with his counter argument. "Come on, Miya. You know we have followed your rule to... well, mostly to the letter. There's nothing wrong with a small display pf physical affection, now is there?"
If it would not have ruined her argument against the blond, Miya would have pouted. Of course, she already knew that this was one argument she would not win, she never had. Naruto was very adamant on showing his Sekirei how much he cared about them through physical intimacy, and nothing Miya could say or do seemed to change that. The fact that her usual forms of intimidation had no effect whatsoever on the man notwithstanding.
However, she did have one piece of ammunition she could use against him.
"What about what you and Matsu get up to?"
Tsukiumi perked up, her head turning towards her husband, eyes narrowed. "What's this about you and retched harlot woman?"
"Urk."
Miya smiled as Naruto tried to explain himself to Tsukiumi. She listened as Naruto tried to tell the water using Sekirei that he was just giving the red head the physical affection that she wanted. This was of course, the wrong thing to say to Tsukiumi who seemed to take his words to mean that he and Matsu had sex.
Of course they hadn't, not yet. Miya had a sixth sense about those things and caught them each time they were about to go too far.
"Look, we haven't had sex" 'Yet.' "And it's not like I do anything with her that I wouldn't do with you if you asked me too."
Naruto realized his words a moment too late when Tsukiumi's face turned red with anger and embarrassment. "Dost thou think that I am a scarlet woman! I am not like that red headed strumpet! I am a woman of refined taste and elegance! I shall not debase myself in such a blatantly public forum as she!"
While Naruto was trying to calm down Tsukiumi, Miya sat smiling, drinking in the blonds torment like a fine wine. There were very few times she got to see the man flustered and knocked off balance like that. So she had to take what pleasure she could from it when it happened.
Musubi was just trying to figure out what some of those words Tsukiumi was saying meant.
'I wonder is this is what that book meant when it talked about being 'whipped',' Akitsu silently thought to herself as she ate some fish, her eyes never leaving her Ashikabi and Tsukuimi
It took around five minutes for Naruto to calm the Tsundere Sekirei down. He did so with much apologizing, another kiss, and surprisingly enough, a red rose which he stuck in her hair. Where he got the rose – the garden out back did not have a rose bush – was unknown, but everyone just decided it would be better if they just saved themselves the head ache and didn't think about it.
Except for Musibi, who just marveled at the pretty flower.
A few seconds later the sound of running feet caused everyone to turn their heads towards the door.
"ONII-CHAN!" Came the cry of the little blond missile known as Kusano. The smallest of the Sekirei rushed Naruto and jumped onto him, wrapping her tiny arms around his neck.
"Good morning, Ku-chan," Naruto said as he planted several kisses on her face, the action elliciting a giggle from the youngest of the Sekirei. "Did you sleep well?"
"Ku-chan slept good," Kusano said, nodding her head emphatically. However, the smile on her face quickly turned into a pout as she crossed her arms over her chest and stared at Naruto. "But Ku-chan would like to sleep with Onii-chan! When will Onii-chan make Ku-chan his wife so she can sleep with him?"
"Uh..."
Once more, Naruto found himself at a loss for words.
It happened surprisingly often since he had arrived in Japan.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, someone else had something to say.
"Thou art cannot be his wife!" Tsukiumi's face was a mass of RIGHTEOUS ANGER as she glared at Kusano. "Thou art far too young to be his wife, and aside from that, there is only one true wife of this house! And that is me!"
"Muuuu! Ku-chan is Onii-chan's wife too!"
As the two began staring daggers at each other – which would have looked very amusing were it not for their choice of topic – with sparks flying between their eyes, Naruto pinched the bridge of his nose.
"I don't know what's worse," he muttered to himself. "Kusano and her disturbing comments, or the fact that a fully grown woman is picking a fight with a child." Musubi looked over at him and tilted her head, a string of noodles hanging from her mouth – oddly enough, rather then look disgusting she looked utterly adorable with a look of cute confusion on her face – while Miya giggled behind her hand.
Naruto tossed the purple-haired beauty a glare, but that just made her even more amused. Thankfully, things settled down eventually and, with the occasional glare tossed between Kusano and Tsukuimi, breakfast finally got underway.
"Naruto-san, could you be a dear and get Matsu?" asked Miya after the chaos had settled down and everyone started eating. "She probably doesn't even realize it's morning yet." If there was one thing that could be said about Matsu aside from her pervyness, it would be her absentmindedness. The girl would often spend so much time in front of her computer that she would forget not only the time but simple things as well. Such as when to go to sleep, or wake up, and when to take a bath. That last one had been particularly bad when Matsu had spent nearly three days trying to hack into the new MBI security system – which she still had yet to accomplish.
"Sure," Naruto said, silently glad to get away from the chaos for a second. He loved his Sekirei but honestly, between Musubi trying to feed him, Tsuikimi threatening to kill him if he hate Musubi's food, and Kusano who simply tried to shove food into his mouth, sometimes he just felt he needed a break.
Rising from his spot and walking towards the door, Naruto left and marched upstairs.
He found Matsu in her room, as usual she was typing away at her keyboard, her fingers flying at a rate that would make most Jonin level Shinobi envious. Naruto entered further into the room. He was about to tell her that breakfast was ready when he got a good feel for her emotions through their bond. There was something that was causing her to feel an intense amount of interest; worry, pride and apprehension were all mixed together.
Gaining a slight frown, Naruto knelt down right behind the girl and wrapped his arms around her waist as his head rest on her shoulders, earning him a slight squawk of surprise from the overly focused red head.
"Relax," Naruto said with a chuckle. He turned his head and placed a kiss on her cheek, enjoying the way she shivered under his touch. "It's just me."
"Eh hehehe, sorry Naruto-tan." Matsu laughed sheepishly, even as her body began to relax against his, her back molding itself against his torso. "I was just concentrating on this so much that I didn't even hear you come in."
"I can see that," he replied in an amused voice. Naruto realized that Miya was right, this girl really was absent minded. She could block out the entire world when something caught her interest. Deciding to indulge his own curiosity, Naruto nodded towards the monitor and asked, "So what exactly are you looking at?"
"I just managed to get into MBI's ultra top-secret databank." The way her eyes gleamed as she said that reminded Naruto of the girls perverted tendencies.
"That's impressive, you've been at that thing for like, four days now."
"I know, it was really difficult to hack into." She turned her head slightly so she could look at him from where he was resting against her shoulder. "And rightfully so too. Just wait until you see all this."
She typed on the keyboard a few more times, and Naruto watched the monitor as she brought up a map of Shinto Teito. Numerous dots appeared on the map and Matsu began explaining what they were looking at. "Here are all of the Sekireis who have been winged." She pressed some more buttons on the keyboard and the map disappeared to be replaced by a screen that showed the stats of several people on it, "and here are their Ashikabis." Once more the screen changed, blanking out before being replaced with more images and statistics that Naruto was able to easily figure out. Though that did not stop Matsu from explaining it to him, "this shows all of their wins and losses. And look here," the screen shifted again and displayed more stats. "These are the Sekireis whose powers are still dormant."
"This... is impressive," Naruto commented as he stared at the screen hard. "Extremely impressive." He kissed her cheek again and smiled. "Excellent work." With this kind of information they could easily formulate plans against anyone who might try and attack them. It would take some time for him to go through all of the information. But eventually, Naruto would have a strategy, a counter strategy and several hundred contingency strategies planned out to deal with each of these people should they prove to be a threat.
"Th-thank you," Matsu muttered, blushing slightly from the praise. Sekirei like her were not as prized as others, because they couldn't fight most Ashikabi didn't care for them. That Naruto not only understood the value of knowledge, but also realized just how powerful her abilities were when used correctly set her heart a flutter.
And made her really hot between the legs.
Naruto didn't say anything as he placed a hand on Matsu's cheek. He turned her to face him and placed his lips over her mouth before she could protest.
Not that she would have if she could.
Matsu moaned into his mouth, opening her own and allowing his tongue into hers. Her muffled cries of pleasure became louder and harder to block out as his tongue ravaged her mouth.
It has been said many times before, but Matsu was a pervert, and a big one at that. She was, in many ways, the female version of Jiraiya. Almost always, unless the situation was serious – or Miya was in the general vicinity – she was cracking some kind of joke laden with sexual innuendo. When she and Naruto were alone she was usually trying to get in his pants.
Who knew how far they might have gone if Miya had not had a sixth sense about these things.
The point in all this was that Matsu was a pervert. She liked it when Naruto dominated her and loved it when things between them heated up. When she and Naruto finally did have sex, it would not be a slow bout of love making, she planned on having the hottest, raunchiest sex possible on their first time. The raunchier the better.
However, while she would love nothing more then for Naruto to ravage her mouth with his tongue and her body with his hands – which he was already doing as one of his hands was currently groping her breasts – along with another appendage he had, there was something very important she needed to tell him.
Reluctantly, she broke the kiss, gasping for breath and trying to get the heat she was feeling between her thighs under control. "Wa... wait... there's... there's something important that I... need to tell you."
Naruto reluctantly stopped. He was tempted to continue and focus on what she wanted to say later, but if it was important enough that she would actually stop him, it was probably serious.
"What did you need to tell me?"
"Something I found out while searching through the databanks," Matsu commented, her tone turning serious. She clicked on her mouse and pulled up another file. This was different in that it only showed the statistics of one person.
The female on the screen reminded Naruto greatly of a ninja. She had short-cropped black hair, and was wearing a skin-tight purple shirt that was cut off at her mid rift and pants that hung lower on her hips and flared out as they went down. She had a pair of armbands on and was holding a set of throwing knives in between her fingers.
His eyes turned from the picture of the woman to some of the statistics on the screen and he realized what had gotten Matsu's attention. He looked at his Sekirei and raised an eyebrow. "Unidentified winner?"
Matsu nodded as she pressed her index finger to her glasses and pushed them up her nose. "There is an unspoken rule that all Sekire follow, even if they hate each other. After a battle is over and the Sekirei Crest is removed, the opponent always stays after the battle so that MBI can retrieve them. It's like a final courtesy we show each other. However, whoever defeated this Sekirei didn't follow that rule. She just left. And this girl wasn't the only case, there were two others that I've found abandoned the same way."
"Which likely means the three incidents were all caused by the same person," Naruto said as he caught on to what Matsu was getting at. When she nodded he continued. "It also means that we have an unknown Sekirei taking out other Sekirei without allowing themselves to be seen."
"And that's what doesn't make sense," Matsu added when Naruto stopped talking. "There is another reason Sekireis are supposed to stay with their defeated opponents, and that's so that when MBI shows up they can mark down who won. Leaving before they can confirm the victor, well, it defeats the purpose. There is something very suspicious going on here."
"Going from what you've just told me," Naruto started, drawing the attention of Matsu away from the screen and onto him. "It's clear that the Sekirei who is doing this is not doing it for their own gain."
"You think someone is forcing them to do this?" asked Matsu with a small frown. "Their Ashikabi maybe?"
"No..." Naruto shook his head. "An Ashikabi wouldn't have any reason for their Sekirei to fight a battle and remain unknown. As I see it the more battles a Sekirei is confirmed to win, the better their chances of winning the game are."
"But it also makes them more enemies," Matsu pointed out. "It could be someone who wants to take out the competition and remain relatively unknown."
"That is true," Naruto conceded with a nod. "But then you have to look at it from another point of view. If they had wanted to take out the competition and remain unknown it would have been easier during the first stage, when there were many unwinged Sekireis for them to attack."
Matsu had to admit that his argument made sense, and she was secretly very impressed that he could come up with a theory like that so quickly. She was also able to see where he was going with this. "You think someone other then the Sekirei's Ashikabi is forcing them to fight?" her eyes widened when she saw the blond nod. "But – that shouldn't be possible! A Sekirei can only follow the orders of their Ashikabi. To do otherwise would be to violate the bond between Sekirei and Ashikabi!"
"Unless there were extenuating circumstances," Naruto pointed out. He said no more, instead watching as Matsu worked around his words and tried to come to her own conclusions.
Matsu stared at Naruto with a frown as she thought about what he said. What sort of circumstances could there possibly be that would cause a Sekirei to listen to someone other then their Ashikabi? There were very little, if any, reasons for a Sekirei to obey the commands of someone they were not bonded to.
Except for when Miya ordered you to do something. No Sekirei in their right mind would ignore a command from her.
She looked at Naruto and her frown deepened. There was nothing in his words that might clue her into what he was getting at, but there was something in the way he had said his statement, like the answer he had come to was so simple. Like the answer was staring her in the face.
And maybe it was, perhaps her thinking was too complex when the answer was really just that simply. Thinking like that, Matsu thought about the relationship between Sekireis and Ashikabis. It wasn't a well known fact but when a Sekirei was winged they tended to take on general personality changes to suit their Ashikabi, it just went to show how powerful the bond between Ashikabi and Sekirei was. Sekirei, even if they were abused by their Ashikabi tended to hold an unconditional love for the one who winged them, so much so that they would gladly give their life to protect their Ashikabi.
There were of course, the occasions of a forced winging. Generally, Sekirei who were forced into a winging did not hold the same unconditional love due to the fact that the one they bonded to was not supposed to be their Ashikabi, but that was another matter entirely.
Looking at Naruto again, Matsu's mind turned, and it wasn't long before she realized what the blond was getting at
"Of course!" She shouted suddenly, her eyes widening. "A Sekirei will do anything to protect their Ashikabi! Even going so far as to take orders from someone else!"
"Exactly," Naruto said with a pleased look on his face. "Which means that the Ashikabi of this Sekirei is likely in some sort of danger from another Ashikabi. Either being held for ransom, but instead of wanting money, the one pulling the strings has them fight Sekirei, or something of the sort."
Unable to stand it anymore, especially after this newest display of insight from the blond – intelligence was a big turn on for her – Matsu turned in Naruto's arms and shoved him onto the mattress underneath them. Her mouth smashed itself against his, and her tongue shoved it's way between his lips and teeth, and into his mouth.
Hands buried themselves in the blonds hair, grabbing a fistful of Naruto's golden locks between her fingers as she straddled his body.
Naruto groaned as he felt the woman on top of him raping his mouth, which only increased in volume when he felt her beginning to grind herself against him. He returned her affection with equal fervor, his tongue shot out and pushed against hers, his hands grabbed, squeezed and caressed her firm buttocks. And much to the delight of the young woman on top of him, Naruto's knee began pushing against her groin.
He used gravity to his advantages as he raised his knee against the woman on top of him and began pushing. His hands gripped her ass cheeks and he further helped the woman along by helping her grind her crotch against his leg, creating a delicious friction.
It was long after these actions started that Matsu's panties became stained in her juices. Her panties became caked to her nether lips. If anything, the way the now thoroughly soaked article of clothing was rubbing against her was even more stimulating as it was now brushing up against the insides of her lips.
Eventually, the knee that was rubbing and grinding into her crotch brushed up against her hood, causing the small button-like clitoris to come out from underneath it. Naruto's leg rubbed against the nub, stimulating Matsu and causing a powerful wave of pleasure to course through a body, a jolt of ecstasy that went from her womanhood, up her spine and directly into her brain, causing the sensory organ to overload and blank out for several seconds.
When she came to it was after Naruto had repeated the action, which in essence restarted her higher brain functions and almost made her almostscream in pleasure.
She probably would have, were it not for the fact that Naruto's mouth was muffling her voice.
Soon she could feel it, an intense heat that burned her in the most delicious ways possible. Aside from the fierce heat that she could feel beginning to well up inside of her, Matsu felt an intense pressure coiling in her stomach. She knew what it was of course, this feeling that was building in the pit of her stomach, this intense welling of heat and something else. She had masturbated plenty of times in the past – often times when reading her Icha Icha books. It felt like a damn that was about to break. Which it did a few seconds later.
Stars exploded in her vision, followed by a blanket of white the blinded her. Matsu's body shook and shuddered as her orgasm, the first one she had ever gotten from someone other then herself and something other then her fingers, washed over her body. Her scream was barely silenced by the blonds mouth over hers as her body was racked with a powerful orgasm.
She slumped against her Ashikabi, her body shaking in uncontrollable pleasure. The experience had been even more intense then she had expected. None of her previous activities could have prepared for this, the strength of her orgasm had been in no way proportional to the ones that had been self induced. There was simply no contest between them.
"So..." Naruto started with a slightly cocky grin. "Did you enjoy that?"
His answer was for Matsu to give him a hot and steamy kiss.
They likely would have continued, however, the hidden door opened up and Matsu suddenly felt the sharp of a katana resting lightly against her cheek. Turning her rapidly paling face upwards, the young red head found herself staring into the frightening looking face of Miya.
"Matsu, Naruto-san, I thought I made myself clear that there is to be no illicit activities within this house," she said in a dark yet cheery tone. The odd contrast in her voice just made Matsu quake in fear that much more.
Matsu tried to giggle nervously. "A-Ah ha, s-sorry?"
As the look on Miya's face went from scary to absolutely terrifying, Matsu only had one thought go through her mind.
'I am so screwed.'
XoX
Naruto hummed to himself as he stirred the stew he was making. It was a beef stew, with a large variety of vegetables; such as carrots, cucumbers, potatoes, diced onions, Naruto had even added caramelized apples to add some sweetness to the flavor.
The aroma that was wafting up from the pot was very enticing, a mixture of sweet and robust scents that tickled the nose and ensnared the senses. Like most of his recipes this was one he had learned from long ago, and he couldn't remember the country or the time period at which he had learned it. At the time, such things had been unimportant to him. He had rarely ever stayed in any one place that long and thus, never grew attached enough to the countries he spent time in to bother remembering much about them.
As he continued stirring the stew he added several spices and other ingredients, some white wine, a pinch of salt and sugar, soy sauce and whatever else he felt would be good to place in it. Living as long as he had Naruto knew how to mix and match spices and ingredients very well to get the taste he desired. Some of the spices he mixed together would sound horrible to anybody else, but Naruto knew that with the right ingredients, and proper application of time for the spices to blend just about anything could be mixed and taste brilliant.
When he determined that the stew was blended well enough he set the heat to a low simmer. Using the ladle he poured some of the stew into a testing cup, blew on it, and then gave it to the small blond child sitting on his shoulders.
"Here Ku-chan, tell me what you think?"
Kusano took the testing cup from Naruto's hands and brought it to her face. She sniffed it several times, inhaling the scent it emitted, a small amount of drool escaping her mouth. When she took a sip her eyes lit up and she handed it back to her onii-chan.
"It's really good!" She said enthusiastically. "Ku-chan really likes onii-chan's cooking!"
Naruto chuckled as he reached up and patted Kusano on the head. "Thanks Ku-chan!"
Setting the ladle down, Naruto then created his favorite hand seal. A puff of smoke later and another Naruto appeared before him. The clone already had his orders and made his way to the cabinets, where he began grabbing bowls for everyone one.
While his clone began pouring the food into each bowl, the original made his way outside where he found Miya placing several sheets on the drying rack.
"Miya-chan!" Naruto called, gaining the woman's attention. As she looked at him he grinned and said, "Lunch is about ready!"
Miya smiled. She finished putting the last few sheets on the rack and clapped her hands of any possible dust. Then she proceeded to walk over to him. "In that case, I think I'll help you set up the table." And by helping him, she really meant helping his clone. Now that the cat was out of the bag and they knew of some of his abilities, Naruto had taken to using his kage bunshin for menial labor whenever possible.
It was a shame Miya wouldn't let him use his clones for all of their chores, but she claimed it built character and thus wouldn't allow him to use them for everything.
"Alright then," Naruto said as he and his landlady walked back into the house. "I'll go find Musubi-chan and the others to inform them that lunch is ready. Um," he looked at Miya for a moment in confusion. "Where would they be right now?"
"I believe they are cleaning the bath house."
"Ah, thank you." Miya waved him off as Naruto made his way to the bath house. Sliding the door open Naruto was about to speak and inform everyone that lunch was served, when he stopped and stared.
The three woman cleaning the bath house were all wearing bathing suits, skimpy bathing suits that really showed off their flattering figures. Akitsu was wearing what could only be described as a sling shot swim suit. It was a white one piece that had a low-cut front, a tiny V-neck at the bottom and slim breast coverage – slim coverage being a modest term, the suit only covered a thin strip of her breast, a line that went down the center and just barely covered her nipples – with no back. It was tied at the neck front crossed.
Musubi on the other hand had picked something very basic. A standard two-piece bikini that was pink in color with white straps. However, just because her bikini wasn't as... elaborate as Akitsu's, didn't mean she was any less beautiful. The brunette fist-type was currently playing around with a hose, small droplets of water covering her form and sparkling in the sunlight that streamed in through the window. Her chest jiggled enticingly with each movement she made.
And finally there was Tsukiumi. The blond beauty was wearing a black bikini, a thong style bottom and triangle top that only covered her nipples. It was rather risque for the very proper woman, Naruto had been very surprised when she had decided to buy it. Though he had figured she was trying to buy something impressive in response to the one Akitsu had chosen, not wanting to be beaten by anyone else.
"Who art thou staring at, Naruto."
"Uh..." Naruto sweat dropped as he suddenly found Tsuikimi standing in front of him, a tic mark on her forehead. "Ah..."
"If thou hast to stare at someone then..." Tsukiumi trailed off for a moment, a light blush staining her cheeks. "Why can't thou stare at me?"
Naruto was able to regain his voice a second later. "Who said I wasn't?" The question was rhetorically, and he enjoyed the way Tsukiumi looked at him, mouth gaping. Smiling, the only non Sekirei in the room looked at all three of the girls and said, "lunch is ready so I was just coming to tell you girls to come in."
"Alright! Thank you, Naruto-Sama!" Musubi shouted as she waved her hand, and consequently the hose in it.
She ended up hitting Tsukiumi in the face with water.
"Wouldst thou watch where you are pointing that!"
"Ah! Sorry!"
Naruto chuckled before leaving the girls to get ready. He made his way upstairs. His first stop was Matsu's room, and after telling her that dinner was ready and received an affirmative reply was about to leave before stopping and turning back to her. "Oh, and I also want you to print out that information you've gotten on the unknown Sekirei."
Matsu waved absently, not taking her eyes off the screen. "You've got it, Naruto-tan."
Nodding in thanks he left the room and was soon in front of Uzume's door. He knocked a few times, then waited. When he received no answer he knocked again. "Uzume, it's Naruto! I've just come to tell you that lunch is ready!" Frowning when, after a minute of standing there he had still received no answer, the blond opened the door and walked in. "Uzume – huh?"
The room was empty, dark, not even the lights were turned on. And there was naught hide nor hair of Uzume.
"Hmm..." Naruto frowned as he narrowed his eyes. "I wonder where she's gone off to."
XoX
At Hiyama-kai Hospital, Uzume stood beside the bed of her Ashikabi. She looked pale, and were it not for the rise and fall of her breath, Uzume would have believed the young girl to be dead.
"Chiho..."
Moving closer to the bed, Uzume knelt down and carefully lifted her Ashikabi's hand, placing her lips on the cold digits as tears streamed down her face.
XoX
Lunch was the same as usual at Maison Izumo. Naruto sat in between Kusano and Tsukiumi, whom he had kind of felt bad for since she never got to sit with him at dinner due to always losing to Musubi. Kusano had once again been trying to feed him, forcefully, and this had of course brought the ire of Tsukuimi who in turn tried to feed him.
Just as forcefully.
Naruto could now tell you from experience that it was not fun having two females – one and a half if you want to get technical – attempting to shove food into your mouth.
Aside from the battle between the littlest of his Sekirei and his Tsundere Sekirei, lunch had gone well. Conversation was light-hearted and filled with laughter – namely Miya's who got great pleasure out of seeing Naruto squirm. Still, the blond really couldn't find it in himself to complain. In all of his years of life, he had never felt as at peace with himself and the world around him as he did now.
Yes, even with two people trying to kill via food asphyxiation.
However, now that lunch was almost finished, Naruto knew it was time for him to bring up something important that he had been planning on mentioning since Matsu had told him of her discovery.
"Ahem!"
He coughed several times to bring everyone's attention to him. Kusano and Tsukiumi stopped glaring at each other, the electric sparks that flew between them dispersed as they looked at him. Musubi and Akitsu were brought out of their conversation, surprisingly enough on fashion, and turned to him. And Miya just took a sip of tea as she looked at the blond. With everyone's attention now focused on him, he knew it was time to get started.
"Just this morning Matsu managed to discover some disturbing news that I feel we should share with all of you." Several heads turned towards Matsu who actually felt herself flush slightly, not just from the stares but from the praise she could hear in Naruto's voice and the pride she felt through the bond. "Matsu, if you would?"
"R-Right," Matsu coughed several times before pulling out a large monitor – where she got it no one knew, but as always when weird things like this happened they just ignored it – and turned it on.
The image that was brought up was of the girl that she had shown Naruto previously.
"Less then two nights ago there was a battle with an unidentified winner."
Several of the girls stiffened at the news, the most noticeable reaction was in Tsukuimi, who narrowed her eyes.
"I'm sure all of you knows what this means."
"Despicable!" Tsukiumi shouted, standing up and clenching her fists. Musubi soon followed the blond woman and Naruto had to blink when he saw the two seemed to have fire blazing around their forms, licking at the table and creating an intense heat for those around them.
Just how two Sekirei who were not fire-types had caught fire was something he didn't want to think about.
"How dare that monster defile the sacred Sekirei battle!"
Musubi's reaction was different but no less... enthusiastic. "Whoever it is must be really strong! I would love to fight someone that powerful!"
Naruto sighed, he had been afraid of this. Tsukiumi was very traditional, not just in the sense of how a woman should act, but also when it came to how a Sekirei should. In her mind, there were certain rules that had to be followed, and she would follow them to the letter. Anyone who didn't was a disgrace to Sekireis everywhere in her books.
Musubi on the other hand simply wanted to fight strong opponents. It was a contrast to her pure heart, but Naruto knew that she didn't want to fight to kill, but simply because she enjoyed the act of combat, and believed that it was a way to bring others closer together.
Naruto could not argue with that. After all, hadn't he made most of his friends after beating the utter living crap out of them when he was younger?
Of course, no interaction like this was complete without Kusano entering the picture. The youngest Sekirei stood up to Naruto's left in a position that mimicked the other two and growled as fire seemed to surround her as well.
"Alright you three, calm down!" Naruto's words had the desired affect as the three Sekirei stopped their posturing – thankfully the fire disappeared as well – and looked at him. Looking at all of the people in the house, he said, "I believe there is much more to this then a Sekirei simply battling other Sekirei without regards to the rules."
Tsukiumi frowned, the confusion evident on her face as much as it was in her voice. "What dost thou mean?"
"Think about it," Naruto said as he looked at the woman. He grabbed her hand and gently tugged on it. Understanding she sat back down and shifted so she could look at him.
When Naruto was like this she knew it was best to remain calm and focused. He rarely ever brought something like this up without a reason.
"Killing off Sekireis at this phase without allowing the authorities to know you won is much more detrimental then it is helpful. If someone had wanted to kill off Sekireis without MBI being aware it was them, then the first phase would have been the time to do it, when all of the Sekireis were rushing around in order to find their Ashikabi."
"Like the lightning strumpets," Tsukiumi had to add. Though they had met Seo and his two Sekireis several more times on much better terms, the blond woman had never gotten along with the lightning users.
"Yes, like them," Naruto agreed. "What this means is that the Sekirei who is doing this, is not doing it for her Ashikabi. Someone other then her Ashikabi is ordering her to do this."
"But how is that possible?" asked Akitsu, speaking up for the first time since he started talking. "A Sekirei can not obey anyone other then their Ashikabi."
"That's not entirely true," Matsu said, gaining the attention of the others. She coughed into her hand several times before continuing. "Above and beyond following the orders of their Ashikabi, a Sekireis duty is to keep their Ashikabi safe. If someone were to say, hold their Ashikabi hostage, then the Sekirei would have no choice but to do as they were told. Lest they place their Ashikabi's safety in jeopardy."
"So... so thou art saying that someone is using the bond between Ashikabi and Sekirei to make them do thy bidding?" Tsukiumi looked like she was about to enter Tsundere fury mode at any second. With the way her teeth were clenched and the fire of anger burning brightly in her eyes Naruto was sure it wouldn't be long before she began ranting on 'despicable people desecrating the sacred bond between Ashikabi and Sekirei'.
Wanting to head that off, Naruto began speaking before she could. "Which is why I have decided that we are going to get to the bottom of this." Tsukiumi's rant was stopped before it could even begin, and everyone in the room looked at him. "Tomorrow we are going to start looking for this unidentified Sekirei. But we'll need to be cautious, whoever this Sekirei is they are clearly very strong, and I don't want to see any of you get hurt. We'll all need to be on our A-game if we're going to succeed in capturing this person and finding out who is pulling their strings."
With his piece said Naruto soon began to tell them of the plan he had created for finding and capturing the unknown Sekirei. All the while Tsuikimi kept looking at him, his concern for their – and consequently her – well being and safety replaying in her mind.
XoX
Naruto began taking down his now dry bed sheets, which had been left out to dry some time this morning. He folded the items up and placed it in a basket that he would use to carry it up stares, then grabbed some wet sheets from another basket that he had seen in the washer when he came down stairs and began hanging them up as well.
As he was doing this, Miya walked out to the porch and spotted him putting up the sheets she had washed. "I was wondering where my bed sheets went," she said, bringing Naruto's attention to her, his mind focusing on the woman while his hands automatically went about their task. When she noticed his gaze she smiled at him. "Thank you for doing this, but you really didn't have to you know."
"So you've told me," Naruto replied lightly. "However, I figured since I was already coming out here it would just be more efficient if I took care of these as well."
Miya shook her head but kept the smile up. They had this argument so many times that it was more of a custom and inside joke then anything else.
"Onii-chan!"
At the sound of the voice two heads turned as one to see Kusano wearing a mouse costume, complete with large, floppy ears. The tiny blond girl waddled out in the bottom heavy costume and began acting like a mouse, placing her hands up to her mouth as she made squeaking noises.
"Aww! How Kawaii!" Naruto said with a large smile. He finished what he was doing and walked over to the girl, easily lifting her into the air and rubbing his nose against her. "If you aren't just the most adorable thing I've ever seen! First your a wagtail and now a mouse!"
As Kusano began to laugh and giggle, Miya stood their with a small smile on her face. She couldn't help but notice how good Naruto was with children. He would make a really good father.
"I take it you got this from Uzume?" he asked, getting a nod from the tiny Sekirei.
"Well, aren't you just a kawaii little mouse," Miya said with a giggle. Kusano simply squeaked some more while Naruto set the girl down and ruffled her head.
"I wonder where Uzume get's all of these costumes," Naruto said as he looked up at Miya. "First the maid uniforms and now the animals." He frowned as his line of thought continued. "Come to think of it, aside from the few times she's hung out with us, I've barely had any interaction with her. We've hardly even spoken to each other."
"Well maybe you should then," Miya replied with a sly smile. "You are so silly, boys get so nervous around girls they like."
"I don't know how you came up with that," Naruto replied with a shake of his head and a mile wide grin. It was the fox-like grin that had become infamous when he was younger. "After all, I don't get nervous around you, do I?"
"Oh my, are you trying to tell me something, Naruto-san?" Miya shot back just as quickly.
"Only that your theory about me being nervous around girls I might like is wrong."
"So you do like Uzume then?"
"Well, she's certainly an attractive young lady." Naruto's smile widened to the point that his eyes closed. It made him look like a fox. "Then again, just about every female who lives at this inn is ridiculously beautiful."
"Such a charmer."
"If you say so." Naruto quickly made to sit down, a small frown crossing his face. "But seriously, why does she have so many costumes?"
Miya sighed and moved to sit next to him, placing her hands in her lap as she did so. "Well, I don't know all of the details surrounding this, but I did ask her once." A soft breeze entered the clearing and Miya brought a hand up to keep her hair out of her face. "And I know that she makes them all for just one special person."
"Hmm..." Naruto closed his eyes as he listened to the story. Kusano moved over and sat on the blonds lap.
"From everything she's told me this person has been in the hospital for a while, and Uzume only get's to see her occasionally." There was a note of sadness in Miya's voice as she spoke, and Naruto got the feeling she knew more then she was letting on. "All of those costumes she makes, they're all so she can see that one special person smile."
"It's likely her Ashikabi." When it came to Sekireis, Naruto knew that there was usually only one special person, and that was always their Ashikabi. "We all know that Uzume doesn't live with her Ashikabi, but the crest on her back tells us she has one. It would make sense if her Ashikabi was in the hospital."
"Maybe," Miya admitted, inwardly impressed by the blonds deduction skills. "But I don't really know, she's never said. I just know that their bond is very strong." Naruto said nothing as Miya stood up and smiled. "Well, I guess I'd better get dinner started. It's my turn to cook today and our shopaholics should be here any minute now."
Miya was correct. Less then a few minutes after she began cooking dinner, and Naruto found Akitsu and had her help him set the futon, a rumbling sound that signified Musubi and Tsuikimi racing back home could be heard.
Even from their place in the second floor Naruto and Akitsu could hear the doors slamming open and Musubi's – by now – customary shout of, "Musubi wins!" As well as the corresponding argument that those words invoked.
Naruto sighed before turning to look at Akitsu. "Thank you."
Akitsu blinked. "For what, Ashikabi-Sama."
"For being so much mellower then those two. Honestly, I don't know what to do with them sometimes."
A slight blush formed on Akitsu's pale cheeks as she tried to give him a demure and sexy look.
She had obviously been reading his book a lot more then he had thought.
"Do I... get a reward for being good?"
Naruto grinned before he leaned in, his mouth stopping just milometers from hers. He watched as her breathing picked up and her eyes fluttered close. "I think you most definitely deserve some kind of reward."
And with that he kissed her. It would be fifteen minutes before they came downstairs, Akitsu wearing a larger then usual smile on her face.
XoX
Uzume had stayed with her Ashikabi for several hours. She rarely ever got to see her so the few times she did she tried to stay as long as possible. Her stomach growled in protest as she had not even left her Ashikabi's side to get something to eat, but she didn't care. Looking out the window she sighed, before turning back to the girl in the bed.
"I have to get going pretty soon. I'm sorry," she apologized. She leaned in and placed a kiss on her Ashikabi's cheeks, unintentionally causing the girl to stir.
Brown eyes slowly opened and spotted Uzume's face next to hers. "Uzume-chan...?"
Uzume leaned back, startled before seeing the eyes of her Ashikabi open. "Ah, did I wake you up?"
"No, it's ok," Chiho said. "What were you doing just now? How long ago did you get here?"
"Not too long ago."
Chiho frowned. "Are you ok? Were you just crying?"
"Who me? Of course not!" Uzume put on a large, closed eyed grin for the girl. She didn't want to worry her Ashikabi after all, the girl had enough on her plate without having to worry about her Sekirei. However, her smile didn't seem to fool the girl at all.
"I'm so sorry," Chiho apologized, making Uzume's face lose it's fake smile. "Truly, I just wish there was more I could do. As an Ashikabi I failed you. I'm sorry."
Uzume grimaced as she tried to blink back tears. She hated this, her Ashikabi was suffering and not just from being stuck in a bed, and she could nothing to help. Bringing the hand that she had been holding for several hours, Uzume brought it to her face and rubbed it against her cheek.
"It's ok, you have nothing to be sorry for. As long as you are alive, everything's ok."
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The sun had just gone down a few hours ago, and Naruto and his Sekirei were preparing for bed.
Kusano had already gone to sleep, and he knew that Musubi and Akitsu were in their rooms changing. Naruto himself had already finished with his nightly routine, he had taken a quick bath, his teeth were brushed and he was wearing his sleepwear, which essentially consisted a pair of black ramen themed boxers.
Yes, ramen themed boxer. They were a classic.
It was as he was setting up his air mattress bed that the door opened and Naruto turned to see Tsukiumi enter the room. Strangely enough, even though he got the feeling that she was staring at him, her eyes were looking anywhere but his. There was also a very light blush on her cheeks, enhancing her beauty.
"Hey, Tsukiumi-chan. Are you about ready for bed?" She certainly looked ready. The blond beauty was wearing a sheer nightgown, the semi translucent material only went down to mid thigh and he could clearly see that she was wearing only a pair of white lace panties under it.
He could also see that she was not wearing a bra, the outline of her aerola just barely visible underneath her sleepwear and her nipples making a slight tent in the fabric.
"In a minute," she responded, her eyes still looking at anything but him. "I wish to speak with thee before we spend our night together." It was her turn to share his bed, Naruto almost had to shake his head at how it had come to this, but Miya had been rather adamant on it. And when considering that under normal circumstances she would have never let any of the girls in his bed he supposed they should all just be thankful.
Shaking the thoughts off, Naruto felt it would be best that Tsukiumi get to the point. "What did you want to talk about?"
The look on Tsukiumi's face as she tried to speak was almost too cute for words. The blush seemed to have increased in color, turning her pale cheeks a burning red. And her hand had come up to her face, where she proceeded to lightly bite her index finger in nervous apprehension. "I wished – I wanted to know if... thou worries for me?"
Naruto looked at her in surprise. He had not expected the woman to ask something like that. With her confident and sometimes – most of the time – Tsundere personality one would never expect to hear such words. He sure hadn't, and it stunned him so much that for a moment he was speechless.
Which Tsukiumi took as a bad sign, which of course ended up making her angry.
And when Tsukiumi got angry her Tsundere tendencies became their most visible. She quickly grabbed him by the shoulders and began shaking him erratically. Naruto felt himself become dizzy and was sure his eyes had changed to swirl-like patterns that were typical in all Japanese anime characters.
That is... if this were an anime.
"What pause is this! Dost thou worry or not!"
"Ugh... calm down, Tsukiumi-chan." Naruto's hands came up and grabbed her wrists, stopping her from shaking him. He blinked several times, allowing the blurriness in his eyes to fade and his vision to sharpen.
He saw the still angry Tsukiumi looking at him, watching him like some kind of prowling beast. Clearly she was still expecting her answer.
"Of course I worry about you," he said. Tsukiumi's look switched, going from angry to surprised and slightly flustered. Her grip on his shoulders slackened and Naruto used that opportunity to break her hold on him. Though he did not let go her hands, instead lacing his fingers through hers. "I always worry about you. You and the others are being forced to fight in a game created by that madman Minaka. How could I not worry?"
He paused, absently noting the blush had returned to Tsukiumi's face.
"I care about you girls so much; you, and Musubi, and Matsu and Kusano, I don't think you realize just how much you mean to me. Before I met you girls, I had no one, all the people I ever knew and loved were dead. I was alone for so long, and when you all came into my life, I was so... happy."
A single tear managed to fall from his eyes, creating a small track of water down his cheeks.
Tsukiumi was surprised, and it clearly showed on her face. She only knew a little bit about Naruto, about as much as everyone else. That he was a traveler, and that he had powers no other human had – or should have – and that the people who taught him those powers were dead, but nothing else. Hearing this new information surprised her, and also pained her.
She could feel both his sorrow and his happiness through their bond.
Whether he noticed her countenance or not, Naruto continued. "I was happy because for the first time in a long time I found people who care about me, who I can share my happiness with, and who will in turn share their happiness with me. It's impossible for me not to worry about you."
"I... I see..." Tsukiumi turned her head slightly, her cheeks flushed. Her fingers squeezed his just a little tighter. "I quite enjoy thy worry. Indeed, whence thou worries the heart reflects." She paused for a second, allowing that to sink in before continuing. "However, there is no cause for worry. After all, I am the strongest."
Naruto smiled. "It doesn't matter whether you are or aren't. When someone is precious to you, you can't help but worry about them. Right?"
"R-Right!" Tsukiumi's face looked like an atomic bomb went off on it.
Naruto smirked for a moment, enjoying the look as well as the fact that he had put it there. However, his expression softened a moment later and he pulled the woman closer to him.
Tsukuimi's eyes widened. "What are you –!"
"However, even though I worry for you, I also have faith in you, in us." Naruto pressed his forehead against hers, his blue orbs staring into her own. "I have faith that no matter what, so long as we are together, we can get through any hardships we might face."
'This... this is why I have allowed myself to be bound to this man,' Tsukiumi thought to herself. This man, who cared about her so much he had been willing to put himself in harms way for her, whose words seemed to hold so much power and charisma to them. His words always seemed to put her at ease.
The warmth she felt in between her legs when he was like this had absolutely nothing to do with it. Really.
"I thank you, for the faith the has placed upon me," Tsukiumi said softly. "It is times like these that I am often reminded of why I have chosen the as my husband."
Naruto response to her words was to place his lips upon her own. Tsukiumi released a soft sigh – for she did not moan like some kind of strumpet – as she melted into his kiss. Her hands tightened their hold on his, while his thumbs caressed the back of her hands.
Unlike with the other Sekirei, with Tsukiumi there was no tongue action. She did not approve of such displays unless they were in the throes of passion, and she had often told him such, stating that if he went passed his limits with her, she would kill him. But that did not make their kiss any less enjoyable. There was something nice about such a chaste kiss that the more passionate kisses didn't have.
When they broke apart Naruto let out a deep breath, before smiling at the woman before him. "Shall we go to bed?"
Tsukiumi did not say anything, still blushing slightly at being so intimate with him. Even now after so many shared kisses, she got embarrassed whenever they kissed.
Instead she moved over to the bed, their hands still locked, until Naruto went and pulled the covers off the mattress. Tsukiumi climbed in, laying on her side as she felt the bed shift from Naruto getting in as well. The blond Ashikabi scooted closer to her, at the same time his right arm came around, encircling her waste and pulling her close. Despite her embarrassment, Tsukiumi helped him by scooting closer, until her backside was pressed firmly against his chest.
She felt a soft pair of lips on the back of her neck, and Naruto's voice whispered. "Good night, Tsukiumi-chan."
Tsukiumi allowed a small smile to appear on her face as she closed her eyes. "Good night, husband of mine."

There you have it, it's been a while, but the next chapter is up and I have now set up the chapter for what I have taken to calling the final arc before the entire story moves away from canon. There will only be a few more chapters, detailing the escape arc, and then my story will shift to a plotline that is almost all original, at least in how all of the canon plots are dealt with. Minaka, the other Ashikabi, and Uzume's problems are not gonna go the same way they did in the anime or manga.
And we have a surprise! Minato has made another guest appearance. When I thought of what might have happened to him, I decided it would be one of two things. Either he would get with Kazehana, which I didn't want to have happen, or he would get with Kuno. I thought this because Haruka and Minato are very similar in many ways, in their past at least if perhaps not in disposition.
I also wanted to get him out of the way, because while he would be useful as comic relief, I didn't really feel like giving him a big place in this story.
Anyway, I doubt you all want to hear me rant, so I'll leave it at that.
Pokemaster12 out.
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