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Ashikabi Shinobi	By : Pokemaster12 Category: Naruto Crossovers > General Views: 10574 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 19
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A/N: Forgot to do this last time, but I wanted to thank everyone for reviewing. Your reviews never cease to swell my head to epic proportions. I'm hoping to eventually have a head so large it can compete with the moon in size.
Disclaimer: Does anyone else ever wish they could enter the world of their favorite anime? I was just thinking about what it would be like to be in the Sekirei universe. Just think of all those beautiful women I could be with... hehehehe!
Ahem. Right, I don't own Naruto or Sekirei.

Chapter 12: The Veil in the Wind
XoX
Uzume entered the Hiyami-kai Hospital, the door closing behind her with a slight hiss as the bottom of the sliding door scraped against the floor. She looked around for a moment, a forlorn look on her face before beginning her walk to her Ashikabi's room, the sound of her heeled feet clacking against the tiled floor.
It had been so long since her Ashikabi had been admitted here, and she was really beginning to hate this place.
"Excellent work."
Uzume stopped in her tracks at the sound of the voice behind her, her entire body stiffening as both hatred and disgust filled her being. She knew the voice well enough, after all, he did work for the scumbag that was using her Ashikabi's sickness against her.
The sound of shoes scuffing the floor began, the noise drawing ever closer as the man walked closer to her. Uzume didn't bother turning around as the lapdog of her blackmailer began speaking. "They say the kill you made was near instantaneous. I suppose we should expect nothing less for a Sekirei in such a favored position. Or do you know, Higa-Sama holds you in the highest regard."
It was only long practice in dealing with this man that kept Uzume from grinding her teeth. She hated how he looked down on her, mocked her for her perceived weakness. If possible, she would like nothing better then to teach this pathetic excuse for a human why he should fear her. Unfortunately she couldn't do that, not so long as she was stuck under Higa's thumb.
So she put up with his insults. It was for her Ashikabi.
"Cut the crap and give me the next target," Uzume demanded in a chilling tone so unlike the one she spoke with at Maison Izumo.
There was a ruffling of clothing behind her. A hand with a picture in it soon came into view on her left hand side, the image of a blond girl with a feminine build and a boy with messy black hair behind her imprinted on it. "Number 95, Kuno. The thing to keep in mind is that her power is most unique..."
"I don't care!" Uzume snapped as she snatched the picture out of the man's hand and began marching off. She ignored the smugness that practically oozed off the man like a sieve.
"I believe you are forgetting something." Of course, the man worked for Higa, naturally he had to leave one last parting shot for her. "Your Ashikabi doesn't have much time left here."
Uzume didn't bother to stop walking as she left the man in the hallway.
"I know that."
XoX
"Alright, so you three are aware of the plan, yes?" asked Naruto as he, Akitsu, Musubi, and Tsukiumi stood upon the roof of Maison Izumo.
"But of course," Tsukiumi replied with a huff, likely bothered that he was asking whether or not they remembered the plan for what had to be the fifteenth time in a row. "We are to begin our search of the city for the so called Veiled Sekirei whilst Matsu uses the MBI satellite she hacked into to, to be our 'eye in the sky' and help us pinpoint the woman's location."
"Good, but that's only part of the plan," Naruto began, crossing his arms over his chest. "Remember, this Sekirei is likely being manipulated into fighting and defeating other Sekirei by someone who is not her Ashikabi. So if we want to get to the bottom of this, we need her alive and whole. We can't defeat her or we may never find out who the person pulling the strings behind the scene is."
Tsukiumi crossed her arms under her bust. "I know that. Thou art just repeating thyself."
"Sorry," Naruto scratched the back of his head with a sheepish expression. "I just want to make sure everyone understands what we're doing here. None of us like that there is someone out there using the Sekirei of another Ashikabi for their own purposes." He watched as Tsukuimi bristled in anger. Beside her, Akitsu had a frown on her face and Musubi, well, she just looked pumped. Naruto nodded. "That's what I thought. So we can't afford to screw this up. One wrong move could mean the difference between success and failure here."
His three Sekirei nodded their assent, and Naruto reached into his pocket and summoned four small devices from within. They looked like small headsets, only they had just one ear piece that fit into the ear canal, with a small band of metal that was set around the ear to keep the device steady. Sticking out of the end and loping forward in a slight curve was a small microphone that ended near where someone's mouth would be.
"These have already been calibrated by Matsu to send and receive only our signal," Naruto said as the three girls each took a device from him and began attaching them to their ears. The blond shinobi put one on himself as well. "Only Matsu and ourselves will be able to speak through these and listen in on our conversation. This is so all of us can keep in touch with Matsu while she gives us constant updates via satellite, or in case we all end up getting separated so we can come to each others aid."
Putting on a wry smile, he added, "though I would prefer it if we stuck together."
Deciding the test out the new equipment that he had managed to buy from a technology company that was not only out of country, but also not involved in MBI in any way, or even in competition with them, Naruto turned the small communication device on.
"Testing, Matsu, can you hear me?"
There was a moment of static, as well as three quick bursts of white noise that he took as the girls turning their devices on too. A quick glance confirmed this as the hands of all three left their right ears.
"I read you loud and clear, Naruto-tan," came the voice of Matsu. There was no static over the line now that all of the devices were on. In fact, the clarity of the devices was such that he could even hear the sound of Matu's fingers flying over the keyboard as she typed. "It looks like these things are working perfectly. I'm actually surprised at how good they are considering they're not MBI technology. Over."
"Yeah well, MBI might be the largest and most technologically advanced pharmaceutical company in the world, but they're not the only companies that specialize in technology." Naruto shook his head and put his mind back on the task at hand. "Anyways, I'll be counting on you to give us constant updates whenever you find any kind of anomaly that might help us track this unknown Sekirei. Out."
"Right, you can count on me. Out."
Naruto turned his head and looked at his three Sekirei who were all staring back at him with various expressions.
Musubi looked, excited, it was the only term that could be given to her. She was bouncing on the balls of her feet – which did some very pleasant things to her breasts, as he could attest to – and had a large smile on her face. Clearly, she was ready to go and fight this new and exciting opponent.
Tsukiumi's face was a mask of impatience. He didn't even need to search her emotions over the bond they shared to know that she just wanted to get this mission underway. No doubt, her mind was already conjuring images of the pain she would inflict upon the dishonorable person stupid enough to force a Sekirei winged by someone else to do their bidding.
The hardest to place of the trio was Akitsu, whose facial structure never changed and neither did she give any hints of emotions through body movement. There was a simple alertness about her though, she looked relaxed, but in the way a snake relaxed before it struck. Naruto figured she was just keeping herself ready and primed should they run into any trouble.
A smile crept onto his face as Naruto felt a combination of excitement and nostalgia. While this would not be his first 'mission' since coming to Japan, this would be the first time he would be doing so with a squad of four – five if you include Matsu.
It almost reminded him of simpler times, back when he had been first starting his path as a ninja as a fresh out of the academy genin, during the time where he had been placed on Team Seven. In that moment, his mind couldn't help but fondly replay the times he had been a part of that team, dysfunctional as it was, and of the adventures they had shared before it had all gone wrong.
Before Orochimaru planted the cursed seal on Sasuke.
Before the invasion.
Before Itachi had used his Tsukoyomi in a misguided desire to push his little brother into hating him so that one day Sasuke might kill him.
Before his best friend had betrayed the village for an S-rank traitor.
Shaking his head, Naruto did his best not to dwell on the turn his thoughts were taking him. Best to remember the happier times he had shared with his team than the dark path they had gone down.
There were many differences with his old team and this new one of course. The most obvious being the fact that, aside from him, this team consisted of extremely, ridiculously, voluptuous and beautiful women. Honestly, they probably looked more like an on the tour modeling group than a trio of super powered aliens, he thought with a chuckle.
Looking down at himself, the blond's smile widened. He had dressed up for this occasion. While the first mission he had been on with Musubi had him dressing in clothing that had never really suited him (to much black), but had been a necessity for the mission, for this particular quest they were on, he had decided to go with something a little more original.
His pants were a very dark orange, and were wrapped in bandages from mid calf down, where they moved into a set of black open toed sandals that he had gotten custom made several years back out of simple nostalgia. He was wearing a long-sleeved black shirt with a built in face mask – much like a certain fire using Sekirei, though his was not up at the moment – and over that an orange jacket similar in design to the Jonin flak jackets of his village. It had two pockets in the front where he kept a supply of sealed kunai, and on the back was a black spiral in the shape of a whirlpool, the crest of the Uzumaki Clan. Completing the basics of his outfit were a pair of black fingerless gloves with metal plates on the back, a kunai holster attached to his right thigh, and his old Konoha headband – which he had kept even to this day.
The finishing touch of his clothing was the long black haori with a red flame pattern on the bottom. It was the same one that Shiima had made for him all those many years ago, kept in pristine shape by the three-hundred-twenty-eight seals located inside on the article itself. With his ensemble complete and his equipment sealed up, Naruto felt ready for anything they might face.
"Are you three ready?" he asked as his mind snapped back from it's moment of introspection. He received various words from the girls to signify they were indeed ready.
"Of course, Ahikabi-Sama."
"Musubi is always ready!"
"I have been ready since thine told us about this endeavor."
"I'm all good here, Naruto-tan."
Yeah, those.
Naruto gave a nod before his hand reached up and pulled his mask up to cover his face. "Alright then, let's move out. We'll use a diamond formation while jumping the roofs to see if we can't find anything from above. Let's go."
With those words, the three Sekirei and one immortal shinobi ran towards the edge of Maison Izumo and jumped off the roof, gaining impressive height as they were propelled through the air to land on the building next to them. As they took off into the distance, Kusano watched on down below from where she stood, a pout on her face. With her pout still in place, she turned to look at the person standing next to her. "Muuu~! Onii-chan, why can't Ku-chan go with them too? Ku-chan can help Onii-chan."
The Naruto clone looked down at his little charge and smiled. "Because you're a little too young to go with them right now. Just wait a few more years until you're older and you'll be able to go with them."
Seeing the pout still on Kusano's face, now combined with her arms crossed over her chest, Naruto sighed.
"I know! Why don't we go and water the flowers? You can even get your swimsuit and run through the water. How does that sound?"
Like a switch had been flipped, Kusano's mood when from slightly moody to ecstatic in a second.
"Yay! Onii-chan's the best!"
Naruto watched with a sweat drop as the little Sekirei through her hands in the air in excitement, then ran inside of the house, most likely to get her bathing suit.
'I'm somewhat glad she has such a short attention span or that would have never worked.'
XoX
The loud echo of shoes hitting pavement and the sound of his own harsh breathing, along with the pants of his Sekirei were all that Minato heard as he ran through one of the many streets of Shinto Teito. His hand was firmly clenching that of Kuno's as she tried to keep pace behind him, stumbling every so often as she nearly lost her footing. He would have liked to give her a chance to stop and rest, but knew they could not afford to stop for even a second.
He honestly had no clue how long they had been running; it could have been only a few hours for all he knew, but in truth it felt like days. They had been on the move for so long, forced to run ever since the disaster on the bridge when they had tried to escape Shinto Teito so they wouldn't have to compete in the Sekirei plan.
Thinking back on it, trying to leave in broad daylight like that hadn't been his best idea. He had been hoping that if they remained inconspicuous enough, they would be able to sneak passed unharmed and right under the nose of MBI. After all, who would have believed that a Sekirei would try to escape in such an obvious way? He had no idea that they apparently had some sort of scanner that let them know when a Sekirei was near, but felt he should have.
And now because of his stupid mistake, he and his Sekirei were in danger. Maybe he simply wasn't cut out to be an Ashikabi. Perhaps winging Kuno had been a mistake. She would have certainly been better off without someone like him messing things up.
His self recriminations were cut off when Kuno's hand slipped from his grasp. He turned around just in time to see his Sekirei hit the pavement face first with a loud thump. With a wince, Minato rushed to the young woman's side and knelt down.
"Are you ok, Kuno?" he asked as he helped her up, casting a nervous glance around as he did, as if he were expecting someone to pop out at any second now.
"I... I'm fine," Kuno said with a sniff. Several tears were leaking out of the corner of her eyes and there were several scratch marks along her face, particularly her forehead, cheeks, and nose. "Sorry about that, Minato-san."
"It's alright, so long as you're ok." As Kuno gave him a smile, Minato found himself smiling as well, despite the situation. However, the moment didn't last long as a large amount of white bandages came flying down the street. They stopped just a little over a meter from them and swirled around in the pattern of a cork, before opening to reveal the Sekirei that had been chasing them.
The Sekirei was a woman with wide, shapely hips, a slender and toned waist and very large assets that were barely covered by the clothing she was wearing. If what she was wearing could be called clothing. She was wearing pure white silk that only covered the most necessary parts of her so as to not be considered streaking. They covered her pelvis in a wrap around pair of shorts that didn't totally cover her rear, two white straps that ran across her chest and showed a large portion of the swell of her breasts on either side, and her limbs. To top it off she was surrounded by a long white veil that hovered around her body, and had a large piece of cloth covering her head to keep her identity hidden.
In normal circumstances, Minato might have actually found himself trying to repress a nosebleed at the sight of the woman, but considering this same woman had been chasing him and Kuno for the past several hours, he couldn't find it in himself to even care about her choice of clothing.
"Step aside, Ashikabi," the Sekirei commanded. "It is not my intention to harm humans."
"I-I-I won't!" Minato stuttered as he stepped in front of his Sekirei, arms spread out in a protective manner. "I won't let you hurt my Sekirei!"
"Very well then," the veiled Sekirei said as she raised her hand. "You can both walk to your graves hand in hand." The veil that had been surrounding her moved shot forward at high speeds, looking almost like a tornado as it spun around the Sekirei's hand.
Seeing the attack coming, Minato grabbed onto Kuno and attempted to protect her with his own body. The action brought tears to Kuno's eyes. Sure, her Ashikabi might not be very strong, either physically or strong willed, but he was very kind and more than willing to put her life before his own.
Of course, given that she would die if he did, it was kind of a moot point. Still, sometimes it was the thought that counts.
Moving out of her Ashikabi's grip, Kuno made to stand in front of Minato, her eyes glowing as she opened her mouth and released a yell.
More like a shriek.
Or perhaps the wail of a banshee.
The loud shriek emanating from Kuno's mouth sounded very much like a wailing banshee, a loud and destructive noise that created a powerful series of sound waves. The air surrounding the vicinity seemed to vibrate under the intense noise, and the glass of nearby windows were rattled, while those closest shattered. It was enough that anyone listening was forced to cover their ears, lest they suffer from having their eardrums burst.
XoX
Several kilometers away, Naruto, Akitsu, Musubi, and Tsukiumi all stopped when they heard the loud wail. The squad of four had been traveling via the roofs for several hours now, searching for any sign of abnormalities that might lead them to the Sekirei they were searching for. At the same time, Matsu had been scouring the city via satellite feed to pick up whatever she could find in other sections of the city that could help them. It had seemed as if they would never find the person they were looking for, but not it looked like their luck was about to turn around.
Turning their heads almost in unison, they looked in the general direction that the scream had emanated from. The four looked at each other, each one nodding in unison as they all came to an agreement that the noise would definitely be worth investigating. Still, it would be good to get a second view perspective from someone who would actually be able to tell them what was happening before they moved in.
It was always good to know what you were getting into when the situation had the potential to be dangerous, after all.
"Matsu-chan," Naruto said into the communication device in his ear. "We just heard a really loud... uh, scream, coming several kliks Northwest of our position. Have the satellites search the area to confirm that our target is there. Over."
"I'm on it, Naruto-tan. Searching... ah! Here we are! There are three people in that general vicinity. A girl that the information in my databanks says is number 95, Kuno. A boy, who I would guess is her Ashikabi, and another woman, this one wearing a veil. It looks like you've got your target. Over."
"Alright, thanks, Matsu. Over and out." Naruto turned to look at the three members of his squad and his Sekirei. All three returned the look with one of their own, ranging from excitement, to collected preparedness. They all nodded, and then took off in a burst of speed and began leaping over the roofs to get to the position the screaming had come from.
XoX
The veiled Sekirei winced as she knelt down and covered her ears with her hands. As an added precaution, the veil that surrounded her wrapped itself around her head.
She had not expected such an attack to come from such a meek looking girl. Truth be told she had not expected any kind of retaliation at all. From what she had seen so far of Kuno, the girl had no fighting talent to speak of, nor the resolve to use it even if she did. It was clear that she had been underestimating the little waif. While that attack didn't do much in the way of damage, it certainly hurt.
It would also teach her not to underestimate an opponent just because they didn't look like much.
As she was recovering, the Veiled Sekirei heard the voice of the Ashikabi to Kuno.
"Come on, we should hurry up and leave while she's still recovering."
Well, she couldn't have that. With a slight twitch and a heave, the veiled Sekirei pushed herself to her feet. Her hearing had already recovered, and while her sense of balance was a little skew thanks to the ringing in her ears, she was ready to make her next attack.
"Oh man... it didn't work!"
The sound of shoes pounding against pavement reached her ears as the Ashikabi grabbed Kuno's hand and began running. A frown marred her face. She couldn't allow that.
Raising her hand again, the veiled Sekirei sent her veil shooting forward, set to impale the Ashikabi and his Sekirei. Closer and closer it traveled to the pair who watched on with fear in their eyes even as they ran. She knew it would only be a matter of time before she got them. Her veil could move far faster than any Sekirei bar the lower numbers and Sekirei that specialize in hand-to-hand. It wouldn't be long now before she accomplished her mission.
Only she was wrong. Her veil would never reach the two.
Coming from out of nowhere, a powerful jet of water blasted her cloth away from the two she had been targeting. At the same time, two blurs shot forward, their movements masked by the blast of water, which soon froze over, before shattering into a thousand shards of ice. They hovered in the air for a second, quivering. Then, like a compass that had suddenly discovered north, all of the shards pointed at her.
The Veiler Sekirei barely had enough time for her eyes to widen before the shards shot forward at near ridiculous speeds. As it was, she was only just able to get her veil up in time to block much of the attack, and use the cloth to obscure her movement so she could dodge any ice that her veil missed without the person who launched the attack seeing her move.
When the veil cleared there were more people standing before her. Four in total.
The fact that she was outnumbered didn't bother her, she had dealt with tough odds before, she did it every single day she was alive. Nor did it bother her that all of the Sekirei she was now facing off against not only outnumbered her three to one, but were also much stronger than the one she was chasing. No, none of that bothered her one bit.
What did bother her was that she knew each and every single person now standing between her and her target.
XoX
It happened far to fast for Minato to comprehend. One second he was running, almost certain of his death and the death of his Sekirei, and the next he was sitting on the ground, staring up at a group of people who had just appeared from out of nowhere, and seemed to be protecting him and Kuno. As his mind tried to come up with some theory on the current situation he found himself in that he could comprehend, Minato made to look at the four who had come to their rescue.
The first person he noted was on the left, a woman with a large chest, brown hair and strange looking Miko-like clothes. She looked excited, bounding on the balls of her feet, hands shaped into fists just below her chin and the most innocent of smiles gracing her face. Minato felt a blush creep across his face and, in en effort to rid himself of it, looked over at the next person.
Unfortunately, the next person also happened to be an incredibly beautiful woman, with short, light brown hair, regal facial features and an alert, if somewhat aloof, expression on her face. The fact that she was wearing something that showed a lot of her cleavage did not help matters.
The third person in the group was no better, a beautiful blond woman with startling blue eyes and a strange black and white dress. She was standing near the front, her bearing proud and perhaps a little haughty as she faced away from him so that he could only see her profile. And yes, like the other two women, she too, was utterly gorgeous.
With a large blush on his cheeks, and some blood threatening to flow from his nose, Minato turned to the last person in the group that had come to his rescue.
Fortunately for him, this person was not a female at all.
Even more surprising, Minato knew him.
"It's you!"
His surprised shout must have been heard, because the blond man with spiky hair turned his head to look at him. Blue eyes flashed in recognition and a large grin popped on the blond's face.
"Ah, you're the guy that ran into me after failing his entrance exams three times!"
Minato would have face-faulted if he wasn't already on the ground. Instead of that, however, his shoulders slumped down and an aura of depression wafted off of him. A small rain cloud seemed to appear as if from thin air; the small, black ball of fluff releasing a steady stream of H2O which poured on the young man's head, matting his slightly messy hair down and making several strands stick to his face. It made for a very depressing sight.
'Is that what people remember me as?' he wondered, so lost in his depression that he did not notice the tension had all but stopped as everyone stared at him. 'Will I always be remembered as a failure. This guy... we only met once before and that's the first thing he remembered about me...' It truly was a depressing thought, to be remembered as someone who failed his entrance exams three times in a row.
"Um... you ok, kid?"
Minato looked up to see the man standing in front of him with a slightly concerned gaze.
"Yeah..." he replied in a still depressed voice. "I'm fine..."
"Good, wouldn't want you getting all emo on me or anything."
Apparently not feeling that there was anything more to be said, the blond turned around again and faced the veiled Sekirei that they had been after. The woman was tense, her entire posture stiff in a way that denoted stress more than surprise. Minato watched as the blond walked passed the three Sekirei, all of whom looked like they were ready for anything, to stop just a few meters away from the woman that had been chasing him.
"So you're the one whose been killing off Sekirei without letting anyone identify you," the blond said, tilting his head ever so slightly. "For some reason I was expecting someone else, though I'm not sure who."
His words caused the Veiled Sekirei to stiffen, while the others looked at him in confusion as they tried to find out the hidden meaning behind the blond's vague words.
"Well, whatever," Naruto said after a few seconds. "There are more important things to do than worry about something like that." He shook his head, then looked back at the Veiled Sekirei. "Now, why don't you come back home with us to Maison Izumo? There are a few questions we would like to ask you."
His words caused the Sekirei to tense even more, she looked like she would bolt at any second.
"I wouldn't try to run if I were you," Naruto's voice seeped amusement, his eyes danced merrily. Clearly, he was enjoying himself. "If you run, myself and my Sekirei will hunt you down, tie you up, and drag you back home. Better to just come with us than be forced into coming with us."
The Veiled Sekirei still had not said anything, merely shifted slightly, looking like she was searching for a way out of this predicament. Her silence also had the effect of making Tsukiumi lose what little was left of her patience.
With several small tic marks forming on her head, Tsukiumi shouted out to the Veiled Sekirei. "If thou shalt not answer, then perhaps some physical reinforcement would loosen thine tongue!" The water within the atmosphere, the blue liquid whirling around her form to create a small whirlpool within the air. "If thou shalt not speak, then we shall do battle and I shall remove thy veil forcefully! I am Sekirei number 9, Tsukiumi."
"And I'm Sekirei number 88, Musubi!" Musubi shouted, bouncing up and down on her toes with same innocent smile on her face that she always wore. "This is going to be so much fun!"
Akitsu looked over at Naruto, who eyes questioning. He caught her gaze, then shook his head, before pointing over to two people still on the ground. She gave a nod and moved back towards Minato and Kuno, causing both to tense, however, she just stopped in front of the two and took up a defensive position, as if to ensure that they were protected from the fight that looked about to ensue.
Minato looked up at the light haired woman, then at Kuno who was still shaking in fear. He grabbed her hand and tried to reassure the girl, even though he himself had no clue as to what was going on.
"Everything will be alright," he said, making Kuno look at him. "I don't think these people are here to hurt us, so we should be fine." He tried to smile, but it didn't come out quite right. The girl he was comforting just tensed, and looked more than ever like she was going to cry.
Movement caught the pairs attention, as well as Akitsu's who tensed. A woman walked up to their side, stopping for a second as she looked at the scene before her. She was very beautiful, with long raven locks and bewitching brown eyes. She wore a short chinese style dress with loose cross stitching along her shoulders, sleeves that were cut halfway up her biceps, and perhaps, most importantly, a large hole in the middle of her dress, going from the start of her collar bone, past her navel, almost reaching her pelvis. The hole was hexagonal in shape, with cross stitching over her breasts, and two more crosses directly under her sizable bust. She had a hand raised to her head, keeping the hair out of her face as it flowed in the wind.
Her other hand was holding a sake bottle.
She looked over at Kuno, who was too frozen in fear to do anything, and smiled.
Then she brought the large sake bottle to her lips and took several large gulps, the act doing strange yet pleasant things to her chest. Once satisfied, she took the bottle from her lips, a large blush staining her face, and exhaled. Swirly eyes appeared within Kuno's eyes as the stench of alcohol hit her, while Minato covered his nose and Akitsu crinkled hers.
"Ugh... she must have been drinking a lot if I can smell her breath from here," Minato said in a nasally voice as he pinched his nose to try and block the horrid smell of alcohol.
The woman ignored Minato for the moment, pressing the bottle of now half finished sake to her chest almost lovingly. It was an almost erotic sight, the way her breasts moved. However, she had a surprisingly serious look on her flushed face as she stared at the soon to be confrontation.
"This doesn't look like it'll turn out well."
Indeed the woman was right. Having grown tired of not being answered, Tsukiumi impulsively attacked the Veiled Sekirei.
"Water Celebration!"
All of the water that had been swirling around Tsukiumi like an awaiting storm shot forward as a large, streaming projectile that headed right for the Veiled Sekirei. The amount of water was quite impressive, a large ball about the same size and diameter of an average human with a tail at the end. It looked almost like a commit.
Not to be outdone and not wanting to get hit by the attack, the Veiled Sekirei raised her left hand defensively. Her veil sprang to the fore, spinning around her front with hurricane like force. When the water hit, a loud explosion followed as all of the water was reflected off of the cloth shield due to the rotating force acting very much like a super powered wind shield wiper.
"Impressive," Tsukiumi said with a smirk. "Very impressive, it looks as though thou has some bark to her bite."
Musubi was on the verge of hyperventilating with excitement. "Oh wow! We're actually fighting a strong opponent!"
"Tis true," Tsukiumi nodded to her partners words. She raised her hand again, a sphere of water forming within the pal of her hand. "But let us test to see if how strong she truly is."
With a sigh, the raven-haired beauty that had come during the start of the confrontation began to walk forward, her breasts bouncing with each step and her body swaying slightly. "For Sekirei's there are no wars of righteousness. Some are better than others, but that's all." Her words caused Naruto to move his eyes over to her, then look down at her heeled feet where a small stirring of wind began picking up.
Ready to unleash her attack, Tsukiumi threw her hand forward and shouted, "Water Dragon!"
With a loud roar, a large dragon made of water was launched out of her palm. It was created more along the lines of a Japanese style dragon, with a serpentine body and a large muzzle, along with a fu manchu mustache. It was quite large, easily twice as large as the blond Sekirei's last attack. Obviously, this move was designed to do more damage than the other attack.
The dragon rocketed towards the Veiled Sekirei who took a step back in shock. However, before it could reach, the woman with the sake bottle stepped in front of the incoming attack, a rather blank look on her slightly drunken face.
Tsukiumi's eyes widened as she saw this. Cursing, she clenched her hand into a fist, canceling the attack before it could reach the woman. The giant water dragon dispelled in a burst of water that displaced the air in front of the raven-haired beauty, causing her long tresses to fly behind her head. Despite the attack having come so close, the woman who had interfered looked completely unruffled.
She was as cool as a cucumber.
Even if she was drunk as fuck.
"What the devil art thou thinking!" Shouted Tsukiumi with grit teeth. "Dost thou wish to die!"
"I was just passing by," the woman said idly, sounding for all the world like she was talking about something as mundane as the whether. "But I have a serious problem with unfair battles."
"Say again," Tsukiumi blinked. "Didst thou just say I am unfair?" Her eyes began twitching at this woman's audacity. "How dare you! I gave my identification properly you nut hook! Unlike that one, who has –"
"That'll be enough, Tsukiumi-chan."
Said woman's eyes widened as Naruto placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned wide eyes to him, the look on her face disbelieving.
"Enough? But Naruto, that woman just said –"
"I know what she just said," Naruto interrupted with a smile. "However, she also doesn't understand the full situation, nor what it is we're trying to do." He gave her shoulder a brief squeeze before releasing it and moving passed her. "Let's see if we can't do this with diplomacy before we decide to use force."
Tsukiumi looked like she was about to argue, however, the moment she opened her mouth seemed to think better of it. With a sigh, she said, "very well. We shall try this your way, Naruto." Then, as if flipping a switch, she pointed at him with an almost angry look on her face. "But be warned, shouldst thou fail, we shall try doing things my way!"
Naruto chuckled. "Alright," he said, before turning to look at the Veiled Sekirei and her surprising protector. As he looked at the raven-haired woman, a frown marred his face. "You... don't we know each other from somewhere?"
A raised eyebrow was his response, soon followed by a small upturning of the woman's pink lips. "Is that some kind of clumsy come on?"
Naruto's mouth twitched, it looked like he was about to pout, but just managed to keep from doing so. Crossing his arms over his chest, he said, "trust me lady, I can think of much better pick up lines than that." He then tilted his head. "No, I wasn't coming on to you, though I might if we run into each other again."
After giving the woman a small wink, which seemed to amuse her – and anger Tsukiumi (how dare her Ashikabi flirt with another woman in front of her!) – he continued. "I was actually being honest, you look kind of familiar, I could swear I've seen you before..." Naruto trailed off for a moment, eyes narrowing right before they widened.
"Now I remember!" He shouted, snapping his fingers. "I saw you walking down the road the day after I winged Musubi-chan!"
The woman blinked. "You actually remember me from just seeing me walk down the street?"
"Of course," Naruto said in a tone that made it sound like his answer should be obvious. "I could never forget such a beautiful woman." There was some teeth grinding behind him from Tsukiumi, but he ignored that as he focused his attention on the woman with the sake bottle. "Are you saying you don't remember me? I could have sworn I gave a more lasting impression than that."
Tilting her head to the side in an expression of curiosity, the raven-haired beauty looked at the blond bemusedly. She stared at him for several long seconds, before turning her gaze on Musubi – who seemed to have calmed down from her excitement and was now watching the two converse with undisguised curiosity – then her gaze went back to Naruto. It took several more seconds of her doing this, before the light of recognition entered her eyes.
"Now I remember you," she said, a small smile forming on her face. She looked at him for a moment, then at the three girls surrounding him and chuckled. "It seems you've been rather busy since we last saw each other."
"I suppose you could say that," Naruto replied lightly. Though his face remained the same, his voice soon gained a slight edge. "May I ask why you're interfering here?"
"As I said before, I don't like unfair battles."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Care to elaborate?"
"You have three Sekirei with you," she said, pointing to Akitsu, Musubi, and Tsukiumi in turn.
"I do, but Musubi and Akitsu are only here to make sure nothing happens to these two," Naruto jerked a thumb over to Minato and Kuno. "And to make sure our friend here doesn't get away. Besides," he shrugged. "We have no intention of truly battling with her. We just want to take her back home so she can answer some questions... I'm sure Miya-chan would be interested in knowing about this situation as well."
While the Veiled Sekirei stiffened at the mention of Miya, the raven-haired beauty raised a hand to her mouth and actually began to giggle. "Miya-chan? You actually call her Miya-chan?" There was mirth dancing in the woman's eyes.
Naruto's eyes flickered for a second as he took in her words. "From the way you're talking, I can take a guess that you know Miya-chan? An old acquaintance perhaps?"
"Perhaps," the woman said with mirthful eyes. Naruto stared at her for a moment later, watching as the woman went to take a swig of her drink. When it became clear that she wasn't going to be saying anything more, he shrugged.
"So, now that you know our situation, would you mind letting us continue? I can promise you that no one but Tsukiumi will fight against... our friend here." Naruto gestured to the Veiled Sekirei, whose stiff form became even more pronounced.
The woman who held his attention went to take another drink, only to blink when she found it empty. She held the bottle up to her face, looking into it as if she might have been mistaken and her bottle was full, then she held it upside down and shook it to see if anything would come out. When nothing came out, she sighed, and turned her attention to Naruto and smiled.
"Sorry, but I think I've grown kinda attached to her," she said, surprising everyone when she placed her left hand on the Veiled Sekirei's shoulders. "So, I'm not going to let you have her just yet."
"You do know that's not gonna matter in the end, right?" asked Naruto. "I'm going to see her again eventually..."
"Perhaps, but you won't be seeing her right now. Flower Refuge!" Raising her hand, the wind began to blow fiercely, several hundred Sakura petals came in with the breeze that picked up.
"She is... a Sekirei!" Tsukiumi's eyes widened in surprise.
"A wind type Sekirei?" Naruto wondered out loud, before a smile came to his face. "I hadn't realized there were any wind type Sekireis, though I suppose I should have seeing as Akitsu uses ice and Tsukiumi water. Let me ask you, before you leave, may I have your name?"
The woman smirked. Bringing her hand up to her face, she blew Naruto a kiss and winked at him. "I'm Sekirei number 3, Kazehana. We'll be seeing you." Just then, a large breeze picked up, forcing everyone to cover there eyes. When the dust and dirt settled with the wind, the Veiled Sekirei and Kazehana were gone.
"She left, curse that woman!" Tsukiumi shouted, shaking her fist angrily at the spot Kazehana and her 'opponent' used to be. Before Naruto could even say anything, she whirled on him. "And you! What was all that about! Because of you, thine opponent is gone, taken by that cur!"
"Calm down, Tsukiumi-chan," Naruto said in an easy voice, not at all bothered by the woman shooting him a threatening glare. "We may have temporarily lost her, but I guarantee we'll see her again real soon. Indeed, we may see her again sooner than you think."
"And what doth that mean?" asked Tsukiumi, crossing her arms under her bust.
"Just saying that we're likely to see her sooner rather then later, that's all."
While Tsukiumi tried to work that out, Naruto turned and walked over to the duo that they had rescued.
Minato and Kuno were still sitting on the ground, one looked dazed and the other looked like she was about to have a heart attack from fear. Neither of them looked like very much, but Naruto knew not to underestimate someone just because they didn't look all that tough.
"Are either of you hurt?" First things first, protocol in this kind of situation usually dictated checking for injuries. These two had been on the run for who knew how long so there was no telling what kind of damage they had suffered, and not just of the physical kind. There were some things that were much worse then cuts and bruises.
"N-No, I think we're ok," Minato said after getting over his shock. Kuno didn't say anything, just nodded her head as she inched closer to him. She didn't look much better now that the fighting was over, in fact, to Naruto, she looked possibly worse.
"That's good," Naruto said as he stood up. The blond held out his hand towards Minato, much like the first time they had met and helped him up. "Wouldn't want to have gone through all that trouble saving you and your Sekirei just for you to be suffering from life threatening injuries or something."
"L-Life threatening?" Minato gulped.
Naruto chuckled at the kid. "Just messing with you. Sort of." He looked over towards the area Kazehana and the Veiled Sekirei had been before they disappeared, frowning. "That Sekirei was obviously out to kill you from what I saw. Had my Sekirei and I not come any sooner, who knows what might have happened to you two."
Minato had to put his head down at that. There had been no condescension in Naruto's words, just the flat out truth, and he had to accept that as it was a fact. He and Kuno had been very lucky, lucky that they had managed to evade MBI and that Veiled Sekirei for so long, and even luckier that the blond and his Sekirei had come in time to save them. Had they not, Minato was sure their luck would have run out.
"Hey, don't get so down about it," Naruto said at seeing the look on the boys face. When Minato looked up at him, the blond continued with, "so you got into some trouble, big deal. You survived, and that means that you now know a little bit more than you did before. Now that you've seen what that woman can do, you can plan for her if she manages to return. Even if you can't kill her, a good plan can ensure that you'll survive the next encounter."
Minato looked at the blond in slight awe. Unknown to Naruto, his own Sekirei were also looking at him with similar expressions, though they also had more than just awe attached to them.
"So..." Naruto began again when Minato didn't speak up. "You got any place to live that we could escort you to? It probably isn't the safest idea for you to stay outside on your own right now..." He trailed off when he noticed Minato grimacing.
"No," the shaggy haired boy said with a sigh, his shoulders slumping ever so slightly. "I had a place to live a little while ago, but we... were kicked out."
Yeah, kicked out because the crabby old man who owned the complex didn't like the fact that he was sharing his room with a female. Honestly, Minato was actually kind of upset about that. What, did the old man just expect him to leave her on the side of the road, especially after becoming her Ashikabi?
"In fact, that's how that woman found us," he added with a shake of his head. "With no place to live after our landlord kicked us out, that woman managed to somehow track us down even though we had been doing our best to keep a low profile after..." he trailed off and shook his head, obviously not wanting to talk about what had brought them to this point.
"I'm sorry Minato-san," Kuno said, her eyes tearing up again. "This is all my fault..."
"Hey now, don't blame yourself, Kuno," Minato said. "It was bound to happen anyways. I'm glad that you're the one who chose me as your Ashikabi." His words seemed to lift the waifish girls spirits as she smiled at him.
"In that case, why don't you and Kuno come with us." When Minato and Kuno looked over at Naruto, he gave them a grin. "My Sekirei and I live in an apartment in the north part of Shinto Teito. It's pretty secure, and we can plan our next move from there. So what do you say?"
The two looked at each other, silently communing in that way only couples can do. Kuno looked unsure, but then, she just seemed to be that way for a lot of things. On the other hand, from the expression on Minato's face, he could definitely see the merit of sticking with these powerful people. Aside from that, they had no place to stay, so it wasn't like they had much of a choice.
In the end, it came down to one question.
What did they have to lose?
XoX
With her veil still covering her head, the Sekirei that had been saved by Kazehana looked out from underneath it, her eyes seeing things only she could. Several feet away from her, Kazehana stood by the edge of the roof of the building they were on top of, a hand in her blowing hair as she looked out at the busy metropolitan city below.
"Why did you save me?" It was a simple question, but the tone and timbre the Veiled Sekirei spoke in had an exhaustion about it that would fill many with concern.
"I recognized you. Seen you before." Turning around, Kazehana looked over at the younger Sekirei. "So how's Miya doing?"
"I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you were able to recognize me," she said, pulling off her veil to reveal the feature's of Uzume. "You're number 3 after all." Standing up, the brunette looked over at Kazehana. "I'm Sekirei number 10, Uzume. Let's make this official, I would like to formally challenge you."
Kazehana just stared at Uzume with a blank look on her face. The silence stretched on, creating a thick tension in the air – at least for Uzume – as the two stared each other down in a classic stand off like the kind you would see in old cowboy films.
Of course, that mood was kind of ruined by the fact that Kazehana wasn't looking all too keen on battling Uzume. Indeed, she had a rather uncaring expression on her face, as if the brunette had just something really stupid or annoying.
"I appreciate that, but not today," Kazehana turned around and began walking away with a disgruntled look on her face. "You're killing my buzz."
Uzume grit her teeth at being denied. Sure, it was for a battle that she really didn't want to fight, but she had made the request. The way this woman just threw her request back and then complained felt insulting.
"Get back here!"
And so she sent several tendrils of cloth after Kazehana, who merely turned around a batted a back hand at Uzume, even though they were about a dozen feet apart.
The air before Kazehana exploded in a fierce wind, the cloth was blown back at Uzume, who was forced to cover her eyes with her forearms from the attack. By the time the wind finally died down, Kazehana had already flipped over the younger Sekirei and was now standing behind her, one finger pressed against Uzume's crest.
It had all happened so fast, one second she was attacking, the next Kazehana had her defeated.
"Are you satisfied now?" asked Kazehana, a bored look on her face. "It's all over."
"No, not yet," Uzume sounded stunned, and why wouldn't she be? She had just lost in less than five seconds. Sure, Kazehana was a single number, and therefore supposedly stronger than any other Sekirei without wings. To top it off, she was one of the original five, said to be stronger than any Sekirei even if they had wings. But that shouldn't have made her capable of defeating Uzume so easily. "It can't be, I don't want to lose yet."
Kazehana raised an eyebrow at the girl, right before a devious smile sprang onto her face. "Sounds like there's more to this, so how about a trade?"
"A trade?" Uzume turned her head to look back at Kazehana.
"That's right," Kazehana leaned in close to Uzume, a large smile on her face. "All you have to do... is buy me sake."
Uzume sweat dropped. "You know, it feels kind of weird when I'm the only one taking this seriously."
Kazehana just laughed. "What are you talking about?"
XoX
Within the dim lighting of her room, Matsu listened to Naruto as she typed away on her keypad. "Since we lost the Veiled Sekirei that we had been after to that Kazehana woman, we'll be returning back to Maison Izumo."
"Right, I'll keep an eye in the sky for you just in case," Matsu said as she pulled up several more perspectives of video feedback via MBI satellites overhead. "We don't know if that Sekirei will be back, so it may be a good idea for me to check ahead of you guys and make sure that the path home is at least clear."
"I doubt we'll run into her again so soon, but it's better to be cautious in instances like this. Let me know if anything changes."
"Will do, Naruto-tan."
Matsu sighed as the line went dead again. While no battles had actually taken place, today had been very hectic for the group. Leaning back on her futon, the red head look used her hands as supposed while she looked up at the ceiling.
"So Kazehana has finally made a reappearance," she said to herself. "I had wondered where my old teammate had gotten to."
"Matsu." The sound of the sliding door opening and her name being called had her turning around to see Kagari entering her room.
"Ah, can I help you, Kagari-san?"
"Yeah, I was wondering if I could have some more medicine."
Matsu frowned, an expression of concern crossing her features. "The medicine I made won't heal you, it only lessens the pain for a very short amount of time."
A grimace worked it's way onto Kagari's face. "At this point any amount of time would be helpful."
Gasping, Matsu looked at her friend with a little more alarm. "Does that mean your body is still unstable?"
Closing his eyes, Kagari wrapped his arms around himself, a small hint of red staining his cheeks. "Yeah, and for the first time ever, I can't seem to recover."
At those words, Matsu's snapped wide open. "Does that mean you're, you know?"
Now it was Kagari's turn to widen his eyes. However, he did his best to hide his look by turning around and beginning to head back out of the room. "Never mind, I'll come by and get the medicine some other time." And with that, he soon left, leaving a worried Matsu behind.
XoX
Kagari winced as he felt more pain in his body, if it kept acting up like this then he really wasn't going to have much more time left. There were ways he could stop the pain of course, but that would require finding an Ashikabi, something he didn't want to do, considering the list of potential candidates.
As Kagari walked down the stairs, the sound of voices reached his ears. Walking stealthily over to the door that led into the dining room, he stopped just a few inches from the door and peered inside to see what was going on.
"Oh my, you're telling me that your landlord kicked you out?" Miya asked. She was holding a hand to her mouth, an expression of mild distress on her features. Of course, given that the only expression she ever had was mild unless giving her patented 'Hanya mask glare' that wasn't saying much.
The person she was talking to was a young man who looked to be around maybe eighteen years of age, with a head of messy black hair and a forlorn expression on his face. Kagari him as the person who had tried to escape from the city the other day, and the girl next to him as number ninety-five, Kuno.
"That's right," the boy said, his expression seeming to get even more depressed. "When he found out that Kuno was staying with me, he kicked us out. We've been on the run ever since."
"We were hoping you would let him stay here," Naruto added from where he sat, on the opposite side of Minato. Kagari also noticed with a mild chuckle that the blond was looking a little harried. This was most probably due to his Sekirei, all five of them had chosen to sit as close as humanly possible to him without earning the ire of Miya. Tsukiumi and Musubi were sitting on either side of him, both holding onto an arm in a possessive manner. One might almost think they were in competition with each other – were it not for the fact that Tsukiumi was glaring Kusano and not Musubi. Akitsu and Matsu were both behind the blond, the light-haired woman was leaning against his back while Matsu was resting her head on his shoulder.
Kusano was sitting on the blonds lap, bouncing up and down happily as she ignored the conversation going on around her. It was also this reason that Tsukiumi was glaring at the little Sekirei.
"Well... I normally wouldn't have a problem offering refuge to anyone who needed it," Miya began pensively.
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "I'm sensing a 'but' coming."
"But we don't have any room." At those words, Minato seemed to slump in on himself and Kuno looked like she was about to cry. "I apologize, but with the number of guests we have already staying, I'm afraid we're all out of room."
Before Minato could get too depressed, Naruto decided to solve the issue in his own way.
"You know if you just allow of my Sekirei to sleep in my room, there would be plenty of room for Minato and his Sekirei."
"And allow you and those women around you a chance to give into your lustful urges?" asked Miya, the hanya mask appearing behind her. All of Naruto's Sekirei backed away from the now demonic woman in fear, going so far back as to press up against the wall.
They weren't the only ones affected. Minato was trembling and looked like he was about to pass out at any second.
Kuno had already passed out.
Naruto was the only one who remained unaffected. He simply looked at the hanya mask, to Miya, then back to the hanya mask. And then he gave a pout.
"It's so not fair that you won't teach me how you do that..."
All at once the hanya mask disappeared as if it had never been there as Miya released a sigh. "And I don't think it's fair that you don't seem at all effected by my normal means. We can't always get what we want."
"Which is why I'm suggesting that the girls share the room while I sleep in the living room," Naruto said, getting not only the attention, but also the ire of his Sekirei. "I know that you won't let all of us sleep together. We've been extremely lucky that you even let us take turns sleeping together. I wasn't suggesting that they share a room with me, but that they share my room while I take the living room."
"Absolutely not!" Tsukiumi shouted before Miya could even formulate a response. "I forbid it!"
Naruto blinked. "Forbid... what?"
"Thou shalt not sleep in the living room like some kind of house pet!" Tsukiumi all but screamed as she pointed at him. "It not only demeans you, but also us as your Sekirei."
"Musubi agrees with Tsukiumi-san, Naruto-Sama," Musubi added. "Sleeping in the living room doesn't sound very comfortable."
"Ku-chan agrees too!"
"What about you, Akitsu-chan?" asked Naruto.
Despite the sleepy look still on her face, anyone who knew the woman well would see the emotion simmering beneath her eyes. "I do not like the thought of you being subjected to sleeping in the living room while we get your bed, especially considering how comfortable your bed is. However, you are my Ashikabi-Sama, and I will follow whatever you dictate."
Naruto smiled at the four Sekirei. It was clear to all those in the room that he enjoyed them sticking up for him like this. "I appreciate the sentiment you four, but this isn't really up for debate. Miya-chan has been extremely accommodating of our antics. Now, I personally thinks she just enjoys the excitement we bring to her life." He threw a quick wink at Miya who covered her mouth with her left hand to hide a giggle. "However, there are certain rules that she won't bend to, and all five of us sharing a room is one of them."
"You are correct, Naruto-san," Miya stated with a nod. "While I don't mind being lenient with you five, there are some things that I won't bend on..." The bright smile on her face was only offset by the scary ass hanya mask floating behind her. "I hope you all understand."
"See what I mean," Naruto pointed to the purple-haired beauty. "I'm sure none of you want to be subject to whatever horrors she'll unleash should we disobey the rules."
"Horrors?" Miya raised an eyebrow at the blond's statement. "I hope you're not saying that I'm violent."
A sheepish laugh was her response as Naruto placed a hand behind his head. "Not at all, you're just... um, strict?"
"Much better."
While everyone watched the unusual, but very common, byplay between the two, Naruto decided to get back on track. "So, if I agree to sleep in the living room, and the girls take my room, can Minato and Kuno stay here."
"As long as I do not have to worry about the lustful actions of you and your Sekirei, I will allow them to stay," Miya agreed.
Her words were met with various reactions.
"So they can stay? Isn't that great! Now you two don't have to worry about not having a place to live!"
"How can you even suggest that I would commit lustful acts in such a crass manner!"
As always, it was Musubi and Tsukiumi who had the most... animated reaction. Both had stood to their feet, fists clenched and fire surrounding there bodies.
And this was in spite of the fact that they were not fire type Sekirei.
Of course, both reactions, while similar, were also very different. Musubi looked excited at the idea of having another pair of roommates. Tsukiumi just looked angry, if the several tic marks on her head were any indication.
"Considering I have often found one, if not all three of you in Naruto-san's room before I imposed this restriction, I would say my comment is quite valid. Wouldn't you?" Though there was no outward change of Miya's friendly demeanor, the trickle of intent and the hanya mask staring Tsukiumi down said otherwise.
"O-Of course," Tsukiumi muttered fearfully. She sat down very quickly and clutched Naruto's arm for comfort. "M-My apologies, Landlady-san..."
Miya raised a hand to her mouth and giggled, the aura surrounding her now gone. "Apology accepted.
Naruto shook his head at the pair, then turned to Minato with a smile. "See, now you've got a place to live, so you won't have to worry about that Veiled Sekirei anymore." Naruto absently noted that both Matsu and Miya reacted to those words.
'So, they know that Uzume is the Veiled Sekirei... or at least know she uses veils.' He doubted they knew what she was doing, well, they probably knew now. But like him, it was unlikely they knew the reasons.
Well, they would all find out eventually.
"Thank you," Minato said, his voice an odd mix of grateful and slightly stressed. "I – we really appreciate this, but..." he paused, closing his eyes as a pained look crossed his face. Everyone became curious at seeing the expression. It looked like he was about to reveal some big secret. They all leaned in as they looked at the young man.
"But the problems don't end there," he continued speaking, his tone now rushed as if wanting to get it out of the way before he could lose his nerve. "You see, Kuno can't fight. Aside from her ability to yell very loudly, she has no other powers, and against Sekirei like that Veiled one that had been chasing us." Again, Miya and Matsu stiffened slightly, but gave no other outward reaction of their thoughts. "And your own Sekirei, she wouldn't stand a chance."
"Well... if you're worried about the Veiled Sekirei, don't be," Naruto said. "I'll deal with her soon enough." Naruto made sure to make eye contact with both Matsu and Miya, giving them a quick look that only they could interpret.
"It's just not that," Minato said, shaking his head. "Kuno can't fight at all, against any Sekirei. If we stay here in Shinto Teito, eventually she will be forced to fight, and then she'll lose."
Everyone looked towards Kuno who seemed to shrink in on herself in depression.
"I don't want that to happen. I want Kuno to be safe, and happy." Naruto smiled at hearing the young man's words. It was good to know that he cared for his Sekirei. "But that won't happen here. As long as the Sekirei Plan exists, as long as we remain in Shinto Teito, Kuno and myself will be in constant danger."
"That's why we want to leave Shinto Teito all together. We want out of the Sekirei Plan."

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