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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: Wow! So, first off I would like to thank everyone for reviewing this story. Honestly, I got way more reviews then I expected on my second chapter. And because so many people seemed to enjoy this story enough to leave a review, I went out of my way to get this next chapter out to you guys as fast as possible as a thank you.
Though the next one will not be coming out as quickly, please keep up the reviews to let me know how I'm doing.
Disclaimer: So I just finished watching the two seasons of Sekirei, and I have to admit that aside from Minato being a pussy, I rather like the series. But I mean really, why the hell is Minato such a god damned coward when it comes to women? He has a harem of beautiful women who will quite literally do anything for him, yet he hasn't done anything with them. Now, while I hold a great amount of respect for women, if I had a harem of beautiful busty babes like he did I would not be acting so damn hesitant with them.

Chapter 2: The Broken Sekirei
XoX
The next morning Musubi woke up on the large air mattress in her's and Naruto's room. At least when put in perspective to the fact that she was at least on the air mattress and not the floor. In truth it would be more accurate to say that she was only half on the mattress, while the rest of her was on top of Naruto. She was pressed firmly against her ashikabi, her head resting on his chest, her breasts pressed against his torso. One of her arms had been thrown across his chest, her hand resting in the center of his chest, and one of her legs was leisurely stretched across his own.
She closed her eyes and took a moment to enjoy the relatively new sensations being with Naruto brought. His heart was beating steadily against her ear, a rhythmic pumping that made her feel calm and at peace. The beat of his heart was just another reassurance that their bond was going strong.
The warmth Naruto was emitting was something to be cherished as well. His body was producing a natural heat that surpassed any of the heating devices she had used before. It felt like his soul was warming her up with it's love. And even though she had only just met him, Musubi somehow knew that this heat was just something of Naruto that had nothing to do with their bond. He was just a warm person, the heat he emitted was a reflection of his soul.
It was then she noticed something else that she had missed during her relishing, the hand that was stroking her hair, fingers messaging her scalp that caused her to sigh in content. She snuggled herself deeper into the warm body of the blond, once again thinking about how lucky she was to have the man laying beside her as her Ashikabi.
"Finally awake, Musubi-chan?" asked Naruto, his voice causing a rumble in his chest that reverberated through Musubi as well.
Musubi looked up to see Naruto's blue eyes on her. Smiling she greeted the blond a tad sleepily, "Naruto-Sama, good morning."
"Good morning to you as well," the blond replied with an amused voice. "Did you have a good nights sleep?"
"Of course I did," Musubi said. She placed her head against the blond's chest and again, closed her eyes and smiled. "I was sleeping with you, Naruto-Sama. I like this, being with you in this way."
"A novelty experience then?" asked Naruto, his tone of voice letting her know he was amused.
Musubi didn't really know what novelty meant, but figured it was something good. "Mmhmm," she mumbled as she continued laying there. "This was the first time we slept together, Naruto-Sama."
"So it is," Naruto agreed. Despite himself he couldn't help but feel slightly amused by Musubi, the girl took extreme amounts of pleasure in the most mundane of things. Not that that was a bad thing. It was a part of her charm. "And while I would like to stay here with you, we need to begin the day."
"Mou, I wanted to be with you for a little bit longer," Musubi complained. She looked up at Naruto as her eyes became big and watery. The fact that she was using it so expertly to break the blond's resolve had to make one wonder whether she actually knew what she was doing, and was a lot more cunning then she acted. Or if she was just naïve and was acting out in harmless innocence.
Whatever the case may be Naruto's resolve crumbled as per usual under that gaze. "Well I... suppose we can stay here for a few more minutes. But we have more shopping to do today."
"We do?" Musubi looked around at the bare room. Not noticing anything out of place. "What do we need?"
Naruto sweat dropped at the question most people would assume was obvious. Despite this he answered anyways. "Now that we have a place to live, we're just going to out and buy some creature comforts."
Looking back at the blond Musubi blinked. "Creature comforts?"
XoX
"Ah! Check out this couch, Naruto-Sama! It's so comfy!" Musubi said from where she was sitting on the couch. She and Naruto had left early after breakfast to go shopping for more accessories to make their room more comfortable. It was very fun as far as she was concerned, though for her anything was fun so long as she was with her Ashikabi.
So far they had gone to several stores and looked at things they felt they might need in their room. Naruto had told her that 'creature comforts' were simply items such as furniture, plants, posters and any other number of things that they would place within their room to give it character.
He had also explained what character meant when she asked him about that.
Naruto shook his head with an easy going smile on his face. Moving over to the love seat he sat down on it with her, if for no other reason then to humor the young woman who acted more like a child. "It is pretty nice," he agreed. "Do you want us to get this?"
"Can we?" asked Musubi, her eyes looking hopefully wide as she held he clasped her hands in front of her face. "Can we really?"
"If you want it," Naruto said. The smile that had been plastered onto his face since they left turned sly. "Though do keep in mind that we only have about twenty-five square feet of space available to us. Perhaps it would be best if we kept this seat in mind but continue shopping before we decide. You may find something else that serves the same function that you like more."
"Ok!" Musubi said, not having a problem with that. Even to her childish thoughts the blond's words made sense.
The pair continued walking through the store, with Musubi trying out every chair, couch and otherwise sittable piece of furniture they ran across. Thankfully she knew the difference between a couch and a dresser and thus, he didn't have to worry about her trying to sit on something that simply wasn't meant for sitting.
He did entertain the image of her doing that, however, and it was rather amusing to say the least.
Musubi had asked him what he had been laughing about.
In the end, they ended up buying a love seat of a different make that the short-haired brunette Sekirei decided she liked better. That wasn't the only thing they had bought, however, as Naruto ended up getting a small but high quality desk with several drawers on either side for files, a slotted board above the ground on the bottom where a computer would go, slide out keyboard table, and a place where he could set a printer if he wanted to, all of it painted in a glossy black color. Along with that he bought a comfortable wheeled leather computer chair to go along with the desk. He planned on buying the computer later on.
In return, he let Musubi pick out the rest of the appliances they would have in their room. She had been ecstatic and ended up getting several lamps, brushed steel gooseneck torchiere floorlamps; a couple of fake potted plants, light blue curtains for the windows, and a dresser drawer made out of an exotic dark wood with a varnished finish.
By the time the pair had finished shopping they must have been an odd sight. Naruto was carrying the loveseat above his head, using only a single hand. On top of it was the computer chair, and under his other arm was the box containing the desk. Musubi on the other hand was carrying the table over her head, on top of it was the box with the drawer in it and the plants, and had the lamps under the arm she wasn't using to hold up the table.
Naruto noticed the looks of shock and disbelief they were receiving and sighed, thankful that if nothing else, the desk and drawer were unmade in their boxes. Not only would the added dimension make all the items they bought infinitely harder to carry, it would have drawn even more attention then they did now.
'So much for remaining inconspicuous,' he thought to himself. He looked over at Musubi and smiled. 'Still, I can't seem to find it in myself to truly complain.'
Musubi didn't even notice the looks they received as they walked back home, or she did and just didn't understand. The latter case was more likely because her eyes were roving over the city as if it was the first time they had seen it. As her eyes continued moving, they landed on the glass window with a display in the front of the store. To be more specific, they landed on the television set they were advertising in the front window.
"Ah! A TV," she said, stopping in front of the display to look at the flat screen television. Had she not been carrying several hundred pounds of furniture, it was more then likely that she would have pressed her face against the glass like a kid looking into a candy store.
Naruto stopped as well when he noticed Musubi was no longer following him. Looking back he saw that she was staring at the TV, which he could hear was giving more news on the unnatural plant growth in the Botanical Garden. He chuckled as he walked back over to her, "I take it you like watching TV?"
"Yes," Musubi said enthusiastically. "I love watching TV, I can learn of all the things that happen in the outside world from it."
"Outside world?" Naruto said in a questioning tone.
"I mean the world that you live in," she said, her eyes moving from the television to him. She smiled. "We were born on an island where we were controlled."
Naruto's body stiffened, but he thankfully managed to keep the anger out of his voice as he asked, "What exactly do you mean by controlled?"
"Newborn Sekireis can't adjust to the outside world and can't control their powers," Musubi explained. "An example would be every time we hugged. If I couldn't control myself, you would have been turned into a pancake by now."
The blond relaxed a little, though the thought of someone controlling another person sickened him. He smirked however, when he heard her last statement. "I'm a lot stronger then I look, Musubi-chan. You know that." In emphasis he tossed the loveseat a few inches above his hand and caught it again with ease. He winked at the girl and said, "I think I could have withstood your hugs just fine even if you couldn't control your powers."
Musubi giggled a little. "Well, maybe you could have, but most people wouldn't be able to survive a hug given by me if I couldn't control my power."
"So where is this island that your talking about?" asked Naruto.
"It's an island called Kamigura, and it's a secret of M.B.I.. It's not even on the map either." Her eyes widened and she would have pressed a hand to her mouth were it not for the fact that she was carrying several hundred pounds worth of furniture, "oops! I wasn't supposed to say anything about that."
"So basically no one but the higher ups likely know where it is," Naruto said with a sigh. There went any thoughts of blowing the place to hell and freeing any Sekireis still there. He looked back at the television and smiled, "So do you want to buy this TV as well?"
Musubi eyes went wide as she squealed in delight. "Aah! Can I really?"
"Of course, but you'll be carrying that one."
"Yatta!"
XoX
They arrived at the Izumo Inn around two hours later. The pair had little trouble getting through the front door, aside from opening it. When they got inside and walked up the stairs the two ran into Miya, who looked at them with blinking eyes before smiling.
"With all that stuff your carrying, am I to take it that your shopping trip went well?" she asked.
"Yup!" Naruto said cheerfully as he grinned at her. "We managed to get a lot of nice furniture and appliances for our room. I think by the time we're done with setting everything up it will feel just like home."
"Well that's good," the purplette replied with her typical calm smile. She looked at the many furniture and items the pair were carrying with an amused expression. There was a slight gleam to her eyes, one that Naruto was surprised to recognize as something he had seen in his own eyes many times before the Fourth Great Shinobi War had broken out.
It was the muschievious and amused look he often had when something amused him, or he had played a successful prank.
He could only hope Miya wasn't the prankster type.
"I don't think I've seen anyone capable of lifting so many large and heavy objects at the same time. You two must be pretty strong."
"That's because I'm a fist type Sekirei!" Musubi replied in a cheerful voice. Naruto had to remind himself he was carrying a lot of heavy furniture, otherwise he would have face palmed at the girl's inability to keep a secret.
Miya however, just giggled. "You're so funny." She then looked over at Naruto with an amused eye. "And what about you? Are you a..." she giggled again, "fist type Sekirei as well?"
"Eh, no. I'm just awesome," Naruto said with a shrug, which caused the many items above his head to wobble. He cursed slightly, tilting his hand quickly and in various directions to correct the balance of weight in order to keep the objects from falling. He breathed a sigh of relief, only to pout when he heard Miya giggling again, this time at him.
"Well then, I'll leave you two to get started," she told the pair. "When your done, why don't come back downstairs."
"got it."
"Ok!"
The pair made their way upstairs, a more difficult task then the door. Because of the size of the items they were carrying, they were forced to take them up one at a time. Once done with that they had to move them into their room. This again required more effort, as most of the items they had bought were too large to fit in through the doorway normally. Things like the table had to be turned on it's side in order to get through, while the loveseat had to be twisted at a forty-five degree angle. The pair worked for somewhere around fifteen to twenty minutes before they managed to get everything in the room.
"Alright!" Naruto said, taking a deep breath and releasing it before he clapped his hands together. "Getting everything set up and built is going to take some time, so let's get started. Musubi, why don't you begin by setting the couch where ever you want to sit when watching TV, then set up the table, the lamps and plants and put the curtains up. While you do that I'll build the dresser and the desk."
Musubi gave the blond a big smile. "I would be happy to, Naruto-Sama."
The pair worked for another two hours, with Musubi setting up the furniture and Naruto building the pieces that were in the boxes. However, despite the amount of work it took, both felt their efforts were well worth the outcome. By the time they had finished the room looked much more cozy, more like a well lived in home then a sterile room whose sole saving grace was that it wasn't white.
The desk had been placed in front of one of the windows, allowing whoever used it to look out at the horizon and the city beyond. Because the room was on the West side they would be able to watch the sunset from it. The drawer had been placed in a corner of the room on the same side as the desk, and was being used as a TV stand. Just a few feet from it was the loveseat, situated by the second window. The lamps they had bought were standing in three different places, one near the desk, another by the door and the last in the corner with the television. The two plants were located in the two corners of the room on the other side, while the bed was still in the center. As a finishing touch the blue curtains had been draped from the windows, adding what Naruto would consider a more feminine touch since he honestly would have never even thought of buying the curtains if Musubi hadn't wanted them. Though he was truthfully surprised she had thought of them, given that she didn't seem to know much about the outside world.
"What do you think, Musubi-chan?" asked Naruto as he looked at the woman beside him.
"It's perfect," Misubi said with a smile. She looked over at him and her smile widened, reaching her eyes and conveying feelings of happiness and warmth. "Don't you think so too, Naruto-Sama?"
Naruto looked at the girl and smiled, something he had been doing a lot more often since the odd and slightly naïve Sekirei had come into his life. "Yes, it is."
Since they were done the pair walked back downstairs, where they ran into Kagari wearing a long overcoat as he put on his shoes. Both of them looked at each other before looking back at the white-haired man who was walking towards the door. "You heading out, Kagari?" asked Naruto, making the only other male living at Izumo Inn stop.
He looked back at the pair standing on the last few steps and smiled. "That's right, I've got a lot of work to do."
"Well your leaving early today," Miya said as she walked down from the hallway. Naruto and Musubi both turned their attention to her, along with Kagari. She gave a small pout. "And I just made you dinner too."
"I'm sorry," Kagari apologized with a smile. "I'll eat it as soon as I get home, okay?" He leaned down kissed the purplette's hand, making the woman giggle. "Take care," he said, waving to her and the other two as he left.
Miya waved good bye to Kagari before turning around to see Naruto and Musubi looking at her curiously. "In case you were wondering, Kagari works nights at a host club."
"Really?" Naruto said as he eyed the door that was just now closing. It clicked shut a few seconds later and the blond turned his attention back to Miya. "I can't say I'm surprised. He's got that bishonen look that a lot of women seem to be into now a days down pat." Were it not for the white hair and the fact that Kagari was a lot nicer, the guy would have reminded him of Sasuke. A shudder escaped the blond before he pulled himself together. "I'm betting he's pretty popular with the ladies."
"He is," Miya agreed. "He's apparently the most popular host over there, I think it's amazing." She looked back at Naruto and gave him a teasing wink, "though, you're not bad looking yourself, Naruto-san. If you want I bet you could speak with Kagari about getting a job there. I'm sure he would be more then happy to help you out."
"No thanks," Naruto said with a head shake. "I'm not really interested in possible one night stands anymore." He looked over at the reason for that and smiled. He would freely admit that during his time on this earth the blond had more then enough one night stands. How could he not? His refusal to get close to anyone had made it so that the most significant form of intimacy he could have was sex.
'And yet now that I'm actually finding myself caring for another person I don't want that,' it would be different if another female held a genuine interest in him. But sleeping with someone just for sex was baseless, and he had only ever done it when he had an itch that needed to be scratched. Unlike his former sensei, Jiraiya, such acts usually left him feeling hollow afterwords.
"Oh my," Miya giggled. "It sounds like someone's in love."
Naruto looked over at her and blinked. A second later he shrugged and smiled, "I guess so. I just... don't see the point in sleeping with someone for carnal pleasure when I have a person I know cares about me right here. Right, Musubi?"
"Right!" Musubi said with a nod. She looked back at the door and pressed a finger to her lips. "So, Kagari-san's a host?"
"Yeah," Naruto said. "He basically gets paid to lavish attention on women, depending on the club it can be a pretty lucrative business."
"Has Naruto-Sama been a host before?" asked Musubi, looking over at him.
"Once or twice during my travels," he admitted. "Sometimes when I was strapped for cash, or just wanted some extra spending money and didn't want to wait until I was paid." He grinned at the brunette. "Why, interested in seeing what it would be like to have a good looking guy do all those things for you, hmm?"
"Yeah, especially if it's you," Musubi said, looking at him with her amber colored eyes. "I'd let you do anything to me."
Naruto opened his mouth, closed it, blinked, then opened it again. After doing this for several seconds he sighed. "You know there are so many sexual connotations and innuendos I could say to that, that I'm not even sure which ones to use." Inwardly he thought, 'and I know for a fact that Musubi-chan doesn't even realize what those innuendos would mean so saying them would be pointless.'
Musubi blinked and tilted her head to the side as she looked at the blond curiously. "Huh?"
Naruto sighed as his point was proven with that one little word. Meanwhile Miya giggled at the pair, drawing their attention to her. She smiled at the brunette and said, "you look exhausted, would you like to take a bath before dinner."
"Yeah! I'd love that!" Musubi said, throwing her hands into the air in her enthusiasm. Naruto and Miya actually shared a look before both began laughing, much to the brunette Sekirei's confusion.
XoX
The bath house was on the first floor and was typical of a standard Japanese bath. Made with a light blue tiling that spread out across the floor and one-third of the walls, the rest was made of wood made of a lighter grain. There was a large window which filtered light through the room, illuminating the rectangular wooden bath. It was of a decent size, about large enough to comfortably fit four or five people, and had a wooden platform sticking out of it. Off to the left was a small square plank of wood where the shampoo and soap was, along with a bucket that was used for washing.
"Oh, wow. It looks fantastic," Musubi said with a brilliant smile. She looked at Naruto with a hopeful expression. "If you want to join I can wash your back." It was definitely her naivety talking again. The sexual connotations of a male and female taking a bath together were completely lost on the girl.
"Sure," Naruto said, agreeing with her even though he knew this. Whatever else could be said about the blond he was still a hot blooded male, and the offer of taking a bath with someone who was easily a ten on the hotness scale was not something he would pass up. "I haven't been in an actual bath like this for a long time, and it will be nice to relax. I'll even help you wash your back as well."
The smile that split Musubi's face at his words lit up the entire room.
The pair quickly shed their clothing, folding them neatly and finding an empty cubbyhole to put them in. Naruto looked over at Musubi and took a moment to admire her form. In his long life the blond had seen and been with many beautiful women, of those he had met it had always been the first women he had known that he felt were the most beautiful. There had simply been something about the kunoichi in his life that the civilian girls he slept with just couldn't compare to.
However, seeing Musubi as she stripped down, Naruto had to amend his statement. The girl had all the firm and lean muscle mass that a kunoichi had, along with the softness one would expect from a civilian super model. There was also the small, or large depending on your perspective, fact that the girl had some of the largest breasts he had ever seen in his life. He had to wonder if they were something unique to her, or if all Sekirei just had an abnormally large bosom.
Shaking the thought away Naruto finished taking off his own clothes and folded them in an empty cubbyhole. He walked into the room with Musubi and stepped into the steaming tub. The water was hot, hot enough that the blond actually got slight burns as he sunk down in the water. However, the burning healed up a second later with no adverse effects, not even a red mark to signify that he had been burned.
"Hot!" Musubi hissed as she dipped her toe into the water. Naruto chuckled as he watched her get in much more slowly then he had, granted she didn't have his healing factor and she likely hadn't dealt with the kind of painful circumstances he had often found himself in when he was younger so her pain tolerance probably wasn't up to par with his own.
"Are you ok?" asked Naruto as Musubi dipped her toe in again before fully moving into the water.
"Yeah, the water was just hotter then I expected," Musubi said. She winced a little more as she lowered herself into the bath. However, as she immersed herself more fully into the hot water her body began to adapt. As a Sekirei she had a stronger tolerance then most humans, and her body healed much faster from wounds as well. She was genuinely surprised that Naruto didn't seem to have any trouble dealing with the hot water.
She looked over at her Ashikabi and smiled. Naruto was leaning against the tub with his eyes closed and a small smile on his face. He looked really relaxed and completely at ease. Seeing him look so content made her heart soar.
Naruto felt her looking at him and opened his eyes to watch her in turn. He gave her a smile and said, "see anything you like, Musubi-chan?"
"Of course, Naruto-Sama. It's nice to see you so relaxed like this," Musubi said with a smile that was so innocent that if the blond didn't know any better he would have thought it wasn't real. He did sweat drop at her for not even getting the slight innuendo, but quickly realized that he shouldn't have expected anything less. "I don't think I've ever seen you this happy." She pressed a hand to her chest, "I can actually feel your happiness right here, and it's beautiful."
'For such a naïve girl she tends to make some really insightful comments,' the blond thought with an internal chuckle. He looked at the girl with a soft smile. "Come over here, Musubi-chan," he said, gesturing her over. The girl looked at him for a moment before smiling and doing as told. He directed her to sit between his legs with her back to him. Looking around he saw the soap a few feet away and sighed, he wasn't going to stand up and walk over to get it.
Lifting his hand Naruto began channeling wind chakra to the bottle of soap, making it lift itself off the ground and float into his waiting hand. He squeezed a dime sized drop on his palm and rubbed his hands together until they were nice and soapy. Then the blond shinobi placed his hands on Musubi's back and began to lather her up.
"Naruto-Sama?" Musubi said in a questioning tone as she turned to look at him.
Said blond just smiled at her as he continued his task. "We were planning on washing each others backs, remember?" he said. "I figured I would wash yours first."
"Oh, ok!"
Naruto chuckled at the girls enthusiastic reply, she was so naïve that nothing really seemed to bother her. Things like modesty and propriety went right out the window, not because she wanted to do the nasty and had no decency, but simply because she had no concept of what sex was.
As he continued washing her back he began to hum a soft tune he remembered learning during his life long journey. He couldn't remember where it was from, but that didn't really matter. 'When your as old as I am things like the who's, what's, where's, how's, when's and why's simply stop being an issue,' he thought to himself, a little sadly. 'Thinking of my age makes me wonder if becoming Musubi-chan's Ashikabi was a mistake. Will she live as long as me? Or will the ravages of time take her like it did everyone else?' That had always been his biggest fear and the reason he never got close to another person after the time of the Hidden Villages had passed. He simply didn't think he could survive the heartbreak of losing someone he loved.
Thinking of his past, and the precious people he lost caused Naruto to stop washing Musubi's back. Beginning to feel overcome by emotions and a fear he hadn't felt in a long time the blond wrapped his arms around the brunette Sekirei's waist and pulled her flush against him, confusing the girl greatly.
"Naruto-Sama?" she asked, turning her head to try and look at him. He was, unfortunately for her, resting his head against the center of her back, so she couldn't quite see him other then his spiky blond locks that spilled over her shoulder, but she could feel the shift in his emotions. "Are you alright?"
"Promise me you'll never leave me," Naruto whispered in a soft voice. Just hearing that tone in her Ashikabi's voice made Musubi feel terrible. The fact that she could feel the emptiness in the blond's heart, like a void that had been sucking out his soul for who knew how many years only made it worse. The person she now cherished most was suffering, and she didn't know why or how to truly help.
Shifting her body around in his grasp, Musubi set her legs over one of Naruto's as she moved until her profile was being presented to him. She looked into the blond's eyes, which were much more vulnerable then she was used to seeing in the past three days since they had met. Not really sure how to reassure him but wanting to do something, the brunette Sekirei cupped the blond's face with her hands and pulled him into a kiss.
Her wings flared out behind her as the power the blond held entered her body. She did her best to ignore it, along with the pleasure and heat it brought her as she focused on pouring all of her emotions into the kiss. In response, Naruto's arms tightened their hold around her waist, as if to keep her from disappearing.
When they broke the kiss Musubi gave Naruto a soft smile. "I will never leave you, Naruto-Sama," she told him in a completely sincere voice. "I will always stay by your side as your Sekirei, now and forever. Not even the professor will be able to take me from you."
"Musubi... thank you," Naruto said, feeling tears run from his eyes. He cursed himself for his weakness, but he had been alone for so long that the girls words simply made him feel more emotional then he would have otherwise.
"You don't need to thank me, Naruto-Sama," Musubi said with a soft smile. "I want to be with you. I was simply telling the truth." She then blinked before her smiled widened. "So are you done washing my back? Can I wash your back now?"
Naruto chuckled. "Sure."
As Musubi switched places with the blond and began to wash his back, Uzume, who had been peeking from the doorway when she heard voices inside of the bath house, closed the door and sighed. "I guess I can wait until their done to take my bath," she said with a smile. "I wouldn't want to ruin their moment." After getting redressed she walked back out of the changing room and up the stairs to her own room.
XoX
It was early the next morning that Naruto woke up. After extracting himself from Musubi's grasp the blond made his way downstairs. It was still very early in the morning, the sun was only just coming up, peaking out beyond the horizon and painting orange and purple streaks across the sky. No one else was awake yet as far as he could see while he walked through the house, even Miya seemed to be asleep, or at least still in her room. Thinking of the plans he wanted to do today the blond headed over for the kitchen.
The kitchen was fairly average, much like the rest of the house. It held a marble counter top, with several drawers and cupboards lining the bottom, and a few more cupboards above. There was a gas stove and oven combination, several appliances one would expect to find in a kitchen, a refrigerator, a microwave and a sink. There were several windows lining the walls, allowing light to filter into the room, and a table that could seat four people in the center.
With a slight smile the blond got to work. His first task was finding the pots and pans, then searching for the ingredients, eggs, flower, milk, bacon, broth, seasoning, butter, various assorted vegetables and some chicken. He separated the groceries into two piles, placed a pan on the stove and turned on the heat.
Naruto placed some butter on the pan, and while waiting for it to melt grabbed a bowl and began mixing the ingredients he had in the first pile into it. He wasn't sure how much flour he would need, but shrugged and placed four cups inside, then cracked six eggs, poured in some milk, added a pinch of sugar, a small amount of yeast, some baking powder, salt, butter, and several dozen blueberries he found in the fridge. He began stirring the food, mixing it until it was completely even with no chunky parts to it, then set it aside as he noticed the butter was beginning to melt in the pan and used a spatula to even it amongst the pans surface. When he was sure the pan was hot enough to cook something in he grabbed the bowl and began pouring in some of the batter.
Knowing it would take a few minutes for the first side to bake, Naruto began working on the second pile. His first step was creating more batter, though this was for a completely different purpose then pancakes. With the sort of expertise one would expect of a professional chef the blond shinobi began to mix and whisk ingredients into another bowl much faster then when he had with the first one. Once he was finished with his mixing he set the bowl aside and got back to the pancakes so he could let the dough set.
As he worked, humming a small tune to himself, the blond had no idea he was being watched by another member of the house who had just awoken a little while ago.
XoX
Miya watched as the blond man went about the kitchen with the confidence of one who had been looking after themselves for a long time. She watched as he switched off between making the pancakes until all of the batter from the first bowl was gone. Then needing the dough from the second bowl on a wooden cutting board he had found in one of the cupboards.
'I wonder what he is making,' she wondered as she watched him. Miya would admit to being a curious individual, especially when it came to an anomaly like Naruto. While she had not known the blond for very long, it was as she had told Kagari when the mysterious blond and Musubi had asked for a place to live, there was just something about the blond that drew her curiosity and told her he was a trust worthy individual.
She was actually surprised when he began throwing the dough over his head, going through a complex series of stretches and twirls, before dispersing the dough through the air that pulled it out until it was taut enough that Miya was sure it would snap. It almost looked like it had become elastic as the blond waved it about, and the purplette watched as her houses newest tenant flipped, stretched, and intertwined the dough before it suddenly separated itself into numerous strands.
'So he's making some kind of noodle dish,' she thought to herself as she continued watching. 'He's very talented, I don't think I've ever seen noodles being made that way before. Those moves looked almost like some kind of complicated dance, and I can tell from the way his muscles are built that he's not a chef by profession. He looks more like a fighter of some kind, but it's obvious he knows how to cook. Probably from his travels. But I wonder why I feel that there's so much more to him then just what he told us last night...'
While it wasn't in her nature to question others, she couldn't help but be curious about he blond. For every answer she seemed to get about him, she received several more questions. She had to admit it brought an interesting element to her otherwise dull life that she had gotten since her husband died.
It wasn't until she caught the scent of Miso soup when the blond began cooking that, that Miya recognized what he was making.
Deciding that she had watched him enough, and feeling just mildly embarrassed that she had watched him for so long, Miya decided to make her presence known. "I didn't know you could cook, Naruto-san," she said loud enough for him to hear. The blond turned his head to look at her and she was again mildly surprised when he didn't seem surprised to see her standing in the doorway.
"Good morning, Miya-chan!" he called out in a happy voice. She couldn't keep the slight giggle from escaping her at his apparent new suffix for her. It seemed that since they were living together, the blond had decided on a more affectionate suffix. She would have used her demon aura on him, but got the feeling he called everybody who he considered a friend by that – with males being an exception – and thus decided to let it go.
"I was going to make breakfast, you know," Miya said with a mild pout. While not a very humorous individual, the purple-haired beauty did have her fun side, something that she thanked her late husband for. "You're stealing my job from me."
Naruto gave her an easy going grin. "I'm sorry, that wasn't my intention. I was actually just planning on making some ramen for today and decided that I would make breakfast as well. Having moved around as much as I have, and having been making food for myself for many years, I'm a pretty good chef."
"I noticed, I was watching you," Miya admitted.
"I know," Naruto chuckled at the mild amount of surprise she displayed upon his statement. "I have something of a sixth sense that let's me know when I'm being watched."
Miya accepted his answer, even though she knew there was more to it then that. If he had sensed her when she had entered the room, he must have incredible spatial awareness, a must have for people trained in combat.
She looked over at the broth he was making and couldn't help but ask, "so what did you need to make ramen for?"
"I plan on taking Musubi-chan out for a picnic," Naruto said.
Miya raised an eyebrow. "So you made ramen for a picnic?"
"You can never go wrong with ramen," the blond defended his favorite noodle dish.
"How do you plan on keeping it warm?" she asked, and was only mildly surprised when he gave her a mysterious smile.
"Oh, I have my ways," he said, chuckling again when she pouted at him. Then he blinked and looked at her with a sheepish smile, "speaking of picnics, do you know of any good parks I can go to for one? I haven't been in town very long, and that time was spent trying to find an apartment and clothes shopping for Musubi-chan."
"Of course," Miya said, taking on a thinking pose with a hand under her chin and her other hand holding up her elbow. "Normally, I would suggest the Botanical Garden. However, the overgrowth of vegetation is still going strong, I hear it's gotten so bad that the M.B.I. might actually begin stepping in."
Naruto frowned for a moment but nodded. "So where else would you suggest?"
"Well, there's a small park about a mile east of the garden," she suggested. "It's small, but nice. I think you and Musubi-chan will love it."
"Then that's where we'll go!" Naruto cheered, causing Miya to giggle as the blond's enthusiasm reminded her of Musubi's. When he calmed down the shinobi looked over at her and asked, "do you want to come with us?"
Miya smiled in appreciation of the offer but shook her head. "I wouldn't want to intrude upon yours and Musubi-chan's date like that."
"You wouldn't impose," Naruto said, "and I think Musubi-chan would love having another girl to talk to. Well, maybe, she doesn't seem to be your average female so it's hard to say. Then again, you don't seem to be your average woman either."
"And how is that?" asked Miya, curious about his answer.
"You're too graceful," he said, making her raise an eyebrow. Seeing this he elaborated by saying, "what I mean is your movements hold a grace that very few people can achieve. Only warriors of the highest caliber have the kind of movements you do, meaning you've been in more then a few life and death battles." The blond paused for a moment, blinking. "That, or you could just be a dancer. Talented dancers are pretty graceful too."
Though a sweat drop formed on her head at his last comment, the blonds first words actually caused a few alarms to go off in her head, but she kept herself calm as she said, "knowing this you must have some experience in battle yourself."
"Too many," Naruto agreed, sighing as he suddenly seemed to age before her eyes. Not in the physical sense, but more in the spiritual sense. It was all in his eyes, they looked so tired, like he had lived for far too long and a part of him had given up and was just waiting to die. It was actually shocking that someone so young could look so old. However, the moment left and Naruto seemed to pull himself together through sheer will power.
It made her respect for him rise a few notches, and also left her with many questions that she was sure she had no business asking.
The tense moment was soon broken as Musubi entered the room, her nose sniffing as she followed the scent of Naruto's cooking. "It smells so good in here," she mumbled sleepily, her stomach rumbling and a small amount of drool coming out of her mouth as she took in the scent. Her words and the rumbling of the black hole Musubi called a stomach broke the tension that had built up between Miya and Naruto. As the two bega giggling and/or laughing, Musubi looked at the two in confusion.
"Ara?"
XoX
"Thank you so much for taking me out on a picnic, Naruto-Sama. I've never been on a picnic before," Musubi said as she held onto his arm. They had left an hour after breakfast, picnic basket in hand and journeyed to the park that Miya had given Naruto directions to. It had taken a while to get there, nearly two hours because they had decided to go for a more scenic route, wandering through the streets and exploring more of the city.
This was of course, done by design. Naruto had only been in the city for three days, and Musubi had been on the run from the S&M girls, along with who-knew-how-many other Sekirei that went after unwinged Sekirei. As things were, neither of them knew much about the city or it's layout beyond what they had already scene.
Naruto could have picked up a map, but felt it was better to get a feel for the place himself. Not just learn the routes he needed to get where he wanted to, but to take in the atmosphere as well.
"You're welcome," the blond replied as they walked into the park. It was small, but nice, with a tiled pavement and several fenced off sections where the foliage was located. Most of the plant life consisted of large oak trees surrounded by several different types of flora. Naruto recognized a few of the flowers thanks to his green thumb. It wasn't well known, or known at all, but Naruto was very good at taking care of and raising plants.
Ino had become very interested in him after learning he had his own garden at home.
There was a bit of disappointment when Naruto realized that there was no grassy areas for them to sit, but the pair made do by finding a secluded spot where they wouldn't be scene or bothered. Which was good because he didn't need people asking him questions.
As Naruto spread the blanket out on a bench he looked up at the girl he had bonded to as an Ashikabi and smiled. "I'm glad that I'm able to help you experience something new."
"And I'm glad it's you I'm doing this with," Musubi said enthusiastically. The response was so typical of her that it caused the blond to smile.
They sat down and Naruto opened up the basket. There was a puff of smoke and the blond pulled out two steaming bowls of ramen. The moment the smell hit Musubi's nose her stomach rumbled. "That smells so good..."
Naruto grinned. "You're in for a real treat. This ramen is a secret recipe made by someone that had been very precious to me. She taught me how to make this, and I'm the only one outside of her family who was allowed to learn it. This is the best damn ramen you will ever taste in your life."
"So someone close to you taught you how to make this?" Musubi said before smiling. "I'd really like to meet her!"
"You can't," at the Sekirei's confused look Naruto offered a sad smile. "Like everyone else that had been in my life, she has long since past away."
"I'm so sorry," Musubi said, her eyes watering as she looked down, suddenly finding an interest in staring at the blanket they were sitting on. "I'm supposed to be your Sekirei but I keep bringing up your painful past."
"Hey," Naruto said softly, placing a hand under her chin and lifting up her head. He smiled at her, using his free hand to wipe away her tears. "You have nothing to be sorry about. It's not like I told you about my past, so you couldn't have known. To be honest, I've never told anyone about my past, it's something I've kept inside for a long time. But I don't mind telling you, and if you're going to be my Sekirei then it wouldn't be good to keep secrets from you. So no more tears, okay?"
"Ok. Thank you for not being mad at me, Naruto-Sama."
Naruto chuckled before he kissed her temple. "I don't think I could ever be mad at you. Now you should know, there are still many secrets that I have yet to tell, because to put it quite simply, I have more secrets then I could tell you in any single day, or even a year. However, eventually, you will know everything there is to know about me." He gave her a wink, "we've all our lives to learn more about each other, so there's no rush, right?"
The brunette nodded her head with great enthusiasm, her heart warmed by his words. "Right!"
"Now let's eat before the ramen gets cold."
The picnic would be considered a great success after that by the two of them. Naruto found someone who managed to appreciate ramen as much as he did. It brought him a very large grin to his face when Musubi had literally begun to cry as she proclaimed his ramen to be one of the greatest foods she had ever eaten. It was definitely an ego booster considering he had never made ramen for anyone other then himself.
It was also good that someone else appreciated the food that the gods had gifted the Earth with.
Musubi on the other hand learned more about her Ashikabi. There was a lot more to Naruto then anyone could have first suspected. She knew the basics about him, and due to the strong bond they already shared the brunette Sekirei could claim some smattering of knowing how his emotions ran. But during this time she had learned that Naruto had a past that brought him great pain. She could only hope he would tell her more soon so that she might help heal the wound in his heart.
As they were eating, Naruto caught sight of something out of the corner of his eyes that caused him to frown. Sitting on the bench a few feet away was a woman with short, light brown hair, and a sleepy expression on her face. She was wearing nothing more then a button up shirt, a pair of panties and a doctors coat that was stained with blood – her blood – Naruto assumed as she looked hurt. However, the most noticeable thing about her was that she had a crimson Sekirei mark on her forehead instead of her back.
"Hey, Musubi-chan," Naruto said, getting the attention of the brunette happily munching away on her eighth bowl of ramen. The blond was pleased he had made over four dozen bowls or they wouldn't have had enough to eat. When she looked at him he pointed towards the woman he assumed was a Sekirei. "Why does she have her Sekirei crest on her forehead?"
Musubi looked over at the hurt looking female and looked thoughtful. "I don't know. I've never seen a Sekirei with a mark on their forehead before." She looked slightly sheepish after that. "Though, I haven't met a lot of Sekirei's in the outside world."
"She looks so... lonely," Naruto whispered, once again a small pang of anguish shot through their bond and Musubi looked over at her Ashikabi to see compassionate blue eyes staring at the woman on the bench.
She smiled as she grabbed his hand and held it in her own. "We should help her," she said, making the blond look at her. Musubi gave him a smile so wide that her eyes were forced closed, and after a few seconds he smiled as well.
"Yeah, let's go," he stood up, taking Musubi with him. Together, the two walked over to the other Sekirei who didn't even seem to notice when they stopped in front of her. Noticing this, Naruto crouched down in front of her so he could see her eyes. The woman looked at him for a second, before turning her eyes back down to look off into the distance.
At least that was what it looked like from the outside, Naruto knew otherwise.
"Hey," he said in a soft voice. "Are you ok? Do you want me to take escort you home?"
"I have no home..." she said in a voice that was so broken that Musubi and Naruto almost felt themselves cry. "Because I am... broken... I'm... a failure..."
Water gathered in Naruto's eyes, no matter how long he walked this earth, he was a sucker for sob stories of any kind. If anything his inability to listen to someone as they poured out there pain and soul had only gotten worse with time. Which really sucked for him because there were a lot of people who had it bad in this day and age.
It was just another reason he often did his best to keep himself as segregated from humans as possible.
He cupped the woman's face and lifted it so she was forced to make eye contact. "You are not a failure," he said, watching as the woman's eyes went wide at his proclamation. He could tell she was not only surprised by his words, but more then likely by the conviction in his voice. Hopefully, it would help her snap out of this stupor. "I don't know what idiot told you that, but you are most definitely no failure."
"But I can't be winged," she said, as if that answered everything. "A failure like me will never be able to find an Ashikabi. I'm useless... a discarded tool..."
"My purpose is now gone, Zabuza-sama has no need for a broken tool. I need you to do me a favor, and kill me."
He could hear the words of Haku, the person who had first started him on the path to true strength ring through his head at the light haired Sekirei's words. It had been Haku that told him about true strength, how it only came from protecting the things that were most important to you, those things that you held dear to your heart. Hearing those words, so similar yet so different from the person that told him what it meant to be strong caused a sharp pain to enter his chest.
'I may not have been able to save you, Haku,' he thought to himself with gritted teeth. 'But I'll be damned if I let her end up in your position.' He would not let this girl become like Haku, working for a person treated her as nothing more then a tool – even if Zabuza had not truly thought that he still acted as though he had until the end – that could easily be disposed of when it's purpose was finished. He would get this girl to understand that she was not broken, she was not a discarded tool.
"Just because you can't be winged doesn't mean you don't have worth," Naruto said adamantly. "A persons worth is not determined by something so menial. You have something that is special only to you, something no one else has but you, something that makes you unique. That is what makes you special, and is what gives you worth."
"But I -"
"Come with us," Naruto said, once more surprising the woman whose mouth was agape in shock. "Come with us and I'll prove that you are worth something. I'll prove that you can shine just as well as any other Sekirei."
The woman looked at him for several seconds before speaking. "Ok..."
Naruto smiled. "I didn't get your name."
The woman blinked, the only sign she had heard his words. "It's Akitsu..."
"Pleasure to meet you, Akitsu-chan."
XoX
It was only an hour later that the two were nearing Izumo Inn. Naruto was carrying a now sleeping Akitsu in his arms, said woman was either subconsciously affectionate, or just wanted the blond's body heat because she was currently snuggling herself into his chest. After agreeing to go with them, the blond had simply scooped her into his arms, surprising the woman greatly and began walking home. Thankfully she had not protested and seemed to have gotten used to it because at some point she had obviously become comfortable enough to fall asleep.
Naruto looked over at Musubi as they continued walking. The girl had a smile on her face and didn't seem to be bothered by him having another woman in his arms, though she could be faking it.
"Musubi-chan," he called, getting her attention. When she looked at him he continued, saying, "are you alright with this? Me being with another Sekirei, I mean?"
"Of course!" Musubi said with her standard bright smile. "Why wouldn't I be ok with it? I've always wanted a sister." Naruto sweat dropped but eventually laughed her words off as Musubi simply being Musubi. In many ways he envied the girl for her naivety. He had been a lot like her at one point, back when he had first started out on his path as a shinobi. Sometimes he often wished he could go back to being the simple boy whose only dream was of becoming Hokage.
The pair arrived back at Izumo Inn and Musubi opened the door for Naruto, as he still had a sleeping Akitsu in his arms. Said blond offered her a smile and a kiss on the cheek as a thank you, before walking inside where he ran into Miya.
"Oh my, what's this?" Miya said as she walked over to them, her eyes going to the woman in Naruto's arms. "Is this a friend of yours Naruto-san?"
"She is now," Naruto replied with a shrug. When Miya gave him a confused look he decided it may be wise if he elaborated, especially since she was the landlady and the one he had to get permission from to let Akitsu live with them. "Musubi-chan and I found her alone in the park, she looked so defeated and I – we, wanted to help her." He frowned as he looked down at the young woman. "She said she was broken, and that no one wanted her. I couldn't just leave her like that..." He gave the purple-haired woman a pleading look, "do you think it would be alright if she stayed here with us?"
Miya took several seconds to gather her reply, seemingly thinking deeply about his words. After a few seconds she smiled. "She seems to have had a hard life. You know it's my policy to never turn away someone in need, and from what you said she is very much in need of help. Of course she can stay."
"Thank you," Naruto graced the woman with a smile. It soon changed into a sly grin as he said, "if I wasn't sure you'd beat me half to death for it I could kiss you for that."
"Oh my," Miya placed a hand over her mouth and giggled. "Aren't you bold, Naruto-san." Said blond just chuckled before heading up the stairs. Musubi made to follow but Miya held her up, placing a hand on her shoulder. "And how about you, Musubi-chan? Did you have a good time?"
"Oh yes," Musubi said with a nod, bobbing her head up and down enthusiastically. "I had a very good time with Naruto-Sama. He even fed me." She looked up the stairs where Naruto had disappeared to and smiled. "I'm so lucky to have such an amazing Ashikabi. He wants to take care of me just as much as I want to protect him. I never imagined I could be so lucky."
"Musubi-chan!" Naruto called from upstairs. "I uh, I kinda need a little help getting the door open!"
"Oh, right! Sorry, I'll be right there!" Musubi bowed to Miya and quickly ran up the stairs.
Miya looked up after her before holding a hand to her mouth and giggling. "Such an interesting pair, those two are. I feel there going to bring a lot of good changes to this place."
Musubi finished climbing the stairs and walked over to the door to her's and Naruto's room. "Sorry about that," she apologized as she opened the door. "Miya-san wanted to talk to me about our time at the park."
"It's alright," Naruto chuckled. "I kind of figured she would, and I don't mind you telling her about our time there. I was just hoping it could wait until we get Akitsu-chan in bed. I don't know what happened to her, but she could use some rest in a nice bed."
"I agree," Musubi said as Naruto walked into the room. He moved over to the air mattress and managed to show some dexterity with his feet by grasping the blanket between his toes. Pulling back the covers he knelt down and lowered Akitsu onto the bed, then pulled the covers up to her neck.
Already missing the warmth from his body, Akitsu stirred. Her eyes opened up a crack before widening as she took a look around the room. Her eyes landed on the blond, making her relax as she saw his ocean blue eyes looking at her in concern. "So... it wasn't a dream..."
"Did you want it to be?" asked Naruto, giving her a wink. When she shook her head 'no' he grinned. "Don't worry, this is no dream. From now on, you'll be with us, a new addition to our family."
Akitsu looked at him in confusion. "Family?"
"That's right," Naruto said. "Musubi-chan wants a sister, and well, I'm not actually sure what we are yet but I think we'll be something more then brother and sister." Akitsu it seemed was not as naïve as Musubi because she caught onto his meaning fairly quickly, if the blush on her face was anything to go by.
"So... you'll take care of me?"
"That's right."
"You won't... abandon me?"
In response to her question Naruto leaned down until their noses were touching. Looking into her eyes he said, "I promise to never abandon you. No matter what happens I will always look after you, and cherish you as someone as beautiful as you deserves to be cherished. I swear this on my life as a shinobi."
'Shinobi?' wondered Akitsu before her mind was swept away when Naruto kissed her. The woman's mind blanked completely, she had never expected to have someone want her like this, she was broken after all. Yet this man was kissing her, she could almost feel the emotions he was pouring into the act. Slowly, almost tentatively, she began to kiss back. Her arms came up and wrapped around the blond's neck and she could feel her entire body becoming almost unbearably hot.
What neither of them realized was that due to Naruto's ability to use chakra, he was actually pouring his energy into her body, breaking through the bonds that held her power.
As the seconds pass and the kiss continued, the Sekirei crest on her forehead disappeared, reappearing on her back as a pair of bright, glowing wings sprouted from her crest.
XoX
Within M.B.I. headquarters alarms were going off and several workers were running around like headless chickens. The alarms were blaring and panic had set in. Everyone was trying to figure out what was going on, and of course, all of their actions were counteracting the actions of each other, making it impossible for them to get any of the answers they sought.
Fortunately for them, the cavalry had arrived.
Unfortunately for them, she was a hard ass that they all feared even more the Hiroto Minaka.
A slender women with grey hair and grey eyes walked into the room and began trying to return order to the place. She had a long scar over her left eye, and was wearing trousers, a black top and a white lab coat.
"Everybody calm down before I shove my foot so far up your asses that you won't be sitting for months!" she shouted as several workers typed away frantically on their computers in an attempt to gather as much data as possible about the current event that was causing the sirens to go off. She walked over to one of the work stations and looked at the data flowing, ignoring the way the man stiffened from her mere presence alone. "What have you found out?"
"It's Akitsu ma'am!" One of the workers shouted. "S-she's just been winged!"
"Impossible!" the woman said as she walked over to the computer and watched the feedback. Her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. "This shouldn't be possible. I want all information you have on Akitsu and the Ashikabi who winged her, and I want it yesterday! Get to work!"
"Ma'am!"
Up on the top of the M.B.I headquarters, Hiroto Minaka watched the proceedings inside of the lab on his portable monitor with a grin. "Uzumaki Naruto, such an interesting and mysterious character you are. A figure from the past. Will you be the one who is destined to help these little birds spread their wings?"
XoX
"Hey, your mark is gone," Naruto said as he broke the kiss.
Akitsu's eyes widened and her hand went to her forehead. "It's gone?" she whispered.
"Yep, and you've got wings," he looked at her and winked. "I guess your not so broken after all, eh?"
It was impossible for Akitsu to keep the tears from her eyes as she looked at Naruto. "Thank you, thank you, thank you..." she said in a repeating mantra over and over again.
Naruto smiled, kissed her on the forehead and said, "get some rest, tomorrow you'll begin a new life with Musubi-chan and I."
"Yes, my Ashikabi-Sama," Akitsu said, closing her eyes as she let sleep take her. A small smile making it's way onto her face. Her last thoughts before sleep claimed her were on her Ashikabi and her hope that they would share a bright future together.
XoX
"Anon The Faceless Bastard
Well looks like Minato is being replaced with fucking "Naruto Uzumaki" the OC Mary Sue."
Now, I'm not even going to say anything about this guy, because to be honest I find it more humorous then anything that someone who seems to dislike what I'm doing is actually willing to help me up my review count. However, I am curious:
Why do people like this feel the need to inform someone that they despise your work? I just can't wrap my mind around that. If I don't like someone's story, I'll just stop reading and that person will never even know I was looking at their story. It just seems kind of pointless to me to leave an anonymous review that really only helps me in the end.
Oh, and Naruto is not an OC. He's a Kameo character. Please get your terminology right.
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