On a raggedy speedboat off the coast of Japan, a young man shivered slightly from the cold sea breeze. His chin-length black hair blew violently against the billowing winds and he clutched his coat closer around his body in an attempt to stave off the cold. Raising his head up, he squinted his eyes to peer through the thick fog that had fallen over the once-quiet waters.

"Crazy weather, huh, Onii-chan?" a female voice called out from behind him as a particularly large swell rocked their boat. "And to think it's the middle of July."

"It is," Minato agreed, trying in vain to ward off the cold. "We've never seen such bizarre weather before. It's a meteorological phenomenon."

"And it's all centered on that island that formed from that offshore volcanic eruption?" This was all information that both siblings already knew, but his sister was probably just trying to break the silence that had fallen between them the moment they'd entered the foggy waters.

"That was just an excuse to give the public, Yukari." He once again raised his head to squint through the fog. "There was no eruption. No earthquake. No shifting of tectonic plates. One day there was open water; the next, there was an island."

"But that's impossible." His sister pointed out.

"Exactly." Minato nodded. "And that's why Mom wanted us to check it out. It's a geological phenomenon and with this strange weather centering on the island, she's very interested."

"But why send us?" Yukari complained, shuddering from the cold. "Can't she have one of her assistants do it? Mom's not even a meteorologist or a geologist! She's a bioengineer for God's sake!"

"You're the one that volunteered us in the first place!" Her brother snapped. "Something about making a landmark discovery and getting the proper recognition we deserve?"

"Well, yeah!" She huffed. "We both graduated Tokyo U with top honors — the highest scores in university history — and they have us running gofer errands?"

"We did only join up a few months ago," Minato reasoned. "It's only reasonable we start at the bottom. We can't rely on Mom's authority all the time."

"But they're hazing us, I tell you! Hazing!" Yukari paused in her rant to peer out into the fog. "Hey, Onii-chan? Are we getting close? Check the radar."

Minato obliged her and opened up the necessary compartment only for his eyes to widen to the size of saucers.

"Yukari, kill the engine, now!"

"What? Bu—" They were both cut off as the boat suddenly slammed into solid ground, capsizing it onto the rocky beach and sending them both flying. Minato hit the ground hard and skidded to a stop several yards away. Grimacing to himself, he slowly sat up.

'That's gonna leave a mark.' He thought wryly. "Yukari, you oka— Ack!"

"Oof! Thanks for catching me, Onii-chan!"

"You're… welcome…" Minato heaved. "Now get… off!"

The younger Sahashi complied and hopped off, taking the opportunity to survey their surroundings. The elder sibling huffed and stood on shaky legs. He checked himself for serious injuries and to his relief, found that the worst of it was a scrape on his left leg. Shaking his head, he strode over to their wrecked boat to assess the damage.

'Ah, crap...' The young man mused as he examined a rather large gash in the boat's hull. 'I do not wanna have to explain this to mom.'

"—going ahead, Onii-chan."

"Mmkay…" He called back absentmindedly. 'Ah, she's gonna be pissed. I guess I could just blame Yukari… but...'

Wait.

"Yukari?" Minato called out, spinning around to find his sister nowhere in sight. "YUKARI?"

"Wow!" The boy vaguely heard her voice off in the distance, beyond the foggy beach. "This place is huge!"

"Yukari?" Minato tried again, jogging towards her voice; grimacing as his jeans brushed against the scrape on his leg. "Where are you?"

"Up here!" The older sibling brought his gaze upward to see a vague humanoid outline through the fog, standing atop a large rock formation.

"Get down here, Yukari." The man sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "You're not ten anymore. Stop goofing off."

"I'm not goofing off!" The girl huffed, shaking her head. "We're here to survey the island, so that's what I'm doing."

"And I wonder what all that high-tech equipment we brought with us is for?" Minato retorted in a dry tone of voice. "Seriously, get down."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll be down in a minute…" Yukari mumbled. She took one last glance at their surroundings, only to freeze as her eyes landed on something below her, barely visible through the gloom.

Suddenly, a powerful gust blew through the craggy island, clearing the dense fog and revealing something… unnatural.

"Onii-chan…" Yukari breathed. "G-Get up here. Quick!"

"What are you—"

"Hurry!" She snapped, causing him to wince in surprise. "You have to see this!"

Grumbling to himself, Minato began scrambling up the rock face. After several minutes of struggling, he hauled himself up to where his sister was busy gaping down at the small canyon below.

"Alright, what is..." The boy trailed off as his eyes found what she was referring to. It was all he could do to not allow his jaw to fall off as he gaped the… thing below them. Whatever it was, it wasn't natural. Hell, with its sleek, aerodynamic form, he wasn't even sure he could call it unnatural. He'd certainly never seen a man-made object so... so fundamentally different.

Alien. That was the only word that could possibly describe what lay before them.

"I-Is that what I think it is…?"

"I don't believe it…" Yukari whispered excitedly. "We gotta get down there!"

"Wait, don't—" Too late. The younger girl was already sliding down the canyon towards what was apparently an alien spaceship. God, he never thought he would ever use that phrase in a serious context.

"Damn it…" Taking a deep breath, Minato began to steadily climb down the rock face. By the time he reached the bottom, his sister was already eagerly running along the ship, examining every inch.

"This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen!" Yukari squealed. "I mean; an alien ship! Think of how many prizes we'll get for discovering it. We'll be rich! We'll be famous!"

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves," Minato urged, dusting off his coat. "Our family is already wealthy and moderately well-known. Besides, we don't even know if it's alien in origin yet."

"Oh, come on, Onii-chan!" The girl whined. "Look at it. How could it not be alien?"

"I'm just being realistic." He said dryly. 'I mean, really; aliens? What's next? Magic? A secret tournament featuring the spirits of ancient heroes?'

"Whatever." Yukari rolled her eyes and began examining the hull of the spacecraft — if it even was a spacecraft.

"What're you doing now?"

"Looking for an entrance of course!" She said this as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. "The only way to prove whether or not it's an alien ship is to go inside."

"And potentially unleash a swarm of hostile life forms?" Minato retorted. "Or even worse, an extraterrestrial form of pathogen that will wipe out the human race."

"So, you admit that it's alien!"

"Yukari!"

"Oh, stop being so pessimistic, nii-chan!" Yukari huffed. "Help me find a way in!"

Minato let out a long-suffering sigh but complied nonetheless. As Yukari wandered off down the length of the ship, he approached what appeared to be the port side. Scanning the hull of the craft, his eyes landed on a small groove on the otherwise sleek surface. Furrowing his brow, Minato hesitantly brought up a hand to touch the indentation.

Only to gasp as a blue glow illuminated a rectangular pattern on the hull and disappeared into particles of light, revealing a set of steps leading into the ship.

"Ooooh! Good job, nii-chan!" Yukari's voice exclaimed from beside him, causing the man to jump in shock. "Let's go!" Without waiting for him to reply, the black-haired girl dashed further into the ship's interior.

Sighing to himself, Minato hesitantly followed her. The two siblings found themselves standing inside a long hallway, which was gradually being lit by an unknown light source. On the other end of the hall was a large door.

"I'm not sure how I feel about this…" The boy muttered, warily surveying the hall.

"This. Is. So. COOL!" Yukari squealed, acting much more like a five-year-old in a toy store than the apprentice scientist that she was. "Let's go!"

"Wait, there might be a defense system in place—" He was, of course, ignored. Yukari skipped down the hallway towards the closed door and examined it. Seeing some sort of scanning device on the right-hand side, the girl eagerly waved her hand in front of it.

With a loud hiss, the door opened, shattering any preconceived notions either sibling had on the entire matter. "Oh, my God…"

Cold. It was cold. How long has it been? Minutes? Hours? Days? Years? Miyarian did not know. She had been sent to spread her species' wings across the stars. They all had. But something had gone wrong with the mother ship and they had been forced to evacuate. In a last-ditch attempt to preserve their mission, they had forced her and the little ones into stasis.

Did the others survive? Were her little feathers safe? Did they find a suitable planet? Miyarian did not know. She was blind. She was helpless.

It was cold. It was so cold.

「まさか。。。 これ何を？！」

Voices…?

Ba-DUM!

「やっぱり！ お兄ちゃん！ 異星人! 異星人だ！」

「どうやって。。。? あいつは人間に似ています.」

Someone was here…? But…

「待って。。。これは。。。女？！」

「マジで? ちょ。。。ちょっと！彼女は裸だ！」

Ba-DUM!

Warm… These people were… warm.

「ウフフフ。。。 お兄ちゃんはエッチスケッチワンタッチ。」

「う。。。うるさい！」

Closer… They were coming closer. She could feel their warmth. They were both so warm… But the one coming closer was simply... radiant.

Ba-DUM!

She was awakening. She could feel it. Slowly, her eyes opened to see the bleary outline of a humanoid figure.

「お。。。起きた!」

「信じられない。。。」

The person approached the stasis chamber. She could barely make out his face as the person slowly placed his hand against the chamber walls. Her heart beating erratically, Miyarian slowly brought her hand up and placed it against his.

In a shower of light, the chamber walls dissolved and the lavender-haired woman came tumbling out. Surprised, the man instinctively caught her and gently lowered her to the ground. Miyarian gazed up at the man whose arms she lay in. Their eyes met and she felt her chest constrict.

By the Maker… She could hardly breathe…!

「だ。。。大丈夫？」

"C-Computer…" The woman choked out, prompting both humans to blink at the completely alien language.

"Analyzing linguistic patterns," a mechanized voice echoed throughout the chamber and causing both of her companions to glance up in alarm. "Analysis complete. Language identified as 'Japanese'. Initiating translation protocols."

"What was that?" the man exclaimed warily. "I hope she didn't just activate a defense system."

"No..." Miyarian shuddered at the sound of his voice. "I didn't."

Both humans stared down at her in shock. "O-Onii-chan, did she just speak Japanese?"

"I… I think she's using some kind of technology to translate our speech," the boy murmured.

"Hey, are you okay?" The girl's brow furrowed in confusion. "Your face is really red and you're breathing erratically."

"Crap, don't tell me she's having a bad reaction to our atmosphere."

'Oh, I'm reacting alright...' She could barely string together that coherent thought. All she could focus on was the person in front of her.

"Hey, stay with me!" The man exclaimed. "What can we do? Tell us how to help you!"

"Help... me…?" Of course he wanted to help her. After all, he was Warm, wasn't he?

"Please, there must be something I can do!"

"There is… one thing…"

"Tell me, I'll do anything."

"Very well…" The boy stiffened in shock as she gently placed both hands on his face. It was all he could do not to gape in shock as she brought their lips together in a kiss.

She tasted sweet, were his vague thoughts as the alien woman deepened their kiss. Then, out of nowhere, a brilliant light burst forth from the woman's back and illuminated the entire room. Miyarian's eyes gently fluttered shut as she felt indescribable warmth flooding her body.

Yukari watched in awe as wings made of pure, iridescent light erupted from the lavender-haired woman's back. The wings slowly curled around the two individuals before her, enveloping them in brilliant, dancing light.

Then, the woman pulled back and the light faded away. "My heart is yours from this day forth, my Ashikabi," she whispered before collapsing in Minato's arms. "Forever and ever…"

The two humans could only gape at her in stunned silence. The slow rise and fall of her chest as well as the small, contented smile on her face told them that she had stabilized, at least. But that alone did not remove the sheer shock of what had just occurred.

"...What just happened?"

"Onii-chan just made out with an alien…" Yukari whispered, desperately fishing through her pockets for her phone. "I gotta tell mom. She's gonna have alien grandchildren!"

Minato just sighed and gazed down at the sleeping woman in his arms. He allowed his gaze to drift towards the small smile on her face and — unbidden to him — smiled as well.

A/N: Another plot bunny. I just recently got into Sekirei. I know, I know, late to the party. Sue me.

I have horrible commitment issues, so, don't expect too much out of this.

So, yeah. Minato and Yukari replace Minaka and Tamaki. They've both graduated from Tokyo U and work underneath their mother in an unnamed organization. Minaka is mysteriously absent from their lives. (Meaning I don't want to deal with his bullshit.)

If I do end up continuing this, you can expect hijinks to ensue.

The Japanese in this chapter is not important and is only used to illustrate that Miya doesn't understand what they're saying. But if you REALLY want a translation, here's a rough one.

M — I don't believe it. What is this?!

Y — I was right! Onii-chan, aliens! They're aliens!

M — But how…? This person looks human.

Y — Wait… I-It's... a woman?!

M — Seriously?! W-Wait… She's naked!

Y — Ufufufu… Onii-chan is a pervert. (It's an expression)

M — S-Shut up!

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M — S-She's waking up!

Y — Incredible…

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M — A-Are you okay?

Like I said, it's a rough translation at best. I'm no expert at Japanese. It's just there to bring the point home.

Anyway, thanks for reading. If you like this, check out my other works.

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