WARNING! This chapter contains... FLUFF!
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Tyalva1: Well sonova... Thanks for the heads up. That mistake regarding Mutsu's Sekirei number is now properly fixed.
Ruberforumfree: The moment his body allows it; he will indeed start with some experimentations with his newfound powers, though while it's technically possible for him to copy some of Esdeath's Ice-based attacks; bear in mind however, that he can't really perform any moves on too grand of a scale for the risk of being consumed by the ice in turn. His body is simply not adapted to handle it just yet.
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Speech: "Hello"
Telepathic speech: "What"
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MOCKINGBIRD
OPENING SONG:
THE BEGINNING by ONE OK ROCK
=CHAPTER 4=
=THE HANNYAH INN=
=Part 1=
=First Impressions Matter=
-?Location?-
"Ngh..." I woke up with a soft grunt, before my eyes slowly fluttered open and I was met with unfamiliar wooden roof.
"What the...?" I murmured in a whisper, taking in my surroundings.
This... is not my room... In fact this place had a very japanese feeling to it, if the decors, tatami flooring and whatnot were anything to go by. Heck, it also appears I've been sleeping on a Futon of all things! And judging by the dim lighting the sun gave through the gap between closed window curtains; I'd estimate it was somewhere in-between 6 or 7 in the morning.
Okay, where am I and why the hell do I feel like I've just been run over by a damn truck?
I instinctively brought my right arm from under the covers of my sheets up to my face and was about to rub my temples in hopes to mitigate the killer headache, however once the said limb was pulled out from the covers and was by my eye-level— All my thoughts scratched into immediate hold as I took in the sight of my right arm... it was in a cast…
My eyes started to widen in shock and I slowly trailed my gaze downwards towards my chest… From the looks of it; my bare torso too was all bandaged up along with various other parts of my body. I tentatively prodded my head with the fingers of my left hand and sure enough even that area had been wrapped up...
Just what the hell happened last—!?
"Nnh..." I froze when I heard a feminine moan on my left and it was at this moment I finally noticed the additional weight on my left shoulder…
My head snapped towards the source and my expression softened almost instantly once I've recognized the person sleeping on top of me… Akitsu...
Ah… Now I remember…
Got ROB'd, got shoved into new (animesque) body, dropped into Sekirei-verse, met Akitsu, encountered Mikogami and shit hit the fan…
I turned my gaze away from Akitsu in favor to stare up at the ceiling, before my face scrunched up into a deep frown as my mind went back at the encounter we had with Mutsu and Mikogami and most of all my choice of actions prior to my Winging of Akitsu... the lack of them thereof...
Just a mere memory of that brat's smug face was enough for my frown to immediately twist into a furious snarl, that it was a wonder how my teeth didn't break from the strain for how hard they were grit together!
Mikogami... that... that vile little cunt...!
From whatever memories I still could remember of the anime of the world I now reside within (the memories were rather hazy by now considering it's been quite some time I last seen the series); Mikogami, if I recall correctly, he was portrayed as this spoiled, very easily dislikable brat, who more or less considered Sekirei equivalent to collectable figurines and treated them as such. Fascinating toys to play with at best and expendable tools at worst (then again not sure which one could be considered worse). All in all one immensely infuriating and annoying little shit, somebody who needs to seriously be put down a peg or five. But still not quite enough of a reason for one to be humbled via bullet in the brain.
On a hindsight; I could've shot the bastard with an intent to simply maim him in hopes it would force the two retreat in order to get Mikogami's wounds treated, however that course of action would've posed too big of a risk of enraging Mutsu in the process… And believe me when I say that poking the hornet's nest known as vengeful single-digit Sekirei was literally the last thing I needed the situation considered, where he can literally lop my head off before I get to even blink, especially with Akitsu also being in a state where she was barely above human level of strength…
Be that as it may, now… now I truly regret NOT busting a cap in Mikogami's ass when I had the chance!
That moment… What I've had witnessed back there... the shit Mikogami dared to pull...
Those were no longer actions of a spoiled brat who's being persistent over a rare toy... those were the actions of a budding rapist…!
Luckily before I could dwell into my rage any further—
"Nhh… Arata..." My gaze was then drawn towards the source of the sound, back to the sleeping beauty beside me, who was mumbling in her sleep in an adorable fashion and with that alone I could already feel my fury diminish by great margin. I absentmindedly brought her closer against me (in an almost possessive manner) with the arm I already had wrapped around her slim waist. This action earned a content mewl from her lips, making me smile at her softly in response at the cute sound, before my face steeled up in determination.
Last time I let my pacifistic morals (and naivety) get the best of me, thinking Mikogami as mere spoiled brat who knew no better what he truly was involved in and I nearly lost Akitsu for my efforts… But now… if that bastard ever shows his ugly mug in my presence ever again, I swear; His Ass Is Grass!
"Nhh… A-Arata...sama?"
Hearing Akitsu's voice, I blinked, before I turned my head a bit in order to face her, and with that action alone I practically felt all my hateful thoughts flushed out in a heartbeat and felt my lips crack into a silly grin as I took in the adorable sight of drowsy Akitsu rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand, not at all unlike a kitten with her head still resting firmly against my bandaged chest.
Too much Kawaii-fucking-desu~!
"Ah… Good morning beautiful. Slept well?" I asked her in a soft tone, the lopsided grin on my face never leaving.
She then tilted her head upwards meeting my gaze and for a moment we just stayed there staring each other awkwardly, until Akitsu's steel grey orbs began to widen at the sight of my awoken form.
"Ah…" It was as if a dam broke within her with how tears started to pour out of her eyes uncontrollably, then with a sob...
"A-Arata-sama!" She immediately lunged at me, pressing my face deeply into her soft pillows. And as she did this I noticed something crucial…
She's in the nude!
I could literally feel her bare nips poking me!
If I thought her breasts felt awesome through clothing; this would be outright revolutionary in comparison!
To this naked predicament I found myself in, if I were to be completely honest; I'm perfectly okay with it! But unfortunately there was a bit of a downside to this… You see, after a short while; I was admittedly starting to get rather dizzy… Although whether that was caused by the sheer lack of air or because my lower head was calling the dibs for most of my blood would be anyone's guess, seeing how my head is trapped inside a heaven also known as Akitsu's cleavage!
Either way; the fact that I'm running out of oxygen does however still remain!
"Guhah! A-Akitsu! A-air! Air!?" I comically gasped out, which luckily made her loosen her hold on me just enough for me to actually breathe and properly enjoy the softness of her bosom.
*Sob!*
I froze when I heard a soft sob just over my head, causing me to crane my neck upwards to look at the source.
Akitsu was crying…
"I'm so glad… I… I feared for the worst w-when you—*sob*"
My expression immediately softened when I noticed the state she was in. So I pulled back and shifted my body slightly so I could wrap my arms around her instead and rest her head on my shoulder at the base of my neck, while we laid on the comforts of our shared futon under the covers with her on top of me.
Poor girl, she was shaking too...
"Shh, it's alright Akitsu... I'm okay now, please don't cry..." I soothingly whispered into her ear as I gently weaved our bodies back and forth, while caressing her light brown tresses with my left hand, while the right was wrapped around her waist, both to assure her and adjust her weight on top of me (although I was being careful with the said limb, considering its injured state).
Then I gave a small peck against the side of her head, which for some reason caused the woman to suddenly tense up in my arms.
"Akitsu?" I asked with some concern.
"...-gain..."
"Hm? What was that? I didn't quite catch that..." I asked her, her voice was barely even audible just now.
The Sekirei of Ice sniffed, before she gave me an upward glance and I nearly felt my heart stop at how adorable she looked! "...Do that again..." She pleaded.
I grinned lightly, but nonetheless I was happy to comply to such request. So I kissed her again on the same spot over her temple.
"A-again…"
I did so, though this time on the forehead, at the corner of her right brow.
"Ah… again..!" Okay, this time I'm sure it was more of a giddy demand, but at least her tears have long stopped.
I couldn't help but chuckle at that. "My, my, aren't we needy today~" I teased her.
Though all I received was an intense stare…
"Jiiiii~~!"
Geh!? Not again!
She's honestly reminding me of a Husky pup demanding for its belly rubs!
I was hit with a spark of mischief at the mental image, which made me grin like a cat that ate the canary. "Kuku, you asked for it~!" I stated with a low villainous cackle as I tightened my hold on her.
And struck!
"Kyah! A-Arata-sama~ t-that tickles..!" She squeaked out, not quite outright laughing from my playful actions, but she did let out rather cute sounds on every occasion, as I began peppering her face with butterfly kisses with gusto and slowly trailed downwards~.
"Ah…! M-mercy~" She moaned out ticklishly.
"Kukuku~ sorry, dear~, but I'm all out of mercy~" I whispered to her, before attacking her with kisses again. I even gave her a quick raspberry right at the base of her ear.
"Hahh, A-Arata-sama became a beast~!" She remarked in faux distress.
"Want me to stop?"
"No." Well that was quick. Her response was literally immediate. Then as if to stress her response, the ice Sekirei wrapped her arms around me. "More..." She demanded with sparkling eyes.
I chuckled again, though this time in honest amusement. "As my lady demands~"
Then I went back to my ministrations… however this time I aimed lower and started nibbling on her delicate neck.
"Ahhn~❤ A-Aratahh..." And from the sounds of it… she's very sensitive there~.
My grin widened into her neck at hearing those quiet, but lovely (if not outright erotic) moans escaping her lips from my ministrations. It's funny really, since I've never exactly been this forward with a lady before… not this early on at very least. However with Akitsu all such inhibitions were just absolutely non-existent…
Could it be the Ashikabi-Sekirei bond between Akitsu and I? Or did perhaps my most recent near death experience manage to pull some screws loose over my self-restraint?
Be it as it may; one thing was for sure...
I wanted this woman...
"Akitsu…" I huskily growled into her neck, as I continued my ministrations on her sensitive neck, ironically making the Sekirei of ice shiver in response.
"Hahh… Arata...s-sama…M-more..." Akitsu tightened her arms around me, pulling me further in against her luscious body, before one of her hands reached out for the back of my neck caressing my now longer blonde hair (which apparently had been released from its ponytail).
And from the looks of it… the feeling was completely mutual...
We were so into the moment, that I completely forgotten about one little matter… As things gradually become more and more heated between us to the point where I decided to roll us over from our previous position on our sides, so that I'd be looming over her instead…
Well... try guessing which one of my arms was still wrapped around her hips the moment we rolled over?
*Creak*
"HNNGH!?"
Yes, the broken arm…
The pain that followed from our combined weight, with her hip bone pressing right against the forearm was excruciating, but luckily I somehow managed to prevent myself from screaming out the heavens by biting on my cheek.
So yeah… on a hindsight, perhaps not one of my brightest moments… lust induced mindset or not… Needless to say I was no longer feeling all that horny anymore...
"A-Arata-sama!? W-what's wrong!?"
"N-nothing much! J-just please raise your hips a bit!" I hastily pleaded through grit teeth, as I beared the pain.
Luckily she did as told in a heartbeat, allowing me to quickly slip my injured arm out of its prison. I hissed out as I cradled my now throbbing arm with my good arm, then I slid back a little in order to sit on my rear, cross legged (making me only now realize I was wearing pyjama pants).
Shiiiit! Leave it to a guy to forget about having a broken arm in the mist of lust!
Luckily my moment of agony didn't last for long, courtesy of Akitsu; as her delicate hands found purchase over my casted limb. Then all of sudden I felt cold air running through my broken arm, soothing the pain away and causing me to sigh out in blissful relief.
"Hahh… Soooo much better~. Thanks a million Ak—"
"I'm sorry..." The woman, who's currently sitting in seiza before me as she had my arm treated, suddenly apologized.
I blink in incredulity at that one. "Huh? What in world are you apologizing for?"
"I… I hurt you..." Akitsu muttered in forlorn tone.
I blinked again, my feeling of incredulity only rising, until I let out a small chuckle and reached out with my good arm in order to pat her head.
"A-Arata-sama...?"
I gave her a gentle smile. "You're being silly, Akitsu. I was the one who got carried away in the moment. It is in no way your fault, I get careless enough to get my arm trapped beneath you..." I honestly told her, while I caressed her soft locks.
The alien Yuki-Onna met my eyes and smiled serenely in response, and I felt my heart skip a beat at the spectacle.
"Ah… thank you, master..."
"A-ah…no...i-it was nothing really..." I scratched my cheek with a finger in a bashful manner. "If anything, I suppose it was—" I was about to say, but froze in mid-sentence as I shifted my gaze downwards... only to get front seat view of her full gravity-defying breasts in all of their perky glory, with the rest of her nude form right under…
Right... there was that…
I closed my eyes and coughed into my fist. "Uhm, before I start; c-could you cover yourself with the sheet first? While I most certainly love the sight, it's just… very distracting..."
Akitsu paused with her ministrations on my arm, before glancing down at her exposed bits...
"Ah… I forgot..."
I think I squealed a bit inside of my head at that adorable trademarked line of hers!
Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending how you look at it) she grabbed onto the sheet beneath us without any further insistence and quickly wrapped the cloth around her body, albeit barely above her nips…
But once she got her modesty covered by the barest minimum, she went back to the cooling treatment of my arm…
Who the hell needs an ice pack, when you got a sexy alien ice mage at your beck, happy to tend all your every needs?
Ehem, anyhow back at track...
"Anyhow… As I was about to say; this little mishap we had at least helped me remind about certain, more pressing matters..."
"Hm?" Akitsu tilted her head at me in curiosity, as she carried on with her treatment.
"Well to start off… Where are we now?" I gestured around the room. "And how long was I out for?"
Akitsu inclined her head to me in a bow. "You've been asleep for nearly two days…" I sighed in relief at that. Thank God, I managed to avoid the whole coma-timeskip shtick… "And we're currently inside one of the rooms of Izumo Inn, Arata-sama..."
I gave my Sekirei a proud grin. "I see you've succeeded finding it. Well done, darling."
Akitsu blushed and bashfully shifted her gaze downwards, smiling all the while. "Ah… I got praised..."
I chuckled. "Indeed, and there'll definitely be plenty of it down the line, I assure you." I remarked in a jovial manner, though my expression soon turned into that of concern. "By the way… did you run into any trouble getting here? I mean, carrying around a guy out cold—" Pun not intended. "-looking like he's been through a ringer, tends to raise a few alarms in people…"
Akitsu shook her head in negative. "No… I traveled through rooftops to avoid confrontations… And luckily, as soon as I reached the North of the city… I found... posters outside with the inn's address…"
I nodded. Must've been the same posters, Minato himself saw in canon before he found the Inn, after he got kicked out by his previous landlord.
"And the landlady?" I asked my Sekirei. I was curious how Miya may've acted upon our rather… unorthodox arrival...
"She… Asama-sama was alarmed at first…" Highly understandable. "But... seeing your condition she took us in and tended your wounds without a question… She's still yet to pry us about what happened earlier..."
"I see..." I looked down to my lap in thoughtful manner. That honestly surprised me a bit. Usually under such circumstances if a half-naked woman were to suddenly run by knocking on your door, carrying a half-dead guy with her; one would normally expect at least few questions to be demanded in return...
Though then again, Miya herself is basically the MBI's equivalent to a pandora's box carrying practically all their dirty secrets including her personal ones, so perhaps she feels it's not her place to demand anything without feeling like a hypocrite herself? As long as it won't endanger her late husband's house and its tenants that is...
Though as I mused this over, I was then finally reminded my arm was still going through the refrigeration treatment.
"Ah… Thank you, Akitsu. That will be enough..." I said with a smile, placing a hand on top of hers. "My arm feels a lot better now, though let's not give it a full Sub-Zero treatment, kay?" I joked with a wink, wiggling the fingers of my injured arm for emphasis.
Yes, the cast was the practical type that left my digits mostly exposed, allowing freer finger movement, instead of the stereotypical one, that literally covers every inch of your limb, something which you see more often in cartoons.
Again, ironic my situation considered...
"..." While Akitsu did cut off channeling her ability… She then gently wrapped her hands around my right hand and became all quiet for some reason all of sudden, her steel grey orbs adopting a faraway look as she stared down at our connected hands… I mean, while I AM well aware she's not exactly one of the most talkative individuals out there, but even I could tell from her body language alone that something was clearly bugging her.
"Akitsu? Is something matter?"
She seemed to hesitate for a moment, before asking. "... Can I ask you something?"
I quirked a brow at the buxom woman in curiosity. "Of course, anything you wish."
There was a momentary pause, before she responded. "I'm… curious… Back at the park… How did you..." Akitsu hesitated for a second again, before she continued. "You used Sekirei's powers... and one identical to mine…How?"
I blinked. That was… a very good question actually…
On cue I looked down and stared upon the recently broken, wrapped up limb (that Akitsu was still holding onto) with a pensive frown smearing my expression.
Akitsu brought out a damn good point. I mean, I'm supposed to be a mere human, basically a lowly fodder, who's only real benefit for Sekirei during combat situations in this messed up game is to be used as their Norito battery so to speak. And yet I somehow pulled something completely foreign outta my ass in the moment of absolute pinch and basically going full Shonen Protagonist on Mikogami's ass... The thought alone nearly forced a chuckle out of me.
But in all seriousness… what was that? The thing I pulled back then? Did ROB, Author or whatever the hell, also leave behind some form of superpower for me to play around with as well?
If so, then... was it done to increase my own chances in survival in this world or was it purely out for the sake of entertainment to the one who brought me here in the first place… Though to be honest; I was leaning more towards the latter...
"I… I honestly don't know… None of what I've said back when we met was meant to be a lie by any margin, as I was fully convinced of being a normal human myself… I never had any powers before meeting you… before I woke up in that park…" I quietly mumbled to myself the last part.
"Ah… What do you mean by that?" She asked with a confused tilt of her head, making me sigh in response.
Leave it to Akitsu's sharp ears to catch the unintentionally blurted out part...
I couldn't exactly tell her that I came from another world… Though then again, the Sekirei aren't exactly all that different in that regard, considering they too are not what one would call a local of Earth either. However I'm pretty sure that any mentions of being Isekai'd by some ROB, whilst carrying the foreknowledge over this world's future, something of which I've seen through TV once, would no doubt raise quite a few eyebrows, even from those already accustomed to Sekirei's existence. It could potentially even make MINAKA of all people to look at me like I was insane… and that would be saying something!
However...
I gave Akitsu a hesitant glance.
I mean, she's my Sekirei… she's essentially my mate now, my wife in Sekirei's standards, someone I will be spending the rest of my life with from here on forth (once the whole S-plan debacle has been dealt with)... If there's anyone I should consider trustworthy it would be her and any Sekirei I may end up Winging in the future...
So maybe...
"I suppose… I haven't been entirely truthful that time..." I admitted with a sigh..
Akitsu blinked, tilting her head at me with a clearly confused expression. "Arata-sama?"
Steeling myself, I uncrossed my legs in order to sit properly on my knees so I could face her on equal setting. Once properly seated I removed my right hand from her hold so I could take both of her hands in between my own. Then with resolve, I met her steely orbs with my green ones.
"... The truth is I—"
*Slid~* *Clack!*
All of sudden the door to my right was slid open with a solid clack, which startled the hell outta me, causing me to lose my balance and topple over…
*Squish~*
"Ahn~❤"
Right in between Akitsu's boobs, face first… And if that wasn't enough; the moment I began to fall, I instinctively tried to regain my balance using my hands, only for them to land right on top of her bare inner thigh and the side of her slim waist with my left and right hand respectfully...
*Rustle*
And of course, the sheet Akitsu had wrapped around her to cover her nudity (that was already barely holding together), decided that very moment to come loose, pooling on the floor around her… Soooo, to say our position looked rather compromising would be a massive understatement…
"Oh my… I thought I heard talking, so I came here to check on our little patient, but... I see there's someone in a dire need to be... educated about illicit behaviour while under my roof~!"
Oh you've got to be shitting me…
With twitching eyes and with my head still firmly planted inside Akitsu's cleavage I hesitantly and veeeeery slowly craned my neck to the side to get a proper look at the newcomer… I saw a demon...
Eeyup, I'm fucked...
And that… was the first impression I made with the landlady of Izumo Inn and the infamous Hannyah of the North, Miya Asama… aka the Sekirei Pillar...
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TBC
AN - Yay! Progress to another story!
Now then; I've been wondering for some time now… What would your opinion be if I were to make a fourth and the last Mockingbird (Sekirei-verse) variant, but only this time it would involve both Vanilla & Alter Arata at the same time and just make it so the fic's main purpose is simply to have the two counterparts duke it out against each other, Sekirei and all?
If your thoughts has been a solid YES, then which path should it follow in the beginning?
1) Both Aratas starts their debut more or less in the exact same manner as they did in their original fics with the only difference being; they both exists within the same world and the same timeline.
2) Kurogane and Asakura Arata gets thrown back into the past and a separate multiverse from their own once they'd finished with their respective goals in their original timelines with all their memories intact. (Important note: highly unlikely to write this ahead until the original variants has at the very least gotten a bit further ahead in their storyline.)
3) Literally exactly the same as the option #2, except in this one; both Aratas will lose all their memories of their past Sekirei. They basically would start off with a blank sheet each, but most of their future powers intact.
Then here's the sub-options for each of the aforementioned ones;
"Aratas will drop in as a—"
A) Adult, around 24-25
B) Teen, 19 (canon age)
Arata's Flock Status (Updated!):
#07 - Akitsu
#02 - Matsu
(Poll winner! OC plans scrapped)
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