A/N: Alright, so I'm graduating soon and then it's off to college, and this story has been around since my sophomore year so I want to finish it. I will try and post as often as I can until graduation but I'm trying to hold off a serious case of senioritis. But after graduation there is nothing but a part time job at KFC to get in my way of writing, so all bets are off and it's a mad dash to the finish. If you feel I'm taking too long again, that review button sends me a magical email that will let you tell me to get my ass in gear.

Disclaimer: I'll put these in every once in a while just to remind you that I am but a poor novice writer and do not own anything. And while I will fight to my dying day to deny I ever said this, I probably couldn't even prove ownership over original characters, let alone existing ones. Aaaanyway, enjoy.

The tension and sheer amount of awkward was palpable in the small apartment. After Hikari and Hibiki had detained Seo, they filed everyone into his residence, sat everyone down and just… stared at Seo. The twin with the whip, Mitsuha she had said, was staring out the window with a bored expression on her face. The other twin, Mitsuki, was calmly filing her nails. Neither seemed concerned about their apparent outnumbering.

"Sooo…" Seo drawled uncomfortably, "How you been girls? Your Ashikabi treating you okay? Getting enough to eat?"

Every time he mentioned stuff I'm sure normal Ashikabi did a little pang went through me. In my situation stuff like that was very hard to pull off. Like separate rooms? My Sekirei were looking for a place but they told me it wasn't going well. I was about to speak but as soon as I opened my mouth…

"Our Ashikabi is fine Seo, now tell us why you're hunting down un-winged Sekirei." Hibiki interrupted.

Seo looked nervous as he rubbed the back of his head and laughed, "Well… the idea just sort of came to me. I was waiting for you two to show up like we agreed…" Hikari and Hibiki flinched slightly, "and I got worried that you'd been taken out before you could get to me. And I realized that if the herd got thinned out during this stage of the plan, it would make the other stages much easier."

"And how did you meet these two?" I interjected, "I mean the twins were only released a couple days ago."

"They just sorta… found me."

"Glad to see we're so easily replaced." huffed Hikari.

"What about you?" He shot back. I could see a fair bit of anger and hurt in his dark eyes. "I waited all night for you! Then I went out the next night and waited, that's how Mitsuha and Mitsuki found me! What happened, why didn't you come?"

I felt like I didn't belong here, but as the guy that kind of stole the twins from him, I couldn't just dodge out. For their part, Hikari managed to look a bit embarrassed while Hibiki was hanging her head in shame.

"I'm sorry Seo." Hibiki spoke up, her face showed some regret, which kind of hurt, "But right out of the gate, we felt a reaction to Will. We don't know why, but we were overwhelmed with the desire to find him, everything else just sort of fell to the wayside."

A dark cloud formed over him, "Right gotcha."

"Wait, didn't Hiroto-san say something about canceling your cards because of Seo?" Shi piped up.

Mitsuki and Mitsuha were hanging their heads now. "Yeah, as soon as we were winged by Seo, we tried to bring him to dinner to celebrate but our cards were denied."

"Well what's done is done." Seo said lifting his head. His voice was different, more… light hearted. Laughing like an idiot, Seo put his arms around his Sekirei and pulled them close, grinning as they blushed. "I got these two and I couldn't be happier."

"You have a bounty on your head." Stated Mutsu flatly.

His smile dropped, "Huh?"

Shi flipped her phone open and showed the message to Seo and his Sekirei.

Mitsuha turned and started throttling Seo screaming that it was his fault while Mitsuki went back to moping.

"Jeez Kid, if he had a Sekirei like Shi, he could be you from the future."

I glanced around at the messy, slightly smelly apartment with bottles and cans littering the floor. "Dear god I hope not." I muttered.

After a moment, Seo got Mitsuha to stop trying to kill him and looked Will in the eye.

"So, we have a bounty on our heads," He repeated, he seemed to be getting serious, maybe even angry again, "What now? What do you plan to do?"

I took a moment. I seriously considered taking him down for the bounty. I was certainly capable enough with the three Sekirei at my disposal as well as Mutsu helping me out. I looked at Hikari and Hibiki, and couldn't catch either of their eyes. They seemed to be looking anywhere but at me or Seo. Shi looked uncomfortable, and Mutsu was apathetic yet appeared as if he was ready to move any second.

"I have no intention of taking you out." I said finally. I could see the twins glance at me sharply, whether it was surprise, gratitude, or something else, I couldn't see.

There was a click as Mutsu un-readied his sword. Shi and Seo's twins looked at him.

"What?" he asked innocently.

Shaking my head, I continued, "I don't really want to play this game. It all smells rotten if you ask me. Play, don't play, I don't care what you do," I got up and walked to the door stopping right before leaving, "but I won't hesitate to step in if I see what I saw today." I didn't bother calling out to my Sekirei as I left, Shi and Mutsu were already right on my tail and the twins were probably right behind me, just lagging a bit.

When we reached the street, Mutsu asked, "You alright kid?"

I looked back at Seo's building and saw as Hibiki and Hikari were saying goodbye to Seo. It bothered me…

"I'm fine." I said turning back down the road. It was colder out and looked like it was going to rain. "You guys go on home, I'm going to take a walk."

"But…" That was Shi, I couldn't see her but it was definitely her voice. I pulled up my hood and kept walking.

XXXXXXX

Hikari and Hibiki had just made it home after trying to find Will. Mutsu was caring for his sword and Shi was curled up in the corner staring at her phone, waiting for Will to call her. Both looked up when they came in through the window. They didn't bother speaking quietly, they could hear Will's father snoring loudly and smell the alcohol from there.

"Well?"

Hikari just snorted in irritation and Hibiki shook her head, "We can't find him."

"Why the hell would he go running off like this anyway?" Hikari asked in exasperation. She was sparking erratically as she seemed to be throttling the air, probably imagining it to be Will's neck.

"Especially after today, he could be really hurt still." Shi added. She was staring attentively at her phone again.

"You don't get it?" Mutsu asked, he seemed mildly amused and… disappointed? "Where did you meet Seo?"

"MBI" The twins answered together.

"How did you meet Seo?"

They looked at each other before answering, "He was doing security and flirted with us, we made a deal to meet him after we were released when we reacted a little to him."

"If you'd never reacted to the kid, would you have still gone to him?"

"Probably. Where is this going Mutsu?"

"You basically just paraded the kid in front of your ex." He stated blatantly. He saw no way nor reason to beat around this particular bush. "Did you see how uncomfortable that made him? He's feeling… something."

XXXXXXX

It was still raining when I made my way into the park.

'I should go home.'

There were still people mulling about in the park, a few rushing about, some taking it slow. I paid them no mind. I found a bench and just spaced out. I felt lost in my head.

'Why am I so upset? What's wrong?'

It took me a while, but I eventually noticed that I'd been staring at a pale girl across the path. She was sitting on the ground, wrapped in some kind of lab coat, and staring back. She seemed like she wasn't seeing anything though, like me. The more I looked at her, the more intrigued I was. She had white hair and looked to be in her early twenties. She held no expression on her face and had this tattoo that looked kind of familiar. Really familiar actually, kind of like…

'Holy shit.' I almost fell backwards when I realized that she was a Sekirei. Looking around, I tried to see if anyone was around, or even paying attention to me.

'Looks clear.'

I crossed the path and sat next to her. She seemed to jump, like she hadn't seen me, or perhaps, hadn't expected me to see her. She didn't speak though.

"Are you okay?" I asked quietly. 'Is that blood on that coat? If I find out that Seo and his girls did this…' I sighed in frustration, 'Did I do the right thing in letting them go?'

"I am fine." She said. It was barely within my range of hearing, little more than a breath with structure.

I leaned forward, resting my arms on my knees and stared ahead, mirroring her somewhat. "You don't mind if I sit here do you?"

"No."

I settled in quietly. The air around her was cold, colder than the air everywhere else.

"You're a Sekirei." It wasn't a question. She flinched a little but otherwise showed no reaction. I only caught it because I was sitting so close to her.

"I am."

"Have you found your Ashikabi yet?"

"I am broken. There is no Ashikabi that can wing me."

I frowned, "Broken?" I thought about that for a second before laughing a little. "I can relate to that I guess."

She glanced at him. "I can see nothing broken about you."

"It's not physical." I explained, still keeping my gaze forward, "But I'm broken all the same, I don't belong in this game. My Sekirei shouldn't be with me. I'm just the replacement."

"Replacement?" Her voice had not risen from a monotone voice this whole time, but she seemed curious, it was a gleam in her eye, not a change on her face.

"Yeah, I met him today. The Ashikabi that should have winged them, and I wouldn't have Shi either if I'd never met them."

"Did you wing them forcefully?"

"What?"

"Did you wing them against their will?"

"No, I would never…"

"Do you abuse them? Force them to do things they don't want?"

I snorted, "I don't think I could force them to do anything even if I wanted to."

"Then you are not the replacement, you are their Ashikabi. And you may think you are broken, but perhaps you are repairable."

I turned and stared at her, she gave no response. Finally I started laughing, "Did you just call me damaged?"

She blushed slightly, the first real show of emotion this whole time, "I-I didn't mean…"

"No it's okay, I am. I really am." I stood up cheerfully, ignoring the fact that I was soaked to the bone, "You've really helped actually, thank you…"

"Akitsu"

"Well thank you Akitsu. Maybe you're not broken either, maybe you can be fixed."

"I appreciate the thought…"

"Will" I said with a smile. I offered my hand to help her up, but she declined it.

"I don't think that is possible. However, I will continue looking, perhaps I can find someone who will love me all the same."

"I could help." I offered.

"No, this is something I feel I must do. For now, I will stay here. Be well."

I smiled at Akitsu one last time before turning toward home.

XXXXXXX

As the boy, Will, walked away, Akitsu turned to the figure who was approaching her. He's been waiting since the boy sat down, close enough to see, but not close enough to hear the quiet conversation.

"I thought he'd never leave." Said the young boy. He was extremely well dressed and handsome. With his white suit complementing his bright blonde hair.

"I was wondering if you'd be my Sekirei."

Akitsu shook her head, "I cannot give you Norito, and I cannot be winged."

The boy smiled, "But I don't care about that. Just say you'll be mine and I'll take oh so good care of you."

Akitsu smiled, it seems she was wise to stay here, her Ashikabi came to her. "What shall I call you master?"

His smile widened, "My name is Mikogami."

XXXXXXX

I didn't bother being quiet as I walked in the front door. I could my father snoring from the street. I wrinkled my nose to the smell of alcohol that permeated the house, for some reason I never managed to go nose-blind to it. Grabbing extra bedding from the closet while my father couldn't question why, I quickly made my way to my room.

I came in to find Shi, Hikari, and Hibiki all bundled in the futon I originally let Mutsu use. Said swordsman was sitting on my windowsill caring for his blade.

"Hey kid. Have a nice walk?" he seemed amused.

"It was alright, talked to a Sekirei with her symbol on her forehead. She put some things into perspective for me."

Mutsu considered this before muttering something and dropping it. He looked at me carefully, "Your girls were worried about you kid."

I smiled at them, "I thought they would be." I leaned over and gave each of them a kiss on the forehead, "Sorry, I'm back though."

I gave Mutsu his extra bedding and settled into the corner with a blanket and pillow. I felt myself smile as I slept.

XXXXXXX

The bed was warm as her body snuggled closer to mine. Sun shined on my eyes, forcing me to wake up. Opening them, I looked down at the girl by my side. She seemed content as she slowly opened her eyes, yawning cutely. I couldn't help but smile and wipe the hair from her face. I kissed her forehead as she looked up at me. Smirking, she got on top of me and kissed me as hard as she could, causing wings of light to sprout from her back, I couldn't see them though. My eyes were screwed shut in the pleasure of the morning.

"Sai, we can't this morning, we have school." I said trying to dislodge the smaller girl.

She pouted playfully, "But Ashikabi-kun, I only joined school to get close to you, can't we skip?"

I smiled and kissed her again…

XXXXXXX

I woke with a star before groaning in irritation. It was almost a month since the incident with Seo and I'd been having dreams much like this for most of that time. It would sometimes star that girl with the seventy two tattoo on her shoulder or it would be Sai but it never seemed to be any of the girls I was currently involved with. Which irritated me a lot. I mean, I'm joined with three beautiful women, why does my mind only cough up images and scenarios with girls I haven't met or are terrorizing me. What does that say about me?

I took a cold shower and left, managing to avoid my father.

I didn't have to worry about my Sekirei being found by my father, they managed to rent a huge penthouse in the richer part of west Tokyo.

The first time I went there it blew my mind. As I walked out of the elevator, my eyes got huge. The hotel room was more of an apartment. It took up the entire top floor of the building with access to the roof (which was good if my Sekirei need to go somewhere quick) and the elevator came up into the living room area. There was a huge flat screen TV that took up nearly the whole wall and a large couch that sat in a semicircle in front of it. Most of the outer walls were floor to ceiling windows and the carpet was plush and soft. As my Sekirei showed me their rooms, I noticed that none of them took the master bedroom.

Shi blushed as she moved me from room to room, "Hikari, Hibiki, and I agreed that room was yours." I laughed at her red face before what that implied hit me, causing me to match her red hue. After all, that king sized bed was way too big for only me to sleep in it.

The sweet seemed to be built for some rich family, with six bedrooms, three small (about the size of my current room), two larger rooms, and the master as well as four bathrooms, a fully stocked kitchen and of course the whole thing was fully furnished. If it weren't for those MBI cards, this would cost a small fortune for just one night here.

I ended up going there every day after school, Mutsu moved in there as well but preferred to stay on the couch. I still went home though, until my birthday in a couple months I was stuck with my father.

I fell into that new routine. It was normal, and really nice.

Since it was Saturday, I was walking through town on my way to the hotel when I heard some screaming. I managed to look up just in time to get taken out by some boy falling off of a building.

"Ugh," I groaned, pushing him off (maybe a little more roughly than I had too), "Is this gonna become a normal thing? First Shi tackles me, then that other guy got tackled, what is with this city nowadays?"

"Oh, I'm sorry" I looked up at the boy, He seemed to be my age, maybe a little younger and I would describe him as a pretty boy. Not the douche type though, more like the moe kind. He was reserved and by the way he spoke, probably shy. He actually reminded me a bit of Shi.

"Forget it." I said, dusting myself off before helping him up, "Try to jump too far?" I asked jokingly.

"Actually…" he trailed off as he glanced behind me.

Turning around, I saw a girl in a white sleeveless kimono with a red obi tied in a bow behind her. She had her black hair pulled over her left shoulder, drawing the eye to the tattoo on that same shoulder (Some kanji, I couldn't read it from where I was standing). Most importantly, she was glaring at me and the Sekirei boy while brandishing a Bo-staff.

"You're joking right?" I didn't really address her but she seemed to take it that way.

"Out of the way!" she ordered, "My master demands that this Sekirei become his!"

I raised an eyebrow and turned to the boy, "Do you want to be winged by her Ashikabi?" I already knew the answer but I needed some confirmation before I let myself get dragged into this.

He seemed to shy away from her even though she was across the street, "N-no, I need to find my friend and protect her, then I can consider looking for an Ashikabi, but I'd really prefer a girl."

I snorted in a moment of amusement at him. Turning back to the Sekirei, who surprisingly was still in the same position and not killing me, "There you go. No can do, he doesn't want your Ashikabi. Now be a good little girl and go to hell." It was definitely more antagonizing than it needed to be, but really? Like I was just going to stand aside? Yeah right. Under my breath, I muttered to the boy, "There is a construction yard about two blocks away, can you get there and stall her?"

He seemed surprised but nodded slightly.

"Good," I continued, keeping my eyes on the Sekirei who was still reeling from my backtalk, "because I have a feeling this is gonna get ugly." I quickly reached into my pocket and speed dialed Shi. Hikari and Hibiki were helping Mutsu today and still didn't have phones. But I'll be damned if I go into a fight with a Sekirei without backup.

"Go!" I yelled before diving at the Sekirei girl, the boy running faster than an Olympic athlete toward the construction yard. 'Huh,' I thought as I momentarily distracted the girl, 'he must be one of the slower ones' Shi had hit me like a bullet. Hikari and Hibiki could move faster than I could see if properly motivated, human speed didn't compare. Speaking of which…

The Sekirei merely disappeared into a blur before I reached her. Without stopping, I turned and sprinted after the two Sekirei.

-Will-kun? Hello?-

I raised the phone to my ear, "Shi, I'm at the construction site. You know, the one next to the park? I need help, like, now. Please."

-On my way.-

Wow, she sounded serious. 'Note to self. Thank Shi heartily and generously, somehow… assuming Hikari doesn't kill me first.'

When I reached the lot, the two Sekirei were having it out. Well, more like the girl was trying to incapacitate the boy, and he was doing his best to not get hit. Glancing around, I was relieved to find no people. Picking up the first weapon-ish thing I could find (A metal pipe) I ran at the distracted girl and manage to clip her shoulder good. At least I thought it was a good hit until she planted the end of her staff in my stomach, launching me off my feet and into a steel girder supporting the naked skeleton of a building under construction.

The coppery taste of blood was in my mouth and I had to take a moment to get my lungs to work right again, but I got back up. For a moment the air seemed to smell like cherry blossoms and I thought I could feel eyes on me but I shook this off and concentrated back on the fight.

The girl and boy were going at it at speed that baffled me, but he was clearly losing. Analyzing his movements versus hers, I could tell he wasn't trained for close combat, she however, was. Her movements were fluid and sure in both intent and execution. Her weapon was as much a part of her as any of her limbs. He on the other hand seemed to be focused on putting a bit of distance between them. His lack of weapon would normally lead one to believe that he was a "fist type" or some other super close ranged fighter but his actions were contrary to that. He was most likely some sort of mid to long range ability user, sort of like the twins.

I steeled myself for what was to come. If this fight was going to go our way, he needed to get some room. That meant he needed a distraction of some sort. Have I mentioned how much I hate my luck?

I ran in and jumped between the two, taking a sweeping blow meant for his head straight to the chest. A worrying series of cracks sounds as it made impact but I managed to grab the staff and hold it. This slowed her down for maybe another half second as she planted a foot on my chest and shoved me off with enough force to make me roll a good five feet.

She approached me angrily and brandished her staff wildly, "What's your damn problem anyways? He's not even your Sekirei!" She looked at me strangely before laughing a little, "Holy shit you're him! That stupid Ashikabi who thinks he's a hero. And didn't you wing number five? What are you gay?"

I bristled a little at that, "My interests are none of your business, and besides," I sat up a little straighter and leaned forward, holding my side painfully and suppressing a groan as a bit of blood dripped from the corner of my mouth, "I'm just the distraction."

Her head whipped around and saw the boy who was over by a girder. He touched it and a trail of rust shot up into the canopy of steel and lumber above us. The painful screech of metal on metal sounded, preluding the rain of rusted beams and shrapnel. She disappeared in a blur while the boy grabbed me and hefted me up onto his shoulder before hightailing it out of the crumbling metal deathtrap that construction site had become. He leaned me against the wooden fence right in front of the site, where I promptly collapsed to the ground. He leaned over me in a worried manner.

"It's fine." I groaned, "One of my Sekirei is on the way. Get out of here before that bitch with the stick comes back. And seriously look for your Ashikabi, that'll get some of the heat off you for a while."

"I will," he promised, "and thank you." He turned and ran off.

The pain was really setting in now, it was seriously ridiculous. My chest throbbed from all the bruises but I'm sure I broke something because with every throb the pain in my chest began anew, fresh.

"Jeez." I must have blacked out again because I opened my eyes when I didn't remember closing them and saw and woman standing in front of me with an expression that seemed a cross between amusement and surprise. She appeared to be about twenty-two and had tan skin with black hair cascading around her face. She wore a black shawl with what I assume was a black bra or bikini top underneath seeing as how her shawl ended before her revealed stomach and everything from her boots to her cuff-like bracelets were black as pitch. Who else dresses like that but a Sekirei?

"Oh god, another one?"

Smirking slightly, she sat down across from me. "So what happened kid, lose a fight with a steamroller?"

"Ha, ha, ha, you're hilarious." I grunted sarcastically, "Don't you have some bus to jump in front of?"

"I would but it seems you did it for me."

I managed to turn my head skyward, "Did I do something wrong, or do you like complicating my life with Sekirei, purely for your amusement?" I asked rhetorically. The woman arched her eyebrow gently.

"So after watching you do what you just did, I have only one question."

"Why should I tell you anything?"

"Because I'm hot and you're a teenager." She stated matter-o-factly.

I snorted.

"How about I owe you one?"

I cocked an eyebrow. Grabbing my phone, which I apparently had been holding, she reached into her shawl and brought out her own jet black phone. Clicking on both of them for a second, she placed mine on my lap.

"There, I just programmed my number into your phone. Just call if you need something, but remember, one answer, one favor."

I grunted again, "Shoot."

"Why didn't you wing him? I'm sure he would have agreed after what just happened."

"Why is it surprising that I don't want to kiss some guy?"

"That's not an answer."

"Fine, because I have enough Sekirei! I'm not looking for more."

She honestly seemed surprised, "How many do you have?"

"This sounds like another question."

"Another favor then, jeez stingy."

I just raised a hand (painfully I might add) with three fingers extended.

She whistled in a low pitch, "Damn kid you don't play around." She jerked her head up suddenly. Following her gaze, I saw that Shi was on the rooftop across the street.

"She yours?"

"Yup."

"See you around kid, and remember those favors could save your ass." She said before literally just disappearing. No flash. No poof. Just… gone.

Shi landed in front of me and helped me up. "Are you okay Will-kun?" I leaned on her heavily and coughed up blood.

"I'm fine. Just need to… lie down…" then everything went dark.

XXXXXXX

Kazehana was sitting high up in the skeleton of an unfinished building, drowning her sorrows when a boy Sekirei bounded into the construction site below her followed quickly by another Sekirei, a girl this time, with a Bo-staff who proceeded to methodically pick the boy apart.

She watched with disinterest until a boy, maybe seventeen ran in and dove at the girl, being thrown back with a twirl of her staff. She felt the vibration on the metal all the way up there as he impacted one of the girders. With a wave of her hand, she helped get some air into his lungs, he was starting to look like a gasping fish.

As the rest of the fight played out, Kazehana found herself mildly impressed. Whoever this boy was, he had more gumption than she had seen in a while. Then that other Sekirei showed up, just appeared in front of him out of nowhere. The kid must have passed out because she had to shake him before he responded.

Then she just disappeared when a third girl showed up. He seemed to know this one because she picked him up and carried him away when he collapsed.

"So how long were you planning to watch?"

Kazehana turned to see the girl in black who had disappeared was across the beam, leaning against the frame watching the boy leave with his Sekirei. "He came to me." Kazehana explained, "I was simply enjoying the entertainment."

"And what does Ms. Number Three think?"

Kazehana turned back to the pair as they turned a corner and limped off, presumably to a hospital. "He'll definitely make a splash that one. Whether or not he'll survive it," She shrugged and tipped back her bottle of sake, taking a nice long drink, "who can say."

XXXXXXX

I awoke slowly. It was soft and warm where I was and for a moment I was afraid that I was dreaming about Sai again. But the steady beep of a heart monitor shot that one down. Opening my eyes I found myself in a room of the MBI hospital (they were still a pharmaceuticals company). Unless the big MBI stamped onto the I.V. bag meant something else.

"Alright, looks like you're finally awake."

I jumped in the bed a little as a white haired woman in a lab coat strode into the room and plopped herself into a stool. "Um, what's going on?"

"Well," said the woman, "it seems you decided to pick a fight with a Sekirei, and have a history of doing so if your girls are to be believed. I wouldn't recommend that by the way, it's bad for your health."

I cracked my back and sighed with relief, "You don't say."

"Now as a member of the Sekirei plan, your hospital stay is covered by MBI, can't have you guys crapping out on us because you're poor. And I feel obligated to warn you against doing things like this in the future. Other than that, you're good to go whenever."

I raised an eyebrow, "Just like that?"

She smiled, "We have extremely advanced technology here at MBI. Your injuries were no problem with our cellular regenerator."

I shook my head at the absurdity of my life. "Alright, then let me out of here."

In five minutes, I was out in the lobby, surrounded by pissed Sekirei. Even Mutsu had come to cuff me over the head a couple times.

"You promised us you wouldn't do that!" Hikari yelled while pulling my ear.

"Ow dammit, stop! I couldn't help it okay? That one fell right into my lap, literally! What was I supposed to do, let the poor kid get forced into slavery?"

"You were supposed to call us for back up!" Hibiki supplied, her own anger quite apparent.

"I did!"

"And then you're supposed to wait Will-kun!" Shi was not a very happy camper. The normally shy girl had been stewing on her late arrival for the few hours it had taken to admit and heal me. And in that time she had concluded that if I had waited, she could have taken that Sekirei apart.

I rubbed my head, "Look, I can't just stand around and do nothing!"

Hikari took me by the front of my shirt and lifted me off the ground, "You are an Ashikabi! You are supposed to be protected by us! Not the other way around! Get that through your head because even the weakest Sekirei is stronger than you!"

I sighed, this was far from over but I was too tired to continue this now. "Let's just go back to the hotel, okay?" She put me down and walked away in a huff. Mutsu patted my back as he fell into step beside me.

"Is it still okay to speculate whether my luck is good or bad?"

Mutsu just grinned.

A/N: Alright, so remember. I want to finish but might have motivation issues. Alas, my muse is a fickle bitch, but she's back now and I intend to hold on as long as I possibly can. But if I'm taking too long, just poke me with the review button. You know, like those pokes on facebook, except I'll actually be happy to see the notification in my inbox.

By the way, did you know Shi isn't on the character list for this site? That's some bull right there, (or maybe I'm a little biased on this subject)

Until next time, W.O.E. out!