Edited Summary: Despite the fact that he has the highest grades and is a prodigy in sports, Uzumaki Naruto has always lived a relatively normal life. But then, everything changed when he was forced to join one of history's bloodiest game that would force him to remember the forgotten memories of his past that might have been the very reason why everybody else is calling him a psychopath.

Defying Gravity

Initial Summary: When he accepted the kiss of the young maiden who was 'reacting to him', Naruto didn't know that it would pull him to one of the bloodiest Battle Royale in history that would force him to bring down the icy walls he built to protect his shattered heart.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sekirei nor do I own Naruto.

Warning: May contain gore, or things as such and other graphical themes. Not suitable for people who aren't open-minded to things.

Author's Note: This chapter has been edited as of October 31, 2013. And no, I do not plan on Naruto and Minato having some yaoi relationship.

There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

Anthony De Mello

A boy wearing a plain, white T-shirt and a green cargo shorts casually glanced at the list of the passers of the people who took one of Shintō Teitō's hardest exams. The boy has golden brown hair in a slightly messy style, with his bangs easily molding with his forehead and reaches his bright cerulean orbs that are framed by two orange glasses.

# 001 – Uzumaki Naruto – 100%

# 002 – Hayato Mikogami – 95%

# 003 – San Taichou – 89%

"Now this is just pathetic," he stated calmly as he scrutinized the difference in the scores. However, the boy was somewhat surprised when he heard the groan from the person standing beside him.

"Yeah, tell me about it. I mean, how the heck can anyone human gain a perfect score in a test like that? I mean, he has to have some secrets to do so or some pointers that he can pass to me so that I can at least pass," the black haired boy complained softly, earning a raised eyebrow from the blonde who stood a few inches taller than him.

"I don't know about you but that guy should be one heck of a lucky bastard to pass that test, that, or he may be some nerd wearing thick rimmed glasses carrying a large book all day long," the blonde joked, causing the black haired boy beside him to at least produce a smile. However, said brunette failed to notice the mischievous glint produced by the blue orbs of his no-named acquaintance.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." The jacket-wearing brunette sighed and shook his head when he added sadly, "Still, it didn't change the fact that I failed this test twice."

"Huh? That's odd, I kind of found the test easy, if not a bit mediocre at most," the blonde said, confused at how difficult the boy seemed to see the exams which he…err…passed.

"Yeah, I guess it was easy. But that doesn't change the fact that I failed it," the scrawny brunette explained.

"Well maybe you should just do your best and concentrate for your next take," the blonde encouraged.

"Been there, had sleepless nights preparing for this test, I even joined cram school. I feel rather hopeless, maybe I should go back home and study there," the boy mumbled helplessly, causing the blonde to look at him with interest.

"So you're just like, going to give up?" the blonde criticized with a cold voice, surprising the brunette.

"Well, if you put it that way…" the boy hesitated only for him to receive a glare from the golden haired teen. "I don't know your background but if you just gave up today, you'll end up regretting everything."

"But how can I do so if I can't even answer the questions properly, sweating all the way through my exams?!" the brunette queried accusingly, before gasping at how he reacted.

"Ah, I'm sorry for snapping at you like that." The shorter boy quickly apologized, only to earn a small smile from the boy.

"No offense taken, anyway, based from how you react and all the statements you gave me, I greatly recommend that you take the next exams," the blonde encouraged once more, a gentle smile plastered on his face.

"You think so?" the brunette asked, surprise and confusion written all over his face.

"I know so, but in order to pass, I'd also suggest that you shouldn't be too pressured, I don't know what's bothering you but I guess that you should forget all about those stress when you take the tests next time or…" the blonde trailed off before placing a hand on his chin.

"Or what?" the brunette asked, curious and eager to hear what the 'wise' guy is going to say.

"Or you could opt for another school. Sure this university is one of the best but even I don't see it as the school most suitable for me. Maybe it's fate that you fail here twice, meaning that you're not just meant to study here," the blonde said before giving a thoughtful nod.

"I…I actually never thought of it like that," the brunette said, enlightened by the blonde's words.

"But don't act too rashly and think of it first, and when you do decide on something, stick to that path and don't worry too much about the things that might cause you regret, or else it might bring even more regret in your life," the blonde said with another smile.

"Well, it has been nice talking to you but I have to go and run some errands," the blonde excused himself politely, before turning his back from the brunette who seemed surprised and disappointed at the short time they talked. However, mustering up his courage, the brunette turned to the blonde and called out.

"Wait! I forgot to introduce myself to you, my name is Sahashi Minato and I really would like to thank you for the things you told me," Minato said before giving a bow of gratitude to the boy who seemed to have been surprised (and even embarrassed) by the gesture.

"No need to bow for me, Minato," the boy said as he waved his hands frantically. However, when Minato looked at him as if waiting for something, that's when the blonde remembered that he has messed up on something.

"Well, aren't you going to tell me…umm…your name or something?" Minato asked in an awkward voice, a small blush making its way on his cheeks due to the embarrassment of sounding like a…girl.

"Oh right, my mistake," the golden-haired boy said, blushing at the thought of forgetting such a simple act of politeness. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, or Naruto for short. Guess I'll be seeing you around then, Minato-kun."

And with that, the blonde waved goodbye to Minato, who seemed to have been glued to his face as he recalled the words of this Uzumaki Naruto…

'Uzumaki Naruto…why do I have the feeling that I have read it somewhere before…' Minato thought as he watched the blonde disappear within the crowd of passing people.

And when the realization dawned on him hours later, Sahashi Minato felt himself as the stupidest people on Earth for being played like…well…a fool.

Lying beside the finished bowl of instant ramen, Uzumaki Naruto watched as the gentle breeze pass by while the clouds rolled by.

"It really feels nice to relax and get some peace and quiet," the boy said before he sat up and leaned on the huge tree atop of the hill of an isolated park away from the noisy and busy streets of Shintō Teitō.

After the interesting talk he had with a guy who seemed to be oddly familiar, and a trip to the grocery store, the blonde decided to take some off time and simply relax himself atop of his secret base which he found a few years back.

Really, after a few busy weeks that gave him migraines that he owed because of his special…projects…the blonde realized that he truly needed this.

That, and for some odd reasons, nature seemed to calm him down. A lot.

Another gentle breeze blew into his way, causing him to close his eyes in satisfaction, a small smile plastered upon his face as he silently wished that maybe, just maybe, life could be this serene…that life could be this peaceful.

However, his peace and quiet won't last forever when he felt…or rather…heard a disturbance.

"Please! Get out of the waaay!" it didn't come from below, and not from the side as well. Finally deciding to look upward (thought he thought it was stupid for a voice to come from the sky), the blonde's cerulean eyes widened at the sight of a peculiar object, somewhat humanoid in size, heading his way in a speed that gave him no time to dodge.

Or to put it simply, the blonde genius known as Uzumaki Naruto was hit by the flying 'object' and was sent falling down the tall hill of the park and crashing into one of its benches.

"Oww…" Naruto groaned as he rubbed his head and eased the pain that came after you hit, head first on a bench after falling down a hill.

With another groan, the blonde tried to push away the soft and warm thing that managed to fall on him. The thing seemed to moaned softly, before a whimper escaped it.

'Soft…and…warm…moaned…whimper…What the—!' Uzumaki Naruto's eyes quickly opened and widened when he found his hands groping on the bottom of a girl who was looking at him with a strange expression.

And when he saw her face and her biting her lips (though he has to admit but she looked damned cute when she did that), as the gentleman he was raised as (even though he was an orphan), he quickly stopped what he was doing and detached himself from the girl (but he has to admit, he kind of missed the warmth) expecting for the worst to come.

'Like, you know, getting hit in the head, yelled at, or sent a few hundred meters away…wait…where did that came from?' Naruto thought as he shielded himself from the girl. However, when nothing seem to have come and he was spared, he slowly removed his arms from his face to see the girl…looking at him, her head tilted as if confused.

"Why did you stop?" she asked rather innocently, creating a cute expression that caused the blonde's cheeks to turn into read.

"Umm…I-I…" the boy was a loss of word. Sure, he expected being hit, even kicked or yelled, but he never expected…well…this.

And then, everything seemed to click unto her and she created a thoughtful expression by putting a finger on her lips. "I knew I shouldn't have jumped from such a height!"

Seemingly out of the trance as well, Naruto thought back to the words the girl said and the events that happened a while ago.

She…fell…from the sky?

Okay, it may not be the weirdest phenomenon that occurred in his life, seeing that he did live with someone weirder but still…falling out from the sky? It seems rather…unoriginal. Wait…

"How did you fall from the sky?" Naruto asked, curiosity overwhelming his whole body as his need to learn intensified.

"Well, Musubi was being pursued by these strange girls who wants to fight with her and has to jump from this great view and when I was about to fall to this guy, some wind caught me and sent me to this place," the girl said before assuming yet another thoughtful expression.

'Pursued by girls…jumped from a building and…a wind…huh? Well…I think it's…' Naruto eyed the girl, confirming that she wasn't lying and calculating the probability of such a strange event to occur.

'Based on the laws of Physics and of my understanding of the Supernatural, I guess that my judgment upon this situation is that it is…' he paused and eyed the girl, who tilted her head, still thinking about something.

'I think this is a perfectly plausible situation.' Naruto thought with a nod, before adding some 'plausible' support on how the thing happened, some things about an accident of being pushed off of the building and powerful wind currents and how her kimono seemed to act as some paraglider that gave access to such great distances.

'Yup! Perfectly plausible!' Naruto confirmed with a huge, gentle smile on his face.

However, that was when he saw what happened to his clothes and the tattered clothes that the…err…well-endowed woman possessed.

And like the gentleman that he was raised us despite being an orphan, Naruto quickly stood up, dusted the dirt that he accumulated from the fall.

"Are you okay?" Naruto asked as he offered his hand to the innocent looking girl.

But instead of her taking his, or refusing it (something that the 'tsundere' in the mangas that he had read usually does), the girl simply stared at his hand with a confused expression plastered upon his face.

That was when she stood up from her place, quicker than anybody, especially somebody who just fell out of the sky and 'carried by the wind' before rolling down a hill, ignoring his hand before exclaiming cheerfully. "Of course I'm okay! Musubi is very strong and can easily take care of herself, you know?!"

"Ah…okay…I guess," Naruto mumbled, before realizing that he still had an outstretched arm and quickly tucked it in his pockets, a new blush creeping its way into his cheeks.

"Hmm. I think I'm forgetting something," Musubi mumbled under her breath and reassumed her thinking position before her eyes widened and she raised her index finger to speak when…

*Zip*

*Zap*

*BOOM!*

Naruto barely managed to push the girl out of the way of a lightning that literally came out of nowhere, destroying the ground that the girl was formerly standing on. A ground that was made of cement, and shouldn't have been destroyed by a thunder.

Which is why Naruto isn't very sure why he was surprised: either it was because the bolt of lightning that appeared out of nowhere had such great power that it managed to destroy the ground or how much voltage should an electricity possess to destroy cement or if it was from the fact that he was being suffocated by the two, generously sized breasts—chests—that he found himself submerged in to.

"Finally we found you!" Naruto didn't even need to remove himself from the pit of pleasure and despair when Musubi moved out of the way and quickly stood in front of him, her panty being shown to the boy who was raised himself as a gentleman.

And as said, being raised as a gentlemen prompted Naruto to look away and see the two girls that seemed to be the 'pursuers' that Musubi was talking about a few minutes ago, noting the fact that they seemed to have some fetish over S&M outfits, a pair of twins, and possess the ability to conjure lightning.

Something that, in Naruto's perspective, can easily be explained by the Supernatural revolving around them, or to be precise, the mythical Brontokinesis.

"Do you know how much time it took us to escape from that damned Homura and hunt after you again after you got yourself carried off by the wind?!" the aggressive looking twin mumbled.

'I'll call her Twin 1,' Naruto thought as he quickly noted the difference between the two females, how they differ in their posture, forms, etc. etc.

'It seemed that Twin 1 possess this filled-with-uncontrolled energy attitude that gives her a fiery spirit, a stand filled with confidence and a voice that could be lessened and…' Naruto took a glance at the less-aggressive of the two, expecting her to vocalize her opinion over their subject matter. Whatever that was.

"Yeah, so can you please surrender so that we wouldn't have to result into much violence?" the second twin, whom Naruto will name Twin 2, said.

'Hmm…Interesting, so this twin is the calmer one, like the eye of the storm, or the warning before the lightning…she seems to be the type to be controlled but has this electrifying feeling that if not controlled, could cause serious trouble,' Naruto thought before nodding his head.

"Why are you nodding your head about, blondie?" Twin 1 said as she shifted her attention to him. Seemingly unfazed, Naruto simply offered a gentle smile.

"Nothing much, anyway, keep going because I kind of enjoy observing your bickering," the eerie smile, equipped with Naruto adjusting his glasses to send a glare that covers his eye was enough for the twins to step back a bit.

"I told you that I wouldn't fight you yet! Not until I find my Ashikabi!" Musubi reasoned out, and if this was indeed an anime, an irritated tick should appear by Twin 1 right now but sadly…

This isn't. So her eyebrows simply twitched as she grinded her teeth.

'Ashikabi…huh…a term I cannot associate with anything else, I wonder if it's a food? No. I don't think so…maybe it's some kind of supplement? Yes. I definitely have to research on this,' Naruto thought silently before he felt electricity flowing through his vein, causing him to jolt in surprise.

When he looked up, he saw the girl looking at him with a strange expression, her eyes considerably widening. 'So she must've felt it too…huh? Maybe she's a bit worried about the reason behind such occurrence?'

"Hey, that's just static, no harm done," Naruto stated, this time offering a gentler smile and an excuse as to not bother the girl but in his head, Naruto is silently mulling over what caused the reaction when he felt Musubi's soft (but firm) chest slamming into his face before he felt himself getting off then on the ground again, followed by the familiar sound of lightning crashing to the ground.

"I finally found you!" Naruto barely registered what happened and what the girl just stated as he was still disoriented by the sudden movement when he was flung around once more like some ball that you can easily lift and dodge with.

"Don't tell me that—" he at least heard the statement before they began travelling at a disorienting speed, disrupting all coherent thoughts forming in his mind and effectively induced a dizzy feeling in his stomach.

But as they travelled in an inhuman speed that could match that of his guardian, there is one thing that Uzumaki Naruto can now conclude.

Even though he had seen stranger things in the past, never has he experienced such a strange simultaneous event happening one after the other, marking this day as one of the strangest thing he had felt in a long while.

A few moments later…
By the side of a bridge…

"I think we lost them Ashikabi-sama," Musubi said in between her pants, a huge smile plastered upon her face.

Naruto, who was still looking at the moving skies, ignored the woman who was still regaining his breath.

A second passed…

Then a minute…

Then…

"Ashikabi-sama, are you okay?" Musubi asked as she pressed herself down in front of Naruto, her face the only thing that Naruto could see.

The blonde blinked his cerulean eyes that were hazy a few moments ago disappeared replaced by an uncharacteristically innocent looking blue orbs.

Once.

Twice.

Then he felt something warm over him, something soft in his chest, and something warmer on his thighs.

"Ah!" Naruto yelled as he blushed furiously, being the orphan gentleman he was, and moved away from Musubi who seemed surprised and…was that hurt?

Naruto blinked once more, and then, as if disappearing all together, his innocent looking eyes quickly disappeared, replaced by a pair of his usual calm, serene and at ease pupils.

"Where am I?" that was the first question Naruto muttered before scanning the surroundings, taking information of the landmarks he recognized before concluding that he was staying at the opposite section of the city from his home.

"Umm…Ashikabi-sama…are you okay?" Musubi seemed scared, but the concern in her face never faltered.

"Ahh…yes, I'm sorry for my rash behavior," Naruto said and offered his smile and at the same time, outstretching his arm.

"Rash? Is that some kind of food?" Musubi asked innocently, causing Naruto to palm his forehead.

'Rash is an adjective that is synonymous to the words rough or unruly, while synonymous meant the same, so the best answer for a girl with a…limited vocabulary would be…' Naruto quickly formulated his way on dealing properly with the innocent, young looking girl.

"Rash means rough, I am sorry for acting rough on you, Musubi-san," Naruto said, hoping that he doesn't have to explain what honorifics means to the girl. It was clear that she was a foreigner, what with the limited vocabulary she possesses and the strange outfit.

"Oh, okay!" the girl said contently, a huge smile plastered upon her face.

One second.

Two seconds…

Uzumaki Naruto has never prepared himself on being jumped on by the powerful girl (who literally is more powerful that he'll ever be, even if he's a bit athletic).

"I'm so hot, Ahikabi-sama, so please take me in as your Sekirei!" the girl muttered, her gaze seemed to be in a deep trance but before she could even complete her attempted 'rape' (or at least some kind of drug induced hallucination), the girl who claims that she is a Sekirei fainted, much to Naruto's relief…

…Or disappointment.

'Wait a minute, she seems to be referring me as her Ashikabi-sama…is that some kind of tag on their desired mate? And what is a Sekirei? Hmm…This is interesting," Naruto thought, ignoring the strange looks of the people who were passing by.

"Finally I'm home," Naruto mumbled softly, a girl lying softly in a piggy back ride.

It wasn't very easy to run from the two opposite sides of the city with an unconscious girl riding his back. It wasn't also easy to elude the police officers who were chasing after him for some odd reasons.

But Naruto, after perfecting the art of running back in his High School years, managed to do it and reached his home at an incredible speed, having arrived just in time for…err…supper.

"I know that she would be very, very pissed that I bring another girl at home but what choice do I have?" Uzumaki Naruto asked as he literally felt the temperature decreasing as he looked up to the window of the seemingly innocent house (of course it was innocent, with all the chains that decorated it, the fox-like demon that acts as pillars on the rusted gates and its rather…authentic style).

The doors suddenly opened, and Naruto suppressed the urge to shake as the coldness of the seemingly empty house welcomed him.

"Welcome home, Uzumaki-sama," a monotonous eerie voice echoed inside the dark house as the so-called (as his neighbors kindly put it) Doors of Hell closed with a huge slam, which would have scared anyone.

"Konbawa Onee-chan," Naruto said with a sweet, almost innocent, smile.

Anyone except Uzumaki Naruto, who has been living in the house for as long as he could remember.

It was supposed to be a usual day in the headquarters of the Mid Bio Informatics (or renowned around the world as MBI).

Another pair of Sekirei are successfully released, another pair successfully finding their rightful Ashikabis, a few 'hopeless' patients being healed effectively by their latest technologies, and a lot of happy customers.

It was supposed to be, until a good half hour before closing time, the alarm bells began to ring, followed by the red lights that signifies an emergency (as per the request of the oh-so-flamboyant Hiroto Minaka) disturbed what supposed to be a peaceful and harmonious day.

"I should've known, it was too perfect," Sahashi Takami grumbled under her breath as she quickened her pace and went to the office where all the Sekireis are being managed.

Emergency! Emergency! Emergency!

The robot-like intercom continued to repeatedly sound, effectively causing irritation to the white-haired veteran.

But what irked her more was the look of fear that each and every employee she has under her care possesses as they all seemed to have stopped responding.

Swallowing a bit of saliva, the woman readied her voice and yelled. "All of you dumbasses begin your work immediately. I do not care whatever it is that got you riled up but it's no excuse for you to start lagging behind!"

And with new found fear, though hesitantly, everybody resumed their work.

Sighing under her breath, the manager of the department walked towards the 'Sekirei Management' area of the facilities that still possessed the red light that signifies the emergency happening.

Tensing at her mere presence, the workers quickened their work, amending for the things they failed to accomplish due to the sudden panic that arose.

"What happened?" Sahashi Takami asked a bespectacled woman who stiffened and began typing on her computer.

"It's Sekirei No. 88, Sahashi-sama," the woman began as the map of the entire city appeared in a holographic image, showing the moving coordinates of Sekirei No. 88, also known as Musubi.

"I don't see any prob—" she trailed off as the coordinates stopped moving, her eyes widening in disbelief.

"No way…" Takami mumbled under her breath, dropping the cigarette that she had lit before quickly fishing out her cellular phone. The bespectacled employee, however, didn't notice heard Takami and assumed that she was being ushered to continue.

Not a moment later, the camera flashback of a creepy looking house emerged in the satellite, looking a little bit too hazy for clarity but enough to show an unconscious Sekirei being carried by an innocent-looking blonde man before they disappeared inside the gates.

"This is bad, this is really, really bad," Takami chanted under her breath as she pressed the redial button in her cellular phone once more.

After a few rings, finally, she never thought she'd be grateful that the bastard finally answered his phone, followed by another holographic image appearing beside the satellite video.

"Minaka you have to fix this mess," Takami said, barely hiding her anger.

However, the genius of a friend she had had the nerve to laugh it off, before assuming a mockingly innocent stand.

"What mess are you talking about, Takami-chan?" Minaka asked in a sickeningly and obviously faked innocent voice.

"Minaka, you have to fix this, this mess or else I'm going to castrate you alive and feed your bones to the dogs," Takami stated coldly, the temperature in the room running dangerously low as the darkness began to materialize behind her.

Minaka, one of the most-respected fan of Otaku, managed to produce a real sweat drop before he laughed off Takami's antics.

"You do not need to fret, my lovely Takami-chan! With Naruto-chan in this game, I am very sure that things would become much, much more interesting! Besides, we both know that we were just delaying the inevitable," Minaka explained, using huge and overly expressed hand signs to further express himself.

"You're—You're crazy Minaka! No, this is beyond crazy! You're mad!" Takami accused. She, she would never let such danger befall on such innocent women just for the entertainment of some sick bastard (even if he is her friend).

"I may be crazy or even mad but you cannot even deny the suspense that such a vibrant character could bring to us. Like a bomb that is waiting to explode, oh, as the Game Master, I am very, very excited at the lovely turn of events," Minaka said, his voice filled with nothing but joy and happiness.

Takami shook in anger, her eyes considerably darkening as the phone she was holding began to crack. With one last attempt, she yelled at her phone her last plead.

"I plead of you to stop this nonsense! With that demon in this game! We do not know what will happen! A psychopath joining this game is like setting up a sick dynamite that would fuse in any minute! You know what happened last time and we barely managed to hold it up!" Takami yelled as he plead for her crazy friend to stop this nonsense.

"Oh I know what I'm playing at, Takami-chan, so just trust me and let us together enjoy this wonderful game!" Minaka said, his maniacal smile and laughter slowly dissipating as Takami's phone finally broke.

"I sure hope you know what you're doing…" Takami mumbled, praying to whoever it was up there for the safety of Musubi.

The satellite video replayed itself once more, showing the unconscious Sekirei being carried off by the blonde man who managed to cause a scene a few years ago, the same man who everybody within his vicinity avoids.

The video began to flicker as they slowly entered the ominous gates guarded by two Kitsune statues before they finally disappeared.

Into the House of the Western Demon.

Sekirei No. 88 shifted in her bed before she opened her eyes, only to forcefully close it when the bright lights blinded her.

Fighting the urge to shiver, she slowly, slowly opened her eyes and adjusted at the white room she was situated in. Turning around, she saw something that sent all her skin to rise up and before she could even scream, a hand managed to snake its way to her mouth.

"Shhhh…" the unfamiliar voice mumbled rather darkly and before Musubi could react and thrash, her fear got ahead of her and she found herself drifting out of consciousness once more.

But before that, all she could remember was the scary face of a demon smiling down upon her.

A.N: After I received the reviews, I just felt that the story isn't quite…satisfying in my taste, so I edited it, added some few lines (okay maybe a lot) and before I knew it, the story became like this). It may possess new wordings and scenarios but I hope it's better than last time (since the first one seemed rushed in my opinion).

I'm starting to work on Chapter 2 now, but due to the limited holidays, I think it'll be uploaded either this week or next week.