Sekirei? Is that some new species of little sister? by Noodlehammer

Chapter 5

Takami woke up and immediately needed to resist the urge to grimace at the stinging pain over her left eye, knowing that it would only make it worse. That crazy bitch Yomi had nearly taken her eye and MBI's doctors had insisted on putting her under for surgery because there was still a dangerously high risk that she would lose it anyway. What the hell was that brat of an Ashikabi thinking, attacking her in broad daylight so that he could forcibly wing an eight year old Sekirei?

"Good morning Takami-chan!" The irritatingly familiar voice grated on her ears. She'd forgotten that her idiot boss was hospitalized too, though he was in for being turned into a eunuch by Naruto and Karasuba, rather than something more dignified.

Wait a minute…morning?

"What time is it?" She demanded without responding to his greeting.

"It is precisely 09:42 in the morning."

Takami scowled, despite the pain it caused her freshly stitched over eye. There was a doctor that would be losing their job as soon as she had time to fire him. She'd specifically instructed that she be woken up as soon as the surgery was finished, despite his insistence that she could still lose her eye if she didn't rest.

"Where is Kusano?" She'd also instructed that the child Sekirei be retrieved before anyone could make another attempt to wing her forcibly.

"Still in the botanical garden of course! Truly a marvelous development, it has all the makings of a grand event!" Minaka said grandiosely.

"What?" Takami hissed furiously. "I ordered that she be retrieved!"

"I canceled that order and stationed troops to guard the entrances until the start of the event. I intend to let all the Ashikabi know that she is there soon to create some competition for her winging, it should be interesting."

"Are you out of your fucking mind?!" Takami howled at him. "Wasn't it enough that you got your balls cut off? Are you trying to piss Uzumaki off or has it just slipped your mind that every time you do something, it backfires horribly?"

"Severe setbacks to be sure, but I am already looking into ways to counter them and the Sekirei Plan absolutely must continue." Minaka insisted seriously.

"She's just a child!"

"She's a Sekirei."

Minaka's dismissive attitude towards the Sekirei never failed to piss her off, but the fact that Kusano was only eight years old made it much worse than usual.

"I'm going to get Kusano out of there." She said abrutly and got out of the bed, seeing that as usual, there was no use trying to reason with him. He'd apparently lost the last few marbles that he'd still had in his head when Naruto and his wife had decided to wreck his plans. He didn't even have the wits to know when he was standing in the way of an unstoppable force. The fact that all the tracking devices had stopped working at the same time had been a far bigger proof of power to her than the lightning storm. If they could do that as well as shrug off high powered sniper rounds to the head, then there was very little leverage that anyone could use pressure them with. Takami wasn't too thrilled at letting the horned duo do as they pleased but she could see that it was better than what Minaka had planned. The insane idiot would drive the Sekirei race into extinction with his delusions.

"The soldiers guarding her have already been instructed not to let anyone in, especially not you." Minaka piped up. "I cannot let you get in the way of the Sekirei Plan Takami-chan."

Fuming, the silver haired woman stomped out without responding, her injured eye throbbing painfully under the bandages in response to her anger as she started muttering a litany of curses aimed at Minaka. She wouldn't be able to get past the soldiers if Minaka had ordered them not to let her in and even if she did, all it would take was one Sekirei to find her and she wouldn't be able to protect the Green Girl.