(Homura P.O.V)
Look at him sleeping. All those injuries. It's been exactly 3 days since the incident with Karasuba. Takami-san was able to save Namikaze-san's life just in time. Even ten minutes more, and he would've died. But thankfully, she was able to save him which I'm grateful for. And I'm sure that his Sekirei are grateful as well, even if they don't know about who did it. The only ones that know about it are myself, Uzume and Miya. Of course Matsu knows as well but she isn't here with us right now.
But it isn't like no one else got hurt. Katsuragi got pretty banged up, and now she is sleeping in the hospital as well. She crashed through the wall when coming to Izumo Inn, and then having to fight Karasuba not long afterwards must've been tiring. The good thing is though, she isn't in life threatening danger. She's in the room that's next to Namikaze-san's.
As for myself, I still feel bad because of the reaction, but it's calmed down somewhat thanks to Matsu and her medicine. For now, I can relax. Well, relax is a term I won't use lightly. I can't relax as Karasuba is still out there, looking for vengeance against Namikaze-san for reasons unknown and neither Miya, Takami-san or Matsu are willing to share what she hates him for.
Akitsu is also fine considering what happened. She actually saved me by putting out the flames that covered my body. I was saved because of her. It was strange, but she did it for me. I just hope they don't find out about me.
Nanami, Oriha and Musubi all suffered slight damage, but nothing major. They haven't really left Namikaze-san's side since he was admitted into the hospital. You could say the same for Uzume. She hasn't left either with Kuno of course. Since they didn't fight, they didn't suffer any wounds.
Then there's Haihane and Benitsubasa. They didn't suffer anything major, although they did get hit a number of times. Although right now in Namikaze-san's hospital room...
"What did you just say melons!?"
"I said that I wish for Haruto-sama to wing me!"
Ooh here we go again. Benitsubasa and Musubi are fighting again about being winged by Namikaze-san. I'm just glad that Oriha isn't going to be competing in this little childish game. If she was then...ugh, Miya will become even more angry than she is right now.
She's angry at Karasuba, and I wouldn't be surprised if she did something to Karasuba. She's very protective of Namikaze-san, and seeing him like this right now. It's the same look that I once saw her give Takehito. Miya. Are you perhaps...
"No you're not big tits!"
"I am though! I knew him longeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"
Musubi wailed out at Benitsubasa who stuck out her tongue. Such childishness. I don't know how I will deal with this if I get winged by Namikaze-san. They won't stop fighting about who gets winged first. I mean, who really cares about it? One gets winged, then the next one gets winged. But it doesn't matter which order, does it?
I sighed to myself, and just looked on with uneven eyes. Just looking at them, with a small smile. This is Namikaze-san's Sekirei, and future Sekirei. Nanami, Kuno and Akitsu along with Oriha have all crowded around his bed, looking at his sleeping form. Uzume has done the same thing, looking at the sleeping boy.
I'm just glad we got there in time. Karasuba is a dangerous character. She took on eight Sekirei, and still lives to talk about it. Then again, some of us weren't winged, and I can't say about any of the others, but I was feeling bad during the fight. I couldn't put my all into the fight and as a result, I nearly got burned up.
"STOP IT MELOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONS!"
"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
TACKLE!
Benitsubasa tackled Musubi to the floor, and had a wrestle with her. I shook my head at the two fighting girls. More like, Benitsubasa has lost her temper, yet again. She's really yandere about Namikaze-san huh.
"BENITSUBASA-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"
"I'M GOING TO BE HIS SEKIREI FIRST!"
I shook my head at the fighting girls. Musubi is on the floor, with Benitsubasa on top of her in a strangle hold! T-This won't end pretty if a certain purple haired landlady has anything to say about it.
Chills!
I felt something run down my spine. A purple aura has filled the room! I-I know this aura all too well! The aura of danger, of destruction! It strikes fear into the hearts of everyone! It is too scary!
"Musubi-san, Benitsubasa-san."
Miya spoke, with a hint of killing intent in her raspy voice. Benitsubasa and Musubi stop fighting and look at Miya with sad eyes. Musubi looks like she has seen the Devil and Benitsubasa… well, she has a mixture of fear and pride. Afraid of what's happening, but her pride won't let her back down.
"L-Landlady-sama..."
"Landlady of Namikaze's."
Musubi sounds scared as Benitsubasa puts on a brave face. However, that soon dispels as Miya summons her Hannya mask! Benitsubasa is looking at the mask with fear and anger.
"Now now Musubi-san, Benitsubasa-san. Remember this is a hospital room and we can't have fighting going on while Namikaze-san there is trying to recover. Now I suggest that you all keep calm and be quiet while Namikaze-san rests."
"S-Sorry landlady-san."
"I'm not going to apologize for something I haven't done."
Wrong move Benitsubasa. Miya isn't going to like that.
"Excuse me?"
A-As I thought, Miya didn't like it and she raised her aura by a factor of one thousand! Miya walked over towards Benitsubasa who stood up and went face to face with Miya. Even though she has a brave face on, Benitsubasa's hands are shaking quite violently. She is breathing rapidly.
"I-I said that I-I will not apologize..."
Miya raised her eyebrow, as Benitsubasa produced tears! S-She lasted longer than I thought she might! Benitsubasa hung her head down in shame and looked to Namikaze-san who was still sleeping.
"Are you going to apologize now?"
"Shit… okay. I'm… sorry."
Grab! Grab!
Miya grabbed both Musubi's and Benitsubasa's ears!
""Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!""
"I think it is time to do a little education. Hehehehehe."
With a creepy laugh, she dragged out both Musubi and Benitsubasa. Haihane's mouth curls upwards in delight at the idea of her friend getting punished. That's the feeling I get when I see such a face like that.
"I'm going to have to go and watch that."
Haihane giggled and left. The same with Nanami and Uzume actually. I-I guess they want to see Benitsubasa being punished. Can't say I blame them. Even though she didn't put Namikaze-san in the hospital, she was the indirect cause of the stabbing. If she didn't kidnap him in the first place, then this wouldn't have happened. I gave a small sigh as Akitsu went towards the door as well.
"Ah… I will check on… Katsuragi-san."
"Ooh, I'll go with you! Come on Kuno-chan!"
"O-Okay!"
So Oriha and Kuno followed suit after Akitsu. So, it's just me and him. The sleeping boy. I went over and sat next to the bed. My hand went towards his, and held it tightly.
"You're so stupid, you know that? Getting stabbed and making everyone worry. Even Miya is extremely worried about you. Even I… am worried about you. You know, you're making me feel this heat. It's bad, inside my chest. I can feel such awful heat because I am reacting to you. It's your fault that I..."
I can't take it anymore. I stood up, and leaned across him. Even if he's asleep, then I can just do one little thing. I can kiss him, and get emerged. Namikaze-san can become my Ashikabi with one small kiss.
I leaned forward, moving for his lips. I raised a hand and stroked his hair softly. Even with all these cuts and such on his face, he still looks adorable. I'm so close to his lips. To just press my lips to his and get emerged… I hope it works...
Just two inches away.. .if I can just kiss him once… he's so cute… even when he looks at me like that… looks at me? H-He is...
"Kagari-san...?"
Ooh shit. This is awkward. His face turned a cute red colour as I felt like I wanted to pull away. But I just can't pull away. Even though I didn't kiss him, I really want to.
"Namikaze-san… are you alright?"
"Kagari-san… I feel… my stomach hurts. What… happened?"
He doesn't remember? He doesn't remember about me being there huh.
"I… heard that you had an accident. Someone… someone stabbed you. D-Don't you remember?"
"S-Stabbed? O-Oh! Karasuba… ehehe… I got stabbed by some… nutcase. I didn't do anything wrong… Kagari-san."
"Y-Yeah, you didn't do anything wrong."
"... Were you going to kiss me just then?"
I blushed and looked away. My body then moved away from his own. I couldn't look at him, but I felt a hand touch my own. When I looked, I saw him smiling at me. When he smiles at me, I feel like anything is possible.
"Namikaze-san..."
"Kagari-san, why don't you call me by my first name? We've been on a few dates now, yet I don't understand why you continue to call me 'Namikaze-san' instead of 'Haruto-san' or 'Haruto-kun' or even just 'Haruto'. Could you please tell me the reason, Kagari-san?"
H-He suddenly asked something like that. It's a good question to say the least. I don't really know why I call him that. I guess if I started calling him by his first name, it would insinuate closeness.
"I-I don't really have a reason."
"Then, is it fine if you call me Haruto from now on?"
I gained a little blush and gave a small inclination of my head. Seeing that, he gained a big smile, then he winced!
"A-Are you alright!?"
"Ow, my stomach hurts. This is a hospital right? Then where's the drugs?"
I giggled and reached over for a button to give him.
"Use this. It's to give you a dose of morphine and such. It will help elevate the pain."
"A-Ah, thank you Kagari-san." I smiled as he pressed the button, and smiled a little. "Aah, that's better. Fast acting. Kagari-san, how long was I… out for?"
"Three days."
"I see… three days..."
Open!
The door opened, to reveal everyone from before. They all looked at Namikaze-san… rather Haruto-san who smiled at them all.
"""YOU'RE AWAKE!"""
Nearly all of them besides Haihane and Miya ran over and hugged all over his body, besides his injured area that is. Miya stood back and smiled happily. When noticing me looking, Miya tilted her head to the side with a small smile on. Haha, he truly is bad for making everyone worry about him like this.
But I almost did it when he was asleep. That makes me a little bad. I should've asked if I could do it. Yet, he might've found it strange if I suddenly asked him something so strange like that.
"Haruto-sama! I was so worried!"
"Nanami-san, I'm fine. Don't worry about me. You see? I'm fine right now."
Nanami hugged him tightly.
"Namikaze-san, I was so worried about you!"
Kuno cried, but Namikaze… Haruto-san raised a hand and petted her head.
"I'm okay Kuno-san. There's no need to cry now."
She nodded and hugged him with the same tightness that Nanami hugged him.
"Ah… Master, I was worried as well."
Akitsu said plainly, but with teary eyes. Haruto-san chuckled and petted her head as well.
"I'm sorry for worrying you."
Akitsu looked happy about that. Yeah, she's the most… vulnerable after all. Not physically as technically, she is one of the strongest Sekirei in the game. But emotionally, she is dependant on Haruto-san. She's the most dependant I would say.
"Haruto-kun, you truly are someone who likes to worry everyone you know?"
Oriha cried happy tears. Haruto-san took his hand to her face and brushed the tears away.
"Geez Oriha-san. If you cry then I will cry as well."
"Haruto-chan! Are you alright now!?"
Uzume cried as well. Geez Uzume, you should know that he's fine. His Sekirei wouldn't be here if he wasn't fine.
"I-I'm fine. Uzume-san… I vaguely remember something about you..."
She put a finger to his lips to silence him.
"It's okay Haruto-chan, don't worry about it for now. All you need to know is that you're safe and sound. You don't have to worry about anyone attacking you here, you know?"
"I-I see. But, Onee-chan hasn't been told, right?"
"No. I didn't want to upset Naruko more than she is right now. She's been asking about you, but I said that you were just busy with school work and such."
"Thank you Uzume-san. I know that lying to Onee-chan is bad, but it's better than telling her the truth that I got shanked for something I didn't do."
Got shanked. Does he think he is in prison or something? Uzume laughed a little as did everyone else.
"Yeah, well it's you isn't it? You just seem to be on peoples lists and such. But don't worry, I'll protect you Haruto-chan."
H-Hey, that's my line Uzume! I'm going to be his Sekirei, so you can't just suddenly say something like that! You aren't even his Sekirei so, don't try and… no. I'm not going to be suckered into these games of heart winning. I don't need to play such foolish games.
"No, big boobs. If anyone will protect him, then it's going to be me."
"Oh, didn't you hear Benitsubasa-chan?"
She raised an eyebrow at Uzume. Even I did.
"Hear what?"
Uzume smirked at her as she frowned.
"Haruto-chan, he doesn't like girls that are on the itty bitty titty committee."
Benitsubasa's face contorted into an angry one as Haihane laughed along with Uzume!
"FUCK OFF UZUME! YOU FUCK OFF AS WELL HAIHANE! MIYA! THEY'RE BEING NASTY! ISN'T THAT AGAINST ONE YOUR RULES OR SOMETHING!?"
S-She called upon Miya! S-She must be really frightened of Miya now. Just what did Miya do...? She must've scared Benitsubasa. Miya stepped forward with a radiant face.
"Ara ara, Benitsubasa. Even though you said that Uzume and Haihane-san are breaking the rules, I remember you telling them to… well, I will not repeat the word in present company. But, it was yelled by you."
"B-But Miya! She started it! Do something to her! And Haihane as well! She's a constant thorn in my side!"
Miya got out her famous purple aura and dark Hannya mask! T-That thing is scary! Seeing it, Benitsubasa, Uzume and Haihane cried.
"""Sorry!"""
They all apologized in tandem! Miya nodded with a "Hohohoho" and stepped back happily. They all hung their heads down. And then I looked to Haruto-san who was smiling away happily. Hehe, it's like he wasn't stabbed at all.
"Haruto-samaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Tell Benitsubasa-san that you'll wing me first!"
His jaw dropped as Musubi puffed out her chest and looked at Benitsubasa with a smile. Benitsubasa huffed in her and she then turned towards Haruto-san who smiled weakly.
"Namikaze, I want to be winged first. Tell her immediately!"
"I-I erm… I-I erm… we can't talk about that with others around!"
By others, I presume he means myself and Miya. I gave a hearty laugh as did Miya. I'm fine with this for now. Soon though, I will cease the opportunity and become winged by him.
"By the way, where is Katsuragi-san? I hope she's alright."
"Ooh, Haruto-sama. So caring. Katsuragi-san is next door. It seems like she got a little roughed up as well. But she's going to be fine so I wouldn't worry about it, Haruto-sama." Nanami replied, which gave him a face of relief.
"That's good."
Yeah, it's good that no one was terminated. It was also good that he didn't die. That, I don't think I would be able to take since I… love him…