At the end of XIII-2, Etro performs one more instance of time travel, a last-ditch effort to create a timeline where humanity can survive. Hope and Lightning, both desperately wishing for one more chance, are thrown back to the very beginning. Now, it's up to them to change the past - and the future.

In another world, his soul is spilled, always, beyond the bounds of his body. And it makes him so, so hard to ignore.

An eccentric ashikabi may be the role model Hayato needs to set him on the path to better expressing his feelings. New bonds are set to change the path of the Sekirei Plan - and prove that choice can be more powerful than destiny.