Disclaimer: I don't own DOA but I do own the original characters.
Authors Note: This is the sequel to Unpredictable Fate. Read the prequel if you want, the rating is between pg-13/R. I don't own the song Baby Got Back that is in this fic. And this is an OOC fic.
Summary: After the death of her mother, Kasumi. Cassia was raised by her father Ryu and Ayane who plays the role of her mother. Now years later she comes to the realization that things are starting to seem strange and shes discovers she was being lied to for years. So she gets sent to shinobi school but unfortunately it turns out to be harder than living a lie especially since someone wants her dead. Hardships, passions, and extreme jealousy revolve around her as she finds out the truth about her mother and fights to keep her head up high.
Whisper of the Wind
Chapter One
It was 6:30 am when the round red alarm clock awoke Cassia from a deep sleep. "Good Morning sunshine and welcome to 10.3 The Max. The day will be nice and sunny with a breeze coming in from the north. The highways traffic is doing fine so far so you early birds are in luck today. Meanwhile on Manchester Ave. there was a car crash so there will be a delay in that area. The only important news we have so far is that a three year old child was murdered and the murderer was his father who will be sent to trial in four or five months from now. Everything else seems clear. Stay cute, stay fine, and stay who you are. I'm Katie and this is 10.3 The Max."
Cassia blindly waved her hand around to try to find the off button for the radio. "Ah," Cassia groaned as she moodily pushed herself up and turned off the radio. Her room was small and simple; the bed was a queen sized futon that had blue and white sheets. A small chestnut wooden cabinet sat next to the futon and a wardrobe was in front of her bed. Cassia unwillingly swept her feet out from under the covers and she walked on the beige carpet out of her room and into the bathroom.
Flicking on the lights, she stared at herself in the mirror. Her flaxen hair was tangled with sweat and her face was down in the dumps being that she reluctantly woke up. Cassia walked over to the shower and turned the faucet on, getting inside. The water sprinkled on her face and ran down her womanly curves that made men turn their heads whenever she was ever walking down the streets. Since her bra size was 32 C men were always staring at her like zombies in a trance which annoyed her. She scrubbed her body with a purple soap that had an aroma of lavender. The water relaxed her hair, making it smooth out and her eyes began to slightly open.
Realizing that if she just stood their in the shower she would be late for work; Cassia forced her eyes to open and finished up her shower. After brushing her teeth and fixing her hair, she ran out of the bathroom to see the living room that hadn't been cleaned when it was suppose to. The crimson couch that sat in the middle of the living room had her clothes spread all over it and all the accessories to the room were all out of place. "Okay all I have to do is clean up and get dressed and I'll be fine, I won't be late to work this time," Cassia noted herself before she took out the vacuum out of the storage room.
Plugging in the vacuum she remembered that something was missing. She rubbed her eyes and looked around the room. An old grandfather clock stood behind the couch next to a full sized window that had red draperies spilling down to the floor. The clock ticked and ticked, as if it were trying to tell her something. Cassia's blazing green eyes scanned the room, looking left to right and back again. Getting agitated she slammed her hand on her waist and stood there thinking as hard as she could.
'I got my keys on the kitchen counter in the next room, my clothes are ironed and ready, I took a bath and I could've sworn that I brushed my teeth, err oh and I have the vacuum in my hand right now. What am I missing?' Cassia went over the situation carefully in thought. The clock continued to tick and was the only thing that seemed to break the boring silence.
"Oh how could I forget!!'' Cassia walked over to the radio system next to the television that sat in front of the couch. After pressing a few buttons she was satisfied and turned on the vacuum that began to making a blowing sound loudly. The music started to play loudly, on full blast and Cassia vacuumed away.
"Oh my god Becky, look at her butt it is so big. She looks like one of those rap guys' girlfriends. But you know who understands those rap guys? They only talk to her because she looks like a total prostitute, I mean her butt, it's just so big I can't believe it's so round, it's like out there I mean - it's so gross. Look, she's just so black.
"I like big butts and I can not lie, you other brothers can't deny. And when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face you get sprung. Want to pull up tough 'cause you noticed that butt was stuffed. Deep in the jeans she was wearing, I'm hooked and I can't stop staring. Oh, baby I want to get with you and take your picture. My homeboys tried to warn me but with that butt you got it makes me so horny. Ooh, rump of smooth skin you say you want to get in my Benz. Well use me use me 'cause you ain't the average groupie. I've seen her dancing."
Cassia ran around the living room, shaking her butt side to side and singing along to the song. After she vacuumed she danced around, grabbing her clothes off of the couch and throwing them in her hamper. Before Cassia was about to slap her butt and wiggle it about like mad, the ringing of the phone arrested her movement.
"Hello?'' Cassia said, spreading her body on the couch after putting the volume down to the radio.
"Cassia, what is wrong with you!?! I've been waiting for you outside for the past hour and you know that if you're late to work again you're fired." The voice snapped from the other end.
"Uh.is this Naoko?" Cassia quizzically asked, scratching her head.
"NO, it's Santa Clause!! Who else would it be!!?"
"Oh my God, guess what?"
"Let me guess- chicken butt?"
"No not that. Dad wanted to know if you could ask your dad when he was going to work on his car".
"Would you just come outside so we can get to work," Naoko was clearly annoyed by the fact that Cassia had forgotten completely that she was going to be driven to work by Naoko at 7:30 and it was 8:30.
Cassia put on an orange tank top and a half red half white dress that went down to her knees. She grabbed her keys and departed the house entering the breezy atmosphere with her hair gliding with the wind.
A black BMW was parked in front of the pagoda styled house with the windows scrolled down and a women's head peeking out. Cassia locked the door and walked over to the car and got in.
"I'm really sorry about that," Cassia blurted out anxiously at the sight of Naoko's frustrated expression. Naoko had brown curly hair with sharp oriental eyes upon her soft skinned face. Naoko sighed and responded," It's alright, sorry that I got carried away". She backed up the car and drove down the street.
The sky was cloudless and the sun was beating down on the earth but luckily it was a cool day with winds coming in from the north. Since Cassia lived near the beach the area was packed full of tourists and sight seers all at the beach trying to tan their pale skin, even at this time in the morning?
The car took a few lefts and rights, stopped at a couple lights and finally reached Andre Brutal Aýoga, a famous Italian restaurant that attracted throngs of people throughout the day nonstop. Naoko parked in the newly paved parking lot and they rushed towards the vine covered office that was constructed out of red bricks. Cassia swung the glass door opened and stampeded in as quickly as she could with Naoko following.
The restaurant was full of chattering people that eagerly stabbed their forks into their food and gulped down. Cassia walked passed the lobby and into the office to inform her boss that she had arrived as Naoko tied on an apron to her waist to assign the people waiting in the lobby to their seats. Since Naoko was the assistant manager it was permitted if she were late.
Cassia walked into the office and tapped Samantha on the back to notify her that she had arrived. The blood red haired women shifted her head sideways in protest and scoffed," Not now I'm trying to call Cassia. She's fired and that's all there is to it because I'm sick of her complaints and sorry excuses. I love her to death because she's such a devoted child who wants to be successful in the future but she won't if she's always late to everything and complains every second. No one will pick up at her house, Naoko since you're her friend can you somehow contact her to say that's she's fired because I have lots of costumers waiting in their sits for food."
"She won't need to do that because I'm right here," Cassia said with a serious tone of voice. Dr. Woodworth looked up and her jaw dropped down with shock.
"You don't need to fire me because I'm quitting," Cassia shouted with her voice throbbing in emotions. She ran out of the room and slammed the door as she exited, making the room slightly shake. She walked out of the restaurant, clenching and unclenching her fists. A slightly gust of wind ran through her straw colored hair, parting its tangles, and making it move with its motion.
Cassia relinquished since she was so vulnerable to the situation, she was going to be fired anyway so why did it matter. Her body unnoticeably began to embezzle with the direction the wind was blowing. She crossed the streets when the cars were immobile by the red traffic light.
The beach was right next to the sidewalk that she was walking on, the waves were clashing into each other with great rage and as always people were laid out on the sand with a gallon of tanning lotion all over there bodies. Cassia came to a stop on the deck near the beach's sand and she looked out into the sea that was wildly crimped with its waves.
'Well I know that I'll be grounded for life. Got fired and my grades have slipped, lately my mind has just gone blank. Then again dad always wants the best out of me and I don't even think he knows that I'm a regular person that's not perfect. Sometimes when I look up at the sky, whether if its night or day or whenever, I always wonder: Why was I born? Why am I here to begin with? I'm not even a good daughter, not even a good person for that matter.
'Day by day, at school I'm always ignored. Sometimes I wish I could have the courage to tell dad, "Do you even realize the sorrow I have everyday of my life? Do you even know how it feels when all you have just dies?" He doesn't know how it feels to be alone, like if I don't have a meaning in life. He'll never understand how I feel. How it feels to have your closets friend die in front of your eyes. Maybe if I died, than just maybe I would be accepted more. I don't know how.kids at school won't have to gossip about me, Samantha won't have to worry about me being late, dad won't have to worry about me being a bad daughter.'
Cassia shrugged as these thoughts began to circle in her mind. A speck of rain fell, then another, which lead to a down pour. "Damn the news, you can never trust them". The beach visitors all picked up their belongings and tried to get out as quick as they could, the thunder and lightning urging them to move quicker. Cassia didn't move she just let the rain hit her body, not noticing that half of her dress was white. Cars departed their parking spaces and left the beach to go back to their sheltered. The sky was drowned by ominous dull clouds, sheeting the sun from letting its rays light the sky.
Cassia sat on the bench that was on the deck and covered her eyes with her hands, her palms pressing upon her face softly. A body dropped on her suddenly, ruining her chance to finally cry after so long, a body dropped on her. "What the fuck!?!" Cassia cantankerously hissed, pushing the body off of her. She looked down and it was a man around her age that had a bruised eye and cut lip. His shirt was ripped, revealing his muscular bloody chest.
"Oh my God I'm so so sorry about that!!" Cassia blurted out, falling to her knees to help him up. He had honey colored hair with striking crystal blue eyes that looked back at her sadly. His eye left eye lid was swollen and his lip had a gash going right down the middle. Another man was running towards them rapidly and once he reached the bench he leaped into the air and slammed himself on the injured man.
The attacker was wearing a black ninja suit and took out his sword quickly and stabbed the man on his leg. Cassia gasped and clapped her mouth as she watched blood spit out of his leg and spill onto the concrete floor. The man pressed on and got up, punching his attacker across his jaw making him fall to the ground. He left his attacker one the floor and ignored Cassia, walking away and mysteriously disappearing leaving little leaves floating in the air.
A red convertible raced down the wet road, slipping and sliding uncontainable. It stopped next to Cassia and her father got out of the car. Cassia was still on the floor, soaking wet as Ryu walked over to her and looked down at the man that lay on the ground helplessly.
"What happened?" Ryu asked perplexedly.
"That's what I wanna know!!" Cassia said.
The ninja stood up and limped towards Ryu saying, "This is the beginning of a long war Ryu. You know it and so does the rest of Japan, the butterfly must awaken".
Ryu's eyes shot open as he kicked the man in the back and cracked his next using his fierce hands.
"DAD, why'd you kill him!!" Cassia screamed looking at the ninja on the floor and then to Ryu and back again.
"I didn't, we have to get home quick. Ayane finished cooking dinner and we need to all have a long talk".
Cassia got in the car and as Ryu drove away she asked," Is it about me being fired? Listen I'll try my best to find another job that can give me that grade I need for school".
"Don't worry about, no ones perfect. I got fired a lot so don't worry".
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Ayane poked her lilac haired head through the door as the red car pulled into the garage. "Cassia, are you okay?" Ayane said, walking over to greet them in the garage with a towel in one hand.
Cassia hugged Ayane, advising her that she was just fine. Cassia dried herself off as they walked into the living room that she had cleaned early morning and Ryu heated the fire place.
Ayane almost instantly served Cassia a plate of rice and sushi once she had sat on the couch. Cassia looked over at the grandfather clock and noticed that it was only 1 o' clock; she had stood wondering in thought longer than she imagined.
"Cassia.you're seventeen, a senior in high school and were just proud that we have such a nifty daughter. But there's something that we have to tell you". Ryu fidgeted in his sit and began to mess with the hem of his long sleeved green shirt. Ayane had her hands folded over her lap and she stared down at her fingers as if in shame.
Cassia looked at Ayane, staring at her flare pants and blue tank top. Ever since Cassia was small, she always knew that they were keeping something from her.
Ryu hesitantly opened his mouth but he knew that is he didn't say what he had to than things were only going to get worse.
"First of all.Ayane isn't your mother. Second of all, you have to go to Takeshi's Ninja School if you want to live. It's not safe in this town for you."
Cassia wasn't aware that this was the start of a long journey dealing with powerful passions, betrayal, and jealously that will make people do things that would be considered barbaric.
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Okay, that's the end of chapter one for this fic. I know it's a little boring but don't worry hopefully it'll get better. I would like you readers to please, when you're done with reading this chapter to read the last chapter of the prequel, Unpredictable Fate, to understand the story a bit better. Don't forget to review. Comments are wanted n_n
Authors Note: This is the sequel to Unpredictable Fate. Read the prequel if you want, the rating is between pg-13/R. I don't own the song Baby Got Back that is in this fic. And this is an OOC fic.
Summary: After the death of her mother, Kasumi. Cassia was raised by her father Ryu and Ayane who plays the role of her mother. Now years later she comes to the realization that things are starting to seem strange and shes discovers she was being lied to for years. So she gets sent to shinobi school but unfortunately it turns out to be harder than living a lie especially since someone wants her dead. Hardships, passions, and extreme jealousy revolve around her as she finds out the truth about her mother and fights to keep her head up high.
Whisper of the Wind
Chapter One
It was 6:30 am when the round red alarm clock awoke Cassia from a deep sleep. "Good Morning sunshine and welcome to 10.3 The Max. The day will be nice and sunny with a breeze coming in from the north. The highways traffic is doing fine so far so you early birds are in luck today. Meanwhile on Manchester Ave. there was a car crash so there will be a delay in that area. The only important news we have so far is that a three year old child was murdered and the murderer was his father who will be sent to trial in four or five months from now. Everything else seems clear. Stay cute, stay fine, and stay who you are. I'm Katie and this is 10.3 The Max."
Cassia blindly waved her hand around to try to find the off button for the radio. "Ah," Cassia groaned as she moodily pushed herself up and turned off the radio. Her room was small and simple; the bed was a queen sized futon that had blue and white sheets. A small chestnut wooden cabinet sat next to the futon and a wardrobe was in front of her bed. Cassia unwillingly swept her feet out from under the covers and she walked on the beige carpet out of her room and into the bathroom.
Flicking on the lights, she stared at herself in the mirror. Her flaxen hair was tangled with sweat and her face was down in the dumps being that she reluctantly woke up. Cassia walked over to the shower and turned the faucet on, getting inside. The water sprinkled on her face and ran down her womanly curves that made men turn their heads whenever she was ever walking down the streets. Since her bra size was 32 C men were always staring at her like zombies in a trance which annoyed her. She scrubbed her body with a purple soap that had an aroma of lavender. The water relaxed her hair, making it smooth out and her eyes began to slightly open.
Realizing that if she just stood their in the shower she would be late for work; Cassia forced her eyes to open and finished up her shower. After brushing her teeth and fixing her hair, she ran out of the bathroom to see the living room that hadn't been cleaned when it was suppose to. The crimson couch that sat in the middle of the living room had her clothes spread all over it and all the accessories to the room were all out of place. "Okay all I have to do is clean up and get dressed and I'll be fine, I won't be late to work this time," Cassia noted herself before she took out the vacuum out of the storage room.
Plugging in the vacuum she remembered that something was missing. She rubbed her eyes and looked around the room. An old grandfather clock stood behind the couch next to a full sized window that had red draperies spilling down to the floor. The clock ticked and ticked, as if it were trying to tell her something. Cassia's blazing green eyes scanned the room, looking left to right and back again. Getting agitated she slammed her hand on her waist and stood there thinking as hard as she could.
'I got my keys on the kitchen counter in the next room, my clothes are ironed and ready, I took a bath and I could've sworn that I brushed my teeth, err oh and I have the vacuum in my hand right now. What am I missing?' Cassia went over the situation carefully in thought. The clock continued to tick and was the only thing that seemed to break the boring silence.
"Oh how could I forget!!'' Cassia walked over to the radio system next to the television that sat in front of the couch. After pressing a few buttons she was satisfied and turned on the vacuum that began to making a blowing sound loudly. The music started to play loudly, on full blast and Cassia vacuumed away.
"Oh my god Becky, look at her butt it is so big. She looks like one of those rap guys' girlfriends. But you know who understands those rap guys? They only talk to her because she looks like a total prostitute, I mean her butt, it's just so big I can't believe it's so round, it's like out there I mean - it's so gross. Look, she's just so black.
"I like big butts and I can not lie, you other brothers can't deny. And when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face you get sprung. Want to pull up tough 'cause you noticed that butt was stuffed. Deep in the jeans she was wearing, I'm hooked and I can't stop staring. Oh, baby I want to get with you and take your picture. My homeboys tried to warn me but with that butt you got it makes me so horny. Ooh, rump of smooth skin you say you want to get in my Benz. Well use me use me 'cause you ain't the average groupie. I've seen her dancing."
Cassia ran around the living room, shaking her butt side to side and singing along to the song. After she vacuumed she danced around, grabbing her clothes off of the couch and throwing them in her hamper. Before Cassia was about to slap her butt and wiggle it about like mad, the ringing of the phone arrested her movement.
"Hello?'' Cassia said, spreading her body on the couch after putting the volume down to the radio.
"Cassia, what is wrong with you!?! I've been waiting for you outside for the past hour and you know that if you're late to work again you're fired." The voice snapped from the other end.
"Uh.is this Naoko?" Cassia quizzically asked, scratching her head.
"NO, it's Santa Clause!! Who else would it be!!?"
"Oh my God, guess what?"
"Let me guess- chicken butt?"
"No not that. Dad wanted to know if you could ask your dad when he was going to work on his car".
"Would you just come outside so we can get to work," Naoko was clearly annoyed by the fact that Cassia had forgotten completely that she was going to be driven to work by Naoko at 7:30 and it was 8:30.
Cassia put on an orange tank top and a half red half white dress that went down to her knees. She grabbed her keys and departed the house entering the breezy atmosphere with her hair gliding with the wind.
A black BMW was parked in front of the pagoda styled house with the windows scrolled down and a women's head peeking out. Cassia locked the door and walked over to the car and got in.
"I'm really sorry about that," Cassia blurted out anxiously at the sight of Naoko's frustrated expression. Naoko had brown curly hair with sharp oriental eyes upon her soft skinned face. Naoko sighed and responded," It's alright, sorry that I got carried away". She backed up the car and drove down the street.
The sky was cloudless and the sun was beating down on the earth but luckily it was a cool day with winds coming in from the north. Since Cassia lived near the beach the area was packed full of tourists and sight seers all at the beach trying to tan their pale skin, even at this time in the morning?
The car took a few lefts and rights, stopped at a couple lights and finally reached Andre Brutal Aýoga, a famous Italian restaurant that attracted throngs of people throughout the day nonstop. Naoko parked in the newly paved parking lot and they rushed towards the vine covered office that was constructed out of red bricks. Cassia swung the glass door opened and stampeded in as quickly as she could with Naoko following.
The restaurant was full of chattering people that eagerly stabbed their forks into their food and gulped down. Cassia walked passed the lobby and into the office to inform her boss that she had arrived as Naoko tied on an apron to her waist to assign the people waiting in the lobby to their seats. Since Naoko was the assistant manager it was permitted if she were late.
Cassia walked into the office and tapped Samantha on the back to notify her that she had arrived. The blood red haired women shifted her head sideways in protest and scoffed," Not now I'm trying to call Cassia. She's fired and that's all there is to it because I'm sick of her complaints and sorry excuses. I love her to death because she's such a devoted child who wants to be successful in the future but she won't if she's always late to everything and complains every second. No one will pick up at her house, Naoko since you're her friend can you somehow contact her to say that's she's fired because I have lots of costumers waiting in their sits for food."
"She won't need to do that because I'm right here," Cassia said with a serious tone of voice. Dr. Woodworth looked up and her jaw dropped down with shock.
"You don't need to fire me because I'm quitting," Cassia shouted with her voice throbbing in emotions. She ran out of the room and slammed the door as she exited, making the room slightly shake. She walked out of the restaurant, clenching and unclenching her fists. A slightly gust of wind ran through her straw colored hair, parting its tangles, and making it move with its motion.
Cassia relinquished since she was so vulnerable to the situation, she was going to be fired anyway so why did it matter. Her body unnoticeably began to embezzle with the direction the wind was blowing. She crossed the streets when the cars were immobile by the red traffic light.
The beach was right next to the sidewalk that she was walking on, the waves were clashing into each other with great rage and as always people were laid out on the sand with a gallon of tanning lotion all over there bodies. Cassia came to a stop on the deck near the beach's sand and she looked out into the sea that was wildly crimped with its waves.
'Well I know that I'll be grounded for life. Got fired and my grades have slipped, lately my mind has just gone blank. Then again dad always wants the best out of me and I don't even think he knows that I'm a regular person that's not perfect. Sometimes when I look up at the sky, whether if its night or day or whenever, I always wonder: Why was I born? Why am I here to begin with? I'm not even a good daughter, not even a good person for that matter.
'Day by day, at school I'm always ignored. Sometimes I wish I could have the courage to tell dad, "Do you even realize the sorrow I have everyday of my life? Do you even know how it feels when all you have just dies?" He doesn't know how it feels to be alone, like if I don't have a meaning in life. He'll never understand how I feel. How it feels to have your closets friend die in front of your eyes. Maybe if I died, than just maybe I would be accepted more. I don't know how.kids at school won't have to gossip about me, Samantha won't have to worry about me being late, dad won't have to worry about me being a bad daughter.'
Cassia shrugged as these thoughts began to circle in her mind. A speck of rain fell, then another, which lead to a down pour. "Damn the news, you can never trust them". The beach visitors all picked up their belongings and tried to get out as quick as they could, the thunder and lightning urging them to move quicker. Cassia didn't move she just let the rain hit her body, not noticing that half of her dress was white. Cars departed their parking spaces and left the beach to go back to their sheltered. The sky was drowned by ominous dull clouds, sheeting the sun from letting its rays light the sky.
Cassia sat on the bench that was on the deck and covered her eyes with her hands, her palms pressing upon her face softly. A body dropped on her suddenly, ruining her chance to finally cry after so long, a body dropped on her. "What the fuck!?!" Cassia cantankerously hissed, pushing the body off of her. She looked down and it was a man around her age that had a bruised eye and cut lip. His shirt was ripped, revealing his muscular bloody chest.
"Oh my God I'm so so sorry about that!!" Cassia blurted out, falling to her knees to help him up. He had honey colored hair with striking crystal blue eyes that looked back at her sadly. His eye left eye lid was swollen and his lip had a gash going right down the middle. Another man was running towards them rapidly and once he reached the bench he leaped into the air and slammed himself on the injured man.
The attacker was wearing a black ninja suit and took out his sword quickly and stabbed the man on his leg. Cassia gasped and clapped her mouth as she watched blood spit out of his leg and spill onto the concrete floor. The man pressed on and got up, punching his attacker across his jaw making him fall to the ground. He left his attacker one the floor and ignored Cassia, walking away and mysteriously disappearing leaving little leaves floating in the air.
A red convertible raced down the wet road, slipping and sliding uncontainable. It stopped next to Cassia and her father got out of the car. Cassia was still on the floor, soaking wet as Ryu walked over to her and looked down at the man that lay on the ground helplessly.
"What happened?" Ryu asked perplexedly.
"That's what I wanna know!!" Cassia said.
The ninja stood up and limped towards Ryu saying, "This is the beginning of a long war Ryu. You know it and so does the rest of Japan, the butterfly must awaken".
Ryu's eyes shot open as he kicked the man in the back and cracked his next using his fierce hands.
"DAD, why'd you kill him!!" Cassia screamed looking at the ninja on the floor and then to Ryu and back again.
"I didn't, we have to get home quick. Ayane finished cooking dinner and we need to all have a long talk".
Cassia got in the car and as Ryu drove away she asked," Is it about me being fired? Listen I'll try my best to find another job that can give me that grade I need for school".
"Don't worry about, no ones perfect. I got fired a lot so don't worry".
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Ayane poked her lilac haired head through the door as the red car pulled into the garage. "Cassia, are you okay?" Ayane said, walking over to greet them in the garage with a towel in one hand.
Cassia hugged Ayane, advising her that she was just fine. Cassia dried herself off as they walked into the living room that she had cleaned early morning and Ryu heated the fire place.
Ayane almost instantly served Cassia a plate of rice and sushi once she had sat on the couch. Cassia looked over at the grandfather clock and noticed that it was only 1 o' clock; she had stood wondering in thought longer than she imagined.
"Cassia.you're seventeen, a senior in high school and were just proud that we have such a nifty daughter. But there's something that we have to tell you". Ryu fidgeted in his sit and began to mess with the hem of his long sleeved green shirt. Ayane had her hands folded over her lap and she stared down at her fingers as if in shame.
Cassia looked at Ayane, staring at her flare pants and blue tank top. Ever since Cassia was small, she always knew that they were keeping something from her.
Ryu hesitantly opened his mouth but he knew that is he didn't say what he had to than things were only going to get worse.
"First of all.Ayane isn't your mother. Second of all, you have to go to Takeshi's Ninja School if you want to live. It's not safe in this town for you."
Cassia wasn't aware that this was the start of a long journey dealing with powerful passions, betrayal, and jealously that will make people do things that would be considered barbaric.
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Okay, that's the end of chapter one for this fic. I know it's a little boring but don't worry hopefully it'll get better. I would like you readers to please, when you're done with reading this chapter to read the last chapter of the prequel, Unpredictable Fate, to understand the story a bit better. Don't forget to review. Comments are wanted n_n