Hey everyone! This is Kapitan Panda, presenting to you a DOA fanfic! It's inspired by the TV show Totally Spies and the movie Charlie's Angels. I hope you enjoy the story, as I enjoyed writing it.

SPIES! Seriously?

CHAPTER 1

It was a cold and stormy night.

I ran through the forest as quickly as I could, hoping that none of my captors could see me as I blended into the moonlight. I heard heavy footsteps from behind me, keeping up with my pace, so I immediately ran faster. Stern and deep voices echoed through the trees, and it scared me. But I was trained not to live in fear; I had to control all of my emotions, otherwise I'm going to fail in my plan of getting out of here.

My breath was getting quicker every minute. I felt like I was going to collapse until I finally saw a clearing leading to a city. I made sure to compose myself as I concentrated into getting in without being seen.

Suddenly, a few shurikens flew in my direction. I released my Wakizashi sword from its sheath and managed to slice each one of them. One managed to hit my cheek but luckily, it only formed a small wound.

Come on, just a bit more…

After a few minutes of casting some spells, I was finally able to teleport into an apartment away from the mountainside. I sighed in relief and looked around. There was no one in sight.

I took off all my clothes that were drenched in the rain, except for my pink bra and panties, and wiped the blood off my cheek with an antiseptic that was inside my medical bag. I also loosened the clip that allowed my hair to stay in a ponytail, placed my Wakizashi sword and duffel bag away, and gazed at the night sky. I touched the delicate glass window and let my thoughts run; let my emotions run, and shed a tear or two from the pain caused by my past experiences.

I'm pretty sensitive after all. Being a ninja is a tough job for a teenager like me.

I want to start a new life. I want to be a normal girl. I don't want to fight anymore. I want peace.

God, help me pursue a better beginning.

I collapsed onto the soft bed and fell asleep, exhausted from the events prior to my arrival here.

Maybe everything will get better as soon as I wake up…

. . .

My name is Kasumi.

It's been how many months since I last escaped from the village I once called home.

I'm settling more peacefully nowadays. I go to my university, catch up with a few friends, go home, eat, do the laundry, do homework, then sleep.

I do this without anyone's help at all except for the occasional housekeeper that comes in the apartment complex to inspect nasty things like roaches, termites… you get the picture. Also, I pay the bills every now and then with the part time job I'm having in an antique shop run by my old friend, Hayabusa-san who happened to live here in the city before I did.

Kinda funny how fate works, doesn't it?

Right now, I just came out from the shower. I unwrapped the towel from my body, opened my closet and picked out and wore a simple outfit—a pink shirt, a blue miniskirt and to go with it, a pair of silver stilettos. I tied my hair into a high ponytail, grabbed my iced coffee and my lunch bag and went out of the door with high hopes of continuing this simple yet fulfilling life.

Still, deep inside my heart, I wanted an adventure.

I continued to walk to my university when suddenly there was a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and right in front of me was Lei-Fang, one of my best friends who also happened to be my neighbor (by neighbor I meant she lived in a large mansion just a few blocks away from the apartment complex I stayed in. Yeah, she's really rich…) She flashed a cheery smile towards me and I smiled back, happy that I wasn't alone. We ended up walking together to our university while talking about some of the latest things in today's world.

"So Kasumi, did you hear about this new quarterback in our university?" Lei-Fang chimed in as I drank my iced coffee. I cocked an eyebrow towards her.

"What quarterback?"

Lei-Fang groaned, clearly offended by my lack of knowledge for guys that fuel their adrenalin on the field. It's not my fault I didn't know these things. I'd rather bury myself in books than stare at hot men.

Anyway, she continued: "Jann Lee! He's an exchange student from one of China's top universities. He also happens to be one of my favorite football players, too!" Then, she paused for effect. "Plus, he's cute!"

Oh great, she was blushing. "This isn't one of your infatuations again…"

She kept talking about this divine (well, in her point of view…) quarterback when a loud slap echoed throughout the yard of the university we were walking into. Lei-Fang and I scanned the area and witnessed Tina, our best friend, yelling at a guy right in front of the entire student body. The guy, not seeming to care, continued to walk away from her when she suddenly pulled the guy's collar and threw him in the air! Everyone scattered immediately.

Yup, that's how our friend is after a guy dumps her or something.

Lei-Fang and I ran to her direction and tried to shake her off from her anger. She looked at us both of us with sad eyes and sighed. She's probably figuring out what's going on in her love life 'cause mind you, every date she had ends up being bad.

We took her to a bench and sat down beside each other. Tina kept sighing heavily and slumped her shoulders—distraught, feeling abandoned, crushed.

Maybe I'm exaggerating a bit.

This is the reason why I'm staying single for a long time. Being vulnerable to these types of emotions only distracts me from my goals, and I don't want that.

Lei-Fang broke our chain of thoughts. "Spill it out, girlfriend. Everything." She's always been the supportive one, after all.

That's right. The only thing I can do right now for Tina is to listen.

With her heavy American accent, Tina started to recount the events that happened to her prior to our arrival here: "Well, I was walking around the yard looking for him when he suddenly appeared in front of me and told me—" she imitated a gorilla's face, probably how she saw him which made us chuckle a bit—"I'm breaking up with you, darling."

Tina rested her face on the palm of her hands. "My 10th boyfriend and I get dumped, again!"

I slightly slapped her on the back and made a small smile. "Hey, at least you've got us. We'll never abandon you even after we get jobs."

Lei-Fang grinned cheerily. "Yeah! Why don't we go karaoke today after classes?"

Tina gave a big hug to each of us and smiled. "Aww, thanks guys! You're the best!"

We've always been best friends since we enrolled. Nothing will ever break us apart, and that's a fact!

Just then, the bench started to shake uncontrollably. We held our grip on the sides, hoping we don't fall and it stops.

"What's going on?!" Lei-Fang exclaimed with a worried expression on her face.

"Beats me! This is way stronger than the Rodeo bull I ride in the arcades!" Tina replied as she also tried to figure out what's happening.

"We've got to stay calm!" I spoke shakily, and before we knew it, we fell down a big drain hole while screaming our butts off.

Great, just what we wanted.

By the way, did I mention that we were spies?

Please review if you want. Look out for the next chapter! – Kapitan Panda