TheDarkestShinobi: I wanted to post something for Christmas but had no new chapter ideas, I will work on it, and reviews are always welcome.
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Ryu Hayabusa had everything most men could dream of, a loving hot wife, a home, the body structure of a god, and the title of the strongest man in the world, and one could go on if they wished. He was known by everyone as the super ninja, and no one could prove him wrong. He had settled down with his wife to run their little shop and he was happy, that was all he had wanted,
Now all he wanted was her.
No, he wanted her back.
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Irene pulled Ryu in for a quick kiss and smiled as his hands found her waist, they traveled up and down her legs before effortlessly lifting her up and slamming her into the wall, she moaned. Her skirt was raised and her panties were already wet, she was sure he knew. Ryu thrust his hips into hers before quickly shredding the panties.
"Ryu…"
He gripped her thighs and reveled in the softness, before realizing that that softness was weakness, and the reason Ryu had to take care of her in the first place. Her arms wrapped around his neck and he was suddenly appalled by the fact that even if he did nothing, she still wouldn't be able to snap his neck. He hoisted her up and pulled down his pants in an instant and thrust into her, she kissed him and he wondered how even her tongue seemed powerless.
Then another thought entered his mind, of a doe eyed orange haired shinobi, who was probably on the run, sweaty and panting…
"Ryu!"
Of how warm and firm her thighs must be, and how gifted yet inexperienced she was, how she was shy instead of overconfident and how her agile fingers could rule over him if she wished it.
"Ryu! Yes!"
He imagined finding her all sweaty and pinning her to a tree taking her the way he was taking Irene. He could only imagine how those strong thighs would feel around him, how her firm abdomen would feel against him.
"Oh Kami!"
He wondered if her hair was soft like it looked, or scratchy like Irene's, and if every time she bit her lips she was inviting him to do the same. He grabbed her hips and brought her to meet him faster feeling the slickness,
So she had already cum, he wasn't enjoying this. As his wife, shouldn't she realize that, yet, he had to wonder, he and Kasumi had always spoken without words and knew each other like the back of their hands, Kasumi would know.
Kasumi…
He immediately thought of grabbing her hips and bringing her into him, how she would arch up and let out a sigh of Hayabusa san… He imagined bruising those soft lips and pale hips,
He was close now.
Kasumi would start to pant lightly and her legs would tighten, actually forcing Ryu to get deeper and closer. She would kiss his lips and tug on his hair, she had liked it long, Irene hadn't, and so he cut it.
He was growing it back.
He came inside of her and lifted her up setting her on the couch before cleaning himself up. She looked confused but he wasn't going to tell her anything. How could he say, I'm a twenty-five old married man having sexual fantasies about a seventeen year old girl while having sex with you? He put his sword back on his back and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before disappearing.
Irene smiled, she knew she could make Ryu happy, and he was happy, he would always be happy with her.
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Ryu appeared in the room to see a pair of legs across the hall, they were in purple clothing and he knew, automatically, who they belonged to. Another pair joined them and Ryu stood to see Ayane and Hayate talking at the end of the hallway. Ryu then felt his throat constrict as he smelt her pine scent, he felt a claming hand on his shoulder, it was meant to sooth him, and usually it would, he now felt his throat burn harshly and his abdomen tighten as he tried to stop the blood flow from rushing at him.
"Hayabusa san is everything alright, you seem troubled"
She knew.
"I am fine" She frowned slightly as if she didn't believe him but wasn't going to ask further. She simply took a step forward and Ryu found his eyes trailing down her back and down her legs, he wanted to touch them. No, he wanted to take her against the wall right now. Suddenly he was very aware of the fact that Ayane and Hayate were coming, she shook her head as if she read his mind.
"They have said that they will not harm me; that this news is too important, and then they will hunt me again." Ryu wondered just what it would be before it hit him like a ton of bricks, he looked over to Kasumi and wanted to pull her close and comfort her, but she hadn't figured it out yet, or maybe she just wouldn't admit it to herself. He shifted slightly ready to jump to protect her if need be, but she simply bent her knees and spaced her legs apart, none of these things would even be noticeable by Irene, she was ready to fight.
"Hayate, Ayane…" Kasumi said softly as they both appeared in the room, Ayane appeared to be torn and Hayate was solemn, neither one of them was or had been crying but that was to be understood, ninja weren't supposed to cry.
Kasumi immediately looked concerned but still couldn't figure out what it was. She looked back to Ryu who had his head bowed slightly towards her, he lifted it and she seen the fleeting pain in his eyes.
"Ayane…"
"Its mother," Hayate interrupted and Kasumi almost fell to her knees in grief, but Ryu caught her effortlessly. She had known, but wasn't willing to admit it to herself. She was slumped and he could feel the soft skin and firm build of her arm against him. He watched as she stood up on her own and shook her head slowly. No tears, a ninja never cried. Irene would cry if she broke a nail.
"Am I too late?"
"We sent the messengers with the message when she first fell ill, but you were hard to track…" Ayane said looking down
"Even then, you could've thought we were tricking you," Kasumi looked down and Ryu placed his hand on her shoulder. He then wondered why he was called here, their mother had treated him as one of her own too, but he knew there must've been another reason. He wished that they had called him to say his farewells; he had loved her as his own mother.
"Is she already…"
"We will show you where it is." Hayate said and turned away, Ayane gave Kasumi a look of regret and turned leading the way.
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Hayate had said it was time, and that no matter what, Ayane should talk to her, when a ninja knew when they were going to die it was rare, and usually people went to say goodbye and left them, Hayate had done that and said Ayane should do so…
"Ayane…" Ayane looked to her mother for the first time without a look of malice
"I forgive you for everything you have done or said to me in your mind"
Ayane almost cried; did Ayame know that her daughter dreamed about killing her in hundreds of different ways? Ayane looked down in shame, this was her mother...
"I wish you could forgive me, but I know it is not that easy" Ayane didn't respond and she felt a drop on her leg, she paused before she realized she had let a tear escape.
One for mother, one for father…
"Forgive Kasumi…" Ayane's eyes widened.
"She had not known you were sisters until the end, right before she had left…" Ayane closed her eyes, Kasumi had never known? She had always treated her as a sister so Ayane figured she knew first. This changed very little though.
"And when she left…"
"She left to get revenge for us all, Raidou had raped me, crippled your brother and…"
"I know…" Ayane now seen Kasumi in a new light, she didn't know if she could forgive her but she could no longer hate her.
"Ayane, my daughter, I have always loved you, I wish one day you could forgive me"
Ayane still said nothing and Ayame smiled slightly closing her eyes.
"Okaasan…" This was the first time Ayane had ever called her mother that
"I forgive you, and I love you too"
But it was too late,
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Kasumi looked at the grave stone and shook slightly, but Ryu seen the tremor travel through her body, she knew that her mother was burned and only her name was here but it still hurt. Ryu walked over slowly and Ayane stopped him grabbing his arm.
"She wanted you here, I have a feeling it is because she did not trust us, she has two days to mourn"
"You should've let me say goodbye" Ayane nodded slowly, regretfully.
"We should've, you were more her child than I"
"Two days"
"Yes"
Kasumi felt Ryu's presence behind her and made no motion to move. She looked to the tombstone and it started to rain, Ryu almost laughed at the scene it set up, the angels were crying for Kasumi, for one of their own that was not allowed too.
Kasumi traced the kanji of her mother's name with her fingers and fell to her knees, this wasn't a bad dream; her mother was dead. A mother she had not seen since she ran away at the age of fourteen.
She stayed kneeling there as the rain poured rapidly and the thunder clapped, until the storm lightened enough for her to hear her own thoughts again, and every thought was of her mother.
Kasumi was picked up by Ryu and cradled to his chest. She buried her head in his neck and he could feel the tears, and he could tell them apart from the raindrops. He looked to the stone and bowed his head in respect. He had loved Ayame as if she were his own mother and wished he had stopped by to say goodbye. Kasumi shook in his hold and he allowed her to be weak as he said his final goodbyes.
He was never close to his mother, most likely because of all his hard training to be the wielder of the dragon sword, and did not mourn when she passed, he did not mourn when his father had passed either, but he would mourn for Ieto Ayame, the mother of his heart Okaasan no Kokoro.
Ryu turned away slightly and Kasumi curled further into herself, she had never let herself be that weak in front of anyone else. She would never be that weak again.
Ryu turned and started to walk down the cold road.
"Sayonara Okaasan…"
The wind picked up the whisper and brought it to the heavens as the two left her there, burying their memories of their mother. Moving forward with their life.
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"Ryu!" Ryu watched as Irene left the window and ran out of the house, to the back, she ran down the back stairs and onto the grass, she stopped as she seen Kasumi behind him. She panted slightly and Ryu briefly looked up to the house, he could run that distance 100 times before he felt even slightly winded, she was so weak.
"Irene san…"
"She's spending the night" Ryu said with a quick kiss to Irene's forehead. Irene nodded and they all made their way back to the house.
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Ryu opened his eyes as he felt her stir. He quietly sneaked out of his wife's embrace and walked down the hall silently. It was cooler than before and he could easily tell it was night. He paused in the doorway and leaned against it.
"I did not know you slept in the nude Hayabusa san" Kasumi joked half heartedly and Ryu remembered just where he had felt cooler.
"You do now" Ryu made no notion to cover himself up, he was proud of his manhood and knew his wife wouldn't wake up if he took Kasumi against the wall and made her scream
He wanted to test that theory.
"I guess so" Kasumi finished folding up the futon and gently laid it against the wall. Her hair cascaded down her back and starkly contrasted with the white nightgown Irene had given her to wear. She had never worn it so elegantly
"I see you cut your hair" Ryu ran his fingers through his now short hair; he had liked it better longer as well.
"A mistake" Kasumi didn't press on and simply walked over to where her clothes were drying.
"They are still wet"
"And tomorrow is a summer day, you know I must leave"
"I do"
Ryu turned and Kasumi quickly dressed, leaving the now folded white garment neatly on top of the futon. When he turned again to face her she was slowly putting her tanto in its holder. She turned to him and he smiled softly looking at her.
"I don't know when I'll see you again Hayabusa san"
"Hayabusa san? Still"
"Hayabusa kun?"
"Better…"
Ryu opened his arms as he hugged her, he wished to do more but knew she would not stoop as low as he was, she knew he was married.
He pulled her in closer and smelt her hair, she trembled once and he wanted to protect her against anything and everything including her brother. He closed his eyes.
They were so close…
He heard Irene snore lightly before turning in her covers, he felt Kasumi pull back then instead of kissing him like in his dreams she took a step back and had a small bitter smile on her face.
And still so far…
She walked to the door and Ryu followed her, she had stepped out into the back field so no one would see her. He stood on the porch as she walked a couple of steps away from him.
"Sayonara"
"Sayonara Kasumi" He whispered as she vanished into thin air. He stared out at the field for a minute before appearing in his room. He crawled under the covers and felt Irene move closer to him.
He kissed her forehead and wrapped his arms around her.
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Ryu woke long before Irene stirred, but that was normal, but he was not really there, in his mind he was with Kasumi, running from Hayate's ninjas. Ryu imagined Kasumi with a small frown jumping from tree to tree losing her pursuers without fighting them, not because he couldn't imagine her fighting, but because he knew how much she disliked it. He knew she could fight, and he knew the strength that lay hidden in that body.
Irene finally turned and was on top of Ryu, she looked down to him, her underwear was already off, and her bra left little to the imagination. Ryu let her straddle him and grabbed her hips, he never enjoyed the fact that this position, despite being her favorite, never worked because she wasn't strong enough to keep going. She slowly took in his length and put her hand on his sculpted chest.
She started moving and he closed his eyes, he thrusted up and heard her gasp. He smirked before she started getting rougher, her hands gripped him tighter and she panted slightly as she kissed him, her orange hair falling over her shoulders. Ryu then trust up into Kasumi who got faster.
Ryu grabbed her hips and pulled her into him and she moaned, Kasumi and Irene's voices mingled in his mind and he groaned lowly. He imagined her smoothness as he gripped Irene's hips, and ignored the way her body easily caved under his muscles.
Hayabusa san… He could imagine her saying it, or better yet, Ryu kun… He flipped them over and started to assault Irene with fast brutal thrust. She moaned her approval before she shouted his name out. He filled his head with images of the young ninja and found himself Cumming into his wife.
Irene walked out of the room and Ryu sat on the bed staring at the ceiling. He was having fantasies about a seventeen year old. Kasumi, he had known and loved her all his life, he had never thought he loved her like that, and she never seemed upset by the fact that he got married, but seeing her again made Irene feel wrong.
He had saved Irene countless times and he imagined that they would be happy together, but he had never known her, he had grown to love her, but he felt that it was supposed to be different. Maybe he was wrong, but, as cheesy as it sounded, if Kasumi was wrong, he didn't want to be right. He looked to the door and seen Irene, dressed in a light pink outfit, pop her head in, he, for a split second, had seem Kasumi's smiling face and orange hair, in that instant he knew that he would give up this house, his shop and Irene for Kasumi, for someone who understood him better than he understood himself.
He would give all this up just to live on the run with her. He knew he would give it all up just to be besides her. He couldn't let Hayate kill her, he couldn't lose her, she was the only one who ever knew who he was, who he was not, and who he wanted to be. He had to find her, and be with her, he didn't care who or what he had to go through to get to her.
He dressed quickly in his black leather ninja suit and walked to the kitchen to see Irene who pouted slightly seeing him dressed in that
"Irene, I am leaving, I will not be back for awhile"
"I understand…" She kissed him on the cheek and he kissed her on the forehead before leaving.
He honestly didn't know if he was coming back.
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Ryu had found a group after her and slain them; he figured that Ayane would not keep her two day promise. He met another group and they proved to be less of a challenge than the first, flicking the blood off of his sword he started running towards where he knew she was or soon would be.
When he found her she was standing amongst a field of ninja, all twenty lay at her feet and she looked at them sympathetically.
"Hayabusa san?" She hadn't turned to face him and he made no notion to respond. Silence reigned for a few seconds as Ryu thought about what he should say to her. She started to walk away and he appeared in front of her and she looked up into his eyes, no fear, no hesitation, they bored into his soul, if he still had one. He had always loved how she treated him as an equal, how they were equals.
"Too late to make your battle cry and kill the rest huh?" Ryu grabbed her shoulders
"I didn't realize" She bit her lip and Ryu wanted to as well but he knew he had to speak to her first.
"That what we had, was what it was" Kasumi rolled her shoulders so that his grip loosened before starting to turn and continuing to walk away
"What should I say then?" Kasumi stopped but didn't turn to him.
"I love you, I made a mistake giving us up, of not knowing that an us exists"
"Existed" Kasumi turned towards him as she said the word and three more ninja appeared behind her. Ryu took two strides forward as the closest one took out a sword and lunged at Kasumi, she turned as fast as she could but it was no use, she was caught off guard. Ryu disappeared and then instantly reappeared behind her and slashing open the three of them. He felt the blood on the other side of his body and turned to the falling Kasumi. He back was slashed right open and her body shook.
He grabbed her before she fell and cradled her to his chest.
"That's deep isn't it?" Ryu shook his head no but he knew it to be true as he felt the blood soaking up his clothes.
"I'm going to die…" She was rambling on because of blood loss, and Ryu stood slowly not knowing where to go.
"At least I can die in your arms, and pretend…" He started running quickly and seen her eyes closing
"Pretend what?" Her eyes opened with effort and she smiled
"That you hadn't married her" Ryu felt her hand cup his cheek and ran even faster, his legs burned but he knew he couldn't stop. The regret in his heart burned even more painfully.
He finally put her down in a cave, belly down and took out gauze that he had been given by her the night before. He cleaned the wound and stepped out off his wet clothing, he didn't want to try taking them off after the blood made the leather shrink. He held her close to his chest before setting her down sitting next to her. He felt her heartbeat slow to a stop and almost cried.
"I would've given it all up for us," He said lowly, he hadn't realized that there was something between them, it was like he hadn't known what the problem was, but she took the problem away.
"I'm not perfect, I regret a lot, but what I regret the most was hurting you." He grabbed her hand and it squeezed back. He kneeled by her
"Don't die on me Kasumi"
"Shin… shinpaisiru na, Ryu" He laughed then, he had always said that to her, he had always old her not to worry, and now she was doing the same for him.
"I'm sorry that I hurt you"
"It is in the past Hayabusa san" She fell unconscious shortly after and was only ready to travel at nightfall the next day. He had also managed to save his pants, which was all that he was wearing. Even then they were slow.
They had not spoken.
Finally after Kasumi had tripped for the fifth time on a branch she turned to him
"You married her"
Ryu looked down and could feel her walk closer to him.
"I thought you loved me like I loved you,"
"I do"
"No, you didn't, but that is the past and I wish to leave it there" Ryu gently grabbed her arm.
"I don't"
"Hayabusa san"
"I want you; I've wanted you like I've never wanted anything in my life…"
"You are a married man!"
"It was a mistake to marry her"
"A mistake you made"
Ryu looked down, any other woman would've thrown herself at his feet, but not Kasumi, and that's why he wanted her, he wanted to hold her hand and hug her, to get jealous when another man looked her way.
"I am leaving"
"Please don't"
"Ryu, don't beg, it's beneath you, go home to your wife please" Kasumi pleaded and Ryu realized she wanted this much more than he did. He swiftly walked over to her and she stepped back.
"No, haya-"
"Kasumi, aishiteru" Her eyes widened as a tear escaped, she quickly shook her head
"Don't do this to me Ryu"
"Call me Ryu, no more Hayabusa san" He lifted her chin and seen her pleading eyes, she wanted him, she just felt that she couldn't. He brought his lips to hers and kissed her.
Kasumi had soft lips, and a strong tongue, her fingers traveled to his biceps and her hair fell over her shoulders. Slowly those fingers move up to his neck, Irene never brought him this much pleasure.
Suddenly it stopped, he couldn't move and knew that Kasumi had hit a pressure point, Kasumi slipped out of his hold and stared at him.
"You are married, making you taken and that would make me a home wrecker and a whore! I'm sorry Ryu," She spun and before he could stop her she disappeared into a single pink petal that never hit the floor.
Ryu was left there alone with only a petal to remember her by.
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