Dead or Alive: Bloodlines 2
A Dead or Alive Fanfiction
By The Headcrook
Legal Disclaimer: All characters and events from Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden (both the Original Trilogy and the newer versions) are the property of Tecmo, while all original characters are of my design. This is the second in my Bloodlines series, this time, from the Hayate and Ayane's perspective while Kasumi was with Ryu. Here, they have to come to terms with themselves and decide what is best for themselves instead of the clan.
Original Characters
Ageha (real name: Miko): Twenty-three years old. Hajinmon scout. Originally from the Kyushu region of Japan, Miko was recruited into the Hajinmon by Genra when she was a teenager. Given the name Ageha, she is a natural gymnast and within turning eighteen, she is one of the Hajinmon's top scouts. She is also in love to Hayate. I modeled her after the Japanese actress Aya Ueto.
Shin: Twenty-one years old. Former student of Genra. Medical specialst/combat medic for both the Tenshinmon and Hajinmon factions. Like Ayane, he is a bastard child and unlike Ayane, he knows what it feels like to kill a loved one, as he has to live with the guilt, and tries to turn Ayane from that same dark path. Unlike the others in the village, Shin's primary fighting style is Akido, rather than the ninja styles, eventhough he is proficient in those as well. He is Ayane's senior, despite her leadership in the Hajinmon. I modeled him after the Japanese actor Takashi Sorimachi.
Prologue
...taken from Hayate's laptop journal
It's been seven months already?
Seven months to the day since we have laid assault to the Tritower and participated in its destruction. But it's not that.
Since that day, Kasumi had disappeared.
None of the ninjas have reported assassinating her and Ayane was livid. I thought she had went to Hong Kong, but that turned out to be false.
Maybe it is better off this way...that way, I won't have to kill her and now I can focus on my original goal.
The clan needs to adapt. We're not complete country bumpkins, but we have the appearance of a small mountain village. Some wanted to get away from the city and decided to make their home here. Others wanted to be trained in the ninja arts.
Aside from destroying the Tritower, we have also seized several of its assets as well. We have also designated several safehouses in Japan, of which were formerly the property of DOATEC.
Ayane is now the head of the clan's Hajinmon sect. I decided to give her Genra's old posistion. The problem is with Ayane, she is a good ninja, but she seems...arrogant in her position as Hajinmon leader. I sometimes worry about what she is doing, as a brother should. When Kasumi disappeared, she had all her ninja comb Japan for her. They found nothing. All they found of her was her blue combat dress and nothing else.
Anyway, being clan leader, I take comfort in training the recruits in hand-to-hand combat with Miko, a Hajinmon ninja. When she became a ninja, Genra cast away her old name, renaming her Ageha. She has several elements which remind me of Kasumi. She is quiet and modest. Ayane speaks of her in high regard, since she is the Hajinmon's top recon scouts.
I know the others talk about me behind my back. They know about me and Miko. I dislike using her Hajinmon name, and call her by her real name instead. She doesn't seem to mind.
But I can't stop thinking about Kasumi. I know she is a runaway and that I am honor-bound to hunt her down, but I just can't do it. I can't kill my sister. Even when I send Ayane and the Hajinmon after her, it still does no good for the guilt I feel.
Because I am still responsible for carrying out the order. And if that order ever is completed, it will haunt me for the rest of my life.
Well, I need to sign off. No rest for the clan leader.