A Bond Between Sisters

Pairing: Kasumi x Ayane

Genre: Romance/Drama

Disclaimer: I do not own Dead or Alive or any of its characters.

Author's Note: Hello, everyone! My name is Yuri! This time, I'm going to write a multi-chaptered story featuring my favorite couple~! Also, for this chapter only, there's going to be a guest character. And that charcter is Momiji from "Ninja Gaiden"! Hehe~! She was actually my first favorite before Kasumi, so I thought, "Why not have them interact?" Oh, yeah and Kasumi is also in "Ninja Gaiden" along with Ayane, so that's why I thought about putting Momiji in there.

Also, um, this is a separate story from "Relationship of Siblings".

A-anyways, I hope you enjoy this story!

Ayane and Kasumi walk to school like always from their dormitory. The happy ginger stretches out her arms and turns to her sister.

"What a beautiful day!" she says. "A beautiful day to walk with my adorable little sis~!"

The short haired girl blushes and nods. "Y-yes, it is. Ah!" She is taken aback from Kasumi linking arms with her. "Wh-what are you doing?"

"I want to be closer to you, Ayane-chan~!" the ginger replies.

"N-not when there are people around..."

"Aw, come on!" Kasumi whines. "They might think it's nice that we're this close~!"

"R-really?" For Ayane, she is happy that her older sister is doing this, but she really didn't want to admit how she really feels. Because...she's in love with Kasumi. She's been in love with her for as long as she can remember. However, she wanted to hide these feelings from her because she might take it the wrong way. And as the years went by, Ayane's feelings for her sister stayed with her. Nothing has changed since then.

"Of course, Ayane-chan~!" The ginger replies.

Ayane blushes as the two keep on walking until they arrive at the entrance. Kasumi's friend, Hitomi gives them a wave.

"Kasumi-chan!" she greets. "Ayane-chan! Good morning!"

"Oh, hey, Hitomi-chan!" Kasumi greets back. "How are you?"

"I'm doing okay," the brunette replies. She turns toward the short haired girl. "And how about you, Ayane-chan?"

"I'm alright," Ayane simply replies.

Hitomi turns to the ginger. "So, what's happening? Are you going to that shrine again after school today?"

Kasumi nods.

"I have to ask," Hitomi says. "Why do you go there? You've been doing that since last week."

"I...I just needed someone to talk to."

"Oh, you mean that really nice shrine maiden? Yes, I've heard of her," Hitomi says. "Everyone says that she's like a big sister to them."

Ayane just turns away, not wanting to listen to this conversation. She's heard of the story of the gentle shrine maiden, too, but the problem is that Kasumi is constantly going there every day after school. Although her older sister told Ayane she has some things to do, Ayane could tell that something was up. She was giong to the shrine just like Hitomi said, but what for exactly? It might have been more than just talking to the shrine maiden herself. She had let it go since then, but now she wants to see what's really going on. She decided to secretly follow her sister after school today.

"Ayane-chan?" Kasumi says as she puts a hand on her shoulder with a concerned expression. "Are you okay? You're spacing out a bit."

"Oh, I'm sorry," the violet haired girl replies. "I'm fine. Don't worry."

Kasumi and Hitomi exchange confused looks and shrug. The three girls enter their school soon after. But Ayane is still thinking about Kasumi and wondering what's going on between her and the shrine maiden.

Late Afternoon

Ayane is finished with her cleaning duty when she realizes what she has to do. She quickly puts her things away and runs out of the school to see her older sister running as well. She quietly follows the ginger through the path and though some streets until they get to the shrine entrance. Ayane stares in awe for a moment before continuing to follow her sister until she gets to the top. There is a shrine temple before her and a line of trees along the path. She quickly hides behind one of them as she sees the ginger walk up to the temple.

She puts her hands together and closes her eyes. She's praying for something, but what? Ayane continues hiding behind the tree while watching her sister praying. And then, she hears someone calling Kasumi's name.

"Kasumi-san," A gentle voice says as a girl with long black hair tied in a pony-tail approaches the ginger.

"Momiji-san," Kasumi says as she turns towards the girl.

"So, THAT'S the shrine maiden everyone's talking about,' Ayane thinks. She watches the two talking while trying not to snap. Kasumi and Momiji are smiling and laughing, looking like they are having a good time together. Ayane bites her lip as she clenches her fist. She has never seen her sister so happy with someone else, especially when that someone is Momiji. She looks up at the two again to see Kasumi walking toward the shrine maiden and hugging her. Ayane can see a smile on her sister's face. 'I guess…she likes this girl,' she thinks. She can't bare to see anymore, so she runs away right when Kasumi and Momiji pull away.

"So, um…do you really think…?" Kasumi starts.

Momiji smiles and pets her. "Yes, Kasumi-san. You can do it."

"Thanks, Momiji-san." With that, the ginger exits the shrine with Momiji smiling.

Home

Kasumi and Ayane arrive home that afternoon. The ginger stretches out her arms and plops down on the couch in the living room.

"What a day!" she says. "The teacher wants us to study for another test! I hate math, you know?"

"I see," Ayane says, quietly.

The ginger turns towards her sister. "What's the matter, Ayane-chan?"

Ayane shakes her head and smiles. "It's nothing. Why don't I make you some tea?"

"Okay." Kasumi turns back to watch some TV.

Ayane goes to the kitchen to start the tea pot when her mind flashes back to that very scene where she saw Momiji and her sister hugging after they were done talking. 'Calm down,' she thinks. 'You're overreacting. It's just a hug…right?'

But something else tells her that it's more than that. She can't stop thinking about that smile on Kasumi's face when she hugged the shine maiden. Could it be that she just…confessed her love to her and she didn't tell Ayane?

"Maybe she really does love her," Ayane says to herself. If that's the case, then her love for Kasumi doesn't matter anymore. All she wants is for her sister to be happy.

She finishes making the tea and gently sets it on the table in front of her.

"Thanks, Ayane-chan," Kasumi says, smiling.

Ayane just nods and goes back to the kitchen. Her heart is still beating from looking at her sister's smile. The smile that makes everyone, including her, happy. But another part of her wants to let her go and be with that shrine maiden. So, making her final decision, she puts the tea down and goes up to her room to cool down.

Later on, for the next few days, Ayane starts to distance herself from Kasumi. Whenever Ayane and Kasumi walk together, she would just give out one-word answers every time the ginger wants to start a conversation. Kasumi is starting to get more and more worried about her younger sister because of her strange behavior but decided not to ask. Ayane keeps on making sure that she's thinking about her sister's happiness rather than her own. And every night, neither sister slept with one another like they usually do on most nights. By the time 5 days go by, Kasumi can't take it anymore. She doesn't understand why her younger sister is acting this way and wants to get to the bottom of it…now.

That afternoon, Kasumi tries to search for Ayane down the halls, but only finds Hitomi instead.

"Hitomi-chan?" the ginger tilts her head in confusion. "You're still here? I thought your club activities were over."

"Yes, well…I ran into Ayane-chan today," Hitomi says. "She's not in a good mood right now."

Kasumi nods. "Yeah, I noticed. I don't know what's going on with her. Every time I ask her, she just says she's fine. But she's not."

"Did you two get into a fight or something?"

"No! You know we get along!"

"Then…I advise you to talk to Ayane-chan. I don't know if I can be much help, but you two need to talk it over."

Kasumi sighs. "I've tried time and time and she just avoids me."

Hitomi puts her hands on her friend's shoulders with a serious expression on her face. "Listen, I know it's difficult for you to talk to her when she's like this. But she can't hide it from you forever."

Kasumi hesitates for a bit and nods. "Okay. Thanks, Hitomi-chan."

The brunette winks as she gives her a thumbs up. "No problem. Good luck!"

Home

Yuri-kun: Kasumi arrives at home and notices Ayane at the kitchen. She sets down her school bag and approaches her.

"Ayane-chan," she says. "Can we talk?"

Ayane looks at her for a bit and turns away. "Later."

The ginger frowns as she quickly follows her younger sister upstairs. "Wait! Ayane-chan!"

"Leave me alone, please."

"Ayane-chan!"

Right when Ayane gets to her room, Kasumi grabs her arm.

"Why are you avoiding me!?" Kasumi asks.

"I'm not avoiding you," Ayane says bluntly.

"Yes, you are!"

Both sisters don't move a muscle for about a minute. Ayane's ruby eyes stare at the ginger's auburn ones. She wanted to tell her how she felt, but the memory of her and Momiji can't stop flashing in her head.

"Ayane-chan…I need to know!" Kasumi demands. "What's going on?"

Ayane just stares at the floor. "I..." What can she say? Her older sister is so worried about her that she finds it hard to hide it from her anymore

"Ayane-chan?"

The short haired girl finally looks up at her sister. "I…I want to ask you…do you…have someone you like?"

Kasumi gapes at the question. "Why do you ask that?"

"I just want to know..."

Kasumi nods. "I do."

"Th-then…who do you like?" Ayane asks.

Kasumi blushes as she fiddles with the hem of her skirt. "It's…a little embarrassing, but…it's a person I know very well. She's cute, gentle and…is always by my side."

'A person she knows very well…' Ayane thinks. 'Always by her side…' Then, it hits her. 'Wait a minute! Could she mean…!'

"Do you mean…me?" Ayane asks as she points to herself and blushes at the same time.

Kasumi smiles and nods. "Yes! You're right! I love you, Ayane-chan! I've loved you for a long time! Please go out with me!"

Ayane just stares at the ginger while taking it all in. Her older sister, Kasumi, had been in love with her all along? But…how is this possible? This only confused her. Tears are already falling from her eyes, surprising Kasumi.

"A-Ayane-chan?"

"I don't understand!" Ayane cries as she wipes the endless tears.

"Don't understand what?"

"You were walking to that shrine day after day, Onee-chan!" the short haired girl explains. "I wanted to know what was going on, so I…I followed you..."

"You mean, you spied on me?" Kasumi asks.

"Yes! I couldn't help it! I was just so worried about you! And then…you…and that shrine maiden…"

"Momiji-san?"

Ayane's voice is quiet while tears are still falling. "Y-you two looked like you were having a great time and when you two hugged…you looked very happy. Happy to be in her arms. Happy to be with her. That's why you've been coming to this shrine."

Kasumi shakes her head roughly. "Baka! How in the world would you think that!? That's NOT what happened!"

"What?" Ayane looks up at her sister. "Then tell me, Onee-chan!"

Flashback

At the shrine, Kasumi finished her prayers as Momiji walked toward her with her usual gentle smile.

"Praying for your love for Ayane-san again?" she asked.

"Yes," Kasumi replied. "Although…I'm still not sure what to say to her. I mean…she's my sister and…she may not accept my feelings."

Momiji just smiled "Kasumi-san, if you love her that much, then just tell her how you feel. Love is very powerful, you know?"

"That's true, but…"

"Kasumi-san, I know you can do it. You've been coming to this shrine every day to say your prayers for you and Ayane-san. I'm very proud that you care so much about your sister. Plus, the fact that you're in love with her is better. I may not know much about Ayane-san, but hearing you talk about her makes me think you two get along very well."

"Really?" Kasumi looked up at the shrine maiden.

Momiji nodded with her smile remaining on her face and stroked the ginger's hair a little. "Yes. I wish you both happiness."

Kasumi laughed and hugged the raven-haired girl. Even though she talked with Momiji for about a week, she considered her a great friend. She was very helpful to her during her times at the shrine and Kasumi's very happy about it. When the two pulled away, Kasumi blushed.

"Thanks, Momiji-san," Kasumi said.

"No problem," the raven-haired girl replied.

With that, Kasumi exited the shrine.

End of Flashback

Ayane only stares at her sister as Kasumi finished her story. She was only asking Momiji for advice? She can see tears falling from Kasumi's eyes as well.

"So…you're not going out with Momiji-san?" Ayane asks.

"No! Why would I be!?" Kasumi replies. "I only love you, Ayane-chan! No one else!"

More tears fall from the violet haired girl's eyes. "O-Onee-chan…" She plunges herself into her older sister's arms and weeps. "Onee-chan! I…I love you, too!"

"Ayane-chan…" Kasumi gently wraps her arms around her younger sister as her own tears fall from her eyes.

The two remain in each other's arms for what it seems like minutes, maybe hours. Ayane now found out the truth: Kasumi loves HER and not Momiji. And everything's okay, too. She no longer has to worry about her sister loving someone else.

"I love you! I love you so much, Onee-chan!" Ayane sobs

"I love you, too, Ayane-chan," Kasumi whispers as she strokes her hair.

The two sisters pull away and stare into each other's eyes. Kasumi wipes away Ayane's tears while smiling.

"Don't cry," the ginger says, softly. "I promise to stay by your side forever, now that we're lovers."

Ayane nods. "Y-yes! Thank you, Onee-chan! Thank you!"

They wrap their arms around each other, lean in and share a heartwarming kiss. Ayane closes her eyes at the feeling of her sister's moist lips. 'They're so soft,' she thinks. 'I didn't think Onee-chan would have lips this soft. They feel great.'

The sisters pull away and the ginger smiles.

"That's better," she says.

Ayane caresses the ginger's cheek. "Thanks again, Onee-chan. For loving me."

"Same here."

With that, the two kiss again. The love between sisters is very powerful, just like Momiji said. And both of the sisters know in their hearts that this is eternal love.


A/N: I would like to thank my very good friend, Major Mike Powell, for hearing me out. This is just the beginning, everyone~! My first ever multi-chapter story with my favorite couple! If any of you have any ideas for the next chapter, feel free to give them out~! Thanks~!

Feel free to give out any questions, or concerns and don't forget to review~! ;)