Kasumi's Restaurant Revised
A Dead or Alive Fanfiction
By The Headcrook
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Tecmo. This was an idea I had going on in my head for a while now. This is basically a personal redemption fanfic in which Kasumi disowns her family and clan (which stops them from trying to kill her) and makes a new life for herself as the owner of a popular restaurant. Kasumi is slightly OOC, but it serves its purpose. Anyway, enjoy.
Extra: Sorry I haven't been uploading new material. My computer is dead and I lost all of my data and I have to buy a new one, so I'll be uploading onto my friend's comp instead. I also changed Kasumi's name from Sei Kasumi to Reina Kasumi, since it sounds much better, as well as adding on some new material to the stuff already published. The restaurant is now called the Red Geisha instead of the Crescent Moon.
Chapter One: Letting Go
Somewhere in the mountains of Japan, several months after the last tournament…
Hayate. I found the runaway. Send the Hajinmon to the old temple ten miles northwest of the village. There is no escape for her this time. Ayane.
Hayate looked at the small parchment of paper. He had long since dreaded this day ever since the destruction of the DOATEC Tritower. Now, it was going to end.
Kasumi's hideout was an abandoned temple in the mountains, several miles away from the clan's village. Hayate knew of the temple, but overlooked it as a place where Kasumi would take refuge.
In the past year as a runaway, Kasumi had decided to hide in Tokyo. Hiding in plain sight, she managed to graduate form high school (with Ryu's help in tutoring her). However, when Ayane found out that she was in the city, Kasumi left Ryu's curio shop, and fled to the mountains.
'Now, after a year…it's going to be over soon,' Hayate thought as he and the assassination team made they way to the temple.
At the abandoned temple, Kasumi looked over the fallen form of her half-sister, holding Ayane's katana in her hand.
She had to give her little sister credit for tracking her the way she did. In the ensuing battle, Kasumi had nearly lost, but she ended up using a dirty trick in order to defeat Ayane. By tossing dirt in her eyes and temporarily blinding Ayane, Kasumi knocked her out with a blow to the back of her head with a tree branch. She knew that Hayate and his ninja would be at her location soon after she had sent him the note, signing it in Ayane's name, so she had to work fast.Picking up the unconscious kunoichi and a length of rope, Kasumi walked over to a sturdy tree. Placing Ayane in a vertical position, Kasumi tied her hands behind her back, effectively immobilizing her from attacking her. Once Ayane was taken care of, all Kasumi had to do now was hide and wait.
Hayate and his team approached the temple. As they stepped into the courtyard, they saw the battered Ayane, tied to a tree. She had regained consciousness, and was attempting to free herself. Unfortunately, Kasumi had tied the rope in a way that it can only be broken by severing them with a blade.
"Ayane!" Hayate shouted. Without waiting for their orders, two of the Hajinmon attempted to free their senior member.
"Get back!" Ayane shouted. "It's a trap!"
At that moment, a deadly volley of shuriken and kunai forced them back, creating a distance of ten feet between them. Once Kasumi appeared by jumping from a nearby tree and landing beside Ayane, the Hajinmon drew their swords. Hayate then made a realization.
"Ayane didn't send the note. You did," he said. He took a step forward. "Kasumi, don't do this. Let Ayane go."
In an instant, the katana was at Ayane's throat. "Don't move," Kasumi deadpanned. "Stay where you are." Hayate stopped in his tracks and backed away.
"Don't worry about me!" Ayane shouted. "Eliminate the runaway!"
Kasumi punched Ayane in the stomach hard, forcing her to lose her lunch. "You shut up!" Turning back to Hayate, she faced him. Ignoring the struggling Ayane, Kasumi knew that she wouldn't be able to free herself from those bonds.
From the look of things on Hayate's end, Kasumi has completely snapped.
"You're not a murderer, Kasumi," Hayate said. "Let Ayane go and we can talk about this like brother and sister."
"Neither are you," Kasumi retorted. "This is why you keep sending your ninja after me." Her voice took on a sad tone. "I left the clan to avenge you for what Raidou did to you and to Mother." Her glare caused Hayate to flinch slightly as the tone in her voice changed from sadness to cold. "You chose the clan over me. You were allowed to return home while I am marked for death. Where is the fairness in that? Tell me."
Hayate was silent; he knew that Kasumi was right.
"TELL ME!" Kasumi practically screamed.
Hayate was taken aback by Kasumi's outburst. He knew that one wrong move and that he would be burying two sisters.
"The…the rules of the clan are clear," Hayate said slowly. "You abandoned the clan and since you didn't kill yourself, we have to eliminate you."
"But you forgot one thing, dear brother," Kasumi said with a hint of venom in her voice as she said 'brother.' "You forgot that I am one of the best kunoichi that the clan has ever seen. That is what kept me alive for the past year. I would rather walk the path of a ronin than to see your face again!"
Hayate didn't like where this was going.
In a cold tone, Kasumi announced her intentions for everyone to hear. "I hearby renounce my name, my family and my clan. I disavow any and all relations I have to you, or to Ayane. I am no longer your sister, but a ronin. You and Ayane have lost the right to call me your sister. No brother or half-sister of mine would try and kill me. You have no honor and your presence is beneath me. I have no brother, or a half-sister. The woman you know as Kasumi is no more." She pointed the bladed end of the sword at Hayate. "You...and her...are nothing more than girisezu."
Note: Girisezu means 'without duty,' which basically means that in a manner of speaking, Hayate and Ayane have no honor.
Both Hayate and Ayane looked at Kasumi in total shock. Kasumi? Disowning them and throwing away everything that she was? Even the Hajinmon ninja was flabbergasted at this turn of events. Since Kasumi had basically declared herself dead, there was no need to hunt her down anymore.
Kasumi turned to Ayane and in one slice, severed her bonds. Glaring at her ninja, the younger kunoichi shouted, "What are you doing?! I said eliminate the runaway!"
"They can't," Hayate replied, his voice sounding like he had drunk acid. "Kasumi has thrown away everything, even her name. In effect, Kasumi doesn't exist. Killing her now would be pointless."
Ayane growled internally. She took one look at Kasumi before she charged at her. Kasumi saw her coming and before she could reach her, two of the Hajinmon ninja were there, restraining her.
"LET ME GO!" Ayane screamed. "THAT BITCH DESERVES TO DIE!"
"Ayane, enough," Hayate ordered, his voice now tired. He looked at Kasumi. Seeing as they won't do anything now, Kasumi turned and walked into the woods. Hayate took a step forward. "Kasumi." When she ignored him, he called out her name. "Kasumi…?" He ran after her and grabbed her wrist, pleading for her to stay. "Kasumi, please. Don't do this. I can fix this. Please..."
Kasumi looked at his hand on her wrist, then glared back at him, her expression saying, 'Take your hand off of me or I will break your neck.' Hayate got the message and released Kasumi, knowing full well that she had killed Raidou and in her state of mind, wouldn't hesitate to kill him as well. He had a look of genuine regret on his face, while Kasumi's angry stare burned into his memory.
"It's too late," Kasumi said in a cold tone. "I have no brother. Kasumi is dead."
She turned and ran into the woods, not once looking back. Shoulders slumped, Hayate turned and walked back to Ayane and the other ninja. At the moment, his half-sister was getting her injuries tended to by one of the medics. Hayate stopped when he saw something on the ground.
Kasumi's tanto.
He crouched down and picked it up. The blade was still in its scabbard, still in pristine condition. Now the weapon served as a last link to his former sister. He felt a single tear run down his face as he tightened his hand around the tanto's sheath.
'Kasumi...what have I done?' Hayate thought as he cried silently. His anguished scream to the skies above was then heard through the forests of Japan.
"WHAT HAVE I DONE?!"
Kasumi heard Hayate's scream, but didn't stop running. She was finally free.