Ancient Future Chapter: 2

Lifen wakes up in the middle of the night and she looks out the window and notices something strange.

Lifen: Ugh... (Is that, I see someone walking on those building but I can't tell... is that, is that Lee?!)

Lifen then gets up to looks out her window to see what's going on.

Lifen: (It looks like, he's leaving! But why?) Oh no, I have to get to them!

Meanwhile...

Hango: Come on, if we don't go now the guard will notice! (He whispers seriously)

Zhanshi: I'm coming; I just don't get how the two of you can hop on rooftops like that when we're all low on energy.

Lee: You get used to these kinds of things when you have to do it to survive. (Narrating) (The village has no name, to better hide its identity, it doesn't allow people tom come in unless someone from the inside says they know them personally, and above all, when you come in, you can't leave, just to be safe and make sure you're not a spy, or you just casually go and tell someone about it)

Hango: Were getting close, stay alert. You guys ready?

Zhanshi: Ready!

Flashback...

Shima is talking to Hango Lee and Zhanshi about how they're going to escape.

Shima: You could easily escape a place like this, but you can't just walk out, and you won't be able to ask for permission to leave. I'm pretty sure that when you leave, they'll ask me where you were, so the authorities will come knocking at my door and I'll be interrogated.

Lee: Ugh! We can't let that happen!

Zhanshi: If that's the case, then we'll just stay here for a while, there's no reason you should get caught up in our problems!

Shima: Don't worry, I have a plan, but in order for it to work, we have to leave at the right place and the right time.

Flashback over...

Shima: Guards, guards come quick!

Guard: What is it mam?!

Shima: Lee and Hango are missing!

Guard: What, are you sure!

Shima: I tried to get Zhanshi to see if he knows where they are, but I can't find him either!

Guard: Oh no!

Shima: I haven't seen them since earlier this night; they might still be in the village!

Other Guard: Sir, sir come quick!

Guard: What is it?

Other Guard: Lee Hango and Zhanshi, they left the village!

Guard: What?!

Other Guard: I saw them; they just left the village sneaking out!

Lifen is spying on the commotion not too far away sneaking behind a wall.

Lifen: (Oh no, I'm too late!)

Meanwhile...

Lee, Hango and Zhanshi head outside of the village running.

Lee: Ugh. Do you think it worked?

Hango: Yeah! With lady Shima making it seem like she had no idea we left, the whole village will have no reason to say it's her fault!

Zhanshi: I don't think it'll matter, the village will still be in state of uproar, and you know they're gonna keep a lockdown on that place. We probably just made it harder for everyone else!

Hango: Well, it can't be helped now, we had no choice but to leave, and this is the best way we could do it and leave Shima out of it!

After a while, they stop and rest.

Hango: Aw man! I don't think we'll have to worry about them from here. We're miles away from the village now, I can tell.

Lee: I'm hungry.

Hango: Well not like that matters, you never eat more than a bite of food every time.

Lee: Why didn't we eat before going on this journey?!

Hango: We didn't have time for that! We can get food later, right now we have to rest, we have a long journey ahead of us.

Lee: Alright fine, I'll go see if I can find some fish.

Lee then gets up to go to a nearby pond to try and catch some fish.

Hango: Lee get back here!

Zhanshi: ... Hango, Lee!

Lee: Huh!
Hango: Huh!

Zhanshi: ... uh... I don't really know how else to say this but, I have to leave now.

Lee: ... What do you mean by that?

Hango: Yeah, you never told me anything about this.

Zhanshi: I have... things back at my home town to take care of, I just need to go back there, and it's been far too long, since I've seen my family.

Hango: Oh, well, don't worry about us, I'm enough muscle to take care of this knucklehead by myself.

Lee: Hey!

Zhanshi: Oh, I thought there would be a problem you know, cause I thought the Hayate would give you a problem without me being here to back you up.

Hango: No it's good; I've gotten stronger since then.

Zhanshi: I was thinking from the first time we met and they almost killed you! Ehe he he he! (Laughter)

Hango: (How could he talk like that after what happened to him yesterday?) Well, don't worry about us, if you wanna find us you know where to go, we're going back to our village.

Zhanshi: Well, I wish I could come, but you know how it is. I hope your village is all right and all.

Hango: Yeah, us too.

Lee: Eh don't worry about it, the next time you wanna see us our da will let you in with open arms and you'll be a guest in our home!

Zhanshi: Yeah, sounds good.

The scene then skips to a part where Zhanshi walks away heading towards his home. Lee and Hango are wondering if they'll ever see him again.

Lee: Ah. So, now can we look for some fish?

Hango: Ugh, fine.

Lee: Yeah!

Meanwhile...

Liang and Kuai are speaking to each other about what happened in the village. As they're talking, they are walking through a hallway inside of a secret Hayate base.

Kuai: What was that Liang?! What was that?!

Liang: I don't know what you're talking about.

Kuai Don't play dumb you rotten filth! You left out everything in that story about you causing us to have to leave the village, you threw away the homing beckon just as I was about to expose the only village in this continent that no one knows about!

Liang: I came to you because you were compromising the mission nothing more, I didn't lie to anyone.

Kuai: Just shut up! I've always known you as a softy, so tell me, why'd you save that village?! You know we could've handled all of them just like we always do and take everything, so I can only think of one reason for you doing that...!

Liang: And what would that be?

Kuai: Huh?!

Liang: ... You have no proof against me, and you know nothing about me.

Liang then walks closer to Kuai.

Liang: I told you good and well that when lord Wang teamed us up that you and I aren't friends. You don't tell me anything, I don't tell you anything, and we go our separate ways as partners and get the job done.

Kuai: Don't even try to feed me that crap! This has nothing to do with our relationship as partners; this is about why you made me look like the one who screwed everything up in front of lord Wang! And more importantly, I wanna know why my so called partner has such a soft side and yet lord Wang sees you as the best of all of us! Answer me!

Flashback...

Liang then as a flash back of him relaxing in the village that they just left from, sleeping on a hill.

Kuai: Well, answer me!

Liang: ... Do you really feel that strong about serving someone like him to such an extent?

Kuai: Don't answer my question with another question; I'm talking to you Liang!

Liang: ...

Kuai: If you don't tell me why, then I'm gonna go tell him the truth!

Kuai then walks the opposite direction and heads towards Wang to find him and tell him what really happened in the village. Liang then steps in front of him, grabs him by his neck and swings him to the wall of the hallway.

Kuai: UGH, AH!

Asami: What's going on in here... huh?!

Asami then walks inside the hall and see's what Liang and Kuai are doing.

Asami: Liang, what are you doing?!

Liang: Stay out of this Asami!

Kuai: That's right, stop being so soft, unleash some anger partner!

Liang: ... I am officially drawing the line between you and me right here, and right now. As I said before, we're not friends; also, you're not on my level. From this day forward, we're not partners, I'm your boss. And ... Don't tell anyone of what happened at the village, if you do, I'll kill you.

Liang then lets him go and walks away.

Kuai: Ugh!

Asami: Liang, what happened?

Liang: Don't worry about it.

Meanwhile...

Lee: I think I caught something!

Hango: Am I supposed to believe that?

Lee: Uh, yeah, why wouldn't you?

Hango: Because we've been at this all night and we keep getting worms.

Lee: Maybe we could catch more if you'd help me.

Hango: I gave up helping you after the first 21 failures. Look let's just go another lake, this lake seems kinds dead.

Lee: What's so dead about it?

Hango: Hello, look around you Lee, there isn't a living plant anywhere around it, and the water... looks kind of dirty

Lee: Oh wait, I think I caught something!

Hango: Alright but after this worm we're leaving...

Lee: Ha aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Lee then tries really hard and he catches a fish, but it's dead.

Hango: Well, at least you caught something.

Lee: I'm so hungry I can't take it!

Hango: Don't you even dare try to eat that.

Lee and Hango then leave the lake.

Hango: You're an idiot ya know that?!

Lee: Aw...

Lee then falls on the ground unconscious.

Hango: But you're my idiot.

Hango then picks him up and carries him by his shoulder. Hango then walks throughout the forest in search of something, anything to eat.

Lee: Hey bro...

Hango: Yeah?

Lee: In your personal opinion, do you think the village is still intact?

Hango: Well, I try not to think about it too much, cause if I do, it could make me hesitate on going back.

Lee: Oh, well I think you're the idiot then.

Hango: What?

Lee: If it's intact we should go, if it's not intact we should try our best to find out why. All that matters is that we get back it doesn't matter if it'll be ugly or not.

Hango: ... Yeah, I guess you're right, but don't call me an idiot, that's my job.

Lee: Well, I wouldn't have to do it if you wouldn't make such strange assumptions... Whoa! Hey what the...?!

Hango then drops Lee and they both hide behind a large bush.

Hango: Shh! (I can sense something bad coming this way)

Hiroka: Search this entire area; I know without a doubt I can sense some living thing here!

Hango: (Something living?)

Hiroka: Don't stop looking until you find them! I want both of them alive, it's been 3 whole months since this plan had to be delayed; the information has to be accurate we can't afford to lose them again! We bring them back alive!

Soldier: Yes sir!s

Lee: What are they talking about? Hey does that guy look familiar? (He whispers)

Hango: Huh! (They're wearing the emblem of the Kuhai clan on them! Wait a second, we never had a military or a police force, what's going on, why does Hiroka have soldiers with him?!) Lee, whatever you do, don't move at all, keep still and quite. (He whispers)

Lee: Uh, okay, (He whispers) (Man, what's going on?! Is that Hiroka?! What could he be doing back here, does he want something with me again?)

Hango: (I can only conceal his and my Chi for so long before I give out, and now I'm starting to feel the hunger pain he's feeling. If I can't keep it together before these guys leave then... darn it! Just what the heck is going on here?! Why am I running from my own clan?! I never trusted Hiroka at all but this is ridiculous!)

Commander: Sir, there's nothing here.

Hango: (Fweh, that was close.)

Hiroka: Don't give me that!

Hango: (What?!)

Commander: But, but sir we checked this entire area there's no life for miles from here.

Hiroka: If you haven't found them, then you haven't looked everywhere now find them!

Commander: Ugh, hey, can someone rescan the area?

Soldier: Yeah sure I'll do it.

Commander: And make sure it only scans for Chi.

Lee: (Those guys have our emblem, and that guy looks like Hiroka, I remember)

Commander: Well, have you got anything yet?

Soldier: Yes sir, I'm getting a faint signal coming from over there.

The Soldier points at the area that has the bushes that Lee and Hango are hiding behind.

Hango: (Oh no!)

Lee: (I'm tired of all this, this just makes madder the more I hide behind this bush!)

Hiroka: Wait, I'll go in myself, this could be dangerous.

Hiroka then walks to the bushes slowly.

Lee: (Everything we lived for is being taken away from us by our own people!)

Hango then goes though struggle trying to suppress Lee's Chi because it's getting stronger for some reason.

Hango: (Oh com on what's going on here?!)

Lee: (I can't take this anymore!)

Soldier: The signal's getting stronger!

Hango: Lee, what's going on with you?! (He whispers)

Lee: I don't know and I don't care, I have to go now! (He whispers seriously)

Hango: Lee wait!

Hiroka: Hm?

Right before Hiroka comes any further to the area, Lee comes out and faces towards in the open and head on.

Hiroka: ... Lee, it's been a long time. How's it going kiddo?!

Hango: (Darn it, I have no choice now!)

Hango then comes out as well.

Hiroka: Well, this is s surprise, how long has it been.

Hango: Hiroka, I thought you were arrested for illegal scientific experiments. Hunting things and doing harsh experiments on people. You were even accused of working with the Hayate.

Hiroka: ...

Hango: My dad told me to stay away from you since before you got arrested, do I'll ask you again, why are you here?

Hiroka: Times have... changed, Hango. I'm free now.

Hango: Under whose authority?!

Hiroka: I don't owe the likes of you an explanation!

Hango: Ugh!

Hiroka: You're wanted back at the village weather you like it or not. Everyone is waiting for you, your dad, Meili, Bolin.

Lee: Bolin? Where is he?!

Hiroka: He's in the village.

Lee: What are you trying to do here?! The village gets attacked out of nowhere two years after you get arrested, you come back to us out of nowhere saying that you were let free just to bring us back?! None of this is making any sense!

Hango: (Lee's Chi is getting stronger; we might have to fight them, if this is why they're looking for us.)

Hango: Yeah, you better start talking; don't think I haven't been training all this time.

Hiroka: ... ugh... listen kiddos, you're getting far too deep into something you have no business getting yourself into; you need to wake up and understand the truth that I sadly understood a long time ago.

Hango: What are you talking about?

Hiroka: ... You can't stop them, they'll every time.

Lee: What?

Hiroka: I... I just want to protect my family.

Hango: Hiroka start making some sense here, what are you talking about who is "them"?!

Soldier: Sir, it's almost midnight.

Hiroka: That does it, I can't waste any more time with this; I'm taking you in by force!

Hiroka then charges at Lee and Hango.

Hango: No you don't, you lousy scum!

Lee: Ah!

Hiroka then comes at Hango faster than he thought and Hango accidentally loses his grip on Lee's shoulder due to the clash.

Hango: Ugh AH!

Lee: (No... no... NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!)

Lee then bursts into a bright aura of green Chi.

Hiroka: Oh no, it's come forth!

Hango: This Chi is massive, its pressure is almost unbearable but, I... I can't sense it! Hiroka, what is he!

Hiroka: He's an unknown mistake that we the Kuhai clan have to fix!

Hango: Don't refer to yourself a Kuhai clan member!

Lee: Hiroka...!

Hiroka: Huh, he still has consciousness?!

Commander: We need to withdraw now!

Soldier: Yes sir, we'll let Captain Hiroka handle this one!

Lee: All of you; stay away from Hango, I'm the one you want, and I'm not hiding anymore!

Hango: W-what?!

Soldier: Oh yeah, we're staying far away from that creep!

Hiroka: I'll deal with them myself; I'll take care of the boy first!

Hango: No you don't!

Hiroka then charges at Lee and then Hango comes at him to defend his brother. But as soon as Hiroka makes contact with Lee, Lee punches him in the face and knocks him far away miles through trees.

Lee: You're about to wish you stayed in prison!

Hango: ... L... Lee. What's going on, the pressure from this power is causing severe pain to my body, I can't move!

Lee then runs at Hiroka and starts using his hand to hand combat on him. Lee gets the upper hand on him.

Hiroka: What the heck is going on?!

Hango: (If I try to come anywhere near him I'll get crushed, but if I stay here, he could go on a never ending rampage! What do I do?!)

Hiroka: (I need the Yuzhi now!)

The commander then attempt to use the Yuzhi, a device made for suppressing the strange Chi that Lee has, and tries to use it on Lee.

Commander: I'll end this sorry sucker right here and now!

Hango: Not so fast!

Commander: Huh?!

Hango knocks the commader out and takes the Yuzhi away from him.

Hango: (Now, it's been a while since I tried to do this, but if this does what they say it does, then I'm all out of options here)

Hango then uses an ability which only he can use in which he deciphers the mechanics of a device and takes on the abilities of it to the best of his capability.

Hango: Alright here goes!

While Lee and Hiroka are fighting, Hango goes to them both and tries to use the abilities which he stole from the Yuzhi, and use them to suppress Lee.

Hango: Lee stop it now!

Hiroka has been so badly beaten up that he's on the brink of death.

Hiroka: ... I... I can't... move...!

Hango: AAAAAAAAAAHHH!
Lee: AAAAAAAAAAHHH!

While Hango was trying to calm Lee's power, he see's strange visions and flashbacks of a place which looks familiar to him. The Lee falls unconscious.

Lee: Ugh!

Hango: W-what was that place, why did it look so familiar?!

...

Soldier: Ugh, that pressure, it was horrible!

Hango: Well, I may not be able to get many answers, but at least I can get something from all this.

Hango then looks behind him at one of the soldiers.

Meanwhile...

Shortly after Liang beat up Kuai...

Liang: ...

Shitai: I don't care what you think is going on in that head of yours, you're soft.

Shitai
The Hayate's technician, but can and will get his hands dirty with ,is battle type bombs. His obsession with bombs is exactly what makes Liang hate him so much.

Liang: I missed the part where I had to tell you anything.

Shitai: Don't act like it won't affect the team, you know that anyone of us would have wiped that village clean as soon as we got the Kuhai brothers.

Isamu: That's why you're never in charge of any missions; you don't know how to think instead of blowing everything up.

Isamu
A very gifted strategist who stays behind on most of the missions to give out battle plans, he's also very skilled at espionage.

Isamu: I mean really, you may think through your moves carefully, but your first rational when dealing with people is to kill them

Shitai: Shut up, I don't owe and explanation to you!

Liang: Well since this is about me, I'd like to add that I don't owe an explanation to either of you.

Iroka: Just what do you think this?

Shitai: Oh great, Iroka's here, here we go.

Iroka: What did you say?

Iroka
By far the strongest out of them all. He once took on all of the members by himself and defeated them, but he didn't win easily. As a result he was made the second in command of the Hayate. He isn't a hothead like the others, he stays calm, and he's a bit of a troll.

Shitai: You heard me. I won't be pushed around by anyone no matter how strong they are!

Iroka: Oh, I see, you didn't learn your lesson the first time we, no, all of you fought me.

Shitai: Shut up you...!

Isamu: Shitai, enough. You're embarrassing.

Shitai: Am I alone here?! Why am I the only one willing to stand up for myself?!

Isamu: Liang, you showed mercy at the last second, you're the one who compromised the mission.

Liang: I already told you, Kuai wasn't supposed to use the homing beckon.

Isamu: That's not what I meant.

Liang: Hm?

Isamu: With power like yours you could have easily captured them or killed them. You played with them and the rest of that village of weaklings. It was as if you didn't want to do what you were doing.

Liang: You're as nosy as ever. Like I told everyone else here, I don't owe any of you an explanation.

Isamu: Oh really?

They then have a long suspenseful stare at each other.

Isamu: ... humph, I guess I can't beat it out of you. Just don't go soft on me. Remember who you are Liang.

Isamu then walks away from Liang.

Meanwhile...

Lee wakes up.

Lee: Uh... ugh...

Hango: Lee, wake up Lee. Wake up!

Lee: Huh?! ... W-what happened? Where's Hiroka?!

Hango: He's dead, or at least he's dying as we speak so he might as well be dead.

Lee: What, who did it?!

Hango: Lee, you... don't you remember anything?

Lee: I was fighting him with this strange stuff all around me, then I fell asleep after beating the crap out of him, I think I must have ran out of power or something.

Hango: (Incredible, if I hadn't stepped in and did what I did, he would have kept going on a rampage and he probably never would've stopped. Just what power does he possess?)

Lee: Ya know I still don't know how that power just came out of me. I think it had something to do with trying to keep him away from you or something, but I still think I went a little over board, I mean, we don't even know exactly why he was looking for us, I just didn't want to take any chances.

Hango: Ugh!

Lee: Huh? Ugh my head is killing me! Why do you look so upset man?

Hango: Well, that's what I wanted to talk to you about.

Hango then takes out a sheet of paper and shows it to Lee.

Lee: W-what's this?

Hango: I had that same reaction when I saw it. It's a warrant for our arrests.

Lee: Huh?!

Hango: From the Kuhai clan.

Lee: Huh?!

Hango: I took it from one of the soldiers that were with Hiroka. It doesn't say who signed it, but it says that we're to be brought back alive to the Kuhai clan alive to be executed for crimes against the Kuhai clan.

Lee: What?! We didn't do anything, what are we being charged for?!

Hango: All it says is "crimes against the Kuhai clan", but it doesn't specify.

Lee: No, no why is this happening?! We were supposed to return some, back to dad.

Hango: We can only assume that everyone, all of our friends that were there before the village was attacked, are still there right now, under the dictatorship of whoever is in control.

Lee: Our own clan, why, who would do this?

Hango: We can only assume that they have a different reason for wanting us to come back alive, I'm not sure what but it can't be good if they have to go so far as to blame us. But none of that matters now!

Lee: Huh?

Hango: I've made my decision; if we have to fight our own clan then they can bring it on! I don't care what they want us for, we'll go back to that village, and find out secret about our clan. But in order for us to do that, you'll need to learn Taichido.

Lee: Huh, really!

Hango: Starting tomorrow, I'm teaching you Taichido!

Hango has learned something mysterious about the Kuhai clan, and he has decided that in order for them to find the truth, he'll have to teach Lee Taichido. What does their clan want with them, and what will come of this event? Find out in the next chapter of Ancient Future.

End of chapter 2. To be continued...