Ninja Gaiden III – Kasumi's Tale
Me: Well, here we go again! Oh, that and when I say "Kasumi's blue kimono," I mean her DOA5 kimono (is it her C6?). And I will be using some Japanese terms here.
Kasumi: Let's begin!
2 days after the previous chapter …
After getting some well deserved rest, Kasumi woke up to a beautiful morning, the sun casting brilliant rays of warmth across the Mugen Tenshin princess' lavish room. Kasumi blinked open her eyes, and stretched out for a bit, admiring the weather.
"What a great morning!" exclaimed Kasumi.
The kunoichi climbed out of her beautifully knit futon, and reached for her blue kimono with a cherry blossom motif that she had placed there the night before. After all, today she was tasked with some domestic duties around the village.
Pulling back the kimono sleeves using a few red straps, and placing on her tabi socks and sandals, as well as wearing a light pink bandanna (she had visited the Hayabusa village last week and Omitsu had given her a bandanna as a little gift for helping out) over her loose hair.
Kasumi was ready for the day. She did enjoy doing her domestic duties too! Firstly, she was to help out in the ninja school kitchens; the kids couldn't go hungry while studying hard! As usual, the kitchen ladies were pleased to see the kunoichi.
After that came the summit meetings, today held on the highest floor of the Main House of the Tenjinmon. Meetings between masters of each clan along with an assistant; Kasumi never particularly liked being in them, seeing as they were a bit boring, but complaining was REALLY out of the question. But then again, this time she only had to make tea and some snacks for the masters. Not that they ate any of the items presented to them. Being a ninja made you seriously wary of things given to you for eating.
Funny enough, Joe Hayabusa wasn't there. Odd.
Next up was cleaning the Main House. The house was certainly large, but Kasumi only had to do the area around the rooms. The servants were to do the rest. But, Kasumi usually always took pity on them, and helped them out using her Sakura Clone technique.
It could get pretty straining though; holding out many clones at the same time and using them at long range took up a lot of strength. Still, Kasumi did it.
After a couple more miscellaneous errands, it was around sunset. A very nice sunset at that, actually. And then, Kasumi had finished up on all of her duties.
"Hmm, now that I've got a bit of free time … I might as well check if Hayabusa's back at the village," thought Kasumi. Because Hayate was busy training for some unknown reason (well, Shiden just didn't tell her too much about it) and Ayane was busy in the Hajinmon sector of the village, Kasumi longed for a good friend to talk to.
Hayabusa fit that role perfectly well; he understood her like no one else, not even Hayate. There were times when Kasumi just wanted to be with her protector, just alone together. Truly, there was a connection between them that ran into the soul.
Kasumi then walked across the village to the guard ninja office, and reported that she'd be leaving for the Hayabusa village for personal reasons. Granting her leave, Kasumi walked to the fringe of the village, and let a pink aura envelop her body, sakura petals flying all about.
The air became thick and heavy, and began to swirl tempestuously around the kunoichi, and then, a burst of light came with petals scattering, and the kunoichi was no longer there.
Kasumi reappeared instantly at the stair way to the Hayabusa village. Guard ninja were usually scarce around this area, and at a time like sundown, there were usually none around.
The kunoichi walked up the flight of stairs and down a small pathway, and made entrance into the village.
"Ah, look, it's Kasumi-neechan!" yelled a young male voice.
"Oh, really! Everyone, get over here!" cried a light female voice.
Sanji, Sakura, Denroku, and Hanamaru popped out from above; probably from jumping about on the roofs.
"Hello everyone! How are you all?"
But Kasumi's voice was drowned out. More kids had appeared, all hearing the commotion and joining in. Each kid kept asking questions and begged for Kasumi's attention, like moths to a bright light.
Kasumi smiled serenely; it was nice to know you were loved. Not to mention the kids were all so cute too!
"Hey, Kasumi-neechan, can you show me that how to teleport?"
"No, Kasumi-neesan is going to make me her origami first!"
"I asked first!"
"Alright, alright, settle down kids. It's getting a bit dark and your parents might get worried, so you should head back home for today. We can play together a bit later, ok?" addressed Kasumi, smiling her gentle smile.
"Awwww … fine then, but promise to come back tomorrow, Kasumi-neechan!"
"I will, don't you worry about that."
The kids then all scattered away, but as they left off, a new one came in.
"Momiji-san! How are you?" asked a happy Kasumi.
"I'm good, thanks Kasumi. But right now, some of us gearing up for a mission to help Master Ryu."
"Oh, ok then. How's Hayabusa?"
"At the moment, not too good. I've heard that some kind of giant fiend appeared in Tokyo, so we're going in to help."
"Really?! Momiji-san, can I come with you? I can help out too!"
"You sure about this, Kasumi?"
"Of course I am, and besides, it's for Ryu and for … was it called Tokyo? Anyway, I want to help," cried an enthusiastic Kasumi.
"Thanks Kasumi," said Momiji.
The two girls looked at each other for a moment and smiled. A moment of good friendship.
"Oh, and Kasumi, shouldn't you change?"
"No, it's fine. This kimono's actually pretty useful since Muramasa did some work on it. Just in case something happened."
"Really? I wish I had one like that ..."
However, Joe Hayabusa's appearance interrupted the conversation, as Hayabusa clan members gathered around the clan leader.
"I call upon each and every one of you here to lend your strength to Ryu Hayabusa and his mission! We must not fail!"
A huge roar of approval burst out, and after some preparation, Joe Hayabusa chanted strange words, made several hand signs, and with a blast of wind and green leaves, teleported the ninja away …
The group reappeared at the fringes of the city, but even from there, the ninja could see the destruction the Goddess had caused. Massive crystal spires jutted out from the ground, the ground ripped apart with debris lying about haphazardly and cars burning in the background.
It was utter destruction.
Worse still, some strange creatures had noticed the presence of the ninja, and proceeded to attack.
The other ninja unsheathed their weapons and prepared for battle, whilst Kasumi sighed, and summoned her sword.
Why did it always go down to fighting?
Me: Did anyone catch the slightest hint of Ryu x Kasumi? Anyone? … Actually, I just included that for LittleMissyDOAGalPal96. But Ryu and Kasumi are still just friends in this fanfic. Purely platonic. Just good friends. Anyway, please review!