This day just keeps getting better, Kasumi whined to herself while taking off her coat and rainboots by the door. Afterward she quickly marched to the kitchen to make herself a cup of hot tea as she was freezing. While sipping from the cup, Kasumi stared out the window above the kitchen sink. The rain was pouring even thicker outside and the wind had intensified. She breathed out a sigh thinking about Ryu sitting alone in the rain. Now she suddenly felt guilty for leaving the way she did, as there was no reason to get so triggered by what he said. After all, Ryu had the right to be angry with her. Kasumi let out another sigh and took another sip from her tea, then put down the cup and marched back out to the front door to put her raincoat back on. She decided to head back to the park.
When Kasumi opened the door, she was startled at the sight of Ryu standing outside with his hand gesture frozen in the air as if he was about to knock. Talking about perfect timing, she thought to that.
He looked pale and slightly shivering. Kasumi's eyes trailed below at the pool of water surrounding Ryu's feet, as he was soaked from head to toe. Kasumi then held the door open a little wider signing him to come inside. He reluctantly did. Once inside, she helped take off his coat and hurried to the bathroom to get a towel and gave it to him. Then she went to find some new dry clothes for Ryu to wear.
"Here," She handed him T-shirt and sweatpants.
He looked at the clothes ridiculously, "I'm not wearing your husband's clothes." He said in a dismissing tone.
"They're Hayate's. He forgot some of his clothes when he would stay over to help babysit Tenzou for me. You guys are about the same size, so I'm sure they will fit."
Not that he wanted to wear Hayate's clothes either but he hadn't got much choice. "Thank you..." He said and took the clothes. Kasumi then showed Ryu where the bathroom was so he could go change.
Meanwhile Kasumi went back to the kitchen to prepare another cup of tea for Ryu. Soon after, he joined her in the kitchen. She turned and glanced at him for a quick second. He looked tired and perhaps he hadn't slept much due the shadow under his eyes.
"I didn't think you would come back…" She said with her back turned. But Ryu didn't respond. He instead leaned on the kitchen counter and studied her from behind. She turned to look at him again but this time their eyes locked briefly. Awkward, Kasumi quickly turned back around.
"You've cut your hair," Kasumi mentioned.
Things had been happening too fast for her that she just now noticed how Ryu looked like after years of not seeing him. She remembered him saying in the past that he would never cut his hair for whatever reason. Now that she thought about it, most Hayabusa male clan members have long hair. Perhaps that was their signature look or maybe Irene liked his hair short and he cut it for her…but he hadn't changed much otherwise, Kasumi thought to herself.
"You must be cold, tea is almost done…"
"Why did you keep him a secret from me?" He suddenly interrupted not wanting to waste his time on small talk. He just wasn't in the right mood for that. Even though Kasumi never confirmed if Tenzou was his, Ryu was certain that he was the father. He didn't get any response but heard her sighed instead.
Soon Kasumi placed two cups of hot tea on the little table in the kitchen corner and gestured for Ryu to take a seat. Once he did, Kasumi then took a deep breath and prepared herself to answer his question.
"I never meant to keep him a secret…" She first replied.
Ryu wanted to roll his eyes at that as he was fed up with all the excuses. How do one accidently lie to the people they were supposed to care about? He asked himself trying to comprehend. He wondered what Hayate reasoning would be for sleeping with his wife, and his excuse should be the best one out of all. But he didn't say a damn word to what he truly thought of her response, instead he would give Kasumi a chance to explain. Not that it would justify anything to him but he was curious enough to know what had rationalized the decision through Kasumi's mind at the time.
After what happened with Takeshi, Kasumi had asked herself a few critical questions she had avoided asking for years. Such as, what if one day Tenzou find out that he had another father than Takeshi, his biological father and what if Tenzou would hate her for keeping such a secret from him. Even Hayate was beginning to catch up to the truth. She could no longer escape the guilt of what if… Kasumi didn't know what would happen after all of this but she knew that she needed to start telling Ryu the truth behind everything. He had the right to know. Knowing Ryu, he wouldn't have backed down and he would have gotten to the bottom of it one way or another until he got his answer. It was best that it came from her before she too would lose all credibility from him. Even though they didn't get along very well in the past, she still had a debt to him that she would never be able to repay.
Not wasting more of their time, Kasumi began telling the story from the start.
When she first found out about her pregnancy, her immediate reaction was not to keep the baby. It was an easy decision for Kasumi to make due to her situation at the time. She was in no condition to raise nor provide for a child. It would be too selfish to keep the pregnancy.
"You should have come to me..." He replied to that.
Kasumi was pleasantly surprise as he sounded so soft and caring and not angry or judgmental as what she expected he would be.
"It wouldn't have mattered, Hayabusa. There were just too many obstacles. Your reputation, your clan, your father…and what would they have said about you having a child with someone like me?"
"I wouldn't have cared about that." He firmly replied but this time with a slight anger hinted in his voice.
Kasumi disagreed, as he should have cared she thought. She would have made his life very complicated and she couldn't have burdened him with a child. It was reckless if he didn't care.
"You should have told me…" Ryu repeated in a hopeless low mumbling sound but kept his gaze on the teacup. Kasumi could barely hear him. The disappointment and the pain on his face broke her heart.
"I wanted to tell you that day by the river…" Kasumi continued.
He thought back and remembered how upset Kasumi was when he had told her he was moving to New York. At first, he assumed that it was because of Irene since he knew about Kasumi's feelings toward him at the time. He did however sense that something else was bothering Kasumi greatly on the last days they spent together. She was acting rather strange and nervous around him even before he told her he was moving away. It made more sense to him now.
"But then you said you were moving to be with Irene. If I had told you, Tenzou and I would have just stood in the way of your happiness."
"Don't try and make it sound as if you were doing me any favor, Kasumi." Her words triggered and his teeth clenched. "A lot could have been avoided if you would have…" Ryu was so frustrated he couldn't even talk properly.
"Put yourself in my shoes, what would you have done? I was young and scared…" Kasumi talked over him due to her own frustration.
"The more reason why you should have come to me." He interrupted her roughly.
"It wasn't that simple, Hayabusa!" Kasumi raised her voice, then rose out from her chair, marched towards the sink and stared out the kitchen window when more frustration sliced through her. The conversation overwhelmed them both.
Neither spoke for a while. They were both tired and heart broken. Ryu scrubbed his eyes annoyingly and then gazed at Kasumi's back. He saw her hand raised and wiped her helpless tears. But he didn't feel sorry for her.
Memories played back in Kasumi's mind. The same week she wanted to abort her pregnancy, Ryu found her again. But he wasn't alone and had brought Hayate with him. They began telling her everything. Kasumi hadn't realized that her brother and Ryu had been secretly working together to keep her safe. When Hayate returned from Germany, he didn't know about Kasumi abandoning the village to avenge him. Everything was happening while he was in the coma and he later got kidnapped by the DOATEC for an inhuman experiment. Shiden then granted Hayate a temporarily leader position and his first mission was to continue to hunt down and kill his sister. He had no choice but to follow the rules. That was when he had begged Ryu to look after her from the shadow while he try to convince the village elders to give Kasumi a second chance. It took a lot longer time that he had expected. Hayate told Kasumi that he never wanted to kill her in the first place and that he had never given up on her. He did the best he could under the circumstances.
Though what was even more strange to Kasumi was that Ryu was already protecting her even before Hayate had asked him too. She asked him why. Ryu then explained that he had promised Hayate a long time ago that if anything would happen to him, he would look out for her and Ayane, a promise Ryu took seriously. Kasumi didn't quite know what to think whether to be flattered or annoyed as she and Ayane could look after themselves. But Hayate had always been an overprotective big brother and Ryu had always been close to her family. It made sense that they cared about their well being.
But Kasumi was rather shocked after listening to everything. She realized she was the one at fault for putting him in that difficult position. All those years she despised Hayate during her runaway days. He became her worst enemy and she feared him, thinking that her family had disowned her. But she finally understood everything and why Ryu was always around. Then everything changes… there was hope for her and the baby after all. Kasumi began to reconsider her possibility. Being naive and desperate at the time, she had thought that she and Ryu could finally be together and they would be a family. Until he dropped the bomb about moving to New York to be with Irene.
"What am I supposed to do now, Kasumi?"
His voice snapped her back to reality. "I don't know…" She responded wiping more tears, "I don't even know what I'm doing anymore…"
Another long silence surrounded them. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence, but a sad silence. Until it broke by Ryu's phone when it started ringing. He only stared at it. Kasumi observed with wondering eyes. He then put the sound on mute and put his phone away with a sigh. Kasumi raised a brow to that…
"Does Irene know you're here?" She reluctantly asked.
"No…"
"You said you've been here since last night, don't you think she would wonder where you are right now?"
This time he didn't respond nor give Kasumi any eye contact. But suddenly, he rose out from the chair and out of the kitchen. Kasumi followed as he looked somewhat in a hurry.
"Where are you going?" She asked.
"I don't know, but I shouldn't be here when your husband comes home."
"Ex-husband, we've been divorced for months…" Her sentence came out in a rush.
Ryu paused and frowned at her, then moved his gaze to her ring finger. No ring, but he could see the red circle mark around it. He was confused since it wasn't so long ago he saw the guy in her apartment late at night with their rings still attached to their fingers. It seemed like complicated love story and not that it interested him in any way as he got his own problems with Irene.
Kasumi quickly gazed toward the clock on the wall. She hadn't realized that it had already gone over an hour and it was time to pick up Tenzou from his Karate class. Kasumi then thought about something, though she wasn't sure if he would say yes.
"Um, I have to go pick up Tenzou but why don't you stay for dinner?" Kasumi awkwardly asked.
Ryu looked at her with a slight frown. Kasumi had forgotten how intimidating his green eyes were. He gave her invitation a consideration, he didn't think it was a good idea but something within him wanted to stay a little longer. He didn't really want to be alone.
"Okay." Ryu simply replied.
She heard right. Kasumi thought for sure he would decline. "I won't be long, he's just across the street. Make yourself comfortable meanwhile, Hayabusa." Kasumi then walked passed Ryu in a hurry toward the door. She suddenly stumbled a little and hurt her toe, "That hurts…" Kasumi mumbled but continued as if it was nothing. Ryu stared her way until she disappeared out the door. Only seconds later Kasumi opened the door again as she forgot her umbrella and gave Ryu a quick smile and closed the door again.
He frowned strangely, So clumsy…
In the meantime, Ryu went to Kasumi's living room. Kasumi did alright for herself, he thought. The family pictures in the room caught his attention. He walked over to look closer. One of the picture that was hanging on the wall was the newborn Tenzou in Kasumi's arms. He looked so tiny, it must have been taken weeks after he was born. Kasumi wore a white dress, looking at baby Tenzou with a soft caring smile. He couldn't stop looking at it. Ryu hadn't even realized that a smile was forming on corner of his lips the longer he looked at it. His eyes tracked to the picture next to it. It was a gold-framed photograph of Kasumi in her wedding dress. She stood profile, with a bouquet in her hands and a long veil drifting down on her back. There was a glow to her, and just like in the first picture Kasumi looked genuinely happy. He had never seen Kasumi looked this beautiful. He had always thought that she had a kind of understated beauty, perhaps it was because she was so disarmingly unaware of her prettiness.
He then moved on to another picture. This one was taken on Tenzou's first birthday, since the cake said number one on it. He didn't recognize other people in the picture… probably Kasumi's friends or her ex-husband's family. There was however one person he knew well, Hayate. A sight that made his blood spurting hot and fast through his veins. He looked away from it and relaxed a little as his mind was too tired to go there at that moment. He quickly moved on to another frame, but this one was a full family picture with Takeshi in it. Strange feelings rushed through him while staring at it, thinking what could have been and how much he had missed out. He felt resentment at the thought of another man taking care of his son. Ryu took another deep breath and turned away from all the pictures that were beginning to torment him.
Half an hour later, Kasumi was back. While Kasumi was taking off her coat and rainboots, Tenzou ran toward the living room in high excitement as he noticed the male figure from the distance and had thought that it was either Takeshi or Hayate. Kasumi quickly reacted since he had run inside with his dirty rainboots and wet jacket on. She shook her head and hurried to him. But Tenzou had stood frozen at the unexpected sight of Ryu and Ryu was looking back at him. Kasumi decided to take his jacket and rainboots off at the spot.
"Mama, that's Ryu." He whispered to her.
Kasumi chuckled, "You remember him huh?"
He nodded and tilted back at Ryu curiously.
"And what did I tell you about calling other people that are older than you by their first name?" She softly reminded him.
Ryu only observed in silent. It was like looking at a mini version of himself… since Tenzou was his son he guessed that it kind of made sense. It hadn't sunk in yet that he was a father. It was too scary for him to fully acknowledge the fact.
Later that evening while Kasumi was preparing dinner, Tenzou was on the floor in the living room keeping himself busy with coloring and drawing. Ryu observed from the couch. Now and then Tenzou would look at him, studying Ryu. It made Ryu a little awkward when that happened. Suddenly, he rose off the floor and marched over with a drawing paper in his hand. He wanted to show Ryu what he had drawn.
Ryu looked at it, "What is it?"
Tenzou was a little shy with his response, "You have to guess…" He said.
He studied the drawing again with a slight frown, "Hmm…a duck?"
Tenzou burst out laughing. It forced Ryu to smile too, "What is it then?"
"It's you…" Tenzou pointed.
"So, I look like a duck huh?" He teased and Tenzou giggled. Then he went to get another drawing from the floor and showed Ryu another one.
"I know who this is," Ryu said with a smile. "That's your beautiful mother,"
Tenzou nodded happily. "Yup, that's my mama."
From across the kitchen Kasumi was peeking toward the living room due to the noises, and she couldn't stop smiling at what she was seeing. She felt something strange rushed through her, it was a warm kind of feeling but squeezy at the same time.
Soon after, dinner was served. The dining table was fill with delicious homemade dishes. Kasumi had prepared his favorite traditional steamed rice and miso soup with three main dishes, two vegetable dishes and one with fish. Those weren't all she had prepared, there were also little hot dogs wrapped in pastry but they were Tenzou's since he could choose what he wanted for dinner this time. Then Kasumi placed the last dish on the table, egg rolls with the apricot dipping sauce. Ryu was impressed with how she got all of them done in such short amount of time. He just learned that Kasumi was a chef but he wasn't surprised as he knew even before she was a great cook.
"You made enough for the neighborhood…" He stated.
"I didn't mean to prepare this much but I'm in serious need of comfort food." Kasumi replied with a sigh.
It wasn't as if he was complaining either since he was starving. Then they all took their seats and began digging in.
During dinner, Kasumi expected for it to be awkward but surprisingly it wasn't as what she had expected. Perhaps having Tenzou there eased up their tension a little. Her son was in a bubbly mood and did most of the talking. Even though Ryu didn't understand half of what Tenzou was saying. But now and then he and Kasumi would briefly locked eyes and their expressions turned awkward. Ryu wasn't as talkative and did mostly observing. He could immediately tell that Tenzou had gotten his personality from his mother. Which was a good thing since he had always thought that his own personality was boring and he felt often sorry for people who had to be in the same room as him, since he wasn't the type who would start a conversation
Ryu was also used to eating his dinner alone so this was new to him. Even growing up, he never had a complete family and his father was often away while he never knew his mother since she passed away when Ryu was still a baby. The closest he had to having family dinner was when Hayate invited him to Mugen Tenshin when they were younger. He was envious of Hayate back then because he had a loving complete family. Their home was filled with warmth and laughter, while his was cold and quiet. It suddenly hit him in the strangest way possible that he was having dinner with his family.
Tenzou's voice snapped him back from his deep thought.
"Do people make fun of your eyes?" He asked.
Ryu looked at him confused. Kasumi noticed and she explained for him.
"He was teased in the kindergarten because of his eyes color."
That broke Ryu's heart a little, "No…most kids feared me back then." That was the worse reply he thought.
"Why, did you beat them up?" Tenzou wondered.
Ryu looked back at Kasumi with a frown. Kasumi slightly shrugged, "It's a long story…"
The rest of the evening continued that way. Ryu was overwhelmed by Tenzou's intelligence for his age. For weeks, he had been depressed and lost. This was the first time he felt calmed.
Kasumi had also been observing. She caught Ryu smiling a few times and the way he looked at Tenzou melt her heart. He looked proud. But there was also tremendous guilt she couldn't escape. She also wondered if Ryu had told Irene about Tenzou. A lot of things was about to change in her life and she wasn't sure if it was a good thing.
Much later that evening, Kasumi put Tenzou to bed while Ryu waited in the living room. She wanted to talk to him before he would leave and he agreed to stay a bit longer. They had a lot to talk about. Once Tenzou had fallen asleep, Kasumi marched back out to the living room.
"Sorry it took so long. Bedtime is not always as smooth…" Kasumi paused at the sight of Ryu sleeping on the couch. He must have been very tired. She looked at him for a good time, then she turned to her bedroom to get something. Seconds later, Kasumi came back out with a pillow and a blanket in her hands. She gently placed the pillow under Ryu's head and covered him with the soft blanket. He was so deep asleep he barely reacted. She briefly peeked out the window and it was stormy outside due to the heavy rains and thunder. Kasumi let out a weary sigh since she too was exhausted. Their conversation could wait as they all need to recharge. Kasumi then turned to her bedroom.
Late that night…
The flashing bolts of lightning and the loud sound of thunder woke Ryu. He sat up panting, sweat flowed down his forehead and dripped from his chin. It was just a nightmare…He gathered himself and glanced toward the window noticing the heavy rains outside. Then he looked toward the flicking fireplace, crackling as the burned the dry woods. It was nice and warm in the room. Another lightning strike followed with the rumbling sound of thunder seconds after. He then looked around to fully register where he was. He hadn't even realized that he had fallen asleep. His body hit the limit after two days with no sleep. Then he just sat there in the dark scrubbing his eyes and ran his hands down his weary face.
Suddenly the sound of someone sobbing grabbed his attention. He peeked toward the end of the hallway ahead of the living room. It was dark so he couldn't see as clear until the lightning bolt lightened up the entire apartment. Tenzou was clinging to his mother's bedroom door begging for her to open it.
"Mama, open up..." He kept saying while softly sobbing. Kasumi didn't seem to hear him.
"Tenzou," Ryu called from the living room.
Tenzou peeked toward him. He instantly stopped crying and backed away from the door looking even more scared. It was dark and he must have looked intimidating to him. Ryu didn't know what to do, maybe he should wake Kasumi and helped Tenzou get to her. As he was about to get up, another loud sound of thunder emerged, startling Tenzou and he quickly ran to Ryu without hesitation. He reached out his arms begging for Ryu to lift him up. It was unexpected but Ryu did what came naturally. Tenzou then hid his face onto Ryu's chest for comfort. His little body tensed as he was scared. It didn't take long for Ryu to figure why.
"You're afraid of thunder..." He said softly while holding him tight in his embrace.
After a few minutes, Tenzou had calmed down perhaps he felt safe and he was slowly falling back to sleep again. Ryu tried not to make too much movement afraid to wake him up.
Suddenly, Kasumi opened her bedroom door and looked around frantically for her son.
"Kasumi," Ryu softly called making her turned toward him. He pointed to soundlessly asleep Tenzou in his lap.
Kasumi marched over, "I thought I heard him…" She whispered. Then she just realized that Ryu was holding Tenzou. It was an unexpected sight. A faint smile played on her lips as she studied her sleeping son.
"I guess I should put him back to bed," Kasumi said in a low whisper.
"Alright..." Ryu gently handed Tenzou to Kasumi.
Once she had laid him back in his room, Kasumi marched back out to the living room and lowered herself down on the couch next to Ryu with a deep sigh.
"He's just like you, afraid of thunder." He looked at her.
Kasumi chuckled to that, "He's stubborn too. But beside from that he's all you."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, he looks nothing like me. Even your father was suspicious when he saw him."
Ryu looked at her wide-eyed, "My father…?"
"I ran into him one evening after we visited Mugen Tenshin. I wasn't surprised though and even Hayate knew he was yours even though I'd never told him. It was that obvious I suppose..."
Ryu was confused and clearly he had missed out on a lot. Now it finally made sense why Hayate was acting rather odd when he was in New York, asking bunch of personal questions about his past with Kasumi.
"I heard that you never returned back to Mugen Tenshin…" He wondered.
"I wanted too very badly. But after that day by the river, I had to rethink everything. I didn't want to go back because I was afraid of how everyone would react to me coming back and pregnant. It was too much pressure, so I met up with Hayate and begged him to let me go." Kasumi sighed deeply before continuing while Ryu frowned in curiosity while listening.
"He tried to convince me to change my mind as he strongly disagreed with my decision. But after a long discussion, Hayate finally let me go. Though he had to strip all my ranks as a shinobi so he wouldn't break the rules, that way I would no longer be attached to be one of them. I was no longer their responsibility as I would be considered a civilian. It didn't matter to me since from that point on it was no longer about me." Kasumi yawned. She was still too sleepy.
"I see…" Ryu couldn't judge Kasumi for giving up the shinobi way of living. He too was in the same position as her except that he never fully retired. But unlike Kasumi, he couldn't even If he wanted too.
"I wish things were different, Hayabusa." Kasumi mumbled in a drowsy voice, "I only did what I thought was best for our son…" Her body slowly fell to the side until her head rested on a sofa cushion and drifted off to sleep. He studied her with a deep frown, unsure what to think about what she had just said. Our son... and she said so casually or Kasumi was too sleepy to think about her words. But somehow the sound catches his heart like a hook. Ryu then drew the blanket over Kasumi's shoulders and let her rest.
He took out his phone when it vibrated. It was a message from Irene. He had gotten two miscall from her earlier that night as well. With a deep sigh, Ryu opened the message to read.
"Please come home and let's talk about this…"
He decided to turn off his phone and stared in the air in the dark. Unable to go back to sleep and clueless on what he should do next.
Mugen Tenshin
"Have you seen Ayane?" Hayate asked one of Ayane's men on a training field nearby the Hajinmon temple.
"No, Master Hayate." He shook his head.
Damn it, Ayane. Hayate cursed within him.
He had been looking everywhere for her and it was starting to anger him. Hayate then rushed to the main entrance to check with the guards if they knew anything. They must have seen her leaving the village. As he approached the gate, Hayate paused with a sigh of annoyance at the sight of Ayane walking inside the gate. Perfect timing, he thought.
"Where the hell have you been?"
Ayane slightly rolled her eyes and walked pass her brother. Baffled, Hayate wouldn't have it.
"I asked you a question."
She turned to him, "It's none of your business."
Hayate had been having some serious complains about to Ayane's recklessness and she had been ignoring the job she was given, as if she didn't care about her duties anymore. His reputation was on the line. Hayate didn't quite know what was up with his sister but he was done letting her get away with her behavior. He strictly explained to her about her ignoring her duties.
"Stop nagging me, Hayate. I just needed a small break alright." She replied to the complains and folded her hands over her chest.
Hayate raised a brow at Ayane's disrespectful manner. He was about to lose it. He scrubbed his eyes and took a deep breath to keep himself calm as his sister was testing his patience.
"If you needed a break then you should have asked. This is unacceptable." He walked closer to her, "I'm assigning you to D-ranks missions from now on until you can be trusted again." He didn't want to get into it with her, he was just hoping that Ayane would make it easy and left it at that.
"What?! Boring D-rank ass missions? I'm way above that…those are Genin's job. You can't do this to me as I haven't done anything wrong!" Ayane strongly disagreed.
"Do not argue with me, Ayane."
"Oh right, I forgot I'm not the spoiled princess who can do whatever the hell I want. I'm sick of you barking me orders."
"So, this is about Kasumi now?" Hayate asked.
Ayane was about to respond but Hayate cut her off by leaning closer so the villagers wouldn't be able to hear him, "Do you want to leave, then? Don't want to be a shinobi anymore? No more orders? Is that it?"
Ayane only standing there looking pissed.
"If that's the case, I have no problem stripping you from all your ranks and let you walk right out the gate and go do whatever you want to do."
Ayane kept her silence because she knew she had anger Hayate by the sound of his voice. She may be rebellious and he may be her brother but even she knew better when not to talk back at Hayate. Instead she looked away from him in a surrendering kind of look.
He sighed in disappointment. "I have somewhere to be and you know what to do. When I come back, I'll expect order around here."
Hayate gave her a final glance before he turned to leave. But he suddenly paused and turned back around, "One more thing. When we're working together, It's Master Hayate, understood?"
He looked at her strict and refused to look away until she gave him a response.
"Yes, Master, Hayate." Ayane responded in annoyance slightly mocking him.
Ayane needed boundaries in his opinion. She could be mad at him as much as she wanted too, Hayate didn't give a damn as long she understood that he meant business. He had been letting her off easily for a long time. He had been doing Ayane's job, Ryu's job and his own duties. It was starting to get on his nerve as if he was the only who still care about being a shinobi. He also hadn't seen Kasumi and Tenzou in a while and he hadn't heard from Ryu either. He wondered what was going on with all the silence. Hayate rushed back to his house to change into normal set of clothing and decided to go pay one of them a visit.
