Chapter 13: The Three Minxes - Part One
Disclaimer: All rights reserved to KOEI TECMO, TECMO and Team NINJA. I am not Yosuke Hayashi.
A/N: How did you guys guess that I wanted 50 reviews? Anyways, THANKS SO MUCH!:D I am aiming for 100 reviews, or even more for this story...;) Don't forget to R&R!:)
-Dream-
Hitomi shook as the same place where she saw the young boy reappeared. It was beautiful, as always, but Hitomi did not find herself trusting the surroundings. They seemed suspicious. She took cautious steps forward, just as a familiar voice called her.
"Hitomi?"
Her blood ran cold as she tensed. She didn't dare turn around, and slowly, she continued to walk forward.
"Hitomi, child, are you alright?"
At 'child', she relaxed, but then, her body tensed again. This time, out of anger.
"You!" She hissed at the similar looking woman. Her eyes kept softening and hardening at the sight of her beautiful white eyes. Not that they could be seen. The Angel just blinked at her.
"You're the one who did this to my eyes! You're the one who initiated this! I-I, I never wanted to be a girl with super powers who would save the universe! I was just a simple girl who accompanied her friend to a place, but you had to ruin everything! Now my life is in danger! In danger! I could die, and my parents...my parents..." Suddenly, she burst into tears. The idea of never seeing her parents again killed her.
The Angel felt a pang to her heart, but ignored it and slowly floated to Hitomi, taking her face in her hands. Hitomi writhed and tried to struggle out of her grasp, but the woman's grip was firm.
"You, child, are not going to die. Never say that! Not only your life is in danger; the entire universe's too," Her eyes softened, "You have to believe in yourself. You are going to win, do you understand?" She asks. Hitomi didn't have the time to respond, as slowly, a thud snapped her out of her trance.
-End of Dream-
"Aah!" Leifang screeched, falling on her rear. Jann Lee was not so lucky and fell face-first. Mei Lin was fortunately still in Mingyu's arms, shielded from any harm, but Mingyu almost broke her back because of the impact. Ayane, blessed with her ninja skills, rolled on the floor, then landed, only for Eliot to fall on top of her. Hayate was less fortunate, between carrying Hitomi and rolling on the floor, he had almost fractured his shoulder bone. Andra, never mind her huge sword, landed gracefully.
Everyone grunted and groaned in pain, until Hitomi's eyes snapped open.
"Hitomi..." Hayate said, tucking a brown lock behind her ear. She smiled tiredly and sat up to look at her surroundings. Fog. Nothing could be seen but fog. Hitomi frowned.
"Where are we?" She asked. Everyone visibly shrugged, while Andra's frown deepened even more.
"We were supposed to be in Saccra. Where the hell did Lolita bring us?" Andra asked to no one in particular. The sword didn't glow, didn't do anything, just sat on Andra's back. The Huntress frowned, and knew there was no way to go back.
"We have a slight problem." Andra sighed. Leifang looked at her.
"What slight problem?" She asked. Everyone then stared at her, curiosity in their eyes.
"Well, Lolita doesn't work in this area, I'm guessing. Or else she'd be glowing red at my little insult." She responded. Leifang let out a horrified shriek while Mei Lin buried her face in her hands. The others just stared, confused.
"We're not going home!" Mei Lin announced, shaking her head in her hands. Mingyu tightened her hold on the little girl. Eliot, who stopped apologising repeatedly to Ayane for basically tackling her, frowned in Andra's direction.
"So basically, your sword brought us in an unknown place? But why?" Eliot asked, raising a slim blond eyebrow. Andra shrugged. Ayane scowled.
"Whatever. We should get going anyway." She said. The group gaped at her.
"What?" Ayane asked, "you don't expect me to stay here, right?"
"Ayane's right," Hitomi's hoarse voice resounded, "we should look for some sort of exit or something. Besides," She continued, pulling away from Hayate's arms completely, "We have nothing to lose since everything looks the same." She ended. Everyone stared at her hesitantly, before Mingyu said,
"I agree. We'll be doing nothing here, anyway." She said. Ayane sent her a glare, but Eliot seemed to smile at her idea.
"So it's decided. We're leaving this spot." He stood. Jann Lee looked slightly hesitant again, so out of annoyance, Leifang tugged his arm towards her. She pulled him down so she could whisper.
"Bùyào niángniang qiāng, zhìshǎo, bùshì xiànzài!" Don't be a sissy, at least, not now! She hissed. Jann Lee glared at her.
"Bàituō, wǒ shì niángniang qiāng ma? Wǒ bùshì yīgèrén dào xī yīkǒu lěngqì, dāng tā tīng shuō wǒmen bùnéng huí jiā. Nǐ jiào wǒ niángniang qiāng? Jiǎnchá nǐ de tóu, Leifang." Please, I'm being the sissy? I'm not the one who gasped when she heard that we couldn't go home. And you're calling me a sissy? Get your head checked, Leifang. He spat back.
"Bùyào, nǐ gǎn jiào wǒ dǎnxiǎoguǐ!" Don't you dare call me a sissy! Leifang replied, her face red.
"Ràng wǒ. Niángniang qiāng" Make me. Sissy. Jann Lee dared, smirking. That was the last straw for Leifang, her blood was boiling. That stupid jerk! She lunged at him, knocking him onto the floor and started yelling profanities at him in Chinese. Jann Lee was no better, and yelled every foul word he could. Andra started laughing, while Eliot ran to them, horrified by their language.
"Stop, stop it you two! Budai! What in the world is wrong with both of you? You're acting like children, while you're older than me!" Holding Leifang by the waist, he tried to pull her away. Mingyu's jaw clenched, as her eyes reddened slightly. Ayane didn't seem to like it better. Finally, the British managed to pull the Chinese beauty way from Jann Lee, who's chest heaved in anger.
"You! I'm not done with you!" Leifang yelled, her face still red. Jann Lee scowled at her.
"Bring it on, princess." He smirked, when she desperately tried to writhe away from Eliot.
Hitomi's eyes shone green in jealousy. Their relationship is only blooming more an more. Why can't I have that? Why does Hayate only see me as a sister? She thought. Her heart broke slightly. I do still have feelings for him. Leifang was right. She looked up at Hayate with a mix of longing and sadness. Her eyes turned a dark shade of purple, almost black.
As if feeling her gaze on him, Hayate looked down, but only met Hitomi's headband. He knew she was staring, but turned away.
"Are you alright, Hitomi?" He asked. Hitomi nodded meekly, but did not meet his eyes. Hayate sighed and silently pulled away from her. He didn't miss the slight whimper she gave when he did so. Andra, who was glaring at her sword, sighed and said.
"Let's go, then."
Somewhere in Yokosuka
Kasumi shivered as the gust of wind went in a little more. It was night, and both her and Hayabusa were in a cave, with neither food, nor water. Normally Kasumi could make five days without a single crumb, but the effects of her pregnancy seemed to have gotten stronger. She caught herself falling asleep many times. Hayabusa had told her to stay awake, to keep herself guarded, but the dehydration started to take its toll. Kasumi sighed, extremely tired. Her bump was still unnoticeable. Momiji had told her it would come by the fourth month.
"We can't stay here, Hayabusa." Kasumi whispered. Hayabusa sighed.
"We can't leave either, Kasumi. What if one of those creatures live in the depths of this cave?" He asked, running a hand through his brown hair.
"But what if it isn't? What if we're wasting our time here?" Kasumi shot back. Hayabusa sent her a cold glare.
"Stop being stubborn, Kasumi. We have nothing to lose by being here." He said. His glare made her blood boil, and suddenly, she was angry.
"And we have nothing to lose if we leave! Naze anata wa, ichido no tame ni watashi ni Hayabusa-san o kikou to shinai?" Why won't you listen to me for once, Hayabusa? She asked, her face red.
"We're staying." He stated coldly, standing. Kasumi stood at eye-level with him.
"We're leaving." She replied, as coldly.
"We're staying!" Hayabusa yelled, nostrils flaring.
"We're leaving!" Kasumi yelled back, her amber eyes darker.
"Watashitachi. Desu. Tomaru" We. Are. Staying. Hayabusa said icily, emphasising each word.
"Watashitachi. Desu. Nokosu." We. Are. Leaving. Kasumi replied, as icily. The tension was evident. They both knew they were acting like children, but would not give up. Not just yet.
After minutes of a terrifying stare-down, you could imagine how shocked Kasumi's expression had been when Hayabusa leaned in, pressing his lips to her own.
"This is hopeless!" Leifang moaned, defeated. Hours have been passing, as the small party had been walking straight. They were extremely tired, and Mei Lin was complaining for the need of water. She wasn't the only one. Hitomi had almost fallen over, if Jann Lee wasn't there to straighten her up.
"For once, princess, I agree." Jann Lee said.
"Don't call me that!" Leifang shot, glaring at him.
"Shut up! Both of you!" Ayane yelled, glaring at the two Chinese. An increasingly painful headache took over her, making her quickly irritable, "I have kunais and I am not afraid of using them at all." She continued, showing a dagger. That shut them up.
"What is that?" Hitomi asked again, pointing to a bright blue light.
Curious, the group slowly approached the light, excitement growing in their veins. Suddenly, Hitomi's eyes turned bright white. She smiled instantly and started jogging towards the light.
"What the hell? Hitomi!" Leifang called.
"Hitomi!" Hayate called too. His worry and dread of what could happen to her returned. He couldn't lose her. Not again. "Hitomi! Warten!" Wait! He called again. She, however did not listen and continued to run. The others gave each other worried looks and ran towards it too.
Everyone stopped dead in their tracks, jaws hitting the floor as a woman, next to Hitomi with spiky short blond hair, blue eyes and white gown stared back at them, her eyes full of amusement.
"Tina?!" Leifang exclaimed. Tina grinned at them.
"Hey y'all! How ya doing?" She waved at them to come closer. Obeying, the small party approached her. It was indeed Tina, her breasts basically dangling out of her gown. Both her and Hitomi were seated on a cloud. Hitomi looked almost angelic, sleeping soundly on Tina's lap.
"Is she asleep?" Mingyu asked. Tina nodded stiffly.
"Yes. There's a reason why, ya know. She isn't supposed to hear anything." She said, stroking the brunette's hair. Hitomi sighed contently, shifted and resumed her sleep.
"What isn't she supposed to hear?" Eliot asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, about the Map." Tina replied quietly. Andra glared at her.
"Well, what Map?!" She requested impatiently. Tina returned the glare.
"I'm not really Tina. I roughly look like her, so the Electus right here," She pointed to Hitomi, "turned me into your American friend. Don't ask how, I have no clue." She paused, "anyway, they are two others like me in this area-..." Hayate cut her off.
"Wait, Electus? Am I missing something here?" He asked. Ayane frowned.
"Right..." She dragged, "we haven't told him about her yet." She winced when her half-brother gave her a glare.
"Tell me what about her? What is going on?" He asked, nostrils flaring. Eliot put a hand on his shoulder.
"I'll tell him," He volunteered, dragging Hayate by his arm, far from the group. Ayane sent him a thankful look before looking at Tina and awaiting an explanation.
"Okay...as I said, there are two others like me. I'm a Muliercula, a Minx." She said.
"We can see that," Jann Lee snickered. Leifang glared at him.
"Pervert." She muttered.
"Whatever!" 'Tina' snapped, "anyway, they are two others like me in this area, waiting for you, waiting for her. To give you pieces of the Map. Since I'm not an uptight bitch like they are, I'll give it to you without giving you a challenge. Yes, there are challenges that they will give to you. Three, in fact, but I'm very, very bored, so, here," A piece of sepia paper landed in Leifang's hands, "you're the one who she trusts the most, so when she wakes up, explain everything to her. But leave out the part of me being here; she must absolutely not know I gave you this. She must not know I exist." She said, sternly looking at her.
"But what are we supposed to tell her, then? That some giant koi fish gave it to us?" Leifang asked, dryly.
"No! Tell her you found it when she fell asleep, or whatever." 'Tina' said.
"Okay, but just a question," Andra asked, "is she going to sleep when we talk to the others too?"
"Yes, but just when they introduce themselves. When they're finished, they will give her back to complete the challenge and if you survive, then she'll fall asleep again, and then they will give you the piece of the Map. And then it's up to you." The minx replied, stroking Hitomi's brown hair.
"Wait," Mingyu interrupted, "if we survive? What the hell does that mean?" She asked, her eyes wide. Mei Lin got closer to her. 'Tina' glared at her.
"Like I said, those minxes call themselves bitch and bitchiest. In other words Acantha and Achlys are very evil. Don't trust them, hell, don't trust Achlys. That one is bitchiest." She said, sneering. Hitomi stirred.
"Poo. She's waking up, quickly, take her!" 'Tina' screeched. Jann Lee quickly took her in his arms, just as the minx started to fade.
"Wait! What's your name?!" Leifang called.
"Adara! Good luck, people! Oh and call me when you need me!" She called back, then disappeared in thin air.
"Where did the minx go?" Eliot asked, walking back. Hayate looked completely distraught, he then stared at the stirring Hitomi in disbelief. He wanted to say something, but just held his tongue.
"Hayate, she's way too heavy for me, take her." Jann Lee managed to say, struggling to keep Hitomi up. Hayate snapped out of his state and jogged towards her and caught her just as she was sinking to the floor. She opened her blue eyes to meet Hayate's brown ones.
"Hi," She whispered, smiling. Hayate couldn't help but return the smile. He couldn't believe that beneath this beautiful, innocent girl, was a powerful asset to this world, a person who was to save the world. Thousands of question swam in his head, but he restrained them from tumbling out his mouth. Right now she wasn't the Electus. To him, right now, she was Hitomi, one of the few women who could coax a smile out of him.
"Hi, sleepy head," He teased, ruffling her hair. She pouted and smoothed it back, swatting his hand away. He chuckled and turned to Andra, who had a smirk that he wanted to wipe off.
"Well, let's go find those two, unless lover boy and lover girl right here want to stay here and continue the barf-like actions from Romeo and Juliette." She snickered. Leifang, Ayane and Jann Lee burst out laughing, while Hitomi's face turned beet red. Mei Lin couldn't stop the giggles erupting from her and Hayate had a look that screamed murder. Eliot managed to contain his laughter, but his wide grin gave away. Mingyu was too busy swooning over him.
"Andra!" Hayate called, angry.
"You know, it's wrong to call another girl's name while you have another one in your arms," Andra teased, making the group double with laughter. Hitomi hid her face in embarrassment, trying to calm her heartbeat down, while Hayate almost lunged at The Huntress.
This is going to be long if Andra continues like that, She thought. Nevertheless, she couldn't calm her heartbeat, especially when Hayate tightened his hold on her. Curse my teenage hormones! I'm an adult for pie's sake!
A/N: Hi
So many arguments! Leifang and Jann Lee should get married already. Ryu kissed Kasumi! Finally! SHEESH, I THOUGHT IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED! And AWW! HITOMI! YOU'RE TOO ADORABLE... Oh, just to specify, I AM a girl. A guy would not swooning over fluff, UNLESS, they're gay.
How's the idea of a Sequel to you guys and girls?;)
Don't forget to R&R!:)