Wow, haven't been updating lately. Here's my latest. I actually had it ready months ago but was too lazy to put it up. Bad me. >:) Anyways hope you enjoy and I have more chapters coming up very soon. Disclaimer: I do no own Dead or Alive!

"Erh…….." Ayane gave out a groan, fatigued from last night. She didn't get much sleep. The guys next door didn't shut up until 4:00 in the morning. Someone created a big ruckus while walking around the suite. Kasumi sleeping next to her wouldn't stop throwing her leg over her the whole night - scratch that, morning. And now she could hear the boys getting all rowdy again. She realized that they were outside in the hall by the front door.

Ding ……Dong… Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock.

"……Great…..." she exhaled.

Ding……Dong… Knock. Knock. Knock.

Momentary silence…

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding……… DONG… The ringing then continued vigorously.

"Get the door!" Tina yelled grouchily from the living room, even though she was the one closest to the door. However, no body made an attempt to move out of their spot.

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding…

"Will somebody get the frik'n door! Damn!"

Annoyed, Ayane threw her sheets off, making Kasumi flinch into fetal position. She groggily walked out of her room.

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding…

She could hear the guy's laughter from outside the door.

"Cut it out!" She yelled. But the ringing still continued. Obviously, this was Zack's doing.

"Oh you're getting it Zack!" She told her self as she threw open the door enraged. However, her face flushed when she saw that it was not Zack's but Hayabusa's innocent finger that was rapidly tapping the doorbell. What got to her the most was the devilish grin that was on his face.

"Ryu-"

"Uhh…. Oh!" He quickly hid his hand when he realized Ayane had opened the door.

"Ayane…" He greeted, quite embarrassed. The Hayate and Zack scoffed.

"Move out of the way – we're hungry," a restless Jann Lee ordered as he shoved Ayane to the side to enter. He paved the way for everyone to follow him inside.

"Hey!" Ayane barked, not appreciating his arrogant greeting.

They barged in happily chatting amongst themselves in a loud manner. It had something to do with braiding hair, Jann Lee's(?) makeup, black pancakes, and how stupid Hayabusa was for getting caught and not paying any retribution for it. Their chattering broke into laughter after having found Tina knocked out one the floor, looking like a mess. Her heavy make-up had smeared all over their face like a badly done clown. Lei Fang, too, was knocked out on the couch, but wasn't trashed up like Tina was.

"So, what were you guys up to last night?" Hayate asked curiously.

"Nothing much. Just a girl's night out."

"What? And we weren't invited?" Zack whined.

Ayane sneered. "Hell no! It already sounded like you guys were having fun on your own last night anyways."

"We weren't even up for very long!"

"No, really? You guys were still at it until 4 o'clock in the morning! I don't know how you managed to wake up two hours later, but I've hardly gotten any sleep at all because you guys wouldn't shut the hell up!"

"Well, so-rry, little princess!" Jann Lee retorted sarcastically.

Zack, with his pondering eyes skimmed over Tina – excluding her ruined face. "Dang, you guys were decked out and everything! Tina's got that little stripper look going on."

Ayane rolled her eyes. "What are you guys doing here anyways? There's room service, you know."

"Yeah, but it was all in German," replied Zack.

Hayate stepped up. "We went out to look for a grocery store and bought some pancake mix. And I don't know how, but Zack and Jann Lee ended making the pancakes, and they came out like crap."

"And?"

"Well, we were thinking you guys know how to make pancakes… being girls and all."

"Sexist! Pssh-!"

"Ni-san?" Kasumi stepped out from the hall. She was rubbing her eyes. What she didn't know was that Zack, Jann Lee, and Hayabusa were in the room – and she was merely dressed in her pink padded bra and a bunny patterned panty.

Jann Lee and Zack whistled lightheartedly.

"Your sister's developing just fine." Zack told Hayate as he scanned her up and down.

It made Hayate's blood boil listening to them as they were commenting his little sister.

Hayabusa, who had flushed red all over his face couldn't help but turn away and hide his little smirk. Never before had he seen Kasumi so cute and – he'd hate to admit it, but was beginning to think of her as sexy. He still remembers the days when Hayate would have to go with Kasumi to the store to help her buy training bras. He was completely humiliated that one time his schoolmates passed by practically choking in laughter as they lifted their shirts and pressed their chests against the window. But back then, he would never have guessed she would become the young woman she is now. A deep feeling began to grow inside him. He somehow wanted to cover her up. Not to save her humility, but rather to shield her away from the unworthy eyes who happened to see the crowned jewel. He felt that such beauty was for his eyes and only his eyes only.

Hayate didn't like what he was seeing. Not at all. "Kasumi! Put some clothes on!" he barked.

Kasumi snapped out of here tiredness as she glanced down in horror. "Oy! Sorry!" She said as she dashed for her room.

"Hey, don't say sorry!" Zack yelled. He chuckled. "Damn, she's fine."

"Yeah," Jann Lee agreed. "In a weird kind of way."

Hayate groweled. "Look, if you're gonna be talking about my sister that way, at least don't talk about it in front of my face. It's creepy!"

"Chill, dude!" Jann Lee said. "It's not as if I want to hook up with her or anything like that."

"Ugh!" Ayane thought to herself. She had stood there this whole time bearing how the guys were talking about Kasumi this Kasumi that. She was a bit hurt after she saw Ryu's reaction when she came out. "She just had to come out like that when he was over…" She wished that somehow, just once, could she be in a situation like that. But whom was she kidding, it would never happen, right?

Helena stepped out a bit dazed after Kasumi ran passed her half naked. "What was that about?" she thought, realizing what it was when she found everyone chatting in the living room. "Good morning everyone. So what's the big event?"

"Oh nothing." Ayane retorted. "These losers had trouble making pancakes back at their place. So they came over here as if we were house-wives!"

Helena smiled. "Aw, that's just adorable. Where's the box? Let's get started."

The guys excitedly crowded around the counter as Helena prepared the ingredients listed on the box:

WATER

"Ok, let's see how much pancake mix you guys left over…" She opened the box to find only about 2 cups of pancake mix left. "Oh… that makes about 14 pancakes. I guess that's enough for all of us? Right?" She turned and nodded to the guys. They nodded half-heartedly.

'Oh yeah…', 'Sure thing', 'Why yes, o-of course!', was the general reply.

"Ok! You know, the trick is to just follow directions… and all it says here is to add water, how convenient." She set a pan out on the stove to pre-heat it, then took out a bowl from the cupboard, poured the mix and an required amount of water, and stirred them together to form the batter. "Now make sure to mix it well, but not too much that the pancakes turn out dry… and do catch the batter that gets caught on the side, it's a horrible mess to clean afterwards. If the pan isn't non-stick, then you should use oil or butter, but in this case we don't have a proble-."

"Wait!" Jann Lee slammed his hand on the counter. "I lost you. So 'when' exactly do you stir in the eggs!"

" You dumbo!" Zack scolded. "She just told you! You put the eggs 'after' you mix the batter!"

Hayate and Hayabusa smacked their foreheads.

"This is exactly why our pancakes came out like crap." Hayate explained to Helena, who was bit amused. She nodded understandingly.

"Well, we're almost done. All we have to do is pour it into to the pan."

"Finally! I thought we'd never finish!" Zack complained.

Helena began to pour the batter in the pan. It slowly oozed out, making a sizzling sound. "What you should know is that no matter how they come out, they almost always come out tasting great… I can smell it already…" She inhaled. "Mmm…"