This is the last chapter for this story. I hope you all enjoyed this story and thank you for all your support. Have a good night.
Hanzo woke up to the smells of summer air. He found himself on a bed in a room decorated with Asian designs. He walked out of the room and saw the same ninjas that attacked the Special Forces base walking down the hallway. He then realized that he must be in the Shirai Ryu compound. He walked around the compound, taking in the sights of ninjas training with each other and wondering how he got here.
Suddenly he heard squeals of laughter from the gardens. He walked towards the gardens only to be met with a familiar sight. He saw himself smiling and rolling over with four laughing toddlers. The toddlers looked to be aged around 3-4 years old.
"Stop Mr. Hanzo! Please it tickles!"
Hanzo just laughed and continued to tickle all the toddlers.
"Nope. I won't stop Cassie. I'm going to tickle you, Takeda, Jacqui and Kung Jin until you all listen to me."
"NOOOOOO!"
Hanzo then realized that the four toddlers before him were Cassie, Takeda, Kung Jin and Jacqui. All of a sudden, the rest of his memories came back. Memories of him babysitting the children, watching them grow up and joining the Special Forces came back to him. He smiled and felt the familiar paternal love for them all came back.
Hanzo worked on organizing all of his returned memories. Once he was satisfied with his work, Hanzo opened his eyes at the happy scene before darkness took him under once more.
Takeda, Jacqui, Kung Jin and Cassie all sat on some chairs at the side of the sparsely decorated room, watching Hanzo lying unconscious on the bed. Several IV bags and a blood bag were hooked up to Hanzo's wrist.
They continued to watch him, waiting for him to wake up. The doctor had given him a clean bill of health and had told them that he just needed some rest from the injuries he had. That still didn't ease their worries though.
They heard Hanzo slightly groaning and quickly rushed to his side. They watched as Hanzo blinked his eyes open lazily, worried and fearing that Hanzo had lost his memories all over again.
Hanzo woke up to the faces of Takeda, Jacqui, Kung Jin and Cassie all looking at him. He smiled at all four of them, muttering out two words that brought joy to the four people standing there, knowing that their Master Hanzo Hasashi is back.
"I remember."
Everyone was overjoyed of Hanzo finally getting his memories back. Johnny had insisted on throwing a party coupled along with Kenshi, Jax, Vera and the four kids. Hanzo at first had thought a party wasn't necessary and was trying to politely decline throwing such a festive but that was put to a stop when all four young adults started giving him puppy dog eyes especially Takeda who had the best puppy dog eyes that a human could physically have and make even the stern Grandmaster of the Shirai Ryu crumble.
The party was in full swing that night. Jax and Johnny had managed to bring in a bucket of ice-cold beers and some sake for Hanzo into a military base with a bit of bribing of one General Sonya Blade. Johnny also managed to somehow find a disco ball from god knows where and had hung it up in the middle of the training room, flashing colorful lights all over the room coupled along with some music. Turns out one of the soldiers was a pretty good DJ.
Hanzo leaned against the steel wall of the training room, sipping his hot sake. He watched as Johnny and Sonya were dancing in the middle of the room under the disco light to the slow music playing. He saw Kenshi and Jax from the corner of his eye trying to outdrink each other and Vera putting a stop to that, telling them that they were full grown men and shouldn't be setting a bad example in front of the young crowd.
Hanzo just chuckled at the sight of Kenshi and Jax being given a tongue lashing from Vera. It was a very amusing sight. He then turned his attention to the four young adults who were by then super drunk and telling the DJ to play some EDM. Hanzo had heard Takeda play EDM once on the radio. He blasted the radio to bits after hearing it.
Just then Raiden came up to him and stood beside him also watching the crowd before the two of them. Both men just stood there sipping their hot sake enjoying the silence between them.
Raiden then turned to Hanzo with a smile on his face, "I'm glad that you got all your memories back Hanzo."
Hanzo gave a small smile, "I'm also glad that I have my memories back Raiden. And I thank you for your attempt in bringing me back despite the consequences."
Hanzo sighed, "Before I've always thought that my actions in the Shinnok crisis were unforgivable. I had never been so ashamed of myself, letting my vengeance take control once more and not thinking of the consequences. I thought that Hara-Kiri was the answer for my actions but I was wrong. I brought so much grief and anguish to the people who cared for me instead and I never knew until now. Thank you once more Raiden for giving me this second chance to be with those I care the most."
Raiden just smiled, "It's not a problem Hanzo. You never deserved such a cruel fate. You have a chance now at a new life. Just please don't waste it."
Before Hanzo could reply, the four drunken youths came to Hanzo and dragged him to the middle of the room just in time for the song to change to an EDM song. Everyone was now dancing and was pleading for Hanzo to join them.
Cassie gave Hanzo a drunken smile, "Come on Hanzo! Daanncccee with uuusss!" Everyone started begging and pleading to him drunkenly at once and just for further incentive, gave him their deadly puppy dog eyes.
Hanzo crumbled right then and there and tried to dance but he had never danced in his life. Seeing him struggle, the four youths tried to help him but they were so drunk that they just toppled over him, bringing him down to the floor. Every single adult laughed at the sight of the four youths sprawled comically over the poor Grandmaster.
Even the four youths were laughing and giggling at their actions. Hanzo couldn't help but laugh along with the others. As he laid there on the floor with four laughing drunk youths on top of him, Hanzo couldn't help but feel that he wouldn't have it any other way. He smiled internally, happy that he was back. Happy that he was finally at home.