DOA Legacy:

DOA Legacy:

Chapter 32-Night Out...

Part 7- Busted!

McDonald's. Oddly enough, as it turns out the preferred food of choice for the well-built martial artist and body guard was in fact… fast food. A strange contradiction of sorts, yet neither the crew nor I was about to argue.

The place was quiet for this time of morning, though it was probably to be expected. Only a few mingling customers at a far end of the restaurant remained. But of course, this didn't bother Jann in the slightest. We honestly couldn't help but wonder if he even noticed that we were still there at all. Hunger tends to do that I guess… Speaking of which, I'm rambling again. Guess I must be getting pretty hungry myself. Back to our Chinese fast food fan…

Jann grinned happily as he wandered up to the cashier and placed his order. The young girl nodded with a smile, typing away at the computer before bringing a slip of paper into the kitchen. "It won't be long.". Jann just nodded, leaning slightly against the counter as he waited for his meal.

"That'll be…". Moments later the young girl returned with three paper bags, two extra large pepsi's, a handful of barbeque sauces and a very large stack of napkins. Smirking, Jann whipped out his wallet and paid for his meal. Heading for a table on the opposite side of the room, he took his seat and riffled through the bags. Because, of course, you should always check to make sure everything is there… it's just simple fact that something is usually missing. At least, more often than not.

Satisfied that he'd gotten the right order, Jann immediately started in on a quarter pounder with cheese. Happily munching away at fries and barbeque sauce between burger bites, taking long sips of his drink between those… he seemed completely content to sit there for the rest of the night and continue his feast.

Meanwhile…

As Tina was headed across the street to the Italian buffet to join Hitomi and Lei-Fang, she found the two girls were doing the exact same thing. "Don't ya'll tell me that…". "You mean your's was closed too?". Lei-Fang offered. "Yeah.'' Tina sighed. "That's just great! All this way… finally find a place to eat and.. and… ARG!!". Hitomi pouted, sitting down on a nearby bench.

Sighing in unison, Tina and Lei-Fang joined the frustrated German on the bench. Sometimes… life just wasn't fair.

Elsewhere…

"Well… I guess sushi is out.". Kasumi's sweet voice broke the silence. "And I think it's safe to say that everywhere else is probably closed too.". Ayane added with an annoyed tone to her voice. Though in truth, she was mostly just annoyed because she was hungry.

"So it's this or nothing then…". Hayate finally stated as he crossed his arms over his chest, staring over at the building that seemed just as deserted as the other places in town. Or almost…

"There is always a choice…". Yet, as Ryu's stomach growled once again… "… but perhaps this can be an exception.". He realized that maybe now wasn't the time to be choosy. Afterall, he wasn't about to let the two young girls go hungry…

"Ha! Always a solution eh Ryu?". Hayate smirked, knowing full well that the male Ninja simply wasn't about to admit that he was hungry too. Ryu just shot Hayate an annoyed frown, obviously not being happy about his friend knowing the truth… or maybe it was the situation in general that he didn't want to accept.

Whatever the case… the four soon disappeared out of sight.

Somewhere down the road…

"HELLLO?! GUYS?! ANYONE?!…………………… JANN?!". Zack rolled his eyes, "Great… what's with this town? Everything's closed! EVERYTHING!! Stupid town with no lights, no clubs, no girls… no food!".

As he continued to wander in a seemingly aimless fashion down the road, his random mumbling and complaining continued as he did.

Back at McDonald's…

Jann didn't even notice the new arrivals as he was now on his second bag of food and still going strong. "HEY!". Jann smirked, nodding towards Hayate and Ryu as the two Ninja joined him at the table. "Finally decided that fast food was the right choice?". He questioned, taking a long sip of his pepsi as Kasumi and Ayane joined the guys. "No… everything else is closed… Is that any good?". Ayane glimpsed curiously over at Jann's tray.

"Ooooooh yeah! The best food there is!". Taking a big bite out of his BigMac, he offered a sideways grin to the others.

"Hayate? Can we?". "Pleeeease!?". Ayane and Kasumi had once again joined up against their brother who, let's face it, just couldn't resist their combined charm and more often than not… was known to give in.

"Alright… Come on Ryu, let's go find something on the menu that looks… Hell I don't even know what I'm supposed to choose from.". Bowing his head, Hayate walked over to the counter to look at the choices while Ryu reluctantly followed behind his best friend.

"Awwww… look how cute they are.". Kasumi giggled, pointing over at Hayate and Ryu as they stood looking up at the menu list and appeared to be more than uncertain about the different choices.

"Wait wait wait… hold up, you mean you don't have one of these in Japan?! I'm pretty sure you do… I mean, they're everywhere. Pretty much… I mean, damn there's one here. In the middle of the friggin' tropical forest!". Jann looked more puzzled than confused. "We don't actually live in the more industrialized and commercialized parts of the country. We Ninja still, for the most part, still live in clans and thus in villages hidden in the forested areas of the country. In isolated or reclusive locations.". Kasumi explained in her usual sweet and innocent tone.

"So no.". Ayane concluded. Stealing two or three fries from Jann's tray. "Hmmm… interesting…". She smiled playfully. "Heeey, get your own.". Jann teased, not really caring since he had three or four other large fries left in his bags.

Seconds later his eyes were drawn towards the door as a certain sweet faced girl caught his attention. Kasumi's voice echoed into his mind as his eyes never left their desired target. "Guess their places were closed to huh?". Her question was left unanswered as Ayane just smirked playfully at Jann's reaction to seeing HER.

Hitomi and Tina smiled as they saw the others, "Guess we all had the same idea." Hitomi giggled, "More like the only idea… this is the only place open.". Tina paused, "Just like back home.".

As everyone had settled around the tables with their orders, they suddenly had the strange and distinct feeling that they were forgetting--

"FINALLY!!".

--something.

Or more specifically, someone.

An out of breath and very hungry Zack burst through the entrance with an exasperated sigh of relief.

"Oh right… was wondering about that…". Ayane smiled slyly as she munched on a few fries. Jann just grinned back, he was really starting to like the girl's sense of humor with regards to Zack. It was nice… they were bonding.

"Do you guys KNOW where I've BEEN?!".

We figured they hadn't, yet we knew full well that whether they did or not… Zack was soon to tell them.

"EVERYWHERE!".

Silence.

"EVERYWHERE!! Do you have ANY idea -- oooooo McDonald's!!". Zack grinned as he quickly found the counter and placed an order.

"Ah'd say somethin'… but Ah honestly just don't care…". Tina shook her head, getting back to her meal. Afterall, the surely annoying conflict had been escaped all due to the great and glorious creation known to all as… fast food!

But it would be short lived…

"COMPETITORS OF DEAD OR ALIVE!! COME OUT QUIETLY! YOU ARE OFFICIALLY BUSTED!!".

-To be continued…

Aven