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Fans were cheering her on, she felt indestructible. As she pounded the last competitor down, she smiled. She was the most powerful woman in the world. Her auburn hair whipped past her as she waved to all her cheering fans. She suddenly stopped and noticed a man with brown hair, green eyes. Suddenly she got lost in them. They were beautiful. They were like emeralds.and he had a nice body too. She snapped out. What am I thinking? She continued to wave, as she got off the stage. The man approached her. "You're Kasumi, right?" She nodded. He held out a knife and stabbed her until she died. Suddenly he smirked.

Kasumi jolted up in a cold sweat. "That was REALLY not funny." This wasn't her first dream like that. She remembered those eyes. She didn't know who he was, but she wanted to find out. She jumped out of bed and got dressed and put her hair into a ponytail. As she walked down the hallway, she peered into Ayane's room. The girl was still asleep. She sighed and giggled. That girl was always either asleep or out of it. When she got into the kitchen, she started to make breakfast. She began thinking about her dream a bit more and then she wondered about Ein. Where was he, anyway? Maybe this tournament could reveal some answers. Maybe not. Kasumi was determined to try anyway.

Kasumi heard thumping down the steps. "Good morning sleepyhead," she called to Ayane. Ayane just nodded and groaned. Kasumi grinned, "Bad night again?" Ayane sat emotionless. Ayane's eyes narrowed. She hated this. She was always living in Kasumi's shadow. Kasumi is the better cook, better fighter, better looking, more responsible and everyone loves her. Ayane was determined to have that all stop. She wanted to be known as Ayane; not Kasumi's little half-sister. Kasumi tore Ayane away from her thoughts. "Hey, earth to Ayane, you there?" Ayane blinked. "If you stopped waving your hand in my face maybe I would be", she grumbled. Kasumi giggled, "Chill out Ayane. Oh and by the way, this weekend's the dead or alive tournament, so I'll be gone. I'm leaving this afternoon for the plane, take care of yourself." Ayane nodded. "You go, have a nice time and good luck." Kasumi, surprised said, "Oh thanks!" Ayane smirked when Kasumi went upstairs to pack. What she doesn't know is I'm going too! She grinned and laughed.

Kasumi packed most of her stuff and then she came across a picture of her and Ayane. Wow.we actually used to get along well. Then she started thinking of Ayane. This morning she was really nice.I wonder why.maybe she's finally loosening up. When she finished, Kasumi ran down to her taxi to the airport. She was excited yet nervous. When she finally arrived at the airport, she saw a girl from Texas. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. A drunk looking man kept trying to pick her up and she was asking for him to stop, yet he wouldn't. Finally, Kasumi was about to jump in, when the girl took his arm, twisted it behind him, and slid on the ground on him. Kasumi was amazed. She went up to the girl. "Hey.that was amazing!" The girl smiled. "Thanks. Who're you?" Kasumi replied, "My name's Kasumi, I'm here for the dead or alive tournament, what about you?" The girl seemed amused. "Don't that just beat all? I'm Tina Armstrong and I'm here for the tournament too!" Kasumi looked amazed. "Wow.that's really strange. Uh-oh, look at the time, we better get on the plane!" Tina nodded and they ran onto the plane and took seats next to eachother. When Kasumi caught her breath, she looked around. There was a girl that looked Chinese, she seemed nervous. There was a guy with green hair. She grinned and pointed him out to Tina. Tina started giggling. When they finally arrived at their destination, Tina and Kasumi went to a taxi and got to the hotel everyone from the tournament was staying at. She noticed other people that weren't on the plane there. Tina smiled, "Look Kasumi, we have the rooms next to eachother!" Kasumi nodded and grinned. At least I have a friend here.

Kasumi unpacked quickly, did lots of sit-ups and push-ups, took a shower and then dressed into her pajamas. She fell into her bed and fell asleep quickly.