Disclaimer: I don't own DOA; Tecmo, X-box, and Team Ninja own it.

A.N.- r/r.  This chapter takes place two months after the last chapter, thus two months before the second DOA tournament.

Leon is very, very OOC here.  Lets just say he's really, really drunk.

BTW, Leon is in Japan to sign up for the DOA tournament.

Where is DOA HQ?  Is it in France or Japan?

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Ein walked into a bar, he had been drinking constantly to drown his depression.  He sat down at the bar and asked for a beer. 

"I recognize that look.  You lost someone didn't you?" someone who was sitting next to him asked.

Ein turned away; he didn't want to think about it.

"The name's Leon," Leon reached out to shake Ein's hand, but seeing no reaction, he withdrew his hand.

"Listen kid, if you're ever going to get over her, you've gotta open up to someone, believe me I know," replied Leon.

Ein took a sip of his beer.  This guy was persistent; he probably was looking for a story sadder than his own.  He decided to tell him just to get him to shut up.  He told Leon the whole story, from the point of waking up in Hitomi's bed to the last time he saw her.

"Is that it?" asked Leon, half laughing.  He still didn't know how much Ein cared for Hitomi.

"Your turn," replied Ein.

Leon told Ein the whole story.  From when he met Roland to her last words 'The man that I love is the strongest man in the world'.

Ein sensed Leon's sadness, he felt sorry for him.  Roland's death took a worse toll on Leon than him leaving Hitomi.

Once finished with his beer Ein walked out of the bar.

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Ein walked out of the bar into the cold night.  He shivered as the cold air enveloped him; the bright lights of Tokyo broke the darkness.  He came to a secluded area.  He looked behind him, as if on instinct.  As he turned, he saw a mane of red hair similar to his own disappear behind an old building.  He rushed to where the person who was following him ran.  He turned the corner, dead end.  He looked around, an old, flickering neon sign lit up the dark alley.  He looked down at his feet; cherry blossoms were lying on the ground.

Ein shivered and pulled his brown overcoat tighter over his body.  He was half scared, someone disappearing like that, the thought sent shivers up his spine.

Kasumi looked down at her brother from the top of the building, "Hayate."

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Hitomi sat up in her bed.  She hadn't stopped thinking about Ein.  Every night she would tell herself that there were plenty of other guys, but another part of her would wonder why she cared about him so much and why she couldn't forget about him.  Then another part of her brain knew, knew why she couldn't forget. 

These thoughts distracted her from training, schoolwork, and sleep among other things.  She knew that training was the only hope for seeing Ein again, but it was hard not to think about him.  She soon drifted off to sleep, the only place she could talk to Ein.

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A.N.-this is another short chapter.  I have to make this longer.  But anyway, please r/r.