Disclaimer: I don't own Dead or Alive, Tecmo and Team Ninja do.

A.N.- Please review, I need reviews.  Anyways, I still need the dialogue for Hitomi's story mode where she sees Hayate.  My game got messed up, and I can't find any sites where I can download that video.  I should probably just find a disk doctor………  This chapter will take place a year after the first chapter (five months before DOA3) so that I don't have to do a whole year worth of typing, not that I wouldn't.  But that would make this a fifty something chapter story.

Thanks to Forevermore for the reviews.  Any anyone else who decides to review MORE THAN ONCE!!!

Steel Angel- Thanks for the review, I'm Hitomi/Hayate fan at the DOA3 forums at tecmoinc.com.  I hope you continue to review.  

Please review everyone.  I need reviews so that I know what you guys want in this fic.  Once in a while I might even take suggestions.

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Chapter 9

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Hitomi threw a punch at her father who caught the attack a few inches from his face.  He then let go of her hand and kicked her in the stomach, sending her across the dojo floor.

Hitomi got onto her knees and clutched her stomach, gasping for breath.  It seemed like she wouldn't make it to the third DOA tournament after all the hard work.

Hitomi's father told her to get up, giving Hitomi no time to regain her breath.  Again they stood facing each other, ready for the next sparring match. 

This time Hitomi started off with a kick aimed for her father's head.  He ducked under the kick and countered with the same kick, which Hitomi ducked under also.  He then aimed a kick which was meant to trip her.  She did a back flip over his leg and launched herself into the air with her arms. 

When Hitomi landed her father fell back out of sheer surprise.  She took the opportunity to aim a punch towards her father's face, which was stopped in front of his face.  She had finally had defeated her father. 

Without a word, her father walked towards his office.  Hitomi wanted to yell at him, he promised her that when she beat her she could enter the tournament.  He had broken his promise to his own daughter.

Hitomi just walked out of the dojo and headed toward her home, tears falling.

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Hitomi's father still didn't come home yet, it was Friday and he had lessons until 10:00.  She had already taken a shower and had been sitting down, watching T.V. for the past hour.  Her eyes were wet but not from the water, from tears.  A commercial came on for the third tournament held by DOATEC.  Clips from some fights in the qualifying rounds showed up (the tournament fights weren't taped).  More tears started to flow after a clip from the fight between Ein and a would-be competitor showed up on the screen.

Hitomi still couldn't believe that Ein was dead.  The two had spent a lot of time together: staying up late to watch movies, tag matches against other students from the dojo, going to movies; basically they had done tons of things together that should have brought them closer.

"Isn't that Ein?" Hitomi turned around to see her mother standing in the entrance to the living room.  She noticed the tears that were welling up in her daughter's eyes, "You've been like this for almost a year now.  He's probably going to visit soon anyways."

"You don't understand," replied Hitomi, "He's dead."

Her mother didn't reply she just walked into the kitchen to call her husband and tell him the bad news.

In the meantime, Hitomi had gone to her bedroom to repeat a usual routine: crying until she fell asleep. 

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Hayabusa was leaning on the front desk of his curio shop.  He looked around at the various odd items that people usually came to spend a fortune on.  Business had fallen over the last year because of competition against an antique shop that had opened during the last tournament hosted by DOATEC.

It had been a year since his life had begun to go down the drain.  Business had fallen, and he had fallen in love with someone who he would probably never see again.

Ayane was hard to contact.  Being an assassin, only the high rollers and government leaders had ways to contact her.  The Shinobi had her email address after she failed to kill Kasumi and Hayabusa never knew it in the first place.

A bell attached to the jamb of the front door rang, signaling the arrival of a customer.  Hayabusa looked up from his paperwork he couldn't see the person because of the piles of junk that blocked his view, "Need any help?"

"Weapons?" replied a female voice.

"Right corner, farthest from the entrance," Hayabusa didn't make sure that the customer didn't try anything.  He was pretty sure that he could take whoever it was.

She didn't reply, just walked over to the rack that held swords and various other antique weapons.  Hayabusa could hear her footsteps as she walked.  A few minutes later the footsteps walked towards him.

Hayabusa was shocked at who he saw, "Ayane?"

Ayane giggled at the look on Hayabusa's face, "Did you really think I'd forget you after that?"

Hayabusa remembered the time he kissed Ayane, "I didn't think you cared………"

Ayane rolled her eyes at Hayabusa's comment.  Of course she cared!  Why else would she be here?  She decided to tell him how she felt, return the favor he made a year ago, "I spent almost a whole year looking for you.  I needed to find you.  I couldn't bear my life without you after that, I love you."

Shocked at how quickly Ayane had proclaimed her love for him, then again she had been searching for him for a year. 

"I'd say more, but this is all I could come up with," said Ayane.  She though that the lack of response from Hayabusa meant that his feelings have changed.

Sensing Ayane's worry, Hayabusa again kissed her passionately, never wanting her to leave again.

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            A.N.- short, I know.  I can never type a long chapter though; it's just too hard for me.  Anyways, please r/r, I need reviews!!!  Thanks for you're support.  Like I said before, please give me the dialogue for the cut scene with Hitomi and Hayate.