Disclaimer: I don't own Dead or Alive.
A.N.- This will be a little while before Hitomi leaves for the tournament. Don't ask why I'm doing Ayane/Hayabusa stuff before Hitomi and Hayate even get together. Also, I still need the dialogue, and I want to know how to make italics, bold letters, and centered words show up. I haven't figured that out yet. Please r/r. Since Hayate's father died, Hayate's uncle took over.
Forevermore- I will have Hitomi reunited with Hayate as soon as I either: 1- get the dialogue or 2- find somewhere to buy the game from. You can find Ein's ending at doa.tenkoku.com at their media section. Thanks for your review. Are you Ayane/HayabusaForever at the tecmoinc forums?
The Karate Kid- Umm……… If you're talking about Hitomi/Hayate they are separated right now so……… just not yet. If you're talking about Ayane/Hayabusa, who knows, they could have been at the end of the last chapter. I'm kind of scared to write a lemon, I don't want my story taken down. I know I said I'd write one earlier in my fic, but now……… I'm not sure………
Steel Angel- I'm convinced that Jann Lee is a fighter, not a lover. But I'll put a few little Jann Lee/Lei Fang moments, but nothing major. But it won't be until maybe chapter 15 or 16. Sorry.
Random Hayate Player- I'm almost 100% sure that's not it. I don't think the "I finally found you" "with me" and "than you" I'm pretty sure if he asked stronger, referring to himself. Thanks for the help anyways, I'll use it unless someone comes closer to what I think it is.
Qui-ti- Thanks for the review. About Final Fantasy, I like Final Fantasy X. But I only played that and Final Fantasy VII and played each for fifteen minutes at one of my friend's house. I've never heard of Flatland. Yeah, I like Kasumi. Hitomi and Ein are my two best characters to fight with. I'll update soon (or rather now), please continue to review.
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Chapter 10
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Hitomi looked across the table at her father. That bastard! He broke a promise to her; he said that if she could beat him, then she would be able to go to the tournament. Her father noticed her looking at him, "I'm sorry, you can't go. Ein died, and he was a much better fighter than you are, what makes you think that you won't die also."
Hitomi didn't know how to answer her father's question, but there was one thing that bugged her. He was always reminding her that Ein was dead; she would never be able to forget the heartbreak she went through when she found out.
Hitomi's mother was the only one, besides Hitomi, who knew that Hitomi had romantic feelings towards Ein. It was killing her to see her daughter going through all of this suffering, "You need to get over Ein, there will be other men just like him, maybe better…"
Hitomi interrupted her mother, "You think it's easy to get over his death when dad keeps reminding me about it? There won't be other guys, at least, not like him. Besides you and dad didn't know what he was really like, you never cared for him as I did… do…"
"Listen, I considered him my friend, he would have made the perfect son, but he's dead now, there's no point in asking what could have been," said her father.
"He might have been your son if he hadn't died………" Hitomi muttered as she walked off towards her room.
Her father was oblivious to what she meant.
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Hayate sat down at the desk near his bed. Another day looking for Kasumi had passed by and he was tired of having to do this day in and day out. He just wanted to let her leave so that he could get on with his life, but no his damn uncle said that he has to bring her back, that he has to waste half his life telling Hayabusa to protect her. If there was no rule like that Hayate would have run away also, maybe see Hitomi again.
Hayate's uncle let Ayane go, why not Kasumi, why not he himself? He just had to ruin their lives, keep them in his band of ninjas.
Their uncle just didn't care what happened to Ayane, and she was his niece. So what is she wasn't biologically his niece, it shouldn't make a difference, he should still have wanted to keep her there.
But at least now she was free, away from the hell called Shinobi. Maybe it was better that his uncle didn't care for her; she wouldn't have to suffer here anymore.
If Ayane stayed, she probably would have been dead by now. Hayate remembered a night a few years ago where he caught Ayane about to kill herself. Life must have been hard for her, never having anyone to turn to with her problems, constant rejection from her family and the rest of the Shinobi, problems that most people couldn't take.
Hayabusa was lucky, he got away just because he was a good friend of the family and was granted release. He too got out, but in a less painful way. Hayate was family, so why couldn't he get out too. Hayate already knew the answer to his question, his overprotective uncle.
Hayate wanted to go back to his old life; he wanted to be Ein again. He would still be around Hitomi, maybe he would have told her how he felt by now. But the chances of her returning the feelings, as Hayate thought, were slim to none.
But that doesn't matter. If he tried to become Ein again, the Shinobi would be on him right away, and endless hunt that Hayate would have dragged Hitomi into.
Hayate lay down in his bed and drifted off to sleep. Dreams of his past life flooded into his mind.
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Hitomi's father sat down at his desk and sorted though various mail: student applications, tuition, bills, and letters. One of the notes caught his attention, one was from Ein.
He was about to throw it out, thinking it was a prank or something on account of Ein's death. He opened it, curious of what it was about. He found money and a note inside. He read the letter which thanked him for the lessons, job, and home and asked if he could come to the next tournament.
Hitomi's father put down the letter and looked at his schedule for the next few months; he soon figured out that he couldn't make it to the next tournament. He thought about sending Hitomi, "She's too young," he said to himself. But after about an hour of thinking about it he decided it would be a good experience for his daughter to enter the tournament.
He walked downstairs to get ready for the next class that was supposed to start in a few minutes. As students poured into the building he ushered them to their places and started the lesson.
For the duration of the lesson Hitomi's father was out of it, his mind was elsewhere. He was still confused about whether Ein was dead or if he had been alive this whole time and hadn't told anyone. He still couldn't believe what he had just read.
At around 5:00pm, he told the other two teachers that he was going to take the rest of the day off and headed home.
Hitomi's father arrived home a few minutes later. He decided to talk his decision over with his wife before telling his daughter. He handed the letter to her and started explaining his dilemma, "Ein's still alive and he wants me to show up at the next tournament held by DOATEC but I can't go, so I was thinking of sending Hitomi instead. But I'm not sure if that's what I should do. She's still young………"
"Just let her go. She's old enough, besides, if what you said is true I don't think Ein would let her get hurt," she encouraged.
Without replying he walked into the living room to talk to Hitomi, "I just got a letter from Ein, apparently he's still alive," he handed her the letter, "He wants me to go to the tournament, but I can't go because I have classes to teach. Maybe you could go in my place."
Hitomi's face lit up as she reached up to hug her father. She started crying out of sheer joy, "Thank you."
"Go pack your things, you leave tomorrow," he said. As his daughter ran upstairs, he realized she had just smiled for the first time in the past year.
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Ayane woke up to the sounds of Hayabusa talking on the phone, "So he's become another one of DOATEC's experiments?"
"Ayane's going to be crushed," she heard him say, "You and I should try to stop him, hopefully this is the end."
Ayane picked up the bedroom phone to see who Hayabusa was talking to. Hayate was on the other end. They were talking about Genra, her teacher. Ayane gently put down the phone and started crying, her teacher had taken her in he had been like a father to her.
She now knew what she had to do, she had to beat Hayabusa and Hayate to him, she couldn't let them get hurt, and "Genra was the leader of the Mugen Tenshin style in Hajin Mon and could probably kick their asses if they tried anything. On the other hand Hayate was recently ordained the leader of the Mugen Tenshin style which includes all types of it, including Hajin Mon, making him higher in rank."
"Still, I can't risk it," she said to herself, "I can't believe I have to kill my own teacher………"
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A.N.- Okay, I had writers block while writing this chapter but anyways……… r/r. I don't need the dialogue anymore.
