A.N.- I'm gonna be writing almost non-stop for a while, I'm currently working on this fan fic and another one with a group of four other writers. So I have to balance between this fic, and the other one. This also causes some writers block. How? I have no clue. Seems like I'm too packed with writing. Anyways, I hope you all like this chapter. Okay, this chapter is sloppy, it is an aftermath type thing so... you get the picture... I hope.
Qui-Ti- I'm glad you got off the hook early. But you did so much I think they should have completely dropped the punishment and given you something. As for Lance and Kingdom Hearts, I'm a guy (so I wouldn't really care about Lance Bass) who's biased against Disney (so I wouldn't care about Kingdom Hearts)... soooo it doesn't really matter to me. Thanks for the rewiew. The last chapter was sooo grueling, fight secnes are fun to read but lousy to write...
Jo-Ryan Salazar- THANK YOU!!! Thanks for putting me on your favorite authors list and this fic on your favorite stories list!
noname- Well, the thing about Ryu (as well as the rest of the game/series), I don't know much. I've only played DOA3 and I never thought to research Ninja Gaiden. I'll just say that... well... some things are out of place for sake of the plot. Thanks anyways, but that mistake is too large for me to fix.
Forevermore- Different uncle. Otherwise I would have said Radiou at least once instead of always referring to him as Hayate's uncle. I kept referring to him as that also cause I couldn't come up with a good name, although Washi might have been a good name cause Hayabusa means falcon and Washi means eagle. Either that or Raimei (thunder). Cause Hayabusa was named after a type of bird and Kasumi and Hayate were named after an element. But it's too late, I should have thought of this before. Anyways, that's who the uncle is. So, if it's known that there is no other uncle, then I'm screwed. So I knew about Raidou raping Ayane's mother who I recently found out at the forums her name was Ayame. And I knew that he died, I just didn't know how, I thought it was Shinden cause, seriously, who would put up with someone who raped their wife? Hope that made sense...
Our Past, Our Future
Chapter 16
By: Joey/Mai fan15
'Months have gone by, everything's back to normal. I'm finally going to see Hitomi again,' Hayate looked past the guardrail of the upper deck on the cruiseliner, out at the vast sea that surrounded the boat. He had taken a boat to Germany where he'd meet Hitomi's father. He decided to take a boat because he needed time to think before he was going to see Hitomi again and a jet was too quick.
He was ashamed for leaving Kasumi so soon after being able to see her in peace again, but he wanted to see Hitomi again and get a relationship going between them so badly that he would literally give everything he owned for it. There were so many things that he considered doing right now, going back to Japan was among them.
Hayate wasn't fully sure if the Shinobi were all back in order or not, he just assumed. Now he thought that he had wanted to go back to Germany so badly that his judgement was blinded by love. If the Shinobi rebelled again and Kasumi was killed, he would never be able to forgive himself. Never had he worried so much before in his life.
Hitomi was expecting him to come back sometime this year. And the year was almost over, it was now early November and the longer she had to wait, the less faith that she had that he would come back to her. That's why Hayate didn't delay any longer to go back.
Hayate again took the identity of Ein again, even though it was somewhat hypocritical because he couldn't bear to her his former name escape her lips anymore. He had been lying to her ever since he met her, and didn't want to anymore. Eventually he'd have to tell her about his real life and he was scared out of his mind at the thought of it.
What if Hitomi's feelings changed. Ein was a whole different person from Hayate, Ein was a karate teacher who suffered from severe amnesia, while Hayate was a seemingly cold and heartless clan leader. Two different people from two different worlds. Hitomi would probably treat the situation as if Ein was killed and Hayate was the murderer.
He looked up at the night sky, dotted with numerous stars. The full moon lit his face the same way it always had, reminding him of the numerous, painful nights when he had hunted his little sister. The same way it had the night he stumbled up the the dojo's door, beaten and bloody. He was torn between family and love, Kasumi and Hitomi.
Right now Kasumi and Hitomi were the two people he'd do anything for, save sacrificing one for the other. A tear fell from his eyes, he had never made a harder decision in his life.
A few days later, Hayate's ship docked in Germany. As he stepped out the fresh, salty air of the sea comforted him. After going inside and through customs, Hayate met Hitomi's father near the exit, "Ein!"
Hayate put on a fake smile after hearing his alter-ego's name and walked over to his former master. They shook hands, then Hitomi's father led him to his car, "So... what's it been like? Have you gotten your memory back?"
"No... Not yet," Hayate lied, "But I kinda gave up, it probably wasn't important anyways."
The car turned a sharp corner, "Do you think you can come back and work at the dojo? Your students miss you," Hayate smiled, a genuine smile at that, "Sure, I need a job to get an apartment."
"You can stay with us until you get back on your feet," he offered, "Hitomi went off to college," Hayate held his breath, thinking he missed his only chance, "And she has an apartment about twenty miles from us."
"I don't want to impose, I'll just get my own apartment. But until I can find one, I'm going to stay at a hotel," replied Hayate.
Hitomi's father dropped the subject, knowing that Ein never changed his mind about something like this. A few minutes later, they arrived at a three-star hotel. Hayate went in side to check in and went uptairs to unpack while Hitomi's father waited in the car.
When he was done he called Hitomi's father on his cell phone, telling him that he'd stay there for a while and would meet him tomorrow because he was fatigued by the long trip. After making sure that he drove off Hayate walked over to the phone and took out the peice of paper that Hitomi's father gave him. It had her apartment's phone number and adress on it.
The phone rang six times before the answering machine picked up so Hayate guessed that she still had classes. He thought that maybe the hours werent the same as in Japan, apparently not. Looking at the digital clock next to the phone, he decided by the time he rented a car and got over to the apartments, she should be home.
As he walked out the door, all he could think about was Hitomi. In a few hours he would be able to see her again. And for once, he wasn't held back by anything else.
Ayane overlooked as one of the lead magicians taught basic energy attacks to the children. The Hajin Mon took the same training method as the ancient Spartans, training began when the trainees were young in order to have them battle hardened and skilled by the time they were admitted into the main forces.
All she had been doing for the past month was oversee the training of the children. She was confused about her relationship with Hayabusa now, a month ago he proposed to her. For some reason her reply was a blunt no. She had no clue why she said it, it just came out. Afterall, she did want to be married to Ryu, for some reason at that point she couldn't.
Ryu Hayabusa hadn't seen her since, and if it wasn't for the proposition, it would have gone unnoticed because of the fact that right now, he had to work on rebuilding his clan's forces. Ayane wished that he'd try again, no matter what next time she would say yes. But it seemed as though she missed her one and only chance. Knowing Hayabusa, he'd try again but not for a while so she decided to wait until then.
"Your form is off... don't just stand there, KEEP PRACTICING!" the childred jumped back into position at the shouts of their instructor and began practicing their assigned attacks.
Ayane walked out of the small building, outside into the light of the full moon. She remembered Genra, what he had done for her. Hayate, Hayabusa, and Genra were the only ones who ever cared. Now Genra was dead, Hayate left, and Hayabusa hadn't talked to her in a month.
Ayane walked to the building that housed her advisor, Faia. The purple curtains parted as Ayane entered the room, "Faia?"
A gentle voice answered, "Yes, Ayane?"
"Faia, I'm going to leave for a while. I need to see Hayabusa again," Ayane had to tell someone before she left so that she wouldn't be hunted. Faia nodded her head and Ayane walked out of the small hut.
Hitomi walked up the stairs to her apartment, exauhsted by the long day of classes. As she rounded the corner she lifted her head up and saw Hayate standing near the door. Instantly it seemed like her energy retured as she ran up to hug him. Tears of joy streamed down her face, "Ein! I missed you so much."
Hayate instantly loosened his grip around her, hearing her voice mention his old name. He decided now was the time he had to tell her about Hayate, the Shinobi, Kasumi, Ayane, everything, "Hitomi... I..."
The words failed him, he couldn't do this. He was too afraid. Ironic how he could stand up to his uncle and be fearless while he couldn't do something as simple as tell her his real name. He felt like running the other way and go back to Japan. Hitomi looked up at him and saw the sad look in his eyes, "Yes?"
Hayate just smiled in reply, he couldn't say. Hitomi unlocked the door and led him inside. After walking inside Hayate felt like he should leave again but another part of him wanted to stay, that's the part that he listened to. Hayate walked over to the couch and sat down, frustratingly wiping his forehead. Hitomi called through the bathroom door, "I'll be out in a minute, just make yourself at home."
Hayate waited a few minutes but he heard the shower turn on so he assumed that she was taking a shower so he turned on the television to pass the time away. After about half an hour, Hitomi came into the living room dressed in white cotton pajamas. She laid down on the couch, resting her head in Hayate's lap.
As much as the pair had wanted to see eachother again, words they had planned for so long stuck inside their minds wanting to come out, but retreating just as they were. It was bothering Hitomi so after about and hour she decided to interrupt the silence, "Where are you staying?"
She shifted so that she was looking up at his face. Hayate didn't look back down at her, "I have a hotel room, I'm staying there until I can afford an aparmet."
"Why don't you stay here with me? It does get a little lonely around here," Hitomi hadn't diverted her gaze from Hayate yet, "I guess, it's better than paying seventy bucks a week."
Hitomi smiled and headed off to her room, Hayate pulled out the couch and decided that it was time to turn in for the night. Finally he was back where he wanted to be.
A.N.- Short, lame, filler chapter. That basically explains it, right? Anyways, r/r please.
New review responses
Forevermore- Guess that could have worked if I decided to use Raidou. But I would have to make Shinden come back to life because I think it's his job to kill Raidou.
Oui-ti- You're welcome. Glad Lance freaks you out too.
Qui-Ti- I'm glad you got off the hook early. But you did so much I think they should have completely dropped the punishment and given you something. As for Lance and Kingdom Hearts, I'm a guy (so I wouldn't really care about Lance Bass) who's biased against Disney (so I wouldn't care about Kingdom Hearts)... soooo it doesn't really matter to me. Thanks for the rewiew. The last chapter was sooo grueling, fight secnes are fun to read but lousy to write...
Jo-Ryan Salazar- THANK YOU!!! Thanks for putting me on your favorite authors list and this fic on your favorite stories list!
noname- Well, the thing about Ryu (as well as the rest of the game/series), I don't know much. I've only played DOA3 and I never thought to research Ninja Gaiden. I'll just say that... well... some things are out of place for sake of the plot. Thanks anyways, but that mistake is too large for me to fix.
Forevermore- Different uncle. Otherwise I would have said Radiou at least once instead of always referring to him as Hayate's uncle. I kept referring to him as that also cause I couldn't come up with a good name, although Washi might have been a good name cause Hayabusa means falcon and Washi means eagle. Either that or Raimei (thunder). Cause Hayabusa was named after a type of bird and Kasumi and Hayate were named after an element. But it's too late, I should have thought of this before. Anyways, that's who the uncle is. So, if it's known that there is no other uncle, then I'm screwed. So I knew about Raidou raping Ayane's mother who I recently found out at the forums her name was Ayame. And I knew that he died, I just didn't know how, I thought it was Shinden cause, seriously, who would put up with someone who raped their wife? Hope that made sense...
"No... Not yet," Hayate lied, "But I kinda gave up, it probably wasn't important anyways."
The car turned a sharp corner, "Do you think you can come back and work at the dojo? Your students miss you," Hayate smiled, a genuine smile at that, "Sure, I need a job to get an apartment."
A.N.- Short, lame, filler chapter. That basically explains it, right? Anyways, r/r please.
Forevermore- Guess that could have worked if I decided to use Raidou. But I would have to make Shinden come back to life because I think it's his job to kill Raidou.
Oui-ti- You're welcome. Glad Lance freaks you out too.
