Disclaimer- I don't own DOA, Narita Airport, the Marroad International Hotel chain, any gun making companies, or any company that brews sake. In case I forgot anything, I don't own those either.

A.N.- ¥30,800.00 = $256.77 = 28,731.37 Euros. I did a damn lot of research for this chapter, (money conversion, prices for the stuff at the hotel, etc.) and probably raised my phone bill thousnafold, so not flames or I'll... okay, just no flames please.

writer chickie- Thanks. I'm glad that you take the time to come back and review once in a while.

Qui-ti- I don't think she's dead. Yes she is Japanese... and alive. In my fic she's alive and she's Japanese. But I'm 99.9% sure that she's alive.

Forevermore- Please don't take it down!!! There are only 5 fics that actually mention anything about a Hitomi/Hayate or Hitomi/Ein paring, and only a handfull of Ayane/Ryu fics. If you're having trouble with it, get someone to co-write with you. And Washi and Raidou are dead, but he/she would still be in danger cuz of the mass corruption that the two of them had already caused among the Shinobi. So technically, you're right.



Our Past, Our Future
Chapter 20
By: Joey/Mai fan15



Hayate awoke to the pilot's voice, telling that they'd be landing at the Narita Airport in Japan withing the next ten minutes. He then shook Hitomi awake, "C'mon, wake up. We're gonna land soon."

By now, the plane had clearance for landing and had already started it's decent. After a few minutes Hitomi had fully awoken and she reached under her seat for a peice of carry on luggage, "Hayate, what time is it?"

"12:49am. We're going to check into a hotel for the night, then you and I are going to Ryu's after breakfast," answered Hayate.

"Will I be able to see where you lived?"

"Only if I can be sure that everything can be handled," stated Hayate as the plane finally touched the ground. After about half an hour, the couple entered the airport and gathered their luggage from the baggage claim and were ready to go. Hayate walked over to a pay phone and called for a hotel room. Hitomi stood nearby, looking around the large airport.

Hayate listened as someone picked up the reciever on the other end, "Marroad International, can I help you?"

"How much for a room?"

"With twin beds or a single?" asked the receptionist.

"Hold on," Hayate put his hand over the phone and glanced over at Hitomi. Thinking that she might be a little uncomfortable about the two of them sleeping in the same bed, "Hitomi, should I get a room with one bed or two?"

"One," she was still looking around, causing Hayate some uncertainty.

"One bed."

"One or two people?" asked the receptionist. Who correctly assumed that it would be a little strange for three or more people to share the same bed.

"Two people."

"A regular room for two people, ¥30800 a night. When will you be here to check in?"

"In about... twenty minutes. It is a ten minute minute ride if I take the free shuttle from Narita Airport, right?"

"Yes sir, it is," she replied.

After saying thanks to the receptionist, he hung up the phone and he and Hitomi started off to the Narita Airport Station to take the tram to the hotel. After their arrival in their room, Hitomi set down her luggage, took out a few peices of clothing, and without a word, headed off to the bathroom.

Hayate set all of the luggage, except for the one that had already been opened, into the closet. He then knocked on the bathroom door, "Hitomi, I'm going upstairs. I'll be back in a half hour."

Hitomi's response was droned out by the running water, but Hayate could faintly hear and "O.K."

A few minutes later, Hayate found himself in the hotel's bar, "Galaxy". A few people were scattered across the room, paying no attention to their surroundings. Hayate walked over to the counter and ordered a shot of Mannenyuki Cho-karakuchi Honjoshu, Gekikara.

After downing the dry alcohol, Hayate glanced around the room and saw one of his friends from the tournament. He walked over to the woman who instantly took notice of his presance, "Hayate?"

"Hello, Christie," greeted Hayate as Christie slid over to let hin sit down.

"So what brings you here? How's Ayane?" she asked.

"I don't know, I haven't seen her in the past week. I just got back from Germany. Why are you here?"

"Buisness," Hayate still didn't know the full extent of Christie's job. For all he knew, she was just a dectective, "You went to Germany to find... what was her name... Hitomi. You did, didn't you?"

Hayate nodded his head as Christie took another sip of her drink, "Have the two of you gotten a room yet, because I bought the Royal Suite upstairs."

"Why'd you buy that? You are the only one who's here, right? And I already have a room" asked Hayate.

"Yea, I'm the only one. I just like buying the best. Besides, when I'm done with this assignment, I'll make the money back thousandfold. Afterall, it was only ¥120,000."

"That must be a big case," said Hayate as Christie nodded.

After a few more minutes of talking, Hayate bid Christie farewell and headed back up to his room.

She didn't want to kill Kasumi, but if she didn't she'd be putting her own life in danger. She learned long ago to put her own life before others.

Hayate arrived back in his room to see Hitomi watching TV. He took out some of his own clothes and walked into the bathroom. Hitomi sat back against the headboard and let out a sigh. She had agreed to see what Hayate called the "Underworld of Japan". She was scared out of her mind of it. She would have done anything for him, now she wasn't so sure if coming here was the right thing. Sure she loved him with all her heart, but like Hayate said, it was dangerous.

She might not even be safe with Ayane. She might be far away if there was something wrong, but if the Hajin Mon got involved with it again, she would be too close to it. Hopefully, any rebellion would be supressed and she and Hayate would be able to move further in their relationship.

A few nights before Hayate had come back, Hitomi's mother had a talk with her, noticing the depression that loomed around her daughter. She tried telling her that Ein would come back someday. And she also told her that her father wanted Ein to marry her take over the dojo when he died. It lifeted her spirits knowing her father was okay with it.

Now it seemed like he was against it. Like yelling at her because he thought that she slept with Hayate. Hitomi's attention turned from the TV to the bathroom doorway as Hayate walked out of the bathroom and sat down on the bed.

He then wrapped his arms around Hitomi's middle, pulling her closer to him, causing a giggle to escape from her mouth. She then climbed onto his lap, forcing him back onto the bed. She gently laid on top of him, facing the ceiling. He put his arms around her and kissed the back of her head.

Hitomi let out a yawn as she looked over at the clock. By now it was 2:30, "Hayate, I think we should go to sleep now so that we can get to Ryu's as early as possible."

Within the next hour, the two of them had both fallen asleep.



Christie walked through the dense forest, she was heading towards her employers location to get the details for her assignment. After another ten minutes of walking, she arrived at an old warehouse. In another few seconds a figure rose up through the floorboards.

"Mr. Kasahara?"

The figure nodded and stepped into th light, "Yes. Here is your target."

Christie flipped through the pages, skimming over the pages. Then she arrived at the person's picutre. Her eyes widened, "I can't do this, she'd one of my friend's sisters."

"Remember what I said in your e-mail? If you do not complete or accept the assignment, I will be forced to kill you," he reminded. Two more figures rose up from the floor, "We Shinobi would easiliy dispose of you."

"Then why don't you do this yourselves?" she questioned.

"Because if our leader finds out, we will all be slaughtered," he answered, "So, do you accept or not?"

"...Yes..." she instantly regretted it. One of the other two slid a breifcase towards her.

"Inside there is an SV-99 sniper rifle. It takes 5.6mm caliber bullets. The barrel length is 350mm. The range of effective usage is at it's maximum at 100 meters. Three series, five shots each, center to center. The buttstock is 20mm long. The trigger pull is .5-1kgf."

Chrisite listened to every word, as she assembled the weapon, "I've packed a bag with as many magazines as you'll need. There is a telescopic bipod. It has pistol grip so it wont fall out of you hands during recoil. A carrying sling is alreay attatched. There is also a silencer that can be equipped. Lastly, there is a cleaning kit. If you complete the mission, you can keep the rifle along with your reward money."

The man went on, describing where and when she would excecute the assassination.

"You've thought this out to the last detail, haven't you?" she asked as he nodded. Chrisite dissassembled the rifle and began putting it back in it's case, "Do I have to use this, or can I use another weapon just incase it fails?"

"I doesn't matter how you kill the target, just as long as you do it. If you make her death slow and painful, I'll pay you extra. But I suggest a quick kill because she's very dangerous, you only have one chance. If you miss, get out of there or it'll be all over," the man's accomplices dissapeared, seemingly dissolving into dead leaves.

"A poison dart will do, I guess," Mr. Kasahara nodded as he himself dissapeared.

Christie nodded as she walked away, "Sorry Hayate. I have to do this."

She looked down at the weapon in her hands. It would be used to kill someone that Hayate cared about. It would probably hurt him a lot, maybe ruin their friendship if she didn't cover it up good. After emerging from the brush, she got back into her car to drive off back to the hotel, "What are friends anyways?"



Hayate sat flipping around in a magasine, waiting for Hitomi to come out of the shower. He had already taken his so when she was done they'd go upstairs to the western restaurant for breakfast.

A few minutes later, she emerged from the bathroom and the two walked out the door to go to breakfast when Hitomi spoke up, "I'm not really all that hungry. So if it's alright with you, I think we should just head over to your friend's like you said, it's a three hour drive. And you do have to get back to the Shinobi."

Hayate yawned as he checked his watch, 8:30am. They had only gotten five hours of sleep, not a sufficient amount to be around other people. A three hour drive would get the two of them a proper amount of sleep, "Sure, I'm still tired anyways."

The two walked downstairs and headed toward a nearby bus station. Once there, Hayate bought two tickets. In another fourty-five minutes the bus arrived and the two gathered their luggage, "What if Ayane isn't with Hayabusa like you thought?"

"Beleive me she is. The two of them wouldn't pass up an opportunity to be together while I'm gone," he replied, "But if for some reason she's not there, I'll get Ryu to go get her. Then you can go home with her."

"Hmm..." by now the two had taken her seats on the bus and it began to start off towards the freeway, "So what are things like around Ayane's?"

"It's basically the same thing as with the Shinobi, minus the... you know. It's kinda old fashioned, we follow the same traditions as we had followed for the past two and a half millenia. The buildings' exitrior had remained the same since the city was rebuilt after my father and grandfather were killed. You know, the fire. It looks the same as the old city though, early-Japanese archetecture. The place has electricity and plubing. Knowing Ayane, she probably put in TV's, computers, video games, etc."

"At least life won't be too hard. I was expecting it to be like in those movies, out houses, no electricity..."

Hayate smiled, "Well, I guess we should rest for a while now."

Hayate shifted so that he could comfortably rest his head against his windows and Hitomi leaned back onto his chest as he put his arms around her. The two fell asleep in a matter of seconds.



A.N.- Next chapter up soon. Maybe in 1.5-2 weeks.