Disclaimer- I don't own... yeah, you know already.
A.N.-
Qui-ti- Yeah, I'm pretty good with Christie also. Who are your best characters? In order, mine are Ein, Hitomi, Hayate, Brad Wong, Bayman, Christie, Jann Lee, Kasumi, Helena. Those are just the one's that are my absolute best. The way I rate them is by going through Team Battle and if I get five stars without getting any damage at all, I say that I'm good with them. I didn't have to do that much research... at least not as much as you think, I still did a lot. I went to Japan for a while once and I stayed at the Marroad International near Narita Airport. And my plane landed at Narita airport. All I needed to do was a little freshening up on the subject. The sniper rifle, did research on that. The sake, my uncle has a lot of that... heheh. But I still did a load of research. Will Christie complete her mission? Read to find out. Ah, and the employer will be revealed too. Ah, how was the movie? I couldn't get a ride to DC on friday (I didn't have school) and since that was the only theatre that was showing it that day near me... yeah. And on Saturday, it was sold out. I just gave up, I'm gonna wait for the DVD. Hope you were luckier than me. Oh, and if you can, check out the tecmoinc forums at tecmoinc.com. Forevermore and I are already members there. But I'm only in the DOA3 forums. After getting there, click community, then forums, then Dead or Alive 3.
Forevermore- Heh, thanks again. But like I said, don't take down your fic. Eternal Pessimist took down hers. So that brings the Hitomi/Hayate count down to 4... To anyone who reads this, pulllease publish a Hitomi/Hayate or Hitomi/Ein fic.
golden-flame4- Thanks. You're only the second one to put my fic on their favorites list (that I know of). It's kinda strange my last fic (which was really, really horrible) got on tons of favorite stories lists and got me on about 12 favorite authors list. This fic is better but only has two favorite fics, and one favorite authors. So thanks. And to everyone else... hint, hint.
Out Past, Our Future
Chapter 21
By: Joey/Mai fan15
Hitomi followed Hayate through the crowd of people that surrounded them, she then clung onto his arm, feeling like she would lose him if he didn't, "Hayate, everyone's staring at me."
"Don't worry, they'll get used to you," replied Hayate. Eariler, he had left Hitomi for a breif few minutes, teleporting up the mountain to get a few of the Hayabusa clan to help with their luggage, one for each suitcase. It was a days hike up the mountain, they had finally made it. Hayabusa and Ayane greeted them and Hayate re-introduced her to them, Hayate wasn't surprised to see Ayane there.
Hitomi looked over at Ayane, instantly recognising her from the tournament. Hayate spoke to her, "Ayane, is it alright if Hitomi stays with you?"
"Umm... I guess," she walked closer to Hayate and lowered her voice to a whisper, "Are we supposed to tone down all the activity here?"
"No, it's alright. She knows who I am now," answered Hayate.
Hitomi sat down on a nearby bench and started to look around. After a few minutes, Hayate walked over to her and sat down, "Everything's been taken care of. Hayabusa and Ayane have gotten you a place to stay. I'll visit you every time I get a chance. I'm sorry I have to leave so soon."
He kissed her before he left, dissolving for the second time. After sitting there for a few minutes with a blank look on her face, Ayane walked over to her, "So you're who Hayate left to see again."
She nodded, the only time she had seen Ayane before was when she was being pummled beneath a barrage of punches. She was nervous. Ayane continued, "He gave up a lot to come see you. He isn't the head of the Shinobi clan anymore."
"He told me already."
"Well, I guess you're tired after that long hike. Come on, I'll show you where you're going to be staying," Hitomi got up and Ayane led her to a large building that looked like an old dorm. She followed Ayane up to her room, closing the door when she got there. She began to unpack, thoughts of Hayate raced through her head.
It wasn't safe, otherwise she would be going along with him. What if he didn't come back? She felt alone now, the same way as she did when Ein left. He might never come back. When she finished unpacking, she collapsed back on to her bed. Tears started to flow from her eyes, "Things are never going to be the same... Hayate's always going to be tied to the Shinobi."
Hitomi pulled the sheets up to her face and cried herself to sleep. She wanted the old Hayate back... she wanted Ein back. All she wanted was a Hayate who wasn't held back by his family, his people. That Hayate would be Ein. And she felt guilty for having those feelings.
She still loved Hayate with all her heart, he just wasn't free. He was too sophisticated and cautious. He always avoided what she wanted most, thinking that it would "bring shame" to her. He didn't want to get in too far into their relationship until after marrige. That wasn't all she wanted from him, she didn't really care about that anymore. She just wanted to be close to him, with his current occupation... it was almost impossible. The whole thing was like Romeo and Juliet, especially with the way her father had been acting towards Hayate lately. The both of them would probably end up dieing for eachother also.
She hated herself for wanting someone else from Hayate. Sure, Hayate and Ein are the same person, but it just seemed... wrong. Maybe when this was over... she'd have to have a long talk with him.
Tear stains drenched her pillow, but she somehow managed ot fall asleep.
Hayate walked up to the entrance of the village where he grew up to be instantly enveloped by a crowd of people who entusiasticly greeted him. Treating him as if he was still their leader. He pushed through the crowd to Kasumi who was sitting alone on a stone wall, knowing that she would have no chance to get through the crowd to see her brother.
She looked up to see him standing there and she jumped down from the wall to embrace her brother. A crowd had gathered and Kasumi ordered them to go about their buisness, they remained. Hayate did the same and they all left. Kasumi looked up at him, "See, they won't listen to anything I say. They want you to lead them, not me."
"I'll talk to them later."
"So... did Hitomi come with you?" asked Kasumi, for some reason she didn't really know what to say to him.
"Yeah, she's staying with Ayane and Hayabusa. This whole thing with the Shinobi is really getting in the way of things. I'm tempted to slaughter all of them... just to be able to get back to Hitomi. As much as it hurts to admit, I know that she'd rather have Ein right now."
Kasumi led Hayate to their old home, followed by her supervisor. Once inside, Hayate excused the supervisor, "Kasahara, you can leave."
He walked out and headed out to the forest. Once about five miles in, he greeted someone, "Glad to see you are going through with this."
"I just want to get this over with, get my money, and get out of here."
"Remember, you can never see Hayate again after this. I hope you think this is a wise decision."
Christie just nodded, a tear fell from her eye. She didn't think it was worth it. But she had to, an assassin wasn't alowed to have friends in the first place. Hayate meant a lot to her...
"I'll lure Kasumi out and you can snpie her from the top of the bathouse," he walked off, back into the village. She watched as he weaved in and out through the crowd.
A few minutes later Christe followed, somehow getting to the rooftop without anyone noticing. She then assembled the rifle and pointed the scope towards the doorway that Kasumi was supposed to come out of. A few seconds later, Kasahara was able to lure out Kasumi. She aimed the crosshair at her head, but something stopped her. Hayate had followed her out, she didn't want Hayate to see his own sister die. There was only one possible way for this to end, at least one she wanted.
She aimed at her target's head. Slowly, she pulled the trigger. A microsecond later, the bullet hit. Kasahara fell to the ground as the Shinobi instantly grabbed her, taking her to Hayate and Kasumi.
She had changed her target... for Hayate.
Hayate was surprised at who was brought to him, "Christie?"
"Hayate, I'm sorry. I had to, he wanted me to kill Kasumi," One of the Shinobi held a knife to Christie's throat, ready to slit it, cut it open. Hayate grabbed the knife, "What are you doing?"
"She tried to kill Kasumi, she must be stopped," replied the ninja. Hayate looked at the ground where the supervisor's body was laid out. He turned back to the person who held the knife.
"How stupid do you think I am? I know all of you want Kasumi to be overthrown. I may not know excactly what happened, but I know that it started out as an attempt on Kasumi's life," replied Hayate.
The crowd of people that surrounded them started yelling out different things. Appoligies, threats, excuses, anything that they could come up with. Hayate motioned for them to let Christie go. After they complied, Kasumi led her away from the rest. Someone from the crowd came up to Hayate, "We just wanted you as our leader. A runaway would never be suitable."
"She ran away so that she could help me. If she hadn't, I'd probably be dead," replied Hayate, "I would have left also, a long time ago, because this place is hell for me. Because of all of your idiocy and insubordination, I might be inclined to being your leader."
He was about to reply, but Hayate stopped him, "I don't have time for this."
He headed off in the direction that Kasumi had taken Christie. Once entering the small room, he turned to Christie, "Tell me everything. Who are you?"
"I'm not a detective, I'm an assassin. I was sent by Mr. Kasahara to kill Kasumi. I decided that it wasn't worth it," she replied.
Hayate needed more time to think about this, "Christie... just, leave now. I need lots of time to think about this. I'm really stressed right now. Hitomi, her parents, the Shinobi, you everything is taking a toll on me. I have to find time for everything."
As she left the room she looked back at Hayate and Kasumi, "Hayate, are... are we still frineds?"
He didn't reply, he just looked back down at the floor. One motion had told her everything, she may have risked her life to help her best friend, but that's what you get for lying. He may not consider her his friend anymore, but she still did. Her best friend. Her only friend. Knowing that their friendship was gone left an empty spot in her heart. She still didn't know the full extent of the loss, how much she really cared for him. But what she did know was enough.
Hayate watched as she turned and walked out the door, emotionless. He turned to his little sister, "The Shinobi are going to be alright alone for a while. You're staying at Ayane's tonight."
Kasumi nodded as she stood up. Both of them had teleportation abilities which would make the trip shorter.
Hayate thought of letting the Shinobi live normal lives by dissolving the clan. But Hotsuma, Shinden, their legacy would dissapear. It was very difficult for him to deal with this, especially with everything else on his mind.
He'd give almost anything to be with Hitomi, anything. Even his family. But he'd rather find a way that he wouldn't. Maybe he could make Hitomi a Shinobi. No, he wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Hitomi's sleep was interrupted as she woke up to hear the doorknob turning. Hayate entered the room, making her sit up, "How'd things go?"
"Not so good. I'm gonna have to try again tomorrow, I just hope there arent any intteruptions tomorrow," answered Hayate, "How have you been?"
"Not so good.... Hayate, I need to talk to you," Hitomi moved over and motioned for Hayate to sit down next to her, "Hayate, I fell like everything is falling apart. And I don't want it to."
"I'm sorry, I guess I never had time to sepnd with you since... since... you know," Hayate didn't want to hear Ein ever again.
Hitomi nodded, "Yes, I do. But I keep wishing for you to be Ein again."
Hayate looked away from her, facing the back wall of the room. Hitomi continued, "But, when I say I want you to be Ein, I mean I want you to spend more time with me. Since I've told you how I felt... we havent spent even a week's worth of time together."
"Hitomi, when this is all finished..."
"It's never gonna be finished, they are your people. A king can't just expect to give up his position and let everyone get over it. I know you wont do that," she inetterupted, "It's never going to be finished."
"I'll find away..."
Hitomi moved over to Hayate and put her arms around him, "I hope you do."
Hayate nodded and turned around, facing her, "All I have to do is talk with the revolutionary leaders. I'll convince them to follow Kasumi's orders, at least until we can find a more suitable solution. Then they can sort it out with the rest of the Shinobi."
"Good, that sounds like it would be pretty quick."
"Yeah, maybe another day or two," they looked at eachother for a while, thinking about what their futures held for them. Their need for eachother grew every second, and they eventually lost all control of themselves. Their pasts, their futures, they didn't matter right now. Just the present.
A.N.- Yeah, I'm avoiding the lemon. I'm just being cautios here. Since I lowered the rating to PG-13, if I put it back up to R since the default shows G to PG-13 you might think I removed it. Besides, I don't wanna get this fic torn down. So don't go complaining and flaming. Cause I did that for a good reason. NO FLAMES
A.N.-
Qui-ti- Yeah, I'm pretty good with Christie also. Who are your best characters? In order, mine are Ein, Hitomi, Hayate, Brad Wong, Bayman, Christie, Jann Lee, Kasumi, Helena. Those are just the one's that are my absolute best. The way I rate them is by going through Team Battle and if I get five stars without getting any damage at all, I say that I'm good with them. I didn't have to do that much research... at least not as much as you think, I still did a lot. I went to Japan for a while once and I stayed at the Marroad International near Narita Airport. And my plane landed at Narita airport. All I needed to do was a little freshening up on the subject. The sniper rifle, did research on that. The sake, my uncle has a lot of that... heheh. But I still did a load of research. Will Christie complete her mission? Read to find out. Ah, and the employer will be revealed too. Ah, how was the movie? I couldn't get a ride to DC on friday (I didn't have school) and since that was the only theatre that was showing it that day near me... yeah. And on Saturday, it was sold out. I just gave up, I'm gonna wait for the DVD. Hope you were luckier than me. Oh, and if you can, check out the tecmoinc forums at tecmoinc.com. Forevermore and I are already members there. But I'm only in the DOA3 forums. After getting there, click community, then forums, then Dead or Alive 3.
Forevermore- Heh, thanks again. But like I said, don't take down your fic. Eternal Pessimist took down hers. So that brings the Hitomi/Hayate count down to 4... To anyone who reads this, pulllease publish a Hitomi/Hayate or Hitomi/Ein fic.
golden-flame4- Thanks. You're only the second one to put my fic on their favorites list (that I know of). It's kinda strange my last fic (which was really, really horrible) got on tons of favorite stories lists and got me on about 12 favorite authors list. This fic is better but only has two favorite fics, and one favorite authors. So thanks. And to everyone else... hint, hint.
A.N.- Yeah, I'm avoiding the lemon. I'm just being cautios here. Since I lowered the rating to PG-13, if I put it back up to R since the default shows G to PG-13 you might think I removed it. Besides, I don't wanna get this fic torn down. So don't go complaining and flaming. Cause I did that for a good reason. NO FLAMES
