Disclaimer- I don't own Dead or Alive.
A.N.- Remember, the last chapter was cut off so this is basically the same chapter. Also, sorry for the long wait again. Problems at home is all. I can't wait until college. UBDC is equivalent to the CIA. I also know that Delta comes before Omega, but I needed a name. Since the Hayabusa clan is named after Hayabusa's family, Hayate's last name is going to be Shinobi. I know that's probably wrong, but whatever I don't care. It's probably the closest possivle guess... wither that or the furthest.
Forevermore- Thanks. She does feel like a bad parent, and Natsu doesn't really think of her as a mother. To Natsu, Kasumi is her mother and Hitomi's just a babysitter. That'll change hopefully by the end of the chapter. Considering how Notepad doesn't hold much, it might take another chapter. Anyways, Natsu has the same facial features from Hayate's side of the family, so she looks kind of like Kasumi. She has brown hair and blue eyes like Hitomi's though. Also, everyone, read her "Crawling in the Dark" fic. It's very well written. One of the best there is. Garunteed.
digininga- Thanks for reviewing. I'm glad this is the first DOA fic that caught your eye. Hitomi, Hayate, and Ein are my best characters too. The only characters I'm bad with are Leon, Bass, Gen Fu and Ryu. My cousin doesn't let me use them because he doesn't want me to be good with everyone. I don't really mind. I don't really like any of them anyways. Thanks again.
Qui-ti- You probably called her 'mom' when you were five though, right?
Brant Cinerate- A lemon is a graphic sex scene. So basically, you get the point why I'm not taking the risk of writing one, right? Oh, and I fixed that problem.
Our Past, Our Future
Epilouge Part 2
By: Joey/Mai fan15
"Hold on," Hayate walked out of his room and told Natsu to finish up, "I don't know. She's young. She doesn't know you well. She's more attatched to Kasumi than to you. When she comes, just spend some time with her. She'll get used to you."
"Get used to me? I'm her mother, she shouldn't have to get used to me!"
"Hitomi, things are different in our situation. She's being raised away from you, of cousre she won't be used to you. Listen, I promise you that by the time she comes back here, she'll call you mother."
"Hayate...
He interrupted, "Have I ever broken a promise to you?"
"No... but this is something you can't control."
"I can't control when I die and after promising you that I'd come back, I've escaped death thousands of times," Hayate heard their daughter call from the other room, "Remember, I promise. We'll be there tomorrow afternoon."
"Okay... See you later. I love you."
"Love you too."
"Tell our daughter I love her."
"I will, bye."
Hayate walked out to his daughter's bedroom to see if she was ready to go. He walked over to her bed and picked up the small suitcase, then ushered her daughter outside to meet up with her supervisor and aunt.
Natsu ran to Kasumi and hugged her, "I'm going to miss you, auntie Kasumi."
"I'm going to miss you too," she stood up again to give her brother a hug, but found him engaged in a conversation with Gan, Natsu's supervisor so she went back to Natsu.
"I heard from Masaki earlier. I didn't want to tell you, but they need some help. The Shikoyo declared war on them. Since Natsu is going to be gone for a while, should we help them out?"
"Why don't you ask Kasumi?"
"Natsu's your daughter," Gan pointed out.
"No. As much as I want to help them, I can't. If they find out that the Shinobi are helping them out, they'll attack us. I don't want my daughter to go through what I did. Seeing everyone you know and love die took a grave toll on me..."
"Okay, but they might attack us anyways. They know that we're the Hayabusas' allies."
"If that happens, Kasumi, Natsu, and a few guards have to come meet me at the karate dojo in Germany."
"Yes sir."
"Okay, Natsu, let's go."
Employer: Victor Donovan, President of Dead Or Alive Tournament Executive Committee(DOATEC)
Target: Gafur Semso, Citizen #009512898 of Yugoslavia. Former employee of DOATEC's Berane division.
Specifications: Silence, speed, stealth
Weapon Suggestions: Fiber Wire, Silenced Pistol, etc.
Reward: ________ euros
Details: Mr. Semso has information on Projects Alpha, Epsilon, Omega, Psi, and our newest Project Delta. He has recently started working for the UBDA of Yugoslavia. If information of our true buisness gets out they will contact France's prime minister. He will shut down and again DOATEC will fall into exile. Our leaders (mainly me) will be jailed. You need to stop this, name your price.
Assistance: Ayane Hayabusa
Christie looked at the laptop computer that sat on the bed in front of her. She remembered the results of project Omega and Psi. People were mutated, augmented, and altered to increase strength. She had gone to DOA4 to see Hayate once more, realizing what he really meant to her. Hayate's step sister was listed at the bottom. Why would she need a partner to get to one person?
She was ready to decline until she read the reward again, "Any price... hmm..."
She let her feet fall at the end of their bed and moved herself over, reaching under the bed to get the sniper rifle that she was supposed to kill Kasumi with. She swore she would never look at it again. It reminded her of Hayate and what he thought she did.
She wiped the dust off the titanium case and opened it. She felt the black velvet that surrounded the pieces of the rifle, "I guess I should stop feeling guilty. I need money."
She responded with an agreement, demanding 3 million euros knowing that they were desperate. A few seconds later a reply came. One million. She replied back again. Two-fifty. It was finally settled at two million. Another email sent in locations and other facts needed for the mission.
She sent another email saying that she wouldn't need assistance. She had her own plane outside of her rather large mansion (both thanks to reward money) so that she wouldn't have any possibility of being found whatsoever.
Ayane's cell phone started to beep, signaling that there were two new emails. She found none. Unknown to her, DOATEC had hacked into it remotely to delete the mail. She shrugged it off, putting it back into her purse she dragged Ryu into a clothing store.
Within minutes she was in a dressing room with millions of outfits and Hayabusa was sitting right outside the door with a very borded look on his face. His cell phone rang, "Hello"
"Ryu, it's urgent. You need to come back right away!"
"I thought I told you not to bother me."
Ayane heard what he said and continued to change while paying half attention to Ryu's conversation, "I don't care."
She picked up her cell phone and attatched a piece of equipment to it so that she could listen to her husband's conversation. She knew that it was important, "They have attacked us! Fifty of us are dead! My wife and child are dead! We have to do something!"
"Calm down. I wouldn't make a difference anyways."
"Yes you would. The person that was taking over for you is dead. The Shinobi are still not involved and we need help. Please, come back. Ayane won't mind. Besides, you've been gone for a while now. How long has it been? Almost a month?"
"Listen, the Shikoyo should be easy to take care of. Didn't you kill the leader yet?"
"You were wrong! There isn't only one leader. They have seven."
"What?"
"You know how people try to eliminate their weaknesses? I think maybe thats what they did. Do you think so," his tone was sarcastic.
"Damnit, don't get smart with me. Just take care of it. I can't come."
"Just talk to Ayane-"
Ryu crushed the phone with his hands, cutting off both himself and Ayane from the other end, "Ayane, are you done yet?"
"Yeah. Just a second," she emerged from the dressing closet, "Ryu, it's not that I'm not enjoying all this, but I really want to go home. Maybe we can pick up on this some other time."
Ryu looked into her pleading eyes. It weakened him and she knew it, "Fine."
"So we'll go back tonight?"
"Sure."
A helicopter touched down in a clearing settled in the middle of an old city. As soon as it landed ninjas surronded it, wepons drawn. An old man and three guards came out. The old man yelled above the rotors of the helicopter, "I am Mr. Donovan. I need to see Mr. Shikoyo."
A ninja came to the front of the group, "What do you want?"
"A simple buisiness deal. You do something for us, we do something for you in return."
Shikoyo motioned for the crowd to part. They did as he lead Dr. Donovan to his own room. When they arrived they sat at a table opposite eachother and tea shortly arrived, "I'll ask again, what do you want?"
"Well, I've tapped into an assassin's cell phone. It turns out that she's the wife of the Hayabusa clan leader. From what I've gathered by a conversation she tapped into, you and the Hayabusa clan are at war. The Shinobi are close allied with them, am I right?"
"Yes."
"Well Hayate is the leader of the Shinobi. He was a failure of one of our expiriments, so was one of his uncles. We want to continue that tradition with his daughter," Donovan smiled.
"We don't want to get the Shinobi involved in this war. We'll lose for sure if that happens."
"We'll provide assistance in the war in return."
"Rumor is that Hayate has taken out about fifty of your foot soldiers and three helicopters at one time. Imagine what thousands Shinobi and Hayabus clan members could do."
"We can take care of him. We have enough power. We'll even take Natsu ourselves. All we need you to do is get the Shinobi away from her."
"You're in luck. An inside source said that he's taken his daughter to Germany for a while. It would probably easy for you to take her there."
"Oh... okay. Thanks for your time and the information then," Donovan walked away, back into the helicopter. Shikoyo watched as it left sight, "Idiot."
"This is where you and Hitomi live?"
"Yeah," he didn't want to convince her to call Hitomi mother. He trusted that she could do it on her own, "Remember to be quiet. She's probably still asleep."
"Okay daddy."
He lead her up to her room and tucked her in for the rest of the night then he headed to his own room. Hitomi laid in bed, asleep until he laid down next to her, "You're home already?"
"Yeah. Our daughter is in the other room. Maybe you want to see her?"
Hitomi got out of her bed and walked out of the room to Natsu's bedroom. A few minutes later she came back through the door, "She was asleep."
"Oh. I'd bet you're tired also?"
Hitomi came over to him and laid down on top of him. He began to rub her back, "Not really. I went to bed ealry. It's almost morning anyways. Let's just watch a movie."
"I'll be right back," Hayate went downstairs to get some popcorn and sodas to find his cell phone in his overcoat ringing. He picked it up, "Hello?"
"Hayate, Ayane and I are going back to Japan tomorrow. There's a war between the Shikoyo and my clan."
"How come I havent heard of this? I'd get Kasumi to help you out."
"No, Natsu would be in danger. Don't worry about it, we'll be okay. I just needed you to get Natsu out of Japan, just incase."
"Way ahead of you. She's already upstairs in bed."
"Okay then. Anything else you want?"
The microwave beeper went off, "No, I'm going to watch a movie with Hitomi. Then we're taking Natsu to her grandparents'."
"Oh, okay, bye then."
Hayate hung up the phone and headed upstairs to the bedroom. The Hitomi had the DVD remote in her hand and had the movie on pause during the opening credits. Hayate sat down next to her, handing her a diet soda "What movie?"
"Remember that movie we saw when you were regaining your memory?"
Hayate nodded and the moive started up again. Hitomi looked up at him then out the door, across the hall where Natsu would be sleeping, "We should bring her to the next karate class."
"I don't think so. If she gets mad at someone, she'll hurt them badly. I don't think we can afford to be sued," he replied, taking her into his arms, "Lets just watch the movie now."
Nothing was said again for the rest of the opening sequence. Hayate then spoke, "Are you nervous?"
Hitomi looked up at him, confused, "About what?"
"About your parents meeting Natsu. They might ask questions."
"Don't be nervous. My mom wants to have a granddaughter and my father... my father learned that I wasn't a little girl anymore when I went to the Dead or Alive tournament. I remember looking at the entrants sheet and being upset that 'Ein' wasn't listed."
"I wish I could go back to being Ein," whispered Hayate.
He hadn't spoken soft enough for her to not hear, "Why."
"Ryu just called. He and Ayane are going back to Japan already. The Shikoyo clan is after them again. Now I have to decide whether to go to Japan and help out or stay here."
"I don't want to seem selfish, but stay here. If anything happened to you..."
"Well, Ryu didn't ask for help. And the Shinobi wouldn't have to listen to me anymore so I wouldn't make a big difference."
Hitomi glanced over at the clock, "As soon as this movie's over we could bring her to her grandparents'. Did she sleep on the plane?"
"No. She's never even heard of a plane, you can just imagine how she acted. She never moved away from the window, half terrified of the height and half amazed at what she saw. But she's used to going to bed at eleven and getting up at four. So by ten she should be ready."
"Okay," she moved to sit down on his lap. After he slipped his arms around her waist she turned her head to the door at the sound of someone outside, Natsu, "Daddy? I'm not tired, can I stay here for a while?"
"You have to get up later to see your grandparents."
"I took a nap in the car on the way to the air... port," she climbed onto the bed and rested her head against Hayate's.
Hitomi got up to change the movie to something Natsu would like, knowing she wasn't the average child who would be facinated with a gay purple dinosaur. Picking out a random Kung Fu movie and placing it in the DVD player, she went back to the bed to take her spot. Natsu had taken it.
She looked up at Hayate and he shrugged, Hitomi laid down next to him instead. Natsu was too into the movie already to notice that Hayate had picked her up and placed her on the edge of the bed. He then laid down, facing Hitomi who turned around to meet her gaze, "Sorry..."
"It's not your fault. Like you said before, she's not used to me so she thinks that when I'm getting close to you she gets upset. It's alright," Hitomi looked over at their daughter who practically had her nose up against the TV, "That's not good for her eyes..."
"Natsu, back up a little."
After making sure she obeyed, he turned back to Hitomi, "You have to make some attempts to get closer to her."
"Don't you think I've tried?"
Hayate pointed to their daughter, "Here's a perfect opportunity right now."
"I'm not good at this kind of thing. I've never had to take care of kids my whole life, I don't know how to do this," she moved closer to Hayate, "It's alright. I don't mind her calling me Hitomi anymore."
"That's what Ayane said about everyone treating her like dirt when she was younger. She was scarred for life because of that. The pain that she experienced is still with her today. The night before their wedding, he called me and told me about that. He's worried about her. I don't want us to be in the same position. You can't back down," he looked at her and instantly knew that's not what she wanted to hear, "I'm not trying to fight with you. It's for the best."
With no more protest, Hitomi sat up and moved to the edge of the bed, "Do you like this movie?"
Hayate grinned. He could tell that this was akward for her. Natsu took her eyes off the TV for the first time, "Shhh."
Hitomi bit her lip so stop tears of frustration from flowing and glanced back at Hayate for a retreat but he urged her on. She turned back to her daughter, "What's it like in Japan?"
"Hitomi... let me watch the movie."
Giving up, she laid back down, "Hayate, I don't care anymore. It's not worth the trouble."
"Just try again later," she was about to protest but he stopped her with a kiss, "Try later."
Hayate knocked on the front door of the house, waiting for Hitomi's parents to come open it. He took a look back at his wife and daughter one nervous, one full of curiosity. The door opened and Hitomi's mother let the three of them in. She was still young, for a grandparent, only in her mid forties.
Hitomi brought Natsu in and sat her down at the couch, then went off to find her father. Her mother turned to Hayate, "So this is my granddaughter... I should have expected to be a grandmother at such an early age. I was only twenty when I gave birth to Hitomi."
Hayate nodded, not knowing what to say and turned on the TV for Natsu who was fussing with the remote. She continued, "So do you two have any trouble with her?"
"No. We sent her to a boarding school that my sister owns. I visit her once a month though," lied Hayate.
"How can you afford it?"
"My sister has a... helicopter. I just have to go to the airport, that's it."
Hitomi came back in with her father who sat down next to his wife. Hitomi came over and sat down next to her daughter, making more futile attempts to get close to her. Hitomi's father watched this and noticed that his granddaughter was quite impartial to Hitomi, "How come she doesn't seem to like her mother much?"
"She goes to a boarding school that Hayate's sister owns. So she's more partial to her," Hitomi's mother had answered for Hayate.
"Do you plan on teaching her karate?" he asked.
"I... I don't know. Maybe. Hitomi and I both know you want to keep the dojo in our family, but that might be kind of hard for Natsu. Maybe when she graduate from the boarding school," replied Hayate.
He looked down, fearing the loss of the karate dojo which had been started by his great grandfather. Hayate didn't want to make him dissapointed, but if he mentioned that he and Hitomi were thinking of a second child, he might get a little angry because the first child had been hidden from him for five years, "Okay, we will teach Natsu karate when she's old enough. I promise."
Hitomi's father remained unphased by his words, "I don't know, Hayate. The dojo means a lot to me. Same with my father and grandfather. We were all brought up learning it... basically, it's one of the most important things to me. I don't think that you could feel the same."
"Beleive me, I know that it's important. I will keep the dojo in our family, I promise."
Hitomi looked up from her daughter to support him, "He's never broken a promise, dad."
Uncertain of what to do now, and uncertain that the promise would be kept, he changed the subject, "Do you mind if my wife and I take Natsu out somewhere today?"
"Sure, but take Hitomi with you. She needs to spend some time with her daughter. I'll take care of all the classes today," offered Hayate.
Hitomi got up and took him into the kitchen, "Do I have to?"
"Hitomi, I don't want to force you into it. But it's for the best."
"But I'm only going to be seeing her once a year after this," Hitomi sat down in a chair and put another one in front of her for Hayate.
He sat down and took her hands, "What happened? Before you were really upset that she didn't like you much. Now you dont care."
"It's just too hard."
Hayate frowned, "Fine. Just try a little. If you can't by tonight, then you can stop trying."
"But then I'd be a bad mother," she knew full well that he was using reverse-psycology but it was still working.
"I have to get to the dojo now. You do what you think is right," they kissed passionately before he left the room.
"It's now or never..."
The bullet traveled through it's target's head. The young man, sulmped over the coffe table in front of him, spilling large amounts of blood onto the once valuable antique. To her luck there was no panic because Semso lived in a rich estate, the nearest building was more than a mile away. Neverless, she had to leave quickly.
Christie got back into her car, storing her rifle in a secret compartment under her seat. Then after locking it, she got into her car. She drove back onto the dirt road that lead back to the highway.
Once she was back onto the main road, she took out her cell phone and called DOATEC HQ. A receptionist picked up, "Hello, DOATEC Headquarters, may I help you?"
"Dr. Donovan please."
"One moment, please," some annoying elevator music came on, then was replaeced a few seconds later by Donovan's equally if not more annoying voice, "Hello?"
"I'm done."
"Okay... and you're calling me... why?"
"Uhh... I dunno... maybe... for the money? But you know, if you don't have it... it's alright. Simply working for you was a reward in itself."
"Sarcastic as usual. Unfortunately, we don't have the money, just like you said. We just used it on funding for project Delta."
"I want my money you bastard!"
"Please calm down."
A.N.- Well, again, I get cut off by Notepad, so r/r! I'm starting to think I should take off the epilogue and put it into a whole new fic... hmmm... very convinent. Okay, R/R!!! Sorry for the long, long, long wait!!!
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