Chapter 2: The Truth
Kasumi could not believe the figure she saw in front of her. He looked almost exactly as she had remembered, his strong well-toned body with the muscles which seemed to bulge out of his Gi effortlessly, his hair had changed neither, it still glowed orange, as orange as fire, and his eyes were the dark brown what seemed to glare into you, and into your soul. He stood there looking down on her, seeing her be crushed slowly by the gravity.
Hayate: Gravity, Enlighten!
Almost instantly the gravity seemed to lift, and Kasumi could breath again. She felt as though this was her first breath, and it seemed to set the fire in her lungs out.
Kasumi: What is this place? Hayate. what have you done?
Hayate: This, Kasumi, is the future. This is the way we live today and the way the Mugen-Tenshin ninja will conquer all opposition into submission. We are the New Dawn - a group of ninja, exiled from society and who have come here to try and enhance ourselves beyond normal human limits. We exist as a pact, a brotherhood where we are all treated equally
Kasumi: Sounds a lot like communism.
Hayate: It would to someone who has not experienced the full power of the new dawn. Observe (Hayate looks at the metallic figure, covered in dents standing in the middle of the room as it suddenly becomes crumbled)
Kasumi: What was that!?
Hayate: That is the power of the New Dawn. I destroyed this piece of scrap metal effortlessly
Kasumi: But I did not move!
Hayate: There you are wrong Kasumi. I have been training 20 times the normal gravity of earth and therefore I can move faster, hit harder and react quicker than any normal man, machine or being ever could. I can leap entire buildings in a stride; I can defeat hordes of enemies in a blink of an eye and sense when you are about to attack before you even know it yourself. I have finally, become the ultimate ninja.
Kasumi: Impossible!
Hayate: Alas, it is not impossible for you have witnessed the power before you this very day! And now I ask you one thing. Will you join us in our quest for a land with out rules or boundaries? Wont you become one of us? Wont you join the New Dawn?
Kasumi: But Hayate, why are you here. You are not an outcast, you are not a run-away. . . are you?
Hayate: . Ryu Hayabusa. He challenged me to a duel to decide who will be the leader of the Mugen-Tenshin Ninja School. I.I.I lost to him. He has power beyond measure.
Kasumi: Ryu?! He. but that's impossible! He would never attack unless provoked
Hayate: That's what I thought too. He is no longer one of us Kasumi. He has slipped into shadow. Where as I have seen the light.
Kasumi : (pause) What is this place anyway?
Hayate: Dan-So! (an old man carrying a crooked wooden stick appears)
Dan-So: Yes, My child, what is you will be wanting of me?
Hayate: Dan-So, this is Kasumi, she is the one with the 'gift'.
Dan-So: Yes, Yes Hayate, I know who she is, you are forgetting I am all knowing and all seeing.
Hayate: Yes master, but I must ask, what will you do with her?
The elderly man walked over to Hayate, his feeble body looked almost unable to crush an ant. He raised his staff at Hayate, and almost instantly Hayate felt pain surging throughout his whole body. He cringed and writhed as if hot knives were stabbing him all over his body. His eyes widened, and a look of fear came into view.
Dan-So: You DARE to challenge me BOY?!
His voice had changed, no longer was it the harmless old man but instead one of a demon, roaring to get out and yearning for death. His voice was deep, as deep as the ocean and bellowing.
Kasumi: NO!
The old man released Hayate from his magical grip and let him drop to the floor. He turned, allowing Kasumi to see his eyes, which were glaring red and bleeding from their sockets.
Dan-So: Yes, it is as I had thought. You Kasumi posses a gift beyond any recognition. Your are the last of a generation of people who used their magic to summon the 5 spirits.
Kasumi: The 5 spirits. Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Life.
Dan-So: I see your mother told you about these.
Kasumi: Yes. She told me. She told me if the spirits were to be destroyed then the world as we know it would not exist. The earth would rot, water would freeze, fire and heat would cease to exist and the winds will stop . and life will die. A world in which man cannot live.
Hayate: Yes. We are here to destroy Ryu, for we believe it is he who has stolen the spirits. Can you not sense it? The earth has gotten colder, the winds are slowing and population is decreasing. We must defeat Ryu before it is too late or the world will be destroyed
Dan-So: That is why we need you Kasumi. We need your help in destroying him and freeing the spirits.
Kasumi: Ryu wouldn't! No, I don't believe a word of it! Liar! LIAR! (she turns her back and runs to the window, ramming her shoulder into it. She looks down and sees the 10 story drop. She jumps from the window frame and falls helplessly to the floor below)
Hayate: NOOOOOOOOO!
Hayate runs to the window and looks down expecting to see her corpse on the floor, crushed into oblivion but instead all he sees is he empty drop to the cold tarmac below.
Hayate: Kasumi.
Kasumi could not believe the figure she saw in front of her. He looked almost exactly as she had remembered, his strong well-toned body with the muscles which seemed to bulge out of his Gi effortlessly, his hair had changed neither, it still glowed orange, as orange as fire, and his eyes were the dark brown what seemed to glare into you, and into your soul. He stood there looking down on her, seeing her be crushed slowly by the gravity.
Hayate: Gravity, Enlighten!
Almost instantly the gravity seemed to lift, and Kasumi could breath again. She felt as though this was her first breath, and it seemed to set the fire in her lungs out.
Kasumi: What is this place? Hayate. what have you done?
Hayate: This, Kasumi, is the future. This is the way we live today and the way the Mugen-Tenshin ninja will conquer all opposition into submission. We are the New Dawn - a group of ninja, exiled from society and who have come here to try and enhance ourselves beyond normal human limits. We exist as a pact, a brotherhood where we are all treated equally
Kasumi: Sounds a lot like communism.
Hayate: It would to someone who has not experienced the full power of the new dawn. Observe (Hayate looks at the metallic figure, covered in dents standing in the middle of the room as it suddenly becomes crumbled)
Kasumi: What was that!?
Hayate: That is the power of the New Dawn. I destroyed this piece of scrap metal effortlessly
Kasumi: But I did not move!
Hayate: There you are wrong Kasumi. I have been training 20 times the normal gravity of earth and therefore I can move faster, hit harder and react quicker than any normal man, machine or being ever could. I can leap entire buildings in a stride; I can defeat hordes of enemies in a blink of an eye and sense when you are about to attack before you even know it yourself. I have finally, become the ultimate ninja.
Kasumi: Impossible!
Hayate: Alas, it is not impossible for you have witnessed the power before you this very day! And now I ask you one thing. Will you join us in our quest for a land with out rules or boundaries? Wont you become one of us? Wont you join the New Dawn?
Kasumi: But Hayate, why are you here. You are not an outcast, you are not a run-away. . . are you?
Hayate: . Ryu Hayabusa. He challenged me to a duel to decide who will be the leader of the Mugen-Tenshin Ninja School. I.I.I lost to him. He has power beyond measure.
Kasumi: Ryu?! He. but that's impossible! He would never attack unless provoked
Hayate: That's what I thought too. He is no longer one of us Kasumi. He has slipped into shadow. Where as I have seen the light.
Kasumi : (pause) What is this place anyway?
Hayate: Dan-So! (an old man carrying a crooked wooden stick appears)
Dan-So: Yes, My child, what is you will be wanting of me?
Hayate: Dan-So, this is Kasumi, she is the one with the 'gift'.
Dan-So: Yes, Yes Hayate, I know who she is, you are forgetting I am all knowing and all seeing.
Hayate: Yes master, but I must ask, what will you do with her?
The elderly man walked over to Hayate, his feeble body looked almost unable to crush an ant. He raised his staff at Hayate, and almost instantly Hayate felt pain surging throughout his whole body. He cringed and writhed as if hot knives were stabbing him all over his body. His eyes widened, and a look of fear came into view.
Dan-So: You DARE to challenge me BOY?!
His voice had changed, no longer was it the harmless old man but instead one of a demon, roaring to get out and yearning for death. His voice was deep, as deep as the ocean and bellowing.
Kasumi: NO!
The old man released Hayate from his magical grip and let him drop to the floor. He turned, allowing Kasumi to see his eyes, which were glaring red and bleeding from their sockets.
Dan-So: Yes, it is as I had thought. You Kasumi posses a gift beyond any recognition. Your are the last of a generation of people who used their magic to summon the 5 spirits.
Kasumi: The 5 spirits. Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Life.
Dan-So: I see your mother told you about these.
Kasumi: Yes. She told me. She told me if the spirits were to be destroyed then the world as we know it would not exist. The earth would rot, water would freeze, fire and heat would cease to exist and the winds will stop . and life will die. A world in which man cannot live.
Hayate: Yes. We are here to destroy Ryu, for we believe it is he who has stolen the spirits. Can you not sense it? The earth has gotten colder, the winds are slowing and population is decreasing. We must defeat Ryu before it is too late or the world will be destroyed
Dan-So: That is why we need you Kasumi. We need your help in destroying him and freeing the spirits.
Kasumi: Ryu wouldn't! No, I don't believe a word of it! Liar! LIAR! (she turns her back and runs to the window, ramming her shoulder into it. She looks down and sees the 10 story drop. She jumps from the window frame and falls helplessly to the floor below)
Hayate: NOOOOOOOOO!
Hayate runs to the window and looks down expecting to see her corpse on the floor, crushed into oblivion but instead all he sees is he empty drop to the cold tarmac below.
Hayate: Kasumi.