Author's Notes: There's a slight usage of Japanese words in this chapter, I have put the meanings of them. I'm not a fluent Japanese speaker, so there might a mistake or two.

HeavenlyAnimeAngel: You were suprised, huh? I like to surprise the readers. And with having Yuki as Ayane's and Ryu's daughter, would be a surprise. You'd think that Kisho was their son? I mean it would be more possible. But, Yuki had a good life, which was why she didn't turn out, like her mother. Kisho had a horrible life, loosing  his parents at the tender age of eight. He was basicly pulled out of being an eight year-old and being forced to grow up. The same thing happened to Ayane. Which makes them alike. I think that your ideas, were great and I've decided to use them. Actually one of them will be used in this chapter. Anyway, thanks for your excellent story ideas and suggestions!

A.T.L.A.S: I used Eight Drunken Fists to shorten it. I think that the name's long. But thanks for pointing it out, anyway.

                                      Lying From You

* When I pretend, that everything's what I want it be,

I look exactly like what you had always wanted to see,

When I pretend I can forget about the criminal I am,

Stealing second after second, just cause I know I can,

But, I can't pretend this is the way, it will stay, I'm just....

Trying to bend the truth, I can't pretend I'm who you want me to be,

So I'm.... Lying my way from you*

- Lying From You, Linkin Park

Kisho sat up in his bed, for the millionth time that night. The memory came back to him, haunting him and sending a flood of memories back to him. He remembered another memory.

I sat up, I had definately heard something this time. I heard loud voices, which sounded like argueing. It could have come from our house, could it? I got up and quickly paced, moving down the stairs. I hid, after seeing my parents. They would be angry, if they knew that I was up at this hour of the day. I watched my mother talking to my father, as she frantically chased after him.

" Hayate! Hayate! Don't go! Not tonight. Can't you let one of the other clan members take care of it. It's dangerous!" My mother exclaimed persuasively. Fear and worry was seen in her eyes, which wasn't a common thing.

" Hiroshi was sent to tell me, to come. That means it something IMPORTANT. And besides, I've survived so far, haven't I?" My father said, emphasizing the word important. 

" I don't want to lose you!" My mother said, sadly.

" You won't." My father explained. " It's not dangerous!"

" Well, in that case, I'm comming with you." My mother said, doubting my father's words. My father's eyes widened a little bit. He sure was surprised.

" Hitomi, I have been a ninja for along time, I don't think you should go, it could be dangerous since you haven't mastered the style of ninjutsu and haven't learnt the Shinobi Code." My father tried to explain.

" I know everything, that I need to know. And I can defend myself very well, Hayate." My mother snapped defensively. My father had almost forgot, that she mastered Karate.

" Okay, then. But if I see that you're in any danger, you will come back home." He said. My mother agreed. And watched as they got ready to leave our cabin. I was going to follow them. I watched as they left the cabin, I followed them slowly. Leading into the forest. The trees weren't seen in the midnight darkness. Nothing was; Except for the moon. The moon was a full MOON, and I knew what that meant. The moon lighted the sky and the ground. I continued walking. I noticed that my father was carrying his Katana. And he had an extra one, too. I hid behind a tree, when we finally had came there. I watched as the ninjas spoke.

" Are they comming?" My father asked. He waited for an answer.

" Yes, they are Hayate-sama." Hiroshi replied.

" What do they want from our clan, Kiyoshi?" My father asked another ninja. The ninja, who had been questioned, did not wait long before answering.

" They want to fight. You know how they are, Hayate-sama." The ninja replied. Another ninja swore at the mention of the other clan. My mother watched, silently. I don't think she understood.

" Do Ryu-sama and Ayane-chan know about the Dragon clan?" A third ninja asked. My father shook, his head in reply. The ninjas spoke in fluent Japanese, which made it harder for me to understand. I watched, as a set of ninjas jumping out of the shadows and attacking the Mugen Tenshin ninjas. Anger filled the sky, as they fought. My father was busy fighting five ninjas, at the same time. While, my mother had brought down two. They thought she was a ninja, and were surprised when they received hits, they didn't know how to counter. My father's eyes were filled with anger, when he spotted me.

" Kiyoshi, can you take my son home and make sure he arrives safely?" My father asked the other ninja. Kiyoshi looked around and decided to do it.

" Arigatou, Hayate-sama," Kiyoshi replied, after watching blood drop to the ground. He was a great fighter, though he despised fighting and would rather avoid it.

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Kisho opened his eyes. He looked around the room. He was tired and drowzily got up of bed. The rain poured down, but not as hard as other day. The sky was dark. He looked at the clock, which hung tightly on the wall. He read the time. 8:45 AM. He wonder whether he had another fight today. He didn't feel like fighting today, but if he had a fight, he would. He wondered how many people watched the fight. People. His thoughts drifted on his family.

My family. I wonder where my parents are. My father had suffered of memory lose, before I was born and was left in the Black Forest of Germany, to die. Luckily, my mother and her father found him. When he woke up, he didn't know anything about himself. My mother saw that he had a mark on his left shoulder. One. That was what the sign showed. My mother decided it was a reason, to call him Ein. My father learnt Karate, with the help of my mother's father. After, a few months, the Dead Or Alive World Tournament 2 was announced and he felt ready to fight. He left my mother and her family. My father recovered his memory, after winning a fight against his sister, Kasumi. He remember that he was Hayate, the heir of the leader of the Mugen Tenshin clan. He went back to his clan, after the tournament. He found out that his mission, from the Shinobi was to kill his sister, Kasumi. Kasumi had abandoned her clan, to help my father. Was that really crime?

Yes. To any ninja, it was. Leaving her clan and becomming a runaway Shinobi, cast shame on the Mugen Tenshin clan. This made the Shinobi angry and he decided that the punishment for this was perseccution. The Shinobi sent skilled ninja assasins to take her life. But they failed horribly, seeing as Kasumi was a skilled ninjutsu fighter. The Shinobi decided that it was time to enforce his evil plan, which would break Hayate. Hayate couldn't kill his sister; He told Ryu, to protect her. Ryu did what he was told, knowing how much Hayate cared about his sisters. But, Kasumi wouldn't give up. She loved Hayate, and was not one to deny it. She had already lost everything and was not going to lose him. Kasumi entered the next Dead or Alive tournament. My father fought and defeated her. Kasumi met up with my father, after the tournament to tell him how she felt. My father told her, about Hitomi, my mother. Kasumi left, and she was not empty handed; She left with a broken heart. No one had seen her since, that day.

Kisho thought about the other clans. He wondered how life was for the members of the Hayabusa Hajin Mon clan.

I wonder if my aunt Ayane or my uncle Ryu know anything abot their whereabouts. Maybe, they're in the same place, wherever that might be. Considering that they were both clan leaders and guessing that the Shinobi would want to get rid of, them along with my parents, to obtain the power of all the clans. To be the leader of all the ninja clans, in the undergound of Japan. Aunt Ayane and uncle Ryu were leaders of the Hayabusa Hajin Mon clan. They combined their clans, after Ryu had received a message in a deadly version of FedEx. He was told that the members of his clan were all slaughtered. And that, he was the next one in line. While, Ryu was making his way to the undergrounds. He met up with ten clan members, who the only survivors of the great attack. The members of the Hayabusa clan, had not learnt Martial arts, very well. Considering that the survivors were all children. Ryu knew that his clan needed more man power, so he decided to try to get help from the clan that hadn't been attack yet, and now would be considered the most powerfull one; The Hajin Mon clan. After, my aunt Ayane had killed her adoptive father, Genra and won the Dead Or Alive Tournament 3, she met Ryu. Ryu, who was my father's bestfriend, had came to her with an idead, of combining their clans. Ayane accepted, since that would be the ONLY logical thing to do. A few months later, Ayane and Ryu got married. I heard that they had a kid, a few months after my birth.

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" Chang. You killed my brother!" The young girl explained. " Now, I will take your life!"

" You can not defeat me, Chyou! Let alone kill me." Her opponent exclaimed.

" Chang Tyo Ko Vs. Chyou Chen."

The fighters charged against eachother, with power and force. The young girl leapt at her opponent. Bringing him, down with her attack. Her black hair, blew in the wind, almost covering her face. Her eyes were filled with anger and hate. Her outfit was a steel gray Qui Pao; A traditional Chinese dress. Her exposed legs kicked the guy, repeatedly. Multiple wounds, showed on his face, as her heels dug into it, with every kick. Chyou smiled in defeat. Her opponent wore a button-up shirt, over a white muscle shirt. And a pair of baggy jeans.    

Chang got up, he couldn't possibly lose against a girl. He was ignoring the fact that a woman, could be just as deadly as a man. He striked, starting his string of combos with a punch. The Wing Chun fighter landed a great combo against the Shaolin Kung Fu warrior. The girl got up, quickly and charged against her opponent. She pushed her palms up, flapping them into Chang's face. She, quickly, sidestepped and hit him, with a kick. She went down into another stance. And leapt against him, attacking with a barrier of punches. The Wing Chun fighter wouldn't let himself get beaten, he twisted the girl's wrist and then, mercilessly threw her to the ground. Chyou felt pain, but rose. Chang made sure to attack at the perfect moment. He knew when it to take a chance. Something he wasn't good at was blocking, which was why he just was in a deadly combo. He started to beat his fists, against the girl painfully knocking her down. He leapt and the girl received and axe kick. As the girl got up, her dress was a little bit messed up and some of her cleavage was seen. Chang was distracted. Deadly distraction; Chyou pounded her fists against his skull and kicked him, before he landed on the ground.

" Winner!" Kisho watched, as the girl jumped up and down, with joy. It looked really stupid to him. Kisho decided to go and watch another fight. 

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" Haley Wellington vs. Kahuku Ka Li!"

The two fighters looked at eachother before attacking. One of them was a girl and one was a boy, they both looked to be eighteen or nineteen. Haley was a short girl, with blonde hair and brown eyes. She wore a blue blouse and a skirt, which reached below her knees. Her opponent, Kahuku was alot taller than her. He had black hair. His icy blue eyes sparkled. He wore a t-shirt with a picture of a dragon. To a pair of black pants.

The fight was in process and the Aikido fighter had taken control. Haley had kicked and punched her opponent. Kahuku blocked. And followed through with painful moves. His moves were quick and snake-like. He landed a great kick. And continued, with another combo. It was complicated. His palm hit Haley, and he continued by sidestepping quickly. And connected his fist to her face, while kicking his leg towards her face. Haley stumbled to the ground, quickly. As soon, as the girl was up again, she received a hurricane of different moves. Comming against her. She fell to the ground, rolled to her side and got up. She receive yet, another move; This time a critical hit. She kicked her opponent with full force and rapid speed. The girl fell on the ground. Kahuku had sommersaulted and hit her with a kick. She got up and sidestepped. She faced his back, where she held a firm grip. She tightened her grip almost strangling him. His neck would break, if he didn't do anything. Haley tightened her grip. Kahuku tried to fight and get out of the dangerous move. The Hawaiin fighter did a back kick, which sent his opponent on the ground.

" Winner!"

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Kisho made his way, through the crowds. He heard people whispering things about him. It was mostly about what had happened at the fight with Jason. He was tired of it. He looked up and that a fight was about to start. The two fighters looked at eachother fiercly.

One was a tall guy, with chestnut brown hair with several streaks of dark brown in it. He also had almond shaped amber eyes. His attire consisted of a beige muscle shirt, which showed all his bulging muscles. It also showed, that he had been around many kinds of different people and that he had been into many fights; Because there was blood on it. He wore some loosely fitting blue cargo pants, which showed his combat boots. The outfit was finished by a pair of black grappling gloves, which hung tightly on his fingers.

The other fighter was another guy, who probably was older, than his opponent. He had dark hair, with strands that fell over his face, making it impossible to see his eyes. He wore a crimson red Gi, which had black trims and was tied tightly with a black belt with letters and signs written on it. His complexion was quite light and he looked to be Spanish. The two fighters were starting to talk.

" Don't say I didn't warn you?" The fighter, clad in red, pointed out.

" I'll win this battle, no matter what." The other fighter taunted. The announcers were going to start the fight.

" José Barao vs. Ken Kageri." The announcer boomed. The fighter in the red, was José Barao and the warrior, he was facing was Ken Kageri.

Kisho watched as the fight started. José attacked Ken, trying to bring him down with a flurry of different moves. Which were countered with several moves, which Ken had up his sleeve. Ken continued with some aerial attacks. His fighting style was very unique. Yet somewhat familiar. Ken threw his fist against his opponents face. His leg hit José's side. José grabbed the leg, during the kick and quickly brought him forward, sending him to the ground with the counter attack. It countered Ken's quickness. Ken stumbled to the ground. He got up, while his legs ached. A punch met Ken, toward his stomach, when he got up. The punch didn't hurt him. Ken tried to block was sweept into more moves and complicated combos, after his attempt to get out of his opponents grip. Ken swung his leg towards José's face, bringing it upward. The move was very powerfull. And effected him, by landing José on the ground. Kisho realized that Ken's style resembled Ninjutsu, alot.

José's fist smashed up against his opponent. Ken fell to the ground, he had attempted a sommersault and sacrificed his balance completely, while receiving a heavy blow. Pain stung the fighter. Ken made a comeback, as he rose. He kicked José, on his right leg, José stumbled backwards with rapid speed. José would not give up, and to Kisho's surprise, got up again. The crowd roarer with sheer enjoyment as the fight continued. Kicks and punches were flung back and forth. Moves were countered. And the warriors had turned the designated battlefield, into war grounds. The winner takes it all. Both of them, had determination and were headstrong.

The fight continued. The fighters were getting tired, but wouldn't give up, though. The crowd watched intensely, as the battle continued. Ken attacked José, after countering his kick. He flung his palm, towards his opponents face. José countered the move and pulled Ken, into a dangerous move. José had a firm grip around Ken's wrist, while pushing him forward and twisting his wrist. Ken's back was facing José, this was a dangerous posistion, knowing that any fighter would take the chance to do a heavy blow aimed at the back. José twisted Ken's fist, and then sent a kick towards his head. Ken brushed up against the ground, several scars appeared on his face and blood was drawn. He got up, warily. He sent his leg against José, raising him into mid air, and followed through with different attacks. José landed on the ground, painfully. His eyes shut. He knew that he could get up, but receiving more damage, than this wasn't worth it. Even if his luck would change.

" Winner!"

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 Kisho walked through the dark alley. He heard two high pitched voices. One was a deep suave voice. The other was a soft female voice. He listened as the two spoke. He didn't know why. He recognized the male voice, but he didn't know who it was, though. He slowly tilted his head and looked at the two. No wonder, he recognized the voice. That fighter, Ken, was talking to a woman. Who looked to be old enough, to be his mother. She had long brown hair, which was tied into a ponytail with a while ribbon. Her amber eyes sparkled with happiness. She wore a traditional, blue, silk kimono. Words in Kanji, were written on the back, in gold. She wore white boots. He recognized her, she looked like on of the ninjas in a picture, his father had at home. Kisho listened.

" I did it. I won, Kasum-" Ken's voice trailed off." I mean Moniko." 

" It's okay, Ken. We're lucky, no one is here. We have to be careful, If anyone knows that I'm Japan. The ninjas will come, after us again. When we're alone, you can refer to me, as Kasumi. When we're around people, I'm Moniko. You do know what the story, that we're keeping to is?" The woman replied, with a solemn tone.

" Hai. That we're Ken and Moniko Kageri, and that we're from Kyoto."

Kisho started to walk away. Could it be possible, that the woman was his aunt, Kasumi? Could she be back? And if so, why now?

Kisho accidently kicked something, which was lying on the ground, as he walked. A loud sound was heard. Kisho heard a voice. " Who's there?!"

Kisho heard the woman ask. He heard footsteeps, comming closer.  What was he going to do? 

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 Author's Notes: What did you think? Is that woman Kasumi? If you have any suggestions or questions, just review with questions/suggestions. I'd like to thank HeavenlyAnimeAngel for her excellent suggestion. As for, the Japanese words.

Hai=means 'Yes'. And is equivilant to okay, sure and other words. It's commonly used in Japan.

Sama= is a word, which is used after a name to show respect to the person, you're addressing.

Chan= Is the same word as 'sama', just in a feminine form.

Arigatou= Means thank you and also is very commonly used. It's also a polite way of thanking.

All the names, I've used in these chapters are real. I haven't made them up. As for the names used in this chapter, look underneath.

Chyou= Is a Chinese name. And it means autumn. I don't why I chose it. Maybe, cause it's rare. 

Hiroshi= It's a Japanese name, which means generous and is equvilent to kind and nice, etc.

Kiyoshi= Is also a Japanese name and means it the quiet one.

José= Is the Spanish form of Joseph. And is VERY commonly used.

Haley= Is an Irish name and can both a name for a girl or a boy. It means ingenious.

Kahuku= Is Hawaiian and is a male name. It means star.