Author's Notes: First of, I'd like to thank everyone who's reviewed this. Anyway, since this story is ending soon, the next couple of chapters will be the same length as the last chapter. Even if I were to write a sequel, these upcomming chapters will be long.
Wolf Runner: Hi. I'm glad you liked the chapter. And Jim. His personality will be revealed in the ext chapters.
Joey/Mai fan15: The chapter was really long, 3561 words!! I'm hoping this chapter will be just as long. Anyway, I'm glad you like the Daniel-bashing. Don't worry, I have alot of mean things planned out for him. He will be an enemy with Shoma, and you will find out about that in this chapter.
TigerEyes: Thank you. I'm glad you've liked this fanfic, so far and I hope you will continue to enjoy it.
From The Inside
* I don't know who to trust, no surprise
Everyone feels so far away from me
Heavy thoughts sift through dust and the lies
Trying not to break, but I'm so tired of this deceit
Every time I try to make myself get back up on my feet,
All I ever think about is this.... All the tiring time between,
And how trying to put my trust in you, just takes so much out of me....
Take everything from the inside and throw it all away, cause I swear
For the last time I won't trust myself with you*
- From The Inside, Linkin Park
Kisho walked into the library. He had decided to start studying. There were many different reasons to that decision, one of them, being the fact that a ninja without a clan wasn't very useful. Especially, when you're wanted to be dead by other ninjas. But he wasn't going to give up. He wasn't going to leave his past behind him, though.
Kisho looked over to the shelves of books. The public library had many books, and the amount increased monthly.
He wanted to catch up on the learning that someone of his age should have learnt, he wasn't far behind either. When he was younger, he had a supervisor for Ninjutsu, another that taught him about being a ninja and about the Shinobi Code and one for schooling.
He picked some books of the shelf and started to read. Girlish laughter was heard in the back ground, Kisho turned around to see some girls clad in Japanese school uniforms talking and giggling over various topics of which, they spoke.
Kisho looked around for another section, he needed some more books. He saw a computer. Above the computer, there was a paper. The paper was pinned to the wall, and hung tightly.
Kisho started to read the Japanese words, which slobbily were scarled across the top of the page. The paper was a sign up sheet for computer usage. He looked down at the computer, at then let his eyes look up and glance at the paper.
He signed his name, after looking at his watch. After that, he sat down next to the technologic piece of equipment. He started to click his way, through websites and pop-up ads that appeared.
After a while, a box appeared.
" You have got five unread messages in your inbox!" He read before the box disappeared. He had clicked on the box before it was out of sight, making another window open. He wondered who had sent him, or if it was just junk mail that was sent.
He opened one of the emails, finding a advertisement for a Japanese company which made all sorts of different items of technology. He closed it, and decided to not bother with deleting it.
The next email followed in pattern, being another advertisement but from a different company. Kisho sighed and clicked the link to the next message, the third email opened.
Kisho looked at it and started to read. It wasn't an advertisement or anything like that, it was an email that informed him that he had been accepted into Tokyo International Highschool. Kisho almost forgot about it, he had been to the school earlier and had to take a test along with other people, who were applying to the school for their senior year.
The fourth email was opened and viewed. Kisho's eyes widened, as he looked at the email. Even though, he had quickly skimmed through it.... he was shocked.
Kisho put his hand on the mouse, and dragged the mouse icon along the screen and up to a small menu. He click a few buttons and then a final menu with the title 'Print'. Another box appeared, and after a while, a paper came out of the printer which was attached to the computer.
He picked up the books, and his paper which he almost forgot. He closed the window, and
started to walk to the counter. Kisho pulled out his library card. After that, he dashed out of the building.
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Kisho came home, he had lots of time left until his fight; which was coming up later on. He pondered on how he should spend the remaining hours, until the fight. He decided to shower and quickly change outfit. He took a look at his room.
Whoa, this place sure is messy. I should get some cleaning done..... Soon. He thought.
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After cleaning up his room, showering and changing from his casual t-shirt and jeans into a dark blue hooded sweater and a pair of matching blue trousers, seeing as the weather had changed slightly; Kisho had sat down on his bed. He turned on the TV, and clicked buttons on the remote to see what was on. There were Japanese dramatic shows for teenagers, comedy shows that just weren't funny, the news that was broad casted several times a day and ridiculous and pointless game shows; And yet none of this was actually worth watching. Unless, a person was bored out of their mind. And in Kisho's case, he was not.... yet.
He picked up the books, he had borrowed. He searched for his third book and found it on the table. Next to it, was the letter. Kisho picked it up, again and decided to re-read it.
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Topic: Warning.... Beware!!
To: Takai Fujimoto(Hidden email adress)
From: Unknown Sender
I'm sending you this.... as a warning, because I know that you are in danger. I know of the pure evil that DOATEC beholds, from experience.....
A long time ago, or twenty years ago to be precise..... DOATEC's leader, Fame Douglas was killed and then his daughter, Helena Douglas, was to take over. A man, who goes by the name of Donovan, sent assassins after the young girl and she let Donovan take care of the buisness, seeing as he was her father's best friend and because she didn't want to give up her opera singing career. Helena was however determined to haunt down the person, who killed her father with the help of the second Dead Or Alive tournament. She never knew of the betrayal, Donovan had planned.
After that, Donovan started the train of evil that DOATEC would shed. He started with some experiments in the DOATEC lab. He took some fighters, from the Dead Or Alive tournaments as experiments. I was also a test subject, even though I have nothing to do with the tournaments.
During every tournament, a fighter would fall test suject to the experiment. And they would be turned into the evil demons DOATEC created.
After a failed experiment with a fighter, given the name of Ein. Another man used the information he had to black mail Donovan. Donovan had to sell DOATEC to the man. The man was the Shinobi; A relative to two of the fighters, that were dragged into the experiment. No one knew that the Shinobi was seeking vengeance.
Anyone who has tried to infiltrate the DOATEC Headquarters or find the truth behind DOATEC's experiments is either dead or have gone missing.
Only two fighters, who have been experiments during the last twenty years, have managed to escape from the DOATEC lab. I can not give you their names; I can only tell you that one of the two fighters had DNA, that matched Ein's DNA and that both of the two had the current names of Experiment 0703 and Experiment 0525 at the lab.
I'm warning you, Mr. Fujimoto, if that now is your real name.... Do not try to find out more information about DOATEC, than what you already know.
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Kisho put the paper down, he didn't know how to react to the letter. He was shocked. It couldhave been a joke, but it didn't seem like one. At all.
He decided to head out. Kisho planned to go to the bar, since there were seven hours left until his fight.
He put on his shoes, and took his room keys and left. He walked out of the hall way and into the empty elevator, which opened when he pressed the button for it.
Kisho was thinking, as he went from floor to floor in the glass elevator. He was to involved in his thoughts, to hear the small sound the elevator made when it reached the floor.
The glass door opened and he stepped out.
The rain poured down on Tokyo with rapid speed. Kisho looked out over the center of Japan, which now was drenched in small amounts of water. He quickly walked over the road, and stood near the bus station and waited for the next bus or taxi car to come.
Suddenly, he saw a yellow taxi car. He stepped inside the small car.
" Where do you want to go, mi amigo," The driver said, with an accented voice which sounded Spanish. Kisho didn't understand much of what he was saying, but replied. The driver began to drive away, through the rainy town. Kisho looked out of the window, as he was deep in thought.
" You know, this is going to cost you.... alot." The driver said, with rude tone.
" Whatever, just drive." Kisho responded.
The car stopped. Kisho paid the man, the exact amount of money.
" Don't I get a tip?" The man asked and extended his hand, as Kisho was about to get out.
" Not today, old man." Kisho replied, and stepped out. The Japanese teenager walked away, and walked out of the road and on to the street. He walked into a building.
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The bar didn't have many people in it. There were some faces, which were recognizable. Kisho sat down, at a bar stool and waited for his turn to order a drink. He saw Brad Wong, who strangely enough wasn't drunk and was talking to Kelly Armstorng, Shoma Takamouri and Daniel Lords, who were yelling at each other and Jim Fury, who was sitting alone and finishing his drink.
He sat down at the only seat which was available; The one next to Shoma and Daniel. The two were glaring at each other and argueing. Kisho listened in on their arguement.
" What? That's not true, I am the best fighter in the world!" Daniel said, confidently.
" Why were you defeated in the semi-finals?" Shoma coldly and angrily shot back.
" Because.... um, because..." Daniel stammered, trying to find words. He continued. " Oh, it's no use to talk to a dumb loser, like you. I have better things to do with my time."
Shoma clenched his fist, he was starting to get annoyed with the arrogant fighter. Shoma started to reply. " I have two things to say. One, you have better things to do with your time, like what? Scare young women away from the pathetic and arrogant freak, you are. And two, if I am a dumb loser, I wonder what you would be.... I can already guess.... a pathetic arrogant twit, who seriously needs professional psychologic help."
" Whatever." Daniel said, and with that he walked away. Kisho and Shoma, both turned around and watched as Daniel tried to flirt with a girl, who was standing at the other side of the room.
" I know exactly what you're looking for... tall, blonde, blue eyed and-" Daniel began, the girl shouted some words in Japanese. Daniel didn't understand Japanese, since he was Irish.
Suddenly, a man appeared. The man stood next to the girl and Daniel. He was glaring at Daniel.
The girl turned around to Daniel, and began to speak.
" This is my... boyfriend." The girl said, in an accented Japanese voice. She didn't seem to know much English. The guy, who was standing next to him, instantly attacked Daniel. The bouncer appeared and escorted both Daniel and the man out of the bar.
Many of the people in the bar, seemed to be relieved that the blonde haired fighter was gone. Especially, the women. Kisho turned around to see the bartender and decided to order a drink.
He ordered his drink. He looked over his shoulder and saw a woman, who looked very nervous walk into the bar.
She wore a long dark jacket over her attire, and had a hood pulled over head. He could only see small strands of brown hair. The woman walked and didn't noticed, when she walked right into Jim Fury. The two fell to the ground. Jim Fury dusted himself of and got up. He helped the woman up.
" I'm sorry. I was my fault." She said. Kisho recognized her voice, but he didn't know who she was. There was only one thing, he knew and that was that there was something fishy about the woman.
He looked at the two again, he saw shock in Jim's eyes as he began to speak. He whispered something to the woman and the two walked out of the bar. Kisho got up and followed them.
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The rain poured harder than it did earlier. Kisho stood in the alley, behind the street and watched them.
" Kasumi.... What are you doing here?" Jim asked, he was confused. Kasumi looked down on teh ground and started to reply.
" Take care of Ken, tell him that I.... I'll come back one day." Kasumi replied, she turned around and began to run towards the other direction, her face stained with tears.
" Where are you going, Kasumi?" Jim asked. The kuniochi stopped running. She didn't turn around to face the other ninja.
" I'm running away. I have to go." She replied. Kisho looked at the two, and tried not be seen. Which he suceeded with.
" Why... Why are you doing this?" came the reply.
" Because, if the other ninjas find out that I'm here and that Ken is my son, he will be in danger. And I want him to have a normal life." Kasumi replied.
" Remember the old days, remember how we lived before Ken was born. The ninjas of our clan's didn't know where we were and still don't. That was nineteen years ago."
Kisho walked away, from the alley. He didn't want to listen in on the conversation the two ninjas were having. He snuck away from the place, and escaped out of the alley.
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Kisho looked up, at the door. The clock ticked slowly, and butterflies tumbled around in Kisho's stomach. He clenched his fist.
The locker room was so quiet. The silence was broken by the sound of Kisho's heart beating. He left the room, and walked into the arena.
It was huge. He didn't know where the designated battle field was. There was an indoor battlefiled and outdoor one. He looked over to the big screen.
Kisho found out that he was fighting outside. He looked at his watch, and found the clock to be two minutes to midnight. He dashed outside.
After a minute of running, Kisho arrived outside. He looked up at the sky. It was dark outside, but the moon which floated in sky, lit the sky up.
Kisho started to feel cold, as the cold breeze hit him the face as it blew from side to side.
The officials were checking around, making sure everything was perfect. Some of the officials were checking the medical kits that the paramedics had brought, making sure everything was in them and the other officials were waiting for both of the fighters to be there at the location.
Kisho looked up and saw another fighter. It was a guy, who had black hair with red streaks in it and icy blue eyes. He wore an over sized dark blue t-shirt, and a pair of dark blue baggy jeans. He wore a pair of sneakers, which had different hues of blue in a camouflage material on it.
The officials talked, as the announcer started to introduce the two fighters to the small crowd of people. After a while, the announcer had finished and had decided to begin the fight.
" Gary Shinoda VS. Takai Fujimoto! Fight!" The announcer declared.
Kisho was the first to attack. He leapt at his opponent and went in for a punch, his mother had taught him. He pressed his arm forward and started to strike with a clenched fist. The other fighter flew across mid air and landed on the ground with a loud thud.
Gary rolled over his side and got up. He got up and kicked Kisho in the face and followed through with a punch.
Kisho felt pain, the pain stung through his body. He tried to get up, and suceeded indoing that. He attacked by connecting his fist to Gary's face several times and finishing the move with a kick. The kick hit Gary's stomach, making the fighter fall down.
Gary wanted to stay there on the ground, until the fight ended, but part of him wanted to get up and fight. He decided to follow his instincts and immediately got up.
Kisho attacked with a punch. Gary ducked and grabbed his fist, he quickly stepped to the side and threw him onto the ground. Kisho almost did a sommersault, before collapsing. The move wasvery painful. It was atleast it was less painful than what it looked to be.
Kisho got up, and was attacked again. Gary twisted Kisho's hand and then pulled it forward along with other fighter and then kicked him in the head and put his leg down for a secon, before raising it again.
Kisho felt tremendous pain, and decided to do something about it. He attacked by punching his opponent, who was caught of guard and continued by taking a step back and pushing him with all of his body weight. The move didn't make the other fighter falter, but the kick that followed, did. Gary fell down hard on the ground. Kisho sommersaulted over him and then turned around, after landing next to the other fighter. Kisho swiftly kicked his opponent.
Gary felt a large amount of pain, which was in his left leg; The leg, he received the last kick on. Gary got up.
Kisho swung punches at Gary, who caught his wrist after the third punch. He pulled Kisho's arm and put his leg out, making his opponent fall when he did the throw.
It was a very graceful move. Gary bent over and punched the other fighter, who was lying on the ground.
Kisho was motionless, he looked up and saw a fist slamming toward him. He had to get up. Kisho rolled to his side and grabbed Gary's leg and pulled it toward him, making the fighter fall.
The official looked at the fighter, examining him carefully with his eyes. " Winner!"
The fight was over, Kisho felt relief and sighed.
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The two fighters looked eachother in the eyes, both were determined.
One of them, was a tall green-eyed brunette. She wore a baby pink longsleeved top, over a dark pink tank top. The tank top was visible, because it was darker than the longsleved top over it. She wore a pair of white baggy pants to it. Her brown hair was tied into a ponytail, making her silver hoop earings visible.
The other was a girl, who barely reached the height of her opponent and had reddish brown hair and red eyes. She wore a blood red and black tank top and a pair of black trousers, that hung loosely on her hips. Her hair was down, and it was shoulder length. She also wore accessories, like different bracelets and a bright red spiked collar necklace.
The fighters both got into their stances. The two stood there, and waited for the announcer to start introducing them and then letting them fight. After a while, the annoncer stopped.
" Guan Yin Moon VS. Mackenzie Jones! Fight!"
The younger one of the two, Mackenzie Jones, attacked. She kicked Guan Yin several times, and then smashed her fist into her opponent's face. Guan Yin countered the move, by quickly kicking her opponent in the stomach.
The Austrailian fighter got up and released a powerful combination of power punches. Mackenzie attacked and grabbed her opponent's fist and held it in an arm lock, which was very painful.
She twisted her opponent's wrist, forcing her opponent to turn around in an attempt to get out of the move and continued by kicking her opponent in the back.
Guan Yin fell to the ground, she felt pain both when falling and when receiving the blow. Her mind was preoccupied with stratergies and tactics of how she was to react.
Guan Yin fought back, attacking the girl with a powerfull punch. She slammed her palm, against the other girl's face and started to continue. She continued the move, by crouching and attacking by smashing her palm upward against Mackenzie's stomach and then jumping in mid-air, while kicking her opponent.
Mackenzie plummeted to her fall, which was painful. Very painful. Her opponent didn't give her anytime to recover and instead was on her and had started to kick her. She felt her opponents foot, quickly brushing up against her head. The brunette got up, and decided to give her opponent some damage instead of receive some.
The brunette threw herself at her opponent, connecting her leg to her opponent's face. The other fighter received a heavy blow, which was a punch to her midsection and fell. The move was powerful and was executed at rapid speed, which made it an unblockable move and a move that was unavoidable. Both mentally and physically.
Guan Yin attacked again, and continued to attack for severak minutes. She used different combinations of moves, that were very dangerous. Power punches, high kicks, swift kicks, low punches and quick throws.
Her opponent was unable to counter some of the moves, and fell victim to most of them. Mackenzie got up and charged at Guan Yin. The older girl sidestepped and quickly attacked, spinning around and finally kicking.
The kick sent her opponent on the ground. Mackenzie was unconscious and as soon as the officials saw it, they delivered the news to the crowd. " Winner!"
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Kisho opened his room door. He stepped inside. He searched for the light switch with his hand as he walked around in the darkness. Light came into the room.
He looked around. To see, a broken chair lying on the ground, broken pieces of glass that belonged to an antique vase and some on his bed, lay his bag that was opened.
As he walked towards his bag, he saw papers shattered over the linoleum floor. He picked one up and noticed that it was one of the papers, he had stole from the profiles at DOATEC.
Who could have been in there?
Author's Notes: Okay. Hope you liked it.... The next chapter will come soon after this update. I've been having problems with my computer and so I haven't been able to update.