Issac, thank-you! I'm so proud of myself for getting a halfway decent cliffhanger ^^; Thanks also for the reviews, they're very nice :) Another short chapter, but the next one's going to be longer, I promise.
"How?" she managed to stutter. He shrugged. It had been a big thing, telling her. Nobody had ever known outside of his clan, not even Hayate. Imagine what he would say to that, he thought bitterly. After banishing his own sister because of her impure blood, he turns to his friend, whose blood is probably even worse then his half sister's. Funny, that.
"Ayane, you're a kunoichi, you're not stupid. Shinobi don't have green eyes simply because," he said softly. She looked at him, before shaking her head, regaining her composure.
"You could have been an oddity," she said, raising a finely plucked eyebrow at him. He shook his head, brushing the comment aside.
"Maybe so, but that wasn't the case. Don't sound so surprised,"
He could tell that she had dropped her guard. She was surprised. Anybody could have killed her there and then, had they wanted to, she was standing there so stunned. He turned back to Hayate. He was still breathing, and his wounds were cleaned, there was nothing else that he could do for his friend at this moment in time. When he turned back to Ayane, she had her mouth shut and regained her composure.
"He told me before he banished me that you were eliminating Kasumi, instead of me," she said coolly. The malice was obvious, but whether it was aimed at him, Hayate or Kasumi he wasn't sure. He simply nodded.
There was a pause. Neither of them said anything. Until finally, Ayane broke the silence.
"Why are you taking orders from Hayate? You're from different clans. You're probably more powerful then he is, yet you're bending to his will, doing his dirty work. I don't understand. I always thought that you of all people would be one of those who detest being told what to do,"
"I am," he said softly.