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Chapter 2: Ayane faces Kasumi
The branch of the tree struggled against the hard wind, the thick mass of green surrounding the top of the tree swayed softly against the breeze, as the dark figure stood undaunted, not looking twice at the people scattered around the windy area.
The loan shinobi was cloaked, wearing only black, the dark hood covering her angelic face, the shadow covering her true ninja beauty, her deep lilac eyes looked to the ground, seeing only the shadowed reflection of the tree she now stood in.
She was calm, standing in the protective ninja stance, only letting her eyes be revealed from under her long black garments, in her fully black leather gloved hands she held a katana, her legs now recovering from her stiffened position, ready to spring at any moment.
Ayane had been waiting to see a ninja, she new that she was not the only ninja that had entered the past tournaments, she had so longed to see hayate, she needed to sort out a few things about Genra with him, explain why it was her who had to kill her beloved farther figure.
A small tear trickled down her pale cheek, the cold wind had given her a paleness that even the moon would cry for, as she quickly wiped the tear away.
For so long she had been torn between the two clans that she had valued more than her own life, her loyalty still, and will always remain to Hajin Mon, but something in her heart yearned to be apart of Mugen Tension.
Since the day she was born the problem always remained, she was always classed as an outsider, not belonging to the Mugen Tension clan, they would always exclude her, debating on whether she should be banished or not.
If it were not for her brother Hayate, who would always count her as family, she would have probably ran away long ago, the other ninja's would have killed her with out hesitation.
If there ever were to be a female leader, it would always be kasumi, she was the perfect little ninja princess that everyone loved, she was older, some say wiser, and had the right blood lines, hers was not tainted like Ayane's.
That would sometimes be the reason she used to hunt down kasumi, now she could look back and smile, she was above the Mugen Tension clan, in fact she was apart of two clans, and feared through out the dark world of the ninja.
That is why she had come, to seek out Hayate, and discuss the matters of the new ordained leader of Hajin Mon.
In the quick speed of lightning, she jumped from the tree she had stood in, kneeling for a second, she took a clearer look at her surroundings, the back of the long black cloak blowing against the wind, she now took off the dark hood that had covered her face.
Her violet hair tumbled in front of her eye's, the usual dark bow she wore around her head kept the back of her lavender hair in place, people were staring at her, like some kind of ghost coming to life.
Her dark glare looked from one person to another, she could feel a presence near by, she knew this presence to be that of one of her own kind, a ninja, she straightened herself, looking directly through the centre of the crowd.
As the feeling became stronger a thick gush of leaves passed under her feet, her eyes concentrated on the centre of the crowd, her heart could feel the presence becoming stronger.
As the swarm of leafs blew through her neck length purple hair, a woman appeared, her presence looked more like that of a young girl, long strands of reddish brown hair blew past the young woman's arms, she was wearing a white silk ninja dress, with slits up both sides, and pink on the outline of the collar.
Ayane knew this girl, her shocked stare now became a figment of anger, her petite mouth showing signs of discust, "well I did not expect to find you here run away coward!" her sarcastic smile still hinted a slight change of anger.
"you have come here to……why?" the girls mouth was parted, she longed for ayane to tell her the truth, all to which ayane kept into herself, she could not believe that kasumi would turn up, being a run away ninja and all.
"you know I used to believe that you ran away for hayate, now I can see it was your own choice, am I right" ayane tried to keep up her sarcastic smile, but anger kept creeping up through her body, why should she tolerate it, why not at least beat kasami once and for all.
"yes I came to see Ryu Hayabusa" she turned away from ayane, choosing not to reveal anything, she felt that it was none of ayane's business, no matter how powerful she was becoming, they both found them selves communicating in English that they had learnt from previous tournaments.
Ayane now wore a mask of discust as she glared at the Kunoichi (female ninja) in front of her "Ryu Habuasa! You mean that little snake, well it figures, you both make perfect low life run a way's!" she half smiled at the thought.
It's perfect, they both deserved each other, always following my beloved brother hayate no matter where he went, they thought that they were powerful? Huh just wait until they have every ninja around the world chase them, there will be no where you can both hide.
Ayane now smiled evilly at her half sister, she now had no need to finish her off, all the work would be done for her , all she had to do was work on becoming more powerful, now the most powerful shinobi of Hajin Mon, she had finally reached her goal, and had no plans of slowing down.
"Excuse me miss!" she turned around to find a middle aged woman with her hair tied back in a stern bun, she had a number of leaflets displayed in her left hand.
"what the hell do you want!" ayane had shouted furiously at the woman, removing the woman's hand from her shoulder.
"The test trail is over here, can you follow me please" ayane could not believe the nerve of this woman, did she not know who she was, "look piss off! I'm busy!" she spun around to meet kasumi once again, only to find she had finished, a swirl of leaves left where she had last stood.
"Shit!, oh damn!" ayane clenched her fists in anger, she had to bite down hard on her tongue trying to secure her anger before she ended up knocking the crap out of this annoying woman.
She had missed her opportunity, now that little witch has gotten away!, once again.
It worried ayane, if hayate is at this test trail there is a good chance that she might speak to him, what if it's about the next leader of Hajin Mon, no!, there is no way that bitch is going to stand in my way, it's not fair, I have sacrificed enough for this one chance to finally become something!.
Her fists clenched tighter, she had squeezed with so much pressure there were now signs of blood, as her fists continued to clench tighter, they were becoming swollen and red, little droplet's of blood fell to the ground.
No! she can't ruin this for me, not this time, and neither will hayate, I do not care how much he means to me, Hajin Mon was the place that had taken me in, excepted me, whether I was a half breed or not, they follow my orders, it is my right to be ordained leader!.
The woman respectfully tapped on her shoulder again, this send even more angry nerves through ayane, her cheeks were burning with red heat, her veins were flowing with hot blood, the woman was almost scared she would explode.
Ayane un-clenched her fists, the blood covered both her palms and knuckles, all the muscles in her hand felt strained, she became slightly more calm, now turning around to face the woman "where is the test trail being held" her violet almond shaped eyes glared at the woman.
The woman took a long gulp before speaking, she could not believe that this young girl could be so intimidating "this way please" the woman walked though the long path in between the crowd of people.
Ayane would wait until the woman got a bit further, then she could easily catch up, she took a few strands of her short lavender hair that covered her face, placing them behind her ear she took a deep breath, letting her arms go out in a long stretch, she had been travelling for days.
As soon as she had over heard some people talk of a test trail ran by the same tournament she usually entered, she was convinced it would be fun, so she set out to find where it had been held, she needed a good challenge, and hoped to come face to face with other ninja's she knew.
She looked ahead, to now see that the woman had gone some distance away from where she was standing, in a quick speed, she ran through the crowd of people, everyone was oblivious to her presence, as far as they knew it was just the wind
I will see you hayate, and then I can finaly hear those words I have longed for, that I am a leader, that is all I need to hear, that from now on I will be respected, no one will dare stand in my way again, that I will shed no more tears.
I can then finally laugh at all those who had made me feel weak in my years of child hood, that I could make Genra's spirit proud of me, and fulfil my promise to Hajin Mon, by leading them into victory among all over clans, make them even more powerful than before.
All this I vow to do, failure is no option, I will complete this mission, I will pass this test trail, and prove once and for all, that I truly am the most powerful shinobi that ever graced the earth.
