The Innocent
Kenji Himura
Disclaimer: I don't own DOA, My name isn't Tomonobu Itagaki and I don't work for Team Ninja.
Two
Kasumi spent nights alone in a ghost town, trying to pick herself up. Kasumi hugged herself and curled up into a ball, the only light in the room was a small candle. She looked at her hands, still bloodstained from Ryu.
"I...need to wash up," she thought. She stood and proceeded to the back of the house, where a small hot spring was. Kasumi undressed and stepped in. It stung at her skin, but soon became relaxing. She settled down and shut her eyes. Suddenly, she heard hissing. The same kind from the night Hayate had found her. Kasumi wrapped a towel around her bare body and picked up her katana. She stood in place, waiting. Kasumi lowered her blade, "Must've been a snake." Suddenly, the sound of thuds could be heard. Kasumi looked to the doorway and found three arrows now stuck in the wall. Kasumi's eyes widened and she leapt inside the house as a barrage of arrows came over the wall and struck the ground where she had been standing. Kasumi tried to catch her breath as she stood up. More hisses. Kasumi backed away, trying to escape the house. Suddenly, she felt two hands grab her neck. Kasumi teleported behind her attacker and impaled him in the back. She turned and groaned as ten ninja raced at her. Kasumi raced forward as well, slashed at one and ducked under two blades. The two blades clashed and Kasumi impaled one of the ninja's. He dropped his blade and Kasumi picked it up. She formed a cross and blocked three blades. She was being pushed back. Kasumi began to sweat as she got near the wall. She had to take a chance on her next move. Kasumi let go and performed a back flip. Her feet landed on the wall and she bounced off it. She held the long katana down and killed one ninja with a slice as she passed. She landed and tossed the long katana forward, it impaled the second ninja. The third waited, he didn't attack and Kasumi was not going to throw her beloved katana at him. Suddenly, she heard a war cry as a ninja tossed a spear tip on a chain at her.
"DIE!" he shouted. Kasumi ducked and grabbed the chain, she yanked it forward and as he came close, she impaled him. She picked up the chain spear and threw it; it cut cleanly through the third ninja.
"Four more..." Kasumi groaned as she dropped to one knee. Amongst them was Ayane. The three minor ninja raced forward, Kasumi lowered her head. As they came close, she leapt up and hit the ceiling. She rebounded off it and went twirling towards the ground, a magnificent display of Sakura flowers flowing around her. She hit the middle one with her katana and he crashed through the floorboards. Kasumi got on her two bloody hands and twirled, tripping both ninja. She took out two shurinken and impaled the two. She picked up her katana and looked at Ayane,
"Kasumi...how can you slay old friends like that?" Kasumi stared at her unbelievingly,
"You killed Ryu!"
"It was an accident!"
"No!" Kasumi leapt forward, Ayane thrust her blade forward. Ayane prepared to cheer as she felt her blade sink into something, but one she saw what it was she was stunned. Kasumi had held up a dead ninja's body and had blocked. Kasumi dropped the double killed body and advanced on Ayane slowly. She stopped and the two exchanged furious glares. They raced at each other and took a swing. Kasumi felt the blade just miss and scrape her cheek, while she had impaled Ayane in the shoulder. They broke apart from each other. Ayane screamed and fell to her knees,
"Kasumi...you....you evil..." suddenly, Hayate appeared between the two and held his hand up to stop Ayane from getting up.
"Kasumi, just to survive...you've caused more bloodshed and loss to our clan then any enemy could..."
"Stop pursuing me then! I wouldn't give any info to our enemy! I did not lead that raid!"
"By your performance tonight...and what you've done....I would say you have done so. Kasumi, you die here...now." Hayate drew his blade and advanced, pulling his ninja mask on.
"Hayate, no...please..." Kasumi said backing away. Hayate raised his blade and smashed it into the ground. A fissure rocked the small house and sent Kasumi to the ground. He raced forward and slammed the blade downwards. Kasumi held her own blade up and blocked with the side. She rolled away from Hayate and flipped up onto her feet. Kasumi then lunged forward and swung. Hayate blocked and moved forward, putting pressure on the deadlock they were engaged in. Kasumi groaned as her arms began to strain. Suddenly, the sound of metal hitting the ground was heard. Somehow, Hayate's blade had broken. Kasumi took the open chance and put her blade up to Hayate's neck. The two stared at each other, tears filling Kasumi's eyes while Hayate's eyes were empty, no feeling behind them. Hayate shook his head,
"So...just admit that you caused the bloodshed. Admit it!" Hayate shouted, grabbing her blade and pulled it closer to his neck. Kasumi stomped the ground and screamed,
"I didn't do it!" Hayate began to slit his throat when Ayane tackled him.
"Kasumi...stupid...leave now!"
"Ayane, you fool! Kasumi would have admitted it! We could have killed her here!" Ayane turned her look to Hayate and glared malevolently at him,
"Stop it! You're acting like a kid!" Hayate growled. He threw Ayane off him and stabbed her continuously, not showing any signs of stopping.
"No, stop!" Kasumi raised her blade, but a white light filled the room and Kasumi fainted.
When she awoke, she found that she was wearing pink silk pajamas and lying in a sleeping bag in a cave filled with luminous crystals that lighted the place up. She looked around and found a familiar girl cooking at a fire. She wore C-1 except without the jacket.
"H-Hitomi?" Kasumi asked.
"Hiya, so you woke up?"
"What's going on?" Kasumi asked, getting on her knees.
"Well, remember that white light? Ryu had given that to me at the end of the third Dead or Alive, I used it to save you just yesterday." Kasumi shook her head,
"How did you get there?"
"Well, actually...I got a job as a cook for this military camp we're in. I was out looking for ingredients when I found you fighting Hayate and Ayane."
"Thank-you." Kasumi said, bowing her head.
"It was nothing," Hitomi brushed off the topic with a wave of her hand and then said, "So ready to meet the leader of the camp? You'll be surprised!" Kasumi nodded and Hitomi supplied her with white overalls over a white and blue striped t-shirt. The two walked through the camp, it was a small army...but they looked capable to win a war against large armies. They entered a large office and found a man with a sand camouflage turban on. He looked up,
"Leon!" Kasumi shouted in astonishment, "Aren't you supposed to be a mercenary?"
"I quit that...the army pays way more." Leon said, standing. Suddenly, Bayman entered and saluted.
"Sir, an enemy army is approaching."
"Heh, even Bayman has to respect me now." Bayman glared at Leon but kept his stance. Leon grabbed a gun of a rack and yelled out something in a foreign language. The army set up and they marched. Kasumi and Hitomi followed from a faraway. Kasumi saw a straight black line charging at them, ninja, and swarms of them. They bellowed and leapt to the skies. The army fired and downed many, but that didn't stop a massive massacre of Leon's army when they landed. Kasumi shook her head and held her hands to her chest as she watched the armies killing each other.
"Watch out, Leon!" Bayman shouted. He leapt in front of Leon and took a sword for Leon.
"Bayman, are you alright? Bayman!" Leon stood and began to ram ninja's with the butt of his sword, then killing them with one head shot. But he soon grew tired and the ninja's surrounded him and the remainder of his army.
"I'm going to help!" Hitomi said to Kasumi. She raced forward and began to pummel through enemy lines.
Hitomi ducked under a blade and punched the man's chest; she stood and kicked him in the face. A ninja tossed some ninja stars at her; she moved to the side and kicked another in the crotch. Hitomi kept advancing slowly like this. Then, the ninjas finally decided to attack her instead. One third of the army backed off Leon and attacked Hitomi. It didn't take them long to overtake a girl who knew only to use her fists and feet. They sliced at her here and there, scarring her badly. She finally dropped to the ground, exhausted. One ninja with a large axe raised it and prepared to chop Hitomi in half.
"NO!" Kasumi leapt forward with amazing speed and pummeled three ninja with one kick. A ninja slashed, she picked a blade up off the ground and blocked. She let go of the blade and ducked, moving forward. She slammed him in the gut and ripped through his skin into his inner body. She pulled out internal organs, then back-flipped away from a barrage of shurinken. Kasumi kicked a spare blade off the ground and grasped it with both hands. She moved forward and sliced one ninja's head off. She kicked off his chest and went sky-high. She plummeted down and rammed another through the head; she twisted like a can-opener and pried a bit of his head off. She leapt off and wrapped her legs around another's neck; she twisted and ripped his head off, she back-flipped off him and sliced two ninja in half. She kicked off another ninja at the back side of the group and swung wildly in all directions. When she hit the other side of the army, loads of the ninja army fell. She slowly stood, and walked forward. "My leg...I broke it." Kasumi thought as she continued to stagger forward. The ninja took notice of this and attacked her all at the same time.
Seeing this, Hitomi stood up and raced forward. She did a jump kick on the back of a ninja's head, she kicked him on his back continuously and he went down with such great force, he tackled some other ninjas. Hitomi stood up and continued to punch.
Leon grinned and dropped his gun. He raced forward and just as a ninja was about to be-head Hitomi; he leapt high in the air and used both hands to slam the ninja's skull in half. He landed and twisted, turning his back to the others. He kicked and then back-flipped, kicking off another ninja.
"Retreat!" one ninja shouted. The now small army left with quick speed. Kasumi groaned and dropped to the ground, her hands on her leg. Leon bent down and picked Kasumi up,
"Are you alright, Hitomi?" he asked. Hitomi nodded and followed Leon back to the camp.
Kasumi lay back in the bed while the army's doctor tried to fix her swollen leg.
"This will take a while to heal. Try not jump around as much as you do." The doctor said.
"But, how will I defend myself?" Kasumi asked, "Ninjitsu is my style..."
"Just keep refuge here."
"No, the ninja army will come again," Kasumi said, "I'm sure of it."
"Don't worry, we will protect you." Leon said.
"But your numbers have greatly declined." Kasumi replied.
"We will still help you. I find it my duty,"
"You sure are acting different," Hitomi said, eyeing him suspiciously. Leon laughed,
"For the better I hope,"
"Maybe..." Kasumi said.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Leon laughed, as did everyone else.
These thoughts are coursing through your head, "Cheesy as hell. That part where (cheesy part) was so gay." Yeah, I didn't put as much effort sadly...but I still did my best. I think I did a considerably good job while trying to juggle my job, school, fan fictions and a lot of other crap. Other people probably have it worse, but I consider myself in some bad shape for writing fictions. Same deal as last time, if I get at least one or two more reviews, I shall continue. Please, post your thoughts. I'd like to hear what the readers, how many ever few there are, think.
Kenji.
