The Innocent

Kenji Himura

Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to Dead or alive, this is just a fan fiction.

Later that night after the mysterious rescue by the dark shadow, Kasumi lay awake in bed wondering about it. She tossed and turned and tried to convince herself that Hayabusa was dead. But only Hayabusa had such amazing speed and traces of leaves could be seen on the mountain tops.

"Yeah, don't worry about it; I'll make sure she gets there safely." Leon said. Kasumi sat up and raced to the window, she opened the blinds a bit. What she saw was Leon with his back turned talking to Ryu. Kasumi's eyes widened, she reached for the doorknob and threw the door open. Leon turned around, "What is it, Kasumi?" he asked. Kasumi rubbed her eyes, Hayabusa was gone.

Next Morning

Kasumi watched as a young girl and boy, obviously brother and sister, raced around in circles chasing each other. Kasumi began to remember the days she spent with Hayate in open fields, just playing.

"Kasumi, we're leaving." Leon said, coming up next to her.

"Ah? It's only been one day, I'm sure that Hayate's ninja are still actively searching for us. It's not safe." Kasumi said.

"That may be so, but not far from this mountain is the DOATECH industry. Kasumi, your clone is there." Kasumi nodded,

"It'll be a dangerous mission," Kasumi warned Leon.

"Ha, I know." Leon said slamming his fist into his palm, "I could use a challenge." Kasumi and Leon returned to the small room they had rented. Hitomi was inside cooking.

"What? We're already leaving?" Hitomi asked.

"Yeah, hurry up now, we've don't have much time."

"What do you mean?" Kasumi asked.

"Those attacks on your village, they were led by Kasumi X. They've used all the battle data she's racked up from them and implementing opponent skills into her database. Meaning she will have Hayate, Ayane and Hayabusa's skills."

"Oh...let's hurry then!" Hitomi shouted, tossing her cooking pan to the ground and racing to the closet to begin packing. As soon as they had all their supplies, the three raced hurriedly towards the other side of the mountain, where they would descend. The DOATECH industry building was a hidden facility in the nearby town of Kyoto.

"Wait, stop." Leon said. The three stood in place, the edge of the mountain just in front of them. Hisses soon arose and they were coming closer with each second. "Oh sh- before Leon could finish, two ninjas tackled him and held their blades to his throat. Kasumi drew her blade, but a ninja star hit her wrist. She screamed and dropped to her knees, trying to pull it out as quickly as she could. Another ninja appeared and kicked Hitomi in the chest. Hitomi stumbled back. The ninja leapt into the air and slammed his feet onto her back, slamming her into the ground. Two more ninja came and held both their blades to Kasumi's neck. Hayate appeared; he walked slowly towards them, his blade drawn.

"It's time for this to end." Hayate said, stepping in front of Kasumi. Kasumi looked at the ninja's that had their blades to her throat. One was completely normal, but the other kept casting looks at Hayate. Hayate raised his blade, "Die!" The shifty eyed ninja withdrew his blade and blocked Hayate's. He ripped off his mask,

"Hayabusa!" Hayate and Kasumi shouted in unison.

"It's time I put an end to this," Hayabusa said. He withdrew his blade and back-flipped, kicking Hayate in the chin. Hayate flew upwards, as he landed, Hayabusa grabbed his leg and tossed him into the other ninja that was holding Kasumi captive. One ninja brought his blade closer to Leon's neck, glaring and hissing at Hayabusa. Leon grinned and grabbed both enemies' blades with his hands, blood began to ooze from his hands but he kept his grip. He lifted the blades from his necks impaled the two ninja with their own blades. The only one still capable of fighting was still standing on Hitomi's back with a scared expression their face. Hayabusa threw a ninja star and it had such force behind it, it sent the ninja flying. Hayate got on one knee,

"Enough!" Hayate shouted. He pulled out a small square device and pressed a small red button on it. A look of stun came over Hayabusa's face,

"Grab Hitomi and jump!" Hayabusa shouted to Kasumi. He grabbed Leon and leapt high up. Kasumi raced for Hitomi, but Hayate ran up and tripped her as the mountain began to shake. Kasumi fell flat on her face.

"You die HERE!" he shouted. The whole mountain began to collapse.

Hayabusa looked down on it as he slowly began to fall down.

"Kasumi...didn't jump." Hayabusa said as dust began to cover any view of what was going on. Hayabusa hit the ground and let Leon onto his own legs. He raced to the rubble of the mountain and began to dig, "Help me out!" Hayabusa shouted to Leon. Leon nodded and the two continued to toss rocks aside, trying to find Kasumi and Hitomi.

Night

Hayabusa tossed the last rock aside, nothing.

"Does this mean they escaped?" Leon said, inspecting the dead ninjas that they had found.

"Most likely," Hayabusa said, dropping to the ground in exhaustion. Just then, Hayabusa noticed a small hole in the ground. He looked down in, many hi-tech gadgets could be seen, and "I think we just found DOATECH." Hayabusa said, grinning.

"Hitomi and Kasumi are probably down there. Let's go!" Leon shouted. The two now fully re-energized men leapt down the hole. They landed and a sentry instantly noticed them, he reached for his radio. He held it to his mouth, Hayabusa tossed a ninja star and it broke the radio. Then Leon raced up and grabbed the man's head, he twisted, breaking the guard's neck. He dropped the lifeless body to the ground and the two raced forward, they soon reached a large circular room. Hayabusa slowed down, as did Leon, staring at the empty metallic room.

"There's something wrong in...!" Hayabusa kicked Leon and sent him flying to the other side of the room, he then side-flipped as a large spike ball hit the wall that had been right behind them. Leon and Hayabusa looked up to find a large fat man holding many spike balls in a quiver like object.

"Welcome to DOATECH!" he shouted, "I'm the First guard!"

"Die," Hayabusa said simply. He leapt forward and slashed his blade; the man blocked with the quiver and swung a spike ball attached to his fist at Hayabusa. Hayabusa leapt above it, the man began to pull it back, Hayabusa kicked it and it hit the man's face. He screamed and blood flew from his now open wounds. He collapsed on the ground, dead.

"Good job, but an un-loyal ninja can never compare to an honorable samurai." Hayabusa looked to the other side of the room; a man in samurai armor was approaching.

"What an odd collection of freaks!" Leon shouted, lunging forward.

"No, he's got a weapon!" Hayabusa shouted. The samurai drew his blade and swung; Leon ducked and blew a punch to the man's chest. He took no damage as his armor was strong. The man brought his blade to Leon's neck. Leon held his arm up and took the blow; he then drew his gun with his other hand and fired. The samurai still took no damage.

"Use this!" Hayabusa yelled. He tossed a spike ball at Leon. Leon twisted out of the way and the ball hit the samurai in the chest. The samurai backed up from the blow, Leon picked the ball up and continued to smash it on the armor. The man slashed at Leon, hitting every time, but Leon continued. Soon, the armor shattered. Leon held a gun to the man's chest and fired twice. The samurai spat out blood and died. Leon groaned,

"Go on ahead; I'll tend to my wounds." Leon said.

"Right," Hayabusa rushed to the next room. The door shut behind him and the room was engulfed into darkness.

"Welcome to DOATECH, you are an intruder and must be eliminated. Have a good-day," a voice said. The lights flickered on and Hayabusa found himself staring at ten guards with automatics.

"Here I go," Hayabusa said.

Ha, I ended the chapter here! Short, eh? Well, I hope I improved it to your standards. It's the same deal as always, two reviews scores a new chapter! Thanks for reading,

Kenji