Well this is my 5th chapter. So instead of talking about my personnal life how about I explain a few things from previous chapters?

Okay! For one thing, that little dream sequence that Kasumi has during the last chapter (yeah it was really short) is just that, nothing but a small dream. It contains what Kasumi considers to be a very traumatizing event and isn't the whole memory. That'll be handled a little later on!

So don't worry, you'll get your answers soon enough!

Second, Kasumi's personnality wavers from time to time but i'm sticking to the fact that Kasumi actually dislikes Ayane at this point in the story. The only time she shows that she might want to make up with her(chapter 4) is just a side of effect of all that reflecting on Ayane but don't worry, they will eventually talk one to another in the present. And we'll see what happens then.

Third, unless you didn't figure it out. Ayane used to call Kasumi Onee-san (which I believe is something like big sister) but I keep putting in a "" simply because from what I can tell, lots of japanese children call those who are elder than them big brother or big sister even if they aren't related. Even when Kasumi mentions her "sibling" when she's younger, those little apostrophies pop up so I'm not straying from the official Tecmo story. If you don't get why I'm explaining this, then figure it out!

Now for my review replies.

Dynamic tenshi- Well just for that you have been upgraded to 4th scariest person on my list of scary people. And for the record, I'm a guy, not a girl. And i'm 17 so I go to Cegep (like college for those who don't know) and I have a lot of school work to do generally, which is why I can't really post oftenly. Althought lately I seem to have a lot of free time on my hands because my school is on strike. And if this story gets far enough, I'll be doing DOAX as well so you'll get your kinkyness from that heh heh. And once again for the record, you're one scary kid.

Maveriq- NOOOO! You must tell what you think it wrong! Or else i'll go insane from curiosity! And yes that last thing Ayane says during my last chapter is meant to give a little bit of a hint of what I think happened between Ayane and Kasumi. Heheh, it sounds kind of mysterious but i'm sure you'll understand later on what happens before I even post the chapter! You're a smart dude.

Johnny H.- Yep we all know the poor girl is fan service fodder, but we aint gonna complain! And thanks for saying that, I'm trying hard to get the story to fit properly with the actual storyline of the real game and I just wanna take a stab at what all the fans of DOA were waiting for about Kasumi and Ayane's storyline when DOAU came out. Twas quite a dissapointment but it'll help the story out a bit.

Anyways, without further interruption, here's my 5th chapter!

Disclaimer:I don't own DOA or any of it's characters. Tecmo does.

I own Kirami thought but don't worry, I hate original characters as much as the next person, she definitly won't have a big part in the plot. I also own the waiter!

Blossoming Swallowtail

Chapter 5

Kasumi let out the longest sigh anyone could have possibly heard as she strolled down a REALLY long and somehow straight road. Tree, rock, tree, bush, tree, squirrel, tree...you get the picture. Walking down with such uneventful scenery would prove to be a quick stab to any normal person's psyche.

"Why me?" she asked to the reddening sky above her.

A few hours had passed since her little catnap up a tree and now the sunset started to announce that a new night was about to begin.

Kasumi had slept in.

In a tree.

Needless to say, Kasumi felt like a complete and total fool for doing such a thing. But that wasn't the worst of it.

On top of having slept for more time than she would have liked. She had fallen asleep in a position that had proven to be very poor for resting her legs up for the kind of activities a ninja needs to fufill.

In other words, her legs were killing her.

Well, in total honesty, it wasn't incredibly bad seeing as how she could still walk just fine and she felt that if she needed to, she would be able to atleast sprint and move around enough to defend herself. Unfortunately, running and or jumping from tree to tree to reach the closest city to the Mugen Tenshin Territory was out of the question. So she walked.

"How embarrising" she complained in a tone filled with melancholy at her fate. A ninja should be the very image of perfect physical shape, after all, a ninja's life was mostly training in dangerous arts that required a sound mind as well as a fit body to be able to perform to one's fullest capabilities.

She liked to think that she had reached such a perfect physical shape.

A little bit of chi here and some ninpo techniques there, with that a ninja could do things normal humans could only dream of. Kasumi found consolation in that fact as she tried to speed up her walk.

Bad idea.

"OWWWWwwwwww...!" Kasumi groaned loudly as she felt the full weight of her legs' complaints and fell to the ground.

The fact that she was now forced to simply walk like a normal 15 year old girl simply because she had neglected to rest in a proper position was as if someone had taken her pride and placed it infront of a firing squad.

That and her schoolgirl outfit seemed to be even smaller than she remembered. "Especially tight around my..." Kasumi sighed as she looked down at the dark blue sailor outfit.

Since she was now walking on the ground like a mere mortal rather than jumping around stealthily in the typical ninja fashion. She thought it would be a good idea to simply put on her "normal" set of clothing so as not to look...out of place.

"Althought..." she thought, "This is Japan after all." Kasumi noted.

In her mind that meant that out of the ordinary was a difficult thing to do.

She frowned as she came to realise that maybe the schoolgirl outfit would attract just as much attention as her combat attire here than anywhere else. Maybe she should have brought another change of clothing instead? Maybe a sweater or a jacket for the cold weather, walking around in a blanket seemed kind of dumb if she ever felt cold (which was surprisingly not very often, despite the lack of modesty of her favorite fighting outfit (C1 DOAU, her basic blue outfit).

"I didn't realise that becoming a runaway shinobi would be so...mundane" she said to herself, finally realising that she was once again, talking to herself. Which probably wasn't too healthy especially after the last time.

But she had to admit, this was boring so far. Wasn't the life of a Runaway supposed to be filled with danger, adventure and the rest? It was as if the ninjas from back at her old clan were all off on vacation or something. She was sure that she would have faced atleast one squad of lesser ninjas by lunch time.

Normally such thoughts would have been met with confused looks, after all, what kind of girl would actually be hoping for a squad of ninjas to come around and try to kill her at any given time?

A very bored one.

Kasumi's thoughts were interupted as she suddenly felt a low rumble coming from down the road. She turned her head to get a better look without really stopping. It was most likely another car.

She came to realise that when you're walking on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere, people just seemed to want to avoid you.

She'd hear a car.

The car would speed up and go right by her without so much as slowing down.(Unless it was filled with a bunch of hentais, then they'd slow down, whistle at her and speed away before she could retaliate with a fitting punishment)

And she'd be left alone, again.

The rumbling got louder and louder and soon enough, Kasumi was clearly able to see the cause of the sound.

Now Kasumi didn't really know much about motorcycles, but even to her, this bike looked much bigger than your typical motorcycle.

On it was a behemoth of a man. He was huge from what Kasumi could see and evaluate from the distance between her and him. He also looked much different than the people she had seen before on this road. He looked like a foreigner.

"Hmm..." Kasumi wondered as tried to guess from which country the man could have hailed from but soon found that she might have been giving this a little bit too much thought.

Kasumi kept walking with the intention of ignoring the motorcycle man much like she tried to ignore the rest of those who passed by her but soon found that that might be difficult as the giant chopper started to slow down until it came to a complete halt right a little bit infront of her.

The scruffy looking man pulled off his sunglasses and with a low rumbling voice akin to a bear growl he asked "Need a lift missy?"

...Scene switch...

"The Dead Or Alive tournament?"

Ayane questionned while adjusting her bandanna, glancing from time to time in her hand glass to make sure it was tied just right. She pouted her lips a little and blinked a few times to make sure everything was in order.

"Perfect" she said out loud, while using the mirror to gauge her informant's reaction.

Her informant rolled her eyes. She never did like that purple haired narcissistic bitch...but unfortunately for her, Ayane was in charge of this mission and represented the entire HajinMon Clan which meant that this lesser ninja had to obey her orders.

Ayane caught sight of her informant's action but she decided to let it slide, besides, she was actually doing it on purpose to annoy the ambitious little kunoichi. Much like her informant didn't like her, she wasn't particularily fond of her informant either.

Thing is, she wasn't very fond of anyone in her clan, besides Genra of course.

And they all hated her guts.

So she did her best to keep their faces down and close to the ground to show them who was boss.

"So there isn't any real point to trying to make friends with them" Ayane thought, they were all annoyed by the fact that Ayane, despite her blood, had nearly risen to the top of the HajinMon Clan's ranks ever since her admittance under Genra's recommendation at the age of 8.

Oh she tried to make friends with them at first, but it didn't take long for her to figure out that none of the other children wanted anything to do with her...

"Bad memories" she thought to herself as she glared at the informant, Kirami.

Kirami glared back at Ayane as she took a sip from her cup of tea.

A waiter came by to refill Ayane's glass of grape juice.

"So Raidou is working for DOATEC I suppose?" Ayane asked in a rhetorical fashion, taking a big gulp from her drink and mildly annoyed by the fact that Kirami had stopped talking. She needed more information if she was to find Kasumi's whereabouts...as well as Raidou's.

Kirami nodded, "The MugenTenshin Clan's sources tell us that your fath...(Kirami's stopped as she noticed that Ayane shot her a glare that just screamed homicide) Raidou, is not so much working for DOATEC but is allowing DOATEC to use his body for their own needs in exchange for more power. Well, that's what we're supposing..."

"I could have told you myself that that is what he was after. You people are useless." Ayane simply stated, taking another quick drink from her glass and then ordering another refill.

Kirami tightened her hands into fists but kept her outer composure calm to remain civil. She pressed on, "The tournament will take place in a week. To enter the tournament thought, you need to have a direct invitation from the chairman of the Dead or Alive Tournament Executive committee."

"Did you manage to get me invited?" Ayane asked simply, she knew the answer.

"It was more...difficult than anticipated. The chairman had already sent out his invitations weeks ago and taking one from another fighter is useless because the invitations are specifique to those they belong to." Kirami answered, trying her best not to look like an idiot infront of Ayane for not being able to snag one of those invitations.

Ayane surprised her by saying "That's alright, if our clan's combined force couldn't get one lousy invitation than that just means Kasumi will most likely suffer from the same difficulties as us. Raidou is a difficult man to get a hold of, participating in the tournament would be the only way for Kasumi to get close enough to Raidou to eliminate him. So I'm guessing that DOATEC is the best place to start poking around to find her."

She took a taste from her ice cream and stuck out her tongue, "This stuff tastes horrible" she pointed out much like a child.

This was what Kirami hated above all else about Ayane. The way Ayane would sometimes simply act like a complete and utter infant complete with false innocence and devoid of any respect for her elders even after bringing out the worst possible insults she could toss out.

"Still...I wouldn't underestimate the little princess' dumb luck for a minute. Knowing her, the solution to her problems just fell right out of the sky and into her lap." Ayane added, pushing the ice cream away. She got up and got ready to leave.

But before she left, she felt like she had to ask this. "Before I leave, did any of you flunkies spot her yet?" she asked without bothering to look in Kirami's direction, as if she found anything else to be much more interesting.

Kirami felt as if each and every insult from Ayane's part were about to come out the wrong way, "She's in command right now...she's in command..." Kirami repeated to herself as a sort of mind chant.

She couldn't let her feelings of total HATE for the girl infront of her mislead her...

But she couldn't help it.

"No, we haven't." she lied.

"Good, I plan to deal with her myself so until the next time we meet, DON'T touch her." Ayane threatened as she left the table and eventually, the restaurant they had met in.

As soon as Ayane was out of sight Kirami let out a loud sigh in relief, Kirami hadn't exactly planned this from the start, she knew exactly where Kasumi was at the moment, their operatives had spotted her not too long before she was to meet with Ayane and technically, she WAS suppose to tell her but an oppurtunity to show up Ayane was too good to pass up.

Kirami twirled a small spoon around in her cup of green tea as she thought. "If I can eliminate Kasumi before Ayane does..."

It wouldn't really go against the rules of the clan since pretty much everyone was advised to kill Kasumi on sight. Her operatives didn't do it since it was an order from Ayane and they were a lot more...shall we say, loyal than she was.

All she had to do was go and eliminate Kasumi herself.

And by the time Ayane realised that the deed had been done, it would be already too late...

"Or so she thinks..." Ayane thought as she continued on to her new location. She had an appointment with the DOATEC after all.

Ayane never did like that ambitious little kunoichi and much less trusted her. But for now what Kirami did mattered not to Ayane.

She snickered, "I hope Kasumi goes easy on the stupid fool, I'd like to teach that girl a lesson myself a little later."

End of Chapter 5

You unlocked Alternate ending 5!

Before she left, Ayane felt as if she needed to ask this. "Before I leave, did any of you flunkies spot her yet?" she asked without bothering to look in Kirami's direction, as if she found anything else to be much more interesting.

Kirami felt as if each and every insult from Ayane's part were about to come out the wrong way, "She's in command right now...she's in command..." Kirami repeated to herself as a sort of mind chant.

She couldn't let her feelings of total HATE for the girl infront of her mislead her...

But she couldn't help it.

"No, we haven't." she lied.

"Good, I plan to deal with her myself so until the next time we meet, DON'T touch her." Ayane threatened as she left the table and eventually, the restaurant they had met in.

Ayane stepped out and stopped.

As Ayane glanced out she couldn't help but notice a certain amount of leers coming from all those around her. She took a good look around, old men, young men...even women. They were all staring at her for some odd reason...

"Ugh..." Ayane growled as she noticed what was the true object of their attention.

Her favorite purple outfit was known for being really...low cut. Apparently her fans were taking a good long look at her features.

Technically known as breast.

Ayane balled her hands into fists as she counted to 10 to prevent herself from killing them all with a few well placed kunais. "Keep your calm...don't kill them...there are witnesses..." she said throught gritted teeth.

Maybe wearing this thing to go meet with Kirami wasn't her best idea yet.

A man started walking up to her with a sly grin on his face, "Heeeyyy bab" he started before Ayane quickly cut in with a simple word "Jailbait"

He quickly took a long look around at all the other people and quickly backed off.

Meanwhile inside the restaurant, Kirami was reciting some of her more favorite words(all words she used to describe Ayane when she wasn't around to listen) while thinking about said girl as she washed dishes.

Apparently Ayane left Kirami with the huge bill she had created from all those refills.

"I hate you Ayan" Kirami started mumbling but was interrupted as the manager tossed a rag at her head and told her "Less self-monologing, more scrubbing!"

End of Alternate Ending 5!

Well well, things seem to be falling into place for both girls. Ayane now knows about the DOA tournament but what will she do with that knowledge? What is DOATEC's interest in Raidou? Who did Kasumi just meet (as if you guys don't know) and can he be trusted? And what can Kirami's plan to take out Kasumi do to affect it all?

Obviously i'll explain most of these next chapter.

Now I shall beg for forgiveness for bringing in an OC character into the mix. To be completely honest, I hate original characters and especially self-insertion in stories but I felt it was necessary for the story. Kirami is just your basic disloyal girl who wants to be in Ayane's position and who thinks Ayane is basicly trash. She hates her with a passion yata-yata and tends to do self monologues once and a while.

Kirami isn't really an important character and she will most likely never be so I didn't really bother to give a description but i'll give you people an idea.

She has black hair, brown eyes, a lousy personnality and she's 17. And seeing as how this is the DOA universe, she's a total ninja babe. Lol

That should be enough. Don't get attached to her.


By the way, I always try to improve on my writing skills so if any of you notice that i'm lacking something or might think i'm getting a little lazy on certain points then don't hesitate to tell me. I'd really appreciate it if it can help me improve on my writing skills.

Anyways, till next chapter. Don't forget to read and review as you leave!