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Chapter 2: An old friend
Helena had taken ayane with her to the DOATEC HQ but which one?
"Its time to turn to an old friend..." Ryu said
Meanwhile...
Tenjin Mon
Hayate sat in the garden, silently meditating, trying to find lost thoughts that were still missing deep within his mind.
"Um sir" A ninja guard said as he ran to Hayate
"What is it now?" Hayate asked
"Miss Ayame would like to see you. She seems very ill" the Ninja said
"Oh okay, return to your post" Hayate said
"Yes sir"
Hayate headed to his mother's room wondering what she could want with him.
"Mother" Hayate greeted her
"Hayate, my one and only son, Im afraid I wont be around much longer" She said to him as she coughed.
"Do not say that mother, you will be fine" Hayate said softly
the sound of footsteps echoed behind him on the wooden floor
"Huh?" hayate turned around
"Ryu" Hayate said
"Hayate, long time no see." Ryu said
"How did you get past the guards?" Hayate said angerily
'Do not worry, I did not kill them but there is an even important matter to attend to that you must know of" Ryu responded
"And what is that?" hayate wondered
"Ayane has been captured, by DOATEC" Ryu said
"Hmmmm she gets what she deserves for letting her guard down" Hayate said as if he didnt care.
"She is your sister, you must help her" Ryu said
"Hayate, Ayane has gone through many painful events through out her life so far. She lost Genra, her only father figure, and she found out that she is my daughter and your sister when she was only 8, please do not add more pain in her life son" Ayame said to hayate as she cried softly.
Hayate paused as he thought about what they had said to him
"I will help, but you must not fail me Ryu" Hayate demanded
"Have we ever failed Hayate?" ryu laughed
Hayate cracked a smile and remembered when they where 11...
Flashback
"I cant reach it!" Hayate yelled
"Use this!" Ryu said as he threw a pointed stick towards Hayate.
Hayate struggled as he tryed to spear the fish while sitting on a rock in the middle of the river.
"Got it!" Hayate said happily.
"Throw it over here!" Ryu yelled
"Okay...Whoa!" Hayate said back as he dropped the hard to catch fish and fell in the river.
"Hayate!" Ryu yelled as he untied his sash and threw it into the river.
"Grab on!"
Hayate reached for the other end.
"Got it!" Hayate said
the river's current was too strong. Hayabusa fell in with Hayate.
"What do we do now?" Hayate asked
"I dont know but do you wanna know what I DO know?" Hayabusa said
"What?" Hayate said, scared to death
"WATERFALL!" Hayabusa yelled
They fell of the large waterfall and landed in a lake.
"Ryu!" hayate yelled as he searched for his missing friend
"Over here!" Ryu yelled
"Wow that was close!' Hayate said, relived
"Hey, you still have it!" Ryu said
"Huh?"
Ryu pulled the fish that was partly inside Hayates blue pants
Hayate bluffed then he started to laugh with Ryu
End of flashback
"Hayate" Ryu said, wondering why he dosed off
"oh right, sorry" Hayate said, embarrassed.
"Where do we begin first Ryu?" Hayate asked
"First, we must find someone" ryu responded
"Who?" Hayate said
Ryu and Hayate went out into the dense forests of southern japan to search for someone, a person who could help them take down DOATEC. They knew they can't do it on their own but who could they turn to?
"Who are we looking for?" Hayate asked
"Kasumi" Ryu answered
"She cannot help us, she is a runaway shinobi, if we find her, I must kill her"Hayte said
"Fine, from this day forward, she is a Hayabusa clan member" Ryu said
"You cannot do that, she was banished from the Mugen Tenshin"
"She was bannished yes, making her a free soul without a clan" Ryu said, proving his point.
Hayate thought about it.
"I suppose you are ri..." Hayate paused as Ryu interrupted him.
"Wait, did you hear that?" Ryu asked
"Hear what?" Hayate said
"It was the sound of something dipping in water" Ryu said
"It came from over there" Ryu said as he pointed west
"Lets go, it might be her" Hayate said
The two men walked a few minutes and arrived at a large hot spring.
"Are you sure this is where it came from?" Hayate asked.
"Over there" Ryu said as he pointed at a small, blue, silk Kunoichi outfit.
"This is her's, shes nearby" Hayate said
"Ryu?" Hayate looked around, searching for his missing partner...
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End of P4