I'm taking my time
I'm trying to leave
The memories of you behind
I'm gonna be fine
As soon as I get your picture
Right out of my mind
When I'm With You, Simple Plan
Disclaimer- I don't own Dead or Alive...xcept Hayate...for he is my slave mwahahaha (I don't own him p)
Rating- PG- 13 for violence and minor swearing... I added the 13 just to be safe
A/N- This chappie is pretty crappie. Urgh...allow me to xplain. I'm not what u wud call an organised writer. I began writing the third chapter b4 this one...and then wen I tried writing this one..i drifted to the fourth...so yea...
Btw..i heard that Dead Or Alive4 is coming out in 2005 YAY
Enjoy guyz
Italics thoughtsMeet You There
Moving On
Sagistar
Hitomi sat on her bed, with the doona wrapped around herself, hugging her knees. She rocked back and forth, memories running through her head.
Flashback
Hitomi strolled into her room. Her usually rose scented sanctuary reeked of alcoholic medication.
Great. My room is a hospital. Hitomi glanced at the wounded stranger lying on her bed and smiled slightly.
But I guess it has some advantages.
Hitomi diverted her attention back to the medicine she was preparing; reminding herself not to judge a book by it's a cover.
He could a sleazy hit man for all I know.
Hitomi sensed movement behind her. She turned around to find herself looking into a pair of chocolate brown eyes. The stranger noticed the astonishment his savior's eyes and withdrew his glance.
"I see you've woken up," Hitomi began, breaking the silence. "I'm Hitomi by the way, who might you be?"
The stranger opened his mouth to reply, but quickly shut it with confusion written on his face. "I don't know."
Hitomi was slightly taken aback. Though what could she expect? He was found beaten to a bloody pulp and left in the middle of nowhere to die. Hitomi decided to remain optimistic, or at least look it. "Alright then. Well we might as well give you a name. I mean I can't keep referring to you as 'that guy' now can I?"
The foreigner cracked a grin.
Hitomi surveyed the foreigner and noticed a large scar on his arm.
"How about Ein. It means one in German," suggested Hitomi, nodding towards her new friends scar.
The man followed Hitomi's glance and examined the scar that looked strangely like a one. He nodded.
"Ein it is."
End of flashback
Hitomi's door creaked open to reveal her father holding a tray with bowel of steaming porridge. He rested the tray on her bedside table and sat on her bed.
"Hitomi I'm worried about you, especially when you ran out last night. If there's anything wrong you can tell me."
Hitomi glanced at her father for a second and looked away. How could she possibly tell her father that she was... well... lovesick? He may be her father but he was still a man. This was strictly girl business.
"I miss Ein," she replied simply.
"I miss him too," her father said, "but is he really worth you sulking around all day long?"
There was a slight pause before Hitomi replied.
"I'm not sulking."
The doorbell rang. Hitomi's dad gave his daughter one last look before picking himself up to answer it.
Hitomi sighed. Her father was right. Ein was gone. It was time she moved on. Hitomi reached for the bowel and stirred the porridge rhythmically, lost in her own train of thoughts.
"WAGING ARE WE??!!" A red haired girl yelled playfully as she entred Hitomi's room. A smile curled upon Hitomi's lips.
"Hi Amber."
Amber, named ironically after her fiery hair, was Hitomi's best friend next to Ein. Though they had grown up together, Amber was more outgoing and to say the very least, boy- obsessed.
"So why weren't you at school today?" asked Amber sitting herself on Hitomi's bed, making herself very much at home.
"I felt sick," replied Hitomi. It was half true. She did feel sick, but no amount of medication would be able to heal this wound.
Amber cocked an eyebrow. "Right." She was clearly unconvinced. Amber looked around; something was missing. "Hey where's that Ein guy?"
Hitomi frowned slightly. "He left."
"Damn," Amber said off- handedly, "he was kinda hot."
Hitomi shot her friend a look, which she greatly regretted afterwards. Amber smiled mischievously.
"Don't worry, he's all yours. Otherwise you might come over to my house and kung- fu my arse or something."
Hitomi blushed and chucked a pillow at her friend. "It's called karate, get it right."
Amber rolled her eyes and laughed."Whatever. Hey listen, when you two get married, promise me that you'll make me a bride's maid 'kay?"
Hitomi smiled and nodded. It was at that very moment reality struck her. Amber saw the change in her friend's expression.
"What's wrong?"
Hitomi turned to face Amber and looked her straight in the eye.
"Ein's not coming back."
"What do you mean? He did say he was gonna come back right?"
Hitomi began to pace around her room.
"Well yeah...but..."
"But what?"
"But he's gone searching for his past... and once he finds it..." Hitomi stood dead in her tracks. "He'd want to live it."
Amber sighed.
"Look, if that's the case then you've gotta move on."
Hitomi looked at her friend for a second.
"You sound like my dad."
Amber screwed up her face. "Eeuuww"
The two girls burst into fits of laughter.
"No serious now," Amber began, picking a sachet of rose petals from Hitomi's shelf, "if Ein really isn't coming back, then you shouldn't sit around waiting." Amber began encircling Hitomi dropping the rose petals as she walked. "Look, it's the holidays why don't we go clubbing?"
Hitomi looked apprehensive. "Ergh, I don't know. It's not exactly my scene... beside, Dad won't hear of it."
"You want to get over Ein right?" Amber asked, cocking an eyebrow.
Hitomi nodded. "Yeah I guess so..."
Amber grinned triumphantly. "Well then lets go clubbing!"
"What about my Dad?"
Amber paused for a second.
"Tell him you're sleeping over at my place."
Hitomi nodded. "Alright."
Amber smiled sassily as she scattered the rest of the petals over Hitomi's head.
"Who knows, you might get lucky."
The duo posed for the life- size mirror at Amber's house.
"Damn we are hot!" Amber screeched as she theatrically twirled her hair.
The red head wore a lime green off- shoulder top with her done up in a messy bun. She wore faded jeans with her favourite pair of skyscraper heels and shoulder dusting earrings.
Hitomi giggled and poked her tongue out as she followed her friend's lead and battered her eyelashes dramatically. She was clad in a golden spaghetti strapped halter neck with her famous white wash jeans. She wore a pair of wedges, a silver id bracelet and pulled her hair up with a clamp to accompany Amber's look.
Loud music thumped through the walls. The girls looked at each other and smiled excitedly. "Ready?" Amber asked, not that Hitomi had much of a choice.
Hitomi nodded.
"Ready."
The girls pushed through the doors and surrendered to the world of neon lights. Hitomi was temporarily overwhelmed by the darkness but her eyes quickly adjusted. She skimmed around. The DJ's mixing deck on the top floor to her right and directly under it was the bar. Hitomi checked some of the dancers as she made her way towards the bartender.
"Baileys on the rocks thanks."
The bartender nodded and handed her the drink.¹
Hitomi sat down on the stool and scanned the dance floor. Couples swayed arm in arm to the smooth sounds of Usher², gently whispering sweet nothings into each other ears. She noticed one couple in particular. The girl wrapped her arms around the boy's neck and rested her head on his shoulder. While, for his part, the boy had one arm around his girlfriend's waist and the other hand gently caressing the girl's cheek.
They look so in love.
Hitomi sighed and fiddled with her bracelet.
Whether Hitomi was ready to admit it or not, she did kind of have fun. She and Amber danced all night long and burst into fits of laughter whenever eccentricity hit the dance floor. All in all, she had a goodtime, but somehow, Hitomi couldn't help but feel slightly guilty.
It was one in the morning before the two girls could be seen staggering down the streets of Germany.
"Did we have a good time or what?" Amber asked, even though it was more of a statement than anything. "And yoooh didn't wanna come. Well aren't you glad that I'm so damn persuasive?"
Hitomi laughed. "Well I only came to be your voice of reason, coz if it wasn't for me," Hitomi pointed to her friend, "your ass would have been wasted for now."
Amber rolled her eyes "Pfft... yeah from Pepsi."
The girls made a turn down an alley. The hairs behind Hitomi's neck pricked up. She shivered, though definitely not from the cold. Hitomi looked forward and for the first time noticed the pair of gleaming green eyes that stared at her. The man stepped out of the shadows and smiled menacingly. "Hello my precious."
Amber, feeling a bit tipsy, didn't quiet comprehend. "Hi there."
Hitomi frowned. "What do you want from us?"
The man's eyes twinkled. "I don't want to sound cliché but business is business. You know the drill."
"Well I'm sorry to disappoint you but we don't have anything." Hitomi said, crossing her arms.
The man stepped forward, taking a closer look at the girls. "What about that charming little bracelet?"
"It not worth anything." Hitomi replied, perhaps a bit too quickly for her likings.
The man grinned and revealed his broken teeth. "Isn't it?"
The man advanced towards her, attempting to make a snatch for the bracelet. Hitomi didn't miss a beat. She blocked his hand and punched him squarely on the nose.
Crack
The signature trait of a broken nose.
The man staggered backwards, blood spraying freely. "So it's a fight you want eh?"
Hitomi broke into a stance. "Sure looks like it."
Just as Hitomi expected, the man attacked first. She dodged his vain attempts of attacking her before she lost interest and decided that it was time she inflicted some pain upon this brute. Hitomi allowed herself to back up towards the wall, giving the stranger a false sense of security before using the wall as a springboard to launch herself over her opponent. Before the man had time to react, Hitomi released a swift kick on the back of his neck. She grabbed his arm and twisted it violently before pinning him to the ground.
Hitomi sensed a presence behind and sprung quick as flash only to see a stunned Amber staring at her in amazement. Hitomi smiled weakly. Amber patted her friend on the back. "Remind me never to piss you off."
¹ I would have made Brad Wong the bartender but then...what's he doing in Germany??!! shrugs sheepishly
²Sry if u dun lyk Usher, I'm not a big fan either I only used him coz he's kinda lyk a RnB icon thingy, but if u do...enjoy the moment!!
I'm so happy!!! I juz wrote my first fight scene!!! Yayayayayayay!!! I hope you guyz lyk it. Newaiz plz review me coz ...that's the only way I'll grow.... Lolz p
s2 alwaiz
Sagistar
Shadowsin- Thnk u!!!
lemonyfresh- Actually at the start it was supposed to be a gross kraft cheese single rolling down Hitomi's cheek, but then you sed sumfin about it being a tear and I was lyk 'hey, that works so much better' so I changed it.
lilsushigirl- UR GAY UR GAY!!!! Lolz thnkiez newaiz
Ninja girl 213- thnk yooh so much!!! i luv hitomi/ein ficies!!! thy're so hard to find tho, but wen u doo..its so totally worth it