House of memories
House of fright
Alone I stand
Alone I sight
Kaleidoscope of images
Before my glazed eyes
House of memories
House of tears
Alone
Just as I had feared.
Heyz evre1! Since it has been AGES and ages and ages and ages since I last upd8ed…I made this one xtra long! Not relly…any who..! on with the story!
Meet You There
Memories are Made Of This
Sagistar
Hayate's glazed eyes stared out beyond the window of the train. His thoughts had long drifted, but the present wind carried a strong scent of nostalgia that seemed to wash over his body. Hayate closed his eyes and allowed his mind to take him back to a day he had tried to suppress into the deepest part of his head.
Hayate looked back at the little German village. He sighed. Yes, it was time he leaved. He turned around slowly, only to be stopped by a contradicting voice in his head.
A single word.
Hayate closed his eyes. He could see her soft features materializing in front of him; her gentle smile, the twinkle in her eyes. Hell, he could even feel the warmth of her embrace. Maybe leaving wasn't the answer to his problems.
Hayate snapped his eyes open.
No, he can't begin to doubt himself now. This was his plan and he was going to go through with it. The cause will justify the mean.
Hayate shook his head.
He sounded unconvincing. Even to himself.
He sighed. Okay, you win.
Hayate faced the sleeping village and walked toward the domicile he had learned to call home.
Hayate gazed fondly at Hitomi's house. With two stories and a small yard, it was simple but it was home. On silent feet, Hayate moved stealthily into the yard. He patted an aging oak tree and smiled.
Just like old times.
He leaped up, caught an outstretching branch and hoisted himself onto the tree. Hayate then nimbly dived through an open window on the second floor on rolled into a standing position without making a noise. Hayate walked up to Hitomi' room and knocked. No answer. He knocked again. Still no answer. She must be already asleep.
Hayate frowned. He reached into his cloaked and pulled out a red box. He opened the box and fingered the piece in thought. Hayate sighed. He had been hoping to give Hitomi the gift in person. Without making a noise, Hayate opened the door a crack and slipped in the open box.
And with that, he left.
The train whistle sounded and brought Hayate back to reality. He looked out the window and smiled.
He was home.
0.o.0.o.0
Hitomi opened her window to allow the cool autumn wash over her senses. She had just finished her training with her father and she was more than a little flushed. Hitomi had a shower and changed into some trackies. She wasn't doing anything for the rest of the day so she had just planned to veg out with a book.
Hitomi happily sat down on her beanbag with a mug of chocolate in one hand and her book in another. Hitomi opened the book in anticipation. Her friends had been bugging her to read it but it seemed that every time she was free, sometimes else came up.
Ring ring
Hitomi frowned. Today was no exception. With much lament, Hitomi got up from her comfortable position and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Hitomi.'"
It was Nate.
"Hi Nate, what's up?" Hitomi said, trying to not sounds impatient.
I'm going to read this book if it's the last thing I do…
"Hey listen, are you free right now?"
"I dunno, I'm kinda doing something right now…" Hitomi replied, gazing longingly at her book that sat comfortably with her beanbag and drink.
"Can it wait?"
There was a pause.
"It's kinda important." He added.
Hitomi sighed.
"Yeah sure."
o.0.o.0.o
Hayate stepped off the train station and looked out to the streets of Germany. It had been almost a year since he had last seen its beauty. Frankly he was surprised he was even here. Surprised but not ungrateful. Hayate had managed to convince Shorai to allow him to travel back to his roots before he answered back and gave the elders his final answer regarding to the marriage of Lady Haruka and himself.
Hayate chuckled to himself.
He already knew the answer.
Hayate strolled blithely down roads, taking in all the views he had long forgotten. A group of little kids and a dog were playing Marco Polo close by. Theirs eyes were big and soft with naivety while their mouths spoke nothing but purity. Hayate smiled. It was good to be back.
Hayate arrived at a familiar two-story house. The paint on the worn-down pinewood had faded and was beginning to peel, but other then that, it was just as he had remembered it. Hayate walked up to the side of the house where the yard was. The grand oak tree was still there. He leaped onto the tree and dived through an opened window on the second floor.
Just like old times.
Hayate reached Hitomi's room and knocked. No answer. He knocked again. Still no answer. Hayate frowned and opened the door. No one was there.
Hayate walked down stairs and checked if she was there. No one was home. Hayate sighed. Maybe he should just wait until she came back home. Hayate walked to the fridge, he might as well made himself at home. Something caught his eye. A note was stuck on the fridge. It was written in Hitomi's writing.
Hey Dad
I've just gone to the park.
Be back soon.
Hitomi
Hayate smiled.
The park it is.
0.o.0.o.0
Hitomi sat restlessly at on the park bench. She checked her watch. Nate was late. She slumped her shoulders and sighed. He had wanted to tell her something urgently, but he didn't seem to want to say it over the phone. Hitomi flexed her neck side to side. Nate was always nice to her. Always supporting her, encouraging her. He was pretty much perfect. Except for one thing.
Hitomi Amber and Nate were out ice skating one day. Amber had gone to get some drinks, which left Hitomi and Nate skating alone. They came across a couple of novice skating girls whose looks weren't their best asset.
"Pathetic" Nate had spat.
Hitomi was shocked. She had never known Nate to be so superficial. But when she had opposed to what he had said. Nate just gave her one of his mega watt smiles.
"Don't worry your pretty face, I was just joking."
From then on, Hitomi began to notice more closely the way Nate acted around certain stereotypes. It bothered her that Nate could be so egotistical. However when Hitomi asked if Amber had noticed anything, she just suggested that maybe she was embellishing the situation. Hitomi nodded and shrugged the thought away.
"BOO!"
Hitomi jumped but laughed.
"Hi Nate"
Nate walked over and sat down.
"How did you know it was me?"
Hitomi shrugged.
"The same way I whoop your arse in DDR?"
Nate rolled his eyes.
"I was going easy on you, 'cause I didn't want you to look bad in front of your friends."
Hitomi punched his lightly on the arm.
"Whatever."
0.o.0.o.0
Hayate walked down the park path smiling to himself. It was starting to drizzle but he didn't mind. He welcomed the rain. The way it would cool you down its first touch, the way it would tickled when it trickles down you face, the way it would just cleansed you spirit. He loved it. However the rain was beginning to pour. Hayate decided it would wise to find shelter.
o.0.o.0.o
Hitomi and Nate had already sought out shelter in the form of a gazebo that Hitomi used to hang out in. Hitomi looked out onto the hammering rain and shivered. It hadn't realised until then how cold she was. She wrapped her arms around herself to keep tepid. A soft warm feel evaded her senses as she realised that Nate had just wrapped his jacket around her bare shoulders.
"Thanks"
Nate gave her an affectionate smile and took her hands.
"Hitomi, you're so beautiful."
Hitomi smiled her thanks and began to retrieve her hands, but Nate was stronger than she had first thought.
"You're the most friendliest and sweetest person I know. And it has occurred to me that perhaps I'm falling in love with you."
Hitomi gasped. She hadn't expected this. She saw Nate as her friend but nothing else. What was she supposed to say?
Nate seemed to sense this.
"You don't have to say anything," he said, letting go of her hands, "just close your eyes for a second."
Hitomi wasn't sure what to do, so she obliged.
Lustful lips met hers.
Nate had kissed her.
Hitomi was in shock.
Hayate had seen enough.
0.o.0.o.0
Hayate was shaking in shock.
All the ordeal he went through for her… the proposals he had rejected… Hitomi…. Hitomi… why?
Hayate hid his tears. He mustn't cry. Not now. Not for this. He staggered toward the train station. He couldn't stay now. Not after what he saw. Hayate mentally kicked himself. Hitomi was his friend. He should be happy that she was getting on with his life. Not acting pathetic like he was. He should be ashamed.
Hayate looked back at the little German village. Nothing was holding him back now. A contradicting voice in his head cried out one last time.
Hitomi…
0.o.0.o.0
Hitomi pulled away from Nate. Her accusing eyes were all he was worth now. She gave him one last look before she sprinted home. The rain hammered on as she splashed through mud puddles and infected gutters. She was drenched by the time she reached her house. She collapsed behind the door of her room. How could he do that to her? She had told him about Ein and yet he abused her trust like that. Hitomi closed her eyes as her memories drifted to ones of the person she loved the most.
Ein…
Hitomi opened her eyes wearily and looked at her bracelet. Ever since it was given to her she had never taken it off. The morning after Ein had left she found it on her bedside table. Ein must have left it for her to remember him by. Hitomi took the piece off and studied it. It was a simple gold bracelet with three simple words engraved on it.
"Meet you there," she whispered.
Hitomi stood up and smiled determinedly. She had known what Ein had meant by that the first time she saw it. Originally, Ein and herself had planned to join the Dead or Alive tournament together, but her father had forbidden it. He felt that it would be too dangerous to allow his only daughter a fighting tournament at her age. The title of the tournament, Dead or Alive, didn't help either. It wasn't that he didn't trust Hitomi on her own, or that he didn't trust Ein with her. It was just that he didn't think Hitomi was good enough yet. But after the match Hitomi and her father had just had, it was a totally different story.
The two fighters circled each other. In the end, it was Hitomi who struck first. It was a feint, for the true blow was her right fist aimed directly for Hitomi's father's middle. The blow would have knocked him out, had he been there to take the hit. No, by the time Hitomi reacted, Hitomi's dad wad already behind her. He grasped her shoulder with both hands and then in an overhead throw, swing his daughter onto the ground face first. Hitomi's dad then black flipped away into position. Hitomi was slightly shaken but flipped back onto her feet. The two fighters then began to swipe at each other with complicated and immensely powerful arm-hand movements, both of them swapping between defense and offense. Then suddenly, Hitomi stopped parrying the hits but instead twisted into her father's circle of offense, striking him in the stomach with an open handed palm blow with her left hand. Hitomi continued the sequence with a right handed palm blow to his right and then a roundhouse spinning double-kick, first with the heel of left foot striking her father's feet from under him, then a rotating kick with her
right heel catching him in the chest this time, launching the huge man into the air. Hitomi didn't miss a beat. She took the opportunity to strike before her father could orientate himself. She completed the combo by sending a final kick to her opponent's stomach which sent him hitting a padded wall before slumping onto the floor.
o.0.o.0.o
Hayate slowly walk toward the pagoda. He was dreading this meeting but he knew he had to face it sooner or later, and after what he saw in Germany, he knew he had to go through with it. Memories of that day replaced his nightmares. But what scared him the most was that this wasn't his imagination. This was reality.
"Mater Hayate", Shorai greeted with a bow.
Hayate returned the bow and sat down.
"I understand you have come to an conclusion with regards to the marriage of yourself and Lady Haruka. Is that correct."
Hayate bowed his head.
"Yes, that is correct."
Shorai smiled.
"Ah..good. Well?"
Hayate looked up. His eyes cold and bare, devoid of any emotion.
"I will marry Lady Haruka.
o.0.o.0.o
Hitomi stood outside the airport and gazed longingly at the planes flying away. Her father was standing next to her. She turned around and faced her father. Her father bowed, Hitomi did the same. Her father looked down at his daughter, she had her mother's eyes. He was surprised he could let her go so easily. Ah- but Hitomi was a trained karate master. She could handle herself. She had proven it. Before he could restrain himself, he held Hitomi at a tight embrace.
"Goodbye Hitomi."
"Goodbye Father."
0.o.0.o.0
AAAWwwwww isn't that nice…kinda makes me wanna hug my dad more…heh- now there's a thought… oh and u'll realize that that I didn't follow the fight between Hitomi and her father as they showed it on the clip thingo…this is bcoz I cudn't remember how it went…so yeah… okay shoutouts!
Wolf- well..now u know…yes I am evil…mwahahaha PS dun kill hayate! (trouble in paradise) or I shall have to declare war…wot is it gud 4?…absolutely nothing..sing it with me!..ahem
Kyoshi Slickfish- I've actually nva tried picking guys up lyk that…I juz thot I'd added to the story to humour myself…heh thnx 4 the advise..i usd bubble instead coz I thot it waz cuter…so sue me!
Sushi-grl- here's ur upd8…evn tho u knew it was coming..coz I kept bagering u while u were reading mean magazines and eating dinner…heh
Kurmoi- I relly dunno wot I'm going to do with Ryu…but I won't pair him up with Haruka…for I have other plan for her mwahahahaha thunder lighting
Sworsmater- y thkn u kind sir…that is muchly appreciated
Until nxt time
Ciao
sagi