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What Now?
(The authoress doesn't know either.)
The sun hit Kasumi's eyelids and warmed her face. Her eyes slowly opened to see... black. Lots and lots of black. Then she realized what the black was; Ryu's shirt.
Upon figuring this out, she snuggled closer to the warmth of his body. Nothing else mattered right then. A whole army of Shinobi could leap down from the sky right now, and it wouldn't matter. Kasumi had found the true eternal happiness. Love.
Kasumi felt Ryu's hold on her tighten and then relax, telling her that really, Ryu was fully conscious.
"Awake I see," she commented smiling and positioning herself so she could look him in the eye.
"Hn," was all he said. "I've been waiting for you." Though his face portrayed nothing, Kasumi could see the amusement dancing in his eyes.
Kasumi pursed her lips in mock irritation. "Oh you were, were you?" then a devilish grin crossed her face. "Oh what's this now? Super Ninja Ryu letting one of the kunoichi slack off?"
"Only a chosen few get to slack off in my book," Ryu said with a slight smirk. "And you, koishii, are not one of them." He then abruptly stood, pulling her up behind him. "Come on. Camp can't be far from here."
With that they began their walk once again towards camp, hand-in-hand.
Once they arrived at their destination, they began to gather everything they had left behind, even though that was very little. They then took a little out of the food supply and ate breakfast, leaning their backs together. When they finished, they sat in a slightly uneasy silence.
"So...." Kasumi began slowly. "What now?"
"As of right now, who knows?" Ryu replied. He felt her slump against his back.
"I feel a sense of failure." She spoke quietly. "I came here hoping for peace... only to drag not only myself, but you also, deeper into trouble." She sighed. "Now, just to figure out to get us out of it."
"Sadly, Kasumi," Ryu remarked, "this was probably inevitable. As angry and stubborn as he is, there is little chance he would have listened even if we had approached him in a different manner."
Kasumi sighed again. "Well, I'll ask it again. What now?"
Now hold your breath. Ryu attempted at a lighter note. Also known as humor. "We can run. Run like BATS OUT OF THE GRAVE!"
Kasumi chuckled. "Again? And Ryu, that jab was awful."
"You laughed didn't you?" Ryu smirked.
She smiled over her shoulder at him. "Only because the great Ryu is willing to make an idiot out of himself in order to cheer little me up." She paused for a moment. "And I suppose...running is our only option, right?" She felt Ryu nod. "Well, since that is the case..." She pulled herself up to her feet and dusted what was left of breakfast off her hands. "We better start now."
Ryu nodded again and got up behind her. They gathered what they had and started their trek to.... well.... as far away from Hayate as humanly possible.
Meanwhile....
Ayane leapt from tree-to-tree with ease, being so graceful one almost couldn't tell that she was flying around thirty feet above the ground. Suddenly something below caught her eye and she dropped to the ground, barely making a sound as she hit the forest floor.
Her eyes scanned the ground. To untrained eye, it seemed as if she was staring at nothing, but Ayane's eye had been honed to near perfection. She knelt down and brushed her fingers lightly over the leaves. She made out the slight imprints of two bodies: one smaller than the other. She stood and smirked.
Ayane then brought her wrist, which was covered by a fighting glove up to her mouth.
"I've picked up their trail," she murmured into the tiny mic that had been sewn into her glove.
"Good," came Hayate's voice from the almost invisible earpiece. "Proceed as planned."
"Got it." And with that, Ayane shot back up into the trees.
Back to Kasumi and Ryu
Kasumi and Ryu had been walking for several hours. The sun began to set and Kasumi knew their time was running short. Something in the back of her head, a sixth sense maybe, started to run crazy, but she brushed it off.
"It's almost been 24 hours," she thought out loud. "What kind of surprises will Hayate have up his sleeve this time." Her voice was slightly bitter, hinting at her angry thoughts.
"Whatever it is, I'm sure it can be dealt with," Ryu reassured her. Though he didn't know how true his words were.
"I know Hayate can't be far from us," Kasumi commented. "He won't waste a minute of those precious 24 hours to track us. Sure he might have given us a head start, but he'll have already found our trail by now and will soon be hot on our heels."
"Even so," Ryu interjected before she continued her pessimistic rant. "We've faced much. We can handle anything he throws..."
Ryu was cut off when Kasumi threw herself into him, causing them to both fall over, and covered her head as kunai whizzed overhead.
"Hmm... even that. Congrats."
Kasumi looked up, her eyebrows rising on her forehead. "A-Ayane?"
"Right you are, dear sister!" Ayane sneered from the tree branch. She was leaning against the tree trunk using her elbow to prop herself up and one foot crossed over the other in a I-think-you're-an-idiot stance. "I'm surprised you didn't sense me."
"I should've known it was you," Kasumi said gently. "But...why?"
"Why do you think?" Ayane asked sharply. "You've had everything your whole life," she raised her hand and there was rustling in the trees. "Now it's my turn!" she gestured forward sharply and...well... a LOT of ninjas leapt down from the trees.
Kasumi hissed. "This is REALLY getting old."
"I agree," came Ryu's solemn reply. "Let's go!"
"Right!" And with that both of them darted forward, but before Kasumi could sick herself on one of the assassins Ayane dropped down in front of her.
"Ah-ah-ah sister." She crouched down into fighting position. "You're MY target."
"Please Ayane, we don't have to do this."
"Oh but we do! I've been waiting for quite some time to do this. And now my moment has come!" She lunged at Kasumi her sword ready and waiting to taste flesh.
For a moment Kasumi was truly frightened. In Ayane's eyes there was a fire. But not just any fire. It was... bloodlust: A crazed hunger that would only be satisfied by Kasumi's death. She just barely managed to block.
"C'mon Kasumi! I know you can do better than that!" Ayane jumped back and readied herself to launch another attack.
Kasumi gathered herself back together, determined to win this fight. Before Ayane could come back at her, Kasumi shot herself at her. Ayane expected her to try use her sword and blocked, but Kasumi was smarter than that. Kasumi darted up to her and, almost faster than the eye can see, nailed 3 punches in Ayane's gut and 1 on her face, and flipped backwards to avoid a counter-attack.
Ayane had an arm wrapped her gut. She straightened and smirked. "That's better." She wiped the blood that had begun to trickle from her mouth and spit into the grass to rid her mouth of at least some of the foul tasting liquid. "Now it's my turn!"
Ayane lunged at her, and Kasumi got ready to quickly counter. Ayane quickly drew closer. Suddenly as Ayane was almost right in front of Kasumi she spun and ducked, confusing Kasumi and giving her that slight time span for her to make her move.
Kasumi was phased for a moment and tried to utter a "huh" but was cut off when Ayane's foot met her neck and jaw. Then Ayane spun, using her momentum to deal a blow to Kasumi's side.
Kasumi managed to skid to a halt still on her feet but not unharmed. The leafs that had been thrown into air at Kasumi's messy stop came to settle as she brought her head up to stair into Ayane's eyes. Surprisingly, a smirk planted itself on her face.
"It's been a long time since we've sparred," she said a bit cynically. Her hand was placed tenderly over a rib that was probably bruised, and her small finger traced the tissue of the tender scar that had probably nearly been broken. Kasumi made a note to herself to be careful with that side of her body. "I might have actually enjoyed this if you weren't trying to kill me." She sighed and her look became one of desperation. "Please Ayane! Don't do this!"
"SHUT UP ALREADY!!" Ayane screamed furiously at her. "I'm going to kill you..." Ayane crouched down in ready stance. "FOR HAYATE!!!"
Sorry. Awkward place to stop but I had to Because... A) Mia likes suspense more than what is healthy. B) I FEEL SO BAD!!!!!! Gomen! Gomen! Don't worry! Summer is coming! And with it more free time than I know what to do with! I'm so sorry! Hands out Ryu and Kasumi chibi plushies. And now you're asking, 'Is she bribing us?' and the simple answer to that is.... yes. Yes I am. lol Not really. I just feel bad. Trying to clear my conscience. Also I apologize for the choppy-ness and the mush at the beginning. I was clawing for something to write OH OH! And thank you to Lordfolken and Lan Di for the Super Ninja thing. I got a kick outta that Anyways, to ye who hath read my CYOA. IT WILL BE BACK! THEY CAN'T STOP ME! MWAHAHAHA! Bows to FF.net Sorry. No offense, but your rules suck.
ILPALAZZO IS WATCHING MEEEEEEE!!! Therefore I don't own anything.... Sorry guys. Excel Saga moment ;;
What Now?
(The authoress doesn't know either.)
The sun hit Kasumi's eyelids and warmed her face. Her eyes slowly opened to see... black. Lots and lots of black. Then she realized what the black was; Ryu's shirt.
Upon figuring this out, she snuggled closer to the warmth of his body. Nothing else mattered right then. A whole army of Shinobi could leap down from the sky right now, and it wouldn't matter. Kasumi had found the true eternal happiness. Love.
Kasumi felt Ryu's hold on her tighten and then relax, telling her that really, Ryu was fully conscious.
"Awake I see," she commented smiling and positioning herself so she could look him in the eye.
"Hn," was all he said. "I've been waiting for you." Though his face portrayed nothing, Kasumi could see the amusement dancing in his eyes.
Kasumi pursed her lips in mock irritation. "Oh you were, were you?" then a devilish grin crossed her face. "Oh what's this now? Super Ninja Ryu letting one of the kunoichi slack off?"
"Only a chosen few get to slack off in my book," Ryu said with a slight smirk. "And you, koishii, are not one of them." He then abruptly stood, pulling her up behind him. "Come on. Camp can't be far from here."
With that they began their walk once again towards camp, hand-in-hand.
Once they arrived at their destination, they began to gather everything they had left behind, even though that was very little. They then took a little out of the food supply and ate breakfast, leaning their backs together. When they finished, they sat in a slightly uneasy silence.
"So...." Kasumi began slowly. "What now?"
"As of right now, who knows?" Ryu replied. He felt her slump against his back.
"I feel a sense of failure." She spoke quietly. "I came here hoping for peace... only to drag not only myself, but you also, deeper into trouble." She sighed. "Now, just to figure out to get us out of it."
"Sadly, Kasumi," Ryu remarked, "this was probably inevitable. As angry and stubborn as he is, there is little chance he would have listened even if we had approached him in a different manner."
Kasumi sighed again. "Well, I'll ask it again. What now?"
Now hold your breath. Ryu attempted at a lighter note. Also known as humor. "We can run. Run like BATS OUT OF THE GRAVE!"
Kasumi chuckled. "Again? And Ryu, that jab was awful."
"You laughed didn't you?" Ryu smirked.
She smiled over her shoulder at him. "Only because the great Ryu is willing to make an idiot out of himself in order to cheer little me up." She paused for a moment. "And I suppose...running is our only option, right?" She felt Ryu nod. "Well, since that is the case..." She pulled herself up to her feet and dusted what was left of breakfast off her hands. "We better start now."
Ryu nodded again and got up behind her. They gathered what they had and started their trek to.... well.... as far away from Hayate as humanly possible.
Meanwhile....
Ayane leapt from tree-to-tree with ease, being so graceful one almost couldn't tell that she was flying around thirty feet above the ground. Suddenly something below caught her eye and she dropped to the ground, barely making a sound as she hit the forest floor.
Her eyes scanned the ground. To untrained eye, it seemed as if she was staring at nothing, but Ayane's eye had been honed to near perfection. She knelt down and brushed her fingers lightly over the leaves. She made out the slight imprints of two bodies: one smaller than the other. She stood and smirked.
Ayane then brought her wrist, which was covered by a fighting glove up to her mouth.
"I've picked up their trail," she murmured into the tiny mic that had been sewn into her glove.
"Good," came Hayate's voice from the almost invisible earpiece. "Proceed as planned."
"Got it." And with that, Ayane shot back up into the trees.
Back to Kasumi and Ryu
Kasumi and Ryu had been walking for several hours. The sun began to set and Kasumi knew their time was running short. Something in the back of her head, a sixth sense maybe, started to run crazy, but she brushed it off.
"It's almost been 24 hours," she thought out loud. "What kind of surprises will Hayate have up his sleeve this time." Her voice was slightly bitter, hinting at her angry thoughts.
"Whatever it is, I'm sure it can be dealt with," Ryu reassured her. Though he didn't know how true his words were.
"I know Hayate can't be far from us," Kasumi commented. "He won't waste a minute of those precious 24 hours to track us. Sure he might have given us a head start, but he'll have already found our trail by now and will soon be hot on our heels."
"Even so," Ryu interjected before she continued her pessimistic rant. "We've faced much. We can handle anything he throws..."
Ryu was cut off when Kasumi threw herself into him, causing them to both fall over, and covered her head as kunai whizzed overhead.
"Hmm... even that. Congrats."
Kasumi looked up, her eyebrows rising on her forehead. "A-Ayane?"
"Right you are, dear sister!" Ayane sneered from the tree branch. She was leaning against the tree trunk using her elbow to prop herself up and one foot crossed over the other in a I-think-you're-an-idiot stance. "I'm surprised you didn't sense me."
"I should've known it was you," Kasumi said gently. "But...why?"
"Why do you think?" Ayane asked sharply. "You've had everything your whole life," she raised her hand and there was rustling in the trees. "Now it's my turn!" she gestured forward sharply and...well... a LOT of ninjas leapt down from the trees.
Kasumi hissed. "This is REALLY getting old."
"I agree," came Ryu's solemn reply. "Let's go!"
"Right!" And with that both of them darted forward, but before Kasumi could sick herself on one of the assassins Ayane dropped down in front of her.
"Ah-ah-ah sister." She crouched down into fighting position. "You're MY target."
"Please Ayane, we don't have to do this."
"Oh but we do! I've been waiting for quite some time to do this. And now my moment has come!" She lunged at Kasumi her sword ready and waiting to taste flesh.
For a moment Kasumi was truly frightened. In Ayane's eyes there was a fire. But not just any fire. It was... bloodlust: A crazed hunger that would only be satisfied by Kasumi's death. She just barely managed to block.
"C'mon Kasumi! I know you can do better than that!" Ayane jumped back and readied herself to launch another attack.
Kasumi gathered herself back together, determined to win this fight. Before Ayane could come back at her, Kasumi shot herself at her. Ayane expected her to try use her sword and blocked, but Kasumi was smarter than that. Kasumi darted up to her and, almost faster than the eye can see, nailed 3 punches in Ayane's gut and 1 on her face, and flipped backwards to avoid a counter-attack.
Ayane had an arm wrapped her gut. She straightened and smirked. "That's better." She wiped the blood that had begun to trickle from her mouth and spit into the grass to rid her mouth of at least some of the foul tasting liquid. "Now it's my turn!"
Ayane lunged at her, and Kasumi got ready to quickly counter. Ayane quickly drew closer. Suddenly as Ayane was almost right in front of Kasumi she spun and ducked, confusing Kasumi and giving her that slight time span for her to make her move.
Kasumi was phased for a moment and tried to utter a "huh" but was cut off when Ayane's foot met her neck and jaw. Then Ayane spun, using her momentum to deal a blow to Kasumi's side.
Kasumi managed to skid to a halt still on her feet but not unharmed. The leafs that had been thrown into air at Kasumi's messy stop came to settle as she brought her head up to stair into Ayane's eyes. Surprisingly, a smirk planted itself on her face.
"It's been a long time since we've sparred," she said a bit cynically. Her hand was placed tenderly over a rib that was probably bruised, and her small finger traced the tissue of the tender scar that had probably nearly been broken. Kasumi made a note to herself to be careful with that side of her body. "I might have actually enjoyed this if you weren't trying to kill me." She sighed and her look became one of desperation. "Please Ayane! Don't do this!"
"SHUT UP ALREADY!!" Ayane screamed furiously at her. "I'm going to kill you..." Ayane crouched down in ready stance. "FOR HAYATE!!!"
Sorry. Awkward place to stop but I had to Because... A) Mia likes suspense more than what is healthy. B) I FEEL SO BAD!!!!!! Gomen! Gomen! Don't worry! Summer is coming! And with it more free time than I know what to do with! I'm so sorry! Hands out Ryu and Kasumi chibi plushies. And now you're asking, 'Is she bribing us?' and the simple answer to that is.... yes. Yes I am. lol Not really. I just feel bad. Trying to clear my conscience. Also I apologize for the choppy-ness and the mush at the beginning. I was clawing for something to write OH OH! And thank you to Lordfolken and Lan Di for the Super Ninja thing. I got a kick outta that Anyways, to ye who hath read my CYOA. IT WILL BE BACK! THEY CAN'T STOP ME! MWAHAHAHA! Bows to FF.net Sorry. No offense, but your rules suck.