Sorry for the late update. I've been busy with stuff.
Anyways, here we go...
Hitomi let Lei Fang go, because she didn't want to kill her or anything. "Well... thank you for the flowers."
Lei Fang smiled. "No problem. Who won?"
Helena answered before Hitomi could get the chance. "Hitomi did. She will advance to the semi-finals."
Kasumi hugged up on Helena's arm. "Well, Helena-sama, I'm sure it was an excellent match. I'm sorry I missed it."
"It was a wonderful match. And don't worry about it. I'm sure someone taped it." The opera star said graciously, smiling down at Kasumi. The red head was so adorably innocent, she could get annoyed with her for being clingy.
"Hey, I thought we were here to go swimming, not to talk about fighting!" Hitomi chimed in.
"Yeah! Let's do it!" Lei Fang said, before cannonballing into the pool. The three other ladies were splashed, and Tina was the next one in the pool.
"Not fair, Tina-san! You splashed me and Helena-sama!" Kasumi whined at the busty blond. Tina only laughed.
"Well, get in here and splash me back, hun." She dared the kunoichi.
Kasumi immediately jumped in, and Hitomi, not wanting to be the last one into the pool, went after her. Both surfaced at the same time and started splashing each other.
Helena laughed melodiously, and did a graceful swan dive into the pool admist the chaos. As she surfaced, she pushed her bangs out of her eyes and watched the other girls with interest. Kasumi stopped after a moment, as she noticed people approaching.
"Hayate niisan!" She squealed, climbing out and rushing to give her brother a hug. Before she could reached him Ayane pushed her out of the way, and went to sit in a chair.
"Ayane, that wasn't very nice..." Helena said, swimming to the edge of the pool, and waiting for Kasumi to come back in. The poor little redhead was trying to cling to Hayate's arm, but she was wet, so it made it easy for the Mugen Tenshin leader to push her off.
"Shut up." The lavender haired kunoichi said coldly, pulling her sunglasses down from her forehead. Helena frowned, and swam to the other side of the pool to wait for Kasumi.
Hitomi sighed. This obviously wasn't going to go as well as Tina and Lei Fang had planned... but it could still be salvaged.
She waved to Jann Lee with one hand, as she tried to think of some way to get everyone into the pool, and not whining or snapping at one another.
"Hey... let's play chicken." She finally suggested. Kasumi blinked.
"Isn't that the game where you sit one someone's shoulders and push everyone else down...?" She asked.
Lei Fang nodded. "Yeah, let's play! Everyone partner up!" She said, then swam towards the edge. "Hey, Jann Lee... let's kick their butts." She said, pushing herself up a little. While they were rivals, Lei Fang knew that he was a strong partner, and they had a good shot at winning if they teamed together.
"... I'm already teamed with Hitomi..." He said quickly, moving along the edge of the pool towards her.
Hitomi blinked in surprise. "What...?" She watched him sink down into the pool near her. She let out a small scream of surprise as he dove under, and came up again, lifting her onto his shoulders.
"You guys are a wicked cute team. Come on, Lei Fang. You can be my partner. I'll even let you on top." Tina said with a wink.
Lei Fang didn't answer, but just swam over towards her.
"Hayabusa-sama. Be my partner?" Ayane offered, standing and leaving her sunglasses on the chair. The Super Ninja nodded, and dived in. Ayane followed and soon they were ready, too.
Kasumi looked hopefully at her older brother, but he just shook his head. Helena swam up behind her and tapped her shoulder.
"I'll be your partner. You're the lighter of us, so you can go up on my shoulders." She offered kindly.
"Are you sure, Helena-sama?" Kasumi replied, but the blond nodded, and then they were ready.
"O-kay! Is that everyone?" Lei Fang called, from up on Tina's shoulders.
"Wait for us!" Brad and Zack were making a mad dash for the pool, not wanting to miss out on the ladies in bikinis. Unfortunately, before they could reach the water, both were clothes-lined by Hayate and Christie.
"Like they're gonna let you in the water, you perverts." Tina taunted, and Lei Fang laughed. She was grateful to Hayate and Christie, though, and she was sure that the rest of the girls were too.
Hitomi was caught offguard as Jann Lee began moving. She quickly steadied herself, and then locked hands with Kasumi.
Kasumi, try as she might, was having a hard time keeping balance on Helena's slender shoulders.
"Sorry, Kasumi-chan." Hitomi said, as she gave a hard shove, and toppled Kasumi into the water. She almost toppled in, too, if it hadn't been for Jann Lee gripping her thighs. A tingle swept through her, but she ignored it.
There was a second splash, as Tina and Lei Fang went down.
"Not fair!" Lei Fang gasped, as she and the blond surfaced. "You guys cheated!"
"Yeah, right. You guys just aren't good at this game." Ayane said, pushing a wet lock of her hair out of her eyes.
"You guys teleported!" Tina added. "That's cheating!"
"Well, it does make the playing field a bit uneven, but it's not cheating." Hayabusa said evenly.
"It is so!" Lei Fang shouted, catching Hitomi's eye and nodding as Jann Lee started to sneak up behind the ninjas.
"Yeah... the rest of us can't teleport!" Tina's blue eyes narrowed dangerously at the ninjas.
"Speak for yourself, Tina-san." Hayate said, teleporting up onto the branch of one of the trees surronding the pool area. "Ryu, behind you." He warned.
By the time Ryu had turned around, Jann Lee and Hitomi were just in range to get them. With one hard shove to the shoulder, the lavender haired ninja went down.
"WHOO HOO! GO HITOMI!" Lei Fang cheered, swimming over and pulling her off of Jann Lee. Hitomi smiled and hugged her friend tightly.
"Thanks for distracting them." She said.
"..Hn... they should've been paying better attention to their surrondings." Jan Lee said, in his usual gruff way.
"Yeah, look who's talking." Ayane said, as she jumped and pushed on Jann Lee's head, dunking him under the water. She swam away quickly, though.
When he surfaced, his first words were, "I am going to kill her."
"Oh... I hope Ayane-san can run fast..." Hitomi said, biting her lip. Lei Fang laughed, loudly.
Hitomi climbed out of the pool, and walked over to the tree Hayate was sitting in. "Ein..." He didnt seem to hear her. "Ein!"
He looked down at her. "Yes, Hitomi-kun?" He half-expected her to say something he particularly didn't want to hear.
"Aren't you going to go in the pool?" She asked innocently, much to his relief.
"No. I don't really like swimming." He said with a kind smile.
"Oh, okay." She turned to walk away.
"Heeey. I'll take a dip with you, Hitomi." Zack offered, walking up and wrapping an arm around her shoulders. In an instant, Hayate had teleported down, and pulled Hitomi by the arm away from him.
"Would you stop making unwanted advances? Don't you have a girlfriend?" Helena drawled.
"Hey, I was just being nice to the girl." Zack held up his hands in defeat.
"Leave Hitomi-kun alone." Hayate said sternly. "And Ayane and Kasumi." He added, trying not to play favorites.
"Jesus, man, chill out..." Zack replied, but his eyes averted to Ayane's back side as she walked past him to get her towel.
Hayate gave him a hard shove, and he teetered on the edge of the pool.
"Dude, if I'm going in, you are too!" Zack cried, grabbing Hayate's shirt and pulling him in as he fell. All of the girls immediately moved towards the edge of the pool.
After a few moments, Zack came up, but Hayate didn't.
"Can Hayate swim?" Hayabusa finally asked.
Kasumi blinked. "I don't know..." She admitted.
"What are you guys, morons? Fine, I'll save him!" Ayane dived back into the pool, and pulled Hayate up. She towed him to the edge of the pool, and Jann Lee and Hayabusa pulled him out.
"He's not breathing..." Hayabusa murmured, looking around. "Do any of you know CPR?"
Hitomi timidly raised her hand. "I do." She said, kneeling beside the unconscious redhead.
Everyone watched as Hitomi opened his mouth, checked for a heartbeat, then began to breath into his mouth, placing her lips against his.
And everyone heard Jann Lee's growl.
And that's the end of the chapter, guys. Please review!