A/N: So funny how I got to writing this scene and the Tamaki scene. I was conversing with Editor-san and in a joking matter I mentioned I should make a tier list with Yao's DOA OTPs. Editor-san thought I was being serious and he nudged me to make it. So I did make one and after reevaluating how Yao thinks and some of the other DOA Ladies I added Sayuri and Tamaki in the OTP Tier with Fang, Kasumi, and Momiji. And when I wrote this scene I ended up making it a little longer than I initially intended. I guess I liked the pairing so much despite never playing any of the Extreme Games. Anyway, the scene itself.
Rarely does altruism end with the morally correct in a dire strait.
Their heads are typically held up high as they go about their business, as if nothing happened. Yao was a one-in-a-million exception. You see, he participated in the act of altruism that started a chain of events cultivating him and an ally being sent to another realm. It all started when the Super Ninja Ryu Hayabusa requested his assistance. A friend of them both, a young girl named Kasumi, was taken by DOATEC after killing her evil uncle Raidou. Yao knew how malicious he was since they fought before her turn as he wanted the Sennin's Techniques for himself. Fortunately, what he wanted and what he got were two vastly different things. Yao ended up giving him heart palpitations for the rest of his life due to removing his Speed Limiters then punching Raidou in the heart so fast; he couldn't defend himself. Raidou's heart didn't know what to do after that blow made contact. It at first placed him in Cardiac Arrest, and he barely survived that, so the palpitations were Yao's act of mercy.
The pair infiltrated DOATEC's base in Germany and found Kasumi before freeing her from captivity. The base was sent to Kingdom Come. A few days later, Yao became more intimate with one of his newest regulars. Sayuri, a Japanese woman who was a former nurse who had just started her medical practice. The pair started as a simple producer and consumer relationship. Eventually, Yao asked her out on a date, and Sayuri agreed. The evening went well as they started seeing each other more in the following weeks. Sayuri didn't know Yao was a Sennin, but his next act of altruism changed that. Several weeks later, while setting up their next date, Ryu asked Yao for his help on a grave matter. Not wanting to scare Sayuri, who didn't know anything, Yao accepted and put a reluctant raincheck on their next meeting.
It turns out, a Tengu named Bankotsubo had made the weather in Japan borderline hellish. Had it not stopped, the storm would have spread to the rest of the world. Bankotsubo killed the leader of his people and escaped to the human world before causing all this havoc. Ryu nearly pleaded to the Sennin for assistance, and Yao begrudgingly agreed. The pair traveled to Japan and found where the Tengu was hiding. After a fierce battle, the pair killed Bankotsubo. That event included intervention from one of Kasumi's clones who wanted revenge on Yao for preventing the real Kasumi's death. Yao even ripped off his nose and gifted it to Gen Fu to cure his granddaughter. The battle left him with heavy fatigue. Once he destroyed the medium between the two worlds in the Fallen Miyama Tree, Yao passed out from overexertion for the first time since becoming a Sennin. During the two years spent in Brazil, he's fainted from overwork numerous times. Ryu brought him back to his store in Aberdeen, where Sayuri waited and ran while he was gone. Her knowledge of medicines Yao and his uncle sold was almost on their level. In terms of medicine in general, she knew more than them. When she saw Yao's unconscious body being carried, Sayuri nearly yanked his passed-out form from the ninja. It took all her self-control not to slap Ryu for having a hand in Yao's condition.
Sayuri carried Yao through the store and upstairs to his room before laying him on the bed through sheer adrenaline. She immediately put her nurse skills to work, examining his physical condition. Thankfully, there were no injuries, and none of his scars were reopened. She struggled to get his limiters off without the proper knowledge of what they were. Applying more force from top-down, Sayuri miraculously opened them one by one. His wrists and ankles were no worse for wear as well. There were a few minor bruises but nothing worth worrying about. Deducing that Yao had passed out from fatigue eased the nurse's mind. Still, Sayuri struggled to figure out what could Yao have possibly placed him in this condition.
She wondered if there was more to the Medicine Store Owner than what he told her. Sayuri had no plans on leaving him. The pair was too kind to one another to warrant something so crass. However, she wanted answers to get them shortly as her boyfriend's eyes slowly opened. That brought a wave of relief over her.
Yao slowly moved to sit up, Sayuri helping him do so before he felt his head. "How are you feeling?"
"A small headache, but nothing worth stressing over."
Yao turned to his girlfriend. The pair warmly smiled at one another. "I guess I have you to thank for bringing me up here, my little guardian angel."
The pair shared a loving kiss as their hands intertwined. They truly loved one another if anyone who saw them together would indicate. Yao and Sayuri rarely saw each other since she lived in Japan, with Yao residing in District 17 of Hong Kong. Yet, the mutual affection had never waned despite the long distance. Their lips separated as Sayuri sat next to him, their hands still connected.
"Yao... You were carried by that same man who asked for your help earlier today. I didn't say anything then because it sounded like a serious matter. But wearing those giant rings on your wrists and ankles that were difficult to remove, and now this? I'm starting to think you're withholding secrets from me. I don't mind that, but I don't think I can respect your privacy anymore." She moved his face so that they held eye contact. "Who are you?"
"I'm sorry, Sayuri. I have been hiding some things from you. But I felt like you didn't need to know. And why I never told you what they were. I didn't think we'd be put into a situation like this."
"I understand your motivations, あなた (Darling. Reserved for boyfriends or husbands, so you can infer that the relationship, while still on a casual level, is getting serious), but if we want to evolve this relationship, you have to come clean with me. I don't think we should be together if you continue to hide these things from me."
"No, you're right, Sayu-chan. I don't want you to think any less of me," Yao voiced his concerns.
Sayuri immediately pecked his cheek. "Never. You are too good to me where you being forthright would warrant my leaving of you."
In return, Yao then kissed her cheek, thanking Buddha and Lord Yama for bringing this woman to him. "You're too good to me, Sayuri. Ok, allow me to come clean on everything."
The Sennin began explaining the two most important moments he didn't tell her. The first was his time as a criminal in Metro City as a bodyguard for one of North America's most dangerous men that he owed a debt. It had to be paid lest it bit him later in life. Belger, thankfully, had his share of karma in the form of his death. Yao then explained that he had already served his sentence in the condition of parole for thirteen months. Sayuri naturally concluded this since cops didn't follow him, and the Interpol Badge Yao showed her after hearing of his podium placement in the first DOA tournament.
The second was a Sennin, a mythological rank in the Martial Arts world that only fifty people ever earned in history. The title granted Yao supernatural abilities which warrant the use of a handicap. He then clarified why he wore those large rings over his wrists and ankles. They toned his physical attributes so he wouldn't accidentally go too far during a fight and kill someone. That was a big no-no since he practiced Buddhism's key principles. His revelation caught the attention of the Super Ninja, who was one of the nine people who learned of this at the DOA Tournament because of Raidou's nosy behavior. This led to why he asked for help so suddenly.
Yao finally explained his hand in DOATEC Germany's destruction and rescuing the winner of DOA 1. In addition, Yao slew a Tengu who escaped the Demon World and his destruction of the medium between the demon and human worlds. All of that cumulated to the fatigue that led him to pass out.
"And that's everything," Yao explained. "Now you know, Sayu-chan. While I prefer running the store, I help Ryu and his allies at times. So now what? Are you going to leave me?"
Her response was tightening the hold on his hand. "I can never leave a person who properly atoned for his wrongdoings and pushed himself to the limit for the sake of self-improvement. Your criminal past will stay there because you want it to be. I'm going nowhere, あなた. You're too good for anyone else, as they will abuse your kindness. I promise you I won't do the same."
"Thank you, Sayu-chan. You truly are too good for me."
"Stop it." The pair shared a deep kiss, Sayuri coming on to the Sennin as their free hands intersected. "I... I love you, あなた."
The Sennin caressed Sayuri's face softly. "I love you too, Sayuri."
The pair shared another kiss, with Sayuri subconsciously giving herself to Yao, her body falling over his. A deep blush was on the nurse's face when the couple separated again.
"Sayu-chan?"
"Yes, あなた?"
"Stay with me tonight. I don't care if we don't do anything. I want to hold you in my arms."
Sayuri already decided she would do that, feeling around his chest. "Ok..." She then expressed her desires. "But I want us to go to the next level."
"What do you mean by that?" Yao inquired.
His eyes then widened at the sight of his girlfriend removing her plain white tee to reveal her bosom covered with a silver bra. The pair mutually agreed to go steady since the last woman Yao shared a bed with screwed him in more ways than one. With her final act of lustfully kissing her revealed to be Sennin of a boyfriend, Sayuri's intentions couldn't be any clearer.
"Yao, make love to me tonight."
A/N: Now all of my scenes are done. All that's left is for Editor-san to finish his scenes and we can wrap this up. I have to go start Aftermath part two so I can actually start writing the actual story instead of teasing you all with a series of one-shot fluffs. Anyway, I'll see you all later.