As he looks out the small window on the front of his apartment he cannot help but think about the differences between the way of his ancestors and his own. The dojo he is master of is no longer a small building surrounded by arable land in which the trainees work and learn at the same time. No, his dojo is in shopping center surrounded by a coffee shop and a specialty-clothing store with a large recreation area across the street. He thinks about how disgraced those before him would be, how they would frown upon his pathetic group of students, most of whom have full time jobs and came here because they watched too many martial arts movies.
A familiar face comes from the hallway, she is an attractive female with bright purple hair who is also his half-sister. She notices him looking out the window and knows what he is thinking, she had felt it many times, and each time it is more intense.
Ayane goes to the cabinet and gets out two glasses and turns on the faucet, her purple hair swaying as she moves. After filling each of them up she sets them on the counter and takes a seat in one of the chairs. Hayate walks from the window and sits on one of the tall chairs across from her, he looks into his glass of water lit only by the moon coming through the open window.
As they sit there in silence drinking their water they hear footsteps from the hallway, and they both know who it is. After a few seconds another woman, this one a brunette, walks into the kitchen and sees the two of them. Kasumi is Hayate's sister and Ayane's half-sister and has always made it her duty to watch out for both of them. She looks groggier than the other two who seem as though this is a normal time of night to be awake, and this isn't the first time she has come in and found them sitting here.
"It's 3 in the morning, what are you two doing up?" Kasumi says.
"I will be heading back to bed shortly Kasumi, I just wanted to admire the beautiful night," Replies Hayate.
"I couldn't sleep, so I came in to get some water and saw Hayate, we should go back to bed," Ayane says, "Mother Kasumi demands it." Says continues, looking at Hayate who smiles a bit.
"No let me make sure Ryu has not checked in, then I'll head back to bed." Hayte says to her as he stands up and walks into the kitchen placing his glass in the sink. He heads down the hallway into a bedroom that he has converted into a small office.
He sits down at a small wooden desk in his office, the same desk used by his father, and his father before that. Each of them still had the original dojo, the one built seven generations ago by his ancestor on land they had since before the Europeans had first come to trade. He picks up the small black phone and checks his messages, and he hears it, what he was hoping for. One of his pupils works for a company that creates video games, he has always been good about helping the dojo with any equipment they need, and monitering their radio nearly 24 hours a day. The message is to inform him the Ryu is in Germany and needs assistance in destroying the creature that was created from Kasumi's DNA.
He knows that if Ryu needs help then it is no longer a simple matter, things have become complicated. Last time Ryu called it was to request help in Ukraine, and it was that loss combined with the lawsuit a few years earlier that finally forced him to sell the dojo and his ancestral land. Now he would have a chance to destroy the Alpha creature, the one who goes against nature. This time he will take care of matters personally. Kasumi and Ayane will probably insist on going, especially if they know the nature of his mission.
He leaves his office and walks towards Ayane's room. She is probably still awake and will be the easiest to tell first. He opens the door slowly and is glad to see that she has gone back to bed with her robe on, he creeps into the room and is startled by her voice,
"Hayate, is that you?"
"Ryu needs help in Germany, I am heading there now," He answers.
"I will come with you, if Ryu needs help I should be there. Even though we weren't there, what happened in Ukraine still haunts me, I knew so many of them."
"Good, you go wake up Kasumi, she has a tendency to sleep without modesty and it makes me uncomfortable," He whispers.
He can hear her chuckle at this and he quietly leaves the room and goes to a small closet in the living room and pulls out a large black bag. Behind the bag is a black sheet covering up something very lumpy, he removes the sheet and is immediately looking at all kinds of Weapons. He begins placing them in the bag when Ayane and Kasumi enter the living room, dressed in black for stealth movement.
"Good you are both ready, lets head to the airport we must find a way to sneak on board." Says Hayate and all three head out the front door.