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Woosh
As Hayate wakes up, he immediately recognizes the purple eyes from his dreams. Caught up in Nyotengu's gaze, Hayate stares at her before he realizes that she was trying to kill him.
"You again.." he says, he quickly pushes her off and takes a few steps back.
Nyotengu just stares at him without saying a word, 'why can't I say anything? And why can't I move?'
Hayate looks at her, 'why isn't she saying anything this time?' He questions.
Hayate let's out a depressed sigh, "I thought I told you to never show yourself to me again.."
A part of Hayate is almost happy that she's here.
"I don't have time for this..." he teleports away frustrated with his inner conflict of whether or not his way of the shinobi is right.
Nyotengu falls to her knees and let's out a sigh. "What was wrong with me.. my heart was beating so fast and the way he looked at me just... froze me..."
She sits there for a while longer, trying to process her thoughts.
Unknown City
A hooded figure with a sword in their hand is walking around, the sword is dripping with the blood of their obstacles.
A bystander with a gun in hand.
"...you.. I will kill you, you monster!" The man says. He cocks the gun, but right as he is about to pull the trigger, his hand gets cut off.
"I'm sorry... but this is where your story ends.." the hooded figure says before stabbing the man through the chest.
"Rest in Peace.."
With Hayate
Hayate has been walking through the forest all night. He tries to figure out his inner conflict. He comes across an abandoned temple and decides to go into it to look around.
He wanders around for a while and goes into the back of it. There he finds a spot that he can use for meditation, even though that most of the temple looks abandoned. He unattaches the weopons from his gear. He sits in the middle and starts meditation. Letting the soft breeze kiss his features, while he starts drifting into his mindscape.
Hayate's Mindscape
Inside of Hayate's mindscape he sees nothing but the darkness that clouds his judgement. He gets up and starts walking aimlessly around the darkness.
He doesn't know what he's looking for exactly.
"I just... need guidance..." he says in defeat as he collapses to the ground. He starts to give in to the darkness and is willing to let it consume him if that's the answer.
"Hayate..."
He hears a voice, right when he is about to give up.
"Hayate!"
He gets up and runs through the darkness to follow the voice. He finally catches the voice.
"Hayate."
"Kasumi?" Says Hayate confused.
"You're nothing but a failure of a leader, letting a traitor like me live..." Kasumi says.
"But you're my little sister, I don't want to kill you."
"Seems to me like you don't want to kill anybody" says Ryu.
"Ryu? Where did you-"
"He's right you know, if I were the leader, everything would've been solved by now." Says Ayane.
"But Ayane, I-"
"Failure."
"Weak"
"Pathetic."
The words of his 3 closest allies echo inside his mind until he reaches his breaking point.
"ENOUGH OF THIS!"
Hayate screams and unleashes a powerful wind ninpo ability.
At the shrine.
Hayate opens his eyes and starts breathing heavily. He wipes the sweat from his forehead and looks at the sky.
"It looks like it's about to rain, I should keep going." Hayate says.
But to where is what he thought. He gets up and walks to the direction of the mountains.
"Maybe if I go on higher ground, I'll be able to make my next move."
With Nyotengu.
Nyotengu was making her way to the mountains to make out a plan. Her thoughts always wondered back to the ninja though.
"What is it about that ninja-brat!" She huffs.
"God I hate him so much, I don't know why I didn't kill him while he slept." She says to herself.
She arrives at the mountains moments later and sits on top of a rock.
"I swear this time I'm showing no mercy, I'll give him a swift death so I won't have a chance to think twice about!" She says determined.
She places her hand on her heart.
"Why is it still racing... hopefully when I kill him, it will stop."
"Hmph. I hope by him, you don't mean me."
Says Hayate.
"You!!" Says Nyotengu.
"I'm honestly not here to start a fight... I'm just looking for a direction to go in." Says Hayate.
"But if you really feel like trying to attack, then do as you wish." He says uninterested.
"Shut your mouth! How dare an insect like you speak to someone like me?"
Hayate inadvertently ignores her boasting and continues to look over head.
"Hey brat! I'm talking to you!" She says with a huff.
Hayate says nothing and walks past her to look at the other side.
She grabs his arm.
"Don't ignore me!" She says frustrated.
"Let go, I have no interest in you."
"You really want those to be your last words huh you idiot!?" She says and cocks back her hand and aims at his throat.
"For the love of..." Hayate sighs and grabs her hand and wraps himself around her and strikes the back of her neck, instantly knocking her out.
"Hmm one strike huh? She must've been tired.." says Hayate. He grabs her by the waist to prevent her from falling and uses wire to tie her up.
6 hours later.
Nyotengu wakes up and tries to stretch but is restrained.
"What the hell is this?" She says confused and looks at Hayate looking at her.
"Release me at once you worm!"
"Good morning to you too.." Hayate says sarcastically.
"I swear I'm gonna-" she says
"Yeah yeah, I've heard it all before.." he interrupts.
"But look, something is telling me that there may be something in you that will give you the mindset to change." He says. "I want to give you this one chance to show me if you can, I believe you can change. I honestly don't want to be the kind of guy who kills without a second thought." He continues.
She laughs. "You? A killer, ha! I bet you never killed in your life."
"Have you? I only got reports of you terrorizing people. Not killing them."
She thinks about for a moment and realizes she hasn't killed anybody.
"That's what I thought. I was trained since the day I was born to be a killer. I never had the luxury of thinking with an open mind, it was always kill with no hesitation for me." He stops and looks at the sky.
"But lately... I feel like there's more to life than meaningless murder. Hopefully I can start that change. I'm still young, I can try." He says with a soft smile.
Nyotengu looks away. "So what do you want from me..?"
"Your name for starters."
"Nyotengu..." she says in a light mumble.
"Well I'm Hayate."
She looks at him with slight annoyance.
"Now what do you want!?"
"I have a proposal for you" he says.
End.
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