okay. I didn't think I would find an android movie as entertaining as android apocolypse. I'm thinking of writing a GITS adaptation where Proto ( my little prisoner from gits X/D) is the main android. Tell me what you think XD. Here is chater 13 of this twisted little tale. By the way I added some oc's just for the sole purpose of giving Kasumi something to do. Plus I wanted to create something for the story too XD

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Finally, the dragon tower loomed into view.

"Wow. It's so big..." Kasumi muttered.

"This village is home to all of the dragon ninja. All of them related to Ryu in some way. The clan itself is ruled by his father." Muramasa said as he took a step ahead."I can see why he would want Ryu to marry the female heir of the mugen tenshin...that would make one powerful alliance" Kasumi thought. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that she had no right to get upset with Ryu, because she had no idea of what was really going on. And that made her feel even more guilty than she already had. "I should have listened to him..." The very thought of those words made her clench her fist in anger.

"Let's keep moving. We can make it there by midday." Kasumi urged. Lei Fang couldn't help but smile at Kasumi's determination. She could tell that she wanted to see things set strait. Kasumi could feel the physical fatigue setting in. Even Muramasa wasn't moving as fast as she was.

"I'm sorry if I am being hasty." She apologized. Despite that, Kasumi still refused to slow down. With every step she took, she could feel herself getting closer to Ryu. To his gaze, his smile, his warm touch. "What if he isn't there yet? What will we do until then?" . She hated to admit it, but she was somewhat scared to meet Ryu's father. So many years of isolation put a damper on her people skills. "It doesn't matter. If I can just talk to Ryu again. That's all that counts right now" . Lei Fang didn't seem worried at all. In fact she seemed to be enjoying the trip. As if the detour was tossed into her little excursion of Japan.

"Aren't yopu worried about Jan Lee at all?" Kasumi asked with a slight chuckle. Lei Fang turned to face her with a coy smile.

"Not really. Even if they ran into people from the whatever-it's- called clan , I'm sure that Jan Lee would be able to handle them. Besides, no one said they would pick a fight. Stop worrying so much about that."

"Yeah. Your right..."

The gate to the Hayabusa village was breath taking. Red pillars decorated by dragons running up both sides in a spiral. Of course, the snake-like eyes of the guards was something else to.

"Muramasa. It's good to see you again. What brings you to the Hayabusa village?" One asked. Muramasa approached the two and withdrew Ryu's note from his pocket.

"I was asked to escort these two to safety. Ryu said he will be arriving here sometime soon as well. Is Joe in by any chance?"

"Yes he is..but I think he's in the shrine right now. If you'd like, I'll take you all to the guest house."

"That would be nice. Thank you."

Kasumi couldn't help but observe the village as they walked through it .Trees hanged over the tall stone walls, and few people were enjoying the morning sun. Some children ran around the dirt yards kickikng a ball around or tossing paper shuriken. Others sparred against each other in efforts of improving their martial arts skill.

Upon a stair case, they were met with grave stones and markers that were hugged by ground covering shrubs. Kasumi couldn't help but stare at a peculiar stone. It's pentagon shape, set it out from other stones.

"Kureha." was what the stone read. "I wonder what kind of person she was"

The guest house itself was a nice size, but Kasumi found it impossible to get comfortable. Lei Fang seemed to be the same way.

"Feel free to walk around the village a bit. These people are actually really friendly. " Muramasa said. Kasumi took him up on that offer and stepped out onto the door step. She found it impossible to relax knowing that she would have to meet Ryu again. She knew she had to apologize somehow, but now that that moment drew near, she felt herself getting nervous. She soon found herself carelessly strolling through the village, in a shy meager manner. People who passed by her bowed their head in greeting. Some of the children waved hello. Kasumi felt as if she was being molded into a family member just by being there.

She looked upon a group of boys and girls, no older than she was, sparring in a dirt yard. "I've seen that style before." She told herself. It didn't take her long to recognize it as the same style that Ryu used. Without moving from the shade of the trees, Kasumi watched them fight. They stopped right before the final blow before getting up and thanking each other for the battle. One of the girls, suddenly looked surprised, but she slowly turned her headin Kasumi's direction.

"Hello. Did we put on a good show for you?" The girl said with a smile.

"It was very enjoyable to watch thank you. I'm sorry I didn't mean to observe so rudely." Kasumi said. Her cheeks flared a bit.

The girl let out a laugh.

"Don't worry about it. If you stranger were let through the gates then we consider you a friend. Come sit with us for a bit." She urged.

"M-my name is Kasumi and you are?"

" Miaka. It's nice to meet you."

Kasumi noticed that most of the people Miaka had been sparing with were all boys.

"Are you training to be a shinobi?" Kasumi asked. Miaka reluctantly shook her head.

"My father taught me the Clan Ninjutsu as self defense, but inly the boys can go out on assignments and such. I could only really put my shinobi arts to use if the village was attacked."

"In my clan both boys and girls are taught all of the shinobi arts. and at a very young age to."

"Clan? Then your a shinobi?"

"Yes. The mugen tenshin."

"Mugen Tenshin?! You wouldn't happen to be related to Ms. Ayane then would you?"

"She's my half sister."

"Ugh. I can't stand the fact that someone as great as Master Ryu would have to marry someone like her. Whenever she visits the village she always acts kinda cold and mean to the younger kids. She's to strict on everything."

"I wasn't aware that she came here on her own."

"Sometimes she would take care of Joe when he was injured, but that was only during times of extreme crisis."

"Did Mr. Hayabusa encourage the marriage?"

Miaka shook her head and leaned back on her hands readying herself for an explanation.

" Not really. I heard that is was mostly persuasive talk from the leaders of the Mugen Tenshin. They said that since clans like the black spider clan are getting stronger, that maybe an allience stronger then some treaty would do both of us some good. Though why they would offer a half duaghter and not the oldest son, I wouldn't know. I honestly don't think there is a single girl in this village that doesn't have eyes for Hayate of the Mugen Tenshin clan."

"Hayate? Really. Do you like him?" Kasumi teased. Miaka didn't even seem to blush.

"A little. He's good looking and all, but he's just a little...difficult to talk to. I've only met him a couple times. But he seems like a nice guy."

Kasumi did consider the thought of Hayate outside of their situation. He was always a nice guy. Whether it was with kids are with the girls of the village.

"He's actually my older brother." Kasumi said.

"I could tell. You look a lot like him."

The bell of the village suddenly broke into a heartbeat rythem.

"Hey someone's here." Miaka said. She got up from her seat.

"Who do you think it could be."

"It's probably Master Ryu."

"Ryu could be here?" Kasumi followed Miaka and her friends to the gate where she met up with Lei Fang and Muramasa.

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Man, what a week. I'm glad I'm home. I can't wait to beat Ninja Gaiden XD

By the way, If you ever wanna chat about anything like oh lets say anime , video games, ...RyuxKasumi cuteness, just let me know. I'm on msn alot too XD

my xbox Live tag: NeonGenesis101 ( I share with my twin so be wary XD)

with love always,

LoMXD