okay. I haven't updated in awhile, but after playing a few rounds of doa 4 and re-reading the entire thing, I feel awful for not updating for almost an entire year.

Chapter 14

Kasumi's heart was pounding as she watched people swarm around the village entrance. She wanted with all her heart, to shove past them , to see if it was really Ryu approaching the village. But at the same time, she felt terrified. Her feet were like blocks of concrete, forcing her to stay put. Lei Fang noticed her worried face, and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"It's okay. Calm down. Everything is going to be fine. " She said. Kasumi took a deep breath, followed by a small step forward. Her hands threatened to start shaking, so she clenched them tightly as she continued to make her way to the back of the crowd.

"Excuse me" She said politely as she moved past people. Before she knew it, she stood almost at the front of the crowd. She could make out the figure of a man coming up the hill. Another stood beside him. The first one she saw was clad in black, the other in obsidian and orange. "It's them!" Kasumi thought. Despite the nervous knot in her stomach , she couldn't help but smile. She was so overjoyed to see him. She had to resist the urge of making a spectacle of running up to him and throwing her arms around him.

Instead she waited. Until they finally came to the gate. Ryu gave a curt nodded to his father. When he rose his head, he saw her. Kasumi was a little taken back by the look in his eyes: Relief. Lei Fang waved to Jan lee, who simply sighed and gave a careless wave back.

"Everything is going to be okay" Kasumi reminded herself."It's going to be okay" .

People gathered around him and gave their greetings. Kasumi waited patiently for the people to disperse, taking the time to carefully formulate whatever she was going to say. She tried her best to predict his response, but every time she tried she just ended up scaring herself. When finally he set his eyes on her, she felt her cheeks burn up. Her eyes immediately drifted to the ground. Her knees once again threatened to cave in beneath her.

"I'm glad that you made it here safe." He said. She felt the guilt rushing in, she had to say something. "Now or never" . She forced herself to look into his forest green eyes.

"Hey...I-I'm-"She started.

"Sorry?"

Her cheeks burst into an even deeper red.

"Yes...I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. It was wrong of me not to listen to you, I was being so unfair, I'm a horrible person aren't I-"

She was taken back when Ryu silenced her with a single finger to her lips.

"Don't worry about a thing. What matters is that your safe and unharmed."

Kasumi still felt as if she was being unfair, but when she looked and Jan Lee and Lei Fang, she couldn't help but shove her worries aside for their sake.

"Ayane didn't follow you up here?" She asked as the two turned and started approaching the village.

"Not that I could see. I don't she would want to get Jan Lee involved anyway. It's one benefit of having to travel with him I guess." Ryu said. " He's actually pretty useful."

Kasumi looked once more to Lei Fang. She was smiling as she rambled about their small journey to Jan Lee, who listened intently. The expression on his face wasn't that of annoyence like he normally wore.

"He must have been really worried about her" Kasumi said. Ryu knodded.

"He was always eager to get moving, and whenever we rested, he paced. "

Kasumi let out a slight chuckle. "He is so into her" She thought.

Kasumi felt that all of her problems were about to disappear, until the thought of Ayane was brought back by the man staring so admiringly at his only son : Joe Hayabusa.

woo. more people need to play doa4 online in tag team battles, thats where I get my drive to write this XD get on, maybe I'll see you around