DISCLAIMER:

I don't own any characters from Dead or Alive games, they are owned by Tecmo, Ltd. and Team Ninja. Though, I create an OC.

I apologize to anyone who waits my long update (if there is any), I am very busy lately. One more note, this chapter is talk and thought only so please bear with it. But as always, I hope you enjoy!

--START OF CHAPTER 3--

Rei put his bag above the desk and then he lied down in a comfortable bed. He felt relaxed enough to forget all the feeling of unfriendliness from the people around.

"From now on, you will live here. You will become part of the clan thus you are prohibited to leave this village except in a certain condition."

He was suddenly reminded Hayate's words. Great, I am isolated in an isolated village, he thought. I hope solitude is not a part of the way of shinobi.

"Meet me at the training ground in an hour. Rest until then, Reiko will guide you to your temporary room," said Hayate as he pointed his finger toward an innocent faced girl. The girl smiled and bowed to me.

"My name is Reiko, pleased to meet you. I hope we will get along Rei-san," she bowed again.

"I am pleased to meet you too, Reiko-san," I also bowed too.

"Please follow me to your room, Rei-san. Hayate-sama, we will take our leave," she said and bowed to Hayate. This girl really liked to bow, didn't she? Rei thought.

"Sure, you may leave," thus I followed Reiko to my 'temporary' room.

Now that I think about it, Reiko sure is young, isn't she? Not to mention she seems so kind unlike someone who suddenly attacked me as soon as she saw me. Does this Reiko girl have a boyfriend yet? He thought cheerfully. He suddenly yawned and then slowly closed his eyes to rest for a while.

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"What the hell are you thinking, Hayate-niisan?!" Ayane shouted to his brother angrily.

"Hei, chill Ayane, chill," Hayate tried to calm down his sister.

"How can I chill down, Hayate! This is the first time an outsider could reach our village! You had to kill him right away but you suddenly made him your student!"

"Our law didn't state we have to kill any outsiders who reach our village Ayane, you know that."

"Our law also didn't state we are prohibited to kill any outsiders who reach our village, damn it. Forget about the law, I am sure he is an assassin sent to kill you!"

Hayate sighed. He wondered why she was so angry about this. Rei maybe was an assassin, he realized it too.

"Ayane, I have considered about that too. He is perhaps an assassin. That's why I want him to stay. This way, we can observe this guy and if he is indeed an assassin, we can kill him secretly. I have already assigned two ninjas to observe this guy. If I don't let him to stay and if he is indeed an assassin, he will surely come back and kill his target secretly. Remember Ayane, don't let yourself being observed. As a shinobi, we have to be the one who observes. Now please, calm down already," Hayate tried to assure Ayane about his reasoning. Just as he thought, even if she was such a temperamental person, as long as it's not related with Kasumi, she was a sensible person. The long explanation could calm her down.

"But why don't you kill him right away, Hayate-niisan?"

"Two reasons. The first reason is he will survive if I tried to kill him. You should know from how he was able to escape from your wrath, beside, he also managed to reach here unnoticeably. He is indeed not a weak person. The second reason is I don't want kill blindly. It's regrettable if I kill him right now. He maybe really just wants to learn the way of ninja. I think the clan welcomes anyone who wants to learn from us."

Somehow she was a little sad when he gave her the second long explanation. Maybe it was just his imagination.

"You are just too nice, Hayate-niisan," she said as she left the room without saying any further. He was perhaps like she said a nice person.

Is being nice a bad thing I wonder? He thought.

He suddenly remembered that soon his friend would come. He suddenly got a brain-storm. Maybe if he asked Rei to spar with his friend, he could measure his strength. He grinned before he went to the garden to welcome his friend.

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Idiot brother

Ayane was still disappointed with his brother's last statement.

I think the clan welcomes anyone who wants to learn from us, yeah right. Why don't they welcome her warmly then. Stupid brother. Stupid clan.

She never liked how his brother easily welcomed that Rei guy. Indeed, he has his reasons. But still, she is reminded about the clan's treatment toward her. The clan never liked to have her around. They always felt that she was a disgrace in their clan. Born from her raped mother, she wasn't considered as a part of the clan. Thus, she left the main clan and then lived with Genra while training under the flag of Hajinmon clan, the subordinate of Tenjinmon clan.

If he is not an assassin, they will welcome him warmly huh? There is no way I will accept that. Why I who was born from this idiot clan wasn't accepted by them while this Rei guy who no one knows where the hell was he come from was welcomed warmly by them?!

Ayane wandered madly thinking about it.

I have to do something.

Now she was determined to do something about it. As long as he wasn't accepted by the clan, she will do anything no matter what. She then went back to her home thinking about the plan that will succeed, forgetting that she hadn't reported her assignment.

--END OF CHAPTER 3--