Sorry it took so long guys, writer's block, anyway here's the story. R&R if you can, I will appreciate you reviewing my story so I know someone is actually reading it out there.

I do not own any of the DOA characters except Tai and Nya

Chapter 3

Short Lived Memories

"Wonderful dinner Irene, Ryu" Kasumi said smiling, closing my hands and eyes, thanking the heavens for the meal I had, it's been awhile since I had one like this.

"We're glad you liked it!" Irene said as she intertwined her fingers with Ryu's. He smiled, staring lovingly into her eyes. Tai got up from the table heading to his room, followed by Nya. Irene smiled then kissed Ryu's cheek before getting up to clean up after dinner. I'm still sitting there, thinking of how carefree we were when we were younger. Now the world has turned us to our opposites, Ryu has a permanent scowl on on his face except when with Irene, I miss the smiles. Hayate, now a stern leader of the Mugen Tenshin clan. Ayane, a hateful woman out to kill me. And last theirs me, I used to only be afraid of the lightning, now I have grown a fear of dying each day, a hurt and misunderstanding of why I am chased like a dog. Hayate is making me regret avenging him more and more each day, I am already tired of him sending assasins after me. But I go back into the memories of childhood, the memories of happy times. I smile at the thought. Apparantly Ryu saw the smile.

"What's making you smile so much?" he asked smirking, I snapped out of it at the sound of his voice.

"Oh, nothing" I lost my smile.

"Nothing huh?" he sounded alittle uninterested, but I can tell in his eyes he was very curious, he then pointed to the doorway to the stairs. Nya came in with a beautiful milky pink nightgown in her hands, it looked like it would come down to my knees. I ogled it for 5 seconds until Nya spoke.

"Kasumi, I bought this knowing you might like it" I stood there in shock. She placed the silk fabric into my hands. "This is beautiful! You remembered my favorite color too! Thank you!" I ran it against my cheek a few times, admiring the look and feel of the gown. Nya watched me smiling at the view, then looked at Ryu with that I-told-you-so look. "See, I told you she'd like it" placing her hands on her hips. He just sat there with that same old look on his face, I rolled my eyes in my mind at it. "Nya, do you mind if I take a shower?" I asked feeling really unclean. "No, not at all, you know where it is don't you?" I nodded in response. Heading up the stairs I saw Tai facing the window, he looked busy so I decided not to bother him. When I finally was to the shower I hurredly turned it on shedded my clothing, not able to remember how long it has been since I had washed myself in an actual shower all I was to use were streams and rivers, I looked to the right at the mirror. My hair dull and frizzy from mud, rain, and blood. I jumped into the shower and had shivered from the sensations of heat touching my skin.

Several Minutes Later

After getting out of the shower I had gotten dressed into my new nightgown, to try it on for a few, it fit so perfectly. As I walked downstairs to show Nya how well it fitted, I heard snuffing noises from Tai's room. I didn't want to seem nosey, so I didn't pay them any mind and walked on down the stairs. As soon as I got to the bottom, Nya and Ryu saw me. Both had different looks in their eyes, I couldn't read Ryu's but Nya had this look of confidence and astonishment. "Wow, I did a pretty good job picking that out! It meshes well with your skintone!" I smiled looking at it. "Kasumi, turn around." Nya said, I did so. "Beautiful"

"Well, I'm going to go get changed."

"In what, those clothes you were wearing before? Hun, they were stained with blood and mud, I put them in the washer. You can borrow some of my clothes." Nya then went to her room with me following. So many choices for clothing, but I put on a shirt that said "Life is virtue, every breath you take, every step you make is a gift" on the front, and some long jeans, the clothing was comfortably snug, I put my hair up into a medium-high ponytail. Nya changed into her "Skull Crusher" shirt, and some kind of baggy jeans. We walked down the stairs again to see Ryu and Irene have an intimate moment, I slowly back up as not to disturb them. Nya however walked on through, not paying attention to them, grabbing some tea from dinner. Ryu looked at me and I froze in place.

"What's wrong?" Ryu asked with the usual monotone voice of his. "Um, nothing... I didn't want to disturb you" I said bowing. Ryu got up and said "Well, thank you for your kindness but Irene and I will have our 'moment' later" Nya looked at him with a sheepish grin. "Yeah, I can hear your 'moments' from my room. What are you screwing, a howler monkey? Sorry Irene" Irene blushed upon knowing Nya heard them. I chuckled alittle, Ryu looked at Nya with an unamused look on his face. A few seconds of silence had passed until we heard someone or something collapse down the steps, it was Tai! Ryu and Nya run to him.

"Tai, what the hell happened to you?" Nya said, she's not usually a cusser. She only cusses when surprised or scared, but in this case it was both. Tai lifted his head and said...

Author's note: haha! I'm evil, I made a cliff hanger xD the next chapter will be coming as soon as I can get it up, but it might take awhile with schoolwork and life being pretty busy, but i'll hurry xP