TheDarkestShinobi: Inspiration is inspiration. And I had a scene of Jann watching Kasumi kill and reacting, so this is what happened. Please review, feedback is important to me, especially when I'm unsure of how good it is. Anyway, read!!!

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Chapter start

Kasumi woke as Ryu opened the door to the room. She gave him a questioning look to which he simply moved his head to the side so that he would be looking outside if the walls were not there. She nodded and got out of her bed without disturbing 'mom' who was sleeping next to her and smiled softly at the sight of the other ninja standing in her doorway. She took her tanto from the table and followed the Super Ninja.

Ryu walked through the house quickly with the young shinobi at his heels and they only stopped once they were outside. They looked at each other in a comfortable silence Kasumi broke when she spoke.

"Why are you here?"

"Hayate found out that you were here."

"You have not slept."

"I have been keeping watch."

"How long?"

"Just long enough to say goodbye."

His answer was short and direct. It might have been cruel to say it like that but he knew that she would rather hear the truth than a sugar coated lie. Kasumi nodded and Ryu looked her over. He paused and looked at her hair mournfully; he had always liked her long orange hair, now it would never be the same. She was wearing a white blouse with a black skirt that her brown hair complimented, and that her original hair would have beautifully contrasted.

"You dyed your hair."

"I thought I would be using this disguise for a longer time. Hayabusa san, did you see Moto Disuke?"

"Yes I did. I took care of him." His voice was cold. He seen the way that man looked at Kasumi and heard the words he spoke to her, and about her. No one would find him, and if they could they would not be able to identify the remains.

"Nothing escapes you," She said with a small sigh and turned to the house. You did was Ryu's only thought as she looked back at him.

"The poison is nearly out of my system, I only need a few more hours, and I would like to say bye to Jann." Ryu's gaze intensified as he stepped closer to Kasumi and looked at her intently. He needed to judge her reaction to this question.

"What is Jann to you?"

Kasumi looked up at Ryu and blushed slightly under his stare, she had noticed how close they were and she could feel the heat radiating off of his body. She had been so distracted by him that she had not heard the question.

"Wh-what?" Ryu shook his head slowly as he swallowed the lump in his throat. Her blush deepened and Ryu turned his attention to the shirtless man watching them from the doorway. He was standing there with a dazed look on his face.

"It's two in the morning." he yawned and Kasumi smiled softly, causing the other's eyes to narrow.

"Jann…"

Ryu realized a couple of things that he should've realized before, Kasumi always referred to him as Hayabusa san, it was very formal, but she called Jann, Jann, it was endearing and familiar. She blushed when he asked her about him and she had been in the same bed with him. There was something going on here that he was not being told about.

Kasumi must also not have feelings for him.

Jann walked closer to them and Ryu felt his blood start to heat up. What did this man have that he did not have double?

"We have to leave Jann, I will visit soon." Kasumi hugged Jann tightly not wanting to leave yet another friend behind and Jann in his stupor reached down and kissed her forehead.

And that's when Ryu punched him in the face.

(Just kidding, but that would've been awesome.)

Jann squeezed her back before letting her go. He looked down to her.

"I know."

"We should go now."

"Hayabusa san."

He stopped at her tone and noticed what she had mere seconds before, the street was too quiet. Kasumi and Ryu shared a look and jumped up into the air to avoid the Shurikin that landed where they were. Kasumi had also kicked Jann in the chest; it did not hurt him, but pushed him back enough to avoid being hit.

"Jann get out of here!" Kasumi yelled and he simply ducked behind a column. She landed on a balcony and Ryu was hidden in the shadow. Jann was not going to leave them behind.

"Found you."

Kasumi looked down to the man that had appeared where the three had been seconds before. It was the same one that had poisoned her.

There was only one.

"The poison wore out too fast, I wanted to take you out alone, you know, for a greater reward."

Jann listened to the ninja speak and felt his blood boil in anger. This man was the one who poisoned and almost killed Kasumi, and he wanted to finish the job. Jann narrowed his eyes in determination; he wasn't going to let this person hurt his friend, or worse, kill his friend.

Jann leapt out from his hiding place to attack the ninja, who simply ducked under him. Jann went to backhand him put felt the ninja stab his arm with a finger and his arm exploded into pain, he felt Kasumi next to him and she stabbed the man in his stomach with her extended fingers. The three of them then took a step back and Jann shook his arm trying to regain feeling in it.

"New friend?" the other ninja asked mockingly and Kasumi narrowed her eyes as Jann shifted his weight. In a motion too fast for Jann to see the two ninjas had rushed each other. Jann felt a rush of adrenaline and an ego boost so he too ran into the fight determined to help Kasumi.

He really shouldn't have.

Kasumi had back flipped and Jann had run straight into a trap. The ninja now held a Kunai he had stolen back from Kasumi to Jann's neck. Kasumi's eyes were wide and she glanced around. Ryu was not in sight, meaning he was not going to swoop in and save them, most likely, this ninja was not alone and Ryu was taking care of the others. She felt helpless, she felt at ease risking her life, but she wasn't ready to risk Jann's.

"Please do not hurt him; he has got nothing to do with this."

Jann felt his face heat up in anger and embarrassment. How could he lose to this ninja so easily? If he was in a regular headlock he would easily get out, but the kunai pressed against his neck made him freeze up, he was not used to death, and he really had never put his life on the line. Kilko at most would, if anything, just beat him. He always knew he would live to fight another day, but this uncertainty and the blade to his neck froze him.

He looked to Kasumi in both fear and anticipation. Time seemed to slow down as hundreds of thoughts, questions and possible scenarios appeared in his head. What would happen now, would he die? Could he really die? He had never kissed a girl, or starred in a kung Fu movie, he couldn't die yet. He swallowed the salvia in his mouth and was cut by the kunai as the lump traveled now. It was a little nick, and no more than a drop of blood had oozed out of it, but it was enough to remind him of the situation he was in and he briefly wondered if Kasumi, Ryu or the other ninja had been this close to death before.

He then wondered if he would go to heaven of hell. He hadn't done anything really wrong in his life but he hadn't done anything really right either. He looked to Kasumi again and she appeared to be calm. Would she let him die to save herself, or would she sacrifice herself to keep him safe? Jann blinked, would he rather Kasumi save him or herself?

"I will let you kill me, by yourself, just let him go!"

Jann wasn't going to let her do that. He didn't want to let her die to protect him, it just didn't seem right to him. He wanted to yell out to tell her not to do that but he knew any sudden movement would end his life. The cool blade touched his skin again and he wondered what it would feel like to die.

Jann knew he would rather find out than let her find out.

Regardless of his revelation, he was not going down without a fight.

He raised his arms quickly, one arm pushed his arm away and the other came up to attempt to elbow the ninja. The kunai was pushed away from his neck but left a long line of red on his arm from his wrist to his elbow. The ninja jumped back but it was already over for him. Jann seen Kasumi disappear and turned quickly to face the two ninja in the air.

Kasumi had her blade drawn and it reflected off the moonlight, her eyes were set in stone and her body fell from the sky towards the other ninja. With a small cry she brought the weapon to his skin. He had maneuvered so that she missed any vital place but crimson liquid still stained the Earth as he fell. She landed crouched next to him. She had then rolled over so that she was next to him and brought her blade down straight into his heart.

He let out a cry and she twisted her weapon causing the cry to die on his lips. She yanked her small sword, a tanto, his subconscious supplied, out and Jann knew the other ninja was dead. Kasumi did not turn to look back at Jann and he was glad, because he knew for sure that she was a killer, and he wasn't sure if he could look her in the eyes right now. The wind blew by and for the first time today Jann felt the cool breeze of the night. His eyes rested on the dead person and then on the Kunochi looking at him, the one that took his life from him. Was she looking at him in sadistic pleasure, or in remorse, was she sorry for taking his life, was she happy to, or was she just used to it? Oh god, how could one get used to killing?

I'll kill you!

He had tossed those words around carelessly with his family as a child, and even now, as he assumed everyone had, but he was sure she hadn't joked like that. He was sure that she couldn't have, because it would have taken seriously. Jann said the words but he had never really thought of killing his family, and he had never really thought about anyone killing, even when he read about murders in the paper. Killing had seemed so hard, so fake, not like it could be done in front of his eyes in mere seconds. His attention shifted to the Kunochi when she flung her arm out to the side, and all of the blood on her blade flew off and landed on the floor leaving the blade to shine once again in the moonlight. In that same motion she sheathed the blade in its sheath that was tucked into her black skirt and he noted there was no blood on her. She didn't even look like the killer she was.

The wind lifted Kasumi's skirt slightly so that it moved in the wind.

"Me being here puts you in danger. I could not put you in danger, especially after you helped me Jann"
"I do not want harm to come to you because of me,"

"I do not wish to fight"

"I do not want to hurt you,"

From what Jann had known she was so innocent, so sweet. Jann couldn't imagine her as a cold blooded killer. Even when they first had to fight she didn't want to. He then remembered her look during battle. And the sharpness in her eyes just now. The way she flicked her blade meant that it was covered in blood a lot. Was her sweetness just an act to get him to help her? Could she really be cold blooded and as cruel as the other ninjas?

"Say it again and the next one will not miss"

"We had no problem with those men; we will have no problem with you"

"I am a fugitive, if you will"

He had decided that she could be either as he had enough evidence for both cases. She turned to him and the wind blew her brown hair back so that it was out of her face. She looked up at him and her words rang in his head once more.

"I will kill Moto Disuke for you as my thanks"

Kill, as thanks?

Jann took half a step back and Kasumi's eyes softened, she knew he had probably never seen death before. She also eyed his cut; it was long and shallow but thankfully was on the outside and not where the vein was. Before she could speak Ryu materialized next to her. She turned her attention to him and he spoke clearly and void of emotion.

"There were three more with him, and they mentioned that more would come."

"Did you kill them too!?"

They both turned to look at Jann who was looking at them with wide fearful eyes. He had most likely seen her kill some of Kilko's men but that was so vague, it was just a possibility. Maybe they were dead, but the man covered in blood lying and in a pool of his own blood was defiantly dead, there was no maybe about it. The way they just spoke of it as if it was nothing scared him.

They were used to death.

"Yes, we killed them." Kasumi's voice was soft and gentle, but Jann wasn't fooled by her gentle voice and soft eyes. She was a killer. They were both killers

"We are ninja." Ryu said it as if it was the answer to any question he could ask, and in a way it was.

Jann wanted to get as far away from these killers as soon as he could but at the same time he felt like he could trust them. Kasumi had even offered her life in exchange for his, but did she mean it?

"I think I have overstayed my welcome." Kasumi said sadly and Ryu watched her from the corner of his eyes. Jann, thankful for her decisions and the fact that she saved him from making it, simply got up and turned without saying a word and walked into his house, he would tell his family later.

"I guess that was goodbye."

Kasumi and Ryu turned and began walking out of the city.

"Are we monsters Hayabusa san?"

Ryu knew that she liked straightforward answers and he couldn't lie to her.

"Yes, we are, but only to them."

They continued walking in silence until the dawn broke. And then they ran.

TDS: this chapter was originally supposed to be Jann fighting Ryu and Hayate's men interrupting but this is what that turned into. So, let me know what you think

P.S.: I love snowdays