TheDarkestShinobi: well chapter two, review please!
Chapter Start
Kasumi quickly put her clothes into her dresser before turning to her usual outfit. It was a dull blue and most of the white parts had been permanently stained with dirt, her white and blue boots were pale and her clan symbol was almost completely faded off. Her tanto case was also pale and cracked, but her blade was in perfect condition.
She ran across the forest silently and still was heard as the ninja followed behind her.
She closed her eyes.
This was nowhere to hide; she would have to fight them. She turned with her tanto drawn.
She shook her head slightly as the clothes ruffled in the slight breeze coming in from the window.
She looked to the dead ninja and flicked her wrist, the blood coming off the blade
A single tear escaped her right eye and trailed down her face,
She sheathed her clean tanto and turned before running off again knowing that they would find her again.
These clothes were in her shinobi days, when she was being chased down and hunted, when even her siblings wanted her dead. Ryu had spoken to them and Hayate had come around, her sister was gradually warming up to her. There was still a long way to go. She frowned as she put them into one of the shopping bags and hid it in the closet; she'd decide what to do with it later.
After putting the bag in the closet she wiped away her tear she composed herself. Opening her door she was stopped by Saji, who half dragged her to a field to practice fighting. She didn't want to fight, but Ayane would
"So Kasumi chan, I hear you were the best Kunochi that the Mugen Tenshin had"
"Hai, and you"
"Well I'm too strong for them." Kasumi remembered Hayate once saying something like that to her. They bowed to each other and he lowered into his stance
"I'm going to beat you so badly"
"I'm being underestimated again" She said coolly as she slipped into her own stance. She wanted to make this man look like a fool so he wouldn't want to fight her anymore, but at the same time she didn't want to hurt him.
"Saji kun! Don't hurt her too bad"
"Hurt her, I hope he comes out alive" Kasumi noted that a considerable crowd had gathered around them. He seemed to get riled on by them and she noticed his stance shifted, he wanted to show off, that meant these people were not ninja, but they knew of her. He charged towards her and she spun spinning out of the way and kicking the back of his head sending him tumbling. He quickly got up and she held her hand out palm facing him with her thumb bent.
"Do not try to impress them, just fight" He spun throwing three kicks her way. She dodged the first two but grabbed his leg on the third kick and jumped up double kicking him in the face. He lay on the ground embarrassment keeping him there rather than battle wounds and she leaned over him.
"Seek me when you will fight, not act, right now…" she stood up and walked away.
"You are no match for me"
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Kasumi felt the hand on her shoulder before she sensed him, which means he wasn't as weak as he wanted her to believe. She turned to him and he smiled putting a hand behind his head.
"Sorry, I didn't take you too seriously once the crowd came; I sorta am a crowd pleaser,"
"That's the last time I let you go, next time we fight, you'd better take me seriously"
"I will"
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Kasumi had eaten lunch with Satoshi and couldn't help but see the similarities between him and Ryu, which didn't help in the mission. She then was told that tomorrow she would be interrogated. Dinner was eaten with Saji, who insisted that he treat because he owed her for fighting her dishonorably. She accepted and had sushi while he had had ramen.
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Kasumi sat on her bed hugging her knees to her chest when he arrived. She looked up to him and he could see the fear, tomorrow she would be interrogated, but they wouldn't torture her, she was willing after all, he didn't know if she knew that though
"What is it?"
"Tomorrow…"
"Worry not Kasumi, you will be fine"
"It's not about me, what if I reveal something about the village that they could use."
"You will not, I have faith in you"
"I don't" She felt his weight on the bed and laid down looking up at him. He still had his mask in place so that the only thing visible was his eyes. He was sitting on the edge leaning against the headrest; his legs were on the bed, even relaxed they looked deadly.
"I have to sleep again"
"You need your wits about you"
"I know…" she trailed off and he grabbed her head moving it onto his lap. The touch soothed her and she sighed.
"Thank you"
"Just sleep"
Ryu knew where to touch to cause pleasure pain and relief. It was part of his training, what he wasn't taught was how to deal with the feelings that came with them when they could not be suppressed. He had tried suppressing his feelings for her but after a long process had admitted to himself that he had failed. He cared for her, and it was something he was always advised again. He cared for Hayate and Ayane but somehow he cared for the shinobi more, he couldn't figure it our and secretly didn't want to. She turned in her sleep and Ryu continued thinking not noticing that his fingers started to run through her hair absently.
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When Kasumi awoke she was greeted with another green leaf and was up and ready to go well before Michiru arrived at her door telling her breakfast was ready. She had oni giri and was in her blue short sleeved shirt and white shorts. She had put on her old white and blue boots and smiled sadly at their bad condition and the memories that came with them. She turned to go and soon was standing outside of the interrogation unit. She took a deep breath and slid on her mask of indifference and despise towards her home village.
"We've been expecting you, Ieto Kasumi san"
"We?"
"There is three of us; one specializes in each type of torture."
"Nani, but I'm going to tell you everything willingly?"
The Hajinmon only had two tortures, physical and mental. It seems that the Koga had once again surpassed them in something.
She sat on the chair and crossed her legs placing her right knee over the left and her right hand on her right knee. At first they asked her name, her preferred style, and relations, then they asked about the village.
She told them about some architecture, but it was stuff she knew her brother would've replaced. She also mentioned the festival days, but was a day off just in case. She told them of some strong techniques, without mentioning Ayane's famous lightning jutsu and Hayate's torn sky blast. She didn't mention her or Ryu's energy balls either. She told them about leaving the village to kill Raidou, and how Ryu and Ayane killed the Tengu and Genra respectively.
They didn't need to torture her and she was grateful, but she didn't show it, her eyes glanced over to them impassively.
"What, think you could withstand it if we tried it" She tilted her head
"Eh, I've had worse than what I think you could do" Her training and the constant fighting while she was sore and tired and hungry, that was physical torture. The knowledge that everyone you loved hated you and wanted you dead was mental torture, and having to fight them was worse. She knew torture.
After they determined that they were done for the day they let her go and she walked on confidently before seeing a green leaf fall from the tree heading her way. The wind wasn't blowing enough to send it in her direction. She gently blew it and it flittered away from her as she made her way back to her room. She closed the door and a figure appeared lying on her bed with his feet crossed and arms behind his head. His mask and sword were next to him and his hair splayed across the bed.
"Explain"
"Satoshi has nothing to do with their plans, if you ask him you'll blow your cover."
"Sou ka… So what do I do" she leaned against the wall and he closed his eyes
"I have to slow down, before they gets suspicious, even in the tiniest bit, so you are on your own for a little while" Kasumi pulled out a rice ball and gave it to him.
"You haven't eaten at all today" Ryu took it and took a bite sitting up
"I can go for days without eating"
"You need your wits about you" He nodded
"And you should come up with your own lines" Kasumi smiled and opened the door, leaving the empty room.
"Hey you, you're with me" Michiru grabbed Kasumi's hand and walked with Kasumi in tow.
"Where are we going?"
"To get you a kimono, there is a festival in two days and you are to be a guest of honor." Kasumi nodded and spent the next hour with Michiru tying to find the perfect kimono to catch 'Satoshi Kun's' eye.
Kasumi finally was able to get a blue one that she had originally liked but couldn't get until she had tried on everyone Michiru thought would look nice, she had also gotten a black one with a gold and black flap in the middle and a gold design around it. She walked out carrying only one bag to Michiru's disappointment.
After dropping the bags off she followed Michiru to her practice and watched as she was easily defeated by ninja that the Mugen Tenshin children would be even with. Then Michiru's eyes got darker, Kasumi noticed that the reddish tint now covered her eyes, she then nodded and more people jumped out that she fought evenly with and Kasumi had to struggle not to look surprised, she would have trouble with that many people, a little more than that girl had.
"That is her unique technique" Kasumi looked to her side to see Satoshi besides her.
"Hn"
"It is an advantage when used properly, unfortunately she is he only one ever to have it."
"Other than that her style lacks"
"It does, but if the enemy underestimates her…" He didn't have to finish the sentence and Kasumi nodded.
"The interrogation went well"
"Their methods were beneath me." Satoshi looked back over to Michiru and her training partners before smiling.
"Kasumi chan"
"Saji"
"Aw, don't be so cold towards me, you know you like me"
"Hai, I'm secretively head over heels in love with you"
"That's right… wait… that was sarcasm!" Kasumi laughed and noticed Satoshi's raised eyebrow. He must've figured something was off. She then berated herself, she was supposed to be cold towards them but was making these types of jokes and laughing, she definitely blew her cover already. To her surprise no one said anything about it; they just turned back to Michiru who had already beaten three of the men.
Kasumi leaned against the wall crossing her legs and watched, the girl was one that needed to be taken out quickly in a fight, whereas Saji got distracted if there were people watching him. Satoshi however, was too secretive, even for a ninja. She knew nothing about him and she had been trying to find out. He was mysterious and had an aura of supremacy about him, without trying. He reminded her too much of Ryu for it to be a good thing.
"We're going to lunch Kasumi"
"Hai, Satoshi kun" She turned without saying goodbye to Saji and walked besides Satoshi, she was nervous and was careful not to let it show. He knew, he knew, she knew he knew, and he knew that she knew that he knew, she knew that, but she didn't know what would happen next, would he confront her about it, or just kill her. If she lied to him would he believe her, she had never been able to lie to Ryu, but Ryu had never threatened her life with his very presence. That was another thing, she knew how strong Ryu was, she had no idea how strong Satoshi was.
She knew that if he attacked than Ryu would help her and he would die, but then all of the ninja in the village would be against them and then the war would truly be inevitable, despite the fact that neither were currently a part of the Mugen Tenshin. Kasumi matched his pace step for step, unaware of the fact that her aura of confidence was also now radiating nervousness.
"You're nervous"
"Hn…" She trailed off trying to aim for nonchalance and hiding the strike of panic that filled her system.
"Your eyes are too easy to read Kasumi!" With the cry of her name he threw her against the wall with strength akin to Ryu's. She, before she could move, was pinned to the wall. His hands held hers against the brick wall of a building and his leg was between hers as his hip pressed into hers preventing her from moving her legs. She was helpless right now, she let the panic, and the adrenaline that came with it flood her system.
She was going to die…
She hoped Ryu would come save her, but a part inside of her wished he wouldn't
"Satoshi…"
"Satoshi kun right?" He brought his face closer to hers and her pulse quickened as he peered into her eyes.
"They're too soft; meaning you're not the cold blooded killer you want us to believe." Kasumi narrowed her eyes and pulled her arms down as hard as she could, managing to move them down.
"Believe what you want" She gasped out as her hands were pinned above her head by one of his forcefully. His other hand grabbed her chin forcefully but not so much that it would bruise and his hip pressed deeper into hers.
"Do not lie to me" The words came out slowly and threateningly. Right now she was closer to death than she had been in the last five years with everyone chasing her, including facing Alpha 152, and she was scared, no, she was panicked.
She turned her head and felt his hand grab her chin and turn it towards his face which was very close to hers; she could feel his breath on her lips. She knew why he was this close. First he could easily look into her eyes which he said were easy for him to read. Secondly being this close allowed him to feel her pulse and he would be able to tell if she was lying. She groaned in pain as he pushed his hip deeper into hers and as his hand tightened around her wrist.
Kasumi felt the hand on her chin release her and she panted slightly seeing him smirk, the man knew he had power over her, he knew she was caught off guard. He reveled that he was the first to do this to her, to have this power over her, he now held her life in his hands, no one before him did, and he knew that.
"So this is the best Kunochi your village has…"
"They had. I'm not there anymore"
"Well obviously, you're ours now. Mine now." She didn't catch what he meant by that and he chuckled, something she felt more than heard as they were so close to each other.
"Right?"
"Hai, unless your council changes their mind."
"You'd be the first to be a shinobi of both villages."
"I hope not." she said harsher than she had meant to and seen him smirk again. He loosened his grip so that it was uncomfortable and still held her down but was no longer painful.
"Why pretend to be cold, you knew it would fail" And the panic struck again, she looked to him willingly this time and his other hand snaked around her waist. She knew she had to tell this man the truth.
"I had to be cold; your village would not want someone too warm,"
"On the contrary" his voice softened and his hand pulled back, she felt it dig into her side and her eyes widened slightly, he had her tanto. He put it next to his sword on his back and tilted his head slightly seemingly happy with her response.
"They are worried because you seem too distant to set up a loyalty"
"No I'm loyal" She felt herself nod as she spoke to the truth, she wasn't loyal to them but to her brother and sister, to the Mugen Tenshin.
"I should hope so, it would be a shame to have to kill you" His tone suggested that it would be but that he didn't mind as much as his words made it seem and once again she was scared for her life, and all the lives that would be slain in this war she had set out to prevent.
"Do you truly hate the Mugen Tenshin" Her memories flooded over her and he felt her tense and push up away from the wall and into him. She shied away from her loving brother and thought of the countless night she spent on the run, how they looked when they told her they would kill her. She remembered vividly the distaste for her on their face, when Hayate said never to see him again, while Ayane called her the little pathetic princess that she would love to kill. She remembered the council that had abandoned her brother and forced her to leave to avenge him, and how after destroying DOATEC they had invited her back just to try to have her killed again. She thought of how all of her problems rooted from her clan. She thought of now, this problem even rooted back to her clan. If her hands weren't pinned they would clench into fist, if he wasn't here she would yell out in anger and frustration. If she wasn't here she wouldn't be thinking about this, the truth of her clan that she had refused to see before.
He felt her pulse increase and her eyes had a far away look to them, but her pulse was increasing in anger and her body was flooding with adrenaline. He knew what her answer would be; he just wanted to hear her say it. Her hands forcefully separated but stayed against the wall, he brought his other hand up and held one wrist in each hand pinning it against the wall slowly, as to not startle her into a shocked response. Her eyes hardened and she looked to him.
"I hate the Mugen Tenshin clan"
He hadn't expected her to be that cold towards them, she seemed a warm hearted person. She looked to him and he gently released the pressure on her hips so that the feeling returned to her legs. She had calmed down and he knew she wasn't lying, she hated them, which was good, he really didn't want to kill her and he really did like her, but knew that she was still not to be trusted.
"What would you do to prove your loyalty to the clan, to me" she didn't bother to hide the confusion and he smiled. He released her and she fell against him as her legs were unstable. He wrapped on hand around her waist to hold her up and used the other to make her head look up to his.
"Kasumi chan…" he said almost as if he was taunting her. "You said their torture was nothing"
"I have nothing to hide" She said as she tried to hold herself up with her numb legs and failed falling against him again.
"Let's hope so" He lifted her up easily and had one arm under her knees and one under her shoulders in the famous bridal style.
"I can walk myself"
"Not yet"
Kasumi did not want this man to take her home
"Let's see Michiru and Saji"
"Why do you want to see Saji?" It came out as a growl and she shifted in his arms so he would let her down, no such luck. She sighed
"Well I told you the truth; I might as well tell them, it'd be better if they found out now then know I lied to them when I didn't have to"
"True" he masked his true emotions and Kasumi smiled trying to lighten the mood
"Let's go"
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Ryu was walking down the road hidden in shadows no one knew existed while gathering information people spread through gossip. He walked out of the shadow and darted across the road unnoticed. He peered around the corner and seen Satoshi walking, he felt his blood start to fill with adrenaline at what he saw. In his arms was a pouting and completely adorable Kasumi.
"You will have to get close to him"
"As in bedding him?"
"If you need to"
He hoped that that was not what she was doing and made a mental note to himself. As soon as this war started he was killing this man, painfully. Kasumi then smiled and Ryu's hand twitched, that smile was not forced, meaning she truly was happy about whatever he had just said. He was seconds away from losing his famed infinite patience and ripping that man's head off when he jumped in the air disappearing leaving green leaves behind.
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Hayate finished telling Ayane of the predicament, Ayane rubbed her head and Hayate sat against the bed.
"We have to help her"
"If we go there they'll kill her, and the war will start, Ryu's there right"
"Yes, he told me he would go with her"
"Then we have to hope for the best. Hayate nodded
"I guess so"
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Kasumi sat down and explained what she did to get in to them to which Michiru said she was too cool to be evil and Saji simply put his arm around her shoulder telling her that it wasn't a big surprise. Saji removed his arm after Satoshi sat on the other side of her and put his arm around her pulling her towards him. She smiled nervously and he smiled confidently, she wanted to tell this man to stop, but her brother's words ran through her mind, she might have to sleep with him. It wasn't something that she wanted to do but it was something that she had to do.
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Kasumi walked into her room and sat on the window ledge as she had been doing every night. She closed her eyes and replayed today in her mind. She was a Shinobi she was a traitor to her clan.
"Do you truly hate the Mugen Tenshin?"
She looked down into her lap and shook her head. She didn't hate her village, she loved it. She seen her smiling brother and smirking sister, and the social retard that was Ryu when they were all little. Then she remembered Hayate's face as he hugged her a couple of days ago, what would he say to her now? Ayane would now have a reason to truly kill her and Kasumi wouldn't stop her this time. She betrayed her village, how could she?
"I hate the Mugen Tenshin clan"
She shivered as she brought her knees closer to her, the words had been the truth, she knew by the look in his eyes that it was, she didn't have the ability to lie without giving it away, she looked out of the window and then back to her lap. Ryu didn't have an loyalty to the Mugen Tenshin, but he had one with their leader, what would he say to her. She lifted her head in surprise and jumped off the ledge.
"It's me"
"I know"
"Why are you so jumpy" He noticed the horror in her eyes and narrowed his. Did Satoshi… with her... And was that why she was jumpy, did he force himself on her.
Ryu looked at her and narrowed his eyes, she trembled, he knew, he was going to kill her, she disserved it but she didn't want to die. She shook and took a step back as he stepped closer.
"Kasumi." The voice was stern, he wanted an explanation.
"He-he had me against the wall, pinned, I-I was scared and-and he knew that, he asked me and I, I thought I was only doing it for the mission but" her words came out smoother as she went on
"But I meant what I said to him" Ryu's fist were clenched and he took a deep breath, he was going to kill that bastard as soon as he made sure Kasumi was okay.
"Which was?"
"That I hated my clan" She sunk to her knees and Ryu blinked. The man made her have sex with him and then say she hated the clan
"Did he hurt you?"
"I couldn't move my legs for a while…"
"Hn" Ryu changed his mind, he wasn't going to just kill him he would torture him too.
"I was so scared he was going to kill me… but all he did was ask me questions." Ryu knelt next to her and she threw herself into his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and ran one up and down her back soothingly.
"Tell me" He didn't want to hear it but he knew she needed to get it out.
"We were walking down the street…" She looked up to his emotionless eyes
…"Your eyes are too easy to read Kasumi!" With the cry of her name he threw her against the wall with strength akin to Ryu's. She, before she could move, was pinned to the wall. His hands held hers against the brick wall of a building and his leg was between hers as his hip pressed into hers preventing her from moving her legs. She was helpless right now, she let the panic, and the adrenaline that came with it flood her system.
She was reliving it as she told him. He felt his arms tighten and release around her…
…"So this is the best Kunochi your village has…"
"They had. I'm not there anymore"
"Well obviously, you're ours now. Mine now."
"You're not his" Ryu said gently but firmly and Kasumi nodded as she rested her head on his chest. She took a deep breath and Ryu prepared for the worst…
…"Do you truly hate the Mugen Tenshin?"
"I hate the Mugen Tenshin clan"…
Kasumi felt Ryu sigh in relief
"That's all that happened?"
"ALL!" She almost yelled. "I said what I said, and I meant it…" she said lowly trailing off and Ryu hugged her too him like a toy her had thought he had lost.
"Kasumi, you did well, sleep" She pouted
"I'll explain everything to you later" She nodded and got up to walk to the bed. He sat on one side as she lay on the other. He watched her doze off and cupped her face in his hand. She rolled and rested her head on his leg again. He sighed softly before shifting and keeping watch over her.
Chapter End
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