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Chapter 1: The Presence
It was a bright day at Baden-Württemberg, where Hitomi Buchfink, daughter and prized student in Karate of Mr and Mrs. Buchfink lived. She dreaded the day to come because it was the last day before holidays. 'Das ist so unfair!' Hitomi thought grumpily. While all of her friends went on extravagant holidays, she was to stay here, even if she had piles of money. Zack had given her the prize money since Jann Lee didn't come to claim it. She refused categorically at first, but Zack forced her. €743163 was a lot after all. Leifang begged her to come to Shanghai to visit, but she couldn't even if she wanted to.
Hitomi sighed as she lastly put on her favorite green jacket. Just in case, she put her red gloves in her bagpack. You never know, as much as Baden-Württemberg was beautiful, she was still careful. There were some thugs and rapists, but it was a naturally calm city. She was lucky that her apartment was in a nice neighborhood, not where there were always parties next door like in the movie Catwoman she watched with her best friends, Heide and Astrid. They were friends since the crib because of their passion for Karate. Astrid was not really a master yet, but was praised for having a blue belt. Heide was only a red belt, and was closest to Hitomi. She was like the sister she never had. She was always curious about not having any siblings and her mother, Kagome always ignored the subject. Her mother always said she was grateful for Hitomi; although, she looked nothing like her parents. Kagome, blessed with a Japanese heritage, had glossy raven hair and dark brown eyes with pale, ivory skin. Her father, Logan, blessed with a German heritage, used to have light blond hair and light gray eyes with naturally tan skin, but now, because of his sickness, it was ghostly pale. His light blond hair was now gray, and his normally gray eyes that were always lit with curiosity of this world, were now hard, which meant that that simple man held a long story behind him.
Hitomi, for the third time today, sighed and grabbed her lunch. Then she flew downstairs, greeted the postman and clerk then mounted her infamous red bike and left for her university, OUS or OSU. This day was going to be so long...
"What do you mean I'm getting kicked off the stupid plane?!" Andra almost shouted, glaring at the woman in front of her. The attendant shrunk away a bit and plastered a fake smile on her lovely face.
"Es tut mir leid, Miss, aber Ihr ... ähm ... Schwert ist erschrecken die anderen Passagiere..." I am so sorry, miss, but your... um... sword is scaring the other passengers... She responded quickly in German. Andra glared at her again, while the attendant waited impatiently for her response.
Instead, it came out as a witty comeback,"Wo zum Teufel ist dein Manager, dann?" Where the hell is your manager, then? She asked in perfect German. The attendant seemed to pale a bit, than she left, scared out of her mind. Andra smirked at the older woman who was scowling at her and at Bloody Lolita.
"Whore!" She spat quietly under her breath. No one was going to stop her from going to Baden-Württemberg and finding the chosen one. She was here in Germany to warn and train her, after all. Some idiots tried to stop her, but no one stops The Huntress, known to many as that name. Although, when she wasn't hunting, she was just Andra Carter. The one with no family left but her aunt. There was also Gwen, but even if she was as close as a sister, Andra didn't fully trust her. 'Never fully trusted anyone.' She thought bitterly. After hearing of her parent's death, she always seeked revenge against their assassin. Only twenty-one years old, Andra had the wisdom of an eighty-year-old woman and the wildness of a sixteen year-old teenager. To her, trust was not in her vocabulary.
Enough about the past. This wasn't her story, she was just another main character, no one else.
Andra proceeded to bring Bloody Lolita back into its place. She then found peace and quiet by shutting her eyes and waiting until the plane would depart. She was soon lulled to sleep by the airplane's engine and thought of how The Chosen One would look like. She knew two things, that it was a woman and that she was German. 'Oh well.' She thought, 'I'll end up by being tied up to her anyway.'
With that, she fell asleep.
"Wiedersehen Jeder!" Goodbye, everyone! "erst im nächsten Jahr!" Until next year! "Werden Sie vermissen!" You will be missed! "Danke Trainer!" Thank You coach! Were the farewells Hitomi had heard. She sighed. She was going to miss her soccer team very badly.
"Why the sad frown, Tomi?" Asked Heide, concerned. Hitomi just smiled a bit.
"I'm just going to miss all of you, alright? I'm not leaving, remember?" She said sadly. Heide frowned and wrapped her arms around her best friend. Hitomi squeezed her tightly. She didn't know why she cared so deeply just because her friends were leaving.
"You could still come with me, Tomi." Heide said, trying to tie her hair with a ponytail as they entered their locker rooms. Hitomi pouted at her sadly rolled her eyes. "If I could, I would Hei. But, I just can't go, I have a bad feeling. Something's not right." She said.
Heide rolled her eyes,"so now, you're a psychic?"
Hitomi smiled,"Maybe...?" She added cheekily. Heide laughed a bit and cleaned her locker to the spot. Heide was of course, a neat freak, but hated it when someone dared to call her that.
"You are just verrückt." Heide said maliciously. Her phone started to ring.
"Hallo? Mama? Ok. Ja, mama. Nein, Hitomi nicht ist kommen. Ja. Ok. Liebe dich auch, mama." Hello? Mom? Okay. Yes. No, Hitomi is not coming. Yes. Okay. Love you too, mom. Heide said, then hung up.
"That was Mama. She wants me to go help and pack. I have to go, Hitomi." She said, a bit sad. Hitomi gave her one last hug, then watched her as she left the locker room. Hitomi was left there. Alone.
Although, she didn't feel quite. The hairs on the back of her neck rose as she swore she felt a presence behind her. She called to see if anyone was there, but nothing. No one was responding. 'Might as well go home and rest.' She thought.
The presence was still there. Hitomi felt it. She was watching a German action movie with her favorite actress, when she felt the same presence again. It followed her from school to here? How did that person know where she lived? She tried to ignore the presence, but it was as if it wanted attention. It kept making Hitomi's head snap up and look around if anyone was here, but still no one. The presence then disappeared for a while.
A shrill, maniac laugh erupted and echoed around the room.
Hitomi screamed in fear and jumped off the couch to stand. She ran to the kitchenette and grabbed a huge kitchen knife.
"W-who's there?" She asked in panic. Even if Hitomi was the third strongest competitor in the Dead or Alive tournament, she was still human. Was still terrified when a laugh like that erupted from no where. Her eyes darted around the room and her hand shook. This was horrifying.
The same laugh erupted, only louder, and that's when the tears started to come out. She wiped them hastily, but they kept coming over and over again. Oh God she was scared. She started to rock back and forward, praying for everyone she cared for. Mama, Papa, Heide, Astrid, The soccer team, Tina, Leifang, Zack, Eliot, Brad Wong, Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Ayane... Hayate. Her heart broke into a million of pieces. She would never see him again. The only thing he'll hear from her is that she was buried, her cold body into a wooden coffin...
'No!'
A new determination set into her, she wiped her tears away and stood, just as the door burst open. Giving a war cry, she lunged herself at her enemy. Her enemy grunted in pain and started to kick her. 'I will not die!' She thought proudly. Involuntarily, her eyes turned into a bright shade of white.
"Hitomi! Wǒ xiàchē!" Leifang yelled in Chinese. Hitomi immediately stopped her thinking as her eyes turned blue again. Leifang was glaring at her.
"What the hell was that about, did you try to kill me or something?!" She yelled, dusting off her dress.
Hitomi turned bright red,"sorry. I had a stalker and I thought he was smart enough to just open the door."
Leifang rolled her eyes and laughed,"aren't you a genius!" she asked sarcastically.
They both laughed and got Leifang's luggage up. Hitomi thought about the presence, how she thought she was going to die...she clenched her fist and held it to her heart. 'I'm not dying until I see you, Hayate. I will see you again, I promise.'
"Hitomi! You coming?" Leifang asked already in her pyjamas. Hitomi smiled, pushed her current thoughts away and plopped down next to her friend.
"What are we watching?" She asked, smiling.
Andra was on the top of a house, staring at Hitomi's apartment. She smiled victoriously and murmmered,
"Found her."
Then she disappeared in a fog of black mist.
A/N: sorry for the delay. Was really busy with school and needed time to finish. WANTED, BOOK COVER CREATOR FOR MY FICS FEELING THE LOVE AND HITOMI'S INNOCENCE. PLEASE PM IF YOU'RE INTERESTED OR REVIEW IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE. NO I WON'T PAY FOR IT. AND ALSO PLEASE R&R. I'VEBEEN GETTING AWESOME REVIEWS FOR FEELING THE LOVE. KEEP REVIEWING!:) YOU NEVER KNOW; THIS MIGHT BE IN AYANE'S OR ELIOT'S STORY MODE IN DEAD OR ALIVE 6.