Disclaimer: I do not own Dead or Alive or Ninja Gaiden, they belong to Tecmo and Team Ninja.
Author's note: Sorry it took me so long to get this out, I had a lot of family issues as of late that needed to be addressed. Hopefully I can get back on track and get back to writing :D.
Zack's Helicopter
Middle of Sea
1:02am
"How long till we are there?" said Ayane who sat in the passenger seat of the helicopter.
Zack gave her a tired look, "should be soon."
Ayane began to get annoyed, "what's taking you so long!?"
"I just picked you up in Japan, we were near the shores of America, you know how long of a distance the two are away from each other? Not to mention, its one a clock in the morning and I'm tired so can you please be a bit nicer," said Zack who was equally annoyed.
Ayane looked forward silently, realizing what he said was true, she hated being wrong.
"Here we are," said Zack in a tired voice.
The whole ship came into view fast, lying still on the sea. The helicopter pad lit up in the middle of the ship, signaling Zack to land.
As soon as the helicopter landed, Zack gave a sigh of relief and put his head on the controls. Ayane jumped out the helicopter and began to walk to the double doors. Upon entering she caught sight of two men, instantly recognizing one of them.
"Eliot," she said as she walked towards the two men, both were playing a game of chess. Eliot looked up and gave a large smile.
"Ayane, what brings you here?" said Eliot as he rose and walked over to Ayane.
"I could ask you the same thing," said Ayane as she looked at the other man who walked over as well.
"Ayane, this is my good friend John Archer," said Eliot. Archer extended his hand towards her, she looked at it and back at him.
Archer retracted his hand and gave a solid huff, "I guess I leave you two alone, I'll keep in touch Eliot."
Eliot gave him a nervous laugh and nodded before he departed.
"So Ayane, how have you been?" asked Eliot nervously.
"Fine," she said simply, "look I have to go, I will speak to you later."
Ayane moved past Eliot and rushed to the elevator. Eliot watched her walk away, attempting to think of something to say, but nothing came to mind. The elevator beeped and she was gone, he sat back in front of the chess board and waited for her to return.
Bullocks, what can I say to her to make her pay a little attention to me?
The elevator doors opened and Ayane walked in, Helena sat at her desk looking at her.
"What news do you have?" asked Helena as she rose.
"Hayate and Hayabusa are missing, I believe they have been attacked by Donovan's men."
"What proof do you have that this was Donovan?"
Ayane stepped in directly in front of Helena's desk, "my own damn gut!"
"Then what do you suggest we do?" asked Helena as she stepped around the desk and stood next to Ayane, showing her no fear.
Ayane took a deep breath and looked at Helena, "that depends, have you learned anything new?"
Helena smiled lightly, "I'd rather not discuss what my informant told me behind his back, why not ask him yourself," said Helena as she pressed the button on her loud-speaker, "Can you send Eliot up please."
Ayane's eyes widened, "What?"
"Eliot is the informant, he gave me a solid lead as to where Donovan was," said Helena as the elevator doors opened and revealed Eliot.
Ayane walked over to Eliot, "what do you know Eliot?"
"I have given you the liberty of telling her," said Helena as she gave him a wink and sat back at her desk.
Eliot nodded and looked at Ayane, he explained everything to her while Helena oversaw it. When he was done, Ayane sat at the sofa.
"So how does your friend tie into this?" asked Ayane as she kept her head nailed to the floor deep in thought.
"I'm hoping he can find him, John is good at finding people," said Eliot confidently.
Ayane nodded, thinking about the information she received.
"Question is what do we do now?" Asked Eliot as he looked at Helena.
"We wait, something will turn up soon." said Helena as she rose from her chair and looked out her window towards the sea.
Momji Sanctuary
Japan
11:12am
"Master Ryu, what will you do now?" asked Momji who was dressed in a black robe.
Ryu stood with his back to her, checking the Dragon Sword, he was in his standard ninja outfit.
"Thank you for keeping spare equipment for me Momji, I'll be off now," said Hayabusa, ignoring her question.
"Master Ryu, please stop trying to protect me and tell me whats going on!" said Momji as she stood in front of Hayabusa.
"Momji, I've already lost one woman, I cannot lose another," said Hayabusa in a calm tone.
"Do you doubt my abilities?" she said angrily.
"Not at all, but I did not doubt hers either and she is gone now," said Hayabusa as he walked around her and continued out the small hut.
"I will follow you to the ends of the earth master, whether you want me to or not," said Momji.
Hayabusa stopped walking and closed his eyes sucking in a deep breath. He turned back to Momji and looked into her eyes.
"If you insist on helping me, then follow my orders to the letter," said Hayabusa.
"Of course Master Ryu," said Momji with a nod.
"I need you to go to Germany and find Hayate of the Mugen Tenshin Clan. Inform him that MIST has shown itself and has kidnapped Kasumi. To find him, you must locate a woman named Hitomi. Keep me informed on what you find," said Hayabusa.
"Where will you go?"
"I'm going to the Mugen Tenshin clan base, from there, I do not know," said Ryu as he walked out the hut and disappeared.
Momji moved to a large chest in the corner of the hut, she opened it and it revealed her equipment. She grabbed her main weapon, the Heavenly Dragon Naginata, and examined it. She grew excited, it had been a long time since she fought.
She set her sights to the country of Germany, ready for whatever her adventure would carry her.
So just who is this Hitomi?
Union Lofts LA
Downtown Los Angeles
2:10am
"Make yourself at home," said Archer as he took off his coat and shoulder holster with his pistol and walked into the kitchen. Behind him stood Zack scanning the apartment.
Archer's apartment was small, but very nice. The kitchen stood next to the front door in its own room while the living room was farther in. The living room had a black leather couch and a small flat screen television on a stand. The back wall had a sliding glass door which revealed a great view of Downtown LA along with two bookshelf's full of DVDs.
Zack walked over to the book-case and looked at Archer's vast movie collection.
"You some sort of movie buff?" said Zack as he continued to examine the movies.
"Yaa I collect them, gonna probably be worth a fortune some day to the right person," shouted Archer from the kitchen.
Zack nodded and walked over to the sliding window and looked out. Downtown's business district never slept, the streets were still busy with activity. Bright lights covered the buildings in the distance.
"I thought you cops lived in small dank apartments with cases nailed all over the walls and alcohol visible to all" said Zack as he turned back and looked towards the kitchen.
Archer reappeared into the living room with a bottle of something and two glasses, "well here's the alcohol, you drink?"
"Why not, after a day like this a drink sounds good" said Zack as he took a cup from Archer, "what you drinking?"
"Classic whiskey," said Archer as he poured the bronze liquid into each glass.
Zack sipped at his drink and sat on the sofa while Archer moved over towards the slider opening it.
"So, do you mind telling me what Helena wanted with you?" asked Zack curiously.
"She don't keep you in the loop on anything does she?" asked Archer as he took a large gulp of his drink.
"She not really the trustworthy type, probably thinks I can't handle anything more than the advertising side of the company,"
"And your ok with that?"
"Never have been, but not much really bothers me, I like to think she does it to protect me from anything unsafe."
Archer gave him a smirk, he hated people like Helena. Thinking they can protect someone by keeping out the loop. Their enemies always attack the ones that had no idea what was going on, they were never given the chance to prepare for anything, all because they were left out the loop. Next came the police who usually came across such people, unprepared and dead. Their supposed protector crying for them, angry and sad.
"She sent me to locate a guy named Victor Donovan,"
"Why does that guy always come back up? If it's not the ninjas looking for him its somebody else."
"Guess he's just a popular guy, anyway, that's all she pretty much needs me for."
"Why you?"
"Always been good at finding people, its one of my specialties that my buddy Eliot probably told her about."
Zack laughed, "No offense, but that kids very green around the ears."
"Yaa he is definitely a virgin, but he is a good guy," said Archer with a smirk.
A knock at the door caught both men's attention.
"Kinda late for company don't ya think?" said Zack who took another sip.
"Your telling me," said Archer as he walked towards the door.
Before he could get to the door, it busted open revealing two heavily armed men in combat suits. Archer dropped his glass and rolled into his kitchen. One of the men entered the kitchen and attempted to grab Archer. Archer turned and hit the man in his helmet, the mans helmet flew off and he stumbled back into the hall. Archer looked on the counter and saw his firearm still in holster, but his colt 45 would be no match for their armor. The man reentered the kitchen aiming his gun at Archer, Archer quickly grabbed the head of the gun and ripped it from the mans hands, slamming it across the mans face and knocking him out cold.
He examined the weapon, a customized mp5 with a silencer. It was obvious that these guys were the real deal, and it had something to do with his recent meeting with a beautiful french business woman.
Archer was pulled from his thoughts when he heard a crash in his living room, he readied the weapon and joined the fight. Zack was already obviously winning, the armored male was on his knees brutally taking kicks from Zack. The final kick was the finisher that sent the man flying in to the wall, he lied still obviously unconscious.
Zack looked at archer, "guess your popular as well."
"That makes two of us, I never had this kinda of action until I spoke to your partner," shot Archer back.
Archer moved over to the unconscious male and searched him, pockets were empty. He searched around his neck and found dog tags, PFC Ted Walters USMC.
"Great, that might mean we caught the attention of a private military group," said Archer with a light frown.
"What does that mean?" Asked Zack curiously.
"Someone hired mercenaries to come and collect us," said Archer as he moved to the phone on the wall next to the kitchen.
"Looked to me like they were trying to kill us," said Zack as he crossed his arms.
"If they wanted us dead, they would have came in firing. Instead, the other guy lowered his weapon and began chasing me like we were a bunch of fucking kids. This has something to do with this Donovan cat,"
Zack sat back on the couch and nodded silently, he was wide awake now thanks to the attack and also equally annoyed, "What kind of day is this?"
"Hey its Archer, can you send me a couple of black and whites to my address, I had a doozy of a night!" said Archer annoyed into the phone.
Zack smirked at Archer.
'All this chaos and he still maintains his sense of humor.'
Unknown Motel Room
Germany
12:20am
Hayate sat in the small white chair and looked over Hitomi who was in bed. Bandages were around her stomach and she lied asleep and, most importantly, alive.
He could not help but feel that her current condition was his fault. He became to laxed after everything that happened, lowering his guard to everything. All he wanted was to start a family with the woman he loved, but their was always an obstacle which he had to overcome, it would never end.
And so is the way of a ninja, his work never done and always done alone. He was selfish to want to bring her into his life, knowing that his life was dangerous.
Hayate stood up and walked to the door of the room, he needed to leave her while she still had a chance at a normal life. Right as his hand touched the door knob, his mindset completely changed.
'Why should I leave? She loves me and I her. No one said it was going to be easy, but if someone loves someone, they should stand by them!'
He lowered his hand from the door and walked back to the chair. He was tired of running away from what he wanted, he constantly denied himself anything for the constant fear of losing it. All he was doing was losing out on the chance to be happy.
"If Hitomi wants me gone, then she will have to tell me," said Hayate to himself. He was done running.
A knock at the door startled him from his thoughts, he grabbed his sword and moved towards the door.
"Who is it?" said Hayate listening carefully.
"My name is Momji, I come on behalf of Ryu Hayabusa," said the feminine voice.
He couldn't say he knew a Momji, Hayabusa never mentioned such a woman when they spoke. He looked through the peephole, a small framed woman stood outside. She wore a white robe and her hair was in a standard pony tail, A large spear like weapon was on her back.
Hayate knew if she wanted in she could get in, he opened the door, weapon at the ready.
"What do you want?" said Hayate, studying her closely.
"I have come to inform you that MIST has shown itself and has kidnapped Kasumi," she said simply.
"What!" shouted Hayate enraged.
"This is all I have been told, Hayabusa is heading to the Mugen Tenshin Clan base, from there he did not say."
"From there he will go to see Helena," said Hayate deep in thought.
Momji looked passed him and saw Hitomi, as if on instinct she moved passed Hayate and to the side of Hitomi's bed.
Hayate was to absorbed in his thoughts to object and silently closed the door.
"What happened to her?" Said Momji concerned.
"We were attacked at her apartment, she was shot," said Hayate sadly as he moved to the other side of the bed and kneeled, "I removed the bullet, hopefully she will fully recover."
Momji placed her hand on Hitomi's forehead, " she is not running a fever, I think you did a good job."
"Ya well it will be all for nothing if MIST continues to exist, they will continue to hunt us all down," said Hayate angrily.
"We need to get you both back to Japan, she can safely recover within the clan base," said Momji as she stood.
Hayate nodded and thought about everything. He needed to see Helena and end MIST once and for all.
"Can I entrust you to get her to the Mugen Tenshin clan base? I need to go and see Helena Douglas," said Hayate as he stood up.
"Of course," said Momji confidently.
"I really mean it Momji, this woman is very precious to me," said Hayate calmly.
"Don't worry about her, just go and see Hayabusa."
Hayate nodded and looked down at Hitomi before leaving.
I promise to you Hitomi, I will make sure to punish MIST for what they have done to you.
I swear it.
Unknown location
7:00am
Kasumi's eyes popped open and she rose from her bed, she looked around and saw that she was in a bedroom. The room was bright from the sun and it had a nice ambiance. The bed was very large and comfortable, the walls were full of pictures of her and...
Hayabusa stood next to her in regular clothes in several of the pictures. She continued to scan the room until she came across a very shocking picture. Hayabusa and her stood together in wedding attire, she quickly looked down at her hand and saw a large diamond ring.
"What is going on," she said to herself as she began to get out of bed.
She was interrupted from her thoughts when she heard the bedroom door open, she made eye contact with Hayabusa who stood there with a smile on his face.
"Good morning sweetheart," said Hayabusa as he walked over to Kasumi and hugged her. Kasumi's face reddened considerably, but she was not prepared for what was next.
Hayabusa pulled back and brought his lips to hers, her eyes went wide as she felt the warmth of his lips against hers. She felt her heartbeat knocking in her chest, but she joined in, kissing him back. It just felt right to her.
They separated and looked at each other, she did not know what was going on, but she did not want it to stop.
"You must be hungry, breakfast is downstairs," said Hayabusa as he held her hand and led her from the room.
They walked through a hallway which led to a large wooden kitchen, two little girls sat at the table.
"Morning Mom!" said both children in unison.
Kasumi couldn't hold back the tears of joy any longer.
"Whats wrong dear?" said Hayabusa as he grabbed her shoulders and looked at her.
"Is this really real?" she said through the tears.
"Of course this is real Kasumi," said Hayabusa, "You are home."
Kasumi smiled wide and hugged Hayabusa tight.
Please be real
Please be real
Author's Note: Honestly, if I woke up in Kasumi's situation, I'd probably freak out. "WHAT! I'M MARRIED WITH TWO KIDS!?" lol. Anyhow, hope you enjoyed this chapter, see ya later.