19It was another normal day for the runaway kunoichi. She just walked into the streets. Her mind plays the memory of what happen to her past. The clan chases her to kill her because of the rules. She managed to survive with the help of his brother's best friend. Ryu Hayabusa, but he did it because of his promise to her brother. She sighed. Why her life is so unfair to her? She did the things that she knew it's not for her but for the people she cared for. Ayane, her half-sister, she never let her feel that she is different. She always makes her feel she is welcome. She shook her head those are past memories. 'Face the present' she said to herself.
She stopped at the front of an apartment. As she open the door, she saw Hitomi getting ready to leave for her karate class. When Hitomi saw her, she gave Kasumi a smile. She just nodded before Hitomi said she will leave her and be back before lunch. After Hitomi left her, she went to the kitchen to eat something because she heard her stomach growled, it only means she's hungry. Well, she didn't eat anything before going out earlier. She decided to make some pancakes for herself. When she is busy doing the mixture, someone ring the doorbell. She put down the mixture and walked to the door. When she opened it, she saw Leifang. She is wearing her usual chinese dress.
"Hello Kasumi!" Leifang greeted her with a smile.
"Oh hello Leifang, what brings you here?" Kasumi asked.
"Can't I visit my friends? Oh well, where's Hitomi?" Leifang asked and giggled.
"She went to her karate class, come in." Kasumi said.
As she let Leifang in, she threw herself in the couch. Kasumi shook her head.
"Feel at home already huh?" she joked.
"Thank you!" Leifang fired back and laughed.
"Well I hope that you're hungry because I'm making some pancakes." Kasumi said. Leifang just nodded her head.
"I'll help you." She offered to Kasumi.
"Sure."
"So tell, what happen to your death sentence? and do you have plans on geoing back to your clan?" Leifang asked. They are cooking the mixture that Kasumi made. Well, Leifang don't like being quiet so she asked random questions.
"I don't know but I don't have any plans on going back in there yet." Kasumi answered her friend. She look at the pancake and it's already cook so she lift it and place it a plate where the cooked pancakes placed and cooling off. Leifang just nodded and asked another question again since she can't bear the silence.
"Uhm….what about your guardian? or should I say protector?" Leifang asked out of nowhere. Kasumi look at her and gave her a confused look.
"What about him?" She asked back.
"Tell me, if he still protecting you or not anymore come on! I can't believe you answered me like that." She frowned at what Leifang said. She knew that Ryu Hayabusa was back at his village two weeks ago.
"Hey! The pancake will burn!" what Leifang said cut off her thoughts. She saw the pancake is done so she immediately get the spatula and lift it place it to the plate. She was done cooking and she turn off the stove and put the pan into the sink. After that, she joined Leifang who is already eating a pancake at the table.
"You said you will help me cook pancakes!" she said to Leifang. Leifang just smiled.
"but I never said that I will help you cook it right? I said I will just help and I will help you eat these pancakes." Leifang answered happily. Kasumi just rolled her eyes.
"Smart ass." She mumbled.
"So tell me about it!" She look at her friend and raised one eyebrow.
"About what?"
"About him! Ryu Hayabusa! My god Kasumi! You just trying to avoid my question." Leifang said and place another pancake on her plate. Kasumi sighed.
"Uhm….Well, he's back to his village two weeks ago and I never heard anything about him." She said and eat a slice of her pancake.
"Oh, I thought he still guarding you but oh well, he is also an heir so what can we do about it?" Her friend said making her shook her head and just continue to eat her pancakes.
After they ate the pancakes and left some for Hitomi, she let Leifang laid on the couch to take a rest. Hitomi came back and when she saw Leifang sleeping on the couch, she gave Kasumi a signal to shush. She walked to Leifang and when she is near enough, she pinched her nose and Leifang woke up instantly. She tapped Hitomi's hands away from her nose and gave her deadly glare. Hitomi laughed.
"You should see the look on your face! Priceless! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Hitomi said and laughed again. Leifang stood up and run into her but Hitomi run upstairs to escape from Leifang's revenge. Kasumi just shook her head. Her friends, sometimes are crazy. Oh well, they are best friends where could she find friends like those two?
*Mugen Tenshin Village*
She walked inside the village and the guards just greet her and bowed to her. she don't have time for it. She needs to see Hayate to tell him that she found their sister already.
When she reach Hayate's room, she saw that he is busy meditating but she didn't care. She jumped into him, making her brother startled. Hayate glared at her.
"Thanks for ruining my meditation, Ayane." Hayate said. Ayane rolled her eyes
"I just went here to tell that I've already found Kasumi." Ayane spoked and his brother's attention focus on her quickly.
"Where is she?" Her brother asked.
"She is living with a Karate girl and a chinese girl I guess? In a small apartment."
"Why you didn't confront her?"
"Do you want to her to run away again?" Ayane snapped. Hayate shook his head.
"You have a point but are you sure she is staying in there? Not for just temporary?" Hayate asked. Ayane rolled her eyes.
"I'm not blind for your information and I'm sure she's staying at that small apartment and beside, where she will go next if she discover that I knew where she is staying right now?" Ayane said.
"You're right."
"Master Hayate, what are we going to do now that we know where she's staying?" Ayane asked. Hayate just sighed. He didn't want to lose his tracks to his sister but again, the rules and codes of their clan made his head hurts like hell.
"I think we should let her since she is far away from us." His half-sister suggested.
"You're right, just continue to watch Kasumi now that we knew where to find her." Hayate said. Ayane rolled her eyes.
"Wow, I just want you to know that I'm a kunoichi, not a chaperone." Hayate chuckled, making Ayane rolled her eyes at him again.
"I'm not saying that you have to follow her, I just want you to watch her back since you know that I stopped sending assassins to hunt her down right?" Hayate explained.
"Before, a chaperone, now, a watcher? Wow! Just wow." Ayane said and glared at her brother.
"why don't you just send your best friend to protect Kasumi again?" His half sister suggested.
"Well, Ryu has also responsibilities to do so I can't talk to him right now." Ayane just nod at what he said. She stood up and walked out of her brother's room. She went outside and just started to watch the night skies and the stars twinkles.
"There's nothing better than watching the skies and stars at night." She whispered and sighed.
*At the Apartment*
"Not again!" Leifang said while Hitomi just laughed at her.
"I won! I won!" Hitomi declared.
They were playing cards and looks like Hitomi wins again against Leifang. Leifang decided to stay the night in her friend's place since she doesn't want to go home yet and be alone again. Kasumi just finished changing to her night clothes and she saw that her two friends are busy playing. She joined them in the bed and watch as they play again.
"don't you want to play?" Hitomi asked. Kasumi shook her head. Besides, she never played cards before because they are disciplined and need to focus only in training. She continued to watch them play. Out of nowhere, Leifang throw a pillow in front of Hitomi's face but the latter avoided it and it landed right at Kasumi's face. Hitomi raise her hand and show a warning sign finger at Leifang because Kasumi didn't react but in few seconds, she threw a pillow at Hitomi and giggled.
"The pillow is for you, not for me Hitomi." Kasumi said jokingly. Leifang laughed at what Kasumi did. Hitomi get two pillows and throw them at her two friends. But of course, Kasumi and Leifang won't let Hitomi get away and they will have their revenge. Each one of them hold a pillow and begun hitting each other with. Now they are having a pillow fight.
After a battle of pillows, they decided to sleep, Leifang said she wants sleep with Kasumi and of course, Hitomi didn't let her. Kasumi said to let Leifang sleep beside her. Leifang did a victory dance in her mind and stuck her tounge out at Hitomi.
In the middle of the night, Kasumi was awaken by an urged to go to bathroom. When she closed the door, she throw up everything she ate in the dinner earlier. When she is throwing up, she felt her stomach hurts also. Her head is starting to hurt. When she is done, she flushed the toilet and stood up infront of the sink, she splashed some water in her face and look at herself at the mirror.
"what's wrong with me?" she asked herself. She just stared at her face and sighed.
"I didn't anything bad at the dinner." She whispered.
She took a deep breath before going out of the bathroom and went to her bed and closed her eyes.
"I wonder what is wrong with my stomach…" she whispered and sleep.
Outside of the apartment…..
As the darkness covering his body,he continued to watch them from the outside in the roof of the building in front of the apartment. He just watch them do whatever they want. He felt someone's presence but he didn't turn around to see who it is.
He felt the person is walking to him he heard the person spoked.
"Who are you?" but he didn't give damn to turn around and just ignored the person.
"What are you doing here? And I asked again, who the hell are you?"
"You don't recognize me now….Ayane?" he said.
"Master Ryu?" Ayane asked him but he didn't answer her.
"I thought you were staying at your village right now?...and how do you know where Kasumi is staying right now?" The kunoichi asked.
"I'm just passing by, that's all, don't tell to your master that you saw me…" Ryu said and disappear in a swirl of green leaves. Ayane just shook her head and look at the apartment. She saw that the lights are off, it only means that the people inside it are sleeping already.
"I'm a watcher, thanks to my master slash brother." She whispered out of nowhere.
*Unknown location*
Christie walked inside the building to see Victor Donovan. She need to tell him something. When she reach his office, she stood up in front of his table and begun talking.
"I saw the target, Kasumi is living around here." she said making Victor smirked.
"Well, continue watching her until we find the right time to get her again." He said and smiling , his plans will started too soon.
YOUDONTKNOWMEWELL: I'm sorry if it's too short I just decided to wrote this two days ago and it took me two days before posting this chapter. I just want all of you to know that I don't want to leave my stories unfinished.
