Author's Note: Thought I tried something different from my previous stories.

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~Dead or Alive Tropical Vacation~

The Japanese sisters Kasumi and Ayane were waiting on their next flight in London Heathrow Airport, in UK. They had flown all the way from Japan.

"This is so boring, I hate waiting...and what are we waiting for anyway?" Ayane whined to her older sister.

Kasumi stood behind a big glass wall observing the airport view and airplanes.

"Be patient Ayane, try read a book or something." She then peeked at the invitation card in her hand. "Well, on the card it says that a private plane is picking us up here to an Island."

"I can't believe that you convinced me to go. Is that Zack guy even trustworthy? He was so annoying in the last tournament." Ayane continued. She hated sitting still for too long because it made her anxious.

Kasumi let out a light sigh, "I don't know about you but after everything that had happened lately, I could use a long vacation, away from everyone and everything you know."

"I guess…" Ayane shrugged, and decided to listen to music instead to make the time fly. She was observing the crowd in the airport when she suddenly spotted familiar faces. Her eyes grew large in surprised. Oh no…Ayane put on her hoody and lowered herself in her seat so they wouldn't recognize her.

Ayane's behavior confused Kasumi. "What are you doing?"

"12 o'clock, let me know when they're gone..." She whispered.

Kasumi looked in the direction and immediately rose up from her seat.

"Hitomi! Leifang! Over here." She shouted and waved at them.

Ayane got even more annoyed, Of course…she rolled her eyes at her silly sister.

Hitomi and Leifang rushed over and gave Kasumi a hug.

"Hi Ayane," Hitomi greeted.

"Hi..."

"What are you two doing here? such a strange coincidence…" Kasumi questioned with a frown.

"We received an invitation for a holiday in Zack Private Island and we are supposed to take further flight from here," Leifang explained but she soon put two and two together, "Wait a minute…"

"Yup," Kasumi hold up her plane ticket.

"This is so exciting!" Hitomi then shouted.

Great… I'm going to be stuck on the island with them for a whole month, I knew it was a setup. Ayane whined to herself, as she just didn't have the patient to hear Hitomi nag about her brother. She was at least glad that he wasn't coming, and knowing Zack he had probably only invited girls.

"This is going to be so much fun indeed, just us girls on the beach enjoying the sun." Kasumi replied getting more excited herself.

"Looks like all the cool girls are here!" Tina shouted from behind, then dropped her bag to give the girls a big group hug. Tina peeked behind Kasumi at Ayane.

"What's with the long face sunshine?"

"Who are you calling sunshine?" Ayane rolled her eyes.

"Just ignore her, she's been like this since the flight from Japan." Kasumi replied.

"So, it's just us then?" Leifang wondered.

"You spoke too soon Leifang, turn around…" Hitomi said making everyone turned with wondering eyes as well.

Helena and Kokoro approached the girls.

"Bonjour ladies," Helena greeted giving them all a hug.

Kokoro was happy to see Ayane and Kasumi, being from the same country and all.

"O genki desuka?" Kokoro asked Kasumi.

"Hai, genki desu, arigato gozaimasu." Kasumi replied.

The others were looking at them with question marks on top of their heads…

"Kokoro wa?" Kasumi then asked.

"Sorewa yokatta desu." Kokoro answered.

"Alright, this sounds like fun, but can we please stick to English? I'm feeling a little left out." Tina said, making the girls giggled.

"Sorry Tina, we were just asking how each other were doing." Kokoro explained.

Everyone was doing a little catching up with each other when it was suddenly time for boarding. They all grabbed their belongings and made their way to the airport bus outside of the terminal that would take them to the private plane.

"Wait for me!" Someone suddenly shouted from behind…

"Look, it's Lisa." Hitomi pointed.

Lisa panted, as she thought she wouldn't make it in time.

Kasumi noticed that her little sister was still sitting down and didn't bother to get up from her seat. She walked over to Ayane. "Come on, cheer up… it's going to be fun I promise."

Ayane sighed, "Alright…just don't leave me alone with them, okay?" Kasumi chuckled to that. The sisters then showed their tickets and headed inside the bus.

Tina paused at the sight of the fancy looking plane... "Nice, Zack is filthy rich."

Everyone got inside the plane and found their seats. They didn't really know how long the flight would take or where this island was located since Zack wanted to surprise everyone. After a while, the plane was still on the ground and it made them wonder why it hadn't taken off yet.

"Excuse me?" Leifang stopped the flight attendant that passes her seat.

"Yes ma'am?"

"I'm just wondering, why hadn't the flight taken off yet?"

"There is a slight delay as we are still waiting for more passengers to arrive," The flight attendant explained. Leifang and Hitomi exchanged curious glances, as they had no clue whom to expect.

Ayane peeked out the window and frowned curiously at the sight of an airport bus pulling up by the staircase of the plane. Her eyes grew wide in horror at the sight of the passengers that were coming out of the bus.

"This is not happening…" Ayane said to herself making Kasumi wonder what was it her little sister mumbling about now.

"What now?" Kasumi asked.

"This vacation is ruin." Ayane replied.

Kasumi was looking around wondering where all the noises were coming from. Oh no…Kasumi's eyes grew large when she spotted familiar faces by the entrance of the plane.

Six people arrived, and they were arguing about something. The other girls looked in the same direction with wondering eyes.

"Why do I have to carry your bag?" Ryu asked in annoyance.

"Because you look like a carrier," Hayate responded.

"What is that even mean?" Ryu looked at Hayate dumb. "Hayate, why don't you carry your own bag." He then dropped the bag at the staircase.

Jann Lee was not having it, he shouted from the bottom of the stairs, "Hey, can you all go inside already!"

Jacky let out a frustrated sigh, "I swear to god these ninjas…"

Hayate then grabbed his bag, gave Ryu a look of annoyance and went inside the plane just to make them all shut up.

"Hitomi look who's here," Leifang whispered.

Hitomi peeked to see and she immediately fell back on her seat blushing. "What is he doing here? How do I look, how do I look?" She was slightly panicking.

Leifang giggled seeing how excited Hitomi was all sudden. Everybody knew who her biggest crush was.

Hayate was making his way to his seat and greeted all the ladies that was already seated, then he suddenly stopped making Ryu and everybody else behind him stopped once again.

"Hi, Hitomi." He smiled charmingly.

"Oh, hello." She coolly replied, hoping that Hayate didn't notice the giant red blush on her face.

Seeing how the guys behind him were rolling their eyes, Hayate then kept going. "Talk to you later, got to find my seat."

"Okay," Hitomi replied. They were smiling awkwardly as they had not seen each other for a while.

"Ryu, look who's here…" Hayate paused at his sisters' seats blocking the way for the others once again. "What are you two doing here?"

"Obviously the same thing you are." Kasumi replied.

"Just make sure you don't go all big brother on us and ruin this vacation." Ayane then added.

Hayate turned to Ryu, "It's really nice to know how much my sisters love me..."

Jann Lee lost his patient and didn't bother to wait for Hayate to get to his seat. He pushed everybody aside and a little extra push on Hayate making Hayate stumbled forward toward an empty seat.

"What the hell is your problem, Jann Lee?" Hayate shouted but Jann Lee ignored.

Hayate gathered himself back up only to be shove back down by Jacky, "Move!" Jacky walked passed him as his seat was in the far back with Jann Lee.

Hayate raised back up in annoyance and tried to follow the guys but Ryu stopped him.

"Hayate don't start, come on let's sit already." Ryu gently pushed his friend down to his seat.

"Ryu, I'm already stressed out before the vacation even begins…"

"That's because you create the stress for yourself," Ryu mumbled rolling his eyes.

Ryu then took out his book from his bag before putting it away, and then took his seat next to Hayate to make the time fly by reading. As he began reading, he suddenly caught someone glancing at him. He glanced back, Kasumi immediately turned her gaze away. A small smile played on his lips.

Eliot and Brad were sitting in the front seats of Ayane and Kasumi. But before they took their seats, Eliot smiled happily knowing that Ayane will be on the same vacation.

"Hi, Ayane."

"Hi, Eliot."

"I guess we are vacationing together…I mean not together together, just you know… on the same island that is," Eliot gulped nervously.

Brad face palmed himself embarrassed of Eliot.

"Okay, I'm going to sit now...damn it." Eliot cussed within him.

Ayane and Kasumi looked at each other trying their best to keep themselves from laughing.

~Zack Island~

After a few hours in the air, the island finally came into view from the airplane windows. Everybody peeked out curiously. The island looked huge and the water was clear blue. On the top of the mountain, a gigantic gold statue that resembled to Zack was placed graciously. It was after all his island. Half of the island was covered in a tropical jungle.

"I can't wait! Look at how white the sand is," Hitomi said with excitement in her voice.

"Yeah, and that must be our hotel, look at the pool! I don't know about you but I'm going swimming first thing when we get down there." Leifang added.

Hitomi nodded, "Swimming it is."

Even Ayane's face lighten up after a long flight that had made her grumpier. Ryu and Hayate however missed out the view as they both had fallen asleep. The plane landed on a small ground nearby their hotel. The pilot thanked everyone and wished them all a good vacation. Everyone got up from their seats and gathered their handbags while their other luggage waited for them outside.

As Jacky passed by Ryu and Hayate's seats, he paused at the sight of them sleeping. He gave Jann Lee hand signs to mess with them. They then leaned closer and screamed their lungs out in unison,

"WAKE UP!"

Hayate hit his head on the side of the plane window while Ryu instinctively rose up from his seat in a speed hitting his head on the roof, then he fell back to his seat wincing in pain. Hayate mumbled something foreign.

Jann Lee and Jacky burst into laughter and continued making their way out of the plane.

"We totally freaked them out." Jacky said while still chuckling as he high five Jann Lee.

"Losers." Jann Lee added.

Hayate and Ryu sat quietly for another full minute irritated to their core.

"I'm going to kill them." Hayate muttered.

Ryu sighed. "We are off duty…come on, let's get out of here."

As the group passed by the pool, they all wore an exciting look on their faces, as the geometric shaped pool looked inviting. The trees stood mute in the summer air and different kind of flowers in different colors curled around the hotel fences beautifully making the surrounding more welcoming. It was high noon and the heat rained down on them like the breath of hell.

"Man! It's so hot out here…" Tina mentioned while wiping her sweaty forehead.

Lisa chuckled. "It's great, and a dip in the pool would cool us right off."

"There's also an outdoor bar over there." Kokoro pointed and everyone looked in the direction.

"I guess we all know where Brad would be spending his time." Helena gave him a teasing smile, but Brad only raised a brow with a smirk while his eyes trailed down at her body. Helena rolled her eyes annoyingly.

"JET SKI! YEAH!" Jacky suddenly shouted in full excitement once he spotted the Jet Ski rental shop. Everyone was startled and stopped in their tracks looking at him with a frown.

Jann Lee softly growled, "What's the matter with you?"

"Uh, sorry…I just love anything that goes fast."

"I've never tried it, looks fun though." Hitomi stated.

"You should join me, I'll teach you." Jacky winked.

Hitomi couldn't help but smile as she nodded.

They got to the entrance of the hotel and made their way inside to check in. Since Ryu and Hayate were the last one out of the plane, they ended up last in the line. One after one got their room key and took the elevator to their room. Nobody will be sharing room since the hotel had enough rooms for everyone. Finally, Ryu and Hayate's turn.

The lady behind the desk greeted them, "Hello and welcome to the Island of Eternal Summer." She then looked at the computer screen for a second, "and you must be Mr. Hayate and Hayabusa."

The two guys only nodded as the response.

"Mr. Zack had arranged a special room for the two of you to stay in, one moment please." The lady was doing a little paperwork.

They looked at each other with a strange frown wrinkled on their foreheads.

"Special room?" Hayate whispered in confusion to his friend. Ryu shrugged, as he didn't know what that meant either.

Soon, the lady turned her attention back to them. "This is for you," The receptionist then handed them the room key.

"Um, excuse me miss, but what did you mean by special room?" Ryu wondered.

"You are staying at the hotel Master suite. Enjoy your stay." She smiled at the two.

They were pleasantly surprised, "Thank you."

Then the guys proceeded into the elevator looking forward to checking out their fancy room. Hayate was checking himself out, fixing his hair and making funny faces in the mirror inside the elevator. Ryu stared strangely at his friend, slightly shaking his head. They arrived at the top floor and headed to their room. Ryu insert the keycard, then he opened the door, and both excitedly walked inside unsure what to expect.

Once inside, their jaw dropped, and their eyes grew wide. The room was bright with luxury as everything were mostly in white. They got further inside to check on the rest. Their eyes were once again growing wider. They stood quietly in front of the bed and stared at it without blinking, trying to comprehend the sight. The entire huge king-sized bed was fill with red rose petals and a heart shape made with the petals in the middle. Hayate turned his attention to the table behind them while Ryu was still staring at the bed in confusion. On the table, a bottle of champagne was placed in a mini bucket fill with ice. A white card from Zack with their names on grabbed Hayate's attention. He read the card out loud.

~Welcome to the Hotel of Eternal Summer. I hope you will enjoy your stay in the couple suite~

Ryu turned to look at Hayate, "Why…why would he think that we're a couple?"

"I don't know…" Hayate shrugged while flipping the cards back and forth to see if there was more to it, like a punchline to the joke or whatever, but nothing. He then threw the card behind his back and with a wide smile on his face, "Who cares what he thinks, we got the suite!" He ran to open the balcony door and stepped outside where he could see the pool below and the beach, "Look at this view!" He shouted.

Ryu began to unpack while Hayate was mumbling his happy thoughts loudly from the balcony.

"There's a Jacuzzi out here!" He got back inside to check the bathroom. The heart shaped bathtub was filled with rose petals floating above the water, "Nice…" He caught himself smiling at the naughty thought of him and Hitomi flashes through his mind. Hayate couldn't help it, as he had a thing for her.

"Hey Ryu, we should invite the girls up here sometimes."

"Like, who?" Ryu wondered.

"I know who I want to invite, don't know about you. That Lisa chick maybe? you two always seem to get along." Hayate teased.

Ryu immediately shut the idea off. "Hell no, she hates me."

"You don't know that."

"Trust me, I do." Ryu replied.

"It's just an act, deep down she probably likes you. Most girls are like that, if they really don't like you then they wouldn't waste their time at all trying to get your attention, you know what I mean?"

"I don't think I want to take your advice on the ladies, no offence Hayate."

Hayate then knelt on the floor and opened his luggage to find his swimming shorts. Clothes were flying all over the place as Hayate threw them out his luggage, while Ryu nicely folded his and put them in the closet. He then looked at Hayate in annoyance since he hates clutter, "Are you serious Hayate?"

"I can't find my shorts… did I forget to pack it?" Hayate whined.

"Found it!" Hayate held up his black shorts with the Mugen Tenshin insignia printed on both sides of the shorts. But something else suddenly caught his attention. The chattering sounds that seemed to come from the pool area. Hayate rose back to his feet and headed out the balcony to peek. It was Hitomi, Leifang and his sisters Ayane and Kasumi. Ryu placed himself next to Hayate and looked below in curiosity himself.

Hitomi was rocking her pink bikini. "She's so beautiful…" Said Hayate.

"Yeah, she is…" Ryu replied, then he found Hayate glaring strictly at him.

"I hope you were implying to Leifang?" His tone sounded like a warning.

"Of course, who else?" Ryu lied.

"Well, stay away from her. That crazy Jann Lee got his eyes on that one." Hayate went back inside to change into his swimming shorts to get ready to head out in the sun.

Ryu breathed out a sigh of relief that Hayate didn't questioned him any further. He looked below one more time, Kasumi looked up and waved to him. He waved back with a warm smile stretched on his lips.