My brother broke our family, my spirit and now, without knowing it, I was about to break his greatest friendship. (KasumixRyu)

The cherry blossoms were normally very beautiful in the spring, but when their bright pink color was over thrown by the color of blood the spring tranquility was shattered. Kasumi stood gasping for breath at the edge of this hidden battlefield. Shurikens were plastered into the bark of trees and the assassins sent to kill her lay unconscious on the ground. "I need to get out of here..." She thought to herself. Holding onto her bleeding arm, the kunoichi turned her back to the fallen, and dashed out of the cherry blossom forest. It was not long after that she stumbled across a tranquil bridge. On the other side, a village broke the peaceful horizon.

"I didn't know there was a village this far out" She muttered to herself. no one would attack her in plain view like this, so Kasumi realized that she was safe for a little while.

The village was peaceful yet bustling at the same time. The smell of iron rose from the blacksmith and contestedd with the smell from th vending stands that lined the dirt streets. Doors to shops were left open to welcome all who came to browse their wares. Kasumi did her best to keep her wounded arm out of sight as she walked down the streets. One shop in particular had a strange array of old looking house trinkets and even a few katanas hanging on the wall. "An Antique shop?" She couldn't help but walk in and look inside. Everything from old books to ancient vases were there. It was almost entertaining to look aat every single item and wonder what the story was behind it.

"Need help finding anything?" A voice said. Kasumi turned around to see the shop owner looking at her.

"Ah..N-no I was just looking around a bit..."She muttered feeling a bit embarassed. She looked at the man standing before her. He had long amber colored haird tied back into a ponytail, and his forest green eyes were stern, yet gentle.

"Excuse me...Aren't you...Ryu Hayabusa?" She asked suddenly remembering his face and name.

"Yes. And your Kasumi correct?"

"Y-yes."

"Well let me know if you-"

He suddenly stopped when he realized that her arm was bleeding.

"Your hurt "

"Oh...It's uh-"

He gently took her wrist and started pulling her to the back room.

"Come with me."

Kasumi was surprised. Despite his somewhat demanding tone of voice, she knew she wasn't under any threat.

"Wait here." He instructed. She sat down on a stone bench. She inspected the open wound on her arm. Now that she had time to look at it, she realized how bad the cut had actually been. When Ryu came back into the room, he was carrying a first aid kit .

"Give me your arm."

Kasumi was somewhat afraid to say : "It's okay I can do it myself." So she just followed his request. Even though he was gentle, the burning pain cause by the cleaning solution was enough to make her flinch.

"Sorry."

"It's okay..."

She was surprised at how delicate he was when actually wrapping gauze around her arm. It was a mostly quick and painless procedure.

"Your welcome to rest here for awhile" He said as he got up. He went back out to the front. Probably to help a customer. Kasumi let herself relax for awhile. She knew she was safe as long as she was here. She did feel a little awkward with Ryu however. Probably because they only knew each other through Hayate. Who of course was out to kill her. Once Night came, Ryu once again entered the back room.

"Kasumi, do you have a place to rest tonight?" He asked.

" I wasn't actually planning on staying here. I came across the village by chance. You see I-"

Ryu held a hand up to silence her.

"You were attacked. I know. Your welcome to stay at my home tonight. If anyone comes and looks for you I'll turn them away."

"Why would you do that for me?" She asked.

"I don't think it's fair for everyone to gang up on you like that. Especially your siblings."

He said siblings...he must know about Ayane.

"I don't want to give you an trouble..." She muttered.

"It's okay. Your a friend."

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Wow. I throught of this while actually playing online with Hayabusa and Kasumi as my team XD

I hope you guys enjoy reading my fanfictions as much as I like writing them. Hoipefully this will be as good as a romance as some of my guilty gear ones are. The rivalry the love that my tear to friends apart!dramatic sparkle face The intense feelings that will overflow will bind these people into a wonderfully dreadful tale of passion!!

Doa Cast:...sweat drops...She does not own any of us we belong to tecmo and team ninja..just so you all know...