A/N: I do not own Dead or alive, it's the copy write property of Techmo and their Team Ninja division. I do own all my OCs.

Chapter 1

"Yes mom. My grades are high, not straight A, but they're high none the less." The boy answered in his cell phone in his family home in Japan.

"Honey, are the kids still giving you trouble with your mixed heritage?" His mother asked.

"Hai, they always do. It's the same as back state side. Discrimination knows no borders mother."

"Unfortunately that's the truth. What about clubs? With your training, you should be the top in either any martial arts or kendo clubs."

"Nah, I felt it best not to get mixed up in those. It could cause more problems than I already have. I joined the art club though."

"That's good. You keeping up with your martial training as well?"There was a slight chuckle from the boy. "Of course I am. I want to be the best I can. Maybe enter some tournaments, get myself ready for after school to try my hand in the MMA."

"That's a lofty goal, but I'm glad to hear you're aiming high and set yourself with a goal. Your father would've been proud of you."

Hearing that, the boy looked over at a wall with a picture of his father that had a black memorial ribbon around it. "Yeah, Dad would've been very proud. He always said I was a natural and learned both of the families fighting styles and special abilities very quickly. I think he called me a savant once…" The boy chuckled.

His mother laughed. "True, I don't even think your grandfather has seen anyone pick up our families secrets quite the way you did. I got to ask, as you know your father would've… Any special girl?" There was a slight laugh from his mother.

"MOTHER!" He burst out barely containing his laughter not expecting that from his mother.

"Seriously Mason… Is there any special girl?" The boy gripped the bridge of his nose with his index finger and thumb and shook his head. "No mother… I have a few friends that are girls, but they're just friends. And as you know, I consider Kasumi-chan a sister."

"Don't let her escape." A ninja clad in black, purple and grey called out to the remaining five ninja and kunoichi pursuing a solo kunoichi clad in black and purple with short purple hair.

The leader of the followers pointed to the right. "You two try and flank her from the right." He than pointed to the left. "And you two flank her from the left." He ordered softly enough so that their target couldn't hear him, but loud enough that his followers could.

At that, the pursuing team broke off and tried to flank the young woman. By now they had entered into the city and were leaping from rooftop to rooftop.

One of the pursuers on the left caught up to the quick and agile kunoichi. "You won't get away from us Ayane. You may have taken care of the other four, but they were inexperienced… You won't find us that easy. There's six of us against you, and you're already wounded." The pursuing kunoichi tried to reason with the Mugen's Female Tengu.

Ayane, the leader of the Hajin Mon sect of the Mugen Tenshin Ninja clan just laughed. "Don't underestimate me because of my youth."

The pursuing kunoichi just sighed and made a series of hand signs. Than a burst of six inch needles went flying through the air at a heightened speed. Ayane pushed off and spun trying to avoid them. She avoided most, and in fact they impaled one of the pursuers trying to blindside her. One of the needles pierced his throat, and another ripped through his chest piercing his heart.

"ARRRGGGHHH!" Ayane screamed out as one went clear through her side causing her to crash to the roof below and through a skylight.

"I gotta let you go mom, gotta clean up from dinner and get ready for bed." The boy told his mother over the phone.

"Alright sweetie. We'll talk again soon." His mother replied.

The boy, Mason Storm. Half American and Half Japanese of sorts. His father's side of the family originated in Japan from a minor Ninja Clan, but moved to America about sixty years ago or so. They have since inter-married with non Japanese, but they kept the clan's skills in family. His mother's side is Japanese and from a moderate Ninja Clan. He was just under seventeen. A bit tall for his age just under six feet.

Mason tossed his phone on the couch and walked towards the television. As he got beneath the skylight…

CRASH

Not even having much time to look up, he was on his back with a woman on top of him. Their heads knocked together and their lips locked. He tried to move her but his hand slipped. As he looked at his hand from the corner of his eye, he saw that it was covered in blood.

than rolled her on her back, but before he could get a closer look at her. There was a very soft thud, coupled by the sound of broken glass shards being crushed under foot.

Mason spun around and got into a defensive stance. Standing there before him was a ninja garbed in black, violet, and grey. He had steely grey eyes that were focused intently on Mason. Mason could see the shadows of several other people at the rim of the shattered skylight.

"Look Gaijin…" The ban began in a course voice spoken in English."I'm only half, and speak Japanese fluently, thank you…" Mason retorted keeping himself in a defensive stance in between him and the woman that crashed through his skylight.

"Fair enough. Just hand her over and we'll be out of your hair. There's no reason to involve yourself in affairs that don't concern yourself."

Mason just smirked. "I don't think so. I won't hand an injured woman over to the likes of you…

"The man just sighed. "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way…" He began.

Ayane held her side with pressure to try and stop the bleeding but blinked in disbelief that this perfect stranger was risking himself on her account.

"I'm no fool. You can't do anything." Mason retorted.

"You baka… (idiot) There's one of you, and five of us and she's badly wounded… What do you think your …"

"My odds? High, that you will vacate immediately."

The ninja blinked in disbelief. "What makes you say that boy…."

"Simple. The Ninja code explicitly forbids involving outsiders. I've done my research on such things." Mason was bluffing about that as he comes from two different clans, but they don't need to know that.

"The man chuckled smugly. "True, but if there's no witnesses…"

Mason just sighed. "Just get out of here before I have to hurt you."

"What are you saying? They could kill you. They're hunter nin… Elite Hunter nin from the Kuroi Yama Clan." (black mountain) Ayane tried to reason.

Mason shrugged, still not looking back to realize who he was protecting. "There's only five of them. I can hold them off, even kill them if I wished."

This caused the lead ninja to laugh. "Get this… This guy thinks he can hold us off, or kill all of us even…" He laughed to his comrades whom laughed as well. "Bold words boy…" The ninja leader laughed amusedly. "What makes you think a kid like you can do anything to us five?" He laughed again.

Mason never showed any sign of fear, just confidence. "For starters, I lied about researching about ninja clans. You see, I'm a descendant of the Tengoku no mon (Heaven's gate) as well as from the Howaitorotasu (white lotus)." Mason responded with a smug grin.

Hearing that, All laughter ceased. "That may be so, but you're just a kid… You couldn't possibly defeat us. Tengoku no mon has been destroyed for a long time, there arts lost with time." The ninja said slowly walking towards Mason, but stopped when he saw the crackle of electricity in his eyes.

"Really? How would you like to taste my ultimate technique of Raijin no Ikari?" (Wrath of the Thunder God)

"Impossible… You're just a kid… what sixteen, maybe seventeen at most? There's no way you could know the fabled ultimate technique of the Raijin no Ikari. And even if you did know it, there's no way you could've mastered one of the most devastating techniques of all ninpo…

"At that, Mason quickly made several complex hand signs. The night sky darkened as clouds began rolling in and thunder could be heard. "I'm holding off the last sign. Do you really want to test to see if I do in fact know how to use and control Raijin no Ikari?"

The man just snarled and leapt back up through the ceiling. He looked down at the two teens. "You haven't heard the last of this. Let's see how you fare when we come back in a full assault force."

At that, Mason leapt up completing the last hand sign of the Raijin no Ikari. Mason sprung off the lip of the skylight and flipped high in the air. He raised his arms and threw them down. A loud thunderous roar boomed from the clouds followed by several streaks of lightning. When the dust settled, all that was left of the Kuroi Yama was ash that floated off in the wind. Mason than jumped back down.

Mason walked over to Ayane. Mason took a sniff and his face contorted. "What's that smell?"

Ayane lowered her head and her cheeks turned pink. "I'm afraid it's me. I've been on the run for a few weeks. Those Kuroi Yama goons were scoping out my apartment and my safe houses here in the city."

Mason nodded. "Well, after I patch you up, you're going to take a long hot bath, and eat a good meal."

"Why?" Ayane asked softly in an almost inaudible whisper.

"Why what?" Mason asked confused.

"Why are you helping me? You shouldn't have gotten involved."

Mason knelt down in front of her and smiled warmly. "What kind of guy would I have been if I handed such a beautiful girl over to those brutes?"

Ayane blinked. "…You think I'm... I'm beautiful?" She asked in shock and surprise.

Mason just smiled and nodded. "Now, roll up your top some, so I can take a look at your injuries.

"Ayane rolled her top up some and showed the gash and the hole where the needle storm ninpo tore through her.

Mason frowned and rushed to the bathroom to get his medical kit. When he returned. He knelt down beside her. "I won't lie. This will hurt. But I need to disinfect the wounds with alcohol. I will also have to stitch you up, but don't have any anesthesia, so it'll probably hurt like a bitch…" He chuckled. Ayane just nodded.

Mason opened up the bottle of alcohol, and moistened some gauze with it. He gently wiped her wounds. Ayane for her part clenched her teeth tightly. Mason than opened a sterile package with a needle and threaded it with stitching. "Alright, lie down on your back so I can sew you up."

Ayane eased herself onto her back as instructed and took a deep breath. Mason began to sew the gash and the hole up. Ayane kept her teeth clenched but tears rolled down her cheeks from the pain. "Alright, carefully roll onto your stomach so I can get the other hole. Ayane slowly rolled as instructed.

Once he finished, he put the stitching back in to the medical kit and pulled out a small glass canister. "I need you to roll up your shirt a little more so I can put this ointment on, and cover up with some padding and waterproofed tape.

"You trying to get a look at what I'm wearing underneath my top?" Ayane said teasingly.

Mason just laughed. "Fine, don't let me tape you up, and let's see how fast those stitches come undone in the bath…" Mason teased back.

Ayane chuckled as she rolled her top up a little more."You know… You have a very pretty smile. It's a shame you don't smile more often Ayane." Mason commented as he opened the bottle and both teens nearly gagged from the smell that came from the foul smelling ointment.

"Uggghhh…. What is that stuff?" Ayane gagged.

"Yeah, I know it smells bad, but it's an old Howaitorotasu remedy. It helps in speeding up healing time, and prevents scarring." Mason explained as he rubbed in the ointment that made Ayane squirm and sent shivers down her spine.

"Wow, that stuff is like ice…"

"Hehe, I know. I've had it used on me a few times myself." Mason than placed special gauze on her gash. "Now hold this in place while I wrap the tape around you."

Ayane held the gauze as instructed. Mason put a couple vertical strips on the sides, than wrapped the tape around her first from the top of the gauze, than from the bottom. He than handed her a smaller one. "Hold that on the puncture, while I affix this one to the exit wound."

Once again, Ayane did as instructed. Mason put two vertical strips of tape on the gauze on her back, than on her front. He than like the gash, wrapped the tape around her.

"There… You will be safe to take a bath without those falling off."

"Arigatou."

"No, it should be me that's saying Arigatou Ayane-chan.

"Ayane raised a brow. "Why should you be thanking me?" Ayane asked confused. "After all it was you that saved my life, not the other way around."

Mason packed up the medical kit and laughed. "It's not every day that I have a beautiful girl plummet on top of me, and give me my first kiss… Not counting family of course." He laughed as he left the room.

Mason came back with a purple and pink silken robe.

"Wait… we.. When…" Ayane stammered.

"When you crashed through my skylight, we slammed heads and when I opened my eyes, our lips were pressed together…" Mason laughed with his cheeks turning a little pink.

Ayane's cheeks turned deep red. "Oh… Gomen-nasai."

"Don't be ridiculous, I don't mind being kissed by a Tenshi (angel)like you, just prefer not to be almost knocked out by our heads colliding like that…" Mason laughed.

Ayane blinked at his statement, as she knew she was pretty, but everyone was always crazy about her half-sister Kasumi. Which is just another reason she hated her sister so much.

"Here, this was my mothers. Mason said lying, as it was actually one of Kasumi's who was living with him.

She's a little taller than you, but you both have a very similar build. Strip and put that on while I'm running the bath. You can leave your clothes there and I'll throw them in the washer shortly." He than quickly turned and headed for the bathroom.

"What, you don't want to watch?" Ayane said teasingly.

Mason stopped dead in his tracks. He turned to look at Ayane and his male adolescent mind and hormones automatically took control as he envisioned what Ayane looked like standing there completely naked. His cheeks burned red and spun around. He put his hand to his face. "Damn, a nose-bleed… figures…" Mason sighed.

"Gomen-nasai, I was just teasing you."

"I… I know. No matter how disciplined I am, I'm still a teenaged boy with hormones, and they took over for a minute there… It should be me that's apologizing." He than disappeared into the bathroom.

Mason opened up the cabinet and looked around. "Ayane-chan… Do you want it a bubble bath or normal bath?" He called out. "And don't be shy about it. I don't use the stuff, it's my mothers when she comes back here from the States."

Ayane pulled her top off carefully and looked down at herself. Her small pert B cupped breasts as she looked over her injuries and the bruises on her body and sighed. "If don't mind me asking. Is it scented and have a skin softener?"

Mason pulled out the bottle and looked at it. "Lilac scented and yes it has skin softener and conditioning in it." Mason called back out.

Ayane's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. "Yes please."

Ayane had finished undressing and put on the robe. She frowned when she smelled the faint remnants of strawberry. She than slowly walked into the bathroom.

"Ayane-chan. I have a limited selection of shampoos and soap. For shampoo, I have mine which I'm almost out of, than I have either an unscented shampoo, or a strawberry-scented shampoo and conditioner mix."

Ayane's eyes narrowed at him. "Why do you have strawberry scented shampoo, and a girl's robe?" Ayane questioned skeptically.

"Shit…" Mason thought to himself. "I don't want to tell her that Kasumi lives here just yet, until I can determine her true feelings towards her." He turned around with a smile and a chuckle. "They're my mothers…" He laughed.

Ayane felt her cheeks blush slightly. "Oh. Where is she?"

"She lives in the states, but she leaves stuff here so that when she comes, she doesn't have to pack a lot of things."

Ayane nodded in understanding. "Makes sense."

"You're what almost seventeen, why are you here by yourself?"

"What's with the twenty questions?" Mason laughed.

Ayane frowned and looked down. "Gomen-nasai. I was just curious."

"Don't sweat it utsukushi (beautiful). If you really want to know. I moved out here about two years ago to study here in Japan. Even though I have family of sorts… Well, you know Clan… down in Naze. I love Kyoto." Mason explained.

"I see."

"Well, anyways, here's your pick of shampoos and soaps. Sorry, I only have unscented bar, or coconut body wash and an exfoliating scrub." Mason said as he went back to the tub and stopped the water.

Mason than turned to the window and placed his hands on the sill and looked out. "Unfortunately, I need to stay here while you wash. Just in case you accidentally reopen one of your wounds so I can address it quickly." Mason said this time his voice pronouncedly showed his nervousness about being in the bathroom with Ayane taking a bath.

Ayane blushed slightly and nodded as she saw the wisdom behind his words. She smiled slightly seeing how he was nervous. "Have you not seen a girl naked before? You seem extremely nervous." Ayane chuckled.

"Well, in movies and magazines… Not in person." Mason replied.

Ayane nodded and let the robe fall around her ankles. She than eased herself into the steaming tub. "Alright, I'm in. You can turn around now…" Ayane jested.

Mason turned and put the toilet cover down and sat down. He reached down beside him to the small magazine rack and pulled out the DoA Tournament magazine from the last fight, and began reading it.

"So, what's up with you and your sister any ways? Why do you want to kill her so badly?"

Ayane frowned. "It's not that I want to… It's clan orders."

"So why do you despise her?"

"… Because she's the perfect little princess… Or, she used to be. While I'm… The scum of the Earth… If you asked anyone back home." Ayane said bitterly.

"What? How?"

Ayane sighed and turned to look at him and noticed the magazine. "Doesn't it say in there?"

Mason shook his head. "Only gives basic bios really. A few interviews, but of all the DoA magazines. You're one of the few that refused to do an interview… Come to think of it, only You, Hayate, Ryu, and Kasumi refused to do interviews…." He let his thoughts wander. "Oh, it's a ninja thing…"

Ayane nodded.

"But, Only because you saved my life will I tell you the story. Could you come around this way, so I don't kink my neck?"

Mason nodded. Let me do something first. Just relax and wash, and try not to reopen those wounds…" He chuckled.

Mason left the room and went back to the living room. He scooped up Ayane's clothes and threw them into the wash adding some additional soap and fabric softener. He frowned looking at the blood stains and the broken skylight.

Mason grabbed a folding chair and brought it to the bathroom and sat down.

Ayane stared into his Cerulean blue eyes. "You have really beautiful eyes."

Mason flushed "Arigatou. So do you Ayane-chan."

Ayane frowned. "Umm… Are you never going to tell me your name, or is it some big secret?"

Mason chuckled. "Gomen. It's Mason… Mason Storm." He introduced himself.

Ayane smiled. "I like your name… Very gaijin, but I like it non the less." Ayane said smiling.

"Now than… Let's see. I grew up an outcast of my village. Always being treated like shit, being called a curse and a blight. The other children of the village would throw rocks at me. Until one girl stepped up and stopped them. They all were fearful. I didn't understand why at the time. But that one girl quickly became my only friend much to the dismay of her own family. I later found out that she was the daughter of the Village Lord…." Ayane started telling the story and wrapped her arms around herself staring down into the water.

"It wasn't until years later that It was revealed that I was in fact the product of rape. Shiden, the Village Lord had an ambitious brother named Raidou. Raidou raped his wife Ayame. And I was born. Out of shame, Ayame gave me up and was given to Genra the head of the Hajin Mon to raise."

Ayane took a deep breath. "When Ayame admitted that she was indeed my mother. My anger consumed me. As did my jealousy of Kasumi who was treated like a princess, while I was still treated as dirt and scum." Ayane looked up to Mason who was listening intently. "Than when our brother Hayate was injured badly by Raidou. Kasumi ran off to seek revenge. The council had deemed her a traitor as she was supposed to be the new leader. As being named a traitor, a death mark was put upon her head. It's the duty of the Hajin Mon to carry out such assignments, which also include other ghost assignments." Ayane explained.

"Because of my anger and jealousy, I gladly volunteered to do the mission. Even though I knew from experience that Kasumi's fighting style was better than me, and I never could defeat her… The one thing I had going for me is that she's soft-hearted and won't kill. My mission was to kill her." She explained.

"Ayane-chan… Could you really go through with it? She is your sister… Half or not, you both share the same mother, have the same blood, and from what you said was the only person that treated you kindly." Mason asked.

Ayane remained quiet for a long moment. "At first… Yeah, I think I could've or would try my hardest. When I learned that she entered the first DoA Tournament, I entered myself to face her and kill her. When it was revealed that Raidou was in the tournament she fought like she had purpose and determined to not let anyone get in her way. I too wanted to kill Raidou, but I met Kasumi in the finals, and she fought like a woman possessed… She beat me pretty bad, I could barely get a hit in, and was on the defensive the entire match. In the end she faced her uncle, my biological father and killed him. I was in no condition to try to complete my mission. So I had to wait until next time." Ayane explained.

"We were able to track her a few times from there until the second tournament, but couldn't complete the mission. She did get stronger and developed a pretty impressive ki-blast that critically injured some of my best hunters. Yet, she didn't kill them. Than comes the second tournament… To find that my adoptive father Genra was turned into a monster by DoATech… I felt it my duty and responsibility to take him down. Once again I faced Kasumi in the finals before advancing to face Genra. I told her, she won't do it again this time… that I needed to do this. I think she completely understood. I did beat her. To others, they thought I simply beat her. I knew differently. I know how she fights. She made it look good, but she was letting me win. My emotions took control during the fight and I crippled her. I could've easily killed her when it was over and done with, but… Kasumi even went to her knees and lowered her head awaiting for the killing blow… I don't know why, but I didn't do it." Ayane said softly.

"I went on to face Genra and killed him. It wasn't until much later that we discovered that DoATech captured Kasumi in her weakened state and began cloning her. The thing about her clone… Alpha-152 as she's known, unlike Kasumi… Alpha is rather psychotic and wants to destroy the world."

"Than there was the vacations on Zack's Island, I could've killed Kasumi then, but I wanted the vacation, the rest and relaxation… Just leave the stress of the Ninja world behind and let myself be a teenaged girl for once. Hell, I even became Kasumi's volleyball partner…" Ayane chuckled.

"Which brings us the last tournament. We destroyed the Tri-Towers, Kasumi helped considerably, she even helped keep DoATech's mercenaries off me while I prepared my Ninpo Hajin Shinzan. (art of the raging mountain god) After I released my technique, we saw Helena running inside. Kasumi tried to run in to stop her, but I actually stopped her, which probably saved her life." Ayane explained. She than lifted a leg to wash it which made Mason turn red. He got up and put the chair away. He came back and sat back down to read his magazine.

"So, what would you do if you came face to face with her again?"

Ayane shrugged. "I don't know. She protected me, so I doubt I'd do anything."

"Even though you returned the favor by stopping her from running into the building?"

"My brother cares for her, as much as he keeps it hidden, he doesn't know I know. He wants the death mark repealed. He has his best friend Ryu watching over her to make sure she stays safe… He doesn't know that I know… Speaking of which." She turns to look at Mason. "When will you come clean, and tell me the truth about the robe and shampoo?"

Before Mason could respond, the front door unlocked. "I'm home, sorry I came back…." A familiar feminine voice called out but stopped. "Wh.. What Happened… MASON-kun, You here? You Alright."

Ayane smirked… "The truth…"

Mason hung his head. "I'll be back before she freaks out even more.

Mason walked out of the bathroom to a startled Kasumi. "Konbanwa. You're back early." Mason began nervously.

"Don't give me that… the skylight's busted and blood is all over the place… Are you hurt, is everything alright?" Kasumi asked in concern.

"Hai, I'm unharmed."

"What happened? And who's blood is that?"

But before Mason could respond. Ayane had gotten out of the tub and slipped back into Kasumi's robe. "It's mine Onee-chan." Ayane said softly walking out of the bathroom slowly.

Kasumi blinked in disbelief. "A.. Ayane!?" Kasumi shifted into a slightly defensive position by instinct. "What are you doing here?"

Ayane grinned mischievously. "Do, I need a reason to see my boyfriend?"

Mason turned to look at Ayane the look of bewilderment on his face.

"Bullshit! We go to the same school. I've known him since he transferred into our school from America, and have been living with him for the last six months… I think I would know if Mason-kun had a girlfriend." Kasumi said with a surprising snarl.

"Is that a hint of jealousy I sense in you Onee-chan?" Ayane grinned.

"If you're a couple… Prove it." Kasumi said sternly crossing her arms across her chest.

"Wha.. Wait…" Mason stammered.

"And how would you want us to prove it?" Ayane asked.

Kasumi smirked. "Kiss like a loving couple."

Ayane looked deep into Mason's pools of cerulean and crept up to him. She slowly ran a hand up his strong chest. The look in her eyes was of approving. Knowing her condition, Mason lowered himself slightly and embraced Ayane in his arms. He's dreamed of this for so long and never thought this day would ever come. They kissed each other deeply. Their tongues entwined. The two teens kissed passionately for what seemed like an eternity as time all around them came to a seeming halt. All there was in this moment was the two of them in a loving embrace kissing passionately as if they were the only beings in the world. Finally breaking the kiss to get their breaths.

Ayane gently placed a hand upon Mason's cheek. "Careful, you keep kissing me like that, and you'll never get rid of me…"

"Than, I guess I need to kiss you like that on a regular basis."

Ayane blinked in disbelief. She tugged him down to whisper in his ear. "Thank you for playing along." Ayane whispered.

"Ayane-chan… I've dreamt of that moment for a long time. I would do anything to make your little rouse to Kasumi a reality…" He whispered back.

Ayane blinked. "Maybe, we'll see." She whispered back with a wink.

The two turned back to Kasumi who was floored in disbelief. Kasumi's ever alert eyes noticed her robe starting to get a growing red spot at Ayane's side. "AYANE!" Kasumi yelled rushing over to her side and opened the robe not thinking. As it completely exposed Ayane to Mason who just couldn't stop staring at Ayane's heavenly body.

Ayane noticed the look in his eyes and smiled, than yelled at her sister. "NEE-SAN! What do you think your doing stripping me in front of Mason!"

"You're bleeding…"

Ayane frowned as she looked down.

"Shit… I'll go get the med…" Mason began before Kasumi waved him off.

"Don't bother. I can handle this with my medical ninpo." Kasumi made a few hand signs and her hands began glowing with a bluish-white glow. She than put her hands to both stitched areas and Ayane's wounds closed up letting the stitching come undone and attached to the gauze. Kasumi unwrapped Ayane's tape which caused a slight grimace from the pain of the tape being ripped from her body.

"There…" Kasumi than took the robe off of Ayane and rushed it to the sink to soak it before the blood started to take hold. Ayane was left there stark naked and had no choice. She ran up to Mason and embraced him just to hide her body. "Umm.. Kasumi-chan…" Mason said awkwardly.

Kasumi turned and flushed… "Oh, I'm such a baka…" She chuckled and ran to her room. Kasumi came back with an oversized shirt. One of the ones she uses as a night shirt. This one was pink, black, and purple. She handed it to Ayane who slipped it on.

"Arigatou Onee-chan."

"Now will someone please tell me what happened here?" Kasumi asked.

After the long explanation of the events leading to Ayane being in the Storm household. Kasumi nodded in understanding. "Well, since there's really only two bedrooms, I guess you're sleeping with me Imoutou." Kasumi said.

"Don't be such a baka… I'm Mason's girlfriend… I'll sleep with him…" Ayane turned to look at Mason. "That is if he doesn't want me too…"

Kasumi threw up her hands. "Whatever… I'm not your moth… mother. Do whatever you want. I just hope you don't try to kill me in the middle of the night."

Hearing the word mother, Mason slapped his forehead. "Shit, gotta call my mother to tell her about this…." He grabbed the phone from the couch. "I'll start cleaning up. Go with him Ayane, I know she's going to want to talk to you. She did when Mason agreed to let me stay here."

Ayane nodded and followed Mason to his bedroom. Kasumi watched and a warm smile came across her face. "Good for you Imoutou… He's a good guy and a friend. I don't want to ruin our friendship by taking it further… You deserve someone like him. You've been alone for so long, and he will remain loyal… That is if you two are truly dating which I have my reservations about…" Kasumi thought to herself.