Jason's Gallery - Ayane x Eliot: Jungle Romance

 

Ayane, the cynical yet vulnerable ninja master of the Hajinmon sect of the Mugen Tenshin, and Eliot, the young commoner with the iron fists. Despite their different upbringings (and differences in personalities), they have found each other, as Ayane, for the first time in her life, found a sense of normality despite being a ninja who follows the shinobi code.

Deep in the jungle, away from all civilization, after all the fun and mischief they had, Ayane, the kunoichi of the Hajinmon sect of the Mugen Tenshin clan, and Eliot, apprentice of Gen-Fu in the art of Xing Yi Quan, began to show their true feelings towards one another.

Eliot: "Ayane? Not that if it's any of my business, but how is everything with your clan?"

Ayane: "Well, just the same old stuff. Still burdened with the shinobi code, and all that, especially regarding my half-sister, Kasumi. But, my feelings towards her were different this time around, compared to what I have been through."

Eliot: "How exactly?"

Ayane: "For so long, I resented my sister, how she was pampered as the princess of the Mugen Tenshin, while I was being referred to as "The Cursed Child", all because of being the daughter of that monster, Raidou, who nearly killed Master Hayate, our brother. When she left the village and broke the shinobi code, my instinct as a ninja tells me to kill her. But Ayame, our mother, convinced me that family is much stronger than any shinobi code, and she couldn't be more right. All my mother ever wanted was for me to be happy, and to have the type of relationship I have with Kasumi since we were children. I may be a ninja, but I am not a cold-hearted person. I don't want to rob my sister of the life she wanted more than anything."

Eliot: "I'm sorry."

Ayane: "Don't be. I won't let the shinobi code control my life forever. Despite my differences with her, my sister means the world to me, and I intend to keep it that way, for my mother's sake. 

(Ayane blushes)

Ayane (cont.): "You know, I thought I never say this to you, but...although I respect you as a fighter, and I don't show off my feelings as ninja, especially with Master Hayate around, for the longest time, I always have a crush on you."

Eliot: "You do?"

Ayane (nods): "Ever since I met you, you were this whiny, inexperienced little brat. But now, since you've matured a bit and gotten better in your fighting style, I have grown much respect towards you. But, overtime, that respect has grown into something more. My mother isn't the only person who made me normal."

(Ayane kisses Eliot on the cheek; Eliot blushes)

Ayane (cont.): "You've made me feel like a normal teenage girl with feelings," she said softly, her gaze never leaving his. "Thank you."

(Eliot smiles)

(Ayane and Eliot passionately kiss)

As she makes love to Eliot, Ayane doesn't see herself as a no-nonsense, cynical, well-disciplined ninja, she sees herself as an ordinary girl, not confined by the very shinobi code she follows. Her mother, Ayame, would be proud.