>"So we don't have to go to war, then?" said Hanzo Ibuki from the open
>side window.
>
>"No, Hanzo," said Shiranui a touch indulgently. "We do not."
>
>"Good." He tugged down his mask and gave me a smile. "On behalf of
>my two-year-old daughter, thanks for keeping her from becoming an
>orphan tonight."
>
>"Er... you're welcome," I said. He tossed me a jaunty salute and then
>disappeared from the window.

For some reason, that remark makes me wonder if his daughter's name is Maya - which probably means I've been thinking about Evangelion to much. Of course, Maya as an undercover kunoichi fits quite well, given that she's very much the sort of person you wouldn't think would be a ninja.

�They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.�
-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington