AU story here, so there will be no samurai, or peasants, or any such things as that. Though I will have all of the characters in, though not a hundred percent sure where most of them will go………………. But the characters that will be in this and the next couple of chapters, here are the ages for them:

Kirira – 19

Heihachi – 25

Shichiroji – 31-ish

Kyuzo – 25

Katsushiro – 21

Gorobei – 40-ish

It's a romance and there is no yaoi here, so some may breathe a sigh of relief. LOL!

Chapter 1

Job Search

The ginger haired man wearing dark brown combats and a leather jacket smiled as he and his blonde haired companion walked towards a bar for a job interview. As usual his friend was silent, saying nothing other than the occasion word or two when it was needed in the conversation.

Though it was after the interview that the red eyed man spoke, and Heihachi knew that his friend was not one to be nervous, so he gathered it was due to his annoyance over the bar's owner.

"Why did we even go?" The man wore a dark red leather coat, as they walked towards a cheap café to have lunch.

"Because we have to pay the bills?" Heihachi told him; "Relax, something will come our way; obviously it wasn't meant to be,"

"I don't see why you are trying to be a barman, with you're……." Kyuzo began an age old argument.

"It's just for the rent, once we have jobs, I'll look for something more of my profession. Right now though it's not easy to find anyone who wants to hire me," Heihachi told him, after they put an order in.

"Huh," Kyuzo said, which wasn't much, but Heihachi understood him better than most.

The two weren't childhood friends, far from it. They met in college at the library of all places, Heihachi spotted Kyuzo reading a book that he needed, and it was the last one. Of course, the blonde wasn't reading it for fun either, so in the end they compromised, they shared the book while they studied. That was the beginning of their unusual friendship.

Heihachi smiled over his rice, Kyuzo wasn't exactly a usual guy, he was quiet and a lot of the time people forgot he was there, but considering he does stand out a fair bit was an achievement. Not that his quietness meant that he was timid or anything of that sort; in fact the ginger haired man had seen his friend fight people who he really shouldn't have been able to defeat.

"Here," Kyuzo interrupted Heihachi's train of though to give him a newspaper clipping.

Bartender Wanted

Must be friendly with a good disposition

Must also be over 21

"This looks good…….. We could……." Heihachi trailed off, seeing how Kyuzo looked at him; "What?"

"Friendly? Good disposition?" Kyuzo said those words quietly, and Heihachi looked sheepish.

"Good point, but what…….."

"You have an interview at 3 today for them," Kyuzo stated; "You're to see a Mr Gorobei,"

"Kyuzo," Heihachi was touched; "Have you………."

"I have a test to take," The blonde saw his friends confusion; "I'll be working at the door,"

"You'll be a bouncer," Heihachi laughed, Kyuzo was exactly what you'd expect a bouncer to look like. The red eyed man was slight, and some may even have the gall to call him girly, though those who do usually end up in hospital, so he was hardly your stereotypical bouncer.

"Hurry up, you need to get ready," Kyuzo told his friend, who practically inhaled his rice and they left the café to return to there flat, and get ready for the afternoon.

XOX

Heihachi walked towards the bar, and saw a blonde haired man sweeping. However, unlike his friend Kyuzo, this man had a friendly aura about him, albeit he was much older than he and his friend.

"Hey, you're here about the bartender job, right?" The man asked him, with a smile on his face.

It was a nice change to see someone enjoying their work; "That's right,"

The ginger haired man saw the blonde looking at him, and then laughed; "Your much friendlier in person that on the phone,"

Heihachi's heart stopped; Kyuzo did this? He phoned up, as me?

"Come on, I'll let the boss know you're here," The man walked across the floor, pushing in a few chairs as they passed; "I'm Shichiroji, but everyone has this habit of calling me Momotaro," The blonde shrugged.

Heihachi laughed, he knew the fairy tale well.

"All right," Momotaro stood in front of an office door and knocked.

"Come in," A male voice said, it sounded friendly to Heihachi, so he didn't feel too worried.

Momotaro opened the door, and Heihachi walked in, the blonde man closed the door, leaving the ginger haired man alone.

The room was brightly coloured, not exactly a typical office, honey yellow coloured the walls, and the carpet was a navy blue tone. The man was dark skinned, with a scar on his left cheek, though his eyes showed humour.

"So you're Heihachi?"

"Yes sir," The ginger haired man replied, though he felt the 'sir' part wasn't exactly necessary.

"Heh, you seem more……… Happy in person," The man smiled; "But I suppose it was Kyuzo who phoned on you behalf,"

"Yes sir, he knew I was after a job, and we were both job searching………" Heihachi was worried, could Kyuzo's helpfulness blow his chances at this job?

"Relax, he's loyal," The dark skinned man said with a slight nod; "That's what I like, and please, don't call me sir, I'm Gorobei,"

"Kyuzo is loyal to anyone he feels deserves it," Heihachi told him.

"I like you, you put people at ease without any difficulty on anyone's behalf," Gorobei brought out a form; "If you fill this in, I'll show you around. I see you've already met Momotaro,"

"Yea, how did he get that nickname?" The ginger haired man inquired.

Gorobei laughed; "I've no idea, the name just stuck,"

And so Heihachi continued to talk away to his new boss, while filling out his form.