New Student

Disclaimer: I do not own Tekken or any of its characters for they are the property of Namco Bandai. I do own Jae-Hong and he is the property of me and may not be used without my permission.

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It was the first day of school at Tekken University. Everyone was out in the courtyard getting together with old friends, or confronting old enemies. Jin Kazama was getting challenges from Hwoarang, Christie was talking to Eddy, Ling was chatting with Miharu, and Yoshimitsu was giving Bryan the death glare. Everyone was busy with their friends...

Everyone except the new kid...

This new kid was known as Kim Jae-Hong. Kim had just moved here from Seoul, South Korea. Kim was wearing a blue jacket, a white undershirt, and some baggy blue jeans, the plain stuff. Needless to say, Kim was nervous standing before the crowd of strangers. Jae-Hong looked and saw the diversity between them all. He noticed the red headed Korean, his first thought was that they would get along, but when he saw how he was acting towards the other guy he kinda doubted that.

Letting out a huge sigh, Jae-Hong made his way towards the crowd. What would they think about him? That was the question on his mind. What was worse is that he was still learning English, so there may even be a language barrier between him and the rest. These thoughts weren't helping him at all; he then decided to lay low until graduation.

But this wasn't going to be possible...

Before he knew it, Jae-Hong had accidentally bumped into the one and only, Craig Marduk. In truth, Craig actually intended for Kim to bump into him just so he could stir up trouble. "Hey! Watch where you're going loser!" Craig snapped at the nervous Jae-Hong. Kim was too busy pondering how big to really notice what he was saying.

"Well!? Are ya gonna apologize..." Craig then grabbed Jae-Hong's shirt, "Or am I gonna have to beat it outta ya!?" Craig threatened, lifting up his muscular fist and rearing it back. Suddenly, Jae-Hong's nervous face was replaced with one that was ready for a fight. He may have been nervous, but he wasn't gonna let himself get beaten up on the first day of school.

The other students started to notice what was going on; some were egging the on wanting to see a show. However before Marduk could do anything, he felt someone grab his fist, "What the hell!?" He blurted as he turned around to see who it was. It was his worst enemy, King.

"Put him down Marduk. Now." He ordered the bigger man, who was at wits end. Jae-Hong raised his eyebrow at the Mexican wrestler, mainly at the mask that he wore. Marduk cursed and yanked Kim back, giving him a nasty look before returning his gaze to King.

"We're gonna finish this later..." He hissed at King and stomped away in a huff. Jae-Hong let out a heavy breath of relief, rubbed the back of his head, and ruffled his mid length dark hair. He had been here for only five minutes and he already had a bully to have to deal with, ain't that lovely?

"Hey," King called out to Jae-Hong, grabbing the Korean's attention, "What's your name? I haven't seen you around here before." He asked, looking directly into Kim's eyes with his catlike ones. King was wearing a zipped up black jacket with pants to match and fingerless gloves

Jae-Hong smiled, he understood that much at least, "I am Kim Jae-Hong; you can call me Jae-Hong." He said in a heavy accent. Kim noticed that everyone had dispersed now that the pre fight was over, which was good for him.

King was smiling himself, though you couldn't see it with the mask and all, "My friends call me King." He replied, reaching out his handshake.

Kim gladly took it with a firm grasp, "Nice to meet you." He accidentally said in Korean, though King was pretty sure of what he just said. "It's nice to meet you too." King replied and let go, walking away from him. Jae-Hong smiled, things were looking up already.

"Maybe things won't be so bad after all..." He said to himself and walked away from the courtyard. But as he was walking, he turned his head and saw something that would change his life forever. A girl, no, a beautiful girl with radiant tan skin and chocolate hair looked at him and gave him a smile. Jae-Hong stopped dead in his tracks, staring at her for what seemed like an eternity to him (3 seconds). Kim smiled back and went on his way to his dorm.

"Not bad, not bad at all..." He whispered with a smile as his shoes tapped against the concrete.

If only he knew...

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Next Chapter: Roommates