Disclaimer: I do not own Tekken. However if I did, Asuka and Lili would be a couple right now or at least very close by now...

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[Chapter 1]

ASUKA POV

With a loud yawn, I stretched my arms upwards afer a good night's rest and looked forward to a new day of opportunity. As the saying went: another day, another dollar! ...or I guess Yen, since we were in Japan after all.

I smiled at that train of thought. "Yosh! Things might be looking great today after all!" I told myself, as I had the feeling today was going to be a good one.

"Asuka! I need my beauty sleep and the clock says it's only 5AM! So will you simmer down a bit!" I went limp at hearing that voice and was filled with shock. It came from above. And now that I took in my surroundings, I noticed I was in a two-decker bed instead of my single one. 'Hmm, I guess that's why I slept so good last night since the mattress was way bet- THAT'S NOT THE POINT! What was she doing in my room?!'

"Princess?! Why the hell are you in my room! I could have you arrested for this trespassing!" I shouted at her in annoyance. She then went down the side ladder of the top bed and crawled up to mine. We were now sitting in front of each other. She had the smuggest grin on her face as she stared at me with mischief in her eyes.

"Well? What the hell are you doing here?!"

"Asuka, don't you mean our room? I do live here now after all". That caused all possible arguments I had to die down in my throat. I finally remembered what happened. As that look of epiphany glazed over my facial features and I was paralyzed in thought, I noticed I was wrapped in something... warm.

"L-Lili?!" I was being hugged by my rival for some reason. I took in her scent. She smelled like lilies and lavenders coupled with the gentle breeze that was oftentimes at beaches. It was nice, I grudgingly admitted to myself.

"Are you always this grouchy? I'm not even trying to rile you up today..." she began with a pout.

In all fairness, she hasn't called me any names today so far and was actually polite for once. Damn it, now I'm looking like the bad guy here! She even hugged me for no reason while having the nerve to smell all nice and aaaaaargh! I was about to make a snappy reply when she beat me in speaking up first.

" Asuka, I need 30 minutes more of sleep then I'll be up and about, adieu" and with that, she went back up to her bed with an audible but faint snicker. I was still there, frozen in contemplation. I mulled over yesterday's events that led up to my current predicament...

The previous day, at the 7th King of the Iron Fist Tournament...

After a very long fight, I barely managed to slip in a blow at Lili, which net me the victory. It irked me, how the hell did this spoiled brat become this good? I even had the feeling she was holding back!

I then saw her slowly get up and... press something in her ear, and seemingly talk to someone. Was she making a call? 'What the hell is going on'?! I thought to myself.

"Did you... just take a call?" I had to ask. I wasn't prepared for what she was about to answer though.

Lili replied extravagantly, with a pose even: "Just so you know, today I'll be moving in your house"

"Huh? What're you talking about?" I meekly asked back. She was burning with eagerness and had a mischievous glint in her eyes. We just fought for crying out loud! Now I'm convinced she let me win.

"And I'll be learning the Kazama-style Traditional Style."

"What?!"

"Relax! It's already done. I just bought your house and your dojo."

Then she went on and on about how she knew everything about me, my encounter with Feng, how we became too poor to even fix my bike, she even dug up my family tree and mentioned how I could be dragged into the mess of that damned Mishima family! Well at least she fixed the dojo according to her... 'WHY WAS SHE DANCING AND SPEAKING SO FAST WHILE TELLING ME ALL THIS?!' I yelled internally as I could only stare at her ridiculousness.

"Now, we really should head home! Tout de suite!" and with that she pranced away then went to strut in a dignified manner out of the arena.

Finally breaking me out of my stupor, I could only do the one thing I was able to. Chase after her and get on with it. "Whoa, whoa, hold on! This is a joke right? Listen!"

"Do hurry up. No one likes a slowpoke." And with that, we both left the arena. Lili had a lot of explaining to do...

The day went by quickly. Lili told me she was dead serious about learning the Kazama Style and that I was supposed to teach her, and I quote, "your martial arts form that could even subdue the gods! Teach me Asuka, and then I will be unstoppable in any tournament! Except I guess by you of course since this is your style, even though I would normally deny that with the burning passion of a thousa-"

"WILL YOU STOP THAT DANCING?! And speak normally princess!" I interjected with a huff as I directed her to my room... well, it was our room now. Lili had my previous bed thrown out, insisting we use this two-decker bed instead. She said something about my previous resting equipment being "only fit for commoners". With a sigh, I just let her do her thing and I just sat on a chair and watched as Lili began to rearrange my room in a manner that would accommodate us both. She wasn't bad at it too so I didn't object too much. Things like where her clothes went in the wardrobe cabinet, and other mundane stuff like that.

Present day

I guess I could live with this arrangement. Lili had already fallen back asleep and would likely be out for 30 more minutes as she put it. I stepped out of my bed and onto the center of my room, trying to look at her prone and sleeping form. She had a smile on her face.

Shaking my head, I went over and covered her up with her blanket. She may be an annoyance but I wouldn't want her feeling cold. I then went out of my room and into the kitchen, looking to cook breakfast for everybody.

'I wonder, maybe... Lili and I could get along?' I thought to myself, it would really be nice if I was being honest to myself. Not that I'd ever admit it to her out loud.

LILI POV

As I saw Asuka leave the room, my eyes shot open. I was pretending to be asleep, if only to see what she was doing.

"She didn't want me to feel cold hmm?" I said to myself with a smile. This was nice, we weren't bickering for once. Maybe I should be polite more often and stop riling her up? 'Nah, I love seeing her various expressions whenever I do something to get under her skin' I thought to myself with a chuckle.

I was serious about learning her style. Sure, it was a good martial art and Asuka had beaten me a lot more than I have bested her when it came to our fights, but I had another reason why I wanted to learn the art, and even live here with her. The real reason. I wanted to be closer to Asuka.

Yes. I, Emilie de Rochefort, wanted to be closer to the person I admire so much. I admire Asuka. Dare say, I like her even. As a friend? More than that? Who knows. But yes, I wanted to be closer to Asuka Kazama. Call it a roundabout way and maybe I could've been less haughty about it, but what's done is done. I nodded to myself with that thought.

How did it become like this, oh dear reader?

You see, I used to hate Asuka Kazama. It all started when I met her in the 5th tournament. I had suffered a humiliating loss, and I, Emilie de Rochefort, Lili for short, did not just lose to some random hussy! I was infuriated! Exasperated! Annoyed! Pulsating with anger!

"You! A lowly peasant such as yourself actually managed to beat me?!" were the words I yelled at her back then. She returned the favor with a snappy comeback saying she had no time to waste with me when she had to get to a certain man to avenge her father. Later on I would find out she meant Feng Wei. The Chinese kenpo master who killed his own teacher in his quest for power. A power-hungry monkey.

I trained hard since that first loss, and we met again during the 6th tournament. Well there barely was a tournament anyway due to the war caused by Jin Kazama and the Mishima Zaibatsu. But that's not important right now. As I said, we met again around that time, it was when I had just enrolled at her school in the hopes of being able to actively challenge her more... and follow her around of course.

As the limo parked in front of the school gates, I suddenly saw Asuka on her bike with a bento box, one of those Japanese lunch boxsets, hurrying to get to the school. But since my limo suddenly appeared, it caused her to fall over and crash, spilling all of her food. She was furious and admittedly, I deserved being lashed at. However my pride back then didn't really let me acknowledge that and thus, another fight happened.

We had several more fights after that as I kept pestering her whenever the chance presented itself. She won most of them but once in a while I had victories as well. I'd say counting the fight yesterday, the record would be 20-11. That wasn't bad in my opinion considering it was my self-taught style versus her very powerful Kazama Style! All the more reason why I wanted to learn it as well. 'And maybe we could even add some moves from my fighting style.' I hummed.

Then came the tag tournament. Apparently this was the 2nd one and it was hosted by a Heihachi who suddenly became young again. It was weird because even Jin planned on joining and he called for an international ceasefire during the duration of this tournament. Asuka didn't want to participate this time and I was surprised when she told me this while we were eating our lunch one day during lunch break. Yes, we were classmates and even though we were fierce rivals, we sometimes ate lunch together.

"Princess, I don't want to join that stupid tournament this time!" she huffed.

"Asuka Kazama, pray do tell, why aren't you joining? Has my rival become soft over time? Perhaps you're finally admitting that I'm better?" I nudged her elbow with a laugh. She just glared at me then went back to eating her sushi.

"You wish. I just... " she looked around a bit before whispering in my ear: "I don't have... a partner..."

I laughed even harder at that. She looked at me as if I had grown two heads. I just looked at her with a knowing smile.

Okay so maybe it was a smug grin instead but you get the picture.

Two weeks later we were at the registration booth for the 2nd tag tournament. Oh memories. We got very far in the tournament but we lost to the tag team of Feng Wei and Wang Jinrei. Surprisingly, Feng respected the old master Wang and so they entered the tournament together. Their combined martial arts prowess overwhelmed the barely functional team of myself and Asuka as our bickering got the best of us. It wasn't all bad though, after the tournament, Jin's war resumed but luckily the area where our school was didn't really get affected. Asuka and I didn't bicker as much after that.

I don't know about her but, it was around that point my hate completely dissipated. It had already diminished significantly when I moved to the same school as her, but after the tag tournament, we actually bonded. Sure we still fight every now and then, and the bickering didn't completely stop since I had my pride and Asuka had her temper, but I guess... I considered her my friend. No, scratch that, I considered her my best friend. Maybe even more...

And that brings us to where we are after the 7th tournament. Of course yesterday, I was put into the losers bracket after losing to Asuka. Not that I really cared. I fought seriously but when I saw her becoming fatigued, I purposely let a gap in my strings to give her the chance to steal the win. Luckily, she took the bait and secured her win, making my alibi of wanting to learn her style and live with her go smoothly as planned.

"You're right, dearest Asuka. Things might be looking great today." I said to myself with a smile as I reminisced more of my previous encounters with Asuka. I was broke out of my stupor when I hear Mr. Kazama knock on the door and inform me that Asuka made breakfast while telling me good morning. I smiled back my thanks. After making myself presentable, I head out the room and into the dining room that was currently filled with the heavenly smell of Asuka's cooking.

-Chapter 1 END-

A/N: AAAAAND SCENE. Yep, I'm back and to kickstart my glorious return, here's an Asuka and Lili fanfic! I've always wanted to write one for these two because they're my favorite Tekken pairing. I was worried how I'd start up the circumstances leading them to become buddy-buddy though.

Luckily, Tekken 7 answered my prayers! I got spoiled on Asuka's Character Story ending so yeah, that part with the flashback and Lili dancing while saying she's moving in with Asuka was the ending lol. I'm still on cloud nine regarding that. :3

Hopefully I can actually update this regularly... I still have so many pending updates on my other fanfics and here I am starting another one smh. Peace!