All That I Need
This is an Alternative Story focused on Miharu Hirano's life. She isn't a main character in the Tekken series, so I decided to write a bit more about her. Besides I promised Krappkarmin that I would write this story and here it is.
Main Pairings: Miharu/Steve; Ling/Jin; Julia/Hwoarang
Chapter 1 - Broken
"Heartbroken" was a word that Miharu Hirano had learned to hate. In her life she had been hurt two times, and she had decided to quit on love.
She couldn't say she wasn't a lucky girl because she was. Her family was working for one of the wealthiest Japanese families, the Mishima family.
Miharu was raised in the Mishima mansion where her mother and father were working. Heihachi Mishima had promised her parents that she would have a good education and a good job as well. She was one of the most famous students in the Mishima Polytechnical School, but that was before his arrival.
He was Jin Kazama, son of Kazuya Mishima and grandson of Heihachi Mishima.
Heihachi didn't know he had a grandson until Jin knocked at his door. Heihachi didn't even have to order a DNA test because Jin looked exactly like Kazuya.
After that, Heihachi had agreed to take care of Jin's education and suddenly, a very shy young boy became the most popular guy in school.
He and Miharu became good friends. She was two years younger than him, but Jin didn't mind. He was fifteen when he arrived and soon he realised that living with a rich grandfather could be very difficult. First he didn't trust his grandfather, second he didn't want to be popular, and finally he just wanted to have a normal life.
Miharu learned that Jin's parents were dead and that he had no more family. At first she was happy to have someone of her age around, because she was always alone.
But a year later, Miharu realised that she had fallen in love with Jin without even noticing it. She started blushing every time he looked at her, but she was afraid that it was only a school crush; after all every girl in the Mishima Polytechnical School had a crush on Jin. He was tall, mysterious and quiet. As for his physical appearance, girls used the word "divine" to describe him.
As for Jin, he was only living with Heihachi because he needed him to learn the Mishima Fighting Style. Besides his mother had told him to go to Heihachi before she died.
When Miharu was absolutely sure that her feelings for Jin were real, something happened. Heihachi went to China and he brought a young Chinese girl with him. She was the best student of Wang Jinrei and Heihachi wanted her to be his best bodyguard. She was talented and very pretty too. Jin noticed that as soon as she arrived. Miharu became Ling Xiaoyu's best friend but soon she realised that Ling had won Jin's heart. She felt extremely sad and disappointed. Ling was her best friend and she didn't want to ruin their friendship, but it was hard to see that Jin had chosen Ling instead of her.
That year, Jin and Ling entered the Iron Fist and Miharu knew that everything was about to change, because sooner or later Jin would have to tell Ling that he was in love with her.
During the tournament, Ling realised that she was in love with Jin too, but none of them recognise their true feelings. To Ling's despair, Jin vanished after the competition and both Miharu and Ling were heartbroken, though Ling could always hope for his return. As for Miharu, she knew that if Jin returned, it would be for Ling, so she had lost anyway.
One more year past, and for the two friends, it was the worst year ever. Ling was feeling down and Miharu had never told her that she had loved Jin too. A month before the Fourth Iron Fist, Ling received a message from a unanimous person, alerting her for the dangers that the tournament would held. Ling was sure that it had been Jin sending the e-mail, so she had convinced Miharu and they had both entered the tournament.
Miharu's heart wasn't healed yet and she was vulnerable. Jin was there and he was happy to see Ling again. They were both so happy that they spent their first night together the night before the tournament started.
Miharu knew now that Jin would never be with her, and she tried her best to forget him. In the end she succeeded, only to be hurt again.
This time he was Korean. A red hair Korean who happened to be Jin's rival. He was in the tournament only to kick Jin's ass, and he was being hunted down by the Korean Army.
Miharu fell in love with his bad boy attitude. He was a bit like Jin, but more dynamic. Tall, handsome and tenacious, Hwoarang was the perfect man for many innocent girls. But he was also a difficult case. He was stubborn and he wasn't an honest guy like Jin. Back in his country he was known as a thug leader and the police was always trying to get him arrested.
Miharu and Hwoarang became friends because he needed her to supply him some information about Jin.
But Hwoarang wasn't the only person who was interested in Jin Kazama. Julia Chang had travelled all the way from Arizona to Japan to find the truth about the Mishima family. Her adopted mother had been kidnapped by Heihachi and with the help of Jin Kazama Julia had managed to save her during the last tournament. Now she was back to help Jin and Ling to get rid of Heihachi.
Since Jin and Ling were now together, Julia started to join Miharu and Hwoarang. At first, things were alright, but soon Julia and Hwoarang started arguing. It was quite annoying to be with those two, but it was impossible for them to have a decent conversation without an argument. In the meanwhile, Miharu was hoping to have a quiet moment alone with Hwoarang to tell him that she liked him more than just a friend. She wanted to tell him that thanks to him, she had been able to forget about Jin.
And then, one day, out of the blue Hwoarang asked her if she believed in love at first sight. Miharu said yes, she couldn't believe that Hwoarang was actually in love with her too. Finally she was going to be happy. Suddenly her heart was filled up with joy. In that night Miharu watched Hwoarang downstairs. She was at the window in her bedroom and Hwoarang was watching her and calling her to meet him in the park. Miharu felt like flying, it was like a dream that came true.
But for the second time, she was heartbroken. When she got downstairs, Hwoarang wasn't alone anymore, he was kissing Julia. Miharu realised that Julia's bedroom was right next to hers, and that Hwoarang had been calling Julia and not her.
Fortunately for her, Hwoarang and Julia didn't see her and Miharu went to her room, crying.
The next day, Julia told Miharu that Hwoarang had kissed her and that she was starting to like him too. Miharu felt her hopes flying away again and she decided to quit. She couldn't stand it anymore.
In that same day, she abandoned the tournament to return to Tokyo. She was so busy and determined that she didn't even notice a young man, around her age who was on the hotel's reception when she left. He was tall and blonde, he wasn't Japanese, but he sure was attractive enough to have his own fan club. Besides, he was famous all around the world. His name was Steve Fox.
If Miharu had noticed him, she would know that he would be her future boss, because her life was about to change, considerably.
A few weeks later, Miharu was back in Tokyo and the tournament had just ended. She had received a phone call from Ling saying that she was going to Australia with Jin. As for Hwoarang, he had been captured to the Military and he was back in South Korea; Julia was going with him, though she wasn't arrested. She would go to Master Baek and ask him to help Hwoarang.
Miharu felt numb. She was back at stage one, alone and heartbroken. First Jin and now Hwoarang, she wasn't definitely a lucky person.
In order to forget about her suffering, Miharu had spoken to Heihachi and asked him to give her a job away from Tokyo.
After a week, Heihachi had decided to send Miharu away, but the trip wasn't what Miharu had in mind.
-'What?'-Miharu asked surprised.-'United Kingdom?'
-'You said you wanted to go to place away from here!'-Heihachi said.
-'Yeah, but I thought you were going to send me to Hokkaido or Kyushu.'
-'What's wrong with the UK? Don't you like to travel?'
-'Of course I do!'
-'Good…I'm just waiting for the confirmation…and then you can go!'
-'I hope I'm doing the right thing…'-Miharu whispered on her way home.
United Kingdom
Steve Fox was in his huge office with his assistant, Stan Morris. They were both watching some CV's to choose the new assistant, since Stan was going to assume the Vice-Director post in the Fox and Associates Enterprises (FAE).
Steve's father was very sick and Steve had become the Director of FAE last year, but he was also a very popular Boxing fighter. Actually he was the Middle Weight Champion in Europe.
-'Jena Miles…twenty-one…I like this one!'-Steve said watching Jena's picture.
-'Steve! We're here to decide the best candidate for the job…not the most beautiful one…'
-'She's beautiful and she's smart…what's the problem?'
-'She's a nurse!'
-'Nurse? I don't need a nurse…or maybe I do…'
-'No, you don't!'
-'Why is her CV here?'
-'Because Sam brought it…I told you she has a chicken brain…'
-'Sam's ok…she's just adapting herself…'
-'She's here because you couldn't keep your mouth shut!'
-'Sam's Mackingley's daughter, what could I do?'
-'Never mind…I have two candidates. Allie Grant …'
-'Allie? Let me see her…'-Steve asked. He studied Allie's picture carefully and then he gave it back to Stan.-'No! She's older than me!'
-'Come on…she would be a great assistant.'
-'I want someone of my age.'
-'What for?'
-'Because I don't like older women!'
-'She won't be your girlfriend!'
-'She might be.'
-'Steve! Stop acting like an idiot! I'm not going to let you ruin this company! Your father and I worked very hard…'
-'I'm not ruining anything.'
-'You will if you keep on dating all your assistants!'
-'Sam was different! She…'
-'And Lori?'
-'Lori was different too. She's a good girl.'
-'The only thing she can do is organise the archives.'
-'It could be worse.'
-'I don't think so.'
-'Fine. Let me keep Sam and Lori and I'll let you choose the new girl, ok?'
Stan sighed and he sat down again. He watched two more CV's and then he smiled.
-'I'll call this one.'
-'What's her name?'-Steve asked with curiosity.
-'Miharu Hirano.'
-'What? She's what? Chinese?'
-'No, Japanese…and her CV is excellent; she's perfect.'
Steve took Miharu's CV from Stan's hands and read it.
-'She's not ugly, but she doesn't have…um…you know…'
-'She doesn't have a body like Lori and Sam…'-Stan completed.
-'Yeah…'
-'But fortunately for us, she won't have a small brain like those two either!'
-'Fine! Call her! I'm going for a coffee.'