Authors notes: This is a Jin/Julia fic, I really don't care if people don't like that. This is my first attempt at tekken fanfiction and this is just the theme I have chosen for this story. When I write more in the future I will be doing so with different pairings, please don't review with comments like Julia sucks, Ling is better with Jin etc. For this story this is how things are, I accept that people like some couples more than others, that is why in the future I will write fiction around other couples. So that my writing doesn't get boring or all seem the same.
Also please just pretend that Ling and Jin don't go to the same school, it should be pretty easy as Ling is Chinese and the school is Japanese which Jin is also, and Jin would be 3 years above her so he probably wouldn't even be attending the school either, but that's not my fault.
Disclaimer: I don't own Tekken or any of the characters.
"Come on! You can't say that! I mean what da ya wanna do when it's all over"
The other girl looked down, her brown braids falling around her neck, "I don't know it's not something which I've really thought about to tell you the truth"
"I know what I'm gonna do! I'm gonna run my massive amusement park which will be the best there is, I know people are gonna come from everywhere just to ride on the autotwissserofsurprise"
"Excuse me?"
"The autotwissserofsurprise -its gonna be the most amazing ride ever!!!!"
Julia Chang gave her friend a funny look, and as Ling Xiaoyu looked back around and noticed the face that she was making simply said "I really think its time you took that mental health test again" her friend was making at her they both burst into fits of giggles.
"Hey! I thought it was a good name"
"Yeah well you would"
"Oh that's nice I'm not going to let you in if you don't like the park names!"
Smiling she replied to her friend "Who says I wanna come to your park" and with that she grabbed the stuffed toy that Ling had just won on one of the stalls at the fair they were at. "If you want it back you are gonna have to catch me"
"No fair! You got a head start" and with that she run after her friend laughing and giggling, it seemed like they were two normal teenagers, just hanging around having a girly day out, the fact that they were both going to be present and fighting at possibly the worlds greatest fighting championship which could change their life's for the better or for worse seemed the furthest thing from their minds.
That was two weeks ago, tomorrow will be the beginning of the fight and the beginning of their lives, or the end: depending on how you look at it.
The day before the championship begins, the two friends are in the hotel room which they have been sharing, it was the nearest they could find to the tournament that wasn't packed full of people coming to watch and that they could still afford.
"What do you think?" Ling was lying on her bed, rummaging through her suitcase, "I tried to bring as many as I could fit in but… hmmmm I dunno which to chose"
"Huh?"
"The bows!! Blue or the red? Or even yellow? C'mon I need your help!" Ling pleaded with Julia.
"What do you need them for? Your clothes? C'mon Ling we are gonna be fighting I don't really think the are clothes are gonna be important"
"They will be!!! People are gonna be watching, and well you never know but there might be someone you want to make a good impression on if you know what I mean! Anyways you look good in like everything so you don't have to worry look at me I'm gonna look so dumb"
It was probably true that Julia somehow did manage to look good in almost anything, she was young and had a good figure due to her fighting life and climbing and running back home in Arizona with her friends, with long brown hair that was tied back into braids at either side of her head, she had the native American beauty look which made a lot of guys turn their heads. But Ling could never be called ugly she was a pretty Chinese girl, like Julia her figure had been gained from practice all her life at what she was best at and she had an innocent look which a lot of the guys were into, unfortunately for them if Ling didn't like them it was more likely to be a trash can or wall that they were put into.
"Yeah right, you know that your gonna look fine so stop worrying" and as if it was an afterthought Julia added, "what people do we want to make a good impression on?"
"Well look at it this way, apparently the guys out number the girls, so I'm thinking that there's gotta be a few there which aren't covered in scars and stuff dun you think? And I wouldn't mind getting to know those ones a bit better!!!"
"LING!!" Julia chucked her pillow at her.
"What!?!?" She replied giggling, "I bet you there's gonna be someone you like!"
"Yeah right, a load of big fighters that are probably old and
wrinkly like
"Yeah well that's what I mean, I'm betting half the guys competing only have one thing on their mind anyway- getting Heihachi, they wont give us a second glance"
"Maybe… but his grandson won't" Ling replied
"His Grandson? I thought you said his son was dead, or as good as?"
"Yeah, but he had a son with a lady called Jun who fought in the first and second tournament, your mum probably knew her!"
"And you know all this how?" Julia asked her friend with a look of disbelief on her face.
"Research" was the simple answer.
"Oh, so you want to go out with the grandson of Heihachi! Are you mad?"
"NO! Not me, I just thought you might like to know that's all" Ling said a little to innocently, a smile creeping up the corners of her lips.
"You gotta be kidding me! Not only would he be a mad Mishima but he would be directly related to Heihachi, I can only begin to imagine what he looks like – and it's not good!"
"Ok you got me there! Can you imagine what he looks like? No better not, I don't want nightmares coz I'm gonna go to sleep now, massive day an all tomorrow!"
"Massive day..." Julia mumbled as she pulled the sheet over her and switched of the lamp next to her.
"Night Ling"
"Goodnight!"
It was the day that it would all begin, and as the light crepted in through the curtains and spilled across the two beds where the young girls where still asleep the others in the Iron fist tournament made themselves busy or slept a restless sleep as they anxiously tried to prepare themselves for the fate they had chosen for themselves. It was going to befall them from this day, it didn't matter that they had chosen it. At the end of the day each fighter may believe that they had chosen their path as one in the iron fist tournament, but if you really got to know each and every fighter you would soon see that they all had there own deep motives for being there, may it be for vengeance or to reclaim something that was lost. Each fighter had heard the call and answered, it wasn't a choice: it was something that they knew would happen – sooner or later. Apparently sooner.
*
"Awww man! We are gonna be so late! Ling, Ling, LING!!" Julia shouted at her friend and tried to pull the covers off her to make her get up, but her friend held onto them tightly and refused to let go.
"No thank you I don't want sushi for breakfast thank you very much"
"What?? C'mon Ling we aren't even ready"
"Huh? Go away I don't want to go to school today" She replied groggily, obviously not one of those lucky people who can wake up without having to ask themselves the normal questions of "Where am I?" "Who am I?" "What am I doing here?" "Who is that person asleep next to me?" "Why are they a lot of empty bottles of alcoholic drinks everywhere" and lastly "Life was much better before I woke up"*
"Ling we have to go now, we don't wanna get kicked out"
"The tournament!!" Ling shouted jumping out of bed, quicker than it had taken her to wake up. She looked at her friend who had now began searching through her closet for what to wear
"Hurry up Julia! We don't want to be late!"
Julia turned around, and looked and Ling with a look of disbelief -she had to be kidding.
"Oh no we don't want to be late" she muttered under her breath.
"Well how do I look?" Ling had chosen her blue Chinese fighting dress to wear
"Like an idiot" said Julia knowing exactly how to wind Ling up "you know I'm only kidding, you look great- how about me? I wasn't sure about this top its not one I would normally wear but I want to save my other stuff"
Julia had chosen to wear blue jeans and a black-cropped top, with another see through-ish top on top (authors note: see TTT).
"How you going to do your hair?" Ling asked, as she sat in front of the mirror with a vast assortment of hair sprays and make up in front of her. She picked up a brush and parted her hair in the middle applying lots of hair spray at the same time until her hair was pulled back into two tight pigtails.
"You know one day your gonna put on so much of that stuff your head is going to be heavy and fall off" Julia joked with her friend
"You Think!?!"
"No not really, heh heh, so how shall I do my hair then?"
"ohhh I thought you didn't care what you looked like! Maybe you do want to meet someone huh?"
"No!! I just want my hair to not be in my way that's all, I haven't come here to meet guys Ling, and you know that"
"Yeah, I know – so it's the braids then?"
"Yup, and you cant say anything – your hairs always in pigtails!"
"On this first day you will be teaming with a partner to take on another couple, in a tag team match" The loud speaker blared over the crowd. "Nothing will be gained from these fights apart from respect and perhaps more skill and knowledge of what your future futures are going to be like, but you wont advance to the next level of the tournament as these are simply warm ups for the real thing. I hope you are ready, if not then that's just tough"
"See it's our match, look it says here Chang and Xiaoyu, (which I guess is us) against the Williams" Julia read of the match listings board.
"Williams?"
"Don't ask me I thought they made cars for grand prix races? Oh well I guess we have all day to find out, our fights not till 4.30 at the school yard so we may as well have a look round the city"
"Ok, I think we should go shopping what d'ya think?"
Julia smiled "Sounds like fun I need more clothes, and it would be interesting to see if we can find any of the other fighters, like the Williams, it was lucky we were paired up together but I guess the organisers of today's events thought it would be easier I heard they are teaming up people who know each other so I guess that's the reason"
"Yeah, lets go and see if we can find some of the others fighters"
"I know exactly what your thinking"
"No you don't"
"Ok, if you say so… c'mon it looks like something's happening over there! Lets have a look" Julia told her friend as she grabbed her by her arm and pulled her over to a big crowd of people who were standing in a circle; apparently around two young men who where fighting or shouting at each other, Julia couldn't tell there were to many people to get past so she couldn't see.
"Break it up right now, you know there is to be no fighting outside the tournament, no matter who you are," the security man sternly said, with perhaps a trace of annoyance in his voice "This Mishima boy thinks he can do anything he wants" he added to himself.
The crowd parted and Julia and Ling tried to catch a glimpse of who had been fighting, instead they were almost knocked over by a man with the reddest hair Ling had ever seen as he pushed past the crowd- he also had a gash on his arm.
"Hey watch it you idiot" Julia called after him as he walked off.
"Julia!! You can't say that!"
"Why not? He's an idiot, and he almost pushed us over, he isn't getting away without apologising" and she ran after him. Grabbing onto his shoulder and making him swing around.
"What?"
"Do you realise that you nearly pushed me and my friend over?"
"Oh yeah, sorry"
"Were you one of the people who was just in the fight!?" Ling piped up "What's your name? Why where you fighting? Who with? I'm Ling this is Julia"
The man with the red hair gave her a quizzical look, but
began to speak all the same. "My name is
"Ohh hear that Julia he's here" said Ling nudging her friend in the ribs with her elbow.
The look