Middle Class

Chapter One:

An Unfortunate Bankruptcy

Authors Note: Hey everyone. I'm n00b when it comes to Tekken fics, so please cut me some slack ; ..

I'm known to start fanfics and work on them on a regular basis, but once I get bored or get the feeling it's a waste of effort because no one reviews/ reads it, I don't feel like continuing it anymore. So I hope you guys enjoy this crazy story of mine.

(BTW, I am SO addicted to playing Lili, she's like.. all I play)

Here are some guides as to the different perspectives of a character/stuff.

:: blah blah :: The two dots mean the characters thoughts.

" blah blah " of course, this means dialogue.

( blah blah ) this is what I say. MY dialogue, WHAHAHA!

Oh, and incase you guys don't know Lili and her story… (because it's PSP) here's a summary of her. (Skip if you know already)

Lili is the only daughter of an oil tycoon residing in Monaco. Four years ago, when she was 13 years old, while being attacked by a criminal group making profits from kidnappings, Lili struggled violently to free herself, and she unexpectedly took out one of her captors. At that moment, she first realized she took pleasure in defeating her opponents. However, deep down, Lili really is a gentle person and a very sweet young lady.

She only wants to please her father, but she knows that he despises fighting. Troubled by her situation, she tells herself, "I don't want Father to be upset with me…but I also want to fight." Her desire to fight couldn't be controlled, and for this reason, she uses her family's private jet to travel abroad to take part in worldwide street fighting tournaments, which she enjoyed immensely. This was done under the guise of a "vacation" from her homeland.

One day, after defeating an opponent in San Francisco, she acquired an invitation to The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Lili noticed that the sponsor of the tournament, the Mishima Zaibatsu, had caused her father much trouble in the past. With the assumption of the Mishima Zaibatsu being a useful potential asset to her father, she was determined to take part in the tournament and win to put an end to her father's business troubles.

Lili and her butler, Sebastian, celebrate her victory over the Mishimas, with Sebastian emotionally dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief and Lili bursting into laughter at the thought of how pleased her father will be when he learns of the collapse of the Mishima empire. Lili's chauffeur, waiting in a limousine, turns on an in-car television to discover that Rochefort Enterprises has declared bankruptcy after a main trading partner, the Mishima Zaibatsu, collapsed. The chaffeur is visibly shocked at this. Lili, however, is blissfully unaware and still laughing. The chaffeur flees the limousine.

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And so the story begins…

It was quiet and still in the enormous mansion of the Rocheforts, as any other ordinary day would have appeared.

But alas, the mellow silence will soon be broken, for the moving vans are on their way.

"WHERE'S FATHER!?! I DEMAND TO SPEAK TO FATHER AT ONCE!"

Lili marched furiously towards her father's office, making sure every step would be heard by everyone in the mansion.

"Now, Ms. Rochefort… Please calm down… Your father is quite busy at this very moment"

Sebastian desperately tried to block Lili's way, hoping that her father would be able to finally have some peace and quiet after organizing a typhoon of bills and debts that are flooding his whole office. Sebastian was loyal enough to have stayed through this sudden bankruptcy, feeling the need to help his kind and long-time master. But sometimes he feels that this just isn't working out the way he had hoped it would…

Sebastian couldn't stand his ground any longer. He stepped to the side of the door very slowly, and at last he was beside it, giving way to the furious Lily Rochefort. He inhaled a deep, long breath before he finally opened the door to let her in.

"FATHER! I hear four moving vans are on their way here, all my things are gone, and I've spotted loads of boxes in the lobby! What in blue-blazes is going on here?!?"

"Take a seat Emily, (Her real name) we… have to discuss something…"

"But our things!"

"We'll get to that later, but for now… you'll need to have a seat my dear"

Lili looked at him with curiosity in her eyes and sighed, giving way to his requests. She sat down on the antique chair beside his prize Oakwood table, crossed her legs neatly, and then placed her hands gently on her lap. She fixed her eyes on the multiple awards her father had been rewarded with. They were all Best Business Awards, of 1994, 1995, 1996 and so on… up until 2005. Then her head transferred to her father, when he began talking to her.

He shifted his gaze on her from tranquil to solemn which confused Lili a bit.

"Lili… I've found out about your little, fighting spree using our private jet…"

Lili's heart jumped. She placed her fingers on top of her mouth, and her crystal-blue eyes grew wider. She didn't realize he had discovered her "vacation plan" already.

"Oh dear…"

"You know how I hate conflict Lili… And now, what you've done to Mishima Zaibatsu had cost us the partnership. We're in debt to them now, and in the verge of bankruptcy!"

The words her father uttered shattered her completely. It was HER passion and urge to fight, it was HER invitation for The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 5 and It was HER victory, not her father's. What she had hoped for, finally giving her deserving father a break from the hustle and bustle of Mishima Zaibatsu, was actually a failure. Not only did she cause a big blow to the long-time and successful business of her father, but she also caused her family a great decline in income, losing all their luxuries and wealth.

"I… I didn't know father…"

"I'm sure you didn't my dear…"

Her father stood up and came closer to her. She was looking down though; too ashamed to even look at him. Her eyes were filling up with tears, but she was trying hard not to cry, trying to show that she's a big girl now and she could handle punishment. (Not that she ever did get punished. She's quite the spoiled one isn't she?)

He held her chin up gently with his hand and tried to calm her down a bit. He looked at her lovingly and smiled, reassuring her that he's not that mad. (Yes, he's THAT much of a wuss) He inhaled deeply, and then exhaled, trying to think of what to say next.

Yes, he's disappointed, and yes, he IS swamped with bills and debts that could bring any other person to suicide; but what makes him different from the rest is that he has a family to care for, and it wouldn't be right for him to leave them on their own. No, he loves them too much…

"Look Emily, what has been done is done. And there is nothing neither you nor I can do about this matter. But now I hope you have realized what dilemma fighting could bring. Even to a beautiful and innocent young daughter such as yourself. I hope you learn your lesson Emily."

"Yes father…" Lili replied, almost too guilty to even speak because of what had happened.

"Well, today is scheduled for our moving Lili, I've requested the maids to get everything you hold dear and pack them in boxes. We're moving to Tokyo, Japan"

"WHAT!?! JAPAN!?! In heaven's name, WHY FATHER?"

"Because that is the capital of Mishima Zaibatsu, Emily; and I need to win their partnership again no matter what it takes."

"Japan… But that's like a world away from Monaco…" (Her home country)

"I'm sorry Emily but there's nothing I can do. I already bought a home there and it's complete with our own mini hot spring and an adorable little dojo.

:: And yet again, father goes into homo mode… good grief ::

"Alright father… That sounds really endearing… Where's mother, Lee and Delilah?"

(YES I made Lee Chaolan, Lili's older brother. I think they resemble each other. I HAD to do this… Oh yes, and Delilah is Lili's little sister. An OC, if you will.)

"They're already in the car, you'll have to join them soon my dear"

"Car? What happened to our lim… oh yeah… well, I'll see you in the car father…"

Lili nodded slightly, kissed him on the cheek, and ran along. Her father sighed in deep exhaustion and sank into his chair, thinking deeply.

"I hope I handled that well…"

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Lili slowly strolled around the mansion that will soon be sold; but she didn't think of it as just any other mansion… No. She thought of it as her home, her sanctuary. But who is she to complain? She's done this to her family, so she must face the facts.

Emily Rochefort, is Middle Class.