After the Rain

This is the sequel of the story The Greatest Fear. I hope that you'll enjoy my fan-fiction.

Disclaimers: I don't own any of the Tekken characters.

Chapter 1

After the incident which occurred 2 weeks ago, my life turned out to be normal and I was trying to cope with my new life, living in a big city and studying in a school that named after my grandfather. Mishima High School is one of the prestigious schools in this city and most of the students are genius-type. But I enjoyed myself being in this school and I made new friends easily.

One of the coolest friends I met here is Ling Xiaoyu. She's from China and she could speak Japanese as fluent as mine for she's been staying here since she was very small. She could speak her mother-tongue language as fluent as Japanese. She's staying here with her step brother, Detective Wulong. She had a big crushed on my brother, Jin, and she always talked about him every single second. I told her once that she should talk to my brother but she was too shy.

My homeroom teacher was a very nice teacher. Her name is Julia Chang; half-Chinese and half-American. She taught us English, Maths and Biology; I really love Biology class especially when we're doing the experiment. She's very kind but strict when we didn't pass up the homework on time.

Some people asked me how I entered this school. Well, it's not about my grandfather gladly put my name in the school list but I have to sit for the examinations and interviews. I passed all of them with flying colours and this made my grandfather and brother very proud of me. Jin studied here too so most of the teachers recognized me by my family name.

The final bell rang and I put my stuffs inside my bag. When the teacher left, I called my brother to pick me up as usual.

"Asuka-chan, you want to join us to the cake shop today? We're going to eat the cakes there. Forest told me that there's a brand new chocolate cake today. And it's half price!" Xiaoyu approached me and squealed as she mention about the cake.

"I'm sorry, Xiao-chan. I promised my brother to call him after school and he's going to pick me up," I replied.

Xiaoyu sulked when she heard this. "Can you just tell him that you're going out with us?"

I thought for a while and I got the idea. "What about I told my brother to take all of us there? You can ride on my car," I smiled.

"Umm…well…we don't want to bother him sending all of us there. Besides, I'm too shy to look at him face to face," Xiao covered her face with both of her hands.

I chuckled and Forest came in. His class was next to us. "So, are we going?" he asked.

"Asuka-chan has to go back with her brother. Maybe we can go there together next time. I'll go with Forest and the others," said Xiao.

"I'm so sorry, guys. Maybe next time," I waved at them and ran to the front gate. Jin was waiting for me with his motorbike. "Sorry for keeping you waiting, Jin-nii."

"It's okay. I just arrived. Want to go straight home or you want to stop by somewhere else?" he asked as he handed me the helmet.

"Well, my friends asked me to join them to eat brand new cake at the cake shop. How about we go there, if you're not busy," I stared at the helmet, waiting for his answer.

"Sure, no problem. I don't have anything to do this evening," he smiled.

I hugged him and hurriedly took out my cell phone inside my pocket. I called Xiao that I'll be there joining them with Jin. She was so happy that she squealed loudly on the phone. She nearly made me turn deaf! She told me where the cake shop was and I told her that we'll meet them shortly.

I wore my helmet and mountain up the bike. "Hold on tight, Asuka," said Jin and I held his waist tightly. I knew that he's going to speed up in full throttle. It's normal when a guy riding up a bike even with his sister.

We arrived at the cake shop and my friends welcomed us warmly. Forest even reserved us two seats and ordered the special cake. I could see Xiao blushed when Jin said hi to everyone. We ate the cake ad talked about school. Jin didn't talk much and he only answered when he was being questioned by Forest, obviously for he's the good talker. Xiao didn't talk much either because all she did was glancing at my brother every single minute. I couldn't help smiling when I looked at her glancing over my brother.

After enjoying ourselves at the cake shop, it's time for us to go back. Jin paid for the cakes even though Forest insisted that he's the one who should pay.

"Thanks, Jin-san," Forest bowed slightly.

"It's nothing, man," Jin patted him on his shoulder. "And no need to bow. I'm having fun with you guys."

"Well, I think that we should go now. See you tomorrow, guys," I waved at my friends. Xiao made a sign to call her tonight and I thumbed-up at her.

Jin's phone rang as we got to our bike. He told me to wait here as he answered the phone. It's must be from the company. Jin worked as an executive at Mishima Zaibatsu and he's the busy man. Maybe he'll be needed in the office. I looked at my watch. It's nearly 4 p.m.

Suddenly I saw a man mountain down from a bike not far from where I was standing. He took off his helmet and I could see his red hair. He looked like a foreigner to me. He looked around at the cake shop's window. Maybe he wanted to choose a cake for his girlfriend, perhaps. His hands were inside his pocket. When he stepped inside the cake shop, I found out that he dropped something as he pulled out his right hand from the pocket. I realized that that man accidentally dropped his wallet. I looked and Jin who was still on the phone.

I walked to the cake shop again and picked up his wallet. I went inside and tapped his broad shoulder. He immediately turned around and stared at me.

"Umm…you dropped this, sir," I showed him his wallet.

"Oh, that was careless of me. Thanks, kid," he took back his wallet and winked at me. I nearly melted when he did that.

"You…you're welcome," I said, nearly blushed.

"Maybe I should treat you a cake for a token of appreciation," he said.

"No thanks, sir," I shook my head. "My brother is waiting for me so I need to go now. I'm glad to help you, sir," I bowed and walked out from the shop. I saw Jin was looking for me.

"Asuka, where did you go? I've been looking for you. I told you to stay here, right?" he asked as he noticed me walking out from the cake shop.

"I'm sorry, Jin-nii. There's a man who dropped his wallet so I gave the wallet back to him," I answered, feeling a little nervous if Jin was mad at me.

He ruffled my hair and praised for what I've done. We mountain up the bike and went back home. I wanted to ask him who was calling on his phone as we arrived home safely but I didn't have the gut to ask about his work. Grandfather was at home, sitting near a pond, under a gazebo.

"Where have you two been? I thought that school's end long time ago," he asked.

"Jin and I went to the cake shop with my friends. Are you worried, Grandfather?" I sat next to him. Jin excused himself and went inside the house.

"Of course I'm worried, my dear Asuka. I don't want any bad things happen to you," he answered.

I remembered what happened last time when I was being kidnapped. I shook my head and assured my grandfather that he needn't to get worried for I have Jin to protect me. And yes, Jin is very protective. He always picked me up after school no matter how busy he was. He didn't want anything to happen to me and I knew it.

I talked about school with grandfather for a while and excused myself for I need to change my clothes and freshened up. We have dinner together and our chef, Eddy, cooked us delicious meals. I did my homework after dinner while my grandfather and Jin watched baseball batch on TV. They loved watching baseball and sometimes I could hear them roaring joyfully when the team that they supported won. I sometimes joined them watching the game.

There's only one homework left and it was the subject that I hated most; History. I looked up at the questions and sighed. Why do I have to learn all these things that happened in the past? As I was trying not to hate History that much because it will affect my grades for this term, someone knocked on my door.

"Come in," I said. Jin stepped inside my room and asked me if he was bothering me or not. "I'm battling with History," I sighed heavily.

He chuckled and patted softly on my shoulder. "You'll win the battle one day. I used to hate History too."

I stood up from the chair and stretched my arms. The homework was tiring. I sat on the floor and grabbed my stuffy tiger. Jin did the same except that he didn't grab the stuffy animals which were lying on my floor.

"I think that you should get some sleep. You have to go to school tomorrow," he said as he saw me yawning couples of times.

"Maybe in a few minutes. There's something I wanted to tell you," I shifted next to him. As I opened my mouth to tell him about Xiaoyu, my phone rang and I yelped. Jin laughed at me and I slapped him on his shoulder while grabbing the phone on the bed. It was Xiao. Jin stood up and saying good night before he left my room. I answered the phone.

"Asuka-chan! You forgot to call me!" whined Xiao.

"I'm sorry, Xiao-chan. I just finished my homework. Well, I didn't finish History yet," I answered.

"It's okay. Anyway, I wanted to thank you soooo much that you asked your brother to join us this evening. I can't believe that he's sooo gorgeous when he was eating the cake! I think I'm melting right now!" she squealed and I needed put the cell phone away from my ears a little while.

She told me how happy she was today and hoping that next time I should ask Jin to join us for a movie this weekend. We chatted a little bit and I told her that I was sleepy so we hung up the phone. I went to the kitchen to drink before went up for bed. As I walked to my room, I could hear Jin's voice talking on the phone inside of his room. I wonder who called him at this hour and why he sounded angry. Was somebody threatening him?

To be continued. Please R&R. Thank you!