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Chapter Seven

The next morning…

Xiaoyu and Jin made love six times last night. Jin and Xiaoyu were lying naked in bed, fast asleep. The sheets barely covered their naked bodies. They held each other, both exceptionally happy and satisfied with their love making. Jin was so happy to hold his wife in his arms. Xiaoyu enjoyed being held in Jin's strong arms. Jin started to wake up. Xiaoyu felt Jin stirring and she started waking up. She yawned.

"Good morning." she said.

"Good morning my love." said Jin, smiling.

They passionately kissed and continued to hold each other. They cuddled.

"I have to say…that was the best night's sleep I've had in four years." said Jin.

Xiaoyu chuckled.

"Same here." said Xiaoyu, laughing. "I don't think we got any sleep though."

Jin laughed.

Xiaoyu and Jin were up all night doing it and they only managed to get two hours of sleep.

"I think we got some sleep." said Jin, chuckling.

"Barely. Not that I'm complaining." she said, smiling.

Jin chuckled and kissed her forehead.

Xiaoyu suddenly sat up.

"And just where do you think you're going?" Jin asked, teasingly. He wrapped his arms around her waist and held her. Xiaoyu chuckled.

"On weekdays, Chun Jin wakes me up so we can get ready for kindergarten. It's almost time before she'll come running in here. I don't want her to get here and see her mommy and a guy naked in bed."

Xiaoyu got up and put on her silk robe.

"I'm going to call Chun Jin's teacher and tell her that she's taking the day off." said Xiaoyu, tying her robe with the silk belt. "I'm going to take a day off too. Chun Jin will meet you and we'll all hang out today."

"I can't wait to spend time with her." said Jin, smiling.

Xiaoyu went up to Jin and smiled.

"Now you're back…you have your whole life to spend time with her." said Xiaoyu.

Jin smiled and they pecked each other on the lips.

"I'll be back soon." said Xiaoyu, walking towards the door. She opened the door, stepped out and closed the door. Jin sighed contentedly and smiled.

Xiaoyu went to Chun Jin's room. She sat on her bed and gently shook Chun Jin's shoulders.

"Chun Jin…wake up pumpkin." said Xiaoyu.

Chun Jin woke up. She yawned and rubbed her eyes.

"Good morning mommy!" said Chun Jin, giving her a huge hug.

"Good morning honey!" said Xiaoyu, hugging her back.

They released their hug and Chun Jin jumped out of bed.

"It's time for school!" said Chun Jin happily.

"Actually pumpkin, you're not going to school today."

"Why?"

"Because I want you to stay home and relax." said Xiaoyu, smiling. "I'm not going to work today either. Me and you are going to stay home and have fun together! That sound good?"

"Yay!" said Chun Jin, giving her mommy a hug. Xiaoyu chuckled and hugged her back.

"Come on…" said Xiaoyu, holding her daughter's hand, "…let's go downstairs. Kiyoshi will make you breakfast and you can watch cartoons."

"Okay!" said Chun Jin happily.

Xiaoyu and Chun Jin went downstairs. Jin heard Xiaoyu and Chun Jin talking. His heart melted when he heard Chun Jin's adorable voice. After thirty minutes, Xiaoyu went upstairs to her and Jin's bedroom. She opened the door and saw Jin. He stood with a towel wrapped around his waist.

"I was just about to take a shower." he said, smiling at her. "Wanna join me?"

Xiaoyu closed the door and went up to Jin. She smirked at him and untied her robe. She removed her robe and it fell to the floor. She smirked as she stood naked in front of her husband.

"I'm gonna take that as a yes." said Jin, smiling.

Xiaoyu chuckled and they kissed passionately. Xiaoyu removed his towel and it fell to the floor. They kept kissing on their way to the shower.

After having sex in the shower and showering, Xiaoyu and Jin came out of the bathroom. Xiaoyu had a pack of new toothbrushes, so she gave Jin a toothbrush to use. They brushed their teeth and did the usual everyday grooming…using deodorant, moisturizing, hair combing and so on. Xiaoyu changed into black designer sweatpants with a yellow designer tank top. She styled her hair into a high ponytail. She called Miharu to tell her that she was taking the day off.

"Don't worry Miharu I'm fine." said Xiaoyu on her cellphone. "Everything's fine. I just have some important errands to run. If something comes up at work that needs my attention, let me know, okay?"

"Are you kidding? I'm not gonna bother you with any office shit on your day off." said Miharu on the other line. "Don't worry about work…I'll take care of things here. Relax and enjoy your day off!"

Xiaoyu chuckled.

"Thanks Miharu. I'll talk to you later. Bye."

"Bye!"

Xiaoyu hung up.

"Jin!" she said, calling him.

"In here!" he said.

Xiaoyu walked into their huge closet. Jin's towel was wrapped around his waist. He was standing and staring at his clothes. Some of his clothes were hanging, some were neatly folded. His shoes, watches, hats, scarves and other accessories were neatly arranged. Jin continued to stare at his clothes. He had tears in his eyes. Xiaoyu went up to him. She gently put her hand on his shoulder.

"Jin…" she said, looking worried, "…what's wrong?"

Jin turned to her.

"My clothes…my shoes…you didn't get rid of them?" he asked.

Xiaoyu shook her head and sighed.

"A year after you died, I decided that I would finally get rid of your clothes. I wanted to give your clothes away…but I…I just couldn't bring myself to do it." she said. "It was just too painful. I mean, these aren't just clothes…they're your clothes. They reminded me of you. So…I kept them…all of them."

Xiaoyu sniffled as tears began to form in her eyes. Jin gave her a huge hug and she hugged him back.

"You've suffered so much grief these past four years." he said, hugging her. "I'm so sorry you had to go through that."

"It's okay." she said. "We're back in each other's arms now. That's all that matters."

Jin sighed and they continued to embrace each other.

Later on...

Jin changed into a pair of jeans and a short sleeved, maroon polo shirt. He stepped out of the closet and smiled at Xiaoyu, who was sitting on the bed. She smiled back at him.

"How do I look?" he asked.

Xiaoyu chuckled and went up to him. She placed her hands on his strong chest and kissed his lips.

"You look very handsome…as always." She said.

"Thanks my love."

"You ready to talk to your daughter?" Xiaoyu asked, smiling.

Jin took a deep breath.

"Yeah." He said, smiling.

He was so excited to see Chun Jin, but he was also very anxious. He was nervous about how she would react meeting him. Would she be happy to see her dad? Would she be angry that it took all these years for her dad to show up? Granted, it wasn't Jin's fault but still…he still felt guilty that he was away from Xiaoyu and Chun Jin for four years.

Xiaoyu gently grabbed Jin's hand and they went downstairs. They went to the living room where they saw Chun Jin, happily jumping up and down the couch. Kiyoshi was sitting next to her. A children's cartoon was playing on the huge, flat screen TV. Chun Jin was jumping and singing along to the cartoon.

"Happy the Lion goes roar roar roar!" sang Chun Jin.

"Chun Jin! Sit down and finish eat your cereal." said Kiyoshi.

"But I wanna play!" she said, still jumping.

"Finish your cereal like a good girl and then we'll play, okay?" said Kiyoshi, smiling.

"Okay Kiyoshi San!" said Chun Jin, who stopped jumping. She got off the couch and picked up her bowl of cereal on the coffee table. She sat down on the couch and ate her cereal.

Xiaoyu went up to them.

"Hi mommy!" said Chun Jin.

"Hi pumpkin!" she said, smiling. Xiaoyu gently took away the bowl of cereal from Chun Jin's hands. She put the bowl on the coffee table and gently held Chun Jin's hand.

"Come here honey." said Xiaoyu.

Chun Jin got up from the couch and stood up, holding her mommy's hand.

"Yes mommy?"

"Pumpkin…there's someone I'd like you to meet."

"Who?" she said, smiling.

"Jin, you can come out now!" said Xiaoyu.

Jin was in hallway and he stepped into the living room. Jin slowly walked up to Chun Jin, smiling at her. He went up to her. Chun Jin stared at him.

"Chun Jin…this is your daddy." said Xiaoyu gently.

"Hi Chun Jin." said Jin, smiling.

Chun Jin kept staring. The little girl was very confused. She recognized her daddy from all the pictures her mommy showed her. However, she thought that her daddy was dead. Chun Jin was a bit scared of her daddy because she thought that he was a ghost. She released Xiaoyu's hand and hugged her tightly while staring fearfully at Jin.

"I thought daddy was in heaven. Is he a ghost?" Chun Jin asked.

Xiaoyu knelt down in front of Chun Jin so she could be face level with her. She put her hands on her shoulders and smiled at her. She understood why Chun Jin was scared and confused.

"Aw pumpkin…your daddy isn't a ghost. He was in heaven, but now he's back on earth! Me and you always wished that daddy would come back to us, right?"

"Yeah." said Chun Jin.

"Well our wishes came true!" said Xiaoyu, smiling. "We wished for daddy to be alive and our wishes came true pumpkin!"

"Our wishes came true?" said Chun Jin, happily.

"Yeah! Your daddy is alive just like we always wished! He's not a ghost pumpkin…he's alive!"

Chun Jin looked at Jin and smiled at him. She released herself from Xiaoyu and ran up to Jin.

"Daddy! Daddy you're alive!" she said happily, giving him a huge hug.

Jin hugged her back and carried her. He was smiling as he and Chun Jin hugged each other tightly. Jin had tears in his eyes. He was so unbelievably happy. He was hugging Chun Jin and he didn't want to let go.

Chun Jin released their hug and smiled at him.

"You're not in heaven daddy! You're here!"

"Yes my little one, I'm here." said Jin, smiling. "And I'm never, ever leaving you and Mommy ever again."

"Why are you crying daddy?" she asked, when she saw tears in Jin's eyes.

Jin chuckled.

"Because daddy is really happy to see you, little one."

"I love you daddy!" she said, hugging him tightly.

"I love you too Chun Jin…more than anyone or anything." He said, hugging her back.

Xiaoyu was crying tears of joy as she watched father and daughter together. Kiyoshi had tears in his eyes. After everything that Xiaoyu and Jin had been through…it made Kiyoshi so happy to see the family reunited.

Later, Xiaoyu took Chun Jin upstairs to give her a bath and brush her teeth. Xiaoyu then helped Chun Jin dress up. Chun Jin wore a pink shirt with a cartoon character design. She also wore blue jeans and pink sneakers. Chun Jin's hair was in pigtails.

Chun Jin, Xiaoyu and Jin went to the backyard to hang out. The three of them were playing, running around and having so much fun! Jin was playfully spinning Chun Jin around and she was laughing, enjoying herself. They played tag and sometimes Chun Jin rode around on her tricycle. Jin and Xiaoyu held each end of a skipping rope for Chun Jin to skip in the middle. Jin also hugged Xiaoyu and spun her around happily. Xiaoyu laughed as Jin spun her around. They played until it was time for lunch. After they were done eating a delicious lunch, they went outside and continued playing. Later on they came into the house, playing and watching cartoons.

Jin and Chun Jin were getting along perfectly. Chun Jin loved her daddy so much and she loved talking to him. She was a chatterbox, talking to Jin about how much she loved school and her friends and her teacher. She talked to him about her favorite cartoons and toys and how she wanted a pony. Jin loved talking to Chun Jin as well and he was really enjoying hanging out with his daughter.

Xiaoyu took so many pictures of herself, Jin and Chun Jin as they played. She didn't post the pictures on social media. These pictures were private and for the family. She didn't want to tell anyone that Jin was alive. She didn't even tell her family and Miharu. Jin would tell the world that he was alive when he was ready and she respected that.

After a fun day, Xiaoyu and Jin got Chun Jin ready for bed. Chun Jin didn't want to sleep…she wanted to keep hanging out with her parents. Jin and Xiaoyu were in their daughter's bedroom. They sat on her bed and Chun Jin sat in between them. They read Chun Jin a bedtime story and tucked her in.

"I don't wanna go to sleep!" said Chun Jin. "I wanna play with you and daddy!"

Jin and Xiaoyu chuckled.

"It's your bedtime Chun Jin, so you have to go to sleep." said Jin, smiling. "Don't worry little one, we'll play tomorrow, okay?"

"Yay!" said Chun Jin.

Jin chuckled and hugged her.

"Goodnight little one." He said.

"Goodnight daddy."

Jin kissed her on the cheek and they released their hug. Chun Jin stretched out her arms towards Xiaoyu. Her mommy smiled and gave her a big hug.

"Goodnight pumpkin." She said, smiling.

"Goodnight mommy!"

Xiaoyu kissed her on the forehead and she and Jin stood up. They put off the light, but Chun Jin's night light illuminated the room. They closed the door and walked away. It was 7:30pm. It wasn't late, so Jin decided to train and spar. He had a match tomorrow at 1pm. Jin still had many hours left in the day to train. While Jin went to the garden in the backyard to train, Xiaoyu went to the study. She decided to do some office paperwork before going to bed.

Later that night…

11pm

Jin had trained for three hours. When he was done training, he took a shower and changed into just a pair of flannel pajama pants. Xiaoyu was done with her office work. Jin and Xiaoyu were cuddling in bed, their arms wrapped around each other. Xiaoyu rested her head on Jin's chest.

"So, how was your training?" she asked.

"It was great." said Jin, gently stroking her hair. "I'm definitely ready for the match tomorrow."

"You're gonna kick Kunimitsu's ass tomorrow!" said Xiaoyu.

"Thanks for the encouragement my love." said Jin, kissing her on the forehead.

"You're welcome!"

Xiaoyu sighed contentedly.

"You know…ever since you came back…I keep thinking if this is a dream. And today, when we were all together as a family, hanging out and having fun...I kept wondering If I was dreaming." she said. "If this is all a dream…it's the best dream I've ever had. If this is a dream…I never wanna wake up from it."

Jin lifted her chin and kissed her gently. He released the kiss and smiled at her.

"Trust me, this isn't a dream. This is real. The heavens have given us good fortune…given our family a chance to be together." said Jin.

"Yeah, you're right." said Xiaoyu. "Our family will always be together. Nothing is ever gonna to tear this family apart."

Jin sighed and sat up.

"What's wrong?" she asked, looking concerned.

"Xiaoyu…" Jin sighed, "…there's something I haven't told you."

Xiaoyu slowly sat up. She felt anxiety…she was so nervous and worried about what Jin was about to reveal to her. She took a deep breath to prepare herself.

"Okay." She said, trying to be calm.

Jin sighed.

"I didn't just participate in Tekken 10 to reunite with you and Chun Jin. Raven's agency…my agency…they want me to take down G-Corporation."

"Well that's a good thing isn't it? G-Corp is an evil organization. That company deserves to be taken down. Besides, you and Raven always stop G-Corp's evil schemes. You and Raven have rescued and saved so many people from G-Corp's devious plans. For the sake of innocent people all over the world…G- Corporation needs to be destroyed."

"I'm not just required to take down G-Corp. My agency also assigned me to kill Kazuya."

Xiaoyu had a look of shock on her face. She sighed.

"Jin…I thought you decided after Tekken 4 that you wouldn't kill Kazuya and Heihachi. You said an image of Jun prevented you from killing them. I thought you decided to be the bigger person and not bother yourself with Kazuya and Heihachi. I thought you made peace with that."

"What can I do Xiaoyu? I owe my agency. If not for them, I'd still be dead under that rubble. I'm the only one who can get close to Kazuya. I have direct access to him…"

Xiaoyu sighed and started getting off the bed.

"Besides, Kazuya is a piece of shit anyway. The world would be a better place without him. Like you said…for the sake of innocent people, G-Corp must be destroyed and that includes Kazuya."

"You know what I meant! Don't twist my words Jin!" she said, raising her voice. "I meant destroy the company… I didn't mean that you should kill Kazuya or anyone who works at G-Corp!"

She was standing with her arms crossed. She stared angrily at Jin.

"Just because that agency brought you back to life doesn't mean you should murder for them." She said.

Jin sighed and stood up. He faced her.

"Xiaoyu…they have the cure for the devil gene."

"What?" she exclaimed.

"Yeah, they have the cure. But they will give me the cure after I complete my mission…to assassinate Kazuya."

Xiaoyu sighed.

"Jin…I understand why you did all those horrible things in the past. But now…now you're back and you have a chance to start fresh. You have a chance to redeem yourself to the world. You've been helping people, rescuing people from danger…saving the world. You need to stay on the road to redemption. Killing Kazuya, having blood on your hands will steer you off that road."

"Xiaoyu…if I don't do this, I don't get the cure. I'll continue to have this cursed blood running through my fucking veins!" said Jin, raising his voice. "What the hell do you want me to do Xiaoyu? I need to get rid of this devil gene! I don't have a fucking choice!"

"So is this how you're gonna keep living your life? What if this cure doesn't work Jin?"

"It will work!"

"Well what if it doesn't?" she yelled. "What if it doesn't huh? You're going to keep doing bad things to get rid of the devil gene? You're going to keep hurting yourself and the people you love in order to eliminate the devil gene?"

"You don't know what it's like!" Jin yelled. "You have no fucking idea what it's like having this cursed blood Xiaoyu! You have no idea what it's like to have something evil within you! So yeah, I'm not happy with the horrible things I have to do. But I am that desperate to get rid of this devil gene. If you were in my shoes, even you would resort to doing horrible things. So stop judging me!"

Xiaoyu sighed.

"You're right…I'm not in your shoes. I don't know what it's like to live with the devil gene." said Xiaoyu, gently. "I wasn't judging you and I'm sorry if I came across as judgmental."

She put her hand on his shoulder.

"I know that even though you hate Kazuya…you don't want to kill him. You feel conflicted and that's why you told me about your mission to kill him. Deep down, you felt guilty. Jin, I love you unconditionally. I will always love you, no matter what. You're a grown man and I can't tell you what to do. But as your wife, I'll advise you. And my advise is... I don't want you to do something that you'll regret. I want you to feel redeemed and not live with guilt. Most importantly, you're a father. You should set an example for Chun Jin."

Jin sighed.

"You already did so much bad shit to get rid of the devil gene." She said. "You hated doing all those horrible things. It was eating you up inside. I just don't want you to feel horrible about yourself. I want you to have peace of mind. Whether you decide to kill Kazuya or not…just know that that doesn't change my love for you. My love and respect for you won't change. Whatever you decide to do…I love you. I'll always love you, no matter what."

Jin sighed and hugged her.

"Why does life have to be so fucking complicated?" Jin asked.

"I don't know. But despite how complicated life is…we have each other to get through it." She said, hugging him back.

"Sorry I yelled at you." He said.

"I'm sorry I yelled at you too."

"I love you."

"Same here baby."

They stood and continued to hug each other tightly.