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CHAPTER 11
Japan, Tokyo…
Mishima Zaibatsu…
When the Chinese young woman found out that Lili Rochefort's one and only rival was that "parasite" aka Asuka, for people, who maybe have forgotten…Difficult, we know…She was thrilled to an extended degree. Xiaoyu couldn't watch anymore Asuka acting whenever she would come here like she owned the place. The black haired girl had worked really hard to make this company as powerful as it is now. Everyone inside the Zaibatsu…Let's include Kazuya, too, even though he's the CEO of their rival company…was aware of the fact that Xiaoyu gave the "actual" orders only for Jin to put his sign. But it wasn't like the man was signing without reading them. He just trusted her, that's all. There were times when he disagreed with her and they would work together for another solution…
As expected, it took her a little of time to come up with a satisfying practice plan for Lili. It was a good thing that the blonde younger woman was as excited as she was. Lili found a kindred spirit in Xiaoyu and she would never forget her help, even if she would end up losing once again. She was a person, who remembered both of the people, who helped her and those, who she helped…Lars was mentioned as an example lots of times…
"So…Lili…" called Xiaoyu her trainee's name and brought her hands together. The brightness of her eyes made Lili smile… "What are your thoughts on my practice plan? Think you can pull through?"
Lili nodded excitedly and tightened her fists. She was so worked up that she wanted to start practicing just now…
"Of course I can! Didn't I tell you? I'll do everything in order to defeat her."
Xiaoyu giggled… "So much enthusiasm!"
Suddenly, she looked towards the door and watched her best friend walking hurriedly to their place. She waved her hand at her and Alisa gave her a thumbs up. As it seems that guy, Steve Fox, accepted their request. Xiaoyu didn't expect anything less from Alisa. Well, she had taught her a trick or two in dealing with men…She managed to make both Lars and Shin realize that, if they wanted to be with her, they had to accept this strange threesome relationship. This keeps going on for over two years now. It was true that it started to get tiring for her and she knew that they had felt the same way for some time now…But she loved them…How was she going to choose one of them?
Alisa walked next to Xiaoyu, who took her hands with hers… "Thanks for dealing with this, Allie…Let's go and have a bite at your favorite restaurant…My treat, ok?"
"Sure…Thanks…I'll let the boys know."
Xiaoyu nodded and watched her friend walking once again outside the office. She smiled kindly to herself. She changed her mind. She should have made it a tag tournament and join alongside Alisa…Win or lose, all of the competitors would be looking at them and their superiority…
"You really love Alisa, right?" asked Lili with a smile. She wished she had a friend like that…
"Of course…Alisa was the one, who supported me through my biggest hardships. I hope I was as supportive as she was in our friendship. She's always a step ahead of me…Uh…" Xiaoyu looked at Lili, who nodded and tilted her head… "Say, Lili…" the blonde woman made eye contact with her and raised an eyebrow… "You're joining us, right?"
"Sure! Thanks for inviting me."
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Japan…
Tokyo Suburbs…
Alisa's Favorite Restaurant…
"Let me get this straight…" There was a pause from Lili before giving the three another glance… "Lars and ermm…Shin and Alisa…You guys are dating each other?" she asked confused and Alisa nodded with a smile, while the other two let out a fake nervous smile…
Xiaoyu giggled and placed her arm around Alisa's shoulder, who was sitting next to her… "Isn't it cool, Lili? Once, Alisa's with Shin…" she said pointing at the man… "Then, she's with Lars…" This time she pointed with her finger at him… "And…hehe…Once in a while, it's Shin and Lars." She added jokingly with only Alisa realizing it as a joke…
The two men looked at their lap and said in unison… "That's true…" Suddenly, they realized what she actually said… "XIAOYU!?"
"Joking, joking…" she waved her hand…
Lili removed her hand after laughing with the expressions of Shin and Lars… "But don't you three find it…How can I say this? Umm…Weird?"
Alisa cleared her throat making all of them look at her. She was the one to speak now… "Well…At first it felt kind of weird…" she, then, smiled cheerfully… "But not anymore."
"Talk for yourself…" thought both the two men in unison. Except from the same girlfriend, they, also, shared the same thoughts…
It was time for the food to be served. Two waiters appeared above them and started placing the dishes on the table. The happiness in Xiaoyu's eyes was obvious… "Wow…The food's here. Let's eat! Let's eat!"
"You sure are happy, Xiaoyu." Lili said while placing her long blond hair in a low ponytail, since she didn't want for them to bother her when eating…
Before she was ready to say something, Shin interrupted her and looked at Lili… "It's just until Jin comes back…Don't delude yourself. Then, she'll continue being her bossy self again."
A murderous frown appeared above her eyebrows and raised her body showing her fist to him… "Did you say anything, Kamiya-kun?"
"No, Xiao-sama!" he answered vigorously while shaking his head…
"I'll take your word for now." In the end, she sat back on her seat…
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For most of the time they were eating peacefully. It must be that they were very hungry. Well, a lot happened today. Lili's request and Xiaoyu's approval of it…Lars being tired after dealing with Panda, who wouldn't listen to anyone but her mistress. Shin for visiting two old men, who didn't know of his existence until today and listening to things, which according to him…never happened. And, finally, it was quite exhausting for Alisa to be able to handle a conversation with Steve Fox. He was creepy…
However, something occurred that disturbed the silence… "HAHAHAHA!" Lars Alexandersson started laughing for no apparent reason to the others. They looked at each other and Alisa asked him… "Lars? Can you please tell us what's so funny? We are in need of some good laugh ourselves."
The man touched his stomach with his hands and tried to stop… "I apologize…If I bothered you…I just…Oh no…I just pictured how awkward must be for Jin to be there."
Xiaoyu pursed her lips when she heard him. She was thinking of it the whole time. What if they treated him badly? Jin was a nice man, who wouldn't do anything to harm his mother's relatives. A sigh left her mouth and raised her gaze when she heard her friend's voice…
"Why is that funny?"
The Chinese woman touched Alisa's hand to take her attention… "Alisa…I can somehow understand what he means…You see…Jin was considered an outcast from the family as soon as he took the Zaibatsu under his lead…" she shrugged her shoulders… "For a reason it didn't really bother him but now that everything's cleared…His mother's brother asked him as a favor to go in his place."
"Still…"
She rolled her eyes… "Ugh…You know how awkward of a person Jin is, don't you?"
Alisa nodded. Then, Lili crossed her arms and a questioning frown appeared above her blue eyes… "Why is Japanese doing this kind of thing? Have a party or something…" She stopped for a moment and looked at her drink… "Well, I like tea but I prefer to enjoy it by myself."
Her new trainer shook her head when she noticed that Lili was looking at her… "Ask, Shin. He's the only Japanese in our company." She said pointing at them man, who scratched the back of his head…
"You're asking why…It's true that my family has one once a year for sure…I don't know about others, really. I pretty much find it bothersome, too…But it's a good thing to get all together once in a while."
No one said a thing until…
"See? A party, Lili, as you said would be much better."
Shin started to get really annoyed with the whole atmosphere. What did that mean? That he was boring? That was it? It definitely was… "Alisa!? Support me."
"I'm sorry, Shin…" the pink haired girl gave him an apologetic smile. From now, she started thinking of ways to calm him down later…
He, then, turned his attention to Lars. Even though they were rivals, they became good friends… "Lars?"
Lars cleared his throat. He looked at Lili and Xiaoyu… "Well…Girls, he might have a…"
"Your father is Japanese." Said Shin once again making a very huge mistake…
The blond man stayed frozen for a moment until he snapped… "You just dug your own grave. I hate it!"
"So cruel! You're all against me. There's no way Jin is going to support me, fearing the consequences of his answer, so just wait until Asuka comes."
As soon as, Lili and Xiaoyu heard that hateful name, they smashed the table with their fists… "Why did you have to mention that stupid human being?!" they shouted in unison…
Shin was left with an open mouth. Both Lars and Alisa knew of Lili's hatred towards Asuka. The Japanese man was only aware of Xiaoyu's. He raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms… "Well, I knew that Xiaoyu doesn't think the best of Asuka but you, too…Lili?"
Xiaoyu tried to calm down and requested the same thing from Lili. If she wanted to be her disciple, she had to be on the same wave length as her…
She cleared her throat and placed some hair behind her ear…A smirk crossed her lips… "Actually, Shin…Lili asked my help because she wants to…well…They have some unfinished business together."
"What did she do to you?" he asked once again irritating Xiaoyu, whose eyebrow twitched…
Lili struggled between wanting or not to tell him. Alisa and Lars found out because she didn't have another choice. Alisa wasn't leaving Xiaoyu's side and Lars…She really needed him inside there back then…
Thankfully, Xiaoyu spoke in her stead… "You don't have to explain yourself, Lili." She raised her body supporting herself with her hands holding the table… "And you, Kamiya, managed to piss me off already. What's the weird thing in just not liking a person? Maybe, in the future, you'll meet someone, who for an unknown reason, you can't stand."
"How can you hate a person you don't even know?" he said back a matter of fact…
However, his reasoning with her managed to make her even angrier. She had her eyes tightly closed for some seconds. Alisa was getting worried, too, and placed her hand on her back bringing her back to reality…
"So pathetic…" she mumbled and then glared at him… "Let's take you as an example…" for an unknown reason she looked at the older man next to him. She smiled… "How happy were you when you saw Lars next to Alisa?" her friend's eyes widened... "Did you like him?"
He tightened his fists… "What's with that? Don't turn the subject to me."
"Hphm!" she brought her face enough closer to his own making him flinch… "Say it!"
Fearing for his life for another time, he took the decision to answer… "I can't say…that…I was…happy about it…"
Next to him, Lars faked a pained expression… "What…You really are hurting me, Shin…I thought we were friends."
Lars' words managed to linger something inside Shin's heart. If only, the poor young man realized that he was just messing around with him? He was so naïve…An extended version of Jin's…He touched his shoulder and said…
"That's in the past…I changed my opinion on you, Lars…You're a very good friend."
The older man smiled feeling bad for joking with him and patted his head…
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