A stand with the word 'enrolment' was the first thing to greet me as I walked into the arena where the tournament was to be held. I felt the first butterfly in my stomach. Up until now, I had been driven to revenge, but now I was here and it really sank in that before I could face Kazuya, I had to fight other people first, my confidence was slightly lessened, even with the pep talk I had received from Steve as we left the hotel this morning.

I handed the attendant my dad's entry and explained I was participating in his place. I was fully expecting her to turn round and say that I wasn't allowed to do that, but instead she just smiled and told me that I was successfully entered, and that I would find out at the welcome dance tonight what group I would be placed in. Steve and Hwoarang were both behind me, and once they had registered, we left. We had about four hours until the welcome event started, and so I went straight back to the hotel to have some dinner and get ready.

As I arrived at the hotel, where all the contestants were staying, I bumped into someone and fell onto the floor.

"ouch" I grumbled.

"watch where you are going, peasant."

I growled and glared up at the man. I recognised his face from the photos steve had given me of the entrants that he knew of. This guy was called Miguel Rojo. I could see from the photo he was arrogant, but I could definitely see it here by the way he looked and spoke to me.

"who the hell are you to call me a peasant? Aren't you just a street fighter from Spain? At least I have upper class blood, but I sure as hell don't go around bragging about it" I calmly stated.

He gave me a smirk, but just as I was about to slap it off his face, another man entered the room.

"you should save your energies for the matches" he stated.

I looked over at him. Tall, muscular and quite young looking. He had black hair swept up into a strange style, and was wearing a baggy hoody and a pair of loose fitting trousers. He looked over to me and he took a step back. So did I as I looked at his face. He was the spitting image of Kazuya! That meant he must be my cousin Jin that I had never actually met. Miguel realised I was no longer paying attention to him and wlaked off in a huff. Jin walked over towards me.

"you. You look like Nina Williams." he said.

"thanks for noticing. I'm her daughter. I'm also lee Chaolan's daughter too."

"so you're Kerrina. I'm Jin, your cousin."

"hi" I said, not really paying attention at this point.

Hwoarang had just entered, and I forgot all about Jin and the arrogant prick Miguel. Hwoarang looked over and his face took on a look I had never seen before, and it scared me. He stopped dead and a look of pure hatred an anger flooded through his looks. For a minute, I thought he was aiming it at me, but on closer inspection, I saw it was actually aimed at Jin. I was confused at that. I knew Hwoarang had a feud with one of the contestants from the first one he entered, but up until now, she hadn't found out who it was. Well, I hadn't actually tried to find out, but now I know anyway.

I think Hwoarang finally noticed me at that point as he looked at me, and the dark look immediately left his face, to be replaced by his handsome smile that I loved to see. He walked over to me, roughly pushing past jin, who just frowned slightly before walking off, giving me a friendly-ish nod of the head as he went, that I returned with a smile. Hwoarang gave me a hug as he approached and I hugged him back, until a voice behind me caused me to groan.

"I didn't know you had a boyfriend."

I dropped my head onto Hwoarang's chest before taking a deep breath and turning to face the newcomer.

"Anna. How disgustingly horrible it is to see you." I said.

Hwoarang laughed at that, and Anna turned to glare at him, but it only caused him to laugh harder as he wasn't intimidated by her in the slightest. This infuriated her, and she stamped her foot. I had to push Hwoarang away as he exploded with laughter at that point, and he casually strolled down the corridor, his laugh fading as he disappeared. I smiled slightly then turned to face the woman who had lied about being my mother all these years and gave her a dirty look.

"what do you want anna?" I asked.

I did not want to have to put up with her this tournament. I was here to find and rescue my dad. She gave me one of her flirty smiles and I felt sick with disgust.

"what do I want? I was just wondering how my daughter was doing"

"you have no right to call me that. Besides, I know the truth, aunt anna." I hissed.

Her eyes flashed angrily and before I had chance to react, she grabbed a handful of my hair and pulled my head back sharply, causing me to hiss slightly with the sharp pain that it emitted. She smiled in satisfaction.

"do not cross me my darling dear niece, for I won't hesitate to kill you." she whispered in my ear.

The tone in her voice caused me to shudder as it actually scared me. I tried to twist myself free from her grasp but it was too tight. She only finally let go when Steve walked in with a tall and beautiful woman. Anna's eyes became narrow slits with the force of the glare she sent the woman, and she threw me forward, untangling her hand from my hair and ripping a fair few strands of my hair out as she did so, before she turned to the woman.

"nina" she spat.

As soon as she said this, my head snapped up to look at the woman, and I mentally slapped myself for not recognising her the second I had laid eyes on her. It was unmistakable who she was, and even if I didn't believe it until now, I couldn't deny even for a second that she was my real mother. Staring back at anna was almost my mirror image, the same blonde hair, the same facial features, the same body shape. The only noticeable different were our eyes. Hers were extremely deep, whereas I had lighter blue ones. Right now, she was staring at anna, a blank expression on her face, but a twinkle of suppressed anger shining in the depths of her eyes. Steve came over to me while the sisters continued their staring match, and helped me up off the floor, where I had landed after anna had pushed me.

As soon as I was standing, anna gave us all one last glare before turning and storming out of the lobby. A couple more people drifted in, but I was too busy looking at nina to notice. She must've sensed me looking at her as she turned her head to face me, and the slightest of smiles adorned her face for a split second, before her face became impassive. She didn't move her eyes off me though.

"Kerrina. My daughter." was all she said, and the emotion, though brief, was clear.

I smiled, a tiny speck of water forming in my eyes, this time with happiness. I knew she wasn't the sentimental type but I stepped forward, and for the first time in my life, I shared an embrace with my mother.

"mum…"