A/N: Ok, announcements, announcements... first of all, in light of my busy vacation I'm still not that fast with updating, but I've finally tied the story together..Thank God. So , from this chapter on, there's only 9 chapters left before the end of the story. In total, the story will have 38 chapters and I'm hoping to post the last 9 chapters before the end of November (unless you guys want me to take it longer to finish XD, it's not fun to wait! -_- ). Until then, I hope everyone enjoys the story and continue to follow it. God Bless, readers :D

Mogkupo: Thank you for always waiting :D enjoy the new chapter ^_^

AsukaEnergetic1: Well, I know it'd be obvious that I re-watched Sono Hanabira, and suddenly thought..."Oh, I should write a scene like this" XD
I always enjoy writing ecchi stuff between AsuLili (sometimes I'm even tempted to do a full on ecchi oneshot of them...) And I admit that before starting the story I already had a list of characters I wanted to appear, it wasn't planned by that time what they're roles would be, but they were on the list :D

romak1997: I'm sorry to make you wait, nice chapters really take long to furnish :D and about the fight scenes, I'm real sorry if the fic has been lacking it by the middle to the present part, but I did it so I can focus more on the relationship development in the characters. The next chapters will be filled with fighting, but I guess there won' be a tournament in this fic. since it's set in a time where Jin is too busy to arrange it. But I do hope I can make you feel the classic tekken way with the upcoming fights.


29) Let me re-introduce you


First impressions are always present when you just met a person. So it can't be helped that the person is two sided for you. It's either he is what you think he is or actually the opposite. It takes time, and a lot of encounters before you can really get to know the person. Even for the smallest timeline of a week, you might find yourself, surprised about the things you never expected in your first impression.

It's a hazy morning, fog was barely lifting and the ocean smell was breathtaking. A girl sat alone at the end of the boat dock. She swinged her feet at the cold ocean, splashing water at herself sometimes. The girl felt confused, but she wasn't showing it on her face. She sighed many times onto the quiet atmosphere, and for a while she wondered how long would she keep this up?

No one was there to stop her, so she felt like she had all the time in the world to continue this. She looked at her reflection in the blue green water. Her feet swinging created big ripples in the water, making her image wiggle.

She stared at herself but at the same time, she wasn't really looking at herself. She felt vibrations on the wood she sat on; someone was approaching her from behind. Hwoarang came out of the mist, wearing blue jeans and an orange jacket. He's sight was down all the time, leveled to look directly at the girl.

He didn't know that the girl had felt him coming. Hwoarang could also see how his friend was quietly staring at the ocean; he called her name to get her attention.

"Xiayou"

The Chinese didn't say anything before she turned her head around and gave Hwoarang a timid smile. "You're up so early"

Hwoarang raised his shoulders. "I think I had a bad dream"

"What kind of bad? Is it the kind of dream where you realize that you're not handsome anymore?" Xiayou laughs at her own joke. It might sound harsh, but she is one of the few people who knows how conceited Hwoarang is, and is brave enough to make a joke out of him for it.

Hwoarang didn't really like the joke, but he gave a little chuckle just to let the girl know that he's not offended by it. "Ha ha" He then says in a sarcastic tone. "It's the kind of dream you'd wish was just a dream. Hell, I'm now stuck with a two couple's team"

Xiayou's smile quickly faded now. "It's not official yet"

Hwoarang scooted down to sit close to Xiayou. He let his feet dip down the ocean, along with his black slippers. His arms were hidden at the pockets of his jacket.

"Guy's like him won't do those things for no reason"

Xiayou raised her one foot and splashed some water at Hwoarang's direction. The auburn head dodges the salt water. He gets the signal that Xiayou wants him to move further, and so he slided his body, a few more inches away from the girl.

"I'm not so sure about that Hwoarang…..what if there's something behind it?"

"Why are you trying to act like it doesn't mean anything?"

Xiayou went blank, she realized just now that she's been playing a game of denial.

"You're right Hwoarang; I must be in so much shock"

*~*~*~* Last Night at Tokyo *~*~*~*

Lili was sitting on her bed now, she had a lighter pajama on and her comforters were replaced by thin blankets. She heard the little twitting sound of the thermometer at her mouth. She looked happy when she took it out and quickly handed it to the girl in front of her. Asuka looked at the thermometer in her hand, it read 36.5°C. There was no denying that Lili's fever is gone now. It was obvious from how she moved and talked so energetically since the end of the afternoon. She's extreme feeling of cold was gone now too, and she's actually yearning for some of that cold to damp her body.

"The thermometer has spoken, you are officially well now" Asuka raised her hand in front of Lili, asking her for a handshake.

"I couldn't have been if it weren't for you" Lili took the hand of the ebony, and quickly she was pushed down by its force. Asuka moved her hand back while dragging Lili along.

There was no need to explain what she was about to do, after all, they've talked about it already. Asuka went directly for it, kissing Lili in the lips as quickly as she pulled her. It took a while before Lili could catch up with her, especially when the first thing in her mind was that she wanted to initiate this and now, poof, it's done.

"Asuka, really" Lili commented as soon as they stopped kissing.

"What? You said we can do it as soon as you're better."

"No that's not what I said"

"Yes, it was, since when did you start having faulty memories?"

"The same time you started misunderstanding what I meant" It was Lili's time now to pull Asuka out of her chair and in to the bed.

"You know Asuka, there are only a few times I can have you all to myself like this, and I'm not going to leave this place without having you entirely. We're going to go all the way tonight."

Lili was pushing the ebony to the end of the bed. Asuka was confused with surprise and excitement, she was easily getting moved until her head hit the wall and Lili had to slap her lightly.

"Hey, are you ok?" Lili asked.

Asuka scratched the top of her head, but she really didn't feel any pain. How could pain even enter her system when her body was busy letting all the eagerness to stay put and not burst.

"I'm perfectly fine" Asuka answers her before embracing her from the waist. She lets them fall down the bed and there she starts to kiss Lili in the neck. Her kisses traveled from all directions, she couldn't help but suck on some parts of Lili's neck, and when her teeth tittered in intense feelings, she also couldn't help but bite into the thin white neck of her girlfriend. Her whole attention was flooded into drinking from Lili's face, lips and neck, while her partner helped her get out of her clothes.

Asuka felt Lili's hands pulling on the t-shirt she was wearing, she didn't mind it at first, but she realized that Lili's pull was different. Little by little, she was getting pulled to Lili's right; she stopped kissing Lili and looked at the girl. Lili only smiled at her before continuing to trample her down to the right side.

Asuka catched her breath while looking into the ceiling, she felt Lili move beside her, and a few seconds later, the blonde head had rested above her. Lili raised her head after catching her own breath. She held Asuka's face with her hands and told her something that made the ebony look at her with an unpaintable expression.

"I wanted to lead this one" Lili muttered seriously.

"Lili, this isn't a competition…." Asuka quickly answered her.

"No, of course I know that, crazyhead" Lili brushed Asuka's hair to the back. "I just wanted to be the one to make you happy this time. You took care of me, so this is my thank you for you. Let me do everything for tonight." Lili brushed her hands on Asuka's cheeks; and squeezed them before she started to kiss her again.

Asuka let her; she didn't try to make a move of her own. If she agreed to what Lili said, it wasn't important. What was important for Asuka was that they both feel happy.

But Happiness for Asuka didn't mean just being with Lili and doing everything with her. Asuka woke up early in the next day, the morning was spurged with hot sunrays and noisy cicada cries, able to come inside the bedroom because of an open window. She left Lili on the bed and made her way downstairs, she wanted to be alone, and she wanted to think. She had plans today, plans that dhe didn't tell her other half about.

The plan is not something bad, for Asuka that is. There's a big chance that Lili won't think of it as bad either, but she might not want to do it.

Persuade. Asuka has to convince Lili to agree with her plan. There were few ways to convince Lili, according to Asuka's experience. The first was to tell her what she wants.
Like that time they were training to go to the Revers Tournament.

"Look, as much as I don't want you to be my partner, you can't leave me now since the tournament is on the next day and I don't know if I can find any capable partner anymore."

Asuka remembers herself saying that just to stop Lili from thinking more of leaving. She didn't expect that that was the only thing she needed to do.

"You find me as a capable partner?"

Lili asked her with happiness, already revealing that Asuka's convince her to stay with little words. Asuka had to frown that time, she felt irritated to state the things that Lili wanted to hear, but Lili is a person who's convince by words.

"Yes, I do."

Asuka answered whilst swallowing her pride. Yet her drained pride didn't go to waste because Lili never left her after that.

The second thing you need to do in order to convince Lili, is that you have to go by her rules.

Like at that time when they were about to board the junk train inside the mountain caves. Lili only agreed to ride the train if, Jin became watch guard at the top.
"I wan to go, but I don't trust it at all. So, I want you to just sit on top of the train and watch the rails while we're all inside."

Everyone was surprised with the tenacity of Lili's condition for continuing to the ride, but we all know that her decision of having Jin watch on top was still the best.

Asuka was running out of ideas on how to convince Lili, but she's sure that if there's one more to make it to the list, it would be that she'd promise Lili she'll be there with her.

*~*~*~~* At Lars Hideout *~*~*~*

Xiayou sat next to Alisa at the right end of the big spherical glass table. Just in front of them, at the left part of the table, Jin and Hwoarang sat far away in each revolving chairs. Hwoarang looked sleepy at the projector screen. They were listening to Lars, explaining the missions he wants the Alliance to accomplish for him. Xiayou wasn't listening to the lecture; instead, she kept stealing glances of Jin. The guy is busy with listening to his uncle, but he tilts his head to Xiayou for a second. They meet each other's sight, and Jin was the first one to give the Chinese a little smile before continuing to listen.

Xiayou pulled her head back and buried her sight to the floor.

Ugh, stop looking at him anymore! He's going to get irritated if he keeps catching you do so!

"Xiayou, what is it?" Alisa also looked at the floor, curious as to what the girl might be looking at.

The Chinese raised her head, and tried to act normal. "Oh, no, I just thought I had a stain on my shoe. Lucky me, there wasn't" she giggled nervously. "Let's continue listening to Lars"

Lars explained above an elevated platform. He had a laser pointer remote to explain routes indicated in maps. "Basically, there are three places you need to infiltrate" He says in a brief summary.

No one talks in the room, although Jin seems to understand everything, and Xiayou doesn't understand one thing.

"Once you're other members are back, I want you to fill them in as soon as possible. These missions need to be done. The moment they return."

A loud bumping sound distracts the heavy silence inside the cold encased room. Hwoarang's head falls violently on the table as he gives in to sleep. Xiayou looks at him, shaking her head in disbelief.

"Wow, falling asleep right in front of a lecture, you really are something" The Chinese dallies at the auburn head, snoring at the glass table top.

Jin didn't look at the sleeping head on his back, he was focused on exchanging serious glaces with Lars. Alisa stands up from her chair and turns on the lights. The projector is turned off and Lars leaves the room first.

"When are Asuka and Lili coming back?" Jin asks Xiayou from across the table.

The Chinese tilt her head to one side. "Supposedly today…but Asuka told me that if they aren't back by afternoon, then we'd just have to expect them by the next day"

Jin nodded his head. "I see"

Xiayou smiled at Jin, she felt nervous about going back to staring at him. She shifted her head and tried to look at what Alisa was up to. The android was turning off the computers and aircondition. Xiayou stood up from her chair and walked across the table, she lifted her hand above Hwoarang, ready to wake him with a big hand lunge.

"Can I talk to you, Xiao?" Jin suddenly came between her.

"Huh?" Xiayou's hand stopped moving, she looked surprised, and red at Jin. "Ah, of course…I'll just wake old' Hworang here"

"Ok, I'll just wait for you at the dock then" Jin stands up from his chair; he passes by Alisa and greets her before completely leaving the room.

Xiayou's nervousness was maximized; her open hand became a round fist when it hit Hworang at the back of his neck. Immediately the auburn head woke up, raised his head and rubbed his back neck.

"Ah..aw..aw, Xiayou, why'd you have to punch me so hard?"

"He wants us to talk Hwoarang, what if he's going to clear it now? Oh, what am I going to do?"

The boy felt nauseus just by being asked of girl love problems. "Just go with the flow, damn it. If you feel so happy, punch him, not me"

"Ah, this is the problem with girls opening up to boys" Xiayou says disheartingly before running up to Alisa. "How about you Alisa?"

The pink haired girl recessed from fixing the cable wires under the platform. She looked at Xiayou, who looked all giggly and fidgety.

"Lars specifically told me not to trust him so freely, I think you should too." Xiayou and Hwoarang felt uncomfortable with Alisa's words. They stayed quiet until Alisa cracked a laugh and told them she was joking.

"I think you can handle it, Xiayou" Alisa tells the Chinese, tapping her in the shoulder for better reassurance.

*~*~*~* Tokyo Dojo *~*~*~*

Asuka was still thinking at the dining table when Lili got down the stairs. She was dressed in shorts and t-shirts now, a proof that she is perfectly well now.

"Coming down here, I said I'd forgive you for leaving me at the bed if I find a yummy breakfast with you in an apron serving me."

Asuka could only giggle as Lili went to her. She embraced Lili in the waist, burying her head in the soft fabrics of Lili's t-shirt. The blonde scrambled her hands on Asuka's hair, obviously enjoying herself with a big laugh.

"I can make you breakfast now" Asuka turned away from Lili and went to the kitchen. Lili looked dissatisfied and followed her, closing the refrigerator before Asuka could open it in full.

"What that's it? No good morning kiss?" Lili twitched her lips to the right.

"Of course, how could I forget" Asuka slapped her palm on her forehead.

Lili only smiled at the ebony before putting her hands on Asuka's back and ultimately pulling her and pushing her to her body. She smirked at the girl, two inches smaller than her and went on to kiss her. Under their clothes they were still garmentless, making their early kiss feel more haphazard than usual. Lili pushes Asuka to the counter top, making a noisy sound with the near plates and glasses being hit by Asuka's elbows.

The two of them panted and laughed at each other, Lili embraced Asuka again, this time, a little more tightly. Tight enough to make Asuka's bone crack heardable.

"I think there's something wrong with the drugs I gave you" Asuka said while stretching her hands to put back the bones in place.

Lili laughed to the top of her lungs. "Whatever was wrong with my drugs, I'm sure you did it on purpose. I don't believe I like taking the leads"

Asuka nodded her head repeatedly. "Yeah, yeah, I must have, unconsciously" The two of them laugh together again.

Their hysterics go on for a while before it slowly volumes down and become little whispered smiles.

"We should better get ready to go back to the others" Lili said, after being the first one to get over the laughing.

Asuka's funny face didn't look entertained anymore. "Actually, Lili…I wanted to tell you this sooner, but I want to go somewhere…and I want you- "

"To go back alone?"

"To come with me."

Lili looked curious at Asuka. "Where? Is it important to go there today?"

Asuka shaked her head. "Well, not really, but yeah. It is. I'm going home"

Lili looked surprised now. "Home? As in back to Osaka? Is this because of that letter you sent to your dad a few days ago?"

Asuka bit her lips. "Ah huh" she answers without further explanation.

"Asuka, is something wrong?"

"No, no it's just…." Asuka keeps looking away and back to Lili. She stares at the blonde, looking all serious and worried now. The ebony raises her shoulders and drops them back. "I want to introduce you to my dad"

Lili's left eyebrow instantaneously rises. "Asuka, you're dad knows me already. Look, if you just can't tell, then at least don't lie about it-

"Emilie, you know what I mean" Asuka halts Lili from speaking, holding the girl by her forearms. She gives the blonde a pleading look in the eyes.

Lili stares long and hard at Asuka, she sighs deeply and agrees with one nod of her head.

*~*~*~* Osaka *~*~*~*

Asuka took out a big fuzzy scarf colored in white and gray from her bag. She swung it behind Lili's neck and offered the girl to wear it.

"I'm ok Asuka, I don't feel cold anymore"

Asuka doesn't listen; she continued to tie the scarf on Lili's neck. "You said the same thing when you got wet in the boat, I'm not going to let the same thing happen again"

Lili puffed her lips at Asuka, but it was useless since Asuka couldn't see it from the scarf that was covering her neck that reached until the nostrils of her nose.

They took a taxi to get to the Kazama house, but Lili made the car stop at the Kazama Dojo on top of the hill. Asuka took Lili's hand and was excited to drag her down the hill as quickly as possible.

Asuka pulled and pulled but after a while, she realizes that Lili wasn't moving at all. She looked back at the blonde. Lili was looking at everywhere, in every direction but her eyes didn't look like they were searching for something. It was actually like her eyes were a camera, recording the surrounding, detail by detail.

"Lili" Asuka shaked the girls hand that she was holding.

The blonde head jittered. "I'm sorry, I'm just feeling nostalgic" Lili smiled widely at Asuka.

Asuka smiled widely back at her. "Yeah, you and I both. This is where everything started huh?"

Lili's smile faded. She let go of Asuka's hand and shaked her head left to right in a slow process. "No, Asuka, maybe for you. But not for me."

Lili walked pass Asuka and continued to talk while the ebony followed her slow walk down the hill.

"I got tired of trying to make myself noticeable in your eyes. You can even ask Sebastian how I ended up getting a discount card on Japan Airlines for booking so many flights back here. So I decided, why not train more and be able to actually win over you at the next Iron Fist…."

"You joined that german subway contest to get more training" Asuka added on, quiet familiar to how the story is going now.

"Yeah" Lili giggles, "It's really obvious that I feel pathetic for myself. I was actually pretty happy to receive the free training program. By that time, I already had the hunch that maybe the reason why I keep losing to you was because of my style. It's not good enough, I say to myself and decided that I need to master this new style in the training program, and I'll finally be able to be at odds with you."

"Hah, then I guess your whole world just crumbled when you realized that I was going to be your teacher."

"Crumble is such a small word for what I truly felt that time. It was like a nuclear bomb with the sound of game over. I was going to go home the next day but then you said that we'll be teaching each other's style and I was like…That's great, I'll be able to know Asuka's every move from now on, and use it against her one day."

"Well, I don't think you need to do that anymore"

"Yeah, you're probably right." They stay quiet for a few seconds before Asuka opens a new topic.

"Do you remember the first thing you said that moment you realized I was your teacher?"

Lili gave a big wide grin, remembering the exact words so clearly.

"No way…Asuka Kazama?" Lili and Asuka said in chorus before bursting out to hysterical laughs again.

"Oh my, I even forgot I was still in the bath that time. I mean, I'd never imagine to see you in the shower with me." Asuka was half laughing and half talking, she was already wiping some tears at the ends of her eyes from too much fun of the memory.

"Well, yeah, cause we always meet at either in front of your school or the busy streets of Osaka"

"And don't forget the filthy and sometimes weird settings in tekken, really cheap looking arena's for a high profiled tournament."

"Touche, Asuka. Look at you, saying filthy and cheap at the same sentence, I've changed you so well."

"Not as much as I change you." Asuka took this chance to take Lili's hand again. They slowed down walkng and finally arrived at the front gate of the Kazama residence. Asuka presses on the doorbell by the gate. They nervously wait as they hear the sound of someone coming to open them.

Lili squeezes on Asuka's hand. "I always dreamed that you'd bring me here like this, but why does it feel like a nightmare right now?"

"Don't worry, whatever happens, we'll still be together." Asuka comforts her girlfriend. "I would've loved it if we both went to your dad too, I would've run to Monaco just to accompany you, if you only told me about it."

"Next time, I'll be the one to introduce you to him" Asuka and Lili look at each other, both looking for encouragement and strength. Alone, they did feel scared and nervous, but together like this, they knew they could get through anything.

The gate opens wide, and Mr. Kazama looks frantic at Asuka, not realizing that Lili was with her.

"Asuka, you crazy kid? What has gotten into your mind?" Mr. Kazama starts scolding Asuka right away. Lili is shocked and looks at Asuka for an explanation. The ebony winks at her and pulls them inside the house, ignoring the ranting father.

"Sending me a letter, telling me that you have a girlfriend now that you want me to meet?" Mr. Kazama continues to talk while Asuka let's Lili sit down at the living room.

"Since when did you have a girlfriend? And when did you ever start to date girls?" The wrecked havoc father kept talking to Asuka, following her from the living room to the kitchen. Asuka drank down from a one liter bottle of water at the fridge and wiped her miuth with the back of her hand.

"Since three months ago" Asuka said with a cool tone. She went to the cupboards and took one glass to pour some water on.

"Three months? Just a month and a half after you left here? What happened between those times?"

"Ah….I fell in love?" Asuka said in a matter of factly. She left her dad at the kitchen again and went back to the living room, handing Lili the glass of water.

"Don't try to run away from me Asuka, answer me directly here" Mr. Kazama followed Asuka into the living room.

"I am, I'm just serving some water here"

Mr. Kazama looked annoyed now, he's veins are coming out of his forehead and his teeth are visibly grinding atop another. Lili was quite the whole time, she held the glass of water tight on her shaking hands. She tries to take a sip of the liquid to help her calm down, but Mr. Kazama's next questions stops the water from sliding down her throat.

"Just who is this girlfriend you're so crazy about?"

Asuka looks at Lili for a moment then she looks back at her father. "Dad, what did I tell you in the letter?"

Mr. Kazama laughs. "Oh, I remember every bit of that heart stopping shock of a letter you sent me; you clearly wrote it that you'd bring your girlfriend today and introduce me to her, where is she?" looks back at Asuka.

"Well, who do you think I'm with?" Asuka raises her hands in the air.

Lili violently swallows the water in her throat.

Mr. Kazama realizes the big picture, he finally realizes that the only person with Asuka was Lili; he looks at the girl, shaking on the sofa, with the glass shaking along. Mr. Kazama looks at Asuka for confirmation. Asuka just nods her head while lip bitting.

"Emilie?" Mr. Kazama says in a tone of disbelief. "Oh, god, how did I end up expecting this from the start…..I always thought I was paranoid with suspicions….but this..this! oh god, oh dear"

"Dad, calm down" Asuka told her father, feeling that his reaction is overly dramatic.

"I was confident it'd be impossible, I mean, look how girly Lili is….it's unimaginable she'd ever be one"

Lili laughs nervously. "Actually Mr. Kazama, I was the one who… liked your daugther"

Asuka looks surprised at Lili, but Mr. Kazama was hit like an earthquake in ends up scratching his head in dismay. "Who would've thought?"

"It doesn't matter who started it Dad, we both love each other and I just wanted you to know it. If you don't accept it, then fine"

Mr. Kazama inhales and exhales deeply. "It's not about accepting it or not Asuka, it's your choice in life, and I didn't raise you to be one hell of a rebellious independent potato…but hey, you are, and I'm proud of you. I'm more than gland that you came out to me, and I admit that…..it is not good news."

"I'm sorry Mr. Kazama" Lili suddenly talks out.

"Lili, don't say sorry" Asuka scolds her. "It's like saying you regret us"

"Asuka's right, Lili, don't be apologetic about what you two have…..it's not good news...but neither is it bad news. If Asuka wants to be with you, then she should. One important thing in fighting is doing what you want and that goes with how you live. If I stop Asuka from what she's happy with, life is going to be a boring thing for her."

"Totally what my life was before" Asuka added.
Mr. Kazama nodded his head. "The reason why she became crazy joining those tekken tournaments."

"I see" Lili agrees, still looking down.

"And Lili, you don't need to be so afraid of me. I'm not mad at you."

Lili smiles at Mr. Kazama, the man smiles back softly, and then he tells them his last advice. "I won't be the end of your problems even if I accept this as quickly as now; the two of you will always have to face more. My only good luck wish is that Asuka doesn't give you the kind of headaches she gives to me"

Lili giggles, she looks at Asuka. "Don't worry. She's good to me"