Chapter Fifteen: Bring Me To Life (Calleigh's POV)

Alas…here it is my faithful readers…the final chapter in my Tekken romance story…shall I do a sequel? As usual, please give feedback…for what is a writer without feedback?

I knew the second I saw Jin come into that alley that something big was going to happen that night. It was either going to be the remaking or breaking of the greatest friendship I had ever managed to come across. Jin always had this air of sensuality about him, but when he defended me to a group of people who the average man would have been terrified to death of, it increased that sensuality by about a million times. I wiped the blood from his forehead, even after he pushed my hand away, and he grabbed my hand, holding it down to his side. "Do you mind?" he asked.

"Do you?" I retorted, pulling my hand sharply out of his. After about five seconds silence, I returned to my original plan, removing the blood from his face. "You can't be bleeding all over the place!"

"YOU KNOW HOW ANNOYING THAT IS?" he threw a fit like a twelve year old who had just lost his precious Pokemon. "I mean, I know it's womanly instinct and all, but damn! It's like you think I'm incompetent!"

I covered my mouth with my pointer, ring and middle fingers, stifling a laugh. "You know how old you just looked?" I asked, removing my hand from my mouth, and then threw my hands into the air. "Fine…BLEED all over the place, just don't let any of it get on me, got ya?"

He flashed me that grin he always had. It was like he knew it melted me from the inside. He knew, but that was his entire aim. "Definitely…I'll keep my blood away from you…" he chuckled.

"Thank you…" I nodded quickly, suddenly realizing that he was following me back to my hotel. "Um…Jin…is there something you want to talk about?" I asked, grinning, as I assume he suddenly realized where he was going, too.

"Um, well, I was kind of wondering…why don't we just get our talking done right now? I mean, we're both here, and…" he seemed rather nervous. It was funny, really, seeing a man that strong and 'fearless,' that terrified of a woman my size.

I grinned a little more than I had been, then nodded. "Sure…wanna come back to my hotel room, and just chill and talk over a cup of cocoa or something?" I zipped my jacket a little more, suddenly realizing that the bitter chill of New York City air was quite different from the Florida warmth I was used to at Christie and Eddy's house.

"Cocoa? It's not even August yet, Calleigh…" Jin laughed, obviously forgetting I'd spent the last year in Florida, and almost forgotten the chill of midnight. Ok, so it was only about seventy degrees, but it was different from the usual ninety in Florida. "I'll take some Pepsi, though…"

I stuck my tongue out at Jin, who was still constantly making fun of me. We weren't even sure if we were friends again yet, and he still picked on me…not a good start. I didn't really care, though. I knew what I wanted, and it seemed like we were well on our way to getting it. "Leave me alone!" I pouted, and turned into the hotel. "Jules, Christie, Eddy, Steve and I all pitched in to get the master suite…they're probably all sleeping, though…"

"Ok…" I could plainly see Jin's nervousness. It was cute, but unnecessary. He looked at the clerk, who was pretty much asleep on her desk.

"Ah, Miss Phoenix? A visitor?" she asked me, a smile on her face. "How long will he be there?"

I looked at Jin, asking him for an estimate of how long it would take to talk things through. But, instead of just making him more nervous, I answered myself. "Probably the rest of the night…" I knew the presumptuous girl would assume things, so I finished by saying, "And no, nothing is going to happen!" Before she could say another word, I grabbed Jin's arm, and pulled him into the elevator. "I hate how clerks know you for about fifteen minutes, and think they really know you…"

He laughed at me, and nodded a little. In that moment, everything I loved about him came flushing back to me, and everything that frightened me got pushed to the back of my mind. He was just Jin…not the devil's son, or part of the devil…he was just Jin again. He was Jin, with those gorgeous brown eyes, and beautiful black hair. Jin with that pleasantly puzzling air of secrecy; that made me love him all the more. But that much, he couldn't know yet. All he could know right now is that my friendship with him meant more than any devil gene. That he meant more to me than any curse that was placed in him…

We walked into the living room of the suite, and a smile crossed my face. Julia and Steve were curled onto the couch, completely engulfed in a blanket, while Christie and Eddy had made it as far as the floor in front of their room. I shushed Jin, and led him to my room, closing and locking the door after us. "So much for Pepsi…" I whispered, after we were safely hidden away in my room.

He laughed, and shrugged. "I don't care about the Pepsi…it's more the conversation part I was interested in…" he stood by the door, as I sat against the headboard on the bed. "Calleigh, I'm so sorry. I know I should have told you everything when I had the chance, and I really feel like an ass for not taking the opportunity when I had it. You mean so much to me, and losing everything we had would be like losing the best part I ever had of myself. You saved me from the horrible thing I was going to become if I let the evil take me over…and for that I owe-…"

"Have a seat…" I interrupted him, and patted the bed, watching him sit, uncomfortably, on the edge, and sigh. "Jin," I began. "I really only have one thing to say about this whole argument…" I shrugged, and put my hand on his shoulder. "It doesn't matter. You're the best friend I've ever had, and nothing means more to me than putting our friendship back together right now. The devil gene doesn't matter to me, because if you were really a bad person, you could have struck down upon me with the fires from hell, for disagreeing with you, if you really wanted to…" I paused, and looked to him for his reaction. "And you saved me too. You saved me from becoming nothing. You saved me from being locked in my room all the time with no one to talk to. And for that, I owe YOU!" I reached over to Jin, and pulled him into the warmest hug I'd ever given. "I'm so sorry…"

"I'm sorry too…" he returned my hug, and my apology, and smiled. "Calleigh…thank you so much for looking past everything, and seeing the real me…"

"I didn't have to look…" I lay my head on his shoulder, and waited for the morning to come, so I could have another day where I felt complete again. I had another day with Jin Kazama in my life…another day where I wasn't a lost soul, wondering around in a crowd on millions…

THE END!

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