Author's note: The chap 24 is finally updated. Sorry, but we've been very busy (again!!).

Disclaimer: Don't own Namco or Tekken. You should know it already!!



Julia: What an earth is happening here??!

Nina: God, that burns! My face is like in fire!

Hwoarang: Sorry, it was an accident.

Jin: We just thought that we could start making the food while Julia was getting Nina down.

Julia: I can see that. What if Nina and me would make the cooking and in the mean time you could---

Nina: THE CURTAIN'S IN FIRE!!!

*Jin and Hwoarang tries to stop the fire but it only starts to spear.

Nina: Oh, can't you two do anything right??!

*Nina takes a carpet from the floor and throws it into the fire and it passes out immediately.

Jin: Uh, thanks Nina.

Julia: What if you two go out now?

*Julia grabs Jin's and Hwoarang's arm arms and practically throws them out of the kitchen.

Hwoarang: Hmm..... Now what?

Jin: I dunno. You wanna read comics or something?

Hwoarang: Okay.

*They start to read the comics.

Hwoarang: By the way, what was that thing about Nina and you what Julia talked?

Jin: Nothing. It was just misunderstanding.

Hwoarang: Oh, OK.

*The continue reading the comics.



SAME TIME AT THE KITCHEN

Julia: Let's clean these rises and then boil the new ones.

*They cleans the rises from the floor.

Julia: Umm.... Nina?

Nina: Huh?

Julia: If you wanna talk about that..... Thing with Jin, I'm a good listener.

Nina: I don't wanna talk 'bout it! I can't believe that Jin told you about it! I trusted him! I wanted him to trust me and then he---

Julia: Calm down, Nina. If you don't wanna talk about it you don't have to.

Nina: Thanks.

*Julia smiles.

Julia: So, you know where the rice is?

Nina: Yeah, it's right here.

*Nina opens a cabinet and takes the rice out.

Nina: There.

*She gives the rice to Julia who starts to boil them. Nina closes the cabinet door, maybe a little bit hurry, because it hits her in her left arm.

Nina: Ouch!

Julia: Are you OK?

Nina: Yeah, I'm fine, don't you worry.

*Nina gives a little smile to Julia.

Julia: But the door didn't even hit you hard. How can it hurt so much?

Nina: Well, it just did. Now forget about that.

Julia: If you want I can have a look----

Nina: NO!!

*Julia stares Nina at shock and confused.

Nina: Umm..... I mean it's okay. Let's just move on with the food.

*They continue making the food.





ONE HOUR LATER

They have eaten and Julia is doing the dishes in the kitchen and Hwoarang is reading the comics in the living room while Nina and Jin are in their rooms.





AT JIN'S ROOM

Jin is laying in his bed thinking.

Jin (Thinks): What did she mean by all that? Could she really mean what she said? No, what about if she's just bluffing?? Ugh, I'm going crazy! I have to know what she meant!

*Jin gets up from his bed and goes to Nina's door and knocks.

Nina: Come in!

*Jin open's the door and steps in closing the door behind him. Jin sees Nina on her bed doing something with her make-ups.

Jin: Hey Nina.

*Nina turns her gaze to Jin.

Nina: Oh..... It's you. What do you want?

*She continues playing with her make-ups.

Jin: I think we need to talk.

Nina: About what?

Jin: About what you said to me.

Nina: Talk if you want.

*Jin walks to Nina and sits on her bed.

Jin: Could you stop playing with your make-ups and listen to me?

*Nina looks at Jin.

Nina: You have something to say?

Jin: What did you mean by all you said to me at the basement?

Nina: Just forget it. It was a misunderstanding.

Jin: Still, I'm really confused that you----

Nina: Look Jin, I wanted you to be my friend. I wanted you to help me. But I was wrong about you.

*She starts to play with her make-ups again.

Jin: Why do you need my help?

*Nina stops playing with the make-ups but doesn't look at Jin.

Jin: Nina, what are you afraid of?

*Slowly Nina looks at Jin.

Nina: Can I trust you, Jin?

Jin: Yes.

*Nina takes a deep breath and sighs.

Nina: Last night I...... Someone came to my room.

Jin: Someone came to your room?

Nina: Yes. The murderer. The murderer didn't know I was still a wake but he or she tried to stab me.

Jin: Oh God! But it missed?

Nina: Actually no. I avoided the first stabbing but the second one cut me.

*Nina lifts her left sleeve of her shirt to reveal a deep scar.

*Jin looks the scar at shock.

Jin: Geez. Then what happened?

Nina: The murderer went out from my window. I went to the window but it was too dark to see who it was.

*A silence fills the room. A few tears falls down Nina's cheek.

Jin: I'm sorry Nina. I'm so sorry.

*Quickly Nina wipes the tears off so Jin couldn't see them.

Nina: Of what?

Jin: That I didn't believe you before. You should have told me about this earlier.

Nina: I tried to tell you but..... I guess I didn't make myself very clear to you.

*Jin starts to laugh.

Jin: Yeah, you really didn't. I thought you tried to seduce me or something.

*Nina smiles to Jin.

Nina: Actually I tried. I guess I was so desperate that I thought that if I seduce you, you would believe me.

Jin: It's kinda funny.

Nina: What is?

Jin: That you trust me. I mean you really believe that I'm not the murderer, do you?

Nina: No, I don't think you're the murderer. You wanna know who I think is the murderer?

Jin: Who?

Nina: Hwoarang.

Jin: 'Coz of that stupid trick he did?

Nina: Well, isn't that obvious? What kinda person makes that kinda things?!

Jin: Maybe you're right. Maybe you aren't. I don't know.

Nina: Who do you think is the murderer?

Jin: I dunno. I wouldn't want to believe that any of us is some kinda psycho killer.

Nina: I know.

Jin: Well, I'd better go now and leave you to..... Play with your make-ups.

*Nina smiles.

Nina: I'm just testing them.

Jin: Uh-huh. See you later.

*Jin leaves the room.

*Nina moves the make-ups and lays in her bed falling a sleep. She sees a dream: Someone opens her door and slowly steps in. Nina wakes up and sees the figure.

Nina: Anna?

*The figure starts to choke Nina hard and she tries to pull herself out of the figures grip but she's too weak. Nina kicks the figure hard and it flies against a wall. Nina screams help in her dark room and bursts out crying. She hears the figure leaving the room and she closes her eyes scared. Soon someone comes to her room.

Jin: Nina? Nina, wake up!

*Recognizing the voice Nina opens her eyes. She sees Jin sitting next to her and Julia and Hwoarang standing at the doorway.

Hwoarang: Are you OK?

Julia: What happened?

Nina: I saw a terrible nightmare. Oh God, it was horrible!

*Julia and Hwoarang walk to Nina.

Julia: What did you saw?

Nina: I was sleeping here and then Anna came into my room and started to choke me.

Jin: Anna?

Nina: Yeah, it seemed like her. She just came to my room and started to choke me. Thank God, it was only a dream! But it felt so real.....

*Hwoarang stares Nina speechless.

Nina: What are you staring at?!

Hwoarang: Uh..... I don't think it was a dream.

Jin: What do you mean??

Hwoarang: Check Nina's neck!

*They look at Nina's neck and see there a flushed arm traces.



¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨

It wasn't a dream? Someone really tried to choke Nina?? So, if it can't be Anna, then who was it?