Chapter One: Going Back Into Time
Julia sat in silence as she stared out her window, so many things had changed in the past two years, and Julia was one of those things.

Flashback

Julia sighed as she looked out the limo window… Mishima High School. She watched kids her age walk around socializing and playing around. One thing struck Julia as odd…for some reason they were all dressed alike. Julia looked down at her faded jeans and sighed. Her first day in a new school and she was gonna stand out.

"Thanks a lot dad for the heads up on the uniforms." Julia thought as she glanced at her dad. He was beside her and as always on his laptop taking care of business.

"Remember Julia, behave yourself please. Mishima is one of the most important, and influential people here. We have to make a good impression, to be able to do some business with him."

"Yes father." Julia rolled her eyes as the limo pulled to a stop.

"We've arrived, at Miss Julia's school, Mr. Chang." The driver said before getting out.

"Have a good day princess." Mr. Chang said without looking up from his laptop. Sighing Julia got out of the car and smiled at the driver.

"Have a good first day Miss. Julia." He said smiling at her.

"Thanks Daniel, I'm gonna need it. I'm gonna stick out like a sore thumb." Julia said looking down at her clothes.

"Ah Miss Julia, you look fine, now go on… you don't want to be late. And you know your father, the temper on that man, if he's late." Julia smiled and waved goodbye.


Stopping before the stairs she glanced up and sighed. If it was one thing she hated starting at a new school in the middle of the semester was one of them. As soon as she walked in, all motion seemed to have stop.

"Great I haven't even been here for more then two seconds and I have already become the center of attention." Julia pulled her bag closer to her and began walking down the hallway looking at her feet. Without noticing where she was walking she walked right in to someone.

"Oh shit… I'm sorry about that…" Julia said looking up at the boy.

"No problem…" He said as he smiled at her, he gave a small laugh and walked away. Closing her eyes Julia sighed and began to walk again but didn't get very far before a young girl came up to her.

"I see you've met Jin Kazama…" The girl said looking in the direction the boy had just left.

"I wouldn't call bumping in to him and embarrassing my self meeting him…" Julia said laughing.

"Well it's a start… I'm Ling, Xiayou." She said holding out her had to Julia.

"Xiayou is your first name right? " Julia asked shaking her hand.

"Yeah I'm Chinese, last name first." She said somewhat proud.

"Julia Chang, it's nice to meet you."

Xiayou looked at her confused "Chang?"

Julia smiled and nodded "Yeah Chang... My dad is Japanese… well he's half. His dad was Japanese and his mom was Native American. Quite a combination." Xiayou nodded.

"And your mom?" Julia bit her lip and looked down.

"She died a year ago… she's was Native American, and I'm not sure but somewhere down the line Chinese. My great grandfather teaches martial arts."

"Oh really… what's his name?"

"Wang Jin-Rei… I've never met him but…"

"I know him… he was my teacher…" Xiayou said cutting Julia off. "Wow what a small world." Julia laughed and nodded. "Well I'd better get you to the office before we're late."

"Thanks I was kinda lost for a moment there." Julia said as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Really?" Xiayou said sarcastically "Would have never known" They laughed as Julia nudged her gently.

"Wow such a smart ass."



After two classes and a thousand stares, it was lunch, a time Julia would usually look forward to… today… well that was a different story. She held her tray as she looked around the cafeteria for a place to sit, she was about to turn around and leave when she saw Xiayou in a sea of blue waving at her. With a sigh of relief Julia walked towards Xiayou.

"Oh thank god, I was just about to leave." Xiayou laughed as she looked at Julia.

"Well I'm glad I caught you before you decided to… well I'd like you to meet some friends of mine, Julia this is Sachi Tatsuko, Riku Eto, and Maki Kawaii. Girls this is Julia Chang." They all smiled and waved hello.

"Can I just say I love your clothes…," Julia smiled and opened her bottle of water.

"Thanks Riku… I um… didn't know we had uniforms."

"Yeah well you'll get them soon, so enjoy the freedom for all of us while you can." Sachi said causing all the girls to laugh.

"Yeah I guess so." Julia looked around and saw the boy she had bumped into earlier that morning. She watched him walked towards their table and noticed how all the girls giggled and pointed at him.

"Well, well Mishima high has its very own playboy." Julia thought as she glanced back at Xiayou. She had been talking about some amusement park… when she was interrupted.

"Hey Xiayou can you tell my grandfather that I won't be home till later on tonight… I'm gonna be training." Xiayou looked up and him and nodded.

"Sure Jin…"She glanced at Julia and smiled. "Hey Jin, This is Julia Chang, you remember her from this morning." He smiled and nodded.

"Yes I do… Hello Julia I'm Jin Kazama…" He said holding out his hand. Julia smiled and shook his hand.

"Nice to meet you and sorry about this morning, I should have been paying attention to where I was going instead of looking at my feet." He laughed and looked down at his.

"It's alright… I have the same habit… Well ladies enjoy your lunch, I'll see you later." The all waved bye as he walked away and got back to their conversation.

"What were you saying about that amusement park?" Julia asked Xiayou.

"Well I want to build the best amusement park in China… for all the kids." Julia smiled, even though she had just met Xiayou, she could tell she had a big heart.

"And how are you gonna do that?" Maki asked

"By winning the King of the Iron Fist tournament…"

"King of the Iron Fist?" Julia asked putting down her water bottle.

"Yeah, have you heard of it?" Julia nodded

"Yeah my mom was a participant. I didn't know they were having another one… where do you sign up?"

Xiayou looked at her with a confused look. "You fight?"

"Yeah… I've been trained in a couple different Chinese martial arts. My mom taught me."

"Wow, well I mean I should have known your great grandfather is Wang Jin-Rei…" Xiayou thought for a moment before speaking again. "Your mom is Michelle Chang right?" Julia smiled and nodded softly.

"Yeah."

"She was a great fighter." Julia smiled and looked down at her plate. "Well when ever you want, we can go down and train together, the tournament doesn't start for another year or two…:" Xiayou said laughing. "Everyone is just training"

"Is that why you're here?"

"Yeah, Wang told me of a way to make my dream come true, next thing I knew I was here in Japan, in front of Heihachi Mishima asking him to let me in the tournament. He said yes and since then I have been living with him and training." Julia nodded and smiled at Xiayou.

"Good deal."



Julia walked into her house with a smile, today hadn't been as bad as she thought it would be. She had made some new friends and best of all they reminded her of her friends back home in Arizona.

She was just about up walk up the stairs when she heard some one call for her.

"Duckie, is that you?"

Julia smiled. "Yes Nana it's me…" Julia turned around to see a plump woman walk towards her.

"Thanks be to god, my young lass, I've been in much distress since you left this mornin' duckie" Julia loved when her Nana talked, she was Scottish and to Julia she had the best accent. One Julia spent most of her youth imitating.

"Why is that Nana, I just went to school."

"Ah you know me, I worry when you go to the corner… enough of that… how was it?" Julia laughed and hugged her Nana.

"It was great… I made some new friends, and they are wonderful. Especially a girl name Xiayou. She was the first person to actually talk to me, I walked in and everyone was looking at me. I was the only on without a school uniform on. It was kinda intimidating at first."

"Well my dear, thank god everything's okay." Nana said as she watched Julia smile. "What's his name?" Julia looked up at her Nana almost terrified.

"Huh?"

"You heard me lass, what's his name? Only a boy can put a smile like that on your face." Julia blushed and looked down at her feet.

"Well I don't know him yet, Xiayou introduced us, well that is after I bumped into him this morning, but his name is Jin Kazama, and Nana he's every good looking." Nana laughed and swatted Julia with her rag.

"Well you'd better get a move on it, right duckie."

"Nana!" Julia shrieked laughing.

"Stop that yelling duckie, I should tell ya, your father's gonna be calling you into his office any minute now… sounds as if he's got a dinner to attend to." Julia sighed she knew what this meant. She'd have to with him and play the role of perfect daughter.

"Joy… do you know who's…" Julia was cut off by her father yelling.

"JULIA!!"

Nana shook her head "Such a refined man and yet he yells like he's a mad man." Julia laughed and hugged her Nana again.

"Isn't that the truth." Julia dropped her bag on the stairs and walked towards her father office.

"JULIA!!"

She rolled her eyes as she opened the door. "Dad come on is that really necessary… I heard you the first time. I think all of Japan did." He looked up at his daughter and sighed.

"I hope you didn't have that chip on your shoulder when you were at school." Julia looked down at the ground and shifted her feet. "Now, tonight we have a dinner at Heihachi Mishima's manor to attend to. So I expect you to go straight to your room, do your homework, and get ready. We are leaving at five o clock on the dot. Not a second later Julia. I mean it, this is an important dinner, and you know what I expect from you." Julia nodded and walked out of her dads' office.

"School was great dad, made some new friends… thanks for askin." Julia mumbled as she grabbed her back and walked upstairs.



Jin walked into the manor and sighed. He had a good training session and now couldn't wait to get into the shower. He was about go up to his room when one of his grandfathers servants walked up to him.

"Master Kazama, your grandfather says to go upstairs and get ready; he has guest arriving shortly and wishes that you and Miss Ling be ready when they arrive." Jin nodded at that man and ran up stairs.

No surprise his grandfather was holding another meeting, and he and Ling were to make another appearance. Why? He didn't know all they did was sit at the table quietly… bored to death.

Walking into his room Jin sighed and looked at the suit on his bed. There went his night of relaxation.



Julia ran her hands over her dress trying to smooth it out, not that it was wrinkled, she just had this nervous habit. She was wearing a black silk spaghetti strap dress he mother had given her for her birthday. She'd never worn it before today, and she wouldn't have worn it if it wasn't for her Nana insisting that she should.

"Julia stop that."

"Sorry dad." Julia said folding her hands in her lap.

She looked out her window to see that they had pulled up to a Traditional Japanese style manor. Julia was amazed by the sheer size of the manor. The manor was couple hundred square feet bigger then their new house and she thought that it was huge, Imagine this one.

"Julia remember your best behavior, don't embarrass me tonight and please wait for Daniel to open the door before you go charging out." Mr. Chang said placing his laptop down. Julia looked away from him, tears almost falling from her eyes. He thought she was some kind of joke, that she couldn't do anything right, one thing she knew she wouldn't give him the satisfaction of knowing he'd made her want to cry. Taking a deep breath she waited until Daniel opened the door and held his hand out to assist her. Her father placed his hand on the small of her back as they walked up to the front door. Just as they reached the last step the door opened and a well dressed butler appeared.

"Master Mishima has been expecting you and welcomes you to his home." The butler bowed and opened the door wider so they could walk in. Julia smiled a thank you at him before she looked around the stunning house, her eyes landed in a tall man with hair that stuck out at the sides. Julia smiled and looked to his right, there was Xiayou in a pink dress smiling at her, she gave Julia a small wave. Julia just smiled back.

"Welcome to my home. Mr. Chang,"

"Oh please call me Patrick… and Thank you Mr. Mishima for inviting me and my daughter." Patrick said shaking Heihachi hand. "Mr. Mishima this is my daughter Julia." Julia smiled and bowed.

"A pleasure to meet you Mr. Mishima." Heihachi smiled at Julia.

"Please call me Heihachi, and what a beautiful young lady Patrick." Julia blushed and looked to his left for the first time she noticed Jin standing there, his hands behind his back. He was looking at Julia and gave her a soft smile. Julia smiled back and looked at Heihachi. "Patrick, Julia, This is Ling Xiayou, she's been staying with us for a while now, she's now a part of this family." Xiayou smiled and bowed to Julia's father.

"A pleasure Sir. Nice to see you again Julia." Julia gave Xiayou a big smile.

"The same to you Xiayou."

"You two have met already?" Heihachi asked.

"Yes today was Julia's first day at Mishima High sir." Heihachi nodded and looked at Jin. He smiled as he watched him stare at Julia.

"I supposed you know Jin as well Julia?" Julia looked up at him and nodded. "Yes sir."

"Well then Patrick this is my grandson Jin Kazama."

"Nice to meet you Mr. Chang." Jin said shaking his hand.

Julia's dad smiled at him and looked down at his daughter, "Interesting" Mr. Chang thought before turning his attention to Jin. "The pleasures all mine Jin."

"Well why don't we move this to the sitting room." Xiayou walked with Heihachi, as they lead the way into the next room.


Jin smiled and held out his arm to Julia. She looked at her father who nodded to her and accepted his arm. Jin smiled and looked down. She looked at him and smiled before whispering.

"What's so funny?" Jin looked at her and smiled.

"What was that?" Jin asked referring to the interaction between her and her father.

"I'll tell you about that later." Julia said sighing slightly.

"I'll hold you to that." Julia smiled and sat down in the chair Jin offered her, she sat in-between Xiayou and Jin. She looked at Xiayou and smiled.

Xiayou was about to say something when Heihachi spoke up.

"Jin, Xiayou why don't you take Julia on a tour of the grounds. If that's alright with you Patrick?" Julia looked at her dad, she could tell he wasn't happy but to please Mr. Mishima he'd walk through fire.

"Of course," He gave Julia one of those. "You know what to do looks." Before turning back to Heihachi.

Once again Jin held his arm out for Julia, accepting it; they followed Xiayou out a side door.
Julia let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding.

"Oh Julia! Isn't this great! You're here and for the first time, one of Heihachi's dinners isn't going to be so boring." Julia smiled

"Yeah. Xiayou it is." Jin laughed and looked down at Julia who was still on his arm.

"So you gonna tell me about what happened back there?" Julia looked up at Jin and smiled.

"Well the short version is, my dad thinks I'm gonna screw something up. He's really uptight about his business affairs." Julia shrugged. "I don't know… he's just… he means well. But sometimes I don't know what I can do and what I can't." Jin nodded and looked down at his feet as well.

"Hey can you guys hold on, I'm gonna run and see Panda real quick." Jin and Julia nodded as Xiayou walked off.

"Panda?" Julia asked looking up at Jin.

"Yeah she has a pet panda… named... Panda." Julia laughed and looked around her. They were in the middle of a garden and in Julia's opinion it was the most beautiful thing she's ever seen. Besides the young man next to her.

"Wow, this place is amazing."

"Yeah it is." Jin said motioning her to sit on a bench; once she was seated Jin sat down next to her.

For a couple minutes they just sat there in silence before Jin finally spoke up. "You look really great tonight." Julia blushed.

"Thanks. You don't look half bad yourself.' Jin laughed and looked at Julia.

"Thanks."



Mr. Chang sipped his drink as he looked out one of the windows. He saw his daughter and Heihachi's grandson Jin sitting alone on one of the benches. "Well this is even better then I thought" Patrick smiled and turned his attention back to Heihachi as he walked into the room.