A/N: I'm not good with fight scenes, so please forgive me if they aren't good. I tried… I know the moves; I just don't know the names to all of them… either way… the fight scenes are mainly short, to the point and mostly from a spectators view. Sorry!

Chapter Five: Today Is A Good Day

A year later:

Jin sat with his elbows on his knees as he watched Julia pace back in forth. She was angry, beyond angry with him. With the tournament coming up, he'd been thinking that maybe it was best if she didn't compete; he was worried of what may happen to her. She hadn't said anything for a couple minutes but he knew that would soon change, she began to slow down in her strides and he knew she was about to let it all out.

"I can't believe you would ask that of me… that you would even think of asking me that." Julia said standing in front of him. "That's like me asking you to drop out and forget the reason you entered… how can you ask me do that?"

Jin sighed and ran his hands over his face. "Duckie I'm just looking out for you… you can get seriously hurt… the Toshin, the thing that killed my mother and so many others is going to show up, I have to fight it, I have to defeat it… I'm not going to be able to even concentrate on my regular matches with you there and the thought that something can happen to you." She took a step back and Jin knew that probably wasn't the best reason to give.

"What about me Jin? You are asking me to put aside everything I've been working so hard for, so you can feel better about yourself."

"That's not it Jules." Jin said looking up at her. "That's not it at all and you know it."

"Do I?" Julia asked sarcastically "Because I don't think I do… What you are asking of me is to put everything aside and move over to watch you… what if something happens to you Jin? Have you thought about that? What if something were to happen to you? I have just as much right as you do to ask the same thing of you."

Jin looked down at his feet and sighed. "You do"

"Yeah I do" Julia said her voice softened some. "But the difference is I'd never ask that of you because I know what this means to you. I thought you knew what this meant to me too"

"I do Julia… but I can't stand the thought that this thing took my mother away from me and I'm walking you right into its path. I already lost my mother to Toshin; I don't think I can bare losing you too."

Julia felt a pang in her heart as she looked at him, his head hung low as he looked at his feet. Kneeling down in front of him Julia lifted his chin so that he was looking her in the eyes. "I know how you feel, it took my mom too, but I still have to do this Jin, for me. I need this just as much as you need to do what you have to. A day doesn't go by that I wish I can just take you away from all the pain and sorrow you feel, but I can't… I know the one way you can get through this or even begin to feel better about all this, is to face this thing and defeat it. I have to face my own fears as well, there is no physical pain in this world that can compare to pain I'd feel if something happen to you, but that's something I have to entrust to you. I have faith that you'll do what you have to. Please have the same faith in me?"

Jin looked at Julia and sighed. He cupped her cheek with his hand while the other was behind her neck. "I have faith in you." Jin kissed her and hugged her close to him. "What if we have to face each other in a match? What then?"

Julia pulled away and bit her bottom lip. "Well then I guess you'd better get that box of tissues out to wipe them tears when I beat you."

Jin laughed and pulled her to him. "Don't worry I will." Jin pulled Julia up onto his lap. He ran his fingers through her hair as she rested her head on his shoulder. "Julia…"

"Yeah?" Julia said lifting her head to look at him. "What is it Jin?"

Jin bit his lip and shook his head. "Nothing…"

Julia look at Jin and knew he was hiding something from her, not wanting to press the subject she nodded and went back to resting her head on his shoulder.

Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead. He adjusted his hand guards and he stretched his neck from side to side. Julia and his makeup session was cut short when Xiayou jumped into his room, and wanted to drag Julia shopping. She began to protest but Jin had told her to go enjoy herself, that he'd be fine. He decided to train a little before she came back, but he still felt somewhat tense and unsettled about her being in the tournament. Sighing he grabbed the towel that was on one of the rails and wiped the sweat from his face; he went to walk out but stopped when he saw Julia standing there. He smiled and walked up to her.

"I thought you went shopping with Xiayou?"

"I was; I found my prom dress…" Julia walking closer to him

"Yeah?" Jin said smiling down at her. "I don't know how close you wanna get, I'm all sweaty."

"Oh please." Julia laughed at him and wrapped her arms around his neck bringing his face down towards her. "I like ya sweaty." Jin laughed and kissed her.

"So what color is your dress?"

Julia leaned back and smiled "Why you wanna know?"

Jin moved from side to side; cause Julia to sway with him. "So I can get your corsage to match your dress."

Julia laughed and kissed him. "Oh you're good… well its beige."

He nodded as he looked down at her with a some what serious face but there was still some hint of a smile. "Duckie, I want you to know that after the tournament and after all is said and done… we're gonna be happier then ever. We're gonna enjoy prom, I want to make that a night you won't ever forget, I want that night to be special because you deserve it. Nothing is going to stand in the way of you having the time of your life."

Julia smiled and ran her fingers through his hair "Jin as long as I share it with you… I'm happy. As for being happier then ever… well we'll just have to wait and see. But for now, I want you to concentrate on what's important… and that's your first match. This Saturday right?"

Jin nodded and hugged her closer to him. "Just promise me to stay close to me when we're there, or to Xiayou, and Lei… be careful."

Julia nodded as she spoke. "I promise Jin."

Julia glanced around the stadium; looking at all the people who had came to see Jin in his first match. Of course this was such a high profile match because it was the grandson of Heihachi Mishima fighting, the heir to Japan's biggest fortune. Xiayou, Lei and herself were sitting front row, courtesy of Jin. Her eyes rested on a man standing in one of the corners, he was whispering to another man and pointing at her. She tried to get a better look at him but he was too far away. Shrugging it off as she looked over at Xiayou. "Look at all these reporters."

Xiayou nodded "Yeah all here for Jin and you."

Julia looked over at Xiayou shocked. "Me? Why me?"

"Why else? Because you're dating Jin. He's the heir to Mishima Zaibatsu, and you guys are dating so people want to get to know you as well."

"Yeah well I'm just fine without all these people knowing me. How do you think they found out?" Julia said talking out a piece of gum and offering one to Lei and then to Xiayou.

"Thanks, well to be honest… I think your dad did it. You know as publicity for his company. Kinda to give the impression that Chang Enterprises is merging with Mishima. "

"He could have, Chang Enterprises' stock went up, and they are making a bigger profit. He's capable of it." Julia sighed and looked over at the "ring" Jin would be fighting in soon. "I just hope this doesn't change things with Jin too much."

Xiayou looked over at her and nudged her with her shoulder. "I'm sure it won't… if you guys can survive Mishima High, I'm sure this is nothing." Julia laughed and looked out towards the ring, she could see Jin standing fixing his wrist guards. For some reason her breath was caught in her throat as she looked at him. He was so beautiful standing there with that look of determination and concentration.

Xiayou looked at Julia; she followed her gaze and chuckled when she saw she was staring at Jin. "You know you might wanna close that mouth of yours, it'd be an awful shame if someone took a picture."

Julia shut her mouth and glared at Xiayou "Your right, but still… you have to ruin the moment."

"Oh okay… if you drooling as you stare at Jin is called a moment, then to hell with romance and love at first sight." Xiayou said waving her arms in the air slightly.

"Shut up Xiayou, I meant to say th…"

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Mishima Zaibatsu is proud to present the 3rd King of the Iron First tournament." Another man walked out into the arena. Julia watched as he glared at Jin. He was taller and had a bigger build then Jin.

Julia looked over at Xiayou "He's bigger then Jin"

"Yeah he is... do you think Jin will be able to take him."

"Ladies this is Jin were talking about, if he's anything like his mother and I can see that he is… he can take on anything. And with his fathers talent as well… he's deadly." Lei said looking over at the girls.

Julia nodded and smiled, "Yeah I have faith in him"

"Don't get all sappy on me now Julia…" Xiayou said nudging her.

"Leave me alone."

"Jin Kazama, Eddie Gordo… FIGHT!"

Julia watched at Eddie jumped from side to side "He's doing Capoeira."

"Capa-what?"

Julia looked at Xiayou and laughed "Capoeira, it's Brazilian. They do a lot of elaborate moves, twist, turns jumps, kicks… it's really cool to watch when they just do it. You get two guys that know and have them just do the moves but not really hit each other…"

Julia was cut off when Eddie punched Jin and then added a straight jab. Jin gave him a right elbow and then grabbed Eddie into a wrist chuck slam. Eddie stood up and rolled his shoulders and smiled at Jin before going into a handstand and kicking Jin in the face several times. Julia winced when she saw Jin stumble back.

"Come on Jin…"

"That Eddie guy is pretty good" Xiayou said looking over at Julia

"Yeah he is" Julia rubbed her hands in her thighs.

Jin regain himself before Eddie could land another series of kicks, Jin blocked them and scored a hit to Eddie torso. Eddie fell to the ground and went into a fruit picker, knocking Jin down. Julia gasped and grabbed Xiayou's hand. Jin got up slowly and looked at Eddie over his shoulder, Jin noticed he was breathing hard, smiling to himself he did a lighting screw godfist, which sent Eddie to the other side of the ring. Jin stayed in his fighting stance until he heard the announcer.

"The winner JIN KAZAMA!" Jin relaxed and walked out.

"Julia you can let go now"

Julia smiled at Xiayou and pushed her bangs out of her eyes as she took a deep breath. She got up and followed Lei out of the building. Xiayou and Lei waited outside with Julia until Jin came out.

"Good match Jin, short but good none the less, congratulations on your win." Lei said shaking Jin's hand.

"Thank you Lei, Thanks for staying with Julia and Xiayou."

Lei smiled and looked at the girls "It was a pleasure. Come Xiayou I'll take you home."

"See you at school Julia, night Jin."

"Good night Xiayou"

Julia waved goodbye and looked at Jin. Who was looking back at her as he adjusted his bag on his shoulder. Julia lightly ran her fingers over Jin slightly bruised cheek bone. "I got worried there for a second."

"So was I… he hit me pretty hard." He said scratching his head as he smiled sheepishly.

Julia moved his bangs away from his eyes, lifting herself up on her tiptoes she kiss Jin. "Congratulations."

"Thank you." Jin leaned down and kissed Julia, but stopped when a light flashed on them.

Jin and Julia looked beside them to see a kid from their school. Julia recognized him from the

school newspaper. Jin did as well. "Get out of here!" The kids eyes opened wide, he turned slowly before running away as fast as he could, clinching his camera.

"Poor kid… you scared him half to death Jin." Julia said pushing Jin's arm playfully.

"Yeah well… serves him right." Jin grabbed Julia's hand and walked towards the parking lot.

Julia glanced around and didn't see the black SUV. "Jin where's the truck?"

"I uh… didn't bring it."

"Did someone drop you off or something?"

Jin smiled at Julia shook his head "Not exactly" He said as he pointed to a motorcycle.

Julia's eyes opened wide "Oh my god… that's a Kawasaki ZZR 1200."

"Yeah it is." Jin said looking at Julia surprised "How did you know that?"

Julia smiled and grabbed his back pack. "Don't worry about it; just take me for a ride."

Jin raised an eyebrow at her and licked his lips "You really have to watch what you say and the way you say it."

Julia pulled Jin towards the motorcycle but glanced over her shoulder to look at him. "No I really don't… you have to watch they way you take it."

Jin laughed grabbing the helmets and handed one to Julia before putting on his own. He got on the bike and turned it on. Julia put on her helmet and sat behind Jin wrapping her arms around his waist. Jin looked down at her hands and smiled. "Yeah… today is a good day" Jin thought before he peeled out of the parking lot.

Next School Day:

Julia took off her helmet and shook her hair loose, she handed Jin his bag and looked around. Some of the students were watching them. Julia turned to Jin when he grabbed her hand. They began walking when Julia spoke.

"Jin do you notice that everyone is staring at us? More then usual"

He shrugged "Nope, don't care"

Julia just nodded as they walked into the building and stopped at her locker. She had just opened it when Xiayou walked up to them. She held up the school paper and smiled widely. Julia saw the picture and took the paper from Xiayou.

"Hey I paid good money for that, if you want one you have to go buy it yourself." Xiayou said pouting.

"Kazama Celebrating His Win Like Every Man Should" Julia read as Xiayou and Jin laughed as Jin placed he's stuff and Julia's into her locker. "Well at least he got a good picture." Julia handed the paper back to Xiayou and laughed. "Is the article any good?"

"It actually is, basically recapped the fight, and then had a couple lines about you and Jin."

Julia looked at Xiayou and said "Great this is all we need, Jin getting a bigger head."

Xiayou and Julia laughed as Jin looked at them confused. "Wait, what? I don't have a big head." Jin grabbed a kid that was walking by. "Hey do I got a big head?" The kid started at Jin wide eyes and furiously shook his head no. Jin let him go and looked back at Julia and Xiayou who were laughing hysterically. "You see"

Xiayou grabbed Julia as she closed her locker and began walking before turning back to Jin "Oh yeah scare the kid to death, that's the way to convince us."

Jin sighed and followed them as some of the other kids in the hallway backed away in fear. He laughed to himself and ran to catch up to the girls.

A/N: Sorry on the story format always changing…one chapter it has dividers and other it doesn't…I'm still trying to get the hang of all this. I'm working on chapter six as you're reading this… so I'll try and get that up as soon as I can. Enjoy and if you want quicker updates a little motivation helps...Review! ^__^