Chapter 7:

Back To Life

"An Angel.... so beautiful..." Kazi whispered. Jin was in shock and blushing so red it would rival that of the color of his own blood. Kazi reached up, vision still blurry, but she fell to sleep against Jin's chest before she touched him. Jin's heart stopped.

"W-What happened?!" Jin looked at the doctor. The doctor just smiled.

"She is a very strong young lady. That would have killed any normal girl." Jin's eyebrows knitted together in a warning. "But she's just sleeping, it must have taken a lot out of her," The doctor said quickly, before he ran out of the room and practically tripping over a chair. Jin relaxed a bit and suddenly blushed a deep red.

"Heh heh heh..." came Kazuya's mischievous 'plotting' laugh. Jin looked up at Jun and his father, blushing like crazy. Jun giggled.

"See?" Jun said, "She thought you were an angel. You do mean something to her, even if it's not what you want it to mean." Jin nodded still blushing quite badly. He went to lay Kazi back onto the hospital bed, but Kazuya's statement stopped him.

"Don't get comfortable, she's not staying here very much longer..." Kazuya grinned. Jin just looked at him. The next thing he knew, he was carrying Kazi out of the hospital and into their car.

"Why are we taking her out of the hospital again?" Jin asked, sitting in the vehicle, Kazi resting on his shoulder. Kazuya answered simply,

"She hates hospitals, almost as much as me." Jin raised an eyebrow. Kazuya grinned, "You don't even know that much about her, some boyfriend you are."

"I'm not her BOYFREIND!" Jin raised his voice in annoyance. Kazuya laughed. "She doesn't even consider me a 'best' friend..." Jin looked sadly at the sleeping Korean girl, not knowing that his expression gave him away a bit. Jun sighed.

'This is going to be one hell of an act in this play.' Kazuya shifted uneasily in his mind, something was going on and he could feel it.

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Kazi tried to open her eyes. It was if they had been glued shut. Kazi finally got them open, only to close them immediately because of the intense mid-morning light. She opened her eyes a crack and let them get used to the light before looking around. The room was as if she were in a mansion of a billionaire. Kazi heard a door open and voices farther away talking. She tried to sit up.

"AHH!" She grasped her side, which she found to be bandaged. She felt a gentle hand touch hers where she grasped her side. Kazi looked up, only to see a pair of glimmering dark brown eyes. She seemed trapped in their darkness and mixed emotions for a while. The eyes tore away and looked down at her bandage. That's when she actually noticed she was staring into the eyes of Jin Kazama,

"JIN?!" Her voice cracked and she coughed. Jin looked up and smiled,

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.." Jin said with concerned eyes, "Are you alright?" Kazi nodded,

"Where...?" Kazi looked at the bed, "Oh! I.... remem... ber..." Kazi hung her head and turned away. The scratches and bruises were visible and she suddenly felt very self-conscious of herself.

"Kazi.... What, What happened to you?" Jin asked her. Kazi wouldn't let him see her face. Jin saw a tear fall down and hit the maroon red lightweight velvet bedspread. Jun and Kazuya skidded into the room. Jin looked up at them.

"We heard her scream." Jun explained. Jin nodded and turned his attention back to Kazi.

"Kazi.... Who did this to you?" Kazi got off of the bed and tried to get away from them, but stopped short and fell on the floor. Jin ran to her immediately. Kazi was silently sobbing uncontrollably and turned away. Jin reached out; unsure if what he was about to do would be accepted. Jin wrapped his arms around her and let her cry into his shoulder. Jin watched in sadness. The girl's tears and her state of mood seemed to darken the room and everything around. An unexpected rain drizzled lightly from the sky. Kazuya and Jun looked at each other and back to the window, where it was a clear sunny hot day a few seconds ago. Jin stroked the redhead's hair. Inside he smiled at the strange feeling he got from stroking her hair and being that close without being pushed away.

"Kaziya...." Jin said, "Kaziya." Kazi looked up at him, tears streaming from her light amber eyes. She grasped his shirt tightly. "Who did this?" Kazi buried her face in his chest and shook her head. The pain in her ankle increased and Kazi winced. Jin saw this and took a look at it. "Swollen, and I think it's sprained pretty bad..." Jun ran out of the room and came back with an ice pack. Kazi suddenly felt being lifted off of the ground. Jin carried her back over to the bed and sat her down, laying the ice pack on her ankle and covering it with a towel. Her tears seemingly ceased for a moment.

"Jin, I'm sorry. I-I never should've come." Kazi looked at the velvet.

"What?" Jin didn't understand.

"I shouldn't have ever come, I'm just a burden." Jin's expression got serious. He tilted her head back up with is thumb and his forefinger to make her look into his eyes.

"You are NEVER a burden. You're my friend, I..... Care." He admitted. Jun and Kazuya exchanged glances; the Mishima men were always reluctant and couldn't word their feelings just right. Jin was practically the first. Jun smiled. Kazi smiled thankfully and gave him a hug. Jin hugged her back. "But.... You have to get some rest." Jin changed his words and decided not to ask again just yet. He'd wait, until she was fully healed or at least until she was ready to tell.