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wish I could Sorry for the late update… been really busy! Hope you all are still gonna read this… Chapter 7: Rapid Fire littlejadelittlejadelittlejadelittlejadelittlejadelittlejade Hwoarang crossed his arms, and a frown settled on his face. Julia stroked his flaming orange hair, "That Kazama-" Hwoarang called Jin"Kazama" when he was pissed off at him, "thinks he can sweep the floor with me. Ever since we were kids in the street. I swear, I can kick hisa." He promised, clenching his fists and then winced for disturbing his shoulder. He thought back to when he was a kid, when he and Jin played in the forest where Jin and his mother lived.flashback"Jin! I betcha I can kick that branch!" an arrogant Korean boy pointed at a tall tree branch that stuck out at an odd angle. He was in a grubby white gi that obviously needed extreme washing. His friend, similar looking but with black hair that stood up at the back in a strange way, laughed,"You go first, and if you can touch it, I'll try." He promised with a wide smile. The orange haired boy cracked his knuckles and leaped high into the air and axe kicked the branch."HAHA!! Lets see that again!" He said and leaped into the air once more, and with a shout of joy he kicked it again. "HAHA JIN!! BEATTHAT!" Jin laughed and hugged the tree, whispering something to the trunk."Come on tree hugger!" Hwoarang teased. Jin stepped away from the tree and leaped into the air as Hwoarang had done, but kicked a half yellow and half red star-shaped leaf sticking out from the bottom of the branch, he landed and the leaf fluttered off, he picked it up carefully. Hwoarang laughed,"JIN, you were supposed to kick the tree, NOT THE LEAF!" Jin smiled,"I asked the tree if I could borrow the leaf Hwoa, she didn't like it when you kicked her arm." He told him and placed the leaf in his friend's hand, it was split perfectly in half down the middle. "Keep the leaf, it's part of the tree. One day, you should give it back to the tree, but not now." Jin picked up the yellow coloured half of the leaf and went home. Hwoarang held the leaf carefully… it was the red half.end flashbackHwoarang pulled his top drawer open and took a folded piece of old cardboard. He opened it, an old photo and a pressed half-leaf fell out.Julia picked the photo up and looked at it closely, "Hwoa..." she said.Hwoarang pulled it out of Julia's hand, it was faded like it had been folded and then straightened, and folded then unfolded and pressed several times. It was of a young woman and she was in traditionalKorean attire, she had a pretty smile and her eyes looked like Hwoarang's. The man next to him was tall and had a ponytail, he was smiling and he had his arm around the woman. They looked so happy together, so happy..."He was my father-" Hwoarang paused, he had never told anyone anything personal about him before. Julia smiled,"I can tell..." she whispered,"And, this is... was my mother." He looked at Julia and she smiled,"She's beautiful..." she kissed him softly,"You remind me of her." He said tracing the woman's face, Julia strokedHwoarang's hair,"Thank you..." she said softly, and picking up the red half-leaf she handed it to Hwoarang, "And what's this?" she asked, Hwoarang scratched his chin,"This... This? You do not know what this is?" he asked her in a sarcastically horrified voice, Julia laughed, "This is... Half a leaf!"Julia shrieked with laughter, "And... And..." Hwoarang told her..."What?" she asked waiting..,"It is...""What tell me!?""It is... RED." he told her triumphantly... Julia gave Hwoarang a light smack on the head,"Idiot!" she said with a little pout. Hwoarang grinned,"I know."littlejadelittlejadelittlejadelittlejadelittlejadelittlejadeJin and Xiao Yu arrived at the tournament and bandaged her arm using equipment from the first aid kit. The tournament was beginning late,Xiao Yu tugged at Jin's jacket and hid in his arms like a little girl, in fact, she was a little girl.They stood at the sideline of Fight 7: Law vs Nina. There was a chilly breeze and Xiao Yu shivered quietly. The speaker announced the start of the right and it was away.Law was launching a combination of rapid-fire punches, but by the last few, the punches were weaker and Nina took the opportunity to use a side parry and toss Law over her shoulders. She was strong for a woman. Law was flung into a heap, Nina ran towards him and launched a jumping side kick, Law saw it coming and ducked, he grabbed her bottom leg and swung her to the side, while still on the ground. Nina was disorientated and landed on the ground, with scraped elbows and knees through her tight fitting cat suit. She saw Law generating for his power punch move, so she spun around him and delivered a hard chop on his neck. Law was unconscious before he hit the ground. Nina stood tall over him, a satisfied smile settled along her thin Irish lips. "K.O!" the speaker realised. Nina strode off the fighting grounds and away from sight. Law was taken to the side, with medics blocking him from the view ofJin andXiao Yu. Xiao Yu slipped softly out of Jin's arms but Jin pulled her close again, "Be careful," He whispered. Xiao Yu nodded silently and left to report to her fight.littlejadelittlejadelittlejadelittlejadelittlejadelittlejade