(a/n): Ciao amici. Sorry for such a long wait but I'm back now with another chapter for this story. In this chapter, Xiao won't just let Jin go that fast. As some have mentioned that he does not act like a real friend to her or he is hiding something from her. You are all right. This is why, she is going to get tired of his behavior. This chapter is going to be surprising.

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Chapter9: Dark Words

            The breeze from the morning eve rattled at Xiaoyu's curtains, as she was waking up from the suns rays. Birds created a sweet environment of melodies as the wind played with her curtains, sending a chill down to Xiaoyu's revealed shoulders. She opened her eyes and stretched. It was Saturday morning and time to get some things done.

            She smiled once more as she took a deep breath of the fresh air and sighed. She stood up and looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. "Xiao, you are the most gorgeous woman around her!" She giggled to herself and nodded.

            Short cries of 'HA' have added a non-peaceful environment to the lovely morning. She guessed it was Jin practicing again early in the morning. She frowned and decided to see what he's up to. She sighed and put a red robe around her. She brushed her hair and left it unbraided as she left her room, barefoot.

She descended down the stairs quietly and rounded a corner of the hallway opposite of the stairs. She followed the large, evil markings of the dragons breathing fire. She stepped into the empty large living room and took her left into the staircase hallway and skipped down the left staircase.

 She never figured where did Jin get the strength to wake up before the sun does every morning. He would always awake her like this, with his harsh voice when he would hit the punching back or practice with Heihachi. He was like an alarm clock for her. It amazes her how loud he can get when fighting. When he talks in school or to her, his voice is cold, low, and with no enthusiasm whatsoever. Jin always amazes her and she never seems to get used to these surprises.

She opened the main doors that where at the foot of the stairs and went outside. The morning fresh air refreshed her and calmed her a little. She took a right of the mansion, walking on the grass as she tries to find the right words to say to Jin to make him talk. She doesn't understand why would he keep something away from her at first, to her it only seems that she is his only friend. But the way he acts to her, she doesn't feel like she's his friend. It's like he wants to be alone and Xiao won't let him go that fast.

She reached the large dojo that was a building of it's own, closed by curtains and shut doors. She glided through the grass swiftly, without making a sound and stopped next to the main doors of the dojo. She quietly slid the door opened and found no one on the dojo floor.

She smiled and knew he is probably on the second floor. He was always on the second floor so why was she surprised? She tiptoed to the wooden stairs and came to the heavy doors. She took a deep breath in and nodded. This is where she will talk to him about yesterday. She can't stand it when people hide something from her. It isn't right.

She slowly opened the doors and peeked in and she saw Jin. He was facing his back to her as he punched the punching back, facing to the terrain before him. She bit her lower lip and opened the doors wider and stepped into the dojo that was lit perfectly by the rising sun. She watched the sunrise in awe as it gleamed with a golden light. It was so beautiful here. Her eyes drooled from the sun to Jin's perfect back as she saw him punch the bag with extreme force and speed.

She gulped, hoping this wasn't such a bad time as she just stared at him. She couldn't help it he was beyond gorgeous. Her admiration was interrupted by a cold voice that was Jin's. "Doors have been created to knock on and keep people, such as you, out." She jumped and stared into his eyes when he gave one good kick to the punching bag and then turned to her. "Not to sneak in and keep them wide open." She looked back at the opened the door when he finished and licked her lips.

She smiled to herself and looked at Jin's cold eyes. "Whoops." She playfully said and came over to him. "Jin, listen I need to talk to you." He didn't respond as he went away from the punching back and after a white towel. "I don't have the time." He simply said as he put the towel around his neck and cracked it. "Perhaps some other time." He took the stairs she came from.

She frowned as she followed him, trying to confess with him. "Do you ever have time?" "Now that you mentioned it." He looked at her with his very cold eyes. She noticed he was serious, deadly serious, and it hurt. "I never do have time to waste on someone who just want to talk about something." He turned away and opened the door to exit the dojo.

Xiao got a little mad and ran up to the door and slid it shut with force, not letting him through. "What is it with you, Jin Kazama! Why are you ignoring me? What have I ever done to you to make you act like this?" She shouted nearly all of her words and he didn't even twitch an eye.

I'm going to pluck those eyes out pretty soon if he won't stop looking at me that way. "Listen to me! That's all I'm asking!" She pushed him back with her hand but he didn't budge. "I'm sorry, Xiao, but I just don't have the time." He sounded very calm to her. Too calm and it ticked her off. "Yeah? What do you have to do, now??" She asked him in an angry tone. It's going to be more than just an angry tone.

"You need to see you Grandfather? You need to go to school? You need to read a book on Physics?? Huh? What? Tell me what do you need to do??" She spoke too fast and she made sure Jin could tell that she was annoyed. "Oh." She said it like she just discovered something. "I know." She put a hand to her chin and another to support it like she was thinking. "You need to do homework, right?" Jin just looked at her with a blank expression. She felt like slapping that look off his face.

"Well, you know what?" She said, dropping her hands to her side. "I just don't care anymore! Forget it! Who would ever want to talk to you? Since your time is much too 'valuable' to waste on someone like me. No wonder you got no friends! You are nothing but an oversized geek, with an attitude problem!" She hit him on his chest with her knuckle like she would bang on the door. "Well you know what!" She screamed and she was losing it.

She didn't care anymore. First she was so worried about him because she cared about him. Now, she's just angry with him and feels like he was never her friend. "Well you know what." She repeated her words quietly, staring at Jin's eyes as he was, as well, all this time. "I don't have the time to waste it on you!!!!!!" She banged on him harder and he still didn't move, he was like stone and she was ready to crush it.

"Why? Why are you doing this to me? I thought I met a good friend, a good friend. I guess I was wrong." She looked to her feet. "You're a complete jerk, a complete jerk!" She went into her fury attack, hitting him and hitting him, harder by each hit.

Surprisingly, he caught both of her hands and she struggled to get them free. "Let me GO!" She shrieked as she started to hit him. She was afraid to look at him anymore, afraid to see that stone-cold face. "Ahh! JIN, LET GO OF ME NOW!!!!!!" She struggled as hard as he good but his grip got harder and all of a sudden he hugged her.

She stopped wiggling and was completely paralyzed. "Jin?" She asked him and he pulled back. She searched his eyes but found nothing. He closed his eyes and let her go. Without saying a word he exited the dojo, leaving her in her own pool of doubt.

Breakfast wasn't as eventful as this morning for Xiao. Jin didn't show up and Heihachi left early this morning to attend to some business. Xiao was completely bored and had mixed feelings. Was it wrong for her to say those things? Dissecting her own words wasn't easy because she just realized how cruel they were. She must have hurt him and he is probably doubting himself now or punching out a wall somewhere.

"Who would ever want to talk to you? Since your time is much too 'valuable' to waste on someone like me." How could she have said that? Jin was a very interesting person. She felt horrible saying those things to him since he always sits alone.  "No wonder you got no friends! You are nothing but an oversized geek, with an attitude problem!"  Tears welded up in her eyes. What was she thinking using those types of words to describe him? He must be speechless, that's why he didn't say anything to her. Sobs broke her memory off as the same line in her head repeated over and over. "You are nothing but an oversized geek, with an attitude problem!"

 "Oh, Jin, I'm so sorry. I am so so sorry." She hugged her knees as she sat on her bed, crying and started to rock herself quietly. "I never meant to hurt you, I just wanted to know what was wrong. Please, please forgive me." She fell to dreams as she repeated her words with tears.

(a/n): So how did you like this chapter? I hope you enjoy it. So what do you think? Will it all solve out? Will everything be okay? How does Jin feel about it? You think he was hurt by her words. Tell me!!! I need to know.

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