Chapter 5
Disclaimer: Don't own tekken!!
Author's Note: Reference to The Killers, "Smile like You Mean It." I know I'm just killing you guys by repeating the story but you'll hear Miharu side of the story that day and will expand on that very interesting day.
Chapter 5 (Miharu POV)
Smile like You Mean It
It's not easy to be me, Miharu Hirano… Why? Well because your best friend is Ling Xiaoyu, while always a good friend, caring and always there for me, I was jealous of her. Why? Because she was in love, I mean of course you can understand its Jin Kazama! But he loves her back… It wasn't really Jin I was jealous of though, it was just the idea of being so in love and I thought I would never find anything like that. I mean sure I like to date; I mean I was having this dream of having dinner with the new guy at school (who Xiao and I were going meet at the park on exactly 7 in the morning.)
I want to be a good friend, but is it okay that I'm jealous, sometimes angry with her? I mean Jin Kazama was devoted to her and I get guys who care more about their Play station 2! I mean how unfair is that? But it's good for me to get these things out, if I didn't I would explode. Maybe the new guy could be my knight in shining armor. (Most likely not…)
As I skipped to Xiao-chan's apartment (am I'm geeky or what? Don't you love it?) I realized I ran into something. Something kind of large and was knocked down. What the heck did I run into, please don't tell me a tree, it was so an accident the first time but when it happens more than once it just doesn't look good on my part. I stand up my vision a little shaky. I realized what I had run into and wished I had run into a tree. It was Xiao-chan's kind of friend, Hwoarang from the last tournament. He was rude, not one of my favorite people on this earth. I look at him angrily (we met and I instantly did not like him.)
"Hwoarang?" I asked confused and kind of angry.
"Hey Miharu. Looks like you had a klutz attack." As he smirked at me, I tried to be witty but the only thing that came out was,
"Yeah well, what if I did?"
"But you did…." He said.
"Hwoarang what are you doing here??!? Aren't you supposed to be pissing of people in Korea?" I said happy with my somewhat comeback. Man I wish Xiao-chan was here, she would know what to say.
"I came here to prepare for the tournament. Not like you would know anything about…" He said concededly
"Hey! For your information I'm an excellent martial artist!" I said trying as hard as I could to be tough.
"You?!?? Miharu Hirano, avid sailor moon fan who likes pretty pink unicorns?!?!"
"Why you, and how did you know about sailor moon!" I said ready to attack him.
"Well it was quite obvious when you skipped down the street pretending to be sailor moon…" Damn it I say in my head. I thought know one was around. I know its geeky, but sometimes when no one is around I pretend to be sailor moon. I'm 17 years old. I shouldn't be acting so childlike… But I liked it. And I will not let some punk insult my martial art ability.
"You're so infuriating Hwoarang!!!ARRRRRRRRRRRRR!" I yelled as I stormed out of path and onto the road to meet Xiao-chan.
AT THE PARK.
I was so excited!!! I just got a date with… wait a sec… what is his name??!?! Crap! That's what I forgot as I skipped to find Xiao-chan. I wonder where she went I thought to myself as I realized that the date had totally made up for the incident with the annoying Korean man. Although my face kind of hurting, hitting the pavement that hard really hurt. I walked over to a secluded side of park, for sometimes Xiao-chan likes to sit there and think. I was about to yell her name when I saw her and she wasn't alone, she was with Jin. I hid behind a bush and watched, knowing it was wrong, but this Xiao-chan's love life… and what are friends for?!?!? I saw everything. The awkwardness, Jin somehow easing himself closer and closer to Xiaoyu until there was no space left and he was holding her. They had spoken of their first kiss. I held in the AAAHHHHHHHHH that I wanted to say and even Jin's admittance of always loving Xiaoyu. A small tear fell down my cheek, it was beautiful… I wish I could find a romance like that… I realize that we would be late for school and that they could finish some other time. I moved back a little and yelled for Xiao-chan. I saw Jin leave and smiled to myself. I met up with Xiao-chan pretending as if I knew nothing and went onto telling her about my date. We end up in a name calling contest, she calling me slut and me slug bugging her in the arm. We were even.
As I left school I realized someone was following me. I sighed and turned into an alley and within a second Jin had materialized out of no where…
"Hi Jin." I said turning to look at him.
"Hi Miharu. Thanks for watching over Xiao for me."
"You're welcome… You know she's my friend too, and I care her about a lot. I know I probably don't intimidate you, but please Jin. Don't hurt her."
Deep concern in Jin Kazama's oh so wonderful eyes (hey a girl can look!) "You know I would never hurt her…"
I look down and I know he wasn't lying… "I know…" We separate, me disappearing onto the path and Jin shooting up onto the buildings. Sadly neither one of realized there were intruders in our conversation. A Korean man and a Tekkenshu member.
THAT NIGHT
The date had turned perfect with guess who… David Tsukinoki. I'll show Xiao-chan!! I know his name! He was a perfect gentleman, opening doors for me, and being a wonderful guy. He explained that his parents named in David in America, and they had recently moved back to their native homeland of Japan. He is perfect…. He is smart; he speaks of current events and keeps me captivated. He is very handsome, and we share the same interest, which is a plus. He told the story of a random guy (Jin) asking him to give flowers to Xiaoyu. He asked if I was okay and of course how could I say no to this guy. All night I am captivated by this guy, blown away by what he had done, thinking of my quite plain life. He takes me to this wonderful restaurant and walks me down the streets of the shimmering Tokyo night. David is wonderful and the first man I could call a hopeless romantic.
To finish the date he had taken me to a wonderful sky light tower to see Tokyo lit up by the wonderful night sky. Maybe David could be my Prince Charming, my own personal Jin Kazama. I lay my head on David's shoulder as he wraps a warm blanket around us. Man do I owe Xiao for this. Little did I know Xiaoyu was safe at home, wrapped safely around the warm arms of Jin Kazama. We sit in peace, talking very little, just enjoying each others company…
Like a perfect gentle man he gives me a ride home. This night was perfect… Or I thought so. Seconds later I realized the car behind us was picking up speed. Seconds later the car hit us from behind and we went swerving into a light pole… Things almost went black for a second. As I start to realize what had happened I see David. He's okay, kind of shocked, a small cut on his forehead causing blood to trickle down to his face. The driver behind us door opened. What the heck was that about I thought to myself. I hear someone walking towards us and I'm still a little out of it. High heels I think to myself. Jimmy Chu shoes I though to myself. I look find a beautiful red hair woman in a sparkling red dress. She smiles at me, how can she be smiling?
"Konichiwa" as she took her gun from her purse and shot at David. David stopped moving immediately, the shot causing blood to hit the steering wheel. I screamed, the impact of the shot causing me to jump.
"Look little girl!! I don't have time for questions, where is Jin Kazama?" the woman demanded.
"I don't know what you're talking about" I said, fear taking over my body.
"I had orders, if you don't answer, then I shoot." As the woman started to pull the trigger something had knocked her off balance and she fell; the gunshot ricocheting of the car window. I screamed again. Behind stood an all to familiar face, Hwoarang. I didn't mind though, he had saved my life. The woman began to get up, reaching for her gun. I stood in shock but then I heard voices. The Tekkenshu, they were getting closer.
"Miharu, get out of car. NOW!" I looked like a deer in headlights, but I got out of my trance as I followed Hwoarang, stepping on the red headed woman, hopefully slowing her down. Hwoarang led me through the alley and into an abandon warehouse. He puts me behind a crate and stops… I can't believe just what happened and I wasn't ready to admit for a while. Some strange woman had killed David. Had tried to kill her. Luckily Hwoarang had saved me… As I start to finally process what had happened my tears come out… Why would someone do that? Hwoarang looked at me, his breath calming down…
"Miharu, are you okay?" he asked with much concern…
I could only nod my head; realizing blood was on my hands. I looked for a cut on my body but realize it wasn't mine… It was David's… Oh God…
"Miharu, we're messing with some dangerous people… But we're going to be fine… Just you need to calm down… I know what you saw… You shouldn't have seen it, but there are people out there like it… You just have to calm down…. "
I was just nodding my head, gasping for hair, oh man I was hyperventilating… I couldn't breath. I just had to down calm down like Hwoarang said… My body stopped to shake so badly, the shock slowly fading…
"Thanks… thanks … "I said stuttering.
He smiled at me… "You're welcome…" he said smiling.
I began to process things more clearly as my I began to talk… Tears running down my face.
"Hwoarang…" I said hugging him.
"Hwoarang, why would a person do that?!??!" Tears and anger flooding through my body….
"She was going to kill me…. Why was she after me, why did she hurt David?!?!? "
"Miharu don't blame yourself… She wanted you because someone had saw you with Jin…"
I looked in disbelief… How would he know?! But before I can ask he reads my mind…
"I was just kind of following you around. I saw you guys talk…Its funny that he has the hots for Xiaoyu. But after you two left, I saw some Tekkenshu dirtbag, I was going to interrogate him but he got away before I could do anything…"
I started to replay the moment. Then I freaked out.
"Oh my God, Xiaoyu! She might be in danger!!!" I began to panic.
"Don't worry Miharu. The guy didn't hear you. I think its all because he saw you to together. "
My worries began to fade… "Thanks for saving me there…"
"Anytime…" He said with a smile… Maybe he could be my knight in shining armor. I jump. The sound of a bullet ripping through the skin as I looked around. Was I shot, nooo… Thank God… But Hwoarang wasn't so luckily. He looked me in surprise and fell. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I yelled. I saw the red headed woman smiling at me.
"Nobody stops Anna Williams… " She said, as my body shook with anger. She raised the gun and was about to fire as I closed my eyes and nothing happened. She was out of bullets as she clicked the gun, nothing coming out.
"I guess I'm just going to have to kill you the old fashion way." She smirked at me. Calm down Miharu… I said to myself, calm yourself down. Defeat your opponent with a clear mind like Jinrey had taught her. Anna moved into a fighting stance, and I realized the stance from somewhere. Yes, it was aikido stance. I had to be careful. We squared off looking her.
"Are you mad about what I did to two of your boyfriends, you skank?" I knew at that point I would win this fight. Keep your emotions intact Miharu, control your anger. Anna came straight at me. I planned a perfect shot, and like a fool, Anna had fell into its. She tried a simple strike to try out of the waters, but I was business. Years of practice lead to a natural flow of me grabbing Anna' s arm and with all the strength left in me I forced Anna to the ground with a painful throwing along the way hearing the popping of Anna's shoulder and the loud painful smack of Anna landing on her back in very odd position, most likely breaking something…Within that second, I pushed myself off the ground and into a somersault, forcing my weight and body, landing painfully on Anna's stomach. She made a loud groan and I rolled off. She was pain, she was alive, she would recover, no serious harm done, but for the time being, she wouldn't be going anywhere.
"Are you made about what I had done to your shoulder?" I asked the biting satirical wit dripping from my comment. I see Hwoarang, moving. I bend down to see if he was alive and yes he was. He was shot in arm, the impact of the shot knocking him against a crate, knocking him out for a few minutes. Even in great pain he ask me…
"Are you okay?" I smile and nod at him as the police came and was I so grateful. The police would never believe me that the Tekkenshu had attacked me so I kept it quiet saying that Anna acted alone, knowing she would never give the name of her employer.
Hwoarang laid in the bed, asleep. When I knew he was going to be okay, I left the hospital but headed to Xiaoyu house. I came to her apartment, using my key to her house as I opened and slammed the door. Strangely enough I found Jin, in the kitchen making coffee as Xiaoyu come out of her bedroom smiling. But her smile faded when she say me, covered in David's blood, my hair a mess, and dirt covering my face…
"Oh my God Miharu are you okay?" Xiaoyu asked with great worry.
"I'm fine" I said angrily.
"What happened?" asked Jin, with the same concern in his face of Xiaoyu's. That drove me over the edge….
"ITS TIME FOR YOU TO STOP ASKING QUESTIONS AND GIVING US SOME DAMN ANWERS. AND SHUT UP XIAO, DON'T SAY WORD. WHILE YOU GUYS WERE SCREWING LIKE BUNNIES DAVID WAS KILLED. SOMEONE TRIED TO KILL ME, AND HWOARANG IS IN THE HOSPITAL. TELL ME JIN KAZAMA, TELL ME WHY THIS HAPPENED. WHY THE TEKKENSHU WERE AFTER ME?!?!? WHY THEY KILLED DAVID!?!??!?!? ITS TIME TO TELL US THE ANSWERS JIN… " and I had meant every word… I would get an answer out of Mr. Kazama. Even if I had to kill him…