Chapter 6

The Silence After theStorm

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CHAPTER 6

Morning came, the same morning that the two did not wish could come. But like clockwork the sun came up and the new day had begun. Xiaoyu was sleeping her in bed the sun a gently reminder to get out of bed. Luckily he had been a Saturday and she could just keep sleeping, but something felt wrong. She looked over to find Jin had left… Damn him, she thought to herself. Her hair was a mess and her clothes wrinkled. She heard noise in the kitchen; Jin must be trying to cook breakfast. Xiaoyu smiled at the thought as she opened her door to find Miharu standing in her living room, blood on her hands.

"Oh My God Miharu, are you okay?!" And she was fine physically, but mentally, she was a fragile piece of glass.

"I'm fine." replied Miharu angrily.

What happened?" asked Jin, with the same concern in his face of Xiaoyu's. That drove her over the edge.

"IT'S 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!?!??!?!? IT'S TIME TO TELL US THE ANSWERS JIN… "

The room fell silent… Xiaoyu stood there in shock… Someone had killed an innocent man and then tried to kill her best friend… The shock still unable to make Xiaoyu move as Jin turned his head away I great shame. Miharu was breathing very hard... Ready to attack Jin at any point needed.

"I should have never come back" Jin said softly.

"Maybe you shouldn't have!" Miharu said coldly.

Xiaoyu was torn, the man she loved and her best friend. But she realized she had the same questions still in the back of her head.

"Jin, I want to know to. Why is the Tekkenshu after you?" Xiaoyu said as she turned her head away.

Jin sighed… He had to tell them, he couldn't do to them anymore. But he couldn't tell about Devil could he? It would better not to tell them he thought as he sat down and prepared to tell his story.

"It was after the battle with Ogre. I defeated him and I thought Heihachi would be happy with this defeat and my obvious fighting prowess but instead he stands there with a gun. He fires…. He shot and didn't turn back, left me for dead. I survived that night somehow and word got out that I was still alive. He wanted me dead though, most likely didn't want word to get out of what he had done."

The room was quiet. Jin felt terrible, lying to them, but he told them some of the truth and that kind of counts, he thought… right? Denial sweeping his body, as Xiaoyu softly whispered, "I'm so sorry."

The anger on Miharu face changed… She stood up and her voice had changed, "Jin, I see why you're back, to fight your grandfather, to get revenge. Well you know what, I want revenge too, and I think we should fight that bastard together…"

Jin smiled, Miharu was a very strong person but he didn't want Xiaoyu and Miharu to be involved in this, but he knew he couldn't stop them. All Jin did was nod as he began to speak, "I have to be leaving now… I'll be back soon, but I some connections around, they might have some info…"

Xiaoyu stood up quickly and went to Jin. She smiled at him and whispered in his ear, "They know you're in Japan. Be careful" and in great surprise she grabbed his head and kissed him. Jin felt the kiss deepen as his hands began to move to the small of her back. The kiss become much more passionate fueled with desire and longing that was never satisfied two years ago. Jin's hand had begun to explore but before anything got interesting Miharu chimed in "Hello, I'm still here!" The two pulled away, awkwardness being just way to weird. He smiled and left through the window. Xiaoyu sighed and then realized Miharu was crying. Xiaoyu, stop being such a bad friend, she thought to herself, Miharu just had the worse night of her life; you have to be there for her.

"I'm sorry Xiao-chan; it's been a long night…"

Xiaoyu smiled with understanding. "I know… I know it might be hard for you, but can you tell me what had happened?" Miharu didn't realize how strong she was… She had just witness and experienced something that made most people traumatized for the rest of their lives, but Miharu was accepting it and was willing to speak of it rather quickly. Did that make her a bad person? She was very confused…

"I'm sorry if you're not ready to talk about it… "Said Xiaoyu as she realized the blood on her hands…

"Hey, how's about we get you cleaned up and we'll have an ice cream feast all day!"

"Sure" Miharu said as she got up and went into the bathroom. She closed the bathroom door. As she looked into the mirror she realized what a strong person she was. She turned on the faucet washing away with soap the blood stained memories of David. As the blood went into the sink, Miharu realized it still hurt and bad. As her tears flowed she couldn't help but just sink into a small ball. It was terrifying for her; it would be terrifying for anyone. She rocked back and fourth the whole night replaying in her head, the tears soaking her blood soaked outfit. Without knowing it though, Xiaoyu opened the door and was holding her.

"Its okay Miharu…" said Xiaoyu.

For the rest of the afternoon Xiaoyu held Miharu in the bathroom as the tears just kept coming.

THAT NIGHT

Somehow Xiaoyu had calmed down the fragile Miharu. Miharu was in new clothes a soft blanket wrapped around her. Xiaoyu was in the kitchen making some hot chocolate for the two, to enjoy. Xiaoyu sat down and looked at Miharu, seeing if she was okay.

"I took the liberty of calling your mom and telling her your spending the night. I didn't want your mom to worry, and I don't want you walking outside alone." Said Xiaoyu as she stirred the warm milk.

"Thanks Xiao." Miharu said appreciatively.

Xiaoyu moved to the table next to the couch and placed her cup on the table as she handed the cup to Miharu.

"Xiaoyu, I'm sorry about storming in here this morning."

"Its fine, I understood why…" said Xiaoyu with much sympathy in her voice.

Miharu tried to lighten the conversation, "So you and Jin, getting on and heavy?" As she smiled suggestively.

"No, he just spent the night, we talked, we didn't get pelivicky." Said Xiaoyu, the humor in her voice making the conversation enjoyable.

"Oh come on, some on has hot as Jin?"

Xiaoyu smiled…

The two kept talking trying to keep it light, but Miharu had realized it was better to talk about it.

"Xiao, thanks for doing this for me… "Miharu said.

"That's what friends are for…"

"Xiao, I just can't believe it happened… Xiaoyu, its just so hard to understand why…"

Miharu cried and Xiaoyu listened.

"I mean this woman in a red dress attacked us, it was random and it was senseless." Cried Miharu.

"Wait a minute; a woman in a red dress… was she the one who killed David?"

"Yes... I was kind of surprised about what she wearing… She had Jimmy Chu shoes... Sorry, girl's observation…"

Xiaoyu memory flashed back to the tournament. She had seen a woman, her name on the tip of Xiaoyu's tongue but she couldn't get it out.

"I think her name was Anna, last night was kind of hazy." Said Miharu as she sipped her hot chocolate.

"There was a woman in the last tournament; her name was Anna Williams… But why in the world would she be working for Heihachi?" said a very confused Xiaoyu.

Miharu tried to change the subject, "Can we stop talking out it. I just want to forget about it… "

"Sure, anything that you want Miharu… Hey how about we watch this new movie I rented?" Ask Xiaoyu just wanting to make Miharu happier. Miharu nodded her head as Xiaoyu giggled. Even in the worse of situations Miharu could make Xiaoyu laugh. Xiaoyu got up from the couch and went into her bedroom. She looked through her clothes when she realized someone was in the room. Ling Xiaoyu, readier herself in a fighting stance that had come natural to her.

"Sorry." Said Jin as he left the shadow, the moonlight revealing his identity to Xiaoyu.

"Its okay, I'm just still getting use to you just kind of popping in and out… You know." It felt weird to Xiaoyu and she realized she was about to babble, luckily she had stopped herself.

"I'm sorry I was gone for so long…" Jin said quietly.

"No, its okay… "Xiaoyu trying to remain quiet as well. Xiaoyu realized how hard it was not to run up to him and hug him.

"How is she doing?" asked Jin with much concern.

"She's doing better. She's staying over tonight, girl's night." Xiaoyu said with a smile forming on her face.

"Good, I think that's what she needs. I have good news, the Tekkenshu don't think Miharu knows anything they're going to leave her alone… Actually they stopped their search for awhile, their attacks have become to public. Last night's attack was on the news today, calling the Tekkenshu a terrorist group. Heihachi too smart to be caught."

"Good." Said Xiaoyu some relief appearing on her face.

"There even better news; supposed Hong Kong Super cop Lei Wulong is coming to Tokyo tomorrow and the Tekkenshu don't want to be exposed. That should keep the Tekkenshu at bay for awhile…"

"That's even better… It can let Miharu rest a little." Said Xiaoyu as the two nodded in unison.

"By the way, how did you learn all this stuff anyways?" asked a somewhat puzzled Xiaoyu.

"Easy, I beat the crap out a Tekkenshu and then knocked him out. He won't remember a thing…" The two laughed and the tension in the room began to fade away.

"Xiaoyu… Um. I didn't regret last night…" said Jin looking down at his feet.

"Neither did I." Xiaoyu replied.

"Xiaoyu, it just isn't safe to be around me anymore…" Jin said, forcing courage out of his body knowing it would hurt Xiaoyu.

"I know… And I realized that I shouldn't be with you, that I need to protect the ones I love… But I can't… I love you too much…"

Jin moved closer and softly caressed Xiaoyu with the back of his hands, wiping away a tear that had escaped her eyes.

"Oh my Xiao-chan…" said Jin as the two stood in the quietness of the night.

"Xiaoyu??" yelled Miharu from the couch.

Xiaoyu snapped back into reality as she looked deep into Jin's eyes.

"I should be going" said Jin as he began to leave.

"Yeah… Um, yeah… I'll keep Miharu safe tonight. You… Be careful Jin-chan…"

He smiled back at her and left her room as Xiaoyu stood in silence, but snapped out of it rather quickly to get Miharu's tape.

"What took you so long?" asked Miharu.

"Nothing…" said Xiaoyu as she started outside into the darkness, hoping and praying that he would be okay.

Miharu put a false smile on her face. She knew Jin was in Xiaoyu's bedroom, and for some reason that made her angry… Miharu didn't fully trust Jin, and realized Xiaoyu and her were put into the middle of war between the Mishimas, and she had already felt the blunt force of their evil. She knew this wouldn't be the end and somewhere in her heart, she knew something terrible was going to happen…