UWAH. Okay.. so this one is kind of long xx I'm glad your enjoying it so far (if you made it this far).. please review if you like XDD.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, Namco owns them :P
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The next morning, loud yelling could be heard in a gym nearby where Asuka is staying for spring break. Being the only one in the gym, she took advantage and worked out as well. It was a tad bit too early for working out, but what happened the night before got Asuka so angry, she had to release her anger out somehow..
'Damnit. Stupid. British. Guy.' Punching between each word that went through her head, 'Stupid. Drunk. People. and. Stupid. Feng.' She continued. To add to her punching, she added a kick that sent the punching bag swaying far. "Agh! Men these days!" She yelled out, "Most of them just always seem to piss me off." Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she continued. There was this one technique she learned under the Kazama style martial arts, they called it the White Heron dance. Asuka practiced this without the punching bag, making every move exact, from the first punch to the complicated kick.
After she had finished, she fell over, panting for air. That last jumping kick had pretty much worn her out for the day. She'd been training since 5 in the morning. People started to come in and watch her, so she just stopped training. Asuka didn't like crowds watching her training and ranting while she was punching.
She heard clapping behind her, and whipped around to find Xiaoyu there clapping. "Impressive! Impressive!" Asuka smiled at Xiaoyu, "Fancy seeing you here!" Asuka carefully took off her sparring gloves and put them aside. "What's going on?" She asked, a little confused at Xiaoyu's sudden appearance at they gym, she didn't come here often.
"welllllllllllll..." Xiaoyu did a quick punch to the punching bag, "Christie wanted to know if you wanted to go shopping with us." Turning to the japanese girl, she smiled, "She really misses you."
"Oh really? Oh man.. It's been so long since i've seen Christie. I wonder how her grandpa is doing.. since he was in the hospital and all.." Asuka crossed her arms, "Well, i'll have to talk to her."
"Great! Now.. you might wanna shower and change before going out like that!" Xiaoyu teased, "You're all sweaty and gross!" Asuka smirked, "Alright alright."
Xiaoyu and Asuka went back to Asuka's small apartment which she shared with one of her cousins (not of Kazama relation) for the time being and took a quick shower. Before leaving the apartment fresh and clean, Asuka insisted she call Feng before leaving. Xiaoyu just rolled her eyes and sighed.
"What do you have against Feng anyway? He didn't do anything to you." Asuka looked a bit annoyed at Xiaoyu's reactions to hearing Feng's name or having anything to do with him.
"Well, I'm not really fond of him. He doesn't seem like your type anyways. But whatever, just go on and call him, okay?" Xiaoyu sat down on a nearby couch, fiddling with her hair, which she let down.
'Why does no one trust him..? My goodness, he doesn't bite..' Asuka said to herself, calling him on her apartment phone. She twirled the winding chord around her fingers, anxious for an answer. Unfortunatly, his cell phone was off. 'Damn.' Asuka thought 'I guess i'll just leave a message.' BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. "Hey baby! How are you? I miss you alot, so please call me back at anytime on my cell today.. okay? I really wanna talk to you. I hope your not too busy. Love you." Asuka put the phone back in it's reciever, facing Xiaoyu.
"Let's go."
"He didn't answer?" Xiaoyu raised an eyebrow.
"Let's just go." Asuka didn't wanna think about it.
The two took a taxi over to a hotel nearby Narita airport, and making their way to Julia and Christie's room. Upon arriving, Christie pulled Asuka in as quickly as possible, "Heyyyyyyy girl!" Christie hugged Asuka tightly, "it's been so long!" Asuka laughed, "Yeah.. it has!"
"How are you! My, my.. you're all fixed up now, aren't you?" Christie said, noticing a coat of natural-looking makeup on Asuka's face, "Y-yeah..." Christie looked Asuka dead straight in the eye, "There's a guy in your life?" Asuka blushed and saw Xiaoyu roll her eyes again. Ugh. Asuka hated when Xiaoyu did that. "Yes, yes, I do." Asuka said proudly, ignoring Xiaoyu's disapproval.
"Heh. I see." Christie knew about Feng, and she agreed with Xiaoyu, they weren't the most perfect match. Christie thought it was okay, but Asuka could always find someone better. "Well then, it's good to hear your love life is going well." She smiled.
"How is your grandpa?" Asuka asked.
"Oh, he's doing great! We got enough money to help him out and stuff.. I guess not winning the tournament money was okay.. thanks to Eddy, he helped me out alot." (a/n: christie obviously didn't win the tournament..)
"I see, that's really great to hear!" Smiling, she took a seat next to Juila on the bed. "So where are we going today?" Julia smiled, "We're gonna go shopping for tomorrow." "tomorrow..?"
Xiaoyu jumped on Christie's bed, "Yeah! Tomorrow we're heading for the beach! Eee!" Xiaoyu squealed, "I just can't wait!" "Hopefully the water isn't THAT cold.." Julia said, putting on her large, feathery earrings. "Who needs water when you've got hott guys to drool all over!" Christie said, posing in front of the mirror. "Easy for you to say." Xiaoyu said, shrugging, "some of us aren't as free as you are."
Christie raised an eyebrow, "WHAT? Xiaoyu.. you aren't single?"
All three of the girls eyed the chinese girl strangely, "It's Jin, isn't it?"
Xiaoyu grinned, "Wouldn't you like to know? Anyways.." Changing the subject, she got up and headed for the door, "..why don't we get to shopping!" "Right!" Christie glared at Xiaoyu, "So keeping secrets, huh? We'll see about that, i'll find out! C'mon Asuka!" Christie dragged Asuka off the bed and out the door. "I.. uhh.." Asuka felt so out of place with those three, they were all dressed so fashionably, and here Asuka was, in jeans and a yellow t-shirt.
Luckily for them, Christie rented a car, so the didn't have to walk or take a taxi over to the mall. They went in several shops that weren't really Asuka's style, nor Julia's. Christie and Xiaoyu made their way into a store called Bebe, and left Asuka and Julia waiting outside. "So what are you guys doing here in Japan? I never got to ask 'cause Christie never stopped talking from the moment she saw me." Asuka asked, sipping some soda she bought on their way to the store.
"Well, Christie thought we needed a vacation, so she called me up in Arizona and told me University life was boring," She giggled, "But I guess I agree with her for once, trying to restore the forest is alot of hard work, and I sort of need a break, you know? Christie just wanted to come back just cause." Julia said, leaning against the mall rail, looking down at the first floor below them.
Asuka sipped more, "oh.. okay, I see. Well we might as well make the best of your trip, right?" Asuka asked before at the bar, but she didn't exactly get a clear answer out of Julia..
Coming out of the store, Xiaoyu held a bag, "Okay!"
"Are we done?" Julia quickly asked, turning to them.
"DONE! We just got started!" Xiaoyu grabbed Julia's wrist and dragged her to the nearest fashionable clothes store.. which was huge, in Julia's opinion. It was a department store. Christie shrugged, "C'mon Asuka!" Asuka quickly followed behind them, thinking about Feng a little more, 'What could he be doing right now? I mean.. I really miss him.' Was Asuka being way too clingy? She just loved him so much, she got so attached to him. What if he was out with another woman! She thought. Shaking her head fiercely, 'no no.. he would never!' She was afraid to think of the possibility. There wasn't exactly anyone else out there for Asuka to have, or at least she thinks. Maybe she was thinking too hard..
"HELLLOOOOOOO?" Asuka suddenly bumped into Xiaoyu's palm, "Are you alive! You look like you're in deep thought!" Xiaoyu examined Asuka carefully, "It must be snake eyes again." Asuka's eye twitched, "..."
"Nevermind that guys! Look!" Christie pointed at the section with swimsuits that clearly read 50 OFF. Xiaoyu's eyes lit up in an instant, and she ran right over to the racks. After 2 hours of looking through the section, Julia and Asuka found themselves sitting on the chairs near the dressing room. "I'm pooped. There's nothing nice around here." Julia said.
"You got that right." Asuka sighed. Suddenly, a light blue swimsuit with a silky see-through skirt to tie around her small waist was shoved in her frace. "C'mon, try it!" Xiaoyu held it up.
"Uhhh..." Asuka wasn't too fond of bathingsuits, especially two piece, which was what Xiaoyu was holding in her face at that very moment. "You want guys to look at you or not!" Xiaoyu demanded. "No!" "Great!" Xiaoyu shoved the outfit in Asuka's face and kicked her in a dressing room. "Come out when you're done!"
Just then, Christie haned Julia a dark brown tankini with and american eagle on the back with rhinestone. Julia just gave up and walked right to the dressing room, 'No use fighting them..'
A few minutes later, Julia came out of the room and Xiaoyu and Christie squealed with delight, they instantly pulled her to go pay for it, leaving Asuka alone in the dressing room. Asuka carefully slipped into the suit with her underwear still on, looking at herself in the mirror. The silky skirt made her look extremely seductive and easy. "What the heck... Xiaoyu must be crazy! I am NOT buying this!"
"Hey you!" Xiaoyu's voice called out, "I heard that! Come out here NOW." Asuka got quite frustrated and just barged out, "HAPPY?" Xiaoyu's eyes sparkled, "Am I ever!" She demanded Asuka to buy it, and no matter how much Asuka refused, she couldn't resist it, she had to admit, the swimsuit was cute. She ended up buying the whole thing for almost $30!
Asuka groaned at the thought of a $30 outfit, "This is INSANE." Julia agreed with her, "I know. I spent $20 on mine." Sighing, she shook her head, "I thought it'd be cheaper."
"Hey hey! You're lucky it was 50 off! Or else it would have been 4060 bucks! No complaining!" Xiaoyu said the last two words in english. Julia sighed again, "I guess you're right..." Asuka was still dazed, she doesn't spend much money at the mall like that. If she did, it was for fighting-fit clothing.
After about 7 hours of being at the mall, Julia and Asuka were forced to carry the shopping bags, while Xiaoyu and Christie continued to dress Asuka and Julia nonstop, to the point where people at the mall asked to help them carry stuff. Xiaoyu and Christie also had their share of things to carry, but it wasn't as terribly heavy as what Asuka and Julia were holding.
They all made their way to the car and popped the trunk open, "Alright now, let's not all do this at once." Xiaoyu went, then Christie, then Julia. It seemed like Asuka had the heaviest load on her! She carried lots of bags with pairs and pairs of jeans and dresses. Almost falling over, she was caught by arms that didn't belong to any of her female companions. "Whoa.. there, that was close." A familiar voice said, only this time, his voice didn't have that drunken sound to it. Asuka could barely turn around to see who it was, "whaaa?"
"Steve! What are you doing here?" Christie crossed her arms, "This is clearly top secret."
He rubbed the back of his head gently and looked a bit flushed, "I-i wanted to apologize to Asuka. I uhh.."
Without struggling, Asuka leaped out of Steve's arms and dropped all the stuff she held in the trunk and forcefully closed it, "Whatever." She said, not even looking at him. She was extremely mad he couldn't be any nicer when they first met, he could have just calmed himself down or maybe left or possibly picked on one of the waitresses there. So- why her! His remark on her chest just seemed to piss her off, and she knew entirely that he was intoxicated and possibly couldn't control himself, but what the hell! 'Irresponsible drinker..' she thought to herself, getting in the backseat.
"H-hey! Wait up Asuka!" Xiaoyu said, trying not to look awkward in front of Steve. Julia sighed, "See you later Steve" she got in the backseat as well. Christie shrugged, "I have NO idea what's going on. So umm, Steve, just apologize to her tomorrow. Or well, if you're able to." He crossed his arms, "Well she doesn't want an apology? Fine! I honestly didn't mean anything I said to her, ok? You tell her that." Christie nodded, "Alright See you around!" With that, Christie quickly went into the car and drove off. Steve sighed, "I guess I can't really redeem myself now.." Shaking his head, he began to head for the mall.
The Tokyo lights shone on Asuka's pale face as the car made it's way to Asuka's house, Xiaoyu directing Christie. Asuka's eyebrows were still furrowed from Steve's so-called 'apology attempt'. 'I can't believe him! That son of a bitch tried to apologize! I hope I never see him again!' Julia waved her hand in front of Asuka, "Wow.. you seem to be in deep thought. Are you angry at Steve?"
Then it just blasted out, "LIKE HELL! That stupid pervert!" He was drunk. He was drunk. She kept telling herself, trying to forgive him. But it was the fact that THAT was possibly the thought he had in his head when he first met her. Julia patted Asuka's back, "It's okay, it's okay."
Xiaoyu grinned, "Heh, Steve."
"What about him?" Christie asked. "Well, he's something new in Asuka's life." Xiaoyu looked in the backseat to see Asuka crouched over, holding her head and Julia patting her back, Asuka asking herself 'Why me!' Xiaoyu said a couple of things about Steve, hoping Asuka would hear, but she was too caught up in her thoughts to notice what Xiaoyu said.
Asuka BARELY made it to the apartment. She couldnt go up a flight of stairs without dropping one of her bags. 'Christie and Xiao bought an awful lot.. ughhh..' She barged in the small apartment and went in her designated room, where she just dropped everything and fell on bed, asleep.