Authors Notes: I'm back! Writing this chapter has come easily for me. I wasn't able to update yesterday, my scheduled update day, since I wasn't able to even touch the computer. :( Anyway I'm here now and I present to you chapter 3…
Disclaimer: FANfic. DISclaimer. Get the point?
[]= Jin's thoughts.
()= Xiaoyu's thoughts.
This chapter is dedicated to all my HPANA buddies. I am going to miss you all during my ten months away. :(
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Finding my way to you
Chapter three: Here are my rules
By: Misao Seta
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The sun shone brightly over the heavily treed forest, it's golden rays seeping through the tiny gaps the leaves have provided, resting itself on the still damp earth, waking the sleeping inhabitants of the peaceful forest. Well, that was about 6 hours ago.
Somewhere in a clearing, a young lad with sensual lips, gorgeous brown eyes, well-built tanned body, sexy spiky hair and a perfectly proportioned body had awaken. (A/N: 'bout time I ended complimenting Kazama don't you think?)
He opened his eyes and groggily rubbed at them clearing his vision and wiping away any sleep dust left in it. He looked around and was surprised to be greeted by a certain Chinese lady sleeping not too far away from him.
Getting up, he stretched and made his way to the Chinese's tent. He remembered that last night, noticing that she was shivering, he decided to offer her his blanket, but she just muttered something about,
"Forget it. Never going to live this down." Of course, not being one who wastes things, the young lad just shrugged and went back to his peaceful slumber.
The Chinese girl still looked the same as she did last night. It was amazing that she looked so peaceful when she sleeps, definitely a far far cry from the scary, intimidating, little terror she is when she is awake.
He couldn't help staring at her as she slept on, a soft smile on her lips. One of her arms twitched and she murmured,
"Dave…"
[Dave? Does he mean Dave Walters? Our classmate before? Was she dreaming about him? Nah… must be a different Dave.]
Apparently, she was dreaming about some 'Dave' dude and it looked as if she was jumping all over him in her dreams too. As he bent down to wake her up, an arm grabbed him. The flawless lad was surprised as he was almost a recipient of a kiss. He jumped back in time, sighing in relief.
[Thank god for these wonderful reflexes he had bestowed upon me. A kiss from an unconscious Xiaoyu would only be hell to pay later and hell, is the last thing I need.]
Xiaoyu curled up once more. He called her name.
"Xioayu-chan… wakey wakey! Tome to rise and shine!" He said energetically, doing a 'choo-choo' motion with his hand as he said 'wakey wakey'. She didn't even move an inch. His bright smile had disappeared and was now replaced by a long frown. She was either ignoring him or was still in a very very deep sleep. Personally, he was betting on the latter.
"Xiaoyu-chan! It's time to get up. My instincts tell me it's waaay past nine."
[Insticts? What am I talking about! For all you know it could be noon.] Thus another battle with the ego.
[Of course I would know if it was noon. If it was noon then the sun should be over my head. Which it is not.] He pointed above him… exactly at the place where the sun is.
[Hah! It is noon. What about those instincts again?]
[Just shut-up and leave me alone.]
"Xiaoyu-chan get your lazy self up! It's noon already!" This time, he shouted it.
A grumble. And then, no response. He inhaled deeply expecting a lot of danger as he knelt down on the ground and shook her gently. Xiaoyu squeezed her eyes closed tightly, but had opened them wide a moment later and…
"Ahh!!! Hentai! Pervert! Pervert! Pervert! What are you doing in my room!" The poor confused girl, shrieked madly. Jin dodged a series of punches aimed for him nimbly.
"You're by far not in your room and definitely not home Xiaoyu-chan!" Jin said between breaths while he dodged. Thankfully for him, the so named lady had finally stopped her assault on him.
"Oh! Ack! The light! Ah! I'm burning! It's too bright for the morning."
(Waitaminit! Xiaoyu-chan?!)
[Burning?]
"Xiaoyu-chan… you're a… you're a… you're a vampire!" In a span of a second, it was miraculous how Jin had immediately reached the other end of the clearing. He quickly felt around his neck for any scars or suspicious marks. Any small bite scars or marks.
"Baka! Of course not! I believe vampires are so not true! If ever I was, I would have burned ages ago and you would have been a lump of protein lacking blood. I thought you had at least out grown your belief in those things. It's just too ugh… bright to start my wonderfully pain filled day." Jin looked at Xiaoyu incredulously. This bouncing hyperactive Chinese lady was a late sleeper? She's not a morning person? Whoa.
"What are you looking at me like that for? I swear you are a pervert!" The accused furiously shook his head.
"I guess I'm just… shocked. You're not energetic in the morning? I always figured that you'd jump right out of bed the moment you awaken." She gave him a dirty look.
"Where do you think I get all my energy anyway? I need my beauty sleep you know" Jin shrugged.
"I'm not an expert on people. I only know how to hurt them. Real bad too." This being said, Xiaoyu gulped audibly. Jin just laughed innocently and put a hand behind his head.
"Hey chill. Just because I know how to and can anytime, it doesn't mean I do. I'm just a traveler and I have no intentions of hurting anyone or whatsoever. Sure I did a lot of fighting in school but that's the past. I guess I was able to control the rebellious side of me. I'm a good guy remember?" Her eyebrows knitted together in confusion.
(Yeah right. Maybe in your first lifetime.)
"I'm still not entirely sure how that happened. Did you just loose interest in being bad and rebellious and jerky? I never got the details." He blinked. She ignored the uneasy feeling that was creeping on her. The question seemed to bother him, but if it did, it didn't show on his face. His face was blank, except his eyes. Maybe it was shown in his eyes.
"That is not something I'd like to talk about right now Xiaoyu-chan. It's still abut fresh out the box. And besides, I'm not used to feeling anything… especially this right now." A lance of pain shot through her. What would it be like to be completely new to emotions and have it suddenly thrust upon you like that? She looked at him sadly and noticed that he was smiling… something was missing in it.
"Call me Xiao. Or Xiaoyu. Or Ling. Just not Xiaoyu-chan. And I'll wring that information out eventually. Even if I have to wait a bit, I'm telling you though. I am not patient." He looked at her quizzically. This time it was his brows that kitted in confusion.
"Xiaoyu-san, I'm journeying. You know traveling. Aren't you needed home?" Her mouth pressed into a line and he could feel that he had hit a nerve.
[Oooh boy.]
"It's Xiaoyu! Xiao! Ling!" She snapped. "Xiao-yu. X-I-A-O. L-I-N-G. And no. They don't want or need me there. They made it pretty clear too, throwing me out like that." Jin winced.
(Yup, and they'll have hell to pay later.)
"Sorry, Xiao-san" She sighed.
"Xiao! No –san! Jeez! Whoever did this all politely thing you have now did a horrible job! You've been calling me all sorts horrible of names in school. Not one even close to my name. And now you're all polite! They have created a monster! Goodness! If I'm going to be traveling with you, you could at least find an easier way to talk to me, Jinny-chan!" Jin blinked.
"Ji-Jinny-chan?! Xiao!" The helpless lad sputtered. She just winked at him. It was hopeless. If there was anything he was thought about woman, it would be not to mess with them. And this one, looked like a woman who should be avoided at all cost.
"See? We're getting places already. Where to Jinny-chan?" He blinked once again.
[How did I get caught in this? How foolish was I in thinking of sharing my food with her last night? If I only knew that this would be the outcome I would have avoided this road at all cost!]
"Well I haven't really thought of that yet. Really Xiao, it's called wandering for a reason. I was thinking Kyoto but… I don't think it would be ideal to visit it yet. I'm not ready to go there yet." She gave him a pointed look.
"Same here. I don't think I'd like to go there for awhile. So… Kyoto scratched off the list then. Maybe… hmm… this is tough." He smiled at her, but sadly, it still didn't reach his eyes. It was something that she had long noticed.
"Well since we can't decide on anything, why don't we just see where we end up?" She shrugged and nodded. They had no choice anyway.
"Soo… which road do we take?" Jin shrugged.
"I don't think you're getting the idea."
"I do get it! We wander and end up somewhere! See! I do right… oh yeah. I guess we just have to start walking to nowhere then."
"Exactly."
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Eventually the two picked a random direction and had started walking. Jin was in no hurry so he not nearly matched the excited girl's pace. She marched. She skipped. She hopped. Her energy was amazing.
[How can such a tiny body contain so much energy?!]
One thing he noticed with her is that after a few steps, she would behind them repeatedly.
"What are you doing Xiao-sa." He caught her fist just as it was about to smack into his face.
"Xiao". The word came hard to his lips. After his change, he had always used suffixes in addressing people. He was unaccustomed to not using suffixes anymore. She stopped her hopping and approached him pointing a finger at him while glaring.
"One step forward. One step back. Stop it with the long stuff already. I'm just making sure that we aren't being followed. This is for your own safety Jinny-chan." He gave her a puzzled look.
"And why on earth would we be followed?" She gave him a sour look.
"How should I know! Humor me. It's just a habit of mine." Jin just shrugged and continued walking. He stopped once again as he had noticed that she was getting more and more agitated about something.
"Okay. I'm now sure that someone is following us." 'Jinny-chan' raised an eyebrow.
"What do you propose we do now? Run?" A light came shining into her eyes. Someone was actually asking for her advice.
"Run? Ling Xiaoyu never runs! That is so cowardly Jinny-chan. We will ambush them of course. We wait for them to get here and then jump out! We ask what their business with us is. If they attack us, we have the edge. If they don't attack us, we have the edge. You get it?" He chuckled and saluted the Chinese leader.
The two went behind a bush. Xiaoyu took a running jump then tumbled to the other side. 'Jinny-chan' on the other hand, walking there casually.
"You really are enjoying this aren't you Xiao?" He asked as he casually gave her a helping hand from where she had landed with a thump. The Chinese leader quickly put her feet back onto the ground and brushed herself off from the dust her clothes had accumulated from her tumble.
"Whisper, Jinny-chan! Whisper!"
"You're not whispering either."
"Shh!!! Argh! Just do what I say okay?" The poor bullied helpless lad just gave their leader a two thumbs-up and then crouched quietly behind the bush waiting for whoever was following them.
"Is this better Xiao?" He whispered. Their leader nodded in approval. Rustling came from the other end of the clearing. A tall figure stepped into view, carrying a pack in one hand. Xiaoyu cringed as 'Jinny-chan' happily stood up from their ambush position and yelled at the person who had been following them.
"Dave-san! Dave-san! We're over here!"
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Authors Notes: Okay… a few explanations.
Remember in the first chapter, Xiaoyu was sulking for being dumped by a guy? Well, his name is Dave Walters.
And about the suffixes, well since they are in Japan I thought why not make them use the suffixes? :) Tsuzukeru means to be continued. :D
That's pretty much everything. :)
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