Return my memory part2!
(A/N) Okay well, thanks to all the reviewers! You guys rock! This is the second chapter of the story! If you guys got any questions, make sure you ask and well enjoy! Disclaimer: I don't own Tekken.
"Grampy!" I smiled to granddad. It hasn't been that long since I last seen him but reunions are meant to be cheerful right? I came closer for a hug. I hoped he didn't remember the fight in the tournament.
"Ling, I am very disappointed in you! You should show your elders respect!" He taught me as he stepped back refusing my hug. Urgh, I wake up so early in the freaking morning for him and he says I got no respect. He remembered I guess.
"I am sorry!" I mumbled as I bowed.
"Now enough of this and lets head outside to practice." He said as he turned away.
"What? Its gonna be freezing! No please?" I pleaded. He probably wouldn't listen.
"Patience Ling, The warm-up will control your temperature." He said in a dreamy voice. Ah well, what could I do? Just go along with it of course.
"What about mom? She said she'd join us." I protested trying to get out of it.
"Yes, she will join us when she can…" he said as he opened up the back yard door and headed outside. Ooooh damn.
I quickly joined grandpa and he already had taken his meditation stance.
"C-col-ld" I whispered with my teeth clattering.
"XIAO! Remain silent. How can I meditate with you acting like this?" he scolded angrily not even looking at me but keeping his eyes closed. Geez… (But he called me Xiao!)
The sun wasn't even out yet! The wind howled and somewhere far away you could almost hear wolves. Talk about gothic…
After at least half hour grandpa and I stopped meditating and finally relaxed.
"Ling, since we meditated your brain should be able to concentrate so I want you to do a combo of ten hits, kicks preferably." He said kindly.
"Hmm, fine. I think I can handle that." I said but seriously thought that I couldn't handle it. Ten hit combo, what's up with him? So I decided to go for the easier one were I would basically just do 2medium high kicks , a slap , 2 more low kicks, my bayonet, then run up and turn to my back against the opponent, high kick backwards, and a final cloud kick to push the opponent away from me. That should do it.
But it didn't. My kicks were out of balance. My fists didn't connect and I was basically rubbish. Grandpa, was not gonna be impressed.
"Ling? Have you been practicing at all?" He asked quite well, pissed off actually.
"Um, a little bit…" I said looking down at the grass. Boy I could guess what was coming up now.
"Oh really? Because to me, you fought like an amateur! You weren't fast, I could have easily broken your combo because you weren't guarding and you were really clumsy!" He told me. I know… I really didn't give it my best. It's been so hard for me lately. How would grandpa get that?
"Ling, is there something wrong? You seem out of focus." He asked gently. Now he realizes.
"No its nothing. C'mon I wanna have a go at the move again" I said ignoring his question. Okay I know I should have told someone about the whole situation but really, I didn't want to. I wanted to deal with this on my own.
"Ling, you expect me to know when your lying by now wouldn't you? Tell your grandpa child." He said while giving me a small rub on the back. It good to know he cared but I still didn't want to say anything.
"Look Gramp, is really not that much of a big deal… Now can we please get a move on?" I asked trying to hide my sadness. Seriously, I got to get on with life. It's stupid.
"We can't carry on if this problem of yours gets in the way Ling. You can't concentrate like that." He said finally. The he continued, "You don't have to tell me what is wrong but somehow you have to get over it. Until you do, we cannot train." He finally finished.
"Uhhhh…" I sighed. I just didn't feel ready to tell. "I'm sorry grandpa but I can't do it." I sighed again in defeat.
So since I wasn't allowed to train because I needed to sort out my "problem", I decided to go back inside. So much for mom joining us. I bet she was asleep right now.
I didn't want to go back to sleep so I made tea for both Grandpa and I. Then I sat in the kitchen tale and slowly started to drink it. It was hot. Gramp joined me.
"Are you sure you don't want to talk about it?" Grandpa asked again looking at his tea.
"Yes Gramp, now how did you get here so early?" I commented quickly changing the subject.
"Xiao… you still need a lot to learn child but how can I teach you if you're daydreaming hm?" He asked in that creepy yet wise voice of his. He did sound concerned to though.
I sighed deeply. Why did have to be so stubborn? I didn't answer.
"Well I got here last night; you were asleep when I came though so Hui ling offered me to stay…" he finally answered my question and began to daydream again in the distance. Boy he moans about me day dreaming, you should check him out. Although in a weird way Granddad always makes sense. He taught me a lot over the years. I really do owe him.
"Thanks gramps!" I cheerfully smiled.
"Hmm?" He asked a bit confused.
"For being here for me, for teaching and for helping me clear my mission." I say finally said and once I say those words I felt better already. Gramp smiled slowly and nodded.
The day seemed to pass by quickly and now it was nearly 11oclock.
"Honey, You have to get ready soon you know. Ning is going to be here soon." Shouted mom from the kitchen. I was sitting in the living room and it was quite hard to communicate. Then I slowly got up and headed for my room.
What was I gonna wear? Okay I decided to go for a bright pink vest top with a yellow bow on the chest. For the bottoms I wore these skintight, light denim jeans. On the bottom of the left leg were two embroided flowers. One was pink and the other one was yellow. My hair was tied up in its two pigtails. And as for the jewelry, I wore two fat yellow bangles. One on each hand.
I looked at my reflection in the mirror and the person I saw facing wasn't me. It was the sweet girl I used to be, the happy girl who would make everyone cheerful. But now I just feel wrong. I so wish I could become stronger, happier but something is missing. I know what it could be but I can't accept that part yet. So I have to forget about it.
I ran down the stairs and the front door was opened.
"Oh my gosh! Is she here yet?" I asked meaning auntie Ning. No one was there though, everyone seemed outside. So I went out too and I saw an unfamiliar car by the curb. I screamed in excitement. She's here. I ran down and suddenly saw mum hugging her sister. Ning!
Auntie Ning lived quite far away so she didn't visit regularly. But I and she always had this special relationship and we never, ever fought.
"Where's my special niece?" She smiled crazily at me with her arms open.
"Hey! I think that's me!" I said smiling at her brightly too. I hugged her tightly. It was good for her to be here.
Ning was kind of a plump woman who was the best auntie you could ask for. Like say if you were a kid, she would always be the one to give you candy's and gum. If you were a teen, she would always be the one with the juicy gossip.
"C'mon, lets head inside." Said mom. We got inside and dad shook Ning's hand. Those guys got along great. Ning then hugged her dad. Who is grandpa Wang.
I spent what seemed like 2 hours talking to Ning about everything except Jin. I definitely wanted to tell her just not here in front of everyone. The only person who knew about it was Miharu.
After that lunch was served. Mom made quite a lot of dishes including shrimp dumplings! Niiice…
The phone rang and mom picked it up. She talked for what seemed like 2 minutes and the she said,
"Ling dear, Chun ling and Shu fang are calling for you tonight to go out or something." Mom said after putting the phone down.
"Oh, really?" I asked secretly disappointed. I wanted to see them tomorrow not today. Today was meant to be Ning, Ling time! Urh.
"Ning, do you mind if I see my friends today?" I asked my auntie.
"What? No way. Go go, go!" replied my sweet auntie with her hands waving up in the air.
"Hmm, well if it's okay with you." I mumbled kinda pissed off. I got the feeling that my friends were a bit annoyed with me. After all why else would my mom have to answer my phone call? Gosh…
I had stuff to do so I started to get ready now. A night out huh? I wonder what were on Chun lings and Shu fangs minds? I took a nice bath because it helped me relax.
Ahhh. That's so much better. I got out and put my bathing robe on. Then I went over to my room and dried my hair. Ah crap, it went so puffy. Right…
"Yo Ning, you straighten my hair brotha!" I demanded more than asked. Okay this was my crazy wannabe gangsta talk. Me and Ning done it a lot.
"Yo sure homie X!" replied a familiar gangsta wannabe. So Ning came up and put the straightening iron on.
"Honey, do you want me to do your nails?" she asked sweetly.
"Of course but I'm warning ya, during the tournament they got so wrecked. So they ain't gonna be pretty." I assured my aunt. She just smiled.
Then my puffy locks got straightened and tied up in a bun with black clips securing it in place. My fringe got clipped to the side and again secured with another black clip. I loved it.
"Make up time!" cheered auntie.
My eyes were first. Auntie put white eyeliner on both of them. Then she got this upper lid eye liner in black and out lined it on the top bit of my eye. Finally she finished with some volumizing mascara. My lips were covered in pink shiny lip-gloss and she added a little blusher to the cheeks even though she insisted that I didn't need any. When I saw my reflection in eh mirror, I couldn't believe what I saw!
It was so not me. In front was a woman. Not ME, but this time, I loved IT!
"OH MY!" I breathed. How the hell did you get my eyelashes up there?" I asked almost overwhelmed.
"Well Xiao, I've always said that you were naturally pretty haven't I?" She asked a question that did need a reply.
"THANK YOU!" I got up and hugged her.
"It's quite alright! Now, what do you wanna wear?" She asked again.
So we went over to my closet and I really couldn't find anything.
"Hmm… mm… uh-huh!" decided my aunt. Then she went over and picked up some clothes.
"Oh I can't wear that!" I whined pathetically. Over there my auntie had picked up a black jacket and a pair of short jeans. Oh no.
10 minutes I saw me looking positively slutty. I was wearing the previous black jacket. NO top under it except for a black bra. For my bottoms I wore knee length jeans with ripped parts. My shoes were these black high type sandals and for my accessories I had worn a pair of black leather gloves. For my jewelry I had tight necklace around my neck with a Bo-ho flower at the end. My god! My auntie was crazy!
"Um, No!" I persisted evilly.
"Girl, you gonna get lucky tonight!" She said excitedly.
"Oh, that reminds me…" I said slowly. Thinking of Jin.
Doorbell rang.
"Honey your friends are here." Shouted mom.
"C'mon! Go have fun!" Auntie pushed me.
"But-"
"Go Xiao, GO!" She nearly pushed me down the stairs. Man I was having trouble walking in high heels already!
"Bye guys!" I said. Mom waved and dad gave me a "you look too undressed type of look".
I breathed heavily. Okay… time to go Partay!
(A/N) So Xiao goes to have fun with her ol' time girlfriends. Too bad it goes way differently. Someone unexpected shows up. Her friends seem to have a couple of secrets that they seem to share. What are they hiding and who's the mystery person?