Author's notes: Third chapter is here!
Be sure to check for updates often seeing as how I update faster sometimes than usual without people noticing.
Lei Fang went to Hitomi's house after the sudden strange encounter she had with Jann Lee earlier. She felt in need of a friend to discuss the actions of what happened. Appearing confused during the brief explanation, Hitomi didn't know what to think of it when she was informed about the young dragon's frightening attitude. Jann never resorted to hurting children in his life. There certainly had to be something going on with him.
"I don't get it. Why is he so eager to have you compete in the Tournament?" Hitomi questioned.
"I don't know. I wish I knew," Lei Fang muttered.
Hitomi's father stepped into the living room with a glass of orange juice in hand.
"It's obvious he wants to beat you in the Tournament, Lei Fang. When you defeated him, you crippled his pompous ego. I believe he wants revenge against you for beating him."
"But that's silly," Hitomi added in. "I mean, why hold a grudge over something like that?"
"I know it sounds silly, but it is what it is," Hitomi's father responded back. "Lei Fang, I think you should just talk to Jann and try to sort this whole thing out like young adults."
Talking things out in a more mature fashion sounded easy to Hitomi's father, but it wasn't to Lei Fang. She knew Jann was not a very negotiable or understanding person. When his mind was already set on something it stayed that way. He was a very hard human being to communicate with. Getting through Jann Lee was like trying to get through a brick wall.
Lei Fang later left Hitomi's house, thinking about her father's "settling the dispute" idea. There was a likely chance it wouldn't work, but it was worth a try. Jann normally trained outdoors at an open field area in the late evenings a few blocks from the city. The reason being for that was so pesky kids and adults would not disturb him. Knowing this, Lei Fang went straight to the field and waited patiently for her bitter rival to show up. The soft quiet wind blew the tall blades of swaying grass back against the waiting Chinese girl's moist legs, nearly tickling her. The sky began to darken as the shining sun drifted downward behind the tall trees.
Jann arrived a half-hour later, but wasn't alone. An old man with quite an impressive muscular physique walked by Jann's side as he entered the park. Upon seeing her cocky rival, Lei Fang rushed up to talk to him.
"Jann, we need to talk…alone," she whispered.
Jann motioned with his head for the old man to leave their presence for a few minutes.
"So, what is it you need to talk about?" he said, giving off an evil smirk.
"Look, this whole Tournament thing between me and you is silly. I don't think we need to fight each other. You agree?"
Jann shook his head rapidly from side to side. He wasn't going to accept defeat so easily. The raging fighter was longing for the moment when him and Lei Fang would step into the Tournament to fight again.
Lei Fang tried at best to convince him that the struggle between them was silly and pointless. But Jann saw it another way. He believed the female student should have to pay the price for defeating and humiliating him in front of the world.
"I always thought you liked to fight, Lei Fang. That is your style, isn't it?" Jann teased.
"I do like to fight, but not in this way."
"I don't care what you say. Your going down and that's final. By the end of the Tournament Lei Fang will be dead and buried!" he yelled with strong passion.
Lei Fang foresaw this happening. Jann just didn't want to see it the other way around. It was clear he was blinded by anger. There didn't seem to be anyway to get through to him. He was taking the situation way to seriously to the point where he wanted to beat Lei Fang within an inch of her life.
"I believe you should leave now. Your presence disgusts me," he scowled.
With that, Lei Fang turned and walked away with her head tucked down low in disappointment.
The old man came back over to Jann's side after she was gone from the field.
"Now that that little runt is gone lets get back to the basics," he said.
Lei Fang came home upset over Jann's response to her request not to fight. This wasn't going to just be a regular battle of punching it out until your opponent can't fight no more. Life or death was at stake. This brought meaning to the Tournaments name, Dead or Alive. Jann Lee promised Lei Fang that when the Tournament would be over she would be dead and buried. Those were chilling words she had never heard come from Jann's mouth. It was so unlike him to threaten to kill another human being.
Lei Fang sat down on her soft velvet couch in the living room. Unlacing the heeled sandals from her feet, she moved herself down into a lying position, propping her head up against the armrest. The cordless phone started to ring off the hook, but Lei Fang wouldn't answer it. A recording message then played on the answering machine.
"Hello, Lei? This is Hitomi. I won't be able to go to the movies with you Friday because my uncle is coming over and I haven't seen him in a long while. I'm sorry I have to cancel. Maybe we can go sometime during the weekend. Oh by the way, what happened with Jann? Later."
The message stopped with Lei Fang sighing miserably. This really was not a good day for her. She recalled to mind Jann's threat that if she refused to show or compete in the competition somebody else would end up getting hurt. Who that person was he referred to was unknown. It could be anybody. Jann could simply target anyone at anytime if he wanted and severally hurt the person. Lei Fang hated being forced into doing things she didn't want to, but there were no other options to avoid the predicament.
For the rest of the day she studied her butt off until midnight. Books, pens, papers, and pencils lied messily over her desk. It was becoming a big challenge to concentrate with both studying and Jann Lee on the brain. Suddenly, her eyes closed and within the next second she fell asleep right over the work desk.
Hours later, the phone rung and woke her up.
"Hello?" she said, speaking into the phone, while still feeling a bit tired.
She was expecting it to be Hitomi, Kasumi or one of her other friends, but it was none of them. The caller had a deep manly voice that spoke at a slow pace. Lei Fang thought it was some kind of unknown prank phone caller at first, but then began to recognize the caller's voice once he said her name.
"So, Lei Fang, how are you doing?"
"J..J…Ja…Jann?"
The caller was indeed Jann Lee. Lei Fang didn't understand how he got a hold of her phone number. It was unusual yet creepy at the same time.
"How did you get my number, and what do you want?" Lei Fang irritably snarled.
Jann snickered again to hear stress and anger coming from his rival's elegant voice. The fury and displeasure she felt for hearing his cold tone he could easily perceive. It was a grand feeling to know.
"What do I want? Can't I just say hello to one of my good friends?" He chuckled.
Lei Fang could sense the playful sarcasm and didn't find it to be as funny as he did. She didn't appreciate him calling and waking her up just to toy around. Oddly, Jann normally lacked any sense of humor, so why he was being a jokester now was beyond Lei Fang.
"I am not your friend, Jann, and I don't want to be! Now, what do you want?" The Asian female bellowed
"Why so upset, Lei? Aren't you normally happy?"
Lei Fang slammed the phone down and hung it up. This was really starting to get ridiculous. She didn't want to have anything to do with Jann Lee or the Tournament. Harassing Lei Fang over the phone did exactly what Jann wanted and that was to anger her. After his loss at the Tournament, the spiky haired male wanted nothing more than to make her life miserable up until the next fighting competition. Harassing phone calls were just the beginning of what was to come for Lei Fang.
Authors notes: My comments to the users.
Gleeful Melancholy: No, not her car!
j/k...Jeez you update fast!
What the hell happened to Jann Lee? This story is getting kind of creepy, but exciting at the same time. I forgot that it's supposed to be supernatural, and I guess that's part of it's charm. There aren't too many supernatural stories out here.
Thanks for the nice long update, don't keep us waiting,lol
Glee
Thunder's reply: Thanks for your review. Yeah its supernatural, so that would explain the weirdness behind it.I hope you update your story soon seeing as how I'm looking forward to it.
fireinu: like the new chapter. Jan Lee is a sykoe.
Thunder's reply: Thanks. Yeah, I know, Jann's crazy. Do you think you could put a little more detail into your next review? More info on what you liked would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
James Hanson:Hello there.
It's about time someone made a Jann Lee as a bad guy story! The only other such stories are two Hayate/Lei Fang stories. I mean Jann Lee is such a total dick! He's an even better bad guy than Ayane! In fact, in all the stories where Ayane is the only bad person (there all by people who only own DOA-2 Hardcore for their PS-2, they don't even have the PS-1 DOA!), they make Lei Fang and Jann Lee a couple! Uggh!
I mean not only does he mercilessly pound the poor girl, he then verbally humiliates her. The guy is such a misogionist (I hope I spelled that right). And since according to Tecmo's official storyline, he's never won any of the tournements, it means somebody defeated him. Hopefully it was one of the other female competitors. That should certainly teach him some manners!
And yet its strange that Lei Fang is so infatuated with the jerk. Kind of like how all those bright, intelligent, and attractive women write love letters to serial killers in prison? I mean he's like the Geese Howard of DOA! He's a bad ass fighter, but still only second best to the top bad guy. By the way, in all versions of the game, he's vulnerable to Lei Fangs kicks.
By the way, my favorite character is Ayane. I don't believe she's responsible for the death of Helena's mother. And since she's been emotionally and mentally abused by almost everyone in the Mugen-Tenshin, she's even more of and underdog than Miss Fang.
Okay this is probably more of a rant than an actual review, but I like to voice my opinions when one of the fighters is being abused by some punk gangster kid. Hell, maybe Jann Lee just needs to get laid. Or maybe he's just gay.
Thanks for listening, I'll keep reading for Mr Lee's eventual comeuppance. And keep writing!
Chiao!
James Hanson
Thunder's reply: Hello there.Wow, your review was long and a little motivational. Anyway, I'm glad to see you liked the story. I always wanted to create this kind of fic for everybody to read. I don't know if some of those comments about Jann were necessary, but still I thank you for taking the time to read my story.