Author's notes: Chapter 4 is here!

The Dead or Alive Tournament was eight long months away, and Lei Fang seemed very willing to train and get in shape for the coming day. She stood alone outside practicing her Tai Chi Chuan moves in the backyard. Heavy rainfall started to pour from the dark clouds in the sky and drench Lei Fang in cold wetness. Instead of going back in the house where it was dry, she chose to stand her ground and continue training throughout the harsh weather. This was an act of determination at work. Lei Fang wasn't going to let anything get in the way of her training, not even a rough rainstorm.

The constant showers went on for hours, never seeming to end. Loud sounds of roaring thunder crackled through the sky, getting noisier and noisier. Lei Fang's braided, brown hair and clothes were practically soaked and wet. But none of that really bothered her, not for one bit. Training during a harsh rainstorm was actually fun to her. Not many people would agree, but Lei Fang defiantly thought so.

She was serious now, wanting nothing more than to take it to Jann Lee and put him in his place. Her training continued for days, easily becoming satisfied by the results and improvements that came along the way.

Elsewhere, Jann Lee was training even harder, pushing his rock solid body to the limits. He indeed wasn't going to be a pushover at the Tournament. The pompous young man trained as if his life was at risk, even though it wasn't, lifting weights that went over five hundred pounds.

Later, Lei Fang was still feeling a bit shaken up from the harassing phone call she received from Jann in the morning. It had upset her to a certain extent she didn't know what to do. To comfort her, Kasumi promised to come over and stay awhile, thinking it would help cool things down. Lei Fang waited patiently for her friend's arrival, but given Kasumi's huge track record of being late most of the time it wasn't going to happen right away. Dinner was set and it was going on 7:30. Lei Fang became worried.

Finally, there was a solid knock heard at the door before panic aroused.

"I'll get it!" Lei Fang's mom shouted.

"It's about time Kasumi got here," the college student mumbled in annoyance of her friend not showing up earlier.

Lei Fang walked down the carpeted steps from her room with a bright and cheery smile on. But that happy expression diminished when she noticed it wasn't Kasumi who had came in. Beside her mother stood Jann Lee, giving off his evil, crooked smile. Lei Fang's mouth speechlessly hung wide open in shock. There he was, the man she would soon meet at the Tournament, standing right inside her house. She wondered what he was trying to do. There had to be some specific reason behind it.

"Lei Fang, you have a guest," her mother said. "I just asked him to have dinner with us and he agreed."

Lei Fang thought the woman had to be out of her mind to ask Jann to dinner. There was no way she would allow for it to happen. But it did anyway. After all, Lei Fang's mother wasn't aware that the man that stood beside her was an egomaniac out for revenge against her daughter.

As they sat down at the round kitchen table, there were no sounds of immediate conversation going on, just blank stares being traded back and forth. To get everybody talking, Lei Fang's mother started up a conversation.

" So, Jann tells me you and him are close friends. Are you two perhaps dating each other?"

Lei Fang's eyes widened up as she suddenly coughed up her orange juice. She of course knew the statement was false.

"No, we're not dating," she grunted, staring at Jann in disgust. "I don't know where you got that from."

"Well, he looks like such a charming young man. I'd date him if I was his age and wasn't married," her mother teased.

During the entire dinner, Jann simply refused to take his eyes off of Lei Fang. His gaze stayed locked on her while he ate the food from his plate slowly. There was no telling what was going through his head during that time. Lei Fang's stomach cringed in response to his awkward stare. She wanted to get away from the kitchen and just be alone. Jann's constant gaze was really starting to get on her nerves.

"I'll be outside," she said, dismissing herself from the table.

"But Lei, you haven't even touched your food," her mother stated.

"I'm not really hungry. Something has caused me to lose my appetite."

Now that she was alone, the thought of why her arrogant rival had come over ran through her. He had to be up to something, but she wasn't sure what. Soon, out of the house Jann came sitting up beside her on the patio

"What do you want, Jann?" she sternly grumbled.

"Nothing. Can't a guy hang out with his good friend?" he chuckled sarcastically, putting his arm around her.

At that moment, Lei Fang felt she could no longer stand it. The sarcasm and the fooling around had to stop.

"Oh cut it out! You may be able to fool my mother but you can't fool me! You really need to get over this stuff and quit being such a big baby!"

Jann took his arm from around her waist and went over towards one of the trees in the backyard with his head lowered. He remained perfectly still, not moving an inch of his body. The expression he showed wasn't a happy one, more like sad. Witnessing that, Lei Fang started to think that maybe she came off as a bit rude. She paced up to him with his back turned to her, wanting to apologize for the comment. There was still no moment from him, only silence.

"Jann. Jann? Jann? Jann, I didn't mean to…"

The young dragon quickly spun around, grabbing Lei Fang by the waist and ramming her straight up against the tree.

"Nobody calls me a baby!" he snarled in a monstrous tone.

She could see the intensity in his flaring eyes that floated like two searing fireballs. He looked as if some evil spirit had possessed him. The smell of garlic lingered off of his steamy, hot breath as he raised Lei Fang up against the tree even higher by the collar of her shirt. Mad as a hornet he appeared, clinching his teeth with his face turning a bright, angry red color. Lei Fang was then unexpectedly dropped on the ground into the grass.

When she stood back up, Jann was nowhere in sight. It looked as if he had totally disappeared. A strange noise was heard rumbling from behind Lei Fang's back. In surprise, she turned around and saw Jann Lee literally uprooting the tree he had knocked her up against from the ground as if it were a small weed.

"This is only but a sample of what I can do!" he shouted.

This was incredible. No ordinary human being could do such a thing. Lei Fang wondered as to how he had acquired such power. As heavy as the tree was, Jann held it easily like a baseball bat. He swung it multiple times at Lei Fang, having her duck and roll out of the way before it could make contact with her body. Before long, Jann became tired and exhausted, unaware as to why. He dropped the big tree in the grass and starting panting while down on one knee with beads of sweat dripping from his face.

"What the hell is going on? Jann cried. "Why I am so tired?"

Comments to the reviewers

Gullible Panda:

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Because you know that's how you spell this fic. Fun! O! Jann Lee is a total retard pathetic weakling coward and that kung fu chick Lei Lei defeated him! HA! BEAT THAT JANN PEE! XP

Anyway...

CONTINUE!

!PANDA!

Thunder's reply: I'm glad you think the fic is fun because thats what I'm having as I write it. Thank you for your review!

Gleeful Melancholy: gapes at impossibly fast update
...I rest my case :p

Jann Lee is getting really scary in his obsession, to the point of death threats. I can't remember if you wrote this in there, but I picture him with glowing red eyes, lol. And who is that old man?

It's interesting how Jann Lee is now making this rivalry a psychological thing, besides just physical.

Very nice, carry on.
Glee

Thunder's reply: Thanks. Yeah, I know I update pretty fast sometimes. I'm glad you think the story is interesting. I've been wanting to do this fic for awhile, so I'm glad I have the chance to share it with you. More will come soon...maybe sooner than you think, lol.

fireinu: I like ayane as wel, I hope you update soon. por lay-chan. She studys so hard and never gets a brake. she stil has the offer from kasoomi to go sumwhere fryday.

Thunder's reply: Yeah, I feel sorry for poor Lei Fang. She has a real rough life. Thanks for the review.