Chapter 5: Too Late

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Writers Note:

YAY! I have finally finished chapter 5! WHOOO!

Hope you readers like it…if you ask me it were well worth the wait.

Just to clear things up, in the morning of the weekends I normally post the next chapter, and at nights I normally type the chapter…cause at night my ideas come in place!

Jin Kazama stared at his opponent. He could feel an evil presence growing within him, eager to fight!

Yet inside Jin was trying to fight off the evil presence, he didn't want Julia's mother to know too. However he felt weak; he still walked towards the challenger with his guard up and ready.

The outlined figure laughed loudly like a zombie.

"I have a mission to do…and that's not to let you live Jin Kazama…I may have let victory in the tournament escape me…but I won't let the victor defeat me!" shrieked the echoed voice.

"Who are you?" repeated Jin in a furious rage.

The stature just walked towards a large dead tree. With his bare hands he ripped off a gigantic branch and broke in half.

Michelle gasped in awe. She urged herself to move towards in and tell him to leave through the other exit. However something inside her told her not to do anything, she could sense an evil presence near the two figures.

A shudder was sent down her spine as she quickly backed away towards the other exit.

Jin didn't notice Michelle Chang; he just seemed fixated upon his adversary.

"Mr Fury…it's been a long time since our fight…one which I won fairly!" he stated fearlessly.

The figure didn't move for a second, he threw down the pieces of branch and reached towards his hood. Carefully inching it off.

His grey hair gave him the aged look, but his evil looking face and mechanical smile created the atmosphere of the un-dead arise around both of them.

Meanwhile Ling had just entered the huge Mishima mansion.

"Come on Panda…I want to put away this stuff…then we can go to the park!" Ling said as she scratched Panda's head in a friendly way.

Panda growled calmly. "Okay…fine by me," the black and white patched bear growled happily. Life was great for her…but she knew that someday she would have to leave it all behind so as to help Ling with her problems.

Panda chased after Ling as they both ran up the stairs. As usual Ling got to her room before Panda.

She pictured her room in her mind as she touched the silverfish doorknob.

Its light pink walls with little hangings of animals and flowers. The large four-poster luxury bed, the beautifully carved furniture and the tidiness were so homely.

Yet there was an unexpectedly nasty surprise in store for her when she walked into the room.

"What? Someone's been in my room…!" shrieked Ling in utter shock.

Panda crawled into the room. The normally tidy room, which Ling had spent hours cleaning, the previous day was in a gigantic tip. Panda could sense that someone was in the room, hiding somewhere, yet as soon as she was about to tug Ling's hand to warn her. She noticed Ling had already wondered towards the shattered mirror.

Ling was looking at her picture of herself; Jin, Panda and Kuma together by the beech.

Jin and Ling were chilling out on the sand, Jin's arm was around her and she was smiling.

Kuma was approaching Panda and handing her some wild plants and flowers in a bunch.

Flashback

"Hey Jin…wanna come to the beech with Panda and me?" she asked as she pooped her head round the door.

Jin was busy talking to Julia at the time. They were apparently doing homework together.

Ling noticed that since Julia came to the school that she and Jin went to, Jin spent les and less time with her, and more time with Julia.

"Never mind…come on Panda!" mumbled Ling grumpily as she closed Jin's door behind her and walked down the stairs.

Jin had heard Ling, but he didn't want to go to the beech that da. He just wasn't in the mood.

"Jin come on…let's go to the beech…we've been up here studying for hours," begged Julia Chang, pulling on Jin's arm and directing him to the door.

Jin just smiled.

"Ok…but how about it's just us two that go?" Jin said mischievously.

Julia smirked and shook her head.

"I've noticed that you and I don't spend much time with little Xiaoyu…lets go over and chill with her!"

Jin froze when Julia mentioned Ling's last name.

"Damit! I promised Ling that I'd go to the beech with her today…how could I be so selfish and forget?"

"Well come on then…all the good reason to go with her NOW!" she replied furiously, pulling Jin out of the room and through the hallway.

"Sorry Julia…but I think it would be best if I went on my own…I don't think that you and Ling…well get on good when I'm around wiv ya both!" Jin said as he shrugged Julia's arm off and ran down the stairs. He grabbed his jacket from the elegant coat hanger and flew out of the doorway.

Julia followed Jin down the stairs and grabbed her long coat, and with a sigh she went outside and followed Jin. Making sure he wouldn't even know she was there.

Ling sat down on the relaxing sand. She stretched out her feet and dug her fingers into the sand.

Nearby she heard Panda jumping around gleefully in the sea.

She smiled; it was those rare moments that she missed her homeland; China's beautiful country and beeches and the warmly scent of happiness!

A few tears formed in her eyes, and as Ling reached up to wipe them away, she could almost hear someone familiar calling her name.

"I miss you mummy…and I miss you too daddy. I promise I'll make you proud to have had me as your daughter…your memories are safe within my heart!" she whispered as she touched her small pendant necklace.

It had only been five months since their death in the flames. Her home and her family had burned alive in it. Apparently they were sleeping soundly, they died at peace.

Panda looked up from her play in the sea. She almost had a sixth sense when it came to Ling. She could tell when her friend was sad, happy or just angry.

Quietly Panda crept out of the sea and towards Ling. She sat beside her and looked at the sky.

"Xiaoyu…what wrong?" growled the concerned creature.

Ling didn't answer, she seemed far away. She felt desolate. The day she found out the news of her mother's death and her father's death she ran to her room and sat there and cried herself to sleep.

Panda was with her then, so was Jin. Up till now Jin wasn't…but Panda still was beside Ling, supporting her everyday. Making it a little easier to bear day by day.

Ling jumped up in surprise when she felt someone's hand rest itself on her shoulder. Abruptly she grabbed the hand and threw him to the floor.

Jin coughed and spluttered a bit.

"You know…cough, cough you could have at least checked who you were about to throw!"

Ling looked at Jin; the tears seemed to pour down her cheeks. After a while she turned away and picked up her bag.

"Go away Jin…I want to be alone…" she whispered as she walked away from him.

Jin didn't smile; he got up quickly and followed Ling.

Ling knew he was behind her, so she stopped abruptly and aimed a 'racoon swing' at him.

Just as she kicked him she felt him grab her foot with a harsh grip.

She pulled her foot out of his grasp and performed her fortune cookie. Yet again Jin blocked it easily.

"Come on Ling…don't be like this…please!" begged Jin as he blocked the last blow from the fortune cookie.

Ling just jumped away from him and shook her head sadly. She got into her fighting stance and beckoned Jin to attack.

Jin just bowed down and stood in his fighting stance; they both waited for each other to attack first.

Carelessly Ling lunged out at Jin, performing her fan move. However Jin was able enough to block it.

Then almost after the attack he threw his 'tooth fairy' punch at her. Luckily for Ling she figured he'd use the move and blocked it quickly, before cartwheeling out of the way from the tackle.

Jin rolled back onto his feet, after failing to bring down Ling with his tackle he decided to counter her when she attacked.

Ling was so blinded with anger at Jin and his egotism that she jumped at him and tried to kick him in the face without noticing him sanding in a counter position.

Jin smiled at his chance and countered the attack, sending Ling to the sand.

Even after receiving a hard blow by Jin she jumped back onto her feet, persistent as always.

"Ling…I don't want to hurt you…so please just stop!" begged Jin as he blocked her moves.

Ling ignored Jin's pleas and continued to fight him. She fought using all her hatred, her anger, her stamina, her power and her agility. She dived out of the way from his spinning kick and blocked his 'demon paw.'

She executed her storming flower, but Jin managed to tackle her to the ground just before she hit him.

Ling coughed out the sand that had managed to get into her mouth.

Jin carefully got up and offered Ling his hand.

Ling got up without his gentlemanly hand. "Why are you here?" she asked heatedly.

"Cause I promised you…" Jin looked down at his feet in the schoolboy way.

Ling didn't smile; her stern little face just grew more vicious, she walked up to him and slapped him. Jin was able to grab Ling's wrist before she hit him hard on the cheek.

"Don't you ever dare to say because you promised!" Ling retorted as she struggled to move her hand.

Jin didn't smile. He noticed the tears forming in her eyes.

"What's wrong he asked blindly, not noticing Panda growl at him.

"Panda…don't bother...!" Ling said as she patted her friend on the head.

"You don't care…after all weren't you studying with Julia!"

Nearby Julia was watching them talk.

"If only I could lip read!" she thought to herself.

Jin let go of Ling Xiaoyu's wrist, but took hold of her petit hand and placed it inside his.

"I'm sorry!" he said, looking Ling in her yes and sowing that he really meant it.

End of flashback

"You weren't sorry Jin…you weren't ever sorry were you?" thought Ling.

Writers End Note:

Ok…so most of this story was a bit of flashback, but it sheds some light over Ling's past doesn't it?

I'll probably have the next chapter done and posted Saturday 17th/Sunday 18th in the morning.

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