(a/n) Ok… all I can say is …..I'M TRULY SORRY! Especially for making all of ya'll wait for so long…… I guess I was on writer's block…Anyway…I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Tekken. Namco rightfully does.
Chapter 13 – To be with you...
"Asuka Kazama" the girl said.
Xiao lay there in shock… could she be related to Jin? Jin… that was the first thing that came to her mind at the sound of her surname, "Kazama"
"A-are y-you r-related to Ji-?" Xiao asked weakly, but was cutoff by Asuka.
"Before you say anything, yes… I am …" Asuka replied, as a smile crept onto her face.
She pulled up a stool next to Xiao's bed and sat down; placing her hands on her lap, and stared at Xiao like what seemed an eternity.
"W-what!" Xiao tried to yell, but no matter it came out as just a faint squeak.
"Gee……Jin told me that you were a China rose…but I didn't think you'd be this pretty!" Asuka said jovially.
A blush crept onto Xiao's face as Asuka said this. She opened her mouth to say something, but then quickly closed it again.
"I do mean it, ya know…" Asuka said resting her chin on her palm.
"H-how are y-you b-both r-related?" asked Xiao, curiosity in her cracked voice.
"You mean, he didn't tell you? That no good brother of mine……" Asuka said, shaking her fists in anger.
Xiao shook her head, as a puzzled look crossed her face. Brother? They were brother and sister? --- Maybe they are…they must be brother and sister……I mean…she does look a LOT like Jun…--- Xiao thought.
"Yeah, he's my brother, Jun Kazama was our mother…I was born 4 years later…" Asuka said softly, and lifted her head to look up at the ceiling, staring dreamily into it…
"I never even got to see her…only pictures…but yet…I still have a memory of her beautiful face… I know she's with me wherever I go…" Asuka said softly.
Xiao lifted her petite hand and placed it on the Japanese girl's hand, and smiled sweetly at her.
Asuka smiled back at her, --- She really is a sweet person…---Asuka thought.
"H-how did h-he f-find you then?" Xiao asked.
"It all started when he came to Osaka…I guess he was looking for you… and then he saw me training there at this gym, and he noticed I was using the Kazama style of defense… so we sat down and talked… a lot… I found out I have this …De-…" but she was cutoff by Xiao.
"D-devil g-gene?" asked Xiao, terror in her voice. She had already felt what it was like to get whooped by a devil…she didn't need another one… she gripped Asuka's hand tighter, for fear of what might happen next.
"Yes… but don't worry……it isn't activated within me… I possess the more dominant one in me…the angel gene from my mother's side…" Asuka said softly…her eyes now glassy.
Xiao gasped softly. This was all too good to be true… now there was this angel gene as well? This was all too confusing for her to digest…
"I know you're confused… don't be… and Xiao… Jin really does love you…" Asuka said, trying to change the topic and focus more on her mission: Getting Jin and Xiao back together again.
Xiao turned her head to the other side and withdrew her hand from on top of Asuka's.
"I know all about what happened… he told me everything, Xiao" Asuka said.
Asuka further continued, "Why are you ignoring him? Are you afraid of being near him? Not that you shouldn't be I mean… with the devil gene and …" Asuka was cutoff.
"Nuh…N-No…n-not that…" Xiao said wearily.
"Then what? You know he can't seem to stop talking about you… he called, and told me about that slap you gave him…OUCH!" Asuka cringed at the the thought of getting such a hard slap.
"N-now that was p-partly h-his fault t-too……"Xiao said. However, try as she might, she couldn't seem to get that picture of Jin's red face out of her mind, and she desperately tried to stifle her laughter…
Asuka burst out laughing at her comment, and even wiped the tears away from her eyes too. "No, no… If you ask me, he deserved something harder than that! I mean, I would've practically broken off the person's arm off if he tried to do that to me!" Asuka said.
"Jin himself can't seem to control his hormones; he always gets like that around a pretty girl…" Asuka continued, as an image of Jin flashed in front of her eyes and she imagined him telling her off for making up stories about him.
She continued further, "And……what about that dame…J-J…Oh yeah! JULIA! Man, tough competition…" Asuka said, failing to realize that she had just hit a sensitive spot in Ling's heart…
"I w-would p-prefer not talking about her……" Xiao said quietly as she cringed at the sound of the beautiful Native American's name…
"Oh sorry… I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, Ling…I'm…I'm such a heel… sorry…" Asuka said after sensing a feeling of discomfort in her new friend.
"I-It's okay…… r-really…it is…" Xiao said softly, "In f-fact, they do d-deserve e-each other…
Flashback…
Xiao was standing on her balcony gazing up at the stars, she saw an exceptionally bright one and made a wish on it, "Star light, Star bright…first star I see tonight…I wish I may, I wish I might… have the wish I wish tonight…" she closed her eyes for a few seconds and then made her wish.
She opened her eyes having heard familiar voices from below… Instead, she saw Jin and Julia standing there in the moonlight gazing into each other's eyes.
"How romantic…… for them……" Xiao said softly, a little sadness in her voice. She would've liked to be the one there in Jin's arms, but no…Julia deserved better…
She could hear them talking, how intimate they were…… as though they were soul mates… sighing softly she rested her hands on the railings and looked at them intently.
She saw them holding hands and Jin pulling Julia closer to him… she saw Julia stroking Jin's hair and what came next after that…
She knew this would change the friendship they had shared for so long…she saw them hugging tightly after that intimate kiss they had shared……
Xiao then removed her hair from her pig tails, from the bright, plastic green hair bands she used to wear, looking at them sadly, she dropped them onto the ground and stamped on them crushing them to smithereens…
"At least……my wish came true… Jin has finally found happiness now…" Xiao said softly.
End of Flashback
Xiao closed her eyes, as two perfectly shaped tear drops rolled down from the corner of her eyes…Julia and Jin's first kiss……
"Xiao…I-I'm really sorry……really sorry…" Asuka said apologetically, "but Jin loves you more than any other girl…I just know it…"
Xiao nodded in response, her eyelids were getting heavier with each passing second. She gave a yawn… "I-I'm k-kinda tired n-now……"Xiao was cutoff.
"Say no more! I'll leave! By the way……" Asuka coughed loudly, "Don't tell Jin about this, okay?"
Xiao laughed at her…at her bubbly personality, almost like her own self…and yet…there was only one year gap between their ages…
Asuka silently left the room, giving her a small wave at the same time. Xiao smiled at her, and gave a loud sigh…after she had left… she closed her eyes and drifted off into deep slumber…
Hospital Wing… 23:00… Xiao's room…
A dark figure made his way into Xiao's room…he walked slowly next to Xiao's side and looked upon her pale face… and ran his finger along the outline of her face…his eyes taking in every single detail of her beautiful face…
Xiao squinted her eyes, she could hear someone's heavy breathing…slowly, fearfully at the same time…she opened her eyes to look at the person…she managed to catch a glimpse of the person as the moonlight hit his handsome face… she saw who it was…
"J-jin!" she squeaked in disbelief, as pain shot through her head…
Jin smiled and placed his index finger on her lips to silence her…
"They wouldn't let me come in…so I found another way to get into your room…" Jin said softly.
Tingles ran down Ling's spine as he caressed her cheek… ever so slowly…
She could feel his hot breath on her face and then his voice, "I'm so sorry Ling……I…I never meant for this to happen……forgive me…" he said sadly.
"I-It's…alright……I-I f-forgave y-you a long time a-ago……" she said in between gasps of fresh air.
Jin hugged her softly…ever so careful so as not to crush her under his weight.
"Y-you better g-get going Jin…" Xiao said weakly.
"Not until I get something……" Jin said.
Before Ling could ask what it was, he kissed her softly on the lips, licking them at the same time… and placing his hand on hers…
……Utter bliss……this was what she had been waiting for…for so long……
Jin pulled away, and gazed at her lovingly, before stepping into the shadows and making his way to the door silently…
"G-good bye…J-jin…" she said softly, before once again drifting off into deep slumber once again…
(a/n) Well, how was it? Once again, I apologize for the lloooonnng delay! Sorry! Reviews pls!