(a/n) Ok well, here's the next chapter! After such a looooooooooong wait and people pestering me to write the next chapter! Ok…over here Xiao's fine an' stuff, in fact living with Ethan… Lill' humor and fluff here…but who cares? Ok… ENJOY:D
Disclaimer: I don't own Tekken… Namco rightfully does.
Chapter 16 – Date problems…
3 weeks later… 5:00pm… Near the swimming pool...
"HO! Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" came the battle cries of a young woman…
… And then out of no where… A black and white bear jumped out from now where… and focused its attention on the young girl in front of her.
The bear paused, and steadied herself… she was in her hunting stance… and then she rushed forward unpredictably…
The young woman spun out of the way and did her strongest attack, it was graceful yet deadly…
"HO!" she yelled before launching her storming flower move.
The bear skidded across the hard, concrete ground and lay there for a while…
"PANDA? ARE YOU OK?" yelled Xiao.
Panda gave a small growl, "Grrr….rr.rrr…roowwrr…" --- That storming flower move packs quite a punch! ---
Xiao rushed over to where her furry little companion was laying, and helped her up, "I think I'm getting better, don't ya think so Panda? Hey, 3 outta 5 battles isn't so bad!" she said happily.
Panda growled in agreement, Xiao was getting better and better day by day, her moves were more focused…more powerful…
"And…if I practice harder…I'm sure I can beat that no good Jin!" she cried out confidently, laughing at the same time, raising her fist in the air.
"Talking about me, now are we?" came a voice.
Panda sniffed the air, and growled with happiness at the same time with caution… Didn't Ethan forbid him to come here?
Xiao turned around to face the speaker, her rubber sneakers squeaking at the same time, her sweat pants and shirt clung to her skin due to her sweat that poured freely because of her vigorous training.
"Jin?" she asked.
"You're getting better day by day, Xiao" he answered amused at her.
"Yeah I know! And…hey wait! Didn't Ethan…um…you know…I thought he…he…" she stuttered hopelessly.
"Forget about him……" Jin said softly taking a step forward towards Ling.
"Well……I… uh…" she stuttered once again. The sight of Jin in front of any girl would've made her drool like hell.
Jin was wearing a button up shirt, with the first three buttons open exposing tit bits of his muscular chest, he was wearing denims that clung to his long legs, surprisingly resembling the one he often wore when they used to spar together, the one with a flame going up on one leg. It was a white one this time outlined in black and gold…His hair was still as spiky as ever, the bangs falling in a mess over his eyes…… Boy did he look good…
"Hmmm…maybe he had his pants customized or something…" mumbled Xiao.
"Yeah I did have it customized, Xiao…" answered Jin plainly; he knew Xiao hated it when he did that…
"You know I hate it when you do that, Jin!" she answered.
"Do what?" he answered innocently, slowly advancing towards her, step by step.
"That……the mind – reading thingee……you got from your mom…!" she said childishly.
Jin laughed at her; at her innocence that she displayed so often. He had to have her, now or else……
"Anyway, what're you doing here?" quizzed Xiao.
"Well……" he said, shuffling his feet.
"HEY! I forgot to ask you one more thing!" she said childishly before slipping into her stance, "Are you ready to get your butt whooped?"
"Or vice versa…" replied Jin smugly.
"Alright! One round! You'll be helping me to build up my confidence anyway!" she yelled happily.
Jin had a whatever look on his face when she said that…
"Okay, little grasshopper, don't think I'll go easy on you…" he said and gave one of his Kazama smirks…This was going to be one easy match…
"Humph! He's still so self-centered! I'll teach you! You……You……" she was trying to think of a good, insult to throw at him.
"Handsome devil? Yeah… that's me…c'mon let's go!" he answered smirking at the same time.
Xiao blushed at what he said, and shooed Panda away before starting the match…
"READY? FIGHT!" she yelled, trying to mimic the robotic voice of the announcer at the Third tournament she had attended.
Xiao rushed at Jin and attempted to do a Fortune Cookie move, her moves this time were quick and muchmore forceful… Jin blocked it, and gave her a kick in the head, sending her stumbling back… he'd caught her by surprise there. She shook her head and focused on him more clearly…she then flipped over him and still in her rain dance stance did her falcon's beak,shoving her elbow into his back, this time taking him by surprise…
"OOF!" Jin coughed…right in the back… "She has ……improved …a …lot…" he said softly.
Jin wasn't fazed by the attack though, quick as lightening he stood up and rushed towards her and tried to do his Demon's slayer move, electricity gushed through his body as he was almost ready……almost…
However, Xiao cart-wheeled out of the way, and got into her Phoenix stance, and launched a flurry of furious kicks at Jin. He managed to block the first two, but the next two were so hard it made him stumble back. Xiao took this opportunity to launch few more kicks… what she didn't notice was Jin was edging ever so slowly towards the end of the swimming pool…
She didn't notice it though, and jumped into the air and sent out a flurry of unavoidable kicks and catapulted herself of his chest landing on her two feet…
"OOPS! JIN LOOK OUT!" Too late… Jin had already fallen in the pool…
A loud splash could be heard after that, and Xiao couldn't help but burst out into laughter…she laughed and laughed till her sides ached…
"HAH! Told you I'd beat you some day! And look who's the grasshopper now?" she ranted over and over again, and stuck her tongue out.
"Jin? Um……are you…okay?" she asked worriedly now.
She tip toed towards the swimming pool cautiously…and attempted to look for Jin…
"Oh no! What…w-what…if ……JIN?" she yelled worriedly, "Jin where are you?"
What she didn't notice was a tanned hand slowly creeping around her leg…slowly and stealthily…
"YEOW!OH MY GOSH!" someone had pulled her into the pool!
SPLASH!
Jin laughed at her foolishness……slowly he emerged from under the depths of the water and swam over to her side.
"YOU IDIOT! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" Xiao sputtered.
Jin couldn't control himself any longer his bangs were in such a mess, and he was laughing so hard at her… --- Note to self: Remind to give myself a well deserved pat on the back! --- he thought.
"Look at me! I'm so wet!" Xiao continued rambling.
"You look nice when you're wet…" said Jin amused, eyeing her intently.
"How amusing for you, well I'm getting outta here!" she said trying to swim frantically.
Jin caught hold of her hand though and pulled her closer to him, "Let go of m- …" she was silenced by Jin placing his finger on her lips.
She blushed furiously at what happened, and looked down at herself, not before Jin held up her chin so that their eyes now met…
"Uh……Jin…Eth-…" she stuttered, her hair soaking wet, and in a mess.
"Shhh……" he said softly silencing her.
"Where'd…… you learn to hold your breath for so long under water?" she asked, trying to change the topic.
"My mother taught me to……" Jin said softly, inching towards her face…
Xiao tried to pull herself away from him, but to no avail, he held her fast in this position…
"Join me for dinner tonight……" he whispered in her ear.
"Tonight……b-but…I don't ………I'm not…I'm not sure……" she stammered.
Jin inched his lips towards hers, ever so slowly……but he was denied of this moment to share an intimate kiss with her when her mobile rang.
"Don't get ……that………" he said, holding her closely.
"I have…to, Jin…It could be an important call!" she said and freed herself of Jin's grasp.
She swam over to the ladder and got out of the pool, and hastily made her way over to where the sound of the mobile kept ringing.
"Hmm……it's Ethan!" she said happily, forgetting Jin was there.
She pressed the green button to answer, and Ethan's soft voice came up…
"Hey what are you doing tonight?" he asked.
"Oh……um…I don't kn-…"she was cutoff, stealing a glance at Jin who had just hoisted himself up from the pool.
"Good so that means you're free! Be ready at 8, andI'll come pick you up, I just discovered this fantastic restaurant!" he said happily before cutting the line.
"But………Jin…" she said sadly, turning around to face Jin…
…But Jin had left already…
How am I supposed to win over her heart……she loves him more…" said Jin sadly, while in the limo.
Wait……who was that? Some one walking along the pavement sadly...He'd seen a familiar face ……that reddish brown hair in a plait and fair skin…the person he'd loved before…
"Julia……" he said softly.
(a/n) Oh boy…what's going to happen? Well…don't we all hope things get better? Finally got rid of that hospital scene! OK There I used xj master's idea too… Ooooh something evil is adrift in ling and jin's relationship too! OUCH! Plz REVIEW! DO NOT FORGET TO REVIEW! Thank you! Lol ! I'll TRY to update fast... :)