(a/n) OOO HEY guys! I decided to update this story earlier :P Good, dontcha think:P Ok, I didn't want to go much into detail of what happened in China, so I decided to skip that part… THERE'S A SURPRISE IN THIS CHAPTER! lol

Disclaimer: I don't own Tekken. NAMCO rightfully does.

Chapter 22 – Back to Japan…but no Jin!

"FLIGHT 276 ARRIVING TO TOKYO AT 09:30!"

A young girl in her twenties walked by herself carrying tons of luggage, her face was glowing a pale pink, and her hair was in a neat pony tail and the thin fabric of her dress hugged her new formed curves. Yes…she was now a woman…… a grown woman, ready to face the challenges of the world…

Xiao's phone then rang with its Hello Kitty hang on dangling by its side. Xiao got a start as it vibrated and quickly flipped open the cover, "Hello? Xiao speaking!"

"XIAOYU! OH THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE SAFE!" yelled someone over the phone, and Xiao had to hold the phone a few centimeters away from her ear in order to prevent herself from losing her hearing.

"Y-yeah I am…mom? Is that you?" she asked.

"Yes, honey…I wanted to see if my little darling reached the airport safely…!" replied Xiao's mom worriedly.

"MOM! I'm not a kid anymore!" whined Xiao.

"YES! But as soon as you reach China you're back there in Japan…you know how lonely I feel what with you're father now doing odd jobs here and there to earn some money for the family…" she said, and sighed softly.

"I know, mother…that's why I want to get a job of my own! I could bring honor to our family name, you know…" replied Xiao confidently.

"My, so determined…just like your father…" she replied, and for a moment, Xiao thought she had heard a crack in her poor mother's voice, "Just be careful Xiao……I wouldn't want to lose you…"

Xiao was touched by her mother's caring words and felt like giving her a hug right about now…"Oh mom, don't cry please…I'll be fine, ok? Now I have to go, I'll call you when I reach the hotel…bye!" and with that she cut the line.

"This old place brings back memories…" replied Xiao.

"Memories……high school, Mishima family…Ji-…wait no…oh great……how'd he get into the picture again? UGH! ……crappy thing…" she grumbled while trudging on with 3 huge suitcases.

She finally made her way out of the gate and out into the open… "Now…find a cab…find a cab…shoot! I've forgotten so much of my Japanese over the years…………!" she said to herself.

Then, something caught her attention……a newspaper clipping…she stooped down and carefully picked it up in her hands…

On it was written in big, bold letters…… "WHERE IS THE HEIR OF THE MISHIMA ZAIBATSU?"

"Huh? Weird……could it be about Jin?" she wondered, and kept reading on…

"The heir of the Mishima Zaibatsu, has mysteriously disappeared for the last 3 years…no clues point out to his whereabouts, however, in the mean time, the zaibatsu is being taken over by the young mishima's sister, Asuka Kazama…" she stopped at that point.

"Oh my gosh……what could have happened? Did he runaway or something, because I left him? It must be my fault…oh my ……Jin…where are you?" she asked herself.

"Excuse me miss…but would you happen to be…Ling Xiaoyu? That is your name if I'm not pretty much mistaken…is it?" asked an elderly man dressed in a black tuxedo wearing Gucci glasses. "Man…the trend has changed a lot, since I was last here…" commented Xiao looking up and down at he man with a weird expression on her face.

He spoke with a thick British accent; and Xiao knew at once, where he had come from, she knew that Mishima logo on his tuxedo…

"Asuka…"

"Mishima's never do give up, do they? How the heck……" she was cutoff.

"Xiao, is that any way to talk about your future sister-in-law?" came a voice, and Xiao and the man in black swung around to take a gander at who the speaker was.

"Sister-in-law? Hmmmmmm…not bad, actually…do you and Jin always have to surprise people like this?" asked Xiao a bit sarcastically.

"Can't help it if me and bro have some similarities, can I?" countered Asuka trying to hide her emotions.

Xiao smiled and stretched……and yawned……boy it had been a long day…

"C'mon give me a hug…I hear yours are the best!" giggled Asuka.

Xiao laughed at this, she remembered how many times she used to crush Jin by just giving him one of her tight bear hugs. "Just go easy on me, tough guy, ok?" joked Asuka.

"Hey…it ain't my funeral Kazama…" saying this, she rushed towards her friend and gave her a warm hug signifying her thanks.

"C'mon, Henry will take your luggage…Ooof…you squeeze hard…" said Asuka pretending to take in big gasps of air…trying at the same time to hide her sadness about losing her brother.

"Asuka……what happened to Jin?" asked Xiao while they were in the car.

Jin's mansion, Tokyo

"Oh boy Asuka, Tokyo has gotten so crowded…my GOSH…"exclaimed Xiao trying to contain her excitement.

"Hah…the crowd is most big near the mansion…" said Asuka, feeling a little gloomy at the same time.

"What's wrong Asuka? I was trying to cheer you up…look Jin will turn up…" she gave a loud sigh after she had said that.

Xiao really did miss him…

FLASH!

Another vision…She'd been having a lot of them lately …

"Hey BABE! You're home!" yelled someone, bringing her out of the stance.

Wait…Xiao knew that voice…

"Hwoarang! Why aren't you with Miharu? Why are you with Asuka? I mean…not that it's bad…but STILL…what happened?" she questioned frantically.

Hwoarang's face became solemn all of a sudden… "We broke up…I don't want to talk about it, ok? But then, who should come along, but Asuka? Good thing Jinny boy isn't here to stop me…"he stopped realizing he had hurt Asuka's feelings, commenting on her brother like that.

"Uh……look, Suki…I'm sorry I didn't mean to…" he was cutoff.

"Xiao, Panda is in the living room waiting for you……would you mind leaving me and Hwoarang for a minute, please?" asked Asuka.

"I guess…" she heaved a loud sigh and made her way into the living room…and once again started day dreaming about Jin…and then again… that vile image popped up in her mind of the inhumane Jin…that monster…

She clutched her head in pain…

Luckily a round furry animal stumbled towards her and once more eased her pain…" Grrr.r….rrr rooowr…" Panda growled in happiness.

"Hi Panda! was the trip good?" she asked…a bit weary.

Panda shook her head……oh no …she was going to throw up again…that plane ride was horrible…she kept banging against her box, no proper food…oh boy…an animals " hell " house more likely.

"I'll take that as a no" Xiao giggled.

"So watcha wanna do? Go for a walk or something? Cause I'm bored as hell!" exclaimed Xiao almost forgetting about the visions that kept tormenting her before.

Panda nodded.

"Okay! Then……………we go to… YAKUSHIMA forest! Wouldn't that be nice, now?" she asked sweetly.

Panda growled in happiness…it was good to see Xiao so happy after all that she had gone through already…

(a/n) OK! NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE THE SURPRISE! PLEASE REVIEW THIS CHAPTER! Tnx!