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Chapter 23 – I'm with you…
Yakushima forest…
"Mmmmmmm hmmmm…this breeze is so right…" said Xiao whose hair was in a big mess, as she allowed the wind to toy with it for a few moments. " It feels so good…now I know why Jin liked the country-side…"
Panda bounded to her side and stared up at the Chinese girl and growled "Grrr…..rrrrr…." – I told you it'd be good! –
"Sure as hell you did Panda!" she said stroking her fur gently.
Jin
You know you can never find true happiness…
"T-that's not true…" replied Jin shakily.
No one will ever love you because you are moreover a monster…
A MONSTER!
"NO!" screamed Jin in agony as he was catapulted down to earth…with a white aura surrounding him…
Xiao
Panda then sniffed the air…and pricked up her ears…she had heard something…somewhere…where was it? She stood on her hind legs and sniffed …some one was in trouble…
"What is it Panda?" asked Xiao.
Panda bounded off leaving Xiao to trail along …not trail along…more like running after the furry creature, who was running like a lunatic.
"PANDA! COME BACK HERE! C'MON! PLEASE!" yelled Xiao. --- Sometimes I wish I had a leash…--- she thought.
She ran past bushes trees and began recollecting painful memories of Jin and how he had brought her here, and showed her his house he lived in when he was a kid.
"Jin……" she whispered, "I miss you so much…"
Suddenly she was blinded by a white shining light that seemed to fall out of the clear blue sky… it was headed for the centre of the forest…and finally landed at such a high speed, it made a loud noise by the time it hit the ground…
"My Go-…" she was cutoff by Panda tugging Xiao's dress.
"What, Panda? What is it? That light? You want me to go see what it is?" questioned Xiao.
Panda wasn't listening…she ran on ahead again…with Xiao in hot pursuit… until they reached the place that meteor-like thing had hit…
She saw someone there…a young man …probably in his twenties…
"No……it can't be……"
He was lying lifeless on the ground, and blood poured freely from wounds and gashes here and there…his eye was badly severed…and he had some sort of claw marks on his chest…as though he had been clawed by something…
Xiao hesitated.
Why?
Because it was someone she knew…
Some one she loved dearly…
Jin…
"The devil gene……oh no…he told me about it…oh this is my entire fault!" she wept as she ran towards his limp figure.
"Panda! Help…m-me up! We have to get him to the hospital…before he loses anymore blood! HURRY!" she screamed, and took one more look at Jin's face; all battered and bruised and a deep cut near his eye…
She struggled to support him on her arms, as she tried to prop him up on Panda… she'd call Asuka later…right now…he needed medical attention…
"Jin……I won't let you die…" she whispered softly into his ear.
Hospital…
Xiao paced up and down the hall way, her head done….hair a mess…alleluia…the surgeon had finally come out…
"How is he doctor?" Xiao asked worriedly.
The doctor hesitated…
"Miss Leeng…I've got good news and bad news…" he said gravely.
"Good news first!" exclaimed Xiao.
"Ok…come into my office please…"
Xiao stepped into the quaint room and took a look around at the certificates placed neatly on the walls , " Miss Ling, the good news is…Mr. Kazama will be alright…wait let me finish…" he said before seeing Xiao's mouth open, "The bad news…" he hesitated.
"Tell me what it is doctor…" said Xiao impatiently.
"I'm really sorry Miss Ling…but he may have had a complete loss in memory…" saying this he got up from his seat and showed Xiao the X-rays taken of Jin's skull.
"He has had severe brain damage…even the best neurosurgeon couldn't fix this mess… he may be a little weak in his left eye because of that gash near his eye…it caused a minor damage…but …his memory…it's baffling…how could a man survive all of that? There were more severe injuries…but for now, Miss Ling…we can only wait…"
Xiao gasped…her mouth wide open…this was worse…to have no recollection of who or what you are…" No doctor…you're wrong…I will help him get his memory back…" Xiao whispered and made her way to Jin's room…
Several weeks later…
" Miss Ling! Any comments on Jin's appearance?"
"How's his condition?"
"Any comments on his wife Julia?"
"What about their son?"
"No comments! Leave him alone!" yelled Xiao over the crowd of reporters, a little hurt at what one of the reporters had said about him and Julia...she quickly went into the hospital, where the reporters where taken care of by security. She quickly made her way to Jin's ward…
"Here Jin, sit up…" said someone.
Jin obeyed the person without a fuss, she was the first person he saw by his bedside to greet him with a warm smiling face early in the morning.
"T-thanks, Ling…you're the best…!" he said.
"Hmmm…best friends…Jin, do you remember anything about some one called Julia?" she quizzed.
Jin paused.
Wait…where had he heard it? No maybe not…no it seemed too vague to remember…so his only answer was, "No, Xiao…just you…I just remember you…I don't know why…"
Before Xiao could open her mouth, someone else had entered the room…
With her brownish red hair, tied in a single plait, her rosy skin …
Xiao quickly hid behind the curtains and tried hard to pull the curtain over her feet to avoid being seen by Julia…
Accompanying her was a 3 year old little boy…funny…he seemed to remind her a little of Jin… a pain surged through her heart once more, and she remembered who that little boy was …it was too hard to realize the truth…
He was Jin's son…
"Jin? Don't you remember me, and our son? Look…he's so much like you…"spoke Julia, her tone a little worried…
Jin stared into Julia's brown eyes…
Xiao cringed…she couldn't help but feel jealous once again…and she prayed hard for him to not remember a thing about Julia and their son…luckily they were answered…
"I – I don't know…I can only remember Xiao…I don't know how…no I don't remember having a son…no ……please…just leave I need to get my rest…"
"Jin please try to remember…Look at me…" Julia pleaded, "Look at our son…he needs a father…he needs you…"
"No……leave me alone…I don't know who you are…just go…" Jin replied emotionlessly.
"No….Jin……I love you…don' do this…" begged Julia, as crystal clear teardrops flowed freely.
"I don't love you though…leave NOW…" he boomed…those last few words…changed Julia…
Xiao seemed a bit lighter now he had said that…he would be hers now forever…
"But what about Jin's son?" questioned Xiao to herself as she stepped out. Having listened to Jin and Julia's conversation.
"I can be with him now…I can…I can finally have the chance I never had…"
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