TheWishOfNight--- Glad that you liked it. Yeah I try to update as soon as possible... Sometimes I get lazy though... Thanx for your kind words.

karisan-karisan--- Thanks! I was bored and I thought that I'd have some fun with the disclaimer.

Lady-Eliwen--- I'm glad that you liked my poem! Wow everyone's excited for when Jin and Xiao meet! (not really, more like 2 people) LOL

lonelyngel--- I'm glad that you like my stories. Yeah China Rose started out like dry with little humor and boring so I felt like making it funnier. Yeah that's one of my fav lines of that story. In fact I liked it so much that I named the chapter after it! Yeah your story's really good, update soon!

WELL ON WITH THE MADNESS--------------

A tall hooded figure stealthily walked the streets of Tokyo. Even at this late hour Tokyo was so alive. Various people roamed the streets, most of them young teenagers or young adults. There were also many "professional belles" and what seemed like people who were seeking them out. He'd remembered this city just this way, it was dirty and he'd hated it. It was incomprehensible to him how a city so distasteful could house one so pure.

He kept walking the streets occasionally glancing at his surroundings and then he looked up at a large billboard. It was no doubt an advertisement for tekken 4. There was a picture of his despicable grandfather and a picture of her next to him. This slightly annoyed Jin, for he'd told her to get away from Heihachi.

Jin soon came across a great sea of plaid, blue, and white. The colors of the uniform at Mishima Polytechnic. Amidst this great sea he saw a head of flashy auburn and to bouncy pigtails. Jin unconsciously and unknowingly pursued the group. The group kept getting smaller and smaller until there were only the two bouncy pig tails and the flashy auburn left. Then they went their separate ways and Jin pursued the girl with the two bouncy pigtails. Just then she was pulled down an alley by an outside force. Jin furtively peeked around the alleyway corner. The outside force was a mugger and he was trying to take Xiao's bag. Jin almost intervened but then Xiaoyu unleashed many powerful attacks on the man rendering him helpless. She was about to casually walk out of the alleyway when the man got up and slammed something down on her head. She blacked out and the mugger was about to take her bag when Jin stepped in and punched the man square in the jaw. The man was knocked down and he quickly scurried away. Jin walked over to Xiao and looked at her head, just a bump, nothing serious. He sat down with her head in his lap. He brushed her bangs out of eyes and admired her face. She had greatly matured and her skin was had lost some of its glow, but to him she was still radiant. He picked her and her bag up and took her back to her room at the Mishima Estate. He carefully changed her clothes, tucked her in, and set her bag on her desk chair. He took one last look at her, kissed her forehead, and he went out into the night.

Xiaoyu jolted awake, and held her head for it throbbed immensely. She looked down at her body, she was wearing a yellow night gown and her bag was sitting on her desk chair. She sat up in her bed and felt a chill. She looked over to her balcony, it was wide open. She walked over to it and closed it. Then it hit her, the last thing she remembered was saying goodbye to Miharu. Wait there was a man who tried to take her bag from her, she fought him and then she was walking away when something hard crashed down on her head. After that all she could remember were vague things and images. She remembered being carried and dark bangs peeking out from inside of a hood and... It couldn't be. Only one thought was persistent in her mind, one question. Was he back?

Jin quietly walked to his hotel and went to his room. He began to empty his pockets and prepare for a shower when he pulled out a small piece of paper. It must've fallen out of Xiao's bag. He carefully unfolded it. It was a picture of them together, taken just before he'd left. She'd made him take her to see the city and there was a small photo booth. They took goofy, silly pictures together. On one Xiaoyu was holding bunny ears behind his head. On another he was sticking his tongue out at her. One of the rare occasion's when Jin ever did so. On the last one he'd caught her by surprise and he'd kissed her. He admired the picture for a little while. He turned it over and seen that there was a letter written in Xiaoyu's handwriting. He carefully read it and his demeanor changed entirely. The letter stated all of Xiaoyu's feelings for Jin and her inner most thoughts. It also stated how she wanted to, but just couldn't let him go. When he was done reading it he sat down on the bed with a look of deep thought on his face. He put the picture in his bag and continued on with his shower.

The next morning Xiaoyu was woken up by an incessant ringing noise. It was indeed her cell phone ringing, who would it be at this early hour other than Miharu? She answered it with a yawn. "Hello?" she grunted rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"Xiao! You ready to go yet?" Miharu said, extremely hyper even at this time in he morning.

"No? What do you mean? My alarm didn't even go off yet!" she said sitting up.

"What?! Well you had better get moving. School starts in about 30 minutes."

"Oh my god! This is just damn great." she said rushing to get out of her bed and searching for her uniform. She found it, put it on, and rushed out to the car. The driver went pretty fast and then they were at Miharu's house. From Miharu's house they walked to the school since it was right by her house.

"Xiao!"

"What?"

"What in the hell happened to your head?" Miharu said gasping.

"Huh? Oh umm last night after you were home some guy tried to take my bag from me and he hit me." Xiaoyu said quickly.

"Oh how'd you escape? Did you kick his ass?" Miharu inquired excitedly.

"Erm, yeah!" Xiaoyu said striking a victorious pose.

The school day was so long for Xiaoyu. She couldn't concentrate all day because her mind was drifting elsewhere. Today Miharu and she would be going shopping downtown so she was also excited about that.

Xiaoyu waited by her locker for Miharu, she was beginning to get impatient. Finally she said Miharu happily bouncing toward her. Xiaoyu would never say this to anyone, but she secretly desired to be as happy and carefree as Miharu. The way she used to be, she missed herself being that way. She was happy, she wouldn't deny that. She just felt empty and only she knew why.

"Ready to go shopping?" Miharu asked enthusiastically.

"Yeah." Xiaoyu replied. Xiaoyu was way ahead of Miharu. She knew why Miharu wanted to go shopping. Miharu's birthday was coming up and that was just her way of hinting at Xiaoyu to buy her something.

The duo walked from store to store just browsing. Then they walked into a small, but nice, jewelry store. Miharu looked at some items and then she saw a pair of earrings that she flipped out over, but she didn't have enough money to buy them so she walked away to look at something less inexpensive. Seeing her friend's reaction Xiaoyu walked over to the earrings and looked at them. They were beautiful and expensive, 4,000 yen. It was no problem to Xiaoyu because Heihachi had always given her a plentiful allowance. She picked up the earrings and continued browsing. There it was, she saw a beautiful necklace. Just about the most beautiful thing that she'd ever seen. She picked it up and ran her fingers over it. Then she looked at the price tag, it was more than what she'd had. She could either buy Miharu her earrings or the necklace. Xiaoyu being the great friend she was chose to buy Miharu her earrings. She reluctantly put the necklace down and went to pay for Miharu's earrings. She shoved the bag in her backpack so Miharu wouldn't notice and the two left the store.

Someone else walked over to the necklace next and picked up the necklace. He took it to the cashier and paid for it. Then he left the store with a smirk on his face.

The time passed by so quickly and soon it was dark out. Xiaoyu walked to Miharu's house with her and said good-bye. Xiaoyu decided to walk back to the estate because it was such a beautiful evening. Suddenly a feeling of unease washed over her and she began walking faster, dodging through the crowds of people. She thought that she was being silly so she stopped. She decided to take a short cut back to the estate and turned down an old street with one dim street light on it. She leisurely walked up the street and then she paused. She could've sworn that she'd heard footsteps. She started to walk again very slowly but very alert. Then all of a sudden she whirled around and looked at whoever was following her.

"What do you want!?" she yelled and then she gasped.

"Hello Xiao." he said.

"Jin?" she said.

A/N: Yeah I know it was stupid to end it there. Oh and if you don't know what a professional belle is then it's basically a euphemism for the word "hooker". But please review, tell me what you think. I have been meaning to update this for a few days but, you know how crazy the holidays can be, right? No? C'mon don't make me feel stupid? What I am stupid? Hah just kidding well there's the first chapter hoped that you liked it!

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