By Indigo Siren
Disclaimer: Tekken is © to Namco. I am making no money from this fan fiction; it is just for fun. I however own all the characters that are not apart of the Tekken franchise. All rights reserved.
A/N: This leads on to 'Life So Complicated'. If you're leading on to 'Hearts Everlasting', skip this one and go onto Epilogue 2.
Epilogue 1
After her night hiding out in Jin's rented apartment, Miharu had been returned home safely. But for days after, she was worried that after the incident with those men from the Zaibatsu, that something much more serious would happen to her. She prepared for the worst, and made sure her guard was up. She was always with people when she went out and kept to populated areas.
But nothing happened.
After all the worrying, she wasn't once harassed by any of Heihachi's people.
Even though she hadn't been attacked again, she plainly knew she was being watched, well, for a certain time. It was with her very low contact with Jin that had them thinking he was not with her at all. She soon knew that they had stopped watching her, it just suddenly felt easier to walk around without an invisible weight pressing down on her shoulders. All the deluding on her part had had paid off. In her discreet contact with Jin, it was more or less disguising letters, and having her to keep up with ever changing addresses. Any phone call she wanted to make, she'd use a different phone each time in the strangest places. It was all in the name of secrecy. Every time he wrote to her, she was so happy, reading the words that came straight from his heart. They missed each other's company, though at the minute, being apart was for the best. He promised that one day, he'd be close again, and when he was sure that Heihachi's watch would properly drop when she went off to University, he'd be more inclined to meet up with her, not looking back. Miharu would wait on news from him, or any changed plans, but as things were, they seemed set to work the way they hoped.
Things in general were pretty much normalising again, and Miharu found herself no longer bothered by any message orientated dreams. In fact, Jun Kazama never came to her again. She was allowed to sleep in blissful dreams once more, with her dream Jin on guard until the real one could sort things out for them. She knew he had to deal with this own problems too, and even looking for ways for them to be together, he'd also be ever more learning how to control the dark part of him. It was going to be part of his life forever; he was going to have to get used to it.
Life got back on track, with school back fully on the roster. She was becoming more adjusted with her home life as her father and Hanii now had plans to get married. And Miharu, of course, was all for it. It would be nice to have another woman around the house, but the younger Hirano knew that going to university meant abandoning ship to go someplace else.
Xiaoyu had finally moved out of the Mishima mansion, getting a little place of her own. She worked as well, but it was only a small job, which didn't cut too badly into her time. It was enough to keep her going. Miharu liked hanging out at Xiaoyu's, it was like no place on Earth. (And we're talking about bunnies and pink stuff here!)
Tokyo was finally (After a few weeks) cleared of anything to do with the King of Iron Fist Tournament, and things went back to the way they were before. Miharu still wished Jin had gone and taken the Zaibatsu from Heihachi, but he had said no and meant it. So, no papers got signed so the old man kept his company. People were starting to talk though that he was acting weird, maybe even a little more fatigued then usual. Nobody truly knew as he was keeping out of the limelight. He was intent on finding his grandson, and had plans waiting on the backburner.
Kazuya Mishima himself wasn't around much, though it was said he was delving into his work at G-Corps that he had little or no time for the questioning of the little media community below him
Time passed, and soon Miharu was waiting for her final exam results. She'd studied hard, making sure she had been doing the work needed. And now, her eyes were set to looking out for a university. A university that would not be too close to home.
It was at times of worrying about her educational prospects that she thought about her future, which she knew would still be right ahead of her, waiting for what path she decided to walk down, however good or bad. Whichever way, Jin would be waiting for her, going with what she wanted to do, and helping her as much as he was helping himself overcome his own problems. Whatever happened, she'd be happy.
Only time would tell…