a/n: One more to go! (I posted all my chapters in a hurry this time.) Hope you like it, and please let me know if you got something to tell me!

Chapter 8:

Friends

A new day, with new experiences. Every night, dark. Everyday, bright. No, this day was only one of these dark and cold ones. The Chinese girl sat still in her hospitalbed, and again, in shock. The other day she and Jin Kazama got into a real hard time of fighting, but not that poor man she knew... a devil, taking Jin into mad thoughts and vision of killing all the people around in one single touch of his claws. Not only did the devil kill some poor souls, he also tried to give the pure and clean Japanese a expression of seeing his friend in the grave. Inside his head, dark, lonley, cold, anger... but to who? Why did this devil want to kill everyone, and why did he just appeared into his body like that. Xiaoyu got from sad to curious and hyper. All she wanted to do right now, was to drag that crazy evil thing out of her friends body.

Friends...

Xiaoyu and Jin... friends. What about her shout after him, her love for him. The heart inside her, a warm and stunning soul, love. Caring about anotherone. Why did she actually feel like this... this... this... sprudling feeling for this Japanese man? And not just that, why now?

She saw the light from outside, a car standing outside the building. Xiaoyu went up and looked out of the window. A snaky taste made her narrow her brows.

"Mom... dad...?".

Two people walked out of the car and thanked the driver, soon they ran inside the hospital. The Chinese girl smiled, then going back to bed. Her parents were here, to make her feel better. Though it never would help. Still, she missed their yelling voices. These carying faces with answeres at the biggest problems. But this time she couldn't speak, they would take her for granted.

"Ling, sweetie?" her mom's voice came from the doorway.

Xiaoyu sat her head up, the pain was gone with some help from some tablets. Her mother walked slowly towards her. Chinese dress in silk, a purse with typically dragon-paintings on in a circle.

"Are you okay?" her mother asked friendly walking up to her.

"Yes, mom... I'm okay...".

A manly voice called from outside the room. Xiaoyu's mom turned her face around, "What is it, honey?".

"I need some help outside here..." he shrugged.

Xiaoyu smiled and let her move out of the room, soon her face grinned at her daughter in the bed. "We have a present for you, Ling!".

After saying this, she and her housband stept inside and stood next to eachother. They both smiled happily and dragged a big present in and onto the middle of the room in front of Xiaoyu. She took a good sight at the package, a green box.

"Please open it, Lingy!" her dad said and held her hands not to make her flipp, he led her up to the present.

"You didn't need to do this..." Xiaoyu said still a little weak in her tonefall, almost like she could start flying.

Her hands went over the greenish paper, and she fast threw it off in one blaze of speed. A tear pushed her to make a red face, a happy smile in a grin.

"Oh my God..." was all she could say.

Her parents hugged her and gave her a note to remember; "We've been saving money fro you, sweetie. You're birthday present from us. It's a little to soon, but you really needed this."

The Chinese girl hugged them again and looked at her present, "But you didn't need to save money for a computer... they're expencive, you know...".

"Everything for our, Ling Xiaoyu!".

After they had gone back to their hotel in town, Xiaoyu was mad at herself. Her thoughts hadn't stept back since her parent left. Jin, he wasn't at the hospital. And at this mind blowing figure, she took a sprint, but got pushed back to her room. Then she yelled at the nurse and made her call the other hospitals after Jin Kazama. But the call hit a dead end, only her open window could make her warm, still it was cold and freezy outside. Xiaoyu didn't care. Her friend was missing, who could live with that thought stuck in your mind forever?

"If you care about me, Jin... you'll fight that devil and make me happy again. Make my smile come back...!" she said with her head hanging out from the window.

Then the wind only attended the night. Darkness gaining powers to make another day come true. Maybe with a happy smile this time.

a/n: This chapter was a little short, but actually sweet. And that's good! Or what? R&R?