A/N: Hey Everybody! Its me, Thee Slushee back with the 3rd chappie……now has that line been overused or what? Ok, everybody pretty much has guessed who J. Mishima could be (You cant hide it from us Namco...at least, we think you can't hide it from us) and yeah, I go to Gwendy's site a lot so I'm pretty interested in all that. I wud reply to each and every one of ya but the new rule is up……dammit! I luv responding to reviews so I'll just say, thanks a million for everybody that reviewed! You guys rock!… hope u like this chappie anyway. Oh crap! I forgot to mention. I don't and never will own a SINGLE THING of Tekken….Namco does. Ok now with that out of the way, lets get on with the story.
Chapter 3: A new roommate
Xiaoyu and Panda stood outside the Mishima Hotel once again. Nostalgia filled Xiaoyu and she remembered everything that happened at the last tournament clearly…it only ended a few weeks ago. With a deep breath, Xiaoyu and Panda entered the building, the familiar surroundings hitting her like a tonne of bricks. There, behind the crimson granite desk, sat the same receptionist and as soon as the two met eye contact, a friendly smile spread across her face. "Long time, no see, Miss Ling." The receptionist commented as Xiaoyu and Panda walked towards the front desk. "Here for the tournament, I presume?" Xiaoyu nodded. "Well, here's your card key for room number 19 on the third floor." The receptionist gave Xiaoyu the card. "Thank you." Xiaoyu said cheerfully. She crouched down to her companion. "Ok Panda, be good." Xiaoyu said, a smile forming on her face as she petted her friend. She stood up and headed for the elevator. I wonder if Asuka's going to be my roommate again…Xiaoyu thought as the doors slid shut, taking her to the third floor.
There was a chime and the elevator doors slid apart. Xiaoyu stepped out of the elevator, her travelling bag trailing behind her. When she got to her room, she sliced her card key through the slit by the door handle and slowly. There was a girl with auburn hair wearing a baby blue tracksuit sitting on her bed, watching TV. "Miharu?" Xiaoyu exclaimed. The girl turned her head towards Xiaoyu and wore a sheepish grin. "Hey Xiao."
"Why didn't you tell me you were in the tournament?"
"Wanted to surprise you."
"Well, you've definitely surprised me."
Xiaoyu laid down her travelling bag next to the bed closest to the door and jumped onto Miharu's bed to see what she was watching. She was watching the O.C. "I thought the O.C aired on Friday nights…today's Wednesday." (Haha, today actually is a Friday night but who really cares :P) " It's not actually airing, silly. I got the DVD." Miharu held up the DVD case. "You never get tired of watching the first season, huh?" Xiaoyu asked, grinning slightly. "Who would?" Miharu asked, meaning for the question to be rhetorical, but Xiaoyu answered it anyway. "I for one would but since I got nothing else to do, I'll watch." Xiaoyu said, lying on her stomach, arms crossed in front of her, chin rested on her arm while her feet was kicking the air. "Admit it Xiao, you love it just as much as I do." Miharu said mockingly. "Pssh, yeah right." Xiaoyu said, rolling her eyes. And so the two teenagers watched the O.C DVD.
The next morning, Xiaoyu was ready to go down for breakfast while Miharu was lying half asleep on the floor after Xiaoyu's wake up call (putting the earphones of her Ipod into Miharu's ears and putting the volume on full blast). "Come on, Miharu. We're going to be late." Xiaoyu said, chuckling. "Arrrrrhhhhhmmmm." Miharu groaned. After a lot of complaining, Xiaoyu managed to get Miharu onto her feet and into the shower. A few minutes have passed and a completely new Miharu had emerged from the shower. "Don't just stand there, Xiao. We're going to be late!" Miharu said and pretty much power walked out the door. Xiaoyu stood there, confused but then followed afterwards.
The two had emerged in the dining hall. Xiaoyu's eyes flew to the far end of the dining hall where all of her friends hung out. Xiaoyu caught sight of the red headed Korean and led Miharu towards the table. "Hey Xiao." Julia said. "Man was it annoying to leave here a week ago and then find out that there's another tournament." Hwoarang complained. "Yeah, I know whatcha mean. I live in Brazil!" Christie agreed. Xiaoyu and Miharu took their seats. Xiaoyu noticed a man with blonde hair sitting across from her and her eyes immediately lit up. "Steve! You made it!" "Yep. Everything's in tip top shape again. This time, I won't go out that easily." Steve said proudly in his highly accented voice, pounding a fist on his open palm. "I'd never thought I'd see Miss Shopoholic again in these tournaments." Hwoarang said, his gaze reaching the unusually silent Miharu. "Well, I got invited and my life was getting a bit boring so I thought I'd come kick some butt!" Miharu said enthusiastically. Miharu suddenly noticed a Japanese girl sitting next to her that she hasn't met before. "Ok, I've pretty much met everybody else here except for you. What's your name?" Miharu asked. "Name's Asuka Kazama." Asuka said in a not exactly hostile tone but not exactly friendly either. "Kazama? Xiao, she could be related to Jin." Miharu said excitedly. "Sorry Miharu but that's old news. We met her at the last tournament and we have asked her. She just might be a cousin but we really don't know." Julia stated. Asuka and Xiaoyu glanced at each other. They knew all to well what kind of relationship there was between Asuka and Jin…and they didn't exactly feel like letting the cat out of the bag yet.
"Attention all Iron Fist tournament participants," the booming voice of the tournament official echoing throughout the dining hall. "We apologise for the inconvenience for bringing you all back here to Tokyo. Since no new participants have entered, I'll spare you all the rules and regulations." The group of teenagers breathed a sigh of relief; saved from the boredom. "The tournament will start in two days so take the time to train. We hope you enjoy your stay at the Mishima Hotel." With that, the tournament official exited the area, leaving everybody to return to their conversations. "Does anybody have any idea on who J. Mishima is?" Julia asked. "Well, it's definitely not that Jinpachi dude I've heard so much about. Didn't G Corporation take control of the Zaibatsu?" Christie said, surprising everybody. "I had no idea you were so interested in the media." Steve stated. Christie shrugged. "What better thing to do in your spare time than listen to what's going on in the world?" Christie said. Everybody blankly stared at Christie for a few seconds. "What?" "It's definitely not Jin either. He would rather be dead than call himself a Mishima." Asuka said, realising a second later that she shouldn't have said that. "And how would you know that?" Hwoarang asked, crossing his arms. Asuka glanced desperately at Xiaoyu, hoping she would bail her out. Xiaoyu got the message and instantly spoke. "Well, uh, I've told Asuka a lot about Jin." Xiaoyu said, smiling weakly. Hwoarang raised an eyebrow at both of them. "Well, if it's not Jin or Jinpachi, who could it be?" Miharu asked. "Maybe we'll all find out later in the tournament." Julia stated. "Xiao, could you help me brush up on some fighting techniques? I've sorta gotten rusty after the fourth tournament." Miharu asked. "Well…" Xiaoyu looked up, rubbing her chin thoughtfully. "Ok!" Xiaoyu said childishly. "Two fighters with the same fighting style could definitely not be good." Christie said. "It's double trouble." Hwoarang said. "You got that right!" Xiaoyu and Miharu said simultaneously. They looked at each other and burst out laughing, walking towards the elevator. "It was bad enough with just Xiaoyu." Steve joked. "Now we gotta deal with double." Hwoarang added. Julia and Asuka laughed a little, watching the doors to the elevator slide together.
A/N: Ok, this was a random chappie and jus so you know, I know absolutely nothing about the O.C, zilch, nada, zero, none….some other words meaning nothing. I've never seen a single bit of it before but all I know is that my friends like it and I thought Xiao and Miharu wud like it as well. And also, I haven't actually posted this on Friday night (duh!) but I wrote that part on Friday night. Hope you liked it anyways and will keep reading. I'm sorry if I bored you to death on this chappie. REVIEW!