A/N: Hey, 5th chapter up by the one and only, Thee Slushee. I kno the updates are becoming less and less frequent….my homework mountain is building up so I'm soooo sorry! Damn NCEA stuff…….Hope this chapter will make up for it. Read and Review! Sorry for the title, cudn't think of anything else :P
Chapter 5: First match
Xiaoyu was standing in a room filled with grid squares, awaiting her opponent. She was wearing a blue Chinese suit with sky blue shorts; blue light up bangles and her hair was up in two buns. Small wings shot out the back of her suit. She stood there, tapping her foot impatiently. Where the hell is that Marduk dude? Xiaoyu thought as she took in her surroundings just to pass the time. Xiaoyu finally heard some footsteps in the distance and she instantly shot her head up. It's about time. He was wearing a black open vest and snakeskin style pants. He was bald and a small pair of shades rested on his nose. When he stood about a meter away from Xiaoyu, her jaw dropped. He was a massive man, even taller than Panda on hind legs.
"This should be an easy win." Marduk muttered under his breath.
"I suppose you learned absolutely nothing when you lost to my very good friend, Asuka Kazama in the last tournament." Xiaoyu said a smirk forming on her face.
"That was a fluke!" Marduk barked.
"Yeah, whatever," Xiaoyu said sarcastically, waving a hand to dismiss the subject.
The room started to glow intensely bright and the two fighters had to shield their eyes, even though Marduk was wearing sunglasses. When the two opened their eyes, the scenery was entirely different. They stood on a small platform inside a satellite and in the background, Earth could be seen. The arena seemed so real. Xiaoyu shook her head and concentrated at the task at hand. The booming voice of the tournament official echoed throughout the area. "Craig Marduk versus Ling Xiaoyu." Xiaoyu got into her fighting stance. "Let's see if it really was a fluke." Marduk growled in annoyance and got into his.
"Ready? FIGHT!" Marduk rushed at Xiaoyu and performed a deadly punch but since the punch was head high to him, it completely missed Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu grabbed his arm, backhanded the back of this head and used the same hand to push him onto the floor. However, he was a pretty large man and she couldn't manage to push him onto the floor. Marduk smirked and executed a powerful knee to Xiaoyu's face. She was instantly on the ground, blood trickling from the broken tissue in Xiaoyu's nose. Marduk jumped into the air and was expecting to stomp on her fallen body but Xiaoyu's reactions had saved her just in time by rolling out of the way. As Xiaoyu was rising, she spun around with her foot in the air and quickly snapped it back. This caught Marduk's shoulder and pushed it down slightly. Xiaoyu performed one of her favourite juggles (A/N: And its one of my favs too :P). She quickly executed a backflip, followed by two slaps leaving her in reverse stance, two backhand slaps and part of her original combo. Marduk was up in seconds, not fazed by her combo. Marduk performed an overhead smash, which left Xiaoyu crouching slightly. He instantly executed a crouch grab. He picked her up, flipped her over and slammed her back on the ground. Xiaoyu was feeling sharp pain in her whole body but she wasn't going to give up. She was back on her feet in no time, fuelled by the determination to fulfil at least one of her goals. She spun around and threw a foot over her shoulder. Marduk blocked the move and was about to perform a bone crushing back grab when Xiaoyu jumped back and landed on Marduk's shoulder. Marduk tried to get her off his shoulders but not before Xiaoyu smacked him in the face as hard as she could. Xiaoyu jumped off his shoulders, leaving him to fall to the ground. Marduk struggled to get back up but immediately slumped back on the ground.
"Ling Xiaoyu is the victor." Suddenly, all the scenery disappears, returning to the grid squares. Xiaoyu immediately sat down, puffing from the fight. She wiped the blood with the back of her hand, stood up and walked towards Marduk. Xiaoyu slightly crouched beside him. "Now that's why you should NEVER underestimate teenagers." After the paramedic touched up her nose, she left the arena, happy that she had won her first match.
Xiaoyu returned to the hotel to find Asuka waiting in the lobby.
"Hey Asuka!" Xiaoyu shouted from the entrance and walked towards her.
"Hey Xiao, how'd your match go?" Asuka asked
"Well, I managed to beat him and hopefully, teach him a lesson." Xiaoyu said, giggling after she said that.
"Yeah, Marduk had one heck of an ego last time we faced. I think his overconfidence was his downfall." Asuka said, shaking her head in disappointment.
"Now that the others aren't here, did you manage to catch up on quite a bit with your older brother?" Xiaoyu asked, eager to hear her answer.
"Well, we talked a bit. Jin told me about what our mum was like and we did discuss our lives before that moment." Asuka said.
"Do you happen to know where he is now?" Xiaoyu asked.
"Jin's pretty clever. He wouldn't tell me because he knew that I would most definitely tell you. I don't know why but I think he's avoiding you." Asuka said.
"Now why on earth would he do that?" Xiaoyu asked.
"I do know something though. He said that he doesn't want you to get hurt. You do remember the last time you played hero right? He could've killed you." Asuka said matter of factly.
"Yeah well, he is my friend and all. We don't want him to be rampaging the world like a maniac in his devil form now do we?" Xiaoyu joked.
Asuka laughed. "Yeah, but there's one thing. If Jin can turn into that…thing. Do you think I can as well?" Asuka asked, worry definite in her tone.
"Well if you could, you would've already transformed before but since you haven't, I think you would've taken more from your mother than from you're father, do you know what I mean?" Xiaoyu said. Asuka looked at her, confused.
"But the first time Jin transformed was when he was 19. I'm only 17, I could still transform you know." Asuka said, picturing herself with raven feathered wings, buffalo horns and a laser beam that's as hot as a light sabre.
"Don't worry Asuka. If you transformed into a devil, I'll be right there to snap you out of it." Xiaoyu said, clicking her fingers.
This brought a smile to Asuka's face. "Thanks Xiao, you really are the best."
"What are friends for?" Xiaoyu asked, bursting into laughter after that. After that statement, a slightly bruised Julia entered the lobby with a bottle of water. "You have no idea how long the line is just for a bottle of water." Julia joked and took a swig at her bottle. Her eyes fell on Xiaoyu.
"Hey Xiao, how did your fight go?"
"Well, I managed to beat him. It wasn't easy though," Xiaoyu stated.
"So, how'd the match between you and Panda go?"
"I'm really sorry Xiao but…I beat your Panda." Julia looked down, ashamed.
"Don't worry too much, Julia. As long as you didn't kill her or seriously injure her, then it's fine." Xiaoyu said, wearing a huge smile.
"I tried not to hurt her too much." Julia looked back up at the two.
"What about your fight, Asuka?" Xiaoyu asked, turning towards Asuka.
"Mine isn't till later and besides, I did a helluva lot of training this morning. I think I can take that walking scrap heap on." Asuka said confidently.
It went silent in the group. "Say, have you guys seen the O.C?" Xiaoyu asked excitedly.
"The O.C?" Asuka asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, what about it." Julia said.
"Well, Miharu rented the DVD. You guys wanna see?" Xiaoyu asked.
"Sure." Julia said.
Asuka shrugged. "I've got about 5 hours to kill before my fight."
"Great! Let's go." Xiaoyu said, leading both Asuka and Julia to the elevator.
A/N: Ok, hope you liked that chappie. Yeah, I kno. There's absolutely no way Xiao wud've beaten Marduk but it's my fic so I say she can :P Xjmaster, I can't guarantee that the things you mentioned bout Jin will happen but I will try my best ok? Anyways, hope ya'll liked this chapter. Since I hav no idea what costumes Xiaoyu would hav in Tekken 6, I'm jus describing my customised Xiaoyu :P I'm sure ya'll wud've picked that up but still, gotta mention it to the people who hasn't picked it up yet. I apologise for the rushed ending! Well, R n R peoples!