A/N: Heya everybody! This writer's block is totally killing me here! I just have absolutely no idea what I'm going to write about now but just bear with me……just writing it as I think of it :P Schools out at the end of next week which can give me a bit more time to concentrate on this…..but I also hav an annoying science internal assessment bout research on heating appliances…..grrr……ok, scratch out my school life and onto the reviews!
Tekkengeek01: Yup, that animal thing was intended to foreshadow sum…….stuff. Soooooo sorry that ur budgie died :( U on a writers block as well? Well, u can put some light-hearted conversation with Xiao and the gang….jus a suggestion tho and since I'm on a writers block, I'm sorry I'm not more help.
MooNTeARZ: Yeah, it seems like everybody's getting writers block now. Glad u liked it tho!
Henred5: Sooo happy that u liked my last chapter! Hope ur opinions still the same with this one!
Astral Slayer Asuka: Interesting suggestion…..I'll keep it in mind….Asuka mite not get kidnapped but the J. Mishima thing mite happen…
Xjmaster: Yup, my exam finally over! Got my results back and I got Acheieved on all three papers (better than not achieved I suppose) did really crap on my chemistry one tho, a whole bunch of crosses :P Will probably do that idea u have for another story after this ones finished.
Ok, with all that done, I don't own the Tekken series, although I do own Tekken 3, Tekken 4 and obviously, Tekken 5. BTW, I jus heard bout Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection and the 2 new characters Lili and Dragunuv…I'm just going to add them in match-ups since I don't kno too much bout them.
Chapter 13: Third goal Part 1
Xiaoyu tossed and turned in her bed but in the end, she lay flat on her back, staring at the ceiling. She hasn't been able to sleep since that conversation with Jin and after she had decided to forget about trying to save the Mishimas….plus, this heavy rain was pounding on the building so hard, she was half expecting some thunder to come rolling in so she would wake up the whole hotel with her screams. Xiaoyu glanced at Miharu on the other side of the room and she was wrapped in her covers, sleeping peacefully. Either Miharu must be a heavy sleeper or I just can't get to sleep, Xiaoyu thought to herself. She figured it would've been the second option.
Xiaoyu slipped out of her bed, careful not to tread on Panda as she slept on the ground, blindly made her way to the balcony door. She opened the curtains slightly to watch the rain slide down the glass door, making patterns as it descended. Xiaoyu pressed her palm against the glass and looked out into the gloomy streets of Tokyo. The city was still filled with people, even at this time. Cars drove down the streets, water spraying from behind them as they travelled towards their destinations.
Why do I find it so hard to just forget about trying to save the Mishimas? There really isn't anything I can do. Why does my amusement park dream not seem so awesome as it used to be? I'm finding to so hard to just give up on the Mishimas so I've got to try and help them…but I can't change the way they already are. I guess I can just be a good friend and prevent Jin or Asuka from rampaging the world in their devil faze…
Xiaoyu took in a deep breath.
"That's what I'll do…" Xiaoyu muttered to herself and stealthily snuck back to her bed and got some sleep.
The next morning, everybody was at their usual place in the dining hall, talking about how their fights went two days ago…well, mostly Miharu.
"Honestly, that creepy Russian guy was pretty freakishly strong! If I hadn't dodged out of the way, his fist would've went straight through my head!" Miharu said.
"Miharu, don't exaggerate." Julia said sceptically.
"I'm not exaggerating! I could've sworn that he and Bryan must've been the best of buddies!" Miharu said, trying to convince her friends that she was telling the truth.
"Speaking of which, how'd your fight with Bryan go? You didn't exactly tell us." Steve asked, turning towards Xiaoyu.
"Well, I've gotta say, that guy was pretty tough and it took most of my skill to not get anything broken but I suppose I was pretty concentrated on beating him before he starts laughing weirdly and breaks my arm…like what happened to you." Xiaoyu said casually.
"But after your match yesterday, you seemed kinda…well, distant…I don't think someone like you would be like that if you won a match with a really strong guy." Christie stated.
"Nah, I just couldn't believe that I actually beat him and Steve lost to him." Xiaoyu lied.
"Don't rub it in." Steve said feeling a little bit embarrassed.
"Ok, so. Match-ups?" Miharu asked. Everyone yet again, picked up their schedules and scanned through them.
"Uh oh." Christie said nervously. Everyone had turned their attention towards Christie.
"What's up?" Julia asked.
"I'm fighting King!" Christie said, panic evident in her voice. Xiaoyu gasped.
"That guy is definitely not a push-over! He kicked my ass real good at the 4th tournament." Xiaoyu said.
"Gee, thanks for making me feel like I'm not doomed." Christie replied sarcastically.
"Don't worry too much Christie. I'm sure you can beat that jaguar-head…guy." Miharu said. She struggled to find some way of insulting him but to no avail.
"Yeah, he doesn't look to tough." Steve said attempting to reassure Christie but his headshot on the schedule looked kind of intimidating.
"Alright, I'm fighting…Jin!" Asuka gasped as she found out who she was fighting.
"Oh, brother and sister go head-to-head! This should be good." Steve said excitedly.
"Too bad we can't watch." Christie said.
"I wonder if you and him transform! Now that would be something!" Miharu said excitedly. Asuka bit her lip and averted her gaze from everyone else.
"Don't worry Asuka, you won't transform. If you do, then Jin should knock some sense back into you." Xiaoyu said reassuringly, while shooting Miharu a glare.
"What if they both transform?" Hwoarang asked.
"Jin can control his one though so I guess he could help me when that happens." Asuka looked back up and smiled weakly.
"Oh this just great." Steve said and tossed his schedule back onto the table.
"What?" Hwoarang asked.
"Me and Steve are fighting each other." Julia said, adding a little sigh afterwards.
"Why do we have to face each other this early in the tournament?" Steve asked nobody in particular.
"Well, may the better fighter win!" Miharu said, glancing at both Steve and Julia.
"And I'm up against…Kazuya again?" Xiaoyu asked. Well, let's see if I can calmly tell him about the situation without getting myself killed.
"It's gonna be hard, but I'll try and apologise to him." Xiaoyu muttered.
"Apologise to who?" Asuka asked. Miharu instantly got the idea.
"You're going to apologise to him? Are you insane!" Miharu exclaimed.
"I was responsible for what happened so I should apologise!" Xiaoyu argued back.
"But this is Kazuya Mishima we're talking about. If you tell him, he will most definitely kill you!" Miharu argued back.
"It's the only way I'll get rid of this guilt!" Xiaoyu retorted. While this argument was going on; Asuka, Steve, Hwoarang, Julia and Christie had absolutely no idea what they were talking about.
"Both of you, SHUT UP!" Hwoarang bellowed. This made the two teenage girls stop immediately and stare at Hwoarang. Not only this, but the attention of everyone present in the dining hall was gained as well. After a few seconds, murmurs started to erupt again and Hwoarang's little moment was forgotten.
"You think you could fill us in here?" Christie asked.
"Well, you know how I told you guys about Kazuya almost killing me last tournament because he said that I did the same thing to him thirty-seven years ago?" Xiaoyu started.
"Yeah, and that was pretty unbelievable." Julia stated.
"Well…he's right." Xiaoyu squeaked.
"What? How's that possible?" Steve asked.
"The time machine was kinda…made and I went back in time…I could've saved him but I didn't have enough time so he fell anyway…" Xiaoyu said slowly at first but then sped up towards the end. Everyone just stared at her, blinking a couple of times.
"So, lemme get this straight. You went back in time and tried to save my father but you failed and he clearly remembers you so now he hates you?" Asuka asked. Xiaoyu nodded.
"And this nutcase right here," Miharu started, pointing at Xiaoyu. "thinks she can just apologise to him." Everybody gasped.
"Are you insane?" Steve asked, repeating Miharu's words.
"That guy is crazy! The only reason he didn't kill you last time was because it might've not been you!" Julia said.
"But it was you so if you tell him that, he will most definitely kill you this time-around." Hwoarang stated.
"Guys! You've gotta let me do this! If I don't I'll always have this nagging guilt inside of me that I was responsible for everything that went wrong." Xiaoyu argued.
"Xiao, we're your friends and we all care about you. This is clearly suicide. You have to listen to us." Miharu said calmly. It was all no use. Xiaoyu wouldn't listen to any of it ( A/N: She's pretty stubborn eh?).
"I have to do this and you guys can't say anything that will talk me out of this." Xiaoyu said sternly. She stood up and hastily moved towards the elevator. As the doors slid shut, numerous thoughts were going through Xiaoyu's mind. I can't believe those guys! Can't they just accept the fact that I need to do this…I suppose they must be worried about me; Miharu was right, this is pretty much suicide but if I train hard enough, it might not come down to that. Come one, Xiao, you can do this!
A/N: I am absolutely sorry that this took so long! All of my ideas just went dead after the confrontation with Jin. I just start the chapter and then I think of something better, then I erase everything that I've done and started again. Writer's block is sooo annoying! Hope you guys did like this one tho and I'll try to get rid of this writer's block! ARGH! So annoying…..probably will go once I get a good idea. Anywho, review!