A/N: Hello peoples! Heres the 16th chapter of Phoenix Tail, brought to your computer screen by the one and only, Thee Slushee! Yeah I kno, theres a helluva lot more happening in this story than the last one but these ideas jus come to me and they seem pretty awesome! Now, to my reviews:
Xjmaster: Thanks! U'll find out wot happens next when u read this chapter!
Jelly: It was soooo awesome that u actually read me story AND reviewed it! Yeah, I luv saving Xiao in the nick of time. I kno, the cliffhanger in chapter 14 was really evil but its cool now so…yeah. I'll try and fit Nina in somewhere so don't worry. Hope u do keep reading it and I'm even more happy that ur usin my story 4 8808!
MooNTeARZ: HAHA, no, she's not really accident prone, she's more about-to-die prone, LOL. Glad u enjoyed it and I cant wait 4 an update in ur story!
Henred5: Soo happy u enjoy it and update ur story soon!
Astral Slayer Asuka: Woah, I didn't know that….I think Xiao wudnt really make a good assassin I mean really, picture her trying to kill someone…..
Well don't own the tekken series and I god dang never will! Now to the story.
Chapter 16: Transformation
Xiaoyu was just sitting in the lobby, talking with Panda while the rest of her friends were either out training or fighting.
"Apologising was a really risky thing to do. I would've died as well! He threw me off the cliff and into the river!" Xiaoyu said. Panda cocked her head to one side, confused about something.
"I think Jin might've saved me again." Xiaoyu said, blushing a little as she said it. What the hell is wrong with me? Every time I hear the name Jin, I go tomato red!
" I think he might've flown in and brought me back up to the cliff while I was falling off the waterfall." Xiaoyu continued. Panda's eyes widened as she said this.
"Yeah, I fell off a waterfall." Xiaoyu said casually, looking up and shaking her head slightly as she said this. At that moment, Steve and Julia came in through the automated double doors. Julia waswalkinga bitand Steve was helping her through the door. They walked over to where Xiaoyu and Panda was and Xiaoyu let out a small gasp when she saw that Julia was covered in cuts, bruises and bandages.
"What did you do to her, Steve?" Xiaoyu asked.
"Well, I tried not to hurt her too much, but I couldn't hold everything back." Steve said, putting his hands up in defence.
"I'm fine, Xiao. Don't worry." Julia said in a soft voice, smiling weakly.
"Well, I guess this means you and I are out together again huh?" Xiaoyu asked. Julia nodded slightly.
"Well, back at my apartment then." Xiaoyu said, giggling a bit after she said this. Julia joined in afterwards.
"Well, how far do you think you're going to make it in this tournament?" Xiaoyu asked Steve.
"I'm not really sure…at least I'm doing better than I did last time." Steve said, adding in his trademark smirk. After this, Asuka emerged from the elevator and hurried over to the group of three.
"Well, wish me luck you guys. I'm going to go verse my big bro." Asuka said and took a deep breath.
"Since me and Xiao are knocked out of the tournament, we'll come and support you." Julia stated.
"Yeah! It'll be almost like last tournament!" Xiaoyu said excitedly.
"Ok, well we better hurry up cause my fight starts in 10 minutes!" Asuka squealed. She grabbed hold of Xiaoyu's and Julia's arm and dragged them both out of the hotel. Steve just lightly waved at the two and just hoped that Hwoarang, Miharu or Christie would come by.
Asuka ran quickly towards her destination, with Xiaoyu and Julia following at her heels, which was the same street that Xiaoyu and Bryan had their fight. Asuka suddenly stopped behind the marked barriers closing off the street, making Xiaoyu and bump into her back. Asuka spun on her heels to face Julia and Xiaoyu.
"Well, this is it. Wish me luck you guys." Asuka said with a trace of worry in her voice and she headed beyond the barriers and towards the tournament official standing in the centre of the area.
"Good luck!" Julia called.
"I'm sure you'll be able to beat Jin this time!" Xiaoyu shouted. Asuka gave a thumbs up gesture to the two and started stretching for her battle.
"This is almost like last tournament except this fight was at the virtual simulator." Xiaoyu stated.
"Yeah, I got beaten by one of our friends in the same round at both tournaments." Julia said and laughed a bit.
"Oh yeah, well I got beaten by the same guy in the same round at both tournaments." Xiaoyu said, topping Julia's statement. She laughed a little at the sound of it…although almost getting thrown off a building and getting tossed into a river was a different idea entirely.
Asuka was winding her fists up, excited to face her brother again in battle. As she was punching and kicking an invisible opponent, a man with split black and white pants, red gloves and grey glove guards and two lightning strikes intertwined with each other embedded on his left shoulder, walked casually to Asuka. Asuka ceased her actions and walked towards him.
"You ready for this bro?" Asuka asked, crossing her arms and a smirk forming on her face.
"Definitely." Jin answered back and adjusted his glove guards
"Asuka Kazama versus Jin Kazama." The tournament official said through a megaphone. Both fighters slid into their respected fighting stances.
"Ready? FIGHT!" Asuka struck first with a rising palm move, striking Jin in the chin. She followed this up by pressing her other palm against his throat and hammering him onto the ground. Jin sprung back onto his feet and executed an array of quick punches too fast to guard. The last punch was powerful and made Asuka stagger. She recovered from this quickly though and performed a low sweep but Jin guarded it. While she was rising, Asuka performed a rising elbow move, hoping to get into one of her devastating 10 hit combo sequence but Jin had parried her elbow successfully and executed a fast uppercut, crimson lightning spiralling around his fist. Asuka went spinning through the air, part of the lightning passing onto her. Asuka rolled back onto her feet, still pumping with energy. Asuka did a back handstand move, kicking Jin into the air. She followed this up by throwing a fist into the air, making Jin perform a stunning back flip (A/N: There was another weird attempt at describing the Dragon Wheel to Demon Slayer move). Jin executed two fast high punches but this time, Asuka had countered the attack by grabbing his fist and flipping him over her shoulder, the outcome in her favour. Asuka jumped in the air and attempted to land on his fallen body but he had rolled out of the way. Jin executed two fast left punches, leaving Asuka vulnerable for a powerful kick, sending her flying across the pavement. Asuka attempted to stand up but then slumped onto the ground.
"Jin Kazama is the - " The tournament official started but was interrupted by Asuka.
"No! This isn't over yet!" Asuka said in a voice that wasn't her own. With much difficulty, she stood up and glared at Jin. Jin gasped as he saw that his sister was transforming into her devil self. Xiaoyu and Julia were watching from a distance and they gasped.
"We've got to help her!" Xiaoyu said and was about to pass through the barriers but Julia grabbed her hand.
"We're not allowed to interrupt Xiao, the tournament official hasn't technically declared a winner so the match is still on." Julia said in a firm and serious tone.
"But I promised I would help to get her out of her devil self if she ever transformed!" Xiaoyu pleaded.
"We should really get out of here." Julia said.
"But can't we stand by until Jin can't handle it and thenwe can help?" Xiaoyu begged. Julia thought it through.
"I guess we could…Asuka might end up killing him if he can't suppress her devil self…but in the meantime, we have to stay here." Julia said. Xiaoyu sighed.
"Ok…but I'm not going to like this." Xiaoyu said.
"Neither will I…" Julia added quietly.
A/N: Ok, a bit of a weird chapter I know. I'm kinda going to a sleepover real soon so I thought I should finish off this chapter b4 I head off. I liked the way this chapter turned out and I hope you guys did too. REVIEW!