I know, I know, I didn't EXACTLY keep my promise that I would update a chapie a day, but you see, my computer's been acting funky lately, so sorry guys.

Shout outs to: Thee Slushee,Terra, and art-freak; thanks for the reviews! And also, I know that Asuka is four years younger than Jin; she's my favorite character, so you'd think I'd know her damn age. But the only reason why I made her a little older is so that when the third Tournament comes, she'll be Xiao's age, not 15.

And will there be any pairings here? Hmm…guess we'll just have to see! HA! TEASER, TEASER!

Only one thing to say about that…well, it will eventually be a romance fic. Not right away, but you know…eventually.

Woo-hoo! I got11 reviews! SQEAL Sorry...I can be so childish sometimes...but hey...being a 13-yr-old newbie, you gotta celebrate these kinds of things...

Disclaimer: Asuka, Jin, Jun, Xiaoyu, Hwoarang, Heihachi, and all other Tekken characters are all Namco's; not mine. Man, I have to go through this for the whole story! Well, on with chapter 2!

...by the way, if you think the last chapter was sad, read THIS one.


Chapter 2 Sayonara

The next day, it rained. It was raining so hard, and thunder boomed evrey few seconds. The winds blew hard out on the cottage. It was a pretty stormy night.

Later that night after dinner, the Kazama's were sprawled out in the small living room where Jin helped Jun build a fire in the fireplace. Jin stared out at the window, Jun crocheted on the rocking chair, and Asuka sat on the floor and stared at the fire. A clap of thunder came, startling Asuka, making her jump. Jin smirked at her. She returned it by scowling at him.

Asuka looked over at her mother. She was very beautful: long, jet-black hair, milky-white, silky skin, pink lips similar to Asuka's, and dark brown eyes that Asuka and Jin had inherited. Asuka was told so often on how much she looked like her mother ("the spitting image"), and how they all knew she was just as beautiful. But Asuka just thought she could never be as beautiful as Jun, who never wore make-up.

That night, Jun wore a sky-blue kimono with whte cherry blossoms on it. As ususal she had her hair wore in one long braid. On it was no surpirse that Asuka saw her wearing that gold rectangle-shaped locket.

Asuka and Jin had once saw the picture in it. It was a picture of a beautifull woman with fine dark brown hair, similar to Asuka's, and the woman was holding a baby boy with jet-black hair. They couldn't help but think that the baby boy looked a lot like Jin when he was a baby...

They had asked who were they, but all they got from their mother was, "Just your relatives," and she never looked them straight in the eye.

Jun stopped crocheting for a moment and sighed. Then she stood up and walked to her room. A few seconds later, she was a carrying a small tin box.

She sat on the floor next to Asuka, and motioned for Jin to join. Then she opened the tin box and said, "I want you to keep something..."

Inside were several old pictures. One picture was a 22-yr-old Jun smileing happily in front of a fountain. The next was her in her martial arts uniform, fighting against a black kickboxer, who was apparently losing. The next one was her in a white dress, linked in arms with a man with jet-black hair, that spiked up the way Jin's did, only he didn't have bangs...

Asuka began, "Is that..."

Jun answered, "Yes. This is your father."

Silence.

Asuka added, "He...he looks so much like..."

"Like me," Jin finished.

Jun looked over at Jin and smiled. "Yes. You do look so much like him. Only you don't have his eyes; I would say you inherited my soft look."

Jun handed the picture to Jin. "Keep it with you always." Then she walked back to her room.

Asuka looked over at Jin, eyebrows raised. Jin began to speak when ssuddenly, all the candles blew out.

The storm got worse outside. It almost sounded like there was a tornado outside along with the storm. But the scary part was...there was moaning...

Asuka screamed. Jin hushed her. Jun ran inside, just in time to hear a deep voice hiss in the midst of the moaning: "Jun...Jun...Jun..."

Suddenly, they smelled smoke.

Jin yelled, "The forest!"

Everyone ran outside. And they couldn't belive their eyes.

Their forest - their home - it was on fire!

They gasped. The fire got bigger, and it reached the cottage.

Among the fire, their was a sillouette of a monstrous figure heading towards them...

The God of Fighting.

Jun cried out to them, "Run away!"

But did they listen?

Noooo...Jin refuses to listen and runs to Ogre. However, being his age, hegets knocked out almost immediately.

"Oni-chan!" Asuka cried out as Jin fell to the ground. Asuka looked at Ogre, his red eyes stareingback at her. Now or never, she thought.

Asuka runs to Ogre. And just like Jin, she gets knocked out.

As Asuka fades into unconsiousness, she heard her mother cry out, "No! Run away! Run far away...!"


Jin's eyes began to flutter, as he gained back consiouness. For a split-second, he could not remember where he was -until he smelled burnt wood. He stood up abruptly, only to discover that the forest - their home - was...gone.

Jin stood up, his legs shakeing slightly. "Mom!" he called out. "Asuka!"

He turned around and saw a crumpled Asuka lieing one the ground. "Asuka!" he said. He ran over to her and helped her sit up.

"Ow...my head..."

"Daijobu des ka?" Jin asked. ("Are you all right?")

"Hai...where-where's Mom?"

They looked at each other and instantly let go.

"Mom! Mother!"

"Mother! Mom, where are you!"

They looked at each other. "You look there," Jin said, "I'll look here."

And they began their search for their mother. Hours had gone by, and still...no such luck. Soon they began to search, not for their mother - but for a body...or some sign of hope...

"Any luck?" Jin asked Asuka meekly afterwrds.

She shook her head. Her teeth were chattering a little, and both of them were ghostly white. Suddenly, she fell to her knees and sobbed.

"Why!" she cried, startling Jin. "Why!"

Jin bent down to Asuka. "Asuka...please...let's not panick..."

"We're-We're orphans!" She started to laugh alomost insanely. "We have no mother, no father...and we have no home! We have nothing!"

Jin grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her. "Get a hold of yourself!"

Asuka ignored him and continued to sob. "Mom's dead, she's dead, she's...I hate her! I hate her! Why did she have to die, why...!"

Jin shook her once more. "Stop it Asuka! Stop this now!"

Asuka turned away from him and cntinued to sob, her shoulders shaking. Jin hesitated, then bent down to embrace her.

After a while, they looked at each other. Jin's eyes seemed to be bloodshot.

Jin stared at his sister. He was the only thing she had left in this world - besides their grandfther...but he didn't count. Hewas never their to teach her to tie hershoes, or stand up to bullies for her, or comfort her during nightime storms when their mother was still sleeping...

Jin then vowed silently, to always be there for Asuka, no matter what.(So, as over-protected as he already was to her, he was going tobe much more...

Asuka gasped. "Oni-chan...your arm..."

Jin looked at his right arm. Just above his elbow was...a black tatoo...but how...?

For a split second, a searing pain ran across it, making Jin grab it. Asukaasked,"What happened?"

"It...it hurt...for a second..."

"What do you think it means?"

"I don't know...but maybe...could have something to do with the Devil Gene?"

Asuka answered slowly, "I don't know...maybe...but then I would have it."

She quickly checked herarm. Nothing.

Jin said, "C'mon...let's go check if there's anything left...from the fire..."

He didn't need to say more. Asuka got up and proceeded slowly towhere their cottage once stood, with Jin following in her wake.

There wasn't much left -Jin started to lose hopewhen suddenly Asuka cried, "Oni-chan!"

Jin ran to her. Asuka was holding a slightly burnt photograph. Although it had some burnt edges, it was fine.

They both stared at it for a long time. Asuka looked up at Jin, her face shining with tears. Jin wasn't sure if it mirrored his own face, but he felt something warm roll down his cheeks.

Thiswas a picture of the whole family. It was taken outside the cottage, by Jun's great aunt who died a couple years ago. Jinwas 9 and Asuka was 5. Jin had on blue jeaned shorts and a blue polo shirt. Asuka had on a pinkT-shirt with short, blue-jeaned overalls. Her hair was worn in low pigtails whileJin had on a red baseball cap. As for Jun,her hair was short then, and she waswearing apure white kimono with a black sash,and she waswearing her favorite white headband.

This picture was the only thing they had to remember their home and mother by...

With that, they embraced.


I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lying here tonight

And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't stand the pain

How could this happen to me?
I made my mistakes
I've got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?

Simple Plan "Untitled" (How Could This Happen to Me?) A/N: I don't own this melodramatic song


"So now what?"

They were now at Yakushima airport. They had walked all the way to the small town. They never looked back at the forest - it was too painful knowing that they would never be able to go back.

They had gone to the bank and emptied all of their mother's money - which was now theirs. But considering the fact that Jun stopped working and they lived in a cottage, they had a lot of money...(A/N: hmm...)

They had gone to buy seperate bagpacks and a few simple clothes and other imortant nessessities - but they didn't buy much. They were sure their grandfather would buy some things for them...

And now they had bought 2 airplane tickets to Tokyo.

Jin answered Asuka's question, "We just wait 'till they callour flight."

Asuka said thoughtfully, "I wonder how it's like on an airplane..." Neither of them had ever been on one.

Jin shrugged. "I don't know, but we're gonna found out soon."

Half an hour later, they were boarding their plane. Asuka sat by the window - Jin didn't argue.

After a while they took off.

Asuka looked out the window. She saw a small mass of burnt trees - the forest. Yakushima...good-bye...

She took out the picture of their family and stared at it for a long time. A lone tear fell down her cheek.

Sayonara Mom.


Playgound school bells rings. Again.

Rain clouds come to play. Again.

Has no one told you she's not breathing? Hello.

I am your mind. Giving you someone to talk to. Hello?

If I smile and don't belive.

Soon I'll know I'll wake from this dream.

Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken. Hello.

I am the lie. Living for you, so you can't hide. Don't cry

Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping.

Hello - Oh I'm still here. All that's left of yesturday.

Evanescense - "Hello" A/N: I don't own this melodramatic song either.


Sniffs and wipes a tear Simply a beautiful tragedy...oh, poor Jin and Asuka! Not to fear, all you weeping readers, it will get happier...

About the melodramatic songs? Well, I'll have some more songs here. You see, I'd like to think of stories as movies, and they have songs there to add more thrill and emotion. Did it make you cry? Yeah...I was hoping for that...hehehe...oh and for the record, I only put Simple Plan there because I thought, 'which band plays the most depressing emo music ever?' Yeah...I don't like Simple Plan very much...I'm not flaming you SP fans out there by the way...

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