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Quote: Poor Jin, all alone…no one in particular is noticing him…erikaTEKKENfan to the rescue!
Hehehe. What's the author gonna do now?
Well, onto chapter 5!
Disclaimer: For the 6th time, Asuka, Jin, Hwoarang, and all other Tekken characters are property of Namco. Man, you'd think they don't know that by now…
Chapter 5 Ling Xiaoyu
Hong Kong, China.
Where a 16-yr-old girl wakes up to start her day.
"Yes!" she exclaimed happily as she leapt out of bed. "Today's the day!"
Ling Xiaoyu hopped into the shower. As she washed her long, dark, ebony hair, she hummed a soft tune to herself. When she finished, she put on a denim mini skirt and a pink baby-T with Hello Kitty on it. After puting on yellow and pink braceletts, she tied her hair into pigatils, her trademark.
She then skipped happily to the kitchen, her pigtails swinging at the sides of her face perkily.
"Morning Mom!" she said to her mother. "Mmm...rice poridge...hi Dad!"
As she ate her breakfast, she asked, "So, when do we go yachting?"
Her parents looked up guiltily at her.
Her mother cleared her throat. "Well..."
Her father finished for her. "You see, Xiao, we can't go yachting today."
Xiaoyu dropped her spoon. "What?"
Her father said, "You see, I had an unexpected call from the office, hon, and well...my clients need me." (Her father's a realitor. A/N: I don't know what else her father should be).
Xiaoyu looked at her father in disbelief. "You can't be seriouse..."
"I'm sorry, dear," her mother said apolegetically, "but don't worry; there will be other times to yacht."
Xiaoyu pouted and stopped eating, having lost her appitiet. "Boy..."
After breakfast, she sat down on her front porch steps and sighed. Today was the day she had been waiting for all week...no, more like all year...no, her whole life...the biggest oppurtunity in following her dream...and now it was gone...
Xiaoyu had been to almost every amusment park worldwide, and she loved amusement parks since she was little. She had been on countless rollercoasters, tasted so many funnel cakes and cotton candy, and had rode every single ride in the theme parks she visited.
But it still wasn't enough.
Xiaoyu wanted to have the greatest amusement park in the whole wide world, right here in China, and she had been wanting it since she had first been to one. It had been her lifelong dream, and she finally figured out a way to make it into reality...
Heihachi Mishima. One of the most powerful man in the world.
Her grandfather, Wang, had said that Heihachi was an old friend of his. Wang had said that Heihachi would be yachting in the Chiang Jiang (is that how you spell it?) river, that very day. Xiaoyu had been writing, calling, e-mailing to him for the past 3 months, and still no answer from him.
So why not just see him in person? After all, her grandfather knew him...
But it didn't matter now whether she met Heihachi or not. Because there was no way she could see him...
She sighed yet again. And then she heard an old voice behind her.
"So, has my little Dumpling finally given up on her dream?"
She didn't need to turn around to find her grandfather sit down beside her. Whenever her parents were busy with work (they were buisness people afterall), Wang was always there. It was him who taught her martial arts, and him who taught her to appreciate life itself, big and small, and him who taught her and raised her, and in return she gave him her loyalty and love, and showed him nothing less than respect.
Xiaoyu sighed. "I won't be able to see Heihahci Mishima anymore." She complained to him. "Mom and Dad can't take me!"
Wang just chuckled lightly. "Yes, just like your mother, you seem to give up easily at the worst of times...even though there is always a sollution to every problem in life."
Xiaoyu looked up in interest. "What did you have in mind?" she asked.
"Well...it has been a long time since I have last seen my old friend. And today is such a fine day for yachting. Would you care to join me?"
Xiaoyu nodded her head eagerly. "Yes!"
They were now at the Chiang Jiang river. (A/N: it's also called the Yellow River; ring a bell?) There were no signs of any other yachts...
Xiaoyu began to grow bored. "Grandpa, when is he comming?" she asked.
Wang yawned. "Just be paitient, Xiaoyu...then...he...will...come..." Soon, he was snoring his head off.
Xiaoyu sighed, and turned the engine off so that they wouldn't crash. After several moments...no days...maybe even a few light years...Xiaoyu saw a large, fancy yacht comming their way.
Xiaoyu squnited at the side of the yacht. Her jaw dropped. Sure enough, it read 'Mishima Zaibatsu.'
Xiaoyu grabbed her grandfather's arm and shook it. "Granpa, Grandpa! He's here! Wake up!" she said hastily.
He wouldn't rouse. She groaned exasperatedly and glance at the yacht. It was almost to the side of their's...now it was exactly side-by-side.
Xiaoyu called out, "Hey! HEY! Mr. Mishima!"
The few men that were on the yacht ignored her calls.
She hesitated. Now or never, she thought. She took a couple of steps back. Then she took a running start. And she jumped - no flew - right into their yacht. And she landed perfectly on her feet.
The men were dumbfounded. After a couple of seconds, they yelled out, "Hey you! You're not supposed to be here!"
Xiaoyu said, "I demand to see Heihachi Mishima."
They replied rather rudely, "If you don't get out of here, we're gonna make you get out - by whatever means nessessary!"
Xiaoyu replied, "OK."
And all hell ran lose right then.
The men ran towards her - and they were shocked that they weren't even able to hit her. She cartwheeled, leaped, slapped, and kicked them all away.
Pretty soon, all the guys were knocked unconsious.
"What's going on here?" a voice asked.
Xiaoyu turned, with her hand on her hips, the same look of satisfaction and fierceness still in her eyes.
Heihachi stared at her, his mouth slightly opened in amazement, for this 16-yr-old "pig-tailed" girl was standing in the middle of his unconsious men.
Xiaoyu smiled sweetly at him and bowed. "Hello, Mr. Mishima sir," she said in a sweet, polite tone, "My grandfather, Ginerie Wang, is an old friend of yours, I belive.I have been trying to contact you for months, and when I finally got here, your men wouldn't let me see you." Then she turned seriouse. "I want you to build the greatest theme park - right here in China. And if you don't - I'll go beserk!"
Heihachi just stared at her in astonshment. Then he roared with laughter. "Are you a skillfull martial arts fighter?" he asked.
She nodded eagerly. "Yes," she added exxageratedly, "the best one in China!"
Heihachi laughed again. "My grandson is turning 19 next month. For his birthday, I'll be hosting a fighting tournament called, the Iron Fists Tournament 3. If you win the tournament, I shall build you the amusement park of your dreams."
Nevertheless, she entered.
Heihachi offered her a place to stay at his mansion. "You will attend the Mishima High, where my own grandchildren go to," he said, "and I will also give you a panda bodyguard."
Xiaoyu squealed with delight. "A girl or a boy?"
"Girl," he replied smiling, "simply named Panda."
Two days later, she was stepping out of Tokyo airport. She looked around for her driver, and spotted a man in a black suit holding a small sign that said, "Ling Xiaoyu."
She walked over. "Konnichiwa," she said perfectly, "will you drive me to Mishima Estate?"
He nodded. "Right this way."
Half-an-hour later, she was stepping out of the limosine.
"Good afternoon," said the butler, Koabara, "allow me to carry your luggage, Miss Ling."
She giggled. "Call me Xiaoyu. Everyone else does."
Koabara led her to a maze of hallways. But before doing so, they passed by a dojo where a young man was training. He had jet-black, spiked up hair...
"This is it," Koabara said, stopping by a door. Xiaoyu's room happened to be on the left of Jin's room, who was on the left of Asuka's room...
Koabara handed her her key. "I will wake you up an hour before breakfast, at 8:00 AM," he said, "and for school, 6:00 AM."
She nodded. "OK."
She began to unpack her things when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in," she said.
The door opened. Standing in the door frame was a Japanese girl her age with short, dark brown hair, wearing jeans and a a blackAmbercombie and Fitch tank top. (A/N: Ambercombie and Fitch seemed like a rich brand). When she sawXiaoyu she grinned.
"I thought I heard someone in here,"she said as she walked up to her, "Hi! I'm Asuka Kazama. Who are you? How old are you? Are you joining the tournament?"
Xiaoyu gigled. "I'm Ling Xiaoyu.16 years old. Yes, I am joing the tournament. Are you? Is that why you're here?"
Asuka grinned. "I am," she said, "but I live here. Heihachi's my grandfather."
Xiaoyu's eyes widened. "Really? I didn'tknow that. Cool!"
Asuka simply smiled. "Yeah," she said, "I also have an 18-yr-old brother. His name is Jin."
Xiaoyu asked, "Is he the one with the spiked up hair?"
"Yes."
"I sawhim at the dojo."
"Yeah...he's always training there."Asuka sounded wistfull. Then she asked innocently, "So...do you think he's cute?"
Xiaoyu blushed. "No! I mean...I barely know him..."
Asuka grinned. "You can admitt he's cute if you want. But you'renot the only one who thinks so. All the girls worship him."
Xiaoyu simply replied, "Mmm..."
Asuka said, "Let me help youunpack. Hey, what kind of music do you like?"
After they were done unpacking, they knew everything about each other, and they were good as best friends.
After their laughter died down, there was a knock at the door. "Dinner will be ready in a few minutes."
"C'mon," Asuka said, "nowyou'll be able to meet Jin."
They were the last onesat the table.
"Sorry," Asuka said appolegeticly, "I was justhelping Xiao settle in."
Xiaoyu smiled shyly at Jin, who didn't return the smile. They ate incomfortable silence. Finally,when they finished desert, Asukasaid to Xiaoyu, "Let's go to my room."
After Xiaoyu oohed and ahed at Asuka's band posters, she said, "Thanks for making me feel at home."
Asuka shrugged. "No problem," she replied, "I'm just glad there's a girl teenager here. I mean, Oni-chan's great, but he doesn't talk much."
Xiaoyu replied, "I'll say."
Asuka frowned. "You don't like him?"
"Well, he didn't speak muchduring dinner, so I really don't know much about him."
"Don't worry," Asuka said hastily, "Oni-chan is really geat. He's just a little..." Asuka trailed off.
Xiaoyu shrugged. "Well, I get to know him sooner or later."
There was a knock at the door. "Ladies," Koabara said, "it's half past 10. You have school tommarow."
"Well, good-night!" Xiaoyu said to Asuka.
"'Night."
After a quick shower, Xiaoyu opened her tall window doors that led to the balcony. As she leaned against the railings, she looked up at the night sky. Sensing that she wasn't alone, she turned to her right and saw Jin, on his balcony.
Jin turned to her, and she smiled at him. "Hi," she said shyly. Jin just nodded at her and continued to stare up at the sky.
Xiaoyu said lamely, "Um...nice night out. Too bad there aren't any stars..."
Jin sighed. "There are never any stars out." He turned to Xiaoyu. "Good-night, Xiaoyu." And he went inside.
"Good-night..." she said, more to herself. She sighed. Jin was an enigma, pure and simple. But Xiaoyu couldn't help thinking about how warmly Jin said her name...
As she got into bed, Xiaoyu thought how mysterious and shy Jin was. She had never knew anyone as quiet as him! Yet she couldn't help thinking that there was so much more to Jin...but she didn't know what.
He drowns in his dreams.
An exquisite extreme I know.
He's as damned as he seems.
More heaven than a heart could hold.
And if i tried to save him.
My whole world would cave in.
It just ain't right.
Oh and I don't know.
I don't know what he's after.
But he's so beautiful.
He's such a beautiful disaster.
And if I could hold on.
To the tears and the laughter.
Would it be beautifull?
Or just a beautifuldisaster?
He's so beautiful. Oh he's so beautiful.
Kelly Clarkson, "Beautifull Disaster." I don't own this song.
The next morning, Xiaoyu woke up for school.
After she took a shower, she looked critically at her uniform. It was a navy blue and dark green plaided skirt and a white blouse, complete with a green bow.
She put on her uniform. Then she put her hair up in - what else? - pigtails with green ponytails. To complete the outfit, she had on green braceletts.
When Xiaoyu got to the dinning room for breakfast, she was greeted by Asuka, who was wearing the same uniform.
"Ohayo, Xiao," Asuka said smileing. "Ready for school?"
Xiaoyu smiled. "I hope so."
Jin came in. He was wearing a navy blue long-sleeved shirt with a white collar and dark grey pants and brown shoes (A/N: I can't really picture Jin in his uniform, this is the best I came up with). His shirt was tight enough to notify his muscels; was this why Xiaoyu was shy all of a sudden?
As Jin sat down across from Xiaoyu, he asked Asuka, "Do you know if I have a math test today?"
Asuka shrugged. "How am I supposed to know?"
Jin rolled his eyes. "You're helpful," he said sarcastically. "Gosh, I hate these last minute math tests."
A giggle escaped from Xiaoyu lips, making Jin stare at her. "Oh, um...I don't like math either," said Xiaoyu lamely.
Asuka came to her rescue and said, "Well who does?"
Later, they were stepping out of the limosine and in front of the school.
"What's your schedule?" Asuka asked Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu showed her. "Cool!" Asuka said, "We have the same schedules! I bet Grandpa did that so you won't be all alone."
First period was history, then science, gym, and lunch. But during gym, everyone found out that Xiaoyu was staying with the Mishimas. So all through gym, all these girls were handing her love notes, telling her to give them to Jin.
So Xiaoyu was relived gym ended (meaning, she no longer had to deal with all these girls asking her stupid questions about Jin) and that it was lunch time.
Once she paid for her lunch, she looked around for a place to sit. Finally, she spotted Jin.
She shrugged. What the heck, she thought, I can give him these stupid love notes.
She sat down in front of Jin. "Special delivery," she said, dumping the notes by his tray. But to her suprise, he sighed, and pushed them to the ground.
Xiaoyu raised her eyebrows. "Don't you want to know what they have to say?" she asked him.
"They only like me because of my looks," he replied, "they know nothing about me. And I don't have time for them."
Xiaoyu pointed out, "They don't know anything about you because you won't let them. You need to open up more. Who knows; you'll probably like the attention they give you afterwards."
Jin gave a smile to Xiaoyu. "You're probably right," he said, still smileing.
Xiaoyu said slowly, "Well, if you have to open up to someone...could you open up to me first?"
Before he could answer, Asuka sat down next to Xiaoyu. "Hi guys!" she said cheerfully. "Um, Oni-chan, I think you dropped something." she said, pointing to his pile of love notes.
"Why aren't you sitting next to Megumi, and those other girls?" Jin asked.
"Because they didn't save me a seat," she said, rolling her eyes. "They gave the other halfof the table to these obnoxios guys they call "cute." And this one guy kept insisting I sit on his lap. Besides, I wanted to sit with Xiao."
Soon they started talking non-stop. And it wasn't just Xiaoyu and Asuka talking - it was also Jin. They got to know each other real well since then.
And from that moment on, each day seemed brighter than usual - and the 3 of them sat at the same table from then on.
A week later, a lot happened. At school, Jin's "fan club" gave death stares at Xiaoyu. All the guys started seeing Xiaoyu in the (almost) same light as Asuka. And her panda finally came, and they spent all day playing with her.
And Jin was always happy when Xiaoyu was around.
I wanted to be like you.
I wanted everything.
So I tried to be like you.
But Igot swept away.
I didn't know that it was so cold and
You needed someone to show you the way.
If you want to.
I can save you.
I can take you away from here.
So lonely inside - so busy out there.
And all you wanted was somebody who cares.
Michelle Branch "All You Wanted" I don't own the song
Aww...Quote: And Jin was always happy when Xiaoyu was around. So beautiful! Oooh, I love this couple!
I hope I didn't overdo with the song. I'm not a fan of Michelle Branch, but this song totally fits with Jin and Xiao's relationship.
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