(Sorry for the delay! Algebra is EVIL.)

LING XIAOYU

I'm so depressed! Life no longer has a meaning! It feels like the world is ending! I feel like I'm slowly crumpling away into a pile of dust that will be blown away in the cold wind of death!

SOMEONE TOOK MY ESPRESSO MACHINE!

I'm gonna stop at nothing to find that thing. If anyone gets in my way, I'll EAT them! MWAHAHAHAHAHA! Er...maybe I won't eat them, but I'll horribly mutilate them with a knife. There are so many downsides to not having an Espresso machine anymore. I feel so tired all the time, and once I even collapsed in the front hall. I also have to run to the bathroom a lot, but I just don't have the energy, so I barely make it! I loved that Espresso machine so much that I named it "Betty".

Well anyway, enough about the Espresso machine. There have been other bad things going on lately...

Today I was banging my head against the wall in frustration when the door slammed open and someone about my height and size raced in. It was none other than Miharu. When I saw her, I nearly screamed! She wasn't supposed to be there! She's such a nerd! She screeched to a halt and almost dropped a huge stack of textbooks she was carrying.

"HI XIAOYU!" screamed Miharu at the top of her lungs. "Professor Wakamoto told me to bring you your homework!"

"Miharu..." I groaned. If only Panda were around, I could get her to tear Miharu to pieces!

"Oh, and guess what? I get to stay here as a guest for a few days! YAY! No one else wanted me in their room, so I'm staying here!"

"I don't want you in my room either..." I mumbled. Miharu apparently didn't hear me as she ran up the wall, across the ceiling, and down the other wall. I sighed and banged my head against the wall again; it'd be a long few days with that stupid brat in my room!

Don't think that Miharu is the only one acting crazy around here. Today Paul Phoenix got a steak knife, since he was having steak. P. Jack sparked and shook, having a little mini-seizure, and then leapt across the table and wrestled the steak knife out of Paul's hands! He then ran out the door shouting "MINE! MINE!" in that monotone robot voice of his. What a weirdo! Maybe it was some sort of bug in his systems, since he's just a prototype. Lee was picking at his food, unable to eat it since he was stricken with grief at the loss of Combot, occasionally glaring at Toshin. I grabbed my hair in frustration and banged my head against the table.

"I'M SO CONFUSED!" I screamed. "If it's not Kunimitsu, then who is it? And WHO took my Espresso machine?"

"Maybe the killer is trying to frame someone." said Jin. "This guy is smart!"

"SHADDAP!" shouted Kazuya, throwing his wooden spatula at Jin, which hit him in the face. Jin didn't notice that Heihachi, whistling innocently, had stood up and was casually walking over towards Jin's seat, brandishing his own steak knife at his side out of view. No one else seemed to notice, either. He suddenly raised his knife and was about to stab Jin when P. Jack dashed into the room and grabbed Heihachi by the wrist, wrenching the knife from his hands.

"AAHH! THIS GUY'S INSANE!" shouted Heihachi, trying to resist P. Jack from getting the knife.

"Mine! Mine! Mine!" shouted P. Jack, finally freeing the knife from Heihachi and running triumphantly back to his seat, which was, unfortunately, next to mine. I slowly edged away from him and what I saw next horrified me. Miharu was sitting next to Masahiro, twitching, and beaming up at him. Masahiro was smirking only to show respect to Miharu; inside, he wanted to run away screaming.

"Oh, this contest of yours is SO fun!" squealed Miharu. I wanted to hide behind P. Jack, because this was too embarrassing for me. Christie, who was sitting right next to me, giggled and leaned over to whisper to me.

"Those clothes your friend's wearing are so lame. Who wears a uniform outside school?" whispered Christie.

"She's not my friend!" I hissed.

"Well anyway, I hope you all realize that you can try and figure out who the killer is instead of just standing around and waiting to be killed." announced Masahiro. Miharu jumped up onto the table and started bouncing up and down.

"That's RIGHT! He's got a good point! You should all listen to him! He's really smart! If you don't listen to him, I'll tell my mommy on you!" shouted Miharu. I buried my face in the table, and Christie pretended to be coughing to cover up her laughing fit. Eddy sprang into action.

"Oh no! Christie's got a cold! I'll go get the Tylenol!" screamed Eddy, starting towards the door.

"I'll get the aspirin!" shouted Tiger, running after Eddy. Gon followed them.

"I'll get the bio-sulfusnextricarbophalualsiosis!" squealed Miharu, leaping across the room and running towards the door. For a nerd, she's pretty athletic! Boskonovich jumped out of his chair and slowly walked over to Christie.

"Don't you worry, girl, I'll have you fixed in no time!" said Boskonovich. "Now where did my miracle cupcakes go..."

"Uhh...I ate them." said Ganryu, looking ashamed of himself. He pulled some white radishes out of the pocket of the jacket he was wearing. "White radishes will help!" At that moment Eddy returned with a bottle of Tylenol and Tiger arrived with a bottle of assorted pills that had "Aspirin" written on it.

"I get to save her first!" shouted Eddy. Tiger punched him in the face.

"No, I do!" snapped Tiger, who soon received a kick to the crotch. Eddy broke the bottle open and was about to give Christie a pill when Gon threw his beach ball at Eddy, which knocked the pill out of his hands and into Ganryu's mouth. Ganryu gave a mighty cough that spit out the pill, but it made him fall against the wall, breaking it open. He rolled out onto the flower bed outside the building and a loud scream was heard. Everyone looked over to see Jun crushed under Ganryu, who was now rolling down the hill. He grabbed onto a tree to stop himself, and Jun fell down into the ravine. He climbed back towards the house, huffing and puffing from the effort of walking. Everyone was horrified at the scene! I was so scared! Poor Jun's probably in a better place now. But then...then I saw something even MORE horrifying!

Miharu was flirting with Jin! Now that's pushing it over the line! What was even more horrifying was that in one hand she was clutching my Espresso machine!

REMAINING CHARACTERS:

Anna Williams

Boskonovich

Bruce Irvin

Bryan Fury

Christie Monteiro

Eddy Gordo

Ganryu

Gon

Gun Jack

Heihachi Mishima

Hwoarang

Jin Kazama

Julia Chang

Kazuya Mishima

King

Kuma

Kunimitsu

Lee Chaolan

Lei Wulong

Ling Xiaoyu

Michelle Chang

Miharu (Guest contestant)

Mokujin

Nina Williams

Panda

Paul Phoenix

Prototype Jack

Tiger Jackson

Toshin