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JIN

I woke up and shielded my eyes from the sunlight. I felt a body lying next to me and looked down. Julia was fast asleep next to me. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, trying to remember what happened last night. Oh yeah, that's right. I had fought against my twin brother and defeated him, before returning back here and getting into Julia's bed, instead of going back to my apartment because I couldn't be bothered. Also, Julia didn't object to me sleeping with her in bed. Honestly, I didn't mind

I got out of bed and headed for the shower, only to hear it already going. I groaned and headed back to bed, waking up Julia in the process

"Morning," I said

"Morning, Jin"

She was about to go back to sleep, when she looked up at me

"What are you doing here?"

"Don't you remember?" I asked, "You said I could sleep here because I was too tired to go back to my own place"

"Oh yeah, that's right"

I laid next to her, staring at the ceiling

"Did you find Asuka?"

"Yeah, I found her. Lucky I had Yoshimitsu to help me, otherwise she would be dead"

"Why so?"

"Ashe was trying to absorb her Devil Gene"

"She's your sister?"

"Yeah, as it turns out"

"And what happened to Ashe?"

"Don't know. He was on fire last time I saw him"

"So, he's dead?"

"I'm not sure about that. He was burning when I left. I didn't see him die"

I rolled over and wrapped an arm around Julia's waist. She snuggled closer to me

"Julia, how do you think we'll go?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I mean, because I have the Devil Gene. I'm just wondering about us"

"Wait a minute, weren't you the one who asked me out?"

"Yeah"

"And you're having second thoughts?"

"No"

"Look, we'll deal with the Devil Gene later. Right now, let's worry about you and me, okay. Devil can come later. As for now, I'm all you can think about"

No wonder I like her. I looked up as Lili came out of the bathroom. I got up from the bed and headed for the shower. My fight against Hwoarang was in an hour. I didn't want to be late, since I had promised to retrieve the data for Julia. That was going to be the first token of my love for her

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The quarterfinals were about to begin. Hwoarang and I were to fight first and then Father against Paul. We all walked onto the tournament arena and faced Heihachi, who was standing at the podium

"Welcome to the quarterfinals. Only three fights are left before I will face the winner of the finals. Whoever shall defeat me will win the prize money and ownership of the Mishima Zaibatsu"

The crowd cheered. Heihachi silenced them with his hands

"Let the finals begin!"

Father and Paul left the arena, as Hwoarang and I faced off. I adjusted my armguards and sunglasses, as Hwoarang did an axe kick as a warm-up

"Come on," I said

"Shut up already"

I struck with my Savage Sword move, knocking Hwoarang back. I ran at him, as he flipped onto his feet and caught me in the chest with four kicks that lifted me into the air. Hwoarang kept me in the air with a kick, before kicking me over his head. I landed on my back and got up, as Hwoarang came at me. I stepped back and raised my left fist as a feint, before punching him in the stomach with my right. I went for a roundhouse, but he ducked and got me with an axe kick. I rolled back, as Hwoarang leapt through the air. I blocked his Hunting Hawk move and punched him back. I waited until he was on his feet, before attacking him again, this time with a punch, followed by a head kick, two punches to the stomach and a kick at the shins. Hwoarang stumbled back, clutching his leg. I knocked him into the air with a left uppercut. As he came down, I got him with a scissors kick, before bringing him down with a blade kick. Hwoarang got to his feet, as I charged. He switched positions and knocked me back with his Chainsaw Kick move. I groaned and got up, rearranging my sunnies

"Whatever you do, don't break my glasses," I warned

"Fine, I'll rearrange your face then"

He came at me, but I knocked him back with the Laser Annihilator move. Hwoarang got up and did a jump kick, smacking me in the face. I heard my sunnies break from the kick and removed them

"These glasses were expensive," I said, "Now I'm gonna kick your ass"

"Whatever, Kazama"

We ran at each other. I ducked under his kick and slammed my fist into his ribs, spinning him through the air. I ran after his rolling body and lunged in a cross-chop move, but he dodged me. I quickly turned, blocked his kick and punched him off the arena. He looked up and glared at me

"Jin Kazama is the winner and will proceed to the semi-finals"

"Do you admit defeat?" I asked

"You know me, Kazama, I will never accept defeat"

I shrugged my shoulders

"Your loss"

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