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Chapter 11 – Suspension
Jin watched carefully as Taro approached Ling and asked to speak to her in private.
-'I want to apologise for last night…I should've…'-Taro was interrupted by Jin who grabbed his arm violently and dragged him away from Ling.
-'Jin! What are you doing?'-Ling asked surprised.
-'Stay there!'-he ordered, pushing Taro against a wall away from Ling and Miharu.
Taro looked a bit scared but he managed to stay calm; after all he knew why Jin was acting like that.
Ling was going to meet them when Miharu pulled her arm not allowing her to go.
-'Miharu? Let me go!'
-'You won't solve anything…leave this to Jin…'
Ling decided to hear Miharu's advice.
-'Do you think that an apology will make any difference?'-Jin asked with despise.
-'No…but I want to apologise anyway…'
-'Shut up! If something had happened to her you were a dead man!'-Jin almost yelled.-'She doesn't remember what happened last night and we'll keep it that way, understood?'-Jin inquired lowering his voice.
Taro nodded. Jin put a hand on Taro's chest preventing him from leaving.
-'Just one more thing…tell your friend that he better stays home for the rest of the year, because if I see his face around here he'll be in deep troubles!'
-'Ok…'
Taro was leaving to his classes when Jin grabbed his arm.
-'And stay away from Xiaoyu! I don't want you near her!'
-'You can't ask me that!'-Taro said in annoyance. Jin was acting like he owned Ling's life.
-'I'm not asking, I'm ordering!'
-'She's the one who decides who her friends are, not you Kazama.'
Jin lost his temper and his fist collided with Taro's face in that instant. Taro's nose started bleeding and a teacher who was passing by had to put himself between the two to stop the fight.
-'What the hell happened here?'-Professor Tegami asked.
-'Kazama attacked Kamya…'-Honen explained, defending his friend.
-'Kazama…explain yourself!'-the Professor asked.
Jin was still watching the damages he had caused when he met Ling's eyes. She was confused and disappointed.
Since Jin didn't bother to explain why he had attacked Taro, the Professor had to take him to the Director.
-'Kazama go upstairs and talk with Director Sugimura while I take Kamya to the medical department. As for the rest of you go to your classes now!'
Jin left without a word.
-'What happened?'-Ling asked Miharu.
-'I have no idea…I guess we'll have to wait until he comes back.'
Jin entered the Director's office and waited for Miss Sugimura to arrive. She returned ten minutes later. She knew what was happening already.
-'So…Mr. Kazama…attacking younger students…'
-'I'm sorry.'-it was all that Jin could say.
-'It has been a while since your last fight in school…two years to be precise.'
-'I know.'
-'Do you want to tell me what happened?'
-'Not really…'
-'Taro Kamya is a good kid. He's not the type of guy who provokes other students. Why him? Is this about his sister?'
-'Sort of…'
-'How is that?'
-'I lost control, that's all! Kamya didn't provoke me…he's not the one to blame.'
-'Ok…you don't want to tell me…I guess I have no other option but to suspend you…a whole week starting on Monday.'
Jin nodded and bowed, and then he left to his class. One week suspension was nothing to him, but considering that Heihachi was arriving it was a bit problematic.
-'Can you please tell me what happened between you and Kamya?'-Ling asked when they got home. Jin had refused to talk on their way home.
-'He should've taken care of you yesterday in his sister's party.'-Jin answered.
-'I'm almost seventeen…and he's not my babysitter.'
-'Don't try to find excuses for him.'
-'I'm not. I think you were too harsh on him.'
-'It was just a nose bleed.'
-'Jin! Violence is never the answer!'
-'I know…it won't happen again.'
Ling watched him as he was going to his room and wondered if she really knew Jin, because in the moment that he had attacked Taro, she had the feeling that she didn't know him at all.
18th JANUARY
Jin woke up that morning with a bad feeling. He had classes on Saturday but he didn't feel like going. He thought about saying that he was sick, but no one would believe him. He dragged himself downstairs to have breakfast and met Heihachi already eating.
-'Good morning.'-Heihachi said. Jin didn't answer and sat down too.-'You weren't expecting me?'
Jin nodded. Actually during almost a month, Jin had forgotten all about his grandfather and he wished things could remain the same way. But now it was impossible.
-'I heard that you were suspended from school. I thought we had a deal.'-Heihachi said watching Jin drinking his tea.
-'Well…I know. I didn't do it on purpose. A guy was getting on my nerves and I lost control.'
-'Why? You could simply ignore him…I mean you're very good at that. You ignore everything I say…'
-'It was a matter of honour.'
-'Honour? Give me a break Jin…you don't care about this family honour?'
-'Who said it was about the Mishima family?'
-'What was it then?'
-'Mind your own businesses.'
-'Ok…I'm off to the office. When you come home after school, we'll have a nice talk, got that?'
Jin got up and left. Heihachi knew how to piss him off and that wasn't healthy to none of them.
After school, Ling noticed that Jin was a bit too quiet.
-'I'm sorry for yesterday.'-she said, thinking that he was feeling upset because of her.
-'You don't have to apologise.'
-'Are you upset with me?'
-'No.'
-'What's wrong then?'
-'Heihachi is back.'
-'Really? I didn't see him. When did he arrive?'
-'Last night I think…'
-'Oh…and did you two have a fight already?'
-'Yes…I mean sort of…it wasn't a fight…lets just say that he's not very happy with my suspension.'
-'You were suspended?'-Ling asked surprised.
-'Yeah…'
-'And you didn't tell me?'
-'I didn't think it was that important…besides it's not the first time I'm being suspended.'
-'Jin? What the hell got into you? Why the hell you had to hit Kamya?'
-'I told you before…'
-'Great! And now you're being suspended!'
-'It's just for a week.'
-'You can be really stubborn sometimes, do you know that?'
-'I've been told.'
When they both arrived, Heihachi was expecting them. They didn't even pass the entrance hall.
-'Please sit down.'-Heihachi told them in his office.-'So I heard that you finished your exams…'
-'Yes, we did!'-Ling answered happily.
-'Good. How was it?'
-'Alright. Jin helped me a lot.'
-'That's good to know. But lets change the subject…since my grandson decided to play the idiot and was suspended, I decided to change my plans and next week we'll be out of the country.'
-'What?'-both Jin and Ling asked.
-'That's right. We're going to travel…'
-'Where are we going?'-Ling asked enthusiastically.
-'South Korea.'-Heihachi answered with a smirk.
