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Chapter 22 – Right & Wrong

21st APRIL

Jin and Julia woke up very early in the morning and met in the Hotel lobby. He wished her luck in her match and saw her leaving to the forest. In the meanwhile he went to speak to Youmi, the hotel receptionist.

-'Good morning…Youmi, right?'

-'That's me. How can I help you, Mr. Kazama?'

-'Well, I need to talk to a man…I think he's called Abel and he's a doctor. He is always with Heiha…I mean my grandfather.'

-'You want me to write down a message and give it to him?'

-'No…it's kind of personal…can you tell me his room?'

-'Oh…sure that's easy. Let me check.'

-'Thanks.'

Jin waited for more than five minutes. It wasn't normal, because usually from the hotel's database they could find out all the guest's rooms. When Youmi finally spoke, he only confirmed Jin's suspicions.

-'I'm really sorry Mr. Kazama, but I can't find him in our computer. I guess Doctor Abel isn't staying here.'

-'Right…well I guess I have to find him myself. Thank you Youmi.'

Jin left in a hurry. If Dr. Abel wasn't a guest at the hotel, where was he sleeping? It was almost certain that Heihachi had a Headquarter nearby; he just had to follow Dr. Abel.

Minutes later, Jin noticed someone opening the garage and a jeep coming out. The jeep left and Jin managed to follow the tracks on the ground. He knew that he was going to find out Heihachi's secret base.

An hour was enough for Julia. When she returned to the hotel, she was relaxed and ready to her fight. In five hours she would be fighting Anna. But first Lei Wulong and a man called Boskonovitch would fight in a few minutes. She wanted to go to her room and take a shower so she could go and see the match, but when Julia was going to enter the elevator she felt something touching her back. At first she thought it was Hwoarang playing stupid games, but then she realised that it was someone holding a gun.

-'Turn around and lets go outside.'-a voice said.

-'What if I don't go?'

-'Don't make me ruin this carpet with your blood, Miss Chang.'

Julia tried to see the guy's face but she couldn't. When she was almost leaving, Hwoarang came out from the bar.

-'Hey Chang…weren't you supposed to go to the forest to relax?'-he asked.

She didn't answer.

-'Nature sucks big time, you know?'-he teased her.-'Oh and I didn't know you liked older men…'

Julia continued to walk to the door and never looked at him. Hwoarang thought it was weird. Usually she would answer his provocations. Why was she acting like that?

Purely by instinct, he decided to follow her to see where she was going with her "new friend". He saw them entering a car and leave.

-'Where the hell is she going?'-he asked watching the car.

-'Where are we going?'-Julia asked.

-'Just drive…'

-'I want to know where you are taking me.'

-'You don't need to know. It's because of what you know that I'm here.'

-'Heihachi Mishima sent you, didn't he?'

-'It doesn't matter. All that matter is that I have to complete this mission…and you would have a much healthier life if you kept your nose out of my bosses' businesses.'

-'Look, we can change that, I mean I promise that I won't bother Heihachi anymore…'

-'It's too late now. He's really furious; he told us that you became a threat.'

-'Come on…I'm only a girl…what can I do to him?'

-'Don't play the innocent…just drive and shut up.'

Julia knew that once they stopped, he would probably kill her. She was certain that Heihachi had ordered her death. But at least, when they stopped she had a chance to defend herself. A half an hour later and she was still driving.

Suddenly, seeing that they were going too far, Julia decided to act and she missed the turn ahead. The car left the road and went down a small hill, smashing against a tree.

Minutes later, Hwoarang stopped his car and found Julia and the other man, both unconscious.

-'Chang! Wake up!'-he yelled.-'Are you alright?'

Julia took several minutes to realise what had just happened. She had hit her head, but fortunately she hadn't broken anything.

-'What are you doing here?'-she asked Hwoarang.

-'I…was…I…thought it was weird that you were leaving, since your fight is today…'

-'Do you have a car?'

-'Duh…did you think I came walking?'

-'We need to go now.'

Hwoarang helped her to get out of the car and then he went to the other side to try to help the other man.

-'Leave him.'-Julia ordered.

-'What? But he's injured.'

-'Someone will find him…eventually.'

-'But isn't he your friend?'

-'No. Now lets go!'

Hwoarang looked at the unconscious man and saw the gun in the back seat.

-'He kidnapped you!'-he said all of the sudden.

-'Kind of…'

-'Why? What the hell happened?'

-'It's better if you don't know. Now leave him alone and take me back to the hotel, ok?'

Hwoarang helped her on the way up the hill and they got in the car.

-'I would never guess that you have so many enemies, Miss Nature.'

-'Now you know.'

-'Was he going to hurt you? In what kind of troubles are you in?'

-'Just drive and don't ask too many questions, ok?'

-'You are definitely weird.'

-'I'm glad you think that way…I didn't know you had a car…'

-'Oh…it's not mine…I borrowed it.'

-'You stole a car?'

-'No…I just took it for a while…I'm going to take it back.'

-'Oh my…I can't believe this. I'm an accomplice of this crime…'

-'Come on…what you did back there was worse! You left an injured man after causing an accident!'

-'He was going to kill me, so I guess it was self-defence!'

-'Then why don't you go to the police?'

-'Because they wouldn't believe me, besides there's no police station in this island.'

-'Fine…just stop yelling…I was trying to help.'

-'Yeah…well next time…don't help me…'

-'Yep, you got that one right. I won't help you…'

-'I never asked you to come.'

-'And yet you didn't hesitate to ask me to bring you back to the hotel.'

-'Since you were there, it was the least you could do. Besides I'm injured too.'

-'You're just playing the victim so I sympathize with you.'

-'In case you didn't notice, I was the victim. And I don't need your compassion.'

-'Who said I know what compassion is? I don't even know the meaning of that word.'

-'We better stop this conversation…'

-'Or what? You're going to cause another accident?'

-'Haha…very funny.'

They both stood in silence for the rest of way. When they arrived to the hotel, Julia noticed that she was feeling dizzy from the crash and she didn't know if she was going to feel good enough to fight against someone like Anna Williams in a few hours.

-'I have to go to my room.'-Julia said.

-'Wait! What are you going to do?'-Hwoarang asked.

-'To be honest…I don't know. It's obvious that I'm in no conditions to fight…besides it might be dangerous if I go.'

-'You're not going to fight?'

-'My head hurts and I don't feel ok…'

-'You have loads of time to recover…'

-'I know…but it can be dangerous.'

-You're going to quit that easily Chang?'

-'It's obvious that there is someone who doesn't want me here.'

-'And you're going to quit and run away like a little girl, right? That's so typical of girls…first they want everyone to know that they're strong and brave, but when there's a problem, they just hide and wait until it goes away.'

-'I'm not like that!'

-'That's exactly how you are Chang. If you're afraid to get hurt…you shouldn't be here in the first place. This tournament is for real fighters, not scared little girls. Go home…to your damn forest!'

-'You're such an asshole! You don't even know me!'

-'You know…I thought I was doing the right thing by helping you…I guess I was wrong. I should have left you there…I just never thought that someone like you would quit.'

-'I have my reasons and if you didn't want to go help me, you could just stay here having a drink.'

-'Fine…'

-'Look…I appreciate your help but I can't tell you the whole story.'

With this, Julia entered the elevator and disappeared while Hwoarang turned away to the bar to have a beer. It had been the first time he had actually helped someone other than himself. It had probably been his first good action in his whole life, and she didn't even say "thanks".