It is the FIRST chapter that I actually put my heart into….
Night In The Park
The moon was behind the clouds….
The park was only lighted by a few half-way broken lamps….. Hwoarang waited patiently for Asuka's arrival. It was so quiet that he could hear his watch ticking away…. He sighed and looked into the skies as the clouds moved. What will she tell me? He sighed once more and tilts his head downwards thinking about Asuka …
Soft, light footsteps could be heard in the distance and Hwoarang immediately recognized it. How could he forget? That same pattern of footsteps he heard every time he is in school… He usually doesn't notice this kind of things but this pattern of footsteps was different from all the others he heard before… It was softer and much lighter as thought the feet did not even touch the ground… as if the owner of the footsteps was floating… As he heard the footsteps getting louder, he turned his head to the direction the sound was coming from…. "I have been waiting…"
Asuka told Hwoarang about her visit to the Mishima Zaibatsu and told him about her plan…..
"I need to stop the Mishima family from destroying the world! Even thought I don't know how…." Asuka stood up when she began speak but sat down again as she suddenly remembering the part of the plan she is lacking. Hwoarang smiled a comforting smile and began to speak of his first meeting with Devil Jin. "It was late at night and I decided go for a spin. When I was on the Express Way(not sure if Japan have this…) suddenly, a figure began to form in the mist…. There seem to be horns and angel wings, when I looked more closely, I saw that it was Jin, with horns, wings and a third eye. I tried to stop in order to not knock into him but he seemed to have used some kind of power to make my bike explode…. I fell and was hurt on my knees and elbow…. I tried to stand up to fight him but when I tried to, I immediately fell unconscious and when I woke up, I was in hospital,"
After the end of his 'speech'(it sounded like one to me…), he flushed a little and looked away from Asuka. He can feel movement on the bench as well, probably because Asuka moved as well. There was silence for at least a minute or two and they both laughed when they found out they haven spoke for almost ten minutes. "Maybe you should ask Okuni for help," Hwoarang suggested but the brown-haired girl beside him shook her head. "I don't want to drag her into this, she is still a rookie at fighting and---" Hwoarang laughed. "A rookie? Will a rookie be able to knock me straight into a wall and leave me with a backache for half a day? Anyway, all you need her to do is plan a plan for us and leave all the work to us, nothing will happen to her," Hwoarang spoke for the first time, caringly.
" But she is very helpful, as in, you know if she found out that we got into trouble, she may come and try to help which will end up with her in trouble…."
"Okay, then what are we suppose to do? Sit here all night and maybe even fall asleep and wake up finding out that there is people staring at us?"
"I don----" Before she can finish her sentence, she fell unconscious onto Hwoarang's shoulder. Hwoarang just stared at her for a few seconds and moved her back onto the bench. "Erm… You okay?" He shook her gently, wishing that she will wake up, but she just stayed motionless. He looked around trying to get help, but there is no one around, he looked at his watch, ofcause! It is half pass midnight why will anyone be in the park at this time? He carried her on his back and decided to bring her home and let her stay there for tonight.
This reminds me of Military Service… Carrying heavy rice bags on our backs, sleeping on the floor…. (I am a Girl Scout and my brother got National Service before so I can kinda imagine what it is like…)