*gasp!* Another update already?! Lol believe it. I couldn't go the day without posting another chapter. I'm already typing chapter 12, can you believe that? I might post chapter 11 before I go to bed as well. I think you're gonna like where this story is heading ;) enjoy!

Chapter Ten

Teal woke up the next morning to a blurred vision, and thought that she was still dreaming. Her body felt oddly relaxed, and she was trying to figure out what the hell was going on. It wasn't until she sat up and saw that under the covers, she only had on her bra and underwear, that everything began to come back to her like whiplash. She looked next to her and saw Jin sleeping peacefully. He looks so cute...WAIT!, she thought as she quickly jumped out of the bed. As she tried to quickly slip back on her jeans, she lost her footing and fell on her butt, making a loud thumping sound.

"Teal!" Jin shot up quickly and yelled.

Teal looked at him and got back on her feet quick. "I have to go..."

"Really?"

"Yes, I shouldn't have done this." Teal said, shaking her head vigorously.

She finished buttoning her jeans and looked around for her plaid shirt. She felt arms go around her waist and stopped.

"Stay with me." Jin said softly.

Okay, Teal thought, but quickly caught herself. I mean, no! "I really have to go. I should've left when I had the chance."

"You don't mean that, do you?" He asked her.

"I do." She lied, pushing him off of her. "I really, have to go."

"Teal..." He cut her off, and touched her face. "I need—"

Jin's facial expression changed quickly, and his eyes began to turn fire engine red. Teal backed away slowly and grabbed her phone, running out of the room. It wasn't until she got to the door that she realized she still had her shirt in her hand, and not on her. No Teal, please stay. It was fun., another voice said loudly, and clearly in her head. It wasn't Jin's and it sounded evil, like it was teasing her. She ran faster out of his house with her eyes watering again, but it wasn't out of sadness, it was out of anger. As she was in the cab going back to the hotel, she checked her phone and seen that she had 20 missed calls. Five of them were split between Xiaoyu and Lili, and the other 15 was from Helena. Teal's heart sank when she looked at all of the times Helena had called her. Maybe she doesn't know...I'll just tell her I fell asleep after I came back to the hotel...fuck! The cab stopped in front of the hotel and Teal thanked the driver, paying him as she left out of it. She slowly made her way in the hotel, and upstairs to her room. As she walked down the hall to her room, she cautiously checked behind her and her corners, to make sure nothing suspicious was there. She didn't know what she was looking for, but she still found herself checking her surroundings more than usual. She got to her door and opened it, breathing with relief once she walked inside. Her relief was cut short when she felt something sharp hit her in the back of her head, causing her to drop to the ground. Before she could get up to defend herself, she held arms grabbed her up and go around her neck. Teal was still sitting on the ground, but suddenly became face to face with Helena.

"You just don't listen, do you?" Helena said, shaking her head slowly. "I know you check your phone well enough to know that I've called you last night, over and over again!"

Teal tried to move, but she couldn't. Whoever was holding her down was pretty strong, and she couldn't even see who it was. Helena slapped her pretty hard across her cheek and got in her face.

"I told you not to get into contact with him, and what do you do? You sleep with him!" Helena yelled, slapping her again.

"Don't fucking touch me!" Teal sneered, and tried to lunged at Helena again.

"Uh uh uh." Helena said, shaking her finger. "Now this lovely gentlemen, Mr. Yoshimitsu did not come with me to kill you."

Teal tried to use her powers to break free, but she was constricted. The man, or whatever it was that was holding her down suddenly held a pretty bright and sharp sword centimeters away from her neck, and she stopped.

Helena continued. "But he can, and he will. So sit still."

Teal didn't move, or say anything out loud. But in her head? She was cursing Helena to hell and back.

"You've put this whole operation in jeopardy by doing what you did last night. Now we have to make other arrangements and plans. I was beginning to think you were the right person for this, but now I'm thinking differently. I blame myself; you and Kazama had a pretty close relationship, so now that you are both of age, this was bound to happen. But I thought you were different, Teal. I thought your powers made you different from those other, love sick 18 year old girls." Helena said.

"I may have powers," Teal spat out. "But I'm still like any normal 18 year old. I have feelings, and emotions. I'm not a monster!"

"Right, and I suppose Kazama isn't either?! He has the Devil gene inside of him Teal." Helena said darkly.

That's what that voice was! Teal thought. It was still confusing, but she began to understand a little bit better. Yoshimitsu then said something that Teal couldn't really understand. He spoke with another Japanese island accent, and she figured he had said something on the lines of "can I kill her now and get this over with?"

"You're not killing her. I didn't make you come here for that." Helena told him. "You came to scare her."

"He's not a monster either!" Teal said back to her.

"Aw, I smell some type of love in the air?" Helena teased evilly. "You must've forgotten about Asai, right? You're precious mother?"

Teal's heart sank. "Don't you fucking hurt her." She warned.

"We didn't do anything to her, yet. I'm giving you one more chance, Teal. Follow my specific directions, or else your mother gets killed. I'll make it even more painful for you by having her killed right before your eyes. Do you understand?" Helena warned her back.

Teal didn't say anything, and just nodded her head.

"Good. And just to show you that I'm not joking around, Yoshi?" Helena signaled to Yoshimitsu.

He did a swift, but painful cut down Teal's back, causing her shirt to rip, and her skin to rip too. She cried out in pain as Helena and Yoshimitsu stood up, and walked out of the hotel room.

Teal winced in pain every time the hot water from the shower touched the fresh sword gash on her back, but she had to stay inside of the shower to finish cleaning herself up. Her mind began running again; out of anger, out of fear, and now out of love also. She didn't regret anything that happened the night before, even though she told Jin that she did. After she finished showering, she stepped out of the tub and was surrounded by the steam that came from the hot water. She got out of the shower soon after, and changed into her clothes. She didn't know where she wanted to do, but she just wanted to get out of that room. So, she did, and found herself walking down the street in a matter of minutes. She walked passed a huge cathedral and suddenly stopped. The doors to the church were open, but it looked dark and completely empty. Before she knew it, Teal found herself walking into the dark cathedral. As she walked towards the altar, she saw how the candles in the front where lit, but that was the only light, besides the light from the windows, that shined up the church. Why am I here? She thought as she looked around the big empty church.

"I brought you here." A familiar female voice called out.

Teal quickly turned around. "Huh? Who's' there?" That voice...it sounds familiar...

"I'm not going to hurt you, Teal."

A blinding white light appeared in front of her, and she shielded her eyes as a reflex. The light suddenly went away and a woman with shoulder length black hair, wearing a white gown was standing in front of her.

"Do you know who I am?" The woman said.

Teal, who was too speechless to say anything, just nodded. The woman smiled and stroked her cheek. "You're a brave girl, Teal. And you've gotten even more beautiful throughout the years."

"Me, brave?" Teal said, and then laughed. "I'm far from brave. My mother's in danger of getting killed, random people are coming after me, I have to fight in a tournament that I kind of don't want to be in...I'm being used..I know I am. Not to mention I'm falling in love with someone who is part demon.."

That last part was not meant to leave her mouth, but it was already too late. Teal found herself venting, because all of those different emotions began to hit her at once. She felt hopeless, sad, confused, afraid...

"Do you not know how brave you are, baby girl?" The woman asked her. "Look at all of the things you've done so far, Teal. Look at what you would do in order to save your family. I know it looks bad now, but trust me it's not."

"It's not." Teal choked. "It's worse..."

The woman grabbed her shoulders. "Remember last night."

"No."

"Yes. Remember it. Do you regret what you did?"

"Yes."

"I know you don't mean that, Teal. You didn't have to stay with him, but you did. You had a choice."

Teal closed her eyes and tried to knock the memory out of her mind, but it didn't work.

"You can try to knock what happened out of your head, but it won't work. Jin told you something last night."

"He told me... that he loved me."

"And what did you do?"

"...I said it back."

"Did you mean it?"

"...Yes..."

"Look at me, Teal."

Teal opened her eyes slowly and looked at her.

"He needs you. Your mother needs you. You have no idea how important you are. Everything that has been told to you has not been entirely true. You're about to find out soon...sooner than you think."

"You can see into the future too?" Teal asked her.

"I'm surprised you haven't noticed it before. Our powers are very similar, baby."

"So...you really are alive? Like I'm not seeing a ghost, or a spirit, or anything?"

"It's...complicated. Go, Teal. You know what you have to do now."

Teal began to walk away, but turned around again. "Jun...thank you."

The woman kissed her cheek and smiled, disappearing into the white light again. Something began vibrating Teal's pocket and she reached in it, taking out her cell phone,

"Hello?"

"Teal?" Lili's voice crackled. The service in the church was not that good. "Where are you?"

"I'm out. What happened?"

"We just found out a little something about that masked ninja chick, Kunimitsu."

"Really? What is it?"

"You may wanna come back to my room to see this. You're not gonna believe it."

"Okay, I'm on my way now."

She hung up the phone and ran out of the church, making her way back to the hotel.